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Audran, Benoît and Jean Audran (publishers). La famille de Darius aux pieds d'Alexandre le Grand (Tent of Darius), after Charles le Brun. Paris, Benoît Audran I and Jean Audran, 1699-1708. Fine oblong etching and engraving showing Alexander the Great, accompanied by Hephaestion, meeting Stateira, Sisygambis and the rest of Darius's family, gathered under a tent, signed in the plate "Car. le Brun pinxit. Audran excudit". With 4 lines of engraved text in French and Latin in the plate's lower margin:"Il est d'un Roy de se vaincre soy mesme. Alexandre, ayant vaincu Darius pres la ville d'Isse entre dans une tente... Sui victoria indicat regem. Alexander, Dario ad Issum...". Two eagles flanking Mansart's arms in centre of the bottom margin. 28,6 x 35,9 cm. (# 5824)

Not in I.F.F. In database Getty Research Library. In database British Museum, state "before rest of inscriptions?". Lettered in lower margin with publication lines: "Se vend a Paris chez B. et I. Audran ruë de Faubourg St. Jâque vis a vis la ruë St. Dominique". After a painting made by Charles le Brun (Paris 1619-Paris 1690) in 1661, now in the Salon de Mars, Musée du Château, Versailles. The painting The Family of Darius before Alexander, was Le Brun's first royal commission and it established his favor with the French King Louis XIV, who demanded Charles le Brun to paint a large series of paintings depicting the history and battles of Alexander the Great. Benoît Audran I (1661-1721), his brother Jean Audran (1667-1756) and others made prints after these paintings, at the request of Louis XIV. Jules Hardouin Mansart, was Surintendant des Bâtiments du Roi, a charge he held from 1699 to his death in 1708. - Good impression, with small margins, the paper slightly discoloured. Collector's stamp on verso of "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

Audran, Benoît I (Lyon 1661-Louzouer 1721). David and Goliath, after Daniele da Volterra. 1716. Large oblong engraving of David, brandishing a sword, keeps Goliath on the ground while grabbing him by the hair. Lettered below immage: "A monseigneur le Prince de Chelamar...Ministre de son Conseil privé, Grand Ecuier de la Reine, et Ambassadeur en France. etc. Benoît Audran, graveur ordin.re du Roy, dedie cette copie d'une des deux peintûres de Michel Ange Buonarrotta qu'occuppent les surfaces d'une grande pierre, representant le même sujet du combat de David et de Goliath en deux differentes attitudes, laquelle a eté presenté par son Ex.ce a Louis le Grand, à Marly le 25. Juillet de l'année 1715 au Nom de Monseigr. Judice son frere, Grand maître du Palais Apostolique. A Paris chés Le Pere et Vaulée rue St. Jacques à la ville de Rouan". 36,1 x 42,2 cm. (# 5860)

Cf. I.F.F. XVIII, I, 225, No. 24 (other state). Cf. Le Blanc I, 73, No. 26 (other state). In database British Museum. State with later publication address: probably state 2 (of 2), published in Paris and Rouen by Le Père & Avaulez. Wrongly attributed to Michelangelo on plate. The original painting, oil on slate, by the Italian painter Daniele da Volterra (Volterra 1509-Roma 1566), is now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Da Volterra, a close friend and follower of Michelangelo, painted a picture of David and Goliath on both sides of the stone. This original painting remained in Italy until 1715, year in which Louis XIV received it as a diplomatic present. The present engraving is one of a pair of two, made after these paintings. Benoît Audran I was admitted to the Académie Royale in 1709. At the request of Louis XIV he made many prints after paintings in his Royal collection. The dedicatee Antonio del Giudice, Prince of Cellamare (1657-1733), a Spanish politician and statesman, was Spanish ambassador in France. He plotted to overthrow the Regent and was sent to the frontier in 1718. - Blank margins slightly discoloured. Sharp impression on thick paper, with ample margins. Collector's stamp on verso of "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

Audran, Girard (Lyon 1640-Paris 1703). Le Temps aydé par l'Amour de la Vertu, desbrouille des nuages de l'Ignorance, la verité de la Peinture. Pour sevir de frontispice aux tables des preceptes de la peinture. After Louis Testelin. Paris, 1680-1696. Beautiful circular etching: The personifications of Time and Love of Virtue pushing the clouds of Ignorance (donkey's head) away from Painting, personified by a reclining female figure with palette and paint-brushes. Etched title (see above) underneath, at bottom signed in the plate "L. Testelin pinxit. Audran scul. cum privil. Reg." 33,2 x 31,7 cm. (# 5841)

I.F.F. I, 133, No. 55. Robert-Dumesnil IX, 274 No. 47 (third state). In database British Museum (third state). Third state, intended as frontispiece for Henry Testelin's "Sentiments des plus habiles peintres sur la pratique de la peinture et sculpture" published in Paris in 1680 (second edition in 1696). The painter and etcher Louis Testelin (Paris 1615-Paris 1655) was the brother of the author Henry Testelin (Paris 1616-Den Haag/The Hague 1695). The original painting by Louis Testelin of c. 1655 is lost. - Reinforced at blank borders. Sharp impression. Collector's stamp on verso of "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

Audran, Jean (Lyon 1667-Paris 1756). La vraye valeur est toujours invincible. Porus abandonné des siens blessa plusieurs de ceux qui l'environnoient, tua le frère de Taxile, & apres ce dernier éfort de courage il tomba luy même accablé de coups de dessus son elephant. Virtus timoris nescia sordidi... Paris, chez B. Audran et chez I. Audran, 1699-1708. Beautiful large oblong etching and engraving by Jean Audran after Charles le Brun, depicting the Battle of Hydaspes, 326 BC, where Alexander the Great fought against King Porus; with the latter riding an elephant at centre, and trying to repel the Greek soldiers surrounding him; two eagles flanking Mansart's arms in the bottom margin. Signed in the plate: C. le Brun in. I. Audran ex.; with 5 lines of engraved text in French and Latin underneath (see above); and dedication to Jules Hardouin Mansart by J. Audran. 29,1 x 59,6 cm. (# 5830)

Not. in I.F.F. In database of British Museum. Very fine and rare etching/engraving after Charles le Brun (Paris 1619-Paris 1690). Alexander the Great fought 326 BC at the battle of Hydaspes, nowadays in Pakistan, against the Indian Râja Pûru, named Poros by the Greek. Alexander won, but his army refused to go further into India, also because they encountered for the first time war elephants. The French King Louis XIV demanded Charles le Brun to paint a large series of paintings depicting the History of Alexander the Great. Several of those paintings, painted 1665-1673, are now in the Louvre; others were not executed and exist only in drawn preparatory studies. J. Audran, his brother B. Audran and others made prints after these paintings, at the request of Louis XIV. According to Claudia Sommer, Leiterin der Graphischen Sammlung des SPSG, Potsdamer neueste Nachrichten (18.07.09), the painting for our print stayed unfinished and existed only as a preliminary drawing on canvas. The plate is dedicated to Julles Hardouin Mansart, Surintendant des Bâtiments du Roi, a charge he held from 1699 to 1708. - Fine impression, cut to the plate mark, mounted. Collector's stamp on verso of "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

(Baar, G.L. de). Epitres diverses sur des sujets differens. Nouvelle édition revûe, & augmentée. Francfort et Leipsic, H.L. Broenner, 1763. With different vignette on both titles. 2 volumes. 10 lvs., 228 pp.; 10 lvs., 212 pp. 8vo. Contemporary vellum. (# 4936)

Barbier II, 163. Quérard, La France Lit., I, 144. Satyric letters in verse by Georg Ludwig von Bar (de Baar) (Osnabrück 1702 - 1767), a German who wrote verses in the French language. Contains a.o. "Epitre au Grand Diamant" and "Epitre à Pierre Marteau, libraire à Cologne". According to some bibliographers a third volume, the "Rêveries poétiques ..." belongs to the above edition.

(Berain, Jean). Chimney-pieces and trumeaus. Aug. Vind. (Augsburg), Jeremias Wolff, (no date, 1708 - 1724). Complete series of 5 magnificent engraved plates. First three plates oblong size, last two plates standing size. ca. 28,5 x 31 cm on leaves of ca. 33,7 x 42,6 cm. Bound together with original thread, uncut sheets. (# 4476)

Fuhring Nos. 9250 - 9254. Weigert, Jean Berain, II under 272 - 276. Not in Kat. Orn. Berlin. First German edition with series number N°7, copied in reverse by Jeremias Wolff from the original French series (first edition: Paris, 1700 - 1708). Beautiful series showing on each leaf two variants of very richly decorated chimney-pieces with mirrors, trumeaus, console tables, candle-holders, in French Louis XIV style. Jean Berain (St. Mihiel in Lorraine 1640 - Paris 1711), architect, ornament designer and engraver, was appointed to Royal French designer, and received the privilege to live in the Louvre. Here he designed the interior decoration for the Tuilleries. He was a follower of the French Renaissance, but his work shows also Italian influence, his grotesques show influence of antiquity, and there are already some elements of Rococo in his work. He had an enormous influence on German interior decoration. - Brown stain in blank margin. Otherwise well preserved in the original uncut sheets, bound together with original thread.

Bernardus Claravallensis (pseudo-). Floretus. (Cologne, Heinrich Quentell, not after 1491). With a splendid nearly full-page title woodcut of a teacher instructing two pupils, a scroll with inscription above, a dove perched on his shoulder and an open book before him. Printed in Gothic type. Capital spaces. 35 - 45 lines and head-line to the page. 56 lvs. 4to. 20th century boards covered with an early printed leaf, printed paper spine label. (# 5132)

Hain-Copinger 2912. GKW 4004. BMC I, 276. Goff B-392. Janauschek No. 167. Not in IDL. For the fine "accipies" woodcut see: Schreiber No. 3431, Schramm VIII 20, and Schreiber - Heitz No. 18. First edition with commentary of this often reprinted schoolbook. And the first version of the beautiful "accipies" woodcut, with a scroll inscribed: "Accipies tanti doctoris dogmata sancti". Heinrich Quentell used this "magister cum discipulis" woodcut for the first time in 1490, and in the following years numerous schoolbooks were illustrated with comparable woodcuts. The "Floretus" consists of a text in rhythmic prose for easy memorization and an anonymous explanatory commentary. The work is ascribed to Saint Bernard (1090 - 1153), Abbot of Clairvaux, which under his direction soon became one of the chief centres of the Cistercian Order. The basic Christian tenets in this work include a.o. the following subjects: "De pr(a)eceptis iuris scripti", "De peccato gul(a)e et de malis sequentibus ebrietatem", "De sententia excommunicationis", "De scientia et ignorantia", "De virginitate & castitate", "De somno et vigilia", "De custodia quinque sensuum, gustus, odoratus, auditus, visio, tactus". - A light marginal waterstain to a very few leaves. A few leaves very slightly browned. Contemporary handwritten marginal annotations and some underlinings, in at least two different hands, one signed by Gebhardus Rem(m)inger (leaf 24 recto). Library stamp inside front-cover of F. Fasting, Rio de Janeiro. A well preserved incunable.

Berthault, P. Florus Gallicus, sive rerum a veteribus Gallis bello gestarum epitome, in IV libellos distincta. 6a editio. Parisiis, Cl. Thiboust, 1660. With engraved frontispiece. 20 lvs., 244 pp., 12 lvs. - Bound with: Berthault, P. Florus Franciscus, sive rerum a Francis bello gestarum epitome, in IV libellos distincta. Ab anno 420 usque ad ann. 1661. 6a editio. Parisiis, P. Variquet for Cl. Thiboust, 1660. With engraved frontispiece. 22 lvs., 426 pp., 18 lvs. Together 2 works in 1 volume. 12mo. Contemporary calf, back gilt (foot of spine damaged, rubbed). (# 5306)

The two most esteemed textbooks for French history of the time, used for a long period at the French colleges. The second work is updated until the date of publication. The French theologian Pierre Berthault (ca. 1600 - 1681) was born in Sens. See: Martin, Livre, pouvoirs et société à Paris I, 203. - Very lightly browned. With bookplate of C.W. Graf von Nostitz; contemporary ownership entry on title.

Bibliothèque en miniature. Berquin. Variétés. - And: Démoustier. Mythologie. - And: Florian. Mélanges. - And: La Fontaine. Fables. - And: Millevoye. (Poems). - And: Voltaire. Poésies. Paris, Firmin Didot Frères for Marcilly, (ca. 1835). Together 6 booklets. Each booklet with a steel-engraved title with a vignette and a steel-engraved plate. Each booklet contains 1 lf., 24 pp. Miniature books (68 x 47 mm). Original decorated blue wrappers. Preserved in the original box (82 x 57 mm), of which the lid has a pasted on gilt floral border surrounding a lithographed title with a representation of the six booklets in the lower half, blue edges with a floral decoration in relief print (title of box slightly rubbed). (# 5029)

Welsh No. 1250. Bondy 75. Gumuchian No. 4062. Not in Spielmann. Rare to find together the complete set of six volumes preserved in the original case. A very nicely illustrated series of French miniature children's books, finely printed in a very small type by Firmin Didot Frères. Contains stories and verses drawn from famous French authors. - A very few leaves very slightly foxed, a fine set.

(Binding). Louis XVIII Writing-Case. - Very fine richly gilt red morocco binding in neo-baroque style; in the centre of both sides the gilt arms of Louis XVIII (1755 - 1824), King of France, surrounded by chains of orders; within 2 elaborately decorated gilt borders of floral garlands, fillets, drawer-handles and lily tools, back richly gilt. With fine green silk interior. Folio. (Corners neatly repaired, back slightly rubbed). (# 3399)

Olivier plate 2497, 3. - A beautiful binding.

Blasset, Nicolas. Unterschiedle Epitaphien inventiert von N. Blasset, zu Amiens. Augsburg, J. Wolff, (no date, before 1724). Complete suite of fine engraved title and six plates, numbered in the plates, Nos. 1-7, showing architectural funeral monuments. ca. 22,8 x 15,2 cm. (# 4458)

Guilmard 45. Fuhring No. (8475-8481), note. Not in RPK Amsterdam. Not in Kat. Orn. Berlin. First German edition, copied from the original French series "Les Epitaphes". With series number N°. 130. Fine suite of designs for richly ornamented epitaphs, composed of architectural shapes and decorated with little cherubs, vases, foliage scrolls and skulls. They had to be attached to the walls and pillars of a church. Nicolas Blasset (Amiens 1600 - 1659) was sculptor and architect. In the Cathedral of Amiens several of his sculptures and monuments are still preserved. - Cut to the plate-mark and laid down; occasionally slightly foxed and thumbed. Bound with two anonymous prints, one showing Moses and Aron with the Table of the Ten Commandmends.

Bléry, Eugène (Fontainebleau 1805-1887). Le vieux chêne aux mares de Bellecroix. 1843. Beautiful large etching on Chine collé, of the oak tree at the ponds of Bellecroix, inscribed on plate: "E. Blery del & sculp. - aqua forti". 42,7 x 48,8 cm. (# 5821)

IFF 28. Beraldi 28. In British Museum database. Landscape with, in the foreground, large oak tree at left and two cows drinking from a pond; nearby, a shepherd and a dog; in the background, oak trees, with figure and cows standing in the shade of one of them at centre; cross standing in plain at right. Eugène Bléry was a French printmaker, painter, and publisher. - 2 small tears, one repaired, in lower margin, tiny hole in lower part of print, a few very light brown spots; bright impression of the plate, with ample margins.

Blondel, D. Familier esclaircissement de la question si une femme a esté assise au siege papal de Rome entre Leon IV, & Benoist III. Seconde édition, plus correcte que la première. Amsterdam, J. Blaeu, 1649. With printer's mark on title. 109 pp. 12mo. Contemporary limp vellum. (# 1366)

Haag II, 308. Erudite and successfull criticism of the myth of Pope Joan. David Blondel (1590-1655), French ecclesiastical historian, Professor at Saumur and at the Ecole Illustre at Amsterdam. All his works were put on the Index. - Engraved book-plate, slightly browned.

(Bonnart, Henry). Livre de portes a la moderne, gravées d'apres les plus habiles architectes et sculpteurs de ce temps. Paris, chez H. Bonnart, rue St. Jacques au Coq, n.d. (ca. 1693). Beautiful engraved title of an unrecorded series, showing designs of a door. 23 x 11,4 cm. (# 5547)

Unrecorded. Not in Amsterdam, Berlin, Hamburg, Paris, etc. (kind information of Dr Peter Fuhring). The engraver/publisher of ornament prints Henry Bonnart lived and worked in Paris ca. 1642-1711. - With margins, pasted on a blank leaf with old library stamp.

Bossuet, J.B. An exposition of the doctrine of the Catholic Church in matters of controversie. London, 1685. 2 lvs., 24, 51, 16 pp. 4to. Disbound. (# 2793)

Wing B-3783. Lowndes I, 241: 'This translation is attributed, on very slight grounds, to Dryden'. Not in Willaert. First edition in English printed in England. - Light waterstain, 2 holes in last leaf, affecting a few letters.

Bossuet, J.B. Recueil des oraisons funèbres. Nouvelle édition ... considérablement augmentée. Paris, Desaint et Saillant, 1762. 165, 445 pp. 8vo. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, back gilt with label (spine-ends and corners slightly damaged, very little rubbed). (# 2679)

Bourgeois-André No. 1305. One of the best editions of the funeral orations pronounced by Jacques Bénigne Bossuet (1627 - 1704), the famous French preacher and bishop of Meaux. Included are his 3 great funeral orations on Henriette Maria queen of England (1669), Henriette Anne of England (1670), and Louis de Bourbon Prince of Condé (1687), which will remain classics. Edited by abbé Legueux. An historical and critical study of the orations has been added, with short biographies of the persons for whom the orations were held. Contains at the end a bibliography of the works of Bossuet (pp. 421 - 445).

Boucher, (Juste François Nathan, fils). Portals. Paris, (Le Père et Avaulez), (1773 - 1779). Complete suite of 6 fine plates, engraved by Pelletier. ca. 33 x 20,5 cm on leaves of ca. 39 x 26,3 cm. Sewn. (# 4466)

Guilmard 231. 32e Cahier, Nos. 187 - 192. First edition. This kind of 'cahiers' were sold seperately, as becomes evident from advertisements and from being sewn together as issued. Fine suite showing portals with pilasters and columns, together with their ground plans, in French Louis XVI style. François Boucher the Younger, architect, ornament designer and engraver, was born in Paris 1736, where he died ca. 1781. - Apart from a few brown spots in the margin of the last leaf, well preserved, with ample margins.

