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Auction 11 June 2024 Bibliophily - Part II - Travel: Collections of Mr. R. and Mr. F., from Reunion Island to Antarctica - Nice

Bid on the lot list Millon Riviera : 11 June 2024 - Présentation de la venteRaconter une expédition scientifique, une découverte, son expérience de voyage au travers des livres, ou tout simplement y voyager au fil des pages... Bibliophilie et voyage seront donc les thèmes de cette seconde partie de vente!L'exceptionnelle collection de M. R. nous portera vers les îles, particulièrement Madagascar et La Réunion. Le focus sera mis notamment sur la correspondance du Prince Berora, l'exemplaire du Dictionnaire français malgache de Napoléon III et de la Reine Ranavalo ou encore les bulletins officiels de l'île Bourbon du XIXème siècle. Les expéditions seront également à l'honneur avec notamment un bel ensemble de photographies originales prises lors de l'expédition du Gilf Kebi ou encore les numéros du National Geographic Magazine sur la découverte du Machu Pichu. La collection de M. et Mme F. nous fera poursuivre ce voyage aux quatre coins du monde, sur ses sommets et ses pôles. Expositions publiquesExpositions publiques:- Mercredi 5 juin de 10h à 18h- Vendredi 7 juin de 10h à 18h Sur RDV les autres jours. - Nice

Bibliophily - Part II - Travel: Collections of Mr. R. and Mr. F., from Reunion Island to Antarctica

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Bibliophily - Part II - Travel: Collections of Mr. R. and Mr. F., from Reunion Island to Antarctica

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Lot n° 1

AZEMA (Etienne, de l’île Bourbon)

Fables and various poems Paris, France. Dondey - Dupré, père et fils, 1832. In 8°. 4 ff. n. ch. 241 pages. Half morocco binding. Smooth spine, decorated with gilt irons and fleurons. Letter from the author on the title page, to Barbaroux, Procureur du...

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Lot n° 2

BARASSIN (Jean)

Birth of Christianity. Bourbon, from its origins to 1714. Saint Louis (Ile de la Réunion), Imprimerie Cazal and Paris, Maison Provinciale, 1953. Large in 8°. Half-bound in brown basane. Spine ribbed, decorated with gilt fillets. Covers preserved. Photographic...

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Lot n° 3

BARQUISSAU (Raphaël)

Les isles - Antilles - Isle Bourbon - Isle de France - Isle Dauphine ou Madagascar. Paris. Grasset, 1941. In 8°. Half brown basane binding. Spine ribbed (unstained). Covers preserved. First edition limited to 52 numbered copies. 1 of 38 alpha, with a...

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Lot n° 4

BARQUISSAU (Raphaël)

Poems from Asia and the Islands Hanoi, Librairie Le Van Tan and Paris, Librairie Larose, 1930. Gr. In 8°. Paperback. Japanese stitched copy with external thread. Pages not numbered. Cardboard slipcase, decorated with woven bamboo plates. First edition,...

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Lot n° 5

BARQUISSAU (Raphaël), FOUCQUE (Hippolyte) et JACOB de CORDEMOY (Hubert)

Reunion Island (formerly Bourbon Island) Preceded by an introduction by Marius Ary Leblond, general notions by H. Sicre de Fontbrune and followed by a historical note by Governor Merwart. With 17 photographic reproductions and 2 maps. Second edition,...

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Lot n° 6

BERNARDIN de SAINT PIERRE

Romans, contes et opuscules de ... Romans, contes et opuscules de ... published by L. Aimé Martin. Paris. Chez Lefévre, libraire 1834. Engravings by Gorbould. 2 volumes small in 8°. Full binding in glazed calf, grenad color. Spine ribbed, decorated with...

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Lot n° 7

BERNARDIN de SAINT PIERRE

Paul and Virginie Original lithographs by Hugues de Jouvancourt. Port Louis (Mauritius), Editions Esclapon, 1949. In folio, leaves, in illustrated hardback folder (no slipcase). 19 original lithographs by Hugues de Jouvancourt, including 12 hors texte...

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Lot n° 8

BERNARDIN de SAINT PIERRE

Paul and Virginie Paris, France. Librairie Artistique H. Launette, 1887. In 4°, olive morocco, fillet, double and triple intertwined fillets forming a frame, decorated in the upper right-hand corner with a flowering branch mosaiced in green and blue morocco....

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Lot n° 9

BERNARDIN de SAINT PIERRE

Paul and Virginie Paris. Curmer, 48 rue de Richelieu, 1838. In 4°. Publisher's half binding in green bronze morocco. Smooth spine decorated with gilt irons. 450 woodcut vignettes in text, 29 engravings by Tony Johannot on chine pastedown, captions on...

