LEVESQUE [Pierre-Charles]:Livre Rare Book
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17829809A Paris, chez Debure l'aîné, 1782. 7 volumes in-12 de [2]-XLVIII-442; [4]-516; 570; [4]-548; [4]-565-[3]; [4]-LX;537 et [4]VII-497-[3] pages, plein veau moucheté, dos lisses ornés de filets, fleurons, encadrements et titre dorés, étiquettes de titre bordeaux et de tomaison vertes, triple filet doré encadrant les plats, simple sur les coupes, tranches rouges. Quelques épidermures, la coiffe sup. manque au second volume et souffre d'un petit manque au premier, rares rousseurs, 2 cahiers très légèrement déboîtés au volume 3, accroc au mors inférieur du vol. 7.
1771647971771. Amsterdam 1771. 2nd Dutch ed. Amsterdam 1771. 2nd Dutch ed. Early Amsterdam Edition of Catherine's Nakaz Catherine II 1762-1796 Empress of Russia. Instruction de Sa Majeste Imperiale Catherine II. Pour la Commission Chargee de Dresser le Projet d'un Nouveau Code de Loix. Amsterdam: Chez Marc Michel Rey 1771. vii 229 pp. Frontispiece engraved copperplate medallion portrait of Catherine II by C.A. Boily. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-3/4"; 19.68 x 12.06 cm. Contemporary mottled calf blind rules to boards gilt spine with lettering piece edges rouged marbled endpapers. A few minor scuffs to boards moderate rubbing to extremities spine ends worn front joint starting at ends corners bumped and somewhat worn. Light toning to text dampstaining and light foxing to a few leaves internally clean. An attractive copy. $1250. Second Dutch edition. This important text also known as the Nakaz or Instruction is a statement of legal principles written by Catherine II from 1764 and 1766. Permeated with the ideas of the French Enlightenment and copied mostly from the work of Voltaire Montesquieu and Beccaria it was compiled as a guide for the All-Russia Legislative Commission convened by the Empress in 1767 to create a new code to replace the 1649 Muscovite Code. Revised in consultation with Beccaria Frederick the Great and Voltaire the Nakaz proclaimed the equality of all men before the law and disapproved of death penalty and torture. Unfortunately her proposed code was never completed. Catherine's manuscript was written in French and she later produced a Russian translation. Editions in German and Russian were published in Moscow in 1767. Several editions followed in nations ranging from Italy to Latvia. The first Dutch edition in Dutch translation was published in Amsterdam in 1769. The 1771 Amsterdam edition was the first Dutch edition in French. This is a scarce imprint. OCLC locates 2 copies in North American law libraries Library of Congress UC-Berkeley. Butler and Tomsinov Eds. The Nakaz of Catherine the Great 528 entry 28. unknown
1771648601771. Amsterdam: Chez Marc Michel Rey 1771. Amsterdam: Chez Marc Michel Rey 1771. Attractive Early Amsterdam Edition of Catherine's Nakaz Catherine II 1762-1796 Empress of Russia. Instruction de Sa Majeste Imperiale Catherine II. Pour la Commission Chargee de Dresser le Projet d'un Nouveau Code de Loix. Amsterdam: Chez Marc Michel Rey 1771. vii 229 pp. Copperplate portrait frontispiece. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". Later patterned-paper covered boards calf lettering piece to spine patterned endpapers. Minor wear to spine ends and corners front joint starting at ends. Negligible light toning to text dampstaining to bottom and fore-edges of text block very faint in most places in preliminaries somewhat darker. A nice copy. $1250. Second Dutch edition. This important text also known as the Nakaz or Instruction is a statement of legal principles written by Catherine II from 1764 and 1766. Permeated with the ideas of the French Enlightenment and copied mostly from the work of Voltaire Montesquieu and Beccaria it was compiled as a guide for the All-Russia Legislative Commission convened by the Empress in 1767 to create a new code to replace the 1649 Muscovite Code. Revised in consultation with Beccaria Frederick the Great and Voltaire the Nakaz