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CUREAU DE LA CHAMBRE, Marin (1594-1669)

Lot 5
22.05.2025 15:00UTC +02:00
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Lot 5 | CUREAU DE LA CHAMBRE, Marin (1594-1669)
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CUREAU DE LA CHAMBRE, Marin (1594-1669)
Les caractères des passions. Amsterdam : Antoine Michel [Louis et Daniel Elzévier], 1658-1663. [avec :] L'art de connoistre les hommes. Amsterdam : Jacques le Jeune [Louis et Daniel Elzévier], 1660.

Précieux ensemble d'éditions elzéviriennes en reliure uniforme. Académicien et médécin oridinaire de Louis XIII, Cureau de la Chambre était également écrivain et vulgarisateur, ses ouvrages mêlant considérations scientifiques et philosophiques. Les Elzevier ne prêtent cependant pas leur nom à ses ouvrages, La Chambre faisant partie des adversaires déclarés de Descartes, qu'ils éditent également. Il existe deux éditions à la date de 1658 pour les tomes I et II des Caractères : il s'agit ici de la première, reconnaissable aux roses trémières et au chapitre II titré "Les charactères de l'amour" et non "de l'amovr". L'art de connoistre connait également deux éditions à la date de 1660, cet exemplaire correspondant à la première, avec l'errata au dernier feuillet de table. Caillet, 2728 et 2730 ; Willems, 1233 et 1260 ; Brunet, III, col. 726 ("Ces cinq volumes [...] imprimés avec les jolis caractères des Elsevier, sont fort recherchés des curieux").

5 vol. in-12 (131 x 73 mm) dont 5 parties en 4 vol. pour les Caractères et 1 vol. pour L'art de connoistre. Titre gravé au vol. 1 des Caractères et titre gravé pour L'art de connoistre. Manque le feuillet blanc entre le titre gravé et l'épître pour L'art de connoistre. Reliure uniforme signée Thouvenin : maroquin bleu nuit à long grain, encadrement de filet et roulette dorés, dos à faux-nerfs orné de filets et petits fers dorés, roulette intérieure dorée, tranches dorées, roulette sur les coupes.

Provenance : Jacques Lacour Gayet (ex-libris au vol. 1 des Caractères et sur L'art de connoistre).

An attractive set of Elzevirian editions, uniformly bound in night blue straight-grained morocco by Thouvenin.

Place of origin:Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands
Auction house category:Books, Books and manuscripts
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