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1731réf. 164350chez Jean Leonard A Bruxelles, chez Jean Leonard, 1731. Illustrez et augmentez de plusieurs commentaires et manuscrits tant lettres, instructions, traitez, qu'autres pièces secrètes et originales, servans à donner la vérité de l'Histoire des règnes de Francois II, Charles IX et Henry III et de la Régence et du gouvernement de Catherine de Médicis. Avec les éloges des Rois, Reines, Prince & autres personnes illustres del'une & de l'autre Religion sous ces trois règnes, l'histoire généalogique de la Maison de Castelnau, et les généalogies de plusieurs maisons illustres alliées à celle de Castelnau, par J. Le Laboureur. Nouvelle édition, revue avec soin et augmentée de plusieurs manuscrits. Avec près de 400 armoiries gravées en taille-douce, etc3 volumes in-Folio reliés plein veau marbré de l'époque. Dos à 6 nerfs ornés de caissons et fleurons dorés, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges, roulettes dorées sur les coupes. Portrait en frontispice aux Tomes I et II. Nouvelle Edition revue avec soin & augmentée de plusieurs manuscrits avec près de 400 blasons dans le texte gravées en taille-douce. Les 2 portraits sont gravés au burin par R. Nanteuil et de La Roussière. Une vignette de titre est gravée par Heylbroieck. Tome I : Fx-titre, frontispice, titre, 15 feuillets non chiffrés, 864 + 6 ff (table) 1 ff blanc. Tome II : 1 ff blanc, fx-titre, forntispice, titre, 2 ff non chiffrés, 782 + 4 ff (table) + 1 ff blanc. Tome III : 2 ff blanc, fx titre, titre, 560 + 4 ff (table) + 22 ff blancs. Petits manques en coiffe et queue des tomeI et II, mors fendu au bas du tome III. Mouillure pale au bas des feuillets du tome III. Ex-Libris au tome I de Jacques de Vilmorin, ex-libris du Baron de Machau aux tome II et III. Brunet : Tome I - 1626. Bel exemplaire
1731A Bruxelles, chez Jean Leonard, 1731 3 volumes in-Folio reliés plein veau marbré de l'époque. Dos à 6 nerfs ornés de caissons et fleurons dorés, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges, roulettes dorées sur les coupes. Portrait en frontispice aux Tomes I et II. Nouvelle Edition revue avec soin & augmentée de plusieurs manuscrits avec près de 400 blasons dans le texte gravées en taille-douce. Les 2 portraits sont gravés au burin par R. Nanteuil et de La Roussière. Une vignette de titre est gravée par Heylbroieck. Tome I : Fx-titre, frontispice, titre, 15 feuillets non chiffrés, 864 + 6 ff (table) 1 ff blanc. Tome II : 1 ff blanc, fx-titre, forntispice, titre, 2 ff non chiffrés, 782 + 4 ff (table) + 1 ff blanc. Tome III : 2 ff blanc, fx titre, titre, 560 + 4 ff (table) + 22 ff blancs. Petits manques en coiffe et queue des tomeI et II, mors fendu au bas du tome III. Mouillure pale au bas des feuillets du tome III. Ex-Libris au tome I de Jacques de Vilmorin, ex-libris du Baron de Machau aux tome II et III. Brunet : Tome I - 1626. Bel exemplaire
réf. 15172Paris, André Balland, 1980 16 x 24, 377 pp., broché, bon état.
1926Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, title in red and black, 148 sepia-toned plates on 80 and 11 vignettes after Cruickshank and others in the text; decorative blind-blocked cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. Very scarce in anything like this condition.
