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Kurzer Begriff von der Bruderschaft des heiligsten Rosenkranzes,
zum heilsamen unterricht aller und jeder Mitgleider derselben. Nebst den gewöhnlichen Andachtsübungen, wie sie dermal in der Statdtpfarrkirche zu St. Moritz in Augsburg entrichtet werden.
Augsburg, Joseph Rösl, 1823.
8vo (164 x 100 mm), engraved frontispiece and pp. [v], 6-14, 17-48, printed in black letter, a printed form on the verso of the title-page completed by hand in brown ink, in the original blue mottled wrappers, with two pressed leaves between the pages.
OCLC lists a single copy, in Munich.
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A Disputation of the Church,
Wherein the old Religion is maintained. V.M.C.F.E.
Douai, the widdow of Mark Wyon, 1632.
Second Edition. 8vo ( pp. [xvi], 335, 338-434, 439-649 (text continuous and complete), [1] ‘the fift conclusion’, [3]’To my opponents’, Errata and notes on heretics, title with woodcut printer’s device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, small hole in text p. 125 (6 x 9 mm max) with loss of some letters, small burn hole on p. 127 (9 x 2 mm max) also with minimal loss of letters, marginal tear in Rf4 (p. 637) just touching text but with no loss, small tear, probably an original paper flaw, on Ff4 (p. 461), through text with no loss, dampstaining throughout, with dust-soiling and browning, numerous leaves dog-eared, much creasing, loose in contemporary limp vellum with turn-ins, marked, creased and worn, binding only holding at foot of spine: an honest and well-read copy, entirely unrestored.
STC (2nd edn) 15349; Allison & Rogers, Catholic Books, 443; ESTC s108397.
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Predigten fur junge Frauenzimmer von Jacob Fordyce aus dem Englischen.
Leipzig: bey Weidmanns Erben und Reich, 1767.
First Edition in German. Two volumes, small 8vo (153 x 90 mm), pp. [xvi], [x], 452; [vi], 458, printed in gothic script, lightly but evenly browned throughout, in contemporary green goatskin, the covers elaborately gilt with a vertical border of two lines supporting a climbing plant, curving in to form the upper and lower borders, with a rococo swag at the top and a floral bouquet at the foot, the spines gilt with six compartments and raised bands, red morocco labels lettered in gilt, the volumes numbered directly in another compartment, edges and dentelles gilt, with pink silk endleaves and gilt edges: some slight wear to head and foot of spine, otherwise a gorgeous copy.
OCLC lists a handful of copies in Germany, two in Denmark and one at the National Library of Scotland.
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Discours en forme de comparaison sur les vies de Moyse & d'Homere,
où sont incidemment faits quelques essais sur diverses matieres.
Paris, Jean Gesselin, 1604.
First Edition. 12mo (135 x 75 mm), pp. [ii], 329, [1], wanting the preface, some dampstaining in text, some corners folded, occasional staining, in contemporary vellum with a rather clumsy, but early (18th century?) and charming, sheep spine, lettered and tooled in gilt, the front gutter cracked and front free endpaper missing, the front pastedown loose, revealing use of printer’s waste in the binding: altogether an indestructible but very charming look.
OCLC lists BN and Bibliothèques Mazarine (catalogue gives 330p.), and Saint-Geneviève, Lyon (without the preface), BL (without the preface), Trinity College, Cambridge and Princeton (catalogue gives 329p.).
Cioranescu 55884.
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Le Nouveau Testament De Nostre Seigneur Jesus-Christ;
Avec l’approbation des Docteurs de la faculte de Theologie de Paris, & de Louuain. Enrichy de Figures.
Troyes, Oudot, 1635.
Small 8vo (115 x 90 mm), pp. [xii], 971, [37], numerous part-page woodcut illustrations throughout the text, lightly browned throughout, in contemporary vellum covered with later marbled paper and cloth backing: a workaday and rather ugly solution, but sound, with early manuscript notes on the front endpaper and the ownership inscription of John Wasley on the rear endpaper.
Not in OCLC, CCFr or KVK.
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Principes Politiques sur le rappel des Protestans en France,
par M. ***. Première [-Seconde] Partie.
Amsterdam, aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1764.
Same Year as the First Edition. Two parts in one volume, 12mo, (160 x 90 mm), pp. [iv], 163, iv (épitre dédicatoire à Madame la *** misbound before p. 163); [iv], 144, with the half-titles, title-pages printed in red and black with the same engraved title vignette on each volume, text a little dampstained, particularly title-pages, binding slightly sprung between the volumes, in contemporary speckled calf, double filet gilt to covers, spine ruled in gilt with olive green morocco label lettered in gilt, paper shelf mark label at the foot of the spine, with the later Leipziger Stadtbibliothek bookplate and library stamps of Leipzig University and Bibliothek von Schloss Püchau, crossed through, from the library of Claude Lebédel.
See Cioranescu 62546 (1768 edition only); Quérard IX, 580; INED 4633.
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Aristée
ou de la Divinité.
Paris, 1779.
First Edition. 12mo, (162 x 94), pp. x, 208, preserving the initial blank, the engraved vignette on the title-page and the head- and tail-pieces are unsigned, in contemporary green morocco, unsigned binding, possibly by Thomas Van Os, with elaborate floral tooling to covers, spine gilt in compartments, slightly rubbed, red morocco label lettered in gilt, simple gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt edges.
See Roger Eliot Stoddard, 'François Hemsterhuis: Some Uncollected Authors VIII', in The Book Collector, Summer 2001, pp. 186-201; Jan Storm van Leeuwen, 'Frans Hemsterhuis' Binders and some bindings on Lettre sur l'Homme, ibid, pp. 202-216.
Stoddard 9.
More details Price: £1,500.00