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Francis Rolt-Wheeler — The Neophyte's Manuals — Rare set of four esoteric volumes with a handwritten dedication dated 1970.
Set of four works from the series The Neophyte's Manuals (the early degrees leading to Initiation), designed as correspondence courses by Francis

Esotericism, Astrology - Quantity: 4 - Book

Francis Roll-Wheeler - Les Manuels du Néophyte - 1950

[ANONYME]. The Book of Wonders, or Marvelous and Remarkable Stories and Adventures of spectres, revenants, spirits, ghosts, demons, etc., told by trustworthy persons. New edition. Paris, at Masson, bookseller, quai des Augustins, No. 19, 1821.

1 volume in-12. 11x18 cm.

Popular

Esotericism - Quantity: 1 - Book

Anonyme - Le Livre des prodiges, ou Histoires et aventures merveilleuses de spectres, revenans, esprits, - 1821

La Carte et le Territoire  ** Michel Houellebecq & Louis Paillard ** 

“Rare opportunity to acquire a unique copy signed by Houellebecq, enhanced with an original illustration – pieces like this are extremely rare on the market.”

- Signed by both authors + original drawing

Literature, Art - Quantity: 1 - Inscribed by author, Signed by author, Signed by illustrator - Book

Signé ; Michel Houellebecq / L. Paillard - La Carte et le Territoire [double envoi autographe signé de l'auteur et de l'illustrateur] - 2022

André du Ryer – L'Alcoran de Mahomet – 1770.
Complete first volume – Five folding engraved plates in very good condition – Map of Arabia – View of Mecca – Three genealogical tables – Engraved frontispiece.
Amsterdam & Leipzig: Arkstée & Merkus, 1770.

An attractive and complete

Religion - Quantity: 1 - Book

Andre du Ryer - L' Alcoran de Mahomet. Vol. 1 - 1770

Set of eight volumes of "La Comédie Humaine" by Balzac, Gallimard / La Pléiade edition; the volumes are in quite poor external condition: numerous wear to covers and edges, however there is no loss and the interior is in good condition, with no tears, nor markings (see photos).


Literature - Quantity: 8 - Book

Honoré de Balzac - La Comédie Humaine (8 volumes) - 1950-1960

A very precise description of the French people and of society in 1876 by numerous authors of the era, accompanied by beautiful illustrations.

Biographies and memoirs, Illustrated - Quantity: 4 - Book

Collectif - Les Français peints par eux-mêmes - 1876

Beautiful romantic binding. (wear, abrasions at the corners and headcaps.) Gilded edges. 

illustrated with 12 drawings from nature. Foxing scattered. 1st edition

Travels - Quantity: 1 - Book

L. Morel-Fatio - Paysages du Nord (Baltique, Finlande, Laponie, Suède, Norvège, Sleswig) - 1856

Jules Verne, Illustrated Geography of France and Its Colonies.
Undated.
Ornamented with engravings and drawings by the artists Hubert Clerget and Édouard Riou.
Maps by Constans, engraved by Sédille.
 Illustrat or: Théophile Lavallée.
Publisher: Bibliothèque d'Éducation - J.

Literature, Illustrated, Travels, Geography - Quantity: 1 - Book

Jules Verne - Géographie illustrée de la France et de ses colonies - 1895

Berkeley, Edith and Helen Jacobs (ills.) - Two Nursery Favourites Pictured by E. Berkeley and H. Jacobs - London, Dean & Son, Ltd, [not before 1915]
(1), 21 pp.  paperboard, bound with illustration and lettering mounted on red cloth. Wear (especially on spine) and age toning,

Children's books - Quantity: 4 - Book

Helen Jacobs, Edith Berkeley, Marcel Vidouvez - 4 Picture Books, 2 in English and 2 in French - 1915-1945

Journal des Demoiselles , 51e année , 1883.
1 vol. in-4 demi-chagrin bleu (coiffe supérieure frottée), 28 gravures couleurs h.t., ill. noir et blanc, Au Bureau du Journal, Paris, 1883, 336 pp.
Revue fameuse pour ses gravures de mode en couleurs.
Planches de gravures de mode en

History, Fashion, Illustrated, Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

Au bureau du journal - Journal des demoiselles (1883) - 1883

Rare travel book about Imperial Russia in the 19th century.

Victor Tissot (1844-1917) was one of the most popular French travel writers of his time. This volume is dedicated to Kiev and Moscow, with descriptions of the Gostinoï-Dvor, A travers les rues, Le pont des Maréchaux and

Travels - Quantity: 1 - Tour-book

Victor Tissot - La Russie et les Russes: Kiew et Moscou - 1883

Album of chromos published by Liebig establishments.
50 series of 6 color chromos: the American skyscrapers, marriage through the ages, the life of coral, the history of Japan, Chinese art, the hummingbirds…
In total 300 large chromos.
In good condition.

