Books & Manuscripts
Wednesday, 2 July 2025 at 13:30
Salle 7 - Hôtel Drouot, 9, rue Drouot, 75009 Paris
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1 - [Benedict XIII - PAPAL BULLETIN] Handwritten bull of Pope Benedict XIII on vellum (790 x 510 mm). Large floral decoration in brown ink. Vincenzo Maria Orsini (1649-1730) became pope under the name of Benedict XIII in 1724, voluntarily taking the same name as the antipope elected in 1394 to emphasize the latter's illegitimacy. Inscription on verso by Lezineau, avocat au Parlement, certifying that the present bull is true and original, and sent directly from the Court of Rome on August 10, 1729. I
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200 € - 300 €
2 - [DOUCY - SAVOIE] Joint submission of Jean Claude Bouvier and Michel Asperd for the execution of the taille and other assets of the community of Doucy...in favor of the council of the said parish. Notarized deed executed before notary Joseph Michon, notary in Doucy June 16, 1782 Inventory of documents and procedures relating to an order issued by the Syndic of the salt gabelle. Doucy, in the Tarentaise Valley [Savoie]. Dated March 9, 1594. Attached: [MANUSCRIT]. Joint submission of Jean Claude Bo
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60 € - 80 €
3 - [HERBOUVILLE (Le Bascle d'): "Livre concernant les comptes de tous les fermiers de Monsieur le marquis d'Herbouville suivant tous les baux qui ont été [...] année 1720 [-1725]". Manuscript in-folio, 137 pages, soft ivory vellum (period binding). ATTACHED: "Registre de la ferme, commencée le jour de Paques 16 avril 1797" (Farm register, begun on Easter Day, April 16, 1797). Small in-folio manuscript, 154 pages, ivory vellum (contemporary binding). ENSEMBLE DEUX LIVRES DE COMPTES MANUSCRITS DU
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350 €
4 - [HOMÈRE]. PLOYETTE (Émile). "Mid-nineteenth-century manuscript of 358 pp. in a square in-8° volume, green half-chagrin, smooth spine decorated (period binding). Philological work based on "La Clef d'Homère" with a different method: "we have done nothing other than this same analysis, we have copied it entirely from the work used [...] we have destroyed the alphabetical order to analyze each word one after the other in the place they occupy in the Poem [...]".
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60 € - 80 €
5 - [PÉTAIN (Philippe)] Two typed nominations signed by Major General and later Marshal of France Pétain (April 22, 1918 & February 22, 1919), to Brigadier General Bousquier. ATTACHED: official portrait of Marshal Philippe Pétain (Draeger printing works, circa 1941).
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180 €
6 - SILVESTRE de SACY (Samuel). "The Book of Books. 10 Légendes en marge des livres. Grandeur et prospérité du Livre" (The Greatness and Prosperity of the Book) Manuscript dated January 28, 1930 in a small in-8° brown morocco schoolbook, smooth spine decorated, slipcase (Creuzevault). Manuscript in brown ink consisting of a title page, a page for the epigraph and 70 numbered pp. with pencilled corrections. Signed and dated by the author on the last leaf. Signed and dated by the author on the las
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300 € - 400 €
7 - [SAINT-DOMINGUE, MARTINIQUE & GUYANE]. RALLIER (Louis Anne Esprit). "Souvenirs of Mr Rallier. Military engineering work in Brest and St Domingue. Memoirs on the fortifications of the Colonies. Note on slaves." Louis Anne Esprit Rallier (1749-1829) was an engineer captain during the Revolution, then became a member of the Conseil des Cinq-Cents on the 28th of Germain, An VII. He supported the struggle of Haitian abolitionist Toussaint Louverture, hoping to keep Saint-Domingue within the spher
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5 000 €
7-1 - [BRETAGNE - GÉNIE MILITAIRE]. RALLIER (Louis Anne Esprit). Set of handwritten documents from the late 18th century. Collection of documents concerning various Breton strongholds including Concarneau, "L'Orient", Vannes, Brest, Belle-Isle, the Port-Louis citadel, etc. - "Etat des sommes dues à l'Entrepreneur pour les ouvrages ordonné en 1785 à la ville et à la citadelle du Port Louis [...]" - "Fortifications. Belle-isle. 1770. Direction des places de Bretagne" - "Fortifications. Brest. 1773.
