Search Results: Titles starting with D from LIBRAIRIE CAMILLE SOURGET

Amsterdam, M. Doornick, [1676].
[Bound with:] Commelyn, Johannes. Nederlantze Hesperides, Dat is, Oeffening en Gebruik van de Limoen en Oranje-Boomen Geftelt na den Aardt, en Climaat der Nederlanden.
Amsterdam, Marcus Doornick, 1676.
2 works in 1 folio volume of : I/ 1 frontispiece, (2) ll., 144 pp., (1) l., pp. 145 to 224, 2 colored engravings depicting gardens, 13 colored engravings of fruits and flowers, 15 in black and white of garden plans; II/ 1 frontispiece, (2) ll., 47 pp., (2) pp., 26 engravings out of text.
Mottled brown calf, spine ribbed with gilt fleurons, sprinkled edges. Contemporary Dutch binding.
319 x 198 mm.
Reunion of first editions of two works illustrating the Dutch flora and gardens of the seventeenth century.
I/ first edition of the most attractive of the seventeenth-century Dutch works on gardens.
Nissen BBI 339; Hunt 344; Piesch 173 f. STCN 096345950; Benezit, II, 601.
This beautiful collection, artfully illustrated by Hendrik Cause (1648-1699), is dedicated to William of… Read More

A Paris, chez Durand, Libraire, Rue Du Foin, 1758. Avec Approbation et Privilège du Roi.
Large 4to [253 x 193 mm] of (2) ll., xxii pp., 643 pp., (1) p. Full bronze green morocco, triple gilt fillet around the covers, spine ribbed and decorated, inner roll-stamp, gilt edges. Contemporary binding in morocco.
First edition, seized and condemned to be burned immediately upon publication.Copy from the issue C.
"De l'esprit had a huge scandal success. It is considered today as one of the most systematic and absolute forms of French materialism of the 18th century." (Jacques Guérin).
Diderot considered that this book was "a furious sledgehammer blow worn on prejudices".
"This famous work was censored by La Sorbonne as containing all the scattered poisons distilled in the different modern books, that is contemporary ones" (Tchemerzine).
The work dedicated to the royal family, was rejected by the latter, and on August 10, a few days after that of the publication, the privilege, given on May 12, was… Read More

Paris, Jacques du Puys, 1580.
4to of (14) ll, 255 ll. numbered 252. Handwritten ex libris on the title. Bound in granite calf, large arms gilt-stamped in the center, spine ribbed decorated with gilt stars, red speckled edges. Armorial binding of the 17th century.
225 x 168 mm.
Rare original edition of this famous work of Jean Bodin which "had a great vogue in the time and was translated into Latin from 1581".
Brunet, I, 1025; Caillet, I, 182; Tchemerzine, I, 720; Obadia, Bibliographie française de la sorcellerie, n°842.
Often reprinted, translated into Latin as early as 1581, it quickly imposed itself at the time as a "breviaire des juges dans les actions pour malefice" (F. Renz, Jean Bodin, p. 73) and constitutes today one of the best documents on 16th century witchcraft trials.
"True first edition of the epoch-making treatise on demonology and witchcraft of the French lawyer Jean Bodin (1529-1596)".
"I think in contrast to Bodin" says Montaigne (Essais, II, 32) and "In fine and in conscience, I… Read More

Poitiers, Enguibert de Marnef, 1560.
- Histoire et considération de l'origine, loy, et coustumes des Tartares, Persiens, Arabes, Turcs, & tous autres Ismaelites ou Muhamediques, dits par nous Mahometains, ou Sarrazins.
Poitiers, Enguibert de Marnef, 1560.
- La tierce partie des orientales histoires, ou est exposée la condition, Puissance, & revenu de l'Empire Turquesque : avec toutes les provinces & païs generalement depuis 950 ans en çà par tous Ismaelites conquis...
Poitiers, Enguibert de Marnef, 1560.
3 parts in 1 small 4to volume [205 x 146 mm] of: I/ (1) bl.l., (4) ll., 127 pp., (1) bl.p. ; II/ 57 pp., (3) bl. pp ; III/ (4) ll., 90 pp., (1) bl.l., suite of 56 full-page numbered engravings (out of 57) bound together, (1) bl.l. Bound in full contemporary brown granite-like calf, triple gilt fillet on the covers, spine ribbed and finely decorated, red edges. Binding from the 18th century.
Rare first edition of these three books known under the general title of "La République des Turcs",… Read More

