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[VALLEMONT (Pierre Le Lorrain, Abbé de)]. *Occult

98 - [VALLEMONT (Pierre Le Lorrain, Abbé de)]. Occult Physics, or A Treatise on the Divining Rod. The Hague, Adrien Moetgens (sic), 1747. 2 vols. in-12, brown sheepskin, plain spine with decoration (contemporary binding). Worn caps and corners; title labels and volume numbers missing.

Schätzung

100 - 150 €

Fortune-telling. Set of 9 small advertising flyers

99 - Fortune-telling. Set of 9 small advertising flyers, most of them illustrated, from the 1930s.

Schätzung

30 - 40 €

Psychic Readings - BOUSSEL (Patrice). Paris Under

100 - Psychic Readings - BOUSSEL (Patrice). Paris Under a Spell. A Guide to Psychics in the 20 Arrondissements. Paris, Geneva: La Palatine, 1963. 8vo, paperback, with an illustrated printed cover. Includes a flyer from a psychic.

Schätzung

30 - 50 €

Set. A collection of 9 modern volumes:
- CANSELIET

101 - Set. A collection of 9 modern volumes:

Schätzung

100 - 150 €

Beekeeping. A Treatise on Honeybees, or Rules for

102 - Beekeeping. A Treatise on Honeybees, or Rules for Their Proper Management, and How to Derive Considerable Profit from the Harvest of Wax and Honey. Paris, [Jean de La Caille], 1690.

Schätzung

150 - 200 €

BIGOURDAN (Guillaume). Gnomonics: A Theoretical an

103 - BIGOURDAN (Guillaume). Gnomonics: A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the Construction of Sundials, followed by auxiliary tables relating to sundials and calendars. Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1922. In-8, [4]-215-[1] pp., 104 figures in the text and 9 tables. Paperback, printed cover. Some foxing.

Schätzung

30 - 50 €

BRIDE (Charles). The Amateur Photographer. A Pract

104 - BRIDE (Charles). The Amateur Photographer. A Practical Guide to Photography [...] followed by a Glossary of Photographic Chemistry and an Appendix on Microscopic and Enlarged Prints. Paris, Achille Faure, 1862. In-12, brown half-calf, smooth spine (contemporary binding). Heavy foxing.

Schätzung

30 - 50 €

BRISSON (Mathurin-Jacques). The Specific Gravity o

105 - BRISSON (Mathurin-Jacques). The Specific Gravity of Bodies. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1787. Large 4to, marbled sheepskin, plain spine with decoration, red title label (contemporary binding). Head and foot caps torn off, joints split, scuff marks, and areas of leather missing. Paper discolored or browned in places.

Schätzung

150 - 200 €

COLAS (G.). The Entomologist’s Guide. The Entomolo

106 - COLAS (G.). The Entomologist’s Guide. The Entomologist in the Field—Preparation and Preservation of Insects and Collections […] 144 illustrations in the text. Paris, Boubée, 1948. In-8, Bradel, illustrated cardboard binding by the publisher.

Schätzung

20 - 30 €

Various Authors. *Bibliothèque physico-économique,

107 - Various Authors. Bibliothèque physico-économique, instructive et amusante, Year 1787, or 6th Year [-Year 1789, or 8th Year] [-Year 1790, or 9th Year]. Paris, Buisson, 1787–1790. 6 tomes in 6 volumes, in-12 format, marbled sheepskin, smooth spines, title labels in red marbling, volume numbers in gold, red edges (uniform binding of the period). Leather worn and missing in places.

Schätzung

200 - 300 €

DELAMÉTHERIE (Jean-Claude). On Man from a Moral Pe

108 - DELAMÉTHERIE (Jean-Claude). On Man from a Moral Perspective; on His Customs, and Those of Animals. Paris, Maradan, Year XI—1802. 2 volumes, in-8, in tan half-calf, smooth spine with gold thread, title label and volume number in green marbled paper (contemporary binding). Slight scattered foxing.

Schätzung

50 - 80 €

[Description of Egypt]. Set of 17 natural history

109 - [Description of Egypt]. Set of 17 natural history plates taken from the Imperial Edition:

Schätzung

300 - 500 €

FONTENELLE (Bernard Le Bovier de). Conversations o

110 - FONTENELLE (Bernard Le Bovier de). Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds. New expanded edition of The Dialogue of the Dead. Paris, Veuve Brunet, 1762. In-12, marbled calfskin, decorated ribbed spine, title label, blind-stamped borders on the covers, combed edges (contemporary binding).

