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173433075Lugduni: Sumptibus De Ville Fratrum & Lud. Chalmette 1734. Very Good. Lugduni: Sumptibus De Ville Fratrum & Lud. Chalmette 1734. Later printing. 12mo. 342 2 lxviii 98pp. Engraved frontispiece; three papal portraits. Text in Latin. Bound in full contemporary calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine; edges sprayed red. Chipped with loss at spine ends; a few scuffs and smudges. Binding sound. Ownership inscription in pen to front pastedown; ink crossouts to frontis and title; else unmarked. A Very Good copy of this history of the Council of Trent. Sumptibus De Ville Fratrum, & Lud. Chalmette unknown
179329674Danbury CT: Printed by Nathan Douglas 1793. Very Good. Danbury CT: Printed by Nathan Douglas 1793. First Edition. Quarto. 16 pp. String-tied wraps. Worn curled and creased along edges with marginal staining. Binding sound and interior unmarked. Still a Very Good copy; scarce in retail. <br /> <br /> Sabin 82417. Printed by Nathan Douglas unknown
184132795London: Charles Fox 1841. Very Good. London: Charles Fox 1841. First Edition. Slim octavo 23.5cm; publisher's brown cloth gilt-lettered spine; viii107pp.; publisher's advertisements tipped to final leaf. Cloth a bit soiled and worn fraying at spine ends old glue residue and previous bookseller's price to front free endpaper hairline crack to front hinge at title page else Very Good and sound. <br /> <br /> Provenance: Ownership ex libris to front pastedown and signature at head of title page of the noted English atheist and freethinker Joseph Mazzini Wheeler 1850-1898. Wheeler was best known as the compiler of "A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages" in which he described David Strauss as "A devoted servant of truth his mind was always advancing" pp. 307-8. Charles Fox unknown
171532085Paris: Michel Brunet 1715. Very Good. Paris: Chez Michel Brunet grand'Salle du Palais au Mercure Galant 1715. Nouvelle Edition. 12mo; full contemporary speckled calf gilt spine in six compartments all edges stained red marbled endpapers; 1254532pp. collated complete. Light scuffing to leather margins shallow loss at spine crown 19th-century ownership ex libris of C.T. Noel de Payrat to front pastedown else a Very Good clean and sound copy. <br /> <br /> Very nice posthumous edition of the collected dialogues of Jesuit priest and grammarian Dominique Bouhours 1628-1702. Michel Brunet unknown
175830896Paris: Veuve Bordelet 1758. Very Good. Paris: Chez la Veuve Bordelet rue Saint Jacques à Saint Ignace 1758. First Veuve Bordelet Edition. 12mo 17cm.; full contemporary mottled calf gilt spine in six compartments all edges marbled marbled endpapers; xix5528pp. collated complete; woodcut initials and decorative head- and tail-pieces throughout. Ex-Congregation de Notre Dame de Verdun with their 19th-century rubberstamps to title page leather scuffed and rubbed at margins with exposure at corners surface scratches to both boards contemporary ownership inscriptions to front flyleaf recto and verso bleeding through to the reverse though not affecting title page. Nevertheless a Very Good quite attractive copy overall.<br /> <br /> Popular hagiography of the Jesuit priest Saint Ignatius of Loyola. First published in 1682 the work went through many editions this the first to be published by the Veuve Marie-Jeanne Bordelet whose Parisian publishing arm appears to have had a rather anemic but relatively varied output over the course of twenty years specializing in Jesuit works and popular tragedies. Veuve Bordelet unknown
176226181Boston: Fowle and Draper 1762. Very Good-. Boston: Fowle and Draper 1762. First Edition. Slim octavo; 19th century glazed boards gilt calf spine label later endpapers; 1236pp. A4 B-F4 collated and presumed complete; decorative head- and tail-pieces. Boards scuffed at extremities with exposure at corners spine partly perished some soil to rear board and textblock else a Good or better internally sound copy. <br /> <br /> Two sermons issued together with separate title pages and pagination but continuous collation attributed to Edmund March ca. 1704-1791. Quite uncommon none in the trade as of April 2023; last seen in the auction record in 1917. ESTC W14481; EVANS 9168 & 9169; SABIN 28443. Fowle and Draper unknown
