Rare books from BIBLIOPATHOS FINE ARTS

First Edition - The copy of king Louis Philippe I
Exceedingly rare hunting treatise on Bird trapping (pipée ) AS A METHOD TO protect and preserve bush animals from birds of prey
Simon, Jean-Baptiste. Moyens de conserver le Gibier, par la destruction des oiseaux de rapine ; Et les Instructions pour y parvenir. Traité de la pipée, Chasse amusante, & divertissante, très-convenable aux Dames. Paris, Veuve Prudhomme, 1738.
12° (16,3 x 10 cm), contemporary full leather binding, gilt decoration and title at compartments, pp. [4 – first blank, recto of second page engraved frontispiece], xxvii, [3], 84, [4], engraved handcoloured frontispiece, original silk bookmark perfectly preserved, red edges.
Hand coloured full page engraving at frontispiece, representing a birds trap, with the Latin motto "Silentio Decipiuntur (Deceived in Silence)"
Only three complete copies of this first edition recorded in worldwide libraries (WorldCat)
Extremely rare treatise on Birds Trapping (pipée) which, as the author… Read More

First Rare edition in Italian of William Bolts Historical, political and cultural treatise on Bengal
Bolts, William. Stato civile politico, e commerciante del Regno di Bengala ovvero Storia delle conquiste e dell'amministrazione della compagnia inglese in quelle contrade che vengono a formare i tomi 19. e 20. in seguito della Storia filosofica, e politica dell'abate Rainal. Tomo primo [-secondo]. [sl], [se], 1780.
8vo (180 x 120 mm), modern quarter calf binding, boards enriched by handcoloured paper, vol 1: pp. [2], 199, [1], signature [pigreco]1 A-L8 M12. [M12v blank], vol 2: pp. [2], 208, [2], signature π¹ A-N⁸ χ¹; at the end folded map "Carta di Bengala ... formata secondo il piano preso su i luoghi da W. Bolts", signed "Bart.o Nerici sc. Lucae"
Big folded Map of Bengal

Rare First Edition in Italian of William Bolts most important work on denunciation of the activities of the East India Company in the Indian region of Bengal, published for the First Time in 1772 under the title… Read More

Third edition of the fundamental pioneering book on modern dentistry, augmented with the text on alveolar pyorrhoea
Fauchard, Pierre. Le Chirurgien dentiste, ou traite des dents, ou l'on enseigne les moyens de les entretenir propres & saines, de les embellir d'en reparer la perte & de remedier a leurs maladies, a celles des gencives, & aux accidens qui peuvent survenir aux autres parties voisines des dents. Avec des observations & des reflexions sur plusieurs cas singuliers. Ouvrage enrichi de quarante-deux planches en taille douce. Par Pierre Fauchard ... Tome premier\-second!. Troisieme edition, revue, corrigee & considerablement augmentee. A Paris : chez Servieres libraire rue Saint-Jean-de-Beauvais, 1786.
2 volumes in 12° (175 x 100 mm), half calf binding, boards enriched by handmade marbled paper, gilt title on red leather label at spine, floral and geometrical gilt decorations at compartments, sprinkled edges, vol 1: pp. XXIV, 494, [10, last 2 blanks], vol 2: pp. [20], 424, [34], signature vol… Read More

Precious elaborated Roman binding with the Coat of Arms of Cardinal Alberto Albani, librarian at the Vatican Library
Lactantius, Lucius Caecilius Firmianus. L. Caelii Lactantii Firmiani Carmina omnia, quae extant recensuit, variantibus lectionibus, annotationibus, castigationibus, ac dissertationibus illustravit Fr. Eduardus a S. Xaverio C.E. Romae : ex typographia Josephi, et Nicolai Grossi in aedibus de Maximis, 1759.
4° (21 x 14 cm), full red morocco leather binding, gilt Cardinal Albiani's coat of arms at both boards, surrounded by a floral border, gilt festoons at the four corners, the insignia of the Bailiff of Sovereign Military Order of Malta embossed on the gold impression, rich gilt decorated at compartments, titles on a red leather label at spine,
pp. xiii, [3], 260 [i.e.264 – page 109-112 repeated], signature: a⁸ A-P⁸ Q¹², chalcographic vignette at title page.
Rare roman edition of the works of the roman catholic writer Lactantius in a precious roman binding
printed on strong… Read More

