A DATE TO REMEMBER, by Mario Gregorio
Mario in UK
fans for a very long time. In New York, on that day, an auction
was held during which most of the late Daniel Ruzo's collection
were placed on the block. And I was one of the lucky guys able
to participate in that auction. What a thrill!
Imagine! Most of the lost books formerly owned by this famous
Nostradamus scholar became available! The catalogue included
about 120 books, many of them early editions of "Les Propheties"
and many others very rare Almanachs; in some cases, the only copy
known to have survived the passage of time.
What were the chances to get some of the lots? Very slim, as the
auctioneer had forecast a very busy day.
But who was Daniel Ruzo?
He was a Peruvian lawyer and businessman with a passion for the
esoteric; he had spent many years in France, engaging in book-
hunting all over the world. As a result, he had assembled the
finest private collection that would be difficult, if not
impossible, to duplicate today.
A large part of these books came from another auction, held in
Paris in 1931, from the Rigaux collection, another famous
nostradamian of the XIXth century; after more than seventy years,
we therefore had the possibility of seeing on the market some of
the most extraordinary Nostradamus books.
Some months ago, I had been able to secure seven books from his
collection. But April 23 was to be the most exciting day in my
hunt for lost Nostradamus books.
The auction started at 3.00 pm (British Time); the first book was
a photocopy of an old book (of which I already had a copy) called
the 'Orus Apollo', not a very important item, but a test for
seeing how much participants were willing to bid.
One hundred and seventy-five (Blimey!) dollars for a copy which
you can see free on my website (www.propheties.it): quite an
extraordinary result!
The second book? The only subsisting copy of a 1554 Almanach,
estimated at about $1,500. dollars. It went up to... $11,000.
(Double blimey!!) No chance for me to get that one.
Then, I decided to play a rather risky game: to drain some of
my competitors, I pushed up the bids for the first dozen of items,
in the hope that they would go away, having spent more than they
could afford.
The fourth lot was estimated at about 3 to 4,000 dollars: it
reached $16,000. The fifth book was an Almanach, estimated at
$2,000., which went for $5,000. And so on.
Are you curious to see if my strategy worked? I'll let you be the
judge of that, but in the end, I got 31 lots out of the total of
114. Not bad, considering that 20 to 30 of those were not very
interesting.
What damage did that auction do to my pocketbook?
I had to sell my Corvette to buy them!
Considering that Hector Rigaux had to go without food to afford
the many books he had assembled over the years prior to his death
in 1930, I would say that I am not doing too bad.
And I am very, very happy!
Cheers, Nostradamus fans!
Mario
List of the lots for which I successfully bid:
7,9,11,17,19,21,22,24,27,30,35,37,39,42,43,44,48,49,50,51,56,57,
61,66,70,77,81,86,94,97
Should you be interested in knowing exactly what was on sale at
that auction, here is the entire catalogue for Sale 2111. Enjoy!
Sale 2111 Lot 1
Orus Apollo . . . des notes hieroglyphiques livres deux mis en
rithme par epigra[m]mes. [84] leaves. 8vo, bound in early
19th-century vellum with modern morocco lettering piece. circa
1541? [i. e., 20th century]
Estimate $150-250
Photographic facsimile of the manuscript in the Bibliothèque
Nationale of Nostradamus's earliest known work, a verse
adaptation in French of the 4th-century A.D. Hieroglyphica of
Horapollo. Accompanied by a type facsimile privately published in
a small edition in the early 1900s by the Amiens printer Henri
Douchet. 8vo, 20th-century flexible calf, original wrappers bound
in. Benazra, pages 1-2 and 445.
Sale 2111 Lot 2
ONLY KNOWN COPY Prognostication nouvelle, & prediction
portenteuse, pour Lan M.D.LV. Woodcut vignette of Nostradamus on
title. [16] leaves, including last leaf with woodcut of hand
holding armillary sphere. Small 8vo, 19th-century morocco-backed
cloth, raised bands and top of spine rubbed; margins trimmed
close without text loss, contents toned, some early underscoring,
last leaf rehinged. Lyon: Jean Brotot, [1554]
Estimate $1,500-2,500
first edition. only copy of the earliest surviving
prognostication by nostradamus. No copies of the editions of 1550
through 1554 are known to exist. Chomarat 3; Benazra, page 5.
Sale 2111 Lot 3
Les Propheties. 46 leaves. 8vo, 20th-century linen with leather
lettering piece, covers slightly warped. Lyon: Macé Bonhomme,
1555 [i. e., 20th century]
Estimate $150-250
Photographic facsimile of the first edition of the Prophéties,
reproduced from the copy owned by the widow of the Paris
bookseller Jules Thiebaud, the current location of which is
unknown. The only 2 copies now recorded of the original edition
are at Bibliothèque Municipale in Albi and the Austrian National
Library in Vienna; those once in the Bibliothèque Mazarine in
Paris and the Bibliothèque Municipale in Orléans are lost.
Chomarat 8; Benazra, page 9.
Sale 2111 Lot 4
Excellent & moult utile Opuscule à touts necessaire, qui desirent
avoir cognoissance de plusieurs exquises Receptes. 228, [11]
pages. 16mo, 18th-century calf gilt with morocco lettering piece,
cover corners worn through; title soiled, with early signature
and later owner's stamp. Lyon: (Jean Pullon for) Antoine Volant,
1555
Estimate $3,000-4,000
Second edition (assuming that there was a 1552 first edition) of
Nostradamus's collection of recipes for cosmetics and preserves.
Chomarat 5; Benazra, page 12.
Sale 2111 Lot 5
ONLY KNOWN COPY Almanach pour l'An 1557. Title in red and black.
Kerver woodcut unicorn device on last page. [32] leaves. 16mo,
late 19th-/early 20th-century vellum with morocco lettering
piece, covers slightly warped; contents soiled, some light
marginal dampstaining, pencil numbering in margins throughout,
title rehinged, with small hole in blank lower margin. Paris:
Jacques Kerver, [1556]
Estimate $1,500-2,500
first edition. only copy of the earliest surviving almanac by
nostradamus. No copies of earlier editions are known to exist.
Chomarat 9 locates only the Bavarian State Library copy (now
lost) and this one; Benazra, page 14.
Sale 2111 Lot 6
Excellent & Moult Utile Opuscule . . . divisé en deux parties. La
premiere traicte de diverses façons de Fardemens & Senteurs pour
illustrer & embellir la face. La seconde nous monster la
façon & maniere de faire confitures de plusieurs sortes. 114
[i.e., 214], [9] pages. 8vo, 20th-century linen with morocco
lettering piece, binding slightly spotted. Paris: Olivier de
Harsy, 1556 [i. e., 20th century]
Estimate $100-200
Photographic facsimile. Chomarat 11; Benazra, page 18.
Sale 2111 Lot 7
Group of 4 photographic facsimiles. Various sizes, first in
earlier gilt-panelled sheep, second and third in 20th-century
calf, fourth in earlier vellum with modern morocco lettering
piece; contents of the third volume warped. Chomarat 14, 36, 64,
66; Benazra, pages 22, 41, 65, 69. Vp, 1557-59-64-65 [i.e., 20th
century]
Estimate $150-250
La Grand' Pronostication nouvelle avec portenteuse prediction,
pour l'An M.D.L.VII. [12] leaves. Paris: Jacques Kerver, 1557
La Grand' Pronostication Nouvelle pour l'An Mil cinq cens
soixante. [16] leaves. Lyon: Jean Brotot & Antoine Volant, [1559]
Almanach pour l'An 1565 avecques ses tresamples significations
& présages d'un chacun moys. [72] leaves. Contents warped. Lyon:
Benoist Odo, [1564] Almanach pour l'An M.D.LXVI. avec ses
amples significations & explications. [72] leaves. Lyon: Antoine
Volant & Pierre Brotot, [1565].
2111 Lot 8
ONLY KNOWN COPY Les Presages Merveilleux pour lan. 1557. Kerver
woodcut unicorn device at end. [56] leaves. 16mo, late
19th-/early 20th-century vellum with morocco lettering piece,
covers slightly warped; some light marginal soiling and
dampstaining, pencil numbering in margins throughout. Paris:
Jacques Kerver, 1557
Estimate $1,500-2,500
first edition. Chomarat 15 locates only the Bavarian State
Library copy (missing) and this one; Benazra, page 21.
Sale 2111 Lot 9
Group of 6 photographic facsimiles of early Italian editions,
bound in 5 volumes. 8vo, first in 20th-century calf, the rest in
20th-century linen with morocco lettering pieces, occasional
minor spotting on covers. Vp, 1557?-73 [i. e., 20th century]
Estimate $150-250
Pronostico e Tacoyno Francese. [8] leaves. Milan: Innocentio
Cicognera. [1557?] Chomarat 18; Benazra, page 17 Pronostico et
Lunario de l'eccellentiss. . . . M. Michele Nostradamo. [4]
leaves. Padua: Stamparia del Griffo, 1563. Benazra, page 62; not
in Chomarat Li Presagi et Pronostici di M. Michele Nostradamo,
quale principiando l'Anno M.D.LXV. diligentemente discorrendo . .
. fino al 1570. [4] leaves. (Genoa, 1564.) Chomarat 62; Benazra,
page 68 Il Vero Pronostico calcolato dall'Eccell.mo . . . M.
Michel Nostradamo Francese. [4] leaves. Bologna: Alessandro
Benatio, 1566. Chomarat 77; Benazra, page 77 La Salutifera
Fatica del Eccellente Astrologo M. Filippo Nostradamus. [4]
leaves. [1572?]. Not in Chomarat or Benazra. bound with: La
Salutifera Fatica dell'Eccell. Astrolago [sic] M. Filippo
Nostradamus. [4] leaves. 1573. Chomarat 125; not in Benazra.
Sale 2111 Lot 10
UNRECORDED VARIANT Le vray et parfaict embellissement de la face,
& conservation du corps en son entier [caption title]. 80 leaves.
Small 8vo, old sheep, worn, rebacked with reversed sheep;
generally clean internally, modern owner's handwritten
bibliographical description mounted opposite title. [Antwerp:
Christopher Plantin, 1557]
Estimate $1,500-2,500
Contemporary reprint of Nostradamus's work on cosmetics and
preserves, "one of the very few publications issued by the
Plantin Press without a real title-page" (Voet). This copy is a
variant with only the caption title to the first part (rather
than to both parts) appearing on the recto of the first leaf.
Chomarat 20; Benazra, page 24; Voet 1755 (none noting this
issue).
Sale 2111 Lot 11
Paraphrase de C. Galen, sus l'Exortation de Menodote, aux estudes
des bonnes Artz, mesmement Medicine: Traduict de Latin en
Francoys, par Michel Nostradamus. [35] leaves. 8vo, bound in old
vellum with modern morocco lettering piece. Lyon: Antoine du
Rosne, 1557 [i.e., 20th century]
Estimate $100-200
Photographic facsimile of the first edition of Nostradamus's
French paraphrase of the Exhortatio ad bonas artes of Galen in
the Latin version by Erasmus. Chomarat 21; Benazra, page 25.
Sale 2111 Lot 12
ONLY KNOWN COPY? Almanach Pour l'an 1560. Title in red and black.
[40] leaves. 16mo, late 19th-/early 20th-century vellum with
morocco lettering piece, covers slightly warped; contents
somewhat soiled, upper margins cropped entering text on several
leaves, pencil numbering in margins throughout. Paris: Guillaume
le Noir, [1559]
Estimate $1,500-2,500
first edition. Chomarat 33 (this copy only); Benazra, page 38.
Sale 2111 Lot 13
Les Significations de l'Eclipse, qui sera le 16. Septembre 1559.
laquelle fera sa maligne extension inclusivement jusques à l'an
1560. Woodcut vignette of Nostradamus on title. [8] leaves. Small
8vo, modern cloth. Pierre Lambert bookplate. Paris: Guillaume le
Noir, [1559]
Estimate $1,000-2,000
first edition. Chomarat 37; Benazra, page 30.
