Old Books from the 1700's

[mojjax]

Got these today - they are all French - 1711 , 1736 , 2 from 1752 & one from 1767 , all in amazing condition . Not sure what they are about , all once owned by the same person .

 

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[mojjax]

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[captain flintlock]

Those are killer finds! Old books like that in this area go for a premium. Well done! Just out of curiosity, how much were they?

 

[GoDeep]

I like the signature on the one, does that read 1815?

 

[mojjax]

I have to figure it out - made a pile - 30 or forty items - I paid $20.00 , still have more stuff to post . I guess they were less than a dollar each .

 

[ARC]

Stellar.

Well done Mo.

 

[randazzo1]

Those are awesome

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Definitely be gentle and take your time doing research.
This site won't help you on the values, but still might be useful.

https://archive.org/search.php?query

Man, would I love just smelling all that old musty history coming off those finds!
Kudos
Carl

 

[Red-Coat]

That's a great collection of interesting old books but, sadly, age doesn't determine value, although you certainly made a score. I take it you don't speak french. For the ones you have shown:

‘Les Conseils de la Sagesse ou le Recueil des Maximes de Salomon les plus Nécessaires à L'homme pour se Conduire Sagement' (the advice of wisdom or the collection of the maxims of Solomon most necessary for man to behave wisely) is a moralistic religious companion by the Jesuit priest Michel Boutauld.

‘La Laideur Aimable, et les Dangers de la Beauté’ (Amiable ugliness and the dangers of beauty) is a sentimental novel exploring parental love and the shallowness of looks versus personality in relation to the romantic experiences of a beautiful elder daughter and her ugly younger sister. It was later translated into English as ‘Agreeable Ugliness’ by Sarah Scott (1754). The original author (Pierre Antoine de La Place) is best known for the first French translation of ‘Tom Jones’ and of many plays… notably those of Shakespeare.

‘L’Office Complét du Paroissen Suivant le Bréviaire de Paris et Celui de Rome’ (the complete parishioner’s guide according to the breviary of Paris and that of Rome) is a Catholic liturgical book. Also known as the ‘liturgy of the hours’, it details the Catholic daily service for the divine office and the official prayers of the church consisting of psalms, readings, and hymns that are recited at particular hours of the day.

‘Traite de Physique et de Chirurgie ou L’On Expliqué’ is a treatise on anatomy, physiology and surgery by the physician Jean Fontrailles.

 

[tamrock]

That's a nice find. Amazing that things like that survive all the years they did.

 

[trdking]

There is a book expert at ha.com that would be happy to look at your offerings. They are tough to research so it always helps to have someone who specializes. They can also offer them for sale for you if you need to make them go away. I have used them with great success Very nice score for less than a buckapiece

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Love the old books, nice job on the purchase!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Those are some great looking old books. Sounds like you did very well on the prices paid.

 

[MalteseFalcon]

Those are the sort of books you see in movies where book collectors are striving to find musty old volumes penned by Satan, lol.

 

[Siwash]

I'm into publishing, so of course I find these gorgeous irrespective of price. Just beautiful.

 

[Keith Jackson]

I saw a number of older books a while back at a thrift sale, not near as old as yours though. I grabbed a couple including one dealing with the "new" income tax that was being implemented. The sad thing is that most of the books came from the local college library and as such they all had Dewey Decimal numbers on the spines in white pen. My father used to collect older books when I was young, but he had to stop because the mildew and dust from them were causing him problems with his asthma. I was able to get a few books of what he had left from him before he passed away in January, one of which is a book of poems from 1922 that was signed by the author. It isn't worth much of anything but I really like it.

 

[Siwash]

I worked for a time with a university library accession of old books, some incunabula there, too.

Of course, these had fantastic bookpaper, dark black ink printing with impression, great old design.

Age isn't the factor in determining price. I'm surprised at how affordable 500 year old books can be.

 

[MalteseFalcon]

I agree.