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The Picture Of Life & Government... Richelieu & Mazarin; Colbert & Fouquet, Cologne 1694

Presented in a small volume In 12, full glazed tinted calf, spine with raised bands decorated with gilt iron fleurons in the boxes, gilt ex-libri title with arms and the legend Melior Doctrina Tarentu[...]

Period: 17th century

320 €

Fort Vol. In 12: "the Memoirs Of Henri De Lorraine, Duke Of Guise" New Edition. Paris 1681

Beautiful copy printed in Paris at the Vuve d'Edme Martin at the Soleil d'or, & at the sacrifice of Abel & Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy Printer of the King, at the Cigognes; both rue Saint-Jacques. Paris;[...]

Period: 17th century

340 €

Justinian, Vinnii - Constitutionum, Libri Quartet. 1658, Full Stamped Calfskin Binding.

JUSTINIAN, VINNII I. C (Arnold) - Constitutionum, libri quatuor. Amsterdam, Ex Officina Elzevir, 1658; in-12, 30 ppnch. + 643 pp., contemporary full calf binding, smooth spine, covers and spine stampe[...]

Period: 17th century

200 €
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Universal History Of Trogue Pompey Reduced To An Abridged Version By Justin, New Translation 1697.

Two beautiful volumes in mint condition, in 12mo format, full grained calf, spines decorated with gilt iron in the boxes, titles and volume numbers in red and olive morocco, marbled endpapers, red edg[...]

Period: 17th century

280 €

Large 17th Century Book 1663 - Folio - Binding With The Coat Of Arms Of The Parliament Of Rouen

SCAPULA, Joannes - Lexicon graeco-latinum - 1663 In-folioLarge book (37 x 25 cm) with a very beautiful contemporary binding with the arms of the Parliament of Rouen in the middle of a scattering of fl[...]

Period: 17th century

650 €

Scholarly Work: "the Characters Of Theophrastus" By "la Bruyère". 2 Volumes In 12. 1694.

Rare copy of an annotated scholar with alternating blank pages for added criticism and corrections. Two large volumes in 12mo, full tinted calf, ribbed spines decorated with beautiful gilt iron in the[...]

Period: 17th century

740 €

Jeremiah, Translated Into French, With An Explanation From The Holy Fathers: In The Arms Of Denis II Sr De Brou

A fine copy in tinted calfskin, spine with raised bands decorated with shell irons, garnet morocco titles, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Bookplate with the arms of M. Lugol and annotated on the title[...]

Period: 17th century

440 €

1675 - Bresse - Order Of The King's Council - Exemption From War Tax - Parchment

Parchment, yellowed, worn, fringed on the edges - traces of humidity. Folds. According to the title, it is an "Extract from the registers of the Council of State" - That is to say a copy issued by the[...]

Period: 17th century

200 €
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1 Vol. In-folio 17th: "chronological History Of The Grand Chancellery Of France" A. Tessereau

Rare and beautiful folio copy printed in Paris, at Pierre le Petit, Printer & Bookseller in Ordinary to the King, rue Saint-Jacques, at the Croix d'or. M. DC. LXXVI. (1676). "Chronological History of [...]

Period: 17th century

1 200 €

Antique Book The Office Of Daint Merry Abbot, 1696

Antique religious book, the life of Abbot Saint Merry dated 1696. Tear in the binding (see photo) otherwise very good condition. Dimensions 18/12cm

Period: 17th century

75 €

Deslyons - Singular And New Treatises Against The Paganism Of King Boit. Widow Saveux, 1670.

DESLYONS (Jean) - Singular and new treatises against the paganism of King Boit. I. Of the young elder of the Catholic Church on Kings' Eve. II. Of the royalty of Saturnalia, postponed and counterfeite[...]

Period: 17th century

450 €
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Cluverii (philippi) - Introductionis In Universam Geographiam. Ex-office Elzevirana, 1629.

CLUVERII (Philippi) - Introductionis in Universam Geographiam tam Veterem quam Novam Libri VI. Amsterdam, Ex-officina Elzevirana, 1629; in-12, 352 pp. + table, full brown morocco binding, spine decora[...]

