First edition

Nicolas HERON

Memoires presentez au roy et a nosseigneurs de son conseil, par le tresorier de la Sainte chapelle ...

S.n., s.l. 1695, In-4 (18,5x23,8cm), 50pp., relié.

first edition.
Cardboard in bradel covered with paper in an 18th century tank, around 1900. title label of brown morocco. Caps torn off. title label rubbed and exposed.
Ex libris: From the library of Jean Vergnet.

250 €

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Pietro GIANNONE

Histoire civile du royaume de Naples

Chez Pierre Gosse & Isaac Beauregard, à La Haye 1742, In-4 (21x25cm), (2) XXVIII, 656pp. et (2) VIII, 755pp. et (2)

First french edition, the translation of which is attributed to Louis de Bochat and Desmonceaux. It is illustrated with a portrait on the frontispiece, 4 title vignettes and a plate of medals.
Binding in half brown sheepskin, small corners. Back to nerves decorated with nets. title label of [...]

1 200 €

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Gatien COURTILZ DE SANDRAS

Maximes des princes et estats souverains

S.n., Cologne 1686, in 12 (8x13,5cm), (8) 222pp. (2), relié.

Edition at the Sphere, of the Elzevier press. The meaning of the word Maximes is quite far from the modern meaning, it is more related to what presides over the interests of Princes, and by what precisely they are linked. The book constitutes a history of international relations, studying the [...]

280 €

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Jacques BOILEAU

Histoire des flagellans

Chez Henry Du Sauzet, à Amsterdam 1732, In-12 (9,5x16,8cm), xxxij, 306pp. (10), relié.

Second edition, revised and corrected. Title page in red and black. The first edition appeared in Latin in 1700.
Binding in full speckled brown calf. Ornate nerved back. title label in red morocco. Tail cap removed. Upper joint split into tail. A blunt corner. Very fresh copy.
Ex libris [...]

450 €

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MAC GEOGHEGAN

Histoire de l'Irlande ancienne et moderne

Chez Antoine Boudet, à Paris 1758 - 1763, In-4 (19,5x25,5cm), xlviij (2) 488pp. (2) et lxxxiv, x, 376pp. et xj (1)

First edition.
Binding full brown marbled vintage brown sheepskin. Back with ornate nerves. Title and volume piece in red morocco.

1 000 €

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Cornelius NEPOS

Vitae excellentium imperatorum

Pierre Didot l'Aîné, Paris 1799 (An VII), In-12 (10x15,8cm), (4) 150pp., relié.

One of the first stereotype editions of Pierre Didot, printed in louvre, in the premises of the royal printing office. Copy on vellum paper.
Binding full green morocco contemporary. Smooth back of 4 florets and nets. title label of morocco green. Greek coaching roulette on boards. interior frieze.

250 €

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Charles PATIN

Quatre relations historiques

S.n., à Basle 1673, In-12 (9x15,8cm), (8) 3-336p., relié.

First edition.

Binding full brown speckled brown and glossy vintage. Back with ornate nerves. title label of brown calf. Restorations in caps, joints and corners. Missed marbled cover pages on the blank sheets.
Ex libris of the twentieth: Bibliotheca Altholii doctoris.

350 €

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Claude-François MENESTRIER

Des decorations funebres. Ou il est amplement traité des tentures, des lumières, des mausolées, ...

Chez J.B. de La Caille, à Paris 1683, In-8 (12x19cm), (4) 38pp. ; 367pp., relié.

First edition, rare, and illustrated with many in-text woods including 11 vignettes, a large figure (p.179), 4 shields and 14 tiny portraits.

Copy to the arms of the nineteenth Baron Pavée de Vendeuvre, with its motto: Ardeo persevero spero.
Binding full brown sheepskin [...]

500 €

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