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Auction FROM THE STÉPHANE CLAVREUIL COLLECTION - PRECIOUS OLD BOOKS - EXCEPTIONAL MANUSCRIPT - Paris

Bid on the lot list Giquello : 02 June 2023 - Salle 2 - Hôtel Drouot - Paris

FROM THE STÉPHANE CLAVREUIL COLLECTION - PRECIOUS OLD BOOKS - EXCEPTIONAL MANUSCRIPT

Friday 02 June 2023 - 14:30 (CEST) - Live

Salle 2 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris

Giquello

FROM THE STÉPHANE CLAVREUIL COLLECTION - PRECIOUS OLD BOOKS - EXCEPTIONAL MANUSCRIPT

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Lot n° 1

The spring bouquet or collection...

The spring bouquet or collection of the most beautiful flowers of this time Autun, Blaise Simonnot, 1662 VERY RARE. ONLY ONE OTHER COPY IS KNOWN TODAY, KEPT IN A PUBLIC INSTITUTION. IMPECCABLE LINE OF PROVENANCE: GEORGE SPENCER, MARQUESS OF BLANDFORD,...

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Lot n° 2

The Counter Impromptu of Namur....

The Counter Impromptu of Namur. Comedy Amsterdam, J. Louis de Lorme & Estienne Roger, 1696 CHARMING COPY, WITH AN UNUSUAL SUPRA-LIBRIS FIRST EDITION In-12 (132 x 71 mm). Title printed in red and black. Flower on the title page, a woodcut headband...

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Lot n° 3

Ordo ministrandi sacramentum extremæ-unctionis....

Ordo ministrandi sacramentum extremæ-unctionis. Extractus e rituali parisiensi, Autoritate Eminentissimi D. D. Cardinalis de Noailles Paris, Cl. Simon, 1777 THE RITUAL OF THE ARCHbishop of Paris BINDED WITH LUXURY With: Ordo communicandi infirmos. Extractus...

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Lot n° 4

Procez et amples examinations sur...

Procez et amples examinations sur la vie de Caresme-prenant Paris, 1605 18th century reprint. COLLECTION OF FOUR REPRINTS MADE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY OF THESE FACED TEXTS Bound with: 2: La Copie d'un Bail et Ferme faicte par une jeune Dame de son Con....

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Lot n° 5

Procez et amples examinations sur...

Procez et amples examinations sur la vie de Caresme-prenant Paris, 1605 18th century reprint. COLLECTION OF FOUR REPRINTS MADE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY OF THESE FACED TEXTS Bound with: 2 : Traicté de Mariage entre Julian Peoger dit Janicot, & Jacqueline...

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Lot n° 6

The Flower of all joys Lyon, Bernabe...

The Flower of all joys Lyon, Bernabe Chaussard, 1546 THE ONLY COPY CITED BY BECHTEL AND LACHÈVRE. COPY OF JACQUES-CHARLES BRUNET, OF THE COMTE DE LIGNEROLLES AND OF EDMÉE MAUS. MISSING AT THE BNF Second edition in gothic letters, according to Bechtel....

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Lot n° 7

Recueil de l'ordre des Jésuites...

Recueil de l'ordre des Jésuites tirés des bons et assurés autheurs et des accidens notoires Geneva, Jean Petit, 1620 COPY BÉHAGUE ORIGINAL EDITION Small in-8 (157 x 97 mm). Initials and woodcut headbands COLLATION : a-f8 CONTENTS : a1r : engraved title,...

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Lot n° 8

La Réformation des Tavernes &...

La Réformation des Tavernes & Cabaretz : destruction de Gormandise, in the form of a dialogue Paris, Guillaume Nyuerd, 1515-1519 OF THEATER AND GASTRONOMY. THE PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS AND THE QUESTION OF THE SUPPRESSION OF THE CABARETS TURNED INTO SATIRE. GOTHIC...

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Lot n° 9

Les Risées de Pasquin, ou L'Histoire...

Les Risées de Pasquin, ou L'Histoire de ce qui c'est passé à Rome entre le Pape et la France, dans l'Ambassade de M. de Créqui Cologne the Hague, A. Leers, 1674 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN LOUIS XIV, HIS AMBASSADOR CREQUI AND THE CORSICAN GUARD OF POPE ALEXANDER...

