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[CURIOSA].

Blasons anatomiques du corps féminin publiés par le Bibliophile B.G., décorés de vignettes par Grès.

Paris, [Bertrand Guégan], 1931.

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Limited edition, only 100 copies (n°76).

[RELIURE MAROQUIN].

Office de la quinzaine de Pâque, en latin et en françois.

Paris, Libraires associés, 1777.

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200 €

Beautiful 18th century red morocco binding.

[CAILLEAU].

Les Misères de ce monde ou Complaintes facétieuses sur les apprentissages de différens arts et métiers de la ville et fauxbourgs de Paris.

Londres et Paris, Cailleau, 1783.

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650 €

First edition.
Very curious collection of texts on the miseries of apprentices.
Published by the bookseller Cailleau, the work brings together the History of the good man Misère, a popular tale from the 17th century, and nine pieces in burlesque verse describing the living conditions of apprentices and servants. It thus includes: the Mirror of patience or the misery of the attorney's clerks, the Misery of the surgeons' boys, the Patira or complaint of a attorney's clerk on his miserable apprenticeship, the Misery of the apprentice printers, applied in detail to each function of this noble Art, the Misery of the apprentice papermakers-gluers, bookbinders and book gilders, the Misery of the bakers' boys of the city and suburbs of Paris, The State of servitude or the misery of the servants, the Misery of the husbands and the Misery of the bailiffs' clerks.

[LAUGIER, Marc-Antoine].

Histoire de la République de Venise.

Paris, N. B. Duchesne, 1758-1768.

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First edition.
Marc-Antoine Laugier (1713-1769), Jesuit who became a Benedictine abbot, historian and theoretician of French architecture of the 18th century. The Republic of Venice, sometimes nicknamed "the Most Serene", was gradually established in the Middle Ages around the city of Venice, and which developed by the annexation of various territories in Northern Italy, along the coasts of the Adriatic Sea and in the Eastern Mediterranean until it became one of the main European economic powers.

[FONTENAY, (Abbé)].

Antilogies et Fragmens Philosophiques, ou Collection méthodique des morceaux les plus curieux & les plus intéressans sur la Religion, la Philosophie, les Sciences & les Arts, extraits des écrits de la Philosophie moderne.

Paris, Vincent, 1774-1775.

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800 €

First edition.
Louis Abel de Bonafous, a Jesuit priest, became a writer when his order was banned in 1773, under the name of Abbé Fontenay.
The Antilogies are a collection of contradictory arguments, often used to demonstrate paradoxes or to question certain dogmatic assertions. This work is typical of the way in which certain authors of the 18th century, particularly during the Enlightenment, questioned established truths and rigid systems of thought.
The Antilogies had a certain influence in the philosophical circles of its time, because of its innovative approach to logic and theology.

[BOYER D'ARGENS, Jean-Baptiste (de)].

Lettres chinoises, ou Correspondance philosophique, historique et critique, entre un Chinois voyageur à Paris & ses correspondans à la Chine, en Moscovie, en Perse et au Japon.

La Haye, Pierre Paupie, 1755.

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550 €

New edition.
Epistolary fiction told in the form of letters exchanged between a Chinese, Hoang, and a European. It is a social and philosophical critique that highlights the absurdities of European society through the eyes of a foreign character, a process often used by the Enlightenment to offer an external perspective on the customs and beliefs of the time. The last volume contains the author's philosophical dreams in which he develops several political utopias.

[CASSINI, Jean Dominique].

Manuel de l'étranger qui voyage en Italie.

Paris, Veuve Duchesne, 1778.

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850 €

First edition.
Work by Jean-Dominique Cassini (known as Cassini IV) who wrote this manual the day after his trip to Italy in 1775.
Cassini regretted that most authors on Italy sometimes digressed without having left their salons. On the contrary, he wanted to offer a practical manual for travelers:
"this little work, whose sole purpose is to be useful to travelers. It teaches the routes, warns of obstacles; indicates the means; teaches what is to be seen, what can be neglected." (extract from the preface).

[PAUW, Cornelius (de)].

Recherches philosophiques sur les égyptiens et les chinois.

Berlin, G.J. Decker, 1773.

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150 €

First edition.
Work which combats the curious hypothesis raised by Joseph de Guignes who wanted China to be a colony of the ancient Egyptians.

RICHER, Henri.

Vie De Mécenas Avec Des Notes Historiques et critiques.

