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175644515London: Printed for A. Millar in the Strand; R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall; and W. Shropshire in New-Bond-Street 1756. Fine. First edition in English extra-illustrated copy of this "instant classic" Carlile the autobiography of the minister and advisor to King Henry IV of France. Charlotte Lennox was born into a well-to-do Scottish family that fell upon hard times. Well educated and distinguished early for her poetic precocity - but left to fend for herself financially she turned to a career in writing. After publishing two novels THE LIFE OF HARRIOT STUART based heavily on her own experiences in the American colonies and voyage back to Britain; and THE FEMALE QUIXOTE for which she is best known today Lennox took up translation work in hopes of finding a more stable source of income. Among Lennox's most successful productions in her long publishing career this translation of the Duke of Sully's MEMOIRS also led to an offer of a royal pension for Lennox in gratitude for literary services performed. She turned it down in favor of her patron finding a government position for her husband instead. <br /> <br /> The Duke of Sully 1560-1641 was viewed by many in the Georgian period as an ideal Enlightenment-era statesman and his MEMOIRS has been read as a literary political treatise. It influence was broad including on the American Founding Fathers: it features in the 1783 list of books to be imported for the use of Congress compiled under the leadership of James Madison. <br /> <br /> This copy has been generously supplemented with nearly 200 engravings primarily of portraits and landscapes of the figures and places described. As a 17th-century text via an influential 18th-century translation in a characteristically deluxe 19th-century extra-illustrated binding it is a lovely hybrid artifact. Three quarto volumes 10'' x 7.75'' each. Nineteenth-century full maroon straight-grain morocco by Bayntun raised bands elaborately gilt-stamped spines large gilt cornerpieces and triple-gilt rules to boards. Gilt dentelles marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Extra illustrated with 193 additional plates: portraits landscapes dramatic scenes inter alia. Half titles in first two volumes. 4 540; 4 viii 555 1; viii 408 pages plus index. Only light rubbing to joints. Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand; R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; and W. Shropshire, in New-Bond-Street unknown
1777GITaz326Sans lieu 1777 (1) / A paris chez regnard 1763. 2 ouvrages en 1vol in-8 2ff n ch 125pp 1f n ch / 1f n ch 91pp. Pleine basane blonde, dos lisse orné de filets et fleurettes dorés, pièce de titre maroquin grenat, tranches jonquille, relié vers 1800. 1 coiffe usée.
1775263037Amsterdam: Chez tous les Libraires de Paris & du Royaume 1775. hardcover. very good. Small vignette with NB initials on titles and several other engraved headpieces throughout. XLVIII 180 188; 4 181-304 189-442 pages. 2 volumes 8vo bound in full contemporary brown calf; simple gilt-ruled spines with black leather labels worn at ends and with small ex-library tickets affixed; marbled endpapers. Amsterdam: Chez tous les Libraires de Paris & du Royaume 1775. Nouvelle edition par M. l'Abbe Baudeau. A very good copy clean and tight. Scarce - OCLC lists only 7 copies.<br/><br/> Each volume is in two separately paged sections numbered continuously between volumes: Memoires 304 pages; Observations 442 pages.<br/><br/> Chez tous les Libraires de Paris & du Royaume unknown books
1775263037Amsterdam: Chez tous les Libraires de Paris & du Royaume 1775. hardcover. very good. Small vignette with NB initials on titles and several other engraved headpieces throughout. XLVIII 180 188; 4 181-304 189-442 pages. 2 volumes 8vo bound in full contemporary brown calf; simple gilt-ruled spines with black leather labels worn at ends and with small ex-library tickets affixed; marbled endpapers. Amsterdam: Chez tous les Libraires de Paris & du Royaume 1775. Nouvelle edition par M. l'Abbe Baudeau. A very good copy clean and tight. Scarce - OCLC lists only 7 copies.<br/> <br/> Each volume is in two separately paged sections numbered continuously between volumes: Memoires 304 pages; Observations 442 pages.<br/> <br/> Chez tous les Libraires de Paris & du Royaume unknown
1752176932A Londres A Londres, 1752. 8 volumes In-12 reliés plein veau brun, dos à nerfs très ornés de filets et fleurons dorés, triple filets d'ecadrement sur les deux plats de chaque volume avec fer à la fleur de lys dans les quatre coins, tranches marbrées, gardes de papier marbré. LX + 424 + VIII + 567 +X + 577 + VI + 464 +VIII + 493 + VI + 489 + VI + 497 + VI + 378 pages. Des frottements aux reliures, mors fragilisés dont deux partiellement fendus, le deuxième plat du tome II présente un manque de cuir. Le corps des ouvrages est en bon état, on signale juste une déchirure à la page de titre sans manque, des annotations d'appartenance en pages de gardes blanches avec mentions pour restitution en cas de perte au tome IV, une trace d'humidité marginale au tome VIII, le deuxième plat du tome I qui est un peu déformé, des coins un peu émoussés. Malgré les défauts signalés, dont notre prix tient compte, reste un ensemble très correct pour ces mémoires recherchées et peu courantes complètes.