198747684Leiden Netherlands: E.J. Brill 1987. Very Good . Leiden Netherlands: E.J. Brill 1987. First Thus. Nine small quarto volumes 25.5x18cm complete; illustrated boards. Photographic inserts to rear pocket of supplement. Light rubbing and bumping to edges of boards; bindings sound; pages unmarked. Overall a Very Good or better set of an impressive and wide-ranging work beginning with Aaron Harun and ending with Zurkhana. E.J. Brill unknown
195557912<p>The Church of Greece begun publishing the works of the Fathers in 1955 in a multi-volume series under the general title <strong><em>"ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ ΕΛΛΗÎΩΠΠΑΤΕΡΩΠΚΑΙ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΩΠΣΥΓΓΡΑΦΕΩÎ"</em></strong>; it contains the original texts in biblical or mediaeval Greek. The Series counts a total of 99 clothbound volumes with golden stamping on the spine but only 60 volumes are currently available. Separate volumes are also available at 27.25 EUR each. Ask for the availability of specific volumes and the actual shipping cost at: demmath@hotmail.com -</p><p><strong>CONTENTS:</strong></p><p>VOL. 1 - Clement of Rome Ι VOL. 2 - Clement of Rome ΙΙ & Ignatius of Antioch VOL. 6 - Hippolytus of Rome VOL. 7 - Clement of Alexandria Ι VOL. 8 - Clement of Alexandria ΙΙ VOL. 9 - Origen I VOL. 10 - Origen II VOL. 11 - Origen III VOL. 12 - Origen IV VOL. 13 - Origen V VOL. 16 - Origen VΙΙΙ VOL. 17 - Origen IX Julius Africanus Dionysius of Alexandria & Gregorius of Neocaesarea VOL. 18 - Μεθόδιος Î ÎÏ„Ïος ΑλεξανδÏείας ΑλÎξανδÏος ΑλεξανδÏείας Ευστάθιος Αντιοχείας VOL. 19 - Titus of Bostra Theodorus of Heraclea Alexander of Lycopolis & Eusebius of Caesarea I VOL. 20 - Eusebius Bishop of Caesarea VOL. 22 - Eusebius of Caesarea IV VOL. 23 - Eusebius of Caesarea V VOL. 24 - Eusebius of Caesarea VI VOL. 25 - Eusebius of Caesarea VII VOL. 26 - Eusebius of Caesarea VIII VOL. 27 - Eusebius of Caesarea IX VOL. 28 - Eusebius of Caesarea X VOL. 29 - Eusebius of Caesarea XI Marcellus of Ancyra & Basil of Ancyra VOL. 30 - Athanasius of Alexandria I VOL. 31 - Athanasius of Alexandria II VOL. 32 - Athanasius of Alexandria III VOL. 33 - Athanasius of Alexandria IV VOL. 34 - Athanasius of Alexandria V VOL. 35 - Athanasius of Alexandria VI VOL. 36 - Athanasius of Alexandria VII VOL. 37 - Athanasius of Alexandria VIII & Asterius the Sophist I VOL. 38 - Asterius the Sophist Acacius of Caesarea Eusebius of Emesa Nemesius of Emesia VOL. 39 - Gelasius of Caesarea & Cyril of Jerusalem VOL. 40 - Anthony the Great Ammonas or Ammun Ammonius Pachomius the Great I VOL. 41 - Pachomius the Great II Orsisius Monk Theodorus & Macarius of Egypt I VOL. 42 - Macarius of Egypt ΙΙ Macarius of Alexandria Pope Peter B' of Alexandria Timotheus A' of Alexandria VOL. 43 - Saint Serapion of Thmuis & Didymus of Alexandria I VOL. 44 - Didymus of Alexandria II VOL. 45 - Didymus of Alexandria III VOL. 46 - Didymus of Alexandria IV VOL. 47 - Didymus of Alexandria V VOL. 48 - Didymus of Alexandria VI VOL. 49 - Didymus of Alexandria VII VOL. 50 - Didymus of Alexandria VIII VOL. 51 - Basil of Caesarea I VOL. 52 - Basil of Caesarea II VOL. 54 - Basil of Caesarea IV VOL. 57 - Basil of Caesarea VII VOL. 58 - Gregory of Nazianzus I VOL. 59 - Gregory of Nazianzus II VOL. 60 - Gregory of Nazianzus III VOL. 61 - Gregory of Nazianzus IV VOL. 62 - Gregory of Nazianzus V VOL. 63 - Gregory of Nazianzus VI VOL. 64 - Gregory of Nazianzus VII VOL. 65 - Gregory of Nyssa I VOL. 65A - Gregory of Nyssa II VOL. 66 - Gregory of Nyssa III VOL. 67 - Gregory of Nyssa IV VOL. 69 - Gregory of Nyssa VI VOL. 70 - Gregory of Nyssa VII VOL. 71 - Amphilochius of Iconium & Asterius of Amasea VOL. 72 - Apollinarius Bishop of Laodicea I VOL. 73 - Apollinarius Bishop of Laodicea II VOL. 74 - Epiphanius Bishop of Salamis Cyprus I VOL. 75 - Epiphanius Bishop of Salamis Cyprus II VOL. 76 - Epiphanius Bishop of Salamis Cyprus III VOL. 77 - Epiphanius Bishop of Salamis