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68 objects

Placard/poster From 1689: Repair Of The Gates Of The City Of Bayonne, 17th-century Estimate

VERY RARE POSTER OF THE CITY OF BAYONNE FROM 1689, WITH BEAUTIFUL VIGNETTES. SHIPPING WILL BE BY REGISTERED MAIL, THE POSTER FOLDED IN HALF OR IN A ROLL. PRIVATE COLLECTION

Period: 17th century

300 €
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Binding With Fleur De Lys And Malthe Cross "de Timore Dei" - Jacques Salian-paris 1629

A large octavo volume in blond calfskin, spine with raised bands, red morocco title, gilt edges, in a rich binding with a lace border, scattered fleurs-de-lis and Maltese crosses, stamped with the arm[...]

Period: 17th century

950 €

Complete Works Of The Great Humanist Justus Lipsius. 4 Volumes. Bound With Heraldic Bookplate.

Complete works of the great humanist Justus Lipsius. 4 volumes. Bound with the heraldic bookplate of Jean Alexandre Van der Broecke. Magnificent leather binding, skillfully restored at the spine. Nume[...]

Period: 17th century

4 500 €

Italy 17th Cty, Rare Leather Box With Rounded Profile, With Original Interior Paper

HAUTE EPOQUE Rare and striking embossed leather box on a wooden base, with a rounded profile. Italy ? 17th century The leather is partly raw and partly tanned, creating a gradient of both color and te[...]

Period: 17th century

1 300 €

Rare Copy, Vellum From 1609 "the Theater Of The World Representing VII Ample Speeches. Cologne

Rare copy in vellum (pigskin) from the very beginning of the 17th reign of Henry IV, in Cologne; by Jean de Tournes. M. DC. XIX. (1609). Contemporary binding in vellum with flaps, flat closing laces, [...]

Period: 17th century

950 €

Decretals Of Gregory IX – Lyon 1613 – More Than 2000 Pages – Large Work From The Early 17th Century

Decretals of Gregory IX In Lyon at Pierre Rousselet 1613 38x24.5cm More than 2000 pages Title page printed in red and black with vignette. Large full-page woodcut at the beginning of the work and two [...]

Period: 17th century

950 €

Vol.in4 Basane "dictionarium Historicum Géographicum Poeticum". Carolo Stéphano, Geneva 1638

Beautiful and strong full-skin copy, original ribbed binding, fillets in the boxes, gilded titles, fillet on the framing boards, two-tone title printed in Genevea, TypisIacob Stoer M. DC. XXXVIII. (16[...]

Period: 17th century

420 €

In-folio, "arms Of A Knight," Memoirs Of The Gauls From The Flood To The Establishment..

Beautiful folio proudly bearing the "Arms of Knight", unidentified; for an important and very interesting book printed in Paris, at Claude Sonnius, rue Saint Jacques, at the Escu de Basle, & at the Co[...]

Period: 17th century

840 €

Arms Of The Prestigious House Of Charles Emmanuel III Duke Of Savoy, "sancti Grégorii". 1612

From a rare and prestigious provenance this magnificent In-folio of the Works of Saint Gregory printed at Lutétiae Parisiorum. Apud Claudium Morellum, via Iacobea ad insigne Fontis. Mr. DC. XII. (1612[...]

Period: 17th century

900 €

"the Works Of Cornelius Tacitus And Velleius Paterculus", I Vol. In 4 Of 1610 Rel. Vintage

Beautiful and rare in this beautiful period binding in 4to format in Havana morocco, spine with raised bands decorated with fleurons, cover with gilt fillet frame, oval cartouche in its center with a [...]

Period: 17th century

700 €

Justinian - The Four Books Of The Institutes Of The Emperor Justinian. 1655, Vellum Bindings.

JUSTINIAN - The four books of the institutes of the Emperor Justinian in Latin and French, newly translated by Mr. Du Teil, lawyer in parliament. Paris, Chez la veuve G. Loison, 1655; in-12, printed t[...]

Period: 17th century

300 €
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Drexel - Nicetas Feu Triumphata Incontinentia. Cologne, Cornel, 1631, Black Morocco Binding.

DREXEL (Jérome) - Nicetas feu triumphata incontinentia. Cologne, Apud Egmond Cornel, 1631; small in-12, 312 pp., contemporary full calf binding, spine decorated with 4 raised bands, marbled edges. A f[...]

