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

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, one of the service de presse (advance) copies.
Inscribed by the author.
With frontispiece portrait of Cardinal de Retz.
Worming to spine and boards, two small tears at head and foot of one joint.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Inscribed by the author.
Illustrated cover, complete with publisher's slip.

First edition, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Autograph inscription from the author.
Handsome copy.

First edition, a service de presse (advance) copy.
Autograph inscription from the author.
Handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription from the author.
Handsome copy complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's binding.
Autograph inscription from the author.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which shows slight marginal worming and with its publisher's slip.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription by the author.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of the service de presse (advance) copies, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Some dark marks on the boards and spine, otherwise handsome copy.
Iconography
Inscribed by the author to monsieur Parias: "Pour L-H Parias, cette Catherine II qui laissa dans l'Histoire une empreinte dont l'auteur a tenté d'analyser la nature. En amical hommage de l'auteur" ["For L-H Parias, this Catherine II who left an imprint in History whose nature the author has tried to analyze. In friendly tribute from the author"].

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Dated inscription by the author to monsieur L-H. Parias: "hommage de l'auteur 15/3/54" ["with the author's compliments 15/3/54"].
Pale marginal dampstain to head of front cover, worming to covers.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Inscribed by the author to monsieur Parias: "A monsieur Parias, dont la revue sert bien l'Histoire, dans l'espoir que Gaston d'Orléans saura lui plaire." ["To monsieur Parias, whose review serves History well, in the hope that Gaston d'Orléans will please him."]
Minor marginal worming to front cover, complete with publisher's wraparound band and publisher's slip.

New edition, one of 325 numbered copies on Vosges laid paper, the only printing with 3 Parchment and 22 China.
Rare marginal worming, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Inscribed by the author.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription from the author.
Illustrated wrapper, handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of 4th edition.
Author's inscription.
Folding plate at rear.

First edition.
Cover cut to the margins.
Rare.

New edition of which there were no large paper copies.
Illustrated cover.

First edition on ordinary paper, with only 12 copies printed on pur fil deluxe paper.
Iconography.

First edition printed on alfa paper, false statement of third edition.
Illustrated cover.
Spine very slightly sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition of the French translation, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Illustrated cover.
Spine slightly sunned.

First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Preface by Marshal Juin.
A fine copy.

First edition printed on alfa paper, of which there were no deluxe copies, false statement of fifteenth edition.
Illustrated cover.
Spine very slightly sunned, handsome copy.

First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Iconography.
Marginal foxing affecting, at head, most of the pages.

First edition of the French translation, a service de presse (advance) copy.
Illustrated cover.
Some minor foxing, not serious.

New edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
Illustrated cover.
Light tear without loss to foot of spine, two library stamps.

First edition, one of one thousand copies on fine laid paper.
Spine and covers slightly faded, handsome interior condition.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Photographic frontispiece.
Small lack at foot of spine, very slight scratch with tiny loss to front cover.

First edition in French on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition printed in a limited number on laid paper by the Société de l'histoire de Paris et de l'Ile-de-France.
Pamphlet with faded covers and a clear marginal dampstain.
Signed autograph inscription from the author to E. Langlois on the front cover.
First and last pages uniformly darkened.
Rare.

First edition.
Half navy blue morocco bindings, spines with five raised bands slightly faded, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy attractively bound despite occasional light foxing.

First edition.
Text preceded and followed by some considerations and documents to serve the study of Henri IV's character.
Two small marginal tears without loss to the first cover, occasional light foxing.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
Illustrated cover.
A very good copy.

First edition.
Our copy is complete with its 3 folding colored maps and plates, illustrated with 8 engraved portraits.
Spine slightly sunned, slight corner wear to boards, handsome interior condition.

First edition printed on laid paper in a limited number as an offprint.
Minor marginal lacks to covers, handsome interior condition.

First edition published in a small number of copies.
Autograph inscription by Félix Pasquier facing the half-title page.
Worming, creases and light marginal dampstains to covers, handsome interior condition.
Rare pamphlet.

Second edition. Half dark cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, modest contemporary binding. Some light foxing at beginning and end of volume.

