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1822000458London The Historic Gallery. Pall-Mall: Robert Bowyer 1822. First Edition Later Issue . Hardcover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. LOUTHERBOURG PJ de. PICKETT William. CLARK John. 1st ed later issue circa 1822 plates with imprints and signatures removed uncut 36 leaves 2 title pages and 2 leaves of descriptive text for each plate titles and text in both English and French - the French text in double columns 18 hand coloured aquatint plates text watermarked 1822. Contemporary half blue morocco over blue marbled boards corners & edges lightly bumped & worn. Black morocco reback and corners old spine laid down raised bands gilt tooling & titles edges worn. Internally hinges strengthened some spotting to verso of tp. The marbled paper along leading edge of both covers has been replaced with similar in times past. But a very good copy. Folio 330495 cms. First issue copies contain a signature and imprint underneath each plate and watermarks no later than 1805. However copies exist with plates watermarked as late as 1824. The 1824 copies contain a completely reset text in contrast our text matches that of the first edition and an engraved title page supplied by the publisher from left over copies of Loutherbourg's completely separate earlier work Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain London R Bowyer 1801 & reissued 1808. Both the English & French text leaves are watermarked 1822. Abbey 10. Title continues: From drawings made expressly for this undertaking by PJ de Loutherbourg. With Historical and descriptive accounts of the several places of which views are given. Engraved by William Pickett and coloured by John Clark. Loutherbourg landscape painter and scene designer. See ODNB for a full Bio. <br/> <br/> Robert Bowyer hardcover
1858422999London : printed for the Camden Society 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: Bookplate 2 of the Selborne family. Physical description: xxvii 214 p. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Le Roux de Lincy 1806-1869; French literature; Romances English French influences; Chivalry in literature; French literature To 1500; Romance fiction 13th century; French fiction 13th century. London : printed for the Camden Society hardcover
1839861N51London: Fenwick de Porquet 1839. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. A very scarce grammar book for those English speakers wanting to improve their French. This very scarce nineteenth century grammar book is designed to help English speakers to develop their French language skills. Divided into four parts the volume opens with a discussion of parts of speech before a brief section on syntax. This is followed by a set of exercises and tables of verbs irregular verbs and their different conjugations. With a sticker from Welsh booksellers 'White & Sons' to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart. The cloth has discoloured to the spine and the boards are a little soiled. Internally firmly bound. Aside from the first few pages pages are clean if a lightly age-toned. Very Good Fenwick de Porquet hardcover
1823311558London: G. and W. B. Whittaker 1823. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Very good title-blocked cloth with raised bands. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: 2 v. 18 cm. Subject: France History House of Valois 1328-1589. History of France. Autobiography. Other names: Sleidanus Johannes 1506-1556.Genre: Autobiography. London: G. and W. B. Whittaker hardcover
1823MIeCOMIN59London: Printed For G. and W.B.Whittaker 1823. 1823. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xxxvi 540; viii 570. contemporary calf rebacked with original spines laid down 3 of 4 spine labels wanting. inscription in contemporary hand on front flyleaf: "the gift of Chas Canning'. London: Printed For G. and W.B.Whittaker, 1823. unknown
1855436100London : H.G. Bohn 1855. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine and panel edges somewhat bumped dulled and rubbed as with age. Light scattered foxing. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 2 volumes portraits. Contents; Vol.1. Books 1-5 -- v.2. Books 6-8 ; The scandalous chronicle. Subjects; Louis XI King of France Studies. Charles VIII King of France Studies. Charles Duke of Burgundy 1433-1477 Studies. Louis XI King of France 1423-1483. Commines Philippe de sieur d'Argenton 1445-1511. France Kings and rulers 15th century ; Biography. Historians France 15th century ; Biography. France History House of Valois 1328-1589 ; Sources. London : H.G. Bohn hardcover
1897ST15557-17London: Published by David Nutt 1897. 210 x 152 mm. 8 1/4 x 6". Two volumes. Englished by Thomas Danett. <br/> VERY ATTRACTIVE BROWN CRUSHED HALF MOROCCO BY BICKERS & SON stamp-signed on verso of front endpaper smooth russet linen sides spines gilt in ruled compartments raised bands decorated with double rules and small tool at either end top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. Publisher's original buckram covers bound in at rear. Decorated title page initials printer's devices. Title pages printed in red and black; front pastedowns with bookplate of Sir James Dunn. ◆Hint of rubbing to bottom edges upper covers with a handful of small lights scratches and tiny nicks half-title in volume I a little loose but in excellent condition the contents pristine and obviously never read.<br/> <br/> In the introduction to the present edition Whibley says that the translation "is a masterpiece untouched by age"--a description equally applicable to the book itself whose contents have scarcely been touched. The French courtier Comines ca. 1445 - ca. 1511 chronicles the reign of Louis XI and the Italian expedition of Charles VIII covering most of the three decades beginning in 1464. The work comprises the first critical and philosophical history to be written after antiquity and it earned for Comines the appellation of "father of modern history." Britannica says that "the graphic style of his narrative and above all the keenness of his insight into the motives of his contemporaries an insight undimmed by undue regard for principles of right and wrong make this work one of the great classics of history." Our translation by Danett the first in English was originally published in 1596 and the present edition uses the 1601 version which includes a life of Comines. The introduction by Charles Whibley gives a biography of Comines and an analysis of his style and ideas. Danett fl. 1566-1601 also translated from various authors a sequel to Comines' work and an epitome of descriptions of the Low Countries drawn from the works of Guicciardini. Published by David Nutt unknown