Schätzung

60 - 80 €

GALON & DUHAMEL du MONCEAU. The Art of Convert

111 - GALON & DUHAMEL du MONCEAU. The Art of Converting Red Copper or Rosette Copper into Brass or Yellow Copper Using Calamine Stone; of Casting It into Ingots; of Beating It with a Hammer, and of Drawing It Through a Die [With:] On the Smelting and Refining of Copper and Potin at Villedieu-les-Poëles, in Normandy. By Mr. Duhamel Du Monceau. [Paris], , 1764. 2 titles in one folio volume, [2]-78 pp. in continuous numbering, with 18 engraved figures on 12 fold-out plates. Half-calf, with a super

Schätzung

200 - 300 €

LESSON (René Primevère). Natural History of Hummin

112 - LESSON (René Primevère). Natural History of Hummingbirds. [Atlas.] [Paris], [Arthus Bertrand], [1829–1830]. Atlas only, small quarto, [1] leaf (half-title page) and 85 plates (out of 86 plates). Red half-calf, decorated spine (contemporary binding). Binding worn, caps and jaws rubbed. Plate 48 bis is missing. Scattered small foxing spots. Blue paint stain on plate 41.

Schätzung

500 - 600 €

MARTIN (C.-F.). The Universal Regulator of Weights

113 - MARTIN (C.-F.). The Universal Regulator of Weights and Measures: A New Invention for Learning, on One’s Own and Without a Teacher, How to Determine the Reciprocal Ratios of the New System and the Weights and Measures of All Countries, as Well as Those of the Franc, the Livre Tournois, and Foreign Currencies. Avignon and Paris, Berenguier and Courcier, 1809. In-8, tan half-basane, plain spine with decoration (contemporary binding). Binding shows wear.

Schätzung

30 - 40 €

[NICOLAS (Jean)]. Manual for the Young Surgeon, co

114 - [NICOLAS (Jean)]. Manual for the Young Surgeon, containing a summary of all the anatomical, physiological, and practical truths whose knowledge defines the true surgeon. Paris, Hérissant, 1770. In-8, 8 ff., 646 pp., 1 f., marbled brown calfskin, decorated ribbed spine, title label in red morocco, blind-stamped fillet framing the covers, marbled edges (contemporary binding).

Schätzung

100 - 150 €

Ornithology - LEGENDRE (M.). Cage Birds. Paris: N.

115 - Ornithology - LEGENDRE (M.). Cage Birds. Paris: N. Boudée et Cie, 1952. Square 8vo (18.5 x 13.5 cm), paperback, color-illustrated cover.

Schätzung

20 - 30 €

THYBOUREL (François) & APPIER HANZELET (Jean).

116 - THYBOUREL (François) & APPIER HANZELET (Jean). A Collection of Various Military Machines and Fireworks for War and Recreation. Including Trittemius’s Alphabet […] and the method for writing at night to an absent friend. Pont-à-Mousson, Charles Marchant, 1620. Small quarto, old vellum with lacing (wear and stains). Foxing, paper browned in places, faint old water stains.

Schätzung

500 - 700 €

WILKOMM (Moritz). Illustrated Atlas of the Plant K

117 - WILKOMM (Moritz). Illustrated Atlas of the Plant Kingdom. n.p., n.d., n.p.

Schätzung

50 - 60 €

BENOIST-GIRONIERE (Yvan). Set of 6 paperback in-4

118 - BENOIST-GIRONIERE (Yvan). Set of 6 paperback in-4 volumes, illustrated covers: - Advice for Riding Instructors. 6 color inserts—200 sketches. Stock, 1968.

Schätzung

200 - 300 €

CODE DES CHASSES. or New Treatise on Hunting Law [

119 - CODE DES CHASSES. or New Treatise on Hunting Law [...] Paris, Saugrain, 1734. 2 volumes in 12mo marbled sheepskin, decorated ribbed spine, red edges (contemporary binding). Title labels and volume numbers missing from Volume I; volume number label worn on Volume II; scuffs and scabs; caps and corners worn.

Schätzung

30 - 40 €

COMMINGES (Marie-Aymery, Count of). *L'Équitation

120 - COMMINGES (Marie-Aymery, Count of). L'Équitation des gens pressés (Chit-chat about the pigskin). Paris: Société d'éditions littéraires et artistiques, Librairie Paul Ollendorff, 1901.

Schätzung

80 - 100 €

CRAFTY (Victor Gérusez, known as). Set of 3 volume

121 - CRAFTY (Victor Gérusez, known as). Set of 3 volumes in publisher’s hardcover with gray-green percaline cloth, featuring black and gold decoration and title:

Schätzung

80 - 100 €

GRENIER (Francis). Album of Hunting with Shotguns

122 - GRENIER (Francis). Album of Hunting with Shotguns and Pointing Dogs. Paris, Aubert et Cie, n.d. (circa 1840). Oblong quarto, romantic publisher’s binding, black cloth, title in gold lettering on the front cover.

