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Antique and first editions of bibles and sacred texts, theology and religious controversies: Catholicism, Protestantism, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, pagan beliefs and religions

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  1. [PROTESTANTISME - REVOCATION EDIT DE NANTES] Memoire politico - critique, où l'on examine s'il est de l'interêt de l'eglise & l'etat d'etablir pour les calvinistes une nouvelle forme de se marier. [Ensemble] Lettre d'un patriote sur la tolérance civile des protestans de France [ensemble] La voix du vrai patriote caholique opposée à celle des faux patriotes tolérans
    Jean NOVI DE CAVEIRAC, Antoine COURT

    [PROTESTANTISME - REVOCATION EDIT DE NANTES] Memoire politico - critique, où l'on examine s'il est de l'interêt de l'eglise & l'etat d'etablir pour les calvinistes une nouvelle forme de se marier. [Ensemble] Lettre d'un patriote sur la tolérance civile des protestans de France [ensemble] La voix du vrai patriote caholique opposée à celle des faux patriotes tolérans

    S. n.|s. l. 1756|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition of these three rare memoirs on Protestantism, all three published without editorial indication.
    Contemporary full blonde calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title label. A volume label is present, the book was meant to be shelved among a collection of pamphlets and memoirs. Joints cracked and split. Headcaps worn. Corners bumped.
    Novi de Cabeirac studies in his memoir the effects of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. We know he was fanatically intolerant, even though his study of demography and economics is serious.
    The second memoir pleads the cause of Protestants before the royal power and denounces the horror of the crimes that were...
    €500
  2. Le nouveau Testament de N. S. Jesus-Christ
    ANONYME

    Le nouveau Testament de N. S. Jesus-Christ

    Chez Desaint & Saillant|à Paris 1752|10 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First impression by this publisher. Volume II is in two parts and has two title pages, the first completing the Acts of the Apostles begun in the first volume.
    Contemporary full brown morocco binding. Decorated Jansenist spine with raised bands (blind fillets). Red morocco title and volume labels (with rolls and fillets). Double fillet on leading edges. Interior roll. Beautiful and rare gilt dominotier paper (scattered stars and dots). Edges gilt. Slight lack at head of volume I. Lacks at foot of volume I. One corner bumped. Lacks at head of volume II; slight lack at foot; 3 corners bumped. Despite the noted defects, a handsome and well-preserved copy in contemporary morocco.
    This...
    €400
  3. Du Juge Des Controverses: Traitte Auquel Est Defendue L'Authorite Et La Perfection de La Saincte Escriture. [Ensemble] Des traditions et de la perfection et suffisance de l'ecriture saincte qui est le quatrième traicté des Juges des controverses
    Pierre DU MOULIN

    Du Juge Des Controverses: Traitte Auquel Est Defendue L'Authorite Et La Perfection de La Saincte Escriture. [Ensemble] Des traditions et de la perfection et suffisance de l'ecriture saincte qui est le quatrième traicté des Juges des controverses

    Chez Pierre Aubert|Genève [Geneva] 1631-1632|9.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
    First edition, quite rare.
    Contemporary full vellum binding. Smooth spine. Title in faded black pen. Browning and stains on the vellum. Title page detached. Marginal dampstains on the last 10 leaves, and on the first ones in the middle of the work. Trimmed close at right margin.
    A leading figure among Protestant orators, like Charles Drelincourt, this pastor of the Reformed Church of Paris was among the most skilled controversialists, mixing eloquence and violent diatribes. The author criticizes the Roman Catholic position and replaces Scripture as the sovereign judge of controversies, not the pope or the church. This is a book on the controversy of Holy Scripture, between the...
    €500
  4. Raccolta di alcune notificazioni, e editti ed istruzioni pubblicate dall'Eminentissimo, e Reverendissimo Signor Cardinale Prospero Lambertini Arcivescovo di Bologna
    Prospero LAMBERTINI

    Raccolta di alcune notificazioni, e editti ed istruzioni pubblicate dall'Eminentissimo, e Reverendissimo Signor Cardinale Prospero Lambertini Arcivescovo di Bologna

    Presso Antonio Zatta|in Venezia [Venice] 1771|19.50 x 26 cm|2 volumes brochés
    New edition, the first edition appears to have been published in 1733. Illustrated with two large engraved title head-pieces by Zatta. Miniature printing in double columns.
    Contemporary grey temporary boards. Tear at foot of volume II.
    Prospero Lambertini was elected Pope in 1740 under the name Benedict XIV. He died in 1758. He was a learned Pope, nourished by science and open to the Enlightenment, and attempted to soften the rigour of the church and dogma.
    €350
  5. Recueil des edicts de pacification, ordonnances et déclarations faites par les Rois de France sur les moyens plus propres pour appaiser les troubles et séditions, survenues pour le fait de la religion
    Pierre Laurent Buirette de BELLOYS

    Recueil des edicts de pacification, ordonnances et déclarations faites par les Rois de France sur les moyens plus propres pour appaiser les troubles et séditions, survenues pour le fait de la religion

    S. n.|s. l. 1612|8 x 14.70 cm|relié
    New edition expanded with edicts until 1610; in all likelihood, the first appeared in 1599.
    Contemporary full vellum binding. Smooth spine. Title in black ink partly illegible. The endpapers are detached from the boards. Loose stitching with some sections protruding. One gallery of worms 1 cm long in the right margin affecting one letter p. 169 and three following pages, and p. 69 to 72. Pale dampstain in lower margin on the first leaves.
    The first edict is that of Charles IX of January 17, 1561 and the last a Declaration by King Louis 13, of May 22, 1610, being 17 edicts, including the Edict of Nantes 1598 given by Henri IV; all concern the wars of religion and their consequences...
    €650
  6. De sibyllinis. Aliisque quae Christi natalem praecessere oraculis.
    Isaac VOSSIUS

    De sibyllinis. Aliisque quae Christi natalem praecessere oraculis.

