Drouot - [VENTE MAINTENUE] LIVRES & MANUSCRITS

Lot n° 1

Almanach de Gotha for the year 1829. Gotha. Justus Perthes. 1 volume in-16, cold-painted green cardboard, with the coat of arms of the King of Saxony on the first plate, Antony I, decorated smooth spine,…

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Lot n° 2

Epigrammata Graeca selecta ex Anthologia.... (Geneva) Henri Estienne. 1570. 1 volume small in-8, late 18th century fawn calf, spine ribbed with very ornate boxes, red title coin. Small rubbing. (4) ff.…

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Lot n° 3

History and memoirs of the Royal Society of Medicine. 1776. Paris. Philippe-Denys Pierres, chez Didot. 1779. 1 volume in-4, marbled basane, triple cold fillet framed on plates. Binding handled. LV pp.,…

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Lot n° 4

(Characters of civility). The imitation of Jesus Christ... Paris. Moreau. 1643. 1 volume in-8, full brown morocco, triple framed with 3 gilt fillets framed on the flats, decorated ribbed spine, gilt edges.…

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Lot n° 5

Muhammad's Alcoran. The Hague. Adrian Moetjens. 1683. 1 volume in-12, modern full vellum, smooth spine. 1 engraving-frontispiece. Translation by Sieur du Ryer. Autograph signature on the first page.

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Lot n° 6

The life of St. Theresa written by herself. Paris. Pierre Le Petit. 1670. 1 volume in-4, full calf, spine ribbed, rubbed. Rubbed and restored binding. Life of Saint Teresa of Avila, translated by Arnauld…

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Lot n° 7

The efforts of freedom and patriotism against despotism... or Collection of patriotic writings to maintain the Old Government of Francis. London. 1773. 1 volume in-8, full brown marbled calf lightly rubbed,…

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Lot n° 8

The French painted by themselves. Paris. Curmer. 1840 - 1843. 8 volumes in-8, half black grief, spine to nerves. Without the volume of Prisme which was offered. A unique copy, comprising 404 colour engravings.…

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Lot n° 9

(MARINE). Order of the King, concerning the Navy of March 25, 1765. Paris. Imprimerie Royale. 1765. 1 volume in-4, full spotted basane lightly rubbed, smooth decorated spine, green morocco title piece.…

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Lot n° 10

Handwritten legal compendium. 1 volume in-8, blond half calf, decorated spine with nerves, red morocco headpieces, marbled edges. 480 ff. Series of legal questions and requests, concerning the great in…

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Lot n° 11

Regulations and statutes of the master sheet shearers, pressers, tighteners, and polishers of all kinds of woollen fabrics, of the City of Lyon Lyon. Aimé Delaroche. 1754. 1 volume in-12, full basane lightly…

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Lot n° 12

ABBADIE. Jacques.

A treatise on the truth of the Christian religion... followed by..: The art of self-knowledge or the search for the sources of morality. The Hague. Jean Neaulme. 1741. 4 volumes in-12, lightly rubbed blond…

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Lot n° 13

BEAUMARCHAIS. Pierre-Augustin Caron de.

Pleadings against Mr Goëzman, Mrs Goëzman, Sieur Bertrand, Sieur Marin, Sieur Darnaud-Baculard. Paris. Ruault. 1774. 1 volume in-4, full calf spotted and lightly rubbed, back with nerves ornamented, headdresses…

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Lot n° 14

BERARD. Jean-Baptiste.

The art of singing, dedicated to Madame de Pompadour. Paris. Dessaint et Saillant, Prault, Lambert. 1755. 1 volume large in-8, contemporary binding. (2) ff. 1 f. bl., (7) ff., 158 pp., (3) ff, pp. 1-34…

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Lot n° 15

(WOODS OF SAVAGES OF THE CROSS). Languedoc-French dictionary... Nimes. Gaude père et fils. 1785. 2 tomes in 1 volume in-8, lightly rubbed spotted basane, spine with ornamented nerve, beige title piece.…

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Lot n° 16

BOSSUET.

Discourse on universal history, from the beginning of the world to Charlemagne's empire. Paris. Didot l'aîné. 1784. 4 tomes en 2 volumes petit in-12, plein veau, dos à nerfs ornés, pièce de titre en maroquin…

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Lot n° 17

[BRET. A.]

