L'ORTOGRAFE FRANÇOISE by ETIENNE DE BLEGNY - 1667: ou l'unique métode contenant les règles qu'il est nécessaire de savoir pour écrire correctement.

Paris: Urbain Canel, J. Barbezat, Balzac, 1828. Livre. Illus. by Henri Monnier. Très bon. Demi-cuir. Ed. originale. In-8. Paris, Urbain Canel, 1828 et Paris, J. Barbezat, 1830. 2 tomes reliés en un volume, 21 x 13 cm (R), in-8°, 2 ff. n. ch. + frontispice par Henri Monnier + XVIII pp. + 334 pp. + 1 f. n. ch. (table), 2 ff. n. ch. + 408 pp. + 2 ff. n. ch. (table et erratum), reliure romantique de l'époque en demi-veau blond, dos lisse orné en long, pièce de titre en veau noir, tranches jaspées. Edition originale pour les deux tomes. Le premier sort des presses d'Honoré de Balzac, il est l'un des plus recherchés, car le plus réussi, des impressions balzaciennes. De 1826 à 1828, année de sa faillite, Balzac fut imprimeur (et fondeur de caractères) et produisit toutes sortes de volumes, parmi lesquels de nombreuses plaquettes publicitaires, des physiologies, des ouvrages didactiques, des mémoires,… Read More

Paris (nd, ca.1894): Societe De Beaux Arts. Limited Edition. Tall Octavo. one of 550 copies, xli pp. preface by Leo Claretie, 249pp., extra-illustrated with double tinted plates with protective tissue guards, exquisitely bound in full red crushed morocco, both boards elaborately decorated in gilt with green onlays while framing a family crest in gilt on upper board, raised bands with compartments lettered and decorated in gilt, full morocco red and blue crushed morocco doublures highly decorated in gilt, silk free endpaper and marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, all others uncut. upper joint professionally repaired and finely done. A very handsome volume.

Roma: Nella stamparia di Domenico Antonio Ercole, 1698. First Edition. Hardcover. xxviii, 495pp. Contemporary full calf, spine and edges decorated in gold, leather label lettered in gold, marbled pastedowns, edges sprinkled in red. Engraved title, title vignette, thirty engraved plates (mostly of coins and medallions), three engraved foldout plates, several engravings in the text, vignettes, initials and tail-pieces. Engravings by Pietro Sante Bartoli, Francesco Andreoni and others. In this work, Buonarroti describes the numismatic collection of Cardinal Gaspare Carpegna, for whom he worked as a museum and library curator. Gamba describes this as a "stimatissima opera, e una delle migliori che s'abbiano in questo genere." (Highly esteemed work, and one of the best in its genre). Several tiny worm holes to the spine panel, label partially missing (but there is a new green calf label laid in), rubbing to extremities, minor worm holes to endpapers and flyleaf. Internally very clean, with very light… Read More

Parma: Pauli Monti, 1703. First edition, bound in full vellum with manuscript title on spine. Text in Latin. Published Parma: Pauli Monti, 1703. Folio, 9 1/2" x 14", 451pp., includes 2 indices. Posthumously published work consisting of lengthy meditations on The Miracles and essay "An Deus Faciat Semper Id, Quod Melius Est?" Printed on heavy laid paper with engraved vignettes, headpieces, tailpieces and historiated initials. Binding strong and tight, pages clean and bright with light, occasional foxing. A small number of pages show toning, but overall an attractive example that shows well. Very good. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio.

AMSTELAEDAMI: APUD HENRICUM WESTENIUM, 1687. Bella edizione del 1687 di questa raccolta di opere del medico inglese Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689). La prima opera "Observationes medicae" è la sua celebre che venne utilizzato come testo medico tanto che lui era conosciuto come l'Ippocrate inglese. Tra le sue scoperte la malattia conosciuta come "Il ballo di san Vito".. Ritratto di Sydenham inciso da A. Nagtegael. Segue "Epistolae responsoriae duae" sulla "On epidemicis" e "On the lues venerea". Segue "Tractatus de podagra et hydrope" sulla gestione dell'artrite. Segue "Additiones novae". L'ultimo "Schedula monitoria de novae febris ingressu" i sintomi della febbre. Antiche note manoscritte ai margini. Ottimo esemplare completo. Copertina in piena pergamena coeva con titolo e decorazioni in oro su tassello al dorso in ottime condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in buone… Read More

