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  1. Advis à Monsieur de Luynes : sur les libelles diffamatoires qui courent
    Charles d'Albert LUYNES

    Advis à Monsieur de Luynes : sur les libelles diffamatoires qui courent

    S. n.|s. l. • [Paris] 1620|10.50 x 17 cm|relié
    First edition. Rare.
    Half red percale binding, mid-19th century. Gilt title. Anonymous libel that appeared the day after the Duke of Luynes, favorite of Louis XIII, was made Constable. He is accused of all the evils that have befallen France since Louis XIII, and of serving only his own interests by ruining France and abusing so young a king. Charles d'Albert was made Duke of Luynes in 1619, and was the first of this line. Luynes nevertheless served the king skillfully by enabling him, through his intrigues against Marie de Medici and Concini, to accede to power, but gathering all the king's favors, he was hated by the people and many politicians such as Richelieu.
    €350
  2. Cent dix jours du règne de Louis XVIII [Ensemble] Lettre a sa majesté Louis XVIII sur la vente des biens nationaux par A. Falconnet [Ensemble] De la restitution des biens des émigrés par H. Dard [Ensemble] Des émigrés de 1815 par M. de L
    René-Jean DURDENT, A. FALCONET

    Cent dix jours du règne de Louis XVIII [Ensemble] Lettre a sa majesté Louis XVIII sur la vente des biens nationaux par A. Falconnet [Ensemble] De la restitution des biens des émigrés par H. Dard [Ensemble] Des émigrés de 1815 par M. de L

    Eymery • Gueffier • Le Normant|Paris 1815|13 x 20 cm|relié
    Collection of 4 pamphlets relating to the very beginning of the Restoration. The first 3 are in second edition while the fourth text is in first edition.
    Near-contemporary half sheep binding. Smooth spine with fillets. Tears with lacks to head. Upper joint widely split at tail.
    The first text, by a convinced Bourbon supporter, narrates Napoleon's return to Paris and the king's flight. The second addresses a plea to the king on the sale of national property carried out since the Revolution. The third text examines under public law the question of the alienation of émigrés' property and their restitution. The last text narrates in a lyrical style those émigrés who were the king and...
    €500
  3. Description de l'isle des hermaphrodites. Nouvellement decouverte, concernant les moeurs, les coutumes & les ordonnances des habitans de cette isle, Comme aussi le Discours de Jacophile à Limne, avec quelques autres pièces curieuses
    Thomas ARTUS

    Description de l'isle des hermaphrodites. Nouvellement decouverte, concernant les moeurs, les coutumes & les ordonnances des habitans de cette isle, Comme aussi le Discours de Jacophile à Limne, avec quelques autres pièces curieuses

    chez les héritiers de Herman Demen • [ François Foppens]|Cologne • [Bruxelles] [Brussels] 1724|10.6 x 17 cm|relié
    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...
    €700
  4. [REVOLUTION FRANÇAISE] Séance des saints au Paradis, le 20 novembre

    [REVOLUTION FRANÇAISE] Séance des saints au Paradis, le 20 novembre

    S. n.|[Paris] 1789|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition of this pamphlet.
    Mid-19th century full cardboard binding covered with handmade paper. Spine missing and front board detached.
    Satire and critique of the National Assembly where French Saints are invited to speak. An earlier pamphlet had been published for the session of November 15th.
    €100
  5. Prisciani grammatici caesariensi Libri omnes. De octo partibus orationis XVI. Deg, constructione earundem -De XII. Primis Aeneid. Librorum carminibus. -De accentibus tam nominum quam uerborum -De ponderibus & mensuris -De praexercitamentis rhetor. Ex Hermog. -De uersibus comicis -Rusini item de metris comicis & oratoris numeris -Cum indice copiosissimo
    PRISCIEN DE CESAREE

    Prisciani grammatici caesariensi Libri omnes. De octo partibus orationis XVI. Deg, constructione earundem -De XII. Primis Aeneid. Librorum carminibus. -De accentibus tam nominum quam uerborum -De ponderibus & mensuris -De praexercitamentis rhetor. Ex Hermog. -De uersibus comicis -Rusini item de metris comicis & oratoris numeris -Cum indice copiosissimo

    Chez Nicolas Bryling|Bâle [Basel] 1554|11 x 17.5 cm|relié

    New edition. Although we have found no trace of this Basel edition, the first edition was published in Venice by Aldus in 1527 (with a different collation). Not held by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and absent from French catalogues. Oxford holds an edition with the same date. English catalogues mention several copies at different dates. Printed in italic type.
    Fine contemporary German binding on pigskin with clasps in perfect working order. Spine with 3 raised bands, unlettered, with handwritten paper lettering piece, boards stamped in blind with decorative rolls in frames (leafy designs with medallions representing Erasmus of Rotterdam and Philip of Milan, Martin of Paris...

    €1,600
  6. Le diable dans un benitier : Et la métamorphose du gazetier cuirassé en mouche, ou Tentative du sieur Receveur, inspecteur de la Police de Paris, Chevalier de St. Louis, pour établir à Londres une Police à l'instar de celle de Paris. , Dédié à Monseigneur le marquis de Castries, Ministre & Secrétaire d'Etat au Département de la Marine, &c. &c. &c / Par Pierre Le Roux, ingénieur des Grand Chemins
    Anne-Gédéon, Marquis de Pellepore. LA FITTE

    Le diable dans un benitier : Et la métamorphose du gazetier cuirassé en mouche, ou Tentative du sieur Receveur, inspecteur de la Police de Paris, Chevalier de St. Louis, pour établir à Londres une Police à l'instar de celle de Paris. , Dédié à Monseigneur le marquis de Castries, Ministre & Secrétaire d'Etat au Département de la Marine, &c. &c. &c / Par Pierre Le Roux, ingénieur des Grand Chemins

    Imprimerie Royale|à Paris [1784]|12.1 x 18 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bound in half black shagreen, second half of the 19th century, with title along the spine. Smooth spine.
    A sort of satirical pamphlet denouncing French refugees abroad and particularly in London, who hide from French justice with complete impunity, in the form of a narrative. Interesting historical information, it is also an inflammatory work on justice and freedom.
    'Pierre Le Roux' is the Marquis de Pelleport. Cf. Quérard, IV, p. 395, BN, v. 85, col. 960.
    €450
  7. Willem de Eerste
    Johann NOMSZ

    Willem de Eerste

    David Klippink|Te Amsterdam [Amsterdam] 1779|24 x 20 cm|relié
    Rare first edition absent from the catalogues of all major national libraries except the British Library. 25 fine plates by Buys engraved by Koming.
    Half marbled fawn sheep binding, smooth spine with 4 large stamps and multiple roulettes (later binding circa 1810). Title label torn, upper headcap damaged, small lack to tail, joints cracked, one tear to spine, otherwise handsome copy, very fresh internally.
    The work consists of an epic in verse and in 24 cantos of the life and exploits of William I of Nassau, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Holland, known as William the Silent.
    €500
  8. De l'estat et succez des affaires de France. Oeuvre depuis les précédentes éditions, augmenté, & illustré, contenant sommairement l'histoire des roys de France, & les choses plus remarquables par eux instituées pour l'ornement & grandeur de leur Royaume. Ensemble une sommaire histoire des seigneurs, comtes et ducs d'Anjou. Par Bernard de Girard, Seigneur du Haillan, secrétaire de monseigneur le duc d'Anjou
    Bernard de (Seigneur du Haillan) GIRARD

    De l'estat et succez des affaires de France. Oeuvre depuis les précédentes éditions, augmenté, & illustré, contenant sommairement l'histoire des roys de France, & les choses plus remarquables par eux instituées pour l'ornement & grandeur de leur Royaume. Ensemble une sommaire histoire des seigneurs, comtes et ducs d'Anjou. Par Bernard de Girard, Seigneur du Haillan, secrétaire de monseigneur le duc d'Anjou

    Chez Pierre l'Huillier|à Paris 1573|12.30 x 8 cm|relié
    New edition after the first edition of 1570 (privilege of 1572), the summary history of the counts of Anjou has its own title page. The edition includes a portrait of the author. Although this book was reprinted several times, the 16th-century editions are now quite uncommon. 4th edition 'of a work that was very successful and is still worth consulting.' Brunet II, 1612.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding from the first half of the 19th century, spine with raised bands, fillets and date at foot. Copy trimmed short.
    Bernard de Girard (1535-1610) was born and died in Bordeaux, after having been secretary to François de Noailles and having made himself known as a poet and...
    €800
  9. Istoria del regno di Napoli. Nella quale si raccontano I fatti piu importanti dalla morte dell'imperadore Federico II. Fino a'tempi di Fernandino I. d'Aragona. In questa nuova edizione diligentemente emendata, e correta, colla via dell'autore
    Angelo DI COSTANZO

