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269 lots
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52 - - COMMINES (Philippe de). The Memoirs of Sir Philippe de Commines, knight, lord of Argenton. On the main facts & gestures of loys XI & Charles VIII his son, Kings of France. And a large index of the most remarkable things. The whole revised & corrected on the edition of Denis Sauvage. Rouen, Jean Berthelin, 1610, large vol. in 12, [11] ff. n. ch. (title, to the reader), 853-[21] pp. with three portrait-frontispieces on two leaves, light havana morocco, spine ribbed with richly decorated double c
Estimate €600 - €800 -
53 - - CONDORCET (Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Caritat de). Sketch of a historical picture of the progress of the human mind. Posthumous work. Second edition. Paris, Agasse, year III, (1795), in 8°, VIII-389 pp. in brown basane, smooth spine alternately decorated with gilt fleuron and geometrical semis, cherry title page, edges speckled with red. Binding of the period. (tear in the upper headband, corners damaged). Reissued with a new title page of the original edition.
Estimate €1,200 - €1,500 -
53-1 - Not available
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54 - . MEDICINE. BRUZEN DE LA MARTINIERE] L'Art de Conserver sa Santé Composé par l'Ecole de Salerne. Paris et Bruxelles, Poris, 1759; in 12, tortoiseshell calf, spine with ornate faux-nerve, edges speckled. Binding of the period. Ex. of the first edition, complete with the 2nd part entitled Secrets pour conserver la Santé des Dames
Estimate €60 - €80 -
55 - . BINDING. CHOISY (Abbé de) : Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire Louis XIV. Utrecht, 1727; in 12, red morocco, very ornate spine, triple gilt fillet and arms on the boards, inner dent. gilt edges. Binding of the period. Copy with the coat of arms of Madame Adélaïde de France, fourth daughter of Louis XV. (the title page has a restored paper loss in the lower right corner). From the Bibl.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
56 - MONGEZ (Antoine)]: Vie Privée du Cardinal Dubois, Premier Ministre, Archevêque de Cambrai. London, 1789; in 8°, calf, spine with spotted bands, spotted edges, monogrammed coat of arms in the centre of the boards.
Estimate €120 - €150 -
57 - GEOGRAPHY. BION: L'Usage des Globes Céleste et Terrestre des Sphères. Paris, 1751; in 8°, ornate and worn calf of the period. Engraved plates H.-T.
Estimate €100 - €200 -
58 - - CONTARINI (Vettor). Primitie academiche. Venice, Guerigli, 1644, in 4°, [4] ff. n. ch. (title-frontispiece engraved by Giacomo Pecini after F. Ruschi, title, dedication), 176 pp. with handwritten table on the last endpapers, soft grey paper boards. (contemporary binding). Uncommon first edition of these literary mixtures composed in the framework of the Venetian Academy of the Incogniti (1630-1661). Almost nothing is known about the author, except that he belonged to the noble Contarini fami
Estimate €600 - €800 -
59 - - CONTI (Natale). Mythologiae, sive explicationis fabularum, libri decem : in quibus omnia prope naturalis & moralis philosophiae dogmata contenta fuisse demonstrantur. Nuper ab ipso auctore recogniti & locupletati. Eiudem libri IIII de Venatione. Cum indice triplici, rerum memorabilium, urbium & locorum a variis heroibus denominatorum, ac plantarum & animalium singulis Diis dicatorum (...). Addita Mythologia Musarum, a Geofredo Linocerio uno libello comprehensa, & nunc recens a F.S. multis & fo
Estimate €150 - €200 -
60 - - COOPER (Thomas). Intelligence on America. Collected by Thomas Cooper, formerly of Manchester. Translated from the English. With a map. Hambourg, Pierre-François Fauche, 1795, in-8, XX-218-74 pp. with a frontispiece engraved by Landy and a folding map, half blond basane with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, cherry-coloured title page (contemporary binding). Corners a little damaged, but a good copy. Second printing of the only French translation of Some informations respec
Estimate €300 - €400 -
61 - Memoirs of Beaumarchais. In-4°, contemporary marbled basane. Documents of the trials, which took place between 1770 and 1773
Estimate €200 - €300 -
62 - BOSSUET: Sermons. Paris, Boudet, 1772; 9 vol. in-12, decorated calf,
Estimate €300 - €400 -
63 - - RIDLEY (James). The Tales of the Genii, or The Charming Lessons of Horam, Son of Asmar. Work translated from Persian into English by Sir Charles Morell, formerly ambassador of the English establishments in India, at the Court of the Great Mogul; and into French on the English translation [by Robinet]. With XIII figures. Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1767, 3 vols. in 12, with 13 engraved plates hors-texte, unsigned, including a frontispiece, marbled fawn basane, spine ribbed with partitions and f
Estimate €150 - €250 -
64 - - SAINT-YVES (Charles Léoffroy de). Observations on the arts, and on some pieces of painting and sculpture, exhibited at the Louvre in 1748. Where it is spoken about the utility of the embellishments in the cities. Leiden, Elias Luzac junior, 1748, in-12, title, 212 pp. with a vignette on the head, marbled fawn basane, spine ribbed, cloisonné and fleuronné, cherry title-piece, simple gilt fillet on the edges, red edges. Binding of the period. (upper spine trimmed).
