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1215452017. Edition of 15. Signed numbered and captioned in ink by the photographer to the margin. With photographer's wet stamp on the verso. Chromogenic print. Sheet size 38.1 x 50.8 cm. Mounted size: 49 x 61.5 cm. Presented in a conservation mount. unknown
1215652017. Edition of 15. Signed numbered and captioned in ink by the photographer to the margin. With photographer's wet stamp on the verso. Chromogenic print. Sheet size 38.1 x 50.8 cm. Fine condition. unknown
1215342017. Edition of 15. Signed numbered and captioned in ink by the photographer to the margin. With photographer's wet stamp on the verso. Chromogenic print. Sheet size 38.1 x 50.8 cm. Presented in a black frame with conservation mount and UV preventive glass. unknown
97709Constantinople Yonah ben Yaakov Ashkenazi 1739. . First Edition; folio 32.5 x 22 cm; contemporary-style calf spine gilt with red morocco label stamped in gilt; old owners' signatures and inscriptions to title page; margins restored to some of the first and last leaves edges rubbed; browning to most leaves. 2 155 14 3 2 25 ll.<br /> Two Responsa books published as one. The first being Aderet Eliyahu written by Eliyahu ben Yehudah Kovo and the second Pnei Yehoshua written by Yehoshua Chandali the son in law of Rabbi Kovo. The manuscripts of Aderet Eliyahu were kept by his two grandsons after Rabbi Kovo's death in 1689 and were printed in 1739 together with their father's work Pnei Yehoshua. Hence the name of the book 'The two great lights'.<br /><br />The Kovo family were prominent Rabbis and community-leaders from Thessalonika active for more than 400 years. The family originated from either near Lake Como in Italy or Villar Del Como in the north of Spain and had settled in Thessalonika in the beginning of the 16th century. Members of the family spread to the neighbouring Jewish communities and had served in various public posts. The family had more than 50 Chachamim wise men among its members between the years 1600-1910.<br /><br />The ornate signature to the title page is attributed to Rabbi Chaim Shmuel HaCohen c. 1810-1873 Chief Rabbi of the Sephardic community in Tiberias from 1857 to 1873.<br /> Vinograd Const. 501; Yaari 378 p.191. Constantinople, Yonah ben Yaakov Ashkenazi, 1739. unknown
1952CL-11Urbana Illinois: University of Illinois Press 1952. Rare classic scholarly text is a monumental work undertaken by the highly acclaimed Greek-Latin scholar-author Ben Perry consuming more than fifteen years of research and special studies such as the scarce ancient manuscripts of Rinuccio Aretino "Vita of Aesop". The "Vita of Aesop" the legendary slave born around 620 B.C. is preserved in manuscript versions from the tenth to the sixteenth centuries. Prof. Perry discovered that the earliest complete extant manuscript a 10th century Greek codex correlates with a papyrus fragment of the second century A.D. and was probably compiled using anecdotes dating back to the fifth century B.C. possibly by a Greek speaking Egyptian. This early dating gives the work an immense significance in the history of literature as the author not only compiled fictional anecdotes which include a number of fables but has brought to the Vita a distinct literary style. A translation of the unique ancient "Life of Aesop" is published for the first time in this volume. Text includes everything ascribed to Aesop or said about him in Greek literature down to the fall of Constantinople and in Latin literature through Romulus together with all the different fables whether ascribed to Aesop or not which were regarded by the ancients as "Aesopic". Contents include in Greek & Latin: compendia; Pars Prima. Vita Aesopi; Pars Secvnda. Testimonia Vetervm de Aesopo Fabvlisqve Aesopiis; Pars Tertia. Aesopi Qvae Fervntvr Sententiae Nvnc Primvm Collectae; Pars Qvarta. Aesopi Qvae Fervntvr Proverbia Nvnc Primvm in Vnvm Coacta; Pars Qvinta. Fabvlae Graecae; Pars Sexta. Fabvlarvm Sylloge Qvae Syntipae Nomine Inscribitvr Nova Editio Critica; Pars Septima. Fabvlae Latine Conscriptae Qvarvm Argvmenta Perpavcis Exceptis in Graecis Fabvlis Non Comparent; Indices. 765 pgs. Inscribed signed and dated in Latin by Perry on the front endpaper. Gilt spine. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper. Light browning of outer page edges with a tiny slight scuff mark to center outer edge. Minimal shelfwear. Exceptional copy of this rare text. Heavy item. Insured shipping required. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. University of Illinois Press Hardcover
