A very fine period binding in full red morocco leather with a long grain, containing an emblematic royal and national almanac, published in 1835, illustrating the state of France under Louis-Philippe.[...]
[BIBLIOGRAPHY] - CHARAVAY (Gabriel) - Autograph letters comprising the collection of Mr. Alfred Bovet, described by Etienne Charavay. Printed under the direction of Fernand Calmettes. Paris, Librairie[...]
Questions of Legal Literature On plagiarism. On the supposition of authors On deceptions which have relation to books Paris Barba, bookseller, at the royal palace, No. 51, behind the French theatre 18[...]
A fine copy of this important almanac, the first of the Restoration period, published in 1816. Bound in a beautiful contemporary full marbled calf binding, smooth spine decorated with a label and scal[...]
"THE DOG" 1883. Good condition with slight rubbing and wear to the binding. Notably, the spine is sun-faded and the corners are bumped. Interior is clean. Some foxing/spotting, particularly on a few p[...]
BAEDEKER (Karl) - Russia. A Traveler's Handbook. Leipzig / Paris, Baedeker / Ollendorff, 1897; 12mo, XLVIII-447 pp., bound in full red cloth with printed cover. Karl Baedeker, born in Essen in 1801 an[...]
[ART] - Le Charivari, from November 15, 1841 to March 31, 1842. Paris, At the magazine's offices, 1841-1842; folio, approximately 500 pp., half brown calf binding, smooth spine, marbled edges. Numerou[...]
Bronze Bookbinding Stamp with the Arms of King Charles X (Imprimerie Royale). France, Paris, circa. 1824–1830. Materials and technique: Engraved bronze matrix mounted on an original turned wooden hand[...]
[AGRICULTURE] - NOËL (Arthur) - Essay on artificial replanting and the restoration of gaps and clearings in forests. Paris, Librairie Agricole de la Maison Rustique, 1882; octavo, XXXI-351 pp. + 3 pla[...]
By far the most important treatise on Roman and Greek Antiquities, in a handsome octavo volume, half-bound in red morocco, spine with raised bands, reinforced corners, gilt tooling in the compartments[...]
[AGRICULTURE] - MATHIEU (A.) - Forest Flora. Description and history of the woody plants that grow spontaneously in France and of the important species of Algeria. Paris, Berger-Levrault, Bouchard-Huz[...]
Claude Bourgelat, Elements of Veterinary Art, Essay on Apparatus and Bandages, Second Edition, Madame Huzard, 1813. Octavo (length 19.7 cm, width 13 cm), laid paper, 20 folding plates out of 21 (numbe[...]
"FIRST COMMUNION BOOK..." 19th century. Good condition with light rubbing and minor wear to the binding. Clean interior. Some foxing/spotting. All edges gilt. Collector's item. Photos taken with flash[...]
"COLLECTION OF PRAYERS" 19th century. Good condition with light rubbing and minor wear to the binding. Very fresh interior. Some scattered foxing. All edges gilt. Collector's item. Photos taken with f[...]
"ROMAN PARISHIONER" 19th century. Good condition with light rubbing and minor wear to the binding. Very fresh interior. All edges gilt. Collector's item. Photos taken with flash. SHIPPING ONLY WITHIN [...]
[AGRICULTURE] - JOULIE (H.) - Forage production using fertilizers. Meadows and pastures. Paris, Librairie Agricole de la Maison Rustique, 1887; octavo, VIII-308 pp., half green calf binding, smooth sp[...]
[AGRICULTURE] - BOUQUET DE LA GRYE (A.) - The forestry regime applied to the woods of the communes. Paris, J. Rothschild, 1883; octavo, XVI-227 pp., half green calf binding, smooth spine, marbled edge[...]
BALZAC The Lily of the Valley. Paris, Werdet, June 1, 1836. 2 volumes in 1 vol. in-8, [2] ff., LV-325 p., [2] ff. + [2] ff., 343 p., half-leather tan, slightly post., smooth spine, gilt title and volu[...]
WARDEN (DB) - Statistical, historical, and political description of the United States of North America from the earliest settlements to the present day. Paris, Chez Rey et Gravier, 1820; octavo, front[...]
The Ladies' and Young Ladies' Advisor, 19th century, 3 books, revised from November 1857 to October 1860, 12 color plates per book, numerous illustrations, 380 pages per book, good condition, height 2[...]
Elegant and precious Bible, in two volumes of the Old and New Testaments, in German. The volumes feature red morocco leather covers, enriched with gilded text and geometric motif engravings. The outsi[...]
An interesting work published in Paris in 1830, second edition, comprising a geographical dictionary, a vocabulary appendix, maps of the different continents, and a folio plate describing the currenci[...]
TULPAIN - Drawings, First Division. Paris, Published by the author, Year X (1802); folio, 60 plates, contemporary half-calf binding with corners. Green morocco title label on the front cover, marbled [...]
Léon Curmer, 9 volumes, 1840-1842: The French as Painted by Themselves: A Moral Encyclopedia of the Nineteenth Century. Format: 27 x 19 cm. Art binding by Kieffer. Aubergine-colored leather, gilt-titl[...]
