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• Sold MONTFORT, le Père Alphonse de   Produit Mourning binding made for the queen Anne of Austria.
• Sold ALMANACH ROYAL. Année bissextile 1780 présenté A sa Majesté pour la... Superb copy of this 1780 Royal Almanac
• Sold Firmin, Anténor. De l’égalité des races humaines (Anthropologie positive). Rare first edition of this fervent plea for the black race.
• Sold MONTESQUIEU De l’Esprit des loix ou du rapport que les loix doivent avoir avec ... First edition.
• Sold CORNUT, Jacques-Philippe. Canadensium plantarum, Historia. Cui adiectum est ad calcem enchiri... First edition of the first book on the flora of Canada.
• Sold VOLNEY, (Constantin François de Chasseboeuf, comte de) Simplification des langues orientales ou méthode nouvelle et facile... The earliest Arabic grammar written in French
• Sold RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE La Découverte australe par un Homme-volant ou le Dédale français ; ... First and only edition of « one of Restif de la Bretonne’s rarest works ». (Rahir)
• Sold BARBEY D'AUREVILLY, Jules Le Chevalier des Touches. First edition of Barbey d’Aurevilly’s masterpiece.
• Sold MENDEZ PINTO, Ferdinand. Les Voyages advantureux de Fernand Mendez Pinto. Fidelement traduic... "Very rare first edition of the French translation" (Chadenat) of this travel account in China, India, Japan, Siam, dedicated to the Cardinal de Richelieu.
• Sold ROGER, Eugène La Terre saincte ; ou Description topographique très particuliere d... Extremely rare first edition of this important work about the Holy Land.
• Sold MAIRET, Jean L’Illustre corsaire. Tragicomédie.
• Sold BOCCACE, Jean Le Décaméron, nouvellement traduict d’Italien en Francoys par Maist... First edition of the illustrious translation of the Decameron
• Sold LAVALLEE, Joseph et BRION, Louis Voyage dans les départemens de la France. Par une Société d’Artiste... First edition of this famous compilation of a travel made in the 102 French departments
• Sold CHARTIER, Alain Les Œuvres feu maistre Alain Chartier… First edition in round letters and last edition given in the sixteenth century of Chartier’s Works.
• Sold NERVAL, Gérard de. Les Illuminés, récits et portraits. The first edition of "Les Illuminés", rare copy preserved in its signed binding from the time.
• Sold L’Etranger. L’édition originale de L’Etranger de Camus conservée brochée telle que parue.
• Sold MORDANT DE LAUNAY, Jean-Claude-Michel / LOISELEUR-DESLONCHAMPS, Jean-Louis-Auguste. Herbier général de l’amateur, contenant la description, l’histoire,... 575 superb plates of flowers contemporary hand-colored by Pancrace Bessa, Redouté’s student.
• Sold GRANDPRE Voyage à la côte occidentale d’Afrique, fait dans les années 1786 e... French expedition on the west coast of Africa
• Sold LERY, Jean de. Histoire d’un voyage fait en la terre du Brésil, Autrement dite Amé... The illustrated account of Lery's travel to Brazil
• Sold VILLEGOMBLAIN, François Racine de. Les Mémoires des Troubles arrivés en France, Sous les Regnes des Ro...
• Sold HAUY, Valentin. Essai sur l’éducation des aveugles, ou exposé de différens moyens, ... Revolutionary method to educate the blind by Haüy
• Sold TOLSTOÏ, Comte Léon La Guerre et la Paix. Roman historique traduit avec l’autorisation ... Extremely rare first edition of the first French translation of Tolstoy’s masterpiece
• Sold CRAMER Papillons exotiques des trois parties du monde l’Asie, l’Afrique et... Tropical butterflies from around the world
• Sold DESCOURTILZ, Jean-Théodore Ornithologie brésilienne ou histoire des oiseaux du Brésil, remarqu... This work describes 164 species of tropical birds through 48 superb plates in color.
• Sold PASTEUR, Louis. Mémoire sur la fermentation alcoolique. “Pasteur emphasized the complexity of alcoholic fermentation” (DSB).
• Sold BIBLIA (Ed. Robert Estienne) Produit « The monumental first Estienne edition of the Bible » (Schreiber)
• Sold BLONDIN, Antoine. Un singe en hiver. Roman. First edition of a legendary book, the author’s masterpiece.
• Sold ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques Discours sur l’origine et les fondemens de l’inégalité parmi les ho... First issue "of this momentous event in the history of political doctrines".
• Sold BERNARDEZ, Diogo Varias rimas ao bom Iesus, e a Virgem Gloriosa sua May, e a sanctos... Poems by one of the important Portuguese mannerists
• Sold Emaux et camées. "Charles Baudelaire said of this book that it was a pure masterpiece of a language magician. The first edition is very rare.” (Carteret).
• Sold LOBACHEVSKI Geometrische Untersuchungen zur Theorie der Parallellinien. The founding text of non-Euclidian geometry
• Sold Le Roman de la Momie. Quarante-deux composition originale de Alex. ... "The Romance of the Mummy" by Théophile Gautier, illustrated by Alexandre Lunois
• Sold PASTEUR, Louis. Mémoire sur les corpuscules organisés qui existent dans l’atmosphèr... The refutation of spontaneous generation. PMM 336.
• Sold LANSBERG, Philipp In quadrantem tum Astronomicum… Extremely rare first edition of Philip Lansberg
• Sold OVIDE / OVID Publii Ovidii Nasonis Operum. Ovid's Works in wonderful bindings by Dubuisson
• Sold ARGOTE DE MOLINA, Gonzalo. Libro, dela Monteria que mando escrevir el muy alto y muy poderoso ... First edition of the first Spanish book on hunting in the New World decorated with 35 woodcuts.
• Sold DU TERTRE Histoire générale des Antilles habitées par les François. Divisée e... First complete edition of the “Histoire des Antilles”
• Sold Biblia Sacra Iuxta vulgatam editionem ad vetustissima exemplaria ca... The Biblia Sacra in 5 volumes
• Sold LA CRUZ, Manuel et Juan de. Coleccion de trajes de Espana, tanto antiguos como modernos, Que co... A very rare collection of Spanish costumes entirely contemporary hand-colored.
