Paris: Moutard, Libraire de Madame la Daupine, 1773. Hardcover. Engraved frontispiece, xv, 217p, Engraved frontispiece, 266p, [3]. Modern green library buckram with a gilt decorated spine. Small hole in p217 affecting a few letters and piece missing from the half title, but not affecting the text. Ex library rubber stamp.....
Amsterdam: Jansons A Waesberge, 1726. Hardcover. 537, [14]. Contemporary calf with gilt spine. Tome LXXVIII, Covers January thru April. Spine and boards a little rubbed otherwise internally clean. From the Library of Charles VIscount Bruce of Ampthill with armorial bookplate on the inside front board. 12mo - over 6¾ -.....
Paris: Noel Pissot, 1724. Hardcover. 852p, Two foldout plates. Contemporary calf with a gilt spine. The issue covers the months January through April of 1724 and includes numerous interesting literary and bibliographical reviews. This volume forms a part of the 12mo edition of the Journal published between 1665-1782 in altogether.....
Paris: Nyon Fils, Bobustel, 1751. xxv, [3], 367p, [2]: xxvii, 407p. Contemporary tan calf with gilt spines and gilt ruled boards. Red stained foredges and marbled end papers. An educational tool on eloquence in 18th century France. A fresh clean set in an attractive binding printed on quality paper. Corners.....
Paris: Claudio Molini, 1788. Hardcover. xi, 191p. Contemporary calf with gilt ruled spine. Marbled end papers. Nicely printed by Didot. Spine and edges rubbed and hinged cracked. Internally clean. An acceptable copy. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.
Paris: Charles Moette, 1722. Hardcover. 7 volumes complete. Engraved frontispiece, [20], 4-404p; [6], 680p, [16]; 464p, [4]; 488p; 461, [10]; [4], 555p; [8], 388p, [102]. Contemporary french calf with richly gilt spines and marbled end papers. Red stained fore edges and silk bookmarks. Second edition. First printed in 1685. The.....
Paris: Alexandre Houssiauc, 1855. Hardcover. 20 volumes compete. Contemporary brown half calf over speckled boards with marbled end papers. Nicely illustrated. An early owner inserted and attached on the inside blank a print of Balzac from a newspaper. Headband on one volume a little rubbed and inner hinger on another.....
Rotterdam: Abraham Acher, 1722. Hardcover. 578p, [5]. Contemporary calf with richly gilt spine. Light browning throughout. Boards a little rubbed. Contemporary notations on the inside front board. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.
Paris: Saillant & Nyon, 1771. Hardcover. Frontispiece, v, 101p; 256p, 116p, [2]. Contemporary calf with richly gilt spine, gilt ruled boards and marbleized end papers as well as foredges. Nicely printed on quality paper with wide margins. The section on Aristotle in Greek with parallel translation into French. Hinges cracked.....
Paris: Chez Ruault, 1775. Hardcover. 46p, 132p. Contemporary English calf with gilt ruled spine and marbled end papers. There were five editions printed in 1775 alone, whereof this one in May.Front hinge cracked, but holding firm. Small chip at the head and tips of the boards are slightly bumped. Le.....
Paris: sebastien Jorry, 1765. Soft cover. xii, 13-32p. Loose in contemporary stiff marbled wrappers. LARGE PAPER COPY. Nicely illustrated with a full page engraving and two vignettes. A few scattered marginal spots throughout and soiling to the last leaf. Printed on thick paper. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.....
Paris: Chez Duchesne, 1763. No Binding. 94p. (1). Unbound. A fresh clean copy.A play written by CHARLES COLLE (1709-1783), French songwriter and comic author In 1763 Collé produced at the Theatre Francais Dupuis et Des Ronais in three acts, a successful sentimental comedy. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.....
Oxford: Jacques Fletcher, 1746. Hardcover. [4], 414p. Contemporary burgundy morocco with a richly gilt spine and gilt ruled boards. Marbled end papers and gilt fore edge. Contemporary signature of Mad; de Runge on the inside front blank. Slight bump to the edges and a couple of brown spots on p......
