{"title":"Home voyage et renaissance","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"leguat-francois-voyage-et-avanture-de-francois-leguat-et-de-ses-compagnons","title":"François Leguat. Voyage et aventures de François Leguat et de ses compagnons en deux îles désertes des Indes Orientales.","description":"\u003cp\u003eLondon, David Mortier, 1720.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 volumes In-12 (166x100mm), 18th century binding, brown calf, spine with 5 raised bands, title label in gilt, and volume numbers on the spine.\u003cbr\u003eNew edition of 1720 decorated with 5 maps and plans, a folded table and 23 engraved plates, frontispiece bound to Volume 2.\u003cbr\u003eVol. 1 [4]ff. - Dedication [10]ff.I-XX - [164]pp. - [2]ff. Vol. 2 [2]ff. - Frontispiece - [180]pp.- [16]ff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA remarkable story by François Leguat, the subject of the 2014 Goncourt Prize for Short Stories. \"The Life of Mr. Leguat\" by Nicolas Cavaillès.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of François Le Guat is intertwined with that of Marquis Henri Du Quesne, the shipowner who hoped to found a Protestant colony on Bourbon Island in 1689.\u003cbr\u003eThe island had belonged to France for about forty years and was populated by 309 souls at that time \u003cstrong\u003e(\u003cem\u003eLes Origines de l’île Bourbon. \u003c\/em\u003eM. Guët 1885-1886)\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eWhen his project was discovered, France sent warships (7 according to Leguat) to defend it and Du Quesne abandoned his project in favor of an exploration mission on Rodriguez Island in which François LeGuat, a \"gentleman from Bresse\" participated. This is how the Hirondelle, armed with six cannons, carrying Leguat and his companions, left Amsterdam on July 10, 1690.\u003cbr\u003eTold in the first person, this story describes the journey of these Huguenots, driven out of France by the revocation, which was marked by many adventures: a two-year stay on the small, then deserted island of Rodrigue, a perilous crossing on a makeshift boat to Mauritius, conflict with the Dutch authorities and deportation to a tiny islet off the coast of Mauritius, escape attempts and finally deliverance after nearly three years of painful captivity...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book is a travel story without equivalent among the adventure books of the 17th century.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndeed, it has given rise to much debate and research, among publishers, scientists and historians, since its release until today. \u003cstrong\u003eJean-Michel Racault, Alfred North-Coombes, Geoffroy Atkinson, Captain Pasfield Oliver, Th. Sauzier\u003c\/strong\u003e... all have helped us for the last three centuries and despite their differences to untangle the truth from the false, as it is sometimes complex to separate fiction from document in the travel literature of this period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is now proven that François Leguat did indeed exist and experienced all the events he reports, thanks to the presence of numerous Dutch archives from the colonies of Mauritius and the Cape (1), some of his descriptions concerning the fauna and flora of the island of Rodrigue, often considered extravagant, have been confirmed, either by contemporary testimonies that have remained unpublished, or by the discoveries of fossil bones made on site in the 19th century by naturalists (2). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNevertheless, according to Atkinson's comparative studies, many of these descriptions remain extravagant or copied or inspired by the stories of other explorers and the introduction and several passages are due to the obvious intervention of Maximilien Misson, a successful author of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd it is all this that has sown doubt. For his detractors like Atkinson, certain reinterpretations and descriptions have given the idea of a story, which in reality, never existed. For him, thanks to the adventures of Leguat, we would have imagined imaginary birds that disappeared for two centuries.\u003cbr\u003e[...] \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSir Alfred Newton, explorer and naturalist, in an article on the extinction of marine mammals, is quoted as saying: \"Where are the dugongs of Rodriguez, so charmingly described by Leguat? Extinct!\" Renowned 19th century naturalists went so far as to give a bird described in Francois Leguat's Voyage the euphonious title of \"Erythromachus Leguati\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\".(3)\u003cbr\u003eWhile Atkinson points out real hoaxes with very interesting comparative bibliographical studies, North-Coombes shows us that plagiarisms are less numerous than he says and that the descriptions on the island of Rodrigue are accurate and unpublished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe are certainly dealing here with a real travel story experienced by François Leguat and his companions but which has undergone developments, additions and inventions in order to make it more attractive and give the story a more solid literary structure. All this, certainly for commercial purposes.\u003cbr\u003e[…] \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere are indeed few travel books written at the beginning of the 18th century that were reprinted in two languages towards the end of the 19th century. Leguat's story is one of them. As a novel written in 1707, often reprinted and considered an essentially true story, after two hundred years it is perhaps without equal. […] The continued publication of the book itself is doubtless a justification, by some standards, of this method of writing travel novels.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(4) .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is an important scientific reference for the fauna and flora of Rodrigue Island, a historical and literary composition unpublished for its time, a story of shipwrecked people, a profound reflection on solitude and the complexity of civilization more than ten years before Defoe's Robinson Crusoe published in 1719.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(1) (2) \u003cem\u003eFrom the travel story to the novel\u003c\/em\u003e: the example of François Léguât's Voyage, Jean-Michel Racault, 1986\u003cbr\u003e(3)(4) \u003cem\u003ePublications of the Modern Language Association of America 1921\u003c\/em\u003e. Vol. XXXVI. Geoffroy Atkinson December 1921.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA French Desert Island Novel of 1708: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/457349?searchText=casimir+freschot+le+guat\u0026amp;amp;searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dcasimir%2Bfreschot%2Ble%2Bguat%26so%3Drel\u0026amp;amp;ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol\u0026amp;amp;refreqid=fastly-default%3Ae6a8f967626e2d739354fd5de73d4646\u0026amp;amp;seq=1\" title=\"A French Desert Island Novel of 1708\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/457349?searchText=casimir+freschot+le+guat\u0026amp;searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dcasimir%2Bfreschot%2Ble%2Bguat%26so%3Drel\u0026amp;ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol\u0026amp;refreqid=fastly-default%3Ae6a8f967626e2d739354fd5de73d4646\u0026amp;seq=1\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA project of republic on the island of Eden: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k73850w\/f4.item.r=henri%20Du%20Quesne%20The%20Hakluyt%20edition%20of%20Captain%20Oliver's%20story%20of%20Leguat:%20https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/in.gov.ignca.21256\/page\/n7\/mode\/2up%20Jean-Michel%20Racault's%20article:%20https:\/\/hal.univ-reunion.fr\/hal-03984749\/document\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k73850w\/f4.item.r=henri%20Du%20Quesne\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k73850w\/f4.item.r=henri%20Du%20Quesne%20The%20Hakluyt%20edition%20of%20Captain%20Oliver's%20story%20of%20Leguat:%20https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/in.gov.ignca.21256\/page\/n7\/mode\/2up%20Jean-Michel%20Racault's%20article:%20https:\/\/hal.univ-reunion.fr\/hal-03984749\/document\" title=\"A project of republic on the island of Eden\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Hakluyt edition of Captain Oliver's story of Leguat: https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/in.gov.ignca.21256\/page\/n7\/mode\/2up\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k73850w\/f4.item.r=henri%20Du%20Quesne%20The%20Hakluyt%20edition%20of%20Captain%20Oliver's%20story%20of%20Leguat:%20https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/in.gov.ignca.21256\/page\/n7\/mode\/2up%20Jean-Michel%20Racault's%20article:%20https:\/\/hal.univ-reunion.fr\/hal-03984749\/document\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJean-Michel Racault's article: https:\/\/hal.univ-reunion.fr\/hal-03984749\/document\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe two volumes fully digitized on the BNF website:\u003cbr\u003eVolume 1: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1040570n?rk=21459;2\" title=\"Voyage et aventure François Leguat\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1040570n?rk=21459;2\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolume 2: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1040572g?rk=42918;4\" title=\"Voyage et aventure de François Leguat\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1040572g?rk=42918;4\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e good condition overall, the binding is patinated with time, the boxes have faded, the maps and leaflets are all preserved. There is a small tear inside the map of Rodrigue Island (see Photos).