ANTIQUE & MODERN BOOKS
Thursday 20 February 2020 at 14:00
Salle 15 - Hôtel Drouot, 9, rue Drouot, 75009 Paris
338 lots
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50 - MARINE BOURDE DE LA VILLEHUET (Jacques-Pierre) The Manoeuvrer, or Essay on the Theory and Practice of Ship Movement and Naval Evolution. With intaglio figures Paris, H. L. Guérin & L. F. Delatour, 1765, in-8, XXXIII-407 pp., with 8 folding plates, marbled fawn calf, spine with nerves cloisonné and fleuronné, red title piece, simple cold fillet on the plates, simple gilt fillet on the cups, red edges (period binding). Scrubbed cuts.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
51 - BOURGEOIS (Constant) Collection of picturesque views and factories of Italy, drawn from nature, and published by C. Bourgeois, painter. Paris, chez l'auteur, Basset, s.d., (1804-1806), in-folio, 96 engraved plates after Bourgeois, most of them showing two views, green half-basane, smooth spine decorated with gold garlands and fleurons, vellum corners, yellow edges, preserved delivery cover (contemporary binding). Upper cap and damaged corners. It is extremely rare to meet, as here, this com
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
52 - BOURRIT (Marc-Theodore) New description of the glaciers, ice valleys and glaciers that form the great chain of the Savoy Alps, Switzerland, Italy. New, revised and expanded edition Genève, Barde, Manget, 1787, 3 volumes in 2 vols. in-8, frontispiece, 4 plates, folding card, 4 + 4 plates, stony brown calf, smooth decorated spine, marbled edges (rel. of the period). Epiderminations on the back of volume 2 and on the plates of both volumes. Little missing from the lower cap of volume 1. Qqs clea
Estimate €500 - €600 -
53 - BRETAIGNE (François de) Le Roy mineur, or Panegyric on the person and education of Louis XIV Dieu-donné, King of France and Navarre, dedicated to Monseigneur le Mareschal de Villeroy Paris, Jean Hénault, 1651, petit in-4, [7] ff. n. ch., 180 pp., a ff. n. ch. of privilege, lacks the frontispiece, half a Havana morocco with corners, spine with ribs decorated with golden dotted lines, richly floral boxes in the inter-nerves, simple golden fillet on the dishes, golden slices (Pagnant). Nice co
Estimate €600 - €800 -
54 - BRÖNDSTED (Peter Oluf) The Bronzes of Siris now in the British Museum. An archaeological essay London, W. Nicol, 1836, large folio, [4]-52-[4] pp., with 2 vignettes and 5 serpentine plates, green half calf, smooth spine with gilt filets and garlands at the head and tail, corners in green wove paper (contemporary binding). A few dish scrubs. Good copy.
Estimate €120 - €150 -
55 - BRUSSELS Description of the city of Brussels Brussels, George Fricx, 1743, in-12, [3] ff. n. ch. (engraved title, dedication to Charles-Alexandre de Lorraine), 232 pp., one f. n. ch. d'errata, marbled fawn calf, spine ribbed, spine partitioned and floral, title piece, simple cold fillet on covers, simple gilt fillet on cuts, red edges (contemporary binding). Good copy. First edition of this guide to the capital of the Austrian Netherlands, curiously printed without iconography or map. Copy of
Estimate €200 - €300 -
56 - BUDÉ (Guillaume) De Asse et / partibus eius libri quinq[ue} Paris], in typographia Ascensiana [Josse Baden], January 1527, in-folio, [8] ff. n. ch. (rubriced title in a beautiful engraved frame with large vignette by Josse Baden, preface, table), CCVIII ff.., signatures at, then a-z, and A-C, one unencumbered leaf of errata, and one blank leaf, fully set text, brown calf on wooden ais, cold embossed spine, large plates of cold stamping on the covers, traces of old side clasps (period binding)
Estimate €600 - €800 -
57 - CAFFIAUX (Philippe-Joseph) Genealogical treasure trove, or Extracts of old titles concerning houses & families in France & the surrounding area, known in 1400 or earlier; in alphabetical, chronological & genealogical order. Dedicated to the Queen. Volume One [only published] Paris, Philippe-Denys Pierres, 1777, fort vol. in-4, LXIV-736 pp., red half-chevrrette with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, full arms (rel. of the early 19th c.). Freckles, past light back, sqs spots on
Estimate €200 - €300 -
58 - CALLOT (Jacques) Deadly sins S.l., s.d., (18th c.), in-4, 13 engraved plates, half-brown basane with corners, smooth spine, double cold fillet on plates (rel. of 19th c.). Very badly damaged back. Album presenting 13 18th century prints of etchings by Jacques Callot, almost all with 8 x 6 cm basins, 5 of which are signed. It's a coherent whole, plus isolated scenes.
