Search Results: Authors starting with A from LIBRAIRIE CAMILLE SOURGET

Basel, H. Petri, 1546.

2 texts in 1 volume 4to [195 x 140 mm] of : I/ (3) ll., (1) bl. l., 351 pp., (1) p. with mark; II/ (4) ll. (out of 5, bound without the Latin title of part 2), (1) bl. l., 207 pp., (1) p. with mark. Hebrew and Roman letters, illustration: woodcut figures and diagrams.
Bound in contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards. The covers are decorated with a blind-stamped plate with a frieze of biblical scenes forming a frame. The upper cover is monogrammed and dated "I S 1558". Spine ribbed with handwritten title. Magnificent contemporary German binding.
Exceedingly rare original edition, bilingual Hebrew-Latin, of the most celebrated treatise on astronomy by Abraham Bar Hiyya (1065-1136), a Spanish Jewish mathematician, astronomer and philosopher.
Adams A-33 ; VD16 ZV-19 ; USTC 661378 ; STC German 1; Zinner 1891; Macclesfield 119; Burmeister, Münster 146; Houzeau & Lancaster 1217; IA 100.165; Steinschneider 673.3; Zinner 1891.
Sphaera Mundi, printed with Mizrahi (Elijah)… Read More

Dijon, 1768.
1 volume large folio [423 x 270 mm] of (1) l. of table, (1) frontispiece, 262 pp. including 124 full-page plates.
Yellow cardboards, original water colored label in the middle of the upper cover bearing in calligraphic letters: VIII – Famille, Les Liliacées. IX Famille, Les Gingembres and in the center of the lower cover : X Famille, Les Orchis. XI Famille, Les Aristoloches ; spine in decorated green paper. Contemporary Dominican binding.
Original botanical calligraphed manuscript of 262 pages, of a distinct rarity, drawn and water colored in 1768 by brother Jean Vernisy, religious Dominican in Dijon, illustrated with 124 out of pagination plates drawn and water colored on imperial paper describing 338 flowers, plants and shrubs in the most gracious colors following the Michel Adanson's method.
The plates are accompanied by insects or mammals. The manuscript opens with an "alphabetical table of pants contained in this collection" followed by a superb drawn title, water colored and… Read More

[Köln, G. von Kempen für F. Hogenberg, 1583].
Full brown calf, gilt border and fillet around the covers, decorated spine ribbed. Eighteenth century binding with some restorations.
255 x 185 mm .
First edition.
VD16 E 4768 ; BM STC, German Books, S. 292 ; Adams E 1175.
"This work, of which copies are quite rare, contains the history of the troubles in the Netherlands, from 1559-83, and it is illustrated with 112 engravings by Fr. Hogenbergh, and a map of the Netherlands.
The Leo belqicus was reproduced several times with increases in the text and in the number of plates: namely, in 1585, fol. in 655 pp. with 142 plates (continued until 1585), 26 fr. Borluut, - with an appendix until 1586, fol. of 742 pp. with 165 plates etc.... "(Brunet, I, 122).
The illustrated history of the Wars of Religion in Belgium and Holland, described from 1559 to 1583, richly illustrated with copper engravings by Hogenberg.
Most of them show scenes of sieges of the most important cities of the Netherlands, such as… Read More

Lyon, Mathias Bonhomme, 1551.
8vo [182 x 114 mm] of 191 pp. including 169 emblems and 11 engravings of trees. Several ex-libris on the title leaf, small tear in the outer margin of p.3 slightly affecting the frame of the engraving.
Contemporary limp vellum, gilt border on the covers, flat spine with the handwritten title. Contemporary binding.
A rare edition of this illustrated book of emblems that was extremely successful all along the 16th century.
Graesse, I, p.62; Baudrier, Bibliographie lyonnaise, IX,p. 187; Fairfax Murray, French, 10.
The emblems are here dedicated to Francesco Donato, doge of Venice, by Giovanni Marquale, the translator of the text.
André Alciato was born in Milan on May 8th, 1492. He went to study law in Pavia and Bologna.
Appointed, in 1521, professor of law at the university of Avignon, he got in this city such great successes, that we counted up to eight hundred people in his audience; but the lack of accuracy put into paying his fees convinced him to go back to Milan.… Read More

