YOUATT, William ; SKINNER, J. S.Livre Rare Book
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185261921The Horse. A new edition with numerous illustrations. Together with General History of the Horse ; a dissertation on The American Trotting Horse, how trained and jockeyed, an account of his remarkable performances ; and an Essay on the Ass and the Mule, by J. S. Skinner, 8vo volume, full editor's cloth, Blanchard and Lea, Philadelphia, 1852, 448 pp.
18930495Chicago, Published for the R. P. Trade, 1893. En anglais. Album de photos de l'Exposition universelle de 1893, réalisée à Chicago pour célébrer le 400e anniversaire de la découverte de l'Amérique par Colomb. Un livret oblong de 25 x 16 cm, relié pleine percaline rouge ornée de nombreux motifs noirs et dorés à l'allure presque art nouveau. Gravure du débarquement de Christophe Colomb en frontispice. Non paginé. Seul le frontispice et la dernière page (représentant un plan de Jackson Park), collées aux contreplats, adhèrent à la reliure, le reste du bloc de feuilles en est détaché. Il forme une frise à déplier pour consulter les nombreuses gravures de pavillons et constructions, affichées avec leur nom et leur coût en dollars de l'époque. Les deux dernières pages du bloc sont détachées du reste. ******************************************************************** Chicago, published for R. P. Trade, 1893. Photo album of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago celebrating the 400th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of America. An oblong booklet measuring 25 x 16 cm, bound in full red percaline decorated with numerous black and gold motifs in an almost art nouveau style. Engraving of Christopher Columbus's landing as a frontispiece. Unpaginated. Only the frontispiece and the last page (a map of Jackson Park) are glued to the inside covers while the rest of the paper block is loose. It forms a frieze that can be unfolded to view the numerous engravings of pavilions and buildings, displayed with their names and costs. The last two pages of the block are loose.
181966470By Thomas Wilson, Dancing-Master from the King's Theater, Opera-House, 1 vol. in-12 cartonnage éditeur, Published by R. & E. Williamson, London, Chez Pleyel, Paris, s.d. [ 1819 ], VI-43 pp.with an engraved hand-coloured plan showing the steps for 16 persons
18010065London, T. Gillet, 1801. Second edition. In English. Octavo, 215 x 136 mm, 328 pp., bound in half-calf buckram with red-ochre corners and colored boards, author's name and title in gilt with tailpiece motifs. Header edges. Folding map of the Rio de la Plata. Stamp of the library of the "Sociedade Brasileira de Cultura Inglesa" with book number and the mention "1959" in blue ballpoint pen on the back of the first page of the preface. Preface, table of contents, numerous illustrations throughout the book, and an index of subscribers. The binding is in excellent condition, the slightly yellowish-gray paper is intact and entirely legible. This book recounts the ill-fated second voyage of the Duff, a missionary ship en route to the South Sea Islands in 1798. It was only the second attempt at a missionary voyage to the Pacific. A year earlier, the Duff had successfully undertaken its first voyage, settling members of the London Missionary Society and their families on the islands of Tahiti, Tonga, and the Marquesas. However, this second attempt ended in disastrous failure. Captured first by a French privateer who mistook the Duff for a ship carrying Governor King to Australia, and then again by a Portuguese fleet, the group was forced to return to Lisbon, and William Gregory returned to England in 1800. William Gregory describes the details of his treatment in captivity, life in Spanish America (Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay), as well as indigenous life in the "enemy port" of Montevideo and the surrounding rich estuary of the Rio de la Plata, its "products, inhabitants, clothing, customs, commerce [and] religion." *************************************** Londres, T. Gillet, 1801. Seconde édition. En anglais. In-8 de 215 x 136 mm, 328 pp., relié demi-veau en percaline à coins ocre-rouge avec plats colorés, nom d'auteur et titre en doré avec motifs de type cul-de-lampe. Tranchefile. Carte dépliante du Rio de la Plata. Tampon de la bibliothèque de la "Sociedade Brasileira de Cultura Inglesa" avec numéro de livre et mention "1959" au stylo bille bleu en revers de la première page de la préface. Préface, table des matières, nombreuses illustrations tout au long du livre et index des souscripteurs. La reliure est en excellent état, le papier un peu jaune-gris intègre et entièrement lisible. Ce livre raconte le deuxième voyage malheureux du Duff, navire missionnaire en route vers les îles des mers du Sud en 1798. Ce n'était que la deuxième tentative de voyage missionnaire dans le Pacifique. Un an plus tôt, le Duff avait entrepris avec succès son premier voyage et abouti sur l'installation des membres de la London Missionary Society et de leurs familles sur les îles de Tahiti, de Tonga et les Marquises. En revanche, cette seconde tentative se soldera par un échec désastreux. Capturé d'abord par un corsaire français qui prit le Duff pour un navire emmenant le gouverneur King en Australie, puis une seconde fois par une flotte portugaise, le groupe fut contraint de retourner à Lisbonne et William Gregory regagnera l'Angleterre en 1800. William Gregory décrit les détails de son traitement en captivité, la vie en Amérique espagnole (Uruguay, Argentine, Paraguay) ainsi que la vie indigène dans le « port ennemi » de Montevideo et le riche estuaire environnant du Rio de la Plata, ses « produits, habitants, vêtements, coutumes, commerce [et] religion ».
