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29401Manuscript in brown ink folio 1 page; headed 'Rade de Macao ce 1er Janvier 1825' the letter is to an unnamed recipient and concerns the Lazarist missionary Lamiot; old vertical and horizontal folds minor tears at the ends roughened at top and bottom edges else clean and complete with red wax seals preserved. Rare unpublished letter of Baron Hyacinthe de Bougainville 1781-1846 written at Macao aboard the corvette Thétis during its circumnavigation of 1824-26. Baron de Bougainville was the son of the navigator Louis-Antoine de Bougainville 1729-1811. Earlier on in his naval career he had taken part in the Baudin expedition to New Holland of 1800-1803. In the years 1824-26 he led a diplomatic mission to East Asia on a round the world expedition with the warships Thétis and Espérance. His ships set sail from France in March 1824 and visited Réunion Pondicherry Manila Macao Cochin-China and Soerabaia. On his return voyage across the Pacific - retracing in part his father's famous circumnavigation of 1766-1769 - he called in at Port Jackson for three months during 1825. Whilst in Sydney he erected monuments to La Pérouse and Receveur at Botany Bay. Bougainville's letter written at anchor off Macao concerns the Lazarist missionary Louis-François Lamiot 1767-1831 superior of the Vincentians in China. Having first arrived in Peking in 1794 for many years Lamiot had acted as court interpreter until in 1820 he was banished from the empire owing to his association with the disgraced Father Clet. He was living in exile at Macao at the time of the arrival of the Thétis and Espérance at the end of 1824. Bougainville writes: 'Lamiot having received the order to return to France after serving the Emperor in Peking for 26 years presented himself to be admitted on the King's frigate that I command'. Bougainville however acting on the advice of the king and of the Vicomte de Chateaubriand writes that he has refused to take Lamiot on board his ship: Lamiot is ordered to return to Peking to attempt to administer the French mission there as best he can. He states: 'I would be all the more reprehensible in the eyes of the King of France if I granted M. Lamiot the passage he is asking for' since Lamiot is currently in a position to offer his services to the Emperor of China as a tutor for young mathematicians. The French mission was as much a scientific enterprise as it was an apostolic one. Contrary to the King of France's wishes however Father Lamiot would remain in Macao until his death in 1831. Bougainville signs the letter with his title: 'The Ship's Captain Commanding a Division of the naval forces of his Majesty the King of France in the seas of Asia. H. Baron de Bougainville'. While Bougainville's brief communiqué is undoubtedly a piece of official correspondence containing information of a diplomatically sensitive nature it is not clear for whom precisely it was intended; nor can we be absolutely certain whether it was carried by him back to France or delivered to an unknown party en route. Immediately after leaving Macao Bougainville's ships called at Da Nang where the French were treated civilly for several weeks in January-February 1825 but were refused an audience with the Emperor Minh Mạng. The expedition then visited Soerabaia Sydney Valparaíso and Rio de Janeiro before returning to France. unknown
199193137Difference. New. 1991. Paperback. 2729106901 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened --VOLUME 1 OF A TWO 2 VOLUME SET. Text in French. Volume 1: 120 pages. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer . Difference paperback
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199820-11739The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1998-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. The Metropolitan Museum of Art paperback
1923C90960Librairie Armand Colin. As New. 1923. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in French. 156 pages; 8 black and white plates. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Librairie Armand Colin paperback
