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Palazzolo (Palazzuolo), Cesare (fl 16th-17th century).Biblio.com

Il Soldato di Santa Chiesa per l’institutione alla pieta de i cento mila Fanti & de i diece mila Soldati à cavallo delle Militie dello Stato Ecclesiastico. Sotto Paolo Quinto Pontefice Massimo.

1606SE2624o 220x159 mm. Collation: 4 A-H4. 8 64 pp. On the title-page woodcut coat of arms of the dedicatee Francesco Borghese as Captain General of the Saint Roman Church surmounted by a coronet. Woodcut decorated initials and tailpieces. Contemporary gilt-tooled vellum. Covers within a double fillet with Borghese's coat arms at the centre. Small heraldic dragons at each inner corner. Holes for ties at the foredges. Smooth spine decorated with alternating heraldic dragons and eagles. Minor losses small marginal stain to the lower cover. A very good copy in its original binding. Some light scattered foxing and staining. Provenance: Francesco Borghese 1556-1620 brother of Pope Paul V and Captain General of the Saint Roman Church armorial binding. First edition of this important work likely Palazzolo's presentation copy to the dedicatee of the work itself Francesco Borghese whose coat of arms is stamped on its fine binding. Francesco Borghese Duke of Rignano was the younger brother of Camillo who had been elected Pope as Paul V on 16 May 1605. Since his ascent to St Peter's throne the pope had vigorously fought for the development and reinforcement of the Papal Army and named his brother Generale di Santa Romana Chiesa i.e. Captain General of the Saint Roman Church. In this context the Milanese nobleman Cesare Palazzolo – Generale collaterale i.e. the general inspector for the papal armed forces – was commissioned with the redaction of the present work which contains not only the outlines of the reform but above all its theoretical justification. The work traces the spiritual basis of the disciplined soldier and re-defines military duties in terms of Christian piety. The soldiers of the Pope should be not only well organized and courageous but also disciplined and devoted. The pattern of conduct proposed by Palazzolo is thus dual natured both military and religious. As noted Palazzolo dedicates his book to Francesco Borghese whose coat of arms as Captain General of the Saint Roman Church stands out on the title-page. The handsome gilt-tooled vellum binding was executed – as the gold-tooling clearly attests – in the most renowned and sought-after workshop then active in Rome that run by the Soresini binders who worked for the papal court as well as other high-profile clients from the 1590s to ca. 1630. Credit for this particular binding may belong to Baldassare Soresini who was so active for the Borghese family that he was known as the 'Borghese Binder'. The choice of such a refined atelier could therefore reveal Palazzolo's intention of offering this copy to an outstanding recipient as indeed Francesco Borghese was.STC 17th century Italian 642; G. Vianini Tolomei "I ferri e le botteghe dei legatori" Legatura romana barocca. 1565-1700 pp. 31-2 and pls. i-ii; G. Brunelli Soldati del papa. Politica militare e nobiltà nello Stato della Chiesa 1560-1644 Rome 2003 ad indicem; Idem "Cultura politica e mentalità burocratica nei carteggi dell'organizzazione militare pontificia 1560-1800" A. Jamme – O. Poncet eds. Offices écrits et papauté xiiie- xviie siècles Rome 2007 pp. 301-310. Luigi Zannetti

(EDUCATION - 17TH CENTURY ENGLAND). POOLE, MATTHEWBiblio.com

A MODEL FOR THE MAINTAINING OF STUDENTS OF CHOICE ABILITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY AND PRINCIPALLY IN ORDER TO THE MINISTRY

