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1680482CG1680. O.J. um 1680. Kupferstich Brustbild leicht seitlich. Bildgrösse: 18 x 13 cm. Blattgrösse: 20 x 145 cm. Knapp bis zum Bildrand beschnitten. unknown
16393832Printed by I. Okes and are to be sold by Iames Becker 1639. 1639 8vo. 20 344 p. Collates A8 -A1 B – Z8 as described by ESTC but in this copy the Table Z4 – 8 is bound after A8. Additional engraved title Woodcut portraits through the text. Vellum binding with gilt spine and a red lettering piece. The engraved title chipped at corners otherwise an attractive copy. Armorial bookplate of George Thomas Robinson 19th century architect. STC 11273. ESTC S108602. Printed by I. Okes, and are to be sold by Iames Becker, hardcover
1649QQ0485Imprimerie Royale 1649. Original full speckled calf. Raised bands ornate gilt decor and gilt lettering to spine. Gilt decor to board edges. Small loss to base and top of spine. Small stain to rear board c. 5.5 x 4cm. Starting at base of spine over hinges to front 18cm and rear 8cm board but hinges holding firm. Wear to board corners. Folio 38.4 x 27.5cm. All edges speckled brown. A few tiny ink spots to fore-edges. Original marbled endpapers uncracked at gutters. Half-title. Large vignette printer's device to title page. Elaborate engraved head- and tail-pieces and decorated initials. Two double-page genealogical tables. A little light scattered foxing throughout. Philippe de Commines also Commynes or Comines; 1447-1511 humanist writer and diplomat first in service to the Burgundian duke Charles the Bold and then to Charles' great rival Louis XI of France and his successors Charles VIII and Louis XII. Commines' Memoires written between 1488 and 1501 and first published in 1524 cover in their first part the events from the start of Commines' career to the death of Louis XI and in their second the Italian wars under Charles VIII. The Memoires have never been out of print; they remain foundational not just as historical sources on 15th century France but as a work that shaped the practice of history itself. In their psychological insight and attention to motives as well as events the Memoires 'bear witness to a watershed moment for modern conceptions of both historiography and the individual subject' essentially inventing 'a new literary genre one defined by its first-person vision of history' Kleiman 2013 Philippe de Commynes: Memory Betrayal Text pp. 3 8. This important new 1649 edition edited by the jurist Denis Godefroy 1549-1622 replaced the previous standard version of the text the 1552 Denis Sauvage edition. Beautifully produced by Sebastien Cramoisy at the Imprimerie Royal then based in the Louvre this edition drew on two manuscript copies as well as the Sauvage version and included considerable additional contextual material. Brunet II 191; 'belle edition'. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. Good. 56 572 12pp. Imprimerie Royale Hardcover
164821108371648. Leiden: Chez les Elzeviers. 1648. 12mo. Late 19th-century full vellum with yapp edges red morocco lettering-piece to spine gilt edges; pp. xxiv 765 19 with engraved title-page woodcut initials head- and tailpieces; light spotting to vellum overall an attractive clean copy; early ownership inscription cancelled and later ""Jean Paul Fesnim"" to title; modern bookplate to front pastedown.First Elzevir edition of Commines's celebrated contemporary account of the reign and military campaigns of Louis XI and Charles VIII of France.Philippe de Commines 1447-1511 was a humanist chronicler and diplomat in the courts of Burgundy and France. His Memoires was first published between 1524 and 1528 achieving immediate success with numerous reprints and earning the unique distinction among French-language texts of never having gone out of print. The first part written in the 1480s focuses on the reign of Louis XI particularly his rivalry with Charles the Bold while the second part composed in the 1490s examines Charles VIII's Italian campaign. Commines who served in a diplomatic capacity under both French monarchs devotes particular attention to the rise and fall of the Florentine preacher Girolamo Savonarola and the ultimate failure of French military and political ambitions in Italy.Commines's ""graphic style . and above all the keenness of his insight into the motives of his contemporaries an insight undimmed by undue regard for principles of right and wrong make this work one of the great classics of history"" Britannica. Often referred to as the ""French Machiavelli"" he shares affinities with the Italian political thinker particularly in his pragmatic and unsentimental approach to power.Willems 634; Tchemerzine III p. 468 ""jolie edition elzevirienne tres recherchee"". hardcover
