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Renaissance & Modern Times

16th-18th centuries: humanism, religious wars, Renaissance to Enlightenment society, history, letters and arts of the Ancien Régime

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Renaissance & Modern Times
  1. Geographie moderne
    Abbé Nicole DE LA CROIX

    Geographie moderne

    Chez Delalain|à Paris 1780|10 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés
    New edition revised by Barbeau de la Bruyère.
    Contemporary full marbled sheep bindings. Spines with raised bands decorated. Red morocco title labels and green morocco volume labels. Head caps partly worn. Top joint of volume I cracked. Top joint of volume 2 cracked at head. Traces of dampstaining to outer margin of volume I.
    The work met with some success and was reprinted numerous times until the 19th century. It contains a treatise on the sphere, universal geography (Europe, Africa, Asia, America) and ecclesiastical geography with the archbishoprics and bishoprics of the Catholic and schismatic churches.
    €250
  2. La sculpture anversoise aux XVe et XVIème siècles
    Jean de BOSSCHERE

    La sculpture anversoise aux XVe et XVIème siècles

    Librairie nationale d'art et d'histoire G. Van Oest & Cie|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1909|15.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Iconography.
    Small tears repaired at head of spine, black stains on back cover, handsome interior condition.
    €40
  3. Lettres, memoires et negociations de Monsieur le Comte d'Estrades
    Godefroy Comte ESTRADES D'

    Lettres, memoires et negociations de Monsieur le Comte d'Estrades

    Chez Jean Nourse|à Londres [London] 1743|9.50 x 16.50 cm|9 volumes reliés
    New edition, the best and most complete, established by Prosper Marchand (the first edition of 1709 contained only 5 volumes). Title pages in red and black printed on heavy paper. 9 title vignettes. 12 pages of catalogue at the end.
    Contemporary full speckled calf bindings. Spines with raised bands ornately decorated. Havana morocco title and volume labels. Headcap of volume II worn away. Lacking at head of volume V. Headcaps of volumes VIII and IX worn away, same at head of volume IX. Upper joint split at tail of volume VIII. Corners worn on volumes VIII and IX, same on volume VII. Some corners bumped.
    From his first military victories, the Comte d'Estrades was an important figure...
    €950
  4. Le miracle d'Henri IV
    Jean D'ELBEE

    Le miracle d'Henri IV

    Henri Lardanchet|Paris 1942|13 x 20.50 cm|broché

    First edition, one of 220 numbered copies on vergé d'Arches paper, this copy one of 100 reserved for the "sélections Lardanchet".
    A good, well-margined copy.

    €80
  5. Le coeur du roi. Henri IV après la messe
    Madame SAINT-RENE TAILLANDIER

    Le coeur du roi. Henri IV après la messe

    Grasset|Paris 1937|14 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 206 numbered copies on Montfourat vellum reserved for Lardanchet selections, the only deluxe copies after 16 pur fil.
    Spine lightly sunned, handsome interior condition.
    €30
  6. Tourville marin de Louis XIV
    Henry LE MARQUAND

    Tourville marin de Louis XIV

    Lardanchet|Lyon 1942|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on bambou paper, the only large paper copies.
    Endpapers slightly faded, otherwise a good copy.
    €70
  7. Etrennes utiles et nécessaires aux commerçans et voyageurs ou Indicateur fidèle enseignant toutes les routes royales et particulières de la France, et les chemins de communication qui traversent les grandes routes : les villes, bourgs, villages, hameaux, châteaux, abbayes, hôtelleries, rivières, bois, et les limites de chaque province
    Louis-Charles DESNOS

    Etrennes utiles et nécessaires aux commerçans et voyageurs ou Indicateur fidèle enseignant toutes les routes royales et particulières de la France, et les chemins de communication qui traversent les grandes routes : les villes, bourgs, villages, hameaux, châteaux, abbayes, hôtelleries, rivières, bois, et les limites de chaque province

    Chez Desnos|à Paris 1785|6 x 11 cm (In-24)|Copper engraving|relié
    New edition, illustrated with 2 double maps and 156 maps engraved recto-verso, all heightened in colors. One frontispiece and one engraved title.
    Contemporary publisher's binding in full red morocco. Smooth spine decorated. Brown morocco title label. Gilt edges. One restoration at foot and one at corner. Gilding sometimes faded. Good copy.
    €1,200
  9. François Ier (Le roi chevalier)
    Albert ROBIDA, Georges TOUDOUZE

    François Ier (Le roi chevalier)

    Boivin & Cie|Paris 1909|30 x 37 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition and first issue of the full-page color illustrations by Albert Robida.
    Publisher's full grey percaline binding, smooth spine, front cover illustrated with a polychrome composition by Albert Robida, blue-grey paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
    Headcaps lightly rubbed as often, handsome copy.
    €400
  10. Le capitaine Fracasse
    Théophile GAUTIER

    Le capitaine Fracasse[[Captain Fracasse]]

    Charpentier|Paris 1863|12 x 18 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Rare and sought-after first edition, noted by Clouzot, particularly desirable in a contemporary binding.
    Half brown shagreen bindings, spines with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets and double gilt panels, strictly contemporary bindings.
    It seems the binder was not a regular reader of the great writer, as he stamped "T. Gaultier" as the author on the spine.
    A very handsome copy in notably appealing condition.
    €2,800
  11. Mémoires de Sully, principal ministre de Henri-Le-Grand
    Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de SULLY

    Mémoires de Sully, principal ministre de Henri-Le-Grand

    Chez Jean François Bastien|à Paris 1788|12.50 x 20 cm|6 tomes en 6 volumes reliés
    New edition, illustrated with 2 portraits at the frontispiece of volume I.
    Full brown granite sheep bindings. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title and volume labels. 4 corners slightly bumped. Rubbing. A brown stain at the foot of the upper board of volume I. Handsome set.
    Edition based on all previous critical editions, including the very famous one by abbé de l'ecluse (1745), and those containing observations and remarks by abbé de Montempuis who accused L'ecluse of excessive partiality towards the Jesuits.
    Volume 5 contains various pieces and observations intended to provide greater objectivity in reading the memoirs. A large general table occupies almost...
    €500
  12. Les émaux de Petitot au Musée Impérial du Louvre
    Jean PETITOT

