2554 - 3406 OLD and RARE BOOKS
- Vague small stamp on title-p. and w. some marginal tears; a few marginal stains.
= Tiele 1108; Tiele, Mémoire p.244; Cat. NHSM I, p.239.
- Occas. foxed/ (water)stained and sl. browned/ yellowed; htitle and 1st two text lvs. vol. 3 restored along margins; all vols. bookplate (of Whig MP George Wilbraham) on upper pastedown. Vol. 2 upper joint strengthened w. scotch tape, backstrip w. 2 cuts and spine-ends sl. worn.
= Brunet I, p.137f: "Ouvrage regardé comme une des meilleures histoires de Florence."
- Lacks 3 plates w. 6 views; old owner's entry on first title; occas. sl. foxed. = Rossetti 8525. Curious binding.
- Binding worn and dam.; backstrip loose(ning). Internally fine.
= Splendid series of engravings. Rossetti G-994; Cicognara 3857. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLII.
- The plate w. the Sposalizio del Mare w. sm. tear along fold, sl. reaching into image. Spine trifle soiled and w. traces of paper ticket. A very fine copy.
= Cf. Brunet VI, p.1434 (other eds.). Extremely rare first Dutch edition of the famous analysis of the Venetian state and of the reasons for its decadence. Amelot de la Houssaie was imprisoned for the work, published a second edition with a supplement immediately after his release (after six weeks of imprisonment), which was suppressed. Nevertheless the work became immensely popular and passed through twenty-two editions in three years' time. Containing strong impressions of the fold. plates of i.a. Piazza San Marco, Sala del Maggior Consiglio inside the Palazzo Ducale, the Sposalizio del Mare (Marriage of the Sea, a ceremony which symbolized the maritime dominion of Venice, traditionally celebrated on Ascension Day) and 2 costume plates. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLIII.
- Owner's entry on upper pastedown; first free endpaper and second blank w. repaired tear; sl. foxed. Covers sl. rubbed; spine-ends sl. dam.; corners starting.
ADDED: Office de la Semaine Sainte, en Latin et en François, Selon le Missel (...). Paris, F. Leonard, 1698, (2),653,(1)p., 4 engr. plates by N. PITAU, bound unif. w. preceding, large 8vo.
- Lacks frontisp.; bookplate on upper pastedown; sm. annot. on (loosening) first free endpaper and title-p.; lacks upper corner of second blank; sl. foxed/ stained. Covers sl. rubbed; corners bumped/ 1x showing.
- Prob. lacks htitle; annots. on second blank and title-p.; sl. foxed/ browned; trimmed short, without loss of text. Covers worn; top of spine sl. dam.
- Library ticket on upper pastedown; annots. on first free endpaper; occas. sl. foxed; some red stains. Spine rubbed; top of spine sl. dam.; paper remnants on spine.
- Not collated. First vol. sm. annot. on upper pastedown; some quires loosening. All vols. spine-ends sl. dam.; covers rubbed and mor. letterpieces all (but two) worn off.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper; sl. foxed. Covers sl. rubbed; spine-ends sl. dam.
Idem. Éloge et Pensées de Pascal. London, n.publ., 1778, 3 parts in 1 vol., (8),59,(1); 95,(1); 104p., contemp. hmor., large 8vo.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper; stamp on verso title-p.; portion of title-p. cut out; occas. sl. foxed. Frontcover and backstrip loosening; lacks top compartment of backstrip.
- Occas. sl. foxed; library stamp on verso title-p.
= Cf. Tchemerzine IX, p.70; Querard VI, p.614. Important work on the conflict between the Jesuits and the Jansenists in the 17th century.
- Sm. annots. on title-p. Joints splitting; spine-ends dam.
- Occas. sl. foxed; final few lvs. waterstained. Joints starting; spine worn,
= Contains: Idem, Idee Generale du Libelle (n.pl., 1705, XX,148p.); Memoire sur L'Ordonnance Publiée sous le nom de M. L'Eveque d'Adapt (n.pl., 1705, (12),60p.); Response a Diverses Questions touchant la Constitution Unigenitus (n.pl., 1715, 168p.); Relation de la Captivité de la soeur Marie des Forges dite des Anges, Religieuse annonciade de Boulogne (n.pl., 1741, 24p.); Lettre du R.P. Quesnel Prêtre de l'Oratoire de Jesus (n.pl., 1703, 53,(1)p.); Reflexions sur l'Union que les Calvinistes ont faite avec les Lutheriens (Paris, 1683, 63p.).