the renowned "libro d'ore del Piazzetta", wonderful copy in its original venetian binding
First Edition of the most desirable Venetian illustrated books of the 18th century.
Beatae Mariae Virginis officium. Venetiis: Apud Jo. Baptistam Pasquali, 1740.
16vo (140 x 100 mm), contemporary full black fine-grained Morocco leather Venetian binding with gilt edges and gilded silver clasps, gilt silver border at boards in a contemporary full leather case, inside board covered in red silk, pp. [40], 427, [5], printed on precious thin paper, Sign.: π4A-2F8. Engraved frontispiece and vignette on title page.
15 full-page engravings along the text and 20 end-pieces
engraved by Marco Alvise Pitteri on drawings by Giovanni Piazzetta
text engraved by sister Angela Baroni
This Officium was printed in 1740 under request of the wealthy shopkeeper Caime as a sign of devotion to the Celestial Queen. The collection of the engraving's matrices of the Officium Beatae Mariae Virgins must then passed into the possession of… Read More

Two fundamental works of Canon Law in one single volume in a fine contemporary binding.Fully rubricated im red and blue, both volumes not in BMC - Only 4 copies in USA libraries.
Pope Bonfacius VIII (Benedetto Gaetano). Liber sextus Decretalium[With:] Johannes Andreae. Super arboribus consanguinitatis et affinitatis. Strasbourg: Johann Reinhard Grüninger, 14 February 1491.
[Bound with:]
Pope Clemens V, (Raimundus Bertrandi del Goth). Constitutiones. Strasbourg: Johann Reinhard Grüninger, 19 March 1491.
Two works in one volume, royal folio (408 x 279mm), Contemporary blindstamped leather over wooden boards, vol. I ff. 98, vol. II ff. 53 (of 54, lacking final blank). Signature: Vol. I a⁸bc⁶d⁸e⁶f⁸gh⁶i⁸kl⁶m–o⁸, Vol. II: A⁸B–E⁶FG⁸H⁶
Nice incunable edition by the renowned Strasburg Printer Johann Reinhard Grüninger printed in red and black, rubricated in red and blue
The Liber Sextus Decretalium, part of the Corpus Juris Canonici, is a collection of regulations of canon… Read More

Exceedingly rare Roman Missal By Pezzana in a richly decorated contemporary descriptive binding
No copy of this edition recorded in WorldCat
Roman Church. Missale Romanum ex decreto sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini restitutum, s. Pii 5. pontificis maximi jussu editum, Clementis 8. & Urbani 8. auctoritate recognitum. Cui accessere Sanctorum missae ad hanc usque diem per summos pontifices novissime emanatae. Venetiis : apud Nicolaum Pezzana, MDCCLXVI [1766].
4to (24 x 16,5 cm), Contemporary red Morocco descriptive binding, gilt monogrammed, C.F. and N.G at boards, gilt floral border with geometrical decoration at angles, spine richly decorated with gilt geometrical decorations, pp. [48], 632, CXCI, [1], XXIII, [1], signature: [cross]-3[cross]⁸ A-P⁸ 2Q¹² a-k⁸ l¹² m⁴ [2]a-c⁴; title page and text in black and red, musical notation along the text, 8 silk bookmark, on a brass mobile support, 5 silk bookmarkm stick to 5 leavs on external margin, xylographic headletters.
This copy belongs to the… Read More

The First Aldine edition of Pliny's Natural History, completed with the rare 4th volume of index
Plinius Secundus, Gaius. C. Plinii Secundi Naturalis historiae prima pars. Venetiis : in aedibus haeredum Aldi, et Andreae Asulani soceri, 1535-1536
[together with]
Plinius Secundus, Gaius. Index in C. Plinij Nat. Hist. libros locupletior, & castigastior, quàm qui hactenus impressi sunt. Addidimus loca quaedam ex ueterum exemplarium fide emendata. Venetijs in aedibus haeredum Aldi et Andreae Asulani Soceri, 1538