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50800591110484,"sku":null,"price":1950.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/01_Leguat_Francois_Voyages_avantures_compagnons_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1731687694"},{"product_id":"premier-livre-de-lhistoire-de-la-navigation-aux-indes-orientales-par-les-hollandois","title":"LODEWIJCKSZ. Premier Livre de L'histoire de la Navigation aux Indes Orientales par les Hollandois","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLodewijcksz - Premier Livre de L'histoire de la Navigation aux Indes Orientales par les Hollandois, et des choses a eux advenues ensembles les conditions, les meurs, et manieres de vivre des nations, par eux abordees. Pkus les Monnoyes, Espices, Drogues, \u0026amp; marchandises, \u0026amp; le pris d’icelles. Davantage les de couvremens \u0026amp; apparences, situations, \u0026amp; costes maritimes des contrees, avec levray pourtraict au vif des habitations : Le tout par plusieurs figures illustré : tres recreatif a lire a tous navigans \u0026amp; amateurs des navigations lointaines, es terres estrangeres. G. M. A. VV. L.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eAmsterdam, Cornille Nicolas, 1598.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn-folio (315x245mm). Speckled fawn half-sheepskin, flat spine with gilt fillets and gilt title label on a black background. Marbled endpapers, blank endpapers (not original), 47 leaves (out of 53) (+ slipped leaves 46 and 47 of the 1609 edition).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition on the expedition of Cornelis de Houtman (1595-1597) which broke the Portuguese monopoly on the East Indies spice trade and was at the origin of the Dutch East India Company VOC.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA very rare original French edition published in 1598, the same year as the Dutch original and the Latin version. Only six copies, three of which are incomplete, are identifiable in libraries today for this French edition. There is no digital version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original 1598 version and the 1609 reissue can be distinguished by the typography of the half-title. Some page layouts differ, some initials are different, the translation has been reworked, the plates are not always in the same order, the map legends remain partially in Dutch, and some copies have erased \"secret\" routes and anchorages. Indeed, the edition was published only a year after the expedition's return, and the Amsterdam merchants wished to keep certain information confidential.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the first edition is distinguished above all by the quality of the engravings. The lines are sharper, the blacks are denser and more uniform.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the reissues, the copperplates from the original edition were reused in Isaac Commelin's monumental compilation of Dutch voyages, \"\u003cem\u003eBegin ende voortgangh\u003c\/em\u003e,\" published in 1646, testifying to the lasting influence of this First Book of the History of Navigation in the East Indies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/17_Lodewijcksz_DeBry_Premier_Livre_Navigation_Indes_Orientales_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1748703422\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncomplete book: leaves 45 to 49 and leaf 53 are missing. The end coin plate is also missing. Part of leaf 26 is torn. Two leaves from the 1609 edition have been slipped in, leaves 47 and 48.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis first Dutch expedition to the East Indies took place in a unique context, at a pivotal moment in European trade. The Dutch Republic, having gained independence from the Kingdom of Spain, in the midst of the Eighty Years' War, sought to break the Portuguese monopoly on East Indian spices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was in this context that the brothers Cornelis and Frederik de Houtman were sent as commercial agents by a consortium of Amsterdam merchants. They were imprisoned by the Portuguese in Lisbon in 1595 for attempting to steal secret maps detailing the sea routes to the East Indies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpon their return from Amsterdam, Cornelius, the elder, was appointed commander of a fleet of four ships belonging to the consortium of merchants. This consortium would become the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in 1602 following the success of this First Expedition. The VOC would go on to dominate the East India trade for more than three centuries, profoundly shaping world trade and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Expedition left Amsterdam on April 2, 1595, with 248 officers and sailors and four ships: the Mauricius, the Amsterdam, the Hollandia, and the Duifje.\u003cbr\u003eThe book is the logbook of Willem Lodewijcksz, the accounting officer aboard the Mauritius, the flagship of the fleet.\u003cbr\u003eHe managed to create an exceptionally detailed account of the expedition, thanks to remarkable ethnographic description and cartography, including the first detailed European maps of Bantam and Bali, as well as nautical profiles of numerous coastlines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/08_Lodewijcksz_DeBry_Premier_Livre_Navigation_Indes_Orientales_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1748703422\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis work was so precise and unprecedented that his detailed overview map of Java–Sumatra was removed from the first edition by order of the Amsterdam merchants. This was likely to preserve the details of the nascent spice trade. One can see on page XX of the 1598 edition a note “slide here the map of Sumatra” that does not appear in the 1609 edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis forbidden map was published by Claesz later that same year as a loose leaf, and a year later, de Bry published the account of the voyage, accompanied by a general map and other maps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is an example of the forbidden card : \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Nova Tabula\" href=\"https:\/\/he.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A5:Baptista_Duetecum,_Nova_tabula_insularum_Javae,_Sumatrae,_Borneonis_et_al_iarum_Malaccam_%28FL25569908_2467383%29.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/he.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A5:Baptista_Duetecum,_Nova_tabula_insularum_Javae,_Sumatrae,_Borneonis_et_al_iarum_Malaccam_%28FL25569908_2467383%29.jpg\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter departing from Amsterdam, the four ships sailed along the coast of Africa, past the Cape of Good Hope to Madagascar, an important stopover as a scurvy epidemic had broken out due to a lack of supplies, and 71 men died.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rest of the expedition was just as complicated. Arriving in East India via the Sunda Strait, diplomatic relations were complicated, as the Portuguese had incited the Indonesians against the expedition. There were violent confrontations in Bantam, Sildaru, Madura, and Sumatra, among others. Many men died, and only the trade with Bali was friendly and fruitful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough the expedition was a historic success that broke the Portuguese monopoly on spices, it was a human disaster. Of the 248 crewmen, only 87-89 returned to Amsterdam in 1598. The diplomatic record was also complicated by conflicts with the Indonesian kings and peoples. The Amsterdam was burned due to its poor condition and lack of personnel. It should be noted, however, that despite all this, the expedition recovered its costs thanks to the high price of spices and the 41 tons of nutmeg and 245 bags of pepper they managed to bring back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Missing leaves 45 to 49 as well as leaf 53 (last page and coin plate). Part of leaf 26 is torn. Restored title, repairs to the margins and corners of leaves 31, 41, 51-52, slight damage to the engravings. Two leaves of the 1609 edition have been slipped, leaves 47 and 48. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImpressive and very rare first edition in French.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo find out more: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDocumentaire arte sur l'émergence d'Amsterdam comme grande puissance : \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Documentaire Cornelius de Houtman\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dG19LftWuIA\u0026amp;amp;ab_channel=BestDocumentary\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dG19LftWuIA\u0026amp;ab_channel=BestDocumentary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArticle BNF sur la naissance de l’empire commercial de la Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) : \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"BNF - Article sur l'expantion de la VOC - Cornelius de Houtman - LODEWIJCKSZ\" href=\"https:\/\/essentiels.bnf.fr\/fr\/histoire\/temps-modernes\/a5d9a442-f6c1-458b-9070-e8006a596c27-europe-hors-europe-17e-18e-siecles\/article\/a3d372b9-ea53-47ce-9374-c749f0d14ae2-hollandais-indes-orientales\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/essentiels.bnf.fr\/fr\/histoire\/temps-modernes\/a5d9a442-f6c1-458b-9070-e8006a596c27-europe-hors-europe-17e-18e-siecles\/article\/a3d372b9-ea53-47ce-9374-c749f0d14ae2-hollandais-indes-orientales\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWikipedia sur Cornelius de Houtman : \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Cornelius de Houtman\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cornelis_de_Houtman\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cornelis_de_Houtman\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWikipedia sur Frederick de Houtman : \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Fredercik de Houtman\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frederick_de_Houtman\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frederick_de_Houtman\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition :\u003c\/strong\u003e solid but worn binding, numerous restorations, water stains\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casaubon livre rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51632127803732,"sku":null,"price":2900.