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Booth 7
Old & scholarly books on law, philosophy, economics and theology
PHILOSOPHY
[CAESARINI FÜRSTENERII]. De jure suprematus ac legationis Principum Germaniæ.
[n.pl] : 1677 (probably around 1720). 18th century halfvellum binding with marbled paper over boards. With red faded letterpiece with gilt lettering. xxiv,416 pp. 17x10 cm. The first endpaper with a few very small wormholes. (Library-) Number on first endpaper and pp. xxiii written in pen. Else very good copy. EURO. 850.00
- - Later pirated edition of rare publication on constitutional law, originally published in 1677 by Leibnitz under his pseudonym Caesarius Fürstenerius. This edition not in Ravier. Although Leibnitz (1646-1716) is far more famous for his contributions in philosophy, theology & mathematics, he was also a very important legal scholar. In this work Leibniz emphasizes a constitutional foundation of the sovereignty of the German territorial monarchs. With his proposal of a confederation he came close of the actual 'Fürstenbund' in the Constitution of the German Empire (Reichsverfassung) of 1871.
NIEUWENTYT, BERNHARD.
Gronden van zekerheid of de regte betoogwyse der wiskundigen...ter wederlegging van Spinosaas denkbeeldig samenstel...
Amsterdam, bij Joannes Pauli, 1720. 4to. (56), 458 pp. 4to 20x26cm. Contemporary calf, with raised bands, spine and edges gilt decorated; Margins wide; With engraved title-vignette, title printed in red and black. An attempt to discriminate between 'ideal' and 'factual' mathematics and its application to philosophical knowledge, aiming at the refutation of atheism, and particularly directed against contemporary Spinozism. The present work was published posthumously, with the addition of a short life of the author. There were other editions in 1728, 1739, 1741 and 1754, and translations into French (1725) and English (1760). Bierens de Haan 3564; Wolf 894. EURO. 450.00
- - First edition. An attempt to discriminate between 'ideal' and 'factual' mathematics and its application to philosophical knowledge, aiming at the refutation of atheism, and particularly directed against contemporary Spinozism. The present work was published posthumously, with the addition of a short life of the author Bernard Nieuwentijt (1654-1718), a physician and mathematician. There were other editions in 1728, 1739, 1741 and 1754, and translations into French (1725) and English (1760). Bierens de Haan 3564; Wolf 894. Small defects to upper capital, spine and corners; waterstain in upper margin throughout; some marginal wormholes in a few pages at the end, large stain on endpapers. Good copy.
ROUSSEAU, JEAN-JACQUES.
Du contrat social; ou, Principes du droit politique / par J.J. Rousseau, citoyen de Geneve.
Amsterdam : Chez M.M. Rey, 1762. Orig. boards. [4],246,[2] pp. 15cm (12mo). Paper on spine gone. Tape on cover. Clean copy inside. EURO. 1200.00
- - A pirated edition, published in the same year as the first edition. see : Cambridge University Library. Leigh Collection (Leigh.d.3.78). Not in OCLC.
VALSECCHI, ANTONIO.
La religion vincitrice. Opera relativa ai libri de'fondamenti della religione e dei fonti dell'empietà.
Parte prima-seconda. Padova, Nella stamperia del Seminario appresso Giovanni Manfré, 1776. xx, 224; xii, 299, [i], p. Index. Engraving on title-page. Head- & tail-ornaments. 4to. 24x17 cm. 2 volumes in 1. Contemporary vellum over paper with brown morocco letterpiece on spine. Some names on free endpapers. Marbled endpapers. Nice copy. EURO. 450.00
- Antonino Valsecchi (1708-1791) was a dominican friar and professor of philosophy and theology in Padua for 33 years from 1758 until his death. He was well known in his time as an ardent adversary of all kinds of impiety. In 1765 his apologetical "Dei Fondamenti della religione, e dei fonti dell'impieta" was published. The "Religion vincitrice" forms a sequel to it as Valsecchi felt the need to refute the fundamental kind of atheism that had surfaced in 1766 with the "Examen des apologistes de la religion chretien" by Freret (actually d'Holbach or Lévesque de Burigny) and in 1770 with 'System de la Nature' by Mirabaud (actually by d'Holbach). All though he wrote an extensive analysis and critical appraisal of both works, we have found no reference to wheter the book was succesfull or had any effect. Text in Italian. This edition not in OCLC (lists an edition printed in Genua from the same first year of publication.)
LAW
Decretum Gratiani emendatum et annotationibus illustratum una com glossis: Gregorii XIII. Pont. Max. iussu editum. Ad exemplar Romanum dilligenter recognitum.