Memoirs on the life of Mademoiselle de Lenclos. Amsterdam. François Joly. 1751. 1 volume in-12, modern brown half-basane, smooth decorated spine. 1 portrait-frontispiece of Ninon de Lenclos. Edition published…

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Lot n° 18

BRISSON.

Ornithology or Method containing the division of birds into orders, sections, genera, species & their varieties. To which an exact description of each species has been attached (...). Paris, Cl. Jean-Baptiste…

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Lot n° 19

[BUFFON].

Natural history of birds. Paris. Royal Printing. 1770-1775. 18 volumes in-12, full speckled calf, spine with ornamented nerves, title and tomaison parts in beige morocco, small defects. An illustrated…

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Lot n° 20

CABET.

Etienne. Revolution of 1830, and present situation... Paris. Auguste Mie. 1832. 1 volume in-8, blue half-basane, smooth decorated spine. Slightly freckled. Original edition. This work earned the socialist…

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Lot n° 21

CHOMEL J.B.

Abstract of the history of common plants... Paris. Didot. 1761. 3 volumes in-12, full calf, spine with ornamented nerves, title pieces in red morocco, tomaison in green morocco. This work is the fruit…

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Lot n° 22

[TRADE AND AGRICULTURE] Compilation of 259 reports. (circa 1789-1793). 7 volumes in-8, orange cardboard at the time. Minute freckles. If the Revolution abolished feudal rights, it was only with the fall…

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Lot n° 23

CONDE.

José Antonio. Historia de la dominación de los árabes en España. Madrid. Imprenta que fue de Garcia. 1820-1821. 3 volumes petit in-4, half blond basane, smooth decorated spines, red morocco titlepapers.…

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Lot n° 24

COOK.

James. Cook's third voyage, or journey to the Pacific Ocean... Paris. Hotel de Thou. 1785. 4 volumes in-8, full spotted calf, spines with ornate nerves, red title coins, black tomaison. Cook's third voyage,…

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Lot n° 25

[D'ALEMBERT].

On the destruction of the Jesuits in France. By a disinterested author. 1765. 1 volume in-12, heavily rubbed and damaged cardboard. Original edition. D'Alembert presents, anonymously, the reasons for the…

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Lot n° 26

Letters from Ninon de Lenclos to the Marquis de Sevigne. Amsterdam. François Joly. 1776. 3 volumes in-12, half-basane with slightly rubbed back corners, double gilt fillet on the plates, smooth spines…

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Lot n° 27

DAVILA. Henrico Caterino.

Historia delle guerre civili di Francia... Venetia. Baglioni. 1638. 1 volume in-8, full vellum rubbed with flaps, handwritten title on the back, later arms painted on the first plate. History of the civil…

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Lot n° 28

DE HERRERA Y TORDESILLAS. Antonio.

(Accounts of journeys to the East and West Indies, in 1508 and 1509). Opmerklyke zee-togten gedaan ter ontdekkinge van Eilanden en vaste kusten der West-Indien, in de jaaren 1508, in 1509 . Leiden. Pieter…

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Lot n° 29

(DE HOOGHE. Romain.)

Various satyric figures that the French made against the Dutch in 1673... with the Response of the Dutch to the French. Following the copy printed in Paris. (1674). 1 volume in-4 oblong, waiting folder…

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Lot n° 30

(FROM THE WOODY CHESNAYE). Portable military dictionary, containing all the terms related to warfare... Paris. Duchesne. 1759. 3 volumes in-8, full calf, double gilt fillet framed on the plates, spines…

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Lot n° 31

[DÉZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE.]

One of the main parts of natural history is cleared up in one of its main parts, the aardvark, which deals with land, stones, metals, minerals and other fossils . Paris. De Bure. 1755. 3 parts in 1 volume…

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Lot n° 32

DORTOUS DE MAIRAN.

Praise of the Academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences, who died in 1741, 1742 and 1743. Paris. Durand. 1747. 1 volume petit in-8, speckled calf, decorated nimbus spine, red title coin, rubbed caps.…

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Lot n° 33

(DUCHESSE DE BERRY).

Court calendar. Paris. Le Doux Hérissant. 6 volumes in-18, full morocco (2 red, 2 green and 2 blue), with the coat of arms of the Duchess of Berry, framed friezes on the plates (except 1, decorated with…

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Lot n° 34

FLORIAN.

Works. Paris. Didot l'aîné. 1786-1793. 15 volumes in-12, full green morocco, ornate smooth spines, with fleurons, title piece and tomaison in red morocco, triple filet, gold edges, some rubbed hinges.…

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Lot n° 35

FOURNEL.