First edition.
Half cherry red sheep binding, spine with five raised bands with minor rubbing decorated with gilt floral motifs, navy blue shagreen title-label and author's name, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved. Some foxing.
Work preceded by a preface by Monseigneur de la Bouillerie.

New edition printed in 2500 numbered copies. Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Louis XIV by Ouvré. Introduction and notes by Jean Longnon. Spine and boards marginally faded, small marginal foxing to head of front board, endpapers partially and lightly shadowed, otherwise handsome interior condition.

First edition of this offprint from "Estudios historicos y documentos de los archivos de protocolos".
Minor spotting to front cover, two slight lacks at head and foot of spine, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition printed to 225 copies.
A rare and good copy.

First edition
.Small tears with minimal marginal losses to boards, several tears with losses to spine, handsome interior condition.

First edition of this conference given at the Institut catholique de Paris printed in a small number as this offprint.
Rare and handsome pamphlet.

First edition printed in a numbered edition of 100 copies on laid paper.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition of this lecture given at the Palais de la découverte on May 3, 1958.
Illustrated.
Rare pamphlet.

First edition of this work, published in the author's posthumous works, dedicated to the Prince de Condé.
Half-shagreen hazel binding, smooth spine faded decorated with gilt decorative motifs almost faded, chocolate shagreen title-label, brown paper boards, rubbed edges, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with a portrait of the Duke d'Enghien as frontispiece.
Handsome interior condition virtually free of foxing.

First edition printed in 250 numbered copies.
Light marginal worming on the covers as well as on the endpapers, otherwise handsome interior condition.

The first edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Author's inscription at the head of the front cover.
Handsome and rare pamphlet.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies, of this offprint.
Spine and boards marginally faded, one fold at foot of entire body of brochure, unbound copy.

First edition.
Half morocco binding in fir green, spine with four raised bands set with blind fillets, gilt coat of arms and initials at foot, small lack to upper headcap, marbled paper boards.
Handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Full navy blue paper boards binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments ornamented with central floral motifs and corner pieces, gilt roll tooling on headcaps, quintuple gilt fillets and frieze border with wide gilt dentelles on boards stamped with unidentified gilt arms at center, cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, double gilt fillets on leading edges, top edge gilt, elegant unsigned contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with a portrait of the author as frontispiece.
Foxing affecting mainly the first pages and pages 183 to 186.
Copy established in a perfect and majestic unsigned binding.

First edition.
Half sheep binding in mauve, faded smooth spine decorated with triple gilt fillets with minor rubbing, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Minor scattered foxing.

First edition.
Half mauve cloth binding, smooth spine faded, one joint slightly cracked at head, embossed aubergine boards, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Light scattered foxing.

First edition published in a small number of copies on Ingres paper.
Spine faded, foxing to endpapers, otherwise handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition.
Autograph inscription by R. de Bérenger.
Spine restored with a piece of marbled paper, boards uniformly faded, some minor interior foxing without consequence.

New edition revised and corrected from the 1740 edition.
Half caramel sheep binding, spine with five raised bands showing minor rubbing, decorated with dotting and gilt double fillets, headcaps rubbed at top, hazelnut shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Annuaire de l'Aube.
One joint cracked at head and foot.
Rare pamphlet.

First edition, one of 600 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only issue.
Autograph inscription by L.G. Toraude.
Work illustrated with plates.
Spine sunned, one joint very slightly cracked at foot, pale dampstain to top margin of second board.

First edition.
With frontispiece portrait of Linguet.
Spine split with small losses at foot, corner loss at head of front board, handsome interior condition.

First edition printed in a very small number of copies of this offprint from the Centre de recherches des études hispaniques.
Handsome copy.
Rare pamphlet.

Second edition, published shortly after the first.
Full tawny sheep binding, early 20th century. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Edges gilt. Handsome copy.
Memoirs of the very famous tragedienne Hyppolyte de la Tude Clairon (1723-1803), who was revered by the greatest figures (Diderot, Voltaire, Louis XV...). The actress was not content with success alone but contributed to profoundly regenerating French theater. Marmontel was her lover and encouraged her to abandon the declamatory style. The portrait of Mlle Dumesnil, who was long her rival, contains great acrimony. The work is not composed like classic memoirs but rather as a succession of articles and...

