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LAPLACE

Voyage autour du monde, par les mers de l'Inde et de Chine, exécuté sur la corvette de l'état La ...

Imprimerie Royale, Paris 1833 - 1835, Grd. in-8 (15,5x24,5cm), (4) XLI, 558pp. (1) et (4) 481pp. (1) et (4) 510pp. (1) et

first edition. The first two volumes were published in 1833, the second two in 1835.
Binders in carton of blond era.

1 600 €

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Hans SLOANE

Histoire de la Jamaïque

Chez Nourse, à Londres 1751, In-12 (9,5x17cm), (4) 285pp. et (4) 248pp., 2 volumes reliés.

SLOANE Hans
Histoire de la Jamaïque
Chez Nourse, à Londres 1751, in-12 (9,5 x 17 cm),
(4) 285 pp & (4) 248 pp., 2 volumes, contemporary calf
First edition in French, translated by Raulin, six folding plates at [...]

1 200 €

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Alexandre (Comte de) LABORDE

Itinéraire descriptif de l'Espagne, et tableau élémentaire des différentes branches de ...

H. Nicolle & Lenormant, Paris 1808, 12x20,5cm pour les volumes de texte & 15,5x22,5cm pour l'atlas, 6 volumes reliés dont un atlas.

first edition.
Bradel bindings in full navy blue cardboard, smooth backs decorated with golden threads and cold stamped florets, golden friezes in tails, marbled paper plates, yellow and speckled slices, bindings of the time.
The atlas consists of 29 plates engraved inscriptions.
A few [...]

1 200 €

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Jules JANIN

Voyage en Italie

Ernest Bourdin, Paris 1839, Grd. in-8 (16,5x26cm), 342pp., relié.

first edition illustrated with a large vignette of title on wood and 14 boards inset on steel
Binding in full red antique shade signed Rivage. Smooth back decorated with a composition in long floral irons and rocailles. Flat cold-stripped of a large ornamental plate with foliage, birds, and [...]

500 €

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Pierre Jean de SMET

Missions de l'Orégon et voyages dans les Montagnes Rocheuses en 1845 et 1846

Pussielgue-Rusand, Paris 1848, 408pp., relié.

Missions de l'Orégon et voyages dans les Montagnes Rocheuses en 1845 et 1846
First edition in French, translated by Bourlez. Smet’s father also produced a translation in an edition published in Ghent, also in 1848. Two-tone lithographed frontispiece and frontispiece-title on China paper. 12 [...]

650 €

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Zachary MACAULAY

Détails de l'émancipation des esclaves dans les colonies anglaises pendant les années 1834 et ...

Chez Hachette, Paris 1836, In-8 (13,5x21,5cm), (2) xiv, 128pp., broché.

Edition originale française.
Brochure de parution. Exemplaire non rogné, le dernier tiers du livre non coupé. Un coin légèrement replié. Bel exemplaire.
L'avant propos souligne l'état de l'esclavage dans les colonies françaises. L'ouvrage dresse un état de l'abolition de [...]

750 €

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Dominique PONCHARDIER

La mort du condor. Où il est question d'un gorille bombardé ambassadeur de France dans un petit ...

Gallimard, Paris 1976, 14x21cm, relié.

Edition for which he was not drawn large paper, review copy.
Binding to bradel full gray cardboard decorated with abstract decorative motfs, smooth back, guards and yellow paper contreplats, blankets and back in one piece kept, modern binding signed Fortin.
Signed autograph of [...]

50 €

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Alcides ARGUEDAS

Histoire générale de la Bolivie

Félix Alcan, Paris 1923, 17x23,5cm, relié.

First edition of the French translation.
Bound in full marbled sheepskin, back with four nerves decorated with gilded nets, part of title and name of the author of red shagreen, preserved covers, modest binding.

40 €

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