Cerutti Giuseppe Antonio Giachimo (2 results)

VI, 191 (1) / 194 (1) pages. - Richly gilt french leather binding of the period over 65 raised band with orig. gilt spinelabel, all edges red, marbled endpapers and green marker-ribbon; 8vo.(ca. 18 x 10 x 2,5 cm). ~~~ NEW CORRECTED EDITION OF THIS JESUITE CLASSIC, 2 VOLUMES IN 1 BOOK COMPLETE; IN AN ORIGINAL BINDING OF THE PERIOD. - Inner frontpanel with early 19th-centiry engraved ex-libris '', Bibliothèque / du / Haut-Buisson, titlepage verso with holograph inscription of the period underneath the 'Avertissement': ''Curam habe de bono nomine / soies soigneurs de votre bonne / réputation. Ecclesiaste C. 41. 415.'' --- Ends of spine and lower sharp-corner of rearpanel rubbed, top of rearpanel-hinge cracked, endpaper of inner rearpanel rubbed towards the bottom. --- ''The Haut-Buisson castle in Cherré (Sarthe), is a neo-Louis XV style folly built in 1847, where Alice Heine, Princess of Monaco, received with pomp the great personalities of her time such as Pierre Loti. In his memoirs 30 years of dinners in town, Gabriel Louis Pringué recalls its grandeur: >Haut-Buisson was a small 18th century castle [sic], furnished with the latest English comforts. In the woodwork of the large living room were embedded the full-length portraits of Cardinal Richelieu by Van Loo, and of the Duke of Richelieu, Minister of Restoration by Lawrence. In the library, we could also admire a very beautiful portrait of a woman by Clouet, which captivated me. The greenhouses at Highbush were magnificent, and Princess Alice cultivated pink orchids there which Queen Alexandra (of England) had sent her from Sandringham.< .''(Wikipedia) - ALSO IN STOCK, the much rarer 'DENONCIATION DE LA DOCTRINE DES CI-DEVANT SOI-DISANS JESUITES TANT SUR LE DOGME QUE SUR LA MORALE, À NOSSEIGNEURS LES ARCHEVEQUES ET EVEQUES DE L'EGLISE DE FRANCE.'(1767) by Bon-Francois dit 'Pelvert Riviere' . . .…

1 vol. in-8° rel. demi-basane marron, dos lisse décoré, titre doré sur maroquin noir (fissure de 4 cm de long sur le mors inférieur, dos légèrement frotté, légères traces de frottement sur les coupes, ex-dono manuscrit en page de faux-titre, XXVIII + 460 p. déchirure en marge sup. des deux dernières feuilles.…