First edition

Henri II de Lorraine Duc de GUISE

Les memoires de feu Monsieur le Duc de Guise

Chez Edme Martin et Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy, AParis 1668, In 4 (19x25,8cm), (16) 795pp. (6) (1bc.), relié.

First edition, uncommon. A title sticker with the arms of the Duke of Guise, Henry II of Lorraine (1614-1664). These memoirs were published by the Duke's secretary, the Sieur de Saint-Yon, who asked Philippe Goibeau to draft them. It will be noted, however, that Augustin Calmet, (bbl lorraine 594) [...]

900 €

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VOLTAIRE

Le siècle de Louis XIV

Chez C. F. Henning, à Berlin 1751, in-12 (8,5x14,5cm), (14) 488pp. (2) et (2) 466pp., 2 volumes reliés.

First edition presenting well the peculiarities inherent to its publication: it does not present any capital except at the beginning of the paragraphs and it is the very first work to have been printed with the spelling of Voltaire. Our copy is full of his errata sheet, which is often [...]

6 000 €

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Jean Philippe René de LA BLETERIE

Vie de l'empereur Julien

Chez Prault père, à Paris 1735, Pet. in-8 (10x16,8cm), (4) xvj, 228pp. ; (4) 229-523p. (3), 2 parties en un volume relié.

First edition.
Binding full brown sheepskin contemporary. Back to nerves adorned. Title piece in tawny morocco.

200 €

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LE NAIN DE TILLEMONT

Histoire des empereurs, et des autres princes qui ont régné durant les six premiers siècles de ...

Chez François Pitteri, Venise 1732 - 1739, In-4 (20,5x28cm), xl, 712pp. et xxiv, 626pp. et xxviij, 587pp. et xxxij,

First edition Venetian, after the original published in Paris from 1690 to 1701 for the first five volumes, 1738 for the sixth posthumous volume published on the manuscript of the author.
Italian binding in full vintage velin. Jansenist smooth back. Title pieces in beige morocco. Dirt on the [...]

1 600 €

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Pierre LE TOURNEUR, François-Anne DAVID

Histoire d'Angleterre représentée par figures

Chez l'auteur & François Anne David, à Paris 1784 - 1800, In-4 (19,5x26,5cm), (4) 194pp. et (4) 211pp. et (4) 116pp., 3 volumes reliés.

First edition, very rare, augmented by a third volume published 16 years later, in 1800, and dedicated to wars in the colonies, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Canada and the American war of independence. She is superbly illustrated with 111 hors-texte engraved figures engraved by François Anne DAVID after [...]

1 800 €

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Guillaume-Germain GUYOT, François-Anne DAVID

Histoire de France représentée par figures, accompagnées de discours

Chez l'auteur & M. David, à Paris 1787-1796, in-4 (20x26,2cm), (4) 168 pp. et 204 pp. et (4) 200 pp. et (4) 184 pp.

First edition, rare, illustrated with 5 engraved titles and 140 hors-texte figures drawn in red on hard paper, with a specific ornamental border for each volume, corresponding to each era described by each volume. Print on large vellum paper.
Publisher's binding in full blond calf jasped and [...]

2 800 €

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PLUTARQUE

Epitome vitarum Plutarchi

Apud Hyeronimum Olivier, Cenomanis [Le Mans] 1608 (S.d.), 694pp. (2), relié.

New edition, the first of which seems to have appeared in 1541 in Basel. It was done by Dario Tiberti.

350 €

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[Auger de Mauléon GRANIER]

Recueil de divers memoires, harangues, remonstrances, et lettres servans à l'histoire de nostre ...

Chez Pierre Chevalier, à Paris 1623, In-4 (16,5x22,5cm), (8) 478pp. (1), relié.

First edition, rare, composed of 63 pieces, stops, letters, memories and others.
Binding in full modern velin. Back to 4 nerves. Title and date pieces in black sheepskin. On the upper plate, calligraphy in black ink, the title and date, and a frieze framing.

450 €

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