• Sold RONSARD, Pierre de Les Oeuvres "Les Oeuvres" by Ronsard
• Sold Bloch, Marcus-Elieser. Ichtyologie, ou histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des po... The most spectacular work dedicated to fishes
• Sold REDOUTE, Pierre-Joseph Les Roses par P. J. Redouté, peintre de fleurs, Dessinateur en titr... Precious and rare copy of the first edition of Redouté’s Roses, complete with the 171 engravings in two states, including the colored one.
• Sold Gutenberg Bible de Gutenberg The Gutenberg Bible entirely illuminated and enhanced with gold. “The first and in many ways the greatest of all printed books” (P.M.M., n°1).
• Sold SONNERAT, Pierre Voyage aux Indes orientales et à la Chine. Fait par ordre du Roi de... Sonnerat's travel through India and China illustrated with 140 plates
• Sold LACLOS, Choderlos de. Les Liaisons dangereuses. The finest 18th century edition of the Dangerous Liaisons illustrated with 15 engravings in first state.
• Sold Montaigne, Michel de. Essais de Messire Michel de Montaigne, Chevalier de l’Ordre d... First edition of Montaigne’s "Essays".
• Sold ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques Les Confessions de J.J. Rousseau, suivies des Rêveries du Promeneur... Very rare first edition of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Confessions and Rêveries,"the true masterpiece of the author", in a uniform contemporary binding, with wide margins.
• Sold HUGO, Victor Lucrèce Borgia, drame "Lucrèce Borgia" by Victor Hugo
• Sold BARBE, Simon Le Parfumeur royal "Le Parfumeur royal" by Barbe
• Sold BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice Tarzan of the Apes. First edition and first issue of the adventures of Tarzan
• Sold Produit
• Sold MAIRET, Jean Le Marcantoine ou la Cleopatre. Tragédie de Mairet. First edition of this tragedy by Mairet, a very pure copy preserved in its contemporary limp vellum binding.
• Sold BRETON DE LA MARTINIERE, Jean-Baptiste Joseph. L’Égypte et la Syrie, ou Mœurs, Usages, Costumes et Monumens des Ég... Egypt and Syria illustrated with 84 hand-coloured plates, bound in superb contemporary morocco signed by Chilliat, binder from the First Empire.
• Sold APPIER La Pyrotechnie de Hanzelet Lorrain où sont representez les plus rar... Appier's 'recueil de machines militaires', an important pyrotechnical manual
• Sold TAGAULT, Barthélémy Le Ravissement d’Orithye composé par B. Tag. dédié à M. Roger de Va... "Le Ravissement d'Orithye" by Tagault
• Sold VOLTAIRE Zadig ou la Destinée, Histoire orientale The first edition from Lyon of Zadig
• Sold TOURGUENEFF (TOURGUENIEV), Ivan. Fumée. Rare first French edition of this remarkable novel by Turgenev, first published in St Petersburg a few months earlier.
• Sold PROUST, Marcel. A la recherche du temps perdu. Copy reimposed on large paper of the first edition of the most important work of twentieth-century literature in a strictly contemporary binding with doublures by Huser.
• Sold DUMAS, Alexandre Kean, comédie en 5 actes. The "most achieved drama by Alexandre Dumas senior" in first edition
• Sold KOSTER, Henri. Voyages dans la partie septentrionale du Brésil, depuis 1809 jusqu’... Voyages au Brésil by Koster
• Sold BALZAC, Honoré de Le dernier Chouan ou la Bretagne en 1800. Exceedingly rare first edition of Le dernier Chouan ou la Bretagne en 1800 by Balzac, the first work bearing his name and the starting point of his cycle called “The Human Comedy”.
• Sold MASSON, Jean Histoire memorable de la vie de Jeanne d’Arc appellee la Pucelle d’... First and unique edition of this fascinating biography of Joan of Arc
• Sold CALVIN, John. Institution de la religion chrestienne, nouvellement mise en quatre... Precious edition of the major work represting the keystone of French Protestantism.
• Sold Langlès, Louis. Monuments anciens et modernes de l’Hindoustan, décrits sous le doub... First edition of this "very sought-after work illustrated with 3 maps and 144 engraved plates" which offers a complete description of Hindustan.
• Sold ARNAULD, Antoine De la Fréquente communion. "De la Fréquente communion" by Arnauld
• Sold MAROT, Clément. Les Œuvres. The best of French ancient poetry by Marot
• Sold SADE, Donatien-Alphonse-François comte, dit marquis de. Justine ou les malheurs de la vertu. Extremely rare first edition of Justine by the marquis de Sade, “whose copies could be counted on the fingers of one hand.” (Pierre Berès). One of the most sublime lessons of m...
• Sold CROS Solution générale du problème de la photographie des couleurs par C... The chromatic synthesis by Cros
• Sold VERDIZOTTI Cento Favole Morali. De i piu illustri antichi, & moderni autor... Rare edition of Verdizotti's "Fables"
• Sold PLAUTE Comoediae. Plautinae viginti comoediae emendatissimae, cum…, interp... First incunabula edition of Plaute’s Comedies, with Valla's comments.
• Sold [PREVOST D’EXILES, Antoine François] Histoire générale des Voyages, ou Nouvelle Collection de toutes les... First edition of the «Histoire générale des voyages»
• Sold POGGI, Mauro Alfabeto Di Lettere Iniziali inventate, e delineate. Poggi's illustrated alphabet
• Sold BOURSAULT Le Mort vivant, comédie. Dédiée à Monseigneur le Duc de Guise. Very rare first edition of one of Boursault’s very first comedies.
• Sold BIBLE DE GUTENBERG (Reproduction). [Ou la « Bible à 42 lignes »]. Exemplaire de luxe de ce superbe fac... The Gutenberg Bible entirely illuminated and enhanced with gold.
• Sold RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE Les Contemporaines. First edition of the Les Contemporaines by Restif illustrated with 283 beautiful figures by Binet.
• Sold PILES, Roger de Dissertation sur les ouvrages des plus fameux peintres. Dédiée à Mo... Treatise on painting by Roger de Piles with the monogram of the duke of Richelieu
• Sold DEFOE La Vie et les Avantures de Robinson Crusoë. The most beautiful edition of Robinson Crusoe
• Sold ALAIN-FOURNIER Le Grand Meaulnes First edition of Le Grand Meaulnes
• Sold VERLAINE, Paul Fêtes galantes. First edition of Verlaine’s masterpiece
• Sold SADELER - STEVENS Les douze mois de l’année. / The twelve months of the year.
