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1688réf. 25Quarto 12 by 8 1/4 inches London: "Printed by Joseph Streater and are to be Sold by T. Basset at the George in Fleet-Street. J Robinson at the Golden Lyon in St. Paul's Church-Yard. B. Ayimer at the Three Pigeons over against the Royal-Exchange. Job. Southby at the Harrow in Cornhil. And by W. Canning in the Temple." 1688. 16 267 12 & 3 40 pages. TWO works bound together as published in original full mottled calf with raised bands and gilt ornaments on spine. Good condition with some chipping along outside hinges but holding; and normal wear to corners. Title page of first part printed in red and black. Lower right corner of title page to second part torn and missing but not affecting text; and minor old insect damage to lower portion of same; date and other particulars still very readable. Engraved bookplate of Henry Maister of an early English mercantile family. There are thirty-one full page engravings of animals in the first part; and five full page engravings of scientific measurements diagrams and instruments in the second part. There is also an index. ESTC R2399 Perrault was a physician and architect the design for the Eastern portion of the Louvre is attributed to him. His book on the NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS has engraved drawings of each animal and discusses their anatomy among the unusual animals included are the "sea fox" the Canadian beaver and "Pintados". Waller who translated the second book for the Royal Society subsequently wrote a biography of the scientist Robert Hooke. The second title: "Account of the Measure of a Degree of a Great Circle of the Earth" discusses the attempts to determine the size of the earth from the time of the Ancients until the publication of this work using mathematical formulae optical instruments and other mechanical devices some of which are illustrated by beautiful engravings. Printed by Joseph Streater, and are to be Sold by T. Basset, at the George in Fleet-Street. J Robinson, at the Golden Lyon in St hardcover
1957réf. 23590AB1957. Lausanne André et Pierre Gonin 1957. 4°. 23 Bl. Mit zahlr. farb. z.T. ganzs. Textillust. von Hans Fischer. Lose Lagen in Orig.-Umschlag Halbpergament-Chemise u. Schuber. Vgl. Schug 1662. Nr. 109 v. 235 Ex. GA 270. Signiert im Impressum von André Gonin. "Die von dem Schweizer Hans Fischer 1909-1958 ersonnene Paraphrase ist eine der geglücktesten überhaupt. Er motiviert sie mit den Worten: 'Was nicht in der Geschichte steht: nämlich dass es für einen Kater gar nicht einfach ist in Stiefeln zu stehen und auf zwei Beinen zu gehen. Das musste er zuerst lernen" Schug. unknown
1960réf. 55447ABLausanne, André et Pierre Gonin 1960. In-4°. 43 p.en feuilles, illustré de lithographies en couleurs + une suite des lithographies décomposée. Broché, couverture rempliée avec chemise et étui.
1688réf. 032445London: Printed by Joseph Streater for sale by T Basset J Robinson B Aylmer Joh Southby And W Canning 1688 A very good copy of this important work on comparative anatomy with engraved title; rubricated title and 30 plates. The original publication had 2 separate parts both complete in themselves - the second section 'The Measure of the Earth' translated by Richard Waller is not present. Alexander Pitfeild undertook to translate this work originally led by Charles Perrault for the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris. Animals mostly from the royal menageries at Vincennes and Versailles were supplied to the Royal Academy for detailed study and dissection. The first publication including 13 species appeared in 1671 with a second volume 5 years later. The publications had very short print runs and were very expensive being elephant folio with detailed art work mainly by Sebastien Leclerc. There was a growing desire to