Paris, [s.n.] (sub magna navis/compagnie du grand navire), 1601; 64, 2546 columns, 88, (3) pp. Folio 26x36 cm; Text in center, surrounded by gloss of Joannes Teutonicus and Bartolomaeus Brixiensis. The "Margarita Decretalium" (p. 1-88) at end is the work of Fr. Martinus. Title page printed in red and black with large printer's device (ship/Lutetia); With 1 full page engraving and decorated initials; Contemporary German Renaissance binding of cream pigskin tooled to a panel design with a twin crested roll along the border, and a second roll with pivotal scenes from the life of Christ (hic est agnus dei; hic est filium meum; resurrection from the dead a.o.), and a third with small oval portraits of what appear to be humanists; centre panel on upper cover with royal coat of arms of the "Kursachsen" and small banner with name "Johann von Sachsen" and the legends Verbum Domini manet in Aeternum; above the panel the supralibros H G D and below it the date 1603; Lower cover with same decorative rolls and centre panel with a different coat of Arms; in the centre panel also above small initials I V S and below the legends: "Munera data deo vertere nemo potest". Spine with five double bands, edges blue/black. The binding was certainly made in the workshop of one of the successors of Jacob Krause (1526/27-1585), who was the appointed bookbinder of the Prince-Elector August the First of Saxony (1553-1586) and whose blocking stamps are well-known. Indeed the binding, materials, patterns and decorations on the covers of our copy are strongly related to those depicted on plate 54 in K. von Rabenau: Deutsche Bucheinbände der Renaissance um Jakob Krause. Brussel/Berlin 1994 EURO. 1950.00
- Though a legislative power has always existed in the Church, and though it has always been exercised, a long period had necessarily to elapse before the laws were reduced to a harmonious systematic body. It is only in the middle of the twelfth century that we meet in the "Decretum" of Gratian the first really scientific treatise on canon law. Despite the fundamental importance of this work in the Middle Ages and beyond, it was never formally promulgated. It was, nonetheless, one of the texts which were subject to philological attention following the Council of Trent. A commission, commonly known as the Correctores Romani, was appointed in 1566 for the purpose of correcting and emending the Corpus iuris canonici (including the Decretum of Gratian, the Liber extra of Gregory IX, the Liber sextus of Boniface VIII, the Clementinae promulgated by John XXII, and the Extravagantes). The Correctores' work resulted in the so-called editio Romana published in 1582. It was declared the authentic text of the Decretum and had decisive impact on all later editions of it. Gratian's "Decretum" was a wonderful work; welcomed, taught and glossed, it was for a long time the textbook of canon law and became even more authorative as part of the Corpus Iuris Canonici. BNF: 30535902; No copies in Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog; 1 US copy in OCLC: 34176629; and 1 located at Harvard. Corners bumped, one joint split (ca. 5 cm), faint scratch on upper center panel, small hole (1cmx1cm) on lower center panel in surface of binding; tiny holes as remains of clasps; usual traces of wear and soil to binding. Small tear in first free flyleaf; Some marginal waterstaining and browning but generally firm and clean copy.
GROTIUS, HUGO.
Hvgo Grotius De mari libero et P. Mervla De maribus.
Lvgd. Batavorvm, ex off. Elzeviriana, 1633. Contemp. overlapping vellum binding. 308 pp. 24to. (10,5x5,5 cm). Engraved title-page depicting a sailing ship. Collation: A-S8 T12 (T11,12 blank). Margins of first and last pages a bit frayed. Binding slightly soiled. Good copy. EURO. 1450.00
--Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) classic text on the law of the sea : De Mare Libero, p. 17-106; in a nice small Elzevier edition in original binding bound together with : Paullus Merula (1558-1607) : Dissertatio de Maribus, p. 107-250; Marcus Zuerius Boxhorn (1612-1653) : Apologia pro navigationibus Hollandorum, adversus Pontum Heuterum, p. [217]-250; Tractatus pacis, mutui commercii, sive intercursus navigationum, confirmatus Londini anno [1495], inter Henricum Septimum Angliae regem, & Philippum Archiducem Austriae, Burgundiae, &c.", p. [251]-308. Ter Meulen & Diermanse 545; Willems, 385; Bibl. Belg., G 335. STCN records 4 copies in the Netherlands and 3 copies in the UK; OCLC: 5505552; LC: 96-190168.
LAMOIGNON, GUILLAUME DE.
Recueil des arrêtés de M. le premier président Guillaume de Lamoignon ; avec les recherches et les reflexions des jurisconsultes qui avoient préparé son travail.
Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée, par M. Richer, ancien avocat au parlement. Paris : Chez Nyon l'aîne, 1783. 2 Volumes. Contemporary mottled calf bindings with raised bands and gilt decorated spines. 4to. xlviii,320 ; iv,437,iii pp. With engraved portrait frontispiece and wide margins. Binding bit chafed and worn on edges. Good set. EURO. 1200.00
- Collection of arrests or judgements written by Guillaume de Lamoignon (1617-1677), Chief President of the Parliament of Paris. A great French jurist, prominent in the drafting of the Civil Procedure Ordinance of 1667 and the Criminal Ordinance of 1670; He laid down the principles of French customary law in the form of a code. Lamoignon's texts remained long time in manuscript and the value of them unknown. The first edition of the 'Arrets de Lamoignon' was published by Barthélemy Auzanet et Bonaventure de Fourcroy in 1702; reprinted with revisions and corrections in 1768 and 1777. This revised and substantially augmented edition was published in 1783 by François Richer (1718-1790), advocate at the Parliament of Paris. Old name scribbled on titlepage. Camus 1431; Not in BNF; OCLC 38679478 (3 copies in USA); Walker 710, 919.
