First edition

TERENCE

Terentius, in quem triplex edita est P. Antesignani Raspitagnensis commentatio

Antoine Vincent, Lyon 1560, (20) 532pp., relié.

New edition. The priviège was shared with Mathieu Bonhomme in Lyon, there are indeed perfectly similar copies but at different addresses.
Binding in full brown contemporary sheepskin. Back with nerves decorated with 4 florets. Title label in the first box, partially torn off. Central rectangle [...]

1 000 €

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James FORDYCE

Sermons pour les jeunes dames et les jeunes demoiselles

Chez les frères Estienne, à Paris 1778, In-12 (10x17cm), cv (1) 465pp. (3), relié.

Original French edition translated into the seventh English edition.
Binding in full marbled and glazed brown calf of the time. Smooth decorated back. title label in red morocco. Flared headdress. Upper joint split at the head on 5cm. Traces of friction. Good copy.
Scottish Protestant [...]

150 €

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Anne Claude Philippe, Comte de CAYLUS

Histoires nouvelles, et mémoires ramassés

S.n., Londres 1745, In-12 (10x17cm), (4) 389pp. (1), relié.

first edition, rare.
Binding in full brown calf of marbled contemporary. Smooth decorated back. title label in red morocco. Cold framing fiet on the boards. Large margins. Good copy.
Collection of 4 short stories: Mémoires de Mademoiselle de ***, under the name of Lucilie; Dom Juan & [...]

400 €

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William COXE

Voyage en Suisse

Chez Letellier, à Paris 1790, In-8 (12x20cm), vij (1bc.) iv, 454pp. et (4) iv, 432pp. et (4) 463pp., 3 tomes en 3 volumes reliés.

Original French edition illustrated with 7 folding plates, including 2 maps of Switzerland and Mont Blanc, and a panorama of the Alps.
Binders in half percaline beige nineteenth. Back with title labels in red morocco. Green paper boards. Dirty back. Very blunt corners. Small scattered pale [...]

450 €

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Jean-François de BASTIDE

Le tombeau philosophique. Ou histoire du Marquis de ** à Madame de **

S.n., à Amsterdam 1751, In-12 (10x17cm), (2) 129pp. (1) ; (2) 107pp., relié.

first edition.
Copy with the arms of Charron, Marquis de Menars.
Binding in full glossy blond calfskin. Smooth back decorated with decorated box and a box bearing the arms of Menars. title label in red morocco. A run on the upper flat, small spots. Traces of friction. Beautiful copy.

780 €

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Nicolaes PIETERSZ BERCHEM (BERGUEM)

Paysages animés

Landry 1660 (S.d.), In-8 oblong (20,5x31cm), relié.

First print of this series of 4 engravings numbered 1 to 4.
Binding
Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem (1620-1683) is a Dutch painter, draftsman and engraver who copted among the main Dutch Italianists. His work had a lasting influence on landscape painting. He excelled in representing animals. [...]

600 €

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Pietro GIANNONE

Histoire civile du royaume de Naples

Chez Pierre Gosse & Isaac Beauregard, à La Haye 1742, In-4 (21x25cm), (2) XXVIII, 656pp. et (2) VIII, 755pp. et (2)

First french edition, the translation of which is attributed to Louis de Bochat and Desmonceaux. It is illustrated with a portrait on the frontispiece, 4 title vignettes and a plate of medals.
Binding in half brown sheepskin, small corners. Back to nerves decorated with nets. title label of [...]

1 200 €

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Jean LEPAUTRE

Veue grottes et fontaines de jardins à l'italienne inventez et gravez par I. le Pautre

Chez Pierre Mariette, Paris 1650 (S.d.), In-8 oblong (20,5x31cm), relié.

Premier tirage de cette suite à l'eau-forte numérotée de 1 (frontispice) à 7. La planche numérotée 2 ne se trouve pas après le numéro 1, la planche suivante portant le numéro 3. Le recueil conservé à la Bibliothèque de Madrid (Biblioteca historica Marques de Valdocilla) fait également [...]

500 €

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