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LCS-18358Un chef-d’œuvre de l’enluminure capétienne orné de 78 miniatures d’une finesse exquise réalisé sous le règne de Saint Louis. Bible en latin, avec le Prologue attribué à St Jérôme et l’interprétation des noms hébreux. Nord de la France, probablement Paris, 1230-1250. In-12 de 1 + 658 ff.: 1-1524, 1620, 17-2224, 2310, 24-2524, 2617 (sans le f. blanc xviii), 2726, 2828, 295 (sans le f. blanc vi). Ainsi complet. Double colonne de 47 lignes écrites à l’encre brune dans une très fine écriture gothique. Justification: 92 x 60 mm. 78 initiales historiées. Cahiers numérotés en chiffres romains au pied des versos des derniers ff. et signatures au pied du coin inférieur du texte sur chaque recto de la première moitié d’un cahier, rubriques en rouge, initiales en rouge, lettres des titres courants et numéros des chapitres alternativement en rouge ou bleu, initiales des chapitres sur 2 lignes alternativement en rouge ou bleu avec un décor de la couleur opposée, initiales de 5 à 7 lignes au début des prologues du même type mais avec des décors des deux couleurs ouvrant les prologues, 78 initiales historiées, la plupart ornées de feuillage et de dragons, le prolongement de 29 d’entre elles formant des bordures décorant la marge, peintes en bleu, rose, orange-rouge et jaune (qq. trous de vers ds. le premier f., atteinte à qq. titres courants, dernier f. restauré ds. la marge extérieure). Vélin rigide du XIXe siècle, encadrement d’une roulette grecque dorée autour des plats, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre de maroquin vert, tranches dorées. 140 x 93 mm.
4to (220 x 155 mm). Decorated Latin manuscript on vellum. i + 168 + i ff. (collation: 1-38, 47 [of 8, lacking i], 58, 67 [of 8, lacking viii], 7-128, 136, 14-178, 186, 191, 204, 21-228), with modern foliation in pencil. Central column of 20 lines in a late Carolingian hand, surrounding and interlinear gloss on ff. 1-139 in a minute script; no gloss on ff. 139v-152v; gloss on ff. 153-168v in a mid-13th-century hand. Ruled space 156 x 65 mm, versal initials alternately red and blue, running headers and rubrics in red, spaces left for decorated initials, remains of a large decorated initial in characteristic Limoges style of interlaced celtic design including a dragon and two eagles’ heads on fol. 1. Modern Romanesque imitation binding of dark red goatskin over wooden boards. A superb example of Limoges Romanesque manuscript production of the first half of the 12th century, written by Petrus del Casta for the Augustinian Abbey of St-Jean-de-Côle, containing one of the earliest surviving texts of the Glossa Ordinaria. - Petrus del Casta is known from the colophon in a Homilies on Ezechiel (ex Phillipps no. 934/2708, then Chester Beatty W MS 18, sold at Sotheby’s, 3 Dec. 1968, lot 4, to Maggs; subsequently Abbey Sale, 20 June 1978, lot 2976) and has been associated with at least three other splendid manuscripts of the period: the spectacular Limoges Missal (Paris, BnF, Mss. Latin 9438); a Bible at the Bibliothèque Mazarine (lat. I and II); and the Bible of Saint-Yrieix (Bibliothèque municipale de Saint-Yrieix, Ms. 1). According to Danielle Gaborit-Chopin, he may also have been an illuminator (see D. Gaborit, "Deux bibles limousines du début du XII siècle", Bulletin de la Société nationale des Antiquaires de France, 1970, pp. 197f.). - The Glossa Ordinaria was one of the great achievements of the early 12th century: a combination of the scriptural text interwoven with patristic and mediaeval commentaries used by students and teachers until the end of the Middle Ages, originally compiled under the direction of Anselm of Laon (d. 1117) and his brother Ralph, but gradually augmented over the decades that followed. This is therefore one of the earliest witnesses to the Glossa, found here in its unfinished state, extending throughout the Pauline Epistles, with the Canonical Epistles glossed in a contemporary but probably different hand as far as f. 138v and then stopping. - Contents: Pauline Epistles, glossed, ff. 