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Two antique vellum-bound books. 1st Item: Bibliothèque Universelle Des Historiens, by Louis Ellies du Pin.; Amsterdam: François L’Honoré, 1708. 376 pp., plus 8 pp table of contents and forthcoming catalogue at rear. “Containing their lives, abridgments, chronology, geography, and a critique of their histories” (translated). 4to. with engraved frontispiece, title page vignette, 6 foldout maps intact. Pertaining to ancient Egyptian, Hebrew, Greek, and Persian historians. 12 in. H x 9 in. W. 2nd Item: Justus Lipsius, Iusti Lipsi De Militia Romana Libri Quinque (Five Books on the Roman Militia), Antwerp: Officina Plantiniana, 1598. 4to. Bound together with Lipsius’s Analecta, sive Observationes reliquae ad militiam, De amphitheatro liber, De recta pronuntiatione Latinae linguae dialogus, and De Cruce Libri Tres. Contemporary limp vellum-wrapped boards with blind-stamped imprint and frame to cover, cord securing ties. Flemish humanist Justus Lipsius’ detailed Latin commentary on Roman military organization and discipline, specifically analyzing the writings of the Greek historian Polybius. 11 in. H x 7 1/2 in. W.
PROVENANCE: The Collection of Deborah and Kent Vauclain Bissell, Sr., by descent from his grandfather, Dr. Austin Flint Morris (1868-1906) of New Jersey, a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, or his great-uncle, William Cullen Morris (1874-1975) of New York. Morris was a Vice President of Con Edison and engineer instrumental in the construction of the Astoria Tunnel.
CONDITION: Each in good condition with expected age-related wear, including: toning, soiling and dampstaining to vellum covers, toning and foxing to pages, pen and pencil writing to interior; looseness to spines. 2nd Item (Lipsius): 1 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in. chip to fore edge of title page; a few loose leaves; approx. 10 leaves missing. De Militia Romana Libri Quinque missing all of the large or full page engravings (missing pages include pp. 95-96, 135-36, 173-74, the foldout “Iconismus Aciei Vulgatae” between pp. 184-85, 193-94, 201-202, 281-82, and 287-88). De amphitheatro liber retains two full-page engravings and one two-page fold-out engraving. The others are missing the large or full-page engravings, aside from Analecta, sive Observationes reliquae ad militiam, which includes the engraving on p. XXV.