    Les émaux de Petitot au Musée Impérial du Louvre

    Blaisot|Paris 1862 - 1864|22.50 x 30.50 cm|2 tomes en 2 volumes reliés
    First edition, illustrated with 50 magnificent portraits engraved with burin by Ceroni in medallions. Each portrait is accompanied by a biographical notice of approximately 12 pages, written by different authors. Deluxe publication.
    Full red morocco bindings of the period signed Amand. Raised bands spine finely and richly decorated with roses and interlacing. Gilt titles and volume labels. Boards decorated in the Du Seuil style with central frame and triple gilt fillet border, corner ornaments in the corners. Wide interior frieze. Gilt edges. Light rubbing on some bands, at headcaps. Upper joint of volume I cracked at head and tail. Some traces of rubbing on the upper board of volume...
    €900
  13. Memoires à consulter, pour Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (et autres pièces)
    Pierre-Augustin Caron de BEAUMARCHAIS

    Memoires à consulter, pour Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (et autres pièces)

    Imprimerie de Valleyre|Paris 1773|20 x 25.50 cm|relié
    Collection of 4 memoirs and two documents from the legal case that opposed Beaumarchais to Judge Goezman.
    Details:
    Memoire à consulter, pour Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. Imprimerie de Valleyre. 1773. Paris.
    Supplément au mémoire à consulter. Imprimerie de Quillau. 1773. Paris.
    Addition au supplément du mémoire à consulter. Imprimerie de Clousier. Paris.
    Requête d'attenuation pour le Sr Caron de Beaumarchais. Imprimerie de Knapen. 1773. Paris.
    Quatrième mémoire à consulter. Imprimerie de Clousier. 1774. Paris.
    Arrest de la cour du Parlement du 26 février 1774. Chez P.G. Simon. 1774. Paris.
    Early 20th-century half vellum binding. Smooth spine...
    €700
  14. Mémoires touchant la vie et les écrits de Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, dame de Bourbilly, marquise de Sévigné, durant la Régence et la Fronde suivis de notes et d'éclaircissements par le baron Walckenaer
    Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de SEVIGNE

    Mémoires touchant la vie et les écrits de Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, dame de Bourbilly, marquise de Sévigné, durant la Régence et la Fronde suivis de notes et d'éclaircissements par le baron Walckenaer

    Librairie de Firmin-Didot Frères|Paris 1852|11 x 18 cm|5 volumes reliés
    Second edition, with some parts of the text in first edition as revised and corrected.
    Half red calf bindings, smooth spines slightly faded decorated with gilt stippling and fillets, gilt initials at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings signed by Bruillon.
    Handsome copy.
    €300
  16. Mémoires de Fleury de la Comédie française publiés par J.B.P. Lafitte
    FLEURY [Joseph-Abraham BERNARD]

    Mémoires de Fleury de la Comédie française publiés par J.B.P. Lafitte

    Adolphe Delahays|Paris 1847|11 x 17.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    New edition.
    Half red calf bindings, smooth spines slightly faded, decorated with gilt romantic arabesques and a stamp in blind, gilt fillets at head and foot of spines, black calf title labels, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary romantic bindings.
    Provenance: from the library of J.B. Baillière with his labels pasted on the pastedowns.
    Handsome copy in charming contemporary romantic bindings.
    €250
  19. Grand monde et salons politiques de Paris après la Terreur. Fragments précédés d'une étude sur la société avant 1789
    Louis LACOUR

    Grand monde et salons politiques de Paris après la Terreur. Fragments précédés d'une étude sur la société avant 1789

    A. Claudin • A. Meugnot|Paris 1860|10.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 8 copies numbered on salmon paper and justified by the author.
    Full hazel morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, one joint with a small tear at head, small brown stains on covers, gilt roulettes on headcaps, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelle border on pastedowns, gilt fillet on leading edges, top edge gilt, bookplate and library shelf label pasted on one pastedown, elegant unsigned binding.
    Our copy is exceptionally expanded with 18 engraved portraits added by a previous bibliophile and representing notably Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Bonaparte, Madame Récamier, Beaumarchais, Molière, Talleyrand...
    Handsome and unique...
    €300
  20. Madame de Longueville. Nouvelles études sur les femmes illustres et la société du XVIIème siècle
    Victor COUSIN

    Madame de Longueville. Nouvelles études sur les femmes illustres et la société du XVIIème siècle

    Didier|Paris 1853|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
    Second edition.
    Full red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with double black compartments, gilt roulettes on the headcaps, frame of two blind fillets on the boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, pastedowns magnificently ornamented with a wide gilt dentelle and a large central gilt typographical fleuron, gilt fillet on the leading edges, all edges gilt, one lower corner slightly bumped, superb unsigned contemporary binding.
    As frontispiece, an engraved portrait of Madame de Longueville.
    Handsome copy in fine condition.
    €200
  21. Le diner de Vieulaine
    Roger PRUVOST

    Le diner de Vieulaine

    Editions de Paris|Paris 1957|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Autograph inscription from Roger Pruvost to Jean-Paul Sartre.
    This "active teaching" experiment produced an astonishing novel written by 6 young students (aged 12 to 15) from the small school of Vieulaine under the guidance of their teacher.
    €150
  22. Le corsaire Duguay-Trouin
    Jean AUZANET

    Le corsaire Duguay-Trouin

    Les Editions de France|Paris 1936|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, a service de presse (advance) copy.
    Fine autograph inscription signed by Jean Auzanet to Henri Béraud.
    Small lacks at head of spine and to second cover.
    Provenance: from Henri Béraud's library on the Île de Ré.
    €50
  23. Lettres de la Marquise du Deffand à Horace Walpole, depuis comte d'Oxford, écrites dans les années 1766 à 1780, auxquelles sont jointes des lettres de madame du Deffand à Voltaire, écrites dans les années 1759 à 1775 publiées d'après les originaux déposés à Strawberry-Hill
    Marie de Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise du DEFFAND

    Lettres de la Marquise du Deffand à Horace Walpole, depuis comte d'Oxford, écrites dans les années 1766 à 1780, auxquelles sont jointes des lettres de madame du Deffand à Voltaire, écrites dans les années 1759 à 1775 publiées d'après les originaux déposés à Strawberry-Hill

    Ponthieu|Paris 1824|13 x 21.50 cm|4 volumes reliés
    New edition augmented with extracts from the letters of Horace Walpole.
    Half green sheep bindings, smooth spines faded and decorated with gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, one corner slightly bumped.
    Work illustrated with a portrait of the Marquise du Deffand as frontispiece to the first volume.
    Some foxing.
    €250
  24. Souvenirs et correspondance de Madame de Caylus publiée avec annotation historique, biographique et littéraire et un index analytique par Emile Raunié
    Marthe-Marguerite Le Valois de Villette de Murçay, Comtesse de CAYLUS

    Souvenirs et correspondance de Madame de Caylus publiée avec annotation historique, biographique et littéraire et un index analytique par Emile Raunié

    Charpentier|Paris 1881|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Half navy blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times, gilt date at foot, one joint cracked and fragile, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt on deckled edges, elegant later unsigned binding.
    Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave Flaubert.
    Handsome copy pleasantly bound but fragile at one joint.

