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  1. Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce, vers le milieu du quatrième siècle avant l'ère vulgaire
    Jean-Jacques BARTHÉLEMY

    Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce, vers le milieu du quatrième siècle avant l'ère vulgaire

    Lebigre frères|Paris 1819-1834|13 x 21 cm|6 volumes reliés
    New edition.
    Half aubergine sheep bindings, smooth spines slightly faded decorated with gilt arabesques, minor rubbing traces on some spines, gilt roulettes on headcaps, worn headcaps with some small losses, gilt fillet frames on boards enhanced with Romantic blind-stamped decoration, gilt laurel leaves surmounted by a gilt crown bearing the inscription "collège de Chateau-Thierry Ainse" stamped to center of front covers, gilt dots on edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary bindings. Our copy is complete with its rare atlas which is almost always missing.
    The atlas complete with its 31 engraved plates, dated 1819, is bound in full navy sheep, smooth...
    €500
  2. L'Ecosse pittoresque, ou suite de vues prises expressement pour cet ouvrage par MM. T. Allom, W.H. Bartlett, et H. M'Culloch.
    William BEATTIE

    L'Ecosse pittoresque, ou suite de vues prises expressement pour cet ouvrage par MM. T. Allom, W.H. Bartlett, et H. M'Culloch.

    Virtue • et Ferrier|Londres [London] • & Paris 1838|21 x 27.50 cm|relié
    First edition, illustrated with two engraved titles (in English), one colored plate and 117 steel engravings (with tissue guards) by Allom, Bartlett, and M'Culloch, engraved by Griffiths, Varrall, Prior, etc. Superb illustration, as English engravers were particularly prized during this period for their fineness of execution, and French publishers placed extensive orders in England for the illustration of their books.
    Full publisher's binding. Half red morocco decorated with a large special gilt stamp (arms and symbols of Scotland) on wine-colored sheep boards stamped with a large decorative floral stamp in blind. Edges gilt. Magnificent and rare English publisher's binding, despite...
    €850
  3. Tableau historique et politique de la Suisse, où sont décrits sa situation, son état ancien & moderne, sa division en Cantons, les Diètes, & l'Union Helvétique, où l'on voit l'origine, la naissance, l'établissement, & les progrès de ses Républiques, les Moeurs, la politique, la Religion, & le Gouvernement de ses peuples. Avec un état de son commerce, de ses revenus, de sa milice, & un appendice contenant un détail de ses alliés.
    Abraham STANYAN

    Tableau historique et politique de la Suisse, où sont décrits sa situation, son état ancien & moderne, sa division en Cantons, les Diètes, & l'Union Helvétique, où l'on voit l'origine, la naissance, l'établissement, & les progrès de ses Républiques, les Moeurs, la politique, la Religion, & le Gouvernement de ses peuples. Avec un état de son commerce, de ses revenus, de sa milice, & un appendice contenant un détail de ses alliés.

    Chez Lottin le jeune|Imprimé à Fribourg [Fribourg] • & se trouve à Paris 1766|10 x 16.50 cm|relié
    First French edition, translated from English by Jacques Rebauld de la Chapelle (Barbier).
    Contemporary full marbled calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Black morocco title label. Restored headcaps. A thin crack to the lower joint at the head.
    Stanyan resided in Switzerland from 1705 to 1714. Haller appreciated the unbiased exposition without prejudice or value judgments from its author, whose reading he recommends. It was seeing the paucity of works on Switzerland that prompted the author to take the trouble to write his own.
    €400
  4. Voyage d'Auvergne
    LE GRAND D'AUSSY

    Voyage d'Auvergne

    Chez Eugène Onfroy|à Paris 1788|12 x 21 cm|relié
    First edition, quite rare, illustrated with a panoramic view of the city of Clermont and the surrounding volcanoes.
    Half midnight blue calf Restoration binding. Smooth spine with large romantic tooling lengthwise. Good copy. The last leaf of the table of contents is frayed at the margin.
    The author having spent five months in Clermont Ferrand and visited Auvergne, proposed to make a travel account to the glory of an unknown and remarkable region for tourism; a large part of the work is a description of the city of Clermont-Ferrand. The rest of the book is devoted to the particularities of Auvergne, namely its volcanoes and springs. At the very end of the work, the author provides...
    €700
  5. Russie. Nos alliés chez eux
    Michel DELINES

    Russie. Nos alliés chez eux

    Société française d'éditions d'art|Paris 1897|26 x 33 cm|relié
    Edition illustrated with in-text and full-page illustrations.
    Publisher's red cloth binding, smooth spine, front cover decorated with floral design in gold and silver, corners very slightly bumped, all edges gilt. Manuscript inscription dated August 1899, on the occasion of the superior certificate prize-giving.
    Handsome copy.
    €300
  7. Recueil historique et chronologique de faits mémorables, pour servir à l'histoire générale de la marine, & à celle des découvertes
    Louis DOMAIRON