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Lodewijcksz_DeBry_Premier_Livre_Navigation_Indes_Orientales_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1743882744"},{"product_id":"traite-des-dragons-et-des-escarboucles","title":"PANTHOT. Traité des Dragons et des Escarboucles","description":"\u003cp\u003ePar Jean-Baptiste Panthot, Docteur en médecine de l’université de Montpelier \u0026amp; Doyen au collège des médecins de Lyon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLYON, Thomas AMAULRY, 1691.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-12 de 145x86mm, de [2] ff. Front. [11] ff. 93 pp. [1] f.\u003cbr\u003e19th century parchment binding in full blond calf, flat spine with gilt title label on red Moroccan. The rest of the spine is segmented with gilt chains and four fanciful gilt motifs. The two covers are framed with a gilt fillet with four spandrels.\u003cbr\u003eRed edges. Marbled paper endpapers in shades of red.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA very rare first edition that addresses the question of the famous metamorphosis that transforms old serpents into dragons, giving them legs, wings, and a carbuncle to light them in the darkness.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book begins with a letter addressed to Messire Antoine d'Acquin, the King's advisor in all his councils and his chief physician. It is followed by a note to the reader, an approval from Mr. Falconet, doctor and inspector appointed by the King for medical books. Two other approvals and two permissions to print follow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThis indubitable experience must convince those who too easily, or weakly, believe lies as truth, and who place complete faith in everything they hear without any distinction or knowledge\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJ.B. Panthot\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThis research is filled with beautiful letters and erudition: the vulgar and the common people are not only debunked, but true physicists are very usefully instructed.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFalconet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe treatise is a small volume of 93 pages. Very interesting and easy to read, it is structured in two main parts: the first deals with the existence of dragons, the second with the carbuncle. Panthot adopts a critical and rationalist approach, relying on naturalist observations and rational arguments to demystify these legendary creatures.\u003cbr\u003eHe notably cites Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, one of the great explorers and gemstone connoisseurs of the 17th century, who saw no trace of animals resembling the descriptions of dragons during his many travels.\u003cbr\u003eBut also no trace of the carbuncle in the fabulous treasure of the Great Mughal, Emperor Aurangzeb, who granted Tavernier the honor of examining the most beautiful gems in his hoard in 1665. (1)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted in Lyon by Thomas Amaulry. An influential printer-bookseller from Paris, he was known for his commercial skills in negotiating privileges. Indeed, this is a period in the 17th century when the majority of privileges were granted, in an absolutist manner, to the great Parisian booksellers and extended by \"continuations of privileges,\" renewals granted to privilege holders, allowing them to maintain their exclusivity for an extended period, often in exchange for payment.(2)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo years later, in 1693, Amaulry printed another treatise for Jean-Baptiste Panthot: \u003cem\u003ele Traitté de la baguette, ou La recherche des véritables usages ausquels elle convient pour la découverte des voleurs, des meurtriers, sur la terre \u0026amp; sur les eaux, des bornes, des trésors, des vipes, des corps noyez, \u0026amp; des plusieurs autres experiences tres-curieuses contenues dans cet ouvrage\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the half-title, Jean-Baptiste Panthot presents himself as \"Counsellor and Physician to the King, Dean of the College of Physicians of Lyon.\" We found no trace of this \"promotion,\" and we might wonder if it served to strengthen the author's credibility or facilitate the printing of the book with Amaulry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k58186972\/f9.item\" title=\"Traité de la baguette\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k58186972\/f9.item\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(1) \"L\u003cem\u003ee Fabuleux Destin des diamants de Tavernier. Du grand Moghol au Roi-Soleil\u003c\/em\u003e\" L'École des Art Joailliers. 2018\u003cbr\u003e(2) Henriette Pommier “\u003cem\u003eLe privilège partagé : Le cas d’Antoine Dezallier à Paris et Thomas Amaulry à Lyon\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rare work, WorldCat and the USTC list numerous digital versions, but we found only five printed copies in total:\u003cbr\u003eThe British Library, St. Pancras, Montpellier University of the History of Medicine, Bibliothèque des Annonciades. Boulogne-sur-Mer, Lyon Claude Bernard University and the BNF.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographies:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaillet. 8277\u003cbr\u003eBrunet IV. 349\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor more information:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe digitized book is available on the BNF website: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k8702309p\/f5.planchecontact.r=dragons%20escarboucles\" title=\"Traité Dragons escarboucles\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k8702309p\/f5.planchecontact.r=dragons%20escarboucles\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e last leaf restored, scattered soiling, some water stains, the book is in good condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casaubon Livre Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51632152904020,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Panthot_Traite_Dragons_Escarboucles_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1743942898"},{"product_id":"lhistoire-apostolique-dabdias-premier-evesque-de-babylon","title":"L'Histoire Apostolique d'Abdias premier Evesque de Babylon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eL’Histoire Apostolique d’Abdias, premier evesque de Babylon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eInstitué par les Apostres, tournée d’Hebrieu en Grec par Eutrope, puis en Latin par Jule Africain aussi Evesques, \u0026amp; nouvellement traduitte en nostre vulgaire.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eÀ Paris, Chez Guillaume Guillard, \u0026amp; la veuve Amory. 1564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuodecimo (117x111mm) - Limp vellum binding with flaps, flat spine, untitled. (8) ll., (144) ll. Strange blank endpapers at the beginning and end with traces of printing from another work, suggesting printer's scraps. The border of the endpapers appears different from the border of the book; it does not show the same signs of aging, suggesting a post-printing assembly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn extremely rare first edition in French; the WorldCat and the USTC list only four copies, one of which is at the BNF.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook consisting of 10 apocryphal acts from the New Testament, very popular throughout medieval Europe, part of a collection entitled Virtutes Apostolorum (Apostolic History). These texts recount the works, miracles, persecutions, and deaths of the apostles.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCalled \u003cem\u003ePseudo-Abdias\u003c\/em\u003e, these acts were attributed to Obadiah in 1552 by the editor Wolfgang Lazius. Abdias was one of the 72 disciples of Jesus, consecrated the first bishop of Babylon by Saints Simon and Jude. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/01_Abdias_Histoire_Apostolique_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1743948779\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was Wolfgang Lazius who gave these ten texts the title \"\u003cem\u003eAbdiae Babyloniae episcopi et apostolorum discipuli de historia certaminis apostolici libri decem\u003c\/em\u003e\" in 1552.\u003cbr\u003eOn the title page, he presents the book as a Latin translation written by Julius Africanus, based on Eutropius's Greek version of Obadiah's Hebrew text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbdias of Babylon is not to be confused with Abdias, a prophet of the Old Testament.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition comes from parchments found in an ancient monastery in Lower Austria and in a convent of St. Trudbert built during the time of Emperor Phocas in Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll these texts are believed to have separate origins, and their attribution to Obadiah is likely due to a misinterpretation by Wolfgang Lazius in the sixth book of the Passion of Simon and Jude. (1) The editor reinforces this idea of attribution in his preface and in the foreword he attributes to Julius and Eutropius.