Auction 18 October 2022 Ancient and modern books, manuscripts, autographs - Paris

AGRIPPA (HENRI CORNEILLE) De l'Excellence...

AGRIPPA (HENRI CORNEILLE) De l'Excellence et de la Supériorité de la femme Work translated from Latin with comments by Roétitg. Paris, Delance, 1801; in-8 of VIII -124 pp. marbled basane in the 18th century taste a little worn. First edition of the French...

ANVILLE L'Italie publiée sous les...

ANVILLE L'Italie publiée sous les auspices de Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans Paris, chez l'auteur, 1743. 2 loose maps, colored outlines, for the work "Analyse géographique de l'Italie". Faint wetness.

BARTÉLÉMY (JEAN-JACQUES) Voyage...

BARTÉLÉMY (JEAN-JACQUES) Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce dans le milieu du quatrième siècle avant l'ère vulgaire Paris, De Bure l'Ainé, 1790; 7 vol. in-8, blond calf, three gilt fillets framing the boards, spine ribbed and decorated, brown parts. Third...

BOILEAU-DESPRÉAUX (NICOLAS) Various...

BOILEAU-DESPRÉAUX (NICOLAS) Various works of Sieur D*** with the Traité du sublime ou du merveilleux dans le discours... Paris, Denys Thierry, 1675; 2 parts in one vol. in-12 of 233 pp, 13 ff, 139 pp, 8 ff, late 19th century red morocco. Third edition...

CANONIERI (PIETRO ANDREA) Dissertationes...

CANONIERI (PIETRO ANDREA) Dissertationes politicae ac discurcus varii in C. Cornelii Taciti annalium libros Francofurti, Matthiae Beckeri, 1610. 4 ff. - 303 pp. - 1 p. bl. - 5 ff. - BELLI (Philip Honorius, pseud. of Giulio). Praxis prudentiae politicae,...

CASSINY DE THURY La Carte de France...

CASSINY DE THURY La Carte de France divisée en XXXI gouvernements militaires et en ses provinces Paris, Daumont, 1758. Oblong folio, modern brown half-marble (slightly rubbed). Rouen, 1838. Caen, 1839. Evreux, 1839. Bernai, 1843. Cherbourg, 1844 (incomplete,...

CHODERLOS DE LACLOS (PIERRE DE) Les...

CHODERLOS DE LACLOS (PIERRE DE) Les Liaisons dangereuses, ou Lettres recueillies dans une société, publiées pour l'instruction de quelques autres Amsterdam, Paris, Durand Neveu, 1782. 4 volumes in 2 vols. in-12, I : 248 and 242 pp., II : 231 and 257...

CLERC Yu Le Grand et Confucius,...

CLERC Yu Le Grand et Confucius, histoire chinoise Soissons, Imprimerie de Ponce Courtois, 1769. 4 parts in 2 vols. in-4, speckled calf, triple gilt fillet, smooth burgundy calf spine decorated, green title pages (Rel. époque). First edition of this study...

COLLINS (DAVID) An Account of the...

DIDEROT (D.) et d'ALEMBERT Encyclopédie,...

DIDEROT (D.) et d'ALEMBERT Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire des sciences, des arts et des métiers par une société de gens de lettres Paris, Neuchâtel, 1751-1765. 17 vols. of texts. - Recueil de planches sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques......

DOMINICY (CHARLES-ANTOINE) De Praerogativa...

DOMINICY (CHARLES-ANTOINE) De Praerogativa allodiorum in provinciis (...) Narbonensi et Accquitanica... Paris, Veuve Mathurin Dupuis, 1645; in-4 of 10 ff., 212-10 pp. in contemporary fawn calf, gilt arms in the center of the boards, spine with gilt numerals,...

DROIT, JURISPRUDENCE AU XVIIIe...

DROIT, JURISPRUDENCE AU XVIIIe SIÈCLE Set of 16 vol. in-4, marbled calf, cold fillet, spine with decorated nerves (Binding of the time). Including : GUYOT. Répertoire universel et raisonné de jurisprudence civile, criminelle, canonique, et bénéficiale....

GAZETTE Recueil des gazettes de...

