A rare and beautiful 18th-century (circa 1770) blown white glass flask, likely from an alchemist's laboratory. This perfectly preserved piece, with its domed base (known as a "false bottom"), is a wor[...]
This cane, disproportionately long (111 cm), was not, it would seem, made for a giant, but simply for parading along the paths of a park or in a café, the index finger casually resting on the top of t[...]
A beautifully illustrated quarto volume bound in full blond calf, spine with raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons in the compartments, red morocco title, boards with double fillet borders, rich i[...]
We present this silver attendance token, in mint condition, from the Louis XVI period. Royal Academy of Sciences, 1775. Weight 7.55 g. Shipping extra (E26).
A rare find! A new history of all the peoples of the world, or History of Men in Paris, 1779 for volume 1 and 1781 for volume 52. 52 VOLUMES - COMPLETE COLLECTION!!! Each volume measures 10x17cm. The [...]
Paesina stone plaque applied to slate in an original frame, Louis XVI period, second half of the 18th century."Paesina stone" is a particular variety of Alberese limestone, found in the Florence area,[...]
Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Richardson. Translated by Abbé Prévost, author of Manon Lescaut. Perhaps this translation inspired the dear abbé for his heroine, Manon Lescaut, who follows a path diamet[...]
This beautiful edition of Vauvenargues' Complete Works, revised and augmented from manuscripts provided by his family, is quite rare; accompanied by notes and concluding with an analytical table of co[...]
An 18-karat gold snuffbox. It is octagonal in shape. It is entirely enameled on a guilloché background. It opens on a hinge. The lid features the words "Souvenir d'Amitié" (Souvenir of Friendship) in [...]
Large pewter Ferriere or chilling bottle with circular decoration on a pedestal base; the screw-on stopper has a ring, and it has its original wrought-iron handle. Toulouse region, late 18th century. [...]
Made of light walnut, bearing the initials of the journeyman L-J, with a red copper needle. A simple and effective instrument, a beautiful display piece, functional.
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, Volumes V, VI, VII, and VIII, 1768. The life of Henry IV's closest advisor. Maximilien de Béthune, born in 1559 and died in 1641, was a statesman and S[...]
Course in Fine Literature Distributed by Exercises, Volume Two, 1748, by Charles Batteux. What if you could learn the basics of literature during the reign of Louis XV? Written by Charles Batteux and [...]
Dish decorated with flowers and birds - provincial work, second half of the 18th century - with the initials F.H and a coat of arms. Scratches, minor deformations.
A very fine and uncommon copy in two quarto volumes, bound in full mottled calf with raised bands, decorated with gilt tooling in the compartments, red morocco titles and volume numbers, marbled endpa[...]
A very rare and antique folk art hair frame from the late 18th or early 19th century. A braided blonde lock of hair is set within a frame carved directly into the wood. In good condition with a slight[...]
Antique goblet in deep cobalt blue glass, barrel-shaped, decorated with very fine applied lines, the rim edged with white glass. Thick, slightly inward-curving base with some irregularities and air bu[...]
Harp by the maker Wolter, circa 1780, in its original condition. It has all its pedals, is missing some strings, but retains its beautiful original polychromy. Stamped.
In its fresh, raw green vellum (pigskin) binding, quarto format, raised bands on the spine, garnet morocco title, red edges, this important composite collection of documents relating to the trial of P[...]
An exceptional walking stick with a special mechanism, from the former collection of Madeleine Gely, in Paris. This walking stick is the one Madeleine Gely loaned for photography and description in Ca[...]
Two cylindrical blue transparent glass jars.Produced in the Languedoc region, more precisely in the Forest of Grésigne.No defects, interior clean.Related model, Diant Collection, p12, no13.Similar mod[...]
A rare and charming find, this pretty box with a sliding lid from the Queyras region, carved from fir with rosettes and a grid pattern, opens to reveal six compartments. A quintessential piece of folk[...]
A sturdy suspended balance beam (I don't have pans), good size, made from thick wrought iron, dating from late 18th century. Dimensions: 68cm x 45cm. Weight: 2.8kg. The remarkable feature of this oth[...]
A meat fork...For the roaster or griller...It was used alone, for turning the meat...Or for removing it from the grill...Wrought iron...18th century...With the patina of age...Otherwise in good condit[...]
A wax seal bearing at one end the coat of arms of Denis François Regnard, director of the king's domains, bishopric of Dol-de-Bretagne and Saint-Malo, and at the other a maverick, very likely silver b[...]
"On the Prussian Monarchy, under Frederick the Great"; With an appendix, Containing research on the current situation of the principal regions of Germany. By the Count of Mirabeau. 4 Volumes in Quarto[...]