17464391The Hague i.e. Paris: s.n. 1746. 8vo 168 x 101 mm. 2 parts separately titled and paginated: 3-vi-xxiv 182 pages 1 blank leaf; 2 leaves 128 pages. Engraved frontispiece by Fessard after Cochin fils apparently included in the pagination typographic title ornaments head- and tailpieces. An attractive copy stain to fols. A2-3 in second part 2 or 3 minor marginal tears some spotting. Contemporary red morocco triple gilt fillet on sides smooth spine sparingly gold-tooled and lettered board edges gilt gilt edges scuffing to lower board edges and extremities of spine corners a bit bumped. Provenance: early purchase note on lower flyleaf; John Wodehouse 3rd Earl of Kimberley 1883-1941 bookplate; Leonard Forrer 1869-1953 his bookshop ticket of L. S. Forrer Ltd. Numismatic Booksellers London; Charles Van der Elst 1904-1982 bookplate.<br /> <br /> Only Edition of an extended literary joke by the brilliant antiquarian engraver art patron and connoisseur the Comte de Caylus. He exercised his stylistic muscles in this peculiar collection of two dozen literary pieces revolving around the word manteau: in part 1 racy anecdotes short stories fairy tales and a chivalric tale written in pseudo-archaic French; and in part 2 tongue-in-cheek erudite essays in several styles — the religious history the antiquarian disquisition the etymological or bibliographical analysis — all laced with fictional and a few real references including imaginary medieval manuscripts.<br /> <br /> A glance at the entry for manteau in the online Trésor de la Langue Française gives an idea of the semantic opportunities offered by this word whose appearances in many idiomatic expressions are exhaustively exploited by Caylus. In part 1 appear the manteau de fourrure fur coat the manteau de lit a short bed-jacket into which a jealous husband is metamorphosed by his fairy mother-in-law to teach him a lesson the long and short coat the chimney mantel same word in French and a portrait of a remarkable old man presented as the fictional originator of the term “sous le manteau†clandestine or clandestinely.<br /> <br /> In part 2 which its title notes with a wink “one doesn’t need to read†the author delves into the Roman pallium a cloak the coats of saints and clerics those both heraldic and actual of Dukes and Peers and the order of the Blancs-Manteaux. Completing the picture are a florilegium of dictionary extracts and a satirical etymological comparison of the French manteau with other languages containing sentences like: “As for the letter L which is found at the end of words like Mantel and Mantello one can very well understand it to be a diminutive of the Arabic word Allah meaning God†p. 103. <br /> <br /> The self-imposition of arbitrary constraints onto one’s writing while an ancient practice viz. poetic meter have been associated more recently with a French literary movement from the 1960s known as Oulipo short for Ouvroir de littérature potentielle â€workship of potential literature†which included the great French authors Raymond Queneau and Georges Perec whose wry humor and doggedness in pursuing the conceit to the end Caylus foreshadowed. <br /> <br /> Cochin’s frontispiece shows a rather shifty-looking merchant in the doorway of his shop filled with coats. <br /> <br /> OCLC locates 4 copies in North American libraries. Cohen-De Ricci 210; Gay-Lemonnyer 3:23; Barbier III: 34 a 1775 edition not seen elsewhere. s.n. unknown
164616 p.l. 398 pp.; 27 pp. Two parts in one vol. 8vo cont. calf extremities a little rubbed contrasting leather lettering piece on spine. Rouen: A. Maurry for L. Billaine 1678.<br/> <br/> Third edition 1st ed.: 1664 “of the earliest extant bibliography of bibliographies. It is basically an alphabetical list arranged by authors’ first names followed by eight intricate subject indices among them one of publishers’ and booksellers’ catalogues. Appended is a very useful numismatic bibliography. The work enjoyed three later editions during the seventeenth century and provided the basis for Teissier. Labbé 1607-67 one of the most learned polymaths of his time was a Jesuit professor of philosophy in Paris.â€â€“Grolier Club Bibliography 62–1st ed. <br/> <br/> The work attributed to John Selden on the title-page is actually by Alessandro Sardi 1520-88 and first appeared in 1579. <br/> <br/> There is also included a substantial bibliography on weights and measures. <br/> <br/> Haebler in his Handbuch states that this is the second book on incunabula and the first in which the word is used in connection with printing. <br/> <br/> A fine copy with some minor foxing. <br/> <br/> ⧠Taylor Book Catalogues pp. 176 208 & 219-20. unknown
1692E0527titlepictorial platexviifolding map406xxiv pages with engraved initials and vignettes and three additional plates and index. Royal octavo 9 3/4" x 7 1/2" bound in full leather with five raised bands and lettering in gilt and decorative vignettes. First edition.