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(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".

Kamphuyzen, D.R. Stichtelyke rymen, om te lezen of te zingen: onderscheyden in IV deelen; geheel op nooten. Na de voysen van R. Rooleeuw. Rotterdam, I. Naeranus, 1698. Musical notation throughout. 10 lvs., 762 pp., 5 lvs., 24 pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf over wood (clasps gone, heavily rubbed and somewhat damaged). (# 3281)

Scheurleer 40. Cf. Eitner II, 297-298. Very popular collection of pious verse, the first edition to contain the musical notation by R. Rooleeuw. Diederik Rafaelsz Camphuysen (Gorkum 1568 - Dokkum 1619), at first a painter, became later a theologian and zealous follower of Socinianism. - Slightly waterstained, a small wormhole in a few leaves just touching a few letters.

Piazza, Moses Aaron Rachamim. Orah ve-Simchah ve-hu quntres ... el na'arei bnei Yisrael ve-yaldei sa'asu'im ... le-avodat yemei ha-Purim (prayers, songs and poems for Purim). Livorno, Abraham Isaac Castello and Eliezer Sa'adon, 1786. Printed in Hebrew and Judeo-Italian, also in Hebrew letters. On recto of first leaf a 17 lines acrostichon surrounded by a border of Hebrew text referring to the content of the book. On verso of leaf 7 a full-page woodcut printer's mark showing a book and inkpot in an ornamental cartouche. 56 lvs. 8vo. Contemporary boards, sides covered with marbled paper (rubbed, back slightly damaged). (# 1441)

Vinograd, Leghorn (= Livorno) No. 221. Not in Steinschneider CB, not in Fürst. Zedner 595 (suggesting as author Moses Aaron Foa). Roest 932. Benjacob p. 29/544. Only edition of this important collection of Purim songs from Livorno, partly in Judeo-Italian dialect. Among Italian Jews, Purim was celebrated as a highly elaborate carnival which included musical and theatrical presentations. The present work contains the piyyut for Purim "Ach zeh ha-yom quvviti (fol 49b) with the following title: "Shir pashut le-shabbat zakhor ... Lah'an con gran placer senores", composed by an anonymous local rabbi. The melody of this song and the song "Fate onore al bel Purim" was also used in Livorno to sing Lecha Dodi on the Shabbat preceding Purim. The name of the author, Moses Aaron Rachamim Piazza (died 1808) can be found as acrostichon in several poems, lvs. 50b-51b (see: Roest). - Lightly browned.

Venezia. Gl'Illustrissimi, & eccellentissimi Signori Capi dell'Eccelso Consiglio di Dieci infrascritti, attese le relazioni avute; che da alcuni titolati di varie parochie di questa città non venga adempito colla dovuta puntualità quanto resta prescritto dal decreto del detto Eccelso Consiglio de 24 Marzo 1676, regolato col posteriore de'14 Luglio 1678, ... di nuovo stampati in un sollo foglio, e ne sia mandata in ciascuna Chiesa Parochiale... Antonio Nani, Antonio Loredan, Andrea Renier... 1732. 21. Agosto. (Venice), Z. Antonio & Almoro Pinelli, Stampatori Ducali, (1732). Broadsheet, printed on one side, with a woodcut of the winked Lion of St. Mark (il Leone di S. Marco) in top, with 2 ornamental initials. Folio. ca. 42,3 x 28 cm. (# 5793)

Not listed in KVK, Picarta, Worldcat, etc. Rare ordinance relating to Church law, issued by the Venetian Republic. Also dealing with music in the Church "alle Sacre funtioni di Divini Officii nel Coro, come sono tenuti...". - Three small holes, just affecting a few letters, upper margin shaved, small tear in woodcut, slightly browned, some contemporary underlinings in brown ink.