Estimate €300 - €400 -
59 - CAMBRY (Jacques) Trip to Finistère. Or the state of this department in 1794. Accompanied by : Historical, archaeological, physical and flora and fauna notes of the department, by M. le Chevallier de Fréminville Brest, J.-B. Lefournier, 1836, in-8, XIII-479-[1] pp., bradel papier vert amande, premier plat de couv. cons. (lining) (posterior rel.) Second edition, published without the plates.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
60 - CAMPENON (Vincent) Essays on the life, character and writings of J.-F. Ducis, addressed to M. Odogharty de La Tour. Paris, Nepveu, 1824, in-8, [4]-III-437 pp.., with a serpentine frontispiece, long-grain aubergine morocco, back with false nerves decorated with fillets, garlands and large golden fleur-de-lys, cold garland framing, single golden fillet and garland with fleurs-de-lis in spandrels on the plates, cold roulette with arms framing in the centre, golden edges, inner lace, endpapers lin
Estimate €1,200 - €1,500 -
61 - CAMPION (Alexandre de) A collection of letters that can be used for history. And various poems. Rouen, at the expense of the author, by Laurent Maurry, 1657, in-8, [4] ff. n. ch. (title, dedication to the Countess de Fiesque), 302 pp., a virgin f., green morocco, spine ribbed richly partitioned and decorated, triple gilt fillet frame on the plates, double gilt fillet on the cups, gilt edges on marbling, large inner garland (Capé). Very rare original edition.
Estimate €600 - €800 -
62 - CARICATURE - COINDRE (Victor) Illustrated Pamphlets Paris, Imprimerie Balitout, Questroy et Compagnie, n.d., 3 issues in one vol. small square folio, [6] ff. n. ch., text on two columns, with color illustrations in the text, [37] ff. blank soft card stock, red gridded half cloth, smooth spine, black title piece (modern binding). Good copy. Complete continuation of this mini-periodical which does not seem to have exceeded three issues, and which was published after Sedan.
Estimate €150 - €250 -
63 - CARICATURES - The Fun Century. Men of the Century Museum Brussels, E. Lyon-Claesen, n.d., (ca. 1890), folio, illustrated title and 22 coloured plates by Amand, bound under red paper cover inserted in a drawing board Missing back, covers faded. Rare series of rather realistic, and never grotesque, caricatures by the Belgian cartoonist Amand.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
64 - CHAILLAND (Bonaventure) Dictionnaire raisonné des Eaux et Forêts. I. Volume One; composed of old & new ordinances; - II. Second volume; containing edicts, declarations, decrees of the Council and other sovereign courts, regulations, decisions, etc.., Paris, Ganeau, Knapen, 1769, 2 forts vol. in-4, marbled fawn calf, spine with decorated ribs, red edges (contemporary binding). Good copy First edition of this great collection, essentially legal, on the important subject of Water & Forests.
