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Best.-Nr. 95464Paris: Librairie de Paris, Firmin-Didot et Cie o.J. (4), 653 Seiten. 8° (17,5-22,5 cm). Privater Halbleinenband mit goldgeprägtem Rücken und 2 goldgeprägten Rückenschildern sowie Marmorschnitt. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
Paris Librairie Elementaire de E. Ducrocq 1852, grand In-8 pleine basane rouge, dos à nerfs trés orné, plats estampés à froid, fer doré du Lycée Saint Louis au 1° plat, gardes et ranches marbrés. XLV + 368 pages. Coins légérement émoussés. Exemplaire bien relié. Sans rousseurs.
Paris, Firmin-Didot, sd (vers 1870). Un volume de format in 8° de 2 ff., 516 pp. Reliure de l'époque en demi chagrin brun, dos à compartiments dorés. Bel état.
1899Best.-Nr. 40632Columbus OH: The Westbote Co. state printers 1899. 8vo 24.3 cm 9.5". 60 pp. The superintendent discusses the new sewage disposal system the installation of new "electric machinery" the construction of new buildings and other topics. The work ends with the usual facts figures and tables. The accounting of money paid for vegetables vs. wine and alcohol is bizarre: $192.85 vs. $12275. Publisher's tan wrappers printed in black; chipping to edges small dark spots to wrappers closed tear to top edge of rear wrapper. Faint water-stain to top and bottom corners of leaves. The Westbote Co., state printers unknown books
1789Best.-Nr. 40323Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Didot l'aine 1789. Large 4to 31 cm 12. 25". 4 ff. 312 pp. Massillon 16631742 was a noted much admired and greatly in demand Oratorian preacher remembered for his gentle persuasiveness. One of his most famous works is this Petit Carême the compiled Lenten sermons which he delivered before the young King Louis XV of France in 1718. It is here in an edition of => 200 copies a part of the series of texts printed for the education of the Dauphin. WorldCat locates only two U.S. libraries reporting ownership Cornell Cleveland Public. Binding: Contemporary red morocco spine gilt extra with green leather gilt label and elegant tooling to top and bottom bands and compartments; covers with similarly elegant well-composed gilt borders and with board edges and turn-ins gilt in complementary fashion. All edges gilt silk bookmarker present. Provenance: Bookplate of Brian Stilwell. Brunet Supplement 981; Graesse IV 439. Bound as above in excellent condition with only the lightest shelfwear and a very short tear not advancing at head of spine; wide-margined leaves very clean with only the lightest sort of normal foxing. => A treasurable copy. de l'Imprimerie de Didot l'aine hardcover books
1805Best.-Nr. WRCAM45613Hartford: Lincoln & Gleason 1805. 310pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf spine gilt leather label. Corners bumped extremities rubbed. Modern bookplate on front pastedown; contemporary ownership inscription on front flyleaf. Minor foxing and toning. Very good. Sermons of two 18th-century Catholic priests renowned for their strong preaching. Translated from the French by the Rev. Abel Flint of Hartford. An unusual New England Catholic item. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 8877. PARSONS 272. Lincoln & Gleason hardcover books
1774Best.-Nr. 008688Madrid Spain: oficina de la Viuda de Manuel Fernandez 1774. SCARCE. no copies of this volume found at OCLC with few listings of any of the other volumes. Very Good in contemporary calf edges died red wear to calf at head of spine light wear to boards. Internally clean and bright well bound. Massillon was a French Baptist Bishop who was famous in his time for his sermons. . First Edition. Calf. Very Good. Small 8vo. oficina de la Viuda de Manuel Fernandez Hardcover books
1762Best.-Nr. 244043Paris: Herissant 1762. hardcover. very good. Thick 12mo period mottled calf gilt spine raised bands leather spine labels. Pari: Herissant et al 1762 Voltaire kept Massillon's writings on his desk constantly as a model of style saying of him "the preacher who best understood the world whose eloquence savoured of the courtier the academician the wit and the philosopher." Herissant unknown books
1748Best.-Nr. 244117Paris: Veuve Estienne 1748. hardcover. very good. 424 pages 16 mo full mottled calf marbled edges small chip at base of spine. Paris: Veuve Estienne 1748. Very good . Veuve Estienne unknown books