<br /><br />Philippe Avril was a Jesuit explorer of the Far East and professor of philosophy and mathematics at Paris when he was dispatched to the Jesuit missions of China. He was summoned by the Jesuit missions and sent as a Jesuit to the missions in China. Following the instructions of Ferdinand Verbiest another Jesuit then at Peking suggested that he attempted an overland journey which he ended up traveling for six years through Kurdistan Armenia Astrakhan Persia and other countries of eastern Asia arriving at Moscow. He now traveled to Grodno in Poland where he renewed an acquaintance with Count de Syri who had formerly befriended him at Astrakham. The count at the suggestion of Avril applied ot the French government for the appointment of ambassador from the King of France to the Emperor of China. He succeed in obtaining the appointment and it was arranged that Avril should accompany him. They set out to Moscow together. An accident detained Avril and the count arrived at Moscow days before his companion. On the arrival of Avril he received the intelligence that the Russian authorities and compelled the count to proceed and was refused permission to over take him. Avril proceeded to Warsaw and through the assistance of Prince Jablonowksi to reach Constantinople by way of Moldavia. Here he was seized with spitting of blood and he found himself compelled to relinquish his mission and returned to France. He landed at Toulon in 1690 and published an account of his travels. Avril's journal and writings provide a significant amount of useful material for modern historians and demographers.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Corners bumped and rubbed lacking 3E4 blank leaf between the end of the main text and start of the Table de Metiers occasional toning ink inscription to title spine ends and raised spine rubbed some spotting to leather else a good to very good copy. Claude Barbin, Jean Boudot, George & Louis Josse hardcover
2006C93985Nusbaumer Editeur. As New. 2006. Paperback. 2951186061 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in French. 186 pages; illustrated in black and white and in color. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Nusbaumer Editeur paperback
197891955n. l.: s. n. 1978. Fine. s. n. n. l. 1978 18.7 x 19.8 cm En feuilles sous chemise et étui First edition one of 30 numbered copies printed on handmade pure rag paper.Illustrated with original colour engravings by Ania Staritsky who also designed the original layout of the work with the collaboration of Claude Nardin.A rare and very fine copy complete with its chemise and brown cloth slipcase.Pencil signatures of Philippe Jones and Ania Staritsky at the colophon.Inscribed by Philippe Jones to Claude Nardin at the colophon.Our copy is enriched with a five-line autograph manuscript text by Philippe Jones as well as an original collage by Ania Staritsky signed by her. s. n. hardcover
165815988Paris: Chez Pierre Mariette rue S.t Iacques a l'Esperance 1658. 457 by 572mm. 18 by 22.5 inches. Hand-coloured engraved map. The second state of the plate published separately and extensively corrected with the addition of: the four cardinal points added midway along the graticule scale around the map; 'ou Saycock a io 10 Roy.mes' and'ou Tokoesi a 4. R.'; and additional titles for the 'kingdoms' throughout the map. Hubbard points out that this is "an enormous number of corrections for the engraver Somer to make" although many other errors remain. Briet 1601-1668 came from the same town Abbeville as Nicolas Sanson I and examples of this map have been found in composite atlases largely made up of maps by Sanson. Sanson and Mariette who published this map also had a business relationship that eventually ended badly. The engraver Jan van Somer worked for Sanson in Paris. A Jesuit from 1619 Briet was also a teacher of humanities and rhetoric. He wrote literature as well as history and historical geography. He published his 'Paralella Geographica' in 1648 and 1649 with 144 maps of Europe. He had intended further volumes of maps of the other continents but only managed a manuscript for the Asia volume which was never published. Many of the maps from the original work were republished in his 'Theatre Geographique de L'Europe' and 'Theatrum Geographicum Europae Veteris' in 1653. Hubbard 31.2. Chez Pierre Mariette, rue S.t Iacques a l'Esperance, unknown
1991C93134Difference. As New. 1991. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- TWO 2 VOLUME SET. Text in French. Volume 1: 120 pages; Volume 2: 175 pages. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Difference paperback
19212416Bruxelles 1921. Original illustrated paper. In fine condition. Original illustrated paper. 4 p. First edition of this score edition of which is 500 copies. Poem by Philippe Soupault and music by E.L.T. Feel. The cover was designed by Man Ray. unknown
