Galtruchius (3 results)

A Jesuit textbook of logic and moral philosophy, written by Pierre Gautruche (1602-1681), a French Jesuit philosopher, theologian and mathematician. The first volume of a four-volume series. Antiqua typeface; the title page features a woodcut device, pages are decorated with large woodcut initials. Provenance: The copy contains two bookplates, ownership stamp and call numbers of the Capuchin Monastery in Hradcany (Prague); a coloured backstrip with handwritten call number is also typical for its library. The front endpaper has a simple recent bookplate of Petr Vopenka (1935-2015), a Czech mathematician and philosopher. A complete, well-preserved copy. /// Parchment binding with metal clasps (coloured backstrip with handwritten call number); hardback, 386+[6] pp., 12° (9.5 x 15 cm), parchment slightly worn and yellowed, edges yellowed, top edge darkened, endpapers foxed and yellowed, some pages slightly foxed or yellowed, other signs of wear and age are very rare (small faded water stain), condition: very good Book Language/s: Latin.

London, Printed by W.G. and are to be sold by M. Pitt: 1674. Third edition, corrected and amended. Octavo (6 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches; 172 x 108 mm). [18], 111, [3], 131-453, [15, index], [3, publisher's ads], [4, blank] pp. Contemporary speckled calf, elaborately gilt-stamped on spine with a red morocco label. Marbled edges. Outer hinges cracked, corner's a bit bumped. Two previous owner's bookplates on front pastedown. A small red sticker on spine. Very good. HBS 64642. $1,250.

Cadomi [Caen], apud Joannem Cavelier, 1665. Un fort vol. au format in-16 (128 x 78 mm) de 3 ff. n.fol., 531 pp., 4 ff. n.fol. et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'époque de plein veau moucheté havane, plats jansénistes, dos à nerfs orné de filets gras à froid, doubles caissons d'encadrement dorés, larges fleurons dorés, roulette dorée sur les nerfs, titre doré, roulette dorée sur les nerfs, tranches mouchetées. Impression caennaise recelant trois superbes planches anatomiques gravées. ''Pierre Gautruche fut professeur à l'université de Caen pendant plus d etrente années, il a composé un cours de philosophie et de mathématiques''. (in Frère). Frère II, Manuel du bibliographe normand, 13. Tâches brunes affectant les plats. Défaut affectant chacune des coiffes. Cerne angulaire affectant les premiers et derniers feuillets. Du reste, belle condition. Rare.