Lot n° 589
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80 - 100
EUR
Rouen. Le Grand Calendrier ou journal historique de la ville - Lot 589
Rouen. Le Grand Calendrier ou journal historique de la ville et du diocèse de Rouen [...] Rouen, Machuel, 1698.
Small in-12, brown half-chagrin with corners, spine with false nerves, gilt title (19th c. rel.). Ex-libris J.M. Good copy.
Also included:
- JORDAN (C.), Suite de la Clef, ou Journal historique sur les matières du temps [...] Paris et Rouen, Veuve Herault, 1726. In-8, blond half calf, spine ribbed and decorated (early 20th c. binding). Light foxing.
Claude Jordan dit de Colombier, French publicist born in the 2nd half of the 17th century, died around 1746. He founded a bookshop in Leiden (1686). A little later, he returned to France with a pension from the King of France, and published his "voyages historiques de l'Europe" (1692-1703). In 1704, he began publishing a monthly journal in Luxembourg entitled 'clé du cabinet des souverains', better known as the 'journal de Verdun', which enjoyed enormous success and only disappeared in 1776. He also wrote: 'choix de bons mots ou pensées des gens d'esprit sur toutes sortes de sujets' (1709).
- Etrennes supérieures de Normandie pour l'année bissextile 1772 dédiées à Mgr. Thiroux de Crosne Chevalier, P.-Président du Conseil supérieur de Rouen et Intendant de la Généralité. By a Master Wigmaker of the Family. slnd. In-8, 25 pp. (Permission to print signed by Trugard de Maromme, Lieutenant of Police in Rouen). Following: Supplément aux Etrennes supérieures de Normandie. [1] f.-6 pp. ; Justice gratuite. 16 pp.; Avis aux magistrats liquidables et aux créanciers de leurs compagnies. 4 pp. (Frère I, 439.)
Monogrammed bookplate. Bookplate J.M.
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