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Givoy (timothée De) - French Dictionary Of Synonyms. Paris, Chez Saillant, 1768.

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.

Period: 18th century

180 €
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Giujet, Petit De Montempuis - Supplement To The Memoirs Of Sully. 1762.

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[...]

Period: 18th century

120 €
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[douazac - Allamand - Mairault] Collection Of Several Texts From The 18th Century. 1753.

[DOUAZAC - ALLAMAND - MAIRAULT] - Dissertation on subordination, with reflections on exercise and military art. New expanded edition of Critical Letters. Followed by Pensées anti-philosophiques and by[...]

Period: 18th century

180 €
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Daubenton - Memoir On The First Superfine Woolen Cloth Of The Vintage Of France. 1785.

DAUBENTON - Memoir on the first superfine wool cloth of the vintage of France: read at the start of the Royal Academy of Sciences, April 21, 1784. Paris, Associated Booksellers, 1785; in-8, 27 pp., co[...]

Period: 18th century

250 €
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Crebillon (prosper Jolyot De) - Works. London, Se, 1785. 19th Century Binding.

CREBILLON (Prosper Jolyot de) - Works. London, SE, 1785; in-12, 298-316-276 pp., brown half-calf bindings with corners, smooth spines, painted edges. The 3 volumes. Voltaire's great rival. The tragedi[...]

Period: 18th century

100 €
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Basville - Memoirs To Serve The History Of Languedoc. Amsterdam, Chez Pierre Boyer, 1734.

BASVILLE - Memoirs to serve the history of Languedoc. Amsterdam, Chez Pierre Boyer, 1734; in-8, 334 pp., contemporary full calfskin binding, spine decorated with 5 bands, marbled edges, brown title la[...]

Period: 18th century

250 €
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Aquapendente Surgical Works By Hierosme Fabrice d'Aquapendente. Chez Pierre Boyer, 1734.

AQUAPENDENTE (Jérôme Fabrice d') - Surgical works of Hierosme Fabrice d'Aquapendente, famous doctor, surgeon, and anatomical professor at the famous University of Padua. Divided into two parts, the fi[...]

Period: 18th century

500 €
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Anonymous - Almanac Of Versailles, Year 1779. At Blaizot, Valade And Deschamps.

ANONYMOUS - Almanac of Versailles, year 1779. Containing the description of the city, the castle, the park, the king's house, those of the queen and the royal family, the offices of the ministers, the[...]

Period: 18th century

200 €
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Book New Perfect Marshal Horses By Garsault Paris 1755 3rd Ed. XVIIIth

Livre intitulé "Le Nouveau Parfait Maréchal ou la Connoissance Générale et Universelle du Cheval divisé en sept traités", par A. de Garsault*, ci-devant Capitaine en Survivance au Haras du Roi, troi[...]

Period: 18th century

500 €
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Extraordinary Miniature Booklet S. XVIII Or Debut XIX. Binding In Tafilet And Engravings

EXTRAORDINARY MINIATURE BOOKLET S. XVIII or BEGINNING XIX. BINDING IN TAFILET AND ENGRAVINGS. 64 PAGES. REALLY INCREDIBLE SIZE 28 MM. GREAT TYPOGRAPHIC QUALITY AND ENGRAVINGS, GOLD CUTS AND BINDING WI[...]

Period: 18th century

500 €

1749 Bajocense Processional. Albert De Luynes

Antiphonary.1749. Bajocense Processional. DD Pauli by Albert de Luynes. JB Coignard and Antonium Boudet. In-8. Leather binding

Period: 18th century

320 €

History Of Montdidier. 1765

"Civil, ecclesiastical and literary history of the town and deanery of Montdidier, with supporting documents." by Father Daire of the Academy of Rouen. Printed in Amiens. 1765 François Bookseller, Gan[...]

Period: 18th century

450 €

1788- By Rollin: Ancient History Of The Egyptians, Cartaginese, Assyrians, Babylonians ....etc..

I offer you these 8 incomplete volumes, in average condition.

Period: 18th century

230 €

Alexis Or The Cottage In The Woods-1793- By Ducray Duminil

Three out of four volumes of this manuscript found on the banks of the Isère. Third edition.

Period: 18th century

170 €

Old Books, History Of The Prince Of Savoy, 5 Volumes 1765.

History of Prince Francis Eugene of Savoy, Generalissimo of the armies of the Emperor and the Empire, enriched with figures in intaglio by Mauvillon, in Vienna in Austria, at Briffaut's, 1765. lack of[...]

Period: 18th century

130 €

[bindings To Arms] Bernard - News From The Republic Of Letters. 1706.

BERNARD (Jaques / Jacques). News from the Republic of Letters - May 1702 - July 1702 - September 1706 - December 1706 - January 1707 - March 1707 - January 1708 - March 1708 - September 1708 - Novembe[...]

