Amsterdam: François L'Honoré 1738. Treizième Edition. Quattro volumi 105x18 cm; legatura coeva in mezza pelle dorso liscio con doppio tassello di titolo qualche usura ai margini dei piatti e agli angoli. Tome Premier: Depuis le commencement du monde jusqu'à l'Empire de Charlemagne. 6-499-17 pagine. Frontespizio inciso titolo in rosso e nero. Tome Second: con titolo CONTINUATION DE L'HISTOIRE UNIVERSELLE che resta nei tre tomi Contanant ce qui s'est passé de plus remarquable depuis l'an 800 de N.S. jusqu'à l'an 1688. 6-572-32 pagine. Antiporta incisa. Titolo in rosso e nero. Tome Troisième: Depuis le commencement de la Guerre de 1688 jusqu'en 1721. 2-549-9 pagine. Antiporta incisa titolo in rosso e nero. Tome Quatrième: Depuis 1721 jusqu'à la fin de 1737. 14-620-12 pagine. Antiporta incisa. Titolo in rosso e nero. Fioriture foxing e bruniture più o meno diffuse nei quattro volumi. MANCANO le carte geografiche indicate alla fine del tomo 1 che venivano vendute a parte. François L'Honoré unknown
Paris: L. Curmer éditeur 49 rue de Richelieu au premier. 1839. Fine. Beautiful Cathedral Bindings L. Curmer éditeur 49 rue de Richelieu au premier. Paris s. d. 1839 19.1 x 29 cm Relié A fine edition complete with all 12 steel engravings with tissue guards after paintings by Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Philippe de Champaigne and Hyacinthe Rigaud and its chromolithographic title page. Leafs containing the Discourse on Universal History framed by floral zoomorphic figural and armorial interlaced borders. This copy is further enhanced with elaborate decorated initials and tailpieces and a black-and-white frontispiece opening each part. Sumptuous full navy blue cathedral polished calf bindings smooth spines decorated in gilt and blind with Gothic tooling depicting ogival windows dates and titles in gilt Gothic lettering for titles; boards with a central panel in gilt and blind framed by multiple gilt fillets and a blind-tooled palmette border board edges with repeated gilt and blind motifs gilt edges triple gilt fillet on joints moiré pastedowns and endpapers. Corners slightly bumped a few minor scuffs to boards bindings overall in very fine condition. Scattered foxing mostly marginal to text and plates some leaves and plates with light browning. List established by Georges Vicaire detailing the 12 steel engravings included in this edition: ""Portrait of Bossuet engraved by Pigeot after H. Rigaud; Moses engraved by Cousin after Ph. de Champaigne within a border by A. Feart engraved by E. Ollivier; the Nativity engraved after Decaisne by Caron border by Feart engraved by E. Ollivier; Charlemagne engraved after Meissonier by Caron border by Feart engraved by Ollivier; Isaiah engraved after Meissonier by Cousin border by A. Peyre engraved by E. Ollivier; the Assumption engraved after Murillo by Cousin; Jesus Christ engraved after Decaisne by M. Lecomte border by Chenavard engraved by Ollivier; St. Paul engraved after Meissonier by Cousin border by A. Fries engraved by Le Petit; St. Augustine engraved after Murillo by Joubert border by Feart engraved by Ollivier; St. Basil engraved after Herrera the Elder by Cousin border by Feart engraved by Ollivier; Greece engraved after Tony Johannot by Revel border by Feart engraved by E. Ollivier; Rome engraved after Tony Johannot by Pelée border by Feart engraved by Ollivier."" our own translation For over a decade beginning in the 1820s the Romantics' fascination with the Middle Ages permeated French bookbinding through the ""cathedral style"" decoration. Tools and panels featuring characteristic architectural elements of Flamboyant Gothicrose windows and pointed archesappeared on the spines and boards of what Henri Beraldi aptly described as ""books of their time in bindings of their time."" This enthusiasm reached its zenith with Victor Hugo; the ""cathedral style"" enjoyed its greatest success adorning Notre-Dame de Paris. Fine edition of the Discourse on Universal History bound in a handsome contemporary cathedral-style binding where form and content merge in the spirit of the bindings created for Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris. L. Curmer, éditeur, 49, rue de Richelieu, au premier. hardcover
