First edition

James RIDLEY

Les contes des Génies, ou les charmantes leçons d'Horam fils d'Asmar. Ouvrage traduit du Persan ...

Chez Marc-Michel Rey, à Amsterdam 1766, In-12 (10x16cm), XLVIII, 283pp. et (4) 335pp. et (4) 331pp. (5), 3 volumes reliés.

Edition originale française illustrée de 13 jolies figures non signées. Pages de titre en rouge et noir. Sir Charles Morell est le pseudonyme de James Ridley. La première édition anglaise date de 1764, elle a ici été traduite par Robinet.
Reliures en plein veau brun marbré et glacé [...]

500 €

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Antoine DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE

Voyage pittoresque de Paris, ou description de tout ce qu'il y a de plus beau dans cette grande ...

Chez de Bure, à Paris 1770, In 12 (10x17cm), x, 496pp. (6), relié.

Third augmented edition of this important artistic guide of the Paris of Louis XV. A title-frontispice engraved in colors by J. Robert & 5 inset plates including 2 unfolding by Choffart, Saint-Aubin. Four of them, signed Choffard (1730-1809), reproduce the illustrations of the previous edition [...]

450 €

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First edition

Jean MONET & Anne Gabriel MEUSNIER DE QUERLON

Anthologie françoise ou chansons choisies [avec] Chansons Joyeuses

1765, in-8 (11,5x18cm), 7 (1) 64 pp. 318pp. ; (2) 317pp. ; (2) 320pp. ; (2) 80pp. 16 pp. (1) 110pp. 16pp., 4 volumes reliés.

First edition illustrated with 4 engravings by Le Mire after Gravelot and a frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by Saint-Aubin after Cochin. Includes the fourth volume Chansons joyeuses, often missing.
Full brown marbled calf binding, motifs tooled in gilt, morocco title [...]

1 200 €

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Jean-François MARMONTEL

Contes moraux

Chez Merlin, à Paris 1765, In-12 (9,5x16,5cm), (8) 345pp. et (4) xvj, 376pp. et (6) 312pp., 3 tomes en 3 volumes reliés.

First illustrated edition of the charming suite of Gravelot. This edition also appeared in the format in-8.
The illustration includes a portrait by Cochin (engraved by Saint-Aubin), a frontispiece title of Gravelot engraved by Duclos and repeated in three volumes, and 23 figures by Gravelot [...]

550 €

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Germain-François Poullain de SAINT-FOIX

Essais historiques sur Paris

Chez Duchesne, A Londres & se trouve à Paris 1765, in 12 (10,5x17,5cm), (6) iv, 287pp. et (4) 263pp. et (4) 282pp.

third edition statement. The 6th and 7th volumes published in 1777 do not relate to the trials Paris, since they contain the Turkish Letters, and various parts, including the Iron Mask.
Binders posterior half slightly brown sheepskin. Back smooth decorated with two florets and 2 coffered [...]

400 €

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First edition

ERASME & Nicolas GUEUDEVILLE

Les Colloques d'Erasme

Chez Pierre Vander & Boudoin Janisson Vander, à Leyde 1720, in-12 (9,5x17cm), (62) 272pp. et (4) 192pp. et (4) 358pp.

First edition of the translation of Nicolas Gueudeville, particularly sought for its illustration in the First printing of the 55 figures in mid-page. Frontispiece of Shinvoe and a large thumbnail of arms of Frederick of Gloucester, Prince of Hanover.
Binders full of speckled brown calf era. [...]

1 000 €

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Barthélémy FAUJAS DE SAINT-FOND

Description des expériences de la machine aérostatique

Chez Cuchet, à Paris 1784, in-8 (13x20cm), xl, 302pp. (2), relié.

Mention of second édiiton
Bound in full vellum flexible reuse. Smooth back with name aiteur pen and date tail. Stains and dirt. Trace wetness in low margin of the frontispiece. Burnished sheets at the start of work, and a few other scattered.

750 €

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First edition

Jacques BOURDE DE VILLEHUET

Manuel des marins ; ou Explication des termes de marine

Chez Julien le Jeune Fils & chez les libraires dans différents Ports de Mer, à L'Orient 1773, in-8 (12x19,5cm), (2)

first edition.
Contemporary binding in full mottled calf, back with five nerves decorated with boxes and gilded florets and a room under red morocco, gilt roll on turns and headdresses, all red edges. Lower corner of the slightly broken top cover and two pages glued padding without missing the [...]

1 000 €

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