1658ST16442s.l.: s.n. Printed Anno Domini 1658. FIRST EDITION. 190 x 135 mm. 7 1/2 x 5 3/8". 3 p.l. 14 pp. complete. 20th century vellum-backed marbled boards flat spine with vertical titling. Front pastedown with bookplate of the Fox Pointe Collection. Wing P-2842B; ESTC R207754. ◆Text lightly washed and pressed but still crisp faint foxing to lower edge of title page otherwise a fine fresh copy in an unworn binding. Written by an opinionated English cleric this is an extraordinarily rare pamphlet proposing an unusual fund to support young 17th century scholars. According to DNB the scheme outlined in the present work was meant "to support the university studies of young men of promise seeking entry into the ministry." The plan "was approved by John Worthington and Anthony Tuckney and had the support also of John Arrowsmith DD Ralph Cudworth William Dillingham DD and Benjamin Whichcote. The fund raised about £900 and it appears that William Sherlock afterwards dean of St Paul's received assistance from this fund during his studies at Peterhouse Cambridge until 1660 when he graduated BA. Those entrusted with administering the fund sent Poole regular reports on students interviewed and the ratings they had received in philosophy logic and languages. The scheme was abandoned at the Restoration." Poole 1624 - 79 was the author of a number of controversialist pamphlets on subjects ranging from Unitarianism to preaching by lay persons before undertaking his major work: a synthesis of critical biblical commentaries "Synopsis criticorum aliorumque sacrae scripturae interpretum." This is one of his scarcest writings: ESTC lists seven copies two in North America while ABPC and RBH record just two copies at auction. s.n. Printed Anno Domini unknown

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis3 380,00 $US≈ 2 859,82 €

(BINDINGS - 17TH CENTURY GILT-TOOLED FRENCH, ROYAL?)Biblio.com

OFFICE DE LA SEMAINE SAINTE A L'USAGE DE ROME

1683ST20461-2Paris: Pierre le Petit 1683. 203 x 127 mm. 8 x 5". 4 p.l. first blank xxxii 629 3 pp. REGAL CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO GILT covers with French fillet border central field semé with alternating fleur-de-lys and Louis XIV's stylized "L" topped with a crown raised bands spine compartments with crowned "L" at center oblique fleur-de-lys at corners marbled endpapers olive green morocco label all edges gilt. Printer's device on title page and four engraved plates depicting the Entry into Jerusalem the Crucifixion the Descent into Hell and the Resurrection. Front pastedown with morocco bookplate of Hans Fürstenberg; verso of front free endpaper with book label of the Fondation Fürstenberg. USTC 6098649. For the binding: Olivier Pl. 2493 Fer no. 8. Top inner corner of covers a shade darker but apparently not from moisture boards tending to splay slightly corners a bit bumped endpapers with offsetting from binder's glue but the binding lustrous with very little wear to the joints and generally pleasing. About a quarter of the leaves with small faint dampstain at upper gutter intermittent minor browning and foxing more pronounced on a couple of quires other unserious signs of devout use but the text with nothing approaching a fatal defect. Bound for a distinguished library--and perhaps for a member of the French royal household--and with an illustrious modern provenance this is a pleasing copy of a 17th century Parisian edition of the Office of Holy Week. The attractive engravings that accompany these paschal hours demonstrate the lush graceful style that distinguished the fine late baroque printmakers. The scenes of the Crucifixion and Resurrection were engraved by Jean Morin ca. 1605-50 whose innovation of combining engraving and etching on the same plate ushered in a new popular style of printmaking and the depiction of the Entry into Jerusalem by Flemish artist Peter Paul Bouche fl. ca. 1685-1702 is especially pleasing. But the story of this volume is its period binding. The owner who commissioned the binding may well have been a member of the noted Lamoignon family whose celebrated library was built over several generations but particularly by Chrétien-François de Lamoignon I 1644-1709 a cultivated man of letters and friend to writers such as Boileau and Racine. The "L" surmounted by a crown appears typically on the family bindings though normally accompanied by the same cypher stamped in the margin of the third leaf of text a stamp that is not present here. The impressive library was sold to bookseller Thomas Payne and auctioned off in 1791-92. Equally or really unequally the repeating motif of Louis XIV's crowned "L" monogram could well indicate that this was the property of royalty. We have not been able to identify its specific owner but this style of semis was not uncommon for royal bindings; the Russian National Library has two late 17th century examples with Louis XIV's own arms over an identical ground. According to Olivier the semis repetition alternating the monarch's initial with a fleur-de-lys or with a specific royal's cipher became popular during the reign of Louis XIII and continued under his successors; "the result for royal bindings is a sort of uniformity in the ornamentation which seems to reflect in the field of art the unification and centralization of France." Our binding's crisp precise tooling has survived beautifully despite apparent dedicated devotional use by its early owner. Our copy is further distinguished by coming from the collection of Hans or Jean Fürstenberg 1890-1982 a bibliophile of refined discrimination who assembled one of the great collections of the 20th century and whose books were noted for their outstanding condition. He put together one of the finest collections of 18th century French books ever assembled and his library contained a discriminating selection of bindings from other periods such as the present example. Pierre le Petit unknown