Brie-Comte-Robert: Les Bibliolatres de France, 1946. Hardcover. 94p. Quarter calf over speckled boards with marbleized end papers. A nicely printed edition numbered 2646 specially printed for Lucienne Klein. A little rubbing to the spine otherwise internally a fresh clean copy. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.
Paris: Chez Lefèvre, éditeu, 1843. Hardcover. 504p, [1]. Contemporary black morocco with gilt spine and gilt laurel wreath on the front board. Marbled end papers. Small contemporary bookseller's sticker Chez Chaumas-Gayet, Bordeaux on the inside front marbled end paper. Probably an old school prize binding with the original prize leaf.....
Paris: Frederic Leonard, 1677. Hardcover. 237p, [3]; [12], 214p, [2]. Contemporary vellum over stiff boards with titles lettered on the spine. Second work: Examen de la Liberte Originaire de Venise. Printed at Ratisbonne, 1677. Signature of Henrik Baron Waldbourg 1684 on the title page.Binding a little soiled, but otherwise internally.....
Paris: Chez Pierre Billaine, 1624. Hardcover. 487p. Modern quarter calf over marbleized boards with a gilt ruled spine. The scarce first edition on correspondence and written by the learned French author and dramatist Jean Puget de La Serre (1594-1665) and frequently reprinted. Portions of the margin cut on the title.....
Paris: Debray, 1802. 192p: 198p. Contemporary green morocco with a gilt ruled spine and boards. Silk endpapers and gilt foredge. 2 volumes bound in one. Light scattered marginal foxing in areas. Binding signed Rel. P. Bozerian which is Jean-Claude Bozérian more known as Bozérian the elder, (1762-1840) at the foot.....
Londres: 1785. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 280p: 324p. Contemporary calf with a gilt ruled spine and boards. Burgundy morocco labels on the spines and gilt ruled fore edge. Some light rubbing to the hinges and bumps to the edges otherwise an attractive set nicely printed (probably by Didot). 12mo - over.....
Paris: Michael Bobin & Nicolas Le Gras, 1668. [56], 477p. Contemporary calf with a richly gilt spine with raised bands and six compartments. With 22 full page woodcuts and numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. Rene Descartes (1596-1650) was a French philosopher, scientist and mathematician. He became a favorite of.....
J.P. Meline, 1831. Hardcover. 184p. Contemporary calf with designs in blind on the boards and a gilt spine. Published in the same year as the first edition printed in Paris. A fresh clean copy with light general wear to the binding. Seems to be rather scarce. 12mo - over 6¾.....
Paris: Alphonse Henriot, 1837. Hardcover. 474p. Contemporary polished calf with decor in blind on the boards and gilt decorated spine with a gilt foredge. Includes six full page illustrations and numerous head and tail pieces in the text. Light marginal foxing, but otherwise a fresh clean copy with only some.....
Amsterdam: Pierre Humbery, 1738. Hardcover. Engraved frontispiece, [24], 217p; Engraved frontispiece, 222-548p, [34]. Contemporary calf with richly gilt spines and red stained fore-edge. Barbier I. col1127. J. Henri-Samuel Formey (1711-1797) was Secretary to the Royal Academy of Berlin. Includes remarks on various literary works and their authors by Jacob Le.....
Paris: Laplace, Sanchez et C. Hardcover. xi, 582p, [1]. Contemporary quarter red calf over speckled boards with blue speckled end papers. Gilt decorated spine. Complete with 21 plates whereof one black & white. Written by the French play writer, historian and bibliographer Edouard Fournier (1819-1880). Some light foxing to the.....
Paris: Prault, 1783. No Binding. 144p. unbound. Internally a fresh clean copy. Includes the musical score. A play written by François-Georges Maréchal, Marquis de Bièvre (1747-1789) French Marshal known for his remarkable wit and facetiousness. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.