    E theatro Sheldaniano|Oxoniae [Oxford] • (Oxford) 1680|12 x 19.9 cm|relié
    Second edition, rare, after the first published in 1679, also rare. Fine printer's device of Sheldon's theatre.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Joint split with lacks. Corners heavily bumped. Worn binding.
    Studies by the famous scholar and learned Isaac Vossius on the oracles and predictions that preceded the birth of Christ. Follow the objections and criticisms, then Vossius's response. At the end of his life, Vossius was settled in England where he was appointed canon of Windsor; this writing appears to date from his English period.
    €450
  7. Des personnes, choses ecclesiastiques et decimales
    Germain FORGET

    Des personnes, choses ecclesiastiques et decimales

    Chez Jean Osmont|à Rouen 1625|10.50 x 16 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full vellum binding with overlapping flaps. Smooth unlettered spine. Traces of ties. A lack of leather at the stitching, at headcap.
    Treatise on ecclesiastical jurisprudence, which governs not only relations between church people, but also between church persons and lay people, and furthermore between material goods and church people. The treatise is based on edicts and decrees published up to that time, on history since Rome and on literature written on the subject. Interesting, for understanding how notably the church personnel lived in France.
    €300
  8. Histoire civile et ecclésiastique du Comté d'Evreux, où l'on voit tout ce qui s'est passé depuis la fondation de la Monarchie, tant par rapport aux Rois de France, qu'aux anciens Ducs de Normandie, et aux Rois d'Angleterre
    Pierre LE BRASSEUR

    Histoire civile et ecclésiastique du Comté d'Evreux, où l'on voit tout ce qui s'est passé depuis la fondation de la Monarchie, tant par rapport aux Rois de France, qu'aux anciens Ducs de Normandie, et aux Rois d'Angleterre

    Chez François Barrois|à Paris 1722|19.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
    The rare first edition, illustrated with three folding plates depicting the interior of a tomb discovered in 1685.
    Contemporary full calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Some rubbing. A lack to the right margin of the title page, not affecting the text.
    Composed of two parts, the narrated history itself and Les Actes et preuves, the work extends from the origins of the County of Evreux until 1682. The organization and style are clear and concise, and the whole is rich in erudition, particularly regarding antiquities. One will consult with appetite the acts and proofs on this subject. A most interesting subsection was added by the author on the...
    €800
  9. Historiographie générale des provinces ecclésiatiques de l'église latine ou l'on traite de l'origine des patriarcats, primaties, archevéchez et evêchez, répandus dans les quatre parties du monde. comme aussi de l'établissement des ordres religieux dans chaque diocèse, et des lieux, qui ont donné naissance à leurs fondateurs et fondatrices.
    Père François de Digne JACQUES

    Historiographie générale des provinces ecclésiatiques de l'église latine ou l'on traite de l'origine des patriarcats, primaties, archevéchez et evêchez, répandus dans les quatre parties du monde. comme aussi de l'établissement des ordres religieux dans chaque diocèse, et des lieux, qui ont donné naissance à leurs fondateurs et fondatrices.

    Chez François Sébastien Offray|Avignon 1716|36 x 23 cm|relié
    First edition. Title page in red and black.
    Contemporary full marbled sheep binding; decorated raised spine, red morocco title label, roulette border decoration. Some scratches to boards; two corners worn; slight lack to bottom of joint.
    Important and rare history of the foundation of Latin churches and religious orders throughout the world, the author even including the Indies and America. In France, the author establishes this history in all provinces and cities. At the same time this history combines geographical interest, as the author never fails to situate and describe the birthplace of an order or church; it is equally a history of saints and a general history of each...
    €900
  10. Les entretiens curieux d'Hermodore, et du voyageur incognu, divisés en deux parties, par le sieur de Sainct Agran
    Jacques Auguste de CHEVANES

    Les entretiens curieux d'Hermodore, et du voyageur incognu, divisés en deux parties, par le sieur de Sainct Agran

    En la boutique de jean Pillehotte|à Lyon 1634|16 x 23.50 cm|relié
    First edition, rare. Followed by "Preuves justificatives, qui font esclatter le verité de cet oeuvre", separately paginated, in Latin. The work is cited in Querard, Supercheries littéraires. Privilege of 4 February 1634. One title vignette.
    Contemporary full vellum binding. Smooth spine with title in black ink. Brown stains on first board, traces of ties. Spine detached from binding, the book held only by one stitch. The first endpaper is absent.
    This controversial work was initially published in response to a book by Jean Pierre Camus, Le directeur spirituel desintéressé. The book is divided into several conversations, notably on church ornamentation and various points of...
    €550
  11. Poeme contenant la tradition de l'eglise sur le très-saint sacrement de l'Eucharistie
    Louis Isaac LE MAISTRE DE SACY

    Poeme contenant la tradition de l'eglise sur le très-saint sacrement de l'Eucharistie

    Chez Guillaume Desprez|à Paris 1695|9 x 16 cm|relié
    First edition in 12mo, published simultaneously with the 4to edition. Cioranescu. One title vignette and two headpieces.
    Contemporary full calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Head worn.
    Lengthy preface on the nature and essence of the Eucharist. The poem consists of ten cantos in verse.
    €200
  12. Dissertation apologetique pour le bien-heureux Robert d'Arbrisselles ... sur ce qu'en a dit Monsieur Bayle dans son Dictionaire historique et critique
    Mathurin SORIS, Pierre BAYLE

    Dissertation apologetique pour le bien-heureux Robert d'Arbrisselles ... sur ce qu'en a dit Monsieur Bayle dans son Dictionaire historique et critique

    Pour Henry Desbordes|Anvers [Antwerp] 1701|In 12|relié
    First edition. The additions and notes published in 1702 are bound with this volume.
    Contemporary brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Split headcaps. Corners slightly bumped.
    Father Soris belonged to the order of Fontevraud, originally founded by Robert d'Arbriselles. The work takes the form of a long letter addressed to Pierre Bayle.

    NB: This work is available at the bookshop on request within 48 hours.
    €280
  13. Opes Sacerdotii num Republicae Noxiae. Ex rerum natura, sana politica et communi sensu generis humani examinatum
    Anselmo DESING

    Opes Sacerdotii num Republicae Noxiae. Ex rerum natura, sana politica et communi sensu generis humani examinatum

    Impensis Joannis Gastl|Pedepontanum [Regensburg] 1753|16 x 21.50 cm|relié
    First edition. Rare. Title page in red and black, with a title ornament.
    Contemporary full vellum binding. Smooth spine with fillets and pen-written title. Stains, tears to the vellum at foot.
    Interesting work forming a study of the economic cost of churches, congregations and religious communities, as well as the activity of religious persons. A second part describes foreign cults and their relationship to money and studies this same cost among different churches (Jews, Turks, Arabs, Hindus, Persians, Chinese, Egyptians, etc.). The final chapters concern America (Mexico and Peru). Anselmo Desing was a scholar and a Benedictine father of the monastery of Ensdorf, he occupied...
    €400
  14. Tabula seu index atque compendium & epilogus omnium sententiarum diui Thomae Aquinatis, per conclusiones resolutas, ... prout dudum reuerendo patre fratre Petro Bergomensi, ... caeterisque similiter optimis theologiae professoribus coactum fuerat opus & auctum
    Fra Pietro da BERGAMO

    Tabula seu index atque compendium & epilogus omnium sententiarum diui Thomae Aquinatis, per conclusiones resolutas, ... prout dudum reuerendo patre fratre Petro Bergomensi, ... caeterisque similiter optimis theologiae professoribus coactum fuerat opus & auctum

    Apud Haeredes Lucaeantonij Iuntae Florentini|Venetiis [Venice] • (Venise) [Venice] 1539|17 x 24 cm (In-4)|relié

    New edition, following the princeps of 1473 in Bologna (under a different title). Very rare. Printer’s device of the Junta on the title page and the final leaf. Dedication to Hercules Gonzaga of Mantua. Not in Brunet. One copy in Oxford and one in the Italian catalogues, but none in the French catalogues nor in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
    Half calf binding, c. 1800. Spine with raised bands and gilt fillets. Brown morocco title-piece. Headcap trimmed. Rubbing to edges.