1-131v (Rom f. 1, 1 Cor f. 25 [lacking opening], 2 Cor f. 47 [lacking opening], Gal f. 62v, Eph f. 70, Phil f. 78, Col f. 83v, 1 Thess f. 89, 2 Thess f. 94, 1 Tim f. 97, 2 Tim f. 103v, Tit f. 108v, Philem f. 111v, Heb f. 113); Catholic Epistles ff. 132-152v (James f. 132, 1 Pet f. 138v [lacking end], 2 Pet f. 140 [lacking beginning], 1 John f. 142, 2 John f. 148v, 3 John f. 149v, Jude f. 150v]; Apocalypse ff. 153-169v (lacking end). - Condition: first leaf fragmentary and opening leaves gnawed at edges, lacking leaves after ff. 24 and 46 with the opening of 1 Cor and 2 Cor, a gathering after f. 139, and a number of leaves at the end. Some wormholes, occasional marginal staining and natural flaws to the vellum, lower margin of f. 116 cropped without affecting text, else in good condition. - Provenance: this is one of an important group of manuscripts written in Limoges mainly by the scribe and illuminator Petrus del Casta for the Augustinian Abbey of St-Jean-de-Côle in Perigord, founded ca. 1083 by Raynaud, Bishop of Perigueux (1081-99). Sold at Christie's, 17 Nov. 1976, lot 366; subsequently Quaritch, 2005. C. de Hamel, Glossed Books of the Bible and the Origins of the Paris Booktrade (1984), pp. 4 and 15, with ill. plate 2.
4to (150 x 195 mm). 440 ff. (quires: a-f16, g18, h-x16, y12, zA-D16, E10; recent pencil foliation). 55 lines, 2 columns (written space ca. 75 x 125 mm). Miniscule gothic bookhand in blank ink; emphases in red, page captions, chapter numbers, rubrication and Lombardic initials in red and blue, numerous red and blue initials with elaborate penwork in complementary colours. 16th century auburn morocco on four raised double bands, gilt spine ornaments, both covers with fleurons to corners, multiple rules along the edges, and gilt coat of arms (quarterly, a goat rampant and a sheaf of corn; inescutcheon a lion rampant; not in Olivier), dated "1587" on upper cover. 4 modern cloth ties. Stored in custom-made half morocco case. A beautiful, complete mediaeval Bible written in a miniscule bookhand on extremely delicate vellum, probably copied in England or commissioned from there. As is common, the Bible is prefaced with the epistle of St Jerome to Paulinus (53: "Frater Ambrosius [...] moriturum", fols. 1r-3r), followed by Jerome's prologue to the Pentateuch ("Desiderii mei [...] in latinum eos transferre sermonem. Amen"); the text of Genesis begins on fol. 4r. The Second Book of Kings is followed by the Book of Isaiah (139v) and the Prophets; on fol. 227r follow the Book of Job and the Poetic Books; 287v ff. contain the Books of Chronicles and the historical books to 2 Maccabees; the New Testament begins on fol. 351r. - Some page headings and penwork flourishes slightly trimmed, still an uncommonly wide-margined specimen. Occasional flaws in the vellum were carefully avoided by the scribes. The margins contain numerous contemporary and later annotations in what appear to be four different hands (a number of which are also very slightly trimmed), some exceedingly delicate: one 8-line annotation measures no more than 10 mm! The early marginalia would appear to be in a 15th century English hand; at least one (at the lower edge of fol. 41v) is an extract from the Psalm commentary of the Yorkshire mystic Richard Rolle (d. 1349). Furthermore, the plummet lines along many of the earliest marginalia, but also the order of the Old Testament Books, uncommon for a French Bible, suggest an English provenance. As the continental hands of the later annotations show, the Bible must have reached France or Germany in the later 15th century. - Professional repairs to spine-ends and one corner of the fine Renaissance binding. First and last quires a little browned and dust-stained, very slight worming to beginning, occasional, largely insignificant waterstains to margins, a few edge cuts and cut-out sections in the blank margins. An old edge repair to fol. 155, fols. 310-323 as well as a few others more strongly browned and wrinkled, but generally in fine state of preservation. - Provenance: Karl & Faber, sale 81 (1962), no. 3.
