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1 - - MANUSCRIT. Book written with a pen called (sic) Collection of Christian Prayers, useful to my piety and devotion. Made in Dour by Antoine Capouillez who professed to instruct the youth of the place 51 years ago, the 21st of May 1788, made for my use. In 12, title, 168 pp. and 3 pp. of table, bound in brown calf, spine ribbed, brass clasps, worn period binding. Very beautiful handwritten collection of a beautiful calligraphy.
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100 € - 200 €
2 - SAVOIE. D'ONCIEU (Guillaume): La Précédence de la Noblesse, sur un Différent en cas de Précédence plaidé en Audience publique, au Souverain Sénat de Savoye, entre les Nobles, et les Scindics du tiers Estat d'une Paroisse. Lyon, Jean-Baptiste Buisson, 1593; in 12, title decorated with a beautiful engraved vignette, 180 pp. including the dedicatory epistle to Ferdinand de Rie, archbishop of Besançon, 17 pp. of table, 1 p. of errata, green half-maroquin with corners. Bound in the 19th centu
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300 € - 400 €
3 - MARCONVILLE (Jean de): La Manière de bien policer la République Chrestienne (selon Dieu, raison et vertu) contenant l'estat et office des magistrats, Ensemble la Source et origine des proces & detestation d'iceluy, auquel est indissociablement coniont le mal et misere qui procede des mauvais voisins. A Paris, chez Jean Dallier, 1562; in 8°, gilt vellum, gilt fleuron in the center of the boards, gilt edges. Binding of the time. Ex. complete with the privilege extract. Original
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400 € - 500 €
4 - GUEVARA (Fray Antonio de): L'horloge des princes, avec le tres renomme livre de Marc Aurele Recueilly par Don Antoine de Guevare ; traduit en partie de Castillan en Français par feu N. de Herberay, seigneur Des Essars Paris, Félix Magnier, 1588 ; 31 ff. constitués du Discours de l'autheur (sic), du prologue et de la table, et 395 pp. in 8°, brown marbled basane, spine of five nerves well ornamented, red morocco title page, red edges. Copy bound around 1680.
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250 € - 300 €
5 - JOINVILLE (Jean, sire de): History of S. Loys IX, king of France. By Messire Jean Sire de Joinville, Seneschal de Champagne. Newly brought to light according to the old original of the Author by Mr Claude Menard, King's Counselor, & Lieutenant in the Prevosté of Angers. Paris, En la Boutique de Nivelle, Chez Sébastien Cramoisy, 1617; 10 ff. including the title, portraits of St Louys and Louis XIII, engraved by Gaultier, 372 pp. , 3 ff. of table; in 4°, brown calf, spine decorated with a repea
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300 € - 400 €
6 - BENSERADE (Isaac de) 1612-1691) : Fables d'Esope en Quatrains dont il y a une partie au Labyrinte de Versailles. Paris, Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1678; in 12, brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated. Binding of the time. Very rare first edition of this collection of 221 fables; each quatrain is illustrated with a woodcut medallion. A fine copy, although the first blank page is missing.
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200 € - 250 €
7 - CHARRON (Pierre): On Wisdom. Three Books. By Pierre Charron, Parisian, Doctor of Laws. According to the true copy of Bourdeaux. Leiden, Jean Elzevier, 1656; small in 12, (11 pp.), 581 pp. (misnumbered 621) and 15 pp. of table, eggplant morocco, very ornate five-ribbed spine, triple fillet on the boards, double fillet on the edges, inner lace, gilt edges, slipcase. Fine binding by CHAMPS. Superb copy of the second edition of Elzévirienne, published ten years after the first one and which follows
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300 € - 400 €
8 - - SAINT-EVREMOND (Charles de) : OEuvres Meslées de Mr de Saint-Evremond. Paris, chez Claude Barbin, 1690-1692; two volumes in 4°, brown speckled calf, very ornate ribbed spine, spotted red edges. Beautiful copy of this edition realized by Barbib at the request of some of the poet's friends, while he was still living in London, where he remained until his death in 1703. Brunet considers it the true first edition. From the bibl. Kuhnholtz-Lordat (ex libris). Brunet, V, 38; Cioranescu 60795-60796
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200 € - 300 €
9 - LOUIS XIV. [JURIEU (Pierre)] Les Soupirs de la France esclave, qui aspire après la liberté. Amsterdam, 1690; 15 issues bound in one volume in 4°, 228 pp. in anthracite morocco, spine with stamped fillets, boards decorated with a double stamped fillet, gilt edges. Bound by LOBSTEIN-LAURENCHET. Partly first edition, gathering the 15 memoirs of this work long attributed to Pierre Jurieu, Protestant theologian who died in 1713. Memoirs 5 to 15 have the date 1689 or 1690 at the end; memoirs 5, 6,
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400 € - 500 €
10 - LA ROCHE (Jean-Baptiste-Louis, abbé de) : Mélanges de Maximes, de Réflexions et de Sentences chrétiennes, politiques et morales, sur la Religion, la Morale et la Nature. Paris, Ganeau, 1767; small in 12, blond calf, spine very ornate in long, triple gilt fillet on the boards, inner lace, gilt edges. First edition of this collection of more than fifteen hundred maxims, by this disciple of La Rochefoucauld, who gave in 1737 an edition of the Maximes.
