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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
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
1747103409London 1747. Full-Leather. Very Good. 3 vols.: Vol. 1: xxxvi 607; Vol. 2: x 612; Vol. 3: vi 617 p. 25 cm. Vol. 1 has engraved frontispiece and engraved portraits of the author as well as Henry IV of France. Title page and a few other vignettes. Black and red titles. Full leather with raised bands. Gold impressing on spines. Lower spine labels nearly completely chipped away. Some slight chipping at spine ends. Corners bumped. Hinges cracking. Labels for "Minto" on front pastedowns. Slight thumbing soiling foxing throughout. Volume I: Page 53 has chipped bottom corner. Small worm hole in rear board. <br/><br/>Maximilien de Bèthune duc de Sully 1560 - 1641 was a soldier minister Huguenot and superintendent of finances to Henry IV of France until that king was assassinated. His memoirs written in the second person are valuable as historical documents and as an autobiography - despite the fact that they contain many fictions such as a mission undertaken by Sully to Queen Elizabeth I in 1601. hardcover
175255941a Geneve: Chez Barrillot & Fils 1752. Nouvelle Edition revûe & corrigée. 8 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf gilt spines tan and green title labels. Bookplate. Nouvelle Edition revûe & corrigée. 8 vols. 12mo. " Sully 1560-1641 was an agrarian in the fullest sense of the term. He believed that cattle breeding and agriculture constituted the only true wealth of France. He therefore encouraged land clearing undertook irrigation projects and constructed roads and canals. His principal work was concerned with financial administration. He reconstructed an administration which had been dislocated by 30 yrs of civil war. He established a rigorous control. The economy realized in the reduction of the public debt and in the correction of abuses served to provide for the protection of the national frontiers and to furnish the army with an effective artillery" Encyclopdia of Social Sciences Volumes 13/14 p. 460. Chez Barrillot & Fils unknown
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
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