- Annot. on first free endpaper; sl. foxed/ browned. Upper joint splitting; spine sl. rubbed.
= Pasquier Quesnel was a French Jansenist theologian.
Idem. Prières Chrétiennes en Forme de Méditations. Sur tous les Mystères de Nôtre Seigneur, de la Sainte Vierge, & sur les Dimanches & les Fêtes de l'année. Paris, L. Josse and C. Robustel, 1720, new ed., (2),635,11p., contemp. calf, sm. 8vo.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper; sl. foxed. Binding worn.
AND 13 others in 5 vols., on/ by the same.
- Sm. bookplate and annot. on upper pastedown; handwritten index on final blank leaf; occas. sl. foxed. Joints splitting; spine-ends sl. dam.
= Contains: (M. de Barcos), Explication de la question de fait touchant les cinq propositions condamnées par les papes: ou il est montre evidemment que ces propositions ne font point dans le livre de Iansenius, ny selon lettre (...) (Paris, 1666, (24),139p.); Requeste des Religieuses de Port-Royal du Saint Sacrement (n.pl., 1664, 4p.); Declaration des Religieuses de Port-Royal, touchant leurs Actes qui ont este imprimez (n.pl., n.d., 4p.); (N. de la Lane), Examen De La Conduite des Religieuses de Port Royal touchant la signature du fait de Iansenius, selon les regles de l'Eglise & de la Morale Chestienne (n.pl., 1664, (2),18p.); Divers actes de religieuses de Port-Royal du Saint Sacrement (n.pl., 1664, 28p.); Lettre de la Soeur Magdeleine de Sainte Christine Briquet (n.pl., 1664, 4p.); Lettre a la reverende mere Marie de Ste. Dorothée (...) (n.pl., 1667, 29p.); Memoire pour les Religieuses de Port-Royal (n.pl., 1664, 8p.); Acte des Religieuses de Port-Royal Du Sacrement (n.pl., 1665, 7p.); Defense de la Foy des Religieuses de Port-Royal et de Leurs Directeurs (n.pl., 1667, 23p.). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLII.
- Waterstained in lower outer corners; annots. on verso final textleaf. Joints sl. rubbed. Good/ fine copy.
= Most of the buildings of the abbey were destroyed between 1710 and 1712, making this work a commemorative booklet for the Jansenists. Very rare.
- Two bookplates on upper pastedown; partly sl. waterstained in lower corner, affecting (mostly vaguely) 9 double-p. plates. Otherwise fine.
= From the library of Bob Luza. Rare complete copy of this richly illustrated work, with beautiful early views of i.a. Edo, Kyoto, Osaka, Kagoshima, Deshima, Batavia, volcano eruptions and a fine map. Cordier p.385; Alt-Japan Kat. p.1049; Tiele 762; Lipperheide Lf1; Landwehr, VOC 522. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLIII.
- Fine copy. Bookplate on upper pastedown; first three leaves (incl. the first plate) loose. Spine-ends, joints and corners sl. worn/ rubbed; foot of spine trifle chipped.
= Copy of the DE LUXE EDITION on better paper with ample margins and splendidly coloured lithographs. Alt-Japan Katalog 1098; Cordier 490; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 385; Tiele 357. The author spent 9 years in Japan (Deshima) in the 1820s and on his return to the Netherlands in 1829 he decided to exhibit his large collection of Japanese artefacts in the Koninklijke Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden. Four years later he published the present work to much acclaim. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLIV.
- First 4 lvs. sl. wormholed in upper margin, partly affecting text; occas. sl. browned. Rebacked w. use of orig. backstrip; corners sl. worn.
= Fürst I, p.35.
- (Sl.) browned; some offsetting from turn-ins. Covers sl. rubbed; leather over spines sl. cracked; a few spine-ends chipped; vol. VI lacks volume piece.
= Rare. Not in Freimann.