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1832654304Whittaker Treacher & Arnot 1832. First Edition. Leather Binding. Very Good. First Jardine Edition with illustrative notes and life of Wilson by Sir William Jardine. In Three Volumes. Illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece of Wilson in first volume and 97 hand-coloured engraved plates by W. H. Lizars after Wilson and others. Each 6 x 9 in. cvii 408; 390; 523pp. including index. Uniformly bound in quarter red morocco over green cloth boards with gilt stamped titles and decorative device on spines. Overall a nice set with wear to the corners and rubbing along the edges; usual foxing to the frontispiece else a Very Good set. Internally clean and all the plates are fresh and bright with just a faint traces of offsetting to the facing pages; binding are tight and all hinges/boards intact. Anker 534; Sabin 104598 ref. the American Edition // Considered the first major scientific work published in the United States 1808-1814 and the most important publication on American ornithology before Audubon. Whittaker, Treacher, & Arnot unknown
1831mon0000122441Edinburgh Constable 1831-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. 1836 Four volumes1-4 in acceptable condition from constable pocket editions on dark green cloth - vol I has splits down side spine seams & Vol II is missing part of spine cover whilst vol III & IV are intact but all slightly loose bindings Edinburgh Constable hardcover
1877BB1704London Paris & New York: Cassell Petter & Galpin Chatto & Windus 1877. First Edition thus from 1808. Half-Morocco. Fine. A superb 3-volume British edition of this classic American bird book the “first major scientific work published in the United States†Burtt and Davis p. 333 here in its final state with notes and Life of Wilson by Sir William Jardine and with the largest number of plates. Demy 8vo 211 x 140mm: cv14088Cassell catalogue; vii14951; vii1540pp with tissue-guarded engraved portrait frontispiece of Wilson in shooting attire and 103 chromolithographed plates featuring Lizar's attractive re-engravings of Wilson's originals. Publisher's dark green morocco-backed red cloth spines richly gilt with hawk vignette top edge gilt black coated end papers. Pages and plates virtually pristine light foxing to opening leaves of each volume; label blacked out on fly leaves. Nissen 996 Chatto & Windus imprint. Anker 533. Sitwell p. 155-57. Reese 3 "the first American work to use color plates to convey scientific information and the first real combination of text and color illustration produced in the United States." Anker 533 and 534. Originally published in nine folio volumes with 76 hand-colored engravings between 1808 and 1814 in a subscribed edition of 400 copies then updated and expanded after Wilson's death by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano. Wilson was almost entirely eclipsed in popular awareness by John James Audubon and his Birds of America 1827–1838 but Wilson not Audubon is the true founder of American ornithology and this work is the foundational account of North American birds. This edition reprints Wilson's original text and Bonaparte's "continuation" and includes Jardine's later notes see Zimmer I pp. 64-65 which Neville Wood quoted in Allibone III 2765-2766 calls "by far the best edition." Matching entirely in format binding pages and plates the Chatto & Windus edition of 1876 see Sitwell. Indeed sets have appeared in commerce with the Chatto & Windus imprint to Volume I and that of Cassell Peter & Galpin to Volumes II and III. The publishing firm Cassell was founded in 1848 by John Cassell and taken over by Thomas Dixon Galpin and George William Petter in 1855 when it began trading as Cassell Petter & Galpin. The imprint did not become Cassell Petter Galpin & Company until 1878 with the arrival of a new partner Robert Turner. Petter resigned in 1883 and from 1888 the company was known simply as Cassell & Co. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. Cassell Petter & Galpin [Chatto & Windus] unknown
18284341Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep; Samuel Augustus Mitchell 1828. FIRST EDITIONS. I. Contemporary half red roan over marbled boards gilt spine; some wear to extremities offsetting from plates. Ex-libris David Bixler and Lee Lawrence Stopple with their bookplates. II. Contemporary half red roan over marbled boards gilt spine; some wear to extremities offsetting from plates. Ex-libris David Bixler and Lee Lawrence Stopple with their bookplates. I. First edition of "the first truly great American ornithology . . . absolutely basic as a collector's item" Bennett. Wilson's Ornithology was an artistic scientific and commercial undertaking of magisterial proportions. His plates depict 320 figures of 262 species including 39 that were entirely new and 23 that were for the first time described sufficiently to distinguish them from European species with which they had been confused. <br /> II. First edition with the rare first issue of Volume 1. The work was subsequently purchased by Carey Lea and Carey and published under their aegis. Intended as a supplement to Wilson's American Ornithology Bonaparte describes 60 birds supposedly not treated in the original work. Bradford and Inskeep; Samuel Augustus Mitchell unknown
187123726Philadelphia. Porter & Coates 1871. Hardcover. sm4to 25.5cm in 3 volumes cxxxii214 & 390 & viiixvi9-426pp. original green cloth leather spine labels gilt titles the upper cover of volume three is heavily damp stained and slight dished affecting the first few pages 3/4 the set would otherwise be fine sgc. - Contains a biography of Alexander Wilson and then detailed information of each species. Philadelphia. Porter & Coates hardcover
