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Collège Henri IV or lycée Napoléon...1861 C. Meryon ETCHING bird's-eye view❦ Collège Henri IV ou lycée Napoléon…1861 C. Meryon EAU-FORTE vue à vol d’oiseau

miniature anglaise in the 14th and 15th centuries 1928❦ miniature anglaise au XIVe et XVe siècle 1928

paintings of Nicolas Poussin A. Blunt❦ paintings of Nicolas PoussinA. Blunt

LANDAIS Dictionnaire général et grammatical des dictionnaires françaises 1834❦ LANDAIS Dictionnaire général et grammatical des dictionnaires françaises 1834 EO

Histoire de la Gascogne depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à...❦ GASCOGNE HISTOIRE DE LA GASCOGNE DEPUIS LES TEMPS LES PLUS RECULES JUSQU…

Curiosa original hand-drawn pin-up illustrations, dated and signed, 1948❦ Curiosa dessins originaux à la main, datés et signés pin-up 1948

Study of a Model, Sculptor’s Studio, 52 x 40 cm., 1752❦ Etude d’un modèle, atelier du sculpteur 52 x 40 cm., 1752

Breton Misère de la poésie: The "L'Affaire Aragon" before public opinion 1932❦ BRETON Misère de la poésie “L’Affaire Aragon” devant l’opinion publique 1932

SIGNORET Complete Poems (Vers dorés, Daphné, La souffrance des eaux...)❦ SIGNORET Poésies complètes (Vers dorés, Daphné, La souffrance des eaux…

Collège Henri IV or lycée Napoléon...1864. Meryon Etching❦ Collège Henri IV ou lycée Napoléon…1864 . Meryon Eau-Forte

Raphaël Esmerian Library❦ Bibliothèque Raphaël Esmerian

Cardinal de Retz, Mémoires du Cardinal de Retz, 1817❦ RETZ Cardinal Mémoires du Cardinal DE RETZ 1817

André Breton. Ode to Charles Fourier. 1947❦ BRETON (André). Ode à Charles Fourier. 1947

FOSSET Adolphe ‎Encyclopédie domestique, arts et métiers, économie rurale 1830❦ FOSSET Adolphe ‎Encyclopédie domestique,arts et métiers, économie rurale 1830

VAN DEN BROEK D'OBRENAN Valéry Paul Le voyage de "la Korrigane"❦ VAN DEN BROEK D’OBRENAN VALERY Paul Le voyage de “la Korrigane”

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