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Our category Illustrated Antiquarian Books includes works of literature as well as natural sciences, but also travel books, architectural books, etc… In fact, all the beautiful illustrated books that marked their time from the 15th to the beginning of the 20th century.
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- Buy BERTIUS, Petrus Commentariorum rerum Germanicarum Libri Tres. The German Empire at the very beginning of the 17th century.
- Buy CERILLO, Edoardo Dipinti murali di Pompei. Medaglie Istituto d’Incoraggiamento di Na... Pompeian wall paintings
- Buy Tapisseries du Roi, où sont représentez les quatre éléments et les ... The Tapestries ordered by Louis XIV for Versailles
- Buy OSIANDER Harmonie Evagelicae libri quatuor, in quibus evangelica historia […]. Extremely rare edition of this Protestant book
- Buy NEGRI, Cesare Nuove inventioni di balli, opera vaghissima di Cesare Negri milanes... The earliest illustrated book on dancing
- Buy LA MOTTRAYE, Aubry de Voyages du Sieur A. de La Motraye, en Europe, Asie et Afrique. Où l... La Mottraye travelling with through Europe, Asia and Africa
- Buy NODIER Journal de l’Expédition des Portes de Fer rédigé par Charles Nodier... One of the rare copies not issued for sale of the Duke of Orleans' travel through Algeria
- Buy ORTELIUS, Abraham Theatro del mondo. Ortelius’ pocket-atlas
- Buy CASTELLI, P. / ALDINI, Tobie Exactissima descriptio rariorum quarundam plantarum, Que continentu... First edition of the "Hortus Farnesianus" by Aldini
- Buy D’ALLEMAGNE Les cartes à jouer du XIVe au XXe siècle. Packs of cards, art and history
- Buy LE PRIEUR, J.-C. Description d’une partie de la vallée de Montmorenci, Et de ses agr... The art of gardens
- Buy EDWARDS, George. A Natural History of Birds. A Natural History of Birds in reversed impresssion
- Buy LAGNIET, Jacques Recueil des plus illustres proverbes, divisés en trois livres, le p... The life, manners and proverbs of the French people in the reign of Louis XIII and Louis XIV
- Buy COPPOLA, Giovanni Carlo Le Nozze degli dei favola […] Rappresentata in Musica in Firenze ne... Italian festival book illustrated by S. della Bella
- Buy MERIGOT/ GIRARDIN Promenade ou itinéraire des Jardins d’Ermenonville, Auquel on a joi... The gardens of Ermenonville, place of retreat and inspiration of J-J. Rousseau
- Buy CORROZET, Gilles Les Antiquitez croniques et singularitez de Paris, ville Capitalle ... The Antiquitez de Paris by Corrozet
- Buy CATALOGUE D’INVENTAIRE D’OUTILS offerts à la vente vers... Catalogue of tools from the 19th century entirely drawn and hand-coloured
- Buy NEANDER, Johann Tabacologia : Hoc est Tabaci, seu Nicotianae Descriptio Medico-Chir... Tabacologia by Neander
- Buy AMMAN Icones Novi Testamenti A set of 93 engravings by Jost Amman. “His masterpiece”, in very attractive contemporary vellum.
- Buy DANIELL, Thomas et William A picturesque voyage to India "A picturesque voyage to India" by Daniell
- Buy PORCACCHI, Thomaso L’Isole piu famose del Mondo. "L'Isole piu famose del Mondo" by Porcacchi
- Buy CURIÖSER SPIEGEL Curiöser Spiegel, worinnen der gantze Lebenslauf des Menschen von d... Beautiful "Curiöser Spiegel", book about trades illustrated coloured for the children
- Buy MIRO, Joan Joan Miro et l’émancipation définitive de la queue du chat. First edition by Miro illustrated with three etchings
- Buy JAUFFRET, Louis-François. Les Charmes de l’Enfance, et les Plaisirs de l’amour maternel. “Les Charmes de l'Enfance”, illustrated by Monnet
- Buy ALKEN The National Sports of Great Britain. Chasse et amusemens nationaux... Hunting and horse racing illustrated by Alken
- Buy VISSCHER, Nicholas Speculum Zelandiae dat is Een Beschryvinge ofte Afbeelding der Sted... Visscher’s baroque atlas of the Netherlands
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- Buy LA SERRE, J. Puget de Histoire curieuse de tout ce qui s’est passé à l’entrée de la Reyne... Royal entry of Marie de Medici in exile in the Netherlands
- Buy Album Amicorum 40 watercolors engravings on various subjects
- Buy ENGELBRECHT, (Martin), WILL (John-Martin) Album de jeux, jouets et images enfantines de la famille Walch (158... Album of games, toys and pictures.
