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Wey (francis) - Rome Description And Memories. Hachette Et Cie, 1872, Beautiful Signed Binding.

WEY (Francis) - Rome description and memories. Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1872; folio, IV-704 pp. and a large map of Rome in color, half brown morocco binding with corners signed Bamabrierd, spine decora[...]

Period: 19th century

120 €
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Viollet-le-duc - History Of A Fortress. Hetzel, Circa 1885, Binding Signed Tiessen.

VIOLLET-LE-DUC - History of a Fortress. Paris, Hetzel, circa 1885; 4to, 368 pp., brown half-cloth binding signed Tiessen in Nancy, smooth spine, gilt edges. Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, a mid-19th-[...]

Period: 19th century

120 €
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Verlot (bernard) - The Herborizing Botanist's Guide. Jb Baillière Et Fils, 1865, Binding.

VERLOT (Bernard) - The botanist's guide to botanizing plants. Advice on harvesting plants, preparing herbariums, exploring phanerogram and cryptogram plant stations and their botanizations. With an in[...]

Period: 19th century

60 €
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Salnove (robert De) - The Royal Hunt. Niort, Typography By L. Favre, 1888, Beautiful Binding.

SALNOVE (Robert de) - Royal hunting divided into four parts, which contain the hunts of deer, hare, roe deer, wolf, and fox. With a list of the forests and large bushes of France, where lodgings, ques[...]

Period: 19th century

400 €
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Library Of Wonders. 8 Scientific Books, Mid-19th Century

Series of 8 popular science books from the Librairie Hachette in Paris circa 1870. Profusely illustrated. In very good condition, some foxing. - Visible in our gallery in Lille on 400 m2 open afternoo[...]

Period: 19th century

240 €

Alphonse Daudet; The Little Thing. Engel Binding For The Publisher Hetzel

pleasant edition of the famous book by Alphonse Daudet "le petit chose", published around 1880 by Maison Hetzel. The engravings are by Phylippoteaux, and the percaline binding is made by the Engel wor[...]

Period: 19th century

90 €

Armorial Of The Communes Of Alsace Eo 1900 Louis Schoenhaupt

The armorial of the communes of AlsaceI including the boundary stones With notices on each commune By louis schoenhauptStrasbourg Librairie noirel staat successor 1900 Large format 39 x 32 cm237 pages[...]

Period: 19th century

450 €

Private Life Of Animals / Editions Hetzel 1875

Private and Public Life of Animals. Vignettes by Grandville, published under the direction of PJ Stahl, with the collaboration of Balzac, George Sand, etc., Paris, Hetzel editions, 1875. Large octavo [...]

Period: 19th century

140 €

Nadar's Little Journal For Laughter 131 First Issues 1856-1858

Le Petit Journal pour rire is a satirical weekly published on Saturdays, launched on February 23, 1856. The direction is assured by Charles Philipon and Nadar is appointed editor-in-chief. Gustave Dor[...]

Period: 19th century

500 €

Mawdsley & Son - Photographs Of Liverpool. Mawdsley & Son, Circa 1870, Publisher's Hardcover.

MAWDSLEY & SON - Photographs of Liverpool. Liverpool, Mawdsley & Son, circa 1870; octavo, one folding sheet folded into 10 pp., contemporary printed pink boards, brown cloth spine. Printed by Appleton[...]

Period: 19th century

80 €
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Margueritte (general A.) - Hunting In Algeria And Notes On The Arabs Of The South. Furne, 1884.

MARGUERITTE (General A.) - Hunting in Algeria and notes on the Arabs of the South. Paris, Furne, Jouvet et Cie, 1884; in-8, 275 pp. + 8 pages of the publisher's catalog, full red cloth binding decorat[...]

Period: 19th century

120 €
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Pension Patent 1864 (ministry Of The Household Of The Emperor)

pension certificate following the Mexican campaign under Napoleon III, issued on July 22, 1864, stamped on the back every 3 months.