    €200
  25. La mort de Henri III. Août 1589, scènes historiques faisant suite Aux barricades et aux états de Blois
    Ludovic VITET

    La mort de Henri III. Août 1589, scènes historiques faisant suite Aux barricades et aux états de Blois

    H. Fournier jeune|Paris 1829|12.50 x 21 cm|relié
    Second edition.
    Half red calf binding, smooth spine lightly faded decorated with gilt fillets and blind fleurons, gilt friezes at head and foot, olive green morocco title and volume labels, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary Romantic binding.
    Some foxing.
    A handsome copy in a charming contemporary Romantic binding.
    €80
  26. Les états de Blois
    Ludovic VITET

    Les états de Blois

    H. Fournier jeune|Paris 1829|12.50 x 21 cm|relié
    Third revised and expanded edition.
    Half red calf binding, smooth spine lightly faded decorated with gilt fillets and blind fleurons, gilt friezes at head and foot, olive green morocco title and volume labels, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary Romantic binding.
    Some foxing.
    A handsome copy in a charming contemporary Romantic binding.
    €80
  27. Les barricades, scènes historiques. Mai 1588
    Ludovic VITET

    Les barricades, scènes historiques. Mai 1588

    H. Fournier jeune|Paris 1830|12.50 x 21 cm|relié
    Fourth edition.
    Half red calf binding, smooth spine lightly faded decorated with gilt fillets and blind tooled fleurons, gilt friezes at head and foot, olive green morocco title and volume labels, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary Romantic binding.
    Some foxing.
    Copy handsomely bound in a charming contemporary Romantic binding.
    €80
  28. Les larmes de Jacques Pineton de Chambrun pasteur de la maison de son altesse sérénissime d'Orange et professeur en théologie qui contiennent les persécutions arrivées aux églises de la principauté d'Orange, depuis l'an 1660, la chute et le relèvement de l'auteur avec le rétablissement de Saint Pierre en son apostolat ou sermon sur les paroles de notre seigneur Jésus-Christ selon saint Jean
    Jacques Pineton de CHAMBRUN

    Les larmes de Jacques Pineton de Chambrun pasteur de la maison de son altesse sérénissime d'Orange et professeur en théologie qui contiennent les persécutions arrivées aux églises de la principauté d'Orange, depuis l'an 1660, la chute et le relèvement de l'auteur avec le rétablissement de Saint Pierre en son apostolat ou sermon sur les paroles de notre seigneur Jésus-Christ selon saint Jean

    Charpentier|Paris 1854|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    New edition printed after the first edition by A. Schaeffer.
    Half navy blue shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with double black fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges.
    Rare foxing, trace of removed bookplate at head of one pastedown.
    Handsome copy attractively bound.
    €70
  30. Lettres de madame de Sévigné à sa fille et à ses amis
    Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de SEVIGNE

    Lettres de madame de Sévigné à sa fille et à ses amis

    Ménard & Desenne|Paris 1827|8.50 x 14.50 cm|12 volumes reliés
    New illustrated edition, with frontispiece in the first volume of a portrait of Madame de Sévigné engraved by Dequevauviller.
    Half raspberry calf bindings, spines with four raised bands set with gilt garlands decorated with fleurons and typographical motifs stamped in blind, black calf title and volume labels, raspberry cardboard boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, two corners slightly bumped, elegant contemporary romantic bindings.
    Some minor foxing.
    Handsome copy, complete in 12 volumes, in charming and elegant contemporary romantic and decorative binding.
    €680
  31. Mémoires sur la vie et le siècle de Salvator Rosa
    Sydney Owenson dite LADY MORGAN

    Mémoires sur la vie et le siècle de Salvator Rosa

    Alexis Eymery • Ponthieu|Paris 1824|12.50 x 20 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition in French.
    Half black sheep bindings, smooth spines decorated with black and gilt fillets as well as black fleurons, spines with minor scuffs without consequence, black calf title and volume labels, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, two corners slightly bumped, a small tear at head on one leading edge of the second volume, contemporary bindings.
    Frontispiece to the first volume with a lithographed portrait by Marlet of Salvator Rosa.
    Some foxing.
    €120
  32. Les intérêts de la France mal entendus dans les branches de l'agriculture, de la population, des finances, de la marine, & de l'industrie
    Ange GOUDAR

    Les intérêts de la France mal entendus dans les branches de l'agriculture, de la population, des finances, de la marine, & de l'industrie

    Chez Jacques Coeur|à Amsterdam 1756|9.50 x 16.50 cm (In-12)|3 volumes reliés

    First edition, rare.
    Half blond sheep bindings. Smooth spines decorated in the grotesque style. Red morocco title labels and beige morocco volume labels. Library labels at foot. Two small wormholes along the lower joint of volume I. A split with loss at the lower joint of volume II. A good, decorative copy.

    €1,200
  34. Echec au roi! Tableaux de la fin d'Henri IV
    Fernand FLEURET

    Echec au roi! Tableaux de la fin d'Henri IV

    Nrf|Paris 1937|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 37 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the tirage de tête.
    Spine very slightly sunned, not serious.
    €80
  35. Mémoires
    Jean-François MARMONTEL

    Mémoires

    Firmin Didot frères|Paris 1857|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    New edition preceded by an introduction by François Barrère.
    Half caramel calf binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets decorated with double gilt fillets, dark green morocco title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled top edge, contemporary binding.
    Handsome copy attractively bound.
    €100
  36. Nouvelles lettres de Madame la Duchesse d'Orléans princesse palatine, mère du régent
    Pierre-Gustave BRUNET

    Nouvelles lettres de Madame la Duchesse d'Orléans princesse palatine, mère du régent

    Charpentier|Paris 1853|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    first edition of the French translation of Brunet.
    Our copy contains a letter from the author to the editor.
    Then half green morocco binding, back with five nerves decorated uniformly past net cold and golden, gilded boxes, double net gilded on the boards handmade paper, gilded head on witnesses.
    €150
  37. Mémoires du chevalier de Grammont d'après les meilleures éditions anglaises
    Philibert de GRAMONT

    Mémoires du chevalier de Grammont d'après les meilleures éditions anglaises

    Charpentier|Paris 1926|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    New edition of the French translation accompanied by an appendix containing extracts from the Journal of Samuel Pepys and that of John Evelyn on the facts and characters of the Memoirs of Grammont.
    Half red calf binding with corners, spine lightened with four raised bands set with gilt garlands decorated with gilt double compartments adorned with gilt typographical motifs, dark green morocco title label, frame of double gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
    Some light foxing.
    €100
  38. Tableau politique des règnes de Charles II et de Jacques II, derniers rois de la maison de Stuart
    Antoine-Jacques-Claude-Joseph BOULAY DE LA MEURTHE