Estimate €400 - €500 -
65 - CONSTANT DE REBECQUE (Benjamin) and François-René de CHATEAUBRIAND Various political pamphlets Paris, 1797-1824, 15 pieces in 2 vols. in-8. Red half-basane, smooth spines decorated with gold fillets, marbled edges (period binding). Partially scorched pages on the fly. I, but nice copy. A curious collection that brings together ideologically opposed political pamphlets, as if one wanted to draw a parallel between two personalities, first five from Benjamin Constant, a liberal leader (volume
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
66 - REBECCA CONSTANT (Benjamin) Complete collection of published works on representative government and the current Constitution of France, forming a kind of constitutional policy court. Paris, P. Plancher [then:] Béchet, Rouen, Béchet fils, 1818-1820, 8 parts in 4 vols. in-8, bradel blue paper, gilt filets on spine (contemporary binding). Stamps from a foreign library, small restoration in the margins of the last leaves of the fourth volume, without damage to the text, freckles. Good copy. Fir
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
67 - REBECCA CONSTANT (Benjamin) Of Religion, considered in its source, forms and developments [With:] Speech to the Chamber of Deputies [And:] Of Roman Polytheism, considered in its relationship with Greek philosophy and the Christian religion; posthumous work. Paris, Bossange père, Bossange frères, Treuttel et Würtz, Rey et Gravier, Renouard, 1824-1833, 3 titles in 9 vol. in-8. Red half calf with corners, spine ribbed with triple gilt fillet, gilt garlands and fleurons or cathedral decorations
Estimate €500 - €600 -
68 - PUBLIC CONSTRUCTIONS La Società Veneta per imprese e costruzioni pubbliche. I. 1872-1881. - II. 1883 Bassano, tipo-litografia Antonio Roberti, 1881-1885, 2 vols. in-4.The text is on two columns, with a portrait-frontispiece under a snake (Vincenzo Stefano Breda), figures in the text and 91 plates and cards, most of them double-page, red calf, smooth spines decorated and mute, very rich framing of fillets and gilt garlands on the plates, large plate with floral mosaic decoration in the centre
Estimate €800 - €1,200 -
69 - COURET DE VILLENEUVE (Martin) and Laurent-Pierre BERENGER The Treasure of Parnassus, or The Prettiest of Collections London, s.n., 1762-1770, 6 volumes in-12. Old red morocco, smooth cloisonné and floral spines, fawn and havana title and tomaison pieces, triple gilt fillet on the covers, single gilt fillet on the cups, gilt edges, inside garland (period binding). First edition of this enlightened compilation of the most successful contemporary fugitive works by the poets in vogue (Voltaire,
Estimate €500 - €600 -
70 - COXE (William) Letters to Mr. W. Melmoth, on the political, civil and natural state of Switzerland. Translated from English and augmented with Observations made in the same country by the translator. Paris, Belin, 1781, 2 vol. in-8, brown speckled calf, smooth back, gilt filets (contemporary rel.). Little missing from the cap of volume 1. Good copy. First French translation by Ramond de Carbonnières.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
71 - CRAVEN (Richard Keppel) A Tour through the southern provinces of the Kingdom of Naples London, Rodwell and Martin, 1821, in-4, havana half calf, smooth spine filleted and gilt, slices speckled (slightly raised). Freckles, small epidermal abrasions on the back, but good copy. With 14 plates engraved off-text (including a map, and 13 views under snakes)
Estimate €200 - €300 -
72 - CREBILLON (Prosper Jolyot de) Works by Crébillon, edition decorated with figures drawn by Peyron, and engraved under his direction. Paris, Maillard [Imprimerie de Didot jeune], year V - 1797, 2 vol. in-8, 10 plates engraved by J.-J. Hubert, L. Petit, N. Thomas, Patas, Ph. Trière, P. Baquoy, etc.., according to Peyron, including a frontispiece, red morocco, smooth spines decorated with gold garlands, urns and geometric gilded seedlings, green title and tomaison pieces, simple gold fillet and
Estimate €400 - €600 -
73 - CRILLON (Thomas de Berton de) La Voye de laict, or The Path of the Heroes to the Palace of Glory. Opened at the triumphant entry of Louys XIII Roy of France & Navarre into the city of Avignon on November 16, 1622. Avignon, Imprimerie de I. Bramereau, 1623, in-4, [6] ff. n. ch. (engraved title-frontispiece, title, dedication to Louis XIII), 278 pp., inversion of the C and D sections, without missing, with 8 plates engraved with etching by the Portuguese engraver Luiz Palma, missing the portrait
Estimate €1,000 - €1,200 -
74 - CROZET (Félix) Topographical, historical and statistical description of the cantons making up the department of Isère, and of the communes that depend on them. I. District of Grenoble. - II. Boroughs of Vienne, La Tour-du-Pin and Saint-Marcellin Grenoble, Prudhomme, Xavier Drevet, 1869-1870, 42 parts in 2 vols. in-8, multiple pagination, text on two columns, with 44 views and folding maps, bound under printed covers.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
75 - CULLEN BRYANT (William) and Bénédict-Henry RÉVOIL United States and Canada. Picturesque North America Paris, A. Quantin, G. Decaux, 1880, 779 pp., nbses ill. in-t. and a full-page colour map. Half caramel-coloured, ribbed backs underlined with cold-pushed fillets. (modern binding).
