ANTIQUE & MODERN BOOKS
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338 lots
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249 - MILLIN (Aubin-Louis) Travel in the departments of the South of France In Paris, from the Imprimerie impériale, 1807-1811, 4 volumes in 5 vols. in-8 and 1 atlas in-4, 82 plates, three of which are hand-coloured (pl. XIII; XXV; LII), bradel cartonnage, fawn paper, spine decorated with gilt fillets (contemporary binding). Rare first edition of this important survey, both archaeological and folklore, which in fact covers most of France from Burgundy to the Orléans, and follows the journey made
Estimate €300 - €400 -
250 - MILLIN (Aubin-Louis) Trip to Savoy, Piedmont, Nice, and Genoa [With:] Trip to Milan, Piacenza, Parma, Modena, Mantua, Cremona, and several other cities of ancient Lombardy Paris, C. Wassermann, 1816-1817, 2 titles in 4 vol. in-8, with 4 different title vignettes, blond half-basane scaly, spine with nerves cloisonné and floral imitation, title and tomaison pieces, red heads, blue paper waiting cover preserved (20th century rel.). Copy of the viscount de Noailles with his ex-libris
Estimate €400 - €500 -
251 - MIRABEAU (Victor Riqueti de) L'Ami des Hommes, or Traité de la population (People's Treaty) In Hamburg, by Chrétien Hérold, 1764-1760, 8 parts in 6 vol. in-12, fawn calf, smooth spine decorated, red edges (contemporary binding) New edition published after Mirabeau's adherence to the physiocratic doctrine. Volumes 1 to 3 are dated 1764 with the mention of the fifth edition; volume 4 dated 1760 with the mention of the sixth edition; volume 5 dated 1762; volume 6 dated 1762. The six economi
Estimate €250 - €350 -
252 - MONACO - CLEMENT XIV Bull of N.S.P. Pope Clement XIV. Abolishing the Society of the Jesuits, translated into French with Latin next to it, by M. Morenas. Monaco, 1773, in-8, (3)-4-52 pp., text on two columns (Latin and French translation opposite), red chagrined half cloth, smooth mute spine (19th century binding). Very rare Monegasque impression
Estimate €600 - €800 -
253 - MONOD (Pierre) Historical research on the royal alliances of France and Savoy: where are shown [sic] several admirable reports of these two houses, & deduce nineteen alliances, which have been between them up to now. Lyon, Pierre Rigaud, 1621, in-4, [4] ff. n. ch. (title, dedication, table of chapters), 102 pp., one f. n. ch. of privilege, soft calfskin, smooth dumb spine, speckled edges (contemporary binding). Copy of Count Simonetta, with ex-dono manuscript on title page
Estimate €400 - €500 -
254 - MONTESQUIEU (Charles de Secondat de) Of the Spirit of theoix, or the relationship that the loix must have with the constitution of each government, morals, climate, religion, commerce, &c. To which the author has added new research on Roman loix affecting successions, on French loix, & on feudal loix. Genève [Paris], chez Barillot, & Fils, n.d., (1749), 2 vol. in-4, marbled fawn calf, spine ribbed and floral, red title and tomaison pieces, triple cold-filleted frame on covers, double gilt fil
Estimate €1,200 - €1,500 -
255 - MOREAU (Celestine) Bibliography of the Mazarinades. Published for the Société de l'Histoire de France New York, Burt Franklin, n.d., 4 vols. in-8, red cloth (publisher's binding). Reprint of Moreau's monumental bibliography of 4082 mazarinades, to which the four supplements in the fourth volume have been added.
