ELZEVIER PRESS. TITUS LIVIUS. Historiarum Libri ex recensione Heinsiana, 1634-44, 6 vols., gilt Toison d'or emblem of HILAIRE-BERNARD DE ROQUELYNE, BARON DE LONGEPIERRE (1659-1721) repeated on covers and spine and at center of red morocco doublures, the latter with gilt-tooled borders, attributed to BOYET, occasional slight soiling or foxing, First Elzevier edition, engraved title, one engraved plate, Willems 405, bookplates of Baron Roger Portalis, Baron de la Roche Lacarelle, and Mortimer Schiff -- THOMAS A KEMPIS. De Imitatione Christi, [s.d., 1653], nineteenth-century dark blue morocco, covers richly gilt and gilt-pointillé in the style of Le Gascon, spine and turn-ins gilt, by CAPÉ, engraved title, Willems 729 ("un des plus beaux et des plus précieux de la collection elzevirienne"), bookplate of Noé de Salvert -- BIBLE, NEW TESTAMENT, French. Le Nouveau Testament, Mons: Gaspard Migeot [printed by Daniel Elzevier in Amsterdam] 1667, 2 vols., spines gilt-lettered, morocco doublures with gilt roll-tooled border, joints slightly rubbed, FIRST EDITION OF THE PORT ROYAL VERSION, translated by Antoine le Maistre and his brother Louis Isaac de Maistre, known as De Sacy, revised by Antoine Arnauld and other Port-Royalists, RULED IN RED THROUGHOUT, vol. 1 title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, Darlow & Moule 3756, Willems , bookplate of Édouard Rahir (sale, Paris, part 5, 19-21 May 1937, lot 1619) -- THOMAS SMITH. De Republica anglorum, 1625, 24mo, covers gilt-panelled with gilt initials IO.IA at center within gilt-tooled wreath, flat spine gilt-lettered, red-stained edges, rubbed, browning, dampstaining, worming, Willems , Shirley de Eatington bookplate -- ERASMUS. Colloquia, 1636, contemporary stiff parchment, flat spine gilt in compartments, edges red-stained, lacking ties, First Elzevier edition, engraved title, two small woodcut medallion portraits, Willems 440, "d'Arpilly"(?), early signature on front pastedown; Adagiorum...Epitome, Amsterdam 1650, contemporary dated stiff parchment binding, "T.G. 1650" blindstamped on upper cover, title lettered in ink on spine, brass clasps, edges plain, First Elzevier edition, title in red and black, Willems -- CATULLUS, TIBULLUS, PROPERTIUS. [Opera], 1643, spine gilt, 3 parts in one, 3 engraved frontispieces, 3 engraved tailpieces, Willems , bookplate of the Comte de Greffulhe -- LUCANUS. La Pharsale [translated by Georges Brébeuf], 1668, two-part red morocco pull-off case by Rivière, First Elzevier edition, additional engraved title, Willems 827, bookplate of Mortimer Schiff -- BATTISTA GUARINI. Il Pastor Fido, 1659, covers gilt-panelled à la Du Seuil, red morocco two-part pull-off case by Riviere, engraved title, 6 full-page engravings by P. Philippe, Willems 849 note, bookplate of Mortimer Schiff -- GUISE, Duc de. Les Mémoires, "Cologne: Pierre de la Place" 1668, crimson morocco, gilt crowned monogram PVL on covers and spine, turn-ins gilt, by CAPÉ, Willems -- [SÉBASTIEN BRÉMOND]. LA PRINCESSE DE MONTFERRAT, AMSTERDAM: ABRAHAM WOLFGANG 1676, BRUNET V, 1780, BOOKPLATES OF THE COMTE DE LA BéDOYèRE AND ÉDOUARD RAHIR (SALE, PARIS, PART 5, 19-21 MAY 1937, LOT 1262); LEIDEN EXCEPT AS NOTED, TOGETHER 11 WORKS IN 17 VOLS., 12MO, LATE SEVENTEENTH- OR EARLY EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY RED MOROCCO, EDGES GILT, MOST OVER MARBLING, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, OCCASIONAL SLIGHT WEAR TO EXTREMITIES, PRINTERS' WOODCUT DEVICES OR SPHERE DEVICE ON MOST LETTERPRESS TITLES, WOODCUT HEAD- AND TAIL-PIECES AND INITIALS. (17)

