First edition

COLLECTIF & Armand LOISELEUR DESLONGCHAMPS

Manava-Dharma-Sastra. Lois de Manu, comprenant les institutions religieuses et civiles des Indiens.

Hachette & Cie, Paris 1865, 15,5x24,5cm, relié.

first edition of the Sanscrit translation in French by Armand Loiseleur Deslongchamps.
Binding to the bradel in full cardboard covered with marbled paper, smooth back, piece of title of red shagreen, some rubbings on the back, a scratch on the first flat, corners blunt.
Foots in feet of [...]

120 €

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Claude-Prosper Jolyot de CREBILLON (dit CREBILLON FILS)

Ah quel conte! Conte politique et astronomique

Chez Les frères Vasse, à Bruxelles 1755, In-12 (10x16cm), (4) 75pp. ; 76pp. ; 67pp. ; 68pp. ; (4) 70pp. ; 60pp. ; 82pp. ; (4) 104pp., relié.

New edition
Binding in full brown contemporary brown. Back with nerves adorned with nets. Title piece in red morocco. Lack of tail. Title piece rubbed and scratched, erasing the letters ONT of Conte. Fresh paper.

600 €

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First edition

Pierre GUASTALLA, André BEUCLER

Caucase

Emile-Paul frères, Paris 1931, 14,5x21cm, broché.

First edition, one of 1500 numbered copies on vellum Lafuma.
Book illustrated with a frontispiece of Pierre Guastalla.
Pleasant copy despite a few minor bites.

30 €

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First edition

Philippe-Auguste de Sainte-Foix, Chevalier d' ARCQ

Histoire générale des guerres. Tome premier contenant l'histoire de la Grande Arménie [...] Tome ...

Imprimerie Royale, à Paris 1756 - 1758, In-4 (20x26cm), (6) vij-xij clxxvj, 372pp. et viij, 614pp., 2 volumes reliés.

first edition, rare, these two volumes published two years apart and whose result will never see the day.
Copy the arms of Louis XV hit on the boards, and the figure repeated on the back, a symbol that certifies the origin of the Royal Library in Versailles. Louis XV had a very large library [...]

4 000 €

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First edition

Paul CLAUDEL

Connaissance de l'est

Mercure de France, Paris 1900, 13,5x20,5cm, relié.

First edition printed on vergé.
Half morocco, spine slightly discolored, covers stained preserved, top edge gilt.
Foxing on the endpapers and in the margins of some leaves.
 

750 €

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First edition

Georges DARIEN & Marcel LAURAS

Biribi

Fasquelle, Paris 1906, 12x19cm, broché.

Edition on current paper it is printed in Holland paper than 10 leading copies.
Binding to bradel half red calico, smooth back, double golden tail thread, marbled paper plates, wrappers preserved and bound in.
Cover and drawings by Bernard Naudin including a double page.

150 €

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First edition

Jean-Charles DELAFOSSE

Nouvelle iconologie historique ou attributs hieroglyphiques [...] Nieuwe historische beeldspraak of ...

by Cornelis Sebille Roos & Aren Fokke, Te Amsterdam 1790, in-folio (27x43cm), (4) 39pp. (1), relié.

Édition originale bilingue en français et néerlandais illustrée de 2 frontispices et 103 planches numérotées. 39 pages de texte d'explication des planches avec la traduction hollandaise en regard.
Reliure en demi veau brun d'époque. Plats modernes refaits à l'aide d'un simili cuir. [...]

2 500 €

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First edition, Signed book

Pierre PARAF

Israël 1931

Librairie Valois, Paris 1931, 12x19cm, broché.

First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Autograph inscription from Pierre Paraf to Pierre Dominique

 

40 €

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