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis3 640,00 $US≈ 3 079,80 €

(ENGRAVED BOOKS - 17th CENTURY). (PRAYER BOOK, FRENCH)Biblio.com

LE TABLEAU DE LA CROIX REPRÉSENTÉ DANS LES CÉRÉMONIES DE LA STE MESSE ENSEMBLE LE TRÉSOR DE LA DÉVOTION AUX SOUFFRANCES DE NRE S. I. C. LE TOUT ENRICHI DE BELLES FIGURES

1651ST19567-214Paris: Chez F. Mazot 1651. 172 x 110 mm. 6 3/4 x 4 1/4". 3 34 leaves 35-39 1 pp. 12 leaves. Fine old contemporary red morocco covers panelled with gilt fillets with flowering urn cornerpieces raised bands the spine densely gilt in compartments with scrolls and dots two clasps marbled endpapers all edges gilt. ENGRAVED THROUGHOUT WITH 38 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS consisting of one portrait two allegorical religious scenes including title and 35 illustrations of the Holy Eucharist plus 44 PAGES OF ENGRAVED TEXT 37 of these with text flanked by full-length figures of saints accompanied by other religious symbols at head and foot of page six framed with vignettes of angels the Madonna or scenes from the life of David one page with text only. Contemporary ink inscription to the lower margin of the title page reading "In Archui. vitr." Endleaf with engraved armorial bookplate of Viscount Strathallan; front pastedown with the bookplate of John Evelyn. Duportal pp. 244-45; Brunet V 624; Graesse VI 4. Trivial rubbing to the extremities leather straps slightly worn but holding strong but A SUPERB COPY exceptionally clean fresh and bright internally and in its solid and unsophisticated and still very pleasing binding. This is a particularly attractive copy of a sumptuously illustrated prayer book in its especially appealing original 17th century binding. According to Duportal it is "One of three important publications whose engravings reveal the trend characteristic of religious illustrations in France between 1601 and 1660." The work opens with a dedication to Charles d'Aubespine Marquis de Châteauneuf 1580-1653 with a full-page portrait by Guillame de Gheyn b. 1610. Then the bulk of the book is made up of two groups of plates. Those in the first group appear primarily on the rectos and contain prayers in Latin and French flanked by pairs of saints; gaps in the prayers are filled by naturalistic flowers insects and birds. Many of these plates also include a scene or two in miniature depicting the life of the saints or a vignette of angels. Just two of these engravings are signed "J. Collin" but they all appear to be in the same hand and demonstrate an impressive level of finesse and delicacy with emotive graceful saints depicted with sure light lines. Duportal notes that our artist had a "talent charmant" and that well-executed dry-points of this type are quite rare in French books of the period. The second group of engravings appear on the versos and depict the performance of a part of the Mass beneath a cloud in which appears a relevant scene from the life of Christ. They are all unsigned and clearly by a different hand with more rustic features--possibly "copies of originals published abroad" according to Duportal. The book concludes with text framed by gamboling putti and scenes from the life of Christ and facing full-page bust portraits followed by the Penitential Psalms each with elaborate illustrated frames depicting scenes from the life of David. Copies of this work can be found with varying numbers of leaves and engravings but the present item seems to be an early edition as it contains the earlier state of the engravings on the versos before they were substantially reworked and it does not contain the "Privilege du Roy" with the date 1652 or 1653. Our copy comes from the books assembled by the famous diarist John Evelyn 1620-1706 a library that Quaritch's dictionary of English book collectors calls "a noble collection." De Ricci says that the finest books from the library bear Evelyn's monogram as ours does and this bookplate brings with it the expectation of remarkably fine contemporary condition. This copy also has the bookplate of Viscount Strathallan possibly William Drummond 1810-86 Conservative MP and the second to hold the family title following the reversal of the attainder put in place after his family's participation in the Jacobite uprising. Chez F. Mazot unknown

