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1864rif. 13458Paris: Dusacq & Cie. Editeurs 1864. Hand-coloured lithograph after a painting by Linder. Very good condition apart from some mild rippling a small loss in the top margin and a few skillfully repaired tears in the bottom margin. A beautifully coloured humorous plate that was most likely part of a series published by Dusacq of images by various artists depicting railway related scenes. During the mid-nineteenth century the technological advancement and financial prosperity of France under Napoleon III hastened the development of the railway and other modern modes of transportation such as the omnibus. These improvements brought about a culture of mass tourism as members of various classes flocked to the railroad to take day trips. An archetypal symbol of modern life the railway station became a popular subject during the period and was represented and parodied by artists such as Honoré Daumier and William Powell Frith. It was an ideal place to observe a varied cross-section of society and the idiosyncrasies of human behavior. In the tradition of Daumier's satiric railway scenes from the 1840s and 1850s Linder exploits the comic possibilities of this bustling modern subject in this charming print. The title 'Pleasure Train' was most likely intended as an ironic play on words since pleasure is the last thing enjoyed by the swelling crowd of people on the platform many of whom scream in frustration as they are pushed and prodded in an effort to exit and enter the train. A pupil of the celebrated artist Charles Gleyre Philippe Jacques Linder was a genre and portrait painter who regularly exhibited works at the Salon between 1857-1880. Cf. Benezit Dictionaire des Peintres Sculptteurs Dessinateurs et Graveurs vol. 8 p. 679. Dusacq & Cie. Editeurs unknown books
1593rif. 16171Geneva: Pour Jaques Chouet De l'imprimerie de Antoine Blanc 1593 A new edition of the revised version of Commines' work edited by Denis Sauvage. Contemporary limp vellum with hand lettered spine and beveled edges. . Twelvemo. Woodcut border on title page; three copper engraved portraits with descriptive text on two leaves it is worth noting that these two leaves are often lacking in other copies but are present in this copy. Some staining to covers and lacking the leather ties. Some soiling on the title page in addition to some staining from an old ink armorial stamp on the verso which has bled through. Intermittent foxing and overall light browning. Contemporary ownership signature at bottom of the title page. A very good copy. Philippe de Commines was a writer and diplomat in the courts of Burgundy and France. He has been called "the first truly modern writer" Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve and "the first critical and philosophical historian since classical times" Oxford Companion to English Literature. His analyses of the contemporary political scene are what made him virtually unique in his own time. The Mémoires are divided into "books" the first six of which were written between 1488 and 1494 and relate the course of events from the beginning of Commines' career 1464 up to the death of King Louis. The remaining two books were written between 1497 and 1501 printed in 1528 and deal with the Italian wars ending in the death of King Charles VIII of France. Denis Sauvage 1520-1587 is known for his four-volume edition of Froissart's Chronicles 1559-1561. Pour Jaques Chouet [De l'imprimerie de Antoine Blanc], hardcover books
1950rif. 235330New York 1950. Gelatin silver prints. Large format 13-1/2 x 10-3/4 inches. Light edgewear at corners; docketed on verso with Halsman's studio stamp; prints numbered in pencil 17 31 40; Near Fine. Gelatin silver prints. Large format 13-1/2 x 10-3/4 inches. Three intimiate and suprisingly "straight" portraits from a photographer known for his unusual methods and and results. Shirely Kessel was the wife of LIFE photographer Dimitri Kessel. unknown books