Sale 2111 Lot 14
Group of 4 photographic facsimiles of early English editions,
bound in 2 volumes. 8vo, first volume in 20th-century linen with
leather lettering piece, binding spotted, second in late
18th-/early 19th-century gilt-panelled calf. Chomarat 38, 34, 71,
55; Benazra, page 42; STC 18694, 492, 493, 492.7. London,
1559-59-66-62 [i.e., 20th century]
Estimate $150-250
An excellent Tretise, shewing suche perillous, and contagious
infirmities, as shall insue. 1559. and. 1566. with the signes,
causes, accidentes, and curatio[n], for the health of such as
inhabit the. 7. 8. and. 9. climat. [16] leaves. London: John Day,
(1559) [i. e., 1562 or later]. Collection of seasonal regimens
and miscellaneous remedies attributed to Nostradamus An
Almanacke for the yeare of oure Lorde God, 1559. [8] leaves.
(London: Henry Sutton, 1559). bound with: An Alminacke and
prodigious premonstration, made for the yeare of grace. 1566. [1]
page. London: Henry Denham, [1566]. Reproduction of the British
Library copy of the title page, all that survives of this
edition. and: An Almanach for the Yere M.D.LXII. [8] leaves.
[London], 1562.
Sale 2111 Lot 15
Almanach pour l'An Mil cinq cens soixante & un. Title in red and
black, with woodcut vignette of Nostradamus. [40] leaves. 16mo,
late 19th-/early 20th-century vellum with morocco lettering
piece, covers slightly warped; title reinforced in gutter, with
light soiling and early inscriptions, pencil numbering in margins
throughout, small paper fault in E4 affecting a couple of
letters. Paris: Barbe Regnault, [1560]
Estimate $1,500-2,500
Spurious edition, without prophetic quatrains. Chomarat 39bis
(this copy only); Benazra, page 44.
Sale 2111 Lot 16
Almanach pour l'An Mil cinq cens soixante & un. Compose par le
disciple de M. Michel Nostradamus. Title in red and black, with
woodcut vignette of astrologer and armillary sphere. [24] leaves.
16mo, late 19th-/early 20th-century vellum with morocco lettering
piece, covers slightly warped; upper margins trimmed close
without text loss, dark stain in lower outer corner of title.
Paris: Chez la veufue N. Buffet, [1560]
Estimate $1,000-2,000
Contemporary imitation. Not in Chomarat or Benazra.
Sale 2111 Lot 17
Almanach Nouveau, Pour l'An.1562. Title and calendar printed in
red and black. [24] leaves, including final blank. 16mo, late
19th-/early 20th-century vellum with morocco lettering piece,
covers slightly warped; margins unevenly trimmed affecting only
top line of title, some light dampstaining, title soiled. Paris:
Guillaume le Noir & Jehan Bonfons, [1561]
Estimate $1,500-2,500
first edition. Chomarat 48; Benazra, page 47
Sale 2111 Lot 18
Pronostication Nouvelle. Pour l'an mil cinq cents soixantedeux.
Woodcut vignette of Nostradamus on title. [12] leaves. 8vo, later
19th-century vellum with morocco lettering piece, covers slightly
warped; dampstaining in gutters throughout, varying degrees of
restoration in lower outer corners throughout with some words
replaced in manuscript. Lyon: Antoine Volant & Pierre Brotot,
[1561]
Estimate $1,000-2,000
first edition. Chomarat 49; Benazra, page 50.
Sale 2111 Lot 19
Group of 6 photographic facsimiles of spurious editions. 8vo,
first in earlier vellum with modern morocco spine label, the rest
in 20th-century linen with morocco lettering pieces, bindings
spotted. Chomarat 54, 63, 90, 109, 112bis, 132; Benazra, pages
58, 68, 79, 92, 98 (another edition), 112. Vp, 1562-75 [i.e.,
20th century]
Estimate $250-350
Almanach pour l'An 1563. Composé par M. Michel Nostradamus. [31]
leaves. Paris: Barbe Regnault, [1562] Prognostication ou
Revolution, avec les Presages, Pour l'an Mil cinq cens
Soixante-cinq . . . Par Mi. de Nostradamus. [8] leaves. Lyon:
Benoist Rigaud, [1564] Propheties ou Revolution, Merveilleuse,
des Quatre Saisons de l'An . . . Par Mi. de Nostradamus. [16]
leaves. Lyon: Michel Jove, 1567 Predictions pour vingt ans . .
. Par Mi. Nostradamus le Jeune. [16] leaves. Rouen: Pierre
Hubault, [1569?] Presage pour treize ans . . . par M. de
Nostradamus le Jeune. 32 pages. Paris: Nicolas du Mont, 1571
Recueil des Revelations et Propheties merveilleuses de Saincte
Brigide, Sainct Cirile & plusieurs autres Saincts & religieux
personnages . . . augmentées de plusieurs autres Revelations. Par
Nostra Damus le Jeune. [56], [24] leaves. Venice(?): Seigneur de
Castavino, 1575.
Sale 2111 Lot 20
Almanach & Predictions, pou l'an . . . mil cinq cens
Soixa[n]te-sept. An Embolismal . . . Par Mi. de Nostradamus.
General title in red and black, with woodcut vignette of hand
holding armillary sphere; divisional title (Predictions
Merveilleuses, Pour trois Ans) with woodcut vignette of
Nostradamus; woodcut text illustrations, including depictions of
Astrological Man and Bloodletting Man. [32] leaves. 16mo, late
19th-/early 20th-century vellum with morocco lettering piece,
covers slightly warped; contents dampstained, upper margins
cropped entering text on a few leaves, corner off D7 with slight
text loss. Paris: Guilluame de Nyverd, (1567)
Estimate $1,000-2,000
Spurious edition. Not in Chomarat or Benazra.
Sale 2111 Lot 21
Prophetie merveilleuse commençant ceste presente Année, & dure
iusques en l'An de grand' Mortalité, que l'on dira M.d.lxviij. An
de Bissexte. Woodcut title vignette of hand holding armillary
sphere. 19, [1] leaves. Small 8vo, modern cloth; contents toned.
Paris: Guillaume de Nyverd, [1566-67?]
Estimate $1,000-2,000
first edition, dating from 1566 or 1567 depending on whether the
reference to "l'An passé 1565" on B4r is a misprint. Chomarat 76;
Benazra, page 79.
Sale 2111 Lot 22
Les Propheties . . . Imprimées par les soins de Fr. Jean Vallier.
168 pages (but with first 6 and last 13 leaves supplied in
photographic facsimile). 12mo, modern linen with morocco
lettering piece; original portion of contents dampstained. Lyon:
Pierre Rigaud, 1566 [i.e., Avignon: Joseph-Charles Chastanier,
early 1700s]
Estimate $100-200
Apparently the first of three 18th-century Avignon editions with
the 1566 Rigaud imprint, nevertheless taken at face value by the
Abbé Torné-Chavigny and reprinted by him in an 1862 annotated
edition (see lot 64). Chomarat 80; Benazra, page 297.
Sale 2111 Lot 23
Les Propheties. 125, [3]; 76, [2] pages, including final blank at
end of each part. 2 parts in one volume. 16mo, later 19th-century
Jansenist-style red morocco by Lemettais; contents washed, with
residual toning, margins trimmed, slightly affecting some
headlines. Ownership inscription of the Abbé Hector Rigaux (sale,
17 June 1931, lot 44). Lyon: Benoist Rigaud, 1568 [i.e., circa
1568-80?]
Estimate $800-1,200
The genuine 1568 Rigaud edition is the earliest extant to contain
all 10 Centuries with the 942 known quatrains. At least 4
variants exist; this copy is Guinard's edition C, which he
suggests might have been published after the others between 1568
and 1580 (see Corpus Nostradamus 38-40,
http://cura.free.fr/mndamus.html).
Sale 2111 Lot 24
Les Propheties. Woodcut portrait of Nostradamus on title. 93
[i.e., 63], [1]; 56, [8] leaves. 2 parts in one volume. 8vo, late
18th-/early 19th-century calf with morocco lettering piece, spine
missing portions from top and bottom, front joint cracked, cords
intact; contents browned, some light dampstaining toward end,
typewritten description in Spanish tipped to rear endleaf. Lyon,
1568 [i. e., 1649]
Estimate $300-500
Century 7 in this edition contains spurious quatrains 42 and 43
against Cardinal Mazarin, first minister of the King, dating from
the French civil war that began in 1648. The true quatrain 42 is
numbered 44. Chomarat 105; Benazra, page 209. See lot 97.
Sale 2111 Lot 25
Les Propheties. [18], 187, [3] pages, including final blank.
16mo, contemporary sheep, heavily worn, spine missing portions
from top and bottom, front joint cracked, cords intact; contents
toned, scattered minor stains and ink markings. Chomarat 101;
Benazra, page 320. Lyon: Benoist Rigaud, 1568 [i. e., later 18th
century]
Estimate $250-350
Sale 2111 Lot 26
ONLY KNOWN COPY? Almanach pour l'an M.D.LXX. Composé par M.
Florent de Crox disciple de deffunct M. Michel de Nostradamus.
Title in red and black with woodcut vignette of astrologer and
armillary sphere; woodcut facsimile Crox signature on B4r;
woodcut text illustrations of zodiac signs and Bloodletting Man.
[32] leaves. 16mo, late 19th-/early 20th-century vellum with
morocco lettering piece, covers slightly warped; upper margins
cropped entering text on several leaves, scattered ink
marginalia, title soiled, blank lower margin of last leaf
restored. Paris: Anthoine Houic, [1569]
Estimate $1,000-2,000
Contemporary imitation. Chomarat 110; Benazra, page 91.
Sale 2111 Lot 27
Bound volume containing 13 photographic facsimiles of works by
the contemporary imitator Antoine Crespin, called Archidamus.
Thick 8vo, 20th-century linen with morocco lettering piece,
binding spotted. Vp, 1570s [i. e., 20th century]
Estimate $250-350
Prognostication avec ses Presages, pour l'An M.D.LXXI. [15]
leaves. Paris: Robert Colombel, [1570?] Epitre Demonstrative,
faicte a treshaulte, & trespuissante Princesse, Ma-dame Elisabeth
d'Autriche . . . d'un signe admirable, d'une Comette [etc.]. [10]
leaves. Paris: Nicolas du Mont, 1571 Epistre Dediee au
tres-hault et tres-chrestien, Charles IX. Roy de France . . .
D'un signe admirable d'une Comette aparue au Ciel. [7] leaves.
Paris: Martin le Jeune, [1571?] Demonstration d'une Comette . .
. Veuë au Ciel, le 29. de Joing 1571. [7] leaves. Lyon: Jean
Marcorelle, 1571 Demonstracion de leclipce lamentable du
Souleil que dura le long du jour de la Seint Michel dernier passé
1571. [7] leaves. Paris: Nicolas du Mont, 1571 Pronostication,
et prediction des quatre temps, Pour l'An Bixestil, 1572. [4]
leaves. Lyon: Melchior Arnoullet, 1572 Propheties par
l'astrologue du Roy de France. [15] leaves. Lyon: François
Arnoullet, 1572 Epistre A la Royne mere du Roy . . . contenant
la declaration d'un signe admirable d'une Comete, veuë en la
cite´ de Bourdeaux [etc.]. 13, [1] leaves. Lyon: Benoist Rigaud,
1573 Epistre envoyee a M. Crespin Nostradamus . . . Par les six
Philosophes d'Egipte, & l'Astrologue du grand Seigneur de
Constantinople: Sur un Deluge d'eau particulier, qui doit advenir
devant qui soit passé L'an mil cinq cents octante & trios. [8]
leaves. Vienne: Nicolas Martin, [1573?] Epistre de Profetie de
Paix, qui doit venire au Royaume de France sans dissimulation,
qui regnera plus de trios cens ans. [12] leaves. Lyon: Jean
Patrasson, 1574 Au Roy. Epistre et aux autheurs de disputation
sophistique de ce siecle sur la declaration du presage & effaicts
de la Comette qui a esté commence d'estre veuë dans l'Europe 10.
de Novembre . . . 1577. [7] leaves. Lyon: Benoist Rigaud, 1578
Pronostiquations Astronomiques pour Cinq Annees. [12] leaves.
Paris: Gilles de S. Gilles, nd La Prophetie Merveilleuse,
contenant au vray les choses plus memorables qui sont à advenir.
[10] leaves. Paris: Pierre Ménier, nd.