Paris, Chaubert, 1746.

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100 €

First edition.
Maecenas (c. 70 BC-8 BC) was a Roman politician and close friend of the Emperor Augustus, famous for devoting his wealth and influence to promoting the arts and literature.

DION CASSIUS [Jean Xiphilin].

Dionis Nicaei Rerum Romanarum à Pompeio Magno ad Alexandrum Mamaeae, Epitome authore Ioanne Xiphilino. Ex bibliotheca Regia.

Paris, Robert Estienne, 1551.

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1200 €

Copy in an attractive reused binding which was originally intended to cover a slightly thicker volume.
Editio princeps of the epitome of Dio's Roman history, abridged in the 11th century by Joannes Xiphilinus, the only source for Dio's lost books 61-80.

VALOIS de La MOTTE (Comtesse).

Vie de Jeanne de St-Rémy de Valois, ci-devant comtesse de La Motte ; contenant un récit détaillé & exact des évenemens extraordinaires auxquels cette Dame infortunée a eu part depuis sa naissance, & qui ont contribué à l'élever à la dignité de Confidente & Favorite de la Reine de France ; avec plusieurs particularités ultérieures, propres à éclaircir les transactions mysterieuses relatives au collier de diamans,...écrite par elle-même.

Paris, Garnéry, An I [1793].

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150 €

Sentenced to life imprisonment in the Affair of the Necklace, the Countess de La Motte fled to London and published her memoirs, in which she formally accused Marie Antoinette of complicity.
First edition under this title and greatly expanded.

VUILLEMIN, Alexandre Aimé.

[Atlas Illustré de Géographie Commerciale et Industrielle présentant les grandes divisions physiques, la distribution géographique, des végétaux et des minéraux].

Paris, Fatout, 1859.

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Scarce decorative map of North America, published in Paris by Vuillemin.
Collection of 7 maps: Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Oceania and France.
Maps drawn by A. Vuillemin, Geographer; Engraved by Langevin and Gérin.
Illustrations drawn by A. Testard and engraved by Guesnu
All maps are dated 1859.

Rare maps among the most decorative of the nineteenth century with for each, side panels containing numerous meticulously engraved vignettes with explanations on the regions making up the continents or the departments for the map of France.
For the map of North America :
- The map includes 16 decorative side panel vignettes showing indigenous scenes in America, flora and fauna.
The map shows Russian America, Utah and New Mexico, extending to the Rocky Mountains, and massive Oregon, Northwest and Indian Territories. Interesting notes on early discoveries, including a reference to Alvaro Nunez in Texas, in 1528, Cabrillo's discovery of the Pacific in 1548, Francis Drake, Lewis & Clark, Edwin James, etc.
Early railroads, forts, canals, military reserves, Indian lands, ports of commerce and other details noted.
One of the most decorative large format maps of North America from the period, finely engraved by Gerin and illustrated by A. Testard.

SUETONE.

Caius Suetonius Tranquillus. [La vie des douze césars].

Paris, e typographia regia, 1644.

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1200 €

Latin edition of the Lives of the Twelve Caesars given by the Imprimerie royale, created at the Louvre by Richelieu four years earlier in order to "give the public the works of good authors in characters worthy of their work".
Edition illustrated with an engraved title, and 12 portraits in the text engraved by Abraham Bosse.
These portraits representing the 12 Caesars are placed at the head of each of the chapters devoted to them.
A fine copy in morocco binding.

TURGOT, Anne-Robert-Jacques.

Théorie de l'intérêt de l'argent.

Paris, Barrois l'aîné, 1780.

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250 €

First edition.
Important treatise in which Turgot, defends loans of money with interest as being necessary for the development of trade.

JAUBERT, Pierre (Abbé).

Dissertation sur un Temple octogone et plusieurs bas-reliefs trouvez à Cestas.

Bordeaux, Jean Baptiste Lacorne, 1743.

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600 €

First edition.
Description of a temple, probably early Christian, in Cestas by the local scholar Abbot Jaubert.
The latter identifies it as a temple dedicated to the cult of Cybele.
This temple, which has now disappeared, was attached to the old church of Cestas. The engravings by Abbot Jaubert representing the plan of the building and the bas-reliefs are the only archaeological traces that remain to us.

FAULCON, Felix.

Fruits de la Solitude et du Malheur.

Paris, Du Pont, An IV [1796].

