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[ THOMAS Edith] AUXOIS
Contes
Paris Editions de Minuit 1943 In-12 Bradel vélin décoré Edition originale
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[Anonyme | Collectif]
Chansons nouvelles et airs de cour. Nouveau recueil. Tome I. Troisième édition. Sur l'imprimé, A Paris, 1691 [i.e. Hollande] 48 pages Suivi de : Chansons nouvelles et airs de cour. Nouveau recueil. Tome II. Seconde édition. A Paris, chez Antoine Raflé, 1690 [i.e. Hollande] 48 pages Suivi de : Chansons nouvelles et airs de cour. Nouveau recueil. Tome III. Sur l'imprimé, A Paris, 1691 [i.e. Hollande] 48 pages Suivi de : Chansons nouvelles et airs de cour. Nouveau recueil. Tome IV. Troisième édition. Sur l'imprimé, A Paris, 1691 [i.e. Hollande] 48 pages Suivi de : Chansons nouvelles et airs de cour et d'opéra. Nouveau recueil. Tome V. Seconde édition. A Paris, chez Antoine Raflé, 1690 [i.e. Hollande] 48 pages Suivi de : Chansons nouvelles et airs de cour et d'opéra. Nouveau recueil. Tome VI. Troisième édition. Sur l'imprimé, A Paris, 1691 [i.e. Hollande] 29 pages et 20 pages non chiffrées (table pour les tomes I à VI) Suivi de : Chansons nouvelles et airs de cour et d'opéra. Nouveau recueil. Second volume. Tom. I. A Paris, chez Antoine Raflé, 1690 [i.e. Hollande] 48 pages 7 tomes reliés en 1 volume in-16 (13 x 8 cm | Hauteur des marges : 122 mm)
Reliure plein vélin ivoire de l'époque à coutures apparentes (vélin hollandais). Reste de titre à l'encre au dos (presque effacé). Légers frottements. Exemplaire frais, non restauré. Papier de qualité plus ou moins médiocre selon les tomes, parfois uniformément teinté. Collationné complet. Ce recueil est extrêment rare selon les différentes sources consultées. Sa mise en oeuvre semble hératique (nom d'éditeurn, dates et mention d'édition assez fantaisistes). Il semble pourtant que ce soit tout ce qui a paru de cet ensemble composé de chansons bacchiques, lestes et gaillardes. On lit dans le catalogue de livres provenant de la bibliotheque de monsieur Leroux de Lincy, n°225 (vélin, même collation) : "Recueil extrêmement rare, dans lequel on trouve un certain nombre de chansons relatives au règne de Louis XIV (vendu 58 francs à la vente Silvestre en 1845, ex. relié vélin comme le nôtre). "Il s'y trouve un grand nombre de couplets hostiles à Louis XIV". On trouve un autre recueil quasi identique à la date de 1688, est-le même ? Et un autre en 12 parties datées de 1696, qui ne semble pas être le même que notre exemplaire. On lit par ailleurs dans le catalogue de la bibliothèque de monsieur Cigongne à propros d'un exemplaire identique au nôtre : "Tome I. 3è édition (6 parties intitulées t. I à VI, et 1ère partie d'un 2ème volume, datée de 1690). Sur l'imprimé à Paris (Hollande), 1691. Petit in-12. maroquin olive par Trautz-Bauzonnet (n°1228 du catalogue Cigongne), avec ce commentaire : "On croit que c'est tout ce qui a paru de ce recueil.".
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[Anonyme]
Oeuvres (Les) diverses de Feu Monsieur Le C**** contenant Le Poète, satire ; Le Parnasse pillé ; La République des lettres.
Rouen, Jean Lucas, 1673 ; in-12 ; plein vélin ivoire (reliure de l'époque) ; 53 pp.
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: 4331
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[Auguste Bleton] Monsieur Josse :
Aux environs de Lyon. Préface de M. Coste-Labaume. Edition illustrée de 250 illustrations de J. Drevet dont trente-deux grandes compositions hors texte et une gravure à l’eau-forte.
Lyon, Librairie Artistique et Littéraire, Dizain et Richard, 1892 ; in-4, plein chagrin rouge cerise, dos à nerfs soulignés de filets à froid et dorés, fers dorés aux lions au dos, titre et tête dorés, non rogné, couverture t dos conservés (reliure de l’époque) ; IV, (1), 358, (2) pp., très nombreuses illustrations (32 hors-texte, 1 eau-forte).
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: 12349
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[BATAILLE (Georges)]. TRENTE (Louis)
Le Petit
Paris [Georges Hugnet] 1934 In-12 Broché
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: 013804
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[BETENCOURT (Pierre)]
Ni oui ni non
Saint-Maurice d'Etelan Pierre Bettencourt 1942 In-8 broché, couverture illutrée
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: 012873
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[Boussingault, Jean-Louis] Fargue (Léon-Paul) :
D'Après Paris. Lithographies de Jean-Louis Boussingault.
Paris, Les Amis de l'Amour de l'Art, Librairie de France, 1931 ; in-folio, broché ; (48) ff. non chiffrés, le premier et le dernier blancs, et 16 lithographies dont 15 hors-texte et une vignette de titre.
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: 14589
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[Catherine de Sienne (Sainte)]
Dialogo de la seraphica vergine santa Catharina da Sienca ; el qual profondissimamente tratta de la divina providentia ; de quasi tutti li peccati mortali et de molte altre stupende ; et maravigliose cose, como in el fuo repertorio lucidamente appar. Insiene con la sua vita et canonizatione et alcuni notabili capitoli con posti in sua gloria ; et laude. Novamenterevisto : et con summa diligentia castigato.
Venetia (Venezia), Marchia Sessa, 1540 ; in-8 ; plein vélin vieil ivoire (reliure de l'époque) ; (32) ff., 224 ff., le dernier verso blanc ; grand bois gravé (88 x 78 mm) en page de titre représentant Sainte Catherine recevant les stigmates et marque d'imprimeur à la suite du collophon, achevé d'imprimer du 29 avril 1540, date anniversaire de la mort de la Sainte (29 avril 1380).
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: 6505
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[Courbouleix, Léon] Musset, Alfred de :
Rolla. Texte et illustrations gravées à l’eau-forte par Léon Courbouleix.
Sans lieu (Paris), sans nom (l’Artiste), sans date (1950), grand in-4, broché en feuillets sous couverture rempliée ; chemise étui crème, pièce de titre bordeaux ; (38) feuillets, 14 eaux-fortes dont sept hors-texte, toutes les pages ont des décors gravés dorés, nombreuses lettrines et majuscules rehaussées de gouache pourpre, portrait de Musset gravé à l’eau-forte sur la couverture.Tiré à 350 exemplaires (dont 20 sur Japon) ; celui-ci sur vélin d’Angoumois pur fil, demi à la main du moulin du Verger du Puy Moyen, signé par l’artiste.