16422051En Barcelona: en casa de Iaume Methevat Jaime Matevad 1642. First edition. With a woodcut device on title page and a large woodcut initial both colored by a later hand and typographic head and tailpieces. In later marbled paper. Light brown stains throughout paper tanned otherwise in fine condition. First edition. With a woodcut device on title page and a large woodcut initial both colored by a later hand and typographic head and tailpieces. In later marbled paper. 4 p. <p><br /> Extremely rare document related to the early episodes of the Catalan Revolt.<br /> <p><p><br /> Written by Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt 1605–1657 French soldier and Marshal of France who was serving as the French Viceroy of Catalonia during the Reaper’s War or Catalan Revolt 1640–1659 to the parallel Spanish Viceroy of Catalan Juan Ramirez de Arellano y Manrique de Lara 1606-1643 the Marquis of Hinojosa to complain about the inhumanities that the Catalans suffer.<br /> <p><p><br /> Scarce IB locates only 3 copies in libraries Biblioteca de Catalunya Barcelona; Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal Lisbon; Biblioteca-Museo Víctor Balaguer; Villanueva y Geltrú / Vilanova i la Geltrú. <br /> <p><p><br /> IB B68429; Palau 61205<br /> <p>. en casa de Iaume Methevat [Jaime Matevad] unknown
2008C73431Walther Konig. As New. 2008. Hardcover. 3865604242 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in English and German with portions in English only. 376 pp. With 269 ills. 260 col. . 31 x 24 cm. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Leben Und Werk Oeuvre-Katalog Kritischem Oeuvrekatalog Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Walther Konig hardcover
176910715Paris: P. Vente 1769. Contemporary gilt-ruled polished tan calf rubbed flat spine gilt à la grotesque with a gilt-lettered morocco label red edges blue silk marker. <p>A talented sculptor and frame-maker Cayeux 1688-1769 collected for six decades: “his cabinet was renowned for its examples of ‘our talented modern artists’†like Boucher van Loo and Cochin Bailey. Many lots have eighty or more drawings or prints. One copy in the U.S. In good condition contemporary title inscription On behalf of your most humble servant Cayeux tr. — penned by the deceased collector’s son Louis-Philippe d. 1776.<br /> ¶Bailey Patriotic Taste: Collecting Modern Art in Pre-Revolutionary Paris 21-22; Advielle Notice sur Philippe Cayeux passim; Lugt Répertoire des catalogues des ventes 1793.</p> P. Vente unknown
51-6051Paris: HENRI CHARPENTIER IMPRIMEUR-EDITEUR M. DCCC. LXI. 1861. Folio. 33 x 49cm. 3 vols. Original publisher's gilt half blonde shagreen binding restored. Gilt coat of arms of Paris on covers. 100 tinted lithograph plates and a plan of Paris.Very good.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 4401208.illustré de 100 planches lithographiées dont 1 plan de Paris par MM. Philippe Benoist Bachelier Félix Benoist Chapuy Eug. Cicéri. et de nombreuses vignettes par Félix Benoist et Catenacci. Reliure de l'éditeur demi-chagrin dos et plats ornés des armes de la ville de Paris tranche sup. dorée Quelques rares claires rousseurs bon exemplaire.PAR MM. PHILIPPE BENOIST POUR LE PLUS GRAND NOMBRE ET AVEC L'AIDE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE; JULES ARNOUT BACHELIER A. BAYOT FÉLIX BENOIST CHAPUY EUGÈNE CICERI HUBERT CLERGET JULES DAVID FICHOT JULES GAILDRAU GUÉRARD J. JACOTTET GUSTAVE JANET HIPPOLYTE LALAISSE AUG. MATHIEU SABATIER ETC. .VIGNETTES DE FELIX BENOIST ET CATENACCI EXÉCUTÉES SUR BOIS PAR LES PREMIERS GRAVEURS. HEAVY VOLUMES. Paris: HENRI CHARPENTIER, IMPRIMEUR-EDITEUR, M. DCCC. LXI. 1861 unknown
1685743Lyon: Jean Girin & Barthélemy Rivière 1685. First edition. <br /> <br /> A landmark in the cultural and scientific history of coffee tea and chocolate — the three “new beverages†of early modern Europe. Written by Philippe Sylvestre Dufour 1622–1687 a Lyon apothecary physician and merchant this 1685 first edition is among the earliest treatises devoted to the preparation medicinal properties and social virtues of these drinks. Dufour discusses the origin of coffee in the Ottoman Empire tea in China and cacao in the Americas blending pharmacological observation with moral reflection on their consumption. The work marks an important moment in the spread of global trade and early modern dietary theory illustrating how exotic imports became staples of European life and medicine.<br /> <br /> Illustrated with three full-page engravings and an engraved frontispiece including a striking depiction of an Ottoman coffee drinker a Chinese tea ceremony and a native American holding a chocolate vessel. These plates helped define the visual iconography of coffee and chocolate in the 17th century. Dufour’s Traitez became the foundational French-language reference on these drinks influencing subsequent European authors. This copy shows early marginal notes and the presence of all plates noted for the true first edition confirming its completeness and authenticity.<br /> <br /> Condition & Binding: Contemporary full mottled calf spine gilt in compartments with floral ornaments and gilt title “TRAITÉ DU CAFÉ.†Light rubbing and edge wear; some cracking along joints but binding remains solid and entirely original. Mild staining and toning to a few leaves; scattered foxing consistent with age. Engravings crisp and well-inked showing excellent impression quality. Early manuscript notes on title and endpaper likely from an 18th-century hand. Overall- good. Jean Girin & Barthélemy Rivière unknown
