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(Du Cambout De Pontchâteau, J.S.) La morale pratique des Jesuites, Representée en plusieurs histoires arrivées dans toutes les parties du monde... Cologne, Gervinus Quentel (Amsterdam, D. Elzevier), 1669. Woodcut fleuron on title. 11, 44, 287 pp. 12mo. Contemporary overlapping vellum. (# 1778)

Willems No. 142l: "Véritable elzevier d'Amsterdam". Willaert, Bibl. Jans. Belg. No. 3425. First edition. Rare anti-Jesuit work, describing the various misdeeds and frauds of the Jesuit Society in France and other parts of the world, e.g. pp. 214-217 deal with Jesuit activities in Japan. The prelim. lvs. contain various prophecies relating to the Jesuits, one of which is by Saint Hildegard of Bingen. - Insignificantly foxed in places.

(Laet, J. de). Belgii confoederati respublica: seu Gelriae, Holland, Zeland, Traject., Fris., Transisal., Groning. chorographica politicaque descriptio. Lugd. Batav. (Leiden), (B.and A.) Elzevier, 1630. With nice engraved title. 4 lvs., 359 pp., 4 (last blank) lvs. 24mo. Very beautiful contemporary olive green morocco; sides richly gilt with an outer framework of a garland in fillet border, an inner dentelle border; the inner rectangle, with gilt corner-pieces and a central medallion, is dotted with gilt stars; the flat back is ornamented in the same style; gilt edges. (# 5584)

Willems No. 326. First edition. The Elzeviers issued two other editions in the same year. Jan de Laet was director of the Dutch West-India Company. The various works of the Respublica series, printed by the Elzeviers, were very popular. - Tiny wormhole in blank lower margin, only touching at the beginning a few letters and a very small spot of the engraved title; somewhat browned. A very charming copy preserved in a very fine and well-preserved contemporary binding.

Le Pays, (R.) Amitiez, amours et amourettes. Dernière édition, corrigée de plusieurs fautes ... Suivant la copie de Paris. Amsterdam, A. Wolfgang, 1693. With engraved frontispiece and 'Quaerendo' device on both titles. 2 parts in 1 volume. 11 lvs., 380 pp., 6 lvs.; 39 pp. 12mo. Contemporary vellum. (# 5014)

Gay-Lemonnyer I, 99. Cf. Willems No. 1742. "Lettres en prose et en vers écrites avec facilité et un certain enjouement" (Brunet). The second part contains: "Portrait de l'auteur des amitiez, amours, et amourettes. Envoyé à son Altesse Madame la Duchesse de Nemours", which the author wrote to satisfy the curiosity of several of his female readers about his personality. René le Pays, seigneur du Plessis-Villeneuve (Fougères or Nantes 1636 - Paris 1690) was a successful French poet.

Meibom, J.H. Maecenas, sive de C. Cilnii Maecenatis vita, moribus & rebus gestis. Accessit C. Pedonis Albinovani Maecenati scriptum epicedium, notis illustratum. Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden), J. & D. Elzevier, 1653. Engraved portrait of Maecenas surrounded by laurel wreath on title and 1 small engraving of a coin in the text. 2 parts in 1 vol. 6 lvs., 186 pp.; 4 lvs., 11, 1 pp., 4 lvs. 4to. Modern half vellum. (# 1637)

Willems No. 731. First edition of this learned biography of Gaius Cilnius Maecenas (65-8 B.C.), the celebrated patron of learning and letters in the time of emperor Augustus, whose friend and adviser he was. He was the protector and benefactor of Horace, Virgil and Propertius. His name lives on in the institution of Maecenas-ship. Joh. Henr. Meibom (Helmstedt 1590-Lübeck 1655), physician at Lübeck, was the author of many esteemed scholarly books. Complete with the errata-leaf, which according to Willems is lacking in most copies. - Title somewhat stained; insignificantly browned.