Search Results: Titles starting with V from LIBRAIRIE CAMILLE SOURGET

Strasbourg : Johann Mentelin, 1469 - (not after 1470).
Folio [312 x 214 mm] with (4) bl. ll., 160 leaves [a-q10] the last blank. 2a : 34 lines. Type : 112b. Marginal worming at end; 1st leaf soiled & with patch in upper margin; superior corner folded. Contemp Ms table of topics on 3 blank leaves bound in at the beginning of the volume. Back of the last leaf is covered with contemporary manuscript annotations. Large capitals in red, small capitals, initial-strokes, paragraph-marks, and underlines in red.
A copy described by Panzer has a manuscript colophon : Presens Valerii Maximi opus pre-clarissimum, in nobili urbe Argentina Reni terminatum, anno m.cccc.lxx, xvii kalendis Julii, per virum quendam egregium, impressorie artis maiistrum, foeliciter est consummatum.
Full ivory vellum from the 18th century.
Exceedingly rare complete and precious editio princeps of Valerius Maximus, printed in 1469 (Brunet), on the press of Johannes Mentelin in Strasbourg. Not after 1470, mention Goff, V22 and BMC I 27.… Read More

Antwerp, J. Galle, [circa 1585].
Oblong folio [250 x 347 mm] of 1 l. of title and 104 plates numbered from 1 to 104. Engravings n° 4 and 17 are remargined, engraving n°103 is reinforced, a small portion of engraving 104 (of 5cm by 5cm) is missing and it is reinforced. Slight ink spot on the back of plates 3 and 6 not touching the engraving. Small brown stain in the margin of plates 9, 10, 11, 12, the plates 28, 50, 56 are misplaced, marginal restorations on the title. Brown calf, decorated spine ribbed. Binding from the beginning of the 17th century.
First issue of the edition printed in Antwerp circa 1585 before the printing on the title of the address"Antverpiae, apud Joannem Gallacum", illustrated with a frontispiece and 104 plates mainly dedicated to hunting numbered from 1 to 104.
The hunts represented take place in various continents, with animals as exotic as panthers, leopards, elephants, but also more traditional types of hunts such as hunting with hounds, pigeons, deer...
The hunting… Read More

Madrid, Thomas Junti, 1622 (end of 1621).
Folio [329 x 222 mm] of (2) bl. ll., 1 frontispiece, (2) ll., 78 ll. of text, 15 engraved plates including 3 folding, small hole on l. 25.
Full red morocco, triple gilt fillet around the covers, spine ribbed and decorated with fleurs de lys, inner border, gilt edges. Lortic fils.
Extremely rare first edition, missing from Brunet, Ruggieri, Chadenat, Deschamps etc.
Berlin 3090; Hofer, Baroque Book Illustration, 87.
A very rare festival book describing the celebrations surrounding the entry of Philip III of Spain (1578-621) to Lisbon in 1619. Philip, who ruled Portugal as Philip II from 1598 to his death in 1621, visited on his own initiative and against the view of both the Council of State and that of Castile. He was accompanied by the Prince of Asturias (future Philip IV).
The king's visit had been postponed several times, but when it finally took place, it was celebrated with the grandeur due a monarch whose rule extended over five continents. João… Read More

Amsterdam, Dirck Pietersz, 1617.
4to: 3*4, A2B-2H4 2I6; pp. (12), 126 ll. illustrated with 125 half-page engravings.
125 double-pages with a fable printed on the right page and the engraving illustrating the fable facing.
[Bound with]:II- Vondel,Joost van Den. Den Gulden Winckel der Konstlievende Nedelanders.
Amsterdam, Dirck Pieterz, [1613].
A-V4; lvs. (1-4), 5-78, (2), a total of 78 ll. illustrated with 74 gravures, (2) ll.
The first 4 ll. have been cut at the lateral margin without text loss.
Thus two works bound in one 4to volume [196 x 149 mm]. A few minor tears repaired, a few waterstains. 18th century blue boards, flat spine with paper label for the title, untrimmed. 18th century.binding.
Rare first editions of these two collections of fables illustrated with 199 superb engravings.
I- Editio princeps but the complete set of plates has been derived from 'Esbatement Moral des animaux' and printed from the original blocks.
"Title engraving and 125 numbered copperplate emblems by Marcus… Read More

Paris, Bertrand, 1826-1827.
The copy comprises all the set of Atlases (only) of this Voyage, which form four elephant folios :
-Historique : folio atlas containing 60 coloured plates in their 15 original issues.
-Zoologie : folio atlas containing 157 coloured plates in their 27 original issues.
-Botanique : folio atlas containing 106 plates (25 in colour) in their 15 original issues.
-Hydrographie : folio atlas containing 55 maps and charts in original pastepaper boards.
In total, 57 parts preserved as issued in wrappers, and 1 volume preserved in its original pastepaper boards.
Histoire du Voyage, Zoologie, Botanique, and Hydrographie in original pastepaper boards as issued, the other three atlases in the original wrappers, all-in fine condition, the complete set of atlases preserved in four uniform quarter morocco bookform folding cases.
565 x 375 mm.
One of the greatest and rarest of the " Grands Voyages " to the Pacific.
This is a precious and very rare complete set of the atlases to this… Read More