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400 € - 600 €
11 - LA BRUYERE (Jean de): Les Caractères de Théophraste traduits du Grec, avec les Caractères ou les Moeurs de ce Siècle. Ninth edition revised & corrected. Paris, Chez Estienne Michallet, 1696; in 12 of (32)-662-XLIV-(6) pp. in anthracite morocco, spine with ornate nerves, boards decorated in the Du Seuil style, decorated in the center with a large monogram, interior lace, edges gilt on marbling. A very nice copy bound by Gruel.
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300 € - 400 €
12 - HERALD. CADOT (Thibault) : Le Blason de France ou Notes curieuses sur l'édit concernant la police des armoiries. Paris, Ch. De Sercy, 1697; in 8°, paperback of the period (spine reinforced). Very rare edition; it is illustrated with 240 blazons engraved with burin. Very beautiful allegorical frontispiece engraved by Santer after a drawing by Le Paultre. Saffroy, I, 2275.
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200 € - 300 €
13 - BARTOLI (Pietro Santi): Sigismundi Augusti Mantuam Adventis Profectio Ac Triumphus... anno MCCCCXXXII. Rome, Cura, sumptibus, ac typis Io. Iacobi de Rubeis, 1680; full-page engraved title, engraved frontispiece forming a dedication to Emperor Leopold and 26 full-page engravings. The dedication speech by Angelus Conticellus in a full-page allegorical engraving, with the portrait of Leopold I by Jacques Blondeau, is dated 1680. Leaves 3-26, engraved by Pietro Santi Bartoli with notes by J.P. Bello
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400 € - 600 €
14 - BEAUX-ARTS. MONIER (Pierre), 1641-1703 : Histoire des Arts, qui ont raport au Dessein, divisée en trois livres. Paris, Pierre Giffart, 1706; in 12, fawn calf, very ornate spine, speckled edges. Binding of the period. Edition decorated with a beautiful frontispiece engraved by Giffart after Monier's drawing, entitled 'il Disegno Padre degli Arti' and four title vignettes engraved after Monier's drawings. Ex. complete with the errata page.
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100 € - 150 €
15 - LA ROCHEFOUCAULD (François, duc de) : Maximes et Réflexions morales. Paris, Didot, year IV, 1796; in 16, full red morocco, very ornate spine, lace on the boards, fine inner lace, gilt edges. Binding of the period. A very pleasant copy of this edition by Didot, complete with the portrait of the moralist engraved on the frontispiece, and finely bound.