1991Make charming replicas of your favorite American landmarks with this inspiring collection of 25 original origami models. Patterns, instructions, and historical commentary. Previous owner's name inside. 10 1/8"w x 14 1/2"h. You can make these buildings: Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, AT&T Building, Trump Tower, Flatiron Building, Statue of Liberty, Manhattan Skyline, Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Capitol Building, White House (front and back), National Air & Space Museum, Dulles International Airport, Carpenter Center, Gateway Arch, Republic Bank Center, Marina City, Crown Hall, Johnson Wax Building, Hyat Regency Hotel, Golden Gate Bridge, TransAmerica Pyramid, San Francisco Skyline, and the Hollywood Sign.
1989(Second Volume of the School for Manners series) Amy and Tribble can only ponder why Miss Fiona Macleod was placed in their charge at their School for Manners. For there seems to be nothing about the young heiress that needs perfecting. She is demure, refined-and turned many a handsome head at ther first Society ball, where London's ton waiting in eager attendance. But when left to her own devices, dear Fiona is an incorrigible flirt, a feisty-tempered lass determined to shock and anger her suitors with her outspoken discourse-on the most unspeakable topics! For Fiona has no intention to marry, not even when the Season's most unattainable bachelor, Lord Peter Havard, turns his rakish eyes to her. Book
1987"At first, Emily Goodenough and her father, Sir George, appear to be exactly what the servants at 67 Clarges Street are hoping for: respectable tenants to usher in a lucrative and uneventful Season. Only Rainbird, the butler, suspects that the new tenants' origins might be less than genteel, and when he realizes just where he has seen Sir George before, he vows not to get involved in the intrigues of this ex-butler and his "daughter," really a runaway chambermaid." Volume 5 of the series ' A House for the Season'. Book
1981She must choose... choose to seek a "suitable" position as governess or take the most outrageous risk of her young life. For beautiful, high-spirited Julia Swanton, the next step was clear. She must conceal her father's death, her near penniless state, and plunge into the Season with one object: a wealthy marriage! That decided, she would return to London to delight Beau Brummel, charm the Prince Regent, and dazzle Lord Garde, the wealthy libertine who had already shown an interest. Apart from her jealous sister, only one person could undo her: the handsome Frenchman who had his secrets and knew hers. They had made a cold bargain, but could Julia keep it? Could her icy resolve falter, melted by passion? By love? Fine, but paper age-toned Book
2011Emma Hallaway has not seen her husband in twelve years -- and that's fine with her. As a young girl, she'd agreed to a simple marriage of convenience, allowing her to pursue her private passion for painting. And though unknown to the rest of polite society, Emma is now one of the most daring and sought-after artists in London. However, when her secret is threatened to be exposed, Emma is forced to open her heart -- and her home -- to a total stranger: her husband. Richard Mansfield, Earl of Asbury, is all too familiar with danger. As a matter of fact, it is hard on his heels when he returns to England. Still, even he is shocked to learn of his wife's scandalous double life as an artist. But once he sees the vibrant grown woman she has become -- so passionate, so strong, and so alluring -- his undeniable attraction to Emma stuns him. Suddenly Richard is determined to turn their sham of a marriage into a true and lasting love. But how exactly does a gentleman seduce his own wife? Book
1990Dilys Byrn had been an inexperienced, easily infatuated young girl when she fell head over heels in love with handsome and dashing Lord Travis Gallant. But Dilys had reached the reasonable age of marriage now, and should have had enough good sense to forget the man who had become the most notorious rake in London. Yet while the most eligible gentleman of the ton courted her, Dilys courted scandal by clinging to her impossible dream of love--even though she knew how slim the chances were of that dream coming true... and how dangerous it would be if it did. ... Book
réf. 5933extraits des attiques du Palais de Versailles et gravées sur acier.Collection spécialement destinée à illustrer les mémoires de Saint Simon.Elle est imprimée dans le même format que les éditions anciennes et nouvelles de ces mémoires et renferme les portraits des personnages cités dans la table alphabétique qui termine le 20ème volume de l’édition que Hachette vient de publier.Format in 8 sous serpente,dans un portefeuille demi-toile rouge,plats cartonné, fermoir à rubans.Bien complet des 180 portraits et de la table. Paris Bureau des galeries historiques de Versailles. Des rousseurs à certaines planches, principalement en marges,ou sur les serpentes.