179943266Lampsaque, , 1799. 2 vol. in-4 manuscrits de (241) et (269) ff., becquets dans le texte et sur un contreplat, demi-basane blonde à petits coins de vélin, dos lisse orné, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge et noir (reliure de l'époque).
1949176501949 une carte-lettre autographe manuscrite écrite à l'encre bleue, format : 13,5 x 8,8 cm, signée BLAISE CENDRARS, et datée du Mercredi 23 Novembre 1949 et Adressée (au dos) à Jean Pierre Foucher, avenue Pierre Abélard, Nantes (timbres et cachet de la poste (23/11/49)
17452S.l.n.d. (ca 1780). 1 vol. in-12, cart. bradel, pièce de titre en long au dos. Reliure moderne. 57 pp., galerie de vers avec qq. atteintes au texte.
576696Cahier sur parchemin du XVIe siècle (1595), gr. in-4 de 20 pp. manuscrites.
1932108728Paris, émile-Paul frères, Henri Darel 1932 In-4 33 x 25,5 cm. Broché, couverture grise rempliée, dos muet, titre en noir sur le premier plat, XXIV-109 pp., notes en bas de page, en frontispice, portait de Bossuet, par Robert Nanteuil, 13 fac-similés contrecollés sous serpentes, index, table des planches, table des matières. Exemplaire en bon état.
181543352, , 1815. Manuscrit in-12 de (1)-140 pp., titre orné, vélin souple bruni, dos lisse muet (reliure de l'époque).
1004917 Février 1670. 6 feuillets in folio (angle extérieur du bas atteint par l’humidité).
187928628nantes 1879 une lettre autographe manuscrite à l'encre brune de 4 pages sur papier à en-tête imprimé en noir :" DOCTEUR GUEPIN , 13, Cours Tourny, BORDEAUX - CONSULTATIONS DE 1 HEURE A 3", format : 21,5 x 13,7 cm, signature manuscrite : Guépin ce 29 Avril 79,
87881785. Manuscrit de 68 pp., titre manuscrit encadré (quelques rousseurs).
166017510Paris, Louis Boissevin, [1660]. In-4 de 66 feuillets, plein vélin ivoire.
8vo (190 x 133 mm). Latin manuscript (lettre batarde) on vellum. 2 columns, 25 lines. 70 (instead of 74) ff., with 2 ff. of flyleaves at beginning and end each. Floral borders in colours and gilt; ornamental initials; 10 (instead of 14?) illuminated pages. 16th century calf with gilt double cover rules and central oval stamps (upper cover: crucifixion; lower cover: annunciation). Splendidly illuminated Northern French Book of Hours on vellum. The nearly full-page miniatures (ca. 110 x 80 mm) show extended landscapes as well as interiors, comprising: fol. 14r, Annunciation (at the beginning of the matin of the Office of Mary); fol. 20r, Visitation (Lauds); fol. 26r, Crucifixion (Hours of the Cross); fol. 27r, Pentecost (Hours of the Holy Spirit); fol. 31r, Adoration (Sext), fol. 33r, Presentation at the Temple (None); fol. 35r, Flight into Egypt (Vespers); fol. 38, Coronation of Mary (Compline); fol. 41v, King David in prayer (Penitential Psalms); fol. 50v, Job (Office of the Dead). Wants 4 leaves: before fol. 7 (Gospel lections), before fols. 28 & 30 (Prime and Terce in the Office of Mary), and before fol. 65 (beginning of a prayer to the Blessed Virgin). The finely gilt accents on the figures' clothing are typical of the French book illumination of the period. The borders (on all sides of the first calendar page and surrounding the miniatures, otherwise only to the outside of the text) show characteristically elongated, light brown and blue tendril leaves as well as blossoms and fruits (mainly strawberries and oblong red blossoms) within light brown compartments. The various prayers and lections have small coloured initials; final paragraph lines are completed with red and blue bars bearing gilt decoration. - The localisation of this Book of Hours is conclusively demonstrated by the original note on fol. 13r: "Hore beate Marie virginis secundum usum Rothomagansem" (i.e., Rouen in Normandy). Liturgically of high importance is the calendar (fols. 1r-6v), written in French: the entries are alternately in red and blue, feasts are emphasized in gilt. Names include St Martialis, bishop