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Leclère.\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is a unique edition of 125 copies, all initialled by the publisher; our copy is enriched with a double suite of all the illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe story recounts the capture of the Cheverino redoubt, the tension before the battle and the confusion during the battle. The Battle of Chevardino, which took place from 5 to 7 September 1812, was a direct inspiration for Mérimée and resulted in 4,000 deaths on the French side and 7,000 on the Russian side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53993409413445,"sku":"0366","price":450.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/2-IMG_7391.jpg?v=1737380347"},{"product_id":"clair-de-lune","title":"Clair de Lune","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMAUPASSANT (de), Guy. Clair de Lune.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParis, Ed. Monnier\u003c\/em\u003e, 1884.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn-8 (234 x 165 mm): [2] ff, 117 pp, [2] ff. Covers preserved. Full green morocco, painted decorations on covers, spine with gilt spandrels, author, title and date stamped in gold, gilt head, slipcase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst illustrated edition, published the same year as the first edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe copy is decorated with a wood-engraved illustration at the beginning of each chapter by Arcos, Gambard, Grasset, Jeanniot, Le Natur, Adrien Marie, Merwart, Myrbach, Renouard, Rochegrosse, Roy and Tirado.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSuperb work in its curiously unsigned binding, depicting painted foliage - perfectly executed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53994168090949,"sku":"0253","price":450.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/2-IMG_7387.jpg?v=1737380262"},{"product_id":"les-trois-premiers-livres-de-lhistoire-de-diodore-sicilien-historiographe-gre-translatez-de-latin-en-francoys-par-maistre-anthoine-macault-notaire-secretaire-vallet-de-chambre-ordinaire-du-roy-francoys-premier-de-ce-nom","title":"Les trois premiers livres de l'histoire de Diodore Sicilien, historiographe gre. 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Translatez de latin en francoys par maistre Anthoine Macault notaire, secretaire \u0026amp; vallet de chambre ordinaire du roy Francoys premier de ce nom.\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, Arnoul et Charles Les Angeliers, frères,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e1540.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start 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-8 (152 x 105 mm), (12) ff., 160 pp., (14) ff.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFull glazed blond calf, double fillet on covers, arms in centre, ribbed spine, gilt iron in centre of boxes, brown leather title page, gilt author and title, fillet on edges, speckled edges, roulette on covers (\u003cem\u003e19th century binding\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUncommon edition of the history of Diodorus of Sicily, translated from Latin by Antoine Macault, who died around 1550.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt was initially translated in April 1535 by Macault, although the royal privilege had been granted on 15 June 1534 to Galliot du Pré and Antoine Augereau. 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Puget de la Serre (1594-1665), a prolific author, ‘cultivated almost all historical and literary genres and composed more than one hundred works which earned him the title of historiographer of France’. (Kokkomelis).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOur copy presents 10 coloured figures representing princesses bearing the first name Anne, with a ruled text. All are enhanced with blue, white, red, green, gold and black inks. The motto is repeated 14 times in a sublime headband with a crowned eagle enhanced with the various inks listed above. In the same way, 14 letterheads, also enhanced, are repeated in the work; 13 letterheads show the letter A (gilt) for Anne with the crowned eagle on a blue background and 1 letterhead shows the letter M (gilt) for Madame with the crowned eagle and two floral representations. There are also 8 bas-de-lampe panels bearing the monogram of Anne of Austria, with its golden crown and floral representations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePuget de la Serre was often scorned by his contemporaries, and the book is one of his many panegyrics. He became a specialist in dedicatory epistles and made them his sole source of income (Banderier) and responded to criticism by saying ‘I am always in a hurry, when it comes to earning money; and I prefer the pistoles that make me live comfortably, to the chimera of a vain glory that would leave me miserable.’ (Banderier). Above all, Puget de la Serre's attention to detail was crucial to his illustrations, from portraits - his preferred mode of representation - to lettering, vignettes, headbands, frontispieces and even the text itself, which he often set off with a line of red or black ink - in this case gilded (Meyer).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFine restorations to corners and spine, paper restorations to pages 9 and 19.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\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\"\u003eKokkomelis,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\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\"\u003eLes portraits au service des grands : Jean Puget de la Serre et les temps multiples de l'exemplification historique\u003c\/span\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, 385-400, dans : Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature, XLV, n°89, 2018 ; Gille Banderier,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\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\"\u003eUn faux roman à la clef : Le roman de la cour de Bruxelles de Jean Puget de La Serre\u003c\/span\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, Littératures classiques, 2005, n°51, p.118 ; Véronique Meyer,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\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\"\u003eUn auteur du XVIIe siècle et l'illustration de ses livres, Jean Puget de La Serre (1595-1665)\u003c\/span\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, Bibliothèque de l'Ecole des Chartes, t.158, 2000, p.27-53.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54937709838661,"sku":"0258","price":10500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/5036.jpg?v=1750072721"},{"product_id":"office-de-la-semaine-sainte-en-latin-et-francois-a-lusage-de-rome-et-de-paris-avec-des-reflexions-et-meditations-prieres-et-instructions-pour-la-confession-et-communion-a-lusage-de-la-maison-de-madame-la-dauphine","title":"Office de la Semaine Sainte en latin et \u0026 François, à l'usage de Rome et de Paris avec des Réflexions et Méditations, Prières et Instructions pour la Confession et communion à l'usage de la Maison de Madame la Dauphine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eOffice de la Semaine Sainte en latin et \u0026amp; François, à l'usage de Rome et de Paris avec des Réflexions et Méditations, Prières et Instructions pour la Confession et communion à l'usage de la Maison de Madame la Dauphine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eParis: Veuve Mazières et Garnier, 1746.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e8vo (204 × 137 mm). 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There is also a recipe for Perfume for Pleasure and a recipe for Beauty Bath: \"Take two pounds of hulled barley, one pound of rice, three pounds of pulverised lupin, eight pounds of bran, ten handfuls of borage and viola; boil the whole in a sufficient quantity of fountain water. There is nothing that cleanses and softens the skin like this bath.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA superb copy, extremely rare in this condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54954264363333,"sku":"0594","price":1300.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_0990.jpg?v=1750280254"},{"product_id":"joseph","title":"Joseph","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBITAUBÉ, Paul-Jérémie. 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