2012réf. 1259862012 Editions du Patrimoine, Centre des monuments nationaux, Paris - 2012 - In-8 broché, couverture illustrée à rabats - 200 pages - Nombreuses illustrations en N&B, in et hors texte, dans l'ouvrage
1997(Zebra Regency Romance) When Elizabeth Fields, a spinster vicar's daughter, accompanies her shy friend Juliet to an eccentric relative's estate in the hopes of making her the heir to a fortune, she encounters a dashing rival, Major Roderick Shelton, who is promoting the interests of his own half -sister. Book
1955Beau Nash was a one-time Master of Ceremonies at the spa in Bath and concurrently at the more provincial resort located in Tunbridge Wells. Beau Nash has been called by some the most picturesque dandy of the age. Connely writes from the viewpoint of one who is very familiar with Bath and the enourage of those who went there "to take the cure" 194p. plates bibliography index. name of previous owner, else fine Book
1980A peasant girl forced into a fraudulent marriage must deny her dearest love to protect her dearest friend...The deception had seemed harmless enough. A schoolgirl's prank in which Miranda Testa would masquerade as her foster sister, Amanda, and travel to London to protect Amanda's fortune. In a short time Amanda would come of age, marry the naval officer she loved, and sail to London to reveal her true identity.But Miranda had not reckoned with her strong attraction to the dashing actor Theo Moreland. Or the lecherous advances of Lord Fortescue. Or the financial conniving of Amanda's guardian.Suddenly the harmless prank had become a tangled web of terrifying intrigue. Miranda was forced to marry the loathsome lord to save the man she loved. Amanda's fortune had swiftly begun to disappear through Fortescue's hands. Reputations wavered on the verge of ruination. And the masquerade had not yet reached its dangerous, deadly climax.... Book
1998The first person the Marquis of Mullineaux chanced to meet upon his return to England was the very last person he wanted to see -- Lady Carberry, the woman who had scandalized the haute ton by breaking off their engagement. She was just as displeased to meet him. He had, after all, sacrificed her reputation to save his pride. Thrown together by circumstance, Alicia and James found themselves constantly at war with one another. James was determined to discover the truth about their past. Only then would he also discover that behind their anger lay a passion that had never died. Book
1856réf. 57045Didier et Cie 1856 In-8 14 x 22 cm. Reliure de l’époque demi-chagrin vert foncé, dos à 5 nerfs, auteur et titre doré, frontispice, 540 pp. Coins de pied émoussés, sinon exemplaire bien relié en bon état.