learn about natural history and the nature of animals and copies of Perrault's work were almost impossible to obtain. Pitfeild's translation was much needed and it became the only work published on comparative anatomy in England between 1660 and 1700. Richard Waller undertook the illustrations copying Leclerc but reducing the size taking care to keep the drawings in proportion. The second part missing here was undertaken not because it was linked in any way but because it was important and of interest to the Royal Society. Copies of Pitfeild's translation are extremely scarce. This copy is in a new binding with cloth spine with title label and paper-covered boards. Contents: engraved title page; rubricated title page; permission for printing by the Royal Society with 2 ink reference numbers at the top; dedication; To The Reader 2pp; preface 9pp; text pp 1- 267 with 30 plates p 1 with small stamp to bottom margin; a few light ink spots to bottom side margins pp 48 & 49; small repaired edge tear bottom p141; alphabetical table of animal names with errata 2pp; index of anatomical matters 11pp; finis. Contents in very good clean condition. There is some staining which is mostly to the top outer page corners and varies in intensity. Occasional light marking elsewhere. Please enquire if you would like to see more images. Printed by Joseph Streater, for sale by T Basset, J Robinson, B Aylmer, Joh Southby And W Canning hardcover
1696réf. 6163KParis: Antoine Dezallier 1696 and 1700. Near Fine. Crown Folio 39: 27 cm binding 38: 26 cm block 8 not numb. leafs index front. title page portrait of Perrault preface 51 not numb. plates p. 1-102; 2 not numb. leafs title page preface 502 suppl. not numb. plates p. 1-102. Fully grained mid 19th century morocco over cardboard thread-stitched on 5 raised bands boards with gilt stamped filets spines with ornamental gilt stamped title printing red cut on all sides and multicolour marbled end papers. Well preserved copy of the 1st printing of this Who’s Who of 17th century France edited by Charles Perrault an influential figure in the 17th-century French literary scene and leader of the „Moderns“ during their quarrel against the „Ancients“. – Contents Illustration: All personalities are pictured with precise engravings by Gérard Edelinck Jacques Lubin et al. after drawings and paintings by a number or artists. Starting with the omnipotent Cardinal Richelieu there are to be found e. G. Colbert Corneille Descartes Molière and Racine as well as Blaise Pascal. His and D’Arnaulds portraits due to censorship lacking in later print-runs are well conserved in this copy of the 1st as well as the engravings of their substitutes Thomassin and Du Fresne bound in without the correspondent texts as supplements of vol. 2. – Condition: Corners and margins of binding in parts worn boards minimally scratched inside in parts slightly finger-stained and minimally foxy otherwise well preserved copy of this illustrious print on high quality mould paper. Former owner’s „FvH“ little stamp on frontispiece and title pages. – Provenance: Eduard Böcking renown German liberal historian and jurist with his engraved and dated „1848“ bookplate tipped-on front board verso of vol. 1. Böcking also contributed the hand-written index which a total of 105 names mentioning also Charles de La Porte and Maximilien de Béthune that are actually not included.– Reference: Calot L’Art du livre en France 110; Lipperheide Fb25; Rahir La Bibliothèque de l’amateur 579. Antoine Dezallier hardcover
1850réf. 74207Magnin, Blanchard & Compagnie | Paris 1850 (S.d.) | 17.50 x 27.20 cm | relié
