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8vo. 126 pp., final blank leaf. With printer's device on title-page. Half vellum (ca. 1900) with marbled boards and giltstamped spine title. Edges sprinkled in red. Third edition of the famous "Hieracosophion", the second to contain the third book. - "Celebrated poem on falconry" (Schwerdt), written in Latin hexameters by Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1553-1617), a distinguished and highly erudite French nobleman. "His poem was reprinted by N. Rigault in 'Rei Accipitrariae Scriptores' in 1612 and also translated into Italian [.] De Thou succeeded his father, Christophe, as president of parliament; he was privy councillor to Henry III, and also to Henry IV of France, and keeper of his library. He was not thirty when he composed the elegant verses on hawking, which were probably inspired by the experience he gained of this noble sport during his sojourns at foreign courts" (ibid.). On p. 7, we find "an important note on the various kinds of hawks used for Falconry, with the Latin and French names for them" (Harting). - Very minor brownstaining; traces of an old bookseller's label on endpapers. A good copy. - Adams T 658. BM-STC French 225. Barbier IV, 1270. Harting 306. Souhart 461. Schwerdt II, 261. Thiébaud 897. Graesse VI/2, 147. OCLC 69042873. Cf. Brunet V, 840 (first ed. 1584). Not in Renouard or Schreiber.

4to (220 x 150 mm). (4), 95, (13) pp. Half vellum (ca. 1892). First complete edition, in the original Latin, of one of the most famous and longest of De Thou's poems, a didactic verse in about 2780 hexameters devoted to hunting with falcons and other birds of prey, composed in three "libri" and addressed to François, Duke of Alençon, Anjou and Brabant (1555-84), the youngest son of the late King Henri II and Catherine de' Medici, and brother of the reigning King Henri III. It is the first major Latin work on the subject of falconry. Book 1 discusses the various kinds of birds of prey used in falconry and how to choose one, book 2 discusses their care and feeding, training and the practice of hunting with them, and book 3 discusses their medical care. De Thou anonymously published an advance version of books 1 and 2 at Bordeaux in 1582, but his own correspondence indicates that he had only a few copies of that edition printed, primarily to send them to colleagues (including Pierre Pithou, Claude Dupuy and Joseph Scaliger) for their corrections and suggestions. Harvard University has the only known copy of that edition, and De Thou decided not to complete it but instead to make extensive revisions and add the third book for the present edition, beautifully printed by the King s Printer in Paris. The poem ends on p. 95, with the next page containing an "important" (Harting) note about the various kinds of birds of prey used for falconry and giving their French and Latin names. The last six leaves contain Thou s 11-page letter to Philippe Huralt (1528-99), French chancellor under King Henri III, on the subject of falconry, and on the last page the corrigenda. Falconry was so popular in France from the reign of François I to that of Louis XIII that it can be considered the national pastime of the French nobility, as well as the prominent clergy, military figures and politicians in that period, 1515-1643. - With a modern armorial bookplate of the Verne d Orcet family, whose great library on the subject of hunting was begun ca. 1900. Formerly side-stitched through 4 holes, B1 and B4 no longer conjugate but still securely attached, a faint marginal stain in the lower outside corner of the last few leaves and the foot of the title-page slightly thumbed, but still in very good condition and with large margins. The outer free endleaf at front and back slightly browned, but the binding also very good. - Adams T 657. Harting 306. Souhart 461. De Smet (ed.), La fauconnerie à la Renaissance: le Hieracosophion, passim (a critical edition and French translation with extensive commentary). De Smet, Thuanus: the making of Jacques-Auguste de Thou, pp. 51-66. French vernacular books 88799. Kinser, Works of Jacques Auguste de Thou (1966), 7 (pp. 205-207). Sotheby s (Marcel Jeanson coll.) 28 Feb. to 1 March 1987, lot 560. Thiébaud 897. USTC 171837. Cf. Schwerdt, p. 261 (1582 & 1587 eds.).

[4], 95, [13] pp.First complete edition, in the original Latin, of one of the most famous and longest of De Thou's poems, a didactic verse in about 2780 hexameters devoted to hunting with falcons and other birds of prey, composed in three "libri" and addressed to François, Duke of Alençon, Anjou and Brabant (1555-1584), the youngest son of the late King Henri II and Catherine de' Medici, and brother of the reigning King Henri III. It is the first major Latin work on the subject of falconry. Book 1 discusses the various kinds of birds of prey used in falconry and how to choose one, book 2 discusses their care and feeding, training and the practice of hunting with them, and book 3 discusses their medical care. De Thou (1553-1617), not yet thirty when he first published the present poem, is now considered "the most important historian of the French Renaissance". The poem ends on p. 95, with the next page containing an "important" (Harting) note about the various kinds of birds of prey used for falconry and giving their French and Latin names. The last six leaves contain Thou's 11-page letter to Philippe Huralt (1528-1599), French chancellor under King Henri III, on the subject of falconry, and on the last page the corrigenda. The preliminaries contain laudatory verses by Scévole de Sainte-Martin and Pierre Pithou. Falconry was so popular in France from the reign of François I to that of Louis XIII that it can be considered the national pastime of the French nobility, as well as the prominent clergy, military figures and politicians in that period, 1515-1643.Formerly side-stitched through 4 holes, visible in the gutter margin, the paper slightly wrinkled, B1 and B4 no longer conjugate but still securely attached, a faint marginal stain in the lower outside corner of the last few leaves and the foot of the title-page slightly thumbed, but still in very good condition and with large margins. The outer free endleaf at front and back slightly browned, but the binding also very good. The important first complete edition of a classic of falconry and a lovely piece of book production.l Adams T657; Harting, Bibl. accipitraria 306; Kinser, Works of Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1966), 7 (pp. 205-207); Souhart, col. 461; Thiébaud, col. 897; USTC 171837; cf. Schwerdt, p. 261 (1582 & 1587 eds.).

FIRST EDITION OF THOU'S HISTORY OF THE 16TH CENTURY, A MASTERPIECE OF FRENCH HISTORIOGRAPHY. 18, 684, 36 pp., complete. Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1553-1617), was one of the great statesmen and scholars of his time, and the Historiarum is his most important work. THIS IS THE TRUE FIRST EDITION, printed folio (another edition, in two volumes 8vo--with some large-paper copies printed 4to--was published later the same year). Moreover, the TITLE-PAGE IS IN THE FIRST STATE, which is exceedingly rare. Beautifully printed by Robert Estienne (1559-1630), with the title in red and black and attractive woodcut head- and tail-pieces throughout. Folio. Beautifully bound in recent quarter vellum and marbled boards. FINE AND BRIGHT, both inside and out, with excellent margins and bright white paper. Peignot II, 159 (pointing out that this work was suppressed from the moment of publication). An outstanding copy of a rare and important book: the only other copy I have located of the first edition with the first-state title-page is the Oxford copy.