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis4 680,00 $US≈ 3 959,75 €

(TRAVEL, PERSIA, 17TH CENTURY). HERBERT, THOMASBiblio.com

A RELATION OF SOME YEARES TRAVAILE BEGUNNE ANNO 1626 INTO AFRIQUE AND THE GREATER ASIA ESPECIALLY THE TERRITORIES OF THE PERSIAN MONARCHIE

1634ST20186London: printed by William Stansby and Jacob Bloome 1634. FIRST EDITION. 290 x 195 mm. 11 1/2 x 7 3/4". 6 p.l. 225 15 pp. Contemporary sprinkled calf raised bands traces of old paper label to spine pastedowns lifted to reveal leather bands and manuscript document fragments used as sewing guards all edges sprinkled red expert repair to rear joint. With additional engraved title page featuring two figures of Persian dignitaries and three small travel vignettes signed at foot by William Marshall and 36 engravings in the text the majority vignettes but one full-page and nine more than half a page tall. Front endpaper with ink armorial stamp of Sir Walter John Trevelyan 8th Baronet of Nettlecombe and High Sheriff of Cornwall. Price inked in a contemporary hand to the front endpaper. Sabin 31471; STC 13190.3; ESTC S92948. Front board a bit splayed covers with three old dampstains and a few scars and tiny wormholes but a very pleasing original binding with almost no wear to the joints. A very few marginal smudges made during printing other quite trivial imperfections but AN ESPECIALLY FRESH BRIGHT AND CLEAN COPY INTERNALLY with rich impressions of the engravings. This is a contemporary copy in remarkably fresh internal condition of an important and entertaining account of the travels of a 17th century Englishman in exotic Asian and African territories particularly Persia. It is significant both for the ways it is accurate and for the ways it is fictitious. Sir Thomas Herbert 1606-82 left for Persia on a diplomatic mission to Shah Abbas in 1626 as part of the entourage of Sir Dodmore Cotton. The mission was not successful: Cotton and the mission's other leader Sir Robert Shirley both died in 1628 leaving their retinue at loose ends with the increasingly unimpressed Shah. Herbert made a slow return to England traveling through a large portion of Asia and Africa and even sailing up the coast of North America. He finally returned to England in 1630; four years later he published this account of his adventures. The text describes meetings with people of many cultures as well as encounters with exotic animals including the dodo flamingoes and flying fish. Herbert's accounts are of great importance for their details of early Asian travel by Westerners. At the same time the author was unable to resist the urge to embellish a good story and according to DNB gave implicitly first-person accounts of places he had not in fact visited. One such detour into the fanciful comes in the chapter involving the author's apparent visit to America. In it Herbert discusses the belief that the mythical Welsh king Madoc ap Owen-Gwyned had settled in North America in the 9th century for which he provides linguistic evidence that Sabin calls "entirely fanciful." DNB tells us that "this segment was apparently included to please the earl of Pembroke's own Welsh nationalist fancies. It also continued to help fuel various theories about Madoc's colonies and Welsh Indians in North America until the early years of the nineteenth century." Herbert's tale is profusely illustrated by William Marshall fl. 1617-49 with engravings that are sometimes more imaginative than accurate see for example the depiction of the shark on page 6 or the penguin on page 13. Despite these rather amusing inaccuracies the illustrations are lively and detailed providing a sense of the awe the early readers must have felt when imagining foreign places. Our copy in a period binding with part of a manuscript ledger used in the binding process visible is from the library of Walter John 1866-1933 8th baronet Trevelyan who as his inkstamp suggests served as High Sheriff of Cornwall from 1906-07. printed by William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome unknown