Estimate €100 - €120 -
76 - CURIOSA - MIRABEAU (Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti de) Erotika biblion. Second Edition Paris, Le Jay, 1792, in-8, [2]-176 pp., semi-percaline green green with corners, smooth decorated spine (Champs-Stroobants). Precious copy that belonged to Léon Gambetta
Estimate €120 - €150 -
77 - CUSTINE (Robert de) The Bourbons of Göritz and the Bourbons of Spain Paris, Ladvocat, 1839, in-8, 336 pp. Only French edition of this legitimist manifesto Palau 66580
Estimate €120 - €150 -
78 - DAMIRON (Charles) The Artistic faience of Moustiers (The Artistic faiences of Moustiers). Translated by Pierre M. and Dominique Damiron Paris, Léonce Laget, 1976, 2 parts in one vol. in-4, French text, then English translation following one another, with black and coloured headline vignettes, and 86 plates with 467 figures in black or in colour, each captioned with a facing page, blue half-bleed, spine ribbed, speckled head, cover and spine preserved (modern binding). Insolated back, but good
Estimate €100 - €120 -
79 - DAURADE Statutes and privileges of the Brotherhood of the Tolosans, erected in the Church of the Bream in honour of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mother of God. Toulouse, G. Robert, 1716, in-12, [252] pp. badly numbered 171, with an engraved frontispiece, red morocco, spine with nerves cloisonné, triple gilt fillet on the plates, simple gilt fillet on the cups, gilt edges, inner lace (rel. of the 19th c.).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
80 - DELVINCOURT (Claude-Etienne) Civil code course. Work divided into two parts, one of which contains the fourth edition of the Institutes of French Civil Law, by the same author, revised and corrected by him; and the other, the second edition, also revised, corrected and considerably enlarged, of the Notes and Explanations on the said Institutes. Paris, at the author's; Fournier jeune, 1819, 3 forts vol. in-4, index, half calf (blond), spine ribbed and gilt fillets, red and green title and tomai
Estimate €120 - €150 -
81 - DESMARETS DE SAINT-SORLIN (Jean) Delights of the mind. Dialogues dedicated to the beautiful spirits of the world. Divide into four parts Paris, Florentin Lambert, 1659, 5 parts in one vol. in folio, Havana calf, spine with decorated ribbed partitions, crowned lion repeated in the center of the boxes, green title piece, triple fillet and cold garland on the plates, red speckled edges, gilt inside garland (19th c. binding) With 15 plates engraved by François Chauveau. The original 1659 editi
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
82 - DIDEROT (Denis) Philosophical and literary pamphlets, most of them posthumous or unpublished Paris, Imprimerie de Chevet; P.-Fr. Aubin, 1796, in-12, red half-basane, smooth spine decorated with triple golden fillets, speckled edges (19th century rel.) First edition of this collection which contains the first edition of two great texts by Diderot: Le Supplément au Voyage de Bougainville and L'Entretien d'un philosophe. Also noteworthy are the following plays: "Réflexions sur le bonheur", b
Estimate €500 - €600 -
83 - DIDOT (Pierre) Specimen of the new typefaces from the foundry and printing works of P. Didot the elder, (...) dedicated to Jules Didot, son, (...) Paris, P. Didot l'aîné, and Jules Didot fils, 1819, grand in-8, [39] ff. n. ch., texts in a double black frame, Bradel paperboard of cream paper, smooth spine decorated with gilt filets, gilt title (publisher's binding). Ex-dono of the author opposite the title Bel exemplaire grand de marges remained as published.