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700 € - 900 €
8 - [NAPOLÉON I]. Letter to the Minister of War Henri-Jacques-Guillaume Clarke, dictated to his secretary Méneval, signed: "Monsieur le general Clarke, donnez l'ordre au general Suchet // de se rendre à Sarragosse et de prendre le commandement du 3e corps. // Le Duc d'Abrantes reviendra aussitôt qu'il sera remplacé par le // General Suchet. Sur ce je prie Dieu que il vous ait en sa sainte garde. à Paris le 5 avril 1809. // Le 6 remis a M. Girard pour // en faire part a M. [...]."
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1 300 €
9 - [ROBESPIERRE, CARNOT & COLLOT D'HERBOIS] Extrait des registres du Comité de Salut Public de la Convention Nationale, du quatrième jour de Nivose l'an deuxième de la République Française une et indivisible. Preprinted handwritten document signed by Robespierre, Carnot & Collot D'herbois.
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1 500 €
10 - [ALBERT the GREAT (disciple of). De secretis mulierum. S.n.n.l. [À l'explicit:] Explicit liber Alberti magni de secretis mulierum. // 1478. vicesimaquarta die mensis Junii. In-8° (140 x 196 mm), brown half-chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated (mid-19th c. binding). First edition neither signed nor folioed. 47 ff. (of 56). Text in Gothic letters on one column. 28 lines per page. This work, attributed to Albert the Great, then to Henri de Saxe or Thomas de Brabant, is today considered to be the w
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900 €
11 - [ATLAS - PTOLÉMÉE (Claude). Clavdii Ptholomei Cosmographi, REGER (Johannes) - Registrvm Alphabeticvm svper octo libros Ptolomei incipit feliciter. -- De locis ac mirabilibvs mvndi. et primo de tribvs orbis partibvs. Impressvm Vlme opera et // expensis Ivsti de Albano // de Venetiis per provisorem // svvm Iohannem Reger. An//no. Domini. m.cccc.lxxxvi. // xii. Kalendas. Avgvsti., [Ulm, Johannes Reger & Justus de Albano, July 21, 1486]. In-folio (287 x 395 mm), calf, broad cold-stamped framin
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160 000 €
12 - [BÉROALDE (Philippe)]. Philippi Beroaldi De Felici//tate opvscvlvm [À l'explicit :] Finis. // Opusculum hoc de felicitate luculentum impressoria // Caligulæ de Bazaleris Bononiæ incude egregiis // his caracteribus excussum Anno salutis Millesi//mo quadringentesimo nonagesimo quinto Calendis // aprilibus [Bologna, Caligula de Bazaleris, 1495]. In-8° (148 x 201 mm), brown half-chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated (mid-19th c. binding). 20 ff.: a-e4. Text in round letters on one column. 37 line
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1 500 €
13 - [SACROBUSTO (Johannis de Sacrobosco, alias)]. Opusculum Johannis de sacro bu//sto spericum cum notabili com=//mento atque figuris textum decla//rantibus utilissimis. [To the explicit:]. Opusculum Magistri Johannis Sacro//busto spericum per venerabilem virum Ma//gistrum Wenceslaum Fabri de Budweyss Me//dicine Baccalarium bene correctum et desuper // commentatum finit foeliciter. S.l.n.d. [Leipzig, Martin Landsberg & Wenzel Faber von Budweis, 1495]. In-8° (140 x 206 mm), brown half-chagrin, d
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7 000 €
14 - [ALMANACH ROYAL]. Almanach Royal, pour l'an mil sept cens quinze [...] A Paris, Chez Laurent d'Houry, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1715. In-8°, calf, spine decorated with fleur-de-lys, gilt edges (period binding). From the library of Bernard Francezon, with bookplate. Restoration to head cover.
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120 €
15 - [ALMANACH ROYAL]. Almanach Royal, année M. DCC.LVIII A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Le Breton, Imprimeur, 1758. In-8°, calf, ribbed spine decorated with lilies, letter "C" at foot (period binding). From the library of Bernard Francezon, with bookplate. Restoration to head cover.
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60 €
16 - [ALMANACH ROYAL]. Almanach royal, année M. DCC. LXIII. Paris, Chez Le Breton, Imprimeur, 1763. In-8°, olive morocco, wide gilt roulette denteléee framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine (period binding). From the library of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, with wet stamp from the library of Valencay. TALLEYRAND'S EXEMPLAIRE IN MAROQUIN.
