Pierre Gosse

Pierre Gosse

Activity started1676?
Activity ended26/11/1755
Languageundetermined
NationalityNetherlands
Devise(s) : Ex uno vivimus. Indesinenter
Libraire. Né au Luxembourg, il émigre à La Haye pour des raisons religieuses, et, en 1709, devient bourgeois de cette ville qu'il doit quitter en 1745 pour Genève, à la suite des mauvaises affaires de la "Compagnie van Vijven" dont il est membre
À La Haye, a travaillé en association avec Christiaen Van Lom et Rutger Christoffel de 1714 à 1716 ; avec Johannes Groenewegen de 1721 à 1728 ; avec Jean II Neaulme de 1725 à 1734 ; avec Gerardus Block, Adriaen Moetjens, Johannes Swart et Isaac Beauregard sous la raison "Compagnie van Vijven" de 1740 à 1744. À Genève, a travaillé en association avec Marc Michel Bousquet et les frères Jean Antoine et Henri Pellissari, banquiers, sous la raison "Marc Michel Bousquet et compagnie" jusqu'en 1736, puis avec les seuls frères Pellissari sous la raison "Pellissari et compagnie" de 1736 à 1739
Den Haag : 1710-1745 ; Op het Spui - À la Science
Genève : 1724-1739
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Pierre Gosse
  1. "Wine wins us friends & reconciles us with our enemies"
    L'éloge de l'yvresse
    Albert-Henri de SALLENGRE

    L'éloge de l'yvresse[In Praise of Drunkenness]

    Pierre Gosse|The Hague 1714|9.7 x 16 cm|Relié

    First edition of this paean to intoxication, adorned with a charming engraved frontispiece depicting Bacchus seated on a barrel, holding a wine cup in one hand and a bunch of grapes in the other.

    Cf. Vicaire 326. Bitting 415. Barbier II, 75 d. Oberlé, Une bibliothèque bachique, 523 (for the 1798 ed.).

    Bound in contemporary fawn half-calf with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, corners slightly worn, edges speckled red.

    This work abounds with anecdotes and quotations drawn from the history of many lands. It asserts "that wine gives wit," offers "a catalogue of some illustrious drinkers," and claims "that...

    €1,200
  2. Histoire civile du royaume de Naples
    Pietro GIANNONE

    Histoire civile du royaume de Naples

    Chez Pierre Gosse • Isaac Beauregard|à La Haye [The Hague] 1742|21 x 25 cm|4 volumes reliés
    French first edition, the translation attributed to Louis de Bochat and Desmonceaux. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait by Seldemeyer, 4 repeated title vignettes (signed Schl.) and a plate of medals in volume I. Title bandeaux and ornamental initials.
    Contemporary half brown sheep binding with small corners. Spine with raised bands decorated with fillets. Brown sheep title label, matching volume label. Speckled brown paper boards. Headcaps and joints very skilfully restored. Tear in the head compartment of volume IV. Rubbing to volume IV title label with gilt worn. Rubbing and scratches on boards. Corners bumped, with small lacks along edges. Good copy, quite fresh overall.
    €1,200
  3. L'esprit de Fontenelle. Ou recueil de pensées tirées de ses ouvrages
    André Pierre LE GUAY DE PRETMONVAL, Bernard le Bovier de FONTENELLE

    L'esprit de Fontenelle. Ou recueil de pensées tirées de ses ouvrages

    Chez Pierre Gosse|à La Haye [The Hague] 1744|10 x 17 cm|relié
    First edition, illustrated with a captioned and unsigned frontispiece and a title vignette bearing the motto on a banderole: Illuminat et foecundat. Title page in red and black.
    Dutch binding in full brown morocco of the period. Spine with raised bands decorated with compartments tooled in blind. Brown morocco title-label tooled in blind. Some rubbing. Half-title and frontispiece partially detached. Handsome copy.
    Fontenelle's maxims and thoughts are grouped under different themes: Man, happiness, on literary matters, on different sciences...


