First edition

KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI

Ehon gafu. Volume 2

Erakuya Toshiro, Tokyo 1849, 15,5x22,5cm, 21f., cousu.

Edition originale, rare, qu'on peut traduire sous le titre de dessins de Hokusaï. 3 volumes sont parus de ces dessins imprimés en bleu et chair. Les 15 volumes de la série Manga, plus connus, sont eux imprimés en blanc et chair. Outre la série Manga, Hokusaï a en effet produit plus de 100 [...]

900 €

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First edition

KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI

Hokusai manga. Volume 12

Eirakuya Toshiro, Tokyo 1878, 15,6x22,6cm, cousu.

Edition originale, rare, qu'on peut traduire sous le titre de Croquis de Hokusaï, volume 12. 15 volumes ont effectivement paru couvrant l'oeuvre de Hokusaï. Le premier fut publié en 1815 et les derniers à titre posthume en 1878. Le volume final est considéré comme apocryphe par certains [...]

900 €

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Denis DIDEROT & Jean Le Rond d' ALEMBERT

Architecture. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers.

Pellet, Geneve 1778, In-4 (19,5x25cm), 47pp. 50Pl. ; 9-50p. 36Pl., relié.

47 pages of description of the boards and 133 boards.
Binding in full modern marbled blond sheepskin, pastiche of a vintage binding. Ornate nerved back. 2 pieces of title of beige shagreen. Triple cold fillet on the boards. Back slightly lightened. Beautiful copy, perfectly fresh.

700 €

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First edition

Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU

Dissertation sur la musique moderne

Chez G. F. Quillau, A Paris 1743, In-8 (12,5x20cm), (2) xvj, 101pp. (3), relié.

first edition, rare. A general folding table of all tones and keys in fine.

Binding in full speckled brown sheepskin. Ornate nerved back. title label of red morocco. 3 blunt corners. Dark spots on the boards. Discreet restorations, Contemporary binding.
In 1742 Rousseau published a [...]

1 000 €

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First edition

Alessandro NEGRI

Maniliani Bononiensis monumenti historico-mystica lectio

HH. de Ducciis, Boboniae 1661, in-4 (16x22cm), (8) 37pp., broché.

Rare first edition illustrated with a frontispiece with the emblem of Cardinal Mazarin and a plate out of text representing a cippe (funerary monument) found in Bologna in 1601.
It is a presentation and an interpretation of the funerary stele of the centurion Manilius Quintus Cordus (1st [...]

450 €

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First edition

BOUDET

Description de l'Egypte. Partie Antiquités. Notice historique de l'art de la verrerie né en ...

Imprimerie Impériale, à Paris 1818, In Folio (27x42,5cm), 38pp., relié.

First edition of this memoir extracted from Tome II of the 3rd delivery (Antiquities section) of the Description of Egypt.
Binding in full cardboard parchment modern cream. Piece of black sheepskin title. Uncropped copy, all margins.
Historical and bibliographical considerations and [...]

250 €

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First edition

LAUJON

Les A propos de societé de ou chansons de M. L*** (suivi de) Les a propos de la folie ou chansons ...

S.n., s.l. 1776, In-8 (12,5x19cm), x, 302pp. et (2) 316pp. et vj, 318pp. (3), 3 volumes reliés.

first edition, rare
Copy of the arms of President Charles de Brosses, famous magistrate and writer well known for his Letters from Italy. Azure, three sheaves of wheat (or brushes) of gold, linked by gules.
Binding in full marbled brown contemporary sheepskin. Smooth ornate back. Piece of [...]

1 800 €

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Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU

Le devin du village

Chez Pierre Gosse, A Geneve 1760, In-8 (12x19cm), 80pp., relié.

New edition after the first one published in 1753.
Binding in half hazelnut calf ca 1860. Back with ornate nerves. title label in red leather. date at the tail. Frictions. Good copy.

250 €

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