proclaimed the equality of all men before the law and disapproved of the death penalty and torture. Unfortunately her proposed code was never completed. Catherine's manuscript was written in French and she later produced a Russian translation. Editions in German and Russian were published in Moscow in 1767. Several editions followed in nations ranging from Italy to Latvia. The first Dutch edition in Dutch translation was published in Amsterdam in 1769. The 1771 Amsterdam edition was the first Dutch edition in French. It is a scarce imprint. OCLC locates 2 copies in North American law libraries Library of Congress UC-Berkeley. Butler The Nakaz of Catherine the Great 528 entry 28. unknown
1771648601771. Early Amsterdam Edition of Catherine's Nakaz Catherine II 1762-1796 Empress of Russia. Instruction de Sa Majeste Imperiale Catherine II. Pour la Commission Chargee de Dresser le Projet d'un Nouveau Code de Loix. Amsterdam: Chez Marc Michel Rey 1771. vii 229 pp. Copperplate portrait frontispiece. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-3/4". Later patterned-paper covered boards calf lettering piece to spine patterned endpapers. Minor wear to spine ends and corners front joint starting at ends. Negligible light toning to text dampstaining to bottom and fore-edges of text block very faint in most places in preliminaries somewhat darker. A nice copy. $1250. Second Dutch edition. This important text also known as the Nakaz or Instruction is a statement of legal principles written by Catherine II from 1764 and 1766. Permeated with the ideas of the French Enlightenment and copied mostly from the work of Voltaire Montesquieu and Beccaria it was compiled as a guide for the All-Russia Legislative Commission convened by the Empress in 1767 to create a new code to replace the 1649 Muscovite Code. Revised in consultation with Beccaria Frederick the Great and Voltaire the Instruction proclaimed the equality of all men before the law and disapproved of death penalty and torture. Unfortunately her proposed code was never completed. Catherine's manuscript was written in French and she later produced a Russian translation. Editions in German and Russian were published in Moscow in 1767. Several editions followed in nations ranging from Italy to Latvia. The first Dutch edition in Dutch translation was published in Amsterdam in 1769. The 1771 Amsterdam edition was the first Dutch edition in French. It is a scarce imprint. OCLC locates 2 copies in North American law libraries Library of Congress UC-Berkeley. Butler The Nakaz of Catherine the Great 528 entry 28. unknown books
17352334NORIMB. (NUREMBERG). HOMMANIANI HEREDES (LES HERITIERS D'HOMANN). 1735. GRANDE ET BELLE CARTE GEOGRAPHIQUE TRES DETAILLEE (96,5 X 58,5 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON, 104 X 61 AVEC LES MARGES) D'UNE REGION DE LA LITUANIE ET DE LA PRUSSE ORIENTALE, COLORIEE A LA MAIN D'EPOQUE, CARTOUCHE DONNANT LE TITRE DE LA CARTE, S'ETENDANT DE KLAIPEDA (MEMEL) DANS LE NORD A GOLDAP DANS LE SUD, TILSIT ET GUMBINNEN. AVEC UN PLAN DE LA VILLE DE GUMBINNEN, AUJOURD'HUI GUSEV, CONSTRUITE PAR FREDERIC-GUILLAUME 1° DE PRUSSE, APRES LES RAVAGES DE LA PESTE EN 1711. BEL ETAT.
17386066]. Mit gest. Frontispiz. Frankfurt u. Leipzig, J. L. Montag, Buchhändler in Regensburg, 1738. 8vo. (16,3 x 10,0 cm). 69 Bl., 816 S., 64 Bl. Register. Halbpergamentband d. Zt. mit Rückenschild u. Sprenkelpapierbezug.
1777668A Neuchatel, de l'Imprimerie de la Société Typographique, 1777. 2 parties en 1 vol. in-8 de (2)-286 pp. ; (2)-330 pp., demi-basane havane à petits coins, dos à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge (reliure de l'époque).
179843395A Paris, chez Gide, 1798-1799, an VII. 2 vol. in-8 de (4)-438 pp. ; (4)-432 pp., demi-basane blonde, dos lisses ornés de filets dorés (reliure de l'époque).
176713136Desaint Paris 1767 2 vol. 2 vol. in-12 de XXII 430 pp. et 2 ff.n.ch. III 324 pp. 2 ff.n.ch.; veau fauve de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison, tranches marbrées (petits accrocs sur deux coiffes).
