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Venice, Giacomo Franco Forma in Frezzaria al Insegna del Sole con privilegio, s.d. [1610].
Small folio volume.
"1 . (title engraved with same view of Venice than the one for "Habiti delle Donne"), 1 l. not numbered (dedication to Vincent de Gonzague de Mantoue dated 1st January 1610 and printed in roman characters ), 25 plates out of pagination and not numbered.
Those plates represent 34 figures of men and women in very rich Venitian costumes, life scenes,
festivities." (Colas, n° 1108).
360 x 260 mm. Dimensions of the engravings: 258 x 190 mm.
Very rare first edition of one of the most famous books on Venice, its festivities, costumes and activities around 1600.
Colas, Bibliographie Générale du Costume, n°1108, col. 384-5; Katalog Der Freiherrlich Von Lipperheide'schen Kostümbibliothek (repr. 1963), n°1324, p. 527.
"This collection offers great interest in the costumes of Venice during its greatness. It is sought after today especially as it has become extremely rare ". (Vinet, Bibliographie… Read More

Paris, Léon Vanier, 1889.
8vo [183 x 120 mm] of (1) bl. l., (3) ll., 116 pp., two formerly bent corners. Half bookbinder's cloth bradel's style, smooth back, printed covers preserved. Binding signed G. Rouner.
First edition, printed at 500 copies, of "the last important work of 'poor Lelian'".
"A collection of poetry by Paul Verlaine (1844-1896). Published in 1889, it is the last important work of 'poor Lélian'. It is made up of pieces written at various times. Some poems from his youth, others written in Mons prison and taken from the manuscript of Cellulairement, which was never published, and finally compositions inspired by sentimental and sexual episodes, normal or otherwise (1885-1888). If eroticism seems to be the link that presided over the composition of 'Parallèlement' and avoids - rather badly - a chaotic appearance, one may wonder about the author's intention in exhuming and pasting together pieces that were already twenty years old and that had appeared in various magazines or remained… Read More

Paris, chez la Veuve Abel L'Angelier, 1618.

4to [231 x 165 mm] of (2) ll., 267 pp., Some slight browning and foxing. Limp vellum of the time, remains of ties, flat spine with handwritten title. Contemporary binding.
Very rare first edition of this "sought-after treatise, curious mixture of alchemy, kabbala, mysticism, and where we found the way to make gold" (caillet, iii, 11161).
Dorbon 5131: "This treatise which relates a considerable number of experiences, is also a commentary on the texts of ancient philosophers and mainly of the Zohar".
It may be recalled that we owe to Blaise de Vigenère the discovery of benzoic acid that he names in his treatise "benzoin oil". He even seems to have had knowledge of oxygen.
Blaise de Vigenère (Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 1523-1596) is a multifaceted man, best known for his thirty-year diplomatic career and his work as a cryptographer, but who was also interested in history, astronomy and comets, alchemy, etc.
He entered diplomacy when he was only seventeen,… Read More