MEYER, JONAS DANIEL.
Esprit, origine et progrès des institutions judiciaires des principaux pays de l'Europe.
Paris,1823. 2nd edition. 5 Vols. Very good uniform set in contemporary halfcalf bindings. Upper spines bit chipped. EURO. 350.00
- - Very important work by Jonas Daniël Meyer (1780-1834), the first Dutch advocate of jewish origins and a leader in the emancipation struggle of Dutch jews. After publication of this work Meyer was highly praised for it both in the Netherlands and abroad. He received invitations to join scientific societies in Bruxelles, Leyden, Groningen & Batavia, as well in Nîmes, Göttingen, Turin, London & Paris. He also started scientific correspondences with Merlin and Pardessus in France, Mittelmaier and Savigny in Germany, and Cooper in England. The Esprit is a historical as well as a comparative study of contemporary law and its origins in Europe. Many of its conclusions are achievements of modern Dutch law: recommendations for the principles of a balanced jurisprudence, the need to include transitional procedures in new laws; the unity of legislation; the public nature of all court sessions, the motivation of judgements and verdicts, the cassation. Meyer also makes an exhaustive comparison between the institutions of the law in various countries, with the goal of finding an ideal solution: 'nous allons nous occuper de la perfection possible, de contingences futures, de combinaisons à créer (VI, p. 1-2). E.H. Hondius in Zestig Juristen. Zwolle, 1987; Roberts 212. Unknown second edition, published in France.
MEYER, JONAS DANIEL.
Over de noodzakelijkheid van eenen provisionelen Hoogen Raad in het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden.
Den Haag : Nederlandsche Drukkerij, [1817]. Contemp. wrappers. 143 pp. Wrappers frayed, soiled & stained. Else very good copy. EURO. 125.00
- - Rare work by Jonas Daniël Meyer (1780-1834), the first Dutch advocate of jewish origins and a leader in the emancipation struggle of Dutch jews. Saakes 6 (1817), p. 346; French edition was published under the titel: De la nécessité d'une Haute Cour provisoire pour le Royaume des Pays-Bas (1817). NCC records 6 copies in Dutch libraries.
MEYER, JONAS DANIEL.
Principes sur les questions transitoires, considerées indépendament de toute législation positive, et particulierèrement sous le rapport de l'introduction du Code Napoleon.
Amsterdam & Paris: G. Dufour,1813. Orig. wrappers. ii,xvi,228p. Bit rubbed & frayed, else good. EURO. 150.00
- - A second edition was publised in 1858. NCC records 9 copies in Dutch libraries.
Paalzow, Christian Ludwig.
Ueber das Bürgerrecht der Juden. Übersetzt von einem Juden.
Leipzig : bei Carl Gottlob Schmidt, 1804. Contemp. wrappers. 168 (must be 158) pp. Library ticket on spine. Some marg. light foxing. Very good copy. Pagination jumps from pp. 149 to pp. 160. EURO. 300.00
Dalloz M.M. & M.D.
Jurisprudence générale : Répertoire méthodique et alphabétique de législation, de doctrine et de jurisprudence : en matière de droit civil, commercial, criminel, administratif, de droit des gens et de droit public.
Paris : au Bureau de la jurisprudence générale, 1846-1870. Nouvelle édition. 44 Volumes in 46. 4to. Orig. uniform half morocco bindings. Library stamps on verso title-page. Some remnants/stains of tape on cover. With Supplement. Paris : au Bureau de la Jurisprudence Général, 1887-1897. Modern halfcloth bindings. 19 Volumes. Some browning (as usual). EURO. 3500.00
- - Good set of important standard work of French Jurisprudence of the 2nd half of the 19th century.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Maxima Bibliotheca Veterum Patrum, et antiquorvm scriptorum ecclesiasticorum : primo quidem a Margarino de la Bigne, in Academia Parisiensi doctore Sorbonico, in lucem edita : deinde celeberrimorum in universitate Coloniensi doctorum studio, plurimis authoribus, & opusculis aucta, ac historica methodo per singula saecula quibus scriptores quique vixerunt, disposita : hac tandem editione Lugdunensi, ad eandem Coloniensem exacta, novis supra centum authoribus, & opusculis hactenus desideratis, locupletata, et in tomos XXVII. distributa : huic etiam editione accesserunt indices quator praeclari, in hac tam multiplicium scriptorum vastissima collectione vere faces, & ut quis ad ipsorum lectionem introducatur, utilissimi, imo omnino necessarii...Tomus I (- XXVII).
