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Conciones et orationes ex historicis latinis excerptae, Amsterdam: Daniel Elzevier, 1672. 12° (130 x 72mm). Engraved frontispiece, dated 1662, supplied from earlier edition (neat marginal repair to frontispiece, occasional light spotting). 19th-century red straight-grained morocco binding by Simier, binder to the King, with his stamp and date (1662) on spine, gilt frame on boards, gilt spine, turn-ins and edges (gilt worn from a few edges). Provenance: Alfred de Curzon (armorial booklabel). Reprint of the 1662 edition (Willems 1282), which is itself a reprint of the 1652 edition (Willems 1139). Willems 1139 (note).
CHARRON, Pierre (1541-1603). De la Sagesse, Leiden: chez les Elseviers, 1646. 12° (131 x 72mm). Engraved frontispiece and one plate, half-title (some staining on pastedowns and front free endpapers, a little spotting). 19th-century straight-grained maroon morocco, blindtooled and gilt on boards, gilt spine, turn-ins and edges (very slightly rubbed at extremities). Provenance: Paris, Rouanet Libraire (bookseller's ticket on front pastedown) -- Alfred de Curzon (armorial booklabel). FIRST EDITION, IN A FINE BINDING. The first of four editions of this work printed by the Elzeviers. Willems 601: "Celle de 1646 est incontestablement la plus belle". (2)
CHARRON, Pierre (1541-1603). De la Sagesse, Leiden: chez les Elseviers, 1646. 12° (131 x 72mm). Engraved frontispiece and one plate, half-title (some staining on pastedowns and front free endpapers, a little spotting). 19th-century straight-grained maroon morocco, blindtooled and gilt on boards, gilt spine, turn-ins and edges (very slightly rubbed at extremities). Provenance: Paris, Rouanet Libraire (bookseller's ticket on front pastedown) -- Alfred de Curzon (armorial booklabel). FIRST EDITION, IN A FINE BINDING. The first of four editions of this work printed by the Elzeviers. Willems 601: "Celle de 1646 est incontestablement la plus belle". (2)
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