Cyprus IV VOL. 79 - Evagrius Ponticus ca. 345-400 A.D. II VOL. 80 - Evagrius Ponticus ca. 345-400 A.D. III VOL. 81 - Diodorus of Tarsus I VOL. 82 - Diodorus of Tarsus II VOL. 83 - Theodorus of Mopsuestia or Theodore the Interpreter I VOL. 84 - Theodorus of Mopsuestia or Theodore the Interpreter II VOL. 85 - Theodorus of Mopsuestia or Theodore the Interpreter III VOL. 86 - Theodorus of Mopsuestia or Theodore the Interpreter IV VOL. 87 - Theodorus of Mopsuestia or Theodore the Interpreter V VOL. 88 - Polychronius of Apamea I VOL. 89 - Polychronius of Apamea II VOL. 90 - John Chrysostom I Ομιλίαι εις την ΓÎνεσιν Α΄ -Θ΄ VOL. 91 - John Chrysostom II Ομιλίαι εις την ΓÎνεσιν Ι΄-ΚΔ΄ VOL. 92 - John Chrysostom III Ομιλίαι εις την ΓÎνεσιν ΚΕ΄-ΜΕ΄ VOL. 93 - John Chrysostom IV Ομιλίαι εις την ΓÎνεσιν ΜΣΤ΄-ΞΣΤ΄ Λόγοι εις την Άνναν Ομιλίαι εις τον Δαβίδ και τον ΣαοÏλ VOL. 94 - John Chrysostom V ΕÏμηνεία εις τους ΨαλμοÏÏ‚ Α΄-ΜΔ΄ VOL. 95 - John Chrysostom VI ΕÏμηνεία εις τους ΨαλμοÏÏ‚ ΜΕ΄-ΡΚΒ΄ VOL. 96 - John Chrysostom VII ΕÏμηνεία εις τους ΨαλμοÏÏ‚ ΡΚΓ΄-ΡÎ΄ και Ομιλίες σε ΨαλμοÏÏ‚ VOL. 97 - John Chrysostom VIII Υπόμνημα - ΕÏμηνευτικά αποσπάσματα εις τον Ιώβ VOL. 98 - John Chrysostom IX VOL. 99 - John Chrysostom X.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p><strong><em><strong>The shipping cost is not included in the price; a surcharge depending on the actual weight and destination applies.</strong></em></strong></p> Apostolike Diaconia tes Ecclesias tes Hellados hardcover
182647071Salem Ohio: Re-Published by Joshua Shinn. Robert Fee printer 1826. Very Good -. Salem O.: Re-Published by Joshua Shinn. Robert Fee printer 1826. Later Edition. 12mo; contemporary calf over paper-covered boards; 120pp. collated and complete. Cracked along front joint and front board just holding; light general wear and rubbing; contemporary scribblings to preliminaries; female ownership inscription to rear free endpaper; mild spotting throughout; Good to Very Good. <br /> <br /> The first Ohio edition of God's Protecting Providence originally published in 1699. The work was one of the most popular 18th-century captivity narratives describing a party of Quakers who were shipwrecked near present-day West Palm Beach robbed and both abused and fed by the local Jobe Indians before eventually being allowed to pass on to St. Augustine. The text concludes with later religious testimonies from the likes of David Brainerd Thomas Chalkley and Francis Guy. We locate only four titles under the Shinn imprint in OCLC this being the first. <br /> <br /> Ayer 72; see also Sabin 20015 though this edition not mentioned. Re-Published by Joshua Shinn. Robert Fee, printer unknown
181948414Leicester MA: Hori Brown 1819. Good. Leicester MA: Hori Brown 1819. First Edition. Octavo; stitched self-wrappers; 32pp. Long horizontal tear across title page serving as upper cover stitched back together by an early owner wrappers rather dust-soiled and a bit worn at margins very occasional contemporary ink marginalia throughout. A Good carefully mended copy of this uncommon ordination sermon.<br /> <br /> Shaw & Shoemaker 47842. Hori Brown unknown
199426303New York: Continuum 1994. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Continuum 1994. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 231 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. <br /> <br /> Dust jacket gently rubbed along edges. Boards show mild shelfwear. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Continuum unknown
195045335Washington DC: H.G. Roebuck Company 1950. Very Good. Washington DC: H.G. Roebuck Company 1950. First Edition. Quarto 29cm; 156pp. Photographic boards with white text along spine; photographic endsheets. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Boards lightly bumped and scuffed especially at corners. Binding sound. Textblock and endsheets toned; interior pages remain clean. Former owner’s name appears at first fixed endsheet; classmate and faculty signatures throughout. Very Good. <br /> <br /> Yearbook for the private Catholic high school in Washington DC the oldest boys’ school in the District. Find inside cheeky captions well-oiled hair and patterned ties indicative of the style of the time as well as advertisements for numerous local businesses. Among these businesses is A. Litteri a local Italian grocery store that remains open today.