Period: 18th century

400 €

New Christmases 1735 New Edition

New Christmases on Old Christmas carols by Father Pellegrin In one volume, written in French New Edition, First volume A Paris 1735 Full leather binding, side with 5 gilded bands Note: the covers [...]

Period: 18th century

200 €

Epic Poems By M. Ferrand 1762

Free Pieces by M. Ferrand and Poems by some authors on various subjects London 1762 Note: the bottom of the pages has been restored In waiting cover

Period: 18th century

70 €

Ordinance Of Louis XIV On Waters And Forests Paris 1733

Ordinance of Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre, on the Waters and Forests New edition in Paris 1733, written in French, 745 pages Full leather binding Back with gilded decoration The upper cov[...]

Period: 18th century

100 €

[italia Roma Arquitetura] Palladio (andré) - The Baths Of The Romans. 1785.

PALLADIO (André) - BERTOTTI SCAMOZZI (Octave, observations by). The Baths of the Romans drawn [sic] by André Palladio and republished with some observations by Octave Bertotti Scamozzi from the copy o[...]

Period: 18th century

1 800 €

William Roscoe. Laurent The Magnificent An VIII Medicis Florence XVIII Old Book

Paris & Strasbourg, Treuttel et Würtz, An VIII. 13x20 cm. Ouvrage en 2 volumes. 487 et 578 pages. Reliures de l'époque en demi-basane à petits coins. Dos lisses ornés de bandes dorées. Titre sur pièce[...]

Period: 18th century

240 €

Large Mass Antiphonary Of 260 Pages, Dated 1736

The antiphonary is a Catholic liturgical book. This collection of Gregorian chants was used for the office but also for mass. It is recognized in particular by its square neumatic notation characteris[...]

Period: 18th century

18 000 €

Minutes Of The National Assembly April 1 To May 15, 1791

Set of 43 minutes of the National Assembly, from Friday April 1 to Sunday May 15, 1791. Gathered in a very beautiful period binding. In 8 °.

Period: 18th century

250 €

The Black Gazette By A Man Who Is Not White, Theveneau De Morande 1784

First edition (1784) of this violent pamphlet, a real 18th century Satyricon, forming a very rare collection, printed in London and secretly distributed in France. Coming after the publication of the [...]

Period: 18th century

280 €

Royalism. Bust For Seal, And Autograph Document Of Louis XVI. Dated 1787

Royalism. Bust For Seal, And Autograph Document Of Louis XVI. Dated 1787

Period: 18th century

1 200 €

Almanach Des Muses 1775

Almanach des Muses 1775 Collection of poetry The back and the 2 covers are full marbled leather Period binding

Period: 18th century

100 €

Jean De La Fontaine - Antique Books

A Paris, chez Desaint & Saillant, Durand, 1755-1759. 4 volumes in-folio (44,5 x 29 cm). Plein maroquin bordeaux de la première moitié du 20ème siècle, triple filet doré encadrant les plats, fleurons [...]

Period: 18th century

12 000 €

Brisson Raised Dictionary Of Physics 1781 First Edition

Brisson Raised Dictionary of Physics 1781 first edition Raised Dictionary of Physics Mathurin Jacques Brisson Leboucher & Lamy edition 1781 in 2 volumes and 1 atlas including 90 plates. 708 pages for [...]

Period: 18th century

780 €

Works Of Molière - Old Books

Works by Molière. New edition. Paris, Pierre Prault's printing press, 1734. 6 in-4 volumes (27.5 x 20.7 cm). Full dark green morocco, triple gilded fillet in the frame and gilded fleuron at the angles[...]

Period: 18th century

6 500 €
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Dilange - General Customs Of The City Of Metz And Pays Messin. 1730. At Brice Antoine.

DILANGE - General customs of the city of Metz and Metz country, then corrected by the Resolutions of the Three States of the said City, in the years 1616. 1617 & 1618. With the Verbal correction proce[...]

Period: 18th century

1 000 €
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[louis XIV Versailles] Memoirs + Letters Madame De Maintenon. 16/16.

La BEAUMELLE (Laurent ANGLIVIEL de) - [MAINTENON (Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de) - Le VALOIS de VILETTE de MURSAY (Marthe-Marguerite, Marquise de CAYLUS)] - VOLTAIRE (François-Marie AROUET, dit, no[...]

Period: 18th century

800 €

Collection Of Edicts, Declarations, Arrests And Regulations Concerning La Ferme Du Tabac De Lorraine

ANONYMOUS - Collection of edicts, declarations, arrests and regulations concerning the Lorraine & Barrois tobacco farm. Nancy, Chez Lesure & Drouin, 1752; in-4, about 500 pp., full contemporary calfsk[...]