• Sold STAËL, Madame de Corinne ou l’Italie. First edition of Corinne by Madame de Staël
• Sold TERTII bergomatis, Francisci. Pictoris aulici Austriacæ gentis imaginum. Gaspar. Patavinus, incisor. Spectacular Renaissance masterpiece of the art of Parisian binding executed towards the year 1569 with a completely unusual dimension “567 x 422 mm”, combining to mosaic morocco...
• Sold [ORDRE DE SAINT MICHEL]. Le Livre des Statuts & ordonnances de l’ordre Sainct Michel, es... Precious volume printed in Paris circa 1550.
• Sold TACHARD, Guy. Voyage de Siam, des Pères Jésuites, Envoyés par le Roy aux Indes &a... The illustrated "Journey in Siam" by Tachard, bound for the Grand Condé
• Sold CAILHAVA D'ESTENDOUX Le Pucelage nageur Le Pucelage nageur by Cailhava d’Estendoux
• Sold FLUDD, Robert. Utriusque Cosmi Maioris scilicet et minoris metaphysica, physica at... “Extremely rare and sought-after treatise of the Macrocosm by Robert Fludd with many very beautiful and peculiar engravings by Théodore de Bry” (Caillet).
• Sold LEVAILLANT, François. Histoire naturelle d’une partie d’oiseaux nouveaux et rares de l’Am... Birds of America illustrated of 49 etchings printed in color and enhanced by hand.
• Sold BALZAC, Honoré de Le Lys dans la Vallée. A moving copy in original wrappers, as published, of the only great love novel by Balzac.
• Sold PATAS Sacre et couronnement de Louis XVI, roi de France et de Navarre. A ... First edition and first issue of Louis XVI’s Coronation
• Sold KESSEL, Joseph. Le Lion. First edition, limited to 155 numbered copies, of the “most charming” novel of Joseph Kessel.
• Sold ADANSON, Michel. Histoire et description de plusieurs plantes tant indigènes qu’exot... Original botanical manuscript of great scientific interest, calligraphed, drawn and water colored in the year 1768 in the Dominican Dijon abbey following the method of Michel Ad...
• Sold SUN TZU / AMIOT, Joseph. Art militaire des Chinois, ou recueil d’anciens traités sur la guer... First edition and first European edition of the famous Art of War by the Chinese strategist Sun Tzu (544-496 B.B.) “a work of wide-ranging influence on both Eastern and Western ...
• Sold MOLIERE Œuvres de Molière, avec des remarques grammaticales, des avertissem... Third edition of Moliere's "Works"
• Sold BRY, Théodore de / PIGAFETTA, Filippo. Regnum Congo est Vera descriptio regni Africani, quod tam ab incoli... Very rare account of a journey to Congo undertaken at the end of the 16th century whose abundant illustration is of the highest interest both on the ethnographic and geographi...
• Sold BOCH, Jean Historica narratio profectionis et inaugurationis serenissimorum be... A masterpiece of baroque illustration
• Sold TITUS LIVIUS Historiarum quod extat, Cum perpetuis Gronovii et Variorum notis. Precious edition of Titus Livius’ Histories
• Sold BALZAC, Honoré de Physiologie du mariage ou méditations de philosophie éclectique, su... A precious copy preserved in its binding signed at the time, an extremely rare condition.
• Sold ABDOUL-KERYM; HODGES, William; LANGLES, Louis-Mathieu. Collection portative de voyages traduits de différentes langues ori... Three accounts of travels to Asia and the Middle East.
• Sold LOUDON, Jane Webbs The Ladies’ flower-garden of ornamental bulbous plants English bulbous plants, by Jane Loudon
• Sold LESGRET, Nicolas [l’Aïné]. Le Nouveau livre d’Ecritures Italiene Bâtarde. Avec des Instruction... First edition of one of the rarest French book of the 17th century.
• Sold MCKENNEY, Thomas L. / HALL, James History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with biographical sk... "History of the Indian Tribes of North America" by McKenney
• Sold NOVERRE, Jean Georges(1727-1810). Lettres sur la danse, sur les ballets et les arts (Observations sur... Definite edition of the famous “Letters on dancing and ballets” by J-G. Noverre (1727-1810) printed in St Petersburg in 1803-1804.
• Sold DESMOULINS, Camille. Le Vieux Cordelier, Journal rédigé par Camille Desmoulins ; Député ... Complete first edition of the Vieux Cordelier, “the most eloquent work produced by the Revolution.” (Eugène Maron).
• Sold MOURADJA D'OHSSON, Ignace de Tableau général de l’empire Othoman, divisé en deux parties, dont l... The most important book from the 18th century dedicated to the Ottoman Empire
• Sold MERIMEE, Prosper. Colomba. One of the most famous works by Prosper Merimee
• Sold FERRARIS Carte Chorographique des Pays-Bas Autrichiens Dédiée à leurs Majest... Very large precious military map of the Austrian Netherlands.
• Sold TAVERNIER, Jean-Baptiste Les six voyages de Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, en Turquie, en Perse, e... The six journeys in Asia by Tavernier with illustrations
• Sold ARNOUX 12 Chansons 12 Chansons enfantines by Guy Arnoux
• Sold COLETTE, Sidonie-Gabrielle Sido ou les points cardinaux. "Sido", a moving maternal portrait by Colette
• Sold CHATEAUBRIAND De la Restauration et de la Monarchie élective, ou réponse a l’inte... A virulent political pamphlet by Chateaubriand
• Sold D’ALEMBERT, Jean le Rond Traité de dynamique, dans lequel les Loix de l’Equilibre & du M... D'Alembert's great treatise of dynamics.
• Sold LACLOS, Choderlos de. Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Rare first edition of the Dangerous Liaisons in contemporary binding.
