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From the library of the Dukes of Aremberg: essays by pamphleteer of the Enlightenment

From the library of the Dukes of Aremberg: essays by pamphleteer of the Enlightenment From the library of the Dukes of Aremberg: essays by pamphleteer of the Enlightenment From the library of the Dukes of Aremberg: essays by pamphleteer of the Enlightenment View picture(s)

121 [COYER, Gabriel-Francois].
Bagatelles morales. ...... ridentem dicere verum / Quid vetat? ....... Horat.
London (for sale in Paris with Duchesne), (Paul Vaillant?), 1754. 12mo. Contemporary sheepskin with gilt coat-of-arms of the Dukes of Aremberg on both sides, spine gilt in compartments with red title-label lettered in gold. With woodcut vignette on title and woodcut head-pieces. 349 (=249) pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: 18th Century  Enlightenment  France  Jesuits  Treatises 

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Charming game inspired by Darwin

Charming game inspired by Darwin Charming game inspired by Darwin Charming game inspired by Darwin Charming game inspired by Darwin Charming game inspired by Darwin View picture(s)

122 [DARWIN - GAMES - PASTIMES].
Game of people's transformation.
(Probably Paris, 19th century). Half cloth portfolio. 20 strips of paper with colour-printed lithographed full-length portraits of circus-people, costumes and professions on front side, and 6 small parts of similar people, also in colour-printed lithographs, on the back side. Full description >>

Related Subjects: Colour Printing  Darwin  France  Games & Pastimes  Lithographs 

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First Italian translation of "la Semaine" by the prince of French poets, Du Bartas

First Italian translation of "la Semaine" by the prince of French poets, Du Bartas First Italian translation of "la Semaine" by the prince of French poets, Du Bartas View picture(s)

123 [DU BARTAS, Guillaume de Salluste].
La divina settimana: tradotta di rima Francese in verso sciolto Italiano.
Tours, Giametto Metaieri (Jamet Mettayer), 1592. 12mo. Contemporary limp vellum; rests of ties. Title printed in floral border; some nice woodcut initials and head-pieces. Text printed in italic. (6), 152 leaves. Full description >>

Related Subjects: 16th Century  France  Literature  Poetry 

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Letters by a patriotic "dame Hollandaise"

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124 [DUTCH-FRENCH WAR].
Les trois puissances ou correspondance entre le temps, la politique & l'équité, sur les affaires actuelles.
Utrecht, 1785. Wrappers. 76 pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: 18th Century  France  Low Countries  Pamphlets 

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Comes in a brown paper bag

Comes in a brown paper bag Comes in a brown paper bag Comes in a brown paper bag Comes in a brown paper bag Comes in a brown paper bag View picture(s)

125 [EROTICA].
Les heures de Paphos. Contes moraux. Par un sacrificateur de Venus.
(No place), 1787. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, green morocco title label with gilt lettering on spine, gilt spine, sides gilt, marbled endpapers. Engraved title, 12 full-page engraved plates with erotic scenes. (24 lvs.). Full description >>

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A former priest exposing all uses and abuses of the Roman Catholic Church

A former priest exposing all uses and abuses of the Roman Catholic Church A former priest exposing all uses and abuses of the Roman Catholic Church A former priest exposing all uses and abuses of the Roman Catholic Church A former priest exposing all uses and abuses of the Roman Catholic Church A former priest exposing all uses and abuses of the Roman Catholic Church View picture(s)

126 [GAVIN, Antoine].
Reyze door Vrankryk, Italien, Duytsland, Switserland, &c., Behelsende, een nette verklaring en beschryving  van de regte toestand aller Roomse kerken, kloosters, konventen, en ordens van geestelijken, van allerley zoort… Hier is bygevoegt een kort verhaal van den oorspronk en natuur van het Roomse Jubel-jaar. Uyt 't Engelsch vertaalt.
The Hague, Meyndert Uytwerf & Engelbregt Boucquet, 1700. 4to. Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spine with red title-label. With engraved allegorical frontispiece, and 8 full-page engraved plates by Hillebrand van der Aa. [8], 456, [26] pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: Cartography  Europe  France  Germany  Italy  Switzerland 

