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1567[Dizionario enciclopedico - Genova](Cm.32) Buona mz. pergamena sec. XVII Nervi, titolo al dorso. -cc.10nn., pp. 1019 + 1 p. bianca. Marca tipografica al frontis, capolettera figurati e a fondo nero. Testo a due colonne in latino con vari passi in greco. Opera molto interessante che riporta ciò che hanno scritto i classici e gli scrittori del medio-evo sui vari soggetti: amore, aborto, astrologia, medicina, musica, cecità, morte, inferno, vino ecc. In forma di dizionario enciclopedico di facile consultazione, con brani antologici anche in Italiano, dal petraraca ecc. apparsa nel 1503 ebbe molte ristampe. per notizie sull'autore Genovese vedi. * Soprani "Scrittori della Liguria" 1667, p.84 e Oldoini a. "Scriptorum Ligurum" 1680 p. 161. Esemplare particolare con molte eleganti annotazioni manoscritte ai margini, che costituiscono una aggiunta di altre citazioni e passi poetici, in Italiano, molte delle quali dal Pastor Fido del Guarini. Tutto in chiarissima grafia della fine del '500 la cui autografia ci è ignota.; merita uno studio. Esemplare assolutamente completo delle 10 carte iniziali, come descrive Adams, nonostante il richiamo errato a carta 10 verso, alcune ombreggiature all'interno per la qualità della carta con minime fioriture. Peraltro bell'esemplare, fresco e marginoso. Antico ex-libris al frontis. Molto raro manca a BM.STC. German, Choix, Graesse, Brunet e a varia bibliografia consultata. * Adams N 24.[f68] Libro
1786[700 manoscritto Arezzo]4 volumi ben legati in solido cartonato originale ricoperto in bella carta marmorizzata colorata a mano. Alla prima carta del primo volume vecchia notazione a penna : "il detto nome anagrammatico (Loreto Gobalosi) è di bartolomeo Golfi. Aretino valente e comico." manoscritto cartaceo autografo, vergato in chiara grafia composto da pagine 146+146+117+51+39 bianche. Per notizie biografiche di questo curioso personaggio aretino (1754 - 1818) vedi Massetani n°1934. Altre notizie sono nel manoscritto 24 della biblioteca civica della città di Arezzo la quale sembra non possedere nessuno scritto del golfi e nessun suo autografo.Questi quattro volumi contengono centinaia di composizioni di vario genere con nomi, luoghi e date che vanno dal 1786 al 1817. Il primo volume contiene un indice e una dedica al lettore: "amico lettore chiunque scrive lo fa col fine di piacere a se medesimo, e di essere compatito da gli altri...". Elenchiamo una piccola parte di nomi, fatti e date contenute nei 4 volumi: Tomo I Nozze di faustina Albergotti, Viaggio del pontefice Pio VI, Il pallone volante in Arezzo, Sonetto del Pignotti, Nuova legge dei campi santi, Metastasio, recita dell'estate del 1786, commedia recitata in Arezzo nel carnevale del 1787, marchesa Maria Merlini di Forlì, Pietro Benaglia. Tomo II: Luigi Mazzotti parla alla Bettina Mancini, Dott. Nicolò Brilandi, Morte de re di Spagna, Pietro Mazotti primo amoroso, Isacco Salomone Levi a vent' anni si battezza nel duomo di Alessandria 1789, conquista sopra belgrado, Alessandra Paris prima attrice, morte dell'imperatore Giuseppe II con iscrizione sepolcrale sopra la porta della chiesa di S. Fedele in Milano, Girolamo Sommariva, nozze Maria Visconti e Filippo Puntiroli. Tomo III: Sebastiano Guerini, Avvocato Carlo Federici, addio per la Cavalletti Ancona 1796, Genova per la Guerra udine 1799, Ronzoni parma 1796, invitando un amico alle nozze dette maiale: battaglia di Austerlitz terzine recitate all'accademia di Arezzo x ottobre 1810, al tegoleto per una pioggia, laGiuditta quadro del Sign. Benvenuti Collocato nella catteredale di Arezzo, sonetto per il Vasari, col Sabatini a tavola. Tomo IV: Al Petrarca , sestine recitate all'aperturadella R. Accademia Aretina nella sala di casa Azzi il 20 Luglio 1810, morte di Priamo, quadro del sig, pietro benvenuti, ritorno in Toscana di S.A. Ferdinando alla pubblica accademia il 24 Luglio 1814 eseguita per la prima volta nella pubblica libreria di fraternita, lode del Pignotti