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1979UBOUMEM00EFArms and Armour Press 1979. Very Good. Bourgogne Adrien Jean Baptiste Francois. The Memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne 1812-1813. Cottin translator Paul; Henault translator Maurice; Chandler foreword David G. London: Arms and Armour Press 1979. 355pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed and bumped edges a few tiny spots and a light stain on rear cover. Last few pages are faintly rippled. Light stains along top edge. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with lightly rubbed and bumped edges and faint yellowing on rear panel. Inside panels are lightly yellowed and stained not affecting outward appearance. Arms and Armour Press hardcover books
1979UBOUMEM00MELHippocrene 1979. Very Good. Bourgogne. The Memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne 1812-1813. Cottin editor Paul; Henault editor Maurice. New York: Hippocrene 1979. 355pp. 8vo. Navy cloth. Book condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Hippocrene hardcover books
186841472Paris: Impr. impériale 1868. Offprint. Paper wrappers. A very good unopened uncut copy in a plain paper wrapper. 97-108 pp. 8vo. Impr. impériale unknown books
19879020511London: Folio 1987. Hardcover. Near fine. Bound in the publisher's original decorated cloth over boards spine stamped in gilt. Illustrated throughout. Housed in a slipcase. <br/><br/> Folio hardcover books
1899WN67472New York: Doubleday & McClure Company 1899. Green cloth with black and yellow lettering and vignettes. Wear on edges and joints. In protective mylar jacket. Memoirs from 1812-13 particularly regarding the campaign in Russia. . First American. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mil. Hist. Doubleday & McClure Company Hardcover books
1775WB15516Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert 1775. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo; full contemporary mottled calf. 4 96 413 5pp. half-title. engraved folding plates numbered to 37 bound in at rear. A very nice copy. <br/><br/> Charles-Antoine Jombert hardcover books
1712D6153Augsburg: Druckts Johann Jacob Lotter 1712. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 185 x 154mm. 113pp. Added engraved title depicting three female allegories of Vanity Fortitude and Truth by Theodor Johannes van Merlen after Abraham van Diepenbeeck is that of the first edition 1639. 50 engraved emblems by Andries Pauli in clear impressions and an Epilogus not present in the first. Clements text printed below each emblem from a second engraved plate. Roman letter and some italic in Latin and German verse on opposite pages. Letterpress dedication by Clement dated 1665. Modern half vellum over tree-calf spine stamped in gilt Probier stein titled somewhat toned marginal dampstaining and some foxing throughout. Ex-libris of I.H. Epstein. <br/><br/>Early German translation of Antoine de Bourgognes great Flemish emblem book on Vices and Vanity Mundi Lapis Lydius sive Vanitas per Veritatem Falsi. Antwerp: 1639; the text in this edition also printed in Latin. Divided into fifty chapters the book provides a dual commentary over subjects as diverse as memory marriage political power fame and eating habits. As de Bourgogne argues in the preface poor judgment can allow vain conclusions to be drawn from truth. De Bourgognes recognizes these human tendencies and his commentary reveals to readers not only which he takes to be true but instructs them how to arrive at truthfulness for themselves. The charming illustrations intend to guide us toward moral behavior yet they also give detailed glimpses into domestic and social scenes of the time. Each emblem is followed by text elaborating on the general lesson; a vain belief and its reality describing the scene untruthfully vanitas the other its reality veritas. For instance surrounding an image of a printing house p. 10 it is said that Verborum copia and Nihil copia sed usus: although there is an abundance of words we marvel that abundance means nothing without use. The volume is an important and innovative continuation of the emblem tradition by Bourgogne whose novel interpretations discouraged many different possible interpretations of word and image. The Mundi Lapis Lydius was popular into the 18th century reaching several other editions and translation into Dutch and German. The expertly crafted engravings by Pauli remain fresh and bright. [Druckts Johann Jacob Lotter] hardcover books
163110880Antwerp: J. Cnobbaert 1631. Gilt straight-grained brown morocco Simier rule and flower frames spine title and board edges gilt three sets of endleaves - vellum and marbled and plain paper all edges gilt red silk marker. First Edition. This EXQUISITE MINIATURE EMBLEM BOOK is in two parts. The first illustrates the vices inherent in speech - loquacity deception insult vulgarity false witness. The second advances alternatives. Both use ORIGINAL IMAGERY LIKE TELESCOPES THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES EXOTIC AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS maritime disasters the supernatural musicians lovers commerce etc. As in nearly all copies that offered here lacks leaf A8: an imposition error left it blank but for pagination and headline. A fine copy finger smudges on three leaves.¶Praz Studies in 17th-Century Imagery 292 "Scarce"; Landwehr Emblem.Books Printed in the Low Countries 95 91 emblems in error. J. Cnobbaert unknown books