- Buy CERVANTES Vida y Hechos del Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha, compu... "Don Quixote de la Mancha", with the arms of the Princess of Lamballe.
- Buy CATALOGUE DE DÉGUISEMENTS POUR LE CARNAVAL, offerts à la vente en 1... Catalogue of costumes for the carnival
- Buy PINDER, Ulrich LA FRANCE EN MINIATURE "The France in miniature"
- Buy PIATTOLI, Giuseppe. Giuochi, Trattenimenti e Feste Annue che si costumano in Toscana e ... Games and entertainments by G. Piattoli
- Buy ENGLERT, D. Produit 60 coloured plates illustrating the twelve months of the year for children
- Buy CATALOGUE DE PARFUMS ET COSMETIQUES Rare and luxury sale catalogue of a perfumes and cosmetic products manufacturer
- Buy VOLTAIRE La Henriade "La Henriade" by Voltaire
- Buy ELLIS, Jean. Essai sur l’histoire naturelle des corallines, et d’autres producti... The best work dedicated to coral in the 18th century
- Buy MENON Nouveau traité de la cuisine, Avec de nouveaux desseins de tables e... Treatise on Gastronomy by Menon
- Buy CHIFFLET, Jean-Jacques Lilium Francicum, veritate historica, botanica, et heraldic illustr... Rare first edition of this beautiful illustrated work about lily
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- Buy RACINE, Jean Œuvres Final edition of Racine's Works
- Buy L’HISTOIRE DU NOBLE ET TRES VAILLANT ROY ALEXANDRE LE GRAND, jadis ... Illustrated edition of this romance of chivalry relating the history of Alexander the Great
- Buy CERVANTES Histoire de l’admirable Don Quichotte de la Manche. Complete works of Cervantes
- Buy BOYS, Thomas Shotter. Picturesque architecture in Paris. Very beautiful work entirely chromolithographed dedicated to the architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen, Chartres…
- Buy MONNIER, Henry. Mœurs parisiennes. Monnier's Moeurs parisiennes
- Buy RICHON / ROZE Atlas des champignons comestibles et vénéneux de la France et des p... Atlas of the comestible and toadstool mushrooms
- Buy REDOUTE, Pierre-Joseph Les Roses peintes par J.P. Redouté. 182 Roses by Redouté
- Buy Poésie libre de Piron, Voltaire, Grécourt, etc. [Suivi de] : Recuei... A “licentious unica” with a flaunted eroticism of a gripping modernity
- Buy BONNART, Nicolas et Robert. BERAIN, Jean et LEPAUTRE J. Recueil de costumes. Important and rare collection of costumes from the 17th century
- Buy SAITO GESSHIN Edo Meisho zue. (= Illustration des sites célèbres de la ville d’Edo). First edition of the best description of the city of Edo (the current Tokyo), the largest city in the world in the middle of the 19th century
- Buy LABORDE, Alexandre Louis-Joseph, comte de Description d’un pavé en mosaïque découvert dans l’ancienne ville d... Rare first edition of this superb work of which only 160 copies were printed
- Buy RECUEIL DE GOUACHES DU CHÂTEAU DE CHENONCEAU Original collection painted in gouache in the XVIIIth century coming from the chateau de Chenonceau
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- Buy SERRES, Olivier de Le Théâtre d’agriculture et Mesnage des champs […] Ici est représen... The first great French treatise on agronomy
- Buy LEFEBVRE. DURUFLE, Jacques Noël. BONINGTON. FIELDING. Excursion sur les côtes et dans les ports de Normandie. The most beautiful book dedicated to Norman coasts in the reign of Charles X
- Buy MUNSTER, Sebastian Compositio horologiorum, in plano, muro, truncis, anulo, con concav... First edition of the first treatise on sundials given by Sebastian Münster
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- Buy DU FOUILLOUX, Jacques La Venerie et Fauconnerie de Iaques dv Fouilloux, Jean de Franchier... First edition to gather Hunting and Hawking by Jacques du Fouilloux.