Hardcover (Full Leather). Etat : Very Good Condition. Second Edition. 5 volumes bound in 9 in contemporary calf. Worn at the edges and corners, spines a little dry, but intact and attractive overall. Volume 1 with a single title page (some copies were apparently bound with a second title page noting Estienne, the publisher of the Folio edition). Old bookplates inside covers, ownership marks and stamps to titles and first pages, occasionally trimmed a little close on the top edge, just touching the running title, scattered minor pencil marks, light dampstain to the corners of a section of vol vii, but otherwise clean and a very good set overall. This is the second edition of Thou's history, published 1604-1608, and the first octavo edition. It was published just after the Folio edition, a few months after for the first volumes, and almost simultaneously thereafter. The first two octavo volumes (corresponding to the first folio volume and printed in 1604, identified here as Pars I and Partis Primae Tomus II) is bound in four volumes, as is the second volume, published in two octavo volumes in 1606 and corresponding to the Folio volume also published in 1606. They are identified as Tomus Secundi Pars Prima and Tomi Secundi Pars altera. The final volume, identified as Libri VI, is bound in one and published in 1608 (the Folio edition was published in 1607-8). Because Thou was editing and changing his systems of identification as he published the books, the naming system is a little odd - this final volume follows the third and fourth octavo volumes, and not the first two in how it is numbered. 1005pp, index; 1013, index; 958, index; 886, index; 501, privilege, index. Kinser pages 10-20. Graesse VII 147. Thou's history is one of the great monuments of Renaissance history and in its scientific, factual take on events, was much more a work of the enlightenment than the counter-reformation. As a result, and despite some minor changes from the first edition, all of the later books (dealing with the wars of religion and other topics) ended up on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum in 1609. A 1620 edition collected all of the history and added Thou's Mémoires. Size: Octavo (8vo). 9-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045016.

4to. 2 parts in one volume. (34), 50, (18), 223 pp. With engraved frontispiece, title vignette, portrait, and 9 vignettes. Contemporary vellum. Author's presentation copy, later in the Harting library. First Italian edition, including the Latin original and another instructional poem by P. A. Bargeo. "First and best Italian edition of de Thou's famous Latin poem on hawking with an Italian translation" (Schwerdt). - The famous statesman and bibliophile J. A. de Thou (1553-1617) was a great enthusiast of falconry. His poem, in hexameters, is based on his own observations; it was written during the author's travels through France, Italy, and Germany. Among the nine engraved vignettes are four large falconry-themed headpieces. The portrait shows Cardinal de Beauveau (engraved by R. Pozzi after A. David). Finely printed in two columns on untrimmed laid papier. - Provenance: James Edmund Harting (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown), "ex dono Auctoris" (contemporary ink inscription to first title). - Some waterstaining and foxing. - Harting 284. Schwerdt p. 261. Thiébaud 898 ("Belle édition").

[34], 50, [18], 223 pp.First Italian edition of a poem about falconry, in hexameters, here including the Latin original and another instructional poem by P.A. Bargeo. "First and best Italian edition of de Thou s famous Latin poem on hawking with an Italian translation" (Schwerdt). The famous statesman and bibliophile J. A. de Thou (1553-1617), a great falconry enthusiast based the poem on his own observations. He began work on it by 1574, but wrote it mostly during his travels through France, Italy and Germany in 1581. He published a preliminary version under the title Hieracosophioy, sive De venatione per accipitres (Hieracosophion) in 1582, but expanded and revised it extensively for the 1584 edition (adding the third book) and continued to make smaller revisions to at least 1587. It was the first detailed scholarly account of falconry and remains a classic of the genre. The nine engraved vignettes in the present edition include four large falconry-themed headpieces. The portrait shows Cardinal de Beauveau (engraved by R. Pozzi after A. David). Finely printed in two columns on laid papier.With a contemporary ink inscription on the first title-page: "ex dono Auctoris", and from the collection of James Edmund Harting (1841-1928), author of the authoritative falconry bibliography Bibliotheca accipitraria, cited in any good description of a falconry publication, with his engraved armorial bookplate on the front paste-down. Somewater stains and foxing. Otherwise in good condition and wholly untrimmed.l Harting 284; S. Kinser, Works of Jacques-Auguste de Thou, pp. 202, 205-208, this ed. p. 206; Schwerdt, p. 261; Thiébaud 898 ("belle édition"); for the author and text, see also: Ingrid de Smet & Roger Johnson, Thuanus: the making of Jacques-Auguste de Thou, pp. 52-66.

