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Torquato Tasso. Rime: Parte prima / Insieme con altri componimenti del medesimo. — Venice: [Aldus Manutius the Younger], 1581.

Title-page: RIME | DEL SIGNOR | TORQUATO | TASSO. | PARTE PRIMA. | Insieme con altri componimenti | del medesimo | CON PRIVILEGIO. | {publisher’s device} | IN VINEGIA, M D LXXXI. || Contents: 1. Rime; 2. Aminta favola boscareccia; 3. Conclusioni amorose; 4. Il Romeo, overo del Giuoco dialogo; 5. Lettera, nellaquale paragona l’Italia alla Francia; 6. All’eccellentis signor Duca di Urbino; 7. Dialogo del l’amor. Pagination: [2 blanks], [2] – t.p. / blank, [4] dedication, [2] – blank / content, [16] – tavola, [1] 2-160 – rime, [8] [1] 2-74 – aminta, [4] 1-9 [10 blank] – conclusion, [2] [1]-22 – dialogo, [2] 1-27 [28 blank] – lettera, [2] 1-4 – all’eccellentiss, [4 blanks], [2] 1-17 [18 blank] – dialogo del l’amor, [2] – Car. 52 / Car. 113., [4 blanks], total 372 pages. Collation: 8vo; first blank, *⁴, **⁸, A-K⁸, 2A-2L⁸ M⁴, last blank; total 186 leaves, incl. first and last blanks. Note: 2F₂, 2G₁, 2K₄, 2L₁, and 2M_3,4– unsigned. Binding: 15.2 x 10.3 cm, 19^th-century polished calf by Duke St., St. James, London (ticket) Cambridge panels ruled in gilt with fleurons at corners, two crimson labels to spine with gilt lettering, gilt in compartments, raised bands ruled gilt, rebacked, AEG, bookplate to front pastedown: “BIBLIOTECA | del | Conte Leonardo Vitetti | Ambasciatore d’Italia” in a frame, and “The Robin Collection” to FEP. Inset a card from Bryn Mawr College Library. Provenance: Satinsky, Robin F. (American, 1919 – 2008), The Robin Collection. Count Leonardo Vitetti (Italian, 1895 – 1973) Bryn Mawr College Library (Pennsylvania) Contributors: Torquato Tasso (Italian, 1544 –1595) – author. Aldus Manutius, the Younger (Italian, 1547 – 1597) – printer, publisher.

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Thomas Bewick. History of British birds / Vol. 1 & 2; 1st edition. — Newcastle: Sol. Hodgson, 1797; Edward Walker, 1804.

Volume 1: Title: HISTORY | OF | BRITISH BIRDS. | THE FIGURES ENGRAVED ON WOOD BY T. BEWICK. | VOL. I. | CONTAINING THE | HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF LAND BIRDS. | [Vignette] | NEWCASTLE: | PRINTED BY SOL. HODGSON, FOR BEILBY & BEWICK : SOLD BY THEM, | AND G. G. & J. ROBINSON, LONDON. | [Price 10s 6d. in Boards] | 1797|| Pagination: [2 blanks], [i, ii] – t.p. / blank, [iii] iv-xxx, [2] – f.t. / blank, [1] 2-335 [336 advert.] [2 blanks]; vignettes on t.p.'s; head- and tail-pieces; publisher's advertisement on final p. of v. 1. Collation: demi 8vo; a-b⁸, B-Y⁸; no sigs. A, p. 279 numbered correctly. Woodcuts: 140 descriptions of birds, 117 figures of birds, 91 vignettes, tail-pieces, etc. 1,000 copies printed. Variant B with a vignette at p. 22 printed vertically. Vignette at p. 285 without bars. Volume 2: Title: HISTORY | OF | BRITISH BIRDS. | THE FIGURES ENGRAVED ON WOOD BY T. BEWICK. | VOL. I. | CONTAINING THE | HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF WATER BIRDS. | [Vignette] | NEWCASTLE: | PRINTED BY EDWARD WALKER, FOR T. BEWICK : SOLD BY HIM, AND | LONGMAN AND REES, LONDON. | [Price 12s in Boards] | 1804|| Pagination: [2 blanks], [i, ii] – t.p. / blank; [iii] iv-xx, [1] 2-400, [2 blanks]. Collation: Demy 8vo in fours; a² b-c⁴, A-3D⁴; E2, P2, Cc2 insigned. Woodcuts: 144 descriptions of birds, 101 figures of birds, 136 vignettes, tail-pieces, etc. Variant C: Vignette on p. 136 in 1st state, vignettes on pp. 269 and 359 in 2nd state. Binding: speckled full brown calf (restored), contemporary boards ruled in gilt, later spine with raised bands, gilt lettering and florets in compartments, marbled endpapers; 261 woodcut illustrations; printed on wove paper. In both volumes: armorial bookplate of "Clark, Knedlington, Yorks." with the motto "The time will come" on the front pastedown. Size: 21.5 x 14 cm, page: 20.6 x 12.6 cm, demi 8vo. Catalogue raisonné: Hugo (1866): № (99) 94 –120 (108) / pp. 40-58; Roscoe (1953): № 14 a-d, 17 a-d / pp. 46-52 and 65-76. See later edition in this collection: LIB-0860.2015.

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J.-J. Rousseau. Pygmalion, scène lyrique; A. Berquin. Mise en vers (Idylle) / Le text gravé par Droüet. — Paris: s.n., 1775.

One volume, 22.8 x 15.5 cm, bound in full mottled calf, gilt floral frames to covers, raised bands and gilt fleurons to spine, printed on laid paper. Regarding Pygmalion, scène lyrique see: Wekipedia. Collation: Free endpaper and two blank flyleaves, [2] engraved title, [2] préface, 1-18 (Pygmalion), [2] f.t.p., [1] 2-8 (Idylle), two blank flyleaves and free endpaper; 20 leaves total, adorned with 7 headpieces and 1 tailpiece engraved by Nicolas de Launay, Nicolas Ponce and Charles Etienne Gaucher after Jean Michel Moreau the Younger and Clément Pierre Marillier; text engraved by Droüet. Title-page: PYGMALION, | SCENE LYRIQUE | DE M^R. J. J. ROUSSEAU, | Mise en Vers | par M^R. Berquin. | Le Text Gravé par Droüet | PARIS | 1775. || (on a column under two kissing doves and sculptor’s tools). Faux t.p.: IDYLLE | Par M^R. Berquin. | — | Eructavit cor meum verbum bonum ; | dico ego opera mea regi. | Psalm. 44. | — || (in rules). Catalogue raisonné: Cohen-DeRicci 141 ; Lewine 55. Ref.: MFA (Boston); MET (NY); Yale University Library. Contributors: Artists: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814) Clément Pierre Marillier (French, 1740–1808) Engravers: Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739–1792) Charles-Étienne Gaucher (French, 1741–1804) Nicholas Ponce (French, 1746–1831) Droüet (French, 18th century) Authors: Arnaud Berquin (French, 1747–1791) Jean-Jacques Rousseau (French, 1712–1778)

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Isaac Bullart. Academie des sciences et des arts / 2 volumes in 1. — Paris: Louis Bilaine [i.e. Brussels: Foppens], 1682.

Title: ACADEMIE | DES | SCIENCES | ET DES | ARTS, | Contenant les Vies & les Eloges Historiques des | Hommes Illustres, | Qui ont excellé en ces Professions depuis environ quatre Siécles | parmy diverses Nations de l’Europe : |Avec leurs Pourtraits tirez sur des Originaux au Naturel, & plusieurs Inscriptions | funebres, exactement recueïlies de leurs Tombeaux | Par Isaac Bullart , Chevalier de l’Ordre de Saint Michel. | TOME PREMIER | {allegorical vignette, signed Abr. A Diepenbeke delineavit – Pet. Clouwet sculp.} | Imprimé par les soins de l’Autheur. | A PARIS, | Se vendent chez Loüis Bilane, Marchand Libraire à la ruë S. Jaques, | & au Palais, M. DC. LXXXII. || Pagination : [2] – h.t. / blank ; [2] – 1^st vol. t.p. in black and red with vignette engraved by Pet. Clouwet after Abr. Diepenbeke / blank; [7] – dedication to Jacques Theodore de Brias {Jacques-Théodore de Bryas (Dutch, 1630 – 1694)}, [9] – preface, [2] – table demonstrative / stanza by Guilielmus Riverius, [2] – vignette “Tardius sed grandius” with an elephant in ornamental frame / text; [2] – noms politiques / blank (A₁ before f.t.), [2] – f.t. livre premiere, illustres politiques / blank, 3(A₂)-421, [422-424] – table eloges; [2] – f.t. tome second / blank, [2] – 2^nd vol. t.p. in black and red with vignette…, [4] – advertisement, [2] – livre premier f.t. / blank, [2] – noms theologiens / blank, 1-501, [3] – table eloges. Collation : vol.1: [*]⁶, **⁶, A⁶ B-Ggg⁴; vol. 2: *⁴, **², A-Sss⁴. (12 prelim. leaves, while in LIB-2239.2019 and in LIB-2675.2021 there is 14 prelim. leaves). Binding: contemporary full calf, size: 34 x 23 x 7.2 cm; crimson label with gilt lettering separated. Provenance: Bookplate of Sir Philip Crampton Smyly to the front pastedown; Stephen White Collection. The title is drawn by Abraham van Diepenbeeck (Dutch, 1596 - 1675) and engraved by Pieter Clouwet (Flemish, 1629–1670). The volume illustrated throughout with 279 portraits of important scientists, artists, thinkers, explorers, printers, and others of the period by a variety of artists. Tome 1: 120 plates of which 30 engraved by Esme de Boulonois (French, 1645 – 1681), 87 by Nicolas de Larmessin I (French, 1632 – 1694), and 3 unsigned. Portrait of Raphael engraved by Lamerssin after Titian; Portrait of Titian’ daughter Lavinia Vecellio (Italian, 1530 – 1575) engraved by Lamerssin after Titian, Portrait of Jacques Auguste de Thou engraved by de Boulonois after Daniel Dumonstier (French, 1574 – 1646). Tome 2: 159 plates of which 63 by Esme de Boulonois, 79 by Nicolas de Larmessin, 15 unsigned, 1 by Pieter Clouwet, and 1 by Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607 – 1677). Portraits of Knelme Digby, Juste Lipse, Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc, Michel Mirevelt, Jacques Calot, Martin Richart, Pierre Paul Rubens, Venceslas Coberghe, Theodore Rombouts, Adrien Brouwer, Simon Vouet, Gerard Segers, Gaspar de Crayer, Antoine Van Dyck himself, and his wife Mary Ruthven – after Anthony Van Dyck. Young Man with a Skull engraved by Esme de Boulonois after Lucas van Leyden (Dutch, c. 1494 – 1533). Portrait of Louis Arioste engraved by Nicolas de Larmessin after Titian. Portrait of Balthasar de Castillon engraved by Nicolas de Larmessin after Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Italian, 1483 – 1520). Petrarch's Laura – by Larmessin after Palma Vecchio (Italian, c. 1480 – 1528). Vittoria Colonne – by Larmessin after Sebastiano del Piombo (Italian, c. 1485 – 1547). The portrait of Albert Durer is engraved by Esme de Boulonois after Tommaso Vincidor (Flemish, 1493 – 1536). Vol. 1, Book 1. Politicians