Estimate €100 - €200 -
65 - - STERNE (Lawrence). Sentimental journey in France. Dijon, Imprimerie de L. N. Frantin, 1797, 2 parts in one volume in-16, [2] ff. (false title and title), 251 pp, [2] ff. n. e., 243 pp, one f. n. e. of table, marbled havana calf, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, dotted and hatched lines, cherry title-piece, framed with a simple cold fillet on the boards, gilt hatched lines on the edges, edges speckled with red (period binding). Minor spotting.
Estimate €300 - €400 -
66 - - THEATER] - Collection of comedies. Paris, 1764-1775, 5 plays in one vol. in-8. Marbled fawn calf, spine ribbed with partitions and flowers, cherry title-piece, simple gilt fillet on the edges, red tr. Binding of the period. (upper headband trimmed, corners damaged). Interesting dramatic collection. It consists of : I
Estimate €150 - €250 -
67 - CATULLE : Poésies. Paris, Delalain, 1778; 2 vols. in-12, contemporary marbled calf. Engraved frontispieces by Eisen. Ex libris
Estimate €100 - €120 -
68 - D'AUBIGNE (Aggripa): Les Aventures du baron de Foeneste. Amst, 1731; 2 vols.
Estimate €120 - €150 -
69 - SAINTE-BEUVE: Poetry. 2 volumes.
Estimate €40 - €60 -
70 - PASCAL: Works, 6 vols.
Estimate €40 - €60 -
71 - FONTANES (de): Le Verger. Paris, Prault, 1788 ; in-8°, blond calf
Estimate €150 - €180 -
72 - RAGUENET : History of the marshal of Turenne. Paris, 1769. Histoire d'Oliver Cromwell. Paris, year VI; 4 vol. in-8°.
Estimate €70 -
73 - RAVIGNAN: History of Popes Clement XIII and Clement XIV, 2 vols.
Estimate €80 - €100 -
74 - - CORBIN (Jacques). Plaidoyez. Together the judgments intervened on these; & others, pronounced in red ink, & otherwise worthy & remarkable to posterity. Reveus, corrigez, et augmentez en ceste seconde édition. Paris, Jean Millot, 1611, in-8, [16] ff. (title, dedication, preface, one blank f., table), 462 pp. and one f. n. of privilege, soft vellum with laces, smooth spine (contemporary binding). A good copy. Selected collection of 147 judgments summarized as to the recitals and the pleading
Estimate €150 - €200 -
75 - - COURTILZ DE SANDRAS (Gatien de). Interview of M. Colbert, minister and secretary of state, with Bouin, famous partisan, on several curious affairs; among others on the sharing of the succession of Spain, made by the King of England, & by the Dutch. Cologne, Pierre Marteau, 1701, 3 parts in one vol. in 12, [2] ff. n. ch. (title, notice to the reader), 177 pp, relay title, [179] pp. miscalculated 177 (there are two differentff. coded 55-56), [2] ff. n. ch. (one blank, relay title), 182 pp. in br
Estimate €150 - €200 -
76 - - COURTILZ DE SANDRAS (Gatien de). Memoirs of Mr. L. C. D. R. [le Comte de Rochefort], containing what happened in particular during the ministry of Cardinal de Richelieu, and Cardinal Mazarin. With several remarkable particularities of the reign of Louis the Great. Fifth edition, revised & corrected. The Hague, Hendrik Van Bulderen, 1713, in 12, [4] ff. (title, preface), 448 pp. in small type, brown calf, spine ribbed with partitions and fleurons, fawn title, spotted with red (contemporary bind
Estimate €100 - €150 -
