Brantome Abbe De (54 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Blue/black striped tweed cl., gilt lettering, design on cover. Backstr. blue/brown tweed, sl. discolored, gilt lettering, design. 269pp. No. 308 of limited ed. of 1000. Deckled edges. Nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First ed. Number 351 of only 1000 copies. Spine faded. Minor shelf wear. Pages clean.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. THE LIVES OF AMOROUS LADIES, Abbé de Brantome, softcover, 1965. ITEM CONDITION: good. The text block is in near fine condition with no tears, dog-ears, or marks. The pages are age-toned. There is no bookplate or signature of a prior owner. Not a remainder or library item. The illustrated wraps are in good condition (slight edge chipping, 60-year-old used bookstore price tag still affixed to the front cover, foxing on back cover). 7 x 4 ½, 190 pages, 8 ounces XX [From the back cover] With the decline of the Middle Ages, morality in high places went by the board, and these chronicles of the Royal Household of late sixteenth century France omit no detail of the scandalous feats and sensual practices of lusty court ladies, with a great deal of leisure, and little to think about except the refinements of the art of love. Bursting with bawdy wit, and rivalled only by Petronius and Rabelais, the Abbé de Brantome has here recorded these episodes of unrestrained immorality in the life of a licentious court. XX [From Wikipedia] Pierre de Bourdeille (c. 1540 - 15 July 1614), called the seigneur et abbé de Brantôme, was a French memoirist, soldier and biographer. He was given several benefices, the most important of which was the lay abbacy of Saint-Pierre de Brantôme, but had no inclination for an ecclesiastical career. He became a soldier and came into contact with many of the great leaders of the continental wars. He travelled in Italy; in Scotland, where he accompanied Mary, Queen of Scots (then the widow of Francis II of France); in England, where he saw Elizabeth I (1561, 1579); in Morocco, where he took part in Don García de Toledo's conquest of Badis (1564); and in Spain and Portugal. During the Wars of Religion under Charles IX, he fought for the Catholics (including at the siege of La Rochelle), but he allowed himself to be won over temporarily by the ideas of the Huguenot reformers. A fall from his horse compelled him to retire into private life about 1589, and he spent his last years in writing his Memoirs of the illustrious men and women whom he had known. De Bourdeille can hardly be regarded as a historian proper, and his Memoirs cannot be accepted as a very trustworthy source of information. But he writes in a quaint conversational way, pouring forth his thoughts, observations or facts without order or system, and with the greatest frankness. His works give a picture of the general court-life of the time, with its unblushing and undisguised profligacy. There is not an homme illustre or a dame galante in all his gallery of portraits who has not engaged in sexual immorality; and yet the whole is narrated with the most complete unconsciousness that there is anything objectionable in their conduct.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 269 pages, blue cloth over boards with gilt titles and decoration. Boards worn, lightly soiled, corners curved and frayed, spine darkened and ends frayed, contents slightly age toned, rear hinge weakened and taped. Brick and mortar bookshop since 1975.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. **Has lots of writing/highlighting** Missing dust jacket. Acceptable Condition. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited print for collectors: no. 528 of 1000 copies. Light blue boards with gilt tilte to front and spine. 269 pages. Rough-cut edges. Small address label to inner front board. No markings. No dust jacket. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Les amis du club du livre du mois tirage sur papier bouffant de luxe exemplaire 397 sur 4819 1958 reliure pleine toile verte.

Paperback (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited edition. This being number one hundred and twenty-eight out of one thousand copies. Octavo. 269pp. Blue striped cloth with gilt illustration stamped on front and rear boards, gilt-stamped title on spine, top edge gilt. Spine faded, thus near fine without dustwrapper as issued.…

Condition: Fair. 1965. Revised Edition. 506 pages. Illustrated paper covers. Light foxing and moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, very slightly lighter to reverse of covers. Hinges are lightly cracked but covers remain firmly attached. Paper covers have light edge-wear and corner curling with mild chipping and scuffing overall. Spine has minor rolling and creasing.…

Kl.-8°, Taschenbuch. Abbe Pierre de Bourdeille Seigneuer de Brantome, Das Leben der galanten Damen, Exquisit Bücher Nr. 6, hrsg. Wilhelm Heyne, München, 1967, TB, kl 8°, m. Frontispiz, 269 S etwas gebr. leicht gewellt im o. Bereich sonst guter Zustand. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 850.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Paperback Edition. First printing of the first UK paperback edition. The front and rear covers have some brown staining to the surface and there is a one inch closed tear at the base of the spine. The binding is fragile and page 7 is loose. Browning to the page edges with four small brown stains along the edge of the first page. Pages browned but otherwise unmarked. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.…

Condition: New.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Square tight copy with light wear on covers. Translated by Raymond Rudorff. "A brilliant new unexpurgated translation of the famous delightfully bawdy account of 16th century licentiousness.".

