MANUSCRIPTS - ANCIENT AND MODERN BOOKS
Friday 2 July 2021 at 14:00
3, rue Favart, 75002 Paris
227 lots
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100 - ALMANACH]. Royal Almanac, year M. DCC. LXXXV. Paris: d'Houry, [1785]. Followed by]: Calendar of the court, taken from the ephemeris, for the year M. seven hundred and eighty-five. Paris : Veuve Hérissant, 1785 [and of] : Étrennes mignonnes curieuses et utiles, pour l'année Mil sept cent-quatre-vingt-cinq. Paris : N. Crapart, C. J. C. Durand, 1785. - 3 works in one volume in-24, 104 x 57. Red morocco, plate with azure motifs in frame and floral composition in the centre on the boards, smooth
Estimate €400 - €500 -
101 - ANTOINE I (King of Portugal). The Psalms of D. Anthony king of Portugal. With a preliminary dissertation on the you & the you in speaking to God. The Hague: Abraham Troyel, 1691. - In-12, (12 ff.), 99 pp. Red morocco, boards decorated with a frame composed of gilt fillets and a large roulette with vine and bird motifs, gilt scroll motif at the corners, central composition made of a repetition of flower and thistle irons symmetrically arranged in a cross, associated with suns at the ends and othe
Estimate €400 - €500 -
102 - BIBLE. Τῆς Καινῆς Διαθήκης ἂπαντα. Novum Testamentum. Ex bibliotheca Regia. Paris: Robert I Estienne, 1549. - 2 parts in one volume in-16, 111 x 72: 528 pp; 361 pp, (1 f.). Red morocco, boards decorated with small irons, comprising in the centre a rectangular compartment with lobed edges, decorated with filigree scrolls and gilt dots surrounding a central rhombus, this compartment being inscribed in a central rectangle of three gilt fillets with compartmented corners de
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
103 - BIBLE. Biblia sacra vulgatæ editionis. Cologne : heirs of Bernhard Wolter (Bern. Gualteri), 1647. - 6 volumes in-24, 95 x 49: title, (32 ff.), title, 413 pp. (1 blank f.); title, 528 pp.; title, 558 pp. (1 blank f.); title, 632 pp.; title, 559 pp.; 93 pp, (77 ff.). Red morocco, gilt fillet on the edges of the boards, spine ribbed with gilt fillets, red morocco lining decorated with a repeating pattern of a double phi and a cross of Lorraine, the whole framed with a gilt roulette, gilt edges (bi
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000 -
104 - BIBLE. Biblia sacra Vulgatæ editionis. Cologne : Jacobum Naulæum, 1679. - 6 volumes in-24, 112 x 58: title, (20 ff.), title, 295 pp; title, 380 pp; title, 368 pp; title, 432 pp; 64 pp, (48 ff.); 398 pp, (9 ff.). Red morocco, gilt fillet and gilt flower in the centre and at the corners on the boards, smooth spine decorated, gilt border inside, gilt edges (18th century binding). Delaveau-Hillard, Bibles imprimées du XVe au XVIIIe siècle, n° 1068. small format edition of this bible in the Si
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
105 - [BREVIARY]. Breviarium romanum, ex decreto sacrosancti Concilij Tridentini restitutum. Pars Hyemalis. Paris : Societatem typographicam librorum officii ecclesiastici, 1604. - In-8, 183 x 119: (40 ff.), 843, 210 pp. and (1 f.). Dark brown morocco, boards decorated in the centre with an oval medallion representing the crucifixion on the first board and the annunciation on the second, surrounded by foliage irons and inscribed in a central rectangular compartment decorated with foliage, scrolls and
Result €1,250Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
106 - CLAUDIAN. Cl. Claudianus. Ex optimorum codicum fide. Amsterdam : Willem Jansz Blaeu, 1630 - In-24, 107 x 52 : 240 pp. Dark brown morocco, boards decorated with a rich decoration composed in the centre of a rectangular compartment of scrolls and gilt rosettes placed vertically, all within a beautiful frame composed, between two double gilt fillets, of a roulette with interlacing motifs forming a succession of oval, rectangular and four-lobed compartments, set with small gilt flowers, smooth spine
Estimate €400 - €500 -