172255261Offenbach Germany: Israel Ken 1722. Second edition. This is the copy of the Rabbi David Paul-Bernard Drach 1791-1868 who converted to Catholicism in 1823 and managed the library of the Propaganda Fide in Rome. The front endpaper has a note that is signed and dated by Drach: "Etudie et annote ce volume; supplee lets mots ronges par les vers et corrige les fautes typographiques." Notes to margins. Introductory note by Drach lauding the book: "Le calendrier juif dont les calculs sont d'une exactitude admirable etait deja en usage du temps de Rabbie Gamliel pas consequents a l'epoque ou le Verbe eternel caro factum est et habitavit in nobis." <br /> <br /> 8vo. 40 in Hebrew letters numbered leaves i.e. 80pp. re-cased in later vellum with leather strips. Engraved title page. Fascinating work on the Jewish calendar its estimation calculation of the New Moon methods of chronology et.al. Also contains a few pages on the Christian calendar. This work is one of the most profusely illustrated works of Hebraica and Judaica with charts ephemerides sketches and illustrations throughout. One volvell attached. In Hebrew. First ten leaves with one inch holes from bookworms. The rest of the volome with minor circular bookworm hole. Some loss of text on first ten leaves. "The volvelles as well as hand diagrams and tables were some of the tools used not just for calculating and identifying pivotal dates and worshipping times for Jews but also for ascertaining Christan holidays. This knowledge was a critical aid for protecting Jews from the danger posed by their having different worshipping times and habits from the dominant culture. The headings on the wheel denote the arrival of the new moon which marks the start of the Jewish month and the cycle of the sun. Whereas calendars appear in general to be a “convenient way to coordinate human movements with natural time†as Elisheva Carlebach points out the Sefer ‘Evronot demonstrates that the methods for doing so are culturally and historically shaped. The wheel computing information with each push of a finger demands interaction from the reader in order to yield knowledge not just to use but to live by." Ref: brevigrapher.interactive book. <br /> <br /> Furst I 99 & 360 Steinschneider 4988.4. Israel Ken unknown
169048858Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre; Henry Bonwick 1690. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good -. Two parts quarto published in 1690 and 1691. A-Z4 pi4 b4 Aa4 Bb/CC4 Dd-Gg4 = 124 leaves. 16 196; 4 31 1 blankpp. Text in Hebrew and Latin in parallel columns. De Turcarum liturgia with separate title page dated 1690 and pagination. Contemporary vellum neatly rebacked. Old library stamp at bottom margin title front blank endleaf detached occasional oxidation spot and mild toning else a very good copy crisp and amply margined.<br /> <br /> First Hebrew-Latin edition of the first modern Hebrew work on geography the author’s most famous and important book. Abraham Farissol or Peritsol was a learned Jew from Avignon who compiled his cosmographical works at the court of the Estes in Ferrara. The present text was composed in 1524-25 and first published in Hebrew at Venice in 1586. The Latin translation and notes in the present edition were prepared by the English orientalist and librarian Thomas Hyde 1636-1703 with the assistance of R. Isaac Abendana working from a manuscript which Hyde located in the Bodleian Library. “Each of its 30 chapters deals with a certain geographical area or subject. In addition many cosmological and historical matters are also treated. The author collected all the evidence he could regarding Jewish settlements in each country. The inclusion of a description of the New World makes Farissol the first Hebrew writer to deal in detail with the newly-discovered America. The 14th chapter of Iggeret Orhot Olam which deals mainly with the settlements of the Ten Lost Tribes is of special interest. According to Farissol’s introduction to this chapter it is clear that what moved him to undertake this investigation was the appearance in Italy in 1523 of David Reuveni many of whose descriptions