Estimate €100 - €150 -
256 - MOREAU DE JONNES (Alexandre-César) Caucasian ethnogenics. Research on the formation and place of origin of Ethiopian, Chaldean, Syrian, Hindu, Persian, Hebrew, Greek, Celtic, Arab, etc. peoples. Paris-Geneva, Joël Cherbuliez, Amsterdam, Van Bakkenes, 1861, in-8, XXIII-470 pp., with two folding cards "in fine", half-basabe aubergine, smooth spine (period binding).freckles
Estimate €100 - €150 -
257 - MORIN (Jacques) Arms and coats of arms of the knights of the order of the Holy Spirit created by Louys XIII king of France and Navarre À Paris, Chez Pierre Firens, s.d., (1623), in-4, title-frontispiece, [7]-78 ff. of blazons engraved with burin-[1] pp., soft ivory vellum, hand-written title on the spine (rel. of the period). Magnificent work in which are engraved the arms of the knights and commanders of the Order of the Holy Spirit created by Louis XIII during the chapter held in 1619, be
Estimate €1,000 - €1,200 -
258 - MORNAY DE LA VILLETERTRE (René de) La Vie de mademoiselle de Buhy, from the House of Mornay A Paris, Chez Roulland, 1685, in-12, [20]-293 pp., brown speckled calf, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt fleurons (contemporary binding). Handwritten ex-libris
Estimate €100 - €120 -
259 - MUSSON (Pierre) Tragoediae, seu Diversarum gentium et imperiorum magni principes. Dati in theatrum Collegii Regii Henrici Magni La Flèche, Georges Griveau, 1621, in-8, 15 pp., [8] ff. n. ch. (introductory poems), [391] pp. Badly numbered 402 (there is a jump in numbers from 256 to 267, then from 326 to 328, without missing), missing the frontispiece engraved by Picart, fawn morocco, smooth mute spine decorated along the length with a large box with small irons, double gilt fillet frame and la
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
260 - MUZIO (Girolamo) Le Combat de Mutio Iustinopolitain, with the responses of the knights, newly translated from Italian into French by Antoine Chapuis Dauphinois. Lyon, Guillaume Rouillé, 1561, in-4, 458 pp, including the title in a beautiful engraved frame, [7] ff. n. ch. of tables, signed a-z, aa-zz, AA-NN all in 4, morocco tobacco, spine ribbed with fillets and double cold-cased, double cold-cased double fillet frame with interior corner finials on the covers, large cold-cased finial in the
Estimate €1,200 - €1,500 -
261 - NOIROT-BONNET (Louis) Management and exploitation of privately owned forests Dijon, Imprimerie de Bernard-Defay, Paris, Arthus-Bertrand, 1812, in-12, [4]-138 pp., un f. n. ch. de table, demi-basane dos lisse orné tranches mouchetées (rel. de la Restauration). Linked to the following rare books on the same theme: CHEVALIER (Etienne): Restoration and development of forests and private woods Paris, Imprimerie de Delance, 1806, DRALET (Etienne-François): Treatise on the forests of coniferous
Estimate €150 - €200 -
262 - NOVI DE CAVEIRAC (Jean) Apology of Louis XIV and his council, on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. To serve as a response to the Letter of a Patriot on Civil Tolerance of the Protestants of France. With an essay on S-Day. Barthelemi S.l.n.n., 1758, in-8, fawn half-basane, spine ribbed, spine with ribs and fleurné, titleplate, red edges (contemporary binding)
Estimate €80 - €100 -
263 - OGÉE (John the Baptist) and A. MARTEVILLE Rennes ancien, by Ogée, annotated by A. Marteville. Modern Rennes, or the complete history of its origins, institutions and monuments, by A. Marteville Rennes, Chez MM. Deniel et Verdier, (1850), 3 vols. in-12, folding table, dark green half-light, spines decorated with nerves, covers preserved (rel. of the period). Past backs, a few freckles. Ex-libris G. Maury
