First edition

Pierre BOUDIER DE VILLEMERT & VOLTAIRE

L'ami des muses

Chez Louis Chambeau, Avignon 1758, in-8 (11,5x18cm), (14) 352pp. (2), relié.

First Edition. Full of marbled sheepskin time. Back tooled raised. Part of title in red morocco. Jaws open tail on the top plate. 3 corners bumped. Friction. Poetic anthology brings together a variety of pieces (letters, madrigals, fables, satires ...) not only the author but also Voltaire, [...]

200 €

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ANONYME

Le fourbe puni, ou le duel des rivales. [Ensemble] Lettres infernales et Les tisons

S.n. ; Aux enfers, s.l. 1740, in-12 (9,5x16,7cm), (2) 181pp. ; (4) 123pp., relié.

First edition, rare. The second book is also the first edition, adorned with a frontispiece representing the devil handing a letter to a gentleman. Full Calf blond contemporary. Back tooled raised. Part of title in red morocco. A tear p. 127. Caps slightly threadbare. Excellent small anonymous [...]

500 €

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ANONYME

L'echo des bardes

Chez Le Fuel, à Paris 18.., In 32 (7,5x12,5cm), relié.

First edition, illustrated by figures drawn 6 Berlin and engraved by DeVilliers. 80 pages of engraved music. Full morocco long red beans era. Smooth back decorated with two butterflies and two jewels. Frieze border on covers. A tiny missing tail. Friction. Scattered spots. Lovely copy. Singer, [...]

280 €

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Louis Elisabeth de la Vergne, Comte de TRESSAN

Oeuvres Choisies Du Comte De Tressan, avec figures

[Maradan & Desray & Giguet], A Paris, rue et hôtel Serpente 1791, 12 tomes en 12 Vol. in 8 (12x19,8cm), relié.

Collective Edition, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece (engraved by de Launay after Bérel) and 20 figures Marillier engraved by Delvaux, of Ghendt, Croutelle, Patas, Langlois young Monchy de Launay. Volumes 11 and 12 are composed of the posthumous works of the author and focus on the title [...]

800 €

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François Joseph de LA GRANGE-CHANCEL

Théâtre

Chez François L'Honoré et fils, à Amsterdam 1746, pet. in-12 (7,5x13,5cm), (54) 395pp. et (6) 415pp., 2 volumes reliés.

First Edition collective. It is illustrated with a frontispiece, repeated at both volumes, a vignette title Picart also repeated figures and 10 unsigned, very pretty, showing the actors on stage. Full posterior brown sheepskin (1800). Back nerve nets. part of title tan morocco. Caps threadbare. [...]

300 €

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Henri Joseph DU LAURENS ABBÉ ( DULAURENS)

L’arretin

Aux dépens de la Congrégation de l'Index, à Rome [Paris] 1768, in 12 (10x15,5cm), de (4) xxiv, 26-168pp. , 156pp,,

The first edition was published in 1763 at the same address under the title: The arretin, or debauchery of the mind makes sense. Full morocco lemon time. Smooth back decorated. Part of title in green morocco. Triple fillet border on covers. Gilt edges. Nice copy. Upper joint slightly rubbed. The [...]

1 200 €

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Charles de SAINT-EVREMOND (ou SAINT-EVREMONT)

Nouvelles oeuvres meslées

Chez la veuve de Claude Barbin, à Paris 1700, in 12 (10x17cm), (16) 367pp., relié.

First edition of this collection, which contains the maxims of La Rochefoucauld in interesting variations. Illustrated with a portrait medallion Edelink. Full Calf glossy contemporary fawn. Back to nerves ornate. Part of title in red morocco. Despite some wormholes, beautiful antique binding. [...]

450 €

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Abbé Laurent BORDELON

Le voyage forcé de Becafort hypocondriaque. Qui s'imagine être indispensablement obligé de dire ...

Chez Jean Musier, à Paris 1709, in-12 (9x16cm), (2) xxxv (1) 342pp. (4), relié.

First edition, rare. Modern Cardboard cream parchment. Piece as black sheepskin. Like all the satirical works of the Father Bordelon, it is a curious work and unclassifiable in which a trip with Becafort, which he describes the thoughts, speech and dialogue narrator; the book is full of reviews and [...]

550 €

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