Schätzung

400 - 500 €

LURKIN (Jean). Physiology of Hunting. Vervoz near

123 - LURKIN (Jean). Physiology of Hunting. Vervoz near Ocquier (Belgium), Éditions de Saint-Hubert, 1947. In-8, paperback, illustrated publisher's cover.

Schätzung

20 - 30 €

OBERTHUR (Joseph). Game Animals and Hunting with H

124 - OBERTHUR (Joseph). Game Animals and Hunting with Hounds. Paris, Durel, 1947. 2 vols., in-4, paperback, illustrated cover. Beautiful black-and-white illustrations in the text.

Schätzung

40 - 60 €

REVEILHAC (Paul). Woodcock. Original woodcuts by L

125 - REVEILHAC (Paul). Woodcock. Original woodcuts by L.-J. SOULAS. n.p., La Croix-Richard, 1928. Small quarto in folio format, printed cover with embossing, in a slipcase and case.

Schätzung

30 - 50 €

SAUVAT (Jean-Louis) & BARTABAS (Clément Marty,

126 - SAUVAT (Jean-Louis) & BARTABAS (Clément Marty, known as). Les Chevaux de Sauvat. [Rennes], Éditions Ouest-France, [2009]. Oblong folio, illustrated hardcover by the publisher, illustrated dust jacket.

Schätzung

40 - 60 €

Lot. Set of 4 volumes:
- COMMINGES (Count of),

127 - Lot. Set of 4 volumes:

Schätzung

40 - 60 €

[BÉGUILLET (Edme)]. Oenology, or A Discourse on th

128 - [BÉGUILLET (Edme)]. Oenology, or A Discourse on the Best Method of Making Wine and Cultivating Vines. By the author of Treatise on Economical Wine-Making. Dijon, Capel and Edme Bidault, printed by Defay, 1770.

Schätzung

800 - 1.000 €

[BRILLAT-SAVARIN (Jean Anthelme)]. *Physiology of

129 - [BRILLAT-SAVARIN (Jean Anthelme)]. Physiology of Taste, or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy [...] Paris, Alphonse Pigoreau, 1848. 2 parts in one square in-16 volume, green half-maroquin, smooth spine decorated with gilt metal tools and gilt title (contemporary binding). A few minor scuffs.

Schätzung

30 - 40 €

[BRILLAT-SAVARIN (Jean Anthelme)]. *Physiology of

130 - [BRILLAT-SAVARIN (Jean Anthelme)]. Physiology of Taste, or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy; a theoretical, historical, and topical work, dedicated to the Parisian gourmets, by a professor and member of several literary and scholarly societies. Paris, Sautelet et Cie, 1826. 2 vols., in-8, [1] folio, XIV pp., pp. [5]–390 pp. & 442 pp. Red half-shagreen with a band, decorated ribbed spine, title and volume number in gold, covers (worn) preserved (modern binding).

Schätzung

500 - 700 €

[Songs]. *Le Caveau moderne*, or *Le Rocher de Can

131 - [Songs]. Le Caveau moderne, or Le Rocher de Cancale, for 1817 (11th year of the Collection). Illustrated with musical notation. Paris, Eymery, 1817. In-16, speckled half-calf with corner pieces, ribbed spine with decoration, title and date label in red and green marbling (modern binding). Engraved frontispiece and title page.

Schätzung

40 - 60 €

[Songs]. LE VIEUX BACCHUS, A Songbook Dedicated to

132 - [Songs]. LE VIEUX BACCHUS, A Songbook Dedicated to Young Drinkers. Paris, Tiger, [1813]. 12mo, paperback, later marbled cover. Nice engraved frontispiece, 86-[4] pp. Foxing.

Schätzung

60 - 80 €

DUPUY (Patricia) & SCRATCHY (Lili). Grandma Zo

133 - DUPUY (Patricia) & SCRATCHY (Lili). Grandma Zou’s Cookbook (Ardennes Recipes). Saumane, Éditions du Renard Pâle, 2000. Oblong folio in accordion-fold format, with a color-illustrated hardcover and an embossed cardboard slipcase.

Schätzung

20 - 30 €

[OENOLOGY]. General Directory of the Wine, Cider,

134 - [OENOLOGY]. General Directory of the Wine, Cider, Vinegar, Spirits & Liqueurs Trade and Related Industries. Paris: Direction & Administration, 1910. A substantial in-8 volume, with a green percaline cardboard cover illustrated in black and burgundy, in the publisher’s original binding. The inner front joint is broken.

Schätzung

30 - 40 €

VAN DONGEN (Kees) - NICOLAS (Publishing House). Fe

135 - VAN DONGEN (Kees) - NICOLAS (Publishing House). Featuring Some Pretty Girls from the Provinces of France. [Montrouge], [Printed by Draeger], 1953. Quarto, spiral-bound, with a printed pink cardboard cover.

