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NUDANT, Alphonse.

Service d'Etat Major en campagne. Notes Pratiques.

s.l., Ecole supérieure de guerre, 1911-1912.

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300 €

First edition.
Staff course given by Lieutenant Colonel Nudant at the Ecole Supérieure de Guerre for the year 1911-1912.
He was promoted to Brigadier General during the First World War and Foch said of him: "I loved this poor Nudant. put in all the sauces and all the sauces it was good!”
Very interesting document for understanding the organization of the French army on the eve of 14-18.

An exceptional document is attached: Examination copy of the student "Captain Bichot" on which he must write a fictitious "Secret Instruction" to give the maneuver signal perhaps during a wargame. Another hand corrects it in pencil and indicates: “Very clear, very clear TB”.

[LA BARRE de BEAUMARCHAIS, Antoine de].

Le Temple des muses, orné de LX. Tableaux Où sont représentés les Evenemens les plus remarquables de l’Antiquité fabuleuse ; Dessinés & gravés par B. Picart le Romain, & autres habiles Maitres ; et accompagnés d’explications et de remarques, Qui découvrent le vrai sens des Fables, & le fondement qu’elles ont dans l’Histoire.

Amsterdam, Zacharie Chatelain, 1742.

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1400 €

Second edition of this mythology, illustrated by Bernard Picart, with an engraved title page, two vignettes, and 60 beautiful plates outside the text, drawn and engraved by him.
These plates, first printed in 1733, are inspired by those Diepenbeck had executed for Michel de Marolles's work of the same name, published in 1655.
They are decorated with rich frames and accompanied by captions in French, English, German, and Dutch.

DUMORTOUS, Pierre.

Histoire des conquêtes de Louis XV. Tant en Flandre que sur le Rhin, en Allemagne & en Italie, depuis 1744, jusques à la paix conclue en 1748.

Paris, De Lormel, 1759.

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1300 €

First edition.
Illustrated work on the battles and military victories of the reign of Louis XV between 1744 and 1748.
With maps and views of the fortifications of Tournai, Ghent, Mons, Antwerp, Brussels, Bruges, Ostend, Bergen op Zoom, Maastricht, Ypres, Wissembourg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Villefranche, Cony, and more.

DESMAZES, Charles.

Le Bailliage du Palais Royal de Paris.

Paris, Willem et Daffis, 1875.

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1500 €

One of the three copies printed on vellum.

[DESFORGES, Pierre].

Avantages du mariage, et combien il est nécessaire & salutaire aux prêtres & aux évêques de ce tems-ci d'épouser une fille chrétienne.

Bruxelles, s.n., 1758.

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600 €

First edition.
This edition was seized for destruction upon the conviction of its author. A work with bold and polemical theories for the 18th century, on the marriage of priests, which was condemned to be destroyed by laceration and burned by a judgment of the Court of Parliament in 1758. The author, a canon of Etampes, was forced to retract in 1760 and was imprisoned.

PETAIN, Philippe.

Cours d'Infanterie.

s.l., Ecole supérieure de guerre, 1911.

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1600 €

First edition.
Infantry course given by Colonel Philippe Pétain at the War School in 1911.
Major document for understanding the strategic thinking of the future hero of Verdun.
This course was only rediscovered and studied in 1960 by General Jean Delmas and published for the first time in 2010 by Editions du Cosmogone.
Pétain taught the infantry course at the War School between 1908 and 1911. His course is divided into three parts: the first two, of around a hundred pages each, are devoted to the story and study of combat. infantry that Pétain considers exemplary (Auerstedt in 1806, Saint-Privas in 1870). The third part, of only fifty pages, offers an uncompromising analysis of the infantry regulations in use in the French army between 1870 and 1902. It promotes a change in the doctrine of use of the infantry which must no longer expose itself to enemy fire as the Napoleonic vision of combat wanted.

Through its concern to spare the blood of men, this course clearly announces the Pétain of 1917-1918.

[BAYLE, Pierre] || DESCARTES, René.

Recueil de quelques pièces curieuses concernant la philosophie de monsieur Descartes.

Amsterdam, Henry Desbordes, 1684.

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350 €

First edition.
Collection of writings relating to Cartesian philosophy by Malebranche, Louis Le Valois, Abbé De Lannion under the pseudonym of Guillaume Wander, Pierre Bayle.

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.

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.

FRANKLIN, Alfred.

Les Rues et les cris de Paris au XIIIe siècle.

Paris, Léon Willem / Paul Daffis, 1874.

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250 €

First edition.
In this work, Franklin mainly used the book of the size of Paris from 1292 which had been published by H. Géraud in 1837. He added several poems by Rutebeuf.
One of 35 copies on China paper, ours number 15.

BARREIRA, Isidoro de.

Tratado das significaçoens das plantas, flores e frutos.