Period: 17th century

120 €
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Cujas - Juris Civilis Interpretum Nostri Seculi Facile. Crespin, 1610, Vellum Binding.

CUJAS (Jacques) - Juris civilis interpretum nostri seculi facile.- Principis commentarii in juris. Geneva, Samuel Crispin, 1610; in-4, 6 ppnch. + 504 + table + 77 + table + 152 pp. + table, full vellu[...]

Period: 17th century

300 €
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Contareni (gaspard) - De Republica Venetorum. Elzevir, 1631, Contemporary Binding, 7 Engravings

CONTARENI (Gaspard) - De republica Venetorum. Amsterdam, Chez Elzevir, 1631; in-32, 2 ppnch. + 506 pp. + table, contemporary full calf binding, decorated spine, marbled edges, fillets on the covers. P[...]

Period: 17th century

400 €
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l'Astree By Honoré d'Urfe, The 5 Volumes, Original Vellum Binding, 1610 To 1615

Extremely rare set of 5 volumes of L'ASTREE, a novel by Honore D'Urfe, in their contemporary green gilt vellum binding. The first part in Paris, published by O. de Varenne in 1615. The second part in [...]

Period: 17th century

2 200 €
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Buxtorf - Lexicon Chaldaicum, Talmudicum And Rabbinicum. Basle, König, 1639, Vellum Binding.

BUXTORF (Johannes) - Lexicon Chaldaicum, Talmudicum et Rabbinicum. Basle, Sumptibus & typis Ludovici König, 1639; folio, 12 ppnch. + 2680 columns and a 63-page index, contemporary full vellum binding,[...]

Period: 17th century

1 200 €
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[bible] - Novum Jesu-christi Domini Nostri Testanum. Followed By Liber Psalmorum. 1658.

[BIBLE] - Novum Jesu-Christi domini nostri testanum. Followed by Liber psalmorum and the Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis. Paris, Chez Sebastien Martin, 1658; in-12, 200 + 75 + 81 + index, conte[...]

Period: 17th century

300 €
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Beautiful In 4 Back With Arms The "ecclesiastical History Of The Netherlands", Guillaume Gazet, In Arras 1614

Rare and beautiful Regional publication of Arras, from the Printing House of Guillaume de la Rivière, with the Ensign of the Good Shepherd. MDC XIIII. (1614) of the youth and the Regency of Louis XIII[...]

Period: 17th century

540 €

Rare And Beautiful Illustrated Folio From 1637 In Paris: "pvb Ovidii Nasonis" Metamorphoses In 15 Books.

This precious copy of Ovid's Metamorphoses richly illustrated with 15 figures and with an engraved title bound at the head of the first English edition of 1632. The fifteen magnificent full-page figur[...]

Period: 17th century

850 €

A Large 12vo Volume In Ivory Vellum With Flaps Printed In Lyon In 1616 / Dominique Baudi Poêmes.

Rare and beautiful impression of the Poems of Dominique Baudi, a Lugduni Batavorum, ex officina Godefridi Basson; 1616. Full ivory vellum with flap for this large volume in 12: "DOMINICI BAUDII" POEMA[...]

Period: 17th century

440 €

Rare White Vellum Folio, Amsterdam 1635. German Gothic: "romeynsche, Titum Livium".

Exceptional and beautiful folio in white vellum, cold-framed covers, ribbed spine, handwritten upper title in ink; two-color title page for this copy of Livy's Roman History, illustrated with woodcuts[...]

Period: 17th century

1 800 €

Beautiful Folio In Paris 1631 "history Of France Under The Reigns"..by The Late Pierre Matthieu, Paris

In its beautiful period binding in Havana morocco, beautiful cartouches on the covers with an oval laurel wreath with fine gilt iron, spine with raised bands decorated with iron in the compartments, g[...]

Period: 17th century

360 €

Catullus: Poemata And Elegia, Sublata Obscenitate

Roman poetry can range from the elegiac to the perfectly scatological. Catullus (84-54 BC) is a perfect example of this diversity of tone. Here the book seller will have retained only the polite and d[...]

Period: 17th century

120 €

Notitia Iuris [juris] Belgici, Francisco Zypaeo, Antverpiae - Law Of The Spanish Netherlands 1665

Summary of the Law of the Spanish Netherlands Zype, François van den (Franciscus) [c.1578-1650]. Notitia Iuris Belgici. Editio Nova Tertia Parte Auctior. Antwerp: Apud Hieronymum Verdussium, 1665. Gil[...]

