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1808030883Paris: Xhrouet 1808. 1/4 Leather. Near Fine. 1/4 leather over marbled boards in a modern period binding. Very light wear to boards. Top edge dusty internally largely unmarked. A lovely copy of the Second edition of this collection of memoire and apohorism. 347pp with the supplement. <br /> <br /> Levis was a military officer who served in North America during the Seven Years War and participated in the battle of Carillon and the Siege of Montreal. Size: duodecimo 12mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 030883. Xhrouet unknown
1813FIN3-C-17Paris: Chez Ant Aug. Renouard 1813. Leather. Very Good. 5.5" by 3.5". None. Three uniformly bound volumes of Antoine Hamilton's work. Antoine Hamilton's Contes or Tales to the first two volumes with his 'Zeneyde' and 'Des Facardins' bound to the end of volume II. Volume III is his Works which include his 'Lettres et Eptres' his 'Poesies Diverses' and his 'Chansons'. Collated complete. All three volumes are written entirely in French. Antoine Hamilton was an Irish classical author of Scottish ancestry who wrote in French. His literary characteristics are those of a French author and his 'Memoires du comte de Gramont' made him one of the classical writers of France. Hamilton was raised in France as his family fled after the execution of Charles I. In half calf bindings with gilt stamping to the spines. Externally smart with rubbing to the joints and the head and tails of the spines. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown Clonmore. Internally all volumes are firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned to edges with spotting throughout. Very Good Chez Ant Aug. Renouard hardcover
181356607Paris et se trouve à Londres: éhez L. Deconchy . New Bond Street 1813. First edition one of two variant imprints from the same year with identical collations. 2 xxiv 268 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf richly gilt spine with leather label gilt arms stamped on upper cover marbled endpapers. Hinge off otherwise a lovely copy. First edition one of two variant imprints from the same year with identical collations. 2 xxiv 268 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brief portraits of various contemporaries by Pierre-Marc-Gaston duc de Lévis 1755-1830 -- including a vivid reminiscence of Benjamin Franklin whom the author met as a boy. Lévis was the son of the French general François Gaston who took over the French troops after Montcalm's death in the French-Indian War. There is a portrait of his father of Mirabeau Calonnes Madame Necker Cardinal Rohan and many other liminaries of the century. OCLC: 14868518 4 copies éhez L. Deconchy ... New Bond Street unknown books
1874118336London: Levis and Kennebec Railway Company 1874. Circular. very good. 4pp. Quarto folded into narrow Octavo 22.5x9cm printed in black and red. With 2 page Intoductory letter on blue paper stock 1 page "Form of Application" printed in black and red and "Map shewing the Levis & Kennebec railway and connections" approximately 43x28cm folded to narrow Octavo 21.5x10cm showing the proposed route in red. Small hole and several short closed tears else a very good copy of an ephemeral piece. very good At head: "Dominion of Canada". The proposed railway from Levis Quebec to Kennebec Maine was to connect with a railway under construction from Lexington Maine to Kennebec. The president of the company was the Hon. J. G. Blanchet - Speaker Legislative Assembly the Vice President the Hon. Thomas McGreevy M.P. and directors included the Mayor of Quebec P. Garneau and J. Jobin - Mayor of Levis. 1874 Levis and Kennebec Railway Company unknown
1814445521 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque demi-maroquin vert, Chez Antoine-Augustin Renouard, Paris, 1814, 2 ff., xv-420-6-2 pp. (catalogues)
1810161693Paris: P. Didot l'Ainé 1810. First edition of this intriguing work of futuristic fiction imagining a visit to Europe in the early 20th century by a Chinese couple. The work marks the first use of the narrative device of a pull-out newspaper from the future - in this case the Journal du Déjeneur recounting world events on 15 September 1910. Les Voyages de Kang-Hi is intended "partly to describe present French manners from a distancing perspective. and partly to show plausible developments in technology" Alkon pp. 198-9 and it emulates the form of Montesquieu's Persian Letters. The author 1764-1830 was the son of Marshal Francis de Gaston and a politician and intellectual. During the French Revolution following the dissolution of the National Constituent Assembly of which he was a member he fled to England. 2 vols duodecimo 168 x 97 mm. With 3 folding plates. Near-contemporary quarter sheep smooth spine divided by gilt scrolling rolls compartments tooled with gilt five-pointed stars red and green labels red sides pale blue endpapers edges yellow and speckled blue. Near-contemporary ownership label of one L. Perrin fils on front pastedowns. Losses to spines worming to two boards and final 30 leaves of vol. II slightly affecting text first plates in vol. I slightly proud were sometime incorrectly refolded. An acceptable copy with contents presenting nicely. Cordier 2nd edition p. 639; Lust 1280; Versins p. 534; not in Löwendahl. Paul K. Alkon Origins of Futuristic Fiction 2010. hardcover
18820022811882 Toulouse, Chauvin, 1882. In-8 (154 X 228 mm) demi-chagrin havane, dos quatre nerfs surlignés de filets à froid, titre doré, date en queue, filet doré sur les plats, plats de la couverture conservés (reliure moderne) ; LXXVIII (dont faux-titre, titre), 235 pages. Manques au premier plat de la couverture qui a été doublée.