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Lot n° 10

ANACRÉON

Ανακρεοντος Τηιου μελη. The Poems of Anacreon of Teos Paris, Grangé, 1754 COPY ON HOLLAND PAPER. CHARMING VOLUME GATHERING THE GREEK TEXT AND ITS TRANSLATION 2 parts, one in greek the other in french, in 1 volume in-12 (125 x 90 mm). Small copper engraved...

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Lot n° 11

[ALEMÁN, Mateo]

The Life of Guzman d'Alfarache Paris, Pierre Ribou, 1709 RARE ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF THIS GREAT PICARESQUE NOVEL ILLUSTRATED EDITION 3 volumes in-12 (162 x 90 mm). Titles printed in black and red. Woodcut initials and headbands COLLATION : (t. 1) : π2...

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Lot n° 12

ANSART, Dom André-Joseph & Jacques MASENIUS

In praise of Charles V, Emperor. Translated from the Latin poem by Jacques Masenius, dedicated to Madame la Dauphine Paris, J. Barbou, 1774 DEDICATED EXAMPLE CITED BY COHEN-DE _x001f_RICCI. BOOKS WITH THE ARMS OF MARIE-ANTOINETTE DAUPHINE ARE RARE. FORMER...

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Lot n° 13

ANSEAUME, Louis & Egidio DUNI

La Clochette. Comedy in one Act in verse. By Mr. Anseaume. Set to music by Mr. Duny, boarder of the late H.R.H. Infant Dom Philippe. Represented for the first time by the Comédiens Italiens Ordinaires du Roy, on Thursday, July 24, 1766. Engraved by the...

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Lot n° 14

ARENA, Antonius de

Antonius de Arena Provençalis de Bragardissima villa de Soleriis Ad suos Compagnones London, Paris, Antoine-Urbain II Coustelier, 1758 A DELIGHTFUL COPY IN CONTEMPORARY LEMON MOROCCO In-12 (158 x 90 mm). Copper-engraved title, wood-engraved bands, fleurons...

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Lot n° 15

ARETINO, Pietro

Dubbj amorosi, altri dubbj e sonetti lussuriosi Paris, A presso Giacomo Girouard, 1792 or 1797. A DELIGHTFUL COPY OF THIS EROTICA ON BLUE PAPER, BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY LEMON MOROCCO. COPY OF COUNT PAUL-EUGÈNE DE LANJUINAIS Small in-12 (127 x 81 mm). Text...

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Lot n° 16

BANDELLO, Matteo

Canti XI de le lodi de la signora Lucretia Gonzaga di Gazuolos, e del vero amore, col tempio di pudicitia, et con altre cose Agen, Antoine Reboul, 1545 THE FAMOUS BANDELLO PRINTED IN AGEN : "BOOK OF GREAT RARITY" (BRUNET). ONE OF THE FIRST ITALIAN BOOKS...

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Lot n° 17

[BLOSSET, Jean] & [Guillaume ALEXIS]

Sensuyt le départ et renoncement damours : qui est moult utille et prouffitable pour jeunes gens qui se veulent garder de folle amour Paris, Jehan Trepperel, 1518-1522 COPY OF THE DUC DE LA VALLIÈRE QUOTED BY BRUNET In-8 (177 x 125 mm). Title printed...

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Lot n° 18

BUGNYON, Philibert, et Jean FUSTAILLIER

Chronicon urbis Matissanae Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1559 COPY OF THE DUKE OF LA VALLIÈRE AND LA ROCHE LACARELLE ORIGINAL EDITION In-12 (162 x 100 mm). Initials and woodcuts COLLATION : π1 A-C8 D4 or 53 pp. 1 bl. f., 18 blank leaves bound after the printed...

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Lot n° 19

[CAYLUS, Anne-Claude-Philippe de Tubières de Grimoard de Pestels de Lévis, comte de]

The Coats. Collection The Hague, 1746 A VERY FINE COPY, WITH LARGE MARGINS, OF THIS COLLECTION OF FACETIOUS ANECDOTES. BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY MOROCCO. UNIFORM BINDINGS WITH THE FOLLOWING TWO LOTS. FORMER COLLECTIONS OF JOHN WODEHOUSE AND CHARLES VAN DER...