    Istoria del regno di Napoli. Nella quale si raccontano I fatti piu importanti dalla morte dell'imperadore Federico II. Fino a'tempi di Fernandino I. d'Aragona. In questa nuova edizione diligentemente emendata, e correta, colla via dell'autore

    nella stamperia di Giovanni Gravier|Napoli [Naples] 1769|24.30 x 19.50 cm|relié
    New edition containing the author's life. The first edition dates from 1582.
    Contemporary full vellum binding, Italian binding with smooth spine and beige and black title labels.
    Angelo di Costanza (1507-1591) was a famous Italian poet of the Italian Renaissance, native of Naples. He compiled this history of Naples covering the medieval period from 1250 to 1486.
    Headcap partially worn with a one-centimeter tear and upper joints cracked and split.
    See Brunet II, 322 who does not cite this edition but mentions two reprints in Naples in 1710 and 1735.
    €450
  10. Recueil des interrogatoires subis par le général Moreau
    Général MOREAU

    Recueil des interrogatoires subis par le général Moreau

    Imprimerie Impériale|Paris Prairial An XII (1804)|14 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition. Original blue wrappers. Lacks to temporary covers. First and last leaves folded at corners. A pale yellow dampstain at the end of the work. General Moreau was a hero of the Revolution. He received command of the Army of Italy, helped Bonaparte in the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire, then allied with conspirators against Napoleon whose growing power worried him. Found guilty, Napoleon banished him from France.
    €120
  11. An historical disquisition concerning the knowledge which the ancients had of India, and the progress of trade with that country prior to the dicovery of the passage to it by the cape of good hope
    William ROBERTSON

    An historical disquisition concerning the knowledge which the ancients had of India, and the progress of trade with that country prior to the dicovery of the passage to it by the cape of good hope

    T. Cadell Jun and W. Davis Strand • E. Balfour|London • edinburgh 1802|14.80 x 9.50 cm|relié
    Fourth edition after the first edition published in 1791.
    Contemporary full sheep binding. Smooth spine richly decorated, a repeated tool in 4 compartments featuring arms, a shield and a helmet. Double fillet border on the boards. One black and one red title label.
    This is the last historical work by the celebrated Scottish historian William Robertson, pastor of the Presbyterian church and dean of Edinburgh University. The author examines closely Indian civilization and its current functioning as well as its entry into the colonial empire. There is an interesting chapter on silk production and trade.
    2 corners slightly bumped.
    €350
  12. Le grand dictionnaire historique ou le mélange curieux de l'histoire sacré et profane
    Louis MORÉRI

    Le grand dictionnaire historique ou le mélange curieux de l'histoire sacré et profane

    P. Brunel • R Wetstein|à Amsterdam, • Leyde, [Leiden] • La Haye, [The Hague] • Utrecht? 1740|39.80 x 25 cm|8 volumes reliés

    This is the penultimate edition of the most famous historical dictionary, an inexhaustible source that remains highly sought after for both history and genealogy. This edition was refined by Platel and considerably expanded. The first edition was the only one published during the author's lifetime, in 1664, in one folio volume.
    Bindings in full dark brown glazed mottled calf, spine with raised bands decorated with animal tools, red morocco title labels. Unidentified arms on the boards (possibly of a town or the Oormsgard family, but non-French arms) with a lion facing forward (and not in profile as usual) holding a castle.
    Copy complete with the frontispiece.
    Volume I has the...

    €3,500
  13. C. C. Sallustii Crispi quae supersunt opera. Conivratio catilinae. Bellum iugurthinum. Histoiarum libri a Ludovico Carrione collecti & restituti. Una cum annotationibus & scholiis
    SALLUSTE [Caius Crispus Sallustius]

    C. C. Sallustii Crispi quae supersunt opera. Conivratio catilinae. Bellum iugurthinum. Histoiarum libri a Ludovico Carrione collecti & restituti. Una cum annotationibus & scholiis

    apud Petrum Santandreanum|s. l. • [Lyon?] 1574|17 x 11.50 cm|relié
    The rare first edition of these works of Sallust in Latin and Greek.
    Full modern Flemish vellum binding perfectly executed.
    A second part containing Carrione's commentaries and Sallust's text in Greek has its own title page: In C. Sallustii crispi catilinam, et iugurtham. Aldi Manutii Paul F. Scolia. Cypriani a opma emendetiones. In Histotiarum lib. VI a ludovico carrione suma diligentia collectos. 1574. Printer's device of Pierre de Saint André on the title page. These works of Sallust are a reprint of the Greek texts held by Aldo Manuce in Venice. The work is formed of two distinct parts, the first is a Latin translation, the second is composed of commentaries by Louis Carrion of...
    €1,200
  14. Theatrum funebre, exhibens per varias scenas epitaphia nova, antiqua, seria, jocosa, aevo, ordine, dignitate, genere, sexu, fortunâ, ingenio, adeò & stylo perquàm varia, cum summorum pontificum, imperatum, et regum galliae, succincta chronologia, eorumque symbolis ac apitaphis
    Otto AICHER

    Theatrum funebre, exhibens per varias scenas epitaphia nova, antiqua, seria, jocosa, aevo, ordine, dignitate, genere, sexu, fortunâ, ingenio, adeò & stylo perquàm varia, cum summorum pontificum, imperatum, et regum galliae, succincta chronologia, eorumque symbolis ac apitaphis

    sumpt & typis Joannis Baptistae Mayr|Salisburgi [Salzburg] • (Salzbourg) [Salzburg] 1673|19.80 x 15.50 cm|deux parties en un volume relié
    First edition. Rare. One copy at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and one at Bristol in England, another in the catalogues of West Germany. A second edition appeared in 1675 with 2 new parts. 2 very handsome frontispieces
    Later full vellum binding. 20th-century black title-label and endpapers. Light worming on the first 2 pages and the last 5. Scattered foxing.
    Otto Aicher (1628-1705), Benedictine and professor, was an Austrian playwright, professor of rhetoric and grammarian, but also a historian. In this book he gathers epitaphs from all periods, notably of Roman emperors and kings, the whole constituting a theatre of death as epitaphs are like voices from beyond the grave...
    €750
  15. Ordonnances et édits notamment sur la criminalité et la gendarmerie
    HENRI II

    Ordonnances et édits notamment sur la criminalité et la gendarmerieRoyal Ordinances and Edicts, notably on Crime and the Constabulary : Edict Issued by the King Against All Murders and Assassinations Committed Daily in This Kingdom, Published by Public Proclamation by Order of the Parliament Court, Friday, Fifteenth of July 1547 [together with] New Ordinance of King Henry the Second, Issued on the 15th Day of November 1547, Concerning the Constabulary [together with] Second Letters Patent of King Henry the Second on the Matter of Frank-Fiefs and New Acquisitions Throughout the Kingdom of France, Published by Trumpet and Public Proclamation at the Crossroads of Paris, on the Eleventh Day of January 1547 [together with] Ordinances Issued by the King Concerning the Constabulary, Provisions and Supplies [together with] Ordinances and Edicts of King Henry on the Offices of Senior Provosts, Aldermen, and Other Civic Offices in the Cities of France. Published in Judgment by the Court of Parliament in Paris, on the 28th Day of November 1547.

    Pour Jehan André • Charles l'Angelié|à Paris 1547-1548|16 x 11 cm|relié

    Collection of 5 royal ordinances on various subjects.

    1/ Edict faict par le roy contre tous meurdres et assassinementz qui se commettent journellement en ce royaume, le vendredi, quinziesme du moys de juillet 1547. Title vignette with royal arms.

    2/ Ordonnance nouvelle du roy Henry deuxiesme de ce nom, faicte le XV jour de novembre, Mil cinq cens quarente sept:sur le faict de la gendarmerie.

    3/ Secondes lettres patentes du roy Henry Second de ce nom, sur le faict des francz fiefz & nouveaux acquestz par tout le royaume de France, publiées à son de trompe & cry public par les carrefours de ceste ville de Paris, le unzieme jour de janvier, l'an mil cinq cens quarante...

