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18th Century


Buc'hoz (pierre-joseph) - Mineralogical And Hydrological Dictionary. Volland And Royez, 1785.

[BUC'HOZ (Pierre-Joseph)] - Mineralogical and hydrological dictionary, containing 1) the description of mines, fossils, fluorines, crystals, earth, sand & pebbles, the art of exploiting mines, smeltin[...]

Period: 18th century

750 €
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[buc'hoz (pierre-joseph)] - Dictionary Of Mineral Waters. 2 Volumes, 1775, Period Bound.

[BUC'HOZ (Pierre-Joseph)] - Dictionary of mineral waters containing their natural history; general observations & particular notices on different fountains; a hydrological biography; different methods[...]

Period: 18th century

750 €
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The Henriade Where Are Attached The Poems On The Battle Of Fontenoy By Mr. De Voltaire 1748

Beautiful copy of LA HENRIADE where the Poems on the DEFONTENOY battle and THE EPISTLE to her Highness Madam the Duchess DU MAINE are attached to that of LAUFELDT won by Louis XV, on May 11, 1745 and [...]

Period: 18th century

550 €

Buc'hoz (pierre-joseph) - Periodical Letters On The Method Of Getting Rich Quickly. 1759.

[BUC'HOZ (Pierre-Joseph)] - Periodical letters on the method of getting rich quickly and maintaining your health by growing plants. First, second, third and fourth volume. Curious & interesting period[...]

Period: 18th century

1 500 €
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Livre Ancien Journal Général De La France Pour 1789

Journal général de la France pour 1789 avec un supplément, reliure plein cuir moucheté petit in 4 1789.

Period: 18th century

180 €

Livres Anciens Pages Voyages Autour Du Monde Et Vers Les Deux Pôles Par Terre Et Par Mer

M de Pages capitaine des vaisseaux du roi chevalier de l'ordre Royal et Militaire de saint-Louis, correspondant de l'académie des sciences de Paris, Voyage autour du monde et vers les deux pôles par t[...]

Period: 18th century

580 €

Livres anciens René Descartes discours de la méthode plus la dioptrique et les météores

René Descartes discours de la méthode pour bien conduire sa raison et chercher la vérité dans les sciences plus la dioptrique et les météores qui sont des essais de cette méthode, illustre de 25 gravu[...]

Period: 18th century

850 €

Bilistein - Essay On The City Of Nancy, Capital Of The Duchy Of Lorraine. Amsterdam, 1762.

BILISTEIN (Charles Léopold Andreu de) - Essay on the city of Nancy, capital of the Duchy of Lorraine. Amsterdam, Chez H. Constapel, 1762; in-12, 92 pp. + a folding plan, 19th century burgundy half-clo[...]

Period: 18th century

500 €
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Albert-henri De Sallengre - In Praise Of Yvresse - 1734

This work is not the original edition of 1714 but an edition of 1734. The praise of Yvresse. in Amsterdam, Henry Desbordes Like the 1714 edition, this one is illustrated with a beautiful title-[...]

Period: 18th century

450 €

Bertholet - Ecclesiastical And Civil History Of The Duchy Of Luxembourg And County Of Chiny. 1741.

BERTHOLET (Jean) - Ecclesiastical and civil history of the Duchy of Luxembourg and County of Chiny. Luxembourg, Chez André Chevalier, 1741; in-4, double frontispiece by Sauvage-XLVIII-458 pp. + XLV ta[...]

Period: 18th century

4 500 €
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Rousseaud De La Combe : “treat On Criminal Matters 1757”

“Treatise on Criminal Matters 1757”: Important law book containing the ordinance of August 1670 in the fifth edition, considerably expanded by Maître Guy Rousseaud de La Combe at Le Gras, bookseller. [...]

Period: 18th century

220 €

[bermann] - Dissertation On The Ancient Chivalry And Nobility Of Lorraine. Haener, 1763.