1859Best.-Nr. 1141659Paris: Libraire J. Techener 1859. no edition listed. VG. Three 16mos 6 1/4th" tall in marbled brown boards with green leather half spines titles on green leather spine in gilt. Vol I is the work of Bossuet vol II is Bourdaloue vol III is Massillon. Text in french. Light shelf and edgewear to boards; all vols have rubbing along edges along spine and light wear along hinges. Gilt on top of textblock front edge is deckled. Spines bowed but binding strong. Bossuet Bourdaloue and Massillon were contemporaneous 17th-century French theologians. Shelved French Language. 1141659. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Libraire J. Techener unknown books
1853Best.-Nr. 284122Paris: Librarie de Firmin Didot Freres 1853. Full Leather. Good binding. A famous French Catholic preacher during his time and Bishop of Clermont Jean Baptiste Massillon's sermons focused on broad moral subjects with poetical feeling and eloquence that was praised by contemporaries. The 'Petit Careme' may be his most famous sermon delivered before King Louis XV of France. Text in French. Portrait frontispiece. Nameplate on front pastedown; scattered foxing; wear to the leather binding with minor loss at the top edge of the spine and small chips to the edges of the front board. Lettering and decorative rules stamped in gilt on the spine. Good binding. Librarie de Firmin Didot Freres unknown books
1749Best.-Nr. 2208Paris: La Veuve Estienne & Fils et Jean Herissant 1749. First edition. 12mo. 8436pp. Cont. gilt tooled calf extremities of spine chipped lower half of front hinge split but holding soundly. La Veuve Estienne & Fils, et Jean Herissant unknown books
1768Best.-Nr. W1705Paris: Estienne and Herissant 1768. Full original Spanish leather corners bumped and covers a bit bowed. Edges stained red end papers marbled. Library bookplate on front pastedown library stamps on edges. Red morocco title labels gilt on spine. Some staining on top edges of pages with pages misshapen. . Full-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Ex-Library. Estienne and Herissant Hardcover books
1745Best.-Nr. 1030H23Paris: La Veuve Estienne & Fils; Jean Herissant 1745 . Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". None. The first authentic edition of Massillon"s celebrated sermons for the season of Advent published posthumously. In a contemporary full calf binding. The first authentic posthumous edition. Earlier collections of sermons had appeared during Massillon"s lifetime without his approval; the first authentic edition followed his death in 1742. The Avent volume from the first authorised edition of Massillon"s works published in 1745 under the supervision of his nephew Pere Joseph Massillon. Issued in nine separately titled volumes comprising Petit Careme Avent four volumes of Careme Mysteres Panegyriques and Oraisons funebres et professions religieuses. A collection of Massillon"s sermons for the season of Advent including discourses on All Saints death judgement repentance the Virgin and central questions of Christian morality. Jean-Baptiste Massillon 1663-1742 was a French Oratorian priest Bishop of Clermont and one of the most celebrated Catholic preachers of his age. In a contemporary full calf binding. Externally generally smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in minor loss to calf. Slight loss to head of spine. Slight worming to front joint. Slight rubbing to boards with one or two light scuff and scratch marks. Hinges slightly strained but firm. Small contemporary ink scribble to front paste down; inscription to verso of front free endpaper removed. Repairs to head of title page; ownership inscription to head. Slight creasing to title page. Small date inscription to foot of rear free endpaper dated 1789. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean if slightly age toned with light scattered spotting heavier to fore edge and first and last few leaves. Very Good La Veuve Estienne & Fils; Jean Herissant hardcover