3 Teile in einem Band. 30 : 22 cm. 2 Blatt, Frontispiece, Titel, 1 Kupfertafel, 18 Blatt, 223; 50 Seiten, 9 Blatt Personen und Sachregister, 1 Blatt. Helllbauner Kalbslederband (anfangs 20. Jhdt.) auf 5 Bünden mit reicher ornamentaler Rückenvergoldung und Rückenschild, Goldfiletten, goldgeprägtem auf dem Vorderdeckel, Innenkantenvergoldung, marmorierte Vorsätze, Schuber. Erste italienische Ausgabe mit zweispaltigem, lateinischem und italienischem Paralleltext in einem luxuriösen Einband eines be-deutenden belgischen Buchbindermeisters und mit bester Provenienz von vier dokumentierten, bedeutenden Vorbesitzern (siehe unten). Es handelt sich um eine Übersetzung und Kommentierung der berühmten Gedichte des französischen Geschichtsschrei-bers, Staatsmannes und Bibliophilen Jacques Auguste de Thou (auch: Tuano oder Thuanus) (1553-1617) in drei Abschnitten über die Falknerei ("Hiracosophioy", Paris 1587) sowie des Gedichtes des italienischen Dichters Pietro Angeli Bargeo (1517-1596) über den Vogelfang ("De Aucupio", Florenz 1566) durch Gian Pietro Bergantini (1685-1764), der auch den dritten Textteil über den Müßiggang und das angenehme Lernen ("Ozii, e Ameni Studii") verfasste. J. A. de Thou war ein großer Liebhaber der Falk-nerei und schrieb das in Hexametern gehaltene Gedicht auf Grund eigener Beobachtungen während seiner Reisen in Südfrank-reich, Italien und Deutschland. Das Frontispiz in Kupfer gestochen von Giuseppe Filosi (1711-1767) mit einer allegorischen Darstellung von Venedig als Herrscherin über das Mittelmeer und die Kupfertafel von Rocco Pozzi (1701-1774) gestochen nach einem Gemälde von Antonio David (1698-1750) mit einem Porträt des Kardinals René François de Beauvau du Rivau (1664-1739). Mit 2 Titelvignetten und 4 Kopf- und 4 Schlussvignetten in Kupfer gestochen von G. Filosi, Francesco Zucchi (1692-1764), Giovanni Cattini (1715-1804) und den Gebrüdern Johann Adam und Joseph Schmuzer (1680-1739) bzw. (1683-1740), von denen die 4 großen Kopfvignetten von G. Filosi drei Falknereiszenen und eine Vogelfangszene und die große Vignette des Zwischentitels von F. Zucchi die Insel San Giorgo in der Lagune von Venedig zeigen. Exemplar zunächst aus dem Vorbesitz des Schriftstellers Domenico Marroni aus Viterbo in Mittelitalien, dessen Schrift "Metodo di scriver lettere preso da Cicerone, Plinio, e da altri uomini " 1732 in Rom erschien. Mit seinem handschriftlichen Namen ("Ad meum Dominici Marroni"; wohl Zueignung durch G. P. Bergantini) auf dem zweiten Leerblatt., das offensichtlich noch aus dem ursprünglichen Exemplar vor dem neuen Einband stammt. Das Exemplar gelangte dann in den Besitz des Chevalier Adrien de Melotte de Lavaux (1874-1942), verheiratet mit Marthe Clémentine Jeanne Philippart (1896- ), Diplomat und Schriftsteller, z. B. der Schriften "L'escrime, les armes, le duel au Pays de Liège" (Liège 1911) und "Le Loup dans la légende et dans l'histoire" (Liège 1938). Mit seinem goldgeprägten und bekrönten, dem Königl. Belgischen Staatswappen nachempfundenen Wappen mit drei Löwen und seiner Devise "Me l'ôte qui pourra" (Nimm mich weg, wer kann) auf beiden Seiten des Einbandes. Außerdem mit seinem Wappen-Exlibris auf dem Vorsatz. Das Exemplar gelangte anschließend in die "Bibliothèque de Solières" im Château de l'Abbaye de Solières in Ben-Ahin bei Huy in der belgischen Provinz Liège (Lüttich), das sich seit Ende des 18. Jhdts. im Besitz der Familien Van der Bonten, Desoer und de Melotte de Lavaux befand und auch Geburtsort von A. de Melotte de Lavaux war. Mit dem Wappen-Exlibris (Desoer) dieser Bibliothek auf dem Spiegel. Letztlich gelangte das Exemplar in den Besitz von Jacques Annez de Taboada (1923-2010) über dessen Ehefrau Nicole Desoer (1928-2010). Mit deren gemeinsamen Wappen-Exlibris ihrer Bibliothek auf dem Spiegel. Meistereinband des bedeutenden belgischen Buchbinders Charles-Philippe de Samblanx (1855-1943), der ab 1882 mit seiner Werkstatt in Brüssel tätig war und einige der schönsten Einbände der Zeit anfertigte, in enger Zusammenarbeit und 1889-1909 auch in geschäftlicher Partnerschaft mit dem Vergolder Jacques Weckesser (1862-1923) (vgl. Hector Dubois d'Enghien, La reliure en Belgique au dix-neuvième siècle. Essai historique suivi d'un dictionnaire des relieurs, Brüssel 1954, S. 147-152). Mit dem gold-geprägten Namensstempel "CH. DE SAMBLANX" auf der vorderen Einbandinnenseite unten. Da der Namensstempel den zusätzlichen Namen von J. Weckesser nicht enthält und auch nicht datiert ist, dürfte der Einband im Auftrag von A. de Melott de Lavaux zwischen 1910 und 1914 angefertigt worden sein, denn eine Datierung im Buchbinderstempel wurde häufig erst nach 1914 vorgenommen. Schwerdt II, 261 ("First and best Italien edition of de Thou's famous Latin poem on hawking with an Italien translation"; gibt für das Falknereigedicht nur 214 S. an); Harting 284; Thiébaud 898; Souhart 461/462 ("Assez belle édition"); Ceresoli 531 (mit Abb.) Über den Bibliophilen J. A. de Thou vgl. Severin Corsten (1920-2008) u. a. (Hrsg), Lexikon des gesamten Buchwesens (LGB), Bd. 7 (1985), S. 415 f. sowie Gustav Adolf Erich Bogeng (1881-1960), Die großen Bibliophilen, Bd. 2 (1922), S. 102 ff.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. (Continens partitiones, resolutiones q's, exemplum earum, quas in omnia eiusdem Aristotelis opera Auctor meditabatur. Adiunctis quibusdam Scholijs, quaestionibus, & in digressiones Averrois digressionibus. Omnia a Hieronymo Bovio Ferrarien. collecta & edita. Ad Sereniss. Principem Alfonsum II. Ferrariae Ducem.). Folio; 12 ¾ in. x 8 ¼ in; page size: 31.6 x 20.2 mm. 475 pp. including charts (.de Mente humana): pp.7-14. Ecclesiastical approval, Register. Fine woodcut printer's device of pine tree with motto: "Sua cuique dies" on verso p. 475. Heraldic title page woodcut & fine woodcut heading & initials. Old calf with simple single & double lined rules framing a 3 ½ in. x 2 ½ in. gilt heraldic stamp on front & back covers featuring an oval of tied bays surrounding a shield with angel-head crest & 3 bees & chevron within the shield & name: IAC. AVGVUST. THVANVS. Spine in 7 compartments with 6 monograms formed of the letters I A D T. See J. Pearson Catalogue "Two Hundred Books.World's Greatest Book Collectors" p. 20 #27 for De Thou's & his wife's armorial bookbinding. Age related defects are present to the binding, with some leather partially worn off of the spine and corners. The covers show some wear and abrasions. Heraldic gilt medallions are quite clear but gilt titling & monograms on spine are faded. The binding is unrestored. No copy of the Montecatini De Anima was reported by libraries in US in the pre-1956 NUC or Supplement & is in itself quite a rare book. Text edges show light age tanning, but generally the text block is clean & sound. In ink in upper right of front paste down: Vestibule 1ere T. B 49 (this location mark has transferred to facing endpaper). In pencil on same front endpaper a former owner has added this thought from T. F. Dibdin: "Volumes from the Library of Grolier and De Thou - names dear to Book-Collectors: as an indifferent copy has hardly ever yet been found which was once deposited on the shelves of Either Dibdin, Tour Ed II. II. 51." and a former owner's name also in pencil: "J. P. Gram 1918, Nov." Few items from the library of this great scholar come to sale today. Weight: 3 ½ lbs. (Latin text). Resources relating to this subject (not necessarily mentioning this item): "Books From the Library of Jacques Auguste De Thou" by L. J. Lloyd in Book Handbook No. 1, London: The Book Centre, 1947, pp.1-17. "Aristotle: texts and commentaries to 1700 in the University of Pennsylvania Library. A catalogue by Lyman W. Riley" UPP, (1961).