18040076New York, Hopkins & Seymour, 1804. First edition. Octavo, 22 x 14 cm, (4 ff.) 238 pp. Bound in half-grained wine leather with corners. Spine almost smooth with very light raised bands; title and name of the publisher William Coleman, of the Evening Post, stamped in gilt block letters; multiple gilt fillets on and around the bands; gilt fleurons; date on the lower spine. Dark marbled covers, gilt fillets on the joints and corners. Marbled endpapers with glowing patterns tinged with orange, blue and cream waves. Contemporary binding. Title page with pen signature, word from the New York district chief Edward Dunscomb, preface--all unpaginated. Some uncut pages. This book brings together five collections of texts linked to the person of Alexander Hamilton, founding father of the then very young Republic of the United States. Of note: a few letters by Aaron Burr, the man who killed Hamilton in a duel... "An American statesman, Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804) was an influential interpreter and promoter of the American Constitution, as well as the founder of the nation's financial system, the Federalist Party, the United States Coast Guard, and The New York Post newspaper. As the first Secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton was the principal author of the economic policies of George Washington's administration. He initiated the financing of state debts by the federal government as well as the creation of a national bank, a system of tariffs, and friendly trade relations with Great Britain. His vision included a strong central government led by a vigorous executive branch, a strong commercial economy, with a national bank and support for manufacturing, and a strong military. This vision was challenged by the more agrarian Founding Fathers of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, who formed a rival party. They favored strong states based in rural America and protected by relevant state militias rather than a strong national army and navy. They denounced Hamilton as too pro-Britain and the monarchy in general, and too oriented toward cities, businesses, and banks. This volume was published the same year that Hamilton died in the duel with Aaron Burr." Extremely rare book, the few remaining copies of which survive in libraries in the United States or sell for over $2,000. *********************************** New York, Hopkins & Seymour, 1804. En anglais. Édition originale. In-8, 22 x 14 cm, (4 ff.) 238 pp. Relié demi-chagrin lie-de-vin à coins. Dos quasi lisse aux nerfs très légers, titre et nom de l'éditeur William Coleman, de l'Evening Post, frappés en caractères d'imprimerie dorés, multiples filets dorés aux nerfs, fleurons dorés, date en queue. Plats marbrés sombres, filets dorés aux mors et coins. Pages de garde marbrées à motifs rougeoyants teintés de vagues oranges, bleu et crème. Reliure d'époque. Page de titre avec signature à la plume, mot du chef de district de New York Edward Dunscomb, préface d'une page non paginés. Quelques pages non coupées. Ce livre regroupe cinq recueils de textes liés à la personne d'Alexander Hamilton, père fondateur de l'alors toute jeune République des États-Unis. À noter la présence de lettres d'Aaron Burr, l'homme qui tua Hamilton lors d'un duel... "Homme d'État américain, Alexander Hamilton (11 janvier 1755 ou 1757 - 12 juillet 1804) fut un interprète et un promoteur influent de la Constitution américaine, ainsi que le fondateur du système financier du pays, du Parti fédéraliste, de la Garde côtière américaine et du journal The New York Post. Premier secrétaire au Trésor, Hamilton fut le principal auteur des politiques économiques de l'administration de George Washington. Il prit l'initiative du financement des