Lot 105
French Literature
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Challamel, Augustin Histoire-musée de la République française... Paris: Challamel, 1842. 4to, 2 volumes, contemporary half morocco, g.e., bookplates of Lord Gretton; Dictionnaire de l'Académie françoise Paris: Bossange, 1822. 4to, 2 volumes, contemporary tree calf, bookplates of Lord Gretton, a little rubbed and foxed; Twiss, Richard Voyage en Portugal et en Espagne... Berne: la Société Typographique, 1776. Large 12mo, contemporary half calf, rubbed; Roy, M. le La marine des anciens peuples, expliquée... Paris: Nyon & Stoupe, 1777. 8vo, 6 engraved plates; [bound with] [Idem] Les navires des anciens... Paris: Nyon, 1783. 8vo, engraved plate, contemporary tree calf, spine a little rubbed and joints beginning to split, bookplate of the Hamilton Palace Library; [Anonymous (M.B.)] Memoires sur la vie de Madameoiselle de Lenclos. Amsterdam: François Joly, 1775. 8vo, engraved portrait, contemporary calf, bookplate of Lord Gretton, rubbed, some slight darkening; Milliere, Marchionis de la Livre sans nom. Paris: Michel Brunet, 1695. 8vo, engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf with gilt embossed armorial stamp, rubbed; Flaubert, Gustave La tentation de Saint Antoine. Paris: Charpentier, 1874. 8vo, contemporary half morocco, bookplate of Lord Gretton, some very slight foxing and dampstaining but mostly very clean, binding rubbed; Morlent, M.J. Le havre et son arrondissement. Havre: J. Morlent, 1840. 4to, 2 volumes, 3 folding maps, 54 plates (1 coloured, 1 folding), contemporary quarter calf, two maps torn, some foxing, bindings rubbed; And a quantity of others
Footnote
Provenance: Property of the Trustees of Lord Gretton