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Le Theatre d'Agriculture et Mesnage des Champs

Le Theatre d'Agriculture et Mesnage des Champs by SERRES, Olivier de, seigneur de Pradel

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Title
Le Theatre d'Agriculture et Mesnage des Champs
Author
SERRES, Olivier de, seigneur de Pradel
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
1600. Finely engraved architectural title-page by Mallery with Henri IV seated on his throne in a garden, eight fine woodcut vignettes, fine woodcut initials, and 13 large woodcuts in Chapters XIII & XIV. 9 p.l., 3-1004, [20] pp. Folio, 18th cent. mottled calf (minor scuffing to binding extremities), spine gilt, contrasting lettering piece on spine. Paris: J. Metayer, 1600. First edition of the first great French work on agronomy — in its widest sense — to be published. In this book, Serres devotes substantial sections to hunting, cookery, practical medicine, irrigation, forestry, viticulture, vegetable gardening, medicinal plants, fruit trees, silk cultivation, the management of servants, etc., etc. The author also discusses the duties of the mistress of the house and remedies for all manner of diseases suffered by men and animals. The work is divided into eight books, one of which is devoted entirely to wine and the culture of the grape. At the head of each book is a pretty woodcut vignette (145 x 68 mm.) enclosed within an ornamental border. These show various scenes on the estate: cows, the dairy, etc.; in the next ploughing and sowing are in progress; the third illustrates viticulture and the wine press; others show milking scenes, bee-hives, landscape gardening, forestry, and at the end a hunting scene with falcons. Serres (1539-1619), a Protestant, took part in the religious struggles in his native Vivarais. After 1573, he retired to his family’s property of Pradel where for more than a quarter of a century he tried to revive the estate. It was there that he wrote this great book, based on his own experience and on the classical texts concerning agriculture. Henri IV also had taken a strong interest in the economic regeneration of France and the present work became, in effect, a manifesto for the King’s new policies. Serres became a royal counselor in 1599 and advised Henri IV on various agricultural and economic projects. A very good and fresh copy. Minor foxing and a few unimportant marginal dampstains. Single tiny wormhole in lower margin of first third of book. ❧ En Français dans le Texte 79. Simon, Bibliotheca Bacchica, II, 619. Vicaire, pp. 788-89.
Portrait of the Artist as a Dead Man

Portrait of the Artist as a Dead Man by Bonnamy, Francis

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Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
Title
Portrait of the Artist as a Dead Man
Author
Bonnamy, Francis
Seller
The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1947. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition of Portrait of the Artist as a Dead Man by Francis Bonnamy.. Octavo, 212pp. Red cloth, title stamped in yellow on spine. Presumed first printing, lacking "first edition" or numerical statement, but also lacking mention of a second printing. Solid, clean text block. Business card with "Sherlock Holmes" illustration attached to front pastedown endpaper. In the publisher's dust jacket, $2.50 on front flap, faint sunning to spine, chipping to top edge of back panel, bright illustrations. A scarce work. Francis Bonnamy was the pseudonym of American author Audrey Boyers Walz (1906-1983). Her primary character was detective Peter Utley Shane, who appeared in eight novels from 1931-1951.
Autograph letter signed (in full), in French, to Charles Hygin de Furcy; [Paris, 7 January 1845]

Autograph letter signed (in full), in French, to Charles Hygin de Furcy; [Paris, 7 January 1845] by SUE, Eugene

