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1695NS0158<p>Historical fiction based on the life of Louis XIV's great minister who for twenty years built up the French economy. 323 pages; 16 cm. signatures: a5 A8-B4 -Bb8 Cc4 Dd4 Ee2. Very Good bound in full contemporary leather. stock#NS0158.</p> A Cologne, ***, M. DC. XCV hardcover
1671EBS100171Paris: De lImprimerie de François Muguet 1671. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo 1 blank leaf woodcut crest of King Louis XIV on title page 175 1 pp 8 leaves 1 blank leaf; contemporary leather with raised bands morocco label gilt lettering and decorations on label and spine; somewhat worn externally with slight separation of front hinge ownership labels inside front board torn off. Overall VG. This book is very rare Neville I p. 681. It is in the University of Delaware Library Special Collections which identifies the author as M. Albo: This is the first edition of the book which helped establish the dye industry in France. It was written and published at the instigation of Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1619-1683 the controller general of finance under King Louis XIV of France See also Stanley D. Forrester Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colorists. Vol. 91 Issue 7 pp 217-223 2008. This book is also catalogued under Albo in the Library of the American Textile Museum. Paris: De lImprimerie de François Muguet hardcover
1693271694A La Haye : Chez Henry Van Bulderen Marchand Libraire dans le Pooten à l'Enseigne de Mezeray 1693. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some wear and tear to the spine and panel edges as with age. Physical description; 32 501 p. ; 15 cm. Subjects; Colbert Jean Baptiste 1619-1683. Colbert Jean Baptiste marquis de Seignelay 1619-1683. Louis XIV King of France 1638-1715 — Studies. France — Politics and government — 1643-1715. France — Social conditions — 17th century. France — History — Louis XIV 1643-1715. Canada — History — To 1763 New France France — History — Louis XIV 1643-1715 — Biography. French history. Social conditions. Biography. Politics and government. Genre; Biographies - 17th century. A La Haye : Chez Henry Van Bulderen, Marchand Libraire, dans le Pooten à l'Enseigne de Mezeray hardcover
1695002349Printed for R. Bentley J. Tonson H. Bonwick et al. 1695 12 2 pp. ads 246 8 pp. Frontispiece. 8vo 18x11.4 cm 7x4½" modern full red morocco by Stocker & Gilbert gilt rules and lettering. a.e.g. First Edition in English. A translation of Garien Courtilz de Sandras' La Vie de Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1619-1683 a biography of the famous French Minister of Finances who brought great innovation and reforms to the French economy. Courtilz de Sandras 1644-1712 was himself a prolific and interesting French journalist and writer. ESTC R8430. Condition: Edges slightly rubbed; near fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Printed for R. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, et al. hardcover
1673148440Paris: Chez les Associez choisis 1673. Legal absolutism in the age of the Sun King First edition of this important codification of French commercial law in a contemporary limp vellum binding. One of Colbert's principal legal achievements the Commercial Ordinance imposes uniform legislative practices for commercial cases introduces standardized regulations for business practices and makes interest upon interest illegal. Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1619-1683 Louis XIV's chief minister for 20 years dominated French legislation in the mid-17th century. As part of his vast programme of absolutist reform he drove a major codification and standardization of French law. The overdue need for legal reform combined with a spirit of absolutist uniformity as idiosyncratic local systems were brought under a centrally imposed framework. Bluche claims that "it would provide a model for the enlightened despots of the next century" pp. 136-7. Quarto 240 x 175 mm pp. viii 120 24. Woodcut royal device to title woodcut head- tailpieces and initials to contents. Contemporary limp vellum spine and front cover lettered in manuscript. Elaborate contemporary annotation to p. 73. Early 19th-century ink inscriptions on financial & accounting business to endpapers and rear cover. Light bumping and wear infrequent spotting to covers inner hinges split but holding firm minor foxing to contents otherwise fresh: a very good copy indeed. Goldsmiths' 2037. François Bluche Louis XIV 1990. hardcover
16473600Paris: Toussainct Quinet printed by Estienne Migon 1647. Dark brown gold-tooled calf ca. 1700 sewn on 5 cords. Folio. With title-page printed in red and black with a woodcut flower basket 4 divisional titles in red and black 48 full-page engraved plates of French infantry-men exercising with musket 35 and pike 13 after the models of Jacques de Gheyn 400 full-page or larger folding woodcut diagrams of battle formations all printed in red and black some also in yellow with troops represented by red and black dots one includes 30 small woodcut horse-drawn carts with various loads a few smaller woodcut illustrations large woodcut headpieces tailpieces and decorated initials 3 series and a few cast arabesque fleurons. First edition of a practical manual for use of the French army commanders composed by the French Marshall and Commander of the French Royal Guards by order of Louis XIV who wanted to establish a strictly uniform military science for his whole army. Jähns curtly mentions the work rather chauvinisticly as an imitation of Wallhausen's works which may be partly true as far as basic military principles are concerned but for its numerous practical applications and especially for its rich illustration of 17th century French army tactics Lostelneau's work stands on its own for its original contributions to the documentation of 17th-century military practice. It is also of special interest as an example of early colour printing in books with no less than 400 colour printed plates. Intended at the time as a purely practical aid the arrays of coloured dots in patterns of various symmetries can now also be appreciated as rather modernistic decorative art. Restoration to foot margin of title-page a few leaves slightly browned or waterstained but otherwise in good condition. Binding slightly rubbed with minor damage to the spine and edges. Magnificent thorough and well-illustrated manual documenting mid-17th-century French military practice and a feast of decorative coloured patterns for the modern eye.l Jhns p. 1293; Lipperheide 2080; Sloos Warfare 10003. Toussainct Quinet (printed by Estienne Migon), unknown
1669167114Paris: Chez Frederic Leonard 1669. Codifying the law of the ancien régime A collection of statutes passed by the Sun King including Colbert's landmark forest ordinance "a monument of legislative wisdom" de Colyat p. 78 which remained in force until the 19th century. Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1619-1683 dominated French legislation in his role as Louis XIV's chief minister from 1661 until his death in 1683. Colbert's programme of absolutist reform drove a major standardization of French law. The forestry legislation bound 20th in this volume was the product of eight years' work by a 21-man commission. They were charged with securing a stable supply of timber for shipbuilding largely by eradicating the widespread corruption in the forestry industry. The resulting ordinance codified a mass of medieval laws from Charlemagne onwards imposed uniform jurisprudence throughout the land and reformed various minor offences. The other edicts regulate government offices court jurisdictions and commercial regulations. The ninth provides that "les Nobles pourront faire le Commerce de Mer sans deroger a la Noblesse" the aristocracy will be able to trade at sea without compromising their noble status. All except the first are printed by Frederic Leonard 1624-1711 the royal and parliamentary printer. 24 works in one quarto 235 x 176 mm. Woodcut vignettes to title pages woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials to contents. Contemporary mottled calf spine lettered decorated and panelled in gilt edges sprinkled red. Ownership inscription of Jacques Triboudet royal counsellor mayor of Bourges and a lieutenant particulier magistrate dated 1749 on the title page of the first statute. Spine ends and corners professionally restored. Light rubbing upper front joint split but holding firm minor browning and foxing to contents small chip to upper margin of leaf B1 16th edict: a very good copy. H. A. de Colyar "Jean-Baptiste Colbert and the Codifying Ordinances of Louis XIV" Journal of the Society of Comparative Legislation vol. 13 no. 2 1912. unknown
