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1634339024London: Printed by Nicholas Okes for Richard Clotterbuck 1634. Hardcover. Good. First English edition. Translated by William Tyrwit. Quarto. 24 410 4 pp. Small bookplate of Charles Whibley: "Sum Caroli Whibley" on the front pastedown. Full speckled calf professionally re-backed. Lacks the first preliminary leaf before the title page frontispiece: only the stub remains with an early ink signature; small paper repair at the bottom edge of the title page with loss of the first three numbers of the date only else good. From the library of the collector Charles Whibley best known today for bringing T.S. Eliot to the attention of Geoffrey Faber. ESTC S103512. Printed by Nicholas Okes, for Richard Clotterbuck hardcover
1658EXP2-B-12London: Thomas Dring 1658. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. An English translation of Jean-Louis Guez Balzac's letters. A very scarce work. Not seen at auction for over thirty five years. With a portrait frontispiece of Balzac. With two title pages the first title page is in Red and Black and with the title 'Balzac's Remaines or his Last Letters' the second is 'The Choyce Letters of Monsieur de Balzac.' One of these title pages is clearly a cancel. The running title of the work is 'Choise Lettres' and therefore it is likely the cancel is the red and black title page. There are two copies held at the British library one with the first title page and one with the second title page. It is unusual to have both. Wing B616. Collated using both British library copies of this work Complete. From the antiquarian library of Christopher Rowe. Christopher Rowe was a schoolmaster in Norwich and then in Bristol. Throughout his career he inspired many to love literature history and music. He was a specialist on 17th century printer and bookseller Humphrey Moseley and began his unfortunately unfinished PhD dissertation on him. Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac was a French author noted for his epistolary essays. This volume comprises of his letters to notable courtiers which gained him a great reputation. This work mostly contains his letters to Jean Chapelain a French Poet who organized and founded the Academie Francaise. In a full calf binding. rebacked with original boards preserved. Externally generally smart with rubbing to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Small worm holes to the tail of spine and also to the head. The worming only seems to have slightly affected the front endpaper at the gutter and the rear hinge. Both hinges are slightly strained but firm. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown Christopher Rowe. Internally firmly bound. Pages are age toned with light spotting throughout. Very Good Thomas Dring hardcover
1641CLL-772Paris, Pierre Rocolet, 1641 In-8 704 pp., vélin ivoire, titre manuscrit à la plume au dos, tranches nues (reliure de l'époque).
1661000879Paris: Augustin Courbé 1661. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 32mo 90 x 140mm. 20 399pp. 32. Nineteenth-century leather bound five raised bands gilt title and ornaments to the spine gilt cover edges. Colored edges of book block. In very good condition no inscriptions contents firm and clean. Cover with wear on edges occasionally marks chipped top spine. . Augustin Courbé Hardcover
167123194A Paris, chez Jean Couterot et Louis Guérin, s.d. [1671]. Un vol. au format pt in-12 (162 x 98 mm) de 494 pp. et 2 ff. n.fol. Reliure de l'époque de pleine basane glacée et mouchetée blonde, plats jansénistes, dos à nerfs orné de filets gras à froid, doubles caissons d'encadrement dorés, larges fleurons dorés, roulettes dorées, pièce de titre de maroquin rouille, titre doré, palette dorée en queue, roulette dorée sur les coupes, tranches mouchetées.
1637CLL-633Paris, Jean Camusat, 1637 In-8 de (10) ff., 512 pp., vélin ivoire, tranches nues (reliure à l'imitation de l'époque).
