caussin nicholas (4 risultati)

Full-Leather. Condizione: Very Good for Age. Third Edition. Prelims + 271 pp., sm 8vo, full leather, respined with raised bands and new paper label, original leather sides, bookplate of Hope Trust, Edinburgh, additional new blank pages front and back for notes, a fine copy. Jesuit spirituality publication originally in French which appealed to some Protestants, translated by Sir Thomas Hawkins. This edition not in Wing. Size: Sm 8vo. Association Copy. Antiquarian.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Stated third edition in English (though actually the second London edition, or the fifth overall). Old panelled calf, rebacked. 13 1/4 x 8 5/8 inches (33.5 x 22 cm); [24], 855, [15] pp. (erratically paginated). Boards scuffed, rebacked, rear endpaper with an amusing "Riddell" written in a contemporary hand. With half-title, apparently lacking engraved title. Book label of William Safire and an earlier armorial bookplate. Among other capacities, Safire worked as a Presidential speechwriter.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 4th Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fourth English edition. Rebound in half leather, gilt title and ruling, raised bands, blind stamped compartments, marbled paper boards. A.E.R. New endpapers. [20], 855, [14], 91 pp. Engraved portraits and decorations in text. Lacks engraved frontispiece. Separate titles. Bookplate of William John MacDonnell. Rust spot and perforation, paper repair to tail edge of half-title. Occasional rust spotting and foxing. Paper repair to gutter of title page. Caussin was a Jesuit preacher who was for a time confessor to King Louis XIII of France. His famous treatise, The Holy Court, is a guide to courtiers and noblemen on living a Christian life. It was first published in 1624 in French. [Wing C1550; Darling 604; Arber I, 304; Callard C132; Lowndes 394]. Bound with: Prosopographia: or, some Select Pourtraitures and Lives of Ancient and Modern Illustrious Personages. Collected Out of their Pictures, Books, and Medals. Originally compiled and written in French by Andrew Thevet, Chief Cosmographer to Henry the third, King of France and Polan. Newly Translated into English by some Learned and Eminent Persons; and generally by Geo: Gerbier, alias D'ouvilly, Esq. And now also in this Edition are further added the Pourtraitures & Lives of Five other Selected Eminent Persons of Ancient and Modern Times.All which are Illustrated and Imbellished, with the Effigies or Sculptures of the said Worthy Personages in Copper Plates, according to the French Original. Cambridge: Printed by John Hayes for William Lee, 1676. Comprises the third part of Lee's edition of Thomas North's Plutarch, originally published in 1657.

Folio. The Fourth edition. Translated into English by Sir Thomas Hawkins. "His Holy Court attained great reputation from the interesting style of its biographies." - Darling. [24],720,717-841,[3],841-855,[15] p. Half-title with printer's device, engraved frontispiece,portraits on the letterspress. Some occasional upper marginal worming, but away from the text. Bound in contemporary calf, the spine gilt with label. Some wear to lower board edges & upper rear board corner, but a sound and attractive copy. Heavy item requiring additional postage abroad. [Wing C1550; Darling 604; Arber I, 304; Callard C132; Lowndes 394].