    NB: This volume is available at the bookshop on request within 48 hours.

    €1,600
  15. Histoire des controverses et des matieres ecclesiastiques traitées dans l'onzième siecle
    Louis Ellies DUPIN

    Histoire des controverses et des matieres ecclesiastiques traitées dans l'onzième siecle

    Chez André Pralard|à Paris 1696|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full sheep binding. Ornamented raised spine. 2 title labels. Headcaps worn. Joints cracked.
    The monumental and erudite enterprise of Louis Ellies Dupin, professor of theology and philosophy, the Histoire des controverses et des matieres ecclesiastiques was published successively from 1690 to 1718 and extended from the 9th century to the 17th, with several volumes for certain centuries (it is very rare to find the different volumes together). Besides the specific subjects treated, controversies and councils, this history contains a history of the popes and the church, and summarizes all the authors and writings; the work is further distinguished by its...
    €250
  16. Histoire des controverses et des matieres ecclesiastiques traitées dans le treizième siecle
    Louis Ellies DUPIN

    Histoire des controverses et des matieres ecclesiastiques traitées dans le treizième siecle

    Chez André Pralard|à Paris 1698|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. 2 title labels. One lack to head of spine. The title on the title label is curiously and erroneously by the binder "Bibliotheque des auteurs ecclésiastiques", another work by the author and volume II, the work being naturally absolutely complete.
    Monumental and erudite undertaking by Louis Ellies Dupin, professor of theology and philosophy, the Histoire des controverses et des matieres ecclesiastiques was published successively from 1690 to 1718 and extended from the 9th century to the 17th, with several volumes for certain centuries (the different volumes are very rarely found together). Besides the...
    €250
  17. Epistolarum libri decem. Cum Ambrosii nonnullis
    Aurelius SYMMACHUS

    Epistolarum libri decem. Cum Ambrosii nonnullis

    Imprimi fecit Gerhard vvingendorp|Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] • (Leyde) [Leiden] 1653|7.50 x 13.30 cm|relié
    New edition of these letters by Symmachus and the first by this publisher.

    Contemporary full vellum binding with overlapping flaps. Smooth spine with handwritten title. Scattered foxing.

    Symmaque or Symmachus (340-416) was an important statesman who represented the ultimate defense of paganism in the West. His correspondence with various figures represents "extremely precious documents for the history of municipal organization of the city and customs concerning legislation and administration of the era" (Larousse).
    €300
  18. Reflexions sur les Constitutions de l'abbaye de La Trappe
    Bernard de MONTFAUCON

    Reflexions sur les Constitutions de l'abbaye de La Trappe

    Chez Pierre Granseigne|à Ville-Franche [Villefranche-de-Rouergue] 1678|8 x 14.30 cm|relié
    Rare edition printed in Villefranche, after the original of 1671 published in Paris. Work attributed to Bernard de Montfaucon but whose authorship is disputed.
    Binding in black half-shagreen, late 19th century. Jansenist spine with raised bands, with title and date. Trimmed short on title page.
    Bernard de Montfaucon, originally from Roquetaillade, near Limoux, was one of the most erudite men of his time and thereby one of the most famous of his era, notably for his monumental work: antiquity explained in figures. He was a Benedictine, of the congregation of Saint Maur. The abbey of La Trappe, founded by the order of Cistercians was annexed to the domain of the Benedictines. It was...
    €500
  19. Recueil des oraisons funebres, prononcées par Messire Jules Mascaron
    Jules MASCARON

    Recueil des oraisons funebres, prononcées par Messire Jules Mascaron

    Chez Jean Desaint|à Paris 1745|10 x 17 cm|relié
    New edition, after the original of 1704.
    Contemporary full calf binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title label. Foot headcap worn. Mascaron's orations were compiled by Abbé Bordes in 1704. The work contains a biography of the Bishop of Agen and the orations for Anne of Austria, Henriette of England, the Duke of Beaufort, Pierre Séguier, Turenne. Mascaron was a famous Oratorian born in Marseille in 1634. "His funeral orations, which make him one of the great orators of the royal pulpit, were highly appreciated by Mlle de Scudery, Mme de Sévigné, Fléchier and the king. Powerful, epic inspiration (for Turenne). Pathetic apostrophes, ample metaphors, strong antitheses...
    €150
  20. [JANSENISME] Lettre a une personne de très-haute considération, au sujet de la cessation du service ordinaire, résolue par le parlement, le 5 mai 1753. pour vaquer sans discontinuation aux affaires du schisme. [Ensemble] Lettre apologétique, critique et politique, écrite par un seigneur de la cour, a Monsieur le Marechal de *** sur l'affaire du parlement. [Ensemble] Tres-humbles et tres respectueuses representations des officiers du bailliage et siege presidial de Langres a Monseigneur le Chancelier [...] [Ensemble] Supplément à la tradition ds faits, qui prouve l'indépendance des rois de France, vis-à-vis di Pape, des Archevêques & Evêques de son royaume. [Ensemble] Memoire sur le refus des sacremens a la mort qu'on fait a ceux qui n'acceptent pas la constitution, et un addition concernant les billets de confession

    [JANSENISME] Lettre a une personne de très-haute considération, au sujet de la cessation du service ordinaire, résolue par le parlement, le 5 mai 1753. pour vaquer sans discontinuation aux affaires du schisme. [Ensemble] Lettre apologétique, critique et politique, écrite par un seigneur de la cour, a Monsieur le Marechal de *** sur l'affaire du parlement. [Ensemble] Tres-humbles et tres respectueuses representations des officiers du bailliage et siege presidial de Langres a Monseigneur le Chancelier [...] [Ensemble] Supplément à la tradition ds faits, qui prouve l'indépendance des rois de France, vis-à-vis di Pape, des Archevêques & Evêques de son royaume. [Ensemble] Memoire sur le refus des sacremens a la mort qu'on fait a ceux qui n'acceptent pas la constitution, et un addition concernant les billets de confession

