COLLECTIF
[IMPRESSION DE SAINT-MALO] Nouveau tarif du cube des bois ronds et carrés, précédé d'une instruction préliminaire sur la manière de se servir des tables calculées qu'il contient ; avec une méthode courte et facile de toiser et cuber par soi-même toutes sortes de surfaces et de solides réguliers ; ouvrage nécessaire à tous les marchands de bois, constructeurs, charpentiers, entreneurs, etc. PAr M. C., ancien professeur de mathématiques[[SAINT-MALO PRINTING] New tariff for the cubic measurement of round and squared timber, preceded by a preliminary instruction on the use of the calculated tables it contains; together with a short and easy method for measuring and calculating the cubic content of all kinds of regular surfaces and solids; a work necessary for all timber merchants, builders, carpenters, contractors, etc. By M. C., former professor of mathematics]
H. Hovius|Saint-Malo 1811|10 x 17 cm|Relié
Scarce new edition, illustrated with a folding plate printed on a separate leaf.
According to the CCF, copies are recorded only under the date 1826.
Bound in full fawn marbled paper boards, smooth spine, unlettered; modern binding.
A rare edition, though not the first: the approval printed at the end of the volume is dated 30 August 1766 for the censor’s permission (yet no public holding records a copy earlier than 1799). Contemporary manuscript ex-libris of Gabory Dodin, dated 24 July 1817.
€1,000
Jean-Marie-Jérôme FLEURIOT
Voyage de Figaro, en Espagne[Figaro’s Journey in Spain]
s. n.|Saint-Malo 1784|8.3 x 12.3 cm|Relié
An uncommon first edition (cf. Palau, 92 173. Barbier, IV, 1072. Quérard, II, 40. Cioranescu, XVIII, 28675-28678.)
Contemporary full marbled fawn calf, smooth spine decorated with double gilt panels and ornaments, hazelnut calf lettering-piece, spine caps defective, covers framed with a single blind fillet, marbled endpapers, corners rubbed, gilt fillets to the edges, red edges; a fragile contemporary binding: spine ends trimmed, joints and upper hinge entirely split.
The imprint is fictitious: the pamphlet was not printed at Saint-Malo.
This satire, directed against the government, religion and customs of the Spaniards, and marked by singular bad faith (Fleuriot never...
€650
ANONYME
Rhétorique françoise, à l'usage des jeunes demoiselles, avec des exemples tirés, pour la plupart, de nos meilleurs orateurs & poëtes modernes
L.H. Hovius fils|Saint-Malo 1793|10.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Nineteenth-century binding in half green calf, smooth spine faded and decorated with gilt arabesques, headcaps and joints lightly rubbed, scuffs to the boards of
Full cloth binding, corners and edges rubbed.
Work illustrated with a vignette on the title page.
Some light foxing without gravity.
Rare Saint-Malo printing.
€200

Saint-Malo

Voyage de Figaro, en Espagne[Figaro’s Journey in Spain]

Rhétorique françoise, à l'usage des jeunes demoiselles, avec des exemples tirés, pour la plupart, de nos meilleurs orateurs & poëtes modernes