1671231941671. A Paris chez Jean Couterot et Louis GuÂŽrin s.d. 1671. Un vol. au format pt in-12 162 x 98 mm de 494 pp. et 2 ff. n.fol. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de pleine basane glacÂŽe et mouchetÂŽe blonde plats jansÂŽnistes dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de filets gras ˆ froid doubles caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs larges fleurons dorÂŽs roulettes dorÂŽes piÂce de titre de maroquin rouille titre dorÂŽ palette dorÂŽe en queue roulette dorÂŽe sur les coupes tranches mouchetÂŽes. Edition originale ou parue ˆ la date de l'originale. ''La crÂŽation des premiers prix remonte au XVIIÂme siÂcle. Guez de Balzac le premier souhaita lÂŽguer ˆ lÕAcadÂŽmie une somme destinÂŽe ˆ la fondation dÕun prix dՎloquence. Celui-ci devait Âtre dÂŽcernÂŽ tous les deux ans et couronner la personne qui aurait Ç le mieux rÂŽussi et fait le meilleur discours sur la matiÂre ou le sujet proposÂŽ È. La fondation fut crÂŽÂŽe en 1656 mais le prix ne commenÂa ˆ Âtre attribuÂŽ quÕen 1671 sur le premier sujet indiquÂŽ par Balzac lui-mÂme dont la premiÂre laurÂŽate du prix fut Mlle de ScudÂŽry.'' in AcadÂŽmie franÂaise. LachÂvre III Bibliographie des recueils collectifs de poÂŽsie p. 167. Angles ÂŽmoussÂŽs. Coiffe de tÂte arasÂŽe. TrÂs lÂŽgÂres altÂŽrations superficielles affectant par ailleurs la reliure. PremiÂre contre-garde effrangÂŽe. Papier oxydÂŽ. Rousseurs ou petites t‰ches ÂŽparses dans le corps d'ouvrage. Infime manque en marge d'un feuillet. Nonobstant bonne condition. Rare. b42961 unknown
164864600First English Edition of Balzac's "The Prince" BALZAC Jean Louis Guez. The Prince. Written in French.Now Translated into English. London: Printed for M. Meighen and G. Bedell 1648. First English edition. Twelvemo 5 1/8 x 2 7/8 inches; 130 x 73 mm. 82 15 163-326 pp. Bound without final errata leaf. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in modern full tan calf. Spine lettered in gilt. Dentelles in blind. Some light worming to top outer margin of leaves E9-K3 not affecting text. Fore-edge lightly soiled and chipped. Overall a very good copy. Balzac has been acclaimed for his prose innovations which lent a somewhat mannered precision and clarity to French letters. He is also credited with the development of a French national style of prose writing. That is his emphasis on the "idiomatic elements" of the French language contributed significantly to "the development of the language on national lines" Encyclopedia Britannica 1913 p. 301. Balzac's fame can be attributed primarily to his great abilities as a letter writer and to the publication of a collection of Lettres 1634. Originally written as an eulogy of Louis XIII The Prince was published in 1631 and contains two substantial letters together fifty-six pages in length written to Cardinal Richelieu. He was elected to the Academy FranÃaise in 1634. Wing B615 ESTC R32936 HBS 64600. $1250 Printed for M. Meighen and G. Bedell unknown books
164864600London: Printed for M. Meighen and G. Bedell 1648. First English edition. Twelvemo 5 1/8 x 2 7/8 inches; 130 x 73 mm. 82 15 163-326 pp. Bound without final errata leaf.<br> <br> Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in modern full tan calf. Spine lettered in gilt. Dentelles in blind. Some light worming to top outer margin of leaves E9-K3 not affecting text. Fore-edge lightly soiled and chipped. Overall a very good copy.<br> <br> Balzac has been acclaimed for his prose innovations which lent a somewhat mannered precision and clarity to French letters. He is also credited with the development of a French national style of prose writing. That is his emphasis on the "idiomatic elements" of the French language contributed significantly to "the development of the language on national lines" Encyclopedia Britannica 1913 p. 301.<br> <br> Balzac's fame can be attributed primarily to his great abilities as a letter writer and to the publication of a collection of Lettres 1634. Originally written as an eulogy of Louis XIII The Prince was published in 1631 and contains two substantial letters together fifty-six pages in length written to Cardinal Richelieu. He was elected to the Academy Française in 1634.<br> <br> Wing B615 ESTC R32936<br> <br> HBS 64600.<br> <br> $1250. Printed for M. Meighen and G. Bedell unknown
165983245Paris Chez Augustin Courbé, 1659, in-16 (7x12cm), demi-reliure tardive (mi-19e), dos long, plats papier gaufré,, 367p. Reliure frottée. Exemplaire rogné court en tête, sans manque de texte. Ex-libris Ch. Porcher.
