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Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

Estimate €200 - €300
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France Bossuet, Jacques-Bénigne Oeuvres … containing everything he wrote on various subjects. With 5 engraved frontispieces, 1 engraved title page, 4 engraved title vignettes, 6 engraved portrait plates, 71 engraved head and tail vignettes by Cantini after Piazetta and others. Vol. I–V (of 10). 5 vols. Venice, Albrizzi, 1736–1738. 4°. Decorative half-parchment bindings, each with two gold-stamped roundels, gold-stamped coat-of-arms supralibros, blind-stamped fillets, blind-stamped corners and marbled edges (covers restored using the original parchment covering, partly stained and showing some wormholes). Graesse I, 502. – Tchemerzine II, 443. – Contains, amongst others: Exposition de la doctrine, Conference avec M. Claude, Rèfutation du Catechisme du Sieur Paul Ferry, Histoire des Variations, Avertissement sur les Lettres de M. Jurieu, Instruction pastorale, Traité de la communion, Explication de la messe, de la prophétie d’Isaïe. - Ex-libris of Leonis S. Olschki, ‘Resolutions Renewed’; paper slightly wavy, occasionally minimally browned, isolated small stains in the margins; Vol. IV has some water-stains and occasional mould spots in the upper margin at the beginning; otherwise, on the whole, a very fine edition, virtually free of stains. Vol. I–V in 5 vols. With 5 engraved frontispieces, 1 engraved title page, 4 engraved title vignettes, 6 engraved portraits, 71 engraved head- and tailpieces. Contemporary half-vellum binding with marbled edges, 2 gilt-stamped labels on the spine, gilt-stamped armorial supralibros, blind-stamped fillets and corners (covers restored using the original vellum coating, partially stained and with some wormholes). - Bookplate of Leonis S. Olschki, endpapers replaced, paper somewhat wavy, occasional minimal browning, some isolated small patches in the margins, vol. IV partly water-stained and foxed, otherwise overall nearly spotless and a fine copy.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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