<br /> <br /> Though Washington DC was designated as a city in 1790 Congress did not hold session in the Capitol building until 1800. Thus 1950 marked the city’s sesquicentennial year as the seat of American government. This Gonzaga yearbook celebrates the growth of Catholic education in the District during that period featuring brief write-ups on Georgetown University Catholic University St. John’s College High School Trinity College and Archbishop Carroll High School which opened its doors the following year. “From a struggling little school in a struggling little city our Gonzaga has matured to its present position as the largest Catholic high school in the Nation’s Capitol†writes Father Gargan President. <br /> <br /> Laid-in is the former owner’s acceptance letter to Georgetown University. H.G. Roebuck Company unknown
200272253<p><strong>THE DIVINE SCRIPTURE -<em> First greek edition</em></strong></p><p>In Greek. Hard cover 30 cm 1194 pp. ill.; net weight 3120 gr.</p><p><em>A facsimile reprint of the first Greek Bible published by Nicolaos Glykys in Venice 1687. The manuscript of which very few copies survive was tracked down and illustrated 314 years after its first publication with all the original’s details ornamental elements hand-made frameworks seals and gilded titles. This is a collectors’ edition of 3500 copies. It comes with a handmade wooden stand and a well-made case adorned with the original’s gilded patterns.</em></p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>==============================================================</p><p><b>IMPORTANT: The price does NOT include the shipping cost which depends on actual weight and destination. You will receive a message after placing the order with the exact cost and the options available; then you will have to approve / reject this cost; you may also ask about this cost before placing the order at dem.siatras@gmail.com .</b></p> Miletos hardcover
181430733Philadelphia: G. und D. Billmeyer 1814. Very Good. Philadelphia: G. und D. Billmeyer 1814. Reprint. 12mo. iv 1 2-148 vii 1 2-585; 9 pp. register; 1 2-26 pp. catechism. Contemporary sheep with two metal clasps; five raised bands. Light wear to edges; minor scuffing; chipped at spine ends. Binding sound. Allentown bookseller's ticket in German to front pastedown; ownership inscription of Mary Deshler of Lehigh Pennsylvania dated 1841 to preliminaries; interior else tone but unmarked; Very Good. <br /> <br /> Arndt & Eck 2037. G. und D. Billmeyer unknown
199330423Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1993. Near Fine. Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1993. Collector's Edition. Octavo. 231 pp. Bound in full dark red leather decorated in gilt; four raised bands to spine; all edges gilt; yellow silk ribbon; red-brown moire endpapers. Touch of rubbing to extremities. Binding sound and interior unmarked; overall Near Fine. The Easton Press unknown
179647514Boston: From the Press of Thomas Hall 1796. Very Good -. Boston: From the Press of Thomas Hall: Sold by Thomas and Andrews William P. Blake David West and John West 1796. Second American Edition. 12mo 17.5cm; full contemporary sheep red gilt spine label; 2302pp. collated complete. Leather rubbed and dried at margins soiling to upper cover and textblock fore-edge textblock uniformly toned; About Very Good internally clean and sound. <br /> <br /> Mary Wollstonecraft's first translation originally published in the United States in a Boston 1791 edition preceding Vindication of the Rights of Women by a year. Necker's work placed an emphasis on "caritas" i.e. "'l'esprit de charite" "a love of God expressed through love of our neighbors which for Wollstonecraft was coextensive with justice" Kirkley p. 407. <br /> <br /> Already gaining recognition as a preeminent philosopher in her own right although this work was translated anonymously Wollstonecraft does note in an Advertisement "In rendering this work into English some liberties have been taken by the translator which seemed necessary to preserve the spirit of the original" p 16. <br /> <br /> References: <br /> <br /> Laura Kirkley "'L'Esprit de Charite': Imaginative Action and Universal Benevolence in Wollstonecraft's Of the Importance of Religious Opinions" in Women's Writing Vol. 31 no. 3 2024<br /> <br /> Evans 30835. From the Press of Thomas Hall unknown