77 - - DELLON (Charles). Relation of a voyage to the East Indies. Dedicated to Monseigneur l'évêque de Meaux. Paris, Claude Barbin, 1685, 3 parts in one vol. in-12, [8] ff. n. ch. (faux-title & title, dedication to Bossuet, preface, table of chapters), 284 pp, [2] ff. n. ch. of privilege ; [4] ff. n. ch. (relay title, table), 172 pp. and 62 pp. Traité des maladies particulières aux pays orientaux], [2] ff. n. ch. of privilege, paper missing on f. 25-26 of volume I, with loss of some letters, brow
Estimate €500 - €700 -
78 - - DESFONTAINES (François-Georges Fouques Deshayes, said). Epistle to Quintus, on the insensitivity of the Stoics; a piece which competed for the prize of the French Academy for the year 1764. S.l., s.d., (1764), in 8°, 15 pp. in marbled fawn calf, smooth spine with partitions and fleurons, title page, framed with simple cold fillet on the boards, simple gilt fillet on the edges, red edges. Binding of the period. First published work of the author: François-Georges Desfontaines (1733-1825) w
Estimate €100 - €200 -
79 - - DEVOTION] - The Holy Mass, in which are represented by the actions of the priest the mysteries of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. With the prayers applied to each mystery. A very useful work for the faithful to attend devoutly to this holy Sacrifice. Paris, François Jouenne, s.d., in-12, [37] ff. n. ch., including the title, with 35 numbered copper-engraved figures, marbled fawn calf, spine ribbed, cloisonné and fleuronné, framed with simple cold fillet on the boards. Binding of the p
Estimate €200 - €300 -
80 - - DIDEROT (Denis). Les Bijoux indiscrets. In Monomotapa [Paris], s.d., (1748), 2 volumes in one in-12, [4] ff. n. ch. (title with engraved vignette, in Zima, table of chapters), 288 pp. ; [2] ff. n. ch. (title with engraved vignette, table of chapters), 332 pp. ; with 6 engraved plates, lacking the frontispiece in volume I, half tan basane, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and garlands, spotted tr. 19th century binding. One of the rare forgeries of the original edition. It differs from
Estimate €150 - €250 -
81 - - DU CHESNE (André). Historiae Normannorum scriptores antiqui, res ab illis per Galliam, Angliam, Apuliam, Capuae principatum, Siciliam, & Orientem gestas explicantes, ab anno Christi DCCCXXXVIII... Paris, Robert Foüet, Nicolas Buon, Sébastien Cramoisy, 1619, large 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, brick half calf, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt dots and fillets, green title page
Estimate €600 - €800 -
82 - - DU PLESSIS (Toussaint). New annals of Paris, up to the reign of Hugues Capet. The poem of Abbon on the famous siege of Paris by the Normans in 885 & 886, much more correct than in any of the previous editions, is attached; with notes for the intelligence of the text. A Paris, Chez la Veuve Lottin & Butard, 1753, in-4, IV-380 pp, marbled fawn calf, spine ribbed with gilt fillets and fleurons, red edges (contemporary binding). Upper spine restored, lower spine missing, small wormholes on spine a
Estimate €300 - €400 -
83 - - DU TILLET (Jean). Recueil des Roys de France, leurs couronne et maison, ensemble, le rengs [sic] des grands de France (...). Plus an abbreviated chronicle containing everything that happened, both in war and otherwise, between the Kings & Princes, Republics & foreign Potentates: by M. I. Du Tillet, bishop of Meaux brothers. À Paris, chez Jacques Du Puys, 1580, small folio, [6] ff. non chiff. (title with large bookseller's vignette, privilege, dedication, to the reader), 471-[1] pp., [13] ff.