A rare and very fine copy in four octavo volumes. Printed in Paris by the Widow Lepetit, Bookseller and Publisher of the Bibliothèque portative des Voyages, 2 rue pavée-Saint-André-des-Arts, 1813. A m[...]
SYMES (Major M.) - Embassy in the Kingdom of Ava or the Empire of the Burmese. Paris, Gabriel Dufour, 1807; in-12, folding frontispiece representing the capture of wild elephants, 230 pp., paper bindi[...]
SÉVIGNÉ (Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de) - Letters from Madame de Sévigné to her daughter and friends. Paris, Dabo, Tremblay, Fèret et Gayet, 1819; 12mo, approximately 400 pp. per volume, half-[...]
This work of French Renaissance poetry, seemingly appearing out of nowhere but published by the finest printer in France in 1803, written by an aristocratic woman of unknown origin at the time, was a [...]
Numismatic and Glyptic Treasure by Paul Delaroche, Louis Pierre Henriquel-Dupont, and Charles Lenormant. Condition: Bound in half red calf with marbled edges, gilt borders, spine with six raised bands[...]
SCHWEIGHAEUSER (Johannes) - Cebetis tabula sive vitae humanae pictura graece. Strasbourg, Chez Heitz, 1806; octavo, 120 pp., contemporary red boards, smooth spine with gilt decoration, edges painted y[...]
Rare book which deals with the personality of Buffon, the famous Naturalist: "Voyage à Montbar," containing very interesting details on the character of the person and the writings of Buffon. By the l[...]
Autograph and wax seal "to Monsieur le Comte François Debard" Signed Henri. Handwritten mention on the back "signature of LA R Monseignieur le Duc de Bordeaux as a child (Count of Chambord)". Note: He[...]
Visible in Paris. Free delivery for France by registered mail. Contact me for Europe and the world. Letter without correspondence stamped with the red date stamp of the Countersignature Service dated [...]
Queen Jane is an essential character in Provençal medieval culture, it is not surprising that Frédéric Mistral (1830-1914) put her on stage in a play. This author, a lexicologist, who worked on the co[...]
Set of books by La Fontaine - Tales and short stories in verse, 2 volumes, 1874, very numerous illustrations Numbered copy, well bound, good condition Height 22cm - Width 15cm - Selected fables by La [...]
[MAGAZINE] - COLLECTIVE (By a society of merchants and men of letters) - The organ of commerce and manufactures. Paris, Au Bureau de l'Organe et du Commerce, 1820; in-8, 584 pp., brown half-calf bindi[...]
Eugène Mouton (Mérinos) – History of the Invalid with the Wooden Head. Illustrations by Georges Clairin. Paris, Ludovic Baschet, [circa 1887]. Large quarto (22.5 × 31.5 cm), half morocco with corners,[...]
Rare and beautiful copy in three volumes in 8, full blond flamed sheepskin, smooth spine decorated with gilded irons, gilded irons 'guilloché', fillets and cut, titles and volume numbers red morocco, [...]
Lot of 7 books in 12mo format, cover bound in half-morocco with brown corners, spine with five raised bands, boxes edged with a double blind gilt fillet, title "ZOLA" and lower cover with the name of [...]
12 small books height 19 cm width 12 cm, including 1 slightly larger 21/13.5 these books from the middle of the 19th century in Romantic style have the particularity of having an embossed cardboard co[...]
Set of 4 Art books - The Louvre Museum: 2 Volumes, 271 and 279 pages / 1913 Numerous reproductions of works in color - Painting in the 19th century, numerous reproductions - Masterpieces of painting f[...]
This rare English vellum indenture, dated 1826, records the sale of land and exemplifies the formal style of early nineteenth-century legal documents. Written in dense brown ink, it features the elabo[...]
This indenture, dated 1830, is a fine example of a nineteenth-century English legal deed. Written on vellum in dense cursive script, it begins with the large, decorative heading “This Indenture”, a ty[...]
This very beautiful volume is very fresh. In 8 in sheepskin with polka dot covers and a smooth blond spine decorated with gilded fillets and iron, orange leather title, marbled edges, printed in Paris[...]
"THE MYSTERIES OF SCIENCE", Louis FIGUIER, late 19th century. Good condition with slight wear from use. Covers with rubbing, corners bumped... Interior with omnipresent foxing more or less pronounced.[...]
Solid silver plaque and corners on the theme of falconry. Historicist work from the 19th century. They are mounted on fine leather covers with silver hinges. The interior, lined with silk moiré, is da[...]
"ORNEMENTS POUR LE BATIMENT ET L'ARCHITECTURE", JAVON & TROCMÉ. Fair condition with wear and tear of the binding including rubbed covers with stains and spine with snags. Some fragile leaves, held tog[...]
"LE TOUR DU MONDE, NOUVEAU JOURNAL DES VOYAGES", Edouard CHARTON, chez HACHETTE, 1867. Good condition with wear and tear on the binding including rubbed covers and missing spines. Presence of more or [...]
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