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L'evêque de montauban, et la réponse à l'instruction pastorale de ma amsterdam, [no publisher], 'parties' in one volume, xlv-86ppthird 'partie' by denis diderot ('suite […]); -this publication follows the ban imposed upon the 'encyclopédie' in febrsuite de l'apologie de monsieur l'abbé de prades, contenant des réflexions sur le mandement de mthe abbé the prades signed for a number of definitions in the 'encyclopédie' (one was entitled 'certitude', on revelation & truth); -book condition: strong full leather period binding, spine with title, bands, floral compartments, minor damage to ends of spine, covers with some rubbing, low edges worn, marbled cover pages, good to very good interior condition, rare foxing, no restoration -rare clandestine edition (much rarer than the berlin edition) -topics: philosophy, theology, enlightenment read moreapologie de monsieur l'abbé de pradesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitel'evêque de montauban, troisiéme partiethis ban was closely linked with the outcry against the abbé de prades' thesis (a philosophical apology of catholic religion)
122 €
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Inside in good condition, light soiling, an old light water stain is visible on the bottom of the first half of the work, barely affecting the text, lovely headbandsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikil'abbé laroque, chanoine et prévot de l'eglise d'auch, et grand vicaire du dioçèse - binding in fair condition, work in its period paperboard binding, covers and spine in good condition, friction from use and lacks of paperboard on the covers and spine, a snag and and lack on the tail of the spine, rubbed crowns, lacks, gilded titling, a small lack of title label, sound bindingdelivery service provided by chronopost within a few daysplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitel'abbé *** - vie de m
47 €
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521 pages read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitraité des sensations, suivi du traité des animauxtraité des systèmes, discours de réception à l’académieœuvres de l’abbé de condillac, philosopher, writer, and member of the academie francaise, third edition revised and expanded, quite complete, duodecimo, period sheepskin binding, fleurons on the covers of volume 1, all red edges, slightly weakened spine and hinges, but they are still solid, volumes 2 and 3 are very crisp inside, volume 1, present on the first 10 pages and the last 10 pages, traces of foxing (photo)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevolume 1 essais sur l’origine des connaissances humaines
37 €
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Very beautiful edition by l’abbé rené just haüy, a french mineralogist and founder, along with jean-baptiste romé de l'isle, of geometric crystallographyour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitel'abbé hauy - traité elémentaire de physique - - second volume- the binding is in good condition, book in its original green half leather, the boards and spine are in good condition, rubbing from use, headcap has been removed, marbled edges, decorated spine, gilded titling, gilded volume number, sturdy binding- interior in good condition, slight soiling and library stamps, marbled edges, 12 tipped-in plates at the end- delivery service provided by chronopost within a few days - read more
56 €
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The abbot of colibri is the pseudonym of jean françois cailhava de l'estandoux who wrote other tales that were reprinted reissued in by belin - l'abbé de colibri - les contes en vers et en prose de feu l'abbé de colibri, ou le soupé - () - part ii - binding in decent condition, volume in period half leather, in a good condition of use, scattered scuffing marks and some tears to the spine, rubbed headcap, tailcap and corners - interior in good condition, superficial scattered foxing, handwritten ex-libris and annotations - delivery service provided by chronopost within a few days - read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilovely small book, rare first editionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
39 €
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Daughter of king rené, marguerite d'anjou was the wife of king henry vi of englandour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablea prominent woman, she founded queen's college, cambridge, and played an important political role in the wars of the rosesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiinside in good condition, light soiling,presence of some fine out of text engravings, lovely headbands and culs-de-lampedelivery service provided by chronopost within a few daysa very lovely edition by the great novelist abbé prevostafter the fall of henry vi, who had gone mad and was assassinated in the tower of london, the end of marguerite’s life took a tragic turn: imprisoned in london, she was only released in exchange for the ruin of the kingdom of her father who was forced to renounce his duchies in anjou, bar, lorraine and provence in favour of the king of france, in order to cover the ransom put forth by louis xi for her freedomplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitel'abbé prévost - histoire de marguerite d'anjou, reine d'angleterre - binding in good condition, work in its period brown half leather binding, covers and spine in good condition, some peeling, adorned spine, gilded titling on a morocco title label, elegant binding