    €350
  4. Histoire generale de Sicile
    Jean LEVESQUE DE BURIGNY

    Histoire generale de Sicile

    Chez Isaac Beauregard • Pierre Gosse|à La Haye [The Hague] 1745|19.50 x 25 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition, rare. Title pages in red and black. Typographic ornaments: headpieces, tailpieces, initials. Lacking the two maps normally found in volume 1.
    Contemporary full marbled sheep bindings. Spines with raised bands decorated with acorn tools in compartments. Brown morocco title labels and red morocco volume labels. Rubbing. 2 corners slightly bumped. 2 small cracks at head of first volume. Fine domino paper endpapers. Some leaves yellowed, occasional worming. Handsome copy.
    The introductory chapter treats the arts in Sicily under Antiquity, then studies their history from earliest Antiquity with the establishment of the Phoenicians in Sicily and the founding of Palermo up...
    €1,000
  5. Le bachelier de Salamanque, ou les memoires de D. Cherubin de la Ronda, tirés d'un manuscrit espagnol
    Alain-René LESAGE

    Le bachelier de Salamanque, ou les memoires de D. Cherubin de la Ronda, tirés d'un manuscrit espagnol

    Chez Pierre Gosse|à La Haye [The Hague] 1741|9.50 x 17 cm|relié
    New edition, the original having appeared in 1736 then in 1738 for its sequel. Six figures, including a frontispiece, all unsigned. Title pages in red and black.
    Contemporary full glazed brown calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Worn binding. Split headcaps. Lacks to joints at head and foot. Corners cut and rubbed bare.
    Le bachelier de Salamanque is Lesage's last novel, and said to be his favorite, the fruit of his old age. Although still in the picaresque tradition, this last work no longer relies on multiple episodes like Gil Blas; if it shows less invention a priori, it is above all of a markedly darker and more melancholic tone...
    €180
  6. Histoire de Bertholde
    Julio Cesare CROCI

    Histoire de Bertholde

    [ Pierre Gosse]|à La Haye [The Hague] 1752|8 x 14 cm|2 tomes en un volume relié
    New edition, illustrated with a frontispiece depicting Bertholde. The engraved title page of the second part is the same as for the first, a small manuscript "1" has been added before "1re partie".
    Full mottled calf binding ca. 1800. Decorated smooth spine. Black morocco title-label. Extremities of corners rubbed. Handsome copy, particularly fresh.
    Published at the beginning of the 17th century, at the end of the author's life, the story of Bertholdo had immense popular success in Italy; it features a deformed dwarf who possesses the highest qualities of mind. The action takes place in the Middle Ages, at the court of Verona, where Bertholde becomes a favorite...
    €250
  7. C. Crispi Salustii quae exstant
    SALLUSTE [Caius Crispus Sallustius]

    C. Crispi Salustii quae exstant

    F. Changuion • J. Catuffe • H. Uytwerf • P. Gosse • A. Moetjens • A. van Dole • J. Néaulme • Steph. Néaulme • |Amsterdam, • La Haye [The Hague] • et Utrecht 1742|23 x 28 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Highly esteemed edition, provided by Sigibert Havercamp. His text, revised from several manuscripts and from the editio princeps, includes numerous notes. Deluxe paper copy.
    Bindings (contemporary, very slightly later) in full dark blue morocco signed Anguerrand, smooth spines decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, as well as red morocco title labels, volume labels, date and place labels. Triple gilt fillet and fleurons framing the boards. Wide gilt dentelle framing the pastedowns. All edges gilt. Spines somewhat faded and some rubbing, otherwise fine copy. Interesting detail that traces the life of this copy: the spines were updated to contemporary taste at the...
    €1,500
  8. "I have found greater difficulties in this Work than in any other that has flowed from my pen"
    Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon, avec ceux de Vénus et d'Adonis. De M. de La Fontaine.
    Jean de LA FONTAINE

    Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon, avec ceux de Vénus et d'Adonis. De M. de La Fontaine. [The Loves of Psyche and Cupid]

    Chez Pierre Gosse|The Hague 1750|9.8 x 16.1 cm|Relié

    A rare 1750 reimpression of two works first published together in 1669, brought together by the fabulist from that first date.

    Contemporary full brown sheep, spine with five raised bands highlighted with a gilt fillet and decorated with five compartments tooled with dandelion-shaped gilt fleurons, red morocco lettering piece, blind-ruled fillet framing the boards, gilt fillet on board edges, red edges, shell pattern marbled pastedowns and endpapers.

    Head and tail caps slightly split, discreet loss of...

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  9. Le devin du village
    Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU

    Le devin du village

    Chez Pierre Gosse|à Genève [Geneva] 1760|12 x 19 cm|relié
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