24mo. 2 parts in 1: 426,(6 index);323,(7 index & privilegium) p. Vellum 11.5 cm (Ref: Willems 364; Berghman 1573; Rahir 345; Ebert 6690) (Details: 5 thongs laced through the joints. Boards with blind double fillet borders. Title engraved by C.C.D(uysend), depicting around the text of the title a floral cartouche, on top of which rests an eagle (aquila) with spread wings holding in its talons the deadly thunderbolts (fulmina) of Jupiter. The eagle was called by Aristotle for the lordly manner with which it looked over the earth 'divine among birds'. (HA 619b.6) The eagle is flanked by an owl (wisdom) and two 'kissing' pigeons. Faint manuscript title on the back. The second part has its own title, on it a woodcut printer's mark featuring an old man who stands in the shade of a vine-entwined elmtree, symbolising the symbiotic relationship between scholar and publisher. The motto is: 'Non solus' , probably indicating the interdependency of publisher and scholar. They cannot do it alone, and need each other) (Condition: Vellum soiled and stained. Occasional old ink underlinings in the first 2 gatherings. A few old ink marginalia. Small stain on the upper margin. Bookplate and small label on the front pastedown. Old inscription on the verso of the front flyleaf) (Note: Ubbo Emmius, 1547-1625, born in Eastern Friesland was appointed professor of History and Greek literature at the newly established University of Groningen in 1614, where he became also the first Rector Magnificus. In his publications and correspondence with eminent scholars of his time, he defended the right of a people to revolt, an idea that would eventually lead to the French revolution. In the Netherlands he is best known for his Rerum Frisicarum Historia, 1592-1616, the first modern study of Friesland and the Frisians, in which he refuted many idle tales related by earlier historians of Friesland. Among classicists and ancient historians he is known for his 'Vetus Graecia illustrata', a three volume work which he composed during the last years of his life, and which was published posthumously in Leiden in 1626 by the Elzevier brothers. The third volume, which describes the particular form of government of every state or commonwealth of Greece, was published in 1632 separately by Elsevier as 'Graecorum Respublicae') (Provenance: Bookplate without a name on the front pastedown, featuring a jumping salmon, above which the motto: 'imparibus par'. The label on the front pastedown: 'S.H. Weiss librairie, Constantinople, grand rue de Pera, vis-à-vis le consulat de Russie'. On the front flyleaf a small name: 'Fr. Haug, 1832'. This is probably the German historian Karl Friedrich Haug, born 1795, died 1869. (ADB 11, 52/54) 'Haug war für 30 Jahre Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Universalgeschichte an der Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen'. (Wikipedika) On the blank lower margin of the title; 'F. Gublingius'. We only found this in a chapter called 'Modernes und Merkwürdiges im Altertum': 'Ein gewisser Georgius Fridericus Gublingius schrieb im Jahre 1725 eine Dissertation in Wittenberg mit dem Titel: 'De barba Deorum ex priscarum Graeciae et Latii maxime Religionum monumentis'. Behandelte er in dieser gelehrten Schrift die Frage, ob die Götter bärtig waren, so in einer anderen im gleichen Jahre ebenfalls in Wittenberg erschienenen unter dem Titel: 'De causis barbae Deorum', die ebenso wichtige nach den Gründen dieser Bärtigkeit'. (M. Kemmerich, 'Kultur-Kuriosa', Langen 1910, vol. 2, p. 25/26)) (Collation: A-2D8; A-X8, (minus the leaves X7 & X8, the last 2 blank leaves) (Photographs on request)