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How to create a perfect garden View picture(s) 1 AGRICOLA, Georg Andreas. L'agriculture parfaite, ou nouvelle decouverte, touchant  la culture & la multiplication des arbres, des arbustes, et des fleurs. Traduit de l'Allemand avec des remarques. Amsterdam, Pierre de Coup, 1720. 2 parts in 1 vol. 8vo. Contemporary calf, ribbed, decorated and gilt spine with title lettered in gold. With engr. portrait of the author as frontispiece, woodcut vignette on title and 34 engraved folding plates. (8), 261 (1 blank); (4), 146, 8 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Agriculture & Husbandry  Botany  Engravings  French  Gardens  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A new method to teach the French language to Dutch children View picture(s) 2 AGRON, Antoine Nicolas. Verzameling van Opstellen, Geschikt om de Hollandsche Jeugd, door middel van hare moedertaal, op eene ordelijke en gemakkelijke wijze, tot de kennis der Fransche taal  opteleiden; bevattende eene reeks van uit elkander voortvloeijende regelen, welke afzonderlijk en allerduidelijkst, aan het hoofd van elke soort dezer opstellen, verklaard worden. Uitgegeven tot Onderwijs in de Fransche Taal. Vijfde en verbeterde druk. Amst., Johannes Allart, 1809. Large 8vo. Orig. boards. XX, 512 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Dutch  French  Linguistics  Schoolbooks  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Important essay on geography View picture(s) 3 ANVILLE, [Jean-Baptise Bourguignon d']. Considerations générales sur l'étude et les connoissances que demande la compostion des ouvrages de géographie. Paris, Imprimerie Lambert, 1777. 8vo. Original pink wrappers, with title in manuscript on frontcover. Woodcut headpiece. 111, (1) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Education  French  Geography  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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With an interesting discourse on the definition of the genre View picture(s) 4 ARNAULT, Antoine Vincent. Fables. Paris, Imprimerie Gilé Fils for Jh. Chaumerot, Chaumerot jeune, 1812. Sm.8vo. Contemp. mottled calf, spine gilt, with decorative flowered borders on sides, gilt inner borders, g.e. With folding engraved frontispiece by Boilly, showing an elegant company of animals in human dress, drinking, courting and making music in a Paris Salon. XVIII, 154, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Fable Books  French  Literature  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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A 'Papillon'- as well as a 'j'accuse' avant-la-lettre View picture(s) 5 AYMÉ, Jean-Jaques (Job). Déportation et naufrage de J.J. Aymé, ex-législateur; suivis du tableau de vie et de mort des déportés, a son départ de la Guyane, avec quelques observations sur cette colonie et sur les nègres. Paris, Maradan, (1800). 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine richly gilt decorated with red morocco title label, paper board sides. 269, (26) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Colonial History  France  French  History  Shipwrecks  Slavery  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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One of the founders of the Astronomy Society on annuities and assurances View picture(s) 6 BAILY, Francis. Théorie des Annuités Viagères et des Assurances sur la Vie, suivie d'une Collection de Tables relatives a ces Matières; Traduit de l'Anglais par A. de Courcy, et publié par la Compagnie d'Assurances Générales sur la Vie. Paris, Bachelier, 1836. 2 vols. Modern black half cloth, spine gilt. With numerous tables in text. XI, (1), 326; (4), 293, (1 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bookkeeping  French  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Reprint of the Furne edition of 1842-1848 View picture(s) 7 BALZAC, Honoré de. Oeuvres complètes. Paris, Alexandre Houssiaux, 1855. 20 vols. 8vo. Half blue morocco, spines ribbed with title in gilt, marbled boards, edges and endpapers. With portrait of Balzac and 136 engr. plates. Each vol. ca. 500 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  French  Literature  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Pictorial record of the Dutch War of Independence View picture(s) 8 BAUDARTIUS, Willem (Guilaume BAUDAERT). Les guerres de Nassau. [Engraved title:] Pourtraits en taille douce, et descriptions des sieges, batailles, rencontres & autres choses advenues durant les guerres des Pays Bas, sous le commandement des hauts & puissants Seigneurs les Estats Generaux des Provinces Unies, & la conduite des tresillustres Princes Guillaume Prince d'Orange & Maurice de Nassau son fils. Amsterdam, Michiel Colijn, 1616. 