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18781603230164Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie 1878. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine binding. Publisher's gorgeous profusely gilt stamped red cloth. All edges gilt. Green book ribbon. xiii pages 1 leaf 560 pages illustrations including portraits 36 plates 16 chromolithographic plates including frontispiece. 31 cm. Quite lovely. Profusely illustrated. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Bibliophile Jacob. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie hardcover
1882952P52Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles 1882. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7 by 4.5. None. A scarce limited edition volume of two poems by G. Cretin and H. Salel in the original French. A scarce limited edition of three-hundred and forty copies of which this is numbered one-hundred and seventy-four printed on Hollande paper. Bound by Thierry. In the original French.A volume of two French poems being "Debats Entre Deux Dames sur le Passetemps des Chiens et des Oiseaux" by G. Cretin and "La Chasse Royalle" by H. Salel. Two brilliant poems on wildlife and hunting as a pastime both by sixteenth century poets.With a notice by Paul Lacroix and notes by Ernest Jullien. In a half crushed morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards bound by Thierry. Externally smart. Spine is faded. Light rubbing to the extremities and very light to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few scattered spots. Very Good Indeed Librairie des Bibliophiles hardcover
18801603230163Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie 1880-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine binding. Publisher's gorgeous profusely gilt stamped red cloth. All edges gilt. Green book ribbon. 3 preliminary leaves iii-xiii 580 pages color frontispiece illustrations 36 plates 16 chromolithographic plates 1 double 31 cm. Quite lovely. Profusely illustrated. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Bibliophile Jacob This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie hardcover
187250298Paris: Chez Jouaust Librairie des Bibliophiles 1872. Fine. Chez Jouaust Librairie des Bibliophiles Paris 1872 13.50 x 22 cm 4 volumes reliés New edition printed on laid paper and accompanied by notes with a preface by Paul Lacroix. Bindings in half cherry red morocco with corners spines with five raised bands decorated with double black compartments marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns top edges gilt elegant unsigned contemporary bindings. Work illustrated with etched plates by Léopold Flameng. One joint of volume three fragile. Chez Jouaust, Librairie des Bibliophiles hardcover
1873000601Paris: Libraire de Firmin Didot Freres Fils et Cie 1873. Hardcover. Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Illustrated. 12th Edition. Previous owner's name inside front board dated 12 October 1873. Dark red boards with gilt title and decoration gilt page edges. Clean interior front hinge is beginning to loosen. Overall very well cared for. <br/> <br/> Libraire de Firmin Didot Freres, Fils et Cie hardcover
1876187523London: Chapman & Hall Ltd 1876. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Front hinge starting. Rubbing along panel edges. Chapman & Hall, Ltd hardcover
186075200Paris: Mme Ve Louis Janet Libraire-Éditeur n.d. c. 1860. Large 8vo 27x18 cm. Binding purple silk with gilt romantic ornaments on both covers and on spine gilt title on spine endpapers of glazed paper; edges gilt. 252 pp. With 12 engraved plates including frontispiece. The plates of different paper with serious brown spots affecting also the opposite pages but the rest of the text is clean. - With introductory poem by Lacroix. - The binding is not faded and very well preserved only a few rubbings in spite of the vulnerable silk. - Rare item esteemed for the binding as well. Mme Ve Louis Janet, Libraire-Éditeur unknown
187347145Paris: Firmin Didot 1873. In-8 gr. mm. 281x185 mezzo marocchino rosso editoriale lievi segni duso ricca decorazione in oro ai piatti e al dorso tagli dorati pp. 4 IV 603 illustr. da 15 cromolitografie eseguite da Kellerhoven e 440 incisioni nel testo. Ben conservato. Firmin Didot, unknown
188247144Paris: Firmin-Didot 1882. In-8 gr. mezzo marocchino rosso editoriale ricca decorazione ai piatti e al dorso tagli dorati pp. 6VIII 581 illustrato da 17 tavole in cromolitografia fuori testo e 300 incisioni su legno nel testo di cui 16 fuori testo raffiguranti monumenti d'arte dell'epoca. Molto ben conservato. Firmin-Didot, unknown
188047143Paris: Firmin-Didot 1880. In-8 gr. mm. 281x185 mezzo marocchino editoriale tagli dorati. Il volume sul XVII secolo pp. 6580 comprende i regni di Enrico IV Luigi XIII e Luigi XIV fino al 1700 e ne fa la storia attraverso i costumi gli usi e le istituzioni. E' magnificamente illustrato da 16 tavole cromolitografiche e 300 incisioni su legno di cui 20 fuori testo copiate da opere dell'epoca oltre a testate iniziali figurate a vignetta. Ben conservato. Firmin-Didot, unknown
