Lot 31
  • 31

Continental literature--Longus.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Daphnis et Chloé. Paris: Librairie de Bibliophiles, 1872, 12mo, printed on vellum, engraved illustrations, slightly later red morocco gilt by Francisque Cuzin, blue morocco doublures elaborately gilt
Buc'hoz, Pierre Joseph. Dictionnaire vétérinaire, et des animaux domestiques. Paris: Brunet, 1775, 6 volumes, 8vo, 60 folding engraved plates, contemporary mottled calf, gilt triple-fillet border, spines gilt in compartments, ["Bibliothèque de M. Sauzey, Avocat", bookplates]
Duguet, Jacques Joseph. Institution d'un Prince; ou traité des qualités, des vertus et des devoirs d'un souverain. London [i.e. ?Rouen]: Jean Nourse, 1750, 4 volumes, 12mo, contemporary speckled calf, a few small rust holes
Sully, Maximilien de Bethune, Duc de. Memoires. London [i.e. Paris], 1767, 8 volumes, 12mo, engraved frontispieces to vols 1 and 2, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments
Robertson, William. L'Histoire de l'Amerique. Paris: Panckoucke, 1778, 4 engraved folding maps, one engraved folding plate, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments
Sterne, Lawrence. La vie et les opinions de Tristram Shandy. Yorck [i.e. Liège or Spa]: Ruault, 1777 (vols. 1 and 2); London, 1783 (vols. 3 and 4), 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments, [D. de Lislemont, bookplates]
Marchand, Étienne. Voyage autour du monde, pendant les années 1790, 1791 et 1792. Paris: La République, 1798-1800, 5 volumes, 8vo, folding letterpress plates, contemporary calf, gilt triple-fillet borders, flat spine gilt, lacking atlas volume
Du Bellay, Martin. Memoires de Martin et Guillaume Du Bellai-Langei. Paris: Nyon, 1853 [i.e. 1753], 7 volumes, 12mo, contemporary mottled calf, gilt armorial stamp to upper covers, spines gilt in compartments, lettering-pieces, [A.G. Du Plessis, bookplates]
Blackstone, Sir William. Commentaires sur les loix Angloises. Brussels: J.L. de Boubers, 1774-1776, 6 volumes, 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments, [Hubert Benedic, bookplate]
Prudhomme, René François Armand. Poésies de Sully Prudhomme. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1879-1882, 4 volumes, 8vo, near contemporary half brown morocco by V. Champs, original wrappers bound in, corners bumped
Dumas, Alexandre, fils. Entr'actes. Paris: Michel Lévy, 1878-1879, 3 volumes, 12mo, twentieth-century red quarter morocco gilt
Ibid. Théatre complet. Paris: Michel Lévy, 1890-1899, 8 volumes, 12mo, twentieth-century red quarter morocco gilt, a couple of corners bumped
Gay, Jules. Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs a l'amour, aux femmes, au mariage. Turin: Jules Gay, 1871, 6 volumes, 12mo, contemporary green half morocco gilt
Herriot, Édouard. Madame Récamier et ses amis. Paris: Plon-Nourrit, 1904, 2 volumes, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, contemporary quarter blue calf, spines gilt in compartments, original wrappers bound in
Campan, Jeanne Louise Henriette. Memoires de Madame Campan sur la vie privée de Marie Antoinette. Paris: L. Conquet, 1910, 2 volumes, 8vo, number 43 of 200 copies, contemporary green morocco gilt, spines gilt in compartments, edges gilt, original wrappers bound in
Nerval, Gérard de. Oeuvres. Paris: Le Divan, 1927-1928, 10 volumes, 8vo, contemporary quarter calf by G. Gauché, original wrappers bound in



together 80 volumes

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