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Renaissance, Louis 13th


Manuscript Of Thomas Wolsey 1525

Manuscript of Thomas Wolsey Cardinal Chancellor and Archbishop of York, marriage license between John Gomersall and Agnes Rayner dated 12 May 1525, paper in fair condition, seal without lid and missin[...]

Period: 16th century

4 950 €
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History Of Charles VIII By Monsieur Varillas 1691

History of Charles VIII by Mr. Varillas. One volume, 13 x 18 cm, leather bound.

Period: 17th century

360 €

Parchment 1540 - Ain - Land Transfer #ma6

This document records a sale in August 1540 or 1550 by Benoît Vulpit of St-Léon (?), to the widow of Cl. Perlog (?) of a plot of land called La Rougy, cultivated with rye, for the price of 18 florins.[...]

Period: 16th century

60 €

Old Book "the Apocalypse Of St Sever, 1942 Edition"

Old book "The Apocalypse of St Sever", 1942 edition. Note some yellowed plates.

Period: 20th century

175 €

Rare Set Of Three-volume Pleadings By Louis Servin, Dating From The Reign Of Henry Iv.

A beautiful first edition published between 1603 and 1608, wonderfully bound in fine and rare, fresh bindings from the reign of Henry IV. This set comprises three substantial duodecimo volumes, bound [...]

Period: 17th century

960 €

Jean Nicolas, Ripa, And Garron – Legal Treatises – 1536 – Lyon – Rare Book

Jean Nicolas – Giovanni Ripa – Jean GarronIurisprudentiae alumnis frugiferum de secundis nuptijs opus[Lyon], Vincent de Portonariis, 1536Followed by three complementary treatisesIn-8° full calf from t[...]

Period: 16th century

790 €

De Gallorum Cisalpinorum Antiquitate - Gaudenzio Merula - Lyon 1538 - Rare Book

De Gallorum Cisalpinorum Antiquitate, ac origine de MERULA GaudenzioLugduni, apud Seb. Gryphium (Sebastian Gryphus), 1538. 12mo (12 × 16.5 cm). Three parts in one volume: 2 unnumbered leaves, paginati[...]

Period: 16th century

950 €

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 €

Work "il Peregrino Di M.iacobo Caviceo" Belonging To The 2nd Earl Of Gray

Octavo, 280 pages, Venice 1533, this is a true novel, among the earliest in Italian vernacular literature: "The Adventures and Loves of Peregrino and Ginevra," in the style of Boccaccio's Filocolo. Th[...]

Period: 16th century

850 €

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 €

3books, History Of Louis XI 1765

16x11 cms

Period: 18th century

190 €

Basque Country Register Of Orders Of The Cities Of Bayonne, St Esprit, Dax, Etc. 1541 16th Century

A very interesting 36-page register, measuring 40 cm x 28 cm, from the 16th century, notably concerning the Cize tax and various entry taxes in the towns and ports of several cities in the Basque Coun[...]

Period: 16th century

900 €
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Villeneuve - Curion - Crell - Pictorius - De Conservanda Bona Valetudine. Paris, 1575.

VILLENEUVE (Arnaud de), CURION - CRELL - PICTORIUS (Jean-Jacques-Georges) - De conservanda bona valetudine Opusculum Scholae Salernitanae, ad Regem Angliae: cum Arnoldi Novicomensis, Medici & Philosop[...]

Period: 16th century

600 €
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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 €

Charles II Of Orleans - Autograph Letter Signed, Addressed To Monseigneur d'Albin - 1540

CHARLES II OF ORLEANS - Autograph letter signed, addressed to Monseigneur d'Albin. Paris, June 12, 1540. 1 p. in-4 (23x34cm), 15 lines in brown ink on paper, handwriting of a secretary, autograph sign[...]

Period: 16th century

500 €

Magni Hippocratis Medicorum Omnium Facile 1595 - Works Of Hippocrates By Anuce Foes - Medicine

FOESIO, Anutio, HIPPOCRATES. Magni Hippocratis medicorum omnium facile principis opera omnia quae extant. Francofurdi, Andrea Wecheli, 1595. A large volume (385x260 mm), 8.5 cm thick, later binding, i[...]

Period: 16th century

790 €
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Plutarch - The Moral And Mixed Works Of Plutarch. Published By Barthélémy Macé, 1587.

PLUTARCH - The moral and mixed works of Plutarch. Translated from Greek into French, revised and corrected in several passages by Master Jacques Amiot, advisor to the King and grand almoner of France.[...]

Period: 16th century

1 600 €
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Plutarch – Parallel Lives – Lyon 1566 – Antoine Gryphius – Humanist Edition

Plutarch – Parallel Lives – Lyon, 1566 – Antoine Gryphius Volume II only – Lyon humanist edition – Translation by Hermann Cruserius Editor / Printer: Antoine Gryphius (Antonius Gryphius) Place: Lyon ([...]