Large Dutch candlestick, made from folded and rolled brass, decorated with engraving and repoussé work, a 17th-century model documented in historical records. This candlestick is larger than other ear[...]
A thirty-seven-string, seven-pedal harp in delicately carved maple and spruce, signed "Rémi, Rue Tiquetone, Paris" on the soundboard. Louis XVI period, 18th century. The column is carved with geometri[...]
Almanac of Shows for the year 1791. In 18, full red morocco binding. Covers embroidered with a triple gold fillet, flowers in the corners, gilt edges. Title page missing.
Beautiful late 18th century brass sundial with the symbol of passing time and death. Engraved with an hourglass (time) and a scythe (Death) and the legend "The hour pasesSoliel" engraved with a gnomon[...]
Tortoiseshell cartouche-shape snuffbox piqué in silver and mother-of-pearl with the well-known Seesaw scene from Fragonard, and silver decoration all-round the scene. The internal and external hinge [...]
A rare and illustrated treatise by Abbé de Bertholon in two volumes, bound in mottled calfskin, octavo format, illustrated with 7 engraved plates. Printed in Paris by Croulbois, rue des Mathurins, and[...]
Revolutionary brass seal of the Rocroi Correctional Court, First Republic period. This seal depicts a standing woman holding in one hand a pike surmounted by a Phrygian cap, or Liberty cap, and in the[...]
Set of three green glass bottles. Dating: 18th/19th century. Dimensions: 25.5-26.5 cm. Condition: very good, original condition. One still has a label.
Miniature architectural element after the 'Loggia deI Lanzi' in Florence. Rare small model in painted wood and stucco with its original patina (with damage and wear). Italian work, late 18th or early [...]
A true curiosity, this charming little miniature book, beautifully bound in full tan morocco with a smooth spine decorated with scattered flowers and ermine blossoms, red morocco title, lace-trimmed b[...]
Blue-tinted blown glass purrón with a pear-shaped body resting on a slightly concave base. The vessel has a long, tapered spout, drawn while hot, set at a steep angle, as well as an oblique, twisted, [...]
Large armillary sphere of Ptolemaic type attributable to Dealamarche, sold as is. Small paper missing on the equatorial circle, and the earth is made of wood.
It's hard to imagine today the importance of Easter celebrations in the 18th century. Indeed, this central culmination of the Christian liturgy unfolded through a succession of services extending day [...]
An exceptional oval 18-carat gold snuff box, finely crafted and richly enamelled, representing the highest achievements of Parisian goldsmithing in the last quarter of the 18th century. The lid is cen[...]
Two fragments of antique fabric with floral and plant motifs, dating from the 18th or early 19th century, presented in oval giltwood frames with their original glass panes. Dimensions: height 30 cm - [...]
Incredible box containing 5 drawers filled with medical curiosities: bezoars, calculi, etc. 18th century. The box itself appears to be from the 19th century.
Placard, very interesting judgment concerning Monsieur Lalanne, immigrant, rendered by the Military Criminal Court of the Army sitting in Pau in 1792, which sentenced him to death. Dimensions 55 cm x [...]
Placard of Brigadier General Castellanne, Prefect of the Department of Basses-Pyrénées, prohibiting all foreign and French goods and persons from entering the territory of the French Republic. Dated 2[...]
Poster of Monestier du Puy-de-Dôme, representative of the people in the departments of Hautes-Pyrénées and Basses-Pyrénées, for the establishment of the Revolutionary Government. Given on 20 Germinal,[...]
Placard issued by the People's Representative Monestier to the Western Army, captured at Bayonne on 7 Nivôse 1792, concerning arrests and confinement, and the establishment of lists against them. Plac[...]
A rare, and possibly unique, French eighteenth-century double-ended combination patch box and snuff box/bonbonniere, of oval cylindrical form, the body and interior of silver, the inside of the lid of[...]
NOTE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION REASSURING THE POPULATION ABOUT THE DISTURBANCES IN PARIS ON 27 THERMIDOR YEAR VII PERSONAL COLLECTION NO. 10. CUPBOARD OF 48 CM X 36 CM.
A masterpiece engraved with coats of arms, quarto format, in a contemporary half-bound dark blue binding. A rare work that gathers and disseminates, in a late 18th-century edition, the famous series o[...]
RARE PLACARD DECREE STATING THAT THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE JUST PUNISHMENT OF THE LAST KING OF THE FRENCH WILL BE CELEBRATED BY ALL THE COMMUNES OF THE REPUBLIC AND BY THE ARMIES, ON JANUARY 13, 1796. TH[...]
A rare porcelain snuffbox from the Berlin Manufactory, dating back to the third quarter of the 18th century. The snuffbox is embellished with miniatures on all sides and inside. The most valuable mini[...]
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