François RABELAIS

Les oeuvres de M. François Rabelais

Chez Nicolas Langlois, à Bruxelles 1721, In-12 (9,5x16,2cm), (26) 467pp. (10) et (2) 433pp. (7), 2 volumes reliés.

New edition. Title pages in red and black.
Binding full brown calf vintage. Back with ornate nerves. title label of tawny morocco, piece of tawny veal tomaison. A lack at the head of Volume 1. Epidermures on the caps and nerves. Rubbed together.

550 €

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Ianus NICIUS ERYTHREUS

Dialogi septendecim [Ensemble] Dialogi duo

Apud Iodocum Kalcovium, Coloniae Ubiorum 1645, In-12 (9,5x15,5cm), (12) 340pp. ; 48pp., relié.

First edition, rare. A frontispiece portrait.
Binding full vintage vellum. Back to nerves. Title with the pen, as well as a floret. Sheets 3 and 4 of the preface moved after leaflet 338. foxing.
17 Dialogues on love, friendship, justice, history, greatness ... Humanist, poet, historian and [...]

250 €

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Claude DUFOUR DE LA CRESPELIERE

Les divertissemens amoureux, ou recueil de pieces enjoüées

Chez la Veuve de Varennes, à Paris 1686, In-12 (8,5x15,5cm), (12) 293pp., relié.

First edition, rare.
Binding full brown sheepskin speckled and galcee. Back with ornate nerves. title label of brown sheepskin. A lack in mind. Upper bit tightly split in tail and head. 2 corners trimmed. Foxing.
Collection of jokes and worms, sometimes very free. We will distinguish Le [...]

300 €

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THEOPHILE

Les oeuvres

Chez Jacques Caillove, à Rouen 1651, In-12 (10,5x16,5cm), (12) 324pp. ; 181pp., relié.

New collective edition of Théophile's works. The third part contains The pieces made during his prison until his death. Text in italics.

Binding full red morocco contemporary. Back with nerves richly adorned. title label in red morocco. Golden slices. Figure of the owner in the tail [...]

600 €

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LEPINE DE GRAINVILLE

Memoire sur la vie de M. de Pibrac, avec les pieces justificatives, ses lettres amoureuses et ses ...

Chez Marc-Michel Rey, à Amsterdam 1761, In-12 (10,5x17,5cm), (2) 303pp., relié.

First edition.
Binding in full glossy brown calf vintage. Back to nerves of 5 pretty florets with stars at the corners. title label of beige morocco. Margins of the title page burnished, as well as the second page. Nice copy.
Biography much more complete than that published in Latin by [...]

350 €

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Prosper MARCHAND

Dictionnaire historique, ou memoires critique et litteraires, concernant la vie et les ouvrages de ...

Chez Pierre De Hondt, à La Haye 1758 - 1759, In-Folio (25,5x41cm), (8) 330pp. (6) ; (4) 328pp. (28), 2 tomes en un volume relié.

first edition that will not know reprint. It is illustrated with a board, a genealogical table of the Estienne family, and 7 figures in-text (medals ...). Title page in red and black. Printing on two columns, the subtitle and the titles on hard paper.
Binding full brown marbled and glazed [...]

700 €

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Prosper MARCHAND

Dictionnaire historique, ou memoires critique et litteraires, concernant la vie et les ouvrages de ...

Chez Pierre De Hondt, à La Haye 1758 - 1759, In-Folio (25,5x41cm), (8) 330pp. (6) ; (4) 328pp. (28), 2 tomes en un volume relié.

Edition originale qui ne connaîtra pas de réimpression. Elle est illustrée d'une planche, d'un tableau généalogique de la famille Estienne, et 7 figures in-texte (médailles...). Page de titre en rouge et noir. Impression sur deux colonnes, le faux-titre et les titres sur papier fort. 6 pages [...]

900 €

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Amable Robin de LA TREMBLAYE

Sur quelques contrées de l'Europe, ou Lettres du Chevalier de ***, à madame la Comtesse de ***

à Londres 1788, In-8 (12,5x19,2cm), 2 volumes reliés.

First edition.
Binding half blond sheepskin contemporary at small corners. Smooth back decorated with nets. Tome and title label of tawny morocco. Traces of friction on the backs but beautiful copy.
Man of letters and poet, this work is the fruit of the travels of the Chevalier de la [...]

250 €

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