107 - COMMERCE]. Recueil contenant les édits et déclarations du roy sur l'établissement et confirmation de la jurisdiction des consuls en la ville de Paris, et autres : Et les Ordonnances & Arrests donnés en faveur de cette Justice. Paris : printing house of Denys Thierry, 1705. - 2 parts in one volume in-4, 252 x 188 : Xlij pp., (1 f.), 492 pp. ; 115 pp. Red morocco, gilt roulette on the edge of the boards, surrounding a gilt fleur-de-lys and gilt coat of arms in the centre, spine with fleur-de-l
Result €1,000Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
108 - DALE (Anthony van). De Oraculis Veterum Ethnicorum dissertationes duæ, Quarum nunc prior agit de eorum Origine atque Auctoribus, secunda de ipsorum Duratione & Interitu. Amsterdam : Henri and widow of Theodore Boom, 1700. - In-8, (12 ff.), 694 pp, (7 ff.), 8 plates. Stiff vellum, boards decorated with a double frame of two cold fillets, fleuron at the corners and cold plate in the centre of the boards, spine ribbed, spotted edges (period binding). Second edition of this treatise on miracles co
Estimate €400 - €500 -
109 - DANTE ALIGHIERI. Dante con l'espositione di M. Bernardino Daniello da Lucca, Sopra la sua Comedia dell'Inferno, del Purgatorio, & del Paradiso ; nuovamente stampato, & posto in luce. Venice : Pietro Da Fino, 1568. - In-4, 198 x 140 : (6 ff.), 727 pp. Havana morocco, gilt right-hand lace framing the boards, ornamented spine, gilt border inside, gilt edges (19th century binding). First edition, published posthumously, of the Italian poet Bernardino Daniello's (c. 1500-1565) commentaries on Dante'
Result €2,250Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
110 - DROUET DE MAUPERTUY (Jean-Baptiste). Le Commerce des femmes dangereux pour les ecclésiastiques. Cologne [Lyon ?]: Gaspard Foéppens, 1713. - In-12, 140 x 79 : (1 f.), pp. 7-419, (1 f.). Tan calf, gilt roulette on the boards, smooth spine decorated, gilt roulette inside, red edges (late 18th or early 19th century binding). Extremely rare first edition of this work of theology and religious morality by the abbot Jean-Baptiste Drouet de Maupertuy (1650-1730). This is the first version of this tex
Estimate €600 - €800 -
111 - DUGUET (Jacques Joseph)]. Treatise on public prayer, and on the dispositions for offering the SS. Mystères, et y participer avec fruit. Paris: Jacques Estienne, 1707. - 2 parts in one volume in-12, 159 x 90 : (2 ff.), 239 pp. ; (2 ff.), 218 pp. misquoted 118, (2 ff.). Red morocco, straight gilt lace framing the boards, decorated alternately with a gilt motif and a sunflower with a human face, ornate ribbed spine, olive morocco lining decorated with a gilt border, gilt edges on marbled boards (p
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500 -
112 - ERASMUS - CHAPPUZEAU (Samuel). Les Entretiens familiiers d'Érasme, première décade [Second Decade - Third Decade. Des banquets, & Merveilles de Nature]. Paris : Louis Billaine, 1662. - 3 parts in one volume, in-12, 136 x 76 : (11 ff.), 140 pp, (2 blank ff.) ; (6 ff.), 168 pp, (1 blank f.) ; (6 ff.), 173 pp. Light purple morocco, boards decorated with a cold roulette between two gilt fillets framing a gilt and mosaic plate with rosettes, palmette and foliage scrolls surrounding in the centre a
Result €937Estimate €300 - €400 -
113 - FISCHER VON ERLACH (Johann Bernhard). Entwurff Einer Historischen Architectur, In Abbildung unterschiedener berühmten Gebäude, des Alterthums und fremder Völcker, umb aus den Geschicht-büchern, Gedächtnüß-münzen, Ruinen, und eingeholten wahrhafften Abrißen, vor Augen zu stellen. Leipzig, 1725. - Oblong folio, 389 x 530. Stiff vellum, spine ribbed and decorated, spotted edges (contemporary binding). Second edition after the one given in Vienna in 1721. this work is the work of one of t
Result €2,250Estimate €2,000 - €3,000 -
