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curiosa CAZIN Confession Générale du Chevalier de Wilfort 1772

Bible The Book of the Common Prayer finger Prayer Book 28 x 90 mm❦ bibel The Book of the Common Prayer finger Prayer Book 28 x 90 mm.

maori A. E. Brougham Reeds Lilliput Maori Proverbs 36 x 48 mm.

Cuisine Handbook of Practical Cookery by Matilda Lees Dods 1905 48 x 57 mm. miniature❦ cuisine Handbook of Practical Cookery by Matilda Lees Dods 1905 48 x 57 mm. mini

Gutenberg, Edmund; Shuckburgh, Evelyn Shirley Miniature book: The Gutenberg Bible 85 x 55 mm❦ gutemberg Shuckburgh Miniaturbuch Die Gutenberg-Bibel 85 x 55 mm.

Imitation of the Very Holy Virgin after the model of the Imitation of Jesus Christ❦ Imitation de la très sainte Vierge sur le modèle de l’imitation de Jésus Christ

STEINBECK Rombaldi raisins de la colère, grande vallée, souris et des hommes

naval MARGUET Astronomy Course of the Naval School 1926❦ naval MARGUET Cours d’astronomie de l’école navale 1926

Deharme (Lise). Notebook of a curious person + dedication❦ Deharme (Lise). Cahier de curieuse personne + dédicace

Contes Beaux Contes Collection Nos Loisirs

Bolivia in the First Centenary of its Independence 1825 BOLIVIE❦ Bolivia en el primer centenario de su independencia 1925 BOLIVIE

COURTELINE (Georges) Oeuvres complètes illustrées HEMARD

Balzac La Peau de chagrin 1831 First Edition❦ Balzac Peau de chagrin 1831 EO

VERLAINE (Paul) BECAT Chansons pour elle, and Odes en son honneur❦ VERLAINE (Paul) BECAT Chansons pour elle, et Odes en son honneur

André Breton. The Manifestos of Surrealism followed by .. on Alfa❦ André Breton. Les manifestes du surréalisme suivi de..sur Alfa

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