of Limoges, celebrated in Rouen on 3 July and also prominently mentioned in the litany; St Romanus, bishop of Rouen (23 October); and other bishops of Rouen, such as Ansbertus (9 February), Hugo (9 April), Mellonus (22 October), and numerous saints typical for the region, some of which reappear in the litany (fols. 47v-50r). - The localisation is supported by the art-historical evidence: the tendril forms were developed in Rouen around 1460 by the "maître de l’échevinage", and his highly productive workshop continued the tradition until the 16th century. The compositions and their arched top borders further support this attribution. The date is suggested by the lack of bars in the borders, such as are typical of workshop's ornamentation as late as in the third quarter of the 15th century, and on the other hand by the unadulterated Gothic character of the illumination, which in Rouen tends to give way to Renaissance motifs even in the late 15th century. - Provenance: 16th century old French entries on fol. 70v, concerning the birth of several children of the book's owner. The first entry mentions a fourth son, Pierre, born on 13 May 1563; by 1570 he is followed by four more children who were apparently entered immediately after their birth. While the family's name is not stated, it might be identified from the names of the godparents. An added prayer entered on fol. 13v appears nearly contemporary with these notes. - Occasional very insignificant paint smudges and offsetting to opposite pages with a few very minor stains. Altogether in fine state of preservation.
- Paris dimanche 2 avril 1758, 13,4x19,2cm et 11,7x17,8cm, 2 feuillets. - Testament de Louise-Anne de Bourbon-Condé dite Mademoiselle de Charolais, recopié de la main de Jean-Baptiste-François-Joseph, comte de Sade (et père du Marquis), dans lequel cette dernière fait de son neveu, Louis-François Joseph de Bourbon, prince de Conti, son légataire universel. Une seconde partie concerne les legs aux gens de livrée, aux femmes et valets de chambre, à la femme de garde-robe, etc. Note de bas de page de la main du Marquis de Sade : « dite Mademoiselle de Charolais ». On y joint un billet de notes, rédigé de la main de Sade, en vue de la publication de la correspondance de son père. Ce testament a été rédigé cinq jours avant la mort de Mademoiselle de Charolais, dont le décès survint le vendredi 7 avril 1758 à la suite de trois mois de maladie. La seconde partie du testament est datée du dimanche 2 avril 1758, sur la première est mentionnée la date du dimanche 12 avril 1758 : il s'agit bien sûr d'une date fautive. La totalité de cette copie a été rédigée de la main du Comte de Sade qui vécut avec Mademoiselle de Charolais à son château d'Athis-Mons à partir de 1750 jusqu'à la mort de cette dernière. Le jeune Comte de Sade, envoyé par son père à Paris aux alentours de 1720, eut pour protecteur Louis-Henri de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, dit Monsieur le Duc. Dès son arrivée, le jeune homme apprécie la vie de cour et « Chose rare, il plaît aux femmes sans se faire haïr des hommes : d'où le nombre de ses amis, au moins aussi élevé que celui de ses maîtresses. [...] M. de Sade ne se contente pas de conquêtes faciles ; les bourgeoises l'indiffèrent. Celles qu'il recherche - et conquiert le plus souvent - sont des femmes de cour, non seulement pourvues d'esprit et de beauté, mais parées encore d'un nom illustre, de crédit, d'influence ou de fortune, capables en un mot de servir ses intérêts et de le mettre bien en cour. » (Lever, Sade). Parmi son tableau de chasse figure Mademoiselle de Charolais, de sept ans son aînée, soeur de son protecteur et alors maîtresse royale. Peu désireuse de se marier, elle préférera toute sa vie conserver le célibat et multipliera les aventures et les amants prestigieux. Elle fut notamment la favorite du Duc de