De la Serre (Snr. P): Le Breviere des Courtisans, enrichy d'un grand nombre de Figures,

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De la Serre (Snr. P): Le Breviere des Courtisans, enrichy d'un grand nombre de Figures,

Brussels, F. Vivien, 1631. Engrave frontis, vignette to title, plus Portrait & 7 engraved Plates. (18x10.5 cm). Cont. full vellum, lacks the ties; the top edges of the last 12 leaves with small tears, away from the text.

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From the library of Michael Kuczynski

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De la Serre (Snr. P): Le Breviere des Courtisans, enrichy d'un grand nombre de Figures,

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Presuhn, Emile: Les Decorations Murales de Pompei a L'Usage Des Artistes ,: Presuhn, Emile: Les Decorations Murales de Pompei a L'Usage Des Artistes , Des Ecoles Industrielles et Des amis De L'Antiquite. Leipzig, Weigel, 1878, 1st. Edn. PP: 51 + 24 chromolithographic plates;

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Presuhn, Emile: Les Decorations Murales de Pompei a L'Usage Des Artistes ,

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1581, Torquato TASSO 1st. Edn. La Gierusalemme Liberata.: 1581, Torquato TASSO 1st. Edn. La Gierusalemme Liberata. Ferrara, Vittorio Baldini, 1581, 1st. Edn. PP: ()viii, 208, (i) blank, (ix), (i) colophon, (i) Errori, (i) blank. 21x16 cm. Half vellum. Two

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1581, Torquato TASSO 1st. Edn. La Gierusalemme Liberata.

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[Gorsas, Antoine-Joseph]: L'âne promeneur ou Critès promené par son âne.: [Gorsas, Antoine-Joseph]: L'âne promeneur ou Critès promené par son âne. Pampelune, 1786, 1st. Edn. PP: (ii), 302. Later leather backed boards (20.5x13.5 cm). Provenance: From the

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[Gorsas, Antoine-Joseph]: L'âne promeneur ou Critès promené par son âne.

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Mémoires de Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully, principal ministre de Henry le Grand, in : Mémoires de Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully, principal ministre de Henry le Grand, in 3 Vols. L, 1745, 1st. Edn. With numerous engraved portraits. 4to. (26x20 cm). Full leather with

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Mémoires de Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully, principal ministre de Henry le Grand, in

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MIXED- Bullfighting- Dayot, Armand: Les Courses de Taureaux.: MIXED- Bullfighting- Dayot, Armand: Les Courses de Taureaux. Paris, Librairie d'Art Ludovic Baschet, no date (1889), 1st. Edn. With 8 aquatint plates plus others. 4to. (29.5x23.5 cm). Cont. 3/4

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MIXED- Bullfighting- Dayot, Armand: Les Courses de Taureaux.

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TRAVEL- Meares John: Viaggi dalla China alla costa nord-ovest d'America fatti negli anni 1788 e 1789: TRAVEL- Meares John: Viaggi dalla China alla costa nord-ovest d'America fatti negli anni 1788 e 1789 (Voyages from China to the Northwest Coast of America made in the years 1788 and 1789 by Captain

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TRAVEL- Meares John: Viaggi dalla China alla costa nord-ovest d'America fatti negli anni 1788 e 1789

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BINDINGS, A large collection, including: Bossuet, JB: Discours sur L'histoire Universelle,: BINDINGS, A large collection, including: Bossuet, JB: Discours sur L'histoire Universelle, 2 Vols. Paris, 1811, frontis portrait. 8vo. Cont. half leather; Baudelaire: Les Fleurs du mal. Paris, 1923,

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BINDINGS, A large collection, including: Bossuet, JB: Discours sur L'histoire Universelle,

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MILITARY- Encyclopédie militaire par une Société d'anciens officiers et de gens de Le: MILITARY- Encyclopédie militaire par une Société d'anciens officiers et de gens de Lettres- Janvier 1770. Paris, Valade, 1770, with a frontis, a large folding map (with

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MILITARY- Encyclopédie militaire par une Société d'anciens officiers et de gens de Le

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Bodin, Jean: Les six livres de la Republique. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1579.: Bodin, Jean: Les six livres de la Republique. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1579. Folio (34x22 cm). PP: (vi), 739, (xix) Table & colophon. C17 full mottled calf, rubbed. Provenance: From the library of M

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Bodin, Jean: Les six livres de la Republique. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1579.

