Etienne PASQUIER

Les recherches de la France

Chez Martin Collet, Paris 1633, In Folio (22x34,4cm), (20) 1019pp. (1) (75), relié.

New edition, reprint of the first edition in ten books published in 1621; illustrated with a portrait by Leonardo Gautier and a large sticker with the royal arms. Title page in red and black. Printing on thin paper. Half time level. Back tooled raised. Part of title in red morocco. Head cap [...]

950 €

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Pietro BIZZARRI

Rerum persicarum historia, Initia Gentis, Mores, instituta, resque gestas ad haec usque tempora ...

Typis Wechelianis apud Wechelianis apud Claudium Marnium, Francofurti (Francfort) 1601, In Folio (16,5x32,5cm), (8) 644pp. (32), relié.

Second edition copiously enriched many texts on the Turks and Persians, after the original was published in 1583 Rare Edition, better than the first for its many additions. Brand of printer page of titre.Pleine marbled brown sheepskin seventeenth later. Back tooled raised. Part of title morocco [...]

1 800 €

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First edition

Nicolas BOILEAU DESPREAUX

Epistres nouvelles

Chez Denys Thierry, à Paris 1698, In 4 (15.5x21.5cm), 15 f. n. ch., relié.

First edition, rare. Grand finial title page. Text in italics. Great bands title, initials. Full Calf glossy blond, 1820 Back tooled raised florets 4.; roulette wheels and cold tail. Part of title and volume number in black morocco. Frieze framing on the boards. Gilt edges. Foxing on the first [...]

800 €

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First edition

Louis SAVOT

Discours sur les medalles antiques. Divisé en quatre parties. Esquelles il est traicté si les ...

Chez Sebastien Cramoisy, à Paris 1627, in-4 (16,5x24cm), (28) 399pp. (25), relié.

First edition, rare. Brand of printer in the title page. Full Calf blond glossy contemporary. Back to nerves ornate. Part of title in red morocco. Triple fillet border on covers. Roll on turns and interior. Gilt edges. Split bits with various gaps in tail and head. Caps threadbare. Gaps between the [...]

750 €

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First edition

[Madame de LA FAYETTE ou Gatien COURTILZ DE SANDRAS

Memoires de Hollande

Chez Estienne Michallet, à Paris 1678, In 12 (10x15,5cm), (8) 456pp., relié.

First Edition, very rare, long attributed to Madame de La Fayette, published the year of The Princess of Cleves, then Courtilz de Sandras and even Pierre Daniel Huet. Full morocco late nineteenth signed Bellevallée glossy red old. Back to nerves Jansenist. Wide frieze gilded interior. Date tail. [...]

1 800 €

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First edition

Adrien BAILLET

Auteurs deguisez. Sous des noms etrangers; empruntez, supposez, feints à plaisir, chiffrez, ...

Chez Antoine Dezallier, à Paris 1690, In 12 (9,5x16,5cm), xxvj (2) 615pp., relié.

First edition, rare, published anonymously. Full brown calf time. Back to nerves ornate. Part of title in red morocco. Roll on turns. A lack in mind. Upper joint epidermis with small gaps. 2 corners bumped. Copy rather fine. French first bibliography devoted to anonymous or pseudonymous authors. [...]

550 €

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First edition

Antoine VARILLAS

Histoire de François I

Chez Arnout Leers, à La Haye 1684, in-12 (9,5x15,8cm), xx 355pp. et (2) 355 -730 (1), 2 volumes reliés.

First edition, rare. Full Velin rigid time. Smooth back. Title and volume number in pen on the faded tome I. Beautiful copy, fresh. History of events of the reign of Francis I from 1515 to 1543. Lease is in cete work resolutely international approach. Varillas was soon celebrated and admired as a [...]

550 €

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First edition

Abraham Nicolas AMELOT DE LA HOUSSAYE

Histoire du gouvernement de Venise, avec le supplément; et l'examen de la liberté originaire de ...

Chez Frédéric Léonard, à Paris 1677, Fort in-12 (7,5x13,8cm), (26) 550pp; (2) ; 237pp; (3) ; (12) 211pp. (39), relié.

Edition partly original, rare, much preferable to the original 1676 which contains only the first part; it is thereby significantly increased by major parts. A frontispiece representing the Piazza San Marco in Venice. The 1677 edition contains 3 titles for each section plus an added title [...]

1 800 €

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