Lugduni, apud Anissonios, 1677. 27 Volumes in 28. Contemporary half calf, with raised bands, uniformly bound; spines with some gilt decorations and two black title/volume labels. Folio 25x39cm. Title-pages printed in red and black, printer's device on titles. Various engraved decorating head- and tail pieces, decorated initials. EURO. 15000.00
- The first great collection ever compiled of the ancient ecclesiastical writers is that of Marguerin de la Bigne, French theologian, patrologist, and canon of Bayeux (ca. 1546-1595). His Bibliotheca Sanctorum Patrum, in nine volumes (Paris, 1575-1579), contained the text of more than 200 writers of the early and Middle Ages and was the pioneer in the field of critical patristics. The work developed into the Maxima Bibliotheca Veterum Patrum, published in Lyon in 27 folio volumes (1677) and edited by Philippus Despontius. It is still considered one of the principal patristic collections, next to Migne which is more complete but carelessly edited and often inaccurate. (Complete collation: Vol. I: indices; unpaginated: *1-6, a1-Zz4, Aaa*-Ccc*, Aaa1-Zzz4, AAaa-DDdd4; IIa: (4), 544 pp.; IIb: (4), 367 pp.; III: (4), 735 pp.; IV: (4), 543, (1 blank) pp.; V: (4), 547-1235, (1 blank) pp. (pp. 1039-1048 numbered twice); VI: (4), 1184 pp.; VII: (4), 1240 pp.; VIII: (4), 1131, (1 blank) pp.; IX: (4), 1044 pp; X: (4), 706 pp. (pp. 97-108 bound after p. 132); XI: (4), 707- 1368 pp. (pp. 718-722 misnumbered); XII: (4), 1006 pp.; XIII: (4), 755, (1 blank) pp.; XIV: (4), 1194 pp.; XV: (4), 718 pp.; XVI: (4), 719-1342 pp.; XVII: (4), 691, (1 blank) pp.; XVIII: (4), 859, (1 blank) pp.; XIX: (4), 960 pp.; XX: (4), 963-1894 pp.; XXI: (4), 618 pp.; XXII: (4), 619-1355 pp.; XXIII: (4), 907, (1 blank) pp.; XXIV: (4), 911-1615, (1 blank) pp.; XXV: (4), 972 pp.; XXVI: (4), 490, (4 half-title: saeculum decimum-quintum), 491-816 pp.; XXVII: (4), 683, (1 blank) pp. Small stamp in upper right corner of first free endpaper and small label in upper left corner of upper cover of each volume; some 20 volumes with 2 unobtrusive paper labels in upper and lower compartment of spine; some browning and foxing but generally clear; Tear in lower margin of title-page of volume I, VII and VIII with loss of a few letters (also in Volume XVII and XXIV but restaurated); minor defects and wear to the bindings; wormholes in pp. 755-828 of vol. VIII, pp. 600-655 of vol. XIII, pp. 129-159 of Vol. XVIII, p. 959-60 of vol. XIX, pp. 1-65 of vol. XXI, towards the end of vol. XXII, pp. 1385-1410 of vol. XXIV, pp. 657-668 of vol. XVI with some loss of text (still readable) and occasionaly a wormhole throughout; waterstain in lower margin of first 250 pp. of vol. XIII;
DUPIN, LOUIS ELLIES
Nouvelle bibliothèque des auteurs ecclésiastiques contenant l'histoire de leur vie. Le catalogue, la critique, et la chronologie de leurs ouvrages. Le sommaire de ce qu'ils contiennent. Un jugement sur leur stile, et sur leur doctrine. Et le dénombrement des différentes éditions de leurs oeuvres.
Paris, Amsterdam, Utrecht 1690-1741 (See details below) 4to. 25x20 cm. 19 parts in 7 volumes. Contemporary (18th century) uniformly blind tooled vellum with raised bands and lettering on spine. Most title-pages printed in red & black with printer's mark, frontispieces and engraved head-pieces by D. Penningen. Vignettes. Indexes and chronological tables. Nice complete and uniformly bound mixed set of this excellent reference work, rarely found with all parts present. EURO. 1900.00
-- Louis Ellies Dupin, a theologian, born 1657, of a noble family in Normandy died 1719. From the beginning of his studies he had accumulated notes on the works and teachings of the Fathers. In 1686 there appeared the first volume of the "Nouvelle bibliothèque des auteurs ecclésiastiques", covering the first three centuries. In it Dupin had treated simultaneously biography, literary criticism, and the history of dogma; in this he was a pioneer leaving far behind him all previous efforts. He was also the first to publish such a collection in a modern language. The supposed Jansenist and Gallican veil of Dupin's descriptions and interpretations led to vehement criticism from a.o. Bossuet. This mainly bio-bibliographical work was curiously enough placed on the Index and Louis XIV had Dupin exiled to Châtellerault. VOLUME I (part 1 and 2), both: Paris, Pralard, 1690; (72, 270 pp; (10) 408 pp. VOLUME II (part 3a and 3b=4), Paris, Pralard, 1690 and Mons, Huguetan, 1691; (8), 312; 6, 424 pp.; VOLUME III (part 5, 6 and 7), Mons, Huguetan, 1691; Idem, 1692; Paris, Pralard, 1696; (14), 266, (2 catalogue of bookseller G.Gallet of Amsterdam); (6), 288, (67), (1 blank); (12), 270 pp. VOLUME IV (part 8a+,8b and 9), both: Paris, Pralard, 1697; (8), 118, (10), 232; (8) 351 pp. VOLUME V (part 10, 11 and 12) all: Paris, Pralard 1700; (10), 266); (12), 224; (12) 252 pp. VOLUME VI (part 13, 14, 15 and 16) first 2: Mons, G.Gallet, 1703; last 2: Utrecht, Broedelet, 1730; (16), 243, (1 blank); (6), 220; (24), 460; (8), 200 pp. VOLUME VII (part 17, 18 and 19) first 2: Amsterdam, Humbert, 1711; third: Utrecht, Broedelet, 1741; (8), 290, (2 table); (4), 318, (2 table); (8), 412, (4 table) pp. With 15 of 19 frontispieces; wanting in v.1, 2, 3 and l4 (as usual). We could reconstruct from the complicated publishing history spanning 25 years, that from 1688 part 3b=4 to 19 and the first 3 parts were reissued and continued as second revised and extended edition or 'dernière édition' partly published in Paris (and Mons = Amsterdam where Huguetan and Gallet were active, or Paris?) - part 1-14 - and Amsterdam, Humbert - part 15-19 -, 1691-1715. Of the publisher Broedelet a 1730 3rd revised and extended edition of part 15 and 16 (present in our set) is known as well as a complete 'nouvelle edition' of the 19 parts 1731-1745. (part 19 present in our set). This standard bibliography and abundant source of information saw a 20th century reprint as well. Small library stamp and bookseller's tickets inside frontcovers; Small labels on spines; Some corners and 1 spine with minor damages.
MARRACCI, IPPOLITO.
Polyanthea Mariana, qua libris octodecim Deiparæ Mariæ Virginis Sanctissima Nomina, celeberrima & innumera laudum encomia, altissimæ gratiarum, virtutum, & sanctitatis excellentiæ, & coelestes denique prærogrativæ & dignitates ex S.Scripturæ, ss. apostolorum omnium, ss. patrum, & ecclesiæ doctorum, aliorumque sacrorum scriptorum, veterum præsertim monumentis studiose collecta, juxta alphabeti seriem, & temporis, quo vixerunt, ordinem, utiliter disposita, lectorum oculis exhibentur.
Editio novissima. Coloniae Agrippinae, apud Franciscum Metternich, 1710. (40), 840p. 4to. 24x18 cm. Title-page printed in red & black. Engraved frontispiece by L. Cause. Contemporary calf binding with gilt spine & red morocco letterpiece. Some unobtrusive scribling on title-page, shelf mark on first free endpaper, and small library ticket on upper cover. Slightly shaved and worn, nice copy. EURO. 900.00
- - Extensive and detailed alphabetical list of the 'epitheta ornantes' of Mary (f.e. columba, miraculum, porta etc.), with references to to the more as well as lesser known biblical and classical othors and the works where they mention the specific qualification. It contains also an alphabetical and chronological index of the authors to which reference is made, as well as a short biographical note. A first version of the work appeared as 'Bibliotheca Mariana' in Rome 1648 and the new edition with this title in Cologne 1683. It went through at least 3 editions (1684, 1694, 1710) and was last published in 1727. Born in Torcilliano, Italy, Ippolito Marracci entered the order of the Friars Regular of the Mother of God in 1621. When he was 34 years old he became vicar general of his order, and looked after the parish of Santa Maria in Campitelli. His main passion was research on Mary: he wrote 100 books on her of which 32 were published and which contain valuable information about the writings of earlier theologians that are now lost. He became known as a strong proponent of Mary's Immaculate Conception, on account of which he was investigated by the Holy Office. He was arrested and kept imprisoned in a small cell for many months. Graesse IV, p. 415 ('Catalogue Bibliographique tres rare...'); Not in BCNI; OCLC lists 1 copy of this edition only (Univ. of Dayton)
SCHLEUSNER, JOHANN FRIEDRICH.
Novum lexicon Graeco-Latinum in Novum Testamentum.
Congessit et variis observationibus philologicis illustravit Ioh. Fried. Schleusner...tomus I-II. Lipsiae, in officina Weidmanniana, 1792. 2 volumes. xvi, 1175, (1 blank) pp.; (2), 1290 pp.; Contemporary gilt ruled half calf with red labels. Engraved vignette on title-pages. Internally clean and sound, only slight browning. With an occasional marginal scholarly gloss in an old hand. 8vo. 22x14 cm. Very good set of a rare standard reference work. EURO. 750.00
- First edition of this lexicon to the New Testament, Greek-keyed with Latin explanations and synonyms, reference to Hebrew words, and occasional Syriac and Arabic. Numerous examples are noted, citing original chapter and verse. Together with Pasor (1619) and Schöttgen (1746) it ranks among the few lexica of high authority dedicated to New Testament Greek only, and is still serviceable. It formed the source to which much of 19th century theological interpretation and controversies reached back. Johann Friedrich Schleusner, 1756-1831, was professor of theology at Göttingen 1790, afterwards, Doctor and Professor of Theology and Second Director of the Theological Seminary at Wittenberg. Slightly worn at edges.
