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Memoires de M.D.L.R. Sur les Brigues la Mort de Louys XIII les Guerres de Paris & de Guyenne & la Prison des Prince and Memoires de Monsieur de la Chastre
by Francois La Rochefoucauld  Notes Cologne: Pierre Van Dyck, 1664. Small 12mo. 7cm x 13cm. 400pp. Full leather, raised bands, gilt ruled border, marbled edges. Spine chipped at the head and foot, armorial bookplate, first endpaper detached, clean and bright text block. Good. JTN/bh....
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Les Veillees du Chateau, ou, Cours de Morale a l'Usage des Enfans, 4 Volumes in 2, 5th Edition
by Mme la Comtesse de Genlis Notes Berlin & Leipzig: H A Koechly, 1827. 5th edition. 8vo., four volumes in two. Later marbled paper over boards, leather title labels on spines. Text in French. Extremities rubbed. Lacking half-titles. Prelims lightly foxed. Good condition. Madame La...
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Rare Books: $325.00 Set Hardcover
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Monsieur Nicolas ou Le Coeur Humain Devoile (14 volumes)
by Restif de la Bretonne Notes Paris: Isidore Liseux, 1883. 14 vols. Limited edition of 225 copies on Holland paper. 1/4 blue morocco over marbled boards, marbled eps, teg. Facsimile of title page from 1st edition in vol.1, frontis in vol.14. The fascinating memoirs of Nicolas-Edme...
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Memoir of Count De Montalembert, Peer of France, Deputy for the Department of Doubs: A Chapter of Recent French History 2 Volumes
by Mrs. Oliphant Notes Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1872. Early edition, 12mo, 2 volumes, 352 & 409pp. Half-calf boards, with marbled paper over boards. Light rubbing, and slight bumps to corners. Marbled endpapers and edges, all pages clean and tight, save front hinge...
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Historia delle Guerre Civili di Francia, 2 Volumes
by Henrico Caterino Davila Notes London: T Payne, D Wilson & T Durham, 1755. 2 volumes. 4to. xxxvi, 643; 626pp. Volume 1 in modern library binding; volume 2 is full contemporary calf. Title pages in red and black. Text in Italian. Hinges of volume 2 starting, wear to extremities...
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Memoires d'un Pere Pour Servir a l'Instruction de ses Enfans, 4 Volumes
by Jean Fran Marmontel Notes Paris, reprinted in London: M. Peltier, 1805. 4 vols, 12mo., decorated calf, gilt borders, black morocco title labels and gilt decorative panels on spine. Some wear to covers and spines. A handsome set in a classic contemporary binding. Text in French...
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Rare Books: $700.00 Vellum
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Recueil des Antiquitez et Singularitez de la Ville de Rouen
by Noel Taillepied Notes Rouen: Martin le Mesgissier, 1610. Contemporary vellum binding. a8, A-I12, K4. With woodcuts and historiated initials. Text in French. Vellum is soiled, worn. A short copy, with no loss to headers or footers. Good condition. Father Noel Taillepied (1540...
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A Sporting Tour Through Various Parts of France in the Year 1802: Including a Concise Description of the Sporting Establishments, Mode of Hunting, and Other Field-Amusements...
by Thomas Thornton Notes London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805-6. 2 volumes in 1. 4to, 290x235mm. lxvi,168,[6]; xii,260,[8]. First edition. Bound in half calf with marbled paper-covered boards, rebacked in brown calf, retaining red leather title label from previous...
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Art of the French Illustrated Book Volume 2
by Gordon Ray Notes Cornell University Press, 1982, NY. Volume 2 only, HC in red boards, DJ shows minor rubbing. Good/good...
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| Rare Books: $500.00 Hardcover
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Communists of Paris 1871: Types, Physiognomies, Characteristics
by Bertall Notes Paris: Buckingham & Co., [1873]. 4to., original royal blue blindstamped cloth, decorated in gilt on front board, title in gilt on spine. Aeg. 2" tear to front joint at head, corners bumped, worn. With 40 hand colored plates, illustrating the 'types' that...
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| Rare Books: $275.00 Hardcover
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Le Caveau Moderne, or le Rocher de Cancalle, Chansonnier de Table, Compose des Meilleures Chansons de l'Ancien Caveau...
by Les Auteurs du Journal des Gourmands et des Belles Notes Paris: Capelle et Renand, 1807. Half Japanese vellum, green paper over boards. 318pp. Engraved frontis, one leaf of printed music ("Ma Philosophie") & poems printed in the the shape of both a glass & a bottle. Some wear to boards, light foxing to text...
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Memoire a Consulter Sur un Systeme Religieux et Politique, Tendant a Renverser la Religion, la Societe et le Trone
by Francois-Dominique de Reynaud, compte de Montlosier Notes Paris: Ambroise Dupont et Roret, Libraries, 1826. Full calf, blue marbled endpapers & armorial bookplate on front paste down. Text in French. Boards scuffed....
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| Rare Books: $65.00 Hardcover
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Old Regime and the Revolution
by Alexis Tocqueville Notes New York: Harper Bros., 1856. Brown Victorian pebble cloth. 344pgs. Cream colored end papers; very clean and tight. There is rubbing and some fading to the cloth and top and bottom of spine rubbed and chipped. First U.S. edition. bh...
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L'evolution Regionaliste: du Felibrige au Federalisme
by F Jean Desthieux Notes Paris: Editions Bossard, 1918. Half bound in leather with 5 raised bands and gilt tooling in each compartment. 236p....
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Michel De Castelnau: Ambassadeur en Angleterre 1575-1585
by Gustave Hubault Notes Saint Cloud: Mme V Belin, 1856. Nicely bound in quarter green calf, mottled paper over boards. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Good condition, with many pages unopened. OCLC...
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