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Image for Nouveau Guide de Florence et ses Environs, Compris la Vallombrosa, Alvernia et Camaldule, avec la Description de la Galerie des Statues et de Celle du Palais Pitti, du Gabinet Physique Ec. Ec., Ornee de Vues et Statues Plan de la Ville et Carte de la Toscane.

Nouveau Guide de Florence et ses Environs, Compris la Vallombrosa, Alvernia et Camaldule, avec la Description de la Galerie des Statues et de Celle du Palais Pitti, du Gabinet Physique Ec. Ec., Ornee de Vues et Statues Plan de la Ville et Carte de la Toscane.

By: N/A

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Florence, Chez Gaspard Ricci Marchand Libraire: 1844

Seller ID: 2198748

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

New edition. Boards toned and lightly rubbed, front and end matter foxed, a few text pages foxed, owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1844 Hard Cover. 293, 210 pp. 12mo. French text. A 19th century guide to Florence. Two fold-out maps precede text, engraved illustrations and drawings in text.
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Description de la Ville de Florence

By: N/A

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Florence, Au Cabinet a l'Enseigne de Pallas, Pres le Canto de' Pazzi, Rue Balestrieri.: 1819

Seller ID: 2198753

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

Wrapper beginning to split along front joint, minor loss from spine, handwritten title on spine, ink name on front wrapper. 1819 Soft Cover. 171, [1], xxiv, [173]-178 pp. Printed wrappers. French text. An early 19th century guide to Florence, with fold-out map opposite title page.
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Image for Description de la Ville de Milan et de Ses Environs, Compris la Chartreuse Pres de Pavie et Excursions de Cette Capitale aux Lacs de Como, de Lugano, au Lac Majeur et a Varese, Exposees a l'Usage des Voyageurs, Accompagnees des Instructions et des Notices Nécessaires aux Etrangers qui se Proposent d'Examiner les Objets Interessans, que Presente Cette Belle Partie de la Lombardie

Description de la Ville de Milan et de Ses Environs, Compris la Chartreuse Pres de Pavie et Excursions de Cette Capitale aux Lacs de Como, de Lugano, au Lac Majeur et a Varese, Exposees a l'Usage des Voyageurs, Accompagnees des Instructions et des Notices Nécessaires aux Etrangers qui se Proposent d'Examiner les Objets Interessans, que Presente Cette Belle Partie de la Lombardie

By: N/A

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Milan, Chez Epimaque et Pascal Artaria: 1834

Seller ID: 2199179

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Nicely rebound - red cloth spine, paper over boards, gilt titles. Small stamp of Peabody Library appears twice inside, with their number on title page, owner bookplate on front endpaper, ink initials on half-title page. 1834 Hard Cover. 264, viii pp. 12mo. French text. Includes two fold-out maps and a fold-out engraving of the Duomo di Milano. A 19th century guide to Milan focusing on local architecture and other picturesque site-seeing opportunities.
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Objectif Paris: Images de la Ville a Travers Cinq Collections Photographiques Parisiennes

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Phileas Frog Paris Musees: 2003

Seller ID: 2202734

ISBN: 2879008085

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Text in English and French. Page very faintly toned. 2003 Soft Cover. 142 pp. Text in English and French. Can anyone every capture Paris? Through the magificent visual journey that is prposed to use, we can find at once the high moments of History and the simplicity of common life, the great portraits of the capital as well as its metamorphoses. Reflected by the masters of yesterday or the photographers of today, the urban landscapes appeal to us like so many inner landscapes and moments of emotion.
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Cinq Siecles D'Imprimerie a Geneve, 1478-1978 [Five Centuries of Printing in Geneva] [FRENCH TEXT]

By: N/A

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Geneve, Impremeries Populaires et Kundig a Geneve: 1978

Seller ID: 2304110

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Front joint repaired. 1978 Large Hardcover. French text. Red boards with gilt decor. Red ribbon. Pages d'histoire composees, illustrees, imprimees et reliees, par des maitres et compagnons en hommage aux praticiens d'un noble corps de metier. [Pages of history composed, illustrated, printed and linked, by masters and companions in homage to the practitioners of a noble profession.]
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Image for The Trial of John Peltier, Esq. for a Libel against Napoleon Buonaparte, First Consul of the French Republic, at the Court of King's-Bench, Middlesex, on Monday the 21st of February, 1803.