Schätzung

40 - 50 €

Lot. Set of 14 cookbooks and gastronomy works, 19t

136 - Lot. Set of 14 cookbooks and gastronomy works, 19th and 20th centuries. Set of 14 volumes in-8 and in-12, mostly paperback, with a few publisher’s hardcovers and one modern binding:

Schätzung

180 - 200 €

[Album amicorum]. A 19th-century album containing

137 - [Album amicorum]. A 19th-century album containing about thirty drawings. Small oblong folio (approx. 27 x 21 cm), green half-maroquin, smooth spine with decorative embellishments, “Album” gilt on the front cover.

Schätzung

150 - 250 €

ARTHUS-BERTRAND (Yann). *La Grande Terre*. [Paris]

138 - ARTHUS-BERTRAND (Yann). La Grande Terre. [Paris], Éditions de La Martinière, 2007. Large in-plano (47 x 70 cm), publisher’s illustrated Bradel-style cardboard binding, green cloth spine, with its wooden bookstand, in the publisher’s wooden slipcase.

Schätzung

150 - 200 €

Automobiles. A collection of 17 catalogs and adver

139 - Automobiles. A collection of 17 catalogs and advertising brochures, including 13 Citroën catalogs, a Mille Milles/Beltoise catalog, a Ferrari brochure, a DAF France booklet (1960s–1970s), and a Matford brochure.

Schätzung

50 - 80 €

Automobiles - SABRAN (Guy). The Belle Époque and t

140 - Automobiles - SABRAN (Guy). The Belle Époque and the Pioneers of the Automobile. Paris: Champrosay, n.d.

Schätzung

30 - 40 €

Law Examination. Large engraving in two parts, mou

141 - Law Examination. Large engraving in two parts, mounted on cardboard (98 x 65 cm), the upper part depicting the Conversion of Saint Augustine after Philippe de Champaigne, the lower part announcing the public examination in French law of Mr. Pierre Augustin Huron on December 9, 1783, in Paris, printed by the widow Ballard, Paris (significant tear in the lower right corner)

Schätzung

60 - 100 €

GRÉVIN (Museum). An intriguing handwritten letter

142 - GRÉVIN (Museum). An intriguing handwritten letter from Gabriel THOMAS, administrator of the Musée Grévin, Paris, January 22, 1929, 1 p., in-8 on letterhead, with an envelope addressed to Marcel Robinson, who questioned the authenticity of the Marat bathtub held in the museum’s collections, following claims by Mr. D’Alméras, who had seen another bathtub supposedly belonging to Marat at a secondhand dealer’s and which was reportedly sold at auction in New York in 1927.

Schätzung

30 - 40 €

HOLBEIN (Hans) [& DEUCHAR (David)]. The Dances

143 - HOLBEIN (Hans) [& DEUCHAR (David)]. The Dances of Death, through the various stages of human life [...]. Etched by D. Deuchar, F.A.S. London, W. Smith & Co., for John Scott and Thomas Ostell, 1803. In-4, marbled half-basane, ribbed spine, gilt title (modern binding).

Schätzung

60 - 100 €

Games - BARBEYRAC (Jean). A Treatise on Games, Exa

144 - Games - BARBEYRAC (Jean). A Treatise on Games, Examining the Principal Questions of Natural Law and Morality Relevant to This Subject. Amsterdam, Pierre Humbert, 1737. 3 volumes in-12, brown calfskin, decorated ribbed spine, title and volume number labels in red morocco, gilt fillet framing the covers, red edges (contemporary binding).

Schätzung

200 - 300 €

[Steamboats]. A Traveler’s Guide to the Steamboats

145 - [Steamboats]. A Traveler’s Guide to the Steamboats from Paris to Rouen, Preceded by a Note on the Railroad from Paris to Saint-Germain [...] Available for purchase on steamboats and in Paris at Aubert & Co., n.d. (c. 1850). Small 12mo, half black chagrin percaline, smooth spine, gilt title (contemporary binding). Worn joints.

Schätzung

20 - 30 €

CUNAT (Charles). The Story of Robert Surcouf, Priv

146 - CUNAT (Charles). The Story of Robert Surcouf, Privateer Captain, published based on authentic documents [...] Illustrations by Morel Fatio and Badin. Paris, Jules Chapelle et Compagnie, n.d.

Schätzung

200 - 300 €

GREHAN (Amédée). Maritime France. Paris, Dutertre,

147 - GREHAN (Amédée). Maritime France. Paris, Dutertre, 1852–1855.

Schätzung

100 - 200 €

LOTI (Louis-Marie-Julien VIAUD, known as Pierre).

148 - LOTI (Louis-Marie-Julien VIAUD, known as Pierre). Matelot. Paris, Lemerre, 1893. In-8, red half-shagreen, ribbed spine, marbled edges, covers preserved (contemporary binding).