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. 16 Volumes. 4to. titles in red & black. complete with half-titles. engraved portrait of De Thou. woodcut ornaments & initials. contemporary mottled calf, gilt backs (bindings worn & oxidized, joints cracked but firm, contents very good except for some light browning of the paper). unidentified gilt cypher on covers. First Edition of the French Translation by Le Mascrier, Des Fontaines, Le Beau and others, of one of the principal sources for the history of France in the sixteenth century, based on the best and most complete Latin edition published the previous year. Prefixed are a life of De Thou, and selections from his Latin poetry. Brunet V 841. Graesse VII 147-148. Thompson, I, pp. 568-70.

Plena piel. Etat : Bien. Materia: Obra del siglo XVII de gran prestigio y fama. La Historia Universal que Thou comenzó en 1593 fue concebida sobre el rigor que ofrecía la metódica investigación. Es uno de los primeros intentos de parcialidad histórica, que se refleja en el tratamiento de los enfrentamientos religiosos. Esto llevó a enviar el original a Ginebra para su impresión y evitar la censura eclesiástica. Hasta el siglo de las luces, la obra fue un modelo de historiografía, siendo alabada por los grandes filósofos del momento como Voltaire, Lessing o Herder. Destacado e interesante es el relato histórico concerniente a América. Publicación: Ginebra, Apud Heredes Petri de la Roviere, 1626. Descripción: Folio. 350 x 230 mm. 5 tomos en 4 volúmenes V.1: [48], 810 p., [1] h. b., [52], [3] h. b. V.2, [2] h. b., 992 p., [14] p, [2] h. b., V.3: [3] h. b. 480 p., [80] p. [2] h. b., V. 4: [2] h. b. 1302 p., [226]p., 106 p., [4] h. b., Capitulares historiadas. Bella encuadernación en plena piel de época, lomo con nervios, decoraciones en dorado, guardas decoradas en agua, cortes en rojo. Filetes en plano y contraplano. Texto en latín. Estado de conservación: Papel con ligeros puntos de oxidación metaloférrica propios de la época. Amplios márgenes. Lomos deteriorados. Tapa del vol. 5 suelta. Buen conjunto. Notas: Jacques-Auguste de Thou fue uno de los grandes historiadores de su época. Hombre de Estado y bibliófilo fue reconocido por su búsqueda de imparcialidad y objetividad histórica que plasmaría en sus obras.

Coloniae Agrippinae [Cologne / Koln], apud Joannem Gymnicum sub Monocerote, 1603. Un fort vol. au format pt in-4 (210 x 164 mm) de 2 ff. bl., 3 ff. n.fol., xxxvi - 816 pp., 79 ff. n.fol. in fine et 2 ff. bl. Reliure de l'époque de pleine basane glacée blonde, larges armes dorées frappées au centre d'un ovale sur chacun des plats, dos à nerfs orné de filets gras à froid, filet doré sur les nerfs, doubles caissons d'encadrement dorés, lesquels s'ornent en leur centre du chiffre doré de de Thou, les caissons de tête et de queue sont en outre occupés par un décor de petits filets obliques et verticaux, abeille héraldique dorée frappée au caisson supérieur. Exemplaire aux armes d'alliance de Jacques-Auguste de Thou et de sa seconde épouse Gasparde de La Châtre, frappées au centre de chacun des plats. ''De Thou disposait d'une magnifique bibliothèque, d'une admirable collection''. (in Brunet). ''Magistrat, homme d'État, juriste, historien, humaniste et bibliophile, Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1553-1617) est une des figures les plus marquantes parmi les collectionneurs de livres de son temps. La bibliothèque savante et encyclopédique qu'il avait réunie à la collection de son père, Christophe de Thou, riche d'environ mille manuscrits et huit mille volumes imprimés, demeura sans rivale à Paris jusqu'au milieu du XVIIe siècle. Instrument de travail de l'historien et juriste, sa bibliothèque était également ouverte aux lettrés, humanistes et étudiants de la France et de l'étranger. Très exigeant sur la condition de ses livres, de Thou les faisait relier avec le plus grand soin, d'abord en vélin, puis en maroquin rouge, citron, vert ou violet, de la plus belle qualité, frappé de son chiffre et de ses armes.'' (Alde). ''Le Cardinal Baronius devint en 1593 général de la Congrégation de l'Oratoire en Italie et fut choisi par le Pape Clément VIII pour être son confesseur. Il fut nommé en 1596 Cardinale t conservateur de la bibliothèque du Vatican. Personnage important de la Contre-Réforme catholique, il faillit devenir Pape par deux fois''. Outre une page de titre agrémentée d'une large vignette gravée, l'ouvrage recèle un joli frontispice. Olivier, Hermal et Roton, Manuel de l?amateur de reliures armoriées françaises, pl. 216 - Brunet V, Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres, 841. Quelques altérations superficielles affectant la reliure ; quoique davantage marquées au second plat. Feuillets parfois oxydés. Présence de quelques rousseurs ou petites tâches éparses dans le corps d'ouvrage. De très rares feuillets sont légèrement effrangés. Nonobstant, bonne condition.

