Religious books

RONSARD (Pierre de). - Élégies, mascarades et bergerie. Paris, Gabriel Buon, 1565. In-4, brown morocco, covers framed with gilt fillet and decorated with a large mosaic of interlacing in fawn morocco, spine decorated with a gilt numeral repeated in caissons drawn by fawn morocco scrolls, fawn morocco lining set with a gilt fillet, chocolate moire endpapers, gilt head, case (G. Plumelle). Second edition, published the same year as the original: a first state copy. One of two known copies according to J. P. Barbier-Mueller and N. Ducimetière, along with the one in the Munich library. A collection of occasional pieces composed at the instigation of Catherine de Médicis, containing poems addressed to Queen Elizabeth of England and members of her government, as well as to French sovereigns, princes and aristocrats, including Catherine de Médicis, Charles IX, Louis de Condé, etc. Also included is a Bergerie dedicated to Catherine de Médicis, Charles IX and Louis de Condé. There is also a Bergerie dedicated to Marie Stuart, Queen of Scots, whose actors were to be the children of the royal family along with Henri de Navarre and Henri de Guise, but which was never performed, as well as poems composed for court festivities, collected under the title Mascarades, combatz et cartelz, faitz à Paris et au carnaval de Fontainebleau. With this collection, Ronsard became the official ambassador of Catherine de Médicis: on April 11, 1564, France and England had signed the Treaty of Troyes, which put an end to the long-standing continental claims of the British crown. The time was ripe for reconciliation, and Catherine de Médicis, anxious to maintain cordial relations with Queen Elizabeth, commissioned these verses from Ronsard, her poetic spokesman (N. Ducimetière). Particularly noteworthy is the elegy addressed to Mylord Robert Du-Dlé, Comte de L'Encestre (Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, minister to the Queen of England), whose qualities Ronsard praises, including his courage in battle, his aptitude for music and dance. While his well-known taste for bibliophilia - the bindings made for him bear his emblem, a bear chained to a tree trunk - is not mentioned, the poet does shed light on this dignitary's passion for hunting (12 lines): Nul mieux que toy ne suit par les bocages, / Les Cerfs rameux, ou les Sangliers sauvages... A washed copy, covered in an attractive binding with mosaic decoration in the Renaissance style. It comes from the Maggs collection and was formerly bound by Marmin (cf. Seymour de Ricci, Catalogue of unique early editions of Ronsard, 1927, n°55, pp. 126-127). Upper corner of several leaves restored. Without the last leaf, blank. J. P. Barbier-Mueller, II-1, n°45. - Ronsard : la trompette et la lyre, n°242. - N. Ducimetière, Mignonne..., n°13 (this copy). - Diane Barbier-Mueller, Inventaire..., n°738.

BEAUTIFUL MANUSCRIPT OF THE KORAN Kashmir, early 19th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 364 ff, each leaf with 15 lines of black black naskh, each in a cloud on a gold background, verses separated by gold lozenges, sura titles in blue thuluth on a gold blue thuluth on a gold background in illuminated cartouches, jadval in gold, numerous illuminated marginal medallions, advertisements, several double pages including the frontispiece, entirely illuminated in gold and blue, endpapers in stamped paper, in its original binding in lacquered papier-mâché with floral decoration, the linings painted with a large palmette boteh. Size: 22.5 x 14.7 cm (leaves) A Very Fine Qur'an in its Original Binding, Kashmir, Early 19th century This luxurious manuscript has been lavishly illuminated. In addition to the first double-page (the frontispiece), which traditionally receives the full attention of the illuminator, this manuscript has no less than seven other fully illuminated pages. These are the pages containing the titles of the suras al-ma'ida, yunis, bani isra'il, al-shu'ara, al-saffat, qaf and the finispice. Like many other Kashmiri Korans, this manuscript is neither signed nor dated, but its style is typical of late 18th- and early 19th-century Kashmiri art. The large "boteh" palmette painted on the lining of the binding is the motif par excellence associated with the decoration of Kashmir's famous shawls. See two fine Kashmir Korans sold at Christie's, London, October 6, 2011, no. 131 and Sotheby's, London, October 8, 2014, no. 42.

