François Foppens

New edition, translated from Spanish into French by sieur Du Perron Le Hayer. This edition is considered among the Elzevier editions printed in Brussels (Brunet). Epistle to Prince Charles, brother of King Philip IV of Spain. The first Spanish edition appeared in 1622.
Contemporary full glazed red morocco binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 4 radiating tools and small framing tools, roulette at foot. Red morocco title label. Double fillet frame on covers. A tear with hole at head. Rubbing to headcaps, joints, corners and edges. One corner slightly bumped. Dark stains on upper cover. Scattered foxing, several gatherings yellowed. Although it appears a leaf is missing after...

New edition produced by Denys Godefroy, the first dating from 1649. One folding genealogical table and 6 portraits re-engraved by Audran. Title pages in red and black. Volume III bears a specific title: Divers traittez, contracts, testamens, et autres actes et observations [...]. Volume IV: Supplement aux memoires.
Bindings in full speckled brown sheep. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Fawn morocco title labels. Gilt volume numbering. Lacks at head of volume I. One wormhole at foot of volume IV. 4 corners very bumped. Bindings rubbed and worn.
An essential work engendering modern history, Commynes' work, which moreover establishes a rule of political conduct...

New edition after the original published in 1688 (a second volume was added later).
A handsome frontispiece portrait in medallion and a title vignette repeated in volume II. Title pages in red and black. Full red morocco binding late 19th century signed Thompson. Spine with raised bands decorated. Title and date gilt. Triple fillet frame on covers. Rich interior border. Edges gilt. Light rubbing at tail and lower edge. Scattered foxing. Handsome copy, perfectly executed. Madame Deshoulières was regarded as the foremost poetess of her time, and became moreover the first female academician. She held one of the most brilliant salons of the period, she was a refined and remarkably cultured...

Second edition, the First edition of 1605 is extremely rare. Illustrated with a frontispiece depicting a hermaphrodite, with the inscription 'Je ne suis ni male ni femelle...' ["I am neither male nor female..."].

Contemporary sheep binding, worn. Decorated spine with raised bands. Lacking the title label. Light dampstaining to margins at end of work.

Considered the first French anti-utopia, this journey of a Frenchman weary of his country's ills to an island inhabited by effeminate characters, made-up and devoted to festivities and pleasures, is a satire of the disorders of Henri III's court, himself represented by king Hermaphroditus, woman king or man queen. The work...

New edition, more complete than the previous ones. The first dates from 1694.
Contemporary full marbled calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Red edges. Handsome copy.
Antoinette Ligier de la Garde was married at 13 to Sieur Deshoulières, a woman of taste and wit, she cared only to live as she pleased. She was however the first female academician (Arles). She was an original mind, whose verses contain a certain interiority. It was her friends who urged her to publish her poems which had considerable success. After her death her daughter published all of her poems, adding her own.