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PUBLISHER - Ambroise FIRMIN-DIDOT (1790-1876, publisher, son of Firmin Didot, associated with his brother Hyacinthe) / Autograph letter signed "Firmin-Didot Frères", 1 p in-4 plus address page, January 15, 1833, to bookseller Jean-Godefroy Würtz, about the printing of a writing by Mr de Dombasle (nb: presumably the agronomist Mathieu de Dombasle)

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PUBLISHER - Ambroise FIRMIN-DIDOT (1790-1876, publisher, son of Firmin Didot, associated with his brother Hyacinthe) / Autograph letter signed "Firmin-Didot Frères", 1 p in-4 plus address page, January 15, 1833, to bookseller Jean-Godefroy Würtz, about the printing of a writing by Mr de Dombasle (nb: presumably the agronomist Mathieu de Dombasle)

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[HISTORY] LENOTRE (Gaston). Paris Révolutionnaire. Published by Firmin-Didot in 1895. In-8 format, half percaline imitation chagrin, smooth spine. Illustrated with 60 unpublished black drawings and plans in / out of text. Some foxing, good condition.

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[TRAVEL] MARLITT (E), RAYMOND (Emmeline). Le Secret de la Vieille Demoiselle. Published by Firmin-Didot et Cie in 1887. In-8 format, publisher's boards signed Souze, all edges gilt. Frontispiece, 9 black engravings out of text by P. Kaufmann. Some foxing. Good condition.

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CICÉRON (Marcus Tullius). Le Epistole famigliari di Cicerone, tradotte secondo i veri sensi dell'auttore, & con figure proprie della lingua volgare, ristampate di nuovo, & con molto studio ricorrette. Venice, Aldus, 1548. Small in-8, 305-[1] ff. red morocco, ornate ribbed spine, gilt title, gilt place and date, double framing of double cold fillet, small gilt fleurons in spandrels, gilt Aldine anchor in center of boards, interior lace, gilt edges (Capé). Beautiful aldine edition in italics. A very fine copy in a handsome signed binding with a prestigious provenance: bookplate "à la Bible d'or" of publisher Ambroise FIRMIN-DIDOT (1790-1876).

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ANACREON. Odes. Paris, Firmin Didot, 1864. In-16, brown morocco, ornate ribbed spine, double cold frame and gilt fleurons at corners, azure fleuron at center of covers, gilt edges (binding by R. Smeers). Greek text and French translation by Ambroise Firmin Didot. Illustrated with 54 figures by Girodet, reproduced in photographs and laminated. The set is followed by verse imitations of Anacreon by Girodet. A good copy. Covers and corners rubbed, lacking engraved title with edition date.

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