- Buy FAERNE, Gabriel Fabulae centum ex antiquis auctoribus delectae… One of the most beautiful Italian fable books
- Buy MOREAU LE JEUNE. Collection des drapeaux de l’armée nationale parisienne faits dans ... The flags of the Parisian districts drawn by Moreau le Jeune
- Buy PEINTURE CHINOISE EN ROULEAU REPRÉSENTANT UN CORTÈGE DE MARIAGE. Procession of a luxurious wedding on Chinese scroll painting in the 19th century
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- Buy GOEZMANN, Louis Valentin de Histoire politique des grandes querelles entre l’Empereur Charles V... First edition of the best historical work of Louis Valentin Goezmann
- Buy PISO, Willem et MARCGRAF, Georg Historia naturalis Brasiliae, Auspicio et Beneficio Illustriss. I. ... “The only illustrated work on Brazilian natural history”
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- Buy ALCIAT Diverse Imprese Accomodate a diverse moralità, con versi che i loro... Rare edition of this illustrated book of emblems
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- Buy LE CORGNE, Marie-Louise Histoire naturelle. Botanique. Superb and precious handwritten herbarium entirely calligraphed
- Buy OLINA, Giovanni Pietro Vccelliera overo discorso della natura, e proprieta di diversi vcce... One of the great Italian hunting books
- Buy LAMARTINE, Alphonse Jocelyn. Episode. First illustrated edition of this “major work” by Lamartine
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- Buy RAMELLI Le diverse et artificiose machine del capitano Agostino Ramelli. The most important illustrated technical treatise from the 16th century
- Buy ZEISING, H. Theatri machinarum… Zeising’s theater of inventions
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- Buy ALBUM D’AQUARELLES SUR L’INDE. ALBUM DES MÉTIERS. Unique and precious Indian collection of 60 watercolours
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- Buy HARDIVILLER Souvenirs des Highlands ; Voyage à la suite de Henri V en 1832 par ... The journey of the Count of Chambord emigrated in the Highlands
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- Buy GRASSET Histoire des Quatre Fils Aymon, tres Nobles et tres Vaillans Cheval... The most beautilful illustrated edition of Histoire des quatre fils d'Aymon
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- Buy BONNART. MARIETTE. ENGELBRECHT. Recueil de portraits et de costumes de l’époque de Louis XIV. Superb compilation of costumes engravings entirely illuminated
- Buy Recueil d’aquarelles sur l’Inde Precious and unique album of watercolors about India
- Buy Magne de Marolles, G.F. La Chasse au fusil, ouvrage divisé en deux parties contenant :La pr... “Complete first edition. This book is the first French book devoted exclusively to the hunting rifle and the gun hunting...” (Thiébaud, 621-622)
- Buy [CHARPENTIER, Henri] [Recueil des costumes de la Bretagne et des contrées de la France... Superb suite of costumes of men and women coming from many departments of France and more particularly of Brittany.
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- Buy CERVANTES Histoire de l’admirable Don Quichotte de la Manche.
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- Buy Guignes, Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de. Voyages à Peking, Manille et l’Ile de France, faits Dans l’interval... First edition of this fascinating travel account to China printed of the imperial presses in 1808.
- Buy RIDINGER, Johannes-Elias. Fürstenlust… Parfaite & exacte Representation des Divertissemen... First editions of Ridinger's major work "Fürstenlust", and "Contemplatio Ferarum Bestiarum".
- Buy Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques-Henri Paul et Virginie Precious copy belonging to the very luxurious issue, in large folio with colored figures.
- Buy KNOOP, Johann Hermann Pomologia, dat is beschryvingen en afbeeldingen van de beste soorte... First editions of Knoop’s treatises on fruit trees.
- Buy JOURNAL DES DAMES ET DES MODES. The Journal des Modes (Fashion magazine) of the Empire illustrated with 864 etchings finely contemporary hand-colored, in very fresh contemporary bindings.
- Buy Le Prince, Xavier. Les Jeux des Jeunes Garçons Représentés en 25 gravures à l’aquatint... Children’s games painted under the Restoration by the painter Xavier Leprince in 25 paintings enhanced with watercolor.
