Null [ANCILLON] - Traité des Eunuques in which all the different kinds of eunuch…

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[ANCILLON] - Traité des Eunuques in which all the different kinds of eunuchs are explained, what rank they held, & what case was made of them, etc. s.l., s.e., 1707; in-12, epitre, table, bound in full red morocco, smooth spine, decorated, fillets on the boards, gilt edges, black morocco title page. The author is from Metz. Curious treatise which also examines whether they are suitable for marriage and whether they should be allowed to marry. Rare. Consultant : M. Philippe HENRY

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[ANCILLON] - Traité des Eunuques in which all the different kinds of eunuchs are explained, what rank they held, & what case was made of them, etc. s.l., s.e., 1707; in-12, epitre, table, bound in full red morocco, smooth spine, decorated, fillets on the boards, gilt edges, black morocco title page. The author is from Metz. Curious treatise which also examines whether they are suitable for marriage and whether they should be allowed to marry. Rare. Consultant : M. Philippe HENRY

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LA FONTAINE (Jean de). The Eunuch. Comédie. Paris : Augustin Courbé, 1654. - In-4, 215 x 165 : (4 ff.), 149 pp., (1 f.). White half parchment, smooth spine (19th century binding). Riffaud, p. 243. - Rochambeau, p. 573. - Tchémerzine, III, p. 848. Very rare first edition of this 5-act comedy by Jean de La Fontaine. This is an early work and the first printed book by the celebrated fabulist, who drew inspiration for his composition from Terence. It appears never to have been performed. The edition includes Augustin Courbé's copper-engraved mark on the title and handsome woodcut headbands for each act. A copy with fine margins. Copies are often trimmed short and the last E of Eunuch is cut on the title, which is not the case here. Very fine copies are extremely difficult to find. This one is in a modest 19th-century half-binding. The first white endpaper is missing. Small tears on the bottom of the first 5 leaves and those of quires 0 to Q. Holes and wormholes in the lower margins of the leaves, with rare damage to the text.

750 white gold ring with untreated 4.5 kt natural ruby and brilliants Size 18, gr 8Untreated 4.5 kt natural ruby with inclusionsUntreated 4.5 kt natural ruby with inclusions

Estim. 3 500 - 4 500 EUR

Circle of Francesco Fontebasso, Italian 1707-1769- Missionaries in the New World; oil on canvas, 74.7 x 132.7 cm. (unframed). Note: The handling and composition of the present work very much recalls the style of Fontebasso, a Venetian painter who studied under Sebastiano Ricci (1659-1734), particularly in its vibrant colour palette, and in the loose, free handling of paint, which also gestures towards the work of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770), by whom Fontebasso was heavily influenced.

Estim. 4 500 - 5 500 EUR

A BURMA NO HEAT SPINEL AND DIAMOND RING set with a cushion cut spinel of 3.29 carats in a border of round brilliant cut diamonds, stamped 18K, size M / 6.25, 3.8g. Accompanied by a gemmological report stating that the spinel is of Burmese (Myanmar) origin with no indication of heat treatment.

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