114 - FORTIA (Étienne de). The Portraict of Saint Francois de Sales. Presented to his Eminence Cardinal Rospigliosi. Rome : Philippe Marie Mancini, 1669. - Small in-8, 151 x 198 : 96 pp. Red morocco, gilt right lace in frame, gilt fleuron in the corners and gilt arms in the centre of the boards, richly decorated smooth spine, gilt edges (Andreoli workshop). First edition of this life of Saint Francis de Sales dedicated to Cardinal Giacomo Rospigliosi (1628-1684). It would be one of the very first bo
Result €1,875Estimate €1,500 - €2,000 -
115 - [HOURS]. Hore intermerate dei genitricis Virginis marie secu(n)dum usum Romanum. Paris : Thielman Kerver, 20 January 1507. - In-8, 190 x 123 : (99 ff. of 100, mq g1). [sig. a-f8 g7 (of 8) h-m8 n4]. Marbled basane, spine ribbed and decorated, red edges (18th century binding). Bohatta, Bibliographie des Livres d'heures, n° 753. Very beautiful book of Hours for the use of Rome, in Latin and French, printed on January 20, 1507 by Thielman Kerver . The latter printed 5 editions of the Hours for
Result €3,416Estimate €2,000 - €3,000 -
116 - HUNNIUS (Aegidius). Calvinus judaizans, hoc est : Judaicæ glossæ et corruptelæ, quibus Johannes Calvinus illustrissima Scripturæ Sacræ loca & Testimonia, de gloriosa Trinitate, Deitate Christi, & Spiritus sancti... Wittemberg : Matthaei Welaci, 1593 . - In-8, 191 pp. misquoted 739. Red morocco, gilt roulette and gilt flower at the corners framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, inner gilt roulette, gilt edges (binding of the late 18th or early 19th century). Very rare first edition of thi
Result €562Estimate €400 - €500 -
117 - [INCUNABULA] - PAUL OF SAINT MARY. Incipit dialogus qui vocatur Scrutinium scripturarum. Mantua: Johann Schall], 1475. - In-folio, 274 x 190 : (250 ff., 150th and last blank) [sig. (a)-o10 / 8 p-r8 A-K10 / 8 L8], gothic car, 39 lines. Stiff overlapping vellum, smooth spine (20th century imitation binding). Goff, P-204. - BMC VII p. 933. - Hain 10765. - Polain 3011. New rare incunabula edition of this work by Paul de Sainte Marie (1353?-1435), a Spanish rabbi who converted to Christianity in 13
Estimate €3,500 - €4,500 -
118 - JOHN CHRYSOSTOMUS (Saint). Que secundo Joannis Chrisostomi volumine continentur. Super Mattheum Homelie a Venetis (quu[m] no[n] sint) Chrisostomo male asc[er]pte: vt in calce indicis hui[us] dabit[um] p[er]spici clarius 89. Super Joannem Homelie 87. De laudibus Pauli Homelie 8. In ep[isto]lam ad Titum Homelie 6. Ad hebreos Homily 34. Ad Thimotheum Homily 28. Aduersus vituperatores vite monastice Libri 3 [Basel: Jacob Wolff for Wolfgang Lachner, 1504] . - In folio, 297 x 205: (12 ff.), CLII, LXXX
Estimate €600 - €800 -
119 - LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Contes et nouvelles en vers. Amsterdam [Paris: Barbou], 1762. - 2 volumes in-8, 179 x 113 : portrait, xiv pp., (1 f.), 268 pp. (2 ff. last blank), 8 pp. 39 plates ; portrait, (1 f.), viij pp., (1 f.), 306 pp. (3 ff. last blank), pp. (9)-16, 41 plates. Tortoiseshell calf, triple gilt fillet on covers, smooth spine decorated, gilt border inside, gilt edges (period binding). Famous edition known as "des fermiers généraux". The edition was printed in Paris with the typefac
Result €1,875Estimate €1,500 - €2,000 -
120 - LESCLACHE (Louis de). Philosophy. Divided into five parts. - The Second Part of Philosophy, or General Science. Divided into four parts. Paris : Charles Chastellain, 1648-1650 - 2 volumes in-8, 178 x 115 : frontispiece, (7 ff.), 386 pp, (2 ff.), 1 plate, 5 tables ; frontispiece, (3 ff.), 371 pp. misquoted 373, 4 tables. Red morocco, boards decorated in the Du Seuil style, spine ribbed and gilt edges (period binding). Very rare first edition of these two works of philosophy composed by Louis de
Result €1,000Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
121 - LONGUS. The Pastoral Loves of Daphnis and Chloe. Paris], 1745. - Small in-4, 197 x 143 : frontispiece, (6 ff. first blank), 159, xx pp. 29 plates. Red morocco, triple gilt fillet and gilt fleuron on the corners of the boards, spine gilt, inner gilt border, gilt edges (period binding). Cohen, 652. reprint of the 1718 edition, with the same illustrations composed of a frontispiece engraved by Audran after Coypel, and 28 plates engraved by Audran after the paintings made by the regent Philippe d'