1721réf. 88057Leyde, Pierre Van der Aa, 1721, in-4, 2 volumes pagination et signatures continues, [2]-78-876 (i.e. 914) pp, 26 pl, Basane marbrée de l'éoque, dos à nerfs, titres et tomaisons rouges, Première édition de ce recueil de mémoires, en partie publiés en 1680-1688 dans publié publiés originellement au sein des Essais de physique (Paris, 1680-1688) et auxquels quelques textes ont été ajoutés. Bien complet des cartons signés V5-V6 au (pages 160a à 160d) et Ss5-Ss6 (pages 328a à 238d) ; le cahier Rrrr comprend 19 feuillets signés Rrrr1-2, Rrrr2a-c, Rrrr3-16 L'ouvrage est illustré d'1 portrait dépliant de l'auteur, de 17 planches dépliantes et de 8 planches hors texte, auxquelles s'ajoutent 22 planches dans le texte. Il se compose de 5 parties : De la pesanteur des corps, de leur ressort et de leur dureté ; Du bruit ; De la méchanique des animaux ; De la génération ; Recueil de divers traités de physique et de méchanique. Cette cinquième partie a un faux-titre propre ; elle contient le fameux traité sur l'Origine des fontaines du frère de l'auteur, l'hydrologue Pierre Perrault. L'architecte-médecin Claude Perrault (1613-1688), frère de Charles et Pierre Perrault, s'est illustré dans de nombreux domaines. Il est célèbre pour avoir mis en oeuvre la belle colonnade du Louvre, dessiné les plans de l'Observatoire de Paris et traduit le De Architectura de Vitruve. On lui doit également d'importantes monographies sur les animaux. Il mourut le 9 octobre 1688, après avoir disséqué un chameau qui avait péri d'une maladie. Reliures usagées. Nombreux feuillets brunis, principalement au t. 1. ; galeries de ver à l'intérieur des premiers feuillets du t. 1 et en marge des derniers feuillets du t. 2, sans atteinte au texte ; petite mouillure angulaire claire sur les premiers feuillets du t. 1, large auréole claire sur la page de titre du t. 2. et quelques piqûres au tome 2. Légère déchirure, sans manque, sur le portrait. DSB X, p. 521. Couverture rigide
1804réf. 881F49London: Tabart and Co 1804 . Paperback. Good. 5.5" by 3.5". Not Stated. Benjamin Tabart's very scarce 1804 edition of Charles Perrault's classic fairy tale the first separate printing of this work in English. This is a very scarce early single volume English language edition of the classic tale; Tabart is known to have printed sixteen editions in 1804 alone all of which are now very scarce. This is the sixth edition from Tabart published in the same year as their first.Illustrated with a hand-coloured copper plate frontispiece and with one further hand coloured plate. Collated lacking the third plate referred to by the title page.Ink inscriptions to verso of front wrap and recto of rear wrap.With a publisher's advertisement to the verso of the title page.Jisc lists only three institutionally held copies of this work: eleventh and twelfth editions held by the University of Cambridge and a fourteenth edition held by the V&A Museum libraries. In the original paper wraps. Paper repair to back strip. Original title label to front wrap detaching to head and with spotting. Spotting and handling marks to wraps. Ink inscriptions to verso of front wrap and recto of rear wrap. Internally binding strained and somewhat tender. Pages lightly age toned but generally clean with only the odd spot. Good Tabart and Co paperback
réf. 50801Amsterdam by Nicolaus Visscher op den Dam in de Visscher. Met privilegie no date circa 1682. DUTCH EDITION IN 4 LANGUAGES French English Dutch and German circa 1682. 4to approximately 240 x 170 mm 9½ x 7 inches 41 engravings including the plan and entrance to Versailles the illustrattions based on Aesop's Fables text of Charles Perrault and plates with preceeding page of 4 verses by Isaac de Benserade in 4 languages. Pages: 22 1-81 5 1-79 9 bound in full contemporary vellum. Binding soiled and spotted spine rubbed with slight loss of vellum pale staining affecting lower margins of pages 75-82 with pale tide marks not affecting text and pale staining to lower margins of plates 77 & 78 not affecting images pale show-through to verso of engraved plates occasional small mark or spot otherwise a good copy. Descriptions of the designs for fountains at the Versailles Labyrinth.The French original descriptions by Charles Perrault and verses by I. de Benserade with an English version by J. Morisson German by A. Muller Dutch by Anthoni Jansz van der Goes. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. Amsterdam, by Nicolaus Visscher, op den Dam in de Visscher. Met privilegie, no date, circa 1682. hardcover