1648227751Leide: Elzeviers 1648. hardcover. very good. Beautifully engraved title page with a small stamped crown monogram in the lower margin. 24 765 19 pages. Thick 12mo full contemporary vellum. Leide: Ezeviers. 1648. Le Dernier Edition. A very good copy of this rare edition.<br/> <br/> First Elzevir edition of these famous memoirs of the renowned French Renaissance historian 1445- 1509. A great classics of history. - Brunet II 191.<br/> <br/> Elzeviers unknown
164828716Leiden: Chez les Elzeviers 1648. First Elzevier edition. 24 765 19 pp complete with final blank leaf; old calf gilt a.e.g. rebacked preserving original backstrip corners and edges worn corner dampstain through p. 48. Bookplate of Nils Gyldenstolpe. Chez les Elzeviers unknown
1649138960Paris: Imprimerie Royale Sébastien Cramoisy 1649. full calfskin-covered boards seven raised bands gilt ornamentation on spine title in second compartment. folio 265 x 375 mm. full calfskin-covered boards seven raised bands gilt ornamentation on spine title in second compartment. 56-572 11 pages with two large genealogical tables printed on double-pages. Revues & corrigez sur divers manuscrits & anciennes impressions. Augmentez de plusieurs traistez contracts testaments autres actes & de diverses observations. Par Denys Godefroy Conseiller et Historiographe ordinaire du Roy. The Denys Godefroy edition with this copy being a somewhat larger paper copy 375 mm tall as opposed to the commonly found 350 mm tall. Small bookplate on front pastedown. Ownership name in ink on recto front free endpaper and ownership notes in ink on the verso of the front free endpaper. Front hinge cracked but firm. Loss of the leather spine in third compartment. Spine age-darkened. Rubbing to extremities. Minor foxing throughout. Dampstaining to title page. Philipe de Comines was a Statesman and one of the most interesting of the old French historians of the Middle Ages. Dibdin says that "no English Historical Collection can be complete without P. de Comines."<BR> <br /> <BR> <br /> A great visionary Comines 1447 - 1511 noticed and regretted the permanent antagonism between the European nations and aspired to a Europe united by Christianity. He advocated free trade the reform of the currency and the system of weights and measures as well as the consultation of the States General in order to avoid any despotism. After the first edition was produced by Denis Sauvage in 1552 which marked a notable progress this edition of 1649 produced by Théodore and Denis Godefroy was a great step forward. They printed at the prestigious Imprimerie Royale installed in the Louvre. In addition to the beautiful typographical quality it was established on two manuscripts and on the Sauvage edition. Many new lessons appear here for the first time and the editors attach to the text a valuable compendium of supporting material. this edition of 1649. Imprimerie Royale (Sébastien Cramoisy) unknown
167426006<p><strong>1674 Philippe Commines ENGLISH Memoirs Kings Louis XI Charles VIII France FOLIO</strong></p><p>Philippe de Commines was a 15th-century Burgundian diplomat whose '<em>Memoires'</em> helped him become the first critical and philosophical historian of modern literature. This collection of essays and entries reveal many of the faults and scandals of the reign of Louis XI. Even though Commines supported the king the content of the '<em>Memoirs'</em> portrays Louis XI negatively. Commines and this work are considered one of the primary sources of 15th-century European history. In addition to the court of Louis XI Commines discusses Italian wars during the reign of Charles VIII of France.</p><p>This beautiful 1674 folio edition of Comines' "<em>Memoirs</em>" was published by Mearne and Martyn. </p><p>Item number: #26006</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>COMINES Philippe de</p><p><strong><em>The history of Philip de Commines knight Lord of Argenton</em></strong></p><p>London: Printed for Samuel Mearne John Martyn and Henry Herringman 1674.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->16 348</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~11.75in X 7.75in 30cm x 20cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>26006</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> for Samuel Mearne, John Martyn, and Henry Herringman hardcover
