Catalogue 32
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Literature
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CHÉRON, Elizabeth Sophie. Essay de Pseaumes mis en vers. Paris, Michel Brunet, 1694.
Rare first and only edition of Elizabeth Chéron’s verse translation of psalms, the work which led to her election into the Paduan Accademia dei Ricovrati.
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16th-Century Cid
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CID, Ruy Diaz de Vivar. Chronica del Famoso Cavallero Cid Ruy Diaz Campeador. Burgos, Philippe de Junta, 1593.
Rare, most likely 4th edition of this Spanish classic in the redaction of Fr. Juan Lopez de Velorado.
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Extremely Rare Fabricius "Separate" Of 1603
Earliest Separate Work On The Physiology Of Human Speech
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FABRICI, Girolamo (Fabricius ab Aquapendente). De Locutione et eius Instrumentis Liber... Padova, Ex Typographia Laurentii Pasquati, 1603.
Extremely rare, large-format monograph on the mechanics of human speech.
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SENAULT, Louis. Livre des rares & curieuses Escritures Italiennes bastarde à la mode et pratiquees en ce Royaume... Escrit et gravé par L. Senault. Paris, F. Poilly, 1671 - 1693.
Rare edition of this 17th-century writing manual that gives particular emphasis to "Italian bastarde," the hand used in French archival documents from the 16th to the 18th centuries, notable for the characteristic wavy, free lines of the letters.
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One of Nine Copies on Holland Paper With The Plates Printed on Velllum
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[PHILIP IV, King of France] / CRAPELET, Georges Adrien, ed. C'monies des gages de bataille selon les constituions du roi Philippe de France, reprnt en onze figures: suivies d'instructions sur la mani dont se doivent faire empereurs, rois, ducs, marquis, comtes, vicomtes, barons, chevaliers;. Paris, Crapelet, 1830.
Scarce first printing of this elaborately produced facsimile of a 14th-century manuscript containing Philip the Fair's legislation concerning wagers of battle, the chivalric custom of settling disputes by force of arms rather than by the rule of law.
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