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Lot n° 1

BERLIOZ Hector. Autograph letter...

BERLIOZ Hector. Autograph letter signed H. Berlioz to a music lover from Breslau, Ferdinand Friedland. Dresden, Hotel de l'Ange d'or, April 14 1854; 3 pages in-8. He will never forget the service Friedland did him when he left for Russia (1847). "Mrs....

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Lot n° 2

CAMUS Albert. Typed letter signed...

CAMUS Albert. Typed letter signed to P.V. Berthier. Heading Mde la librairie Gallimard. Paris, October 14, 1955; one page in-8, under blackened wood frame. He renounces to do a preface "even when the author and the book him are sympathetic" and justifies...

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Lot n° 3

CHATEAUBRIAND François-René de....

CHATEAUBRIAND François-René de. Autograph letter initialled to the Duchess of Duras. London, May 3, 1822; 4 pages in-8. Chateaubriand, French ambassador in London, is unwell: "The vigils and the work, which is considerable, have made me excessively tired....

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Lot n° 4

CHATEAUBRIAND François-René de....

CHATEAUBRIAND François-René de. Autograph letter to the Duchess of Duras?. (London), 28 (April 1822?); 4 pages in-4, split at fold. There is a problem. Chateaubriand, ambassador in London, was disturbed by the postscript of his correspondence: "I am...

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Lot n° 5

CHEYMOL Pierre. Constitution de...

CHEYMOL Pierre. Constitution de la solitude. Paris, José Corti, 1987; in-8 paperback contained in a large in-4 orange cloth slipcase. First edition of these surrealist adages. One of 36 copies on Johannot paper, the only ones containing an additional...

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Lot n° 6

DERÈME Tristan (Philippe Huc said)....

DERÈME Tristan (Philippe Huc said). The violin of the Muses. Manuscript partly autograph, partly typed, partly printed from impressions in magazines and bearing numerous retouching. Paris, 1934; large volume in-4 in sheets of 376 leaves (numbered 1-49,...

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Lot n° 7

FRÉDÉRIC II, king of Prussia. Autograph...

FRÉDÉRIC II, king of Prussia. Autograph letter signed Frederick to the physicist and philosopher Pierre-Louis de Maupertuis. Dresden, Dec. 20, 1748; one page in-4. After having definitively established that the earth was flattened at the poles, Maupertuis,...

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Lot n° 8

GIDE André. On the interpretation...

GIDE André. On the interpretation of the role of Phèdre. Advice to a young actress. Autograph manuscript. Algiers (?), 1943 (?); in-4 of 20 pages on 16 sheets of school paper, typewritten version opposite, old bradel binding, white half vellum with corners,...

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Lot n° 9

GUITRY Sacha. The Word of Cambronne....

GUITRY Sacha. The Word of Cambronne. Comedy in one act and in verse. Paris, Plon; 1938; small in-4 green half-maroquin with corners, smooth spine (slightly faded) decorated with gilt and cold filets, cover (M. Landre). First edition. Cover and 19 compositions...

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Lot n° 10

MOREAU Gustave. Autograph letter...

MOREAU Gustave. Autograph letter signed by the painter to the enameller Claudius Popelin (Paris, July 29, 1886; 3 pages in-8 on mourning paper. Although "sick and saddened" the painter addresses a charming letter of thanks for the book Popelin gave him...

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Lot n° 11

PICASSO Pablo. Autograph bill signed...

PICASSO Pablo. Autograph bill signed Picasso. S.l.n.d.; one page in-8 oblong. "Our regards to you three. I embrace you".

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Lot n° 12

VIAN Boris. Autograph letter signed....

VIAN Boris. Autograph letter signed. Paris, August 12, 1942; one page in-8 oblong. In a silver wooden frame with a photographic portrait opposite. Unforeseen circumstances prevent him from accepting an offer of a position. "I therefore do not maintain...

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Lot n° 13

ALBERT, LE PETIT. Secrets merveilleux...

ALBERT, LE PETIT. Secrets merveilleux de la magie naturelle et cabalistique du petit Albert... Lyon , héritiers de Beringos fratres, 1778 ; small in-12, old red morocco binding, cold filets, smooth mute back. Figures in the text engraved on wood...

