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MIRABEAU Le libertin de qualité, ou Confidences d'un prisonnier au chateau de Vincennes. Written by himself. Avec figures. À Stamboul de l'imprimerie des Odalisques 1784 In-8° : front.-viii (i.e. 6)-317-[3] pp. ; 7 h.-t. (slight soiling to title). 19th c. crushed red half-chagrin with corners, marbled paper boards set with a double gilt fillet, gilt ribbed spine, gilt t. (some minor rubbing). Fine untrimmed copy. Second edition (orig. under the title "Ma conversion": London, 1783), decorated with a front. (different from the one described by Pia, which is dated 1783 in Roman numerals) and 7 unsigned free plates. Dedicated to "Monsieur Satan". Text framed by an ornate typographic double fillet. Complete with Avis au relieur. Ref. Dutel A-640 - Pia 801-802 - BGL II:929. - Cohen 709-710. Joint, same format: Id. - Erotika Biblion [...]. Nouvelle édition, revue et corrigée sur un exemplaire de l'an IX [...]. Paris, frères Girodet, 1833. Half calf (spine worn). Good untrimmed copy. Edition enlarged with a preface and notes, "unobtainable" (Gay) following the destruction of most copies, "very rare" (Pia) at the time Poulet-Malassis obtained a copy to reprint. Ref. Dutel A-343 (cites engraved portr.). - Pia 443. - BGL II:151. Prov. Armorial stamp on last f. (2 vols.)

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MIRABEAU Le libertin de qualité, ou Confidences d'un prisonnier au chateau de Vincennes. Written by himself. Avec figures. À Stamboul de l'imprimerie des Odalisques 1784 In-8° : front.-viii (i.e. 6)-317-[3] pp. ; 7 h.-t. (slight soiling to title). 19th c. crushed red half-chagrin with corners, marbled paper boards set with a double gilt fillet, gilt ribbed spine, gilt t. (some minor rubbing). Fine untrimmed copy. Second edition (orig. under the title "Ma conversion": London, 1783), decorated with a front. (different from the one described by Pia, which is dated 1783 in Roman numerals) and 7 unsigned free plates. Dedicated to "Monsieur Satan". Text framed by an ornate typographic double fillet. Complete with Avis au relieur. Ref. Dutel A-640 - Pia 801-802 - BGL II:929. - Cohen 709-710. Joint, same format: Id. - Erotika Biblion [...]. Nouvelle édition, revue et corrigée sur un exemplaire de l'an IX [...]. Paris, frères Girodet, 1833. Half calf (spine worn). Good untrimmed copy. Edition enlarged with a preface and notes, "unobtainable" (Gay) following the destruction of most copies, "very rare" (Pia) at the time Poulet-Malassis obtained a copy to reprint. Ref. Dutel A-343 (cites engraved portr.). - Pia 443. - BGL II:151. Prov. Armorial stamp on last f. (2 vols.)

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COMPAGNIE DES EAUX DE PARIS. - MIRABEAU. On the shares of the Compagnie des eaux de Paris. London, 1785. - BEAUMARCHAIS] Réponse à l'ouvrage qui a pour titre : Sur les Actions de la Compagnie des eaux de Paris, par les administrateurs de la Compagnie. Paris, Ph.-D. Pierres, 1785. - MIRABEAU. Réponse à l'écrivain des administrateurs des eaux de Paris. Brussels, 1785. Together 3 works in one volume in-8, marbled glazed calf, triple fillet, ornate spine, red parts, interior lace, dark blue edges (Binding of the period). Three pieces in first edition. Mirabeau undertakes an examination of the securities of the Compagnie des Eaux de Paris, which have risen above the normal market price. He denounces the agiotage on the shares and the Périer brothers' plan to call on savings to finance the Seine water distribution operation (jet pumps), to which he opposes a public service that alone would defend the general interest. Mirabeau's response is addressed to Beaumarchais, hired by the Périer brothers to defend the Company. This piece is cited as one of the most important documents on the history of the stock market and the organization of equity markets. Quality binding. One spine rubbed.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

MIRABEAU. Observations of an English traveller on the house of force called Bicêtre; followed by reflections on the effects of the severity of sentences, and on the criminal legislation of Great Britain. S.n., 1788. In-8, half vellum (contemporary binding). First edition of this pamphlet against a penal system deemed iniquitous: Il faut réformer les lois, où il faut dénoncer les juges. The work is followed by a letter from Benjamin Franklin. Mottling at the end of the volume. Enclosed: - MIRABEAU. Théorie de la royauté d'après la doctrine de Milton. Paris, Le Jay, 1790. Long attributed to Mirabeau, this writing in favor of freedom of the press is by his collaborator Jean-Baptiste Saleville. - MIRABEAU. Discours et répliques sur les assignats-monnaie. Paris, Le Jay fils, s.d. In-8, sewn. - MIRABEAU. Essay on despotism. London, 1776. In-8, marbled calf, ornate spine, red edges (contemporary binding). Second edition published one year after the original, enlarged according to notes found in the author's papers. - MIRABEAU. Discours sur la représentation illégale de la nation provençale dans ses états actuels & sur la nécessité de convoquer une assemblée générale des trois ordres. Aix, Gibelin David & Emeric David, 1789. In-8, modern vellum bradel. Martin & Walter, 24490.

Starting price 70 EUR

[MIRABEAU] - Gabriel LUCAS de MONTIGNY(1782-1853,natural son of MIRABEAU, Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti de Mirabeau, he was raised in his home and inherited his property, he devoted himself to the publication of Mirabeau's Mémoires, he was a Conseiller d'Etat) / Autograph letter signed, 1 page large in-8 plus address page with red wax seal, February 5, 1821, to Monsieur Bérard: "Je sais, en effet quel Histoire secrète de la Cour de Berlin, objet du ressentiment de l'autorité, a excité des regrets de la part de quelques amis de Mirabeau, qui regardent cette publication comme un sujet de reproche contre sa mémoire" [nb: This work by Mirabeau caused such a scandal that it was condemned to be burned in the public square by a decree of February 1789], "But I also know, from the family, and from an intimate secretary of Mirabeau, that he was not to blame for this publication, against which he could at most be reproached for not having made a protest, which, moreover, being very dangerous for him, would have been neither recognized as useful and sufficient, nor reputed to be sincere. The fact that I have been told is that the manuscript was in the hands of a third party, under lock and key, and that, at the moment of imminent bankruptcy, a bookseller, taking advantage of Mirabeau's overconfidence, knew where the manuscript was, had the drawer containing the papers broken open, removed them, and in a few days had a stealth edition made in Alençon, the proceeds of which saved the publisher's credit".

Estim. 800 - 1 200 EUR

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