{"title":"Aux armes","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"armes-de-louis-philippe-dorleans-loffice-de-la-quinzaine-de-pasque","title":"L'Office de la quinzaine de Pasque","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eL'Office de la quinzaine de Pasque, Latin-François, à l'usage de Rome et de Paris, pour la maison de Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans, premier prince du sang.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChez d'Houry\u003c\/em\u003e, 1743\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-8 (205 x 135 mm): [3] ff., XXXV-631 pp., [1] f. Full red morocco, framed with gilt fillets and roulettes on the covers, arms stamped in gold in the center, spine with raised bands decorated with pieces of arms and gilt irons, gilt title on the spine, gilt roulette on the edges, gilt interior roulette, gilt edges (\u003cem\u003eContemporary binding\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal edition\u003c\/strong\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWork illustrated with a frontispiece engraved by Jacques Dumont le Romain (1700-1781), known for his historical and religious paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuperb red morocco with the arms of Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, I of the name (1725-1785), whose son, known under the name of Philippe Égalité, voted for the death of Louis XVI before being indicted and himself guillotined on November 6, 1793.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike all the copies of the princes of Orleans, it bears witness to the lineage's predilection for the arts and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"All of them, by taste or by policy, protected artists, men of letters and scholars. 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Almost all the masters of typography, from its dawn to ours, were included in this library, erected with the care and science of a Benedictine.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGuigard, Armorial of the Bibliophile, 31.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49795225846085,"sku":"0156","price":1300.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/48531961-DE52-4C8F-965F-2E821DA1E742.png?v=1733690184"},{"product_id":"office-de-la-semaine-sainte-en-latin-et-francois-a-lusage-de-rome-et-de-paris","title":"Office de la Semaine Sainte en latin et \u0026 François, à l'usage de Rome et de Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOffice de la Semaine Sainte en latin et \u0026amp; François, à l'usage de Rome et de Paris.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis, Mazières\u003c\/em\u003e, 1728.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-8 \u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e(198 x 135 mm):\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e[4] ff., XLVIII-852\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #b3b3b3;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003epp., [1] f\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e Red morocco, gilt garland on the covers, arms stamped in the center, spine with guilloché ribs, fleurs-de-lys between the ribs, gilt roulette on the covers, gilt edges, gilt roulette on the guards (\u003cem\u003eContemporary binding\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeautiful copy of Holy Week with a frontispiece portrait of Queen Marie Leczinska (1703-1768), Queen of France and Navarre from 1725 to 1768.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe frontispiece is the work of Jean-Baptiste Scotin (1678-1740), who also took care of the engravings present in the present copy, including 4 full-page ones. 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Full red morocco, gilt framing border on covers with floral design at corners, arms in centre, spine with very richly decorated raised bands with a green mosaic circle in the centre, then decorated with floral designs and a semé of gilt dotted lines, gilt author, title, place of publication and date, gilt fillet on edges and fluting on corners and headpieces, gilt inner border (\u003cem\u003econtemporary binding\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe most luxurious edition of Paul et Virginie, the last to appear in the author's lifetime\u003c\/strong\u003e, giving the text in its definitive version with a substantial 92-page preface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA choice copy printed on wove paper\u003c\/strong\u003e, with its sumptuously bound binding and engravings still perfectly inked. \u003cstrong\u003eAll the engravings are in two states\u003c\/strong\u003e, before and after the letter, with the exception of the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePassage du Torrent\u003c\/em\u003e (p. 32-33), which is in three states\u003c\/strong\u003e, in pure etching, before and after the letter.\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eRemarkable for the two engravings by Moreau [Les Adieux] and Prudhon\u003c\/em\u003e’ (Carteret), “\u003cem\u003eespecially the dramatic figure of the Naufrage de Virginie by Prudhon make this volume very interesting\u003c\/em\u003e” (Cohen).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur book is enriched by a very rare autograph letter signed by the author to Anton von Klein (1744-1810)\u003c\/strong\u003e, professor, collector, writer and publisher: ‘to Chevalier de Klein, author of the Gallery of Illustrious Germans, his friend’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA buyer's slip dated 19 December 1903 is also attached (Maurice Delestre, auctioneer). The present work was acquired at the sale of the library of Robert Abdy, 5th Baron of the Baronnet d'Albyns, in 1975.\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCarteret, III, 529 ; Cohen, 933.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53754748567877,"sku":"0220","price":4000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/1-image00001.jpg?v=1733101371"},{"product_id":"les-trois-premiers-livres-de-lhistoire-de-diodore-sicilien-historiographe-gre-translatez-de-latin-en-francoys-par-maistre-anthoine-macault-notaire-secretaire-vallet-de-chambre-ordinaire-du-roy-francoys-premier-de-ce-nom","title":"Les trois premiers livres de l'histoire de Diodore Sicilien, historiographe gre. Translatez de latin en francoys par maistre Anthoine Macault notaire, secretaire \u0026 vallet de chambre ordinaire du roy Francoys premier de ce nom.","description":"\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDIODORUS\u0026nbsp;OF SICILY.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLes trois premiers livres de l'histoire de Diodore Sicilien, historiographe gre. Translatez de latin en francoys par maistre Anthoine Macault notaire, secretaire \u0026amp; vallet de chambre ordinaire du roy Francoys premier de ce nom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParis, Arnoul et Charles Les Angeliers, frères,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e1540.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn-8 (152 x 105 mm), (12) ff., 160 pp., (14) ff.