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[BINDINGS]
Set of 15 well-bound books, most of them in morocco
1 - DESBORBES-VALMORE (Marceline). Poetry. Paris, A. Boulland, 1830. 2 volumes in-18 (out of 3), romantic midnight blue calf, spine ribbed and decorated, boards framed with a gilt fillet with central cold plate, inner lace, gilt edges (corners a bit dull). Title-frontispiece ("A mes jeunes amis. Album du jeune âge") and 2 plates. Without volume III.
2 - [DURAS (Claire de)]. Edouard. Second edition. Paris, Ladvocat, 1825. 2 volumes in-12, romantic midnight blue calf, smooth spine decorated, cold roulette around the boards, decorated inner edges, golden edges.
3 - HUME (David). Philosophical works. Translated from English. New edition... London [i.e. Paris], 1788. 7 volumes in-8, contemporary long-grained green morocco, smooth ornate spine, red morocco title and greefs, triple gilt fillet around the boards, decorated inner edges and spines, gilt edges.
4 - [JUDAICA] Maḥzor Sefaradim le-yamim nora'im... [in Hebrew - Maḥzor Sefarad for the "terrible days"...]. Amsterdam, Abraham ben Hishish (?), [5]576 [i.e. 1815-1816]. In-32 (85 x 48 mm), contemporary red morocco, spine ribbed and ornamented, boards richly decorated, edges gilt (hinges and nerves rubbed, leather missing from upper part of spine.
5 - LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Suite de gravures d'après Fragonard pour les Contes, Paris, Didot, 1795. 20 plates of different sizes gathered in a volume in-4, modern fawn half-calf, smooth spine, gilt title throughout.
6 - LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Fables choisies... with a new commentary by M. Coste. Paris, 1743. 2 volumes small in-12, contemporary black morocco, decorated ribbed spine, gilt fillet around the boards, decorated inner edges, gilt edges, gilt paper endpapers. Frontispiece.
7 - LA PLACE (Pierre Antoine de). Adèle, comtesse de Ponthieu, tragedy. Paris, Sébastien Jorry, 1758. In-12, contemporary lemon morocco, decorated ribbed spine, gilt fillets and lace around the boards, arms of Louis Marie Augustin, duc d'Aumont (1709-1782) in the center, double gilt fillet on the edges and inner lace, gilt edges, lining and endpapers of paper with flowers painted in colors on a gilt background.
8 - LEBEUF (Jean). Dissertations on the ecclesiastical and civil history of Paris. Paris, Lambert & Durand, 1739. In-18, contemporary red morocco, spine decorated with nerves, triple gilt fillet around the boards, arms of the bishop of Auxerre Charles de Caylus (1669-1754) in the center, gilt fillet on the edges, interior scroll, gilt edges. 10 plates including 1 folding map. Vol. I only (out of three).
9 - MALHERBE (François de). Poetry, arranged in chronological order. Geneva [Cazin], 1777. Small in-12, contemporary red morocco, smooth flowered spine, green morocco title-piece, triple gilt fillet around the boards, gilt fillet on the edges, interior scroll, gilt edges. Engraved portrait.
10 - MARSOLIER (Jacques). Histoire du Ministère du Cardinal Ximinés, archevesque de Tolede, et regent d'Espagne.... New edition. Paris, Louis Dupuis, 1739. 2 volumes in-8, contemporary red morocco, smooth spine decorated, double gilt fillet around the boards, decorated inner edges, gilt edges.
11 - RACINE (Jean). Works... new edition. Paris, Compagnie des libraires, 1779. 3 volumes in-12, contemporary green morocco, smooth spine decorated, gilt roulette around the boards, decorated inner edges, gilt edges.
12 - [RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE] Collections of the new costumes of the constituted authorities, civil and military. [Paris], Boiste printing house, year IV. In-4, (4) leaves and 26 plates engraved by Alix after Jean-François Garnerey and colored. Modern boards.
13 - [BOOKBINDING WITH ARMS] Royal Almanac for the Year M. DCC. LXIX. Presented to His Majesty for the first time in 1699. Paris, Le Breton, s.d. [1778]. In-8, contemporary red morocco, smooth spine decorated, boards decorated with a roulette frame and a large gilt lace, gilt coat of arms in the center, decorated inner edges, gilt edges, blue silk lining and endpapers. (Some minor rubbing, corners a bit dull.)
14 - RONSARD (Pierre de). Les Hymnes. Paris : Gabriel Buon, 1578. Volume V of the Works published by Buon in 1578. One volume in-16, 18th century fawn calf, decorated spine, decorated inner edges, arms of the first Duke of Sutherland affixed later on the first plate.