    €1,200
  16. Règlement et réformations des taxes des écritures judiciaires et extrajudiciaires, épices de Mrs. Les juges et dépens curiaux, faits par son excellence monseigneur Grégoire, des ducs de Salviati, vice-légat

    Règlement et réformations des taxes des écritures judiciaires et extrajudiciaires, épices de Mrs. Les juges et dépens curiaux, faits par son excellence monseigneur Grégoire, des ducs de Salviati, vice-légat

    Chez Alexandre Giroud|Avignon 1765|24.50 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition. Absent from the BNF and French catalogues.
    Full marbled sheep binding, spine with raised bands. Title-label renewed in the 19th century. Upper headcap with surface wear. Old traces of marginal mould on some leaves.
    The work details all taxes received in all circumstances by the judicial system of Avignon.
    Bookplate in an engraved roundel: Picard Avenionsis.
    €800
  17. Le négociant philosophe, traduit de l'allemand par Doray de Longray, officier de cavalerie
    HIRZEL

    Le négociant philosophe, traduit de l'allemand par Doray de Longray, officier de cavalerie

    S. n.|à Amsterdam • [Rouen?] 1786|16.50 x 10.50 cm|relié

    Rare. We have found nothing concerning this work, absent from libraries.
    Half calf Romantic binding with corners in red, smooth spine with 4 tools and fillets. Foxing. One corner of the title page border reinforced.
    In the form of a tale and dialogue between a father and son, the author examines the nobility of character of a good merchant, how he should be a good father to his son and a good father to his country. Numerous passages on the importance of agriculture. « Ce travail lui donna des vues très étendues sur les rapports du commerce, avec le bonheur particulier & général des hommes? » (This work gave him very extensive views on the relationship of commerce with the particular...

    €300
  18. Vie de Frederic II, roi de Prusse
    Jean Charles Thibault de LAVAUX

    Vie de Frederic II, roi de Prusse

    Chez J.G. Treutel|A Strasbourg 1787|18 x 10.50 cm|quatre tomes reliés en quatre volumes
    First edition. An additional volume was added in 1788 of the works of Frederick II. 3 other volumes containing letters and documents on Frederick II were added as supplements in 1789.
    Half brown calf bindings ca 1820, smooth spine with fillets.
    The first volume covers the period 1712 to 1756, the second from 1756 to 1763, the third deals with "administration during peace", and the last volume treats private and literary life and contains numerous anecdotes.
    €450
  19. Convention entre le pays de Provence et noble Henry Gautier, pour l'exercice de la charge de la tresorerie generale des etats du sud. Pays, durant sept années, qui commenceront le premier janvier 1737 & qui finiront le dernier decembre 1743.

    Convention entre le pays de Provence et noble Henry Gautier, pour l'exercice de la charge de la tresorerie generale des etats du sud. Pays, durant sept années, qui commenceront le premier janvier 1737 & qui finiront le dernier decembre 1743.

    Chez Joseph David|Aix [Aix-en-Provence] 1736|20.50 x 16 cm|broché
    First edition. In original wrappers, covered with transparent yellow paper. Yellow dampstaining on the title page. Renewal by the assembly of communities of Provence of the lease of treasurer general of Provence of Henry Gautier, articles of this lease.
    €450
  20. Mauricii David Sacerdotis, in utroque jure licentiati Animadversiones in observationes chronologicas R. P. P. Possini, societatis Jesu ad Pachymerem
    Maurice DAVID

    Mauricii David Sacerdotis, in utroque jure licentiati Animadversiones in observationes chronologicas R. P. P. Possini, societatis Jesu ad Pachymerem

    Apud Petrum Palliot|Divione [Dijon] • (Dijon) 1679|21 x 16 cm|broché
    First edition. Uncommon, with copies at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and at Dijon. In original wrappers, the gatherings were probably removed from a book that contained several works. The book is an exegesis of universal chronology based on the work of Father Possini and the Byzantine scholastic Pachymeres, who apparently lived in the 11th century. There are several tables containing the cycles of the moon and sun and the corresponding months. At the end of the work, two letters in French on Petau's chronological convictions regarding the Greek calendar.
    €600
  21. Vitae caesarum quarum scriptores hi Suetonius Tranquillus, Dion Cassius, Aelius Spartianus, Iulius Capitolinus, Aelius Lampridius, Vulcatius Gallicanus, Trebellius Pollio, Flauius Vopiscus, Herodianus, Sex. Aurelius Victor, Pomponius Laetus, Io. Baptista Egnatius, Eutropij libri X. integritati pristinae redditi. Ammianus Marcellinus longe alius quàm antehac unquam / Annotationes D. Erasmi Rot. & Baptistae Egnatij in uitas Caess. Accesserunt in hac éditione Velleij Paterculi libri II. ab innumeris denuo uendicati erroribus. additio indice copiosissimo
    ÉRASME, Giovanni Battista EGNAZIO

    Vitae caesarum quarum scriptores hi Suetonius Tranquillus, Dion Cassius, Aelius Spartianus, Iulius Capitolinus, Aelius Lampridius, Vulcatius Gallicanus, Trebellius Pollio, Flauius Vopiscus, Herodianus, Sex. Aurelius Victor, Pomponius Laetus, Io. Baptista Egnatius, Eutropij libri X. integritati pristinae redditi. Ammianus Marcellinus longe alius quàm antehac unquam / Annotationes D. Erasmi Rot. & Baptistae Egnatij in uitas Caess. Accesserunt in hac éditione Velleij Paterculi libri II. ab innumeris denuo uendicati erroribus. additio indice copiosissimo

    Froben|Basilae [Basel] • (Bâle) [Basel] 1546|33 x 22.50 cm|relié
    Colophon: Basileae per Hieronymvm Frobenivm et Nic. Episcopvm mense Septembri, M.D.XLVI.
    First edition. Decorated with numerous historiated initials. Printer's device on the title page and verso of the final leaf. Absent from French catalogues, but present in English catalogues, 2 copies in Germany at the GBV (union catalogue of northern Germany) and one at the University of Munich. The 1544 edition published in Paris does not include Erasmus's notes and the complete assembly of authors gathered in this edition; the Parisian edition was reissued in 1551 in Lyon by Gryphium, but not this Froben edition, which reproduces only Egnazio's edition. The first edition of Suetonius dates from...
    €1,100
  22. Masaniello, ou la révolution de Naples, fragment historique, traduit de l'allemand de M. Meissner
    August Gottlieb MEISSNER

    Masaniello, ou la révolution de Naples, fragment historique, traduit de l'allemand de M. Meissner

    S. n.|à Vienne [Vienna] • & se trouve à Paris 1789|22 x 14 cm|broché
    First French translation of this work originally published in German in Leipzig in 1784. In original wrappers, with decorative period wrapping paper, pages from other works have been used as endpapers. History of the revolt in Naples in 1646, by a poor fishmonger named Masaniello, who became leader of one hundred thousand men, against Spanish oppression as it was exercised at the time. The preface emphasizes the resonance of this text for us French who know similar periods. At the end of the work, Meissner has placed the articles of the new privilege granted to Naples by the Spanish crown.
    €200
  23. Perutilis tractatus jurispatronatus cum summaris distinctionum ac causarum quaestionum decreti
    Paolo CITADINI

    Perutilis tractatus jurispatronatus cum summaris distinctionum ac causarum quaestionum decreti

    Viventius de Portonarius • Joanem Crispin|Lyon 1533|18 x 12.50 cm|relié
    Rare edition. Not held by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, French catalogues or the British Library, one copy at Oxford and one in the Hollis catalogue at Harvard (same collation) which also holds a 1506 copy and another from 1549. Title within an engraved border with the publisher's vignette.
    Contemporary full vellum binding. Spine unlettered. One crease to the corners of the index leaves on several folios.
    Legal treatise on patronage. Patronage was bequeathed to us by the Romans, the patron was the protector of the slave over whom he had rights, by extension it would designate any relationship between a master holding authority and an element dependent on him (cases of...
    €800
  24. Les chroniques de Jean Carion philosophe. Avec les faictz & gestes du roy françois, iusques au regne du roy Henry deuxieme de ce nom, à present regnant. Traduit en françois par Maîstre Iean le Blond
    Johann CARION

    Les chroniques de Jean Carion philosophe. Avec les faictz & gestes du roy françois, iusques au regne du roy Henry deuxieme de ce nom, à present regnant. Traduit en françois par Maîstre Iean le Blond

    Par Iean Ruelle|à Paris 1556|12 x 8 cm|relié

    The first French translation appears to have been published in 1549, simultaneously with the Latin translation from the German. Rare. Not recorded at the Bibliothèque nationale de France nor in English catalogues, with only one copy located at the municipal library of Lunel.
    Contemporary full calf binding, spine with raised bands and a paper title label. Covers decorated with a cold-stamped rectangular frame and fleurs-de-lis in the corners, with a central blind-stamped tool. Upper headcap torn away, two compartments and half of another lacking. One fleur-de-lis missing. Corners rubbed. A worm track in the lower margin from p. 12 to 32. A few light dampstains on about ten leaves...

