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We have some rare and unusual items on our pages of books in French. If you have a particular collecting speciality please advise us. We can supply further details of particular books if required. Some of these items are unobtainable in the original English language versions.

X3221 Wilde, Oscar. Salome. Desins D’Alistair. Les Editions G. Cres et Cie. Paris 1922. 1st. £85

X3274 Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. Le Sylphe. Traduit de l’Angloise. A Geneva et fe trouve A Bruxelles. Chez Emmauel Flon. 1784. One volume in two parts. Part 1 240 pages. Part 2 208 pages. Binding solid, contents clean. The covers are age soiled with vestiges of a spine label and two small worm holes whch do not penetrate the book. £360

X3290 Aladin ou La Lampe Merveilleuse. Represente pour la premiere fois sur theatre de l’Academie Royale de Musique. 6th Fevrier 1822. Cinquime Edition. Priz 2 Francs. Paris 1825. 68 pages. 68 pages. paper covers. Script and Programme. Theatre. VG £95

X3334 Milton. Le Paradise Perdu Poeme Heroique. Traduite de L’Anglois. Avec Remarques de Mr. Addison. Nouvelle Edition. Augmentee du Paradise Reconquis, & de quelques autres pieces de Poisie de meme Auteur. A La haye, Chez M. G. Merville 1748 Paradis Perdu. 357 pages. Paradis Reconquis 105 pages. Clean throughout, binding tight. Full leather with a bit of fraying at the top and bottom of the spine. VG £95

X3374 Sacher Masoch. La Pantoufle de Sapho. L’Amour Cruel A Travers Les Ages. Traduit par D. Doles. Paris. Charles Carrington, Librairie-Editeur. 1907. Pictorial card covers. 412 pages. Signature on opening page of text. Text clean. Pictorial card covers. Card covers contained in plastic wrapper which in two places has been stuck to the book. The spine is grubby. The front of the cover and the first two pages are loose. £125

X3382 Goudar Ange, Casonova de Seingalt (Giavanni Giacomo) L’Espion Chionois, ou l’Envoye secret de la Cour de Pekin, pour examiner l’etat present de l’Europe. Traduit du Chinois. A Cologne 1783. 2 volumes Vol. 4 and 6 only. Both vols quarter leather with marbled boards, gilt page edges. Both vols with two bookplates – one extremely ornate. Signature on half title. VG £180

X3384 Anne Radcliffe. La Foret ou L’Abbaye de Saint-Clair. Traduit de l’Anglais sur la second edition. Avec figures. Tome Premier. A Paris, Chez Maradan, Librairie, rue du Cimetiere. 180 pages. The first volume only of two. 1^st French edition translated into French from the 2^nd English edition. Booksellers sticker on the rear of title page. Small inscription on title page. One plate facing title page. Binding tight, text clean. Card covers somewhat grubby with corners bumped and an ancient sticker handwritten with the books title. £145