First edition

Thomas A KEMPIS & Jacob STRATIUS, Christoffel van [...]

Die Alleen-Spraecke Der Zielen met Godt. Door den Eerw. Heere H. Thomas van Kempen, Regulier der ...

by Jan Maes, Loven (Louvain) 1628, in 12 (15,5x10,5cm), (8) 135ff. (5)., broché sous étui.

First illustrated edition of 20 engravings by C. Van Sichem (initials, ornaments, and text in a frame) and printed in Gothic.
Our copy is presented paperback in a contemporary case in half morocco with old rose nerves, golden date in the tail, cardboard vellum boards.
Jacob Stratius [...]

500 €

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Paolo SEGNERI

Panegyri sacri

Joseph Wolff, Augsbourg & Innsbruck 1772, In-4 (18x21,5cm), (4) 356pp. (22), relié.

New edition, after the original from 1725.

Austrian binding in full vintage brown sheepskin. Smooth decorated mute back. Straight and wavy fillets framing the boards, central cartridge with small irons. Golden slices. Gold completely blured. Absence of marbled paper on the first sheet [...]

400 €

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Juan Prudencio OSORIO

Triunfos de la verdad, en obsequio, y debido culto de la concepcion de Maria en gracia

En la calle de Merzedarias Descalzas, En Lima 1785, In-12 carré (10x14,7cm), (40) 360pp. (3) ; 45pp., relié.

first edition. Rare impression of Lima, Peru. Privilege given by Brother Francisco Xavier de la Escalante, Prior of the Province of S. Juan Batista del Peru del sagrado orden de predicadores.
Binding in full soft vellum of time. Smooth back. Paper label printed for title. Trace of an old tail [...]

1 000 €

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Louis MAIMBOURG

Histoire du lutheranisme

Chez Sébastien Marbre-Cramoisy, à Paris 1680, In-12 (9,5x17cm), (20) 437pp. (2) et (10) 393pp. (27), 2 volumes reliés.

Mention of second edition.

Binding in full speckled brown contemporary sheepskin. Ornate nerved back. Parts and title number of brown sheepskin. Headdress of volume 2 partially torn off. Cap of head of volume 2 skillfully restored. 2 gaps along the bottom gold of volume 2. Frictions. [...]

250 €

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First edition

Philippe DESPORTES

Les CL. pseaumes de David, mis en vers françois, par Philippes Desportes [Ensemble] Poesies ...

Par la veuve Mamert Patisson, à Paris 1603, In-16 (8x13cm), (4f.) 168ff. (8f.) ; 15ff. (1f.), relié.

first edition. The title page of Les Poesies chrestiennes dates from 1601. Publisher's marks in title pages.
Binding in half glazed calf wine-lined ca 1830 in the style of Thouvenin. Back to nerves decorated with 3 cold irons and casters. Golden title labels on calf. Marbled [...]

800 €

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First edition

James FORDYCE

Sermons pour les jeunes dames et les jeunes demoiselles

Chez les frères Estienne, à Paris 1778, In-12 (10x17cm), cv (1) 465pp. (3), relié.

Original French edition translated into the seventh English edition.
Binding in full marbled and glazed brown calf of the time. Smooth decorated back. title label in red morocco. Flared headdress. Upper joint split at the head on 5cm. Traces of friction. Good copy.
Scottish Protestant [...]

150 €

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Maria Joseph Clement KAUKOL

Christlicher seelen-schaz ausserlesener gebetter

Chez L'auteur, s.l. [Bonn] 1729 (S.d), In-8 (12x17,8cm), 128f. (ni paginé ni folioté), relié.

First edition printed in calligraphic script, adorned with a title-frontispiece, a plate with a coat of arms, engraved titles, a few vignettes, banners, historiated initials ...
German binding in full vintage fir green morocco. Mute back with ornate nerves. Floral sheaves forming lace arranged [...]

450 €

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First edition

Benedicto VERNIERO

Magnum & universale concilium ecclesiae militantis super veritate Eucharistiae sacramenti

Apud Sebastianum Nivellium, Paris 1554, In-8 (10,5x17,5cm), 106ff. (5), relié.

First edition, illustrated with a large title vignette representing the Council of Nicea with on the left the bishops and on the other the monks, Christ in the center, levitating on a pulpit; a sticker depicting the last supper on sheet 9; a dead-end sticker depicting a king and monks supporting [...]

800 €

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