45 €
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikil'abbé de la bletterie - histoire de l'empereur jovien et traductions dans quelques ouvrages de l'empereur julien - binding in fair condition, book in its period brown full leather, visible pieces missing on the spine near the headcap and tailcap, lovely golden band framing the covers, tooled spine, gilded titling- interior in very good condition, lovely banners, tailpieces, charming dropcaps, marbled endpapers- delivery service provided by chronopost within a few days - read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
47 €
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Inside in good condition, rare soiling, fresh, lovely headbands and culs-de-lampe, marbled endpapersl'abbé millot - elémens de l'histoire d'angleterre depuis la conquête des romains jusqu'au règne de georges ii - - completeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisuccessively professor of rhetoric at the jesuit college of lyon, archbishop of lyon and professor of history at the university of parma, claude-françois-xavier millot () was inspired by rapin de toyras and hume to compose his histoire d'angleterreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepages bindings in good condition, works in their period brown calfskin bindings, covers and spines in good condition, peeling, small snags on the crowns, blunt corners, title labels missing on two of the books, pigmented red edges, adorned spine, gilded titling and volume numbers on morocco labelsfourth edition of this book published for the first time in
56 €
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Les jardins, ou l'art d'embellir les paysages par l'abbé de lille 143 pagesplease note: a light tear on page 110, not affecting the textour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikileather binding in fair conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
39 €
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Avec leurs principaux ouvrages et leurs meilleures éditions; des femmes savantes, des peintresde toutes les nations du monde - - first volume - binding in good condition, work in its period brown full leather binding, covers and spine in good condition, friction from use, small lacks at each of the headcaps, red edges, adorned ribbed spine, gilded titling and volume number - inside in good condition, lovely headbands, ornamental initials, a lovely frontispiece engraving - delivery service provided by chronopost within a few days - read morede toutes les personnes illustresonce published, this encyclopedia, especially rich geographically and historically, met an immense success throughout europeet mathématiciens, etcmainly made up of historical and biographical articles, moréri's le grand dictionnaire historique is considered the first dictionary of proper namesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablel'abbé ladvocat after louis morery - dictionnaire historique portatif, contenant l'histoire des patriarches, des princes hebreux, des empereurs, des rois, et des grands capitaines; des dieux, des héros de l'antiquité payenne &care you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki''ouvrage qui ne laisse pas d'avoir encore son utilité, surtout pour la partie généalogique''des papes, des ss''ouvrage estimé eu égard aux notices généalogiques qu'il contient''pères, des evequesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedes historiens, poètes
43 €
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Bindings in very good condition, work in their glazed marbled calfskin (period binding), decorated ribbed spine, title and volume number labels in havana and red morocco, marbled edges - interior in very good condition, lovely headbands and end pieces, marbled endpapers - delivery service provided by chronopost within a few days - read moresuperb edition in perfect condition of this work that marked a turning point in the aesthetic thinking of the eighteenth centuryour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivolume iii missingl'abbé du bos - réflexions critiques sur la poésie et sur la peinture - pages (complete volumes)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
61 €
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A tutor to the children of the prince of conti, abbot de fleury was a friend of bossuet and fénelon, and succeeded la bruyère at the académie françaisel'abbé fleury - devoirs des maistres et des domestiques - binding in good condition, book in its period full leather, covers and spine in good condition, slightly rubbed corners, red pigmented edges, decorated ribbed spine, gilded tilting on a morocco label, beautiful binding perfectly preserved - interior in very good condition, lovely head-pieces and tail-pieces, charming initials, marbled endpapers delivery service provided by chronopost within a few days - read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteamusing book that explores in detail everyone’s duties: masters, the rules of the prince of conti, pages, squires, stewards, chaplains, secretary, butler, kitchen officers, ladies and maids, livery folks, cowshed folks
75 €
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Of the first part and engravings e till i in the second part, otherwise complete2 parts in 1 volume, with 1 large floorplan of a fortress and 25 (of 30) mostly folded engravingsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifull contemporary leather binding but worn and split (still firmly bound)all in all an acceptable copy of a famous book on defense buildingsl abbé du fay et le chevalier de cambray published by amsterdam, pde vauban par mrlacks frontispice, ppsome pages and engraved a bit thumbed and soiled in the margins, but with only minor damageplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemortier, (van ) ppveritable maniere de bien fortifier de mr
