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Auction 20 February 2020 ANTIQUE & MODERN BOOKS - Paris

Bid on the lot list Eric Caudron : 20 February 2020 - LIVRES ANCIENS & MODERNES Expert : Monsieur Bernard Perras <a href="mailto:bernardperras@wanadoo.fr" target="_blank">bernardperras@wanadoo.fr</a> Frais de vente 27% TTC Salle 15 - Hôtel Drouot - Paris

ANTIQUE & MODERN BOOKS

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Lot n° 0

LOUIS XV et De VOYER d'ARGENSON. Brevet...

LOUIS XV et De VOYER d'ARGENSON. Brevet sur parchemin de nomination du chevalier de la Guette, au grade de Maréchal de camp. Signé " LOUIS " et contresigné de VYER d'ARGENSON, en qualité de Ministre. Donné à Versailles le 10 Mai 1748

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Lot n° 1

MANUSCRIPT - SLAVERY Pleading...

MANUSCRIPT - SLAVERY Pleading of the case of Anne Jaguey, Negress and her Son S.l. Le Cap-Français, n.d., (1785), in-8 oblong (16.5 x 21.5 cm), 9 ff. covered on both sides in fine, legible handwriting (about 25 lines per page), in sheets. Signed from...

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Lot n° 2

MANUSCRIPT - SALINE Notices about...

MANUSCRIPT - SALINE Notices about my trip to Paris from the 4th of May 1803, the day I left Vevey, until the 18th of June, when I was back. S.l., n.d., (1803-1893), petit in-4, 204 pp., 30 ff. blank, rigid half calfskin with corners, smooth dumb spine,...

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Lot n° 3

MANUSCRIPT - HOURS FOR ROME USE Bruges,...

MANUSCRIPT - HOURS FOR ROME USE Bruges, n.d., (ca. 1430), in-18 (9 x 6 cm), Parchment, 132 ff. + II paper, 80 x 60 mm. with calendar justification 60 x 32 mm, 17 long lines, text justification 50 x 30 mm, 15 long lines, textura writing in brown ink,...

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Lot n° 4

MANUSCRIBE Water and Forestry...

MANUSCRIBE Water and Forestry Administration. Dax inspection. Walk in the land of dunes and moors. S.l. Dax, 1939, in-8 square, 31 ff. anopisthographs, unencrypted, covered with medium handwriting and legible, illustrated with 35 drawings in ink, in...

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Lot n° 5

MANUSCRIT - KOLLI (Louis Collignon,...

MANUSCRIT - KOLLI (Louis Collignon, known as Baron de). Historical and political memoirs on Valençay offered to the rulers of Europe. S.l, 1820, two volumes in-8 with figures, VII pages - 1 unencumbered white sheet -276 pages - V table pages + 2 unencumbered...

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Lot n° 6

MANUSCRIBE The Savoye Usage concerning...

MANUSCRIBE The Savoye Usage concerning ecclesiastical matters in relation to lay power and jurisdiction. S.l., s.d., (ca. 1730), in-4, 219 ff., covered with medium legible handwriting (ca. 20/25 lines per page), 16 ff. blank, marbled fawn basane,...

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Lot n° 7

MANUSCRIPT - LANDSCAPES Drawing...

MANUSCRIPT - LANDSCAPES Drawing book S.l., s.d., (1837-1838), in-4 oblong (24 x 33 cm), 11 wooden pencil drawings (21 x 26 cm), pasted on strong paper, summarily captioned and dated, plum half-basane, smooth mute spine (contemporary binding). Damaged...

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Lot n° 8

ALMANACH royal, for the year one...

ALMANACH royal, for the year one thousand seven cen eleven, calculated at the meridian of Paris (...) Paris, Laurent d'Houry, s.d., (1711), in-8, 27 ff. n. ch., then pp. 31-247, a f. n. ch. corrections (a few scattered holes with loss of some letters...

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Lot n° 9

PYRENEES - ABBADIA (Arnaud) Topographical...

PYRENEES - ABBADIA (Arnaud) Topographical and historical itinerary of the Hautes-Pyrénées, mainly the thermal establishments of Cauterets, Saint-Sauveur, Barèges, Bagnères, Capvern and Cadéac, as well as the good and warm waters that belong to the Basses-Pyrénées....

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Lot n° 10

PYRENEES - GALABERT (Louis) Canal...

PYRENEES - GALABERT (Louis) Canal des Pyrénées, joining the ocean to the Mediterranean, or continuation of the Canal du Midi from Toulouse to Bayonne. Paris, Locquin, 1830, in-4, VI-108 pp., 2 paintings, 1 plan and 1 large colour map folded, bradel...

