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Revealing the most mysterious secrets of the bridal bed View picture(s) 41 [CHORIER, Nicolas]. [MEURSIUS]. Nouvelle traduction du M(e)ursius, connu sous le nom d'Aloïsia, ou l'académie des dames; revue, corrigée et augmentée. Cythere, Impremerie de la Volupté, 1776. 2 parts in one vol. 8vo. 19th-cent. half calf, gilt spine, sprinkled edges.Contemporary half calf, gilt spine, sprinkled edges. Woodcut vignettes on two titles, 11 full-page engraved erotical plates, woodcut headpieces. VIII, 191; 192 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Erotica  France  Literary History  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Two French comedies View picture(s) 42 [DESFORGES]. Memoires anecdotes pour servir a l'histoire de M. Duliz, fameux juif Portugais a La Haye. Et la suite de ses avantures, après la catastrophe de celle de mademoiselle Pelisser, actrice de l'Opera de Paris.- (BOISSY, L. De.). Le triomphe de l'intere't comedie. London, Samuel Harding, 1739. 8vo. Contemporary wrappers. Engraved frontispiece depicting Mr. Duliz offering all kinds of luxurious gifts to Mme Pelisser, engraved vignette on title, title in red & black. 188 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Literary History  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Four plays by Antwerp rhetoricians wrongly under the name of Johan Baptiste Houwaert View picture(s) 43 [HOUWAERT, Johan Baptista]. Den handel der amoureusheyt inhoudende vier poetische spelen, 1. Van Aeneas ende Dido. 2. Narcissus ende Echo. 3. Mars ende Venus. 4. Leander ende Hero. Poetelijck geinventeert ende rethorijckelijck ghecomponeert. Rotterdam, Jan van Waesberghe III, 1621. 4 parts in one vol. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine richly gilt in compartments with red title lable lettered in gold, gilt binding edges. With engraved ornamental title-page with the title in an oval cartouche and 4 roundels in the corners with scenes from the four plays; four full-page engraved plates with similar scenes in the preliminaries of each play. Each of the four parts starts with a printed title with the printer's device of Van Waesberghe. 237 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: Dutch  Literary History  Low Countries  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Six comedies (two by Molière), published by the Amsterdam Society 'Nil volentibus arduum' (1707-1717) View picture(s) 44 [MOLIÈRE]. De verwaande Hollandsche Franschman. Blyspel. 2nd ed. Amsterdam, Heirs of J. Lescailje, for 'het Kunstgenootschap (Nil volentibus arduum)' , 1717. 8vo. Contemporary blind tooled vellum, spine with title lettered in ink. With engraved frontispiece by B. Picart (dated 1715), and engraved allegorical vignette of the society 'Nil volentibus arduum' by C. Lairesse (Dongelmans, gravure 27). (8), 92, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  18th Century  Dutch  French  Literary History  Theatre  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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An expert on the art of acting View picture(s) 45 [NOMSZ, Johannes]. De tooneelspeler en zijn aanschouwer kunstmaatig beschouwd, of grondregelen voor beiden. Gevolgd van eene handleiding om zich in de tooneelspeelkunde te onderwijzen. Amsterdam, W. Holtrop, 1791. 8vo. Contemporary wrappers. X, 11-171 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Education  Literary History  Literary History, Drama & Comedie  Netherlands  Theatre  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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First issue of the first edition of a comedy by the most famous French playwright after Molière View picture(s) 46 [REGNARD, Jean-François]. Les folies amoureuses, comedie. Par M. R ***. Paris, Pierre Ribou, MDCXCCIV (= 1704). 12mo. Finely bound in 19th century red morocco, spine ribbed and gilt in compartments with the title lettered in gold, triple gold line along the edges of both covers, gilt binding edges, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt edges (by HARDY). (8), 1-72, 69-92 (= 96) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Bindings  France  Literary History  Literature  Theatre  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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In praise of good food View picture(s) 47 [SMALLEGANGE, Mattheus?]. Het loffelijk geselschap van de vetpot, of veel eer, verhandeling van d'insettingen, wetten, en lof-redenen der mildadigheit, vol zedelijke leeringen, en wonderlijke streken: waer noch bykoomt een bly-einde-spel, genoemt, de bruiloft van de vetpot. In 't Italiaensch beschreven, en nu eerst in 't Nederlands gebragt. Amsterdam, Timotheus ten Hoorn, 1687. Small 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt, with double gilt fillet borders on sides. Engraved frontispiece depicting a woman with 2 kinds of cornucopias and surrounded by fruits, game, fish and wine, woodcut endpiece. (24), 469, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Agriculture & Husbandry  Gastronomy  Literary History  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A prize winning play styled after Pestalozzi View picture(s) 48 [SWART, Nicolaas]. Pieter Schijn en zijne dorpgenooten. Een volksleesboek. Uitgegeven door de Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen. Beantwoording der prijsstoffe; eene verdichte geschiedenis, in den smaak van de Lienhard en Gertrud, van Pestalozzi. Amsterdam, Corn. de Vries, Hendr. van Munster & Son, Johannes van der Wey, 1819. 8vo. Contemporary wrappers. Woodcut vignette on title. VIII, 104 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Literary History  Literature  Netherlands  Theatre  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A list of the beautiful and extraordinary presents given to the king of Spain by the Turkish emperor View picture(s) 49 [TURKEY - SPAIN]. Les presens inestimables envoyez par le grand Turc au Roy d'Espagne. Ensemble ce qui s'est passé depuis le 24. Iullet, tant à l'armee Hollandaise qu'Espagnolle au Pays-Bas. Lyon, Claude Armand dit Alphonse, 1625. Small 8vo. Modern boards. Woodcut coat of arms on title. 16, (last blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Dutch  History  Literary History  Popular Books  Spain  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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