1830Best.-Nr. 1007N20London: J. Nisbet 1830. Hardback. Very Good. 9" by 5.5". J.W. Giles. The scarce presentation copy of Rutton Morris's translation of the Bishop of Clermont's profound moral sermons signed by Morris rebacked in velvet. A scarce translated edition of Select Sermons from Jean Baptiste Massillon Bishop of Clermont the presentation copy translated and signed by clergyman and translator Rutton Morris. Privately printed for Morris and sold by J. Nsibet in 1830.Rebacked with velvet boards and with brassed edges and clip. Contains a frontispiece of Massillon drawn by British artist John West Giles and with Morris's signed inscription to the blank before.A popular French preacher Massillon was praised by the Encyclopaedists for his eloquence and was also respected for his sensitive treatment to moral subjects with these sermons delving into righteousness and judgement. Morris translated French works by Lhomond and was a clergyman at Hockliffe in Bedfordshire. In the publisher's original cloth rebacked with velvet boards and with brassed edges and clip. Externally mostly smart with the odd fading patch to velvet. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine with a minor lift to head. Slight rubbing to brass decoration edges and clip. Marble end papers are bright and clean. Bookseller's stamp to rear pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are mostly bright and clean with spotting to blanks frontispiece and title leaf. Very Good J. Nisbet hardcover
Best.-Nr. DADAX0530247968Wentworth Press 2019-03-06. hardcover. New. 6.14x1.13x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Wentworth Press hardcover
1822Best.-Nr. 861N53Paris: Dalibon 1822. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5". None. A collection of Lent sermons by the popular seventeenth century Catholic preacher Jean-Baptiste Massillon. Published in French. A collection of sermons for Lent by the popular French Catholic preacher Jean-Baptiste Massillon. Published in French. This scarce volume contains a collection of sermons by the popular eighteenth century preacher Massillon. With little stress on dogmatic questions and a focus on moral subjects the Bishop of Clermont describes the difficulties and secrets of the human heart with poetical feeling. This collection of sermons are for the period of lent. The binding is signed by Thouvenin to the spine. Active during the French restoration Thouvenin is credited with raising the standards of French bookbinding after the revolution and is best remembered for his revival of a style of binding that came to be known as the Fanfare style. Prior owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. This volume is from St. Peter's and St. Paul's Library in Bath. In a full red calf binding. Externally sound. Rubbed to the boards less so to the spine. The front and rear joints are just beginning to crack Very Good Dalibon hardcover
1762Best.-Nr. 863N29Paris: J. Th. Herissant; S. Paul & S. Hilaire; Les Freres Estienne 1762-1775. Leather. Good Only. 6" by 4". None. Twelve leather bound volumes containing the sermons of the popular eighteenth century preacher. Twelve volumes containing the collected sermons of the popular eighteenth century preacher Jean-Baptiste Massillon. Published in French. Having been selected to be the Advent preacher at the court of Versailles in 1699 Massillon gained a wide reputation and was made Bishop of Clermont in 1717. Historians have attributed Massilon's popularity to his ability to consider moral questions without being too dogmatic. The present collection includes sermons for Advent Lent funerals as well as some psalms and panegyrics. Prior owner's bookplate to the front paste down of all volumes. From the library of L Comte de Lanet in the Chateau de la Garde Giron. In a full mottled calf binding. Externally rather worn. The majority of the volumes have chips in the calf to the boards particularly noticeable in the Advent volume the Funeral Orations the Panegyrics and the first and fourth volumes of the Lent speeches. Most of the volumes are also missing a slither of calf to the head or tail of the spine with the Mysteries Panegyrics the second and fourth volume of the Lent sermons missing some calf to both. The second volume of the Conferments is missing a little more calf to the tail than the other volumes. The front and rear hinges are starting but firm in the Mysteries and the Advent sermons. Just the front hinge is starting to the second volume of the Lent sermons and the second volume of the Conferments whilst the rear hinge is starting but firm to the Panegyrics but is very tender to Petite Careme. Internally generally firmly bound aside from the first few pages of the Advent volume and the rear pages of Petite Careme. Pages are generally bright and clean with a few stains to the front of the first few pages of the fourth Lent volume. Good Only J. Th. Herissant; S. Paul & S. Hilaire; Les Freres Estienne hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1d12641Jean Herrissant Paris 1759 - 1762. 424/400/445 S. Halbleder leicht berieben/anfangs jeweils etwas stockfleckig. unknown
