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veuve Herissant et Barrois l'ainé, s.d. (1786-93), 3 engraved titles by Baquoy, 3 frontispieces (1 with portrait), after Le Barbier by Ingouf, Dambrun, and Ponce, 2 fleurons, 2 vignettes, 66 tailpieces, and 71 plates after Le Barbier by Baquoy (5), Delignon (4), Gaucher (2), Godefroy (10), Halbou (14), Le Beau (2), Le Vilain (2), de Longueil (12), Pauquet (2), Petit (1), Ponce (9), Texier (1), Thomas (4), and Trière (3) (£3 to £4, and treble on large paper, folio, with the plates before the numbers, as they do not exist before the letters).

E. Martin's copy, on large vellum paper in folio, with unnumbered plates and several etchings and other plates added, 700 frs. M. Delzolliés' ordinary paper copy, in the old marbled calf binding, 173 frs. (Paris sale, 1894). Most of Le Barbier's original drawings are now the property of M. Rattier. A certain number of others form part of the collection of A. Piet. There are some copies printed on bluish paper of less value.

Gessner. Euvres

Paris, Dufart, s.d. (circa 1800), 2 vols., roy. 8vo., 2 engraved titles after Marillier by Ponce, portrait by Delvaux, and 24 pretty plates after Monnet by Dupréel, Giraud jeune, Letellier, and Macret (10s., and more on large Dutch paper with unlettered proofs).

Gessner. Euvres complètes. Paris, imprimerie Patris, s.d., 2 vols., 8vo., portrait after Berth and 16 plates (58.).

Gessner. Euvres complètes. Paris, Renouard, 1795, 4 vols., post 8vo., 3 portraits of Gessner (after Denon by St. Aubin), Diderot (after Vanloo by St. Aubin), and Huber (after Graff by Tardieu) (5s.).

M. Auguste Fontaine, in his catalogue for 1877, offers a copy of Gessner's Œuvres . . . A Paris, Renouard, 1798, 4 vols., 8vo., with portrait and plates after Moreau.

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Gessner. Euvres Paris, Renouard, an VII. (1799), 4 vols., 8vo., vellum paper, 3 portraits of Gessner (after Denon by St. Aubin), of Huber (after Graff by Tardieu), and of Diderot (after Vanloo by Aug. de St. Aubin), and 48 plates after Moreau by Baquoy, Dambrun, Delvaux, Dupréel, de Ghendt, Girardet, Lemire, Petit, Simonet, and Trière (258., and on large vellum paper or thin Dutch paper, with unlettered proofs (only 20 copies printed), £6, and more before the numbers).

E. Martin's copy on large vellum paper, with unlettered proofs, 345 frs.; the Delbergue-Cormont copy, 410 frs. Two copies exist on vellum, one of which, containing Moreau's original drawings, was sold in the Renouard sale for the meagre sum of 495 frs. It has since passed into the Duc d'Aumale's library at Chantilly. Renouard had previously

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published an edition Dijon, chez Causse, 1795, 4 vols., 8vo., vellum paper and large paper, and 2 copies on vellum (one in the Renouard sale fetched 125 frs.).

Gessner.

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Euvres.. nouvelle édition ornée de figures. Paris, Dufart, an V. (1797), 4 vols., 12mo., portrait and 24 plates, not signed, but in the style of Monnet (6s., and 20s. on large paper with unlettered proofs).

Gessner. Œuvres complètes . . . nouvelle édition, avec figures, Paris, Patris et Gibert, 1801, 3 vols., 8vo. and 12mo., vellum paper, portrait signed Berthet, and 14 plates after Binet by Blanchard or not signed (10s.).

Gessner. Euvre gravé de Salomon Gessner. Zuric, s.d., 2 vols., fol., 166 plates containing 336 subjects designed and engraved by Gessner (30s. to 40s.).

Of this edition, executed at the expense of the family after the originals, which had before appeared in different parts, only 25 copies are said to have been printed. The "52 Paysages" and "32 Paysages," forming part of the work, are sometimes to be met with separately. Gessner. La Mort d'Abel, traduite par Huber. Londres, 1785, 16mo., frontispiece by Benoit after Van der Werff, and 4 plates by Delvaux after Marillier (3s.).

