65 - 7 WORKS, 11 volumes:
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7 WORKS, 11 volumes: - FILASSIER (J.-J.). Eraste, or the Friend of Youth: Informal Conversations on Human Knowledge… New edition… considerably expanded… Paris, Boiste aîné, 1823, 2 volumes in-8. VIII-520 pp. – 2ff.-502 pp. – 18 plates. Fawn-coloured, grain-textured sheepskin, smooth, decorated spines, red title labels, marbled edges. (Contemporary bindings). – One hinge split, minor damage to the bindings (a tear on one spine). 2 fold-out maps and 16 plates, depicting 172 mythological, astronomical, heraldic and other subjects. (Gumuchian 2532 for the 1828 edition). - CHASLES (Philarète). Studies on Antiquity. Preceded by an essay on the phases of literary history and on the intellectual influences of the races. Paris, Amyot, 1847; in-12; 2 ff.–XII pp.–477 pp. Contemporary half-shagreen binding in tan, spine with faux raised bands, panels with cold-stamped fillet work, gilt fleurons. - 20th-century bookplate. A few rare small foxing spots. First edition. - CHASLES (Philarète). Studies on the Sixteenth Century in France. Preceded by a history of French literature and language (sic), from 1470 to 1610. Paris, Amyot, (1848); 12mo. 2 folios–LXVI–1 folio–432 pp. Contemporary binding in dark green half-shagreen, spine with faux raised bands, gilt medallions. – A press cut on the half-title page. Light foxing. First edition. Essay on the life of J.-A. de Thou; On the religious revolution; Luther and his biographers; Brantôme, Pepys, Suetonius; Nostradamus and his commentators; Changes in the French language since the 16th century; etc. (Vicaire II, col. 271). - MARTIN (P.-J.). *L’esprit de tout le monde*, collected and arranged by P.-J. Martin. Paris, Magnin, Blanchard, 1859, small 8vo, 342 pp. Publisher’s black percaline cloth binding. - A very fine copy. (Hetzel Collection). A compilation of witticisms arranged alphabetically by subject. Extensive table of contents. P.-J. Martin is a pseudonym used by several writers, and probably by Jules Hetzel, according to Quérard. The latter had published *L’Esprit des Femmes et les Femmes d’Esprit* under his pseudonym P.-J. Stahl. (Vicaire V, 572). - ARLINCOURT (Charles-Victor Prévot, Viscount of). Followed by *Dieu le veut... Place au droit*. Paris, Allouard & Kaeppelin, 1850; 8vo. VIII–178 pp. – 1 folio of publisher’s advertisements. Contemporary binding in bottle-green half-goatskin, smooth spine, gilt fillets and fleurons, marbled edges. – Slight foxing, otherwise in good condition. First edition divided into two parts: ‘La Révolution et l’Elysée’; ‘The Monarchy of Frohsdorf’. The Viscount d’Arlincourt enjoyed immense success (and faced a lawsuit) with his Legitimist manifesto ‘Dieu le veut’. Here he presents a sequel to it. – ROYOU (Jacques-Corentin). A Summary of Ancient History, based on Rollin. Containing the history of the Egyptians, the Carthaginians, the Assyrians, the Medes, the Medes and Persians, the Persians, the Greeks, etc., up to the Battle of Actium. Paris, Volland, 1811; 4 volumes in-8. XVI-446 pp.-1f. - 2ff.-596 pp. - 2ff.-495 pp. - 2ff.-608 pp.-1f. Fawn half-basane, smooth spines, red and green title labels, gilt fleurons and scrolls, yellow edges. (Contemporary bindings). - One split clasp; minor snags at the hinges of vol. 2. Interiors of the volumes are fresh. Second edition, revised and corrected (the first edition was published in 1802). (Quérard VIII, p. 269). - CORTAMBERT (Eugène). Universal Geography, or a General Description of the Earth, Considered from Astronomical, Physical, Political and Historical Perspectives. Paris, Kilian, Picquet, 1826; 8vo. XII-502 pp. Glossy brown calfskin, covers decorated with a double gilt fillet and broad blind-stamped border, central blind-stamped diamond, spine with faux-nerves decorated with blind-stamped motifs, marbled edges. (Contemporary binding, in the style of Thouvenin). – Weak joints, hinges slightly worn. Interior in fresh condition.

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65 - 7 WORKS, 11 volumes: See original version (French)

65 - 7 WORKS, 11 volumes:
See original version (French)