Best.-Nr. 2d13869Froulle Paris 1787. 614/616/612 S. Leder der Zeit mit Rückenvergoldung und goldgeprägten Wappensupralobros sowie jeweils 5 Schmuckbünden privater Stempel auf Vorsatz/leicht berieben/Rücken rissig. - Massillon 1663 - 1742 war seit 1717 Bischof von Clermont. Bekannt für seine Kanzelberedsamkeit hielt er auch Ludwig XIV die Leichpredigt - unknown
1855Best.-Nr. 864F22Paris: Firmin Didot Freres 1855 . Leather. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. A smart copy of the theological works of Catholic preacher Jean-Baptiste Massillon who served as Bishop of Clermont for over twenty years. In the original French.A lovely collection of the chief oratorical works of this Catholic figure. Massillon's popularity came as a result of him laying little stress on dogmatic questions in sermons instead choosing to address general moral subjects in which he described the secrets of the human heart and the processes of man's reason with poetical feeling. Besides 'Le Petit Careme' a sermon which he delivered before the young King Louis XV of France in 1718 his sermons on the Prodigal Son Christmas Day and the Fourth Sunday in the Advent are considered his best works. In a quarter morocco binding with cloth covered boards. Rubbing to back strip head and tails and joints with minor losses to leather. Further rubbing to cloth of boards. Tail of front hinge strained but firmly held. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Firmin Didot Freres hardcover
1826Best.-Nr. 868Q11London: J. Harris and Son 1826. First edition. Leather. Good. 6.5" by 4". None. An extensive collection of Massillon's thoughts regarding religion including the existence of God. A very scarce first edition of these works published in this format. In full calf binding with intricate detailing on the spine. This comprises of a translation of a selection of essays from Jean Baptiste Massillon who lived from 1663 to 1742. Includes Massillon's view on a number of religious concepts such as the existence of God and the immortality of the soul. With a letter to the reader from the translator as well as a chapter on the Life of Massillon.Two ink inscriptions. Dated 1826 and 1852 on front end paper and inside front cover. In full calf binding. Externally generally smart lightly rubbed in places. Some light marks to the boards. Light rubbing to the extremities. Loss to spine label. Light fading to the spine. Good colour with bright gold gilt on spine and corners. Marks on rear endpaper. Ink inscriptions on front end paper and front paste down. Spots to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Light offsetting from ink onto pages. Offsetting from paper fragment in page 90-91. Good J. Harris and Son hardcover
1838Best.-Nr. 50935Paris: Chez Lefevre / Pourrat Freres 1838. 3 vols. Half leather hardcovers. 2xii852 pp. 4844 pp. & 4908 pp.; 23x14 cm. Text in French / Français. spines damaged and partly loose library tickets stamps some foxing Although still good see picture Chez Lefevre / Pourrat Freres hardcover
1854Best.-Nr. 24172Paris: Migne 1854. 2 volumes. Half leather gilt lettering spine. Together 2538 colums 1269 pp.; 29 cm. Text in French - leather sl. rubbed sl. dam. edges covers rubbed and sl. dam. convent library stamps few pages loose paper sl. browned foxed/ dampstained worn Although still good. n Migne hardcover
1833Best.-Nr. 016269Paris: Chez Lefevre Libraire 1833. Book. Very Good- / Très Bon-. Dos et Coins en Cuir. 4to/in-4o. Copie ex-bibliothèque avec dos ornés et dorés et avec plats tranches et pages de gardes marbrés. Mors supérieur intérieur du premier livre defait mais couvertures encore bien attachées au mors inférieur. Coins et extrémités des plats frottés. Coiffe inférieur de tome 1 avec un petite accroc. Pages exterieurs avec très peu de rousseurs. Autrement pages propres et blanches et reliure solide. Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair. Chez Lefevre, Libraire Hardcover