are included in this work†EJ 6.1185. Reuveni was "an adventurer who aroused messianic hopes in the early 16th century" EJ 14.114. The appended work is a tract on Islamic customs by Albert Wojciech Bobowski a Polish Christian who converted to Islam after his capture by the Ottoman Turks. Adopting the name Ali Ufki Bey he served as translator court musician at Topkapi and as a notator of Ottoman classical music. Bell F26. Christian Hebraism Cat. Harvard 1988 no. 39. ESTC R27480. Fürst Bibliotheca Judaica 1.276. Heller 17th Century pp. 1176-1177. Sabin 60934. Smitskamp PO 372. Vinograd Oxford 4. Wing F-438. Cf. Alden European Americana 1.187 Venice 1586; Heller 16th Century pp.732-733 ed. 1586. Full title beginning in Hebrew: ×גרת ×רחות על×<br /> Id est Itinera mundi sic dicta nempe cosmographia. Latinâ versione donavit et notas passim adjecit Thomas Hyde. Calce exponitur Turcarum liturgia peregrinatio Meccana aegrotorum visitatio circumcisio etc. Sheldonian Theatre; Henry Bonwick hardcover
43956Amsterdam: David Fereira y Mosseh Moreno Henriques/ David de Crasto Tartaz David de Castro Tartas 5423. Hardcover. g- to g. Duodecimo. 6.5x4.5". 479pp. Original brown calf boards with gilt-stamped motifs and raised bands on the spine. Blue ribbon marker. Edges of the book block in red. Marbled endpapers. The title page is illustrated with copper plate engravings in the form of small vignettes of biblical scenes surrounding the text. This is an early Spanish-language edition of the complete Jewish High Holiday prayer book Machzor based on the original translation by Abraham Usque originally printed in Ferarra Italy in 1553. This edition contains some added material not previously present including most prominently Solomon ibn Gabirol's famed philosophical poem "Keter Malkhut" Royal Crown which over the years has come to be read as part of the Yom Kippur service in some Jewish traditions. <br /> <br /> This edition of the Machzor was published by David Fereira and Mosseh Moreno Henriques to serve members of the then sizable Sephardic Jewish community in Amsterdam. A significant portion of the community would have been ex-Marranos Jews who had outwardly converted to Catholicism during the inquisition in Spain who then immigrated and were able to reestablished their Jewish identity and thus were unable to read Hebrew hence the text's publication in Spanish. As stated in the foreword this edition includes some additions to the text not included in previous versions and omits some material deemed to have been unnecessary. The prayer book starts with the penitential prayers Selichot p.3-47 which includes decorative head and endpeices. This section is followed by the Rosh Hashanah service p.48-195 and then the Yom Kippur service including "Keter Malkhut" p.254-289. The title page is illustrated with scenes from the biblical stories of King David Saul and Goliath and contain small captions underneath with corresponding biblical passages in Spanish. <br /> <br /> There are a number of pagination printing errors including: p.45-46 are misprinted as 54 and 36 p.264 is misprinted as 164. p.450 is misprinted as 350 p.414 is misprinted as 144. Like in the case of the earlier 1652 edition of the work pages 305-352 are misprinted as "321-368" but in this copy the leaf containing p. 353-354 directly following "368" seems to be missing. Overall this edition follows very closely the 1652 edition of the same work in terms of pagination content and organization. Includes large initials throughout the text. All text in Spanish. <br /> <br /> Binding with rubbing scratches and abrasions to the covers spine and extremities. Some chipping to the head and tail of the spine. Interior front covers with some starting and the loosening of the endpapers. Title page with starting light creases stains and and light chipping on the top left corner resulting in slight loss of image. Some light water staining along the top edge of the pages with some other sporadic light staining throughout. Page 365 torn along the side edge with no loss of text. Starting at a number of pages throughout the book. Binding in good- interior in good condition overall. Binding protected with modern mylar. David ben Abraham de Castro 1630-1698 was a French-born Portuguese Jewish printer/publisher in Amsterdam. Between 1662 and 1701 his press printed the "Gazeta de Amsterdam" a newspaper for the exiled Sephardic Jewish community in Amsterdam. He started his printing career as a typesetter at the printing house of Menasseh Ben Israel a printer and leading Rabbi in community who printed the earliest Amsterdam edition of this work in 1630. Castro started his own business in 1662 making this edition among his earliest publications. <br /> <br /> References: RODRIGUEZ 1781 p. 643 KAYSERLING 1890 p. 62 PALAU1923 202416 PEETERS1933 1038. David Fereira y Mosseh Moreno Henriques/ David de Crasto Tartaz (David de Castro Tartas) hardcover