Period: 19th century

400 €

Jeantin (m.) - History Of The County Of Chiny And The Upper Walloon Region. 2 Volumes, Paperback, 1859.

JEANTIN (M.) - History of the County of Chiny and the Upper Walloon Countries. Paris, Brussels and Nancy, Tardieu, Heussner and Grimblot, 1859; in-8, 504 + 571 pp. + 13 plates, paperback. Both volumes[...]

Period: 19th century

300 €
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Giry (a.) - Diplomatic Manual. Diplomas And Charters. Hachette, 1894, Bound In Half-sheepskin.

GIRY (A.) - Diplomatic Manual. Diplomas and Charters. Technical Chronology. Critical Elements and Constituent Parts of the Terror of Charters. Chancelleries. Private Acts. Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1894[...]

Period: 19th century

250 €
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[enthomology] - Peyerimhoff - Catalogue Of The Lepidoptera Of Alsace. Decker, 1872, Paperback.

[ENTHOMOLOGY] - PEYERIMHOFF (H. de) - Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Alsace. Colmar, Camille de Decker, 1872; in-8, 254 pp., paperback, printed cover.

Period: 19th century

55 €
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[mulhouse] Ehrsam (nikolaus) - Der Stadt Mülhausen Privilegirtes Bürgerbuch. Rissler, 1850.

EHRSAM (Nikolaus) - The city of Mülhausen, a privileged book of citizens until the association of this Republic with France, in 1798. Mulhouse, Imprimerie JB Rissler, 1850; in-8, 443 pp., red half-mor[...]

Period: 19th century

200 €
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Chamouin - Collection Of Daguerreotype Views Of Paris. Chamouin, 1850, Hardback.

CHAMOUIN - Collection of views of Paris taken by daguerreotype. Paris, Chamouin rue de la Harpe, 1850; oblong folio, 25 steel-engraved plates from a daguerreotype, full orange buckram binding, smooth [...]

Period: 19th century

180 €

Collection Of Prayers, Meditations And Readings By Madame La Comtesse De Flavigny, A. Mame 1886

Collection of prayers, meditations and readings taken from the works of the Holy Fathers, writers and sacred orators By Madame la Comtesse de Flavigny Tours Alfred Mame et fils publishers 1886 Good co[...]

Period: 19th century

80 €

Cattier (edmond) - Fiftieth Anniversary Of Belgian Railways. Historical Procession. Rozez, 1886.

CATTIER (Edmond) - Fiftieth anniversary of Belgian railways. Historical procession of means of transport. Brussels, Rozez, 1886; oblong folio, 78 pp., full publisher's buckram binding, smooth spine, p[...]

Period: 19th century

180 €
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Biston (`p.) - Maternal Nobility In Champagne And The Abuse Of Name Changes. 1859.

BISTON (`P.) - Maternal nobility in Champagne and the abuse of name changes. Chalons, Imprimerie T. Martin, 1859; in-12, 44 pp., paperback.

Period: 19th century

55 €
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The Fifteen Joys Of Marriage. 19th Century Amateur Edition

The fifteen joys of marriage is a text from the end of the Middle Ages, published at the end of the 14th century. The publisher cites as a source a manuscript kept in the library of Rouen. The subject[...]

Period: 19th century

120 €

César Daly, Private Architecture In The 19th Century, Old Book, 1864.

Very beautiful old book by César Daly, Private Architecture in the 19th Century, Private Hotels, 1864, Volume One, First Volume, In used condition, see photos, Weight: 3630 gr, Dimensions: Height: 45 [...]

Period: 19th century

450 €
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Divan-revue By Viscount A. De Launay, Lyon, 1891

DIVAN-REVUE, by Viscount A. de Launay Play performed on March 8 and 11, 1891 at the Cercle du Divan Printed by G. VERRONET, Lyon, 1891 Format; 15 x 19 cm Rare and amusing collection illustrated by 7 a[...]

Period: 19th century

280 €

[religious] - Prayer Book Of Mr. Baron E. Villatte. Circa 1850, Morocco Binding.