Hardcover. Mixed editions. Large quartos, four volumes containing seven total publications in mixed editions. In Good minus to Good condition. Bound in full brown calf, with vol. 1 and 3 rebacked. Vols. 2 and 4 with extensive gilt ornamentation to spines, though significantly worn and rubbed with cracking to hinges. All boards with notable rubbing and wear to edges and corners and with bumping to corners. Ownership inscriptions in old ink to front free endpapers and to title pages of first three volumes. Text blocks show light plus age toning (most notably at page edges) and light plus foxing. CONTENTS: Volume 1: "Historiarum Sui Temporis Tomus Primus." Paris: Ambrosius et Hieronymus Drouart [Ambrose and Jerome Drouart], 1606 (Nijhoff 3-I). Bound with "Regii in Sanctiore Consistorio Consiliarii, Et in Supremo Regni Senatu Praesidis Amplissimi, Commentariorum de Vita Sua." [Geneva: Petrus de la Roviere], 1630. [20], 106, [2], 739, [37] pages. With engraved title page for Historiarum Sui Temporis. The engraved title page of the Historiarum appears first, followed by an introduction. This is followed by the title page and 106 pages, apparently complete, of the Regii in Sanctiore., after which the contents of the Historiarum resumes for the remainder of the volume. - Volume 2: "Historiarum Sui Temporis Tomus Secundus." Paris: Ambrosius et Hieronymus Drouart [Ambrose and Jerome Drouart], 1606 (Nijhoff 3-II). Bound with "Historiarum Sui Temporis Libri VI. Reliqua Karoli IX Quae in Secunda Parte Desiderabantur. Paris: Ambrosius et Hieronymus Drouart [Ambrose and Jerome Drouart], 1607 (Nijhoff 3-III). [4], 670, [40], [4], 169, [14] pages. - Volume 3: "Historiarum Sui Temporis Pars Quarta. Paris: Hieronymus Drouart [Jerome Drouart], 1609 (Nijhoff 3-IV). Bound with "Regii in Sanctiore Consistorio Consiliarii, et in Suprema Regni Gallici Curia Praesidis, Historiarum Sui Temporis Contuatio." Geneva: Petrus de la Roviere, 1620. [8], 644, [34], [2], 480, [4], [74] pages. - Volume 4: "Historiarum Sui Temporis Tomus V. [Geneva]: Petrus de la Roviere, 1620 (Nijhoff 6-V). 1320 pages. Scattered underlining in old ink, with old ink annotations to rear free endpaper. Front endpaper with significant tear at hinge, but present. This is the fifth and final volume only of the complete five-volume folio edition of de Thou's History issued by Pierre de la Roviere in Geneva in 1620. Oversized order. Additional shipping and handling will be necessary for expedited and international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size and weight restrictions. Contact seller with any questions. Shelved in Room A. PH Consignment. 1377277. Special Collections.

Full Calf Leather. Etat : Near Fine. Book in Latin. Amsterdam, 1644. This book is bound in whole light brown calf with a fully decorate back with the monogram I.A.G. in each panel, and with the sides perfectly plain excepting for the coat of arms of de Thou in the centre of each side. It was probably bound for Jacques Auguste de Thou the third son of the famous bibliophile, commonly called the second de Thou. The monogram I.A.G. on the back is composed of the combined initials of his mother and father and the arms on the side are those of the de Thou family.was the most celebrated patron of binding during the last part of the 16th century. Son of Christophe de Thou, first President of the Parliament of Paris, he inherited from him a valuable library, containing several books bound for Grolier, which the latter had presented to Christophe, in gratitude for having saved his life and honour. Jacques Auguste was President of the Parliament under Henry IV, a position his son held after him. He had a library of 8, 000 volumes bound in variety of styles. It included Fanfare bindings of the late period in which the spirals were profuse and the foliage elaborate and delicate; the dotted work of Le Gascon in his early days; fawn-colored calf, ornamented with plain gold lines; white vellum stamped with arms; and, most numerous of all, books covered in moroccos, red, olive, and citron, perfectly plain except for his fine cost of arms. These arms vary greatly at different periods of his life, in the following succession. Before he was married they were simply argent with a chevron sable between three gadflies of the same, with a cherub's head as his crest above the escutcheon and his name below, the whole enclosed between two branches of laurel. Later, he added his monogram, L.A.D.T., and this and the arms are on his books up to 1587, when he married Marie Barbancon. After this he impaled his wife's arms, gules with three lions crowned argent, with his own, and modified his monogram to I.A.M. Marie died in 1601, and the followingyear De Thou married Gasparde de la Chastre. Henceforth her arms replaced Marie's, and the monogram becomes I.A.G. He left this linrary in perpetuity to his family, and the eldest son, Francois Auguste, librarian to the king, guarded it till he was beheaded in 1642 at Lyons. The third son of the historian was then put in the palce of Francois, and became the head of the family and the owner of the library, which he enriched with the collection of his father-in-law, Hughes Picardet. His books are known by the combined arms of de Thou and Picardet until 1660, when he was made Baron de Meslay. His arms are henceforth surmounted by a count's coronet instead of a baron's, and in 1677, the Abbe de Samer-aux-Bois sold the collection to meet the creditors of the family. Charron de Menars bought it almost intact, except some of the MSS., which went to the royal library. In 1706, the Marquis de Menars resold the library to the Bishop of Strasburg for 40, 000 pounds, who bequeathed it to his nephew, the Prince de Soubise, and it was only finally dispersed in 1788. by far the greater part of de Thou's Library was plainly in rich red morocco with his arms-a style that was subsequently much copiedby collectors in all countries. This is housed in a custom Sangorski & Sutcliffe signed chemised full brown morocco box with raised bands and gilt lettered on spine. The box is in near new condition with just some light rubbing. The exceptional work you would expect from Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover.

Etat : Very Good. Venice, G. Albrizzi, 1735. Folio. Engraved frontispiece,(38),223,(1 blank),1-50,(18) pp. & 1 engraved portrait. With 10 engraved vignettes. Contemporary Italian vellum, five rased bands, spine lettered in manuscript in brown ink. Covers a little soiled and vellum boards a bit warped. Portrait, dedication leaf, and final verso foxed, small stain affecting gutter of p. 46 of second pagination. Aside from some occasional light thumbsoiling and foxing, a crisp copy. Previous shelfmarks in brown ink on front pastedown, and with the bookplate of Gunnar Brusewitz and his signature in pencil dated Rome 1947. Schwerdt Hunting, hawking, shooting II:261 lacking pp. 217-223. Souhart Bibliographie générale des ouvrages sur la chasse 461. Ceresoli Bibliografia delle opere italiane latine e greche su la caccia 531. Thiébaud Bibliographie des ouvrages français sur la chasse 898. Wood An introduction to the literature of vertebrate zoology 603. Harting Bibliotheca accipitraria 284. The engraved portrait of the dedicatee Marc de Beauvau, Prince of Craon, is engraved by R. Pozzi after A. David. The vignettes, partly depicting hunting scenes, are by G. Filosi, Cattini, F. Zucchi and Schmuzer. A most handsome copy of the first Italian translation, and the best edition overall according to Harting, of de Thou's Latin poem on hawking, "Hieracosophioy" or "Hieracosophion", first published in 1582. The second part contains P. Angelio's hunting poem "De aucupio", first published in Florence in 1566. The original Latin is here printed in parallel columns with Giovanni Pietro Bergantini's italian translation. Appended to the poem of de Thou are some notes dividing all hawks used by falconers into two classes, followed by the Latin-Italian version of "Cupido cruciatus" and two epigrams by Ausonius (c. AD 395). Jacques Auguste de Thou (1553-1617) was a French nobleman who succeeded his father, Christophe, as president of parliament. He was privy councillor to Henry III, and also to Henry IV of France. Apart from being the keeper of the royal library, de Thou was one of the foremost book collectors of his time. His elegant and celebrated verses on hawking were probably inspired by the experience he gained during time spent at foreign courts.

