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Catalogue
72
Books
from the Past
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66.
KARR, ALPHONSE (1808-1890). Proverbes. Un Mélodrame.
De Bas en Haut. Le Testament Normand. Paris, Eugène Didier,
Éditeur, MDCCCLIII (1853). First edition.
[bound with]:
DUMAS, ALEXANDRE (1824-1895). Un Cas de Rupture. Paris, Librairie
Nouvelle, 1854. First edition. $200
16mo; pp. 95; [4], 86, 6 (publ's catalogue). Quarter calf over black
marbled paper boards; spine very worn, with gilt lettering; marbled
endpapers; publisher's adverts on verso of first half-title; paper
tear in upper margin of one leaf, with no loss; foxing on some leaves.
Karr: Vicaire IV, 641; BNF; Oxford; NYPL; Dumas: Vicaire III, 464;
BNF. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr was a French novelist and journalist.
He published several romance novels before becoming editor of both
Le Figaro and a monthly satirical journal, Les Guêpes. Karr
was known for his witty expressions, the most famous being "plus
ça change, plus c'est la même chose" (the more
things change, the more they remain the same). He devoted his later
years in Nice to horticulture. Alexandre Dumas, son of the novelist,
was a very successful playwright whose works were shown continuously
on the French stage. An interesting selection of plays from two
of France's great literary figures.
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A Fine Set, With All Plates,
in Fine Contemporary Binding
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67. KHEVENHÜLLER, FRANZ CHRISTOPH, Graf zu Frankenburg (1588-1650).
Annales Ferdinandei oder Wahrhaffte Beschreibung, Kaeysers Ferdinandi
des Andern, Mildesten Gedaechtniss, Geburth, Aufferziehung und bisshero
in Krieg und Friedens-Zeiten vollbrachten Thaten, gefuehrten Kriegen,
und vollzogenen hochwichtigen Geschaefften, samt kurtzer Erzehlung
deren in der gantzen Welt von hoechstgedachter Kaeyserl. Majestaet
Geburthen biss auf derselben seeligsten Hintritt, das ist von Anfang
des 1578. biss auf das 1637. Jahr vorgelauffenen Handlungen und
denckwuedigen Geschichten. In Zwoelff Theilen mit vielen Kupffern....
Leipzig, M[oritz] G[eorg] Weidmann, 1721 [-22-23-24-26]. Twelve
parts in eight volumes. $11,750
Folio; approximately 6400 pages, engraved frontispiece portrait,
73 engraved plates (3 single-page, 69 double-page, and 1 folding);
numerous engraved head- and tail-pieces, some almost full-page;
engraved historiated initials; printed mostly two columns per page;
signing and column-numbering very erratic, but text is complete;
parts 1-8 (vols. I-IV) have an individual title-page (printed in
black) for each of the parts, as well as the regular title and a
half-title; all eight regular titles are printed in red and black,
as is the four-page Dedication in vol. I. Usual browning throughout
all volumes, with minimal spotting; fine small repair to tail of
M3 in vol. I (not affecting text); minute worming at lower edge
of first few leaves of vol. I; complete with the sheet "Dem
Leser", tipped-in at end of vol. III. All volumes bound in
contemporary full sprinkled calf, spines ornately gilt in compartments;
wee bit of wear at heads or tails of few spines; little shelf-wear;
small scrape on rear cover of sixth volume (Part 10). A fine set,
complete with all plates.
Von Lipperheide 554; Brunet III, 658; vide Graesse IV, 15. Copies
located include those at the Univ. of Vienna, Karlov University
(Prague), Mechlenburg-Vorpommem, Victoria & Albert Lib.; NYPL
and Harvard (Widener). As an envoy to Spain in Ferdinand II's court,
Count Khevenhüller had close ties to the Emperor, making him
the ideal chronicler of his life and times. Ferdinand II (1578-1637),
grandson of Ferdinand I, was educated by the Jesuits at Gratz and
Ingolstadt. Showing a gift for leadership at an early age, he first
governed Styria, Carinthia and Carnioa, and began attacks on Protestant
factions which eventually led to religious conflicts throughout
Europe. Ferdinand was chosen Holy Roman Emperor in 1619; Khevenhüller
covers the entire period of Ferdinand's reign in this work, with
particular detailed history of the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648).
