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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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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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Martin LUTHER

Biblia, Das ist: Die ganze Heilige Schrift Alten und Neuen Testamentes, Nach der deutschen ...

Johann Rudolf Im-Hof und Sohn, Basel 1772, In-8 (11x18cm), (16) 909pp. (1) ; 265pp. (4), relié.

A later edition of this Bible, translated by Luther. Separate title page for the New Testament. This edition was edited by the Protestant theologian Hieronymus Burckhardt (1680-1737). Double column. Manuscript poem on Christian consolation to endpaper, dated 1774, with the name  Johanna [...]

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René-Antoine Ferchault de REAUMUR

Art de faire eclorre et d'élever en toute saison des oiseaux domestiques de toutes especes

De L' Imprimerie Royale, à Paris 1749, In-12 (9,5x16,8cm), xij, 342pp. et (4) 339pp., 2 volumes reliés.

Original illustrated edition of 9 fold-out plates for the first volume, and 6 for the second, as well as 11 header.
Binding in full speckled and glazed brown calf of time. Ornate nerved back. title label in red morocco, volume number decorated in green morocco. Small gaps at the head of the 2 [...]

1 000 €

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Abbé Charles César ROBIN

Nouveau voyage dans l'Amérique septentrionale, en l'année 1781

Chez Moutard, A Philadelphie et se trouve à Paris 1782, In-8 (12x20cm), ix, 222pp., relié.

first edition, rare. Tables in fine of the roads and camps of the army of the Count of Rochambeau.
Binding in full, vintage porphyry brown calf. Smooth decorated back. title label in fawn morocco. Traces of friction. Very nice copy, very fresh.

1 300 €

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James FORDYCE

Sermons pour les jeunes dames et les jeunes demoiselles

Chez les frères Estienne, à Paris 1778, In-12 (10x17cm), cv (1) 465pp. (3), relié.

Original French edition translated into the seventh English edition.
Binding in full marbled and glazed brown calf of the time. Smooth decorated back. title label in red morocco. Flared headdress. Upper joint split at the head on 5cm. Traces of friction. Good copy.
Scottish Protestant [...]

150 €

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CHOLET DE JETPHORT

Etrennes lyriques, anacréontiques, pour l'année 1782

Chez L'auteur, à Paris 1782, In-16 (8x13,5cm), (24) 366pp. (1), relié.

first edition.
Binding in full brown sheepskin contemporary. Smooth decorated back. title label in red morocco. Slight lack in the upper tail joint.
Collection of gallant and light poems collected by Cholet de Jetphort to whom they were addressed. A play by Beaumarchais, three by Boufflers, [...]

150 €

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Jacques BOILEAU

Histoire des flagellans

Chez Henry Du Sauzet, à Amsterdam 1732, In-12 (9,5x16,8cm), xxxij, 306pp. (10), relié.

Second edition, revised and corrected. Title page in red and black. The first edition appeared in Latin in 1700.
Binding in full speckled brown calf. Ornate nerved back. title label in red morocco. Tail cap removed. Upper joint split into tail. A blunt corner. Very fresh copy.
Ex libris [...]

450 €

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