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Antique books - Bibliophily - Art works
This name generally refers to the books from the XVIth to the XVIIIth century enriched with engravings off-text copies sometimes reserved for luxury copies. Always prepared with art, antique books with engravings perpetuate ancestral tradition of illumination.
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François LE VAILLANT
Voyage de Monsieur Le Vaillant dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique, par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance
Chez Les libraires associés, à La Haye 1791, In-8 (12x19,5cm), xx, 274pp. et (2) 287pp. (1), 2 volumes reliés.
Second edition, after the first made in Paris in 1790. It is similarly illustrated with 12 boards including some unfolding and the famous board of the Hottentote apron.
Relliures full sheepskin marbled vintage. Smooth back decorated with 2 florets and 2 boxed urns, wheels. Title pieces in red [...]
800 €
Alain-René LESAGE
Le diable boiteux. Corrigée et augmentée D'une journée des parques, avec Les entretiens serieux ...
Chez Dammonneville, à Paris 1756, In-16 (8,5x14cm), xij, 264pp. et (4) 265-360p. ; 224pp. et (4) 225-472p., 3 volumes reliés.
New edition
Binders full marbled and glazed vintage calfskin. Ornate smooth backs. Title and volume pieces in red morocco.
350 €
Tomas de IRIARTE
La musica, poema
En la imprenta real de la Gazeta, Madrid 1779, in-8 (14,5x23cm), (20 p.) 126pp. XL (1 p.), relié.
En la imprenta real de la Gazeta, Madrid 1779, in-8 (14.5 x 23 cm), (20 p.) 126ppXL (1 p.), bound
Second edition, illustrated with 6 beautiful insert figures printed on cartridge paper signed by G. Ferro, engraved by M.S. Carmona, J. Ballester et F. Selma. Meticulous printing. The first [...]
1 800 €
First edition
Giovanni Battista MASCOLO, Johann Wolfgang BAUMGARTNER [...]
Encomia Coelituum, Digesta Per Singulos Anni Dies, Una Cum Veterum Fastis, Recensibitus Victorias, ...
Viennae 1753-1755, in-12 (11x17,5cm), (24) 158 pp. et 159-324 pp. et 325-505 pp. et 506-677 pp., 4 volumes reliés.
Édition originale viennoise, très rare, illustrée de 366 figures par Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner. Remarquable iconographie baroque. Un seul exemplaire repéré dans les catalogues électroniques de la bibliothèque de Strasbourg, un exemplaire à Cambridge et un autre à Oxford.
Reliures de [...]
2 000 €
First edition
SPALLANZANI, NEEDHAM
Nouvelles recherches sur les découvertes microscopiques, et la génération des corps organisés. ...
Chez Lacombe, A Londres & A Paris 1769, Fort. in-8 (12,5x20cm), (2) liv (2) 298pp. ; (4) xvj, 293pp. (1), 2 tomes en un volume relié.
Edition originale illustrée de 9 planches dont 6 dépliantes.
Reliure en plein veau granité. Dos à nerfs orné. Pièce de titre en maroquin rouge. Coiffe de tête finement restaurée, idem pour 2 coins. Un manque sur le plat inférieur en bordure. Légère fente au mors supérieur en tête. [...]
850 €
First edition
Nicolas BOILEAU DESPREAUX
Oeuvres diverses du Sr Boileau Despreaux : avec le traité du sublime, ou du merveilleux dans le ...
Chez Denys Thierry, à Paris 1701, In-4 (19x25cm), (16) 446pp. ; 200pp. (6), relié.
Last edition of the works of Boileau corrected and published during the lifetime of the author. The latter admits to prefer this ultimate edition in his preface. This edition is also the first to bear the name of the author.
500 €
Antoine DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE
Voyage pittoresque de Paris, ou description de tout ce qu'il y a de plus beau dans cette grande ...
Chez de Bure, à Paris 1770, In 12 (10x17cm), x, 496pp. (6), relié.
Third augmented edition of this important artistic guide of the Paris of Louis XV. A title-frontispice engraved in colors by J. Robert & 5 inset plates including 2 unfolding by Choffart, Saint-Aubin. Four of them, signed Choffard (1730-1809), reproduce the illustrations of the previous edition [...]
450 €
First edition
Pierre LE TOURNEUR, François-Anne DAVID
Histoire d'Angleterre représentée par figures
Chez l'auteur & François Anne David, à Paris 1784 - 1800, In-4 (19,5x26,5cm), (4) 194pp. et (4) 211pp. et (4) 116pp., 3 volumes reliés.
First edition, very rare, augmented by a third volume published 16 years later, in 1800, and dedicated to wars in the colonies, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Canada and the American war of independence. She is superbly illustrated with 111 hors-texte engraved figures engraved by François Anne DAVID after [...]
1 800 €
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