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- Buy OVIDE / OVID Metamorphoseos libri moralizati. [Commentaires par Lactantius Placi... First illustrated edition from Lyons of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, illustrated with 16 beautiful woodcuts in first issue.
- Buy Hancarville, Hugues, dit d'. Monumens de la vie privée des douze Césars d’après une suite ... The famous erotica from Louis XVI’s century illustrated with 100 erotic engravings, lavishly bounded in citron mosaic morocco.
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- Buy TORY, Geoffroy. Bréviaire. The breviary of the Benedictine nuns of Saint Susan illustrated by Geoffroy Tory in 1533, decorated with gorgeous fanfare binding from the 16th century in a perfect state of con...
- Buy Vecellio, Cesare. Corona delle nobili et virtuose donne. Libro primo […secondo… terzo... 80 pieces of Venetian embroidery drawn by Titian’s disciple, printed for the author. A beautiful copy, preserved in its contemporary vellum binding.
- Buy Album pintoresco de la isla de Cuba. One of the few testimonies of daily life in Cuba in the 19th century, illustrated with 27 chromolithographs.
- Buy Engelbrecht, Martin. Assemblage nouveau des Manouvriers habilles – Neu-eröffnete Samlung... The 84 « Men and Women dressed with their professional ustensils » by Martin Engelbrecht in contemporary coloring.
- Buy PATTE. Monumens érigés en France à la gloire de Louis XV, Précédés d’un Ta... The Monuments erected in France for the glory of King Louis XV of France. Presentation copy bound for King Louis XV of France.
- Buy ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques Lettres de deux amans, Habitans d’une petite Ville au pied des Alpe... First French edition, first edition for sale in France of La Nouvelle Héloïse and first edition of the Recueil d’estampes pour la Nouvelle Héloïse.
- Buy NERCIAT, Andréa de. Félicia ou mes Fredaines. Superb illustrated edition of the first erotic novel by André de Nerciat.
- Buy ROZIER, abbé François. Mémoire sur La meilleure manière de faire & de gouverner les Vi... Very rare first edition of this excellent report on the art of making Provence wines.
- Buy BLUMENSTRAUSS Für Musen und Menschen Freunde zum Neujahrsgeschenke 1808. Very rare Empire binding with musicians, painted on enamel.
- Buy DORE, Gustave. La Ménagerie parisienne. First issue of the 24 lithographs composing the "Ménagerie parisienne" by Gustave Doré, caricaturing Parisians under Napoleon III.
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- Buy MOCQUET DE MEAUX, Jean. Voyages en Afrique, Asie, Indes orientales, & Occidentales… div... Mocquet’s travel to America, the Indies and Africa in very rare contemporary hand-colouring.
- Buy Le Hay. Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant... The most beautiful book about the nations of the Levant illustrated with 102 watercolored engravings.
- Buy Torelli, Giacomo. Scene e machine preparate alle Nozze dit Teti… Décorations et... An exceptional collection of Baroque sets of theatre, architecture and decoration, engraved in first issue under the Regency of Anne of Austria and preserved in its contemporar...
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- Buy Il callotto resuscitato. Il callotto resuscitato oder neu eingerichtes zwerchen Cabinet. Precious and very rare first complete edition of one of the best German illustrated books of the baroque period, in the rococo style, printed in Augsburg about 1710, inspired b...
- Buy CANAL, Giovanni Antonio, "Il Canaletto" (artiste) et BRUSTOLON Giambattista (graveur). Prospectuum aedium, Viarumque insigniorum Urbis Venetiarum Nautico ... The most beautiful suite by Canaletto and Brustolon to appear on the market since half a century.
- Buy GAU, Francisque-Christian. Antiquités de la Nubie, ou Monumens inédits des bords du Nil, situé... First and unique edition of this impressive “reference work on antique art, culture and architecture of the Nile Valley”.
- Buy HERBIN, Auguste F.J. Développemens des principes de la langue arabe moderne, suivis d’un... First and only edition of Herbin's Arabic grammar sought-after for its essay on calligraphy and for its plates.
