[RELIGIOUS] - VILLATE (Baron E.) - Prayer book of Mr. Baron E. Villatte. Sl, At the author's, around 1850; small in-4, 10 pages mounted on tabs, full brown Jansenist morocco binding, blank spine with [...]
Charming and rare edition of Cazin (Paris) annotated London M. DCC. LXXXI. (1781) in speckled glazed calf, smooth spine, beautiful gilt irons, titles and volume numbers in green morocco, triple gilt-f[...]
The sound of Stradivari
Patrick KREIT, violinmaker
english language
Violinmaking techniques of the 18th century Italian masters
Very rare copy of the first edition dealing with violin maki[...]
- MAETERLINCK, Maurice The life of bees. Original engravings with burin by Tavy Notton. Nice, at the expense of an amateur (Bourg-la-Reine, Dominique Viglino), 1954 In-4°. In ff., under printed cover,[...]
Dante / Gustave Doré "Hell ... Paradise" 2 Volumes Hachette bd Saint Germain 1872 / MDCCCLXXII
French translation by Pier-Angelo Fiorentino accompanied by the text in Italian
Typography Lahure rue d[...]
[RELIGIOUS] - ANONYMOUS - Wedding book. Sl, At the author's, around 1880; in-12, 28 pp., in sheets in an amateur's cardboard binding, (one lace on both originally). Very beautiful little book of hours[...]
Beautiful large volume in 8, full speckled calf, ribbed spine decorated with gilt iron, red morocco title, red edges, marbled endpapers complete with the 4 volumes by Abbé Nonotte, contradictor of Vol[...]
Small volume (in 12), published in Amsterdam in the second half of the 17th century, containing the epigrams of Martial. These are small poems, composed between 85 and 102 AD, by a Knight of the Roman[...]
RAPIN DE THOYRAS (Paul) - History of England containing what happened since the invasion of Julius Caesar, until the conquest of the Normans and continued until the accession of George II to the crown[...]
A rare book on India during the Revolutionary period in a large volume in 8vo, full sheepskin smooth spine decorated with gilded iron, orange morocco title, marbled guards, yellowed edges, fine copy o[...]
PUJOULX (J.-B.) - The book of the second age, or amusing instructions on the natural history of animals. Paris, Chez Gide, Imprimerie de Guilleminet, 1805; in-8, 185 pp., paperback. A frontispiece and[...]
OVIDE - CP, ovidii nassonis poete clarissimi in ibim opusculii. Sl, se, around 1500; small 4to, 38 pp., modern binding with petrified wood covers from Scandinavia, text mounted on leather tabs, held b[...]
In a binding in speckled blond glazed calfskin, smooth spine, gilded irons, titles and volume numbers in red and black morocco, marbled guards like the blue edges? Beautiful Coat of Arms on the covers[...]
MOULT (Thomas-Joseph) - Perpetual, very curious & very certain prophecies. Naples, Chez Raymond, 1769; in-12, 96 pp., paperback, paper cover. Prophecies made at Saint-Denis in France, in the year of O[...]
Paris through the centuries. National history of Paris and the Parisians from the founding of Lutetia to the present day." Work written on a new plan and approved by Henri Martin F. Roy publisher, Par[...]
Complete works of Abbé Proyart, original edition of 1819 in 17 volumes in 12mo format, illustrated with 8 portraits in frontispieces, Louis XVI, Stanislas I, Marie Leckzinska, the dauphin father of Lo[...]
Let's drink by Pierre Andrieu 1936 Original edition embellished on the first page with an autograph dedication signed by the author One of 40 copies on Holland paper A practical work on the art of cho[...]
[MONTALVO (Garci Rodriguez de)] - Thrésor of all the books of Amadis de Gaule, containing the Harangues, Epistles, Concions, Missive Letters, Requests, Responses, Replies, Sentences, Cartels, Complain[...]
Artiste autodidacte, influencé par Seyssaud et Chabaud, il est encouragé à ses débuts par Antoine Serra qui lui prête son atelier.
En 1936, lors de l'inauguration de la Maison de la Culture de Marsei[...]
"CATECHISM OF THE DIOCESE OF MIREPOIX" by Pierre de La BROUE in Toulouse. Published in 1699. Good condition with wear and tear/rubbing and accidents to the caps. Original edition Shipping by Colissimo[...]
Boucher (Lucy)]. PISAN (Christine de) Les Ballades. Translation in verse by Joseph Pardo. Work magnificently illustrated in color in the manner of medieval illuminations in and out of text. Nice, Edit[...]
Jean SENEP ( 1894 - 1982 ) Jean - Jacques Charles Pennès, known as French press cartoonist and caricaturist A lot of original period books, magazines and newspaper pages. 1920s - 1930s Good original c[...]
Our journey to the biblical countries by Abbé le Camus Texts entirely framed on each page by engravings 528 pages Well bound Good condition Height 28cm Width 21cm 70 euros
"Christoph Columbus Logbuch", or Christopher Columbus Logbook, published by Felix Bagel, Düsseldorf, circa 1884.Rare and very unusual, this exceptional work is by Carl (or Karl) Maria Seyppel, (1847 -[...]
GENET (Jean) - COCTEAU (Jean, ill. by). Querelle de Brest. Sl, s.é. [Paul Morihien], sd [1947, November]. -------------------------------------------- One vol. in-4 format (313 x 242 mm) of 305 pp., p[...]
