MEZZO
Les Désarmés Tome 2, original India ink on tracing paper for this album p…

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MEZZO

Les Désarmés Tome 2, original India ink on tracing paper for this album published in 1991 by Zenda. Size : 39,5 cm x 27,5 cm.

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LALAISSE (François Hippolyte) - BENOIST (Félix) - Galerie Armoricaine. Costumes and picturesque views of Brittany - Nantes ; Charpentier père et fils & Cie, [1848] - 5 albums in 2 volumes In-folio - Scattered freckling in volume I, more marked in volume II - Text leaves interspersed between 5 lithographed titles with colored highlights, 100 costume plates by François Hippolyte Lalaisse (48 costume plates in vivid period colors, some gummed in Vol. I, 52 costume plates with color highlights in Vol. II), 11 plates in Vol. I and 13 plates (1 missing) in Vol. II by Félix Benoist, i.e. 24 plates in 2 tones of landscapes, views and monuments, all located in Loire-Inférieure, Morbihan, Ille-et-Vilaine, Finistère and Côtes-du-Nord, all lithographed, work complete with titles and plates (the 5 department maps are missing, as in many copies) - Bound in contemporary brown half-chagrin - Spine ribbed and decorated, titled and toméed in gold - Work entirely mounted on tabs - Fairly good copy.

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*VERTOT (Abbé de) - Histoire critique de l'établissement des Bretons dans les Gaules, et de leur dépendance des Rois de France, & des Ducs de Normandie - Paris ; François Barois, 1720 - 2 volumes In-12° - Some freckling at the beginning of the volumes - Binding restored in the 19th century half white vellum (1st hinge of volume I partially cracked) - Spines titled, tomé and dated in black ink - Red edges - Seminary bookplate on title of volume 1 - First edition.

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OZANAM (Jacques): Cours de Mathematique, qui comprend Toutes les Parties de cette Science les plus utiles & les plus necessaires à un homme de Guerre, & à tous ceux qui se veulent perfectionner dans les Mathematiques. Paris, Jombert, 1693. 5 vols. 12 by 19 cm. (10)-112 pages and 4 platesand 428-(1) pages and 17 plates; (6)-138-(2) pages and 243-(1) pages and 7 plates and (284) pages (tables of logarithms); (26)-321-(1) pages and 24 plates and (8)-256 pages and 44 plates; (28)-276 pages and 28 plates and (8)-108 pages and 36 plates; (18)-268 pages and 14 plates and 182-(6) pages and 30 plates. Contemporary full calf, 5 ribbed spine, red title-pieces, ornate boards. 4 faded headpieces, small cracks over a few centimeters on two spines (not serious). Otherwise good condition. Few interior brown spots, small defect on the title of volume 1, light wetness on the edges of 4 gnomonic plates. First edition of this course bringing together many of Ozanam's works: Volume 1: Mathematics & Elements of Euclid Volume 2: Arithmetic, trigonometry and sine tables Volume 3: Geometry and fortifications Volume 4: Mechanics and perspective Volume 5: Geography and gnomonics. Complete with 204 plates. Uncommon.

Estim. 250 - 450 EUR

[HELYOT, (Père Pierre), and BULLOT (père)]: Histoire des Ordres monastiques religieux et militaires, et des congrégations séculières de l'un & de l'autre sexe Contenant leur origine leur fondation, la décadence des uns et leur suppression, les vies de leurs fondateurs avec des figures (...). Paris, Nicolas Gosselin, 1714-1719. 8 volumes. 18 by 24 cm. XCVIII-(5)-399-(21); (8)-436-(31); XVI-(6)-456-(40); (8)-464-(42); (6)-488-(20); (8)-446-(26); (8)-493-(34); (8)-446-(36) pages. Contemporary half basane, 5 bindings. Binding solid, but worn, with numerous small defects. Mottling in two volumes on a few leaves. Volume 3 with missing title page (replaced by a handwritten page) and the last page of the table. Some scattered foxing. Volume 1: 102 plates (missing 62, 68, 75, 97). Vol. 2: 119 plates (missing 12, 14, 16, 31). Vol. 3: 120 plates (1-117, 29*, 29**, 64) (missing 61, 67, 72). Vol. 4: 111 plates (1-110, 45) (missing 55, 100, 101). Vol. 5: 87 plates (missing 1, 20, 22, 25, 35, 51, 60). Vol. 6: 100 plates (missing 2, 11, 14, 15, 19, 61, 91, 92). Vol. 7: 72 plates (1 to 71 + 99). Volume 8: 98 plates (plate 99 was bound in volume 7). 780 plates out of 809 plates. Highly contrasting engravings. "The plates are very well engraved by Cl. Duflos, P. Giffart, de Poilly and Thomassin". First edition of this work by Father Hélyot, who entered the Franciscan Third Order of Picpus, founded by his father Canon Jérôme Hélyot. From volume 6 onwards, the work was continued by Père Bullot. An extraordinary source of information on all the monastic, religious and military orders, many of which have disappeared, and all of which had their own distinctive costumes, a particular history, different practices, and often astonishingly remarkable characters. Discover a world that has partly disappeared, and is little known today. With a thought for the fashion show in Fellini's film Roma.

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