4 volumes, 8vo (15,5 x 10,5 cm), XVIII century stiff vellum binding, handwritten titles and decoration in sepia ink at spine, red sprinkled edges, vol 1(1536): ff. [48], 314 [i.e. 308], signature: A-F⁸ a-z⁸, ²A-P⁸ Q⁴; vol 2 (1535): ff. 303, [1], signature: 2a-2z⁸ 2A-2P⁸; vol 3 (1536): ff. 295, [1], Signature: 3a-3z⁸ 3A-3O⁸; vol 4 (1538): ff. [252], signature: A-2G⁸ 2H¹² (2H12blank). Aldus printer device at title page and verso of last leaf in all four volumes (before the… Read More

THE ALCHEMIST POET

Augurelli, Giovanni Aurelio. I. Aurelius Augurellus. Venetiis : in aedibus Aldi, mense Aprili 1505
8vo (16.5 x 11 cm), XIX century green morocco binding, gilt double rules decorations at boards with decorations at margin of internal border, gilt geometrical decorations and titles at 5 raised bands spine, orange silk bookmark, ff. [128], signature a-q⁸ (a2 and q7 blank), Aldine printer device (Z38) at q8v, register and colophon at leaf q6v.
FIRST AND ONLY ALDINE EDITION and first sixteenth-century edition OF AUGURELLI'S poetical works SEVERAL OF THEM STRICLY RELATED WITH ALCHEMY

The volume constitutes the first appearance of the complete work of Giovanni Aurelio Augurelli, humanist, scholar and personal friend of Bernardo and Pietro Bembo (whose verses Gli Asolani Aldus had printed just a month earlier) and Marsilio Ficino.
All the works are here published for the first time, with the exception of book I of the Carminum which had appeared in the very rare Verona edition of 1491… Read More

First Edition of one of the rarest gastronomy book of XVII century
le Sieur, Robert. L'Art de bien traiter; divisé en trois parties. Ouvrage nouveau, curieux, et fort galant ... Mis en lumiere, par L[e] S[ieur] R[obert]. A Paris : chez Jean Du Puis, ruë S. Jacques à la Couronne d'or, 1674.
8vo (249 x 190 mm), contemporary stiff vellum binding, pp. [4] 413, [1], Signature: a² A-R¹² S⁴, for the name of the author cfr. BNF, Catalogue BN-OPALE PLUS, xylographic headletter and decorations.
The most representative book of the revival of French cuisine in the classical age
First Edition of the rare and interesting treatise on gastronomy and cooking by Robert le Sieur. Attacking the traditional French cuisine embodied, at that time, by François Pierre de La Varenne, Le Sieur proposes a new style, many new recipes, and many other useful information to understand the gastronomy and customs at the end of the seventeenth century, details on the mise en place of the tables, including suggestions for… Read More

First complete edition of one of the first work to deal with the
gastronomic and healing qualities of coffee, tea and chocolate
The first work in any language to describe togheter
the three new beverages of the seventeenth century
Wide margins copy
Dufour, Philippe Sylvestre. Traitez nouveaux & curieux du cafe', du the' et du chocolate. Ouvrage également necessaire aux medecins, & à tous ceux qui aiment leur santé. Par Philippe Sylvestre Dufour.
A Lyon : chez Iean Girin, & B. Riviere, ruë Merciere, à la Prudence, 1685
12mo, (155 x 90 mm), contemporary full leather binding, gilt floral decorations and title at compartment, pp. [24], 445, [7 – last leaf blank], at p. 423: Dialogue du chocolate, di Bartolomé Marradon, cfr. l'avertissement at p. 422, Signature: â¹² A-S¹² T⁸ V².
Frontispiece and engravings by M. Demasso e Matthieu Ogier, engraved headletters and headpieces.
Three full page plates at the starting of each chapter
showing An Arab man drinking coffee
a Chinese man drinking tea… Read More