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to a study by Guy Philippart in 1977, more than 90 manuscript sources are now identified for the twenty or so texts in the \u003cem\u003eVirtutes Apostolorum\u003c\/em\u003e.(2) The oldest date from the 8th century and are thought to have been first compiled into a coherent collection in the late 6th or 7th century. (1) Indeed, Abdias's texts contain numerous traces of the literary milieu of the Frankish ecclesiastical world of the late 6th century.(3)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Adelbert Lipsius theorized that this set of apocryphal gospels was compiled during the second half of the 6th century in a Frankish monastery and was certainly revised or censored in line with the Catholic teaching of the time in order to erase the Gnostic origins of the ancient texts. (4)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“T\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ehe particular interest of the pseudo-Abdias is to inform us about the legends that, in the Frankish world of the 6th century, were current about the apostles, and to have preserved for us, in admittedly very derivative accounts, some of the oldest apocryphal Acts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e”\u003cbr\u003eAlfred Vacant and Eugène Mangenot\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere are the 10 texts that make up this Apostolic History:\u003cbr\u003e1 - Passion of Saint Peter\u003cbr\u003e2 - Passion of Saint Paul\u003cbr\u003e3 - Acts of Saint Andrew\u003cbr\u003e4 - Passion of Saint James, brother of Saint John, son of Zebetaeus\u003cbr\u003e5 - Acts of Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist\u003cbr\u003e6 - Passion of James, brother of the Lord and of Simon and Jude\u003cbr\u003e7 - Passion of Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist\u003cbr\u003e8 - Passion of Saint Bartholomew\u003cbr\u003e9 - The Miracles of Thomas\u003cbr\u003e10 - Acts of Philip\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA second edition was printed in Lyon in 1582 by Benoist Rigaud.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe calf of the binding bears the marks of age with dark spots. Traces of waterstaining on the ends of the inner leaves. The interior is in good condition. (see photos)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(1) Burke, Tony, and Brandon W. Hawk. “Apostolic Histories (Virtutes apostolorum).”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(2) Philippart, Guy. Les légendes latines et autres manuscrits hagiographiques. Typologie des sources du Moyen Age occidental 24-25. Turnhout : Brepols, 1977.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(3) Dictionnaire de théologie catholique\u003cbr\u003eTexte établi par Alfred Vacant et Eugène Mangenot, Letouzey et Ané, 1909 (Tome 1.1 : AARON — APOLLINAIRE, p. 23-24).\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Dictionnaire_de_th%C3%A9ologie_catholique\/ABDIAS,_%C3%A9v%C3%AAque_de_Babylone\" title=\"Dictionnaire de théologie catholique\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/fr.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Dictionnaire_de_th%C3%A9ologie_catholique\/ABDIAS,_%C3%A9v%C3%AAque_de_Babylone\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(4) Lipsius, Richard A. Die apokryphen Apostelgeschichten und Apostellegenden. 2 vol. en 3 parties. Braunschweig, 1883-1890 (voir vol. 1, pp. 117-178).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographie :\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMigne, Jacques-Paul. Dictionnaire des Apocryphes . 2 vol. 1856 p.24\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casaubon Livre Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51634927436116,"sku":null,"price":1500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Abdias_Histoire_Apostolique_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1743948778"},{"product_id":"theophraste-des-odeurs","title":"THEOPHRASTE. Des Odeurs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThéophraste Des Odeurs mis de Grec en nostre langue françoyse avec annotations des lieux plus notables et difficiles avec l’histoire de quelques Plantes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePar J. de l’Estrade\u003cbr\u003eÀ Paris, chez Guillaume Guillard, rue Saint Jacques, à l’enseigne Sainte Barbe. 1556.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-12 93x140mm, half calf with marbled paper covers, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt title label. Endpapers, frontispiece, 64ff., endpaper. Complete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst French edition of Theophrastus's De Odoribus, which is the eighth book of his De causis plantarum (Causes of Plants). This is the first edition of De Odoribus printed on its own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA very rare edition, WorldCat lists only two copies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDe causis plantarum\u003c\/em\u003e (3rd century BC) has been passed down to us through several manuscripts, including the famous \u003cem\u003eVaticanus Urbinas graecus 61\u003c\/em\u003e, which, as its name suggests, is now in the Vatican, having previously belonged to the Duke of Urbino. (Suzanne Amigues. \u003cem\u003eL’épisode crétois dans l’histoire du Vaticanus urbinas graecus 61.\u003c\/em\u003e 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first edition of the text was included in the edition of the complete works of Aristotle and Theophrastus published by Aldus Manutius in Venice in 1497.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book begins with a letter to Monsignor L'Aubespin, followed by a pleasant note to the reader in which Jean de L'Estrade explains, among other things, his motivations for translating the text: \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e[...] ayant pris en main Theophraste des senteurs, après l’avoir lu et relu plusieurs fois, j’en ai trouvé tant de senteurs odoriférantes que je pensais être totalement parfumé sans avoir mis sur moi aucune senteur artificielle, ce qui m’a fort incité à le traduire en notre langue vulgaire selon ma petite capacité.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing this note to the reader, the text is translated and accompanied by L’Estrade’s annotations. 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Folio 16\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eL’onguent se compose encore aujourd'hui de pomme de coing. Lesquelles les apothicaires coupent et broient puis les mettent dans de l'huile devant le soleil seulement et l’appelle oleum-cytoniorum. Il n’y entre point de choses aromatiques comme le temps passe. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvec de la myrrhe. Folio 24\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThéophraste semble vouloir signifier que l’onguent \u0026amp; odeur de la myrrhe est plus odorante quand on la broye, ou qu’il n’est après ou autrement. Outre cette chaleur bénigne excitée en la myrrhe, quand on la passe par le feu, fait que l’onguent ainsi mêlée, se tempère. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery little is known about Jean de l’Estrade. His reference to Gascony when he praises François Roier in his preface to Claude de L’Aubespin, auditor of accounts, leads us to link him to a Jean de l’Estrade, squire, lord of La Cousse (Périgord), negotiating with the King of Navarre for the purchase of the parish of Coulaures in 1544. According to the departmental archives of Haute Vienne (5F \u003cem\u003eFonds Auguste Bosvieux\u003c\/em\u003e p. 102).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe printer of this edition, Guillaume Guillard, was the nephew of Charlotte Guillard, a major figure in the world of Renaissance printing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe ran the Soleil d’Or printing house and dominated the market for legal and Church Fathers publications of her time [...] Bringing together in a single intellectual project the most conservative theologians and the most innovative scholars, her output bears witness to the lively debates that stirred intellectual circles during the Reformation period.\u003cbr\u003e(Rémi Jimenes. Charlotte Guillard. A Woman Printer in the Renaissance. Presses universitaires François-Rabelais. 2017)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1556, we know that Guillaume Guillard owned his own bookstore, located at the address Rue Saint Jacques under the sign Sainte Barbe, an address he shared with his brother-in-law Thomas Bellot.\u003cbr\u003eHe published editions for the Soleil d’Or and co-published works with his brother-in-law Thomas Bellot, and in his own name at the address Rue Saint Jacques under the sign Sainte Barbe. Theophrastus of Odors is one of the few books printed solely by Guillaume Guillard that we found during our research.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the book is missing from Brunet, La Caille, and Renouard Philippe, only Graesse VI. 127 mentions this French edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eA university Latin version incorporating an analysis by Adrian Turnebo was printed the same year in Paris by Michel de Vascosan (Graesse VI. 127) : \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Theophraste Odeurs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitale-sammlungen.de\/en\/view\/bsb10151002?page=,1\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.digitale-sammlungen.de\/en\/view\/bsb10151002?page=,1\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThis edition includes the text translated into Latin, an analysis section, and the text in Greek.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition :\u003c\/strong\u003e The binding is rubbed, worn, and fragile. 