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: 1179
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[EDIT DE NANTES] - Pierre FORGET de FRESNES. Homme d’Etat du XVIème siècle et diplomate, un des principaux rédacteurs de l’Edit de Nantes (1544- 1610)
Pièce signée sur vélin. 1er avril 1610. 1 p. in-4 oblong.
Belle pièce. Reçu de trois mille livres pour un trimestre de ses gages, de secrétaire d’Etat et des commandements du Roi.
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: 96C26
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[Enluminure]
Invitation, par la Municipalité du deuxième arrondissement de Paris, de Monsieur Veil-Picard, généreux donateur de la Caisse des Ecoles, au bal de bienfaisance du 22 janvier 1881.
Un feuillet de vélin richement enluminé, cachet de cire rouge " Mairie de la Bourse " sous chemise en plein chagrin bordeaux, " A Monsieur Veil Picard " à froid, roulette dorée d’encadrement sur les plats intérieurs.
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: 1235
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[EROTICA]:
Les pantins des boulevards ou bordels de Thalie. Confessions paillardes des tribades et catins des tréteaux du boulevard, recueillies par le compère Mathieu. Savoir au théâtre français et lyrique, à l'ambigu comique, à celui des délassements comiques. Ouvrage aussi utile qu'agréable, dédié à tous les baladins de la fin du dix-huitième siècle, et enrichi de figures par leur espion ordinaire.
Paris [Bruxelles], Imprimerie de Nicodême dans la Lune [Poulet-Malassis], 1791 [1864]. 2 volumes in-12 mais ici de format grand in-8 car les témoins ont été conservés. Demi-maroquin citron à la Bradel, non rogné. Reliure signée Fechoz.
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: 19608
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[Fontanarosa] Montherlant, Henri de :
Pages d'amour de la rose de sable, avec des lithographies de Fontanarosa.
Paris, Robert Laffont, 1948 ; in-folio, en feuillets sous chemise-étui jaune (bordé de rouge pour l'étui), pièce de titre rouge, couverture beige imprimée noir et rouge à rabats, 24 lithographies en couleurs dont 22 in-texte et 2 hors-texte ; 130 pages, (3) feuillets (blanc, notes, achevé d'imprimer).
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: 2078
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[Galle, Joan ; Théodore et Cornelius le Vieux]
Vita et miracula S.P. Dominici, praedicatorii ordinis primi institutoris.
Antverpiae, Joan Galle, (circa 1630) ; F. Ioannes Nys invenit, Peter de Jode figuravit, Theodor Galle sculpsit et excudit ; titre gravé, portrait et 32 planches légendées. SUIVI de 4 planches gravées par JOAN GALLE : I- Prudentia, II- Justitia, III- Fortitudo, IV- Temperantia (les 4 vertus cardinales). SUIVI de 14 planches de sujets religieux, gravées par CORNELIUS GALLE le Vieux : Silva sacra, Fugit familia sacra, S. Barbara, S. Ianvarius Neapolis patronis, S. Lucia, S. Leontius martyr miraculis gloriossus in Muris Helvetiorum, S. Iacobus Maior, Benedicite omnes bestiae et pecora domino, S. Hieromymus, Vierge à l'Enfant, etc. Soit en tout 52 planches, reliées en 1 volume petit in-4 ; plein vélin ivoire, titre au dos, tranches rouges (reliure du XIXe).
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: 11321
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[Gradassi]
Réunion de deux ouvrages : Editions Eryx à Paris ; in-8, en ff. sous chemise et étui (rel. moderne) :
- VILLON (François) : LES REPEUES FRANCHES, SUIVIES DU MONOLOGUE. 1956 ; 152, [153], (3) pp., (1) f. blanc, couverture crème granitée rempliée, 12 miniatures hors-texte (prises dans la pagination) coloriées au pochoir.- RABELAIS (François) : PANTAGRUELINE PROGNOSTICATION, SUIVIE DE LA SCIOMACHIE. 1957 ; 149, [150], (8) pp., couverture crème granitée rempliée, 12 miniatures hors-texte coloriées à la main au pochoir.
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: 15543
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[Jorent, Evelio]Scarron, Paul :
Châtiment (Le) de l'avarice.
Paris, Maurice Glomeau, 1913 ; petit in-8, demie-basane aubergine, dos lisse, titre doré, dos décoré de deux importants fleurons dorés, filet doré sur les plats et les coins, couverture conservée (reliure de l'époque signée Flammarion Vaillant) ; VIII pp. (faux-titre, titre, note), 51 pp. (1) f. (imprimeur) ; 1 illustration en couleurs en frontispice.
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: 2396
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[Laet (Joannen de ; 1581-1649)]
Hispania sive de regis Hispaniae regnis et optibus. Commentarius.
Lugd. Batav. (Leyde), ex officina Elzeviriana, 1629 ; in-24 (108 mm), vélin rigide de l’époque, titre manuscrit au dos ; [16], 498 pp., [1] f. de Privilège, titre gravé illustré de blasons.
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: 21438
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[Leroux] Stendhal, de :
Abbesse (L') de Castro, vingt-trois illustrations dessinées par Auguste Leroux, huit hors-texte dont un en frontispice gravés par Georges Beltrand, en-têtes et culs-de-lampe gravés par G. Beltrand, Ch. Clément, A. et P. Baudier.
Paris, Librairie des Amateurs, 1930 ; in-4, broché ; (3) ff. (bl., faux-titre, titre), 129 pp., (3) ff. (justification, achevé d'imprimer, bl.) ; 8 illustrations hors-texte dont une en frontispice, chacune en deux états, quelques illustrations en couleurs in-texte ; couverture blanche à rabats illustrée en couleurs.
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: 2370
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[Lucien-Graux]
Hommage au docteur Lucien-Graux par J. Bourguignon, Henri Mondor, Jean Porcher, Marcel Roche, Robert Werhlin. Avant-propos de André Maurois.
Paris, Marcel Bruker, 1947 ; in-folio, plein chagrin-maroquiné rouge-orangé, dos à quatre nerfs, magnifiques gardes de papier marbré rouge vif, or et noir, tête dorée, couverture et dos conservés, étui bordé ; (48) ff. (1 bl., faux-titre verso portrait lithographié, titre, faux-titre, avant-propos, 10 ff. par Jean Bourguignon, 12 ff. fac-similé du testament de Louis XIV, 2 ff. liste des ouvrages publiés par Lucien-Graux (43 au total), 1 ff. achevé d'imprimer et justification du tirage, 1 ff. bl.
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: 2192
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[Manuscrit]
Brevet de Mestre de Camp d'Infanterie décerné au sieur de Gauville, lieutenant dans le Régiment des gardes françaises, pour commander en chef un régiment, sous l'autorité de Louis d'Orléans, Duc de Chartres, colonel général de l'Infanterie française et étrangère.