dettes des États par le gouvernement fédéral ainsi que de la création d'une banque nationale, d'un système de tarifs douaniers et de relations commerciales amicales avec la Grande-Bretagne. Sa vision comprenait un gouvernement central fort dirigé par un pouvoir exécutif vigoureux, une économie commerciale forte, avec une banque nationale et un soutien à l'industrie manufacturière, ainsi qu'une armée forte. Cette vision fut contestée par les pères fondateurs de Virginie plus agrariens, Thomas Jefferson et James Madison, qui formèrent un parti rival. Eux favorisaient des États forts basés dans l'Amérique rurale et protégés par des milices relevant de l'État plutôt que d'une armée et d'une marine nationales fortes. Ils dénonçaient Hamilton comme trop favorable à la Grande-Bretagne et à la monarchie en général, et trop orienté vers les villes, les entreprises et les banques. Ce volume fut publié la même année que la mort d'Hamilton lors du duel avec Aaron Burr." Livre rarissime dont les quelques copies restantes subsistent dans des bibliothèques aux États-Unis ou se vendent à plus de 2000 dollars.
1877676718vo, hardcover, green cloth with gilt embossing, Journal Printing House, Newburg N.Y., 1877, 460 pp. with folded plate
188355188Fourth Edition, revised and augmented, 1 vol. 8vo, full calf, spine gilted, with the crest of the Westminster School on the upper cover in gilt and motto "Dat Deus incrementum", all edges gilted, Longmans, Green and Co, London, 1883, XV-464 pp.
190060551From the Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. XXII, pages 501-1044 with plate XVIII, 1 vol. in-8 reliure demi-toile verte, Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, pp. V-VII, pp.501-1044 avec une planche (plate XVIII)
186267648Revision and re-issue, original 8vo red cloth stamped in black and gilt, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1862, 660-7 pp.
187083748Couverture rigide. Reliure toile de l'éditeur, défraîchie. 583 + 390 pages.
185952520With a map of the seat of war, 1 vol. in-12 reliure éditeur pleine percaline orange (12mo original orange cloth binding), Henry Lea, London, 1859, 3 ff., 57 pp. et 1 f. and folding map
1856LI574W. & R. Chambers, Edinburgh 1856. 12 vol. in -12o, around 350 pp. each, portrait of W. S. and full page wood engraving on each title, many headings and vignettes. Contemporary 1/3 sheep and cloth binding slightly worn, guilt title and ornements on the back, four raised bands. First edition of Chamber's Shakespeare after the Knight's Cabinet one (1843). William (1800-1883, politician) and Robert Chambers of Glenormiston were prominent scottish editors of the XIXth century.
183461007Parker's Edition, revised and corrected with a general preface, an introduction to each novel, and notes historical and illustrative bu the Author, 2 vol. in-12 reliure plein veau bleu, dos à 5 nerfs dorés orné, toutes tranches dorées, Waverley Novels, Volumes 15 & 16, Samuel H. Parker, Boston, 1834, XIV-263 ; 287 pp.
1834569961 vol. in-8 reliure demi-chagrin tranches dorées, Published for the proprietor by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, Rittner & Gaupil, and A. Asher, London, 1834, 256 pp.
181761003Reprinted Verbatim from the Edition of 1768, 1 vol. in-12 reliure de l'époque plein maroqun à grain long bleu, double filet doré d'encadrement en plats, toutes tranches marbrées, Printed for T. and J. Allman, T. Boone, Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, London, 1817, 308 pp.
188866319Seventh Edition, Revised and Enlarged, 1 vol. in-8 reliure de l'époque plein veau vert, dos à 5 nerfs dorés orné, plats richement ornés et estampés à froid, coupes et chasses ornées, toutes tranches marbrées, Robt. S. Brain Government Printer, Melbourne, 1888, IX-517 pp.