160162363London: Imprinted at London by Ar. Hatfield for I. Norton 1601. Second edition in English. Title page within large historiated woodcut border bearing the royal arms and motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense" the crest of Burghley and the printer's beehive device; several large inital woodcut capitals throughout and genealogical table in rear. 16 364 pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Bound in contemporary paneled calf central gilt lozenge last nine leaves of genealogical tables have contemporary manuscript notes. Upper covers split and pulling away from boards which are nevertheless firmly attached by cords; front free endpaper missing; internally very good. Second edition in English. Title page within large historiated woodcut border bearing the royal arms and motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense" the crest of Burghley and the printer's beehive device; several large inital woodcut capitals throughout and genealogical table in rear. 16 364 pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Second edition in English of a primary source for 15th century European history. Commines has been called "the first critical and philosophical historian since classical times" Oxford Companion to English Literature principally for his shrewd and practical insight into the political realities of his day his psychological insight and his forthright account of the machinations of the politicians he described. His history is divided into 8 books the first six of which deal with the reign of Louis XI; the last two deal with the Italian wars of Charles VIII ending with his death<br /> <br /> Thomas Danett's English translation was first published in 1596. In his dedication to Lord Burghley dated 1 Nov. 1596 Danett states that thirty years before he presented Lord Burghley and "the late Earle of Leicester my Lord" his 'historie of Commines rudely translated into our vulgar toong' and that he later revised and enlarged his translation at the request of Sir Christopher Hatton. According to the DNB Danett fl. 1566-1601 was also the author of the following works: "1. The Description of the Low Countreys and of the Prouinces thereof gathered into an Epitome out of the Historie of Lodouico Guicchardini' London 1593 dedicated to Lord Burghley. 2. A Continuation of the Historie of France from the death of Charles the Eight where Comines endeth till the death of Henry the Second 1559 collected by Thomas Danett gentleman' London 1600 dedicated to Lord Buckhurst. ." STC 5603 Imprinted at London by Ar. Hatfield for I. Norton unknown
167448087for John Starkey at the Miter in Fleet Street within Temple Bar 1674. 1st edition thus. Hardback. Later half morocco VG. xxiv611pp4pp publishers catalogue engraved frontis stoutly rebound in mid Victorian half morocco the binder has shaved the top margin close with slight loss to the running title to some pages a nice copy. Popular memoirs of immense importance largely because of Comines' cynical and forthright attitude to the events and machinations he decribes. His writings reveal many of the less savory aspects of the reign of Louis XI and Commines related them without apology insisting that the late king's virtues outweighed his vices. He is regarded as a major primary source for 15th century European history. Philippe de Commines 1447 - 1511 writer and diplomat at the courts of Burgundy & France. Denis Godefroy 1615 - 1681 historian who specialised in the Hundred Years War and the reigns of Charles VII of France Charles VIII of France & Joan of Arc. STC C5543. for John Starkey at the Miter in Fleet Street within Temple Bar hardcover
1700537731700. Les Hommes Illustre 2. - Ed. Charles Peraullt. - Paris 1700 264 x 184 auf 305 x 240 mm. Philippe Collot 1593-1656 Lithotomist at hte Hôtel Dieu Paris. Portr. Wellcome Inst. Hist. Med. Nr.650.1; Mortzfeld A 3892; Drugulin Ä. 1008; Singer 16165; Robert-Dumesnil 7 244 Nr.173; IFF XVIIs 453 Nr.223. unknown
1697284706Paris: Chez Jean Baptiste Coignard 1697. Third Edition. Full Leather. A third edition copy of a bilingual Cicero reader Les Offices de Ciceron translated from Graevius’ Latin edition by Philippe DuBois. Text in Latin and French in two columns. Printer’s device on the title page; woodcut engraved headpieces; index at the rear. Collates complete; 28 484 38 pp. Worming to the bottom of the first twenty-five leaves affecting the publication on the title page only. Loss to the top and bottom of the spine; shellacking to the front and rear boards. Full calf with a red leather label and gilt tooling in compartments on the spine. Chez Jean Baptiste Coignard unknown