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150 € - 200 €
16 - - CONSTANT D'ORVILLE]: Les Fastes de la Pologne et de la Russie. Paris, Costard, 1769-1770; two volumes in 12, blond basane, spines with ornate faux-nerves, red morocco titles. Binding of the period. FIRST EDITION. The history of Poland is the subject of the first part, the history of Russia, of the second part. - LE FRANCQ DE BERKHEY: Histoire géographique, physique, naturelle et civile de la Hollande. Bouillon, Aux dépens de la Société Typographique, 1782; four volumes in 12, basane fau
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150 € - 200 €
17 - INQUISITION. [MORELLET (abbé)]: The Manual of the Inquisitors for the use of the Inquisitions of Spain and Portugal, or Abridgement of the work entitled Directorium Inquisitorum, composed about 1358 by Nicolas Eymeric, Grand Inquisitor in the Kingdom of Aragon. Attached is a short History of the Establishment of the Inquisition in the Kingdom of Portugal taken from the Latin of Louis a Paramo. Lisbon, 1762; in 12, 198 pp. full blond calf, spine ribbed and decorated, red edges. Binding of the ti
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200 € - 300 €
18 - JESUITS. [DAZES (R. P., Soc. De Jésus)] Compte-rendu au public des comptes rendus aux divers Parlements, précédé d'une Réponse décisive aux Imputations dont on a chargé les Jésuites, leur Régime et leur Institut. Paris, chez les Libraires Associés, 1765; two volumes in 8°, fawn-colored calf, spines decorated, red edges. Binding of the time. Important work in the long quarrel between the civil power represented by the parliaments and the Society of Jesus. Father Dazès brings with iron
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100 € - 200 €
19 - LACOMBE (François): Dictionnaire du vieux langage françois, enrichi de passages tirés des manuscrits en vers & en prose, des actes publics, des ordonnances de nos rois, &c. A useful work for legal experts, notaries, archivists, and geologists. Dedicated to the Duke of Aiguillon. Paris, Panckoucke, 1766; small in 8°, fawn calf with speckled edges, spine decorated, red edges. Binding of the period. A fine copy of this very rare first edition.
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200 € - 250 €
20 - MARSEILLE. Almanach historique de Marseille, Contenant les Ephémérides, calculées par son Méridien, et l'Etat raisonné de l'Eglise, du Gouvernement Civil et Militaire, de la Marine, Des TribunauxPour l'Année de Grâce 1773. Marseille, Jean Mossy, 1773; in 16, olive green morocco, very ornate spine, gilt lace on the edge of the boards, gilt edges. Binding of the period. A very fine copy. 200/300 BINDING. FLORI
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300 € - 500 €
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0 € - 0 €
21 - MIRABAUD [i. e. D'HOLBACH (Paul Thiry)]: Système de la Nature ou Des Loix du Monde Physique & du Monde Moral. London (Paris), 1770; two volumes in 8°, blond shagreened calf, very ornate spines, fine lace on the boards, gilt fillet on the edges, gilt edges. Binding of the period. A very fine copy of the extremely rare ORIGINAL EDITION of this work which made the fame of its author. Although daring in his ideas, D'Holbach was much less so in everyday life; it is very often under assumed names, a
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400 € - 600 €
22 - [D'HOLBACH (Paul Thiry, baron): La Politique Naturelle or Discourse on the True Principles of Government. By a Former Magistrate. London (actually Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey), 1773; two volumes in 8°, 233 pp. and 280 pp. in marbled calf, spine with ornamented faux-nerfs, triple gilt fillet on the boards, gilt edges. Binding of the period. A very nice copy of the ORIGINAL EDITION in first printing. It is in this book that the author gives his definition of power, a secular representative monarch
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200 € - 300 €
23 - OCCULTISM. [SAINT-MARTIN Louis-Claude de, known as "The Unknown Philosopher"] Des Erreurs et de la Vérité, ou les Hommes Rappellés au Principe Universel de la Science. Edinburgh (Lyon), 1775; two volumes in 8°, 2 ff, VIIIpp, 546 pp. and 435 pp. misnumbered 345, fawn calf, spine ribbed and decorated, red morocco title and giblets, red edges. Binding of the period. Extremely rare ORIGINAL EDITION of the main work of this disciple, like Jean-Baptiste Willermoz, of Martines de Pasqually. The tit
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300 € - 400 €
24 - [AMERICA]. MABLY (Gabriel Bonnot, abbé de): Observations on the Government and Laws of the United States of America. Amsterdam, Chez J. F. Rosard & Comp. 1784; in 12, II, 213 pp. calf, spine with false-nerve ornament, red edges. Binding of the period. FIRST EDITION. First Letter to Mr. Adams, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States in Holland & for the Negotiations of the General Peace. II. Letter. Reflections on the Laws of Pensilvania, Massachussetts & Georg
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200 € - 300 €
25 - BURKE (Edmund): Appeal of the Modern Whigs to the Ancient Whigs. Translated from the English by Madame de Rivarol. London and Paris, Testu et Blanchon, 1791; in 8°, calf, smooth spine decorated with felons and gilt fillets, tan morocco title page, red edges. Binding of the epqie. First French edition of this book, published by Burke shortly after the edition of his Réflexions sur la révolution. A fine copy.