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Lot n° 14

ALBUM AMICORUM. - Souvenir of the...

ALBUM AMICORUM. - Souvenir of the friends of Jean de Sear (?) Hartmann. 1795 ". (1795-1806), oblong in-8 (110 x 180 mm) with 132 handwritten or painted ff., contemporary binding in green morocco, gilt lace on the boards, spine with gilt designs, gilt...

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Lot n° 15

ALBUM AMICORUM DE CLÉMENTINE GUÉRIN(?)....

ALBUM AMICORUM DE CLÉMENTINE GUÉRIN(?). Châlons en Champagne, 1833; in-8 oblong (138 x 210 mm) of 54 ff. of which 38 remained blank, romantic binding in green morocco, cold decoration on the boards, very ornate smooth spine, gilt edges, one bit split. (Spine...

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Lot n° 16

ALBUM DE MUSIQUE NOTÉE with calligraphied...

ALBUM DE MUSIQUE NOTÉE with calligraphied lyrics and original pen-and-ink drawings. Paris, May 1749; in-4 oblong (175 x 235 mm) of 1 ff (title), 170 pages, 4 ff (table), contemporary binding in midnight blue morocco, gilt fillets and gilt pomegranate...

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Lot n° 17

ATLAS. Pierre DU VAL of Abbeville....

ATLAS. Pierre DU VAL of Abbeville. French geography containing the description, maps and coat of arms of the provinces of France. Paris, l'Auteur, 1677; large volume, small in-12, contemporary brown half calf, spine ribbed and rubbed with small lacks,...

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Lot n° 18

ATLAS - Gilles and Didier ROBERT...

ATLAS - Gilles and Didier ROBERT DE VAUGONDY. Atlas universel. Paris, the authors, Boudin, 1757; large volume in-folio mounted on tabs, old marbled half-calf binding, some spotting. Beautiful engraved frontispiece (small lack at lower corner) and 108...

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Lot n° 19

ATLAS. - Rigobert BONNE. Atlas...

ATLAS. - Rigobert BONNE. Atlas maritime, ou Cartes réduites de toutes les côtes de France. Paris, Lattré, circa 1762 (Approbation); small in-12 mounted on tabs, contemporary binding in old red morocco, gilt lace on boards, smooth spine decorated (without...

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Lot n° 20

BARRET Paul. Fo-Ka or the Metamorphoses,...

BARRET Paul. Fo-Ka or the Metamorphoses, Chinese tale. Stolen from M. de Voltaire. Peking, Paris, vve Duchesne, 1777; 2 volumes in-12, old paperboards fancy paper. First edition of this tale that the author tried to pass off as a work by Voltaire. From...

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Lot n° 21

BELON Pierre. La nature & diversité...

BELON Pierre. La nature & diversité des poissons, avec leurs pourtraicts, representez au plus près du naturel. Paris, Ch. Estienne, 1555; small oblong in-4 (100 x 160 mm) of 20 ff., 448 pp, mid-seventeenth century brown calf binding, on the boards...

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Lot n° 22

BIBLE (THE HOLY). Translated on...

BIBLE (THE HOLY). Translated on the original texts with the differences of the Vulgate. Cologne, la Compagnie, 1739; large volume small in-8 with two columns, old red morocco, on the boards double framing of three gilded nets with fleur de lys in the...

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Lot n° 23

BRAUN the young Jean. Deutsche...

BRAUN the young Jean. Deutsche und Französiche Vorschriften... - Copy of the French and German writing written and engraved by Jean Braun the young. Mulhouse, 1793; in-4 (260 x 240 mm), brown half morocco with corners, spine mute, (E. Carayon). A fine...

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Lot n° 24

BROSSES President Charles de. Lettres...

BROSSES President Charles de. Lettres historiques et critiques sur l'Italie. Paris, Ponthieu, 1799; 3 volumes in-8, fawn half calf, smooth spines, small crack to one spine. (Cracks and curls.) First edition. Slight brown haze on the top of the spines...

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Lot n° 25

BRUNNER Christoph. Vorschaifft...

BRUNNER Christoph. Vorschaifft Deütsch und Frantzösisch ... Schrifften...- A copy of the Italian bastard script with the current dispatch, the German naively represented by the now customary characters. Basel, J.K. Samson, n.d. (mid-18th century); oblong...