Estimate €300 - €500 -
84 - - DUCRAY-DUMINIL (François-Guillaume). Petit-Jacques et Georgette, ou Les Petits montagnards auvergnats ; by the author of Lolotte et Fanfan, and Alexis, ou La Maisonnette dans les bois. Paris, Maradan, Perlet, Blanchon, Genève, Barde, Manget, Bruxelles, Le Charlier, 1791, 4 volumes in-12, ; with 4 frontispieces engraved by Duhamel after Bernet, marbled half-brown basane, smooth spines decorated with gilt dots and chains, cherry-coloured title-pieces, spotted tr. Binding of the period (rubbed
Estimate €150 - €200 -
85 - - [EUSTATHIUS MACREMBOLITE]. The loves of Ismene and Ismenias, followed by those of Abrocome & Anthia. Geneva, s.n., 1782; in 16, [2] ff. n. ch. (false-title and title), 272 pp. in small type, with a frontispiece engraved by Delaunay after Marillier, red morocco, smooth spine partitioned and decorated with flowers, title-piece, triple gilt fillet on the boards, single gilt fillet on the edges, gilt edges, inner garland. Binding of the period. The first edition of this translation by Pierre-Fr
Estimate €150 - €250 -
86 - - FABRE D'EGLANTINE (Philippe-François-Nazaire). Lettres familières et galantes. Hambourg et Paris, Richard, Caille et Ravier, Debray, s.d., (1796); 3 vols. in 16, spotted fawn basane, smooth spines with partitions and fleurons, pink and bottle title and tomaison, spotted edges (period binding). A good copy. First edition of Fabre d'Eglantine's private correspondence, which is also presented with the title Correspondance amoureuse; it is very rare and gathers 59 letters to Marie-Nicole Godi
Estimate €200 - €300 -
87 - - FLORIAN (Louis-Pierre Claris de). Galatea, pastoral novel; imitated from Cervantes. Paris, Imprimerie de Didot l'aîné, 1783, in-18, 198 pp, with 7 engraved plates hors-texte (including a frontispiece, the dedication to the duchess of Chartres surmounted by her arms, a portrait of Cervantes and 4 vignettes by Guyard after Flouest, for the text), green morocco, smooth spine decorated with double gilt caissons, CS figure pushed into an inter-nerve, triple gilt fillet on the boards, single gilt
Estimate €150 - €250 -
88 - . RITUALE ROMANUM Pauli V Pontificus Maximi Jussu Editum. Paris, Hérissant, 1702; in 8°, red morocco, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt edges, clasps. Binding of the period. Beautiful printing in red and black. (one clasp missing, modern case).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
89 - - FOUGERET DE MONBRON (Louis-Charles). The Cosmopolitan, or The Citizen of the World. London, s.n., 1761, in 16, green half-basin, smooth spine, spotted edges (modern binding). A good copy. New edition, the original having appeared in 1750. The work is among the sources used by Voltaire for the writing of his Candide, but at the beginning it reflects the experience of travels and European countries of its author, Fougeret de Monbron (1706-1760), one of these literary adventurers, a little bit
Estimate €100 - €200 -
90 - - FURETIERE (Antoine). Le Roman bourgeois. New edition, revised again, corrected & increased with historical remarks, a satyr in verse by the same author, & intaglio figures. Nancy, Jean-Baptiste Cusson, 1712, in 8° with 6 plates in intaglio hors-texte, unsigned, brown basane, spine ribbed, spotted. Binding of the period. Covers trimmed, one lower jaw split. First issue by Cusson in Nancy, uncommon (we usually see the one of 1713), and first to be illustrated. Originally published in 1666, th
Estimate €200 - €300 -
91 - . Mexico. SOLIS (Antonio de): Histoire de la conquête du Mexique, ou de la Nouvelle Espagne par Fernand Cortez. Paris, Compagnie des libraires, 1774; 2 vols. in-12, brown calf, spine ribbed with gilt designs, red speckled edges. Binding of the period. Copy decorated with 14 copper-engraved folding figures (except 2), complete with all figures (hinges fragile). Sabin, 86480.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
92 - . LA FONTAINE (J. de): Contes et Nouvelles en vers. Amsterdam, Chez Lucas, 1732; two vol. in-12, blond calf, spines with ornate faux-nerfs, gilt fillets on the boards, red edges. Binding of the period A frontispiece and 70 vignettes by Romain de Hooghe. A fine copy. Joint: BACHAUMONT (Louis Petit de): Essai sur la Peinture, la Sculpture et l'Architecture. S.l., 1751; in 12, contemporary decorated calf (worn binding).