    €900
  25. Déclaration du Roy contre les usurpateurs de noblesse, en interpretation de celle du huictième février mil six cent soixante-un
    LOUIS XIV

    Déclaration du Roy contre les usurpateurs de noblesse, en interpretation de celle du huictième février mil six cent soixante-un

    Par les imprimeurs & libraires ordinaires du roy|à Paris 1664|21.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
    First edition. In original wrappers, under chemise. Establishment of a commission against usurpers and obligation for the nobility to provide justifications for their titles since 1550. Those who will not be capable of doing so will be declared commoners and subject to a fine and tax. This declaration comes as a counterpoint to that of 1661.
    €450
  26. Leyes de recopilacion, que contiene los libros primero, segundo, tercero... nono

    Leyes de recopilacion, que contiene los libros primero, segundo, tercero... nono

    En la imprenta de Juan de Zuniga.|Madrid 1745|30 x 20 cm|deux volumes reliés
    The first collection of laws governing Spain appeared in 1567 under the instigation of King Philip II. This collection would be reprinted and supplemented until 1775. A third book appeared containing los autos acordados.
    This edition is complete with its index at the end of volume II.
    Absent from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and French catalogues, copies from 1775 and 1772 at the British Library, Cambridge and Southampton (these libraries never hold all 2 volumes, but either the first, second, or third).

    Full flamed calf bindings from the early 19th century. Smooth spine with fillets. Red title label and black volume label. Headcaps rubbed. Various scuffing. One...
    €900
  27. Relation de ce qui s'est passé dans une assemblée tenue au bas du Parnasse...
    Antoine GACHET D'ARTIGNY

    Relation de ce qui s'est passé dans une assemblée tenue au bas du Parnasse...

    Chez Jean 't Lam|à Amsterdam 1739|16 x 10 cm|relié
    Account of what happened in an assembly held at the foot of Parnassus for the reform of belles lettres. A curious work composed of borrowed pieces, according to the method of the wits of our time.
    Counterfeit of the first edition published the same year by Pierre Paupie in The Hague. Title page in red and black.
    Contemporary full speckled calf binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title label. Leather lacking for 0.8cm (irregular) at the joints, along the spine.
    Satire and denunciation of bad authors, and methods of pillaging to form new books. 500 authors are found in the index. This critique denounces false glories, renowned authors, in the form of a...
    €300
  28. De caesaribus atque imperatoribus romanis, opus insigne : ab innumeris, quibus antea scatebat, mendis vindicatum : una cum Volphgangi Hungeri, iurecondulti dictiss. Annotationibus, quibus innumera cum huiusce autoris, tum aliorum quoq historicorum loca &restituuntur, & explicantur.
    Johannes CUSPINIANUS

    De caesaribus atque imperatoribus romanis, opus insigne : ab innumeris, quibus antea scatebat, mendis vindicatum : una cum Volphgangi Hungeri, iurecondulti dictiss. Annotationibus, quibus innumera cum huiusce autoris, tum aliorum quoq historicorum loca &restituuntur, & explicantur.

    per Ioannem Oporinum & Nicolaum Brylingerum.|Basilae [Basel] • (Bâle) [Basel] [1561]|32 x 21 cm|relié
    First edition containing the commentaries of Wolfgang Hunger. The previous edition dates from 1540. The date of 1561 appears at the end of the dedication by Albert Reyffenstain, the publisher of the work. In addition to the main text, the book incorporates the author's Diarum, De congressu caesaris Maximiliani augusti, & trium regum, hungaria, bohemiae, & poloniae, Vladislai, Ludovici, ac Sigismundi... De turcurum origine, Quibus itineribus turci sint aggrediendi by Felix Petiantus. Annotations printed in two columns, the index in 4. Beautiful and numerous decorated initials.
    Full calf binding, 17th century. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Decorative border on covers. Red morocco...
    €900
  29. L'estat et comportement des armes. Livre autant util, que necessaire à tous gentils-hommes, heraux, & officiers d'armes
    Jean SCOHIER

    L'estat et comportement des armes. Livre autant util, que necessaire à tous gentils-hommes, heraux, & officiers d'armes

    de l'imprimerie de Jean Mommart|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1626|15.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    Second edition after the original of 1597, Brussels, in folio. Illustrated with 114 wooden coats of arms, genealogical trees. Title page in red and black. Printer's vignette on the title page. Decorated initials. The National Library of France possesses the edition of 1630 from Paris. No copy in French catalogues. The edition of 1597 and that of 1630 can be found at the British Library. One copy of the 1629 edition at Manchester.
    Contemporary rigid full vellum binding. Smooth spine with handwritten title (faded). An old dampstain at the bottom of the upper board.
    The work is one of the best heraldry books, and deals with the constitution of coats of arms and the significance of...
    €700
  30. Institutiones historicae. Quibus explicantur Res omnis Aevi Observata Ubique Per aequabilia Temporum Intervalla Triplici partitione in historiam civilem, ecclesiasticam, et literariam ...
    Heinrich MASCAMP

    Institutiones historicae. Quibus explicantur Res omnis Aevi Observata Ubique Per aequabilia Temporum Intervalla Triplici partitione in historiam civilem, ecclesiasticam, et literariam ...... Chronologia Exactissima, Explicatis etiam copiosius Juris Publici Mutationibus, multisque Circumstantiis, quae ad elegantiorem Antiquitatis observationem, Et variam Eruditionem pertinent, Eum in Modum, Ut tam docendi quam discendi facillimo usui Per omnia sit inservitum [Heinrich Mascamp’s Historical Institutions : Explaining Events of All Eras, Arranged in Equal Intervals of Time and Divided into CIVIL, ECCLESIASTICAL, AND LITERARY HISTORY, with Exact Chronology, a Detailed Account of Changes in Public Law, and Numerous Circumstances Pertaining to a More Refined Study of Antiquity and Varied Learning, Designed for the Greatest Ease of Both Teaching and Learning]

    Sumptibus Micheal Andreas Fuhrmann.|Amsterdam 1711|15.50 x 20 cm|relié

    First edition. Printed in two columns.
    Contemporary full calf binding. Spine with raised bands, compartments gilt-tooled. Red morocco label. Some pages slightly browned. A good copy overall.
    A study based on the Tabula of Cebes of Thebes, a Socratic philosopher and disciple of Socrates, as well as on Xenophon's Memorabilia and Epictetus' Enchiridion. Numerous Greek and Hebrew quotations. The author discusses the Phoenicians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, with particular attention to the chronology of events.
    Heinrich Mascamp was a professor in Duisburg. He was born and educated in the Netherlands.

    NB: This item is available at the...