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Lot n° 26

NOTEBOOK OF ARITHMETIC FOR PHÉLIX...

NOTEBOOK OF ARITHMETIC FOR PHÉLIX MARTIN. Manuscript largely calligraphed and decorated with colored inks. Saint-Germain (?) this 7th of January 1812; in-folio (380 x 240 mm) of 112 pages, stapled, frayed on the sides with small lacks on the first leaves. Numeration,...

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Lot n° 27

CAHIER D'ÉCRITURE dedicated to...

CAHIER D'ÉCRITURE dedicated to Madame Blondel by her daughter Rosa. Paris (?), 1814; in-folio of 8 leaves, blue paper cover with large calligraphy medallion. Suite of 8 pages of calligraphic exercises based on moral maxims. At the end, a large page of...

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Lot n° 28

CALENDRIER HISTORIAL. Lyon, Jean...

CALENDRIER HISTORIAL. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1563; small in-8 of 16 ff. blond half-calf of the XIXth century, spine with nerves. Rare first edition, decorated with 12 mid-page woodcut figures, attributed to the "master with the cape". "The size of...

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Lot n° 29

CALLIGRAPHY. - KURZE ANWEISUNG...

CALLIGRAPHY. - KURZE ANWEISUNG zur neuesten art schön und zierlich zu Schreiben. Nurenberg, Chr. Weigel, early 19th century ?; small oblong in-4 (162 x 205 mm), printed title and 26 intaglio plates, red half-chagrin with corners, smooth spine decorated. Suite...

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Lot n° 30

CHABERT Joseph-Bernard, Marquis...

CHABERT Joseph-Bernard, Marquis de. Voyage fait par ordre du Roi en 1750 et 1751 dans l'Amérique septentrionale pour rectifier les cartes des côtes d'Acadie, de l'Isle royale et de Terre-Neuve. Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1753; in-4, contemporary binding...

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Lot n° 31

CHARDIN Jean. Voyage de M. le chevalier...

CHARDIN Jean. Voyage de M. le chevalier Chardin en Perse et autres lieux de l'Orient. Amsterdam, L. de l'Orme, 1711; 3 volumes in-4, contemporary bindings in spotted calf, spines decorated with gilt designs. (Wear.) First complete edition of Chardin's...

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Lot n° 33

COOK James. Relation des voyages...

COOK James. Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de Sa Majesté Britannique ... dans l'hémisphère méridional... Paris, Saillant et Nyon ; Panckoucke, 1774 ; 4 volumes in-4, contemporary bindings in tan calf, spines decorated with gilt designs, red...

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Lot n° 34

COOK Captain James. Voyage dans...

COOK Captain James. Voyage dans l'hémisphère austral et autour du monde, fait en 1772. Paris, 1778; in-4 contemporary marbled half-basin, spine with gilt designs, accident to one headband. Atlas only, comprising a VERY NICE SET OF 65 ENGRAVED PLATES...

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Lot n° 35

COSTS - Julien PELEUS, advocate...

COSTS - Julien PELEUS, advocate in Parliament. The works. Troyes & sold in Paris, Nic. Rousset, 1631; large two-column volume in folio, contemporary vellum, small lateral loss on one cover.

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Lot n° 36

DU LAURENS André. Discourse on...

DU LAURENS André. Discourse on the conservation of the veue view : of melancholic diseases, catarrhs & old age. Paris, J. Mettayer, 1597; large volume in-12, contemporary soft vellum, traces of binding. The author, physician to King Henri IV, dedicated...

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Lot n° 37

DEIDIER Antoine. Le parfait ingénieur...

DEIDIER Antoine. Le parfait ingénieur françois ou la fortification offensive. Paris, Ch. Ant. Jombert, 1757; in-4 contemporary marbled calf, worn, interior perfect. First edition. Frontispiece by Cochin, title vignette and 50 DULY ENGRAVED PLATES. ...

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Lot n° 38

GLACHANT François-Michel. New treatise...

GLACHANT François-Michel. New treatise on writing, enriched with several pieces engraved after the masterpiece of Mr. Rossignol, where one finds his demonstrations, according to the principles of Mr. Alais. Paris, J.B.C. Bauche, 1742; in-folio of 3 ff.,...