EXTREMELY RARE BOOK OF HOURS PRINTED ON VELLUMILLUSTRATION FROM MASTER OF THE APOCALYPSE OF THE ROSE'S ATELIER.THE ONLY KNOWN COMPLETE COPY!
BOOK OF HOURS, USE OF ROMAN CHURCH. A la louenge de dieu et de sa tres saincte et glorieuse mere et a ledification de tous bo[n]s catholiques furent commences ces presentes heures A lusaige de Romme. Colophone: " …achevez la[n] mil. ccccc. [et] iiii. le. xxii. iour de aoust pour Gillet Hardouyn libraire marchant demoura[n]t a Paris sur le po[n]t au change a l'enseigne de la Rose Imprimeez par Anthoine Chappiel i[m]primeur demourant a Paris en la rue de beau vois a lenseigne des Connins " [Paris: Antoine Chappiel for Gilles Hardouyn, 22 August 1504].
8vo, (17 x 10 cm) binding from a reused middle age handwritten vellum page, with Gregorian music notations, gilt edges, ff. [80], signature A-K8. Gothic type, 32 lines. Text in Latin except for the prayer opening the volume and the title (A1r), the almanac (A1v), some prayers appearing at the end of the volume and… Read More

Rare First Edition
First polyglot printing and earliest Arabic printing of any part of the Bible
Second book printed in Arabic with movable type
The first biographical sketch of Christopher Columbus and the first published account of his second voyage
Giustiniani, Agostino, Psalterium, hebraeum, graecum, arabicum, & chaldeum, cum tribus latinis interpretationibus & glossis. Genuae : impressit miro ingenio Petrus Paulus Porrus : in aedibus Nicolai Iustiniani Pauli, 1516 mense VIIIIbri [Genua, Petrus Paulus Porrus, 1516].
Folio (30,2 x 22,5 cm), stiff vellum binding, handwritten title in sepia ink at spine, sprinkled edge, ff. [200], signature: A¹⁰ B-Z⁸ &⁸ ɔ6, printer device at leaf ɔ6r, below the printer device the motto Petrus Paulus Porrus mediolanensis, Taurini degens, title page within woodcut arabesque border and leaf A4v-5r printed in black and red, text on 8 columns on double page, printed in Arabic, Hebrew, Greek, Roman. 13 woodcut initials, 5 Latin, 4 Hebrew, 2 Greek and 2 Arabic.
The… Read More

THE UNIQUE PROOF COPY OF AN EXTREMELY RARE BOOK OF HOURS BY THE ATELIER OF GERMAIN HARDOUIN PRINTED ON VELLUM WITH THE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM JEAN PICHOIRE AND THE MASTER OF THE APOCALYPSE OF THE ROSE'S ATELIER AND FINELY ILLUMINATED IN PARIS BY THE MASTER OF NICOLAS DE LA FONS.
FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF ULRICO HOEPLI & HANS PETER KRAUS BOOK OF HOURS, USE OF ROMAN CHURCH.
Hore divine virginis Marie, secundum usum Romanum cum aliis multis folio sequenti notatis, una cum figuris Apocalipsis et destructio [sic] Hierusalem, et multis figuris Biblie insertis. Ad colophon: Parisius noviter impressum opera Germani Hardouyn commorantis ante Palatium regis, ad intersinium [sic] dive Margarete, [ca. 1518]). (Paris, Germain Hardouin, 1518)
8vo (170 x 110 mm), 17th century brown calf, gilt fillets and floral tools, a central piece on which is stamped the monogram TCC, a similar monogram with the only CC interlaced is gilt on the sides of the gilt frame, ff. [84], signature a-k8, l4, (not printed in this copy), almanac… Read More

Renowned italian treatise on mathematic and Practical geometry
the use of the "Squadro Geometrico" (Set Square)
the multiplication "per crocetta" and the first mention of the surveyor's cross
Feliciano, Francesco. Scala Grimaldelli libro di aritmetica, e geometria speculatiua, e pratticale di M. Francesco Feliciano Veronese. Diuiso in tre libri. Nel primo si tratta di cose pertinenti a Mercatanti ... Nel secondo si tratta dell'arte maggiore di algebra ...accresciuto in quest'vltima impressione di dottissimi problemi ... Nel terzo, & vltimo si dimostra il misurar della Terra ... i nuovo ristampato, e da molti errori corretto, e accresciuto di molte cose da M. Filippo Macario Veronese . Venetia : presso Gio. Giacomo Hertz, 1669.
4to (188 x 120 mm), contemporary paper board, handwrtten titles at front board in sepia ink, pp. [8], 240, printer device with Galleon at title page, xylographic head-letters, head-pieces and end-pieces.
Last printed edition of this milestone in the history of mathematic… Read More