The 12 volumes are enhanced by large engravings of battle scenes,
city views, historical sites and festivals, mainly by anonymous
artists, though some prints are signed by German engravers Martin
Bernigeroth (1670-1733) and Christian Fritzsch (1695-1769). This
is the second edition of the work, the first having been published
in 1640-1646 in nine volumes. Moritz Georg Weidmann (d.1694) founded
Weidmannsche Verlagsbuchhandlung in 1680, and it still flourishes
as one of Germany's oldest publishing houses.
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68.
LE ROUX, PHILIBERT-JOSEPH. Dictionaire [sic] comique, satyrique,
critique, burlesque, libre et proverbial. Avec une explication très
fidèle de toutes les maniéres de parler Burlesques,
Comiques, Libres, Satyriques, Critiques & Proverbiales, qui
peuvent se rencontrer dans les meilleurs Auteurs, tant Anciens que
Modernes. Le tout Pour faciliter aux Etrangers, & aux François
mêmes, l'intelligence de toutes sortes de Livres. Nouvelle
edition, revue, corrigée & considérablement augmentée.
A Lyon, Chez les Héritiers de Beringos Fratres, à
l'Enseigne d'Agrippa, MDCCXXXV [1735]. $250
8vo; pp. [4], 668; title page in red and black with vignette. Full
mottled calf, somewhat worn; gilt tooled borders on front and back
covers; inside dentelles; gilt panelled spine; marbled endpapers;
decorative head-piece. Hinges loose; worming in lower margin of
some leaves, affecting two letters on title; few notes in pencil
on front fly-leaf verso; small tear in upper margin of some leaves,
not affecting text; p. 352 erroneously numbered 35.
BNF; Oxford; NYPL; Harvard; Yale. One of the early dictionaries
of the French language, this popular work was first published in
1718. It includes slang and double entendres appearing in the works
of authors such as Molière, Racine and Rabelais, among many
others. The imprint of les Héritiers de Beringos Fratres
appeared on title pages throughout the 17th and 18th centuries,
most notably on works of alchemy. The original Béringen brothers,
Godefroy and Marcellin, were active in Lyon from 1544 to 1559 (BM).
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69.
MARJORIBANKS, ALEXANDER. Travels in New Zealand, ... London,
Smith, Elder and Co.; Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd; Sydney, James
Tegg, 1845. First edition. $225
Large 12mo; pp. viii, (9)-174, 2 ff (appendix); 1 coloured frontispiece
map. Later half-calf and marbled boards; original morocco label.
A very good copy.
Hocken, Biblio. of New Zealand, p. 128. The author sailed with some
of the first of the Scottish settlers in New Zealand; here he gives
a detailed history of the earlier settlements, of the Maori massacre
of the British at Wairoa, and of the customs and cannibalism of
the natives.
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70.
MIÈGE, GUY (1644-ca.1718). Grammaire angloise-françoise,
Par Mrs. Miège et Boyer, Contenant Une Méthode claire
& facile pour acquérir en peu de temps l'usage de l'Anglois;
Et enrichie de Regles fondamentales & succintes, pour le parler
purement, d'un Vocabulaire assez ample, & des Phrases les plus
familieres. Enfin de Dialogues utiles & récréatifs,
& des Proverbes les plus usités, &c. Nouvelle Edition.
Corrigée, réformée, & augmentée
par M. Mather Flint. Paris, Chez Briasson, M.DCC.LXVII (1767). $125
12mo; pp. viii, 412. Contemporary full calf, very worn; spine with
gilt label and tooling; marbled endpapers; head-pieces; small stain
on two leaves, affecting some letters of text; ownership notations
on front fly-leaf and title. Includes French and English vocabulary,
arranged by subject. Of interest is the section "Cloaths and
of things belonging to women."
Copies located in BNF; BL; Leeds. Guy Miège was born in Lausanne
and settled in London as a young man. After serving as under-secretary
to the Earl of Carlisle, ambassador to Russia, Sweden and Denmark,
he wrote The Relation of the Three Embassies (1669), which was widely
published and translated. By 1678, Miège was teaching French
and geography, and writing extensively on the geography of England.
The New State of England (1691) was reprinted several times. Miège
also compiled several English and French dictionnaries. Nouvelle
Methode pour apprendre l'Anglois first appeared in London in 1685.
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