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DUCHESNE (Jean)
Essai sur les nielles, gravures des orfèvres florentins du XVe siècle.
1 800€One of two copies printed on straw paper, offering a very rare specimen of this type of paper from the Montgolfier brothers’ factory in Annonay.
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FÉNELON (François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon dit)
Directions pour la conscience d’un roi, ou Examen de conscience sur les devoirs de la royauté.
2 800€A very rare specimen of straw vellum paper chosen by Antoine-Augustin Renouard as bibliophilic paper.
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Adora un folo Dio, qual n’hà creato, Nô nominar il fuo gran nome in vano…
1 600€A very rare specimen of a religious printing sheet intended for cutting and distribution.
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Diploma in Canon and Civil Law from the University of Rome, now La Sapienza.
4 500€Precious diploma in canon and civil law from the University of Rome, calligraphed on vellum in gold ink.
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Traits pour former la main.
3 000€Superb large-format manuscript for teaching calligraphy, signed by a master calligrapher by the name of Huin (?).
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BERNY DE NOGENT (Pierre-Jean-Paul)
La belle allemande.
800€Superb calligraphic engraving by master writer Pierre-Jean-Paul Berny de Nogent (1722-1779), engraved in Frankfurt by Jakob Conrad Back.
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Lithographed advertising calendar for the Au bon Diable store.
1 400€Rare advertising calendar for the Bon Diable cheap clothing house in Paris, 39 rue de Rivoli.
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Wallet with perpetual calendar illustrated with compositions printed on leather.
2 200€Charming advertising wallet-calendar-perpetual illustrated with 6 compositions including 2 large ones printed on leather.
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VIGNÉ (Jean-Baptiste)
Copies of his correspondence with colleagues, learned societies and patients.
4 000€An important source on the activities of a particularly active corresponding member of several medical societies, and a pioneer in the practice of vaccination.
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MAETERLINCK (Maurice)
La Sagesse et la destinée.
1 500€Rare specimen binding entirely in the hand of Saint-André de Lignereux.
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Rules for the inaugural Port-Aviation kite contest.
2 800€A moving document of the little pioneers’ contest to celebrate the inauguration of the world’s first aerodrome, at one of the very first international airshows.
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Project for a stained-glass window depicting Saint Hubert.
1 800€Magnificent full-length depiction of Saint Hubert, a stained glass project from the workshop of Nancy glass painter Wiliam-Antoine Geisler (1880-1970).
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