1851rif. 139808Paris: Rovier 1851. hardcover. very good. Clinique Iconographique de l'Hopital des Veneriens. Extra illustrated title portrait & 67 superb chromolithographic plates with descriptive letterpress. Large 4to rebound in brown cloth leather spine label; some pages darkened and foxed. Paris: Rovier 1851. Very good. Fine atlas illustrating the case histories and the effects of venereal disease recorded at the hospital. Ricord born in Baltimore established the error of John Hunter's belief that gonorrhoea and syphilis were identical.Ricord was the first to establish the characteristic phenomena of the three stages of syphilis. Castiglioni pp. 735-6; Pusey the History and Epidemiology of Syphilis pp.559; The History of Dermatology pp. 120-23. GM 5202; 2381 Paris 1838 First Edition. Rovier unknown books
rif. 469852Unbound. Fine. Gelatin silver photograph. Measuring approximately 11" x 14". Photographer's rubberstamp on verso: "Copyright by Philippe Halsman" and neat pencil notation in an unknown hand: "1958 / Marian Anderson." Three-quarter length portrait of Anderson dressed in an ornate embroidered brocade jacket standing and facing the camera with her eyes closed and mouth open in song. A fine copy with the image bright and crisp. From the 1940s through the 1970s Halsman's portraits of international figures appeared on the covers of widely circulated magazines such as Look The Saturday Evening Post and Life which published approximately 100 covers by Halsman. The National Portrait Gallery organized the first full exhibition of the photographer's work "Philippe Halsman: A Retrospective" which toured in 2000. His portrait of Anderson is an iconic image taken on January 7 1955 when Anderson became the first African-American to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera. On that occasion she sang the part of Ulrica in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in Maschera. She is also noted for her dramatic performance at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 when she was denied the right to sing at the Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall in Washington DC. Eleanor Roosevelt quit her membership in the DAR and arranged for Anderson to sing at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial. In 1961 she performed at President Kennedy's inauguration. An especially large and striking photograph of Anderson. unknown books
1604rif. 12541Paris: Chez. Abel Langelier 1604. First edition. Full Calf. Very Good. First edition. Full Calf. The CL. Psalms of David set in French verse some Meditations and Prayers Christian Poems. Philippe Desportes 1546-1606 considered by his contemporaries as the greatest living poet ensured the literary transition between Ronsard and Malherbe. Desportes' design was to give the Catholics of France a translation which was the equivalent of that of Marot and Théodore de Bèze for the Reformed. Published for the first time in 1591 numbering sixty the psalms were increased to one hundred in 1598 and finally to one hundred and fifty in 1603. Title-frontispiece signed Thomas de Leu. With bookplate of Charles Carroll Alberton a Methodist Episcopal minister. Chipping gently bumped corners showing boards evenly toned slight loss to upper right text block normal aging else tight bright and unmarred. 12mo 2-287; 23; 27pp. illus 3 parts in 1 vol. Contemporary binding in mottled calf with gilt framing restorations on the hinges some rubbing on the covers. Ex-libris pasted on fep. Chez. Abel Langelier unknown books
1907rif. 64919Paris: Librairie Commerciale 1907. hardcover. very good-. Volume of models only comprising 7 plates in color each with numerous flaps exposing the mechanism and parts of each machine. Oblong folio pictorial blue cloth; rubbed. Paris: Librairie Commerciale 1907. A very good- copy of this unusual book. Latest English locomotive; steam turbine; gazogene; Panhard automobile; Priestmann petroleum motor; electromotor; submarine with torpedo. Librairie Commerciale unknown books
1956rif. 140940586Paris: Berggruen & Cie 1956. Limited First Edition. Near Fine. Limited first edition. Signed by the founder of the Dada movement Tristan Tzara as well as by the artist whose work is featured Bonnet in pencil. Text in French. Near Fine in the original glassine wraps title page rubbed from erasure of booksellers' pencil. Uncommon. Berggruen & Cie unknown books
1976rif. 214459Paris France: L. Laget 1976. Hardcover. VG some wear and tears at edges of dj boards and pages excellent. White dj with red text red cloth boards with gilt text on cover and spine. 2 volumes. Vol. 1 - 269 pp. Vol. 2 - 575 pp. Bw illustrations. Text in French. v. 1. La vie et l'art de Philippe de Champaigne.--v. 2. Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Philippe de Champaigne. L. Laget hardcover books