THEOLOGY
Opera, ad manuscriptos codices vaticanos, Gallicanos, Belgicos, & nec-non ad editiones veteres emendata, studio et labore monachorum Ordinis S. Benededicti, e Congregatione S. Mauri.
Paris, Typis & sumtibus Viduae Johannis Baptistae Coignard et...filii, 1686 (-1690). 2 volumes. Large folio. 43x28 cm. I: (32), 1618 col., (46 indices) pp.; II: (12), 1214 col., (2 half-title appendix), i-lxiv (vita Ambrosii), (2 admonitio in Hymnos), col. 1219-1224 (hymni), (53 elenchus, indices), col. 1-614 (librum subsequentem), (11 index in appendicem) pp. With engraved allegorical device on title-pages. Full page frontispiece in volume I and smaller engravings by Thomassin after Boulogne and Halté in both volumes. Some decorated intitials, head- and tailpieces. Partly printed in Greek. Later (18th cent.) full calf with raised bands and gilt decorated spines. EURO. 1500.00
- Ambrose, Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397; born probably 340, at Trier, Arles, or Lyons; died 4 April, 397. He was one of the most illustrious Fathers and Doctors of the Church, and fitly chosen, together with St. Augustine, St. John Chrysostom, and St. Athanasius, to uphold the venerable Chair of the Prince of the Apostles in the tribune of St. Peter's at Rome. The literary history of the editions of his writings is a long one and may be seen in the best lives of Ambrose. Erasmus edited them in four tomes at Basle (1527). A valuable Roman edition was brought out in 1580, in five volumes, the result of many years' labour; it was begun be Sixtus V, while yet the monk Felice Peretti. Prefixed to it is the life of St. Ambrose composed by Baronius for his Ecclesiastical Annals. The excellent Benedictine edition (St. Maur) appeared at Paris (1686-90) in two folio volumes edited by Frs. Jacques du Friche (1641-93) and Denis-Nicolas Le Nourry (1647-1724); it was twice reprinted at Venice (1748-51, and 1781-82). The latest edition of the writings of St. Ambrose is that of P.A. Ballerini (Milan, 1878) in six folio volumes; "It has not rendered superfluous the Benedictine edition of du Frische and Le Nourry." (The Catholic Encyclopedia). One engraving depicts Ambrose baptizing in Milan. Might one of the neophytes be Augustine of Hippo, baptized by Ambrose at the Easter Vigil of 387? A few small stamps of previous owners on title-pages and endpapers; slight browning throughout, unobtrusive tear (ca.15cm) in one page; Bindings shaved and worn at edges and capitals, but a solid and good set, internally clean. Cf. BM STC French, 1601-1700, A363; CLC, II, A602; Graesse, I, p. 99: "C'est jusqu'aujourdhui la meilleure édition des oeuvres de St. Ambroise"; Brunet,; I, 227.
Climacus, Joannes
Sancti patris nostri Ioannis Scholastici abbatis Montis Sina qui vulgo Climacus appellatur Opera Omnia [preceded by the same title in Greek]: Interprete Matthaeo Radero...
Lutetiae Parisiorum, sumptibus Sebastiani Cramoisy...1633. (2 halftitle), (48), (2 halftitle), 460, (2 halftitle), 463-503, (1 blank), (19 index), (3 blank) pp. Folio 22x 35 cm. Contemporary calf with raised bands and gilt decorated spine. Title printed in red and black with large allegorical device. Parallel Greek and Latin text. EURO. 600.00
- John of the Ladder (Climacus being Greek for ladder) (c. 570/579-649) became a monk at Sinai when he was 16. He became a solitary and remained a hermit for many years. Many monks wanted him as their spiritual father, and St. Gregory the Great requested his prayers. To fullfill the wish of Abbot John of Raithu, St. John wrote Scala Paradisum, The Ladder of Divine Ascent (also called The Ladder to Paradise) to describe the way to apatheia, or passionlessness. Based on Jacob's dream, the book uses aphorisms and anecdotes to illustrate the vices to be overcome and the virtues to be cultivated as one ascends the ladder to perfection. This work was enormously popular during the Middle Ages and was published in English in 1959 under the title The ladder of divine ascent. The book was the source of the Byzantine iconographic theme of the ladder to heaven, which is seen at Mount Athos and elsewhere. The other important work St John Climacus left us is the "Liber ad Pastorem" also contained in our copy (and therefore: opera omnia). The Scala Paradisum was translated into Latin by Ambrogio the Camaldolese (Ambrosius Camaldulensis) (Venice, 1531 and 1569; Cologne, 1583, 1593, with a commentary by Denis the Carthusian; The Greek of the "Scala" and "Liber ad Pastorem" were published by Matthæus Raderus (1561-1634) with a Latin translation and with the scholia of Elias, Archbishop of Crete in our Paris 1633 editio princeps. The whole is reproduced in P.G., LXXXVIII (Paris, 1860). St. John was 70 or 75 when he became abbot of St. Catherine's on Sinai. He resigned the post after four years and died, as he had lived, a hermit. Graesse II, p. 202; Cellier, Histoire Générale des auteurs ecclésiastiques, XI p. 691; Hurter I, p. 663; Binding at hinges and capitals cracked and worn, but still firm; light overall browning as usual; waterstained in lower text and margin; Blank corner torn from one leaf, small tear in 1 leaf. Some marginal annotations and underlinings in light leadpencil throughout. Small stamp on first free endpaper.