Bourdet, (B.) Soins faciles pour la propreté de la bouche, et pour la conservation des dents. Paris, J.-Th. Hérissant, 1759. 1 lf., 131 pp., 1 pp., 2 lvs. 16mo. Contemporary marbled calf, back gilt, gilt border round sides (slightly rubbed, 2 corners and foot of spine very slightly damaged). (# 3900)

Waller No. 10579. Wellcome II, 213. Crowley No. 785. Sternfeld und Kellner 22. First edition of this book on dentistry. Bernard Bourdet was the surgeon and dentist of the French Queen. He considered the technical side of dentistry equallly important to the scientific; he furnished excellent practical observations. Written in an entertaining way and directed against charlatans. - Ownership entry dated 1759 on title. A mainly marginal waterstain in the corner of the last few leaves, else a good copy.

Brendler, Anna Maria (1613-Strassbourg-1633). Istoria vom verlohrnen Sohn. Strassbourg, David Hautt, (before 1633). Complete series of 4 small oblong etchings, depicting the parable of the prodigal/lost son, etched title at top of first plate, at bottom of first plate signed "Anna Maria Brendlerin fecit. David Haut, exc". c. 7,5-8 cm x 11 cm. (# 5858)

Nagler, Monogrammisten, No. 944. Saur XIV, 133. Rare complete series of four etchings by the female miniature painter and etcher Anna Maria Brendler, Brendlerin, Brentlerin, Bretelin; she was the daughter of the painter Friedrich Brentel, in whose successful and busy Strassbourg workshop she was apprenticed. The publisher and engraver David Hautt (Strassburg/Strasbourg 1603-Konstanz 1677), became a famous printer/publisher in Luzern from 1636-1657, had also a bookshop in Wien, and worked from 1657-1677 in Konstanz (see Benzing, Verleger, 1161 and Benzing, Buchdrucker, 252 No. 12 and 289 No. 3). - Cut to the plate-marks, partly mounted, most corners defective, title slightly shaved, small defect to right side of plate 2, tiny tear in lower side of plate 4, a few brown spots. Nevertheless interesting rare complete series.

Bury, (R.) de. Histoire de Philippe, et d'Alexandre le Grand, Rois de Macédoine. Paris, l'auteur, d'Houry, and Debure l'aîné, 1760. 1 lf., 18, 587 pp. Large 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, back gilt (rubbed, somewhat stained, corners and spine-ends defective). (# 4881)

Quérard, La France litt. I, 574. Oettinger, Bibliogr. Biographique Univ. II, 1415. First edition of this history of the Macedonian Kings Phillip (reign 359 - 336 BC) and his son Alexander the Great (reign 336 - 323 BC), who conquered many countries and founded the large Macedonian Empire on the Balkan, in Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor, Egypt, Syria, Iran (Persia) and eastwards as far as northern India. The French jurist and historiographer Richard de Bury (Paris 1730 - 1794) was a prolific author. - Copy containing two versions of the pages 393 - 396, the second set is bound at the end; A few leaves slightly foxed.

(Carra, J.L.) Merkwürdige in dem Archive der Bastille gefundene Inquisitions-Akten, Protocolle und andere wichtige Papiere. Ein Beytrag zur Geschichtkunde und Menschenkenntnis. Leipzig, Fr. G. Jacobäer, 1790. 8 pp., 4 lvs., 376 pp. 8vo. 19th century half calf, gilt lettering on back (slightly rubbed), uncut. (# 1141)

Rare only edition of this collection of 49 case-histories of persons who were imprisoned in the Bastille by 'lettres de cachet'. The anonymous compiler used as main source Carra's 'Memoires historiques et authentiques sur la Bastille...' (Paris 1789). - Slightly browned.

Cars, Laurent (Lyon 1699-Paris 1771). Michel Anguier de la Ville d'Eu sculp.r ordre du Roy Recteur en son Academie de Peint.re et de Sculp.re. after Gabriel Revel. 1733. Fine large engraved portrait of the French sculptor/medallist Michel Anguier; half-length, turned to left but looking in front, wrapped in drapery, in oval frame, lettered with title (see above) around oval; lettered on pedestal "Gab.Revel pinx. Gravé par Laurent Cars pour sa reception à l'Academie en 1733". 36,2 x 25 cm. (# 5852)

I.F.F. III, 475, No. 33. Le Blanc I, 608, No. 20. Firmin-Didot, Graveurs de Portraits en France, No. 2477. Second state (of 2), with lettering. Fine artist's portrait/portrait d'artiste, also Laurent Cars' Reception Piece/Morceau de Réception for his admission to the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture in Paris. The engraver Laurent Cars was admitted to the Royal Paris Académie in 1733 with this engraved portrait of the Royal sculptor and rector of the Académie, Michel Anguier (Eu 1612 or 1614-Paris 1686); after a painting, now lost, by Gabriel Revel (Château-Thierry 1643-Dijon 1712), painted in 1682 for his admission to the Royal Académie. - Pencil stroke touching immage, thumbed. Sharp impression on heavy paper, with ample margins.

Chapelle (Cl.E.L.) & (Fr. le Coigneux de) Bachaumont. Voyage de Chapelle et Bachaumont, suivi de quelques autres voyages dans le même genre. Genève, (Cazin), 1777. With nice engraved frontispiece by N. de Launay after C.P. Marillier, dated 1781. 2 lvs., 212 pp. 12mo. Contemporary boards covered with marbled paper, back with label (corners bumped, the marbled paper slightly damaged). (# 5247)

Cohen 224. Cf. Quérard, La France Litt. II, 128. Cf. Gay-Lemonnyer III, 959. Letters in French verse and prose, written to friends in Paris. Generally ascribed to Chapelle (1626 - 1686), though Bachaumont's (1624 - 1702) name is first in earlier editions. Both were French poets. Apart from the work mentioned in the title, the volume contains: "Voyage de Languedoc et de Provence" by J.-J. Lefranc marquis de Pompignon (1709 - 1784); "Voyage d'Éponne" by M. Desmahis; "Voyage du chevalier De Parny" (E.-D. de Forges Vicomte de Parny lived from 1753 - 1814); "Tangu et Félime, poëme en quatre chants". - Very slightly browned.

Chasteau, Guillaume (Orléans 1635-Paris 1683). Jesus sortant de Jericho toucha les yeux de deux aveugles, et aussy tost ilz virent. Egrediens Jesus ab Jericho ... Dapres le tableau du Poussin hault de 3. pieds 7 pouces et long de 5 pieds 4 pouces qui est au Cabinet du Roy. Ad tabulam ... N. Poussin pinxit. G. Chasteau sculpsit. Paris, c. 1672-1674. Large oblong etching and engraving showing Christ healing the blind of Jericho engraved by Guillaume Chasteau after the painting "Les aveugles de Jéricho" by Nicolas Poussin. Signed in the plate. With 2 engraved lines of French and Latin text underneath (see above). 41,5 x 52 cm. (# 5829)

I.F.F. II, 288 No. 15.III. Andresen 181.II. Wildenstein 65.III. In database of the British Museum. Third state (of 3). The painting "Les aveugles de Jéricho", made in 1650 by the famous French painter Nicolas Poussin (Les Adelys in Normandy 1594-Rome 1665), is now in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. In 1665 it was acquired by King Louis XIV. This print is one of the main works of the engraver and publisher Guillaume Chasteau, who worked for Louis XIV. "Pl. pour le Cabinet des planches gravées du Roi. Cuivre à la Chalcogr. du Louvre" (Angoulvent, 1202). "An impression of this plate is attested in Mariette's collection in 1674" (British Museum). It depicts Christ placing his hand on the forehead of a blind man kneeling before him; behind the man, another blind man, also kneeling, with young man seizing his forearm; a woman holding a baby standing at left; six Apostles surrounding Christ; classsical buildings of Jericho in the background. The engraved title in French and Latin contains the dimensions and provenance of the original painting. - Good impression on strong laid paper, with ample margins; lightly foxed; collector's stamp on verso of "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

Chateaubriand, (F.A.) de. De la restauration et de la monarchie élective, ou réponse a l'interpellation de quelques journeaux sur mon refus de servir le nouveau gouvernement. Paris, Le Normant fils, 24 mars 1831. 48 pp. - Bound with: Chateaubriand, (F.A.) de. Aux lecteurs. Paris, Le Normant fils, novembre, 1831. 16 pp. Original wrappers bound in. - Bound with: Chateaubriand, (F.A.) de. De la nouvelle proposition relative au bannissement de Charles X et de sa famille, ou suite de mon dernier écrit: De la restauration et de la monarchie élective. Berlin, A.G. Hayn for A.M. Schlesinger, 1832. 84 pp. Together 3 works in 1 volume. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, back with label (corners slightly damaged, slightly rubbed). (# 4764)

3 first editions. François Auguste vicomte de Chateaubriand (Saint Malo 1768 - Paris 1848) was a famous French author, statesman, and a brilliant representative of the reaction against the ideas of the French Revolution. He made bitter allusions to Napoleon. The second work forms a preface to the third. - Occasionally very lightly foxed.

Chéreau, François (Blois 1680-Paris 1729). Nicolas de Launay. Escuyer Conseiller Secretaire du Roy, Maison Couronne de France et de ses Finances, Directeur de la Monnoye des Médailles et de l'Orfévrerie de sa Majesté. After Hyacinthe Rigaud. 1719. Beautiful, very large, engraved portrait of the French goldsmith/medallist Nicolas de Launay, three-quarter length, head turned to left, with left hand pointing at viewer and right hand resting on table, wrapped in ample drapery. Lettered underneath with name and titles of sitter (see above) and signed in the plate "Peint par Hyancinthe Rigaud en 1713. Gravé par Fr. Chereau en 1719." 48,6 x 35,5 cm. (# 5851)

Firmin-Didot, Graveurs de Portraits en France, No. 252. I.F.F. IV, 326, No. 41/II. Le Blanc II, 8, No. 31. In database British Museum. Second state, with lettering. This very large portrait is a main work of the Royal French engraver François Chéreau. Nicolas Delaunay or De Launay (1646-Paris 1727) was a very famous goldsmith, who worked extensively for Louis XIV. In 1696 he was appointed, Director of the Royal Mint and became Secretary to King Louis XIV, who granted him a noble rank. The original portrait painted in 1713 by the Royal painter Hyacinthe Rigaud (Perpignan 1659-Paris 1743), the leading French portrait painter of his era, is lost. - A few tiny tears in blank margins, tiny part of lower left corner repaired; blank margins slightly thumbed. Good impression on strong paper.

Cicero, M.T. Les lettres de Ciceron à Atticus. Paris, Cl. Barbin, 1691. With engraved portrait of Cicero by C. Vermeulen. With Latin text and a few words in Greek. 2 volumes. 21 lvs., 443, 1 pp., 6 lvs.; 560 pp., 4 lvs. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, backs gilt with label (spine-ends and corners damaged, rubbed). (# 5043)

Graesse II, 183. First edition of the French translation by César Vichard (known as l'abbé) de Saint-Réal (Chambéry 1639 - Chambéry 1692), a French historian. "il restera toujours à Saint-Réal la gloire d'avoir commencé à dissiper l'obscurité qui couvrait les Lettres à Atticus, et d'avoir facilité le beau travail de l'abbé Mongault" (Biogr. Universelle). This (complete) edition comprises only the two first books of Cicero's letters to Atticus. - Library stamps on titles, a few leaves slightly browned.

Couché, Jacques (Gournay/Abbeville 1750/59-1835?). Le retour au gite; after Morete (Moreth/Morette). Paris et Londres, chez Tessari et Co., (end of 18th century). Oblong etching and engraving of a landscape with shepherd, shepherdess and child, bringing back their herd; the shepherd is chasing a cow, who is passing a hut. At bottom signed in the plate "Peint par Morete. Gravé par J. Couché"; in centre of bottom margin cartouche and 4 lines of engraved text in French: "Le retour au gite. Dédié à Monsieur le Baron de Poudenx Colonel d'infanterie Premier Maître d'Hôtel de Monseigneur le duc d'Orléans. A Paris et a Londres chez Tessari et Co. Par son très Humble et très Obéissant Serviteur Couché". 20 x 25,2 cm. (# 5871)

I.F.F. (18e siècle) V, 267, No. 4. Le Blanc II, 56, No. 24. The French printmaker Jacques Couché was born in Gournay in 1750 according to some, and in Abbeville in 1759 according to others, he was engraver to the Duke of Orléans, the date of his death is unknown. Moreth/Morette was a French painter and draftsman, active 1796-1817 (see Nagler X, 533, this print). Companion piece to I.F.F. No. 5 ("Je R'Aurai mon Etrille ..."). - Trimmed to plate-mark, small tear in lower margin touching one letter, thumbed and slightly foxed.

Coypel, Charles Antoine (Paris 1694-Paris 1752). La France rend grace au ciel de la guérison du Roy... Le tableau est dans le cabinet de la Reine. Presenté a la Reine par son tres humble et tres fidel sujet P.L. Surugue. Carolus Coypel inv. et pinxit. Aug.(us)tus 20.e 1744. Petrus Surugue filius sculpsit. Paris, chez Surugue graveur du Roy rue des Noyers, 1744. Fine large engraving showing an allegory of France, in the figure of a crowned woman with raised arms, dressed in a gown covered with fleurs de lis, a shield at her feet, engraved by Pierre Louis Surugue after a painting of Charles Antoine Coypel. With engraved text underneath. 38,5 x 24,3 cm. (# 5826)

Nagler XX, 135 (Surugue) No. 7. Le Blanc III, 613 No. 41 (Louis Surugue). Painted as an expression of thanks for the recovery of King Louis XV from a severe illness in 1744. The original painting by Charles Antoine Coypel was placed in the appartments of the Queen in Versailles. Pierre Louis Surugue (Paris 1716-Paris 1772) was a French engraver and publisher, who sometimes signed as P. Surugue le fils. - A very good impression on thick paper, with ample margins. Some discoloration of the sheet. Collector's stamp on verso of "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

Crasset, J. Méditations pour tous les jours du carême, ou entretiens doux & affectueux sur la passion & la mort de N.S. Jesus-Christ avec des cantiques & litanies de la passion. Brusselle, Fr. Foppens, 1722. Woodcut device on both titles, some nice head- and tail-pieces; with engraved plate showing Christ on the cross with the Holy Virgin. 2 parts in 1 volume. 13 lvs., 294 pp., 1 lf.; 3 lvs., 302 pp., 1 lf., 20 blank lvs. 8vo. Contemporary calf (foot of spine damaged, rubbed). (# 5018)

De Backer-Sommervogel II, 1638 No. 18. The Jesuit Jean Crasset (Dieppe 1618 - Paris 1692) taught at Paris and was the author of several works. - Ownership entry on title: "Ex licea R.P. Pr(o)(vinci)alii in servio usu P. Francisci Ludovici Capucini"; inscription on fly-leaf: "par permission du Rtrii Reverande Pere Provinciale pour le simple usage du Pere Francois Ludovic Capucin". A few leaves slightly browned.

D(alencé, J.) Traittez des barometres, thermometres, et notiometres, ou hygrometres. Liege, (no printer), 1691. With nice engraved title by N. Pecoul dated 1688 and 35 fine plates showing scientific instruments and experiments engraved after A. Schoonebeek. 2 lvs., 45 pp., 1 lf. 4to. Contemporary calf, back gilt with label (rubbed). (# 5589)

Cf. Barbier IV, 774 (2 other editions). De Theux de Montjardin, Liege, 357 (copy with only 34 plates). "Rare second edition (first Amsterdam, 1688) of "the earliest account dealing exclusively with the subject, and especially valuable as the first work laying down rules for the graduation of the thermometer" (Sotheran). Several of the finely engraved plates show, apart from the scientific subject, a nice landscape in the background. Joachim Dalencé (or: d'Alence), astronomer and scientist, was born in Paris and died in Lille in 1707. He also wrote an important work on the magnet and was the editor of the first volumes of the famous series "La Connaissance des Temps". He was a friend of Oldenburg, Huygens and Leibniz. - Waterstain to fly-leaves and light waterstain to one quire; browned.

Darcis, Louis (?-1801). Le gouvernement protège le commerce; after Simon Louis Boizot. Paris, Depeuille, 1796. Beautiful stipple etching and engraving on dark ground, showing the French government personified by the full-length figure of Pallas Athena/Minerva, a rowing oar in her right hand, holding with the other hand a shield above the head of commerce, personified by a merchant, who is sitting on a bale of merchandise. Signed underneath "Boizot delineavit. Darcis sculpsit" and lettered with title (see above) and publication address "A Paris, chez Depeuille, Rue Denis près celle aux Ours". c. 46,7 x 37,5 cm. (# 5836)

I.F.F. VI, 25 No. 24. Not in Le Blanc. In Paris, Louvre, Chalcographie. Only state. This political and economical print was inspired by the French Revolution (1789-1799), which Simon Louis Boizot (Paris 1743-Paris 1809) supported; he was a French sculptor and gifted designer. The date of birth of the stipple engraver Louis Darcis is unknown, he flourished in Paris towards the end of the 18th century. "Allégories révolutionnaires, d'après Boizot... pour l'ornement des salons ..." (I.F.F.). - Blank margins lightly discoloured. Good impression. Collector's stamp on verso of "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

Delafosse, Jean-Charles. Vases. (Augsburg), J(ohann) G(eorg) Hertel, (no date, ca. 1770). Complete series of 6 engraved plates, with plate-numbers Nos. 1-6. ca. 25 x 18,7 cm. (# 4474)

Not in any of the usual bibliographies. Very rare German edition copied from the original entitled French series. With series number N°. 374. The work of Jean-Charles Delafosse (Paris 1721 or 1734 - 1789), architect and ornament designer, belongs to the most important examples of the Louis XVI style. Very characteristic for his style are the festoons, which adorn his designs. Johann Georg Hertel (Augsburg 1700 - Augsburg 1775) was printseller and print publisher. - Cut to the plate-mark, ink-stain on last leaf; lightly browned.

Delaunoy, J. Responsionis ad dissertationem de duobus Dionysiis discussio, in qua probatum iam utriusque discrimen ex inveniendi asserendique veri legibus defenditur. Accedit utriusque Dionysii vita ... Parisiis, E. Martin, 1642. 12 lvs., 280 pp. 8vo. Contemporary vellum. (# 4628)

De Backer-Sommervogel VII, 1246. First edition of one of the numerous 17th century polemics on the identity of the two Dionusiusses, who have often been confused: Dionysius the Aeropagite and S. Dionysius of Paris. This work is a refutation of the learned Jesuit P. Sirmond, who in the previous year had published a work on the subject. Jean de Launoy (1603 - 1678) was a learned French canonist and ecclesiastical historian. - Book-plate of Hörmann v. Gutenberg.