rif. 22941NP n/d. Hardcover. `. Volumes 1-3. Mèzeray Francois Eudes de. Abregè chronologique ou Extrait de I'histoire de France. Paris. 1668. Louis Billaine. Tome I: Commencant a Faramond & finissant a la fin du Regne Charles le bel. 852834pp. Tome II: Commencant au Roy Philippe de Valois & finissant a la fin du Regne de Henry II. 2529-98528pp. Tome III: Commencant au Roy Francois II. & finissant a la fin du Regne de Henry IV. 4987-148936pp. Rare first edition of Mèzeray's early work on the history of France. Includes biographies of the French kings. Title-pages with small engraving. Illustrated with 58 in-text portrait engravings. 4 empyt frames for first kings in Vol. 1 as issued. Head and tailpieces decorative initials. Indexes. Vol. IV: Limiers Henri Philippe de. Abregè Chronologique ou Extraict de L'Histoire de France sous les règnes de Louis XIII & Louis XIV; por servir de suite a celui de Francois de Mèzeray. Nouvelle Edition Augmentèe de la vie de Mèzeray. Amsterdam. 1728. Chez David Mortier. 600pp. Marbled endpapers. Title-page vignette. This volume was written 45 years after Mèzeray's death. It is the continuation of the first 3 volumes and covers the reigns of King Louis XIII and Louis XIV. Includes a biography of Mèzeray. Index. Francois Eudes de Mèzeray 1610-1683 was a French historian who was given the title of "Historiographer to the King of France" however his critisism of French kings for over-taxing their subjects led to the loss of his title and pension. This his most famous work went through fifteen editions between 1668 and 1717. 4to. All volumes bound in matching contemporary calf with gold decorated spine and title-label. Raised bands. Boards with all gold-tooled edges. Vol. 4 is one-inch smaller than volumes 1-3 with matching binding. Age wear abrasions and surface hairline cracks on binding. Gold lettering on spine faded. Head and tail of spines chipped. Typewritten summary by previous owner pasted on insides of front boards in Vol. 1 and 4. Split on parts of joints on front and back board of all volumes firmly holding. Title-page in Vol. I tipped-in and repaired along gutter "L'hotel Dieu D'abbeville" handwritten on half-title of all volumes. Worming from page 945 through rear in Vol. 4 expertly repaired. Bottom edges from front endpaper through page 1999 in Vol. 3 expertly repaired staining near bottom edge on first 3 leafs of same volume. "Robert Florey a Paris" in pencil on inside of front board in Vol. 3. Minor staining creasing and rippling to some pages in all volumes. Very few leafs chipped on edges. Text in French. Besides faults mentioned in overall good to very good condition. Rare as a complete set. NP hardcover books
1788rif. 1396093Argentorati Strasbourg: n.p. volume I and II; excudit Jon. Henricus Heitz volume III 1788. Hardcover. Octavo three volumes. Volumes 1 and 3 in Good minus condition Volume 2 in Fair condition. Bound in full tree calf with gilt ornamentation to spine and edges. Spines have gilt lettering cracking to joints tears and chipping. Volume 2 spine is partially detached with the tail end torn away. Boards have mild rubbing wear and peeling chipping and moderate wear to extremities. Mild to moderate bumping to corners in some cases exposing the boards. Textblocks have marbled endpapers light age toning light stains scattered throughout and speckling to edges. Some of the end papers appears to have a line of adhesive near the spine which partially attaches the free end pages to the marbled pages. Volume 1 front marbled endpapers are partially attached has a pen inscription on the front free end page and light to moderate adhesive stains on the edges of pages 429-432. Volume 2 has light to moderate adhesive stains on the edges of the title page and pages 547-549. Volume 3 has light to moderate adhesive stains on the edges of the title page and pages 531-533. Text appears complete however volumes 2 and 3 contain half-title pages which volume 1 lacks. Text in Greek and Latin. Shelved in Room G. CONTENTS: VOL I: xii 432 pages;-- VOL II: 2 549;-- VOL III: 2 533. 1396093. Special Collections. [n.p.] [volume I and II]; excudit Jon. Henricus Heitz [volume III] hardcover books
