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1731r023.910HOLLAND: "A AMSTERDAM Aux Depens De La Compagnie" 1731. 135 x 78 mm. Old full leather. Decorated spine has raised bands and Gold on burgundy title label. Clean tight text in sound but worn covers. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. Leaf 309-10 has 55 mm strip lost at top of keading edge just touching text_. Hardback. VG-/No DW. "A AMSTERDAM Aux Depens De La Compagnie" Hardcover
64481London: Published by Bartholomew Harris c.1852. Education SCARCE COPY. Octavo 18 x 11cm pp.216. With numerous in-text woodcuts a few of which are hand-coloured. Red full calf with gilt titles and blind-stamped decoration to both boards. Edges speckled red. Interior toned and marked with a few annotations in black ink throughout leaves and edges. Gutter visible in a few places though binding still stable. Boards marked and rubbed calf entirely worn from spine. Wear to extremities gentle bumping to corners. A book to cover all subjects with material on religion natural history science geography poetry and elocution. While the book itself is undated an owner's slip loosely inserted dates to August 3rd 1852. London: Published by Bartholomew Harris, c.1852 unknown
180211993London: W. Jones. London W. Jones 1802. Later Edition. Hardback. A very good copy. Subtitled: A New Edition Revised and Corrected. A supremely important Utopia set in a contemporary Paris alas not a first edition. A milestone of proto-science fiction. The book was first published in France in 1771 with an English translation the following year. An important book that helped enormously with the popularity of "tales of the future" which "became a pattern for future novels". It was the first novel with "a future date as the entire title of a work of fiction paving the way for Orwell" also "the first utopia set in a future time" aka a uchronia Alkon p21 & p60; Claeys p138. The present edition is uncommon. The first English translation was by a 'Dr William Hooper' who retitled it 2500 as a nice "round number" as compared to the actual title of 2440. There was a Dublin edition in 1772 an American edition in 1795 and a further English edition in 1799. The next edition in English appears to by in 1997 by the Gregg Press. Though the BL and others report this translation as also being by Dr Hooper there's nothing it seems do indicate that's the case and nothing further to indicate who 'revised' and 'corrected' it. Five copies located in COPAC none at auction. Bound in plain cloth with a morocco label. Some notes to the rear in a contemporary English hand with a few in the text. Some offsetting but very near internally. 11993 Hyraxia Books. . Very Good. Hardback. Later Edition. 1802. W. Jones hardcover
18569575London: L. Booth. London L. Booth 1856. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A very good copy. A rare book. We can find no reference to it in commerce or in British institutions indeed the only copy seems to be in LoC. No copy located at the BL. The book considers the Crimean War and the author's part in it. Turnerelli was a British artist and Tsar Nicholas I was his patron under whom he spent 16 years in Russia. Turnerelli continually addresses the pseudo-epistolary work to 'Princess'; presumably Princess Charlotte it would take a more thorough reading to confirm this. It seems given that Turnerelli returned to Britain during the war that his patriotism was challenged and a chunk of the book seems to be rationalising and justifying his dual loyalties. There's also a section about his writing of Nicholas's epitaph. In the postscript Turnerelli talks about how the book was received. There's nothing to say conclusively that he's refering to the present title but it seems likely. Perhaps there was an earlier issue and the postscript was added on as a later issue the binding seems to suggest this. Either way it's a hard book to find and an interesting piece. It seems that Turnerelli also wrote a couple of ghost stories. The binding is a little rubbed and worn with chipping to the spine tips. A few pencil inscriptions. The folding plate is intact. Overall though it's in decent shape. 9575 Hyraxia Books. . Very Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1856. L. Booth hardcover
