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167317407AB1673. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antverp 1673. 36 : 215 cm. Pre-title engraved title with big etching 2 leaves 296 pages 11 leaves; Title 297 pages 13 leaves; pre-title title 326 pages 11 leaves. Contemporary vellum handwritten title on spine. A latin translation of Pallavicino's history of the Council of Trient revised and edited by G.B. Giattini after Italien original. With the beautiful title-engraving by P. Killian. - De Baker-Sommervogel III 1398 39 and VI 130 21. hardcover
167632685Mirandola: s.i. 1676. Very Good. Mirandola: s.i. 1676. 12mo; original drab card wrappers retaining original leather ties; 24226pp. collated complete. Wrappers a bit rubbed at margins and rather heavily soiled especially rear cover occasional internal soil else a Very Good still quite sturdy example leaves untrimmed in the original temporary binding. <br /> <br /> Posthumous edition of this minor work by the Catholic friar humanist and Galileo collaborator Paolo Sarpi 1552-1623. Here Sarpi delineates the history of ecclesiastical almsgiving a seemingly harmless topic from someone who frequently found himself scrapping with the Catholic Church. s.i. unknown
1687496987London: Thomas Chapman 1687. . 32 716 pages a few small insect holes to margins of a few early and late pages. Presumed original binding has wear to spine and cracking to hinges. Leather. Good. Thomas Chapman Hardcover
169130777Paris: Chez Estienne Michaelet premier Imprimeur du Roy tue S. Jacques proche la Fontaine saint Severin 1691. Very Good. Paris: Chez Estienne Michaelet premier Imprimeur du Roy tue S. Jacques proche la Fontaine saint Severin 1691. Later Edition. 12mo. 24 514 2 515-542pp. Full contemporary calf; five raised bands gilt decoration and leather title label to spine; edges sprayed red. Spine ends chipped; wear with exposure to edges; general scuffing. Binding sound. Stamp and inscriptions from the Congregation of Notre Dame of Verdun to preliminaries and title interior else unmarked. Overall a worn but still Very Good copy of an early reprint from the prolific Jesuit writer. Nepveu's works were often translated and reprinted though copies published in his lifetime fairly scarce in retail. Chez Estienne Michaelet premier Imprimeur du Roy, tue S. Jacques, proche la Fontaine saint Severin 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
163530585Antverpiae Antwerp: Ioannem Joannem Meursium 1635. Very Good-. Antverpiae: Ioannem Meursium 1635. Four titles bound in one volume. Small octavo 16cm.; 19th-century paste-paper boards manuscript spine label all edges stained red; mixed pagination all titles collated complete; Jesuit device on title pages of first two titles woodcut initials throughout. Ex-library institution unknown with spine call number crudely painted over brief internal markings boards quite scuffed with exposure along margins spine label toned late 19th- or early 20th-century ownership rubberstamp of a Rev. H.J. Heuser of Overbrook PA presumably with his pencil and occasional ink marginalia throughout most notably on final free endpaper. Overall Good to Very Good internally sound. <br /> <br /> Contents also include two short Jesuit pieces without title pages: "Ordinatio pro Studiis Superioribus" by Francisco Piccolomineo 1651 and "Regulae Patris qui Congregationi B. Virginis Praest. Ioannem [Joannem] Meursium unknown
169016910AB1690. Wittenberg 1690. 19 : 16 cm. 24 pages. Half cloth from the 19th century. Der Pietismus ist eine seit der zweiten Hälfte des 17. Jahrhunderts in Erscheinung getretene Frömmigkeitsbewegung mit einem auf die christliche Spiritualität gesetzten Schwerpunkt und zugleich nach der Reformation die wichtigste Reformbewegung im kontinentaleuropäischen Protestantismus. - Text Latein und Deutsch. - VD17 14:010200W hardcover