per l'accademia Luglio 1816, al nuovo priore nella chiesa di S. Martino sopra Battifolle, per l'amico Fausto Albergotti nell'accademia 4 maggio 1817, corale per la venuta in Arezzo come commissario imperiale del nobile Tommaso Bucci Mattei di Monte San Savino, Scherzo al dott. Antonio Loreti che promise a me un canario di cova, ecc... ecc... Il manoscritto è in eccellente stato di conservazione e perfetta leggibilità e proviene dalla biblioteca nobiliare dei signori Fubghini di Arezzo. L'Autore fu valente commediografo e comico aretino che meriterebbe uno studio più approfondito. Questo nostro manoscritto in 4 volumi sembra essere la sua opera più ingenteche frà l'altro contiene una grande quantità di notizie su Arezzo e dintorni. Il Massetani n°1934 da notizia dell'esistenza di 3 volumi posseduti dal Cav. pereira suo, zio. Provenienza: Archivio privato di importante famiglia Patrizia di Arezzo. 1979. [f84] manoscritto
20168vo., First Edition thus, with illustrated title-spread, 7 coloured plates and patterned endpapers; full black leather, back with raised bands, backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt edges, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case blocked and lettered in gilt. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 444). COMPLETE WITH SEPARATE MOUNTED ILLUSTRATION IN CARD FOLDER. First limited edition of the first illustrated edition of Pratchett's classic introduction to Discworld.
in-8, pp.336, antiporta allegorico fig. inc.(il rame ricalca con fedeltà quello originale del 1765), alle p. 190 e 196 fregi silografici con colomba con scettro e palma. Legatura coeva in perg. rigida, titolo su tassello al dorso. Edizione rara, probabilmente successiva alla ''sesta'' di Parigi 1766. Seguono il testo di Beccaria altre opere tra cui il ''de tormentis'', anonimo ma da attribuire a Salv. Venturini; il ''meditazioni sulla felicità'' è di Pietro Verri e appare qui per la prima volta. Nel testo della ''Risposta'' contro i Facchinei (pp. 191-275) i rimandi alle pagine del Dei delitti sono aggiornati, così non fu necessario allegare in fine un ''Avvertimento''. Esempl. assai bello.. Firpo n.10, pp.473-476. Firpo, Beccaria, n. 13..
1884réf. 003240EditionAlphonse Lemerre. in-8 (19 x 12,5 cm), 301 pp. Reliure d'époque demi-basane vert bouteille à la bradel, dos lisse orné d'un fer à l'oiseau, non rogné (HOWLAND REL).
réf. 053254Paris Charles-Béchet, Libraire-Commissionnaire 1827 in 8 (21,5x13,5) 1 volume reliure demi veau prune ancienne, dos orné de faux nerfs dorés, tranches peignées, LXXXIII et 424 pages [2], avec 2 tableaux dépliants. Charles Lucas, Saint-Brieuc 1803 - Paris 1889, criminaliste et jurisconsulte français, président du Conseil des inspecteurs généraux des prisons, auteur de plusieurs ouvrages démontrant l'inefficacité dissuasive et préventive de la peine de mort, et la nécessité de son abolition. Rare édition originale de ce célèbre manifeste contre la peine de mort, avec la signature manuscrite de l'auteur au verso de la page de faux-titre. Bel exemplaire, finement relié ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
1912réf. 1000281AGWien, 1912. Öl auf Leinwand, signiert und datiert oben links 28. Sept. 1912, im originalen geschnitzten Rahmen. Rahmenformat 104 x 78 cm, *Thieme/Becker XXX, 224.- Wurzbach, Biogr: Lex. Öst. 31 (1876), 142.- [2 Warenabbildungen] sehr schöner Zustand,
1905réf. 053713Romania - : Carol I ALS / ADS. Dated 4th of July 1905 1905. No Binding. Very Good. Original manuscript and partly printed autograph document signed by The King of Romania Carol I a medal reward certificate given to Mustafa Hasim Pasha 1852-1920 with co-signatures by Ministrul Afacerilor Straine Cancelar al Ordinelor General de divizie Iacob N. Lahovary 1846-1907 and Sheful Serviciului A. M. Mitibieu . 34x22 cm. In Romanian. Bifolium. 