18172005245J. Davis 1817. Hardcover. Used-Very Good. London J. Davis 1817. 640 pp.Three quarter leather over cloth boards. Some wear to upper edge of boards; minor rubbing at corners. Very sound overall. J. Davis hardcover
18264617Dublin: William Curry Jun. & Co. 1826. 12mo pp. iv xvii iii 162 4. Later green calf spine divided by gilt rules 2nd and 4th compartments lettered direct in gilt other compartments tooled in gilt. A touch of spotting. A little scratched and rubbed. Some pencil underlining to first few pages. A scarce Dublin printing with lengthy subscribers’ list of the Conte de Ségur’s philosophical work first published in French in 1820. Library Hub locates 4 copies BL Cambridge Southampton and Trinity College with Worldcat adding NLI and Pennsylvania. William Curry, Jun. & Co. unknown
189059504clNew York: D. Appleton and Company 1890. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Original stiff paper wraps printed in black. Mild soiling/toning and slight rubbing to covers with two short splits at tail of spine. Edges toned. Otherwise clean tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Issued in Appleton's Town and Country Library. 287pp. D. Appleton and Company Paperback
188986856San Francisco: L.P. McCarty 1889. 1888. Hardcover. Appears to lack little page though leaves of both sides where t.p should be have been neatly reglued; some pencil scribbles throughout easily erased.Overall about very good-. Front hinge a bit shaken though still strong. Octavo in red blindstamped cloth with gilt title to spine and gilt title and ornament to front board; b/w illus. Folding b&w plate of Mt. Shasta "California's Grandest Mountain" Scarce in this original edition. Chock full of world data and information. Statistics -- Periodicals. NOT PRINT-ON-DEMAND Reference works almanacs encyclopedias. 19th Century. Antiquarian. [L.P. McCarty] hardcover
1827M2740Bruxelles 1827. Good; some restoration in lower left corner. Notes: From Vandermaelen's "Atlas Universel de Geographie Physique Politique Statistique et Mineralogique" Brusseles 1827. Size : 478x567 mm 18.75x22.25 Inches Coloring: Original Outline Coloring Category: Maps North America;; Maps Central America unknown
180859375Paris Treuttel et Würtz 1808. 4to. Uncut and unopened in original blank wrappers. original printed title-label on spines. XXIX405;XX404;VI211164816 pp. Wide-margined. Internall clean and fine. Atlas missing. unknown
1838179135Paris : Firmin Didot freres 1838. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original title-printed decorated paper-covered boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Scattered marginal foxing.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 565 pages; Physical desc.: 565p. : illus. 50 plates engravings 5 ports. fold. map ; 21 cm. Series: L' Univers : histoire et description de tous les peuples . Notes: Full series title to front cover. Text in double columns. 70 volumes were published in this series from 1835 to 1863. Paris : Firmin Didot freres hardcover
1838339910Milano: P. Ripamonti Carpano 1838. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Text in Italian. Quarto. pp. iv 280 4. With 7 engraved plates frontispiece title page and five plates in text. Bound in contemporary mottled calf gilt spine and turn-ins white silk moiré endpapers all edges gilt. An impressive armorial binding of King Louis Philippe I of France with his crown and name in an ornate metal relief design affixed to the front board. Professionally re-jointed with the original binding fully preserved modest chipping to the edges of the front free endpaper and fly leaf scattered foxing very good. The Strenna Italiana was a popular literary gift annual of Italian poetry and prose: this copy was likely given by Louis Philippe as a gift to an important political ally personal friend or dignitary. A scarce unique copy intended to display Louis Philippe's armorial binding conspicuously on a tabletop. P. Ripamonti Carpano hardcover
1862C1268<p>xxiv444 pages with diagrams. Octavo 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" bound in quarter leather with gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. Volume one in the series Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 1800 First edition. <br /><br />This is a general introduction to chess openings. It includes discussion on the queen's gambit both accepted and refused as well as other gambits king pawn openings the ideas behind the openings. It is an interesting work on how early players of the period looked at the opening.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Old label to spine corners bumped and rubbed some internal soiling and fingering with an occasional pencil notation else a good to very good copy.</p> Chez Jean Preti hardcover
