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Photo of "Le prophete jonas. Juillet 1793 ..."
[BONNAY, Charles-Francois, marquis de]. Le prophete jonas. Juillet 1793 par un emigre. A Ninive. [s.n.], [1793]. Seconde edition. 8vo. [2], 38pp. Uncut, stitched into original publisher's drab paper wrappers. Lightly dust-soiled, contemporary inked ownership inscription to upper wrapper; 'Monsieur De la Galailiere / a Moleubeck', likely the Marquis de la Galailiere, state councillor and intendant of justice and finances in Lorraine province. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 19032
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BRUEYS, [David-Augustin de]. PALAPRAT, [Jean de]. L'avocat patelin, comedie en trois actes et en prose, Par MM. brueys et palaprat. Representee pour la premiere sois a Paris, par les Comediens Francais, le 4 juin 1706. A Paris. Chez Mad. George, [1798]. Nouvelle edition [i.e. new edition]. 8vo. 36pp. Uncut, stitched, as issued, in original publisher's drab paper wrappers. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to title, printed paper slip bearing the imprint of Chez Mad. George pasted over the actual imprint of Chez Fages, slight loss to lower margin of leaf D2, light spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 19035
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[ROUSSEAU, Jean Jacques], [STAEL-HOLSTEIN, Anne Louise Germaine de]. Lettres sur les ouvrages et le caractere de j. j. rousseau. [Paris?]. [s.n.], 1789. Derniere edition [i.e. second edition]. 8vo. [4], 88pp. Uncut, stitched into later marbled paper wrappers. Extremities marked and chipped, wrapper separating from text-block. Contemporary inked annotation and later ink-stamp of crown motif with initials 'H. A.' to title, several lines of p.7 deleted in ink (bled through to p.8-9), lightly spotted. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 19027
Photo of "Praelectiones doctiss. viri guilielmi whitakeri.."
WHITAKER, William. Praelectiones doctiss. viri guilielmi whitakeri... Herbornae Nassoviorum [i.e. Herborn]. Ex officina Christophori Corvini, 1607. 8vo. 334pp. Contemporary blind-ruled calf, recently rebacked to style, recent morocco lettering-piece. Boards rubbed. Near contemporary armorial bookplate of Earl Cornwallis and recent book-label of John Sparrow to FEP, paper flaw to first word of title, contemporary inked inscription to head of title-page ‘Rex Lex -6’, light damp-staining to head of all leaves, worming to margins throughout, very occasional contemporary inked highlighting. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 18689
Photo of "Dialectica Joannis setoni cantabrigiensis, annotationibus ..."
SETON, John. Dialectica Joannis setoni cantabrigiensis, annotationibus Petri Carteri, ut clarissimis ita breuissimis explicata. Huic accessit, obartium ingenuarum inter se cognationem, Guilielmi Buclaei Arithmetica. Londini [i.e. London]. Apud Thomam Marsh, 1577. 8vo. [318]pp. With a linen-backed folding table. Handsomely bound in later gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, small paper repairs to text of initial five gatherings - with some slight loss of sense, very occasional contemporary faded inked annotations and underlining, paper repair to lower corner of terminal leaf, some spotting/browning. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 17265
Photo of "L'orateur recueil de pieces choisies ..."
[EDUCATION]. L'orateur recueil de pieces choisies et de morceaux frappans tires des meilleurs auteurs Francois. Ouvrage instructif pour les personnes qui apprennent le Francois, et amusant pour ceux qui le savant. A Londres [i.e. London]. De L'Imprimerie de T. Spilsbury, 1792. Third edition. 12mo. [4], 420pp. With a subscriber's list of a mere 20 persons, some representing London schools at Walthamstow, Sloane Street, Kensington, and Harley Street. Contemporary calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, with some slight surface loss, corners bumped. Marbled endpapers, ink ownership inscription to verso of FFEP of 'Caroline Bettesworth / June 1799.', a clean and crisp copy. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 14174
Photo of "Increpatio Andreae Eudaemono-johannis jesuitae, de ..."
COLLINS, Samuel. Increpatio Andreae Eudaemono-johannis jesuitae, de infami parallelo, et, renovata assertio torturae torti, Pro Clarissimo Domino atque Antistite Eliensi. Cantabrigiensis [i.e. Cambridge]. Excudebat Cantrellus Legge, 1612. First edition. Quarto. [14], 442pp. Without initial and terminal blank leaves. Recent panelled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Slightest of rubbing to extremities. Deleted inked ownership inscription to title-page, very occasional chipping to margins, worm-trail of gutter margins of several gatherings, damp-staining to latter half of text-block. More > £ 300.00 Antiquates Ref. 17545
Photo of "Symphonie heroique"
SAMAIN, Albert. Symphonie heroique. Paris. Librarie des Amateurs, A. Ferroud - F. Ferroud, Successeur, 1908. Quarto. Limited edition of 250 copies, of which this is number 205. 87pp, [1]. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, and several engraved vignettes by Charles Chessa. Attractively bound by P. Affolter in contemporary gilt-tooled tan crushed morocco, marbled boards, T.E.G., original publisher's powder blue paper wrappers bound-in. Very slight shelf-wear to extremities. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 18618
Photo of "Le chariot d'or"
SAMAIN, Albert. Le chariot d'or. Paris. Librarie des Amateurs, A. Ferroud - F. Ferroud, Successeur, 1907. Quarto. Limited edition of 250 copies, of which this is number 230. 146pp. With a half-title, an engraved frontispiece, and several engraved vignettes by Charles Chessa. Attractively bound by P. Affolter in contemporary gilt-tooled tan crushed morocco, marbled boards, T.E.G. Very slight shelf-wear to extremities. Marbled endpapers, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 18617
Photo of "C. sallustii crispi Quae extant. ..."
SALLUST. C. sallustii crispi Quae extant. In usum serenissimi galliarum delphini, diligenter recensuit, & Notulas addidit daniel crispinus. Parisiis [i.e. Paris]. Apud Fredericum Leonard Typographum Regis, Serenissimi Delphini, & Cleri Gallicani, 1674. Quarto. [30], 234pp, [126]. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled speckled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed and a trifle marked, slight splitting to lower joint. Very occasional pen-trials/short tears to margins, overall internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 17548