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1715 Biographical Dictionary. Eloges des Hommes Savans by Tessier. 2V in French Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Description: Les Eloges des Hommes Savans tirez de l'Histoire de M. de Thou avec des Des additions contenant l'Abrégé de leur Vie, le Jugement & le Catalogue de leurs Ouvrages (The Eulogies of the Learned Men: drawn from the history of M. de Thou with additions containing the abridgment of their life, the judgment and catalog of their works.) par Antoine Teissier 4e éd. rev., corr. & augmentée, outre un très-grand nombre de nouvelles remarques, d'un quatriême tome Tome Premier & Tome Second Theodore Haak, Leyde, 1715. 4th expanded edition. Two volumes of four. Hard Covers. Full-leather over boards with ribbed spines, 12mos, gilt spine titles and decoration, engraved illustrations on title pages. Tome 1: [36], 411, 20 pages; tome 2: 474, [5] pages. In French. Biographies in these volumes include those of Michelangelo, John Calvin, Melanchton, Erasmus, Jean Grollier, Michel de L’Hopital, Guillaume Rondelet, Kyriaque Strozzi, Vesalius, Sebastian Munster, George Agricola, Pierre Bembo, Robert Estienne, Angelo Politio, Cesar Scaliger, etc., etc. The 4th edition of Teissier's work based on Jacques-Auguste de Thou's Histoire, edited to render the biographies of learned men scattered through de Thou's work more accessible by uniting them in single corpus and to facilitate their consulation by translating them into French. Since de Thou's obituary notices are extremely short, Teissier states in his avertissement that he has added material, both biographical and critical, listing the chief works of each man and correcting de Thou's own words in certain cases. He used Pierre du Ryer' translation for those biographies taken from Books 1-57, correcting that translation by comparison with the Latin when there was need. He has clearly indicated in his edition where he ceased to use du Ryer's version and began his own. [The Works of Jacques-Auguste de Thou by S, Kinser] An unaltered second edition was at Lyon, while a third was augmented and issued at Utrecht in 1696, and reprinted the following year. A Berlin edition was published in three volumes in 1701. The 4th edition was published in 1715. CONDITION: Good. (Covered have moderate edge and corner wear, rubbing and soil. Front blank endpapers are missing. Age tanning of paper. Unmarked and intact Contents with light to moderate foxing. Tight bindings.) Check our other auctions and store listings for additional unusual items. ( Click here to view all of our auctions ) Shipping and Payment Information Shipping : DOMESTIC Domestic Media Mail shipping, including Delivery Confirmation and Insurance, is standard. This applies to any address in the US and Puerto Rico, as well as to APO addresses. Media Mail, available only for domestic shipping, is trucked to its destination, and shipped by boat to Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, On the average it takes 3 to 10 days to arrive, depending on the distance and the vagaries of the US Postal Service. Shipments to Alaska, Hawaii, APO and other off-shore addresses take longer to arrive. During the pre-Christmas season, Media Mail is subject to delays. When filling out the Ebay Detailed Seller Ratings, please keep in mind that the sometime slow arrival is due to the performance of the Postal Service and not to any tardiness on the part of the seller. For expedited domestic mailing, Priority Mail shipping can be arranged at an additional cost. For most books, we charge between two and nine dollars for this service, including delivery confirmation and insurance. For heavy sets or high-value books, the charge may be higher. INTERNATIONAL For international shipping, we urge bidders to request quotes of shipping costs before bidding. We will also specify international shipping options and prices after the conclusion of the auction. We will try to provide a range of options but buyers should be aware that all shipments are via air mail and shipping of heavy books can be expensive. COMBINED SHIPPING For international transactions, combined shipping of multiple lots can substantially reduce postage. This is especially the case for M-Bag shipments of up to 11 lbs and for multiple volumes that will fit into a single Priority Mail flat rate box. For the above options, the postage rate is fixed independently of the weight. INSURANCE All of our domestic shipments are fully insured. Payment : No credit cards except through PayPal. Paypal payments should be in US Dollars but Euros are also acceptable if prior agreement is obtained. As of October 2008, Ebay is imposing the requirement that all payments be made via Paypal. We understand that this requirement may be a problem to some of our customers and we will do our best to accommodate their needs. inkfrog terapeak