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  • WAUGH, [Arthur] Evelyn [St. John] ((1903-66)
    Helena. A Novel.

    London : Chapman & Hall. 1950. First Edition
    8vo, xiii, 265 pp, original publisher’s blue cloth, dust wrapper with a small piece missing at lower front edge and a few small nicks at edges, slight dust staining on rear, otherwise a good copy.

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  • The Battle-field of Waterloo - ten years on.
    Here and there over the water : being cullings in a trip to the Netherlands. (The field of battle and monuments--Waterloo, &c.) / by Omnium Gatherum. Drawn and written by M.E. esq. Engraved by Geo. Hunt. by [EGERTON, M.]
    [EGERTON, M.]
    Here and there over the water : being cullings in a trip to the Netherlands. (The field of battle and monuments--Waterloo, &c.) / by Omnium Gatherum. Drawn and written by M.E. esq. Engraved by Geo. Hunt.

    London: Published by Geo: Hunt, 18 Tavistock St, Covent Garden. 1825. 4to, 34pp, [A]2, B-E4, F2. first and last leaves blank, 27 hand coloured aquatint plates, some offsetting onto text leaves, plates clean, contemporary half calf, marbled bds, worn, re-backed with old spine laid on, corners renewed, the binding sound but not elegant.
    An account, with illustrations, of a trip through Belgium, showing various things of interest to the tourist, and with particular reference to the site of the Battle of Waterloo.
    The illustrations may be viewed online here https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-HARLEY-MASON-B-00135/29
    Abbey Travel 188

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  • Hints to Gentlemen of Landed Property. To which are now first added, Supplementary Hints. A New Edition. by KENT, Nathaniel (1737-1810)
    KENT, Nathaniel (1737-1810)
    Hints to Gentlemen of Landed Property. To which are now first added, Supplementary Hints. A New Edition.

    London : Printed for J. Dodsley, 1793. 8vo, vii, 286 pp, 10 plates (6 folding), contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt spine, red morocco label, a little worn, joints tender.
    The author, while employed in the diplomatic service in the Netherlands, set himself to study their husbandry, then reputed to be the best in Europe. Upon his return to England in 1766 he left the diplomatic service and applied himself to husbandry. In 1775 he first published the present work which brought him employment on a large scale as an estate agent and land valuer and did much to improve English methods of land management.
    Reference: Fussell: More Old English Farming Books. --101-103

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  • Histoire d’Olivier Cromwel... Tome Premier (Second) by DUGOUR, Antoine Jeurdy (1766-1843)
    DUGOUR, Antoine Jeurdy (1766-1843)
    Histoire d’Olivier Cromwel... Tome Premier (Second)

    Paris : Chez l’Auteur, Rue Jacques Hotel de Lyon. Chez Gabon, Libraire , Rue des Cordeliers. l’An 3me [i.e. 1794-5]. 2 vols 12mo, v.1. half-title, port., eng. t-p., 166, [2] pp. v.2. half-title, eng. t-p, 180pp, contemporary French red morocco, french fillet borders, spines gilt in compartments, green morocco labels, marbled endpapers, a little light wear but a sound copy.
    The author, a shadowy figure for whom we have little information, is reputed to have been a professor at the College Royal de la Fleche, and to have subsequently changed his name to Anton Antonovich Gurov.

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  • Fairytales for the amusement of Henrietta Bulkley
    Histoire de Fleur d'Epine, conte by HAMILTON, comte Antoine (1646-1719)
    HAMILTON, comte Antoine (1646-1719)
    Histoire de Fleur d'Epine, conte

    Paris: Rue S. Jacques; Chez Jean Fr. Josse, Libr. Imp. ord. de S. M. Cath. la Reine d’Esp. seconde Doüairiere, a la Fleur de Lys d’Or. 1730. First Edition
    12mo, (iv), 275, (1)pp, [-]2, A-Y8+4. Z6 (Z6 blank), cont. calf, spine gilt, worn, hinges cracked but cords still sound, lacking title label.

    Hamilton wrote, partly for the amusement of Henrietta Bulkley, sister of Anne, Duchess of Berwick, to whom he was much attached, four ironic and extravagant contes: Le Bélier, Fleur d'Epine, Les quatre Facardins and Zénéyde. During his lifetime they circulated in manuscript and the first three were first published some ten years after his death.
    The patron of the printer, Jean Francois Josse, mentioned in the imprint, was Maria Anna of Neuburg (1667-1740) Dowager Queen of Spain 1700-1740.
    Tchermerzine III, 658 OCLC 12303437 Gumuchian 2930

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  • “cette poësie... longtems presque inconnuë”
    [MERVESIN, Joseph (died 1721)]
    Histoire de la Poësie Francoise.