    Tableau politique des règnes de Charles II et de Jacques II, derniers rois de la maison de Stuart

    Thomine et Fortic|Paris 1822|12.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Half-bronze calf bindings, spines with four raised bands set with gilt borders decorated with cold-stamped typographical motifs as well as gilt garlands, traces of rubbing to joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, elegant contemporary Romantic bindings.
    Some light foxing of no consequence.
    €200
  39. Tableau politique des règnes de Charles II et de Jacques II, derniers rois de la maison de Stuart
    Antoine-Jacques-Claude-Joseph BOULAY DE LA MEURTHE

    Tableau politique des règnes de Charles II et de Jacques II, derniers rois de la maison de Stuart

    Thomine et Fortic|Paris 1822|12.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Bindings in half red Russia morocco, spines with four raised bands set with gilt garlands decorated with triple gilt compartments, gilt fillet on marbled paper covers, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, yellow and speckled edges, elegant near-contemporary bindings signed by Capé.
    Engraved bookplates mounted on pastedowns.
    Some minor foxing of no consequence.
    €250
  41. Journal du siège de Paris en 1590 rédigé par un des assiégés
    ANONYME, Alfred FRANKLIN

    Journal du siège de Paris en 1590 rédigé par un des assiégés

    Léon Willem|Paris 1876|13 x 20 cm|relié
    Edition published from the original manuscript in the Mazarine Library, one of 320 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only printing with 30 on Whatman.
    Half blue morocco binding, faded spine with five raised bands decorated with the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times, one joint slightly cracked at head, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, near-contemporary binding.
    Text preceded by a study on the customs and manners of Parisians in the 16th century by Alfred Franklin.
    Work illustrated with a double frontispiece plate.
    Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin...
    €100
  42. Le Tygre, satyre sur les gestes mémorables des Guisards, 1561
    ANONYME

    Le Tygre, satyre sur les gestes mémorables des Guisards, 1561

    Berger-Levrault|Strasbourg 1851|15 x 22 cm|relié
    New edition printed in 60 numbered copies, ours one of 2 numbered copies on green paper, deluxe copies after 1 on Mouton paper.
    Half dark green morocco binding, spine faded with four raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments, minor rubbing to headcaps, boards, endpapers and pastedowns of marbled paper, two corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
    A handsome and rare copy.
    €230
  43. Souvenirs de madame de Caylus
    Marthe-Marguerite Le Valois de Villette de Murçay, Comtesse de CAYLUS, Charles ASSELINEAU

    Souvenirs de madame de Caylus

    J. Techener|Paris 1860|12 x 20 cm|relié
    New edition printed on laid paper and expanded with an introduction and notes by Charles Asselineau.
    Full midnight blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double compartments richly ornamented with typographical corner motifs and a gilt fleur-de-lys at their centers, gilt friezes at head and foot, gilt rolls on headcaps, triple gilt fillet frames on boards ornamented at corners with gilt fleur-de-lys, gilt rolls on pastedowns, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, double gilt fillets on leading edges, original wrappers preserved, all edges gilt, magnificent English binding signed by Hardy.
    Work illustrated with a portrait of madame de Caylus...
    €400
  44. Véritable discours de la naissance et vie de monseigneur le Prince de Condé jusqu'à présent à lui desdié par le sieur de Fiefbrun publié d'après le manuscrit de la bibliothèque impériale par E. Halphen suivi de lettres inédites de Henri II Prince de Condé
    René de Cumont sieur de FIEFBRUN, Eugène HALPHEN

    Véritable discours de la naissance et vie de monseigneur le Prince de Condé jusqu'à présent à lui desdié par le sieur de Fiefbrun publié d'après le manuscrit de la bibliothèque impériale par E. Halphen suivi de lettres inédites de Henri II Prince de Condé

    Auguste Aubry|Paris 1861|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 225 numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue with 3 vellum copies, 6 China paper copies, and 20 chamois paper copies.
    Half navy morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with gilt double compartments richly ornamented with gilt typographical motifs, a very slight scratch at foot of spine, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, handsome engraved armorial bookplate pasted on pastedown, elegant contemporary binding signed by Capé.
    Provenance: from the Le Proux library with its engraved bookplate.
    Handsome copy virtually free from foxing and perfectly...
    €200
  45. Vie du Marechal Duc de Villars
    Maréchal Duc de VILLARS, Louis-Pierre ANQUETIL

    Vie du Marechal Duc de Villars

    Chez Moutard|à Paris 1784|10 x 17.20 cm|4 volumes reliés
    First edition, illustrated with a medallion portrait frontispiece and 4 folding battle plans.
    Contemporary full marbled tobacco-colored sheep bindings. Smooth spine decorated in grotesque style with chevrons. Fawn morocco title-label and volume labels. Frame border on boards. One lack to upper joint at tail. One hole on spine of volume 3 and on that of volume 1. Rubbing to headcaps. Corners slightly bumped. One gathering sprung in volume 1, another in volume 3. Good copy, quite decorative.
    An edition of Villars' Memoirs by Abbé de Montgon was published in 1739, but it is very incomplete, based only on a copy of a single manuscript and on gazette extracts. Marshal de Castries and...
    €500
  46. De verborum significatione lib. XX notis et emendationibus Andreas Dacerius
    POMPEIUS GRAMMATICUS, Marcus Flaccus VERRIUS

    De verborum significatione lib. XX notis et emendationibus Andreas Dacerius

    Sumptibus Hugutanorum|Amstelodami [Amsterdam] • (Amsterdam) 1699|19.80 x 25.80 cm|relié
    New edition by André Dacier, after the original Parisian edition of 1681, illustrated with a handsome frontispiece bearing the Dauphin's arms, and a title vignette with the arms of the same; a title headpiece with the dauphin's arms repeated. Title page in red and black.
    Contemporary limp vellum binding. Smooth spine with title in black ink. Boards blind-stamped with multiple frames and angular fleur-de-lis tools. Spine soiled with a lack at foot. Good copy, rather fresh, printed on good paper.
    Festus was a grammarian of the second century A.D. who compiled an abridgment of the encyclopedic dictionary of his contemporary Verrius (lost work) of which only fragments survive (letters...
    €500
  47. Elemens du commerce
    François VERON DE FORBONNAIS