Period: 16th century

650 €

Julius Caesar – Commentaries – Florence 1520 – Giunta Edition - Plates & Maps

Julius Caesar – Commentaries – Florence, 1520 – Giunta Edition With engraved plates and folding maps Publisher: Philip Iunta (Philippus Giunta) Place: Florence (Florentiae) Date: 1520 (colophon) Forma[...]

Period: 16th century

850 €

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 €

Solid Silver Plaque And Corner Pieces On The Theme Of Falconry. Historicist Work From The 19th Century

Solid silver plaque and corners on the theme of falconry. Historicist work from the 19th century. They are mounted on fine leather covers with silver hinges. The interior, lined with silk moiré, is da[...]

Period: 19th century

700 €

Initial "n": The Annunciation, Illumination On Vellum, Paris, 1520-1530

This exquisite illuminated miniature, produced in France in the mid-16th century, delicately and richly depicts the scene of the Annunciation. The image is set within a large historiated initial, like[...]

Period: 16th century

5 600 €

Mela (pomponius) - Pomponii Melae De Orbis Situ Libre Tres, Accuratissime Emendati. Basel, 1522

MELA (Pomponius) - Pomponii Melae de orbis situ libri tres, accuratissime emendati, un à cu Commetariis Ioachimi Vadiani Heluetii castigatioribus, & multis in locis auctioribus factis: id quod ca[n]di[...]

Period: 16th century

2 000 €
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"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 €

Strong Volume From The 16th Century In The Cipher Of The "marquis Da Pozzo". Lyons 1563. Dionysii H. Antiquit

A fine copy in blond calf, this large volume In 16 with the cipher of Amadeo on the first cover and Dal Pozzo on the second. This rare piece of prestigious Italian belonging, the "Marquis di Pozzo", i[...]

Period: 16th century

600 €

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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Homer - Ilias Ad Verbum Translata Dino. Solingen, Soter, 1540, Sowskin Binding.

HOMER - Ilias ad verbum translata, Andrea Dino justinopolitano interprete. Salingiaci (Solingen), Chez Johannes Soter, 1540; in-8, 30 ppnch. + 278 pages, binding in pigskin stamped on wood boards, spi[...]

Period: 16th century

850 €
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Gerson - Morlais - Le Chartreux - Collection Of Religious Texts. 1579, Pigskin Binding.

GERSON - MORLAIS - LE CHARTREUX (Jean - Bernard - Denys) - De imitatione Vhristi. Followed by Contem. Mundi. Followed by Dionysii Chartusiani de perfecto mundi contemptu opusculum. Lyon, Chez Jean Jac[...]

Period: 16th century

1 000 €
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Fiorentino (remigio) - Epistole Et Evangeli Di Tutto l'Anno. 1591, In Old Binding.

FIORENTINO (Remigio) - Epistole et evangeli di tutto l'anno. Followed by Indirizzo per la visita delle sette chiese. Venice and Rome, Apresso I Guerra, per Il Varese, 1591-1667; small in-12, printed t[...]

Period: 16th century

500 €
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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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Frederick II Crowned. Marble Sculpture By Nicola Pisano. Book Of Italian Gothic Sculpture.

The true visage of Frédéric II, after a sculpture in marble from the collection of the museum « Frédéric II et le Moyen Âge en Sicile ». A refined and detailed study by professor Naoki Dan, scholar an[...]

Period: Before 16th century

52 €

Large, Beautiful Copy, 2 Vol. In Folio, From 1587 In Paris, Of Plutarch's Moral And Mixed Works

Rare and beautiful copy from the end of the Renaissance (1587) in two very beautiful folio volumes, full tinted calf, spine with raised bands decorated with rich and fine gilt iron in the boxes, title[...]

Period: 16th century

1 800 €

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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Cicero - Epistolae Ad Atticum, Ad M. Brutum. Venice, Alde Mance, 1564, In Period Binding..

CICERO - Epistolae ad Atticum, ad M. Brutum, ad Quninctum fratrem, cum correctionibus Pauli Manutii. Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1564; in-8, 387 pages + 21-page index, binding in stamped pigskin on wooden[...]

Period: 16th century

1 800 €
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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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1564 - Lyon - Trial For Embezzlement, Church Of Saint Pierre Le Vieulx

Request executed by the seneschal of Lyon at the request of Sébastien Chambollay, canon and prebendary of the church of Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux in Lyon. He accuses Claude Boullioud, heir of Claude Boull[...]