Richelieu, mais aussi de Louis XV pour lequel elle recrutait de nombreuses maîtresses, écopant ainsi du sobriquet de « maquerelle royale ». La rencontre charnelle entre Mademoiselle de Charolais et le Comte de Sade eut lieu le 24 novembre 1725 alors que ce dernier était contraint de garder le lit à cause d'une entorse. Une lettre de Louise-Anne atteste de cette aventure naissante : « Le 24 novembre est le plus beau jour de ma vie si je suis rentrée en possession de mon royaume et de ma souveraineté, par les droits du lit où je vous ai prêté serment de fidélité. Je compte y avoir reçu le vôtre et je vis maintenant pour le plus joli roi du monde. » (Papiers de famille, p.20). La passion n'est pourtant pas réciproque et le volage Comte de Sade fait bientôt la rencontre de la Duchesse de la Trémoïlle. S'éloignant ainsi de Mademoiselle de Charolais, il lui écrit en guise de rupture : « J'ai regardé, Madame, les avances que vous m'avez faites, comme des agacements de votre esprit et point de votre coeur. Je n'avais point l'honneur de vous connaître, je ne vous devais rien, une entorse m'obligeait de garder ma chambre, j'y étais désoeuvré, vos lettres étaient jolies, elles m'amusaient, je me suis flatté s'il était vrai que j'eus fait votre conquête, que vous me guérissiez d'une passion malheureuse qui m'occupe uniquement. » (op. cit. p.23). En 1752, le Comte de Sade est ruiné par son train de vie, il a envoyé le jeune Donatien au collège Louis-le-Grand et loge chez sa bonne amie Mademoiselle de Charolais au château d'Athis-Mons : « Je me suis retiré chez Mademoiselle, quoiqu'il soit cruel à mon âge de dépendre de quelqu'un, pour diminuer ma dépense. » (Lettre du Comte de Sade à son oncle le prévôt
961[Couffé] : [1826-1868]. CATALOGUE MANUSCRIT DES BIBLIOTHÈQUES D'UNE ILLUSTRE FAMILLE NANTAISE
191028658Nantes 1910 CARTE POSTALE ANCIENNE EN NOIR : PHOTO DU BARDE BRETON YVES BERTHOU - KALEDVOULC'H (1861-1933) AVEC ENVOI AUTOGRAPHE MANUSCRIT DU BARDE A L'ENCRE BRUNE : "A MONSIEUR CHARON "KEMWERZER" BARDE D'HONNEUR DU GORSEDD ... (signé) KALEDVOULC'H ...",
186023552Lille Alcan Lévy 1860 in-8 broché un volume, broché bleu in-octavo Editeur (paperback in-8 Editor) (20,2 x 13 cm), dos et couverture imprimés en noir (manque de papier au dos), toutes tranches non-rognées, envoi autographe manuscrit de l'auteur à l'encre brune en haut de la page de faux-titre : "...A ma Mère.....(signé) Comte de Kératry 1860....", sans illustrations, 91 pages, 1860 Lille : Alcan Lévy Editeur,
192625617quimper FAÏENCERIE D'ART BRETON - JULES HENRIOT - LOC-MARIA QUIMPER 1926 une lettre autographe manuscrite écrite à l'encre bleue sur papier crème a en-tête illustré de 4 bois en bordeaux, avec noté en haut : FAÏENCERIE D'ART BRETON - JULES HENRIOT - LOC-MARIA QUIMPER, et en bas : GRAND PRIX - JURY INTERNATIONAL - EXPOSITION DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS - PARIS 1925, format : 21 x 27 cm, signée Henriot, et datée du 20 avril 1926,
8vo. English manuscript on paper. (2), 34 (switching between foliation and pagination on the last 10 leaves), (1) ff. With a slip of paper attached to folio 11. Contemporary full red morocco with giltstamped border and spine. All edges gilt. Precisely drawn tables filled out in meticulous handwriting, listing forces in Britain and overseas including infantry, cavalry, general staff, garrisons in Gibraltar, Minorca, North America, and the West Indies, noting daily and annual salaries and other expenses. - After folio 22 the scribe occasionally switched to pagination, resulting in page numbers 23-24, 26-27, 29-30, and 32-33. - Spine slightly rubbed; interior crisp and clean. Contemporary ownership to flyleaf: "H. Leece | War Office | 1 Dec[embe]r 1777". Later in the collection of Thomas Fremantle, 3rd Baron Cottesloe (1862-1956), commander of the Territorial Army and president of the Society for Army History Research.