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Title
Autograph letter signed (in full), in French, to Charles Hygin de Furcy; [Paris, 7 January 1845]
Author
SUE, Eugene
Seller
Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Condition
Trifle wrinkled, but in very good condition
Description
From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Trifle wrinkled, but in very good condition. 2 pages, 8vo, integral address leaf. A letter of encouragement to a young poet who had sent Sue some of his verses. (With transcript and English translation.) (BA) Reading in Full: "J’ai lu, Monsieur, avec beaucoup d’intérêt et de plaisir les vers que vous m’avez fait l’honneur de m’adresser ; n’étant pas poète, et étant par ce fait plutôt apte à vous dire mes impressions qu’à vous exprimer un jugement, je ne puis [que] vous parler que de ce que j’ai ressenti. Les idées m’ont paru tour à tour énergiques, gracieuses, touchantes, élevées, le style clair, souple, harmonieux. Croyez, Monsieur, que si mon approbation pouvait vous être de quelque encouragement à persévérer dans cette belle et bonne voie littéraire où vous êtes, elle vous est complètement acquise, et je concevrais difficilement qu’un esprit et une intelligence tels que les vôtres pussent douter de leur valeur, si la modestie n’était inséparable du talent. Les illustres témoignages qui ne vous ont pas manqué, monsieur, ont dû, ce me semble, vous rassurer, et je ne puis que joindre à ces éclatants et importants témoignages, l’expression de ma vive sympathie pour votre talent. Agréez, monsieur, l’assurance de mes sentiments les plus distingués.
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ENCHANTED VISIONS: FANTASTIC HOUSES AND THEIR TREASURES by ARTHAUD, Claude

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ENCHANTED VISIONS: FANTASTIC HOUSES AND THEIR TREASURES
Author
ARTHAUD, Claude
Seller
The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description
ARTHAUD, Claude. ENCHANTED VISIONS: FANTASTIC HOUSES AND THEIR TREASURES. New York: Putnam, (1972.) Folio. Cloth, dust jacket. 355, (4) pages. First American editon. A study of twenty-three palaces including the Hermitage, the castles of King Ludwig II of Barvaria, Versailles, and William Randolph Hearst's San Simeon. Fine, in slightly used dust jacket.
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Magicians, Theologians and Doctors: Studies in Folk-medicine and Folk-lore as reflected in the Rabbinical Responsa (12th-19th Centuries) by Zimmels, H.J.

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Magicians, Theologians and Doctors: Studies in Folk-medicine and Folk-lore as reflected in the Rabbinical Responsa (12th-19th Centuries)
Author
Zimmels, H.J.
Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (United States)
Condition
vg
Description
London: Edward Goldston & Son, Ltd, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. vii. 293pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine in original dust wrapper. "The author discusses the attitude of the Rabbis towards the study of medicine and the education of Jewish doctors as well as the evolution of medicine as reflected in Rabbinical decisions. He deals with the social status of medical practitioners distinguishing between "Physicians, Leeches and Quacks," and describes their views on medical problems with their theories on the causation of disease." The author was a lecturer in Rabbinics and Jewish History at the Jews College in London. Front board bowed. Some creasing and sunning on dj. Very good condition.
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The Misanthrope by Wilbur, Richard; Moliere

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Title
The Misanthrope
Author
Wilbur, Richard; Moliere
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Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. A lovely copy of this fine translation of Tartuffe by Richard Wilbur. DJ spine tanned.
ABC (951:10)

ABC (951:10) by ABC

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Title
ABC (951:10)
Author
ABC
Seller
E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Racine, WI: Whitman, 1949 Linen-like book printed entirely in color, light spine wear, a few letters discreetly traced with pencil. A simple ABC, A is for airplane, K is for Kangaroo, I is for Iceboat. . Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by M. E. Tedder. 4to.
BIBLIOTHÈQUE LITTÉRAIRE GWENN-AËL BOLLORÉ

BIBLIOTHÈQUE LITTÉRAIRE GWENN-AËL BOLLORÉ

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BIBLIOTHÈQUE LITTÉRAIRE GWENN-AËL BOLLORÉ
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description
Paris: n.p., 2002. stiff paper wrappers. Bolloré, Gwen-Aël. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 244 pages. Auction catalogue, Sotheby's, Paris, 2002, of modern bindings, manuscripts, first editions, drawings and prints from the library of the French writer and oceanographer Gwen-Aël Bolloré (1925-2001), 242 lots. Illustrated throughout in color.

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