    S. n.|A Amsterdam; • Turin; • s. l. 1750 - 1754|10 x 16.50 cm|5 parties reliées en un volume
    First editions of these 5 texts concerning Jansenism and Parliament. The collection forms a rare ensemble.
    Contemporary full blonde calf binding. Decorated raised spine. Red morocco title label. Corners slightly bumped. Good copy.
    To understand the significance of these editions, it is necessary to go back a little in history: The papal bull Unigenitus (1713) takes up and perfects the various bulls against "Jansenist heresy" by particularly condemning the theses of Quesnel and Arnauld, it would give rise to a religious dispute in France that would gradually worsen into a major political crisis over confession tickets and refusal of sacraments to those who opposed the bull. Not only...
    €700
  21. Analyse des conciles généraux et particuliers, Contenant leurs Canons fur le Dogme, la Morale, & la Dificipline tant ancienne que moderne, expliques par des Notes, conferes avec le Droit nouveau, notamment avec le Droit particulier de la France, & precedes d'un Traite des Conciles en general, pour fervir d'introduction : Ouvrage utile au Clerge feculier & regulier, ainfi qu'aux Jurifconfultes
    Charles Louis RICHARD

    Analyse des conciles généraux et particuliers, Contenant leurs Canons fur le Dogme, la Morale, & la Dificipline tant ancienne que moderne, expliques par des Notes, conferes avec le Droit nouveau, notamment avec le Droit particulier de la France, & precedes d'un Traite des Conciles en general, pour fervir d'introduction : Ouvrage utile au Clerge feculier & regulier, ainfi qu'aux Jurifconfultes

    Chez Vincent|à Paris 1772-1777|19.50 x 26 cm|quatre volumes reliés
    First edition. Rare collection of all four volumes in first edition. The volumes appeared successively from 1772 to 1777, which is why the complete collection is rarely found in libraries.
    Contemporary full glazed and marbled calf bindings. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title and volume labels. Some pages browned, some foxing and corner water stain at bottom of page on several leaves, but handsome copy.
    Important work, of great erudition, on the history and role of councils (ecumenical, provincial...) within the Catholic Church. The work aims to be exhaustive and details the ordinances and edicts of all councils.
    €900
  22. Ordonnance de Monseigneur l'Archev. Duc de Reims. En forme d'instruction pour la faculté de theologie de Reims. A l'occasion de deux theses de theologie soutenues dans le college des Jesuites de la mesme ville, les 5. & 17. de decembre 1696
    Charles-Maurice LE TELLIER, ARCHEVÊQUE DUC DE REIMS

    Ordonnance de Monseigneur l'Archev. Duc de Reims. En forme d'instruction pour la faculté de theologie de Reims. A l'occasion de deux theses de theologie soutenues dans le college des Jesuites de la mesme ville, les 5. & 17. de decembre 1696

    Chez Jean Anisson|à Paris 1697|10 x 17 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. A crowned fleur-de-lys at foot. Headcaps worn.
    Two theses were published in 1696 by Jesuits of Reims on the doctrinal preeminence of Molina concerning grace, and announced it as dogma for the Catholic church. Concerned about the danger these theses posed to the church and the theological university of Reims, the Archbishop of Reims thought it wise to study their content and expose it. This theological quarrel illustrates the latent conflict between the Jesuits and the prelates of the Catholic church.
    The owner's name has been crossed out on the title page.
    €250
  23. Supplementum Patrum. Complectitur Multa SS. Patrum, Conciliorum, scriptorumque Ecclesiasticorum opera, quae primum è MS. codicibus eruit, notis & dissertationibus illustravit
    Jacobus HOMMEY

    Supplementum Patrum. Complectitur Multa SS. Patrum, Conciliorum, scriptorumque Ecclesiasticorum opera, quae primum è MS. codicibus eruit, notis & dissertationibus illustravit

    apud Petrum de Laulne • apud Petrum Vander Meersche|Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris] • (Paris) ; • Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] • (Leyde) [Leiden] 1696|12 x 20 cm|relié
    First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 4 unsigned figures of full-length portraits of Saint Bernard, Saint Ambroise... Some music plates.
    Contemporary full vellum binding. Smooth Jansenist spine. Title in black ink. Leaf 655 detached. The binder has inverted two leaves at the beginning of the work (epistle and preface).
    This supplement to the works of the Church Fathers consists of 5 short treatises on music, three of which are attributed to Saint Bernard. Other treatises follow, including a life of Saint Augustine by Jordanum de Saxe and theological considerations by Saint Hildebert. The whole comprises rare writings not usually found in the corpus of works of the...
    €500
  24. Opera, quae sunt publici juris, omnia. Ad manuscriptos codices plures, nec-non ad editiones antiquiores & castigatiores emendata, aucta, & in unum omnia volumen nunc primum collecta
    Fabius FULGENTIUS

    Opera, quae sunt publici juris, omnia. Ad manuscriptos codices plures, nec-non ad editiones antiquiores & castigatiores emendata, aucta, & in unum omnia volumen nunc primum collecta

    Apud Guillelmum Desprez|Parisiis [Paris] • (Paris) 1684|19 x 25.50 cm|relié
    New edition, handsomely decorated with headpieces, tailpieces and decorated initials. Assuming that the mythographer Fulgentius and the bishop are indeed the same person, this edition contains only the theological works of Saint Fulgent. A very useful alphabetical index appears at the end of the work.
    Contemporary full calf binding. Richly decorated raised spine with star motifs. Red morocco title label. Damage with loss to head of spine. Corners bumped. A dampstain at beginning of work in right margin, at upper corner, not affecting text.
    Fulgentius (468-533), is famous among the Church Fathers for his pious and exemplary life; he was first a monk, then abbot and subsequently...
    €350
  25. Almanach et predictions estranges du sieur P. Du Moulin Ministre de Charenton. Adressées à Messieurs de la religion pretendue Reformée
    Pierre DU MOULIN, Ange de RACONIS

    Almanach et predictions estranges du sieur P. Du Moulin Ministre de Charenton. Adressées à Messieurs de la religion pretendue Reformée

    Chez Isaac Mesnier|à Paris 1619|10.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
    First edition. Rare.
    Half brown percaline binding from the mid-19th century. Gilt title. Good condition.
    Examination, by Father Ange de Raconis of the predictions contained in Dumoulin's works, namely the relegation of Protestants to the Indies, the disappearance of the so-called reformed religion, that the name Huguenot would become synonymous with Devil... Father Dumoulin is famous for his controversies and his total adherence to his church, but his character clearly influenced his rhetoric, and violent in his diatribes he found himself attacking in turn the Catholic church and then his own. Raconis attempts here to disqualify Dumoulin's discourse and character.
    NB...
    €350
  26. Analyse et examen de l'Antiquité dévoilée, du despotisme oriental, & du christianisme dévoilé, ouvrages posthumes de Boullanger, par un solitaire
    Jean-Charles-François LE GROS

    Analyse et examen de l'Antiquité dévoilée, du despotisme oriental, & du christianisme dévoilé, ouvrages posthumes de Boullanger, par un solitaire

    chez la veuve Duchesne • Chez Barde Manget|à Genève [Geneva] • & à Paris 1788|14 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition.
    In original wrappers, under period pink paper. Modern cream paper spine. Handwritten title. Upper joint cracked for 10 cm.
    L'antiquité dévoilée is a book by Baron d'Holbach based on manuscript notes by Boulanger, not counting the important reworking that d'Holbach made to the notes, developing their anti-religious spirit. The work had a strong impact at the end of the 18th century, it aimed to prove that among all peoples of the earth, the population had been kept under the yoke of superstition and terror inspired by the different religions of the world. The author methodically proposes the analysis and examination of the theses and ideas developed by d'Holbach. He...
    €300
  27. Essequie della sacra cattolica real maesta del re di Spagna D. Filippo II. D'Austria. C
    Vicentio PITTI