38 €
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L'abbé prevost - le doyen de killerine, histoire morale composée sur les mémoires d'une illustre famille d'irlande; et ornée de tout ce qui peut rendre une lecture utile & agréable - only the four first volumes (out of 6), of vi + and 192 pagesbindings in good condition, works in their period brown full leather bindings, peeling on the covers, rubbed corners and tailcaps, red edges, adorned ribbed spines, gilded titling and volume numbers on leather labels, one volume number label is cut in halfit is full of romantic angst, particularly in its treatment of the delicate question of protestant-catholic marriages, and influenced the shaping of the french taste for "celtic" novels which became so widespread towards the end of the century and the following oneinside in good condition, light foxing, lovely headbands and culs-de-lampe, charming initials, marbled endpapers, works bound in two volumes eachour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebound in 2 volumesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia lovely edition of prévost's noveltaking place in ireland, it tells the story of the attempts of a worldly (usually downtrodden) irish priest to find suitable marital partners for his brothers and sistersdelivery service provided by chronopost within a few daysplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitele doyen de killerine was first published in and was frequently reprinted
54 €
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikioriginal and atypical work, the first of abbot valletta who collects sonnets on the artworks and monuments of nimes, a fine description of the ancient monuments of the city - ml'abbé valette - apothéose de la ville de nismes ou sonnets sur ses antiquités - binding in good condition, volume in its period half leather, friction from use, rubbed headcap, tailcap and corners, tears to a corner and to the headcap, laminated binding - interior in good condition, light soiling, superb ex libris, lovely headpieces, tailpieces, beautiful initial letters - delivery service provided by chronopost within a few days - read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
50 €
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Xvii) inside in good, used conditionlivres classiques rue stour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia paris bureau des nouvplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitela logique où les premiers développements de l'art de penser par l'abbé de condillac
35 €
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibinding in good condition, work in full period leather the plates and spine are in good condition, significant scuffs with small parts missing, red pigmented edges, spine with ornate bands, golden titration on piece of leather - good interior condition, minor soiling, fresh paper, seams a little relaxed, work translated by mplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitel'abbé d'olivet, pretty headbands and tailpieces, charming drop caps, marbled guard pages - juxtalinear edition with latin text on the left and its translation on the right page - read morea lovely edition, translated by the abbot of olivet, thoughts about religion, man, conscience, passions, wisdom, probity, eloquence, friendship, etc
35 €
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableperiod blond half sheepskin, ornate flat spine, gilded title and author, lovely composition of fine gilded florets and decorative blind-stamped patternsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibinding in good conditionoriginal covers and spine preservedprecious study on 18th century personalities: louis xv (child) - bachaumont - l'abbé d'olivet - le comte de clermont - mme geoffrin - caylus - dulaurens - doyen - la duchesse de chaulnes - piron - mlle de romans - l'abbé leblanc - le graveur lebas - louis xvi - beaumarchais - lagrenée l'aîné - théroigne de méricourt - collin d'harleville - kléber - la comtesse d'albanyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecopy in a pleasant blonde half sheepskin binding richly decorated with fine gilded florets and blind-stamped patternsfresh and clean interior, uncut pagesin good conditionone octavo volume of 496pp
33 €
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Composée sur les mémoires de monsieur de maillet, ancien consul de france au caire - - la haye, chez isaac beauregard - 328 ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiand 8 engraved fold-out plates including a map - period leather bindinga rare work for a bibliophile or fan of ancient egyptpresence of old strips of reinforcement tape on the spine of 2 covers (the front and back of volume 1)secure shipping by bpost, mondial relay, or gls with tracking numberabbé le mascrier - description de l’égypte contenant plusieurs remarques curieuses sur la géographie ancienne et moderne de ce pays, sur ses monumens anciens, sur les moeurs, les coutumes et la religion des habitans, sur le gouvernement et le commerce, sur les animaux, les arbres, les plantes, &cextras: book enhanced with many maps and figuresplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitespine, corners, crowns and covers in good overall conditioncomplete of the 2 volumes, embellished with engraved fold-out platesa fold-out plate is split (see picture)a dozen pages at the end of volume 1 with foxingcondition: in very good overall condition
