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Thu 09 May

Hortulus anime cum aliis q(uam)plurimis orationibus pristine impressione superadditis. With coloured woodcut title, 69 almost leaf-sized coloured woodcuts with lateral borders (ca. 70-75 x 50 mm), 2 half-page coloured woodcuts of the calendar (sun and moon), 14 coloured miniature woodcuts (22 x 17 mm), several coloured woodcut initials (partly repeated) and coloured woodcut printer's mark below the text. (At the end of the text:) Lyon, J. Clein for A. Koberger in Nuremberg, III. no(ni)s iulii (= July 6), 1511. 20 nn. Leaf, 240 num. pp., 4 nn. Leaf (register). 14 x 10 cm. Contemporary calf binding over wooden boards with blind-stamped plate and individual stamps and 1 central brass clasp (somewhat rubbed, spine with a few small worm marks, endpapers renewed later, a few careful restorations). First Clein/Koberger edition in a beautifully colored and fully rubricated copy. - Oldenbourg, Hortulus animae L 38 - Baudrier XII, 284 - Mortimer II, 318 - LGB II, 137 (under Clein, with mention of this title). - Beginning of the numerous Hortulus editions by Koberger. The text printed in red and black throughout and with the woodcuts of the so-called "Lyon series" appearing here for the first time. As the work of several woodcutters, it is not uniform in quality: 37 woodcuts are imitations or copies after the Strasbourg edition by Knobloch. "The other half of the woodcuts consists of completely independent compositions, some of which are of a decidedly narrative nature. They make up by far the better part and at the same time the part that indicates the involvement of Grüniger's woodcutters." (Oldenbourg p. 100). All woodcuts in clean old coloring with mostly strong colors. The verso of the last index leaf contains a prayer of the hours to St. Birgitta added by a contemporary hand. Following are two old flyleaves with full backing, the first with a contemporary ownership note "Liber mo(na)sterii s(an)cti ... (illegible) pro usu fr(atr)is anthonii", including a red and black addition/variant to the "Tabula signorum seu minutionum" printed in the front calendar section. The second leaf with a somewhat later note in a different hand: "Anno d(omi)ni 1542 die vero ... obiit mater mea cui(us) anima requiescat in sancta pace. Ame(n)". - The binding covers with an approx. 2 cm wide frame bordered by 2 x 3 lines of chisels, into which one stamp with an eagle is inserted at the top and bottom, and three small diamond-shaped individual stamps are inserted at the sides (cf. Kyriss plate 363, 10). The central field thus formed shows a housewife entertaining a pilgrim on the front cover. On the back cover there is a similar composition, which - like the oval inscriptions - is no longer clearly recognizable due to the lack of depth of relief. - A remarkably well-preserved copy of this pre-Reformation devotional book. Oldenbourg (p. 5) refers to the great rarity of the copies that have come down to us, as these were often worn to the point of unsightliness. - Some fingerstaining throughout, occasional brown spotting, 4 leaves with small corner tear without loss of text, some leaves with small marginal tears due to removed page markers, leaf 52 before leaf 49 stitched, some leaves with short text deletions in an old hand, title with unrecognizable later ownership note, the last 2 leaves of the index with a small worm mark. VAT: *

Estim. 9 000 - 12 000 EUR

Fri 10 May

Bauhaus - Captivated gaze. 25 short monographs and contributions on new advertising design. With the support of the "Ring der Werbegestalter des Schweizer Werkbundes" and others, edited and with an introduction by Heinz and Bodo Rasch. With 140 illustrations. Stuttgart, Zaugg, 1930. 112 pp. 26 x 21.5 cm. Original cloth binding with front cover of transparent celluloid (this somewhat yellowed and scratched, cloth slightly rubbed and stained). First edition. - Fleischmann, Drucksachen, p. 354 - Heidtmann 8618 - Dok.-Bibl. VI, 91 - Jäger/Heiting, Autopsie II, 350ff. - Extremely rare original edition of the famous publication on advertising design. With 26 (and not 25 as stated on the title) short biographical texts on the best and most innovative advertising designers and typographers of the late 1920s. With contributions and illustrations by B. O. Baumberger, Willi Baumeister, Bill, Max Burchartz, Walter Dexel, Cesar Domela, Werner Gräff, John Heartfield, the Leistikow siblings, El Lissitzky, Robert Michel, Moholy-Nagy, Hans Richter, the Rasch brothers, Paul Schuitema, Kurt Schwitters, Mart Stam, Karel Teige, Jan Tschichold, Vordemberge-Gildewart, Piet Zwart and others - Some of the illustrations printed in red and black. - Typographically excellently designed and with effective binding in celluloid foil. - With enclosed printing error slip. - Margins partly slightly browned, lower corner partly with small crease, otherwise fine copy. VAT: *

