Jean-François REGNARD

Œuvres complètes

De l'imprimerie de Monsieur, chez la veuve Duchesne et fils, à Paris 1790, 6 tomes en 6 Vol. in 8 (12,5x20cm), (4)

The best and most complete editions of Regnard, when it contains much the fifth and sixth volumes, fired small number (as indicated by Cohen), and are rarely found attached to four premiers.Elle is illustrated a portrait of the author by Rigaud engraved by Tardieu and 11 beautiful figures of Moreau [...]

1 200 €

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First edition

Esprit FLECHIER

Histoire du cardinal Ximenès

Chez Jean Anisson, à Paris 1693, in-4 (18x26cm), (4) XVIII 659pp. (16), relié.

Edition originale, rare, orné d'un portrait au frontispice de Delinck et illustrée de 6 bandeaux de titre et de 6 cul delampe par Sébastien Le Clerc. Marque de l'imprimeur en page de titre, à la fleur de lys de Florence.
Pleine Basane brune d'époque. spine à nerfs orné. Pièce de titre [...]

800 €

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Louis-Aimé MARTIN

Lettres à Sophie sur la physique, la chimie et l'histoire naturelle

Gide fils, Paris 1814, 2 tomes en 2 Vol. in 8 (12x20cm), deux volumes reliés.

Fourth edition, partly original, after the first edition published in 1810; 5 figures.Plein illustrated glossy mottled brown calf contemporary. Back smooth decorated with typographic designs and gilded friezes. Spare capacity in red morocco, spare volume number morocco olive. Dotted frames and a [...]

250 €

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LE BLOND & Géraud de LA CHAU

Description des principales Pierres gravées du Cabinet de SAS Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans

Chez M. l'abbé de la Chaud, M. l'Abbé Le Blond, à Paris 1780 - 1784, in-folio (20,5x34cm), (32) 303pp. et (4) v (3)

First edition, beautifully illustrated with a frontispiece of Cochin, engraved by Saint-Aubin, a thumbnail of the same title, 59 large tail-lamp and header (designed and engraved by Saint-Aubin) and explained decrypted beginning of the book, and 179 figures, each inset with an engraved stone [...]

1 800 €

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Gaspard LAVATER

L'art de connaitre les hommes par la physionomie (...) augmentée d'une exposition des recherches ...

Depelafol, Paris 1835, 16,5x26 cm, 10 vol., reliés., 10 vol. reliés.

New edition corrected and augmented after French original published in 1781-1803 in 4 Vol. folio. Richly illustrated edition of 600 prints intaglio inset, mostly full-page, executed under the inspection of the painter Vincent, 82 drawn blood, some folding.
Half gray cloth. Jansenist smooth back [...]

1 000 €

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Louis Elisabeth de la Vergne, Comte de TRESSAN

Oeuvres du comte de Tressan

Nepveu & Aimé-André, Paris 1823, in-8 (13x21,5cm), 10 volumes reliés.

The most comprehensive collective Edition published to date and illustrated with a frontispiece and 11 figures. Full calf glossy olive time. Smooth back thinned adorned with golden chains, golden heads and feet in friezes. Parts of title and volume numbers in red morocco, gilt caps on wheels. Lace [...]

800 €

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Antoine HAMILTON

Oeuvres du comte Antoine Hamilton

Antoine-Augustin Renouard, Paris 1812, 3 tomes en 3 Vol. in 8 (13x21,5cm), trois volumes reliés.

New edition, considered the most beautiful and the most correct of the complete works of the author. Illustrated with portraits of 8 A. Saint-Aubin in Volume I and 4 figures from Moreau the Younger in Volume II. Full calf glossy blond slightly later. Back with five nerves purposes set with gold and [...]

350 €

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First edition

[François BERNARD]

La gazette de Cythere, ou avantures galantes et recentes, arrivées dans les principales villes de ...

S.n., Londres 1774, in-8 (11,5x20,5cm), XI (1) 260pp. (2) ; (1bc.) 88pp., 2 parties reliées en un volume.

First edition, illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece and a portrait of Madame du Barry. The second part is entitled: Precis History of the Life of Mad. the Comtesse du Barry. Limited edition the author is Jean Frédéric Bernard by Barbier. Full mottled calf iced contemporary. Smooth back [...]

350 €

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