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Very rare unrecorded (pirated?) edition of these beautifully illustrated French military exercises

Very rare unrecorded (pirated?) edition of these beautifully illustrated French military exercises Very rare unrecorded (pirated?) edition of these beautifully illustrated French military exercises Very rare unrecorded (pirated?) edition of these beautifully illustrated French military exercises Very rare unrecorded (pirated?) edition of these beautifully illustrated French military exercises Very rare unrecorded (pirated?) edition of these beautifully illustrated French military exercises View picture(s)

127 [GIFFART, Pierre].
L'art militaire françois, contenant l'exercice & le maniement des armes, tant des officiers que des soldats, réprésenté par des figures en taille-douce dessinées d'après nature. Avec un petit abregé d'exercice comme il se fait aujourd'hui. Dédié à Monseigneur le Marechal Duc de Boufflers.
Paris, Pierre Giffart, Graveur du Roy, 1697. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments with title lettered in gold, speckled edges. With finely engraved frontispiece with a lively view of an army camp, with the richly decorated coat of arms of the dedicatee, Marechal Duke de Boufflers, underneath, and with 85 finely designed engraved plates of French soldiers and officers exercising their arms, all with a lively view of army exercises in the background. (14), 178 pp. Full description >>

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An engineer on horticulture

An engineer on horticulture An engineer on horticulture An engineer on horticulture An engineer on horticulture An engineer on horticulture View picture(s)

128 [GUIOL].
Essai sur la composition et l' ornement des jardins ou receuil de plans de jardins de ville et de campagne, de fabriques propres à leur décoration, et de machines pour élever les eaux. Ouvrage faisant suite à l' ''Almanach du bon jardinier''.
Paris, Audot, 1818. Small 8vo. Contemporary calf with gilt spine, brown titel label. 44 full- page engraved plates of which 17 folding, depicting garden plans, fountains, garden ornaments such as obelisks and buildings a.o. an orangerie etc. 117, (1) pp. Full description >>

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Extremely rare ironical imaginary journey and 'Utopia' in the century of Enlightenment

Extremely rare ironical imaginary journey and 'Utopia' in the century of Enlightenment Extremely rare ironical imaginary journey and 'Utopia' in the century of Enlightenment View picture(s)

129 [IMAGINARY VOYAGE - ENLIGHTENMENT].
Il filosofo viaggiatore in un paese incognito alli abitanti della terra. Scritto in francese a dall'autore trasportato in italiao conaggiunte e correzzioni.
(Selenopoli) (Florence?), For sale: Florence, Stamperia Bonducciana, 1771. 2 parts in one vol. 8vo. Contemporary half vellum, marbled boards. Engraved title t both parts within a nice rococo cartouche, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. 246; 280 pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: 18th Century  France  Imaginary Voyages & Utopias  Italy  Travel & Voyages 

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Prohibiting the import of Dutch cheese

Prohibiting the import of Dutch cheese View picture(s)

130 [LOUIS XIV, King of France].
Arrêt du conseil d'état du roi, qui interdit & prohibe jusq'à nouvel ordre, l'entrée des fromages de Nord-Hollande, dans le royaume. Du 18 septembre 1779. Extrait des registres du conseil d'état.
Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1779. 4to. Unbound. With a woodcut headpiece comprising the royal coat of arms. 3 (last blank) pp. Full description >>

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Satirical biographical sketches of the members of the parliament during the first year of the French Revolution

Satirical biographical sketches of the members of the parliament during the first year of the French Revolution View picture(s)

131 [LUCHET, Jean-Pierre-Louis de, marquis de la Roche du Maine; Antoine de RIVAROL, MIRABEAU, a.o.].
La Galerie des États-Généraux.
(No pl. no publ.), 1789. 2 parts in one vol. 8vo. Modern half blue morocco with gilt title on spine; marbled endpapers. Woodcut vignettes on the titles and woodcut end-pieces. 204, (1); (2), 172, (1) pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: 18th Century  France  Politics 

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Splendid manuscript on the state, condition and organization of the French Royal navy in 1732; from the library of Henri Beraldi