Gessner. La Mort d'Abel, poëme traduit par Huber. Paris, Defer de Maisonneuve, 1793, roy. 4to., frontispiece and 5 plates printed in colours after Monsiau by Colibert, Casenave, and Clément (20s., and more with the plates before the numbers).

E. Martin's copy on large vellum paper, 66 frs. Gessner. La Mort d'Abel, poëme en cinq chants,

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édition, avec figures. A Paris, Patris, 1801, 2 vols., 16mo., portrait, not signed, and 6 plates by Blanchard after Binet (3s., and on vellum paper with unlettered proofs, 15s.). Gherardi. Le Théâtre italien de Gherhardi, ou le Recueil General de toutes les comédies et scènes françoises jouées par les comédiens italiens du roi pendant tout le temps qu'ils ont été au service. Enrichi d'estampes en tailledouce à la tête de chaque comédie. Paris, Pierre Witte, 1717, 6 vols., 12mo., frontispiece, plates and engraved musical The collection contains 11 pieces by Regnard, the only compositions of that genre preserved from that author (128.). The 1741 edition, 8s. to 10s.

Gillet de Moyvre. La Vie et les Amours de Tibulle, chevalier romain, et de Sulpice, dame romaine. Paris, 1743, 12mo., 12 plates after Dubercelle (4s.).

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Gillier (J. C.). Recueil d'Airs françois, sérieux et à boire à une, deux et trois parties. Londres, 1723, fol., fleuron with the Prince of Wales crown in centre on title, and music (12s. to 158.). Gilliers. Le Cannameliste français, ou Nouvelle Instruction pour ceux qui désirent d'apprendre l'office redigé en forme de dictionnaire par le sieur G. . . le sieur G. . . . Nancy, impr. Cusson, 1751, 4to., frontispiece and 13 plates by Lotha from designs by Dupuis (designer of the pleasure menus of the King Stanislas) (£2 to £3, and double in old morocco).

The 1768 edition is worth less than half.

Gillot. La Vie de N.-S. Jésus-Christ, inventée et dessinée par Gillot, peintre de l'Académie Royale. A Paris, chez Huquier et chez la veuve de F. Chereau, 4to., engraved title and 99 etchings by G. Huquier after Gillot (40s.). Gillot. Nouveaux Desseins d'habillements à l'usage de Balets, Opéras et Comédies, inventés par M. Gillot de l'Académie Royale de peinture et gravés par Joullain. Se vend à Paris, chez Joullain, chez M. Dolibeau cordonnier, rue Froid-manteau et chez le Sr. Duchange, etc. (circa 1725), 8vo., frontispiece and 84 plates of costumes (£6 to £8 and more with the plates before the numbers).

Gillot was Watteau's tutor, and his drawings are replete with spirit and grace. Gillot. Théâtre Italien, Livre de Scènes comiques inventées par Gillot. A Paris, chez Huquier et chez la veuve Chereau, 4to., frontispiece containing the above title and 41 plates of harlequins, swaggerers, scaramouches, etc., besides 15 oblong plates, by Huquier and Joullain (the last plate after Watteau by Tardieu) (£2).

We may here register a few more series of this author, viz. Livre de Portières pour Tapisseries, 6 plates designed and etched by Gillot; Nouveaux Dessins d'Arquebuserie, 6 plates designed and engraved by Gillot; Livre d'Ornemens de Trophées, Culs-de-lampe et Devises, 12 plates after Gillot by Huquier, 1732; Deux pièces, Dessus de Clavecin, engraved by Crépy and Caylus, and several others engraved by Caylus. All these series are worth from 408. to 508. each. (See also Fables de La Motte.)

Gillot. Nouveau Livre de Principes d'Ornements

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d'après les desseins de C. G. . . . (Paris, Huquier) s.d., 4to., 12 plates engraved by Huquier (40s. to 50s.).

Girard (J.-F.). Nouveau Traité de la perfection sur le fait des arms par le Sr. P. J.-F. Girard, anc. offic. de marine. Enseigner la manière de combattre de l'epée de pointe seule

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Paris (Moëtte), 1736, oblong 4to., portrait, engraved title, and 116 plates (50s. to 60s.).

The subsequent edition, La Haye, 1740, is worth less than half. Girard (J.-F.). L'Académie de l'Homme d'Epée, ou la Science parfaite des exercices defensifs et offensifs, en 116 planches en taille-douce, accompagnées d'explications detaillées avec soin. La Haye, 1755, 4to., oblong (30s.).