réf. 38311Paris J. J. Blaise, Libraire 1820 in 8 (21x13,5) 1 volume reliure pleine basane fauve racinée, dos lisse richement orné, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, filets et guirlandes dorés d'encadrement sur les plats, tranches dorées, XII et 512 pages, avec 2 fac-similés d'écriture, 1 portrait et 1 planche de médailles, rousseurs éparses. Bel ex-libris gravé armorié de Mme la Douairière van Tieghem de Ter Hoije, née Soemens avec la devise: Me stella duce. Phillippe Emmanuel de Coulanges, 1633-1716. Très bel exemplaire, reliure rutilante ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
1855Paris, chez Jannet, 1855. Bibliothèque Elzévirienne, In-12 relié percaline éditeur rouge, 233 pages + catalogue in fine. Bon état
1984Sir Edward Fairmount had decided had decided that his daughter Valeria must marry Perry Adaire. Despite her own opposition to the match, Sir Edward took her to Vienna, where Perry's regiment was stationed, to make sure the betrothal took place. In Vienna, the Peace Congress was in progress, and amidst the intrigue and excitement, love touched Valeria at last. But it was not love for Perry. Valeria had lost her heart to a man who seemed to have no heart of his own. 224p. Ffep missing, else fine Book
1983When her father dies without leaving a male heir, Miss Lucy Stanton is forced to leave her ancestral home and live with her grandfather, Prince Virinsky. The late Sir Charles Stanton had written to his estranged father-in-law Prince Kuragin in Russia - entrusting him with the care of his daughter Lucy. The prospect of traveling to St. Petersburg - far away - was frightening and exciting. Though without a chaperone, Lucy did not fear for her virtue, one look at her escort, cousin Nikolai, revealed a nature as frozen as the Russian steppes.Fine but for age-toned paper. Book
2005(Avon Historical Romance) Nathan Oliver, younger son of an earl, is content being a country doctor. Years ago he had worked for the Crown, but when a spy mission went awry, he left London for a simpler life. Now his world is turned upside down with the arrival of Lady Victoria Wexhall, a pampered Society miss more suited for the ballrooms of London than the quiet countryside of Cornwall. Victoria cannot believe her father would send her to the middle of nowhere, and just when the the Season was in full swing! And with Nathan Oliver, no less! Of course, he's dashing and more interesting than the fops she's acquainted with in Town, and it would be so easy to fall in love with him. But why does he insist on searching through her luggage in the middle of the night? And why does he insist their lives are in danger? Book
réf. 3856Librairie de l'art, collection "Les artistes célèbres", Paris, 1891. In-4, broché sous couverture rempliée et illustrée en noir et blanc , 139 pp. Chapitre premier : Etat civil de Watteau, orthographe de son nom, sa famille, sa jeunesse, sa vocation, son premier maître, voyage à Paris, épreuves qu'il y subit - Chapitre II : Watteau entre dans l'atelier de Gilot, influence de ce ...
1972Three Regency romances in a single volume [1] Cecily " When Cecily appeared on the stage, the questions started. Who was she; could she be an innocent; was she an adventuress? No one asked these questions with more concern than the Honorable Robert Ranleigh, the handsome, aristocratic leader of London male society. For Cecily actually claimed to be his distant relative, and begged him to come to her aid." [2] Georgina "After shutting the door in the face of her latest and most eligible suitor 'Miss Georgina Powers announced that spinsterhood was preferable to a life with a dimwit twice her age. Her very displeased grandmother, Lady Mercer, ships her off to distant relations in the wilds of Ireland, where sheer boredom would force her to reflect on her folly. To the surprise of both Georgina and her disapproving grandmama, the Emerald Isle yielded the roguish Mr. Shannon, a handsome Irishman with a most scandalous past. Georgina is sure to set the ton on its ear with her choice of a groom... but for all the wrong reasons! "[3] Lydia: '"On his arrival at one of his recently inherited estates, the Fourth Viscount Northover is surprised to learn that a family from Louisiana have made themselves at home there. In his library he meets Miss Lydia Leyland, who engagingly confides that she has come to England to secure a rich husband. Amused, Lord Northover watches Lydia scheme and flirt with various wealthy men as the Leylands set out to assault London society - always at hand to pull her out of the scrapes into which her forthrightness and charm precipitate her." Book
1980Miss Eugenia Liddiard was utterly charmed with her solution to the marriage muddle. Since she must find a husband in her first season (to wait longer would be to disoblige her guardians), she made the practical choice of Tom, her childhood country playmate and her best friend's brother. She and Tom would suit famously and live amicably ever after... But on her way to proposing to the unsuspecting intended, Eugenia was waylaid by the predicament of one Richard Liddiard, a newly discovered and darkly handsome cousin. Richard was earnestly sought by the Bow Street Runners for murder--a case of mistaken identity the enterprising Eugenia could not resist trying to put right. Soon she was one step ahead of the law--and one perilous step behind the real culprit. Bt the true danger lay in the bold, smoldering gazes the captivating Richard! Book