Sale 2111 Lot 28
Zwey Bücher, darinn warhafftiger, gründtlicher, und volkomner
bericht gegeben wirt, wie man erstlich einen ungestalten leib, an
Weib und Manns personen ausswendig zieren, schön, und
junggeschaffen machen [etc.] . . . Und wie man folgents allerley
frücht auff das künstlichest . . . in zucker einmachen, und zur
notturfft auff behalten soll. 206, [10] pages. 8vo, 19th-century
1/2 vellum; minor soiling and old notes in ink on title.
(Augsburg: Michael Manger for Georg Willer), 1572
Estimate $2,000-3,000
first edition in german of Nostradamus's treatise on cosmetics
and preserves. Chomarat 121; not in Benazra.
Sale 2111 Lot 29
Recueil des Revelations et Propheties merveilleuses de Saincte
Brigide, Sainct Cirile & plusieurs autres Saincts & religieux
personnages . . . augmentées de plusieurs autres Revelations. Par
Nostra Damus le Jeune. Woodcut vignette of St. Bridget on general
title; portrait of Nostradamus on divisional title, repeated at
end. [56]; [24] leaves. 2 parts in one volume. Small 8vo,
19th-century vellum; scattered repaired wormholes slightly
affecting text. Venice[?]: Seigneur de Castavino, 1575
Estimate $500-750
first edition of a collection of prophetic texts by a
contemporary imitator. Chomarat 132; Benazra, page 112.
Sale 2111 Lot 30
ONLY KNOWN COPY Les Grandes et Merveilleuses Predictions de M.
Michel Nostradamus, dont il y en a trois cens qui n'ont encores
jamais esté imprimees. [64] (of ?) leaves (A-H8); incomplete at
end. 16mo, contemporary limp vellum; light dampstain in upper
margin of opening leaves, small hole in title gutter. Chomarat
144; Benazra, page 125. Rouen: Raphael du Petit Val, 1589
Estimate $400-600
Sale 2111 Lot 31
Les Propheties. 125, [3]; 78, [2] pages, including final blank in
each part. 2 parts in one volume. 16mo, contemporary calf, top of
spine chipped; contents browned and dampstained, with dark stains
in lower inner corners. Ownership inscription of the Abbé Hector
Rigaux. Chomarat 161; Benazra, page 144. Lyon: heirs of Benoist
Rigaud, circa 1597-1600
Estimate $300-500
Sale 2111 Lot 32
UNRECORDED Forme et maniere de vivre, tres-utile, pour eviter Au
danger de Peste. 32 pages (A-D4). 16mo, later 19th-century
cuir-ciselé binding of brown sheep with crude design of cauldron
over fire on front cover, and allium(?) plant on rear cover,
spine heavily worn, mossing portion at bottom; contents toned and
soiled. Paris: René Ruelle, circa 1598-1603?
Estimate $1,000-2,000
Unrecorded edition of a collection of plague remedies attributed
to Nostradamus. This edition not in Chomarat, who describes a
Troyes edition circa 1575, or Benazra, who mentions a differently
titled 1561 plague tract; no edition in OCLC or RLIN.
Sale 2111 Lot 33
Les Propheties. 204, [2] pages, including final blank. 16mo, old
vellum, recased, endpapers renewed; contents toned and
dampstained. Chomarat 162. Lyon: Jean Poyet, circa 1600?
Estimate $400-600
Sale 2111 Lot 34
Les Propheties. Edited by Vincent Sève. Woodcut portrait of
Nostradamus on title. 93 [i.e., 63], [1]; 56, [8] leaves. 2 parts
in one volume. 8vo, mid-19th-century tan calf gilt, top of spine
worn, front joint cracked at top and bottom; margins trimmed
slightly affecting preliminary text in both parts and some
headlines, early inscription across general title inked over and
heavily oxidized with paper crack in outer margin. Extensive
pencil notes by Ruzo in Spanish on front endleaves, typewritten
notes in French mounted on rear endleaves. Np, 1605
Estimate $400-600
first sève edition, the first to contain the 141 Présages from
the 1555-67 Almanachs and the 58 Sixains. Chomarat 166 (giving
variant foliation); Benazra, page 156.
Sale 2111 Lot 35
Les Propheties. 125, [3]; 78 pages, including blank at end of
first part; lacks blank at end of second. 2 parts in one volume.
16mo, later 17th-/early 18th-century calf gilt; contents browned,
some headlines cropped, scattered stains, upper outer corner off
title affecting one letter, wormhole through last several leaves
slightly affecting text. Chomarat 171; Benazra, page 148. Lyon:
Par Pierre Rigaud, [1610]
Estimate $400-600
Sale 2111 Lot 36
ONLY KNOWN COPY Les Centuries et Merveilleuses Predictions de M.
Michel Nostradamus. [60] leaves. Small 8vo, 19th-century 1/4
sheep with morocco lettering piece, spine and joints worn; some
marginal soiling and dampstaining, paper crack in G2. Rouen:
Pierre Valentin, 1611 [i. e., 1630?]
Estimate $300-500
This edition contains the complete text of Centuries 1-5, all but
the last quatrain in Century 6, and only 32 quatrains in Century
7. At the end of this copy a later owner has written a spurious
final quatrain to Century 6, the missing quatrains from Century
7, including the 2 against Mazarin, and 4 further spurious
quatrains. Chomarat 173 ("1611") locates only the copy at the
Douai Bibliothèque Municipale, now lost, and this one; Benazra,
page 194 ("c.1630").
Sale 2111 Lot 37
Les Propheties. 64; 48; 64 [i. e., 61], [3] leaves. 3 parts in
one volume, including François Gruget, Recueil des Propheties et
Revelations. 8vo, old vellum, rear joint partly cracked; contents
browned and dampstained, later woodcut portrait of Nostradamus
mounted on general title verso. Chomarat 176; Benazra, page 170.
Troyes: Pierre Chevillot, (1611)
Estimate $300-500
Sale 2111 Lot 38
Les Propheties. 204 pages, including title to Centuries 8-10 with
Jean Poyet imprint; lacks final blank. 16mo, 19th-century vellum
wallet binding; contents toned and dampstained, scattered early
markings in ink, corners off a few leaves at beginning and end,
title soiled, with old scored inscription and ink blot. Chomarat
181; Benazra, page 146 ("c.1600"). Lyon: Jean Didier, circa 1620?
Estimate $300-500
Sale 2111 Lot 39
Les Propheties. 63, [1]; 64; 65 [i. e., 62], [2] leaves. 8vo,
18th-century mottled calf gilt, spine ends worn; contents toned,
occasional minor dampstains, repair in blank outer margin of 2F2.
Albrecht von Treskow bookplate. Chomarat 188 ("[1628]"); Benazra,
page 191 ("c.1630"). Troyes: Pierre du Ruau, circa 1628-30?
Estimate $500-750
Sale 2111 Lot 40
Les Propheties. [8], 3-184 pages. Small 8vo, contemporary limp
vellum; contents browned, minor worming in lower inner corners in
middle of volume not impairing legibility, occasional early
underscoring, lacks rear free endpaper. Chomarat 191; Benazra,
page 195. Marseilles: Claude Garcin, 1643
Estimate $250-350
Sale 2111 Lot 41
Les Propheties. Woodcut vignette of Nostradamus on general and
divisional titles. [12], 97, [1]; [2], 101-177 pages. 12mo, later
sheep, spine heavily worn, front cover detached; contents
browned, upper margins trimmed affecting some headlines, last
preliminary leaf cropped in outer margin with slight text loss.
Chomarat 198; Benazra, page 202. Lyon: Jean [& Horace] Huguetan,
[1644]
Estimate $250-350
Sale 2111 Lot 42
Les Propheties. [16], 200 pages. 12mo, mid-19th-century panelled
calf gilt with morocco lettering piece, spine rubbed, chipped at
top; some light foxing, scattered minor stains, few small
wormholes through opening leaves not impairing legibility, title
heavily soiled and mounted, blank lower margin of last leaf
restored. Chomarat 200 ("ca. 1649"); Benazra, page 218 ("1650").
Lyon: Pierre Rigaud, circa 1649-50?
Estimate $200-300
Sale 2111 Lot 43
Les Vrayes Centuries. 8, 98 [i. e., 208] pages. 8vo,
mid-19th-century mottled sheep gilt with morocco lettering piece,
surface worming in a few places on covers; stain at bottom of
title and next few leaves. Chomarat 202; Benazra, page 206.
Rouen: Jacques Cailloué, Jean Viret, & Jacques Besongne, 1649
Estimate $300-500
Sale 2111 Lot 44
Les Vrayes Centuries et Propheties. [8], 208 pages. 8vo, late
18th-/early 19th-century tan calf gilt with morocco lettering
piece, front joint cracked, cords intact; minor stains on
preliminaries and elsewhere, old inscriptions and stamps on
title. Chomarat 211; Benazra, page 214. Leiden: Pierre Leffen,
1650
Estimate $250-350
Sale 2111 Lot 45
Les Propheties. Woodcut vignette of Nostradamus on title. [12],
97, [3]; 101-177 pages. 12mo, 19th-century vellum; some light
dampstaining in upper inner corners. Chomarat 234; Benazra, page
238. Lyon: Claude La Riviere, 1665
Estimate $250-350
Sale 2111 Lot 46
Les Vrayes Centuries et Propheties. [8], xxiv, 206, [2] pages (a4
b12 A-H12 I8). 12mo, mid-19th-century brown calf blocked in
blind, spine scuffed, joints worn; scattered foxing and ink
markings. On the front flyleaf is a pencil note by Ruzo, who
apparently believed this to be the true 1669 Promé edition,
stating that woodcuts of the London fire and Nostradamus are
missing. Benazra, page 245; not in Chomarat. Paris: Pierre Promé,
1669 [i.e., late 18th/early 19th century?]
Estimate $200-300
Sale 2111 Lot 47
The True Prophecies or Prognostications . . . translated and
commented by Theophilus de Garancieres, Doctor in Physic Colleg.
Lond. Engraved frontispiece. [36], 522 pages. Folio, contemporary
panelled sheep with 19th-century morocco lettering piece, few
small portions of backstrip missing, joints cracked, cords
intact; some light dampstaining in upper and lower margins,
occasional browning. London: Thomas Ratcliffe and Nathaniel
Thompson, 1672
Estimate $1,500-2,500
first complete edition in english. Chomarat C259; Benazra, page
246; Wing N1399.
Sale 2111 Lot 48
Les Vrayes Centuries et Propheties. [12], 132, 12 pages (but with
general title bound at end of preliminaries), including woodcut
additional title showing the beheading of Charles I and the fire
of London, and portraits of Nostradamus and Henri IV. 8vo,
contemporary vellum; scattered foxing and light marginal
dampstains. Chomarat 276 ("[ca. 1680]"); Benazra, page 270
("1691"). [Rouen]: Jean Oursel, [1680-91?]
Estimate $200-300
Sale 2111 Lot 49
Les Vrayes Centuries et Propheties. [28], 95, [1]; 80 pages. 2
parts in one volume. 12mo, contemporary vellum; scattered
dampstains, tear across blank lower margin of ã4. Chomarat 293;
Benazra, page 259. Bordeaux: Pierre Abegou, 1689
Estimate $250-350
Sale 2111 Lot 50
Les Vrayes Centuries et Propheties. [44], 182, [2], 11, [1]
pages, including woodcut frontispiece showing the beheading of
Charles I of England and the fire of London (missing small piece
from blank upper margin), full-page portraits of Nostradamus and
Henri IV of France, and blank H8. 12mo, contemporary calf gilt,
spine ends chipped; minor worming in blank lower margins, gutter
of last leaf partly adhered to rear free endpaper slightly
affecting text on last page (Au Lecteur). Armorial bookplate of
Jean-Baptiste Le Boiteulx. Chomarat 295; Benazra, page 261.
Rouen: Jean-B[aptiste] Besongne, 1689
Estimate $250-350
Sale 2111 Lot 51
Les Vrayes Centuries et Propheties. [32], 200, [40] pages. Small
8vo, contemporary sheep gilt, spine ends damaged; some light
browning, old signature and minor stains on title. Chomarat 296;
Benazra, page 261. Cologne: Jean Volcker, 1689
Estimate $250-350
Sale 2111 Lot 52
Wonderful Predictions of Nostredamus, Grebner, David Pareus, and
Antonius Torquatus, Wherein the Grandeur of Their Present
Majesties, the Happiness of England, and Downfall of France and
Rome, Are plainly Delineated. [40], 28 pages (but with contents
partly bound out of order). Folio, modern sheep, scuffed;
scattered marginal foxing and minor stains, title and blank last
page soiled, small piece excised from blank outer margin of
title, Ruzo bookplate on title verso. London: J. Robinson et al.,
1689
Estimate $300-500
first edition. Chomarat 298; Wing N1401; not in Benazra.