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis4 680,00 $US≈ 3 959,75 €

NOSTRADAMUS, MICHEL DE (BINDINGS - 17TH CENTURY, RELIURE PARLANTE)Biblio.com

LES VRAYES CENTURIES ET PROPHETIES

1689ST20606Bordeaux: Pierre Abegou Jean Martel 1689. 156 x 89 mm. 6 1/8 x 3 1/2". 14 p.l. 95 1 80 pp. With a life of the author. APPROPRIATELY CELESTIAL CONTEMPORARY VELLUM SPRINKLED WITH GILT STARS on covers flat spine densely tooled with repeating Gascon-style fleurette. Two section titles with an excellent woodcut depicting Nostradamus surrounded by the instruments of his trade woodcut tailpieces of stars and moon. Front pastedown with pencilled name and annotations of Nostradamus scholar Daniel Ruzo de los Heros. USTC 6163254. Minor soiling and three small brown stains to covers first quire and last two quires a bit browned due to paper quality one leaf with horizontal crease partially obscuring a line of text though still legible other isolated imperfections but an excellent copy nevertheless the text clean and fresh and the curious binding shining with gilt and showing almost no wear. In a particularly charming star-studded binding this is an excellent copy of Nostradamus' famous prophecies which has been part of two major Nostradamus collections. The famous astrologer and physician Michel de Nostre-Dame known as Nostradamus 1503-66 caused a sensation with the publication of his "Centuries" in 1555 a collection of predictions written in nearly impenetrable quatrains that has enjoyed a certain measure of popularity ever since. Published in Bordeaux in 1698 our edition contains the 942 surviving predictions together with a brief biography of Nostradamus. Our copy is distinguished by a strikingly appropriate contemporary "reliure parlante"--a binding designed to mirror the contents of the book it covers; in this case the field of shimmering gilt stars perfectly suits the subject of reading the heavens and wonderfully complements the celestial woodcuts in the book. This copy has been part of two notable libraries of Nostradamus material. Former owner Daniel Ruzo de los Heros 1900-91 was a Peruvian scholar and eccentric whose wide-ranging career included serving as district mayor of Miraflores in Lima publishing numerous works on the possible man-made nature of the geologic formations in Marcahuasi and most relevant here collecting a wealth of Nostradamus material. His 1970 work "El Testamento Autentico de Nostradamus" includes his theories on Nostradamus' prophecies along with a bibliography of published editions of Nostradamus' works including many from his own library; the present copy is not included suggesting it was a later addition to Ruzo's collection. The extensive pencil notations on the front pastedown include Ruzo's cryptographical interpretations of Nostradamus' verses--including an anagram of "Nostradamus" as "Mandat Russo" roughly translated from the Spanish as a "command made by Russo" which Ruzo has further marked with his own name to ensure no one could miss the joke. The present copy subsequently passed into the library of Elmar R. Gruber b. 1955 psychologist researcher and noted collector of mediumistic art. His esoteric research led to an interest in Nostradamus and he built a significant collection of Nostradamus material culminating in his 2003 publication "Nostradamus: Sein Leben sein Werk und die wahre Bedeutung seiner Prophezeiungen.". Pierre Abegou, Jean Martel unknown

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis4 992,00 $US≈ 4 223,73 €

GREATRAKES, ValentineAntiquariat.de

A Brief Account Of Mr Valentine Greatrak? s And Divers Of The Strange Cures By him lately Performed. Written by himself in a Letter Adressed to the Honourable Robert Boyle Esqu. Where unto are annexed the Testimonials of several Eminent and Worthy Persons of the chief Matters of Fact therein Related.