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Azoth ou le moyen de faire l’or caché des philosophes","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eAzoth ou le moyen de faire l’or caché des philosophes\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDe Frère Basile Valentin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eÀ  Paris, chez Pierre Moet. 1659\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall octavo, 172x112mm, 196pp. Frontispiece, numerous headbands and initials, 14 woodcuts. 17th-century full red calf binding with five raised bands. Gilt title label and compartments, gilt border on the raised bands. Covers decorated with gilt frames and gilt fleurons. Gilt border on the edges of the covers. Blank endpapers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Happy three or even four times, happy is he who has acquired the complete knowledge of this art.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e Basile Valentin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/12_Basile-Valentin_Azoth-or-cache-philosophes.jpg?v=1759076721\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by Basile Valentin, a famous 16th-century alchemist canon, this book is a reference in philosophical alchemy. Far from folkloric esoteric books, it opens the paths to the wisdom of life. The first part consists of a dialogue between Adolphe, representing the one who believes he knows, a materialist attracted by wealth but thirsty for knowledge, and the Old Man, the philosopher, simple in appearance, whose speeches seem naive if one cannot decipher their metaphors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“You will repel darkness, all gloom, and blindness, for it is the force of forces that overcomes all force and subtle things and penetrates hard and solid things.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e B.V.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second part reveals the secrets of mysterious alchemical concepts through the Philosopher's Stone, Azoth, Mercury, VITRIOL, or the Dragon, a set of metaphorical keys that unlock the secrets of life through the principle of transmutation (sometimes called the Universal Remedy or Panacea).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“I am a poisonous Dragon, being everywhere present and at a low price, the thing on which I rest and which rests on me, will be found in me, which will seek well and diligently my water \u0026amp; my destructive and composing fire [...] the philosophers call me Mercury, my husband is the philosophical gold, I am the old Dragon present throughout the earth, I am father and mother, young and old, strong \u0026amp; weak, hard and soft, descending to earth and ascending to heaven, very large and very small, very light and very heavy.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e B.V.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/05_Basile-Valentin_Azoth-or-cache-philosophes.jpg?v=1759076719\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second part is structured as follows:\u003cbr\u003e1 Atlas\u003cbr\u003e2 The Words of Hermes to the Pimander\u003cbr\u003e3 The Smaragdine Table of Hermes or the Words of the Secrets of Hermes\u003cbr\u003e4 The Symbol of Brother Basil Valentine\u003cbr\u003e5 The New Symbol\u003cbr\u003e6 Raw Material\u003cbr\u003e7 Operation of the Philosophical Mystery\u003cbr\u003e8 Second Figure\u003cbr\u003e9 Third Figure\u003cbr\u003e10 Fourth Figure\u003cbr\u003e11 Fifth Figure\u003cbr\u003e12 Sixth Figure\u003cbr\u003e13 The Universal Work of the Philosophers\u003cbr\u003e14 Declaration and Explanation of Adolphe\u003cbr\u003e15 The Symbol of Saturn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/08_Basile-Valentin_Azoth-or-cache-philosophes.jpg?v=1759076720\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe third part is a philosophical poem on the Azoth of the philosophers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile the text appears to have several levels of interpretation, it is, more prosaically, and despite the typos, very well written and highly poetic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“This is true and far from any lie, that what is below is similar to what is above [...] the Sun is the Father and the Moon is the Mother, the wind carries it in its womb, the earth is its nurse, the mother of all perfection, its power is perfect if it is changed into Earth, separate the earth from the fire, the subtle from the hope and gross, and prudently, with modesty and wisdom, it rises from the earth to the sky [...] by this means you will have the glory of all.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e B.V.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/06_Basile-Valentin_Azoth-or-cache-philosophes.jpg?v=1759076719\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBasil Valentinus (Basilius Valentinus) is one of the great names in alchemy, presented as a Benedictine monk who lived at the Priory of Saint Peter in Erfurt. While his existence remains enigmatic, the majority of the works attributed to him were published in the early 17th century. His works presented for the first time the major principles of alchemy or protochemistry, such as the production of ammonia, hydrochloric acid, and sulfuric acid, and contributed to the fame of Azoth and Vitriol.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBassie Valentin appears to be a pseudonym for Johann Thölde.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaillet 797;\u003cbr\u003eBrunet V, 1035\u003cbr\u003ePernety 52\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Binding in good condition, patinated with age. The gilt decorations are very well preserved. annotations and pencil marks are present. There is a small stain between pages 15 and 41 at the bottom of the page. There are stains on page 81. There are numerous printing errors. The book is complete. Overall, very good condition (see photos).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“So be it to Mercury, which, although it is footless, runs like water, not wetting the hands and operates entirely metallically.”\u003c\/strong\u003e B.V.\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casaubon livre rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52679406092628,"sku":null,"price":3100.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Basile-Valentin_Azoth-or-cache-philosophes.jpg?v=1759253380"},{"product_id":"durer-albrecht-les-quatres-livres-dalbert-durer-1557","title":"DÜRER Albrecht. Les quatre livres d'Albert Durer 1557","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003caudio class=\"audio-for-speech\"\u003e\u003c\/audio\u003e\u003cem\u003eLES QUATRE LIVRES D’ALBERT DURER, Peintre et Géometrien Tres excellent, De la Proportion des parties et pourtraicts des corps humains.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"translate-tooltip-mtz translator-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"header\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTraduicts par Loys Meigret. Lionnois, de langue Latine en Françoise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eÀ Paris, chez Charles Perier, demourant en la rue saint Jean de Beauvais, à l’enseigne de Bellerophon. 1557\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFolio, 325 x 210 mm. Later vellum binding, spine with five raised bands. White endpapers, title page and epistle 2ff., then 124ff. comprising 145 woodcuts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComplete copy, collation similar to the copies held by the INHA and the BNF, with the same pagination errors except for the first fold-out, which presents the engraving as a double-page spread on the verso of page 3, not on a folded sheet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/09_quatre_livres_albrecht_durer_casaubon-livres-rare-books.jpg?v=1764524348\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Les quatre livres d'Albert Durer Casaubon livre rare book\" href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1510801t\/f3.planchecontact\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k1510801t\/f3.planchecontact\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Les quatre livres d'albert durer casaubon livre rare book\" href=\"https:\/\/bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr\/viewer\/7281\/?offset=#page=5\u0026amp;amp;viewer=thumb\u0026amp;amp;o=bookmark\u0026amp;amp;n=0\u0026amp;amp;q=\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr\/viewer\/7281\/?offset=#page=5\u0026amp;viewer=thumb\u0026amp;o=bookmark\u0026amp;n=0\u0026amp;q=\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published by his wife Agnes six months after his death in 1528, this book was the culmination of a long preparatory work for Dürer. To create it, the artist left behind nearly 1,500 pages of reflection, experimentation, and artistic formulas. He accompanied his writings with woodcuts intended to make his theories more accessible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book was quickly published in its Latin version by Joachim Camerarius, which allowed for its wide dissemination and brought the Four Books widespread success in Europe among artists and scholars. It went on to be reprinted and translated several times. (1)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf all these reprints and translations, Brunet considers only three original editions: the Latin edition of 1532-34, the French edition of 1557, and the Italian edition of 1591. (2)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original French edition of 1557 is distinguished by the quality of its woodcuts, executed with exceptional precision and virtuosity (4), and also by its translation by the Lyon-born humanist and linguist Louis Meigret (Loys Megret Lionnois).