Estim. 7 000 - 9 000 EUR

Wed 15 May

CHAPELAIN (Jean) La Pucelle ou la France délivrée, poëme heroïque. Paris, Augustin Courbé, 1656. [Continued]: LE MOYNE (Pierre): Les Oeuvres poetiques du P. Le Moyne. Paris, Louis Billaine, 1671. 2 works in 1 large vol. in-folio, brown speckled calf, ribbed spine decorated with gilt caissons, red morocco title-pieces, brown speckled edges. Bound in contemporary style, spines and headbands restored. Ex-libris on front cover of J.-B. Pinel and label of Touvenent de Sablonière, king's counselor, rapporteur certificateur des Criées au Châtelet de Paris. Chapelain: Frontispiece by Claude Vignon, intaglio engraved by Abraham Bosse, intaglio portrait of Henry d'Orléans by Champaigne, intaglio engraved by Nanteuil, intaglio portrait of Chapelain drawn and intaglio engraved by R. Nanteuil, 12 intaglio figs.t. (included in pagination) by Claude Vignon, intaglio engraved by Abraham Bosse, numerous intaglio headpieces, endpapers and lettering in the text, (26) ff. (including frontispiece and 2 portraits), 518 pp. out of 522 (6) ff., (1) blank. Missing pp. 37-38 and 229-230. Rousseurs. Le Moyne: 18 etched h.-t. figs, 26 headpieces, 26 lettrines and 8 intaglio culs-de-lampe, (16) ff. 235 pp, (4) ff. (dedication to President de Mesme and preface to Lettres poétiques), pp. 237-450, (1) p. Freckling, spotting in upper margin of last ten ff. with small paper loss (no damage to text). Without frontispiece and portrait. First edition of Jean Chapelain's (1595-1674) famous epic poem on Joan of Arc. First edition of the figures by Claude Vignon (Tours 1593 - 1670) engraved by Abraham Bosse, considered one of the masterpieces of 17th-century illustration. According to Canivet, the illustration of La Pucelle "is imbued with an early romanticism that characterizes Vignon's art, and which we will see again in the engravings of Ariane: the tragic effects of chiaroscuro, dramatic movements, disordered hair, medieval, fanciful or oriental costumes, transvestites, and a certain voluptuousness enliven these pages". Canivet goes on to point out the southern aspect of Vignon's art, the painter having spent time in Italy and Spain. Canivet, pp. 45-46 and no. 90; Tchemerzine-Scheler II, 239; Brunet I, 1794; Cioranescu, 18494; Duportal, pp. 273-275; Lanéry d'Arc, 1719; Taschereau, 1519; Grands siècles et grandes images (coll. R. Paultre), no. 62. Last collective edition, the most complete and beautiful of Father Le Moyne's poetic works. It mainly comprises his epic poem Saint Louis ou la sainte couronne reconquise (dedicated to Chancellor Séguier), preceded by the Dissertation sur le poème héroïque. The first edition, published in 1653, in folio, included only the first 7 songs. This considerably enlarged edition includes all 18 cantos of this vast epic poem in the tradition of Chapelain's La Pucelle and Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin's Clovis. The second part of the edition, dedicated to President de Mesme, brings together Father Le Moyne's other poetic works: the three books of Lettres morales et poétiques, Hymnes et éloges poétiques, Tapisseries et peintures poétiques and Diversitez et jeux poétiques. Beautiful edition, decorated with 18 large anonymous etched figures. Our copy includes neither the frontispiece nor the portrait, which do not appear to be systematically present in copies dated 1671, but are usually found in the 1672 reprint. This book is considerably rarer than Chapelain's La Pucelle. Cioranescu, 42396; Sommervogel V, 1370; Canivet, n°116; Goujet XVII, 246-259; Nourry, Poètes français (1929), n°478 (counts only 16 plates). A fine set comprising two of the most famous French epic poems of the 17th century.

No estimate

Wed 15 May

[15th century illuminated manuscript]. NORMANDIE] Hours for the use of Rouen, northern France (Rouen?), last quarter of the 15th century, circa 1470-1480. Volume: 224 × 165 × 52 mm. [162] vellum leaves. Page 213: × 152 mm. Calendar. Writing area: 65 × 90 mm; upper margin 37 mm; lower 85 mm; inner 27 mm; outer 22 mm. One column of 16 lines, line spacing 6 mm. Large initials: 28 × 14 mm; small initials: 11 × 7 mm. Body text. Writing area: 95 × 65 mm; upper margin 38 mm; lower margin 85 mm; int. 27 mm; ext. 22 mm. One column of 15 lines, line spacing 6 mm. Large initials: 30 × 27 mm; medium initials 26 × 20 mm to 17 × 14 mm; small initials: 15 × 5 mm. Bound in 19th-century havana Russian leather, spine with 3 broad, protruding faux-nerves, gilt title and date, cold-finish decorated boxes edged with gilt roulettes and fillets, boards decorated with multiple frames composed of cold-finish and gilt roulettes and fillets, rhombus in the center, rotated roulette at the edges, green morocco lining and endpapers, edges formerly gilt and painted with two-tone floral motifs (slight rubbing, unstuck). PROVENANCE The hypothesis of a female patron, suggested by the presence of a woman praying before the Virgin and Child (f. 149r), is supported by the addition of the name of Saint Catherine, on the date November 25, by a hand different from that of the copyist. Calendar (f. 1r-12v) The calendar, in French, refers to the custom in Rouen. It mentions Saint Sever (February 1) and Saint Austreberte (February 10), both commemorated in a 15th-century breviary from Rouen (Leroq. B. 539); Saint Vigor (March 5), bishop of Bayeux from 511 to 538; Saint Valery (April 1), bishop of Rouen, attested to in several 15th-century Rouen manuscripts; Saint Méen (April 15), founder of the eponymous abbey in Ille-et-Vilaine; Saint Vaast (April 16 and July 16), to whom a dozen churches are dedicated in the Somme; the translation of the relics of Saint Ursin (June 12), celebrated in the dioceses of Rouen, Lisieux and Sées (Leroq. B.539, Lat. 1323, B.631, Lat. 1334); Saint Maclou (July 15); Saint Vivien (August 28), celebrated on the 26th in a 15th-century manuscript from the diocese of Rouen (Lat. 1334); Saint Mellon, bishop of Rouen (October 21); Saint Maclou (November 15 and July 10), attested to in several 15th-century breviaries from the dioceses of Bayeux, Coutances, Troarn, Lisieux and Sées (Leroq. B.572, B.469, Lat. 1323, Leroq. B.620, B.571, B.544, B.545, B.661); and Saint Ursin (December 30), celebrated in a series of breviaries and missals used in Rouen and Bayeux (Leroq. B.539, B.572, B.571, M.725, M.724, Lat. 1334). Contents Sequences from the four Gospels (f. 13r-18v): Jn 1, 1-14 (f. 13r- 15r); Lc 1, 27-38 (f. 15r-16r); Mt 2, 1-12 (f. 16r-17v); Mc 16, 14-20 (f. 17v-18v). Oraisons à la Vierge (f. 18v-25v): "Obsecro te" (f. 18v-21v); "O Intemerata" (f. 21v-25v). Hours of the Virgin (27r-78v) [the rubrics indicating the next office generally appear after the prayers of the preceding office; this ensures that the volume is complete, which is confirmed by the order of the leaves]: matins (f. 27r-37v); lauds (f. 38r-51v), ending with a series of antiphons and prayers to the Holy Spirit, St. Michael, St. John the Baptist, St. Lawrence, St. Nicholas, St. Catherine, St. Margaret, for peace [f. 52 virgin]; prime (f. 53r-58r); tierce (f. 58v-61v); sexte (f. 62r- 64v); none (f. 65r-67v); vespers (f. 68r-73v); compline (f. 74r-78v). Penitential psalms (f. 79r-91v), followed by the litanies of the saints (f. 91v-95v), which include Saint Mellon of Rouen (f. 93r) and Saint Maclou (f. 93v) [f. 96 blank]. Abbreviated Hours of the Cross (f. 97r-100r): matins (f. 97r-98r); prime (f. 98r-v); tierce (f. 98v); sexte (f. 98v-99r); none (f. 99r); vespers (f. 99r-v); compline (f. 99v-100r). Abbreviated Hours of the Holy Spirit (f. 100v-103v): matins and lauds (f. 100v-101v); tierce and sexte (f. 101v-102r); none (f. 102r-v); vespers (f. 102v-103v) [f. 104 blank]. Hours of the Dead (f. 105r-147v) [in this section, the text lacks the rubrics separating the offices]; [f. 148 blank]. The volume ends with two prayers in French. The first (f. 149r-154v), dedicated to the Virgin, follows the text of the Quinze joies Notre Dame, whose verses alternate with the Ave Maria. The second (f. 154v-162v) is a devotional oration addressed to Christ, alternating with the Pater noster. The success of these orations in the last decades of the 15th century was largely due to the rise of the Rosary confraternities and the distribution of the Livre et ordonnance de la dévote confrérie du Psaultier de la glorieuse Vierge Marie. The particular success of these texts in Brittany, the homeland of the Dominican Alain de la Roche who encouraged this devotion, is not surprising given the origin of our manuscript. D