Schätzung

60 - 80 €

[MENIER (Family Life) - Photography]. Album contai

149 - [MENIER (Family Life) - Photography]. Album containing 184 small vintage photographic prints (approx. 5.5 x 8 cm in size). 1912–1923. Oblong In-4, green embossed percaline, binding damaged. Family album compiled by an unidentified young woman, likely connected to the Lagotellerie or Crouan families (related to the Meniers): stays in La Houssinière, Versailles, Montbarry-les-Bains, and Saint-Raphaël in 1912–1913, Valescure, Sainte-Adresse, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Juan-les-Pins, Wiesbaden, Spa,

Schätzung

150 - 200 €

[MENIER (Family) - Photographs - Yachting]. Album

150 - [MENIER (Family) - Photographs - Yachting]. Album containing 176 small silver-gelatin prints (6 × 8 cm when laid flat). Undated [late 19th–early 20th century]. Small oblong quarto, green embossed percaline, spine worn. An interesting photographic album from the Menier collection, documenting several cruises along the coasts of Brittany, Normandy, and England.

Schätzung

300 - 500 €

[MENIER (Family) - Photographs - Yachting]. Album

151 - [MENIER (Family) - Photographs - Yachting]. Album containing 88 small vintage photographic prints (8 × 11 cm as displayed). Undated [late 19th–early 20th century]. Quarto, green embossed percaline. An interesting album of photographs from the Menier family, combining memories of cruises in the eastern Mediterranean with scenes from private life during the Belle Époque.

Schätzung

250 - 300 €

[MENIER (Gaston) - Photographs - Yachting]. Album

152 - [MENIER (Gaston) - Photographs - Yachting]. Album containing 90 small silver-gelatin prints (6 x 8 cm, as seen). Undated [late 19th–early 20th century]. Small oblong quarto, green embossed percaline, spine missing. An interesting photo album documenting cruises aboard the Julie, a steam schooner owned by the prominent industrialist Gaston Menier (1855–1934), heir to the famous chocolate-making dynasty.

Schätzung

300 - 500 €

[MENIER (Gaston) - Photographs - Yachting]. Album

153 - [MENIER (Gaston) - Photographs - Yachting]. Album containing 90 small silver gelatin prints (8 × 11 cm, as seen). Undated [late 19th–early 20th century]. Quarto, green embossed percaline, spine worn. An interesting photo album documenting cruises aboard the Julie, a steam schooner owned by the prominent industrialist Gaston Menier (1855–1934), heir to the famous chocolate-making dynasty.

Schätzung

300 - 500 €

Queen Elizabeth. Cunard White Star: Launch of the

154 - Queen Elizabeth. Cunard White Star: Launch of the "Queen Elizabeth" in the presence of Their Majesties the King and Queen at the shipyard of John Brown & Co., Ltd., Clydebank, Tuesday, September 27, 1938 […] [Clydebank], [Cunard White Star], [1938]. Large in-4 (approx. 335 x 270 mm), paperback, cream cover illustrated in red and gold, bound with a silk cord.

Schätzung

40 - 50 €

VERCEL (Roger). Trailers. Color illustrations by J

155 - VERCEL (Roger). Trailers. Color illustrations by J. GRADASSI. Paris, Éditions du Panthéon, 1950. In-8, paperback, with a full-color illustrated cover.

Schätzung

30 - 40 €

YACHT (Le): Journal de la marine. Marine de guerre

156 - YACHT (Le): Journal de la marine. Marine de guerre - Marine de commerce - Navigation de plaisance. Paris, , 1894-1902. 9 volumes in-4 half ivory vellum with corners, smooth spine, title p. in red mar., triple red fillet on boards. Tail cap damaged.

Schätzung

200 - 300 €

BASIRE (Isaac) & TINDAL (Nicholas). Newport, a

157 - BASIRE (Isaac) & TINDAL (Nicholas). Newport, a Strong Seaport Town in Flanders, Restored to the Empire by the Treaty of Utrecht. London, as a continuation of Rapin-Thoyras’s History of England by Nicholas Tindal, [c. 1751]. Large copperplate engraving, approx. 39 x 49 cm (image size), framed with a mat.

Schätzung

30 - 50 €

BLAEU (Willem) & LANGREN (Michael Florent van)

158 - BLAEU (Willem) & LANGREN (Michael Florent van). Prima pars Brabantiae cuius caput Lovanium. Amsterdam, Blaeu, [c. 1635–1665]. Copperplate engraving, 43 x 54 cm, with highlights. Framed, with a mat. The paper is light in color and uniformly browned.