1837rif. 19200Bruxelles: Delfosse 1837. SECOND EDITION. Folding lithographed plate. Contemporary gilt sheep-backed marbled boards edges sprinkled red. A nice complete copy. Second edition an anatomical guide to human and animal teeth. The first chapters cover tooth formation parts of the tooth tooth loss functions of individual teeth and differences in teeth between men and women and among different races of people. The second part of the book focuses on animal teeth across four orders: mammals birds reptiles and fish. The plate features 8 figures and is accompanied by explanatory text. Blandin 1798-1849 was a French surgeon and anatomist. He was a pioneer in the field of plastic surgery and is credited with coining the term autoplasty. Delfosse unknown books
rif. 6181Finely engraved frontis. with profile of Le Bas drawn by Cochin & engraved by C.E. Gaucher & finely engraved tailpiece at the end of the biographical sketch by same. xlix 92 19 pp. catalogue list. 8vo orig. semi-stiff boards head of spine a little split leaves uncut. Paris: Clousier & Joullain 1783. The very rare sale catalogue of the engraver to the Cabinet du Roi; with a valuable list of 133 catalogues produced by Joullain since 1763. Le Bas 1707-83 studied under Antoine Hérisset and is famous for his skilled imitations of works by Teniers Wouwerman Falens Coypel Watteau Oudry etc. This catalogue begins with a lengthy and most informative biographical sketch based on notes by Hecquet a connoisseur of prints and close friend of Le Bas. It discusses contemporary debates on the artistic merit of engraving and Le Bas’ reputation in the art world providing an intimate understanding of the man. The present catalogue describes 15 paintings 56 drawings 705 lots of prints some very large group lots 10 lots of artist’s tools a lot containing several reams of fine paper and three lots of furniture and several portfolios for a total of 787 lots. The auctioneer denotes whether or not prints are in “first state.” There is a table of artists at the end. Nice copy sporadic marginal dampstaining. The frontispiece portrait has a small stain just touching the image. ⧠Benezit Vol. 8 pp. 586 Le Bas. Blanc Trésor de la Curiosité… Vol. II pp. 84-87. Lugt 3639. N.B.G. Vol. 30 col. 65. unknown books
1966rif. 373638Montreux 1966. Gelatin silver print matted and framed; rubber-stamped on verso "Copyright by Philippe Halsman". 11 x 14 inches; matted to 11 x 12 inches. Fine. Gelatin silver print matted and framed; rubber-stamped on verso "Copyright by Philippe Halsman". 11 x 14 inches; matted to 11 x 12 inches. A rarely-seen portrait of Nabokov hunting butterflies an outtake from the shots Halsman made to appear with Herbert Gold's profile of the author in the Saturday Evening Post eventually published in January 1967. Nabokov apparently liked Halsman's portraits so much that he asked they be used on all subsequent dust jackets. unknown books
1717rif. 759321717. Dijon: Chez Antoine de Fay 1717. Dijon: Chez Antoine de Fay 1717. An Edition of the Coutume of Burgundy with Contemporary Annotations Bouhier Jean 1673-1746 Compiler. Villers Philippe de 1545-1622 Commentary. Despringles Jean 1550-1629 Commentary. Guillaume Jean Commentary. La Coutume du Duche de Bourgogne Enrichie des Remarques de Mes. Philipes de Villers Jean de Pringles & Jean Guillaume Anciens Avocats au Parlement de Dijon. Avec le Proces Verbal des Conferences Tenues par les Commissaires Deputez sous le Roi Charles IX Pour la Reformation de Cette Coutume Les Cayers par eux Dressez en Consequence Divers Traitez & Arrets Recueillis par Mre. Jean Begat President au Meme Parlement & Un Essai de Nouvelles Observations sur le Droit Coutumier de Cette Province. Ensemble L'Histoire de Tous les Commentateurs de la Meme Coutume. Dijon: Chez Antoine de Fay Imprimeur & Libraire des Etats 1717. ii lxiv 724 2 pp. Quarto 9" x 6-3/4"; 22.9 x 17.1 cm. Contemporary calf blind rules to boards gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece gilt tooling to board edges edges of text block rouged. Light rubbing and a few minor scuffs scratches and small stains to boards moderate rubbing to extremities joints starting at ends lettering piece loosening and lightly edgeworn corners bumped and lightly worn hinges starting. Light toning to interior occasional light foxing light soiling and finger smudges to a few leaves early annotation "par M. Le president Bouhier" and struck-through