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100 €

First edition.
Felix Faulcon, deputy under the Constituent Assembly, then the Empire and the Restoration, he became a corresponding member of the Institut de France (Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres) on June 3, 1803. In exile in the countryside during the Convention and the Terror, Faulcon delivers his reflections here in the form of Pastorales. The work will only be published under the Directory.

FAULCON, Felix.

Voyages et Opuscules.

Paris, Debray, 1805.

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100 €

First edition.
Excerpts from the author's travel journal in Belgium, Holland and on the Rhine, in Allier and Puy-de-Dôme. Felix Faulcon, deputy under the Constituent, then the Empire and the Restoration, he became a corresponding member of the Institut de France (Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres) on June 3, 1803.

[GOUJET, Claude Pierre (Abbé)].

Histoire des Inquisitions ; Où l'on rapporte l'origine & le progrès de ces Tribunaux, leurs variations, & la forme de leur Jurisdiction.

Cologne, Pierre Marteau, 1759.

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350 €

First edition.
Interesting work in which Abbé Goujet compiles and comments on the main texts relating to the Inquisition.
The engravings depict scenes of torture and auto-da-fés committed by the Spanish Inquisition.

[CONFRERIE DE LA BONNE MORT].

Confrérie de la Bonne Mort ; son origine, son rétablissement, ses obligations.

[Poitiers], Catineau, 1806.

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350 €

First edition.
The brotherhoods of the good death were prayer groups that spiritually accompanied the dying.
The brotherhood of Poitiers, one of the oldest in France, was active from 1380.

TREUVE, Simon Michel.

Le Directeur spirituel pour ceux qui n'en ont point.

Paris, Elise Josset, 1695.

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350 €

Third edition.
Treuvé was one of the great apostles of Jansenist spirituality in the 18th century.
His Spiritual Director was a European success and had more than a hundred editions.
Rare copy in full red morocco of the time, without ornamentation, austere binding that one would easily qualify as Jansenist.

[MANUSCRIT].

Metaphysica.

s.l., s.n., 1775.

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200 €

Original manuscript.
Course in metaphysics and ontology with a long section on theodicy.

[AUX ARMES ROYALES].

Office de la semaine sainte.

Paris, Herissant, [1745].

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500 €

Good copy in contemporary morocco whose covers are gilded with the arms of Mesdames de France.
The daughters of Louis XV indeed shared the same arms for their bindings, they were distinguished only by the color of the morocco. Red morocco was reserved for Adelaide of France (1732-1800).

LEON L'AFRICAIN [Leo Africanus, Johannes (al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan al-Fasi).].

De Totius Africae descriptione, libri IX.
Quibus non solùm Africae regionum, insularum, & oppidorum fitus, locorum q intreualla accuratè complexus est, sed Regum familius, bellorum causas &euentus, resq. In ea memorabiles, tam à seipso diligente obseruatione indagatas, q in veris Maurorum Annalib. Memoriae traditas, copiose descripsit, recéns in Latinam linguam conuersi Ioan. Floriano Interprete.

Anvers, Ioan. Latium, 1556.

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6000 €

Rare first latin edition of this famous description of Africa.
Born Al Hassan Ibn Mahommed Al Wezaz Al Fasi probably in Granada in about 1494, the author received a great part of his education at Fez, later travelling through most of northern Africa between 1507-1520.
He undertook his most famous series of journeys across the Sahara into modern day Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Chad between 1513 and 1515.
Later he travelled to Constantinople and Egypt, and while travelling home from there in 1520 was captured by pirates and presented to Pope Leo X in Rome.
There he converted to Christianity, was baptized and adopted his Christian name.
First published in Italian in 1550, this first Latin edition was the basis for the English translation of 1600.

A complete copy, with the 2 final blank leaves often missing and in a contemporary binding.

D'AQUIN, Thomas.

Summa de veritate celeberrimi doctoris sancte Thome Aquinatis.

Cologne, Quentell, 1508.

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2500 €

Post-incunable edition.
The most famous work of St Thomas Aquinas, which brings together 29 questions on the truth, and 253 articles of answers.
These disputed issues correspond to the first disputes led by Thomas Aquinas as master of theology at the University of Paris during the academic year 1256–1257, when Thomas Aquinas was a young professor.
In the first question, Thomas Aquinas defined truth as "the adequacy of the thing and the intellect.".

SANNIÉ, Charles / GUÉRIN, D.