1 p. Blind-stamped by Romanian royalty sign. "Carol I pringratia lui Dumnedeu si vointa nationala Rege al Romaniei. La toti de fata si viitori Sanatate. Dorind a da un semn de a Nostra buna vointa 'Excelentei Sale Hachim Pasa Ministrude Instructure publica al Turcici. Noi ii conferim gradul de Mare Cruce al Ordinului Steula Romaniei Spre credinta ii dam acest brevet semnat de Noi si investit cu sigiliul Ordinului Dat in Castelul Pelesh la 4 Julie 1905". i.e. Carol I the grace of God and the national will King of Romania. To all present and future Health. Wishing to give a sign of Our Goodwill to His Excellency Hachim Pasa Minister of Public Instruction of Turkey. We confer on him the rank of Grand Cross of the Order of the Steula of Romania. A good paper one page on bifolium. Carol I born Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen was the first monarch of Romania from 1866 to his death in 1914 ruling as Prince Domnitor from 1866 to 1881 and as King from 1881 to 1914. He was elected Prince of the Romanian United Principalities on 20 April 1866 after the overthrow of Alexandru Ioan Cuza by a palace coup d'etat. In May 1877 he proclaimed Romania an independent and sovereign nation. The defeat of the Ottoman Empire 1878 in the Russo-Turkish War secured Romanian independence and he was proclaimed King on 26 March O.S. 14 March 1881. He was the first ruler of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty which ruled the country until the proclamation of a socialist republic in 1947. During his reign Carol I personally led Romanian troops during the Russo-Turkish War and assumed command of the Russo/Romanian army during the siege of Plevna. The country achieved internationally recognized independence via the Treaty of Berlin 1878 and acquired Southern Dobruja from Bulgaria in 1913. Domestic political life was organized around the rival Liberal and Conservative parties. During Carol's reign Romania's industry and infrastructure were much improved but the country still had an agrarian-focused economy and the situation of the peasantry failed to improve leading to a major revolt bloodily suppressed by the authorities. He married Princess Elisabeth of Wied in Neuwied on 15 November 1869. They only had one daughter Maria who died at the age of three. Carol never produced a male heir leaving his elder brother Leopold next in line to the throne. In October 1880 Leopold renounced his right of succession in favour of his son William who in turn surrendered his claim six years later in favour of his younger brother the future king Ferdinand. Wikipedia. Mustafa Hasim Pasha 1852-1920 was one of the Ottoman grand viziers of Georgian origin. He was son of Sheik Al-Islam Ahmed Muhtar 1807-1882. He served as the President of the Court of Justice and the Undersecretariat of the Ministry of Justice. Iacob N. Lahovary was a member of the Romanian aristocracy a general politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of War and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Romania. Carol I ALS / ADS., Dated 4th of July, 1905 unknown
réf. 009682Aux Editions du Sagittaire, Chez Simon Kra 0 36 volumes in-12 brochés, couvertures rempliées
2008Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall "This book is dedicated to Richard Avedon, Ara Gallant and Giorgio di Sant'Angelo". Volume cartonato, legatura editoriale in tela nera, titoli in bianco al dorso e al piatto anteriore, custodia editoriale, 136 pagine profusamente illustrate in nero e colori con immagini applicate. Esemplare in ottime condizioni. Testo in inglese - english text - box edition. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
réf. 58.1aafDiese Kopie in Aquarell, die früheste, die wir vom Zyklus kennen, trägt die Signatur A. Krafft 1878. Es handelt sich um eine Zusammenstellung von 23 Einzelblättern, je 10 x 14 cm, die auf Karton aufgeklebt sind, das ganze Blatt ist 67 x 90 cm (oben am Bildrand, Karton etwas gerissen). Die Aquarelle zeigen die einzelnen Totentanzszenen, deren soziale Rangstellung von oben nach unten und von links nach rechts abnimmt, von Papst und Kaiser bis unten hin zum Handwerker und Landmann. In Holzrahmen mit Glas.