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Lot n° 39

GALERIE THÉÂTRALE or Collection...

GALERIE THÉÂTRALE or Collection of full-length portraits of the principal actors who have appeared or who appear in the first three theaters of the capital. Paris, Bance aîné; 1818 and following years; large in-4, half black chagrin, spine rubbed. A...

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Lot n° 40

HOEFNAGEL Joris. Archetypa studiaque......

HOEFNAGEL Joris. Archetypa studiaque... Frankfurt am Main, 1592; small oblong folio (175 x 250 mm), 19th-century half-basin, one spine split. (Small accidents.) First edition. Collection of 49 plates (out of 52) of insects, fruits and small mammals...

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Lot n° 42

HONDIUS Jodocus. Theatrum artis...

HONDIUS Jodocus. Theatrum artis scribendi, varia summorum nostri seculi, artificum exemplaria. S.l.n.d. 1594; small oblong folio (190 x 260 mm), engraved title, 2 ff. of printed text, 39 engraved plates, half-brown leather, one spine split, covers missing. RARE...

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Lot n° 43

JUSTINIAN. Corpus juris civilis....

JUSTINIAN. Corpus juris civilis. Frankfurt am Main, Hieron Polichius, 1663; 4 parts in a very large 2-column in-4 volume, contemporary Germanic saddle-skin binding, cold decoration on the boards, spine with 4 ornamented nerves, rubbing and staining to...

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Lot n° 44

KIRCHER Athanasius. Arithmologia...

KIRCHER Athanasius. Arithmologia sive De abditis numerorum mysterijs. Rome, Typographia Varesij, 1665; in-4 of 6 ff. 301 + 1 pp, 5 ff. the last blank, contemporary ivory vellum. First edition of one of the least known books of the Jesuit scholar: studies...

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Lot n° 45

LA LANDE Jérôme Lefrancois de....

LA LANDE Jérôme Lefrancois de. Les canaux de navigation, et spécialement le canal de Languedoc. Paris, Vve Desaint, 1778; large vol. in-folio, contemporary marbled calf, gilt fillets, spine with gilt designs, wear to headpieces and corners but solid binding. First...

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Lot n° 46

LA LANDE Jérôme Lefrancois de....

LA LANDE Jérôme Lefrancois de. Les canaux de navigation, et spécialement le canal de Languedoc. Paris, Vve Desaint, 1778; large vol. in-folio, contemporary marbled calf, gilt filets, spine with gilt designs, spines repaired. First edition, accompanied...

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Lot n° 47

LEGENDRE Jean-Gabriel. Description...

LEGENDRE Jean-Gabriel. Description of the place Louis XV that is being built in Reims. Paris, Prault, 1765; large folio, contemporary binding in marbled calf, gilt arms on boards, spine with nine ornate nerves, wear to headpieces and corners. First...

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Lot n° 48

LE GUERCHOIS Madeleine d'Aguesseau,...

LE GUERCHOIS Madeleine d'Aguesseau, Mme. Advice from a mother to her son. Paris, Desaint & Saillant, 1743; in-12 of 4 ff, 130 pp, 2 ff, contemporary binding in soft vellum, smooth spine, Indian ink decoration on boards and spine. First edition....

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Lot n° 49

MARAIS Mathieu. Pièces en trio...

MARAIS Mathieu. Pièces en trio pour les flûtes, violons & dessus de viole. Paris, l'auteur ; Hurel ; Bonneuil ; Foucault, 1692 ; small oblong in-4 of 114 pages, contemporary fawn calf, gilt lace on the boards, gilt fillets and fleur-de-lys on the...

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Lot n° 50

MONTFORT Guillaume. Meeting of...

MONTFORT Guillaume. Meeting of three calligraphied works bound in a volume in-folio red half-chagrin with corners of the XIXth century, small lack to the upper cap. 1. COLLECTION OF PRINCIPLES AND MODELS OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF WRITING. Paris, Basset,...

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Lot n° 51

NIEBUHR Carsten. Description de...