Sale 2111 Lot 53
Les Vrayes Centuries et Propheties. Woodcut text illustrations.
[36], 216 pages, including woodcut frontispiece showing the
beheading of Charles I of England and the fire of London, and
full-page portraits of Nostradamus and Henri IV of France. 12mo,
19th-century vellum with morocco lettering piece; marginal
dampstaining throughout, few pencil marginalia, H7 torn in upper
outer corner with large ink stain obscuring some text on recto
and portrait of Louis XIV on verso. Chomarat 302; Benazra, page
269. Rouen: Jean B[aptiste]-Besongne, 1691
Estimate $150-250
Sale 2111 Lot 54
Les Propheties. [14], 179, [1] pages, including engraved
frontispiece portrait of Nostradamus. 12mo, contemporary sheep,
bottom of spine restored; foxing throughout. Chomarat 312;
Benazra, page 276. Lyon: Jean Viret, 1697
Estimate $200-300
Sale 2111 Lot 55
Les Propheties. [12], 177, [1] pages. 12mo, contemporary sheep,
top of spine chipped, joints and raised bands rubbed; some light
browning, dampstaining in gutters at beginning and end. Chomarat
313; Benazra, page 279. Lyon, 1698
Estimate $200-300
Sale 2111 Lot 56
Les Vrayes Centuries et Propheties. Woodcut text illustrations.
[36], 216 pages, including woodcut frontispiece showing the
beheading of Charles I of England and the fire of London, and
full-page portraits of Nostradamus and Henri IV of France. 12mo,
contemporary vellum; some foxing. Chomarat 321; Benazra, page
291. Rouen: Jean B[aptiste]-Besongne,
1710
Estimate $200-300
Sale 2111 Lot 57
Les Vrayes Centuries et Propheties. Woodcut text illustrations.
[36], 216 pages, including woodcut frontispiece showing the
beheading of Charles I of England and the fire of London, and
full-page portraits of Nostradamus and Henri IV of France. 12mo,
early 19th-century sheep-backed boards, spine imperfect; dark
stain on opening leaves, some headlines shaved, gathering loose
at end. Chomarat 322; Benazra, page 292. Paris: Barthelemy Gyrin,
1710
Estimate $150-250
Sale 2111 Lot 58
Les Veritables Propheties. xxiv, 192 pages, including initial
blank. Small 8vo, contemporary sheep, spine rubbed; gathering A
browned. Chomarat 332; Benazra, page 300. Turin: Reycends &
Guibert, 1720
Estimate $150-250
Sale 2111 Lot 59
Propheties Generales, Nouvelles et Curieuses . . . Tirées des
anciens Manuscrits de Mre. Michel Nostradamus. [8] leaves
Nostradamus Moderne; ou, Almanach Prophétique des Grands
Événemens pour l'Année 1791. 48 [i. e., 46] pages; without the
frontispiece depicting an astrologer found in some copies.
Together, 2 volumes. 8vo, 20th-century leather; and 12mo,
19th-century 1/4 cloth with morocco lettering piece. Troyes: Jean
Garnier, [1760]; Chambéry & Paris, [1791]
Estimate $100-200
Two spurious works. Chomarat 345, 378; Benazra, pages 315 and
334.
Sale 2111 Lot 60
Vingt Prophéties de Michel Nostradamus; dernièrement trouvées
manuscrites dans une célèbre Bibliothèque des Pays-Bas. 20
engraved text illustrations. viii, 90, [1] pages. 8vo, early
19th-century 1/2 morocco gilt, spine ends and joints worn. Liège,
later 18th century
Estimate $100-200
Illustrated collection of spurious quatrains relating to
contemporary Belgian affairs. Chomarat 372 ("[ca. 1790]");
Benazra, page 318 ("c.1770").
Sale 2111 Lot 61
Group of 6 editions of the Prophéties. Various formats, 1792 Riom
edition in contemporary mottled sheep, spine worn, ends chipped,
the rest in 20th-century leather with occasional minor scuffing.
Vp, 1791-1802?
Estimate $400-600
Les Prophéties. 144 pages. Fore edges gnawed not affecting text.
Avignon: Jacques Garrigan, 1791 Les Vraies Centuries, Présages
et Prédictions. x, [2], xii, 135, [1], xxi, [1], [138]-312 pages.
Antwerp: Peter wan [sic] Duren, 1792 Les Prophéties . . .
Nouvelle Édition. [2] (of [4]), 119 leaves. Riom: Landriot, 1792
Les Prophéties . . . Nouvelle Édition. 144 pages. Minor paper
corrosion along edges not affecting text. Avignon: chez les
Frères Bonnet, 1793 Les Prophéties . . . Nouvelle Édition. 144
pages. Opening leaves dampstained. Avignon: chez les Frères
Bonnet, 1794 Les Prophéties . . . Nouvelle Édition. 144 pages.
Dampstaining at beginning and end. Salon: Chez l'Imprimeur de
Nostradamus, nd [i.e., circa 1802?]. Includes spurious quatrains;
see Benazra, page 343-46.
Sale 2111 Lot 62
Nouveaux et Vrais Pronostics de Michel Nostradamus . . . Pour
Huit Ans, à commencer en l'Année 1792, jusqu'à l'Année 1799
inclusivement. Woodcut Jupiter vignette on title and 12 primitive
text illustrations of zodiac signs. 48 pages. 12mo, 20th-century
leather; contents browned. Chomarat 380; Benazra, page 337.
Salon, 1792
Estimate $80-120
Sale 2111 Lot 63
Centuries de Nostradamus mises en vers français nouveau style
[etc.]. manuscript in french, written in small cursive hand in
brown ink, recto and verso, on laid paper. Over 400 leaves,
interleaved. 192x145 mm, 20th-century tree sheep with morocco
lettering piece, raised bands and cover edges rubbed.
Bookseller's TLS mounted on front pastedown. Ervauville, 1820
Estimate $250-350
Unpublished translation into modern French by the Abbé E.
Brossard of Ervauville, comprising the life of Nostradamus by
Chavigny, Nostradamus's letter to his son César, and the text of
the Centuries from an edition after the mid-17th century, with
the spurious anti-Mazarin quatrains.
Sale 2111 Lot 64
WITH MANUSCRIPT CONCORDANCE BY RIGAUX Réédition du Livre de
Prophéties de Nostradamus publié en 1566 chez Pierre Rigaud.
Edited by the Abbé Henri Torné-Chavigny. xxiii, [1], 441, [2]
pages, interleaved and annotated (see below). Very thick 12mo,
contemporary morocco, raised bands and extremities rubbed.
Bordeaux, 1862
Estimate $250-350
>From the library of the great Nostradamus collector Abbé Hector
Rigaux (see lot 112), with his bookplate, stamp, ownership
inscription, and annotations, and bound with a manuscript
concordance to the prophéties by rigaux running to over 500
pages. Benazra, pages 410 (see also page 478).
Sale 2111 Lot 65
ANONYMOUS. Petit Discours ou Commentaire sur les Centuries de
Maistre Michel Nostradamus. 29, [3] pages, including final blank.
8vo, modern morocco over flexible boards. Np, 1620 [changed to
1621 in ink]
Estimate $250-350
Commentary on 43 quatrains from the first 7 Centuries. Chomarat
182; Benazra, page 182.
Sale 2111 Lot 66
(ANTI-NOSTRADAMUS PUBLICATIONS.) Group of 5 photographic
facsimiles. 8vo, Couillard and Fulke in 20th-century calf, the
rest in 20th-century linen with morocco lettering pieces,
bindings slightly spotted. Vp, 1556-60 [i. e., 20th century]
Estimate $150-250
Couillard, Antoine. Les Propheties du Seigneur du Pavillon les
Lorriz. 62 leaves. Paris: Jean Dallier, 1556. Benazra, page 18;
not in Chomarat La Daguenière, Jean de. Le Monstre d'Abus. [20]
leaves. Paris: Barbe Regnault, 1558. Chomarat 29; Benazra, page
33 Hercules le François [pseud.]. La Premiere Invective du
Seigneur Hercules le François, contre Monstradamus [sic]. [8]
leaves. Paris: Simon Calvarin, 1558. Chomarat 31; Benazra, page
32 Videl, Laurent. Declaration des Abus Ignorances et Seditions
de Michel Nostradamus. [22] leaves. Avignon: Pierre Roux, 1558.
Chomarat 32; Benazra, page 32 Fulke, William. Antiprognosticon
contra inutiles astrologorum praedictiones Nostrodami [et al.].
[36] leaves. London: Henry Sutton, 1560. Chomarat 46; Benazra,
page 46; STC 11419.
Sale 2111 Lot 67
BARET [or BARRET], JACQUES. Le Chant du Cocq François. [2], 4,
[2], 221 pages. 8vo, 18th-century calf gilt, top of spine worn,
cover corners worn through; contents toned and dampstained, title
soiled, with old inscriptions, scattered corrections in ink.
Paris: Denys Langlois, 1621
Estimate $200-300
scarce first edition of a collection of prophecies ascribed to a
German hermit concerning European affairs and the universal
adoption of Catholicism under a French king as world emperor.
Sixain 4 is quoted on page 16. OCLC locates only the University
of South Florida copy; RLIN locates only the Harvard copy.
Sale 2111 Lot 68
BOAISTUAU, PIERRE. Le Theatre du Monde, ou il est faict un ample
discours des miseres humaines. [14], 110 leaves Bref Discours
de l'Excellence et Dignite de l'Homme. 30, [2] leaves. Together,
2 volumes in one. 8vo, contemporary limp vellum with gilt fleuron
in center of covers, lacks ties, covers warped; mounted
bookseller's catalogue cutting tipped to front free endpaper.
Munich Capuchin ownership inscription on title; old stamp of the
Bavarian State Library on verso. Bookplate of Pierre Lambert.
Paris: Jean Longis & Robert le Mangnyer, 1559
Estimate $500-750
In the first work, an anthology of human misfortune, leaves
I5v-6r contain a description of the 1546 outbreak of plague in
Aix plagiarized from the account in Nostradamus's book on
cosmetics and preserves (see lot 4, pages 50-54). OCLC and RLIN
locate only the University of Chicago copy.
Sale 2111 Lot 69
BORDELON, LAURENT. Les Oeuvres. [4], [8], 418, [16]; [22], 147,
[9]; [16], 95, [9] pages. Together, 3 volumes in one. 8vo,
19th-century 1/4 calf with morocco lettering piece, spine faded
and rubbed. Paris: Étienne du Castin et al., 1689-90
Estimate $300-500
Collected edition of the following works, preceded by a general
title and errata leaf: Remarques ou Reflexions critiques, morales
et historiques, 1690; De l'astrologie judiciare, 1689; and Les
Philosophes a l'Encan, 1690. In the second work, a satiric
dialogue on astrology, a derisive discussion of Nostradamus
appears on pages 97-99. Benazra, page 264.
Sale 2111 Lot 70
BRANTÔME, PIERRE DE BOURDEILLE, Sieur de. Les Oeuvres. Engraved
portrait of the author in Volume 1. Half-titles. 8 volumes. 8vo,
contemporary calf gilt with monogram GL on covers, varying wear
to spine ends; occasional browning. Tchemerzine (1977) II, 116.
Paris: Jean-François Bastien, 1787
Estimate $250-350
Sale 2111 Lot 71
CAILLET, ALBERT-LOUIS. Manuel Bibliographique des Sciences
Psychiques ou Occultes. 3 volumes. 8vo, contemporary 1/4 vellum,
top of Volume 1 spine reinforced with cellotape, vertical crack
in Volume 2 spine, original wrappers bound in. first edition.