Portrait	№	Bullart name	Full name
	I	Gille Albornoz, Cardinal	Gil Carrillo de Albornoz [Egidio Carillo Albornozio] (Spanish, 1579 – 1649)
	II	Bessarion, Cardinal	Bessarion (Greek, 1403 – 1472)
	III	George d’Amboise, Cardinal	Georges d'Amboise (French, 1460 – 1510)
	IV	François Ximenes, Cardinal	Francisco Jiménez [ Ximenes ] de Cisneros (Spanish, 1436 – 1517)
	V	Guillaume de Croy	William [Guillaume] II de Croÿ, Lord of Chièvres (1458 – 1521)
	VI	Jean de Selve	Jean de Selve (Grench, 1475 – 1529)
	VII	Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal	Thomas Wolsey (British, 1473 – 1530)
	VIII	Thomas Morus	Sir Thomas More (British, 1478 – 1535)
	IX	Renaud Pole, Cardinal	Reginald Pole (British, 1500 – 1558)
	X	Michel de l’Hospital	Michel de l'Hôpital [l'Hospital] (French, 1507 – 1573)
	XI	Stanislas Hosius, Cardinal	Stanislaus Hosius [Stanisław Hozjusz] (Polish, 1504 – 1579)
	XII	Guy du Faur de Pybrac	Guy Du Faur, Seigneur de Pibrac [Pybrac; Guido Faurus] (French, 1529 – 1584)
	XIII	Antoine Perrenot, Cardinal	Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (Bisontin, 1517 – 1586)
	XIV	Auger Busbeque	Ogier Ghiselin [Augier Ghislain] de Busbecq [ Augerius Gislenius Busbequius] (Flemish, 1522 – 1592)
	XV	Arnaud d’Ossat, Cardinal;	Arnaud d'Ossat (French, 1537 – 1604)
	XVI	Jean Zamoski	Jan Sariusz Zamoyski (Ioannes Zamoyski de Zamoscie] (Polish, 1542 – 1605)
	XVII	Jacques Auguste de Thou	Jacques Auguste de Thou [Thuanus (French, 1553 – 1617)
	XVIII	Jean de Barnevelt	Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (Dutch, 1547 – 1619)
	XIX	Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal	Cardinal Richelieu , Armand Jean du Plessis, (French, 1585 – 1642)
	XX	Jule Mazarin, Cardinal	Cardinal Jules Mazarin [Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino; Mazarini] (Itaian-French, 1602 – 1661)

Vol. 1, Book 2. Historians

Portrait	№	Bullart name	Full name
	I	Regino Abbé de Prumy	Réginon de Prüm (German, 842 – 915)
	II	Jean Froissard	Jean Froissart (French: c. 1337 – c. 1405)
	III	Enguerand de Monstrelet	Enguerrand de Monstrelet (French, c. 1400 – 1453)
	IV	Jean Baptiste Platina	Bartolomeo Sacchi [Baptista Platina] (Italian, 1421 – 1481)
	V	Olivier de la Marche	Olivier de la Marche (Burgundian, 1425 – 1502)
	VI	Robert Gaguin	Robert Gaguin [Robert Guaguin] (French, 1433/34 – 1501)
	VII	Philippe de Commines	Philippe de Commines [Philippus Cominaeus] (Burgundian, 1447 – 1511)
	VIII	Pandolphe Collenuce	Pandolfo Collenuccio (Italian, fl. 1584)
	IX	Jean Aventin	Johann Georg Turmair [Aventin; Johannes Aventinus] (Bavarian, 1477 – 1534)
	X	François Guicciardin	Francesco Guicciardini (Italian, 1483 – 1540)
	XI	Paul Jove	Paolo Giovio [Paulus Jovius] (Italian, 1483 – 1552)
	XII	Wolfgang Lazius	Wolfgang Laz (Austrian, 1514 – 1565)
	XIII	Onuphre Panuinius	Onofrio Panvinio [Onuphrius Panvinius] (Italian, 1529 – 1568)
	XIV	Hubert Goltzius	Hubert Goltz [Goltzius] (Dutch, 1526 – 1583)
	XV	Bertrand d’Argentré	Bertrand d'Argentré [Argentraeus] (Breton, 1519 – 1590)
	XVI	Jacques Amiot	Jacques Amyot (French, 1513 – 1593)
	XVII	Fulve Ursin	Fulvio Orsini (Italian, 1529 – 1600)
	XVIII	Pontus Heuterus	Pontus de Huyter (Flemish, 1535 – 1602)
	XIX	Florimond de Remond	Florimond de Raemond (French, 1540 – 1601)
	XX	Cæsar Baronius, Cardinal	Cesare Baronio (Italian, 1538 – 1607)
	XXI	Henry Catherine d’Avila	Enrico Caterino Davila (Italian, 1576 – 1631)
	XXII	Jean Papirius Masson;	Jean Papire Masson [Papirius] (French, 1544 – 1611)
	XXIII	Emanuel de Meteren	Emanuel van Meteren [Meteeren] (Flemish, 1535 – 1612)
	XXIV	Nicolas le Febure	Nicasius le Febure [Nicolas le Fèvre (French, 1615 – 1669)
	XXV	Jean Barclay	John Barclay (Scottish, 1582 – 1621)
	XXVI	Guillaume Camden	William Camden (English, 1551 – 1623)

Vol. 1, Book 3. Jurists

Portrait	№	Bullart name	Full name
	I	Alexandre de Tartagnis	Alexander de Tartagnis (Italian, c. 1424 – 1477)
	II	Jason Mainus	Jason of Mayno [Giasone de Mayno] (Italian, 1435 – 1519)
	III	Philippe Dece	Filippo Decio or Decius (Italian, 1454 – c. 1535)
	IV	André Alciat	Andrea Alciato [Alciati; Andreas Alciatus] (1492 – 1550)
	V	André Tiraqueau	André Tiraqueau [Andreas Tiraquellus] (French, 1488–1558)
	VI	Gabriel Mudée	Gabriel Mudaeus [Gabriël van der Muyden] (Flemish, c. 1500 – 1560)
	VII	Charles du Moulin	Charles Dumoulin (French, 1500–1566)
	VIII	François Bauduin	François Baudouin [Balduinus] (French, 1520 – 1573)
	IX	Viglius de Zuichem	Viglius Zuichemus ab Aytta [Wigle Aytta van Zwichem] (Dutch, 1507 – 1577)
	X	Tibere Decian	Tiberio Deciani [Decianus] (Itaian, 1509 – 1582)
	XI	Antoine Augustin	Antonio Agustín y Albanell (Spanish, 1516 – 1586)
	XII	Mathieu Wesenbec	Matthew Wesenbeck [Mattheus van Wesenbeek] (Belgian, 1531 – 1586)
	XIII	Pierre Peckius	Petrus Peckius the Elder [Pieter Peck; Pierre Peckius] (Netherlandish, 1529 – 1589)
	XIV	Jacques Cuias	Jacques Cujas [Cujacius] (French, 1522 – 1590)
	XV	Jean Wamese	Jan Wames [Johannes Wamesius] (Netherlandish, 1524 – 1590)
	XVI	Pierre Pithou	Pierre Pithou [Petrus Pithoeus] (French, 1539 – 1596)
	XVII	Boece Epo	Boetius Epo (Netherlandish, 1529 – 1599)
	XVIII	Antoine le Febvre	Antoine Favre [Lefebvre] (French, 1557 – 1624)

