{"title":"Catalogue No. II","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor the second catalogue of Librairie Alexis Noqué, you will find a selection of 93 books, autographs and manuscripts spanning the 18th to the 21st century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse the catalogue in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/online.fliphtml5.com\/ijzhx\/twfo\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Catalogue No. II of Librairie Alexis Noqué - June 2026\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(4, 41, 89);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePDF format here\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"recueil-des-lettres-de-madame-la-marquise-de-sevigne-a-madame-la-comtesse-de-grignan-sa-fille-nouvelle-edition-augmentee","title":"Recueil des lettres de Madame la marquise DE SÉVIGNÉ, à Madame la comtesse DE GRIGNAN, sa fille. Nouvelle édition augmentée","description":"\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSÉVIGNÉ (de), Marquise (Marie de Rabutin-Chantal).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecueil des lettres de Madame la marquise DE SÉVIGNÉ, à Madame la comtesse DE GRIGNAN, sa fille. Nouvelle édition augmentée.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParis, Rollin,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e1754.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn-12 (140 x 86 mm), 8 volumes, T1 - (3) ff.-XL-371 pp., T2 - (2) ff., 396 pp., T3 - (2) ff., 414 pp., T4 - (2) ff., 414 pp., T5 - (3) ff., 429 pp., (1) f., T6 - (2) ff., 395 pp., T7 - (2) ff., 399 pp., T8 - (2) ff., 444 pp., (2) ff.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFull red jansenist morocco, ribbed spine, gilt title and tomation, double fillet on the edges, gilt edges, interior roulette (\u003cem\u003eWendling\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharming edition illustrated with a double portrait of Madame de Sévigné and her daughter, the Countess of Grignan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished in the same year as the large in-12 edition, it uses the same text and includes 772 letters, 133 of which are published here for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSmall wormholes in volume 2 not affecting the text and more pronounced from page 361 (restored), a few browned leaves. A fine copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the library of Joël Dupont, former curator of the Musée Barbey d'Aurevilly; his bookplate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54954190045509,"sku":"0578","price":2300.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_9197.jpg?v=1750279822"},{"product_id":"recherches-sur-les-costumes-et-sur-les-theatres-de-toutes-les-nations-et-necessaire-a-l-education-des-adolescens","title":"Recherches sur les costumes et sur les théâtres de toutes les nations [...] et nécessaire à l’Éducation des Adolescens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[LEVACHER DE CHARNOIS, Jean-Charles]. Recherches sur les costumes et sur les théâtres de toutes les nations, tant anciennes que modernes ; Ouvrage utile aux Peintres, Statuaires, Architectes, Décorateurs, Comédiens, Costumiers, en un mot aux Artistes de tous les genres ; non moins utile pour l’étude de l’Histoire des temps reculés, des Mœurs des Peuples antiques, de leurs Usages, de leurs Loix, et nécessaire à l’Éducation des Adolescens.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParis: M. Drouhin, 1790.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4to (248 × 197 mm). (4) ff., 150 pp.; (1) f., 183 pp., (2) ff. Full red morocco, covers with triple gilt fillet borders and central double-fillet cartouche with Du Seuil–style cornerpieces; spine with raised bands and gilt compartments, gilt lettering (author, title, date, place), gilt edges, richly gilt turn-ins; by \u003cstrong data-start=\"752\" data-end=\"762\"\u003eDubois\u003c\/strong\u003e (contemporary binding).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"788\" data-end=\"1007\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"788\" data-end=\"810\"\u003eRare first edition\u003c\/strong\u003e, the work remaining unfinished; here both volumes bound together in one.\u003cbr data-start=\"883\" data-end=\"886\"\u003eA scholarly study of \u003cstrong data-start=\"907\" data-end=\"937\"\u003eancient theatrical costume\u003c\/strong\u003e, drawing heavily on characters from the tragedies of \u003cstrong data-start=\"991\" data-end=\"1006\"\u003eJean Racine\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1009\" data-end=\"1405\"\u003eJean-Charles Levacher de Charnois (1749–1792), man of letters and chronicler of the Parisian stage, devoted much of his career to theatrical studies. 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Voyage dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique, par le cap de Bonne-Espérance.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParis: Desray, An VI [1798].\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Followed by:]\u003cbr data-start=\"390\" data-end=\"393\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"393\" data-end=\"445\"\u003e— \u003cem data-start=\"397\" data-end=\"442\"\u003eSecond voyage dans l’intérieur de l’Afrique\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"445\" data-end=\"448\"\u003eParis: Crapelet, An XI [1803].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOctavo (216 x 137 mm), 2 volumes [\u003cem\u003eVoyage dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique\u003c\/em\u003e], T1 - XXXII-383 pp., (1) f., T2 - (2) ff., 403 pp., (1) f., [\u003cem\u003esuivi de 3 volumes du Second Voyage :\u003c\/em\u003e] T1 - (1) f., XLIV-341 pp., (1) f., T2 - (3) ff., 412 pp., (1) f., T3 - (3) ff., 467 pp., (1) f.\u003cbr data-start=\"553\" data-end=\"556\"\u003eFull red morocco, covers with triple gilt fillet borders and a central double fillet panel with Duseuil-style cornerpieces, spines gilt in compartments with false bands, richly gilt tools, gilt lettering (author, title, date, and place), gilt edges, decorative gilt turn-ins; by \u003cstrong data-start=\"835\" data-end=\"856\"\u003eBozérian le Jeune\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExceptional large-paper copies, of great rarity, with all plates in double state.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"946\" data-end=\"1517\"\u003eThese two important voyages — the authorship of which is generally attributed to \u003cstrong data-start=\"1027\" data-end=\"1044\"\u003eCasimir Varon\u003c\/strong\u003e (1761–1796) — are usually found together (Brunet). 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[...] On trouve ce Tantale dans les marais et sur les bords des rivières de l'île de Java ; ses moeurs sont à peu près les mêmes que celles de nos Cigognes d'Europe.\" (Temminck)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58295691051333,"sku":"0585","price":7000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_3200.jpg?v=1781651883"},{"product_id":"phoenicophaeus-calyorhynchus-malcoha-a-bec-peint","title":"Phoenicophaeus calyorhynchus (Malcoha à bec peint)","description":"\u003cp\u003eNICOLAS HUET (Paris, 1770–1828).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhoenicophaeus calyorhynchus (Malcoha à bec peint)\u003cbr\u003e\nWatercolour and gouache.\u003cbr\u003e\n29 x 23.5 cm\u003cbr\u003e\nSigned\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEngraved in Temminck and Laugier, Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d’Oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon, Paris, 1838, vol. 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Deux individus font partie du Musée des Pays-Bas, un troisième est déposé dans le Musée de Paris.\" (Temminck)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58295691084101,"sku":"0586","price":7000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_3192.jpg?v=1781651930"},{"product_id":"pteroglossus-sulcatus-aracari-sillonne","title":"Pteroglossus sulcatus (Aracari sillonné)","description":"\u003cp\u003eNICOLAS HUET (Paris, 1770–1828).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePteroglossus sulcatus (Aracari sillonné)\u003cbr\u003e\nWatercolour, gouache and gum arabic over graphite.\u003cbr\u003e\n29 x 23.5 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEngraved in Temminck and Laugier, Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d’Oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon, Paris, 1838, vol. 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