Paris, 1912 [i. e., 1913]
Estimate $200-300
Sale 2111 Lot 72
CHAVIGNY, JEAN-AIMÉ DE. La Premiere Face du Janus François,
contenant sommairement les troubles, guerres civiles & autres
choses memorables advenues en la France. French text of quatrains
by Nostradamus with commentary and Latin translation by Chavigny.
[32], 336, [16] pages. 4to, contemporary brown morocco with gilt
device of banded arrows in center of covers and monogram MSD
additionally stamped on front cover, spine and cover edges worn;
contents dampstained at beginning and end, occasional browning,
minor tear in title gutter. Armorial bookplate of the historian
Denis-François Secousse (1691-1754). Lyon: heirs of Pierre
Roussin, 1594
Estimate $600-900
Bilingual collection of 347 quatrains relating to the Wars of
Religion in France, with notes and a biography of Nostradamus by
Chavigny. Chomarat 154; Benazra, page 130.
Sale 2111 Lot 73
CHAVIGNY, JEAN-AIMÉ DE. Jani Gallici facies prior, historiam
bellorum civilium, quae per tot annos in Gallia grassata sunt,
breviter complectens. French text of quatrains by Nostradamus
with commentary and Latin translation by Chavigny. [24], 336,
[16] pages. 4to, early 19th-century 1/4 sheep, spine heavily
worn, chipped at top, front cracked; some light marginal
dampstaining. Lyon: heirs of Pierre Roussin, 1594
Estimate $600-900
Another issue, with title and preliminaries (minus poem to
Chavigny and note to reader) in Latin. Chomarat 153; Benazra,
page 131. Not in OCLC or RLIN.
Sale 2111 Lot 74
CHAVIGNY, JEAN-AIMÉ DE. Commentaires . . . sur les Centuries et
Prognostications de feu M. Michel de Nostradamus. 80 [i. e., 79]
leaves (with E4 supplied in facsimile). 8vo, contemporary limp
vellum, lacks ties; some soiling and marginal dampstains, few
wormholes through much of volume causing occasional text loss.
Paris: Gilles Robinot, 1596
Estimate $500-750
first edition of an abridgment in French only of La Première Face
du Janus François; issue with Robinot (instead of du Breuil)
imprint. Chomarat 160; Benazra, page 143. OCLC locates only the
Göttingen copy; RLIN locates only the Brown and Cambridge copies.
Sale 2111 Lot 75
CHAVIGNY, JEAN-AIMÉ DE. Pleiades du S. de Chavigny [20], 639, [9]
pages, including engraved title. 8vo, early 19th-century
sprinkled sheep gilt with morocco lettering piece, few spine
compartments reinforced with cellotape, raised bands rubbed,
front joint cracked; light dampstaining in lower margins through
most of volume with traces of mold toward end, slight paper
corrosion along bottom of fore edge on opening leaves, minor
marginal repairs on last few index leaves. Lyon: Pierre Rigaud,
1603
Estimate $400-600
first edition. Chomarat 164; Benazra, page 154.
Sale 2111 Lot 76
COUILLARD, ANTOINE. Les Contredicts du Seigneur du Pavillon . . .
aux faulses & abusifves propheties de Nostradamus, & autres
astrologues. [6], 116, [16] pages. 8vo, 19th-century
Jansenist-style red morocco by Joly; contents unobtrusively
washed, K2 shaved in outer and lower margins. Tipped in front is
a leaf of bibliographical notes by Jean-François-Eusèbe Castaigne
(1804-66) of the Bibliothèque d'Angoulême. Paris: Charles
l'Angelier, 1560
Estimate $500-750
first edition of a refutation of the prophecies of Nostradamus.
Caillet 2650; Chomarat 45; Benazra, page 45. See also lot 180.
Sale 2111 Lot 77
DORAT, JEAN. L'Androgyn né a Paris, le XXI. Juillet, M.D.LXX.
Folding illustration of a pair of Siamese twins. [12] leaves.
8vo, 20th-century linen with morocco lettering piece, spotting
and partial discoloration on front cover. Lyon: Michel Jove, 1570
Estimate $80-120
Photographic facsimile of the original edition of Dorat's Latin
poem on the portentous significance of a recent monstrous birth
in Paris, with a preface by Jean-Aimé de Chavigny referring to
Nostradamus and quoting quatrain 45 from Century 2. Benazra,
pages 95-96; Tchemerzine (1977) III, 4.
Sale 2111 Lot 78
(FRENCH REVOLUTION.) Bound volume containing 21 pamphlets. 8vo,
contemporary red morocco gilt with floral border on covers, spine
in 6 compartments, with morocco lettering pieces in 2 and
fleur-de-lys and ornamental tooling in the rest. Vp, circa
1789-92?
Estimate $500-750
Les Treize Chapitres de la Prophétie de
Michel-Franciscus-Pascalis-Henrius-Stanislaus van der Strandal
Bokerckhoven, dit Sluchmulders Humball, qu'il appelle sa vision.
26 pages. "Imprimé à Midelbourg en Zélande," [1789?] Mes
Prophéties sur les États-Généraux de 1789. 44 pages. Np, 1789
Cahier Céleste. 28 pages. Np, [1789?] Prophéties Anciennes et
Nouvelles. Avec des réflexions sur les rapports parfaits qu'elles
ont entre elles. 78 [i.e., 79] pages. Np, [1790-92?] [Maréchal,
Sylvain.] Premières Leçons du Fils Aîné d'un Roi. 118, [2] pages,
including half-title and final blank. Brussels, 1789 Le Tableau
de Famille. Fragment de l'Histoire de France. [2], 20 [i.e., 19]
pages. Np, "L'an de la Liberté 0" Les Chevaux au manège,
Ouvrage trouvé dans le Porte-feuille de Monseigneur le Prince de
Lambesc, Grand-Écuyer de France. Parts 1 and 2 (of 3). Engraved
satiric frontispiece printed in sepia. [3]-26; 29 pages. [Paris]:
Aux Tuileries, 1789 Nouveau Conseil au Roi par un Palefrenier
de son Manège. [2], 17 pages. [1789-91?] Nouveau Conte Arabe.
15 pages. [1789?] [Mirabeau, Vicomte de, attributed to.]
Lanterne Magique Nationale. Numbers 1-3 (of 4). 38, [2]; 30, [2];
[4], 21 pages, including final blank in first 2 parts and
frontispiece in third. [Paris, 1790] Changement de Décoration,
ou Vue Perspective de l'Assemblée Nationale des Français. 4
engraved satiric plates. A-Z [i. e., 23] pages. Illustrations and
text printed in red. "Aux Champ de Mars . . . L'An second des
horreurs populaires" Mort, Testament et Enterrement de Me.
Target. 27 pages. Np, [1790?] [Mirabeau, Vicomte de, attributed
to.] Voyage National de Mirabeau Cadet. 52 pages. Np, 1790 Les
Différens Effets de la Cocarde Nationale. 31 pages, including
half-title. Np, 1790 [Bonnay, Charles-François, Marquis de.] La
Prise des Annonciades par M. le Cte C[harle]s de L[amet]h . . .
Seconde Édition. Paris, 1789 [Bonnay, Charles-François, Marquis
de.] Prospectus d'un Nouveau Journal. 24 pages. Np, 1789
Journal en Vaudevilles des Débats, et des Décrets de l'Assemblée
Nationale. Numbers 1-2 (of 12). 12, 16 pages. Np, 1790.
Sale 2111 Lot 79
GEOFFROY, FRANÇOIS. Prophéties de Michel Nostradamus Expliquées.
Qui nous prédisent les Révolutions d'Angleterre, & le
Rétablissement du Roy de la Grande Bretagne sur son Trône
[caption title]. 4 pages PESSELIER, CHARLES-ÉTIENNE; and BELIER
DE SAINT-BRISSON, [-]. Accomplissement d'une Prophétie de
Nostradamus, en la Personne de Louis XV [caption title]. 7, [1]
pages. Together, 2 volumes. Thin 4to, first in crude cloth-backed
marbled boards, second in textured gilt boards. [Bordeaux:
Raymond Brun, 1711?]; (Paris: Prault père, 1744)
Estimate $100-200
In the first work on the last page below the imprint ("Jouxte la
Copie imprimée à Marseille chez la veuve Brebion") is an
inscription dated 24 October 1711 stating that it was printed in
Bordeaux by Raymond Brun.
Sale 2111 Lot 80
GRAND-CARTERET, JOHN. Les Almanacs Francais.
Bibliographie-Iconographie: Almanacs, Annuaires, Calendriers,
Chansonniers . . . et autres Publications Annuelles editees a
Paris (1600-1895).. Illustrated. Half-title. Thick 4to, later 1/4
calf, original wrappers bound in. Paris, 1896
Estimate $150-250
first edition, limited to of 1250 copies, containing detailed
descriptions of 3633 items, including some ascribed to
Nostradamus.
Sale 2111 Lot 81
GUYNAUD, BALTHAZAR. La Concordance des Propheties de Nostradamus
avec l'Histoire. [42], 402, [2] (of [4]) pages, including
engraved portrait of Nostradamus; lacks errata leaf at end. 12mo,
18th-century calf gilt with morocco lettering piece, spine ends
chipped, front joint cracked; scattered minor foxing. Paris:
Claude Mazuel, 1693
Estimate $250-350
first edition. Chomarat 308; Benazra, page 273.
Sale 2111 Lot 82
(GUYNAUD, BALTHAZAR.) La Preuve des Propheties de Nostradamus par
l'Histoire. manuscript in french, densely written in small but
generally legible hand in brown ink, recto and verso, on laid
paper. Over 500 pages. 223x168 mm, early 19th-century diced calf
gilt, front joint cracked and crudely restored with cloth tape.
Ownership inscription of Canon Marlot Divionaeus of Châlons dated
1779. Bookseller's TLS tipped to front free endpaper. Np, 1736
Estimate $400-600
Manuscript based on the Concordance of Guynaud but extensively
revised and expanded by Monsieur "I. A. P.," combining his own
interpretations with those of Guynaud and commentators identified
only as "l'auteur inconnu" [i.e., Étienne Jaubert?], "le
solitaire" [Jean Le Roux?], and "l'impression [sic] de Rouen."
While Guynaud's original work was concerned exclusively with the
Centuries, the manuscript also deals with the Présages and
Sixains. From the collection of the Abbé Hector Rigaux, with his
handwritten booklabel (sale, 17 June 1931, lot 14).
Sale 2111 Lot 83
[HAITZE, PIERRE-JOSEPH DE.] La Vie de Nostradamus. Par Pierre
Joseph [pseud.]. xii, 186 pages. 12mo, contemporary sheep gilt
with morocco lettering piece, top spine compartment wormed; dark
stain in lower margins. Aix: chez la Veuve de Charles David et
Joseph David, 1712
Estimate $300-500
The first separately published biography of Nostradamus, which
originally appeared the preceding year. Chomarat 327; this
edition not in Benazra. Bound with another work by Haitze: La Vie
d'Arnaud de Villeneuve. 197, [1] pages. Aix: Joseph David, 1719.
First edition of a life of the 13th-century alchemist and
astrologer Arnaldus de Villanova.
Sale 2111 Lot 84
HELD, JOHANN JACOB. Historischer Bericht, von den praetendirten
Propheceyungen Paracelsi, Nostradami, Böhmens, [et al.]. [2], 156
pages. Holes through first few leaves causing slight text loss.
Chomarat 325; Benazra, page 35 [DOBBELER, DIETRICH VON?]
Merckwürdige Fata der Gross Britan[n]ischen Crone . . . schon
damals verkündiget durch . . . Michael Nostradamus. [6], [3]-72
pages. Not in Chomarat or Benazra. bound with: [DOBBELER,
DIETRICH VON?] Der göttliche Rath-Schluss, das Haus
Chur-Braunschweig auff den Gross-Britannischen Thron zu erheben.
[8], 71 pages Europäischer Staats-Wahrsager; oder, Wundersame
Propheceyungen . . . in sich haltend . . . des französischen
Astrologi Nostradami . . . und vieler anderer rare und sonderbare
Weissagungen. 401, [3] pages. Not in Chomarat or Benazra Neue
Prophezeihungen und Kalenderpraktik auf die nächstkommenden
hundert Jahre, von 1760 bis 1860; aus einer französischen
Handschrift des berühmten Michael Nostradamus gezogen. Chomarat
345bis; not in Benazra. Together, 5 volumes in 4. Various
formats, second and third works bound together in contemporary
sheep, contents browned, the rest in 20th-century leather.
