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France 86as19 Abbot Suger and Saint-Denis. A Symposium. Edited by Paula Liber Gerson.New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986, 304 pages, many black and white illustrations, plans. The front bottom cover of the dust jacket is missing the tip. Overall, very good in dust jacket. $22.50 Box A 2
Contents: Foreword / Philippe de Montebello -- Preface / Paula Lieber Gerson -- Introduction: Suger's life and personality / John F. Benton -- Suger's monastic administration / Giles Constable -- Suger, theology, and the Pseudo-Dionysian tradition / Grover A. Zinn -- The liturgy at Saint-Denis: a preliminary study / Niels Krogh Rasmussen -- Suger's views on kingship / Andrew W. Lewis -- Suger and the Capetians / Eric Bournazel -- A note on Suger's understanding of political power / Michel Bur -- Good words, social ties, and the hope for salvation / Abbot Suger and Saint-Denis / Clark Maines -- Suger and the symbolism of royal power: the seal of Louis VII / Brigitte Bedos Rezak -- Suger's church at Saint-Denis:… Read More

France113adl Alain de Lille, c. 1128 – 1202/03. Alan of Lille: Anticlaudianus, or the Good and Perfect Man Translation & commentary by James J. Sheridan. (Series:Medieval Sources in Translation, No. 14). Toronto, Canada: Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 1987, 251 pages, bib, index. Paperback, in very good to fine condition, clean and tight. Only detraction is a pretty minor scrape to front cover. $30.00 Box A 113
Alain de Lille (Alan of Lille) (Latin: Alanus ab Insulis; c. 1128 – 1202/03) was a French theologian and poet. He was born in Lille, some time before 1128. His exact date of death remains unclear as well, with most research pointing toward it being between 14 April 1202, and 5 April 1203. As a theologian, Alain de Lille opposed scholasticism in the second half of the 12th century. His philosophy is characterized by rationalism and mysticism. Alan claimed that reason, guided by prudence, could discover most truths about the physical order without help; but in order to… Read More

Middle Ages bras Bullington, Rachel.
The Alexis in the Saint Albans Pslater: a look into the heart of the matter.
(Series: Garland Studies in Medieval Literature, Volume 4). New York: Garland Publishing, 1991, xiii, 282 pages, bib, illustrations. Very good to fine copy. $22.50 Box 10

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Bec, Pierre, 1921- Anthologie de la prose occitane du Moyen Age: XIIe-XVe siècle: textes avec traductions, une introduction et des notes. Volume 1. Vidas et razons, chroniques et lettres, prose narrative. (Series: Les Classiques d'Oc). Avignon: Aubanel, 1977, 254 pages, bib. Fine copy of the paperback. (There was a second volume published 10 years later. Not present here). $20.00

France ehah Estienne, Henri, 1531-1598. Apologie pour Hérodote: satire de la société au XVIe siècle. Nouvelle édition; faite sur la première et augmenteé de remarques de P. Ristelhuber. Two volumes. Paris: Isidore Liseux, 1879, xlviii, 431 pages; 505 pages, notes. Hardbound volumes bound with marbled boards and lining papers, banded leather spines with gilt lettering. Sadly, there is fraying to the head and heel of Volume I, mostly at the head with maybe a half inch deep, splitting to edge of spine, re-glued. Volume II also has some fraying to head of spine but not as badly as in Volume I. The original velin wrappers bound in. The two volumes: $85.00 Box 1234
Henri Estienne, 1528 or 1531 – 1598, was a French printer and classical scholar. He was the eldest son of Robert Estienne. He was instructed in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew by his father and would eventually take over the Estienne printing firm which his father owned in 1559 when his father died. His most well-known work was the… Read More

France pizan (Christine, de Pisan, ca.1364-ca.1431). Colloque international sur Christine de Pizan (3rd : 1998 : Université de Lausanne). Au champ des escriptures: IIIe. Colloque international sur Christine de Pizan/ Études réunies et publiées par Eric Hicks; avec la collaboration de Diego Gonzalez et Philippe Simon. (Series: Études christiniennes, 6). Paris: Honore Champion, 2000, x, 851 pages, bib, illustrations.Essays in English and French.Has signature of well-known medievalist on front free endpaper. Fine copy of the hardcover. $55.00 Box A 121
Notes: Conference held at the University of Lausanne on 18-22 July 1998. The book also published to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the founding of the University of Lausanne.Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431--Criticism and interpretation.