ownership signature to title page occasional annotations throughout in a single early hand. $1500. Only edition. The coutume of the duchy of Burgundy in eastern France which governed five baillages was codified in 1459 and reformed in 1575. This edition of the coutume was compiled by Jean Bouhier an eminent French magistrate and the first president of the parlement of Burgundy from 1704-1729. The annotations to our copy include many references to Bouhier's other works. The annotator also takes an interest in passages discussing the scope of customary law and makes notes on such topics as succession and family law. OCLC locates 5 copies in North American law libraries Harvard University of Pennsylvania George Washington University Columbia University Northwestern University. Gouron and Terrin Bi. unknown books
1601rif. 62363London: Imprinted at London by Ar. Hatfield for I. Norton 1601. Second edition in English. Title page within large historiated woodcut border bearing the royal arms and motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense" the crest of Burghley and the printer's beehive device; several large inital woodcut capitals throughout and genealogical table in rear. 16 364 pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Bound in contemporary paneled calf central gilt lozenge last nine leaves of genealogical tables have contemporary manuscript notes. Upper covers split and pulling away from boards which are nevertheless firmly attached by cords; front free endpaper missing; internally very good. Second edition in English. Title page within large historiated woodcut border bearing the royal arms and motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense" the crest of Burghley and the printer's beehive device; several large inital woodcut capitals throughout and genealogical table in rear. 16 364 pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Second edition in English of a primary source for 15th century European history. Commines has been called "the first critical and philosophical historian since classical times" Oxford Companion to English Literature principally for his shrewd and practical insight into the political realities of his day his psychological insight and his forthright account of the machinations of the politicians he described. His history is divided into 8 books the first six of which deal with the reign of Louis XI; the last two deal with the Italian wars of Charles VIII ending with his death Thomas Danett's English translation was first published in 1596. In his dedication to Lord Burghley dated 1 Nov. 1596 Danett states that thirty years before he presented Lord Burghley and "the late Earle of Leicester my Lord" his 'historie of Commines rudely translated into our vulgar toong' and that he later revised and enlarged his translation at the request of Sir Christopher Hatton. According to the DNB Danett fl. 1566-1601 was also the author of the following works: "1. The Description of the Low Countreys and of the Prouinces thereof gathered into an Epitome out of the Historie of Lodouico Guicchardini' London 1593 dedicated to Lord Burghley. 2. A Continuation of the Historie of France from the death of Charles the Eight where Comines endeth till the death of Henry the Second 1559 collected by Thomas Danett gentleman' London 1600 dedicated to Lord Buckhurst. ." STC 5603 Imprinted at London by Ar. Hatfield for I. Norton unknown books
1593rif. 1379537Cölln Köln: durch Johannem Gymnicum Johann Gymnich III 1593. Hardcover. Octavo 30 2 671 1 323 1 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over substantial bevelled wooden boards boards with blind tooled roll-stamps of figurines of "Dur" and "Hei" possibly by Paulus Velthof. Light shelfwear and rubbing. With two clasps one working and one broken in half. Title page with faded ink name dated 1608 other since ink name. Second leaf with pencil. Upper fore corner of title page worn some small chipping to upper fore corner and lower edge. Scarce. Shelved case 3. USTC: 683871. VD16 C 4631. USTC and VD16 recording 6 copies. Philippe de Commines was a writer and diplomat in the courts of Burgundy and France. His Memoirs cover most of the reigns of Kings Louis XI and Charles VIII of France and discuss the psychological insights into the behavior of kings. 1379537. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. durch Johannem Gymnicum [Johann Gymnich (III)] hardcover books