Paris, Estienne Michallet, 1689.
In-8 de (6) ff. dont un frontispice, 117 pp., 25 pl. dépliantes hors texte. Maroquin rouge, triple filet doré sur les plats, dos lisse orné à la grotesque, pièce de titre de maroquin vert, coupes décorées, dentelle intérieure, tranches dorées. Reliure ancienne.
175 x 115 mm.
Édition originale rare du meilleur livre du " célèbre marin de Louis XIV ", ornée d'un titre frontispice dessiné et gravé par F. Ertinger représentant un galion devant une ville fortifiée et de 25 planches dépliantes de technique de navigation.
Polak, 8108.
Baptisé à Armandaritz (Pyrénées Atlantiques) en 1652, mort à Pougues les Eaux en 1719, Renau d'Elissagaray fut remarqué par Duquesne avec lequel il travailla aux constructions navales à Brest.
" Il proposa un nouveau système de construction navale, que Vauban fit adopter et qu'il fut chargé de mettre en pratique. Un conflit ayant éclat en 1680 entre la France et le dey d'Alger, Renau proposa de bombarder la ville avec… Read More

Venetia, Stamperia de Giunti. 1563, 1559, (1558 au colophon) & 1606.3 folio volumes [335 x 223 mm] p. d. t. on the spine, [4], 34 ll., 3 double-page maps, (num. 394) ; [2], 28 ll. 156 ll. ; [6], 36 ll. 430 ll. 7 double-page maps [396] ; leaves 108 and 109 of the first volume calligraphed in the eighteenth century replace the original missing leaves. Full ivory vellum, spine ribbed, title page in full gold lettering, edges blued. Antique binding circa 1740.First edition of volume II, third enlarged edition of volumes I and III, rare in uniform antique binding. Ramusio's Viaggi are always or almost always composed of volumes of different editions.Thus the copy offered in catalog 180 of one of the major international bookstores published on June 18, 2019 at a price of $95,000 was described as follows: " First editions of volumes II and III, third edition of volume I.Folio. Three volumes. 3 folding plates in volume I, 7 double-page maps in vol. III, numerous woodcut illustrations, maps, and… Read More

Paris, P. Didot l'Aîné, 1802.
Very large folio [680 x 510 mm] of (2) ll., 103 pp., 1 engraved frontispiece printed in colors and enhanced with watercolor and 22 out of pagination numbered plates, including 1 on double-page. Engravings in the text. Some slight foxing. Bound in contemporary brown Russian leather, covers richly decorated with gilt fillets and neo-classical borders, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt edges. Contemporary binding by Ph. Selenka with his label.
Rare first edition of this superb work of which only 160 copies were printed.
Vicaire, Manuel de l'amateur, IV, 741; Graesse, Trésor de livres rares, IV, 59; Brunet, III, 714; Cicognara 3960: " edizione di massimo lusso "; Monglond V, 1124-1125; Palau 128972.
"Published at 200 fr.; this work has been, according to 'La France littéraire' by Quérard, printed in a limited edition of 160 copies"
(Vicaire).
The mosaic mentioned on the title (of about 13 x 9 meters) was discovered on December 12, 1799 in Italica (today the city of… Read More

One of the most precious books in the West. The Brunet copy was sold for 6 600 F Or,a book of bibliophily being negotiated then from 6 F Or.
" The tallest copy to be offered in over 50 years. "
" First edition of one of the finest illustrated books of the German Renaissance.This allegorical poem celebrates the exploits and heroic deeds of Emperor Maximilian represented as Theuerdank, as he overcomes the difficulties on his journey to win his bride, Mary of Burgundy, Konigin Ernreich in the poem. It forms part of a trilogy, along with Weisskunig and Fredsal, elaborating Maximilian's life, but Theuerdank was the only one to be published during the emperor's lifetime. "
The largest complete copy recorded (height 375 mm).
Nürnberg, 1st March 1517.
Pfintzing, Melchior / Maximilien Ier. Theuerdank.Die geuerlicheiten und einsteils der Geschichten des loblichen streytparen und hochberümbten helds und Ritters Herr Tewrdannckhs. At end (A8vo) : Gedruckt in der Kayserlichen Stat Nürnberg durch den Eltern… Read More