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Lot n° 20

[CAYLUS, Anne-Claude-Philippe de Tubières de Grimoard de Pestels de Lévis, comte de]

Evenings in the Bois de Boulogne or French and English News The Hague, Jean Neaulme, 1742 CAYLUS "GENTILHOMME UNIVERSEL". A SUPERB COPY, WITH LARGE MARGINS, BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY MOROCCO. FORMER COLLECTIONS OF JOHN WODEHOUSE AND CHARLES VAN DER ELST ORIGINAL...

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Lot n° 21

[CAYLUS, Anne-Claude-Philippe de Tubières de Grimoard de Pestels de Lévis, comte de, et alii]

Collection of these gentlemen Amsterdam Paris, by the Westein Brothers, 1745 VERY WELL BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY MOROCCO. UNIFORM BINDING WITH THE TWO PREVIOUS LOTS. FORMER COLLECTIONS OF JOHN WODEHOUSE AND CHARLES VAN DER ELST ORIGINAL EDITION In-8 (157...

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Lot n° 22

CHARTIER, Alain

Les Œuvres feu maître Alain Chartier, en son vivant Secrétaire du feu Roi Charles septième du nom. Newly printed and revised & corrected orltre the previous impressions Paris, Pierre Vidoué, 1529 COPY WITH LARGE MARGINS First edition of the Works...

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Lot n° 23

CHAVIGNY, Jean-Aimé de

Comments of the Sr de Chavigny Beaunois on the Centuries and Prognostications of the late M. Michel de Nostradamus Paris, Gilles Robinot, 1596 NOSTRADAMUS COMMENTED BY HIS SECRETARY AND DISCIPLE, JEAN-AIMÉ DE CHAVIGNY. COPY OF JEAN BLONDELET ORIGINAL...

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Lot n° 24

CHÉRUBIN D'ORLÉANS

Effects of the force of the continuity of bodies Paris, Edmé Couterot, 1679 A COPY BEARING THE ARMS OF MICHEL LE TELLIER DE LOUVOIS, CITED BY OLIVIER-HERMAL-DE ROTON. ORIGINAL EDITION In-12 (155 x 92 mm). Initials and woodcuts. Regulated in red COLLATION...

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Lot n° 25

[CHOISEUL-GOUFFIER, Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste, comte de, et Sébastien-Roch Nicolas de CHAMFORT]

Discours préliminaire du voyage pittoresque de la Grèce Kehl or Paris, De l'imprimerie de la Société littéraire-typographique, 1783 ONE OF THE VERY FEW COPIES ON VELLUM, IN A BEAUTIFUL CONTEMPORARY BINDING. PREFACE TO ONE OF THE BEST TRAVEL BOOKS OF THE...

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Lot n° 26

CORSO, Antonio Giacomo

The Rime San Luca Venice, Al Segno del Cognitione Comin da Trino, 1550 BEAUTIFUL BINDING BY DEROME ORIGINAL EDITION In-8 (142 x 93 mm). Portrait on the title page, woodcut fleurons, initials and endpapers COLLATION : A-I8 : 72 ff. (A2r-I8r folioed 2-78) CONTENTS...

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Lot n° 27

DANSE MACABRE La grand' danse macabre,...

DANSE MACABRE La grand' danse macabre, des hommes & des femmes Nouvellement revuë & augmentée d'histoires & beaux ditz, tant en Latin qu'en Françoys : & autres œuvres donc le connu est en la page suyvante Paris, Estienne Groulleau, 1550 COPY OF THE DUC...

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Lot n° 28

DE AEDO Y GALLART, Diego

The Journey of Prince don Fernande infant of Spain, Cardinal, since the twelfth of April 1632... until... the fourth... of November of the year 1634 Antwerp, Jean Cnobbaert, 1635 BEAUTIFUL COPY IN MOROCCO WITH LARGE GILT DECORATION First edition in French...

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Lot n° 29

DESLYONS, Jean

Ecclesiastical speeches against the paganism of the kings of the bean and the roy-boit Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1664 DISCOURSE AGAINST THE PANTAGRUELIAN BANQUETS OF THE EPIPHANY ORIGINAL EDITION 2 parts in 1 vol. in-12 (138 x 80 mm). Initials and woodcuts....