1650V75854London: Henry Seile 1650. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo 142x87mm leather rebacked/worn to edges/scuffed. Titlepage framed with printer's ornaments verso with errata within printer's ornaments 4p= Preface 2p= Contents 205pp. With a few ornamental headers and decorative initial capitals. Pp117 slightly torn on bottom right but without significant loss of text otherwise all 205 pages present. The author wrote this in response to the perceived slander of Anthony Weldon's "The Court and Character of King James" as Weldon fell out with the King. In contrast to the Weldon work this espouses the cause of the King. Sanderson was a historical writer and thus starts with Queen Elizabeth of which he writes "Some say she had many favorites but in truth she had none". Before moving onto her courtiers from the Cecils to the Earl of Essex recounting the laters execution in 1601. Sanderson moved on to to King James and Sir Walter Raleigh and his expeditions to Irelandhis travels to Guiana and the New World but finally his downfall and execution. Later characters assesed include the Archbishop George Abbot and the Duke of Buckingham. Sanderson beings his work by bemoning those who would "delight in sinne" and "take great pains to slander the dead" refering to Weldon. An amusing if digressive history of the times like Seldon he devotes significant time to court intrigue during the reign of James rebuking Weldon`s assertion that James "hated" Robert Cecil he also claims the Duke of Overbury was poisoned whilst imprisoned in the tower of London in 1613. He finishes the book with a defence of the character of James who he says "his best peace was his inside which wise men admired" he credits James`s Rex Pacificus policy and writes "what did he not do without the pike if not with his pen". Sanderson concludes that a pahmlet is far to "petit" to convey the great character of this monarch. Sanderson does not engage Weldon in his assaults on the Stuart house as a whole but rather offers retorts to Weldon`s assaults on James`s reign specifically. Sanderson was a Cavalier and following the restoration was made a member of the Privy Chamber by Charles II. He died in 1676 and is buried in Westminster Abbey. Henry Seile hardcover
155030904Antwerp 1550. Other. Published folded with good small margins a strong and clear impression with several worm holes in the lower third of the paper. A rare early woodcut map still in very good condition. 132 by 260mm 5 by 10 inches. Hand-Colored Original Woodcut by Anonymous depicting Ingolstadium Castorum disposit quae Carolus V. Caes. Aug. et Smalcaldici Ad Ingolstadium Habvere An. 1546. Published Antwerp 1550. Sheet: 132 by 260mm 5 by 10 inches. A fine and original hand-colored example of Anonymous's celebrated cartographic work documenting this region of Germany with the precision and decorative artistry characteristic of the 15500s. Anonymous was a cartographer active in the 1500s working in the tradition of European copper-engraved cartography. Their maps are valued by collectors for their historical accuracy and decorative quality.This original woodcut with original hand coloring depicts the region of Ingolstadium Castorum disposit quae Carolus V. Caes. Aug. et Smalcaldici Ad Ingolstadium Habvere An. 1546 published in Antwerp 1550. The map records the political and geographic boundaries of the region as understood in 1550 offering a fascinating window into the history of German territorial organization. Sheet measures 132 by 260mm 5 by 10 inches. In good condition overall with minor signs of age appropriate for a 16th-century engraving. Ready to frame. Ingolstadt Bilddokumente #4 unknown
1817C031726 ad2822 ad pages. Small octavo 7 3/4" x 4 3/4" bound in original stiff boards with spine label in black lettering. Hagedorn: 3. 1817 First American edition.<br /><br />This is the third chess book published in the United States and was not noted by Fiske in his bibliographical work. A revised edition was also published in 1817. Fisk first notes this in 1824 as a reprint of the London 1806 edition and notes that it was reprinted in England in 1809 1813 1819 and at other times. The name of the compiler has never been made public. The miscellaneous collection of anecdotes essays and poems at the end is not without interest.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Corners bumped and rubbed paper hinges cracked spine rubbed former owner's label on front paste down else a good to very good copy of a very scarce chess item. M Carey and Son hardcover
179815285London: Published by Haines & Son No. 19 Rolls Buildings Fetter Lane 1798. Mezzotint. Printed on wove paper. In excellent condition with the exception of some glue residue on the verso of the sheet. Four vertical creases in sheet. A small abrasion in image. Image size: 9 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches. A bold hunting scene of a rider drawing cover.<br/> <br/> This early hunting scene follows the tradition of James Seymour by presenting a small format sporting picture in a bold decisive style. The artist and engraver are not recorded on the plate which was typical of works published at the period by Haines & Son. Haines & Son were prolific publishers and printsellers who catered to the decorative print market they often republished earlier plates which they acquired from other publishers such as Carington Bowles and Robert Sayer. This image which is listed as plate 2 is most likely the second plate in a set of six prints. Published by Haines & Son, No. 19 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane unknown