    €400
  31. Histoire des négociations de Nimegue par le sieur de St Disdier
    Limojon de SAINT DISDIER

    Histoire des négociations de Nimegue par le sieur de St Disdier

    suivant la copie imprimée Chez Claude Barbin|à Paris 1680|9 x 15 cm|relié
    A counterfeit bearing the sphere mark of the year of the original published by Barbin in two volumes, but of which we have found no copy. Absent from the British Library, one copy at Cambridge. One copy at the Sainte-Geneviève library and several copies at the BN de France, including reprints from 1697.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Top headcap worn away. Rubbing.
    The author was French ambassador to Venice. He omits none of the events related to the negotiations of Nijmegen (1674-1678) which ended the Dutch War and where France was seen as arbiter of Europe's destinies. He has added to this an extract of the most important writings that...
    €350
  32. La sage folie de Spelte. Poëte & historiographe du roy d'Espagne. Traduite d'italien en françois par Louys Garon. [Première partie: La sage folie, fontaine d'allegresse, mere des plaisirs, reyne des belles humeurs : pour la defense des personnes Ioviales, à la confusion des archisages & protomaistres... Seconde partie : La delectable folie, support des capricieux, soulas des fantasques , nourriture des Bigearres : pour l'utilité des cerveaux faibles, & retenuë des boutadeux]
    Antonio Maria SPELTA

    La sage folie de Spelte. Poëte & historiographe du roy d'Espagne. Traduite d'italien en françois par Louys Garon. [Première partie: La sage folie, fontaine d'allegresse, mere des plaisirs, reyne des belles humeurs : pour la defense des personnes Ioviales, à la confusion des archisages & protomaistres... Seconde partie : La delectable folie, support des capricieux, soulas des fantasques , nourriture des Bigearres : pour l'utilité des cerveaux faibles, & retenuë des boutadeux]

    Chez Claude Larjot.|à Lyon 1628|9 x 15 cm|deux parties reliées en un volume
    First French edition. The first edition of the Italian text dates from 1607. Illustrated with two allegorical frontispieces signed Gr. Huret. Uncommon edition. One copy at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France from 1628, and another at the British Library. Nothing in French and English union catalogues.
    Contemporary full vellum binding with overlapping edges. Smooth spine with manuscript title partly illegible. Traces of ties. Scattered pale foxing.
    Antonio Maria Spelta (1559-1632) was a writer, scholar and historian from Padua, and it was while recalling Erasmus's Praise of Folly that he wrote this collection composed partly of reflections on madness, and partly on various subjects...
    €700
  33. DE TOTA GRACIA LIBRI DECEM, quibus non solum urbium situs, locorumq[ue] interualla accuratè est complexus, sed regum etiam familias, bellorum causas & euentus, sacrorum ritus, rerumpub. status copiose descripsit: hactenus à nemine in linguam Latinam conuersi, nuncq[ue] primùm in lucem editi / Abrahamo Loeschero interprete. Accessit rerum & uerborum locupletissimus index.
    PAUSANIAS

    DE TOTA GRACIA LIBRI DECEM, quibus non solum urbium situs, locorumq[ue] interualla accuratè est complexus, sed regum etiam familias, bellorum causas & euentus, sacrorum ritus, rerumpub. status copiose descripsit: hactenus à nemine in linguam Latinam conuersi, nuncq[ue] primùm in lucem editi / Abrahamo Loeschero interprete. Accessit rerum & uerborum locupletissimus index. [Description of Greece - Ten Books on All of Greece, in which not only the positions of cities and the distances between places are accurately set forth, but also the dynasties of kings, the causes and outcomes of wars, the rites of religion, and the conditions of states are copiously described: hitherto translated into no language, and now for the first time published in Latin, by Abraham Loescher as interpreter. A most ample index of things and words is added.]

    Per Ioannem Oporinum.|Basilae [Basel] • (Bâle) [Basel] 1550|21.50 x 33.50 cm|relié

    First edition of the famous translation by Abraham Loesher, the best and most faithful edition according to Clavier. The editio princeps of this text dates from 1516, printed by the Aldine Press in Venice, but according to Brunet (IV, 454), although rare, it was made from a poor manuscript and was executed carelessly, which gives full importance to the edition we present. Publication date in colophon. Printer's device on verso of final leaf, with the inscription Arion. Historiated initials.
    Contemporary full calf binding. Spine with raised bands restored at the end of the 19th century, with fleurons and roulettes on the bands, red morocco title label. Corners restored. On the upper...

    €1,100
  34. When the Misappropriation of Public Funds Was Punishable by Death
    Observations sur un manuscrit intitulé Traitté du péculat
    [Roland LE VAYER DE BOUTIGNY] (Nicolas FOUQUET)

    Observations sur un manuscrit intitulé Traitté du péculat

    [ F. Foppens]|s. l. [Brussels] 1666|8 x 13.50 cm|relié

    Anonymous first edition. This work is listed as no. 2023 in the bibliography of Elzevier editions (Willems, Vol. II). For the author's identity, see Barbier, Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes.
    Contemporary full limp vellum binding with yapp edges. Smooth spine. Faded manuscript title in red ink to spine.

    €450
  35. Remonstrance à Messieurs de la cour de Parlement sur le parricide comis en la personne du roy Henry le Grand
    HENRI IV

    Remonstrance à Messieurs de la cour de Parlement sur le parricide comis en la personne du roy Henry le Grand

    S. n.|s. l. • [Paris] 1610|10.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
    First edition. Uncommon
    In original wrappers, under grey paper.
    Particularly violent pamphlet which begins by exonerating Ravaillac who would have been only an instrument of death in service of the Jesuits. The regicide would be the culmination of a vast conspiracy seeking to establish the pope's power to the detriment of the king's.
    This pamphlet would have been composed by the entourage of Philippe Duplessis-Mornay.
    NB: This work is available at the bookshop on request within 48 hours.
    €400
  36. Les ruines, ou méditation sur les révolutions des empires
    Constantin-François de Chasseboeuf, Comte de VOLNEY

    Les ruines, ou méditation sur les révolutions des empires

    Chez Desenne • Volland • Plassans|à Paris 1792|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
    First French edition. The original edition appeared in Geneva in 1791. Illustrated with 3 plates, a frontispiece and two folding: a hemispheric map and an astrological one.
    Contemporary full marbled sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title label. Upper headcap worn. Rubbing to joints and edges.
    Famous work by the philosopher Volney in which personal memories, philosophy and reflections alternate. While the general subject is a questioning of the disappearance and ruin of empires (Volney begins his book with a meditation on the collapse of Palmyra), the work addresses multiple related themes: origins of religious cults, symbolism, worship of stars. The book excels...
    €350
  37. Histoire du Parlement de Tournay, contenant l'établissement et les progrès de ce Tribunal avec un détail des Edits, Ordonnances et Réglemens concernants la justice y envoyez.
    Matthieu PINAULT

    Histoire du Parlement de Tournay, contenant l'établissement et les progrès de ce Tribunal avec un détail des Edits, Ordonnances et Réglemens concernants la justice y envoyez.

    Chez Gabriel François Henry.|à Valenciennes 1701|17 x 23 cm|relié
    First edition. A fine portrait at the frontispiece of Louis François de Boufflers by Hyacinthe Rigaud engraved by Thomassin.
    Contemporary full calf binding. Richly decorated raised spine. Red morocco title label. 2 corners worn. Light yellow dampstaining at beginning of work on first 3 leaves, lower margin, in center.
    From the day after the 1667 campaign, which brought Flanders to France, Louis XIV hastened to send ordinances and create Parlements in the conquered cities, especially since it was at this date that Parlements were obligated to register royal Edicts. Moreover a procedural code was sent to all jurisdictions of the kingdom. The book gathers royal ordinances and edicts...
    €500
  38. Not blue blood, these nobles!
    Liste des noms des ci devant nobles, & de tous les aspirans à la Noblesse, ou escrocs d'icelle, avec des notes sur leurs familles
    Jacques-Antoine DULAURE

    Liste des noms des ci devant nobles, & de tous les aspirans à la Noblesse, ou escrocs d'icelle, avec des notes sur leurs familles

    Chez Garnéry|à Paris [1790]|12 x 19 cm|3 parties reliées en un volume
    First edition. 3 parts, originally sold in installments here gathered in one volume. Rare.
    Half red shagreen binding from mid-19th century. Spine with raised bands in compartments decorated with fleurons. Corners slightly bumped.
    Examination and origin (history and genealogy) of the nobility of all the great families of France, the Montesquiou, Lusignan, Noailles, Rohan, and lesser ones as well, the author endeavoring to demonstrate that all nobility is usurped, and that all nobles are in fact impostors, and that they derive their origins either from commoners or from thieves, that there is therefore no legitimacy of power and nobility.
    €480
  39. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Hommes illustres dans la République des Lettres [...] Vol . 3
    Jean-Pierre NICERON

    Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Hommes illustres dans la République des Lettres [...] Vol . 3