1594rif. 395572In Genoua: Appresso gli Heredi di Gier. Bartoli 1594. Softcover. Good. First Italian edition. Translated by Lorenzo Conti. Quarto. 40 803 1pp. woodcut title vignette and illustrated woodcut initials. Contemporary pastepaper boards with original sewing along the joints edges sprinkled red. Signed manuscript note dated from: "Malta 2 December 1839" laid-down on the front pastedown identifying this copy as belonging to: "the Library of the Knights of Malta of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem." Two small laid-paper strips are pasted over an early ownership signature on the title page to the left and right of the woodcut vignette. The pastepaper binding is frayed at the edges and torn along the front joint both free endpapers are nearly detached modest intermittent old dampstaining and some worming to the top margin good. The scarce first Italian edition of Commynes celebrated Mémoires in a contemporary binding and with a compelling provenance. Appresso gli Heredi di Gier. Bartoli unknown books
1648rif. 311279A Leide: chez les Elzevirs 1648. First Elzevier edition. Engraved title 2476519pp. 1 vols. 12mo 13.3 x 7.5 cm. Beautifully bound in 19th century polished claret red crushed levant with spine and corners richly tooled in gilt with a intricately gilt center ornament of inlaid black morocco gilt inner dentelles a.e.g. by Duru dated 1850. Three bookseller's descriptions tipped to binders blank some minor foxing but a very near fine copy. With the bookplate of Thomas Westwood and of Ex Musaeo PIN Elzéar-Stern. First Elzevier edition. Engraved title 2476519pp. 1 vols. 12mo 13.3 x 7.5 cm. The celebrated memoirs of the foremost French Renaissance historian 1445-1509 notable as an important analysis of 15th century culture politics and personality. ".The graphic style of his narrative and above all the keenness of his insight into the motives of his contemporaries an insight undimmed by undue regard for principles of right and wrong make this work one of the great classics of history" - ENCYC. BRITANNICA. "Authoritative and rare.printed in Paris probably by Le Gras" - Rostenberg & Stern THE HOUSE OF ELZEVIR 27 referencing this edition in their offering of the 1661 edition. "Jolie édition dont les exemplaires grands de marge et bien conservés sont fort recherchés" - Brunet. Rahir 630; Brunet II:191. Willems 634 chez les Elzevirs unknown books
1648rif. 227751Leide: Elzeviers 1648. hardcover. very good. Beautifully engraved title page with a small stamped crown monogram in the lower margin. 24 765 19 pages. Thick 12mo full contemporary vellum. Leide: Ezeviers. 1648. Le Dernier Edition. A very good copy of this rare edition. First Elzevir edition of these famous memoirs of the renowned French Renaissance historian 1445- 1509. A great classics of history. - Brunet II 191. Elzeviers unknown books
1920rif. 165270Paris: Au Sans Pareil 1920. 1 of 9 copies on Japon Imperial paper Copy No. IV. Softcover. VG or better glassine jacket with minor chipping few tiny tears no significant loss microscopic at best. Printed oversize wraps with glassine jacket. Half-title. Title-page with woodcut vignette and 4 woodcut illustrations by Marc Chagall. 48 pp. Among Marc Chagall's earliest book illustrations preceded only by appearances in 1914 and 1918. With Andre Breton Soupault was one of the founders of the Surrealist movement: "Soupault's earliest verse collection 'Aquarium' 1917 was published with the help of Guillaume Apollinaire who introduced Soupault to André Breton. In 1919 Soupault Breton and Louis Aragon cofounded the review 'Littérature'. Originally drawn to the anti-rationalism of the Dada movement Soupault soon rejected its nihilism and he and Breton experimented with other revolutionary techniques. One result of their experimentation was the "automatic writing" of the jointly authored 'Les Champs magnétiques' 1920; 'The Magnetic Fields' known as the first major Surrealist work. Soupault soon abandoned automatic writing to produce carefully crafted verses such as those in 'Westwego' 1922 and 'Georgia' 1926. As the Surrealist movement became increasingly dogmatic and political Soupault grew dissatisfied with it and eventually broke with it and Breton" Encyclopedia Britannica online. Exceptionally rare one of 9 such copies. Au Sans Pareil paperback books
