First edition

Juan Prudencio OSORIO

Triunfos de la verdad, en obsequio, y debido culto de la concepcion de Maria en gracia

En la calle de Merzedarias Descalzas, En Lima 1785, In-12 carré (10x14,7cm), (40) 360pp. (3) ; 45pp., relié.

first edition. Rare impression of Lima, Peru. Privilege given by Brother Francisco Xavier de la Escalante, Prior of the Province of S. Juan Batista del Peru del sagrado orden de predicadores.
Binding in full soft vellum of time. Smooth back. Paper label printed for title. Trace of an old tail [...]

1 000 €

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LAUJON, MOREAU LE JEUNE

Les A propos de societé de ou chansons de M. L*** (suivi de) Les a propos de la folie ou chansons ...

S.n., s.l. 1776, In-8 (12,5x19cm), x, 302pp. et (2) 316pp. et vj, 318pp. (3), 3 volumes reliés.

first edition, rare
Copy of the arms of President Charles de Brosses, famous magistrate and writer well known for his Letters from Italy. Azure, three sheaves of wheat (or brushes) of gold, linked by gules.
Binding in full marbled brown contemporary sheepskin. Smooth ornate back. Piece of [...]

1 800 €

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Felice Maria NERINI

De templo et coenobio sanctorum Bonifacii et Alexii historica moumenta

Auod Jo. Laurenti Barbiellini, Romae 1752, In-4 (19,5x26cm), XXXI (1) 600pp. (12), relié.

Original illustrated edition of 13 plates out of text, including several fold-outs, including the famous image of Notre-Dame d'Édesse. Title page in red and black, with a vignette bearing the coat of arms of Cardinal Quirino.
Binding in full soft vellum of time. Smooth back. title label of [...]

800 €

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René-Antoine Ferchault de REAUMUR

Art de faire eclorre et d'élever en toute saison des oiseaux domestiques de toutes especes

De L' Imprimerie Royale, à Paris 1749, In-12 (9,5x16,8cm), xij, 342pp. et (4) 339pp., 2 volumes reliés.

Original illustrated edition of 9 fold-out plates for the first volume, and 6 for the second, as well as 11 header.
Binding in full speckled and glazed brown calf of time. Ornate nerved back. title label in red morocco, volume number decorated in green morocco. Small gaps at the head of the 2 [...]

1 000 €

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Françoise-Albine BENOIST

L'erreur des désirs

Chez la veuve Regnard, à Paris 1770, In-12 (10x17cm), xxij (2) 237pp. et 251pp., 2 parties en un volume relié.

first edition, rare.
Binding in full icy blond calf of time. Smooth decorated back. title label in red morocco.
Novel in which two major romantic tendencies of the 17th century intersect, the libertine novel and the sentimental novel. For the author, the characteristic of man is not [...]

450 €

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Friedrich HORNEMANN

Voyage dans l'Afrique septentrionale, depuis le Caire jusqu'à Mourzouk

Dentu, Paris 1803, In-8 (12,5x20cm), xlviij, 236pp. (2) ; (4) 235-476p., 2 tomes en un volume relié.

First edition of Langlès' translation from German, accompanied by 2 large folding maps on strong paper. Langlès is also responsible for the various notes and the thesis on the oases, composed according to the Arab authors.

Vintage half calf binding. Smooth decorated back. Golden [...]

650 €

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Abbé Charles César ROBIN

Nouveau voyage dans l'Amérique septentrionale, en l'année 1781

Chez Moutard, A Philadelphie et se trouve à Paris 1782, In-8 (12x20cm), ix, 222pp., relié.

first edition, rare. Tables in fine of the roads and camps of the army of the Count of Rochambeau.
Binding in full, vintage porphyry brown calf. Smooth decorated back. title label in fawn morocco. Traces of friction. Very nice copy, very fresh.

1 300 €

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Nicolas HERON

Memoires presentez au roy et a nosseigneurs de son conseil, par le tresorier de la Sainte chapelle ...

S.n., s.l. 1695, In-4 (18,5x23,8cm), 50pp., relié.

first edition.
Cardboard in bradel covered with paper in an 18th century tank, around 1900. title label of brown morocco. Caps torn off. title label rubbed and exposed.
Ex libris: From the library of Jean Vergnet.

250 €

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