[RELIGIOUS] - VILLATE (Baron E.) - Prayer book of Mr. Baron E. Villatte. Sl, At the author's, around 1850; small in-4, 10 pages mounted on tabs, full brown Jansenist morocco binding, blank spine with [...]

Period: 19th century

800 €
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[religious] - Anonymous - Wedding Book. Manuscript., At The Author's, Around 1880, In Sheets.

[RELIGIOUS] - ANONYMOUS - Wedding book. Sl, At the author's, around 1880; in-12, 28 pp., in sheets in an amateur's cardboard binding, (one lace on both originally). Very beautiful little book of hours[...]

Period: 19th century

450 €
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Paris Through The Centuries By Gourdon De Genouillac

Paris through the centuries. National history of Paris and the Parisians from the founding of Lutetia to the present day." Work written on a new plan and approved by Henri Martin F. Roy publisher, Par[...]

Period: 19th century

180 €

"the Folichonne Bible, And Other Farces...", Léo Tard Around 1880/90 800p. Librairie B Simon & Cie

A rather rare collection of anticlerical satirical pamphlets published at the end of the 19th century, this work is not precisely dated.It also contains "La guerre des Dieux", by Evariste Parny, and "[...]

Period: 19th century

100 €

[manuscript] Journal Of Marches And Operations Of The 126th Infantry Regiment. Circa 1890.

ANONYMOUS - Journal of the marches and operations of the 126th infantry regiment during the siege of Paris 1870-1871. Sl, At the author's, around 1890; small in-4, 44 pp., paperback, damaged cover. Da[...]

Period: 19th century

150 €
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[manuscript] - History Of La Ferté-milon. At The Author's, Circa 1860, Hardcover, 3 Drawings.

ANONYMOUS - History of La Ferté-Milon. Sl (Ferté-Millon?), At the Author's, around 1860; small 4to, 120 pp., contemporary grey-blue binding, smooth spine in black paper. Work illustrated with 3 beauti[...]

Period: 19th century

250 €
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Fisheries In North America / By Bénédict-henry Révoil. Ill Yan d'Argent. 1887

Fishing in North America, by Bénédict-Henry Révoil, illustrated by Yan Dargent, Edition Alfred Mame et Fils, Tours, 1887. In-8° (21 x 30 cm), 286 pages. Binding in green percaline cardboard. Gilt edge[...]

Period: 19th century

50 €

Lapaix - Illustrated Description Of Nancy And Its Surroundings. Berger-levrault, 1874. Paperback.

LAPAIX (Constant) - Illustrated description of Nancy and its surroundings. Nancy, Berger-Levrault, 1874; in-4, 113 pp., paperback. Text by Constant Lapaix, heraldic engraver honored by HM the Emperor [...]

Period: 19th century

120 €
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The Photography Of Colored Objects, Hg Vogel 1887

VOGEL (HW). THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF COLORED OBJECTS with their real value. Paris, Gauthier-Villars 1887 In-8 of 193 pages, salmon percaline First edition with a chromolithograph, 2 photoglypts and 15 woodc[...]

Period: 19th century

500 €

Stiegler (gaston) - Marshal Oudinot, Duke Of Reggio. Plon, 1894, Contemporary Binding.

STIEGLER (Gaston) - War and home stories. Marshal Oudinot, Duke of Reggio, based on the unpublished memories of the marshal. Paris, Plon, 1894; in-8, XVI-566 pp., brown half-calf binding, spine decora[...]

Period: 19th century

80 €
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Victor Hugo, Written On A Letter From Les Essarts With A Photo Of Carjat

Victor Hugo wrote "Goddesses, now, open the Helicon for me." on a letter that Emmanuel Des Essarts, who had just attended the wedding of Fréderic Mistral, sent him to convey the tributes and wishes of[...]

Period: 19th century

350 €

Purple Moroccan, Prize Of The Municipal College Of Rollin: "the Hundred Wonders Of Nature". In 12

Beautiful copy in 12 in full purple morocco printed in Tours, by Ad Mame et Cie, Printers-Booksellers, 1859. Beautiful prize book from the Collège Municipal de Rollin stamped on the covers with a gild[...]