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFull glazed blond calf, double fillet on covers, arms in centre, ribbed spine, gilt iron in centre of boxes, brown leather title page, gilt author and title, fillet on edges, speckled edges, roulette on covers (\u003cem\u003e19th century binding\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUncommon edition of the history of Diodorus of Sicily, translated from Latin by Antoine Macault, who died around 1550.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt was initially translated in April 1535 by Macault, although the royal privilege had been granted on 15 June 1534 to Galliot du Pré and Antoine Augereau. However, it lapsed on the death of the latter, who was burnt on 14 December of the same year. The privilege was then extended without mention of the printer or bookseller on 1 March 1534 (notice BP16_107837).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOur copy is followed by an appendix ‘pour l'intelligence des reductions de talentz à marcs et escuz dor soleil selon le commun cours de ce royaulme en lannée mil cinq cens trente trois et trente quatre, et autres corrections’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA copy bearing the arms of Guillaume Pavée de Vandeuvre (1779-1870).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaper losses skilfully filled in the margins of leaves a1 and a2, healthy halos on two quires.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAngeliers' mark on folio bb4 and last folio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRenouard, ICP, 577.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54937697419589,"sku":"0574","price":700.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_9171.jpg?v=1750072448"},{"product_id":"listhoire-et-les-portraits-des-imperatrices-des-reynes-et-des-illustres-princesses-de-laugsute-maison-daustriche-qui-ont-porte-le-nom-danne","title":"L'isthoire et les portraits des Imperatrices, des reynes, et des illustres princesses de l'augsute maison d'Austriche, qui ont porte le nom d'Anne.","description":"\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePUGET DE LA SERRE, Jean.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eL'isthoire et les portraits des Imperatrices, des reynes, et des illustres princesses de l'augsute maison d'Austriche, qui ont porte le nom d'Anne.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParis, Pierre de Bresche,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e1648.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn-folio (440 x 305 mm), (5) ff., 51 pp., (2) ff.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFull red morocco, double framed with three gilt fillets on the covers, fleurons at the corners of the lower frame, central coat of arms on medallion, ribbed spine decorated with gilt filleting and repetitions of iron and dotted lines, roulette on the edges, gilt edges, marbled endpapers (\u003cem\u003econtemporary binding\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA precious and extremely rare first edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn exceptional copy bearing the arms of Anne of Austria (1601-1666)\u003c\/strong\u003e. Puget de la Serre (1594-1665), a prolific author, ‘cultivated almost all historical and literary genres and composed more than one hundred works which earned him the title of historiographer of France’. (Kokkomelis).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOur copy presents 10 coloured figures representing princesses bearing the first name Anne, with a ruled text. All are enhanced with blue, white, red, green, gold and black inks. The motto is repeated 14 times in a sublime headband with a crowned eagle enhanced with the various inks listed above. In the same way, 14 letterheads, also enhanced, are repeated in the work; 13 letterheads show the letter A (gilt) for Anne with the crowned eagle on a blue background and 1 letterhead shows the letter M (gilt) for Madame with the crowned eagle and two floral representations. There are also 8 bas-de-lampe panels bearing the monogram of Anne of Austria, with its golden crown and floral representations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePuget de la Serre was often scorned by his contemporaries, and the book is one of his many panegyrics. He became a specialist in dedicatory epistles and made them his sole source of income (Banderier) and responded to criticism by saying ‘I am always in a hurry, when it comes to earning money; and I prefer the pistoles that make me live comfortably, to the chimera of a vain glory that would leave me miserable.’ (Banderier). Above all, Puget de la Serre's attention to detail was crucial to his illustrations, from portraits - his preferred mode of representation - to lettering, vignettes, headbands, frontispieces and even the text itself, which he often set off with a line of red or black ink - in this case gilded (Meyer).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFine restorations to corners and spine, paper restorations to pages 9 and 19.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKokkomelis,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLes portraits au service des grands : Jean Puget de la Serre et les temps multiples de l'exemplification historique\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, 385-400, dans : Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature, XLV, n°89, 2018 ; Gille Banderier,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUn faux roman à la clef : Le roman de la cour de Bruxelles de Jean Puget de La Serre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Littératures classiques, 2005, n°51, p.118 ; Véronique Meyer,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUn auteur du XVIIe siècle et l'illustration de ses livres, Jean Puget de La Serre (1595-1665)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Bibliothèque de l'Ecole des Chartes, t.158, 2000, p.27-53.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54937709838661,"sku":"0258","price":10500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/5036.jpg?v=1750072721"},{"product_id":"office-de-la-semaine-sainte-en-latin-et-francois-a-lusage-de-rome-et-de-paris-avec-des-reflexions-et-meditations-prieres-et-instructions-pour-la-confession-et-communion-a-lusage-de-la-maison-de-madame-la-dauphine","title":"Office de la Semaine Sainte en latin et \u0026 François, à l'usage de Rome et de Paris avec des Réflexions et Méditations, Prières et Instructions pour la Confession et communion à l'usage de la Maison de Madame la Dauphine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eOffice de la Semaine Sainte en latin et \u0026amp; François, à l'usage de Rome et de Paris avec des Réflexions et Méditations, Prières et Instructions pour la Confession et communion à l'usage de la Maison de Madame la Dauphine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eParis: Veuve Mazières et Garnier, 1746.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e8vo (204 × 137 mm). 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