17709642<p><b>1770 Duke of Sully Memoires France Henry IV Huguenot Utopian Europe 5v SET Map</b></p><p><b><u>"A very valuable memoire of the history of the reign of Henry IV"</u></b></p><p><i>Maximlien de Bethune was a 16th-century French statesman who was the first Duke of Sully. Most known for his service under Henry IV of France Sully left a collection of memoirs which is now a valuable and important work on the history of France during the reign of Henry the Great. Even though 'Memoires' contains many fictitious stories it is still recognized for its accuracy and portrayal of European royalty. </i></p><p><i>The most controversial section of 'Memoires' is Sully's vision of a utopian society designed for all of Europe. He envisioned a Christian republic that was governed by a 'Very Christian Council' in which all differences were resolved and a military was complete removed. Some scholars even claim that Sully's plan helped establish what would become the current European Union.</i></p><p><i>According to Tulard this work is a "very valuable memoire of the history of the reign of Henry IV."</i></p><p>Item number: #9642</p><p>Price: $599</p><p>BETHUNE Maximilien de Duke of Sully</p><p><b><i>Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune Duke of Sully Prime Minister of Henry the Great. Newly translated from the French edition of M. de L'Ecluse. To which is annexed the trial of Francis Ravaillac for the murder of Henry the Great</i></b></p><p>Edinburgh: Printed for A. Donaldson and sold at his shops. Arundel Street Strand London and Edinburgh 1770.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p>· Collation: Complete with all pages; 5 volumes</p><p>o Vol. I – 5 vi-xvi 1 409 1</p><p> Large folding map of France</p><p>o Vol. II – 3 iv-viii 1 2-413 1</p><p>o Vol. III – 3 iv-viii 1 2-430</p><p>o Vol. IV – 3 iv-viii 1 2-490</p><p>o Vol. V – 3 iv-vi 1 2-237 181</p><p>· Language: English </p><p>· Binding: Leather; tight & secure</p><p>· Size: ~7in X 4.25in 17.5cm x 10.5cm</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>9642</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> for A. Donaldson, and sold at his shops... Arundel Street, Strand, London, and Edinburgh hardcover
176076422Edinburgh UK: A. Donaldson at Pope's Head 1760. Leather Bound. Good. 16mo 5.75 - 6.75'' tall. Leather Bound. Condition: Good. A. Donaldson at Pope's Head Edinburgh UK 1760. Newly translated from the French edition of M. de l'Ecluse rectifying several mistakes and omissions of the London edition. 432 pages. Full-Leather binding 5 ribbed spine gold gilt on spine. Moderate general wear. Board tips and spine ends worn. Leather worn through at spine / front board border. Light foxing throughout. Previous ancient owner name. Size: 16mo 5.75 - 6.75'' tall. Maximilien de Bethune Duke of Sully December 13 1560 - December 22 1641 was the doughty soldier French minister staunch Huguenot and faithful right-hand man who assisted Henry IV of France in the rule of France. Volume 2 contains Books VII-XII 1594-1601. History::European Biography 6406 6406 A. Donaldson, at Pope's Head hardcover
176794181Londres 1778 - 1767. 165x100mm. 2 frontispices 447 VIII - 560 pages X - 565 pages VI - 454 VIII - 484 pages VI - 477 pages VI - 483 pages VI - 375 pages bandeaux lettrines culs-de-lampe reliure veau marbrÂŽ de lՎpoque. PiÂce de titre et de tomaison dorÂŽs au dos. Fleurons et encadrements ornÂŽs dorÂŽs au dos ˆ ˆ cinq nerfs. Toutes tranches marbrÂŽes. Coiffes et coins usÂŽs piÂce de titre du premier volume en partie dÂŽchirÂŽe autrement belle reliure. Tome premier Nouvelle ÂŽdition revue & corrigÂŽe de 1778 autres tomes ÂŽdition de 1767. Brunet V-588/589. Bel exemplaire. 2503 unknown
177617025Metz Gerlache 1776 Fort In-12 223 + 80 + 154 + 103 pp relié avec Rozoy : Henri Iv , drame lyrique en trois actes et en prose. 2pidermure et petit manque de cuir sur un plat, dos légèrement passé, sinon bon exemplaire
1765900929AGParis:, Briasson, David, Le Breton, Durand, 1765. 64 gestochene Tafeln, 25 Seiten Erläuterungen, primitive Leimheftung, Blattmaß: je 43 x 27,5 cm.