1835POE474MJohn Macrone, London, 1835. Six volume set. Small 8vo. Full green binding 1,957 pp in toto. Illustrated with engravings by J. M. W. Turner. John Macrone, London, 1835. 6 volumes Petit In-8°. Reliure chagrin vert. 1957 pp. l'ensemble. Illustré avec gravures de J. M. W. Turner.
185952801Catalogue of the extraordinary collection of Splendid Manuscripts, Chiefly upon Vellum in various Languages of Europe and the East, formed by M. Guglielmo Libri. Mathematical, Medical and other Scientific Works, Ancient Italians poets and Prose Writers, autograph Mss. of Tasso, Galileo, Kepler, Leibnitz, &c., Wich will be sold by auction bu S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson, on Monday 28th of March 1859 [ With : ] Catalogue of the Magnificent Collection of Precious Manuscripts and Objects of Art and vertu of M. Guglielmo Libri, Which will be sold by auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, on june 1 1864, 1 vol. in-4 reliure demi-chagrin maroquiné brun, dos à 5 nerfs, xlviii-260 pp. et 37 planches, 1190 numéros ; 2 ff., 44 pp. et 15 planches
188601002London: Bickers & Son, 1886. First English edition of this acclaimed Brazilian romance. Translated by Isabel Burton. Slim in-12 volume. 179 x 125 mm, (vii) 101 pp. Bound in half algae green morocco, two raised bands, five gilded bands, name printed vertically in gilt print letters, date on the bottom. Marbled papers with a touch of bright copper on covers, multiple white pages on both ends. White and green headbands. Title page, Translator's preface, Historical argument by the author. Each chapter is merely "Chapter XX", no table of contents. "I cannot allow my readers to remain ignorant of the name of Senhor J. de Alencar, the author of this and several other works; for he deserves to be as well known in England as in Brazil, and it must be the result of the usual modesty of a really clever man that he is not so. He is their first prose and romance writer." (Translator's preface) "In 1603, Pero Coelho, a gentleman of Parahyba, then already belonging to the Portuguese, arrived at the mouth of the river Jaguaribe in Ceará, with a command of 80 colonists and 800 Indians. He there founded the first settlement in Ceará, and called it Nova Lisboa. He was abandoned by his comrades when a certain João Soromenho was sent to him with reinforcements... He did not respect even the Indians of the Jaguaribe river, who were friendly to the Portuguese. This proved the downfall of the growing settlement: the natives resented such tyranny. Pero Coelho, with his wife and young children, was compelled to fly by land to his own province." (Alencar's Historical argument)
1830485301 vol. in-12 reliure demi-chagrin noire, dos à 4 nerfs, tranches marbrées, Colburn and Bentley, 1830, XX-348 pp.
1888480London and New York, MacMillan, 1888. Three volumes bound in full vellum leather. First edition. Three delicately bound 155 x 220 mm (6" x 8.5") volumes of (xxxii) 592, 683 and 699 pp. Full caramel vellum leather, intricately ornated spines with 5 nerves, gilded frames and boxes containing lush greenery-inspired patterns and fleurons, all gilded, double titlepiece with the book title, author's name and volume Roman number on dark red and anthracite backgrounds, gilded floral frieze on the tails. Covers with double gilded frames and tiny corner flowers. All fore-edges colored in a mostly blue polychromia with marbled red veins. Gilded roulette work on the edges of the covers and pastedowns, colored endpapers. Unidentified ex-libris on the first pastedown bearing the motto "Ab Multis Ad Unum." With an unfolding map of "The Growth of the United States" at the beginning of the first volume. Table of contents at the beginning and index at the end of each volume. First volume: The National Government. Preface. Second volume: The State Government and the Party System. Third volume: Public Opinion, Illustrations and Reflections, Social Institutions. This book is not an encyclopaedia of the institutions of the American Republic, even though it may look like it is. Actually, James Bryce talks about the real workings of the institutions: parties, bosses, the spoil system and the public opinion. It shows an America already different from what the mere Constitution says. He compares the British monarchy with the American federal republic, the democratic versus lord elites and the centralization vs local power dynamics. By doing so, James Bryce predates the sociology of Robert Mitchels and Max Weber while maintaining the magnitude and depth of a true treatise. An analytical tour de force, worthy of a serious Americana collection.