- Buy PAAW, Petrus. Galerie de Rubens, dite du Luxembourg : ouvrage composé de vingt-ci... Superb collection of 24 paintings dedicated by Rubens to Marie de Medici’s life and intended to decorate the Luxembourg Palace.
- Buy [BIBLE]. Biblia cum concordantiis veteris novi testameti sacrouca…[In ... Fine edition of this rare illustrated bible elegantly printed in 1518 on Jacques Sacon’s (1472-1530) presses of Lyons for the famous German printer Anton Koberger, printer o...
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- Buy SAINT-NON,J.-C. Richard de & VIVANT DENON,Dominique. Voyage Pittoresque à Naples et en Sicile, par J.-C. Richard de Sain... One of the masterpieces of illustrated book, very rare in its uniform contemporary binding. One of the most sumptuous works on Italy, enlarged with new plates.
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- Buy LEFEBVRE-DURUFLÉ Jacques Noël / BONINGTON / FIELDING, Théodore. Excursion sur les côtes et dans les ports de Normandie. The most beautiful book dedicated to Norman coasts during the reign of Charles X, illustrated with 40 sumptuous contemporary watercolored aquatints.
- Buy FRIDOLIN, Stephan Der Schatzbehalter oder schrein der wahren Reichtümer des Heils und... First edition of the Schatzbehalter - Nuremberg 1491 - one of the most beautiful gothic incunabula, preserved in its contemporary binding.
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- Buy DELLILE, Jacque. Les Jardins. Poëme. Rare and beautiful specimen of “en vernis Martin binding” recovering a book printed by Herhan with his new method of stereotyping.
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- Buy MILLER, Philip. Figures Of the most Beautiful, Useful, and Uncommon plants describe... Superb first edition of the botanist Philip Miller (1691-1771) illustrated with 300 full-page plates hand-colored at the time.
- Buy DEBUCOURT, Philippe-Louis. Modes et Manières du Jour à Paris, à la fin du 18eme Siècle et au C... "It is the most interesting and also the rarest collection of fashion so characteristic from the beginning of the 19th century” (Colas, Bibliographie des costumes et de la mode,...
- Buy ROZIER, Abbé Jean. Nouveau cours complet d’agriculture théorique et pratique, contenan... The sumptuous dedication copy printed on large vellum paper, in contemporary green morocco, with the arms and armorial pieces of the Duchess de Berry, wife of the Duke of Berry,...
- Buy MUSSET, Alfred de. Œuvres. Precious and delightful copy printed on China paper of Alfred de Musset’s Works.
- Buy MOROKOSHI MEISHO ZUE. 唐土名所図絵 (= Description illustrée des lieux célèbres de la Chine). Very rare first edition of the best description of China’s famous places at the beginning of the 19th century, illustrated with 250 woodcuts.
- Buy BOUCHER, François / LONDERSEEL, Assuerus van / BOUCHARDON, Edme. Les cris de Paris. Unique and remarkable collection of 192 engravings from the 18th century from Edouard Rahir’s library, bound at the time for the King Louis XV or his close entourage, gathering...
- Buy HOLMES, Samuel. Voyage en Chine et en Tartarie, à la suite de l’ambassade de Lord M... First edition of this compilation of first French translations related to the mission of Lord Macartney to China.
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- Buy MERIGOT. Promenades ou itinéraires des Jardins de Chantilly, Orné d’un Plan ... First edition of the Jardins de Chantilly, printed on large vellum paper, preserved in its contemporary inlaid binding.
- Buy LIVRE D’HEURES A L’USAGE D’AMIENS. Shimmering illuminated manuscript of high quality, evocative of the Abbeville painting from the 1480s.
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- Buy SOWERBY, James. Coloured figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms First edition of one of the most beautiful works on mycology, illustrated with 440 plates delicately hand-colored at the time.
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- Buy BAR, Jacques-Charles [Giacomo Carlo Rabelli]. Mascarades Monastiques et Religieuses de toutes les Nations du Glob... First edition belonging to the deluxe issue on vellum paper illustrated, a very rare condition, with 55 engravings (25 in contemporary colors - 30 in black) including 3 in tripl...
- Buy ARNAULT, Antoine-Vincent. Les Souvenirs et les regrets du vieil amateur dramatique, ou Lettre... Very beautiful copy preserved in its elegant romantic blind-stamped binding by Thouvenin.