    Recueil historique et chronologique de faits mémorables, pour servir à l'histoire générale de la marine, & à celle des découvertes

    Chez Nyon, Onfroy|à Paris 1781|9.50 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Second edition, after the first edition published in 1777.
    Contemporary full marbled blonde calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated. Red morocco title label, and green morocco volume label. Headcap of volume 2 worn. 2 corners slightly bumped. Rather handsome copy, in good condition.
    The work rests on a simple postulate, the importance of the navy in human history. It brings together all the remarkable facts and discoveries from the dawn of time until 1781; the first volume ends in 1599, the second continues until the date of 1781; We have here in an adroit compilation the complete collection of voyages and discoveries made by navigators, but also battles and wars...
    €500
  9. Mémoires du Maréchal Soult : Espagne et Portugal
    Nicolas-Jean de Dieu SOULT

    Mémoires du Maréchal Soult : Espagne et Portugal

    Hachette|Paris 1955|15 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Text established and presented by Louis and Antoinette de Saint-Pierre.
    Inscription by Antoinette with the additional signature of Louis de Saint-Pierre.
    With the illustrated dust jacket which has three small tears of no consequence.
    €50
  10. Anecdotes espagnoles et portugaises
    Guillaume BERTOUX

    Anecdotes espagnoles et portugaises

    Chez Vincent|à Paris 1773|10.50 x 17 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full blonde calf binding. Red morocco title label and black morocco volume label. 2 corners slightly bumped. Missing one marbled endpaper in volume I. Otherwise a handsome copy.
    Chronological history of Spain and Portugal in the form of anecdotes, that is to say short articles. The Anecdotes are skillful compilations, not without critical spirit, and allow one to have at hand in a very practical manner the history of a nation.
    €550
  11. Epilogo de Utrera: Sus grandezas, y hazañas gloriosas de sus hijos
    Pedro Roman MELENDEZ

    Epilogo de Utrera: Sus grandezas, y hazañas gloriosas de sus hijos

    Por Juan Francisco Blas de Quesada|En Sevilla, Impressor Mayor de dicha ciudad [Seville] 1730|15 x 20 cm|relié
    First edition. Large arms of Utrera on second leaf. Title in red and black with a floral frame.
    Contemporary vellum, spine titled in ink (smudged). One tie in good condition, spine partly detached. Traces of glue to final endpaper. A good copy without significant faults, generally fresh.
    A monograph on the town of Utrera in the south-west of Spain, not far from Seville (in the province of Andalusia). The town has a rich history, recorded events from which stretch back to the 13th century, when Alfonso X conquered Seville. Archeological digs have shown that the town was inhabited even before the Roman period.
    20th century ex libris with an image of a 16th century hand press.
    €1,400
  12. Etat present de la grande Russie ou Moscovie
    John PERRY

    Etat present de la grande Russie ou Moscovie

    Chez André Cailleau|à Paris 1718|9.50 x 16.50 cm|3 parties reliées en un volume
    New French edition, quite rare. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Peter I and a large folding map. Reprint of the original French edition published in 1717 by Jean Boudot.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, ornamented. Head cap partly worn. Surface damage to boards. Rubbing to headcaps and edges.
    This edition was provided by Hugony, following Peter I's voyage to France. Like the texts then available on Russia, this is a 17th-century account by an English engineer who was employed in Russia for many years; the strictly historical sections have been updated. This account is highly esteemed; it is the first to have given us accurate notions about...
    €1,000
  13. Observations Pittoresques sur différentes parties de l'Angleterre, particulièrement sur les montagnes et les lacs du Cumberland et du Westmoreland. Traduit de l'anglais sur la troisième édition, par M. Guedon de Berchere
    William GILPIN

    Observations Pittoresques sur différentes parties de l'Angleterre, particulièrement sur les montagnes et les lacs du Cumberland et du Westmoreland. Traduit de l'anglais sur la troisième édition, par M. Guedon de Berchere

    Chez Defer de Maisonneuve|à Paris 1789|12 x 19.30 cm|2 volumes reliés
    French first edition, very rare. Illustrated with 28 plates including 2 containing two figures in Volume 2, 15 for volume I and 13 for volume II, as announced by the description of figures at the beginning of the work. Most of these plates are in aquatint and were drawn by the author. Some maps.
    One copy at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, nothing in French or English catalogues. The second French edition appeared in 1801.
    Contemporary full wine-colored sheep binding. Smooth spine with romantic tooling along the length, uniformly sunned. Boards stamped with a large romantic plate in blind. Joints cracked. Institution Chapusot stamped at foot. Rubbing.
    This journey to...
    €600
  14. Lexicon geographicum. In quo universi orbis Urbes, Provinciae, Regna, Maria, & Flumina recensentur
    Philippus FERRARIUS