164546316Parigi Paris: Appresso Nicolo Redelichuysen nella strada di S. Giacomo alla Croce d'Oro 1645. Very Good. Parigi Paris: Appresso Nicolo Redelichuysen nella strada di S. Giacomo alla Croce d'Oro 1645. First Thus "nuovamente raccolte insieme." Folio 44cm; full contemporary calf; six raised bands gilt stamping and red leather title label to spine; edges sprayed red; 12 172 6 673 2pp. collated and complete. Boards worn and scuffed; cracked along joints but holding firm; remnants of bookplate to front pastedown; previous owner has written in pen "From the estate of Henry Bentivoglio Middleton" to preliminaries; overall a Very Good copy of the statesman and historian's works including his history of relations between France and Flanders and the Flanders War. Appresso Nicolo Redelichuysen, nella strada di S. Giacomo, alla Croce d'Oro unknown
163720946Parisiis: Apud Ioannem Iost 1637. Very Good -. Parisiis: Apud Ioannem Iost 1637. Editio Quarta. Thick quarto; full contemporary triple-ruled sheep unadorned spine in five compartments all edges speckled red retaining original endpapers as well as a wastepaper front free endpaper; 4101161pp.; engraved title page vignette and head- and tail-pieces text printed in double columns. Leather somewhat edge worn with some exposure of boards rear cover has a few surface scratches this copy unfortunately bound without the 28pp. introductory index else an About Very Good copy in a compellingly crude contemporary binding. This edition published in the same year that Caussin a French Jesuit held the post of confessor to Louis XIII. Apud Ioannem Iost unknown
169732088Paris: Edme Couterot 1697. Very Good. Paris: Chez Edme Couterot rue S. Jacques au bon Pasteur 1697. Nouvelle Edition revue & corrigée par l'Auteur. 12mo; full contemporary calf gilt spine in six compartiments; 48500pp. collated complete; woodcut title page emblem initials head- and tail-pieces. Ex-Congregation de Notre Dame de Verdun with their rubber-stamp to title page contemporary manuscript ownership inscriptions to title page recto and verso moderate wear to leather margins with brief exposure at corners lacking front free endpaper else a Very Good sound copy overall. Edme Couterot unknown
168430757Oxonii Oxford: E Theatro Sheldoniano 1684. Very Good. Oxonii Oxford: E Theatro Sheldoniano 1684. First Edition. Thick octavo 21cm.; contemporary speckled paneled calf spine in five compartments with brown gilt-lettered spine label all edges stained red; 18912238pp. collated presumed complete; engraved vignette on title page of the Sheldonian Theatre. Ex-library institute unknown with faint manuscript markings directly to spine and small rubber-stamp to front pastedown leather a bit scuffed and dried along spine edges with brief cracking to upper joint 18th-century ownership signatures of Ida Grey and Thomas de Grey to front free endpaper and title page else a Very Good mostly fresh and sound copy. <br /> <br /> One of just two scholarly works published in the lifetime of English theologian and scholar Thomas Spark 1655-1692. As a clergyman of the Church of England Spark was admitted to a prebend in the church of Rochester a few years before his untimely death: "He died on 7 Sept. 1692 at Bath whither he had gone to drink the waters" DNB. His contemporaries attributed his death to "his excesses and too much Agitation obtaining Spiritualities" Wood "Ath. Oxon.".<br /> <br /> The present work is a scholarly edition of the works of early Christian theologian Lactantius ca. 240-320 CE. Thomas Hearne contemporary of Spark's deemed it "a poor Performance the Text being very incorrect and the Notes from MSS. very mean he having taken no pains to collate them accurately." <br /> <br /> Overall a reassuring reminder that shoddy scholarship has been around for a long time and can endure for centuries after the scholar's demise. <br /> <br /> ESTC R014307; WING L-139; see also the DNB XVIII p. 719 and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. E Theatro Sheldoniano unknown
