First edition

Geoffrey CHAUCER & John DONNE

Bell's Edition. The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill

At the Apollo Press, by the Martins, Edinburgh 1779 - 1804, In-18 (8,5x13,5cm), 99 tomes en 34 volumes reliés.

Bell's Edition. The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill,

At the Apollo Press, by the Martins, Edinburgh 1779 - 1804, In-18 (8.5 x 13.5 cm), 99 parts in 34 bound volumes

Very rare collation of volumes from the famous Bell edition of British poets [...]

2 000 €

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First edition

Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU

Oeuvres diverses

Chez Jacob Tonson & Jean Watts, à Londres 1723, In-4 (22,5x28,5cm), xxx, 501pp. (3) et 544pp. (4), 2 volumes reliés.

Nouvelle édition.
binding en plein veau blond d'époque. spine à nerfs richement orné. 

600 €

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Signed book

François-Félix NOGARET

Lettre autographe à un critique et ami

1809, 16x20,7cm, en feuillets.

Lettre datée du 22 mars 1809 et signée Aris. ns (Aristénète). Felix Nogaret. 3 pages.
Requête de l'écrivain en faveur d'un article qui lui ouvrirait les portes du théâtre et qui pourrait le sortir de sa misère. L'écrivain, parlant de lui sous le pseudonyme d'Aristénète, évoque sa [...]

280 €

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Claude-Prosper Jolyot de CREBILLON (dit CREBILLON FILS)

L'ecumoire, Histoire japonoise. [Tansaï et Neadarné]

Chez Arkstée et Merkus, à Amsterdam 1743, In-16 (8x13,5cm), (2) XVIII (4) 208pp. ; (6) 328pp., 2 tomes en un volume relié.

Dutch counterfeiting of the illustrated edition of 1743 to Pekin, the first edition of the only text dating back to 1734. A frontispiece repeated in the 2 volumes (the Chinese emperor and his court with monkeys in trees). Title pages in red and black.
Bindings in full calfskin from the icy era. [...]

650 €

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First edition

Jean-Louis GUEZ DE BALZAC

Carminum libri tres

Augustin Courbé, Paris 1650, In-4 (17,5x24cm), (16) 475pp. (10), relié.

first edition. A beautiful allegorical frontispiece by François Chauveau engraved by Regnesson, a title vignette by Picart and various engraved ornaments: headbands, dead ends, drop caps ...

Binding in full speckled brown contemporary sheepskin. Richly decorated back to nerves. title [...]

450 €

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First edition

Isawa NAGAHIDE

Konjyaku Monogatari

Ryushiken, Kyoto 1820, 15,5x22,5cm, 15 volumes cousus.

Konjaku is a compilation of tales and stories which aim to present, in a Buddhist vision, the history of the world. It was ly attributed to Minamoto no Takakuni (1004-1077), court adviser and great scholar.

450 €

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Jean-Baptiste Marquis de BOYER D'ARGENS

Memoires et lettres de M. le Marquis d'Argens

Aux dépens de La Compagnie, à Londres 1762, In-12 (9,5x16,2cm), 340pp., 2 parties en un volume relié.

New edition, after the original published in 1735.
Binding in full brown sheepskin contemporary. Ornate nerved back. Piece of blond calf title. A lack in mind. A blunt corner. Frictions. Browning on the margins of the first 2 sheets.

280 €

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First edition

Jean DESMARETS DE SAINT SORLIN

Les delices de l'esprit : dialogues dediez aux beaux esprits du monde

Chez Florentin Lambert, à Paris 1661, In-Folio (24x36cm), (18) 125pp. (1bc) (9) ; 63pp. (1bc) (6) ; (18) 195pp. (1bc)

first edition of 1658, with a relay title to Lambert's address and to the date of 1661. Apart from the title page, the only notable difference is the removal of the epistle to Cardinal de Mazarin who died on March 9 1661. The illustration is due to François Chauveau: 5 ornate frontispiece titles, [...]

3 000 €

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