000143747Luria Mordechai ben Yechiel. Perush haMilot Targum Megilot Daniel Ezra. Cracow 1580. Publisher: Yitzhak ben Aharon Prostitz. In Hebrew. The listing price is for a single volume of this title. The copy is in fair condition without binding. Some imperfections are among the following common defects: holes damaged pages tears water stains foxing worm holes or tracers age spots frayed margins handwritten notes inscriptions censorship stamps. Please contact us for more details on the condition of the book. SKU000143747 unknown
197382782Harry N. Abrams Inc. As New. 1973. Hardcover. 0810904950 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - - Corresponds to ASIN: 0810904950. 373 pages 345 illus. 154 color tipped-in some folding oblong folio. -- with a bonus offer-- . Harry N. Abrams, Inc. hardcover
113472Amsterdam Joan and Cornelius Blaeu 1640. . First edition; small 4to 21 x 16 cm; modern grey cloth with gilt floral device to upper cover printer's device to title page woodcut floriated initials and tailpieces two woodcut diagrams and two tables small loss to upper right corner of title and some loss to margins of index leaf very minor worming to upper right corner throughout chips to edges of the last leaf faint waterstains throughout; text in Latin and Hebrew; a very good copy.<br /> First edition of Gentius's Latin translation of 'Hilkhot De'ot' from the first book of Maimonides's 'Mishneh Torah' with a commentary. 'Hilkhot De'ot' is part of the monumental work 'Mishneh Tora'. Book one 'Sefer Madah' is comprised of several chapters in which Maimonides outlines the rules of ethical behaviour in relation to the halakhic law interestingly applying Aristotelian virtues to a Jewish legal context. <br /><br />This is Gentius's first publication and one of the earliest translations of a complete section of Maimonides's extensive compendium of Jewish law into Latin beautifully printed in parallel with the original Hebrew. Georgius Gentius 1618-1687 was a German Lutheran orientalist who studied in Leiden and later with Amsterdam rabbis; two of them R. Isaac da Fonseca Aboab and R. Moses d'Aguilar contributed to this edition with two laudatory poems. In the introduction Gentius praises Maimonides. This edition is beautifully illustrated with attractive diagrams and tables showing the relationship between vices and virtues.<br /> Heller The Seventeenth Century Hebrew Book Vol. 1 pp. 564-565. Amsterdam, Joan and Cornelius Blaeu, 1640. hardcover
109205Furth Itzik ben Leib Buchbinder 1763. . 4to; restored publisher's half-calf marbled covers almost entirely perished spine rubbed and chipped at the top end; some browning to leaves a stamp and an old ownership inscription to title; 2 241 ll.<br /> Commentary on Rashi's commentary on the Pentatuch with a schematic map of Israel from the collection of Yosef Asher Pollock a 19th-century rabbi whose books were posthumously gifted to various collections.<br /><br />Elijah ben Abraham Mizrahi a.k.a. Re'em c. 1455-1525 or 1526 was a Constantinople rabbi and mathematician who became the Chief Rabbi of the Ottoman Empire in 1495 a post which he held until his death. As part of the role Mizrahi had a seat in the divan assigned to him by the Sultan beside the Mufti and above the Patriarch of the Christians. He had written several works in his lifetime but considered this to be his most important one. 'Sefer HaMizrahi' as it's known is a super-commentary on Rashi's commentary on the Torah and is counted as one of the most important works on the subject. It was first published in Venice in 1527 after Mizrahi's death by his son Israel. Israel edited his work adding a preface to it in which he asked the readers in case they were unable to understand certain passages not to criticise his father but to apply to Israel for explanations instead.<br /><br />In this edition Rashi's commentary is printed in block letters while the Biur Mizrahi commentary appears in Rashi script. On reverse of l.211 there is a schematic map of Israel drawn primarily in straight lines with its east side facing upward. This map was first printed in 1717.<br /> Vinograd Furth 292. Furth, Itzik ben Leib Buchbinder, 1763. unknown
