Paris: P. G. Simon, Imprimeur du Parlement, 1777. First edition. With woodcut head piece. 4 p. Royal act regarding bankruptcy in French India (Établissements français dans l’Inde). More

Evreux: J. J. L. Ancelle, 1793. First edition. Published unbound. 4 p. Decree of the National Convention about slave-trade; the declaration of William Pitt as enemy of mankind; and a decree on sylviculture. 1º. Qui autorise le Ministre de la Marine à faire marquer & exploiter les Bois propres..... More

A Rouen: De l’Imprimerie de J. J. le Boullenger, imprimeur du Déparrement de la Seine inférieure, rue du Grand-Maulévrier, 1792. First edition. Imprint from colophon. Published unbound. 3, (1) p. As a result of the decree of the National Assembly that removed all the privileges of Compagnie des Indes (French..... More

France: 18–19th century. 19 drawings in pencil (one double page, that is in ink) on tracing paper in passepartout, lettered in ink. In contemporary blue paper. Most of the plates are separated with crêpe paper. 20 plates. Unique collection of drawings of 82 birds on 20 plates by unknown hand..... More

[France]: [n. d., but 18th century]. 18th-century manuscript. . In contemporary vellum. Contains mounted textile samples. Text in French by a neat hand in ink. 174 [10 (index)] p. Unique 18th-century French manuscript book of recipes of dyes and colors, containing about 300 entries, some illustrated with textile a sample..... More

[S. l. probably Austria]: Anno 1799. Manuscript on laid paper. Text in German. Written in black and red ink, the drawings colored in blue and yellow. In contemporary calf. Panels ruled with gilt waves, with floral stamps at corners. Spine with five raised bands, compartments richly gilt. Edges gilt. Paste-paper..... More

[Spain]: [18th-century]. Manuscript on paper. Written in Spanish by a neat hand in ink. In contemporary vellum. ff. 56. An 18th-century Spanish manual on military cartography and architectural drafting. This 18th-century Spanish manuscript details the techniques for creating, copying, and preserving military maps and architectural plans, combines artistic and..... More

A Versailles: De l’Imprimerie de Ph.-D- Pierres, Premier Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roi, rue Saint-Honoré, No. 23, Juillet1789. First edition. In somewhat later blank wrappers. [4] 24 p. The extremely scarce first edition of the earliest version of the Declaration of the Rights of Man, a draft by Abbé Sieyès. This..... More

[France]: [Late 18th–early 19th century]. Manuscript in French, written in brown ink with corrections and deletions, protected with a somewhat later added cover-page. 21 pages in-folio. Unpublished French account of the 1796 Russian campaign against Persia, written by a secretary of the Austrian embassy. A contemporary or near-contemporary draft..... More

A Paris: Del’Imprimerie de Valleyre, pere, ruë de la Huchette, à la Ville de Riom, [1727]. First edition. Unbound as published. 8 p. A scarce 1727 pamphlet defending the controversial hoop skirt fashion; a bold assertion of feminine autonomy. “L’Apologie ou la Défense des Paniers” is a rare and..... More

Aix: Imprimerie de la Vauve d’André Adibert, Imprimeur du Roi & du Départment, vis-à-vis le College, 1791. First edition. With a woodcut head piece. Published unbound. 3, (1) p. Law by the National Assembly concerning the legislation at Saint-Domingue and the rights of the colonial assembly and the governor of..... More

[S.l.]: [S.n.], [n.d. but 1709]. First edition. In contemporary leather. Gilt spine with red title label. Edges of the panels gilt. Marbled endpapers. Tinted edges. (12), 308 p. Scarce publication related to the endgame of the Chinese Rites Controversy. Antoine Thomas (adopted the Chinese name of Ngan To..... More

Wien: gedruckt mit Schulzischen Schriften, 1769. First edition. In contemporary leather. Spine gilt, with red title vignette. Edges tinted. Woodcut headpiece on A1. Pages ruled with woodcut frame. (*)1 [title page, verso blank], a–b8, c6 [i.e. (24) leaves] and 1 folded plate. A curious and scarce treatise on glassblowing and..... More