Full-Leather. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Boards rubbed with some loss/drying of leather, corners exposed. 1734 Full-Leather. Complete in sixteen volumes. Full calf, morocco spine labels, gilt titles and tooled compartments. The life's work of the French historian and book collector who lived from the mid-16th to early 17th century. Originally published in Latin under the title Historia sui temporis, in 138 books, three years after the author's death. The work, despite controversy over some of its depictions of religious matters, quickly became regarded as a scholarly classic, characterized by exhaustive research and reference to the best available contemporary sources. It would not be translated satisfactorily into other languages for several decades. This was in part due to de Thou's own demand that the work not be translated into French, fearing 'great faults and errors against the intention of the author.' This edition was translated from a critical edition (also in Latin) produced by Samuel Buckley.

Full Leather. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. 16 volumes, complete as issued. Attractively bound in full period brown polished calf, spines with raised bands, twin brown morocco spine labels, and elaborate gilt floral tooling within gilt-tooled compartments, marbled endpapers, all edges stained red (some rubbing to spines, boards, and corners; several volumes have chips to spine, and Vol. IX has a tear at top; some ancient traces of worming). An attractive set in entirely appropriate period attire. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very good. First. Venice: Giambatista Albrizzi, 1735. First edition in Italian. Quarto (11" x 7 15/16", 279mm x 200mm). [Full collation available.]With 2 full-page engraved plates of which 1 is in-line, and 10 engraved head- and tail-pieces. Bound in contemporary stabbed vellum. On the spine, 5 raised bands. Author and title gilt to calf in the second panel. All edges of the text-block speckled blue. Boards heavily splayed, with the turn-ins raised. Blue ink stamp of F. M. Campori to the title-page. Closed tear to the fore-edge of P4. Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1553- 1617) was an eminent Latinist who published over 50 poems during his lifetime, varying in length and character from brief epigrams to an entire tragedy composed in imitation of Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound. He was most famous for his Historiae, which chronicled the years 1546-1607 in France. His poems were widely anthologized and translated in the XVIIc and early XVIIIc. Il Falconiere is the first edition in Italian of de Thou's poem Hieracosophioy (i.e., Hieracosophiou or "the study of hawks") sive de re accipitraria, which was first published in Latin in 1612. The poem is addressed to François-Vincent-Marc de Beauvau (1713-1742), primate of Lorraine since the age of 9. The stamp of "F. M. Campori" on the title page refers to the Marquess Francesco Maria Campori (1825-1861), a lover of travel and Italy, whose accounts in Memorie di viaggo describe XIXc Italy in flux. Pietro Angelo Bargeo (Petrus Angelius Bargaeus, Piero Angeli da Barga; 1517-1592) was a wide-ranging scholar whose interests spanned the erection of obelisks and the Christianization of Syria. His considerably earlier work on fowling (published in 1566) complements de Thou's.

Der erste Teil mit 9 n.n. Blättern ( Titelkupfer mit der Titelei und Vorrede ), 739 Seiten / Der zweite Teil mit 2 n.n. Blättern ( mit in rot und schwarz gedrucktem Titelblatt ) 670 Seiten, 19 n.n. Blätter ( Index ). Mit einigen gestochenen Vignetten im Text. Halbpergament der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem farbigen Rückenschildchen und umlaufendem Rotschnitt, Kleinfolio ( 33 x 22 cm ). Das schöne Titelkupfer von L. Gaultier. Hier die ersten beiden Bände der Geschichte Frankreich in einem Band. Insgesamt erschien die Ausgabe laut KVK in 4 Bänden ) Im vorliegenden Band wird der Zeitraum in etwa von 1500 hin zur Herrschafts Heinrichs IV. geschildert. ( letzter Eintrag lautet auf 1572 ). Einband berieben, etwas fleckig. Ecken und Kanten bestoßen. Innen 2 alte Besitzvermerke auf dem vorderen Vorsatzblatt, das schöne Titelkupfer gering stockfleckig etwas angeknickt, 1 Blatt der Vorrede mit kleiner Fehlstelle unter kleinem Textverlust, Seiten vorn und hinten zum Außenrand hin teils etwas wurmstichig, wenige Seiten etwas fleckig oder stockfleckig, wenige Seiten mit kleinen Unterstreichungen von alter Hand, wenige Seiten gering angeknickt. Wenige Seiten mit kleinen Marginalien von alter Hand. Insgesamt guter, dekorativer Zustand des in lateinischer Sprache Werks über die Geschichte Frankreichs. ( Gewicht 4200 Gramm ) ( Lagerort SR - Thou ) ( Pic erhältlich // webimage available ) ( Bitte beachten: Export außerhalb der EU nur auf Anfrage / export outside the EU only at request )( Weitere Bilder auf Anfrage / further pics at request ) /// The first part with 9 n.d. leaves ( title copper with the title page and preface ), 739 pages / The second part with 2 n.d. leaves ( with title page printed in red and black ) 670 pages, 19 n.d. leaves ( index ). With several engraved vignettes in the text. Contemporary half vellum with gilt-stamped coloured spine label and circumferential red edges, small folio ( 33 x 22 cm ). The beautiful title engraving by L. Gaultier. Here the first two volumes of the history of France in one volume. According to the KVK, the edition was published in a total of 4 volumes.) This volume describes the period from about 1500 to the reign of Henry IV. ( last entry reads 1572 ). Binding rubbed, somewhat stained. Corners and edges bumped. Inside 2 old ownership notes on the front endpaper, the beautiful title copper slightly foxed, slightly creased, 1 leaf of the preface with a small loss of text, some pages slightly worm-eaten towards the outer margin at the front and back, a few pages slightly stained or foxed, a few pages with small underlinings in an old hand, a few pages slightly creased. A few pages with small marginalia in an old hand. Overall good, decorative condition of the Latin-language work on the history of France. ( weight 4200 gram ) ( place of storage SR ) - item no. 12440.

