Lot n° 469
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- Lot 469
John BARCLAY / JEAN DE LAET / LOUIS DE MAILLY /VIRGILE... - Lot of 7 works incomplete or in bad condition.
- COLLECTION OF VARIOUS PIECES SERVING TO THE HISTORY OF HENRY III, king of France and Poland. Cologne, [Amsterdam], Pierre du Marteau, [Elzevier], 1666. 2 parts bound in 1 volume in-12, 135 x 75 mm, glazed calf with the arms of René François, marquis de La Vieuville, five-ribbed spine, garnet morocco title-piece (several stains on the boards, upper headband torn off, lower headband missing). 600 pp. 3rd and last Elzevirian edition, the most complete after those of 1660 and 1663, with new titles and increased by two pieces. Continuous pagination edition, different from that reported by Willems (474, 156 pp.). STCN, 05404166X. Missing pp. 251-254. Traces of wetness.
- John BARCLAY - Euphormionis Lusinini sive Ioannis Barclaii Satyricon partes quinque cum clavi. Accessit Conspiratio Anglicana. Lugd[uni] Batavorum, apud Elzevirios, 1637. 2 volumes in-12, 125 x 70 mm. 717, [3 bl.] pp. Engraved title included in the pagination. Garnet morocco, gilt fillet, fleurons in the corners, four-ribbed spine with fleurons, title and gilt edges (bindings in poor condition). First Elzevirian edition from the presses of Bonaventure and Abraham Elzevier in Leiden (the original edition appeared in 1605 for the first part and in 1607 for the second). Willems, 452. STCN, 83274011X.
- François-Charles GAUDET] - La Bibliothèque des petits maîtres. Or Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire du bon ton & de l'extrêmement bonne compagnie [...]. At the Palais Royal, Chez la Petite Lolo, merchant of gallantries at the Frivolité, 1761. In-12. 207 pp. Small wetness at the corner of the first ff., a few small horns. Polished dark green morocco, boards with arms framed by a triple gilt fillet with fleuron in the corners, smooth gilt compartmentalized spine, red title page, marbled paper endpapers, gilt edges (period binding). Wear, missing headpieces, worn and/or partially cracked jaws, corners bare, upper guard missing. First edition of this "Specimen of boudoir literature and spiritual criticism of feelings and language, refined and precious in fashion at that time" (Gay). Bibliography : Gay-Lemonnyer, I, p. 390. BINDED WITH : VOLTAIRE - [La Henriade en dix chants. Genève, s.n., 1775 ?]. 161 pp. Incomplete of the title and 4 p.n.c. of the introductory pages. First ff. partially disbound with some tears at the bottom of the quires, some handwritten annotations. Edition with notes of the editor after each song.
- Jean de LAET] - Persia seu Regni Persici status. Variaque itinera in atque per Persiam : cum aliquot iconibus incolarum. Lugd[uni] Bat[avorum], ex officina Elzeviriana, 1633. In-24, 108 x 55 mm. 374, [8], [2 bl.] pp. Engraved title by C. Cl. Dusend included in the pagination. 8 engravings of costumes included in the pagination. Red morocco à la Du Seuil, gilt edges (top board detached). Willems, 386. STCN, 832767131.
- [Louis de MAILLY or Antoine GOMBAUD de MÉRÉ] - Les Disgraces des amans. Nouvelle historique. Paris [Amsterdam, A. Wolfgang ?], 1691. In-12, 130 x 72 mm, binding signed by V. Kauffmann, red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, spine decorated with five pearled nerves, interior lace, marbled paper lining and endpapers, gilt edges (lower board's bit cracked at the head for 2 cm). [12 (including engraved title)], 107 (of 170) pp. Title engraved by Bouttats.
- Alexandre-Frédéric-Jacques Masson, marquis de PEZAY] - Zélis au bain. Poem in 4 songs. Geneva, s.n., [ca. 1763]. In-8, 195 x 120 mm, binding signed by F. Bedford, glazed blond calf, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, small rosette at the corners, five-ribbed flowered spine, green morocco title-piece, gilt edges (jaws rubbed, upper cover and corners dulled, small scratches at the edge). 43 pp. Illustrations by Charles Eisen engraved by Le Mire or Joseph de Longueil: engraved title, 4 headbands and 4 footbands, without the 4 full-page engravings. Cohen, 797. Engraved title slightly faded, freckles on endpapers.
- Publius VERGILIUS MARO [= VIRGILE] - Opera; nunc emendatiora. Lugd[uni] Batavor[um], ex officina Elzeviriana, 1636. In-12, 120 x 65 mm. [40], 411, [43], [2 bl.] pp. Engraved title included in the pagination. Missing the folding map. Browning. Contemporary polished olive morocco, arms of the Duke of Clermont d'Amboise in the center of the boards surrounded by a triple gilt fillet, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, fillet on the edges, roulette on the fillings, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Spellings, missing upper cover, wormholes in one corner, corners slightly dulled. A copy bound with the arms of the Duke of Clermont d'Amboise, prior of the Order of Malta, whose important library is nowadays partly preserved in the BnF.
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