“A CLASSIC WORK ABOUT PARAGUAY”
CHARLEVOIX, Pierre Francis-Xavier de. History of Paraguay. London, 1769. Two volumes in one. First edition in English of this fascinating history of Paraguay and its colonization by the Jesuit missionaries, handsomely bound. $1200.
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“WHEN FABLE SITS AT TABLE,
GOOD WORDS ARE AS PALATABLE AS GOOD WINE”
BEROALDE DE VERVILLE, Francois. Le Moyen de Parvenir. No place [probably Paris], 1773.
Lovely 18th-century edition of this classic 17th-century Rabelaisian satire, The Way to Succeed, with engraved frontispiece. Two volumes beautifully bound in richly gilt period-style morocco. $950.
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FOUR NURSERY RHYME POP-UPS BY GERALDINE CLYNE
CLYNE, Geraldine. Four pop-up books. New York, 1953. Four volumes.
Four (of eight) original, individual, fanfolded pop-ups from Clyne’s “Mother Goose Playhouse” series. $400.
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