precieux

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En même temps je crois devoir ajouter, que les manuscrits les plus précieux ne sortent jamais de la Bibliothèque, dans aucun cas, de même que les codes dont s'occupent les savants du pays.'

From Remarks on the practice and policy of lending Bodleian printed books and manuscripts by Chandler, Henry W.

He was one of the last of the précieux, or rather he was the inventor of a new combination of literature and gallantry which at first exposed him to not a little satire.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

It is a very worthy book in every respect which, as M. Græsse says in Trésor des livres rares et précieux, may be included in the collection of the Variorum.

From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers

La rareté, le précieux du diamant nous en paraissent des qualités essentielles.

From Essays in Radical Empiricism by James, William

Trésor de Livres rares et précieux ou Nouveau Dictionnaire Bibliographique.

From How to Form a Library, 2nd ed by Wheatley, Henry Benjamin