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Lot n° 10

BERNARDIN de SAINT PIERRE

Paul and Virginie Paris. Didot l'Ainé, MDCCCVI (1806). In 4°. Hardback in the style of Bradel. Red morocco title label. Binding signed Pelicier, Place saint André à Paris. XCXII - 194 pages, with preamble. Frontispiece by Laffitte and 6 figures by Laffitte,...

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Lot n° 11

BERNARDIN de SAINT PIERRE

Paul et Virginie, comédie en trois actes et en prose, mêlée d'ariettes, représentée chez les Comédiens italiens, le 15 janvier 1791. Paul et Virginie, comédie en trois actes et en prose, mêlée d'ariettes, représentée chez les Comédiens italiens, le 15...

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Lot n° 12

BERNARDIN de SAINT PIERRE

Paul and Virginie Paris, France. Auguste Delalain, An IX - 1802. In 12°. Full contemporary blond basane binding. Smooth spine, decorated with gilt irons and fleurons. Toinet, 37. Not cited by Ryckebusch.

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Lot n° 13

BERNARDIN de SAINT PIERRE (Jacques (sic) Henri)

Paul and Virginie Lausanne, J. Mourer, MDCCLXXXVIII. In 8°. 294 pages. Modern binding, pastiche of an 18th-century binding. Full midnight blue chagrin binding. Spine ribbed, decorated with gilt irons and fleurons. Work followed by : Jacq. Bern. Henri...

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Lot n° 14

SAINT PIERRE (Jacques Bernardin Henri, de)

Paul and Virginie. Avec avant propos et avis, sur l'édition. Paris. De l'Imprimerie de Monsieur, MDCCLXXXIX. In 16°. I - IV n. figures, XXV - 243 pages. Frontispiece and 3 illustrations hors texte by Moreau le Jeune. First separate edition of the work....

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Lot n° 16

BERTIN (Chevalier)

Works of Monsieur le chevalier de Bertin New corrected and enlarged edition. London, 1785 and Paris, Hardouin et Gattey. 2 volumes in 12°. Full contemporary green bronze morocco binding. Smooth spine, decorated with gilded irons and fillets. Triple gilt...

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Lot n° 17

BERTIN (Antoine, Chevalier)

Poetry and miscellaneous works With a bio-bibliographical note by Eugène Asse. Paris. Quantin, 1879. In 8°. Half-bound in midnight blue chagrin. Spine ribbed, unstained, decorated with gilt fillets. Covers preserved. Limited edition, on hollande (not...

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Lot n° 18

BERTIN (Antoine, Chevalier)

Poetry and miscellaneous works With a bio-bibliographical note by Eugène Asse. Paris. Quantin, 1879. In 8°. Half-bound in midnight blue morocco. Spine ribbed, decorated with gilt fleurons. Minor defects to the spine of the first cover. Limited edition...

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Lot n° 19

BOURDE de la ROGERIE (H. , Archiviste du département d’Ille et Vilaine)

Bretons on the French and Bourbon Islands (Mauritius and Reunion) in the 17th and 18th centuries Rennes. Imprimerie Oberthur, 1934. Large in 8°. Paperback. 420 pages.

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Lot n° 20

[ESCLAVAGE] - DUMAS (Alexandre)

Georges Brussels, Société Typographique belge, 1843 3 volumes in 12°, modern hardback, Bradel style, in slipcase. Covers preserved, marked "Distribution de l'Emancipation". Expert's note: Rare Belgian underground edition published at the same time as...

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Lot n° 21

[ESCLAVAGE] - DUMAS (Alexandre)

Georges Paris, France. Dumont éditeur, 1843. 3 volumes in 8°. Volume I: 330 pages. Volume II: 323 pages. - Volume III: 322 pages. Contemporary half binding in glazed calf. Slight wear to spines. Minor defects to head and foot covers. Rare first edition...

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Lot n° 22

[ESCLAVAGE - AFFRANCHISSEMENT]

Law stating that every man is free in France, and whatever his color, he enjoys all the rights of a citizen, if he has the qualities prescribed by the Constitution. Given in Paris, October 16th 1791. Bourges, Imprimerie de B. Cristo, s. d. (1791). In...

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Lot n° 23

[DOCUMENTATION et BIBLIOGRAPHIE]

RYCKEBUSCH (Jackie) Inventory of works concerning Bourbon Island, Reunion Island. Travels to the East Indies. The slave trade. From the origins to 1930. Paris. François et Rodolphe Chamonal, 1994. 3 large volumes in 4°. Publisher's cloth binding. Numerous...