1666ALDR0371London, Printed for J. Starkey 1666. Kl.4°. 96 S. [Frontispiz fehlt]. - Angebunden: STUBBE, Henry. The Miraculous Conformist: Or An account of severall Marvailous Cures, performed by the stroaking oft the Hands of Mr Valentini Greatarick (sic!); With A Physicall Discourse thereupon, In a Letter to...Robert Boyle Esq;...By Henry Stubbe, Physician at Stratford upon Avon (etc.) - Oxford, Printed by H. (Henry) Hall Printer to the University, for Ric. (Richard) Davis 1666. Kl.4°. 2 unbedr. Bl., Titelbl., 2 nn. Bll., 44 (= 40) S. (Ss. 35 bis 38 überspr.) - Angebunden: LLOYD, David. Wonders No Miracles; Or, Mr. Valentine Greatrates (sic!) Gift of Healing Examindet, Upon occasion of a Sad Effect of his Stroaking, (etc.) - London, Printed for Sam. (Samuel Speed) 1666. Titelbl., 46 S. Lederband d. Zeit, Einbandrücken restauriert, Reste des früheren Rückenbezugs mit (abgeriebener) Goldprägung und des von alter Hand beschriebenen Rückenschildchens aufgeklebt, Einbanddeckel mit Zierrahmen in Goldprägung, mit dreiseitiger, grossteils abgeriebener Stehkantenverzierung, Buchschnitt rotgefärbt, Vorsatz erneuert. Wenig gebräunt, nur schwach stockfleckig. Mit ausführlichen bibliographischen und biographischen Anmerkungen von alten Händen auf den unbedruckten Blättern (This Book is very Curious & very Scarce), eine Anmerkung betreffend die falsche Seitenzählung am zweiten und eine Autorenangabe (by David Bryde) am dritten Titelblatt. NUC 216,238. 574,340 u. 336,191 - Sammelband mit drei selbständig erschienenen Schriften in Erstausgaben (bzw. im Jahr der Erstausgabe erschienen) von bzw. über den zu seiner Zeit berühmten und umstrittenen - auch noch später immer wieder in Publikationen erwähnten - Wunderheiler - Valentine Greatrakes (1628-1682). Der aus Irland stammende 'Geistheiler', wirkte in Irland und England und hatte neben Erfolgen auch Misserfolge zu verzeichnen. Der Sammelband enthält eine Schrift des Naturwissenschaftlers und anerkannten Altphilologen H. Stubbe (auch Stubbes; 1632-1676), die Greatrakes Heilungen durch Handauflegen ins Bereich des Wunderbaren und Mysteriösen verweisen, sowie eine Schrift, die heute dem Biographen David Lloyd (1635-1692) - nicht David Bryce, wie auf dem Titelblatt vermerkt - zugeschrieben wird, in welcher er gegen Greatrakes Stellung nimmt. Als Reaktion darauf verfasste Greatrakes den vorliegenden 'Brief Account' in Form eines Briefes an den bekannten Naturforscher Robert Boyle. Der aus Irland stammende Boyle (1627-1692) gilt als Mitbegründer der modernen Naturwissenschaften. Diese drei zeitgenössischen, noch zu Greatrakes Lebzeiten erschienenen, Schriften sind überaus selten. - Das fehlende Frontispiz liegt in Kopie bei. - Differenzbesteuert