Estimate €400 - €500 -
84 - DIJON Relation of the celebrations made in Dijon, for the birth of Monseigneur le Dauphin. Dijon, Imprimerie de J. Sirot, 1729, in-4, 48 pp., half calfskin with corners, smooth spine decorated with fillets, dotted lines and gilt fleurons, green title coin (19th century rel.)
Estimate €100 - €120 -
85 - AREAS Collection of edicts, declarations, decrees and regulations concerning the general farm of the Domaines de France. In which are included the privileges & exemptions of the management clerks of the said Farm Paris, Robert Ballard, 1672, in-4, brown basane, spine ribbed and fleurdelisé, edges speckled with red (contemporary binding). Rare composite collection for the use of the administration of the domains, which was published in 1671, 1672, 1675 and 1676.
Estimate €400 - €500 -
86 - DOMENECH (Emmanuel-Henri-Dieudonné) Picturesque journey to the great deserts of the New World Paris, Morizot, s.d., (1862), gr. in-8, [2]-608-[2] pp., title vignette, 40 plates in colour or on tinted ground, red percaline, black frames on the plates, gilt edges (publisher's binding). Faded binding
Estimate €120 - €150 -
87 - DRALET (Etienne-François) Forest Regime Treaty, or Methodical and reasoned analysis of rulings, regulations, decisions, instructions and circulars, concerning the organization of forest officers and employees, and the administrative part of their functions; followed by model statements, minutes and other acts. A work introducing the Treaty on Offences and Penalties and Procedures in the Field of Water and Forests, and supplementing the General Code of Forests, Hunting and Fishing. Paris, Arth
Estimate €150 - €200 -
88 - DU BELLAY - VIRGILE and Joachim DU BELLAY Two books of Virgil's Aeneid, the fourth and sixth, translated into Francis by I. Du Bellay, a gentleman from Angevin. With other translations contained in the following page, proofread & corrected again Paris, Imprimerie de Fédéric Morel, 1569, petit in-8, 88 ff, signed. A-L, all in 8, Bradel blue paperboard, smooth spine, fawn title coin, gilt edges (19th c. rel.) Collective edition
Estimate €400 - €500 -
89 - DU CHATELLIER (Armand) Statistical research on the department of Finistère. Work undertaken under the auspices of the General Council, and published by the Société d'émulation de Quimper Nantes, Imprimerie de Mellinet, May 1835, in-4, [4]-94-[6] pp., brick calf, smooth spine decorated along the spine with gilt fillets and dots, romantic frame with wide gilt fillets, cold garland and geometrical plate with gilt fillets and dots on the covers, gilt edges, inside lace, endpapers with white em
Estimate €300 - €400 -
90 - NORMANDIE [DU CHESNE (André) Historiae Normannorum scriptores antiqui, res ab illis per Galliam, Angliam, Apuliam, Capuae principatum, Siciliam, & Orientem gestas explicantes, ab anno Christi DCCCXXXVIII as annum MCCXX Paris, 1619, fort vol. in-folio, [6] ff. n. ch. (title, dedication to the clergy of Rouen, preface, relay title), 1104 pp., [8] ff. n. ch. of index and colophon, red morocco, spine ribbed, cloisonné and fleuronné, triple gilt fillet on the plates, coat of arms in the center,
Estimate €4,000 - €5,000 -
91 - NORMANDY - DU PLESSIS (All Saints' Day) Geographical and historical description of Upper Normandy, divided into two parts. The first includes the Pais de Caux; and the second the Vexin Paris, Nyon, 1740, 2 forts vol. in-4 squares, two large folding maps out of text, green half-marquin with corners, spine with nerves cloisonné and floral imitation, double gilt fillet on covers, gilt head edges, other edges speckled (19th century binding). Nice copy. First edition of this book
Estimate €400 - €600 -
92 - DU CHESNE Police Code, or Analysis of Police Regulations, divided into twelve titles. By Mr. D***, former King's Counsellor, Lieutenant General of Police of the city of ... en Champagne Paris, Prault père, 1767, 2 vols. in-12 marbled fawn basane, spine with ribbed partitions and floral bands, red edges (contemporary binding).