Schätzung

30 - 40 €

[Charolais - VAN DAMME (Jean)]. The area around th

159 - [Charolais - VAN DAMME (Jean)]. The area around the Longpendu Pond, comprising a large part of the County of Charolais. Amsterdam, [17th century]. Copperplate engraving, retouched, 41.5 x 53.5 cm (image size), framed with a mat.

Schätzung

40 - 60 €

JANSSONIUS (Johannes). Dithmarsia Rendesburgum Kie

160 - JANSSONIUS (Johannes). Dithmarsia Rendesburgum Kiel et Bordesholm in Occidentali parte Holsatiae. Amsterdam, heirs of Johannes Janssonius, [circa 1665–1680]. Copperplate engraving, retouched, featuring a large title cartouche and a decorative scale.

Schätzung

20 - 30 €

JANSSONIUS (Johannes). Maine. Amsterdam, Jansson,

161 - JANSSONIUS (Johannes). Maine. Amsterdam, Jansson, [17th century]. Copper-engraved map, watercolored, 39 x 51 cm (view size), framed with a mat.

Schätzung

30 - 50 €

Limoges - FAYEN (Jean) & VAN DEN KEERE (Pieter

162 - Limoges - FAYEN (Jean) & VAN DEN KEERE (Pieter). The Entire Territory of Limoges and the Provincial Borders Pertaining to the Diocese of Limoges. [Amsterdam], [Hondius], [first half of the 17th century]. Copperplate engraving by Pieter van den Keere, known as Petrus Kaerius, retouched and framed. 37.5 x 51.5 cm (image size).

Schätzung

40 - 50 €

[Sedan - BLAEU (Willem)]. The Sovereignties of Sed

163 - [Sedan - BLAEU (Willem)]. The Sovereignties of Sedan and Raucourt and the Provostship of Donchery. Amsterdam, Blaeu, [1635]. Copperplate engraving, retouched, approx. 40 x 51 cm (image size), framed with a mat.

Schätzung

30 - 40 €

Touraine - ORTELIUS (Abraham) & FRANÇOIS (Isaa

164 - Touraine - ORTELIUS (Abraham) & FRANÇOIS (Isaac). Touraine. Turonensis Ducatus et confinium Galliae Celticae Descriptio. [Antwerp], [Ortelius], [1598]. Copperplate engraving, 46.5 x 57 cm (image size), framed.

Schätzung

30 - 40 €

VORSTERMAN (Lucas the Younger) & PEETERS (Jan)

165 - VORSTERMAN (Lucas the Younger) & PEETERS (Jan). Abbatia S. Michaelis Antverpiae. [Antwerp], , [c. 1659]. Large etched view, 35.5 x 48 cm (image size), framed with a mat.

Schätzung

20 - 30 €

Children’s picture books. Set of 2 books:
- *Co

166 - Children’s picture books. Set of 2 books:

Schätzung

20 - 30 €

AURIOL (Jacqueline). Collection of archival docume

167 - AURIOL (Jacqueline). Collection of archival documents. (From the family.)

Schätzung

100 - 150 €

GUILLAUX (Maurice). Set of 2 large photo albums, 4

168 - GUILLAUX (Maurice). Set of 2 large photo albums, 4 small photo albums, and a press book:

Schätzung

800 - 1.200 €

MOLLANDIN (General A.). Flying. Its Joys, Its Less

169 - MOLLANDIN (General A.). Flying. Its Joys, Its Lessons. Foreword by Jérôme and Jean Tharaud. Paris, Frazier-Soye Printing and Phototypesetting, [1935]. 4to, paperback, illustrated blue cover. Cover shows wear.

Schätzung

30 - 50 €

PEYREY (François). The First Birdmen: Wilbur and O

170 - PEYREY (François). The First Birdmen: Wilbur and Orville WRIGHT. Paris: Guiton, 1908.

Schätzung

100 - 150 €

POIRIER (Jean-Pierre). The Real Jacqueline Auriol:

171 - POIRIER (Jean-Pierre). The Real Jacqueline Auriol: Flying for a Living. [Paris], Pygmalion, [2005]. In-8, paperback, with the publisher’s illustrated cover.

Schätzung

40 - 60 €

SALADIN (Raymond). The Heroic Days of Aviation. (M

172 - SALADIN (Raymond). The Heroic Days of Aviation. (Memoirs). Paris, Éditions Arcadiennes, [1949]. 4to, paperback, printed cover, in slipcase. Cover and slipcase heavily pitted.

Schätzung

20 - 30 €

[CZECHOSLOVAKIA]. AERO. Czechoslovakia, c. 1990.

173 - [CZECHOSLOVAKIA]. AERO. Czechoslovakia, c. 1990. An album of 57 color plates, in folio format, housed in a beige cloth-bound cardboard slipcase with a gold-lettered title on the front cover.