Éléments de police scientifique.

Paris, Hermann & Cie, 1938-1940.

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120 €

First edition.
Sannié and Guérin's book is contemporary with the work of Edmond Locard (1877-1966), considered one of the founding fathers of forensic science. The work is mainly devoted to what we would call today forensic identity, with the first two volumes focusing on anthropometry and the next two on fingerprint identification.

[CHARLES VII].

Vollständiges Diarium von den merckwürdigsten Begebenheiten, die sich vor, in und nach der Höchst-beglückten Wahl und Krönung, des Allerdurchlauchtigsten, Großmächtigsten und Unüberwindlichsten Fürsten und Herrn Carls des VII.

Frankfurt am Main, Johann David Jung, 1742-1743.

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1200 €

First edition.
A remarkable work that offers a detailed and illustrated account of the significant events that occurred before, during and after the election and coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles Albert of Bavaria, known as Charles VII. Thanks to its detailed descriptions of the ceremonies, parades and festivities, enriched by numerous iconographic documents.
A very complete copy of all the required plates: 1 frontispiece, 19 portraits, 20 plates (including numerous double plates and 2 folding plans).

DRUMMOND DE MELFORT, Louis Hector.

Traite sur la Cavalerie.

Paris, Imprimerie de Guillaume Desprez, 1776.

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7500 €

First edition of this famous treatise on cavalry, one of the most spectacular ever published.

The treatise itself, adorned with a beautiful frontispiece by Pierre Charles Ingouf, depicting Louis XVI reviewing the mounted troops, a title vignette by Macret, and four headings and three tailpieces engraved by various artists after Van Blaremberghe, is illustrated with 11 copper-engraved tactical plates, seven of which are double-page spreads and one folded.

This copy bears the coat of arms of the Duke of Condé, second in the list of 69 subscribers to the work, after the Duke of Chartres, who was the author's godfather.

Text volume only. The atlas, bearing the coat of arms of the Prince of Condé, was sold at the 1988 Biennale des Antiquaires, Librairie Léonce Laget, Paris, and then at Christie's in 2016.

[RELIURE MAROQUN].

Les Livres Apocryphes.

s.l., s.n., [v.1700].

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100 €

Charming little binding for this volume dedicated to the apocryphal books of the Old Testament.

[AFFAIRE DU COLLIER DE LA REINE].

Recueil de 36 pièces concernant l'affaire du Collier de la Reine.

Paris, s.n., 1785-1788.

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2500 €

The most exhaistive set we've met. With the famous plate of the Collier.

Set of 36 pieces, mostly in first edition, with 11 additional portraits and the plate reproducing the "Collier".

Portraits :
Volume I
1.Jeanne de Saint-Remy de Valois, épouse du comte de La Motte
2. Comte de La Motte
3. Mle de La Tour
4. Comte de Cagliostro
5 Seraphina Felichiani Comtesse de Cagliostro
6. Louis René Edouard Prince de Rohan Guémené
7. Mademoiselle Leguet d'Esigny d'Olisva
8. M.N. Leguay d'Olivia
Volume II :
9. De Bette d'Etienville
10. Madame Mella de Courville Sulbark
11. Monsieur le Baron de la Fages

