An embroidered letter-holder or pocketbook. [France, second quarter of the 18th century].
Rectangular envelope-style pocketbook with flap, 110 x 179 mm., pasteboards covered in ivory silk embroidered with polychrome and silver-gilt silk thread (red, blue, several shades of green, brown, pink, orange, beige), the covers each with a different floral decor consisting of a large flowering plant with a straight stem entwined... More about An embroidered letter-holder or pocketbook
Versuch an dem Menschen, In Vier Sitten-Briefen an Henrich St. Jean, Grafen von Bolingbroke, über Die Natur und den Zustand des Menschen. Frankfurt: Franz Varrentrapp, 1741.
8vo (193 x 121 mm). [46], 191, [1] pp. Title in red and black with engraved publisher’s device, text in French and German on facing pages in roman and gothic types, eight engraved illustrations, each printed twice, by Martin Tyroff after G. A. Koch, woodcut tail-pieces and passe-partout initial borders... More about Versuch an dem Menschen, In Vier Sitten-Briefen an Henrich St. Jean, Grafen von Bolingbroke,...
Gold-tooled morocco portfolio with papal arms. [Italy, probably Rome, late 17th century].
An agenda-format portfolio or letter-holder of gold-tooled brown goatskin or hair sheep (334 x 135 mm.), both covers with dense pointillé tools surrounding a large coat of arms in the upper compartment, consisting of the Papal arms on the front cover (the original Papal shield overlaid by a brown goatskin... More about Gold-tooled morocco portfolio with papal arms
Proverbes commvns, et belles sentences pour familierement parler Latin & Francois a tous propos. Paris: Pierre Ménier II, [ca. 1605].
16mo (108 x 75 mm). [64] ff. Type ornament title border, printer’s woodcut device, woodcut initial and headpiece. Discreet marginal paper repairs to first half dozen leaves, causing loss to portions of title border, supplied in neat facsimile, a few other small marginal repairs. 19th-century green morocco, central gold-stamped arms... More about Proverbes commvns, et belles sentences pour familierement parler Latin & Francois a tous propos
Raimundi Eucharisteria. Venice: Bernardino Vitale, 9 November 1521.
4to (199 x 140 mm). Collation: [a]4 b6. [10] leaves. Three-line title in large caps on a1r, colophon on b6v. Roman types. 26 lines. Hinges of first and last leaves reinforced, marginal browning; removed from a Sammelband and rebound in modern buckram-backed boards. *** Only edition, the only published work by... More about Raimundi Eucharisteria
Hortorum libri IV, et cultura hortensis. Hortorum historiam addidit Gabriel Brotier. Paris: J. Barbou, 1780.
12mo (149 x 82 mm.). [2] ff., xxxvi, 319, [1] pp. Engraved frontispiece of a gardener in classical setting, by Benoît Louis Prévost, Barbou’s woodcut device on title, woodcut, typographic and engraved head- & tailpieces. Publisher’s list of other works from the Collection d’Auteurs Latins on last page. Printed on..... More about Hortorum libri IV, et cultura hortensis. Hortorum historiam addidit Gabriel Brotier
A Collection of English Proverbs, Digested into a convenient Method for the speedy finding any one upon occasion; with Short Annotations.... By J. R. Cambridge: John Hayes for W. Morden, 1670.
8vo (155 x 95 mm). [8], 296 pp. Title printed in red and black, woodcut initials, type ornament headpiece. Some soiling and discoloration, corners softened at front and back, a few small edge chips. Contemporary sheep, covers simply ruled with double blind fillets, no upper pastedown, lower pastedown from a.... More about A Collection of English Proverbs, Digested into a convenient Method for the speedy finding any...
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Amélie, roman de Mr Fiedling [sic, corrected in titles of parts 2 and 3], Traduit de l’Anglois Par Mdme Riccoboni. Paris: Brocas & Humblot, 1762.
3 vols. in one, 12mo (162 x 97 mm). [2] ll., 176 pp.; [2] ll., 208 pp.; [2] ll., 271 pp. Fine. Contemporary French mottled calf, flat spine gilt with red morocco lettering piece, edges stained red (foot of spine slightly chipped).*** First Edition of Mme. Riccoboni’s free adaptation of Fielding’s... More about Amélie, roman de Mr Fiedling [sic, corrected in titles of parts 2 and 3], Traduit de l’Anglois...
Himmlisches Freuden-Mahl der Kinder Gottes auff Erden. Oder Geistreiche Gebete, so vor, bey und nach der Beicht und heiligem Abendmahl, kräfftig zu gebrauchen. Lüneburg: Cornelius Johann Stern, 1730.
Long 12mo (150 x 67 mm). [24], 621, [3] pp. Engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, letterpress title in red and black, 10 engraved emblematic plates, the engravings by Johann-Benjamin Brühl. Bericht an die Buchbinder, listing the plates, at end. Contemporary German “sharkskin” (rayfish) binding, covers with mounted silver frames with... More about Himmlisches Freuden-Mahl der Kinder Gottes auff Erden. Oder Geistreiche Gebete, so vor, bey und...