• Sold BOILEAU, Jacques De l’abus des nuditez de gorge. Treatise dedicated to the shamelessness of 17th century women
• Sold RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE Les Posthumes ; Lettres reçues après la mort du Mari, par sa Femme,... Extremely rare first edition of Restif’s subversive novel, seized by the police when published
• Sold [FOUCQUET, Jehan]. Œuvre de Jehan Foucquet. Heures de Maistre Estienne Chevalier. Text... A splendid publication reproducing the miniatures of Jehan Foucquet, in the 15th century
• Sold FLAUBERT, Gustave L’Education sentimentale. Histoire d’un jeune homme. "L'Education sentimentale" by Flaubert on large paper
• Sold SOUANCE, Charles de. Iconographie des perroquets non figurés dans les publications de Le... First edition of this superb iconography of parrots, illustrated with 48 plates finely contemporary hand-colored.
• Sold [FRANKLIN, Benjamin / LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, le duc de / COURT DE GEBELIN , Antoine / ROBINET, Jean-Baptiste-René / GENET, Edme-Jacques / BANCROFT, Edward / ADAMS, John, etc.] Affaires de l’Angleterre et de l’Amérique Affaires de l’Angleterre et de l’Amérique by Benjamin Franklin
• Sold [NEWTON, Sir Isaac] / DU CHATELET, Marquise de Principes Mathématiques de la Philosophie naturelle. First French edition of Newton’s “Principia Mathematica”, translated by the marquise du Châtelet
• Sold DASSIE. Description generale des costes de l’Amerique, Havres, Isles, Caps,... First edition of Dassie’s description of America and “its savages”, soon after the great Jesuit missions.
• Sold MOUHY Le masque de fer ou les Avantures admirables du père et du fils (si... First edition of the historical enigma of the Masque de Fer
• Sold Alphatbetum hebraicum, in quo diligentius & sincerius quam ante... Charles Estienne's Hebrew alphabet
• Sold DIDEROT, Denis / RAYNAL, Abbé Thomas-Guillaume-François. Histoire philosophique et politique Des Établissemens et du Commerc... First edition of Diderot and Raynal of “one of the key works of the crisis of the Ancien Regime” bound in contemporary red morocco.
• Sold CAUS, Salomon de. Hortus Palatinus a Friderico Rege Boemiae Electore Palatino Heidelb... First edition of this exceedingly scarce work on the landscaped gardens and architecture designed by Salomon de Caus for the elector palatinate Frederick V.
• Sold LAMARCK, Jean-Baptiste de / MIRBEL, Charles-François Brisseau de. Histoire naturelle des végétaux, classés par familles, Avec la cita... Complete first edition of Lamarck’s Histoire naturelle des végétaux.
• Sold SOUVENIR DU SACRE-COEUR (= Memory of the Sacred Heart Elementary Sc... A school booklet handwritten by a pupil from the school of the Sacred heart
• Sold [RELIURE] Vocabularius utriusque iuris perutilis ac valde necessarius… A superb ornamental binding from the very early XVIth century
• Sold VERLAINE, Paul La Bonne Chanson. The first edition of La Bonne Chanson, “Verlaine’s favorite work”.
• Sold [MAUGARD, Antoine] Remarques sur la noblesse. Dédiées aux Assemblées provinciales. A study conducted on the French nobility on the brink of the Revolution
• Sold AMMAN, Jost Artliche unnd Kunstreiche Figurn zu der Reutterey sampt irem muster... Equitation and cavalry by Jost Amman
• Sold SERRES, Olivier de Le Théâtre d’agriculture et Mesnage des champs […] Ici est re... The first great French treatise on agronomy
• Sold PISTOFILO, Buenaventura. Il Torneo… First edition of this precious treatise on tournaments.
• Sold BRILLAT-SAVARIN Physiologie du goût, ou Méditations de gastronomie transcendante ; ... Rare first edition of the most important 19th century gastronomic treatise. Precious copy dedicated by the author.
• Sold GIRALDI, Giulioano. Esequie d’Arrigo Quarto Cristianissimo Re di Francia, e di Na... The death of King Henry IV had given rise to one of these imposing funeral ceremonies which the Medici had made a specialty of, ceremony of which Giraldi's work perpetuated the ...
• Sold GUALTEROTTI, Raffaello. Feste nelle nozze Del Serenissimo Don Francesco Medici Gran duca di... The account of Francis I and Bianca Cappello’s wedding celebrated in Florence in 1579 sumptuously illustrated by Raffaello Gualterotti.
• Sold FIELDING, Henry. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. Precious copy of Tom Jones adorned with 12 beautiful contemporary hand-coloured figures.
• Sold [MALEBRANCHE, Nicolas] Traité de morale, par l’Auteur De la Recherche de la Vérité. Nicolas Malebranche’s “Treatise on Ethics”.
• Sold CERVANTES [Don Quixote] Segunda parte del ingenioso cavallero Don Quixote de ... "Exceedingly rare edition of Don Quixote" (Ricardo Hérédia, n°2518)
• Sold BESSON Théâtre des Instrumens Théâtre des instrumens by Besson
• Sold BEULLOCH Le Mexique en 1823, ou relation d’un voyage dans la Nouvelle-Espagn... "Le Mexique en 1823" by Beulloch
• Sold PESSELIER, Charles-Etienne Fables nouvelles. Pesselier's Fables
• Sold ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques La Botanique. Rousseau’s "Botanique", illustrated with 65 beautiful watercolored engravings by Redouté
• Sold HERODOTUS / HERODOTE Herodoti Halicarnassei Thurii Historie parentis memoratissimi Nove ... The earliest Latin version of Herodotus’ History
• Sold BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE. Paul et Virginie et la Chaumière indienne. Paul et Virginie in a splendid binding "in the Indian manner"
• Sold VIETE, François Principes de cosmographie. Tirés d’un manuscrit de Viette, & tr... Rare work of astronomy by the greatest French mathematician of the 16th century
• Sold LACROIX, Paul. Louis XII et Anne de Bretagne. Chronique de l’Histoire de France. O... The History of Louis XII
• Sold SWIFT, Jonathan Le Conte du Tonneau, Contenant tout ce que les Arts, & les Scie... "The Tale of a Tub" by Swift
• Sold PAGNOL, Marcel La gloire de mon père. Le château de ma mère. Le temps des secrets.... The first edition of Marcel Pagnol's Childhood memories.
• Sold BECKFORD, William. Vathek. Precious first edition of Vathek, unique masterpiece of one of the rare French-speaking English writers, William Beckford (1760-1844), Byron and Mallarme’s bible, the forerunner...