The first edition, published in a small number of copies on laid paper.
Lacking spine, minimal marginal losses to covers, very slight interior foxing, library marks on rear endpaper.
Rare pamphlet.

New edition, one of 200 numbered copies on laid paper, the only printing with 10 on China paper.
Bibliographical preface by Anatole de Montaiglon.
Paper boards in the manner of old books, title label pasted on the unlettered spine.
Handsome copy.

First editions, printed in 300 copies for the first work, 150 copies for the second. Half burgundy sheep binding, smooth spine faded, decorated with gilt and blind fillets, one joint faded, burgundy paper boards, marbled edges, contemporary binding. Some foxing. Rare gathering of these two texts bound together.

First edition.
Half chocolate brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands very slightly faded, date at foot, slight traces of rubbing to one joint, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
With a frontispiece portrait of the famous magistrate.

First edition.
Publisher's full red paper boards, smooth spine, front cover illustrated with an image of Dupleix in combat, shaded endpapers.
Work illustrated with 12 illustrations.
Handsome copy.

Stated third edition, corrected. In original wrappers, covered with 20th-century glazed paper. Handwritten title label on front cover. Complete set of rules for the bailliages, following the Estates General of 1789.

First edition collected and published by E. de Magnieu & H. Prat.
Half navy sheep binding, smooth spine with minor rubbing to foot, light scratches of no importance to edges, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with an engraved portrait of the Countess of Saban as frontispiece.
Some minor foxing of no importance affecting mainly the edges.

First edition in French.
Illustrated work with a frontispiece portrait of the celebrated actress.
Spine sunned with minor losses, one joint cracked at head.
Rare copy almost entirely free from foxing and presented in its original wrappers.

First edition of the French translation.
A very good copy.

First edition.
A portrait of the author as frontispiece, spine sunned.

First edition published in a small number of copies.
About the consecration of the kingdom of France to Mary.

First edition on ordinary paper.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies. Work illustrated with a portrait of P. de Olivade as frontispiece. Spine slightly sunned without consequence, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition. The man was a state prisoner, detained for more than 22 years in the Bastille and other prisons for having denounced the famine pact. A frontispiece vignette, publisher's inscription.
Split spine

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Rare autograph inscription from Louis Ménard, three corner lacks affecting the front wrapper which also has a small marginal tear.

First edition of this offprint from the bulletin of historical and descriptive geography.
Second board reattached, two small lacks at head and foot of spine, marginal worming to first board, interior fresh.
Rare.

First edition, one of the numbered copies specially printed for the author. About Honorée de Bussy, genealogical table at rear. Fine copy.

First edition based on unpublished documents.
A very good copy.

Reprint, one of 500 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only printing with 50 copies on pur fil paper.
This is a description of 524 printed works published in French before 1610 dealing with non-European countries and peoples found in the principal libraries of France and Western Europe. Work illustrated with 300 photographic reproductions. Handsome copy.

First edition.
A rare and very good copy.

First edition.
A very good copy.

First edition. About Madame du Châtelet, Sophie Volland, Mademoiselle de Lespinasse, d'Alembert, Turgot among others. A small lack at foot of spine, slight marginal tears with minute lacks to front board, handsome interior. Rare.

First edition in volume.
Autograph inscription signed by the author.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Autograph inscription from the author.

New edition. A very good copy retaining the map at end.

New edition. Half morocco with corners in hazelnut, spine in five compartments with two scratch marks, top edge gilt, corners slightly bumped. Handsome copy lacking two plates.

First edition.

First edition of this offprint printed to a small number of copies.
A fine copy.

First edition. Spine with lacks, internally good. Rare.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in half mauve cloth, smooth spine decorated with floral motifs and double gilt fillets, black shagreen title label, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with two simili-engravings.

First edition.
Autograph inscription by Danielle Gallet-Guerne, iconography at end.
Xenophon's treatise rendered into French from Poggio's Latin version.
Handsome copy in full red cloth binding.