First edition

Vicomte d' ARLINCOURT

Charlemagne ou la Caroleide, poëme épique en vingt quatre chants

Lenormand., Paris 1818, in 8 (13,5x22cm), de 279pp. , 274pp., 2 volume reliés en 1.

First Edition illustrated by Horace Vernet two frontispieces and 5 originals ink drawings and unsigned wash. A folding map enhanced color endnotes places where the poem takes place. Full contemporary calf. Smooth back decorated with two boxes to the Grotesque, multiple threads and wheels. Part of [...]

500 €

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Jean d' INTRAS ( DE BAZAS)

Le martyre de la fidelite [ensemble] Le duel de Tithamante

Chez Robert Fouet., à Paris 1609, in-12 (9x15cm), de 85 (1) , 197pp., deux ouvrages en un volume relié.

Seconds rare editions of both novels Jean D'Intras Bazas, published respectively in 1604 and 1603 only the BN France has a copy of the first editions and second editions. Absent the French catalogs and the British Library. A vignette on the title page of the martyrdom of the unsigned loyalty [...]

700 €

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First edition

Melchior de POLIGNAC

L'anti Lucrèce

Chez Hippolyte-Louis Guerin et Jacques Guerin, Paris 1749, in 8 (15x22cm), (7 ff.) lxxxv, 229 pp. (2) , 388pp., deux tomes reliés en un volume.

First edition of this translation of Bougainville. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait by Rigaud engraved by Daulle and 10 bands and 5 tail-lamp Eisen, engraved by Tardieu and Delafosse. Full Calf blond contemporary. Smooth back ornate. Part of title in red morocco. Caps frayed, corners [...]

500 €

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Signed book

Arnaud BERQUIN

Romances

de l'imprimerie de Moutardier., à Paris 1796, in 16 (10,5x14cm), (4) vij (1bc) v-xxxij, 124pp. 44., deux parties reliées en un volume.

New illustrated edition of these Romances. Frontispiece and 13 figures unsigned, and 44 pages of engraved music. Printed on thick rod. Full marbled calf contemporary. Smooth spine decorated with arabesques and jewels. Triple Net framework on boards. Gilt edges. Good copy. Smear the corners and jaw. [...]

350 €

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ANONYME

Le Papillotage, ouvrage comique et moral

Chez E. V. D. W. & Compagnie, à Rotterdam 1769, in 12 (11x18cm), 131pp., relié.

Nouvelle édition après l'originale parue en 1766, à la même adresse. Demi percaline mouchetée milieu XIXe. spine lisse à filets. Pièce de titre en veau rouge. L'ouvrage est un divertissement libertin sur l'élégance et la mode sous la forme romanesque ; c'est l'histoire d'un élégant et de [...]

150 €

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First edition

George ELLIS

Specimens of the early poets

Printed for Edwards [by T. Rickaby], London 1790, in 8 (12,5x19cm), (2) v (3) 323pp (1)., relié.

First Edition. The book was published for Edward Halifax. It was compiled and collected by George Ellis. Full red morocco long grain contemporary (English binding). Back to nerves nets. Fillets on flat frames. Gilt edges. A wormhole a bit. Nice copy, very fresh. The book brings together works of [...]

450 €

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First edition

Jacques-Henri BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE

Voeux d'un solitaire

de l'imprimerie de Monsieur., à Paris 1790, in-12 (10,5x16,5cm), xxxiv, 236pp., relié.

First Edition. Half brown calf time. Smooth back florets and nets. At the end of the convocation of the States-General in 1789 and recent events, the author expresses his thoughts on the future of the people, the clergy, the king, the nobility ... As a preamble, Bernardin de Saint Pierre expresses [...]

400 €

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First edition

Charles COTOLONDI

Arlequiniana ou les bons mots, les histoires plaisantes & agréables

Chez Florenti et Pierre Delaulne., à Paris 1694, pet. in 12 (8,5x13,8cm), (58) 354 pp (12)., relié.

First Edition? A similar edition was published on the same date by the same publisher, but in a slightly larger format, with a different snack, a flagship of different title and without title page red and black. This edition may be a counterfeit. A frontispiece representing Harlequin. Uncommon. [...]

700 €

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