1684réf. ABC_45501Leiden 1684. 8vo. Pieter van der Aa Contemporary vellum over boards title in ink on spine: Le Mort opera omnia. Ad 1: with a frontispiece engraved by Adriaan Schoonebeek with an allegorical scene above and an apothecary and others at work below originally dated 1684 changed to 1688 and Van der Aas herald angel device on title page. Ad 2: with a beautiful allegorical frontispiece also by Adriaan Schoonebeek dated 1688 2 folding engraved plates of furnaces and distilling equipment and utensils Van der Aas woodcut herald angel device initials and head- and tailpieces. 2 works in 1 volume. 14 256 34; 36 366 62 pp. Two of the most important pharmacological and chemical publications of the Leiden lecturer and future professor Jacobus Le Mort both in their second revised editions both first published in 1684.Jacob Le Mort 1650-1718 a Dutch chemist and physician was an apothecary in Amsterdam before he moved to Leiden to set up a private laboratory where he also lectured. After many difficulties and fierce opposition he was appointed professor of chemistry at Leiden University in 1702. In this capacity he was the predecessor of the famous Herman Boerhaave 1668-1738.Slightly browned back hinge and spine weak.l Ad 1: BMN I pp. 374; Hoogendoorn Mort03.2; STCN 064503798 4 copies; USTC 1820678 4 copies same as STCN; Ad 2: BMN I pp. 525; STCN 171737261 3 copies; USTC 1820781 3 copies same as STCN; cf. Hoogendoorn Mort02.1 1684 ed.; for the author: Lex. hervorr. Aerzte IV p. 289; NNBW I cols. 1345-1346. MEDICINE & PHARMACY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Pharmacy / Pharmacopaea Physics & Chemistry hardcover
2014réf. 110197Sterling. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - -- with a bonus offer-- . 2014. 1454907738 . Sterling hardcover
1992réf. 85632Gramercy Books. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Corresponds to ASIN: B002ADLNEC. 192 pages many illustrations; 10 maps. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1992. Gramercy Books hardcover
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2000réf. 70834Rutledge Hill Press. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 196 pp. one foldout with 112 col. Ills. And 88 col. Reference ills. 31 x 24 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . 2000. 1558538178 . Rutledge Hill Press hardcover
1935réf. 32681New York: Dell Publishing Co. Inc. 1935. Mild tanning to text paper covers appear trimmed clear tape at upper and lower corners a bright nearly fine copy. 32681. Octavo single issue cover by Rudolph Zirm pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Series character first appeared in All-Detective Magazine. "The Gray Creatures" by Harold Ward writing as "Zorro." Reference: Tymn and Ashley eds Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 186-87. Dell Publishing Co., Inc. unknown
réf. 51-4368Paris: La veuve Chéreau circa 1780. Suite of 24 engravings on laid paper. 13.3 x 21cm. sheet size.Reference: Charles Auffret Une Famille d'Artistes Brestois au xviiie siècle: Les Ozanne 1891 pp. 83-84 no. XV.XV. CAHIERS DE VINGT-QUATRE PLANCHES. Diverses manœuvres de vaisseaux dessinées au naturel par Ozanne l'aîné et gravées par Ozanne le cadet. 84 LES OZANNE A Paris chez la V ve Chéreau. — 2 cahiers de 24 pi. chaque. Voici la nomenclature de l'un d'eux : 1 2 3 : Vaisseaux mouillés. — 4 : Vaisseaux vent arrière. — 5 0 7 8 : Vaisseaux vent largue. — 9 10 il 12 : Vaisseaux au plus près. — 13 14 15 16 : Vaisseaux en panne. — 17 18 19 20 : Vaisseaux arrivant — 21 22 23 24 : Vaisseaux virant vent devant. Chaque série porte en outre A B C. Ces manœuvres ont été reproduites avec quelques variantes comme nous le verrons plus loin dans la description de l'œuvre de Pierre. .Pierre a beaucoup moins gravé que son frère et son burin a plutôt reproduit des œuvres de Nicolas ou de J. Vernet que les siennes propres. A en juger par les pièces qui nous ont passé sous les yeux il reproduisait mieux les petites scènes maritimes que les grands paysages : ainsi les cahiers de marine les manœuvres de petits vaisseaux d'après les dessins de son frère sont d'un trait fin délicat ; fidèle interprète de la manœuvre il ne lui sacrifie rien. Mais" dès qu'il aborde les planches de grandes dimensions ou elles restent inachevées en certains points ou bien la taille en est dure heurtée disons le mot médiocre.Le Gonaz est mort à Paris le 12 j uin 1816. De son mariage avecM“° Jeanne Ozanne il avait eu deux fils qui sont morts avant luietune filleMarie-Amelie née à Paris en 17 7 2 et mariée en 1794 à J . J .Coiny. Leur popostérité est éteinte. Expertise by Yves Salmon 56760 Pénestin France. Paris: La veuve Chéreau, circa 1780. unknown
1927réf. 123017Paris Simon Kra 1927 1 vol. broché in-4, broché, couverture illustrée rempliée, non coupé, non paginé (44 ff.). Edition originale de cette danse macabre des années folles illustrée de 21 pochoirs par Yan B. Dyl. Tirage limité à 325 exemplaires, celui-ci numéroté sur vélin. Quelques rares et pales rousseurs, mais bel exemplaire de ce bel illustré "Art déco".