La Haye: chez Pierre de Hondt, 1758. First edition, 2 volumes in 1 volume (as usual), folio, pp. [4], 330, [6] Catalogue des Livres qui se trouvent a La Haye chez Pierre de Hondt; [4], 328, [28]; title pages printed in red and black, text in double column, engraved plate, genealogical tree of the Estienne dynasty, several engravings in the text, woodcut initials and ornaments; a very nice copy in contemporary cat's-paw calf, gilt-decorated spine in 7 compartments, red morocco label in 1. Designed as a supplement to Bayle's Dictionnaire historique. "Prosper Marchand was a bookseller and an editor, to whom the literary world is greatly indebted ... He died in 1756, and left his library and manuscripts to the University of Leyden. He wrote, among other works Le Dictionaire historique ... the original manuscript of which 'was all written on little pieces of paper of different sizes, some not bigger than one's thumb-nail, and written in a character so exceedingly small that it was not legible to the naked… Read More

1668 1ed Abraham Cowley English Poetry Mistress Motto Pindar Ode Davideis Sylva

"What shall I do to be for ever known,
And make the Age to come own?"
I shall like beasts or common people die,
Unless you write my elegy." – Abraham Cowley, The Motto
Abraham Cowley was one of the leading English poets during the 17th-century. This charming, and rare, sixth edition was the last edition of the original one-volume printing. Following this edition, the works were printed in multiple volumes. Famous poems, such as 'The Motto,' 'The Mistress,' 'Ode to Pindar,' and 'Davideis'
are all included in this collection. The Pindaric Ode is especially interesting in that Cowley attempted to reproduce Pindar's works, but in doing so, he misinterpreted the metrical patterns, and, in doing so, did not accurately reflect Pindar's poetry. He did, however, create one of the most famous odes ever written, which would become the influence for William Wordsworth's famous ode "Intimations of Immortality."
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1670 BIBLE Book of JOB 1ed Old Testament English Joseph Caryl Puritan Commentary

Joseph Caryl was a 17th-century English preacher who is best remembered for his commentary on the Book of Job. This volume from Caryl's sermons and studies on the Book of Job contains his observations on chapters 27, 28, and 29 of Job, published in 1670.

Item number: #17750
Price: $750
CARYL, Joseph
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-seventh, the twenty-eighth, and twenty-ninth chapters of the book of Job : being the substance of twenty six lectures delivered at Magnus, near the Bridge, London
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1670. 1st edition

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[8], 628 (i.e. 638), [24]
· References: Wing C 772
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~8.25in X 6in (20.5cm x 15.5cm)
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1663 LAW Justinian Institutes Codex Rome Corpus Juris Lyon Felix Basset Latin

"Freedom is the natural ability of everyone to do what he likes, unless it is prohibited by law or by force."
― Justinian I
The 'Institutes of Justinian' is a portion of the full Corpus Juris Civilis, largely based on the Institutes of Gaius. Justinian sought to reform Roman law and education. This work was originally intended to be used by law students, but they were not solely used as a textbook, they carried legal weight …as law!
In 1634, historian Felix Basset gave a lecture in the court of King Louis XIII on the practice of forensic law based on the teachings of Justinian's 'Institutes'. In addition to the Justinian texts, this edition contains Basset's lectures and commentary on Justinian law.
Item number: #18276
Price: $750
JUSTINIAN
Institutiones d. Iustiniani imperatoris ad vsum forensem accomodatae: lectura a nobilis et doctissimi Foelicis Basseti, in Curia parlamenti consiliarij regij, & in cancellaria… Read More

1692 Vulson's Lives of Illustrious Men Ambrose JOAN of ARC Pucelle Gaston Foix

Marc Vulson de la Colombiere was a 17th-century French historian who is known for his biographical sketches of notable figures, priests, politicians, philosophers, and scholars. One of his best works was 'The Lives of Illustrious Men' – a work that includes those sketches. Vulson includes descriptions of famous men and women including:
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Joan of Arc
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Gaston de Foix
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Anne de Montgomery
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Henry IV
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Queen Marie de Medici
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Anne of Austria, Queen of France
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Pierre de Terrail
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Cardinal Ambrose
This 1692 edition includes 25 full-page portrait engravings.
Item number: #18278
Price: $750
VULSON, Marc de la Colombiere
Les vies des hommes illustres et grands capitaines françois, qui sont peints dans la gallerie du Palais Royal. Avec leurs principales actions, armes & devises
A Paris: Nicolas Le Gras, 1692.

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