Paris, Imprimerie de Patris, An VII (1799).
2 volumes 8vo [206 x 126 mm] of: I/ (2) ll., lviii pp., 373 pp., small loss of paper on the half-title; II/ (2) ll., 332 pp., xxix pp, (2) pp., pp.177-192 and 257-288 misbound, quire 2 with shorter margins; 1 volume 4to [258 x 195 mm] illustrated with 9 numbered plates including 5 maps and 2 plates on double-page, untrimmed, paperboard, flat spine. Attractive contemporary binding.
First edition illustrated with 5 folding maps and 4 plates of this very sought-after travel to Canada.
"It was the first of a long series of Arctic Voyages and travels which reflect so much honor on the British Press. Its publication is due to the celebrated navigator La Perouse who captured Fort Albany, Hudson's Bay, and found the MS. of Hearne. The fort was afterwards surrendered to the British, but La Perouse stipulated for the publication of this work by the Hudson's Bay Company, which stipulation was honorably fulfilled in this beautiful volume. "The author will always be… Read More

Paris, Ernest Bourdin, 1840.
Large 8vo [255 x 163 mm] of (2) ll., vii pp. (preface), viii pp. (dedication), 621 pp., (3) and 25 plates.
Some slight foxing on few pages. Bound in full red shagreen, blind-stamped border on the covers and wide baroque style composition including foliage, spine ribbed decorated with gilt baroque patterns, gilt edges. Contemporary binding.
First edition of this work in which Demidoff relates his travel in Russia and Crimea in 1837.
Atabey 337; not in Blackmer; Brunet, II, 583.
"This is the first part of Demidov's account of his mission in Russia and the Crimea, an account of the voyage itself. The scientific observations by Huot, Leveille, Rousseau and Nordmann were published in three volumes in 1842, together with an atlas of natural history plates.'' (Atabey)
Very few copies contain a dedication to 'his Majesty the Emperor of all Russias" in viii pp. bound at the beginning of the volume, and the present copy is one of them.
The rich illustration consists of the portrait… Read More

Paris, de l'Imprimerie Impériale, 1808.
3 volumes 8vo of text [197 x 118 mm] and 1folio atlas [415 x 265 mm] of: I/ (2) ll., lxiii pp., 439 pp.; II/ (2) ll., 476 pp.; III/ (2) ll., 488 pp. Atlas : (2) ll., 97 engravings on 65 plates including 4 folding maps.
Bound in contemporary full calf in a design resembling tree roots, flat spines decorated with gilt music instruments, red and brown morocco lettering pieces, library labels on the foot of the spines, sprinkled edges. Atlas bound the same way but in a half-binding with corners of vellum, the spine is decorated as the text volumes. Contemporary binding.
First edition of this fascinating travel account to China.
Cordier, Sinica, 2351 ; Brunet, II, 568.
"Highly valued work, illustrated with 97 beautiful engravings: views, costumes, maps, etc." Chadenat, 590.
Joseph de Guignes (1749-1845), orientalist, sinologist and consul of France in China, spent 17 years in this country.
"The travel account is divided into 3 parts: in the first part, the author… Read More

Paris, Jean-Baptiste et Charles J.B. Delespine, 1730.
8 volumes 12mo [164 x 95 mm] of : I/ (3) ll., xxii pp., (1) l. of table, 459 pp., (35) pp. of table ; II/ (2) ll., 398 pp., 1 folding pl., (17) ll. of table ; III/ (2) ll., 403 pp., 2 engravings out of pagination including 1 folding, (29) pp. ; IV/ (3) ll., 413 pp. (misnumbered 415), 1 folding pl., (12) ll. ; V/ (2) ll., 401 pp., (11) pp. ; VI/ (2) ll., 388 pp., 1 folding pl., (5) ll. ; VII/ (2) ll., 399 pp., (6) ll., VIII/ (4) l., 411 pp. (misnumbered 409), (9) ll. A few light foxing. Red morocco, large gilt dentelle on the covers, gilt arms stamped on th center of the covers, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt fleurons, gilt edges. Contemporary binding.
First edition of the travel made by Père Labat in Spain in 1705 and in Italy in 1706 and from 1709 to 1716.
Père Labat was a Dominican religious and a professor of mathematics and philosophy in Nancy. He embarked in 1693 in La Rochelle to join the missions in Martinique then in Guadeloupe.… Read More