réf. 150990N.p.: N.p. 1970. Collection of nine vintage reference photographs from the 1970 film including eight borderless and one with narrow margins and wide bottom margin. Two bear provenance stamps on the verso and one bears the stamp of photographer Andre Marinie. Three in the collection are on the set photographs featuring director Jacques Demy. Based on the 1695 French fairytale in verse by Charles Perrault and loosely based on Jean Cocteau's 1946 "Beauty and the Beast." Shot on location in Chambord Ecuille Gmabais Manche and Oise France. Photographs range in size from 7 x 5 inches to 10.5 x 7 inches. Generally about Near Fine. Criterion Collection 718. N.p. unknown books
réf. 150990N.p.: N.p. 1970. Collection of nine vintage reference photographs from the 1970 film including eight borderless and one with narrow margins and wide bottom margin. Two bear provenance stamps on the verso and one bears the stamp of photographer Andre Marinie. Three in the collection are on the set photographs featuring director Jacques Demy. Based on the 1695 French fairytale in verse by Charles Perrault and loosely based on Jean Cocteau's 1946 "Beauty and the Beast." Shot on location in Chambord Ecuille Gmabais Manche and Oise France. Photographs range in size from 7 x 5 inches to 10.5 x 7 inches. Generally about Near Fine. Criterion Collection 718. N.p. unknown
1768réf. 963F12London: Printed for ye editor 1768 . First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 12" by 9.5". George Bickham. The very scarce first edition of Daniel Bellamy's translation of this satire about Aesop navigating the 'labyrinth' of the French court illustrated with engraved plates by George Bickham. A very scarce first edition extracted from Daniel Bellamy's 1768 work 'Ethnic Amusements'.Illustrated with a total of forty-two engraved plates including a map of the labyrinth and an engraved title page forty plates and a vignette engraving.Collated complete.Illustrated by English writing master and engraver George Bickham.This satirical and allegorical work that uses the character of Aesop as a mouthpiece for social and political commentary on the French court particularly the intrigues and excesses of Versailles. First published in the original French by Charles Perrault this is the first English language edition translated by Daniel Bellamy.ESTC No: T83830In a quarter morocco binding with marbled paper covered boards and with endpapers renewed. Housed in a felt lined chemise and matching slip case. Rebacked in marbled paper covered boards with endpapers renewed. Externally fine. Housed in a felt-lined chemise and matching slip case. Chemise in fine condition with slip case near fine with instances of light fading to board perimeters. Internally firmly bound. Minor loss and neat restoration to tail of final leaf. Small closed tears to fore edge of title page. Pages lightly age toned with the odd spot and instances of light handling marks. With light offsetting to pages facing plates. Very Good Indeed Printed for ye editor hardcover
réf. 221814Paris, Calixte Volland, an XIV - 1805 2 tomes en un vol. in-folio, [4]-40-32 pp., avec un frontispice allégorique et 103 planches (dont 103 portraits individuels de célébrités du XVIIe siècle, et 2 planches collectives de personnages du XVIIIe siècle), demi-chagrin rouge, dos à nerfs orné (reliure de la fin du XIXe). Qqs rousseurs.
