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Bellarmino, (R.) Risposta a due libretti, una de'quali s'intitola: Risposta ... ad una lettera ... sopra il breve di censure dalla Santità di Paolo V, publicate contra li signori Venetiani. Et l'altro: Trattato, et resolutione sopra la validità delle scommuniche di Gio. Gersone ... tradotto dalla lingua Latina nella volgare ... Roma, G. Facciotto, 1606. Papal arms on title. 118 pp. 8vo. 20th century boards. (# 4942)

De Backer-Sommervogel I, 1208 No. 22. First collected edition of both works (both were published seperately by the same printer in the same year). The first work is a defence by Bellarmino of Pope Paul V in his conflict with Venice, whose government had promulgated two laws (1604 and 1605) which forbade the erection of religious buildings without the consent of the Senate and the donation or sale of secular property to the Church. The Pope excommunicated the Senate and put the city under the interdict. The second work is a refutation of a tract directed against J. Gerson about the validity of excommunication. Bellarmino was an admiror of the mystic teaching of Gerson. St. Robert Bellarmino (1542 - 1621), Jesuit, professor of theology at Louvain and Rome, cardinal and archbishop of Capua, was one of the greatest figures in the Roman Catholic Church in the latter years of the Counter-Reformation. His life was largely devoted to scholarship and controversy. - Stamp on title and ownership entry of the Monastery of Weingarten, dated 1674.

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.

(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".

Franco, N. Dialoghi piacevolissimi. Espurgati da Girolamo Gioannini da Capugnano Bolognese. Venetia, L. Spineda, 1606. With woodcut printer's mark on title and some nice historiated initials. Printed in italics. 8, 147, 1 (blank) lvs. 8vo. Contemporary overlapping limp vellum. (# 4229)

Cf. Gamba No. 1403. Cf. Brunet II, 1377. Expurgated edition by Girolamo Gioannini. The first edition of 1539 was put on the Index. And the author was hung at the stake at Rome in 1569. Niccolo Franco (born 1505 in Benevento) was an Italian poet, whose works are written in a very critical and satirical way. The present book contains 10 dialogues on the gods from antiquity, rhetorica, philosophy, poets from antiquity, navigation, bacchanals, circus, etc. - Purchase entry dated 1635 by Gottfried Eichorn on title; slight waterstain to some leaves.

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.

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.

Monogrammist HSD, copy after Hans Sebald Beham. S. Thomas. Holland or Antwerp, ca. 1570 - 1580. Engraving. 53 x 34 mm. (# 5450)

Bartsch IX, 545 and cf. VIII No. 49. Pauli, Beham, No. 45a and No. 51a. Nagler, Monogrammisten III No. 1519 (No. 7): "Sehr gut gestochen sind die Apostel ... Diese sehr schönen Blätter". Hollstein, Dutch, XIII 61. Very good impression on thick laid paper of this beautiful engraving showing S. Thomas holding a lance in his right hand, with subscription "S. Thomas, HSB (Hans Sebald Beham)"; in the left lower corner the minuscule monogram HSD; in the left upper corner the number 7. The original suite of the 12 Apostles was made by Hans Sebald Beham (Nürnberg 1500 - Frankfurt a.M. 1550) in 1545 - 1546. According to Nagler the Monogrammist HSD lived in Holland or Antwerp ca. 1570 - 1580, where he made also engravings after Peter van der Borcht, which were published in Amsterdam, and after Pieter Breughel the elder. According to Hollstein he lived ca. 1546 - 1580 in Antwerp. Nagler praises the high quality of this engraving and disagrees with Bartsch, who ascribes this print to a German master. S. Thomas is the patron Saint of architects. - Lightly browned; left and right side with thread margins, upper and lower margins cut to the plate-mark. From the famous Viennese collection of Franz Gawet (1762 or 1765 - 1847) with his signature on verso (Lugt No. 1069). His collection is well-known for its very high quality.

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).

(Pollio, Gaius Asinius). Pollion ou le siècle d'Auguste, par L.P. de Bugny (editor). Paris, l'imprimerie des sourds-muets, chez Garnery, 1808. 4 volumes. Contemporary half calf, gilt backs with 2 labels with the initials of G(raf) W(aldbott von) B(assenheim) (very slightly rubbed). (# 4604)

Critical history of the Roman empire from 60 B.C. to the battle of Philippi in 42 B.C., with details on public life, costume, laws, etc. Gaius Asinus Pollio (76 B.C. - A.D. 4), politician, author of poetry and tragedy, historian, founded in 37 B.C. the first Roman public library. - Well preserved set with initial stamp of Graf Waldbott von Bassenheim on all four titles.

Senault, L. Heures nouvelles tirées de la Sainte Ecriture. Écrites et gravées par L. Senault. Paris, chez l'autheur et chez Cl. de Hansy, (after 1690). Engraved title and 260 beautifully engraved pages. 8vo. Very fine contemporary 'citron' morocco, elaborate blind-tooled border on both sides, back richly blind-tooled, blind-tooled inside dentelles, gilt edges, red silk linings. (# 4385)

Bonacini No. 1689. Jammes, Belles Écritures No. 40. Beautiful specimen of an entirely engraved book, one of the masterpieces of French calligraphy, by the calligrapher and engraver Louis Senault. The text of this devotional work, is engraved in cursive writing, each page surrounded by a double frame-line. Many pages are adorned with magnificent floriated and historiated initials, vignettes, and borders. Senault endeavoured to preserve in his engraved books the full flavour of a contemporary manuscript. "The elegant roman script of this book is ornamented with capitals framed by vignette landscapes or designs of birds and flowers. Calligraphic flourishes or floral designs frequently fill empty spaces at the bottom of a page. Prints by artists such as Israel Silvestre surely inspired the landscape vignettes which ornament the book" (Catalogue of the Exhibition 2000 Years of Calligraphy, Baltimore, 1965, No. 101). Second issue of the first edition, with the bosoms of the mermaids on p. 210 covered and without dedication. The book being originally dedicated to Madame la Dauphine of Bavaria, the mermaids with the uncovered bosoms were deemed indecent. The dedication was forbidden in the following issue. - With bookplate of Ambrosius Firmin Didot dated 1850, inside front-cover. An exceptionally beautiful copy in a very fine contemporary binding.

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.