Period: 19th century

140 €

Panorama The Boulevards Of Paris Around 1855 Paul Lancel Printer Lemercier

Panorama The Boulevards of Paris around 1855 Paul Lancel printer Lemercier Panorama, over 4 meters long, of the boulevards of Paris from the Madeleine to the Place de la Bastille, north side, composed[...]

Period: 19th century

1 800 €

Victor Hugo - Publisher Eugène Hugues . Paris

Victor HUGO - publisher Eugène Hugues. Paris:    Napoleon the Younger and The Year of Terrine (1879) Les Miserables:  Fantine - Cosette Les Miserables: Marius – The Romance of Rue Plumet and The Ep[...]

Period: 19th century

220 €

Photo-gazette 1897-1908 12 Volumes

12 hardcover bound volumes of the Photo-Gazette magazine from 1897 to 1908 First edition in very good condition. International illustrated magazine of photography and related sciences and arts. Each v[...]

Period: 19th century

800 €

Book, The Roman Parishioner

Old prayer book, in Latin and French, dating from 1883. This book is bound in all leather, the spine is decorated with 5 nerves. It is approved by Mgr Charles-théodore COLET, Bishop of Tours. The Roma[...]

Period: 19th century

150 €

Book: Opium Smoke, Claude Farrere

Beautiful book by Claude Farrère, Opium Smoke, leather bound. The preface written by Pierre LOUŸS, forty-sixth edition. The spine is decorated with 5 nerves, number of pages 296. Very good general con[...]

Period: 19th century

110 €

Perrault (claude) - Riquet With The Tuft. Puss In Boots. Illustrated Tales. Haguenthal, Circa 1830.

PERRAULT (Claude) - Riquet with the Tuft. Puss in Boots. Illustrated Tales. Pont-à-Mousson, Haguenthal, circa 1830; in-8, 40 pp., paperback. In the collection "The Naive and Childish Fairy Tales". Ill[...]

Period: 19th century

200 €
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Perrault - Sleeping Beauty. Little Red Riding Hood. Haguenthal, Circa 1830.

PERRAULT (Claude) - Sleeping Beauty. Little Red Riding Hood. Illustrated Tales. Pont-à-Mousson, Haguenthal, circa 1830; in-8, 40 pp., publisher's hardback, smooth spine. In the collection "Les fées hi[...]

Period: 19th century

200 €
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Spanish Antique Book Geaography, Philosophy, Astronomy José Figueras Y Pey 1848

Title: Lecciones de Geografía Astronómica, Física y Política Author: José Figueras y Pey  Publisher: Joaquin Verdaguer Publication date: 1848 Binding: Hardcover Language: Spanish Country: Spain [...]

Period: 19th century

100 €
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Nollet-fabert - Military Lorraine. Grimblot And Raybois, 1852, Half-black Shagreen Bindings.

NOLLET-FABERT (Jules) - La Lorraine militaire. Nancy, Grimblot and widow Raybois, 1852; in-8, 456 + 409 + 356 pp., half-black shagreen bindings, spine with 4 raised bands, marbled edges. The 3 volumes[...]

Period: 19th century

350 €
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Atlas Of Europe By Madenaix, 1855.

Atlas of Europe by MADenaix, Paris, Société générale de librairie, rue de Richelieu, 92, Dutacq, publisher, Drawn and engraved by Richard Wahl, As is, the cover of the book is worn, The maps are detac[...]

Period: 19th century

450 €
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A De Lamartine: Literature Course Half-leather Binding

I offer you these familiar literature courses published from 1856 to 1864. 18 volumes divided into 9 books. Beautiful half-binding in a beautiful red.

Period: 19th century

130 €

Michiels And Schuler - The Lumberjacks And The Schlitters Of The Vosges. Simon, 1878, Cardboard.

