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De la Monarchie Prussienne, sous Frederic le Grand ; avec un appendice contenant des recherches sur la situation actuelle des principales contrees de l'Allemagne. Par le Comte de Mirabeau.
by MIRABEAU, Honoré-Gabriel Riquetti, Comte De
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- 1788
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A Londres; et se trouve A Paris: Chez Le Jay & Maradan, 1788. Book. Very Good Plus. Vellum. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Four volumes bound in contemporary full vellum, red morocco labels back with gilt lettering and devices, marbled end papers. Provenance; with the bookplates of Francesco Rizzo Patarol (1749-1807) front paste downs of Vols.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Description des Fêtes données pour le mariage de Mademoiselle Aimée (Grand) d'Hauteville au Château d'Hauteville en Suisse le 23 Octobre 1811
by (Catherine Huber-Rilliet)
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- 1927
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Lausanne: Editions Spes, 1927. Book. Very Good Plus. Full Calf. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page and dated by her II-XII-1927. 139 pages. Fold-out frontis illustration. Bound in full calf, five raised bands and gilt back, decorative end papers. #55… Read more about this item Item Price
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Traite Sur Le Scorbut; Traduit du Latin De M. Le Meilleur, bound with Traite de L'Apoplexie et de Ses Differentes Especes
by Giraud, M.; M. G. B. Ponsart
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- First Edition
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- 1774
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$1,000.00
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Paris and Liege: Delalain / L. J. Demany, 1774. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. "Traite Sur Le Scorbut" published 1774, xi, 246, (5). "Traite de L'Apoplexie" published 1775. half-title, title, xxiv, 247, (6). Bound in contemporary mottled calf, Very Good, the boards worm at the edges, 1/4" loss of leather at… Read more about this item Item Price
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Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide Traduites en vers Francois par T. Corneille
by Ovid, Gabriel Quinet (Printer), Thomas Corneille (Translator)
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- 1669
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$1,500.00
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Paris: Gabriel Quinet, 1669. Book. Very Good. Full Calf. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. [14], 234, [1] pages. Illustrated title page, Laurent Weyan, sculpt., followed by title page with vignette, Full page illustrations before pp. 1 and 107, also by L. Weyen. Headbands, initials and tailpieces engraved on wood. SCARCE, the original edition of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Faceties Du Comte De Caylus
by Uzanne, Octave
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- Limited and Numbered 1st Edition
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- 1879
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Paris: A. Quantin, 1879. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited and Numbered 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xlvi, (2), 246, (2) pp. Headbands, engraved culs-de-lamps. 5 magnificent full-page engravings. One of 100 numbered copies, this copy unnumbered and likely one of the 80 copies on Whatman paper. Bound in contemporary half green crushed morocco over… Read more about this item Item Price
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Poesies Morales et Historiques d'Eustache Deschamps ...
by Eustache Deschamps; G A Crapelet
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- 1832
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$400.00
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Paris: Crapelet, 1832. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 2 preliminary leaves, lxviii, 288 pages folded facsimile. "Collection des anciens monumens de l'histoire et de la langue franc¸oise; 9;". Stamp-signed by the noted Parisian binder Thierry sc de Petit-Simier. Bound in contemporary quarter tan morocco over marbled boards, ornate gilt back, marbled… Read more about this item Item Price
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La Pucelle d'Orleans. Poeme en vingt-un Chants
by Voltaire, (Francois Marie Arouet de)
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$650.00
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Paris An VII (1799): Crapelet Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Later Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With an engraved portrait and 21 copperplates.xiii, (1), 223; (4), 243 pp. Two volumes bound in half green morocco over marbled boards, gilt back with crown and sword in four compartments, marbled end papers,all edges gilt. Very Good Plus, light edge… Read more about this item Item Price
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Catalogue et description des objets d'art de l'antiquite, du Moyen-age et de la Renaissance, exposes au Musee; Musee des Thermes et de l'Hotel de Cluny
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- 1857
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Paris: Hotel De Cluy, 1857. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With the bookplate and ownership signature of John V. L. Pruyn, a member of the US House of Representatives from 1863-1865. serving as a pro-Union Democrat who supported the war effort> He served a 2nd term in 1867-1869. Handsomely bound in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Les Pensees De Bl. Pascal ; Suivies D'une Nouvelle Table Analytique
by Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662)
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- First Edition
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- 1826
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$200.00
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Paris: Chez Lefevre, Libraire, 1826. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (2 preliminary leaves, 500 pages) frontispiece (portrait). Bound in contemporary red polished calf with blind embossed covers and gilt and blind embossed spine, gilt turn-ins, marbled boards and edges. Very Good, boards lightly rubbed, light toning throughout, the small contemporary bookplate of… Read more about this item Item Price
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L'Abbe en Bell Humeur
by (Mace, R. A.)