1868C1604<p>402 pages with diagrams and errata. Octavo 9" x 5 3/4" bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Volume two in the series. Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 1801 Second edition. <br /><br />This volume covers opening games mostly gambits including Queen's Gambit Center Counter Gambit King's Gambit etc; as well as a brief history of the key writers of works of chess starting with Vincent et Lucena going to the present period of 1868.<br /><br />Philippe Ambroise Durand was a French abbé and chess writer. Born in Fresné-la-Mère Calvados he was professor of rhetoric at Falaise and later taught philosophy at Lisieux before retiring in 1860. Durand collaborated with Jean-Louis Preti to write three books on chess including the two-volume <em>Stratégie raisonnée des fins de partie</em> 1871–73. These were the first books devoted to the practical endgame and included concepts such as conjugate squares and the opposition. He is also said to have coined the chess term trébuchet. <br /><br /><strong>Condition:</strong><br /><br />Spine cracked and chipped mostly unread with pages still to be separated wrappers becoming detached else a good copy internally very good.<br /><br />larger image</p> Chez Jean Preti and Chez Barthes and Lowell paperback
1825438106Livorno : Dalla Stamperia 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy bound in contemporary 1/2 leather over cloth. Gilt-blocked leather label to spine with spine bands uniformly tooled in gilt. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dulled as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Subjects; Biographie. Frankreich. Geschichte. Ségur Paul Philippe de 1780-1873. Livorno : Dalla Stamperia hardcover
183929818Paris 1839. 117 x 73 wide margins sheet size 260 x 168 mm. Printed on wove paper. A fine impression. <br /> <br /> Based on a bust by Dantan executed in 1838 depicting Musard conducting a quadrille at a "Bal de l'Opéra." Sorel 199. Dantan 124.<br /> <br /> "After the July Revolution Musard returned to France and conducted at masked balls at the Théâtre des Variétés. He then became artistic director of a series of popular open-air concerts and dances on the Champs-Elysées which marked the beginning of the Concerts-Musard; these were an immediate and enormous success. He also conducted for masked balls at the Salle Ventadour and the Opéra-Comique and eventually in 1835 and 1836 for the balls at the Opéra itself. He continued to be a popular conductor until 1845. In France he was considered the doyen of dance composers and popular conductors until 1852." Gérard Streletski Gustave Chouquet and David Charltonin Grove Music Online.<br /> <br /> Dantan's caricatures of writers artists and particularly musicians are highly regarded. He is said to be the inventor of the "sculptural caricature." Wikipedia. unknown
18379583<p>lithograph laid on India paper. EXTREMELY RARE view by Arthus Bertrand Paris. Baron de Bougainville 1781-1846 was a French naval officer the son of famous voyager Louis-Antoine de Bougainville. He became Rear-Admiral in 1838. The unachieved main intention of the voyage was: to extend French influence in Indochina but Manila Sydney and Rio de la Plata areas were also visited and documented with these superbly executed artworks published nine years before the official account of the voyage. Condition: shaved top margin slight image smudges and margin paper loss paper toning.</p> Arthus Bertrand, Paris.
1870C39408Paris 1870. Fourth Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Small bookplate on the front pastedown. Slight sunning at spine and rubbing to spine label. Rebound with new endpapers. Slightly foxed throughout. Otherwise sound handsome and a very good copy. 8vo. Pp 547. Bound in red cloth lettered on green leather label in gilt at spine. Previous soft back covers bound in at front and rear. hardcover
181252507280007Oxonii Excudebant Collingwood Newman et Baxter impensis J. Parker etc. 1812. Leather. Acceptable. Hardcovers. 2 VOLUME SET. SCARCE ORIGINAL 1812 PRINTING. Ex-Theological Library with usual markings. Pages have minor marking with light foxing. Marbled turn-ins and page edges. Covers leather covered show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing. COVERS ON BOTH VOLUMES ARE DETACHED BUT PRESENT. ALSO CHIPPING AND TEARING ON SPINES BACK STRIP. Bound pages are tight. Covers spines and back strips poor but pages still quite nice.legible/readable.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Oxonii, Excudebant Collingwood, Newman, et Baxter, impensis J. Parker [etc.] hardcover
1869B-21-070026<p>Sonnets et Eaux-Fortes. A collection of 42 poems illustrated by 42 etchings published under the direction of Philippe Burty. Edition Alphonse Lemerre Paris 1869. Limited edition of 350 copies after the publication the plates for the etchings have been destroyed. <br />Rare edition with poems by Renaud Claudel Lemoyne Vacquerie and others and etchings by Manet Gustav Dore Corot Braquemond Hugo after and others the book is bounded in ornate red cover with gilded title at the center and spine. Etchings printed by Salmon. Very Good condition. Contact us for complete condition report.</p> Edition Alphonse Lemerre hardcover
1887131553Lille Societe De Saint-Augustin 1887. First Edition. Paperback. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 218 pages; Description: 218 p. Subjects; John III Sobieski King of Poland 1629 -1696 . Lille, Societe De Saint-Augustin paperback
187028091870. Tinted lithograph. 250mm by 360mm image 345mm by 500mm sheet. From 'Rome dans Sa Grandeur'. Phillippe Benoist was one of France's most gifted topographical artists of the 19th century he was both a master lithographer and painter. He began his career in Paris and by 1836 he was exhibiting his views at the Paris Salons and continued to do so until 1879. As an original lithographic artist Philippe Benoist specialized in exterior and interior views of many famous European buildings. Soiling and light foxing in margins. Foxing on reverse of the sheet. unknown