    Elemens du commerce

    Le Breton • Chez Briasson • David l'aîné|à Leyde [Leiden] • & se trouve à Paris 1754|10 x 17 cm|relié
    Second edition statement, with some parts in first edition, published the same year as the first by the same publisher.
    Contemporary full speckled blonde calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Beige morocco title-label and volume label. Minor lack to the title-label of volume I. Surface abrasion along volume I. A brown stain on the lower cover of volume I, and one on the upper cover of volume II. Handsome copy, fresh.
    The author's first work of importance, based on articles previously published in L'Encyclopédie on commerce that Diderot had commissioned from him. The work gives a definition of commerce and all its parts (exchange, agriculture, colonies, industries...) with great...
    €780
  48. Une aventure amoureuse de monsieur de Tourville, vice-amiral et maréchal de France
    Charles FOUQUERAY, Claude FARRÈRE

    Une aventure amoureuse de monsieur de Tourville, vice-amiral et maréchal de France

    Flammarion|Paris 1930|27 x 33 cm|1 volume broché et 1 en feuilles sous chemise
    First edition illustrated with 40 original lithographs including 12 hors-texte in colors by Charles Fouqueray, one of 15 numbered copies on Japon impérial, deluxe issue after 5 vieux Japon.
    Our copy is complete, as stipulated in the justification of the issue for copies on Japon impérial, with a progressive suite of the tints and a complete suite in colors for the 12 hors-texte and a suite in black for the 28 in-text lithographs.
    Finally our copy is enhanced with a progressive suite of the tints and a color suite of a rejected plate.
    Handsome copy.
    €500
  49. Guerres militaires et guerres sociales
    Marie BONAPARTE

    Guerres militaires et guerres sociales

    Flammarion|Paris 1920|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition for which there was no mention of large paper copies.
    Autograph inscription from Marie Bonaparte to Monsieur Gouse.
    Spine and covers slightly and marginally faded as usual.
    €300
  50. Boccace
    Julien LUCHAIRE

    Boccace

    Flammarion|Paris 1951|15 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only large paper copies.
    A good copy.
    €80
  51. Ambassade du Mareschal de Bassompierre en Espagne l'an 1621 ; en suisse l'an 1625 ; en Angleterre l'an 1626
    François Maréchal de BASSOMPIERRE

    Ambassade du Mareschal de Bassompierre en Espagne l'an 1621 ; en suisse l'an 1625 ; en Angleterre l'an 1626

    [ Elsevier] • Chez Pierre du Marteau|à Cologne • [Amsterdam] 1668|7.50 x 13.50 cm|4 parties reliées en 2 volumes
    First edition, printed by the Elsevier press. 4 title pages with the sphere, two of which for L'Ambassade en Suisse.
    Contemporary full brown speckled sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Brown morocco title and volume labels, decorated with roll tools. A slight lack to the joint at the head of each volume. Good copy.
    Important diplomatic relations by one who was a great lord and great military man concerning the Valtellina affair with Spain and Switzerland, and that of the projected marriage of the king's sister and the Prince of Wales in England. A collection of articles and letters that allow one to realistically follow the progress of diplomatic missions (a...
    €550
  52. Madame de Pompadour
    DUJARDIN, QUINSAC

    Madame de Pompadour

    Firmin-Didot|Paris 1888|22 x 28.50 cm|relié
    First illustrated edition, with some parts in first edition as it was revised and expanded with unpublished letters and documents.
    Half morocco binding with red corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt decorative motifs, double gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, light scuffs to corners, top edge gilt, binding signed by the publisher.
    Work illustrated with 55 copperplate reproductions by Dujardin and 2 color plates by Quinsac.
    A handsome copy elegantly bound.
    €250
  55. Jocorum atque seriorum, tum novorum, tum selectorum, atque imprimis memorabilium
    Otto MELANDER

    Jocorum atque seriorum, tum novorum, tum selectorum, atque imprimis memorabilium

    Hartmanni Palthenii|Francofurti [Frankfurt am Main] • (Francfort) [Frankfurt am Main] 1617|7 x 16 cm|relié
    A fairly rare new edition, following the original published in 1603 by Dyonisius Melander and considerably expanded by his son Otto Melander. Printer's device on title page.

    Half black shagreen binding ca 1850. Spine with raised bands decorated with rolls on the bands and fillets. Date at foot. Title page yellowed.

    Collection of anecdotes and amusing stories with 1749 entries; one will encounter many famous figures. This type of collection, originally derived from serious compilations of maxims and sentences from the Ancients, was very popular at the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th century, some are frankly ribald and bawdy, others more serious and historical...
    €400
  56. Histoire de la gravure, en Italie, en Espagne, en Allemagne, dans les Pays-bas, en Angleterre et en France ; suivis d'indications pour former une collection d'estampes
    Georges DUPLESSIS

    Histoire de la gravure, en Italie, en Espagne, en Allemagne, dans les Pays-bas, en Angleterre et en France ; suivis d'indications pour former une collection d'estampes

    Hachette|Paris 1880|18.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
    First edition, illustrated with 72 engravings (etchings), re-engraved after the originals. All plates, printed before lettering, have been annotated in pencil (author and title).
    Publisher's binding. Special plate by Souze. Binding by Charles Magnier. Half red shagreen richly decorated; red percale boards stamped with a large decorative gilt plate on black ground. All edges gilt. White moiré endpapers. Upper joint slightly cracked at head. Some foxing on the first leaves and on the index.
    Handsome copy
    €550
  57. Traité des matières criminelles, suivant l'ordonnance du mois d'août 1670
    Guy DU ROUSSEAUD DE LA COMBE

    Traité des matières criminelles, suivant l'ordonnance du mois d'août 1670

    Chez Théodore Le Gras|à Paris 1756|19 x 25 cm|relié
    Sixth edition stated, after the first published in 1732. Edition revised and expanded by the author's son.
    Contemporary full marbled brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands; headcaps partly worn. 3 corners bumped. Rubbing.
    Treatise on criminal jurisprudence under Louis XIV. The First Part, On the nature of Crimes, & Punishments. The Second, On the Jurisdiction of Judges, over Offenses committed, both by Laypeople, and by Ecclesiastics, Recusations, challenges, &c. The Third, On the Manner of Conducting Trials, with the Style or Model of Procedures. The Fourth, Contains the Edicts, Declarations, Decrees, & Regulations intervened since the Ordinance.
    €250
  58. Les deux fous. Histoire du temps de François Ier, 1524
    Paul LACROIX

    Les deux fous. Histoire du temps de François Ier, 1524

    Eugène Renduel|Paris 1830|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
    First edition published under the pseudonym of bibliophile Jacob.
    Black paper boards, smooth spine, tan sheep title-label with two small angular lacks, one joint slightly cracked then reglued at head, red edges, modest contemporary binding.
    Handsome interior condition.
    €100
  59. La jaquerie, scènes féodales, suivies de La famille de Carvajal
    Prosper MÉRIMÉE