List of pieces
Volume I :
1. Mémoire pour dame Jeanne de Saint-Remy de Valois, épouse du comte de La Motte. [Paris], de l'imprimerie de L. Cellot, 1785. 46 pages.
2. Mémoire pour le comte de Cagliostro, accusé ; contre M. le procureur-général, accusateur. Paris, de l'imprimerie de Lottin,1786. (4)-51 pages.
3. Requête au Parlement, les chambres assemblées, par le comte de Cagliostro, Paris, de l'imprimerie de Lottin,1786. 7 pages
4- Requête au parlement, les chambres assemblées, par le Cardinal de Rohan. Paris, Emmanuel Flon, 1786. 8 pages
5. Requête introductive au parlement, les chambres assemblées, par le Cardinal de Rohan, Paris, Emmanuel Flon, 1786. 40 pages. Une tache p.39/40
6. Mémoire pour la demoiselle le Guay d'Oliva fille mineure [...], Paris, Simon & Nyon, 1786. (4)-46 pages.
7. Réponse pour la Comtesse de Valois-Lamotte au mémoire du Comte de Cagliostro, Paris, de l'imprimerie de L. Cellot, 1786. 48 pages
8.Mémoire pour Louis-René-Édouard de Rohan cardinal de la Sainte Eglise romaine [...] contre M. le procureur-général, Paris, de l'imprimerie de Cl. Simon, 1786. 158 pages.
9. Pièces justificatives pour M. le cardinal de Rohan, accusé, Paris, de l'imprimerie de Cl. Simon, 1786. 24 pages.
10. Sommaire pour la comtesse de Valois-La Motte, accusée ; contre M. le procureur-général, accusateur. Paris, de l'imprimerie de L. Cellot, 1786. 62 pages.
11. Second mémoire pour la demoiselle Le Guay d'Oliva, Analyse et résultat des récolemens & confrontations, Paris, Simon & Nyon, 1786. 56 pages.
12. Réflexions rapides pour M. le Cardinal de Rohan sur le sommaire de la Dame de La Motte, Paris, Simon, sd. 24 pages.
13. Requête à joindre au Mémoire du comte de Cagliostro. Paris, de l'imprimerie de Lottin, 1786. 11 pages
14. Requête pour le sieur Marc-Antoine Retaux de Villette contre le procureur général, Paris, Simon & Nyon, 1786. 19 pages.
15. Arrêt du Parlement, la Grand'Chambre assemblée du 31 mai 1786, Paris, Simon, 1786. 20 pages.
16. Mandement du Vicaire-Général de la Grande Aumaunerie de France, qui permet l'usage des Oeufs pendant le Carême. 1786. 6 pages.
17. Mémoire pour le Comte de Cagliostro, demandeur, contre Me Chesnon, le Fils et le Sieur de Launay [...] défendeurs, Paris, de l'imprimerie de Lottin, 1786. 37 pages
Volume II :
18. La Dernière pièce du fameux collier, sn, sd. (2)-34 pages.
19. Ma correspondance avec M. le Comte de Cagliostro, seconde édition, Milan, Aux dépens de la société des Gagliostriens, 1786. (2)-38 pages.
20. Suite de ma correspondance avec M. le Comte de Cagliostro, Milan, Aux dépens de la société Cagliostrienne. 16 pages.
21. Requête au Roi pour le comte de Cagliostro contre le Sieur Chesnon fils et le Sieur de Launay, Paris, Lottin, 1787. 72 pages.
22. Pièce importante dans l'Affaire du Marquis de Launey contre le Sieur de Cagliostro, Grangé, 1787. 8 pages.
23. Au Roi, Alexandre comte de Cagliostro contre le Sieur de Launey et le sieur Chesnon fils. Requête de production nouvelle Lottin, 1787. 8 pages.
24. Réponse à la pièce importante du Sieur de Launey pour le Comte de Cagliostro, contre le Sieur de Launey et la Sieur Chesnon, Fils, Lottin, 1787. (2)-25 pages.
25. Confessions du comte de C*** avec l'histoire de ses voyages en Russie, Turquie, Italie et dans les pyramides d'Egypte, Au Caire, Cailleau, 1787. (2)-57 pages.
(8 ff. bl.)
26. Défense à une accusation d'escroquerie. Mémoire à consulter et consultation. Mémoire à consulter Pour Jean-Charles-Vincent de Bette d'Etienville Contre le Sieur Vauchier. Paris, Cellot, 1786. (2)-30 pages
27. Second mémoire à consulter et consultation, sur la défense à une accusation d'escroquerie, pour Jean-Charles-Vincent de Bette d'Etienville, Paris, Cailleau, 1786. (2)-29 pages
28. Mémoire pour M. le Baron de Fages-Chaulnes contre les Sieurs Vaucher et Loque, Paris, Prault, 1786. (2)-30 pages.
29. Mémoire pour le Sr de Bette d'Etienville servant de réponse à celui de M. de Fages, Paris, Cailleau, 1786. (2)-30 pages.
30. Mémoire pour les Sieurs Vaucher, horloger & Loque, Bijoutier contre le sieur Bette d'Etienville, le Baron de Fages-Chaulnes & autres accusés, Paris, Prault, 1786. 88 pages.
31. Supplément et suite aux mémoires du sieur de Bette d'Etienville, Paris, Cailleau, 1786. (2)-69 pages.
32. Réponse de M. Le Comte de Précourt aux Mémoires des Sieurs D'Etienville, Vaucher & Locque. Paris, Prault, 1776 (i.e. 1786). 42 pages
33. Mémoire à consulter et consultation pour F. François-Valentin Mulot contre le sieur Loque & le sieur Vaucher [...] Paris, Demonville, 1786. 48 pages.
34. Plaidoyer de Me Montigny, pour le Sieur de Bette d'Etienville. Paris, Cailleau, 1786. (2)-70 pages.
35. Résumé pour Jean-Charles-Vincent deBette d'Etienville. Paris. Vve d'Houry & Debure. 1787. 23 pages.
36. Réplique Pour le Sieur de Bette d'Etienville; contre les Sieurs Vauchez & Loque. Paris. Bannard. 1788(2)-18 pages
Reliées in fine 7 pages manuscrites. Copie du "supplément n°52 aux nouvelles extraordinaires de divers endroit" donnant les arrêt concernants Mme de la Motte et du Sieur de Vilette (4) pages, suivi de centurie attribuée à Nostradamus qui concernerait l'affaire du collier.