178926872Boston: Samuel Hall 1789. Good. Boston: Samuel Hall 1789. First Edition. Octavo; removed contents entirely disbound; 32pp. A4 B4 C8 collated and complete with half title. Textblock rather spotted extremities trimmed partly affecting ownership signature of David Osgood at top margin of half title serving as upper cover else a Good complete copy.<br /> <br /> Uncommon sermon delivered in honor of the newly appointed Charlestown minister Jedidiah Morse 1761-1826 whose school textblock "Geography Made Easy" 1784 is considered to be the earliest geography of the United States. This copy with ownership signature of David Osgood 1747-1822 whose contribution "The Right Hand of Fellowship" appears on pp. 28-32. <br /> <br /> BAL 925; ESTC 29256; EVANS 21673. Samuel Hall unknown
167931017London: s.i. 1679. Very Good. London: N.P. ca. 1679 First Edition. Broadsheet 30cm.; 2pp. Moderate wear and toning to margins some faint dust-soil else a Very Good example.<br /> <br /> Published version of a forged letter purportedly intercepted from an English Jesuit to the father rector of Brussels in which the author delineates the ways in which secret members of the Society of Jesus will undermine the British parliament trade and the monarchy: "Our Superlative Design is to work the Protestants as well as the Catholicks to welcome in a Conqueror and that is by this Means: We hope instantly to dissolve Trade and hinder the building of Shipping in devising probable Designs and putting on the State upon Expeditions as that of Cadiz was in taking away the Merchant Ships so that they may not easily catch and light upon the West-India Fleet" p. 2.<br /> <br /> The letter was in fact written by the courtier and mischief-maker John Maynard 1592-1658 and while most members of King Charles I's court accept the letter as genuine Maynard's patron the Duke of Buckingham recognized his favorite's hand.<br /> <br /> This printed edition coincides with the fabricated conspiracy of a Popish Plot which took hold of England and Scotland from 1679 to 1681 and was presumably used as evidence against the Catholics despite the fact that the letter had been debunked generations earlier. Date of publication conjectured by Wing.<br /> <br /> ESTC R224672 ; WING C-6169. s.i. unknown
200726336Paris: L'Harmattan 2007. Very Good. Paris: L'Harmattan 2007. New Revised Edition. Octavo; 556pp. French-language throughout. Printed white glossy wraps. Covers lightly shelfworn but with no chips or tears. Spine straight and unbroken. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. <br /> <br /> Two typed signed letters by Veto to Edwards scholar Wilson Kimnach laid in -- the first dated December 22 1991 on Universite de Rennes I letterhead is a warm and chatty Christmas greeting with some discussion of translation. The second dated March 16 1992 by the envelope's postmark and on Center of Theological Inquiry letterhead encloses a copy of another letter to University of Illinois Press editor Richard Martin about a possible translation of Veto's Edwards book and asking Kimnach to send along a note to Martin on Veto's behalf. An English translation would finally appear in 2021 from Wipf and Stock Publishers the year after Veto's death with Kimnach providing the foreword. L'Harmattan unknown
183729448Boston: Hilliard Gray & Co 1837. Very Good. Boston: Hilliard Gray & Co. 1837. First Edition. Octavo. 373 pp. Engraved series title page with Edwards portrait ; facsimile letters to start of each section. Full contemporary calf with black leather labels to spine; marbled endpapers. Ex-library with no external markings; institutional bookplate and stamp E.C. Scranton Memorial Library Madison CT and remains of card pocket to endpapers. Boards lightly edgeworn with flaking and scuffing to edges and spine. Binding is sound. Recent ownership stamp to flyleaf and mild spotting to interior else pages unmarked. Very Good. <br /> <br /> Volume VIII of The Library of American Biography. Hilliard, Gray & Co unknown