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Lot n° 30

[DUPIN, Jean]

The Virtuous Field of Good Life called Mandevie Paris, Michel Le Noir, ca. 1505 A RARE EXAMPLE OF A FRENCH GOTHIC, IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BINDING WITH LONG TITRAISON In-4 (180 x 123mm). Initials engraved on wood COLLATION : A-C6 D4 E-X6 y-z6 &6 ILLUSTRATION...

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Lot n° 31

ELLIES DU PIN, Louis

A treatise on Christian and Orthodox doctrine Paris, André Pralard, 1703 BY ONE OF THE GREAT APOSTLES OF GALLICANISM, AND COUSIN OF JEAN RACINE. COPY WITH THE BOSSUET ARMS ORIGINAL EDITION In-8 (190 x 120 mm). Woodcut initial, vignette and headband. COLLATION...

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Lot n° 32

[EUSTATHE MACREMBOLITE]. BEAUCHAMPS, Pierre-François Godard de

The loves of Ismene and Ismenias The Hague Paris, Coustelier, 1743 A PLEASANT COPY, WITH LARGE MARGINS In-8 (158 x 95 mm). Translation by Pierre-François Godard de Beauchamps. Title printed in red and black. A vignette on the title page and a copper engraved...

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Lot n° 33

FLACIUS, Matthias

Refutatio invectivae Bruni contra centuris Historiae Ecclesiasticae Basel, Johann Oporinus, 1566 COPY OF THE DUKE DE LA VALLIÈRE, QUOTED BY BRUNET. LARGE MARGINS In-4 (220 x 150 mm). Initials engraved on wood COLLATION : a-z4 A-N4 O6 Eighteenth century...

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Lot n° 34

FLORES, Juan de

Le Jugement damours, auquel est racomptee lhystoire de Ysabel, fille du roy descosse Paris, à l'enseigne de Saint-Nicolas (Pierre Sergent), 1533 BEAUTIFUL BINDING DECORATED WITH A PLATE DECORATION. COPY OF CHARLES FAIRFAX MURRAY, MAJOR JOHN ROLAND ABBEY...

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Lot n° 35

[FOLENGO, Teofilo]. MERLIN COCCAI

Opus Merlini Cocaii poetæ mantuani macaronicorum Amsterdam Naples, Abraham à Someren, 1692 REMARKABLE AND ENCHANTING BINDING BY LEBRUN WITH GEOMETRICAL DECORATION. COPY OF CHARLES FAIRFAX MURRAY The most complete edition of these poems in Macaronic Latin In-8...

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Lot n° 36

FUCHS, Leonhard

Very excellent commentaries on the history of plants. Compose first in Latin by Leonarth Fousch, very famous doctor Paris, Jacques Gazeau, 1549 THE FUCHS IN FRENCH : SUPERB COPY BOUND IN RED MOROCCO AROUND 1700 IN THE DECOR CALLED "AUX ANTIQUITÉS GAULOISES First...

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Lot n° 37

GARNIER, Pierre

Physical dissertation in the form of a letter, to Mr. de Sève, lord of Fléchères Lyon, Jean-Baptiste de Ville, 1692 TO FIND THE CRIMINALS, WATER AND METAL THANKS TO A ROD OF CEDAR TREE ORIGINAL EDITION In-12 (138 x 78 mm) COLLATION : A-D12 E8 : 108 pp....

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Lot n° 38

GILLOT, Claude, et Antoine Houdart de LA MOTTE

Les Fables. Collection of 69 engravings by Claude GILLOT Paris, 1719 SUPERB AND VERY RARE SET OF ENGRAVINGS BY CLAUDE GILLOT, ANTOINE WATTEAU'S MASTER, FOR THE FABLES DE LA MOTTE: THE FIRST GREAT ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE 18th CENTURY AND A FRIENDLY ANCHOR...

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Lot n° 39

[GRÉCOURT, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Willart de]

Philotanus. Poem by M. l'abbé *** Paris, Louis Antoine Le Gond, 1720 VIOLENT SATIRE IN VERSE AGAINST THE JESUITS. copy by jules janin, in a fine 19th century binding ORIGINAL EDITION In-8 (161 x 96 mm). Copper-engraved vignette on the title page, a woodcut...

