Null Journal des voyages
six works containing twelve volumes.
First editions fr…

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Journal des voyages six works containing twelve volumes. first editions from 1877 to 1883. Tears; foxing; folds. As is

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Journal des voyages six works containing twelve volumes. first editions from 1877 to 1883. Tears; foxing; folds. As is

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MONTAIGNE (Michel de): Journal du Voyage de Michel de Montaigne en Italie, par la Suisse & l'Allemagne en 1580 & 1581. Avec des Notes par M. de Querlon. Rome et se trouve à Paris, Le Jay, 1774, 3 volumes. 8 by 14.5 cm. (4)-engraved portrait-CXXXVI-214; (4)-323; 461-(3) pages. Contemporary full marbled basane, smooth spine decorated, red title page. Small crack over 2.5 cm on a spine of volume 3 (not serious), otherwise very good condition of binding. Very good condition inside (a small marginal stain on one page, not serious). One of three editions published by Le Jay in 1774. The third volume, bilingual, joins the Italian text to the French, and is attributed to MONTAIGNE (the account of the beginning of the voyage being attributed to his secretary). After the publication of his Essais in 1580, Montaigne spent six months in Rome. The text of his travel journal has been compiled and annotated by Meusnier de Querlon, based on the unpublished, semi-autograph manuscript discovered by Abbé Prunis in the papers of Montaigne's former château.

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HISTOIRE GENERALE DES PLANTES CONTENANT XVIII LIVRES, Egalement répartis en deux Tomes. Tome Premier (960 pages) & Tome Second (758 pages). In-folio, papier Vergé, reliures en basane (usures importantes), dos à 6 nerfs, illustrations en tailles douces rehaussées d'aquarelles. Editions Chez Les Héritiers Guillaume ROUILLE, à Lyon, 1665.

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OLEARIUS, Adam OLEARIUS, Adam Relation du voyage d'Adam Olearius en Moscovie, Tartarie et Perse, augmentée en cette nouvelle édition de plus de un tiers, contenant le voyage de Jean Albert de Mandelslo aux Indes orientales, translated by A. Wicquefort, Paris, Dezallier, 1679. Second edition. Two volumes in-4, restorations and accidents

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Camille LEMONNIER. Belgium. Book containing 323 woodcuts and a map. Paris, France. Librairie Hachette et Cie. 1888. Camille LEMONNIER. La Belgique. Book containing 323 woodcuts and a map. Paris, France. Librairie Hachette et Cie. 1888. In-4. Publisher's binding. Red half-chagrin, percaline boards, gilt edges. Rich gold and black decoration on boards and spine. First edition of this highly successful monograph. It was awarded the quinquennial prize for literature. Part of the fine series of large travel books published by Hachette at the end of the 19th century. Rousseurs.

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