Paris : Christophe David 1758. Leather. Near Fine. 6.5" by 4". None. A lovely calf-bound new edition of Jacques Benigne Bossuet's theological discourse intended for the education of the Dauphine. New edition. Complete in two volumes. In the original French. First published in 1681.Uniformly bound in full tan calf with red morocco spine labels. Renewed endpapers. An intriguing work from French bishop and theologian Jacques Benigne Bossuet renowned for his sermons addresses and literary works. He was appointed tutor to the Dauphin in 1670 and elected to the Académie Française a year later. This text was designed to educate the Dauphin.Discours sur l'Histoire Universelle frames the rise and fall of empires within a Christian worldview heavily influenced by Augustine"s City of God. Volume I covers from the beginning of the world to the Empire of Charlemagne and Volume II covers from the year 800 of Our Lord to the year 1700 inclusive. Uniformly bound in full tan calf with red morocco spine labels. Renewed endpapers. Externally excellent with a few minor spots or marks to the boards. Minimal signs of shelf wear. Internally firmly bound. With scattered spotting concentrated to margins. Offsetting to the first and last pages. Worming to the last few leaves of Vol II. Near Fine Christophe David hardcover
Paris: Lefèvre 1836. Fine. Lefèvre Paris 1836 14 x 22.50 cm relié Illustrated edition with an engraved portrait of Bossuet as frontispiece. Full glazed aubergine calf binding spine slightly lightened with four raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt typographical motifs gilt roulettes on the headcaps boards framed with a wide blind-tooled dentelle and two gilt fillets gilt initials struck at the centers of the boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns fine gilt dentelle frame on the pastedowns gilt fillets on the leading edges one lower corner slightly bumped marbled edges superb contemporary binding. Pen gift inscription at the head of an endpaper as a present some foxing. A perfectly and very elegantly produced copy. Lefèvre hardcover
Paris: Francois Babuty 1734. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Published in French. Shelfwear on panel corners. Francois Babuty hardcover
Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy 1679. Etat correct mors abimés un coin émoussé intérieur propre avec quelques tâches d'humidité en fin de volume. in12. 1679. reliure editeur. 215 pages. Ouvrage théologique de Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet exposant la doctrine officielle de l'Église catholique sur les questions controversées de son époque servant d'outil apologétique pour défendre et expliquer les positions catholiques face aux critiques et aux débats religieux Bossuet doctrine catholique controverses religieuses apologétique théologie Église catholique XVIIe siècle Mabre-Cramoisy doctrine ecclésiastique défense de la foi Théologie catholique Apologétique chrétienne Controverses religieuses Doctrine ecclésiastique Ouvrage du XVIIe siècle Public érudit/clergé Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy unknown
<p>On the Catechism of the Diocese of Meaux<br />1711; <br />MCCD. XI.<br />Measures 5.25" x 3.25 x 1"<br />Before the Baltimore catechism. there was… <br />Catechisme Du Diocese De Meaux <br />By Jacques Benigne Bossuet. <br />I believe there is a 1701 Edition which preceeds this printing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques-Bénigne_Bossuet Here it states that this legendary oratator was combating schismatic church conflict and protestantism during the time this was put together.<br />I believe there was a 1701 and a 1707 edition prior to this printing. I have found these elsewhere online however I am attached to this copy hence the listing price.<br />Delicate and ancient manuscript.<br />Publisher<br />Sebastien Mabre Cramoisi<br />Author<br />Jacques Bénigne Bossuet<br />Leather Bound<br />Pages are discolored and have age marks / stains.<br />Front page edges have an ex libris attached.<br />Boards are leather with gold gilt titling to the spine and gold gilt detailing<br />4 raised leather bands.</p> hardcover
<p>Funeral Orations.</p><p>Full Leather</p><p>Opens and closes easily however there is a hingery kind of problem that will likely develop over time with continuose use deffinitely handle with care.</p><p>Delicate and ancient.<br />280 years old<br />New Edition<br /><br />Marbled pages are discolored and have age marks / stains.</p><p><br />Boards are leather with gold gilt titling to the spine with 5 raised bands and gold gilt detailing.</p><p>Gorgeous book inscribed by the previous owner.</p> Chez Jean Desaint hardcover