Result €812Estimate €600 - €800 -
122 - LOUIS XIV]. Ordinance of Louis XIV king of Fran (sic) and Navarre. Of the month of May 1680. Portant Reglement sur le fait des Gabelles. [Followed by]: Ordinance of Louis XIV... Given at Fontainebleau, in June 1680. Sur le fait des Entrées, Aydes & autres Droits y joints. [de] : Ordonnance de Louis XIV... Donnée à Versailles, au mois de Juillet 1681. Portant Reglement sur plusieurs Droits de ses fermes, & sur tous en general. [de] : Ordonnance de Louis XIV... Donnée à Versailles, au mois de
Estimate €400 - €500 -
123 - MAROT (Clément). The works of Clément Marot de Cahors, valet de chambre du roy. Reveuës & augmentées de nouveau. The Hague: Adrian Moetjens, 1700. - 2 volumes in-12, 132 x 74 : XVI, 318 pp. ; (1 f.), pp. 321-732, (8 ff.). Dark green morocco, cold fillet on the boards, spine ribbed with cold fillets and rolls, gilt border inside, gilt edges on marbled boards (period binding). Sought-after edition, remarkably printed, usually included in the Elzevirian collection. A first edition copy, with t
Estimate €400 - €500 -
124 - MARTIAL. Mr. Val. Martialis. Ex Musei Petri Scriverii. Amsterdam : Johannes Janssonius, 1628. - In-24, 107 x 52 : 314 pp. with 1 blank page. Dark brown morocco, boards decorated in the centre with two vertical rows of gilt rosettes and fleurons, framed with a roulette of gilt circles and lozenges between two gilt double fillets and dotted lines, smooth spine decorated with an ornate frame as on the boards, gilt edges (period binding). Rare small edition of the works of the Latin poet Martial, p
Estimate €600 - €800 -
125 - MAZZINELLI (Alessandro). Uffizio della settimana santa Colle Rubriche volgari, Argomenti dé Salmi, Spiegazione delle Cerimonie, e Misterj, con Osservazioni, e rislessioni divote. Rome : Giovanni Maria Salvioni, 1742. - In-8, 205 x 129 : xxx pp., (1 f.), 623 pp. Red morocco, boards covered with gilt rocaille decoration with scrolling foliage motifs placed symmetrically in the centre and in the corners, surrounded by a frame of two roulettes with gilt irons in the corners and in the centre betwee
Result €937Estimate €600 - €800 -
126 - MERIAN (Matthaüs). Bybel printen, Vertoonende de Voornaemste historien Der heylige schrifture, Konstigh afgebeelt Door Matthæus Merian. Amsterdam: Nicolas Visscher, s.d. late 17th century]. - 3 parts in one folio volume, 315 x 202 : frontispiece, (3 ff.), 62 ff., (1 f.), 111 ff., (1 f.), 85 ff. Stiff vellum, smooth spine (contemporary binding). An uncommon edition of this publication, part of the collections known as Figures of the Bible, the first of which appeared in the 16th century. These
Result €500Estimate €400 - €500 -
127 - OVID. Metamorphoseon libri XV. Antwerp : Christophe Plantin, 1582. - In-16, 120 x 77 : 432 pp. 20 ff. Red morocco, boards decorated with a central gilt fleuron set in a painted geometrical interlace pattern with gilt fleur-de-lis at the corners, the whole framed by a gilt chain wheel with gilt fleur-de-lis at the corners, and by cold fillets, spine with gilt nerves, gilt edges (binding of the first half of the 16th century) Beautiful Plantinian edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses in Latin, publishe
Estimate €400 - €500 -
128 - OWEN (John). Ionnis Owen oxoniensis Angli Epigramata. Editio postrema. Amsterdam : Johannes Janssonius, 1634. - In-24, 102 x 50 : 191 pp. Havana morocco, boards decorated with a repeating pattern of alternating azure lozenges and gilt small irons, framed with gilt fillets and scroll, smooth spine decorated, gilt edges (period binding). New and beautiful small edition of the epigrams of the English Protestant poet John Owen (1560?-1622), in which he attacks notably the Roman Church. It is illust
Result €1,000Estimate €600 - €800 -