1778R300124510A Londres. 1778. In-12. Relié plein cuir. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Coiffe en pied abîmée, Quelques rousseurs. 463 pages. Contreplats jaspés. Signet conservé. Ex libris Château de Sassy collé sur le 1er contreplat. Pièce de titre. Titre, tomaison et motifs dorés. Dos frotté, coiffes abîmées, léger manque en coiffe de pied.. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.05-XVIII ème siècle
1778FB106 (1 to 5) /8J Rivington 1778. Fine. 15 23 3.5. Full tree calf with black title plates gilt decoration banding and lettering on the spine.volumes. I II III IV and V. Stunning binding.Sully left a collection of memoirs Mémoires otherwise known as the Économies royales 1638 written in the second person very valuable for the history of the time and as an autobiography in spite of the fact that they contain many fictions such as a mission undertaken by Sully to Queen Elizabeth I of England in 1601.<strong>Maximilien de Béthune 1st Duke of Sully Marquis of Rosny and Nogent Count of Muret and Villebon Viscount of Meaux</strong> 13 December 1560 – 22 December 1641 was a nobleman soldier statesman and counselor of King Henry IV of France. Historians emphasize Sully's role in building a strong centralized administrative system in France using coercion and highly effective new administrative techniques. While not all of his policies were original he used them well to revitalize France after the European Religious Wars. Most however were repealed by later monarchs who preferred absolute power. Historians have also studied his Neostoicism and his ideas about virtue prudence and discipline. J Rivington unknown
177851492London: Printed for J. Rivington and Sons et al 1778. A New Edition." Five octavo volumes. Modern half-calf over marbled boards with printed linen spine labels; two portraits; folding map; pp. xxxiii414 viii399 vii416 ix473 vi226270 = Index. Complete Very Good or better set in a presentable if somewhat plain 20th-century binding. Occasional marginal foxing to text but generally a clean well-preserved set. Blind-embossed ex-libris of the Metropolitan Club Washington DC to each title page.<br/><br/>The dedication is signed by the translator Charlotte Lennox but is said to have been in fact written by Samuel Johnson Cf. Hazen Samuel Johnson's Prefaces & Dedications New Haven 1937. The map inserted before text in v.II is A New and Accurate Map of France for Sully's Memoirs by Thomas Kitchin. The engraved portrait of Bethune is after P.P. Rubens. Printed for J. Rivington and Sons (et al) unknown books
1781181665Dublin : printed by R. Marchbank for Messrs. W. Watson Sleater Burnet Colles Moncrieffe and 11 others in Dublin 1781. Fifth Edition. Hardback. Very good copies all finely bound in full contemporary aniline calf. Gilt cross bands with the gilt-blocked leather title labels. Minor generalised wear to the extremities. An uncommonly good set - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Referenced by: ESTC T118210. Complete in 6 volumes. Physical desc.: 6v.plates : mapport. ; 12°. Notes: A very free adaptation by Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges. The dedication is signed by the translator: Charlotte Lennox but it is said to have in fact been written by Samuel Johnson. Dublin : printed by R. Marchbank, for Messrs. W. Watson, Sleater, Burnet, Colles, Moncrieffe, [and 11 others in Dublin] hardcover
176135115London: A. Millar; R. and J. Dodsley; W. Shropshire 1761. Third edition. Hardcover. g. Quarto. xxxii 540 viii 555 vii 406pp Index. Original full calf with with gilt lettering and ruling on spine; raised bands. Red edges. De Bethune was the Prime minister to Henry the Great. History of life and reign of the monarch and his administration including the trial of Ravaillac for the murder of Henry the Great. Translated from the French. Binding rubbed with some scuffing along hinges edges and at corners. Hinges weakened at all 3 volumes. Corners lightly bumped. Ex Libris on inside cover of all 3 volumes. Offsetting and some foxing on first and last few pages of each volume. Sporadic light foxing at times heavier. Binding in overall good interior in good condition. A. Millar; R. and J. Dodsley; W. Shropshire hardcover
