Fables choisies, mises en vers.
Red morocco with the arms of Armand-Thomas Hue, marquis of Miromesnil
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Fables choisies, mises en vers.
Red morocco with the arms of Armand-Thomas Hue, marquis of Miromesnil
Read moreThe first book on exotic butterflies ordered according to the new system developed by Carl von Linné, enriched with his supplement, and superbly illustrated with 442 plates engraved and colored at the time.
Read moreIllustrated with 300 copperplates printed in colour and enhanced by a contemporary hand with Arabic gum.
Read moreHistoire naturelle générale et particulière, avec la description du cabinet du Roi
First edition of this masterpiece of 18th century natural science.
Read moreVery attractive Ptolemaic armillary sphere by King’s engineer for mathematical instruments Nicolas Bion.
Read moreNova totius geographica telluris projectio [&] Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia macrocosmica
Superb work combining a terrestrial and a celestial atlas in a superb period colouring.
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Indiae Orientalis Nova Descriptio
First state of Jansson's decorative map of the East Indies, the first printed map showing Duyfken's discoveries.
Read morecopy of La Pologne dressée et rectifiée par les Observations d’Hevelius etc.
Very detailed map of Poland prior to its division by Guillaume de L'Isle.
Read moreCarte d'Amerique dressée pour l'usage du Roi
First edition of Dezauche's map of the America's after Delisle's 1722 famous map.
Read moreCarte du gouvernement de Tauride comprenant la Krimée et le pays voisins
Map of Dezauche illustrating the state of Crimea one year after the outbreak of the Russo-Turkish War in 1787.
Read moreCarte de l'Europe corrigée et augmentée...
Decorative map of 17th century Europe.
Read moreCarte du Lionnois, Forest, Beauiolois et Masconnois
Regional map of Lyon, Beaujolais and Macon showing Rhône river.
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