15 - SALLUSTE. C. Sallustius Crispus cum veterum Historicorum fragmentis. Leiden, [Bonaventure and Abraham] Elzevier, 1634. Small in-12, illustrated engraved title, contemporary red morocco, ornate ribbed spine, richly decorated boards with a double framing of triple fillet and gilt ornaments, decorated inner edges, gilt edges. Premi
Set of 15 well-bound books, most of them in morocco
1 - DESBORBES-VALMORE (Marceline). Poetry. Paris, A. Boulland, 1830. 2 volumes in-18 (out of 3), romantic midnight blue calf, spine ribbed and decorated, boards framed with a gilt fillet with central cold plate, inner lace, gilt edges (corners a bit dull). Title-frontispiece ("A mes jeunes amis. Album du jeune âge") and 2 plates. Without volume III.
2 - [DURAS (Claire de)]. Edouard. Second edition. Paris, Ladvocat, 1825. 2 volumes in-12, romantic midnight blue calf, smooth spine decorated, cold roulette around the boards, decorated inner edges, golden edges.
3 - HUME (David). Philosophical works. Translated from English. New edition... London [i.e. Paris], 1788. 7 volumes in-8, contemporary long-grained green morocco, smooth ornate spine, red morocco title and greefs, triple gilt fillet around the boards, decorated inner edges and spines, gilt edges.
4 - [JUDAICA] Maḥzor Sefaradim le-yamim nora'im... [in Hebrew - Maḥzor Sefarad for the "terrible days"...]. Amsterdam, Abraham ben Hishish (?), [5]576 [i.e. 1815-1816]. In-32 (85 x 48 mm), contemporary red morocco, spine ribbed and ornamented, boards richly decorated, edges gilt (hinges and nerves rubbed, leather missing from upper part of spine.
5 - LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Suite de gravures d'après Fragonard pour les Contes, Paris, Didot, 1795. 20 plates of different sizes gathered in a volume in-4, modern fawn half-calf, smooth spine, gilt title throughout.
6 - LA FONTAINE (Jean de). Fables choisies... with a new commentary by M. Coste. Paris, 1743. 2 volumes small in-12, contemporary black morocco, decorated ribbed spine, gilt fillet around the boards, decorated inner edges, gilt edges, gilt paper endpapers. Frontispiece.
7 - LA PLACE (Pierre Antoine de). Adèle, comtesse de Ponthieu, tragedy. Paris, Sébastien Jorry, 1758. In-12, contemporary lemon morocco, decorated ribbed spine, gilt fillets and lace around the boards, arms of Louis Marie Augustin, duc d'Aumont (1709-1782) in the center, double gilt fillet on the edges and inner lace, gilt edges, lining and endpapers of paper with flowers painted in colors on a gilt background.
8 - LEBEUF (Jean). Dissertations on the ecclesiastical and civil history of Paris. Paris, Lambert & Durand, 1739. In-18, contemporary red morocco, spine decorated with nerves, triple gilt fillet around the boards, arms of the bishop of Auxerre Charles de Caylus (1669-1754) in the center, gilt fillet on the edges, interior scroll, gilt edges. 10 plates including 1 folding map. Vol. I only (out of three).
9 - MALHERBE (François de). Poetry, arranged in chronological order. Geneva [Cazin], 1777. Small in-12, contemporary red morocco, smooth flowered spine, green morocco title-piece, triple gilt fillet around the boards, gilt fillet on the edges, interior scroll, gilt edges. Engraved portrait.
10 - MARSOLIER (Jacques). Histoire du Ministère du Cardinal Ximinés, archevesque de Tolede, et regent d'Espagne.... New edition. Paris, Louis Dupuis, 1739. 2 volumes in-8, contemporary red morocco, smooth spine decorated, double gilt fillet around the boards, decorated inner edges, gilt edges.
11 - RACINE (Jean). Works... new edition. Paris, Compagnie des libraires, 1779. 3 volumes in-12, contemporary green morocco, smooth spine decorated, gilt roulette around the boards, decorated inner edges, gilt edges.
12 - [RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE] Collections of the new costumes of the constituted authorities, civil and military. [Paris], Boiste printing house, year IV. In-4, (4) leaves and 26 plates engraved by Alix after Jean-François Garnerey and colored. Modern boards.
13 - [BOOKBINDING WITH ARMS] Royal Almanac for the Year M. DCC. LXIX. Presented to His Majesty for the first time in 1699. Paris, Le Breton, s.d. [1778]. In-8, contemporary red morocco, smooth spine decorated, boards decorated with a roulette frame and a large gilt lace, gilt coat of arms in the center, decorated inner edges, gilt edges, blue silk lining and endpapers. (Some minor rubbing, corners a bit dull.)
14 - RONSARD (Pierre de). Les Hymnes. Paris : Gabriel Buon, 1578. Volume V of the Works published by Buon in 1578. One volume in-16, 18th century fawn calf, decorated spine, decorated inner edges, arms of the first Duke of Sutherland affixed later on the first plate.
15 - SALLUSTE. C. Sallustius Crispus cum veterum Historicorum fragmentis. Leiden, [Bonaventure and Abraham] Elzevier, 1634. Small in-12, illustrated engraved title, contemporary red morocco, ornate ribbed spine, richly decorated boards with a double framing of triple fillet and gilt ornaments, decorated inner edges, gilt edges. Premi