1936533533New York: Covici Friede 1936. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Slight age-toning at the edges of the pages still about fine in near fine dust jacket with a creased tear and small chip both on the rear panel. Inscribed by Hecht to Harpo Marx and his wife the actress Susan Fleming on the front fly: "For Harpo and Susan. Love old friends. Ben Hecht." Book label designed by Fleming on the front pastedown but printed by the bookseller who bought their library. A collection of short stories by Hecht one of Hollywood's greatest screenwriters. He won two Oscars and was nominated for several others but whose greatest contributions were as a "script doctor" in which capacity he re-wrote and polished the scripts for many of Hollywood's most famous movies. A beautiful copy of this collection of stories with a significant association. Covici Friede hardcover
193655231Chicago: Black Cat Press 1936. Original document. Softcover. Very good to near fine condition. Octavo. 11 1pp. Original string-bound blue-green stiff wraps with black lettering and framed green design on glossy paper plate laid to cover housed in small ochre handmade paper portfolio with handwritten "My South Sea Island Printer's Dummy" on cover. Title page design in three colors printed to plate.<br /> <br /> "Printer's dummy" with spelling of the author's name incorrect on title page for the first edition with handwritten instructions and corrections by the publisher e.g. note "reprint title page!" for the second issue. Page with printed pagination "4" corrected to "5" by hand with additional penciled note at bottom edge. Inside cover with penned note "Printer's Dummy 8-21-26." Contains handwritten printer's note on front endpaper with instructions signed Forgue including direction to print 50 copies not more than 5 over and further details regarding paper choice and color. Verso of front free endpaper and page "5" with handwritten printer's instructions. Back endpaper with unsigned handwritten note "Printed on Ben Abramson's order." in ink and pencil. <br /> <br /> A 1936 unauthorized edition limited to 50 copies had been published with a double M in Somerset on the title page as seen in this printer's dummy. My South Sea Island was originally published in "The Daily Mail" in London in 1922. The unauthorized edition had been destroyed but for two copies due to the spelling error in the author's name and was reprinted immediately. All pages pasted to paper with spots from glue showing along corners. Printed plate of page 4 loose but intact and present.<br /> <br /> WITH<br /> <br /> Abramson's three page typed rendering entitled "Hell's Paving Stones" describing a conversation between Maugham and himself on collecting in general and Maugham's publications in magazines in particular. Maugham had forgotten where he had published "My South Sea Island" and misplaced his own typescript of it. Abramson eventually located the piece in a 1921 issue of The Daily Mail. No copies of the issue were available and requested Photostats were defective. As a result Abramson decided to print it himself and contacted his printer. The following one and a half pages reflect a conversation between Abramson's printer and the "publisher." The final paragraph describes the surprise discovering that Somerset was spelled with two Ms in the first 50 copies printed. Abramson closes with "And that Ladies and Gentlemen is how I came to write "The Raven." Contains pencil note at top of first page: "for Reading and Collecting" a monthly review of rare and recent books.<br /> <br /> WITH<br /> <br /> The Theatre. Special Series.–No. 155. Vol. XXVI Nineteenth Year. November 1895. Includes original pasted down sepia-toned photograph of Mr. & Miss Somerset with tissue guard. Wraps with very light wear and some sunning along edges and spine of wraps. Block lightly age-toned. Norman Forgue was the founder of several private presses including At the Sign of the Gargoyle The Black Cat Press Normandie House. and The Norman Press. Born in 1904 Forgue saw his first printing press in his uncle's basement. At the age of 13 Forgue took his first jobs at printers in Chicago. After getting his apprentice card he took various jobs offered by Chicago printers and eventually worked for Western Electric. He joined the Navy when dissatisfied with the compensation and eventually worked in the Navy print shop. Black Cat Press unknown