GAZETTE Recueil des gazettes de France Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1788-1789. 2 vol. in-4, contemporary paper boards. Reunion of two essential years of the very first French newspaper, which held the monopoly of political information: the revolution of...

JURISPRUDENCE Coustume du bailliage...

JURISPRUDENCE Coustume du bailliage de Troyes, avec les commentaires de Mr Louis Le Grand Paris, Jean Guignard, 1681. In-folio, brown calf of the time. New edition of this important customary. Spots and freckles. Binding very worn, with missing spine...

LA FONTAINE Les Figures des Fables...

LA FONTAINE Les Figures des Fables de La Fontaine gravées par Simon et Coiny d'après les dessins du Sr Jce Vivier Paris, Simon et Coiny, s.d. (ca. 1785). 34 of 40 issues, in leaves in mute waiting folders, some with old handwritten notes and titles, or...

LA ROQUE (GILLES-ANDRÉ DE) Traité...

LA ROQUE (GILLES-ANDRÉ DE) Traité de l'origine des noms et des surnoms... Paris, Étienne Michallet, 1681; in-12, contemporary speckled calf with some wear. Uncommon first edition. The author studies names, their diversity, their ownership, their modification...

MOLIÈRE Les Œuvres Paris, Didot...

MOLIÈRE Les Œuvres Paris, Didot l'aîné, 1791-1794. 6 vol. large in-4, red morocco, gilt frame, smooth spine decorated, gilt edges (Rel. circa 1815). Beautiful edition published by Didot in the Collection des auteurs classiques françois et latins. Limited...

MOLIÈRE Les Œuvres Basle, Thourneisen,...

MOLIÈRE Les Œuvres Basle, Thourneisen, 1741. 3 out of 4 vol. in-12, stained calf and cold framed, spine ribbed (Contemporary).

MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE) Les Essais Paris,...

MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE) Les Essais Paris, par la Société, 1725. 3 vol. in-4, brown calf, double fillet, gilt arms in the center, spine ornamented, burgundy title-pieces and fawn tomaison, red edges (Rel. of the period). Second edition given by Pierre Coste,...

MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE) Les Essais,...

MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE) Les Essais, nouvelle édition enrichie et augmentée Paris, Rondet, Journel, Chevillon, 1669. 3 vol. in-12, I : 34 ff. with engraved title, 556 pp., 12 ff. - II : engraved title, 1 f. of table, 827 pp, 15 ff. out of 23 - III : engraved...

MONTESQUIEU (CHARLES-LOUIS DE SECONDAT),...

MONTESQUIEU (CHARLES-LOUIS DE SECONDAT), BARON DE Oeuvres Amsterdam, 1790; 7 vol. in-12 contemporary marbled blond basane, spines decorated with red and green parts, edges speckled with blue. New edition, revised, corrected and enlarged with several...

PALLAS (P. S.) Voyage de M. P....

PALLAS (P. S.) Voyage de M. P. S. Pallas, en différentes provinces de l'Empire de Russie, et dans l'Asie Septentrionale Paris, Lagrange, 1788-1793. 5 vol. in-4, raked calf, triple gilt fillet, ornate spine, red title and green tom. pages, red tr. First...

PASCHALIUS (CAROLUS) Coronae. Opus...

PASCHALIUS (CAROLUS) Coronae. Opus X libris distinctum Leiden, Johanne a Gelder, 1671. In-8, contemporary brown calf. Second edition (the original appeared in 1610) of this rare treatise on crowns and the history of coronations since antiquity: accessories,...

PERRAULT (CHARLES) Parallèle des...

PERRAULT (CHARLES) Parallèle des anciens et des modernes, en ce qui regarde les arts et les sciences Dialogues. With the poem of the century of Louis the Great, and an epistle in verse on genius. Paris, Jean-Baptiste Coignard, 1688. In-12, 20 ff, 252...

RACINE Les Œuvres Paris, Ambroise-Firmin...

RACINE Les Œuvres Paris, Ambroise-Firmin Didot, 1783. 3 vol. large in-4, red morocco, gilt frame, spine with ornate nerves, gilt edges (Rel. of the period). Beautiful edition published by Didot for the education of the Dauphin. Limited edition of 250...