1882653408 vol. 12mo., quarter leather with corner, all edges gilted, Knickerbocker edition, G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, s.d. [ circa 1882-1884 ]
1836599461 vol. 8vo, contemporary binding, half leather, Published by A. and W. Galignani and Co., Paris, 1836, XVI-336 pp.
1898494241 vol. fort in-folio reliure de l'époque demi-basane, Ingram Brothers, London, The Illustrated London News, 1898, 958 pp.
18936415981 volume 4to (79 quarter-leather, 1 paperback and 1 vol. - 51 - in 4 paperback issues), among which we can particularly point out : Vol. 4 (estampe en couleurs de Fernand Khnopff et estampe en couleur et relief) ; 5 (2 estampes en couleurs dont une par Boutet de Monvel) ; 7 (plusieurs estampes en couleurs dont le bourg de Perros-Guirec par Henri-Rivière, eau-forte par Charlton) ; 9 (plusieurs estampes en couleur dont Helleu et estampe en couleur et relief) ; 10 (dont dessin gaufré par Alexandre Charpentier) ; 11 (dont "Pierrot et Pierrette by Mrs Dearmer) ; 12 (dont bois gravé sur papier bleu par Lepère, et bois gravé en couleur par Nicholson) ; 13 (dont "Ombre chinoise" sur calque par Caran d'Ache, eou gravure en relief "Bath-Room by A Charpentier) ; 15 (dont portrait de Puvis de Chavannes par Valloton, estampes de Henri Rivière) ; 17 (contains "Beauty's awakening, a Masque of Winter and Spring) ; 18 (from october 1899, with Special winter-number 1899-1900 : Modern bookbinding and their designers et sa traduction française ) ; 20 (with "Modern British watercolour drawings) ; 21 (dont "The Queen of Hearts" by Percy Gossop) ; 23 (dont a Scene in Dido an Aeneas by Gordon Craig) ; 26 (1902 avec traduction française) ; 27 (dont eaux-fortes par Alphonse Legros) ; 29 (avec traduction française pour septembre) ; 30 (avec traduction française) ; 31 (avec traduction française, 1 planche et un cahier débrochés) ; 32 (avec traduction française) ; 33 (avec traduction française) ; 34 (avec traduction française) ; 39 : An exhibition of Portraits (avec traduction française) ; 44 (avec les couvertures portant "Revue mensuelle avec traduction française) ; 51 (paperback, spines used, in4 issues) ; 61 (Until Issue n° 254, May 1914) ; For the special numbers, we have 21 "bis" : 11 : Art supplements : The Salon Champs Elysées Paris 1897, The Salon Champ de Mars Paris 1897, Art at the New Gallery London 1897 ; 13 : A Record of Art in 1898 ; 21 : Modern pen drawings : European and american ; 23 : Modern British Domestic Architecture and Decoration, 1901 (avec traduction française) ; 24 : Modern design in Jewellery and Fans, 1902 ; 26 : Modern Etching and Engraving (avec traduction française) ; 27 : Corot and Millet with critical Essays by Gustave Geffroy and Arsène Alexandre ; 28 : Masters of English Landscape Paintings ; 30 : The Genius of J.M.W. Turner, R.A. ; 31 : The Royal Academy from Reynolds to Millais (avec traduction française) ; 33 : Daumier and Gavarni with critical and biographical notes by Henri Frantza and Octave Uzanne ; 35 : Art in Photography with selected examples of European and American Work (avec traduction française) 1905 ; 36 : The Mansions of England in the olden time, by Joseph Nash, 1906 (avec traduction française) ; 37 : The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours Spring 1906 ; 37 ter : Year-Book of decorative Art 1906 ; 40 : Royal Scottish Academy ; 40 ter : Year-Book of decorative Art 1907 ; 42 : The Gardens of England in the Southern & Western Counties (avec traduction française) ; 42 ter : Year-Book of decorative Art 1908 ; Paperback : Les Habitations Villageoises en Angleterre Numéro de Printemps 1912