1692LV1992Paris:: Chez Claude Barbin Jean Boudot George & Louis Josse avec privilege du Roy 1692. 1692. Sm. 4to. xx 406 xxiv pp. 6 chapter vignettes engraved by Vallet pp. aii 1 71 165 231 323 large engraved portrait of General Stanislas Jablonowski by Picart large folding map of Siberia 3 engraved plates: engr. pl. of transport sled of Moscow facing p.150 engr. pl. of a Calmouc Tartar facing p. 195 "Esquiss des Cosaques" facing p. 356. Nineteenth century quarter maroon morocco maroon paper over boards; rubbed. Rubber-stamp of Abbe E. Emile Longin Beaujeu fl.1904; receipt of sale of this copy to Armand Pushman 1932 NYC. First edition. This work was first translated into English in 1693. "At this time a major preoccupation of the Catholic Church and its China mission was to discover a safe land route from Europe to Peking through central Asia. This was due to the large numbers of out-going clergy who perished tragically every year at sea." Ames & Love p. 202. "The last decade of the century saw the publication of the accounts of several overland travelers to China and their destinations of China's inner-Asian neighbors. The story of the Jesuit Philippe Avril's attempt to establish a route across Russia for the safe passage of missionaries to China appeared in 1692 and includes descriptions of both the routes from Moscow to China and the peoples on China's frontiers. Avril himself however did not travel beyond Moscow and his descriptions therefore are not the result of his own observations." Lach & Kley pp. 1685-1686. The same for Nicolaas Witsen. Avril Philippe a Jesuit born in France explored extensively throughout Asia and the Far East. He was a professor of mathematics and philosophy in Paris before he began his overland journey. He traveled for six years through Kurdistan Armenia Astrakhan Persia and other parts of the southeast. At one point he came to Moscow and was refused entry to Tatary. He was sent by the government to Poland via Istanbul and back to France. Apparently affected by exhaustion and disease he still undertook another voyage his last for the ship was lost at sea circa 1698. – Love Ronald S. "A Passage to China: A French Jesuit's Perceptions of Siberia in the 1680s." French Colonial History 3: p. 94 2003. Ames & Love offer: "Though obliged to leave Moscow Avril did not return to France with Louis Barnabe . . . Remaining instead at Warsaw the two Jesuits had entered in early March 1688 Avril attempted twice more to achieve his objective or reaching China by land – if not through Siberia then via Persia and Central Asia. Aided in part by the Polish monarch John Sobieski r.1674-1696 and his ambassador to Russia the French priest once again traveled to Moscow in late spring. Just two days after his arrival in the Muscovite capital however Avril was ordered summarily out of the country. Once again he appealed the command in vain. 'Russia intended to keep her trade with China a secret.' Nor did he have better luck later the same year 1688 when he and a fellow Jesuit Pere de Beauvillier tried going south to Constantinople instead and thence through Persia to Bokhara Samarkland and the Chinese frontier. Crossing secretly into Ottoman territory the two men were arrested as spies. After several weeks they secured their release and resumed their trek. But Avril whose health had been waning as a result of relentless exertions suddenly developed a hemorrhage. Ordered to abandon the search and return home by his superiors he reached France in autumn 1689." Ames & Love p. 219. For Abbe Emile Longin provenance: see Bulletin de la Societe des sciences et arts du Beaujolais 1904 p.92. There is a Maggs Bros. London booksellers receipt of sale of this copy to Armand Pushman 10 Nov. 1932. Armand was one of two sons of Hovsep Pushman 1877-1966 an American artist of Armenian descent. He had studied art at the Imperial School of Fine Arts Istanbul. For a time Pushman lived at the famous Mission Inn Riverside California. He was also involved in the founding of the Laguna Beach Art Association. Armand Pushman d.1999 lived to 98 years and had been throughout his career a partner with his brother in their carpet business Pushman & Company. See: NYT Obituary January 11 1999. See: Henri