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis linguist advocated for a phonographic reform of French spelling, which he was unable to implement. He did, however, achieve a certain degree of fame thanks to the reputation of his grammar, known for being unreadable, but, on another subject, for the quality of his translations. The humanist Muret praised his \"sweet language,\" emphasizing the elegance and fluidity of his style. His first translation of Dürer's work was quite successful and was republished in 1613. (3)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/02_quatre_livres_albrecht_durer_casaubon-livres-rare-books.jpg?v=1764524348\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe intellectual contribution of the 1557 edition lies in Loys Meigret's precise translation of these complex concepts. The book, divided into four parts, unfolds as follows:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1- The First Book: Fractional Measurement. Dürer presents a method for dividing the human body using fractions of its total height.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2- The Second Book: Alberti's System and the Exempeda. Dürer elaborates on his approach. He introduced a measurement method inspired by the Italian theorist Leon Battista Alberti, using a graduated ruler.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3- The Third Book: The Geometry of Variations. In this book, Dürer teaches how to modify the proportions of a standard figure to create variations: fat, thin, tall, short.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4- The Fourth Book: The Theory of Motion. This final book analyzes the behavior of proportions when the body is in motion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePanotsky describes the First Book as follows: “\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis First Book contains five different types of male and female figures measuring seven, eight, nine, and ten ‘heads’ respectively; in addition to a description of certain technical procedures such as parallel projection (1647–1649), it provides detailed measurements of the head—male and female—the hand, the foot, and the baby. All proportions are given in three dimensions and expressed as aliquots of the total length.” According to Dürer, none of these five types deserved to be called deformed, or even ugly, although he would certainly have considered types B and C, \"mittelmassige\" (\"medium\" or rather \"moderate\"), descendants of the early Apollos, as closer approximations of \"techte Hiibsche\" (\"true beauty\") than type A, \"grobe baurische\" (\"crude and rustic\")\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. Panotsky - \u003cem\u003eAlbercht Dürer\u003c\/em\u003e. 1945, p. 266\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe visual result of the engravings and their composition with typography impresses with their aesthetic rendering. This work, with its refined lines and scientific precision, remains as modern as ever and evokes images belonging to the unconscious of our civilization, much like Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to a Sotheby's listing quoting Panotsky, this book was widely used by painters in the 16th and 17th centuries, and it laid the foundations of scientific anthropometry. Panotsky compares its importance to that of Luther's translation of the Bible, Dürer had managed to assimilate the theoretical problems of the Renaissance without betraying his nature as a Northern artist. (5)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA magnificent and complete copy, a testament to the technical innovations of the Renaissance, this book is a lesson in humility for our generation. It bears witness to what this era brought to humanity and continues to bring us. More than a major advance in descriptive geometry, it is \"an open book\" on the genius of one of the greatest artists of the last millennium.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eTitle page, last leaf, and leaf a1 reinforced at the margins, small repair to leaf r4; some engravings slightly trimmed, occasional stains, foxing, and browning. Later vellum binding with wear, headcap rubbed.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/10_quatre_livres_albrecht_durer_casaubon-livres-rare-books.jpg?v=1764524348\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(1) Mathieu Deldicque - Caroline Grand. Albrecht Dürer: Engraving and the Renaissance. Éditions de la BNF. 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(2) BRUNET II. 914\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(3) Cendrine Pagani-Naudet. News about Louis Meigret: Humanist and Linguist. 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Theatrum Terrae Sanctae et Biblicarum Historiarum cum tabulis geographicis aere expressis.","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003eColoniae Agrippinae (Cologne), apud Iodocum Henricum Kramer (Josse-Henri Kramer), 1682.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e1682 complete edition in \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"41\"\u003econtemporary blind-stamped ivory pigskin\u003c\/b\u003e with its original ties. Purchased in Cologne (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"128\"\u003eEmi Colonia Agrip.\u003c\/i\u003e) and having belonged since 1694 to the Reformed pastor of Duisburg, \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"215\"\u003eJohannes à Dorth\u003c\/b\u003e, who inscribed his biblical motto (Jeremiah 31:10: \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"283\"\u003e\"Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, and declare it in the coastlands far away; say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock’\"\u003c\/i\u003e) as well as to the illustrious historian of Palestine, \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"517\"\u003eGaston Le Hardy\u003c\/b\u003e (1890).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eRichly illustrated with \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"24\"\u003e12 double-page engraved maps\u003c\/b\u003e, including a large folding general map of the Holy Land divided according to the territories of the twelve tribes of Israel, 9 maps of the tribal territories, a plate of the Exodus, and a large plan of Jerusalem. This extremely detailed plan offers a biblical and Christian interpretation of the city of Jerusalem. Measuring 75 x 52 cm, it remains a significant piece in the cartography of the Holy Land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eThis edition is the work of the Cologne printer-bookseller Jodocus Henricus Kramer, successor to the famous \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"108\"\u003eBirckmannica\u003c\/b\u003e workshop, the historical holder of the privileges and copperplates of Adrichom since the end of the 16th century. It stands out from previous editions by a superb frontispiece, a new typography, and finer, more detailed initial letters. Kramer produced here the last great early edition of Cologne using the original copperplates. (Laor, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"459\"\u003eMaps of the Holy Land\u003c\/i\u003e, 934).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eIn-folio (38.5 x 25 cm)\u003c\/b\u003e; [1] blank f., engraved title frontispiece, [8] ff., 286 pp., [1] f. Catalogus Auctorum, [12] ff. Index, 1 blank f., 42 pp. Index of names. Text in Latin on 2 columns. \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"174\"\u003eContemporary blind-stamped ivory pigskin\u003c\/b\u003e with original ties, spine with \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"246\"\u003eraised bands\u003c\/b\u003e and manuscript title. The work begins with the description of the Holy Land with the large map, followed by a description of each territory of the 12 tribes accompanied by mapping. Then comes the detailed plan of Jerusalem and the numbered detail of each building, followed by the \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"540\"\u003eCatalogus Auctorum\u003c\/i\u003e and the Index. Originally published in Cologne in 1590, five years after the death of its author, the \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"661\"\u003eTheatrum Terrae Sanctae\u003c\/i\u003e was reprinted in 1593, 1600, 1613, 1628, 1682, and 1722 (corrected edition of 1682). The first atlas dedicated to the Holy Land, it is Adrichem's most important and famous work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003eThe author, \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"12\"\u003eChristian Kruik van Adrichem\u003c\/b\u003e, was a Catholic priest and director of the Convent of Saint Barbara, born in Delft, Netherlands, on February 13, 1533. The religious unrest of the Reformation forced him to move several times within the Netherlands before finally settling in Cologne. It was there that he turned to the study of the geography of the Holy Land. He died in that same city on June 20, 1585.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003eThe title \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"10\"\u003e“Theatrum terrae sanctae et biblicarum historiarum cum tabulis geographicis”\u003c\/i\u003e is a direct description of the book's structure, as well as its philosophy of geographical thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003eThe \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"4\"\u003e“Theatrum”\u003c\/b\u003e refers to early modern ideas on the organization and communication of knowledge. Placing it in the title shows that Adrichem advocates for a thoughtful and structured book on the historical geography of the Bible (1). \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"233\"\u003e“Terrae sanctae et biblicarum historiarum cum tabulis geographicis”\u003c\/i\u003e brings us into the field of expertise of \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"342\"\u003e“Geographia Sacra,”\u003c\/b\u003e designating the systematic study of biblical and ecclesiastical geography. This field of inquiry, whose components Eusebius of Caesarea enumerated in the preface to his \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"531\"\u003eOnomasticon\u003c\/i\u003e, is not merely a technical cartographic “arrangement” between the Bible and geography, but an exegetical and interpretive act (2).