    Paris : Chez Pierre Giffart... 1706. First Edition
    12mo, a2, é4, A-Z, Aa-Ee 8/4, 6ff, 336 pp, cont. calf stoutly rebacked.
    “... Elle verra que cette Poësie a été longtems presque inconnuë; Qu’elle a souffert des changemens considerables; Que ce n’est que par les reflexions de plusieurs siecles, qu’elle a été conduite au point de perfection, ou nous voyons aujourd’hui....” - from the Dedicatory Epistle.
    Reference: Cioranescu 47284

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  • The Peace of Westphalia
    Histoire des Guerres et Negotiations qui Precederent le Traite de Westphalie, sous le Regne de Louis XIII... Composee sur les Memoires du Comte d’Avaux... by BOUGEANT, Guillaume-Hyacinthe S.J. (1690-1743)
    BOUGEANT, Guillaume-Hyacinthe S.J. (1690-1743)
    Histoire des Guerres et Negotiations qui Precederent le Traite de Westphalie, sous le Regne de Louis XIII... Composee sur les Memoires du Comte d’Avaux...

    Paris : Chez Musier Fils, Libraire, Quay des Augustins... & Durand Neveu, Libraire rue St. Jacques... 1767. 3 volumes, 4to, [xiv], 599, [32] + [iv], 656, + [iv], 660 pp, cont. mottled calf, 3-fillet borders in gilt, fully gilt spines with morocco labels in 2nd & 3rd compartments, all edges red, marbled e.p.s, armorial bookplate of the Bibliotheque de Mouchy on front pastedown of each volume, joints sound, some loss of surface leather at corners, otherwise a good set.
    A history of “The Peace of Westphalia” covering the two peace treaties of Osnabruck and Munster signed on May 15 and October 24, 1648 which brought to an end both the Thirty Years’ War in the Holy Roman Empire and the Eighty Years’ War between Spain and the United Netherlands.

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  • HUET, Pierre-Daniel (1630-1721)
    Histoire du Commerce, et de la Navigation des Anciens. 3me edition.

    Paris : Chez Antoine-Urbain Coustelier. 1727. Cr. 8vo, 16 ff, 400, [70] pp, half-title and title printed in red and black, cont calf, gilt spine, morocco label partly missing, sound. “Bond” stamped on front fly.
    Written at the request of Colbert, this is a comprehensive treatise on commerce in the ancient world; not only Greek, Roman and other European nations, but also among the Egyptians, Indians, Arabs and Chinese.

    Reference: Barbier II. 775 Kress 3706 Einaudi 2952

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  • Tristan, Knight of the Round Table
    Histoire du noble Tristan, Prince de Leonnois, Chevalier de la Table Ronde, et d’Yseulte, Princesse d’Yrlande, Royne de Cornoüaille. by MAUGIN, Jean called Le petit Angevin (fl. 16c.)
    MAUGIN, Jean called Le petit Angevin (fl. 16c.)
    Histoire du noble Tristan, Prince de Leonnois, Chevalier de la Table Ronde, et d’Yseulte, Princesse d’Yrlande, Royne de Cornoüaille.

    Paris: Par Nicolas Bonfons, rue neuve nostre Dame a l’enseigne Sainct Nicolas. 1586. Small 4to, A-Z, Aa-Zz, AA4, [2], 184 leaves, (recte 186, ffs 95-186 incorrectly numbered 93-184) title-page with a woodcut of knights jousting and a similar size battle scene on verso, text in two columns, small decorated initials, 19c. plain green morocco, titled direct to spine in gilt, a.e.g. a good clean copy.
    A sixteenth century recension by Jean Maugin of the famous 12th century romance of Tristan and Isolde. The narrative predates and most likely influenced the Arthurian romance of Lancelot and Guinevere, and by the early 13th century Tristan has become an established member of Arthur’s Round Table. The story has had a substantial…

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    Paris: Par Nicolas Bonfons, rue neuve nostre Dame a l’enseigne Sainct Nicolas. 1586. Small 4to, A-Z, Aa-Zz, AA4, [2], 184 leaves, (recte 186, ffs 95-186 incorrectly numbered 93-184) title-page with a woodcut of knights jousting and a similar size battle scene on verso, text in two columns, small decorated initials, 19c. plain green morocco, titled direct to spine in gilt, a.e.g. a good clean copy.
    A sixteenth century recension by Jean Maugin of the famous 12th century romance of Tristan and Isolde. The narrative predates and most likely influenced the Arthurian romance of Lancelot and Guinevere, and by the early 13th century Tristan has become an established member of Arthur’s Round Table. The story has had a substantial impact on Western art and literature.