Period: 18th century

850 €
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[italia Roma Binding With Arms In-4] Bower - Histoire Universelle. 1748.

[collective, including:] BOWER (Archibald). Universal history since the beginning of the world. In Amsterdam and Leipzig, at Arkstée and Merkus, 1748. A strong theft. in the format in-4 (259 x 204 mm)[...]

Period: 18th century

420 €

Winckelmann - Art History Of Antiquity. Printed In 1782, Period Binding.

WINCKELMANN (Johann-Joachim) - History of the art of antiquity. Leipzig, At the author and at Jean Gottl. Imman. Breitkopf, 1782; in-4, CLXXXVIII + 212 +376 + 366 pp., full binding in period speckled [...]

Period: 18th century

1 200 €
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Extremely Rare Freemason Work Printed In 60 Copies And Printed In 1788.

WIMPFEN (Félix de) - The Manual of Xéfolius. Sl, Au Grand Orient, 1788; in-8, IV + 331 pp + errata, full 20th century brown morocco binding pastiche of a period binding, spine with five nerves decorat[...]

Period: 18th century

1 200 €
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Voltaire - Portable Philosophical Dictionary, And Treatise On Tolerance In Original Edition

VOLTAIRE (François-Marie Arouet) - Portable philosophical dictionary. Follow-up to Treaty on Tolerance. London, se, 1763; in-8, IV (table), 344 pp., IV (table), 183 pp., period full marbled calf bindi[...]

Period: 18th century

4 500 €
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Vaugondy (robert De) - Pocket Atlas Very Small In-12 And Printed In 1750.

VAUGONDY (Robert de) - Atlas. Paris, At the author, 1750; in-12, 17 cards mounted on tabs and some of which are colored and unfolding, vintage cardboard, smooth spine. Maps: world map (with a piece of[...]

Period: 18th century

450 €
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Uturbie De Rogicourt - The Little Gunner's Manual. 1785

[URTUBIE DE ROGICOURT ((Théodore-Bernard-Simon Durtubisse, dit d ')])] - The small manual of the artilleryman or instruction by requests & answers on several objects of the artillery, for the use of t[...]

Period: 18th century

300 €
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Turpin De CrissÉ - Comments On The Memoirs Of Montecuculi. On The Artillery, 1769.

TURPIN DE CRISSÉ (Lancelot) - Comments on the memoirs of Montecuculi Generalissimo of the armies and Grand Master of the artillery of the Emperor; by Count Turpin de Crissé, Marshal of the King's Camp[...]

Period: 18th century

1 300 €
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Tott - Memoirs Of Baron De Tott On The Turks And The Tartars. 1785, 3 Volumes.

TOTT - Memoirs of Baron de Tott on the Turks and the Tartars. Amsterdam, se, 1785; in-12, preface + 187 + 286 + 248 pp., full-calf period binding, ribbed spine, first covers stamped in gold with a dra[...]

Period: 18th century

300 €
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Sionville (prosper De) - Military Works. Printed In Charleville By Pierre Thesin.

SIONVILLE (Prosper de) - Military works dedicated to his highness, the prince of Bouillon, son of his serene highness, the prince of Turenne. Charleville, Pierre Thesin, 1756; in-12, XXIX-285 + 304 + [...]

Period: 18th century

1 200 €
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Sillery - Religion Considered As The Sole Basis For Happiness. 1787.

SILLERY (Mme la marquise de) - Religion considered as the sole basis of happiness and true philosophy. Orleans, From the printing press of Couret de Villeneuve, 1787; in-8, X + 415 pp + LXXXII pages o[...]

Period: 18th century

300 €
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Sanson - Introduction To Geography. Sieur Robert, 1704.

SANSON - Introduction to geography in several maps with their explanation. Paris, Chez le Sr Robert, 1704; in-4, epistle and preface, 139 pp., period full calfskin binding, spine decorated with 5 nerv[...]

Period: 18th century

4 500 €
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Royaumont (de) - History Of The Old And The New Testament. Around 1700, Numerous Engravings.

ROYAUMONT (de) - History of the old and the new testament, with figures and edifying explanations, taken from the Holy Fathers, to regulate customs in all kinds of conditions. sl, S. e., circa 1700; i[...]

Period: 18th century

200 €
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Portal - Medical Book On Rabies. 1780.

PORTAL - Observations on the nature and on the treatment of rabies, followed by a historical & critical summary of the various remedies which have hitherto been employed against this disease. Yverdon [...]

Period: 18th century

200 €
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PhÈdre Et SÉnÈque- Fables In A Binding With Arms Of Pavé De Vandoeuvre. 1779.

PHAEDRA, SENECUS - Phaedri fabulae and Publii syri sententiae. Paris, Ex Typographiae Regia, 1779; in-12, 86 pp., red half-calf binding with corners, spine with four nerves, covers with the coat of ar[...]