[Strasbourg, Johann Prüss, around 1488].
Folio [276 x 197 mm] (82) ll. [sif. ()1 a5 b-m6 n10] ; goth. car. 50 lignes. Blind-stamped fawn calf over wooden boards, covers decorated with a frame made of fillets and fleur-de-lys pattern, surrounding a decoration of oval compartments containing in their center a thistle motif, spine ribbed. Contemporary binding.
Rare first Latin edition and first of four issues described by Goff of one of the most coveted illustrated incunabula.
Hain, 4411 ; Proctor, 558 ; Fairfax Murray, 70 ; Stillwell, J, 236 ; Copinger, I, 137 ; Dibdin, VI, 122 ; Schreiber, 3489 ; Goff, J-268.
This copy belongs to the first issue cited by Goff, which he calls "a", meaning that the running titles have the chapter numbers printed in Roman numerals. In the second issue he describes, these same numbers are printed in full letters. Other copies are composite and offer quires from both editions.
(Geissler, F : Handschriften und Drücke des " Directorium vitae Humanae " dans Mitterlungen des… Read More

Roma, Bartholomeo Bonfadino, 1586.
4to [210 x 154 mm] of (6) ll. including 1 engraved title with an architectural border, 118 pp. including 11 full-page figures, (1) bl.l. Tiny tear in the lower white margin page 93 not touching the text. Contemporary full limp vellum, flat spine, handwritten title on the lower edge. Contemporary binding.
Second edition of this 16th century medical work dedicated to the process of blood-letting, one of the most beautiful illustrated books from the Roman Renaissance. Mortimer,
Italian, 267; Graesse, IV, 338.

The illustration is composed of an architectural frame on the title and 11 full-page engravings.The title engraving bears Cherubino Alberti's monogram.
The first engraving presents the points for the blood-letting noted on the human body. The 10 following plates illustrate the process for blood-letting in several circumstances. These illustrations appear for the first time in the first edition published in Rome two years before, in 1584.
Brunet (III, 1289), who… Read More

Leiden, Ian Maire, 1637.
4to [198 x 150 mm] of 78 pp., (1) l., 413 pp., (1) p. of advertissement and (18) ll. the last one blank. Jansenist brown morocco, spine ribbed and decorated, inner gilt border, gilt over marbled edges. Binding of the 19th century
signed Thibaron.
Precious first edition of Descartes' masterpiece.
Tchemerzine, II, 776; PMM, 129; Horblit, One hundred book famous in science, 24; En Français dans le texte n°90; Dibner, Heralds, 81 ("The Dioptrique contains the earliest statement of Willebrord Snell's law of refraction"); Norman Library, 621.
After Galileo's sentence in 1633, Descartes had made a resolution not to print any book during his lifetime. From Holland where his aspiration for loneliness and isolation had driven him, the philosopher still corresponds with his nearest and dearest. It is in the face of their entreaties that he gave in and published in 1637 an anthology of his researches to which he gave the meaning of a peculiar and personal process.
After having thought… Read More

Leyden, Ian Maire, 1637.
4to [207 x 155 mm] of 78 pages, (1) l., 413 pp., (1) p. of notice and (18) ll., the last one blank. Full fawn calf, gilt fillet on the covers, spine ribbed, mottled edges, minor restorations. Elegant contemporary Parisian binding.
"Precious first edition of Descartes' masterpiece."
Tchemerzine, II, 776; PMM, 129; Horblit, One hundred book famous in science, 24; En Français dans le texte n°90; Dibner, Heralds, 81 ("The Dioptrique contains the earliest statement of Willebrord Snell's law of refraction"); Norman Library, 621.
After Galileo's sentence in 1633, Descartes had made a resolution not to print any book during his lifetime. From Holland where his aspiration for loneliness and isolation had driven him, the philosopher still corresponds with his nearest and dearest. It is in the face of their entreaties that he gave in and published in 1637 an anthology of his researches to which he gave the meaning of a peculiar and personal process.
After having thought of… Read More

