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Livres anciens, de collection

Detective Adventures & The Young Sailor❦ Champagne, Maurice Aventures d’un détective. Le petit Mousse. 1929

Brittany travel guide, 1880❦ Bretagne JOANNE FRANCE BRETAGNE 1880

Orne Region and Its Historical Heritage❦ L’Orne . et son histoire 1963

Affordable Gourmet Cooking❦ CUISINE BOUILLARD La Gourmandise à Bon Marché.

Historical and Critical Memoirs on Famous England❦ ANGLETERRE Mémoires historiques et critiques sur les plus célèbres 1803

Reflections on the Comet of 1721❦ Pensées diverses écrites à un Docteur de Sorbonne à l’occasion de la Comète 1721

Exotic Tale with Colored Wood Engravings❦ Maïmona. Bois gravés en couleurs de Georges Tautel, nté sur pur fil

Geographical insights of Morbihan❦ Morbihan 1898 -62 p Adolphe Joanne***Géographie 56

The Bourgeois of 14th Century Paris❦ PARIS Bourgeois de Paris au XIV ème siècle, Etienne MARCEL

On Women and Love❦ Balzac AUTOUR DES FEMMES ET DE L’AMOUR – (A PROPOS DE BALZAC)

18th Century Costumes Collection❦ Costumes du XVIII e siècle tirés des près saint Gervais 1874 * 20 eaux fortes

1952 DAFOR Catalogue❦ Outil DAFOR 1952 catalogue

A maritime night exploration❦ FARRERE CLAUDE LA NUIT EN MER 1928

Protestant Tolerance in 1909❦ protestante LA TOLERANCE PROTESTANTE !!! 1909

Charolais: A Historical Overview❦ Charolais le chateau de charolais par Capon 1923

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