Period: 17th century

220 €
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Cabassut - Notitia Ecclesiastica Historiarum, Conciliorum. Posuel, 1690, Binding With Arms.

CABASSUT (Jean) - Notitia Ecclesiastica Historiarum, Conciliorum & Canonum invicem collatorum. Lyon, Chez Anisson & Joannis Posuel, 1690; folio, 22 ppnch. + 680 pp. + index, contemporary full calf bin[...]

Period: 17th century

400 €
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Bourdin (nicolas) - l'Uranie By Messire Nicolas Bourdin. 1640, Binding With The Author's Coat Of Arms.

BOURDIN (Nicolas) - The Urania of Messire Nicolas Bourdin, knight, lord of Villennes: or the translation of the four books of the judgments of the stars of Claude Ptolemy. Paris, Chez Cardin Besongne,[...]

Period: 17th century

2 500 €
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Beautiful "complete Treatise On Surgical Operations" In Paris By Mr. De La Vauguion, Et. Michalet

Rare beautiful treatise on Surgery that I bought in the United States and which deserves to be returned to France, this rare "Complete Treatise on Surgical Operations", containing: Their Definitions, [...]

Period: 17th century

600 €

Olivier Patru Plea And Other Works . Paris 1670

Olivier Patru plea and other works Paris 1670.

Period: 17th century

450 €

Roman History. Ad Usum Delphini Edition 1681

The education of sovereigns, carried out with extreme care, of course involved the teaching of Roman history, whose many adventures, victories or salient events were to build the conscience of the Dau[...]

Period: 17th century

230 €

Beautiful 4vo Entirely Engraved From The 17th Century: "summary Of Philosophy In Tables", Louis De Lesclache

A performance for this book in 4 in half calfskin with smooth spine: Published according to the Royal rivilège on September 20 of the Year 1652. Magnificent work entirely stuffed with titles and doubl[...]

Period: 17th century

320 €

A Volume In 4 Illustrated With Beautiful Portraits, In Brussels 1672 "ducibus Ab Anno Post Christum".

Magnificent work on the Dukes of Lothringiae, Brabantiae, & Limburgi. copy in 4 format, full tinted calfskin, ribbed spine decorated with gilded irons in the boxes, dark red morocco title. Printed in [...]

Period: 17th century

640 €

Beautiful Illustrated Folio Printed In Amsterdam, 1700: "publ. Ovidius Naso"; Alle De Werken P. Mortier

Rare and beautiful illustrated copy in folio format, half-calf, ribbed spine decorated with gilt fillets in the compartments, ochre morocco title, beige paper covered boards with reinforced corners, p[...]

Period: 17th century

2 200 €

Antique Book 17th Century, Paris France - The Canonical Library 1689 L. Bouchel

The Canonical Library, containing in alphabetical order all ecclesiastical and benefice-related matters treated by Master L. Bouchel, lawyer at the Parliament of Paris, in his Summa Beneficialis. To w[...]

Period: 17th century

60 €
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Unique Translator's Manuscript In 2vol In4" Translation N.elle In French Verse Of Horace" 17th

Rare document and important manuscript of the "New Translation in French Verse of the Satires & Epistles of Horace; with some critical Notes from the second half of the 17th century in two beautiful v[...]

Period: 17th century

12 000 €

Rare In 4 From 1669 "historical Praise Of The City Of Lyon", P. Claude François Ménestrier, Illus

From the rich library of André Chagny, this beautiful in 4; printed in Lyon, at Benoist Coral, rue Mercière, at the Victoire; M. DC. LXIX. (1669): "Historical Praise of the City of Lyon", and its Cons[...]

Period: 17th century

900 €

Strace (publius Papinus) Opera, Interpretatione Et Notis Illustravit Claudius Beraldus, Mar.

Stace (publius Papinus) . Opera 1685 Mar. Gold. Opera ... T; 1 "LaThébaïde"...Good exemp. Rare

Period: 17th century

2 000 €

Vol. With Clasps, In4 Office Calf; "notre-dame De Refuge" Handwritten Music Pages 1685,

Rare and unique vol In 4 in blond glazed calf with clasps, spine with ribs, decorated with gilt irons in the boxes, red morocco title, clasps, marbled guards, pinked edges: "Office for the Day of Our [...]

