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DESBOIS, Pierre || HÉNARD, Lucien.

Aspects du vieux Paris. Préface de Lucien Descaves de l'Académie de Goncourt, Avec 50 eaux-fortes en taille-douce de P. Desbois.

Paris, chez l'artiste, 1923.

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300 €

First edition. 331 copies.
This, one of the 250 on Arches with 50 etchings in text.

DELVAU, Alfred.

Dictionnaire de la langue verte, argots parisiens comparés.

Paris, E. Dentu, 1866.

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250 €

First edition.

DE VENERONI, Giovanni.

Le Maitre italien dans sa dernière perfection.

Lyon, Andre Laurens, 1695.

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150 €

Giovanni Veneroni was the king's interpreter, his methods for learning Italian were references for a long time.

DE ROCHECHOUART DE MORTEMART, Anne.

Lettre autographe signée de la duchesse d'Uzès.

s.l., s.n., 23 juin 1913.

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20 €

DE GASPARIN, Agénor.

La Famille, ses devoir, ses joies et ses douleurs.

Paris, Michel Levy, 1869.

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50 €

"Whether it is a question of politics, social organization, happiness, morals or religion, the family always reappears in the first row; it is she, always she, who holds the solutions in her hands." (extract from the preface).

DANIEL ROPS.

Lettre autographe signée.

s.l., s.n., [v. 1960].

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25 €

Autograph letter signed by Daniel-Rops on headed paper, undated, for thanks after sending a brochure.

DANIEL ROPS.

Carte postale autographe signée à François Berge.

s.l., s.n., 18 juillet 1947.

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30 €

Autograph letter from Daniel-Rops (1901-1965) addressed to François Berge (director of "Cahiers du mois") about the proofreading of an article (Daniel Rops must delete a page!).

DAIN, Charles || CONSIDERANT, Victor || D'IZALGUIER, Eugène.

Trois discours prononcés à l'Hôtel-de-Ville, par MM. Dain, Considerant et d'Izalguier faisant complément à la publication du Congrès historique.

Paris, P.-H. Khrabbe, 1836.

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300 €

First edition.

This book contains three speeches based on the ideas of Charles Fourier and his theory of the Utopian Socialism.
- "Quel est le but de l'Histoire", delivered at the "congrès historique", on the 15th november 1835, by Charles Dain (1812-1871, lawyer in Paris, close to the ideas of Victor Considerant, and who campaigned for the abolition of slavery).
- "Déterminer par l'Histoire si les diversités physiologiques des peuples sont entre elles comme les diversités des systèmes sociaux auxquels ces peuples appartiennent", delivered at the "congrès historique", on the 11 december 1835 by Victor Considerant (1808-1893, philosopher and economist polytechnician).
- "Loi de corrélation de la forme sociale et de la forme esthétique", delivered by Eugène D'Izalguier.

D'HOURY, Laurent.

Almanach royal, année bissextile 1780.

Paris, D'Houry, 1780.

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150 €

First edition.

CUYP, Aelbert.

VI Stüks koitjer Geetst door A. Cuyp.

s.l, s.n, [v. 1660].

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1000 €

Complete series of 6 engravings by Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691) Dutch painter, preceded by a title vignette.
Dimensions of the etchings: 67x75 mm
Dimensions of the paper: 170x135 mm

This complete set is rarely found with its margins preserved.

[CURIOSA].

Les Véritez inconnues sur la dissolution et le luxe des femmes et des hommes de Paris.

Lyon, s.n., 1611 [v. 1870].

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600 €

Amusing brochure reproducing the unique copy from the Sainte Geneviève library.

Copy on laid paper (unnumbered)

With the following text :
Traicté de Mariage entre Julian Peoger et Jacqueline Patinet, sa future espouse, et de La Lubricité de Clépoatre.

[CURIOSA].

Célestine ou la petite bonne.

Paris, Tiger, [1818].

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150 €

First edition.
The amorous adventures of Pierrette, a young Norman woman sent to her Parisian aunt because she had committed an offence with a young man. She will be placed as a maid under the name of Célestine.