164955113Jansson Amsterdam 1649. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. ANONYMOUS Pierre du Moulin. Tragicum Theatricum Actorum & Cafuum Tragicorum Londini Publice Celebratorum Amsterdam: Jansson 1649. Small octavo about 14x9cm pp. 85 3 a list of judges 85 sic-320 green morocco boards with French fillets and gilt tulips in the corners gilt lettering and ornate gilt tooling in six compartments on spine all edges gilt 8 portrait plates and 1 folding plate showing Charles I in the moment before his beheading; old dealer description attached to front paste-down. The portraits show some of the principal actors in the revolution: Cromwell Wentworth et al. The author was a Huguenot minister who spent much time in England but was living in France at the time of publication. A former owner of this book states that the binding was done by Francisque Cuzin the great 19th-century Parisian craftsman but there is no proof of that aside from the exceptionally fine tooling which could have been done by Cuzin or one of his students and imitators. In any case it is a fine piece of work. Scarce Worldcat locates 8 copies. Lowndes 2660 Barbier 1395-1396. Condition of this book: Covers lightly worn at edges joints deftly reinforced overall very good and sound. Shipments outside the U.S. may be subject to local taxes. Size: Octavo standard book size. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; England; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55113. . Jansson hardcover
18805675Great Britain:: Original Watercolor c.1880-1900. Fine. Fine original watercolor on rag paper. 25.4 x 17.7 cm. Matted in Rag. Condition: Fine with minor aged paper remains to verso corners from previous mount watermarked 1902. Pathos notwithstanding and made all the more alluring by want of attribution this vivid watercolor scene grazing African Antelope was envisioned and thus executed not by a professional artist field naturalist or explorer but by an amateur or armchair traveler/naturalist /painter. The drama evident yet depiction gentle this watercolor quite plausibly was painted by a young Victorian gentlewoman who would have learned the art of nature painting as was the custom and who would have sought inspiration from the grand natural history color plate volumes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This bold and vivid naturalists' display of a tapestry of dappled foliage or the crystalline translucence of disturbed water or the splendid reticulated plumage is clearly stylized by a primitive eye yet executed with an accomplished and refined hand; the technique is learned. The resulting composition is one of dramatic charm. Matted in Rag Board Original Watercolor, unknown
18805674Great Britain:: Original Watercolor c.1880-1900. Fine. Fine original watercolor on rag paper. 25.4 x 17.7 cm. Matted in Rag. Condition: Fine with minor aged paper remains to verso corners from previous mount watermarked 1902. Pathos notwithstanding and made all the more alluring by want of attribution this vivid watercolor scene Bison Family was envisioned and thus executed not by a professional artist field naturalist or explorer but by an amateur or armchair traveler/naturalist /painter. The drama evident yet depiction gentle this watercolor quite plausibly was painted by a young Victorian gentlewoman who would have learned the art of nature painting as was the custom and who would have sought inspiration from the grand natural history color plate volumes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This bold and vivid naturalists' display of a tapestry of dappled foliage or the crystalline translucence of disturbed water or the splendid reticulated plumage is clearly stylized by a primitive eye yet executed with an accomplished and refined hand; the technique is learned. The resulting composition is one of dramatic charm. Matted in Rag Board Original Watercolor, unknown