Vol. 1, Book 4. Writes and Linguists

Portrait	№	Bullart name	Full name
	I	Jean Bocace	Giovanni Boccaccio (Italian, 1313 – 1375)
	II	Emanuel Chrysoloras	Manuel [Emmanuel] Chrysoloras (Greek, c. 1355 – 1415)
	III	Jean Argyropilus	John Argyropoulos [Giovanni Argiropulo] (Greek, c. 1415 – 1487)
	IV	François Philelphe	Francesco Filelfo [Franciscus Philelphus] (Italian, 1398 – 1481)
	V	Theodore Gaza	Theodorus Gaza [Theodore Gazis; Thessalonicensis] (Greek, c. 1398 – c. 1475)
	VI	Rudolphe Agricola	Rodolphus Agricola [Rudolphus Agricola Phrisius] (Netherlandish, 1443/1444 – 1485)
	VII	Ange Politian	Agnolo [Angelo] Ambrogini [Poliziano; Politianus] (Italian, 1454 – 1494)
	VIII	Demetrius Chalcondyles	Demetrios Chalkokondyles [Demetrius Chalcocondyles; Demetricocondyles (Greek, 1423 – 1511)
	IX	Jean Lascaris	Janus Lascaris [Ianos Laskaris] (Greek, c. 1445 – 1535)
	X	Nicolas Clenard	Nicolas Cleynaerts [Clenardus; Clenard] (Flemish, 1495 – 1542)
	XI	Jean Pierius Valerianus	Pierio Valeriano Bolzani [Giovanni Pietro dalle Fosse] (Italian, 1477 – 1558)
	XII	Jeanne Gray de Suffolck	Lady Jane Grey [Lady Guildford Dudley] (English, c. 1537 – 1554)
	XIII	Pierre Nannius	Petrus Nannius [Pieter Nanninck] (Dutch, 1496 – 1557)
	XIV	Guillaume Postel	Guillaume Postel (French, 1510 – 1581)
	XV	François Raphelenge	Frans van Ravelingen [Franciscus Raphelengius] (Flemish, 1539 – 1597)
	XVI	Jean Passerat	Jean Passerat (French, 1534 – 1602)

Vol. 1, Book 5. Italian Artists

Portrait	№	Bullart name	Full name
	I	Jean Cimabue	Cimabue [Cenni di Pepi; Pepo] (Italian, c. 1240 – 1302)
	II	André Tafi	Andrea Tafi (Italian, 1213 – 1294)
	III	Arnoud di Lappo	Arnolfo di Cambio (Italian, c. 1240 – 1300/1310)
	IV	Giotto	Giotto di Bondone (Italian, c. 1267 – 1337)
	V	Simon Memmi	Simone Martini (Italian, c. 1284 – 1344)
	VI	Taddée Gaddi	Taddeo Gaddi (Italian, c. 1290 – 1366)
	VII	Donato	Donatello [Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi] (Italian, c. 1386 – 1466)
	VIII	André Organa	Orcagna [Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo] (Italian, c. 1308 – 1368)
	IX	Masaccio	Masaccio [Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone] (Italian, 1401 – 1428)
	X	Philippe Bruneleschi	Filippo Brunelleschi [Pippo] (Italian, 1377 – 1446)
	XI	Antoine de Messine	Antonello da Messina [Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio] (Italian, c. 1430 – February 1479)
	XII	André Verrochio	Andrea del Verrocchio [Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni] (Italian, c. 1435 – 1488)
	XIII	Frere Philippe Lippi	Fra' Filippo Lippi (Italian, c. 1406 – 1469)
	XIV	Giorgion de Castel-Franco	Giorgione [Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco] (Italian, 1473/78 – 1510)
	XV	Antoine de Correge	Correggio [Antonio Allegri da Correggio] (Italian, 1489 – 1534)
	XVI	Bramante d’Urbin	Donato Bramante [Donato di Pascuccio d'Antonio; Bramante Lazzari] (Italian, 1444 – 1514)
	XVII	Sandro Boticelli	Sandro Botticelli [Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi] (Italian, c. 1445 – 1510)
	XVIII	André Mantegna	Andrea Mantegna (Italian, c. 1431 – 1506)
	XIX	Philippe Lippi	Filippino Lippi (Italian, 1457 – 1504)
	XX	Raphael Sanzio d’Urbin	Raphael [Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino] (Italian, 1483 – 1520)
	XXI	André del Sarto	Andrea del Sarto (Italian, 1486 – 1530)
	XXII	Leonard de Vinci	Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452 – 1519)
	XXIII	Jean François Rustici	Giovan [Giovanni] Francesco Rustici (Italian, 1475 – 1554)
	XXIV	Balthazar Perusi	Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi (Italian, 1481 – 1536)
	XXV	Propertia de Rossi	Properzia de' Rossi (Italian, c. 1490 – 1530)
	XXVI	François Mazzuoli	Parmigianino [Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola; Francesco Mazzola] (Italian, 1503 – 1540)
	XXVII	Le Rosso	Rosso Fiorentino [Il Rosso; Giovanni Battista de' Rossi] (Italian, 1494/5 – 1540)
	XXVIII	Jean Antoine Licinio de Pordenone	Pordenone [Giovanni Antonio Licinio; Giovanni Antonio de’ Sacchis (Italian, c. 1484 – 1539)
	XXIX	Polidore de Caravage	Polidoro da Caravaggio [Polidoro Caldara] (Italian, c. 1499 – 1543)
	XXX	Jule Romain	Giulio Romano [Giulio Pippi] (Italian, c. 1499 – 1546)
	XXXI	Perin del Vaga	Perino [Perin] del Vaga; Piero Bonaccorsi] (Italian, 1501 – 1547)
	XXXII	Dominique Beccafumi	Domenico di Pace Beccafumi (Italian, 1486 – 1551)
	XXXIII	Baccio Bandinel	Bartolommeo [Baccio Bandinelli; Bartolommeo Brandini] (Italian, 1493 – 1560)
	XXXIV	Jean d’Udine	Giovanni Nanni [Giovanni de' Ricamatori; Giovanni da Udine] (Italian, 1487 – 1564)
	XXXV	Michel-Ange Buonarotti	Michelangelo [Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni] (Italian, 1475 – 1564)
	XXXVI	Daniel Ricciarelli	Daniele Ricciarelli [Daniele da Volterra] (Italian, c. 1509 – 1566)
	XXXVII	Titian Uccello	Titian [Tiziano Vecelli; Vecellio (Italian, c. 1488/90 – 1576)
	BN	Jeanne Ucello	Lavinia Vecellio, (Italian, 1530 - 1575). Daughter of Titian
	XXXVIII	François Primatici	Francesco Primaticcio (Italian, 1504 – 1570)
	XXXIX	Jacques Barozzi de Vignole	Vignola [Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola] (Italian, 1507 – 1573)

Vol. 2, Book 1. Theologians

Portrait	№	Bullart name	Full name
	I	Thomas à Kempis	Thomas à Kempis (German-Dutch, c. 1380 – 1471)
	II	Hierosme Savanarole	Girolamo Savonarola (Italian, 1452 – 1498)
	III	Jean Fischer, Cardinal	John Fisher (English, 1469 – 1535)
	IV	Louis Vives	Juan Luis Vives March [Ioannes Lodovicus Vives] (Spanish, 1493 – 1540)
	V	Albert Pighius	Albert Pighius [Pigghe] (Dutch, 1490 – 1542)
	VI	Ruart Tapper	Ruward Tapper van Enkhuizen (Dutch, 1487 – 1559)
	VII	Cornille Musso	Cornelis Musius (Dutch, 1500 – 1572)
	VIII	François Richardot	François Richardot [Franciscus] (French, 1507 – 1574)
	IX	François Sonnius	Franciscus Sonnius (Belgian, 1506 – 1576)
	X	Alphonce Salmeron	Alfonso [Alphonsus] Salmerón (Spanish, 1515 – 1585)
	XI	Martin Azpilcueta	Martín de Azpilcueta [Doctor Navarrus] (Spanish, 1491 – 1586)
	XII	Louys de Grenade	Luis [Louis] de Granada (Spanish, 1504 – 1588)
	XIII	Guillaume Alan, Cardinal	William Allen [Guilielmus Alanus] (English, 1532 – 1594)
	XIV	François Panigarole	Francesco Panigarola (Italian, 1548 – 1594)
	XV	Benoist Arias Montan	Benito Arias Montano [Benedictus Arias Montanus (Spanish, 1527 – 1598)
	XVI	Jacques Davy, Cardinal du Perron	Jacques Davy Duperron (French, 1556 – 1618)
	XVII	Robert Bellarmin, Cardincal	Robert Bellarmine [Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino] (Italian, 1542 – 1621)
	XVIII	Leonard Lessius	Leonardus Lessius [Lenaert Leys] (Flemish, 1554 – 1623)