187547148Paris: Firmin-Didot 1875. In-4 p. mm. 282x184 bella legatura editoriale in mz. marocchino rosso con angoli tagli dorati pp. VIII520 molto ben illustrato da 15 tavole in cromolitografia 6 in tinta 32 incise su legno fuori testo e da 322 figure pure inc. su legno nel testo. Il volume comprende la fine del regno di Luigi XIV la Reggenza e i regni di Luigi XV e Luigi XVI. Interessanti i capitoli su Fetes et plaisirs de Paris - La cuisine et la table - Les théatres - Les salons - Les voyages - Le costume et les modes.Esemplare ben conservato. Firmin-Didot, unknown
1873Flo122<p>Military and religious life in Europe in the middle ages and the Renaissance by noted French bibliographer and author Paul Lacroix or Bibliophile Jacob 1807-1884. Chapters include Military Orders Charitable Orders the Crusades Chivalry Heresies the Inquisition Graves and Funeral Rites. <br /><br />Profusely illustrated with 14 chromolithographs by Franz Kellerhoven Felix Elie Regamey and E. Allard and 410 woodcuts many full page in the text by Etienne Huyot and his son Jules Huyot.<br /><br />Bound in red buckram with intricate gilt embossing on the covers and spine decorative black and gilt endpapers AEG. Text in French. v 577pp. 4pp. of publisher's advertisements. <br /><br />Condition: spine repaired rear board starting interior fresh and clean with very slight foxing. <br /><br />Heavy book additional shipping charges required.</p> Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres hardcover
1873000602Paris: Libraire de Firmin Didot Freres Fils et Cie 1873. Hardcover. Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Illustrated. Dark red boards with gilt title and decoration gilt page edges. Clean interior front hinge is beginning to loosen. Overall very well cared for. <br/> <br/> Libraire de Firmin Didot Freres, Fils et Cie hardcover
1871FGN10-I-1Paris: Librairie de Firmin Didot Frères Fils et Cie 1871-1873. Leather. Good. 11.5" by 8". None. Two bright volumes from Paul Lacroix's vastly comprehensive and beautifully illustrated Le Moyen Age et La Renaissance. Vie Militaire et Religieuse is a First Edition. Les Arts Au Moyen Age has 19 chromolithographs and over 400 illustrations. Vie Militaire et Religieuse has 14 chromolithographs and over 400 illustrations. There are 'Percival Pearse' booksellers labels on the front endpapers of both volumes. Paul Lacroix 1806 1884 was a French author and journalist. Lacroix was an extremely prolific and varied writer. Over twenty historical romances alone came from his pen and he also wrote a variety of serious historical works including a history of Napoleon III and the life and times of the Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. He is best known under his pseudonym of P.L. Jacob bibliophile or Bibliophile Jacob suggested by the constant interest he took in public libraries and books generally. Lacroix was the author of Le moyen âge et la renaissance a standard work on the manners customs and dress of those times the chief merit of which lies in the great number of illustrations it contains. He also wrote many monographs on phases of the history of culture including Manners Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period. His works on bibliography were also extremely numerous. In 1885 he was appointed librarian of the Arsenal Library Paris. in a half calf binding with gilt lettering. The front outer hinge of Vie Militaire is split and the front inner hinge has failed. There is a chance the front board could detach in the post even after careful packaging. There is some wear to the extremities including some bumping and rubbing with slight discolouration to the boards. There are ink numbers on the spine of Vie Militaire. Internally the pages are bright with the occasional scattered spotting. There is a 'Percival Pearse' ink stamp on a front endpaper. Good Librairie de Firmin Didot Frères, Fils et Cie hardcover
183030836Paris Eugène Renduel 1830. Beautiful cont. hcalf w. richly gilt back and gilt ornamental border on both boards. Printed on fine paper. Minor brownspotting otherwise internally nice and clean. An excellent copy. <br/><br/><em>Rare first edition. An early work by the renowned author Paul Lacroix 1807-1884 who was famous for his several important historical works and his numerous works of bibliographical contents regarding which he can be said to have continued the tradition of Nodier. He wrote a number of historical novels which were very popular at the time and of which Les Deux Fous is considered one of the best. They were reprinted numerous times and were translated into several languages; -most of them deal with the Middle Ages and the Renaissance a period not commonly investigated at that time. Most of his works are published under pseudonym because of which he is now best known under the name of "Bibliophile Jacob". Aged 28 he was awarded the cross of the "Légion d'Honneur" for his work on the history of the 16th century and 1842 he founded "L'Alliance des Arts" together with M. Thoré. Carteret 2;14. Not in Barbier. </em> hardcover
