Books by Le Moyne

Leiden & Paris:: Jean Elzevier & Charles Angot,, 1660.. Contemp. vellum, soiled, old pen scribblings and owner's inscriptions especially on paste-downs and t.p., inner rear hinge opened.. Elzevier device on t.p., head- and tail-pieces. Lacks frontis. and portraits.. 12mo.. First Elzevier ed. Le Moyne (1602-1672) Jesuit, author of numerous books on history, literature and art. "pote Žpique comme Chapelain, lyrique comme Malherbe, bagatellier coome Voiture: prosateur aussi, hist... more information

Paris: Claude Barbin. 1661. 12mo, pp. [110], 309, [3]; 251, [16], [4]; with genuine blank [N12] at the end of vol. I and the 2 leaves of preliminaries for vol. II bound in at the back; extra engraved title-p., and 20 full-p. engraved portraits of women by Claude Vignon; woodcut ornaments and initials; leaf e3 with marginal tear; all else about fine in an attractive full crimson morocco binding of the 19th century, a.e.g., gilt lettered direct on spine. "In 1647, La Gallerie des Femmes fortes by the Jes... more information