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"12\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTheatrum terrae sanctae et biblicarum historiarum cum tabulis geographicis\u003c\/i\u003e is therefore a scholarly work written in the 16th century by a Catholic priest in a difficult religious context. It aimed to be at the cutting edge of the knowledge of the time, resulting from a rigorous work of biblical study, traveler testimony, and cartography. But it is also the artistic culmination of an expertise in sacred geography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003eIt is interesting to note, paraphrasing \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"13\" data-index-in-node=\"40\"\u003eZur Shalev’s\u003c\/b\u003e work on the fertility of the Holy Land, that while Adrichem must have drawn inspiration from testimonies to construct his \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"13\" data-index-in-node=\"175\"\u003eTheatrum\u003c\/i\u003e, even first-hand accounts were subject to a biblical prism. Travelers such as Burchard of Mount Sion (13th century), Leonhard Rauwolf (1570s), and Jean Zuallart (a Catholic pilgrim) expected to discover a Garden of Eden; when they saw the desert lands of Palestine, they either vigorously confirmed the fertility of the Holy Land or lamented it, claiming it had been reduced to arid deserts by God's punishment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003eThis reinforces the very Christian vision of the \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"49\"\u003eTheatrum\u003c\/i\u003e without diminishing its geographical importance. \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"107\"\u003e“\u003cstrong\u003e...the author (Adrichom) explored the metaphysical implications of pictorial realism in order to present and use his maps as Christian tools, equating the veracity of the cartographic medium with the authenticity of Christ’s life and the theological understanding of truth.\u003c\/strong\u003e”\u003c\/i\u003e (3)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"15\"\u003eAdrichom's work was so precise and scholarly that it seems to have crossed denominational boundaries. The \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"15\" data-index-in-node=\"106\"\u003e1694 ex-libris of Johannes à Dorth\u003c\/b\u003e, explicitly mentioning that he was a pastor of the Reformed church (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"15\" data-index-in-node=\"209\"\u003ePastor Reform. Eccl. Duirb\u003c\/i\u003e), is certainly no coincidence. This mention, annotated on a book written by a Catholic, not only highlights its importance for late 17th-century Protestant exegesis but also allows this knowledge to be intellectually associated with Reformed theology, in a context that was certainly still difficult after a century of conflict with the Spanish Catholics and in the midst of the War of the League of Augsburg and the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"16\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"16\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e Binding soiled, rubbed in places, \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"16\" data-index-in-node=\"45\"\u003edampstaining\u003c\/b\u003e on the cover and on inner pages. Leaf G3 bound before leaf G2, some pagination errors. \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"16\" data-index-in-node=\"145\"\u003eAll maps are in very good condition\u003c\/b\u003e, without restoration. The large map of the Holy Land has a visible dampstain on the reverse. This book retains all its structural integrity. See detailed photos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eSources \u0026amp; Bibliographic References\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"19\"\u003e(1) \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"19\" data-index-in-node=\"4\"\u003eA spectacular map theatre: The 1593 edition of Christiaan Adrichem’s Theatrum Terrae Sanctae\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Marianne P. 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He created a reworked edition with updated layout, spelling, and typography, and added previously unpublished commemorative sonnets, thereby stabilizing the Pléiade corpus for future generations.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eThe corpus of this edition became the standard for the subsequent Rouen editions (Brunet I 749), and remained unchanged until the Lemerre edition of 1866 (where Marty-Laveaux favored the Morel and Aubert versions). This specific copy was bound in 1855 by \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"254\"\u003eHippolyte Duru\u003c\/b\u003e, one of the greatest binders of the 19th century, then at the height of his craft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"23\"\u003eDuodecimo (142 x 85 mm)\u003c\/b\u003e with fine margins. [2] blank flyleaves, [1] title page, [11] ff. comprising the Epistle to the King, a sonnet by Scévole, the table of contents, an unpublished sonnet in homage to the author, and the order of works; 583 ff., [1] f. colophon, [2] blank flyleaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eBinding signed by Hippolyte Duru (1855):\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"41\"\u003eFull red morocco\u003c\/b\u003e, triple gilt fillets framing the boards, dotted gilt lines on the \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"124\"\u003eraised bands\u003c\/b\u003e, compartments finely decorated with gilt fleurons. Gilt-lettered title piece indicating title, printer, and year. \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"251\"\u003eGilt-over-marbled edges\u003c\/b\u003e, hand-sewn headbands, gilt fillets on the headcaps, and gilt dentelles on the inner edges of the boards. Marbled paper endpapers framed by gilt dentelles, white flyleaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003eA very pleasing library volume. The decision to have it bound in 1855 by Duru with the finest finishes (evidenced by the \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"154\"\u003edorure sur marbrure\u003c\/i\u003e) underscores the high value attributed to this specific edition at the time. The 19th century saw a revival of interest in Du Bellay, culminating in 1866 with the first reissue of the complete works since the 1597 Rouen edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"10\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition :\u003c\/b\u003e In a very fine state of preservation. The binding retains all its freshness and structural integrity; the interior shows very few defects or soiling (see photos). Minor traces of old oxidation on the boards. A slight protrusion of a gathering at the bottom of the fore-edge, bound as such by Duru.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eBibliography:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"12,0,0\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"12,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eBulletin du Bibliophile Techener\u003c\/i\u003e, January 1st, 1842, p. 3.\u003cbr\u003eBrunet I 749.\u003cbr\u003eTchemerzine III 77.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"12,3,0\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"12,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tchemerzine appears to overlook the presence of the unpublished sonnet attributed to Dauphine des Jardins de Provence, as he only records it from the 1592 edition onwards.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casaubon livre rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53900233212244,"sku":null,"price":2200.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Du_Bellay_oeuvres_francoises_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1773482890"},{"product_id":"ovid","title":"OVIDE. 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As Printer to the King, he worked with celebrated authors of the time such as Louise Labé and Joachim du Bellay. In 1557, he published La métamorphose d'Ovid figurée, consisting of 178 eight-line stanzas (huitains) composed by the poet Barthélemy Aneau based on the Metamorphoses, accompanied by 178 engravings by the illustrator Bernard Salomon; he issued a reprint in 1564.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn La métamorphose d'Ovid figurée, Barthélemy Aneau, Bernard Salomon, and Jean de Tournes transcribe the core of Ovid's work, where the theme of transition and change of state is dominant. Daphne turned into a laurel tree, Actaeon metamorphosed into a stag... Salomon freezes on a fixed piece of wood the precise moment a human being becomes a plant, a rock, or an animal. 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Red edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGuillaume Postel (1510–1581) was one of the most singular minds of the Renaissance, an \"unclassifiable\" intellectual, in the words of Claude Postel (1). Born into a poor family in Barenton, Normandy, and orphaned at the age of eight, he was teaching by the age of thirteen to earn enough to go up to Paris (2).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the support of Marguerite de Navarre, he set out in 1535 with Jean de La Forest, François I's first ambassador to Suleiman. In Constantinople he came into contact with Barbarossa and the Grand Vizier Ibrahim Pasha, mastered Arabic, took up Turkish and brought back Arabic manuscripts for the royal library. In 1538 François I made him one of his royal lecturers; he taught mathematics and oriental languages in what would become the Collège de France. What followed reads like a novel. 