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17480JT54BFrance 1748. Short manuscript document ADS between Jean de Laurens son of Jerome and Georges-Dominique Laurens signed in Avignon. . Autograph. Manuscript. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback
176745831Geneve 1767. Original blue cardboard binding with contemporary handwritten paper title-label to spine. Pencil-numbering to inside of boards. A very nice and clean copy. Woodcut vignette to title-page. With the ex-libris of the notes Danish book collector K.F. Plesner to inside of front board. <br/><br/><em>Rare first edition of this interesting anonymously written continuation of Voltaire's Candide which wraps up the adventures of the hero. "Turning his back on both Voltarian satire and scepticism the novelist proposes a moralistic fable - the focal point of which is a rehabilitation of Leibniz's Theory of Optimism. The main body of the novel tells the story of Candide and his new wife the noble Zénoïde in their sumptuous Copenhagen townhouse. Before achieving this happy state however the couple endures various trials and tribulations reminiscent of the newly minted gothic genre. "Candide au Dannemarc" also features a satirical portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau." Éduard M. Langille from the introduction to the new edition of "Candide au Dannemarc" edited by him. Voltaire's "Candide" had inspired a sequel that appeared in 1760 which is attributed to Charles-Claude-Florent de Campigneulles but which might be by Henri-Joseph du Laurens. The present work is a direct continuation of that sequel although it ignores the happy ending of the previous work but evidently from the preface it is not written by the same author. It has still not been determined who the actual author is.The part on Rousseau pp. 148-167 in the present work has become quite famous portraying him satirically as trying to make a living in Copenhagen from copying music while plotting to escape to America. The novel ends with Candide leaving Denmark to be the Danish ambassador in Russia.A secoond edition appeared in 1769. </em> paperback
17031386227Lyon: Antoine Boudet 1703. Hardcover. Quartos two volumes. In Fair condition. Bound in full contemporary brown calf with gilt ornamentation and titling to spines. Bindings significantly worn and scuffed with splitting to joints chipping and loss of leather to heads and tails of spines and edges and corners of boards. Wear and scuffing to surfaces of boards resulting in significant loss of finish to leather covering boards. Insect damage resulting in loss of board and leather to lower front corner of vol. 1 and upper front and lower rear corners of vol. 2. Text blocks moderately age toned with light plus foxing scattered staining and ink annotations to end papers and title pages. Minor worming to end papers.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> CONTENTS: Vol. 1 4 746 pages. -- Vol. 2 2 598 pages. TG Consignment. Shelved in Room G. 1386227. Special Collections. Antoine Boudet hardcover
1774017143Arras: Au depens du Chapitre 1774. Un volume 20 cm di XVI-142 pagine. In lingua francese. Una gora con antica muffa alla parte inferiore del volume che fragilizza il margine bianco inferiore. Cartonato d'epoca senza dorso traccia di antica legatura forse in mezza pelle. -Per le condizioni descritte il volume viene venduto en l'état come COPIA DI LAVORO no return. Si tratta di uno dei più famosi scritti di satira anticlericale del 700; il poema viene dedicato dai philosophes lapons a Voltaire. La prima edizione è del 1765. Au depens du Chapitre unknown
1725002228Gedrukt: Grond Van Het Kloof 1725 221 Pp. First Edition. Description. Full Leather 9 small copper engravings mainly depicting violence; one lewd sexuality with full page frontispiece engraving gold stamped decorated spine; 5 raised bands; marbled edges. Anti-Papal/Anti-Catholic Church tract. Provenance: Count Christian Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode bookplate on the front pastedown depicting 2 royal women beside a huge royal shield. The Count was a German politician who ruled the county of Wernigerode in the Hartz mountains. Dimensions: 6 7/8in. x 5in. x 1in. Condition: Very good No Jacket the fine all leather binding is lightly scuffed at corners. A scarce book with a royal provenance. Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Gedrukt: Grond Van Het Kloof hardcover
178136568à Amsterdam Paris: Aux dépens de la Compagnie Cazin 1781. Fine. Aux dépens de la Compagnie Cazin à Amsterdam Paris 1781 6.50 x 12.50 cm relié New edition illustrated with a frontispiece portrait. One of the rare titles with the false Amsterdam imprint. Publisher's binding in full marbled blonde sheep. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title-label. Triple fillet frame on boards. A tear to the spine. Small lacks to joints at foot and one to upper board. Edges gilt. Aux dépens de la Compagnie[ Cazin] hardcover
1782113277A Londres, 1782. 12,5 x 8 cm ; Leder