CORROZET, Gilles || Le Bibliophile JACOB.

La Fleur des antiquitez de la noble et triomphante ville et cité de Paris.

Paris, Léon Willem, 1874.

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200 €

Reprint with an erudite preface by Bibliophile Jacob (Paul Lacroix) of this 1532 booklet by Gilles Corrozet.
La Fleur des Antiquités is the first work written on the annals of Paris and its citizens. It is particularly insightful on the topography of Parisian streets at the time.
One of 22 copies on China paper, ours is number 20.

[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.

[COLLECTIF].

Chants et Chansons populaires de la France.

Paris, Delloye, 1843.

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750 €

First edition.
Complete copy of all the deliveries published in 1843. Each of the deliveries is devoted to a song from the popular
repertoire and includes: a notice, the lyrics illustrated with framing engravings, the scores. These deliveries forming three volumes.
Bound identically has been attached:
CHAMPFLEURY, Popular songs of the Provinces of France, Paris, New library, 1860
Published as the fourth volume of the previous set.

CLOUET, Jean-Baptiste Louis.

Géographie Moderne avec Introduction. Ouvrage utile à tous ceux qui veulent se perfectionner dans cette Science, on y trouve jusqu'aux notions les plus simples dont on a facilité l'intelligence par des figures pour le mettre à la portée de tout le monde, Chaque Carte à sur les marges l'explication de celle qu'elle renferme, la méthode qu'on y suite a pour objet de developper les connaissances qui tiennant a l'Histoire, ce qui rend cette Géographie très intéressante.

s.l., s.n., 1780.

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1300 €

Atlas with 68 watercolor plates. Commplete.

CLARMORGAN, Jean.

La Chasse du Loup nécessaire à la maison rustique.

Rouen, Jean Baptiste Besongne, 1685.

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450 €

The Wolf Hunt by Jean Carlmorgan was appended to the editions of the Rustic House of Liebaut. Our edition has its own title page and includes the 14 mid-page woodcuts from the sixteenth century editions. A highly sought-after work in the 19th century, it represented the "dark ages" of the French countryside.

Following it we find "La Fabrique de la Gauge ou Diapason" in (10) sheets, (last sheet truncated). Another typical annex of the Rustic House.

[CIRQUE] BOYER, Maurice dit Moriss.

Annonce du spectacle d'Antonio et Brelock-Tolmés-Moriss au Nouveau cirque.

s.l., s.n., [v. 1920].

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50 €

After having been a comic illustrator for many years, Moriss devoted himself entirely from the 1940s on to music hall.

Here is the announcement of one of these first shows (the New Circus, which closed in 1926), illustrated by him.

[CIRQUE MOLIER] THELEM, Ernest.

Programme du Cirque Molier 1880-1920.

Paris, Devambez, 1920.

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150 €

Circus Molier program for the 1880-1920 retrospective.
Illustrated by the famous poster artist of the Belle Epoque Ernest Thélem.

[CIRQUE MOLIER] POIRE, Emmanuel dit CARAN D'ACHE.

Programme de la Grande Fête sans fin du 11 juin 1891.

Paris, Krakow, 1891.

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150 €

Rare program of the Molier circus for June 11, 1891 illustrated by Caran d'Ache.

[CIRQUE DE MOSCOU].

Ensemble Prospectus et brochures du Cirque de Moscou.

s.l., s.n., 1956-1969.

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100 €

Set of various documents on Moscow circus and russian circus :
- Masters of Soviet Circus (1956, 2 exemplaires)
- Oleg Popov (1958, 2 exemplaires)
- "Le Cirque de Moscou, un spectacle prodigieux (1956)
-"Cirque d'état de Moscou au Palais des Sports" (1956)
-"Cirque de Moscou 1960"
-"Cirque de Moscou 1969".

CICERON, Marcus Tullius || BARRETT, Jean-Jacques de.

Les Offices de Cicéron.

Paris, Barbou, 1768.