à Paris: Chez la veuve de Sébastien Marbre-Cramoisy 1688. Fine. Chez la veuve de Sébastien Marbre-Cramoisy à Paris 1688 19 x 26 cm 2 volumes reliés First edition. Printer's device on title page with two storks. A beautiful title vignette in copper engraving in each volume and a historiated initial. Full brown sheep binding. Raised spine richly decorated. Tawny morocco title labels gilt volume numbers. Headcap of volume I partly worn that of volume II appears restored. Rubbing and stains on boards. Restored corners. Browning and foxing on some leaves. Upper joint split at tail of volume I. One of Bossuet's major works in which the author summarizes the controversies against the Protestant church through a key concept: variation. The multiple destinies and variations around the same doctrine must demonstrate to us that the Protestant church could not be the church of Christ and the repository of faith. A loose paper between the endpapers contains an explanatory note specific to the first edition; this stipulates that Bossuet and his publisher having noticed the numerous errors and misprints in the printing chose to correct them by hand. Thus as will be noted this copy indeed contains several manuscript corrections. Chez la veuve de Sébastien Marbre-Cramoisy hardcover
à Paris: Chez Guillaume Desprez 1740. Fine. Chez Guillaume Desprez à Paris 1740 10 x 17.30 cm 4 volumes reliés New edition after the original quarto published in 1688. Les Avertissemens have been added to this edition to complete it. Full marbled blonde calf bindings. Raised band spines with ornaments. Red morocco title and volume labels. Small lacks to head of volume 3. A wormhole to the upper joint at foot of volume 1 another to the lower joint. One corner slightly bumped. Head caps rubbed. Yellow dampstain traces in the table of contents of volume 4. Handsome copy. One of Bossuet's major works in which the author summarizes the controversies against the Protestant church through a key concept: variation. The multiple destinies and variations around the same doctrine must demonstrate to us that the Protestant church could not be the church of Christ and the depository of faith. The avertissemens are a response to Pierre Jurieu's attacks in defense of Protestants against Bossuet's book. Chez Guillaume Desprez unknown
Paris: Chez Guillaume Desprezet Jean Desessartz 1717. Fine. Chez Guillaume Desprez et Jean Desessartz Paris 1717 10 x 17 cm 3 volumes reliés New edition after the first edition published in 1688 in 2 volumes quarto. Contemporary full brown grained calf binding. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons red morocco title and volume labels leading edges underlined with blind tooling. All edges red. Two head caps worn one headband detached at the tail of the first volume and corners very slightly bumped. One of Bossuet's major works in which the author summarizes the controversies against the Protestant church through a key concept: variation. The multiple destinies and variations around the same doctrine must demonstrate to us that the Protestant church could not be the church of Christ and the repository of faith. Chez Guillaume Desprezet Jean Desessartz hardcover
Tours; Alfred Mame. 1st edition. Hardcover. Finely bound in the original gilt-blocked calf over matching buckram boards. Minor generalized wear to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains an overall tight bright and clean impression. Subjects; Catholic Church -- Sermons. Funeral sermons. Sermons French. Counter-Reformation -- Early works to 1800. Catholic Church. Title from title page. First great funeral oration of Henriette-Marie was given in 1669. Tours; Alfred Mame hardcover
Paris: Jean Anisson 1694. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 16mo.; in full mottled calf with raised band gilt decorations and a morocco label to the spine; 8 152 pages; there is a previous owner bookplate on the front endpaper and a scribble in old gall ink on the front endpaper.~~The First Edition in French of M. Bossuet’s treatise on Comedie. Very Good binding. Jean Anisson unknown