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Methode pour etudier l'histoire, avec un catalogue des principaux historiens, & des remarques sur la bonté de leurs ouvrages, & sur le choix des meilleures editions. Nouvelle edition, augmentée & ornée de cartes géographiques.

LENGLET du FRESNOY Abbé · 1729 · Antiquariaat Garcia

€800.00 ($881.75 | £667.41 | ¥140,803)

Paris, Pierre Gandouin, 1729. 4 vols in-4°.568 pp, 576 pp, 128 pp - 428 pp, 545 pp. Contemporary full leather. Spine on 5 raised bands. Red title-labels and green vol- labels. The bindings of these books could be better, spines and corners with old restorations wich are again …

Voyage à Surinam Et Dans L'Intérieur de la Guiane, Contenant la Relation de Cinq Années de Courses Et D'Observations Faites Dans Cette Contrée Intéressante Et Peu Connue, Avec Des Détails Sur Les Indiens de la Guiane Et Les Nègres : Suivi Du Tableau de la Colonie Française de Cayenne. Collection de Planches. First Edition

Stedman, John Gabriel (1744-1797); Pierre François Henry, translator (1759-1833), Antoine-François Tardieu,artist (1757-1822); François Buisson, publisher (1753-1814); Georges Cuvier (artists) · 1798 · Wittenborn Art Books

$1,500.00 (€1,360.94 | £1,135.38 | ¥239,531)

Paris,:Buisson, An VII de la République [1798 or 1799 )]. Large 4to. 19th Century 1/4 calf with marbled boards. 30 x 22 cm. Atlas only with all the plates. 44 plates, some folding. Very good. Expertise by Dominique Courvoisier, Paris. Brunet, V, p. 527 OCLC Number: 68847877 Fren…

Oriental Rugs in Private Collections

L. W. Harrows (ed) · 1982 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

London, Scorpion Communications , 1982. Cloth. A beautiful limited edition collection of oriental rugs, with over 200 full page colour plates. This edition was limited to 1000 copies, this being number 246. A collection of over 200 full-page colour plates showing different orien…

Loudres

Emile Zola · 1894 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

Paris, Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1894 . Leather. A later printing of Emile Zola"s controversial novel, Lourdes, a sceptical novel on pilgrimage and mass devotion. In a contemporary half calf binding with marbled paper boards endpapers renewed. One hundred twenty-seventh thousand…

The Young Emperor

PAYNE, ROBERT · 1950 · S. Howlett-West Books

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York: MacMillan Company, 1950. Trade Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbi…

Medailles de Grand Et Moyen Bronze Du Cabinet de la Reine Christine... Gravées Aussi Délicatement, Qu'Exactement D'Après Les Originaux... En LXIII Planches, Expliquées Par Un Commentaire, Traduit Du Latin de Sigebert Havercamp. : Nummophylacium Reginae Christinae, Quod Comprehendit Numismata Aerea Imperatorum Romanorum, Latina, Graeca, Atque in Coloniis Cusa, Quondam a Petro Santes Bartolo... Incisa Tabulis Aeneis LXIII. Nunc Primum Prodeunt Cum Commentario Sigeberti Havercampi. [the Coinage of

Bartoli, Pietro Santi; Sigebert Haverkamp (Translator); Pieter de Hondt (Publisher); François van Bleyswijk (Illustrator); Pierre Tanjé (Illustrator); Queen Christina of Sweden, (1626-1669), collector · 1742 · Wittenborn Art Books

$1,200.00 (€1,088.75 | £908.31 | ¥191,624)

La Haye: Pierre De Hondt, 1742. Folio 27 x 43cm. [12], 464, 63 engraved plates with 600+700 engravings. Text in French and Latin. Later half roan and marbled boards. Very good. Pages fresh..The coronation of Queen Christina took place on October, 22 1650 and was quite a spectacl…

Voyage Dans Les Trois Royaumes D&Apos;Angleterre D&Apos;Ecosse Et D&Apos;Irlande

Chantreau · 1792 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

Paris, Briand, 1792. Cloth. A charmingly bound, two volumes of this travel work written by French author, Chantreau, regarding his trip to England, Scotland and Ireland in the eighteenth century. In the charming original cloth bindings, with floral motifs blind stamped to the bo…

Lucrece Tragedie En Cinq Actes Et En Vers

M Francois Posard · 1843 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London , Furne et Cie, 1843. Leather. An early edition 'Lucrece' written by the dramatic poet Francois Posard Francois Posard (1814-1867), was the head of the school of common sense which held the balance between classic and romantic. His first play Lucrece, played in …

A Turkish Woman&Apos;S European Impressions

Zeybeb Hanoum · 1913 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd, 1913 . First edition. Cloth. First edition of this fascinating illustrated glimpse into Turkish feminism at the beginning of the twentieth century. First edition.In publisher's original red cloth binding.Featuring a frontispiece and fiftee…

Nouvelles Demonstrations D&Apos;Accouchemens

J. P. Maygrier · 1978 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

England, Editions Medicina Rara; The Scolar Press, 1978. Cloth. A wonderful facsimile of Maygrier's important obstetrician guidebook, an atlas to childbirth, a limited edition illustrated throughout. A limited edition work, limited to twenty-eight hundred copies, of which t…

Memoires Pour Servir a L&Apos;Histoire de Mon Temps Volumes I, II, III and IV.