176830081à Rome Rome Paris: Aux dépens de la Congrégation de l'Index 1768. Fine. Aux dépens de la Congrégation de l'Index à Rome Rome Paris 1768 10 x 15.50 cm deux parties en un volume relié The first edition appeared in 1763 at the same address under the title: L'arretin ou la débauche de l'esprit en fait de bon sens. Contemporary full citron morocco binding. Smooth spine decorated. Green morocco title-label. Triple fillet frame on covers. Edges gilt. Handsome copy. Upper joint lightly rubbed. L'arretin consists of 25 essays and tales on subjects as diverse as Les nègres L'agriculture La chasteté ou le célibat Histoire de maître Pierre etc. These are all violent critiques sometimes direct sometimes satirical or allegorical of Biblical teaching the church and its history. Abbé Du Laurens 1719-1793 was a polemical and anti-religious writer whose works are all libertine and licentious but above all profoundly anti-religious. The author did not hesitate to descend to the lowest trivialities to support his critique but his comic inventions often astonishing earned him praise. Pursued for his books he took refuge in Holland then was imprisoned in Mainz in 1767 to end his days at 74 in a convent. 'This book is a lively and rather ribald critique of the principal stories of the Bible. L'epouse de Suze is a critique of La nouvelle Heloïse. Le sage Pangloss is Solomon the wisest of men it is an original chapter even through its singular biblical citations. L'histoire de Suzon is that of Susanna and the two elders l'histoire de Godemiché. The origin of these instruments of chamois or velvet that became so common in convents. Finally les Couvens de Jésuites is an allegory of the history of Sodom. In a word the entire volume is rather a facetious critique of the Bible and clerical institutions than a simply ribald book'. Gay/Lemonnyer I 263-264. Aux dépens de la Congrégation de l'Index unknown
177555429à Rome Rome: Aux dépens de La Congrégation de l'Index 1775. Fine. Aux dépens de La Congrégation de l'Index à Rome Rome 1775 9.50 x 16.50 cm 2 parties en un volume relié New edition after the original published at the same address in 1763. 2 title pages and half-title. Contemporary marbled glazed full calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Modern brown title-label. One corner slightly bumped. Handsome copy fresh. L'arretin is composed of 25 essays and stories on subjects as diverse as Les nègres L'agriculture La chasteté ou le célibat Histoire de maître Pierre etc. These are all violent critiques sometimes direct sometimes satirical or allegorical of biblical teaching the church and its history. Abbé Du Laurens 1719-1793 was a polemical and anti-religious writer whose works are all libertine and licentious but above all profoundly anti-religious. The author does not hesitate to descend into the lowest trivialities to support his criticism but his comic inventions often astonishing earned him praise. Pursued for his books he took refuge in Holland then was imprisoned in Mainz in 1767 to end his days at 74 in a convent. 'This book is a lively and rather ribald critique of the principal stories of the Bible. L'epouse de Suze is a critique of La nouvelle Héloïse. Le sage Pangloss is Solomon the wisest of men this is an original chapter even by its singular biblical quotations. L'histoire de Suzon is that of Susanna and the two elders l'histoire de Godemiché. The origin of these instruments of chamois or velvet that became so common in nunneries. Finally les Couvens de Jésuites is an allegory of the story of Sodom. In a word the entire volume is rather a facetious critique of the Bible and clerical institutions than a simply ribald book'. Gay/Lemonnyer I 263-264. Aux dépens de La Congrégation de l'Index unknown
178624802A GENÈVE: Pierre Pellet 1786. Gran 8º.- Rústica cubiertas originales.- 320 páginas. Ejemplar con todos los márgenes y barbas sin cortar. Obra radicalmente anticlerical del sacerdote jesuita Henri-Joseph Du Laurens 1719-1793 escrita bajo uno de sus pseudónimos. En 1765 en Mainz fue descubierto y consecuentemente condenado por blasfemia a prisión perpetua en 1767. La primera edición de la obra fue impresa en 1765 con el título 'La vérité' con el lugar de impresión ficticio 'Pekin' como esta. Hubo muchas reimpresiones de esta obra. Barbier I 47 para otra edición Pierre Pellet unknown
1780J1NGK9D42C5GAmsterdam 1780. 8vo. Johannes Allart Laurens Brandligt Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf with a red morocco title label on the spine lettered in gold. With 4 folding engraved maps and 1 folding engraved plate. XIII 1 194 pp. First and only edition of a work on navigation around the Dutch island Texel and improving the harbour of Den Helder written by the sea merchant Laurens Brandligt ca. 1730-ca.1800. Due to alluviation the stream velocity in the waters around Texel had decreased. Brandligt suggests several ways to improve the navigability of these waters which was important since Dutch warships often took refuge in them. He also promoted Den Helder as a new harbour for both merchant- and war ships stressing the poor accessibility of Amsterdam. However since the harbour of Den Helder was too shallow at the time he proposed to build a dam. This dam would reverse the current pushing the sand at the bottom of the river back to sea to deepen the harbour. Brandligt worked on the plan which he named Scylla and Charybdis for 10 years. The dam was approved in 1781 and built in 1782. It remained in use until 1954 and played a pivotal role in turning Den Helder into a thriving harbour town.The edges and corners of the boards are scuffed the front joint is partly weakened with some loss of material at the head of the spine. A small restored tear in the first free end paper the title page is slightly browned. Otherwise in good condition.l Bierens de Haan 558; Kemper 1566; STCN 160106095. hardcover
178043298Apud Barth. Wild. 1780. Hardcover. Very Good- in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Contemporary full vellum with gilt lettering to spine. Bookplate to inner cover Armorial shield of Edward Davenport. . Pages clean and bright.; Xvi 990 2 pp of errata; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 990 pages . Apud Barth. Wild hardcover