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Lot n° 11

PYRENEES - PICKET (J.-P.) Trip...

PYRENEES - PICKET (J.-P.) Trip in the French Pyrenees, mainly directed towards the Bigorre & the valleys; followed by some new & important truths about the waters of Barèges & Bagnères Paris, Le Jay fils, 1789, in-8, VIII-327 pp., marbled brown basane,...

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Lot n° 12

PYRENEES DUSAULX (Jean) Trip to...

PYRENEES DUSAULX (Jean) Trip to Barège and the Hautes Pyrénées, made in 1788. Paris, Imprimerie de Didot jeune, 1796, 2 vol. in-8, 347 pp. and 4-207-55 pp., table of contents bound between the end of the Voyage and the beginning of the Preface to the...

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Lot n° 13

ARMIEUX Medical studies on Baréges. Paris,...

ARMIEUX Medical studies on Baréges. Paris, Rozier, 1870, gr. in-8, 580-4 pp., green semi-percaline bradel with corners, cover and spine preserved (contemporary binding). Back's over. Freckles. First edition.

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Lot n° 14

ALEMBERT (Jean Le Rond d') History...

ALEMBERT (Jean Le Rond d') History of the members of the French Academy, who died from 1700 to 1771. As a follow-up to the Praise printed and read in the public sessions of this Company À Paris, Chez Moutard, 1787, 6 vol. in-12, blond marbled calf,...

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Lot n° 15

ALLETZ (Pons-Augustin) Ceremonial...

ALLETZ (Pons-Augustin) Ceremonial of the Rite of the Kings of France, preceded by a preliminary discourse on the antiquity of this act of religion; the motives for its institution, the pompous apparatus with which it is celebrated, & followed by a chronological...

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Lot n° 16

ALMANACH of Versailles, year 1783...

ALMANACH of Versailles, year 1783 containing descriptions of the Château, park, gardens and city of Versailles; of the Grand & Petit Trianon & the Menagerie, the King's House, the Queen's House and the Royal Family; At Versailles, Chez Blaizot, At Paris,...

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Lot n° 17

ALMANACH of Versailles, leap year...

ALMANACH of Versailles, leap year 1776 containing a description of the town & Castle. The King's House, his officers. Les Maisons de la famille royale Versailles, chez Blaizot, Paris, chez Valade, Deschamps, s. d, (1776), in-16, 301-3 pp., floral fabric...

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Lot n° 18

ALMANACH Ladies' Almanac, for...

ALMANACH Ladies' Almanac, for the year 1809 Tübingen Paris, J. G. Cotta, n.d., (1809), in-18, 17 ff. n. ch. (false title, engraved title, calendar, explanation of the paintings), 196 pp., with 8 engraved serpentine plates, reproductions of paintings,...

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Lot n° 19

ANTI-DREYFUSISM Official will...

ANTI-DREYFUSISM Official will of Emile Zola. Paris, Léon Hayard, s.d., (1902), small in folio plié, 2 ff. n. ch., text surrounded by a large black border, in sheet. Fragile paper. Rare. It is obviously a pamphlet: the first leaf unfolding a pseudo-testament;...

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Lot n° 20

ANTONINI (Giuseppe) La Lucania,...

ANTONINI (Giuseppe) La Lucania, discorsi Naples, Francesco Tomberli, 1795-1797, 2 vols. in-4, half calf (navy), smooth spines with gilt fillets and caissons, speckled edges (19th c. rel.). Freckles, but good copy. Rare.

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Lot n° 21

ARAGO (François) Works by François...

ARAGO (François) Works by François Arago Second edition updated on the progress of science by J.-A. Barral With: Popular astronomy. New edition updated on the progress of science by J.-A. Barral. Posthumous work. Paris, Gide then: Théodore Morgand...

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Lot n° 22

ARDANT (Isaac-Philibert) Draft...

ARDANT (Isaac-Philibert) Draft Rural Code and Forestry Code Paris, Testu, 1819, in-8, XII-483-222 pp., paperback, brown speckled paper of the time. First and only edition.

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Lot n° 23

ARGENSON (René-Louis de Voyer de...

ARGENSON (René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d') Essays in the taste of those of Michel Montagne, or Les Loisirs d'un ministre d'Etat. Brussels, and is in Paris, Buisson, 1788, in-8, VIII-415 pp., blond basane, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets,...

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Lot n° 24

ARNOULD (Ambroise-Marie) General...

