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183942547Paris: Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret 1839. Folio. 19 x 12 ½ inches. 6 iv 5-106 pp. Illustrated with 24 hand-coloured lithographed plates illustrating the designs and plans of estate parks and gardens in France and England eight double-page or folding five with tipped overlay flaps. Contemporary calf-backed red cloth boards with richly gilt spine<br/> <br/> A beautifully hand-coloured copy of the 'Nouvelle édition' of Vergnaud's manual of landscape design combining garden theory with measured plans perspective views sections and elevations drawn from celebrated European parks.<br/> <br/> Vergnaud's L'Art de créer les jardins belongs to a distinct moment in nineteenth-century garden literature when the picturesque landscape garden was increasingly treated through the combined disciplines of architecture horticulture drawing and site analysis. First published by Roret in 1835 the work appeared again in this "Nouvelle édition" in 1839 with the same large format and an extensive suite of lithographed plates. Vergnaud presents the creation of gardens as an architectural art grounded in the study of terrain water planting views and circulation. The text moves from general principles to practical application addressing the selection and study of a site the nature of soils and water the use of plans and levels the organisation of walks and plantations and the pictorial handling of natural and built features. Vergnauds emphasis falls on composition in the full sense: the garden as a designed landscape whose effects depend on time growth perspective and the intelligent adjustment of architecture to nature. The plates include plans views and details drawn from major English landscapes such as Blenheim Chatsworth Stowe Windsor Richmond Longleat and Wilton together with French examples including Morfontaine Saint-Leu Beauregard Marly-le-Roi and Bougival. The suite also includes views from Ermenonville and the gardens of the Pitti Palace greenhouse details in France and England plans for public promenades and gardens and the plan of the farm at Aubetin. Several plates use folding or overlay elements to clarify changes of level layout or design sequence making the volume especially valuable as a practical visual manual. Narcisse Vergnaud was born in Orléans and trained in architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Antoine-Laurent-Thomas Vaudoyer. Active in Paris as an architect and designer of gardens Vergnaud is now often obscured in catalogues under the name Nicolas Vergnaud though contemporary and modern authority records identify him as Narcisse. His treatise places him within the French reception of English landscape gardening while retaining a strongly architectural understanding of design one in which plan elevation perspective horticulture and execution form part of a single discipline. Very rare. We can trace only one other coloured copy last offered in London in 1935.<br/> <br/> De Ganay 220; Berlin Katalog 3313. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret unknown
18393573Paris: La Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret on the back of the half-title: "Imprimerie et fonderie de Fain imprimeur de l'Université Royale de France" 1839. Modern black half morocco on 7 supports gold-tooled spine. Royal folio 49.5 x 32.5 cm. With 24 lithographed plates 6 double-page 4 with movable extra pieces showing plans designs and views of gardens in England France and Italy. Set in roman and italic type with incidental slab-serif script and out-line types. Beautifully illustrated and finely printed second edition of a manual on garden planning and design by the French garden architect Narcisse Vergnaud 1794-1848 first published also by Roret in 1835. The finely lithographed plates show plans and views of the gardens of Blenheim Buckingham Windsor Longleat Chatsworth Stowe Chiswick and Lord Pembrokes estate at Wilton in England; the Pitti Palace at Florence; and Morfontaine Malmaison St. Leu Beauregard at Villeneuve Marly-le-Roy and Bougival in France; as well as some model designs of public parks.At least the present copy is printed on very large Royal wove paper with no watermark giving generous margins for both the text leaves and the plates the latter on somewhat heavier paper. The third leaf with the dedication has been cut down and mounted on a large modern leaf. With a few mostly marginal tears repaired and occasional faint foxing still in very good condition.l Springer p. 81; Berlin Kat. 3313. La Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret (on the back of the half-title: "Imprimerie et fonderie de Fain, imprimeur de l'Università unknown