[BERMANN] - Dissertation on the ancient chivalry and nobility of Lorraine. Nancy, Chez Haener, 1763; in-12, 218 pp., period half-calf binding with small corners, decorated smooth spine, green morocco [...]

Period: 18th century

550 €
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The Works Of Montesquieu Set Of Three Volumes Dated 1767

Les Œuvres de Montesquieu Ensemble de Trois Volumes Datés de 1767 Ensemble de trois volumes en très bon état de conservation compte tenu de l'époque Mentions : ŒUVRE DE MONSIEUR DE MONTESQUIEU NOUVELL[...]

Period: 18th century

400 €

Binding With The Royal Arms Of Louis XV 1744

Large double-sided binding in Moroccan decorated with the large arms of Louis presents the bundle of seam-cut sheets in used condition The city of Strasbourg gave a party to the king in 1744 for his g[...]

Period: 18th century

680 €
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Natural History Of The Province Of Languedoc. Volume Ii.

Natural history of the province of Languedoc. Second volume. Mineralogical and geoponic part. Written by Mr. De Genssane. Published by order of Nooffeigneurs of the states of this Province. Published [...]

Period: 18th century

220 €

B. Picart - P. Von Stosch Pierres Antiques Gravees 1724 First Edit. Bilingual French/latin

PICART, Bernard and Philipp von STOSCH. Ancient engraved stones on which the engravers placed their names, Amsterdam 1724, FIRST BILINGUAL LATIN/FRENCH EDITION, in-folio (28.5x43.5 cm), (6) XXI (1) 97[...]

Period: 18th century

2 000 €

Livre Ancien Abrégé Historique Des Principaux Traits De La Vie De Confucius

Abrégé historique des principaux traits de la vie de confucius célèbre philosophe chinois orné de 24 estampes gravées par Helman 1743-1809 d'après les dessins originaux de la chine envoyé à Paris par [...]

Period: 18th century

1 180 €

Livre Ancien M. C. R. L. F. D. B. A. A. P. D. P. Dictionnaire social et patriotique

Dictionnaire social et patriotique ou précis raisonné de connoissances relatives à l'économie morale, civile et politique, reliure plein cuir marron,  dos à 5 nerfs décoré de fleurs et motifs or in 8 [...]

Period: 18th century

145 €

"the Glory Of The Confederate Armies" Printing On 18th Century Fabric

"The Glory of the Confederate Armies" Printing on 18th century fabric From the collection of Ernest Lehr, historian, jurisconsult and numismatist On the back of the frame, Annotation from one of his[...]

Period: 18th century

1 000 €

Vicenzo Coronelli – Atlas Of France

La France divisée en 12 préfectures. À Venise, sans date (vers 1705). 1 volume in-8 à l’italienne. Format : 25 x 18,5 cm. Plein vélin doré de l’époque. Plat lisse avec titre manuscrit. Quelques brun[...]

Period: 18th century

3 500 €
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Treatise On Mechanical Watchmaking 2 Volumes First Edition From 1741 Moette, Prault, Paris

ILLUSTRATED WITH 91 NON-TEXT FOLDING PLATES ENGRAVED ON COPPER THESE PLATES SHOW TOOLS AND MACHINES FOR CUTTING WHEELS, PINIONS AND ROCKETS, VOLUME 2 PRESENTS A WIDE VARIETY OF WATCH AND CLOCK CALIBER[...]

Period: 18th century

2 000 €

Essay On Watchmaking Volume First And Volume Second 1763 First Edition By F. Berthoud

IN GOOD CONDITION, USED WEAR, VERY LITTLE CONSULTED, SEE PHOTOS DIMENSIONS 26 CM FROM 20 TO 38 FERDINAND BERTHOUD (1727-1807) APPRENTICESHIP WITH HIS BROTHER JEAN HENRI, MANUFACTURER OF CLOCKS, SET UP[...]

