First edition, Signed book

William CHAMBERS LEFROY, Alfred-Louis BRUNET-DEBAINES

The ruined abbeys of Yorkshire

Seelay, Jackson, and Halliday, London 1883, Pet. in-Folio (25x35,5cm), 71pp., relié.

Seelay, Jackson, and Halliday, London 1883, Petin-Folio (25 x 35.5 cm), 71pp., bound

First edition illustrated with 11 wonderful etchings and one in a wash drawing style by Brunet-Debaines and H. Toussaint drawn on arches paper. 33 in-text figures (plans, details, views...). Text in [...]

2 500 €

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COLLECTIF

Recueil de pieces, bulle Unigenitus

Divers, Paris 1740 - 1747, In-4 (19x24,5cm), relié.

Interesting collection consisting of 63 pieces, mostly relating to the Unigenitus bull, but also pieces of circumstances: an Ode to the Roy of 1744, an Praise by MIgnard to Le Brun, or the Ceremony and consecration of the Church of Saint Sulpice, a Mazarinade, the New satire against the women of [...]

700 €

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LAUJON, MOREAU LE JEUNE

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-François de BASTIDE

Le tombeau philosophique. Ou histoire du Marquis de ** à Madame de **

S.n., à Amsterdam 1751, In-12 (10x17cm), (2) 129pp. (1) ; (2) 107pp., relié.

first edition.
Copy with the arms of Charron, Marquis de Menars.
Binding in full glossy blond calfskin. Smooth back decorated with decorated box and a box bearing the arms of Menars. title label in red morocco. A run on the upper flat, small spots. Traces of friction. Beautiful copy.

780 €

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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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R.P. HENRI GRIFFET

Histoire de Tancrede de Rohan, avec quelques autres pieces concernant l'histoire de France et ...

Chez J. F. Bassompierre, à Liege 1767, (4) 498pp. (2), relié.

First edition. The Tancrede de Rohan's hitory is followed by 4 subtitles delimiting the different parts: Remarks on the birth of Henri II, Prince de Condé; History of the secret negotiations of France with Holland paper; Observations on the disorders of the Regency during the minority of Louis [...]

450 €

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CAZOTTE

Oeuvres badines et morales de M. *******

Chez Esprit, à Amsterdam 1776, In-8 (12x18,5cm), xij, 205pp. (1) et (2) 206pp. et (4) 475pp., 2 tomes en 3 volumes reliés.

Illustrated edition of 2 frontispieces by Cochin and engraved by Prevost and Choffart.
Binding full brown marbled vintage calf. Smooth back decorated. title labels in green morocco, pieces of tomaison in red morocco. Triple framing net on the boards. Stony slices. Discreet and fine restorations [...]

750 €

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Joseph Bernard Marquis de CHABERT

Voyage fait par ordre du Roi en 1750 et 1751, dans l'Amérique septentrionale, pour rectifier les ...

De Imprimerie Royale, à Paris 1753, In-4 (20x26cm), (2) viij, 288pp. (10), relié.

First edition
Copy to the figure and arms of Louis XV.
Binding full brown marbled and glossy brown sheepskin.

4 000 €

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