    It is a rare book. OCLC locates six copies, viz. UC Berkeley, Library of Congress, Univ Chicago, Dartmouth Coll., Cleveland Pub. Lib., and Keio Univ., to which can be added Biblioteque nationale de France (3copies), Draguignan, and the only copy located by COPAC at the Bodleian, Oxford. I confess that verifying the existence, in situ, of some of these copies has sorely tried my patience. It is even rarer in the market.
    OCLC 7059890 Brunet V. 957

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  • “Le livre le plus complet sur cette matiere” Of this edition only two other copies recorded.
    Histoire Generale des Larrons. Divisee en Trois Livres. I. Contenant les cruautez & meschantez des Voleurs. II. Des ruses & subtilitez des Couppeurs de Bourses. III. Les finesses, tromperies, & stratagemes des Filous. by [CALVI, Francois de]
    [CALVI, Francois de]
    Histoire Generale des Larrons. Divisee en Trois Livres. I. Contenant les cruautez & meschantez des Voleurs. II. Des ruses & subtilitez des Couppeurs de Bourses. III. Les finesses, tromperies, & stratagemes des Filous.

    Rouen : Chez Jean Berthelin, dans la Cour du Palais 1639. Cr. 8vo, [viii], 270, [xiv], 209, [vii], 236 pp, A-Z⁸, Aa-Zz⁸, Aaa⁶. small tear in blank foremargin od Ee4 with loss of one letter, not affecting legibility, 19th century full citron crushed morocco by Ramage, signed on lower front paste-down, marbled end papers, a.e.g. engraved armorial bookplate of “Sir Chas. E.H. Chadwyck Healey KCB. of Wyphurst in the County of Surrey one of His Majestys Counsel” laid over an earlier bookplate.

    Parts II and III have separate title pages, viz II: Inventaire general de l'histoire des larrons; III: Suite de l'inventaire et histoire generalle des larrons.
    As a subject of eternal interest this book went through numerous…

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    Rouen : Chez Jean Berthelin, dans la Cour du Palais 1639. Cr. 8vo, [viii], 270, [xiv], 209, [vii], 236 pp, A-Z⁸, Aa-Zz⁸, Aaa⁶. small tear in blank foremargin od Ee4 with loss of one letter, not affecting legibility, 19th century full citron crushed morocco by Ramage, signed on lower front paste-down, marbled end papers, a.e.g. engraved armorial bookplate of “Sir Chas. E.H. Chadwyck Healey KCB. of Wyphurst in the County of Surrey one of His Majestys Counsel” laid over an earlier bookplate.

    Parts II and III have separate title pages, viz II: Inventaire general de l'histoire des larrons; III: Suite de l'inventaire et histoire generalle des larrons.
    As a subject of eternal interest this book went through numerous editions. Of the present edition however, we have only located two copies, Paris and Sydney. It is a “recueil des aventures des plus celebres voleurs depuis le regne de Henri IV jusqu'a l'epoque de l'impression de l'ouvrage. C'est, je crois, le livre le plus complet sur cette matiere; il contient le recit de 70 assassinats, vols et escroqueries" (Viollet Le Duc, "Bibl. poetique", 1847, t. II p. 216)

    OCLC 220680495 [Univ. Sydney] USTC 6815025 [Ste Genevieve, Paris] Brunet 5me. Vol.3 col.204 [under “Histoire”]

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  • Histoire Maccaronique de Merlin Coccaie, Prototype de Rablais (sic) by [FOLENGO, Teophilo (1496?-1544)]
    [FOLENGO, Teophilo (1496?-1544)]
    Histoire Maccaronique de Merlin Coccaie, Prototype de Rablais (sic)

    Paris: Chez Toussaincts du Bray... 1606 [i.e. circa1734]. 2 vols, 12mo, viii, 370pp, and title + 419pp, R7 in vol.2 torn in half and mended with loss of 8 lines, otherwise a good copy, 18. century French red morocco, imperceptibly rebacked.
    The first French edition of this famous book was published in Paris by P. Pautronnier, 1606. The present edition, bearing the name of the bookseller Toussaint du Bray, is a contrafacon published about 1734.