1671rif. 73816Lutetiae Parisiorum: impensis Societatis Typographicæ Librorum Ecclesiasticorum jussu Regis constitutæ 1671. Folio leaf 37.5 cm 15 volumes in 17 volume 11 in 2 plus the final Apparatus volume "Collectio Maxima" in 3 parts; text in double column woodcut device on title pages woodcut and typographical ornaments Apparatus volume with engraved title page title printed in red and black engraved headpiece and initials and with 3 engraved folding maps by Sanson each with several clean slices at the tops - likley a mistake by the binder but while sliced the maps remain complete; 18th century full calf gilt-decorated spines in 7 compartments morocco labels in 2 sprinkled edges; moderate wear some hinges starting or partially cracked but otherwise a very good clean and sound set. A comprehensive collection of edicts decrees councils and historical records of the Catholic Church from the beginning of the Christian era to 1674 as edited by Philippe Labbe 1607-1667 and Gabriel Cossart 1615-1674. impensis Societatis Typographicæ Librorum Ecclesiasticorum jussu Regis constitutæ unknown books
1675rif. 39689Paris: Christophe Ballard seul Imprimeur du Roy pour la Musique ruë Saint Jean de Beauvais au Mont Parnasse . Par exprés commandement de Sa Majesté 1675. Small quarto. Modern marbled boards with paper title label to upper and spine. 1f. recto title verso blank 1f. "Acteurs du Prologue" 4ff. "Prologue" 1f. "Acteurs de la Tragedie" 76 pp. With woodcut device to title including Apollo with lyre figures in Greco-Roman dress with harp and lute and a pegasus; exceptionally fine woodcut headpiece to Prologue and additional headpieces to each act; decorative woodcut initials and tailpieces throughout. Full named cast lists for the "Acteurs du Prologue" and the "Acteurs de la Tragedie." Small holes to blank inner margins from previous sewing; slightly worn; very occasional minor foxing soiling and stains; minor loss to blank upper outer corner of pp. 31/32. First Edition fourth issue. Sonneck Librettos p. 1069. Schmidt LLC3-2.3. Thesée a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts to a libretto by Quinault after Ovid's Metamorphoses was first performed at St Germain-en-Laye on 11 January 1675. "The orchestra and chorus are used with brilliant effect in several divertissements but especially in the evocation of battle throughout Act 1. Medea's role like that of Lully's final lovesick sorceress Armide is replete with expressive monologue airs: 'Doux repos' 'Dépit mortel' 'Sortez Ombres' and 'Ah! faut-il me venger'. Thésée was part of the standard repertory at the Paris Opéra from 1675 until 1767; in addition it was selected to represent Lully when in 1779 the Opéra presented an historical survey of French operatic styles. Lully's score was substantially modernized by editors for productions from 1754 onwards." Lois Rosow in Grove Music Online. Christophe Ballard, seul Imprimeur du Roy, pour la Musique, ruë Saint Jean de Beauvais au Mont Parnasse ... Par exprés command unknown books
1685rif. 262811Lyons: Girin 1685. hardcover. very good. 3 full page copperplate engravings and 4 engraved chapter headings. Thick 12mo 22 445 5 pages rubricated title and edges full calf gilt spine chipped and worn. Lyons: Jean Girin & B. Riviere 1685. Scarce. Very good . Sabin 21146; Wellcome II p. 494; Bitting 134. Girin unknown books
1692rif. LV1992Paris:: Chez Claude Barbin Jean Boudot George & Louis Josse avec privilege du Roy 1692. 1692. Sm. 4to. xx 406 xxiv pp. 6 chapter vignettes engraved by Vallet pp. aii 1 71 165 231 323 large engraved portrait of General Stanislas Jablonowski by Picart large folding map of Siberia 3 engraved plates: engr. pl. of transport sled of Moscow facing p.150 engr. pl. of a Calmouc Tartar facing p. 195 "Esquiss des Cosaques" facing p. 356. Nineteenth century quarter maroon morocco maroon paper over boards; rubbed. Rubber-stamp of Abbe E. Emile Longin Beaujeu fl.1904; receipt of sale of this copy to Armand Pushman 1932 NYC. First edition. This work was first translated into English in 1693. "At this time a major preoccupation of the Catholic Church and its China mission was to discover a safe land route from Europe to Peking through central Asia. This was due to the large numbers of out-going clergy who perished tragically every year