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Catalogue
72
Books
from the Past
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41.
[COUDRETTE, CHRISTOPHE (Abbé), 1701-1774]. Idée
Générale des Vices Principaux de l'Institut des Jésuites.
Tirée de leurs Constitutions & des autres titres de leur
Société. Premier Discours Prononcé au Parlement
de Paris par M. L'A. D. C. Conseiller. A Paris, [s.n.], M.DCC.LXI
(1761).
[bound with]:
SALELLES, JOSEPH DE MASSIA DE. Compte Rendu de l'Institut
et Constitutions des Soi-Disans Jésuites. Par M. de Salelles,
Sous-Doyen du Conseil Souverain de Roussillon, en conséquence
de l'Arrêt de la Cour, du 20 Mars 1762. A Perpignan, Chez
J.P. Reynier, Imprimeur du Roi & de la Cour, M.DCC.LXII (1762).
[bound with]:
DUDON DE L'ESTRADE, PIERRE JULES (1717-1800). Compte Rendu
des Constitutions des Jésuites, Par M. Pierre-Jules Dudon,
Avocat-Général du Roi, au Parlement de Bordeaux, les
13 & 14 Mai 1762, avec l'Arrêt rendu sur ledit Compte,
Chambres-assemblées, le 26 dudit mois. [s.l., s.n.], M.DCC.LXII
(1762). $500
12mo; pp. 92; pp. 141; pp. 290. Full vellum; spine with painted
gilt bands and label; decorative head-and tail pieces and initials;
small perforated, embossed and ink library stamps of Franciscan
order on title pages and last two leaves; wormhole in margin of
first few leaves, affecting four letters; small acquisition label
on upper corners of front paste-down and fly-leaf; p. 215 (Dudon)
misnumbered 512.
1. Barbier II, 880; Oxford; Boston College; 2. BNF; Cambridge. 3.
BNF, Yale, Boston College. One of the events leading up to the expulsion
of the Jesuits from France involved the British navy's effect on
French commerce in 1755. The Jesuit mission in Martinique had invested
substantial funds to produce marketable goods on the Island, but
fell heavily into debt when their cargo ships were captured by the
British. The question of settling that debt was at the core of discontent,
particularly from the Jansenist influence in the French parliament,
leading to a close examination of the Jesuits' constitutions and
history of their work in France. By 1763, enough evidence had been
presented by the anti-Jesuit factions to encourage Louis XV to dissolve
the Society and close Jesuit colleges in November, 1764 (Cath. Encycl.).
This volume contains some of the arguments presented in parliament
that led to the Jesuits' suppression, including the initial arrêt
issued in 1762.
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42.
CYPRIAN, SAINT, BISHOP OF CARTHAGE (c.200-258). Epistolae
d. Caecilii Cypriani Cathaginensis Episcopi Totius Africae Primatis
et Gloriosissimi Martyris. Tyrnaviae, Typis Academicis Societatis
Jesu, MDCCLV (1755). $950
4to; pp. [12], 380; contemporary full calf, worn; text block is
tight and clean, with historiated and foliated initials; decorative
tail-pieces; tiny wormhole to gutter of final few leaves; thin spot
on title-page, due to an erasure.
Only one copy of this edition located in Univ. of Szeged; not in
COPAC. Thaschus Caecilius Cyprianus converted to Christianity later
in life, and rose through the ecclesiastical ranks to become Bishop
of Carthage. Cyprian's leadership was notable during the reign of
the Roman emperor Decius, who attempted to eradicate Christianity
and those who professed it. Cyprian remained steadfast in defending
the Christian faith and encouraging the persecuted, in spite of
his own impending martyrdom. His writings serve as historical documents
of the spiritual guidance and discipline practiced during the early
establishment of the Church. Cyprian's epistles have been published
many times in various editions.This edition is a fine example of
the 18th century font used at the Jesuits' press in Tyrnavia, Hungary.
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43.
DAVIES, B[ENJAMIN] R[EES]. London Drawn and Engraved expressly
for the Post Office Directory 1867. By B.R. Davies, 16 George Str[eet],
Euston Squ[are]. $600
680 x 907 mm; engraved map of London on linen-backed folding sheet,
folds into 12 cm x 18 cm, attached to contemporary green mottled
cloth over boards. Light waterstaining on rear cover; paper label
with manuscript title on front. Bookseller's label: Hill, Bookseller,
Montreal on rear paste-down.
We have found only one copy listed in COPAC. Benjamin Rees Davies
was an engraver who specialized in topographical maps, particularly
for railway and urban surveys. This map of London was meant to accompany
the annual Post Office Directory published by Kelly & Co. The
first Post Office Directory appeared in 1799, edited by Frederic
Festus Kelly, and it included detailed information about London's
history and architecture, as well as a list of commercial establishments.
