First edition

Jean de JAURGAIN & Raymond RITTER

La maison de Gramont 1040-1967

Les amis du musée pyrénéen, Lourdes 1968, 16,5x25,5cm, 2 volumes brochés.

First edition, one of 95 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, head print.
Pleasant copy despite boards very slightly and marginally insolated heads.
Book adorned with 3 genealogical charts leaflets inset at the end of the first volume and 20 photographic plates distributed at the end of the [...]

350 €

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First edition

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

Edmond & Jules de GONCOURT

L'amour au dix-huitième siècle

E. Dentu, Paris 1875, In-12 carré (14x18cm), 172pp., relié.

First edition
Binding half navy morocco with corners of time. Back with nerves adorned with richly decorated boxes. Golden title. Double fillet on the boards and corners. Red head.

150 €

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First edition

Edmond & Jules de GONCOURT

Portraits intimes du XVIIIe siècle

E. Dentu, Paris 1857 - 1858, In-18 (11x16,5cm), 271pp. et 287pp., 2 volumes reliés.

First edition of a limited edition of 100 copies on laid.
Bindings in half green morocco signed Dodé on the first sheet of guard. Smooth back decorated with various irons in the romantic taste. Golden title and tomaison. Date in the queue. Green covers on laid vergé. Copy not trimmed. Small [...]

330 €

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First edition

Emile BOURGEOIS

Le Grand siècle. Louis XIV. Les arts, les idées

Hachette, Paris 1896, 20,5x31cm, relié.

First edition copiously illustrated with photogravures from contemporary documents and engravings as well as 22 inset portraits.
Publisher's binding in full tawny sheepskin, back with five false nerves set with golden garlands and adorned with cold boxes decorated in their golden crowns, [...]

500 €

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First edition

Friedrich von SCHILLER

Histoire des révolutions des Pays-Bas

Gustave Barba, Paris 1833, 12,5x21,5cm, relié.

First edition of the French translation by Armand Dupuy or Louis-François Lhéritier.
Raspberry half sheepskin binder, back with four nerves adorned with gilt and black fillets, gold friezes on the head and tail, back with three small snags without gravity, marbled paper plates, guards and [...]

90 €

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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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