Vol. 2, Book 2. Philosophers, Mathematicians, Astronomers, and Physicians

Portrait	№	Bullart name	Full name
	I	Arnoud de Villeneuve	Arnaldus de Villa Nova [Arnaldus Villanovanus] (Spanish, c. 1240 – 1311)
	II	George de Trebisonde	George of Trebizond [Γεώργιος Τραπεζούντιος] (Greek, 1395 – 1486)
	III	Marsil Ficin	Marsilio Ficino [Marsilius Ficinus] (Italian, 1433 – 1499)
	IV	Jacques le Febure d’Estaples	Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples [Jacobus Faber Stapulensis] (French, c. 1455 – c. 1536)
	V	Nicolas Copernic	Nicolaus Copernicus [Mikołaj Kopernik; Niclas Koppernigk, Nikolaus Kopernikus] (Prussian-Polish, 1473 – 1543)
	VI	Jerosme Fracastor	Girolamo Fracastoro [Hieronymus Fracastorius] (Italian, c. 1476/8 – 1553)
	VII	Gemma Frisius	Gemma Frisius [Jemme Reinerszoon] (Dutch, 1508 – 1555)
	VIII	Jule Cæsar de l’Escale	Julius Caesar Scaliger [Giulio Cesare della Scala] (Italian-French, 1484 – 1558)
	IX	Jean Fernel	Jean François Fernel[Ioannes Fernelius] (French, 1497 – 1558)
	X	André Vesal	Andreas Vesalius (Flemish, 1514 – 1564)
	XI	Jean Baptiste Gellio	Giovanni Battista Gelli [Giambattista Gelli] (Italian, 1498 – 1563)
	XII	Pierre André Mathiole	Pietro Andrea Gregorio Mattioli (Italian, 1501 – c. 1577)
	XIII	Alexaner Picolomini	Alessandro Piccolomini (Italian, 1508 – 1579)
	XIV	Jean Stadius	Johannes Stadius [Estadius; Jan Van Ostaeyen; Jean Stade) (Flemish, 1527 – 1579)
	XV	Rembert Dodonée	Rembert Dodoens [Rembert Van Joenckema; Rembertus Dodonaeus] (Flemish, 1517 – 1585)
	XVI	Ambroise Paré	Ambroise Paré (French, c. 1510 – 1590)
	XVII	Pierre Forest	Pieter van Foreest [Petrus Forestus] Dutch, 1521 – 1597)
	XVII	Ticho Brahe	Tycho Brahe [Tyge Ottesen Brahe] (Danish, 1546 – 1601)
	XIX	Ulisse Aldrovand	Ulisse Aldrovandi (Italian, 1522 – 1605)
	XX	Jerosme Mercurial	Girolamo Mercuriale [Geronimo Mercuriali; Hieronymus Mercurialis] (Italian, 1530 – 1606)
	XXI	Charles de l’Escluse	Charles de l'Écluse [L'Escluse; Carolus Clusius] Flemish, 1526 – 1609)
	XXII	Christophle Clavius	Christopher Clavius (German, 1538 – 1612)
	XXIII	Jean Baptiste de la Porte	Giambattista [Giovanni Battista] della Porta (Italian, 1535? – 1615)
	XXIV	Louis Septal	Ludovico Settala [Ludovicus Septalius] (Italian, 1552 – 1633)
	XXV	Thomas Campanella	Tommaso Campanella [Giovanni Domenico Campanella] (Italian, 1568 – 1639)
	XXVI	Julienne Morelle	Juliana Morell [Juliana Morella] (Spanish, 1594 – 1653)
	XXVII	Galilee Galilei	Galileo Galilei [Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei] (Italian, 1564 – 1642)
	XXVIII	René Des Cartes	René Descartes [Renatus Cartesius] (French, 1596 – 1650)
	XXIX	Knelme Digby	Sir Kenelm Digby (English, 1603 – 1665)

Vol. 2, Book 3. Scientists

Portrait	№	Bullart name	Full name
	I	Albert le Grand	Albertus Magnus [Saint Albert the Great; Albert of Cologne] (German, c. 1200 – 1280)
	II	Raimond Lulle	Ramon Llull (Spanish, c. 1232 – c. 1315/16)
	III	Christophle de Longueil	Christophe de Longueil [Christophorus Longolius] (Brabantian, 1490 – 1522)
	IV	Erasme de Rotterdam	Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus [Erasmus of Rotterdam] (Dutch, 1466 – 1536)
	V	Guillaume Budé	Guillaume Budé [Guilielmus Budaeus] (French, 1467 – 1540)
	VI	Pierre Bembe, Cardinal	Pietro Bembo [Petrus Bembus] (Italian, 1470 – 1547)
	VII	Beatus Rhenanus	Beatus Rhenanus [Beatus Bild] (German, 1485 – 1547)
	VIII	Cornille Sgryver	Cornelius Grapheus [Cornelis De Schrijver] (Dutch, 1482 – 1558)
	IX	Jean Gorop Becan	Johannes Goropius Becanus [Jan Gerartsen] (Dutch, 1519 – 1573)
	X	Adrien Junius	Hadrianus Junius [Adriaen de Jonghe] (Dutch, 1511 – 1575)
	XI	Jean Sambuc	Johannes Sambucus [János Zsámboky] (Hungarian, 1531 – 1584)
	XII	Pierre Victor	Piero [Pietro] Vettori [Petrus Victorius] (Italian, 1499 – 1585)
	XIII	Marc Antoine de Muret	Muretus [Marc Antoine Muret] (French, 1526 – 1585)
	XIV	Juste Lipse	Justus Lipsius [Joest Lips; Joost Lips] (Flemish, 1547 – 1606)
	XV	Joseph de L’Escale	Joseph Justus Scaliger (French, 1540 – 1609)
	XVI	Pierre de Bert	Petrus Bertius [Peter Bertius; Pieter de Bert] (Dutch, 1565 – 1629)
	XVII	Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc	Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (French, 1580 – 1637)
	XVIII	Hugue de Groot	Hugo Grotius [Hugo de Groot] (Dutch, 1583 – 1645)
	XIX	Daniel Heinsius	Daniel Heinsius [Heins] (Dutch, 1580 – 1655)
	XX	Erice Putean	Erycius Puteanus (Netherlandish, 1574 – 1646)
	XXI	Nicolas Caussin	Nicolas Caussin (French, 1583– 1651)
	XXII	Claude de Saumaise	Claude Saumaise [Claudius Salmasius] (French, 1588 – 1653)
	XXIII	Anne Marie Schurmans	Anna Maria van Schurman (Dutch, 1607 – 1678)
	XXIII	Anne Marie Schurmans	Anna Maria van Schurman (Dutch, 1607 – 1678)

Vol. 2, Book 4. Inventors and Explorers

Portrait	№	Bullart name	Full name
	I	Berthold Schuvarts	Berthold Schwarz [Schwartz] (German, Late 14th century)
	II	Jean Guttemberg	Johannes Gutenberg [Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (German, c. 1400 – 1468)
	III	Laurent Coster	Laurens Janszoon Coster [Laurens Jansz Koster] (Netherlandish, c. 1370 – c. 1440)
	IV	Christophle Plantin	Christophe Plantin [Christoffel Plantijn] (Dutch, c. 1520 – 1589)
	V	Paul Manuce	Paulus Manutius [Paolo Manuzio] (Italian, 1512 – 1574)
	VI	Balthasar Moret	Balthasar Moretus (Flemish, 1574 – 1641)
	VII	Christophle Colomb	Christopher Columbus [Cristobal Colon; (Cristoforo Colombo] (Italian, 1451 – 1506)
	VIII	Americ Vespuce	Amerigo Vespucci (Italian, 1451 – 1512)
	IX	Ferdinand Magellan	Ferdinand Magellan [Fernão de Magalhães; Fernando de Magallanes] (Portugese, 1480 – 1521)
	X	Hernand Cortez	Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano (Spanish, 1485 – 1547)
	XI	François Drack	Sir Francis Drake (English, c. 1540 – 1596)
	XII	Thomas Candisch	Sir Thomas Cavendish (English, 1560 – 1592)
	XIII	Gerard Mercator	Gerardus Mercator (Flemish, 1512 – 1594)
	XIV	Jean Taisnier	Jean Taisner [Taisnier; Johannes Taisnerius] (Flemish, 1508 – 1562)
	XV	Abraham Ortelius	Abraham Ortelius [Ortels; Orthellius; Wortels] (Brabantian, 1527 – 1598)
	XVI	Nicolas Tartaglia	Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (Italian, 1499/1500 – 1557)
	XVII	Orlande de Lassus	Orlande de Lassus [Roland de Lassus; Orlando di Lasso; Orlandus Lassus; Orlande de Lattre or Roland de Lattre] (Belgian, 1530/32 – 1594)
	XVIII	Philippe de Mons	Philippe de Monte [Philippus de Monte] (Flemish, 1521 – 1603)

Vol. 2, Book 5. Poets

Portrait	№	Bullart name	Full name
	I	Dante d’Aligere	Dante Alighieri (Italian, c. 1265 – 1321)
	II	François Petrarque	Francesco Petrarca [Petrarch] (Italian, 1304 – 1374)
	III	Laure de Sado	Laura de Noves [Petrarch's Laura; Madame de Sade] (Italian, 1310 – 1348)
	IV	Michel Marulle	Michael Tarchaniota Marullus [Michele Marullo Tarcaniota] (Greek, c. 1458 – 1500)
	V	Balthasar de Castillon	Baldassare Castiglione (Italian, 1478 – 1529)
	VI	Marc Musure	Marcus Musurus [Markos Mousouros; Marco Musuro (Greek-Italian, c. 1470 – 1517)
	VII	Pierre Aretin	Pietro Aretino (Italian, 1492 – 1556)
	VIII	Jacques Sannazar	Jacopo Sannazaro (Italian, 1458 – 1530)
	IX	Louis Arioste	Ludovico Ariosto (Italian, 1474 – 1533)
	X	Jean Second	Johannes Secundus[Janus Secundus] (Dutch, 1511 – 1536)
	XI	Victoire Colonne	Vittoria Colonna (Italian, 1492 – 1547)
	XII	Corneille Musius	Cornelis Musius (Dutch, 1500 – 1572)
	XIII	Pierre de Ronsard	Pierre de Ronsard French, 1524 – 1585)
	XIV	Guillaume de Saluste du Bartas	Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (French, 1544 – 1590)
	XV	Torquato Tasso	Torquato Tasso (Italian, 1544 – 1595)
	XVI	Jean Dorat	Jean Daurat [Joan Dorat; Auratus] (French, 1508 – 1588)
	XVII	Philippe Desportes	Philippe Desportes [Desports] (French, 1546 – 1606)
	XVIII	Janus Douza	Janus Dousa, Lord of Noordwyck [Jan van der Does] (Dutch, 1545 – 1604)
	XIX	Scevole de Sainte Marthe	Scévole de Sainte-Marthe (French, 1536 – 1623)
	XX	François de Malherbe	François de Malherbe (French, 1555 – 1628)