ARNOULD (Ambroise-Marie) General history of the finances of France, from the beginning of the Monarchy; to serve as an introduction to the annual law or budget of the French Empire. Paris, Imprimerie ordinaire du Corps Législatif, and at Rondonneau,...

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Lot n° 25

AUBIGNED (Theodore-Agrippa d') The...

AUBIGNED (Theodore-Agrippa d') The Universal History of Sieur d'Aubigné Maillé Saint-Jean-d'Angély, Jean Moussat, 1616-1620, 3 parts in two strong vol. in-folio, fawn calf, ornate ribbed spine, cold filleting on the plates, red slices (rel. of the 18th...

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Lot n° 26

THREE-FOUNTAIN DEWATERING Chronicon,...

THREE-FOUNTAIN DEWATERING Chronicon, e manuscriptis nunc primum editum a Godofredo Guilielmo Leibnitio Leipzig, Nikolaus Förster, 1698, 2 parts in one strong vol. small in-4 square, half-basane fawn with wedges, smooth spine, red title coin, blue edges...

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Lot n° 27

AUTHVILLE DES AMOURETTES (Charles...

AUTHVILLE DES AMOURETTES (Charles Louis d') Essay on Cavalry, both ancient and modern. To which were attached the new instructions & orders relating to it, with the current state of the mounted troops, their pay, &c. À Paris, Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert,...

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Lot n° 28

AVIGNON Statuta inclytae civitatis...

AVIGNON Statuta inclytae civitatis Avenionensis, nuper facta et reformata. Item conventio pridem inter dominos quonndam comites, & cives ipsius, inita, omnia ab illustriss. & reverendiss. Cardinali ab Arminiaco, illustrissimi ac reverendissimi Caroli...

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Lot n° 29

BAILLET (Adrien) Authors disguise...

BAILLET (Adrien) Authors disguise themselves under foreign names; borrow, assume, pretend for fun, encrypt, spill, flip, or switch from one language to another Paris, Antoine Dezallier, 1690, in-12, XXVI-2-615 pp., marbled fawn calf, spine ribbed and...

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Lot n° 30

BAILLY (Nicolas) Book of various...

BAILLY (Nicolas) Book of various widows from the Paris area and other places presented to H.S.H. Monseigneur le Duc d'Anguien by his very humble and obedient servant Nicolas Bailly. Versailles, chez l'auteur, Paris, S. Thomassin, n.d., in-4 oblong (25...

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Lot n° 31

BALTUS (Jean-François) Defense...

BALTUS (Jean-François) Defense of the SS. Fathers accuse of platonism Paris, Le Conte & Montalant, 1711, fort vol. in-4, 24 ff. n. ch. (title, dedication to the Cardinal of Rohan, preface, table of chapters), 638 pp. badly ciphered 640 (there is a jump...

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Lot n° 32

BALUZE (Etienne) Historiae Tutelensis...

BALUZE (Etienne) Historiae Tutelensis libri tres Paris, Imprimerie Royale, by Claude Rigaud, 1717, in-4, 5 ff. n. ch. (title, dedication to Jean Baluze, preface), 306 pp., then col. 307-922, index, with 3 folding plates, including a plan of the cathedral...

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Lot n° 33

BARAFIN Private life and politics...

BARAFIN Private life and politics of Jacquemin, known as Cousin Charles de Loupoigne, chief of brigands, in the nine departments combined; by Cen B *** Brussels, Imprimerie républicaine, year 8, (1800), in-8, 62 pp., one f. n. ch. of Note, rigid half...

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Lot n° 34

BARJAUD (Jean-Baptiste-Benoît)...

BARJAUD (Jean-Baptiste-Benoît) and Charles-Paul LANDON Description de Londres et de ses édifices, a follow-up to the Description de Paris et de ses édifices, with 42 picturesque view plates. Paris, Treuttel et Würtz, 1811, in-8, tortoiseshell calf,...

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Lot n° 35

BAR (Joseph) General History of...

BAR (Joseph) General History of Germany Paris, Charles-J.-B. Delespine, Jean-Thomas Hérissant, 1748, 10 volumes in 11 forts vol. in-4, with headline vignettes engraved at the beginning of each part, 2 frontispieces (including a portrait of Frederick...

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Lot n° 36

BARTSCH (Johann Adam Bernhard von) The...

BARTSCH (Johann Adam Bernhard von) The Painter Engraver. New edition. Vienna then: Leipzig, Printed by J. V. Degen then: Pierre Mechetti then: J.-A. Barth, 1805-1854, 21 volumes in-8, with 90 line engraved plates, wedge-cut half-navigation, spine with...