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Lot n° 25

[CODE NOIR]

Chambre des Pairs. Session of May 6, 1826 Report to the Chamber by M. le comte de Cornet, on the petition of three men of color from Martinique. Interesting document on the application of the Code Noir (and its legal consequences) still in force in Martinique,...

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Lot n° 26

Ordonnance du Roi sur le mode procéder en matière civile à l'Ile Bourbon

Paris. de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1828. In 4°. Booklet of 30 pages. Modifications to the Code of Civil Procedure. In article 50, we note: "When slaves are included in a seizure of movable property, or are the subject of a claim, the same forms and rules...

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Lot n° 27

[LA REUNION]

Lot of Old Engravings on Reunion Island ROUSSIN : Bel Air Lighthouse Lithographed by Roussin, after a drawing by M. Maillard. Ile Bourbon, 1847, May 28. "Souvenir de l'Ile Bourbon n° 16". 29.5 x 22 cm - 19.5 x 15.5 for the lithograph. ROUSSIN : Hôtel...

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Lot n° 28

[LA REUNION]

Copy of the letter from the Minister of Marine to Messieurs ... Gouverneur et Intendant de l'Isle de France et de Bourbon, given at Versailles, May 30, 1775, signed by de Sartine, Ministre de la Marine. Handwritten document of 8 pages, on browned paper,...

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Lot n° 29

[ÎLE DE LA REUNION]

Three magazines on Reunion Island La Presse coloniale illustrée. December 1922. In folio. 26 pages printed on fine coated paper. 3 pages on La Réunion. Numerous photographic illustrations in the text. Le monde colonial. September 1934. In folio. 15 pages...

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Lot n° 30

EXCEPTIONNELLE REUNION du BULLETIN OFFICIEL de l’ILE BOURBON. Du n° 1 (1815) à 1899

Set of 86 volumes in 8°, in a uniform red morocco binding, smooth spine, decorated with gilt irons. Bulletin officiel de l'île Bourbon containing laws, ordinances, regulations, orders, circulars and all other publications made by order of the Government. Saint...

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Lot n° 31

[LA REUNION]

Colonies of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Cote des Somalis - La Réunion - Etablissements français de l'Inde - Etablissements français de l'Océanie - Etablissements français du Pacifique austral. Paris, France. Société d'éditions géographiques, maritimes...

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Lot n° 32

[Exemplaire de MANCEAU] - MAILLARD (Louis)

Notes on Reunion Island (Bourbon) Second revised and corrected edition. Paris. Dentu, 1863. 2 volumes small in 4° and Atlas of 42 plates, mounted on tabs, some in color. Publisher's half binding in garnet-red chagrin. Boxed spines, framed with gilt fillets....

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Lot n° 33

HANOTAUX (Gabriel) et MARTINEAU (Alfred)

History of the French colonies. Volume VI: Madagascar - The Comoros - The Islands of France and Bourbon - The French Pacific - The French in South Africa Paris, France. Société de l'Histoire nationale and Plon, In 4°. Paperback. 583 pages.

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Lot n° 34

LEBLOND (Marius Ary)

The great island of Madagascar. Regions and races - Customs - Festivals - Poetry - Art - Beliefs - Beef and rice civilization - Natural resources. Paris. Librairie Delagrave, 1907 In 8°. Half brown basane binding. Spine ribbed (unstained). Covers preserved....

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Lot n° 35

[MADAGASCAR]

Merveilleux (Docteur G. ..., médecin de Première classe du corps de santé des colonies et Pays de Protectorat) Essai de dialogues franco - malgaches (December 1894 - January 1895), supplemented by a small Malagasy - French dictionary of words used in...

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Lot n° 36

MERVEILLEUX (Docteur G. …, médecin major de 1° classe des Troupes coloniales, Directeur de la santé des colonies)

Medical Geography of Reunion Island Saint Denis (Reunion Island). Imprimerie Gaston Lahuppe et Cie, 1902. In 8°. Paperback. Fold-out plates, one map. Ryckebusch III, 5684.

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Lot n° 37

[MADAGASCAR - Napoléon III - Reine Ranavalo]

Copy of the French - Malagasy Dictionary of Napoleon III and Queen Ranavalo of Madagascar French - Malagasy dictionary written by Catholic missionaries in Madagascar and adapted to the dialects of all the provinces. Ile Bourbon . Etablissement malgache...

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Lot n° 38

[A.M.D.G]

Malagasy grammar written by the Catholic missionaries of Madagascar. Bourbon Island. Etablissement malgache de Notre Dame de la Ressource, 1855. Gr. in 12°. Half modern midnight blue morocco binding. Handwritten covers preserved.118 pages.

