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[KOOPS (Matthias)]
Historical account of the substances which have been used to describe events and to convey ideas, from the earliest date, to the invention of paper. Printed on the first useful paper manufactured sole[l]y from straw.
2 500€First edition printed on “the first useful Paper which has ever been made from Straw” in order to present this paper to George III and no doubt to potential investors.
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LAIR (Pierre-Aimé)
Two reports from the Société d’agriculture et de commerce de Caen printed on straw paper.
1 800€Two extremely rare specimens of prints on straw paper made by Gabriel Désétables, a pioneer of this type of paper during the First Empire and “the most skilled manufacturer in Vire and the entire Bocage (1)”.
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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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Wood engraving of a “Au Roy de Siam” sign.
1 400€The sign depicted could be that of Thomas Joachim Hébert (1678-1773), one of the most important Parisian mercier merchants of the time and supplier to the royal family.
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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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Popular handwritten dictionaries.
4 000€Exceptional collection of three dictionaries and a small lexicon of 18th-century manuscript marine terms, with a total of around 2,000 alphabetically-sorted entries.
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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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DESNOS (Louis Charles)
Dissertation historique sur l’invention des lettres ou Caractères d’écriture : sur les instruments dont les anciens se sont servi pour écrire et sur les matières qu’ils ont employées.
1 500€48 sample sheets of a new paper invented by Desnos, with an ingenious compartment in the spine for a stylus.
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Notebook.
1 500€A curious specimen of bookbinding with geometric embroidered decoration, far removed from the figurative productions more widespread at the time.
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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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Long suite of engravings of military costumes.
1 400€Superb staging of popular engravings in a parade over 20 metres long.
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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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An album of London samples of materials used to create bindings, collected by Canadian bookbinder Oswald Rogers.
3 000€An interesting set of bookbinding materials available in London in the 1930s.
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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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LECONTE DE LISLE (Charles Marie Leconte dit)
Œuvres. Poèmes barbares. [et] Poèmes antiques.
1 500€Fine examples of bindings with embossed and tinted leather decorations, probably early productions of bookbinder and adventurer Anita Conti, born Caracotchian (1899-1997).
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Prières à Dieu à Notre Dame et aux Saints.
2 200€Charming work entirely illuminated on vellum skin with gold and silver highlights.
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