185212793London: James Nisbet & Co 1852. Very Good. London: James Nisbet & Co. 1852. First Edition. Octavo; 46 pp. Formerly in blue paper wraps -- removed and absent with remnants to rear along spine. Light edgewear with some toning. Small ink nonce volume notation at head of title page.<br /> <br /> Uncommon work of prophecy arguing the chronology of the Gentile age. Du Puget asserts Louis Napoleon as the Antichrist and puts 1866 as the year in which Satan will be "bound and shut up in the bottomless pit" and "Blessedness on Earth" follows. No copies in retail at time of this writing and institutional holdings found at the British Library National Library of Scotland and Cambridge University only. James Nisbet & Co unknown
177332736Paris: Merlin 1773. Very Good. Paris: Chez Merlin Libraire rue de la Harpe à Saint-Joseph 1773. First Edition. Two volumes in one; octavo 20.5cm; contemporary calf over paper-covered boards tan gilt spine label; 4xxiv318; 42471pp. collated complete; woodcut head- and tail-pieces throughout. Moderate wear to margins front joint starting to crack but holding brief leather flaking to spine paper chipped along upper cover fore-edge contemporary library's manuscript note on front free endpaper listing similar epic poems devoted to Louis IX 20th-century Bordeaux bookseller ticket to front pastedown; a Very Good internally clean and sound copy. <br /> <br /> Quite uncommon epic poem devoted to the French King Louis IX who reigned from 1226 until his death in 1270. Known as both Saint Louis and the Monk King he is the country's only canonized monarch. The work here is divided into twelve cantos each of which is followed by the author's lengthy historical notes. <br /> <br /> OCLC locates one copy in North America as of April 2025 at UC Irvine. Merlin unknown
169021373Paris: N. Bonnart 1690. Very Good. Paris: N. Bonnart ca. 1690. First Edition. 12mo 15.5cm.; armorial binding of Madame de Maintenon full crimson morocco adorned with her coat-of-arms on both covers triple-ruled in gilt with diminutive repeating rampant lions at each corner elaborate gilt spine in six compartments all edges gilt marbled endpapers; 100pp.; illus. and calligraphic text printed entirely from copper-plates this copy featuring the more often-found depiction of an empty cross within a crown of thorns printed on title page verso. Light rubbing to extremities brief discoloration to upper cover from exposure to damp inoffensive surface abrasion to front pastedown from previously-removed ex libris slightly later ink note in Latin to front flyleaf else a Very Good or better copy of an exquisite production in a desirable presentation binding. Though dedication signed in text "N.D.T." a sermon of this title can be found in the complete works of Jacques Bénigne Bossuet 1627-1704 tutor of the same children to whom Maintenon had served as governess.<br /> <br /> Small and beautifully-produced prayer book dedicated to Madame de Maintenon 1635-1719 by then the morganatic not-so-secret second wife of Louis XIV published for the use of the Maison Royale de Saint-Louis a boarding school Maintenon founded in St. Cyr for the education of the orphans and children of the poorer French nobility. The text printed entirely from copper-plates is interspersed with delicate vignettes of flowers views of the French countryside and soothing religious imagery the lamb asleep on the cross details presumably dotting the text to keep Maintenon's wards engaged while deep in prayer.