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HOMERE, QUINTUS DE SMYRNE

Odysseae Homeri libri XXIII. Raphaele Regio Volaterrano interprete [Ensemble] Quinti Calabri de ...

Seb. Gryphium, Lyon 1541, In-8 (10,5x16,5cm), 391pp. (9) ; 271pp. (1), relié.

New edition
Binding in full red morocco ca early nineteenth. Smooth decorated back. title label in red morocco. cover paper ca 1800. Lower joint split at the head with missing 2 cm. Traces of friction. Beautiful copy.

1 800 €

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Ambrosius Aurelius Théodorus MACROBIUS ( MACROBE)

Macrobius interpretatio in somnium Scipionis a Cicerone confictum. Eiusdem Saturnaliorum libri ...

Philippi Iuntae (Giunta), Florentiae (Florence) 1515, In 8, (24) 279pp. (1), relié.

Rare and precious first edition of Macrobe works by Niccolo Angeli. Editorial information can be found in the colophon, the title page showing only the title in full: Impressum Flor? Tiae opera & sumptu Philippi Iuntae. Anno à natiuitate D. XV. supra mille mense Iulio. Leone Decimo Pontifice. [...]

2 000 €

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Pierre CORNEILLE

Oeuvres de Corneille

Chez Augustin Courbé, Paris 1654 pour la première partie et 1652 pour les deux autres, in-12 (8x13,5cm), 691 pp. et

Fifth collected edition, with a frontispiece, the date of 1645 and a portrait, with the date of 1644.
Posterior bindings in navy-blue morocco, all edges gilt, bindings signed by Alix.

5 000 €

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Françoise-Albine BENOIST

L'erreur des désirs

Chez la veuve Regnard, à Paris 1770, In-12 (10x17cm), xxij (2) 237pp. et 251pp., 2 parties en un volume relié.

first edition, rare.
Binding in full icy blond calf of time. Smooth decorated back. title label in red morocco.
Novel in which two major romantic tendencies of the 17th century intersect, the libertine novel and the sentimental novel. For the author, the characteristic of man is not [...]

450 €

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Michel-Jean SEDAINE

La tentation de St. Antoine, ornée de figures et de musique [Ensemble] Le pot-pourri de Loth. ...

S.n., s.l. 1784 (S.d.), In-8 (15x23,1cm), relié.

First edition of these 2 "vaudevilles".
Binding at the end of the 19th century in full glossy blond calfskin produced directly on a brochure. Richly decorated back to nerves. 2 pieces of black calf title, tail date on black calf. triple framing net on the boards. Large interior frieze. [...]

800 €

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Charles de SAINT-EVREMOND (ou SAINT-EVREMONT)

Oeuvres meslées

Chez Pierre Mortier, à Paris 1699 - 1700, in-12 (10,5x15,6), (10) 317pp. ; 280pp. et (4) 285pp. (3) ; (8) 268pp. et

New edition, at the wrong address of PIerre Mortier, probably published by Claude Barbin. The preface presents the edition in five volumes, the sixth volume was published in 1700; it contains the Praise and the portrait of Saint-Evremont, Speech on the critics, Apology of the works of Mr. de [...]

800 €

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TERENCE

Terentius, in quem triplex edita est P. Antesignani Raspitagnensis commentatio

Antoine Vincent, Lyon 1560, (20) 532pp., relié.

New edition. The priviège was shared with Mathieu Bonhomme in Lyon, there are indeed perfectly similar copies but at different addresses.
Binding in full brown contemporary sheepskin. Back with nerves decorated with 4 florets. Title label in the first box, partially torn off. Central rectangle [...]

1 000 €

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Philippe DESPORTES

Les CL. pseaumes de David, mis en vers françois, par Philippes Desportes [Ensemble] Poesies ...

Par la veuve Mamert Patisson, à Paris 1603, In-16 (8x13cm), (4f.) 168ff. (8f.) ; 15ff. (1f.), relié.

first edition. The title page of Les Poesies chrestiennes dates from 1601. Publisher's marks in title pages.
Binding in half glazed calf wine-lined ca 1830 in the style of Thouvenin. Back to nerves decorated with 3 cold irons and casters. Golden title labels on calf. Marbled [...]

800 €

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