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238 - 18th-Century BOOKS. BINDINGS. HISTORY.

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€200 - 300

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30%

18th-Century BOOKS. BINDINGS. HISTORY. LOT of books bound between the 17th and 18th centuries -HELVETIUS, Claude Adrien. On the Mind [&] On Man and His Intellectual Faculties, and on His Education. London, 1776. 2 works, each in 2 volumes, for a total of 4 in-8 volumes. Marbled and polished fawn calfskin of the period, smooth decorated spine, red title label and fawn volume number, gilded floral panels, marbled edges, and whirlwind paper endpapers (bindings very slightly rubbed, 2 very small wormholes on one spine, a few rubbed corners, and 3 worn caps). The first volume of *De l’Homme et de ses facultés intellectuelles* is illustrated with a portrait of the Enlightenment philosopher, engraved in black on copper by H. Godin after Van Loo in 1755, in volume 3 and the first volume of *De l’Homme...* A fine copy of the combined edition of the two philosophical treatises, one of which is a posthumous edition. - [HOLY WEEK LITURGY] for Palm Sunday. (17th century). In-8, pp. 3–464 (without the title page). Contemporary red morocco, Duseuil-style binding, smooth spine richly decorated with three frames of triple gilt fillets featuring gilt fleurons in the spandrels, gilt medallions and cutouts adorned with gilt scrollwork and lace, gilt edges (slight scuffing and wear, rounded corners, 2 flyleaves missing, title page missing, volume may have been rebound). Illustrated with beautiful full-page copperplate engravings in black, signed S. or Sebas. Huré and Saulte f(ecit) in the engraving. Text printed in black and red on laid paper. - ANONIMIANA, or A Collection of Poetry, Eloquence, and Erudition. Paris, Jacques Collombat, 1700. In-12, (6) preliminary leaves, 311 pp., (3) leaves (table of contents). Contemporary speckled fawn calfskin, decorated ribbed spine, red title label, small gilt metal fittings, edges speckled with red (defects including exposed top cap, stained covers). First edition (Aude, 8). -DEBRY, J. Individual Statement on the Assassination of the French Ministers at Rastadt. Paris: Dabin, Year VII (1799). In-8, paperback in a slipcase. Only edition. Rare. Only one copy in the CCFr (BnF). Includes the large fold-out topographical map of Rastadt and its surroundings, pantographed and engraved in black by F. Voijsard, with a view of the Palace and a large site plan of the palace’s surroundings. Diplomacy. -BROCHURE ON THE 100 DAYS EX LIBRIS COUNT OF MALET. -LAMARTELIERE. Buonaparte’s Conspiracy against Louis XVIII, King of France and Navarre. Paris, Dentu, 1815 Stitched in a gray paper cover. -CALLOT (Jacques), after. [La Petite Passion]. A series of 12 black copperplate engravings, mounted in leporello format on heavy paper. Published by Pasquier in Paris around 1750. Each plate (approx. 10 x 13 cm) is numbered and titled in Latin; Callot’s signature is reproduced at the bottom, along with the notation “chez Pasquier” on the right. Complete and rare. Blue percaline square in-12 binding, decorated and reinforced with gilt clasps and gilt metal corners; one cover features a gilt plaque with scrollwork and foliage, while the other has the title and date embossed in gold. This cover does not appear to match its contents and is incorrectly titled *La Grande Passion by Jacques Callot 1630* (slight oxidation of the paper, but a lovely item). - Works of M. le Chevalier de Bert**. Volume Two. Published in London and available in Paris, from Hardouin and Gattey, 1785. In-16, contemporary fawn sheepskin. - Historical Account of Cromwell... 1789. In-8, contemporary root-tanned sheepskin. - FERON. The Literary Year, Year M. DCC. LVIII. Volume V. Amsterdam: Michel Lambert. - Three *Almanach des Muses* for the years 1783 (unbound), 1798, and 1810. - *Mercure de la France*. Missing the title page. Volume V, Year IX (on the spine). 8vo, contemporary speckled fawn sheepskin. - *Le Chevalier Robert, or The Story of Robert, Nicknamed “the Brave.”* Second edition. Paris: Giguet... 1800. 8vo, contemporary light brown half-basane.

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Books & Manuscripts
Friday, October 30
02:00 PM
2, rue de Bérite
75006 Paris, France

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Gros & Delettrez +33 1 47 70 83 04 j.remaut@gros-delettrez.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 280,000 lots published

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