    Chez Briasson|à Paris 1727|10 x 17 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full sheep binding. Decorated raised band spine. Copy with the arms of Baron Carré de Vandeuvre, minister to Louis XVIII. The title and volume labels were renewed at the same period, in the early 19th century.
    This volume contains the following biographical and bibliographical articles: Joseph Saenz d'Aguirre, Noël Alexandre, Vincent Auria, Adrien Baillet, Redempt Baranzan, Gabriel Barelette, Jean Bona, Barthelemi de
    Chasseneuz, Guillaume Chillingworth, Nicolas Coffeteau, Philibert Collet, André Dacier, Jean Daillé, Simon Escopius, Tanegui Le Fèvre, Anne Le Fèvre, Vitale Giordani, Pierre Halle, Godefroy Herman, François Lamy, Hubert Languet, Jean A...
    €180
  40. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Hommes illustres dans la République des Lettres [...] Vol . 6
    Jean-Pierre NICERON

    Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Hommes illustres dans la République des Lettres [...] Vol . 6

    Chez Briasson|à Paris 1728|10 x 17 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full sheep binding. Ornate raised spine. Armorial copy of Baron Carré de Vandeuvre, minister to Louis XVIII. The title and volume labels were renewed at the same period, in the early 19th century.
    This volume contains the following biographical and bibliographical articles: Nicolas Perrot d'Ablancourt, Pierre Alcuonus, Alexandre Ab Alexandro, Gaspar Bartholin, Thomas Bartholin, Pierre Bayle, Jean Begat, Nicolas Bergier, Gilbert Burnet, René le Bossu, Philippe Callimaco Eoperiente, Gerard Croese, Pierre Cuneus, Gisbert Cuper, Antoine Galland, Isaac Jaquelot, Jean Lightfoot, Alexandre Marchetti, Claude Gaspard Bachet de Meziriac, Jacques Ozanam, Olivier...
    €180
  41. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Hommes illustres dans la République des Lettres [...] Vol . 21
    Jean-Pierre NICERON

    Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Hommes illustres dans la République des Lettres [...] Vol . 21

    Chez Briasson|à Paris 1732|10 x 17 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full sheep binding. Ornate raised spine. Armorial copy of Baron Carré de Vandeuvre, minister to Louis XVIII. The title and volume labels were renewed at the same period, in the early 19th century.
    This volume contains the following biographical and bibliographical articles: Luc d'Acheri, Jean Balesdens, Bessarion, Louis Boivin, Jean-François Buddeus, François Charpentier, Philippe Cluvier, Coelius Secundus Curion, Coelius Horace Curion, Coelius Augustin Curion, Etienne Dolet, Helius Eobanus, Barthelemi Facio, Epiphane Ferdinandi, Hubert Folieta, Marquard Freher, Jean Fronteau, Robert Garnier, Nicolas-Jerôme Gundling, Jean Hales, Matthieu de Laroque...
    €180
  42. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Hommes illustres dans la République des Lettres [...] Vol . 24
    Jean-Pierre NICERON

    Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Hommes illustres dans la République des Lettres [...] Vol . 24

    Chez Briasson|à Paris 1733|10 x 17 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full sheep binding. Decorated raised spine. Armorial copy of Baron Carré de Vandeuvre, minister to Louis XVIII. The title and volume labels were renewed at the same period, in the early 19th century. A tear with loss to foot of spine, likewise to head of spine.
    This volume contains the following biographical and bibliographical articles: Jerôme Aleandre l'ancien, Jerôme Aleandre le jeune, Angelico Aprosio, Louis Doni d'Attichi, Germain Audebert, Pierre Belon, Gilles Boileau, Nicolas Boileau Despreau, Jean Botero, Amable de Bourzeys, Jacques Caviceo, Gilles Corrozet, Gilbert Cousin, François de la Croix du Maine, Charles Dati, Patthias Flacius Illoyricus...
    €180
  43. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Hommes illustres dans la République des Lettres [...] Vol . 25
    Jean-Pierre NICERON

    Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Hommes illustres dans la République des Lettres [...] Vol . 25

    Chez Briasson|à Paris 1733|10 x 17 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full sheep binding. Decorated raised spine. Armorial copy of Baron Carré de Vandeuvre, minister to Louis XVIII. The title and volume labels were renewed at the same period, in the early 19th century. 2 corners slightly bumped.
    This volume contains the following biographical and bibliographical articles: Charles Aretin, Jean Aretin, Leonard Aretin, Philippe Beroalde Philippe Beroalde le Jeune, Zacharie Boverius, Herman Buschius, Constantin Cajetan, Jean Galbert de Campistron, Guillaume de Catel, Jean-Jacques Chifflet, Jules Chifflet, Jean Chifflet, Henri-Thomas Chifflet, Claude Chifflet, Philippe Chifflet, Pierre-François Chifflet, Claude Fauchet...
    €180
  44. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Hommes illustres dans la République des Lettres [...] Vol . 31
    Jean-Pierre NICERON

    Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Hommes illustres dans la République des Lettres [...] Vol . 31

    Chez Briasson|à Paris 1735|10 x 17 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Copy with the arms of Baron Carré de Vandeuvre, minister to Louis XVIII. The title and volume labels were redone at the same period, in the early 19th century.
    This volume contains the following biographical and bibliographical articles: L. Addison, J. Addison, J. Almathée, C. de Beauregard, B. Bekker, R. Bellarmin, R. Belleau, P. Bertius, J. Buxtorf, J. Buxtorf the younger, T. Creech, J. M. Crescimbeni, R. Descartes, F. Garasse, P. Gaudenzio, G. Gratarole, S. Guichenon, L. Holstenius, M. de l'Hopital, C. Kortholt, W. Lazius, A. Lubin, C. Lycosthene, F. Macedo, E. Maignan, P. de Marcassus, O. Mencke...
    €180
  45. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Hommes illustres dans la République des Lettres [...] Vol . 32
    Jean-Pierre NICERON

    Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Hommes illustres dans la République des Lettres [...] Vol . 32

    Chez Briasson|à Paris 1735|10 x 17 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Copy with the arms of Baron Carré de Vandeuvre, minister to Louis XVIII. The title and volume labels were redone at the same period, in the early 19th century.
    This volume contains the following biographical and bibliographical articles: Ottomanus Luciunus, Jean Alexandre Brassicanus, Symphorien Champier, André Alciat, Romulo Amaseo, François Rabelais, Louis Dolce, George Fabrice, Jean de Gorris, Marguerin de la Bigne, Erasme Bartholin, Conrad Rittershusius, Marc-Antoine Bonciari, Antoine Loisel, Antoine Montchretien, Jean-Baptiste Marino, Jean Rutgersius, Jean Isaac Pontanus, Simon de Muis, Pierre...
    €180
  46. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Hommes illustres dans la République des Lettres [...] Vol . 40
    Jean-Pierre NICERON

    Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Hommes illustres dans la République des Lettres [...] Vol . 40

    Chez Briasson|à Paris 1739|10 x 17 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Copy with the arms of Baron Carré de Vandeuvre, minister to Louis XVIII. The title and volume labels were renewed at the same period, in the early 19th century.
    This volume contains the following biographical and bibliographical articles: Pierre Arcudoius, Isaac Barovv, Jacques de Billy, George Cassander, Jean de Chaumont, Paul Philippe de Chaumont, Jean Chenu, Jean Clauberge, Jean Cloppenburg, Gabriel de Collange, Noël Dargonne, Augustin Dati, Jason Denores, Paul Emile, Jean-Albert Fabricius, Emanuel Fremellius, Jean Garnier, Salomon Gesner, Jean-Pierre Gilbert, Louis Jacob, David Le Clerc, Jean le...
    €180
  47. [HISTOIRE ECCLESIASTIQUE] Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire ecclésiastique pendant le dix huitième siècle

    [HISTOIRE ECCLESIASTIQUE] Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire ecclésiastique pendant le dix huitième siècle

    Chez Adrien Le Clere|à Paris 1806|13 x 20.50 cm|relié
    First edition. We curiously did not find this work in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, nor in French catalogues.
    Contemporary full flamed and glazed sheep binding. Smooth spine richly decorated with two grotesque-style compartments and two other compartments with special tools, roulettes. Red morocco title label and brown morocco volume labels. Upper joint of volume 1 cracked. Headcap of volume 1 worn, and lacks to headcap of volume 2. Corners bumped.
    Year by year, the work establishes the list and history, rather objectively commented, of important facts in ecclesiastical history in the 18th century, and this throughout the world. The revolutionary period is particularly...
    €280
  48. Tablettes chronologiques de l'histoire universelle, sacrée et profane, ecclésiastique et civile, depuis la création du Monde jusqu'à l'an 1775 ; avec des réflexions sur l'ordre qu'on doit tenir, & sur les Ouvrages nécessaires pour l'étude de l'Histoire.
    Nicolas LENGLET DU FRESNOY

    Tablettes chronologiques de l'histoire universelle, sacrée et profane, ecclésiastique et civile, depuis la création du Monde jusqu'à l'an 1775 ; avec des réflexions sur l'ordre qu'on doit tenir, & sur les Ouvrages nécessaires pour l'étude de l'Histoire.