148 €
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De bougainville, cook" contents; nouveaux voyages dans la mer du sud; byron, carteret, wallis, mribbed spine adorned with gilded compartments, title and volume number labelsinside in good condition, light soiling, lovely headbands, marbled endpapers, work embellished by 4 fold-out plates by benardour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifirst started in england, then taken over by the abbé prévôt (), a vast compilation and translation into french of numerous expedition and travel reports were published in france under the title histoire générale des voyagesdelivery service provided by chronopost within a few daysplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website"the original work, which presented all parts of the world, was published in and consisted of 32 volumesde la harpe - abrégé de l'histoire générale des voyages - - volume 19françois de la harpe (), trimming out what he considered useless and uninteresting, and adding the trips made since the publication of abbé prévôt's work, including cook's travels, published that work inbinding in good condition, work in its period marbled full calfskin binding
51 €
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Histoire naturelle de l' air et des météores by abbot richardour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis collection deals with various subjects: de la science l' exhalaisons terrestres & météores, l' éther, sur la variété de l' arc en ciel, le halos du soleil et de la lune, observation de phénomène; les trois soleils perpendiculaires, sur l' atmosphère, l' air, l' anaximene, les animaux, l' électricité, les forets du monde comme celle du pérou, les oiseaux,ainsi que sur l' histoire géographique,du monde, les voyages en afrique,au paraguay l' italie et bien d' autres pays, les discours sur l' aurore boréale, sur le tonnerre, les éclairs, la foudre,sur les phosphores naturels" and many other subjects contained in all of its volumesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiyellow hardcover, smooth spine mounted on red piecevolume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages10 volumes small in 8°volume 8 has some very light marks of dampstains in the textplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevery good condition as a whole, but there is a hole on the cover of volume iii and missing leather on the headcapsaillant & nyon
71 €
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Curmer only two copies still exist ("ten minsten drie examplaren uit ere, er zijn hier minstens twee bewaren") according to a note found stuck under the coverour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeimitation de jésus christ by abbé dassance printed in paris in by lcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivery beautiful cover in reliefpages with gilded edgesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecarefully packed and fast shipment
39 €
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe book is adorned with many black and white engravings, including mapsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis edition also contains banners and tailpiecesbook in very good condition - fresh inside - 93 pages - octavo softcover the photos are a part of the description read morewhether or not atlantis was located in the strait of gibraltar, in the sahara, or on crete, the author discusses the hypothesis of atlantis, and notably the azoresthe hypothesis that atlantis could exist dates from the middle ages, and would be reinforced by the discovery of america, a colony peopled by the ancients that had been separated from the continental block by a natural disasterplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis original edition by abbé moreux deals with the possible existence of an atlantean territory, a debate strongly discussed at the beginning of the 21st century
34 €
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L’abbé brispot ouvrage approuvé par sa grandeur monseigneur l’archevêque de paris, par son éminence monseigneur le cardinal archevêque de bordeaux, comme aussi par un grand nombre d’autres illustres prélats tant de france que de l’étranger; dédié à notre saint père le pape; à paris chez pilon et cie en number of volumes: 2 number of pages: 156 pages for volume i - 108 pages for volume iithe pagination does not take the 130 out of text engravings, protected by serpente, into accountla vie de notre seigneur jésus-christ écrite par les quatre évangélistes coordonnée, expliquée et développée par les ssthis item comes from the library of an old cevennes family from the duchy of uzès, which has provided our country with many jurists in the course of its historypères, les docteurs et les orateur les plus célèbres et les hommes les plus éminents qui aient paru dans l’église depuis les temps apostoliques jusqu’à nos jours; rédigée et présentée aux gens du monde comme aux âmes pieuses par mhalf bindings, smooth spines with gilded fillets with author, title and volume number in gilded lettering, colourful marbled endpapersour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisize: 46 x 31 cm in very good condition, faded coversplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
49 €