After he became His Majesty's Inspector of Inland Letter Carriers
in 1835, Kelly expanded his directories to include outlying towns
and villages, again focussing on trade and commerce. This map shows
London street names, parks, road and railway lines, and the outlines
of buildings. Kelly's directories have become important historical
resources, as they list the names and occupation of residents, a
list of local tradesmen, and list of the gentry.
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44.
DOGLIONI, GIOVANNI NICOLO (1548-1629). L'Vngheria, Spiegata
da Gio. Nicolo Doglioni. Oue chiaramente si leggono tutte le cose
successe in quel Regno, da che prima fu cosi nominato, sino all'anno
corrente 1595. Con la Tauola copiosissima di tutto quello, che di
degno, & di memorabil vi si legge. E nel fine vn catalogo di
tutti i Re, che v'hanno regnato, con i suoi tempi, & millesimi.
Et insieme la figura in disegno distinta, et particolare di tutte
le Citta, Castella, & luoghi di quelle Regioni. Con Privilegio.
In Venetia, Appresso Damian Zenaro, M.D.XCV. (1595). First edition.
$3,750
4to; pp. [32], 209, [3]. Signatures: t8, a-b4 (tavola), A-2B4, 2C6;
folding, engraved map of Hungary by Girolamo Porro, dated 1595.
Half vellum over paper boards; edges sprinkled in red and blue;
decorative head-pieces; historiated initials; woodcut title vignette:
printer's device of crowned salamander surrounded by flames; Pro
Patria watermark on endpapers and paste-downs. Small stain in margin
of one leaf; printing clear and bright. A fine copy.
Apponyi 559; Atabey 358; BLSTC Italian 219; Graesse II, 417; Edit
16- ICCU. Giovanni Nicolo Doglioni was born in Venice and educated
in Padua. He returned to Venice to take on administrative roles
in the city, until the plague of 1576 decimated his young family.
After his own recovery, he wrote major historical works on Venice,
as well as this foremost account of Hungary's early history, which
remained the standard into the seventeenth-century. Included in
this work, and of utmost importance, are the lengthy descriptions
of the Ottoman campaigns in the mid-sixteenth century; also of interest
is his account of the country's economy, politics and agriculture,
as well as a list of the kings of Hungary from 997-1576. The printer,
Damian Zenaro, was active in Venice from 1572 to 1604. The cartographer,
Girolamo Porro was, like Doglioni, born in Padua and worked in Venice.
He is especially noted for the maps in Ruscelli's translation of
Ptolomy's "Geographia" of 1574 and the same in Porcacchi's
"Isole piu famose del Mondo" of 1575.
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45.
ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS (c.1469-1536). Les Colloques d'Erasme,
Ouvrage tres interessant, par la diversite des Sujets, par l'Enjoument,
& pour l'Utilite Morale: Nouvelle Traduction, par Monsr. Gueudeville,
Avec des Notes, & des Figures tres ingenieuses. Divisees en
Six Tomes. I. Les femmes; II. Juger sainement & utilement des
choses. A Leide, Chez Pierre Vander Aa & Boudouin Jansson Vander
Aa, Marchands Libraires, M.DCC.XX (1720). Tomes Premier et Second.
$250
12mo; pp. [56], 272; [2], 192. Signatures: [2], *6, **12, ***8,
A-L12, M4; [2], A-H12; engraved frontispiece; titles in red and
black, with vignettes; dedication with arms; head- and tail-pieces;
some foliated initials; 17 engraved illustrations in text. Full
tree calf; ruled border on front and rear boards, and on compartments
of spine; gilt morocco label on spine; marbled endpapers; small
stains in margin of three leaves, not affecting text; manuscript
note on endpaper. Tome II has separate title and half-title. A very
good copy of the first two volumes of Erasmus' Colloques..
BNF. Erasmus was a classical Latin scholar, humanist and theologian.
He was born in Rotterdam and received his education in monastic
schools before entering the priesthood. He became an independent
scholar, teaching at university in Paris and Cambridge, and forming
friendships with intellectuals of the time. He learned Greek in
order to translate the New Testament from manuscript sources, and
in 1516, the first printed New Testament appeared with his Latin
translation and notes. A tireless advocate of church reform, Erasmus'
writings had a profound influence on Martin Luther. Volumes 1 and
2 from the Colloques include discussions about the comportment of
women, as well as the theological and practical issues of everyday
life. The translator, Nicolas Gueudeville (1652-1721) escaped from
an abbey at a young age to pursue an independent life as a teacher
and writer. He became a Calvinist, taught Latin, and translated
philosphical and historical works, including Thomas More's Utopia,
an Atlas historique, published in Amsterdam in 1713-1721, and Lahontan's
Voyages (1706). Printers and brothers Pieter and Boudewijn Janssoon
van der Aa were active in Leiden from 1719 to 1748.
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