The Trial of John Peltier, Esq. for a Libel against Napoleon Buonaparte, First Consul of the French Republic, at the Court of King's-Bench, Middlesex, on Monday the 21st of February, 1803.

By: Adams, James; Mackintosh, James

Price: $150.00

Publisher: London, Printed by Cox, Son, and Baylis... for M. Peltier: 1803

Seller ID: 2305162

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

French and English text. Hinges weakening with first gathering loosening, boards lightly soiled and discolored. 1803 Hard Cover. xxxii, 312, clii pp. 4to. Blind-stamped brown cloth with cloth title label affixed (the label is likely newer, as it does not match the style of the rest). An account of the trial of John Peltier, who published a journal called L'Ambigu after fleeing France for England in the late 18th century. He was charged with libel, specifically for his criticisms of Napoleon, and was found guilty despite a spirited effort by Sir James Mackintosh in his defense ('His greatest p...
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Physiology des Passions, ou Nouvelle Doctrine des Sentimens Moraux.

By: Alibert, J.-L. [Jean-Louis]

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Paris, Chez Bechet Jeune, Libraire: 1827

Seller ID: 2305440

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Good

Second edition, revised and enlarged (corrigee et augmentee). Spines repaired, boards lightly rubbed, faintly foxed throughout. 1827 Half-Leather. Complete in two volumes. xc, 384; [4], 552 pp. 8vo. Leather spines over marbled boards, marbled edges. 16 engraved plates. A work on the psychology of morals by a prominent physician best known for pioneering researches in dermatology (see several titles in Garrison-Morton).
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Atlas de Prehistoire, Tome I: Generalites--Methodes en Prehistoire [Prehistory, Volume I: General - Methods in Prehistory] (French Text)

By: Alimen, H.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: .: 1965

Seller ID: 2289276

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

a few light smudges on front wrapper, ink stamp and pencil name on front flyleaf, faint stain. 1965 Soft Cover. 185 pp. Text in French. Includes 97 figures, 16 black-and-white plates, 4 color plates, and a fold-out map. Collection L'Homme et Ses Origines [collection man and his origins]. Stations Prehistoriques - Methodes en Prehistoire - Chronologie - Matieres Premieres et Techniques - Archeologie Prehistorique de L'Europe: Paleolithque; Mesolithique; Neolithique; Metaux; Vie des Hommes Prehistoriques [Prehistoric Stations - Methods in Prehistory - Chronology - Raw Materials and Techniques - ...
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Tresor des Anciens Jesuites (Bulletin No. 153, No. 43 de la Serie Anthropologie)

By: Barbeau, Marius

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Musee National du Canada: 1957

Seller ID: 2276391

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Inscribed to Hella Sachs and signed by author on title page. This volume was acquired from the personal library of Julian Street, Jr., Hella's husband. Edges rubbed. 1957 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. xv, [1], 242 pp. French text. The title translates to 'Treasure of the Old Jesuits'. A study of artifacts left by the Jesuits, who colonized portions of Canada during the 17th century. Barbeau, considered the founder of Canadian anthropology, was a Rhodes Scholar and advocate of the preservation and celebration of the traditions of native peoples.
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Cote, Sculpteur Sur Bois (Memoires de la Societe Royale du Canada, Troisieme Series - 1942, Tome XXXVI [36]) [Jean-Baptiste Côté]

By: Barbeau, Marius

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Imprime Pour La Societe Royale Du Canada: 1942

Seller ID: 2276905

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Letter press invitation laid in, reading 'DaLiLa vous prie de venir Manger La Galette des Rois. 6 Janvier 1943, A 9 heures P.M., 260 MacLaren, R.S.V.P.'). This volume was acquired from the personal collection of Julian Street, Jr., whose wife Hella owned quite a few books by Marius Barbeau, several with notes from the author to her, indicating the two were either good friends or colleagues who worked closely together. 1942 Stapled Binding. We have more books available by this author!. 3-11, [1] pp, twelve plates follow text. French text, title translates as Cote the Wood Carver. A brief study ...
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Louis Jobin, Statuaire (1845-1928) (Memoires de la Societe Royale du Canada, Troisieme Series - 1943, Tome XXXVII [37])

By: Barbeau, Marius

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Imprime Pour La Societe Royale Du Canada: 1943