JANSENIUS, CORNELIUS.
Cornelij Iansenii Episcopi Iprensis Augustinus, seu Doctrina Sancti Augustini de humanæ naturæ sanitate, ægritudine, medicina aduersus Pelagianos & Massilienses : tribus tomis comprehensa. Accessit huic editioni tractatus F. Florentij Conrij Archiepiscopi Thuamensis de statu paruulorum sine baptismo decendentium, iuxta sensum B. Augustini.
Rothomagi (Rouen), sumpt. Ioan. & Davidis Berthelin, 1652. 3 parts in 1 volume. (12), 223 (1 blank), (14 index) pp; (8), 404, (26 index) pp.; (10), 478 (pp. 363-372 numbered twice), (24 index) pp. The 'Tractatus de statu parvulorum' by Florence Conry (1560-1629) (8, 48 pp. at end of volume 3) has special title-page, and separate register) Folio 24x36 cm Contemporary blind tooled vellum with raised bands. Title-page printed in red and black, with vignette. Very nice and well preserved copy, of a work rare on the market. EURO. 1750.00
- Corneel Jansen (also Cornelius Jansenius, 1585-1638) studied at the University of Louvain and became imbued with the idea of reforming Christian life along the lines of a return to St. Augustine. In 1630 he became professor at Leuven, where he founded the famous Library, and in 1636 bishop of Ypres. Out of his lifework, the posthumous 'Augustinus' (1640, in Latin), arose the great movement called Jansenism and it formed the starting point of all later controversies. The success of the 'Augustinus' was great, and it spread rapidly throughout Belgium, Holland, and France. A new edition, bearing the approbation of ten doctors of the Sorbonne, appeared at Paris 1641. On the other hand, on 1 August, 1641, a decree of the Holy Office condemned the work and prohibited its reading; and the following year Urban VIII renewed the condemnation and interdiction in his Bull "In eminenti". After a long struggle and controversy the solemn condemnation followed by the Bull "Cum occasione" (31 May, 1653). Thus our edition is the last before the book's condemnation, and also the last edition of this epochal work for centuries (reprinting started again in the late 20th century only!) Small stamp on flyleaf. Graesse IV, p. 451; 2 US copies in OCLC.
VARIA
Du pain et du bled.
Londres : [s.n.], 1774. Contemp. wrappers. xxix,[1],310 pp. With 2 folded tables. (Oeuvres de M. Linguet, Tome 6). Ticket on spine. Library stamp. Copy originating from the University Library of Louvain (Belgium). Some marg. dampstaining. Else good copy. Very rare. EURO. 1450.00
- - First edition of publication defending the right of food (at that time in France in the form of a guaranteed delivery of bread) for everybody over unrestrained exercise of property, ridiculing especially the arrêt du Conseil of September 13, 1774, a remarkable piece of new legislation on the grain trade by the new appointed controller-general, the physiocrat Etienne François Turgot (1721-1789), restoring the liberal laissez-faire policies from the 1860's. Linguet timed the appearance of his Du Pain et du Bled, to coincidence with the promulgation of Turgot's legislation. The book is mostly a systematic anti-physiocratie, a point-by point refutation of the physiocratic system by creating and distributing an abundant supply of grain for a nation of bread consumers. He denounced bread as a slow poison and recommended rice as a substitute. Physiocratic policy makers were ready to give free play on a free market to grain producers and traders operating on the principles of classical economics and a capitalist ethic. Linguet announced that in a supposedly self-regulating and harmonious physiocratic system the grain merchant will direct all his efforts to monopolize the market, engineering variations in price, and artificially prolonging famines, and he understood perfectly how the popular French mentality will operate in the face of actual or anticipated food crises. A condensed version was published in : Dissertation sur le bled et le pain ... avec la Réfutation de M. [Simon-André] Tissot (1779). This version was later reproduced in Discourse sur le Commerce du Grain (1788), which the Terreur made an excuse for sending Linguet to the guillotine as one who had colomnié le pain, la nourriture du peuple. (Darline Gay Levy : The ideas and careers of Simon-Nicolas-Henri Linguet. Urbana,1980). Kress 7034; Einaudi 3409; Goldsmiths' 11139; INED 2911. Higgs 5970; OCLC: 46316420 (Microform only); The complete Oeuvres in: BNF 30821718; OCLC: 2692546.
