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1787119661787 1797 Londres. Liège. Desoer pour une partie. 1797-1798. 10 volumes in-12, demi-veau, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge et pièce de tomaison de maroquin noir. XLVIII pp. ; 322 pp. — (2) ff. ; 439 pp. ; (1) p. pb. — (2) ff. ; VIII pp. ; 430 pp. — (2) ff. ; 354 pp. — (2) ff. ; 374 pp. — (2) ff. ; VIII pp. ; 371 pp. ; (1) p. bl. — (2) ff. ; VI pp. ; 364 pp. — (2) ff. ; VI pp. ; 291 pp. ; (1) p. bl. — (2) ff. ; 243 pp. ; (1) p. —VIII pp. ; 349 pp. ; (1) f. bl
1788129602chez F. J. Desoer, Imprimeur-Libraire..., M. DCC. 1788 8 volumes. In-12 17,5 x 9,5 cm. Reliures de l’époque veau havane, dos lisses ornés de roulettes dorées, plats encadrés de roulettes dorées, portrait de Sully en frontispice, vignette aux titres, bandeaux & culs-de-lampe, XLVIII-322-439-430-354-374-364-371-364-291-243-348 pp., table des matières à la fin de chaque volume. Ex-libris P. R. Duperray & CGL Miremont.
178767247Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée, avec des Observations sur les Remarques jointes aux dits Mémoires, l'Esprit de Sully & celui de Henri IV, 10 vol. in-12 reliure de l'époque plein veau raciné, dos lisse orné, triple filet doré d'encadrement en plats, s.d., A Londres, [ Paris ], Chez F. J. Desoer, A Liège, 1787 et 1788, avec 2 portraits (Sully et Henri IV) et 1 planche hors texte
176869360Mis en ordre, avec des Remarques, par M.L.D.L.D.L., Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée, 9 vol. in-12 reliure de l'époque pleine basane fauve marbrée, dos à 5 nerfs orné, 1768, A Londres, [ Paris ], Chez Benjamin Paff, Amsterdam (Tome 9), A Cologne (Tome 9 : Esprit de Sully), LXVI-392 pp. ; X-518 pp. et 9 ff. blancs ; VIII-539 pp. ; X-437 pp. ; X-470 pp ; VIII-436 pp. ; VIII-448 pp. ; VIII-352 pp. et 9 ff. blancs ; 236 pp., 2 ff., IV-135 pp.
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
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
1752118575GenÂve : chez Barrillot & Fils 1752. 165x100mm. reliure bradel demi-veau ˆ coins de lՎpoque ÂŽtiquette de titre et de tomaison au dos coffes frottÂŽes autrement bon ÂŽtat. Bel exemplaire. 2183 chez Barrillot & Fils unknown
1761elala1578London: Printed For A.Millar 1761. 1761. 3 Volumes. 4to. pp. 3 p.l. xxxiii 540; 1 p.l. viii 555; vii 406 122index. contemporary mottled calf gilt backs worn spine ends chipped joints cracked. Third Edition of the English Translation. As finance minister in the reign of Henry IV Sully introduced many reforms and removed many abuses of tax-collecting managing to save between 1600 and 1610 an average of a million livres a year. Sully also served as grand commissioner of public works superintendent of fortifications and grand master of artillery in addition to being appointed governor of Mantes and of Jargau. He negotiated the treaty of peace in 1602 and the following year represented Henry at the court of James I of England. Appended here is an account of the trial of Ravaillac for the murder of Henry the Great. Hardcover. London: Printed For A.Millar, 1761. Hardcover
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
17561211150012A. Millar; R. and J. Dodsley; and W. Shropshire 1756-01-01. First Edition. Leather Bound. Very Good. 3 volume set. 4to. Contemporary mottle calf. 6-panel spines decorated in gilt edges red. Wear to joints and edges. Internally very good with a generally clean text block. <br><br> Maximilien de Bethune 1560-1641 was a French Huguenot and prominent figure in the court of Henry IV of Navarre during the French wars of religion. He served Henry for nearly 40 years and was instrumental in French fiscal and military policy. His memoirs offer a contemporary view of the French court and history of this turbulent period of unrest and strife. <br><br> Provenance: Armorial book plate of Walter Stickland Esq. on verso. A. Millar; R. and J. Dodsley; and W. Shropshire hardcover
1763390787London : A. Millar 1763. 4th edition. Hardcover. Very good library copies in quarter aniline calf over cloth boards; gilt-blocked titles to spines. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains a particularly well-preserved set overall. Physical description; 6 volumes : map portraits ; 18 cm. Subjects; Henry IV King of France 1553-1610. Ravaillac François 1578-1610. Sully Maximilien de Bethune duc de 1559-1641. France History Louis XIII 1601-1643. London : A. Millar hardcover
1757ST14844London: A. Millar; J. Dodsley; and W. Shropshire 1757. Second Edition. 222 x 140 mm. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2. Five volumes. <br/> Contemporary gray paper boards backed in sheep with unusual wavy edges raised bands black morocco labels with gilt titling. Front pastedowns with armorial bookplate of Francis Eyre of Warkworth Northamptonshire. Corners slightly bumped and edges a little tattered one spine with minor loss to leather in one compartment boards a bit rubbed but overall the contemporary bindings very sound and in excellent condition; the occasional small blemish a few marginal open tears one closed tear minimally affecting text but internally very well preserved in general.