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BAYLE, P. Dictionaire historique et critique par Mr. Pierre Bayle. Quatrieme edition, revue, corrigée, et augmentée. Avec la vie de l'auteur, par Mr. Des Maizeaux. A Amsterdam, Chez P. Brunel etc., Leide, Chez Samuel Luchtmans, 1730. With title vignettes in all 4volumes, title-pages printed in red and black. 4 volumes. (14), cxvi, 719, (1 blank) pp.; (4), 915, (1 blank) pp.; (4), 831, (1 blank) pp.; (4) 804 pp. Folio. Contemporary calf with raised bands, spines gilt with modern labels (top of spines of volumes ii and iv repaired, back joint of volume i split, somewhat rubbed in general but decent, solid copy). Mori, Bayle Philosophe, p. 353; cf.: Peignot i, p. 20; Brunet 1, 712; INED 323; PMM 155 (for the first edition); En Français dans le Texte, 129. 'La cinquième édition (1730) et la huitième (1740), publiées en Hollande, qui s'intitulent respectivement quatrième et cinquième édition --parce que leur numération exclut les éditions pirates faites à Genève (1715), à Trévoux (1734) et à Bâle (1738)-- sont les meilleures, et quant au texte, et quant à la clarté et à la beauté de la typographie' (Elisabeth Labrousse, Pierre Bayle et l'instrument critique (Paris, Seghers 1965), p. 183. This edition contains for the first time the well known life of Bayle by his friend and London correpondent Desmaiseaux, an earlier draft of which had been published in an English translation in 1708 (see Labrousse, Pierre Bayle, vol. i, p. 1). It further consists of additional material discovered after the death of Bayle which makes this edition searched for (Peignot). The articles added in the 1720 edition are incorporated here at their place in the alphabetical order. The 'remarques critiques' follow the articles they relate to. The article David is present in the abridged version as well as integral at the end of volume 2. 'For over half a century, until the publication of the Encyclopédie, Bayle's Dictionnaire dominated enlightened thinking in every part of Europe' (PMM). EUR 2500
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HAAG, EUG. & EM., La France protestante, ou Vies des protestants français qui se sont fait un nom dans l'histoire depuis les premiers temps de la Réformation jusqu'à la reconnaissance du principe de la liberté des cultes par l'Assemblée nationale. Paris, Joël Cherbuliez, 1846 -1858. 10 volumes. - (Followed by:) HAAG, Eug. & Em. La France protestante. Deuxième édition ..... sous la direction de H. Bordier. Paris, Sandoz et Fischbacher, 1877-1888. 6 volumes. Together 16 volumes. 8vo. Vols 1-10 contemporary half calf, (rubbed), marbled boards, vols 11-16 contemporary half cloth, marbled boards. Winchell AJ129 (with erroneous comment); not in Besterman. Original editions. - Somewhat paperspotted. The second edition covers the letters A-Gasparin only and was never completed. For this part of the alphabet these 6 additional volumes form an indispensable supplement to the first edition. Vol. 10 of the first edition contains 'pièces justificatives' and contain the texts of edicts, laws, and other source materials relating to Protestantism in France. EUR 1800
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HELLERSBERG, DR. Soziologie, soziale Frage, Socialismus, Anarchismus. Katalog 17. Charlottenburg, Hellersberg, (c.1928). 104, (8) pp. 8vo. Contemporary orange half cloth, marbled boards, corners, brown morcco label with gilt lettering, original covers preserved. Interesting catalogue containing 2135 priced items offered for sale by Antiquariat & Verlag Dr. Hellersberg. Subdivision of the catalogue: I. Philosophie der Geschichte - Soziologie; II. Soziale Frage - Sozialpolitik; III. Sozialismus und Anarchismus bis zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts; IV. Sozialismus und Anarchismus im 19. Jahrhunderts. EUR 100
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LINDSAY, R.O. & J. NEU (COMPILERS). French Political Pamphlets 1547-1648. A Catalog of Major Collections in American Libraries. Madison, Milwaukee, London, University of Wisconsin Press, 1969 xii, 510 pp. Large 8vo. Cloth with dustwrapper. Important bibliography listing nearly 6800 pamphlets with their locations. Entries are arranged chronologically, then alphabetically by the author. Includes title-page information and collation. EUR 75
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PRAGER, R.L. Marx, Engels, Lasalle. Ihre Schriften und Ideen. Erster Teil. Katalog 215. Berlin, Prager, 1924. 62, (2), xii pp. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, briddle and lightly damaged.With an essay by Gustav Mayer on Marx's stay in Berlin, and an introduction by Ernst Drahn who was partly responsible for the cataloguing. EUR 100
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PRAGER, R.L. Zur sozialen und wirtschaflichen Entwicklung. Katalog 213/14. Erster Teil eines Jubiläumskatalog aus Anlass des 50 jährigen Geschäftsbestehens herausgegeben von R.L. Prager. Berlin, Prager, 1922. (4), 167, (3) pp. 8vo. Brown half cloth, corners, marbled boards, paper label, original wrappers preserved. All published. Contains 5612 priced items.The firm of R.L. Prager was founded by Robert L. Prager (1843-1918) and continued by his son Werner. "Deralte Prager" soon became one of the first, and foremost, specialists in political science, both as a bookseller and publisher. He was one of Martin breslauer's admired teachers and friends for whom Berslauer worked as a young man for a year in 1891 (see "Erinnerungen eines Antiquars", in Festschrift Zobeltitz, 1927, q.v.). This, todya amazing, catalogue of almost 6000 items, has a historical introduction by K. Zielenziger. Catalogue inscribed by W. Prager to M. Breslauer. EUR 125
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