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Selected Poems for Recitation with Dedication

Selected Poems for Recitation with Dedication<span class="lla-card-orig-wrap"><span class="lla-card-orig">❦ Diction Des vers. à dire. professeur de diction + dédicace</span></span> - La Librairie Antique

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Selected Poems for Recitation with Dedication❦ Diction Des vers. à dire. professeur de diction + dédicace

Original title : Diction Des vers. à dire. professeur de diction + dédicace

36,00€

Robespierre’s Revolutionary Writings<span class="lla-card-orig-wrap"><span class="lla-card-orig">❦ Robespierre Oeuvres de Maximilien Robespierre REVOLUTION</span></span> - La Librairie Antique

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Robespierre’s Revolutionary Writings❦ Robespierre Oeuvres de Maximilien Robespierre REVOLUTION

Original title : Robespierre Oeuvres de Maximilien Robespierre REVOLUTION

55,00€

Reynaldo Hahn’s signed letter to Fernand Gregh

Reynaldo Hahn’s signed letter to Fernand Gregh<span class="lla-card-orig-wrap"><span class="lla-card-orig">❦ PROUST Reynaldo Hahn carte signée</span></span> - La Librairie Antique

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Reynaldo Hahn’s signed letter to Fernand Gregh❦ PROUST Reynaldo Hahn carte signée

Original title : PROUST Reynaldo Hahn carte signée

110,00€

Medieval Romance of Geneviève and the Nameless Knight

Medieval Romance of Geneviève and the Nameless Knight<span class="lla-card-orig-wrap"><span class="lla-card-orig">❦ Géneviève de Cornouailles, et le damoisel sans nom, roman de chevalerie CAZIN</span></span> - La Librairie Antique

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Medieval Romance of Geneviève and the Nameless Knight❦ Géneviève de Cornouailles, et le damoisel sans nom, roman de chevalerie CAZIN

Original title : Géneviève de Cornouailles, et le damoisel sans nom, roman de chevalerie CAZIN

65,00€

Grand French Departmental Atlas with Algeria and Colonies

Grand French Departmental Atlas with Algeria and Colonies<span class="lla-card-orig-wrap"><span class="lla-card-orig">❦ Atlas FISQUET Grand atlas départemental de la France …</span></span> - La Librairie Antique

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Grand French Departmental Atlas with Algeria and Colonies❦ Atlas FISQUET Grand atlas départemental de la France …

Original title : Atlas FISQUET Grand atlas départemental de la France ...

410,00€

Gay’s 1828 Fables in Full Leather Binding

Gay’s 1828 Fables in Full Leather Binding<span class="lla-card-orig-wrap"><span class="lla-card-orig">❦ Gay, John Fables by John Gay 1828</span></span> - La Librairie Antique

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Gay’s 1828 Fables in Full Leather Binding❦ Gay, John Fables by John Gay 1828

Original title : Gay, John Fables by John Gay 1828

46,00€

Italian Landscapes: Open-Air Painters (1780–1830)

Italian Landscapes: Open-Air Painters (1780–1830)<span class="lla-card-orig-wrap"><span class="lla-card-orig">❦ Italie PAYSAGES D’ITALIE. Les peintres du plein air</span></span> - La Librairie Antique

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Italian Landscapes: Open-Air Painters (1780–1830)❦ Italie PAYSAGES D’ITALIE. Les peintres du plein air

Original title : Italie PAYSAGES D'ITALIE. Les peintres du plein air

73,00€

Captain Ponpon: A French Colonial Officer’s Memoir

Captain Ponpon: A French Colonial Officer’s Memoir<span class="lla-card-orig-wrap"><span class="lla-card-orig">❦ Ponpon 2e D. B. capitaine Emmanuel Dupont UN CAÏD</span></span> - La Librairie Antique

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Captain Ponpon: A French Colonial Officer’s Memoir❦ Ponpon 2e D. B. capitaine Emmanuel Dupont UN CAÏD

Original title : Ponpon 2e D. B. capitaine Emmanuel Dupont UN CAÏD

26,00€

Southern France map by Mercator, early 17th century

Southern France map by Mercator, early 17th century<span class="lla-card-orig-wrap"><span class="lla-card-orig">❦ MERCATOR Aquitania australis regnu arelatense cum confiniis Ca. 1610</span></span> - La Librairie Antique

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Southern France map by Mercator, early 17th century❦ MERCATOR Aquitania australis regnu arelatense cum confiniis Ca. 1610

Original title : MERCATOR Aquitania australis regnu arelatense cum confiniis Ca. 1610

206,25€

Egypt through Loti’s eyes<span class="lla-card-orig-wrap"><span class="lla-card-orig">❦ EGYPT Loti Translated By W. P. Baines. Illustrated By A. Lamplough Egypt</span></span> - La Librairie Antique

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Egypt through Loti’s eyes❦ EGYPT Loti Translated By W. P. Baines. Illustrated By A. Lamplough Egypt

Original title : EGYPT Loti Translated By W. P. Baines. Illustrated By A. Lamplough Egypt

33,00€

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Selected Poems for Recitation with Dedication❦ Diction Des vers. à dire. professeur de diction + dédicace

Robespierre’s Revolutionary Writings❦ Robespierre Oeuvres de Maximilien Robespierre REVOLUTION

Reynaldo Hahn’s signed letter to Fernand Gregh❦ PROUST Reynaldo Hahn carte signée

Medieval Romance of Geneviève and the Nameless Knight❦ Géneviève de Cornouailles, et le damoisel sans nom, roman de chevalerie CAZIN

Grand French Departmental Atlas with Algeria and Colonies❦ Atlas FISQUET Grand atlas départemental de la France …

Gay’s 1828 Fables in Full Leather Binding❦ Gay, John Fables by John Gay 1828

Italian Landscapes: Open-Air Painters (1780–1830)❦ Italie PAYSAGES D’ITALIE. Les peintres du plein air

Captain Ponpon: A French Colonial Officer’s Memoir❦ Ponpon 2e D. B. capitaine Emmanuel Dupont UN CAÏD

Southern France map by Mercator, early 17th century❦ MERCATOR Aquitania australis regnu arelatense cum confiniis Ca. 1610

Egypt through Loti’s eyes❦ EGYPT Loti Translated By W. P. Baines. Illustrated By A. Lamplough Egypt

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