• Sold [COMPAGNIES DES INDES ORIENTALES] Déclarations du Roy, L’une, Portant establissement d’une Compagnie ... The charter creating “East India Company”
• Sold DIDEROT Œuvres complètes. Diderot's "Complete works"
• Sold FAUCHARD, Pierre Le chirurgien dentiste, ou traité des dents, ou l’on enseigne les m... “This work is the best one ever written on teeth illness”
• Sold ZOLA La Terre. Les Rougon-Macquart. Histoire naturelle et sociale d’une ... First edition of this famous novel by Emile Zola, dedicated to the farming world
• Sold BRUEGHEL, Pieter, dit le Vieux / BOL, Hans Les Quatre Saisons. The Four Seasons by Brueghel
• Sold PASCAL, Blaise Les Provinciales ou lettres escrites par Louis de Montalte à un pro... First edition of Pascal’s Les Provinciales.
• Sold Produit Wooden board of printing for 20 jacks
• Sold [DU BELLAY, Joachim] / LE ROY, Louis Le Sympose de Platon, ou de l’amour et de beauté, traduit de Grec e... Extremely rare first edition of this French interpretation of Plato’s Symposium
• Sold MONTESQUIEU De l’Esprit des Loix. Ou du Rapport que les Loix doivent avoir avec... First edition of De L’Esprit des Lois in a pure contemporary binding.
• Sold GERARD, Marcus - GALLE, Philippe Animalium quadrupedum omnis generis verae et artificiosissimae deli... 20 engravings from the 16th by Gerard, Queen's Elizabeth's painter
• Sold LORIS, Daniel Le thresor des parterres de l’univers, contenant les figures ... "Le thresor des parterres de l'univers" by Loris
• Sold HUGO, Victor La Voix de Guernesey. Victor Hugo and the Battle of Mentana
• Sold RABELAIS, François Œuvres de Maitre François Rabelais, avec des remarques historiques ... The most beautiful illustrated edition of Rabelais
• Sold MEDINA, Pedro de L’arte del Navegar, in laqual si contengono lere gole, dechiaration... First Italian edition of the "Art of sailing" by Medina
• Sold FLAUBERT, Gustave La tentation de Saint-Antoine. The most precious copy cited and described by Carteret, n°4 on China paper out of an issue of 12.
• Sold Homère. Illias (L’Iliade). Superb copy of Homer’s Iliad preserved in its Italian binding from the time in blind-stamped morocco.
• Sold VERCHÈRE, Jules. Sièges historiques anciens. 209 French seats from the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century drawn by Jules Verchère.
• Sold VETANCURT, Père Augustin de Arte de lengua mexicana, dispuesto Por orden, y mandato de N. Rmo P... First edition of one of the rarest Mexican grammars
• Sold GAGE, Thomas Nouvelle relation, contenant les voyages de Thomas Gage dans la Nou... Thomas Gage’s travels to the Viceroyalty of New Spain
• Sold ANTIPHONAIRE. Recueil des antiennes a chanter accompagnant les priè... Monumental antiphonary from the 15th century
• Sold GRAFFIGNY, Françoise d'Isembourg de Lettres d’une Péruvienne. Important 18th century literary first edition
• Sold LA FAYETTE, Madame de La Princesse de Clèves. "La Princesse de Clèves" in its contemporary binding.
• Sold MENON Les Soupers de la Cour, ou l’art de travailler toutes sortes d’alim... The Soupers de la Cour by Menon
• Sold LA CONSTITUTION FRANCOISE, présentée au roi par l’Assemblée Nationa... The French Constitution
• Sold MAETERLINCK / LEPAPE L’Oiseau bleu. Décors et costumes pour l’Oiseau Bleu. "L'Oiseau bleu" wonderfully bound by Georges Baudin
• Sold BIET, Antoine. Voyage de la France Equinoxiale en l’isle de Cayenne, entrepris par... Rare first edition of the account of the attempt of the establishment of a colony in Cayenne undertaken by the French in 1652.
• Sold GAZZADI, Domenico. Zoologia Morale esposta in cento venti discorsi in versi o in prosa... First edition of the rarest Italian book of zoology illustrated with color plates.
• Sold OVIDE. Les Métamorphoses, en latin et en françois, De la Traduction de M. ... Les Métamorphoses d’Ovide illustrated by François Boucher, Eisen, Gravelot, Monnet.
• Sold LE PETIT La grande chronique ancienne et moderne, de Hollande, Zélande, West...
• Sold Heures Nouvelles Outstanding book of Hours
• Sold LAET, Jean de L’Histoire du Nouveau Monde ou Description des Indes occidentales, ... Rare first French translation of this work by Jean de Laet about America
• Sold FLAUBERT, Gustave Édition originale de la correspondance sur Japon. Superb leading copy from the first edition of the Correspondance by Flaubert
• Sold COLONNA, Francesco Hypnerotomachie ou Discours du Songe de Poliphile, Déduisant comme ... One of the most important works of Renaissance illustrated literature
• Sold IGUCHI TSUNENORI. Tenmon Zukai (=Explication de l’Astronomie au moyen de figures). Rare first edition of the first astronomical book to be published in Japan, illustrated with 50 woodcuts.
• Sold MENDELEIEV / MENDELEEV O barometricheskom nivelirovanii i o primenenii dlia nego vysotomer... The precusor of the altimeter by Mendeleev
• Sold BOUCHARDON, Edme / BOUCHER, François / VAN LOO, Carl Études prises dans le bas Peuple, ou les Cris de Paris. Rare suite of small Parisian professions and costumes
• Sold Saint-Valier Estat present de l’Eglise et de la colonie françoise dans la Nouvel... Great description of the Indian tribes from Canada and their relationships with French colonists
• Sold BLIXEN Out of Africa. Out of Africa by Karen Blixen
• Sold [LA FORCE, Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de].  Les Fées. Contes des Contes. Par Mademoiselle de ***. The fairy tales of Mademoiselle de La Force, inspirer of the Brothers Grimm, literary friend of the Countess de Murat.
• Sold [CHATEAUBRIAND, LAMARTINE, CASTELBAJAC, VILLELE, ETC.] Le Conservateur. Rare collection of the ultra royalist paper « Le Conservateur »
• Sold FLAUBERT Salammbô Salammbô by Flaubert dedicated to his close friend Théophile Gautier
• Sold FROMENTIN, Eugène. Dominique. First edition of “Dominique” by Eugene Fromentin, a masterpiece dedicated to George Sand.