Ensemble de deux documents manuscrits sur parchemin :– La nomination elle-même, sur parchemin (29,5 x 48,5 cm), scellé du grand sceau de cire jaune sur simple-queue, signé "Louis" et "par le Roi le Duc d'Orléans Régent Présent, signé Le Blanc" (Claude, secrétaire d'État du département de la Guerre), en date du 31 mai 1722.– Le brevet de réception du sieur de Gauville, mestre de camp de l'Infanterie française, par Louis d'orléans, Duc de Chartres, Premier Prince de Sang, colonel général de l'infanterie française et étrangère, Gouverneur et Lieutenant Général par le Roy dans la province de Daufiné, Grand Maitre des Ordres Militaires de Notre Dame du Mont Carmel et de St Lazare de Jérusalem, à Versailles, le 17 juin 1722. Signé Louis d'Orléans et plus bas du secrétaire, scellé sur simple queue du sceau de cire jaune aux armes des Orléans.
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[Manuscrit du XVIIe siècle]
Compendium universae logicae.
Manuscrit ancien, in-8, vélin ivoire de l'époque, en deux parties de 64 et 80 pp., frontispice gravure de la Vierge à l'enfant.
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: 9560
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[Malebranche, père Nicolas]
De la recherche de la vérité. Où l'on traite de la nature de l'Esprit de l'homme, et de l'usage qu'il en doit faire pour éviter l'erreur dans les Sciences. Quatrième édition, revue et corrigée.
Paris, André Pralard, 1678-1679 ; trois tomes in-12 reliés en deux volumes, plein vélin ivoire, titre manuscrit, armes dorées, au centre des deux plats, du comte de Nédonchel (reliure de l'époque) ; (14) ff., 416 pp., (5) ff. ; 497 pp., (5) pp., (1) f. blanc ; (8) ff., 238 pp., (5) ff. dont 2 blancs ; 8 planches hors-texte.
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: 2763
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[Mossa (Gustave-Adolphe)] Samain (Albert) :
Hyalis, le petit faune aux yeux bleus. Nombreuses illustrations en couleurs par G. Ad. Mossa.
Paris, Ferroud, 1918 ; petit in-4, broché ; 59 pp., couverture crème rempliée illustrée en couleurs ; frontispice et 6 compositions à pleines pages, faux-titre, vignette de titre, lettrines et in-texte, aquarellés à la main et au pochoir par Charpentier.
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: 15751
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[Moser, Johann Jacob]
Merckwürdige Reichs-Hoff-Raths-Conclusa, denen fürnemlich, so den bei diesem höchsten Reichs-Gericht tam in Agendo quam in Judicando üblichen Modum & Stylum erlernen wollen, zu Nutzen mitgetheilet. THEIL 5 [von 8] apart. Mit einem vollständigen Real-Indice, wie auch einem Nahmen- und Rubriquen-Register der in diesem Theil enthaltener Conclusorum versehen.
Frankfurt am Main, Friedrich [Daniel] Knoch seel. Söhne, 1728. [1] Bl., 992 S., [104 ] Bl. 18 cm. Pgt der Zeit.
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: 92806
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[Papier]. - [Zanders, J. W.]
?J. W. Zanders Bergisch Gladbach Papierfabrik? (Umschlagtitel).
Bergisch Gladbach, J. W. Zanders, o. J. (um 1950). Gr.-8°. 6 Papiermuster, lose in OKart.-Mappe.
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: 60795
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[Papier]. - [Zanders, J. W.]
I a Handgeschöpfte velin Zeichenpapiere (rundum mit rauhem Schöpfrand).
Bergisch Gladbach, J. W. Zanders, o. J. (um 1930). Qu.-4°. Titelblatt u. 6 Zeichenpapiere, geheftet in illustr. OUmschlag.
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: 60793
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[Pierre Letellier]
Roman (Le) de Renart le Goupil.
Grenoble, Editions du Grésivaudan, 1969 ; in-folio, en feuillets sous chemise-étui de l'éditeur tissu marron, titre rouge au dos de la chemise, étui muet ; 196 pp., (3) ff. ; 20 lithographies originales en couleurs hors-texte protégées par des serpentes ; couverture blanche à rabats imprimée en noir.
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: 2207
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[Plaute]
M. Acci Plauti. Comediae. Accedit commentarius ex variorum Notis ac Observationibus [...] ex Museo Marci Zuerii Boschornii.
Lugd. Batavorum (Leyde), Franciscus Hackius, 1645 ; in-8 ; plein vélin ivoire à recouvrements, titre manuscrit au dos (reliure de l'époque) ; (16) pp., dont le titre gravé représentant une scène de théâtre, 1136, (48) pp. d'index.
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: 11208
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[Ray (Maurice)] Barbey d’Aurevilly, Jules:
Ensorcelée (L').
Paris, Société Normande du livre illustré, 1912, in-4; demi-chagrin maroquiné bordeaux à coins, dos à cinq nerfs, tête dorée, couv. et dos conservés, étui bordé; X-266 pp., (3) ff., 11 planches en couleurs de Maurice Ray gravées sur cuivre au repérage.
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: 2165
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[Rabelais] Bertrand, Alexis :
Séjour (Le) de Rabelais à Lyon.
Lyon, Storck, s.d. (1893) ; in-4 ; bradel demi-percaline à coins vert-sapin, grande pièce de titre grenat, plats conservés (reliure de l'époque) ; (4), 61, (3 bl.), (8) pp. d'extraits des registres de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon relatifs au départ de Rabelais et 6 reproductions.
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: 9046
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[THIRION (André)]
Le Grand ordinaire
Paris Robert-J. Godet 1934 In-8 Demi-reliure
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: 011800
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[TURNER (Dawson)] Compiler.
List of Norfolk Benefices; with the Names of their Respective Incumbents and Patrons, and the Dates of the several Presentations; as also with the Annual Value and Population; continued from Blomefield's History of Norfolk to the present time.
First edition, large 8vo (240 x 155 mm), vi, 85, [1]pp., 200 copies printed, this being the only copy PRINTED ON VELLUM, title printed in red and black, marbled endpapers, bound in contemporary smooth light tan calf, both boards with gilt scrolled border in gilt and blind with central crest of Dawson Turner in blind, spine lettered in gilt direct with a decorative border, spine rubbed, joints cracked, all edges gilt. A unique copy specially printed on vellum and bound for the compiler Dawson Turner (1775-1858), banker, naturalist, patron of the Arts, antiquary and collector. In all these pursuits Dawson Turner excelled, he published usually at his own expense in very small editions, and on occasions had a special copy printed on vellum for himself, as here. There is a prefatory letter to the Rev. S. C. E. Neville Rolfe and Daniel Gurney, signed Dawson Turner, Yarmouth, September 1847. In this valuable work, the parishes are arranged in Deaneries, the data set out in tabular form. There are very full indexes of parishes, incumbents and patrons. The Rev. Strickland Charles Edward Neville Rolfe (1789-1852) was vicar of Heacham, and Daniel Gurney (1791-1880) was a well-known banker and antiquary of King's Lynn. It was these two gentlemen who obtained a transcript from the Episcopal Registers which made the present publication possible. Provenance: Sold as lot 2073 by Sotheby's at the auction of Dawson Turner's library in March of 1853.