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Lot n° 37

PORABERE BLADDER The Military...

PORABERE BLADDER The Military in Franconia, or Treaty on a Military Constitution, adapted to its own principles of tactics. By the Marquis de B*** Liège, C. Plomteux, 1777, 2 vols. in-8, with 32 plates, of which two allegorical fronts, and 30 plates...

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Lot n° 38

BEAUFORT (de) The Great Political...

BEAUFORT (de) The Great Political Portfolio, for the use of princes and ministers, ambassadors and lawyers, general officers of land and sea, as well as the nobility, high clergy, financiers, travellers, political science enthusiasts; and finally for...

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Lot n° 39

BEAUMONT (Ed. de) Flower of beautiful...

BEAUMONT (Ed. de) Flower of beautiful swords Paris, Boussod, Valadon & Cie, 1885, folio. Black semi-percaline folder, laces, first illustrated plate (publisher's rel.). 10 engravings on parchment. 1/50 copies on Holland

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Lot n° 40

BEAURAIN (N. of) History of the...

BEAURAIN (N. of) History of the campaign of the Prince de Condé in Flanders in 1674, preceded by a historical picture of the Dutch War up to that time. Paris, chez l'auteur et chez Jombert, Delaguette et Monory, 1774, 3-XIV-63-216 pp., 2 ff. (list of...

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Lot n° 41

BENETON DE MORANGE DE PEYRINS (Etienne-Claude) A...

BENETON DE MORANGE DE PEYRINS (Etienne-Claude) A treatise on national marks, both those which serve to distinguish a nation in general, and those which distinguish the different ranks of the people of which that nation is composed, & which both have...

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Lot n° 42

BÉRANGER (Pierre-Jean de) Posthumous...

BÉRANGER (Pierre-Jean de) Posthumous works. I. My biography, written by Béranger. With an appendix and notes. Decorated with a full-length portrait drawn by Charlet, a photograph after the marble by M. Geoffroy-Dechaume and eight engravings after d'Aubigny,...

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Lot n° 43

BERNIER THEATRE OF MALIGNY (Aristippe-Félix) Theory...

BERNIER THEATRE OF MALIGNY (Aristippe-Félix) Theory of the Art of Acting or Theatrical Manual. By Aristippe Paris, A. Leroux, 1826, in-8, VIII-594 pp., chagrin aubergine, smooth spine decorated with gilt rocaille, cold fillet framing on the dishes with...

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Lot n° 44

BESSON (Joseph-Antoine) Memoirs...

BESSON (Joseph-Antoine) Memoirs for the ecclesiastical history of the dioceses of Geneva, Tarantaise, Aosta, and Maurienne, and of the deanship of Savoye. Recruited and trained by Mr. Besson, parish priest of Chapeiry, diocese of Geneva. Moutiers, Marc...

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Lot n° 45

WHITE and. DAUZATS San Juan de...

WHITE and. DAUZATS San Juan de Ulùa, or Relation of the French Expedition to Mexico, under the orders of Rear Admiral Baudin; followed by notes and documents, and a general overview of the present state of Texas, by E. Maissin. Published by order of...

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Lot n° 46

BLASIS (Carlo) A complete manual...

BLASIS (Carlo) A complete manual of dance, including theory, practice and history of this art from the earliest times to the present day; translated from the English by M. Barton, on the 1830 edition, by M. Paul Vergnaud, and revised by M. Gardel. Paris,...

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Lot n° 47

BONCENNE (Pierre) From the Navigation...

BONCENNE (Pierre) From the Navigation of the Clain, and its junction with the Charente and the Sèvre-Niortaise rivers Poitiers, Catineau, 1807, in-8, VII-46 pp., a white f., with a large unfolded map, green half vellum with corners, smooth spine decorated,...

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Lot n° 48

BOTTA (Carlo) Storia della Guerra...

BOTTA (Carlo) Storia della Guerra Americana. Livorno, Nella Stamperia di Pietro Meucci, 1825, 7 volumes in-8, one folding map in vol. VII, white half calf bradel with corners, spine with raised bands underlined with gilt filets, titlepapers, cover...

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Lot n° 49

BOULANGER (Nicolas-Antoine) Works...

BOULANGER (Nicolas-Antoine) Works of Baker Amsterdam, s.n., 1794, 6 vols. in-8, marbled brown basane, smooth spine cloisonné and floral, single gilt fillet on cups, lemon slices speckled with red (contemporary binding). Small lack of leather on the...

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