• Sold MARCO POLO Le Livre des Merveilles The Book of the Marvels of the World by Marco Polo
• Sold BONELLI, Giorgio Hortus Romanus. Botanical treatise illustrated with 600 superb contemporary hand-colored plates
• Sold ANDROUET DU CERCEAU, Jacques Livre d’Architecture de Jacques Androuet du Cerceau, Contenant les ... Exceptional collection of three major classics of architecture
• Sold BRY Acta Mechmeti i Saracenorum Principis natales, vitam, victorias, im... Important work dedicated to the Ottoman empire
• Sold ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques Collection complète des œuvres de J.J. Rousseau citoyen de Genève. First collective edition of the “Confessions” by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Sold BENOIT, Pierre L’Atlantide. The legend of the Atlantide on Japanese vellum
• Sold DESCARTES, René. Lettres de Mr Descartes Où sont traittées les plus belles Questions... First edition of Descartes’ correspondence
• Sold LABORDE, Alexandre de. Description des nouveaux jardins de la France et de ses anciens cha... First edition of the most beautiful book on the gardens of France under the First French Empire
• Sold NAPOLEON Ier - COMOLLI, J. B. Projet d’une fontaine publique. Remarkable presentation copy printed on large imperial paper offered to the Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821). Parma, Bodoni, 1808.
• Sold SCHEDEL, Hartmann. Liber Chronicarum. First edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle illustrated with 1809 incunabular woodcuts in first issue.
• Sold LORRIS, Guillaume & MEUNG, Jean de. Cy est le Rommant de la Rose. The "Romance of the Rose" printed in Paris in 1531 by Galliot du Pré, illustrated with 60 figures.
• Sold LECLERCQ, Chrétien Nouvelle relation de la Gaspésie, qui contient Les Mœurs & la R... A very sought-after work dedicated to the way of life of Indians from Gaspesie
• Sold MADAME D'AULNOY. Les Contes des Fées par Madame d’Aulnoy. Very rare and precious edition of the Fairy Tales of Madame d’Aulnoy, the creator of the French fairy tale, even rarer than the one of Perrault’s tales.
• Sold HERRERA, Antonio de Histoire generale des Voyages et Conquestes des Castillans, dans le... First French edition of this travel book "dans les Isles et Terre-ferme des Indes Occidentales".
• Sold LARMESSIN, Nicolas de Habits des métiers et professions. Trades in the reign of Louis XIV
• Sold KOSTER, Henri. Voyages dans la partie septentrionale du Brésil, depuis 1809 jusqu’... One of the best account ever published until then about Brazil
• Sold BOCCACE. Il Decamerone di M. Giovanni Boccacio. "The proofs of the figures and especially the tail-pieces are generally more beautiful in the Italian edition than in the French edition”. (Cohen, 260).
• Sold ALAIN-FOURNIER Le Grand Meaulnes. First edition of the Grand Meaulnes
• Sold DUDUICT, Jacques Le nouveau Sciatere, pour fabriquer toutes sortes d’Horloges solair... Extremely rare first edition of this treatise about sundial
• Sold STENDHAL La Chartreuse de Parme par l’auteur de Rouge et Noir. First edition of a very rare classic of the French literature of the 19th century
• Sold GRANDPRE, Louis Ohier de Voyage à la côte occidentale d’Afrique, fait dans les années 1786 e... An expedition to Africa with Captain Grandpré
• Sold [COUNCIL OF TRENT]. Le Sainct, sacré, universel et général concile ... Partly original edition of the "Concile de Trente " (1545-1563) requested by Charles V sumptuously bound at the time by the Great Clovis Eve for the young king Louis XIII.
• Sold LAUREAU, Pierre. Histoire de France avant Clovis, Pour servir d’Introduction à celle... The History of France bound in red morocco with the arms of Queen Marie-Antoinette.
• Sold VIGNY, Alfred de Cinq-Mars, ou une Conjuration sous Louis XIII. The first French historical novel
• Sold DAUDET, Alphonse Numa Roumestan. Mœurs parisiennes. "Numa Roumestan" by Alphonse Daudet
• Sold BUFFON, Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, comte de Collection des animaux quadrupèdes de Buffon, formant 362 planches ... A precious copy of this "rare separate suite of Buffon’s engravings of quadrupeds"
• Sold LA FAYETTE, Madame de La Princesse de Clèves. First edition of the "Princesse de Clèves"
• Sold LA FONTAINE Fables choisies, mises en vers par M. de La Fontaine. First edition of La Fontaine's Fables, rich with 118 etchings
• Sold DEMERSAY, Alfred Histoire physique, économique et politique du Paraguay et des établ... Paraguay and Brazil seen by Demersay
• Sold BLAEU, Joan. Atlas Major, Sive Cosmographia Blaviana, Qua Solum, Salum, Coelum, ... First edition illustrated with 593 maps and views entirely colored and illuminated at the time.
• Sold CHAUFFOURT, Jacques de. Instruction sur le faict des Eaues & Forests, Contenant en abr... This "first edition of 1603 is very rare, as we have never encountered it" (Souhart, 98).
• Sold VOLTAIRE Lettres chinoises, indiennes et tartares, à Monsieur Paw, par un be... First edition of this work by Voltaire exposing his opinion on China and the Chinese people.
• Sold Lois relatives à la Constitution (tomes I et II). The "Constitution" of 1791 preserved in its elegant contemporary red morocco binding.
• Sold PROUST A la recherche du temps perdu. "A la recherche du temps perdu" by Marcel Proust
• Sold GRENIER, Charlotte Fleurs peintes à l’aquarelle. Charming watercolor album dedicated to the alpine flora
• Sold Produit Rare first edition of the first book by Stalin about the question of nationalities
• Sold CARRACHE, Augustin L’Arétin d’Augustin Carrache, ou recueil de postures érotiques, d’a... “The most artistic of the erotic books...” according to Cohen
• Sold GUEUVIN Rêves et échos. Collection by the Mauritian author Charles Gueuvin, a major figure of the Francophone poetry
• Sold CICERON, Marcus Tullius Der Teütsch Cicero. [Traduit par Johann von Schwarzenberg]. "Rare and fascinating German Renaissance woodcut book"
• Sold PANNIER Carnets de croquis de meubles et objets de décoration. Sketchbooks by Henri Pannier
• Sold GEORGIEVITZ, Barthélémy De Turcarum ritu et Ceremoniis. The funeral customs of the Turks
• Sold DURAS, Marguerite. L’Amant. Marguerite Duras’s master-piece preserved untrimmed under its original wrappers.