    Essequie della sacra cattolica real maesta del re di Spagna D. Filippo II. D'Austria. C

    Nella stamperia del Sermatelli|In Firenze [Florence] • (Florence) 1598|15.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition. Rare. Title within an engraved frame. Arms of Philip II on title page and printer's device and colophon on the last leaf.
    In original wrappers, plain dust cover.
    Funeral of Philip II of Spain (died in 1598) given by the Grand Duke of Tuscany in Florence, described by Vicentio Pitti, Ferdinand II de' Medici, who was related to Philip II as he was the son of Marie Madeleine of Austria and Cosimo II de' Medici.
    €600
  28. Moyses viator : sev, imago militantis ecclesiae mosaicis peregrinantis synagogae
    Antoine MILLIEU

    Moyses viator : sev, imago militantis ecclesiae mosaicis peregrinantis synagogae

    Sumptibus Gabrielis Boissat|Lugduni [Leiden] • (Lyon) 1636|11.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
    First edition. Rare. Not in Brunet. A sequel was published in 1639. The 1680 edition will unite both parts.
    Contemporary limp vellum binding. Pen title.
    Long poem in verse on the exodus of the Jews. One discovers the image of the pilgrim and pilgrimage in the Renaissance, that is to say an exclusive march toward a sacred place.
    €800
  29. Commentaria in bullam Gergorij XIV. Pont. Max. De immunitate, et libertate ecclesiastica, legum civilium, & sacrorum canonum studiosis non minus utilia, quam pernecessaria
    Alexandro AMBROSINO

    Commentaria in bullam Gergorij XIV. Pont. Max. De immunitate, et libertate ecclesiastica, legum civilium, & sacrorum canonum studiosis non minus utilia, quam pernecessaria

    Apud Erasmi Viothi|Parmae [Parme] 1612|15 x 20 cm|relié
    First edition. 2 vignettes, printer's devices, on the title page and at the end of the work.
    Contemporary full parchment binding. Smooth spine with ink title. Traces of ties. A dampstain in the lower margin in the middle of the work throughout the volume.
    Gregory XIV was elected pope on December 5, 1590 and reigned only 10 months. It should be noted that he confirmed the excommunication of Henry IV and the Calvinists.
    €350
  30. Traité des peines des secondes noces
    Louis ASTRUC

    Traité des peines des secondes noces

    Chez Henry Vaugeth • [ I. E. Henault]|à Galembrun [Toulouse] • [Toulouse] 1752|8 x 14.50 cm|relié

    Second edition after the 1750 first edition. Edition similar to the first, indistinguishable from it, without statement. No privilege or imprint. Uncommon. Edition printed in Toulouse.

     
    Contemporary full marbled sheep binding. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Headcap partly torn away. One joint rubbed. Corners bumped. One wormhole to title label.
    Legal study and work on second marriages, both of widows and widowers, particularly during or after imposed mourning, and especially regarding children from a first marriage, in civil code and customary law. Louis Astruc was a lawyer and professor of law in Toulouse. Interesting work, which demonstrates the close relationship...

    €400
  31. Observations theologiques et morales, sur le livre du pere Berruyer, Jesuite, intitulé : Histoire du peuple de Dieu...
    Charles Daniel Gabriel de Thubières de CAYLUS

    Observations theologiques et morales, sur le livre du pere Berruyer, Jesuite, intitulé : Histoire du peuple de Dieu...

    S. n.|s. l. 1755-1757|10 x 17 cm|3 volumes reliés
    First edition. The first two volumes appeared in 1755 and the last, by abbé Jean-Baptiste Cadry, dates from 1757. Cadry indeed completed this work that M. de Caylus had left unfinished due to his death in 1754. Not held by the British Library and absent from English catalogues.
    Contemporary full marbled calf bindings. Richly decorated raised band spines. Red morocco title labels and black calf volume labels. Red edges. One corner slightly bumped. Handsome copies.
    Beyond the precisely theological criticism (Incarnation, Trinity...) the first volume contains numerous details on heresies. The work should be classified in a library of Jansenism, whose vision of human nature (close to...
    €400
  32. Analysis methodica juris pontificii. Qua sub titulis decretalium antiquarum distinctis quinque libris succincte & perspicue continetur, quicquid in decretalibus, decretis, & toto iure Pontificio sparsim traditur, adiectis singulis titulis propriis axiomatibus & sententiis [.]
    Daniel VENATOR

    Analysis methodica juris pontificii. Qua sub titulis decretalium antiquarum distinctis quinque libris succincte & perspicue continetur, quicquid in decretalibus, decretis, & toto iure Pontificio sparsim traditur, adiectis singulis titulis propriis axiomatibus & sententiis [.]

    henri breem|Moguntiae [Mainz] • (Mainz) 1596|9 x 16 cm|relié
    Analysis methodica juris pontificii. Qua sub titulis decretalium antiquarum distinctis quinque libris succincte & perspicue continetur, quicquid in decretalibus, decretis, & toto iure Pontificio sparsim traditur, adiectis singulis titulis propriis axiomatibus & sententiis [.]
    We have found an earlier edition from 1579 in Aberdeen (Center Civil Law). Not recorded in the BN or Brunet.
    Full navy sheep binding from the mid-19th century, smooth spine with title and date at foot.
    A work on canon law; the author also wrote Methodica codicis justinianei enarratio.
    Rubbing to spine and discoloration (spine turned black). Foxing.
    €600
  33. Articulorum symboli apostoli de filio dei nostro Jesu Christo, homine nato, passo, mortuo, resussitato, ascendente in coelos, & sedente ad dextram Dei Patris omnipotentis
    David CHRYSTAEUS

    Articulorum symboli apostoli de filio dei nostro Jesu Christo, homine nato, passo, mortuo, resussitato, ascendente in coelos, & sedente ad dextram Dei Patris omnipotentis

    Ioan Cratonus|Wittenberg 1584|11.1 x 16.4 cm|relié
    A work on metaphysics bringing together two works in first edition. Not in Brunet.
    Bound in full pigskin (German binding), spine with 4 raised bands and boards with a framing frieze containing a woman with a mirror, Christ, a ship (motifs repeated several times), and a central rectangle with Renaissance motifs. Traces of ties. Two open borders. Stains and pen title illegible. P 325 torn at bottom. Paper more or less foxed. Missing one endpaper.
    David Chystraeus, German theologian and humanist, famous in his time and after his death, he was considered the last of the fathers of the Lutheran church; indeed only Luther can be compared to him for the solidity of his works and his...
    €900
  34. 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
  35. Haymonis episcopi Halberslatten in D. Pauli epistolas omnes interpretation, ad uetustissimorum exemplarium fidem quam diligentissime recognita
    HAYMO

