CHARRON, Pierre. De la Sagesse trois livres par Pierre Charron.
CHARRON, Pierre. De la Sagesse trois livres par Pierre Charron.
Leiden: Iean [Johannes] Elzevier, n.d. [but 1659]
12mo. 125 x 70 mm. Engraved allegorical frontispiece, woodcut head- and tailpieces. A few faint, occasional, scattered spots, a little very light browning to a couple of quires at end. Contemporary crushed red morocco gilt, spine richly gilt with pointillé wave motifs. a.e.g. Overall, a fine copy.
The rarest of the four Elzevier editions ("plus rare" than the first, 1646 edition according to Willems, "et cela on lui donne la préférence" - i.e. ‘rarer than the first, and this gives it the edge’) with a charming allegorical frontispiece engraving. A theologian and philosopher, Charron was notably a friend of Montaigne's, and a famous sceptic. The work was originally published in 1601; this is a line-by-line reproduction of the 1656 edition. It was translated into English as Of Wisdome in 1612.
W 843; B 415; BS 255; R. 838; Copinger 887.
CHARRON, Pierre. De la Sagesse trois livres par Pierre Charron.
Leiden: Iean [Johannes] Elzevier, n.d. [but 1659]
12mo. 125 x 70 mm. Engraved allegorical frontispiece, woodcut head- and tailpieces. A few faint, occasional, scattered spots, a little very light browning to a couple of quires at end. Contemporary crushed red morocco gilt, spine richly gilt with pointillé wave motifs. a.e.g. Overall, a fine copy.
The rarest of the four Elzevier editions ("plus rare" than the first, 1646 edition according to Willems, "et cela on lui donne la préférence" - i.e. ‘rarer than the first, and this gives it the edge’) with a charming allegorical frontispiece engraving. A theologian and philosopher, Charron was notably a friend of Montaigne's, and a famous sceptic. The work was originally published in 1601; this is a line-by-line reproduction of the 1656 edition. It was translated into English as Of Wisdome in 1612.
W 843; B 415; BS 255; R. 838; Copinger 887.
CHARRON, Pierre. De la Sagesse trois livres par Pierre Charron.
Leiden: Iean [Johannes] Elzevier, n.d. [but 1659]
12mo. 125 x 70 mm. Engraved allegorical frontispiece, woodcut head- and tailpieces. A few faint, occasional, scattered spots, a little very light browning to a couple of quires at end. Contemporary crushed red morocco gilt, spine richly gilt with pointillé wave motifs. a.e.g. Overall, a fine copy.
The rarest of the four Elzevier editions ("plus rare" than the first, 1646 edition according to Willems, "et cela on lui donne la préférence" - i.e. ‘rarer than the first, and this gives it the edge’) with a charming allegorical frontispiece engraving. A theologian and philosopher, Charron was notably a friend of Montaigne's, and a famous sceptic. The work was originally published in 1601; this is a line-by-line reproduction of the 1656 edition. It was translated into English as Of Wisdome in 1612.
W 843; B 415; BS 255; R. 838; Copinger 887.