JUDAICA - Book - "JEWISH BIBLE ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT" + TORAH scroll

TWO MANUSCRIPTS OF THE DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT BY MUHAMMAD BIN SULAYMAN AL-JAZULI (D. 1465) North Africa, 18th-19th century In Arabic, comprising a miniature copy on papers of different origins, 248 leaves, eight lines of maghribi in sepia ink per page, jadval in red and blue ink, some titles in illuminated cartouches, with diagrams of the rawda al-nabi (one page damaged), in an antique stamped leather binding, possibly original, in an associated orange cloth slipcase; the second larger and very clean but with unfinished decoration, 76 ff. and 48 endpapers in its original stamped and gilt morocco binding. Dim.: 4.8 x 5 cm and 11.6 x 10.8 cm (leaves); 3.1 x 3 cm and 9 x 6.5 cm (written surface) Two Manuscripts of Al-Jazuli's Dala'il al-Khayrat Including a Miniature Copy, Maghreb, 18th or 19th century

DU TRONCHET (Étienne). - Lettres missives et familières. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Nicolas du Chemin, 1569. In-4, black morocco, triple gilt fillet, gilt coat of arms in center, ornate spine with repeated numeral, double fillet inside, chocolate brown moire lining and endpapers, gilt edges, slipcase (Honegger). Extremely rare first edition, shared between Nicolas du Chemin and Lucas Breyer. The 1568 edition by Lucas Breyer alone, mentioned by Du Verdier, does not seem to exist. Étienne du Tronchet, a poet from Forez, died around 1585 in Rome, where he had spent the last years of his life. His Lettres missives et familières, in prose or sometimes verse, are addressed to a large number of people, most of whom live or work in Lyon and Forez. Some of the letters are signed with the author's anagram: En heur content se dit. His poems include the sonnet Pour exemple de chasteté, Sur les loüanges de sa maîtresse, and the Sonnet au Roy, sur la pacification des premiers troubles. His poems only ever appeared in this way, mixed with the Lettres missives (see the handwritten note at the beginning of the volume, taken from the catalog of Édouard Turquety's poetic library, 1868, no. 155). Very fine impression by Nicolas du Chemin. The title is set in an attractive woodcut frame with two satyrs each holding a basket of fruit, the same as that used for the collective edition of Pontus de Tyard's works published in Paris by Galiot du Pré in 1573. The text is embellished with large, highly decorative, ornate initials. A morocco copy bearing the collector's coat of arms. Ex-libris of Frédéric Lachèvre, probably brought back from the old binding. Missing the second leaf, with the author's portrait. Smudging on the edges of the last 30 leaves, with the lower margin of the last 2 restored. Renouard, Breyer, n°7. - Picot, Rothschild, n°1876 (for the 1615 edition). - Diane Barbier-Mueller, Inventaire..., n°324.

FIRST SECTION (JUZ') OF A THIRTY-PART KORAN Signed Muhammad Husayn bin Muhammad Hadi al-Musawi, Qajar Iran, 19th century Arabic manuscript on paper, ten leaves plus flyleaf, nine lines of black naskh per page black naskh per page, verses marked with gold pastilles, illuminated medallion in the margin, frontispiece illuminated with gold and pigments, in its original brown stamped leather binding. Dim.: 22 x 13.5 cm (leaf); 15.3 x 9 cm (text panel) A Qajar Qur'an Section (Juz' 1) in its Original Binding, Signed Muhammad Husayn Ibn Muhammad Hadi Al-Musawi, Iran, 19th century