Period: 18th century

2 500 €

Livres Anciens Pauw De Cornelius recherches philosophique sur les Américains

Paul de Cornélius recherches philosophique sur les Américains ou mémoires intéressants pour servir à l'histoire de l'espèce humaine avec une dissertation sur l'Amérique et les américains, par Don Pern[...]

Period: 18th century

220 €

Charming Small Moroccan Bound Notebook Year 1789

Notebook bound in red morocco containing handwritten sheets of the colonel general's regiment for the year 1789. this notebook belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Drouot de Lamarche and containing the orga[...]

Period: 18th century

750 €

CALLIGRAPHIE- SAINTOMER L'aîné- L'ÉCRITURE DÉMONTRÉE 1789 / 1790 RARE CALLIGRAPHIE XVIIIe

Rare exemplaire de : • L'Écriture démontrée par Saintomer l'aîné,... Paris : Mondhare et Jean, ca. 1789-1790. 2°, IV-20 f., portrait et planches gravées. Complet. Inscriptions apocryphe l encre 1809.[...]

Period: 18th century

480 €

Magician Palatini Poster Circa 1780

Exceptional poster for a magic show by Mr. PALATINI and his equestrian academy of Russian and English horses. The magic part has 3 steps: 1: he will cut off the head of an animal, and if the animal is[...]

Period: 18th century

2 350 €

Noble Horse Course Poster Circa 1800 / Equestrian Circus

Beautiful printed poster presenting an equestrian show by Mr. LAILSON. He introduces himself as ASTLEY's student, which he spells ASTELEY. Late 18th early 19th century 17 x 21.5 cm. RARE

Period: 18th century

750 €

Book "exercice Del'infanterie Francoise Ordonne Para Le Roy". Parigi 1757

Binding in morocco with 8 raised bands, gilt friezes. Only two specimens registered in Italy. Absolute rarity

Period: 18th century

7 000 €

Book "la Gerusalemme Liberata" Di Torquato Tasso. Mainardi, Urbino 1735

Contains the twenty full-page Tempesta engravings. Full leather binding

Period: 18th century

6 500 €

Baroque Binding In Red Morocco. Works Of Santa Teresa.first Volume 1707

Magnificent baroque binding in red morocco. Works of Saint Thérèse.First volume which contains the life of the saint, and the works: Way of Perfection and the residences. Venice 1707. 314 p. and clues[...]

Period: 18th century

450 €

4 Fine Vols In 4. Philosophical And Political History Of Establishments And Commerce In The 2 Indies

A rare and beautiful copy of the known and so famous Masterpiece of Guillaume-Thomas Raynal in 1780 in Geneva at Jean-Léonard Pellet, Printer of the City & of the Academy. These 4 beautiful volumes, t[...]

Period: 18th century

1 200 €

Prison Almanac. Year III Of The Republic (1795) Calendar Of The Imprisoned Royalists

Prison Almanac. Year III of the Republic (1795) calendar of imprisoned royalists. 178 pages, curious engraved frontispiece. rare edition, it is assumed that clandestine given its strong anti-revolutio[...]

Period: 18th century

450 €

Method Of Making 18th Century Sundials Or Gnomonics

Interesting book of gnomonia, general method for tracing sundials and computing from the late 18th century. Complete with its 260 pages classified in two chapters: Method for drawing sundials and prin[...]

Period: 18th century

550 €

Large Dictionary Moreri 4 Volumes In Folio With Beautiful Binding Edition From 1707 - Louis XIV Period

The great historical dictionary, or curious mixture of sacred and profane history, which contains the history of the gods and heroes of antiquity, the lives and remarkable actions of emperors, kings, [...]

Period: 18th century

1 100 €

Small Musical Manuscript. Written In Two Inks On Strong Paper. 24pages

Small musical manuscript. written in two inks on strong paper. 24 pages. to folio 8 (page 17) with handwriting from s. XVIII, from the eastern turn to the end, there is another score with a different [...]

Period: 18th century

120 €

Aubert - The Life Of Stanislas Leszczinski, Duke Of Lorraine. 1769, Old Binding, Eo.