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250 € - 300 €
17 - [ALMANACH ROYAL]. Almanach royal, année M. DCC.LXXIV [...], Paris, s. d. [1774]. In-8°, calf, spine decorated with lilies, letters "De" at foot (period binding). Almanach published in the year of Louis XV's death, particularly sought-after for the indication on page 553: "Trésorier des grains, au compte du Roi. M. Demirlavaud, rue S. Martin, vis-à-vis la Fontaine Maubué"; as soon as this indiscretion revealing His Majesty's business was noticed, it was hastily bound. From the library of Ber
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60 € - 80 €
18 - [ALMANACH ROYAL]. Almanach royal, année M. DCC.LXXIV [...], Paris, s. d. [1774]. In-8°, calf, spine decorated with lilies (period binding). Almanach published in the year of Louis XV's death, particularly sought-after for the indication on page 553: "Trésorier des grains, au compte du Roi. M. Demirlavaud, rue S. Martin, vis-à-vis la Fontaine Maubué"; as soon as this indiscretion, which revealed His Majesty's business, was noticed, it was hastily boxed. One loose leaf between pp. 144 and 145
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60 € - 80 €
19 - [ALMANACH ROYAL]. Almanach royal, année M. DCC. LXXVII. Paris, Par Le Breton, s. d. [1777]. In-8°, red morocco, wide small-iron lace framing the covers, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges (period binding). A fine copy in red morocco with lace.
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550 €
20 - [ALMANACH ROYAL]. Almanach Royal. Leap year M. DCC. LXXXIV. Paris, Par D'Houry, s. d. [1784]. In-8°, red morocco, large gilt serrated roulettes framing the covers, fleuron at the corners, spine ribbed and decorated with lilies, gilt edges (period binding). Covers and corners restored. EXEMPLE IN GILDED RED MAROQUIN.
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400 € - 500 €
21 - [ALMANACH ROYAL]. Royal almanac, leap year M. DCC. LXXXVIII. Paris, Veuve D'Houry & Debure, s. d. [1788]. In-8°, calf, spine decorated with lilies, small letters "F P" at foot (period binding). From the library of Bernard Francezon, with bookplate.
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80 € - 100 €
22 - [ALMANACH ROYAL]. Almanach royal, année commune M. DCC. LXXXIX. Paris, Veuve d'Houry & Debure, s. d. [1789]. In-8°, calf, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, ribbed spine decorated with lilies, gilt edges (period binding). From the libraries of Château du Tremblay, and Bernard Francezon, with bookplate.
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100 € - 120 €
23 - [ALMANACH ROYAL]. Almanach royal, année commune M. DCC. LXXXX. Paris, Veuve D'Houry & Debure,, Imprimeurs-Libraires, s. d. [1790]. In-8°, calf, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, lilies at the corners, royal coat of arms in the center, ribbed spine decorated with lilies, "P. D. R." numeral at the foot, gilt edges (period binding). From the libraries of Roger Duflos & Bernard Francezon, with bookplates. Skilful restorations to the spines. "The most sought-after years of the almanac
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300 €
24 - [ALMANACH ROYAL]. Almanach royal, année commune M. DCC. XCI. In Paris, Veuve D'Houry, s. d. [1791]. In-8°, red morocco, large gilt plate on covers, ribbed spine decorated with lilies, gilt edges, blue tabis endpapers (period binding). A folded map of "La France divisée en 83 départemens". Larcher label "A la Teste Noire". From the library of Bernard Francezon, with bookplate. A fine copy in morocco decorated with a gilt plate.
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350 €
25 - [ALMANACH ROYAL]. Royal almanac, leap year M. DCC. XCII. Paris, De l'Imp. de Testu, s. d. [1792]. In-8°, calf, fine gilt serrated border, spine decorated with lilies, gilt edges (period binding). One folded map of "La France divisée en 83 départemens". From the library of Bernard Francezon, with bookplate. Fine restorations.
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100 € - 120 €
26 - [ALMANACH NATIONAL]. Almanach national de France, année commune M. DCC. XCIII. l'an IIe de la République. A Paris, De l'Imp. de Testu, s. d. [1793]. In-8°, calf, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, spine decorated with phrygian caps (period binding). A folded map of "La France divisée en 84 départemens". From the library of Bernard Francezon, with bookplate. ATTACHED: a "Carte de sureté" issued by the Paris Commune on August 5, 1793 to citoyen Cadillou.
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180 €
27 - [ALMANACH NATIONAL]. Almanach national de France, l'an cinquieme de la République françoise une et indivisible [...]. A Paris, Chez Testu, s. d. [1796/1797]. In-8°, calf, fine gold-toothed roulette framing the covers, smooth spine decorated (period binding). From the "Bibliothèque du Ministère de la Maison de l'Empereur" ministry created by Napoleon III with two wet stamps on the title, & from Bernard Francezon, with bookplate. Title russeted; restoration to head cover.