Lyon, Mathias Bonhomme, 1551.
8vo [182 x 114 mm] of 191 pp. including 169 emblems and 11 engravings of trees. Several ex-libris on the title leaf, small tear in the outer margin of p.3 slightly affecting the frame of the engraving.
Contemporary limp vellum, gilt border on the covers, flat spine with the handwritten title. Contemporary binding.
A rare edition of this illustrated book of emblems that was extremely successful all along the 16th century.
Graesse, I, p.62; Baudrier, Bibliographie lyonnaise, IX,p. 187; Fairfax Murray, French, 10.
The emblems are here dedicated to Francesco Donato, doge of Venice, by Giovanni Marquale, the translator of the text.
André Alciato was born in Milan on May 8th, 1492. He went to study law in Pavia and Bologna.
Appointed, in 1521, professor of law at the university of Avignon, he got in this city such great successes, that we counted up to eight hundred people in his audience; but the lack of accuracy put into paying his fees convinced him to go back to Milan.… Read More

Paris, Jean Richer et François Gueffier, 1618.
Large 8vo [174 x 107 mm] of (24) ll., 970 pp. wrongly numbered 968, (15) ll. Bound in full contemporary red morocco, gilt border on the covers, gilt stamped coat of arms on the center, flat spine decorated with the same border, gilt title on the spine, gilt edges. Contemporary binding.
Superb and rare illustrated edition of Alciato's Emblems illustrated with 211 beautiful woodcuts (55 x 55 mm) placed within gracious frames.

This edition is enlarged with new comments given by Fédéric Morel that are published here for the first time.
"Andrea Alciato was born in Milan on May 8th, 1492. He went to study law in Pavia and Bologna.
In 1521, he is appointed professor of law at the university of Avignon; he got in this city such great successes, that up to eight hundred people were counted in his audience; but the lack of accuracy put into paying his fees convinced him to go back to Milan. Alciato was one of the first to feel that studying history is… Read More

Bologna, 1599-1667.
11 works in 13 folio volumes [338 x 228 mm]. Red morocco, spine ribbed and decorated, border on the covers in the style of Du Seuil, arms on the center of the covers, gilt edges. 17th century binding.
Nissen ZBI, p. 17-18, n° 66, 68, 70-72 & 74-78; Nissen, IVB, 18; Nissen, BBI, 14; Paul Delaunay, La zoologie au seizième siècle, 1962, p. 4 passim; DSB, I, 108-110.
Exceptional reunion of works by the naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi.
These wonderful volumes, printed in Bologna, are illustrated with copper-engraved titles and portraits. The text is illustrated with over 4 500 woodcuts showing birds, fish, reptiles, mammals, insects, crustaceans, human monsters, minerals, trees …
The eleven titles in thirteen volumes constitute Aldrovandi's complete works: each are in first edition except the De quadrupedis solidi pedibus.
Composition of the series:
1 – Ornithologiae, hoc est de avibus historiae. 1599-1603. 3 volumes.
2 – De reliquis animalibus exanguibus libri quatuor.… Read More

London, Thomas Mc Lean, 1822.[Followed by]: Alken, Henry. Illustrations to Popular songs.London, Thomas Mc Lean, 1823.2 parts in 1 small oblong folio [336 x 230 mm] of : I/ (2) bl. ll., (1) title, (1) l. of preface, 41 plates ; II/ (2) ll., 43 plates. Bound in full English red morocco of the nineteenth century, triple gilt fillet around the covers, gilt-stamped title on the front cover, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt fillets, large inner gilt border, gilt edges. Binding by Hatchards.I/ First edition of this collection of caricatures by Alken.Tooley, 57.Alken's hilarious plates depict a stunning variety of catastrophes, elaborating a favorite theme of his: the pitfalls of fun and games, especially any involving a horse or a gun.The present edition is illustrated with 42 comical hand-colored soft ground etchings, including engraved pictorial title, all watermarked 1822 Thomas McLean.Each plate contains several designs and accompanying captions. The format creates liveliness on the page and… Read More

