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historique des villes, isles, regions, royaumes, montagnes, fleuves, &c. Divisé en deux parties (...).
Laon, Agrand Rennesson, 1680, 2 parties en 1 vol., in-4, veau marbré de l’époque (un peu frotté,
coins émoussés), dos orné doré à 5 nerfs (mors part. fendus, coiffes manquantes avec manque de
cuir plus important en queue), étiq. de cuir rouge, tr. jaspées, [16]-105-[2]-202 pp. (qqs rouss. et
bruniss., 2 ff. plus courts au début de la 1ère partie). Bon ex.
€ 150/200
Edit. originale
de ce dictionnaire composé par le prêtre et professeur laonnois Fr. Fondeur, dont
chaque partie possède un titre propre.
Rare édition laonnoise
par A. Rennesson (1635?-1708):
“Natif de Sedan, il a été 4 ans apprenti chez son beau-frère Gédéon Poncelet à Charleville
puis compagnon en diverses villes de France et en Hollande, chez les Elzevier. S’installe à
Sedan en 1660, et dirige les presses de l’abbaye cistercienne de Bonne-Fontaine (commune de
Blanchefosse, près de Rumigny, Ardennes) jusqu’en 1664 au moins. Dès 1661, il déménage à
Laon, dont il est le premier imprimeur” (notice BnF). Mention ms. “Notre Dame de Longueau
à l’usage de Sr. Le Scellier 1745” sur le titre latin. Ex-libris monogr. EL et légendé “Mieux
qui pourra” gravé par Lalauze.
Ref.
Conlon, Prélude, 219. Bn-Opale plus. Manque à COPAC.
***1st edition
and rare Laon ed. by Rennesson, 1st printer at Laon. Both part with separate t.-p.
807 [Holy Land]
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BARTLETT, William Henry
- Walks about the city and environs of Jerusalem.
[London, Hall, Virtue & Co, 184-?], 8vo, later binding, gilt orn. cloth slipcase, viii-[2]-255 pp. (some
plates cut short, some minor spotting, marg. waterstain on first 2 maps). Good copy.
€ 120/180
Later ed. Ill. with
steel engraving
s (frontisp., title, 24 pl. + 4 maps or views of which 2 fold.) and
numerous woodcut vignettes.
We join
:
Garel, M.
- D’une main forte. Manuscrits hébreux des collections françaises. Paris,
Bibliothèque Nationale, 1991, 4to, publ. cloth. (2 vol.)
808 [Italy - Genoa]
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[BRUSCO, Giacomo]
- Description des beautés de Genes et de ses environs,
ornée de differentes vuës, de tailles douce, et de la Carte topographique de la ville. Genoa, Y.
Gravier, 1781, 8vo, cont. marbl. sheep (sl. rubbed, corners bumped), gilt spine, red sp. edges, marbl.
endpapers, silk marker, [2]-142-[2] pp. (minor soiling, old repairs to tears in folds of ill.). Good
copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 800/1000
3rd, enl. ed. (1st 1768) of this early city guide of Genoa, attributed to G. Brusco or Carlo Giuseppe
Ratti.
Engr. ills
: title with arms of Genoa and
20 plates
by
G.L. Guidotti
and the cartographer
Brusco: “20 tavole f.t., la maggior parte ripiegate, assai belle, tra cui una grande veduta panoramica
della città, due piante topografiche, belle vedute e due tavole di costumi del Doge” (Pregliasco).
Ref.
Schlosser 576. Manno 23830. Fossati Bellani 2645 (19 pls).
809 [Italy - Rome]
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[MERIGOT, James]
- [A select collection of views and ruins in Rome and
its vicinity. Recently executed from drawings made upon the spot.] [London, sold by messrs.
Robinsons, Paternoster Row; mr. White, Fleet Street; mr. Faulder, Bond Street; and mr. Evans, Pall
Mall, c. 1815], folio, cont. gilt and blindst. leather (rubbed), gilt spine on 5 raised bands (dam.; part
of upper spine lacking, rubbed joints, front joint sl. splitting), double gilt decorative border around a
blindst. one on covers (scratched, rubbed, corners bumped), marbled endpapers (ex-libris removed),
a.e.g., [72] pp., 62 pls (t.-p. lacking, some marg. spotting, some minor marg. def. rep.). Inside very
good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 1000/1500
Later ed. of this marvellous selection of views of Rome and vicinity in a
magnificent cont. colouring
on large paper by James Mérigot (French, active 1772–1814), a landscape artist and master drawing
teacher in Paris in 1772. He established himself in London after 1791 and there was a drawing master
and publisher of aquatint etchings that appeared in numerous British publications. Originally this
work was published in 2 parts (1797 and 1799 respectively, with uncoloured pls and on large paper),
the 1st part being published by R. Edwards, Bond Street, and the 2nd having no publisher’s name on
the t.-p., only “sold by”. Here with the added engr. t.-p. with “J. Hearne’s 218 Tottenham Court Road”
imprint and
62 aquatints
. All the plates have J. Mérigot as publisher, many also have R. Edwards in
conjunction with him. “Le front. gr. de la première partie porte les seuls mots “Ruins of Rome” (in
this copy: “Ruines de Rome”)” (Graesse).
Ref.
Cp. Graesse IV, 497, British Architectural Library.