Period: 17th century

480 €

Epigrams - Valerii Martialis - Leyden - Engraving - 1656 - Old Book

Valère Martial - Epigrams M. Valerii Martialis epigrammata cum notis farnabii et variorum in Lugdunum Batavorum, Leiden by François Hack 1656 Full vellum with period flaps, gilt title on the spine. En[...]

Period: 17th century

230 €

Rare Book In Pigskin With Clasps / "instructions For Liturgical Musical Practice" 1700

Magnificent binding with clasps in good condition and in cold-stamped sowskin in pure 17th century German style, traditional binding for quality works, printed in Dilingae, Typis & Sumptibus Joann. Ca[...]

Period: 17th century

750 €

Vol. In 12; 1681 In Paris: Memoirs And Instructions For Serving In The Negotiations Of France

The beginnings of International Law under the Reign of Louis XIV, in one volume In. 12; full tinted calf, spine with raised bands decorated with gilt irons in the compartments, gilt title, pink speckl[...]

Period: 17th century

280 €

Pt In 12. From The Library Of Baron Chapelain "the Universal History Of Trogue Pompey" 1661.

Beautiful little In 12 in glazed tinted calf, ribbed spine decorated with baroque gilt irons in the boxes, marbled guards, pinked edges, stamp "Ex-Libris du Baron de Chapelain", gilt title; beautiful [...]

Period: 17th century

340 €

"history Of Provence" Messire Jean-françois De Gaufridi, 1st Edition Of 1694 In-folio 2tom

Exceptional and rare copy in a large folio volume in two volumes bound together, full calf spine with ribbed bands trimmed with gilt iron in the boxes, red morocco title. "History of Provence" by Mess[...]

Period: 17th century

2 800 €

Life And Gestures Of Pope Sixtus IV - Bartolomeo Sacchi - Elzevir - 1645

De Vitis ac Gestis Summorum Pontificum Ad Sixtum III Pontifex MaxLife and Deeds of Pope Sixtus IVBy Bartolomeo Sacchi known as Platine (1421-1481)He was the director of the Vatican Library during the [...]

Period: 17th century

250 €

Letters To A Provincial Lady - By Bouhours In Paris - 1688

Letters to a provincial lady on the dialogues of Eudoxus and Philanthus by Dominique Bouhours (1628-1702) in Paris at the widow of Sébastien Mabre Cramoisy 1688 9.5x16.5cm Very rare book Present at th[...]

Period: 17th century

300 €

2 Vol.in 4. Paris 1683: "history Of Harles Ix", By Sieur Varillas; Bibl. From Jumillac

In two volumes in 4, full tinted calf, spines with raised bands decorated with gilt irons in the compartments, titles and volume numbers in red morocco, edges with pink dots. Ex-Libris Domini Marchoin[...]

Period: 17th century

280 €

Rare Illustrated Folio From 1671 In Red Morocco By A. Dondé "the Figures And... St. Fr. Of Paule"

Rare and beautiful copy in a rich 17th century red morocco Du-Seuil binding, abundantly illustrated with beautiful full-page figures and portraits, in a generous folio format, ribbed spine decorated w[...]

Period: 17th century

1 200 €

"del Mercurio Ouero Historia" Dé Correnti Di D. Vittorio Siri Dedicated To Anna Of Austria 1vol. In4

Large volume in 4, In Geneva. Mr. DC. XXXXVII. (1647). Tomo Secondo dedicated Alla Maestà Christianissima Anna d'Austria, Regina Madre del re Luigi XIV. And Régente di Francia: "Del Mercurio Ouero His[...]

Period: 17th century

180 €

On The Art Of Glassmaking, Or How To Make Glass, Crystal, And Enamel

Book where one will find the way to make glass and crystal, to add colors, to imitate precious stones, to prepare and color enamels, to make potash, to paint on glass, to prepare varnishes, to compose[...]