    Haymonis episcopi Halberslatten in D. Pauli epistolas omnes interpretation, ad uetustissimorum exemplarium fidem quam diligentissime recognita

    Ex officina Eucharii Ceruicozni. Impensis Magistri Godefridi Hitorpii|Coloniae [Cologne] • (Cologne) 1539|16.20 x 11 cm|relié
    Rare edition, unknown to the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and to numerous libraries.
    Handsome Renaissance binding in full glazed brown calf with spine in four compartments, boards formed of a central rectangle divided at its center and decorated with leafy designs, rich frieze framing the rectangle composed of musical angels, a flutist, a drummer and decorative elements. Slits for the placement of ties (now missing). Upper headcap restored, and minor various restorations (edges, corners and endpapers...). One volume, small octavo, unpaginated and unfoliated.
    Haymo was a Benedictine priest of the 9th century (he died in 853), after having traveled, notably to Tours, and...
    €1,800
  36. Relation sur le quiétisme
    Jacques Bénigne BOSSUET

    Relation sur le quiétisme

    Chez Jean Anisson|à Paris 1698|19.70 x 12.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full calf binding, decorated spine with raised bands. Minor defects to headcaps, 2 corners split, a dark stain on the upper cover.
    Quietism is a mystical doctrine which considers that the most perfect communion with God only occurs when the soul is in a state of quietude. The quarrel which opposed the quietists to Bossuet takes shape in this work where Bossuet refutes one by one the arguments of the quietists led by Fénelon and Mme Guyon.
    €400
  37. Le désaveu de ceux de la pretendue rel[igion] Ref[ormée]. & des SS. Pères contre le Plessis capitaine &c. Monstrant comme la prétendue est nouvelle & contraire à l'église ancienne & ss. Peres
    GÉRARD DU PUY

    Le désaveu de ceux de la pretendue rel[igion] Ref[ormée]. & des SS. Pères contre le Plessis capitaine &c. Monstrant comme la prétendue est nouvelle & contraire à l'église ancienne & ss. Peres

    Par S. Millanges|Bourdeaus [Bordeaux] • (Bordeaux) 1601|16 x 11 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full vellum binding, smooth unlettered spine. 4 gatherings detached at beginning of work. Title page stained. One tear with slight lack to last leaf of table (lacking some letters). Thin restoration to second leaf.
    Demonstration through systematic criticism of a book published in 1565, Sac et pièces, of the falsity of Protestantism, since those who defend it invoke false arguments or specious arguments.
    €400
  38. Opuscule ou essai tendant à rectifier des préjugés nuisibles et à former des vertueux éclairés. Par un ami du genre humain
    POOPDS

    Opuscule ou essai tendant à rectifier des préjugés nuisibles et à former des vertueux éclairés. Par un ami du genre humain

    Chez David Fowler (de l'imprimerie de J. Cooper)|à Londres [London] 1791|16.30 x 10.50 cm|relié

    First edition, the only one published.
    Bound in red half long-grain morocco in the Romantic style, flat spine with two vertical Romantic tools. Two small wormholes along the upper joint. Minor rubbing as usual, but a handsome copy, notably well-preserved.


    NB: This item is available at the bookshop on request within 48 hours.

    €650
  39. Concionum. A dominica prima adventus, usque ad quadragesimam. Primo exponitur littera evangelij, deinde summarium, postea concio
    Alfonsus AVILA

    Concionum. A dominica prima adventus, usque ad quadragesimam. Primo exponitur littera evangelij, deinde summarium, postea concio

    Laurentius Sommium|Parisii [Paris] • (Paris) 1611|18 x 11.50 cm|trois tomes reliés en un fort volume
    First edition. Rare, absent from French and English catalogues, and from the Harvard catalogue. Not in Brunet.
    Contemporary full vellum binding, title in pen faded. Traces of ties. The endpapers are missing.
    Theological work by the Spanish Jesuit Alfonsus Avila.
    €800
  40. Traité de l'église contre les heretiques
    Louis FERRAND

    Traité de l'église contre les heretiques

    Chez Antoine Michallet|à Paris 1686|15 x 9 cm|relié
    First edition in 1685.
    Contemporary full vellum binding, smooth spine with handwritten title (faded).
    Using the art of reasoning and rhetoric, this treatise on the church follows a classical approach to support its argument, which first relies on the church fathers and history for the definition of the church (by defining the church, one thereby defines heresy), then on the points criticized in the Catholic church by Protestants and Catholics, by becoming a defender rather than an attacker, the work subtly changes the stakes, politically the Catholic church thus remains "The Gentiles" called by Christ.
    €350
  41. Recueil des edits, declarations, et arrest du conseil, rendus au sujet de la religion pretendue reformée. Depuis 1679 jusqu'à present
    ANONYME

    Recueil des edits, declarations, et arrest du conseil, rendus au sujet de la religion pretendue reformée. Depuis 1679 jusqu'à present

    chez Charles Saugrain|à Paris 1701|19.50 x 12.50 cm (In-8)|relié

    First edition. Bound at the end of the volume are 4 edicts with separate paginations, the last dated 20 January 1706.
    Contemporary full calf binding, spine with raised bands and gilt tooling. Red morocco title label partly lacking. Upper headcap partially torn. Lower headcap damaged with losses. Wormholes along the spine.

    NB: This work is available at the bookshop on request within 48 hours.

    €800
  42. Le chemin asseuré de paradis enseigné par nostre seigneur Jesus Christ, en ces paroles : Si quelqu'un veut venir après moy qu'il renonce à soy-mesme & porte la croix, & me suive. Ou avec des exemples & documens familiers l'on monstre à toutes sortes d'estats, & conditions de personnes à renoncer à leur propre volonté...
    Alexis de SALO

    Le chemin asseuré de paradis enseigné par nostre seigneur Jesus Christ, en ces paroles : Si quelqu'un veut venir après moy qu'il renonce à soy-mesme & porte la croix, & me suive. Ou avec des exemples & documens familiers l'on monstre à toutes sortes d'estats, & conditions de personnes à renoncer à leur propre volonté...

