First edition, Signed book

(Jean-Baptiste COLBERT) & CONSTANTIN

Constantini Porphyrogennetae Imperatoris opera : in quibus Tactica nunc primum prodeunt

Ex Officina Elzeviriana (Elzevir), Lugduni Batavorum 1617, in-8 (11,5x18cm), (16) 230 pp. (2) 45pp. ; 58pp. (4) 307pp., 3

First edition of the publication of Johannes Van Meurs, printed in Greek and Latin. It contains in particular the De administrando imperio which despite a general title at the date of 1617, wears the colophon date of printing of 1611. This text, known thanks to manuscripts, had never been [...]

1 500 €

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First edition

Jeanne-Marie LEPRINCE DE BEAUMONT

Lettres de Madame Du Montier a la Marquise de *** sa fille, avec les reponses

Chez Pierre Bruyset Ponthus, à Lyon 1756, In-12 (9,5x17cm), (10) 406pp., relié.

First Edition published anonymously and presenting the correspondence as real.
Binding full marbled and glossy brown calfskin. Back to nerves adorned. Title piece in red morocco. Back rubbed with cracks. 2 blunt corners, 2 more rubbed.
Novel in the epistolary form in which a girl destined [...]

350 €

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First edition

François Le Coigneux de BACHAUMONT & Mathieu [...]

Mémoires secrets pour servir a l'histoire de la république des lettres en France, ou Journal d'un ...

Chez John Adamson, à Londres 1784, In-12 (9,5x16cm), 324pp. et 304pp. et 324pp. et 328pp. et (2) 328pp. et (2) 320pp.

New edition. It is known that the first volumes of 1 to 8 appeared in 1777, then the rest staggered until 1789. This edition does not contain the name of Bachaumont in title page, contrary to the original. It is not known whether the address is fictitious or real, but the typographic material seems [...]

850 €

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RAYNOUART & Charles-Albert DEMOUSTIER

Les templiers [Ensemble] Les femmes [Ensemble] Les précepteurs [Ensemble] L'abbé de l'Epée ...

Chez Giguet et Michaud & Maradan & André, Paris 1806, In-8 (13x20cm), 69pp. ; (2) xiv, 76pp. ; (8) 133pp. ; xv (1)

Dummy collection consisting of 5 pieces of which follows the detail:
The Templar Knights. Raynouart. 1806. At Giguet and Michaud.
The women. Demoustier. Year 3 (1794). At Maradan's.
Preceptors. Fabre D'Eglantine. Year 8 (1798). Printing of the Republic.
The Abbot of the Sword. [...]

400 €

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Jean-François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de RETZ

Memoires du Cardinal de Retz

S.n., Amsterdam 1718, In-16 (8,5x14,7cm), (14) 428pp. et (2) 407pp. et (2) 420pp., 3 volumes reliés.

Second edition. A rare counterfeit of the first edition of a rare rarity that appeared in Nancy in 1717. This edition will also be given in Cologne at David Roger, who seems to be a fictional publisher. Title pages in red and black.
Bindings in full brown contemporary brown. Back to Jansenist [...]

1 200 €

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First edition

Sophie COTTIN

Malvina

Chez Maradan, à Paris 1800, In-12 (10x17cm), (4) iv, 255pp. (2) ; (4) 259pp. (2) et (4) 251pp. (2) ; (4) 259pp. (2), 4 tomes en 2 volumes reliés.

first edition, rare, illustrated with 4 frontispieces legendary and framed by Tardieu and engraved by Binet.
Bindings in full brown fleece of speckled contemporary. Smooth backs richly adorned with 2 caissons with an irradiating diamond, a box with the grotesque and roulettes. Title and tomato [...]

550 €

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François-Guillaume DUCRAY-DUMINIL

Les soirées de la chaumière

Chez Le Prieur, à Paris 1806, In-16 (8x13,5cm), 249pp. et 247pp. et 240pp. et 260pp. et 290pp. et 268pp. et 252pp. et 274pp., 8 volumes reliés.

Mention of fourth edition, after the first in 1797. 8 frontispieces by Chaillou, legend.

250 €

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Honoré Gabriel Riquetti Comte de MIRABEAU & TIBULLE

Elégies de Tibulle. Suivies des Baisers de Jean Second et de Contes et nouvelles par Mirabeau

S.n., Paris An IV - 1798, In-8 (12,5x20cm), (4) XIX ; 375 pp. et (4) ; 393pp. (2) et (4) 388 pp., 3 volumes reliés.

Second edition of this edition adorned with two portraits (Mirabeau in the first volume and Sophie in the second volume) and 12 full-page figures engraved by Dupréel and Eluin after Borel. The first edition appeared in Year III.
Bindings in full marble calf of time. Smooth back with 2 lyre [...]

350 €

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