Delaunoy, J. Responsionis ad dissertationem de duobus Dionysiis discussio, in qua probatum iam utriusque discrimen ex inveniendi asserendique veri legibus defenditur. Accedit utriusque Dionysii vita ... Parisiis, E. Martin, 1642. 12 lvs., 280 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, back gilt with label (corners and spine-ends worn, rubbed). (# 4631)

De Backer-Sommervogel VII, 1246. First edition of one of the numerous 17th century polemics on the identity of the two Dionusiusses, who have often been confused: Dionysius the Aeropagite and S. Dionysius of Paris. This work is a refutation of the learned Jesuit P. Sirmond, who in the previous year had published a work on the subject. Jean de Launoy (1603 - 1678) was a learned French canonist and ecclesiastical historian. - Old ownership entry on title, a light mainly marginal waterstain.

(Derodon, D.) Dispute de la messe ou discours sur ces paroles, ceci est mon corps. Genève, Ph. Albert, 1662. Vignette on title. 1 lf., 218 pp. - Bound with: Derodon, D. Le tombeau de la messe. Genève, P. Aubert, 1662. With small woodcut on title. 139 pp. Together 2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. Modern half vellum. (# 4595)

Ad I: Haag (2nd ed.) V, 258 No. XIV. Peignot I, 99-100. Rare first edition. Ad II: Haag (2nd ed.) V, 256 No. IV Peignot I, 100. Second edition. Derodon fights energetic against the dogma of transubstantiation. "Le tombeau de la messe" was burnt publicly by the executioner in 1663. The author, protestant professor of philosophy in Nimes, was banished from France. He found exile in Geneva, where he died in 1664. - Very lightly browned; upper margin a bit short, but without loss of text.

Desrochers, Étienne (Lyon 1668-Paris 1741). François Verdier. Peintre ordinaire du Roy, & ancien Professeur en son Academie de Peinture et de Sculpture. After Jean Ranc. 1723. Large engraved portrait of the painter François Verdier, half-length, head turned to the right, in an oval within rectangular frame, a palette with brushes and a portcrayon below; engraved inscription (see above) on pedestal; in the plate signed underneath "Ranc pinxit. Gravé par E. Desrochers pour sa reception a l'Academie en 1723." 36 x 25,8 cm (plate-mark). (# 5848)

I.F.F. VII, 260, No. 597. Le Blanc II, 121, No. 121. Firmin-Didot, Graveurs de Portraits en France, No. 2483. Second state (of II), with lettering. Fine artist's portrait/portrait d'artiste, also Reception Piece/Morceau de Réception for Desrochers' admission to the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture in Paris. Étienne Jahandier Desrochers was admitted to the Paris Académie in 1723 with this engraved portrait of the Royal painter François Verdier (Paris 1651-Paris 1730), after a painting of Jean Ranc (Montpellier 1674-Madrid 1735). Desrochers is especially known as a good portraitist. - Sharp impression on heavy paper. Thread margins. Paper very lightly browned.

(Devéria). Collection de 25 portraits des personnages les plus célèbres du siècle de Louis XIV, avec une notice sur chacun. Paris, Lemarchand, 1829. With 25 fine steel-engraved plates showing portraits of Mme de Sévigné, Louis XIV, Madame de Maintenon, Turenne, Le Rochefoucauld, Bossuet, Descartes, Molière, La Fontaine, Boileau, Corneille, Racine, etc., engraved by different artists after Devéria. 55 pp. 8vo. Original wrappers (slightly foxed, small defects to spine-ends), uncut. (# 5347)

The engravers are Dien, Tavernier, Decauvilliers, Wegwood, Sixdeniers, Muller, Adam, Johanneau, etc. Each portrait is accompanied by a biography of the depicted person. On the front-cover is printed: "Pour faire suite à toutes les éditions des lettres de Mme de Sévigné". - Slightly foxed.

Dialogues des morts, d'un tour nouveau, pour l'instruction des vivans, sur plusieurs matières importantes. La Haye, T. Johnson, 1709. With engraved frontispiece showing Lucien and Fontenelle, device on title. 4 lvs., 18, 469 pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, back gilt (rubbed, corners and foot of spine slightly damaged). (# 3658)

Not in Barbier. Contains 6 philosophical dialogues, between Alcinous and Aegialeus, Myrrha and Alcmene, Apuleius and Agrippa, Heliogabalus and Diogenes, Brutus and Caesar, Nero and Caligula. Dedicated to 'Henry de Cort, Baron de Walef, seigneur de Borle &c. Colonel d'un Regiment de Dragons aux service de L.H.P. les Etats Generaux &c., &c. - Stamp on title, occasionally browned.

(Dolivar, Jean). Retables. Aug. Vind. (Augsburg), Jeremias Wolff, (no date, before 1724). Complete suite of fine title and 5 plates, numbered in the plates, Nos. (1)-6, etched by Johann Leonhart Wüst. ca. 22,5 x 15,6 cm on leaves of ca. 30 x 20,5 cm. Sewn. (# 4448)

Not in Fuhring or any of the other usual bibliographies. Very rare German edition copied from the original French series "Nouveau livre d'Autel" (Paris 1690, see: Kat Orn. Berl. No. 3714 and Guilmard 99 - 100). Very elaborate designs for altar retables in baroque style, i.e. for architectural frames enclosing decorated panels above back of altars. Jean (Juan) Dolivar, architect and engraver (Saragossa in Spain in 1641 - Paris? 1692), worked in Paris together with his uncle Jean Le Pautre and after J. Berain. Johann Leonhart Wüst (1666 - 1735) was goldsmith and engraver in Augsburg. - Occasionally foxed, blank margins slightly thumbed. Contemporary handwritten numbers in blank corners. Ample margins.

(Dolivar, Jean). Retables. Aug. Vind. (Augsburg), Jeremias Wolff, (no date, before 1724). Complete suite of fine title and 5 plates, numbered in the plates, Nos. (1)-6, etched by Johann Leonhart Wüst. ca 21,2 x 14,6 cm. (# 4441)

Not in Fuhring or any of the other usual bibliographies. Very rare German edition copied from the original French series "Nouveau livre d'Autel" (Paris 1690, see: Kat Orn. Berl. No. 3714 and Guilmard 99 - 100). Very elaborate designs for altar retables in baroque style, i.e. for architectural frames enclosing decorated panels above back of altars. Jean (Juan) Dolivar, architect and engraver (Saragossa in Spain in 1641 - Paris? 1692), worked in Paris together with his uncle Jean Le Pautre and after J. Berain. Johann Leonhart Wüst (1666 - 1735) was goldsmith and engraver in Augsburg. - 5 of the plates cut out within plate mark and laid down, plate 5 with ample margins; small defects to blank part of 2 plates, 1 plate thumbed. Blind collector's stamp, not identified in Lugt.

(Doüet, I.) Harangue faite au Roy par le recteur de l'université de Paris ... au sujet de sa Majorité. Paris, A. Lesselin, 1651. Coat of arms on title. 7, 1 pp. 4to. Sewn. (# 2673)

Goldsmith No. H-101. Oration held on Sept. the 10th 1651 at the occasion of Louis XIV attaining his majority at the age of 13. Interesting Mazarinade. - Library stamp on title, last leaf little stained.

Du Buisson. La vie du vicomte de Turenne, maréchal general des camps & armées du Roi ... Nouvelle édition. La Haye (The Hague), H. van Bulderen, 1688. With engraved frontispiece. 4 lvs., 467 pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, back gilt (rubbed). (# 5024)

Bourgeois-André III, 360. Often reprinted work (first published Cologne 1685) describing the (military) life of Henri de Latour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne (1611 - 1675), famous French marshall. Mr. du Buisson was according to the title "premier capitaine et major du regiment de Verdelin". Sometimes attributed to G. de Courtilz de Sandras (1644 - 1712).

(Du Rosoi, B. Farmian dit). Les sens, poëme en six chants. Londres (i.e. Paris), (no printer), 1766. With charming engraved frontispiece, 6 pretty plates, 8 vignette head- and tail-pieces engraved by De Longueil after Eisen and Wille, and 2 engraved pp. of musical notation. 2 lvs., 184 pp. 8vo. Contemporary blind-stamped boards (lower part of back gone, top of spine and corners damaged, faded). (# 4762)

Sander No. 594. Gay-Lemonnier III, 1095. Salomons, Eisen, 94. Cohen 339-340. First edition of these erotic poems on the senses and a delightful example of French rococo book illustration. The French author Barn. Farmian du Rosoi (Paris 1745 - 1792) was decapitated for high treason and conspiracy in favour of Louis XVI. This book marks the maiden attempt of the son of the famous engraver Wille. - Foxed; outer top corner, especially of the plates, stained; upper blank part of title restored. Ownership entry on title of L. la Verlette. Contemporary advertisement pasted inside front-cover: "Häussler in Ulm, Sattler ... empfehlt sich in allen Sattler-Riemer-Tapezir- und Taschner-Arbeiten, sowohl zum Verkauf als auch Einkauf... Auch giebt er lehnungsweise her ... und verspricht in allem schnelle und gute Bedienung und die billigsten Preise".

(Du Tillet, J.) La Chronique des Roys de France, Et des cas memorable advenuz depuis Pharamond, iusques au Roy Henry second du nom, selon l'ordre du temps & supputation des ans continuez iusques en l'an mil cinq centz cinquente & un. Rouen, J. Petit for M. le Megissier, 1551. With 5 small round woodcut portraits of kings. Each page divided by vertical and horizontal lines. Printed in italics. 12, 120 (wrongly numbered 119) lvs. 8vo. Contemporary limp vellum (ties gone, lower cover a little crumpled). (# 1070)

Cf. Barbier I, 598. Cf. Hauser No. 24. Not in Rép. bibl. livres impr. France XVIe s. Not in the STC of French books. Very rare Rouen edition of Du Tillet's famous chronicle, first published in Paris 1549, here augmented with recent historical data. At the end is a 'Catalogue des Papes' and a 'Catalogue des Empereurs'. - Old ownership entry on title; tiny wormhole in inner blank margin of a few lvs.; some slight foxing.

Dubosc, Claude (Paris 1682-London c. 1746). Susanna and the Elders. From the original picture, in the collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire. Annibal Carracci pinxit. Cl. Du Bosc sculpsit. London, John Boydell, March 25th 1778. Fine large engraving, showing Susanna sitting half naked next to a large fountain, seized by one of the elders, the other elder climbing over a ballustrade behind her; in the background a landscape with large building; 3 lines of engraved text underneath (see above), engraved by Claude Dubosc (Du Bosc) after Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560-Rome 1609). 34,7 x 40,3 cm. (# 5828)

Cf. I.F.F. VII, 360 No.1, for the original state. Later state, published after Dubosc's death. Claude Dubosc or Du Bosc was a Paris engraver, who went to England in 1712. John Boydell (1719-1804) was the leading London print publisher of his time. - Good impression. Lightly browned, small stain in blank lower left corner. Trimmed to the plate-mark at lower margin, small margins at three other sides. Collector's stamp on verso of "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

Duplessi-Bertaux, Jean (1750-1819). Entrée des Français a Venise, en floréal, an 5. (Paris, c. 1800). Fine large oblong etching depicting Napoleon's French Army upon entering Piazza San Marco in Venice on may 15th, 1797; etched by Duplessis-Bertaux and finished by Delaunay le jeune, after Carle Vernet. 30,5 x 42 cm. (# 5823)

IFF, Duplessi-Bertaux, 545. IFF, Launay, 237. From: Duplessi-Bertaux, Tableaux historiques des campagnes d'Italie, Paris, 1799-1801. - Light brown stain in blank margin, with ample margins.

Fénelon, F. de Salignac de la Motte. Lettres sur divers sujets concernant la religion et la metaphysique. Paris, Fl. Delaulne, 1718. With vignette on title. 12 lvs., 278 pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, back gilt (rubbed, corners and spin-ends somewhat damaged, front-joint slightly damaged, but firm). (# 2628)

Caillet No. 3860. Tchemerzine V, 227. First edition of this posthumous publication. Fénelon (1651 - 1715), the French royal tutor and archbishop of Cambrai, was a prominent figure in the Jansenist controversies, especially with J.B. Bossuet. - A few leaves very lightly foxed.

Feuillet, G. Liure de cheminée, nouvellement inventez et dessigné par G. Feuillet, propre pour les maçons et menuisiers. Paris, N. Bonnart, (no date, ca. 1675). Complete suite of fine engraved title and 5 plates, showing fireplaces. ca. 26,4 x 16,7 cm on leaves of ca. 32,5 x 21 cm. (# 4453)

Guilmard 111. Kat. Orn. Berl. No. 3782. Not in Fuhring. First edition of this fine suite of fireplaces in French Louis XIV style, intended for masons and carpenters. The French ornament designer G. Feuillet was active ca. 1675. The publisher Nicolas Bonnart (Paris ca. 1637 - 1718) was also engraver and printseller. - Waterstain in lower part of plates, tiny damp stains, slightly foxed. Ample margins.

Florus, L. Julius. Rerum a Romanis gestarum libri IIII. A Ioanne Stadio emendati, et argumentis ad singula capita auctiores redditi. (Geneva, J. Chouet for) Lyon, F. Faber, 1594. Woodcut vignettes on titles. 2 parts in 1 vol. 182 pp., 9 (last blank) lvs.; 262 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. (# 1502)

Chaix, Dufour, Moeckli 141. Baudrier V, 508 (has only the first part). Not in the STC of French Books. Not in Adams. The esteemed commentary is by Joh. Stade (Loenhout in Brabant 1527-Paris 1579), who was professor of history and mathematics at Louvain, a pupil of Gemma Frisius, later on well-known as an excellent mathematician and astronomer at the Collège de France in Paris. The author Julius Florus is generally held to be identical with Publius Annaeus Florus. This work is in fact a compendium of Livy's Roman History. - Ownership entry dated 1643 on title and a few marginal annotations in the same handwriting; small tear in title.

(Francard, Laurent). Cheminées nouvelles a la mansarde. Paris, N(icolas) Langlois, (no date, ca. 1680). Complete series of nice etched title and 5 plates showing chimney-pieces with scales of measurements in French feet. ca. 27,7 x 16,8 cm on leaves of ca. 29 x 19,8 cm. Sewn (title loose). (# 4462)

Not in Fuhring, Guilmard, or any of the other usual bibliographies. Cf. Kat. Orn. Berlin No. 3786 (later edition published by I. Mariette). Very rare first edition. Complete series of designs for nicely ornamented chimney-pieces, in architectural style, with mirrors. A typical feature of two designs is the cornice of the frieze above the tablet, which is interrupted by a round medallion. The plates are irregularly numbered, as Francard included three (changed) plates from another series (see explanation of Kat. Orn. Berl.) Laurent Francart (flourished in Paris ca. 1681 - 1690), architect, ornament designer and painter, became Royal architect. The ornamentation of the portal of the Parisian Dôme des Invalides was made by him. - Small stain to two plates. The word 'cheminé' is added to 4 plates in contemporary handwriting.

Francard, Laurent. Portes cochere de menuserie, nouvellement gravée sur des desseins de Mr. Francard. Paris, J(ean) Mariette, (ca. 1710). Suite of fine etched title and 5 plates, with plate-numbers 1-6, showing designs of wooden doors for carriage-entrances. ca. 33 x 20,7 cm on leaves of ca. 37,5 x 29,2 cm. Sewn. (# 4482)

Not in Fuhring. Cf. Guilmard 48, 6 plates (first edition by Nicolas Langlois). Second edition, reissued by Jean Mariette, as part of his "Architecture à la mode". Next to the plate-numbers 1-6, the plates contain also the plate-numbers Nos. 1-2, 6, 3, 5, 4. Laurent Francard (flourished in Paris ca. 1681 - 1690), architect, ornament designer and painter, became Royal architect. The ornamentation of the portal of the Parisian Dôme des Invalides was made by him. - 4 plates strenghthened, small holes and tears repaired in 3 plates. Brown stains.

Francisquina. Léandro, Harlequi(n) et Zany. Group of four Commedia del'Arte actors on stage. Germany, c. 1600. Anonymous engraving of four whole length figures, all named (see above); in the plate numbers 1-3, referring to 3 numbered columns of 6 lines in German verses spoken by the characters, underneath; above 3 columns of 4 lines of French verses spoken by the characters. 7,9 x 10,7 cm. (# 5856)

Katnitzky, The Art of Commedia 1560-1620, plate No. 43 and text 111-114. Very rare engraving with French and German verses spoken by the actors, representing a highlight from a particular Commedia dell' Arte performance. As Commedia dell' Arte performances had no written text and a performance required only the actors who improvised their dialogues on any type of stage or on no stage at all, this kind of early visual records has an exceptional documentary significance. Itinerant commedia troupes traveled throughout Europe. Only the characters, the plot and scenes were known beforehand. Often love was involved, like here the race between Harlequin, Zany and Leandro for the favours of Francisquina: Zany and Harlequin plot to attack Leandro only after he has been warned by Francisquina. It did not require a director, the characters were types, each wore a traditional costume, reciting stock speeches at appropriate places. "(Francisquina:) Gentil seigneur La(n)dre, appaisez vostre esmoÿ la pauvre Fra(n)cisquine/Pack dich Leandre edler Herr die Francisquinan nimmer mehr...(Léandro:) Francisquina mo(n) coeur, J'ai trop te(m)porisé/Francisqui(n)a schaw an mein Leidt, Ich arm blut hab zu lang gebeidt... (Harlequin:) L'espée au poig(), Zany, attaquons ce galant/Das..." - Cut to the plate mark.

Garneray, Ambroise-Louis (Paris 1783-1857). Vue de La Bastide. L. Garneray pinx.t et sculp.t. (Paris, Panckcouke, 1823 - 1832). Beautiful aquatint engraving, showing the port with ships, labourers working on the quay and passers-by. ca. 18,5 x 27 cm. (# 5808)

Thieme-Becker XIII, 202-203. From É. Jouy, Vues des côtes de France dans l'océan et dans la Méditerranée. Garneray went to sea as a young boy, served on battle ships, whaling vessels, expeditions to the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean, spent 8 years in jail in England after being captured at sea. After his return to France he established himself as a marine painter. - Very lightly foxed, large margins.

(George I, King of Great Britain and Ireland) - Mémoires du regne de George I, roi de la Grande Bretagne, de France et d'Irlande ... La Haye (The Hague), J. van Duren and A. Moetjens, 1729 - 1731. Engraved vignette on each title, engraved portrait (repeated twice), and 2 genealogical plates. 5 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary uniform calf, back gilt with labels (rubbed; corners, lower spine-ends and a few joints somewhat damaged). (# 3772)

Not in Barbier. Lowndes 878. First edition. Anonymous history of the reign of George I (1660 - 1727), king of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714. At the end of the 4th volume: "Catalogue des livres nouveaux et autres, qui se trouvent chez Adrien Moetjens" (7 pp.). - Slightly browned; small marginal wormtrack at the end of the 2nd volume and the beginning of the 5th volume.