Abbregé des metamorphoses ou Fictions poetiques, reduites en questions, pour les curieux de l'Histoire profane, & pour l'instruction de la Jeunesse... Premiere edition. Lyon: Pierre Guillimin, 1685.
12mo (144 x 75 mm). [12], 206, [16] pp. Engraved arms of the dedicatee Marin Curty as headpiece, two woodcut initials, type ornaments. A bit dust-soiled. Contemporary French speckled calf, spine gold-tooled, edges red-sprinkled (worn).*** Only Edition. A question-and-answer guide to classical mythology for children. The gods and heroes are listed... More about Abbregé des metamorphoses ou Fictions poetiques, reduites en questions, pour les curieux de...
Album of illustrations from printed books and periodicals. [France, ca. 1855].
Oblong album (257 x 333 mm). [55] leaves of thick paper including sheets of blue, green and brown paper, on the rectos and some versos of which are carefully mounted approximately 425 cut-out illustrations from French books and periodicals, most from the 1830s and 1840s (but with 5 eighteenth-century illustrations... More about Album of illustrations from printed books and periodicals
Chansons Patriotiques. Nouvelle Edition. Dord: B. F. Morks, 1795.
Bound with: ROUGET de LISLE. Autograph letter signed. 8vo (159 x 99 mm). 136 pp. Half-title, engraved title with revolutionary emblems. Very good, 2 or 3 marginal tears. Hand-colored etching of a Revolutionary tribunal cut round and mounted on front flyleaf. Modern marbled boards, preserving earlier gilt leather lettering-piece on... More about Chansons Patriotiques. Nouvelle Edition
Ceremonial romano para Missas cantadas y rezadas. En el qual se ponen todas las Rubricas generales y particulares del Missel Romano, que divulge el Papa Pio. Alcalá de Henares: heirs [widow] of Juan Gracián for Juan de Montoya, bookseller at the Court, 1589.
4to (200 x 139 mm). Collation: ¶8 A-B4 C-Q8 R4 (R4 blank). [8], 113, [10] leaves. Index in two columns. Title woodcut of Saints Peter and Paul, woodcut floriated initials. Wormtracks in gutters, scattered dampstaining, dark marginal stains to corners in quires K-L. Contemporary vellum, manuscript spine title, stained, upper... More about Ceremonial romano para Missas cantadas y rezadas. En el qual se ponen todas las Rubricas...
Christliche Tageszeit in auferbaulichen feinen Bildern, zu Morgen, Messe, Reise, und Abend, mit geistreichen Gebethern entworfen. Vienna: Kurzböck (”mit Kurtzböckischen Schriften”), [ca. 1769].
Bound with: STATIONS OF THE CROSS – Der Creutzweg Jesu Christi durch Betrachtungen in Versen entworfen ...Verbesserte Auflage. Vienna: Joseph Kurzböck, 1769. 2 volumes in one, 8vo (173 x 108 mm). Sailer: 3 parts, [36] leaves, 31 engraved plates. Title within floral woodcut border. Extra-illustrated with an engraved frontispiece by... More about Christliche Tageszeit in auferbaulichen feinen Bildern, zu Morgen, Messe, Reise, und Abend, mit...
Grätzerischer Schreibkalender, auf das Jahr nach der gnadenreichen Geburt unseres Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi 1795. Graz: Andreas Leykam, [1794/95].
4to (206 x 155 mm). [48] pp. Pictorial woodcut title border, title and calendar printed in red and black, woodcut astrological symbols. Interleaved with 11 leaves of contemporary manuscript notes in two different hands, in brown ink and graphite, on heavier paper. Small inkstamp on title with initial G and... More about Grätzerischer Schreibkalender, auf das Jahr nach der gnadenreichen Geburt unseres Herrn und...
Tableau de calligraphie. Munich: Anton Dreer, 1816.
Large folio engraved broadsheet (775 x 590 mm.) of calligraphic samples, with five engraved vignettes. Thick wove paper, deckle edges. Fine condition.*** A splendid calligraphic sample, beautifully preserved. The imprint states that it was “composed, engraved and published by J. B. Seitz.” Seitz was an engraver for the Royal Bavarian Bureau..... More about Tableau de calligraphie
Leben, und Wunder-Thaten des heiligen Udalrici oder Ulrich, Beichtigers, aus dem Orden des heiligen Benedicti, der Cluniacenser Congregation, und ersten Priors des Closters der hh. Apostlen Petri und Pauli, jetzt von ihm St. Ulrich genannt, im Schwarzwald. Augsburg and Freiburg: Ignaz and Anton Wagner, 1756.