Estim. 20 000 - 25 000 EUR

Wed 15 May

BOOK OF HOURS FOR THE USE OF UTRECHT. In the Dutch translation by Geert GroteManuscript, Region of IJssel (Zwolle?), c. 1470-90. In-12, [186 ff.]; 140 x 100 mm (83 x 60 mm); 19 long lines in carbon ink on parchment, lead pencil rules; textualis libraria, one hand for the entire manuscript; 5 historiated initials and one painted initial over 10 lines with framing, 22 champie letters with antennae adorned with gilded three-lobed flowers, small free green leaves and gilded besants, gilding on the leaf, red and blue lettrines, end-of-lines (litanies), rubrics. Later 19th-century binding in the 18th-century style: full marbled calf, 5-rib spine decorated with gilt caissons, double fillet framing the boards with small irons at the corners and the numeral "JV"(?) in gothic letters with marquis's crown in the center, silver clasps, roulette on the edges, blue, yellow and red speckled edges; corners rubbed with small lack at one of them, circular trace of the clasp on the spine, number scratched on the lower cover (150 x 110 mm). Books of hours for the use of Utrecht, similar in iconography to the group of Sarijshandschriften from Zwolle. TEXT - f.1-12: Calendar: in Utrecht Dutch; month names in Latin and Dutch; the seven feasts of the diocese are rubricated: Pontiaen mr. (January 14), Pancraes mr. (May 12), Odulf confessor (June 12), Lebuijn confessor (June 25 and November 12), S. Martijns ?hessinghe (July 4); Augustijn bisscop (August 28) and Willibrord bisscop (November 7). The saints' names are sometimes still in Latin. The calendar strictly follows Utrecht usage and lacks the peculiarities of the Sarijshanschriften noted by L. Wierda in his 1989 article and 1995 thesis. - f.13r-50v: Getijden der Heilige Maagd: Hours of the Virgin. Rubr. "Hier beghinnen die gethide van onser vrouwen." - f.51r-74v: Getijden der Eeuwige Wijsheid: Hours of the eternal wisdom of Henricus Suso. Rubr. "Hier beghint die prologus vander ewigher wijsheit" - f.75r-102v: Getijden van de Heilige Geest: Hours of the Holy Spirit: Rubr. "Hier beghinnen die gethide vanden heilighen gheeste". - f.103r-127v: Lange Getijden van het Heilige Kruis: Long Hours of the Cross: Rubr. "Hier beghinnen die langhe gethide vanden heiligehen cruis". - f.128r-137r: Boetpsalmen: Penitential Psalms - f.137r- 148r: Litany: we find the saints honored in Utrecht: Boniface, Lebuin, Willibrord, Aldebert, Ludger, etc. - f.149r-186r: Vigilia: Office of the dead. ICONOGRAPHY Historiated painted initials: - f.13: Virgin and Child (Madonna), type 4a frame described by L. Wierda - f.51: Salvador Mundi Mundi, framed type 3c - f.75: Annunciation (Pinksteren), framed type 6c - f.103: Man of Sorrows (Man van Smarten), framed type 3e - f.128Last Judgment (Laasste Oordeel), type 1b framing The historiated initials are followed by a 10-line painted initial with type 3c framing and accompanied by 22 champie letters with antennae adorned with three-lobed flowers, free green comma-shaped leaves and besants (type 3b framing according to L. Wierda; see also the drawings listed by L. Wierda, p.131-134, "pennerondjes", tekening 12, with "kommavormig blaadje", tekening 25). The various subjects follow the classic iconographic cycle listed by Wierda Livre d'Heures à l'usage d'Utrecht We would like to thank Laura Lebarbey for writing this note. details (p.70): the Virgin and Child for the Hours of the Virgin, the Salvador Mundi for the Hours of Eternal Wisdom, the Annunciation for the Hours of the Holy Spirit, the Man of Sorrows for the Hours of the Cross and the Last Judgment for the Penitential Psalms. The style of the historiated initials and the framing are very similar to the manuscript preserved at Zwolle HCO: Coll. GAZ 57, identified as part of the Sarijs-handischriften. The copyist's hand also appears similar to our own. The artist of the manuscript differs mainly in the face of the Virgin, but all the compositions are based on the same model. The features of the various representations of Christ in our manuscript are similar to those of the Zwolle Last Judgment, but there is something in the eyes that suggests a different hand. Two other manuscripts preserved in Leiden are also close: Leiden, UB: ms. LTK 298 (different copyist but same type 3b frame) and LTK 299 (same composition for the Virgin and same type 4a and 3b frames). BIBLIOGRAPHY Wierda, L., De Sarijs-handschriften, laatmiddeleeuwse handschriften uit de IJsselstreek. Zwolle, [1995]. - Georgette Epiney-Burgard, Gérard Grote, 1340-1384, et les débuts de la dévotion moderne, Wiesbaden, 1970. - Lydia S. Wierda, "Some Observations on the Importance of Texts for the Study