Paris, Ambrose & Drouart, 1606. Folio (350 x 240 mm). 2 volumes uniformly bound in contemporary full vellum with tome-number in contemporary hand to spines. Bindings lightly soiled. Vol. 1 with oblong spot to upper two compartments of spine. Front free end-paper in vol. 1 closely annotated in contemporary hand. A few occassional marginal annotation in contemporary hand throughout. A fine wide-margined copy. (16) including the engraved title-page, 739, (37) pp. (4), 670, (38) pp. Rare second folio edition, third overall, of Thou?s famous ?History? ? a work that, uncommon for the period, was universal rather than national in scope and famously impartial in judgement. It kept being read intensively studied throughout the 17th and 18th century. ?De Thou?s pride in the appearance of his library (?) extended, naturally enough, to his own works. Since the second edition of 1604 had been hurriedly printed in octavo, de Thou now brought out the first part of his ?History? in the properly elegant folio form again. He always had some copies printed on especially fine paper, partly for royal gifts. Thus, the almost silmultaneous appearance of the second and third edition editions, along with the reprint of the first part in folio form, may be due not so much to commercial demand as to the fact that the two editions were destined to different readers, the second to assiduous but penurious scholars, the third [the present] to that of aristocracy which prided itself on a show of learning? (Kinser, The Works of Jacques-Auguste de Thou). Kinser 3-I, 3-II.

Folio, five volumes bound in four, contemporary full vellum; with contemporary annotations to front blank of first volume. Early edition of the influential, and highly controversial, history of Europe by French luminary Jacques Auguste de Thou (1553-1617). A successful lawyer and career diplomat, de Thou remained devoted to the cultivation of the mind throughout his prolific political career. He amassed an impressive personal book collection and in 1593 was appointed director of the Royal Library. Access to such abundant printed and manuscript material, selected with characteristic diligence, allowed de Thou to write a foundational history of Europe spanning the years 1544 to 1607. De Thou was horrified by the unhappy history of religious intolerance and violence that plagued his lifetime, and his history reflects this (especially the treatment of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572). The sections relating to the massacre were deemed too critical of the Holy See, and were accordingly placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum in 1609. This is an early printing (the first edition of the first 18 books was published in Paris 1604), and is complete in 138 books in five volumes, bound here as four stately volumes. De Thou, a classicist by training, wrote in Latin during an era of vernacular scholarship and forbade translation of his opus. Numerous editions, in several European languages, appeared throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This Geneva edition includes a detailed life of the author appended to the final volume. . A little intermittent browning; light worm damage to a couple of endpapers; a very good set.

[8] pp.Fifth known copy of the first and only edition known to survive of one in a group of pamphlets concerning a violent conflict with the States General and the Dutch East India Company (VOC) on one side and the French King Louis XIV and his ambassador in The Hague (Jacques Auguste du Thou) on the other, concerning the Frigate St. Louis in 1660-1661. On behalf of "some Frenchmen" (meaning French merchants who wanted to set up a company to trade with "China" with the consent of the French King), the Amsterdam merchant, director of the Surinam Company and early slave-trader Philips van Hulten (1627-1692) had commissioned an Amsterdam shipyard to build and equip (for a long journey and for war) a large frigate in 1660. The ship was in fact brought to the roads of Texel in December 1660, but it was shipwrecked in the night of 18/19 December, the result of severe faults made by an incompetent crew during a storm. It s tempting to imagine that the VOC sabotaged the ship (the crew was Dutch, so someone could have easily found or slipped in a willing sabateur), but the ambassador appears to have made no such claim. He did blame the VOC, admiralty and States General for delaying the ship s departure, resulting in storm damage, and demanded compensation, but he probably never received it.The present edition has a "copy imprint. We have located only four other copies of the present edition (at the Royal Library in The Hague, the UB Ghent, the HAB Wolfenbüttel and the University of Michigan: we thank Pablo Alvarez for an image of the title-page of the Michigan copy).The present book would then be the first and only edition. Du Thou s French text is dated 16 November 1660, the admiralty s Dutch reaction 18 November 1660 and the VOC s request refers to the States General s "missive" dated "den 20. deses" (the 20th of this month, which must mean November 1660, given the events of December 1660 noted above). The first edition was therefore almost certainly printed and published between 20 November and 18 December 1660. If the present edition is pirated, it was probably issued soon after.In good condition.l Knuttel 8350 (answer: Knuttel 8507); STCN (Knuttel copy only); Wulp 3789 (now UB Ghent); for the events: Aitzema, Saken van staet en oorlogh, IV (1669), pp. 698-699.

Etat : Petites usures, bon état. Titre gravé, [46 (sur 48)]-1004-[48] pp. (incomplet du titre typographique). Tome I (sur 2) orné d'un joli titre gravé. Nouvelle édition corrigée, parue la même année que l'originale in-f°, avec des passages supprimés ou changés. L'ouvrage fut mis à l'index en 1609, surtout à cause de la seconde partie traitant des Guerres de religion. Exemplaire contenant 4 ff. (rares ? non signalés dans les bibliogr. ?), non repris dans la collation supra : 2 ff. avec, sur chaque face, une épigramme en grec de Thoukudides (1), Polybe (2) ou Lucien (1),- 1 f. (v° bl.) avec approbation en latin par Perrot, datée 1603,- le même feuillet en 1er état avec la faute "regia" au début de la seconde ligne. # Renouard, Estienne, 194; # Biogr. univ. XLI-436/442; # Brunet V-840; # Graesse VII-147. 1 volumes. Reliure 19e : pleine basane, dos à nerfs.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. 2nd. 2nd ed. 4 volume set. Folios. Bound in contemporary full vellum. Decorated in blind. One cover detached, some of the joints spit. Library stamps. Text printed in double columns. Browning to pages. Jacques Auguste de Thou (1553-1617) was a French historian lawyer, diplomat, and statesmen. He was also significantly, director of the Royal Library, a position that gave him a wealth of sources to work with and had an immense personal library of 9000 works. He served in the regimes of Henry III and Henry IV and replaced Sully as conseil de finances during the Medici regency (a demotion from his previous post of President of the Parlement). Thou helped negotiate the Edict of Nantes, which gave toleration to French Protestants. Thou's work is notable in his attempts to present an unbiased and scientific approach to contemporary European affairs, many of which he lived through. His work is divided into 138 books, which provide a first hand accounting of the French Wars of Religion (including the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre). Part one of his history covers recent history to 1560, (first published in 1604). The second through fifth parts of Thou's work concerns more recent history, 1560-1572, to 1574, to 1584, and finally to 1607. The first complete edition was published in 1620. His Historiarum was placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, and banned by Catholic authorities in 1609 for his unflattering portrayal of Catholic authorities. Brunet V, 841 (citing 1620 ed). This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Volume in 4 antico, splendida legatura coeva in piena pelle, piatti inquadrati da doppio filetto in oro con fioroni agli angoli e piccolo fiorone centrale (piccole mende e mancanze), titolo al tassello al dorso a tre nervi decorato in oro a scomparti, sguardie, bianca, frontespizio in rosso e nero (segnatura a pennino), 9 carte, 519 pp. per la prima parte, frontespizio della seconda, 7 carte, 280 pp., frontespizio, carta d'indici, 176 pp. per la terza parte, frontespizio, tre carte, 162 pp, 34 carte dell'indice generale delle prime quattro parti, frontespizio, tre carte, 120 pp., ulteriori 11 carte d'indice per la quinta ed ultima parte. Cinque opere i un volume. Una miniera di notizie biografiche dei personaggi che hanno illustrato il XVI secolo ed esattamente dal 1543 al 1607. Opera di grandissima utilit per i ricercatori e per chiunque voglia addentrarsi con cognizione nel secolo splendido della rinascenza delle arti e del sapere. Alle prime tre parti biografiche s'aggiunge la quarta sezione che contiene sommarie variarum regionum, urbium insularum & gentium descriptionun e la quinta, che discetta dei prodigi e delle altre cose degne d'esser notate negli anni dal 1543 al 1607; a corollario, la vita del De Thou. Che dire: si tratta per sicuro di opera curiosa, di grandissimo fascino, di profonda erudizione, utilissima oltre che interessante. La si presenta in pi che belle condizioni, essendo le mende davvero ininfluenti (lievissima traccia di gora a qualche pagina, perlopi quasi invisibile, mende d'uso inesistenti). Di buona rarit, notevole.