Rare precious book in carmine velvet embroidered with silver thread motifs with garlands of palmettes, rosette and false nerves and gilded edge chiselled with motifs of vine branches; in a chunky form[...]
MENESTRIER (Claude-François) - New method of reasoning for blazons or heraldic art. Lyon, Chez Pierre Bruyset Ponthus, 1780; in-8, frontispiece, title page, one engraving, full marbled calf binding of[...]
LAMOOT - Discourse on the usefulness of a general history of Flanders and on the manner of writing it. Liège, Chez JF Bassompierre, 1760; in-12, 93 pp., 19th century binding in green half-morocco with[...]
Grand prizes for the best foreign novels André Sauret publisher 1955-1957 17 paperback volumes, folded cover, slipcases Edition decorated with lithographs, burins and etchings (Van Dongen, Alexeiff, C[...]
SAINT EXUPERY, Antoine de, The Little Prince (Ag Tobol), nd Berber language edition in one volume In-4°, the sheets bound by a red cord under an illustrated blue cardboard cover. A title page then 27 [...]
LAENSBERG (Mathieu) - Daily almanac for the year XI & the year 1803, calculated by Mr. Mathieu Laensberg mathematician containing the fairs and markets, etc. Liège, Guillaume Barnabe, 1803; in-32 squa[...]
This 65-page hardback album entitled "La lanterne magique" by J. Levoisin is illustrated by Kate Grenaway, the famous 19th-century British illustrator. This French version was published by Hachette ar[...]
Very rare set concerning the "Régie des Chemins de Fer des Territoires Occupés" for the Mainz management in the years 1923 and 1924 from the estate of Mr Pierre Giraud who was employed there and who a[...]
This 54-page hardback album entitled "Mother Goose" is illustrated by Kate Grenaway, the famous 19th-century British cartoonist. It was published in London and New York in 1881 by Frederick Warnes & C[...]
LOT OF 4 DOCUMENTS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY IN PARIS IN 1937:
- EXHIBITION PASS CARD WITH PICTURE 1937
- ILLUSTRATED GUIDE.1937
- MAP OF THE SCIENTIFIC AMUSEMENT P[...]
This 48-page hardback album entitled "Scènes familieres" by J. Girardin is illustrated by Kate Grenaway, the famous 19th-century British illustrator. This is the French version published around 1885 b[...]
Rare copy in 4 in tinted calf, ribbed spine decorated with gilded iron in the compartments, gilded title, marbled endpapers, red edges in new condition except for the affiliations written in goose qui[...]
HOUDART DE LA MOTTE (Antoine) - New fables dedicated to the king. With a speech on the fable. Paris, Chez Georges Dupuis, 1719; in-4, frontispiece by Coypel, XLII-360 pp., full speckled calf binding o[...]
"The Naval War Told by Our Admirals" Publisher: Librairie Schwarz Paris Each work is decorated on its first cover with a very beautiful polychrome enameled copper plate by Charles Fouqueray. Dark brow[...]
Rare complete collection "Photography" by Frédéric Dillaye. Set of 5 volumes in-8 format (15 x 23 cm) bound blue covers with numerous illustrations Edition Librairie illustrated by J.Tallandier. -The [...]
GUYOT (Edmé Gilles) - New physical and mathematical recreations, containing all those that have been discovered & imagined in recent times, on magnets, numbers, optics, chemistry, etc. & many others t[...]
Presented in a large 8vo volume from 1709, printed in Paris at Denys Mariette, rue Saint-Jacque, in Sant Augustin: "New Method for easily learning the Latin language; containing the Rules of Genders, [...]
Jean Jacques ROUSSEAU Dictionnaire de Musique Chez la Veuve Duchesne, 1768, in-8 (20.7 cm x 13.1 cm), bound in full fawn sheepskin, complete with its 13 folding music plates. Original edition in 8 pub[...]
"HISTORY OF THE JEWS AND NEIGHBOURING PEOPLES" by PRIDEAUX in Amsterdam. Published 1728. 5 Volumes (volume I missing). Good condition with wear and light rubbing. Tear on the spine of Volume II. To de[...]
Collection of plays by Voltaire (François-Marie Arrouet de) published around 1788. Some plays in the original edition or published the year of the original edition. Full rooted calf binding marked "Lu[...]
METEOROLOGY Amédée GUILLEMIN at Hachette. Illustrations, Plates and Figures. Good condition with slight wear from use. Binding rubbed. Presence of foxing. All edges gilded. Fresh text richly illustrat[...]
POPULAR NATURAL HISTORY Charles BROIGNIART at Flammarion. Color illustrations (8) and 870 Figures. Good condition with slight wear from use. Rubbed binding. Presence of foxing. Fresh text richly illus[...]
Rare ensemble de livres provenant de la collection personnelle d'un ancien officier Français qui a entre autres exercé au 2e et au 16e groupe de Tabors Marocains et qui avait fait relier ces différent[...]
Rare Original Autograph Manuscript by André Birabeau for his collection of short stories "Pipette et Zénana" published in 1921 by Flammarion. 6 large sheets numbered from 1 to 6, written in ink in 4 f[...]
These six volumes of the Holy Bible are from the 18th century, they are bound in leather. They are decorative. As you can see, they are damaged, note traces of wear, losses and friction on the covers.[...]
Rare and beautiful Library hiding place, Charles X period secret box Composed at the base of an 8vo book in red morocco or the reuse of the cleverly used covers constitutes a constructed box (and not [...]
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