165797828452250991657, Augustin Courbe, in-16 plein cuir de 333 pages, titrage et ornements dorés sur dos à 4 nerfs, tranches marbrées, Lettres familières de Balzac à M. Chapelain | Etat : Bon état, coiffe supérieure abimée, quelques légers frottements (Ref.: Ref96826)
1634CLL-620Paris, Claude Marette, 1634 In-8 de (12) ff., 424 pp., vélin ivoire, lacets, tranches nues (reliure de l'époque).
166470401664. A Amsterdam chez les ElzÂŽviers 1664. Un vol. in-16 138 x 78 mm de 424 pp. dont titre-frontispice gravÂŽ 2 ff. n.fol. et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de plein veau mouchetÂŽ brun plats jansÂŽnistes dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de filets ˆ froid caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs fleurons dorÂŽs semis de pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs titre dorÂŽ toutes tranches mouchetÂŽes. L'exemplaire s'ouvre sur un joli frontispice allÂŽgorique gravÂŽ signÂŽ P. Philippe. Ecrivain libertin ma”tre de la littÂŽrature ÂŽpistolaire Guez de Balzac compte parmi les premiers ˆ siÂŽger ˆ l'AcadÂŽmie et passe pour l'un des crÂŽateurs de la prose classique dans la premiÂre moitiÂŽ duXVIIesiÂcle. AprÂs avoir passÂŽ deux ans ˆ Rome de 1621 ˆ 1623 comme agent du cardinal de La Valette il vint ˆ Paris o il sՎtait fait conna”tre par ses lettres qui adressÂŽes ˆ ses connaissances et aux personnages importants de la cour lesquelles lui assurÂrent une grande rÂŽputation. Paru en 1624 le premier volume de ses Lettres lui valut dÕemblÂŽe les plus grands ÂŽloges. SurnommÂŽ Çle grand ÂŽpistolierÈ il devint lÕoracle de lÕh™tel de Rambouillet c™toyant entre autres Chapelain Malherbe ou Boisrobert. NÂŽanmoins lÕorgueil vu comme un signe de libertinage caractÂŽrisant ses Lettres fera bient™t lÕobjet dÕattaques. Il n'en demeure pas moins que cette correspondance ÂŽpistolaire renferme des ''billets spontanÂŽs et sensibles dans un style dont la nÂŽgligence mÂle gr‰ce et beautŽÕ È in Dictionnaire des lettres franÂaises. Dans ces Lettres se rencontrent une ÂŽlÂŽgance et une harmonie jusque-lˆ jamais rencontrÂŽes dans aucun ouvrage en prose de langue franÂaise. En effet l'ensemble des lettres de Guez dÂŽmontrent une vÂŽritable ma”trise du style en introduisant dans la prose franÂaise une clartÂŽ et une prÂŽcision nouvelles qui encouragent ˆ dÂŽvelopper la langue franÂaise sur ses propres ressources en privilÂŽgiant les plus idiomatiques de ses ÂŽlÂŽments. Il peut donc ˆ bon droit Âtre crÂŽditÂŽ dÕavoir rÂŽalisÂŽ pour la prose une rÂŽforme parallÂle ˆ celle de Malherbe pour la poÂŽsie. Tchemerzine Bibliographie d'ÂŽditions originales et rares 401 et Brunet I Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres 632 pour l'ÂŽdition de 1659 - Willems Les ElsÂŽviers 688 - Beugnot 119. Angles ÂŽmoussÂŽs. Frottements affectant les plats. Dos ˆ l'ÂŽclat altÂŽrÂŽ prÂŽsentant des frottements ainsi qu'un infime manque en queue. Quelques rousseurs dans le texte. Du reste belle condition. b42961 unknown
162511320021174chez Tovssainct Toussainct Dv Du Bray Paris 1625. Third troisiesme edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Full leather front cover is detached leather is rubbed and with surface cracking on the spine and is worn on rear joint and corners remnants of blind decoration is still clearly visible. Text block binding is sound inside covers do not have pasted down end-papers so insides of board showing. Front inside cover has two pasted labels from Ampleforth Abbey Library. End-papers are darkened and previous owner's name is at the front and small inked number. Prelims show a water-stain that is not visible in the main text. page 65 has a mark from a deposit in the margin pages are a little darkened but are otherwise clean text and decorations headers footers and capitals are clear. Contains: End-paper stub; ffep; title with vignette; Advertissement 2; Preface par Le Sieur de la Motte Aigron 18; Ode Sur Les Lettres de Monsieur de Balzac 3; Al Unico Elo Quente: El Senor de Balzac 2; In Epistolas Balzaci 1; In Epistolarum Balzaci 1; Extract Du Privilage du Roy 2; 600; frep; end-paper stub. Text is in French. No dust jacket as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 11320021174. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. chez Tovssainct (Toussainct) Dv (Du) Bray hardcover
1652125799Leiden Elsevier 1652 1 vol. relié petit in-12, bradel parchemin ivoire avec le titre calligraphié au dos, 12 ff. + 432 pp. Agréable édition ornée d'un titre gravé et contenant la lettre à "Messieurs les Elseviers", par celui qu'on surnomma "grand épistolier" du fait qu'il introduisit en France une prose epistolaire travaillée comme un art à part entière. Galerie de vers dans la marge inférieure des cinquante dernières pages, taches d'encre sur trois feuillets, bonne reliure moderne.