Estimate €100 - €200 -
264 - ORDER of MALTA List of Knights, Conventual Chaplains and Servants in Arms A Malte, Mallia, 1787, in-8, 184 pp., half-black basane, smooth spine (posterior rel.). Worn out back. Printed on blue paper
Estimate €300 - €400 -
265 - PALAU AND DULCET (Antonio) Handbook of the Spanish-American bookseller. General Spanish and Spanish-American bibliography since the invention of the printing press until our times with the commercial value of the described printed matter. Second edition, corrected and augmented by the author Barcelona, Palau, 1948-1970, 22 vol. in-4, 10 vol. relés en demi-vélin blanc, couv. cons. et 12 vol. brochés. The most important bibliography ever published on the Spanish-speaking world. Our exempla
Estimate €500 - €600 -
266 - PALLAS (Pierre-Simon) Trips (...) to several provinces of the Russian Empire and in northern Asia; translated from German by C. Gauthier de La Peyronie. New edition, revised and enriched with notes by the CCs. Lamarck ...; Langlès ... Paris, Maradan, an II, (1794), 8 vol. in-8 and 1 atlas in-folio, 108 plates, including 11 maps and 97 botanical views or plates, fawn basane, smooth spine decorated, gilt garland on covers (period binding). Suitable copy, except for the atlas whose binding is ve
Estimate €500 - €600 -
267 - PAPAUTE Costumes of the Pontifical Court S.l. Rome], n.d., in-12, 46 plates of colourful costumes, with Italian captions, in leaves (partly accordion), in a modestly embossed cardboard folder, spine unbound (contemporary binding).
Estimate €150 - €200 -
268 - PARUTA (Paul) Political speeches, in which various illustrious and memorable facts about Princes, and ancient and modern Republics are considered. Divided into two books. I add in the end a soliloquy of his, in which the author makes a brief examination of his whole life. Venise, Domenico Nicolini, 1599, 2 parties en un fort volume in-4, portrait, belle impression en italique, quelques lettrines, vélin rigide à rabats, dos lisse, tranches rouges (modern religiures). Original edition de cet
Estimate €400 - €600 -
269 - PATHELIN (Stone) The New Pathelin S.l. Paris], 1748, in-8, engraved title-frontispiece, 12-50 pp., blond calf, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt fillets and fleurons, Havana title piece, gilt double fillet frame on plates, gilt stippling on cups, speckled edges, inner lace (19th c. rel.). Small spot on the back. Good copy. Separate edition of the first continuation of the Pathelin, given by Thomas-Simon Gueulette (1683-1766), a magistrate who was interested in the literature of the late M
Estimate €150 - €200 -
270 - PAUW (Cornelius of) Philosophical research on Americans, or interesting memoirs to be used in the history of the human species. By Mr. Bitch. With an essay on America, & Americans, by dom Pernety London and Berlin, s.n., 1770-1771, 3 volumes in 2 vols. in-12, small typeface, marbled fawn calf, spine with ribbed and floral ribbing, red and plum title and tomaison pieces, simple cold fillet framing on covers, red edges (contemporary binding). A trimmed lower headdress, damaged corners, but a goo
Estimate €100 - €150 -
271 - PENITENTS Office of St. Barbara, virgin and martyr, for the use of the Penitential Brothers of La Ciotat Aix, Charles Nesmoz, 1663, in-4, 24 pp., text on two columns, bound under cover of grey paper. A few wet spots. A very rare piece, which gives only the office of the saint, without any other detail.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
