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several old books are lined up in a row on a tableseveral old books are lined up on a wooden tableseveral old books are lined up on a shelf in a librarytwo old books sitting on a table next to each othertwo old books sitting on a table next to each other
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14 - ANTIQUE BOOKS] - [MANUSCRIPT] - The Loves of Henry IV.
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ANTIQUE BOOKS] - [MANUSCRIPT] - The Loves of Henry IV. No place, no date (17th century). In-8, 264 pp., ivory vellum with endpapers. Manuscript containing the love affairs and letters of Henry IV prior to their publication in 1695. Reportedly more complete than the printed version. (Included:) VOLTAIRE – *Contes de Guillaume Vadé*. Geneva, 1764 -- DUTENS – Research into the Origin of Discoveries Attributed to Modern Scholars. Paris, 1766, 2 volumes -- MONGEZ – History of Queen Marguerite de Valois. Paris, 1777 -- DUCLOS – Reflections on the Customs of this Century. Amsterdam, 1751 -- MONTESQUIEU – Persian Letters. Amsterdam, 1761 -- MACPHERSON – Ossian, Son of Fingal. Paris, 1799, 2 vols. -- CHAMFORT – Eulogy of Molière. Paris, 1769 -- PLANCHER-VALCOURT – The Little Nephew of Boccaccio. Avignon, 1781, frontispiece. -- DULAURENS – ‘Le Compère Matthieu’. Paris, 1796, 3 vols., ill. -- etc. (Set of 19 vols., in-12 or in-8, most bound in calfskin).
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About the sale The Jean Demaux Collection – Part 2
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Auction time 09/16/2026 at 2:00 PM
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