Period: 18th century

200 €
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[pauw (cornelius De)] - Philosophical Researches On The Egyptians And The Chinese. 1773.

[PAUW (Cornelius de)] - Philosophical research on the Egyptians and the Chinese. Berlin, Se (Descker?), 1773; in-12, XVI-376 + 374 pp., contemporary full calfskin binding, spine decorated with five ne[...]

Period: 18th century

320 €
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Mercier (louis-sebastien) - The Destruction Of The League Or The Reduction Of Paris. 1782.

MERCIER (Louis-Sébastien) - The Destruction of the League or the Reduction of Paris, national play in four acts. Amsterdam, se, 1782; in-8, XLIV + 209 pp., period full calfskin binding, ornate smooth [...]

Period: 18th century

220 €
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Mayer - Travel In Switzerland. Printed In 1786.

MAYER - Voyage of M. de Mayer in Switzerland in 1784 or historical, civil, political and physical picture of Switzerland. Paris, Leroy, 1786; in-8, XVI-346 + VIII-358 pp., half-brown calf binding, smo[...]

Period: 18th century

450 €
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Maupertuis - Physical Venus. 1751. Book On Reproduction, Monsters, Albinos ...

MAUPERTUIS (Pierre Louis Moreau de) - Physical Venus. sl, se, 1751; in-12, 240 pp., period full calfskin binding, ornate smooth spine, edges painted red. Sixth revised and enlarged edition. Pierre Lou[...]

Period: 18th century

300 €
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Massuet (pierre) - Continuation Of The Science Of People Of Court, Of Sword And Robe. 1752.

MASSUET (Pierre) - Continuation of the Science of court, sword and robe people. Containing the elements of modern philosophy, pneumatics, metaphysics, experimental physics, the world system, following[...]

Period: 18th century

280 €
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Book In Latin From 1742. Rare Book In Latin Identifying The Plants Of Alsace. 7 Plates.

MAPPI (Marci), EHRMANNI (Johannis-Christiani) - Historia plantarum alsaticum. Strasbourg and Amsterdam, Dulseckeri and Mortier, 1742; in-4, XII, 335pp. and table, full marbled calfskin binding, spine [...]

Period: 18th century

1 800 €
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Lemery (nicolas) - Universal Pharmacopoeia. Printed In 1763.

LEMERY (Nicolas) - Universal pharmacopoeia, containing all the pharmacy compositions which are in use in medicine, both in France and throughout Europe; their virtues, their doses, the simplest & best[...]

Period: 18th century

1 200 €
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Lacombe - Chronological Summary Of The History Of The North. Printed By Herissant In 1762.

LACOMBE - Chronological summary of the history of the North or of the states of Dannemarc, Russia, Sweden, Poland, Prussia, Courland, etc, etc…. Paris, Jean-Thomas Herissant, 1762; in-12, VIII-656 pp.[...]

Period: 18th century

350 €
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l'Hospital - Analysis Of The Infinitely Small, For The Intelligence Of Curved Lines. 1781.

HOSPITAL (Guillaume François marquis de) - Analysis of the infinitely small, for the intelligence of curved lines. Paris, Chez Jombert, 1781; in-4, XX + 234 pp + 11 folding plates, full binding in per[...]

Period: 18th century

850 €
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Justin - Historiarum Ex Trogo Pompeio. Printed In Rouen In 1758.

JUSTIN - Historiarum ex trogo Pompeio Libri XLIV. Rotomagni (Rouen), Chez Nicolas Lallemant, 1758; in-12, preface, 384 pp., contemporary full vellum binding, smooth spine. Latin impression of Rouen by[...]

Period: 18th century

280 €
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Jousse - The Art Of Carpentry. Printed In Paris, Chez Charles-antoine Jombert, In 1751.

JOUSSE (Mathurin) - The Art of Carpentry. Paris, Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1751; folio, warning + table of contents + 212 pp., full binding in period speckled calfskin, spine with nerves decorated[...]

Period: 18th century

1 500 €
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Miniature Almanac

Miniature revolutionary almanac. Period green morocco Embellished with 12 engravings

Period: 18th century

520 €

Gresset - Works. London, Edouard Kermaleck, 1772.

GRESSET - Works. London, Edouard Kermaleck, 1772; in-12, XII-260 + 264 pp., period full calfskin bindings, ornate smooth spine (caps in fair condition). The 2 volumes. Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, bor[...]

Period: 18th century

120 €
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L 'antropologie Metaphysical Treatise By The Marquis De Gorini Corio. 1761.

GORINI CORIO (Joseph marquis de) - L'Antropologie metaphysical treatise by Monsieur le marquis de Gorini Corio. sl, Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1761; in-4, frontispiece, XVI-431 pp., period full calfskin bi[...]

Period: 18th century

600 €
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