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Item 302978London. A Pilgrimage.

Doré, Gustave, and Blanchard Jerrold.

Price: $7,500

London: Grant & Co, 1872. Doré, Gustave. First edition. Doré’s London in original Parts Issue. “Doré's devastating realization of the contrast of wealth and poverty in a modern metropolis makes LONDON one of the great illustrated books of the world.”. Read More Item Details for London. A Pilgrimage Add to Wish List

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Item 305730Manuel des amphitryons; contenant un traité de la dissection des viandes à table, la nomenclature des menus les plus nouveaux...

Grimod de la Reynière, Alexandre-Balthazar-Laurent.

Price: $5,000

Paris: Capelle et Renand, 1808. First edition. Pristine Copy, Uncut in Wrappers. A stunning uncut copy in wrappers of the first edition of this seminal guide to the art of entertaining by the great gourmand and father of food writing, Grimod de la Reynière (1758-1837). Manuel des Amphitryons includes sections..... Read More Item Details for Manuel des amphitryons; contenant un traité de la dissection des viandes à table, la nomenclature des menus les plus nouveaux pour chaque saison, et des élémens de politesse gourmande. Ouvrage indispensable à tous ceux qui sont jaloux de faire bonne chère, et de la faire faire aux autres Add to Wish List

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Item 305972Fables choisies, mises en vers.

La Fontaine, Jean de.

Price: $9,000

Paris: chez l'auteur, 1765-1775. Fessard, Étienne. First Fessard edition, first issue. Fine, fully engraved edition of La Fontaine. First edition, first issue of one of the most elaborate 18th century editions of the celebrated fables of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695). The engraver and publisher Fessard hoped to rival the..... Read More Item Details for Fables choisies, mises en vers Add to Wish List

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Item 308604The Florentine Historie. Written in the Italian Tongue by Nicholo Macchiavelli, citizen and Secretarie of Florence. And Translated into English...

Machiavelli, Niccolo.

Price: $7,500

London: Printed by T[homas] C[reede] for VV[illiam] P[onsonby], 1595. First edition in English. Read More Item Details for The Florentine Historie. Written in the Italian Tongue by Nicholo Macchiavelli, citizen and Secretarie of Florence. And Translated into English by T. B. Esquire Add to Wish List

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Item 309945Fêtes à l'occasion du Mariage de S.M. Napoléon, Empereur des Français, Roi d'Italie, avec Marie-Louise, Archiduchesse d'Autriche; Recueil de gravures...

(Napoleon) Goulet, Nicolas.

Price: $2,500

Paris: Chez L. Ch. Soyer, Libraire-Editeur, rue du Doyenné, no 2, 1810. Handsome copy of this compendium of beautiful line engravings of the architectural and decorative elements of the celebration of the wedding of Napoleon with Marie Louise of Austria on 1 April 1810. From the library of the descendants..... Read More Item Details for Fêtes à l'occasion du Mariage de S.M. Napoléon, Empereur des Français, Roi d'Italie, avec Marie-Louise, Archiduchesse d'Autriche; Recueil de gravures au trait, représentant les principales décorations d'architecture et de peinture, et les illuminations les plus remarquables auxquelles ce mariage a donné lieu Add to Wish List

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Item 309403Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti Magno Jam Studio Collecta, a Jacopo Morellio Bibliothecæ Venetæ D. Marci Custode Descripta et Annotationibus Illustrata...

(Pinelli Library) Morelli, Jacobo.

Price: $3,750

Venice: Carlo Palese, sold by Lorenzo Baseggio, 1787. First edition. Pinelli Library Catalogue with Prices Realized. A beautiful, large-margined copy of the catalogue of the great Pinelli library in Venice, written by Abbé Morelli, of the Biblioteca Marciana, for the purposes of dispersal. The library was assembled over the course..... Read More Item Details for Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti Magno Jam Studio Collecta, a Jacopo Morellio Bibliothecæ Venetæ D. Marci Custode Descripta et Annotationibus Illustrata Add to Wish List

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Item 306298Die Rückkehr des verlorenen Sohnes.

[Rilke, Rainer Maria, translator.] Gide, André.

Price: $5,000

Leipzig: Insel-verlag, [1914]. First edition thus. Inscribed by Rilke. First edition of Rilke's translation, INSCRIBED on the leaf preceding the title: "Herrn und Frau Kammergerichtsrath Schück. / ergebenst / bei der freundlichen Begegnung / in Irschenhausen. / (Sommer 1914) / Rainer Maria Rilke" [To Mr and Mrs Judge Schück, respectfully..... Read More Item Details for Die Rückkehr des verlorenen Sohnes Add to Wish List

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