ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS from Varennes Books

De Blegny, Etienne,Very Rare original edition of L'Ortografe françoise. Paris: G. André, 1667, 155 pp., elegantly rebound in green leather with gilt titles and gilt decoration to spine; top edge gilt, slight bumping to corners. First book published by Writing Master and Calligrapher Etienne de Blégny. a member of the guild of maîtres écrivains. This early pedagogical work is a… Ler mais sobre este item

C.A. Demoustier, Lettres à Emilie - (1817) Ménard & Désenne, Finely bound Popular lessons to a schoolgirl on Mythology in the form of letters published in the series of "la Bibliothèque Française" illustrated with 18 plates by Johannot, Leroux, Müller, noted artists of the period. Engraved frontispiece to each part. 3 vols. 12mo. Gilt stamped maroon morocco decoratively tooled and… Ler mais sobre este item

London, Gay and Bird, 1903 Miniature hardback, 5 x 3 inches. Embossed calf leather covers (possibly the work of the Zaensdorf Bindery) with lettering and decorative patterns and gilt-edged pages. In very good condition. Some rubbing to edges and corners. Otherwise very clean and tight copy. 150pp. Illustrated with an engraved frontis portrait, decorative chapter headings, letter and tailpieces. With… Ler mais sobre este item