1652125799Leiden Elsevier 1652 1 vol. relié petit in-12, bradel parchemin ivoire avec le titre calligraphié au dos, 12 ff. + 432 pp. Agréable édition ornée d'un titre gravé et contenant la lettre à "Messieurs les Elseviers", par celui qu'on surnomma "grand épistolier" du fait qu'il introduisit en France une prose epistolaire travaillée comme un art à part entière. Galerie de vers dans la marge inférieure des cinquante dernières pages, taches d'encre sur trois feuillets, bonne reliure moderne.
1650gm4012A Paris, chez Augustin Courbé, dans la petite Sale du Palais, à la Palme Relié 1650 In-12 (11,5 x 17,5 cm), reliure d'époque plein vélin, dos lisse, couverture muette, 1er volume seul, pagination comme suit : frontispice, titre, avertissement (8 ff.), extrait du privilège du roy (2 ff.), 640 pp, suivies de la table des lettres (8 ff.) ; petit trou dans le cuir sur le bord latéral du quatrième plat, par ailleurs bel exemplaire. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
165656236Amsterdam: Elzevir 1656. Modern ink gift inscription on verso of title lacks front free endpaper. 12mo. 404pp. Engraved title. Contemporary vellum manuscript lettering on spine. Provenance: Princes of Liechtenstein bookplate. Willems 1193; Copinger 186; Brunet I 633; Berghman 1408; Berghman Supplement 332; Rahir 1216; Tchemerzine I 427. <br/><br/> Elzevir hardcover books
165656236Amsterdam: Elzevir 1656. Modern ink gift inscription on verso of title lacks front free endpaper. 12mo. 404pp. Engraved title. Contemporary vellum manuscript lettering on spine. Provenance: Princes of Liechtenstein bookplate. Willems 1193; Copinger 186; Brunet I 633; Berghman 1408; Berghman Supplement 332; Rahir 1216; Tchemerzine I 427. Elzevir unknown
165463445London:: Printed for John Williams and Francis Eaglesfield 1654. First edition in English. old full calf neatly rebacked with a new calf spine and gilt-lettered red spine label. Bookplate removed from pastedown; corners worn; text block age-toned. 8vo. Translated out of French into English. Printed for John Williams and Francis Eaglesfield, unknown
165427666<p><strong>1654 ENGLISH Guez BALZAC Letters Louis XIII France Cardinal Richelieu Valette </strong></p><p>Jean Guez de Balzac was a 17th-century French author known for his letters and essays. His letters which have been his claim to fame have still been studied by modern writers for their prose style as well as interest in iconic figures such as Cardinal Richelieu.</p><p>This 1654 <strong>English edition</strong> was published in London by Williams and Eaglesfield translated out of the original French by Richard Baker.</p><p>Item number: #27666</p><p>Price: $750</p><p>BALZAC Jean Louis Guez de</p><p><strong><em>Letters of Mounsieur de Balzac</em></strong></p><p>London: Printed for John Williams and Francis Eaglesfield 1654.</p><p><u>Details</u>:</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages; 4 parts in 1 volume</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Part 1 – 24 142</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Part 2 – 2 119 1</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Part 3 – 2 144 i.e. 142</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Part 4 – 22 72 2</p><p> <!--endif-->Each part with separate title page</p><p> <!--endif-->Pagination errors expected</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->References: Wing B 614; Lowndes 106</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Provenance: Handwritten – <em>W. Mirple</em> <em>1855</em></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif--><strong>Language: English</strong></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Leather; secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~6.5in X 4.5in 16.5cm x 11cm</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><u>Photos available upon request. </u></p> for John Williams, and Francis Eaglesfield hardcover