NIEBUHR Carsten. Description de l'Arabie, faite sur des observations propres et des avis recueillis dans les lieux mêmes. 1774; 1 volume -Joint of the same: Voyage en Arabie & en d'autres pays circonvoisins. 1776; 2 volumes. Amsterdam, S.J. Baalde,...

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Auction BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS - Paris

Bid on the lot list Audap & Associés : 23 May 2023 - Salle 2 - Hôtel Drouot - Paris

BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS

BERLIOZ Hector. Autograph letter...

BERLIOZ Hector. Autograph letter signed H. Berlioz to a music lover from Breslau, Ferdinand Friedland. Dresden, Hotel de l'Ange d'or, April 14 1854; 3 pages in-8. He will never forget the service Friedland did him when he left for Russia (1847). "Mrs....

CAMUS Albert. Typed letter signed...

CAMUS Albert. Typed letter signed to P.V. Berthier. Heading Mde la librairie Gallimard. Paris, October 14, 1955; one page in-8, under blackened wood frame. He renounces to do a preface "even when the author and the book him are sympathetic" and justifies...

CHATEAUBRIAND François-René de....

CHATEAUBRIAND François-René de. Autograph letter initialled to the Duchess of Duras. London, May 3, 1822; 4 pages in-8. Chateaubriand, French ambassador in London, is unwell: "The vigils and the work, which is considerable, have made me excessively tired....

CHATEAUBRIAND François-René de....

CHATEAUBRIAND François-René de. Autograph letter to the Duchess of Duras?. (London), 28 (April 1822?); 4 pages in-4, split at fold. There is a problem. Chateaubriand, ambassador in London, was disturbed by the postscript of his correspondence: "I am...

CHEYMOL Pierre. Constitution de...

CHEYMOL Pierre. Constitution de la solitude. Paris, José Corti, 1987; in-8 paperback contained in a large in-4 orange cloth slipcase. First edition of these surrealist adages. One of 36 copies on Johannot paper, the only ones containing an additional...

DERÈME Tristan (Philippe Huc said)....

DERÈME Tristan (Philippe Huc said). The violin of the Muses. Manuscript partly autograph, partly typed, partly printed from impressions in magazines and bearing numerous retouching. Paris, 1934; large volume in-4 in sheets of 376 leaves (numbered 1-49,...

FRÉDÉRIC II, king of Prussia. Autograph...

FRÉDÉRIC II, king of Prussia. Autograph letter signed Frederick to the physicist and philosopher Pierre-Louis de Maupertuis. Dresden, Dec. 20, 1748; one page in-4. After having definitively established that the earth was flattened at the poles, Maupertuis,...

GIDE André. On the interpretation...

GIDE André. On the interpretation of the role of Phèdre. Advice to a young actress. Autograph manuscript. Algiers (?), 1943 (?); in-4 of 20 pages on 16 sheets of school paper, typewritten version opposite, old bradel binding, white half vellum with corners,...

GUITRY Sacha. The Word of Cambronne....

GUITRY Sacha. The Word of Cambronne. Comedy in one act and in verse. Paris, Plon; 1938; small in-4 green half-maroquin with corners, smooth spine (slightly faded) decorated with gilt and cold filets, cover (M. Landre). First edition. Cover and 19 compositions...

MOREAU Gustave. Autograph letter...

MOREAU Gustave. Autograph letter signed by the painter to the enameller Claudius Popelin (Paris, July 29, 1886; 3 pages in-8 on mourning paper. Although "sick and saddened" the painter addresses a charming letter of thanks for the book Popelin gave him...

PICASSO Pablo. Autograph bill signed...

PICASSO Pablo. Autograph bill signed Picasso. S.l.n.d.; one page in-8 oblong. "Our regards to you three. I embrace you".

VIAN Boris. Autograph letter signed....

VIAN Boris. Autograph letter signed. Paris, August 12, 1942; one page in-8 oblong. In a silver wooden frame with a photographic portrait opposite. Unforeseen circumstances prevent him from accepting an offer of a position. "I therefore do not maintain...

ALBERT, LE PETIT. Secrets merveilleux...

ALBERT, LE PETIT. Secrets merveilleux de la magie naturelle et cabalistique du petit Albert... Lyon , héritiers de Beringos fratres, 1778 ; small in-12, old red morocco binding, cold filets, smooth mute back. Figures in the text engraved on wood...

