First edition

Bernard Laurent SOUMILLE

Le grand Trictrac, ou methode facile pour apprendre sans maître la marche, les termes, les regles, ...

Chez De Hansy, à Paris 1766, In-8 (13x20,5cm), xvj, 357pp. (2), relié.

Nouvelle édition, après l'originale parue en 1738. 269 figures numérotées à mi-page.
Reliure en pleine basane marbrée d'époque. Dos à nerfs orné. Pièce de titre en maroquin rouge. Mors supérieur en tête fendillé, et une petite fente en queue sur 0,5cm. 3 coins très émoussés et [...]

500 €

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XENOPHON & Elisabeth FARNESE REINE ESPAGNE

Hieron ou portrait de la condition des rois

Chez Henri Schelte, à Amsterdam 1711, in-12 (9,5x15cm), XXXVI, 137pp., relié.

First bilingual edition in the translation of Pierre Coste, with his notes at the bottom of the page.
Copy to the arms of the Queen of Spain Elisabeth Farnese, Princess of Parma, Queen from 1714 to 1746. Woman of power whose policy has lasting influence in Spain. Double ecu stamped with a [...]

1 800 €

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Anne Robert Jacques TURGOT & Pierre RULIE

Théorie de l'intérêt de l'argent

Chez Barrois, à Paris 1780, In-12 (9,7x16,5cm), xxiij (1) 306pp. (3), relié.

First edition, rather rare, unlike the second edition of 1782. Book attributed by Barbier to Pierre Rulié, but whose text was revised by Turgot and JL Gouttes.
Binding full brown marbled vintage brown sheepskin. Smooth back decorated. title label in red morocco. 2 corners slightly blunted. [...]

900 €

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Augustin ROUX

Nouvelle encyclopédie portative, ou tableau général des connaissances humaines

Chez Laporte, à Paris 1777, In-8 (10,5x17,8cm), xcvj, 477pp. et iv, 589pp., 2 volumes reliés.

New edition
Binding in full icy blond calf vintage. Back with ornate nerves. title label in black morocco, piece of tomaison in red morocco. The color of the pieces of tomaison was reversed by the binder, Red for the title, black for the tomaison. Traces of friction. A stain on the top plate of [...]

350 €

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Pierre François BONCERF

Les inconvénients des droits féodaux. Nouvelle édition à laquelle on a joint ce que Montesquieu ...

S.n., à Paris 1776, In-8 (12,5x20,2cm), (2) iv 5-155p., relié.

New edition, the same year as the original that appeared in London and Paris.
Binding full brown marbled vintage calf. Back with ornate nerves. title label in red morocco. Upper joint split in the head and tail. Eliminated headdress. Friction. Nice copy.
Boncerf was the secretary of Turgot, [...]

500 €

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LAUNAY

Critique abrégée sur un livre nouveau ayant pour titre, Dictionnaire universelle de la France ...

Chez Noël Pissot & André Knapen, à Paris 1726, (8) 132pp. (3), relié.

First edition
Binding full red morocco contemporary. Back to nerves adorned. title label in red morocco. Triple framing net on the boards. Golden slices. Traces of friction. 2 blunt corners. Beautiful copy, precious red morocco contemporary.

350 €

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Gaspard LAUGIER

Ludovico Magni Galliarum regis, elucubratio anagrammatica-historica

Apud Claudium Marchy, In Platea [Aix-en-Provence] 1679, In-4 (18x25cm), (2) 60pp., relié.

First illustrated edition of 47 pretty emblematic figures arranged on 13 boards on fine paper. Only the title sticker is signed Gaudier. Absence of the frontispiece.
Binding at the end of the nineteenth half beige canvas. Smooth back with title label along with dark red shagreen. The boards are [...]

450 €

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Honoré Gabriel Riquetti Comte de MIRABEAU

Considérations sur l'ordre de Cincinnatus, ou imitation d'un pamphlet anglo-americain par le Comte ...

Chez J. Johnson, à Londres 1788, xii, 403pp., relié.

First edition.

Posterior binding, modern. Cardboard blond pastiche bradel. Smooth back with title label and tomaison of pink sheepskin. Back slightly darkened. Friction. Copy untrimmed, made directly on brochure. The first 2 browned leaflets.

600 €

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