1927réf. 123017Paris Simon Kra 1927 1 vol. broché in-4, broché, couverture illustrée rempliée, non coupé, non paginé (44 ff.). Edition originale de cette danse macabre des années folles illustrée de 21 pochoirs par Yan B. Dyl. Tirage limité à 325 exemplaires, celui-ci numéroté sur vélin. Quelques rares et pales rousseurs, mais bel exemplaire de ce bel illustré "Art déco".
1777In-8 p. (mm. 207x169), cartonato rustico coevo (dorso restaur.), pp. (12),LXII, fregio tipografico xilografato al frontespizio. "Prima edizione", dedicata dall’A. al Barone Giuseppe De Sperges e Palenz (Cavaliere dell’Insigne Reale Ordine di Santo Stefano d’Ungheria, etc.). Trattato suddiviso in 16 paragrafi che contengono: “Della necessità, del fine, e della misura delle Pene in generale - Di alcune Nazioni, le quali non hanno dato la Pena di Morte - Pretesa contradizione della Pena di Morte - Se la Religione diminuisca l’impressione della Pena di Morte - Incovenienti della troppo grande estensione della Pena di Morte - Delle leggi, le quali decretano la Pena di Morte contro il Furto, ecc.”. “Il milanese Paolo Vergani (1750-1821) approfondì gli studi in storia e diritto canonico divenendo prelato. Si formò nell’ambiente intellettuale e culturale milanese dei fratelli Pietro e Alessandro Verri, oltre che di Cesare Beccaria, dal quale successivamente in parte prese le distanze. D’impronta moderata e illuminista, nel 1777 pubblicò con l’editore Malatesta "Della pena di morte", in cui si poneva l’obiettivo di elaborare una sorta di difesa del sistema criminale allora vigente, nella convinzione dell’ineluttabilità della pena di morte. La sua posizione oscillava, tuttavia, tra la necessità che la pena di morte venisse inflitta esclusivamente nei casi di maggiore gravità, in presenza di prove certe, e l’effetto intimidatorio insito nella stessa per la repressione dei reati. Anche per Vergani le leggi penali dovevano avere come fine l’utilità sociale ma, diversamente da Beccaria, sosteneva quanto le disuguaglianze delle condizioni sociali potessero giustificarne l’inflizione.. Ricevette per quest’opera il plauso su riviste come il “Journal encyclopédique”. Così Diz. Biograf. Ital., vol. 98. Fresco esemplare ben conservato, con bell’ex-libris al risguardo.