Graveson, Ign. Hiacynthe Amat de. Tractatus de scriptura sacra, in quo ex ipsius revelatione, inspiratione, & antiquitate evincitur contra ethnicos Jesum Christum esse verum Messiam, et omnium librorum cum Veteris, tum Novi Testamenti, quos sacro canoni accensuit Concilium Tridentinum ... Venetiis (Venice), J.B. Recurti, 1728. 24, 247 pp. 4to. Contemporary vellum. (# 4841)

Cf. Hurter IV, 1188 (later edition). The French Ignace Hyacinthe Amat de Graveson (Graveson near Avignon 1670 - Arles 1733), member of the Dominican Order and an ardent follower of St. Thomas Aquinas, was professor of theology in Arles, Grenobles, Lyon and Rome and the author of several theological books. This work was first printed in 1715. - Slightly browned.

Griffet, (H.) Exercice de piété pour la communion. Paris, J.B. Coignard et A. Boudet, 1748. 12, 371 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf (seriously rubbed). (# 3853)

De Backer-Sommervogel III, 1815 No. 6. First edition, reprinted many times. The Jesuit Henri Griffet (Moulins 1698 - Brussels 1771), taught rhetoric and philosophy and was a successful preacher. After the suppression of the Jesuit Society in France he settled in Brussels. - Handwritten ownership entry on title 'Collegii Societatis Jesu Monachii (= München) 1750'.

Groto, L. Le orationi volgari, et Latine da lui medesimo recitate in diversi tempi, in diversi luoghi, e in diverse occasioni parte stampate, e ristampate altre volte ad una, ad una, e parte non mai piu venute in luce. Trevigi (Treviso), A. Reghettini, 1609. Engraved printer's mark on title, engraved portrait of the author in the text, some nice ornamental initials. 14, 157 lvs. 4to. 18th century vellum, back with label. (# 4878)

Not in the STC of Italian Books. Collection of 24 orations in Italian and one, the last, in Latin, held between 1556 and 1584 by Luigi Groto (Adria 1541 - 1585) 'il cieco d'Adria'. Although he became blind when he was 8 years old, he developed an unique talent for delivering orations on important public and solemn occasions, which are contained in this volume, e.g. at the entry of the Queen of Poland into Venice 1556 and at the entry of the French King Henry III into Venice in 1574; the installation of several doges of Venice: Lor. Prioli, Gior. Prioli, Pietro Loredano, Luigi Mocenigo, Seb. Veniero and others; the baptism of Rosa Levi, a Jewish girl who had converted to Christianity, etc. The first edition of this popular collection came out in 1586, but our edition contains a dedicatory letter at the beginning by the physician Barth. Burchelatus dated 1609 and at the end of the 21st oration a 4-line neolatin poem by the same, dated 1608. Groto was also the author of some plays. - Old repairs to blank part of title; occasionally some stains; upper margin cut close.

Groto, L. Le orationi volgari. Da lui medesimo recitate in diversi tempi, in diversi luoghi, e in diverse occasioni, parte stampate, e ristampate altre volte ad una ad una, e parte non mai piu venute in luce. Venetia (at the end: Treviso), G. Zoppini & Fratelli, 1602. Engraved printer's mark on title, engraved portrait of the author in the text, some nice ornamental woodcut initials and typographical tail-pieces. 14, 152 lvs. 4to. Modern half vellum, made from an early manuscript. (# 4911)

Collection of 24 orations in Italian and one, the last, in Latin, held between 1556 and 1584 by Luigi Groto (Adria 1541 - 1585) 'il cieco d'Adria'. Although he became blind when he was 8 years old, he developed an unique talent for delivering orations on important public and solemn occasions, which are contained in this volume, e.g. at the entry of the Queen of Poland into Venice 1556 and at the entry of the French King Henry III into Venice in 1574; the installation of several doges of Venice: Lor. Prioli, Gior. Prioli, Pietro Loredano, Luigi Mocenigo, Seb. Veniero and others; the baptism of Rosa Levi, a Jewish girl who had converted to Christianity, etc. The first edition of this popular collection came out in 1586. Groto was also the author of some plays. - Occasionally somewhat browned, a light marginal waterstain to a few leaves; some contemporary underlinings.

Guise, H. de Lorraine, duc de. Mémoires. Amsterdam, Th. Lombrail, 1703. With engraved portrait of the author in both parts. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4 lvs., 420 pp.; 261 pp. 12mo. Contemporary overlapping vellum. (# 3656)

Bourgeois-André No. 785. Brunet II, 1827. The memoirs of Henry, the 5th duke of Guise (1614 - 1664), who twice attempted to seize the crown of Naples. At the beginning 4 pp. 'Catalogue des livres que se trouvent chez Thom. Lombrail'.

Hallé, Noël (Paris 1711-Paris 1781). Monseigneur le Duc de Chartres passe a N. Dame de Gournay ou il est reçeu a la porte de l'Eglise par M.re Jean Baptiste Thomas du Taillis curé qui l'attendoit a la tete du Clergé et celebra la messe en presence de Son Altesse pour demander a Dieu la conservation de ce prince dans la campagne quil va faire contre les ennemis de l'etat. Le 27 avril 1744. Paris, chez Tardieu, 1744. Fine engraving and etching, by Nicolas Henri Tardieu after a design by Noël Hallé; signed Hallé inv., N. Tardieu sculp.; with 4 lines of engraved text underneath (see above). 30,7 x 21,7 cm. (# 5827)

Willk-Brocard, Les Hallé, 478-479 No. 295, with illustration. Estournet, Hallé, 157 No. 156. Portalis et Béraldi III, 583 No. 9. Only state. Beautiful full-length portraits of Louis Philippe I d'Orléans (1725-1785) "le Gros" (the Fat) and a group of his companions receiving a blessing with holy water from the parish priest Jean Baptiste Thomas du Taillis, who is standing with a group of clergymen in front of the church N. Dame in Gournay at the Marne. Louis Philippe I d'Orléans was serving with the French armies and distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession, the war between France and England. The French painter Noël Hallé made the design especially for this political French broadsheet. The French engraver/etcher Nicolas Henri Tardieu (1674-1749), was also print publisher. "Louis XV déclare la guerre à l'Angleterre et à l'Autriche le 15 mars 1744 et fait envahir les Pays-Bas. Le 27 avril, le duc de Chartres passe par Gournay, sur les bords de la Marne ... Ce dessin (par Hallé) destiné à la gravure est la première oeuvre à son retour en France en 1744" (Willk-Brocard). - Ample margins, very well preserved on strong paper. Collector's stamp on verso of "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

(Hauer, Johann Thomas (Jean)). Inventions nouveaux de differents vases, gaines, colonnes, supportes à console pour bustes, figures. Paris, (J.F.) Hauer, (no date, 1781). Complete series of 4 engraved plates, numbered in the plates, nos. 1-4, showing fountains, vases on pedestals, funeral urns. ca. 16 x 22,7 cm on leaves of ca. 19,3 x 25,3 cm. (# 4428)

Kat. Orn. Berl. No. 189. Döry, Kat. Orn. Hamburg 1960, 99. First edition of this series of ornament prints designed for architects and artisans. Invented and engraved by Johann Thomas (Jean) Hauer (Sommerein in Hungary 1748 - Augsburg 1820), who lived and worked in Paris and Augsburg. - Occasionally very lightly foxed, blank right outer margin of 3 leaves little frayed.

(Hauer, Johann Thomas (Jean)). Inventions nouveaux de differents vases, gaines, colonnes, supportes à console pour bustes, figures. Paris, (J.F.) Hauer, (no date, 1781). Complete series of 4 engraved plates, numbered in the plates, nos. 1-4, showing fountains, vases on pedestals, funeral urns. ca. 16 x 22,7 cm on leaves of ca. 22,3 x 30,2 cm. The plates display string holes in the centre of the left margin and are sewn together with original string, as issued. (# 4431)

Kat. Orn. Berl. No. 189. Döry, Kat. Orn. Hamburg 1960, 99. First edition of this series of ornament prints designed for architects and artisans. Invented and engraved by Johann Thomas (Jean) Hauer (Sommerein in Hungary 1748 - Augsburg 1820), who lived and worked in Paris and Augsburg. - Occasionally very lightly foxed. Nice copy with ample margins, preserved in the original sewn state.

Hogenberg. Battle of Dreuse by "der Marschalk von S. Andreas". Cologne, ca. 1565. Fine engraving showing the battle of Dreuse on 19 Decemb. 1562. Depicted are Marshal S. Andreas, cavalry, infantry, rows of cannons; on the right lower side part of the village Maumucet together with a windmill is depicted and on the left upper side the town Bleinville. With plate number 17. Engraved German sub-title underneath. ca 21 x 27,5 cm (platemark). (# 5397)

Hellwig, Hogenberg, 36. The battle of Dreux was the first general engagement in the first religious civil war in France between the Catholics and Protestants. From the series of Geschichtsblätter which were published by Fr. and Abr. Hogenberg from ca. 1559 - ca. 1597. - The German sub-title is partly pasted over with a strip of paper containing a French sub-title in contemporary handwriting. Very lightly browned. Thread margins.

Hondius, H., the Elder (Duffel 1573 - Den Haag 1650). Augustinus Marloratus. ca. 1610. Very fine engraved portrait. 165 x 121 mm. (# 5455)

The New Hollstein, Hondius, No. 190. Not in Wurzbach. 2nd state (of 2). Fine imprint on laid paper. With signature H fe(cit) in right upper corner. With engraved name in lower margin "Augustinus Marloratus" and four lines Latin text underneath: "Huic Augustino regnabat pectore candor, Huic uni caelum cura laborque fuit. Ex monarcho factus, purus sanctusque minister Divini verbi: martij amore Dei". In margin right: "cum privill." Hendrik Hondius first lived in Mechelen, Antwerpen and Brussel, for a short period in Amsterdam and Leiden, but mostly in Den Haag. The French Reformer Augustin Marlorat (Bar le Duc 1506 - Rouen 1562), minister at Rouen and the author of several theological books, became a Protestant martyr. He worked some time in Geneva and Lausanne (see: Haag, La France Protestante VII, 256-259). - Tear in background, not touching portrait. With margins, top margin trimmed within the borderline.

Hutin, Pierre (Paris 1723/4-Muskau 1763). Saint Ierome, after José/Giusepe de Ribera. Dresden, c. 1755. Fine large etching of Saint Jerome/Hieronymus in the desert, seated in profile to right on a rock and writing in a book; behind a crucifix; coat of arms of Count Heinrich von Brühl in centre of bottom margin; French lettering in lower margin "Pierre Hutin del: et sculps. Saint Ierome. Tableau de Joseph Ribera dit l'Espagnolet de la Galerie de S.E. Monsgr. le Premier Ministre Comte de Bruhl, haut de 5. pieds. 10. pouces sur 3. pieds 10. pouces de largeur." 41,5 x 27,2 cm. (# 5863)

I.F.F. XI, 554, No. 3. Le Blanc II, 407, No. 2. Nagler VII, 203, No. 3. Thieme-Becker XVIII, 192. The French printmaker and sculptor Pierre Hutin, went 1748 to Dresden where he made some etchings after the paintings in the Collection of the German chancellor of Sachsen Count Heinrich von Brühl (1700-1763); finely he went to Muskau in Oberlausitz in Schlesien, where he died. This etching was intended to be published in Part II of "Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux de la galerie de S.E.M. le comte de Brühl", but this volume was never published (See: Krieg, Mehr nicht erschienen II, 148). The famous Spanish/Italian painter José de Ribera (1591-1652) was born in Játiva in Spain, went to Naples by 1616 where he worked and died. In 1769 Brühl's art collection was acquired by Catherine the Great and entered the Hermitage, St. Petersburg. - Good impression on heavy paper, with margins; small tear in blank margin repaired; collector's stamp on verso of "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

Kiepert, H. Übersichtskarte der Verbreitung der Deutschen in Europa. Für den deutschen Schulverein zusammengestellt von H. Kiepert. Massstab in 1:3.000.000 von deutschen geograph. Meilen. Berlin, L. Kraatz for Dietrich Reimer, 1887. Large oblong folded lithographed school map of Germany and its colonies, coloured by hand. 55,2 x 75,8 cm. (# 5874)

Extending west to east from England and France to Russia, Bulgaria and the Black Sea; and north to south from Sweden, Denmark, Estonia to Italy, Bosnia, and Bulgaria. With inset maps of Estonia, Latvia, and Russia, Caucasus with Georgia. Heinrich Kiepert (1818-1899) was a prolific cartographer and geographer from Berlin. - Pasted on verso back-cover leaf of "Verlag von Dietrich Reimer in Berlin" with list of other maps published by Kiepert; tiny tears in blank part of 2 folds, with ample margins.

Klauber, Ignaz (Augsburg 1754-S.Petersburg 1817). Christian-Gabriel Allegrain. After Joseph Siffred Duplessis. Paris, 1787. Fine large engraved knee-length portrait of the sculptor Christian Gabriel Allegrain, turned, seated in front of one of his sculptures, holding a chisel. Lettered with sitter's name and signed in the plate underneath "Peint par Duplessis pour sa réception, 1774. Et gravé par I.S. Klauber pour sa réception à l'Académie de Paris 1787." 39,5 x 29,5 cm (plate-mark). (# 5849)

I.F.F. XII, 346, No. 4. Le Blanc II, 458, No. 29. Nagler VII, 476, No. 1. In database British Museum. First state (of 2), before lettering with sitter's title. Fine artist's portrait/portrait d'artiste, also Klauber's Reception Piece/Morceau de Réception for his admission to the Académie de Peinture et de Sculpture in Paris. The engraver Ignaz Sebastian Klauber, was admitted to the Paris Académie in 1787 with this engraved portrait of the Royal sculptor and rector of the Académie Christian-Gabriel Allegrain (Paris 1710-Paris 1795); after a painting by Joseph Siffred Duplessis (Carpentras 1725-Versailles 1802), painted in 1774 for his admission to the Académie. Klauber was born in Augsburg, settled in Paris from 1781 to 1790, left during the Revolution for Nürnberg and moved to St. Petersburg by 1798, where he remained the rest of his life. - Sharp imprint on heavy paper, with very large margins. Paper slightly foxed.

La Salle de l'Etang, (S.Ph.) de. Manuel d'agriculture pour le laboureur, pour le propriétaire, et pour le gouvernement: contenant les vrais & seuls moyens de faire prospérer l'agriculture, tant en France que dans tous les autres etats où l'on cultive; avec la réfutation de la nouvelle méthode de M. Thull. Paris, Lottin L'Ainé et Dessain Junior, 1764. With fine allegorical frontispiece engraved by B.L. Prevost after C.N. Cochin filius dated 1764. 3 parts in 1 volume with continuous pagination. 2 lvs., 18 pp., 1 lf., 584 pp. 8vo. Contemporary brown calf, back with 5 raised bands, the compartments decorated with gilt bird stamps, title-label on back (very slightly rubbed). (# 5581)

Quérard, La France Litt. IV, 580. Not in Kress (only later edition). Not in I.N.E.D. First edition of this manual on agriculture, dealing with the improving of farmlands, fields for crops and grasslands. Proposing the reducing of the amount of fertilizer and limiting the amount of fallow land. Contains advices to the government, also about the better use of the labor force. Deals with all aspects of agriculture, as they are applicable for France and other countries. The author is very critical about the new methods recently published by the Englishman Jehtro Thull, and those of Duhamel du Monceau and Patullo, as these are not based on the local practice. - Occasionally browned. A nice large-paper copy.

Le Clerc, Sébastien I (Metz 1637-Paris 1714). La Vierge aux anges. Assise vers la gauche, à côté d'une fontaine. Elle a sur les genoux l'Enfant. Ils sont environnés d'anges. (Paris, 1699). Very fine etching, showing Maria with Christ surrounded by angels in a forest with fountain. At the bottom towards right signed: "S. le Clerc f." In the lower margin: "Deus cui Angeli subditi sunt. Cui principatus et potestates obediunt, subditus erat Mariae"; and underneath at the right side: "S. Bern. Serm. in missus". 11,7 x 18 cm. (# 2169)

I.F.F. VIII, 51-52 No. 70 (with large illustration). Jombert, Sébastien Le Clerc (Paris 1774), No. 266. "J. 266 date 1699, signale une épr. avant la lettre chez l'architecte Rousset. Le dessin original préparatoire à l'estampe chez Paignon-Dijonval..." (I.F.F.). Second state of III. Sébastien Le Clerc I, was a major etcher and draughtsman/painter from Lorraine, who worked in Paris from 1665. He was Dessinateur et Graveur du Cabinet du Roi Louis XIV. - Good impression of this lovely etching, on strong paper, with small margins.

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.

Le Roux, Jean-Baptiste. (Divers desseins de cheminées de la composition du Sieur le Roux architecte). Paris, J(ean) Mariette, (no date). Complete series of 6 fine engraved plates, numbered in the plates, 1-6, showing chimney-pieces. ca. 26,9 x 17 cm on leaves of ca. 32,3 x 20,7 cm. (# 4456)

Kat. Orn. Berl. No. 3800. First edition, before title and publisher's number. Rare. Fine designs for chimney-pieces, invented by the French architect Jean-Baptiste Le Roux (Paris ca. 1676 - 1746). He built and decorated the interior of many famous 'Hôtels' (grand mansions) in Paris. His early compositions belong to the Louis XIV style, his later work to the Louis XV 'Régence' style. The fireplace was one of the most important decorative elements of a room, thus receiving an elaborate ornamentation. The book and print publisher and book- and printseller Jean Mariette lived in Paris from 1660 until 1742. - Several small dampstains, lightly browned.

