De la Sagesse trois Livres…
CHARRON, Pierre.
De la Sagesse trois Livres…
Leiden: chez Jean Elsevier, n.d.
12mo. (132 x 76 mm); engraved allegorical frontis. Small paperflaw to lower corner of one leaf not affecting text, lacking final blanks (but otherwise complete). Handsome late 19th century brown crushed morocco gilt by Hardy-Mennil, the spine in compartments and titled in gilt, a.e.g. Upper joint, corners, and head of spine very lightly rubbed, otherwise a FINE COPY. Late 19th century engraved armorial bookplate to v of ffep, traces of neatly removed ?leather ownership label to front endpaper with neat mss note above.
The rarest of the four Elzevier editions ("plus rare" than the first, 1646 edition according to Willems, "et cela on lui donne la préférence" - i.e. ‘rarer than the first, and this gives it the edge’) with a charming allegorical frontispiece engraving. A theologian and philosopher, Charron was notably a friend of Montaigne's, and a famous sceptic. The work was originally published in 1601; this is a line-by-line reproduction of the 1656 edition. It was translated into English as Of Wisdome in 1612.
A tall copy.
W 843; B 415; BS 255; R. 838; Copinger 887.
CHARRON, Pierre.
De la Sagesse trois Livres…
Leiden: chez Jean Elsevier, n.d.
12mo. (132 x 76 mm); engraved allegorical frontis. Small paperflaw to lower corner of one leaf not affecting text, lacking final blanks (but otherwise complete). Handsome late 19th century brown crushed morocco gilt by Hardy-Mennil, the spine in compartments and titled in gilt, a.e.g. Upper joint, corners, and head of spine very lightly rubbed, otherwise a FINE COPY. Late 19th century engraved armorial bookplate to v of ffep, traces of neatly removed ?leather ownership label to front endpaper with neat mss note above.
The rarest of the four Elzevier editions ("plus rare" than the first, 1646 edition according to Willems, "et cela on lui donne la préférence" - i.e. ‘rarer than the first, and this gives it the edge’) with a charming allegorical frontispiece engraving. A theologian and philosopher, Charron was notably a friend of Montaigne's, and a famous sceptic. The work was originally published in 1601; this is a line-by-line reproduction of the 1656 edition. It was translated into English as Of Wisdome in 1612.
A tall copy.
W 843; B 415; BS 255; R. 838; Copinger 887.
CHARRON, Pierre.
De la Sagesse trois Livres…
Leiden: chez Jean Elsevier, n.d.
12mo. (132 x 76 mm); engraved allegorical frontis. Small paperflaw to lower corner of one leaf not affecting text, lacking final blanks (but otherwise complete). Handsome late 19th century brown crushed morocco gilt by Hardy-Mennil, the spine in compartments and titled in gilt, a.e.g. Upper joint, corners, and head of spine very lightly rubbed, otherwise a FINE COPY. Late 19th century engraved armorial bookplate to v of ffep, traces of neatly removed ?leather ownership label to front endpaper with neat mss note above.
The rarest of the four Elzevier editions ("plus rare" than the first, 1646 edition according to Willems, "et cela on lui donne la préférence" - i.e. ‘rarer than the first, and this gives it the edge’) with a charming allegorical frontispiece engraving. A theologian and philosopher, Charron was notably a friend of Montaigne's, and a famous sceptic. The work was originally published in 1601; this is a line-by-line reproduction of the 1656 edition. It was translated into English as Of Wisdome in 1612.
A tall copy.
W 843; B 415; BS 255; R. 838; Copinger 887.