MICHIELS (Alfred) - Les Bucherons et les schlitteurs des Vosges. Forty original drawings by Théophile Schuler. Paris, Strasbourg, Paulin Le Chevalier, E. Simon, 1878; folio, 35 pp. + 40 plates, illust[...]

Period: 19th century

350 €
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Rare Album Faïencerie De Gien Circa 1876

Rare large format album Faïencerie de Gien (Loiret) former Geoffroy & Cie Company. The book includes 10 plates of the production of the earthenware factory. The name of the models is indicated under e[...]

Period: 19th century

320 €

Maugendre (a.) - Views Of Nancy. Nancy, Wiener, Around 1880. Paperback.

MAUGENDRE (A.) - Views of Nancy. Nancy, Wiener, circa 1880; in-4 oblong, 12 lithographic plates, paperback. 12 lithographs printed in bistre and black after Maugendre's drawings printed by Auguste Bry[...]

Period: 19th century

300 €
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Montgolfière,ballon monté. GODARD.Aéronaute du gouvernement.1861.Autographe original

Montgofiére, mounted balloon. Autograph letter from aeronaut Godard: Government aeronaut. 1861 Autograph letter from the aeronaut Godard, addressed to Monsieur Voirot: Representative of the Godill[...]

Period: 19th century

730 €

The Holy Virgin In The Arts

"The Holy Virgin in the Arts" by François Bournand (1853-1911) Original edition Tolra Paris 1895 bound in full blue buckram printed and decorated with a pattern in gold and black, gilded edges, publis[...]

Period: 19th century

120 €

110cm. From Leather Binding From 1865: Pierre Larousse Universal Dictionary In 15 Vols. + One

I offer you this beautiful set in good original condition. Leather back, barely illustrated, despite the initials for each letter. Very heavy, but there is always a solution!

Period: 19th century

430 €

Album Amicorum. 1858-1863 With Dedications, Drawings, Engravings And Stickers

Album amicorum. 1858-1863 with dedications, drawings, engravings and stickers. Cloth binding, numerous pages and illustrations. Format and landscape dimension 25 X 16 CM

Period: 19th century

180 €

Book Oceania By G. Saint Yves, Mame Et Fils Edition, 1885

Rare work on Oceania by G. Saint Yves around 1885. Interesting book on the discovery of this continent until 1889. Around twenty pages are devoted to New Caledonia. Book of 398 pages illustrated with [...]

Period: 19th century

100 €

Tombs. Engravings

Tombs after the drawings of AM Chenavard. In Lyon, Léon Boitel’s printing house. 1851 Two folio (the main volume and its supplement). Decorated with 15 engravings + 7 engravings for the supplement). G[...]

Period: 19th century

175 €

Roret Veterinarian Manual. 1859. Lebeaud. Ex-libris Alexis De Cabriac

Complete Veterinarian's Manual, containing the general knowledge of Horses, how to raise them, train them and drive them; the description of their illnesses and the best methods of treatment, precept[...]

Period: 19th century

280 €

Cherrier: “struggle Of The Popes And Emperors” 1858 From The House Of Swabia

I offer you these good works, well bound in good condition except for a detached leaf from the third volume. See the third photo.

Period: 19th century

65 €

Book Period 19 Eme Customs And Costumes In The Middle Ages Paul Lacroix

19TH CENTURY PERIOD BOOK "MORE USES AND COSTUMES IN THE MIDDLE AGES" by "PAUL LACROIX" 1877. GOOD CONDITION, COMPLETE, VERY VERY LIGHT REGULAR WEAR OF TIME ON ITS WHOLE

Period: 19th century

90 €
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Nadar “memoirs Of The Giant” 1865

Memoirs of the Giant by Nadar In-12.90 Pages, Edition Dentu, 1865 With an introduction by M. Babinet of the Institute. Folding frontiscipe representing an aerostat in Hanover. Nadar retraces the epic [...]

Period: 19th century

400 €

National Almanac Of Joan Of Arc 1891

Good condition, some stains, the card is present but detached from its dotted lines.

Period: 19th century

70 €

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