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502 - 3 small format books, in their original condition.
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Estimate €200 - €250

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3 small format books, in their original condition. In-16. - 1 [Le Roy, Antoine] - Aventures divertissantes du duc de Roquelaure, suivant les Mémoires que l'auteur a trouvé dans le cabinet du maréchal d'H... Paris, Tiger, [c. 1818]. (Pitting, small stains, horns). An often reprinted (orig.: 1718) best-selling collection of the bon mots and exploits of the Duc de Roquelaure - nicknamed the ugliest man in France - who was of Gascon origin. Engraved frontispiece. Enriched with a ms. note on Roquelaure. Ref BGL I:327. - 2 [Robert, Auguste] - Dissertation nouvelle sur un sujet ancien, par Aug. R... [Marseille], chez les principaux libraires (impr. I. Mossy), 1858 (Pitting, foxing, lack of paper without damage to the text on the last f.). Post paper boards. The original ed. dates from 1839. Cp. ref. BGL II:10. Prov. curious old ms. note on false title: "Sur la merde... Durtalghe proffesseur [Sic] de [mot effacé], merdeuse sur [sic] quoi, il fit caca". - Gerrit Komrij (bookplate). - 3 [Lubert, M.-M. de] - Histoire secrette du prince Croqu'etron et de la princesse Foirette. À Gringuenaude, chez Vincent d'Avalos, & Fleurimont Mordant (Lille, imp. Horemans) [i.e. Lille, Leleu, 1865]. Reprint of the original ed. (Paris, c. 1790). Ref. BGL II:581.

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502 - 3 small format books, in their original condition. See original version (French)

502 - 3 small format books, in their original condition.
See original version (French)