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- Limited Edition
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- 1881
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$125.00
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Bruxelles, Belgium: Gay et Douce, 1881. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards,gilt back, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, one of 500 unnumbered copies printed. The binding stamp-signed "Bound by S. Kaufmann", Near Fine, tiny rubs at corners, foxing at end papers only. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Les Beaux Messieurs De Bois-Dore. In Two Volumes
by Sand, George
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$300.00
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Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Later Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. No date, circa 1868-1893. 359, 336 pp. Two volumes bound in contemporary quarter red morocco over marbled boards, gilt-stamped back, marbled end papers. From the collection of Sir Archibald Orr Ewing (1818-1893), Scottish baronet and politician, his small… Read more about this item Item Price
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Contes Moraux. Nouvelle Edition, Corrigee et Augmentee. Enrichis de Figures en taille douce. In Three Volumes
by Marmontel, (Jean-Francois)
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- New Edition
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- 1775
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$500.00
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[Place of publication not identified]: La Haye : Aux depens de la Compagnie, 1775. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. New Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Each volume with half-title and engraved title page. With 22 plates. With red stamped "Bibliotheque Guerin-?" at front end pages. Finely bound in early 20th c. quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled end… Read more about this item Item Price
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Traduction des Oeuvres d'Horace. Troisieme Edition. In Two Volumes
by Horace; Edited by Rene Binet
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- Third Edition
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- 1809
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$200.00
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Paris: Colas, 1809. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Third Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xlviii, 300, (2), 392 pp. Handsomely bound in contemporary speckled calf, black morocco labels and gilt backs, marbled end papers and edges, gilt stamp of Lycee de Besancon to front board Vol. I only. Near Fine, small label residue front paste down of Vol.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Le Libertin de Qualite ou Ma Conversion
by M. D. R. C. D. M. F. (Le Comte de Mirabeau)
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- 1888
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$900.00
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Londres: No Publisher, 1888. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. "Edition revue sur celle de 1783." Title page date 1783-1888. 208 pp. SCARCE, OCLC locates a single copy, at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. Bound in contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, a single gilt flower in each compartment back marbled end papers, top… Read more about this item Item Price
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Les Amours de Psyche et de Cupidon, Avec Le Poeme D'Adonis . In Two Volumes
by Jean de La Fontaine; Illustrations by Moreau, Jean Michel,
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- 1797
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$1,250.00
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Paris: Saugrain, 1797. Book. Very Good. Full Calf. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Two volumes finely bound in contemporary unsigned full polished calf, backs gilt with red morocco labels, blue end papers, all edges gilt. 221, 284 pp. Very Good, the boards rubbed and soiled, small labels of Douane Centrale Exportation Paris each volume, toning at end papers… Read more about this item Item Price
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La Pucelle D'Orleans Poeme en Vingt et Un Chants . In Two Volumes
by Voltaire
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- Later Edition
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- 1880
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Rouen, France: Chez J. Lemonnyer, Libraire, 1880. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Later Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 197, viii, 183 pp. Two volumes bound in contemporary half green morocco over marbled boards, marbled end papers, tops gilt. Very Good Plus, light rubbing at cornes and edges, spines sunned to brown. A handsome set.. Item Price
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(Translator's Copy, in Fine Binding by Duru) Les Oeuvres d' Horace, Poete Latin du siecle d Auguste. Odes ; Satires ; Epitres ; Art poetique. Traduction nouvelle par Monsieur Jules Janin.
by HORACE; JANIN, Jules (Translator)
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- 1860
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$750.00
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Paris: Hachette & Cie, 1860. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. The translator Jules Janin's personal copy, with his red leather bookplate front paste down. Finely bound by Duru, stamp signed in gilt "Duru 1860", one of the three great bookbinder of the Golden Age of bookbinding in France. xxiv, 376 pages. Finely… Read more about this item Item Price
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Les Livres Classiques de l'Empire de la Chine. In Two Volumes
by Noel, Pere (Francois)
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- 1784
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$350.00
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Paris: Chez De Bure, Barrois Aîné et Barrois Jeune, 1784. Book. Very Good. Morocco. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Two volumes bound in full contemporary red morocco, the back intricate floral gilt, marbled end papers, all edges gilt, the armorial bookplates of De Verdon front paste downs. 5" x 3". ii, 246, xxxix, 230, pages. Very Good, the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lettres a Sophie, Sur La Physique, La Chimie et l'Histoire . In Two Volumes
by MARTIN, Louis-Aime
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- Second Edition
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- 1811
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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Paris: Chez H. Nicolle, 1811. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second augmented and corrected edition of the work originally published under the title "Da Tails Scientifiques". Two volumes handsomely bound in contemporary full mottled calf, the backs intricately gilt, decorative end papers. Very Good, some rubbed spots to end papers. a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Entretiens Sur La Pluralite Des Mondes, Augmentes Des Dialogues Des Morts. Nouvelle Edition
by Fontenelle, M. De (Bernard Le Bovier)
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- 1800
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Lyon, France: Leroy, 1800. Book. Very Good. Full Calf. New Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Originally published in 1686, Fontenelle's influential work on the plurality of worlds. Very Good in contemporary calf, lacking the frontispiece, the boards soiled and with light edge wear, light internal toning. The fold-out brightly printed, a small crease at fore edge, else… Read more about this item Item Price
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