183546405917Paris, Roret, Thiery, L’auteur (Vergnaud, architecte...), 1835 ; in-folio, cartonnage papier gaufré rouge. 2 ff. (titre, dédicace), 106 pp., 24 planches dont 8 sur double page.ÉDITION ORIGINALE et PREMIER TIRAGE. Narcisse Vergnaud (Orléans 1794 - Paris 1848) était un remarquable architecte et créateur de jardins, bizarrement méconnu. “Profiter avec goût des beautés naturelles d’un site limité, ajouter à son étendue en s’emparant avec intelligence de toute la perspective du paysage environnant, pour composer l’un de ces ensembles dont la nature inépuisable nous offre partout des modèles d’une variété infinie, toujours d’un effet pittoresque et d’un aspect enchanteur, tel est l’art véritable de créer les jardins” dit l’auteur dans sa préface. Traité très complet, en 3 parties. 24 lithographies dont 8 sur double page. Vues et plans de jardins fameux : Blenheim Palace propriété du duc de Marlborough (plan et 2 vues), Mortefontaine (propriété du dernier prince de Condé) plan et 2 vues, Chatsworth, Ermenonville, Buckingham, Stowe, Château de Windsor, château et parc de St.-Leu, Beauregard, Longleate, Palais Pitti à Florence, Wilton (propriété de Lord Pembroke), Ferme d’Aubertin. Cette première édition semble très rare. Le Katalog der Ornamentstich Sammlung de Berlin II n°33136 ne possède que la réédition de 1839. Quérard X, 111. ENVOI AUTOGRAPHE de l’auteur sur la page de garde : à M. Jollois Ingénieur en chef. Il s’agit de Jean-Baptiste Prosper Jollois (1776 - 1842), un ingénieur et archéologue qui fut membre de l’expédition en Égypte en 1798. En 1830 il sera nommé ingénieur en chef des travaux de la Seine. Jollois est l’auteur de plusieurs ouvrages et mémoires sur les antiquités du Loiret, des Vosges, sur l’archéologie égyptienne et sur Jeanne d’Arc.
18528889Santiago: Imp. y LitografÃa de J. Rey Romero 1852. Second edition. Hardcover — Tapa dura. 212x153mm. 8¼x6". Santiago de Compostela Imp. y LitografÃa de J. Rey Romero 1852. En 4º menor 212 x 153mm. Frontispicio xviii-101 pp. 1 h. 10 láminas 8 de ellas plegadas. Encuadernación en holandesa de época cubiertas originales ilustradas en papel amarillo. Segunda edición del viaje de Antonio MarÃa de Orleans y MarÃa Fernanda de Borbón a Galicia en 1852 comenzando en Ferrol pasando por La Coruña Santiago Pontevedra MarÃn y Vigo desde donde saldrÃan hacia Lisboa recorriendo el territorio y disfrutando de sus gentes sus paisajes y sus costumbres. Imp. y Litografía de J. Rey Romero hardcover
170913122Barcelona: José Llopis 1709. 300x190mm. 11¾x7½". Barcelona José Llopis 1709. 3 volúmenes. En folio 300 x 190mm. -I: 20 364 34 pp. -II: 24 504 60 pp. -III: 22 655 52 pp. Encuadernación en pergamino de la época. Primera edición. Historia de Cataluña desde los primeros años de la historia de España hasta 1709. Narciso Feliú de la Peña y Farell 1642-1712 fue un historiador nacido en Barcelona. José Llopis unknown
2206PG005<p>DE LA FAMILIA Y ASCENDENCIA DE D. MIGUEL MARIA Dª FRANCISCA Y Dª ANTONIA SERRANO Hermanos naturales de la Imperial Ciudad de Toledo. Es mui curioso y util por los muchos documentos que cita para su comprobacion y proceder de los Ss Alvarez de Toledo causantes del Exmo Sor Duque de Alva y otras casas Principales de España. 1779.</p>_x000d_<p>De 23x158 cm. Com 38 fólios numerados.</p>_x000d_<p>Encadernação da época inteira de pele com ferros a ouro na lombada e nas pastas. Ilustrado com uma árvore genealógica desdobrável.</p>_x000d_<p>Manuscrito em letra muito legível elaborado por Narciso de Medina y Serrano em 16 de Fevereiro de 1779 como consta no fólio 21 frente. O texto está escrito a duas colunas até esse fólio e a partir do fólio 22 frente está em texto corrido. À cabeça da primeira folha tem a menção: Al Archivo de Stigares.