[MANUSCRIT].

Remarques sur le Gouvernement du royaume durant les trois règnes de Henri IV, de Louis XIII, de Louis XIV.

s.l., s.n., [v. 1750].

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Handwritten copy of a work published anonymously by Pierre Marteau in 1688. Barbier attributes the book to Gratien de Courtilz but adds: "Dubious".

The content is rather discourteous towards the monarchs, of whom inglorious episodes are recounted: the lack of merit of Louis XIII (Richelieu having governed for him), Louis XIV preferring the beds of his mistresses to the battlefields... This doubtless explains why handwritten copies were able to circulate under the cloak of the laughers. In fact, two other similar handwritten copies can be found in public libraries.

What remains is a very pretty manuscript, in a perfectly legible late 17th century handwriting.

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[CURIOSA].

Blasons anatomiques du corps féminin publiés par le Bibliophile B.G., décorés de vignettes par Grès.

Limited edition, only 100 copies (n°76).

[RELIURE MAROQUIN].

Office de la quinzaine de Pâque, en latin et en françois.

Beautiful 18th century red morocco binding.

[CAILLEAU].

Les Misères de ce monde ou Complaintes facétieuses sur les apprentissages de différens arts et métiers de la ville et fauxbourgs de Paris.

[LAUGIER, Marc-Antoine].

Histoire de la République de Venise.

[FONTENAY, (Abbé)].

Antilogies et Fragmens Philosophiques, ou Collection méthodique des morceaux les plus curieux & les plus intéressans sur la Religion, la Philosophie, les Sciences & les Arts, extraits des écrits de la Philosophie moderne.

[BOYER D'ARGENS, Jean-Baptiste (de)].

Lettres chinoises, ou Correspondance philosophique, historique et critique, entre un Chinois voyageur à Paris & ses correspondans à la Chine, en Moscovie, en Perse et au Japon.

[CASSINI, Jean Dominique].

Manuel de l'étranger qui voyage en Italie.

[PAUW, Cornelius (de)].

Recherches philosophiques sur les égyptiens et les chinois.

First edition.Work which combats the curious hypothesis raised by Joseph de Guignes who wanted China to be a colony of the ancient Egyptians.

RICHER, Henri.

Vie De Mécenas Avec Des Notes Historiques et critiques.

First edition.Maecenas (c. 70 BC-8 BC) was a Roman politician and close friend of the Emperor Augustus, famous for devoting his wealth and influence to promoting the arts and literature.

DION CASSIUS [Jean Xiphilin].

Dionis Nicaei Rerum Romanarum à Pompeio Magno ad Alexandrum Mamaeae, Epitome authore Ioanne Xiphilino. Ex bibliotheca Regia.

Copy in an attractive reused binding which was originally intended to cover a slightly thicker volume.Editio princeps of the epitome of Dio's Roman history, abridged in the 11th century by Joannes Xiphilinus, the only source for Dio's lost books 61-80.

VALOIS de La MOTTE (Comtesse).

Sentenced to life imprisonment in the Affair of the Necklace, the Countess de La Motte fled to London and published her memoirs, in which she formally accused Marie Antoinette of complicity.First edition under this title and greatly expanded.

VUILLEMIN, Alexandre Aimé.

[Atlas Illustré de Géographie Commerciale et Industrielle présentant les grandes divisions physiques, la distribution géographique, des végétaux et des minéraux].

SUETONE.

Caius Suetonius Tranquillus. [La vie des douze césars].