    Lexicon geographicum. In quo universi orbis Urbes, Provinciae, Regna, Maria, & Flumina recensentur

    Apud Franciscum Muguet [François MUGUET]|Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris] • (Paris) 1670|23.50 x 39 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition. Large printer's vignette depicting the adoration of the Magi. Epistle to Colbert with a headpiece by Chauveau and a large initial. Printed in two columns.
    Contemporary full vellum binding. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Title and volume number in black ink. Part of the upper headcap of volume I missing. Lower headcap of volume II split. Upper joint of volume I cracked across three compartments. Worming to spine of volume II, sometimes quite extensive. Wormholes to spines of both volumes. Paper often yellowed.
    Vast geographical repertoire composed in dictionary form by Ferrarius, expanded and revised by Michel Antoine Baudrand (the scholarly editor). The work...
    €850
  15. (LONDRES) Explication des travaux entrepris pour la construction de la tonnelle, ou passage sous la Tamise entre Rothehithe et Wapping, à l'effet d'ouvrir une communication permanente entre les deux rives de ce fleuve
    ANONYME

    (LONDRES) Explication des travaux entrepris pour la construction de la tonnelle, ou passage sous la Tamise entre Rothehithe et Wapping, à l'effet d'ouvrir une communication permanente entre les deux rives de ce fleuve[An Explanation of the Works of the Tunnel Under the Thames from Rotherhithe to Wapping]

    Warrington|Londres [London] 1837|13.50 x 10.50 cm|Plaquette brochée

    Second edition, as scarce as the first published in 1836 of this pamphlet. Illustrated with a folding plate as frontispiece, and 8 plates, including two folding ones.
    With an engraved medallion on the cover. Spine lacking for two-thirds of its length, without affecting the integrity of the work.

    NB: This item is available at the bookshop upon request within 48 hours.

    €450
  16. Corinne ou l'Italie
    Germaine Baronne de STAEL-HOLSTEIN

    Corinne ou l'Italie

    Lib. stéréotipe chez H. Nicolle|Paris 1807|13 x 20 cm|2 volumes reliés

    Second edition published the same year as the first.


    Half sheep binding in hazelnut, smooth spine decorated with gilt friezes, stippling and typographical motifs with minor rubbing, head worn, old rose paper boards with small discoloration stains, reinforced corners, endpapers with marginal shadowing without consequence, contemporary binding.

    €750
  17. L'été du nord, ou voyage autour de la Baltique par le Danemark, la suède, la Russie et partie de l'Allemagne dans l'année 1804
    John CARR

    L'été du nord, ou voyage autour de la Baltique par le Danemark, la suède, la Russie et partie de l'Allemagne dans l'année 1804

    Chez Chaumerot|à Paris 1808|13 x 20 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition. Illustrated with 2 folding frontispieces representing a view of Cronenbourg castle and one of Copenhagen. Translated from English by Bertin. The original English edition dates from 1805.
    Half brown shagreen cloth binding. Smooth spine with cold fillets and gilt titles. Fine copies.
    Travel account in the northern countries of Europe which were then little known to the English. The author, sir John Carr (1772-1832) dwells on the customs and traditions of the natives and blends picturesque and historical anecdotes into his narrative.
    €350
  18. Londres
    Pierre-Jean GROSLEY

    Londres

    S. n.|à Lausanne 1774|10 x 17 cm|quatre volumes reliés
    Second edition with some parts in first edition, after the original edition of 1770, which contained only 3 volumes. A large folding map in volume I of London and the cities and suburbs of London and Westminster.
    Contemporary full marbled glazed calf bindings. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title labels. Some surface wear and tears with losses, but good overall condition, decorative.
    Travel account, departing from Boulogne and continuing to London with a detailed study of customs, habits and all aspects of society: the poor, jurisprudence, the clergy, the arts, the navy, horse racing, commerce 371pp. (...and particular chapters on melancholy, considered as a characteristic of...
    €600
  19. Souvenirs d'Allemagne, Lorely
    Gérard de NERVAL

    Souvenirs d'Allemagne, Lorely

    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1860|12 x 19 cm|broché
    New edition.
    Small occasional foxing, otherwise a good copy.
    €150
  28. La Suisse à pied. Souvenirs de vacances offerts aux jeunes touristes
    C. DEHANSY

    La Suisse à pied. Souvenirs de vacances offerts aux jeunes touristes

    Fonteney et Peltier|Paris s. d. [circa 1880]|16.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half-shagreen binding in brown, spine with 4 raised bands handsomely decorated with triple gilt compartments, cardboard boards decorated with triple blind-ruled frame, glazed endpapers, gilt edges, publisher's binding.
    Work illustrated with 11 lithographed plates hors-texte, foxing, our copy is complete with the folding map at the end, one tear without loss.
    Handsome copy, attractively bound.
    €200
  29. The Matterhorn
    Guido REY

    The Matterhorn

    Fischer Unwin|London 1913|18.50 x 26.50 cm|relié

    Third edition. 
    Bradel binding in full green cloth, boards with blind-ruled frames, top edge gilt, publisher's binding.
    Work illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings, rare.