[Leipzig?], 1711; Hamburg, 1714; Bremen, 1753; Leipzig, 1760
Estimate $200-300
Sale 2111 Lot 85
(HOROSCOPES.) Bound volume containing 103 hand-drawn nativity
charts. manuscript in french, written in black ink on laid paper
watermarked with papal arms (of Innocent X?) and countermark I V
PONCHON(?). 52 leaves. 193x132 mm, 18th-century calf gilt, spine
ends chipped; some light offsetting. Armorial bookplate of the
M[arqu]is de Queue de St.-Hilaire. France, 18th century?
Estimate $150-250
Ninety-one of the charts are for unidentified persons born from
1631 to 1697. Of twelve others originally left unfinished, six
have been completed in a later hand with the horoscopes of
Nostradamus, Catherine de Medicis, François I, Henri II, Henri
III, and Louis XIII.
Sale 2111 Lot 86
JANT, JACQUES DE. Explication des Predictions tirees des
Centuries de Nostradamus, sur la Presente Guerre de France avec
la Hollande. Woodcut vignette of Nostradamus on title. 32 pages.
16mo, 19th-century sheep gilt; contents dampstained. Np: "sur
l'Imprimé a Lyon chez Marcelin Gautherin," 1672
Estimate $150-250
Commentary on quatrains relating to the war with the Northern
Netherlands then in progress. Chomarat 261; this edition not in
Benazra.
Sale 2111 Lot 87
JANT, JACQUES DE. Predictions tirees des Centuries de
Nostradamus. 3 folding woodcut numismatic plates. 83 pages. Small
8vo, contemporary vellum; some foxing. [Rouen?], 1673
Estimate $300-500
Enlarged edition of the preceding work. Chomarat 264; Benazra,
page 264. with a lengthy signed presentation inscription from
jant on the verso of the front free endpaper continuing into the
lower margin of the title. On the endpaper recto are full-page
annotations in ink, in the hand of the Abbé [Pierre-Jacques]
Sépher (d. 1781) according to a later note. With the bookplate of
René-Charles Guilbert de Pixerécourt (1773-1844).
Sale 2111 Lot 88
[JAUBERT, ÉTIENNE, attributed to.] Eclaircissement des veritables
quatrains de Maistre Michel Nostradamus. 9, [1], 408, 405-426,
437-458, [2] pages, including errata leaf at end; lacks the
portrait. 12mo, 18th-century calf gilt with morocco lettering
piece. Bookplate of Nicolas Yemeniz. [Amsterdam?], 1656
Estimate $200-300
first edition. Chomarat 225; Benazra, page 231.
Sale 2111 Lot 89
LA CROIX DU MAINE, FRANÇOIS GRUDE DE. Premier Volume de la
Bibliotheque du Sieur de la Croix-Du Maine. Qui est un Catalogue
General de Toutes Sortes d'Autheurs, qui on escrit en Francois
depuis Cinq Cents Ans & Plus. Woodcut portrait of Henry III on
title verso; woodcut of design for book-case on 2V4r. [44], 558,
[5] pages. Folio, 350x218 mm, later 17th-century 1/4 calf; some
light dampstaining along bottom edges, portion of blank lower
margin of title torn and restored. wide-margined copy. Paris:
Abel l'Angelier, 1584
Estimate $800-1,200
first edition of the first French national bibliography; all
published. Pages 330-31 contain an account of Nostradamus and his
writings. Besterman, Beginnings of Systematic Bibliography
[XXXIV]; Grolier/Breslauer & Folter 29.
Sale 2111 Lot 90
LA FOREST DE BOURGON, [-] DE. Alphabet Geographique, des Empires,
Royaumes, Etats, Pays, Isles, Villes, Caps, Montagnes, Mers,
Fleuves, Golfes, &c. que l'on trouve dans l'Histoire ancienne . .
. avec leurs Noms modernes. [2], 110, [8], 111-135, [3] pages.
12mo, 20th-century sheep, scuffed; repaired clean tear across one
leaf. Signature of the priest J. Dangueger dated 714; ownership
inscription of Salomon Silva of Bordeaux dated 1747, referring to
"La Clef de Nostradamus"; embossed stamp of the Bibliothèque
Occulte du C[om]te d'Ourches. Not in OCLC or RLIN. Paris: Jean
Musier, 1709
Estimate $100-200
Sale 2111 Lot 91
LANCRE, PIERRE DE. L'Incredulité et Mescreance du Sortilege
plainement convaincue. Engraved portrait of Louis XIII on title
verso. 841, [10] pages. Thick 4to, contemporary vellum, worn,
lacks ties, front hinge cracked; contents toned and spotted,
index leaves dampstained, tears and holes through last 2 leaves
slightly affecting text, last leaf mounted. Paris: Nicolas Buon,
1622
Estimate $400-600
first edition of a treatise on the reality of witchcraft and
other occult phenomena by a Bordeaux trial judge known for his
zealous prosecution of witches. Page 230 contains a passing
reference to Nostradamus, noting that his ambiguous predictions
can only be judged after the fact and may be interpreted to suit
a variety of purposes. Robbins, pages 298-99.
Sale 2111 Lot 92
LANDREY, JEAN. Teratologie ou Discours des Signes et Prodiges,
par lesquels Dieu nous a de tout temps menacé. [64], 268, [5]
pages. Small 8vo, 19th-century 1/4 black morocco gilt; contents
browned, margins trimmed affecting some sidenotes, occasional
worming generally not impairing legibility. Clermont: Bertrand
Durand, 1603
Estimate $200-300
first edition. Caillet 6073 ("livre curieux et très rare");
Cioranesco (17th century) 39969; not in OCLC or RLIN.
Sale 2111 Lot 93
LEOWITZ, CYPRIANUS VON. Predictions pour trantesepte ans, des
choses plus memorables, qui sont à advenir depuis l'an mil cinq
ce[n]s soixante & dix, jusques à l'an mil six cens sept. 112
[i.e., 111], [1] pages. 16mo, early limp manuscript vellum with
text from Lamentations, worn; moderate foxing throughout. Lyon:
(François Durelle for) Benoist Rigaud, 1570
Estimate $400-600
Sale 2111 Lot 94
[LE ROUX, JEAN.] La Clef de Nostradamus. Isagoge ou Introduction
au véritable sens des Prophéties . . . par un Solitaire. li, [5],
469, [3] pages, including final ad leaf. 12mo, contemporary calf
gilt with morocco lettering piece, top of spine chipped, covers
rubbed; contents browned, dampstain in gutter of opening leaves.
Paris: Pierre Giffart, 1710
Estimate $200-300
first edition. Chomarat 323; Benazra, page 284.
Sale 2111 Lot 95
LIVRE MERVEILLEUX, contenant en bref la fleur & substance de
plusieurs traittez, tant des Propheties & revelations,
qu'anciennes Croniques, faisant mention de tous les faictz de
l'Eglise universelle [etc.]. 8vo, later 18th-century red
straight-grain morocco gilt; contents toned, light marginal
dampstaining on title and elsewhere. Later 19th-century leaf of
bibliographical notes in French bound at end. Bookplate of the
poet and occultist Stanislas de Guaita (1861-97). Paris: Thibault
Bessault, 1565
Estimate $800-1,200
scarce first edition of a collection of prophecies relating to
the Church and the coming of the Antichrist attributed to a
14th-century hermit monk named Theolofre. A note by Ruzo at the
end of the volume suggests that it was written wholly or in part
by Nostradamus. Caillet 6723.
Sale 2111 Lot 96
MASSARD, JACQUES. Harmonie de Propheties Anciennes avec les
Modernes, sur la Durée de l'Antechriste, & les Souffrances de
l'Eglise. [48], 299 pages. 12mo, 19th-century vellum with morocco
lettering piece. Cologne: Pierre Marteau, 1687
Estimate $200-300
Sale 2111 Lot 97
(MAZARINADES.) Group of 7 anti-Mazarin pamphlets citing
Nostradamus, bound in 4 volumes. 4to, 20th-century textured
boards; occasional foxing and toning. See lot 24. Paris, 1649-52
Estimate $250-350
Propheties sur les Affaires du Temps Present et Advenir. Tirée de
la Centurie II. Prop. 34. 35. de M. Nostradamus. Et ce que dit
Kepler pour la presente année 1649. [2] leaves. 1649. bound with:
Visions Astrologiques de Michel Nostradamus sur toutes les
affaires de ce Temps. Et la Confusion de Mazarin en Vers
Burlesques. 11 pages. 1649. and: L'Horoscope de Jules Mazarin,
Naifvement & fidellement expliquée des Centuries de M.
Nostradamus. Woodcut illustrations. [4] leaves. 1649 Second
Advertissement a Messieurs les Prevost des Marchands et Eschevins
de Paris. Sur le Retour Funeste de Mazarin . . . Predict par
Michel Nostradamus. Woodcut portrait of Nostradamus on title. 13
[i.e., 24] pages. 1651 Troisiesme Advertissement a Messieurs
les Prevost des Marchands et Eschevins de Paris. Contenant la
Trefve ou Paix Generalle predite par Michel Nostradamus. two
editions in one volume, each with woodcut portrait of Nostradamus
on title. 16 and 24 pages. 1651; 1651 Avertissement a Messieurs
les Prevost des Marchands et Eschevins de Paris. Contenant
l'explication de l'Eclipse qui se doit faire le huictiesme jour
d'Avril de la presente Année, & autre choses qui doivent arriver
a la poursuite du Cardinal Mazarin . . . predit par Michel
Nostradamus. Woodcut portrait of Nostradamus on title. 15 pages.
1652.
Sale 2111 Lot 98
MENESTRIER, CLAUDE-FRANÇOIS, S.J. La Philosophie des Images
Enigmatiques. Folding engraved plate of talismans. [24], 491
[i.e., 501], [3] pages. 12mo, modern 1/4 morocco; light
dampstaining in upper margins with traces of mold. Lyon: Hilaire
Baritel, 1694
Estimate $300-500
Treatise on enigmas first published the same year. Pages 385-89
concern the prophecies of Nostradamus, which Menestrier refused
to take seriously. Caillet 7376; Chomarat 309; Benazra, page 274
(issue with Lyon imprint of Jacques Guerrier); Thorndike VIII,
580-82.
Sale 2111 Lot 99
MIRABILIS LIBER qui prophetias Revelationesq[ue] necno[n] res
mira[n]das p[re]teritas presentes & futuras, aperte demonstrat.
Latin and French text. 110 [i.e., 108], 28 leaves. Printed in
gothic and bâtarde types. 2 parts in one volume. 8vo,
18th-century calf gilt with morocco lettering piece, spine
missing portion of top compartment, chipped at bottom;
dampstaining throughout, early inscriptions on title. [Paris]:
"On les vent au Lyon dargent en la rue sainct Jacques" [i.e.,
Ambroise Girault, circa 1524-28?]
Estimate $800-1,200
First published in 1522, an important collection of mostly
medieval prophecies concerning the Antichrist, the Church and the
Papacy, the French monarchy, etc. The 28-leaf section in French
is drawn largely from the 13th-century Prophécies de Merlin.
Sale 2111 Lot 100
MOLLAN, JACQUES. Cartel aux Judiciaires et Celoteurs Astrologues.
Woodcut vignette of astrologer and philosopher on title. [32],
357, [22] pages. 8vo, contemporary limp vellum; contents heavily
dampstained with scattered traces of mold. Lyon: Jean Stratius,
1585
Estimate $500-750
scarce first edition of a denunciation of astrology written in an
extravagant style replete with neologisms and private
terminology, including a useful glossary at the end. Nostradamus
is referred to as le Provensal (or l'Eolien) menteur and
l'ouronogeique foudre. Caillet 7634; Cioranescu (16th century)
15163; not in OCLC or RLIN.
