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(Brunet, III, 748).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlightly sunned spine with scattered foxing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50035103859013,"sku":"0023","price":750.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/LaFontaineOeuvresCompletes-4.jpg?v=1725482496"},{"product_id":"portraits-contemporains","title":"Portraits contemporains","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGAUTIER Théophile. Portraits contemporains.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis, Charpentier et Cie.\u003c\/em\u003e, 1874.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-8 (185 x 120 mm): [3] ff., 462 pp., [2] ff. 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Idylle is decorated with a title and a tailpiece by Marillier and engraved by Gaucher (Cohen 141).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur wide-margined copy is presented in its 19th century binding by Pierre-Marcelin Lortic (1822-1892).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUpper and lower corners of the first cover very slightly rubbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProvenance: Piasa sale of 20\/02\/2008, lot no. 64.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTchemerzine\u003c\/span\u003e, vol. 10, p. 56 (1927-34).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50038095577413,"sku":"0195","price":900.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/Pygmalion-1.jpg?v=1725530288"},{"product_id":"histoire-naturelle-des-mammiferes-avec-des-figures-originales-enluminees-dessinees-apres-des-animaux-vivants","title":"Histoire naturelle des mammifères, avec des figures originales enluminées, dessinées après des animaux vivants.","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSAINT-Hilaire Geoffroy, CUVIER Georges. 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Red half-maroquin corners, smooth spine, gilt roulette, fillet and stippling on the caissons, gilt ornamental iron in the center of the caissons, gold-stamped author, title and tomaison, untrimmed (\u003cem\u003eperiod binding\u003c\/em\u003e).\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFirst edition, published in 72 issues between 1818 and 1842.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOur copy, with its wide margins (54 cm), contains the first 36 issues, i.e. \u003cstrong\u003e216 lithographed and colored plates\u003c\/strong\u003e (Nissen specifies that the complete work contains 430 or 432 plates). 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This vision, obviously outdated today, was commonplace in the early 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwo of the most eminent French zoologists of the time worked on this book: Geoffroy de Saint-Hilaire and Georges Cuvier. In addition to the richly informative scientific details, the sumptuous illustrations were used in numerous other works, including Alcide d'Orbigny's Dictionnaire d'Histoire naturelle and Cuvier's Le Règne animal, whose third edition was posthumously completed by his disciples. The latter third edition is often referred to as Cuvier's Disciple Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCorners dulled, rubbed at edges and spine, boards scratched, marginal epidermis except for the second board of T2, which is more pronounced, probably due to an earlier moisture defect, tear at upper edge of first board of T2. Scattered light foxing, occasionally pronounced, but in this case only on a few pages of text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrunet II, 1535 ; Nissen ZBI, 1525 ; Graesse III, p.51.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50111431344453,"sku":"0162","price":8600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/Saint-Hilaire_Dos-2.jpg?v=1727529988"},{"product_id":"oeuvres-suivant-la-copie-imprimee-a-paris","title":"Œuvres. Suivant la copie imprimée à Paris","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRACINE Jean. Œuvres. 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Full red morocco decorated with wide borders of gilt irons alternating eagle and flowers, central gilt diamond pattern decorated with fleurons and dotted lines, spine decorated with fleurons at the corners and a diamond iron in the centre of the entre-nerfs, title and toms on olive morocco, edges decorated with geometrical motifs, gilt edges (\u003cem\u003econtemporary English binding\u003c\/em\u003e).\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginal edition, second issue.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCharming edition in Latin on ancient medals, rare and sought-after (Cohen 497), with two fleurons, two frontispieces and 324 illustrations (large figures, vignettes and culs-de-lampe), 27 ornate headpieces and 164 initials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe second edition can be recognised by the medal on page 108 of the second volume where the text ‘CAESAR AUGUSTUS TRIBUN POTEST’ has been corrected - the first edition being written ‘POST EST’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLight marginal foxing in the volumes, corners slightly rubbed and small loss on the upper head of volume II.\u0026nbsp; \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the library of Sir Francis Hopkins (1756-1814), first Baron of County Meath and Anglo-Irish politician.\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCohen, 497.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50363972911429,"sku":"0197","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/Quinti-1.jpg?v=1730393425"},{"product_id":"les-oeuvres-de-monsieur-de-moliere-reveues-corrigees-augmentees-enrichies-de-figures-en-taille-douce","title":"Les Œuvres  de Monsieur de Molière. Reveuës, corrigées \u0026 augmentées. Enrichies de Figures en Taille-douce.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMOLIÈRE (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin). Les Œuvres de Monsieur de Molière. Reveuës, corrigées \u0026amp; augmentées. Enrichies de Figures en Taille-douce.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParis: Denys Thierry, Claude Barbin, Pierre Trabouillet, 1682.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12mo (162 × 97 mm). Eight volumes. Vol. I: (13) ff., 304 pp., (2) ff.; Vol. II: 416 pp., (2) ff.; Vol. III: 308 pp., (2) ff.; Vol. IV: 296 pp., (2) ff.; Vol. V: 335 pp., (1) f.; Vol. VI: 93 pp., (1) f., 195 pp., (2) ff.; Vol. VII: 261 pp., (1) f.; Vol. VIII: 312 pp.\u003cbr data-start=\"717\" data-end=\"720\"\u003eFull midnight-blue morocco, covers with double gilt fillet borders and corner tools enclosed within triple gilt fillets, elaborately gilt central arabesque, spines richly gilt in compartments with pointillé, fillets and tools, gilt lettering and volume numbers, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, gilt turn-ins; binding signed \u003cstrong data-start=\"1043\" data-end=\"1056\"\u003eL. 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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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