144 - [HISTORY and POLITICS - PARIS].

[HISTORY and POLITICS - PARIS]. SET of 5 titles in 10 volumes. -DULAURE. Historical Sketches of the Principal Events of the French Revolution. 5 in-8 volumes, in marbled fawn sheepskin of the period. Includes plates (excluding the map). - [SAUGRAIN, Claude-Marin]. The Curiosities of Paris, Versailles, Marly, Vincennes, Saint-Cloud, and the Surrounding Areas. New edition. Paris: Saugrain, 1723. 2 volumes in-12. (3) ff., 390 pp., (1) f. (notice) and p. (391)–719, (2) ff. (approval, privilege, notice to the bookbinder); 8 pp. (bookseller’s catalog). Contemporary grain-textured tan calfskin, ribbed spine decorated with gilded floral panels, title label, gilt title, red edges (binding rubbed, upper cover detached on vol. I, 1 introductory folio missing in Vol. 1, one pagination error in Vol. 2, some oxidation and a few discreet foxing spots). Includes 30 black-and-white copperplate engravings, including a map of Lutetia as a frontispiece (opposite p. 1 of Volume 1 in this copy), 20 of which are fold-out plates featuring a few panoramic views. - FRANKLIN (Alfred). Status, Names, and Number of All the Streets of Paris in 1636. Based on the unpublished manuscript from the National Library. Preceded by a study on the road network and public health in Paris since the 12th century. Paris, Léon Willem, 1873, in-12, 167 pp., index. Navy half-maroquin with corners accented by a gold fillet, ribbed spine decorated in the Neo-Gothic style with gold dots and panels featuring rosettes and interlacing, gilt head. Printed in a limited edition of only 350 numbered copies. One of the copies printed on Vosges laid paper. In a delicate and attractive binding, unsigned but very well executed. Cover preserved with the author’s handwritten dedication to Mr. Martin. - [JANSENISM]. The Constitutions of the Monastery of Port Royal of the Blessed Sacrament. Mons, Gaspard Migeot, 1665. In-12. Contemporary speckled brown calfskin, ribbed spine, gilt title, ornate panels, speckled edges (corners worn, cap edges trimmed, upper jaw slightly split over 1 cm, upper margin of title page formerly trimmed at the top to remove a handwritten bookplate, sections out of order). A sought-after edition. -A GLANCE AT THE RULING OF THE PARIS PARLIAMENT of August 6, 1761, concerning the Jesuit Institute, printed in Prague in 1757. In Avignon, at J. Chambeau’s, this 1st of September 1761. [Followed by] A Glance at the Ruling of the Parliament of Paris of August 6, 1761, concerning the Doctrine of the Jesuits. Part Two. In Avignon, at J. Chambeau’s, November 1, 1761. In-12, (1)-144 pp. and (1)-96 pp. Contemporary red morocco, spine ribbed with fleur-de-lis motifs, gilt title, gilt roulette and fillet on the covers with fleurons in the spandrels, red edges (blunted corners, top cap trimmed, appears to be missing a blank folio at the top). Apology for the Society of Jesus, which was subsequently completed in November of the same year. A polemical work in defense of the Jesuits. Complete in both parts. Associated author: Joseph de Menoux (1695–1766), a native of Besançon, made his career as a preacher to King Stanislas. The collaboration of Father Henri Griffet (1698–1771), who is sometimes mentioned, has not been confirmed for the first part. Sommervogel III, 1819, and V, 956. Provenance: bookplate engraved with the coat of arms of Longueil (Normandy), with the motto *Pacis et belli reliquum*. An old, crowned red ink stamp, unused, on the title page.