16831300902Coloniæ Agrippinæ: apud Balth. ab Egmond et Socios 1683. Hardcover. 32mo. 24 200 pages xl 58; G-; bound in brown leather paneled spine with gilt tooling and lettering; moderate chipping to head and tail of spine moderate rubbing to boards; mild bookworming to lower edge of text block; engraved title page; portrait plate of Paulus III Pont Max.;. Philippe Chifflet was a French ecclesiastic born May 10 1597 in Besançon In 1637 he became vicar general of the archbishop of Besançon Claude d'Achey.;. 1300902. Rockville Non-Retail Listings. apud Balth. ab Egmond et Socios hardcover
169224445<p><strong>1696 Council of Trent Catholic Chifflet Papacy Popes Forbidden Book Inquisition</strong></p><p>In the century following the Council of Trent numerous important treatises on the famed ecumenical council were regularly published and reprinted. These works especially that by Philippe Chifflet were written to bring clarity and understanding to Europe's attempts at Protestant reforms and many of these books were placed on the Prohibited Books Index by the Catholic Church. </p><p>This 1696 edition of Chifflet's "<em>Council of Trent</em>" was published in Lyon. </p><p>Item number: #24445</p><p>Price: $499</p><p>CHIFFLET Philippe</p><p><strong><em>Sacrosancti et oecumenici Concilii Tridentini Paulo III. Julio III. et Pio IV. Pontificus Maximis celebrati canones et decretal</em></strong></p><p>Lugduni: typis Petri Valfray 1692.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->24 342 2 LXVIII 100</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Provenance: Handwritten – <em>Petri Joannis Durand</em></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: Latin</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~5.5in X 3in 14cm x 7.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>24445</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Petri Valfray hardcover
165720576<p><b>1657 Council Trent Catholic Chifflet Popes Banned Book Index Inquisition RARE</b></p><p>Philippe Chifflet wrote one of the most famous and important treaties on the Council of Trent in 1640. It saw reprints in various languages for over 100 years after its inception. Chifflet sought to bring clarity and understanding to Europe's attempts at Protestant reforms consequently Chifflet's books were placed on the Prohibited Books Index by the Catholic Church. This late 17th-century printing was published by Ferrand in Rouen France who included a printing of the Prohibited Books Index at the end.</p><p>Item number: #20576</p><p>Price: $599</p><p>CHIFFLET Philippe</p><p><b><i>Sacrosancti et oecumenici concilii tridentini sub Paulo III. Iulio. III. et Pio IV. Pont. Max. celebrati canones et decreta</i></b></p><p>Rothomagi Rouen: Apud Antonium Ferrand in gradibus Palatii 1657.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p>o Council of Trent – 32 365 3 </p><p>o <b>Prohibited Books Index – 109 1</b></p><p>· Language: Latin</p><p>· Binding: Vellum; secure</p><p>· Size: ~6.25in X 4.25in 16cm x 10.5cm</p><p>· Quite scarce</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>20576</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Antonium Ferrand, in gradibus Palatii hardcover
16407546CB1640. Antwerpen Balthasar Moretus 1640. 12°. 24 Bl. 358 S. 1 Bl. LXXII S. 31 Bl. Mit ganzs. Kupfertitel und 3 Holzschnittporträts im Text. Pergamentband der Zeit mit handschr. Rückentitel. Häufig aufgelegter Text mit der Beschreibung des Tridentinischen Konzils dies fand von 1545 bis 1563 in drei Tagungsperioden Sessio I bis XXV statt. Hauptanlass war die Notwendigkeit auf die Forderungen und Lehren der Reformation zu reagieren. Der Schnitt etwas angestaubt und das Papier vereinzelt stockfleckig. unknown
167822742<p><strong>1678 Council of Trent Catholic Chifflet Papacy Popes Forbidden Book Inquisition</strong></p><p>In the century following the Council of Trent numerous important treatises on the famed ecumenical council were regularly published and reprinted. These works especially that by Philippe Chifflet were written to bring clarity and understanding to Europe's attempts at Protestant reforms and unfortunately many of these books were placed on the Prohibited Books Index by the Catholic Church. </p><p>This 1678 edition of Chifflet's "<em>Council of Trent</em>" was published in Genoa. </p><p>Item number: #22742</p><p>Price: $499</p><p>CHIFFLET Philippe</p><p><strong><em>Sacrosancti et oecumenici Concilii Tridentini Paulo III. Iulio III & Pio IV. PP. MM. celebrati Canones et decretal</em></strong></p><p>Genoa: Iuxta copiam Io. Dominici Peri apud Ioseph Bottarum & Io. Baptistam Tiboldum 1678.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->24 302 lix 83</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: Latin</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Vellum; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~5.5in X 3in 14cm x 7.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>22742</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> Iuxta copiam Io. Dominici Peri apud Ioseph Bottarum, & Io. Baptistam Tiboldum hardcover