178611167A Genève et à Paris, chez Barde, Manget & Comp./ chez Buisson, 1786. 2 volumes in-4 de [2]-VI-[2]-428 et [4]-382-[2] pages, demi-veau brun à coins, dos lisses ornés de filets, fleurons, roulettes, titre ("Voyage de Will: Coxe") et tomaison dorés, étiquettes de titre tabac, de tomaison brunes, tranches teintées vertes. Reliures un peu frottées, haut de 2 feuillets de table des matières déchirés, avec atteinte au texte, en fin du premier volume.
178414618Amsterdam 1784 3 vol. 4 parties en 3 vols in-8 de LVI 274 pp., 301 pp., 252 pp. et 208 pp.; plein veau marbré de l'époque, dos lisse orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison, triple filet doré en encadrement sur les plats, tranches jaspées.
175014523AB1750. Sta. Petersburg Academie Imp. des Scien et des Arts ca. 1750 48 : 69 cm Original engraving with text in Russien and Frenche below the image. Rare engraving of the Amphitheatre near St. Petersburg. unknown
1769647731769. Early French-Language Edition of Catherine's Nakaz Catherine II 1762-1796 Empress of Russia. Landres J. Rodolphe Frey de Translator. Instructions Adressees par Sa Majeste L'Imperatrice de Toutes les Russies: A la Commission Etablie Pour Travailler a L'Execution du Projet d'un Nouveau Code de Lois. Traduit de l'Allemand. "A Petersbourg" i.e. Yverdon Switzerland: s.n. 1769. 286 pp. 12mo. 6" x 4". Early quarter vellum over marbled boards untrimmed edges a few unopenened signatures. Light soiling corners lightly bumped and worn. Moderate toning to interior somewhat heavier in places some leaves have light foxing a few have light dampstaining to margins internally clean. Ex-library with a small inkstamp to title page. A handsome copy. $1000. Reissue of the first edition in French published by the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences for private distribution in 1769. This important text also known as the Nakaz or Instruction is a statement of legal principles written by Catherine II from 1764 and 1766. Permeated with the ideas of the French Enlightenment and copied mostly from the work of Voltaire Montesquieu and Beccaria it was compiled as a guide for the All-Russia Legislative Commission convened by the Empress in 1767 to create a new code to replace the 1649 Muscovite Code. Revised in consultation with Beccaria Frederick the Great and Voltaire the Instruction proclaimed the equality of all men before the law and disapproved of death penalty and torture. Unfortunately her proposed code was never completed. Catherine's manuscript was written in French and she later produced a Russian translation. Editions in German and Russian were published in Moscow in 1767. The book was initially banned in France because it was too liberal which is why the first French-language edition was produced in Switzerland with a false imprint. French and Latin editions were eventually published in 1770. OCLC locates 6 copies of this imprint in North American law libraries Columbia George Washington University Harvard Library of Congress UC-Berkeley Yale. Butler The Nakaz of Catherine the Great 531 Entry 40. unknown
1769647731769. Early French-Language Edition of Catherine's Nakaz Catherine II 1762-1796 Empress of Russia. Landres J. Rodolphe Frey de Translator. Instructions Adressees par Sa Majeste Instructions Adressees par Sa Majeste L'Imperatrice de Toutes les Russies L'Impratrice de Toutes les Russies: A la Commission Etablie Pour Travailler a L'Execution du Projet d'un Nouveau Code de Lois. Traduit de l'Allemand. "A Petersbourg" i.e. Yverdon Switzerland: s.n. 1769. 286 pp. 12mo. 6" x 4". Early quarter vellum over marbled boards untrimmed edges a few unopenened signatures. Light soiling corners lightly bumped and worn. Moderate toning somewhat heavier in places some leaves have light foxing a few have light dampstaining to margins internally clean. Ex-library. Small inkstamp to title page. A handsome copy. $1000. Reissue of the first edition in French published for by the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences for private distribution in 1769. This important text also known as the Nakaz or Instruction is a statement of legal principles written by Catherine II from 1764 and 1766. Permeated with the ideas of the French Enlightenment and copied mostly from the work of Voltaire Montesquieu and Beccaria it was compiled as a guide for the All-Russia Legislative Commission convened by the Empress in 1767 to create a new code to replace the 1649 Muscovite Code. Revised in consultation with Beccaria Frederick the Great and Voltaire the Instruction proclaimed the equality of all men before the law and disapproved of death penalty and torture. Unfortunately her proposed code was never completed. Catherine's manuscript was written in French and she later produced a Russian translation. Editions in German and Russian were published in Moscow in 1767. The book was initially banned in France because it was too liberal which is why the first French-language edition was produced in Switzerland with a false imprint. French and Latin editions were eventually published in 1770. OCLC locates 6 copies of this imprint in North American law libraries Columbia George Washington University Harvard Library of Congress UC-Berkeley Yale. Butler The Nakaz of Catherine the Great 531 Entry 40. unknown books
17218746La Haye, Jean van Duren, 1721. In-12 de [40]-242-[38] pages, dos lisse de maroquin rouge, orné de filets, fleurons et fleurs de lys dorés, plat de veau brun, roulette dorée encadrant les plats, filet doré sur les coupes, armes de Louis XV dorées au centre du premier plat. Ex-libris de la bibliothèque du comte Sergueï Dmitrievitch Cheremetiev, et du comte Nikolaï Dmitrievitch Cheremetiev (?).