1965013433Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art University of Pennsylvania 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Catalog of Warhol's first museum show with the compliments card of Sam Green who curated it. 8vo illustrated stiff covers black cloth backstrip perfect bound 27 full page illustrations. Housed in a phase box with an enameled medallion - with the Warhol image of Campbell soup cans similar to the cover of the catalog - in a round silver mount on the front slot designed and crafted by Wesley Tanner. Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania hardcover
000121994Bakhie ben Asher ha-Daian ibn Khalava. Kad haKemach. Venice 1546. Publisher: Marco Antonio Justinian. In Hebrew. The listing price is for a single volume of this title. The copy is in fair condition without binding. Some imperfections are among the following common defects: holes damaged pages tears water stains foxing worm holes or tracers age spots frayed margins handwritten notes inscriptions censorship stamps. Please contact us for more details on the condition of the book. SKU000121994 unknown
000132798Khagiz Yakov Israel ben Shmuel. Korban Mincha. Izmir 1675. In Hebrew. The listing price is for a single volume of this title. The copy is in fair condition without binding. Some imperfections are among the following common defects: holes damaged pages tears water stains foxing worm holes or tracers age spots frayed margins handwritten notes inscriptions censorship stamps. Please contact us for more details on the condition of the book. SKU000132798 unknown
000304551Luans Eliahu ben Moshe Ashkenazi. Rinat Dodim. Basel 1600. Publisher: Konrad Valdkirch. In Hebrew. The listing price is for a single volume of this title. The copy is in fair condition without binding. Some imperfections are among the following common defects: holes damaged pages tears water stains foxing worm holes or tracers age spots frayed margins handwritten notes inscriptions censorship stamps. Please contact us for more details on the condition of the book. SKU000304551 unknown
000147751Moshe ben Shimon Chazan meVienna. Panim Masbirot. Prague 1693. Publisher: Grandsons of Moshe Kats. In Hebrew. The listing price is for a single volume of this title. The copy is in fair condition without binding. Some imperfections are among the following common defects: holes damaged pages tears water stains foxing worm holes or tracers age spots frayed margins handwritten notes inscriptions censorship stamps. Please contact us for more details on the condition of the book. SKU000147751 unknown
000184379Trani Moshe ben Yosef Moshe me-Trani. Beit Elokim. Venice 1576. In Hebrew. The listing price is for a single volume of this title. The copy is in fair condition without binding. Some imperfections are among the following common defects: holes damaged pages tears water stains foxing worm holes or tracers age spots frayed margins handwritten notes inscriptions censorship stamps. Please contact us for more details on the condition of the book. SKU000184379 unknown
000162173Tzvi Hirsh ben Yosef ha-Cohen. Nachalat Zvi. Venice 1661. In Hebrew. The listing price is for a single volume of this title. The copy is in fair condition without binding. Some imperfections are among the following common defects: holes damaged pages tears water stains foxing worm holes or tracers age spots frayed margins handwritten notes inscriptions censorship stamps. Please contact us for more details on the condition of the book. SKU000162173 unknown
000136772Yitschak ben Yosef m-Korbel. Amudei Gola. Cremona 1556. In Hebrew. The listing price is for a single volume of this title. The copy is in fair condition without binding. Some imperfections are among the following common defects: holes damaged pages tears water stains foxing worm holes or tracers age spots frayed margins handwritten notes inscriptions censorship stamps. Please contact us for more details on the condition of the book. SKU000136772 unknown