Lepautre, Jean. Altars with elevation and plan. (Paris), (Jean I) Leblond, (no date, before 1666). Complete untitled series of 6 fine etched plates. ca. 21,5 x 13,6 cm on leaves of ca. 28,5 x 20,8 cm. (# 4439)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2003 - 2008. Fuhring Nos. 9502 - 9504 (only 3 plates). First edition of this series of elaborate baroque designs for altars and retables, etched in the first manner of Lepautre. Two of the altars are in the shape of a triumphal arch; one altar is placed under a baldachin supported by four twisted Corinthian columns, set on a landing, accessed via a horseshoe-shaped stairway; richly decorated with paintings, vases, garlands, statues. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - Piece of somewhat soiled blank paper pasted on top of blank margin of all leaves; occasionally blank margins very lightly thumbed. Ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Altars with elevation and plan. (Paris), (Jean I) Leblond, (no date, before 1666). Complete untitled series of 6 fine etched plates. ca. 21,5 x 13,6 cm on leaves of ca. 29,5 x 18,6 cm. (# 4438)

Fuhring Nos. 9502 - 9504 (only 3 plates). I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2003 - 2008. First edition of this series of elaborate baroque designs for altars and retables, etched in the first manner of Lepautre. Two of the altars are in the shape of a triumphal arch; one altar is placed under a baldachin supported by four twisted Corinthian columns, set on a landing, accessed via a horseshoe-shaped stairway; richly decorated with paintings, vases, garlands, statues. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). The print publisher Jean I Leblond lived in Paris from ca. 1590/94 until 1666. - Occasionally blank margins very lightly thumbed. A nice set with ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Authels et retables gravé de nouveau par I. le Pautre. Paris, P(ierre II) Mariette, (no date, ca. 1666 - 1693). Complete series of fine etched title and 11 plates, numbered in the plates, 1-12, showing altars and tabernacles. ca. 20 x 14 cm on leaves of ca. 30,7 x 20,3 cm. (# 4475)

Fuhring Nos. 9515 - 9525 (Amsterdam copy lacks title plate). I.F.F. XVII, 12, 2009 - 2020. Cf. Kat. Orn. Berlin No. 313, II, No. 72 (only later, 4th edition). Second edition of this beautiful architectural baroque designs for altars and tabernacles. Tabernacles, which are places to store the chalice and host, are mostly in the shape of a small building, placed on the altars. The very rich ornamentation contains designs for paintings of the Ascension of the Virgin, the Adoration of the Kings with the coat of arms of France on either side, a statue of the Virgin and Christ Child, paintings of the Lamentation of Christ, the Crucifixion and Mary Magdalen, the Holy Family and the infant St. John. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - Very ample margins, margins of title-leaf a bit smaller but still large. The plates display original string holes in the left margin. Contemporary handwritten numbers in brown ink in blank upper right corner; occasionally foxed or stained, mainly in blank margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Cathedrarum exempla, in usum artificum studiose collecta. (Amsterdam), P(ieter) Schenck, (no date, ca. 1670 - 1690). Fine etched title and 3 plates, with plate numbers, 1-4 (of a series of 6), showing baroque designs for pulpits with preacher and worshippers, each plate with a one line engraved subscription. ca. 22,8 x 15,9 cm. on leaves of ca. 31,7 x 19,6 cm. (# 5552)

Thieme-Becker XXX, 29. Suite with series number N°. 30. Cf. for an edition without series number: Fuhring Nos. 9464 - 9468 (only 5 plates). Rare Dutch copies in reverse of plates in two series by Jean Lepautre, 'Chaires de Predicateurs' (Paris, 1659) and a series without title (Paris, no date), published by Pieter Schenck. Invented by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). Pieter (Petrus) Schenck (Elberfeld 1660/61 - Amsterdam 1718/19) was a famous Dutch engraver and print publisher. - Slightly thumbed and lightly browned; small brown stain in blank margin of 2 plates.

Lepautre, Jean. Cheminées a l'Italienne nouvellement inventees (sic.) par I. le Pautre. Norimberg (Nürnberg), Jacques Sandrart, (no date, ca. 1670 - 1700). Complete series of fine etched title and 5 plates, with plate numbers, 1-6, showing designs for chimney-pieces, with scales of measurements, etched by Susanna Maria von Sandrart. ca. 21,7 x 14,5 cm on leaves of ca. 29,5 x 19,5 cm. (# 4410)

Hollstein, German, XLI, 216 - 221. Not in Fuhring. Rare first German edition, with series number N. 15, copies in reverse of the French series 'Cheminées a l'Italienne' (first edition: Paris, ca. 1658 - 1670). Cf. for the original French series: Fuhring Nos. 9346 - 9351. The female etcher Susanna Maria von Sandrart (Nürnberg 1658 - 1716), was the sister of the print publisher and art dealer Johann Jakob (Jacques) Sandrart (Frankfurt a.M. 1630 - Nürnberg 1708); both children of Johann Jacob von Sandrart. Beautiful baroque designs for elaborate chimney-pieces in the manner of the Italians. The original French series was invented by the famous French ornament designer and architect Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). The fireplace was one of the most important decorative elements of a room, thus receiving an elaborate ornamentation. Contains a chimney-piece flanked by large foliage consoles with garlands of fruit and crowned with a portrait medallion of an emperor supported by a putto and set between two sphinxes; chimney-piece crowned with a statue of Victory with an armorial trophy on either side, the hearth-plate is supported by two atlantes; chimney-piece, the overmantel is decorated with the Abduction of Proserpina in a medallion, with a putto seated on a lion on either side; chimney-piece surmounted by the bust of a woman being crowned by two cupids; chimney-piece set between two fluted Corinthian pilasters, above which is a niche with a vase; chimney-piece with a chimney-hood closed off by two shuttters, crowned with the bust of an emperor. - Slightly foxed, light marginal waterstains, wormhole in blank margin of 4 leaves.

Lepautre, Jean. Cheminées a l'Italienne nouvellement inventées et et (sic) gravées par I. Le Pautre. Paris, Pierre (II) Mariette, (no date, ca. 1658 - 1670). Complete series of very beautiful etched title and 5 plates, with plate numbers, 1-6, showing designs for chimney-pieces, with scales of measurements. ca. 21,8 x 14,8 cm on leaves of ca. 29 x 18,5 cm. (# 4420)

Fuhring Nos. 9346 - 9351. I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 1476 - 1481. Destailleur (1863), 93. BAL, 2, No. 1839. Cf. Kat. Orn. Berlin No. 313, II, No. 50 (only 2nd edition). First edition of this very beautiful series of elaborate baroque designs for chimney-pieces in the manner of the Italians, invented and etched by the famous architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). The fireplace was one of the most important decorative elements of a room, thus receiving an elaborate ornamentation. Contains a chimney-piece flanked by large foliage consoles with garlands of fruit and crowned with a portrait medallion of an emperor supported by a putto and set between two sphinxes; chimney-piece crowned with a statue of Victory with an armorial trophy on either side, the hearth-plate is supported by two atlantes; chimney-piece, the overmantel is decorated with the Abduction of Proserpina in a medallion, with a putto seated on a lion on either side; chimney-piece surmounted by the bust of a woman being crowned by two cupids; chimney-piece set between two fluted Corinthian pilasters, above which is a niche with a vase; chimney-piece with a chimney-hood closed off by two shutters, crowned with the bust of an emperor. - Tiny erasure to plate 4, otherwise well preserved; bright impressions with ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Cheminees a l'Italienne. Nouvellement inventéés et gravées par I. le Pautre. Paris, (Gérard I), Jollain, 1665. Complete suite of fine etched title and 5 plates, numbered in the plates, 1-6, showing designs for chimney-pieces; five of the plates WITH A VARIANT DESIGN FOR THE RIGHT HALF. ca. 21,4 x 14,2 cm on leaves of ca. 30,7 x 20,5 cm. (# 4435)

Fuhring No. 9352 (only one plate). I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 1482 - 1487. First edition of a fine series of elaborate baroque designs for chimney-pieces in the manner of the Italiens. Among the incorporated statues is interalia one depicting Minerva. The fireplace was one of the most important decorative elements of a room, thus receiving an elaborate ornamentation. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Le Pautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - The plates display the original string holes in the blank left border. Printing date erroneously altered by hand in 1677. Slightly foxed, lower blank margins slightly thumbed, ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Clostures de Chappelles tant de menuiserie que serrurerie mis de nouveau en lumiere par Jean Le Pautre. Paris, N. Langlois, 1659 (but after 1659). Complete series of fine etched title and 5 plates, with plate numbers, 1-6, showing designs for chapel screens in wood and wrought iron work. ca. 15 x 21,9 cm on leaves of ca. 19,5 x 29,5 cm. (# 4422)

Fuhring Nos. 2286 - 2291. I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2080 - 2085. Cf. Kat. Orn. Berl. No. 313, II, No. 67 (only 5th edition). Second edition, date of the 1st edition not removed. Very fine suite of very elaborate baroque designs for chapel screens with doors, made of carved wood and wrought iron. Decorated with the arms of France, paintings of the Holy Family, the Flight into Egypt, the Adoration of the Shepherds, the Annunciation, statues, caryatids, vases. On three plates numerous figures, men and women, are depicted, giving interesting information on the French fashion of the period. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - A few, mainly marginal, very light brown spots. A nice set.

Lepautre, Jean. Lambris a la Romaine inventez par I. Le Pautre. Paris, Pierre (II) Mariette, 1661. Complete series of beautiful etched title and 5 plates, numbered in the plates, 1-6, showing wall decorations in the manner of the Romans, with scale of measurements in French feet. The first three plates vertical format ca. 22,5 x 15,5 cm on leaves of ca. 30,5 x 20,5 cm. The last three plates horizontal format ca. 15 x 22 cm on leaves of ca. 17,6 x 25 cm. (# 4436)

Fuhring Nos. 8810 - 8815. I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 1783 - 1788. Third edition of these very elaborate and beautiful baroque designs for panelling inspired by the classical Roman style. These wall coverings were intended as decoration of walls of rooms, galleries, and other formal interiors. Incorporated in the wall decorations are a statue of Victory, a painting of Aeneas carrying Anchises on his back, a door of a gallery above which is a figure of Victory seated on an armorial trophy, a statue of Apollo as a hunter, a bust of an emperor, an open door with a view of various people, one of whom is sweeping up. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - Lower blank margins slightly thumbed. A nice set.

Lepautre, Jean. Les lanbris (sic). I. Le Potre invent et fecit. (Paris), (Jean I) Le Blond, Rue Sainct Denis, (no date, ca. 1650 - 1664). Complete series of beautiful etched title and 5 plates, with plate numbers, 1-6, showing ceiling and some wall ornaments. ca. 22 x 15 cm on leaves of ca. 27 x 18,5 cm. (# 4418)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 1789 - 1794. Not in Fuhring. Cf. Fuhring (Nos. 8540 - 8545, note). Second edition of these magnificent elaborate designs in baroque style for ceiling decorations. The title-page shows a crowning part of an entrance portal and below part of a cornice; the other plates with variants for the right half, show cartouches with a mask, river god, triton, sphinx, centaur, a crowning element of a choir screen. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). The print publisher Jean I Leblond worked at the Rue St. Denis from 1650 until 1664. - Very slightly thumbed, very lightly browned. Contemporary handwritten numbers in ink in blank margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Nouveaux ornemens ou plafons inventez par Iean le Potre. Norimberg (Nürnberg), Jaques Sandrart, (no date). Complete series of beautiful title and 5 plates, numbered in the plates, 1-6, etched by Susanna Maria von Sandrart, showing designs for ceilings. ca. 21,1 x 14,3 cm on leaves of ca. 30,6 x 19,2 cm. Sewn. (# 4478)

Hollstein, German, XLI, 222 - 227. Not in Fuhring and Kat. Orn. Berlin. Rare first German edition. Five plates are copies from the original French series "Nouveaux ornemens ou plafons" (first edition: Paris, ca. 1656 - 1657), one plate is copied from the series "Differents desseins pour faire des plaques et eaubenistiers". Cf. for the original French series: I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 1838, 1840 - 1843, and 2045. The female etcher Susanna Maria von Sandrart (Nürnberg 1658 - 1716) was the sister of the print publisher and art dealer Johann Jacob (Jacques) Sandrart (Frankfurt a.M. 1630 - Nürnberg 1708), both children of Johann Jacob von Sandrart. The original series were invented by the famous French ornament designer and architect Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). Beautiful baroque designs for elaborate sculpted and painted ceilings and a plaque of wood-carving. 4 plates include two variants for a quarter of a ceiling. - Small tear in blank margin of 1 leaf, slightly foxed. Ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Placarts ou ornemens po(ur) l'enrichemem. des chambres et alcoves. In. et gravées par I. le Potre architecte. Paris, Pierre II Mariette, (no date, after 1657). Complete series of beautiful engraved title and 5 plates, numbered in the plates, 1-6, showing ornamental panels and doors for rooms and alcoves. ca. 20,7 x 14,4 cm on leaves of ca. 30,6 x 20,4 cm. (# 4437)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 1777 - 1782. Cf. Kat. Orn. Berlin No. 313, I, No. 30 (only later edition). Not in Fuhring. Second edition (first edition Paris, ca. 1556 - 1557) of these magnificent series of baroque designs for very richly decorated doors and portals for rooms and alcoves, some with elevation and plan with scale of measurements. The title shows a richly decorated door with a cornice, on either side wainscotting with armorial trophies and fettered slaves; the second plate shows a door with an arch on either side, before which a woman stands on a balustrade and with a trompe-l'oeil panel with trees and buildings; further a door with a painting depicting figures on a terrace against a landscape, a double door, a door opening with a view of a second door opening, decorated with foliage garlands, vases, Corinthian columns, etc. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). The publisher Pierre II Mariette was born in Paris in 1634, where he died in 1716. - The plates display the original string holes in the left margin. Very slightly foxed, good copies with ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Plafons a la Romaine. Nouvellement inventez et gravez par Jean le Pautre. Paris, (Gérard I) Jollain, 1665. Complete suite of fine etched title and 5 plates with plate numbers, 1-6, showing ceiling designs in the classical manner, with a variant for the right half; between the two variants is a scale of measurements in French feet. ca. 14,5 x 21,3 cm on leaves of ca. 20,4 x 29 cm. (Stitching loose). (# 4409)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 1868 - 1873. Cf. Fuhring (Nos. 8856 - 8861, note: first edition before numbers). Second edition with plate numbers, published in the same year at the same publisher as the first edition. Beautiful baroque designs for sculpted and painted ceilings in Roman style, invented and etched by the famous French ornament designer and architect Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). Depicted are ceilings with round or rectangular middle sections, some with cloudy skies, containing interalia an eagle, armorial trophies, a chained prisoner, garlands of fruit and leaves, religious scenes, a medallion with an emperor's bust. - Blank corner of one plate torn off, else well preserved, with ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Plafons a la Romaine. Nouvellement inventez et gravez par Jean le Pautre. Paris, (Gérard I) Jollain, 1665. Complete suite of fine etched title and 5 plates with plate numbers, 1-6, showing ceiling designs in the classical manner, with a variant for the right half; between the two variants is a scale of measurements in French feet. ca. 14,5 x 21,3 cm on leaves of ca. 19,8 x 29,5 cm. (# 4416)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 1868 - 1873. Cf. Fuhring (Nos. 8856 - 8861, note: first edition before numbers). Second edition with plate numbers, published in the same year at the same publisher as the first edition. Beautiful baroque designs for sculpted and painted ceilings in Roman style, invented and etched by the famous French ornament designer and architect Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). Depicted are ceilings with round or rectangular middle sections, some with cloudy skies, containing interalia an eagle, armorial trophies, a chained prisoner, garlands of fruit and leaves, religious scenes, a medallion with an emperor's bust. - Title slightly thumbed, but well preserved, with ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Plafons a la Romaine. Nouvellement inventez et gravez par Jean le Pautre. Paris, (Gérard I) Jollain, 1665. Complete suite of fine etched title and 5 plates with plate numbers, 1-6, showing ceiling designs in the classical manner, with a variant for the right half; between the two variants is a scale of measurements in French feet. ca. 14,5 x 21,3 cm on leaves of ca. 20,7 x 30,7 cm. (# 4417)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 1868 - 1873. Cf. Fuhring (Nos. 8856 - 8861, note: first edition before numbers). Second edition with plate numbers, published in the same year at the same publisher as the first edition. Beautiful baroque designs for sculpted and painted ceilings in Roman style, invented and etched by the famous French ornament designer and architect Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). Depicted are ceilings with round or rectangular middle sections, some with cloudy skies, containing interalia an eagle, armorial trophies, a chained prisoner, garlands of fruit and leaves, religious scenes, a medallion with an emperor's bust. - Very lightly browned, tiny tear in blank margin of one leaf, tiny ink-spots in blank margin of 2 leaves. A very good set with very large margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Portails d'Eglise à l'Italienne. Nouvellement inventés et gravés par Jean le Pautre. Paris, P.(II) Mariette, (no date, ca. 1670). Complete series of fine etched title and 5 plates, showing church façades in the Italian manner, with scales of measurements. ca. 21,8 à 23,2 cm x 14,9 à 14,7 cm on leaves of ca. 27,4 x 19,4 cm. (# 4414)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2120 - 2125. Not in Fuhring. First edition, before numbers. Beautiful designs for baroque church façades in two storeys, 5 of the plates with a variant of the right half. With attached columns of the Ionic and Corinthian order, adorned with statues, balustrades. 3 plates with domes above the crossing. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). The publisher Pierre II Mariette was born in Paris in 1634, where he died in 1716. - Title browned, slightly foxed. The plates display the original string holes in the left margin.

Lepautre, Jean. Portails d'Eglise à l'Italienne. Nouvellement inventés et gravés par Jean le Pautre. Paris, P.(II) Mariette, (no date, ca. 1670 - 1680). Complete series of fine etched title and five plates, with plate numbers, 1-6, showing church façades in the Italian manner. ca. 21,8 à 23,2 cm x 14,9 à 14,7 cm on leaves of ca. 25,3 x 18,6 cm. (# 4412)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2120 - 2125. Not in Fuhring. Second edition, with plate numbers. Beautiful designs for baroque church façades in two storeys, 5 of the plates with a variant of the right half. With attached columns of the Ionic and Corinthian order, adorned with statues, balustrades. 3 plates with domes above the crossing. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). The publisher Pierre II Mariette was born in Paris in 1634, where he died in 1716. - Very slightly foxed.

Lepautre, Jean. Portails d'Eglise à l'Italienne. Nouvellement inventés et gravés par Jean le Pautre. Paris, P.(II) Mariette, (no date, ca. 1670 - 1680). Complete series of fine etched title and five plates, with plate numbers, 1-6, showing church façades in the Italian manner. ca. 22,1 à 23,5 cm x 15,3 à 14,8 cm. (# 4411)

I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2120 - 2125. Not in Fuhring. Second edition, with plate numbers. Beautiful designs for baroque church façades in two storeys, 5 of the plates with a variant of the right half. With attached columns of the Ionic and Corinthian order, adorned with statues, balustrades. 3 plates with domes above the crossing. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). The publisher Pierre II Mariette was born in Paris in 1634, where he died in 1716. - Very slightly foxed. Tiny margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Portails d'Eglise à Italienne inventés par J. le Pautre. (No place, no publisher, no date). Complete series of very fine engraved title and 5 plates, showing church façades in the Italian manner, with scales of measurements. ca. 23,3 x 14,7 cm on leaves of ca. 30,5 x 19,4 cm. (# 4470)

Not in Fuhring, I.F.F., or any of the other usual bibliographies (kind information of Dr Peter Fuhring). Unrecorded edition. An unknown engraver copied the plates in reverse from the original series, which was invented and etched by Jean Lepautre (first edition Paris, ca. 1670). In the original series five of the plates are divided into a left-hand and right-hand side, showing variants of the proposed façades. In the present series the façades are symmetric, so left-hand and right-hand side are the same. Also different from the original series is the fact that in our series all the façades are placed against a sky. For the original series compare I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2120, 2122 - 2125. Beautiful designs for baroque church façades in two stories, adorned with statues, balustrades, 3 plates with domes above the crossing. Invented by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - Ownership entry on title "Joannij Veit Soc. Jesu". Thieme-Becker XXXIV, 181 mentions the Jesuit Johann Veit (Ellwangen 1663 - München 1732), who worked in Eichstätt, as the designer and maker of the pulpit and confessional chairs in the Jesuit Church in Eichstätt, and the prie-chairs in Neuburg. Mainly marginal waterstain to 4 plates, slightly browned and thumbed.