164026664AntuerpiÊ: ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti 1640. 12mo pp. 48 358 lxxii 62; engraved title-p. contemporary full calf red morocco label on gilt-decorated spine bottom of spine chipped with loss of approx. 1/2 inch the whole a bit rubbed and worn else good and sound. Account of the Council of Trent. Oxford only in OCLC. ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti unknown
165815988Paris: Chez Pierre Mariette rue S.t Iacques a l'Esperance 1658. 457 by 572mm. 18 by 22.5 inches. Hand-coloured engraved map. The second state of the plate published separately and extensively corrected with the addition of: the four cardinal points added midway along the graticule scale around the map; 'ou Saycock a io 10 Roy.mes' and'ou Tokoesi a 4. R.'; and additional titles for the 'kingdoms' throughout the map. Hubbard points out that this is "an enormous number of corrections for the engraver Somer to make" although many other errors remain. Briet 1601-1668 came from the same town Abbeville as Nicolas Sanson I and examples of this map have been found in composite atlases largely made up of maps by Sanson. Sanson and Mariette who published this map also had a business relationship that eventually ended badly. The engraver Jan van Somer worked for Sanson in Paris. A Jesuit from 1619 Briet was also a teacher of humanities and rhetoric. He wrote literature as well as history and historical geography. He published his 'Paralella Geographica' in 1648 and 1649 with 144 maps of Europe. He had intended further volumes of maps of the other continents but only managed a manuscript for the Asia volume which was never published. Many of the maps from the original work were republished in his 'Theatre Geographique de L'Europe' and 'Theatrum Geographicum Europae Veteris' in 1653. Hubbard 31.2. Chez Pierre Mariette, rue S.t Iacques a l'Esperance, unknown
169310159Paris 1693. New edition revised corrected and augmented. Hardback. some pages of volume one are yellowed old basic repair to edge of spine of volume one tear at head of spine of volume two small pieces missing to lower spines of both volumes leather a little scratched on covers good condition. Quarto over 10 - 12 inches tall. 420 and 406 pages with tables des matieres at rear of both volumes full speckled calf five raised bands with gilt designs in panels hardcover
165611982Lyon: for Ph. Borde Laur. Arnaud and Cl. II Rigaud 1656. Contemporary card boards small hole in the front panel flat spine. <p> A REMARKABLE STOCK CATALOG OF SOME TEN THOUSAND SIXTEENTH- AND SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY TITLES REPRESENTING THE COMBINED INVENTORIES OF EIGHT DOMINANT LYONESE PUBLISHERS AND BOOKSELLERS ACTIVE FROM 1555 TO 1656.<br /> Beginning in the 1620s the book trade in the France’s second city experienced dramatic consolidation through inheritance and liquidation. Philippe Borde Laurent Arnaud and Claude II Rigaud stood the principal beneficiaries. Between 1650 and 1655 they partnered to purchase the stocks of the Lyonese Giunta of Horace Cardon of Horace Boissat of the Rouillé family and of Claude Prost.<br /> The partners had to sell and this catalog clearly prepared in haste is the result. It swarms with minor errors like reversed and upside-down sorts repeated pagination errors in dates and orthography and chase marks likely arising from the rush to have it ready in time for the Lyon trade fair.<br /> The material is grouped into thirteen categories. The nine subject divisions list only Latin texts in the fields of theology Scripture councils scholastics morals controversies asceticism spirituality preaching manuals law medicine philosophy history politics and civics sciences astronomy mathematics architecture atlases cabbala the humanities grammar rhetoric ancient classics and liturgy. Four sections gather material by language — Greek Hebrew and Arabic together Italian Spanish and French — regardless of subject. In each class entries are arranged alphabetically by author and each work is identified by its author title format printing place date and number of volumes if a set. Imprints span Naples to London and Madrid to Hamburg.