Guillaume Rouillé

Juda ABRAVANEL or Leo the Hebrew
Philosophie d'amour de M. Léon Hébreu [The Dialogues of Love]First edition of the French translation of Dialoghi d'Amore by Denis Sauvage, Sieur du Parc. The title page is decorated with a handsome border wood-engraved based on a composition by Pierre Vase. A very beautiful Lyon print in italic characters, with ornamental initial letters and decorations. Copy entirely red ruled, 28 lines per page.

Contemporary binding from the city of Lyon, spine repaired richly decorated with arabesques and

First edition printed in a very small number of copies.
Full indigo boards binding, smooth darkened spine decorated with two small gilt floral motifs, gilt date and place at foot, framed with a play of triple gilt cartouches, indigo head, endpapers and pastedowns of almond floral pattern paper, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription signed by Henry Choisnet.
Some foxing, copy slightly warped. Rare.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies.
Rare pamphlet presented in plain temporary wrappers.

First edition of this thesis defended at the Protestant Faculty of Theology in Paris to obtain the bachelor's degree in theology.
Rare copy, joint cracked at foot of spine.