1694réf. 103643Cologne, La Haye, Paris, Châlon, 1694, in-12, 6 pièces en 1 vol, Veau glacé brun du XIXe s, dos à nerfs et fleuronné, triple filet d'encadrement sur les plats, tête rouge [Ch. de Haas], Ensemble de satires publiées en 1694 : quatre sont directement provoquées par la première, le Dialogue ou Satire X, dans laquelle Boileau déroule ses fameux vers contre les femmes. Ces opuscules constituent les pièces essentielles de la Querelle des Satires qui a lieu cette année-là : cet épisode clef de la Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes, qui a marqué la fin du XVIIe siècle, illustre la manière dont la satire a été utilisée par Boileau et ses adversaires pour défendre une esthétique classique inspirée des modèles antiques d'un côté et, de l'autre, un style littéraire délivré des règles strictes du classicisme. - Dialogue ou Satire X. Du Sieur D*** [Boileau-Despréaux]. Cologne. [4]-20 pp. Réimpression de l'édition originale de cette célèbre satire, parue la même année chez Denys Thierry. Outre le ton généralement misogyne, ce texte est une provocation contre l'esthétique galante et moderne, portée par un milieu littéraire féminin. Tchémerzine II, 276 (e). - L'Apologie des femmes. Par Mr P** [Charles Perrault]. Cologne. [24]-12 pp. Perrault fut le principal adversaire de Boileau. Le célèbre conteur soutient ici la cause des Modernes et flatte ses précieux appuis. Cette édition est publiée la même année que l'originale et que le Recueil Moetjens dans lequel figure aussi l'Apologie. - [Nicolas Pradon] Réponse à la Satire X du Sieur D***. Cologne. [6]-15 pp. Cette réimpression à la date de l'originale est de la plume de l'un des critiques les plus acerbes de Boileau. L'auteur défend un style littéraire moins soumis aux règles strictes du classicisme et s'en prend directement à l'autorité du polémiste. - Nouvelles remarques sur la satire de monsr. Boileau contre les femmes (...) Par le Sieur D.M. [Franc?ois Salvat de Montfort?]. La Haye, Pierre van Thol. 48 pp. - Satyre contre les maris. Par le Sieur R** T.D.F. [Jean-François Regnard?]. Suivant la copie imprimée à Paris. [4]-24 pp. - [Pierre de Bellocq] Les Petits-Maistres. Chaalons, Jean et Claude Bouchard. 22 pp. L'auteur était valet de chambre de Louis XIV. (Découpe comblée sur la page de titre. Marges courtes). Dos passé, léger frottement et petites taches sur les plats. Bel exemplaire établi par le relieur parisien Ch. de Haas. Les marges d'époque ont été conservées. Bel ex-libris enluminé sur le contreplat : armes (d'azur à trois furets rampants d'argent, les deux du chef adossés, accompagnés de trois étoiles d'or, deux en flancs et une en pointe) et devise "Disjecta quaerendo collegi" dans un phylactère (famille Bigault de Cazenove?). Sur la garde blanche, étiquette gravée de la bibliothèque de Georges Massoulard. Pascal Debailly. "Nicolas Boileau et la Querelle des Satires". Littératures classiques, 2009, 68 (1), 131-144 [en ligne]. Couverture rigide
1920réf. 87354Reliure postérieure demi-box rose. Dos lisse avec titre doré. Couverture et dos conservés. Reliure signée Boichot. Papier bruni par le temps mais les couleurs sont restées vives.Recueil de huit contes de Charles Perrault, dont La Belle au bois dormant, Le Petit Chaperon rouge et Le Chat botté, chacun accompagné d'une planche en couleurs et de nombreuses illustrations en texte de l'artiste français Art déco Lucien Laforge (1889-1952). Les dessins fantaisistes aux couleurs posées en aplats ont été coloriés au patron par l'Atelier André Marty.
1676réf. 86815Chez Jean-Baptiste Coignard, rue Saint-Jacques, à la Bible d'or | Paris 1676 | 9.80 x 16 cm | relié