Antiquariat Löcker · AT - Wien4 400,00 €

(ENGRAVED BOOKS - 17TH CENTURY). (BINDINGS - CAPE). (PRAYER BOOK)Biblio.com

LE TABLEAU DE LA CROIX

1651ST20278Paris: Chez F. Mazot 1651. 172 x 118 mm. 6 3/4 x 4 3/4". 3 34 leaves 35-39 1 pp. 2 leaves. LOVELY CRIMSON CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT AND ONLAID BY CAPÉ stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with onlaid green morocco cornerpieces and central quatrefoil all filled and surrounded by delicate pointillé tooling in floral and paisley designs raised bands spine compartments tooled in pointillé gilt lettering richly gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt. In a felt-lined morocco-lipped marbled paper slipcase. ENGRAVED THROUGHOUT WITH 38 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS consisting of one portrait two allegorical religious scenes including title and 35 illustrations of the Holy Eucharist 40 pages of engraved text 37 of these with text flanked by full-length figures of saints accompanied by other religious symbols at head and foot of page two framed with vignettes of angels or the Madonna one page with text only. Front pastedown with "A W F" book label of bookseller Adrian Fluhmann. Duportal "Étude sur les livres à figures" pp. 244-45; Brunet V 624; Graesse VI 4; Leaves perhaps very lightly washed and pressed but an extremely fresh clean copy IN A SPARKLING BINDING. Covered by a luxurious binding by Capé this is a particularly attractive copy of a sumptuously illustrated prayer book composed entirely of engraved plates. According to Duportal it is "One of three important publications whose engravings reveal the trend characteristic of religious illustrations in France between 1601 and 1660." The work opens with a dedication to Charles d'Aubespine Marquis de Châteauneuf 1580-1653 with a full-page portrait by Guillame de Gheyn b. 1610. The bulk of the book is made up of two groups of plates. Those in the first group appearing primarily on the rectos contain prayers in Latin and French flanked by pairs of saints; gaps in the prayers are filled by naturalistic flowers insects and birds. Many of these plates also include a scene or two in miniature depicting the life of one or both of the saints or a vignette of angels. While just two of these engravings are signed "J. Collin" they all appear to be in the same hand which demonstrates an impressive level of finesse and delicacy depicting graceful figures with sure light lines. Duportal notes that this artist had a "talent charmant" and that well-executed dry-points of this type are quite rare in French books of the period. The second group of engravings appear strictly on the versos and depict the performance of a part of the Mass beneath a cloud in which appears a relevant scene from the life of Christ. They are all unsigned and clearly by a different hand with more rustic features--possibly "copies of originals published abroad" according to Duportal. The book concludes with two leaves of text framed by gamboling putti and the Virgin. Copies of this work can be found with varying numbers of leaves and engravings apparently the result of multiple reprintings with added material produced between 1651-53 but the present item can be distinguished as an early if not the very first edition as it does not contain "Privilege du Roy" dated 1652 or 1653. Furthermore our copy also contains the earliest state of the plates without the "I N R I" initials on the cross found on the title page and with the earlier state of the verso engravings before they were substantially reworked. Our edition seems to be quite rare with OCLC finding just one other copy with the same sequence of contents at the Bibliothèque Sainte-Genevieve. The stunning binding by Capé looks just as fresh and lustrous as the day it left its workshop. One of the most distinguished binders in France in the middle years of the 19th century Capé d. 1867 was especially well known for the delicacy of his work--which can be appreciated to full effect in the present example. He was the binder to the Empress Eugénie and Béraldi calls him "the Bozérian of the second Empire." This is precisely the kind of book our former owner the discriminating connoisseur-bookseller Fluhmann would have owned. Chez F. Mazot unknown

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis5 720,00 $US≈ 4 839,69 €

(POETRY - 17TH CENTURY ENGLISH). WILD, ROBERTBiblio.com

ITER BOREALE WITH LARGE ADDITIONS OF SEVERAL OTHER POEMS BEING AN EXACT COLLECTION OF ALL HITHERTO EXTANT. NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED TOGETHER

1668ST19030London: Printed for the Booksellers in London 1668. First Complete Edition Fourth Edition overall. 145 x 90 mm. 5 3/4 x 3 1/2". 1 p.l. blank 3-122 pp. 3 leaves table and final blank. Contemporary sheep covers ruled in blind smooth spine early paper label with gilt titling. Front blank with the ink ownership inscription of John Drinkwater; inside lower board with the book label of Michael Curtis Phillips. Hayward "English Poetry" 121 this copy; Grolier Club "Wither to Prior" 976; Wing W2136; ESTC R7135. ◆Covers with light scuffing bottom leather thong of two broken but the text block quite secure at the top pastedowns lifted but the insubstantial binding still in remarkably good original condition; internally A VERY FINE COPY especially clean fresh and bright. From the library of Richard Jennings noted for the outstanding condition of his books this is an especially fresh and extraordinarily well-preserved copy of poems by a Puritan divine known for his surprisingly biting wit. Dryden dubbed Robert Wild 1609-79 "the Wither of the City" after hearing the Financial District's workers' enthusiastic reception of the title poem here which celebrates General Monck's successful campaign to restore Charles II to the throne: "I have seen them reading it in the midst of 'Change so vehemently that they lost their bargains by their candles' ends." Our collection contains several of Wild's most notable works including "The Recantation of a Penitent Proteus" satirizing Puritan clergy who had conformed to the Anglican Church; "The Loyal Nonconformist" professing his loyalty to the monarchy but maintaining his Puritan religious views; and "The Fair Quarrel" an attack on the 1665 Five Mile Act designed to drive nonconformist ministers out of their parishes. Wild was something of a paradox: he could preach a hellfire Puritan sermon but also write verse sufficiently scandalous to be mistakenly attributed to the notorious libertine John Wilmot Earl of Rochester. Our volume was loaned by Richard Jennings for the celebrated 1947 London Exhibition of First and Early Editions of English Poetry catalogued by John Hayward. It would not be reasonable to expect to find a finer unrestored contemporaneous copy of this imprint. Printed for the Booksellers in London unknown

