Paris: Chez Frederic Leonard, 1703. Hardcover. Breviary of the Order of Cistercians for the summer, 1703. 688 pages. Bound in full leather with raised bands, broken metal clasps, cover shows minor wear and rubbing. Partially removed bookplate on the front pastedown. Pages are tanned with minor soiling and chipping, some..... More
Paris: Chez Pierre le Petit, 1683. Hardcover. Luxury binding in full red leather with raised bands and gilt decoration, metal clasps. Cover shows minor wear and tear, rubbing, minor crack and loss at the crown of the spine, top clasp is broken. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Minor writing on..... More
Paris: C.L.F. Panckoucke, 1812. Hardcover. 58-volume set, complete (volume 1 is A-AMP, volume 58 is VIE-ZYT). Uniformly bound with marbled boards, leather spines with gilt. Covers show minor to moderate wear and tear, heavy erosion and cracking on the spines of volumes 5, 14, 24, and 51. Marbled endpapers, speckled..... More
Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1895. Hardcover. Presentation copy inscribed and SIGNED by the author in the prelims. FIRST edition, 1895. This is the author's first work of social criticism (title translates as "The Garden of Epicurus"). French language text. Bound into full leather hardcover with original wraps bound in. Raised bands and..... More
Librairie des Amateurs - Ferroud, 1912. Hardcover. Bound in half-leather with marbled boards and gilt on the spine, cover shows minor wear and rubbing. Marbled endpapers, gift inscription on the front pastedown, top edges gilt. #209 of a limited edition. Tanning to the prelims and rear blanks. Pages are clean..... More
A l'Imprimerie de Sa Hautesse, 1722. Hardcover. French language. An anonymous collection of satrical plays, mostly against the clergy, by a self-proclaimed fraudster. The imprint is a fake, probably printed in Holland rather than Constantinople. Full contemporary calf with 4 raised bands on the spine and a title label, cover..... More
Lyon: Antoine Briasson, 1682. Hardcover. Scarce. Volume 1 only. Red morocco, 5 rasied bands, gilt decoration and dentelles, gilt stamped coat of arms (Marquis level crown, 3 stars, 3 lizards, medal of the Royal Military and Hospitaller Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem united)..... More
Hachette, 1893-01-01. Reliure inconnue. Half-leather cover with marbled boards, raised bands and gilt on the spine, cover shows minor wear and edgewear/rubbing. Marbled endpapers. Pages are lightly tanned with very minor scattered foxing. More
Mariette, 1738, 1738-01-01. Reliure inconnue. Bound in full contemporary calf with raised bands and gilt decoration on the spine, cover shows heavy wear and erosion, discoloration. Marbled endpapers. Pages are lightly tanned and mostly clean with a bit of minor scattered foxing. More
Paris: J.J. Paschoud, 1814. Hardcover. 2-volume set, French language, original 1814 edition, not a reprint. Rebound in quarter leather with blue cloth boards. Signature from the former owner on the half-title pages. The two plates described on pages 13 and 361 of vol. 1 are missing, top corner of pages..... More
L'Academie de Musique: Bruxelles, 1829-01-01. Hardcover. 3-volume-in-1. Leather spine with marbled boards, gilt decoration and red title label, cover shows minor wear and rubbing, fading. Marbled edges and endpapers. Pages show light tanning on the edges and minor scattered foxing. More
Paris: Encyclopedique de Roret, 1830. Hardcover. Leather spine with marbled boards, cover shows minor wear wear and rubbing, warping and edgewears. Some writing int he prelims. Pages show minor scattered foxing. With fold-out diagrams/illustrations. A guide to watch-making and reapir. More
La Haye: Chez J.M. Husson, 1735. Hardcover. A prize book from Trinity College Dublin with prize binding and bookplate circa 1747. Bound in full calf with raised bands, the seal of Trinity College on both boards, cover with heavy rubbing, slight loss, crack on the spine. Engraved frontispieces for each..... More
Paris: M. Drouhin, 1790. Hardcover. 2-volumes-in-1. Half-leather cover with marbled boards, rebacked in brown cloth with remnants of gilt-decorated spine affixed, cover shows moderate wear and rubbing, edgewear. Marbled edges and endpapers. Pages show minor scattered foxing. Bottom inch of first title page missing. Beautiful colored plates... More
Pais: Chez Nicholas Langlois, 1689. Hardcover. Bound in full leather with raised bands and gilt on the spine, cover shows minor wear and rubbing, edgewear. Minor writing in the prelims. Pages are clean. With 11 folding engraved plates and one text engraving. Stamp on the rear pastedown... More
H Floury, 1902-01-01. Hardcover. Rebound with original wraps. Leather spine with raised bands in red with marbled boards and gilt lettering, cover shows minor wear and rubbing, fading. Marbled endpapers. Pages are clean with minor scattered spotting. Lacking 2 of the plates. More