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TRAVAIL ORIENTAL

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TRAVAIL ORIENTAL

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Estim. 325 - 375 EUR

[Bibliography]. Sassi, Joseph Anthony. Historia literario-typographica Mediolanensis. Milan, Stamperia della Società Palatina, 1745. In 2nd (404 x 255 mm); 12 pages, LXXII columns, [5] pages, LXXVI-CXIV pages, CXV-CCCCXL columns, [3] pages, CCCCXLV-DCXVI pages, [30] pages, 3-44 columns, [3] pages, 48-64 columns, [5] pages. Woodcut frieze on title page, 2 large vignettes depicting the Scuole Palatine building and the Braidense building. Coeval binding in half parchment with corners, title on spine gusset, red boards. Important first edition compiled by the prefect of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana. The work deals with the origin of printing in Milan, 15th-century editions and authors, and manuscripts preserved in the Ambrosian Library.

Starting price 80 EUR

HUGO Les Misérables Paris, Pagnerre, 1862. 10 volumes in 10 volumes in-8°: (4ff), 355 pages ; (2ff), 382 pages ; (2ff), 358 pages ; (2ff), 318 pages (1f blank) ; (2ff), 320 pages ; (2ff), 297 pages (1f blank) ; (2ff), 432 pages ; (2ff), 399 pages ; (2ff), 400 pages ; (2ff), 311 pages. (Some foxing). Bound in burgundy half-chagrin, spine decorated with gilt faux nerfs and cold-stamped fillets, boards in green papier grenu (contemporary binding with some flaws). Edition with the date of the original (French), and strictly conforming to it, with mention of the fifth edition on the first three volumes and the third on the following seven.

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Set of book pages by various artists, including : . UTAMAR0, excerpts from "Illustrated Book of New Year Festivities in Yoshiwara" (Seirô ehon nenjû gyôji), approx. 13 color double-page spreads and 3 single-page spreads ; . HOKUSAI, two pages from the Manga ; . Miscellaneous: a chûban print after Kuninaga; five double pages, animated scenes of characters; print of birds. Japan, 19th century

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Batch of 21 double or single pages, in color or black-and-white, including : . Thirteen after UTAMARO, excerpts from the "Illustrated Book of New Year Festivities in Yoshiwara" (Seirô ehon nenjû gyôji), (including five double-page spreads) ; . Anomnyme, erotic-themed double-page spread, shunga ; . Various extracts from books. Japan, 19th century

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