Seller ID: 2276907

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Very Good

Inscribed and signed to Hella Sachs by author on front wrapper. This volume was acquired from the personal collection of Julian Street, Jr., Hella's husband. Edges faintly creased. 1943 Stapled Binding. We have more books available by this author!. 17-23, [1] pp. French text. A brief study of the career of a Canadian sculptor. Barbeau, considered the founder of Canadian anthropology, was a Rhodes Scholar and advocate of the preservation and celebration of the traditions of native peoples.
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Modalite Dans Nos Melodies Populaires (Memoires de la Societe Royale du Canada, Troisieme Series - 1944, Tome XXXVIII [38])

By: Barbeau, Marius

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Imprime Pour La Societe Royale Du Canada: 1944

Seller ID: 2276909

Binding: Stapled Binding

Condition: Good

Inscribed and signed to Hella Sachs by author on front wrapper. This volume was acquired from the personal collection of Julian Street, Jr., Hella's husband. Edges faintly creased, minor loss from corners, light stain on top page margin. 1944 Stapled Binding. We have more books available by this author!. 15-25, [1] pp. French text, title translates as Modality in Our Popular Melodies. A brief study of music. Barbeau, considered the founder of Canadian anthropology, was a Rhodes Scholar and advocate of the preservation and celebration of the traditions of native peoples.
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L'Heritage Occulte

By: Berry, Steve

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Cherche Midi: 2014

Seller ID: 2279581

ISBN: 2749140935

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

French text. An exceptional copy. 2014 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. Une passionnante partie d'échecs se met alors en place. De la révélation contenue dans le journal intime d'un dignitaire mormon du début du siècle dernier à la légendaire prophétie du Cheval blanc, en passant par l'étrange découverte faite dans une grotte du parc de Zion, Cotton va devoir élucider, au péril de sa vie, bon nombre d'énigmes historiques pour, enfin, faire la lumière sur cette affaire.
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Image for Voyage Fait par Ordre de l'Imperatrice de Russie Catherine II, Dans le Nord de la Russia Asiatique, Dans la Mer Glaciale, Dans la Mer d'Anadyr, et sur les Cotes de l'Amerique, Depuis 1785 Jusqu'en 1794, in Two Volumes.

Voyage Fait par Ordre de l'Imperatrice de Russie Catherine II, Dans le Nord de la Russia Asiatique, Dans la Mer Glaciale, Dans la Mer d'Anadyr, et sur les Cotes de l'Amerique, Depuis 1785 Jusqu'en 1794, in Two Volumes.

By: Billings, Commodore [Joseph]; Sauer, M. [Martin]; Castera, J.

Price: $1,250.00

Publisher: Paris, Chez F. Buisson, Imprimeur-Libraire: 1802

Seller ID: 2289768

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First French translation of the work published in English the same year. Lacks the large atlas volume. Rebound with new end sheets. Bottom corner torn from last text page in first volume (no loss of text), faintly foxed throughout. 1802 Hard Cover. xxiv, 385, [1]; 418 pp. 8vo. French text. An account of Commodore Joseph Billings's expedition in search of a northeast passage on behalf of Catherine the Great (1785-1794), which resulted in significant advances in maps of Siberia, Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, Prince William Sound, etc.
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Histoire De La Philosophie Cartesienne, in Two Volumes [FRENCH TEXT]

By: Bouillier, Francisque

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Paris, Durand, Libraire: 1854

Seller ID: 2304652

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

First edition. Former library copies - usual marks. 1854 Hard Cover. Two volume set. French text. Maroon morocco spines over matching cloth boards, gilt titiles. An assessment of the philosophical writings of Rene Descartes.
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Image for Mort Artu: An Old French Prose Romance of the XIIIth [13th] Century, Being the Last Division of 'Lancelot du Lac,' Now First Edited from Ms. 342 (Fonds Francais) of the Bibliotheque Nationale, with Collations from Some Other Mss. [FRENCH TEXT]

Mort Artu: An Old French Prose Romance of the XIIIth [13th] Century, Being the Last Division of 'Lancelot du Lac,' Now First Edited from Ms. 342 (Fonds Francais) of the Bibliotheque Nationale, with Collations from Some Other Mss. [FRENCH TEXT]

By: Bruce, J. Douglas

Price: $25.00

Publisher: AMS Press Inc.: 1974

Seller ID: 2266474

ISBN: 0404566499

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Top corner faintly bumped. 1974 Hard Cover. xxxvii, [1], 315, [5] pp. 8vo. 1974 reissue of 1910 edition. French text.
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La Femme En Rouge et Autres Nouvelles