Lisbonne, Manoel Lopes Ferreyra, 1698.

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300 €

Second edition.
Rare Portuguese treatise on the symbolism of plants in sacred and secular writings.

BUFFIER, Claude.

Géographie universelle, exposée dans les différentes méthodes.

Paris, Pierre-François Giffart, 1736.

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150 €

The book offers a didactic method, including mnemonic verses to help remember information. This fifth edition, published in 1736, is enriched with updates on European geopolitics and a table of country names with their geographic coordinates. A comprehensive example of its 18 fold-out maps (world map, map of Europe, map of France, etc.).

GUIBELET, Jourdain.

Examen de l'examen des esprits.

Paris, Veuve Jean de Heuqueville et Louis de Heuqueville, 1631.

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800 €

First edition.
Critical work of the Examen de ingenios para las sciencias by Juan Huarte de San Juan, which had been, in 1575, the first modern treatise to study the relationship between psychology and physiology.
Guibelet offers an in-depth analysis and a refutation of some of Huarte's theses, thus entering into the intellectual debates of the time on the nature of intelligence and human aptitudes. This text constitutes a valuable contribution to the history of ideas and to the study of the reception of psychological and medical theories at the dawn of the 17th century.
Title page in the name of the Heuquevilles with whom Soly (who appears on the privilege) shared the edition.

HUARTE, Jean.

L'Examen des Esprits pour les Sciences.

Amsterdam, Jean de Ravestein / Pierre Mortier [Daniel Elzevier], 1672.

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400 €

First edition of the French translation by François Savinien d'Alquié.
Beautiful Elzevirian edition decorated with a frontispiece by Romeyn de Hooghe.
On our copy, a butterfly replaces the name of the publisher with that of Pierre Mortier with the date of 1704.
Fresh copy.

DESCARTES, René.

Les Principes de la philosophie de René Descartes.

Paris, Nicolas Le Gras, 1681.

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Fourth edition.
"The Principles of Philosophy" by René Descartes is a fundamental work of Western philosophy. In this treatise, Descartes sets out his vision of the world, based on metaphysical and physical principles. He develops his method of doubt, his famous "cogito, ergo sum" (I think, therefore I am), and his conceptions on the nature of the soul and the body.

LASSUS, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine || DARCEL, Alfred.

Album de Villard de Honnecourt.

Paris, Imprimerie impériale, 1858.

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Beautiful facsimile reproduction of the famous manuscript of Villard de Honnecourt, a 13th-century architect.
This manuscript, preserved at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, is a valuable source on the construction techniques and know-how of medieval builders. It contains sketches and notes that reveal the empirical and artistic approach to Gothic architecture. Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Lassus, architect and fervent defender of the revival of medieval art in the 19th century, annotated this publication, which was then finalized by Alfred Darcel after his death.
The work is part of the movement of rediscovery and promotion of Gothic heritage, led in particular by Viollet-le-Duc and his contemporaries.

ÉRASME || GUEUDEVILLE, Nicolas (trad.).

Les Colloques d'Érasme.

Leide, Pierre vander Aa & Boudouin Jansson vander Aa, 1720.

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400 €

First edition of this translation by Gueudeville of the famous Colloquies of Erasmus, a collection of satirical and moral dialogues written by the great Dutch humanist of the 16th century. These texts, both erudite and accessible, aim to instruct while entertaining, by denouncing the failings of the society and the Church of his time. This edition is sought after for the engravings in the style of Hooge placed at the head of the chapters.

[BIBLE].

Biblia Sacra.

Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1581.

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950 €

Edition given by Guillaume Rouille (or Rouville) one of the most famous printers of Lyon. The work is decorated with two series of vignettes engraved by Pierre Eskrich, i.e. 269 vignettes for the Old Testament and 160 vignettes for the New Testament.

[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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1200 €

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.

[RAMSAY, Andrew Michael].

Histoire du vicomte de Turenne, maréchal général des armées du Roy.

Amsterdam, Arkstee and Merkus, 1771.

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150 €

Edition enriched with engravings.
Ramsay highlights the life of Turenne, his campaigns during the Thirty Years' War, his victories at the battles of Rocroi, the Dunes, and Salzbach. He also describes his relations with Louis XIV, his role within the French army, and his influence on modern warfare. Ramsay attempts to pay tribute to Turenne's greatness, while evoking his human and military qualities.
The work is also a reflection on the art of war at that time and on the political and military issues of the time of Louis XIV. This work is part of the classic historiography on Marshal Turenne.

[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.

GRIFFET, Henri.

Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de Louis, Dauphin de France, mort à Fontainebleau le 20 décembre 1765. Avec un Traité de la connoissance des Hommes, fait par ses ordres en 1758.

Paris, Simon & Merigot, 1777.