171089846Paris: Claude Prudhomme 1710. Fine. Claude Prudhomme Paris 1710 8.5 x 15.7 cm 3 volumes reliés en 1 First edition of this concise treatise on rural economy attributed to the Duke of Sully the famed minister of Henri IV born at Rosny and who bore the name of that estate.His well-known commitment to the development of agriculture has passed into national lore. However it cannot be excluded that another author sharing the same territorial designation may be responsible for the text.Contemporary full mottled fawn sheep spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and gilt tools gilt fillets Havana morocco lettering-piece gilt rolls to the headcaps gilt fillets to board edges red sprinkled edges.Some repairs to the binding. Manuscript ex-libris inscriptions Cousturier Prieur de Champsanglard Creuse and Denesmond prêtre on the title-page of the first volume.The booklet is followed as very often with this title by two short agronomic treatises which vary from one copy to another.In this copy:1. A new edition of the Instruction pour le jardin potager 1678 attributed to an Aristote jardinier de Puteauxobviously not his real namewho authored several small works on fruit trees and flowers Musset-Pathay 806.2. A summary of the Nouvelle instruction pour connoistre les bons fruits 1670 attributed sometimes to Jean Merlet sometimes to Claude Saint-Etienne. At the end is an interesting Catalogue des poires selon les mois de les manger from July to September. Cf. Musset-Pathay 1390. Manuscript ex-libris inscriptions Cousturier Prieur de Champsanglard Creuse and Denesmond prêtre. Claude Prudhomme hardcover
17472818London 1747. Second edition. Hardcover. Good . Vol 1 – xxxvi 607 pgs. Vol 2 – x 612 pgs. Vol 3 – vi 617 pgs.8 x 10 in. Text in French.Polished calf original binding. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine. 5 raised bands on spine. Marbled endpapers. Red edges to text block. Engraved frontis illustration. Red and black lettering on title page with engraved illustration. Remains of blue silk bookmark in all. Condition of books is GOOD ; Bindings sound with cracking to front edge of Vol 3. Worm damage to spines. Corners worn. Rubbing small tears to covers. Foxing throughout. Small David B. Ogden bookplate on front paste down. Engraved armorial bookplate in center of front paste down depicting Samson and “Emanuel Conte de Nay et de Richecourt” likely original owner c. 1750. Marbled endpapers vivid. Vol 1 – tears to cover surface ink marking on bookplate.Vol 2 – slight tears to surface of calf on front and back more wear to all corners. Vol 3 – scratches tears to front and back cracked/damaged front hinge on cover but binding tight. hardcover
176323297London: printed for A. Millar et al. 1763. 6 volumes 12mo 2 engraved portraits and a folding map in volume I; full contemporary calf gilt-decorated spines maroon morocco labels; spines a bit soiled front hinge on volume I cracked small chip from the bottom of the spine on volume VI but generally good and sound or better. Translated by Charlotte Lennox and first published in quarto 1756. printed for A. Millar [et al.] unknown
176850675à Londres London: S. n. 1768. Fine. S. n. à Londres London 1768 9.50 x 17 cm 9 tomes en 8 volumes reliés New edition after the first one produced by Abbé de Lescluse in 1745 in-4° and in-12°; illustrated with a portrait of Henri IV as frontispiece to the first volume and a second portrait of Sully in the same volume. Supplement to the memoirs in volume 9. Contemporary or near-contemporary half blonde sheep binding with marbled boards. Smooth spine decorated with 2 grotesque compartments and 2 ornamental tools. Red morocco title-label and green morocco volume labels. One cut at head of volume II. Beginning of crack to upper joint of volume I at head upper joint of volume 2 partly split. Title page of volume 2 stained. Upper joint of volume 6 split. One hole in title page of volume 6. Rubbing. Good decorative set. Sully's text has been revised in modern French. This famous edition of the Memoirs is valuable for the abundance of notes by Abbé de l'Ecluse des Loges on these fundamental memoirs for French history. The Supplement to the memoirs is a critique and attack on the edition produced by Lescluse allegedly denaturing Sully's original work. S. n. hardcover
178853349à Paris: Chez Jean François Bastien 1788. Fine. Chez Jean François Bastien à Paris 1788 12.50 x 20 cm 6 tomes en 6 volumes reliés New edition illustrated with 2 portraits at the frontispiece of volume I. Full brown granite sheep bindings. Spine with raised bands decorated. Red morocco title and volume labels. 4 corners slightly bumped. Rubbing. A brown stain at the foot of the upper board of volume I. Handsome set. Edition based on all previous critical editions including the very famous one by abbé de l'ecluse 1745 and those containing observations and remarks by abbé de Montempuis who accused L'ecluse of excessive partiality towards the Jesuits. Volume 5 contains various pieces and observations intended to provide greater objectivity in reading the memoirs. A large general table occupies almost the entirety of the last volume. Chez Jean François Bastien hardcover