ROUSSEAU (JEAN-JACQUES) Letter...

ROUSSEAU (JEAN-JACQUES) Letter to Mr. D'Alembert... on his article Geneva in the VIIth volume of the Encyclopedia, and particularly on the project to establish a Comedy Theater in this city. Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1758. XVIII pp. including the title,...

ROUSSEAU (JEAN-JACQUES) Discours...

ROUSSEAU (JEAN-JACQUES) Discours sur l'origine et les fondemens de l'inégalité parmi les hommes Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1755. In-8, engraved frontispiece, lxx pp. including title in red and black, (1) f. of warning, 262 pp. in marbled calf, cold fillet,...

ROUSSEAU (JEAN-JACQUES) Lettres...

ROUSSEAU (JEAN-JACQUES) Lettres de deux amans, habitans d'une petite ville au pied des Alpes Amsterdam (Paris), Marc-Michel Rey (Robin), 1761. 6 vols. in-12, fawn calf, spine with ornate nerves (B.C.). Dufour 90. First counterfeit published in France...

ROUSSEAU (JEAN-JACQUES) Letters...

ROUSSEAU (JEAN-JACQUES) Letters written from the mountain Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1764. 2 vols. in-8, I: title, (4) ff. 334 pp. ; II: title, 226 pp. 2 pp. catalog - porphyry calf, double gilt fillet, spine with ornate nerves (Binding). Not in Dufour. Rare...

ROUSSEAU (JEAN-JACQUES) Suite d'estampes...

ROUSSEAU (JEAN-JACQUES) Suite d'estampes de Moreau pour : Collection complète des Œuvres de J. J. Rousseau London, 1774-1782. In-4, bradel modern marbled paper boards. Complete suite of 37 plates by Moreau le jeune (30) and Le Barbier (7) - with pagination...

TEMPLE (GUILLAUME) Nouveaux mémoires...

TEMPLE (GUILLAUME) Nouveaux mémoires du chevalier Guillaume Temple, ambassadeur & plénipotentiaire de la Grande Bretagne... The Hague, Jean Van Duren and Adrien Van Moetjens, 1729; in-12 of IXXX-172 pp. in contemporary brown calf binding, spine with ornamented...

CASSINI Environs de Nismes Mende,...

CASSINI Environs de Nismes Mende, Viviers, Vaison, Nant, Nismes, Avignon, Lodève, Montpellier, Aix, Marseille. Paris, Longuet, successor of Simonneau, s.d. (ca. 1850). Set of 10 canvas maps, folded, with printed labels, in contemporary slipcase.

GARNIER (ATHANASE) Mémoires sur...

GARNIER (ATHANASE) Mémoires sur Louis-Napoléon et sur la Hollande Paris, Ladvocat, 1828; in-8, blond half calf, smooth spine decorated, marbled edges. Spine a little worn First edition, printed by Balzac on his presses in the rue Visconti just before...

ALBUM PHOTOGRAPHIQUE DES RUINES...

ALBUM PHOTOGRAPHIQUE DES RUINES DE PARIS Collection of all the monuments and buildings burned and destroyed by the Paris Commune Accompanied by historical and descriptive notes on each subject. Paris, Librairie rue Visconti P. Loubère, ca. 1871; in-4...

ALMANACH Étrennes aux dames Paris,...

ALMANACH Étrennes aux dames Paris, 1881-1883; 3 vols. in-16, silk bindings, folders and slipcases. "Charming little publication printed with great luxury" (Carteret). The text of each year is preceded by a portrait of a famous woman of letters engraved...

BALZAC (HONORÉ DE) Les Chouans Paris,...

BALZAC (HONORÉ DE) Les Chouans Paris, Émile Testard et Cie, 1889. In-8, paperback, uncut. 103 illustrations by Julien Le Blant engraved on wood by Léveillé. Deluxe edition at 110 copies: one of the 75 first copies on Japon, not numbered, with the suite...

BALZAC (HONORÉ DE) Oeuvres de Balzac...

BALZAC (HONORÉ DE) Oeuvres de Balzac et oeuvres de jeunesse de Balzac Paris, Lévy, 1867-1868 10 paperback volumes (Wear and small accidents)

CERVANTES Don Quixote de la Mancha Translated...