Sale 2111 Lot 101
MOULT, THOMAS-JOSEPH, attributed to. Propheties perpetuelles
depuis 1521 jusqu'a la fin du monde, trouvées dans le Cabinet de
Monsieur de Louvoir apres la mort, exprimentée par l'accademie
des Sciences. manuscript in french, written in neat cursive hand
in brown ink, recto and verso, on laid paper. 47 leaves. 235x172
mm, 20th-century sheep, scuffed, spine ends worn. France, 18th
century
Estimate $150-250
Sale 2111 Lot 102
NAUDÉ, GABRIEL. Apologie pour tous les Grands Personnages qui ont
esté faussement soupçonnez de Magie. [24], 615, [23] pages. 8vo,
18th-century 1/4 sheep with morocco lettering piece, spine ends
chipped, front joint cracked; contents browned, with some light
marginal dampstaining, old institutional stamp on title. The
Hague: Adrian Vlacq, 1653
Estimate $250-350
First published in 1625, a defense of celebrated persons, mostly
scholars and scientists, accused of practicing illicit magic.
Pages 461-76 contain a negative assessment of Nostradamus.
Bibliotheca Chimaerica, page 7; Caillet 7923; Duveen, page 423;
Thorndike VII, 301.
Sale 2111 Lot 103
NOSTREDAME, ANDRÉ DE. Le Repantir Spirituel de Andre de
Nostredames Gentilhome Provençal en Stances. manuscript in
french, written in neat italic hand in brown ink with occasional
revisions and corrections, recto and verso, on laid paper. 51 (of
?) leaves. Approximately 275x190 mm, disbound; some dampstaining,
foliation in upper outer corners oxidized with resulting small
holes through some leaves. Salon, 1587
Estimate $400-600
Incomplete manuscript of religious poetry and prose by the fourth
child and third son (1557-1601) of Michel de Nostradamus.
Sale 2111 Lot 104
NOSTREDAME, CÉSAR DE. Pieces Heroiques et Diverses Poesies [12],
70, [2]; 55, [1]; [6], 23, [1]; 44; 55 [i. e., 71], [3]; 70, [2];
20 pages. 7 parts in one volume. 12mo, later 19th-century red
morocco elegantly gilt by Trautz-Bauzonnet; occasional toning.
Toulouse: widow of Jacques Colomiez, & Raym. Colomiez, 1608
Estimate $1,500-2,500
first collected edition of the poetic writings of the second
child and eldest son of Michel de Nostradamus, comprising Rimes
Spirituelles; Les Perles, ou les Larmes de la Saincte Magdeleine;
Dymas, ou, Le Bon Larron; La Marie Dolente; Tableau de Narcisse;
Le Songe de Scipion; and Vers Funebres sur la Mort de Charles du
Verdier . . . le Duc de Guise. Benazra, pages 168-69. Accompanied
by a photographic facsimile of the author's L'Entree de la Royne
en sa Ville de Salon. Aix: Jean Tholosan, 1602 [i.e.,
20th-century]. [24] leaves. 8vo, bound in early 19th-century
vellum.
Sale 2111 Lot 105
NOSTREDAME, CÉSAR DE. L'Histoire et Chronique de Provence.
Woodcut text illustrations, chiefly armorial insignia. [2], 20,
1092, 63, [1] pages, including engraved title and portrait of the
author (the latter evenly browned, supplied from another copy).
Folio, later 17th-/early 18th-century sheep with gilt arms of
Jacques-Claude Claret de la Tourrette (1656-1741; Olivier 37),
spine imperfect, front cover detached; contents toned,
preliminaries remargined. Lyon: Simon Rigaud pour la Société
Caldorienne, 1614
Estimate $600-900
first edition of the author's major work, a history of Provence
from antiquity to the end of the 16th century. Benazra, page 179.
Sale 2111 Lot 106
NOSTREDAME, JEAN DE. Les Vies des Plus Celebres et Anciens Poetes
Provensaux. 248, [14] pages, including blank Q8. 8vo,
Jansenist-style brown morocco by Chambolle-Duru, raised bands and
joints worn; contents washed with occasional residual toning.
Lyon: Alexandre Marsili, 1575
Estimate $800-1,200
first edition of the first book devoted to the troubadour poets
of medieval Provence, written by the younger brother of Michel de
Nostradamus. Benazra, pages 108-112.
Sale 2111 Lot 107
NOSTREDAME, JEAN DE. Le Vite delli piu Celebri et Antichi Primi
Poeti Provenzali. 254, [16] (of [18]) pages, including blank Q8;
lacks final blank R8. Small 8vo, tan calf gilt with red
and black morocco lettering pieces by Simier; contents lightly
browned. Lyon: Alessandro Marsilio, 1575
Estimate $600-900
first edition in italian. Benazra, pages 108-112.
Sale 2111 Lot 108
OLIVER, PEDRO JUAN. De prophetia & spiritu prophetico. [8], 92,
[4] pages. 4to, 19th-century paste-paper boards; contemporary
marginalia throughout. Basel: (Joannes Oporinus, 1543)
Estimate $400-600
first edition. Palau 200668.
Sale 2111 Lot 109
PAPILLON, PHILIBERT. Bibliothèque des Auteurs de Bourgogne.
Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author in Volume 1. [24],
423, [1]; [2] (of [4]), 359, [1], 13, viii, [2] pages, including
half-title in first volume (lacking in the second) and
approbation leaf at end. 2 volumes in one. Folio, contemporary
mottled sheep gilt with morocco lettering piece, extremities
rubbed, bottom of spine chipped; dampstain in lower outer corner
of Volume 1 opening leaves, occasional light even browning.
Dijon: François Desventes, 1745
Estimate $400-600
Bio-bibliography of Burgundian authors originally published in
1742. Of Nostradamian interest are the entries on Jean-Aimé de
Chavigny (pages 139-42) and Jacques de Jant (pages 333-34) in
Volume 1.
Sale 2111 Lot 110
[PITTON, JEAN.] Sentimens sur les Historiens de Provence. [12],
118 pages. 12mo, contemporary calf gilt; light marginal
dampstaining at beginning and end. Aix: Charles David, 1682
Estimate $250-350
first edition of an epistolary survey of Provençal
historiography. The seventh letter (pages 47-53) refers to César
de Nostredame and Michel de Nostradamus.
Sale 2111 Lot 111
RAEMOND, FLORIMOND DE. Histoire de la Naissance, Progrez et
Decadence de l'Heresie de ce Siecle. [12], 1-79, [1]; 79-175;
[1], 177-265; [1], 266-142 [i.e., 342]; [1], 344-406; [6], 1-139,
[1]; [6], 147-212; [1], 214-293, [43] leaves, including engraved
portrait of the author. 8 parts in one volume. Thick 4to,
19th-century 1/4 sheep gilt, spine darkened and rubbed, missing
portion from top, joints cracked, cords intact; some browning and
marginal dampstaining, title soiled and mounted, with
19th-century Jesuit library stamps. Paris: Charles Chastelain,
1605
Estimate $300-500
first edition of a history of the Reformation from a Catholic
perspective. Quatrain 47 of Century 1 ("Du Lac Leman les sermons
facheront" etc.) is quoted at the end of chapter 3 in book 1.
Sale 2111 Lot 112
(RIGAUX, HECTOR, Abbé.) Très Beaux Livres et Manuscrits Anciens,
Romantiques, Modernes . . . Iº Succession de l'Abbé Rigaux. IIº
Livres appartenant à Divers. Plates. 8vo, later linen with
morocco lettering piece, spine and front cover spotted, original
wrappers bound in; some dampstaining in gutters. Paris, 17-19
June 1931
Estimate $100-200
Auction catalogue of which the first 66 lots comprise prophetic
and occult books and manuscripts from the estate of the Abbé
Hector Rigaux, including rare early editions of Nostradamus.
Sale 2111 Lot 113
ROSSET, FRANÇOIS DE. Les Histoires Tragiques de Nostre Temps . .
. Derniere Edition, reveuë, corrigée & augmentée. [8], 476 [i.e.,
477] pages. 8vo, contemporary vellum; contents browned and
dampstained, outer margins trimmed close without text loss,
scattered ink blots. Lyon: Clément Petit, 1653
Estimate $150-250
Popular collection of tales of tragic deaths first published in
1619. Sixain 31 is quoted on page 413 at the end of the chapter
on the death of the Duc de Montmorency, and quatrain 49 from
Century 9 on the last page of the final chapter on the death of
King Charles I of England. This edition not in OCLC or RLIN.
Sale 2111 Lot 114
RUZO, DANIEL. Catálogo Nostradamus por Materias. 8 looseleaf
folders containing over 1500 catalogue slips, with mounted title
page or other facsimile and type- or handwritten notes on each
leaf. Oblong 4to, cloth-backed boards. Np, nd
Estimate $300-500
ruzo's own catalogue of his collection of books, manuscripts,
prints, and ephemera.
leig...@optusnet.com.au
>
> Sale 2111 Lot 32
> UNRECORDED Forme et maniere de vivre, tres-utile, pour eviter Au
> danger de Peste. 32 pages (A-D4). 16mo, later 19th-century
> cuir-ciselé binding of brown sheep with crude design of cauldron
> over fire on front cover, and allium(?) plant on rear cover,
> spine heavily worn, mossing portion at bottom; contents toned and
> Estimate $1,000-2,000
> Unrecorded edition of a collection of plague remedies attributed
> to Nostradamus. This edition not in Chomarat, who describes a
> Troyes edition circa 1575, or Benazra, who mentions a differently
> titled 1561 plague tract; no edition in OCLC or RLIN.
>
> Sale 2111 Lot 33
> Les Propheties. 204, [2] pages, including final blank. 16mo, old
> vellum, recased, endpapers renewed; contents toned and
> dampstained. Chomarat 162. Lyon: Jean Poyet, circa 1600?
> Estimate $400-600
>
> Sale 2111 Lot 34
> Les Propheties. Edited by Vincent Sève. Woodcut portrait of
> Nostradamus on title. 93 [i.e., 63], [1]; 56, [8] leaves. 2 parts
> in one volume. 8vo, mid-19th-century tan calf gilt, top of spine
> worn, front joint cracked at top and bottom; margins trimmed
> slightly affecting preliminary text in both parts and some
> headlines, early inscription across general title inked over and
> heavily oxidized with paper crack in outer margin. Extensive
> pencil notes by Ruzo in Spanish on front endleaves, typewritten
> notes in French mounted on rear endleaves. Np, 1605
> Estimate $400-600
> first sève edition, the first to contain the 141 Présages from
> Estimate $500-750
>
> Sale 2111 Lot 40
> Les Propheties. [8], 3-184 pages. Small 8vo, contemporary limp
> vellum; contents browned, minor worming in lower inner corners in
> middle of volume not impairing legibility, occasional early
> underscoring, lacks rear free endpaper. Chomarat 191; Benazra,
> page 195. Marseilles: Claude Garcin, 1643
> Estimate $250-350
>
> Sale 2111 Lot 41
> Les Propheties. Woodcut vignette of Nostradamus on general and
> divisional titles. [12], 97, [1]; [2], 101-177 pages. 12mo, later
> sheep, spine heavily worn, front cover detached; contents
> browned, upper margins trimmed affecting some headlines, last
> preliminary leaf cropped in outer margin with slight text loss.
> Chomarat 198; Benazra, page 202. Lyon: Jean [& Horace] Huguetan,
> [1644]
> Estimate $250-350
>
> Sale 2111 Lot 42
> Les Propheties. [16], 200 pages. 12mo, mid-19th-century panelled
> calf gilt with morocco lettering piece, spine rubbed, chipped at
> top; some light foxing, scattered minor stains, few small
> wormholes through opening leaves not impairing legibility, title
> heavily soiled and mounted, blank lower margin of last leaf
> restored. Chomarat 200 ("ca. 1649"); Benazra, page 218 ("1650").
> l'Angelier, 1560
> Estimate $500-750
> first edition of a refutation of the prophecies of Nostradamus.
> Caillet 2650; Chomarat 45; Benazra, page 45. See also lot 180.
>
> Sale 2111 Lot 77
> DORAT, JEAN. L'Androgyn né a Paris, le XXI. Juillet, M.D.LXX.
> Folding illustration of a pair of Siamese twins. [12] leaves.
> 8vo, 20th-century linen with morocco lettering piece, spotting
> and partial discoloration on front cover. Lyon: Michel Jove, 1570
> Estimate $80-120
> Photographic facsimile of the original edition of Dorat's Latin
> poem on the portentous significance of a recent monstrous birth
> in Paris, with a preface by Jean-Aimé de Chavigny referring to
> Nostradamus and quoting quatrain 45 from Century 2. Benazra,
> pages 95-96; Tchemerzine (1977) III, 4.
