Small bronze with medal patina representing a picker carrying a hood on his back and holding a basket full of grapes on his arm. The matches were contained in the hood and were rubbed against the bask[...]
Pretty ebony wand with silver pommel and end finely chiseled with characters in a landscape, dragon and clouds. Good general condition, small crack and shock visible on photos. China, 19th century per[...]
Dinanderie Brass Large Jardinière / Log / Peat bin.
Stamped with the quality mark for Ville De Dinant.
In fantastic condition.
Beautifully embossed with flowers and leaves.
With two lion head hand[...]
Heavy and one-piece bronze smoker's kit with Italian Renaissance style medal patina.
Period: XIX th Napoleon III around 1860-1880
It is decorated with mascaron in the heads of devil and love embel[...]
Beautiful sculpture probably from Mali. Representing a maternity ward. Glued base. See photos. Good condition. Wear at the end of the feet. height .. 27 cm
Beautiful large bistro board game, folding backgamon with 2 jans in satin mahogany veneer with boxwood fillets on all exterior sides, front and bottom decorated with a superb polychrome advertising ma[...]
MANSUET LE JEUNE - Critical and apologetic history of the order of the knights of the temple of Jerusalem, known as templars. Paris, Chez Guillot, 1789; in-4, color frontispiece, XV, a fold-out map re[...]
MAILLART (Adrien) - General customs of Artois with notes. Paris, Chez Nicolas Gosselin and Jacques Quillau, 1704; in-4, XII-1016 pp., contemporary full calfskin binding, spine decorated with 5 bands, [...]
Abbé Prevost “Manon Lescaut”
Numerous illustrations by Maurice Leloir (including twelve etchings)
Text illustrated with 225 compositions
A large In-Folio volume (33 X 23 cm)
Paperback Navy blue [...]
Harp XVIIIth Century Jean-Henri Naderman from 1783.
Naderman moved to Paris in 1762. In the service of Queen Marie-Antoinette, he made and perfected the queen's harps when she arrived in France. He h[...]
Huge copper pitcher, hammer-mounted, dovetailed, in the shape of a large bulbous pear, concave hammered underside, body decorated on centre of a prestigious coat of arms surmounted by a helmet: chevro[...]
Epreuve originale gravée de 1650. Mariette et Collignon auteurs.
Très bon état.
Format feuille : 83,5 x 29 cm.
Format gravure : 81,5 x 20,5 cm.
Original antique engraving of 1650.
L’une des plus [...]
[MCDSPDL & ARRAS LITERARY SOCIETY] - History of the city of Lille, from its foundation until the year 1434. Followed by Observations on the history of Lille. Paris / Avignon, Chez Panckoucke and Chez [...]
LLOYD (Henry) - Mémoires militaires et politiques du général Lloyd. Servant d'introduction à l'histoire de la guerre en Allemagne en 1756, entre le roi de Prusse et l'impératrice Reine avec ses alliés[...]
Chinese Basket In Red Lacquer
Very large basket late 19th century early 20th century
The lid converts into a cup
Some wear of time and small accidents on the border
Free and insured shipping in [...]
Superb French figurative corkscrew representing a revolver made around 1900 by Guinot.
The square wick is signed by Guinot. Manufacture of very good quality.
It still has a large part of its patina [...]
RELIGIOUS BOOK - Petites Heures des Dames containing the Mass in Latin and French, the Office for Sundays and the main feasts of the year decorated with portraits of the most celebrated saints and 8 p[...]
LIGER (Louis) - The new rustic house or rural, practical and general economy of all country goods. Paris, Chez Mérigot, 1790; in-4, XVI, 847 and 856 pp. and table of contents, contemporary full marble[...]
Beautiful marine box in mahogany and brass reinforcements The recessed handles are in brass Two scratches from use on the top of the box (photo 11) Has its working key
18th century copper daubière. The assembly is old, with slots, or dovetail, visible in the photos. The handles are wrought iron. The interior is tinned. Rolled edge lid with interior also tinned. The [...]
LEMONTEY (Pierre-Édouard) - Reason, madness, a little lesson in morality made available to old children; followed by Observateurs de la femme, augmented by a few dissertations that were more or less p[...]
Terracotta opium pipe scabbard, mid-19th century, Kachin province, Burma.
trace of wear on the edge of the sheath due to use. length 7.5 cm wide 3.5 cm height 3.5 cm.
Collected by me in 1990.
Exceptional basket woven in vegetable fibres, of Chinese origin! Complete with its lid. Remarkable quality of work! In his juice ! In very good condition! Early 19th century! Food basket to go to the [...]
LEMNIUS (Levinus) - From termino vitae. Amsterdam, Davidis Lopes de Haro, 1638; in-12, XXII-143 pp., contemporary full vellum binding, smooth spine. Levinus Lemnius is an esoteric author of Dutch orig[...]
Beautiful and large statue of an ancestor for LUMBU ritual use from Gabon measuring 54cm high, it was made of soft wood and had been coated with reddish paint, black for the hat and white for the tors[...]