1688réf. 216881688. A Paris chez Jean-Baptiste Coignard 1688. Un vol. au format in-12 163 x 98 mm de 1 f. bl. 20 ff. n.fol. 252 et 19 ff. Reliure de l'poque de plein veau marbr havane filet froid encadrant les plats dos nerfs orn de filets gras froid jeu de petits filets obliques dors sur les nerfs doubles caissons d'encadrement dors fleurons dors piÂce de titre de maroquin caramel titre dor palette dore en tÂte et queue filet dor sur les coupes tranches rouges. Edition originale rare de cette important ouvrage. Tome Ier seul sur 4 cependant complet en tant que tel. Le prsent volume est dvolu aux Sciences et aux Arts. Les suivants qui parurent de 1692 1697 L'Eloquence puis la Posie et enfin l'Astronomie la Gographie la Navigation la Guerre la Philosophie la Musique et la Mdecine. ''ClÂbre ouvrage l'origine de la Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes l'un des ouvrages marquants de l'histoire littraire du XVIIe siÂcle.'' Exemplaire bien pourvu de son feuillet d'Errata souvent absent. ''L'auteur estime que les Modernes sont suprieurs aux Anciens et conclut sur le principe positif d'une progression constante des arts et des lettres travers les siÂcles visant donner la France la capacit d'occuper la premiÂre place dans le temps comme dans l'espace en dmontrant la supriorit des artistes et auteurs modernes sur les anciens ''. Prouse de Montclos in L'Art Paris. ''Au nom de la raison Charles Perrault entreprend d'examiner ici en un vaste panorama les lettres la philosophie les sciences et les arts pour dmontrer qu'ils sont soumis au progrÂs que le beau n'est pas immuable et que peut s'y affirmer un gnie proprement franÂais libr du carcan de la comparaison avec l'Antiquit et l'Italie. Manifeste de l'esprit moderne et de la foi dans le progrÂs tout en restituant sa place l'imagination et la sensibilit le "ParallÂle des Anciens et des Modernes" ouvrait la voie au siÂcle des LumiÂres.'' in Tchemerzine-Scheler V 169. Tchemerzine IX Bibliographie d'ditions originales et rares d'auteurs franÂais 170 ne dcrivant qu'une dition de 1690 - Brunet VI Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres 18296 - Graesse V Trsor de livres rares et prcieux p. 206. Coiffe suprieure arase. Marque brune en tÂte du premier plat. Rares rousseurs dans le texte. Infime manque angulaire affectant un feuillet. Manque au dernier feuillet de la Prface avec disparition de la derniÂre lige du texte. Les 5 derniers feuillets Du SiÂcle de Louis le Grand ici absents. Nonobstant bonne condition. b42961 unknown
réf. 39575Avignon, 1759. In-12 (165 x 97 mm), veau fauve écaille de l'époque, dos lisse orné de compartiments cloisonnés et fleuronnés, pièce de titre de maroquin bordeaux, filet sur les coupes, coiffes guillochées, tranches rouges, (4), 204 pages.
1688réf. 21688A Paris, chez Jean-Baptiste Coignard, 1688. Un vol. au format in-12 (163 x 98 mm) de 1 f. bl., 20 ff. n.fol., 252 et [19] ff. Reliure de l'époque de plein veau marbré havane, filet à froid encadrant les plats, dos à nerfs orné de filets gras à froid, jeu de petits filets obliques dorés sur les nerfs, doubles caissons d'encadrement dorés, fleurons dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin caramel, titre doré, palette dorée en tête et queue, filet doré sur les coupes, tranches rouges.
1936réf. 37587Paris Editions du Perce-Ne 1936 In-4, en feuilles, couverture imprime.31 gravures in texte de J.-E. Laboureur. Tirage limit 75 exemplaires numrots et signs par l'artiste. Un des 65 exemplaires sur papier vlin de Rives.
réf. 5784Paris, Jean Baptiste Coignart, 1676. In-12 (90 x 156 mm), 7 ff. n. ch., 316 pp., 1 f. n. ch. Veau, dos à nerfs orné, roulette sur les coupes, trace claire de mouillure dans le coin inférieur des huit premiers et six derniers feuillets (reliure de l'époque).
