First edition

Jean-François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de RETZ

Mémoires du Cardinal de Retz

Chez J. Frédéric Bernard, à Amsterdam 1731, in-12 (9,8x15,8cm), 4 volumes reliés.

Final Edition rare; "More comprehensive than previous and the best that has been given to the eighteenth century ... Tchemerzine V, 396. An engraved portrait frontispiece by Thomassin. This is the only edition of the memoirs quoted by Bure in his bibliography. Pages title ... red and black glossy [...]

700 €

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Alexander POPE

Oeuvres diverses de Pope

Chez Arkstée & Merkus, à Amsterdam & à Leipzig 1754, in-12 (9,5x16,5cm), 6 volumes reliés.

Original collective edition; illustrated portrait 1 and 5 figures in Volume I, 1 frontispiece and 13 figures in Volume II, 1 frontispiece to Volume IV; portrait by Syfang, the figures drawn by Blakey, Wale and engraved by Walker and Fritzsch. Full brown calf iced contemporary. Smooth back [...]

400 €

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Sophie LEE

Le souterrain, ou Matilde

Chez Théophile Barrois, à Paris 1788, Fort in-12 (9x16,5cm), vij (1) 227pp. ; (4) 175pp. ; (4) 226pp., relié.

New edition, rare, after the first French translation published in 1786 by De La Marre the English novel: the Recess, or a tale of --other time (1785) .Demi sheepskin brunette vintage corners. Back tooled raised fillets. Part of title tan morocco. Head cover frayed. Cap tail largely missing. A slot [...]

500 €

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Jean-Baptiste Marquis de BOYER D'ARGENS

Lettres juives, ou correspondance philosophique, historique, et critique, entre un Juif voyageur à ...

Chez Pierre Paupie, à La Haye 1764, 8 tomes en 8 vol. pet. in-12 (8x14,5cm), (2) xxiv 347pp. et (2) iv, 365pp. et (2)

New edition, after the original was published in 1736 to 1737 by the same publisher, but contained only 180 letters against 203 for the following. The table of contents occupies the space of the last volume. Full calf blond contemporary. Smooth back decorated. Parts in red morocco title and volume [...]

600 €

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PANAGE

Les moeurs

S.n., s.l. 1748, in-12 (10x16,5cm), 3 parties reliées en un volume.

First edition, illustrated with a frontispiece, a vignette repeated three title pages title, and three vignettes title. Full brown calf marbled time. Smooth back decorated. Part of title in red morocco. Lower joint open tail. Gaps and holes along the lower joint. A dull corner. An essay on the [...]

180 €

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Pierre Laurent Buirette de BELLOY & Jean-François de [...]

Le Siège de Calais [avec] Le Comte de Warwik [avec] Eugénie

Chez Duchesne et chez Merlin, à Paris 1765, 1764 et 1767, in-8 (12,5x20cm), xvj ; 118pp. (2) 80pp. (2) xliv (4)

New edition to the Siege of Calais, first edition for the other two texts. The five figures mentioned by some bibliographers seem to be lacking Eugenie. Full sheepskin blond brook. Smooth spine decorated with boxes and golden jewels, and a piece of sheepskin as blonde. All red edges. Upper back [...]

300 €

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Publius Papinius STATIUS

Opera

Apud Ioan. Pillehotte, Lugduni (Lyon) 1608, in-16 (7,5x11,8cm), (8) 520pp. ; 207pp. (1), relié.

Lyon edition of this work done by Ioannes Bernartius in 1593 italics. Printing. The first part contains three great works of Statius and a second endowed with a title page reviews and ratings of various scholars. Full vellum vintage flexible flaps. Author's name in pen on the back. traces of [...]

450 €

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François PARFAICT & Henry Barthélémy de BLANES

Neraïr et Melhoë. Conte ou histoire. ouvrage orné de digressions

S.n., s.l. [1740] An IX l'âge de l'auteur, in-12 (9x16,5cm), vj, 268pp. et viij, 260pp., 2 volumes reliés.

Edition originale, rare, attribué à Blanes par Barbier et à Parfaict (qui cite Blanes en seconde attribution) par Cioranescu. Pages de titres en rouge et noir. Ce roman parut ultérieurement, avec un nouveau début, sous autre titre : Le Miroir, ou Histoire de Griguenodine ; mis à part la [...]

700 €

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