firmin didot printer (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 16mo. 9 x 15cm. Contemporary Russian calf, with gilt and blindstamping on covers and spine. [4], 188 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 17 cm. Lithographed title page, hand-colored; and 6 handcolored plates designed by Auguste Garnera; all are accompanied by guard sheets. Light foxing in margins. Title page and plates [3] and [5] are signed: Peint par Aug[us]te. Garnerey.Plates: [1] Clément Marot -- [2] Clothilde de Surville -- [3] François Ier et Marguerite de Navarre -- [4] Charles d'Orléans -- [5] Alain Chartier -- [6] Thibault comte de Champagne.Index of authors and works: p. [175]-188.OCLC Number: 22322890In-16, cuir de Russiehavane, ornements dorés et à froid, tranches dorées (coins émoussés, petite fente à unmors, rousseurs).Planches coloriées.

Printing family (famille des imprimeurs) and eminent collector. One page, 4to, fragile, chipped with small loss of text., torn along a fold mark, fragile. The printed form is headed as above with further details of the Society ("Maison de Retraite et de Sante en faveur des Artistes, des Hommes de Lettres et de Science") Firmin Didot has signed a declaration ("Adhesion aux Statuts") that he will adhere to the "Statuts de la dite Societe . . . et en consequence payerai comme Societaire ["simple" en manuscrit] le droit d'admission de Cinq francs et la Cotisation de ["Vingt quatre francs par an" en manuscrit] / Fait a ["Paris" - manuscrit; date, then signature also in manuscript. Followed by printed notes concerning the form.A small piece of paper has been tipped on to the top of the page with faded handwritten information about Alfred Firmin Didot ("Editeur, Rue Jacob . . .Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur. See Image.

An interesting letter, casting light on bibliographic and book trade practices in Consulate Paris. 2pp, 12mo. Forty-two lines of closely-written text on the first leaf of a bifolium, the recto of the second leaf being addressed 'Au Citoyen Firmin Didot | Rue du Regard | A Paris'. In good condition, lightly aged, with white paper stub of mount adhering to second leaf. 'L'Aristote' is written in the left-hand margin of the first page, and he begins by giving the results of the collation of the various editions of du Val's Aristotle, finding that 'l'edition de 1619 et celle de 1629 sont la meme et la plus belle; et que celle de 1639 inferieure pour l'execution est la Seule qui contienne les dernieres additions de du Val dont je suis curieux'. He notes the printers of the three editions. In the light of his discoveries, he discusses the purchases of the 1639 edition from 'la personne que vous charges de ces commission', asking him 'de vouloir bien recompenser pour moi cet agent, car voila bien des peines que je luie donne et bien des emplettes difficiles et [?] qu'il fait pour moi et si bon marche qu'il est impossible qu'il y ait le moindre benefice, ce qu n'est pas juste'. A long postscript concerns 'notre bon ami Cabani' and his 'pauvre camarade [Heimebart?]' In a second postscript he states that he has had to abandon his intention of calling on Didot for 'l'exemplaire en question' as he is 'un peu souffrant'.

1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged, with stub from mount adhering along one edge. From the celebrated manuscript collection of Richard Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton). In 1787 Didot published Florian's 'Mélanges de poésie et de littérature'. A courtly and characteristic response to a request for information, reading: 'Mr. de florian a l'honneur de souhaiter le bon jour a monsieur Firmin. [a contemporary hand glosses this as 'Didot'] il arrive de la Campagne, et ne peut lui donner aucun détail sur cequ'il [sic] demande. demain il s'en informera, ou priera qu'on s'en informe. aussitot qu'il saura quelque chose, il en instruira monsieur firmin. un pressentiment lui dit que le véritable homo [last word underlined] est lui.'.

1p, 4to. On recto of first leaf of bifolium, the verso of the last leaf of which is addressed by Daru 'à monsieur | F. Didot père & fils | rue jacob No 24 | Paris'. In good condition, lightly aged, with stub from mount adhering. Sixteen lines of text. The text is in French, and concerns 'la Copie des vers que j'ai lus à l'institut pour imprimés avec les autres pièces lues a cette place', which he discussed with 'M Raynouard' (François Just Marie Raynouard) the night before.