Vol. 2, Book 6. Netherlandish painters

Portrait	№	Bullart name	Full name
	I-1	Hubert van Eyck	Hubert van Eyck (Flemish, c. 1385/90 – 1426)
	I-2	Jean van Eyck	Jan van Eyck (Flemish, c. 1390 – 1441)
	II	Theodore de Harlem	Bernard van Orley [Barend; Barent van Orley; Bernaert van Orley; Barend van Brussel] (Dutch-Flemish, 1487/1491 – 1541)
	III	Albert Durer	Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471 – 1528)
	IV	Roger vander Weyde	Rogier van der Weyden [Rogero Buxellensus] (Flemish, c. 1400 – 1464)
	V	Quentin Matsys	Quentin Matsys [Quinten Matsijs] (Flemish, 1466 – 1530)
	VI	Jerosme du Bois	Hieronymus Bosch [Jheronimus van Aken] (Dutch, c. 1450 – 1516)
	VII	Lucas de Leyde	Lucas van Leyden (Dutch, 1494 – 1533)
	BN-1	Lucas de Leyde	Young Man with a Skull
	VIII	Joachim Patinier	Joachim Patinir [Patenier; Ioachimo Dionatensi] (Flemish, c. 1480 –1524),
	IX	Henry de Bles	Herri met de Bles [Henri Blès, Herri de Dinant; Henrico Blesio Bovinati] (Flemish, c. 1490 – after 1566),
	X	Bernard de Bruxelles	Dirk Bouts [Dieric Bouts; Thierry Van Haarlem] (Flemish, c. 1415 – 1475)
	XI	Jean de Maubeuge	Jan Gossaert [Jan Mabuse] (Flemish, c. 1478 – 1532)
	XII	Pierre Coeck	Pieter Coecke van Aelst [Pieter Coecke van Aelst the Elder (Flemish, 1502 – 1550)
	XIII	Jean Holbein	Hans Holbein the Younger [Ioannes Holbenius] (German, c. 1497 – 1543)
	XIV	Henry Aldegraef	Heinrich Aldegrever (German, 1501/2 – 1555/61)
	XV	Jean Mayo	Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen [Jan Mayo; Ioanni Maio; Barbalonga] (Flemish, c. 1504 – 1559)
	XVI	Lucas Gassel	Lucas Gassel [Lucas van Gassel] (Flemish, c. 1480 – Brussels, 1568/69)
	XVII	Jean Schoorel	Jan van Scorel [Johannes Schoreel] (Dutch, 1495 – 1562)
	XVIII	Antoine Moro	Sir Anthonis Mor [Anthonis Mor van Dashorst; Antonio Moro] (Dutch, c. 1517 — 1577)
	XIX	Lambert Lombard	Lambert Lombard (Flemish, c. 1505 – 1566)
	XX	Pierre Breugel	Pieter Bruegel [Brueghel; Breughel] the Elder (Flemish, 1525/30 – 1569)
	XXI	Guillaume Cayo	Willem Adriaensz Key (Flemish, 1516 – 1568)
	XXII	François Floris	Frans Floris [Frans Floris the Elder; Frans Floris de Vriendt] (Flemish, 1519 – 1570)
	XXIII	Martin Hemskerke	Maerten van Heemskerck [Marten Jacobsz Heemskerk van Veen] (Dutch, 1498 – 1574)
	XXIV	Antoine de Monfort Bloclant	Anthonie Blocklandt van Montfoort [Anthonie van Blocklandt; Anthonie van Montfoort] (Dutch, 1533/34 – 1583)
	XXV	Michel Coxie	Michiel Coxie the Elder [Michiel Coxcie the Elder; Michiel van Coxcie; Coxius (Flemish, 1499 – 1592)
	XXVI	Arnoud Mytens	Aert Mijtens (Flemish, c. 1541 – 1602)
	XXVII	Henry Goltzius	Hendrick Goltzius, or Hendrik, (German-Dutch, 1558 – 1617)
	XXVIII	Martin de Vos	Maerten de Vos [Maerten de Vos the Elder; Marten de Vos] (Flemish, 1532 – 1603)
	XXIX	Paul Bril	Paul Bril (Flemish, 1554 – 1626)
	XXX	Michel Mirevelt	Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt [Michiel Jansz.; Miereveld; Miereveldt] (Dutch, 1566 – 1641)
	XXXI	Bartholomé Spranger	Bartholomeus Spranger [Bartholomaeus Spranger] (Flemish, 1546 – 1611
	XXXII	Henry Cornille Vroom	Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom (Dutch, c. 1562 – 1640)
	XXXIII	Abraham Blommart	Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1566 – 1651)
	XXXIV	Octave Venius	Otto van Veen [Otto Venius; Octavius Vaenius] (Flemish, 1556 – 1629)
	XXXV	Jacques Calot	Jacques Callot (French, c. 1592 – 1635)
	XXXVI	Martin Richart	Marten Ryckaert [Maerten Ryckaert] (Flemish, 1587, Antwerp – 1631)
	XXXVII	Pierre Paul Rubens	Peter Paul Rubens (Dutch, 1577 – 1640)
	XXXVIII	Antoine Van Dyck	Anthony van Dyck (Dutch, 1599 – 1641)
	BN-2	Mary Ruthven	Mary Ruthven, Lady van Dyck (Scottish-Dutch, c.1622 – 1645)
	XXXIX	Venceslas Coberghe	Wenceslas Cobergher [Wenzel Coebergher] (Flemish, 1560 – 1634)
	XL	Jacques Francquart	Jacob Franquart (Flemish, 1582/83 – 1651)
	XLI	Theodore Rombouts	Theodoor Rombouts (Flemish, 1597 – 1637)
	XLII	Adrien Brouwer	Adriaen Brouwer (Flemish, c. 1605 – 1638)
	XLIII	Simon Vouet	Simon Vouet (French, 1590 – 1649)
	XLIV	Gerard Segers	Gerard Seghers (Flemish, 1591 – 1651)
	XLV	Gaspar de Crayer	Gaspar de Crayer [Jasper de Crayer] (Flemish, 1584 – 1669)
	XLVI	Thomas Willeborts	Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert (Dutch, 1613 – 1654)
	XLVII	Daniel Segers	Daniël Seghers [Daniel Seghers] (Flemish, 1590 – 1661)

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Charles-Louis de Secondat Montesquieu. Le temple de Gnide. — Paris: Le Mire, 1772.

Hardcover volume, 8vo, 24.3 x 16.5 cm, bound in contemporary full marbled calf, spine with raised bands, gilt floral tools in compartments, gilt title lettering, marbled end-papers and all edges, printed on laid paper 23.9 x 5.5 cm with a watermark, entirely engraved (frontispiece, title, nine plates, and text), gatherings not indicated. Title-page (engraved, vignette, tall 's') LE | TEMPLE | DE | GNIDE | Nouvelle Edition, | Avec Figures | Gravées par N. LE MIRE, | des Acad. De Vienne en Autriche et de Rouen, | D’apres les Dessins de Ch. Eisen. | Le Texte Gravé par Droüet. | — | {3 lines quotation from Gallien} | A PARIS | Chez le Mire Graveur | Rue S^t. Etienne des Gres. | AVEC PRIVELEGE DU ROI. | 1772. || Frontispiece (engraved, vignette): Portrait medallion inscribed "CHARLES SECONDAT DE MONTESQUIEU — N. Le Mire del et sc", signed beneath "N. le Mire sculp 1771"; under the plate: "Dessiné par Ch. Eisen, et Gravé par N. le Mire." Pagination: frontispiece, t.p. / explication, dedication, [i] ii-vii [viii blank] 1-104 [105-6 blanks]; engraved throughout, plus 9 plates by Le Mire after Eisen.
Catalogue Raisonné: Cohen-de Ricci 726-27; Ray, French Illustrated Book, №32/p. 61-2.

Ref.: MFA (Boston): Accession Number 37.1726.
Charles Eisen (French, 1720 – 1778) – artist. Noël Le Mire (French, 1724 – 1801) – engraver, publisher. Droüet (French, 18th century) – text engraver. Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (French, 1689 – 1755) – author.

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Torquato Tasso. L’Aminta favola boschereccia; Amore fugitivo. — Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1769.