    La jaquerie, scènes féodales, suivies de La famille de Carvajal

    Brissot-Thivars|Paris 1828|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
    First edition of the author's third work, printed by Honoré de Balzac.
    Black paper boards, smooth spine, tan sheep title-label with two small angular lacks, one joint slightly cracked then reglued at head, red edges, modest contemporary binding.
    Handsome interior condition.
    €300
  60. Le XVIIIème siècle
    Arsène HOUSSAYE, Victor HUGO

    Le XVIIIème siècle

    Dentu|Paris 1876|12 x 19 cm|3 volumes reliés
    Tenth edition but first in parts, as reviewed and expanded.
    Contemporary half navy blue morocco over marbled paper boards by E. Babouot, spine in six compartments with gilt dots and double gilt compartments richly decorated with gilt motifs, gilt fillet frame to covers, some corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, ex libris of Victor Hugo pasted to versos of upper covers.
    Handsome autograph inscription signed by Arsène Houssaye to Victor Hugo, "au maître des maîtres / à mon cher Victor Hugo / Arsène Houssaye [To the master of masters / my dear Victor Hugo / Arsène Houssaye]”, on a leaf bound in at start of first volume.
    The page with the...
    €800
  61. Encyclopediana, ou dictionnaire encyclopédique des Ana
    Jacques LACOMBE

    Encyclopediana, ou dictionnaire encyclopédique des Ana

    Chez Panckoucke|à Paris 1791|20 x 26 cm|relié
    First edition. According to the preface, it was intended to complement L'Encyclopédie méthodique published by Panckoucke.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Raised band spine decorated with fillets. Red morocco title-label. Small lacks to head and tail. Rubbing. Traces of old restorations to corners and tail. First three leaves (including endpaper) creased.
    The Anas, which were particularly popular in the 17th century, are collections of various thoughts, anecdotes and witticisms, arranged in the greatest disorder and intended for the public as intellectual entertainment. The originality of this work lies in having assembled them in dictionary form, though without citing the...
    €500
  62. Histoire de la Maison de Montmorenci.
    Joseph-Louis Ripault DESORMEAUX

    Histoire de la Maison de Montmorenci.

    Chez Desaint • Saillant et Duchesne|à Paris 1764|10 x 17 cm|5 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Contemporary full blonde calf binding. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, with blonde and citron morocco title and volume labels. All edges speckled red. Headcap of second volume worn. Spines of third and fifth volumes showing worm damage. Worming not affecting text in second, third and final volumes. The house of Montmorency was one of the most prestigious families of the French nobility and provided France with several constables, the most illustrious being the Renaissance prince: Anne de Montmorency. The five volumes are divided as follows: The first volume is devoted to a genealogy and chronology of the Montmorency from 960...
    €700
  63. Nouvelle fortification françoise, espagnole, italienne & hollandoise
    PFEFFINGER

    Nouvelle fortification françoise, espagnole, italienne & hollandoise

    Chez George Gallet|à Amsterdam 1698|11 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition, rare, decorated with a frontispiece by Picart as well as 46 folding plates depicting fortification diagrams. Title page in red and black.
    Contemporary full brown calf binding. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, as well as a red morocco title label. Headcaps absent, headband of the top headcap half detached. A small lack at the foot joint level. Corners bumped. Surface wear.
    Practical treatise on fortification with methods of fortifying in France, Spain, Italy and Holland. The work is composed of a lexicon, practical maxims on measurements and the manner of fortifying and defending. One will note with interest in the different...
    €800
  64. La coûtume de la prevosté et vicomté de Paris
    Pierre LE MAISTRE

    La coûtume de la prevosté et vicomté de Paris

    Chez Guillaume Cavelier • et chez Charles Osmont|à Paris 1700|25 x 39 cm|relié
    Rare first edition.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Spine with five raised bands richly decorated and bearing a red morocco title label. Lacks at head and foot clumsily restored, same for corners. Scuffing and cuts to front cover. Some very minor dampstains.
    A banner bearing Charles Osmont's address has been pasted over the publisher's address; on the recto of the page one can make out in reverse "Chez Guillaume Cavelier 1700" (we do not know the reason for this substitution, or perhaps Charles Osmont shared this edition and sold it himself). A fresh copy.
    €800
  65. Le comte de Gisors 1752-1758, étude historique
    Camille ROUSSET

    Le comte de Gisors 1752-1758, étude historique

    Didier & Cie|Paris 1868|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    Second edition.
    Half almond cloth binding, smooth spine faded, olive shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, modern binding.
    Copy slightly trimmed, some foxing.
    €50
  66. Le pape Borgia (Alexandre VI)
    Orestes FERRERA

    Le pape Borgia (Alexandre VI)

    Honoré Champion|Paris 1939|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French by Francis de Miomandre.
    Very slight stains, not serious, to foot of covers.
    €40
  68. L'Ecole des jeunes demoiselles ou Lettres d'une mère vertueuse à sa fille.
    Abbé REYRE

    L'Ecole des jeunes demoiselles ou Lettres d'une mère vertueuse à sa fille.

    Chez Varin|Paris 1786|10 x 16 cm|deux volumes reliés
    New edition.
    Contemporary full speckled blonde sheep bindings. Smooth spines decorated with blonde and black morocco title and volume labels, with gilt compartments and fleurons. All edges red. Head joint cracked on the second volume. Headcaps rubbed. Surface wear. One half-title leaf probably lacking. A small wormhole affecting the first leaves of the second volume. A work of pedagogy and morality consisting in the education of young girls.
    €100
  70. Les recherches de la France
    Étienne PASQUIER

    Les recherches de la France

    Chez Martin Collet|Paris 1633|22 x 34.40 cm|relié
    New edition, reprint of the first edition in ten books published in 1621; illustrated with a portrait by Léonard Gautier and a large vignette with royal arms. Title page in red and black. Printed on fine paper.
    Contemporary half calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Head worn. Upper joint cracked at head. Rubbing to boards. Corners slightly bumped. An encyclopedic and highly celebrated work, Les recherches de la France stands out among all works of this kind for its radical novelty. Pasquier can be considered the father of modern history, History emerging then as a discipline and departing from legend and literature. Chapter VII, quite different from...
    €950
  71. Les arts au Moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance
    [Paul LACROIX as] BIBLIOPHILE JACOB