A Paris, Chez Martin le Ieune, à l'enfeigne du Serpent, deuant le college de Cambray, 1580.
8vo [156 x 106 mm] of (8) ll., 361 pp., (23) pp. of table. Ext. margin of the title-page restored not touching the text. Full red Jansenist morocco, spine ribbed, gilt edges. Binding signed by Trautz-Bauzonnet.
"First edition of a piece as interesting as rare". (Brunet, supplement, VIII, 133).
B.n.F., En Français dans le texte, n°72 ; Neville, Historical chemical Library, 2006, p. 250 ; Duveen, Bibliotheca alchemica et chemica, p. 446 : "A book of great importance in the history of chemistry and science generally. Extremely rare."
A great book of science in the sixteenth century.
Exemplary figure of the self-taught man, Bernard Palissy (1510-1590) advocated observation and the virtues of the experimental method.
Palissy, "one of the men of genius of whom France is proud", was born at the beginning of the sixteenth century in the village of La Capelle-Biron, in the diocese of Agen. A remarkable hydraulic… 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

Strasbourg : J. Schott, 1522.
Folio, gothic lettering, 35 ll. (of 37) with 6 large full-page woodcuts; 118 ll. with 1 full-page woodcut; (28) ll. (of 29) with 18 full-page woodcuts; 110 ll. with 6 full-page woodcuts; 41 ll. (of 42, f. 38 missing) with 9 full-page woodcuts. [Postille sur les quatre évangiles pour toute l'année, le carême et les fêtes de quelques saints]. Missing leaves XV-XVI of the 1st part, A1 of the 3rd part, XXXVIII, that is 332 leaves out of 336. Main tears: title page of part 2 torn, half a page of text missing from folio LXIII, tear with missing parts on ff. C6 and E2 part 2. Half vellum with ribbed spine, decorated hardback covers. Contemporary binding.
282 x 192 mm.
Half-vellum, ribbed spine, decorated cased boards. Contemporary binding.
First edition decorated with 141 woodcuts entirely hand-colored in 1522 of which a full-page portrait of Geyler, 40 full-page woodcuts and 100 woodcuts inside the text.
Geiler von Kaysersberg, famous preacher, was born in Schaffhausen in… Read More

Francfort, Christian Egenolff, 1537.
Small 4to of (39) ll. and one final blank, A-K4 (last blank) ; brown morocco, covers decorated with cold and gilded fillets, spine ribbed decorated, gilded edges (F.Bedford).
135 x 144 mm.
First edition of this masterpiece by Hans Schäufelein (1480-1538), student and assistant of Albrecht Dürer until about 1505.
Brunet, II, 780 ; Dodgson II, p. 14 ; Muther 913.
This masterpiece illustrates the passion of Christ with 73 full-page engravings by Schäufelein, a student of Albrecht Durer.
" First edition: others appeared in 1542, 1550.
Title in 10 lines, Latin in roman and German in gothic, with woodcut mark of Schäufelin (IS interlaced, on a large shovel) above the lower line. The book consists of 73 cuts, c. 140 x 102 mm, one on each page with the title in Latin above with Scriptural reference and the German equivalent below.
The series of cuts ends K2 vo…
All the cuts are by Schäufelein except the first (Annunciation) which is probably by a different, though… Read More

Augsburg, Oeglin et Nadler, 22 mai 1508.
Folio [308 x 212 mm], (1) bl.l., (3) ff. with the frontispiece and the title, ff. numbered 2 to 32, (2) ff. of index, (1) bl.l. Pale waterstain in the margin of 5 ff. A tear without loss at the frontispiece. An owner's stamp in the margin of the frontispiece. Bound in 16th Century limp vellum, handwritten title on spine.
Rare first edition of the earliest work relating to the religions of the varied nations of the world.
Graesse, Trésor de livres, p. 477 ; Sabin 90127 ; Brunet, supp. II, 685; Harrisse 51 ; Historical Nuggets 2603.
The present text is also of the highest interest as it contains a passage mentioning the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus.
" A dramatic composition relating to the religions of the Tartars, Saracens, Turks, Jews and others, and their confutation. The American interest is found on the verso of the third leaf, in a letter from Stamler to Joseph Lorcher, dated, "13. klas Junii Anno. 6." which is translated by Harrisse… Read More