Splendid manuscript on the state, condition and organization of the French Royal navy in 1732; from the library of Henri Beraldi Splendid manuscript on the state, condition and organization of the French Royal navy in 1732; from the library of Henri Beraldi Splendid manuscript on the state, condition and organization of the French Royal navy in 1732; from the library of Henri Beraldi Splendid manuscript on the state, condition and organization of the French Royal navy in 1732; from the library of Henri Beraldi Splendid manuscript on the state, condition and organization of the French Royal navy in 1732; from the library of Henri Beraldi View picture(s)

132 [MANUSCRIPT - MILITARY - FRENCH ROYAL].
État de la marine du Roy pour l'année 1732. Manuscript on vellum.
[France, 1732]. 8vo. Contemporary full red morocco with gilt fillet along edges of both sides, decorated gilt spine with five raised bands with abbreviated title in two compartments and 5 small gilt fleur-de-lis stamps in four compartments, gilt fillet on binding edges, blue morocco pastedowns with large richly decorated gilt dentelles, g.e. With a contemporary and beautifully executed colourful gouache (11.4 x 9.5 cm) pasted on the verso of the second vellum (fly-)leaf, functioning as a frontispiece, and showing a warship on a shipyard in a small harbour being repaired by some workers; on the left shore a small hut with someone cooking on an open fire; some ruins at the left side, and in the middle below an escutcheon with the text 'Marine du Roy. 1732'. [2 blank paper fly-leaves], [4], 26 [i.e. 29: 22 and 23 are double-leaves; 25 is a folding double-leaf], [1 blank], [2 blank paper flyleaves] ll. Full description >>

Related Subjects: 18th Century  Bindings  Calligraphy  France  Manuscripts  Provenance  Ships & Shipbuilding 

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Beautifully executed 18th-century manuscript music album with 24 songs to guitar accompaniment by Laborde

Beautifully executed 18th-century manuscript music album with 24 songs to guitar accompaniment by Laborde Beautifully executed 18th-century manuscript music album with 24 songs to guitar accompaniment by Laborde Beautifully executed 18th-century manuscript music album with 24 songs to guitar accompaniment by Laborde View picture(s)

133 [MANUSCRIPT - MUSIC - GUITAR]. LABORDE, Jean Benjamin de.
Recueil d'airs avec accompagnement & guittare par Mr. de Laborde.
[France, 2nd half of the 18th century]. Oblong 4to (20.5 x 26.5). Contemporary richly gold-tooled red morocco, with gilt edges and silk endleaves. With decorated title-page and half-title, pages with hand-coloured wood-engraved floral border, songs, music notation (including both regular notes and tablature) in neat manuscript with gilt decorations and initials and title calligraphed in gold. [1, 2 blank], 152, [1 blank] pp. Full description >>

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On the French-English relations and hostilities during the last French and Indian war

On the French-English relations and hostilities during the last French and Indian war On the French-English relations and hostilities during the last French and Indian war On the French-English relations and hostilities during the last French and Indian war View picture(s)

134 [MOREAU, Jacob-Nicolas].
Lettres d'un François a un Hollandois au sujet des differends survenus entre la France et la Grande Bretagne, touchant leurs possessions respectives dans l'Amerique Septentrionale.
Paris, P. La Rive, 1755. 4to. Modern boards preserving the original wrappers. 90 pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: 18th Century  America, North  Americana  Canada  Colonial History  France  History 

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Catalogue of the last 'Salon', of the ancien régime (1789)

Catalogue of the last 'Salon', of the ancien régime (1789) Catalogue of the last 'Salon', of the ancien régime (1789) Catalogue of the last 'Salon', of the ancien régime (1789) View picture(s)

135 [PARIS ART EXHIBITION]
EXPLICATION des peintures, sculptures et gravures, de Messieurs de l' Académie Royale, dont l'exposition a été ordonnée, suivant l'intention de Sa Majesté, par M. le Comte De la Billardrie d'Angiviller ... Directeur & Ordonnateur-général ... de l'Académie Royale des Sciences.
Paris, Imprimerie des Bâtimens du Roi & de l'Academie Royale de Peinture, 1789. 12mo. Later half green buckram, with gilt title on spine, marbled boards. 64 pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: 18th Century  Art  Exhibitions  France  Painting & Drawing 