    Chez Louis Muguet|à Lyon 1622|17 x 11 cm|relié
    Second edition of this French translation. At the end of the work "Achevé d'imprimer pour la seconde fois le 7 juin 1622." Illustrated with an engraved title-page and a frontispiece. Absent from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France which holds a copy from 1725 published by Herissant, absent from French and English catalogues.
    Full brown speckled calf binding mid-19th century, spine with raised bands in Jansenist style. Title on black calf label. Title-page and engraved title reinforced with a paper strip in the right margin. Some scattered foxing. Some marginal dampstaining, notably at the top of the title-page.
    This work translated from Italian is a treatise on the passions and...
    €450
  43. Notes sur le concile de Trente, touchant les points les plus importants de la discipline ecclésiastique, et le pouvoir des évêques, les décisions des SS. Pères, des conciles et des papes, et les résolutions des plus habiles avocats sur ces matieres. Avec une dissertation sur la réception et l'autorité de ce concile en France
    Etienne RASSICOD

    Notes sur le concile de Trente, touchant les points les plus importants de la discipline ecclésiastique, et le pouvoir des évêques, les décisions des SS. Pères, des conciles et des papes, et les résolutions des plus habiles avocats sur ces matieres. Avec une dissertation sur la réception et l'autorité de ce concile en France

    Chez Balthazard d'Egmond|Cologne 1706|18.50 x 11 cm|relié
    First edition. Absent from Brunet.
    Contemporary full glazed brown calf, decorated spine with raised bands with red morocco title label. Copy lacking headcaps, corners slightly bumped. Joint cracked at foot along the first compartment.
    Notes collected by Etienne Rassicod, jurisconsult (1645-1718), from conferences on the Council of Trent given by M. de Caumartin, Bignon, Le Pelletier and De Bezons. On the title page, in the lower margin, in red ink: » Live au moins suspect, mais très utile si on le lit avec réserve ».
    Bookplate Libro Liber G. H.
    €500
  44. Zodiaci vitae, hoc est, de hominis vita, studio ac moribus optime instituendo, libri XII
    Marcellus PALINGENIUS

    Zodiaci vitae, hoc est, de hominis vita, studio ac moribus optime instituendo, libri XII

    apud Ioannem Tornaesium • Gul. Gazeium|Lugduni [Leiden] • (Lyon) 1559|12 x 8 cm|relié
    New edition after the original of 1531. Brunet IV, 317. Caillet, 7096. Title page within an engraved border.
    Contemporary limp vellum binding with overlapping edges. Title (author) in black ink. Some red ink annotations on the endpaper facing the title concerning the book's history. Copy trimmed short on certain pages, notably of the index.
    Collection composed of 12 Latin poems on the liberal arts, human existence, and happiness, each corresponding to a sign of the zodiac. Due to the criticisms the book contains about the church and the pope, the 1531 edition was banned and the Inquisition kept a watchful eye on Palingenius's activities, until he was condemned to the stake. The...
    €600
  45. De la creance des peres sur le fait des images
    Jean DAILLÉ

    De la creance des peres sur le fait des images

    Chez Jean de Tournes|à Genève [Geneva] 1641|17.50 x 11.50 cm|relié
    First edition. Relatively rare. The Latin edition would appear the following year.
    Half glazed aubergine sheep binding, 19th century. Smooth spine with fillets slightly lightened and rubbed.
    Interesting work by Jean Daillé on the status of the image within Christianity, its history among the church fathers during the first centuries, the pros and cons of the dissension that animated the church during a great part of its history.

    NB: This work is available at the bookshop on request within 48 hours.
    €700
  47. Synopsis historiae ecclesiasticae novi testamenti : praecipuo juventutis studiosae bono dextro & congruo ordine concinnata atq[ue] in publicam edita a joanne Georgio Layriz, historiae sacrae & civilis professore publico.
    Johann Georg LAIRITZ

    Synopsis historiae ecclesiasticae novi testamenti : praecipuo juventutis studiosae bono dextro & congruo ordine concinnata atq[ue] in publicam edita a joanne Georgio Layriz, historiae sacrae & civilis professore publico.

    sumptobis Joh. Gebhardi.|Baruthi [Bayreuth] • (Bayreuth) 1678|13.50 x 8.50 cm|deux ouvrages reliés en un volume
    First edition.
    Absent from French and English catalogues. One copy at Munich dated 1678, another from 1700. The second work is the same book in German printed in Gothic characters, also at Bayreuth by Gebhard.
    Contemporary full vellum binding with overlapping flaps. Pen-written title almost illegible. Lairitz (1647-1716), historian native of Bayreuth and professor.
    €250
  48. Dialogues posthumes du sieur de La Bruyère sur le quietisme
    Jean de LA BRUYÈRE

    Dialogues posthumes du sieur de La Bruyère sur le quietisme

    Chez Charles Osmont|à Paris 1699|10 x 16.50 cm|relié
    First edition. Tchemerzine VI, 331.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Worn headcaps. Overall rubbing. Large brown stain on upper cover. 3 corners slightly bumped. Pp. 158 to 168 foxed.
    All posthumous works by La Bruyère (died in 1696) were completed by his editor Louis Ellies Dupin, who wrote two dialogues for this work. La Bruyère takes part in this book in the theological quarrel between Bossuet and Fénelon, defender of quietism. The author criticizes quietism in an ironic tone modeled on Pascal's Provincial Letters.
    €300
  49. L'Alcoran des Cordeliers. Tant en latin qu'en François. C'est à dire Recueil des plus notables bourdes & blasphemes de ceux qui ont osé comparer Sainct François à Jesus Christ: tiré du grand livre des Conformitez, jadis composé par frère Barthelemi de Pise, Cordelier en son vivant
    Erasme ALBERE

    L'Alcoran des Cordeliers. Tant en latin qu'en François. C'est à dire Recueil des plus notables bourdes & blasphemes de ceux qui ont osé comparer Sainct François à Jesus Christ: tiré du grand livre des Conformitez, jadis composé par frère Barthelemi de Pise, Cordelier en son vivant

    Aux dépens de la Compagnie|Amsterdam 1734|10.50 x 17 cm|deux tomes reliés en deux volumes
    First illustrated edition of a work that was initially published in 1542 in Wittenberg. 2 frontispieces and 21 engravings by Bernard Picard representing hagiographical episodes from the life of Saint Francis. Cohen, 5. Red and black title pages. The half-title in an engraved border by Picard bears the date 1733.
    Contemporary full navy morocco bindings. Smooth Jansenist spine. Series of hatchings on the leading edges. Edges gilt. Spines slightly faded. Handsome binding, quite rare.
    Famous pamphlet, particularly violent, against the book by Barthelemy de Pise which highlighted the similarities between the life of Jesus Christ and the life of Saint Francis. The book begins with a...
    €900
  50. Description historique de la tenue du conclave, et de toutes les cérémonies qui s'observent à Rome, depuis la mort du pape, jusqu'à l'exaltation de son successeur. A laquelle on a ajouté la chronologie des papes, successeurs de S. Pierre, jusqu'â Clément XIII. Avec les noms & l'âge des cardinaux qui composent aujourd'hui le Sacré College.
    Pons-Augustin ALLETZ

    Description historique de la tenue du conclave, et de toutes les cérémonies qui s'observent à Rome, depuis la mort du pape, jusqu'à l'exaltation de son successeur. A laquelle on a ajouté la chronologie des papes, successeurs de S. Pierre, jusqu'â Clément XIII. Avec les noms & l'âge des cardinaux qui composent aujourd'hui le Sacré College.