</p>_x000d_<p>Contém dados genealógicos das famílias Serrano Gaitán Fuente Amador Guevara Del Valle Portocarrero até ao fólio 13 verso nesse mesmo fólio começa a descendência de Bazquez de Dueñas Alonso Pedro Bazquez Canales.</p>_x000d_<p>A partir do fólio 21 verso contém a qualificação e entronque dos apelidos.</p>_x000d_<p>EN 23x15.8 cm. 38 numbered folios.</p>_x000d_<p>Contemporary full leather binding gilt tooled on spine and folders. Illustrated with a fold-out family tree.</p>_x000d_<p>Manuscript in very legible handwriting drawn up by Narciso de Medina y Serrano on 16 February 1779 as shown on folio 21 front. The text is written in two columns up to this folio and from folio 22 onwards it is in continuous text. At the head of the first page it reads: Al Archivo de Stigares.</p>_x000d_<p>Contains genealogical data of the Serrano Gaitán Fuente Amador Guevara Del Valle Portocarrero families until folio 13 verso. In that same folio starts the descent of Bazquez de Dueñas Alonso Pedro Bazquez Canales.</p>_x000d_<p>From folio 21 verso on contains the qualification and enthronement of the surnames.</p> M-17-D-8 hardcover
1890NF3033THE BARBIZON SCHOOL OF PAINTERS COROT ROUSSEAU DIAZ MILLET DAUBIGNY ETC. Scribner & Welford 1890 first edition light wear to the front fore edge corner tips else a vg copy of this the special large folio edition for America limited to 200 copies and initialed by the author. Profusely illustrated of course with 130 illustrations featuring the works of among others Jean-Francois Millet Thodore Rousseau Narcisse Diaz Charles Jacque Jules Dupre Constant Troyon; Camille Corot and Charles Daubigny. Scribner & Welford unknown
187751841Paris France: Imprimerie Jules Claye. As New. 1877. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine clean & unmarked tight to spine - Rare. 179 works catalogued none illustrated. Frontispiece photo portrait of Diaz tipped-in with a facsimile of his signature. -- with a bonus offer-- . Imprimerie Jules Claye hardcover
2013105854Gallery. New. 2013. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 16 pages; many lovely color images. Among the artists represented: Diaz de la Pena Lhermitte Frederick Morgan Jules Breton Leon Richet and others. -- with a bonus offer-- . Gallery paperback
196974185Galerie; Et Al. As New. 1969. 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. Includes essay by Andre Watteau. 40 works catalogued. Many illustrations including several in color. -- with a bonus offer-- . Galerie; Et Al paperback
1802264638Paris: Dentu 1802. First edition. With folding engraved map by L. Collin at front with a fanciful depiction of the American west. viii 382 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter contemporary calf and boards speckled edges. Handsome copy. Blue bookseller ticket of Ch. Chadenat Librairie Américaine et Coloniale Paris. Very good plus. First edition. With folding engraved map by L. Collin at front with a fanciful depiction of the American west. viii 382 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Howes B-243; Clark II 76; Dionne II 915; Field 99; Sabin 3979; Streeter III 1571; Wagner-Camp 1a Dentu unknown
1802264638Paris: Dentu 1802. First edition. With folding engraved map by L. Collin at front with a fanciful depiction of the American west. viii 382 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter contemporary calf and boards speckled edges. Handsome copy. Blue bookseller ticket of Ch. Chadenat Librairie Américaine et Coloniale Paris. Very good plus. First edition. With folding engraved map by L. Collin at front with a fanciful depiction of the American west. viii 382 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Howes B-243; Clark II 76; Dionne II 915; Field 99; Sabin 3979; Streeter III 1571; Wagner-Camp 1a Dentu unknown books
2023__1839105593Edward Elgar 2023. Hardcover. New. 3500 pages. 9.63x6.63x1.50 inches. Edward Elgar hardcover