• Sold BOUTILLIER, Jehan La Somme rurale. The first great book in the French language to codify medieval customs.
• Sold TITE-LIVE Titi Livii Historiarum Libri. Titus Livius, Jules Janin's wonderful copy
• Sold VOLTAIRE Le Philosophe ignorant. Interesting compilation of three philosophical texts of the utmost interest, including one original by Voltaire
• Sold PIRANESI / PIRANESE Diverse maniere d’adornare i cammini… / Divers manners of ornamenti... Large collection of ornaments by the "Rembrandt of the architecture"
• Sold CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE, Jean Voyage en Californie pour l’observation du passage de Vénus sur le ... First edition of Chappe d’Auteroche’s scientific expedition to California
• Sold DUMAS, Alexandre et GAILLARDET La Tour de Nesle, Drame en cinq actes et en neuf tableaux, par MM. ... “Rare and highly sought-after” first edition of this drama by Alexandre Dumas.
• Sold BALZAC, Honoré de Les Paysans. Scènes de la vie de campagne, par H. de Balzac, auteur... Les Paysans, the main piece of « Scènes de la vie de campagne » by Balzac
• Sold BRANDT, Sébastien. [La Nef des Fous]. Stultifera Navis. “The most beautiful incunabular edition illustrated with 118 woodcuts printed on 8 March 1498” (Brunet, I, 1204). The illustration is attributed to Albrecht Durer by Erwin Panof...
• Sold RAMUSIO, Giovanni Batista Delle Navigationi et Viaggi in molti luoghi corretta, et ampliata, ... Precious travel collection by Ramusio
• Sold PREVOST Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du Chevalier des Grieux. One of the finest editions of Manon Lescaut
• Sold RAMEAU Castor et Pollux, tragédie mise en musique. First edition of Rameau's great opera: Castor et Pollux
• Sold GRASSET DE SAINT-SAUVEUR, Jacques Les Fastes du Peuple Français. "Les Fastes du Peuple Français" de Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
• Sold BOCK, Hieronymus. Kreütterbuch, darin underscheidt, Nammen und Würckung der Kreütter,... First illustrated edition of the culinary Treatise of Hieronymus Bock (1498-1554), the father of German botany.
• Sold HASSHU GAFU. Toshi Gogon ; Baichiku Rangiku ; Mokuhon Kacho ; Sohon Kashi ; Koko... The most beautiful illustrated book from the Ming Dynasty
• Sold LE LIVRE DES MILLE NUITS ET UNE NUIT. Traduction littérale et compl... The Thousand and One Nights illustrated with oriental design on the covers
• Sold NICOLAY, Nicolas. Plusieurs descriptions des accoutremens tant des magistrats et offi... The Oriental costumes of Nicolay bound in red morocco for Henrietta Anne of England
• Sold BOECKLER, George André. Theatrum machinarum novum, Dast ist : Neu-vermehrter Schauplatz der... First edition of the two great Baroque works of the German engineer George Boeckler
• Sold MAUPASSANT, Guy de Bel Ami. First edition of “one of Maupassant’s master-pieces” (Carteret)
• Sold STRADANUS, Johannes Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium. Pugnæ Bestiariorum : & mutu... The rare and beautiful hunting and fishing book by Stradanus illustrated with 107 plates in fine contemporary coloring
• Sold VECELLIO Habiti Antichi "Habiti Antichi" by Vecellio
• Sold BERTRAND, Louis Gaspard de la nuit. Fantaisies à la manière de Rembrandt et de Callot. The first edition of Gaspard de la nuit
• Sold BARBEY D’AUREVILLY La Bague d’Annibal. Account of youth by Barbey d'Aurevilly
• Sold SOUVESTRE, Olivier La légende du Roi d’Ys. A superb illuminated manuscript in French telling the legend of the city of Ys.
• Sold FENELON Les Avantures de Télémaque fils d’Ulysse. Par feu Messire Fr. de Sa... Telemachus with the arms of Maria Feodorovna
• Sold HUGO, Victor Notre-Dame de Paris. "Notre-Dame de Paris" by Victor Hugo
• Sold SALERNE, François. L’Histoire naturelle éclaircie dans une de ses parties princi... French first edition of the ornithology of Salerne (1706-1760).
• Sold MOLIERE Les Fourberies de Scapin. Comédie par I. B. Moliere. Rare first edition of "Les Fourberies de Scapin", one of Molière’s most creative comedies.
• Sold BOSSUET Traitez du libre-arbitre, et de la concupiscence. Ouvrages posthumes. Treatises by Bossuet composed for the education of the future sovereign
• Sold [CHINE]. Album érotique chinois. Chinese erotic album illustrated with 8 licentious watercolors on silk
• Sold STENDHAL, Henri Beyle Mémoires d’un touriste par l’auteur de Rouge et Noir. The true first edition of Stendhal’s « Mémoires d’un touriste »
• Sold SAND, George La Petite Fadette "La Petite Fadette" by George Sand
• Sold Discours véritable de ce qui est advenu aux estats généraux de Fran... First official version of the Estates General of Blois
• Sold HUGO, Victor La Légende des siècles. « ‘La Légende des siècles’ remains one of the most remarkable landmarks of nineteenth century literature ».
• Sold PERRAULT, Charles Labyrinte de Versailles. The Labyrinth of Versailles described by Charles Perrault and illustrated by Sébastien Le Clerc
• Sold BELON DU MANS, Pierre La Nature & diversité des poissons, Avec leurs pourtraicts, rep... Extremely rare French editio princeps of this ichthyology treatise illustrated with 186 woodcuts about fish
• Sold STOEFFLER, Johann. Calendarium Romanum Magnum. The revision of the calendar by Stoeffler.
