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Amsterdam: David Mortier, 1755., 1755. 4 Volumes. 4to. pp. 2 p.l., 548; 2 p.l., 624; 2 p.l., 640; 2 p.l., 709. woodcut ornaments, initials & title vignettes. text in double columns. A nice set in contemporary mottled calf, gilt backs (occasional light browning or spotting). armorial bookplate of Rodolph de Castella, a Swiss officer in the French service. Later enlarged edition of a major work by the French historiographer. Volume IV contains the continuation by Limiers on the reigns of Louis XIII and XIV as well as a detailed index. Brunet III 1695. Quérard VI 105. cfCioranescu 47475.. Hardcover.
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Abrégé Chronologique De LHistoire De France Nouvelle Édition, Augmentée
by MÉZERAY, [François Eudes] De [1610-1683]
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Abrégé Des Mémoires Ou Journal Du.Extrait Du Manuscrit Original, Contenant Beaucoup De Particularités Et D'Anecdotes Sur Louis XIV, Sa Cour, etc.; Avec Des Notes Historiques Et Critiques, Et Un Abrégé De L'
by DANGEAU, [Philippe De COURCILLON], Marquis De [1638-1720]
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Paris, London & Strasbourg: Treuttel et Würtz, 1817., 1817. Volumes I-II [of 4]. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 449; 2 p.l., 448. with half-titles. A handsome set in contemporary half morocco, spines ornately gilt & with unidentified gilt armorial crest. OFFERED WITHOUT VOLUMES III-IV, PUBLISHED THE SAME YEAR; THESE COVER THE PERIOD FROM 1684 TO 1720. CIORANESCU 23315.. Hardcover.
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Adèle Et Théodore, Ou Lettres Sur LÉducation; Contenant tous les principes relatifs aux trois différens plans déducation des Princes, des jeunes Personnes, & des Hommes
by [GENLIS, Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de Saint-Aubin, Comtesse de] [1746-1830]
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Paris: M.Lambert & F.J.Baudouin, 1782., 1782. 3 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 460; 2 p.l., 430; 2 p.l., 464, [1]. with half-titles in Vols. II-III. woodcut printers device on titles. woodcut ornaments. contemporary quarter calf (headpieces chipped, short splits in upper joints, light foxing to outer leaves). First Edition of Mme de Genliss most important work, which established her reputation as an author. She had just been appointed the previous month governess to the sons of the Duc de Chartres (Duc dOrléans); the oldest of whom was the future King Louis Philippe. This bold appointment led to the resignation of all their tutors and aroused much public scandal. Mme de Genliss theory of practical education was founded on the principles of Jean Jacques Rousseau. Included here are amusing descriptions of well-known ladies of the day. Cioranescu 30608 (12mo.). Escoffier 3 (12mo.). Gumuchian 2696 (12mo.). Martin 82.20. Quérard III 305 (12mo.). cfBarbier I 63 (citing…
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Ah Quel Conte! Conte Politique, Et Astronomique
by [CRÉBILLON, Claude Prosper Jolyot de] [1707-1777]
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Brussels: Frères Vasse, 1754., 1754. 8 Parts in 4 Volumes. 12mo. pp. 2 p.l., 211; 2 p.l., 204; 2 p.l., 143; 2 p.l., 184; 2 p.l., 192; 2 p.l., 159; 2 p.l., 222, [blank leaf], [3]errata; 2 p.l., 229 + 16pp.(engraved music). with half-titles. woodcut ornaments & initials. contemporary mottled calf, gilt backs (worn & stained but sound, some joints partly cracked, most spine labels wanting, occasional light foxing). First Edition. "Satirical in tone, using fairies and magical effects in pseudo-oriental settings
Crèbillon fils used to be dismissed as a minor licentious author. Due to the current interest in narratology and the interpretation of ambiguous texts, as well as changes in moral standards, he now attracts more appreciative critical attention. His style, always chaste as to vocabulary, is complex and relies on implications and sous-entendres. The works themselves are often morally ambivalent: while he ridicules promiscuous women and rakes, the scenes of libertinage…
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Aix-En-Provence Son Histoire Son Destin Préface de Marcel Brion
by LACHAUD, Jacques
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np: np, 1950., 1950. 8vo. pp. 145, [5]. folding map. 14 illus. biblio. wrs. (institutional bookplate & blindstamp)..
