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[religious] - Prayer Book Of Mr. Baron E. Villatte. Circa 1850, Morocco Binding.

[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 [...]

Period: 19th century

800 €
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Rousseau "julie Or The New Heloise, Or Letters Of Two Lovers" 7 Vols. Illustrated London 1781

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[...]

Period: 18th century

600 €

Pierre Loti Madame Chrysanthemum Illustrations By Sylvain Sauvage Calmann-lévy 1936

Pierre Loti Madame Chrysanthème Illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage Calmann-Lévy 1936 In-4 Some foxing

Period: 20th century

80 €

Lives Of The Saints / 1858

Lives of the Saints by Martin Simon - Giry François 1858 4 volumes Pagination on 2 columns per page - Volume 1: 1440 pages - Volume 2: 1768 pages - Volume 3: 1528 pages - Volume 4; 959 pages + hagiogr[...]

Period: 19th century

120 €

Rare Book The Sound Of Stradivari Patrick Kreit Stradivarius Luthier 1st Edition

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[...]

Period: 20th century

370 €

Maurice Maeterlinck & Tavy Notton, The Life Of Bees, Nice 1954, Ex. On Super-pearlescent Japan.

- 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,[...]

Period: 20th century

750 €

Dante / Gustave Doré "hell...paradise" 2 Volumes Hachette 1872

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[...]

Period: 19th century

500 €

Pierre Loti. Signed Autograph Card.

Small card where the famous writer, in love with Istanbul, calls his favorite city: "Stamboul". He used to call it that dressed in Turkish fashion.

Period: 20th century

300 €

[religious] - Anonymous - Wedding Book. Manuscript., At The Author's, Around 1880, In Sheets.

[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[...]

Period: 19th century

450 €
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Philosophical Dictionary Of Religion, Where All The Points Of Religion Are Established 1773

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[...]

Period: 18th century

240 €

Pierre Loti A Child's Novel Illustrations By A.-e. Marty Calmann-lévy 1936

Pierre Loti A child's novel Illustrations by A.-E. Marty Calmann-Lévy 1936 Paperback, folded cover In-4 Fresh interior

Period: 20th century

80 €

Pierre Loti Ramuntcho Illustrations By Pierre Brissaud Calmann-lévy 1937

Pierre Loti Ramuntcho Illustrations by Pierre Brissaud Calmann-Lévy 1937 Paperback, folded cover In-4 Fresh interior

Period: 20th century

80 €

Pierre Loti My Brother Yves Illustrations Emilien Dufour Calmann-lévy 1936

Pierre Loti My brother Yves Illustrations Émilien Dufour Calmann-Lévy 1936 Paperback, folded cover In-4 Fresh interior

Period: 20th century

80 €

Martial's Epigrams, Amsterdam, Circa 1670

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[...]

Period: 17th century

130 €

Rapin De Thoyras (paul) - History Of England. The Hague, Rogissart, 1724-1738, 13 Volumes In-4

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[...]

Period: 18th century

2 800 €
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I V. Historical Researches On The Knowledge Of The Ancients Of India By Robertson 1792

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[...]

Period: 18th century

600 €

Pujoulx (j.-b.) - The Book Of The Second Age, Or Natural History. At Gide, 1805, Paperback.

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[...]

Period: 19th century

80 €
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Lives Of Famous Young People / 1834

Lives of Famous Young People 1834 Well bound Good condition Height 17cm Width 11cm 60 euros

Period: 19th century

60 €

Ovide - Cp, Ovidii Nassonis Poete Clarissimi In Ibim Opusculii. Around 1500, Modern Binding.

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[...]

Period: Before 16th century

1 800 €
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3 Vol. To The Arms Historical Tablets And Anecdotes Of The Kings Of France: From Pharamond / Louis XV

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[...]

Period: 18th century

540 €

Moult - Perpetual, Very Curious And Very Certain Prophecies. Naples, Chez Raymond, 1769.

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[...]

Period: 18th century

250 €
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Paris Through The Centuries By Gourdon De Genouillac

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[...]

Period: 19th century

180 €

Complete Works Of Proyart, Original Edition

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[...]

Period: 19th century

780 €

Let's Know How To Drink By Pierre Andrieu / 1936

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[...]

Period: 20th century

60 €

[montalvo (garci Rodriguez De)] - Treasure Of All The Books Of Amadis Of Gaul. Rigaud, 1605.

[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[...]

Period: 17th century

550 €
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Pierre Ambrogiani (1907-1985), The Occitan Empire Or The Eternal Colony, 11 Illustrations

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[...]

Period: 20th century

460 €

Catechism Diocese Of Mirepoix Pierre De La Broue Bishop Ariège 1699 Eo

"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[...]

Period: 17th century

950 €
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The Ballads. Deluxe Edition. Boucher (lucy)]. Pisan (christine De)

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[...]