Period: 17th century

350 €

Beautiful Red Morocco By Gérardi Joannis Vossii, Works (2 Parts) With The Arms Of Rignac From 1647

Rare copy stamped with the Arms in red morocco in small format in 4, printed in Amsterdam "Apud Ludovicum Elzévirium" M. DC. XLVII. (1647) "Gérardi Joannis Vossi": De Imitatione cum Oratoriâ, tum prae[...]

Period: 17th century

900 €

Holy Bible - Amsterdam - Joan Blaeu - 1687 - Old & New Testament - 17th

Holy Bible Old and New Testament in Amsterdam at Blaeu for Wolfgang, Waesberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals 1687 21x25cm and 8cm thick

Period: 17th century

950 €

Rare Elsevier "history Of Good King Henry Iv. I Vel. In 16. In Rabats Sowing Fleur-de-lys

First Elzévirienne edition of this well-known and many times edited work of the "History of Good King Henti IV" from Editions de Louys & Daniel Elzevier in Amsterdam in 1661, at the date of the origin[...]

Period: 17th century

480 €

The Antiquity Of Times Restored And Defended Against The Jews And The New Chronologists 1687

Rare in two volumes in 4, full calf, spine with raised bands decorated with gilt irons, titles and volume numbers in ochre morocco, marbled endpapers, red edges. Vignette on the title printed in Paris[...]

Period: 17th century

620 €

Poster Placard 17th Century 1667 Taxation Size Mons Armagnac Gers Caussens Agen Guyenne

Placard or Poster dated 1667, 17th century. Claude Pellot orders the consuls of the inhabitants of Mons Election of Armagnac (Commune of Caussens, Gers 32) to lift the tax on Tailles to settle the inh[...]

Period: 17th century

150 €

The Great Historical Dictionary, Moreri 1698

"Grand dictionnaire historique ou le mélange curieux de l'histoire sacrée et profane", by Louis Moreri, 1698 edition, in folio, complete with its four volumes, in their original full-leather binding. [...]

Period: 17th century

580 €

3 Volumes XVIIth In Folio In White Vellum With Arms "works Of Antoine d'Espeisses" In Lyon 1660

Very complete in three volumes in folio in white vellum, spine with ribbed spines, handwritten title and volume number, coat of arms on the lower spines and of the youth of Louis XIV. In Lyon, at Iean[...]

Period: 17th century

550 €

Annals Of The City Of Toulouse 1687-1701 Germain De Lafaille History Languedoc

Annals of the City of Toulouse since the reunion of the County of Toulouse to the Crown: with an Abstract of the ancient history of this city, & a Collection of various titles & acts to serve as proof[...]

Period: 17th century

700 €

The Imitation Of Jesus Christ 1654, Corneille (eo)

I offer you this good edition, but in very average condition in terms of the binding. It is complete but fragile central leaves which would tend to move away. It is touching by the additions of the di[...]

Period: 17th century

65 €

Rare Book -in 8, The Innocent Tricks, In Amsterdam 1695, Ex-libris Duc d'Ursel

Very interesting and curious work. Beautiful period leather binding, gilded and titled. Inside an ex-libris of the Duke D'Ursel, Roberto Ducis D'Ursel (1873-1955). Beautiful engraved frontispiece bear[...]

Period: 17th century

485 €

1688 - Psalms Of David - Old Religious Book

Psalms of David NEW TRANSLATION according to Hebrew & the Vulgate. From the Printing House of Pierre le Petit. IN PARIS M. DC. LXXXVIII WITH PRIVILEGE OF HIS MAJESTY Pretty volume in-12 format (10 x 1[...]

Period: 17th century

190 €

Duval d'Abbeville (pierre) - Le Barrois. At The Author's In Isle Du Palais, 1654; 550/420 Mm.

VAL D'ABBEVILLE (P. du) - Le Barrois. Paris, At the author's in Isle du Palais, 1654; 550/420 mm, 1 pp., sheet, with colored outlines.

