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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[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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Gabriel Francisco LE JAY

Josephus venditus. Tragoedia

Apud Antonium Lambin, Parisii (Paris) 1698, Pet. in-8 (9,5x17cm), (12) 67pp., relié.

Edition, illustrated by a figure from Cornelius engraved by Mariette and headband to arms. Full glossy blond Calf. Back tooled raised. Part of title in red morocco. Double fillet border on covers. A slight hitch in mind. Roll on turns. Small spots on the lower flat. 2 corners bumped. Guards [...]

250 €

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Jacques-Louis MOREAU

Histoire naturelle de la femme, suivie d'un traité d'hygiène

Chez L. Duprat, Letellier, à Paris 1803, in-8 (12x20cm), (4) 358pp. et 360 - 744p. et (4) 459pp., 3 volumes reliés.

First Edition, illustrated with 11 plates including 7 folding (anatomy, hermaphrodite sex, Hottentot ...). Full Sheepskin rooted contemporary. Smooth back decorated with boxes to the grotesque. Part of title and volume number in morocco beige. Roulette cold-framing on the boards. Upper joint split [...]

900 €

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John GAY

Fables

Printed for J. and R. Tonson, London 1737 - 1742, in-8 (12x19,5cm), (14) 173pp. ; (8) 155pp., 2 tomes reliés en un volume.

Mention fifth edition for the first volume, and second for the second edition. The first volume was released for the first time in 1727, a sequel was added him in 1738 and is illustrated with a frontispiece by Scottin (placed at the top of the second volume and dated 1738), two vignettes title, 51 [...]

500 €

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Antoine Joseph Nicolas de ROSNY

Histoire de la ville d'Autun, connu autrefois sous le nom de Bibracte, capitale de la république ...

De l'imprimerie de Dejussieu, Autun 1802 An XI, in-4 (21x27cm), xxi 352pp; (2), relié.

First edition, rare, illustrated with a map frontispiece and 7 boards and engraved by Joubert Adam.Demi Green shagreen later, around 1860, back to nerves Jansenist. Insolated back, turned brown. Large margin, except in high margin. The prints are of lesser dimension outside margin slips text was [...]

450 €

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