2 parts in 1 volume Oblong 4to (19 x 23 cm). Contemporary gilt vellum, with gilt coat of arms of Baron de Konigsegg (?) in centre on front cover, and gilt medallion vignette with motto: "Quae infra nos nihil ad nos " in centre on back cover (see below). With engraved allegorical title with the title printed in cartouche, woodcut printer's device on second title, full-page engraved map of the 17 Provinces, 22 full-page engraved portraits, full-page engraved double-portrait, 257 full-page engraved plates, views and plans of battles and sieges, incl. one double-page bird's eye's view of the fighting region along the Meuse and the Rhine. [8], 466; [4], 493, [15] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Armorial Bindings  Bindings  French  History  Militaria  Spain  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Cows and bulls of Europe View picture(s) 9 BAUDEMENT, Émile. Le races bovines au concours universel agricole de Paris en 1856. Études zootechniques. Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1862 (1864). 2 parts in 1 volume (text and atlas). Oblong folio (ca. 35 x 48 cm). Contemporary green half roan, marbled boards and endpapers. With in total 5 maps with hand-colouring and 87 numbered plates. Text part: [6 = half-title, title, approbation dated 1864], LXXIV, [2] pp; the atlas part with 5 part-titles. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Agriculture & Husbandry  French  Natural History  Zoology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Beautifully illustrated by Georg Paul Busch View picture(s) 10 BELLEGARDE, [Jean Baptiste MORVAN DE]. Les fables d'Esope Phrygien, avec celles de Philelphe. Traduction nouvelle, enrichie de discours moraux &  historiques, & de quatrains à la fin de chaque discours.  On a joint à cette nouvelle traduction les fables diverses de gabrias, d'aviénus, & les contes d'Esope. Amsterdam, Jean Pierre Schmid, 1736. Sm. 8vo. Contemp. calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt, red mottled edges. With richly engraved frontispiece showing Aesop on a raised stage talking to the people surrounding him, including children, and a group of wild and domestic animals standing and lying down below, engraved emblematic device on title, title printed in red and black, full-page engraved plate illustrating Aesop's life in 6 small scenes, and illustrations to 117 fables of Aesop on 59 full-page engraved plates, all engraved by Berolini after beautiful and strong designs by G.P. Busch. 477, (9) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Children's Books  Fable Books  French  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Four rare political tracts View picture(s) 11 BEN SADDI, Nathan (= Robert DODSLEY). Chronique des rois d'Angleterre, ecrite en Anglois selon le stile des anciens historiens Juifs. London (i.e. Amsterdam), Th. Cooper, 1743. 8vo. Contemporary full caf with pasted titles and former shelfmark on spine. Title in red & black with engraved vignette, head- and endpieces. 144 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  French  Militaria  Nobility  Politics  Religion  Royalty  Treatises  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Discussions and critical reviews of 100 books, from the incunabula period till the first quarter of the 18th century by a German philologist View picture(s) 12 BEYER, Augustinus. Memoriae historico-criticae librorum rariorum, accedunt  Evangeli Cosmopolitani notae ad Jo. Burch. Menckenii De charletaneria eruditorum declamationes, in quibus exempla  nonnulla praecipue Hispanorum adferuntur. Dresden & Leipzig, Fred. Hekel. 1734. 8vo. Modern white cloth, red speckled edges. Woodcut vignette on title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces. (16), 301, (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Bibliography  Books about Books  French  Latin  Pamphlets  Satire  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The famous work by Paul-Jérémie Bitaubé View picture(s) 13 BITAUBÉ, [Paul-Jérémie]. Joseph. Quatrième Édition. Paris, Didot l'Aîné, 1786. Contemp. red morocco, spine gilt, with gilt borders on sides, richly gilt inner dentelles, g.e. (DEROME LE JEUNE) With stipple-engraved portrait of the author by C. Cochin, engraved by A. de St. Aubin, and 9 full-page engraved plates by C.P. Marillier, engraved by D. Née. 382, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Children's Books  French  Popular Books  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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All you need to know about Dutch money View picture(s) 14 BIZOT, [Pierre]. Histoire Metallique de La Republique de Hollande. Paris, Daniel Horthemels, 1687. Folio. Contemporary marbled calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt, with red title-label. With large armorial vignet on title, numerous fine engraved armorial or emblematic head- and tail-pieces, often repeated, engraved initials, and numerous engraved illustrations of coins and medals on 12 