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LAVATER Jean Gaspard: Essai sur la Physiognomonie, destiné a faire connaitre l'Homme,: LAVATER Jean Gaspard: Essai sur la Physiognomonie, destiné a faire connaitre l'Homme, et à la faire Aimer, 3 Volumes. La Haye, [Jacques van Karnebeek], (1781)-1786. (A fourth volume was publ

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LAVATER Jean Gaspard: Essai sur la Physiognomonie, destiné a faire connaitre l'Homme,

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"De Haas" Fine Binding: GREENE, Robert: The Dramatic Works of Robert Greene,: "De Haas" Fine Binding: GREENE, Robert: The Dramatic Works of Robert Greene, to which are added his Poems, in 2 Vols. William Pickering 1831, 1st. Edn. One of only 250 copies. (20x13 cm), full

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"De Haas" Fine Binding: GREENE, Robert: The Dramatic Works of Robert Greene,

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FINE BINDINGS- MINIATUES, Etc: Abbé de Rochebrune (transl): L'espion de Thamas Kouli-Kan: FINE BINDINGS- MINIATUES, Etc: Abbé de Rochebrune (transl): L'espion de Thamas Kouli-Kan dans les cours de l'Europe, ou lettres et memoires de Pagi-Nassir-Bek. Clologne, Erame Kinkius, 1746,

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FINE BINDINGS- MINIATUES, Etc: Abbé de Rochebrune (transl): L'espion de Thamas Kouli-Kan

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FINE BINDINGS: SAINTE-BEUV: Volupté, in 2 Vols. Paris, Eugène Renduel, 1834, 1st. edn.: FINE BINDINGS: SAINTE-BEUV: Volupté, in 2 Vols. Paris, Eugène Renduel, 1834, 1st. edn. From the library of the "Strogonov" family, with their Armorial bookplate to the front pastedown of

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FINE BINDINGS: SAINTE-BEUV: Volupté, in 2 Vols. Paris, Eugène Renduel, 1834, 1st. edn.

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FINE BINDINGS: Essais de Michel de Montaigne, in 3 Vols. Paris, 1793.: FINE BINDINGS: Essais de Michel de Montaigne, in 3 Vols. Paris, 1793. Frontis portrait, PP: XXIV, 492; IV, 732; 605. 8vo. 19.5x13.5 cm. Near cont. leather backed marbled boards; [Caraccioli, Louis

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FINE BINDINGS: Essais de Michel de Montaigne, in 3 Vols. Paris, 1793.

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FINE BINDINGS: Macaulay, TB: Critical and Historical Essays Contributed: FINE BINDINGS: Macaulay, TB: Critical and Historical Essays Contributed FINE BINDINGS: Macaulay, TB: Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, in 3 Vols. Longman, et al.

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FINE BINDINGS: Macaulay, TB: Critical and Historical Essays Contributed

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FINE BINDINGS: Oeuvres de Arthur Rimbaud. Vers et proses.: FINE BINDINGS: Oeuvres de Arthur Rimbaud. Vers et proses. Paris, with a preface by Paul Claudel, Mercure de France, (1912), Numbered limited edn. 8vo. 20x14 cm. Full leather, t.e.g. VG; GAUTIER, T:

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FINE BINDINGS: Oeuvres de Arthur Rimbaud. Vers et proses.

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A collection of Fine bindings, 12mo. to 16mo. (13x9 cm up to 17x10 cm) including:: A collection of Fine bindings, 12mo. to 16mo. (13x9 cm up to 17x10 cm) including: Bossu: Manuel du Militaire chretien, 1792. Cont. full leather, rubbed; Rabaut: Precis historique de la revolution

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A collection of Fine bindings, 12mo. to 16mo. (13x9 cm up to 17x10 cm) including:

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BINDING: Dibdin, TF: An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions: BINDING: Dibdin, TF: An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions of the Greek and Latin Classics Together with an Account of Polyglot Bibles.. In 2 Vols. 1827, 4th. Edn. Greatly

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BINDING: Dibdin, TF: An Introduction to the Knowledge of Rare and Valuable Editions

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BINDING: A large quantity, including: Erasmus in praise of folly, 1876.: BINDING: A large quantity, including: Erasmus in praise of folly, 1876. With plates after Holbein. Cont. half leather; Victor Hugo (three Volumes, Paris, 1865-79, fully illustrated and in matching

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BINDING: A large quantity, including: Erasmus in praise of folly, 1876.

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FINE BINDINGS, including: Shakespeare's works, complete in one vol.: FINE BINDINGS, including: Shakespeare's works, complete in one vol. Shakespeare head Press, 1934. 4to. 1263pp. Fine full leather, a.e.g. VG; DELACROIX: Le spectateur françois pendant le

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FINE BINDINGS, including: Shakespeare's works, complete in one vol.

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