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Every La Librairie Antique listing explicitly mentions the first edition status (E.O. or 1st edition), print run, publication date (colophon), binding type (leather, parchment, gilding), format (12mo, folio, etc.), and detailed condition (foxing, dampstains, repairs if any). We provide multiple high-resolution photos. For items above 500 EUR, a provenance certificate is included when available.

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A first edition (often abbreviated E.O. in French) is the first published version of a work. Identifiers: print run statement at the front/back, colophon date, paper and format specifications, reference bibliographies (Vicaire, Carteret for French literature, Sadleir for 19th century English literature). Every listing mentions first edition status explicitly when applicable.

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Eighteenth-century reflections on society and morals❦ SENAC DE MEILHAN Considérations sur l’esprit et les moeurs. A Londres 1787

The Nun Alferez: A 19th-Century Spanish Memoir❦ HÉREDIA, VIERGE, Daniel (ill.). La Nonne Alferez

Mauriac’s fatal women in post-war Paris❦ MAURIAC Toutes les femmes sont fatales

Masini’s Romantic Lithography Album, 1844❦ ALBUM DE F. MASINI 1844 lithographies, Nanteuil

Napoleon on Saint Helena in pictures❦ Napoléon Sainte-Helene en images … Sur les traces de Napoléon

Complete works by Jacques Chardonne❦ CHARDONNE Jacques‎ ‎ROMANESQUES – CHIMÉRIQUES – VIVRE À MADÈRE. Oeuvres complète

Science Lessons with Practical Applications❦ LECONS DE SCIENCES. PHYSIQUES ET NATURELLES…

1820 Bible with Westall illustrations❦ bible HOLY BIBLE Westall New York

Marian apparitions at Garaison up to the Revolution❦ Notre-Dame de Garaison. depuis les Apparitions jusqu’à la Révolution

Geology of France by Gaffarel❦ Sol de la France GAFFAREL

Grandfather Girardins illustrated adventures❦ GIRARDIN J. GRAND’PERE dessinées sur bois par C. Delort

Jack by Alphonse Daudet (Complete in 2 volumes)❦ Daudet Alphonse Jack

Memoirs of a provincial high school student❦ LAURIE André. Mémoires d’un collégien lycée de département HETZEL

Lorraine Ceramics: 18th–19th Century Masterpieces❦ Céramique Lorraine Chefs-d’oeuvre des XVIII° et XIX° Siècles

Claude Bernard’s Foundational Text on Experimental Medicine❦ BERNARD (Claude); Introduction à l’étude de la Médecine Expérimentale 1912

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