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two old books sitting on top of each other on a white surfacean engraving of a man and a woman standing in front of a skyan old book with writing on it that says le repos cyrusa black and white drawing of two women standing in front of a buildingan old book with a black and white title on it
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82 - RAMSAY (André Michel, Chevalier de).
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Estimate €500 - €600
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RAMSAY (André Michel, Chevalier de). The Travels of Cyrus, with a Treatise on Mythology.  Paris, Quillau, 1727. 2 volumes in-8, fawn calfskin, gilt coats of arms, spines decorated and bearing coats of arms, gilt edges (contemporary binding). First edition.  A copy bound with the coat of arms and arms of Jeanne-Baptiste de Luynes, Countess of Verrue. Frontispiece reattached. From the library of A. G. du Plessis, with bookplate. Enclosed: [PERNETTI (Jacques)]. *The Rest of Cyrus, or the Story of His Life from the Age of Sixteen to Forty*. Paris, Briasson, 1732. 3 parts in one in-8 volume, brown calfskin, gilded coat of arms, decorated spine (contemporary binding). First edition. 4 separate illustrations. Copy bearing the coat of arms of Marie-Sophie Colbert de Seignelay, Duchess of Montmorency. It also bears the handwritten bookplate: ‘To Mr the Chevalier de la Borde’. Olivier pl. 829.
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About the sale Xavier de Planhol Library – The Origins of the Novel
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Auction time 09/30/2026 at 2:00 PM
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