>
> Sale 2111 Lot 78
> (FRENCH REVOLUTION.) Bound volume containing 21 pamphlets. 8vo,
> contemporary red morocco gilt with floral border on covers, spine
> in 6 compartments, with morocco lettering pieces in 2 and
> fleur-de-lys and ornamental tooling in the rest. Vp, circa
> Bessault, 1565
> Estimate $800-1,200
> scarce first edition of a collection of prophecies relating to
> the Church and the coming of the Antichrist attributed to a
> 14th-century hermit monk named Theolofre. A note by Ruzo at the
> end of the volume suggests that it was written wholly or in part
> by Nostradamus. Caillet 6723.
>
> Sale 2111 Lot 96
> MASSARD, JACQUES. Harmonie de Propheties Anciennes avec les
> Modernes, sur la Durée de l'Antechriste, & les Souffrances de
> l'Eglise. [48], 299 pages. 12mo, 19th-century vellum with morocco
> lettering piece. Cologne: Pierre Marteau, 1687
> Estimate $200-300
>
> Sale 2111 Lot 97
> (MAZARINADES.) Group of 7 anti-Mazarin pamphlets citing
> Nostradamus, bound in 4 volumes. 4to, 20th-century textured
> boards; occasional foxing and toning. See lot 24. Paris,
>
> Sale 2111 Lot 104
> NOSTREDAME, CÉSAR DE. Pieces Heroiques et Diverses Poesies [12],
> 70, [2]; 55, [1]; [6], 23, [1]; 44; 55 [i. e., 71], [3]; 70, [2];
> 20 pages. 7 parts in one volume. 12mo, later 19th-century red
> morocco elegantly gilt by Trautz-Bauzonnet; occasional toning.
> Toulouse: widow of Jacques Colomiez, & Raym. Colomiez, 1608
> Estimate $1,500-2,500
> first collected edition of the poetic writings of the second
> child and eldest son of Michel de Nostradamus, comprising Rimes
> Spirituelles; Les Perles, ou les Larmes de la Saincte Magdeleine;
> Dymas, ou, Le Bon Larron; La Marie Dolente; Tableau de Narcisse;
> Le Songe de Scipion; and Vers Funebres sur la Mort de Charles du
> Verdier . . . le Duc de Guise. Benazra, pages 168-69. Accompanied
> by a photographic facsimile of the author's L'Entree de la Royne
> en sa Ville de Salon. Aix: Jean Tholosan, 1602 [i.e.,
> 20th-century]. [24] leaves. 8vo, bound in early 19th-century
> vellum.
>
> Sale 2111 Lot 105
> NOSTREDAME, CÉSAR DE. L'Histoire et Chronique de Provence.
> Woodcut text illustrations, chiefly armorial insignia. [2], 20,
> 1092, 63, [1] pages, including engraved title and portrait of the
> author (the latter evenly browned, supplied from another copy).
> Folio, later 17th-/early 18th-century sheep with gilt arms of
Crikey Mario, what a catch, oh well hope to hear some new discoveries,
Lucky blighter.
LB
Claude Latremouille
On 6 May 2007 01:24:03 -0700, Mario in UK <ma...@gregorio.fsnet.co.uk>
wrote in part:
*
> in the end, I got 31 lots out of the total of
>114. Not bad, considering that 20 to 30 of those were not very
>interesting.
[...]
*
>List of the lots for which I successfully bid:
>7,9,11,17,19,21,22,24,27,30,35,37,39,42,43,44,48,49,50,51,56,57,
>61,66,70,77,81,86,94,97
A great story, Mario. Now we know what happened to Ruzo's books.
A few questions:
*
1. Being a rather good bean counter, I have noticed that you
state that you got 31 lots. But you list only 30. Is there one
missing from your list?
*
2. Were you able to find out WHO purchased the remaining items
and WHERE they went?
*
It is always a bit sad, whenever there is such an auction, to see
a collection being blown to pieces, as it is scattered throughout
the world, never to see the light of day again (not to say that
Ruzo's books were not known to be his, as he had published a list
of some of his Nostradamus books in his own book).
*
On the bright side, knowing WHAT they were, we can stop searching
for them, realizing that they are still in existence, even though
we may not know who has them now. :-(
*
Thanks for this important Nostradamus news, Mario.
*
Have a nice day, folks!
*
Claude Latrémouille
May 6, 2007
http://web.ncf.ca/cj559
*
=== cla...@torfree.net ===
=== CLAUDE LATRÉMOUILLE ===
===========================
Werewolfy
Thanks for this important Nostradamus news, Mario.
> *
> Have a nice day, folks!
> *
> Claude Latrémouille
> May 6, 2007http://web.ncf.ca/cj559
> *
> === CLAUDE LATRÉMOUILLE ===
> ===========================
You really can't spot a fraud, Claude.
The message from Mario...surely it strikes you as srange?
An Italian name, an Italian site and yet written in a classical
English 'accent', with just a few small errors, reeks of falsehood.
No-one with such a command of English, true English that is, would
ever refer to his 'wallet' as his 'pocketbook'. This post is destined
for the US market. The stratagy of bidding, the underlying 'get rich
quick' hidden message, must have alerted you.
I fancy you are 'target' now. Be wary. I don't doubt hat this is no
more than a mutation of the simple 'Nigerian cash' story.
I may dislike you, but no-one should fall foul to these passing
parasites.
Werewolfy
Merlin
> On May 6, 1:40?pm, c...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Claude Latremouille) >
> Thanks for this important Nostradamus news, Mario.
>
> > *
> > Have a nice day, folks!
> > *
> > ? ? === CLAUDE LATR?MOUILLE ===
> > ? ? ===========================
>
> You really can't spot a fraud, Claude.
>
> The message from Mario...surely it strikes you as srange?
>
> An Italian name, an Italian site and yet written in a classical
> English 'accent', with just a few small errors, reeks of falsehood.
>
> No-one with such a command of English, true English that is, would
> ever refer to his 'wallet' as his 'pocketbook'. This post is destined
> for the US market. The stratagy of bidding, the underlying 'get rich
> quick' hidden message, must have alerted you.
>
> I fancy you are 'target' now. Be wary. I don't doubt hat this is no
> more than a mutation of the simple 'Nigerian cash' story.
>
> I may dislike you, but no-one should fall foul to these passing
> parasites.
>
> Werewolfy
Relax, there is no foul play going on here. Mario is a highly
respected collector of Nostradamus's works and a member of the
international Nostradamus Research Group.
Claude Latremouille
On Sun, 06 May 2007 06:23:29 -0700, still ashamed that his posts
might be archived for posterity, The Kat <ne...@katxyzkave.net>
again used the silly device of the 'X-No-Archive yes' to prevent
his statements from being quoted back to him when he shall wish
he never ought to have utterred them.
*
>Having the books does NOT mean he'll understand them,
*
Speaking about Mario (if you were speaking about him), having the
books sure helped him understand that Nostradamus used slightly
altered quotes from another author (Savonarola) to produce his
Letter to Caesar. And it is to Mario that we owe the discovery
that Nostradamus used twenty-two quotations from Savonarola and
placed them *in the very same order* in his own Letter, thereby
indicating that Nostradamus *had* Savonarola's book in hand.
*
Speaking about Ruzo (if you were speaking about him), having the
books sure helped him understand that Nostradamus bequeathed to
his heirs (in his last will and testament) the very same number
of ducats as the number of quatrains that he bequeathed us in his
first original edition (1555), namely 353.
*
And thanks to Ruzo, I was able to realize that this number of
quatrains, numbered in Arabic numerals contrary to the numbering
in all other original editions, was an expression of the time of
day of the unintended destruction of Paris, his main subject of
interest, i.e., 3:53 a.m.
*
So, having the books actually helps understanding Nostradamus.
*
>B) over 1300 lines of bullshit later,
> it's still a fact that the more lines in a post,
> the more likely it is to be bullshit.
*
Prior to this post, I had not realized that you were part of our
cohort of manic-depressive paranoid freaks bent upon destroying
this NewsGroup.
*
For those who might not have grasped the meaning of the above,
these '1300 lines of bullshit' were an auction catalogue provided
to this NewsGroup courtesy of Mario Gregorio.
*
But don't give pearls to pigs, Nostradamus had admonished.
*
Seems that Mario had just done that.
*
Have a nice day, folks!
*
Mario in UK
> wrote in part:
> *> in the end, I got 31 lots out of the total of
> >114. Not bad, considering that 20 to 30 of those were not very
> >interesting.
>
> *
> [...]
> *>List of the lots for which I successfully bid:
> >7,9,11,17,19,21,22,24,27,30,35,37,39,42,43,44,48,49,50,51,56,57,
> >61,66,70,77,81,86,94,97
>
> *
> A great story, Mario. Now we know what happened to Ruzo's books.
> A few questions:
> *
> 1. Being a rather good bean counter, I have noticed that you
> state that you got 31 lots. But you list only 30. Is there one
> missing from your list?
Hi Claude,
Yeah, it was the lot 65...
> *
> 2. Were you able to find out WHO purchased the remaining items
> and WHERE they went?
Yep, I got a dozen of them tracked down to some bookseller and some
libraries around the world...
> *
> It is always a bit sad, whenever there is such an auction, to see
> a collection being blown to pieces, as it is scattered throughout
> the world, never to see the light of day again (not to say that
> Ruzo's books were not known to be his, as he had published a list
> of some of his Nostradamus books in his own book).
> *
> On the bright side, knowing WHAT they were, we can stop searching
> for them, realizing that they are still in existence, even though
> we may not know who has them now. :-(
> *
> Thanks for this important Nostradamus news, Mario.
Thanks, you'll see them online in the next future.
> *
> Have a nice day, folks!
> *
> Claude Latrémouille
> May 6, 2007http://web.ncf.ca/cj559
> *
> === clau...@torfree.net ===
Mario in UK
> On May 6, 1:40?pm, c...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Claude Latremouille) >
> Thanks for this important Nostradamus news, Mario.
>
> > *
> > Have a nice day, folks!
> > *
>
> You really can't spot a fraud, Claude.
>
> The message from Mario...surely it strikes you as srange?
>
> An Italian name, an Italian site and yet written in a classical
> English 'accent', with just a few small errors, reeks of falsehood.
Thanks, I 'd like to point it out if you want to be a fraud you need
to use
some fake mail address, and better than that, a very nice pseudonym or
as you wish "a nom of plume" in my particular case I did not...
If you have some time to spend I recommend you to read some pages of
my
website www.propheties.it where you could read some very enlightening
articles
on Nsd.
Cheers Mario
Mario in UK
> On 6 May 2007 01:24:03 -0700, Mario in UK <m...@gregorio.fsnet.co.uk>
>
> >April 23rd, 2007, shall be a date to be remembered by Nostradamus
> >fans for a very long time. In New York, on that day, an auction
> >was held during which most of the late Daniel Ruzo's collection
> >were placed on the block. And I was one of the lucky guys able
> >to participate in that auction. What a thrill!
>
Nope! And you are perfectly right saying that, unfortunately for you,
my purpose
is not to disclose mysterious secrets lost in the past but more
prosaically
is to build the largest virtual library about Nsd... so I need the
books...
>
> B) over 1300 lines of bullshit later,
> it's still a fact that the more lines in a post,
> the more likely it is to be bullshit.
Try to read it slowly, if you don't understand it the first time do
not be discouraged!
It's a rather complicate subject, maybe in a couple of times you
will ....
>
> --
>
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>
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Werewolfy
> Thanks, I 'd like to point it out if you want to be a fraud you need
> to use
> some fake mail address, and better than that, a very nice pseudonym or
> as you wish "a nom of plume" in my particular case I did not...
> If you have some time to spend I recommend you to read some pages of
> my
> websitewww.propheties.itwhere you could read some very enlightening
> articles
> on Nsd.
> Cheers Mario
Well, I don't look at those sort of links, and frauds come in very
sophisticated forms.
If I have wronged you, I apologise. It may be of help, however, were
you to not use that ancient abbreviation of 'Blimey'.
I'm 61, yet it's use pre-dated my time! Imagine how out of place it
looked alongside the use of a 'pocketbook'!!
Werewolfy
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