Estimate €150 - €200 -
93 - DU FOUSTEAU (Antoine) The Curious Singularity of France Vendôme, François de La Saugère, 1631, in-16, title, 216 pp., a f. n. ch. of privilege, missing the 12 introductory pp. of poems, rigid vellum, smooth spine (binding of the period). Very rare first edition
Estimate €150 - €200 -
94 - FROM THE MEGE (Alexandre) General statistics of the Pyrenean departments, or of the provinces of Guienne and Languedoc. Paris, Treuttel and Würtz, 1828-1829, 2 vols. in-8, folding map, half calf with blond edges, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt fillets and garlands, red head, covers preserved (spine binding). Freckles. Rare and sought-after original edition, very complete map.
Estimate €400 - €500 -
95 - DU TILLET (Jean) The Memoirs and Research of Jean Du Tillet, Clerk of the Court of Parliament in Paris. Contains many memorable things for the intelligence of the French business community. Rouen, Philippe de Tours, 1578, in-folio, marbled fawn calf, spine with nerves cloisonné and fleuronné, title piece, speckled edges (rel. early 18th century). Copy of the Prunier de Saint-André family
Estimate €500 - €600 -
96 - DU TRONCHET (Etienne) Missive and familiar letters (...). With the Monologue of Divine Providence, to the people of Francis. To Monsieur le maréchal de Retz, Governor for the King in Provence, & Captain of one hundred men-at-arms of His Majesty's ordinances. Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1587, strong vol. in-8, red morocco, spine ribbed and decorated with double cold-case, gilt fleurons in the inter-nerves, double cold-filleted frames on the plates, gilt rosette pushed in the center of the plates,
Estimate €600 - €800 -
97 - DU VAIR (Guillaume) Collect the harangues and traictez of Sr Du Vair, according to the order contained in the following page. Paris, Abel Langelier, 1606, strong vol. in-8, soft calfskin, smooth spine (modern binding). First edition. Linked to the suite: DU VAIR. French eloquence. Paris, Abel Langelier, 1607
Estimate €300 - €400 -
98 - DU VAL (Vincent) The Funeral, or Eulogies of Jule Mazarini, Cardinal, Duke, and Prime Minister. To Monsignor Duke Mazarini, Pair, & Grand Master of the Artillery of France. Heroic poem Paris, Sébastien Martin, 1665 [for 1664], in-folio, [78] pp. mis-encrypted 76 (there is a jump from 29 to 28, without missing), signatures A-K (all in 4, except the last one in two), an un-encrypted page of privilege, with an allegorical frontispiece by François Chauveau, and a portrait engraved by Nanteuil, b
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
99 - DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU (Henri-Louis) The Exploitation of Woods, or Ways of Making Advantageous Use of Coppice, Half-Firestocks and High-Firestocks, and of Making a Fair Estimate of them: with a description of the arts practised in the forests: part of the Complete Wood & Forest Treaty. Work enriched with intaglio figures Paris, H.-L. Guérin & L.-F. Delatour, 1764, 2 volumes in-4, posterior fawn half-basane, spine with decorated nerves (19th century binding). Back's over. First Edition
Estimate €400 - €500
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