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Lot n° 39

DALMOND (Abbé, Préfet apostolique de Madagascar)

Vocabulary and grammar for the Malagasy languages Sakalave and Betsimitsara. Bourbon Island. Saint Denis ; Imprimerie de Lahuppe, 1842. Bound with: French Malagasy vocabulary for the Sakalave and Betsimitsara languages. Paris, France. Imprimerie de H....

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Lot n° 40

[A.M.D.G]

Oha - Bolana. Malagasy proverbs. Bourbon Island. Etablissement malgache de Notre Dame de la Ressource, 1853. In 12°. Half modern midnight blue morocco binding. 8 pages.

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Lot n° 41

DALMOND (Abbé, Préfet apostolique de Madagascar)

Exercises in the Sakalave language containing prayers, catechism, hymns and an abridged history of the Old and New Testaments. Bourbon Island. Saint Denis. Imprimerie de Lahuppe, 1841. Full modern hardback, in the style of Bradel. 99 pages. Cover preserved. Ex...

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Lot n° 42

RAHIDY (R. P. Basilide)

Practical course in the Malagasy language. Part One: Grammar. Paris, France. Librairie africaine et coloniale, 1895. In 8°. Bound in publisher's percaline. 103 pages. Used copy. On the front cover, the signature of Lieutenant Durand.

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Lot n° 43

[A.M.D.G]

Malagasy dictionary Malagasy - French dictionary written according to the order of the roots by the Catholic missionaries of Madagascar and adapted to the dialects of all the provinces. Ile Bourbon . Malagasy establishment of Notre Dame de la Ressource Large...

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Lot n° 44

[MADAGASCAR - Prince Berora]

PRINCE BERORA'S UNEDITED CORRESPONDENCE (1830 - 1833) As part of an agreement between France and the King of Madagascar, and to counter the English influence that was dominating the country, it was agreed that the son of the King of Madagascar, Prince...

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Lot n° 45

[A.M.D.G]

Ny Filazana ny zavatra Nataony sy Nambarany I Jeso - Kristy Tompo ntsika, zanak' andriamanitra, sady mpamonjy no mpanavotra ny olona. Bourbon Island. Etablissement malgache de Notre Dame de la Ressource, 1860. Gr. in 12°. Half modern midnight blue morocco...

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Lot n° 46

[MADAGASCAR] - PFEIFFER (Ida) :

Voyage à Madagascar Translated from the German by permission of the author's family by W. de Suckau, and preceded by a historical note on Madagascar. Paris. Hachette, 1862. In 8°. Paperback. 312 pages. Complete with large folding map of Madagascar. ,...

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Lot n° 47

GOYAU (Georges, de l’Académie française)

The great missionary plans of Henri de Solages (1786 - 1832). The Pacific - Bourbon Island - Madagascar Epilogue by Piere Lalande, s. j. Paris. Librairie Plon, 1933. In 8°. Half cloth binding. 292 pages. Ryckebusch IV, 813.

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Lot n° 48

TOUSSAINT (Auguste, Archiviste en chef de l’Ile Maurice)

Sigillography of Mauritius (1721 - 1810) - Publication n) 11. Port Louis (Mauritius). R. Coquet, Imprimerie commerciale, 1970. Large in 8°. Half brown basane binding (faded). The covers of the paperback copy have been glued to the boards. 164 pages. Off-text...

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Lot n° 49

CHRETIEN (F.)

Essays by an African bobre Second edition almost twice as large and dedicated to Madame Borel Jeune. Mauritius. Imprimerie de G. Derouledde et Cie, Imprimeurs du Gouvernement, 1831. In 8°. Full leather binding. Good condition inside. 79 pages. The first...

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Lot n° 50

PIKE (Nicolas)

Sub Tropical rambles in the Land of Aphanapteryx; Personal experiences and adventures in and around the island of Mauritius. New York. Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1873. Gr. in 8°. Publisher's full percaline binding. Flat spine decorated with a gilt...

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Lot n° 51

[ILE MAURICE] BONNEFOY (T. , Ancien archiviste près la Cour d’Appel de l’Ile Maurice) : Table générale alphabétique et analytique pour servir aux recherches à faire au Greffe de la Cour Suprême de l’île Maurice

Concerning the laws and other regulatory and administrative provisions of this colony, which are registered or deposited at this Registry. This Table covers a period of 128 years, from January 1722 to 1850. Mauritius. Imprimerie de L. Channell, 1853. The...

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Lot n° 52

[IMPRESSION de L’ILE MAURICE]

LORQUET (H. L. student at the Première école normale): Napoléon, poem in ten songs. New edition, revised, corrected and enlarged by the author. Mauritius. Imprimerie de V. Deglos, 1838. Large in 8°. Half-bound in violet chagrin. Spine ribbed. A long handwritten...

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