First edition

John Theophilus DESAGULIERS

Cours de physique experimentale

chez Jacques Rollin & chez Charles Antoine Jombert, à Paris 1751, In-4 (20,5x26,5cm), (2) xij (2) 503pp. et (4) iv, 636pp., relié.

First french edition, in the translation of Jean Pezenas.

Copy to arms
Binding full brown sheepskin contemporary.

4 000 €

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Scévole de SAINTE-MARTHE

Les Oeuvres de Scevole de Sainte Marthe

Par Mamert Patisson au logis de Robert Estienne, à Paris 1589, in-4 (16x24,5cm), (6) 94 ff. 1 f. blanc ; 95-182 ff. (1 f. index), relié.

First complete edition, partially original, printed in in-4 format, in italics and presenting the mark of Robert Estienne on the title page. This collection contains 80 pieces more than the First edition 1569. Works Only our edition is indicated by Tchemerzine. Our copy is [...]

10 000 €

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Comte Lancelot TURPIN DE CRISSE

Memoires de Montecuculi

Chez Arkstée et Merkus, A Amsterdam & à Leipzig 1770, In-8 (12,5x20cm), XXIV, 398pp. (2) et (4) 432pp. (2) et (4) 493pp. (3), relié.

New illustrated edition of a frontispiece portrait, 3 title vignettes, and 41 folding plates
Binding full brown calf vintage. Back with ornate nerves. title label of beige morocco, piece of tomaison of black sheepskin. Missed at the head of Volume 2 filled. Epidermures on boards reglacé with [...]

1 200 €

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XENOPHON & Elisabeth FARNESE REINE ESPAGNE

Hieron ou portrait de la condition des rois

Chez Henri Schelte, à Amsterdam 1711, in-12 (9,5x15cm), XXXVI, 137pp., relié.

First bilingual edition in the translation of Pierre Coste, with his notes at the bottom of the page.
Copy to the arms of the Queen of Spain Elisabeth Farnese, Princess of Parma, Queen from 1714 to 1746. Woman of power whose policy has lasting influence in Spain. Double ecu stamped with a [...]

1 800 €

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Girolamo RUSCELLI

Le imprese illustri : con espositioni et discorsi del S.or Ieronimo Ruscelli

Comin da Trino di Monteferrato, Venezia 1572, in-4 (16,5x22,5cm), (8) 191pp. (20) 193-288pp., 3 parties reliées en un volume.

Le Imprese Illustri : con Espositioni et Discorsi del S.or Ieronimo Ruscelli
 

5 000 €

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Madame de LA FAYETTE, Jean regnault de SEGRAIS

Zayde, histoire espagnole. Par M. de Segrais. Avec un traité de l'origine des romans par M. Huet

Par La Compagnie des libraires, à Paris 1719, In-12 (9x16cm), (2) 312pp. cviij (2) et (2) 324pp., relié.

New edition
Exemplary with the arms of Charlotte Emilie The Fèvre de Caumartin of the court of Balleroy, daughter of Louis-François the Fèvre de Caumartin, lord of Boissy, and wife of the Marquis of the Court of Balleroy. Women's weapons are rare and sought after, with few women having [...]

800 €

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First edition

François Le Coigneux de BACHAUMONT & Mathieu [...]

Mémoires secrets pour servir a l'histoire de la république des lettres en France, ou Journal d'un ...

Chez John Adamson, à Londres 1784, In-12 (9,5x16cm), 324pp. et 304pp. et 324pp. et 328pp. et (2) 328pp. et (2) 320pp.

New edition. It is known that the first volumes of 1 to 8 appeared in 1777, then the rest staggered until 1789. This edition does not contain the name of Bachaumont in title page, contrary to the original. It is not known whether the address is fictitious or real, but the typographic material seems [...]

850 €

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Philippe-Auguste de Sainte-Foix, Chevalier d' ARCQ

Histoire générale des guerres. Tome premier contenant l'histoire de la Grande Arménie [...] Tome ...

Imprimerie Royale, à Paris 1756 - 1758, In-4 (20x26cm), (6) vij-xij clxxvj, 372pp. et viij, 614pp., 2 volumes reliés.

first edition, rare, these two volumes published two years apart and whose result will never see the day.
Copy the arms of Louis XV hit on the boards, and the figure repeated on the back, a symbol that certifies the origin of the Royal Library in Versailles. Louis XV had a very large library [...]

4 000 €

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