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(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.

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.

Garzoni, T. La sinagoga de gl'ignoranti. Nuovamente ristampata, & con somma diligenza da molti errori espurgata. Venetia, G. Valentini & G.A. Giuliani, 1617. Woodcut printer's mark on title. 4 lvs., 80 pp. 4to. Modern half vellum. (# 4928)

Rare third separate edition of a most interesting booklet in which ignorance is examined, its kinds, properties and causes. It is further investigated what professions are practised by the ignorant and what is their function in society. Thomas Garzoni (1549 - 1589), Italian jurisconsult, was the author of a number of satirical works. - Blank corner of last two leaves repaired.

Gelli, G.B. Capricci del bottaio ... Nuovamente corrretta, & tolto via tutto quello, che poteva offendere il bell'animo del pio lettore dal Rev. Padre Maestro Livio Legge, theolo-deputato dell'ordine di S. Agostino. Venetia, M. degli Alberti, alla Libraria della Speranza, 1605. Woodcut device on title, some nice initials. 8, 99 lvs. 8vo. Modern half vellum. (# 4990)

Gamba No. 490, note. Brunet II, 1520. Curious expurgated version of this wellknown moral-philosophical work, by the Italian Giambattista Gelli (Florence 1498 - 1563). The difficult material is well worded in lively Italian. Written in the form of a dialogue between the Florentine artisan Grusto and his soul, related by Grusto's nephew Bindo, who spends the night in an adjacent room. - Neat repair to title, with loss of some letters and small piece cut out from title, to remove former owner's name. Otherwise a good copy.

Lessing, G.E. Lustspiele. Carlsruhe, Chr. G. Schmieder, 1777. 2 parts in 1 volume. 1 lf., 299 pp.; 1 lf., 484 pp. 8vo. Old boards (rebacked, worn). (# 5240)

Goedeke IV.1, 395 No. 100. Contains: Der junge Gelehrte, Die Juden, De Misogyn, Der Freygeist, Der Schatz, Minna von Barnhelm, Damon, Die alte Jungfer. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729 - 1781) was a German dramatist, philosopher, and critic. He was one of the outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment in Germany. One of Lessing's earliest literary ventures was Die Juden, a one-act comedy in which for the first time a Jew was presented on the German stage in a reasonably objective manner (See: Enc. Judaica 11, 49). - Bound at the end an incomplete copy of Lessing's Trauerspiele. Occasionally foxed.

(Manuscript) - Louquin (?), Professor at St. Vedast college (in Arras?), Ethica Seu moralis Dictata à R.D. Louquin (?), Collegi St. Vedasti professor nec non universitatis Dic. ... Doctor Recept.... à C.A. André Kas... Anno 1789 Domine. 1789. Latin manuscript, neatly written. 1 lf., 276 pp., 3 blank lvs., 183, 7 pp., 7 blank lvs. 8vo. Contemporary half calf (rubbed, corners and spine-ends somewhat damaged). (# 941)

Lecture notes from a university course in philosophy.

Masius, H.G. Väterliche Erinnerung an seine Kinder von der Seelen Unsterblichkeit und der seeligen Seelen Zustande nach dem Tode. Copenhagen, H.Chr. Paulli, 1707. Engraved vignette on title. 31 lvs., pp. 1-323, 1 pp., 19 lvs. - Bound with: Masius, H.G. De immortalitate animae, quatenus è naturae lumine constat, dissertatio philosophica. Hafniae (Copenhagen), H.Chr. Paulli, 1706. With engraved vignette on title. 3 lvs., pp. 323-458. - Bound with: Fechtius, J. De statu damnatorum, quod actiones ipsorum, inprimis malas concernit, tractatio scholastica, in Gymnasio Durlacensi (Durlach) publicis ante hac disputationibus ventilata, nunc revisa & secundum edita. Rostochii & Lipsiae (Rostock and Leipzig), J.J. Russworm, 1708. Title printed in red and black, passages in Hebrew. 8 lvs., 345, 1 pp., 7 lvs. Together 3 works (1 and 2 with continuous pagination) in 1 volume. 8vo. Contemporary overlapping vellum. (# 5379)

Ad I and II: First editions. Two rather rare Copenhagen imprints, described by the British Library London as 2 different works. Written by Hector Gottfried Masius (1653 - 1709), who was magister in Giessen and later professor of Protestant theology at Copenhagen. - Ad III: First edition. Joh. Fecht (Sulzberg im Breisgau - Rostock 1716) was professor of protestant theology, superintendent at Rostock and the author of numerous theological books. - Slightly browned.

Toletus, Fr. Commentaria, unà cum Quaestionibus, in universam Aristotelis Logicam. Multò accuratius... nunc denuò excusa. Lugduni (Lyon), A. Marsilius, 1579. Woodcut printer's mark on title and a different one at the end. With some woodcut diagrams in the text. 419, 5 lvs. 8vo. Contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over wood, on both sides a central floral decoration surrounded by a roll-produced border with the 4 evangelists (slightly rubbed). (# 1212)

Palau No. 333090. Not in De Backer-Sommervogel (cf. VIII, 65, No. 2). Not in Baudrier, Cranz, Riley, STC of French books. Very rare edition. The Jesuit Francisco de Toledo (Toletus), (Cordoba 1532-Rome 1596), was a prominent Spanish philosopher and theologian, whose numerous commentaries on Aristotle were highly esteemed at the time. First published in Rome 1572, the present work was reprinted many times. - Erased old ownership entry on title; light waterstain in some blank margins; slightly foxed.

(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.

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.