170515301Van Poolsum Utrecht 1705 1 vol. In-12 de 8 ff.n.ch. 394 pp., pleine basane de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre (coiffe supérieure arasée), tranches jaspées.
176944953Lausanne, François Grasset & comp., 1769. In-8 de (2)-XIV pp. 1 f.bl. 204 pp. (mal chiffré 160), veau marbré, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
1730LBW-2256Amsterdam, Jean Covens et Corneille Mortier, [circa 1730]. 458 x 616 mm.
1740LBW-2276Amsterdam, Jean Covens et Corneille Mortier, circa 1740. En deux feuilles non jointes pouvant former une carte d'environ 980 x 620 mm.
1790PHO-2166Paris, de l’Imprimerie Royale, 1790. 2 volumes in-8° (20 × 12,5 cm), demi veau ivoire, dos lisse avec pièces de titre et tomaison maroquin noir, (6)-VII-1-280 pp. ; 4 ff., 380 pp., VI pp. d’errata. Illustré de deux cartes dépliantes (Kamtschatka ; Route de M. de Lesseps) manque la planche dépliante (Caravane kamtschadale). Petits défauts, coins usés
1794PHO-1908Paris, Maradan 1794, folio, demi basane et coins, dos lisse avec titre et tomaison, frottements, coins usés, coiffes arasées, frottements, ATLAS seul, en seconde édition de 105 planches (107), réparations à une planche, carte de Russie en 2 parties détachée.
179115429Société Typographique Berne 1791 2 vol. 2 vol. in-8 de 3 ff.n.ch. 591 pp. et 1 f.n.ch. 534 pp., plein veau raciné de l'époque, dos lisse orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison, guirlande dorée en encadrement sur les plats (coiffes supérieures usées).
1782LRB260303Carte de la Russie occidentale face p. 548 , tome 4 / carte de la Russie orientale face p. 528 tome 5 En tome 1, dix pages donnant la liste des souscripteurs. Excellent état de cette série rare de cinq volumes in-12° , reliure homogène en basane mouchetée, dos à nerfs, pièce de titre, pièce de tomaison. Tome 1 : un coin émoussé / Tome 2 : encoches de tête marquées / Tome 3 : coiffes épidermées , épidermures, petit manque en queue de plat recto, coins émoussés / Tome 4 : épidermures, coin recto en queue émoussé, manque sur 2 cm en queue de plat recto, manque plus petit en queue de plat verso / Tome 5 épidermures, coiffe de tête arasée. Lacet de soie rouge . Charnières impeccables sur tous les volumes. Tranches marbrées sur les trois côtés. Ex-libris à la plume du temps : POTIER. bien complet des deux cartes dépliante XLVIII- 442-516-570-548 [une carte]-565 [une carte] - 2ff° ff°.
17979125Altona, Leipzig, Georg Joachim Göschen, 1797. In-8 en feuilles de 160 pp., sous étui et chemise, pièce de titre (cartonnage moderne).
178514605Amsterdam 1785 2 vol. 4 parties en 2 vols in-8 de2 ff.n.ch. XX 136 pp. et 2 ff.n.ch. 156 pp., 2 ff.n.ch. 138 pp. et 2 ff.n.ch. 106 pp.; demi-maroquin grain long de l'époque, dos lisse richement orné, tranches jaunes.