Estim. 15 000 - 18 000 EUR

Wed 15 May

[15th century illuminated manuscript]. [NORMANDIE] Hours for the use of Rouen, northern France, second half of the 15th century, circa 1460-1470. Volume 187 × 137 × 50 mm including binding, [125] vellum leaves. Page: 179 × 125 mm. Calendar: lower margin: 57 mm; upper margin: 21 mm; inner margin: 22 mm; outer margin: 42 mm; writing area: 61 × 100 mm; one column of 16 lines; line spacing 6 mm; small lettering 9 × 7 mm; medium lettering: 12 × 26 mm. Body text: lower margin: 63 mm; upper margin: 20 mm; inner margin: 24 mm; outer margin: 40 mm; writing area: 95 × 62 mm, one column of 14 lines per page, 7 mm line spacing; small lettering: 12 × 7 mm; medium lettering: 15 × 15 mm to 27 × 15 mm; large lettering: 28 × 25 mm. Owner's mark erased in lower margin of f. 13r. Some leaves missing. Bound in 19th-century ivory vellum, 5-ribbed spine, gilt "Missale" title, small-iron ornamented coffers, boards bordered by a small-iron frame and double fillet, all gilt, gilt roulette on endpapers, antique gilt edges. Calendar The manuscript opens with a calendar in French and Latin, which now contains only the months from March to September (the others are missing). The liturgical commemorations it contains link this manuscript to the use of the diocese of Rouen. These include Saint Vaast (July 16) and Saint Valery, celebrated locally on April 1. Saint Hugues (April 9) is attested in a breviary and two 15th-century Rouen missals (Leroq. B.539, M.725, M.724), which also feature Saint Eutrope (April 30). Saint Gildart (June 8) is mentioned in many breviaries, missals and diurnals used in the dioceses of Bayeux, Coutances, Évreux, Rouen and Sées (Leroq. B.539, B.572, Lat. 1323, B.620, B.571, B.544, B.545, B.631, B.661, B.660, M.725, M.724, Lat. 1334). Saint Cler (July 18) is commemorated in six breviaries and a missal for use in Bayeux, Coutances, Rouen, Sées and Troarn Troarn (Leroq. B.620, B.571, B.572, B.544, B.631, B.661, M.725). The translation of the relics of Saint Ouen (May 6) is also linked to Rouen custom, as is the feast of Saint Martial (July 3), whose name is inscribed in gold ink. Contents Sequences from the four Gospels (f. 8r-12v): Jn 1, 1-13 [missing last verse and final oration]; Lc 1, 27-38 (f. 9r-10r) [missing title and verse Lc 1, 26], Mt 2, 1-12 (f. 10r-11v); Mc 16, 14-20 (f. 11v-12v). Hours of the Virgin [incomplete from beginning], f. 13r-55r: matins (f. 13r- 23v); lauds (f. 24r-35v); orations in honor of the Holy Spirit (f. 35v-36r), the Trinity (f. 36r-v), St. Nicholas (f. 36v-37r), St. Catherine (f. 37r-v), all saints (f. 37v-38r), for peace (f. 38r-v); prime (f. 39r-43v); tierce (f. 43v-46v); sexte (f. 46v-50v) [lacks beginning of none]; vespers (f. 50v-55r); Angelus oration (f. 55r). Abbreviated Hours of the Cross (f. 55v-59r): matins (f. 55v-56r); prime (f. 56r-v); tierce (f. 56v-57r); sexte (f. 57r-v); none (f. 57v- 58r); vespers (f. 58r); compline (f. 58r-59v). Hours of the Holy Spirit (f. 59v) [missing matins, prime, tierce and sexte]; end of sexte (f. 60r); none (f. 60r-v); vespers (f. 60v-61r); compline (f. 61r-v) [f. 62 virgin, set]. Penitential psalms (f. 63r-74r) [beginning missing]; litanies of the saints (f. 74v-81r). Hours of the Dead [missing beginning]; vespers (f. 81v-86r); matins (f. 86r-108v); lauds (f. 109r-112v); orations to the Virgin: "Obsecro te Domina" (f. 113r-117r); "O Intemerata" (f. 117r-121r); the Fifteen Joys of Our Lady (in French) (f. 121r-124v). Decor The calendar is decorated with 7 medium-sized initials (12 × 26 mm) and 57 small initials (9 × 7 mm) at the beginning of the saints' names, which are calligraphed in red and blue ink, some in gold ink. The beginning of the canonical hours is indicated by 7 large initials painted in blue, purple and red ink with white highlights on a gold background (28 × 25 mm). The psalms and prayers of the office feature 99 medium-sized initials in gold ink on a blue and purple background (15 × 15 mm to 27 × 15 mm). Small initials (12 × 7 mm) mark the beginning of each biblical verse, treated in the same tones, as do the ornaments at the end of the line. The style of these lettrines, comparable to several books of hours used in Rouen in the last third of the 15th century, can be compared to a book of hours leaf attributed to the master of the Missel de Troyes, active in the 1460s-1470s (Cleveland Museum of Art, inv. 2011.61). The painted decoration is concentrated on the introductory leaves of the main offices. The inner, lower and upper margins of these leaves are decorated with blue and gold scrolls punctuated with floral motifs, alternating with vine scrolls drawn in black ink, the leaves gilded. These ornaments appear at the beginning of the lauds for the Virgin (f. 24r), tierce (f. 43v), sex