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First edition.
On the tragic destiny of the heir to the crown, Louis-Charles, son of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. These memoirs provide details on the court intrigues, as well as the condition of the royal family during this tumultuous period. The second volume is a treatise on the knowledge of men.
Copie signed by the publisher.

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.

SPARRMAN, Anders.

Voyage au cap de Bonne-Espérance, et autour du monde avec le capitaine Cook, et principalement dans le pays des Hottentots et des Caffres.

Paris, Buisson, 1787.

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150 €

First french 8vo edition.
A student of Linnaeus, Sparrman (1748-1820) stayed in Cape Town and studied the flora and especially the fauna of the region. From Cape Town, he took part in James Cook's second voyage as a botanist's assistant and was thus one of two disciples of Linnaeus to have circumnavigated the world.

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.

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Economics, Philosophy, Law, Political Science, History and Theology

NUDANT, Alphonse.

Service d'Etat Major en campagne. Notes Pratiques.

[LA BARRE de BEAUMARCHAIS, Antoine de].

DUMORTOUS, Pierre.

Histoire des conquêtes de Louis XV. Tant en Flandre que sur le Rhin, en Allemagne & en Italie, depuis 1744, jusques à la paix conclue en 1748.

DESMAZES, Charles.

Le Bailliage du Palais Royal de Paris.

One of the three copies printed on vellum.

[DESFORGES, Pierre].

Avantages du mariage, et combien il est nécessaire & salutaire aux prêtres & aux évêques de ce tems-ci d'épouser une fille chrétienne.

PETAIN, Philippe.

Cours d'Infanterie.

[BAYLE, Pierre] || DESCARTES, René.

Recueil de quelques pièces curieuses concernant la philosophie de monsieur Descartes.

First edition.Collection of writings relating to Cartesian philosophy by Malebranche, Louis Le Valois, Abbé De Lannion under the pseudonym of Guillaume Wander, Pierre Bayle.

CORROZET, Gilles || Le Bibliophile JACOB.

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

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.

FRANKLIN, Alfred.

Les Rues et les cris de Paris au XIIIe siècle.

First edition.In this work, Franklin mainly used the book of the size of Paris from 1292 which had been published by H. Géraud in 1837. He added several poems by Rutebeuf.One of 35 copies on China paper, ours number 15.

BARREIRA, Isidoro de.

Tratado das significaçoens das plantas, flores e frutos.

Second edition. Rare Portuguese treatise on the symbolism of plants in sacred and secular writings.

BUFFIER, Claude.

Géographie universelle, exposée dans les différentes méthodes.

GUIBELET, Jourdain.

Examen de l'examen des esprits.

HUARTE, Jean.

L'Examen des Esprits pour les Sciences.

First edition of the French translation by François Savinien d'Alquié.Beautiful Elzevirian edition decorated with a frontispiece by Romeyn de Hooghe. On our copy, a butterfly replaces the name of the publisher with that of Pierre Mortier with the date of 1704.Fresh copy.

DESCARTES, René.

Les Principes de la philosophie de René Descartes.

LASSUS, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine || DARCEL, Alfred.

Album de Villard de Honnecourt.

ÉRASME || GUEUDEVILLE, Nicolas (trad.).

Les Colloques d'Érasme.

[BIBLE].

Biblia Sacra.

Edition given by Guillaume Rouille (or Rouville) one of the most famous printers of Lyon. The work is decorated with two series of vignettes engraved by Pierre Eskrich, i.e. 269 vignettes for the Old Testament and 160 vignettes for the New Testament.

[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.

[RAMSAY, Andrew Michael].

Histoire du vicomte de Turenne, maréchal général des armées du Roy.

[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.

GRIFFET, Henri.

Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de Louis, Dauphin de France, mort à Fontainebleau le 20 décembre 1765. Avec un Traité de la connoissance des Hommes, fait par ses ordres en 1758.

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.

SPARRMAN, Anders.

Voyage au cap de Bonne-Espérance, et autour du monde avec le capitaine Cook, et principalement dans le pays des Hottentots et des Caffres.

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.

First edition.
Collection of writings relating to Cartesian philosophy by Malebranche, Louis Le Valois, Abbé De Lannion under the pseudonym of Guillaume Wander, Pierre Bayle.

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.
In this work, Franklin mainly used the book of the size of Paris from 1292 which had been published by H. Géraud in 1837. He added several poems by Rutebeuf.
One of 35 copies on China paper, ours number 15.

Second edition.
Rare Portuguese treatise on the symbolism of plants in sacred and secular writings.

First edition of the French translation by François Savinien d'Alquié.
Beautiful Elzevirian edition decorated with a frontispiece by Romeyn de Hooghe.
On our copy, a butterfly replaces the name of the publisher with that of Pierre Mortier with the date of 1704.
Fresh copy.

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.