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April 28, 2011

PRINTED 1723: THE MOST IMPORTANT AND ACCLAIMED 18th CENTURY TREATISE ON THE MYSTERY OF CHINESE LAQUER AND VARNISH

AN IMPORTANT TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION, ESPECIALLY IN ITS FRENCH EDITION, TO CHINOISERIE

The Book:

Bonanni, Filippo. Traitè des vernis : où l’on donne la maniere d’en composer un, qui reffemble parfaitment à celui de la Chine, & plufieurs autres qui concernent la painture, la dorure, la gravure à l’eau forte, & c … Publisher: Paris : D’Houry, 1723. small 8vo., 16 x 9.5 cm., 18th century calf and gilt, raised bands, some binding wear including wear to l.r. corner of front board, and head and tail of spine, ex-libris pen to flyleaf and stamp to t.p., some light browning and spotting. COMPLETE and RARE. [SOLD]

This is the first French translation of Filippo Bonanni’s highly important treatise on Chinese lacquer, providing an historical overview of its introduction to Europe and early Chinese trading with the West, as well as a technical guide to some of its “mysteries”. Various recipes are presented as affordable alternatives as well as suggestions for their best use and application. There existed great commercial interests in improving European lacquerware based on Chinese models. In France, imitation lacquerware had been produced at the Gobelins factory since 1672. The suggestions in this treatise were employed in the decoration of the petits appartmements at Versailles but also for a vast range of domestic articles based on decorative designs by Boucher and other well known artists of the period.

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April 28, 2011

PRINTED 1601. THE MILTON FRIEDMAN OF SALAMANCA

The 5 Volume COMPLETE Collected works in FOLIO of Martín de Azpilcueta, the Canonist and economist, credited as the FIRST to develop monetarist theory

With the Wonderful Cat and Mouse Printer Device of the Sessa Printing House

The Set:

Martin de Azpilcueta D. Martini ab Azpilcueta Navarri… Opera omnia, quae quidem adhuc fideliter habita sunt, atque edita, ipsius manu extrema donata, & auctoritate roborata,in quinque tomos divisa, commentarios, enchiridia, tractatus, relationesque, ac denique consilia omnia complectens. Venetiis apud Sessas (apud Dominicum Nicolinum) 1601. D. Martini Azpilcuetae Navarri… Commentarii et tractatus ad sacras confessiones, orationesque ac indulgentias omnino pertinentes, D. Martini Azpilcuetae Navarri… Commentarii et tractatus, relectionesve in capita quaedam iuris canonici multa doctrina affluentes… cum indice rerum, ac verborum insignium locupletissimo, D. Martini Azpiculetae Navarri… Consiliorum seu responsorum quinque libris, iuxta titulos… FOLIO, 5 vol. ([24], 381 p.; 381; 139, [67] c.; [104], 267; 194 p.) CONTEMPORARY LIMP VELLUM with Spanish Calligraphic lettering, some browning, textblock separation, toning, foxing; ex-Seminary marking (white lettering can be removed with light acetone rubbing). Overall, A COMPLETE, RARE SET appearing only once in 30 years of the American auction records and CONTAINING THE FAMOUS AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT ECONOMIC WORK ON USURY (114-132 in Tomus Alter of the Consiliorum, Seu Responsorum)
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April 28, 2011

A Fundamental Document of Jewish Relations with the State and a major work of Anti-semitic Literature

PRINTED 1614: The Extremely Rare FIRST OFFICIAL EDITION of Stättigkeit and Ordnung

The Book:

Der Juden zu Franckfurt Stättigkeit und Ordnung, wie die selbe so wol von uhralten Jahren hero, als hernacher biß auff das Jahr 1613 gefunden worden. Franckfurt am Mayn, 1614. Small FOLIO, 30.3 cm x 197. COMPLETE. A handsome, wide-margined copy; light toning as usual throughout, later boards and vellum spine. Provenance: From the renowned Charles E. Weber Library. Extremely Rare. No copies sold in 30 Years of the ABPC Auction Records

FIRST OFFICIAL PRINTED EDITION after the unofficial pirated 1613 tract, and a fundamental document of Jewish relations with the State and the place of minority rights in general. While the Jews generally had lived under their own laws and administration, in response to the Frankfurt Guilds demands for increased power and rights at the expense of Jewish economic freedom and community’s rights, the Stättigkeit and Ordnung were issued to regulate and restrict Jewish behavior. The clear rejection in these ordinances of the Imperial privileges and protections granted to the City, culminated in the notorious Fettmilch Rebellion and a pogrom in the city’s Jewish ghetto. The inhabitants of the Judengasse were driven out whilst their houses were plundered and destroyed. Their forced expulsion was short-lived however, and their return in 1614 after the Fettmich Rebellion represented the first time most Christian commentators had supported the Jewish community, noting the distinction and just separation of economic and political rights and religion. Interestingly, the great symbols of anti-semitism and Jewish persecution, the tall conical hat and the yellow badge sewn to clothing, are notably illustrated on page 8 and the title page respectively.

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