167630876Paris: Edme Couterot 1676. Very Good. Paris: Edme Couterot 1676. Two volumes bound in one; 12mo 16 cm; xx4751; 12394pp. Collated complete. Boards full bound in contemporary mottled calf with gilt stamping to spine. Edges speckled red. Front board corners worn shelfwear to bottom margin and tail of spine has minor loss and is pulling away from book block. General scuffing and scratching to boards with creases to spine. Generally dust soiled. No front endsheets. Pasted contemporary manuscript to first pastedown and bottom of page xx and contemporary manuscript to last free endsheet. Piece cut away from title page which also has a library stamp brief pencil and a small paper repair. Pages lightly foxed throughout with some corners torn but overall a Very Good copy. <br /> <br /> The Spiritual Works of Mr. Thomas Becasse Prior of Chapelle-la-Reyne to help guide good Christians in their faith. Two volumes bound as one. Edme Couterot unknown
162831002Lyon: Claude Rigaud & Claude Obert 1628. Very Good. Lyon: Chez Claude Rigaud & Claude Obert 1628. Volume one only. Small thick octavo 17.5cm.; original unadorned parchment; 1271553pp. collated presume complete; engraved title page woodcut initials head- and tail-pieces throughout. Parchment rather soiled and worn at margins with biopredation and small losses to rear cover spine darkened three contemporary and slightly later ownership inscriptions to front pastedown free endpaper and title page else a Very Good internally clean copy. The first volume only bound without the subsequent two shorter volumes as found in the Lyon copy.<br /> <br /> Rare French language edition of the Jesuit theologian Francisco de Ribera's hagiography of Carmelite nun and mystic Terese of Ãvila 1515-1582 to whom Ribera acted as confessor. This edition with the lovely title page printed within an architectural engraved frame depicting Saints Mary and Joseph and the infant Jesus two angels above them displaying the symbol of the Society of Jesus. <br /> <br /> BM Lyon only in OCLC as of October 2024. Claude Rigaud & Claude Obert unknown
165532734Paris: Vefve Veuve de Sebastien Hure et Sebastien Hure 1655. Very Good-. Paris: Chez la Vefve Veuve de Sebastien Hure et Sebastien Hure rue S. Jacques au Coeur bon 1655. First Edition. Octavo 18.5cm; full contemporary calf gilt spine in six compartments; 10468pp.; woodcut initials head- and tail-pieces throughout. Leather quite worn at margins with early and pleasingly crude stitching along bottom joint of upper cover and both upper cover corners top half of front joint also split though holding spine cocked contemporary ownership inscriptions to front pastedown and free endpaper Marie Claude of Lusage and the sisters of the Congregation de Notre Dame de Versailles two 19th-century rubber-stamps to title page else a Good to Very Good example internally clean and sound. <br /> <br /> Biography of the late Visitation Nun Marie Aimee de Blonay 1590-1650. De Blonay was the daughter of a notable Savoyard family--her father Claude de Blonay was the co-Lord of Saint Paul and an associate of Saint Francis de Sales uncle of the author of this biography Charles Auguste. Marie de Blonay's career began inauspiciously--her entry into the Order of the Visitation recently founded by Francis de Sales was delayed by the brutal murder of her brother who was ambushed and stabbed to death by the son of a rival family. The tragedy occurred while his father was abroad and the body was brought instead to his sister Marie. <br /> <br /> Marie did eventually enter the rapidly expanding Order of the Visitation where she first worked as a nurse before being named Superieure of the Monastere de Lyon.<br /> <br /> OCLC locates two copies in North America as of April 2025 at Johns Hopkins and BYU. Vefve [Veuve] de Sebastien Hure et Sebastien Hure unknown
167032689Amstelodami Amsterdam: Sumptibus Andreae Frisii Andreas Frisius 1670. Very Good. Amstelodami Amsterdam: Sumptibus Andreae Frisii Andreas Frisius 1670. Two volumes bound in one; 12mo; full contemporary blind-embossed parchment faint manuscript spine titling; 1222725; 12517pp. both volumes collated complete; added engraved half title page to first volume two folding plates steel engravings throughout text. Parchment uniformly dust-soiled brief ink dash across upper cover else Very Good internally clean and sound. <br /> <br /> Posthumous editions of two works by the Italian Catholic Bishop and historian brought out by the Dutch publisher Andreas Frisius known for issuing such stylishly-illustrated Latin works in the 1660s and '70s. Sumptibus Andreae Frisii [Andreas Frisius] unknown