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Paris in splendid colours

Paris in splendid colours Paris in splendid colours Paris in splendid colours Paris in splendid colours Paris in splendid colours View picture(s)

136 [PARIS].
Paris moderne. Grand Album. Représentant les vues et les monuments les plus curieux de Paris en les sites les plus remarquables des environs.
Paris, Maison Martinet, [ca. 1860]. Oblong folio (285 x 400 mm). Contemporary cloth, front cover with title lettered in gold, blind-stamped, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. With title with tinted lithographed vignette, 60 hand-coloured lithographed plates, interleaved with tissue-guards, after J. Jacottet, Ph. Benoist and A. Provost. Full description >>

Related Subjects: 19th Century  Colour Platebooks  France 

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Large collection of photographs documenting 19th-century French colonial life

Large collection of photographs documenting 19th-century French colonial life Large collection of photographs documenting 19th-century French colonial life Large collection of photographs documenting 19th-century French colonial life Large collection of photographs documenting 19th-century French colonial life Large collection of photographs documenting 19th-century French colonial life View picture(s)

137 [PHOTOGRAPHY - ASIA].
[Album with 242 albumen prints of Japan, China, Tonkin, Annam, Cochinchina, Cambodia, Singapore, Java Ceylon, and India].
[South East Asia], September 1891-June1892. Oblong folio. Contemporary burgundy morocco, gilt covers, gilt inner fillets, silk endpapers, g.e. With 242 numbered albumen prints, mounted with 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 11 photographs to one cardboard leaf with captions in pencil in French. A hand-written 'Table de photographes' on two leaves loosely inserted. [30] ll. Full description >>

Related Subjects: Cambodia  China  Colonial History  France  India  Indochina  Indonesia  Japan  Java  Photography  Singapore  Travel & Voyages  Vietnam 

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Manual on the making of inexpensive liquor

Manual on the making of inexpensive liquor Manual on the making of inexpensive liquor Manual on the making of inexpensive liquor Manual on the making of inexpensive liquor Manual on the making of inexpensive liquor View picture(s)

138 [PONCELET, Polycarpe].
Chimie du gout et de l'odorat, ou principes pour composer  facilement, & à peu de frais, les liqueurs à boire,  & les eaux de senteurs.
Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1755. 8vo. Contemp. calf, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco title label lettered in gold. With engraved frontispiece of a distillery by B. Audran after a drawing by the author and 6 engraved plates of distillatory instruments, woodcut of musical notation, each note designating a particular essence, charming engraved headpiece by Audran. XXVI, 27-390, (2) pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: 18th Century  Chemistry  France  Gastronomy  Manuals 

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Verses, anecdotes and wordplays of which Potier was not the author

Verses, anecdotes and wordplays of which Potier was not the author Verses, anecdotes and wordplays of which Potier was not the author Verses, anecdotes and wordplays of which Potier was not the author View picture(s)

139 [POTIER, Charles].
Potieriana, recueil complet des calembourgs, jeux de mots, naïvétés, couplets, pointus, rebus, niaiseries, monologues, bêtises, etc, etc.
Paris, for the author, Dentu, Delaroque, 1814. 16mo. Contemporary boards, with title in ink on spine. Folding handcoloured engraved plate with boxing match. VII, 5-212 pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: France  Games & Pastimes  Poetry  Theatre 

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Important account of a fleet sent to India in 1690 to rescue the French interests

Important account of a fleet sent to India in 1690 to rescue the French interests Important account of a fleet sent to India in 1690 to rescue the French interests Important account of a fleet sent to India in 1690 to rescue the French interests View picture(s)

140 [POUCHOT DE CHANTASSIN, Claude Michel].
Relation du voyage et retour des Indes Orientales pendant les années 1690. & 1691. Par un garde de la marine  servant sur le bord de Monsieur Duquesne commandant de  l'escadre.
Paris, Widow of Jean-Baptiste Coignard; Brussels, George de Backer, 1692. 12mo. Contemporary vellum, title in ink on spine. Title printed in red & black with woodcut printer's device; woodcut head- and tail pieces. (8), 298, (6) pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: 17th Century  Ceylon  East Indies  France  India 

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