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Northern france, arras regionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablean important walnut retable carving depicting the presentation of mary at the templeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storemary, accompanied by her mother anne and her father joachim, kneels in front of the high priest who is seated on a gothic throne and surrounded by several spectatorsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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When the attack opened at 530am on april 9 the canadians easily overwhelmed the forward fire trenches, secured most of the ridge within the day, and all their planned objectives within four daysin early vimy ridge, one of the most important features on the western front, was considered impregnablehowever, in a spectacular victory, the four divisions of the canadian army corps, under lieutenant-general sir julian byng, took almost the entire ridge in a daythis book examines every aspect of the secret to their success: preparationthe author shows how effective observation, accurate shelling, and new infantry tactics all prepared the ground for byng's victory
29 €
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'leeuwen schelling' arras rare year in virtually extremely fine quality phillipus iiii jare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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He entered the king’s musketeers in and, at the height of his military career, was knighted in the king’s orders, governor of arras and marshal of francethe second volume gathers various dissertations, in part due to father le brun, the dissertation sur l'inscription du grand portail du convent des cordeliers de reims and the traité des superstitions qui regardent les sacremens, by jare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe marquis de brancas was also an scholar bibliophilewhile in the present edition, the engraving is signed by picart, it is dated and illustrates a sun darting its rays on a plain with the motto "foecundis ignibus ardet", like the copy from the esoteric library by eric gruaz which also contains only 12 platesthe copy still has two engraved ex-libris, one glued to the reverse side of the front cover bearing the arms of jean-baptiste de gaumont (), adviser to the court of aid and intendant of finances (); the other on the reverse side of the title page: louis-henri de brancas-forcalquier, second marquis de céreste, sovereign prince of the island of nissiros (), french soldier who was elevated to the dignity of marshal of france inas a matter of fact, the vignette then illustrates putto watering a nursery with the motto "cura et labore"; it is not signedit is likely that there were two separate editions in , one with 12 plates and the other 13good overall condition, worn headbands, rubbed corners,superficial tears on hinges, paper sometime darkened, other minor defectsone can also find on the title page a stamp from the company of jesus at the avignon residence(table), 12 plates(caillet, ; cohen, 135; dorbon, ; ohr, for arms)[lebrun (pierre) & thiers (jean-baptiste)]in-folio leather bound with gilt arms on covers, 2 volthis is the case of these volumes, wearing the gilt the arms of louis de gand-vilain known as louis de gand de mérode de montmorency, prince of isenghien ()our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe first volume contains the traite des superstitions by jean-baptiste thiers (), the first confidential edition of which dates from , and the histoire critique des pratiques superstitieuses qui ont séduit les peuples et embarrassé les savans by pierre le brun (), see guaitathis curious collection of occult texts was an immediate success in the european aristocratic circle and it is not uncommon to find folio copies with armssuperstitions anciennes et modernes, préjugés vulgaires qui ont induit les peuples à des usages et à des pratiques contraires à la religioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecohen announces 13 plates and indeed, there is an additional plate, showing a superstitious rosary and a charm which makes one lose sight, in certain copies of which title page differs from this oneplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe text is illustrated with 12 plates, the content of which reflects the vast field of the topics: the turkish oracle, the wheel of pius iv, the water test, the test of the wand, various experiments by the wand, representations of the planets of the solar and zodiacal system, hippomans, hand of glory, mandrake, talisman of the planets, jew holding mezuzoth, image of veronica, wheel of life and death, bucket of solomon, talisman medals, magic plants, artificial mandrake, table of ten sephiroths in the shape of circles, celestial hebrew alphabet, the mairs or the three northern fates, etc
140 €
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In de saint-exupéry began flying for the pioneering airline latécoère - later known as aéropostale - opening up the first mail routes across the sahara and the andesthis penguin modern classics edition is translated from the french with an introduction by william rees'self-discovery comes when a man measures himself against an obstacle,' writes saint-exupérylater works, including wind, sand and stars and flight to arras, stress his humanistic philosophysaint-exupéry's popular children's book the little prince is also read by adults for its allegorical meaninglike conrad, saint-exupéry is a poet of action'andré maurois see oxfam website for delivery information read moreif you enjoyed wind, sand and stars, you might like woody guthrie's bound for glory, also available in penguin modern classicsinterweaving encounters with nomadic arabs and other adventures into a richly textured autobiographical narrative, it has its climax in the extraordinary story of saint-exupéry's crash in the libyan desert in , and his miraculous survivalwriter and aviator antoine de saint-exupéry (), was born in lyon, francehis first two books, southern mail and night flight, are distinguished by a poetic evocation of the romance and discipline of flyingsaint-exupéry's plane disappeared during a mission in world war ii'a conrad of the airthis book explores the transcendent perceptions that arise when life is tested to its limitswind, sand and stars is drawn from this experienceoxfam bookshop st albans both a gripping tale of adventure and a poetic meditation, antoine de saint exupéry's wind, sand and stars is the lyrical autobiography of an aviation pioneer, from the author of the little prince
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