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165323700A Paris, chez Louis Chamhoudry, 1653. Un vol. au format gd in-12 (179 x 127 mm) de 8 ff. n.fol. et 88 pp. Reliure de l'époque de plein veau marbré havane, double filet doré encadrant les plats, dos à nerfs orné de filets gras à froid, doubles caissons d'encadrement dorés, fleurons dorés, tranches marbrées.
1607736London: Richard Field 1607. BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION REBOUND IN 3/4 LEATHER WITH FIVE COMPARTMENTS AND FOUR RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD DECORATIVE END PAPERS AND PASTE DOWNS. LACKING BLANK FREE PAPERS IN FRONT AND BACK OF BOOK NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES SOME LIGHT DAMPSTAINING TO FRONT AND REAR OF BOOK PAGES FOR THE MOST PART ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN WITHOUT MARKS EXCEPT FOR PREVIOUS OWNER NAMES TO TITLE PAGE MINIMAL FOXING. BOOK MEASURES 11.25"x7.5". 418 YEARS OLD. A SCARCE TITLE. Richard Field unknown
1619V75121London: Richard Field 1561-1624 1619. Hardcover. Very Good-. Large publisher's emblem of an anchor held by the hand of God entwinned with laural branches in a baroque cartouche frame motto Anchora Spei In total there are 5 titlepages with the same publisher's woodcut in two sizes. Folio contemporary blind ruled calf on 6 raised bands gilt ruled to each side of bands worn/corners exposed & sl.damaged/hinges cracked but covers securely held by cords titlepage 4 ff 598pp 9 ff=index lacks the blank before the title and the blank at the end of the index. The first few leaves incl.the title are sl.creased the title has an owner's name and date 1628 written in ink in the top margin this has been read as "H Cromwell Upwood 1628" likley the uncle of future Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell. Chronography from p544 which contains some worming to bottom corner. One leaf with marginal tear without loss and not near any text and a few marginal old worm tracks never touching text otherwise a well-margined copy with side notes. Text in mostly black letter but also other fonts incl. italic. The contents of this book are distributed as such: Eusebius Pamphilus Bishop of Caesarea in Palaestina wrote 10 bookes pp1-192 203-207 -- Socrates Scholasticus of Constantinople wrote 7 bookes p209-401 -- Evagrius Scholasticus of Antioch wrote 6 bookes P403-512 -- Dorotheus Bishop of Tyrus of the lives and ends of the prophets apostles and 70 disciples p513-540 -- Chronographie p541-598. This work provides a detailed account of the first six centuries of Christian history using near contemporary sources translated into English with a Chronography in parallel columns of the reigning emperorsthe kings of Judea/high priests of Jerusalem & Succession of Bishops the acts of christians the Sects & heretics the fathers of the church etc down to AD 595. Eusebius hs been accused of propagandising the life of Constantine the Great his works are also notable for their accusation that Jewish people were responsible for the death of Christ a popular anti-semitic trope throughout the middle ages. Meredith Hanmer was a popular Welsh controversialist historian who spent much of his life in Ireland. Coat of Arms Bookplate of Robert Fell Moore to pastedown. Richard Field (1561-1624) hardcover
1637104098Parisiis Paris : Sumptibus Sebastiani Cramoisy Typographi Regij via Iacobaea sub Ciconiis 1637. 230x175mm. titre grav - 3 ff. - 258 pages - 3 ff. bandeaux lettrines texte en latin et grec ancien reliure parchemin muet de lÕpoque. Bon tat intrieur propre. 405 Sumptibus Sebastiani Cramoisy, Typographi Regij, via Iacobaea, sub Ciconiis unknown
16685806Parisiis Execudebat Antonius Vitré 1668. 1668 Folio. 28 818 93 1 97-203 17 p. Contemporary calf binding. Joints cracked and some loss from the spine ends. Corners worn. Water damage to the first few leaves at the lower outer corner with a small amount of worm in the same area extending further into the volume. No loss of text. Still a useable copy with the boards firmly attached. Socrates' work forms a continuation of Eusebius' history and covers the period 305-439. Parisiis, Execudebat Antonius Vitré, hardcover
169956071Amsterdam D'Etienne Roger 1699. Bound in one contemp. full calf. Richly gilt spine with raised bands. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Light wear along edges. In middle of covers a gilt armorial stamp with blindstamped fleur-de-lis. Engraved frontispiece Sokrates. 23117 pp. Engraved frontispiece Sokrates9. 1430713 pp. Frontispiece and the first 20 leaves with some foxing in lower right corners. Last few leaves with a faint dampstain in lower right corners. hardcover
169956071Amsterdam, D'Etienne Roger, 1699. Bound in one contemp. full calf. Richly gilt spine with raised bands. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Light wear along edges. In middle of covers a gilt armorial stamp with blindstamped fleur-de-lis. Engraved frontispiece (Sokrates). 231,(17) pp. + Engraved frontispiece (Sokrates9. (14),307,(13) pp. Frontispiece and the first 20 leaves with some foxing in lower right corners. Last few leaves with a faint dampstain in lower right corners.