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200 € - 300 €
28 - [ALMANACH NATIONAL]. Almanach national de France, l'an sixieme de la République françoise une et indivisible [...]. A Paris, Chez Testu, s. d. [1797/1798]. In-8°, green morocco, gilt Greek-style roulette framing the covers, central numeral, ornate smooth spine, gilt edges (period binding). From the libraries of Olivier Le Bas and Bernard Francezon, with ex-libris, & Etienne Eglée, Canon Secretary of the Archdiocese of Paris, with wet stamp on title. Spine faded; title page doubled; a few
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700 €
29 - [ALMANACH NATIONAL]. Almanach national de France, l'an septième de la République françoise une et indivisible [...]. A Paris, Chez Testu, s. d. [1798/1799]. In-8°, basane, smooth spine decorated (period binding). 40/50 Some wear to boards.
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40 € - 50 €
30 - [ALMANACH NATIONAL]. Almanach national de France, l'An neuvième de la République françoise une et indivisible, Paris, Chez Testu, s. d. [1800/1801]. In-8°, basane, smooth spine decorated (period binding). From the library of Bernard Francezon, with bookplate. Binding and headband restored.
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40 € - 50 €
31 - [ALMANACH NATIONAL]. Almanach national de France, An XI de la République [...]. A Paris, Chez Testu, s. d. [1802/1803]. In-8°, basane, smooth spine decorated (period binding). From the library of Bernard Francezon, with bookplate. Handwritten bookplate on title; restorations to headpieces.
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40 € - 50 €
32 - [ALMANACH NATIONAL]. Almanach national de France, An XII de la République [...]. A Paris, Chez Testu, Imprimeur-Libraire, s. d. [1803/1804]. In-8°, basane, smooth spine decorated, ink inscription "M S. XII." on edge (period binding). From the library of Bernard Francezon, with bookplate. Restorations to headpieces.
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40 € - 50 €
33 - [IMPERIAL ALMANAC]. Almanach impérial pour l'an XIII [...]. A Paris, Chez Testu, Imprimeur, s. d. [1804/1805]. In-8°, long-grained red morocco, fine gilt serrated roulettes framing the boards, smooth spine decorated with imperial eagles and stars, gilt edges (period binding). Vignette with imperial arms on the title. From the library of Bernard Francezon, with bookplate and indication of provenance "de la bibliothèque du général de division Jamin". Spine slightly faded. EXEMPLAIRE IN RED MA
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250 €
34 - [ALMANACH ROYAL]. Almanach Royal, for the leap year M.DCCC. XVI [...] A Paris, Chez Testu et Ce, s. d. [1816]. In-8°, basane, smooth spine decorated with lilies, figure "T. From the library of Bernard Francezon, with bookplate.
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60 € - 80 €
35 - [ALMANACH ROYAL]. Almanach Royal, for the leap year M. DCCC. XX [...] Paris, Chez M.-P. Guyot, Éditeur, s. d. [1820]. In-8°, basane, smooth spine decorated with lilies (period binding). From the library of Bernard Francezon, with bookplate.
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60 € - 80 €
36 - [ALMANACH ROYAL]. Almanach Royal, for the leap year M. DCCC. XX [...] Paris, Chez M.-P. Guyot, Éditeur, s. d. [1820]. In-8°, basane, smooth spine decorated with lilies (period binding). From the library of Bernard Francezon, with bookplate.
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60 € - 80 €
37 - [ALMANACH ROYAL]. Almanach royal, pour l'an M. DCCC. XXII. Paris, Chez M.-P. Guyot, Éditeur, s. d. [1822]. Large in-8° volume, long-grained red morocco, gilt serrated border, number "C" in a central escutcheon, ornate smooth spine, gilt edges (period binding). Engraved coat of arms on title. A fine copy in red morocco adorned with the coat of arms of Count de CORBIÈRE (1766-1853), MINISTER OF INTERIOR AFFAIRS UNTIL 1828. Spine faded.
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400 € - 500 €
38 - [ALMANACH ROYAL]. Royal almanac, for the leap year M. DCCC. XXIV. Paris, Chez A. Guyot et Scribe, s. d. [1824]. In-8°, half blond basane with ivory vellum corners, smooth spine decorated (period binding). From the libraries of E. Prost "maistre en fait d'armes" & Bernard Francezon, with ex-libris. Fine restorations to headpieces and spines; restored tears to title.