161531081Paris: Antoine Estiene 1615. Very Good-. Paris: Par Antoine Estiene Imprimeur du Roy 1615. First Edition. Quarto 24cm.; later mustard paper-covered boards; 41142pp.; printer's woodcut device to title page initials head- and tail-pieces throughout. Top half of spine starting to separate with small loss at spine crown boards a bit unevenly toned and lightly damp stained soil along joint gutters fairly extensive contemporary underlining throughout; a Good to Very Good internally sound copy.<br /> <br /> Uncommon printed edition of a speech delivered by the French Roman Catholic Cardinal du Perron 1556-1618 before the states-general. Du Perron a staunch ultramontanist argued forcefully against a proposed oath to the crown that had been introduced to the Estates General. <br /> <br /> LINDSAY & NEU 3328. Antoine Estiene unknown
1628011904Lyon: Laurentii Durand 1628. Limp Vellum. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall limp vellum title printed in red & black with engraved illustration. Book Condition Good some browning & spotting small crack in vellum on spine. <br/> <br/> Laurentii Durand hardcover
167031507Antverpiae Antwerp: Sumptibus Andreae Frisii / Andreas Frisius 1670. Very Good-. Antverpiae Antwerp: Sumptibus Andreae Frisii Andrea Frisius 1670. "Editio novissima aucta emendata & figuris aeneis exornata." 24mo 13cm.; full 19th-century brown morocco gilt spine in five compartments; 3615820pp. collated complete; added engraved title page and eighteen engraved illustrations in text mostly full-paged. Ex-St. Michael's Monastery with their usual markings leather slightly rubbed worm-holing along bottom margin of most of the textblock not quite touching text else a Good to Very Good internally clean and sound copy. <br /> <br /> Generously-illustrated study of the crucifixion by Belgian Augustin monk Cornelius Curtius 1590-1638 adorned with a myriad of representations of Christ on the cross as well as depictions of the nails used and views of the crucified feet from the side and from above. Sumptibus Andreae Frisii / Andreas Frisius unknown
168147056Moguntiae Mainz: Typis Ludovici Bourgeat 1681. Very Good-. Moguntiae Mainz Germany: Typis Ludovici Bourgeat 1681. First Edition. Smallish thick quarto; 19th century parchment over marbled paper-covered boards brown gilt spine label; 1692448pp.collated complete; woodcut device to title page initials head- and tail-pieces throughout. Boards a bit scuffed and worn at margins ex-19th century seminary library with usual markings; Very Good and sound overall. <br /> <br /> Substantial collection of the religious writings of Flemish theologian Christianus Lupus 1612-1681 dedicated to Pope Innocent XI and published the same year the author's death. Typis Ludovici Bourgeat unknown
168531054A Paris: Chez la Veuve d'Edme Martin & Jean Boudot rue Saint Jacques au Soleil d'or & au Sacrifice d'abel 1685. Very Good. A Paris: Chez la Veuve d'Edme Martin & Jean Boudot. rue Saint Jacques au Soleil d'or & au Sacrifice d'Abel 1685. Latest edition revised and corrected. Quarto. 16; 604; 20pp. collated and complete. Contemporary calf; five raised bands and gilt tooling to spine; edges sprayed red. Boards rather worn with exposure to edges and cracks to spine ends. Nevertheless secure in binding. Ex-Congregation de Notre Dame Verdun with their rubber stamp to title page and a few ink annotations to preliminaries. Mild creasing and spotting to a few leaves else unmarked; a Very Good copy. <br /> <br /> Marie Cramoisy widow of Edme Martin took over the printing house after his death in 1670. In 1677 however she entrusted the printing to her son Gabriel Martin while she continued to run the bookstore. Books under the imprint of Chez la Veuve d'Edme Martin were published throughout the 1680s though so clearly her influence endured and she continued to work with her son and son-in-law Jean Boudot.<br /> <br /> Bibale 60538. Chez la Veuve d'Edme Martin, & Jean Boudot, rue Saint Jacques, au Soleil d'or, & au Sacrifice d'abel unknown