Period: 17th century

250 €
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Rare And Beautiful 17th Century Binding In Orange Moroccan With Fleur-de-lys: "virgilii Opéra 1677

Rare and beautiful Vigil with a rich binding with fleur-de-lys from 1677; printed in Amsterdam (Amsterdami), apud Henry. Wetstenium;; ribbed spine in ochre (orange) morocco, rich fleur-de-lys scatteri[...]

Period: 17th century

850 €

Tassin - Plans And Profiles Of The Main Cities Of The Duchy Of Lorraine. 1638, 27 Plates.

TASSIN - Plans and profiles of the main cities of the Duchy of Lorraine, with the general map & the particulars of each government of them. Paris, se, 1638; in-8 oblong, 27 plates, half-brown percalin[...]

Period: 17th century

2 400 €
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Rare In Vellum Folio From 1688 In Paris: Marca Hispanica Sive Limes Hispanicus", Petro De Marca

Very beautiful folio volume in vellum printed in Paris in 1688. "Marca Hispanica sive Limes Hispanicus". Original Edition by Pierre de M en Béarnarca, Historian of Béarn and Great Jurist of the 17th c[...]

Period: 17th century

1 200 €

Duvray And Perfect Love - 1612 - Athenagoras

In the form of amorous dialogues. The Greek text has never been published. Second edition 1612 (original from 1598/1599) Later binding.

Period: 17th century

500 €

History Of The Devils Of Loudun Nicolas Aubin 1693

HISTORY OF THE DEVILS OF LOUDUN, or of the possession of the Ursuline nuns, and of the condemnation & torture of Urbain Grandier, priest of the same city. AMSTERDAM, Abraham WOLFGANG, Original Edition[...]

Period: 17th century

580 €

Ecclesiastes Of Solomon 1676 Bound In Full Leather With Engravings

The Ecclesiastes of Solomon translated into French with an explanation taken from the Holy Fathers and ecclesiastical authors. Third edition In Paris at Pierre le Petit, Printer and ordinary Bookselle[...]

Period: 17th century

180 €

1680 Abjuration Of Jean Buchet Native Of Garlin In Béarn Lescar Pau Vic-bilh Protestantism

Very rare Certificate of Abjuration on vellum dated July 30, 1680. (five years before the revocation of the Edict of Nantes) It concerns Mr. Jean Buchet, native of Garlin (old Béarnaise bastide 30 km [...]

Period: 17th century

350 €

Carousel Of Monsignor Le Dauphin, Program Of The Festival Of 1686

Carousel of Monsignor the Dauphin. Done at Versailles on May. Paris, Veuve Blageart, 1686. One volume. 18.5 by 26 cm. (6)-72-63 pages. Marbled fawn half-sheepskin, back with 5 raised ribs, p. green ti[...]

Period: 17th century

1 300 €

Treatise On Abuse By Charles Fevret, 1689

Treatise on Abuse and the real subject of appellations qualified by this name of Abus by Charles Fevret (1583-1661). 4th edition divided into 2 volumes, 410 pages. Printer JB De-Ville in Lyon. Brown l[...]

Period: 17th century

480 €

The Unvarnished Poet – 1696 First Edition – Satire – Old Book – 17th Century

Satirical speeches in verse, in Cologne First edition of 1696: Collection of epigrams, odes, songs, tales, by François Gacon (1667-1725). Leather binding, brown calfskin. Ribbed spine, red and gold ti[...]

Period: 17th century

110 €

Don Nicolai - Historia Dell'ultimate Rivoluzione Della Cita Di Napoli. 1660, Vellum Binding.

DON NICOLAI (Agostino) - Historia o vero narrazione giornale dell'ultimate rivoluzione della citta e regno di Napoli, scritta e data luce da Don Agostino Nicolai. Amsterdam, Chez Jodoco Pluymer, 1660;[...]

Period: 17th century

1 000 €
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Chantereau-lefebvre - Historical Speech, Concerning The Marriage Of Ansbert. 1647, Vellum Binding

CHANTEREAU-LEFEBVRE (Louis) - Historical speech, concerning the marriage of Ansbert and Blithilde, alleged daughter of King Clothaire I or II. Divided into two parts. Paris, From the printing house of[...]

Period: 17th century

1 600 €
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