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1225 - 19 works in 45 vols., in French. 17th–18th centuries. In-8° and in-12 (no title, some foxing, discoloration, etc.). Calfskin binding (minor signs of wear). Fair condition. Includes: 5 editions (6 vols.) from the 17th century with various handwritten notes, including those by Ferdinand von Plettenberg and Nordkirchen (ex-libris in all volumes). - La Fontaine, Jean de - Selected Fables, set to verse. Bouillon, Société typographique, 1776. 4 vols. illustrated with engravings by Bertin. - Id. - Miscellaneous Works. Paris, David, 1744. 3 vols. 1 frontispiece portrait. - Sévigné, Marquise de - Letters [...] to Madame the Countess of Grignan, her daughter. Amsterdam, by the Company, 1756. 8 vols. 1 frontispiece portrait. From the collection of Georges Sohier (ex-libris). - Erasmus - In Praise of Folly [trans. by] Gueudeville. 1757. Illustrated with engravings by Le Mire after Eisen. - Young, Edward - *Young’s Nights*, translated from the English by M. Le Tourneur. Paris, Le Jay, 1770. 2 vols. - [Mercier, Louis-Sébastien] - *The Year Two Thousand Four Hundred and Forty*. A Dream, If Ever There Was One. London, n.p., 1775. - [Genlis, Stéphanie-Félicité du Crest de] - The Castle Evenings, or Lessons in Morality for Children. Paris, Lambert & Baudouin, 1784. 3 vols. - Cicero - Letters [...] to Atticus, with commentary and the Latin text from the Graevius edition; by Abbé Mongault [...]. Paris, Bailly, Savoie, and Barbou, 1787. 4 vols. Bounded by Emilius Van Hoorebeke, in Ghent (former prize from the Jesuit College of Ghent). - etc.

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€200 - 300

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19 works in 45 vols., in French. 17th–18th centuries. In-8° and in-12 (no title, some foxing, discoloration, etc.). Calfskin binding (minor signs of wear). Fair condition. Includes: 5 editions (6 vols.) from the 17th century with various handwritten notes, including those by Ferdinand von Plettenberg and Nordkirchen (ex-libris in all volumes). - La Fontaine, Jean de - Selected Fables, set to verse. Bouillon, Société typographique, 1776. 4 vols. illustrated with engravings by Bertin. - Id. - Miscellaneous Works. Paris, David, 1744. 3 vols. 1 frontispiece portrait. - Sévigné, Marquise de - Letters [...] to Madame the Countess of Grignan, her daughter. Amsterdam, by the Company, 1756. 8 vols. 1 frontispiece portrait. From the collection of Georges Sohier (ex-libris). - Erasmus - In Praise of Folly [trans. by] Gueudeville. 1757. Illustrated with engravings by Le Mire after Eisen. - Young, Edward - *Young’s Nights*, translated from the English by M. Le Tourneur. Paris, Le Jay, 1770. 2 vols. - [Mercier, Louis-Sébastien] - *The Year Two Thousand Four Hundred and Forty*. A Dream, If Ever There Was One. London, n.p., 1775. - [Genlis, Stéphanie-Félicité du Crest de] - The Castle Evenings, or Lessons in Morality for Children. Paris, Lambert & Baudouin, 1784. 3 vols. - Cicero - Letters [...] to Atticus, with commentary and the Latin text from the Graevius edition; by Abbé Mongault [...]. Paris, Bailly, Savoie, and Barbou, 1787. 4 vols. Bounded by Emilius Van Hoorebeke, in Ghent (former prize from the Jesuit College of Ghent). - etc.

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Cartography, atlases, old manuscripts, old and rare books
Friday, December 4
01:00 PM
19/2 Rue aux Laines
1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

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