Estim. 4 000 - 6 000 EUR

Tue 21 May

1848 PONT DE VESLE CATALOGUE DE BIBLIOTHEQUE Techner In-8 paperback (missing spine replaced by paper strip. 279 pp. and wetness. Library concerning theater, dramatic arts. 2472 No. Another copy in later binding (russeting and spotting). 1850 MARESCHAL CATALOG DES LIVRES RARES ET PRECIEUX DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M. M*** (MARESCHAL DE METZ) DONT LA VENTE AURA LIEU LE LUNDI 11 NOVEMBRE ET JOURS SUIVANTS A SIX HEURES ET DEMI DU SOIR RUE DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DU LOUVRE N°4.PAR LE MINISTERE DE Me BOULOUZE TECHENER IN 8 broché (usé, dos passé, , légères rousseurs) 3649 N°, 476 PP. 1853 N ......(LORD) CATALOGUE DE BEAUX LIVRES ANCIENS EDITION ELZEVIRIENNES POETES Français ET ITALIEN FACETIES HISTOIRE LA PLUPART EN BELLES RELIURES ANCIENNES P JANNET SUCCESSEUR DE SILVESTRE IN 8 broché, couv. Verte imprimée. 512 N° 72 PP 1853 VIOLLET LE DUC BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M.VIOLLET LE DUC :THEOLOGIE, JURISPRUDENCE, BEAUX ARTS, THEATRE, HISTOIRE; 2EME PARTIE P JANNET SUCCESSEUR DE SILVESTRE IN 8 paperback, printed cover (spine worn, cover faded) 42PP. Uncut 1856 PARIS LOUIS ESSAI HISTORIQUE SUR LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DU ROI AUJOURD' HUI BIBLIOTHEQUE IMPERIALE. AU BUREAU DU CABINET HISTORIQUE ET CHEZ LE CONCIERGE DE LA B,I IN 12 broché (couv. Usée, manques au dos, rousseurs). 466 PP. 1861 LECHAUDE D' ANISY LOUIS-AMEDEE. (MEMBER OF THE SOCIETE DES ANTIQUAIRES DE LONDRES OF THE SOCIETE DES ANTIQUAIRES DE NORMANDIE CORRESPONDANT DU MINISTERE DE L' INSTRUCTION PUBLIQUE DE FRANCE ETC... ETC...) CATALOGUE DES LIVRES RARES ET DES MANUSCRITS PRECIEUX COMPOSANT LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE FEU M. LECHAUDE D ANISY (MEMBRE DE LA SOCIETE DES ANTIQUAIRES DE LONDRES DE LA SOCIETE DES ANTIQUAIRES DE NORMANDIE CORRESPONDANT DU MINISTERE DE L'INSTRUCTION PUBLIQUE DE France ETC... ETC...) PARIS RENE MUFFAT IN 8 paperback (spine worn with small paper chips, foxing, ex-libris stamp of Dominique Messager). 1802 NO., 199 PP. 1865 SAINT VICTOR (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE L ABBAYE DE ) HISTOIRE DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE L'ABBAYE DE SAINT VICTOR A PARIS D'APRES DES DOCUMENTS INEDITS AVEC DES EXTRAITS DES CATALOGS DE 1513-1623-1677-PAR ALFRED FRANKLIN. AUBRY AUGUSTE IN 8 paperback (small bumps to covers). Author's letter on cover (recipient's name erased). EX LIBRISFRANCOIS HUET 1867 EPERNAY EXTRAIT DU CATALOGUE GENERALE METHODIQUE SUIVI DE LA TABLE ALPHABETIQUE DES AUTEURS BOUCARD NOEL IN 8 broché, couv. Verte imprimée (Cachet ex-libris de Dominique Messager sur le titre) 883 N°, 105 PP. A fine copy. 1871 M.. MARQUIS DE CATALOGUE D'UNE IMPORTANTE COLLECTION DE LIVRES RARES ET DE MANUSCRITS PRECIEUX PROVENANT DE FEU M.LE MARQUIS DE M... MM. SCHLESINGER FRERES IN-8 paperback (worn, stamps, qq annotations.) 5252N°, 736 PP. 1872 DANYAU (DOCTEUR) CATALOG DES LIVRES ANCIENS ET MODERNES RARES ET CURIEUX PROVENANT DE FEU M. LE DOCTEUR DANYAU-OFFICIER DE LA LEGION D' HONNEUR, ANCIEN PROFESSEUR ET CHIRURGIEN EN CHEF DE L' HOSPICE DE LA MATERNITE. PARIS IN 8 paperback (minor defects and foxing, ex-libris stamp of Dominique Messager on title) 311PP-2035 N° TOME 1 seul