129 - STONE OF ST. JOSEPH. Idea theologiæ sacramentalis. Paucis multa complectens des Sacramentis in genere, & in specie. Paris : Georges Josse, 1640 - In-12, 129 x 77 : (12 ff.), 444 pp. Red morocco, boards decorated in the Du Seuil style, gilt arms in the centre, richly decorated spine, gilt border inside, gilt edges, slipcase (period binding, 20th century slipcase). First edition dedicated to the archbishop of Bordeaux Henri d'Escoubleau de Sourdis (1593-1645), of this theological treatise compos
Estimate €600 - €800 -
130 - PLINE THE YOUNGSTER. C. Plinii Cecilii secundi epistolae cum panagyrico multoties impressae nunc Ioannis Mariae Catanaei viri docrissimi qui eas dudum ad rei litterariae publicam vtilitate[m] interpretatus fuerat acriori & dilige[n]tiori studio repurgatae: multis epistolis cum illaru[m] interpretatione additis, emendatissimae exeunt. Milan : Giovanni Giacomo Da Legnano & fratelli, [ca. 1518]. - In-folio, 282 x 192 : (8 ff.), CCLV ff. ill-foliated CCLIIII. Marbled tan basane, spine ribbed (modern
Result €875Estimate €600 - €800 -
131 - PUGET DE LA SERRE (Jean). The Spirit of Seneque, or the most beautiful thoughts of this great philosopher. Fourth part. Paris : Nicolas Pepingué, 1660 - In-8, 155 x 96 : frontispiece, (8 ff.), 287 pp, 2 portraits. Olive morocco, gilt arms in the centre of the boards set in a rectangular compartment bordered by a gilt scroll and gilt scrolls at the corners, the whole in a rich frame formed by a fleur-de-lys pattern and a gilt scroll on the outside, spine decorated with fleur-de-lys, lining of ol
Result €1,125Estimate €600 - €800 -
132 - RAULIN (Joseph). Analytical treatise on mineral waters in general, their properties, and their use in diseases. Paris: Vincent, 1772. - In-12, 163 x 96 : xvj, 356 pp, (2 ff.). Red morocco, triple gilt fillet and gilt arms in the centre of the boards, smooth spine decorated, gilt border inside, gilt edges (period binding). First edition. Joseph Raulin (1708-1784) was an industrious writer, ordinary physician to the king and royal censor. In this work, whose content is revealed in its broad outl
Result €812Estimate €600 - €800 -
133 - [BINDING]. Le Petit paroissien complet, contenant l'office des dimanches et fêtes, suivant le nouveau bréviaire et missel de Paris et de Rome. Augmented with the Matins of Christmas, the Processions of the Blessed Sacrament, St. Mark's and Rogues. Sacrement, S. Marc & Rogations, Blessing & Mass of Marriage, & Ash Wednesday, with the Seven Psalms without references. Paris: de Hansy, 1779. - In-8, 165 x 96 : (6 ff.), xvj, 750 pp., (1 f.). Red morocco, boards decorated in the centre with the figu
Estimate €600 - €800 -
134 - RIZZI-ZANNONI (Giovanni Antonio). Geographical Atlas containing the Mappemonde and the four Parts, With the different States of Europe. Paris : Lattré, 1762. - In-16, 124 x 84: frontispiece, title, 54 maps. Red morocco, triple gilt fillet and gilt fleuron on the corners of the boards, smooth spine decorated, gilt border inside, gilt edges (period binding). Pocket atlas composed of a frontispiece, an engraved title, and 54 double-page maps, all entirely coloured at the time. This edition usual
Result €875Estimate €400 - €500 -
135 - ROUSSEAU (Jean-Baptiste). Odes, cantatas, epistles and various poems. Paris: P. Didot, eldest son of F. A. Didot the elder, 1790. - In-4, 305 x 228 : xij, 560 pp. Olive morocco, gilt roulette on the boards, spine decorated, inner gilt lace, linings and endpapers of pink tabis, gilt edges (period binding). Beautiful edition belonging to the collection of works printed by order of the king for the education of my lord the Dauphin. They were printed by Firmin Didot at 250 copies on wove paper "fro
Estimate €400 - €500 -
136 - ROZIER (François). Memoir on the best way to make and manage wines, either for use or to make them pass the dishes. A useful work for all countries with vineyards, which won the prize at the judgement of the Academy of Marseille, in the year 1770 . - In-8, 198 x 124 : pp. (iij)-viij, 350 pp, (1 f.), 3 plates. Marbled calf, spine ribbed and decorated, red edges (contemporary binding). New edition of this excellent dissertation on the art of wine, a real manual for vineyard owners in the South o