1848 SAINT MAURICE VICTOR DE (COMTE) CATALOGUE DE BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M. DE SAINT M****TRES BEAUX LIVRES COLLECTION DE CLASSIQUES Français ET ETRANGERS EN PAPIER VELIN ET EN GRAND PAPIER VELIN CATALOGUE DE BELLES ESTAMPES ANCIENNES ET MODERNES PORTRAITS POUR SERVIR A L'HISTOIRE DE France. COLLECTION OF FRENCH AND FOREIGN VIGNETTES. POTIER ET DEFER IN 8 period cartonnage (crudely repaired, scattered foxing, ex-libris stamp of Dominique Messager) 389 PP. LA VENTE A EU LIEU EN 1849; Prix d'adjudication notés; suivi du catalog de MR BOLLE 1868 VAN DER HELLE CATALOG DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M. VAN DER HELLE: RICHES RELIURES-BEAUX MANUSCRITS AVEC MINIATURES.......PAR LES ARTISTES ANCIENS ET MODERNES LES PLUS CELEBRES D'EUROPE. BACHELIN DEFLORENNE Large IN 8 contemporary black half-chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated (light rubbing, corners rubbed, light foxing, ex-libris stamp of Dominique Messager on title). 276 PP., 2372 N° with auction prices noted in the margins. 1868 GANCIA M.G. CATALOG OF THE LIBRARY OF M.G.GANCIA COMPOSEE EN PARTIE DES LIVRES DE LA PREMIERE BIBLIOTHEQUE DU CARDINAL MAZARIN ET D' OUVRAGES PRECIEUX PROVENANT DES PRINCIPAUX CABINETS DISPERSES PENDANT LES VINGT DERNIERES BACHELIN DEFLORENNE IN 8 demi-basane brune d'époque, dfos lisse orné (Cachet ex-libris de Dominique Messager sur le titre). 189pp. hors texte plates. Printed on laid paper. 1150 no. with auction prices noted. 1869 ESPAULARD AD. D' ET M.G*** R*** CATALOGUE DE BONS LIVRES DANS ALL LES GENRES ANCIENS ET MODERNES COMPOSANT LES BIBLIOTHEQUES DE FEU M.AD D ESPAULART (DU MANS)(1er PARTIE) ET DE M.G*** R***(ANCIEN PROFESSEUR DE L'UNIVERSITE) IMP ED MONNOYER .CP O.MOUSSOIR IN 8 period blue half-basane, smooth spine decorated (Stamp ex-libris of Dominique Messager on title). 2639 NO., 194 PP. A fine copy. 1874 FONTAINE AUGUSTE CATALOG DE LIVRES ANCIENS ET MODERNES, RARES ET CURIEUX, DE LA LIBRAIRIE A. FONTAINE LIBRAIRIE FONTAINE Large IN 8 period long-grained green half-maroquin, smooth ornate spine ( headpieces, corners and edges rubbed, scattered foxing) 2716 N°, 504 PP. ( Dominique Messager bookplate on title. ) 1874 RIGAUD AMEDEE CATALOG DE SA BIBLIOTHEQUE PAR P. L. JACOB BIBLIOPHILE ET LE BARON O. DE WATTEVILLE AUGUSTE AUBRY Large IN 8 half burgundy contemporary basane, spine ribbed and decorated (some rubbing, rare brown spots, bookplate of Dominique Messager on title. ) "The library of the late Amédée Rigaud is above all a small, graceful eighteenth-century library. We can therefore apply to the Catalogue of this library the title that the bookseller Mérigot l'aîné gave, in 1782, to the anonymous Catalogue of the library of an amiable and intelligent financier, named Desbrière: Catalogue de livres singuliers, facétieux, choisis et amusants. Indeed, in Amédée Rigaud's library, we don't find many works of the dreaded boring genre, which has produced so many remarkable volumes that are respected and never touched. In this library, Theology offers only forty-eight numbers, and even these are only fine books of hours, handwritten or printed, volumes in old morocco with arms, rarities or rather singularities. Jurisprudence has only eight issues, including the Constitutional Charter with figures by Monnet. The Sciences and Arts section is much richer, and there is no shortage of books, large books with figures. But the real wealth of the library is to be found in the Belles-lettres section, and that's what the eighteenth century is all about: poetry, novels, fairy tales, theater, facéties, polygraphs. Then, above all and everywhere, prints and vignettes of the finest selection. [...]" 1875 POCHET-DEROCHE CATALOGUE DE LIVRES PROVENANT DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M.P.D. (POCHET-DEROCHE) OUVRAGES SUR LES BEAUX ARTS, LIVRES A FIGURES, SUITES DE VIGNETTES, ŒUVRES DE RETIF DE LA BRETONNE, JOURNAUX RARES SUR LA REVOLUTION PARIS ET L' ILE DE France , DONT LA VENTE AURA LIEU LE LUNDI 3 MAI 1875 ET SIX JOURS SUIVANTS. ANTONIN CHOSSONNERY SUCCESSEUR DE J.F. DELION LIBRAIRE DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE L'ARSENAL ET DE L'ECOLE SPECIALE DES LANGUES ORIANTALES VIVANTES IN 8 period red half-chagrin (hinges rubbed, ex-libris stamp of Dominique Messager on title. Stamp of Dominique Messager on title, a few crosses in margins). 136 PP, 1377 NO. THIS CATALOG IS MISSING FROM THE BNF AND BLOGIE. 1877 FONTAINE AUGUSTE CATALOG DE LIVRES ANCIENS ET MODERNES, RARES ET CURIEUX DE LA LIBRAIRIE A. FONTAINE LIBRAIRIE FONTAINE Large IN 8 bound (worn, spine roughly rebound, ex-libris stamp of Dominique Messager on title. ) 1862 NO., 478 PP. 1880 COHEN HENRY GUIDE DE L'AMATEUR DE LIVRES A VIGNETTES ET A FIGURINES DU XVIII SIECLES 4° EDITIONS ROUQUETTE Large in-8 brown half-chagrin with corners