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Lot n° 40

[GREGORIO, Leti]

The Putanism of Rome, or The General Conclave of the Whores of this Court, For the Election of a New Pontiff Cologne Leiden, s.n., 1669 CHARMING COPY FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH In-12 (129 x 69 mm). Free translation from the Italian. Mark "à la Sphère" printed...

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Lot n° 41

GUALTERUZZI, Carlo

Libro di novelle, et di bel Parlar Gentile. Nel qual si contengono Cento Novelle altravolta mandate fuori Florence, Giunti, 1572 COPY WITH THE ARMS OF THE ENGLISH COLLECTOR JOSEPH GULSTON. FORMER COLLECTION OF THE MARQUIS OF HERTFORD In-4 (206 x 140 mm)....

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Lot n° 42

HOLBEIN, Hans

Icones historiarum Veteris Testamenti, ad vivum expressæ, extremáque diligentia emendatiores factæ Lyon, Jean Frellon, 1547 COPY OF THE MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR, OF CHARLES FAIRFAX MURRAY AND THEN OF GABRIEL ROSSIGNOL. ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATED...

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Lot n° 43

HOMÈRE

The Odyssey and The Iliad. The Odyssey of Homer translated from Greek into French by Claude Boitel Paris, Veuve Matthieu Guillemot, 1617 A BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION OF THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY IN THE TIME OF THE ASTRYUS: IN STRICTLY MOSAICKEN BINDING OF THE...

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Lot n° 44

HOOGHE, Romeyn de

The Hundred New Stories Cologne, Pierre Gaillard, 1701 A VERY FINE COPY FOR JEAN-JACQUES DE BURE, THEN FOR THE DUC DE CHARTRES First edition illustrated by Romeyn de Hooghe 2 volumes in-8 (153 x 95 mm). Printing of the title in red and black. A vignette...

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Lot n° 45

[JACOBUS de TERAMO]

Sensuyt la consolation des pecheurs autrement dit Belial procureur infernal Paris, A. Lotrian, c. 1534. BINDING WITH GROTESQUE GILDED BACK. PROVENANCE MORTEMART, MASSÉNA, YEMENIZ, FAIRFAX MURRAY In-4 (176 x 125 mm). Woodcut title in red and black, engraved...

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Lot n° 46

KESLAR, François

Espargne-bois, that is to say New and by-ci-devant not common nor brought to light invention of certain and various artificial furnaces Oppenheim, Jean Théodore de Bry, 1619 TO HEAT HIS HOUSE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR. ILLUSTRATED MANUAL...

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Lot n° 47

LA FONTAINE, Jean de

Fables by La Fontaine, with figures engraved by Messrs Simon and Coiny Paris, Didot l'Aîné, 1787 A BEAUTIFUL BOZERIAN BINDING WITH FIGURES BEFORE THE NUMBERS FIRST STATE 6 volumes in-18 (134 x 75mm) Unique ISSUE at 500 copies on wove paper COLLATION :...

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Lot n° 48

[LAMBERT, Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles marquise de]

New Reflections on Women, By a Lady of the French Court London, J. P. Coderc, 1730 FROM WOMAN TO WOMAN: EVOCATION OF THE POWER OF THE SALONS IN THE 18th CENTURY. A VERY DESIRABLE COPY OF MADAME DU DEFFAND IN HER "CAT" BINDING. FORMER COLLECTIONS OF THE...

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Lot n° 49

LE BAILLIF DE LA RIVIÈRE, Roch

First treatise on man, and his essential anatomy Paris, Abel l'Angelier, 1580 A RARE AND CURIOUS LITTLE TREATISE BY ROCH LE BAILLIF DE LA RIVIÈRE, A NORMAN PHYSICIAN AND ALCHEMIST ORIGINAL EDITION In-8 (148 x 98 mm). Woodcut headbands and initials COLLATION...

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Lot n° 50

LE CHOYSELAT, Prudent

Economic discourse, not less useful than recreational Paris, Au Palais, par les colporteurs, 1585 a fine, well-bound 18th-century copy In-8 (159 x 100 mm). Woodcut initials COLLATION : A-E4 Eighteenth century binding. Red morocco, gilt decoration, triple...

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