18805672Great Britain:: Original Watercolor c.1880-1900. Fine. Fine original watercolor on rag paper. 25.4 x 17.7 cm. Matted in Rag. Condition: Fine with minor aged paper remains to verso corners from previous mount watermarked 1902. Pathos notwithstanding and made all the more alluring by want of attribution this vivid watercolor scene Active Prong-horned Antelope on the Plains was envisioned and thus executed not by a professional artist field naturalist or explorer but by an amateur or armchair traveler/naturalist /painter. The drama evident yet depiction gentle this watercolor quite plausibly was painted by a young Victorian gentlewoman who would have learned the art of nature painting as was the custom and who would have sought inspiration from the grand natural history color plate volumes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This bold and vivid naturalists' display of a tapestry of dappled foliage or the crystalline translucence of disturbed water or the splendid reticulated plumage is clearly stylized by a primitive eye yet executed with an accomplished and refined hand; the technique is learned. The resulting composition is one of dramatic charm. Matted in Rag Board Original Watercolor, unknown
18805673Great Britain:: Original Watercolor c.1880-1900. Fine. Fine original watercolor on rag paper. 25.4 x 17.7 cm. Matted in Rag. Condition: Fine with minor aged paper remains to verso corners from previous mount watermarked 1902. Pathos notwithstanding and made all the more alluring by want of attribution this vivid watercolor scene Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep was envisioned and thus executed not by a professional artist field naturalist or explorer but by an amateur or armchair traveler/naturalist /painter. The drama evident yet depiction gentle this watercolor quite plausibly was painted by a young Victorian gentlewoman who would have learned the art of nature painting as was the custom and who would have sought inspiration from the grand natural history color plate volumes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This bold and vivid naturalists' display of a tapestry of dappled foliage or the crystalline translucence of disturbed water or the splendid reticulated plumage is clearly stylized by a primitive eye yet executed with an accomplished and refined hand; the technique is learned. The resulting composition is one of dramatic charm. Matted in Rag Board Original Watercolor, unknown
18805676Great Britain:: Original Watercolor c.1880-1900. Fine. Fine original watercolor on rag paper. 25.4 x 17.7 cm. Matted in Rag. Condition: Fine with minor aged paper remains to verso corners from previous mount watermarked 1902. Pathos notwithstanding and made all the more alluring by want of attribution this vivid watercolor scene a quartet of prancing Wild Ponieswas envisioned and thus executed not by a professional artist field naturalist or explorer but by an amateur or armchair traveler/naturalist /painter. The drama evident yet depiction gentle this watercolor quite plausibly was painted by a young Victorian gentlewoman who would have learned the art of nature painting as was the custom and who would have sought inspiration from the grand natural history color plate volumes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This bold and vivid naturalists' display of a tapestry of dappled foliage or the crystalline translucence of disturbed water or the splendid reticulated plumage is clearly stylized by a primitive eye yet executed with an accomplished and refined hand; the technique is learned. The resulting composition is one of dramatic charm. Matted in Rag Board Original Watercolor, unknown
1690739Paris: Paris Chez Antoine Dezallier 1690 1690. First Edition. 12mo. First edition. xxv26151pp.Bound in contemporary calf. 405J <br /> <br /> <br /> Baillet was from 1680 to his death librarian to M. de Lamoignon advocat-general to the parlement of Paris of whose library he produced a manuscript catalogue raisonné in 35 folio volumes. It seems ironic that one should need to cosult Barbier to discover the author of this pioneering work but the effort is rewarding for here we read that - Cet ouvrage était le premier publié en France sur ce genre de recherches bibliographiques. The subject is approached from various angles the psychology of pseudonymity the various types of cognomes etc. This was a preliminary treatise which should have been followed by a Recueil des Auteurs Déguisés but unfortunately the author died in 1706 leaving his work unfinished and it was not for another 100 years with the publication of Barbier's Dictionnaire des Ouvrages Anonymes in 1806 that the project was finally completed. In his preface Barbier pays eloquent tribute to the erudition of his predecessor. "In 1690 Adrien Baillet 1649 - 1706 published his Auteurs deguisez. A list of nearly 1700 identifications of pseudonyms accompanied this extensive and very interesting discussion. Unconsciously Baillet adopted in this list a new procedure that has had many imitators. Aprosio's Visiera alzata and Baillet's Auteurs deguisez are the first great contributions to the study of cryptonyms by librarians." Taylor & Mosher The Bibliographical History of Anonyma and Pseudonyma pp. 115-116. Baillet was librarian to M. de Lamoignon avocat général of the Parlement de Paris. Baillet's bibliographical activities left him no time to change his clothes or to eat more than one meal a day. "Des auteurs déguisés" 1690; "Des enfants célèbres" 1688. With the exception of the last which still attracts by its curiousness these books are now almost forgotten both because they are incomplete and because they have been more than replaced by the works of such writers as Brunet Querard Barbier etc. Baillet's criticisms were not accepted by all.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> CG VI 562; Barbier. Paris, Chez Antoine Dezallier, 1690 unknown