Engraved title-page: L'AMINTA | FAVOLA BOSCHERECCIA | DI | TORQUATO TASSO | Aggiuntovi il Poemetto | Amore Fugitivo |{vignette} | IN VENEZIA | MDCCLXIX |—| PRESSO ANTONIO ZATTA | CON LICENZA DE’ SUPERIORI || in historiated frame, signed below: “Pet. Ant. Novelli in — Fambrini inci.” Pagination: [i] ii-xxiv, [1-2] 3-84, total 108 pages, ils. Collation: 12mo; a¹², A-C¹² D⁶, last blank; first 6 leaves signed in 12-leave quires, first 3 in D; total 54 leaves plus 9 plates, incl. engraved title and frontispiece, and numerous head- and tailpieces by Fambrini after Novelli. Binding: 18.6 x 11 cm, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, crimson label with gilt lettering; clipping and bookplate of The Robin Collection to front pastedown; verso front flyleaf stamped “RESTORED BY MACDONALD CO. | NORWALK. CONN.” Additional blank leaves at front and back. Provenance: Satinsky, Robin F. (American, 1919 – 2008); The Robin Collection. Contributors: Torquato Tasso (Italian, 1544 –1595) – author. Pietro Antonio Novelli (Italian, 1729 – 1804) – artist. Ferdinando Fambrini (Italian (1764 – c.1793) – engraver. Antonio Zatta (Italian, c. 1722 – 1804) – printer, publisher.

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[Voltaire]. La Pucelle d’Orléans, Poëme héroï-comique en dix-huit chants. — Genève: [Cazin], 1788.

LA PUCELLE | D'ORLÉANS, | POËME HÉROÏ-COMIQUE, | EN DIX-HUIT CHANTS. |{vignette}| A GENEVE. | M. DCC.LXXXVIII.|| Pagination: engraved frontis., engraved portrait, [1, 2] – t.p. / blank, [3] 4-304; plates: engraved frontispiece, engraved portrait of Jeanne d'Arc and 18 engraved plates (the so-called 'suite anglaise' by Marillier, Clément-Pierre (French, 1740 – 1808) after Duflos, Pierre (French, 1742 – 1816). Publisher: Cazin, Hubert-Martin (French, 1724 – 1795). Modern binding to imitate full mottled calf of the 18th century, gilt double-ruled boards, gilt decorated spine with the crimson label “LA PUCELLE”, AEG, laid paper. Size: 13.3 x 8.7 cm; 18mo. Catalogue raisonné: Cohen, De Ricci 1032 (for 1777 and 1780 editions). J. Lewine p.559 (for 1777 16mo and even 12mo editions). The 'correct' 1st thus edition is called suite anglaise because instead of 'chant number' it's printed 'book number' on top of the pages. This copy is definitely a later pirated edition.

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[C. M. Westmacott.] The English Spy: An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous… by Bernard Blackmantle. The illustrations designed by Robert Cruikshank / 2 vol. — London: Sherwood, etc., 1825-6.

Two volumes 23.2 x 15.6 cm, uniformly bound in full polished calf by Riviere and Son (signed on fep verso), boards with triple gilt fillet border, spine with raised bands, gilt in compartments, gilt-lettered labels; dark blue endpapers, armorial bookplate of William Jennings with the motto “Honor Virtutis Premium” to front pastedown. Vol. 1: THE | ENGLISH SPY: | An Original Work | CHARACTERISTIC, SATIRICAL, AND | HUMOROUS. | COMPRISING | SCENES AND SKETCHES IN EVERY RANK OF SOCIETY, | BEING | PORTRAITS | OF THE | Illustrious, Eminent, Eccentric, and Notorious. | DRAWN FROM THE LIFE | BY BERNARD BLACKMANTLE. | THE ILLUSTRATIONS | DESIGNED BY | ROBERT CRUIKSHANK. | {vignette w/inscription: ‘By Frolic, Mirth, and Fancy gay, | Old Father Time is borne away.’ | — | LONDON : | PUBLISHED BY SHERWOOD, JONES, AND CO. | PATERNOSTER-ROW. | – | 1825. || Collation: [a]⁸ b⁴ B-H⁸ I⁴ K² L-Z⁸ 2A-2E⁸ 2F³; total 221 leaves Pagination: [i-iii] iv-xxiii [xxiv] [1-3] 4-417 [418]; total 442 pages. Illustrations: 35 coloured plates, 1 uncoloured plate, and 29 woodcuts in text, incl vignette on title, all but four by Robert Cruikshank, 1 by G. M.B rightly (p. 335), 1 by T. Wageman (p. 413), and 2 by T. Rowlandson (pp. 411 and 416) Vol. 2: THE | ENGLISH SPY: | An Original Work | CHARACTERISTIC, SATIRICAL, AND | HUMOROUS. | COMPRISING | SCENES AND SKETCHES IN EVERY RANK OF SOCIETY, | BEING | PORTRAITS | OF THE | Illustrious, Eminent, Eccentric, and Notorious. | DRAWN FROM THE LIFE | BY BERNARD BLACKMANTLE. | THE ILLUSTRATIONS | DESIGNED BY | ROBERT CRUIKSHANK. | — | VOL. II. | — | {vignette w/inscription: ‘By Frolic, Mirth, and Fancy gay, | Old Father Time is borne away.’ | — | LONDON : | PUBLISHED BY SHERWOOD, GILBERT, AND PIPER, | PATERNOSTER-ROW. | – | 1826. || Collation: [A]-Z⁸ 2A-2C⁸; total 208 leaves. [i-iii] iv-xv [xvi] [1-3] 4-399 [400]; total 416 pages. Illustrations: 36 coloured plates and 25 woodcuts in text. Catalogue raisonné: Martin-Hardie pp. 191-2; Tooley pp. 266-9; Abbey 325, pp.272-4 (see reflections regarding the ‘first issue’). Contributors: Charles Molloy Westmacott (British, c. 1788 – 1868) – author. Isaac Robert Cruikshank (British, 1789 – 1856) – artist, engraver. G. M. Brightly (British, fl. 1809 – 1827) – artist, engraver. Thomas Charles Wageman (British, 1787-1868) – artist, engraver Thomas Rowlandson (British, 1757 – 1827) – artist. Thomas Davison (British, 1794 – 1826) – printer. Sherwood, Jones, and Co. (London) – publisher. Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper (London) – publisher. William Jennings – provenance

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Pierre-Joseph Bernard. L’art d’aimer, et poésies diverses. — Anonymous, [1775?]

Title: L'ART | D'AIMER, | ET | POÉSIES DIVERSES | DE M. BERNARD. Pagination: [2] – t.p. / stanza by Voltaire; engraved t. p., frontispiece, [1] 2-170; pp. 1-61 – L'art d'aimer; pp. 62-111 – Phrosine et Mélidore; pp. 112-170 – Poésies diverses; illustrations. Collation: 8vo; π¹ (letterpress t.p.), A-K⁸ L⁵; + 8 plates: (1)* engraved title page facing the stanza by Ch. Baquoy; (2) plate as a frontispiece by Ponce after Ch. Eisen, inscribed Chant I above the image, dated 1772, facing p. [1], chant 1^er of l’art; (3)* Ch. Baquoy after P. Martini, inscribed Chant II below the image, facing p. 22, chant 2^nd of l’art; (4) Ch. Baquoy after Eisen, inscribed Chant III above the image, facing p. 44, chant 3^rd of l’art; (5)* Patas after P. Martini, inscribed Chant I^er below the image, dated 1775, facing p. 62, chant 1^er of Phrosine; (6) Ch. Baquoy after Eisen, inscribed Chant II above the image, facing p. 74, chant 2^nd of Phrosine; (7)* C. Gaucher after P. Martini, facing p. 84, chant 3^rd of Phrosine; (8) Ch. Baquoy after Eisen, inscribed Chant IV above the image, facing p. 97, chant 4^th of Phrosine; * – images additional to 1772 edition by Le Jay [LIB-2706.2021] (i.e. plates 1, 3, 5, and 7 are new). A counterfeit edition by an anonymous publisher. Binding: brown pebbled morocco, triple fillet gilt-ruled boards, raised bands, gilt in compartments, gilt label lettering to spine, marbled endpapers, AMG; printed on laid paper, with tall 's'. Catalogue raisonné: Cohen, De Richi (1912): p. 132: describes a counterfeit edition with 170 pages and 3 additional plates plus an engraved title. This seems to be a combination of Lejan [sic] Paris 1775 edition, which normally has 134 pages, 8vo, title engraved by Baquoy and three plates after Martini by Patas, Baquoy and Gaucher. Contributors: Nicolas Ponce (French, 1746 – 1831) – engraver. Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721 – 1777) – engraver. Jean-Baptiste Patas (French, 1748 – 1817) – engraver. Charles-Étienne Gaucher (French, 1740 – 1804) – engraver. Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen (French, 1720 – 1778) – artist. Pietro Antonio Martini (Italian, 1738 – 1797) – artist. Pierre-Joseph Bernard [Gentil-Bernard] (French, 1708 – 1775) – author of the text.

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Tales of Humour, Gallantry, & Romance / George Cruikshank (illustrator). — London: Charles Baldwyn, 1827.

Title: TALES | OF | Humour, Gallantry, & Romance, | SELECTED AND TRANSLATED | FROM THE ITALIAN. | Vignette "The Elopement, p. 183" | With sixteen illustrative Drawings by George Cruikshank. | — | LONDON : | PRINTED FOR CHARLES BALDWYN, | NEWGATE STREET. | MDCCCXXVII. Pagination: [2], [v]-vi [2] – Contents (Cohn's collation calls for this at the end) 3-253, [1]; title-page a cancel with vignette 'The Elopment', sixteen other plates by Cruikshank; as per HathiTrust: vi, 253, [3] p. (last p. blank), [16] leaves of plates: ill. Binding: 8vo, 20 x 13 cm, later polished calf, gilt, t.e.g. others untrimmed, by Rivière for H. Sotheran. Note: 1st edition, very rare 3rd issue, with a cancel title-page replacing that of 1824 issue when there were two issues and the work was entitled Italian Tales. Cohn notes the rarity of the 1827 edition, which restores one of the plates 'The Dead Rider', suppressed in the second issue, and also includes the plate done to replace it. "The rarest edition of this work is that published in 1827 in green paper boards [...]. This issue has no edition stated on the title. It has seventeen woodcuts, inclusive of the "Elopement" vignette upon the title. The suppressed plate "The Dear Rider" is restored, and the plate done to replace it is also included. The woodcut in other editions upon the title page is "The Pomegranate Seed". Probably compiled and translated by Thomas Roscoe (cf. National union catalog) from a variety of authors 'out of materials not generally accessible', but also ascribed to J. Y. Akerman and to one "Southern". Two or three tales that furnished plots for Shakespeare. Catalogue Raisonné: Cohn 444; this issue not found in OCLC or COPAC.