History of the lawyers at the Parliament and the Paris Bar from S. Louis to 15 October 1790. Paris. Maradan. 1813. 2 volumes in-8, beige half-basane, smooth ornamented spines, red morocco title and tomaison…

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Lot n° 36

GARINET.

Jules. History of magic in France from the beginning of the monarchy to the present day. Paris. Foulon and company. 1818. In-8, havana half calf, spine ribbed and ornamented, black morocco headpieces,…

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Lot n° 37

(GEEL. Pierre Corneille Van).

Amateur Flora - Selection of the most remarkable plants for their elegance and usefulness. Paris. Leroi. 1847. 2 volume in-folio, long-grained beige half-maroquin, ornate ribbed spine, gold figure in the…

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Lot n° 38

(GENET. Edmé Jacques.)

. Letter to Earl of Bute, on the occasion of Mr. Pitt's retirement. . . London. 1761. 2 books in 1 volume in-12, half calf of the period, spine with decorated nerves, title piece in red morocco on the…

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Lot n° 39

GORI (A. F.)

Columna Trajana exhibens historiam utriusque Belli Dacici a Trajano Caesare Augusto gesti ab Andrea Morello adcurate delineata et in aere incisa, nova descriptione et observationibus illustrata. Amsterdam,…

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Lot n° 40

HAÜY.

Abbot. Elementary treatise on physics. Paris. Vve Coursier. 1821. 2 volumes in-8, half-basane, smooth ornamented spines, rubbed volume 2 covers. Illustrated with 19 folding plates. Third edition revised…

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Lot n° 41

[HOLBACH. Baron d']- BOULANGER

. The antiquity revealed by its uses . Amsterdam. Marc Michel Rey. 1768. 3 volumes in-12, full spotted calf, smooth decorated spines, beige title and tomaison coins, arms in tail. This work "was redone…

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Lot n° 42

HUET. Pierre-Daniel.

History of trade and navigation of the ancients. Paris. Coustelier. 1727. 1 volume in-12, full red morocco, triple gilt fillets in frame, smooth decorated spine, gilt edges, small hook on the upper headdress.…

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Lot n° 43

HUME.

History of England. Amsterdam. 1769. 6 volumes in-4, full calf, triple cold-framed fillets on flats, smooth ornate spines, red morocco title pieces, green morocco tomaison. Tiny rubbings. One of the Scottish…

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Lot n° 44

IMBERT.Barthélémy.

Historiettes or news in verse... Amsterdam. (Paris, Delalain). 1774. In-8, marbled brown calf, very ornate smooth spine, red morocco title piece. First edition of the Historiettes d'Imbert, with title-frontispiece…

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Lot n° 45

(LA GARAYE, Claude-Toussaint, comte de).

Hydraulic Chymie, to extract essential salts from plants, animals and minerals with pure water. Paris. Jean-Baptiste Coignard. 1745. 1 volume in-12, brown basane of the period, decorated nimbus spine,…

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Lot n° 46

LANGUET. Jean-Joseph, Cardinal.

The life of the venerable mother Marguerite-Marie... ...Paris. Widow Mazières and Jean-Baptiste Garnier. 1729. 1 volume in-4, full calf, decorated spine with nerves, title piece in brown morocco, rubbing…

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Lot n° 47

UTOPIA. (LESCONVEL). Relation of Prince Montberaud's trip to the island of Naudely... Merinde (Rouen). Pierre Fortané. 1705. 1 volume in-12, rubbed brown basane of the period, decorated spine with nerves,…

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Lot n° 49

(MADAME DE CAYLUS ET VOLTAIRE)

The Memories of Madame de Caylus. Amsterdam (Geneva). Jean Robert. 1770. 1 volume in-8, lightly rubbed marbled calf of the period, spine with nerves ornamented, First Edition, of the second edition, given…

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Lot n° 50

MAGNE DE MAROLLES.

Gun hunting... Paris. Monsieur's print shop. 1788. 1 volume in-8, full basane lightly rubbed, smooth spine decorated with brown title piece. First edition illustrated with 9 engraved plates including 3…

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Lot n° 51

MANGIN. Arthur.

Science trip around my room. Paris. At the office of the family museum. 1862. 1 volume in-8, full basane, very ornate spine with nerves, red title and author's piece Original edition, illustrated with…

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