013453Alphonse de Lamartine & Narcisse Carbonel, Recueil de Romances dédiées à Madame la Duchesse de Rovigo - Courage et Raison - La pauvre Adèle - Saint Jacques de Compostelle. Paris, Auguste Le Duc, sd [novembre 1812 ?]. Petit in-folio, titre-7p. Très rare tirage de ces romances portant les initiales autographes NC de Carbonnel et mentionnant l'auteur « Paroles de M. Al. de L*** ». Partition pour chant et piano ou harpe. Ces romances ont eu plusieurs éditions, comme souvent à l'époque, mais l'édition de Le Duc est la seule indiquant un auteur. Cette édition devait pouvoir se trouver tant en recueil, comme ici, qu'en partition séparée, comme l'exemplaire de La pauvre Adèle conservé au conservatoire de Montbéliard (Inv. 148 (43)) qui est d'ailleurs d'accord avec l'année que nous proposons. L'exemplaire de Montbéliard provient de la collection More-Pradher et a été démonté d'un recueil pour être relié à part, signe qu'un des collectionneurs (Louis Pradher, son épouse Félicité More ou le neveu Jules More) avait compris l'importance de cette petite plaquette. Deux exemplaires sont conservés, un à la Bibliothèque Sainte Geneviève (qui indique Lamartine avec un point d'interrogation) et un à Munich (Bayerische StaatsBibliothek, signalé par Eric Bertin). Concernant Lamartine et les romances dans les années 1810, la correspondance de Lamartine en 1810, qui se limite aux lettres à ses amis Guichard de Bienassis et Aymon de Virieu, nous montre que Lamartine en écrivait déjà souvent. Il en envoyait à ses amis, soit copiées dans les lettres, soit jointes aux lettres, tout en les trouvant parfois un peu faibles (voir la lettre LIV à Bienassis du 20 mars 1810, in Correspondance Alphonse de Lamartine-Aymon de Virieu 1808-1815). Néanmoins, on apprend par une lettre à Virieu (lettre LXVIII du 30 septembre 1810) que ce dernier a fait mettre en musique deux « détestables romances » qui sont les premiers vers de Lamartine. « Je ne t'aurais jamais pardonné si tu m'en avais déclaré l'auteur ». Toutefois, dans la même lettre, il lui dit : « Mais parlons de choses plus sérieuses. Seulement si tu as un bon compositeur, je t'en enverrai quelques-unes ; si elles lui conviennent, il les mettra en musique et tu me les renverras ». S'agit de ces romances ? C'est fort probable mais rien ne permet toutefois de trancher avec certitude. Olivier Feignier, avec qui nous en avions échangé en 2019 à ce sujet, nous avait écrit : « le faisceau de présomption est donc assez favorable à Lamartine [.] Les lettres de Lamartine à Virieu rendent possible l'attribution mais ne me paraissent pas permettre de trancher de façon définitive ». Notons d'ailleurs, comme nous l'avait fait remarqué M. Feignier, qu'aucun autre candidat pouvant se cacher derrière « Al. de L. » ne s'est dégagé jusqu'à présent. Reliure (non signée) de Sophie Charlot, demi-maroquin à plats rapportés, titre à l'italienne. Très rare document.
55337Mexico: Tepeyac Editores 1982. Near fine. The complete camera-ready artwork by the noted Mexican sequential and graphic artist for the story "Una Cuestion de Honor" from issue #82 of the microcuento comic HOMBRES EN GUERRA Men in War. "Una Cuestion de Honor" a WWI trench warfare story about an English soldier wrongly accused of desertion is a quintessential example of the microcuento or "historieta" "mini-story" a popular comic form unique to Mexico. Small enough to fit in a pocket usually only three or four inches tall brief enough to read on a commute or lunch break and inexpensive to produce microcuentos enjoyed a wide popularity among both adults and children. At their height in the mid-1970s 55 million copies of these comics were being printed a month in a country with a population of just 68 million Sperandio 3. "Una Cuestion de Honor" would have been one of the two stories issued in HOMBRES EN GUERRA a weekly publication that ran from the late 1970s through at least the mid 1980s. <br /> <br /> Camarena was one of Mexico's most prolific illustrators and - as evidenced by the recent 2020 monograph on him and his work in the form - is increasingly recognized as one of the masters of the microcuento. For speed and efficiency publishers typically provided artists with panels as here preprinted with text and dialogue for the illustrators to work around; that Camarena was able to work so elegantly and dynamically within these constraints is a testament to his talent. <br /> <br /> Rare and ephemeral production materials from an important regional incarnation of the comic book. 8.75'' x 5.75''. 30 pages of original black pen-and-ink drawings on cardstock executed rectos only; most two-panel. Minor soil edgewear. Overall sound and clean. [Tepeyac Editores] unknown
9950P., Nepveu, 1823. 7 vol. in 8 demi-reliures, chagrin dos lisses ornés.