    Reference: Gay-Lemmonyer vol.2. col.565 Brunet II 1319

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  • Condemned to be burnt by the hangman
    Histoire Secrete de la Cour de Berlin, ou Correspondance d’un Voyageur Francois, depuis le mois de Juillet 1786 jusqu’au 19 Janvier 1787. Ouvrage Postume. by [MIRABEAU, Honore-Gabriel Riqueti Comte de (1749-91)]
    [MIRABEAU, Honore-Gabriel Riqueti Comte de (1749-91)]
    Histoire Secrete de la Cour de Berlin, ou Correspondance d’un Voyageur Francois, depuis le mois de Juillet 1786 jusqu’au 19 Janvier 1787. Ouvrage Postume.

    [Alencon : Malassis le Jeune] 1789. First Edition
    2 vols, 8vo, [-]2, a8, A-V8 + [-]2, A-Z8, Aa4, [4], xvii, [1], 318 pp + [4], 376 pp, 1/2-titles in each volume, contemporary French half calf, sprinkled paper boards, spine in 6 compartments, red & green morocco labels, edges stained red, a good copy.
    Mirabeau’s account gives many details concerning Freemasonry in Prussia, but more importantly he denounces the Prussian court as scandalous and corrupt, describes the King of Prussia as weak and over-emotional, and labels Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of Frederick the Great and a guest of the French court, as narrow-minded and incompetent. He claims, on the title-page, that the work is published posthumously, suggesting…

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    [Alencon : Malassis le Jeune] 1789. First Edition
    2 vols, 8vo, [-]2, a8, A-V8 + [-]2, A-Z8, Aa4, [4], xvii, [1], 318 pp + [4], 376 pp, 1/2-titles in each volume, contemporary French half calf, sprinkled paper boards, spine in 6 compartments, red & green morocco labels, edges stained red, a good copy.
    Mirabeau’s account gives many details concerning Freemasonry in Prussia, but more importantly he denounces the Prussian court as scandalous and corrupt, describes the King of Prussia as weak and over-emotional, and labels Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of Frederick the Great and a guest of the French court, as narrow-minded and incompetent. He claims, on the title-page, that the work is published posthumously, suggesting that it was published without the express consent or knowledge of the author. He therefore appears blameless and can deny ever writing the account. The work was censored and condemned to be publicly burnt by the hangman, thus causing even more people to read it, and ultimately increasing Mirabeau’s fame.
    Reference: Cioranescu 18e. 45214 (misdated!) Barbier II 831

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  • Historia Major.... Edited by William Wats by PARIS, Matthæus (1200?-59)
    PARIS, Matthæus (1200?-59)
    Historia Major.... Edited by William Wats

    London : By R. Hodgkinson for C. Bee & L. Sadler... 1640 (1639). Folio, port., [48], 1009, [111], + [14], 310, [13] pp, 2 parts in 1 vol, old calf, worn.
    An important source for the period of the Crusades and relations with the East.

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  • Vandals v. Christians in North Africa An eyewitness account from 5th century
    Historia persecutionum quas in Aphrica olim circa D. Augustini tempora, Christiani perpessi sub Genserycho & Hunerycho Vandalorum regibus... by VICTOR OF VITE bishop of Utica (d. 535)
    VICTOR OF VITE bishop of Utica (d. 535)
    Historia persecutionum quas in Aphrica olim circa D. Augustini tempora, Christiani perpessi sub Genserycho & Hunerycho Vandalorum regibus...

    Cologne : Eucharius [Cervicornus] August 1537. Second Edition
    Small 8vo, A-I8, title within an architectural woodcut border, large initial “Q” at beginning of text, printer’s device on verso of last leaf, titlepage a little frayed touching the border at fore-edge, A3 skewed in binding and consequently cropped at fore-edge with loss of some letters, some browning, recently re-cased in limp vellum from an old manuscript.
    Although rare, this is not the first edition as is often claimed. Adams records an edition [Paris Johann Petit. c.1510] in the University Library and two other copies of that edition are located by the Catalogue Collectif de France.
    Victor Vitensis (b. circa 430) was an African bishop of the Province…