réf. 139920Baton Rouge: Published by the Friends of the LSU Library 1987. full leather binding housed in a cloth clamshell box with leather spine label. Etherington Don. small 4to. full leather binding housed in a cloth clamshell box with leather spine label. xvi 280 pages with xvi pages of plates. A catalogue of the Mcilhenny natural history collection which describes 1388 items. A fine copy in fine clamshell box. Signed in ink by the compiler author of the preface and author of the introduction on the half-title page. This particular copy has been bound in a full leather artists' binding by Don Etherington which is unsigned. The binding is full olive green calf with green navy blue white brown dark blue tan olive red and purple leather onlays with the title stamped in black. Handmade metallic pastepaper pastedowns and endpapers. The collection which consists of art and books about nature was formed as a result of a gift from the descendants of Mcilhenny of Avery Island in Louisiana owned by the family since 1813. It is illustrated with 16 pages of beautiful color plates and several black-and-white plates and drawing throughout. Indexed. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. Published by the Friends of the LSU Library unknown books
réf. 139920Baton Rouge: Published by the Friends of the LSU Library 1987. full leather binding housed in a cloth clamshell box with leather spine label. Etherington Don. small 4to. full leather binding housed in a cloth clamshell box with leather spine label. xvi 280 pages with xvi pages of plates. A catalogue of the Mcilhenny natural history collection which describes 1388 items. A fine copy in fine clamshell box. Signed in ink by the compiler author of the preface and author of the introduction on the half-title page. This particular copy has been bound in a full leather artists' binding by Don Etherington which is unsigned. The binding is full olive green calf with green navy blue white brown dark blue tan olive red and purple leather onlays with the title stamped in black. Handmade metallic pastepaper pastedowns and endpapers. The collection which consists of art and books about nature was formed as a result of a gift from the descendants of Mcilhenny of Avery Island in Louisiana owned by the family since 1813. It is illustrated with 16 pages of beautiful color plates and several black-and-white plates and drawing throughout. Indexed. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. Published by the Friends of the LSU Library unknown
1722réf. 42537London: Printed for John Senex and R. Gosling W. Taylor W. and J. Innys and J. Osborn 1722. Second edition thus. Folio. viii xxii ii xii 42 45-131 1 pp. Later period style full calf with blindstamped decoration to both boards spine with raised bands twin gilt lettered red labels marbled endpapers late 20th century ownership inscription to the original front flyleaf. Engraved title and dedication and 6 plates plus numerous head and tail piece vignettes historiated initials and other diagrams in the text by John Sturt. Spine a little sunned very good overall. First published in France in 1683 the first English edition appeared in 1708. Pages 43/44 are not called for. London: Printed for John Senex and R. Gosling, W. Taylor, W. and J. Innys, and J. Osborn unknown
1804réf. 69198Philadelphia: Printed by John Adams 1804. Adorned with cuts" by Alexander Anderson A charming early American chapbook of the famous French folktale. The Metropolitan Museum attributes the illustrations to pioneering wood engraver Alexander Anderson 1775–1870. Jane Pomeroy also traces how Anderson's engravings were repurposed across contemporary publications: the frontispiece showing a seated man wearing a Chinese-style hat first appeared in The Trifle Hunter Hartford: John Babcock 1798 while the illustration of Bluebeard's castle seen here as a distinctly recognizable Tower of Babel originated in Babcock's History of the Bible 1798 before appearing in his 1800 edition of the present title. "The story of Bluebeard which belongs to the common stock of folk-lore came to England in this form and thence to America from the famous French fairy story of Charles Perrault 1628–1703 first printed in 1697 in his Histoire et contes du tems passé. French tradition attaches the Bluebeard legend to Gilles de Rais a Breton chief of the 6th century who dabbled in magic slew children and committed other atrocious crimes. The editor of this present version of the story has seized any opportunity to point a moral. As soon as Fatima knew she would be forced to go with Bluebeard she wrote immediately to Selim. Now only think what a fine thing it is to be a scholar for if Fatima could not have write to her lover nobody else would have done it for her.so above all things learn to read your book. The sister's name is Irene in this story not the usual Anne" - Rosenbach. Rare Book Hub records just four copies at auction in over fifty years and Welch traces copies in sixteen institutions including the American Antiquarian Society the Library Company of Philadelphia and Huntington Library. Contemporary buff brown paper wrappers the first and last leaf pasted down to covers as issued. Minor edgewear and tanning. Very good plus. HAMILTON EARLY AMERICAN BOOK ILLUSTRATORS AND WOOD ENGRAVERS 208. POMEROY 75a Hartford. ROSENBACH 298. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 5887 6869 7025. WELCH 986.4. unknown books