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[TÖPPFER Rodolphe]:
Le presbytère.
Genève, chez les principaux libraires, 1839. 2 volumes in-8 de 524; 604p. demi-maroquin lie-de-vin, dos lisse orné de fleurons et filets verticaux dorés (un petit manque à une coiffe, un frottis à une coiffe), couvertures et dos conservés, exemplaire non rogné. De toute beauté. Ex-libris Auguste Zakrzewski. La reliure est signée Hans Asper.
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: 6374
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[TÖPPFER Rodolphe]:
Nouvelles et mélanges.
Genève, Ledouble & Ab. Cherbuliez, 1840. In-8 de [4]-462-[2] pages, demi-maroquin chocolat à coins, dos lisse orné de fers romantiques. Déchirure sur la page de faux-titre, sans manque, mors, coiffes et coins légèrement frottés.
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: 5587
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[Vaulx-en-Velin]
Les RUES de VAULX-en-VELIN du NORD au SUD
Un ouvrage de 112 pages, format 150 x 210 mm, illustré, broché, publié en 2005, Impr. Delta, bon état
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: LFA-126742471
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[Vélin]. - [Van Praet, Joseph Basile Bernard]
Catalogue des livres imprimés sur vélin de la Bibliothéque du Roi. 5 in 3 Bänden. [Und:] Catalogue des livres imprimés sur vélin, qui se trouvent dans des Bibliothéques tant publiques que particulières pour servir de suite au Catalogue des livres imprimés sur vélin de la Bibliothéque du Roi. 3 in 2 Bänden. - Zus. 8 in 5 Bänden.
Paris, Crapelet für De Bure frères, 1822 bzw. 1824. Gr.-8°. XI, IV, 348 S.; 2 Bll., II, 120; VI, 84; VIII, 332 S.; 2 Bll., 380 S. - XVI, 291; VIII, 264; VII, 314 S., Einheitliche HLdr.-Bde. d. Zt. m. Rückenverg., je zwei goldgepr. Rückenschildern u. dreiseitig marmor. Schnitt.
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: 46970
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A BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED AND DATED HUMANIST ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT IN ITALIAN AND LATIN
NOTABILI ET SENTENTIE DI QUATTRO DOCTORI: GERONIMO GREGORIO AGUSTINO ET AMRUGIO
Italy Florence colophon dated 1456-57. 268 x 187 mm. 10 1/2 x 7 3/8". 176 leaves COMPLETE single column 31 lines alternating red ink for Latin and dark brown ink for Italian translation in a very fine humanist hand. Contemporary Italian panelled calf over wooden boards cover with mitered frame of blind rules inner arabesque roll frame and central panel diapered in ogival compartments formed by interlacing semi-circular rope tools raised bands original clasps replaced with modern hardware edges gilt and gauffered with chevrons and flowers expertly rebacked to style. Paragraph marks in red or blue initial letters of each sentence in contrasting color to main text running titles in red 10 ORNATE WHITE VINE INITIALS the first two very large and extending quite far down the page the letters burnished gold and skillfully linked with white vines against a pink and green background outlined with blue and further decorated with clusters of white dots the drawing of a crowned female head in the margin of one page. Front endleaf with 17th or 18th century signature of Eduardo Lopez dated colophon on final page rear pastedown with a 19th century English price code in pounds and shillings. Front joint cracked but no looseness leather with a few small wormholes binding with general wear and significant careful restoration but still retaining much of its original appeal; red ink not infrequently faded to varying degrees though never illegible a few light scuffs or thumb smudges on the title and the occasional leaf otherwise in thoroughly excellent condition entirely fresh quite clean and with ample margins. This beautifully crafted work contains a dated but unpublished text that was compiled for the private edification and elevation of an unknown patron obviously with considerable means clearly with a desire to attain greater understanding and apparently without the classical learning typically needed for ready access to it.� The manuscript contains excerpts from five books of the Bible Isaiah Jeremiah Job Psalms and Proverbs as well as various texts written by four of the Latin Church Fathers. These include Jerome "Epistles" ff. 46r-130v and "Homilies on Ezechiel" ff. 130v- 53r; Augustine "City of God" ff. 135r-140r and "Confessions" ff. 140v-146v; Ambrose "De Iacob et Vita Beata" ff. 146v-150r; and Cyprian "Ad Donatum" ff. 150v-151r. Each excerpt is presented in the original Latin followed by the Italian translation in contrasting ink making this not only an object of great interest from a scholarly standpoint but also aesthetically very pleasing to look at. While the compiler of the text remains anonymous the manuscript has recently been identified as a sister copy of Rossi MS 88 at the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and MS 335 of the Biblioteca Riccardiana both of which manuscripts are without dates. The Riccardiana MS can be placed at the Dominican convent of San Marco in Florence by the mid-16th century at the very latest. Given this early association it seems quite possible that the editor here would have been connected to the convent in some significant way. The Riccardiana manuscript is notably smaller than the present one and its more modest dimensions would have been suitable for an inmate at the convent. By contrast the larger more opulent version seen here and in the Rossi MS would have been more appropriate for the use of a wealthy patron. The convent of San Marco did not lack for illustrious connections and was itself an important center for art and culture in the Medici-ruled Florence of the 15th century. Its status was in no small way bolstered by the efforts of the great patron of the arts Cosimo il Vecchio de' Medici also known as "the elder" who not only kept a cell on the premises but also took it upon himself to renovate the aging structure. Among the notable artists who contributed to its renewal were the sculptor and architect Michelozzo d. 1472 and painter Fra Angelico d. 1455; it was also the site of the first public library in Florence. The Medici connection is further evident in the Rossi MS which contains an ownership inscription of a senior Medici court official. Being a match for our copy in both size and lavishness it is entirely possible that the manuscript offered here was destined for similarly noble hands. The fact that our text appears both in Latin and the vernacular further indicates an original owner whose birth may have been high but whose education might not have included the exacting Latin study of the ecclesiastic in any case the diglot text is an unusual feature of the manuscript whoever owned it. The materials and decoration of our binding indicate an Italian origin. The binding design here is identical to that on a manuscript of the "Libellus contra Legem Saracenorum" a refutation of Islam dated 9 April 1442 Sotheby's 18 June 1991 lot 82 which had a partially-effaced early ex-libris inscription suggesting a Milanese owner. With an interior that has retained its freshness and visual appeal including a fine hand skillfully designed glittering initials and wide margins this particular manuscript provides both an excellent specimen of the Italian Humanist period and a testament to this extraordinary time with its extraordinary patrons. unknown
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: ST13058
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A BEAUTIFUL ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BREVIARY ON VELLUM IN LATIN WITH FINE HISTORIATED INITIALS AND MINIATURE