1835000304Blois France: Imprimerie de Felix Jauyer 1835. First Edition . Wraps. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Frontispiece Engraving. l'Academie de Blois de Petigny Blois 1835 and Imprimerie de Felix Jauyer. Wrappers. 12mo. 72 pp. Collation complete. Spine gone; otherwise generally quite a nice copy of a hard to find piece of sexual etymological scholarship. See Graesse Vol. II p. 410 col 1. Rose 1404 "suppressed and very rare". In French one page in Latin. A strange and oddly precious paperback production from 1835 written anonymously by a member of l'Academie de Blois on the origins of the word "cuckold". Avec des Notes et Pieces Justificatives Par un Membre de L'Academie de de Blois De Petigny Augmente de Origine du Cocuange. Collation: half-title v.'Blois Imprimerie de Felix Jauyer' blank v. woodcut of "Cocu' pointing to his horns title-page v.blank dedication in Latin v. blank text with signature '2.' 72 pp. Complete. Rare. Unlikely you'll see another. L6 <br/> <br/> Imprimerie de Felix Jauyer paperback
173061831/618321 16.5 x 13.5 cm 2 16.2 x 13.3 cm two manuscript maps in pen and ink. Verso: blank; additional 1 sheet accompanying original text in a neat hand paginated 452 & 453 with header "I. Ceilan." from 'Traité de géographie universelle' without place or date France around 1730 French manuscript of the early 18th century of a treatise of universal geography apparently unpublished. The author who may have been at the head of the manuscript project is unknown but for some drawings he used the reverse side of the documents from the family archives where the name of Le Tellin de Grandval reappears - perhaps a trail for his identification This nicely drawn pen illustration is part of 63 maps and 53 figures 22 sites and monuments 11 types and costumes 9 zoological representations and 11 botanicals. pages 369-475 cover Asia.Condition: 1 small paper loss on upper right. 2 tight left & upper/lower margins otherwise excellent; verso: blank. Unpublished.
179037295MANUSCRITO DIDACTICO.- S.l.: s.n. ca. 1790.- 128 folios o sea 256 p. manuscritos con clara caligrafÃa sobre excelente papel de hilo verjurado; 8º 172 cm.; Plena Piel pasta española época lomo liso con tejuelo.- IMPECABLE ESTADO. Curioso librito manuscrito en el cual a modo de preguntas y respuestas se va explicando de una forma muy didáctica la filosofÃa en general. Posiblemente y dada la censura en esos momentos a causa de los movimientos revolucionarios en Francia se hacÃan copias manuscritas para el uso de los estudiantes y amantes del librepensamiento que inexorablemente se iba imponiendo poco a poco. MUY RARO. FILOSOFÃA E HISTORIA DE LA CULTURA Libro en español [s.n.] hardcover
185191323Naples: J. G. Glass 1851. Fine. J. G. Glass Naples 1851 10.5 x 16.1 cm Broché First edition.No copies recorded in the CCF.A very rare small guide intended for English travellers in the Kingdom of Naples. It opens with an itinerary from Rome to Naples via the monastery of Monte Cassino.Some foxing small losses to the spine which also shows a tear at the foot. J. G. Glass unknown
181390765Grenoble: Chez Mme Giroud 1813. Fine. Chez Mme Giroud Grenoble 1813 10 x 15.3 cm Relié Rare Grenoble imprint. Bound in full midnight-blue long-grain morocco smooth spine decorated with gilt chain motifs and compartments finely tooled with a lattice of gilt fillets and small fleurons gilt rolls to the headcaps covers framed with a double gilt dentelle marbled endpapers gilt gauffered turn-ins and headcaps gilt edges; an elegant contemporary binding. Manuscript ex-dono on a flyleaf. Chez Mme Giroud unknown
177390707Lyon: C.A. Faucheux 1773. Fine. C.A. Faucheux Lyon 1773 21.4 x 27 cm Relié Very rare first edition.A single copy is held at the Municipal Archives of Lyon. Absent from the CCFr.Not recorded in Goldsmith Kress Einaudi or Higgs.Modern Bradel-style binding in full beige boards printed title label signed by Hervé.Lengthy discussion of the trade in tallow animal fats used in the manufacture of candles.The authors argue that butchers are not responsible for the high price of tallow and that the ordinance of 16 April 1771 which prohibited its export in fact hampers the trade in this commodity. In conclusion the butchers request not to be placed at the mercy of the chandlers whether in terms of price or outlets.Corner restorations. C.A. Faucheux hardcover
