Paris: Firmin Didot, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1804-1812. Edition: Édition stéréotype (early standardized printing technique by Didot) Binding: Uniform contemporary full calf, spines richly gilt in compartments with floral and leaf tooling, contrasting red morocco labels lettered in gilt; all edges speckled. 12mo. Description: A superb and complete 12-volume collection of the Napoleonic.....

Paris: Michel Bobin, 1657. Illustration: Woodcut printer’s ornament; decorative initials & headpieces Edition: First edition Binding: Contemporary limp vellum with yapp edges, manuscript title to spine; unsophisticated, naturally rippled, with age-toning but still handsome and sound. Description: Quarto volume of more than 540 pages, printed with privilege du Roy at.....

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.....

Lugduni (Lyon): Apud Gulielmum Rouillium (Guillaume Rouillé), 1581. Illustration: Decorative allegorical woodcut title border; woodcut initials throughout. Edition: Lugduni (Lyon) edition of 1581, based on the Florentine manuscript (Littera Florentina); compact manual format. Binding: Contemporary limp vellum with yapp edges, manuscript titling and indexing notes on spine. Vellum darkened with.....

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.....

Paris & Orléans: Chez Debure Père; chez la Veuve Rouzaut-Montaut, Imprimeur du Roi, de la Ville & de l’Université, 1768. Edition: Nouvelle édition revue & corrigée Binding: Contemporary full calf, spine gilt in compartments with floral tooling, red morocco title labels (“Contrat de Vente”), marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Two volumes.....

Paris: Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy, Imprimeur du Roy, 1681. Illustration: Printer’s device of the royal press (pelican feeding its young, emblem of charity) on title-page. Edition: Nouvelle édition, posthumous (1681) Binding: Contemporary French full calf, spine gilt in compartments with morocco title-label. Rubbed and worn, loss at head of spine, corners bumped.....

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.....

Frankfurt: Ioannes Bernner, 1623/1627. Illustration: Decorative printer’s devices, woodcut initials, and typographic ornaments. Edition: Frankfurt: Ioannes Hofer / Caspar Rötelius, for Ioannes Bernner, 1623–1627. Binding: Contemporary limp vellum with yapp edges, manuscript title to spine. Folio. Early speckled edges. Description: A commanding folio Sammelband bringing together two of the principal.....

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.....