Estimate €120 - €150 -
93 - . CANTEL (R. P., of the Society of Jesus): De romana republica sive de re militari & civili romanorum. Utrecht, Guil. Van De Water, 1707; in 12, blond calf, spine decorated, arms stamped in the centre of the boards. New edition illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, twelve figures including a beautiful view of Rome, and a folding map. Copy with the arms of the count of Hoym (headbands and corne
Estimate €200 - €250 -
94 - - GARASSE (François). Ludovico XIII Galliarum et Navarrae Regi Christianissimo feliciter inaugurato Sacra Rhemensia nomine collegii Pictavensis Societatis Iesu. Poitiers, Antoine Mesnier, 1611, 2 parts in one vol. in 4°, cherry morocco, spine ribbed with gilt fillets and double fleur-de-lis boxes, double framing of triple gilt fillet with fleurs-de-lis in ecoinçon on the boards, large gilt medallion in imitation in the centre of the boards, double gilt fillet on the edges, gilt edges, large i
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000 -
95 - - GEMELLI CARERI (Giovanni Francesco). Voyage du tour du monde, translated from the Italian by Gemelli Careri, by L. M. N. [Eustache Le Noble]. Enriched with a great number of figures [New edition increased on the last of the Italian, & enriched with new figures]. Paris, Etienne Ganeau, 1719-1727, 6 vols. in-12, with 62 plates out of text, brown basane, spine ribbed with partitions and fleurons, cherry title-piece, speckled edges [vol. I]; marbled fawn basane, spine ribbed with partitions and fl
Estimate €400 - €600 -
96 - - GERVAISE (François-Armand). Les Véritables Lettres d'Abeillard et d'Héloïse, tirées d'un ancien manuscrit latin trouvé dans la bibliothèque de François d'Amboise Conseiller d'Etat. Translated by the author of their life, with very curious historical and critical notes. Paris, François Barois, 1723, 2 vols. in 12, (text on two columns in Latin and French translation opposite), marbled fawn calf, spine ribbed, cloisonné and fleuronné, title and tome, framed with simple cold fillet on
Estimate €150 - €250 -
97 - - GODWIN (William). Les Avantures de Caleb Williams, ou Les Choses comme elles sont ; traduites de l'Anglais [par Germain Garnier]. Paris, Henri Agasse, year IV, (1796), 2 volumes in 8°, marbled fawn calf, smooth spines decorated with gilt garlands and fleurons, framed with rat's tooth, simple gilt fillet and garland on the boards, marbled edges (period binding). Skilful restorations to corners and headpieces. First French translation of Things are they are, or The Adventures of Caleb William
Estimate €300 - €400 -
98 - - HOZIER (Pierre d'). Genealogy of the lords of the Dufferie, descended from the illustrious house of the Baglions or Baglioni, sovereign lords of Perugia in Italy. Iustified by arrests, titles, histories, printed & handwritten genealogies, & other good evidence. Paris, Claude Cramoisy, 1662; in folio, [2] ff. n. ch. (title, dedication), [116] pp. mis-calibrated 118 (there is a jump in the numbering from 104 to 107), with engraved coats of arms in the text, soft vellum, spine muted (contemporary
Estimate €400 - €500 -
99 - - [IMPRESSION de SAUMUR] - [HUISSEAU (Isaac d')]. The Discipline of the Reformed Churches of France. Or the order by which they are conducted & governed: with a collection of observations & questions on most of the articles of this one, taken from the Acts of the National Synods. S.l. Saumur], 1655, small in-4, [4]-105-[2] pp. in stiff vellum (contemporary binding). A good copy. Second edition, from Saumur, of this collecti
Estimate €300 - €400 -
100 - - JULIEN (Spirit). Voyage d'Orient du R. P. Philippe de la très-saincte Trinité, Carme deschaussé, où il décrit les divers succez de son voyage, plusieurs régions d'Orient, leurs montagnes, leurs mer & leurs fleuves, la chronologie des princes qui y ont dominé, leurs habitans tant Chrestiens que infidèles. The animals, trees, plants & fruits found there, & finally the missions of the religious who were founded there, & the various events that occurred there. Composed, revised & increased
Estimate €800 - €1,000
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