USE OF PARIS
Paris after or in 1398 and before ca. 1405. 195 x 135 mm. 7 3/4 x 5 1/4". 587 leaves COMPLETE double column 32 lines in a lovely gothic script by more than one hand. A full list of contents available upon request. Two volumes. HANDSOME DARK RED MOROCCO BY W. H. SMITH AND SON stamp signed "WHS" in gilt on rear turn-ins covers sem� with gilt fleurs-de-lys tools gilt Celtic-inspired knot centerpieces raised bands spine compartments with rows of fleurs-de-lys gilt titling plain morocco turn-ins vellum doublures and endleaves all edges gilt. In fleece-lined slipcases. Rubrics in red line-enders in blue gold and red numerous one- or two-line initials in gold with dark blue penwork or bright blue with red penwork a total of 19 three-line initials painted blue and pink on gold ground with ivy leaf extenders three six- or seven-line initials similarly decorated and NINE SIX- OR SEVEN-LINE HISTORIATED INITIALS AND ONE 10-LINE MINIATURE THREE OF THESE WITH FULL RINCEAUX BORDERS WITH DECORATIVE U-SHAPED BARS each image with the figures portrayed against a tessellated background the letter painted blue or pink on contrasting ground within a thin gold border. With a few contemporary and later notations and pen-trials; old bookseller's description tipped onto front free endpaper of volume I. Bernard Quaritch "Illuminated and other Manuscripts" 1931 no. 21. Bindings with very trivial imperfections but especially lustrous and very fine. The full borders just slightly trimmed the six Calendar leaves with small modern marginal repairs text not affected trivial rubbing to paint in a few places the silver tarnished as usual burnished gold worn away in a few places occasional small smudges to ink and other minor mostly marginal blemishes but generally showing few signs of use and in all A LOVELY MANUSCRIPT VERY CLEAN AND ATTRACTIVE AND THE HISTORIATED INITIALS ESPECIALLY WELL PRESERVED. This beautifully bound Breviary is both impressively voluminous and handsomely decorated with an explosion of small gilt and painted initials and ten figural scenes painted with remarkable skill. Although the historiated initials stand less than 30 mm. tall or in the case of the single miniature 42 mm. the level of detail--from the finely molded faces to the tessellated backgrounds that glisten like snakeskin-indicate they were executed by a highly competent atelier. All nine initials occur in volume I with subjects that include five depictions of David in prayer or playing music ff. 7r 16v 24r 35r and 42r; a fool with a staff f. 29v; a scene with four tonsured clerics at a lectern f. 49r; the Father and Son in matching robes and haloes seated and facing each other f. 56v; and a holy man censing an altar as God looks down from a cloudburst f. 77r. Volume I also contains a miniature of the Trinity depicting God the Father seated and supporting a crucified Christ while a dove the Holy Spirit gracefully descends from the Father's mouth to the Son. The scene is adored by a kneeling cleric dressed in red-tinged robes a white surplice and a long amice. Dr. Patricia Stirnemann initially proposed the intriguing possibility that the cleric might be pseudo cardinal Pierre de F�tigny d. 1392 apostolic protonotary and canon of Paris who was named cardinal by the anti-pope Clement VII in 1383; however his dress does not seem to indicate the rank of cardinal and thus this identification remains uncertain. The excellence of the historiation and the fine quality of the hand alone make it likely to have originated in Paris and the contents further connect it to the Benedictine abbey of St. Germain des Pr�s particularly because of the presence in the Sanctorale of a major initial for the feast of St. Germain or Germanus the only initial of its type in the entire Sanctorale. The earliest proposed date for this manuscript is 1398 the year of the donation by Jean de Karoulay canon of Notre-Dame to the diocese of Paris for the celebration of the feast of St. Ivo or Yves. The proposed date for the completion of work on this Breviary ca. 1405 is suggested by the style of the decoration which includes tessellation in the backgrounds of the historiated initials and floral sprays in the borders of a particular type. We are grateful to Dr. Stirnemann for this dating and to Dr. Consuelo Dutschke for her thorough work on the manuscript's contents and localization. We could not find a record of our Breviary at auction but it appeared as item no. 21 priced at �110 in Quaritch's important 1931 catalogue of "Illuminated and other manuscripts" where it is described as "beautifully written" and featuring "very delicate miniatures with elegant ivy-leaf borders." The extremely well-preserved state of the manuscript makes it clear that this book was lovingly cared for by its previous owners for generations. unknown
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: ST15198a
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A FRAGMENT FROM A GIANT VELLUM BIBLE IN LATIN WITH AN IMPRESSIVE DECORATED INITIAL
TEXT FROM THE FIRST EPISTLE OF SAINT PETER
Germany ca. 1150. With edges unfolded: 224 x 185 mm. 8 3/4 x 7 3/8". 27 lines in a clear proto-gothic hand. Matted and framed. Rubrics in red one three-line initial in red with blue decoration the verso with two similar two-line initials MOST OF AN IMPRESSIVE "P" with vine-stem work painted red and green on a blue ground and with the face of a beast prominently displayed on the descender. Recovered from a binding and thus the vellum a little darkened the paint in the initial just slightly faded the word "Bassus" boldly penned by a later hand above the first line of the main text touching two lines though not obscuring the meaning; even with these imperfections an excellent specimen overall the initial still very dramatic and with no major damage and except for one line at the top the text entirely legible. With a zoomorphic initial that is both dramatic and charming this is an attractively decorated fragment from a so-called "Atlantic Bible" named for its immense size like an Atlas with both the ocean and the cartographical book deriving their names from Atlas the Titan. These vast Bibles were very costly and time consuming to produce making them among the most prized possessions of the church or monastery in which they resided. According to Christopher de Hamel "Twelfth-century giant Bibles are not just particularly grand books or the most beautiful Bibles of their time but are among the most ambitious artistic enterprises surviving from the twelfth century in any medium." "The Book: A History of the Bible" p. 80 Because of their size these volumes were often targets for reuse as binding scrap. This fragment is one such case but it happily retains most of the "P" as well as the opening lines of text from this section which begins the First Epistle of St. Peter "Petrus apostolus Iesu Christi electis". unknown
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: CBM1701
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A LARGE ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH AN HISTORIATED INITIAL FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN
TEXT FROM THE OPENING OF THE GOSPEL SEQUENCES