[NOVEL LITERATURE] Lot of 19 books including: - André CASTELOT, Talleyrand, Librairie académique Perrin. - André CASTELOT, Bonaparte, Paris, Librairie académique Perrin, 1967. - René GUERDAN, César Borgia, Librairie académique Perrin. - Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU, Confessions, Rêveries, Lettres. collection Les Portiques, 1955. on bible paper, numbered 4850 (accident to binding). - Emile Zola, LEs rougon Macquart. Seuil, 1970. red woven binding. - Oeuvres complètes de BOILEAU, odes Satires, paperback. - Edmond JALOUX, Le boudoir de Proserpine. Paris, Dorbon. Paperback. - Julie GOURAUD, Les filles du professeur. Paris, Hachette, 1883. Half cloth binding. - Ségur, François le bossu. Half cloth binding. - DE PEYRONNY, Two devoted hearts. Paris, Hachette, 1875. Cloth half-binding. - Crébillon Fils, Conte Moral. Paris, Le divan, 1930. paperback. - ROYER, Le Sérail, illustrations by G. BARRET. Paris, Arc-en-ciel. Numbered 1226. - Georges COURTELINE, Théâtre II. Flammarion. - Alfred de MUSSET, oeuvres complètes et posthumes. Paris, Charpentier. 4 volumes. paperback. (uncollated, worn, sunned).