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Album Du Château De Blois Restauré Et Des Châteaux De Chambord, Chenonceaux, Chaumont & Amboise Dessinés d'après nature par J.Monthelier.Accompagné d'un text archéologique et artistique Par Alphon
by BAILLARGÉ, Alphonse [Jules]
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Blois: Arthur Prevost, 1851., 1851. oblong folio. pp. 2 p.l., 107. with half-title. text in double columns. 17 tinted lithographed plates (incl. title), the title & plate of the coat of arms of Blois by Désiré Raimbault, the 15 architectural views by J.Monthelier & Bachelier. later cloth, rebacked, with original gilt-stamped front cover mounted (scattered light foxing, paper embrowned, dampstain to upper margins, extending into image of title & last 3 plates). First Edition.. F. Hardcover.
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Alfred de Vigny Auteur Dramatique
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Paris: Éditions De La Plume, 1902., 1902. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., 232. with half-title. 8 plates. contemporary half morocco, original printed front wr. bound in. First Edition.. F.
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Almanach Royal, Année M. DCC. LXXXVII
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[Paris]: Debure, [1786]., 1786. 8vo. pp. 720. woodcut title vignette. full red morocco, sides with triple gilt rule borders, corner fleur-de-lys ornaments, royal arms in centre, spine richly gilt, all edges gilt (head of spine worn, library rubberstamp on title).. Hardcover.
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Alsace Et Les Combats Des Vosges un guide, un panorama, une histoire [Cover Title]
by GUIDES ILLUSTRÉS MICHELIN DES CHAMPS DE BATAILLE (1914-1918)
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Clermont-Ferrand: Michelin & Cie., 1920., 1920. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 127, [1]; 128. text illus. & maps. ads on endleaves. original stiff wrs. original printed dw. (dws. discoloured, the one on part II torn at edges & spine ends, spine ends & lower corners of binding bit chipped).. Hardcover.
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Alzire, Ou Les Américains. Tragédie Représentée à Paris pour la première fois le 27 Janvier 1736
by VOLTAIRE, [François Marie Arouet] De [1694-1778]
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Paris: Jean Baptiste Claude Bauche, 1736., 1736. 8vo. pp. 5 p.l., vii, [1], 80. woodcut ornaments, initials & title vignette. 5 inserted engraved plates after Eisen, Moreau, Gravelot & Desene illustrating various scenes from the play, taken from various editions of the work. modern bds. Second Edition, published same year as the first, by the same publisher, with errata corrected. This tragedy, revolving around a wicked Spanish governor of Peru, who is in love with the virtuous American princess, who in turn loves the long believed dead heroic American prince, is one of the first French plays to be set in America. It was one of the most well received of Voltaires theatrical works. Bengesco 107. Cioranescu 64168. European Americana 736/253. Sabin 100698. cfQuérard X 313..
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Ambassade Du Maréschal De Bassompierre en Suisse l'an 1625. 2 Volumes. [WITH:] .Ambassade Du Maréschal De Bassompierre En Espagne l'an 1621. [WITH:] .Négociation Du Maréchal De Bassompierre Envoyé Ambassadeur Ext
by BASSOMPIERRE, [François Baron de] [1574-1646]
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Cologne: Pierre du Marteau, 1668., 1668. 4 Volumes. in 2. 12mo. pp. 1 p.l., 188 [ie.388]; 269; 1 p.l., 163; 1 p.l., 316. sphere device on titles. contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt backs (neat repairs to spines, head of spine of Vol. I chipped). armorial bookplates of Charreton. Counterfeit Editions, published the same year as the first. While Bassompierre's military exploits in the service of Henri IV earned him great honour and distinction, as a diplomatist, his career was a failure. This collection of accounts relates his successive unsucccessful diplomatic missions to Spain (1621; where he was responsible for signing the Treaty of Madrid), Switzerland (1625), and England (1626). Brunet I 695. Cioranescu 10279-10281. Willems 1783n. Rahir 2334. Goldsmith, BM STC French, B332, B334, B341.. Hardcover.
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The American In Paris: Or Heath's Picturesque Annual For 1843
by JANIN, Jules [Gabriel] [1804-1874]
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London: Longman, Brown, Green, And Longmans., 1843., 1843. 8vo. pp. vii, [1], 256. 18 engraved plates after drawings by Eugène Lami. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth, all edges gilt (spine faded & frayed, some foxing to plates & adjacent leaves). First Edition of the English Translation. Faxon 1412.. F. Hardcover.
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Angélique Et Jeanneton
by PIGAULT-LEBRUN, [Charles Antoine Pigault de LÉpinoy, dit] [1753-1835]
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Paris: Barba, 1801., 1801. 2 Volumes in 1. 12mo. pp. 2 p.l., 104 [i.e. 204]; 2 p.l., 207. 2 engraved frontis. by Mariage after Binet. contemporary quarter roan (abrasion to blank inner margin of first title & short marginal tear in second title, marginal dampstain to first frontis. & small marginal defect in second frontis.). Second Edition (first: 1799). Gay I 250. Martin 99.141n..