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis5 720,00 $US≈ 4 839,69 €

(BINDINGS - 17TH CENTURY GERMAN MOROCCO). PELECYUS, JOHANNESBiblio.com

GEISTLICHE ZUNGEN . . . VON DER GIFFTIGEN ZUNGEN DESS MENSCHEN

1622ST20888Munich: N. Henricus 1622. First Edition in German. 160 x 100 mm. 6 1/4 x 4". 16 p.l. 699 3 pp. Translated from the Latin by Sebastian Äntzenhover. UNUSUAL AND QUITE BEAUTIFUL CONTEMPORARY GERMAN DARK RED MOROCCO GILT covers with gilt fillet border central panel with onlaid corner pieces and centerpiece of black morocco stamped in relief to an Ottoman-inspired design of flowering vines raised bands spine panels with gilt centerpiece two leather straps with silver clasps and catches all edges gilt. Title page with engraving of the Tower of Babel. Top half inch of title page cut away to remove owner inscription. VD17 12:103845E; USTC 2019170. A touch of bowing to boards spine a little crackled joints and extremities a bit rubbed occasional small round marginal marks apparently made with wax! and presumably meant to indicate textual importance other trivial imperfections but an excellent copy clean and fresh in an unrestored binding with lustrous boards glistening with gilt. This rare work on sinning through the use of wicked words is offered here in a lovely binding that is quite out of the ordinary for its time and place and that may well have a very noble provenance. "Spiritual Tongues: That is a Salutary Treatise Concerning the Poisonous Tongue of Man--How to Guard Against and Remedy It" is an examination of the sins committed through speaking written by Munich Jesuit Johannes Pelecyus 1545–1623 and first printed in Latin in 1620. Pelecyus addresses the evils of gossip slander indiscretion cursing mocking and other injurious speech. The first part of the work is a general overview of the topic from a theological standpoint while the second part is a more practical guide to types of harmful speech and specific remedies for avoiding and correcting these offenses. Pelecyus concludes with a poem "The Devil's Disease and its Remedy." The binding here is remarkable in terms of its material makeup and the conjectural origin of its design. In the first part of the 17th century morocco was not commonly used by German binders who preferred sturdier pigskin particularly for treatises like this which could be expected to see much use poisonous tongues have long been a fact of life and in need of being frequently read about. Morocco was generally reserved for presentation copies or ceremonial liturgical works. In addition to the material the decoration here is unusually lavish for a text of this sort with onlays gilt adornment and silver clasps that required time and skill from the artisan and considerable expense for the patron. Significantly the lovely relief centerpiece design on the boards here also appears on the covers of a Book of Hours originally created for Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I 1459-1519. That volume was later acquired by another similarly named owner Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria and is now to be found in the Bavarian State Library: shelfmark BSB 2 L.impr.membr. 64. It is certainly well within the realm of possibility that our later Maximilian 1573-1651 could have owned the present poisoned tongue volume and had it dressed in its elaborate morocco attire in imitation of the original binding design on the emperor’s prayer book. Whoever was responsible for the binding they surely did extremely fine work and no doubt for an elite clientele. One other curious feature of this volume is the series of round wax dollops made in the margins which an owner the fastidious second Maximilian has used to mark passages of interest in the text. While they don't materially affect the value of the volume they are intriguing in that they inevitably call up images for us of a careful early reader systematically marking with some kind of unknown implement the parts of the text that seemed important. "Spiritual Tongues" is a rare work: USTC and OCLC find just four copies outside Germany none of them in North America and we could trace just one copy sold at auction. N. Henricus unknown

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