First edition

GODONNESCHE & FLEURIMONT

Medailles du regne de Louis XV

S.n., S.l. [Paris] 1736, In-Folio (24,5x33cm), 57Pl., relié.

First edition

700 €

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First edition

Carlo SIGONIO

Historiarum de occidentali imperio libri XX [Ensemble] Historiarum de regno Italiae libri viginti ...

Apud Andreae Wecheli, Fancofurti 1591 - 1593, 358pp. (18) ; (8) 359pp. (25) ; 125pp. (23), relié.

New editions of these three works, the first of which seems to have appeared for the first time in 1579; 1580 for the next two on the history of Italy. On all three editions, the publisher's mark on the title page and on the back of the last two pages of the last two works on Italy. It is therefore [...]

800 €

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François Valentin MULOT

Discours prononcé à Mayence le 26 messidor, an 7, jour de l'anniversaire du 14 juillet [Ensemble] ...

Chez André Crass, Mayence 1798 (S.d.), In-8 (11,5x19cm), 17pp. ; 11pp. ; 6p. ; 9pp., relié.

First edition
Binding full morocco long grain green empire. Smooth back decorated with a gold chain in length. Title piece in green morocco. Dish decorated with a frieze framing. Despite traces of friction, beautiful and rare copy in contemporary green morocco.

800 €

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Jean-François MELON

Essai politique sur le commerce

S.n., S.l. 1736, (4) 399pp., relié.

Partly first edition increased by 7 chapters, this is the first complete edition.
Binding full brown sheepskin contemporary. Back with nerves adorned with 5 boxed florets. Title piece in red morocco. Little lack in the head. Epidermure in tail. Friction on the boards. 2 blunt corners. Good copy.

700 €

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Henri II de Lorraine Duc de GUISE

Les memoires de feu Monsieur le Duc de Guise

Chez Edme Martin et Sébastien Larbre-Cramoisy, AParis 1668, In 4 (19x25,8cm), (16) 795pp. (6) (1bc.), relié.

First edition, uncommon. A title sticker with the arms of the Duke of Guise, Henry II of Lorraine (1614-1664). These memoirs were published by the Duke's secretary, the Sieur de Saint-Yon, who asked Philippe Goibeau to draft them. It will be noted, however, that Augustin Calmet, (bbl lorraine 594) [...]

800 €

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Marguerite de LUSSAN & Nicolas BAUDOT DE JULLY

Histoire de la Revolution du royaume de Naples, dans les années 1647 & 1648

Chez Pissot, A Paris 1757, In-12 (10x16cm), xvj, 360pp. et (2) ix (1) 361pp. et xj (1) 388pp. et ix (1) 327pp., 4 volumes reliés.

First edition
Binders full marbled vintage calf. Back with nicely decorated nerves. Title pieces in red morocco, pieces of tomaison with black wax. Misses at the head of volumes II, III and IV. 2 blunt corners. Start of cleft at the tail of the upper joint of volume I.Traces of friction, [...]

400 €

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First edition

VOLTAIRE

Le siècle de Louis XIV

Chez C. F. Henning, à Berlin 1751, in-12 (8,5x14,5cm), (14) 488pp. (2) et (2) 466pp., 2 volumes reliés.

First edition presenting well the peculiarities inherent to its publication: it does not present any capital except at the beginning of the paragraphs and it is the very first work to have been printed with the spelling of Voltaire. Our copy is full of his errata sheet, which is often [...]

6 000 €

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VOLTAIRE

Siècle de Louis XIV. Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée ; à laquelle on a ajouté un précis ...

S.n. [ Cramer], S.l. [Genève] 1764, In-8 (11,5x20,2cm), (4) 422pp. et (4) 406pp. (2) et (4) 391pp. (3) et (4) 282pp., 4 volumes reliés.

New edition
Bindings full marbled blond calf vintage. Back with ornate nerves. Title pieces in red morocco, pieces of tomaison in beige morocco. Triple framing net on the boards with angular florets. Red slices. Little lack in the tail of volumes III and IV. 4 blunt corners. Traces of friction [...]

1 000 €

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