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[MARIE ADELAÏDE de France, dite Madame Adélaïde]. L'Office de la Semaine Sainte, en latin et en françois, à l'usage de Rome et de Paris, printed by order of Madame Marie-Adélaïde de France. Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1755. In-12 red morocco, ribbed spine decorated with fleur-de-lys caissons, gilt title, triple gilt fillet framing the covers with gilt fleur-de-lys spandrels, gilt arms in the center of the covers, gilt edges (period binding). Modern handwritten ex-dono (April 17, 1932) "To my dear niece Marie Antoinette Se Marie Elisabeth". A fine copy bearing the coat of arms of Marie-Adélaïde de France, known as Madame Adélaïde (1732-1800), fourth (favorite) daughter and sixth child of Louis XV and Marie Leczinska, one of France's most famous female bibliophiles. The volumes belonging to Mesdames de France, daughters of Louis XV and Marie Leczinska, can only be distinguished by the color of the morocco on which their arms are stamped. Madame Adélaïde had hers in red morocco, Madame Victoire in green morocco, and Madame Sophie in lemon morocco. Madame Adélaïde's library, much larger than those of her sisters, comprised over 10,000 volumes, and was sold at auction during the French Revolution.

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[MARIE ADELAÏDE de France, dite Madame Adélaïde]. L'Office de la Semaine Sainte, en latin et en françois, à l'usage de Rome et de Paris, printed by order of Madame Marie-Adélaïde de France. Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1755. In-12 red morocco, ribbed spine decorated with fleur-de-lys caissons, gilt title, triple gilt fillet framing the covers with gilt fleur-de-lys spandrels, gilt arms in the center of the covers, gilt edges (period binding). Modern handwritten ex-dono (April 17, 1932) "To my dear niece Marie Antoinette Se Marie Elisabeth". A fine copy bearing the coat of arms of Marie-Adélaïde de France, known as Madame Adélaïde (1732-1800), fourth (favorite) daughter and sixth child of Louis XV and Marie Leczinska, one of France's most famous female bibliophiles. The volumes belonging to Mesdames de France, daughters of Louis XV and Marie Leczinska, can only be distinguished by the color of the morocco on which their arms are stamped. Madame Adélaïde had hers in red morocco, Madame Victoire in green morocco, and Madame Sophie in lemon morocco. Madame Adélaïde's library, much larger than those of her sisters, comprised over 10,000 volumes, and was sold at auction during the French Revolution.

Estimate 300 - 400 EUR

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[MONTIGNY (Charles-Claude)]. Mémoires historiques de mesdames Adélaïde et Victoire de France, filles de Louis XV. Paris, Lerouge, 1802. 3 volumes in-12, marbled basane, smooth spine decorated (period binding). With 3 engraved frontispieces. Binding rubbed, covers and corners worn.

Lot 885

Estim. 700 - 800 EUR

Australia. Notes on the colony of Victoria. Melbourne and Adelaide, 1865-1866. 5 pieces in one vol. in-8, blond half calf, smooth spine (pastiche binding). Stamp (cancelled). A good copy. Interesting collection of very uncommon pieces printed for the 1866 Intercolonial Exhibition, the first in the series, held precisely in the city of Melbourne, or for the 1867 International Exhibition (Paris). The colony of Victoria, in this form, dated only from 1851, when it was separated from New South Wales. I. Statistical summary of the progress of the colony of Victoria to the year 1865; compiled from official records in the registrar-general's office, Melbourne, for the Dublin international exhibition of 1865. Melbourne, John Ferres, 1865, 24 pp. Only one copy in the CCF (Strasbourg). - II. SELWYN (Alfred Richard Cecil); ULRICH (George): Notes of the physical geography, geology, and mineralogy of Victoria. Melbourne, Blundell & Ford, 1866, 92 pp. with 5 plates, including a large folding map. Only two copies in the CCF (Muséum and Quai Branly). - III. ARCHER (William Henry): Progress of Victoria, from 1835, to 1866. Translated from the English by E. Lissignol. Melbourne, Masterman, 1866, title, 149 pp. - IV. Catalog of contributions to the Paris universal exhibition held in Paris, 1867. Adelaide, W. C. Cox, 1866, 31 pp. - V. Exposition universelle de 1867, à Paris. Royal Commissioners of the Colony of Victoria (Australia). Melbourne-London, s.d. [1866], xvi pp. 26 pp. No copy in the CCF.

Lot 1431

Estim. 30 - 40 EUR

KEMPIS (Thomas A.). Les œuvres spirituelles [2nd part]. Paris, Collombat, 1738. Coat of arms of the Marquise Marie-Louis-Angelique de TALARU de CHALMAZEL, wife of Armand-François de LA CROIX, Marquis de CASTRIES. On the death of her husband, she was appointed Dame d'Honneur to Mmes Henriette and Adélaïde, daughters of Louis XV, in 1747. (O.H.R 778.) A good copy.

Lot 1520

Estim. 60 - 80 EUR

Etrennes. Petites étrennes spirituelles, dédiées à madame la Dauphine, contenant les Prieres & Offices & la Messe Latin-François. For universal use. Paris, de Hansy, 1787. Small in-16 (106 x 65 mm) red morocco, ornate ribbed spine, gilt title, beautiful gilt garland framing the boards, gilt edges (period binding). Frontispiece depicting the dauphine (Marie-Thérèse? then aged 9...) praying, [16] pp. of calendar and table illustrated with 6 woodcut emblems mid-page, 144 pp. A fine copy.

[MONTIGNY (Charles-Claude)]. Mémoires historiques de mesdames Adélaïde et Victoire de France, filles de Louis XV. Paris, Lerouge, 1802. 3 volumes in-12, marbled basane, smooth spine decorated (period binding). With 3 engraved frontispieces. Binding rubbed, covers and corners worn.

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