[J. B. CHARCOT, L. HAFFNER, A. GALLAND, A. THEUNISSEN.]Livre Rare Book
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1934Best.-Nr. 3975Paris, Edilux, 1934. 1934 1 vol. in-fol° (390 x 290 mm.) de : LXXVII, [1], 122 pp. ; 72 + 12 planches hors-texte dont de nombreuses reproductions photographiques de yachts ; préface du Docteur J. Charcot ; illustrations de Léon Haffner, André Galland et A. Theunissen. Un des 40 exemplaires sur japon (tirage total à 200 exemplaires + 120 de propagande). Plein vélin à décors aquarellé reprenant le motif de la couverture brochée (laquelle est reliée en début d'ouvrage).
1554Best.-Nr. 3750.8 cal. December, 155Paris A. Turnèbe 8 cal. December 1554. Sm. 4to. 8 3/8 x 6 5/8 inches 18th century 3/4 vellum over paper-covered boards title lettered in hand on the spine; edges sprinkled in a red and blue marbled pattern. A FINE COPY. First edition of these ancient texts on surveying edited by Galland and Adrien Turnèbe from a manuscript which they found in the library of a monastery of the Saint-Bertin at Saint-Omer. And as Ruth Mortimer points out although the title-page fails to name the editor Galland's name heads the dedication to the cardinal de Lorraine on leaf 2r. The title-page is without ornamentation; there are however five-line decorated woodcut initials and occasional headpieces. "Thirteen full pages of woodcuts of land measurement conclude the commentary of Aggeneus Urbicus on Frontinus ll K3v-M1v. The succeeding texts are illustrated with 134 similar subjects and diagrams in addition to nine pages of the symbols used in recording surveys. Mortimer/French. 244. See also: Maittaire. Historia. II p. 54. NOT IN Brunet Murray Rothschild or Brun. Just THREE COPIES are cited in OCLC: Stanford NYPL and Oxford. 16th C. Work ON SURVEYING WITH WOODCUTS Paris A. Turnèbe hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 57384Paris & Amsterdam Desaint & Saillant 1754. . First edition 8vo viii 215 pp. 19th-century half calf over marbled boards spine with raised bands red morocco label lettered in gilt; rebacked to style retaining label corners a bit rubbed a very good copy. A very good fresh example of the first edition of this 'very interesting work which contains five separate essays. The first three are translations from Arabic and Turkish authorities; the last two are eye-witness accounts - one a long description of Chios and the other a description of the marriage of Sultana Esma with Yakub Pasha governor of Silistria' Navari. 'Galland's account of the rituals surrounding the pilgrimage to Mekkah includes enlightening description of many of the important shrines and sites within the city. Extensive footnotes describe the history and physical appearance of such features as the Ka'aba the Black Stone and Mount Ararat as well as explaining relevant Arabic terms and the importance of certain religious figures in the Islamic tradition' Atabey. 'Galland "dragoman" or interpreter in the Levant nephew of the celebrated orientalist Antoine Galland translated many works into French the present work being a collected edition of five Arabic and Turkish pieces' Blackmer. Also contains a discussion of Ottoman science the Traduction d'une dissertation sur les sciences des Turcs et sur l'ordre qu'ils gardent dans le cours de leurs études by Zaini Efendi pp. 85-98. Atabey 470; Blackmer 643; Navari 643. Paris & Amsterdam, Desaint & Saillant, 1754. hardcover
1816Best.-Nr. 21275Paris: Librairie d'Éducation d'Alexis Eymerie and the author on back of title-page: printed by J.-B. Imbert 1816. Contemporary gold-tooled grained green morocco sewn on 3 recessed cords but with the tooling dividing the spine into 5 fields each board with the large arms of the dedicatee Marie Thérèse de France Duchesse d'Angoulême daughter of King Louis XVI: a crowned double coat of arms each in an oval in a wide border of fleurs-de-lis and tulip-like flowers the dexter arms of her husband that normally used by the Duc de Berry but also by the seconde maison Capétienne d'Artois azure 3 fleurs-de-lis or with a bordure embattled gules and the sinister arms of her father Louis XVI matching that of the Kings of France azure 3 fleurs-de-lis or with no bordure gold-tooled spine with the author and title in the 2nd and volume number in the 3rd of 5 fields and further with decorated rolls and fleurs-de-lis gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins pink silk endleaves headbands in white and pink gilt edges. Large 12mo 17.5 x 10.5 cm. With 3 title-pages each in the same border made of 4 rules with circular decorations mitred at the corners a large folding engraved map of France in 1816 by Hérisson on heavy paper 3 astronomical and cosmographical figures on 3 engraved plates a large folding hierarchical tableau synoptique of French grammar and numerous numerical tables and mathematical equations in the text. Set in roman and italic types each title-page with a few words in a French ronde upright script. 3 volumes. Very rare first and only edition of a compendious educational work intended for girls dedicated in the newly restored Bourbon monarchy to Marie Thérèse de France 1778-1851 Duchesse d'Angoulême and daughter of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette the only heir directly descended from Louis XVI to survive the Revolution. The dedication itself appears in volume 1 1817 but is noted on all three title-pages so also 1816. The present copy is in a beautiful armorial morocco binding clearly intended as a dedication copy for Marie Thérèse with her arms on both boards of each volume. She had married her first cousin Louis Antoine d'Artois 1775-1844 Duc d'Angoulême in 1799 he was to be King of France for 20 minutes in 1830 when his father and he abdicated then pretender to the throne calling himself Louis XIX. She was nearly forty and childless when the book appeared soon after the 1814/15 restoration of the Bourbon monarchy with her uncle as King Louis XVIII. Rather than impale the husband's and father's arms as the English did French ladies displayed them side by side: courtoisie. The book contains lessons in all subjects girls of good family should be taught. The first volume covers French grammar and syntax with separate courses for younger and older girls followed by a basic course in rhetoric. The second volume covers arithmetic and geography in single extensive courses. The third and last volume covers history and mythology again with separate courses for the younger and older girls both presented like a catechism. with questions and answers for the children to learn by heart. In fine condition with only a small tear in the folding table and occasional very minor foxing. Fine copy in a fine armorial dedication binding for the daughter of King Louis XVI in the restored Bourbon monarchy.l KVK & WorldCat 5 copies; Quérard III p. 245; not in Gumuchian; for the arms on the binding: Olivier Manuel armoriées Françaises 2553 fer no. 2 recorded on a different 1816 book. Librairie d'Éducation d'Alexis Eymerie, [and] the author (on back of title-page: printed by J.-B. Imbert), unknown