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40 € - 50 €
39 - [ALMANACH ROYAL]. Almanach royal, pour l'an M. DCCC. XXV [...]. XXV [...] Paris, Chez A. Guyot et Scribe, 1825. In-8°, half basane with small ivory vellum corners, smooth spine decorated (period binding). From the libraries of E. Prost "maistre en fait d'armes" & Bernard Francezon, with ex-libris. Coiffes restored.
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80 €
40 - [ALMANACH ROYAL]. Almanach royal et national pour l'an M DCCC XXXI. Paris, Chez A. Guyot et Scribe, 1831. In-8°, long-grained red morocco, gilt serrated border, "R D L" crowned with stars in the center, ornate smooth spine, gilt edges (period binding). From the library of Bernard Francezon, with bookplate. First spine slightly cracked over 5 cm; some light freckling. RED MAROQUIN EXEMPLAIRE WITH GOLDEN "R D L" CHIFFRE.
Result
200 €
41 - [ALMANACH ROYAL]. Almanach royal et national pour l'an M D CCC XLVII [...] Paris, Chez A. Guyot et Scribe, Éditeurs, 1847. In-8°, marbled basane, smooth spine decorated (period binding). From the library of Bernard Francezon, with bookplate. Some foxing. ATTACHED: Almanach, 1850
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60 € - 80 €
42 - ALBANIS-BEAUMONT (Jean François) Travels through the Rhætian Alps, in the year mdcclxxxvi. from Italy to Germany, through Tyrol. London, Printed by C. Clarke, 1792. In-folio, half-brown basane, smooth spine (period binding). A map of "The Route from Venice to Fussen in Swabia" and ten aquatints by Cornelis APOSTOOL after Jean François ALBANIS-BEAUMONT & H. MEYER. Some damage; wetness on the first three pages of the text; last leaf of the explanation of the plates lacking.
Estimate
700 € - 900 €
43 - [ALMANACH]. Pocket Almanac for the Year M. DCC. LVIII. with the Births of the Kings, Queens, Princes, and Princesses of Europe. and Followed by Pleasant and Useful Pieces. A Berlin, Par les heritiers de J. G. Wolfgang, 1757. In-16, green boards with flaps, silver lace framing the boards, fleuron in the center (period boards). Two portraits (Anne-Élisabeth-Louise de Brandebourg-Schwedt and her husband Auguste Ferdinand de Prusse), a double-page engraved ornate title, a folded and watercolored "C
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150 € - 200 €
44 - ANDRY (Nicolas). De la Generation des Vers dans le Corps de l'Homme. De la Nature & des Especes de cette maladie, de ses effets, de ses signes, de ses prognostics : Des Moyens de s'en préserver, des remedes pour la guérir, &c. A Amsterdam, Chez Thomas Lombrail, Marchand Libraire, 1701. In-12, stiff vellum, spine ribbed with author and title in ink (contemporary binding). Second edition. Five engraved plates, including a large folded one depicting "a Worm that a Breuvage brought out of
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60 € - 80 €
45 - ANONYMOUS. Annales poétiques, ou Almanach des Muses, depuis l'Origine de la Poésie françoise, Paris, Chez Delalain, Libraire, 1778. 2 volumes in-16, calf, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, smooth spine decorated, "L. T." numeral at foot (period binding). "Two portraits (Marot & Charles d'Orléans). First two volumes of a collection of 40. Minor loss at head. Tchemerzine, V, 28. 25 POÈMES DE CHARLES D'ORLEANS SONT ICI RÉUNIS POUR LA PREMIÈRE FOIS.
Result
90 €
46 - [ANONYMOUS]. L'Art de plumer la poule sans crier [The art of plucking hens without crying], Cologne, Chez Robert Le Turc, au Cocq hardi, 1710. In-12, basane, smooth ornate spine (period binding). ORIGINAL EDITION. Title printed in red and black. From the library of Bernard Francezon, with bookplate. Minor damage to second spine. "Recueil de 21 contes et historiettes très-amusant et, comme satire des moeurs du temps, intéressant." (Graesse, I, 233).
Result
60 €
47 - APULÉE. Les Métamorphoses: ou L'Ane d'or. A Chatillon-sur-Seine, Cornillac-Lambert, l'An V. 2 volumes in-8°, plum half-calf, spine ribbed and decorated (mid-19th c. binding). "New Edition".
Result
60 €