162230902Dilingae: Udalricum Rem 1622. Very Good. Dilingae: Apud Udalricum Rem 1622. Later Edition. Small 12mo 13.5cm.; full contemporary parchment manuscript spine titling all edges speckled; 2140pp.; woodcut device to title page and initials throughout. Parchment soiled especially along bottom half of spine and rear cover textblock rather foxed else a Very Good sound copy overall.<br /> <br /> Small collection of Jesuit poetry compiled by the Jesuit astronomer-cosmographer Charles Malapert 1581-1630. Udalricum Rem unknown
160530767Venetia Venice: Presso Marco degli Alberti 1605. Very Good. Venetia Venice: Presso Marco degli Alberti Alla Libraria della Speranza 1605. New Corrected Edition. Small octavo; full contemporary parchment contemporary manuscript spine title all edges stained blue; 1699pp.; woodcut title page vignette initials head- and tail-pieces. Light scuffing and soil to parchment small gouge to upper cover fore-edge else a Very Good fresh and sound example.<br /> <br /> Updated edition of this guide to good pious living and happiness by the Florentine academic Giovanni Battista Gelli 1498-1563. Presso Marco degli Alberti unknown
165330972Duaci Douai: Typis Viduae Marci Wion 1653. Very Good. Duaci Douai: Typis Viduae Marci Wion sub signo Phoenicis 1653. Small octavo 16cm.; full contemporary parchment manuscript spine title all edges stained blue; 162382pp. collated complete; woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces. Parchment a bit dust-soiled spine darkened small worm-holes to binding and rather extensive worm-holing to early leaves of textblock most notably title page contemporary manuscript ownership inscription on title page crossed out but still mostly legible textblock toned due to inferior paper quality else a Very Good sound copy overall. <br /> <br /> Unrecorded hagiography of William X Duke of Aquitaine 1099-1137 known as The Saint. The work was penned by a Samuel Buirette a member of the Order of Friars Minor whose only other works included hagiographies St. Francis and St. Joan of Valois. Printed by the widow of Marcus Wion of the northern French city of Douai. <br /> <br /> No copies of this edition in OCLC Library Hub or KVK as of October 2024 though we find a 1648 edition printed by the Widow Wion under a slightly title. Typis Viduae Marci Wion unknown
168112795London: R. Baldwyn 1681. Good. London: R. Baldwyn 1681. First Edition. Small quarto; removed pamphlet with perished stitching and gatherings subsequently loose; 40pp. A-E4. Extremities rather toned and dust-soiled; Good overall. <br /> <br /> Scathing religious tract questionably attributed to the early Whig politician Anthony Ashley Cooper First Earl of Shaftesbury 1621-1683. The tract excoriates what the author deemed to be a Popish trend in recent publications and includes shoulder annotations of the pamphlets under attack. Published in 1681 the same year as Shaftesbury's arrest for suspicion of high treason the pamphlet exists in three states no precedence. This copy with p. 18 beginning with "tions" and no errata on p. 40. <br /> <br /> ESTC R235145; WING I73. R. Baldwyn unknown
168517775AB1685. Straßburg Staedel & Spoor 1685. 34 : 21 cm. Titelkupfer 4 Blatt 148 320 Seiten Seiten 1 - 44 1 w. Blatt Seiten 45 - 339 340 - 377 98 Seiten 34 Blatt Register mit zusammen 17 teils doppelblattgroßen Kupfern Lederband der Zeit Rückenschild. Erste Ausgabe. - Mit dem Anhang 'Chronica de principibvs terrae Bavarorvm'. Die teils doppelblatt großen teils gefalteten Kupfer zeigen Münzen Medaillen Portraits etc. und einige Textholzschnitte. - Der von Johann Heinrich Boeckler herausgegebene Sammelband zur Geschichte Kaiser Friedrichs III. versammelt neben dem Werk Aenea Silvio Piccolominis des späteren Papstes Pius II. auch zahlreiche mittelalterliche Quellentexte zur Geschichte des Kaisertums unter den Karolingern wie auch im Hochmittelalter z. B. Dichtungen über Karl den Großen Albert von Stade. - Stellenweise gebräunt bzw. fleckig die Kupfer sauber und fleckenfrei; Einband teils berieben und bestoßen. unknown