Lepautre, Jean. Portails d'Eglise a Italienne nouvellement invente par Jean le Pautre. (No place, no publisher, no date). Complete series of very fine etched title and 5 plates, showing church façades in the Italian manner, with scales of measurements. ca. 21,5 x 14,7 cm on leaves of ca. 29,3 x 18,4 cm. (# 4471)

Not in Fuhring, I.F.F., or any of the other usual bibliographies (kind information of Dr Peter Fuhring). Unrecorded edition. An unknown engraver copied the plates in reverse from the original series, which was invented and etched by Jean Lepautre (first edition Paris, ca. 1670). In the original series five of the plates are divided into a left-hand and right-hand side, showing variants of the proposed façades. In the present series the façades are symmetric, so left-hand and right-hand side are the same. Also different from the original series is the fact that in our series NONE of the façades is placed against a sky. For the original series compare I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2120 - 2121, 2124 - 2125. Beautiful baroque designs for church façades in two stories, adorned with statues, balustrades, 3 plates with domes above the crossing. Invented by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - Stain in blank margin of 2 leaves, lightly browned; nice set with ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Portails d'Eglise à l'Italienne. Nouvellement inventes par Jean le Pautre. Amsterdam, C(ornelis) II Dankcker(t)s, (no date). Complete series of nice engraved title and 5 plates, numbered in the plates, 1-6, showing church façades in the Italian manner, with scale of measurements in French feet. ca. 23,3 x 14,4 cm on leaves of ca. 31 x 19,5 cm. Sewn as issued. (# 4425)

Fuhring Nos. 4331 - 4336. Not in I.F.F. First Dutch edition, wich was so popular that it was reissued even until the 19th century. An unknown engraver copied the plates in reverse from the original French series, which was invented and etched by Jean Lepautre (first edition Paris, ca. 1670). For this original series compare: I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2120 - 2125. Interesting designs for church façades in Italian baroque style. Five of the plates with a variant of the right half. The façades have two storeys, with attached columns of the Ionic and Corinthian order, and are adorned with statues, balustrades. 3 plates with domes above the crossing. Invented by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). Cornelis II Danckerts (Amsterdam 1664 - 1717) was book and print publisher and book- and printseller in Amsterdam. - Slightly browned. The plates display the original string holes in the blank upper margin and are sewn together with original string. In the original state as issued.

Lepautre, Jean. Portails d'Eglise a Italienne nouvellement invente par Jean le Pautre. (No place, no publisher, no date). Very fine etched title (of a series of 6 plates), showing a church façade in the Italian manner, with scale of measurements. ca. 21,5 x 14,7 cm. (# 4472)

Not in Fuhring, I.F.F., or any of the other usual bibliographies (kind information Dr Peter Fuhring). Title from an unrecorded edition (a complete series in our possession). Copied by an unknown artist in reverse from the original series, which was invented and etched by Jean Lepautre (first edition Paris, ca. 1670). In the original series each plate is divided into a left-hand and right-hand side, showing variants of the proposed façades. In the present series the façades are symmetric, so left-hand and right-hand side are the same. (For the original series compare I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2120 - 2121, 2124 - 2125 (the present leaf). Beautiful baroque design for a church facade in two stories, adorned with statues, with a dome above the crossing. Invented by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - Mounted.

Lepautre, Jean. Portes des choeur avec leurs Iubez et retables inventez et gravez par I. Le Pautre. Paris, Pierre (II) Mariette, 1661. Complete suite of beautiful etched title and 5 plates, with plate numbers, 1-6, showing choir screens, choir doors, balustrades and retables. ca. 23,2 x 16 cm on leaves of ca. 31,5 x 20,9 cm. (# 4415)

Fuhring No. 9556 (only one plate) and cf. (No. 9055, note). I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2092 - 2097. Cf. Kat. Orn. Berl. No. 313, II, No. 69 (only later, 4th edition). Third edition of these magnificent elaborate baroque designs for choir screens with doors and altar-pieces made of elaborately carved wood, brass, copper, wrought iron, some crowned with a balustrade with figures. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - The plates display the original string holes in the upper blank border. Small tear in blank margin of all 6 leaves, very lightly browned, but a nice set with ample margins.

Lepautre, Jean. Retables dautels a ljtaliene (sic) inventes et gravés par Jean Le Potre. Paris, Pierre (II), Mariette, (no date, ca. 1658 - 1670). Complete series of beautiful etched title and 5 plates, numbered in the plates, 1-6, showing tabernacles in the manner of the Italians. ca. 21,5 x 15 cm on leaves of ca. 29,5 x 19,6 cm. (# 4460)

Fuhring Nos. 9526 - 9530 (only 5 plates). I.F.F. XVII, 12, Nos. 2027 - 2032. Cf. Kat. Orn. Berlin No. 313, II, No. 70 (only third edition). Second edition with plate numbers. Beautiful series of very elaborate baroque designs for altars and retables in Italian style, two of the plates with elevation and plan. The title depicts a church with groups of people wearing antique garb in front of a retable with a painting of the Adoration of the Kings; other plates show altars with a painting of the Ascension of the Virgin, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection, flanked by Corinthian and Ionic columns and decorated with statues of angels, the Virgin and St. John, soldiers, etc. Invented and etched by the famous French architect and ornament designer Jean Lepautre (Paris 1618 - 1682). - Very light waterstain in blank margin. A nice set with ample margins.

Lettres historiques; contenant ce qui se passe de plus important en Europe; et les réfléxions nécessaires sur ce sujet. Tome XLIII (Janvier-Juin 1713). La Haye, A. Moetjes, 1713. Woodcut printer's device on each title. 6 parts (with continuous pagination) in 1 volume. 852 pp. (bound after page 140, 2 lvs. of publisher's catalogue), 19 lvs., 72 pp., 30 pp., 24 pp. 12mo. Contemporary vellum, with 2 brass clasps, fingertabs. (# 5314)

Barbier II, 1275. Haag II, 204ff. Quérard, la France litt. I, 289. A monthly compilation (complete in 111 volumes) describing contemporary events, started by the French Protestant theologian and professor of philosophy and mathematics Jacques Bernard (Nions 1658 - Leiden 1718), who settled in Holland. He published the volumes from 1692 to 1698, after which date the work was continued up to 1728 by H. Basnage, Jean du Mont and others. Contains extensive chapters on the Treaty of Utrecht. - Light waterstain in 1 quire. Handwritten ownership entry on paste-down end-paper of Gr(a)f. Charlotte v. Leyden.

(Louis XV, King of France). Wahre Abbildung der königlichen Crönung Ludwigen des XV. Königs in Frankreich, geschehen zu Rheims den 25 October Anno 1722. (Frankfurt a.M., Heirs of Sigismund Latomus, 1723). Engraved broadsheet, showing the coronation of King Louis XV of France in the Cathedral of Reims, by an anonymous artist. Oblong folio, ca. 31,3 x 36,2 cm. (# 5789)

Cf. Drugulin No. 4020. Rather rare. This view of the interior of Reims cathedral originates from a "Messrelation", a precursor of the newspaper and periodical, published to coincide with the Frankfurt Book Fair, relating political and military contemporary historical events, which occured since the last fair. The richly adorned cathedral is full with wordly and ecclesiastical dignitaries, in the centre the kneeling King, receiving the crown. Louis XV (1710 - 1774) was the great-grandson of King Louis XIV. He was five years old when Louis XIV died. The Duke of Orleans was declared regent; Fleury, bishop of Fréjus, was appointed the king's tutor. He attained his legal majority at the age of thirteen. - Tiny tear in left margin, just touching the border line; slightly browned, horizontal and vertical fold.

Lucanus, M.A. La pharsale ou les guerres civiles de Cesar et de Pompée, en vers françois par De Brebeuf. La Haye, A. Leers, 1683. With engraved frontispiece, sphere device on printed title, and 10 plates. 11 lvs., 375 pp., 3 (blank) lvs. 12mo. Modern half leather. (# 3775)

Cf. Brunet III, 1202. Translated into French verses by Guilleaume de Brebeuf (1618 - 1661), an erudite French poet. - Occasionally a light marginal waterstain, slightly browned; good impressions of the plates.

Marot, Daniel. Ceilings. (Augsburg), J(eremias) Wolff, (no date, before 1724). 3 beautiful engraved plates (probably from a series of 6), with nos. 2, 4, 6, etched by C.R. ca. 18,6 x 26 cm on leaves of ca. 19,6 x 26,8 cm. (# 5557)

Fuhring (Nos. 8267 - 8632, note: our plates). Extremely rare German ornament prints, not in any of the usual bibliographies, not in Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris (kind information Dr Peter Fuhring). Copied in reverse by the German artist C.R. from the original untitled series of 6 plates, which was etched and published by Daniel Marot (The Hague, 1687 - 1702). Magnificent designs for sculpted and painted trompe-l'oeil ceilings in Louis XIV style. With mythological scenes, supported by columns, pilasters, arches, decorated with medallions, busts, rosettes, crowned escutcheons, etc. The famous French architect, ornament designer and engraver Daniel Marot (Paris 1663 - Amsterdam 1752) left France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. In Holland he became the architect of King-Stadtholder Willem III of Oranje, whom he followed to London. His great influence on German interior design becomes evident from this kind of German editions. - Slightly browned.

Marot, Daniel. Nouveaux livre de plaefond par D. Marot. (No place, no date, after 1703). Complete series of fine etched title and 5 plates, numbered in the plates, 1-6, showing designs for ceilings. Title standing size, the other plates in oblong size. ca. 27,1 x 18 cm on leaves of ca. 31 x 19,5 cm. Bound in 19th century limp boards (title loose). (# 4452)

Fuhring Nos. 8645 - 8649 (only 5 plates). Schestag (1871), 206 (only 5 plates). Rare edition by an unknown engraver. Copied, partly in reverse, from the original Dutch series "Nouveau Livre de Placfond" (first edition The Hague, 1687 - 1702). Cf. for this original series: Fuhring Nos. 8639 - 8644. Very ingenious designs for sculpted and painted ceilings in Louis XIV style. The title depicts a ceiling of the "Salles des Seigneurs États Generaux des Provinces Unies" in the Hague. Invented by the famous French architect, ornament designer and engraver Daniel Marot (Paris 1663 - Amsterdam 1752), who left France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. In Holland he became the architect of King-Stadtholder Willem III of Oranje, whom he followed to London. - Contemporary handwritten numbers in blank margin. Hole in blank margin of title, a few inkstains, browned and foxed.

Marot, Daniel. Nouvelle cheminees a panneaux de glace, a la maniere 'd France, du dessien de D. Marot, architecte. (No place, the Netherlands, no date, after 1703 - 1712). Complete series of beautiful etched title and 5 plates, showing chimney-pieces in the manner of the French. ca. 21,8 x 17,3 cm on leaves of ca. 24 x 18 cm. (# 4450)

Fuhring No. 9184 (title plate only). Kurth (1923), figs. 58 - 59 (2 plates only). Very rare complete series, not in any of the other usual bibliographies. Copied in reverse by an unknown artist from the series "Nouvelle Cheminees à Panneaux de Glace a la maniere de France", which was etched and published by Daniel Marot (first edition, 1703 - 1712). Very fine series of designs for chimney-pieces with mirrors and very elaborate ornamentation in French Louis XIV style. With Chinese vases, hanging sconces, a clock, a tapestry showing a pot of flowers; on five of the plates richly decorated doors and overdoors are depicted. Invented by the famous French architect, ornament designer and engraver Daniel Marot (Paris 1663 - Amsterdam 1752), who left France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. In Holland he became the architect of King-Stadholder Willem III of Oranje, whom he followed to London. - A good set.

Marot, Daniel. Nouvelle cheminees a panneaux de glace, a la maniere 'd France, du dessien de D. Marot, architecte. (No place, the Netherlands, no date, after 1703 - 1712). Complete series of beautiful etched title and 5 plates, showing chimney-pieces in the manner of the French. ca. 21,8 x 17,3 cm on leaves of ca. 32 x 19,2 cm. (# 4451)

Fuhring No. 9184 (title plate only). Kurth (1923), figs. 58 - 59 (2 plates only). Very rare complete series, not in any of the other usual bibliographies. Copied in reverse by an unknown artist from the series "Nouvelle Cheminees à Panneaux de Glace a la maniere de France", which was etched and published by Daniel Marot (first edition, 1703 - 1712). Very fine series of designs for chimney-pieces with mirrors and very elaborate ornamentation in French Louis XIV style. With Chinese vases, hanging sconces, a clock, a tapestry showing a pot of flowers; on five of the plates richly decorated doors and overdoors are depicted. Invented by the famous French architect, ornament designer and engraver Daniel Marot (Paris 1663 - Amsterdam 1752), who left France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. In Holland he became the architect of King-Stadtholder Willem III of Oranje, whom he followed to London. - The plates display the originals string holes in blank upper margin. Very lightly browned, blank lower right corner slightly thumbed. Handwritten numbers in blank upper margins. A nice set, with ample margins.

Marot, Daniel. Novae cheminae, quales plurimum in usu sunt apud Hollandos. (No place, the Netherlands, no date, after 1703). Complete series of magnificent etched title and 5 plates, showing richly decorated chimney-pieces. ca. 25 cm x 18,4 cm on leaves of ca. 29,4 x 18,7 cm. Sewn. (# 4455)

Destailleur (1863), 153. Ritter (1889), 245. Not in Fuhring and Bérard. First edition. Cf. for a later reissue with series number N. 14: Fuhring Nos. 9166 - 9171. The plates are copied by an unknown artist from the series "Nouvelles Cheminées faites en plusieurs endroits de la Hollande et autres Provinces", which was etched and published by Daniel Marot (first edition: The Hague, 1687 - 1702). Very beautiful designs in Louis XIV style for chimney-pieces and surrounding walls, constructed in Dutch castles and mansions. The title with scales of measurements in French and Dutch feet. Each plate depicts at the left, half of a richly decorated door with overdoor; the rich ornamentation contains mirrors, vases, a crowned clock, paintings, the crowned monogram WR (William Rex = King Willem III), the English royal coat of arms. The second plate shows a wall of lacquer panels and numerous Chinese porcelain vases on the cornice of the door and overmantel. The third plate has been executed, somewhat altered, in the 'Red Hall' in Voorst Castle in Eefde. The fifth plate shows an English chimney-piece, placed at an angle. The coat of arms of the Duke of Albemarle, Keppel, on the sixth plate suggests that this design was also intended for De Voorst. Invented by Daniel Marot (Paris 1663 - Amsterdam 1752), French architect, ornament designer and engraver, who left France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. In Holland he became the architect of King-Stadtholder Willem III of Oranje, whom he followed to London. - Stamp of J.A.F. Koempel in blank margin of last plate (not in Lugt). Left margin cut off by the binder, touching the plates, foxed.

Marot, Daniel. (Portes cocheres et d'eglises). (No place, probably the Netherlands, no date). Complete series of 6 beautiful etched plates of doorways of houses, inner courtyards and churches, fences of wrought-iron work, gates, elevations. ca. 18 x 27,3 cm on leaves of ca. 19,5 x 31,5 cm. (# 4446)

Fuhring No. 4365 (only one plate). Bérard, 18, No. 2. Rare untitled edition, by an unknown etcher and publisher. Copied (with some differences) in the same direction from the entitled series "Portes Cocheres et d'Eglises", which was etched and published by Daniel Marot. Cf. for this original series: Fuhring Nos. 4359 - 4364. Both series, original and copy, are listed by Fuhring as publications of the Netherlands. Magnificent designs of double doors and iron fences in Louis XIV style. Double doors with semi-circular fanlights, crowned with balustrades, balconies, vases, in front of some of them staircases or platforms; above the double door of the entrance to a mansion with mansard roof, is a cartouche: "LHotel de Lusart". Invented by the famous French architect, ornament designer and engraver Daniel Marot (Paris 1663 - Amsterdam 1752), who left France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. In Holland he became the architect of King-Stadtholder Willem III of Oranje, whom he followed to London. - Slightly browned. A fine set of this beautiful and rare series.

Maury, J. Theatrum universae vanitatis, seu excursus morales in ecclesiasten Salomonis. Parisiis, L. Billaine, 1668. 10 lvs., 285 pp., 3 lvs. 8vo. Contemporary calf, back with label (top of spine and corners slightly damaged, slightly rubbed). (# 3713)

Third edition of this neolatin poem by Jean Maury (Toulouse ca. 1625 - Villefranche de Rouerge 1697). He was a member of the 'Académie des Lanternistes' at Toulouse and a central figure of a group of learned people there. - On fly-leaf an interesting 18th century annotation in French about a Montgolfier air-balloon, exhibited at the Tuileries in Paris, which will go up a month later.

Menestrier, C.F. Abregé methodique des principes heraldiques, ou du veritable art du Blason. 3me édition. Lyon, B. Coral, 1669. Woodcut mark on printed title. With engraved title and 11 engraved plates with coats of arms in contemporary handcolouring, and 1 engraved folding plate. Some small woodcuts of coats of arms in the text. 12 lvs., 104 pp., 6 lvs. 8vo. Contemporary gilt calf (rubbed, back slightly damaged). (# 1872)

Cf. De Backer-Sommervogel V, 908, No. 16. The Jesuit Claude François Menestrier (Lyon 1631-Paris 1705) was a prolific author in the field of heraldry and emblem literature. First published in 1661, the present concise handbook became very popular. - Light waterstain throughout; some off-setting of the colours used; old engraved armorial book-plate of Coenen, pasted inside front-cover.