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- Sold KRAFFT, Jean-Charles. Constructions, plans et décorations des Jardins de France, d’Anglet... Very sought-after definitive edition of the Constructions, plans et décorations des Jardins de France, d’Angleterre et d’Allemagne
- Sold WEINMANN, Jean Guillaume. Phytanthoza Iconographia, sive conspectus Aliquot millium, tam Indi... One of the most important baroque herbarium illustrated with 1 025 plates in superb contemporary colors.
- Sold FERRARI, Jean-Baptiste Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum cultura et usu Libri Quatuor First edition of one of the most beautiful baroque botanical books.
- Sold PERRAULT, Charles Contes des Fées, par Ch. Perrault, de l’Académie française. Contena... First collective and definitive edition of the Contes de Perrault “including, in addition to the previous one from 1742, Donkey Skin, in prose and verse’, Griselidis and The Ri...
- Sold DESCOURTILZ, Jean-Théodore Ornithologie brésilienne ou histoire des oiseaux du Brésil, remarqu... This work describes 164 species of tropical birds through 48 superb plates in color.
- Sold Langlès, Louis. Monuments anciens et modernes de l’Hindoustan, décrits sous le doub... First edition of this "very sought-after work illustrated with 3 maps and 144 engraved plates" which offers a complete description of Hindustan.
- Sold NAPOLEON Ier - COMOLLI, J. B. Projet d’une fontaine publique. Remarkable presentation copy printed on large imperial paper offered to the Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821). Parma, Bodoni, 1808.
- Sold [RECUEIL DE GOUACHES]. Recueil d’images peintes à la gouache [Scrapbook]. Spectacular collection of 18th century images painted in gouache and enhanced with gold, preserved in its original binding.
- Sold REDOUTE, Pierre-Joseph Les Roses par P. J. Redouté, peintre de fleurs, Dessinateur en titr... Precious and rare copy of the first edition of Redouté’s Roses, complete with the 171 engravings in two states, including the colored one.
- Sold MADAME D'AULNOY. Les Contes des Fées par Madame d’Aulnoy. Very rare and precious edition of the Fairy Tales of Madame d’Aulnoy, the creator of the French fairy tale, even rarer than the one of Perrault’s tales.
- Sold BRANDT, Sébastien. [La Nef des Fous]. Stultifera Navis. “The most beautiful incunabular edition illustrated with 118 woodcuts printed on 8 March 1498” (Brunet, I, 1204). The illustration is attributed to Albrecht Durer by Erwin Panof...
- Sold GREGOIRE, Gaspard. Explication des cérémonies de la Fête-Dieu d’Aix-en-Provence, Ornée... The Corpus Christi procession and celebrations in Aix en Provence printed in Aix in 1777.
- Sold TERTII bergomatis, Francisci. Pictoris aulici Austriacæ gentis imaginum. Gaspar. Patavinus, incisor. Spectacular Renaissance masterpiece of the art of Parisian binding executed towards the year 1569 with a completely unusual dimension “567 x 422 mm”, combining to mosaic morocco...
- Sold GIRALDI, Giulioano. Esequie d’Arrigo Quarto Cristianissimo Re di Francia, e di Na... The death of King Henry IV had given rise to one of these imposing funeral ceremonies which the Medici had made a specialty of, ceremony of which Giraldi's work perpetuated the ...
- Sold GAZZADI, Domenico. Zoologia Morale esposta in cento venti discorsi in versi o in prosa... First edition of the rarest Italian book of zoology illustrated with color plates.
- Sold BOCCACE. Il Decamerone di M. Giovanni Boccacio. "The proofs of the figures and especially the tail-pieces are generally more beautiful in the Italian edition than in the French edition”. (Cohen, 260).
- Sold CHEVREUL, Michel Eugène (1786-1889). De la loi du contraste simultané des couleurs, et de l’assort... First edition of this color theory’s founding text, extremely influential on arts.
- Sold BECQUEREL, Edmond. La Lumière, ses causes et ses effets. “The most interesting monograph on light” illustrated with 76 figures and 8 plates out of pagination.
- Sold BUFFON, Georges-Louis-Marie Le Clerc, comte de. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux. First issue of Buffon’s Natural History of Birds illustrated with 973 contemporary illuminated engravings preserved in its contemporary red morocco binding.