272 - PEAN (Alonso) Genealogical history of the House of La Saussaye Lyon, Imprimerie de Louis Perrin, 1860, grand in-4, XV-[1]-100-[1] pp., frontispiece (coat of arms), blazons, ornate letters, finely coloured band and cul-de-lampe, index, brocaded, dummy cover (marbled paper). Limited edition of 60 copies on laid paper. "The House of La Saussaye is, without a doubt, one of the most important in the country of the Blésois by the distinguished characters it has produced and by the great houses t
Estimate €200 - €300 -
273 - PERRIN Letter printer's patent Paris, June 1, 1870, oblong folio cupboard 35 x 44 cm. Sheet, under glass and silver plated wooden strips, left side strip coating removed. Preprinted and handwritten, this imperial patent was granted to Alexandre-Louis-Alfred Perrin (1848-1904) to replace his mother. Born in Lyon, the son of one of the city's most prominent printers (Louis-Benoît Perrin, 1799-1865), took over the (separate) patents of lithographer, letter and intaglio printer from his mothe
Estimate €400 - €600 -
274 - PINAULT (Matthew) History of the Parliament of Tournay, containing the establishment and progress of this Tribunal with a detail of the Edicts, Ordinances and Regulations concerning justice sent to it. A Valenciennes, chez Gabriel François Henry, 1701, in-4, [10] (including the title)-282-[28] pp., portrait of Louis-François duc de Boufflers in frontispiece, spotted calf, spine with nerves decorated (contemporary binding). The last two table sheets are missing. Good copy
Estimate €120 - €150 -
275 - PHOTOGRAPHS - CHATEAU DE LONGCHAMPS Beautiful album of 12 phothographies around 1900 showing the castle, its gardens, its interior, with 2 portraits (the same one repeated) 38 x 28 mounted on cardboard. Green percaline wallet, gold title on the plate. Nice draw
Estimate €300 - €400 -
276 - PHOTOGRAPHS - JERUSALEM, PALESTINE 49 undated photos (circa 1880) 28 x 22, mounted on cardboard, captioned. Some past
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277 - PLAN (Pierre-Paul) Rabelaisian bibliography. Les Éditions de Rabelais, from 1532 to 1711 Catalogue raisonné, descriptive and figurative, illustrated with one hundred and sixty-six facsimiles (titles, variants, pages of text, portraits) Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1904, gr. in-8, XIII-277 pp., nbses ill. in-t., burgundy half-marocco with corners, spine ribbed, gilt head, cover and spine preserved (Bernasconi). Reference bibliography on Rabelais, with 168 records. Edition of 350 numbered
Estimate €120 - €150 -
278 - PLAN New map of St. Petersburg. With the indication and reference of streets, squares, islands, perspectives, palaces, barracks, churches, etc... Accompanied by a leaflet on St. Petersburg Brussels, Deros, 1850, in-12, folding map, grey paperboard. Small tears in the plan
Estimate €200 - €300 -
279 - Béarnaises WEIGHTS Pau, Vignancour, 1827, in-8, XVIII-240-IV pp., half red chagrin, spine with ornate nerves, marbled head, cover and spine preserved (spine binding). Rare first edition
Estimate €150 - €200 -
280 - ENGLISH POETS The Poets of Great Britain, complete from Chaucer to Churchill London, John Bell, 1781-1783, 17 parts in 38 volumes in-18. Leathery green basane, smooth decorated back, lemon slices (S. Cheale, Brighton). Very famous popular collection of English poets published by John Bell from 1777 to 1783. Nice copy, very decorative. Complete, which happens very rarely, this collection comprises 109 volumes.