<br /> The present example has been marked up in manuscript. Two dozen entries have been canceled in whole or in part across eight different categories motivated in every case but two by religion. Machiavelli's dangerous political ideas and G.B. Marino’s personal immorality earned censure. Hundreds of entries have been ticked in the left margins sometimes four or five to a page. I have located one example in the U.S. Grolier Club. In good condition one quire browned narrow pale stain to the second half of the volume.<br /> ¶Pollard & Ehrman Distribution of Books by Catalogue 117 120 301 355 Arnaud 361 Borde & 511 Rigaud; Mirto Stampatori editori librai nella seconda metà del Seicento I: 70; Mellot & Queval Répertoire d’imprimeurs/libraires vers 1500-vers 1810 2004 nos. 107 Arnaud 634 Borde & 474 Rigaud; Répertoire bibliographique des livres imprimés en France au XVIIe siecle: Lyon ed. Merland I: 142-143-84 Arnaud II: 149-66 Borde & VI: 202-4 Rigaud.</p> for Ph. Borde, Laur. Arnaud and Cl. II Rigaud unknown
1667290471Paris.: Francois Preuveray. 1667. Folio. Contemporary mottled leather raised bands gilt spine decorations red speckled edges. Very good some rippling to pages. 36.5x24.5x6 cm. French text. A documentary history of the embassy of the young Louis XIII to the Holy Roman Emperor with commentary by Bethune. Scarce. Heavy book will require extra shipping. weight: 6.2 lb. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces initial letters and title page decoration title page printed in red and black. Francois Preuveray. hardcover
1665122984Paris: par la Compagnie des Libraires du Palais 1665. Later edition first 1633 of one of the great political treatises of the 17th century by the diplomat-bibliophile Philippe de Béthune 1561/6-1649. Béthune started his career as a "mignon" of Henri III before becoming conseiller du roi in 1599 and ambassador in Rome for Henri IV in 1601 after which point he completed several other diplomatic missions to Rome in 1624 and 1630. "Béthune's treatise was the work of a man at the end of his career who had served the monarchy at home and abroad through the bumpy years of dynastic transition and who thanks to his longevity had witnessed the crisis of the religious wars as well as France's slow rise from the ashes thereafter. He brought to bear his wide knowledge and experience of French government but also his thorough acquaintance with Rome and Italy and both informed the political ideas he mobilised in his treatise" Reinhardt p. 56. Le conseiller d'Etat ran to five editions between 1632 and 1665 testament to its profound influence at the time. It is scarce: WorldCat locates only three copies in institutional holdings worldwide SCD Paris BM Lyon and Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Duodecimo 147 x 80 mm. Additional vignette title page which states "divise en trois parties" engraved head- and tailpieces. Contemporary speckled calf tan morocco spine label compartments elaborately tooled in gilt raised bands edges sprinkled red. Headcap chipped extremities rubbed and corners bumped joints starting contents browned with the occasional spotting and very faint dampstain to the fore edges of S3 and V4 otherwise a very good copy. INED 481 first edition. Nicole Reinhardt Voices of Conscience: Royal Confessors and Political Counsel in 17th-Century Spain and France 2016. hardcover
169314946<p><b>1693 CHINA 1ed Avril Travels Asia Arabia Voyages Syria Iraq Iran Russia Poland</b></p><p>Philippe Avril was a 17th-century Jesuit French explorer who spent numerous years in China Tartary and the Middle East. While on his voyages Avril wrote an incredible historical account of his discoveries and experiences. '<i>Travels in the Divers Parts of Europe and Asia'</i> covers the entirety of his voyages giving attention to each country he visited including Syria Kurdistan Iraq and Iran Armenia Persia Russia Moldovia Poland and of course China.</p><p><b>This 1693 first English edition</b> like the original French has regular anti-Catholic and anti-Jewish undertones throughout highlighting cultural superstitions and marking the differences between Christianity and other religious views.</p><p>Item number: #14946</p><p>Price: $1500</p><p>AVRIL Philippe</p><p><b><i>Travels into divers parts of Europe and Asia: undertaken by the French King's order to discover a new way by land into China. Containing many curious remarks in natural philosophy geography hydrography and history. Together with a description of Great Tartary and of th different people who inhabit there</i></b></p><p>London : printed for Tim. Goodwin at the Maidenhead over-against St. Dunstan's-Church in Fleetstreet MDCXCIII. 