De la précieuse bibliothèque Jorge Ortiz Linares

De la précieuse bibliothèque Jorge Ortiz Linares

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Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne

Méditations sur l'Evangile. Paris,1730-1731. 4 vol. in-12. Mar. rouge aux armes Bourbon-Condé.

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Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne

Méditations sur l'Évangile

Paris, Pierre-Jean Mariette, 1730-1731


RAVISSANT EXEMPLAIRE RELIÉ EN MAROQUIN ROUGE DE L’ÉPOQUE AUX ARMES BOURBON-CONDÉ


PREMIÈRE ÉDITION


4 volumes in-12 (162 x 91mm). Bandeaux, initiales, culs-de-lampe gravés

COLLATION : tome I : a-c12 d4 A-X12 Y8 ; tome II : π1 A4 B-V12 x10 Y2 (sans le dernier feuillet blanc) ; tome III : π2 A-T12 V4 (sans le dernier feuillet blanc) ; tome IV : π2 A-X12 Y10

RELIURES UNIFORMES DE L’ÉPOQUE. Maroquin rouge, décor doré, armes au centre des plats, filets dorés en encadrement, dos à nerfs ornés, tranches dorées

PROVENANCE : Louise-Anne de Bourbon Condé, dite Mademoiselle de Charolais (1695-1758) qui partageait ces armes avec Mademoiselle de Clermont (morte en 1741) et Mademoiselle de Sens (morte en 1766) — selon une note au crayon : “légué par Gabriel Thomas à Maurice Denis” — Paris, 18 juillet 1947, n° 31, 120.000FF, achat sur commission par Pierre Berès pour Jorge Ortiz Linarès


Tome I : manque de papier marginal en S6 et X6n, T4 mal signé M4. Tome III : pâle mouillure angulaire aux deux premiers feuillets. Tome IV : pâle mouillure angulaire aux cahiers K et X. Quelques minimes restaurations aux reliures


BIBLIOGRAPHIE

Tchemerzine, I, p. 904


Beautiful copy bound in contemporary red morocco with the arms of Bourbon-Condé.

First edition.


Ejemplar encuadernado en marroquín rojo de época, con las armas Borbón-Condé.

Primera edición.

Tchemerzine, I, p. 904

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