France btcf The Baptism and Temptation of Christ: The First Day of a Medieval Passion Play. The baptism and temptation of Christ; the First Day of a Medieval French Passion Play. Edited and translated by John R. Elliott, Jr. and Graham A. Runnalls.New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1978, ix, 153p., b/w front., notes, bib. Has remains of an old pencilled price on front free endpaper, good to very good copy. $11.50 Box a114

France 12347 Flaubert, Gustave Bibliomania. Illustrated by Arthur Wragg. (Series: Rodale's Miniature Books Series).London & Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1954, 42 pages. Good to very good copy in glassine dust jacket, jacket is torn, missing pieces. $5.00

France hacl Henry, Albert. Chrestomathie de la Litterature en ancien Francais, Volume I -Textes & Volume II - Notes Glossaire, Table des noms Propres. Quatrieme Edition.Bern: A. Francke Verlag, 1967, xi, 350 pages; 174 pages, index. Fine copy in dust jacket. Dust jacket has a few tears. The two volumes bound in one. $15.00 Box 2022

France wcccp Willard, Charity Cannon. Christine de Pizan, her life and Works: a biography. New York: Persea Books, 1990, (1984) 266 pages, notes, bib, index. Paperback. Fine copy.
$5.00 Box 4118
Christine de Pizan or Pisan born Cristina da Pizzano (September 1364 – c. 1430), was an Italian poet and court writer for King Charles VI of France and several French dukes.Venetian by birth, Christine served as a court writer in medieval France after the death of her husband. Christine's patrons included dukes Louis I of Orleans, Philip the Bold of Burgundy, and his son John the Fearless. Considered to be some of the earliest feminist writings, her work includes novels, poetry, and biography, and she also penned literary, historical, philosophical, political, and religious reviews and analyses. Her best known works include The Book of the City of Ladies and The Treasure of the City of Ladies, both written when she worked for John the Fearless of Burgundy. Her books of advice to princesses, princes, and… Read More

Ancient world 110cie Casaubon, Isaac, 1559-1614. Ephemerides Isaaci Casauboni, cum praefatione et notis edente Johanne. Russell. Volume II only of 2 volume set. Oxonii: E Typographeo Academico, 1850, pages 554 to 1260 pages, index. Followed by a 36 page catalogue of publications of the Clarendon Press. This volume is ex-library, from a Scottish library, with the usual markings and stamps that one finds in such books. There is overall wear to the cover, some fraying to head of spine, as well as corners with bumping. Some minor splitting to spine edge. Page block is in good, solid condition. On the positive side, still in the original binding with the paper label on the spine. $50.00 Box A 110
Isaac Casaubon was a classical scholar and philologist, first in France and then later in England. His son Méric Casaubon was also a classical scholar.

France cfen Cheyette, Fredric L. Ermengard of Narbonne and the World of the Troubadours. (Series:
Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past). Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001, 474 pages, illus, notes, bib, index. Very good to fine in like dust jacket. $12.50 Box 505
Ermengarde (Occitan: Ermengarda, Ainermada, or Ainemarda) (b. 1127 or 1129 – d. Perpignan, 14 October 1197), was a viscountess of Narbonne from 1134 to 1192. Around 1190, a French cleric named André le Chapelain wrote a Treatise on Courtly Love (Latin De Arte honeste amandi). In the second part of the Treatise, "How to maintain love", the author spoke of twenty-one "judgements of love" which had been pronounced by the greatest ladies of the kingdom of France. Among them, three judgements were attributed to Eleanor of Aquitaine, seven to her daughter Marie, and five to Ermengarde. Although these "judgements" were probably fictional, they attest to the fame acquired by Ermengarde, even in the langue d'oïl in the… Read More

France 269k3g6 Dull, Olga Anna. Folie et rhétorique dans la sottie. (Series: Publications romanes et françaises, 210). Genève: Librairie Droz, 1994, 225p, bib, index. Paperback. Signature of collector on front free endpaper as well as a blind stamp of same on title page. Fine copy. Uncommon book. $25.00 Box A 2