1816000214Paris Janet 1816
1802E0615<p>viii382 with folding map. Octavo 8" x 5 1/4" bound in original leather with renewed spine with red label to spine in gilt lettering. Wagner-Camp 1a; Field 99; Clark II:76; Howes B243; Monaghan 49; Streeter 1571 First edition.<br /><br />Attributed to Louis Narcisse Baudry des Lozières by Sabin. Author gives a list of known Indian nations on with the list of individual tribes and bibliographical notes giving their locations. "Des sauvages de la Louisiane dispersés sur les bords du Mississipi et sur d'autres rivières qui arrosent son continent"; gives a list of Indian tribes and a brief description of their locations and number. "Deux vocabulaires de sauvages" includes: "Langage des Naoudoouessis" the Dakota language which includes a glossary of numbers in both the Dakota and French languages a "chanson sauvage" with its literal and free French translation and a list of phrases translated into French on pages 348-353; and "Langage des Chipouais" the Chippewa or Ojibwa language which gives a glossary of numbers a sizeable glossary and phrases in the Ojibwa and French languages on pages 353-362. "Louisiane et pays voisins d'après les relations et les cartes les plus récentes" is the title of the folded frontispiece map but the map shows all but the most eastern edges of the United States.<br /><br /><strong>Condition: </strong>Recased with new spine and renewed end papers some light foxing else a very good copy.</p> Dentu hardcover
1815000215Paris Janet 1815
1839770481839 Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1839, petit in 4° relié demi-veau cerise, dos à faux nerfs orné, VIII-310 pages ; quelques rousseurs ; frottis à la reliure, coiffes usées.
182538646Orléans: Guyot 1825-1827. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THIS SPECTACULAR WORK ON THE LOIRET the city of Orléans and surroundings COMPLETE WITH THE RARE SUPPLEMENT. The main work has a lithographed vignette on the title-page and 21 EXTREMELY FINE FULL-PAGE LITHOGRAPHS of scenery ruins towns and monuments BY NARCISSE ROMAGNESI AND CHARLES PENSEE MOST OF WHICH ARE PRINTED ON CHINE APPLIQUE. The supplement of which the entire text is printed in lithography has a title-page vignette and two additional full-page lithographs. Printed on very fine wove paper. Large folio 42 cm. Bound in 19th-century pebbled cloth and decorated boards. Traces of wear to binding INTERNALLY FINE AND BRIGHT WITH BOTH TEXT PAGES AND LITHOGRAPHS FRESH AND SPOTLESS. A rare book and extraordinarily rare in such fine condition and complete with the supplement. <br/><br/> Guyot hardcover
184288759Paris: Arthus Bertrand 1842. Fine. Arthus Bertrand Paris 1842 14 x 22.5 cm broché Rare first edition of this important geographical and ethnographic account intended to provide insight into the conflict between the Afghans and the British the latter seeking to protect their Indian frontiers from the threat posed by the Russian Empire cf. Bourquelot V 637.This copy retains the folding map bound at the end of the volume: ""Carte pour l'intelligence des voyages d'Alexandre Burnes"".Spine faded with small losses boards lightly soiled at the margins paper loss to the lower left corner of the half-title page some scattered foxing.The author based his work on Elphinstones account whose second edition appeared in 1838 as well as the narratives of Burnes Forster and Masson. Arthus Bertrand hardcover
1867elala754Montreal: 1867. 1867. 8vo. 3 pages. docket title. horizontal & vertical folds 2 short tears at folds blank bit soiled. BELLEAU Sir Narcisse Fortunat 1808-1894 Premier of United Canada 1865-67; First Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Quebec 1867-73. Autograph letter in French signed dated Montreal January 4 1867 on Executive Council Canada letterhead to the Procureur Général du Bas Canada. Docket Title: Letter the Honble N.F.Belleau Sentence of Death on three Fenians Commuted to Imprisonment in Penitentiary order to take three in charge by N. Schillar 4 January 1867 Dispatched 9 January 1867. An important letter from Narcisse Belleau premier of United Canada on the fate of three convicted Fenians. Belleau requests that the unnamed prisoners whose death sentences have just been commuted to imprisonment be transported under armed guard and by special train directly to the provincial penitentiary at Kingston. Belleau stresses the necessity of keeping the matter strictly confidential: "Ce qui suit doit être tenu sous le plus grand secret & executé avec toute la discretion dont vous avez fait preuve en plusieurs occasions. ". Signed by Authors. Montreal: 1867. unknown