1935réf. 32680New York: Dell Publishing Co. Inc. 1935. Mild tanning to text paper several tiny edge tears to front cover clear tape to upper right front corner/spine right edge likely trimmed a bright nearly fine copy. 32680. Octavo single issue cover by Rudolph Zirm pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Series character first appeared in All-Detective Magazine. "12 Must Die" by Harold Ward writing as "Zorro." Reference: Tymn and Ashley eds Science Fiction Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines pp. 186-87. Dell Publishing Co., Inc. unknown
1786réf. 4439France 1786. Hand-colored etched folding paper fan printed on the recto of two joined sheets backed in plain paper mounted on 15 later plain wooden sticks the open leaf measuring approx. 112 x 460 mm. total fan height 260 mm. The etching shows two couples and a small dog and table with wine carafe and glass flanking a female figure in white Grecian robes and a green wreath holding in one hand a heart at her breast and with the other hand ceremoniously setting alight a bundle of wood a fagot on a small pedestal or altar above which is the wreathed inscription Institution des fagotiers a auteuil le 2 avril 1786 / On prete serment sur un fagot de pratiquer toute sa vie cinq vertus : cordial franchise amitié générosité obeisance sic et tendresse; at top a star with the initials T L A and a banner lettered Vertus des fagotiers surmounted by the caption Ronde joyeuse des fagotiers/ Air: c’est la petite Theresse sic; on either side of this scene are four verses within two green-outlined oval cartouches within stenciled blue and yellow decorative border. Some wear and slight splitting along a few folds a couple of small tears at mounts. A mildly licentious pre-Revolutionary printed fan possibly commemorating a real event a “festival of the wood-gatherers” fagotiers held in Auteuil on April 2 1786 but of which there appears to be no historical record. Rather than a guild the fagotiers may have been a local association or club. The symbolism of the image and verses seems to be along the lines of Carpe diem carnally for death is around the corner — heavy sentiments for a feather-light fan. One of the men is gesturing toward his partner’s crotch and the verses on either side of the central scene are dotted with sexual innuendo. The first stanza “Let us sing of the burning fagot a bundle of small wood lit by friendship / he who backs away from it knows her i.e. friendship only half-way / without her life is nothing / with her one is deified” could be understood as innocuous but the second stanza celebrates the joys of Déduit an archaic term for the pleasures of love or coïtus. Stanza three brings in Death in the form of Charon: “amiable fellow let us sing his good humor his boat may lead to the devil but his spirit leads to happiness / with his worthy ardor the fire burns in our hearts.” The last stanza declares that the “august fagotine law” allows us to include women we need not hide everyone kiss your partner etc. I locate one other example of this fan held by the Musée Carnavelet in Paris. It is digitized on their website with the description “The Genie of Friendship lights the pyre on which the couples will take the oath of friendship.” The stenciled border of our copy differs from that of the Carnavelet example which is in pink; here it is in two colors and includes two birds perched on branches. unknown
1786réf. 4439France 1786. Hand-colored etched folding paper fan printed on the recto of two joined sheets backed in plain paper mounted on 15 later plain wooden sticks the open leaf measuring approx. 112 x 460 mm. total fan height 260 mm. The etching shows two couples and a small dog and table with wine carafe and glass flanking a female figure in white Grecian robes and a green wreath holding in one hand a heart at her breast and with the other hand ceremoniously setting alight a bundle of wood a fagot on a small pedestal or altar above which is the wreathed inscription Institution des fagotiers a auteuil le 2 avril 1786 / On prete serment sur un fagot de pratiquer toute sa vie cinq vertus : cordial franchise amitié générosité obeisance sic et tendresse; at top a star with the initials T L A and a banner lettered Vertus des fagotiers surmounted by the caption Ronde joyeuse des fagotiers/ Air: c’est la petite Theresse sic; on either side of this scene are four verses within two green-outlined oval cartouches within stenciled blue and yellow decorative border. Some wear and slight splitting along a few folds a couple of small tears at mounts. A mildly licentious pre-Revolutionary printed fan possibly commemorating a real event a “festival of the wood-gatherers” fagotiers held in Auteuil on April 2 1786 but of which there appears to be no historical record. Rather than a guild the fagotiers may have been a local association or club. The symbolism of the image and verses seems to be along the lines of Carpe diem carnally for death is around the corner — heavy sentiments for a feather-light fan. One of the men is gesturing toward his partner’s crotch and the verses on either side of the central scene are dotted with sexual innuendo. The first stanza “Let us sing of the burning fagot a bundle of small wood lit by friendship / he who backs away from it knows her i.e. friendship only half-way / without her life is nothing / with her one is deified” could be understood as innocuous but the second stanza celebrates the joys of Déduit an archaic term for the pleasures of love or coïtus. Stanza three brings in Death in the form of Charon: “amiable fellow let us sing his good humor his boat may lead to the devil but his spirit leads to happiness / with his worthy ardor the fire burns in our hearts.” The last stanza declares that the “august fagotine law” allows us to include women we need not hide everyone kiss your partner etc. I locate one other example of this fan held by the Musée Carnavelet in Paris. It is digitized on their website with the description “The Genie of Friendship lights the pyre on which the couples will take the oath of friendship.” The stenciled border of our copy differs from that of the Carnavelet example which is in pink; here it is in two colors and includes two birds perched on branches. unknown books
1955réf. 009647Paris (Gretry Wols) 1955 En feuilles, sous chemise cartonnée bleue éditeur.