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• Buy REDOUTE, Pierre-Joseph Les Roses par P. J. Redouté, peintre de fleurs, Dessinateur en titr... The masterpiece of the "Raphael of Flowers” and one of the rare copies of the deluxe edition in folio format.
• Buy Instrumens Aratoires inventés, perfectionnés, dessinés et gravés, P... “The agricultural revolution” due to new agricultural tools, bound and offered to Tsar Alexander I of Russia, grandson of Catherine the Great.
• Buy Le Couronnement du roy François premier de ce nom. Voyage τ conques... Edition originale relatant la bataille de Marignan et la Campagne d’Italie de François Ier.
• Buy LAVANHA, João Baptista. Viagem da Catholica Real Magestade del Rey D. Filipepe II n.s. Ao R... Extremely rare first edition of this book describing the festivities that surrounded the entry of Philip III of Spain (1578-1621) to Lisbon in 1619.
• Buy GRINGORE, Pierre Notables enseignemens adages et proverbes faitz & composez par... Extremely rare second original edition of Les Notables enseignements by Pierre Gringore, published during the author's lifetime.
• Buy SABATIER DE CASTRES, Abbé Les trois Siècles de la Littérature française ou tableau de l’espri... The precious volumes of Queen Marie-Antoinette bound in Versailles by Fournier, intended for her personal library at the Petit Trianon with the monogram C.T. at the tail of the...
• Buy BOECKLER, George André. Architectura curiosa nova. First edition of the 200 engravings by Boeckler, dedicated to the fountains, gardens and castles of baroque Europe, in contemporary vellum.
• Buy KNORR, Georg Wolfgang et WALCH Johann Ernst Immanuel Recueil de monumens des catastrophes que le globe de la terre a ess... First French edition - more sought after than the German first edition - illustrated with 273 magnificent hand-colored engravings of fossils.
• Buy 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.
• Buy RONSARD, Pierre de Les Amours de P. de Ronsard Vandomois, nouvellement augmentées par ... First edition of "L'Ode à Cassandre".
• Buy LINDLEY, Thomas Voyage au Brésil ; où l’on trouve la description du pays, de ses pr... First French edition "rarer than the first English " according to Borba de Moraes.
• Buy SEGUR, Madame la comtesse de (Sophie). François le Bossu. Rare first edition of this famous novel by the Comtesse de Ségur.
• Buy MÉON, Dominique Martin. Le Roman du Renart publié d’après les Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque... The first printing of the Roman de Renart in its original language.
• Buy JOINVILLE, Jehan Sire de. Histoire de Saint Louis. Les Annales de son règne, par Guillaume de... First edition printed by the Imprimerie Royale of "the first example of testimonial literature".
• Buy LABÉ, Louise. Œuvres de Louise Charly dite Labé surnommée la belle cordière. Precious copy of this very rare edition.
• Buy 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.
• Buy BOSSE, Abraham Les cinq sens : L’ouïe – la vue – l’odorat – le goût – le toucher. The masterpiece of Abraham Bosse.
• Buy BOTON, Pierre. La Camille de Pierre Boton, Masconnois. Ensemble les resveries ... One of the rarest novelistic and poetic first editions of the 16th century.
• Buy CAUSE, Hendrick. De Koninglycke hovener aanwyzende De Middelen om Boomen, Bloemen en... Flowers, fruit and gardens from the Dutch golden age. Stunning first issue of 55 prints.
• Buy BUCHOZ, Pierre-Joseph Première centurie de planches enluminées et non enluminées représen... The copy of the Countess Sophie Potocka bound in contemporary Parisian morocco.
• Buy NICOLAY, Nicolas de. Le Navigationi et Viaggi, fatti nella Turchia, di Nicolo de Nicolai... Rare Venetian edition.
• Buy [PAPILLON DE LA FERTÉ, Denis-Pierre-Jean]. Extrait des différens ouvrages publiés sur la vie des peintres. First edition of this "portable directory" dedicated to painters and their schools of painting.