Period: 20th century

450 €

Senep Jean (1894-1982) Lot Of Original Books, Magazines And Newspapers From The 1920s-1930s.

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[...]

Period: 20th century

220 €

Our Journey To Biblical Countries / 1890

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

Period: 19th century

70 €

Rare Book, "christoph Columbus Logbuch", Carl Maria Seyppel, Düsseldorf Circa 1884.

"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 -[...]

Period: 19th century

450 €

[curiosa Eroticism Homosexuality] Jean Genet / Cocteau (ill.) - Querelle De Brest. Eo 1/525.

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[...]

Period: 20th century

1 800 €

Rare Book Embroidered With Silver Thread In 16 Format From 1813 In Lisbon And Chiseled Gilded Illustrated

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[...]

Period: 19th century

540 €

Menestrier - New Reasoned Method Of The Coat Of Arms Or The Heraldic Art. Lyon, Ponthus, 1780.

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[...]

Period: 18th century

650 €
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Lamoot - Discourse On The Usefulness Of A General History Of Flanders. Liège, Bassompierre, 1760.

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[...]

Period: 18th century

120 €
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Grand Prize For Best Foreign Novels / 150 Euros

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[...]

Period: 20th century

150 €

Rojan Idylle Printanière livre dessins erotiques

ROJAN (Feodor Rojankovski, dit).  Idylle printanière. S.l., s.n., s.d. [Henri Pasquinelli, 1936]. In-folio, en feuilles, planches montées par deux onglets sous passepartout, étui demi-toile grise[...]

Period: 20th century

600 €
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Rare Book The Little Prince Ag Tobol

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 [...]

Period: 20th century

400 €
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Laensberg (mathieu) - Daily Almanac For The Year XI & The Year 1803. Liège, Barnabe, 1803.

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[...]

Period: 19th century

220 €
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The Magic Lantern Illustrated By Kate Greenaway

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[...]

Period: 19th century

80 €

Postcards + Documents On The Railway Authority Of The Occupied Territories Mainz Ww1

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[...]

Period: 20th century

350 €

Mother Goose Illustrated By Kate Greenaway

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[...]

Period: 19th century

60 €

Lot Of Documents From The 1937 Paris International Exhibition

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[...]

Period: 20th century

240 €

Familiar Scenes From Kate Greenaway

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[...]

Period: 19th century

60 €

Bel In 4 In Paris1683 "the Caesars Of The Emperor Julian", Translated From Greek Illustrated With Medals

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[...]

Period: 17th century

900 €

Houdart De La Motte - New Fables Dedicated To The King. With A Speech On The Fable. 1719.

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[...]

Period: 18th century

1 200 €
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The Naval War Told By Our Admirals In 5 Volumes With Enameled Plates By Fouqueray Ww1

"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[...]

Period: 20th century

450 €

Photography In 5 Volumes - Frédéric Dillaye C.1895

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 [...]

Period: 19th century

450 €

Guyot (edmé Gilles) - New Physical And Mathematical Recreations. At Gueffier, 1769.

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[...]

Period: 18th century

1 800 €

"new Method For Learning The Latin Language Easily" 1 Fort Vol. In 8 . In Paris 1709

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, [...]

Period: 18th century

240 €

Jean Jacques Rousseau Dictionary Of Music In 8 1768 Original Edition XVIIIth

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[...]

Period: 18th century

300 €

History Of The Jews And Neighboring Peoples By Prideaux In Amsterdam 1728

"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[...]

Period: 18th century

360 €
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Collection Of 10 Pieces By Voltaire Between 1773 And 1788 Including Original Editions

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[...]

Period: 18th century

250 €

Meteorology Amédée Guillemin The Illustrated Physical World 1885

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[...]

Period: 19th century

129 €
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Popular Natural History Man And Animals Illustrated Charles Brongniart

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[...]

Period: 19th century

139 €
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28 Livres Circa 1930 Sur La Marine De Guerre Bibliothèque d'Un Ancien Officier Au 2ème Tabor

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[...]

Period: 20th century

550 €

André Birabeau Original Autograph Manuscript Of "pipette Et Zénana" Circa 1920 Signed And Located

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[...]

Period: 20th century

200 €

Books Holy Bible In Latin And French Paris 1767

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.[...]

Period: 18th century

450 €

Guillaud (claude) - In Sacrosanctum Iesu Christi Euangelivm Secvndvm Ioannem. At Roigny 1550.

GUILLAUD (Claude) - In sacrosanctum Iesu Christi Euangelivm secvndvm Ioannem. Enarrationes, Ivxta Ervditorvm sentiam factæ, per sacræ theologiæ doctorem, Claudium Guilliaudum Belliiocensem. Paris, Che[...]

Period: 16th century

1 200 €
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Rare And Beautiful Book Box In Red Morocco With Plates Decorated With Buisson Mid-18th Century

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 [...]

Period: 18th century

620 €

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