Memorabilia, History, Natural History - Quantity: 1 - Book

Liebig - Album chromos Liebig - 1950

The Ice Sphinx.
Jules Verne.
Hetzel - 1897, Cat. Y.
447 pages.
28 x 20 cm.
2 kg.
Magnificent copy in the original edition of The Ice Sphinx by Jules Verne from the Hetzel editions, in its globe-gilded binding of the second type, known as "à l'empiècement".
Superb first cover

Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

Jules Verne - Le Sphinx des Glaces - 1897

This is an early part of an enormous series on all aspects of Bohemian Silurian and otherArchaezoic fossils. This part dealing with fossil cephalopods, commonly known as ammonites. In particular it shows early, mostly straight and weakly curved or coiled species. This work was

Animals, Illustrated, Geology, Natural History, Nature - Quantity: 1 - Book

Barrande, J. - Systême Silurien du Centre de la Bohême [Ammonites] - 1866

Illustrated bibliophile art book "From Venice to Rome", published in 1953 by Éditions Arthaud. 
Author of the text: Pierre du Colombier 
Illustrations: Yves Brayer (containing numerous hors-texte reproductions of watercolors, drawings and monotypes). 
Year of publication: 1953 

Art, Illustrated, Travels - Quantity: 1 - Coffee table book

Yves Brayer - De Venise a Rome - 1953-1953

CALVINO (Italo) — SAMEK LUDOVICI (Sergio). Tarots. The Visconti deck of Bergamo and New York. A study by Sergio Samek Ludovici. Text by Italo Calvino. Milan-Paris, Franco Maria Ricci publisher, 1974. Collection "The Signs of Man", 2.

1 large-format quarto volume of 167 pages, in

Art - Quantity: 1 - Book

Italo Calvino, Sergio Samek Ludovici - Tarots. Le jeu de cartes Visconti de Bergame et New York - 1974

First French edition from 1902 of The Adventures of Pinocchio, very rare, 248 pages, hardcover. It’s almost a white elephant.

Children's books, Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

C. Collodi; ilustrado por E. Mazzanti e C. Magni - Les Aventures de Pinocchio - 1902

Exciting two-volume edition illustrated by Albert Dubout, which constitutes one of the great texts of French Renaissance literature and a founding work of the humanist tradition -

First published in 1532, this novel tells the extraordinary adventures of Pantagruel, son of the

Literature, Illustrated, Humour & caricature, History - Quantity: 2 - Book

François Rabelais / Dubout - Pantagruel - 1936

NOËL DES VERGERS, Adolphe. L'Étrurie et les Étrusques, ou Dix ans de fouilles dans les Maremmes Toscanes...París: Firmin Didot Frères, Fils et Cie, Éditeurs, 1862-1864. 

Gran folio (50 x 38 cm). Tomo III de una obra completa compuesta por tres volúmenes. Este tercer tomo

Archaeology, History - Quantity: 1 - Book

Adolphe Noël des Vergers - L'Étrurie et les Étrusques, ou Dix ans de fouilles dans les Maremmes Toscanes - 1862-1864

Great Illustrated Encyclopedia of Occult Sciences by D. Néroman - 474 pages. Published in 1937.
So you want to be a medium - practical guide by Rose Vanden Eynden - 309 pages.
Practical Treatise on Radiesthesia by Professor S. Breton - 189 pages.

Esotericism - Quantity: 3 - Book

D. Néroman /R. Vanden Eynden / S. Breton - Grande encyclopédie illustrée des Sciences Occultes / Vous souhaitez être médium? / Traité de - 1937-2007

Captivating illustrated edition of 43 large coloured geographical maps on double pages with explanatory text preceding each map -

This universal geography work designed to offer as complete as possible a representation of the world known at the end of the 19th century, by

Geography, Cartography, Illustrated, History, Topography, Reference - Quantity: 1 - Book

M. J. Migeon / MM. Desbuissons, A.-T. Chartier, A. Vuillemin, L. Thuillier, Ch. Lacoste - Atlas Migeon, Historique, scientifique, industriel et commercial - 1887

The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint Mark, Translated into French with an Explanation.
By L. I. Le Maistre de Sacy.
Very beautiful edition from the publisher Frickx Brussels or Desprez Paris, from the year 1697. Bound in a full leather binding of the period with a

Bibles, Religion - Quantity: 1 - Book

L. I. Le Maistre de Sacy - Le Saint Evangile De Jesus-Christ Selon Saint Marc Traduits En Francois Avec Une Explication - 1697

Fascinating edition in a beautiful publisher's binding of this maritime exploration narrative that traces one of the great British expeditions of the 18th century, conducted between 1740 and 1744 under the command of Commodore, then Admiral, George Anson -

This enterprise,

Travels, History, Geography - Quantity: 1 - Book

Georges Anson - Voyage autour du monde - 1880

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