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

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.

New edition of the French translation.
Bradel binding in half red cloth, smooth spine decorated with a fleuron and double gilt fillets, navy blue shagreen title-label.
Our copy is complete with its thirteen folding plates at rear.
Handsome copy almost entirely free of foxing.

First edition on ordinary paper, with only 40 deluxe copies printed. A slight lack to foot of spine, illustrated, fine interior condition.

First edition.
Occasional small foxing, otherwise a good copy.

First edition.
Slight marginal lacks at head of spine and on boards, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.

First edition.
A very good and rare copy.

First edition. Slight loss to foot of spine, dampstains affecting the first and last leaves.

Reprint enhanced with an introduction by L.C. Jones. Autograph inscription from the latter. A tiny marginal chip to the front board, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition. One tear reglued at foot of spine, one joint reglued, dampstains. Rare.

First edition in book form, one of the copies on thick laid paper. Introduction and notes by Charles Guiffrey.
Work illustrated with 3 plates and decorative initials.
Spine split and reattached, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.

First edition.
A repaired tear at the foot of one joint, three small marginal lacks to the boards, handsome interior condition.

First edition printed in a small number of copies.
A rare and very good copy.

New edition conforming to the 1674 edition, one of the numbered copies, the only issue. Spine and boards marginally sunned, otherwise fine copy.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint. About the political system of the United Provinces in the 17th century.
Boards detached with small lacks.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this lecture given at the Hôtel de ville of Épinal on February 15, 1866. Fine and rare copy.

New edition expanded with a notice by Louis Loviot.
Two light shadows on the endpapers, a fine copy.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint established from unpublished documents.
Front cover marginally sunned, some light foxing.

First edition. Boards very slightly and marginally faded, otherwise a handsome copy.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Bibliothèque de l'Ecole des Chartes.

Second edition of the French translation established by Mlle X.
Work illustrated with 62 engravings with verse epigrams.
Preface, notes and bibliography of the principal works on Les cris de Paris by A. Certeux.
Verse description of the city of London followed by Le Pont-Neuf (heroic and playful poem).
Bilingual text concerning the city of London.
Spine sunned with tears reglued at head and foot, small marginal lacks affecting the front cover.
Rare.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue des études grecques.
Boards detached and corner loss to the text block (without loss of text).

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue des questions historiques. A label mark on the first cover.

First edition translated into French for the first time from the original edition of 1574.
Latin text facing.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
The man, the artist, the scientist and the writer.
Light worming to the boards.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue générale. Professor, printer and Hellenist such was the career of this little-known Belgian humanist.
First cover detached.

First edition printed in very small numbers on laid paper.
A lack to foot of spine, small marginal lacks affecting the first cover, light highlighting and marginal annotations in pencil.
Pamphlet illustrated with three engravings.

The first edition, published in a very small number of copies, of this offprint. Author's name, title and publisher written in pen on the front cover, handsome and rare copy.

Second edition corrected and augmented.
Foxing.

Fourth edition with an introduction on the progress of international law in Europe before the Peace of Westphalia. Half salmon sheep binding with blind-tooled trellis pattern, spine with five raised bands decorated with blind fillets, some light rubbing, handsome contemporary bindings.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this thesis presented for the Doctorate at the Faculty of Letters of Paris.
Autograph inscription by Jean Zeller.
Spine split with three lacks at head and foot, copy free from foxing.
Rare.

First edition printed in 250 copies on laid paper of this offprint from the Cabinet historique.
Fine and rare copy.

First edition.
Autograph inscription by SAINT-OGAN. Lefèbvre.
Rare.

First edition.
Introduction by M. Verseils.
A good copy.

New edition with some parts in first edition.
One joint reglued at foot, some foxing affecting mainly the first leaves.

First edition printed in a small number of copies.
A good copy.
Rare.

First edition on ordinary paper.

First edition on ordinary paper.
A small lack to head of spine, illustrated.

First edition. Illustrated. Spine and covers marginally sunned.

First edition printed in small numbers and at the expense of the Order of this speech delivered at the opening of the lawyers' conference on December 2, 1911.
Autograph inscription by Paul Reynaud.
First cover marginally sunned, a slight angular lack to the second cover, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

Fourth edition augmented with a historical notice by M. J. Janin and an analytical table by M. Bruguière. The first history of its kind, largely setting aside wars and the deeds of sovereigns to study more particularly the customs (history of genius, studies, habits, even of citizens, state by state, trade by trade) based on numerous archival documents and other writings.

New edition.
Half red calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt and blind fillets, navy blue shagreen title-label.
Some minor foxing.

Tenth édition.
Spine sunned, internally good.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Light marginal worming to front cover, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition.
Corner abrasion to second board which also has staining, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

Second edition.
Work illustrated with plates.
Spine restored, small angular tears with slight lacks to boards, two pale marginal dampstains affecting the first few pages, foxing.
Rare.

First edition with false statement of 3rd edition.
Spine sunned, small stains on boards, foxing.

First edition.
These are works produced by the Society of Antiquarians of Normandy.

First edition.
Slight foxing, not serious, to upper cover.

First edition. Uncommon, 2 copies at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, none in the United Kingdom, one copy in Berlin. In sheets. Since the 16th century, there had always been a man as head of the House of Austria, and the succession had been transmitted from male to male. But Emperor Charles VI had only daughters. He wanted to leave his inheritance to his eldest daughter, Marie-Thérèse, and settled his succession by means of a solemn law, called the Pragmatic Sanction. The work is a careful examination of the testament of Emperor Ferdinand I, with regard to the succession of the House of Austria. The work affirms, supported by numerous extracts from the testament, that there could be no...

First edition. A good and rare copy.

Second edition.

Half-cloth binding with olive embossed corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets framing gilt friezes, minor rubbing traces on headcaps, corners slightly bumped, edges rubbed, contemporary binding.

Copy complete with the facsimile of the letter, some foxing.

First edition.
Half mouse-colored sheep binding, spine with four raised bands, plum shagreen title-label, gilt initials at foot. The truth about the mysteries of his life according to authentic documents followed by 12 unpublished letters by Beaumarchais. Some light foxing.