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Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard GRANDVILLE, Jonathan SWIFT

Voyages de Gulliver dans des contrées lointaines

Furne et Cie & H. Fournier, Paris 1838, in 8 (13x21cm), 279pp. et 319pp., 2 volumes reliés.

First edition edition of the illustration of Grandville. A frontispiece on flying china and 450 vignettes on wood in-text, and 5 out of text, the four titles of the four voyages and the literary allegory in frontispiece of the notice. New translation, biographical and literary note on Jonathan [...]

850 €

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Jean de LA FONTAINE, Charles EISEN

Contes et nouvelles en vers

A. Barraud, Paris 1874, In-8 (14x22,5cm), 265pp. et 320pp., relié.

Luxurious reimpression of the edition of the Farmers General of 1762.

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Jules VERNE

Les enfants du capitaine Grant

Hetzel, Paris 1874, Grd. in-8 (18,5x27cm), 624pp., relié.

New edition, the original being published in 1867. Illustrated 172 vignettes by Riou, engraved by Pannemaker, 3 cards. First carton after specialized cartons
Editor's cartonnage said "To the shell" to the rare dark blue color, signed lower back Lenègre. Second flat type Lenègre "b" with [...]

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Guillaume-Germain GUYOT, François-Anne DAVID

Histoire de France représentée par figures, accompagnées de discours

Chez l'auteur & M. David, à Paris 1787-1796, in-4 (20x26,2cm), (4) 168 pp. et 204 pp. et (4) 200 pp. et (4) 184 pp.

First edition, rare, illustrated with 5 engraved titles and 140 hors-texte figures drawn in red on hard paper, with a specific ornamental border for each volume, corresponding to each era described by each volume. Print on large vellum paper.
Publisher's binding in full blond calf jasped and [...]

2 800 €

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Mark TWAIN

Les aventures de Tom Sawyer

A. Hennuyer, Paris [1884], Pet. in-4 (18x23,5cm), 238pp., relié.

First french edition, rare, illustrated with vignettes by Achille Sirouy and translated by William Hugues; published without date.
Beveled cream carton from the publisher. First flat illustrated with 5 colored vignettes bearing the signature of Souze. One on the second board. Golden slices. [...]

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Marguerite d' ANGOULEME NAVARRE

Heptameron français. Les nouvelles de Marguerite, Reine de Navarre

Chez la Nouvelle Société Typographique, Berne 1792, in-8, xlvij (1bc.) 275pp. et (4) 308pp. et (4) 250pp. (1), 3 volumes reliés.

New edition, illustrated with a frontispiece by Dunker and engraved by Eichler and repeated in three volumes entitled to French Heptaméron 73 figures by Freudeberg and engraved by Gutenberg, Halbou, Henriquez ... 72 and 72 vignettes cul-de-lamp by Dunker engraved by itself and Richter, Eichler. [...]

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CORTAMBERT

Nouvelle histoire des voyages et des grandes découvertes

Chez E. Junod & Cie, Paris 1880 (S.d), Grd. in-8 (21,5x29cm), 808pp. et 884pp., relié.

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Binders half vintage red shagreen. Back with nerves decorated with boxes to the grotesque.

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Jacques DU BREUL

Le theatre des antiquitez de Paris. Où est traicté de la fondation des églises & chapelles de la ...

Chez Pierre Chevalier, à Paris 1612, fort in-4 (16,5x23,5cm), (16) 1310pp. (18), relié.

First edition, illustrated with 11 figures in-text. Vignette with the royal arms on the title page.
Bound in full brown sheepskin contemporary. Back with nerves decorated. as Exhibit in Havana morocco. exemplary restoration almost invisible in caps, bits and corners. Slight traces of wetness on [...]

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