M. Guizot · 1858 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.10 | ¥21,095)

Paris, Michel Levy Freres, 1858. Leather. The interesting memoirs of Francois Guizot, a dominant figure in French politics prior to the Revolution of 1848. Second Edition. Volumes I, II, III and IV of eight volumes. Illustrated bookplates of Feodorovna to front pastedowns. FranÃ…

Theatre de Poche

Theophile Gautier · 1855 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Paris, Librairie Nouvelle, 1855 . First edition. Cloth. An attractive first edition of this collection of dramatic works by Theophile Gautier, including three never before published pieces. In the original French.The work of French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art…

Les cyanophycées des côtes d'Europe.

Frémy, P. · 1934 · Antiquariaat Schierenberg

€275.00 ($303.10 | £229.42 | ¥48,401)

Saint-Lo, Société Nationale des Sciences Naturelles et Mathématiques de Cherbourg, 1934. Large 8vo (24.2 x 15.5 cm). 234 pp. with 66 fine plates. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt lines and title. = Important and very rare contribution to the Cyanophyce…

L'Art Du Menuisier. First Edition

Roubo, M. (André Jacob) 1739-1791; and Berthault, Pierre Gabriel, 1737-1831 ; Haussard, Catherine ; Haussard, Elisabeth ; Milsan Michelinot, fl. 1781; Cor, P. L. (Engravers) · 1769 · Wittenborn Art Books

$7,000.00 (€6,351.04 | £5,298.46 | ¥1,117,810)

Paris: L. F Delatour, 1769-1775. First edition. Folio. 28.5 x 43 cm. 4 parts bound in 3 vols. Contemporary tree calf spines with later goatskin covers. Very good. 1312 pp. 365 of 382 plates. Interiors finely toned, with some creasing, more at edges, and intermittent, marginal fo…

Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique . Tome XL

Collective · 1873 · Antiquariaat Tanchelmus bv

€100.00 ($110.22 | £83.43 | ¥17,600)

Reliure rigide: Très bon, 29 x 23 cm, 248 + 68 + planches, français, 1ère édition, illustrations, état du livre: Très bon Reliure d'éditeur originale avec le titre inscrit dans un cadre sur le dos, certaines pages ne sont pas coupées, les tranches latérales et inférieures ont un…

Egyptology: Collection of Over 70 Rare Offprints by Many Renowned Authors. Various Publications. [LOT OF OVER 70 ITEMS].

Lefebvre, Gustave; Lüddeckens, Erich; Malaise, Michel; Meeks, Dimitri; Menu, Bernadette; Meyer, Eduard; Möller, Georg; Montet, Pierre; Mooren, Leon; Moret, Alexandre; Naster, Paul; Pirenne, Jacques.; Posener-Kriéger, Paule; a.o. · 0 · Librarium of The Hague

€289.87 ($319.49 | £241.83 | ¥51,018)

Various publishers and years. 1st Edition. Offprint. Collection of over 70 offprints in Egyptology. Various sizes, various publications and publishers. All in original printed wrappers. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION thus. Over 70 rare offprints by various authors, re…

The Art Deco Style in Household Objects, Architecture, Sculpture, Graphics, Jewellery. 468 Authentic Examples

Menten, Theodore · 1972 · Boekhandel - Antiquariaat Emile Kerssemakers - Member ILAB/NVvA

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Dover Publications, 1972 Paperback. 182 pages. Text in English. As new. Art Deco garden and terraces; Art Deco dwellings, including the Bauhaus faculty residences designed by Walter Gropius; Art Deco interiors; Art Deco furniture, with chairs by Le Corbusier, Marcel Breuer, and …

Via veritas et vita [Novum testamentum]

ANONYME · 1697 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€500.00 ($551.09 | £417.13 | ¥88,002)

Frederici Leonard | Parisiis • (Paris) 1697 | 7 x 12.50 cm | relié | Edition ornée d'un titre-frontispice signé Pitau, qui ne contient comme titre que Via verita et vita avec en fronton un verset extrait de l'Evangile selon Saint Jean, l'intitulé dans un livre désigné par le Chr…

Histoire de la Vie Privee des Francais, depuis l'origine de la Nation jusqu'a nos jours

Le Grand d'Aussy, Pierre Jean Baptiste (Legrand Daussy) (Josep, Jordi, and Joan Roca association copy) (El Celler de Can Roca) (Ferran Adrià association copy) (El Bulli) · 1782 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$2,950.00 (€2,676.51 | £2,232.92 | ¥471,077)

Paris: Ph.-D. Pierres, 1782, Three volumes, complete. FIRST EDITION of this scholarly, encyclopedic, and highly entertaining history of French gastronomy. XIII, (3), 373, (1); (4), 383, (1); (4), 363, (1). Half-titles present (they are often missing). SIGNED (in pencil) ON …

Mémoires, pour servir à l'histoire d'un genre de polypes d'eau douce.à bras en forme de cornes.

TREMBLEY, Abraham (1710-1784).: · 1744 · Aquila Natural History Books /Aquila Antiquariaat

€900.00 ($991.96 | £750.84 | ¥158,404)

Leiden: Jean & Herman Verbeek, 1744. 4to, 25cm. Pp. xvi,324, 129 figures on 13 folding plates engraved by Jacob van der Schley after drawings by Pierre Lyonet, 4 large nice headpiece vignettes engraved by Van der Schley after historiated drawings "ad vivum" by Cornelis Pronk, …