Montesquieu, (Ch.de). Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains, et de leur décadence. Édition stéréotype, d'après le procédé de Firmin Didot. Paris, de l'imprimerie et de la fonderie stéréotypes de P. Didot l'Aîné et de Firmin Didot, An XI (1802). 2 lvs., 258 pp., 1 lf. 12mo. Contemporary decorated boards, back with label. (# 5310)

Interesting edition from a typographical point of view, as it is printed in stereotype, a method of printing which was revived and improved by the famous printer P. Firmin Didot around 1799. Forms an independent part of the "Oeuvres". - Slightly foxed.

Moyreau, Jean (Orléans 1691-Paris 1762). Les adieux d'Hector et d'Andromaque, after Bon Boullogne. Paris, 1726. Nice oblong etching, showing at centre Hector, the commander of the Trojan armies, bidding farewell to his wife Andromache and their son Astyanax, who being frightened by Hector's helmet flings himself into the arms of his nurse; Hector in battle dress steps on a chariot drawn by two horses; soldiers, Andromeda's maids and inhabitants of Troy are surrounding the family. In the background the walls and a monumental gateway of Troy; signed in the plate "De Boulogne lainé inv. J. Moyreau sculp. Pont S. Michel au chat d'Espagne, 1726". With 2 columns of 4 lines of etched French text below (see note). 29 x 38,2 cm. (# 5832)

Le Blanc III, 60 No. 6. Nagler XI, 47 No. 10. Etched after the painting Les Adieu d'Hector et d'Andromaque, painted c. 1699 by Bon Boullogne, also named Boullogne l'Ainé (Paris 1649-Paris 1717), which is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Troyes. Jean Moyreau was a pupil of Bon Boullogne. Inscription underneath: "Hector, dont le destin devoit bientost arrêter le Cour de sa vie: sort de Troye pour combâtre et repousser les Grecs. Il dit adieu à sa chere Andromaque, qui, pour le retenir luy presente son fils Astianax; afin de l'empêcher d'aller chercher la mort, prédite par Cassandre: Mais ce heros voulant secourir sa patrie et toûché de voir sa famille affligée il precipite son départ; apres avoir embrassé son fils; qui effrayé de voir le casque sur la teste de son pere, se jette entre les bras de sa nourice. Illiade I.6". - Good impression, with margins, paper very lightly discoloured. Collector's stamp on verso of "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

Nys, E. Les théories politiques et le droit international en France jusqu'au XVIIIe siècle. Deuxième édition. Paris, A. Fontemoing, (1899). 204 pp. 8vo. Contemporary cloth, back with label. (# 5750)

Important study on political theories and international law in France, from the Middle Ages until the reign of Louis XIV. With a chapter on the Reformation. (Recherches sur l'histoire du droit). - Printed label with names of publisher and booksellers pasted on title-page.

Péréfixe, H. de. Histoire du Roy Henry le Grand. Paris, L. Billaine, 1662. With full-page engraved portrait of King Henry IV by Landry. 6 lvs., 413, 2 pp. 12mo. Contemporary limp vellum (stain on front-cover). (# 5008)

Goldsmith B-450/451. Excellent history of the life of King Henry IV of France (1553 - 1610), first printed 1661 and very often reprinted, written by the Paris archbishop Hardouin de Beaumont Péréfixe. - Stamp of Graf Waldbott von Bassenheim on title. A light marginal waterstain to a few leaves, lightly browned.

(Perrault, N.) La morale des Jesuites, extraite fidellement de leurs livres ... par un Docteur de Sorbonne... Suivant la copie imprimée a Mons, chez la veuve Waudret, à la Bible d'Or. (No place), 1702. 3 parts in 1 volume. 28 lvs., 496 pp., 4 lvs.; 2 (first blank) lvs., 619 pp., 4 lvs.; 479 pp., 4 lvs. Thick 8vo (ca. 9 cm). Contemporary boards (back slightly damaged, somewhat rubbed), uncut, partly unopened. (# 5003)

Barbier III, 353. Willaert No. 6873. Rousselle, Bibl. Montoise No. 440: "pas été publié à Mons". Reusch, Index II, 491. Rare third edition of this violent attack on the doctrines and ethics of the Jesuits, written by the French Jansenist Nicolas Perrault (Paris ca. 1611 - 1661). By order of the French Parliament the first edition of 1667 was burned in 1670. - Occasionally very slightly foxed.

Picart, Bernard (Paris 1673-Amsterdam 1733). L'accord de la Religion avec la Philosophie, ou de la Raison avec la Foy. Paris, 1708. Fine oblong allegorical etching: the agreement between Religion and Philosophy, or between Reason and Faith; Philosophy, personified by a woman crowned with stars, shakes hand with Religion, who stands at the top of some steps, next to the Bible; on the right stand Faith, covered by a veil, and Hope, carrying an anchor and praying; on the left the daughters of Philosophy (Poetry, Geometry, Grammar, Chemistry, Painting, Rhetoric and Music). At bottom signed in the plate "Inventé et gravé par B. Picart en 1708". 9,7 x 15,3 cm. (# 5872)

Dimier I, 391, No. 492. Picart did this engraving to accompany a Sorbonne thesis in philosophy that exists now, however, only in manuscript in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. In database British Museum, another, probably later, state surmounts an engraved explanatory text by Prosper Marchand: there the scene and the text are printed from two separate plates on a single sheet. The printmaker Bernard Picart, trained in Paris but worked in the Netherlands 1696-1698, returned to Paris and after the death of his wife and children turned Huguenot, and left definitively for Holland in 1710, settled initially in The Hague, then in 1711 in Amsterdam. - Trimmed inside plate mark. Bright impression on strong paper. Collector's stamp on verso of "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

Picart, Étienne (Paris 1631-Amsterdam 1721). Separation de St. Pierre et de St. Paul. D'apres le tableau de Jean Lanfranc (Giovanni Lanfranco) qui est dans le Cabinet du Roy, de quatre pieds de haut, sur 4 pieds et demy de large. Sanctorum Petri et Pauli acerba a se invicem discessio... Roma, 1679. Large oblong engraving, showing Saint Peter and Saint Paul being separated by soldiers and other people, in front of a landscape with a river and a fortified city; at bottom 2 columns each with 3 lines of engraved French and Latin text (see above); underneath signed in the plate "Steph. Picart Rom. sculps. 1679." 43,5 x 47,7 cm. (# 5844)

Nagler XII, 409 No. 25. Le Blanc III, 196, No. 20. The original painting by Giovanni Lanfranco (Parma 1582-Roma 1647), which belonged to Louis XIV, is preserved in the Musée national des Châteaux de Versailles. The engraving is in reverse. Étienne (also named Stephanus) Picart, is often called "Le Romain" from the years he worked in Rome. He became member of the Académie Royale in Paris in 1664, and worked for the Cabinet du Roy Louis XIV. He spent the last years of his life from 1710 in the Netherlands where he emigrated with his son, the famous engraver Bernard Picart. - Sharp impression on heavy paper, with small margins. In lower blank margin written in black ink "Goy Ton". Collector's stamp on verso of "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

(Piles, R. de). Les premiers elemens de la peinture pratique enrichis de figures de proportion mesurées sur l'antique, dessinées & gravées par J.B. Corneille peintre de l'Academie Royale. Paris, N. Langlois, 1684. With beautiful engraved frontispiece, vignette on title, one full-page engraving of an artist's easel and 8 engravings in the text showing a palette and other painter's requisites. 5 lvs., 96 pp. 12mo. - Bound with: Le Clerc, Sebastien. Figures d'académie pour aprendre a désiner. Paris, N. Langlois, (no date). Engraved title and 20 numbered plates showing nude gods and heros from antiquity with indication of proportions. - Bound with: Suite of 30 fine unnumbered engraved plates, showing male nudes. Bound together in nice contemporary marbled calf, back with 5 raised bands and richly gilt compartments. (# 5594)

Ad I: Cicognara No. 314 "piuttosto raro". Not in Kat. Orn. Berlin. Rare first edition of this manual on painting, here with a beautiful frontispiece, which is lacking in most copies. "This treatise on painting had a tremendous influence in its time" (Birren, The history of colour in painting, 44-45). It contains the earliest known engraving of a palette, deals with colour, and gives explications, recipes, advices for artists. This manual by the French painter Roger de Piles (1635 - 1709) is "one of the first and oldest books in France, which gives us information about the working methods of a painter of that period" (Schmid, The practice of painting, 47). The engraver Jean-Baptiste Corneille "le jeune" (1649 - 1695) was a well-known painter and professor at the Académie Royale. He was thought to have been the author of this work for a long time. - Ad II: I.F.F. XVIIe, III, 141-142, Nos. 31-50. Cf. Kat. Orn. Berlin No. 4619. - Ad III: I.F.F. XVIIe, VIII, 293-297, Nos. 1055-1086. - Well preserved copy in a nice contemporary binding.

Pineau, Nicolas. Chimney-pieces. Aug. Vind. (Augsburg), J.G. Merz, (n.d.). 4 fine plates from a series of (probably) 6, with series number A. Nos. 2-3, 5-6, with French and German text. ca. 32,2 x 21,2 cm with ample margins. (# 5536)

Not mentioned in any of the usual bibliographies. Extremely rare German ornament prints. Copies by Johann Georg Merz (1694 - 1762) of plates from the "Architecture Françoise" (Paris, Jean Mariette, 1727-1738). The plates show magnificent designs of chimney pieces with tapestries, candle-holders, panneling. The beautiful designs of the sculptor, decorator, interior designer and engraver Nicolas Pineau (Paris 1684 - Paris 1754) range from the Louis XIV until the Louis XV style. - Slightly thumbed, two tears repaired in one plate, small ink-stains on one plate. With collector's stamp on verso of 2 plates of Fritz Hasselmann (second half of the 19th century), architect in München (Lugt No. 1012).

Pineau, Nicolas. Trumeaux. Aug. Vind. (Augsburg), J.G. Merz, (n.d.). 3 fine plates from a series of (probably) 6, with series number C. Nos. 2, 4-5, with French and German text. ca. 32 x 21 cm on leaves of ca. 35,5 x 23,7 cm. (# 5534)

Not mentioned in any of the usual bibliographies. Extremely rare German ornament prints. Copies by Johann Georg Merz (1694 - 1762) of plates from the "Architecture Françoise" (Paris, Jean Mariette, 1727-1738). The plates show elaborate wall decorations with large mirrors, tables. The beautiful designs of the sculptor, decorator, interior designer and engraver Nicolas Pineau (Paris 1684 - Paris 1754) range from the Louis XIV until the Louis XV style. - Small tear in one blank margin, mainly marginal waterstain to one plate; margin of one plate very slightly thumbed; printed on thick paper. With collector's stamp on verso of 2 plates of Fritz Hasselmann (second half of the 19th century), architect in München (Lugt No. 1012).

Pineau, Nicolas. Trumeaux. Aug. Vind. (Augsburg), J.G. Merz, (n.d.). 4 fine plates from a series of (probably) 6, with series number C. Nos. 2-5, with French and German text. ca. 32 x 21 cm on leaves of ca. 36,2 x 22,1 cm. (# 5532)

Not mentioned in any of the usual bibliographies. Extremely rare German ornament prints. Copies by Johann Georg Merz (1694 - 1762) of plates from the "Architecture Françoise" (Paris, Jean Mariette, 1727-1738). The plates show elaborate wall decorations with large mirrors, doors, tables. The beautiful designs of the sculptor, decorator, interior designer and engraver Nicolas Pineau (Paris 1684 - Paris 1754) range from the Louis XIV until the Louis XV style. - Somewhat foxed.

Pineau, Nicolas. Wall decorations and furniture. Aug. Vind. (Augsburg), J.G. Merz, (n.d.). 4 fine plates from a series of (probably) 6, with series number B. Nos. 2-4, 6, with French and German text. ca. 32 x 21 cm on leaves of ca. 35 x 23,9 cm. (# 5535)

Not mentioned in any of the usual bibliographies. Extremely rare German ornament prints. Copies by Johann Georg Merz (1694 - 1762) of plates from the "Architecture Françoise" (Paris, Jean Mariette, 1727-1738). The plates show elaborate designs of a side-table and water-cattle for a dining-room, made of marble, gilt lead, with painted and wooden decorations; a bedroom with a bed in an alcove and a stove with a clock on top, large mirrors, doors. The beautiful designs of the sculptor, decorator, interior designer and engraver Nicolas Pineau (Paris 1684 - Paris 1754) range from the Louis XIV until the Louis XV style. - Mainly marginal waterstain to 2 plates, 1 plate slightly thumbed. With collector's stamp on verso of 2 plates of Fritz Hasselmann (second half of the 19th century), architect in München (Lugt No. 1012).

Recueil des pieces les plus curieuses qui ont esté faites pendant le regne du connestable M. de Luyne(s). Seconde édition, reveuë et corrigée. (Paris?, no printer), 1624. 20 lvs., 516 pp. 8vo. Contemporary limp vellum, lettering on spine (ties gone, small defect to foot of spine, some stains). (# 5050)

Bourgeois-André No. 2376. Not in Barbier. Place of publication taken from BM STC French, 1601-1700, A223. Second corrected and augmented edition. With contributions in prose and verse by various authors. Describes events from the last two years of the life of Charles d'Albert duke of Luynes (1578 - 1621), Constable of France, minister and favorite of King Louis XIII. With the king's collaboration he forced the Queen-Mother Maria de' Medici into exile. His power was twice threatened (1619, 1620) by two revolts of Maria and her partisans among the nobles. He became Constable of France in 1621 and shortly afterwards died while on a campaign against the Huguenots of Béarn. - Contemporary ownership entry "Duhallay" on first paste-down; a few tiny wormholes touching a few letters; waterstain in places, slightly browned.

Regnard, (J.Fr.) Oeuvres. Edition stéréotype d'après le procédé de Firmin Didot. Paris, P. Didot l'ainé et F. Didot, an X (1801). 5 volumes. 12mo. Contemporary half leather, backs gilt, with labels (slightly rubbed, corners slightly worn). (# 3849)

The 5th volume contains the author's travel descriptions: 'Voyage de Flandre et de Hollande, Du Danemarck, De la Suède', 'Voyage de Lapponie', 'Voyage de Pologne', 'Voyage d'Allemagne' and the short story 'La Provençale', describing his life as a slave in Algeria. Jean François Regnard (1655 - 1709) is considered the best French comedy-writer after Molière. - Slight waterstain in the 3rd volume.

Romanet, Antoine Louis (Paris 1742/43-after 1810). Portrait de Jean Grimoux peint par lui même. Paris, D.Ch. Buldet, 1765. Beautiful engraved and etched portrait of the painter Jean Alexis Grimou(x), bust directed to right, lettered in lower margin "Dédiée à Monsieur Emmanuel Handmann Peintre à Bâle. Tiré de la Coll.n de Tableaux de Mr Handmann - Par son Ami et Serviteur Chr.t de Mechel. Gravé à Bâle par A.L. Romanet en 1765. A Paris chez Buldet rue de Gesvres au Grand Coeur". 25 x 19,8 cm (plate-mark). (# 5850)

Le Blanc III, 353, No. 26. Nagler XV, 89, No. 6. Beautiful artist's portrait engraved after the painted self-portrait of the painter Jean alias Alexis Grimou (Argenteuil 1678-Paris 1733). The engraver Antoine Louis Romanet worked 1765-1767 with Christian von Mechel in Basel and then returned to Paris. This dedicator Christian von Mechel (Basel 1737-Berlin 1817) was a Swiss engraver. The portrait belonged to the Collection of Paintings of the Swiss painter Jakob Emanuel Handmann (Basel 1718-Bern 1781). - Ample margins. Paper slightly foxed.

Saint-Non, Richard abbé de (Paris 1727 - 1791). Rural scene with many people eating, drinking, playing a kind of jeu de boules, cows, dogs, after Jean Baptiste Bénard. 1755. Charming etching, signed in the plate on a wine barrel "S. Non Sc." and lettered underneath "Benard Pinxit. St. Non Sculp. 1755", in the centre underneath "Tiré du Cabinet de Mr de La Live de Julie". 23,7 x 29 cm. (# 2233)

Not in Le Blanc. For the etcher and aquatinter Abbé Jean Claude Richard de Saint-Non see: Thieme-Becker XXIX, 326. The original painting by the French painter Jean Baptiste Bénard (died 1789 or before) belonged to the collection of the wealthy French art collector Ange Laurent de Lalive de Jully (1725-1779), who favoured works by contemporary French artists; his collection was sold in 1770. - Good impression, with margins. Collector's stamp on verso of "Grossh. Museum zu Schwerin" (Lugt No. 2273).

(Salmasius, Cl.) Defensio regia. Pro Carolo I. Ad... regem Carolum II. Filium natu majorem, heredem & successorem legitimum. No place (Amsterdam?), sumptibus regiis, 1649. Woodcut fleuron on title. 468 pp. 12mo. Contemporary vellum with ties. (# 1176)

Not in any bibliography we are able to consult. Rare edition. First published by B. & A. Elzevier in-folio in 1649, it was reprinted at least 9 times in the course of 3 years. Claudius Salmasius (1588-1653) famous French scholar, was presented with £ 100 for writing this defence, by Charles II, who also paid for the printing. - Handwritten ownership entry 'Albert. Henric. Everhardus 1561' on title, nice copy.

Salvianus Massiliensis et Vincentius Lirinensis. Opera. Stephanus Baluzius ad fidem veterum codicum MSS. emendavit, notisque illustravit. Editio secunda. Parisiis, Fr. Muguet, 1669. Engraving on title, engraved head-piece and initial. 6 lvs., 452 pp., 16 lvs., 8vo. Contemporary overlapping vellum. (# 4952)

Goldsmith STC S-205; Brunet V, 101. Scholarly edition of the works of the French presbyter Salvianus (ca. 400 - ca. 480) and the French monk Vincent of Lérins (died before 450), with notes by the famous ecclesiastical historian Étienne Baluze (1630 - 1718), director of the Collège de France. - Stamp on title.

(Sauvage, H.M. de). Veritas consilii Burgofonte initi ex ipsa hujus executione demonstrata, seu verum systema Jansenismi et evolutio mysterii iniquitatis, opus Gallico primum sermone conscriptum, nunc ... Latine redditum. Augustae Vindelicorum (Augsburg) et Friburgi Brisg. (Freiburg i.Br.), I. & A. Wagner, 1764. 2 volumes. 16 lvs., 492 pp., 2 lvs.; 4 lvs., 528 pp., 35 lvs. 8vo. Contemporary calf (one spine-end and some corners damaged, rubbed). (# 5037)

Willaert No. 11092. De Backer-Sommervogel VII, 673 No. 1 and 949 No. 3. First Latin edition. Interesting, strongly anti-Jesuit work, describing a meeting of early Jansenists, which is said to have taken place in Burgofons (Bourgfontaine) a Carthusian monastery near Paris, as early as 1621. The real struggle of Jansenism began in 1640 with the publication of Jansenius' work "Augustinus". The Jesuit Henri Michel Sauvage (Verdun 1704 - Nancy 1791) published the first French edition in 1755. The work, which was condemned to the stake in 1758, was translated into many languages. This Latin edition was translated by the German Jesuit Joseph Schwarz (Amberg 1715 - München 1802), who was rector at Amberg, Rottenburg and Landshut.

