Responce [i.e. response] d'un notable serviteur du roy a un sien amy, sur le discours de deux lettres [...] l'une souz le nom des pretenduz Estats du Royaume et l'autre du Cardinal de Plaisance
by [Catholic League of France / Holy League / La Ligue catholique]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Lockhart, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Tours: Chez Jamet Mettayer, Imprimeur ordinaire du Roy, 1594. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. 33 pp. Mettayer's wodcut device on title-page with motto: "Omni praestantior arte." Sympathetically bound in the antique style: recent quarter calf over speckled boards, red morocco label; small blemish on title; four leaves (including title) with blind-stamp of the Theological Institute of Connecticut (now known as the Hartford Seminary). NB: in 1976 a collection of more than 200,000 books from the Hartford Seminary Library were sold to Emory University, including this one --> deaccessioned from Pitts Theology Library. A rare item on the Catholic League printed in Tours by the itinerant printer Jamet Mettayer, who is known to have been active in Paris (1573-1588), Blois (1589), Tours (1589-1594 where he fled during the troubles of the League), and again in Paris until ca. 1605. The text of this rare work concerns Cardinal Filippo Sega (1537-1596) and is dated 18 February 1594. ¶ Worldcat lists only the copies at the BnF and the Mazarine, to which we can add Durham University and Bibl. Municipale de Tours. ¶ REFERENCES: "La Typographie in Touraine (1467-1830)" no. 140 (in: Bulletin du bibliophile et du bibliothecaire, 1878, p. 49). See also the sales of Victor Luzarche (1891) no. 3981 and Jules Tachereau (1875) no. 531. Struve, Bibliotheca historica (1795), vol. VIII part I, p. 190. Bibliotheque historique de la France (1775) Supplement du Tom. II, p. 404, no. 19529.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Laird Rare Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 864
- Title
- Responce [i.e. response] d'un notable serviteur du roy a un sien amy, sur le discours de deux lettres [...] l'une souz le nom des pretenduz Estats du Royaume et l'autre du Cardinal de Plaisance
- Author
- [Catholic League of France / Holy League / La Ligue catholique]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chez Jamet Mettayer, Imprimeur ordinaire du Roy
- Place of Publication
- Tours
- Date Published
- 1594
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Lockhart, Texas
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We invite you to browse through a selection of our inventory: we strive to present the greatest historic detail and bibliographic accuracy, even for lesser priced - but no less interesting - items. We are happy to provide further images of any item: please inquire.
Order with confidence: we select every item with great care and discernment; moreover, we examine every page of every book. We are always interested in purchasing fine and rare books, manuscripts, and ephemera; please inquire. We very much appreciate your interest in our work, and your patronage. Thank you!
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Worldcat
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...