165420251London:: for John Williams and Francis Eaglesfield & I.C.by W.B. and J.G. 1654-55. First English edition. 8vo. 4 parts in 1 vol. Sir Richard Baker trans. A8 B4 B-R8 S4 2A-3F8. Modern quarter calf over marbled boards title in gilt on label to head of spine text block in decorative marbled pattern. A few leaves at start with minor pencil notes inner margin hinge showing at A3 no affect B1 with very small contemporary ink signature of previous owner at bottom of page a few leaves with minor foxing spot or soiling else overall a very clean and crisp copy. Title page to each of four parts. Extra engraved title dated 1655 featuring portrait bust of Balzac. Balzac 1595-1654 at the age of 29 retired to his estate of Balzac where he dedicated himself to perfecting French prose. An early member of the AcadÂŽmie FranÂaise he is a master of lucidity thus preparing the way for Pascal and Bossuet. "He expressed sound if somewhat pessimistic opinions some of them commonplaces from ancient authors on ethics politics and literature; but he also shows love of rustic scenery and he can give an agreeable turn to his wisdom." -OCFL. Wing B614. ESTC: R209109. Thomason E14441. for John Williams and Francis Eaglesfield [ & I.C.by W.B. and J.G.], hardcover
16547619London: Printed for John Williams and Francis Eaglesfield… 1654 First complete edition in English. Contemporary blind-panelled suede. . Four parts bound together octavo. . Each part with its own title-page; additional engraved title featuring a bust of the author at the beginning of the book. Front joint cracked but cords sound. Light dampstain on first thirty or so pages ink blotches on p. 142 intermittent light foxing. There are several eighteenth- and nineteenth-century ownership marks on the front endpapers and next blank the earliest being that of "J. Lee Comedian. 1750" whom the DNB calls an "actor and mangler of plays." Also there are quotations from Hamlet "To be or not to be…" and Pope's Essay on Man "Hope springs eternal…" in an early hand An old bookseller's description attributes the hand to Lee but we're not sure. An interesting association copy. Balzac 1594-1654 a littérateur from Angoulême who was patronized by Cardinal Richelieu is known chiefly for the present work. "His letters though empty and affected in manner show a real mastery of style introducing a new clearness and precision into French prose and encouraging the development of the language on national lines by emphasizing its most idiomatic elements. Balzac has thus the credit of executing in French prose a reform parallel to Malherbe's in verse" Encyclopedia Britannica 11th edition. His other works include a eulogy to Louis XIII entitled Le Prince 1631; the Socrate chrétien 1652; and Aristippe ou de la Cour 1658. John Lee d. 1781 was for years an actor in London under David Garrick. He was also a theatre manager in Edinburgh and in Bath. In this capacity he adapted the works of Shakespeare and various Restoration playwrights. His adaptations were generally considered poor. and Kemble refused to act in them. The D.N.B. quotes Cook's Life of Macklin which "speaks of Lee's Iago as very respectable and showing judgment and credits him with good qualities and much knowledge of his profession; but says that he 'wanted to be placed in the chair of Garrick and in attempting to reach this he often deranged his natural abilities…'" Printed for John Williams, and Francis Eaglesfield… unknown
16302171630, A Paris, chez Toussaint du Bray, rue Saint Jacques aux Efpics Meurs, 1630, 20 ff., 712 pp. In-8, vélin ivoire, dos et tranches lisses (Reliure de l'époque).
1658CLL-714Rouen, Louys Behourt, 1658 Un volume in-8 de (4) ff., 450 pp., vélin ivoire, titre manuscrit à la plume au dos, tranches mouchetées rouges (reliure de l'époque).