ALBUM AMICORUM. - Souvenir of the...

ALBUM AMICORUM. - Souvenir of the friends of Jean de Sear (?) Hartmann. 1795 ". (1795-1806), oblong in-8 (110 x 180 mm) with 132 handwritten or painted ff., contemporary binding in green morocco, gilt lace on the boards, spine with gilt designs, gilt...

ALBUM AMICORUM DE CLÉMENTINE GUÉRIN(?)....

ALBUM AMICORUM DE CLÉMENTINE GUÉRIN(?). Châlons en Champagne, 1833; in-8 oblong (138 x 210 mm) of 54 ff. of which 38 remained blank, romantic binding in green morocco, cold decoration on the boards, very ornate smooth spine, gilt edges, one bit split. (Spine...

ALBUM DE MUSIQUE NOTÉE with calligraphied...

ALBUM DE MUSIQUE NOTÉE with calligraphied lyrics and original pen-and-ink drawings. Paris, May 1749; in-4 oblong (175 x 235 mm) of 1 ff (title), 170 pages, 4 ff (table), contemporary binding in midnight blue morocco, gilt fillets and gilt pomegranate...

ATLAS. Pierre DU VAL of Abbeville....

ATLAS. Pierre DU VAL of Abbeville. French geography containing the description, maps and coat of arms of the provinces of France. Paris, l'Auteur, 1677; large volume, small in-12, contemporary brown half calf, spine ribbed and rubbed with small lacks,...

ATLAS - Gilles and Didier ROBERT...

ATLAS - Gilles and Didier ROBERT DE VAUGONDY. Atlas universel. Paris, the authors, Boudin, 1757; large volume in-folio mounted on tabs, old marbled half-calf binding, some spotting. Beautiful engraved frontispiece (small lack at lower corner) and 108...

ATLAS. - Rigobert BONNE. Atlas...

ATLAS. - Rigobert BONNE. Atlas maritime, ou Cartes réduites de toutes les côtes de France. Paris, Lattré, circa 1762 (Approbation); small in-12 mounted on tabs, contemporary binding in old red morocco, gilt lace on boards, smooth spine decorated (without...

BARRET Paul. Fo-Ka or the Metamorphoses,...

BARRET Paul. Fo-Ka or the Metamorphoses, Chinese tale. Stolen from M. de Voltaire. Peking, Paris, vve Duchesne, 1777; 2 volumes in-12, old paperboards fancy paper. First edition of this tale that the author tried to pass off as a work by Voltaire. From...

BELON Pierre. La nature & diversité...

BELON Pierre. La nature & diversité des poissons, avec leurs pourtraicts, representez au plus près du naturel. Paris, Ch. Estienne, 1555; small oblong in-4 (100 x 160 mm) of 20 ff., 448 pp, mid-seventeenth century brown calf binding, on the boards...

BIBLE (THE HOLY). Translated on...

BIBLE (THE HOLY). Translated on the original texts with the differences of the Vulgate. Cologne, la Compagnie, 1739; large volume small in-8 with two columns, old red morocco, on the boards double framing of three gilded nets with fleur de lys in the...

BRAUN the young Jean. Deutsche...

BRAUN the young Jean. Deutsche und Französiche Vorschriften... - Copy of the French and German writing written and engraved by Jean Braun the young. Mulhouse, 1793; in-4 (260 x 240 mm), brown half morocco with corners, spine mute, (E. Carayon). A fine...

BROSSES President Charles de. Lettres...

BROSSES President Charles de. Lettres historiques et critiques sur l'Italie. Paris, Ponthieu, 1799; 3 volumes in-8, fawn half calf, smooth spines, small crack to one spine. (Cracks and curls.) First edition. Slight brown haze on the top of the spines...

BRUNNER Christoph. Vorschaifft...

BRUNNER Christoph. Vorschaifft Deütsch und Frantzösisch ... Schrifften...- A copy of the Italian bastard script with the current dispatch, the German naively represented by the now customary characters. Basel, J.K. Samson, n.d. (mid-18th century); oblong...

NOTEBOOK OF ARITHMETIC FOR PHÉLIX...