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100 € - 200 €
26 - REVOLUTION [RIVAROL (Antoine de) - CHODERLOS DE LACLOS - SENAC de MEILHAN - MIRABEAU - LUCHET(marquis de)] The Gallery of the States General. S. l., 1790; two volumes in 8°, decorated half-basecloth of the time. A very interesting collection of satyric portraits of many elected officials such as Necker, Beaumarchais, l'abbé Grégoire, La Fayette, Condorcet, the duke of Luxembourg. These are the first two volumes only, without the third one devoted to the ladies of the (very) high nobility who
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150 € - 200 €
27 - - REVOLUTION. LEFRANC (abbé): Le Voile levé pour les Curieux, ou le Secret de la révolution révélé à l'aide de la franc-maçonnerie. Second edition, Paris, Lepetit et Guillemard 1792; in 8°, blue half-basin with corners, faux-title, title and 172 pages (misnumbered 171). The author published the first edition in 1791, and was assassinated during the massacres of September 1792 in Paris, at the Carmelite convent. 6 miscellaneous volumes are included.
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400 € - 500 €
28 - ROUSSEAU. DUSAULX (Jean-Joseph): De mes rapports avec J. J. Rousseau, et de notre correspondance, suivie d'une notice très-importante. Paris, de l'Imprimerie de Didot Jeune, an VI, 1798; in 8°, blond calf, spine with false-nerve ornament, triple gilt fillet on the covers, gilt edges. Binding of the period. Rare first edition of this important testimony of an admiring disciple of Rousseau (upper cover rubbed).
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200 € - 250 €
29 - - RIVAROL (Antoine de): Preliminary speech of the new Dictionary of the French Language. Paris, Cocheris, 1797; in 4°, half basane, smooth spine decorated. Binding of the time. First part, the only one published, which was forbidden to be sold in France. Following: De l'Universalité de la Langue Française. Subject proposed to the Academy of Berlin in 1783 by A. C. de Rivarol. Ibidem, idem, 1797. - RIVAROL (Antoine de) : OEuvres complètes de Rivarol, précédées d'une notice sur sa vie.
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200 € - 300 €
30 - BONALD (Louis, viscount of): Législation Primitive, considérée dans les derniers temps par les seules lumières de la raison, suivi de plusieurs traités et discours politiques. Paris, chez Le Clève, three volumes in 8°, (4)-352 pp, (4)-408 pp, (4)-412 pp, blond calf, very ornate smooth spines, red morocco titles and greefs. Binding of the period. ORIGINAL EDITION of this major treatise by Bonald, which develops the ideas of the Theory of Political and Re
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300 € - 350 €
31 - - RESTORATION. [FRENILLY (baron de)] Considérations sur une année de l'Histoire de France. London, Juigné, 1815; in 8°, half Russian coral leather. Binding of the time. The author studies the causes of Napoleon's collapse by comparing them to the English crisis of the XVIIth century and to Cromwell's reign. Very interesting study written in the first months of the Restoration. Attached : - [PONCELET DE BERMOND] : La Garde Royale pendant les évènements du 26 juillet au 5 août 1830. Sec
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200 € - 300 €
32 - - LAVATER : Le Lavater portatif. Paris, Vve Hocquart, 1808; in 16, basane jaspée, smooth spine well decorated, fine lace on the boards, gilt edges. Binding of the period. Nice copy of this "pocket" edition of Lavater's famous work. This edition includes 33 engraved plates in color off-text. - SAINT-CYR (Guy de)] Mémoire pour servir à l'Histoire des Cacouacs, suivi d'un Supplément à l'Histoire des Cacouacs jusqu'à nos jours. Followed by : Catechisme et Décisions de Cas de Conscience