    Les arts au Moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance

    Firmin Didot|Paris 1874|20 x 29.70 cm|relié
    Fifth edition statement. Edition illustrated with 19 chromolithographs and 400 wood engravings.
    Publisher's binding in imitation of great Grolier-style bindings. Half dark green shagreen with shagreen-textured cloth boards. Corners slightly bumped. Very occasional light foxing.
    The interest of this work manifests itself both through its erudition and its accessibility and readability (historical anecdotes...). We owe it to Paul Jacob, who was a great bibliophile, a writer and scholar, and the curator of the Arsenal library. If the entire series has become a great classic in the field, it is because it successfully combines the work of publisher, printer, bookbinder, historian...
    €350
  72. La vie de Frédéric, baron de Trenck, écrite par lui-même
    Frédéric Baron de TRENCK

    La vie de Frédéric, baron de Trenck, écrite par lui-même

    Imp. de Claude Lamort|Metz 1788|10.50 x 18.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Third edition, largely original as it is corrected and considerably expanded.
    Bradel binding in full boards covered with marbled paper, smooth spines slightly browned, small harmless paper lacks at foot of spines, two corners slightly bumped, bookplates pasted to verso of front boards.
    Some light foxing, final leaves marginally stained with corner lacks not affecting text on last page.
    €80
  73. L'Arétin moderne
    DU LAURENS ABBÉ

    L'Arétin moderne

    Bibliothèque des Curieux|Paris 1920|14.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
    New edition, conforming to the first edition published in 1763, one of 10 numbered copies on Arches paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Bradel binding in full paper, smooth spine, hazelnut shagreen title-label with minor marginal scratches, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author.
    Introduction and bibliography by Radeville and Deschamps.
    €120
  74. Sciences et lettres au Moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance
    Paul LACROIX

    Sciences et lettres au Moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance

    Librairie de Firmin Didot|Paris 1877|20 x 29.70 cm|relié
    First edition, magnificently illustrated with 13 chromolithographs and 400 wood engravings in-text. Publisher's binding in its most luxurious version by Lenègre in half red shagreen richly decorated with a Souze plate, a plate also found on the red shagreen-textured percaline boards; binding evoking the rich Renaissance bindings of Grolier type. Gilt edges. Minor rubbing at foot. Very handsome copy, with some scattered foxing in the margins. The interest of the work manifests itself both through its erudition and its accessibility and readability (historical anecdotes...). We owe it to Paul Jacob, who was a great bibliophile, writer and scholar, and keeper of the Arsenal library. If the...
    €400
  75. La Jurisprudence des donations entre vifs, suivant l'usage de tous les Parlements sièges du Royaume, soit pays de droit écrit, soit pays coutumiers
    Pierre ROUSSILHE

    La Jurisprudence des donations entre vifs, suivant l'usage de tous les Parlements sièges du Royaume, soit pays de droit écrit, soit pays coutumiers

    Chez Pierre Delaire|Avignon 1771|9.50 x 16 cm|3 volumes reliés
    Rare first edition published in Avignon.
    Contemporary full marbled havana sheep binding. Smooth spines decorated with gilt compartments and floral motifs, red morocco title and volume labels. All edges red.
    Sheep somewhat faded in places. A small hole to each spine of volumes II and III. Note: The half-title page of the first volume has been placed in the third, the publisher having covered the mention of "volume one" with a label in the same typography indicating "volume three".
    €200
  76. Histoire du calvinisme
    Louis MAIMBOURG

    Histoire du calvinisme

    Chez Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy|à Paris 1682|19 x 26.50 cm|relié
    First edition, illustrated with a handsome frontispiece title by Sevin, engraved by S. Gautrel, a title headpiece by Pollain engraved by Le Pautre, 7 decorative initials and 6 large and handsome tailpieces, as well as 6 historiated headpieces at chapter openings by Pollain. Printer's device on title page. A rather carefully produced edition, finely ornamented and illustrated, with wide margins.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Raised band spine decorated. Red morocco title label. Worn headcaps. Upper joint cracked. 2 corners slightly bumped.
    This history of Calvinism presented as a major heresy generated numerous complaints among Protestants; it takes the form of a chronicle...
    €550
  77. Memoires de la cour de France, pour les années 1688 & 1689
    Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne LA FAYETTE

    Memoires de la cour de France, pour les années 1688 & 1689

    Chez Jean-Frederic Bernard|à Amsterdam 1731|9.50 x 16 cm|relié
    First edition, illustrated with a frontispiece by Bernard Picart, engraved by Buisson. Title page in red and black.
    Full red morocco binding from the late 19th century. Spine decorated with 5 small fleurons. Gilt title. Interior roll. Top edge gilt. Very fine condition.
    As announced in the preface, Madame de La Fayette wrote memoirs from her youth, but the manuscripts were lost, and only these few extracts remain. These historical memoirs, quite classical in execution, deal with the internal and external affairs of the kingdom of France; the style is lively, incisive, mixing more intimate chronicles and great affairs of the kingdom.
    €1,000
  78. Madame de hautefort
    Victor COUSIN

    Madame de hautefort

    La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 1856|15.50 x 25 cm|relié
    First edition. Extract from the Revue des Deux Mondes. Loose leaves under chemise.
    €60
  79. Vie et voyages de Christophe Colomb d'après des documents authentiques tirés d'Espagne et d'Italie
    Antoine-François-Félix ROSELLY DE LORGUES

    Vie et voyages de Christophe Colomb d'après des documents authentiques tirés d'Espagne et d'Italie

    Laplace, Sanchez & Cie|Paris s. d. [circa 1880]|16.50 x 25 cm|relié
    New edition decorated with illustrations by Rouargue. Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with richly ornamented gilt double compartments, gilt dots at head and tail, minor rubbing to headcaps and joints, blind-ruled frames on red paper boards, cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt. Occasional foxing.
    €70
  80. Traitez du douaire, et de la garde-noble et bourgeoise, qu'on appelle bail en plusieurs coutumes
    Philippe RENUSSON

    Traitez du douaire, et de la garde-noble et bourgeoise, qu'on appelle bail en plusieurs coutumes

    par La Compagnie des libraires|à Paris 1724|18.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
    New edition, after the original published in 1699. The second part is announced by a half-title.
    Contemporary speckled brown calf binding. Richly decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Various rubbing. Good copy.
    Renusson devoted several works to family law including this treatise on dower rights, which concerns the property that a husband will leave to his wife in case of death. We distinguish customary law, thus fixed by custom, and contractual law, that is to say fixed by contract. Dower is a fundamental element of marriage law under the Ancien Régime.
    €350
  81. Histoire de la vie et des ouvrages de Molière
    Jules TASCHEREAU (MOLIÈRE)

    Histoire de la vie et des ouvrages de Molière[The Life and Works of Molière]

    Ponthieu|Paris 1825|13 x 21.50 cm|relié

    First edition.
    Contemporary full bronze calf, spine with four raised bands lavishly decorated in gilt with fillets and dentelles and with blind-stamped tools in the compartments, sides with large blind-stamped panels composed of an elaborate frame of dentelles and fillets, four corner rosettes, and a central lozenge-shaped cartouche ornamented with gilt arabesques and rosettes, corners bumped, gilt rolls to the edges and turn-ins, gilt dentelle border to the pastedowns, a few scuffs, all edges gilt, strictly contemporary binding, signed Martin.