[Paris, Jubert, 1787].
24mo of 1 frontispiece and 12 engraved vignettes by Dorgez that is 13 etchings.
Red morocco, triple gilt fillet around the covers, flat spine decorates with gilt fleurons, grenne morocco lettering piece, gilt edges. Contemporary binding.
The illustration includes : 1. Vénus and Mars ; 2. Jupiter and Calisto ; 3. Pluton and Proserpine ; 4. Venus and Comus ; 5. Le Triomphe de la Beauté ; 6. Bacchus and Ariane ; 7. L'Aurore and Céphale ; 8. L'Amour and Psyché ; 9. Diane and Endimion ; 10. Neptune and Amymone ; 11. Vénus and Adonis ; 12. Junon and Ixion.
All the illustrations have been finely colored at the time.A precious copy preserved in its elegant red morocco contemporary binding.
Références : Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle / Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes. Tome VII, Deny (Mlle Jeanne)-Du Duy-Delage / par Marcel Roux,... ; avec la collab. d'Edmond Pognon,... - Bibliothèque nationale (Paris), 1951, article DORGEZ, n. 14 =… Read More

Leiden, Pieter Vander Aa, 1707.
Folio [355 x 227 mm], (8) ll. including 1 colored frontispiece, 1 large folding map in color enhanced with gold, 80 pp., 84 pp., 128 pp., 1 folding engraving bound between pp. 98 and 99, tiny hole in white margin p. 12, 52 pp. 56 pp., 32 ll., text leaves slightly browned as usual.
Full stiff vellum, double blind-stamped framing on the covers with central medallion, spine ribbed with handwritten title in ink, sprinkled edges. Publisher's contemporary binding.
First folio edition, the most beautiful of all, and first Dutch edition illustrated in first issue with the superb folding map "Novissima et Accuratissima Tabula Regnorum Hispania et Portugalliae Publicis Ac Regiis Viis ornata Excudit Petrus Vander Aa ", representing Spain, Portugal and part of South-West France - (it measures about 630 x 530 mm) -, the frontispiece drawn by J. Goercée and the folding view of Barcelona.
Palau, 212.
The text is illustrated with 164 copper engravingssimilar to those in the French 8vo… Read More

A Colle, et se trouve à Paris, chez Froullé, 1788.
4 parts in 4 volumes 8vo of : I/ (2) ll., xvi pp., 383 pp., (1) errata p. ; II/ (2) ll., 259 pp. ; III/ (2) ll., 292 pp. ; IV/ (2) ll., 366 pp. Library stamps on the titles.
Marbled roan, blind-stamped fillet around the covers, flat spines decorated with gilt fleurons and arms at the head, library label at the foot of the spines, red morocco lettering pieces, red edges. Slight signs of wear. Contemporary binding.
193 x 123 mm.
First edition.
"Curious collection, mainly with regard to the history of independence and the government of this country". Leclerc, Bibliotheca Americana, n°952.
"Very accurate compilation that refutes Mably and Raynal's theories and forms a precious wealth of information of all kind about the United States". Fay, Bibliographie des ouvrages français relatifs aux Etats-Unis 1770-1800, page 25.
This work is the result of Mazzei and Condorcet's collaboration.
Mazzei was an Italian migrant in America before the revolution and… Read More

Venice, Aldus Manutius, July 15th 1498.
Folio [317 x 210 mm] of (347) ll. Many comments from 41 to 42 lines a page, on the borders of the text. Bound in limp vellum, flat spine with the title handwritten in ink, blue edges. Binding from the end of the 16th century.
Editio princeps of Aristophanes' Comedies.
HC 1656; BMC, V, 559; GW 2333; Goff A 958; Essling 1163; Renouard, Alde, 16; Brunet, I, 451; Picot, Catalogue Rothschild, n°1061.
"First edition, fine and rare." (Brunet)
In this first edition, Aldus Manutius presents to the educated audience of the Italian Renaissance 9 of the 11 complete comedies of Aristophanes of which manuscripts reached us: Ploutos, les Nuées, les Grenouilles, les Cavaliers, les Acharniens, les Guêpes, les Oiseaux, la Paix and l'Assemblée des femmes.
Aldus had the intention to include in this editio princeps a tenth play, Lysistrata,
but he did not manage to find a manuscript containing the full text of this comedy.
In his Latin letter of dedication to Daniele Clario, a… Read More