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Jean de La Fontaine. Contes et nouvelles en vers / 2 vol. — Amsterdam [i.e. Paris: David Jeune], 1745.

Two volumes, 16.6 x 11.4 cm each, uniformly bound in sprinkled calf, spine with raised bands, gilt in compartments, with crimson and black gilt lettered labels. Ink inscription to title page of vol. 1: “Thomas Fry. S^t: John's, Oxford.” Vol. 1: Collation: 4to; π² ✶² a⁴ b³ A-Z⁴ 2A-2E⁴ 2F¹, (total 124 leaves), plus frontispiece, 29 in-text vignettes. Pagination: [2] – h.t., [2] – t.p., [4] – preface, [i] ii-xiv – Vie de La Fontaine, [1] 2-224, [2] – table, (total 248 pages), ils. Vol. 2: Collation: 4to; π² ✶³ A-Z⁴ 2A-2K⁴ 2L³, (total 140 leavs), 40 in-text vignettes. Pagination: [2] – h.t., [2] – t.p., [6] – preface, [1] 2-268, [2] – table, (total 280 pages), ils. Illustrations: frontispiece by Lebas (signature erased), Vie de La Fontaine headpiece by Fessard after Cochin, 2 fleurons on two title pages, 69 vignettes by Chedel, Fessard, and Ravenet after Cochin (not signed). Catalogue raisonné: Lewine: 278; Cohen-deRicci: 557-8. Contributors: Charles-Nicolas Cochin (French, 1715 – 1790) – artist. Engravers: Pierre Quentin Chedel (French, 1705 – 1763). Étienne Fessard (French, 1714 – 1774). Simon François Ravenet (French, 1706 – 1764). Jacques-Philippe Le Bas [Lebas] (French, 1707 – 1783). Provenance: Thomas Fry (British, 1718 – 1772) – English priest and academic, president of St John's College, Oxford from 1757.

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Crébillon fils. Le sopha, conte moral / Nouvelle édition. — Pekin [i.e. Paris]: l’imprimeur de l’Empereur, 1749.

Title-page in black and red: LE | SOPHA, | CONTE MORAL. | NOUVELLE EDITION. | PREMIERE PARTIE. | {vignette} | A PEKIN, | Chez l'imprimeur de l'Empereur, | 1749. || Pagination: Two volumes in one. [2] – blanks, [2] – blank / frontis., [i, ii] – t.p. / blank, [iii] iv-xxi [xxii] ; [1] 2-253, [254-256] – table / blank, [2] – blanks; [i, ii] f.t. (seconde partie). [iii] 4-237 [238-240] – table / blank, [2] – blanks ; ills. 1 frontispiece, 4 plates and 2 vignettes by Pelletier after Clavereau, 2 fleurons by Fessard after Cochin. Collation: 12mo; a¹², A⁸B⁴–T⁸V⁴, X⁸ [*¹]; A⁸B⁴–T⁸V⁴. Binding: Full mottled calf, flat spine, compartments double-ruled in gilt, gilt flowers and foliage in compartments, crimson title label; marbled endpapers. Printed on laid paper, watermarked. Size: 14.8 x 8.8 cm Catalogue raisonné: Cohen, de Ricci (266); J. Lewine (124-5).

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Charles-Pierre Colardeau. Le temple de Gnide, mis en vers. — Paris : Le Jay, [1773?].

Hardcover volume, 8vo, 21.5 x 14.5 cm, bound by Riviere & Son (stamped on fep verso bottom) in full brown calf, boards with triple gilt fillet border and gilt dentelle inside, spine with raised bands, gilt in compartments, black label with gilt lettering, all margins gilt, blue endpapers, bookplate of Arthur Rau pasted to front pastedown (text: Les hommes sont méchants mais leurs livres sont bons / Arthur Rau; signed: E. H. New – A.D. 1922), traces of removed owner’s label to fep recto; printed on laid paper. Title-page (engraved, in floral frame): LE TEMPLE | DE GNIDE. | Mis en Vers | Par M. Colardeau | {vignette with portrait of Pierre Corneille} | A PARIS | Chez le Jay, Libraire, Rue S^t. Jacques au dessus de | celle des Mathurins au Grand Corneille || Collation: 2 blanks, h.t., engraved t.p. with a portrait of Pierre Corneille, a⁸, A-E⁸ F⁴ (52 leaves), 2 blanks, plus 7 plates by various engravers after Charles Monnet. Pagination: [i] ii-xvi, [1] 2-88 (104 pp). Ref: MFA (Boston): accession number 37.1747 Catalogue raisonné: Lewine 114, Cohen-DeRicci 245-6. Contributors: Charles Monnet (French, 1732 – after 1808) – artist. Engravers: Jean Charles Baquoy (French, 1721 – 1777) Nicolas Delaunay (French, 1739 – 1792) Isidore Stanislas Helman (French, 1743 – 1806) Louis Joseph Masquelier (French, 1741 – 1811) François Denis Née (French, 1735 – 1818) Nicholas Ponce (French, 1746 – 1831) Portrait(s) designed by: Guillaume Voiriot (French, 1713 – 1799) Author: Charles-Pierre Colardeau (French, 1732 – 1776) Publisher: Edmé-Jean Le Jay (French, 1734 – 1795) Bookplate artist: Edmund Hort New (British, 1871 – 1931) Provenance: Arthur Rau (British, 1898 – 1972); his obituary can be found in The Book Collector 1973, vol. 22, n°1, p. 86-89. According to the genealogy service Geni, Arthur Aron Rau was born to Jacob Aryeh Rau and Katharina (Kaethe) Rau, and has a sister Cecilia (Tsipporah) Rosenfelder and a brother Frederick Solomon Rau. He went to Oxford and then joined Maggs Brothers in their Paris establishment. "After some years there, he set up on his own, returning to England at the outbreak of the Second World War to be a schoolmaster for ten years". In 1949 he returned to Paris and retired in 1963, "and his last years he happily spent in Wensleydale...". All he published during his lifetime were two catalogues, Livres Rares Et Anciens. Manuscrits et Autographes. — Paris: Arthur Rau, 1932-3 and Cinquante Tres Beaux Livres Avec Un Appendice. — Paris: Arthur Rau, 1933. He also contributed to The Book Collector.
Seller’s description: In-8° : [2]-t. gr.-xvi-88 pp. ; 7 h.-t. (qqs rouss.). - Poème d'après le roman de Montesquieu ill. de 7 eaux-fortes par Bacquoy, Delaunay, Née, etc., d'après Charles Monnet. Titre gr. orné d'un portr. de Corneille. Cohen, qui cite un ex. millésimé 1773, signale des ex. avec la date de 1772 ou sans date. - Réf. Cohen 245-246. - Conlon 72:675 (éd. à l'adresse d'Amsterdam et Paris, 1772). - Pas dans Reynaud. - Prov. Arthur Rau (1898-1972), gérant de la librairie Maggs à Paris avant d'ouvrir sa propre librairie en 1932 (ex-libris gr. par E.H. New, 1922 ; réf. BnF). - Traces d'ex-libris décollé à la garde sup.

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Alois Senefelder. A complete course of lithography: Containing clear and explicit instructions in all the different branches and manners of that art. — London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1819.

Title: A COMPLETE | COURSE OF LITHOGRAPHY: | CONTAINING | Clear and Explicit Instructions | IN ALL THE | DIFFERENT BRANCHES AND MANNERS OF THAT ART | ACCOMPANIED BY | ILLUSTRATIVE SPECIMENS OF DRAWINGS. | TO WHICH IS PREFIXED A | HISTORY OF LITHOGRAPHY, | FROM ITS ORIGIN TO THE PRESENT TIME. | By ALOIS SENEFELDER, | INVENTOR OF THE ART OF LITHOGRAPHY AND CHEMICAL PRINTING. | WITH | A PREFACE | By FREDERIC VON SCHLICHTEGROLL, |Director of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Munich. | TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL GERMAN, BY A.S. | London: | PRINTED FOR R. ACKERMANN, 101 STRAND. | 1819. || Pagination: [i-iii] iv-xxviii, [4] [1] 2-342. Collation: 4to; [a]-d⁴, B-2U⁴ 2X², +14 lithographed plates by Ackermann (incl. 1 folding, 1 colour frontispiece and 1 portrait of A. Senefelder); plates opposite to pp. [i], [1], 193, 198, 203, 228, 232 (fold.), 256, 258, 264, 269, 290, 302, and 305. Binding: By Anne Krawitz (Philadelphia, PA), 27.5 x 21 cm, modern full mottled calf, boards ruled in gilt, flat spine, compartments ruled in gilt, crimson label with gilt lettering to spine, printed on wove paper; round book-plate to front paste-down “TWM, The Whitehead Library”. Edition: 1st in English. Ref.: MET: Accession Number: Ref.20; RCT: RCIN 1195886; Contributors: Alois Senefelder (German, 1771 – 1834) – author of the original and translator. Friedrich Schlichtegroll (German, 1765 – 1822) – author of preface. William Clowes (British, 1779 – 1847) – printer. Rudolph Ackermann (German-British, 1764 – 1834) – publisher and lithographer. Samuel Prout (British, 1783 – 1852) Maximilian Joseph, King of Bavaria (German, 1756 –1825) – dedicatee.