By: Chedid, Andree

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Paris, Flammarion: 1998

Seller ID: 2196611

ISBN: 2277237698

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Good

French text. Ink & pencil underlining in text. 1998 Mass Market Paperback. 125, [3] pp. A French-language collection of stories from the Parisian author.
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New Orleans Poems in Creole and French: Jules Choppin 1830-1914

By: Choppin, Jules; Shapiro, Norman R.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Second Line Press: 2013

Seller ID: 2279729

ISBN: 0988962772

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Bilingual edition. An exceptional copy. 2013 Trade Paperback. Jules Choppin, in his time, was a well known New Orleans poet who was published widely in local papers and the important Comptes rendus de l’Athénée Louisianais. Writing in both French and Creole, this bilingual edition is especially notable for the clever, good-humored fables in sprightly Louisiana Creole which this book centers on. Ably translated by renowned French and Creole translator Norman R. Shapiro, whose complete translations of La Fontaine are considered among the best.
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Le Voyage d'Italie de Charles-Nicolas Cochin (1758) (Collection de l'Ecole Francaise de Rome 145)

By: Cochin, Charles-Nicolas; Michel, Christian

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Roma, Ecole Française de Roma: 1991

Seller ID: 2198628

ISBN: 2728302359

Binding: Large Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1991 Large Hardcover. viii, 510 pp. 57 black-and-white plates. French text. A 1991 facsimile of the 18th century Italian travelogue, originally published in 1758. Edited by Christian Michel. Cochin was a French engraver, designer, writer, and art critic who worked for King Louis XV and traveled with the famous Madame de Pompadour on a study tour of Italy, and later toured the excavations of Herculaneum.
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Les Etats Hindouises D'Indochine Et D'Indonesie [The Hindu States of Indochina and Indonesia] [French Text]

By: Coedes, G.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: 1964

Seller ID: 2300402

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Former library copy - usual marks. No jacket. Bookplate on front paste-down endpaper. 1964 Hard Cover. 494. French text. Fold-out maps follow text. A history of the Hindu States of Indochina and Indonesia.
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Le Soldat Americain En France [The American Soldier In France] [FRENCH TEXT]

By: Coleman, Algernon; La Meslee, A. Marin

Price: $20.00

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press: 1918

Seller ID: 2297563

Binding: Small Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

FRENCH TEXT. 7th printing. No jacket. Front endpaper missing. 1918 Small Hard Cover. viii, 118 pp. French text. From the preface: This little book is the outcome of an effort to supply as quickly as possible the evident need for a reading and conversation book for soldier who will go to France [WWI}.
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Auguste Comte et la Philosophie Positive

By: Comte, Auguste; Littre, E.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Paris, Librairie De L. Hachette: 1863

Seller ID: 2304657

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

No jacket. Smudges on page base, ink name on half-title page. 1863 Hard Cover. xi, 687 pp. French text. Comte formulated the doctrine of positivism, and is regarded as the first modern philosopher of science, and a founder of academic sociology.
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Lettres D'Auguste Comte a John Stuart Mill, 1841-1846 [FRENCH TEXT]

By: Comte, Auguste; Mill, John Stuart

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Paris, Ernest Leroux: 1877

Seller ID: 2304629

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fair

Binding split between pages 304-305, some pages lightly foxed. 1877 Soft Cover. x, 462, 4 pp. French text. Auguste Comte was a French philosopher who formulated the doctrine of positivism, and is considered the first modern philosopher of science, and was a significant influence on John Stuart Mill, a major proponent of Utilitarianism.
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La Resurrection de Sherlock Holmes [The Return of Sherlock Holmes]

By: Conan Doyle (Doyle, Arthur Conan)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: La Renaissance du Livre:

Seller ID: 2151662

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

No date, circa 1910. Wrappers & pages toned, wrappers protected by onion skin jacket. Good. 271 pp. A French translation of stories featuring Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Les Aventures de Sherlock Holmes [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]

By: Conan Doyle (Doyle, Arthur Conan); P.O.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Felix Juven:

Seller ID: 2151661

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fair

Circa 1910. Spine creased with loss from head & foot, pages toned, binding shaken. vii, 274 pp. A French translation of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Le Systeme de l'Ame.

