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    Livres Anciens, Livres Modernes et Manuscrits

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    20 November 2007

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    • [MIRABEAU, Honoré Gabriel Riqu
    Lot 253

    [MIRABEAU, Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, comte de (1749-1791)]. L'Ami des hommes ou Traité de la population. Avignon: 1756-1760.

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    [MIRABEAU, Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, comte de (1749-1791)]. L'Ami des hommes ou Traité de la population. Avignon: 1756-1760.

    6 volumes in-12 (170 x 97 mm). Frontispice de Meltay gravé par Fessard en 1757. (3 feuillets anciennement restaurés.) Veau fauve de l'époque, plats aux armes des comtes de Schönborn avec leur étiquette sur les plats supérieurs), dos à nerfs ornés, pièces de titre et de tomaison (légèrement différentes à partir du vol. 3), tranches marbrées. Provenance: bibliothèque Schönborn-Buchheim (armoiries et étiquettes).

    ÉDITION ORIGINALE. EXEMPLAIRE EXCEPTIONNEL EN RELIURE DE L'ÉPOQUE AUX ARMES. Higgs 1143. (6)

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