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First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Contemporary full calf binding. Decorated raised spine. Rubbing to boards and corners.
By Noël, known as Bonaventure d'Argonne. Also attributed to Abbé Pierre de Villiers and to Pierre-Jacques Brillon, author of the 'Apologie de Monsieur de La Bruyere et du théophraste moderne...', which is a response to the present work, according to Barbier CG, III, 1124. The work is a scrupulous commentary on La Bruyère's characters, beginning with a general appreciation, then examining and critiquing each theme and each maxim.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Rives paper, deluxe copy.
Illustrations by Carb, Charlet, Pedro, Rafer and Roger Roy.
Index and tables at rear.
Copy in mint condition.

First edition, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Half-shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, gilt initials at foot, gilt fillet frame on boards, top edge gilt, original wrappers preserved, light foxing on endpapers.
Autograph inscription from Marc Stéphane, the dedicatee's name has been cut out.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
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First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
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First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
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First edition.
Plain paper cover.
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First edition.
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First edition.
Plain paper cover.
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First edition.
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First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
Plain paper cover.
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First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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Published before the first edition.
Softcover, as issued.

First edition on ordinary paper.
A good copy.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

Second edition, revised and enlarged.
Bradel binding in half chocolate cloth, smooth spine sunned decorated with a floral motif and double gilt fillets, red shagreen title-label sunned, one upper corner slightly bumped.
Handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition printed in a small number of copies on vergé paper.
One small tear to head of spine, internally good.

First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
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First edition,
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
Plain paper cover.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
Plain paper cover.
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New edition containing all variants and a biographical notice by P.R. Auguis.
Frontispiece portrait of the author.
Spine and boards marginally and lightly faded, gift inscriptions from the same owner, some minor foxing.
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First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First editions.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition, false statement of edition. Illustrated covers.
A pale dampstain affecting the spine and more significantly the verso of the front board and front endpaper.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition, one of 950 numbered copies, the only printing with 50 on chiffon.
With a portrait from the author by Zadkine.

New edition but first for many parts, one of 250 numbered copies on Hollande, the only large paper copies with 20 Japon.
A rare and very good copy.

Published before the first edition.
Softcover.
As issued.

First edition. Two editions appeared at the same time, this one, and a second in Hamburg, published by Fauche. See Tchemerzine V, 409. The continuation of this preliminary discourse, as well as the famous dictionary, would never see the light of day. The second text appeared for the first time in Berlin in 1784, closely following the "subject proposed by the Berlin Academy".
Tchemerzine V, 403: 'Cette édition, très bien imprimée, est aussi recherchée que l'originale'.
Half black shagreen Jansenist binding from the mid-19th century. Spine with 4 raised bands.
The preliminary discourse is an ambitious work, simultaneously a reflection on phonetics, a linguistic reflection, and a...

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.