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• Buy BERTIUS, Petrus Commentariorum rerum Germanicarum Libri Tres. The German Empire at the very beginning of the 17th century.
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• 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 CHEVREUL, Michel Eugène (1786-1889). De la loi du contraste simultané des couleurs, et de l’assort... First edition of this color theory’s founding text, extremely influential on arts.
• Sold BECQUEREL, Edmond. La Lumière, ses causes et ses effets. “The most interesting monograph on light” illustrated with 76 figures and 8 plates out of pagination.
• Sold BUFFON, Georges-Louis-Marie Le Clerc, comte de. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux. First issue of Buffon’s Natural History of Birds illustrated with 973 contemporary illuminated engravings preserved in its contemporary red morocco binding.
• 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 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 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 SALERNE, François. L’Histoire naturelle éclaircie dans une de ses parties princi... French first edition of the ornithology of Salerne (1706-1760).
• 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 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 LEWIN, William. The Birds of Great-Britain, with their Eggs, accurately figured. First edition of the “rarest of all English bird books” (Fine Bird books), one of only 60 luxurious copies illustrated with 323 original full-page gouaches.
• 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 COCKBURN, James Pattison Major. Views to illustrate the route of Mont Cenis. Drawn from nature, by ... First edition of this rare album gathering 50 views of the Alps drawn from life by the Major-general Cockburn at the very beginning of the 19th century.
• 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 RHODES, Alexandre de. Divers voyages et missions en la Chine, & autres Royaumes de l’... Precious copy dedicated to Queen Anne of Austria (1601-1660) of the first edition of journeys to the Far East by Alexander of Rhodes (1591-1660).
• Sold JUNIUS, Hadrianus. Emblemata, ad D. Arnoldum Cobelium. Ejusdem Aenigmatum libellus, ad... First edition and first state - rare – out of three of "one of the most important books of emblems with that of Alciat".
• Sold BELON, Pierre. Les Observations de plusieurs singularitez & choses memorables,... Belon's travels in Orient.
• Sold LA FONTAINE, Jean de Fables choisies mises en vers par J. de La Fontaine. Undoubtedly the most spectacular and prestigious copy of La Fontaine's Fables illustrated by Oudry
• Sold POUGET FILS. Traité des pierres précieuses et de la manière de les employer en p... First edition of the most beautiful French book on jewelry, precious stones and the art of adornment published in the Age of Enlightenment, with 79 plates coloured at the time, ...
• 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 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 FIELDING, Henry. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. Precious copy of Tom Jones adorned with 12 beautiful contemporary hand-coloured figures.
• Sold SCHEDEL, Hartmann. Liber Chronicarum. First edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle illustrated with 1809 incunabular woodcuts in first issue.
• 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 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 APULEE. De l’Ane d’ore, XI livres. Traduit en Franços par J. Louveau d’Orlé... The delicious copy of the Comte de Lignerolles, bound in antique morocco, of "L'Ane d'or" by Apulée.
• Sold SAURIN, Jacques [- ROQUES, - BEAUSOBRE, Ch.-L.]. Discours historiques, critiques, théologiques et moraux, sur les ev... The famous Saurin’s Bible illustrated by the best Flemish artists of the time.
• 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 CORNUT, Jacques-Philippe. Canadensium plantarum, Historia. Cui adiectum est ad calcem enchiri... First edition of the first book on the flora of Canada.
• 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 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 BRUCE, James. Voyage aux sources du Nil, en Nubie et en Abyssinie, Pendant les an... « One can notice inside Bruce’s accounts some events so extraordinary that they often look like novels. The exactness of several facts that was at first contested was however a...
• Sold Maniere de bastir Pour touttes fortes de personnes par Pierre le Mu... The great architectural work of Pierre Le Muet (1591-1669) in 106 full-page engravings.
• Sold La Guerre des Mondes. Edition illustrée par Alvim-Correa. A masterpiece of illustration and a masterpiece of science fiction.
• Sold La Morosophie… Contenant Cent Emblèmes moraux, illustrez de Cent Te... First issue of the 101 vignettes inside beautiful frames illustrating scenes of everyday life.
• Sold LA CONDAMINE, Charles-Marie de  Relation abrégée d’un voyage fait dans l’intérieur de l... First edition of this remarkable account by La Condamine of the first scientific descent of the Amazon.
• Sold FRANCE, Anatole. Thaïs. Quinze compositions dont un frontispice en couleurs par Geor... An interesting set of two works by Anatole France finely illustrated by Georges Rochegrosse and Maurice Lalau.
• Sold La Gerusalemme liberata. Magnificent illustrated edition of The freed Jerusalem illustrated with 20 superb full-page figures and two frontispieces.
• Sold WARBURTHON, William. Essai sur les hiéroglyphes des Égyptiens, où l’on voit l̵... « Diderot's Lettre sur les sourds et muets (1751) was also influenced by the ‘Essai sur les hiéroglyphes’.
• Sold RACINE, Jean Œuvres. The most beautiful illustrated edition of the 18th century of Racine’s Works bound in contemporary red morocco.
• Sold SALERNE, François. L’Histoire naturelle éclaircie dans une de ses parties princi... French first edition of Salerne's (1706-1760) ornithology.
• Sold MANUSCRIT ENLUMINE decorated with 9 large miniatures. Very pleasant illuminated manuscript for the use of a Norman diocese, decorated with 9 large miniatures.
• Sold LA FONTAINE, Jean de Fables. Avec les dessins de Gustave Doré. One of only ten printed on China in 1867.
• Sold [CATALOGUE DE PAPIERS PEINTS]. [CATALOGUE OF WALLPAPERS]. Fabrique de Papiers Peints. Very interesting catalog of 234 samples of wallpapers offered for sale at the turn of the 20th century by the Parisian company Barbedienne.
• Sold CLAMORGAN, Jean de. La Chasse du loup. Nécessaire a la maison rustique. Par Jean de Cla... Precious Lyon edition of La Chasse du loup illustrated with 14 very beautiful woodcuts.