First edition

Johann Georg ZIMMERMANN

Sur Fréderic Le Grand, et mes entretiens avec lui peu de jours avant sa mort

Chez les frères La Combe, à Lausanne 1790, In 8 (13,5x21cm), x (2) 212pp., broché.

First Edition.
Brochure waiting time Gray. Back almost missing. Folded corners slip to 25. Wettings end of the book.
portrait of Frederick the Great and transcripts of interviews the author had with him. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if [...]

120 €

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Jacobus HOMMEY

Diarium historico - litterarium. Anni 1703

apud Petrum Ribou [Pierre Ribou], Parisiis (Paris) 1703, in-8 (11,5x17,5cm), 156pp. (3), relié.

First Edition. Velin full brown speckled contemporary. Back to nerves Jansenist. Part of title in red morocco. A snag tail. Log arrived in Europe contemporary events. The book progresses through nation, Sweden, France, Germany, England, Poland ... Following a journal of literary events are also [...]

180 €

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Gabriel Bonnot Abbé de MABLY

Observations sur l'histoire de la Grèce

par La Compagnie des libraires, à Genève 1766, in-12 (9,5x17cm), (2) viij, 314pp., relié.

First Edition. Full Calf porphyry iced time. Back tooled raised. Part of title in red morocco. Triple fillet border on covers. Early slot in the lower joint first. A slight lack in cap. Nice copy despite failing announced. These reflections on the manners and the Greek government is actually an [...]

300 €

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Guillaume BERTOUX

Anecdotes françaises depuis l'établissement de la monarchie jusqu'au règne de Louis XV

Chez Vincent, à Paris 1768, In 8 (10,5x17cm), viij, 664pp., relié.

Mentioned second edition. Full marbled calf contemporary. Back tooled raised. Part of title in red morocco. Rubbed together. Cap head half missing. Many anecdotes and ratings of particular interest in a book in which we learn the story other than the great history. Bibliotheca gallicae buffer. --- [...]

250 €

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Georges CUVIER

Recueil des éloges historiques lus dans les séances publiques

F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg 1819, 2 tomes en 2 Vol. in 8 (12x20cm), viij, 430pp; (1) et (4) 484pp., relié.

First Edition, a sequel published in 1827, then another until 1832. Sheepskin Half brunette time. Back smooth and net roulette. Yellow edges. Permanent Secretary of the Academy of Sciences, he was in the allocation of Cuvier to compose these biographies of famous scientists who were members. These [...]

300 €

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Pierre Laurent Buirette de BELLOYS

Recueil des edicts de pacification, ordonnances et déclarations faites par les Rois de France sur ...

S.n., s.l. 1612, in-12 (8x14,7cm), 426pp. (15), relié.

New expanded edition edicts until 1610; in all likelihood, the first was published in 1599. Velin Full time. Smooth back. Title in black pen partly illegible. Endpapers are detached from the boards. Loose seams with some projections of notebooks. A gallery to 1 cm in the right margin affecting a [...]

650 €

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Edward CLARENDON EARL OF

The life of Edward Earl of Clarendon Lord High Chancellor of England [...]

At the Clarendon Printing House, Oxford 1759, 3 tomes en 3 Vol. in 8 (11,5x19,5cm), reliés.

First edition, published at the same time as publishing in a volume in folio, without being able to determine which is the first. Rare.Plein speckled calf and icy contemporary. English binding. Spine ribbed ornate. Part of title in red morocco and volume number in black morocco. Head cover of [...]

800 €

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François GUICHARDIN (Lodovico GUICCIARDINI)

Histoire des guerres d'Italie

Chez Paul et Isaac Vaillant, Londres 1738, 3 Vol. in-4 (19,5x26cm), (4) xxvj (16) 620pp. et (4) xi, 604pp. et (10) 476pp; (188), relié.

New edition. Although other editions have been given in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, it is not only the most beautiful edition of this text, but also the best translation by Favre, reviewed by Gorgeons and others .. Full speckled antique glazed calf. Back tooled raised florets in 4 [...]

1 200 €

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