Jean de PARIVAL

Les delices de la Hollande

Chez Charles Ger Stecoren, à Leide 1660, In-12 (8x13,8cm), (8) 419pp. (4), relié.

Nouvelle édition.
binding en demi chagrin rouge ca 1820. spine à nerfs orné de fers Restauration. Titre doré. Frottements.
Premier guide touristique français sur la Holland papere et qui connut de multiples éditions, notamment au XVIIIe avec figures.

200 €

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Peter Simon PALLAS & Baron Jean de REUILLY

Description du Tibet

Chez Bossange, à Paris 1808, In-8 (13x20,5cm), xij, 89pp., relié.

Original, rare edition, translated by Baron Jean de Reuilly.
Binding in full red Russian leather of time.

1 200 €

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Observations pour le citoyen Vond'horen, armateur du corsaire Le Spartiate, de Bordeaux, intimé, ...

Chez la veuve Lacourt et Faye., Bordeaux 1799, in-4 (18x24cm), 23pp. et 19pp., 2 parties brochées en un volume.

first editions of these two pieces.
The privateer Le Spartiate chased two American flag ships, the Charles and the Mary, the ships were brought back to port and the goods confiscated. The court of Bordeaux, complacent in the matter, declared of good catch the loading of the two ships, invoking [...]

250 €

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Pierre-Dominique MARTIN

Description de l'Egypte. Description hydrographique des provinces de Beny-Soueyf et du Fayoum

Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809, In Folio (27x44cm), 196 - 228p., relié.

First edition, text extracted from the Description of Egypt, Volume II, Modern State.
Binding in full cardboard modern parchment cream. Piece of black sheepskin title.
The author was one of the members of the scientific commission of Egypt, his mission was to establish a precise survey [...]

250 €

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M. ROZIERE

Description de l'Egypte. De la constitution physique de l'Egypte, et de ses rapports avec les ...

Imprimerie Impériale, à Paris 1809, In Folio (27x42,5cm), 407-462p., relié.

First edition of this memoir, extract from volume II of the third delivery, Natural History section. Nice print on strong rag paper.
Binding in full cardboard parchment modern cream. Piece of black sheepskin title. Uncropped copy, all margins.
The author seeks to establish the link between [...]

300 €

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Marie Joseph Aimé Dubois (dit) DUBOIS-AYME & Louis [...]

Description de l'Egypte. Mémoire sur la ville de Qoçeyr et ses environs, et sur les peuples ...

Imprimerie Impériale, à Paris 1809, In Folio (27x32cm), 193 - 202p., relié.

First edition of these memoirs, extracts from the first issue, Modern State section, of the Description of Egypt.
Binding in full cardboard parchment modern. Piece of black sheepskin title. Copy with large margins, not cropped.
The city of Qoçeyr is located on the edge of the Red Sea, on [...]

400 €

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P. S. GIRARD & M. ROZIERE

Description de l'Egypte. Description de la vallée de l'Egarement, et conséquences géologiques ...

Imprimerie Impériale, à Paris 1812, In Folio (27x32cm), 25 - 40p. ; 83-98p., relié.

First edition of these two texts extracted from volume II, Natural History section of the Description of Egypt.
Binding in full cardboard parchment modern. black sheepskin title label.
Topographic description of the so-called Lost Valley, located between the Nile and the Red Sea, by a [...]

250 €

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COUTELLE & GIRARD

Description de l'Egypte. Observations météorologiques faites au Kaire en 1799, 1800 et 1801. ...

Imprimerie Impériale, à Paris 1809, In Folio (27x42,5cm), 321-406p., relié.

First edition of these two texts, extracts from volume II of the third delivery, Natural History section. Nice print on strong rag paper.
Binding in full cardboard parchment modern. Smooth back with title label in black sheepskin. Copy wide-margined, not cropped.
The first thesis is [...]

350 €

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