8vo (165 x 90 mm). [22], 340, [10] pp. Title printed across two pages, in red and black. Folding engraved frontispiece and three engraved plates (one loose), by and after Peter Maÿer of Freiburg. Typographic head-piece ornaments and initial borders, woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Errata page at end. Some browning... More about Leben, und Wunder-Thaten des heiligen Udalrici oder Ulrich, Beichtigers, aus dem Orden des...
“Brouillard no B Commencé le 26 aoust 1771 et fini le 27 fevrier 1774, de M & E” [cover title]. Grenoble, 1771-1774.
Folio (277 x 184 mm). 193 leaves, paginated 1-167 166-167 168-384. Densely written in several cursive hands, some rapidly written but most quite legible, approximately 36 lines per page. 3 columns, for date, debtor or creditor and items, and prices. First leaf wrinkled and darkened, a few corners creased, dusty... More about “Brouillard no B Commencé le 26 aoust 1771 et fini le 27 fevrier 1774, de M & E” [cover...
Opuscules... Traduits du Latin d’Horstius par le R. P. Colomme. Paris: Guillot, Libraire de Monsieur, 1785.
12mo (167 x 95 mm). xxiv, 525, [3 blank] pp. Woodcut headpieces and initials. Contemporary French calf gilt, sides with triple gilt border and central gold-blocked arms of Alexandre Angélique de Talleyrand-Perigord (variant of Guigard I:368), cardinal and archbishop of Reims (1736-1821), smooth spine gold-tooled, olive morocco gilt lettering-piece, g.e.... More about Opuscules... Traduits du Latin d’Horstius par le R. P. Colomme
De imitatione Christi libri quatuor. Paris: e Typographia Regia, 1736.
4to (251 x 182 mm). 390, [10] pp. Engraved frontispiece after Jacques Stella, engraved title vignette and four figurative initials opening each book, thick and thin double rule page-borders throughout. Title a bit dusty, small tear and wrinkling in lower margin of G1, occasional minor stains, some dust-soiling to outer... More about De imitatione Christi libri quatuor
Summa theologiae: Secunda secundae. Mainz: Peter Schoeffer, 6 March 1467.
Royal folio (404 x 295 mm). Collation: [1-510 612 7-1010 11-138 14-1910 206 21-2310 24-2610 276]. 258 leaves. 59 lines, double column. Gothic type 3:91. Rubrication: opening 12-line initial with reserved decoration and purple penwork infill and filigree extensions, 4- to 6-line initials in red throughout, the major initials with... More about Summa theologiae: Secunda secundae
Super quarto libro sententiarum Petri Lombardi. Cologne: Heinrich Quentell, 2 February 1480.
Royal folio (390 x 287 mm). Collation: [a12-1 [b8 c-d8 e8] f8 g-m10 n-z8 A-L8 M6 N8 O8 P-Y8 Z8 (numerous missignings, last leaf blank (lacking). 388 (of 389)] leaves, unfoliated. Double column. 53 lines and headlines. Types: 2:150 (headlines and headings), 1:102 (text). First page with a four-part historiated... More about Super quarto libro sententiarum Petri Lombardi
Stimulus missionum: Sive de propaganda a Religiosis per universum Orbem Fide. Rome: Giacomo Mascardi, 1610.
8vo (162 x 99 mm). [8], 234, [5] pp. Title woodcut of Saints Peter and Paul flanking papal arms, woodcut initials. Some minor marginal dust-soiling, final errata leaf slightly creased. Contemporary parchment over flexible pasteboards, traces of two fore-edge ties, manuscript spine title. Provenance: Rouen, Cathedral library, 18th-century printed label... More about Stimulus missionum: Sive de propaganda a Religiosis per universum Orbem Fide
Tractatus physiologicus de pulchritudine, Juxta ea quae de Sponsa in Canticis Canticorum mysticè pronunciantur. Brussels: Franciscus Foppens, 1662.
Small 8vo (154 x 86 mm). [8], 60, [1], [3 blank] pp. Line-engraved title vignette & 28 engraved illustrations in text, some two to a page, most of female busts, four of animals' heads, the last two showing full-length female figures including a saint next to a palm tree. Faint... More about Tractatus physiologicus de pulchritudine, Juxta ea quae de Sponsa in Canticis Canticorum...
Tooneel van de Mannelicke Achtbaerheyt, aen-gewesen in de Voor-sprake, teghen-sprake, ende uyt-sprake, gedaen over de weygheringhe van de Koninginne Vasthi. Middelburg: Jan van der Hellen for Jan Pieterss. van de Venne, 1622.
4to (233 x 176 mm). [16], 60, [19], [1 blank] pp. Large emblematic publisher’s mark on title-page, four half-page engraved illustrations, by Pieter de Jode (2), Pieter Serwouters, and Willem van der Passe after Adriaen van der Venne. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Title a bit soiled and with... More about Tooneel van de Mannelicke Achtbaerheyt, aen-gewesen in de Voor-sprake, teghen-sprake, ende...