NOTEBOOK OF ARITHMETIC FOR PHÉLIX MARTIN. Manuscript largely calligraphed and decorated with colored inks. Saint-Germain (?) this 7th of January 1812; in-folio (380 x 240 mm) of 112 pages, stapled, frayed on the sides with small lacks on the first leaves. Numeration,...

CAHIER D'ÉCRITURE dedicated to...

CAHIER D'ÉCRITURE dedicated to Madame Blondel by her daughter Rosa. Paris (?), 1814; in-folio of 8 leaves, blue paper cover with large calligraphy medallion. Suite of 8 pages of calligraphic exercises based on moral maxims. At the end, a large page of...

CALENDRIER HISTORIAL. Lyon, Jean...

CALENDRIER HISTORIAL. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1563; small in-8 of 16 ff. blond half-calf of the XIXth century, spine with nerves. Rare first edition, decorated with 12 mid-page woodcut figures, attributed to the "master with the cape". "The size of...

CALLIGRAPHY. - KURZE ANWEISUNG...

CALLIGRAPHY. - KURZE ANWEISUNG zur neuesten art schön und zierlich zu Schreiben. Nurenberg, Chr. Weigel, early 19th century ?; small oblong in-4 (162 x 205 mm), printed title and 26 intaglio plates, red half-chagrin with corners, smooth spine decorated. Suite...

CHABERT Joseph-Bernard, Marquis...

CHABERT Joseph-Bernard, Marquis de. Voyage fait par ordre du Roi en 1750 et 1751 dans l'Amérique septentrionale pour rectifier les cartes des côtes d'Acadie, de l'Isle royale et de Terre-Neuve. Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1753; in-4, contemporary binding...

CHARDIN Jean. Voyage de M. le chevalier...

CHARDIN Jean. Voyage de M. le chevalier Chardin en Perse et autres lieux de l'Orient. Amsterdam, L. de l'Orme, 1711; 3 volumes in-4, contemporary bindings in spotted calf, spines decorated with gilt designs. (Wear.) First complete edition of Chardin's...

COOK James. Relation des voyages...

COOK James. Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de Sa Majesté Britannique ... dans l'hémisphère méridional... Paris, Saillant et Nyon ; Panckoucke, 1774 ; 4 volumes in-4, contemporary bindings in tan calf, spines decorated with gilt designs, red...

COOK Captain James. Voyage dans...

COOK Captain James. Voyage dans l'hémisphère austral et autour du monde, fait en 1772. Paris, 1778; in-4 contemporary marbled half-basin, spine with gilt designs, accident to one headband. Atlas only, comprising a VERY NICE SET OF 65 ENGRAVED PLATES...

COSTS - Julien PELEUS, advocate...

COSTS - Julien PELEUS, advocate in Parliament. The works. Troyes & sold in Paris, Nic. Rousset, 1631; large two-column volume in folio, contemporary vellum, small lateral loss on one cover.

DU LAURENS André. Discourse on...

DU LAURENS André. Discourse on the conservation of the veue view : of melancholic diseases, catarrhs & old age. Paris, J. Mettayer, 1597; large volume in-12, contemporary soft vellum, traces of binding. The author, physician to King Henri IV, dedicated...

DEIDIER Antoine. Le parfait ingénieur...

DEIDIER Antoine. Le parfait ingénieur françois ou la fortification offensive. Paris, Ch. Ant. Jombert, 1757; in-4 contemporary marbled calf, worn, interior perfect. First edition. Frontispiece by Cochin, title vignette and 50 DULY ENGRAVED PLATES. ...

GLACHANT François-Michel. New treatise...

GLACHANT François-Michel. New treatise on writing, enriched with several pieces engraved after the masterpiece of Mr. Rossignol, where one finds his demonstrations, according to the principles of Mr. Alais. Paris, J.B.C. Bauche, 1742; in-folio of 3 ff.,...

GALERIE THÉÂTRALE or Collection...

GALERIE THÉÂTRALE or Collection of full-length portraits of the principal actors who have appeared or who appear in the first three theaters of the capital. Paris, Bance aîné; 1818 and following years; large in-4, half black chagrin, spine rubbed. A...

HOEFNAGEL Joris. Archetypa studiaque......