CERVANTES Don Quixote de la Mancha Translated from the spanish by Charles Jarvis. London, J.-J. Dubochet et Co, 1837-1839. 3 vols. in-8, Empire green morocco, gilt framed with a floral roulette set with gilt fillets, richly decorated ribbed spine, int....

HUNTING - MARC (E.) Hunting sketches....

HUNTING - MARC (E.) Hunting sketches. The drag of Pau. (Paris), Lith. Becquet frères, s.d. ca. 1860. In-4 oblong, sewn under a muted paper cover. Unique edition of this "extremely rare" album (Thiébaud, 631), including a title and 13 (out of 14) lithographed...

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COSTUMES - LANTÉ (LOUIS-MARIE) Costumes...

COSTUMES - LANTÉ (LOUIS-MARIE) Costumes of the women of the country of Caux, and of several other parts of the old province of Normandy, drawn, most of them, by M. Lanté, engraved by M. Gatine, and colored With an explanation for each plate. Paris, chez...

FÉNELON (FRANCOIS DE SALIGNAC DE...

FÉNELON (FRANCOIS DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE) Abrégé de la vie des plus illustres philosophes de l'Antiquité, avec leurs dogmes, leurs systèmes, leur morale... Paris, David, 1822; in-8, seeded calf, gilt border, smooth spine detached from volume. Compilation...

GAUTIER (THÉOPHILE) Mademoiselle...

GAUTIER (THÉOPHILE) Mademoiselle de Maupin. Double love. Textual reprint of the original edition. Bibliographical note by M. Charles de Lovenjoul. Paris, L. Conquet, G. Charpentier, 1883. 2 vols. large in-8, midnight blue morocco, gilt border with scrolls...

GRASSET Voyage historique, littéraire,...

GRASSET Voyage historique, littéraire, politique et pittoresque aux Isles et possessions ci-devant vénitiennes Paris, Tavernier, 1800. In-4, speckled calf, gilt fillet, smooth spine decorated (Binding). Rare atlas, alone, containing 30 beautiful plates...

HAMILTON (ANTOINE) Memoirs of the...

HAMILTON (ANTOINE) Memoirs of the Count of Grammont Paris, Jules Bonnassies, 1876. In-8, xxxii-307 pp, burgundy long-grained morocco, gilt framing of fillets and palms, smooth ornate spine, interior framing, lining and endpaper of old rose moire, double...

HUGO (VICTOR) Œuvres complètes Definitive...

HUGO (VICTOR) Œuvres complètes Definitive edition according to the original manuscripts. Paris, J.Hetzel & Cie & A. Quantin & Cie, 1880-1889; 48 vol. in-8, garnet half-chagrin with corners, spine ribbed, gilt head, untrimmed, covers preserved, modern...

MOREAU (JEAN-MICHEL) et FREUDEBERG...

MOREAU (JEAN-MICHEL) et FREUDEBERG (SIGISMOND) Estampes pour le Monument du Costume Engraved by Dubouchet. Paris, L.Conquet, 1881-1883; 5 issues in-folio of 14 pl.; 9 pl.; 6 pl.; 6pl.; 6 pl., in green printed folders placed in a green flap percale portfolio...

MUCHA - FLERS (ROBERT DE) Ilsée...

MUCHA - FLERS (ROBERT DE) Ilsée princesse de Tripoli Paris, H. Piazza, 1897. In-folio, blue half-maroquin with corners, spine gilt, cover gilt (period). First edition, printed at 252 copies, this one n° 172. This masterpiece of Art Nouveau...

PERRAULT (CHARLES) Cinderella and...

PERRAULT (CHARLES) Cinderella and the fairies Paris, Boussod Valadon, 1887; folio of 34 pages, in sheets in publisher's dilapidated flap wallet. (Wear) Fully engraved work. "Charming and beautiful publication highly esteemed and quoted; it is illustrated...

ROUSSEAU (JEAN-JACQUES) Les Confessions Paris,...

ROUSSEAU (JEAN-JACQUES) Les Confessions Paris, Garnier Frères, 1877.