Estimate €300 - €400 -
281 - PONS (François-Raymond-Joseph de) Journey to the eastern part of Terra Ferma, in South America, made during the years 1801, 1802, 1803 and 1804; containing the description of the General Capitol of Caracas, consisting of the provinces of Venezuela, Maracaibo, Varinas, Spanish Mistletoe, Cumana, and Isla Margarita. Paris, Colnet, Fain, Debay, Mongie, F. Buisson, 1806, 3 vols. in-8, [4]-358, [4]-469 and [4]-362 pp., with a large folding map and a plan of Caracas, half-basane, smooth spines deco
Estimate €200 - €300 -
282 - PORTRAIT to the "PHYSIONOTRACE" of a young man S.l.n.d., (circa 1790), small in-12. Cardboard box with pink paper, twisted silver framed roulette wheel on each side, in the central incised part of the first one, a portrait drawn in an oval medallion (6.5 x 5) under glass, a small perpetual calendar glued within the limits of a cartridge of silver fillets with an acorn in the corners, a compartment for a pencil along one edge, cardboard box with marbled paper (rel. of the period). Moving objec
Estimate €200 - €300 -
283 - PRIVAS Genuine discourse of what happened on the occurrence of events in the city of Privas, in the land of Vivarois Paris, iouxte la coppie printed in Lyon by Claude Armand, 1621, in-8, 12 pp., bookeller's label with title, initial historiated, half calf Bradel havana, spine gilt, red edges (modern binding). Good copy
Estimate €150 - €200 -
284 - BAR ASSOCIATION PROCEEDINGS Set of parts Grenoble, C.-P. Baratier, 1823, 4 vol. in-4. In leaves, sewn [and:] half-basane fawn, smooth spine decorated with golden filets and garlands, red title piece, edges speckled with red (contemporary binding). Damaged corners. Very interesting file of an internal lawsuit within the judicial order, which follows a request from the Public Prosecutor of Grenoble to the Bâtonnat to remove from its roll ten lawyers who were not really practising their profe
Estimate €200 - €250 -
285 - POWERLESS TRIAL General collection of the pieces contained in the proceedings of the Marquis de Gesvres, & his wife Mademoiselle de Mascranni. New edition, expanded with various parts, & put in their order Rotterdam, Reinier Leers, 1713, in-12, brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated, red edges (contemporary binding). Good copy. First edition of this famous collection.
Estimate €150 - €250 -
286 - QUERARD (Joseph-Marie) The Literary Trickery Revealed. Gallery of French writers from all over Europe who have disguised themselves under anagrams, asteronyms, cryptonyms, initialisms, literary names, facetious or bizarre pseudonyms, etc. Second edition, considerably enlarged, published by Messrs Gustave Brunet and Pierre Jannet Paris, Daffis, 1869-1870, 3 vol. gr. in-8, aubergine half-shell, ornate ribbed spine, gilt head (contemporary rel.)
Estimate €150 - €250 -
287 - RAADT (J.-Th. de) Armoured seals of the Netherlands and neighbouring countries (Belgium - Kingdom of the Netherlands - Luxembourg - Germany - France). Historical and heraldic collection Brussels, Société Belge de Librairie, 1898-1901, 4 vol. in-4, nb. pl. photographed h.-t., half red chagrin with corners, spine with nerves, cover and spine cons. (posterior rel.) Good copy. A reference work on sigillography, but also on heraldry and genealogy. It is illustrated with 41 plates supporting 1,2
Estimate €400 - €500 -
288 - RAMBAUD (Antoine) Plead for the Third State of the Dauphiné at the Procez that he has before the King, & Our Lords of his Privy Council. Against the first two Orders of the said country Paris, Jean Le Blanc, 1600, 3 parts in one vol. in-8, [36] ff. badly ciphered 26; 24 pp.; 112 ff., ivory vellum, traces of fasteners (binding of the time). A few weak wet spots at first, but good copy. Very rare
Estimate €300 - €500 -
289 - RAYNAL (Guillaume-Thomas) Military school. Work composed by order of the Government Paris, Durand, 1762, 3 vols. in-12, fawn calf, spine ribbed and decorated, edges speckled with red (contemporary binding). Good copy. Copy of the library of Shirburn Castle, Earls of Macclesfield, with ex-libris.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