Schätzung

50 - 60 €

Africa - DENHAM (Dixon) & CLAPPERTON (Hugh) &a

174 - Africa - DENHAM (Dixon) & CLAPPERTON (Hugh) & OUDNEY (Walter). Travels and Discoveries in the Northern and Central Parts of Africa, Across the Great Desert, as Far as the 10th Parallel North, and from Kouka in Bornu to Sackatou, capital of the Felatah Empire, undertaken during the years 1822, 1823, and 1824 by Major Denham, Captain Clapperton, and the late Dr. Oudney; followed by an appendix containing an Essay on the Language of Bornu, glossaries of the languages of Timbuktu, Mandara, a

Schätzung

500 - 600 €

Africa - LECLERCQ (Jules). Across Southern Africa.

175 - Africa - LECLERCQ (Jules). Across Southern Africa. Paris, Plon, Nourrit et Cie, 1895. In-12, red half-basane, plain spine with decoration (contemporary binding).

Schätzung

20 - 40 €

Africa - RAFFENEL (Anne-Jean-Baptiste). A Journey

176 - Africa - RAFFENEL (Anne-Jean-Baptiste). A Journey Through West Africa, including an exploration of Senegal from Saint-Louis to the Falémé River beyond Bakel; of the Falémé River from its mouth to Sansandig; the gold mines of Kéniéba in Bambouk; the regions of Galam, Bondou, and Woolli; and the Gambia River from Baracounda to the ocean; carried out in 1843 and 1844 by a commission composed of Messrs. Huard-Bessinières, Jamin, Raffenel, Peyre-Ferry, and Pottin-Patterson. Paris: Arthus Bertr

Schätzung

500 - 600 €

North Africa - Photo Album. Works from 1959 - Blid

177 - North Africa - Photo Album. Works from 1959 - Blida District. Small oblong folio (30.5 x 22.5 cm) bound in red leather with embossed decoration, adorned in the center of the front cover with a rectangular medallion in shades of red and brown depicting two figures against an urban backdrop, signed by M. Buzelin, framed by fillets and a decorative frieze. Outer border featuring a repeating pattern of stylized plant motifs. Border accented with a twisted decorative motif. Binding with visible lac

Schätzung

80 - 120 €

North Africa - BARRUCAND (Victor). Algeria and the

178 - North Africa - BARRUCAND (Victor). Algeria and the Orientalist Painters. Grenoble: Arthaud, 1930.

Schätzung

80 - 120 €

North Africa - GALIBERT (Léon). Storia d'Algeri [.

179 - North Africa - GALIBERT (Léon). Storia d'Algeri [...] Florence, Giuseppe Celli, 1846–1847. 2 volumes, large 8vo, red half-calf, smooth spine decorated with gilded romantic metal tools (pastiche binding).

Schätzung

200 - 300 €

Central America - SOLIS (Don Antonio de). History

180 - Central America - SOLIS (Don Antonio de). History of the Conquest of Mexico or New Spain, translated from the Spanish by Don Antoine de Solis. Paris, Antoine Dezallier, 1691.

Schätzung

500 - 700 €

[North America]. A Historical Account of the Abbey

181 - [North America]. A Historical Account of the Abbey and Pilgrimage of Notre-Dame-des-Ermites[...] Einsilden, New York, and Cincinnati: Charles & Nicolas Benziger, Brothers, 1861. In-16, with 9 engraved plates. Illustrated covers preserved.

Schätzung

20 - 30 €

[North America - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania]. Fi

182 - [North America - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania]. Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Report of the Pennsylvania Commission. Harrisburg, PA, 1913. In-8 Bradel binding in black half-calf, decorated spine, gilded coat of arms on the cover (publisher’s binding). Spine heavily damaged with missing sections.

Schätzung

30 - 50 €

North America - GERSTÄCKER (Friedrich). Scenes fro

183 - North America - GERSTÄCKER (Friedrich). Scenes from California Life. Translated from the German by Gustave Revilliod. Geneva, Imprimerie de Jules-Gme Fick, 1859. 8vo, brown chagrin-patterned percaline cardboard, gilt title on the spine (contemporary binding).

Schätzung

50 - 60 €

South America - BRESSON (André). Bolivia. Seven Ye

184 - South America - BRESSON (André). Bolivia. Seven Years of Exploration, Travel, and Stays in South America [...] Paris, Challamel, 1886. Quarto, brown half-basane, smooth spine with gold thread, gilt title (contemporary binding). Spine sun-faded.

Schätzung

40 - 50 €

South America - ZARATE (Augustin de). History of t

185 - South America - ZARATE (Augustin de). History of the Discovery and Conquest of Peru. Paris, Compagnie des libraires, 1716. 2 vols. in-12, marbled brown calfskin, decorated ribbed spine, title and volume number labels in tan and red marbling, red edges (contemporary binding).

