LUCRECE

DE RERUM NATURA LIBRI SEX. Ad optimas editiones collati. Studiis Societatis Bipontinae

Ex Typographia Societatis, Argentorati (Strasbourg) 1808, In 8 (13,5x22,5cm), XLI, (3) 253pp. (50), relié.

Second edition, augmented by the League of Two Bridges. Strasbourg neat print on mottled calf velin.Plein. Beautiful pastiche of eighteenth twentieth binding using a beautiful leather. Back tooled raised. Part of title in red morocco. Some scuffs on the boards. Bel exemplaire.L'édition contains [...]

450 €

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First edition

Joseph SCALIGER & MANILIUS

M. Manili astronomicon libri quinque

apud Mamertum Patissonium [Mamert Patisson], Roberti Stephani [Robert Estienne], Lutetiae (Paris) 1579, in-8

Apud Mamertum Patissonium, Roberti Stephani (Mamert Patisson, Robert Estienne), Lutetiae (Paris) 1579, in-8 (10x16 cm), (12)136pp(8); 292pp(10), 2 parts bound in one volume

First edition, rare. The first part has separate pagination and consists of the text by Manilius (italics), the [...]

2 000 €

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First edition

PLAUTE

M. Acci Plauti comediae accedit commentarius... Marci Zverii Boxhornii

Apud Franciscum Hackum, Lugduni Batavorum (Leyde) 1645, Fort in-8 (11,5x19,5cm), (12) 1136pp. (48), relié.

First Edition. Illustrated with a beautiful title frontispiece. This edition is distinguished by a learned and studied typography, text is in italics and footnotes pages.
Full time Velin flap. Smooth back. Label title added in cap and partially peeled off. Good condition overall. Copy [...]

350 €

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First edition

[KEEPSAKE CORBEILLE D'OR] La corbeille d'or. Annales romantiques

Louis Janet, Paris 1823, In 12 (10x15cm), Un Vol. relié.

first edition of this keepsake, illustrated with 7 steel engravings of English painters and engravers. Full blue glossy Calf night. Restoration. Smooth back adorned with romantic irons and rollers, as well as a central hot iron. boards decorated with a large central eastern iron and coaching cold [...]

450 €

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Alain-René LESAGE & Victor HUGO

Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane , avec des notes historiques et littéraires par M. le Comte ...

Chez Lefèvre, Imprimerie de Jules Didot l'aîné, A Paris 1825, 3 tomes en 3 Vol. in 8 (14,5x23cm), (6) xxiv, 386pp.

New edition of the collection of French classics, illustrated with a portrait and a folding map of Spain. Good edition to the classic typography, with wide margins. Bound in full glazed calf lees of wine, part of title and volume number blue sky, flat spine richly decorated horseshoes and wheels [...]

700 €

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First edition, Signed book

Jules LAURENS

Les murailles de Darvazah et le cimetière de Téhéran

1848, 43,5 x 29,5 cm (57 x 43 cm avec cadre), Dessin et lavis, titre et date manuscrits au crayon noir en haut à droite par l'artiste..

Design and original wash Jules Laurens. Date and place written in pencil by the artist at the top right of the work (in November 1848). Work presented in an old frame painted and gilded wood, under liner. A slight black spot in the upper left corner of the frame and a small accident in the lower [...]

1 800 €

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Bernard de MONTFAUCON

Reflexions sur les Constitutions de l'abbaye de La Trappe

Chez Pierre Granseigne, à Ville-Franche 1678, In 12 (8x14,3cm), (3) 40pp., relié.

Rare Edition printed Villefranche, after the original 1671 published in Paris. Work attributed to Bernard de Montfaucon but whose paternity is discussed. Half black Chagrin late nineteenth. Back to Jansenist nerves with title and date. Cropped short in title page. Bernard de Montfaucon, from [...]

500 €

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Jean-Baptiste LOUVET DE COUVRAY

Les aventures du chevalier de Faublas

J. Mallet & Cie, Paris 1842, 16x24cm, 2 volumes reliés.

Illustrated edition of 300 vignettes on wood in-text, first edition, by Nanteuil, Baron, French ... Binders half morocco grain head negro along with corners, back on four bands romantic ornate decorative golden and cold, slight traces of minor friction on the upper shrouds, marbled paper plates, [...]

400 €

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