First edition

John SHEBBEARE

Le peuple instruit ; ou Les Alliances dans lesquelles les Ministres de la Grande-Bretagne ont ...

S.n., s.l. 1756, in-12 (9x16,2cm), (2) xxiv, 212pp., relié.

Edition originale, rare.
Reliure en demi maroquin cerise moderne. Confondant pastiche d'une reliure Restauration. Dos à faux nerfs plats orné de cinq fers à froid, de filets dorés ; roulette en queue et en tête. Très bel exemplaire.
Important document concernant l'histoire du Canada [...]

700 €

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Antonio de SOLIS Y RIVADENEYRA

Historia de la conquista de mexico, poblacion, y progressos de la America septentrional, conocido ...

En la impreta de Don Antonio Mayoral, en Madrid 1768, Pet. in-4 (15x21cm), (24) 549pp., relié.

SOLIS Y RIVADENEYRA Antonio de
Historia de la conquista de Mexico, poblacion, y progressos de la America septentrional, conocido por el nombre de Nueva Espana
En la impreta de Don Antonio Mayoral, en Madrid 1768, small in-4 (15 x 21 cm), (24) 549 pp., [...]

500 €

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First edition

James RENNELL

Description historique et géographique de l'Indostan, traduite de l'anglais par J.B. ...

De l'imprimerie de Poignée, à Paris 1800 - An VIII, 3 tomes en 3 Vol. in 8 (12,5x20,5cm), xxxviij, 299pp. (2), relié.

Original French edition, rare, led Bouscheseiche. Without atlas containing 11 cards that are often found separately. Half green calf marbled posterior ca 1850; beautiful pastiche of a confusing time binding. Smooth back adorned with Greek and four finials. Parts of title and volume number in brown [...]

900 €

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First edition

Antoine FANTIN - DESODOARDS

Révolutions de l'Inde pendant le dix-huitième siècle; ou mémoires de Typoo-Zaeb, sultan du ...

Chez George Bridel, à Paris 1796, in-8 (12,5x20cm), xvj, 382pp. et (4) 358pp., 2 volumes reliés.

First edition, rare.Pleine Sheepskin marbled time. Back smooth decorated. Pieces of red morocco title and volume numbers in black morocco. Caps head threadbare. Parts very rubbed titles with gaps. Some corners bumped. A wetting at the right margin at the corner on the first ten pages of the first [...]

550 €

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First edition

Abraham STANYAN

Tableau historique et politique de la Suisse, où sont décrits sa situation, son état ancien & ...

Chez Lottin le jeune, Imprimé à Fribourg & se trouve à Paris 1766, in-12 (10x16,5cm), relié.

Original French edition, translated from English by Jacques Rebauld Chapel (Barbier). Full mottled calf time. Back tooled raised. Part of title in black morocco. Caps restored. A thin slit in the lower joint first. Stanyan lived in Switzerland from 1705 to 1714. Haller enjoy the presentation [...]

400 €

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First edition

LE GRAND D'AUSSY

Voyage d'Auvergne

Chez Eugène Onfroy, à Paris 1788, In 8 (12x21cm), XII, 551pp., relié.

First edition, rare, illustrated with a view of the city of Clermont and surrounding volcanoes. Half Calf midnight blue boards. Smooth back to great romantic long iron. Good copy. The last page of the table is so frayed margins. The author who spent five months in Clermont Ferrand and Auvergne [...]

700 €

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Louis DOMAIRON

Recueil historique et chronologique de faits mémorables, pour servir à l'histoire générale de ...

Chez Nyon, Onfroy, à Paris 1781, in-12 (9,5x17cm), x, 538pp. et 571pp. (1), 2 volumes reliés.

Second edition, after the original published in 1777.
Full Calf blond marbled contemporary. Back tooled raised. Part of title in red morocco, and volume number in green morocco. Hat Volume 2 threadbare. 2 corners bumped. Pretty good copy, good outfit.
The book is based on a simple premise, [...]

500 €

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First edition

Johann Michael VANSLEB & VANSLEBEN

Nouvelle relation en forme de journal, d'un voyage fait en Egypte. En 1672. & 1673

Chez Estienne Michallet, à Paris 1677, in-12 (8,5x15,5cm), (16) 423pp. (17), relié.

First edition, rare and precious. Full Sheepskin brown time. Back tooled raised. Epidermis together. Lacks the joints head cover; and tail to the upper joint. A dull corner. Important relationship for the western KNOWLEDGE Egypt. Vansleb, German philologist and theologian, began serving Colbert for [...]

1 100 €

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