• Sold HEURES A L’USAGE DE ROME. Somptuous book of Hours illuminated by Gillet Hardouin
• Sold LARBAUD Enfantines. “The charm of childlike loves memory”
• Sold SEVIGNE, Madame de Lettres de Madame Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sevigné, à Madame la... Partly original edition of Madame de Sévigné’s "Letters"
• Sold BERGIER, Nicolas. Histoire des grands chemins de l’Empire romain, Contenant l’origine... The rare first edition of the Grands Chemins de l’Empire romain
• Sold ZOCCHI, Giuseppe. Scelta di XXIV Vedute delle principali Contrade, Piazze, Chiese e P... Superb copy printed on large Holland paper of the “Zocchi”, the most beautiful engraved and illustrated book about Florence.
• Sold BARBEY D'AUREVILLY, Jules Les Diaboliques. The true first edition of the "Diaboliques"
• Sold METIERS MANUELS AU MILIEU DU XIXE SIÈCLE. / MANUAL PROFESSIONS IN T... Manual professions in the middle of the 19th century
• Sold GERVAISE DE LA TOUCHE Mémoires de Saturnin, écrits par lui-même, Nouvelle édition, corrig... The "Mémoires de Saturnin" by Gervaise de la Touche
• Sold GARNIER, Robert Les Tragedies de Robert Garnier Conseiller du Roy, Lieutenant gener... "Les Tragédies" by Garnier
• Sold LECOMTE, Hyacinthe-Louis-Victor-Jean-Baptiste Aubry. Contes de Perrault. First issue of this rare series of contemporary coloured lithographs illustrating Perrault’s Contes.
• Sold Les Plaisirs de l’Isle enchantée. Course de bague ; collation ornée...
• Sold ROJAS, Fernando de. Célestine en laquelle est Traicte des deceptions des serviteurs env... “The most famous Spanish book after Don Quixote”
• Sold CHORIER, Nicolas. Le Meursius François, ou Entretiens galans d’Aloysia. Orné de... The most famous erotic book of the 18th century
• Sold Produit Anne of Britanny’s Book of Hours
• Sold KETHAM, Johannes Fasciculus medecine… The first illustrated medical book
• Sold RUIZ DE MONTOYA, Antonio Tesoro de la Lengua Guarani. One of the most important publications of American linguistics
• Sold DAUDET Tartarin sur les Alpes "Tartatin sur les Alpes" by Alphonse Daudet
• Sold TACITE (Les Annales). P. Cornelli Taciti Libri quinque noviter inventi… Editio princeps of Tacitus’ Annals
• Sold KRAFFT, Jean-Charles. Constructions, plans et décorations des Jardins de France, d’Anglet... Very sought-after definitive edition of the Constructions, plans et décorations des Jardins de France, d’Angleterre et d’Allemagne
• Sold MOLIERE La critique de l’escole des femmes. Comédie. Rare first edition of "La Critique de l'Escole des femmes" by Molière.
• Sold LORRIS & MEUNG Le romant de la Rose Moralisié cler et net. Translate de rime en pr... The most famous work from the French Middle Ages
• Sold CORNEILLE, Pierre Théâtre de Pierre Corneille, avec des commentaires par Voltaire. Precious copy of Corneille’s Théâtre printed by Voltaire
• Sold CHAMPOLLION LE JEUNE. Lettres écrites d’Égypte et de Nubie, en 1828 et 1829. Collec... First edition of one of the rarest works by Champollion about Egypt.
• Sold AKISATO, Rito Shoseki. Miyako Meisho Zue, “ Illustration des sites célèbres de la capitale... An exceptionnal guide dedicated to Kyoto
• Sold LEROUX, Gaston Le Fantôme de l’Opéra. First edition of the Phantom of the Opera
• Sold FLAMSTEED Atlas céleste de Flamsteed, publié en 1776, par J. Fortin, Ingénieu... Flamsteed’s famous celestial atlas
• Sold ARISTOTE La Rhétorique d’Aristote en François. The best French translation of Aristotle’s Rhetoric
• Sold Mayer, Louis. Vues en Egypte, d’après les Dessins originaux en la possession de S... The superb album dedicated to Egypt by Mayer, illustrated with 48 finely watercolored plates “one of the finest landmarks of English typography and engraving”.
• Sold BUFFON, Georges Marie Leclerc, comte de. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière avec la description du ... The precious complete series of Buffon’s Birds illustrated with 262 engravings.
• Sold CARMONTELLE, Louis Carrogis, dit, lecteur du duc de Chartres (1717-1806) Proverbes dramatiques Carmontelle (1717-1806), painter, architect, engraver and dramatic author, reader of the duke of Chartres, brings here at completion point this genre born in the previous centur...
• Sold COLONNA, Francesco Hypnerotomachie ou Discours du Songe de Poliphile, Deduisant comme ... The « Songe de Poliphile », one of the landmark works of Renaissance illustrated literature.
• Sold MONTAIGNE, Michel Eyquem de Les Essais. Edition nouvelle, prise sur l’exemplaire trouvé après l... The final version of Montaigne's "Essays" given by Marie de Gournay
• Sold FAUJAS DE SAINT-FOND, Barthélémy. Description des Expériences de la Machine Aérostatique de MM. De Mo... « The first Aerial Voyage ». (P.M.M., 229).
• Sold LA LOUBERE, Simon Du Royaume de Siam. Par Monsieur de La Loubère Envoyé extraordinair... First edition of the best work about Thailand published in the 17th century
• Sold DRALSE DE GRANDPIERRE Relation de divers voyages dans l’Afrique, l’Amérique, & aux In... The rare travel relation by Dralsé de Granpierre in Africa, in America and in the Western Indies
• Sold LA CALPRENEDE, Gauthier de Costes de Cléopâtre, dédiée à Monseigneur le Duc d’Anguyen. Première-Douzième... Cléopâtre printed in 1649 – 1658 preserved in contemporary vellum binding.
• Sold BOSSE, Abraham Traité des pratiques geometrales et perspectives, enseignées dans l... Art and science of perspective by A. Bosse
• Sold BUNIAKOVSKI Osnovaniia matematicheskoi teorii veroiatnostei. (=Bases de la théo... The first work dedicated to the theory of probability in Russian
• Sold CHARLEVOIX, Père de Histoire du Japon ; où l’on trouvera tout ce qu’on a pu apprendre d... The History of Japan printed in 1754 illustrated with many engravings.