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New printing of the original edition published identically by the same publisher in [cioranescu, ] memoirs focusing on the wars of charles quint and francois ispine with raised bands decorated with golden tooling, title and volume number labelsfull marbled period calfskinour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablemémoires historiques, militaires et politiques de l’europe depuis l’élévation de charles-quint au throne de l’empire, jusqu’au traité d’aix-la-chapelle enare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikinicely preserved bindings, slight rubbing from use on the headcaps, tailcaps, worn cornersplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteoverall, the interiors are crisp, slight scattered foxing, nothing too bothersomein good condition2 volumes that are complete in themselves, without the third and lastset including the first two of three volumes, complete with the events that took place between and duodecimo volumes with 2f
34 €
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Period leather binding, spine with 6 raised bands, headbands, duodecimo (17 x 10 cm), culs-de-lampe, red edges, some flaws on the binding, out of text engravings (see photos)only shipped with tracking numberour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebook in good condition given its age (see photos)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikippagination: tables + x + 378 pagesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
60 €
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Speckled edges to blocksmall area of surface damage to back boardsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreblack label with gold lettering, gold tooling to spineextrait et traduit des meilleurs originaux, écrits dans les langues du pays par min good used condition for age, quarter bound in cloth with marbled paper to boardoxfam bookshop sevenoaks "la description détaillée du grand sacrifice du cheval, appelé assua-méda; de l'origine et des grandeurs du gange; du temple célébre de gaya; des principaux avataras, ou incarnations de vichnou etcpublished by librairie orientale de dondey-dupré pére et fils in
80 €
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Oedipus rex - opera-oratorio in two acts after sophocles cast: speaker - paul pasquier oedipus - ernst haefliger (tenor) jocasta - helene bouvier (mezzo-soprano) creon - james loomis (bass-baritone) tiresias - andre vessieres (bass) the shepherd - hugues cuenod (tenor) the messenger - james loomis (bass-baritone) with la societe chorale du brassus and l'orchestre de la suisse romande conducted by ernest ansermet date lp released is unknownsee oxfam website for delivery information read more the libretto, based on sophocles's tragedy, was written by jean cocteau in french and then translated by abbé jean daniélou into latin; the narration, however, is performed in the language of the audiencethe lp and inner sleeve are both in excellent condition there is slight rubbing and bumping to the outer sleeve, however it is intact and otherwise in excellent conditionoxfam shop cotham hill oedipus rex is an opera-oratorio by igor stravinsky, scored for orchestra, speaker, soloists, and male chorus
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16 €
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A decorative setfull calfskin bindings, smooth spines, red title labels, marbled edges (some foxing)blanchard, canon of avenayour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethree hardcover volumes by mare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiparis, lebigre frères, libraires, ; duodecimo, ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteillustrated with frontispieces and numerous engravingseach volume containing numerous out of text platesin good conditionl'école des moeurs, ou réflexions morales et historiques sur les maximes de la sagesse
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This treatise on the education of a prince is the work of one of the most endearing characters of the jansenist party; saint-simon spoke at length about the conversations he had with jacques-joseph duguet at the abbey of la trappe: "we were also deprived of the graces of his conversation and at the same time appalled by the extent of his knowledgeupon his return to paris, he had to lead a semi-clandestine life interspersed with periods of exileour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki" this edition is enriched with a long biographical introductionhe moved further and further away from the extremist jansenists, which included abbé d'etemare, and died inopposing the bull unigenitus, he withdrew to savoy and wrote a christian-inspired treatise on politics for the duke of savoy, heir to the duke who later became the king of sardiniaabbé jacques-joseph duguet - institution d'un prince ou traité des qualitez des vertus et des devoirs d'un souverain - pagesbindings in good condition, works in their period brown full leather bindings, covers and spines in good condition, friction from use, lacks on the spine of the second volume, red edges, adorned ribbed spines, gilded titling and volume numbers on morocco labelsinside in good condition, light soiling, lovely headbands and ornamental initials, marbled endpapersdelivery service provided by chronopost within a few daysthis posthumous work was published in under the title "institution d'un prince"please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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