First edition

GUINGUENE

La décade philosophique, littéraire et politique

Au Bureau de la Décade philosophique, à Paris 1797 (An 6), In-8 (13x20cm), (2) 577-582p. 576pp. et (2) 577-582p.

First edition of this complete year of La décade philosophique, one tome per quarter.
Binding in half brown contemporary sheepskin. Smooth decorated back. Title and number pieces in red morocco.

400 €

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Etienne de SENANCOUR

De l'amour

Chez Cérioux & Arthus Bertrand, à Paris 1806, In-8 (14x21,2cm), (4) XV (1) 13-287p. (1), relié.

Original, rare and sought after edition.
Modern binding in half caramel corner box made from an untrimmed brochure, with the covers kept. Smooth back decorated with 5 finials and rollers.

1 300 €

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Giulio Cesare CROCE

Bertoldo con Bertoldino et Cacasenno

Lelio dalla Volpe, In Bologna 1736, In-4 (21,5x29,5cm), (16) 346pp. (2) 128pp., relié.

First edition. The original dates from 1606. The illustration includes a frontispiece, a title vignette and 20 figures as well as 16 vignettes placed at the end of certain songs, all by Giuseppe Maria Crespi. Neat impression.
Binding in full vellum of the nineteenth ca1880. Back to nerves [...]

2 500 €

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Quintus Horatius Flaccus (dit) HORACE

Les oeuvres

Chez Toussainct Quinet, à Paris 1652 , Fort in-8 (11,5x17,5cm), (48) 523pp. (17) et (16) 679pp. (25), 2 volumes reliés.

First edition of the translation of Michel de Marolles, bilingual, French compared to the Latin version.
Binding in full soft vellum of time. Smooth back with title to the pen at the head. Soiling on the backs and boards. Several notebooks brought out in volume I, one in volume II. Good [...]

650 €

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Marc Antoine PETIT

Onan, ou le tombeau du Mont Cindre

de l'imprimerie de J. B. Kindelem., à Lyon 1809, in 8 (22x14cm), (4) x, 99pp. (1bc) (3)., broché.

first edition presented in its original pinout with blue and mute covers.
Doctor Petit, chief surgeon of the Lyon hospital, composed this poetry which is intended to be a metaphor for the dangers of onanism. The work begins with an eulogy from Tissot, the author of onanism. The poem, rewarded [...]

250 €

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Madame de GENLIS

Mademoiselle de Clermont

Chez Maradan, à Paris 1802, In-18 (8,5x13cm), 177pp. (3), relié.

first edition, rare.

binding in full granita brown contemporary sheepskin. Smooth back with 4 stitches and fillets. Piece of black calf title. A snag with a little lack on the upper dish. A blunt corner. Nice copy, fresh.

500 €

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Marc de SAINT-MARTIN

La nature naissante ou les merveilleux effets de la puissance divine dans la creation du monde ...

De l'imprimerie de Vincent du Moutier, à Paris 1667 - 1670, In-8 (12x18cm), (8) 32, 6pp. ; (4) 44pp. (3), relié.

first editions of these two poems.

binding in full speckled brown contemporary sheepskin. Ornate nerved back. title label of brown sheepskin. joint restorations.

400 €

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François-Augustin Paradis de MONCRIF

Oeuvres

Chez la veuve Regnard, à Paris 1768, In-12 (9,8x16,5cm), (2) xiv, 233pp. et (2) 200pp. (2) et (2) 233pp. (1) 21pp.

New edition
Binding in full marbled and glazed calf of time. Ornate nerved back. title label in red morocco, volume number with black wax. red slices. A small lack in the lower joint at the head of volume I. Gallery of worms at the end of volume II. 5 blunt corners. Traces of friction. Very [...]

650 €

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