Period: 17th century

600 €
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Rare Vellum Book, Study Of Geometry 1603, Euclidis Elementorum Libri XV Christophoro Clavio

Very interesting book, study of geometry, by Christophoro Clavio whose first edition was born in 1574. Book -in 8, vellum cover, title gilt on the edge, presented in an average condition. Indeed 19 le[...]

Period: 17th century

1 145 €

Waiting Report 2 Vol. In4 From 1606 "1st And 2nd Part" Of Notables And Singular Questions.

Rare law book from the Henri IV period; in two large volumes in 4, in a beautiful binding, called marbled, light ultramarine blue, titles and volume number in black on bistre paper: "The First and Sec[...]

Period: 17th century

680 €

Rare, Beautiful Set Of Pleas From The Reign Of Henri IV In Three Large Volumes By Loys Servin, 1604

Published from 1604 to 1608 and wonderfully brought together in beautiful and rare fresh decorative bindings from the original early 17th century, these three large volumes in 12, full tinted calf, sp[...]

Period: 17th century

1 200 €

The Parallels Of Caesar And Henry IV - Paris 1609 - Antique Book

The Parallels of Caesar and Henry III by Anthoine de Bandole (alias Jean Baudoin) With Caesar's commentaries and Blaise de Viginere's annotations In Paris at Jean Richer 1609 Title-frontispiece engrav[...]

Period: 17th century

500 €

The "chastelains Of Lille", On Their Former State Office & Family, In Lille 1611 In 4 Vel.

Extremely rare work in a parchment binding, spine enriched in the 18th century in golden blond calf, flat spine decorated with golden irons, red morocco title, small in 4; printed in Lille, from the I[...]

Period: 17th century

900 €

[tabourot (étienne)] - The Fourth Of The Variegated Patterns Of The Lords Of Accords. Rouen, 1625.

[TABOUROT (Étienne)] - The fourth of the variegated pages of the lords of Accords. Rouen, Chez David Geuffroy, 1625; in-12, VI ppnch. + 50 pages, 19th century binding, half red morocco, spine decorate[...]

Period: 17th century

500 €
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[montalvo (garci Rodriguez De)] - Treasure Of All The Books Of Amadis Of Gaul. Rigaud, 1605.

[MONTALVO (Garci Rodriguez de)] - Thrésor of all the books of Amadis de Gaule, containing the Harangues, Epistles, Concions, Missive Letters, Requests, Responses, Replies, Sentences, Cartels, Complain[...]

Period: 17th century

550 €
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[vignier] - The True Origin Of The Very Illustrious Houses Of Alsace And Lorraine. 1649.

[VIGNIER] - The True Origin of the Very Illustrious Houses of Alsace, Lorraine, Austria, Baden and a Quantity of Others with the Genealogical Tables of the Descents of the Said Houses, & of the Branch[...]

Period: 17th century

2 800 €
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Silvestre (israel) - View Of The Landscape Of Tomblaine Near Nancy. At The Author's, Around 1650.

SILVESTRE (Israel) - View of the landscape of Tomblaine near Nancy. Nancy, Chez l'auteur, circa 1650; 110/210 mm, 1 pp., steel engraving with burin. Israël Silvestre, born in Nancy in 1621 and died in[...]

Period: 17th century

55 €
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The Complete Works Of André Du Laurens, Physician To Henry Iv, 1621 Edition

It is the split heart, that I saved from destruction, this fascinating work, probably one of the first medical sums translated into French and therefore readable for all. This work, in folio, publishe[...]

Period: 17th century

130 €

Fort bel In Folio En Veau Blond Glacé d'époque:"histoire Du Monde De C. Pline Second." 1615

Rare et bel exemplaire de grande taille in folio en veau blond glacé du tout début du 17ème siècle (de la régence de Louis XIII) : " L'Histoire du Monde de C. Pline Second " ;  riche et précieuse reli[...]

Period: 17th century

2 400 €

Complet Infolio From 1637, In Paris, Roman History" By Fn Coeffecteau, Chez N. & J. Coste

Louis in golden fleurons gilded title, large ex-libris Aux Armes, two-tone title for this work by FN Coeffecteau: "Roman History containing all the most memorable things that happened from the beginni[...]

