Paris: Chez Duprat-Duverger, 1814. Edition: 1814 edition; apparently the first edition of the work. Binding: Apparently contemporary full calf, smooth gilt-tooled spine with red leather title label. Description: First edition of Catherine-Joseph-Ferdinand Girard de Propiac's illustrated survey of military history, published in Paris by Duprat-Duverger in 1814. Intended for the.....
Paris: Marcello Prault; Prault, 1768; 1767. Illustration: Charles Eisen, illustrator; Louis Legrand, engraver; Moreau le Jeune, engraved title Edition: Algarotti: later illustrated edition. Montesquieu: first edition of Carlo Vespasiano’s Italian translation, with French and Italian text. Binding: Apparently contemporary mottled calf, smooth gilt-decorated spine with leather title labels, marbled endpapers.....
Paris: Charles de Sercy, 1688. Edition: Early edition Binding: Contemporary full mottled calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, red sprinkled edges Description: This 1688 Paris handbook offers a concise yet authoritative guide to the procedures of the Roman Curia as applied to French ecclesiastical benefices—a core administrative concern in the late.....
Cologne [actually Holland/Amsterdam?]: Adrien L’Enclume, gendre de Pierre Marteau (false imprint), 1710. Illustration: Decorative woodcut initials and ornaments throughout Edition: First edition (false imprint, Cologne 1710) Binding: Contemporary full calf, spine with raised bands (defective, boards worn, spine partially perished, cords exposed); unrestored, in original state Description: First edition of.....
Paris: L. Cellot, Imprimeur-Libraire; successor to Ch.-Ant. Jombert, 1783. Illustration: Typographic ornaments; includes Italian ode by Laura Battiferri Edition: First edition Binding: Contemporary full mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with floral tools, red morocco title label gilt, marbled endpapers, edges sprinkled Description: First edition of Abbé Hauchecorne’s biography of.....
Paris: Jean-Baptiste Coignard, Imprimeur du Roi; Jean Desaint, Libraire, 1749 (La Religion); 1742 (La Grâce). Illustration: Woodcut ornaments and headpieces throughout Edition: Cinquième édition (La Religion, 1749); first authorized edition (La Grâce, 1742) Binding: Contemporary French calf, spine gilt in floral compartments, raised bands, red edges Description: A remarkable Enlightenment.....
Paris: Prault Père, 1748. Illustration: Frontispiece engraved by J.P. Le Bas after Eisen (engraved title vignette, allegorical scene). Edition: First edition (1748). Binding: Contemporary mottled calf, gilt floral spine in compartments, red morocco label lettered gilt, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. Description: A handsome first edition of this mid-18th century French.....
France: 1780-1820. Illustration: None (manuscript in a single hand) Edition: Unique manuscript (autograph or scribal copy), late 18th–early 19th century Binding: Contemporary green paper-covered boards, spine plain, edges stained red. Some rubbing, corners worn, but binding intact and attractive for a manuscript of this type. Description: Unique French manuscript pastoral.....
Paris: Chez Remy Dallin, à l’Image Saint Hilaire, 1618. Illustration: Woodcut printer’s device on title page; decorative initials. Edition: Early French edition (post-beatification, pre-canonization printing) Binding: Contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, remains of ties. Soiled and stained, with wormholes and small losses. Spine creased, vellum shrunk over text block. Description.....
Amsterdam: Apud Viduum Ioannis Libert, 1648. Illustration: Engraved title page; folding diagram (“Schema incolarum terrae”) Edition: Amsterdam, 1648 edition (enlarged and corrected) Binding: Contemporary speckled calf, gilt-tooled spine in compartments, raised bands, red-sprinkled edges. Worn with loss at head and foot of spine, joints cracked, corners rubbed. Description: Important 17th-century.....
Paris: Chez Dauthereau, Libraire, Rue Richelieu No. 17, 1828. Edition: Fourth edition Binding: Contemporary calf, gilt border tooling, ornamental gilt to spine compartments, raised bands, marbled endpapers. Covers with central gilt monogram (“MB”), edges worn, joints splitting, corners bumped, and head/foot of spine chipped. Description: Early Paris edition of Adolphe.....
Amsterdam: Ioannes Janssonius, 1628. Illustration: Engraved title page (unsigned) Edition: Early Amsterdam duodecimo edition Binding: Contemporary red morocco, gilt fillet borders, spine richly gilt in compartments, raised bands, all edges gilt. Evidence of rubbing, wear to spine ends, black patch to rear board (likely from an old paper label or.....
Vienne (Vienna): Jean Thom. de Trattnern, Libraire et Imprimeur de la Cour, 1783. Illustration: Engraved heraldic title vignette; engraved plates of order’s insignia; decorative ornaments and tailpieces. Edition: Court edition, printed by Jean Thom. de Trattnern, imperial printer, 1783. Binding: Contemporary mottled calf, gilt-decorated spine with red morocco label, marbled.....