full-page engraved plates and in text. (14), 317, (1 blank, 16) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  French  Numismatics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Calligraphic ABC Book View picture(s) 15 BLEGNY, Etienne DE. Les Elemens ou Premieres Instructions de la Jeunesse. Paris, Guillaume Cavelier, 1605 (=1705). Contemp. calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt, with red  title-label. With full-page engraved portrait of the author, 40 full-page plates with calligraphic specimen, engraved by C.A. Berey, and one engraved plate with the tables of multiplication. (12), 20, 315, (5) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: ABC Books  Calligraphy  Children's Books  Education  French  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Sixteenth century illustrated French edition of Boccaccio's first work View picture(s) 16 BOCCACCIO. Le Philocope, Contenant l'histoire de Fleury & Blanchefleur, divise en sept livres traduictz d'Italien en Francoys par Adrian Sevin. Paris, Denys Ianot for Iehan André, 24 February 1542. Folio. 18th century calf, spine ribbed and richly gilt, with black title-label, with blindstamped fillet borders on sides, g.e. With woodcut device of Iehan André on title and 36 woodcuts in text within four-part borders of various design, several with a coat-of-arms in the lower border. 6, 174 lvs. Full description >> Related Subjects: 16th Century  French  Illustrated Books  Italy  Literature  Woodcuts  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Luxuriously produced bibliophile edition View picture(s) 17 BOILEAU DESPRÉAUX, Nicolas. Oeuvres. Avec des Éclaircissemens Historiques, donnez par lui-même. Nouvelle Edition revuë, corrigée & augmentée de diverses Remarques. Amsterdam, D. Mortier, 1718. 2 vols. Folio. Contemp. blue morocco, spines ribbed and richly gilt, with gilt borders on sides, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. With richly engraved allegorical frontispiece, including a portrait of the author, engraved vignette with portrait of Erasmus on 2 titles, titles printed in red and black, all text-pages within fine typographical woodcut borders, fine engraved frontispiece and 6 full-page engraved plates to "Le Lutrin", 2 engraved headpieces and 2 engraved initials, and 27 fine engraved tailpieces, some repeated, by Bernard Picart. (4), XVIII, (4), 450; (4), VII, (1), 370, (20) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Bibliophily  Engravings  French  Poetry  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Original edition of Bougainville's voyage around the world View picture(s) 18 BOUGAINVILLE, Louis Antoine de. Voyage autour du Monde par la frégate du Roi "La Boudeuse" et la Flûte "L'Etoile"; en 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769. Paris, Saillant et Nyon, 1771. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, gold-tooled spine. With 20 engraved maps (map 16 in 2 parts) and 3 engraved plates. [8], 417, [3] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Cartography  Circumnavigation  French  Pacific  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Interesting illustrated work on the construction of banks, roads, canals and railways View picture(s) 19 BRUÈRE, René. Traité de consolidation des talus, routes, canaux et chemins de fer. Contenant des explications fort étendues  sur les causes des éboulements, la description des  procédés de consolidation, le prix de revient obtenu  pour 296,000 mètres carrés de talus, et une analyse  des systèmes les plus connus avec un examen des principes.  Précédé d'une préface de A. Perdonnet. Paris & Liège, A. Hennuyer for the Librairie Polytechnique, J. Baudry, 1873. 2 vols.: text-vol. 8vo and atlas-vol. large 8vo. Contemporary half green morocco, spines gilt, marbled endpapers. With numerous illustrations on 25 double-page steel-engraved numbered plates (ca. 20 x 24cm.) by L. Guiguet in atlas-vol. Text vol.: XI, 311 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Engineering  French  Railways  Technics  Technology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Important work on trigonometry View picture(s) 20 CAGNOLI, Antonio. Traité de trigonométrie rectiligne et sphérique, contenant des méthodes et des formules nouvelles, avec des applications à la plupart des problêmes de l'astronomie. Traduite de l'Italien par M. Chompré. Paris, Didot l'ainé, for Didot fils ainé, = Jombert jeune, 1786. 4to. Contemporary full mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco title label with title lettered in gold, red painted edges, marbled endpapers. With 6 folded engraved plates with 93 mathematical figures and 12 folded printed tables (numb. I-IX). (4), XVI, 678 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  French  Geometry  Mathematics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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