    Our copy is complete with the frontispiece and the facsimile of the signatures of Molière and his daughter.
    Some foxing.
    A handsome...

    €300
  82. Institutionum oratorium libri duodecim
    QUINTILIEN

    Institutionum oratorium libri duodecim

    Apud Jacobum Estienne|Parisiis [Paris] • (Paris) 1715|9 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Edition produced by Charles Rollin under the direction of Jacques Estienne, with notes and commentary by Charles Rollin.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Headcaps slightly worn. Rubbing. 6 corners bumped. Pale yellow dampstain in margin of certain leaves in volume 2, extending into the text. Rather good copies, fresh.
    The Institutio Oratoria is Quintilian's fundamental work. It goes beyond the framework of a rhetoric manual and has durably influenced all questioning strategies (judicial procedure, investigations...); its influence is still perceptible today, it was decisive for the Renaissance which devoted a...
    €300
  83. In quatuor libros institutionum imperialum commentarius academicus & forensis
    Arnold VINNIUS

    In quatuor libros institutionum imperialum commentarius academicus & forensis

    Apud Hieronymi Verdussen|Antverpiae [Antwerp] • (Anvers) [Antwerp] 1692|17 x 23.50 cm|relié
    New edition. Text in two columns.
    Contemporary full calf binding. Richly decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Tail headcap worn. 2 corners rubbed and bumped. Rubbing and some stains to boards. No endpaper at rear, only on pastedown.
    A work whose commentaries are highly regarded, the work of one of the greatest jurists of the Dutch school.
    €400
  84. Institutiones ac meditationes in graecam liguam
    Nicolas CLENARD

    Institutiones ac meditationes in graecam liguam

    Apud Iannem Houze|Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris] • (Paris) 1581|16.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
    New edition, after the original published in 1530. Printer's device on the title page. The same edition also appeared from Le Bé's press on the same date, and many times in the 16th century. A second title page bears the title: Meditationes graecanicae in artem grammaticam (p.273).
    Full blonde calf binding from the 17th century. Spine with raised bands decorated with a pattern of fleur-de-lys in each compartment. Boards decorated with a pattern of fleur-de-lys and rich decorative gilt board-edges with the inscription in gilt letters on the upper board: Academie d'arras. Edges gilt. Tail headcap torn off. Lower joint split at tail. One corner cut. Missing marbled endpaper pasted to the...
    €1,200
  85. Memoires du Mareschal de Bassompierre contenant l'histoire de sa vie. et de ce qui s'est fait de plus remarquable à la cour de France pendant quelques années.
    François Maréchal de BASSOMPIERRE

    Memoires du Mareschal de Bassompierre contenant l'histoire de sa vie. et de ce qui s'est fait de plus remarquable à la cour de France pendant quelques années.

    Chez Pierre Marteau|Cologne 1665|7 x 13 cm|relié
    First edition, rare. It was printed in Leiden by the heirs and widow of Jean Elzevier. It should be noted that another edition with the same date published by Pierre Marteau has a different collation: (2) 501pp. and (2) 493pp. and therefore seems to contain less text than the one we present; this is an unexplained curiosity.
    Bound in contemporary marbled blonde sheep. Spine with raised bands decorated with compartmentalized fleurons. Red morocco title label and black morocco volume label. Head of volume 1 partially split; a lack at the head of volume 2 and one at the tail. A 1.5cm lack along the upper joint (bookworm damage). Corners mostly bumped. Volume I slightly larger by 0.5cm than...
    €500
  86. Concubitus sine lucina, ou le plaisir sans peine. Réponse à la lette intitulée Lucina sine concubitu
    Richard ROE

    Concubitus sine lucina, ou le plaisir sans peine. Réponse à la lette intitulée Lucina sine concubitu

    S. n.|à Londres [London] 1750|10 x 17 cm|relié
    French first edition.
    Contemporary full marbled and glazed calf binding. Raised spine decorated with 5 fleurons. Red morocco title-label. One crack to the lower joint at head.
    Response to the letter addressed to the Royal Society of London by John Hill, in which he affirmed and demonstrated that a woman can conceive and give birth without carnal commerce, and that he could thus restore honor to those women who had given birth without having had commerce with their husbands; this response is satirical and full of humor, mocking Hill's system, which, it must be remembered, he had only written to take revenge on the Royal Society of London which had refused his candidacy.
    €300
  88. Anecdotes françaises depuis l'établissement de la monarchie jusqu'au règne de Louis XV
    Guillaume BERTOUX

    Anecdotes françaises depuis l'établissement de la monarchie jusqu'au règne de Louis XV

    Chez Vincent|à Paris 1768|10.50 x 17 cm|relié
    Second edition.
    Contemporary marbled calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Overall rubbing. Headcap half missing.
    Numerous anecdotes and particularly interesting notes in a work where one learns history differently than through grand History.
    Bibliotheca Gallicae stamp.
    €250
  89. Le Pour et Contre les spectacles
    Abbé MANN

    Le Pour et Contre les spectacles

    Chez Beugnies|à Mons 1782|10.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full sheep binding. Decorated smooth spine. Red morocco title label. Double fillet frame on boards. Joints cracked. Headcap partly worn. One corner bumped.
    The author, responding to a letter, takes a moral position regarding the spectacles he condemns, as well as the encyclopedists.
    €130
  90. Lettres de la marquise du Deffand à Horace Walpole écrites dans les années 1766 à 1780, auxquelles sont jointes des lettres de madame du Deffand à Voltaire écrite dans les années 1759 à 1775
    DU DEFFAND

    Lettres de la marquise du Deffand à Horace Walpole écrites dans les années 1766 à 1780, auxquelles sont jointes des lettres de madame du Deffand à Voltaire écrite dans les années 1759 à 1775

    Firmin-Didot frères|Paris 1864|12 x 19 cm|2 volumes reliés
    New edition, with some parts in first edition, as revised and completed from the original London edition of 1810.
    Half chocolate shagreen bindings, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt floral motifs, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, contemporary bindings.
    Some foxing.
    €80
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