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Amsterdam: John Benjamins b.v., 1976 ¶ BEST EDITION; including Niederehe's supplement (pages [151]-240). (Series: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, series iii: Studies in the history of linguisitcs, volume 8.) ||| Collation: In 8s (220 x 148 mm): Pp. vii [viii-ix], 240. Binding: Publisher's cloth. References: ISBN 907270891; LCCN 77555263. ||| For further details please contact Jay Dillon Rare Books + Manuscripts, as below. .

Paris: C. Motteroz (Paris), for Isidore Liseux, 1879     ¶ BEST EDITION, only issue, of this celebrated trove of sixteenth-century manners and customs, compiled ostensibly to buttress the credibility of Herodotus but with a mind as well to satirizing modern institutions, not least the Roman Catholic Church. "Voici enfin une édition digne du grand libre-penseur du XVIe siècle: nous aimons à croire qu'elle sera considérée par tour les lettrés délicats comme l' ÉDITION DÉFINITIVE." (Brunet / Deschamps.)  Chapter 13, we notice, is devoted to sodomy and le 'péché contre nature', with remarks as well on transvestites and 'tribades' (i.178): The latter is said to be the earliest occurrence of the word tribade in French, preceding its appearance in English by some thirty-five years. A lovely set.   ||| Collation: Two volumes in 4s (196 ×… Read More

's-Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands): The European Fine Art Foundation, 2000 *** ONLY EDITION. Maastricht, of course, is the preeminent fine-art fair. The present catalogue represents approximately two hundred leading dealers (including Agnew, Colnaghi, Finer, Tenschert), exhibiting works by Botero, Boudin, Bruegel, Cranach, De Kooning, Duerer, Fantin-Latour, Gabo, Giacommetti, Hockney, Homer, Hundertwasser, Leger, Lichtenstein, Lipschitz, Magritte, Matisse, Millet, Miro, Picabia, Picasso, Pissarro, Rembrandt, Renoir, Rubens, Sergent, Stella, Van Dongen, Villon, Vlaminck, Vuillard, Warhol, and others. -- In 12s and 8s (310 x 243 mm): Pp [1-3] 4-534 [535-536 blank]. Numerous color illustrations. Color-pictorial wrappers. A lavish production. -- OCLC 50490771 (OSU only). -- A fine copy. .