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Tue 21 May

1848 SAINT MAURICE VICTOR DE (COMTE) CATALOGUE DE BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M. DE SAINT M****TRES BEAUX LIVRES COLLECTION DE CLASSIQUES Français ET ETRANGERS EN PAPIER VELIN ET EN GRAND PAPIER VELIN CATALOGUE DE BELLES ESTAMPES ANCIENNES ET MODERNES PORTRAITS POUR SERVIR A L'HISTOIRE DE France. COLLECTION OF FRENCH AND FOREIGN VIGNETTES. POTIER ET DEFER IN 8 period cartonnage (crudely repaired, scattered foxing, ex-libris stamp of Dominique Messager) 389 PP. LA VENTE A EU LIEU EN 1849; Prix d'adjudication notés; suivi du catalog de MR BOLLE 1868 VAN DER HELLE CATALOG DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M. VAN DER HELLE: RICHES RELIURES-BEAUX MANUSCRITS AVEC MINIATURES.......PAR LES ARTISTES ANCIENS ET MODERNES LES PLUS CELEBRES D'EUROPE. BACHELIN DEFLORENNE Large IN 8 contemporary black half-chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated (light rubbing, corners rubbed, light foxing, ex-libris stamp of Dominique Messager on title). 276 PP., 2372 N° with auction prices noted in the margins. 1868 GANCIA M.G. CATALOG OF THE LIBRARY OF M.G.GANCIA COMPOSEE EN PARTIE DES LIVRES DE LA PREMIERE BIBLIOTHEQUE DU CARDINAL MAZARIN ET D' OUVRAGES PRECIEUX PROVENANT DES PRINCIPAUX CABINETS DISPERSES PENDANT LES VINGT DERNIERES BACHELIN DEFLORENNE IN 8 demi-basane brune d'époque, dfos lisse orné (Cachet ex-libris de Dominique Messager sur le titre). 189pp. hors texte plates. Printed on laid paper. 1150 no. with auction prices noted. 1869 ESPAULARD AD. D' ET M.G*** R*** CATALOGUE DE BONS LIVRES DANS ALL LES GENRES ANCIENS ET MODERNES COMPOSANT LES BIBLIOTHEQUES DE FEU M.AD D ESPAULART (DU MANS)(1er PARTIE) ET DE M.G*** R***(ANCIEN PROFESSEUR DE L'UNIVERSITE) IMP ED MONNOYER .CP O.MOUSSOIR IN 8 period blue half-basane, smooth spine decorated (Stamp ex-libris of Dominique Messager on title). 2639 NO., 194 PP. A fine copy. 1874 FONTAINE AUGUSTE CATALOG DE LIVRES ANCIENS ET MODERNES, RARES ET CURIEUX, DE LA LIBRAIRIE A. FONTAINE LIBRAIRIE FONTAINE Large IN 8 period long-grained green half-maroquin, smooth ornate spine ( headpieces, corners and edges rubbed, scattered foxing) 2716 N°, 504 PP. ( Dominique Messager bookplate on title. ) 1874 RIGAUD AMEDEE CATALOG DE SA BIBLIOTHEQUE PAR P. L. JACOB BIBLIOPHILE ET LE BARON O. DE WATTEVILLE AUGUSTE AUBRY Large IN 8 half burgundy contemporary basane, spine ribbed and decorated (some rubbing, rare brown spots, bookplate of Dominique Messager on title. ) "The library of the late Amédée Rigaud is above all a small, graceful eighteenth-century library. We can therefore apply to the Catalogue of this library the title that the bookseller Mérigot l'aîné gave, in 1782, to the anonymous Catalogue of the library of an amiable and intelligent financier, named Desbrière: Catalogue de livres singuliers, facétieux, choisis et amusants. Indeed, in Amédée Rigaud's library, we don't find many works of the dreaded boring genre, which has produced so many remarkable volumes that are respected and never touched. In this library, Theology offers only forty-eight numbers, and even these are only fine books of hours, handwritten or printed, volumes in old morocco with arms, rarities or rather singularities. Jurisprudence has only eight issues, including the Constitutional Charter with figures by Monnet. The Sciences and Arts section is much richer, and there is no shortage of books, large books with figures. But the real wealth of the library is to be found in the Belles-lettres section, and that's what the eighteenth century is all about: poetry, novels, fairy tales, theater, facéties, polygraphs. Then, above all and everywhere, prints and vignettes of the finest selection. [...]" 1875 POCHET-DEROCHE CATALOGUE DE LIVRES PROVENANT DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M.P.D. (POCHET-DEROCHE) OUVRAGES SUR LES BEAUX ARTS, LIVRES A FIGURES, SUITES DE VIGNETTES, ŒUVRES DE RETIF DE LA BRETONNE, JOURNAUX RARES SUR LA REVOLUTION PARIS ET L' ILE DE France , DONT LA VENTE AURA LIEU LE LUNDI 3 MAI 1875 ET SIX JOURS SUIVANTS. ANTONIN CHOSSONNERY SUCCESSEUR DE J.F. DELION LIBRAIRE DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE L'ARSENAL ET DE L'ECOLE SPECIALE DES LANGUES ORIANTALES VIVANTES IN 8 period red half-chagrin (hinges rubbed, ex-libris stamp of Dominique Messager on title. Stamp of Dominique Messager on title, a few crosses in margins). 136 PP, 1377 NO. THIS CATALOG IS MISSING FROM THE BNF AND BLOGIE. 1877 FONTAINE AUGUSTE CATALOG DE LIVRES ANCIENS ET MODERNES, RARES ET CURIEUX DE LA LIBRAIRIE A. FONTAINE LIBRAIRIE FONTAINE Large IN 8 bound (worn, spine roughly rebound, ex-libris stamp of Dominique Messager on title. ) 1862 NO., 478 PP. 1880 COHEN HENRY GUIDE DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES A VIGNETTES ET A FIGURINES DU XVIII SIECLES 4° EDITIONS ROUQUETTE Large in-8 brown half-chagrin with corners

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Tue 21 May

BEAUTIFUL MANUSCRIPT OF THE KORAN Kashmir, early 19th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 364 ff, each leaf with 15 lines of black black naskh, each in a cloud on a gold background, verses separated by gold lozenges, sura titles in blue thuluth on a gold blue thuluth on a gold background in illuminated cartouches, jadval in gold, numerous illuminated marginal medallions, advertisements, several double pages including the frontispiece, entirely illuminated in gold and blue, endpapers in stamped paper, in its original binding in lacquered papier-mâché with floral decoration, the linings painted with a large palmette boteh. Size: 22.5 x 14.7 cm (leaves) A Very Fine Qur'an in its Original Binding, Kashmir, Early 19th century This luxurious manuscript has been lavishly illuminated. In addition to the first double-page (the frontispiece), which traditionally receives the full attention of the illuminator, this manuscript has no less than seven other fully illuminated pages. These are the pages containing the titles of the suras al-ma'ida, yunis, bani isra'il, al-shu'ara, al-saffat, qaf and the finispice. Like many other Kashmiri Korans, this manuscript is neither signed nor dated, but its style is typical of late 18th- and early 19th-century Kashmiri art. The large "boteh" palmette painted on the lining of the binding is the motif par excellence associated with the decoration of Kashmir's famous shawls. See two fine Kashmir Korans sold at Christie's, London, October 6, 2011, no. 131 and Sotheby's, London, October 8, 2014, no. 42.

Estim. 5 000 - 7 000 EUR

Wed 22 May

DU TRONCHET (Étienne). - Lettres missives et familières. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Nicolas du Chemin, 1569. In-4, black morocco, triple gilt fillet, gilt coat of arms in center, ornate spine with repeated numeral, double fillet inside, chocolate brown moire lining and endpapers, gilt edges, slipcase (Honegger). Extremely rare first edition, shared between Nicolas du Chemin and Lucas Breyer. The 1568 edition by Lucas Breyer alone, mentioned by Du Verdier, does not seem to exist. Étienne du Tronchet, a poet from Forez, died around 1585 in Rome, where he had spent the last years of his life. His Lettres missives et familières, in prose or sometimes verse, are addressed to a large number of people, most of whom live or work in Lyon and Forez. Some of the letters are signed with the author's anagram: En heur content se dit. His poems include the sonnet Pour exemple de chasteté, Sur les loüanges de sa maîtresse, and the Sonnet au Roy, sur la pacification des premiers troubles. His poems only ever appeared in this way, mixed with the Lettres missives (see the handwritten note at the beginning of the volume, taken from the catalog of Édouard Turquety's poetic library, 1868, no. 155). Very fine impression by Nicolas du Chemin. The title is set in an attractive woodcut frame with two satyrs each holding a basket of fruit, the same as that used for the collective edition of Pontus de Tyard's works published in Paris by Galiot du Pré in 1573. The text is embellished with large, highly decorative, ornate initials. A morocco copy bearing the collector's coat of arms. Ex-libris of Frédéric Lachèvre, probably brought back from the old binding. Missing the second leaf, with the author's portrait. Smudging on the edges of the last 30 leaves, with the lower margin of the last 2 restored. Renouard, Breyer, n°7. - Picot, Rothschild, n°1876 (for the 1615 edition). - Diane Barbier-Mueller, Inventaire..., n°324.

