Results for: Synesius of Cyrenaeus, Bp. of Ptolemais. c. 370-413.
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![8vo. [xvi], 623p. Greek & Roman type (facing pages), an Orry title device. MID-17TH CENTURY RICHLY GILT TAN MOROCCO WITH THE ARMS OF GABRIEL DE ROQUETTE BISHOP OF AUTUN — THE MODEL FOR MOLIÈRE’S TARTUFFE. Panels alike with outer border of a thin pointillé roll & double rules around a narrow geometric lily roll, central rectangle with the pointillé roll flanking double rules, fleurons at outer corners, partially pointillé daisies & small volutes & pointillé sprigs in inner corners, lozenge shaped central medallion with sprigs & three different volutes & a foliage spray around Roquette’s arms (see Olivier 2109). Flat spine with single vertical compartment & the same outer border as the panels, Roquette’s cipher at crown & base, volutes & foliage between & a small version of his arms in the middle, flush cut fore-edge, all edges gilt, evidence of pink & green silk ties.First Printing of the Christian Neoplatonist’s letters edited by Fédéric Morel, who added Turnèbe’s Latin translation and Francisco Porta’s notes. The hypocrite! Son of a provincial financier, Gabriel de Roquette (1623-1707) made his fortune in the church through cunning, intrigue, alliance, posing and extreme outward piety, achieving vast material success and the near universal distrust of his contemporaries, who considered him the original for Molière’s nauseating and dangerous Tartuffe. In fine condition (hinges rubbed).Hoffmann III: 465; Brunet V: 614 “assez éstimé”; J.H. Pignot, Un évêque réformateur sous Louis XIV. Gabriel de Roquette…le Tartuffe de Molière.](/mckittrick/images/items/80x160/6134.jpg "8vo. [xvi], 623p. Greek & Roman type (facing pages), an Orry title device. MID-17TH CENTURY RICHLY GILT TAN MOROCCO WITH THE ARMS OF GABRIEL DE ROQUETTE BISHOP OF AUTUN — THE MODEL FOR MOLIÈRE’S TARTUFFE. Panels alike with outer border of a thin pointillé roll & double rules around a narrow geometric lily roll, central rectangle with the pointillé roll flanking double rules, fleurons at outer corners, partially pointillé daisies & small volutes & pointillé sprigs in inner corners, lozenge shaped central medallion with sprigs & three different volutes & a foliage spray around Roquette’s arms (see Olivier 2109). Flat spine with single vertical compartment & the same outer border as the panels, Roquette’s cipher at crown & base, volutes & foliage between & a small version of his arms in the middle, flush cut fore-edge, all edges gilt, evidence of pink & green silk ties.First Printing of the Christian Neoplatonist’s letters edited by Fédéric Morel, who added Turnèbe’s Latin translation and Francisco Porta’s notes. The hypocrite! Son of a provincial financier, Gabriel de Roquette (1623-1707) made his fortune in the church through cunning, intrigue, alliance, posing and extreme outward piety, achieving vast material success and the near universal distrust of his contemporaries, who considered him the original for Molière’s nauseating and dangerous Tartuffe. In fine condition (hinges rubbed).Hoffmann III: 465; Brunet V: 614 “assez éstimé”; J.H. Pignot, Un évêque réformateur sous Louis XIV. Gabriel de Roquette…le Tartuffe de Molière.")
Synesius of Cyrenaeus, Bp. of Ptolemais. c. 370-413.
Paris, M. Orry 1605.
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Synesius of Cyrenaeus, Bp. of Ptolemais. c. 370-413.
Paris, M. Orry 1605.
Price: $6,500.00
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