1675SAV142Paris: Chez Damien Foucault for the workshop of Pierre Rocolet 1675. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 170 x 240mm. Pagination: 26 476 12pp of table. Signatures: A-Z4 Aa-Zz4 Aaa-Ppp4.Woodcut printers device of Rocolet official printer of Paris with crowned arms of Louis XIV and heraldry of the Foucault and Rocolet supported by muses and with their monograms on plaque. With dedication on title Dediee a Monseigneur le Dauphin and letter by Cousin. Contemporary French mottled brown calf by Rocolet or his workshop with the arms of Louis XIV 1643-1661 three fleur-de-lis stamped in central medallion on covers surrounded by a blind-tooled roll of fleur-de-lis spine with five raised bands with a fleur-de-lis and tan morocco label all edges gilt marbled endpapers; title with small spots and residue not-severe covers slightly bowed and corners lightly bumped otherwise crisp and clean. This book is a fine specimen of such characteristic work from the Rocolet printers. This copy is exemplary for its royal provenance; this church history work which would have been presented at court to Louis XIV and the dauphin the kings son Louis of France 1661-1711. The dauphin would have been about 14 years old at the time of this edition. Louis XIV and other royals often had works printed and bound for presentation in the court and gave them to special members in their circle. The title has an unidentified impression monogram GDV in lower right corner probably dating to the 18th century. First edition and second volume of four containing Socrates Scholasticuss history of the Christian Church; this title part of a en ecclesiastical series by Rocolet published in 1675 and 1676; a reissue was made in Holland in 1686. This set is frequently found as the singular volume in usual institution catalogs. Louis Cousin was the translator of this great compilation corpus on church history written by the fifth century Church Father Socrates which continued the great magnum opus of his forefather Eusebius of Caesarea. Among Cousins law and theological acumen he was an academician royal censor and president of the court of currencies Cour des Monnoyes. This translation was highly regarded by his contemporaries as translations from the Greek of Church Father writings were becoming common in the ecclesiastical language of the Western Church. Pierre Rocolet the printer by appointment for the city government was active in Paris from 1640 until 1662 when his son-in-law Damien Foucault succeeded him in the business. Importantly this work is one of the last that Foucault would produce under the workshops name. He died in 1675 and his widow Anne Bonjean succeeded him until 1686 and then a son Hilaire Foucault continued until 1723. The Rocolet workshop was known for collaborating with select binders and gilders to producing luxurious decorated bindings which dominated the French booksellers markets in the mid and late seventeenth century. This copy is a notable armorial presentation binding within the circle of Louis XIV. <br/><br/>First edition and second volume of four containing Socrates Scholasticuss history of the Christian Church; this title part of a en ecclesiastical series by Rocolet published in 1675 and 1676; a reissue was made in Holland in 1686. This set is frequently found as the singular volume in usual institution catalogs. Louis Cousin was the translator of this great compilation corpus on church history written by the fifth century Church Father Socrates which continued the great magnum opus of his forefather Eusebius of Caesarea. Among Cousins law and theological acumen he was an academician royal censor and president of the court of currencies Cour des Monnoyes. This translation was highly regarded by his contemporaries as translations from the Greek of Church Father writings were becoming common in the ecclesiastical language of the Western Church. Pierre Rocolet the printer by appointment for the city government was active in Paris from 1640 until 1662 when his son-in-law Damien Foucault succeeded him in the business. Importantly this work is one of the last that Foucault would produce under the workshops name. He died in 1675 and his widow Anne Bonjean succeeded him until 1686 and then a son Hilaire Foucault continued until 1723. The Rocolet workshop was known for collaborating with select binders and gilders to producing luxurious decorated bindings which dominated the French booksellers markets in the mid and late seventeenth century. This copy is a notable armorial presentation binding within the circle of Louis XIV. Chez Damien Foucault (for the workshop of Pierre Rocolet) hardcover