EMPIRE JUMPER TO PULL XIXth. Large and exceptional empire rider in boiled cardboard mounted on a wheeled wooden board. This toy intended to be pulled by the child is in remarkable condition for its ag[...]
JOUET FRANCAIS CARRIOLE Beautiful horse-drawn carriage made by JOUET FRANCAIS around 1880 - 1900. Original paintwork in very good used condition. 40 cm in length with the horse, 30 cm without the hors[...]
L'EMERY (Nicolas) - Chemistry course containing the manner of performing the operations which are customary in medicine, by an easy method with reasonings on each operation, for the instruction of tho[...]
HERMENEGILDO DE LAS TORRES (Don Tomas) - Cuentos on verso castellano. Madrid, se, 1821; in-12, 106 pp. + bookseller's catalogue, contemporary full calfskin binding, decorated smooth spine, painted edg[...]
Beautiful ribbon loom, quite complete with its counterweight brass combs, its controls, wooden pulleys under top, a beautiful early 19th century model, good quality of solid cabinetwork, and a choice [...]
Very beautiful and heavy casket from India, high quality bronze work, decorated on top with a medallion adorned with a lotus.
The whole object is covered with finely engraved lotus leaf friezes.
Dat[...]
very beautiful blacksmith work for this large double-sided ironworker wall sign from the mid-20th century, decorated with scrolls and fleur-de-lys length: 113 cm, width: 73 cm, height: 65 cm, weight a[...]
Superb small circular perpetual calendar from the 19th century, made of very finely worked and chiseled brass.
** Presented as a pendant or charm **
Diameter: 1.9 cm / Height with bail: 2.3 cm / Wei[...]
GUYS - Literary journey of Greece or letters on the ancient and modern Greeks with a parallel of their customs. Paris, Chez la widow Duchesne, 1776; in-8, IV-540 + 560 pp., contemporary full marbled c[...]
GIVOY (Timothée de) - French dictionary of synonyms. Paris, Chez Saillant, 1768; in-12, XII-524 pp., period full marbled calfskin binding, spine decorated with 5 raised bands, edges painted red.
Very rare glass in blown glass and engraved on the one hand with the coat of arms of Russia with the double-headed eagle in a cartouche in the form of a coat of arms interlaced in a second coat of arm[...]
GIUJET, PETIT DE MONTEMPUIS - Supplement to the memoirs of Sully. New edition, considerably enlarged. Amsterdam, Chez Benjamin Paff, 1762; in-12, frontispiece, VI-234 pp., full contemporary marbled ca[...]
SMALL CASSEROLE WITH BRAND BOTTOM: GEORG JENSEN STAINLESS MADE IN DENMARK TOTAL LENGTH 15.5CM DIAMETER 8CM HEIGHT 4.5CM IN STAINLESS STEEL WOODEN HANDLE WITH ITS WOODEN BOTTOM CASSEROLE OR MILK JUG FR[...]
I offer you this inexhaustible source of culture in 7 volumes plus its supplement. Countless engravings in plates or vignettes in the text. Color plates for maps etc... In-4 format.
Impressionnant par sa taille, ce spécimens de mâchoire de mammouth laineux comporte la présence de deux molaires , caractérisées par les typiques lamelles qui permettaient à ce représentant de la méga[...]
Roger PILLET, volume "Love orations" illustrated with drypoints by PaulEmile BECAT, ed. Les Heures Claires 1957. one volume, red leather binding with small irons under casing, EO, copy on Rives, copy [...]
Magnificent bowl of petrified wood on a base. Estimated period: Neogene - Miocene (20.44-23.03 million years ago. Petrified wood is a mineralized piece of a fallen tree covered with a layer of soil or[...]
A tribute to the Dutch vanities of the 17th century, this larger-than-life skull is disturbingly realistic. However, it has nothing of the lightness of an authentic skull since it is carved in marbl[...]
Woman's necklace in fine copper bell, Kayah ethnic group, Kayah province, East Burma, 20th century.
Collected by me in 1999.
Length 60 cm, diameter of all the bells 2 cm
Finely carved water buffalo skull decorated with a central medallion of flowers. The horns are detached for easy transport and can be repositioned very easily. A cord on the back of the skull for wall[...]
This albumen print was taken by New Zealand photographer Arthur James Iles in Rotorua at the turn of the 20th century. A professional photographer active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Ile[...]
Unusual pair of wooden bracelets for the game of "pallone col bracciale", games very popular in Italy between the 16th century and the beginning of the 20th century. This rather large model comes with[...]
DUFOUR DE PRADT (Dominique Frédéric) - History of the Embassy in the Grand Duchy of Warsaw in 1812. Paris, Chez Pillet, 1815; in-8, XXII-239 pp., half-calf binding, decorated smooth spine, marbled edg[...]
Aerosol machine of Italian production,
50s of the twentieth century.
Prosit inhaler produced by the Valenti Milano company
in excellent condition, probably never used,
with original box (not perfe[...]
Defense cane with double system:
- beautiful handle in leaded bronze representing a woman's head
- sword with hilt signed "TOLEDO"
Burled wooden shaft.
Dimensions: length of 90.5 cm.
Databl[...]
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