Cordier Bibliotheca Sinica Dictionnaire Bibliographique des ouvrages relatifs a l'Empire chinois t. III 2088; De Backer Augustin & Carlos S.J. Sommervogel Bibliotheque de la Compagnie de Jesus. Bibliographie tome I p.706; Donald F. Lach Edwin J. Van Kley Asia in the Making of Europe Volume III: A Century of Advance book 4: East Asia. University of Chicago Press 1998; Glenn Joseph Ames Ronald S. Love Distant Lands and Diverse Cultures: The French Experience in Asia 1600-1700. Praeger 2003 – pp. 202 219; Howgego A142; Salmaslian Armenag Bibliographie de l'Armenie 1946 p. 238; Walravens Hartmut China illustrata. Das europaische Chinaverstandnis im Spiegel des 16. bis 18. Jahrhunderts. Mit einem Beitrag von David E. Mungello. Ausstellung im Zeughaus der Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbuttel vom 21. Marz bis 23. August 1987. Ausstellungskataloge der Herzog-August-Bibliothek Nr. 55 Wolfenbuttel: Herzog August Bibliothek 1987 55. 1691. Chez, Claude Barbin, Jean Boudot, George & Louis Josse, avec privilege du Roy, 1692. hardcover
elala3421Brussels: A.Mertens Printer 1829. First Edition of the English Translation of this rare romanticized account. The Battle of Navarino the last naval battle in history to be fought entirely with sailing vessels took place on 20 October 1827 during the Greek War of Independence 1821–32 in Navarino Bay on the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula in the Ionian Sea. Equipped with superior vessels and arms and better trained crews the smaller combined English French and Russian force commanded by Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Codrington succeeded in destroying a combined Ottoman Algerian and Egyptian armada. 8vo. pp. 88. folding lithographed frontis. contemporary quarter roan dampstained throughout some light foxing neat repairs to frontis.– no loss Brussels: A.Mertens, Printer, 1829 unknown
175525093<p>A work from Loutherbourg`s early career when he was in Paris 1755 – 1770. This series is outstandingly rare. Ca. 11.9 x 8.5 cm; plate mark not visible; in fine condition.</p><p>Literature: Le Blanc.</p><p>Loutherbourg an Alsatian painter who studied etching in Johann Georg Wille's academy clearly admired the prints of the seventeenth-century Neapolitan painter Salvator Rosa as did many other French printmakers of the time. In the set entitled "First suite of Soldiers"Loutherbourg took up a format associated with Rosa in order to showcase his own inventiveness and fluency.</p><p><strong>Philip James de Loutherbourg</strong> RA 31 October 1740 – 11 March 1812 whose name is sometimes given in the French form of <strong>Philippe-Jacques</strong> the German form of <strong>Philipp Jakob</strong> or with the English-language epithet of <strong>the Younger</strong> was a French-born British painter who became known for his large naval works his elaborate set designs for London theatres and his invention of a mechanical theatre called the "Eidophusikon". He also had an interest in faith-healing and the occult and was a companion of the confidence-trickster Alessandro Cagliostro</p><p><input type="checkbox"></p></p><p>Loutherbourg was born in Strasbourg in 1740 the son of an expatriate Polish miniature painter.1 Intended for the Lutheran ministry he was educated at the University of Strasbourg.2</p><p>Rejecting a religious calling Loutherbourg decided to become a painter and in 1755 placed himself under >Charles-André van Loo in Paris and later under Francesco Giuseppe Casanova. His talent developed rapidly and he became a figure in the fashionable society of the day. In 1767 he was elected to the French Academy although below the age required by the rules of the institution and painted landscapes sea storms and battles all of which work had a celebrity above those of the specialists then working in Paris. He made his debut with the exhibition of twelve pictures including <em>Storm at Sunset</em> <em>Night</em> and <em>Morning after Rain</em>.2</p><p>Loutherbourg then travelled through Switzerland Germany and Italy distinguishing himself as much by his mechanical inventions as by his painting. One of these showing new effects produced in a model theatre was the wonder of the day with its use of lights behind canvas representing the moon and stars and the illusory appearance of running water produced by clear blue sheets of metal and gauze with loose threads of silver.2</p><p>In 1771 he settled in London where David Garrick paid him £500 a year to design scenery and costumes and oversee the stage machinery at the Drury Lane Theatre.3 His stage effects attracted the admiration not just of the general public but also of artists including Joshua Reynolds. He devised scenic effects in which for instance green trees gradually became russet and the moon rose and lit the edges of passing clouds:2 illusions achieved through the use of coloured lantern-slides and the ingenious lighting of transparencies.4 He continued to work at the theatre until 1785.3</p><p>He achieved an even greater success with an entertainment called the <em>Eidophusikon</em> meaning "image of nature". This was a miniature mechanical theatre measuring six by eight feet and described as displaying "Various Imitations of Natural Phenomena represented by Moving Pictures". It was presented at Loutherbourg's home from March 1781 in an auditorium seating about 130 people. He used Argand lamps to light the stage and stained glass to change colours.