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One of only 50 copies from the much sought-after first edition of Joubert’s Pensées, printed by Chateaubriand, the author’s intimate friend, and saved for his nearest and dearest. JOUBERT, Joseph. Recueil des pensées de M. Joubert. Paris, Imprimerie Le Normant, 1838. 8vo [200 x 125 mm], 394 pp., (1) bl.l. Bound in contemporary blue half-calf, flat spine. Very rare first edition, [...]
Religions in the 16th century.
The rare first edition of the earliest book relating to the religions of the varied nations of the world, with a passage mentioning the discoveryof the New World by Christopher Columbus. STAMLER, Johannes. Dyalogus Johannis Stamler Augustn. De Diversarum Gencium Sectis et Mundi Religionibus. [au colophon on lit :] Impressum Auguste : per Erhardum oglin. & Ieorgiu Nadler Cura [...]
Engravings in the 16th century.
Turkey, Syria, Palestine. First edition printed in Paris in 1518. MAMEROT, Sébastien. Les passages doultremer faitz par les francoys. Nouvellement imprimé. [A la fin : Cy finist les passages doultremer faictz par les francoys avecques plusieurs addicions recueillies de plussieurs operations dudict voyage et faictz darmes faictz par les dictz francoys et aultres seigneurs ayans eu la devotion [...]
Atlases from the 15th to the 18th century.
First edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle printed in July 1493, illustrated with 1809 woodcuts. Schedel, Hartmann. Liber Chronicarum. Chronique de Nuremberg. A la fin: “Consummatu autem duodecima mensis Iulii. Anno Salutis n’re. 1493. » Nuremberg, 12 juillet 1493. Large folio [452 x 305 mm], (20) preliminary leaves, 300 ff. and (5) ff. inserted between ff. 266 and 267 (without final [...]
A study of the evolution of antiquarian books prices, now in English.
«Fine books are the best investment, both financially and culturally.» (Madame de Pompadour and Damascène Morgand.) A STUDY OF THE EVOLUTION OF ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS PRICES, COMPARED WITH VARIOUS INVESTMENTS: The « Dow Jones » Index of the New York Stock Exchange, the evolution of American real estate since 1890, the Napoleon 20 franc gold coin, one hectare of arable land [...]