France ca. middle of the 15th century. 229 x 165 mm. 9 x 6 1/2". Single column 17 lines in a fine regular gothic book hand. Rubrics in red BOTH SIDES WITH AN INTRICATE THREE-QUARTER BORDER of swirling hairline stems bearing many burnished gold bezants acanthus leaves and other vegetation and blossoms including unusually a large gourd in each border THE RECTO WITH A PROMINENT SIX-LINE HISTORIATED "C" in blue and pink with white tracery THE CENTER OF THE LETTER OCCUPIED BY THE ANGEL OF SAINT MATTHEW in a pink robe with blue wings and bearing a banderole with the saint's name the initial outlined with thick burnished gold. Tiny smudge to head edge of border on recto minor traces of previous mounting a little rumpling to side margins otherwise in very fine condition quite clean fresh and bright with generous margins and lustrous gold. This attractively illuminated leaf comes from a Book of Hours with uncharacteristically large dimensions and the decorators have made the right decision here to enlarge everything rather than to pack additional material into the design. As a consequence the historiated initial is relatively simple but features quite a large figure there are fewer acanthus leaves than the borders could accommodate though they are more robust and the gourds stand out as especially striking elements that are closer to whopping than to diminutive. The scribal hand is also enlarged here and the whole leaf gives the suggestion of a manuscript prepared for someone desiring the ostentation linked to an oversized presentation or else for someone whose eyesight is not as good as it used to be. unknown
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: ST12637a
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A LARGE PAPAL BULL OF POPE PAUL III ON VELLUM
TEXT RELATING TO THE DOMINICAN COMMUNITY OF SANTA MARIA SOPRA MINERVA IN ROME
Italy 1539. 559 x 737 mm. 22 x 29". Single column 59 lines of text in a humanist hand. Occasional lettering in red "IN XPI NOMINE AMEN" in large multicolored letters at the top of the text THREE GOLD-FRAMED MEDALLIONS WITH MINIATURES OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL ON EITHER SIDE AND TWO ANGELS HOLDING A CHALICE AND COMMUNION WAFER IN THE MIDDLE both edges with a full floral border in multiple colors. An unidentified stamp at the bottom of the document remains of a hemp string lacking the seal. Some creasing and wrinkling from having been folded over the years a half dozen small holes affecting a dozen words but the sense recoverable in each case minor erosion of paint in just a couple of spots some light scattered stains but these issues essentially trivial and overall an extremely attractive piece with the text and paintings in excellent condition. This highly decorative Papal Bull affirms certain privileges bestowed on the Dominican community of Santa Maria sopra Minerva the headquarters of the Dominicans in Rome. It confirms that male members of the community have the right to preach kindle lights at night say Mass hold a procession on the Friday after Corpus Christi and visit the sick. The Dominicans are also given permission for charitable works such as hearing confession and bringing the sacrament to the sick at the hospital of San Giacomo in Augusta Santa Maria del Popolo Saints Cosmas and Damian and the hospital of Santo Spirito in Sassia. The document states that the monks are not to pass judgment outside their own jurisdiction or pronounce excommunications and further that the nuns should not wander about the streets but instead remain within their cloister. Paul III 1468-1549 served as pope from 1534-49 following the two Medici popes Leo X and Clement VII. A humanist and art patron like the Medici Paul is credited with beginning the work of the Catholic Reformation intending to instill a renewed discipline and dedication within the Church. unknown
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: CSF1704
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A LARGE VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH TWO COLORFUL INITIALS
TEXT FROM THE SERMONS OF SAINT MAXIMUS
Italy late 12th century. 490 x 340 mm. 19 1/4 x 13 1/2". Double column 42 lines in a proto-gothic script. Two seven-line "B's" painted bright yellow blue and red with white vine-stem work and small flowers. Recovered from a binding and therefore with some creasing soiling and small holes one side a little darker than the other but most of the text still legible and the colors surprisingly bright with just a little chipping here and there. This early leaf features two colorful initials highlighting text by the first known Bishop of Turin. Although he is both a Church Father and a Saint and although a number of his discourses survive surprisingly little is known about the life of Maximus of Turin ca. 380-465. According to the "Catholic Encyclopedia" the extant texts include more than 230 sermons and homilies and six treatises on the Christian year the saints and the Bible. The text of the present leaf mentions Saints Peter and Paul and is probably a sermon for their feast day. Although the creasing and other condition issues of this leaf illustrate its later use in a binding we are fortunate to have both columns of text intact and the initials extremely well preserved. unknown
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: ST13657c
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A LARGE VELLUM ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BIFOLIUM FROM A PSALTER IN LATIN WITH AN HISTORIATED "C.
TEXT FROM PSALM 97
France probably Paris ca. 1290. 370 x 265 mm. 10 3/8 x 14 1/2". Single column 18 lines in a large clear gothic book hand. Matted. Rubrics in red numerous one-line initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork three two-line initials one gold with blue and pink ground and two with decorative penwork others visible on the opposite side but not examined due to the mounting ONE FOUR-LINE HISTORIATED INITIAL DEPICTING SINGING MONKS AT A LECTERN the initial painted pink gilt ground inside the initial and blue outside framed in gold. See: Branner "Manuscript Painting in Paris During the Reign of Saint Louis" pp. 109-115 and pl. XVII. Recovered from a binding and therefore with some light general soiling the gilt rubrics and penwork initials a little rubbed but in remarkably good condition overall and with the initial very well preserved. This is an unusually attractive example of a bifolium later used as a binding with the original leather ties still present the structure of the spine clearly visible and the turn-ins intact. The illumination was almost certainly executed in Paris; very similar iconography can be found in a work by the Parisian Aurifaber atelier active ca. 1250-92 now at the British Library BL Harley 1297. According to Branner this atelier distinguished itself from competitors like the Soissons atelier who worked quickly and relied on routine and repetition with slower more painstaking work. "United with the great talents of the artists their different stylistic tradition and a new taste among patrons this slower pace meant that the illuminators could spend more time on one manuscript could devote themselves to their work and could turn out paintings of considerable quality." p. 109 If this leaf did originate with the Aurifaber atelier it would have likely been from the later period as burnished gold is rarely seen in earlier examples. unknown
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: CBM1605
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A LEAF FROM AN EARLY VELLUM MANUSCRIPT OF GREGORY THE GREAT IN LATIN
HOMILIAE IN EVANGELIAS PART OF HOMILY XXXI
South Germany or more probably Austria second half of the 12th century. 429 x 304 mm. 16 7/8 x 12". Double column 36 lines of text in a fine proto-gothic hand. Text a bit faded on one side an upper corner slightly defective minor soiling and with the grain of the vellum apparent on verso but with the beautiful text entirely legible and the leaf as a whole quite pleasing. The hand here is memorable featuring wide upright letters that could not be more regular. Elected pope in 590 Gregory ca. 540-604 was one of the most influential pontiffs in the history of the Church. In addition to revising liturgical worship he wrote extensively on theology offering homespun wisdom rather than esoteric debates. He was declared a saint immediately upon his death. unknown