Period: 17th century

900 €

Joannes Petrus Camusio, Homiliae De Passione Dimini Nostri Jesu Christi, Kinchius Joannes, 1621

Very beautiful and rare old book, Joannes Petrus Camusius, Homiliae de Passione Domini nostri Jesu Christi, Coloniae Agrip, Kinchius Joannes, 1621, In used condition, very beautiful and rare cover, on[...]

Period: 17th century

650 €
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“painting Of The Temple Of The Muses” Original Edition 1655

First edition from 1655 of this work by Michel de Marolles (1600-1681): Table of the temple of the Muses, taken from the cabinet of the late Mr Favereau, published by Antoine de Sommeville, Paris 1655[...]

Period: 17th century

4 500 €
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Abraham Fabert's Remarks On The General Customs Of The Duchy Of Lorraine. Metz, 1657.

FABERT (Abraham) - The remarks of Abraham Fabert, Knight, Sieur de Moulins and Master Alderman of Metz, on the general customs of the Duchy of Lorraine, the bailiwicks of Nancy, Vosges and Germany. Me[...]

Period: 17th century

800 €
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Callot (jacques) - Title Page Of Misery Of War. Framed, 1636.

CALLOT (Jacques) - Title page of Misery of War. Paris, se, 1636; 55/110 mm, 1 page in a marie-louise, coaster. Very good state.

Period: 17th century

100 €
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Cachet (christophe) - Pandora Bacchica. Published In Toul, In 1614, By Philippi, Modern Binding.

CACHET (Christophe) - Pandora bacchica furens, medicis armis oppugnata. Tulli (Toul), Apud Sebastianum Philippi, 1614; in-12, XXII-456 pp. and 11 table pages, modern full vellum binding, smooth spine.[...]

Period: 17th century

2 750 €
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Besse - Theological Conceptions On The Octave Of The Holy Sacrament. Made In Pont-à-mousson In 1614

BESSE (Pierre de) - Theological conceptions on the octave of the holy sacrament & main feasts from Easter to All Saints' Day. Follow-up of theological conceptions on the main festivals from All Saints[...]

Period: 17th century

1 200 €
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Beauvau (henry De) - Daily Account Of The Journey To The Levant. Printed By Garnich In 1619.

BEAUVAU (Henry de) - Daily account of the journey to the Levant made and described by the high and powerful lord Henry de Beauvau, baron of the said place and of Manonville, lord of Fléville, Sermaise[...]

Period: 17th century

7 500 €
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Work At The Summit Of Spanish Mystical Lyric. Saint John Of The Cross: Spiritual Works

Work at the top of the Spanish mystical lyric. Saint John of the Cross: spiritual works. French edition of 1665 with many comments and additions 24X18cm

Period: 17th century

750 €

The Divine Ariosto Or The Furious Roland. Translated Into French...paris 1615

the divine Ariosto or the furious Roland. translated into French by F. de Rosset and dedicated to Marie de Médicis Paris 1615, beautiful edition adorned with extraordinary full-page engravings

Period: 17th century

2 500 €

Rare Monograph On The Rings: De Annulis Liber Singularis 1657. Bound In Parchment

Rare monograph on rings: De annulis liber singularis 1657. Parchment binding. Scholarly and exhaustive monograph on the rings and their classes and uses, with a compilation of abundant ancient Greek a[...]

Period: 17th century

360 €

Het Schilder-boeck 1604 - Carel Van Mander

Het Schilder-Boeck or Schilder-boek (known in French as Le livre des peintres) is a book written by the Flemish painter and writer Carel van Mander. It was first published in 1604 in Dutch in Haarlem.[...]

Period: 17th century

2 750 €

Terentii (publius) - Comoediae Sex, Ex. Recensione Heinsiana. Elzeviriana, 1663.

TERENTII (Publius) - Comoediae sex, Ex. recensione Heinsiana. Amsterdam, Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1663; in-24, XLVI-304 pp. + index, full brown morocco binding, spine decorated with 5 raised bands, co[...]

Period: 17th century

250 €
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Germania Antiqua, Philippi Cluveri. Published In Leiden, Officina Elzeviriana 1631

Germania Antiqua, Philippi Cluveri. Published in Leiden, Officina Elzeviriana 1631. Folio, 16-748-8 pages. 11 double-page maps and 26 high quality engravings. contemporary parchment binding

Period: 17th century

3 600 €

Francquart Et Galle, Puteano - Undertakers Of Albert Ii. Brussels, 1623.