Estimate €600 - €800 -
137 - SENECUS. L. annæi Senecæ philosophi cordubensis ad Lucilium Epistolarum Liber. Paris : Jacques Rezé, 1603. - In-8, 172 x 102 : (4 ff.), 824 pp. and (24 ff.). Havana morocco, gilt arms in the centre of the boards, bordered by gilt foliage and flowers, inscribed in a rectangular compartment decorated at the corners with gilt foliage, the whole included in a large frame composed of 4 gilt roulettes, featuring notably foliage and fleur-de-lys, smooth spine decorated in the same spirit, gilt edges
Result €500Estimate €400 - €500 -
138 - SOPHOCLE. Stragœdiæ septem. Unà cum omnibus Græcis scholiis, & cum Latinis Ioach. Camerarij. Geneva] : Henri Estienne, 1568. - 2 parts in one volume in-4, 256 x 160 : (4 ff.), 451 pp. mis-calibrated 461, 242 pp, (1 f. blank). Marbled calf, double cold fillet on the edge of the boards, spine ribbed and decorated, red edges (18th century binding). Beautiful edition given by Henri Estienne of the tragedies of Sophocles, including the plays of the author in Greek accompanied by the scholia in t
Estimate €500 - €600 -
139 - STEFONIO (Bernardino). Crispus tragoedia. Mussiponti [Pont-à-Mousson]: Melchior Bernard, 1602. - In-24, 123 x 75 : 185 pp, (1 f.). Brown morocco, boards decorated with a rich grotesque decoration with small irons, composed in the centre of a medallion of havana morocco decorated with a gilt motif, surrounded by an iron with facing griffin heads whose bodies meet to form an anvil-shaped motif in the centre, foliage motifs, caryatids at the corners and in the centre, as well as four monkeys, all
Result €1,875Estimate €600 - €800 -
140 - [THEATER]. Petite bibliothèque des théâtres, Contenant un Recueil des meilleures Pièces du Théâtre François, Tragique, Comique, Lyrique & Bouffon, depuis l'origine des Spectacles en France, jusqu'à nos jours. Paris : Au Bureau, Bélin, Brunet, 1783-1789. - 80 volumes in-18, 129 x 80. Red morocco, gilt roulette on the boards, smooth spine decorated, gilt roulette inside, gilt edges (early 19th century binding). Complete collection of volumes forming the Petite bibliothèque des théâtre
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000 -
141 - THOMAS A KEMPIS. De imitatione Christi Libri quatuor. Cologne: Johann Kinckius, [ca. 1622]. - In-32, 68 x 44 : (16 ff.), 511 pp. Red morocco, gilt roulettes and gilt flower on the corners of the boards, smooth spine decorated, dominoté paper lining and endpapers, gilt and chased edges (18th century binding). Relatively rare small edition of The Imitation of Jesus Christ published by the Jesuit theologian Heribert Rosweyde (1588-1629). The approval is dated 10 August 1622. The illustration co
Estimate €500 - €600 -
142 - THUCYDIDES. De bello Peloponnesiaco libri octo. Frankfurt: heirs of André Wechel, Claude de Marne, Johann Aubry, 1594. - In-16, 119 x 78 : (16 ff.), 763 pp. Red morocco, boards decorated with a semi of 14 ovals formed of laurel branches enclosing six species of flowers, inscribed in a frame composed of palms and foliage bordered by a double fillet, in the centre appears a larger oval, including on the first plate the arms of the owner formed by an arched band charged with three fleurs-de-lis, a
Result €6,000Estimate €5,000 - €6,000 -
143 - THUCYDIDES. Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War. Paris : Thomas Jolly, 1671 (volumes 1 and 2) -1670 (volume 3). - 3 volumes in-12, 156 x 85 : (14 ff.), 546 pp. ; (1 f.), 348 pp. misquoted as 324, (42 ff.) ; 375 pp, (19 ff.). Red morocco, triple gilt fillet on the boards, spine gilt, gilt border inside, gilt edges (contemporary binding). New estimated edition of the French translation given by Nicolas Perrot d'Ablancourt (1606-1664) of the 8 books of the History of the Peloponnesian War
Result €375Estimate €300 - €400 -