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ELZEVIER PRESS. TITUS LIVIUS. Historiarum Libri ex recensione Heinsiana, 1634-44, 6 vols., gilt Toison d'or emblem of HILAIRE-BERNARD DE ROQUELYNE, BARON DE LONGEPIERRE (1659-1721) repeated on covers and spine and at center of red morocco doublures, the latter with gilt-tooled borders, attributed to BOYET, occasional slight soiling or foxing, First Elzevier edition, engraved title, one engraved plate, Willems 405, bookplates of Baron Roger Portalis, Baron de la Roche Lacarelle, and Mortimer Schiff -- THOMAS A KEMPIS. De Imitatione Christi, [s.d., 1653], nineteenth-century dark blue morocco, covers richly gilt and gilt-pointillé in the style of Le Gascon, spine and turn-ins gilt, by CAPÉ, engraved title, Willems 729 ("un des plus beaux et des plus précieux de la collection elzevirienne"), bookplate of Noé de Salvert -- BIBLE, NEW TESTAMENT, French. Le Nouveau Testament, Mons: Gaspard Migeot [printed by Daniel Elzevier in Amsterdam] 1667, 2 vols., spines gilt-lettered, morocco doublures with gilt roll-tooled border, joints slightly rubbed, FIRST EDITION OF THE PORT ROYAL VERSION, translated by Antoine le Maistre and his brother Louis Isaac de Maistre, known as De Sacy, revised by Antoine Arnauld and other Port-Royalists, RULED IN RED THROUGHOUT, vol. 1 title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece, Darlow & Moule 3756, Willems , bookplate of Édouard Rahir (sale, Paris, part 5, 19-21 May 1937, lot 1619) -- THOMAS SMITH. De Republica anglorum, 1625, 24mo, covers gilt-panelled with gilt initials IO.IA at center within gilt-tooled wreath, flat spine gilt-lettered, red-stained edges, rubbed, browning, dampstaining, worming, Willems , Shirley de Eatington bookplate -- ERASMUS. Colloquia, 1636, contemporary stiff parchment, flat spine gilt in compartments, edges red-stained, lacking ties, First Elzevier edition, engraved title, two small woodcut medallion portraits, Willems 440, "d'Arpilly"(?), early signature on front pastedown; Adagiorum...Epitome, Amsterdam 1650, contemporary dated stiff parchment binding, "T.G. 1650" blindstamped on upper cover, title lettered in ink on spine, brass clasps, edges plain, First Elzevier edition, title in red and black, Willems -- CATULLUS, TIBULLUS, PROPERTIUS. [Opera], 1643, spine gilt, 3 parts in one, 3 engraved frontispieces, 3 engraved tailpieces, Willems , bookplate of the Comte de Greffulhe -- LUCANUS. La Pharsale [translated by Georges Brébeuf], 1668, two-part red morocco pull-off case by Rivière, First Elzevier edition, additional engraved title, Willems 827, bookplate of Mortimer Schiff -- BATTISTA GUARINI. Il Pastor Fido, 1659, covers gilt-panelled à la Du Seuil, red morocco two-part pull-off case by Riviere, engraved title, 6 full-page engravings by P. Philippe, Willems 849 note, bookplate of Mortimer Schiff -- GUISE, Duc de. Les Mémoires, "Cologne: Pierre de la Place" 1668, crimson morocco, gilt crowned monogram PVL on covers and spine, turn-ins gilt, by CAPÉ, Willems -- [SÉBASTIEN BRÉMOND]. LA PRINCESSE DE MONTFERRAT, AMSTERDAM: ABRAHAM WOLFGANG 1676, BRUNET V, 1780, BOOKPLATES OF THE COMTE DE LA BéDOYèRE AND ÉDOUARD RAHIR (SALE, PARIS, PART 5, 19-21 MAY 1937, LOT 1262); LEIDEN EXCEPT AS NOTED, TOGETHER 11 WORKS IN 17 VOLS., 12MO, LATE SEVENTEENTH- OR EARLY EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY RED MOROCCO, EDGES GILT, MOST OVER MARBLING, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, OCCASIONAL SLIGHT WEAR TO EXTREMITIES, PRINTERS' WOODCUT DEVICES OR SPHERE DEVICE ON MOST LETTERPRESS TITLES, WOODCUT HEAD- AND TAIL-PIECES AND INITIALS. (17)