186391204Paris: Jules Gay 1863. Fine. Jules Gay Paris 1863 9 x 16 cm 2 volumes reliés en 1 First edition of each volume one of 15 numbered copies on chine deluxe issue after 2 copies on peau de vélin.Contemporary half blue morocco over marbled boards with corners spine in five raised bands ruled in gilt and tooled with double gilt compartments date gilt at foot covers framed with gilt fillets comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns ex-libris mounted on a pastedown corners slightly rubbed top edge gilt signed contemporary binding.A few minor spots of foxing chiefly to the edges a small nick to one band light rubbing to the headcap. Jules Gay hardcover
188033021Paris: Librairie de Firmin Didot 1880. Fine. Librairie de Firmin Didot Paris 1880 20 x 29.50 cm relié Second edition statement. Illustrated with 16 chromolithographs and 300 wood engravings including 30 full-page plates after monuments of the art of the period. Title page in red and black. Fine production by Didot carefully executed in all aspects typography illustration paper. Publisher's red half-shagreen with corners spine very richly decorated by Souze and bound by Engel. Fillets on the boards. Corners rubbed 2 small paper lacks to the boards edges. Very pale halo from an old dampstain in the right margin of certain pages but overall very fresh. Handsome copy with decorative appeal. The interest of the work is manifest both in its erudition and its accessibility and readability historical anecdotes. We owe it to Paul Jacob who was a great bibliophile writer and scholar and curator of the Arsenal library. If the entire series has become a great classic in the field it is because it successfully combines the work of publisher printer binder historian illustrators and documentation and few books have ultimately achieved this amalgamation that we owe to Firmin-Didot at a time when books had become quite mediocre. Librairie de Firmin Didot hardcover
188233022Paris: Librairie de Firmin Didot 1882. Fine. Librairie de Firmin Didot Paris 1882 20 x 29.50 cm cadeaux Second edition statement. Work illustrated with 17 chromolithographs and 300 wood engravings in the text including 16 full-page. Title page in red and black. Fine luxurious production by Didot carefully executed in all aspects typography illustration paper. Publisher's red half-shagreen binding with corners spine very richly decorated by Souze and bound by Engel. Fillets on boards. Corners rubbed 2 small paper lacks on boards edges. Very pale stain from old dampstain in right margin of some pages but overall very fresh. Handsome copy with decorative appearance. The work's interest manifests itself as much through its erudition as through its ease of approach and reading historical anecdotes. We owe it to Paul Jacob who was a great bibliophile writer and scholar and curator of the Arsenal library. If the entire series has become a great classic in the field it is because it happily combines the work of editor printer bookbinder historian illustrators and documentation and few books have ultimately achieved this amalgamation that we owe to Firmin-Didot at a time when books had become quite mediocre. Librairie de Firmin Didot hardcover
1875FGN11-B-2Paris : Firmin-Didot Freres 1875. Leather. Very Good. 11.5" by 8". None. A bright copy of ths sought after and comprehensively illustrated book. With 21 chromolithographic plates and 350 engravings. Paul Lacroix 1806 - 1884 French author and journalist was born in Paris the son of a novelist. He is best known under his pseudonym of P.L. Jacob bibliophile or Bibliophile Jacob suggested by the constant interest he took in public libraries and books generally. Lacroix was extremely prolific. Over twenty historical romances alone came from his pen and he also wrote a variety of serious historical works including a history of Napoleon III and the life and times of the Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. He was the joint author of a five-volume work Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance 1847 a standard work on the manners customs and dress of that era. This book previously belonged to J. H. M. Springall and contains his bookplate. in a morocco binding. There is some wear to the extremities including rubbing and bumping to the corners. The spine is chipped and has started to detach at the tail. Internally the pages are generally clean with the some brown spots and the occasional handling mark Very Good Firmin-Didot Freres hardcover
187528765<p>First edition of Paul Lacroix's celebrated work on 18th century French life printed by Firmin-Didot in Paris in 1875. Bound in quarter red Moroccan with ornate gilt tooling on the spine and red cloth boards all page edges gilt and patterned endpapers. Large octavo. The volume contains 21 chromolithographs and over 350 in-text engravings including depictions of coronation ceremonies noble interiors Parisian streets and fashion plates. The book traces French social structure from monarchy to commoners with chapters on justice guilds church hierarchy and entertainment. Artists like Debucourt Cochin and Olivier are featured through vibrant lithographic reproductions. Text block remains clean and secure with some foxing primarily at front and end leaves. Minor wear to boards consistent with age. A visually immersive reference to the customs and institutions of France during the Ancien Régime. Item Number: #28765. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> Firmin-Didot Frères hardcover
