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COLLECTIF

Recueil de pieces, bulle Unigenitus

Divers, Paris 1740 - 1747, In-4 (19x24,5cm), relié.

Interesting collection consisting of 63 pieces, mostly relating to the Unigenitus bull, but also pieces of circumstances: an Ode to the Roy of 1744, an Praise by MIgnard to Le Brun, or the Ceremony and consecration of the Church of Saint Sulpice, a Mazarinade, the New satire against the women of [...]

700 €

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Abbé Charles COTIN

Recueil des enigmes de ce temps

Chez Nicolas Le Gras, à Paris 1687, In-12 (8x15cm), (12) 219pp. (9), relié.

New edition.
Binding in full red morocco signed Richard de Coverly at the bottom of the counterplate. Ornate nerved back. Golden title and date. Triple framing net. The 5 table sheets are restored. Beautiful copy.
This collection contains 245 puzzles in poetic form, a game that we played in [...]

350 €

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FOSSE

Idées d'un militaire pour la disposition des troupes confiées aux jeunes officiers dans la ...

Chez Alexandre Jombert, à Paris 1783, In-4 (21x27,5cm), (14) 116, 60pp., relié.

First edition illustrated with a vignette at the head of the dedication in colors and 11 plans drawn by Fossé and engraved in colors by Louis Marin Bonnet.
Used binding in full tawny sheepskin.

1 600 €

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RANGOUZE

Lettres panégyriques aux héros de la France

L'auteur, à Paris 1649, In-8 (11x16,5cm), relié.

first edition. The letter to the king is preceded by his coat of arms which occupies the opposite page. Thumbnail with the royal arms in title.

Binding in full soft vellum of time. Smooth dumb back.

Curious collection of letters that the author sent to great figures in order [...]

350 €

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Thomas NUGENT

The New Pocket Dictionary of the French and English Languages

S.n., London 1781, In-12 carré (13x13,7cm), (2) xvj, 248pp. et (2) 322pp., 2 volumes reliés.

New edition, after the original published in 1767.
Binding in full speckled blond contemporary sheepskin. Smooth back decorated with nets.

700 €

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Michel-Jean SEDAINE

La tentation de St. Antoine, ornée de figures et de musique [Ensemble] Le pot-pourri de Loth. ...

S.n., s.l. 1784 (S.d.), In-8 (15x23,1cm), relié.

First edition of these 2 "vaudevilles".
Binding at the end of the 19th century in full glossy blond calfskin produced directly on a brochure. Richly decorated back to nerves. 2 pieces of black calf title, tail date on black calf. triple framing net on the boards. Large interior frieze. [...]

800 €

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Nicolas HERON

Memoires presentez au roy et a nosseigneurs de son conseil, par le tresorier de la Sainte chapelle ...

S.n., s.l. 1695, In-4 (18,5x23,8cm), 50pp., relié.

first edition.
Cardboard in bradel covered with paper in an 18th century tank, around 1900. title label of brown morocco. Caps torn off. title label rubbed and exposed.
Ex libris: From the library of Jean Vergnet.

250 €

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Pietro GIANNONE

Histoire civile du royaume de Naples

Chez Pierre Gosse & Isaac Beauregard, à La Haye 1742, In-4 (21x25cm), (2) XXVIII, 656pp. et (2) VIII, 755pp. et (2)

First french edition, the translation of which is attributed to Louis de Bochat and Desmonceaux. It is illustrated with a portrait on the frontispiece, 4 title vignettes and a plate of medals.
Binding in half brown sheepskin, small corners. Back to nerves decorated with nets. title label of [...]

1 200 €

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