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Augustin Barruel. Memoirs illustrating the history of Jacobinism / Translated by Robert Clifford (4 volumes). — London: T. Burton, 1798.

Vol. 1. PART I. | THE ANTICHRISTIAN CONSPIRACY. || Title page: MEMOIRS, | Illustrating the | HISTORY of JACOBINISM, | Written in French by | THE ABBÉ BARRUEL, | And translated into English by | THE HON. ROBERT CLIFFORD, F. R. S. & A. S. | — | Princes and Nations shall disappear from the face of the Earth… and this | REVOLUTION shall be the WORK OF SECRET SOCIETIES. | Weishaupt’s Discourse for the Mysteries. | — | PART I. | THE ANTICHRISTIAN CONSPIRACY. | Second Edition, revised and corrected. | LONDON: | Printed for the Translator, | By T. Burton, No. 11 Gate-street, Lincoln’s-Inn Fields. | Sold by E. Booker, No. 56, New Bond-street. | 1798. || Pagination: [2] – t.p. / imprint, [2] – contents / contents, [i] ii-xvi, [1] 2-401 [402 blank]. Collation : 2 blank leaves, π² b⁸, B-Z⁸ Aa-Bb⁸ Cc⁹, 2 blank leaves. Vol. 2: Same as Vol. 1, but: PART II. THE ANTIMONARCHICAL CONSPIRACY. || Pagination: [2] – t.p. / imprint, [2] – contents / contents, [1] 2-479 [480 blank]. Collation: 2 blank leaves, π² B-Z⁸ Aa-Gg⁸ Hh³, 2 blank leaves. Vol. 3.: Same as Vol. 1, but: PART III. THE ANTISOCIAL CONSPIRACY. || Pagination: [i,ii] – t.p. / imprint, [iii] iv-xviii, [1] 2-414; one plate. Collation : 2 blank leaves, π¹ A-Z⁸ Aa-Cc⁸ D⁷. Vol. 4: PART IV. ANTISOCIAL CONSPIRACY; HISTORICAL PART. || Pagination: [i,ii] – t.p. / imprint, iii-xviii, [1] 2-601 [602 blank], [1] 2-50; one folding plate. Collation: 2 blank leaves, a⁸ B-Z⁸ Aa-Pp⁸ Qq⁵, a-c⁸ d¹. Binding: All four volumes uniformly bound in full polished calf, gilt roll-and-rule border, black and green labels with gilt lettering, gilt filigree to spine; marbled endpapers and all edges; printed on wove paper, with long “s”. The original French title: Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire du Jacobinisme par M. l'abbé Barruel. Author: Augustin Barruel (French, 1741 – 1820). Translator: The Honourable Robert Edward Clifford (British, 1767 – 1817). LIB-2195-1.2019; LIB-2195-2.2019; LIB-2195-3.2019; LIB-2195-4.2019.

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[Pierre-François Hugues d’Hancarville]. Monumens du culte secret des dames romaines / pour servir de suite aux Monumens de la vie privée des XII Césars. — Caprée [i.e. Nancy]: Sabellus [i.e. veuve Leclerc], 1784.

One volume, 25.8 x 20.7 cm, laid paper 25.2 x 19.5 cm, platemark 13.3 x 7.7 cm, wide margins; bound in calf, ruled in gilt, rebacked, raised bands, blind-stamped flower lozenges in compartments, crimson label with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, gilt dentelle inside, engraved bookplate to front pastedown: lettered ribbon: “VINCTUS NON VICTUS”, chained Lion Passant in a collar, below “Maurice B. Worms”. Title-page: MONUMENS | DU | CULTE SECRET | DES | DAMES ROMAINES , | POUR SERVIR DE SUITE | AUX MONUMENS DE LA VIE PRIVÉE | DES XII CÉSARS. | {VIGNETTE} | A CAPRÉE. | CHEZ SABELLUS. | M. DCC. LXXXIV. || Collation: [A]² B-G² ²A-Z² Aa² Bb¹, total 63 leaves, plus engraved title/frontispiece and 50 plates, all unsigned, first and last blanks. Pagination: [i-ii] iii-xxvii [xxviii] 1-98, ils., total 126 pages. Catalogue raisonné: Cohen-De Ricci: 475; Lewine: 233; Dutel (1650-1880) № A-729, p. 223; Pia (1978): col. 884-5, pp. 467-8. Author: Pierre-François Hugues d'Hancarville (French, 1719-1805) – author. Provenance: Maurice Benedict Worms (Austrian, 1805 – 1867), son of Benedikt Moses Worms (1769 – 1824) and Schönche Jeannette Rothschild (1771 – 1859), maternal grandson of Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744 – 1812), the founder of the House of Rothschild.

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Thomas F. Adams. Typographia: a brief sketch of the origin, rise, and progress of the typographic art. — Philadelphia, 1837

Title: TYPOGRAPHIA : | A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE | ORIGIN, RISE, AND PROGRESS | OF THE | TYPOGRAPHIC ART; | WITH | PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR CONDUCTING | EVERY DEPARTMENT IN AN OFFICE. | BY THOMAS F. ADAMS, TYPOGRAPHER. | {vignette} | PHILADELPHIA: | PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE COMPILER, | N. W. CORNER OF THIRD AND CHESNUT STS. | 1837. || Pagination: Engraved frontispiece w/guard, t.p. / blank, [1-3] 4-372 [8], incl. Index and Directions to binder. Collation: 12mo; 1-31(6). Binding: contemporary full brown speckled calf, flat spine bands with gilt double-fillets, dark brown lettering label. Note: Plagiarism of John Johnson's (British, 1777 – 1848) book Typographia, or, The printers' instructor published in London by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green in 1824. .

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John Cleland. Die Memoiren der Fanny Hill. — Paphos [i.e. Vienna]: C. W. Stern, 1906.

Two hardcover volumes, 17 x 11.5 cm, collated in-8vo, uniformly bound in dark grey mottled calf bordered with gilt fillet, flat spine with gilt lettering in compartments outlined in gilt; top edge gilt, text and plates printed on dense wove paper (Japanpapier). Privately printed by Gustav Röttig & Sohn (Ödenburg) in 800 copies, of which this is copy № 16, signed by von Bayros in 1^st vol. Each volume is illustrated with four heliogravures (title-page and three plates) after drawings by Franz von Bayros. According to the seller, this is one of only 35 copies of the deluxe edition on Japanpapier, a fact which was mentioned by the bibliographers but not in the imprint. Bookplate to front pastedown in each volume, lettering to bottom “Ex libris Dr. phil. Rudolf Ludwig”, 120 x 100 mm, heliogravure after von Bayros. Pp.: vol. 1 [4] 1-198 plus engraved t.p. and 3 plates. Vol. 2: 1-204 [2] plus engraved t.p. and 3 plates. Title-page: DIE MEMOIREN | DER | FANNY HILL | VON | JOHN CLELAND | ESTER (ZWEITER) BAND | PAPHOS IM JAHR DER | CYTHERE | MDCCCCVI || Author of the text: John Cleland (British, c. 1709 – 1789). Translator: Franz Blei [Dr. Erich Feldhammer] (Austrian, 1871 – 1942). Illustrator: Franz von Bayros (Austrian, 1866 – 1924). Provenance: Dr. Phil. Rudolf Ludwig. Catalogue raisonné: The amorous drawings of the Marquis von Bayros. — New York: Cythera Press, 1968. The Beautiful Maiden of Pao, pp. 31-38. Seller's Description: Erster [und] Zweiter Band. Paphos [Wien, C. W. Stern], im Jahr der Cythere 1906. Mit sechs Tafeln und zwei illustrierten Titeln nach Franz von Bayros, alle zweifarbig. Grau marmorierte Originalkalblederbände mit Rücken-, Deckelkanten- und Kopfschnittvergoldung. Privatdruck. – Eins von 35 Exemplaren der Luxusausgabe auf Japanpapier, im Druckvermerk von Band I von Bayros signiert. – Die Übersetzung stammt von Franz Blei, der hier unter dem Pseudonym Dr. Erich Feldhammer genannt wird. Als Textvorlage diente die Ausgabe London 1749. – Gedruckt wurde bei Gustav Röttig & Sohn in Ödenburg. – Sehr seltene Vorzugsausgabe, die zwar bei den Bibliographen, nicht aber im Druckvermerk genannt wurde. – Fast tadellos. – »Dieses Werk ist eines der berühmtesten in der erotischen Literatur« (Stern-Szana). Nach Hinweis bei Brettschneider wurde die Auflage beschlagnahmt. – Exlibris Dr. phil. Rudolf Ludwig, Wien (Heliogravüre nach Zeichnung von Franz von Bayros, Brettschneider 156) in beiden Bänden. 17 : 11,5 cm. [4], 198, [2], [4], 204, [2] Seiten. Zusammen 8 Tafeln. Brettschneider 38. – Hayn/Gotendorf I, 618. – Stern-Szana 243 und ausführlich S. 222ff

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