- Sold ARGOTE DE MOLINA, Gonzalo. Libro, dela Monteria que mando escrevir el muy alto y muy poderoso ... First edition of the first Spanish book on hunting in the New World decorated with 35 woodcuts.
- Sold BRETON DE LA MARTINIERE, Jean-Baptiste Joseph. L’Égypte et la Syrie, ou Mœurs, Usages, Costumes et Monumens des Ég... Egypt and Syria illustrated with 84 hand-coloured plates, bound in superb contemporary morocco signed by Chilliat, binder from the First Empire.
- Sold OVIDE. Les Métamorphoses, en latin et en françois, De la Traduction de M. ... Les Métamorphoses d’Ovide illustrated by François Boucher, Eisen, Gravelot, Monnet.
- Sold SALERNE, François. L’Histoire naturelle éclaircie dans une de ses parties princi... French first edition of the ornithology of Salerne (1706-1760).
- Sold ADANSON, Michel. Histoire et description de plusieurs plantes tant indigènes qu’exot... Original botanical manuscript of great scientific interest, calligraphed, drawn and water colored in the year 1768 in the Dominican Dijon abbey following the method of Michel Ad...
- Sold CAUS, Salomon de. Hortus Palatinus a Friderico Rege Boemiae Electore Palatino Heidelb... First edition of this exceedingly scarce work on the landscaped gardens and architecture designed by Salomon de Caus for the elector palatinate Frederick V.
- Sold LEWIN, William. The Birds of Great-Britain, with their Eggs, accurately figured. First edition of the “rarest of all English bird books” (Fine Bird books), one of only 60 luxurious copies illustrated with 323 original full-page gouaches.
- Sold IGUCHI TSUNENORI. Tenmon Zukai (=Explication de l’Astronomie au moyen de figures). Rare first edition of the first astronomical book to be published in Japan, illustrated with 50 woodcuts.
- Sold COCKBURN, James Pattison Major. Views to illustrate the route of Mont Cenis. Drawn from nature, by ... First edition of this rare album gathering 50 views of the Alps drawn from life by the Major-general Cockburn at the very beginning of the 19th century.
- Sold BUFFON, Georges Marie Leclerc, comte de. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière avec la description du ... The precious complete series of Buffon’s Birds illustrated with 262 engravings.
- Sold RHODES, Alexandre de. Divers voyages et missions en la Chine, & autres Royaumes de l’... Precious copy dedicated to Queen Anne of Austria (1601-1660) of the first edition of journeys to the Far East by Alexander of Rhodes (1591-1660).
- Sold BELON, Pierre. Les Observations de plusieurs singularitez & choses memorables,... Belon's travels in Orient.
- Sold LA FONTAINE, Jean de Fables choisies mises en vers par J. de La Fontaine. Undoubtedly the most spectacular and prestigious copy of La Fontaine's Fables illustrated by Oudry
- Sold POUGET FILS. Traité des pierres précieuses et de la manière de les employer en p... First edition of the most beautiful French book on jewelry, precious stones and the art of adornment published in the Age of Enlightenment, with 79 plates coloured at the time, ...
- Sold SUN TZU / AMIOT, Joseph. Art militaire des Chinois, ou recueil d’anciens traités sur la guer... First edition and first European edition of the famous Art of War by the Chinese strategist Sun Tzu (544-496 B.B.) “a work of wide-ranging influence on both Eastern and Western ...
- Sold LAMARCK, Jean-Baptiste de / MIRBEL, Charles-François Brisseau de. Histoire naturelle des végétaux, classés par familles, Avec la cita... Complete first edition of Lamarck’s Histoire naturelle des végétaux.
- Sold FIELDING, Henry. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. Precious copy of Tom Jones adorned with 12 beautiful contemporary hand-coloured figures.
- Sold SCHEDEL, Hartmann. Liber Chronicarum. First edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle illustrated with 1809 incunabular woodcuts in first issue.
- Sold BRY, Théodore de / PIGAFETTA, Filippo. Regnum Congo est Vera descriptio regni Africani, quod tam ab incoli... Very rare account of a journey to Congo undertaken at the end of the 16th century whose abundant illustration is of the highest interest both on the ethnographic and geographi...