By: De La Chambre, [Marin Cureau]

Price: $350.00

Publisher: Paris, Chez Iacques d'Allin [Jacques]: 1665

Seller ID: 2305911

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Second edition. Small internal chip from spine, boards rubbed with minor loss from corners, light stain to edges of endpapers only. 1665 Full-Leather. [xliv], 554 pp. 16mo. French text. Original full leather, gilt titles and decorations.A work by the French philosopher and physician discussing human knowledge, the soul, etc. Marin Cureau de La Chambre (1594-1669) was a physician from Le Mans who advised and treated two French Kings, Louis XIII and Louis XIV, as well as his patron, Chancellor Pierre Sguier. As both a physician and a philosopher, he was among the first members of the Acadmie Fra...
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Image for Oeuvres Philosophiques de Mr. de la Mettrie: Discours Preliminaire; L'Homme Machine; Traite de l'Ame; Abrege des Systemes; Les Animaux plus que Machines; L'Homme Plante; Systeme d'Epicure; Anti-Seneque, ou Discours sur le Bonheur.

Oeuvres Philosophiques de Mr. de la Mettrie: Discours Preliminaire; L'Homme Machine; Traite de l'Ame; Abrege des Systemes; Les Animaux plus que Machines; L'Homme Plante; Systeme d'Epicure; Anti-Seneque, ou Discours sur le Bonheur.

By: de la Mettrie, Julian Offroy

Price: $2,500.00

Publisher: Amsterdam, S.N. [Elie Luzac]: 1752

Seller ID: 2305753

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Spine leather drying, light stain to front flyleaf. 1752 Full-Leather. 78, 109, 198, 58, 77, 56, 114 pp. Original full leather, leather spine label, marbled paste-down endpapers. A collection of works by the influential Enlightenment philosopher best known for L'Homme Machine, which takes materialist concepts introduced by Rene Descartes one step further to contend that human beings are automatons with no souls. These concepts later became influential in the theories of evolution and quantum mechanics. This volume includes: Discours Preliminaire; L'Homme Machine; Traite de l'Ame; Abrege des Sy...
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Voyage de Deux Artistes en Italie

By: De Spinola, M.H.

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Limoges, Chez Barbou, Imprimeur-Libraire: 1838

Seller ID: 2199178

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First edition. Nicely rebound in beige cloth with gilt titles and new endpapers. Owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1838 Hard Cover. 283 pp. 12mo. French text. Engraved frontispiece, one engraved plate in text. A 19th century Italian travelogue which includes descriptions of Milan, Turin, Alexandrie, Monza, Pavie, Asti, Genes, Pise, Livourne, Sienne, Florence, Modene, Reggio, Ferrare, Mantone, Peschiera, Verone, Venise, Ancone, Laurette, Rome, and Naples.
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Histoire Universelle de Jacque-Auguste de Thou, Depuis 1543. jusqu'en 1607. Traduite sur l'Edition Latine de Londres [in Sixteen Volumes]

By: De Thou, Jacque-Auguste [Jacques]; [le Beau, Charles; Le Mascrier; Abbe Des Fontaines]

Price: $1,750.00

Publisher: A Londres [Paris], S.N.: 1734

Seller ID: 2295697

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Boards rubbed with some loss/drying of leather, corners exposed. 1734 Full-Leather. Complete in sixteen volumes. Full calf, morocco spine labels, gilt titles and tooled compartments. The life's work of the French historian and book collector who lived from the mid-16th to early 17th century. Originally published in Latin under the title Historia sui temporis, in 138 books, three years after the author's death. The work, despite controversy over some of its depictions of religious matters, quickly became regarded as a scholarly classic, characterized by exhaustive research and reference to the ...
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Histoire Comparee Des Systemes De Philosophie, Consideres Relativement Aux Principes Des Connaissances Humaines, in Four Volumes [FRENCH TEXT]

By: Degerando, M.

Price: $400.00

Publisher: Paris, Alexis Eymery, Libraire: 1822

Seller ID: 2304651

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Second edition. Boards, spine heads and spine bases lighlty rubbed. 1822 Hard Cover. Four volume set. French text. Gilt titles on spine, marbled boards and endpapers. Degerando's best known work; he influenced Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, and Ralph Waldo Emerson (the latter borrowed from him extensively when writing his first book, Nature).
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