Girard (J.-F.). Traité des Armes, dédié au Roy . . . orné de figures en taille-douce. Paris, Moëtte, 1787, oblong 4to., title engraved by Herblot, portrait designed and engraved by Jacques de Favanne, and 115 plates (258. to 30s.).

Girardet (Samuel). Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament, representée en 466 figures en taille douce avec deux cartes. Chez Samuel Girardet libraire au Locle, 1781, roy. 8vo. (10s.).

Curious engravings by the old Swiss publisher, ancestor of the whole dynasty of artists of the Girardet family.

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Girardet. Nouvelle Méthode d'enseigner les Enfants. Locle, chez Samuel Girardet, 1789, post 8vo., frontispiece and 84 allegorical plates (10s.).

Badly printed, but rare.

Girardet. La Danse des Morts, pour servir de miroir à la nature humaine avec le costume dessiné à la moderne et des

vers à chaque figure. Au Locle, chez S. Girardet libraire, s.d., 8vo., frontispiece, engraved title, headpiece and 21 plates containing 42 subjects (15s.).

Another work of Girardet is: Art de bien vivre et de bien mourir, Au Locle 1788, 8vo.

Girardin. Promenade ou Itinéraire des jardins d'Ermenouville. Paris, Mérigot père 1788, 16mo., 25 plates (aquatint), designed and engraved by Mérigot fils (258.).

Girardin. Promenade ou Itinéraire des jardins de Chantilly. Paris, Desenne, 1791, 8vo., 20 aquatint plates, designed and engraved by Mérigot, and a plan (25s.).

This volume was brought out by Mérigot, and erroneously attributed to Comte C. Stanislas X. de Girardin.

Girouard. La Rose sans épines.

pretty plate, not signed (58.).

Paris, an VIII. 16mo., a

Gobet et l'Abbé Pichon. Sacre et couronnement de Louis XVI.

See: Patas.

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Godard d'Aucourt. La Pariséide, ou Paris dans les Gaules. Paris, Pissot, 1773, 2 vols., 8vo., 2 plates by Lempereur after Pierre (38.).

Godard d'Aucourt. L'Académie militaire ou les Héros subalternes. Nouvelle édition. A Amsterdam, 1777, 2 vols., 12mo., 2 engraved titles, and 21 plates after S. P. O. N., by F. A. (108.).

Goddard. Mémoires Turcs, par un auteur turc de toutes les académies mahométanes, etc. . . . nouvelle édition, avec figures. Amsterdam (Paris), par la Sóciété, 1776, 2 vols., 12mo., fine frontispiece and 4 plates after Jollain, by Henriquez (68., and more on Dutch paper).

Goddard. Thémidore, ou, Mes Fredaines. Paris, Dentu, 1797, 2 vols., 16mo., 2 plates, not signed (10s.).

Goddard. L'Academie Militaire, ou les Héros subalternes, par P. . . . auteur suivant l'armée. Amsterdam, 1777, 4 parts in 2 vols., 12mo., engraved title (different for each volume) and 4 plates, all by F. N. . . . after F. P. . . . (10s., and double on stout Dutch paper.)

Godonnesche. Medailles du règne de Louis XV. S.l.n.d. (Paris), sm. fol., frontispiece by Cars after F. Le Moyne, a cartouch for the title, not signed, and 52 leaves surrounded with historiated borders containing the reproductions of medals, not signed (68.).

Goethes Schriften. Zweite Auflage mit Kupfern. Berlin, 1777, 3 vols., 16mo., 3 fleurons on titles after Meil, and 7 plates after Krüger (3) and Chodowiecki (4) (15s.). Goethe. Werther, traduit de l'allemand (par Seckendorf). Maestricht, 1776, 2 parts in 1 vol., 12mo., 2 vignettes on titles by Chodowiecki (5s.).

Goethe. Die Leiden des jungen Werther. Berne, 1775, 12mo., engraved title, vignette and tailpiece by Dunker (3s.).

Goethe. Passions du jeune Werther. Rheims, Cazin, 1784, 1786 or 1792, 16mo., frontispiece by Chapuy (3s.).

Goethe. Passions du jeune Werther, enrichies de gravures avec tablettes economiques, etc. Paris, Desnos (circa 1790), 16mo., frontispiece by Chapuy and 12 plates, not signed, probably by the same artist (10s.).

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