<br /> <br /> Volumes bound in the Maintenon armorial bindings are relatively scarce their owner having not organized any semblance of a personal library until quite late in life. Though married to the king of France for over thirty years Madame de Maintenon née Françoise d'Aubigné later Madame Scarron came from a modest background she never forsook. Raised in the Calvinist church the young Aubigné was orphaned at an early age and subsequently educated in an Ursuline convent where she converted to Catholicism her devotion to the Church one of her most notable qualities throughout her long and increasingly illustrious career. By the time she reached womanhood her straitened circumstances led her to marry the significantly older and paralytic author Monsieur Scarron noting that "I have entered a union in which the heart requires little and the body in truth nothing at all" my translation. Widowed within less than a decade the beautiful and pious Madame Scarron had by now seduced the French nobility at court and was quickly summoned by the Marquise de Montespan to be governess to the children she had borne Louis XIV out of wedlock. It was in this role that she caught the king's attention who bestowed upon her the money which she used to purchase the Chateau de Maintenon as well as the title of Marquise de Maintenon. During the decade of the 1670s the king spent more and more of his time with his children's governess causing a predictable rupture between her and the Marquise de Montespon though Maintenon forever avowed that she never stooped to the level of mistress. In 1683 Louis XIV and Madame de Maintenon were married in a secret ceremony and while she never filled the role of Queen of France she was the king's chief advisor until the end of his days. See Ernest Quentin-Bauchart "Les Femmes Bibliophiles de France" 1886 pp. 269-272.<br /> <br /> A note about the binding: The example of the Maintenon coat-of-arms depicted on this volume not listed in Olivier-Hermal-Roton presumably having been produced specially for this the dedication copy--the British Library notes a similar example of another unique cut on their dedication copy of Cordemoy's "Divers Traitez de Controverse" 1701. N. Bonnart unknown
K80290Manuscript on laid paper with watermark from around 1490: Zwolle Deventer or Antwerp: letter p quatrefoil lily to left. Total pagesize 27 x 185 cm. Middle age Dutch Middelnederlandse tekst.NL Getranscribeerde tekst van linker kolom eerste regels: . Ende als die enghel die herdekijns die boetsca ghebracht hadde. Quam daer een grote scare van enghelen bi hem danckeden ende loveden gode ende songhen desen sanck Gloria in excelsis deo. Dat is al dus vele te segghen in Dietsche Lof ende ere sy hier boven inden oversten. Ende vrede moet sijn in eertrike den menschen die daer sijn van goede wille. Al dus dan so hebben alle creaturen Christus Jesus gheert doen hi wert gheboren.Verder in de tekst: god zoen heiligen kerst menschelike natuer onboet onse moeder evengelium evangelist Matheus beschrijft heilighe kerke Blijscap ewighen levens johannis primo licht der menschen duisternis donkerheden evangelie domicianus padmos bidden biscopen fonteynen dorstich Coninc III honger sterven ongelovige mensen Dabelius Duvel sint Jan epistelen canoniken kersten Sint Marcus Matheus Lucas vander menscheit sermoen Domicianus Jan die met droefenisse in ellende tot padmos Patmos gezend wasdaar mede te vesten en te sterken ende die onghelove daer mede moghen weder staen out en cranc was sprac hem Sint Jan toe drie daghen vasten etc. <em>Patmos</em>. rotsachtig eil. a/d W.-kust v. Kl.-Azië waar de apostel Johannes op hoogen leeftijd verblijf zou hebben gehouden. unknown
181725884Hudson N.Y.: Ashbel Stoddard 1817. Very Good. Hudson N.Y.: Ashbel Stoddard 1817. First Edition. 12mo; full contemporary calf gilt-lettered spine label; 264pp. Some scuffing to leather extremities and a few surface scars to both boards spine label starting to separate textblock uniformly toned 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown else Very Good internally sound.<br /> <br /> Refutation against a tract first published in 1815 by the Methodist itinerant minister Nathan Bangs in which he criticized Calvinist doctrine stating instead that humans did possess a will to accept or reject God's salvation. This title quite uncommon with none in the trade or auction record as of March 2023. Ashbel Stoddard unknown