4to. English manuscript on paper. (2), 43, (1) ff. Contemporary full red morocco with giltstamped border and spine. Endpapers marbled. All edges gilt. Pre-printed table filled in by hand, detailing British military forces stationed in Britain and around the world, including the Caribbean, India, Africa, and Australia. Includes the names of regiments as well as the numbers of commissioned and non-commissioned officers, and the enlisted rank troops ("Rank & File"), distinguishing those fit for duty from those on the sick list, with a total of 238,978 regular forces and 91,586 militia. - Binding insignificantly rubbed at the hinges; interior crisp and clean. Heraldic bookplate incorporating a ducal coronet and Bentinck family crest to pastedown, a pencil note on the flyleaf ascribing it to the Duke of Portland's library. Later in the collection of Thomas Fremantle, 3rd Baron Cottesloe (1862-1956), commander of the Territorial Army and president of the Society for Army History Research.
English manuscript on vellum. Approx. 620 x 555 mm (with folded plica). With two red seals. Stored in a custom-made half morocco case with gilt-stamped spine. Original deed of the first substantial purchase of land on the Brooklyn side of the East River ever made by the New York municipality, a purchase that was called by Henry E. Pierrepont (1808-88), director and historian of the Union Ferry Co., "the foundation of the claim of the City of New York to their land in Brooklyn" (23). After the capture of New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, a municipal government had been formed, the Corporation of New York, while across the water, "Breuckelen" (as it was then called) long remained an independent, rival city on its own. - "As early as the 12th of October, 1694, the Corporation of New York purchased from William Morris, for no specific consideration, his hourse, barn and premises, situated at the 'Ferry', on Long Island. The house stood on the north side of the road, opposite the present Elizabeth Street, about one hundred feet from the then shore of the river" (Pierrepont, 16ff.). The site was then known as "Brookland Ferry", the place where George Washington escaped with his troops after the Battle of Long Island. It adopted its modern name, Fulton Ferry, when in 1814 Robert Fulton established the first steam ferry route connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn, which played such a major role in their shared history and evolution. - Incipit: "This Indenture, made the twelfth day of October, in the sixth year of the reigne of our Sovereigne Lord and Lady, William and Mary, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, King and Queen, defenders of the faith etc., and in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred ninty and four, between William Morris, now of the Ferry, in the bounds of the towne of Breuckle, in Kings county, on Long Island, gent., and Rebecca his wife, of the one part, and the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty, of the City of New York of the other part [...]". - Two copies of the deed would have been made, and this appears to be the deed retained by the Morris family and heirs, with an early note indicating that it was also "recorded in the Office of the Town of Clerk of City of New York in the Book of Grants". Pierrepont, writing in 1879, was still able to locate the City's copy at the Office of the Comptroller, where it may have remained until 1910, when such documents were transferred to the New York State Library; it probably perished in the notorious archive fire of 1911. - Drafted and signed by Ebenezer Wilson, later Mayor of New York City (1707-10). Verso signed additionally by William Pinhorne (d. 1720), the American colonial politician and jurist. Folded, few small tears to folds with negligible loss. Gabriel Furman, Notes, Geographical and Historical, Relating to the Town of Brooklyn, in Kings County on Long Island (Brooklyn, 1824), Appendix A, pp. 102f. (published in part). Henry Evelyn Pierrepont, Historical Sketch of the Fulton Ferry, And Its Associated Ferries (1879), pp. 16-23.
600 x 65 mm. 21 palm leaves between two painted wooden boards with cord. Burmese manuscript in Pali, most likely a register of Buddhist monastic rules. - Signs of age.
340 x 100 mm. Manuscript on ca. 240 palm leaves between two wooden boards. In the original wrapping cloth. Signs of age.