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150 € - 200 €
33 - - MAISTRE (Joseph de): Les soirées de Saint Pétersbourg, ou Entretiens sur le Gouvernement temporel de la Providence, suivie d'un Traité sur les sacrifices. Paris, Librairie grecque, latine et française, 1821; two volumes in 8°, blue half-calf, spine with ornate nerves. Binding of the time. Beautiful copy of this very rare first edition. Disciple of Saint-Martin and friend of Willermoz, Joseph de Maistre was a dignitary of the rectified Christian masonry. It is in chapters
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100 € - 200 €
34 - MAISTRE (Joseph de): Les Soirées de Saint Petersbourg, Entretiens sur le Gouvernement temporel de la Providence; Suivis d'un Traité sur les Sacrifices. Paris, Librairie Grecque, Latine et Française, 1821, two vol. in 8°, half blond basane, spine with decorated false rings, marbled edges. Binding of the time. Posthumous first edition; it is decorated with a portrait of the author, lithographed in black. At its publication, this book was a great success and influenced many authors (some foxing
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300 € - 400 €
35 - REVOLUTION. MALLET DU PAN (Jacques): Memoirs and Correspondence, to serve the history of the French Revolution. Collected and arranged by A. Sayous. Paris, Amyot et Cherbuliez, 1851; two volumes in 8°, XII, 464 pp. and 512 pp. in blond basane. Binding of the period. Nice copy of the first edition. It bears the armorial ex libris of Sarah Sophia Child, Countess of Jersey, 1785-1867, wife of George Villiers. She was one of the richest women in England but also one of the most famous witches of he
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200 € - 250 €
36 - REVOLUTION. LAMENNAIS. BURKE (Edmund) : reflections on the French revolution and on the procedures of certain societies in London relative to this event. Paris, Laurent, and London, Edward, second edition, 1792; in 8°, blond shaggy basane, spine with ornate faux-nerve. Binding of the time. An interesting copy of the second edition of this important text, as it bears the handwritten ex libris of Félicité de LAMENNAIS.
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200 € - 250 €
37 - REVOLUTION. AYALA (Sebastian, S.J.): On the liberty and equality of men and citizens. With considerations on some new political dogmas. Vienne, Ignace Alberti, 1792; large vol. in-8, ornate half-basecloth. Binding of the time. From the library of Franz-Josef, count of Schönborn, with his ex libris. Joint : - BARRUEL (abbé) : Histoire du Clergé pendant la révolution française. London, 1797; in 8°, blond shagreened calf,
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200 € - 300 €
38 - REVOLUTION. [GALART DE MONTJOYE] Histoire de la Conjuration de Louis-Philippe-Joseph d'Orléans, Premier prince du sang, duc d'Orléans, de Chartres, de Nemours, de Montpensier & d'Etampes, comte de Beaujolais, de Vermandois & de Soissons, surnamed Egalité. Paris, s. n., 1796; three volumes in 12, brown basane, spines with ornate faux-nerves, green or coral calf title and giblets. Binding of the period. First edition of this very incisive essay towards Philippe-Egalité, by this monarchist who
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150 € - 200 €
39 - PROTESTANTISM. - BONNAUD (abbé Jacques-Julien)] Discours à lire au Conseil en présence du roi, par un ministre patriote, sur le projet d'accorder l'Etat-Civil aux protestants. S. l., 1787; in 8°, basane jaspée, spine with false-nerve ornament, red edges. Binding of the time. - CAVEYRAC (abbé de)] Apologie de Louis XIV et de son Conseil sur la révocation de l'Edit de Nantes. S. l., 1758; in 8°, brown calf, spine decorated, red edges. Binding of the period.