176090721n. l.: s. n. 1760. Fine. s. n. n. l. s. d. 1760 23.4 x 34 cm Broché Manuscript of unnumbered leaves comprising a digest of ordinances and regulations relating to the French naval troops most promulgated between 1690 and 1751.The manuscript is preserved in its original stitched wrappers in contemporary paper covers with manuscript annotations; tears to the opening leaves affecting the text; housed in a cream card portfolio. It contains: Royal regulation of 1690 concerning the levy pay and discipline of the naval troops. Royal regulation of 1691 governing the billeting conduct march policing and discipline of the naval troops. Royal ordinances of 1695 and 1700 on the policing and discipline of the compagnies franches. Ordinance of 1692 regarding captains who shall go or send recruits. Royal regulation of 1693 concerning the officers of the compagnies franches de la Marine. Ordinance of 1693 prescribing the form of the treasurers receipts for payment of the naval troops. Royal regulation of 1706 for the administration of the ""masse du décompte"" of the naval troops. Ordinance of 1717 authorising provincial commanders or governors in urgent circumstances to employ the compagnies franches de la Marine. Ordinance of 1723 permitting the enlistment of soldiers aged sixteen provided they measure five feet one inch. Royal ordinance of 1748 concerning the compagnies franches de la Marine. Ministerial letter of 1750 stipulating that majors were to receive a supplement of 1000 livres attached to the rank rather than to the individual etc. Created in 1622 by Richelieu the compagnies ordinaires de la mer were intended to be embarked on warships to serve the artillery and to take part in boarding actions and other naval engagements. They were likewise responsible for the defence and guarding of ports. They later became the compagnies franches de la Marine and subsequently the troupes de marine. The final leaves of the wrappers bear a list of cruising signals numbered 1 to 17 then 34 to 79. Provenance: personal papers of François Aymar chevalier later baron de Monteil. s. n. unknown
184291335Paris: Benjamin Duprat 1842. Fine. Benjamin Duprat Paris 1842 14 x 22.6 cm Broché First edition of the French translation of the Hao ch iu chuan a novel by an anonymous author from the Ming period regarded as one of the most celebrated works of imperial Chinese fiction.Guillard d'Arcy was one of the pupils of Stanislas Julien.Minor losses to the head and foot of the spine a few foxing spots. Benjamin Duprat unknown
186584904Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie 1865. Fine. Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie Paris 1865 20 x 29 cm 2 tomes en un volume relié First edition illustrated with 421 illustrations vignettes half-page hors-texte double-page. with an unparalleled profusion of images. Printed in double columns. Among the illustrators who contributed to this rather rare edition are not only Gustave Doré but Castelli Foulquier Gustave Roux F. Pierdon. The edition uses all the techniques of Romantic printing to insert the images framing the text as vignettes in double-page format in the manner of L'Illustration and makes reading the experience of total immersion in the world of the Arabian Nights oriental and magical. Contemporary green half morocco with corners signed Petit successor to Simier. Spine with raised bands in 4 compartments richly decorated and inlaid in red. Gilt fillets on boards lined. Top edge gilt. Spine uniformly lightened. Rubbing. Fresh overall with rare scattered foxing except on the first 3 leaves which are spotted. Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie hardcover
18304525Napoli: Dalla Tipografia Trani 1860 1830. Volume II part I. 8vo. 200x125mm. pp. 8 xxiv 3-328 6. This volume contains the story and teachings of Jesus Christ set out in a collection of short readings. Beautifully bound in red full morocco with on both covers in gilt the coat of arms of Francis I King of the Two Sicilies. The arms are framed by a rococo gilt border. Spine decorated with an attractive rococo design and lettered in gilt. Some slight rubbing and a few marks to the spine but otherwise in very good condition. Internally excellent but with some foxing. Francis I was the King of the Two Sicilies from 1825 to 1830. He was a nephew of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI of France. Francis is described as a quiet modest and pious and although he died in the same year that this attractive book was published one hopes that he derived some consolation both from its contents and its gorgeous binding. Napoli: Dalla Tipografia Trani 1860 unknown