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Second edition revised by Mr. de Barrett, in Latin and French.

Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC) is one of the best-known authors of Roman antiquity and renowned for his intelligence and eloquence. Lawyer and statesman, he has written many political and philiosophic books as this treatise on ethics.
It is divided into three parts whose subjects are: Duty and Honest, Useful, and the comparison between both subjects. It was dedicated to the new generation of citizens destined to rule and perpetuate the Roman Republic.

CHEVALLIER, Paul || FERAL, Jules.

Catalogue de tableaux anciens, oeuvres de P. Angellis, F. Bol, J. et A. Both [...], etc, etc. Provenant de la collection de M. X...
Et dont la vente aura lieu HOTEL DROUOT, salle n°6, Le Vendredi 29 Juin 1900.

Paris, [Imprimerie de l'art], 1900.

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50 €

CHESNEAU DU MARSAIS, César.

Des tropes, ou des différents sens dans lesquels on peut prendre un même mot dans une même langue.

Paris, Mme Veuve Dabo, 1824.

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60 €

Treaty of Rhetoric, by Caesar Chesneau du Marsais (1676-1756), published for the first time in 1730 and which was a great success.
A literary trope is the use of figurative language, via word, phrase or an image, for artistic effect such as using a figure of speech.

CHÉREAU, Achille.

Les Ordonnances de la ville de Paris pour éviter le danger de peste 1531.

Paris, Léon Willem, 1873.

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200 €

Scholarly reprint of Renaissance hygienic prescriptions, accompanied by a historical study.
One of 22 copies on China paper, ours number 11.
Some engravings in the text.

CHATEAUBRIAND, François-René.

De Buonaparte y de los Borbones.

Madrid, Repullés, 1814.

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70 €

Second edition in spanish.
Translated in the second edition given in France by Ramón Vicente Palero.
Pamphlet in which Chateaubriand overwhelms Bonaparte in a first chapter, pleads for the return of the Bourbons to the throne in a second, and explains the attitude of the allies towards France in the last.
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CHAPONE, Hester.

Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Young Lady.

London, John Mourray, 1807.

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1250 €

The 'Letters on the Improvement of the Mind' aim to cultivate a rational understanding in young women through the study of the Bible, history, and literature.
Girls are also encouraged to pursue subjects such as accounting, household management, botany, geology, and astronomy.
Binding with the coat of arms of Marie Caroline of Bourbon-Sicily, the Duchess of Berry, this book came from her extensive library at Château de Rosny.\newline Known for her refined taste, she collected a wide range of books, especially in the arts, history, and literature, including many in English.
The library also contained numerous works suitable for educating her children, Louise d'Artois and Henri Dieudonné.

CHAM.

Cours de Physique.

Paris, Maison Martinet, [v.1861].

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50 €

Cham, pseudonym of Amédée de Noé (1818-1879), is a French illustrator, caricaturist and playwright known and recognized.
This book is atypical and at the opposite of those received in schools!
It is a collection of very humorous illustrations, which are about the principles of Physics. With its simple, fast, sharp and precise style, Cham manages to make readers laugh about serious areas in the different fields of this science.

CATALOGUE DE VENTE || CHARTES ET TITRES NOBILIAIRES || PICARDIE || ARTOIS || BRETAGNE.

Collection importante de chartes et titres nobiliaires concernant les provinces de Picardie, Artois et Bretagne.

Paris, M. Charavay, 1868.

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70 €

First edition.

Catalog of auction sale of administrative and real estate documents, held in Paris, on 21st and 22nd February 1868, by Maître Henri Lechat, auctioneer.

CARDAN, Jérôme, (CARDANI, Hieronymi).

Arcana politica, sive de prudentia civili liber singularis.

Leyde, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1635.

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150 €

Second Elzevir edition.

This book by Jérôme Cardan was first published in 1627 with the title "Proxeneta", which means "the negotiator".
It deals with political life and court, household management, academia, and intellectual pursuits.

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DESBOIS, Pierre || HÉNARD, Lucien.

