First edition

Sophie COTTIN

Malvina

Chez Maradan, à Paris 1800, In-12 (10x17cm), (4) iv, 255pp. (2) ; (4) 259pp. (2) et (4) 251pp. (2) ; (4) 259pp. (2), 4 tomes en 2 volumes reliés.

first edition, rare, illustrated with 4 frontispieces legendary and framed by Tardieu and engraved by Binet.
Bindings in full brown fleece of speckled contemporary. Smooth backs richly adorned with 2 caissons with an irradiating diamond, a box with the grotesque and roulettes. Title and tomato [...]

550 €

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Mungo PARK

Voyage dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique fait en 1795, 1796 et 1797, par M. Mungo Park

Chez Dentu, à Paris 1799 (An XII), In-8 (11,5x19,8cm), xij, 412pp. et (4) 376pp., 2 volumes reliés.

first edition illustrated with a portrait at the frontispiece, 2 boards of botany, 3 views and 3 folding maps.
Bindings of half brown contemporary brown. Back Jansenists. Parts of title in red morocco, pieces of tomato in green morocco. A snag at the tail of volume 2.

780 €

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HUMBERT de ROMANS

Humberti quinti generalis sacrosancti ordinis predicatorum magistri Sermones ad diversos status. ...

Pallas Spangel, impensis Johann Rynmann in officina industrii Henrici Gran, Haguenau 1508, In Folio (20x29cm), 82f. sig.

In the absence of a copy of 1507 in public libraries (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, French Catalogs, English Catalogs, British Library, German and Swiss catalogs), or a copy prior to that date, this edition appears to be the Very first, one finds only editions of 1508 in Haguenau at the [...]

1 800 €

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Albert Joseph HENNET

Recueil méthodique des lois, décrets, règlements, instructions et décisions sur le cadastre de ...

De l'Imprimerie Impériale, à Paris 1811, In-4 (20x26cm), 400pp., relié.

first edition.
Black half-calf binding with small corners. Smooth back decorated with nets. Title piece in red morocco. Rubbed together. A gray stain external margin on the first 3 sheets, the rest relatively fine.

550 €

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Hans SLOANE

Histoire de la Jamaïque

Chez Nourse, à Londres 1751, In-12 (9,5x17cm), (4) 285pp. et (4) 248pp., 2 volumes reliés.

SLOANE Hans
Histoire de la Jamaïque
Chez Nourse, à Londres 1751, in-12 (9,5 x 17 cm),
(4) 285 pp & (4) 248 pp., 2 volumes, contemporary calf
First edition in French, translated by Raulin, six folding plates at [...]

1 200 €

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John MILTON

Pro populo Anglicano defensio contra Claudii anonymi, alias Salmasii Defensionem regiam [Ensemble] ...

Typis Du Gardianis [Jansson] & Adriani Vlacq, Londini [Amsterdam] & Hagae-Comitum 1652 - 1655, Pet. in-12 (7,5x12,6cm),

Second edition of the first text of Milton which appeared for the first time in 1651 in Amsterdam.

900 €

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Joseph TOWNSEND

Voyage en Espagne, fait dans les années 1786 et 1787

Dentu, Paris 1809, In-8 (12,5x20,2cm), (4) iv (4) 401pp. (3) et (4) 398pp. (2) et (4) 379pp. (1), 3 volumes reliés.

first edition, very rare, without the atlas. Translated from English on the second edition by Pictet-Mallet.
Bindings in full flamed swan from the time. Smooth backs decorated with 2 different irons, castors and a large box to the grotesque. Parts of title in red morocco, and of tomaison in [...]

900 €

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Pierre SONNERAT

Voyage aux Indes orientales et à la Chine depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781 : Dans Lequel on Traite Des ...

Chez l'auteur & Froulé & Nyon, à Paris 1782, In-8 (14x22cm), xxij, 340pp. et (6) 376pp. et (6) 362pp., 3 volumes reliés.

first edition illustrated with 7 folding boards.
Bindings in half emerald slightly posterior. Smooth back with 4 irons and castors. Title and tomato pieces in red morocco.

1 800 €

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