Lot n° 234
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250 - 350
EUR
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Result
: 220EUR
Thiers, Jean-Baptiste and Lebrun, Pierre. - Superstitions an - Lot 234
Thiers, Jean-Baptiste and Lebrun, Pierre. - Superstitions anciennes et modernes, préjugés vulgaires qui ont induit les peuples à des usages et à des pratiques contraires à la religion. Amsterdam, Jean Frédéric Bernard, 1733-1736. 2 volumes in-folio bound in full contemporary calf, ornate ribbed spines, title and appendices, triple gilt fillet on covers, roulette on the edges - T I, small snags on the covers, first half-split jaw, scratches and epidermis, 18 ff.with pronounced freckling, marginal tear p.101(without loss); T II, tail cap shaved with loss of leather at last internals, small hole filled on f. Nnnn2, with loss of a few letters, approx. 60 pll. with pronounced freckling - [2 ff., fx-title, title], XVII pp. (envoi, preface, to the reader, eulogy of M Le Brun, speech, preface, table), 268 pp., 72 pp. (critical history of superstitious practices). Illustrated with 8 pll. h-t; [4 ff., fx-title, title, warning, table], 133 pp. (1st part), 326 pp. (second part), [1 f., remarks and additions], [7 ff. table]. Illustrated with 8 pll. h-t (of 12).
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