Aspects du vieux Paris. Préface de Lucien Descaves de l'Académie de Goncourt, Avec 50 eaux-fortes en taille-douce de P. Desbois.

First edition. 331 copies. This, one of the 250 on Arches with 50 etchings in text.

DELVAU, Alfred.

Dictionnaire de la langue verte, argots parisiens comparés.

First edition.

DE VENERONI, Giovanni.

Le Maitre italien dans sa dernière perfection.

Giovanni Veneroni was the king's interpreter, his methods for learning Italian were references for a long time.

DE ROCHECHOUART DE MORTEMART, Anne.

Lettre autographe signée de la duchesse d'Uzès.

DE GASPARIN, Agénor.

La Famille, ses devoir, ses joies et ses douleurs.

"Whether it is a question of politics, social organization, happiness, morals or religion, the family always reappears in the first row; it is she, always she, who holds the solutions in her hands." (extract from the preface).

DANIEL ROPS.

Lettre autographe signée.

Autograph letter signed by Daniel-Rops on headed paper, undated, for thanks after sending a brochure.

DANIEL ROPS.

Carte postale autographe signée à François Berge.

Autograph letter from Daniel-Rops (1901-1965) addressed to François Berge (director of "Cahiers du mois") about the proofreading of an article (Daniel Rops must delete a page!).

DAIN, Charles || CONSIDERANT, Victor || D'IZALGUIER, Eugène.

Trois discours prononcés à l'Hôtel-de-Ville, par MM. Dain, Considerant et d'Izalguier faisant complément à la publication du Congrès historique.

D'HOURY, Laurent.

Almanach royal, année bissextile 1780.

First edition.

CUYP, Aelbert.

VI Stüks koitjer Geetst door A. Cuyp.

Complete series of 6 engravings by Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691) Dutch painter, preceded by a title vignette.Dimensions of the etchings: 67x75 mm Dimensions of the paper: 170x135 mm This complete set is rarely found with its margins preserved.

[CURIOSA].

Les Véritez inconnues sur la dissolution et le luxe des femmes et des hommes de Paris.

Amusing brochure reproducing the unique copy from the Sainte Geneviève library.Copy on laid paper (unnumbered)With the following text :Traicté de Mariage entre Julian Peoger et Jacqueline Patinet, sa future espouse, et de La Lubricité de Clépoatre.

[CURIOSA].

Célestine ou la petite bonne.

First edition.The amorous adventures of Pierrette, a young Norman woman sent to her Parisian aunt because she had committed an offence with a young man. She will be placed as a maid under the name of Célestine.

CORROZET, Gilles || Le Bibliophile JACOB.

La Fleur des antiquitez de la noble et triomphante ville et cité de Paris.

[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.

[COLLECTIF].

Chants et Chansons populaires de la France.

CLOUET, Jean-Baptiste Louis.

Atlas with 68 watercolor plates. Commplete.

CLARMORGAN, Jean.

La Chasse du Loup nécessaire à la maison rustique.

[CIRQUE] BOYER, Maurice dit Moriss.

Annonce du spectacle d'Antonio et Brelock-Tolmés-Moriss au Nouveau cirque.

After having been a comic illustrator for many years, Moriss devoted himself entirely from the 1940s on to music hall. Here is the announcement of one of these first shows (the New Circus, which closed in 1926), illustrated by him.

[CIRQUE MOLIER] THELEM, Ernest.

Programme du Cirque Molier 1880-1920.

Circus Molier program for the 1880-1920 retrospective.Illustrated by the famous poster artist of the Belle Epoque Ernest Thélem.

[CIRQUE MOLIER] POIRE, Emmanuel dit CARAN D'ACHE.

Programme de la Grande Fête sans fin du 11 juin 1891.

Rare program of the Molier circus for June 11, 1891 illustrated by Caran d'Ache.

[CIRQUE DE MOSCOU].

Ensemble Prospectus et brochures du Cirque de Moscou.

CICERON, Marcus Tullius || BARRETT, Jean-Jacques de.