170998Anales de Cataluña y epílogo breve de los progressos y famosos hechos de la nación catalana de sus Santos Reliquias Conventos y singulares Grandezas; y de los mas señalados y Eminentes Varones que en Santidad Armas y Letras han florecido desde la primera Población de España Año del Mundo 1788 antes del Nacimiento de Christo 2174. y del Diluvio 143. hasta el presente de 1709.Barcelona: por Joseph Llopis. : a costa de Juan Pablo Martì Juan Piferrer Jayme Batlle Joseph Llopis y Jayme Surià. : vendense en sus casas. 1709. 31 x 23 cm.Foliación:Tom I: 20 364 36 ; Fol. Manchas en las 5 primeras hojas y antigua humedad en las 60 hojas aproxTom II: 24 60 504 ; Fol. Manchas en las 5 primeras hojas y menos oxido que el 1ºTom III: 22 655 52 p. ; Fol. Manchas en las 7 primeras hojasObra completa. Primera edición. Buen estado pero con algún problema que otro… Los 3 tomos presentan una mancha de tinta en las primeras hojas tom I: 5 primeras tom II: 5 primeras tom III: 7 primeras El primer tomo es el que más óxido presenta además de una antigua mancha de humedad en las últimas 60 hojas aprox el segundo y tercero presentan menos acidificación y tienen las hojas más limpias. Dicho esto por lo demás todo correcto para la calidad de papel elegida que aunque no es la mejor ha resistido bien se nota por ejemplo por sus hojas firmes al tacto.Preciosas xilografías tanto en cabeceras como en cul-de-lamps como en sus soberbias letras capitulares. Gran ejemplo de artesanía y talento español de principios del siglo XVIII.Encuadernación original en pergamino fuerte y lomo rotulado bien conservada apenas presenta problemas. CCPB000198279-6. Palau 87471.Sobre la obra:Feliú fue el historiador de su país al publicar los Anales de Cataluña 1709 obra en la que persisten los elementos míticos y legendarios de la vieja historiografía a pesar de que el autor manejó fuentes archivísticas crónicas diversas y dietarios. No se trata propiamente de una historia de Cataluña sino de un discurso político-histórico en la línea de la literatura ideológica patriótica típica del Barroco ligada a la retórica y al servicio de la política tal como ha señalado Eulàlia Duran. Sin embargo resulta especialmente interesante —y de consulta obligada— por los treinta años de testimonio directo que relata sin esconder su compromiso inequívoco con la causa austrina de la que se erigió en uno de sus ideólogos más destacados. Por lo demás resulta un auténtico homenaje a la nación catalana y a la casa de Austria el primer volumen lo dedica a Jesucristo el segundo a Carlos II y Carlos III y el tercero a la patria Cataluña.Esta es una de las obras capitales de la historiografía catalana escrita por un barcelonés abogado economista e historiador; fue famoso por su defensa del proteccionismo y de la simplificación fiscal. Participó en la fundación de la Compañía textil Santa Cruz y representó a Catalunya en la Junta Central de Comercio. Durante la guerra de Sucesión apoyó al archiduque Carlos de Austria. Primera edición.Dedica su obra a Carlos II Carlos III y a la ciudad de Barcelona. La historia está dividida en tres tomos: el primero contiene los sucesos desde la antigüedad hasta el año 1163; el segundo comprende los años 1163 a 1458 y el tercero finaliza en 1709. Incluye al final dos copiosos índices alfabéticos: el de libros y capítulos y el que trata de los hechos más notables.
184479786Paris: Martinon 1844. Fine. Martinon Paris 1844 25 x 32 cm relié First edition published in 20 instalments illustrated with wood-engraved vignettes in the text after Célestin Nanteuil Français Karl Girardet Jules David etc. and 20 copper-engraved or lithographed plates after Diaz Decamps Hazé A. Guignet E. Hedouin Théodore Chasseriau Alophe Couture etc. The original covers of all instalments are bound at the end. The covers erroneously announce 30 engravings instead of the 20 actually included.Later binding in red Russian half morocco with corners spine in five raised bands richly gilt date in gilt at foot gilt fillet frame on pasteboard covers. Considerable rubbing and bumped corners.Provenance: from the library of Victor Mercier with his Art Nouveau bookplate engraved by Adolphe Giraldon. Martinon hardcover