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    Cologne : Eucharius [Cervicornus] August 1537. Second Edition
    Small 8vo, A-I8, title within an architectural woodcut border, large initial “Q” at beginning of text, printer’s device on verso of last leaf, titlepage a little frayed touching the border at fore-edge, A3 skewed in binding and consequently cropped at fore-edge with loss of some letters, some browning, recently re-cased in limp vellum from an old manuscript.
    Although rare, this is not the first edition as is often claimed. Adams records an edition [Paris Johann Petit. c.1510] in the University Library and two other copies of that edition are located by the Catalogue Collectif de France.
    Victor Vitensis (b. circa 430) was an African bishop of the Province of Byzacena (called Vitensis from his See of Vita). His importance rests on his Historia persecutionis Africanae Provinciae, temporibus Geiserici et Hunirici regum Wandalorum. This is mainly a contemporary narrative of the cruelties practised against the orthodox Christians of Northern Africa by the Arian Vandals. Much of it is an eyewitness account.

    Reference: BL 003786528 Not in Adams

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  • Elzevir
    LIVIUS, Titus
    Historiarum Libri ex recensione Heinsiana [ie. Daniel Heinsius]

    Leiden : [Bonaventure and Abraham] Elzevir. 1634. 3 vols, 12mo., (vol.1) 24 lls, 726, [16] pp ; (vol 2) 1 leaf, 848, [16] pp ; (vol 3) 796, [14] pp, eng. title and eng. text illustration in vol. 1, printer’s woodcut device on titles of vols 2 & 3, old calf, lacking 2 labels (of 3), rubbed but still sound, bookplate of the Virtue and Cahill Library in all three vols.
    The Elzevirs published three editions of Livy, of which this, the first, is the best printing. Please note that despite the admonition on their bookplate by the bishops Virtue and Cahill “... never to sell or dispose of any book for any reason whatsoever” the post-war guardians deemed it better to disperse the collection than to let it rot in an un-roofed bombsite. H.M. Fletcher was the official agent for this dispersal.
    Reference: Willems 405

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  • [BROWN, John] (1715-1766)
    Honour. A Poem. Inscribed to the Right Honble the Lord Viscount Lonsdale.

    London: Printed for R. Dodsley... and sold by M. Cooper... 1743. First Edition
    4to, pp. 23 [1] advert., fleur-de-lys watermark, waterstain in upper margin throughout, modern grey boards.
    The author’s first publication, a poem on the morals of the times and a precursor of the book which made his name - ‘An Estimate of the Manners and Principles of the Times’, 1757.
    Reference: Foxon B 504

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  • “The most important 18th-century work on an English botanical collection...” with an index of Linnaean names now added
    Horti Elthamensis Plantarum Rariorum Icones et Nomina...descriptarum Elthami in Cantio, in Horto... Jacobi Sherard... additis Denominationibus Linaeanis. by DILLENIUS, Johannes Jacobus (1684-1747)
    DILLENIUS, Johannes Jacobus (1684-1747)
    Horti Elthamensis Plantarum Rariorum Icones et Nomina...descriptarum Elthami in Cantio, in Horto... Jacobi Sherard... additis Denominationibus Linaeanis.

    Leiden : Cornelius Haak 1774. Second Edition
    2 vols large folio, (445x285mm), vol.I title, [3] lls, 175 plates (NB. 167bis), Vol.II title, [3] lls, plates 175 - 324, together 325 finely engraved plates printed on heavy paper, uncut, (deckle edges on 3 sides), contemporary vellum, labels stained to spine and tooled in gilt, the edges of the boards gnawed by a squirrel, otherwise a very good copy of this magnificent collection of plates
    This second edition was issued without the original text, but with a new index of Linnaean names. It is the most important 18th-century work on an English botanical collection in private hands, being the collection of the botanist and apothecary, James Sherard, of Eltham,…

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    Leiden : Cornelius Haak 1774. Second Edition
    2 vols large folio, (445x285mm), vol.I title, [3] lls, 175 plates (NB. 167bis), Vol.II title, [3] lls, plates 175 - 324, together 325 finely engraved plates printed on heavy paper, uncut, (deckle edges on 3 sides), contemporary vellum, labels stained to spine and tooled in gilt, the edges of the boards gnawed by a squirrel, otherwise a very good copy of this magnificent collection of plates
    This second edition was issued without the original text, but with a new index of Linnaean names. It is the most important 18th-century work on an English botanical collection in private hands, being the collection of the botanist and apothecary, James Sherard, of Eltham, near Greenwich. According to Hunt, "Dillenius made the gardens memorable through excellent illustrations, drawn and engraved by himself. They were sufficiently accurate to be of considerable service to Linnaeus". Particular attention is paid in this work to succulent plants, particularly mesembryanthemums and it is of major importance in the pre-Linnaean taxonomy of South African plants.
    “Dillenius was a native of Darmstadt who, coming to England in 1721 adopted Ray’s system [of botanical classification] and became, on Dr William Sherard’s benefaction (1728) professor at Oxford and one of the important botanists of his time.” - Hunt
    Reference: botany