Lyon: Chez Hilaire Baritel, 1693. Illustration: Printer’s device on title; ornamental headpieces and tailpieces throughout. Edition: Lyon printing, 1693. Binding: Contemporary full calf, spine with raised bands, gilt floral compartments and morocco title-label. Binding worn, with losses at headcap and abrasions to boards, but still intact with a handsome spine.....
Paris & Orléans: Paris: “Édition de Cazin, Rue des Maçons,” & Orléans: C.A.I. Jacob, 1786. Illustration: Engraved frontispiece depicting allegorical and comic figures; ornamental devices and woodcut tailpieces throughout. Edition: Paris & Orléans printing, “Édition de Cazin,” 1786. Binding: Contemporary speckled calf, gilt-ruled, spine gilt with floral tools and red.....
Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden): Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1632. Illustration: Engraved allegorical title-page with monumental column, serpent-emblem, and panoramic view of Constantinople; decorative initials and ornaments throughout. Edition: Elzevir printing, 1632. Binding: Contemporary speckled calf, gilt-ruled boards, spine with gilt ornaments and morocco title-label (“CONSTANT. DESCRIP.”). Marbled endpapers. Ownership gilt-stamped to pastedown.....
Coloniae (Cologne): Apud Conradum Butgenium, 1607. Illustration: Printer’s device (IHS emblem within decorative border); ornamental initials and headpieces throughout. Edition: Cologne edition, 1607. Binding: Contemporary full calf, blind-ruled with gilt fillets to boards, raised bands with gilt-tooled compartments. All edges gilt (AEG). Binding rubbed with light loss at extremities, but.....
Lugduni (Lyon): Apud Haeredes Gulielmi Rouillii (Heirs of Guillaume Rouillé), 1606. Illustration: Woodcut printer’s device of Rouillé (Venetian shield with eagle and serpents); decorative initials and tailpieces. Edition: Editio Ultima. Binding: Contemporary limp vellum, remains of early spine titling in manuscript. Heavy wear: vellum darkened and wrinkled, losses at spine.....
Lugduni (Lyon): Apud Guilielmum Rouillium, 1581. Illustration: Woodcut title border with grotesques, satyrs, and cherubim. Edition: Lyon edition, printed by Guillaume Rouillé (Apud Guilielmum Rouillium). Binding: Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript titling on spine and cover (faded), evidence of early hand. Covers worn, with losses and staining, remnants of ties. Description.....
France (likely Burgundy/Lorraine, given armorial evidence): Manuscript (not printed), 1690–1720. Edition: Manuscript on paper, French, late 17th–early 18th century. Binding: Contemporary full calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label (“REMEDE”), rubbed and worn with losses at head and tail, joints cracked but holding. Corners rounded, surface scuffed. Attractive.....
Leiden (Lugd. Batav.): Ex Officina Hackiana, 1670. Illustration: Engraved allegorical title-page; engraved author portrait of Schrevelius (by R. a. Persyn). Edition: Seventeenth-century Hackiana edition. Binding: Contemporary full calf, spine gilt in compartments, raised bands, heavily rubbed and worn with chipping to head/tail, joints cracked but holding; boards scuffed, corners worn.....
Frankfurt am Main: Jacob Stoer, 1589. Edition: Editio tertia, ita aucta et locupletata, emendataque, ut quasi nova appareat. Binding: Contemporary limp vellum, worn and heavily soiled, with losses to spine covering and portions of vellum detached. Evidence of early manuscript binder’s waste beneath. Text block complete and holding. Description: Important.....
Dijon: Jean Ressayre, Imprimeur & Libraire ordinaire du Roi & de la Ville, à la Minerve. 1697. Edition: Early edition with royal approbation. Binding: Contemporary full calf, gilt spine with raised bands, decorative tooling in compartments. Heavily rubbed, spine chipped at head and foot with losses, corners worn, but binding.....
Châteaugontier (Anjou): Joseph Gentil, Imprimeur & Marchand Libraire, 1733. Edition: Nouvelle édition, revue et corrigée par M.C. de M.P. au P. de C. Binding: Contemporary full calf, gilt spine with floral tooling, raised bands, red-sprinkled edges. Rubbing and corner wear; joints beginning but holding firm. A solid, unsophisticated copy. Description.....
Paris: Jean Gesselin, à l’Aigle d’Or, rue Saint-Jacques, et au Palais, en la Gallerie des Prisonniers, 1624. Illustration: Printer’s gryphon device on title-page Edition: Fourth, revised & corrected Binding: Contemporary French limp vellum with yapped edges and remnants of alum-tawed ties, manuscript spine title. Worn and cockled, showing the marks.....