1848 PONT DE VESLE CATALOGUE DE BIBLIOTHEQUE Techner In-8 paperback (missing spine replaced by paper strip. 279 pp. and wetness. Library concerning theater, dramatic arts. 2472 No. Another copy in later binding (russeting and spotting). 1850 MARESCHAL CATALOG DES LIVRES RARES ET PRECIEUX DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M. M*** (MARESCHAL DE METZ) DONT LA VENTE AURA LIEU LE LUNDI 11 NOVEMBRE ET JOURS SUIVANTS A SIX HEURES ET DEMI DU SOIR RUE DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DU LOUVRE N°4.PAR LE MINISTERE DE Me BOULOUZE TECHENER IN 8 broché (usé, dos passé, , légères rousseurs) 3649 N°, 476 PP. 1853 N ......(LORD) CATALOGUE DE BEAUX LIVRES ANCIENS EDITION ELZEVIRIENNES POETES Français ET ITALIEN FACETIES HISTOIRE LA PLUPART EN BELLES RELIURES ANCIENNES P JANNET SUCCESSEUR DE SILVESTRE IN 8 broché, couv. Verte imprimée. 512 N° 72 PP 1853 VIOLLET LE DUC BIBLIOTHEQUE DE M.VIOLLET LE DUC :THEOLOGIE, JURISPRUDENCE, BEAUX ARTS, THEATRE, HISTOIRE; 2EME PARTIE P JANNET SUCCESSEUR DE SILVESTRE IN 8 paperback, printed cover (spine worn, cover faded) 42PP. Uncut 1856 PARIS LOUIS ESSAI HISTORIQUE SUR LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DU ROI AUJOURD' HUI BIBLIOTHEQUE IMPERIALE. AU BUREAU DU CABINET HISTORIQUE ET CHEZ LE CONCIERGE DE LA B,I IN 12 broché (couv. Usée, manques au dos, rousseurs). 466 PP. 1861 LECHAUDE D' ANISY LOUIS-AMEDEE. (MEMBER OF THE SOCIETE DES ANTIQUAIRES DE LONDRES OF THE SOCIETE DES ANTIQUAIRES DE NORMANDIE CORRESPONDANT DU MINISTERE DE L' INSTRUCTION PUBLIQUE DE FRANCE ETC... ETC...) CATALOGUE DES LIVRES RARES ET DES MANUSCRITS PRECIEUX COMPOSANT LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE FEU M. LECHAUDE D ANISY (MEMBRE DE LA SOCIETE DES ANTIQUAIRES DE LONDRES DE LA SOCIETE DES ANTIQUAIRES DE NORMANDIE CORRESPONDANT DU MINISTERE DE L'INSTRUCTION PUBLIQUE DE France ETC... ETC...) PARIS RENE MUFFAT IN 8 paperback (spine worn with small paper chips, foxing, ex-libris stamp of Dominique Messager). 1802 NO., 199 PP. 1865 SAINT VICTOR (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE L ABBAYE DE ) HISTOIRE DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DE L'ABBAYE DE SAINT VICTOR A PARIS D'APRES DES DOCUMENTS INEDITS AVEC DES EXTRAITS DES CATALOGS DE 1513-1623-1677-PAR ALFRED FRANKLIN. AUBRY AUGUSTE IN 8 paperback (small bumps to covers). Author's letter on cover (recipient's name erased). EX LIBRISFRANCOIS HUET 1867 EPERNAY EXTRAIT DU CATALOGUE GENERALE METHODIQUE SUIVI DE LA TABLE ALPHABETIQUE DES AUTEURS BOUCARD NOEL IN 8 broché, couv. Verte imprimée (Cachet ex-libris de Dominique Messager sur le titre) 883 N°, 105 PP. A fine copy. 1871 M.. MARQUIS DE CATALOGUE D'UNE IMPORTANTE COLLECTION DE LIVRES RARES ET DE MANUSCRITS PRECIEUX PROVENANT DE FEU M.LE MARQUIS DE M... MM. SCHLESINGER FRERES IN-8 paperback (worn, stamps, qq annotations.) 5252N°, 736 PP. 1872 DANYAU (DOCTEUR) CATALOG DES LIVRES ANCIENS ET MODERNES RARES ET CURIEUX PROVENANT DE FEU M. LE DOCTEUR DANYAU-OFFICIER DE LA LEGION D' HONNEUR, ANCIEN PROFESSEUR ET CHIRURGIEN EN CHEF DE L' HOSPICE DE LA MATERNITE. PARIS IN 8 paperback (minor defects and foxing, ex-libris stamp of Dominique Messager on title) 311PP-2035 N° TOME 1 seul

Set of 20th-century books on the following themes and authors: novels, Paul Vialar, poetry, Charles de Gaulle, history, biographies, natural history, Chateaubriand, fairy tales, Perreault, André Malraux, Stephan Zweig, Stalin, religion, Gustave Flaubert, short stories, Diderot, Gide. (wear)

Set of antique bound books including: -Les œuvres diverses du Sieur de Balzac, 1658 -Michel de Montaigne, les Essais, Nouvelle Edition, Livre premier, Paris, 1659 -Theologia Moralis quadripartita, Paris, 1756 -Mémoires sur l'ancienne Chevalerie, Paris 1759, T1 and T2 -Regnard, Œuvres, nouvelle édition, Paris, 1778, T1 and T2 -M. Desbois de Rochefort, Cours élémentaire de matières médicales, Paris, 1789, T1 and T2 -M. Baudelocque, L'art des accouchements, Paris, 1789, T1 -Jean-Baptiste Poquelin de Molière, Œuvres, Paris, 1799, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6 and T7 (wear, chips and tears)

LE MAISTRE DE SACI - La Sainte Bible contenant l'Ancien et le Nouveau Testament, traduite en françois sur la vulgate. Liège, Jean-François Broncart, 1704. In-folio, xiv, [2], 1083, [1] pp. foxing, scattered browning, several pale rings of wetness, tear to faded title. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed, title page. Binding rubbed and worn, covers torn off, corners dulled. Title in red and black illustrated with a vignette. Edition unknown to de Theux.