Paris, Charles Froment, 1829.
Small 8vo [169 x 103 mm] of viii pp., 214 pp., (1) l., 36 colored plates out of pagination and protected with silky-papers.
Raspberry glazed calf, gilt fillet and blind-stamped decorations on the covers, diamond-shape large central medallion, spine ribbed and decorated, inner gilt border, gilt edges. (Thouvenin).
First edition of this superb work illustrated with 36 copper-engravings out of pagination hand-painted with a brush at the time, some enhanced with gold.
Carteret, 37 ; Colas, n° 159.
Remarkable illustration on theatre costumes.
These engravings by Foech de Basle and Whirsker, executed from life, represent the full-length actors in the roles in which they excelled.
At the beginning of the work are placed the full-length portraits of "the greatest poet and the greatest actor of the time", Voltaire and Lekain, represented rehearsing a scene of Mahomet.
All the illustrations are by Foech.
"Engraved from gouaches of the smallest proportion, they are nevertheless of… Read More

Français

Paris, Desray, 1802.
5 parties réunies en 2 grands volumes in-folio de : I/ (2) ff., x pp., 128, 70 planches numérotées à pleine page, 8 pp., 6 planches numérotées à pleine page, 28 pp., 9 planches numérotées à pleine page ; II/ (2) ff., 128 pp., 89 planches numérotées à pleine page (numérotées 88 car il y a une 26 bis), 40 pp., 16 planches numérotées à pleine page dont une sur double page (n°14). Soit au total 190 planches.
Qs. légères piqûres sans gravité. Demi-chagrin rouge à coins, dos à nerfs ornés. Reliure de l'époque.
505 x 333 mm.
Edition originale ornée de 190 estampes gravées sur cuivre d'après les dessins de Jean-Baptiste Audebert, imprimées en couleurs et rehaussées à l'or pur selon une méthode originale mise au point par Audebert.
Fine Bird Books p. 56 ; Nissen IVB, 47; Ronsil 103; Wood, p. 206; Zimmer, p. 17; Sander, Illustrierten franz ö sischen Bücher des 18. Jahrhunderts, 58 ; Balis 52 ; Buchanan, Nature into Art 105 ; Copenhagen / Anker… Read More

Paris, Antoine Estienne, 1629.
Folio [359 x 246 mm] of (6) ll., 224 pp., (22) ll., numerous figures and maps in the text, handwritten ex libris crossed out on the title. Limp vellum, flat spine with gilt-stamped title. Contemporary binding.
First edition of this singular and very rare work, composed by the one who was considered in his time as the Prince of chronologists.
Renouard, 219:7.
The author, who was secretary to Henri de Bourbon, duke of Montpensier (1573-1608), converted to Catholicism in 1596.
In this work, he wants to show that geography "is all taken from the pure text of the Scriptures" and he therefore follows the biblical chronology, which he illustrates with telling figures.
We follow the evolution of the earth from the original chaos (in a black circle) to the seventh day (where the four rivers of creation draw what looks like the contours of the continents...). Everything changes with the flood, which upsets this beautiful order, creating continents and leaving a disfigured… Read More

Paris, Antoine Estienne, 1629.
Folio [359 x 246 mm] of (6) ll., 224 pp., (22) ll., numerous figures and maps in the text, handwritten ex libris crossed out on the title. Limp vellum, flat spine with gilt-stamped title. Contemporary binding.
First edition of this singular and very rare work, composed by the one who was considered in his time as the Prince of chronologists.
Renouard, 219:7.
The author, who was secretary to Henri de Bourbon, duke of Montpensier (1573-1608), converted to Catholicism in 1596.
In this work, he wants to show that geography "is all taken from the pure text of the Scriptures" and he therefore follows the biblical chronology, which he illustrates with telling figures.
We follow the evolution of the earth from the original chaos (in a black circle) to the seventh day (where the four rivers of creation draw what looks like the contours of the continents...). Everything changes with the flood, which upsets this beautiful order, creating continents and leaving a disfigured… Read More