    Debure l'aîné|à Paris 1764|10.50 x 17 cm|relié
    New edition. The first edition appeared in 1744, and its chronology therefore stopped at the date of 1743; this latest edition continues the chronology until 1764; this is followed by tables of popes, writers, great men in the sciences and arts. Each page is surrounded by a double black frame.
    Contemporary mottled calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with spider web tools. Brown morocco title-label and volume labels. Head slightly worn. Same for the tail of volume I. Upper joint of volume II split at head and tail.
    The work is presented in the form of a chronology. The works of abbé Lenglet du Fresnoy are still considered today as treasures of erudition; he was...
    €200
  49. Observations du Comte de Lally-Tolendal sur la lettre écrite par M. le Comte de Mirabeau au Comité des Recherches, contre M. le Comte de Saint-Priest, ministre d'état. [Ensemble] Songe d'un anglais, fidèle à sa patrie et à son roi
    Trophime-Gérard de LALLY-TOLENDAL

    Observations du Comte de Lally-Tolendal sur la lettre écrite par M. le Comte de Mirabeau au Comité des Recherches, contre M. le Comte de Saint-Priest, ministre d'état. [Ensemble] Songe d'un anglais, fidèle à sa patrie et à son roi

    Chez Desenne • et chez M. Elmsey|A Paris; • A Londres [London] 1789 - 1793|12 x 19.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
    First edition of these two pamphlets. Rare.
    Stitched without covers, under glassine paper. One gathering detached in the first pamphlet.
    The Observations are a defense of the Count of Saint-Priest, who in 1789 was the first Minister of the Interior, against the calumnious attacks of Mirabeau. Saint-Priest would resign to the king in 1790, following Necker. Le Songe d'un anglais was written in the aftermath of the indictment of Louis XVI, imprisoned for 4 months. In his dream, the author attributes to the British sovereign words of indignation and the acts he would implement against France.
    €250
  50. Nouveau commentaire sur l'ordonnance civile du mois d'avril 1667
    Daniel JOUSSE

    Nouveau commentaire sur l'ordonnance civile du mois d'avril 1667

    Chez Debure|Paris 1757|9.50 x 17.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    New edition, expanded with the idea of Civil Justice.
    Contemporary full blonde mottled calf binding. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and floral motifs, red morocco title and volume labels. All edges red. Some surface wear.
    The Code Louis is the name given to the "ordinances on the reformation of civil and criminal justice" of 1666 and 1670, in honor of King Louis XIV. It is the standardization of laws and jurisdictions of the kingdom, whose South was under "Roman" law and the north under customary law. It was developed under the direction of Colbert from 1661. The commentary on this legal revolution is the work of a renowned jurist, Daniel Jousse.
    €250
  51. Histoire de l'empereur Jovien
    Jean-Philippe-René de LA BLÉTERIE

    Histoire de l'empereur Jovien

    Chez Brocas et Al.|à Paris 1776|9.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
    New edition
    Contemporary marbled blonde sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title label. Headcaps worn. One corner heavily bumped with exposed board edge.
    Jovian is the successor to Roman Emperor Julian, whose biography the author had given shortly before; it was a great success in Europe and made La Bleterie one of the prominent figures of History in the 18th century. After the brief biography of the emperor, one will find translations of Julian's writings, The Caesars, a satire dedicated to Sallust; the Misopogon (the enemy of the beard), where Julian draws a portrait of himself, as he indeed wore a very long beard which attracted mockery, and several...
    €160
  52. Histoire de Suger, abbé de S. Denis, ministre d'etat, et regent du royaume sous le regne de Louis Le Jeune
    François-Armand GERVAISE

    Histoire de Suger, abbé de S. Denis, ministre d'etat, et regent du royaume sous le regne de Louis Le Jeune

    Chez Jean Musier|à Paris 1721|9 x 16.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Decorated raised band spine. Beige title label. Damage with losses to the three headcaps. The second volume is in a noticeably different binding, with a red morocco title label and a beige volume label. Paper sometimes browned and spotted.
    Although it is charged with numerous inaccuracies (but certain points of Suger's biography are still debated), like all studies conducted by Gervaise, this history of Abbot Suger teems with interesting details and anecdotes. Moreover the preliminary pieces contain 4 dissertations on the foundation of the abbey of Saint Denis, the death of Abbot Suger, on Suger's works, and on the heresy of...
    €250
  53. Les crimes des papes depuis S. Pierre jusqu'à Pie VI
    Louis-Charles de LAVICOMTERIE

    Les crimes des papes depuis S. Pierre jusqu'à Pie VI

    Au bureau des Révolutions de Paris|à Paris 1792|12 x 20 cm|relié
    First edition, illustrated with a frontispiece and nine fine figures drawn and engraved by Ransonette illustrating crimes and executions.
    Contemporary half tawny sheep with corners, smooth spine with gilt title-label and roulettes. Rubbed. Lacking at head. Corners slightly bumped. Frontispiece doubled. Title page with some stains.
    Extremely pamphleteer in nature, the crimes of the popes trace and catalog pope by pope the abuses committed in the name of papal authority, but without great historical precision.
    Born in 1746, Lavicomterie had begun his career as an author with strictly literary works, but at the time of the Revolution, his anticlericalism and anti-royalism brought...
    €250
  54. La galerie des États Généraux
    Antoine de RIVAROL, Honoré Gabriel Riquetti Comte de MIRABEAU

    La galerie des États Généraux

    S. n.|s. l. [Paris • ou Londres?] [London] 1789|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    Reprint of the first edition also published in 1789. A second volume of these portraits would appear a little later.
    In original wrappers. Title page margins worn.
    The work is a series of portraits, with a key at the end of the book to identify them; it includes Necker, Guillotin, Sieyès... Luchet also participated in writing some of these portraits.
    €150
  55. Anecdotes secrètes sur le 18 Fructidor, et nouveaux mémoires des déportés à la Guiane, écrits par eux-mêmes, et faisant suite au journal de Ramel, contenant de nouveaux détails sur leur transport à la Guiane, et leur séjour dans cette colonie, l'arrivée de la frégate la Décade, ayant à bord 193 déportés, la mort de Rovère, Lavilleheurnois, Brothier, Gibert-Desmolières, d'Havelange, Letellier, etc., et tout ce qui s'est passé à la Guiane jusqu'au 24 Ventôse an VII. Auxquels on a ajouté une nouvelle relation de l'évasion de Pichegru, Barthélemy, Ramel, etc
    GIGUET

    Anecdotes secrètes sur le 18 Fructidor, et nouveaux mémoires des déportés à la Guiane, écrits par eux-mêmes, et faisant suite au journal de Ramel, contenant de nouveaux détails sur leur transport à la Guiane, et leur séjour dans cette colonie, l'arrivée de la frégate la Décade, ayant à bord 193 déportés, la mort de Rovère, Lavilleheurnois, Brothier, Gibert-Desmolières, d'Havelange, Letellier, etc., et tout ce qui s'est passé à la Guiane jusqu'au 24 Ventôse an VII. Auxquels on a ajouté une nouvelle relation de l'évasion de Pichegru, Barthélemy, Ramel, etc

    Chez Giguet|Paris An VII (1799)|10 x 18 cm|relié
    First edition with engraved frontispiece.
    Half caramel sheep binding, spine with five raised bands, red morocco title and date labels, upper headcap fragile and partly worn away, repaired tear at foot of spine, overall very rubbed.
    This is a collection compiled by publisher Giguet containing letters and memoirs concerning the deportation to the penal colonies of French Guiana of numerous persons occupying the highest ranks of the Republic at the time of the French Revolution.
    The assembled pieces refer to the coup d'état of 18 Fructidor fomented under the Directory by the republicans against the moderates and royalists, then holding a majority in the councils, particularly the...
    €350
  56. [TIERS-ETAT] Ultimatum d'un citoyen du Tiers-Etat au mémoire des princes, présenté au Roi [Suivi de] Le Fin mot d'un Marseillois sur le mémoire des princes [Ensemble] Acte patriotique de trois électeurs du Tiers-Etat ous la sédition dissipée [Ensemble] Le dernier mot du Tiers-Etat a la noblesse de France