FRANCQUART ET GALLE (Jacques and Cornelis), PUTEANO (Eyricius) - Pompa funebris optimi potentissimique[ue] principis Alberti Pii, Achiducis Austriae, Ducis Burg. Bra. &vs. Brussels, Se (printed by Hen[...]

Period: 17th century

6 500 €
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Binninger (jean-nicolas) - Observationum Et Curationum Medicinalium. 1673.

BINNINGER (Jean-Nicolas) - Observationum et curationum medicinalium centuriæ quique. Montbeliard, Typis Hyppianis, 1673; in-8, frontispiece-XII-622 pp. + index, half-vellum binding with corners, smoot[...]

Period: 17th century

1 350 €
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Billaut (adam) - The Ankles Of Me Adam Carpenter Of Nevers. Chez Toussaint Quinet, 1644.

BILLAUT (Adam) - The Ankles of Me Adam carpenter of Nevers. Paris, Chez Toussaint Quinet, 1644; in-4, frontispiece-315 pp., period full vellum binding, mute smooth spine, marbled edges. Brunet I, 46. [...]

Period: 17th century

500 €
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Rostagny - Treaty Of Primerose On The Vulgar Errors Of Medicine. Jean Certé, 1689.

ROSTAGNY - Treaty of Primerose on the vulgar errors of medicine, with very curious additions. Lyon, Chez Jean Certe, 1689; in-8, epistle, table, approval, privilege, preface, 860 pp., contemporary ful[...]

Period: 17th century

800 €
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Pliny The Second (c.) - The History Of The World. Paris, Chez Abel l'Angelier, 1608; Folio.

PLINY THE SECOND (C.) - The history of the world by C. Pliny the second. Collated & corrected on several old Latin copies, both printed and handwritten, & enriched with annotation in the margin, servi[...]

Period: 17th century

750 €
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Boccace - The Decameron Of Florentine Master Jean Bocace. Paris, Chez Arnould Cotinet, 1662.

BOCCACE (Jean) - The Decameron of Florentine master Jean Bocace. Paris, Chez Arnould Cotinet, 1662; in-8, preface, table, 967 pp., contemporary full vellum binding, decorated smooth spine, author and [...]

Period: 17th century

420 €
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Quercetani - Latin Text Of Dietetics. Printed In Paris In 1606.

QUERCETANI (Joseph du Chesne) - Jos. Quercetani doctoris regii diateticon polyhistoricon. Opus utique varium, magna utilitatis ac delignationis, quod multa, historica, philosophica, & medica, tam conf[...]

Period: 17th century

950 €
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Ovide - Works In Latin Printed In Antwerp By Plantin In 1667.

OVID (Publii Ovidii Nasonis) - Fastorum lib VI. Tristium Lib V. De Ponto Lib IIII. In Ibim. Ad liviam. Antwerp, Plantin, 1667; in-12, 176, 283 pp., old cardboard in orange and black cover paper, smoot[...]

Period: 17th century

800 €
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Collection Of Some New And Gallant Pieces. Chez Pierre Marteau, 1667.

LA CHAPELLE, CORNEILLE, SCARRON ET CHARLES PIETERS - Collection of some new and gallant pieces in both prose and verse. Cologne, Chez Pierre du Marteau, 1667; in-12, VI-180, VI-232 pp., contemporary f[...]

Period: 17th century

450 €
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HomÈre - Homeri Quae Exstant. Book Dating From 1606 To The Arms Of The House Of Rohan.

HOMER - Homeri quae exstant omnia Ilias, Odyssea, Batachomyomachia, Hymni, Poëmatia aliquot cum latina versione omnium quae circumseruntur emensattiss, aliquot iam castigatiore. Basle, Chez Sébastien [...]

Period: 17th century

7 500 €
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Hibericum (thomam) - Flores Doctorum. Printed By Jacques Store, 1614. Anthology.

HIBERNICUM (Thomam) - Flores doctorum pene omnium qui tum theologiia, tum in philosophia hactenus claruerunt. Sl, Jocobi Stoer, 1614; in-12, index-1054 pp., full contemporary vellum binding, smooth sp[...]

Period: 17th century

450 €
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