    G. Desprez.|à Paris 1769|19 x 25 cm|relié
    Second edition following the first edition of 1758.
    Half red morocco binding with straight grain, mid-19th century. Smooth spine decorated with fleurons with title along spine and gilt fillet border. Light rubbing to headcaps. Handsome copy.
    This treatise first appeared in 1758 between the death of Benedict XIV and the election of his successor Carlo Rezzonico under the name Clement XIII, this second edition appeared after the death of Clement XIII in 1769. The final leaf reproduces the election bulletin.
    Engraved bookplate: Bibliothèque de Monsieur le Comte Godefroy de Montgrand.
    €400
  51. Extrait de l'embryologie sacrée, ou moyen de procurer le salut éternel aux enfants qui naissent avant le terme , à ceux qui ne sont pas encore nés...
    ANONYMOUS [Francesco CANGIAMILA]

    Extrait de l'embryologie sacrée, ou moyen de procurer le salut éternel aux enfants qui naissent avant le terme , à ceux qui ne sont pas encore nés...

    de l'imprimerie de G. Le Roy.|Caen Huitième année [1817]|10.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
    First edition. In original wrappers, under contemporary marbled paper. Upper headcap torn, lower headcap trimmed. Spine yellowed. The work is anonymous, but the preface leaves no doubt about the book's author; the translator appears to be Abbé Dinouard, who had published an Abrégé de l'Embryologie sacrée in 1775. A very interesting and remarkable reflection on caesarean operations and on the nature of the living in human beings. This is undoubtedly the first time that the foetus, or premature babies, were considered as living beings. It is striking to note that it was religious thought that led to reconsidering embryology through its conception of the living being
    €150
  52. [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
  53. Breviarium tolosanum. Pars hyemalis
    STEPHANUS CAROLUS de LOMENIE DE BRIENNE

    Breviarium tolosanum. Pars hyemalis

    E typis R. Herisson|Carcassi [Carcassonne] • (Carcassonne) 1777|19 x 25 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Later binding circa 1800, in full blonde sheep. Smooth spine decorated in typical 18th century style. Boards framed with a rolled border. Rubbing. Upper joint opened. Edges gilt. Title leaf detached and only held by two stitches.
    Breviary of Toulouse containing masses, feasts and chants for winter.

    €150
  54. 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
  55. Lettres à Madame de Maintenon
    Paul GODET DES MARAIS

    Lettres à Madame de Maintenon

    Chez Bruyn|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1755|9.50 x 17 cm|relié
    First edition. Title page in red and black.
    Contemporary binding in full mottled brown sheep. Decorated spine with raised bands. One title-label in red morocco and the second in black morocco. Restorations to head and tail.
    Collected by Abbot Berthier, these letters are the work of the Bishop of Chartres and a spiritual confessor to Madame de Maintenon.
    €200
  56. 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
  57. Explanatio in psalmos
    ROBERT BELLARMIN

    Explanatio in psalmos

    Apud Georgium Iosse|Parisiis [Paris] • (Paris) 1664|21 x 24 cm|relié
    New edition, the original having appeared in 1611. Title page in red and black.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Decorated raised spine. Gilt title. Joints split at first compartment (headcap reglued). One lack at foot. One corner slightly bumped. Lower joint split at foot.
    Commentary on the psalms by the famous cardinal Bellarmini (1542-1621) who was very influential in Rome through his talent for controversy and his theological knowledge. He was consequently employed as a determining instrument to defeat the protestants, it was he who would prosecute Giordano Bruno, and forbid Galileo to cease teaching the heliocentric system. His commentaries and his ardent defense of the...
    €250
  58. Vie d'Apollonius de Tyane
    Pierre Jean-Baptiste LEGRAND D'AUSSY

    Vie d'Apollonius de Tyane

    Léopold Collin|Paris 1807|12 x 20 cm|deux volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Half navy blue shagreen bindings, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt double compartments as well as gilt and blind fillets, double gilt fillets on the marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, upper corners slightly bumped.
    Illustrated work, with a frontispiece in the first volume, of an engraved portrait representing Apollonius of Tyana.
    Handsome copy almost entirely free from foxing.
    €380
  59. Idée de la vie et de l'esprit de Messire Nicolas Choart de Buzanval, Evêque et Comte de Beauvais, Vidame de Gerberoy, Pair de France. [Suivi de] La vie de Godefroy Hermant, docteur de la maison et societé de Sorbonne, chanoine de l'Eglise de Beauvais, parfeu Adrien Baillet
    François-Philippe MÉSENGUY

    Idée de la vie et de l'esprit de Messire Nicolas Choart de Buzanval, Evêque et Comte de Beauvais, Vidame de Gerberoy, Pair de France. [Suivi de] La vie de Godefroy Hermant, docteur de la maison et societé de Sorbonne, chanoine de l'Eglise de Beauvais, parfeu Adrien Baillet

    Chez François Barrois|à Paris 1717|10 x 17 cm|relié
    First edition. The author is Abbé François Philippe Mesanguy according to Barbier.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Ornamented spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Headcap torn and tailcap damaged. Joint cracked at head and foot of upper cover.
    Initially a magistrate then diplomat, Nicolas de Buzenval (1611-1679) received the diocese of Beauvais in 1650 where he showed great diligence and profound rigor, developing policies favorable to the poor. He quickly took up the cause of Jansenism and opposed Rome's ability to dictate conduct to a French bishop.

    NB: This work is available at the bookshop on request within 48 hours.
    €200
  60. Les homelies d'Asterius
    Turcius Rufius Apronianus ASTERIUS, François MAUCROY

    Les homelies d'Asterius

    Chez Denys Thierry|à Paris 1695|8.50 x 15 cm|relié
    First edition. Translation by François de Maucroy.
    Contemporary full glazed calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Headcaps restored.
    Asterius or Saint Astere was bishop of Amasie, in Pontus, in the 4th century; we have remaining from him sermons and homilies. The 5 homilies present in this work concern avarice, wealth, and whether it is permitted to leave one's wife for any cause whatsoever. François de Maucroy was a friend of La Fontaine, and the latter submitted everything he wrote to him; likewise, there exist manuscript leaves on La Fontaine's appreciation of this work by Maucroy. An article from 1931 mounted on the front endpaper recounts the history of the...
    €300
  61. 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
  64. Des erreurs et des préjugés répandus dans la société
    Jacques-Barthélemy SALGUES

    Des erreurs et des préjugés répandus dans la société

    F. Buisson|Paris 1810|13 x 20.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half olive sheep binding, smooth spine with gilt fillets, roulettes and typographical motif.
    Scattered foxing, small corner lacks to title and half-title pages and table of contents pages.
    €250
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