Paperback. first edition. T-69 very good +, cover crease paperback.

8vo. 269, [1] pp. Illust. title in gray & blk. Blue ribbd cloth, gilt illust. & lettrng on frnt cvr, gilt lettrng on spine, t.e.g. (mnr shlfwr), VG copy, numbered on verso of half-title. First edition, No. 848 of 1000 copies printed of this companion volume of erotica to Gallant Ladies, originally published in 1594.…

Condition: New. In English.

8°, illustrierte Originalbroschur (Paperback) 369 s., papierbedingt,gebräunt, angerändert, bestaubt, insgesamt aber noch ordentliches Exemplar.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Bien. Librería Aves Del Paraíso. Descripción del libro. Título: The Lives Of Gallant Ladies Autor: Abbe De Brantome Editorial: A Panther Book Lugar: London Año: 1965 Encuadernación: Rustica Páginas: 505 Estado General: Bueno Traducción: Ninguna Medidas: 17,5x11cm Peso: 270grs Idioma: Inglés Detalles: Desgaste en las tapas y el lomo (ver fotos) Subrayados y anotaciones al margen en las primeras seis páginas. Firma del antiguo propietario en la página de cortesía. Todos nuestros artículos son revisados antes de ser publicados. LAS IMÁGENES DE NUESTRAS PUBLICACIONES SON ORIGINALES DE NUESTROS ARTÍCULOS. …

faint corner crease, o/w VG.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Privately Printed No. 461 of 1000. 'From beginning to end a protest against immoderate passion. It is above all a work of taste. It is devoted exclusively to stories of love and passion, yet a man must be straightlaced indeed to feel any sort of repulsion. You feel the characters living and breathing through the delicate, pliant style. You see the very glance of a woman's eye; you hear her ardent, or cunningly alluring words. For such as can read with a heart unstirred, the book is a series of delicious surprises." (from the introduction by H. Vigneau) The Panurge Press are intended for private circulation among adult collectors of literary curiosities.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Jacket intact but discoloured and small tears. Orange boards which arefaded at ends. Binding good. Foxing to page ends, although pages o'wise clean. No marks. 1961 English translation.

Condition: New. In English.

Softcover. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. 4mm chip to lower corner of front cover near spine. Some creasing to covers. Ink price on front cover. No signatures. Moderate foxing.; This volume follows on from "Lives of Amorous Ladies", being the second of two volumes of a translation of the Abbe de Brantome's "Lives of Amorous Ladies". 192 pages. Illustrated card covers. Page dimensions: 181 x 108mm. "A brilliant new unexpurgated translation of the famous delightfully bawdy account of 16th Century licentiousness" - from front cover. ". . . it is a collection of highly scandalous, usually improper and always piquant episodes in the love-lives of the great and lovely ladies of the French court and nobility, and their ardent lovers." - from rear cover. With a 2 page Introduction by R. A. Rudorff. "The essays contained in this volume bring this new translation of the Abbe de Brantome's 'Lives of Amorous Ladies' to an end and complete one of the most unique and entertaining pictures we have been left of life and manners in a France that was half-way between the end of the Middle Ages and modern times." - from the Introduction, page 5. Very Good- No dust jacket as issued.…

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Muy bueno. Librairie Plon (Bibliotheque Elzévirienne), Paris, 1895. Encuadernación editorial en tela con dorados en el lomo, 329 págs., intonso. Conservando bonito ex-libris en las guardas. En muy buen estado.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Muy bueno. Librairie Plon (Bibliotheque Elzévirienne), Paris, 1894. Encuadernación editorial en tela con dorados en el lomo, 440 págs. Conservando bonito ex-libris en las guardas. En muy buen estado.

München, Heyne 1962. 368 Seiten. Orig. Broischur, 8°. Gut erhalten.

hardcover. Condition: fine. first edition. In-8° relié plein veau raciné de l'époque. Dos à 4 petits nerfs ornés de filets, roulettes et encadrements à froid, titre et tomaison dorés, tranches marbrées.