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Annales De La Vertu, Ou Cours DHistoire À LUsage Des Jeunes Personnes
by [GENLIS, Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de Saint-Aubin, Comtesse de] [ [1746-1830]
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Paris: M.Lambert & F.J.Baudouin, 1781., 1781. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. viii, 520; iv, 534, [2]privilege. with half-title in Vol. I. contemporary quarter calf (headpieces chipped, short splits in joints, light foxing to outer leaves). First Edition. Cioranescu 30605. Quérard III 306. cfEscoffier 5 (1786 edn.).. 1st Edition.
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Annibal, Trag�die En Trois Actes
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Paris: Firmin Didot, 1820., 1820. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., vii, [1]blank, 94. with half-title. 2 wood-engraved tailpieces. printed on Holland paper. Untrimmed in contemporary morocco-grained paper bds. (corners bumped, occasional light spotting). Inscribed by the Author on front flyleaf: 'Hommage offert � Madame Martin par son respectueux serviteur Firmin Didot'. Second Edition, the first in three acts. The first edition of 1817 was in five acts. Qu�rard II 557.. Signed by Author(s). F.
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Apologie De La Bastille. Pour servir de réponse aux Mémoires de M. Linguet sur la Bastille. Avec Des Notes Politiques, Philosophiques & Littéraires
by [SERVAN, Antoine Joseph Michel] [1737-1807]
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'Philadelphia' [ie. Lausanne]: 1784., 1784. 8vo. pp. vi, [6], [vii]-viii, 278. complete with half-title. woodcut ornaments & title vignette. contemporary mottled calf, gilt back (extremities worn, a few old repairs to binding, light foxing, pencil notes in margins). gilt monogram of Swiss statesman Henri Monod [1753-1833] on front cover. First Edition. Barbier I 238. Brunet 24161. Cioranescu 60156. Martin & Walter IV 31472.. F. Hardcover.
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An Appeal to Impartial Posterity.Or, A Collection Of Tracts Written By Her During Her Confinement In The Prisons Of The Abbey, And St. Pelagie, In Paris.First American Edition - Corrected
by [ROLAND DE LA PLATIERE, Marie Jeanne (Phlipon) [1754-1793]
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New York: Printed By Robert Wilson, For A.Van Hook, 1798., 1798. 4 Parts in 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. ix, [10]-202, 164; 202, 235. modern quarter calf (several library stamps on titles, some browning & foxing throughout, dampstaining to first gatherings in Vol. II). First American Edition of an important source for the revolutionary period. Madame Roland ardently enlisted in the cause of the Revolution in its early stages and her salon became the rendezvous of the Girondist party. In 1793, she was imprisoned and sentenced to death by the Jacobins. Before her execution, she uttered her famous last words "O Liberty! what crimes are committed in thy name!" Evans 34483. cfMartin & Walter 29788.. F.
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Aristippe, Ou De La Cour
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Paris: Augustin Courbé, 1658., 1658. 4to. pp. 4 p.l., 244, [18]table, [1]privilege]. engraved frontis. by Huret. engraved printers device on title. woodcut headpieces & initials. contemporary calf (worn but sound, short splits in joints, light dampstaining to lower margin heavier in first 2 quires, some light foxing & browning). First Edition. Balzac was one of the writers who contributed the most to the perfection of the French language at the beginning of the seventeenth century, and introduced a masterly clearness, refined elegance and precision based on classical models into French prose style. He is thus credited with having executed in French prose a reform parallel to Malherbes in verse. He enjoyed the patronage of the Cardinal de Valette, who brought him to Italy and made him his agent in Rome, and upon his return to France, secured that of the Archbishop of Luçon and Cardinal Richelieu. Esteemed the leading prosaist of his time, he was unanimously…
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Arras Et Les Batailles D'Artois un guide, un panorama, une histoire [Cover Title]
by GUIDES ILLUSTRÉS MICHELIN DES CHAMPS DE BATAILLE (1914-1918)
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Clermont-Ferrand: Michelin & Cie., 1920., 1920. 8vo. pp. 126, [2]. 1 double-page map & numerous illus. & maps in the text. ads on endleaves. original stiff wrs. original printed dw. (spine & edges of dw. faded).. Hardcover.
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BIOGRAPHIE Des Hommes Célèbres, Des Savans, des Artistes et des Littérateurs Du Département de la Somme
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Amiens: R.Machart, 1835-37-38., 1835. 3 Volumes in 1 [incl. Supplement]. 8vo. pp. xvi, [17]-458, [blank leaf]; 432; 75. with half-titles. 12 lithographed portraits. contemporary quarter roan (quite rubbed, some light foxing). First Edition.. F.
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