<br/> <br/> This is the first English translation of the memoirs of French statesman Maximilien de Béthune Duke of Sully undertaken either by Samuel Johnson or by best-selling female novelist Charlotte Lennox and offered here in the original unsophisticated and unusual bindings. A Huguenot of noble family Sully 1560-1641 was presented to the Protestant King Henri of Navarre when he was 11 years old and became permanently attached to that monarch until the king's assassination in 1610. Sully although a lifelong Protestant himself encouraged Henri to convert to Catholicism in order to become King Henri IV of France arranged for the marriage of Henri to Marie de Medici and served as a lifelong advisor and confidante to the king. His insider's views of this crucial period of French history make his "Memoirs" of continuing interest to scholars. Originally published in French in 1638 the first edition in English appeared well over 100 years later in 1756 a year before our second edition. The ESTC notes that the translator may have been Samuel Johnson but the book itself as well as later editions credits Charlotte Lennox ca. 1729-1804 author of popular women's adventure novels including "The Female Quixote." She was born in the American colonies but spent her working life in England where literary friends and supporters included the aforementioned Johnson. The bindings here are not extraordinarily attractive but they are interesting as specimens of an unusual slightly rustic design: the wavy edges where the leather and paper meet are clearly purposeful and add a playful element not usually seen in modest bindings such as these. A. Millar; J. Dodsley; and W. Shropshire unknown
1778253549London : Printed for J. Rivington 1778. New Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy with wear tear and dust-dulling as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; vols. 4 : ill. map fold. ports. ; 19 cm. Subjects; Henry IV King of France 1553-1610. France — History — Henry IV 1589-1610. Genre; Illustrated. London : Printed for J. Rivington hardcover
177859014London: Printed for J. Rivington and Sons J. Dodsley S. Crowder et al. 1778. 8vo. In 6 volumes complete. Contemporary quarter leather over marbled boards. Dark brown leather title labels to spines. Spines worn with losses at head & foot. Gilt title labels legible & bright. Boards worn & rubbed. One board somewhat loose. Early ink ownership name in volume four. Lacking some endpapers. Internally sound and clean. No foxing.Two frontis portrait engravings. An unsophisticated original binding. . Fair. 1/4 Leather. 5th Edition. 1778. Printed for J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, S. Crowder, et al. 1778 hardcover
1778279585London : Printed for J. Rivington 1778. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Very good copies in gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Minor library marks remain. Physical description; 6 v. : ill. map fold. ports. ; 19 cm. Subjects; Henry IV King of France 1553-1610. France History Henry IV 1589-1610. London : Printed for J. Rivington hardcover
1781000911Dublin: Marchbank 1781. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 Volumes To which is added the trial of Ravaillac for the murder of Henry the Great Full leather with spines carefully repaired in brown coated cloth. Interiors good: some foxing but pages are supple. Marchbank hardcover
1747178811London i.e. Paris 1747. An exceptional set Second de L'Ecluse edition extra-illustrated as often. With 72 portraits and 3 additional engravings this is the most extensively illustrated copy that we have traced in commerce historical auction records and reference works. Sully's Memoires was first published from 1638 to 1662. This is a reprint of the revised edition published by Pierre-Mathurin de L'Écluse des Loges in 1745 featuring the same text with altered title pages. Some copies of both the 1745 and 1747 de L'Ecluse editions were bound with a variable number of engraved portraits by Michel Odieuvre; Brunet calls for 58 portraits and Lowndes for 63. This set contains 70 portraits. Oudieuvre's suite was first published in 1738 without text and multiple times afterwards both by itself and to illustrate different works. This set is further expanded with two portraits by Jacques-Nicolas Tardieu and Paul Victor Mathey one illustration of an Egyptian obelisk after Jacob de Veert and two large folding plates depicting Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre and the assassination of Henry IV by Gaspar Bouttats. Maximilien de Béthune Duke de Sully 1560-1641 was one of the most powerful figures at the court of Henry IV serving as his personal counsellor superintendent of finances grand voyer and grand master of artillery. His memoires are a key source on Henry IV's reign covering the transition from the wars of religion towards royal stability under the Bourbons. 3 vols quarto 258 x 194 mm. Engraved frontispiece in vol. I 75 engraved plates 2 of which folding. Near-contemporary calf spine with raised bands floral and geometric gilt decoration in compartments red morocco labels covers bordered with gilt dentelle and floral rolls fleurons at corners board edges and turn-ins tooled in gilt marbled endpapers and edges green silk bookmarkers. Armorial bookplates of the Tollemache family; 20th-century bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst Lancashire druggist and chemist on front free endpaper verso of vol. I. All joints and spine ends of vol I repaired partial loss to spine ends of vols. II and III corners worn covers marked and with spots of stripping initial blank in vol. III partly detached damp stain to outer margin of title page in vol. I occasional foxing or small mark slight offsetting from plates short closed tear to both folding plates at fold otherwise generally clean. A very good set. Brunet V 588-9. hardcover