290 - RAYNAL (Guillaume-Thomas) American Revolution London, Lockyer Davis, 1781, in-8, XVI-171 pp., speckled fawn basane, spine blank with false nerves decorated with gilt filets, speckled edges (contemporary binding. At the end, some considerations on the economic and demographic future of the Confederate provinces: "If ten million men ever find a secure livelihood in these provinces, it will be a lot". Related to the suite: ARGENSON (René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, Marquis d'): Considerations on t
Estimate €200 - €300 -
291 - COLLECTION of selected pieces on the Conquests and the Convalescence of the King Paris, David the elder, 1745, in-12, 174 pp., front, brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated (contemporary binding). Collection in glory of Louis XV decorated with an allegorical frontispiece engraved by Cochin, a vignette engraved on the title page and an allegorical vignette on the page of the first text entitled La Convalescence du Roy. Good copy
Estimate €100 - €200 -
292 - The REDUCTION of the city of Albinga, and of several cities and chasteaux of Italy: To the obeyance of the serenißime prince of Piedmont : Since 13 May 1625 iusques now. Soubs led her in the arms of France and Savoy. À Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Claude Hulpeau, et de Nicolas Alexandre, 1625, petit in-8, 12 pp., bradel percaline bleue, red title piece in long (rel. posterior)
Estimate €100 - €120 -
293 - REINHARDT (Joseph) Collection of Swiss costumes, based on Reinhardt's drawings. Each plate represents a costume with a view of the scene; to which is attached the description in English and French / A Collection of Swiss costumes in miniature, designed by Reinhardt London, James Goodwin, n.d., (1828), petit in-4, [4] ff. n. ch. (titles and lists of plates), 30 engraved and coloured plates, each captioned by two leaves of text (one English, one French), long-grained red morocco, spine richly de
Estimate €1,200 - €1,500 -
294 - RETAU DUFRESNE (Madam) History of the city of Cherbourg and its antiques, which uncovers very important facts about the history of Normandy. Paris, Ballard, Michel Lambert, 1760, in-12, XII-177-[4] pp., marbled fawn calf, spine ribbed, red edges (contemporary binding). Very good copy. Very uncommon first edition. Copy of the Starhemberg Princes' Library, with wet seal
Estimate €200 - €300 -
295 - REVIEW China and Siberia. Far Eastern Economic and Political Review Ixelle, Vizelé, 1900, 21 issues in 1 vol. in-4, 528 pp., illustrated in-t., brown half-brown, smooth spine with gilt filets and garlands (contemporary binding). Head of the collection of this magazine. The first issue dates back to January 1900 with a twice-monthly publication. Our copy stops at the 22nd issue, 2nd issue of November 1900. Our copy is missing the 18th issue, 2nd issue of September 1900 (with a page break
Estimate €100 - €120 -
296 - RIBADENEYRA (Pedro de) Vita Ignacii Loiolae, qui religionem Clericorum Societatis Iesu instituit Anvers, Christophe Plantin, 1587, in-16, 558 pp., [16] ff. n. ch. of tables, flexible vellum with flaps, smooth spine (contemporary binding). Stamps, period handwritten surcharges, especially on the title, some freckles and some wetnesses
Estimate €150 - €200 -
297 - RICCIO (Michele) De regibus Francoru [m] lib. III. De regibus Hispaniae lib. III. De regibus Hierosolymorum lib. I. De regibus Neapolis & Siciliae lib. IIII. De regibus Ungariae lib. II Basilaeae [Basel], apud Ioannem Frobenium, 1517, small in-4, 85-[5] ff. ciphered, index, ochre buff, spine with raised bands (contemporary binding). Very rare collective edition of the pamphlets of the historian Michele Riccio (1445-1515), title in a frame engraved with putti. Ornate and historiated letters.
Estimate €500 - €600 -
298 - RICHEOME (Louis) Advis et notes données sur quelques plaidoyez, de Maistre Louys Servin, Advocat du Roy, cy deva[n]t publish in France, au préjudice de la Religion catholique, de l'honneur du Roy, Très Chrestien, & de la paix de son royaume. To our most honored lords, the people of the Court of Parliament of Paris... Agen, Georges de La Marinière, 1615, in-8, [16] ff. n. ch. (title, dedication, notice to Catholic readers), 344 pp., soft calfskin, smooth spine (contemporary binding). Page 3
Estimate €150 - €200
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