    €200
  30. Souvenirs d'un alpiniste
    AZELINE

    Souvenirs d'un alpiniste

    Librairie Fischbacher|Paris 1891|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half green cloth with corners, shagreen title-label, illustrated front wrapper preserved, contemporary binding.
    Comprises the flaneries au pays de verrucano, le Klausen, nouveaux zigzags en Valais, une course manquée, le Speer et la Fourche de Séfinen.
    In-text illustrations, marginal lack affecting two leaves not touching text otherwise handsome copy.
    €70
  31. Istoria del regno di Napoli. Nella quale si raccontano I fatti piu importanti dalla morte dell'imperadore Federico II. Fino a'tempi di Fernandino I. d'Aragona. In questa nuova edizione diligentemente emendata, e correta, colla via dell'autore
    Angelo DI COSTANZO

    Istoria del regno di Napoli. Nella quale si raccontano I fatti piu importanti dalla morte dell'imperadore Federico II. Fino a'tempi di Fernandino I. d'Aragona. In questa nuova edizione diligentemente emendata, e correta, colla via dell'autore

    nella stamperia di Giovanni Gravier|Napoli [Naples] 1769|24.30 x 19.50 cm|relié
    New edition containing the author's life. The first edition dates from 1582.
    Contemporary full vellum binding, Italian binding with smooth spine and beige and black title labels.
    Angelo di Costanza (1507-1591) was a famous Italian poet of the Italian Renaissance, native of Naples. He compiled this history of Naples covering the medieval period from 1250 to 1486.
    Headcap partially worn with a one-centimeter tear and upper joints cracked and split.
    See Brunet II, 322 who does not cite this edition but mentions two reprints in Naples in 1710 and 1735.
    €450
  38. La jeunesse de Lénine
    Bertram David WOLFE

    La jeunesse de Lénine

    Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1951|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, false statement of edition.
    €35
  54. L'Angleterre et la vie anglaise
    Alphonse ESQUIROS

    L'Angleterre et la vie anglaise

    J. Hetzel|Paris s. d.|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    Second edition.
    A dampstain affecting the spine and the two first pages and marginally to lower cover, one tear with a lack to foot of spine.
    €45
  85. DE TOTA GRACIA LIBRI DECEM, quibus non solum urbium situs, locorumq[ue] interualla accuratè est complexus, sed regum etiam familias, bellorum causas & euentus, sacrorum ritus, rerumpub. status copiose descripsit: hactenus à nemine in linguam Latinam conuersi, nuncq[ue] primùm in lucem editi / Abrahamo Loeschero interprete. Accessit rerum & uerborum locupletissimus index.
    PAUSANIAS

    DE TOTA GRACIA LIBRI DECEM, quibus non solum urbium situs, locorumq[ue] interualla accuratè est complexus, sed regum etiam familias, bellorum causas & euentus, sacrorum ritus, rerumpub. status copiose descripsit: hactenus à nemine in linguam Latinam conuersi, nuncq[ue] primùm in lucem editi / Abrahamo Loeschero interprete. Accessit rerum & uerborum locupletissimus index. [Description of Greece - Ten Books on All of Greece, in which not only the positions of cities and the distances between places are accurately set forth, but also the dynasties of kings, the causes and outcomes of wars, the rites of religion, and the conditions of states are copiously described: hitherto translated into no language, and now for the first time published in Latin, by Abraham Loescher as interpreter. A most ample index of things and words is added.]

    Per Ioannem Oporinum.|Basilae [Basel] • (Bâle) [Basel] 1550|21.50 x 33.50 cm|relié

    First edition of the famous translation by Abraham Loesher, the best and most faithful edition according to Clavier. The editio princeps of this text dates from 1516, printed by the Aldine Press in Venice, but according to Brunet (IV, 454), although rare, it was made from a poor manuscript and was executed carelessly, which gives full importance to the edition we present. Publication date in colophon. Printer's device on verso of final leaf, with the inscription Arion. Historiated initials.
    Contemporary full calf binding. Spine with raised bands restored at the end of the 19th century, with fleurons and roulettes on the bands, red morocco title label. Corners restored. On the upper...

    €1,100
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