Schätzung

150 - 200 €

CARR (John). A Journey Through Holland and Souther

186 - CARR (John). A Journey Through Holland and Southern Germany, on Both Banks of the Rhine, in the Summer of 1806. Translated from the English by Madame Kéralio-Robert. Paris, Léopold Collin, 1809.

Schätzung

30 - 40 €

Quran, Sub-Saharan Africa, early 20th century
Manu

187 - Quran, Sub-Saharan Africa, early 20th century

Schätzung

150 - 300 €

Egypt - DONDELINGER (Edmund). The Ani Papyrus BM 1

188 - Egypt - DONDELINGER (Edmund). The Ani Papyrus BM 10470. A complete facsimile edition of the Ani Papyrus, housed at the British Museum and annotated by Edmund Dondelinger. Translated by Marcelle Rognon. Paris, Club du livre, 1979.

Schätzung

80 - 120 €

FERRARIO (Jules). *L'Océanique, or the Fifth Part

189 - FERRARIO (Jules). L'Océanique, or the Fifth Part of the World, which comprises the lands of the Great Ocean between Africa, Asia, and America [...] [Milan], [Publisher’s Press], [1827]. Folio, with [1] intermediate title leaf, pp. [285]–380 and 11 beautiful engraved and colored plates, numbered 46–56. Paperback, marbled cover (worn). Light, scattered foxing.

Schätzung

300 - 400 €

GEMELLI CARERI (Giovanni Francesco). A Voyage Arou

190 - GEMELLI CARERI (Giovanni Francesco). A Voyage Around the World. Paris, Ganeau, 1719. 5 vols. (of 6) in-12, tan calfskin, ribbed spine, title and volume numbers in gold (contemporary binding). Scuffs and missing leather.

Schätzung

200 - 300 €

Greece - RATEKIN (John). Greece - Mykonos - Aegean

191 - Greece - RATEKIN (John). Greece - Mykonos - Aegean Islands. Impressions of Time - Gods - Man. Mykonos, Mykonos Gallery, n.d. [c. 1970].

Schätzung

50 - 80 €

LA MOTRAYE (Aubry de). Travels in Europe, Asia, an

192 - LA MOTRAYE (Aubry de). Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Containing a wide variety of geographical, historical, and political studies on Italy, Greece, Turkey, Crimean Tartary, Nogai, Circassia, Sweden, Lapland, etc. With instructive remarks on the manners, customs, opinions, &c., of the peoples and countries where the author has traveled […] The Hague, T. Johnson & J. Van Duren, 1727. 2 folio vols.: Vol. I [7] ff., 472–23 pp., frontispiece, 29 plates including VII bis, 2 maps A

Schätzung

800 - 1.000 €

Polar Regions - RABOT (Charles). Spitsbergen, A St

193 - Polar Regions - RABOT (Charles). Spitsbergen, A Stopover in the Polar Regions. Exploration and Tourism 1194–1934. Rouen: Lecerf, 1935. In-4, paperback, printed cover with inlay (stitched and sun-faded in places).

Schätzung

40 - 50 €

[Middle East - BERGGREN (Guillaume); BONFILS]. Set

194 - [Middle East - BERGGREN (Guillaume); BONFILS]. Set of 26 late 19th-century photographs: Turkey, the Holy Land, Egypt.

Schätzung

600 - 800 €

Scandinavia - ACERBI (Giuseppe). Journey to the No

195 - Scandinavia - ACERBI (Giuseppe). Journey to the North Cape, through Sweden, Finland, and Lapland. Collection of plates. Paris, Buisson, Year XII - 1804. In-4, half-light calf, ribbed spine (modern binding).

Schätzung

200 - 300 €

Sweden - [DREVON (Jean Frederic Henry de)]. A Jour

196 - Sweden - [DREVON (Jean Frederic Henry de)]. A Journey to Sweden, containing a detailed account of its population, agriculture, commerce, and finances; followed by a Brief History of this Kingdom and its various forms of government, from Gustav I in 1553 through 1786 inclusive, during the reign of Gustav III, currently on the throne, and some details regarding the history of Denmark, by a Dutch officer. The Hague, Gosse, 1789. 8vo, brown sheepskin, smooth spine with decoration, title label (con

Schätzung

60 - 80 €

VANCOUVER (George). A Voyage of Discovery to the N

197 - VANCOUVER (George). A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Around the World; in which the Northwest Coast of America was carefully explored and accurately mapped … and undertaken in 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795 by Captain George Vancouver. Translated from the English. Paris, Imprimerie de la République, Year VIII. 3 vols. of text in-4 (text) in glazed, grained calfskin, smooth spine richly decorated, title page and volume number in red and green marbling, gilt fillet

Schätzung

4.000 - 5.000 €

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