[AUBERT] - The life of Stanislas Leszczinski nicknamed the Beneficent, King of Poland, Duke of Lorraine and Bar. Paris, Chez Moutard, 1769; in-8, VIII-503 pp., full contemporary marbled calfskin bindi[...]

Period: 18th century

250 €
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Michel - Collection Of Foundations And Establishments Made By The King Of Poland. 1762.

[ANONYMOUS (MICHEL) (Nicolas-Léopold)] - Collection of Foundations and Establishments made by the King of Poland, Duke of Lorraine and Bar. Account followed by our lords of the aulic council of the Ki[...]

Period: 18th century

450 €
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Sermon Of Father Soanen 1767

Sermon of Father Soanen- Year 1867. Sermon on different subjects. Preaches before the king. Volume 1. Shiny leather in used condition Good overall condition. Delivery by colissimo with suitable protec[...]

Period: 18th century

100 €

Le Grand Dictionnaire Historique De Louis Moreri 10 Tomes année 1732

The Great Historical Dictionary or The Curious Mixture of Sacred and Profane History edition 1732 in Folio full of its 4 supplements some spots and freckles but nothing serious some scratches a[...]

Period: 18th century

2 500 €

Public Meeting Of The Society Of Sciences, Letters And Arts Of Nancy, Thursday August 25, 1803.

[ANONYMOUS] - Public session of the Nancy Society of Sciences, Letters and Arts, Thursday August 25, 1803, 7 Fructidor Year XI. Nancy, Chez J.-R. Vigneulle, 1803; in-8, 39 pp., beige half-calf box bin[...]

Period: 18th century

80 €
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Office For The Easter Fortnight, According To The New Breviary Of Metz. 1789, Contemporary Binding.

[ANONYMOUS] - The office for the Easter fortnight, according to the new breviary of Metz. Metz, Chez Collignon, 1789; in-12, 581 pp. + privilege, full red morocco binding, decorated smooth spine, gilt[...]

Period: 18th century

150 €
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General Customs Of The Duchy Of Lorraine, Bailiwicks Of Nancy, Vosge And Germany. 1730.

[ANONYMOUS] - General customs of the Duchy of Lorraine, for the bailiwicks of Nancy, Vosge and Germany. Follow-up of the Compendium of the style to be observed in the instructions of the assize proced[...]

Period: 18th century

200 €
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Litany Of Blessed Pierre Fourier. Sl, Se, Around 1780. Paperback.

[ANONYMOUS] - Litanies of Blessed Pierre Fourier. sl, se, around 1780; in-12, 4 pp., paperback. Prayer in Latin.

Period: 18th century

55 €
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Police Code For The Towns And Suburbs Of Nancy. With Hiacinthe Leclerc, 1769.

[ANONYMOUS] - Police code for the towns and suburbs of Nancy. Nancy, Chez Hiacinthe Leclerc, 1769; in-12, 212 pp. + table, period full marbled calfskin binding, decorated smooth spine, painted edges. [...]

Period: 18th century

300 €
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Edict Of The King, Laying Down Regulations For The Division Of The Communes In The Trois-évêchés. 1769.

[ANONYMOUS] - Edict of the King, issuing regulations for the division of communes in the Trois-Évêchés. Given at Marly in June 1769. Registered in Parliament on July 6th. Metz, Chez Joseph-Pierre Coll[...]

Period: 18th century

80 €
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Collection Of Edicts, Declarations, Arrests And Regulations Of The Lorraine Tobacco Farm. 1752.

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

Period: 18th century

850 €
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General Customs Of The City Of Verdun, Followed By Local Customs Of The City Of Toul. 1748

[ANONYMOUS] - General customs of the city of Verdun and Verdun country, followed by Local customs of the city of Toul and Toulois country. Metz, Chez François Antoine, 1748; in-12, 164 pp. + 87 p.p. +[...]

Period: 18th century

300 €
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Ordinances, Statutes, Privileges And Regulations Granted To Merchants. Cusson, 1743, Bound.