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300 € - 400 €
40 - REVOLUTION. BOUILLE (marquis de): Memoirs on the French Revolution. London, Cadell and Davies, 1797; two vol. in 8°, fawn calf, spines with very ornate faux-nerves, red edges. Binding of the period. Joint : - [PIESTRE Jean-Louis)] : Les Crimes de la philosophie, ou Tableau succinct des effets qu'elle a opérés dans la plupart des sciences et des arts et dans le régime des associati
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200 € - 250 €
41 - REVOLUTION. VIVARAIS. VINCENT (Andéol). History of the Wars of Vivarais and other neighboring regions, in favor of the royal cause, since the camp of Jalès 1790 until 1816. Privas, Agard, 1817; in 8°, VI pp., 179 pp. half brown leather, very ornate ribbed spine with gilt title. A good copy bound at the time. Rare work. Andéol Vincent was one of the main leaders of the insurrection; sub-director of the food supplies of the Christian and Royal Armies of the South, patented on March 1, 1796 by
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150 € - 200 €
42 - REYBAUD (Louis): Jérome Paturot in search of a social position. Paris, J.-J. Dubochet, Le Chevalier et Cie, 1846; large in 8°, 18,5 x 27,5cm, red half-maroquin, spine ribbed and decorated with triple gilt fillet, gilt head. Very elegant contemporary binding of the edition, by BRUYERE, bookbinder in Lyon. First edition illustrated by GRANDVILLE. A first edition copy of the 32 illustrations by Grandville and of the woodcut vignettes, cul-de-lampe and in-text illustrations. CARTERET : " One of th
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300 € - 400 €
43 - - HUGO (Victor) : Les Contemplations. Paris, Michel Lévy et Pagnerre, 1856; two volumes in 8°, green half-chagrin, spine with decorated nerves. Binding of the time. FIRST EDITION. The collection includes 158 poems, written as early as 1930 but mainly between 1840 and 1856. - HUGO. VICTOR-HUGO (Georges): Mon Grand-père. Paris, Librairie de France, 1931; in 4° sheets under folder and double cover. First edition illustrated by the author himself, grandson of the writer; numbered copy on Arches
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200 € - 250 €
44 - MARINE. OZANNE (Nicolas): Recueil de combats et d'expéditions maritimes. Paris, Dequevauviller, year 6 of the republic, 1797; large in folio, green half-calf with corners, spine ribbed. Later binding. ORIGINAL EDITION of this collection, complete with 39 engraved plates, of battles and maritime expeditions, containing perspective and picturesque views of these battles, the particular plans of the continents, islands and harbors in view of which they took place; the explanatory text of each subj
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1 500 € - 2 500 €
45 - HYERES. DENIS (Alphonse): Promenades pittoresques à Hyères, ou Notice statistique sur cette Ville, ses Environs et les Iles. Paris, chez Desmoulins, et Hyères, chez Joguet, et Firmin Didot, s. d. (1841); in folio, parma half-chagrin with corners, spine with ornate nerves. Binding of the time. Extremely rare and sought-after first edition; it includes 15 lithographed plates in black, representing different views of the city and the surrounding countryside, as well as the portrait of the fa
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600 € - 800 €
46 - - SAINT-SIMON (Louis de Rouvroy, duc de) : Mémoires complets et authentiques du duc de Saint-Simon précédées d'une notice par M. Sainte-Beuve. Paris, Hachette, 1856-1858; 20 volumes in 8°, red half-chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated with stamped fillets, speckled edges. Binding of the period. Engraved portrait of the memorialist in frontispiece. A fine copy of the most complete edition of the Memoirs, with the remarkable notes and comments of Sainte-Beuve.
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150 € - 200 €
47 - VIGNY (Alfred de): Les Destinées. Poëmes philosophiques. Paris, Lévy, 1864; in 8°, full anthracite morocco, counterfolds lined with havana morocco, endpapers of tobacco moire, spine with 5 nerves, gilt edges, cover and spine preserved, slipcase. Fine binding by GODILLOT. Posthumous ORIGINAL EDITION; it is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the poet after a photograph by Adam Salomon, printed on Chine monté. A fine copy. VIGNY : Les Destinées. Paris, Lévy , 1864; in 8 °, half-fa
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300 € - 400 €
48 - BOITARD (Pierre): Le Jardin des Plantes. Description et Moeurs des Mammifères, de la Ménagerie et du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris, Dubochet, 1845; in 8°, full cloth decorated by the publisher, after the drawings of Kronheim. Edition including the folding plan, two portraits, 110 engraved figures in the text, 53 plates out of text and 3 (out of 4) figures out of text in colors representing birds, according to the drawings of Traviès. A nice copy.
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150 € - 250 €
49 - - BIBLIOGRAPHY. JANIN (Jules): Le Livre. Paris, Plon, 1870; in 8°, green half-chagrin, spine ribbed, gilt head, covers preserved. Beautiful copy of this remarkable and not out of fashion study devoted to the book and its history, tool of knowledge and reflection... - PARIS A L'EAU FORTE. New series. Paris, L'Echo de la Sorbonne, 1879; large in 4°, brown half-maroquin with corners, smooth spine with mosaic decoration in long, gilt head. Binding of the time. Bound with Eaux-Fortes Parisiennes
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800 € - 1 000 €