- Sold ZOCCHI, Giuseppe. Scelta di XXIV Vedute delle principali Contrade, Piazze, Chiese e P... Superb copy printed on large Holland paper of the “Zocchi”, the most beautiful engraved and illustrated book about Florence.
- Sold APULEE. De l’Ane d’ore, XI livres. Traduit en Franços par J. Louveau d’Orlé... The delicious copy of the Comte de Lignerolles, bound in antique morocco, of "L'Ane d'or" by Apulée.
- Sold SAURIN, Jacques [- ROQUES, - BEAUSOBRE, Ch.-L.]. Discours historiques, critiques, théologiques et moraux, sur les ev... The famous Saurin’s Bible illustrated by the best Flemish artists of the time.
- Sold COLONNA, Francesco Hypnerotomachie ou Discours du Songe de Poliphile, Deduisant comme ... The « Songe de Poliphile », one of the landmark works of Renaissance illustrated literature.
- Sold CORNUT, Jacques-Philippe. Canadensium plantarum, Historia. Cui adiectum est ad calcem enchiri... First edition of the first book on the flora of Canada.
- Sold MORDANT DE LAUNAY, Jean-Claude-Michel / LOISELEUR-DESLONCHAMPS, Jean-Louis-Auguste. Herbier général de l’amateur, contenant la description, l’histoire,... 575 superb plates of flowers contemporary hand-colored by Pancrace Bessa, Redouté’s student.
- Sold GUALTEROTTI, Raffaello. Feste nelle nozze Del Serenissimo Don Francesco Medici Gran duca di... The account of Francis I and Bianca Cappello’s wedding celebrated in Florence in 1579 sumptuously illustrated by Raffaello Gualterotti.
- Sold BRUCE, James. Voyage aux sources du Nil, en Nubie et en Abyssinie, Pendant les an... « One can notice inside Bruce’s accounts some events so extraordinary that they often look like novels. The exactness of several facts that was at first contested was however a...
- Sold Maniere de bastir Pour touttes fortes de personnes par Pierre le Mu... The great architectural work of Pierre Le Muet (1591-1669) in 106 full-page engravings.
- Sold La Morosophie… Contenant Cent Emblèmes moraux, illustrez de Cent Te... First issue of the 101 vignettes inside beautiful frames illustrating scenes of everyday life.
- Sold LA CONDAMINE, Charles-Marie de Relation abrégée d’un voyage fait dans l’intérieur de l... First edition of this remarkable account by La Condamine of the first scientific descent of the Amazon.
- Sold FRANCE, Anatole. Thaïs. Quinze compositions dont un frontispice en couleurs par Geor... An interesting set of two works by Anatole France finely illustrated by Georges Rochegrosse and Maurice Lalau.
- Sold La Gerusalemme liberata. Magnificent illustrated edition of The freed Jerusalem illustrated with 20 superb full-page figures and two frontispieces.
- Sold WARBURTHON, William. Essai sur les hiéroglyphes des Égyptiens, où l’on voit l̵... « Diderot's Lettre sur les sourds et muets (1751) was also influenced by the ‘Essai sur les hiéroglyphes’.
- Sold RACINE, Jean Œuvres. The most beautiful illustrated edition of the 18th century of Racine’s Works bound in contemporary red morocco.
- Sold SALERNE, François. L’Histoire naturelle éclaircie dans une de ses parties princi... French first edition of Salerne's (1706-1760) ornithology.
- Sold MANUSCRIT ENLUMINE decorated with 9 large miniatures. Very pleasant illuminated manuscript for the use of a Norman diocese, decorated with 9 large miniatures.
- Sold LA FONTAINE, Jean de Fables. Avec les dessins de Gustave Doré. One of only ten printed on China in 1867.
- Sold [CATALOGUE DE PAPIERS PEINTS]. [CATALOGUE OF WALLPAPERS]. Fabrique de Papiers Peints. Very interesting catalog of 234 samples of wallpapers offered for sale at the turn of the 20th century by the Parisian company Barbedienne.
- Sold CLAMORGAN, Jean de. La Chasse du loup. Nécessaire a la maison rustique. Par Jean de Cla... Precious Lyon edition of La Chasse du loup illustrated with 14 very beautiful woodcuts.