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: ST12778-0082
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A LEAF PRINTED ON VELLUM FROM
A BOOK OF LATIN SERMONS
Spain ca 1550. 400 x 267 mm. 15 3/4 x 10 1/2". Double column 47 lines of text in a large roman typeface. Matted. One four-line initial "S" with floral embellishment. PRINTED ON VELLUM in red and black. Noticeable yellowing to recto otherwise clean and pleasing. A note with the leaf says that this was printed at a Cistercian monastery. Spain?, ca unknown
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: CEs99505
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A LEAF PRINTED ON VELLUM FROM A MISSAL OR SOME OTHER LITURGICAL BOOK
TEXT FROM THE FEAST OF SAINT JOHN BEFORE THE LATIN GATE
Italy late 16th century. 403 x 286 mm. 15 7/8 x 11 1/4". Double column 42 lines of text and headline in roman type. Matted. Verso with four-line woodcut initial surrounded by foliage recto with a seven-line initial featuring a charming unicorn frolicking among blooming branches. Recto a bit yellowed verso with a couple of minor smudges otherwise a fine leaf clean and fresh with considerable appeal. The text here features the readings for the feast day of Saint John before the Latin Gate on May 6 which relate the tale passed down by Jerome of John's torture at the hands of the Roman emperor Domitian. Although thrown into a vat of boiling oil the Evangelist emerged unharmed. A note from the most recent owner of this leaf says that it is from a Cistercian service book. The large initial with the rearing unicorn is well executed and extremely delightful. unknown
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: ST11035ab
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A LOVELY LITTLE ITALIAN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN
USE OF ROME
Italy Florence ca. 1470. 125 x 85 mm. 5 x 3 1/4". 246 unnumbered leaves COMPLETE; single column 11 lines in an elegant gothic rotunda script. Contents: Calendar f. 1r; Hours of the Virgin "secundum consuetudinem Romane curie" with Matins f. 13r Lauds f. 27v Prime f. 46r Terce f. 52v Sext f. 59v None f. 65v Vespers f. 71v and Compline f. 83v; Office of the Dead f. 113r; Seven Penitential Psalms f. 189r; Litany f. 208r; Hours of the Cross f. 223r; 15 Gradual Psalms f. 229r. Very pretty 18th century red morocco elegantly gilt covers bordered by plain and decorative rules enclosing a panel with large central floral spray two birds perched on its leaves this surrounded by tiny gilt circles and two more birds in flight and framed by gracefully twining foliage; smooth spine divided into panels by triple gilt fillets the panels with floral sprig centerpiece and volute cornerpieces gilt titling turn-ins densely gilt marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Rubrics in red numerous one-line initials in red or blue frequent two-line initials in blue with delicate red penwork or burnished gold with blue penwork six three- or four-line illuminated initials in blue green pink magenta and burnished gold one large 35 x 45 mm. illuminated initial in colors and gold from which emanates a full floral border with many gold bezants hairline vines and a putto FOUR LARGE HISTORIATED INITIALS beginning the Hours of the Virgin depicting the Madonna and Child Office of the Dead a scythe-wielding skeleton Office of the Holy Cross the Man of Sorrows and the Seven Penitential Psalms David with his harp ALL WITH EXCEPTIONALLY ELABORATE FLORAL BORDERS FEATURING MEDALLION PORTRAITS PUTTI AND MUCH BURNISHED GOLD. Front pastedown with engraved bookplate of Marie-Louise-�lisabeth d'Orl�ans Duchesse de Berry 1695-1719; first page with ink stamp of "Monseigr. le Prince de Cond� Gouv. de Bourgogne et Bresse"; last page with ink stamp of �cole Royale Militaire de Soreze; second page and last page with unidentified armorial stamp of a bishop; two other unidentified ink stamps. One-inch crack at head of rear joint general minor rubbing to spine and edges but the binding entirely sound still quite lustrous and generally well preserved; trimmed close with very slight loss at fore edge of full borders and trivial loss at top and bottom script somewhat faded on half a dozen pages occasional minor thumbing otherwise A BEAUTIFUL WORK INTERNALLY the vellum fresh and bright the colors vivid and the paint and glistening gold intact. The production of a highly desirable artist favored by European royalty this work boasts an abundance of noble associations with a small but dazzling decorative program to match. The delicate pink-tinged molding of the figures the presence of decorative putti and birds and the exuberant borders make this the unmistakable work of Francesco di Antonio del Chierico 1433-84 a precociously talented illuminator and goldsmith working in Florence during the height of its golden age. Chierico received major commissions from the time he was in his early twenties counting among his patrons Cosimo Piero and Lorenzo de' Medici as well as Federico da Montefeltro Duke of Urbino who constructed one of the greatest libraries of the Italian Renaissance complete with its own scriptorium. With the help and connections of the bookseller Vespasian Bisticci Chierico's fame spread quickly throughout Italy and into neighboring countries. Other known patrons included the King of Naples Alfonso of Aragon King Mattias Corvinus of Hungary and King Louis XI of France among others. Thus it is hardly surprising that while the script decorative patterns and illustrations all indicate that this Book of Hours was executed in Florence the rest of its known provenance is French. Although this work contains no obvious clues that might indicate the identity of the original patron other markings reveal its distinguished ownership history beginning in the early 18th century. The first known owner the especially fertile Duchesse de Berry was born at Versailles and lived a short but scandalous life having incurred no fewer than six pregnancies by various men at the time of her death at 23 Voltaire was famously imprisoned for talking about her transgressions in the presence of a police informant. Later our manuscript fell into the possession of Louis-Joseph de Bourbon Prince de Cond� 1736-1818 a staunch supporter of the monarchy who barely escaped the Reign of Terror and the fate of his less fortunate Bourbon relatives. Even without the knowledge of its lofty provenance or the reputation of the artist one can plainly see the high level of aesthetic achievement here in the impeccable application of paint in the intricate borders the beautifully convincing depiction of human and angelic bodies and the faultless balance in design and color. Installed in some of the most prestigious collections in the world the British Library the Getty the Walters etc. Chierico's work continues to be vigorously collected. unknown
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: ST12989
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A PRINTED VELLUM LEAF WITH A VERY FINE EXTREMELY LARGE ILLUMINATED MINIATURE PAINTING OF THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS FROM A
TEXT FROM VESPERS
