Spirit Fletcher
HISTORY Theodosius the Great, for the Dauphin, by Mr Ghost Flechier, abbot S. Severin, the French Academy. Latest edition.
Next copy printed in Paris in Mabre-Cramoisy Sebastian, King's Printer, 1681.
1 volume in-12 (158 x 95mm - Height of margins: 152 mm) (6) -560 - (30) pages. Engraved frontispiece etching (unsigned).
full morocco binding long-grain caramel, flat back to false bands decorated with gilt fillets and cold and jewels, plates decorated with a frame made of a set of nets with gold chains and cold rock in the corners, roulette on the end cuts, roulette gilded frame inside Flat-liners and guards of marbled paper, gilt edges (Binding of the first half of the nineteenth century, executed circa 1825 and signed VOGEL ). Copy in excellent condition, minor rubbing tiny, cool interior with a few spots.
NEW EDITION.
This edition, small size, probably out of the Dutch press. The original edition of this famous text Flechier Spirit, date from 1679, with the format in-4. This story is highly regarded: "It is remarkable for the beauty and style for factual accuracy. The author notes the major qualities of Theodosius, and did not conceal his faults nor his mistakes. " (Michaud, Biographie Universelle).
Theodosius the Great (347-395) was the last ruler of the Empire Roman unified. That his death the empire was split and shared by his son.
Provenance: This copy of the library of the famous bibliophile Rene-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt (1773-1844 ) , playwright and theater director, renowned for the catalog of its library devoted almost entirely to drama and theater. His success in the theater enabled him to enrich, little by little, the rarest books of his beloved library, the great passion of his life. The couplet inscribed above the door: "Such is the fate of any book lent: Often it is lost, it is still spoiled. "And its motto (often copied) registered bookplate was:" A book is a friend who never changes. . It's bookplate engraved and reproduced above is that this small volume that was cataloged in the section "Special Lives of Famous Men" under the number 2082 (sale of books in the Library Mr. de Pixérécourt, Paris, J. Crozet, December 1838). This volume was undoubtedly connected to him by Vogel, one of the best bookbinders of his time.
BEAUTIFUL COPY IN FINE BINDING VOGEL MADE FOR THE GRAND Pixérécourt bibliophile.
Price: 1,250 euros
HISTORY Theodosius the Great, for the Dauphin, by Mr Ghost Flechier, abbot S. Severin, the French Academy. Latest edition.
Next copy printed in Paris in Mabre-Cramoisy Sebastian, King's Printer, 1681.
1 volume in-12 (158 x 95mm - Height of margins: 152 mm) (6) -560 - (30) pages. Engraved frontispiece etching (unsigned).
full morocco binding long-grain caramel, flat back to false bands decorated with gilt fillets and cold and jewels, plates decorated with a frame made of a set of nets with gold chains and cold rock in the corners, roulette on the end cuts, roulette gilded frame inside Flat-liners and guards of marbled paper, gilt edges (Binding of the first half of the nineteenth century, executed circa 1825 and signed VOGEL ). Copy in excellent condition, minor rubbing tiny, cool interior with a few spots.
NEW EDITION.
This edition, small size, probably out of the Dutch press. The original edition of this famous text Flechier Spirit, date from 1679, with the format in-4. This story is highly regarded: "It is remarkable for the beauty and style for factual accuracy. The author notes the major qualities of Theodosius, and did not conceal his faults nor his mistakes. " (Michaud, Biographie Universelle).
Theodosius the Great (347-395) was the last ruler of the Empire Roman unified. That his death the empire was split and shared by his son.
Provenance: This copy of the library of the famous bibliophile Rene-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt (1773-1844 ) , playwright and theater director, renowned for the catalog of its library devoted almost entirely to drama and theater. His success in the theater enabled him to enrich, little by little, the rarest books of his beloved library, the great passion of his life. The couplet inscribed above the door: "Such is the fate of any book lent: Often it is lost, it is still spoiled. "And its motto (often copied) registered bookplate was:" A book is a friend who never changes. . It's bookplate engraved and reproduced above is that this small volume that was cataloged in the section "Special Lives of Famous Men" under the number 2082 (sale of books in the Library Mr. de Pixérécourt, Paris, J. Crozet, December 1838). This volume was undoubtedly connected to him by Vogel, one of the best bookbinders of his time.
BEAUTIFUL COPY IN FINE BINDING VOGEL MADE FOR THE GRAND Pixérécourt bibliophile.
Price: 1,250 euros
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