ROLLIN, CHARLES.
Histoire ancienne des Egyptiens, des Carthaginois, des Assyriens, des Babyloniens, des Medes et des Perses, des Macedoniens, des Grecs.
A Amsterdam : aux Dépens de la Compagnie (Vol. 1-5) & J. Wetstein & G. Smith (Vol. 6-13), 1733-1739. 13 Volumes. With 6 folded maps. Uniform vellum bindings. sm-8vo. Title-page printed in black and red with vignette. Text on spine volume 1 faded. EURO. 800.00
- - Very nice, clean set of standard work on ancient history, written by Charles Rollin (1661-1741). This edition is revised and corrected by the author from the second edition, published by Estienne in Paris. Folded maps: 1. Plan de la Ville de Syracuse (Vol. 3, p. 538); 2. Carte de la Retraite des dix Mille (Vol. 4, p. 113); Carte des environs d'Issus (Vol. 6, p. 215); Signaux par le feu (Vol. 8, p. 148); Plans et Elevations des Cinq Ordres d'Architecture (Vol. 11, p. 24); Camp des Romains (Vol. 11, p. 328). Not in OCLC.
ROUBAKINE, NICOLAS.
Introduction à la psychologie bibliologique : la psychologie de la création des livres, de leur distribution et circulation, de leur utilisation par les lecteurs, les écoles, les bibliothèques, les librairies, etc.- théorie et pratique. Traduit du Russe par le Dr. A. Roubakine.
Paris : J. Povolozky , 1922. 2 Volumes. First French edition. Paperback. 276, 604 pp. Very good set. This edition not present in BNF; BL 08463.e.59; NCC records 5 copies in Dutch libraries; OCLC lists no copies, only a 1998-reprint in a French library; EURO. 350.00
- Introduction on bibliological psychology or psychological bibliology by Nicolas A. Rubakin (or Roubakine; 1862-1946), a Russian librarian who lived for many years in Switzerland, founded an Institute of Bibliopsychology in Lausanne in 1916. Roubakine was a friend of Paul Otlet. With Henri La Fontaine, a fellow Belgian lawyer, Paul Otlet (1868-1944) founded in 1895 the Institut International de Bibliographie (IIB; forerunner of the modern FID (Fédération Internationale d'Information et de Documentation), which produced the first complete edition of the Classification Décimale Universelle (in English,the UDC; Rayward 1997). Otlet identifies four chapters of bibliology, one of which he defines as follows: Psychological Bibliology. The process of creation, circulation, use and influence of the Book andof the Newspaper. Research into the relationships created by means of printed matter betweenauthors and readers. Research on the correspondence between the mental patterns of those who write and those who read; optimal conditions for individual reading; the appropriate role for text and pictures. (Otlet, P., 1920, L'Organisation Internationale de la Bibliographie et de la Documentation). See also : Jonathan Furner. Shera s Social Epistemology Recast as Psychological Bibliology. 2001; S. Simsova (ed.). Nicholas Rubakin and bibliopsychology. 1968.
VENNE, ADRIAAN VAN DER.
Adr: vande Vennes Tafereel van de belacchende werelt, en des selfs geluckige eeuwe, goet rondt, met by-gevoegde raedsel-spreucken aen-gewesen, in de boeràchtige eenvoudigheyt op de Haegsche kermis. Versiert met Konst-rijcke Af-beeldingen.
In 's Graven-Hage, Gedruckt voor den Autheur ende by hem ende sijne te koop, op de Turf-marct, in de drie Leer-Konsten, 1635. Contemp. blindstamped vellum binding. With engraved frontispiece & 12 illustrations by Adriaan van der Venne in text. Title-page with title-vignette. [xvi], 280 pp. EURO. 1100.00
- - Tear in second free endpaper. Endpapers frayed. Small tear in margin title-page & frontispiece. Old owner's entry in upper margin title-page. Paper bit browned. Orig. binding soiled, stained, and warped. On page [xvi] three lines are censored with old ink. The hidden text is: Koom treck my naer, en op je schoot; Ontsluyt myn Band, en maeck my bloot; Ontdoet mijn Doen, en foolt my wat. Komische satire van de schilder-dichter Adriaan van der Venne (1589-1662), in de setting van de Haagse Kermis. Een originele en verassende variant op de gevestigde literaire en schilderkunstige traditie, waarin op een opmerkelijke manier facetten van de Nederlandse cultuur en samenleving belicht worden. Dit werk is opgenomen in de bronnenlijst van Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (WNT). Van dit werk is slechts één druk bekend, met ca. 40 varianten, w.o. tekstvarianten en plaatcorrecties. Dit is waarschijnlijk een vrij vroeg exemplaar. Zie voor verdere details : M. van Vaeck. Adriaen van de Vennes 'Tafereel van de belacchende werelt' (Den Haag, 1635) Dl. I: Prolegomena. Dl. II: Facsimile-editie. Dl. III: Studie. Gent,1994.