at sea." Ames & Love p. 202. "The last decade of the century saw the publication of the accounts of several overland travelers to China and their destinations of China's inner-Asian neighbors. The story of the Jesuit Philippe Avril's attempt to establish a route across Russia for the safe passage of missionaries to China appeared in 1692 and includes descriptions of both the routes from Moscow to China and the peoples on China's frontiers. Avril himself however did not travel beyond Moscow and his descriptions therefore are not the result of his own observations." Lach & Kley pp. 1685-1686. The same for Nicolaas Witsen. Avril Philippe a Jesuit born in France explored extensively throughout Asia and the Far East. He was a professor of mathematics and philosophy in Paris before he began his overland journey. He traveled for six years through Kurdistan Armenia Astrakhan Persia and other parts of the southeast. At one point he came to Moscow and was refused entry to Tatary. He was sent by the government to Poland via Istanbul and back to France. Apparently affected by exhaustion and disease he still undertook another voyage his last for the ship was lost at sea circa 1698. – Love Ronald S. "A Passage to China: A French Jesuit's Perceptions of Siberia in the 1680s." French Colonial History 3: p. 94 2003. Ames & Love offer: "Though obliged to leave Moscow Avril did not return to France with Louis Barnabe . . . Remaining instead at Warsaw the two Jesuits had entered in early March 1688 Avril attempted twice more to achieve his objective or reaching China by land – if not through Siberia then via Persia and Central Asia. Aided in part by the Polish monarch John Sobieski r.1674-1696 and his ambassador to Russia the French priest once again traveled to Moscow in late spring. Just two days after his arrival in the Muscovite capital however Avril was ordered summarily out of the country. Once again he appealed the command in vain. 'Russia intended to keep her trade with China a secret.' Nor did he have better luck later the same year 1688 when he and a fellow Jesuit Pere de Beauvillier tried going south to Constantinople instead and thence through Persia to Bokhara Samarkland and the Chinese frontier. Crossing secretly into Ottoman territory the two men were arrested as spies. After several weeks they secured their release and resumed their trek. But Avril whose health had been waning as a result of relentless exertions suddenly developed a hemorrhage. Ordered to abandon the search and return home by his superiors he reached France in autumn 1689." Ames & Love p. 219. For Abbe Emile Longin provenance: see Bulletin de la Societe des sciences et arts du Beaujolais 1904 p.92. There is a Maggs Bros. London booksellers receipt of sale of this copy to Armand Pushman 10 Nov. 1932. Armand was one of two sons of Hovsep Pushman 1877-1966 an American artist of Armenian descent. He had studied art at the Imperial School of Fine Arts Istanbul. For a time Pushman lived at the famous Mission Inn Riverside California. He was also involved in the founding of the Laguna Beach Art Association. Armand Pushman d.1999 lived to 98 years and had been throughout his career a partner with his brother in their carpet business Pushman & Company. See: NYT Obituary January 11 1999. See: Henri Cordier Bibliotheca Sinica Dictionnaire Bibliographique des ouvrages relatifs a l'Empire chinois t. III 2088; De Backer Augustin & Carlos S.J. Sommervogel Bibliotheque de la Compagnie de Jesus. Bibliographie tome I p.706; Donald F. Lach Edwin J. Van Kley Asia in the Making of Europe Volume III: A Century of Advance book 4: East Asia. University of Chicago Press 1998; Glenn Joseph Ames Ronald S. Love Distant Lands and Diverse Cultures: The French Experience in Asia 1600-1700. Praeger 2003 – pp. 202 219; Howgego A142; Salmaslian Armenag Bibliographie de l'Armenie 1946 p. 238; Walravens Hartmut China illustrata. Das europaische Chinaverstandnis im Spiegel des 16. bis 18. Jahrhunderts. Mit einem Beitrag von David E. Mungello. Ausstellung im Zeughaus der Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbuttel vom 21. Marz bis 23. August 1987. Ausstellungskataloge der Herzog-August-Bibliothek Nr. 55 Wolfenbuttel: Herzog August Bibliothek 1987 55. 1691. Chez, Claude Barbin, Jean Boudot, George & Louis Josse, avec privilege du Roy, 1692. hardcover books
