COMIERS D'AMBRUN, Claude L’art d’écrire et de parler occultement et sans soupçon. 1690Paris,BrusselsM. Guerout,J. Leonard12mo, old boards (rubbed), gilt titled flat spine, 72 pp. (paper age-toned). Good copy.
Estimation :
300 / 400
Adjudication :
800 €
Description
Rare Brussels ed. (1st 1653?) of a treatise on cryptography by the French mathematician Comiers d’Ambrun (1600-1693). Ref. Not in Opac KBR, STCV. Cp. Caillet 2526 (other eds), Goldsmith (BL) C-1277 (Paris ed.). Joined : Molière - L’étourdy ou Les contretems. Comedie. Brussels, G. de Backer, 1694, 12mo, limp vellum wr. (archival document), 92 pp. Rare Brussels ed. of "L’étourdi" (1st 1663). Also publ. as part of the 4 vols “Oeuvres”. Engr. front. by J. Harrewijn. Old name at bottom of p. 87 ‘J. van Gijsenbroek’. Ref. Guibert, Molière, L’étourdi 8. BnF (1). Not in Opac KBR, STCV, Goldsmith (BL). (2 vol.)