1675SAV142Paris: Chez Damien Foucault for the workshop of Pierre Rocolet 1675. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 170 x 240mm. Pagination: 26 476 12pp of table. Signatures: A-Z4 Aa-Zz4 Aaa-Ppp4.Woodcut printers device of Rocolet official printer of Paris with crowned arms of Louis XIV and heraldry of the Foucault and Rocolet supported by muses and with their monograms on plaque. With dedication on title Dediee a Monseigneur le Dauphin and letter by Cousin. Contemporary French mottled brown calf by Rocolet or his workshop with the arms of Louis XIV 1643-1661 three fleur-de-lis stamped in central medallion on covers surrounded by a blind-tooled roll of fleur-de-lis spine with five raised bands with a fleur-de-lis and tan morocco label all edges gilt marbled endpapers; title with small spots and residue not-severe covers slightly bowed and corners lightly bumped otherwise crisp and clean. This book is a fine specimen of such characteristic work from the Rocolet printers. This copy is exemplary for its royal provenance; this church history work which would have been presented at court to Louis XIV and the dauphin the kings son Louis of France 1661-1711. The dauphin would have been about 14 years old at the time of this edition. Louis XIV and other royals often had works printed and bound for presentation in the court and gave them to special members in their circle. The title has an unidentified impression monogram GDV in lower right corner probably dating to the 18th century. First edition and second volume of four containing Socrates Scholasticuss history of the Christian Church; this title part of a en ecclesiastical series by Rocolet published in 1675 and 1676; a reissue was made in Holland in 1686. This set is frequently found as the singular volume in usual institution catalogs. Louis Cousin was the translator of this great compilation corpus on church history written by the fifth century Church Father Socrates which continued the great magnum opus of his forefather Eusebius of Caesarea. Among Cousins law and theological acumen he was an academician royal censor and president of the court of currencies Cour des Monnoyes. This translation was highly regarded by his contemporaries as translations from the Greek of Church Father writings were becoming common in the ecclesiastical language of the Western Church. Pierre Rocolet the printer by appointment for the city government was active in Paris from 1640 until 1662 when his son-in-law Damien Foucault succeeded him in the business. Importantly this work is one of the last that Foucault would produce under the workshops name. He died in 1675 and his widow Anne Bonjean succeeded him until 1686 and then a son Hilaire Foucault continued until 1723. The Rocolet workshop was known for collaborating with select binders and gilders to producing luxurious decorated bindings which dominated the French booksellers markets in the mid and late seventeenth century. This copy is a notable armorial presentation binding within the circle of Louis XIV. <br/><br/>First edition and second volume of four containing Socrates Scholasticuss history of the Christian Church; this title part of a en ecclesiastical series by Rocolet published in 1675 and 1676; a reissue was made in Holland in 1686. This set is frequently found as the singular volume in usual institution catalogs. Louis Cousin was the translator of this great compilation corpus on church history written by the fifth century Church Father Socrates which continued the great magnum opus of his forefather Eusebius of Caesarea. Among Cousins law and theological acumen he was an academician royal censor and president of the court of currencies Cour des Monnoyes. This translation was highly regarded by his contemporaries as translations from the Greek of Church Father writings were becoming common in the ecclesiastical language of the Western Church. Pierre Rocolet the printer by appointment for the city government was active in Paris from 1640 until 1662 when his son-in-law Damien Foucault succeeded him in the business. Importantly this work is one of the last that Foucault would produce under the workshops name. He died in 1675 and his widow Anne Bonjean succeeded him until 1686 and then a son Hilaire Foucault continued until 1723. The Rocolet workshop was known for collaborating with select binders and gilders to producing luxurious decorated bindings which dominated the French booksellers markets in the mid and late seventeenth century. This copy is a notable armorial presentation binding within the circle of Louis XIV. Chez Damien Foucault (for the workshop of Pierre Rocolet) hardcover books
1657150831657 2 ouvrages parus chez le même éditeur et à la même date, reliés en 1 vol., Paris, Antoine de Sommaville, 1657, in 12 de (24)-396-(12) pp. ; (24)-300-(36) pp., portrait de Socrate dans un médaillon gravé sur bois en tête du texte juste après l'épitre, rel. d'ép. plein veau brun moucheté, dos à nerfs orné de fers dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, restaurations, bon ex.