France113ag Anglade, J. Grammaire de l'ancient Provençal ou ancienne Langue d'Oc. Phonétique & morphologie. Paris: Editions Klincksieck, 1977, xxxvii, 448 pages, corrigenda, index. Paperbound, in very good to fine shape. $13.50 Box A 113

France 006 Histoire du Rouergue. Publiée sous la direction de Henri Enjalbert et Gérard Cholvy. (Series: Univers de la France et des pays francophones; 44).
Toulouse: Privat, 1987, 508 pages, 14 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations. Paperbound. Very nice copy. $25.00

FR 1345 Barante, Amable-Guillaume-Prosper Brugière, baron de, 1782-1866. Histoire des ducs de Bourgogne de la maison de Valois, 1364-1477. Nouvelle édition. Paris: Delloye, Libraire-Editeur, 1839, 420p, maps, engravings, illus; 430p, engravings, illus; 718p, engravings, illus; 434p, engravings, map, plan, illus; 432p, map, engravings, illus (small waterstain to bottom of side paper edge); 439p, engravings, illus; 413p, engravings, illus; 718p, map, engravings, illus; 448p, engravings, illus; 448p, maps, engravings, illus; 446p, engravings, illus; 465p, map, engravings, illus, index. (Volume XII inner hinges cracked and repaired). In twelve volumes. Maps, engravings, title vignettes; head and tail pieces; initials. Bound in brown cloth, volumes are in good, tight shape, intermittent foxing throughout the set, heavy in spots. The twelve volumes: $175.00 Front room (Will need extra postage)

With the bookplate of Edward Everett,… Read More

Middle Ages 108 sph (Hugues de Saint-Victor, 1096-1141). Sicard, Patrice. Hugues de Saint-Victor et son Ecole, Introduction, Choix de Texte, Traduction et Commentaire. Belgium: Brepols. 1991, 288 pages, 6 plates, 5 colored notes, bib. Paperback. Minor wrinkles to front cover, very good else. Nice, colorful cover. $22.50 Box A 108
Hugh of Saint-Victor, also called Hugo of Saint-Victor, (born 1096—died Feb. 11, 1141, Paris, France), eminent scholastic theologian who began the tradition of mysticism that made the school of Saint-Victor, Paris, famous throughout the 12th century.

Middle Ages 108wi William of Auvergne, 1180/90–1249. The Immortality of the Soul [De Immortalitate Animae]. Translated from the Latin. With an Introduction & Notes by Roland J. Teske, S. J.. (Series: Mediaeval Philosophical Texts in Translation, no. 30). Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 1991, x, 72 pages, index. Paperbound, like new. $8.50 Box A 108
William of Auvergne (1180/90–1249) was a French theologian and philosopher who served as Bishop of Paris from 1228 until his death. He was one of the first western European philosophers to engage with and comment extensively upon Aristotelian and Islamic philosophy. He is also known as Guillaume d'Auvergne, Guilielmus Alvernus, or William of Paris.
William of Auvergne or Paris, (ca.1180/90–1249), Bishop of Paris from 1228 until his death in 1249, was one of the first wave of thinkers in the Latin West to engage with the writings on natural philosophy and metaphysics by Greek, Islamic and Jewish thinkers that had recently become… Read More

Philology 001 Lommatzsch, Erhard. Kleinere Schriften zur romanischen Philologie. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1954, 248p, 7 plates. The endpapers have some offsetting, good to very good, clean, tight copy. $12.50 Box 710

France 64u83 L' advocacie Nostre Dame et La chapelerie Nostre-Dame de Baiex: poème normand du XIVe siècle imprimé en entier pour la première fois, d'après le ms unique de la Bibliothèque d'Évreux. Paris: Académie des bibliophiles, 1869, 134 pages, glossary. Plus, list of publications by l'Académie des bibliophiles. Note(s): Publié par Anatole de Montaiglon, 1824-1895. L'introduction est signée: Gaston Raynaud (1850-1911. – Glossaire. This is the original first edition, in paperback. Pages still uncut. This volume is number 75 of 200 printed Holland paper, (10 were also printed on papier de Chine). Book is in very good condition especially for the age and the paperbound cover. Very scarce. $40.00 Box A2