Period: 16th century

190 €
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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 €

Rare Book: 16th Century, Illustrated With Alchemy "the Books Of Hierosme Cardanus", Milanese Doctor

The exceptional of all rarity this book in a large volume in 12, "The Books of Hierosme Cardanus", Milanese Doctor, entitled of Subtlety, and subtle inventions, together the occult causes and reasons [...]

Period: 16th century

2 500 €

Louis Richeome – The Truth Defended For The Catholic Religion – 1595 – Book 16th

Louis RicheomeThe truth defended for the Catholic religion in the cause of the Jesuits, against the plea of Antoine ArnaudTurin, Michel Gaillard, 1595In-8° full contemporary vellum, 6 preliminary leav[...]

Period: 16th century

650 €

Bellum Grammaticale - Andrea Guarna - Lyon 1549 - Last Known Copy - 16th Century

Andrea Guarna – Bellum Grammaticale Lugduni, Theobaldum Paganum, 1549 In-12° paperback under marbled paper, 39 pages Dimensions: 10 x 14.5 cm Rare copy of this 16th-century Latin grammar treatise, wri[...]

Period: 16th century

750 €

D. Ioannis Chrysostomi Archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani 1556

D. Ioannis Chrysostomi archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani Enarrationes in divi Pauli epistolas, ad Timotheum II., Titum, Philemonem, & HebræosD.IOANNIS CHRYSOSTOMI ARCHEPISCOPI CONSTANTINOPOLITANO ENNA[...]

Period: 16th century

1 100 €
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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 €

Selected Hours Of The Christian Ladies - Pellion 1859

First edition, illustrated with a frontispiece and 207 chromolithographs, including 5 engravings, with a different chromographic frame for each page and several chapter headings. Superb chromographic [...]

Period: 19th century

380 €

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 €

Aristotle Aristotelis Stagiritae Opera Lyon 1581 In-folio Michaelem Binding Period

ARISTOTLE Aristotelis Stagiritae Opera, post omnes quae in hunc vsque diem prodierunt editiones, summo studio emaculata, & ad Graecum exemplar diligenter recognita ab Iacobo Martino doctore medico ac [...]

Period: 16th century

500 €

Ballads By François Villon. Ansaldi Illustrator. Art Editions

The famous Ballads of François Villon, Société d' Éditions d Art "Le Chant des Sphères" in 1968, very beautiful illustrations in illumination style, in a cardboard slipcase. Perfect condition. - Visib[...]

Period: 20th century

420 €

Holbein: The Alphabet Of Death. Printed By Firmin Didot In 1856. Highly Illustrated.

Holbein: The Alphabet of Death. Printed by Firmin Didot in 1856. Heavily illustrated on all pages with the borders created by Holbein for books of hours. Beautiful bibliophile edition with its origina[...]

Period: 19th century

180 €

From The Precious Library Of The Marquis De Mailly: "rodolphi Agricolae, In 4 Rel., Paris 1529

Rare book from the very beginning of the 16th century in Pt in 4 format In beautiful half-binding from the 19th century bearing the Ex-libris of the Mailly Family, famous Champagne Family and that of [...]

Period: 16th century

1 400 €

"patrician Memoirs On Religious Troubles In Flanders" 2 Volumes 300 /400 M. Van Vaernwick

I offer you these interesting works in very good original condition. This is the original edition at an attractive price. Important iconography, it is bound in full cloth.

Period: 16th century

170 €

[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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15th Century Illumination

Illuminated leaf on vellum from a 15th century book of hours. Mounted in an old glass coaster.

Period: Before 16th century

420 €

Ovide - Cp, Ovidii Nassonis Poete Clarissimi In Ibim Opusculii. Around 1500, Modern Binding.

OVIDE - CP, ovidii nassonis poete clarissimi in ibim opusculii. Sl, se, around 1500; small 4to, 38 pp., modern binding with petrified wood covers from Scandinavia, text mounted on leather tabs, held b[...]

Period: Before 16th century

1 800 €
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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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Guillaud (claude) - In Sacrosanctum Iesu Christi Euangelivm Secvndvm Ioannem. At Roigny 1550.

GUILLAUD (Claude) - In sacrosanctum Iesu Christi Euangelivm secvndvm Ioannem. Enarrationes, Ivxta Ervditorvm sentiam factæ, per sacræ theologiæ doctorem, Claudium Guilliaudum Belliiocensem. Paris, Che[...]

Period: 16th century

1 200 €
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Girard Seigneur Du Haillan (bernard De) - On The Status And Success Of French Affairs. 1595.

GIRARD SEIGNEUR DU HAILLAN (Bernard de) - On the state and success of French affairs. Paris, Chez Pierre l'Huillier & Jamet Mettayer, 1595; in-12, epistle, preface, 349 pp., table, 18th century marble[...]

Period: 16th century

300 €
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