Paris: Gilles Hardouin ca 1510. 222 x 140 mm. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2". Single column 30 lines of text gothic typeface. Attractively matted. Verso with elaborate metalcut compartmentalized border featuring mischievous putti and grotesques the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian and a woman shearing a sheep; the same side with 18 one-line hand-painted initials in gold on a blue or red ground two similar two-line initials and one three-line foliated initial in gold on a red ground; recto WITH A RICHLY PAINTED AND ILLUMINATED WOODCUT OF THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS with a glimpse of the flight into Egypt on the left side of the scene. A touch of wrinkling to lower outer corner verso with remnants of mounting tape otherwise A VERY FINE LEAF the printing clear and fresh the colors vivid and the gold lustrous. The massacre depicted here appears to be taking place in Herod's throne room as if he had ordered it for his own entertainment. Seated in the center of the piece on a massive gold throne he views the heartbreaking chaos before him impassively ignoring an angry women who is lifting her bleeding infant up to him as if to say "See what you've done!" The mothers here are not wailing in grief but are angrily fighting for their sons' lives. In the foreground a soldier pushes a golden-haired woman out of the way in order to finish off the dazed and wounded infant she and her companion are attempting to shield. On either side soldiers have raised swords to smite the helpless tots and to the right of Herod a bleeding infant looks pitifully up at the armored solder who holds him by the arm ready to deliver the fatal blow. In the upper right we see a baby impaled on a spear. A glimpse of hope through an open window mitigates the horror of the gruesome scene: we see Joseph leading a donkey bearing the Virgin and the Christ Child as they flee to Egypt blessed by golden rays streaming down from heaven. The action here is dramatic intense and memorable; the colors are vivid the heavy use of gold adding light to an overwhelmingly sober subject. The Book of Hours from which this leaf came must have been extraordinarily sumptuous. Gilles Hardouin, ca unknown
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: ST11712
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A VELLUM BIFOLIUM FROM A LARGE HEBREW BIBLE CODEX
WITH PARTS OF GENESIS 18 AND 23
Germany 13th century. 396 x 570 mm. 15 5/8 x 22 3/8". Double column 34 lines in a square script. Mounted on thick vellum-like modern paper. A few marginal notations and a line of text in Italian in a later hand remnants of a stamp probably from its use as a binding. Recovered from a binding and therefore quite browned and with the text on the back obscured by binder's glue small losses to the gutter and the corners but still a good presentable specimen and very legible on the one side. This bifolium preserves two pages of a monumental liturgical Pentateuch or humash containing the Hebrew Masoretic text and the Aramaic translation of the Targum alternating verse by verse with the grammatical notes of the Masora parva between the columns. Despite the losses sustained from its later use as binding scrap this item has many positives: it is mostly intact a bifolium and not just a single leaf and comes from a desirable part of the Bible relating the stories of Abraham bargaining with God for the people of Sodom and buying the burial plot of Makhpela for Sarah. Good early specimens of Hebrew script are increasingly difficult to come by. unknown
書籍販売業者の参照番号
: ST14022
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A VELLUM ILLUMINATED MINIATURE MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN AND DUTCH WITH CHARMING HISTORIATED INITIALS
USE OF ROME
Netherlands ca. 1460. 90 x 63 mm. 3 1/2 x 2 1/2". 343 leaves COMPLETE single column 17 lines in a gothic book hand. Contents: blank page f. 1r; Calendar with two charts and two diagrams in Dutch and Latin f. 1v; Various prayers to Christ and meditations on the Passion including the prayer to the Holy Face of Christ and "O Bone Jesu" f. 17; Hours of the Passion f. 24r; Hours of the Virgin f. 45r; three blank leaves f. 97-99; Various prayers to the Virgin including "O Intemerata" and "Obsecro te" f. 100r; Hours of the Holy Spirit with masses f. 124r; Weekday Hours with masses f. 133r; Seven Penitential Psalms and Litany f. 188r; Office of the Dead f. 208r; Suffrages f. 245r; Various prayers f. 274r; Seven verses of St. Bernard f. 310v; blank leaf f. 312; Reading from 2 John describing the Passion followed by various prayers f. 313r; Prayers in an informal hand f. 328r; Fifteen Paternosters in Dutch f. 329r; A rubric in Dutch followed by prayers in Dutch f. 339r. Attractive 17th century dark brown morocco with extensive gilt tooling covers and spine with a lacy circular motif surrounded by a halo of small flowers all framed by floral borders and cornerpieces original straps and brass clasps bearing a shell motif all edges gilt with a painted now faded floral design. Rubrics in red numerous one-line initials in red and blue line fillers in red and blue "KL" of Kalends and numerous two-line initials gilt on blue and pink ground many three-line initials and several larger initials at major intervals in combinations of red blue and gold with floral decoration 37 LEAVES WITH FULL FLORAL BORDERS of acanthus leaves blossoms gold dots and vine-stem and 19 HISTORIATED INITIALS including one that is more of a half-page miniature. Leather with general minor wear but the binding entirely sound and extremely pleasing. Borders with a little smudging and trimmed close at the fore edge though the decoration grazed in just a few cases vellum with light soiling here and there more on the first and last few leaves other quite minor signs of use but THE CONTENTS VERY CLEAN OVERALL AND THE HISTORIATED INITIALS WELL PRESERVED. With small-scale historiation and a large collection of accessory texts and prayers this diminutive Book of Hours is of special interest for its extensive decorative charm and textual complexity. In addition to the Hours of the Virgin integral to every Book of Hours this volume contains three other major prayer cycles: the Hours of the Passion the Hours of the Holy Spirit and the Weekday Hours. The last was a specialty of 15th century Flemish Books of Hours and as here was often accompanied by an image cycle. As noted by Wieck in "Time Sanctified" the accompanying images reflect the devotion of that particular day: Sunday Hours of the Holy Trinity Monday Hours of the Dead Tuesday Hours of the Holy Spirit Wednesday Hours of All Saints Thursday Hours of the Holy Sacrament Friday Hours of the Cross and the Saturday Hours of the Virgin. The other major cycle of images here belongs to the Hours of the Virgin and depicts the usual event for each hour: Annunciation Visitation Nativity Annunciation to the Shepherds Adoration of the Magi Presentation in the Temple Massacre of the Innocents and the Flight into Egypt. The artist of these initials had very little space to work with given the small dimensions of the page but he met the challenge with considerable success; each initial displays a surprising amount of information about the figures and surroundings. The hand is practiced and confident and the detail work quite clear. The figures make the most of the space they inhabit and the overall impression is one of great delight and an unexpected degree of character. In addition to the formal cycles mentioned above the present Book of Hours is further distinguished by an unusually large number of prayers blessings and readings most of which give clues about how this particular book would have been used. Since a Book of Hours like this one would have been highly customizable further study of these auxiliary texts could reveal much about the identity of the patron. unknown
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: ST13806
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