TURGOT, Anne-Robert-Jacques.

Théorie de l'intérêt de l'argent.

First edition. Important treatise in which Turgot, defends loans of money with interest as being necessary for the development of trade.

JAUBERT, Pierre (Abbé).

Dissertation sur un Temple octogone et plusieurs bas-reliefs trouvez à Cestas.

FAULCON, Felix.

Fruits de la Solitude et du Malheur.

FAULCON, Felix.

Voyages et Opuscules.

[GOUJET, Claude Pierre (Abbé)].

Histoire des Inquisitions ; Où l'on rapporte l'origine & le progrès de ces Tribunaux, leurs variations, & la forme de leur Jurisdiction.

First edition.Interesting work in which Abbé Goujet compiles and comments on the main texts relating to the Inquisition.The engravings depict scenes of torture and auto-da-fés committed by the Spanish Inquisition.

[CONFRERIE DE LA BONNE MORT].

Confrérie de la Bonne Mort ; son origine, son rétablissement, ses obligations.

First edition.The brotherhoods of the good death were prayer groups that spiritually accompanied the dying. The brotherhood of Poitiers, one of the oldest in France, was active from 1380.

TREUVE, Simon Michel.

Le Directeur spirituel pour ceux qui n'en ont point.

[MANUSCRIT].

Metaphysica.

Original manuscript.Course in metaphysics and ontology with a long section on theodicy.

[AUX ARMES ROYALES].

Office de la semaine sainte.

Good copy in contemporary morocco whose covers are gilded with the arms of Mesdames de France.The daughters of Louis XV indeed shared the same arms for their bindings, they were distinguished only by the color of the morocco. Red morocco was reserved for Adelaide of France (1732-1800).

LEON L'AFRICAIN [Leo Africanus, Johannes (al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan al-Fasi).].

D'AQUIN, Thomas.

Summa de veritate celeberrimi doctoris sancte Thome Aquinatis.

SANNIÉ, Charles / GUÉRIN, D.

Éléments de police scientifique.

[CHARLES VII].

Vollständiges Diarium von den merckwürdigsten Begebenheiten, die sich vor, in und nach der Höchst-beglückten Wahl und Krönung, des Allerdurchlauchtigsten, Großmächtigsten und Unüberwindlichsten Fürsten und Herrn Carls des VII.

DRUMMOND DE MELFORT, Louis Hector.

Traite sur la Cavalerie.

[RELIURE MAROQUN].

Les Livres Apocryphes.

Charming little binding for this volume dedicated to the apocryphal books of the Old Testament.

[AFFAIRE DU COLLIER DE LA REINE].

Recueil de 36 pièces concernant l'affaire du Collier de la Reine.

[MANUSCRIT].

Remarques sur le Gouvernement du royaume durant les trois règnes de Henri IV, de Louis XIII, de Louis XIV.

First edition.
Work which combats the curious hypothesis raised by Joseph de Guignes who wanted China to be a colony of the ancient Egyptians.

First edition.
Maecenas (c. 70 BC-8 BC) was a Roman politician and close friend of the Emperor Augustus, famous for devoting his wealth and influence to promoting the arts and literature.

Copy in an attractive reused binding which was originally intended to cover a slightly thicker volume.
Editio princeps of the epitome of Dio's Roman history, abridged in the 11th century by Joannes Xiphilinus, the only source for Dio's lost books 61-80.

Sentenced to life imprisonment in the Affair of the Necklace, the Countess de La Motte fled to London and published her memoirs, in which she formally accused Marie Antoinette of complicity.
First edition under this title and greatly expanded.

First edition.
Important treatise in which Turgot, defends loans of money with interest as being necessary for the development of trade.

First edition.
Interesting work in which Abbé Goujet compiles and comments on the main texts relating to the Inquisition.
The engravings depict scenes of torture and auto-da-fés committed by the Spanish Inquisition.

First edition.
The brotherhoods of the good death were prayer groups that spiritually accompanied the dying.
The brotherhood of Poitiers, one of the oldest in France, was active from 1380.

Original manuscript.
Course in metaphysics and ontology with a long section on theodicy.

Good copy in contemporary morocco whose covers are gilded with the arms of Mesdames de France.
The daughters of Louis XV indeed shared the same arms for their bindings, they were distinguished only by the color of the morocco. Red morocco was reserved for Adelaide of France (1732-1800).