    [TIERS-ETAT] Ultimatum d'un citoyen du Tiers-Etat au mémoire des princes, présenté au Roi [Suivi de] Le Fin mot d'un Marseillois sur le mémoire des princes [Ensemble] Acte patriotique de trois électeurs du Tiers-Etat ous la sédition dissipée [Ensemble] Le dernier mot du Tiers-Etat a la noblesse de France

    S. n.|s. l. 1789|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half red sheep binding, late 19th century. Smooth unlettered spine. Headcaps missing.
    Defense of the prerogatives of the Third Estate and of the proportion of assemblies, of the nobility, clergy and people. At the end of the work, a curious table presenting the accounts of the Prince de Condé demonstrating the enormous burden for France of maintaining the nobility.
    €180
  57. Mémoire adressé au Roi, en juillet 1814. Seule Edition complète et correcte, contetant toutes les Notes de l'Auteur ; celles du Lynx ; les Commentaires qui ont circulé secrètement avec le Manuscrit, et les Pièces justificatives ; suivi du Discours qu'il a prononcé au tribunat, le 11 floréal an 12
    Lazare CARNOT

    Mémoire adressé au Roi, en juillet 1814. Seule Edition complète et correcte, contetant toutes les Notes de l'Auteur ; celles du Lynx ; les Commentaires qui ont circulé secrètement avec le Manuscrit, et les Pièces justificatives ; suivi du Discours qu'il a prononcé au tribunat, le 11 floréal an 12

    Chez Arnaud|à Paris 1815|13.50 x 21.50 cm|Broché
    Sixth edition.
    Contemporary pamphlet in printed pink paper wrappers. Rubbing.
    Memoir addressed to King Louis XVIII in July 1814, during Bonaparte's downfall (whose rise Carnot had assisted), pro-revolutionary, particularly violent and imprecatory regarding the death of Louis XVI. This pamphlet recalls that the revolutionary tone was not dead in 1814 and that the search for an adequate constitution was still current. The letter is followed by various commentaries by Carnot himself.
    €200
  58. Lettre d'un père à son fils officier français
    Marquis d' ALBERTAS

    Lettre d'un père à son fils officier français

    De l'imprimerie de Dubié|s. l. • [Paris?] ca 1815|11 x 18.50 cm|2 cahiers agrafés
    First edition of this pamphlet, published supposedly following its reading in 1815.
    A particularly violent and accusatory pamphlet against Bonaparte, warning a military son, ready according to the marquis to betray France and his king for an adventurer wishing once again to bleed France dry. The Marquis d'Albertas belonged to one of the most illustrious families of Provence; his mansion was built in Aix, on the square that bears his name today.
    €100
  59. Disputatio juridica de regno arelatensi, quam consensu arque autoritate illustris jctorum ordinis
    Philipp Heinrich GOFFART VON

    Disputatio juridica de regno arelatensi, quam consensu arque autoritate illustris jctorum ordinis

    typis Mullerianis|Jenae [Jena] • (Iéna) [Jena] 1674|16 x 19 cm|Cousu
    First edition.

    Signatures sewn together. The first signature is detached. Pages browned.

    The work is a dissertation from the University of Jena on the kingdom of Arles under the patronage of Johannes Strauch, professor and advisor at various German universities. The kingdom of Arles is in fact the kingdom of Burgundy, and was thus named by writers who had been dazzled by the ancient city and who wished to give a Roman ancestry to Burgundy. The research, very scholarly, focuses particularly on the origins of Burgundy.
    €280
  61. L'ave et le credo du Tiers-Etat, par M. C...R, roturier angevin
    Jean-Baptiste CORDIER

    L'ave et le credo du Tiers-Etat, par M. C...R, roturier angevin

    S. n.|s. l. [1789]|12 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition of this pamphlet published anonymously.
    Full cardboard Bradel binding, late 19th century. Pink handmade paper. Spine lightly sunned.
    On the leitmotiv of the Ave 'Hail Mary', an apology for freedom and equality.
    €100
  62. Heliand poema saxonicum seculi noni ou poème de la vie de Jésus composé par ordre de l'Empereur Louis le Débonnaire sous les auspices de saint Luitger, évêque de Munster en 814
    V. MOHLER

    Heliand poema saxonicum seculi noni ou poème de la vie de Jésus composé par ordre de l'Empereur Louis le Débonnaire sous les auspices de saint Luitger, évêque de Munster en 814

    Librairie orientale et américaine • & J. Maisonneuve|Paris 1898|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the critical study and literal translation, verse by verse, from the Saxon manuscript discovered in 1794 at the library of Bamberg Cathedral by Canon G. Gley.
    Two tiny lacks at foot of spine and at head, otherwise handsome copy. Rare.
    €70
  63. Mémoire statistique sur le département de Vaucluse
    Maxime PAZZIS

    Mémoire statistique sur le département de Vaucluse

    De l'Imprimerie de D. G. Quenin|Carpentras 1808|21 x 25.50 cm|relié
    First edition. Rare. Printed in Carpentras.
    Near-contemporary half fawn sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with restoration tools. Spine rubbed.
    Following a history of Vaucluse, this is a study from demographic as well as economic, geographical, historical, and organizational perspectives of the department. Numerous statistical tables. Important work for the history of Provence and the department. The chapter on orchards and the history of olive trees, particularly mulberry trees, and more generally on agriculture is particularly interesting.
    €400
  65. Conjuration de Louis-Philippe-Joseph D'Orléans, surnommé Egalité...
    Louis Philippe Joseph d' ORLÉANS

    Conjuration de Louis-Philippe-Joseph D'Orléans, surnommé Egalité...

    Chez Dentu|à Paris 1831|22 x 13.50 cm|broché
    First edition? We have found no trace of this work in electronic catalogues in France and the United Kingdom. Original pamphlet in pink paper wrappers. History of Louis Philippe Joseph d'Orléans from a slanderous and denunciatory perspective. The author presents and depicts the man as a skillful and unscrupulous hypocrite. As epigraph, a quotation from Cicero: « Je ne crois pas qu'il ait jamais existé sur terre un pareil monstre. » (I do not believe that such a monster has ever existed on earth.) The author appears to be a witness to the Revolution, as numerous revolutionary scenes are described from his viewpoint.
    €180
  66. Traduction des remarques sur le rescrit circulaire de Vienne, adressé à tous les ministres etrangers, & répandu dans le public, et sur différents extraits tirés du testament & du codicile de l'empereur Ferdinand I. de très glorieuse mémoire , concernant la succession actuelle de la maison d'Autriche.
    FERDINAND I

    Traduction des remarques sur le rescrit circulaire de Vienne, adressé à tous les ministres etrangers, & répandu dans le public, et sur différents extraits tirés du testament & du codicile de l'empereur Ferdinand I. de très glorieuse mémoire , concernant la succession actuelle de la maison d'Autriche.

    S. n.|s. l. 1741|18.50 x 25 cm|en feuilles
    First edition. Uncommon, 2 copies at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, none in the United Kingdom, one copy in Berlin. In sheets. Since the 16th century, there had always been a man as head of the House of Austria, and the succession had been transmitted from male to male. But Emperor Charles VI had only daughters. He wanted to leave his inheritance to his eldest daughter, Marie-Thérèse, and settled his succession by means of a solemn law, called the Pragmatic Sanction. The work is a careful examination of the testament of Emperor Ferdinand I, with regard to the succession of the House of Austria. The work affirms, supported by numerous extracts from the testament, that there could be no...
    €350
  67. Des suites de la contre Révolution de 1660 en Angleterre
    Benjamin CONSTANT

    Des suites de la contre Révolution de 1660 en Angleterre

    se vend chez F. Buisson|à Paris An VII [1798]|14 x 21 cm|broché
    Second edition statement on the title page. Edition published at the date of the original, it is possible that the second edition statement is fictitious. One copy in the electronic catalogue of the BN de France, none in French catalogues, but numerous ones in England. Pamphlet in its original state, in blue paper wrappers. Political pamphlet denouncing the restoration of the monarchy in England (and the tyranny of Charles II) after the popular revolution that had deposed it. A parallel is established with the situation of the young French republic. Constant was accused of having wanted to prepare minds for the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire.
    €300
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