187128758<p>This 1871 third edition of Paul Lacroix's study of medieval and Renaissance European material culture presents a single large volume bound in gilt-stamped leather spine and red cloth boards with patterned endpapers and bright gilt edges. The publisher Firmin Didot Frères of Paris issued this edition in large octavo format across 548 pages. Topics include early movable type and printing musical instruments such as the syrinx and gigue military traditions of Charlemagne's era and textile and architectural styles including Byzantine and Romanesque forms. Hundreds of engravings depict iconography weaponry costumes and artifacts. Condition: Very Good. The binding remains secure with minor edgewear; page edges remain vibrant. Red cloth boards color and gilt are faded. Internally complete with clean pages and unmarred illustrations. Includes 19 chromolithograph plates as called for which have retained their vibrant color. Mild to moderate foxing throughout. A refined artifact of 19th-century French publishing. Item Number: #28758. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> De Firmin Didot Frères hardcover
187428761<p>Paris Firmin Didot Frères 1874. Quarto. A visually ambitious near fine edition featuring chromolithographs by F. Kellerhoven and numerous engravings this volume surveys occupations social groups punishments costume guilds and rituals of medieval and early Renaissance France. The binding is original leather with decorative gilt cloth boards patterned endpapers and gilt page edges. Collation: 4 iv 603 1 pages. Plates remain colorful and pages clean. Topics include judicial systems clandestine tribunals Jewish and Roma communities religious observance coronations and fairs. The paper stock remains strong and the spine is intact. A notable Paris production from a respected printer this edition appears infrequently in similar condition. QUESTIONS AND PHOTO REQUESTS WELCOME.</p> Firmin Didot Frères hardcover
187128759<p>Paris Firmin Didot Frères 1874. Quarto. A visually ambitious edition featuring chromolithographs by F. Kellerhoven and numerous engravings this volume surveys occupations social groups punishments costume guilds and rituals of medieval and early Renaissance France. The binding is original decorative gilt leather and red cloth with patterned endpapers and gilt page edges. Collation: 4 iv 599 1 pages. Plates remain colorful and pages clean. Topics include judicial systems clandestine tribunals Jewish and Roma communities religious observance coronations and fairs. The paper stock remains strong and the spine is intact. Minor foxing present throughout. A notable Paris production from a respected printer this edition appears infrequently in similar condition. QUESTIONS AND PHOTO REQUESTS WELCOME.</p> Firmin Didot Frères hardcover
187750023<p>Near Fine. First edition 1877 quarto bound in original leather and red publisher's cloth with ornate gilt decoration to spine and boards. Gilt edges and decorative endpapers. 4 IV 612 pages complete with all 13 full-page chromolithographic plates and numerous in-text illustrations. Paul Lacroix's wide-ranging compilation addresses medieval medicine early alchemy linguistic traditions geographic discoveries heraldic customs and folklore. Columbus Marco Polo Albertus Magnus and other seminal figures are profiled. Published in Paris by Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie a house noted for its quality printing and illustrated editions. A sound binding and clean interior distinguish this example. Rarely found complete in such condition with original gilt boards and bright chromolithographs. #50023. QUESTIONS AND PHOTO REQUESTS WELCOME.</p> Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie hardcover
187628760<p>Third edition published in Paris by Firmin-Didot in 1876. Large octavo bound in red leather and publisher's cloth with elaborate gilt tooling patterned endpapers and all edges gilt. Contains 14 chromolithographs and numerous woodcuts documenting martial life ecclesiastical institutions and historical episodes from the Crusades to the Renaissance. Text block collates 4 v 1 577 1 pages with continuous pagination. Content includes illustrations of knights the conquest of Jerusalem and notable ecclesiastical figures such as Pope Gregory the Great. Religious orders including the Franciscans and Dominicans are addressed alongside topics like the Edict of Nantes and Attila's incursions. All plates are present. Binding remains tight plates clean and edges bright. This 19th-century French illustrated work is difficult to locate in comparable condition. Item Number: #28760 QUESTIONS AND PHOTO REQUESTS WELCOME.</p> Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie hardcover