1267142017. Edition of 15. Signed numbered and captioned in ink by the photographer to the margin. With photographer's wet stamp on the verso. Chromogenic print. Sheet size 38.1 x 50.8 cm. Excellent condition. Presented in a conservation mount. unknown
1743A4NB5NLVOA3M1743. 2 CALVIN Jean. Lettres de Calvin a Jaque de Bourgogne Seigneur de Falais & de Bredam & à son epouse Jolande de Brederode. Imprimées sur les originaux.Amsterdam Jacobus Wetstein 1744. Title in red & black with engraved vignette folding genealogical table. 3 C. A. Discours apologico-pathetique sur les vertus principales de L'eau de la Reine de Hongrie ou sur les moïens de faire triompher le bonne foi & par celle-ci rétablir & affermir en Europe la paix stable & durable qu'on lui a annoncé & garanti de la part des puisances qui ont accedé à la Pragmatique Sanction. Avec quelques remarques sur la prétenduë refutation des recrits circulaires de la cour de Vienne. Par Monsieur A.C. .The Hague Gerard de Mee 1743.4 FLEURY Andre´ Hercule de subject. Extrait de l'oraison funèbre de feu Mr. le Cardinal de Fleury tel qu'on l'a reçu de Strasbourg avec les remarques tirées de l'entrétien de deux officiers François à leur retour de la Bohème chargés de misere & de maladie.Strasbourg no publisher 1743. 4 works in 1 volume. 8vo. Contemporary calf spine labels with title and shelfmark. Ad 1: One of two probably simultaneous issues of the rarer of the first two French editions all dated 1743 of a chronicle of the kings of England that covers the period 1066-1603 first published in English in 1740. Robert Dodsley 1703-64 was a poet playwright and bookseller. Other sources ascribe it to Lord Chesterfield. Dodsley could not have written a work showing so much wit and literary force DNB. The present French translation is attributed to Louis Charles Fougeret de Monbron.Ad 2: Letters from Calvin addressed to Jacques the Bourgogne and Yolande de Brederode written between 1543 and 1553. They offer a case study in the interaction of politics and personalities that shaped the European reform movement in general and the position of Calvin in connection with the worldly powers of Europe in particular. Jacques de Bourgogne who encountered evangelical ideas in Louvain married into one of Holland's most prominent protestant families was denounced as a heretic for receiving a Reformed preacher at his chateau in Brabant sought refuge in Cologne Strasbourg and Basel and finally settled with Calvin's help in a village near Geneva. De Bourgogne's odyssey is exemplary for the upheavals experienced by a generation that heeded the reformer's call preferring exile to renouncing their new faith under pressure in their native lands.Ad 3: Very rare first and only edition of an up-to-date account of the political situation at the courts of Europe in the 1740s. The goal of the author described only as A. C. and not identified is to achieve a stable peace in Europe and to guarantee the authority awarded in the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713. This was a legal mechanism designed to ensure that the Austrian throne and Habsburg lands would be inherited by Emperor Charles VI's daughter Maria Theresa. It was part of the law of the house of Austria. Hungary which had an elective kingship had accepted the house of Habsburg as hereditary kings in the male line without election in 1687 but had not accepted semi-Salic inheritance. The Emperor-King agreed that if the Habsburg male line became extinct Hungary would once again have an elective monarchy. The Kingdom of Bohemia also followed this rule. Ad 4: Extremely rare extract of the funeral oration for André-Hercule Cardinal de Fleury French Bishop of Fréjus 1653 - 29 January 1743 and cardinal who served as the chief minister to Louis XV. The additional remarks are abstracted from a conversation between two French officers on their return from the Bohemian campaign. Fleury found the nation poorly prepared when in 1733 war was forced upon France. Library bookplate on inside front cover. Binding worn some parts of the spine gone front hinge slightly cracked otherwise in good condition. unknown
2018__1471152839Simon & Schuster UK 2018. Paperback. New. 288 pages. 7.80x5.12x0.83 inches. Simon & Schuster UK paperback