4 parties en 1 vol. petit in-8°, veau marbré glacé, dos à nerfs orné de fleurons dorés, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, encadrement d'un filet à froid sur les plats, filet doré sur les coupes, tranches rouges. Reliure du XVIIIe s., mors sup. fendillé, petite réparation en pied au mors sup. Agréable exemplaire. (5) ff., (1) f. blanc, (2) ff., 90 pp., (1) f. blanc, 19 ff., (1) f. blanc; 11 ff., (1) f. blanc, 29 ff., (1) f. Signatures : at8 [A-E]8 F4 G2; [A-B]8 C4; [A-C]4; [A-C]8 D6. Seconde édition des poésies latines de Jacques-Auguste de Thou, paraphrases de quare livres de la Bible (Job, l'Ecclésiaste, les Lamentations de Jérémie, les prophéties de Joël, Amos, Abdias, Jonas). La première et la troisième partie sont dédiées au cardinal Charles de Bourbon, la seconde à Henri de Bourbon prince de Dombes. La première édition avait été publiée chez le même libraire en 1590. Ce rceuil se divise en quatre parties ayant chacune une page de titre propre : Jobus, sive de constantia, Ecclesiastes, sive Salomonis F. Davidis de sumno hominis bono concio, Threni Jeremiae F. Elciae, Vaticinia Joelis Amosi, Abdiae, Ioane, Habacuci. Jolie édition tourangelle exécutée par Jamet Mettayer, l'un des imprimeursn parisiens réfugiés à Tours pendant la Ligue. Labarre, Mettayer, n°176; Oberlé, néo-latins, n°239; Taschereau, 1395 (avec la date erronée de 1588).

In-folio piccolo, pp. 106, 1 cb, bella marca tipografica incisa su legno al frontespizio, capilettera figurati incisi su legno. Cartonato. Autobiografia del celebre letterato, storico e magistrato francese De Thou (1553-1617), di principi anticattolici e antitridentini, inviso al mondo clericale anche per aver raccontato molti degli scandali della corte romana; nel suo racconto si rende interessante la ricostruzione dell'ambiente dei letterati del tempo. Nel testamento l'autore, che fu anche appassionato bibliofilo, fa riferimento anche alla sua biblioteca, "quam integra conservari. dividi vendi ac dissipari veto". Autore del famigerato "Historiarum sui temporis", che fu messo all'Indice. leggere bruniture, piccola mancanza all'angolo bianco del frontespizio. francia france seicento anticattolicesimo protestanti storia.

Buen conjunto formado tal como lo describimos. Es una muy buena história europea entre 1502 y 1585, escrita por Thou, político y historiador francés, católico tolerante, uno de los redactores del edicto de Nantes (1598). Los índices recogen cientos de nombres de personas. I: 9 hojas, (=10, sin el frontispicio o portada), 739 páginas, 16 hojas de índices (a tres columnas). II: 2 hojas, inclusive portada a dos tintas, 670 páginas, 18 hojas de índices (a tres columnas), sigue: 2 hojas, inclusive portada, 169 páginas, 7 hojas de índices. III: 4 hojas, 644 páginas, 1 hoja blanca, 16 hojas de índices. Los tres volúmenes encuadernados en pergamino flexible de la época con título rotulado en el lomo. Anotaciones manuscritas en los márgenes, y tachaduras en hojas producidas por el Inquisidor Manuel de Cuenca, según nota manuscrita de su propia mano, con firma y fecha en dos de los volúmenes. 13 de Enero de 1614. Exlibris encolados en las portadas de los tres volúmenes. 4 tomos en 3 volúmenes. 33x22 cm.

Etat : Fair. Frankfurt: Excudebatur Typis Egenolphi Emmelij, impensis Petri Kopffij, & Balthasaris Ostern, 1625-1628. 4-volume set. Folio hardcover in full contemporary vellum, blindstamped to boards with raised bands separating six compartments on each spine. Leather title label in each second compartment with gilt titling. Latin. Beautiful chapter header/footers and drop caps throughout. Near good. Lightly marked exlib with small early spine label and small stamp each to front free endpaper and title page. Vellum on all four volumes is toned and brittle and boards are somewhat bowed. Small early bookseller's label to front pastedowns, and "X:2" and partially scratched-out owner's name dated 1709 inked on each front endpaper. Some pencil notation from previous sellers to front pastedowns. Volume 1 front board and two free endpapers detached with spine leather loosening. Rear joint just starting at tips. Early ink price of 2 pounds 10 shillings, possibly matching the 1709 owner's name, on second front endpaper. Volume 2 front joint cracked but rear intact. Volume 3 joints just starting at tips and spine label missing. Hinges intact. Small piece peeling up on back cover of volume 4. Front joint cracked, board nearly detached and rear joint starting with spine peeling. Overall these volumes are remarkable for their age, with very early bindings and yellow-and-green silk head- and footbands intact, typical or better toning and offsetting, and clean body text. A beautiful copy of this important work. Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

First Edition. Finely bound set in contemporary gilt-blocked calf. Remains preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of Collmant Delamarre with the owner's armorial bookplate. Physical description; 10 v. ; 17 cm. Subjects; History, Modern. World history Early works to 1800. Europe History (1517-1648). 2 Kg.