1693. <b>First English edition.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p>o 10 191 1; 178 2</p><p>· References: Wing A 4275; ESTC R 16481; De Backer/Sommervogel I 706; Löwendahl 207</p><p>· Language: English</p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight & secure</p><p>· Size: ~6.5in X 4in 16.5cm x 10cm</p><p>· Very rare and desirable</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>14946</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> for Tim. Goodwin, at the Maidenhead over-against St. Dunstan's-Church in Fleetstreet hardcover
162948838Paris: Antoine Vitré 1629. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Folio. Signed: a4 e2 A-3B6 3C4 = 298 leaves. 12 584pp. Paginated from right to left. Full title and imprint in both Hebrew and Latin with woodcut printer's device; title within decorative letterpress border; woodcut lettrines and head-pieces; printed marginalia. Text in two columns. Eighteenth-century calf scuffed especially at front cover; spine with raised bands and gilt morocco morocco labels; edges stained red; green silk ribbon marker. Title leaf skilfully mounted on eighteenth-century paper. Text crisp and clean with ample borders.<br /> <br /> Only edition of this rare and highly unusual Hebrew and Aramaic dictionary composed by the formerly Jewish convert to Catholicism Mordechai Cresque of Carpentras who derived his new name Philippus d’Aquin or Aquinas; 1578-1650 from the place of his baptism in Aquino Italy. Printed almost entirely in the fine bold rashi characters "grosse glose hebraicque" cut by Guillaume I Le Bé in 1592 only the vocalised quotations and the lemmata are in Le Bé's square Hebrew script. Apart from the Latin title dedication approbations a poetic encomium and the alpha-numeric leaf signatures the work is printed entirely in Hebrew characters. It ends with a short notice in Latin and Hebrew on the printing errors which are corrected on the last three pages. The author announces at the title that all Hebrew biblical and rabbinic-talmudic and Aramaic terms are to be found in Ma'arikh ha-Ma'arakhot including many that do not appear in any existing lexicons among Jews or Christians. D'Aquin notes in particular that rare and difficult terms in rabbinic and cabalistic literature along with obscure abbreviations are all clearly explained. <br /> <br /> "The work is called in Hebrew Maarik ha-maarikot i. e. “Survey of the orders†a term which in the plural is also applied to "battle-lines" Wolf 140 translates Disponens ordines sive acies. One cannot help wonder if there is not a connection with the political situation at the time when the Huguenot town of La Rochelle had to submit to the French Crown in 1628. The privilege for our book has "Données au Camp devant la Rochelle le 19. Septembre 1628" and the work is dedicated to Cardinal Richelieu whose conquest of La Rochelle is also extolled in a Hebrew poem by the author. But the types are also reminiscent of war: did not Le Bé cut them "après le siège de Paris pour passer l'ennui" see Carter & Vervliet p. 15. They were prominently displayed afterwards in Vitray's type-specimen of 1636" Smitskamp. Among the eleven scholars whose approbations grace the present volume are Gabriel Sionita 1577-1645; professor of Arabic and Syriac at the College de France; Gilbert Gaulmin 1585-1665; Orientalist; Denis Petau 1583-1652; Jesuit theologian; and Jean Morin 1591-1659; theologian and Orientalist. Morin offers quite extravagent praise: "nihil hactenus in eo studii genere comparandum vidit Europa." <br /> <br /> Provenance: A morocco label on the spine reads Me-izabin. Hirsch. Wolf Kola i. e. From the legacy of Hirsch. References: Baillet Jugement de Scavans 3 1685: 729. Fürst 1:47-48. Gesenius Geschichte 113: “umfasst auch das Chadaïsche und Rabbinische†Hebrew title incorrectly transcribed without the definite article and indication of plural. Smitskamp Cat. no. 611 but notably not in Philologia Orientalis. Steinschneider Handbuch 129: “Früher sehr gesucht und selten. Heidenheim wollte se zuerst wieder ediren s. Catal. p. 739.†Wolf Historia lexicorum 140. For the interest of Richelieu in typographical matters and his foundation of the Imprimerie Royale in 1640 see Updike 1:238-40. Not in Goldsmith<br /> <br /> Hebrew title: מעריך המערכות. Antoine Vitré hardcover