</p><p>At Christmas 1781 Loutherbourg mounted a spectacle at a party in the Egyptian Hall at Fonthill for William Beckford promising according to Beckford to "present a mysterious something that the eye has not seen or heart of man conceived".4 Following this he attempted rather more fantastical subjects for the Eidophusikon presenting a scene from <em>Paradise Lost</em> with "Satan arraying his troops on the banks of the Fiery Lake and the rising of the Palace of Pandemonium".4 The Eidophusikon soon closed however as the income did not cover the costs and the audience demanded new productions faster than Loutherbourg could create them. He has been called the inventor of the panorama but although it first appeared about the same time as the Eidophusikon the first panorama was painted and exhibited by the Scottish painter Robert Barker.</p><p>Despite these other projects Loutherbourg still found time for painting. <em>Lord Howe's action or the Glorious First of June</em> exhibited 1795 and other large naval pictures were commissioned to commemorate British naval victories many of them ending up soon afterwards in the Greenwich Hospital Gallery in whose successor the National Maritime Museum they still remain. His finest work was the <em>Destruction of the Armada</em>. He also painted the <em>Great Fire of London</em> and several historical works including the <em>Attack of the Combined Armies on Valenciennes</em> 1793.2 He was interested in the industrial revolution and his 1801 painting <em>Coalbrookdale by Night</em> shows iron foundries at work.</p><p>Seven of his paintings including <em>Lodore Waterfall</em> and <em>Skating in Hyde Park</em> are in the Government Art Collection.5</p><p>He was made a member of the Royal Academy in 1781.</p><p>Two sets of drawings by de Loutherbourg were published reproduced in aquatint under the title <em>Picturesque English Scenery</em> in 1801 and 1805. He also contributed illustrations to a Bible published by Thomas Macklin in 1800.3 After his death Cadell and Davies published a volume of the Apocrypha. All 110 of his drawings for the vignettes but not the Apocrypha are pasted in the Bowyer Bible in Bolton Museum in Greater Manchester.</p><p>Esoteric interests</p><p>In 1789 Loutherbourg temporarily gave up painting in order to pursue an interest in alchemy and the supernatural.3 He met Alessandro di Cagliostro who instructed him in the occult.3 He travelled about with Cagliostro leaving him however before his condemnation to death.2 He and his wife also took up faith-healing. A pamphlet called <em>A List of a Few Cures performed by Mr and Mrs De Loutherbourg of Hammersmith Terrace without Medicine</em> was published in 1789. Written by a follower named Mary Pratt it claimed that the Loutherbourgs had cured two thousand people between Christmas 1788 and the following July "having been made proper recipients to receive divine manuductions".6</p><p>Death</p><p>Loutherbourg died in Chiswick in 1812.</p><p>There are paintings by him in the collections of many British institutions including Tate Britain The Victoria and Albert Museum The National Portrait Gallery The Royal Academy of Art Leicester Farnham and Derby Art Gallery.7</p><p>Loutherbourg was buried in Chiswick Old Cemetery adjoining the graveyard of St Nicholas Church Chiswick. Buried nearby are the artists William Hogarth and James Abbott McNeill Whistler.</p>
176022093<p>A work from Loutherbourg`s early career when he was in Paris 1755 - 1770. This series is outstandingly rare. Ca. 11.9 x 8.5 cm; plate mark not visible; in fine condition.</p><p>Literature: Le Blanc.</p><p>Loutherbourg an Alsatian painter who studied etching in Johann Georg Wille's academy clearly admired the prints of the seventeenth-century Neapolitan painter Salvator Rosa as did many other French printmakers of the time. In the set entitled "First suite of Soldiers"Loutherbourg took up a format associated with Rosa in order to showcase his own inventiveness and fluency.</p>
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