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  • Macaronic verse
    [SCROFFA, Camillo Count ]
    I Cantici di Fidentio Glottochrysio Ludimagistro. Con aggiunta di poche altre vaghe composizioni nel medesimo genere. Alcune delle quali ora solamente sono date in luce. [Edited by P.T., i.e. Paolo Tavola]

    Vicenza : Per Pierantonio Berno... 1743. 8vo, eng. port., *8, *4, A-E8, title in red and black, cont. marbled sheep, gilt spine, marbled endpapers, edges stained red, short split in front hinge.
    Humorous verse in the macaronic style of the Italian sixteenth century ‘pedants’.

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  • Satire
    I Ragguagli di Parnasso: Or, Advertisements from Parnassus: In Two Centuries. With the Politick Touchstone. Written Originally in Italian by that Famous Roman Trajano Bocalini (sic). And now put into English by the Rt. Hon. Henry Earl of Monmouth. The Third Edition, Corrected. by BOCCALINI, Trajano (1556-1613)
    BOCCALINI, Trajano (1556-1613)
    I Ragguagli di Parnasso: Or, Advertisements from Parnassus: In Two Centuries. With the Politick Touchstone. Written Originally in Italian by that Famous Roman Trajano Bocalini (sic). And now put into English by the Rt. Hon. Henry Earl of Monmouth. The Third Edition, Corrected.

    London : Printed; and are to be sold by Tho. Guy at the Corner-Shop of Little Lombard-street and Cornhil 1674. Folio, a-b4, B- Z, Aa-Oo4, Pp2, eng. portrait of Henry Cary, Earl of Monmouth, by William Faithorne, opposite p. 1 of text, cont. blindstamped panelled calf, hinges imperceptibly repaired, a fine sound copy.
    First published, in Italian, in 1612 this is Boccalini’s most important work. It satirises many of his eminent literary and political contemporaries and was widely influential throughout 17th century Europe not only for its topicality but also for its anti-Spanish pro-republican sentiments. It was translated into English by Henry Carey, second earl of Monmouth (1596-1661)

    Reference: Wing B 3383

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  • “...24 figures d’une grâce ravissante”
    Idylles. [and] Idylles, Second recueil. by BERQUIN, Arnaud (1749? -91)
    BERQUIN, Arnaud (1749? -91)
    Idylles. [and] Idylles, Second recueil.

    [Paris : Ruault, 1775]. 2 vols. 12mo, eng. title, vi pp, 1f, 55 pp, 12 eng. pl. + 2ff, 67, [1] pp, 12 eng. pl. , the engraved title and 24 plates (before numbers) after Marillier, engraved by Gaucher, de Ghendt, Le Gouaz, Delaunay, Lebeau, Masquelier, Nèe and Ponce, printed on papier de Hollande, faint foxing in places, bound in full crushed red morocco in jansenist style by Riviere, signed on front turn-ins, armorial bookplate of “Simon Le Blanc” in vol. 1, inscription on half title of vol.2, “ John Cater, New Coll. Nov. 13th 1775”
    A deluxe copy on thick paper with the plates ‘before numbers’.
    “24 figures d’une grâce ravissante par Marillier, gravèes trés finement...…

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    [Paris : Ruault, 1775]. 2 vols. 12mo, eng. title, vi pp, 1f, 55 pp, 12 eng. pl. + 2ff, 67, [1] pp, 12 eng. pl. , the engraved title and 24 plates (before numbers) after Marillier, engraved by Gaucher, de Ghendt, Le Gouaz, Delaunay, Lebeau, Masquelier, Nèe and Ponce, printed on papier de Hollande, faint foxing in places, bound in full crushed red morocco in jansenist style by Riviere, signed on front turn-ins, armorial bookplate of “Simon Le Blanc” in vol. 1, inscription on half title of vol.2, “ John Cater, New Coll. Nov. 13th 1775”
    A deluxe copy on thick paper with the plates ‘before numbers’.
    “24 figures d’une grâce ravissante par Marillier, gravèes trés finement... Les beaux exemplaires sont sur papier de Hollande avec les figures avant les numeros” - Cohen/de Ricci 139

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