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425 - FIVE 19TH-CENTURY WORKS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH: 1) Angelo Vergani, ENGLISH GRAMMAR TAUGHT IN TWENTY-ONE LESSONS, EACH OF WHICH CONTAINS VERY CLEAR AND VERY PRECISE RULES, AND A SUFFICIENTLY EXTENSIVE ESSAY TO PUT THEM INTO PRACTICE, BY VERGANI, Brussels, 1844, in 24°. Half-parchment binding with gold corners and title on the spine label. Gold fillets on the spine. A small loss on the spine near the top edge. Pages in excellent condition. 252 pp. 2) Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689–1755) OEUVRES DE MONTESQUIEU: MÉLANGES ET OEUVRES POSTHUMES, published by Pierre Didot l’Aîné, 1807. A 2-volume edition in 24° format. Contemporary half-leather binding with marbled covers, featuring gold friezes and titles on the end pieces. Edges sprinkled. Well preserved. This collection brings together more intimate writings, minor essays, and texts published after the philosopher’s death, offering an essential complement to his best-known masterpieces. Pp. 186; (1); 263 (1).3) SADLER. MANUEL CLASSIQUE DE CONVERSATION FRANCAIS ET ANGLAIS, ed. Paris: Librairie Française et Anglaise de J. H. Truchy, 1842. A 19th-century bilingual dictionary and phrasebook written by Percy Sadler. Large 24° format. Beautiful contemporary binding in half percallina with marbled covers and gold titles and decorations on the spine. Printed in two columns. In excellent condition. 4) Madame de Genlis *THE TRAVELER’S COMPANION FOR CONVERSATION*, published by Florence I. Marenigh, 1821 (Giovanni Marenigh is listed on the title page as I. Marenigh, with the initial of his name rendered in Latin). A famous multilingual work written by Stéphanie Félicité, Countess of Genlis (1746–1830). This volume is the fifth, expanded, and improved edition of what was originally published as *Manuel du voyageur* (1798). In 16mo. The phrasebook was originally conceived by the French writer during her exile in German territories due to the French Revolution, as a practical tool to support herself financially. The text compiles common expressions and dialogues presented in parallel in six languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Russian. Contemporary half-percallina binding with marbled corners and covers, titles, fillets, and gold lettering on the spine. Printed in three columns. In excellent condition. Rare. pp. XVIII, 459.
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FIVE 19TH-CENTURY WORKS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH: 1) Angelo Vergani, ENGLISH GRAMMAR TAUGHT IN TWENTY-ONE LESSONS, EACH OF WHICH CONTAINS VERY CLEAR AND VERY PRECISE RULES, AND A SUFFICIENTLY EXTENSIVE ESSAY TO PUT THEM INTO PRACTICE, BY VERGANI, Brussels, 1844, in 24°. Half-parchment binding with gold corners and title on the spine label. Gold fillets on the spine. A small loss on the spine near the top edge. Pages in excellent condition. 252 pp. 2) Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689–1755) OEUVRES DE MONTESQUIEU: MÉLANGES ET OEUVRES POSTHUMES, published by Pierre Didot l’Aîné, 1807. A 2-volume edition in 24° format. Contemporary half-leather binding with marbled covers, featuring gold friezes and titles on the end pieces. Edges sprinkled. Well preserved. This collection brings together more intimate writings, minor essays, and texts published after the philosopher’s death, offering an essential complement to his best-known masterpieces. Pp. 186; (1); 263 (1).3) SADLER. MANUEL CLASSIQUE DE CONVERSATION FRANCAIS ET ANGLAIS, ed. Paris: Librairie Française et Anglaise de J. H. Truchy, 1842. A 19th-century bilingual dictionary and phrasebook written by Percy Sadler. Large 24° format. Beautiful contemporary binding in half percallina with marbled covers and gold titles and decorations on the spine. Printed in two columns. In excellent condition. 4) Madame de Genlis *THE TRAVELER’S COMPANION FOR CONVERSATION*, published by Florence I. Marenigh, 1821 (Giovanni Marenigh is listed on the title page as I. Marenigh, with the initial of his name rendered in Latin). A famous multilingual work written by Stéphanie Félicité, Countess of Genlis (1746–1830). This volume is the fifth, expanded, and improved edition of what was originally published as *Manuel du voyageur* (1798). In 16mo. The phrasebook was originally conceived by the French writer during her exile in German territories due to the French Revolution, as a practical tool to support herself financially. The text compiles common expressions and dialogues presented in parallel in six languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Russian. Contemporary half-percallina binding with marbled corners and covers, titles, fillets, and gold lettering on the spine. Printed in three columns. In excellent condition. Rare. pp. XVIII, 459.
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