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

Wed 22 May

RONSARD (Pierre de). - Élégies, mascarades et bergerie. Paris, Gabriel Buon, 1565. In-4, brown morocco, covers framed with gilt fillet and decorated with a large mosaic of interlacing in fawn morocco, spine decorated with a gilt numeral repeated in caissons drawn by fawn morocco scrolls, fawn morocco lining set with a gilt fillet, chocolate moire endpapers, gilt head, case (G. Plumelle). Second edition, published the same year as the original: a first state copy. One of two known copies according to J. P. Barbier-Mueller and N. Ducimetière, along with the one in the Munich library. A collection of occasional pieces composed at the instigation of Catherine de Médicis, containing poems addressed to Queen Elizabeth of England and members of her government, as well as to French sovereigns, princes and aristocrats, including Catherine de Médicis, Charles IX, Louis de Condé, etc. Also included is a Bergerie dedicated to Catherine de Médicis, Charles IX and Louis de Condé. There is also a Bergerie dedicated to Marie Stuart, Queen of Scots, whose actors were to be the children of the royal family along with Henri de Navarre and Henri de Guise, but which was never performed, as well as poems composed for court festivities, collected under the title Mascarades, combatz et cartelz, faitz à Paris et au carnaval de Fontainebleau. With this collection, Ronsard became the official ambassador of Catherine de Médicis: on April 11, 1564, France and England had signed the Treaty of Troyes, which put an end to the long-standing continental claims of the British crown. The time was ripe for reconciliation, and Catherine de Médicis, anxious to maintain cordial relations with Queen Elizabeth, commissioned these verses from Ronsard, her poetic spokesman (N. Ducimetière). Particularly noteworthy is the elegy addressed to Mylord Robert Du-Dlé, Comte de L'Encestre (Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, minister to the Queen of England), whose qualities Ronsard praises, including his courage in battle, his aptitude for music and dance. While his well-known taste for bibliophilia - the bindings made for him bear his emblem, a bear chained to a tree trunk - is not mentioned, the poet does shed light on this dignitary's passion for hunting (12 lines): Nul mieux que toy ne suit par les bocages, / Les Cerfs rameux, ou les Sangliers sauvages... A washed copy, covered in an attractive binding with mosaic decoration in the Renaissance style. It comes from the Maggs collection and was formerly bound by Marmin (cf. Seymour de Ricci, Catalogue of unique early editions of Ronsard, 1927, n°55, pp. 126-127). Upper corner of several leaves restored. Without the last leaf, blank. J. P. Barbier-Mueller, II-1, n°45. - Ronsard : la trompette et la lyre, n°242. - N. Ducimetière, Mignonne..., n°13 (this copy). - Diane Barbier-Mueller, Inventaire..., n°738.

Estim. 4 000 - 5 000 EUR

Mon 27 May

Pierre-Paul Dubuisson (French, 1707-1762) Almanach Royal, leap year 1768 A Paris, chez Le Breton, Premier Imprimeur ordinaire du Roi, rue de la Harpe. With the King's approval and privilege (1767). In-8, 542 pages. Full red morocco, decorated with a rich plate by Pierre-Paul Dubuisson. Spine with 5 nerves, decorated with fleurs-de-lys, roulette on the edges; superb Augsburg paper endpapers with celadon green stripes on a gold background. All edges gilt. (tiny paper defect on folio V6, affecting 2 letters on verso: "Montma...e" for "Montmartre"). Pierre-Paul Dubuisson. A royal almanac for the year 1768. Conceived in 1684 by Laurent d'Houry, the Almanach Royal received Louis XIV's approval in 1699. It was published annually from 1700 to 1792. The Almanach Royal provides important information on the administration of France and the European courts, as well as on the customs of the time. It includes details of the royal courts and state bodies, lists of members of the Academies, the Parliament, the Chancellery, the Queen's Household, the army corps, the Admiralty, the General Farm, etc., as well as the names of factory inspectors, stockbrokers and bankers, the King's physicians and surgeons, "Maistres en l'art et science de chirurgie de la Ville de Paris", oculists and apothecaries... Some forty pages are devoted to "L'ordre général des courriers, avec le jour et l'heure de leur départ pour les lettres, tant dedans que dehors le royaume", as well as to "Messageries Royales, coches et carosses, avec le jour de leur départ", not forgetting the coches d'eau. The book concludes with an impressive list of the kingdom's "most important fairs". The almanac was useful to almost all classes of society, and enjoyed considerable success. The "simple" bindings were in basane or calf. However, important or wealthy people wanted richly decorated morocco bindings, on which they could occasionally apply their coat of arms. The demand for these morocco bindings was so strong that fashionable bookbinders used gilded plates for their ornamentation, rather than petit fers. The finest of these plate bindings are those of Pierre-Paul Dubuisson (1707-1762), later struck by his successors. Some fifteen different plates by Dubuisson are known, 12 of which were described and illustrated in the Librairie Morgand catalog, Livres dans des rich reliures, compiled by Edouard Rahir in 1910, and 2 others in Pierre Bérès's booklet, "Collection d'almanachs royaux", distributed around 2005. This 1768 almanac is decorated with the plates "Rahir184 d, année 1765", "Bérès c, année 1763" in perfect condition. The approval of this copy is dated December 23, 1767.