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It recounts the wanderings of Jean Struys (Jan Janszoon Struys, 1629–1694), a Dutch sailor and adventurer, through Muscovy, Tartary, Persia and the Indies.\u003cbr\u003eIn these adventures you will travel, among other places, to Venice, Madagascar, Siam, Formosa, Japan, Florence, Bologna, Troy, Turkey, Greece, Muscovy, Moscow, Armenia…\u003cbr\u003eAfter this, Glanius adds a second book, the \u003cem\u003eRelation d'un Naufrage, dont les suites ont produit des effets extraordinaires\u003c\/em\u003e (Account of a Shipwreck, the consequences of which produced extraordinary effects).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe narrative, enriched with vocabularies of the Yukaghir, Yakut and Tungus languages, combines ethnographic observations, geographical descriptions and personal anecdotes. It is thus of historical interest both for the places and cultures encountered and for the life of an \"ordinary\" 17th-century European who wished to travel and discover the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMurders, wars, rapes, disease, slavery: all the harshness of the age is set down without superlatives, in a plain and at times disconcerting style, which in turn gives great force to the moments in the lives of the protagonists. Struys was a direct eyewitness of the bloody Cossack revolt led by Stenka Razin in Russia, which he describes in Les malheurs d'Astracan in chapter XV. His account depicts societies in the midst of upheaval (the fall of the khanates, the rise of tsarist Russia), as well as local customs (marriages, funerals, trade) that would disappear with modernisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe format of the book, its typography, its layout and its engravings (said to be by Struys's own hand) make it a particularly readable travel narrative, one that allows us to immerse ourselves easily in the world of the 17th century. This is a book with a dual purpose, which explains its long publishing life: it is at once an adventure story and a valuable ethnographic source.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(Source: \"The Image of Armenia in European Travel Accounts\", Internet Archive).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrunet V, col. 569.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Covers restored and reinforced; rust spot on p. 89; pages 345–346–347 are misnumbered 245–246–247. Last three leaves and endpapers browned.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casaubon Livre Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57120008798548,"sku":null,"price":2650.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Voyages_Jean_Struys_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1789230492"},{"product_id":"coronelli-memoires-historiques-geographies-du-royaume-de-la-moree","title":"CORONELLI. Memoires Historiques \u0026 Geographies du royaume de la Morée","description":"\u003cp\u003eMémoires Historiques \u0026amp; Géographiques du royaume de la Morée, Negrepont, \u0026amp; des place Maritimes, jusqu'à Théssalonique.\u003cbr\u003eRecueillis \u0026amp; enrichis des Cartes des Païs, \u0026amp; des Plans des Places, Par P.M. Coronelli, Geographe de la Republique de Venise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eÀ Amsterdam, Chez Wolfgang, Waesberge, Boom, \u0026amp; van Someren. 1686\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12mo, 157 x 107 mm, contemporary vellum with gilt ornament on the spine and a small gilt band at the head of the spine.\u003cbr\u003e[1] blank f., [1] f. title page, [1] f. notice to the reader. 232 pp. + 42 plates, [1] f. list of plates. Complete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA work of travel, geography and geopolitics, and a historical record not only of Greek towns and landscapes but above all of the conquest of the Ottoman Morea by the Republic of Venice between 1684 and 1686, the \u003cem\u003eMémoires Historiques \u0026amp; Géographiques du royaume de la Morée \u003c\/em\u003ewas written and published under the direction of the Franciscan friar Vincenzo Coronelli (a Venetian, born in 1650).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA celebrated scholar, Cosmographer of the Republic of Venice and founder in 1680 of \u003cem\u003ethe Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti, the first geographical society in the world\u003c\/em\u003e, Coronelli was a shrewd businessman who knew how to exploit his talents as a globe maker and engraver. He thus became one of the most famous globe makers of all time: he created the \"Marly globes\", made in honour of Louis XIV during his stay in Paris between 1681 and 1683 and now preserved at the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris. (1)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Coronelli is also famous today for his publishing work in the service of the Republic of Venice, above all on the subject of the \"Regno della Morea\". [...] \u003cem\u003ethis expression referring not only to the Venetian conquest of the Morea, but also to the publication that transformed Coronelli, the esoteric maker of globes for kings, emperors and popes, into an internationally renowned engraver, publisher and author.\u003c\/em\u003e (2)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe historical context of this edition tells us a great deal about Coronelli's interest in the Morea. In 1684 Venice declared war on the Ottoman Empire and set out to conquer the Morea; the appearance of his edition in 1686 was therefore no coincidence. It served geographical ends, but also geostrategic ones, and acted as propaganda for the city of Venice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCoronelli's engravings illustrating the course of the Venetian campaigns were first published in Venice in 1686, in two books: \u003cem\u003eLe Conquiste della serenissima republica di Venetia and the Memorie istoriografiche della Morea\u003c\/em\u003e. In their wake he published numerous editions and translations of the Morea illustrating the Venetian campaigns, and constantly reworked his engravings to suit new formats and the corrections required by propaganda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eMemorie istoriografiche della Morea\u003c\/em\u003e draws on the contents of the book of conquests but becomes more a geographical description than a military account; it is accompanied by topographical views of towns, in addition to the texts and engravings originally produced. (2)\u003cbr\u003eThis book, first printed in folio, was quickly adapted to octavo format with new engravings suited to the smaller size, and was printed throughout Europe (notably in Paris under Coronelli's direction).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was in this format that the Amsterdam edition was produced. This edition has a new French translation (different from the Paris edition), and its plates are newly engraved by the workshops of Wolfgang, Waesberge, Boom \u0026amp; Van Someren (a consortium of prestigious Amsterdam booksellers). Almost certainly without Coronelli's permission, the Dutch publishers, seeing the book's success, were astonishingly quick to copy the text, engrave the plates and bring out a version of equally high quality almost simultaneously.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCoronelli never travelled to the Morea. However, according to Navari [...] \u003cem\u003ethe immense amount of work and the speed with which it was accomplished imply that Coronelli must have had access to official sources of information, military intelligence including drawings of fortifications and terrain made by army engineers. This was a natural conclusion to draw, given that Coronelli worked on the orders of the Venetian Senate and that his publications were an instrument of propaganda intended to celebrate Venetian victories. \u003c\/em\u003e(2)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis most ambitious work is the Atlante Veneto: Isolario descrittione geografico-historica. Venice: 1696–97, a monumental atlas in two volumes, the first covering the Mediterranean, Italy and the Adriatic, and the second Great Britain, Europe, Africa, Japan, Asia and the West Indies. (3)\u003cbr\u003eOur Mémoires historiques et géographiques du royaume de la Morée served him for certain descriptions of Greece, the Morea and Negroponte: the plans and views that appear as double-page plates in our 12mo are found there, beautifully set into the text of the folio Atlas.\u003cbr\u003e(e.g. p. 190 https:\/\/phaidra.unipd.it\/api\/object\/o:352212\/preview).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA very good copy. The engravings are numerous and superb.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Usual soiling to the vellum. Light dampstain visible at the top right corner of the first 10 leaves. Various minor traces of soiling and dampstaining throughout, as usual for this type of work; see photos and videos. Very good condition overall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences:\u003cbr\u003e- 1600.venezia.it - Città di Venezia\u003cbr\u003e- Leonora Navari. \u003cem\u003eVincenzo Coronelli and the iconography of the Venetian conquest of the Morea: a study in illustrative methods\u003c\/em\u003e. Cambridge University Press. 2013.\u003cbr\u003e- Christie's. 2016. \u003cem\u003eAtlante Veneto: Isolario descrittione geografico-historica\u003c\/em\u003e. Venice: 1696–97.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casaubon Livre Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57121801830740,"sku":null,"price":2600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0895\/6670\/8052\/files\/00_Memoires_Royaume_Moree_Negrepont_Coronelli_Casaubon-livre-rare.jpg?v=1789233403"}],"url":"https:\/\/casaubon.fr\/en\/collections\/homa-page-anciens.oembed","provider":"Casaubon livre rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}