Les Offices de Cicéron.

CHEVALLIER, Paul || FERAL, Jules.

Catalogue de tableaux anciens, oeuvres de P. Angellis, F. Bol, J. et A. Both [...], etc, etc. Provenant de la collection de M. X... Et dont la vente aura lieu HOTEL DROUOT, salle n°6, Le Vendredi 29 Juin 1900.

CHESNEAU DU MARSAIS, César.

Des tropes, ou des différents sens dans lesquels on peut prendre un même mot dans une même langue.

Treaty of Rhetoric, by Caesar Chesneau du Marsais (1676-1756), published for the first time in 1730 and which was a great success. A literary trope is the use of figurative language, via word, phrase or an image, for artistic effect such as using a figure of speech.

CHÉREAU, Achille.

Les Ordonnances de la ville de Paris pour éviter le danger de peste 1531.

Scholarly reprint of Renaissance hygienic prescriptions, accompanied by a historical study.One of 22 copies on China paper, ours number 11.Some engravings in the text.

CHATEAUBRIAND, François-René.

De Buonaparte y de los Borbones.

CHAPONE, Hester.

Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Young Lady.

CHAM.

Cours de Physique.

CATALOGUE DE VENTE || CHARTES ET TITRES NOBILIAIRES || PICARDIE || ARTOIS || BRETAGNE.

Collection importante de chartes et titres nobiliaires concernant les provinces de Picardie, Artois et Bretagne.

First edition. Catalog of auction sale of administrative and real estate documents, held in Paris, on 21st and 22nd February 1868, by Maître Henri Lechat, auctioneer.

CARDAN, Jérôme, (CARDANI, Hieronymi).

Arcana politica, sive de prudentia civili liber singularis.

Second Elzevir edition. This book by Jérôme Cardan was first published in 1627 with the title "Proxeneta", which means "the negotiator". It deals with political life and court, household management, academia, and intellectual pursuits.

First edition. 331 copies.
This, one of the 250 on Arches with 50 etchings in text.

Complete series of 6 engravings by Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691) Dutch painter, preceded by a title vignette.
Dimensions of the etchings: 67x75 mm
Dimensions of the paper: 170x135 mm

This complete set is rarely found with its margins preserved.

Amusing brochure reproducing the unique copy from the Sainte Geneviève library.

Copy on laid paper (unnumbered)

With the following text :
Traicté de Mariage entre Julian Peoger et Jacqueline Patinet, sa future espouse, et de La Lubricité de Clépoatre.

First edition.
The amorous adventures of Pierrette, a young Norman woman sent to her Parisian aunt because she had committed an offence with a young man. She will be placed as a maid under the name of Célestine.

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.

After having been a comic illustrator for many years, Moriss devoted himself entirely from the 1940s on to music hall.

Here is the announcement of one of these first shows (the New Circus, which closed in 1926), illustrated by him.

Circus Molier program for the 1880-1920 retrospective.
Illustrated by the famous poster artist of the Belle Epoque Ernest Thélem.

Catalogue de tableaux anciens, oeuvres de P. Angellis, F. Bol, J. et A. Both [...], etc, etc. Provenant de la collection de M. X...
Et dont la vente aura lieu HOTEL DROUOT, salle n°6, Le Vendredi 29 Juin 1900.

Treaty of Rhetoric, by Caesar Chesneau du Marsais (1676-1756), published for the first time in 1730 and which was a great success.
A literary trope is the use of figurative language, via word, phrase or an image, for artistic effect such as using a figure of speech.

Scholarly reprint of Renaissance hygienic prescriptions, accompanied by a historical study.
One of 22 copies on China paper, ours number 11.
Some engravings in the text.

First edition.

Catalog of auction sale of administrative and real estate documents, held in Paris, on 21st and 22nd February 1868, by Maître Henri Lechat, auctioneer.

Second Elzevir edition.

This book by Jérôme Cardan was first published in 1627 with the title "Proxeneta", which means "the negotiator".
It deals with political life and court, household management, academia, and intellectual pursuits.