First edition

Constantin-François de Chasseboeuf, Comte de VOLNEY

Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte, Pendant les années 1783, 1784 et 1785

Chez Volland & Desenne, A Paris 1787, in-8 (12,5x19,7cm), (14) (2) 383pp. et (6p.) (2) 458pp. (3), 2 volumes reliés.

First edition, the rarest edition of this text which was reissued in 1787, 1799 and the nineteenth. The illustration consists of 5 folding plates, 2 cards (Egypt, Syria), and 3 beautiful folding panoramic plates (Palmyra, Balbeec ...), all on strong paper.
Binders full marbled and glazed [...]

1 300 €

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Jean-Jacques SUSINI

Histoire de l'O.A.S. Tome I (seul paru)

La table ronde, Paris 1963, 16,5x23cm, broché.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only leading copies.
Small stains and bites on the witnesses of some sheets, a small wetness at the head of the first board.
Rare copy at all margins of the only volume published.

250 €

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Louis CATAT

Voyage à Madagascar (1889-1890)

Librairie Hachette, Paris 1895, In-4 (24x31,5cm), 436pp., relié.

Edition abundantly illustrated with 167 woodcuts including 37 inset and 3 cards including one in color.
Binding in black half morocco with corners of time. Back with nerves adorned with 5 boxed florets. Golden title. Nets on the boards. Golden head. wrappers preserved and bound in. Copy not [...]

450 €

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Edouard CHARTON & COLLECTIF

Le tour du monde. Nouveau journal des voyages. Premier semestre 1861 jusqu'au second semestre 1870, ...

Hachette & Cie, Paris 1861-1870 & 1872-1878, 22x31cm, 34 volumes reliés.

First edition.
Bindings in half tawny calf, back with five nerves adorned with gilded nets, title and year pieces of red and green morocco, plates of marbled paper, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, all gilded edges, bindings of the time.
Reds, the first volume (First half of 1861) [...]

1 700 €

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First edition

Alexandre LEROUX & Charles ALBERT

Album photographique - Algérie et Tunisie

1890, relié.

Photograph album – Algeria and Tunisia

1 800 €

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John BARROW

Voyage dans la partie méridionale de l'Afrique ; fait dans les années 1797 et 1798

Dentu, Paris 1801, In-8 (12,5x20,7cm), xvj, 403pp. (1) et (4) 326pp. (2), 2 volumes reliés.

First edition
Bindings in full brown sheepskin vintage flamed. Smooth back decorated with 2 florets and 2 grotesque boxes, and multiple wheels. Title pieces in red morocco, pieces of tomaison in morocco green. Frieze framing on the boards. Epidermures on the boards, near the external borders. [...]

900 €

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First edition, Signed book

COLLECTIF

La 1ère D.F.L. ou l'épopée d'une reconquête. Juin 1940 - Mai 1945

Arts et métiers graphiques, Paris 1946, 19,5x27cm, broché.

First edition.
Bites on the plates and on the back of the cards, a tear and a lack in the foot of the back.
Book decorated with many illustrations and 6 cards.
Signed autograph dedication of one of the collaborators of the book to Colonel Tiget: "... in memory of two years of [...]

100 €

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First edition, Signed book

Nicole VRAY

Monsieur Monod

Actes sud, Arles 1994, 13x24cm, broché.

First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
Handwritten signature of Theodore Monod on a guard.

100 €

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