144 - VILLIERS (Pierre de). Poems of D* V***. New edition. Augmented with a new Poem, & some other Pieces. Paris : printing office of Jacques Collombat, 1728. - In-12, 165 x 99 : (2 ff.), 627, 8 pp., (3 ff.). Red morocco, gilt lace framing and gilt arms in the centre of the boards, spine ribbed and decorated, inner gilt roulette, gilt edges on marbling (period binding). Second edition after the one of 1712, largely enlarged, of this collection of poems by the professor and preacher, disciple of Desca
Result €625Estimate €500 - €600 -
145 - VULSON DE LA COLOMBIÈRE (Marc de). The heroic Science, treating of the nobility, of the origin of the arms, of their Blazons, & Symbols, of the Tymbres, Bourlets, Crown, Cimiers, Lambrequins, Supports, & Tenans, & other ornaments of the Escu ; Of the Motto, & the Cry of War, of the Escu during & of the Steps & Empresses of the Ancient Knights, of the different forms of their Tombs; And of the external marks of the Escu of our Kings, of the Queens, & Children of France, & of the Officers of the
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
146 - DREYFUS CASE] - VAUGHAN (Ernest). The Literary, Artistic, Social Aurora. Paris, Thursday, October 31, 1897 - October 31, 1899. - 742 issues in 4 large folio volumes, 606 x 440. Half-percaline, later covered with green velvet for volumes 1, 2 and 4, smooth spine (period binding). Very rare head of collection including the first 743 issues, except 97, i.e. the first two years of this socialist republican newspaper created by Ernest Vaughan. The latter's ambition was "to create a newspaper where a
Result €16,250Estimate €3,000 - €4,000 -
147 - BAUDELAIRE (Charles). Les Fleurs du mal. Preceded by a notice by Théophile Gautier. New edition. Paris : Calmann Lévy, 1892. - In-18, 182 x 116 : portrait, (2 ff.), 411 pp. printed cover. Half sow's skin, blind-stamped fillets, smooth spine decorated with a very nice long decoration composed of a gilt and mosaic foliage garland, over which is a mosaic banner with the title of the work gilt, on which is a silver cat ; on the bottom of the spine is represented a naked woman with a half-gilded bo
Result €875Estimate €500 - €600 -
148 - BERNARD (Valère). Guerro. Marseille], 1893-1895. - Album in-folio, 440 x 340 : (1 f.), 14 plates. In sheets, in the publisher's illustrated cardboard folder. Superb and rare album dedicated to Paul Gonzales, consisting of a text sheet including the poem Guerre en français made up of 11 stanzas, followed by 14 plates engraved with etching, soft varnish and sulphur by the painter and engraver Valère Bernard (1860-1936), i.e. a title, reproduced on the cardboard sleeve, a frontispiece, 11 plate
Result €9,250Estimate €1,500 - €2,000 -
149 - BOURASSÉ (Jean-Jacques). La Touraine. History and monuments. Tours : Ad Mame et Cie, 1855. - In-folio, 405 x 280 : frontispiece, (2 ff.), 610 pp, (1 f.), 17 plates, 1 map. Red morocco, boards decorated with a large frame composed of gilt fillets, a cold roulette and gilt fleurons at the corners, surrounding in the centre a rhombus-shaped cold rocaille plate, each side bordered by a gilt fillet and a small gilt fleuron at the corners, spine decorated, framed with red morocco inside, decorated wi
Estimate €300 - €400
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ILLUMINATIONS - MANUSCRIPTS - ANCIENT AND MODERN BOOKS - MODERN ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
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Friday 2 July 2021 at 2 pm
Salle des ventes Favart
Exhibition Thursday 1 July from 10 am to 6 pm
Friday 2 July from 10 am to 12 pm
Experts
Ariane ADELINE
livresanciensadeline@yahoo.fr
Phone : 06 42 10 90 17
Lots 1 to 92
Éric BUSSER
BUSSER Bookshop
Member of the Compagnie Nationale des Experts
37, rue Monge 75005 PARIS
librairiebusser@orange.fr
Phone : 01 56 81 63 22 - 06 08 76 96 80
Lots 93 to 226
In charge of the sale :
Élodie DELABALLE
elodie.delaballe@ader-paris.fr
Tel: +33 (0)1 78 91 10 16
Terms of sale
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Frais de vente:; 25%