Serviez, (J. Roergas de). Storia della vita delle Imperadrici Romane, e delle principesse del loro sangue ... Traduzione Italiana corretta. Venezia, L. Bassaglia, 1785 - 1787. Printer's mark on each title. 3 volumes. 4 lvs., 358, 1 pp.; 2 lvs., 348 pp.; 2 lvs., 306 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, backs richly gilt with labels (slightly rubbed), nice decorated end-papers. (# 5349)

Cf. Gay-Lemonnyer II 289. Italian translation of "Histoire de la vie et des intrigues des femmes des douze Césars". This history of the lives and amours of the Empresses and consorts to the first 12 Caesars, was first published in 1718 by the French historian Jacques Roergas de Serviez (1679 - 1727). It was reprinted very often and translated into many languages. - A few leaves slightly waterstained.

Sophocles and Aristophanes. Oedipe, tragédie de Sophocle, et les oiseaux, comédie d'Aristophane. Traduites par Jean Boivin. Paris, Didot, chez J.-L Nyon, 1729. 2 lvs., 405 pp., 1 lf. - Bound with: (Bougeant, G.H.) La femme docteur, ou la théologie Janseniste tombée en quenouille. Comédie. Amsterdam, E.J. Ledet & Compagnie, 1731. Engraved vignette on title. 15, 1, 151 pp. - Bound with: Boissy, L. de. Le François à Londres, comédie. La Haye (The Hague), Fr. Moselagen, 1731. Sphere on title. 1 lf., 56 pp. Together 3 works in 1 volume. 8vo. Contemporary calf, back gilt (spine-ends damaged, rubbed, hole in back-cover). (# 4617)

Ad I: Hoffmann III, 615. Quérard IX, 213. First edition of these fables in the French translation of Jean Boivin. Ad II: De Backer-Sommervogel I, 1875-1876. Cf. Willaert No. 9974. Famous comedie dealing with the quarrels between the 'molinistes' and Jansenists. The Jesuit Guillaume Hyacinthe Bougeant (Quimper 1690 - Paris 1743) teached at Caen, Nevers and Paris. Ad III: Rather rare edition. L. de Boissy (Vie 1694 - Paris 1758) was author of many theater plays.

Stuckius, J.G. Carolus Magnus redivivus, hoc est. Caroli Magni Germanorum, Gallorum, Italorum... monarchae cum Henrico M. Gallorum & Navarrorum Rege... comparatio. Tiguri (Zürich), J. Wolf with types of Froschauer, 1592. On title woodcut double-portrait of Charlemagne and Henri IV of France. Woodcut printer's mark at the end. 79, 1 lvs. 4to. 19th century half calf; gilt lettering on back. (# 1309)

VD 16 S-9772. Rudolphi No. 861. Only edition of this elaborate comparison of Charlemagne and Henri IV (1553-1610), "the Great", king of France. The work deals in detail with their qualities as rulers and discusses also their studies, eating and drinking customs, religion etc. The prelim. lvs. include laudatory poems for the author by Heinrich Wolf of Zürich, Gabriel Gerber and Joh. Turnowski. Joh. Wilh. Stucki (1542-1607), was a prominent Swiss theologian and philosopher, supporter of the Calvinists. - A few neat marginal repairs at the beginning; light waterstain in inner blank margins of some lvs; slightly browned.

Tableau analytique des travaux et publications de Mgr C. Chevalier camérier secret de sa Sainteté clerc national du Sacré Collège et secrétaire consistorial pour la France etc. etc. Tours, P. Bousrez, 1882. 96 pp. Large 8vo. Original wrappers (small defects, little stained). (# 5116)

Besterman 591. Bibliography of 231 publications of Casimir Chevalier (born 1825 in Saché) dealing with hagiography, ecclesiastical and profane history, archeology and military archeology, art and architecture, etc. First edition. One of 500 copies printed. - Occcasionally slightly foxed. With authograph dedication by Chevalier to l'Abbé Archembault on front cover.

Théophile (de Viau). Les oeuvres, divisées en trois parties. Premiere partie, contenant l'immortalité de l'ame, avec plusieurs autres pieces. La seconde, les Tragedies. Et la troisiesme, les pieces qu'il a faites pendant sa prison. Dernière édition. Paris, widow of E. Pepingué, 1656. 3 parts in 1 volume (part 2 and 3 with continous pagination). 269 pp.; pp. (1) - 138; pp. (139) - 303. 12mo. Contemporary calf, gilt back with label (rather rubbed). (# 5402)

Cf. Tchemerzine X, 360 ff. Cf. Haag IX, 477 ff. Neither bibliography mentions this edition. The French poet Théophile de Viau (1591 - 1626) was a Huguenot and a freethinker. He was banished and persecuted several times. Besides "Pyramus & Thisbe" his works include a paraphrase, half verse, half prose, of the Phaedo. - On fly-leaf old bibliographical note; old ownership entry on title. Very lightly browned.

Tournoüer, H. Bibliographie et iconographie de la Maison-Dieu Notre-Dame de la Trappe au diocèse de Sées. Première partie: documents imprimés. Mortagne, G. Meaux, 1895. 2 lvs., 9, 111 pp. Large 8vo. Contemporary half leather (back somewhat damaged, rubbed), original wrappers preserved, uncut. (# 3070)

Besterman 3000. The first part of this bibliography relating to the monastery of la Trappe, containing the descriptions of the printed books (487 numbers). 'Documents sur la Province du Perche'. - Slightly browned.

(Tricalet, l'abbé). Année spirituelle, contenant une conduite, et des exercises pour chaque jour de l'année ... Dédiée a la Reine. Nouvelle édition, revue et corrigée. St. Pétersbourg, Pluchart et Comp., 1815. Large passages in Latin. 3 volumes. 1 lf., 448 pp.; 1 lf. 409 pp.; 1 lf., 418 pp. 12mo. Contemporary half calf (front-joint of volume 3 broken, spine-ends and corners slightly damaged, rubbed). (# 5287)

Cf. Barbier I, 202/203. - Occasionally slightly foxed; inkstain on 3 leaves of the 3rd volume.

Verdier, François (1651-1730). Recueil de plusieurs figures d'academie dessinées d'après le naturel par F. Verdier peintre ordinaire du Roy et gravées par J. Bap. de Poilly. Paris, rue St. Jacques a la belle Image C(um).P(rivilegio).R(egis). (1747?). 7 (of 18) engraved plates showing male nudes, possibly representing pagan deities from Greek mythology. Folio, c. 26 x 20 cm on leaves of 32 x 23 cm. Bound together with original thread. (# 5812)

Thieme-Becker XXXIV, 233. Royal Academy of Arts, www.racollection.org.uk, No. 06/6059. French pattern book with life drawings, 'Academy' figures. The engraver Nicolas Jean-Baptiste de Poilly lived from 1712 - after 1758. - Without title and 10 plates. Dampstains, especially in blank margins; small hole in 1 plate, few blank margins frayed.

(Vernierus, B., Editor). Magnum & universale concilium ecclesiae militantis super veritate ... Eucharistiae sacramenti. Quod instar sacrosancti concilii Niceni, trecentis decem & octo patribus orthodoxis constat. Parisiis, S. Nivellus, 1554. With remarkable title consisting of woodcuts and printed Scripture texts within scrolls. At the beginning of the text proper a woodcut of the Holy Eucharist, at the end a woodcut showing 5 persons holding a printed 'conclusio' above their heads. 2 fine and large ornamental criblé initials. 106, 6 lvs. 8vo. Modern half vellum. (# 2418)

Hurter II, 1453: "Opus rarum". Not in the STC of French Books. Apparently only edition. Contains in chronological order the opinions of the Fathers of the Church and later theologians up to the year 1493 on the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. Especially of bibliographical interest is the fact that several authors of the 15th century are mentioned with titles and dates of their works from which the quotations are taken. Benedictus Vernierus was 'divi Sulpicii Bituricensis pauper monachus'. - Title somewhat stained and small blank piece of upper blank margin cut off to remove former owner's name; outer and lower blank margins throughout with burn stains, the paper however is intact.

Verronius (Werro), S. Chronica ecclesiae et monarchiarum a condito mundo. Friburgi in Helvetia (Freiburg in Switzerland), W. Maess, 1599. Title with vignette and border of type-ornaments, some nice initials, head- and tail-pieces. 4 lvs., 534 (recte 536) pp., 4 lvs. 4to. 19th century boards (one corner slightly damaged). (# 5608)

VD 16 W-2096. Schnürer, Die Anfänge des Buchdrucks in Freiburg/Schweiz, No. 72. Not in the STC of German Books. Not in Lonchamp. First edition. World-chronicle from the Creation until the author's own time, with special emphasis on the Swiss Confederacy (Eidgenossenschaft). Contains also a history of the kings of Poland and Hungary, the history of the persecution of the Church in England, and the religious wars in France. Sebastian Werro (Freiburg/Schweiz 1555 - Freiburg/Schweiz 1614) was an influential theologian and leader of the Catholic reform in Switzerland. Very extensive sections of this work are devoted to Jewish history: "De iudicibus Israëlitis", "De Regibus Israelis & Prophetis", "De Synagoga", possibly influenced by Werro's pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1581. - Small hole in title affecting title-border, library stamp on verso of title, lightly browned.

(Vignier, N., the Younger). Legende dorée ou sommaire de l'histoire des frères Mendians de l'Ordre de S. Dominique et de S. François, comprenant ... les combats d'iceux: tant contre l'Eglise Gallicane principalement, que contre les Papes & entr'eux mesmes depuis quatre cens ans. Amsterdam, aux depens de la Compagnie, 1734. Engraved vignette on title. 12 lvs., 214 pp. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt back with label (front-joint splitting, slightly rubbed). (# 4612)

Barbier II, 1080. Second edition (first Leiden, 1608). History of the Mendicant Friars, the members of which were originally restricted to the Franciscans and Dominicans. Nicolas Vignier the Younger was born in Germany, where he received a Protestant education. He was preacher at Blois in France. In 1631 he converted to Catholicism. Of bibliographical interest are the preliminary lvs., listing ca. 20 works, consulted by the author. - Inner blank margin of title damaged, very lightly browned.

(Villiers, P. de). Réflexions sur les défauts d'autrui. Berlin, R. Roger, 1695. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8 lvs., 232 pp.; 221 pp., 1 lf. 12mo. Contemporary calf, gilt back (rubbed, upper spine-end damaged, small holes in front-cover). (# 5302)

Cf. Barbier IV, 164. Popular work of critical observations on various subjects, e.g. "De la Vanité", "Sçavoir le Monde", "De la Médisance", "Des Ouvrages d'Esprit", "Du Commerce des Femmes" (Pt. I, pp. 157-170), "Des Auteurs" (Pt. II, pp. 20-42, with interesting remarks on good and bad writing), "De l'Esprit Critique", etc. First published in 1690, the work was reprinted several times. Pierre de Villiers (Cognac 1648 - Paris 1728), at first a Jesuit, left this Society in 1689 and became a member of the Order of Cluny. The printer Robert Roger, was a native of Amsterdam. - Inside a good copy. With engraved book-plate of C.W. Graf von Nostitz.

(Villiers, P. de). Verités satiriques en dialogues. Paris, J. Etienne, 1725. 9, 1 pp., 1 lf., 441, 1 pp., 1 lf. 12mo. Contemporary calf, gilt back with label (rubbed, corners and spine-ends somewhat damaged). (# 5405)

Barbier IV, 946. First edition. Also attributed to Bordelon. Pierre de Villiers (Cognac 1648 - Paris 1728), at first a Jesuit, left this Society in 1689 and became a Benedictine abbot. He wrote several other literary works. Pp. 5-15 contain: "De l'auteur de ces dialogues et d'un libraire". "On ne peut refuser à l'auteur beaucoup d'instruction, d'excellentes intentions, et un but constamment moral. Sa diction est pure, son style simple, clair, et éloingé de toute affection. Ses pensées en général son justes" (Biogr. Un.) - Inside a good copy.

Virgilius, P.M. - Delille, (J.) Les Géorgiques de Virgile, en vers François; par M. l'Abbé de Lille. Paris, chez Bleuet, de l'imprimerie de Monsieur, 1789. With very fine engraved frontispiece by Villerey after Casanova and 4 engraved plates by Villerey after Ch. Eisen. 191, 1 pp., 2 lvs. 12mo. Original blue wrappers, uncut. (# 5308)

Cf. Salomons, Eisen, 171-172 (only a later edition of 1803). Cf. Cohen 1023 (later edition of 1803). Very successful French translation of Virgilius' (70 BC - 19 BC) pastoral poem, by the famous poet Jacques Delille (1738 - 1813). Deals with the cultivation of crops; fruit-trees, especially the vine; rearing of animals and bees. Printed in very small type. - Dog's-ear to a few leaves, 2 leaves bound in wrong order. Large copy of this nicely illustrated book.

Vivares, François (Lodève 1709-London 1780). Landscape with a stream, a woman with basket and a man fishing, two boys to the left, after Gaetano Martorelli. London, F. Vivares, 1754. Fine large oblong etching and engraving, lettered below the image "Engraved from a Picture of Martorelli. Martorelli Pinxt. F. Vivares Sculp. Publishd Jany. 15th. 1754, by F. Vivares. 9". 39 x 49 cm. (# 5859)

Nagler XXIII, 214, No. 54. In database British Museum: "Landscape with a stream falling around a boulder into a deep pool in the foreground, broadening as it flows away into the right foreground, overshadowed by a steep rocky cliff on the right, covered with bushes and dead tree trunks, a woman carrying a basket and a man fishing on the near bank, two boys further to the left, near a path which winds through a hilly landscape extending into the distance on the left;... plate 9 from an unidentified series...". Second state (of 3), with plate number. François or Francis Vivares, a French and British engraver and publisher, was born in Lodève near Montpellier or in S.Jean de Bruel de Rouergue in 1709, worked in Paris and moved to London in 1727. He had a very high reputation in France and is considered to be one of the founders of the English school of landscape engraving. Gaetano Martorelli, a painter of landscapes from Napoli, was born c. 1670 and died 1723. - Trimmed within plate-mark, lower blank margin slightly thumbed.

Voltaire, (F.M.) Histoire du parlement. Paris, L.E. Herhan for Treuttel et Würtz, 1835. With steel-engraved portrait of the author by E. Scriven on title. 3 lvs., 373 pp. 8vo. Contemporary boards, back with label. (# 5351)

Cf. Bengesco IV No. 2188. Cf. Quérard X, 385. Part of the "Nouvelle bibliothèque classique. Histoire." - A bit foxed.

Voltaire, (F.M.) Mélanges de politique et de législation. Paris, L.E. Herhan for Treuttel et Würtz, 1836. With steel-engraved portrait of the author by E. Scriven on title. 2 lvs., 397 pp. 8vo. Contemporary boards, back with label. (# 5352)

Cf. Bengesco IV No. 2188. Cf. Quérard X, 385. Part of the "Nouvelle bibliothèque classique. Morale et philosophie." - A bit foxed.

Voltaire, (F.M.) Siècle de Louis XIV. Edition stéréotype, d'après le procédé de Firmin Didot. Paris, Fortin, Masson et Cie, (ca. 1820). 6 parts in 3 volumes. 12mo. Contemporary half calf, backs gilt. (# 4611)

Not in Bengesco. Printed in stereotype, a method of printing which was revived and improved by P. Firmin Didot around 1799. - Occasionally slightly browned, otherwise nice.

Walenburch, A. et P. de. De controversiis tractatus generales. Parisiis, N. Crapart, 1768. 10 pp., 1 lf., 615, 1 pp., 4 lvs. 12mo. Contemporary calf, back gilt with label (spine-ends and corners slightly damaged, rubbed). (# 5245)

Cf. Hurter IV, 81. Important collection of writings on the Catholic faith by the Van Walenburch brothers, natives of Rotterdam, who converted to Catholicism and as such were the first to get the episcopal dignity at Cologne. Pp. 500-615 contain the treatise 'De regula fidei' by the French author Franciscus Veronius (François Veron), who was a member of the Jesuit Order for several years. The last 5 pages contain a list of books in stock at Crapart's bookshop. - Inside a good copy.

Wallich, A. Sefer dimyon ha-Refu'ot ... Harmonia Wallichia medica. Frankfurt a.M., J. Wust, 1700. Text in Hebrew and Yiddish, names of the diseases and some passages in Latin. Title surrounded by a border of type-ornaments, woodcut device on page g1. 112 pp. 8vo. 19th century half cloth (binding is firm, but small defects to spine). (# 5748)

Vinograd, Frankfurt a.M., No. 158. Steinschneider No. 5786,1. Roest I, 47. Zedner 34. Rare first edition of this important popular medical work in Hebrew and Yiddish, written by the physician Abraham ben Isaac Wallich and published posthumously with many additions by his son Judah Loeb Wallich, also physician. This book describes in Hebrew many diseases, e.g. apoplexia, phthisis, dysenteria, elephantiasis, pestilentia; recommendations for their treatment, instructions for the prevention of the diseases, dietary advices, and contains a treatise on the treatment of small children with fever. The names of the medicines and prescriptions of the doses are in Yiddish. Contains also instructions for proper doctor's bed-side manners (pages 65-67) and a doctor's prayer (of R' Yaakov Tsahlon) to be recited before visiting a patient (pages 68-72). Abraham ben Isaac Wallich was born in Metz, studied medicine in Padua, and went in 1657 to Frankfurt to practise as a physician. The German Wallich family produced many scholars, rabbis, and physicians. The family origin can be traced to the 14th century. Because of the Wallich's reputation one of them was even called to the sick bed of Louis XV, King of France. - Inside front-cover ex-libris of Paul M. Aron, showing Moses holding the tablets. Name on title crossed out in brown ink, small ink-stain on first 4 leaves, occasionally a light waterstain in the blank lower margin, lightly browned. A good copy for a rare medical manual in Hebrew and Yiddish, as most copies of this kind of books have been read to pieces.

Weill, G. Les théories sur le pouvoir royal en France pendant les guerres de religion. Paris, Hachette, 1892. 3 lvs., 315 pp., 2 lvs. 8vo. Modern cloth. (# 3075)

Esteemed monograph on the theories of royal power in France during the reigns of Henry II until Henry IV. With bibliography. Rare. - Browned.