Estim. 1 800 - 2 500 EUR

Mon 27 May

Alfred Jarry (French, 1873-1907) "Gestes et Opinions du Docteur Faustroll, pataphysicien", 1898 [Paris, Le Phalanstère], [1898] Autograph manuscript, signed three times, once in capital letters on the title page and twice at the end of the text. In-8 (Height 201 Width 154mm - not including tabs). Collation: 211 autograph pages on 206 leaves, paginated 1-218, in black ink by Alfred Jarry. Second numbering in blue pencil by the printer. Illustrations: original lithographs by Alfred Jarry, cut into two or four parts, forming 36 fragments on the reverse of which Jarry wrote the manuscript. The details of the fragments are as follows: - plate 47 (numbered in the 1968 catalog raisonné): seventeen fragments: first quarter four fragments, second quarter five fragments, third quarter five fragments, fourth quarter three fragments: three complete lithographs (approx. 300 x 220mm, after assembly of the fragments) and five fragments; - plate 49: eight fragments: one complete lithograph (approx. 275 x 185mm, after assembling the fragments) and four fragments; - plate 54: eleven fragments: one complete lithograph (the quarters are missing a few centimetres) and seven fragments; Contemporary binding: probably made for Victor Lemasle. Black chagrin spine, marbled paper boards. Provenance: - Victor Lemasle (1876-1932), autograph dealer and publisher, notably of Alfred Jarry's last book, Albert Samain (Souvenirs), in 1907. He sold some of the Jarry manuscripts he owned to - Louis Libaude, pseud. Louis Lormel (1869-1922), art dealer; by descent; - private collection. Exhibition of this manuscript: - "Expojarrysition", Galerie Jean Loize, Paris (18 palotin to 8 gidouille 80), May 7 to June 20, 1953, no. 1 (with reproduction); - Alfred Jarry 1873-1917", Graphisches Kabinett, Kunsthaus Zürich, December 14, 1984 - March 10, 1985. Alfred Jarry, 1898. An autograph manuscript entitled "Gestes et Opinions du Docteur Faustroll, pataphysicien". Signed. Bibliography: - Œuvres complètes (ed. Henri Béhar), III, Paris, 2013, p. 9 ff (notice by Alain Chevrier); - Œuvres complètes (pléiade) I, Paris, 1972, p. 655 ff, p. 1216 ff ; - Patrick Besnier, Alfred Jarry, Paris, 2005, p. 358 ff; - Peintures, gravures et dessins d'Alfred Jarry, Paris, Collège de Pataphysique, 1968; - Apollinaire's remarks on Jarry: Le Courrier des Arts , in Paris-Journal, June 28, 1914. Webography : - Jarry's manuscripts known today: http://alfredjarry.fr/amisjarry/fichiers_ea/etoile_absinthe_132_133.pdf (p.18 ff.); Complete autograph manuscript of one of Alfred Jarry's most important works: Au cœur de la pataphysique. This manuscript was partly written on the back of large original lithographs by Alfred Jarry, cut in half or quarters: two of these lithographs are known today only through this manuscript. The manuscript belonged to Louis Lormel, one of Jarry's earliest friends and a conduit for the avant-garde. The manuscript is sold with its export certificate. Presentation text on rouillac.com. https://www.rouillac.com/fr/news-3746-la_naissance_pataphysique?p=655

Estim. 50 000 - 70 000 EUR

Tue 28 May

Papa PIO IX (Giovanni Mastai-Ferretti; Senigallia, 13 maggio 1792 – Roma, 7 febbraio 1878) - Viaggio a Velletri - Very rare bibliographic document, in oblong format, measures approximately 28x41 cm, coeval binding in full cloth, hard cover in red imitation leather, plates embossed in gold with the Mastai Ferretti papal coat of arms in the center and frame and corners with floral references, 52 pages plus one white at the end, large photo 18x23 cm protected by tissue paper of His Holiness PIO IX on the frontispiece, 7 photos and artistic reproductions (albumin) f.t. with protective tissue. Title page in black letters "JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE PIUS IX TO THE CITY AND PROVINCE OF VELLETRI / WRITTEN AND COMPILED / BY CANON LUIGI ANGELONI / VELLETRI / PRINTING BY ANGELO SARTORI AND COMP. / 1863" The report of a 4-day journey, in the book divided into 1st DAY / 2nd DAY / 3rd DAY / 4th DAY, undertaken by Pius IX in the province of Velletri, granting the various visit prayers received from the "Veliterno" people, who left on day 11 of May 1863 with a visit to the abbey of Valvisciolo. The author's opening note "Not a story is described here, but a journey is narrated, simple and naked as it happened, and was learned by us witnesses above all. And we were lucky; because on the subject we met, on which shone with such greatness that it completely rejected the artifices of art, of which we are deprived. However, it was enough for us only, in a few pages, and in very short hours, to vent our passionate soul, before which human events, and those in particular that are connected to Religion, do not go unnoticed. It is precisely of it to bring back the strongest impressions from them, to form the most cherished images; which, only in the Catholic, give the beginning down here to that life, which in the bosom of God, it goes from there." Note in the last line "The photographs attached here, except that of Valmontone, were taken from sketches made on site and after the journey described above" Cover with signs of aging and slight damage to the edge, flaps in white marbled paper with slight stains, pages in excellent condition, tissue paper with defects and creases

Estim. 1 000 - 1 200 EUR

Tue 28 May

1790-1993. BOOK: (BIBLIA-SCIO). SCIO DE SAN MIGUEL, PHELIPE [translated]: LA BIBLIA VULGATA LATINA TRADUCIDA EN ESPAÑOL, Y ANOTADA CONFORME AL SENTIDO DE LOS SANTOS PADRES Y EXPOSITORES CATHÓLICOS POR EL PADRE.... DEDICATED TO THE KING OUR LORD DON CARLOS IV. Valencia: Office of Joseph and Thomas de Orga, 1790-1993. 10 vol. in folio minor, 8 vol. for the Old Testament and two for the New Testament. I: Frontis drawn by Camarón and engraved by V. Capilla +1 h. + XIV p. + 1 h. (warning) + 4 p. + 646 p. + 1 h. II: 1 h. + 4 p. + 591 p. III: 1 h. + 4 p. + 578 p. + 1 h. IV: 1 h. + 4 p. + 699 p. + 699 p. V: 1 h. + 603 p. VI: 1 h. + 649 p. VII: 1 h. + 669 p. VIII: 1 h. + 480 p. + CXLV p. with indexes and chronological tables. I (N.T.): 3 h. + XXXIV p. + 581 p. II (N.T.): 1 h. + 811 p. In each volume an intaglio header drawn by Camarón and engraved by M. Peleguer. Text in two columns (Latin and Spanish) and comments. All volumes in good condition, only the first has a moisture stain at the top of the volume. All enc. in Spanish pulp, nerves, spine decorated with tejuelo and gilt, painted cuts, in the upper cut of all volumes pyrography 'JHS'. First Castilian translation of the Vulgate and first time the text is published in Castilian in Spanish territory. The Council of Trent forbade the reading of the Holy Scriptures in the vulgar language, but the decree of December 20, 1782 of the Tribunal of the Inquisition tolerated the versions as long as they had historical and dogmatic notes. Palau describes this edition as magnificent and of a correctness that honors the Valencian presses. The plates were sold separately, this copy does not have them. Brunet I/896. Palau 28948. CCPB 58808-3, indicates only 4 complete copies in Spanish public libraries.

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