176323297London: printed for A. Millar et al. 1763. 6 volumes 12mo 2 engraved portraits and a folding map in vol. I; full contemporary calf gilt-decorated spines maroon morocco labels; spines a bit soiled front hinge on vol. 1 cracked small chip from the bottom of the spine on vol. 6 but generally good and sound or better. Translated by Charlotte Lennox and first published in quarto 1756. <br/><br/> printed for A. Millar [et al.] unknown books
171089846Claude Prudhomme | Paris 1710 | 8.5 x 15.7 cm | 3 volumes reliés en 1
176850675S. n. | à Londres 1768 | 9.50 x 17 cm | 9 tomes en 8 volumes reliés
178853349Chez Jean François Bastien | à Paris 1788 | 12.50 x 20 cm | 6 tomes en 6 volumes reliés
1778WRCAM47211Londres but actually Paris 1778. Eight volumes with frontispiece portrait in first volume. 12mo. Contemporary calf spines gilt. Spines very chipped and worn hinges cracked. Boards crudely repaired at some corners and edges. Bookplate of James Monroe in front of each volume. Some foxing and dampstaining but generally clean internally. A good solid set with an impeccable provenance. In two black half morocco boxes. James Monroe's copy of Sully's MÉMOIRES which is in fact a very free adaptation by "M.L.D.L.D.L." i.e. Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges. Jefferson and Madison both considered this book required reading for American statesmen. It was included in the list of books that Madison prepared for Congress in 1783 and was "usually included in Jefferson's lists of recommended reading" Sowerby. Jefferson owned a copy of this same edition one of several 18th-century reprints of a work first published in 1638 recounting the nation-building of a great French statesman. Jefferson's copy acquired in 1788 was present when his library was acquired by the Library of Congress in 1815. <br> <br> James Monroe and Thomas Jefferson who was fifteen years Monroe's senior enjoyed a lifelong friendship from the time Monroe began his law studies with Jefferson in 1780. Both were Francophiles and in that regard Monroe may well have surpassed his mentor. A United States minister to France from 1794 to 1796 Monroe championed the French in defiance of his mandate to promote neutrality. No doubt he embraced French history and culture with a similar though less dangerous zeal. This set of books was quite likely one of many works that Monroe acquired during his years in France 1794-97 and 1803. In fact Monroe began acquiring French books as early as 1784 when Jefferson sold him twenty-five duplicate French titles; the list preserved in the Jefferson Papers does not however include a copy of Sully. According to the catalogue of Monroe's library reconstructed in 1967 by Gordon W. Jones French books comprised nearly one- third of Monroe's library which according to Monroe's own estimate approached nearly 3000 volumes. Based on Monroe's own manuscript catalogue the library sold at auction in 1849 and a small group of books retained by his descendants Jones was able to identify a total of some 450 titles many in multiple volumes - enough to suggest that Monroe's estimate was not exaggerated. <br> <br> Only a tiny portion of Monroe's extensive library has been preserved intact and copies from the library rarely turn up on the market. As of 1967 the Monroe Memorial Library in Fredericksburg housed some twenty- eight titles in fifty volumes. These are known to have belonged to Monroe because they descended through the family; most according to Jones do not have Monroe's bookplate. Only two other books belonging to Monroe are located by Jones both in the Alderman Library at the University of Virginia. Doubtless other works are scattered throughout various other public and private collections but the general lack of a bookplate makes these nearly impossible to identify. <br> <br> All of which makes this 18th-century edition of a classic French historical text complete with Monroe's bookplate in all eight volumes a welcome artifact that exemplifies Monroe's library and evokes Thomas Jefferson's early influence on James Monroe as a book collector and recalls the future president's experience as a young diplomat in the service of an infant republic. <br> <br> Several books from Monroe's library have appeared recently at auction. His copy of Necker's DE L'ADMINISTRATION DES FINANCES DE LA FRANCE 1784 complete in three volumes with his bookplate sold for $18750 at Christie Dec. 3 2007 while a single volume of a seven-volume set of Linnaeus also with his bookplate sold for $12500 at Christie's on June 12 2008. In the December 2007 sale Jefferson's set of this same edition of Sully sold for $43000. Gordon W. Jones THE LIBRARY OF JAMES MONROE Charlottesville 1967 p.59 listing this copy of Sully as item 168 in Monroe's manuscript catalogue. SOWERBY JEFFERSON'S LIBRARY 199. ESTC T143312. hardcover books