[ANONYMOUS] - Ordinances, statutes, privileges and regulations granted by the Dukes of Lorraine to the merchant judges consuls of the said duchy. Nancy, Chez Abel-Denys Cusson, 1743; in-12, 100 pp., p[...]

Period: 18th century

150 €
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Savary: Letters On Egypt. Paris 1786. 3 Volumes With Maps And Plan Of The Great Pyramid

Savary: Letters on Egypt. Paris 1786. 3 volumes with maps and a plan of the great pyramid. Beautiful contemporary binding 21 x 12.5 cm

Period: 18th century

900 €

Jean De La Fontaine, Contes et Nouvelles en vers

Édition 1777 2 volumes in-8° reliés plein maroquin rouge (reliure postérieure), dos lisses ornés et dorés, triple filet doré en encadrement des plats, roulette dorée int., gardes de moire bleue Vol.[...]

Period: 18th century

880 €

Dissertation On Title X. Of The Customs Of The Duchy Of Lorraine. Nancy, Cusson, 1725.

[ANONYMOUS] - Dissertation on title X. of the old and new general customs of the Duchy of Lorraine of donations inter vivos, simple, mutual & because of weddings. Nancy, Chez Jean-Baptiste Cusson, 172[...]

Period: 18th century

120 €
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Royal Garden Surgery Book. Paris1751. Well Illustrated And With Original Binding

surgery book in the royal garden. Paris1751. Well illustrated and with original binding. 920 abundant pages of illustrations in text and portrait and several full-page plates 20X13cm

Period: 18th century

500 €

Hugo De Baleicourt - Historical And Critical Treatise On The Lorraine Genealogy, Berlin, 1711.

[ANONYMOUS, HUGO DE BALEICOURT (Charles-Louis)] - Historical and critical treatise on the origin and genealogy of the House of Lorraine, with the charters serving as evidence for the facts advanced in[...]

Period: 18th century

900 €
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Bossuet Collection Of Funeral Orations 1774

Collection of Bossuet's Funeral Orations. 1774. At Saillant and Nyon

Period: 18th century

120 €

Funeral Oration Of Louis XV. The Beloved King Of France. Madrid: 1778. In Spanish

Funeral oration of Louis XV. the beloved king of france Madrid: 1778. in spanish 330 pages, bound in parchment

Period: 18th century

125 €

Old Book: Barba – Treatise On Metal Art 1730 Rare [esotericism & Alchemy]

Chez Saugrain Père in Paris, 1730 – A very fine copy of this extremely rare treatise on alchemy, the work is “extracted from the works of Alvare-Alfonse Barba, a famous artist in the mines of Potozi, [...]

Period: 18th century

520 €

Law Relating To The Restoration Of The Free Movement Of Persons. At Haener's, 1793.

Law relating to the restoration of the free movement of persons and things in the Empire. Epinal, Chez Haener, 1793; in-4, 3 pp., in sheet form, folded in half.

Period: 18th century

55 €
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Law Relative Decree Relative To Weapons. épinal, National Printing House Of Haener, 1792.

Law relating to the publication and display of the address of the National Assembly to citizens, and of the decree relating to arms. Épinal, Haener National Printing Office, 1792; in-4, 3 pp., in shee[...]

Period: 18th century

55 €
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Law Relating To The Measures Taken By The Generals Of The Army Of The Rhine, épinal, 1792.

Law relating to the measures taken by the generals of the Army of the Rhine, for the defense of the frontiers. Epinal, Chez Haener, 1792; in-4, 4 pp., in sheet form, folded in half.

Period: 18th century

55 €
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Law Carrying The Decree Of August 6, 1790, Concerning The Abolition Of The Right Of Aubaine, 1791.

Law carrying the decree of August 6, 1790, concerning the abolition of the right of Aubaine and Detraction, must be executed in all the French possessions, even in the two Indies. Epinal, Chez d'Haene[...]

Period: 18th century

55 €
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