180832275Philadelphia: The Wilson volumes published by Bradford and Inskeep. Printed by Robert Carr; R. & W. Carr; VII-IX by Samuel F. Bradford printed by Thomas H. Palmer; the Bonaparte volumes published by Samuel Augustus Mitchell Vol.I Carey Lea Carey Vols. II and III and Carey & Lea Vol. IV all Printed by William Brown 1808-1812; 1824-1825; 1825-1833. 13 volumes. First Edition of this rare textual and illustrated work that is considered to be the First Outstanding American Ornithology and the First Great American Colour- Plate Book. Volumes I-VI are first issue Volumes VII VIII and IX reissued with the alterations and corrections by Ord made after further ornithological information had been gleaned and First Edition of the Bonaparte volumes with the first volume in rare first state. The nine Wilson volumes beautifully illustrated with 76 superb hand-coloured engraved folio plates by Alexander Lawson J.G. Warnicke G. Murray and Benjamin Tanner from original drawings by Wilson depicting a vast array of American birds. The Bonaparte volumes are illustrated with 27 additional richly hand-coloured folio plates from drawings by Titian Ramsay Peale A. Rider and plate 10 by Audubon and A. Rider Folio 36 x 27 cm. and Folio 38 x 29 & 39 x 32 cm. The Wilson volumes in contemporary mottled calf over marbled paper covered boards the spines gilt decorated within compartments separated by fine gilt tooling two compartments lettered and numbered in gilt some volumes restored at the backs to style and in effort to match the original spine panels though the tooling is slightly different considering the unavailability of the original tools. The four Bonaparte volumes in fine period red morocco over marbled paper covered boards. The spines fully decorated in gilt. vi 158; xii 167; xvi 120; xii 100; xii 122; xx 100; xii 138; xi 162; ccxxiii i 298 4 General Index pp. Complete viii 105; x 95; iv 60; iv 142 pp. Quite a handsome set in pleasing condition the usual spotting in places usually from offsetting from the plates a few expert repairs to old closed tears in the text the plates all quite well preserved with much less spotting or browning than is usually found. One volume with a bit of evidence of old damp at the edges of the prelims. Vol. VI with a bit more spotting or foxing than the others as is usual due to the paper this confined to some of the textual pages An excellent set. The Bonaparte volumes in very handsome bindings as well some of the usual offsetting and browning throughout the volumes as is typical with the paper used. Generally in all volumes the plates are quite clean and the spotting is confined to the text and tissues. The paper used for the text in these sets was prone to foxing and offsetting spotting and splotching but fortunately the paper used for the plates was of a better quality and so as in the copies being offered here the plates are generally quite clean with some minor spotting on occasion and then usually confined to the outer margins. The bindings on the Bonaparte volumes are in original state and offer a very handsome and especially appealing presence. FIRST EDITION OF TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY AND COLOUR-PLATE PRINTING INCLUDING THE FIRST GREAT WORK ON AMERICAN BIRDS. “The story of Alexander Wilson's spasmodic rise from Scottish peddler and failed poet to the father of Amrican ornithology is a cloyingly American story. Numerous "types" those we recognize from the writings of Benjamin Franklin through the literature of James Fenimore Cooper to the Jacksonian businessman emerge in his journey. It is a journey that takes him from the small town of Paisley in West Scotland to the shores of Delaware where he lands a penniless immigrant over vast tracks of the eastern United States and finally to Philadelphia; here like Franklin he finds renowned associates from Charles Wilson Peale to Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Paine and the international recognition that he had craved since his first poetic jottings as a youth in Scotland. The tragic irony of this American story is its truncation; indeed it is Alexander Wilson's exhaustingly extreme dedication to his ornithological studies and the illnesses contracted during his Leatherstocking-esque roamins through the forests that kill him at the age of forty-seven just as he attains the station in life he so desires. An immigrant who embraced so fully the "American Dream" of constant industry leading to financial and personal reward Wilson achieved his dream but scarcely lived to enjoy it. Perhaps though Wilson did achieve what he truly desired; in 1805 frustrated by attempts to gain help in publishing his ornithology he swore to continue on his own even if it killed him: "I shall at least leave a small beacon to point out where I perished." Ord p. 61. This declaration transcends Americanness; Wilson seemed to fear that in the vast cauldron of humanity he would be subsumed. His Ornithology then which has earned him title of the father of American ornithology seems the work of a talented and driven man whose desires in life were met too well by the American attitudes and mores of the early nineteenth century.†The book is of considerable importance. Vols. VII-IX revised by George Ord were reissued in 1824-1825<br> The Bonaparte volumes were designed as a supplement to Wilson's American Ornithology. Originally intended to be issued inn 3 vols. 1825-1828 it is now considered imperfect without the final 4th volume 1833. Born in 1803 Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano was a French naturalist and ornithologist and a nephew of Napoleon. He emigrated to the United States from France and Italy in 1822 but before leaving Europe he had already discovered a warbler new to science the moustached warbler and on the voyage he collected specimens of a new storm-petrel. On arrival in the United States he presented a paper on this new bird which was later named after Alexander Wilson.<br> On his arrival in America Bonaparte set about studying the ornithology of the United States and updating Wilson's Ornithology. The revised edition was published between 1825 and 1833. His other publications included "Observations on the Nomenclature of Wilson's Ornithology" in the Journal of the Philadelphia Academy and "Synopsis of the Birds of the United States" in the Annals of the Lyceum of New York. In 1824 Bonaparte attempted to get the then unknown John James Audubon accepted by the Academy of Natural Sciences but this was opposed by the ornithologist George Ord who disliked Audubon's dramatic bird poses and considered him to be "a back-country upstart who romanticized his subject matter" according to the Audubon Galleries.<br> At the end of 1826 Bonaparte and his family returned to Europe. He visited Germany where he met Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar and England where he met John Edward Gray at the British Museum and renewed his acquaintance with Audubon. In 1828 the family settled in Rome. In Italy he was the originator of several scientific congresses and lectured and wrote extensively on American and European ornithology and other branches of natural history. Between 1832 and 1841 Bonaparte published his work on the animals of Italy Iconografia della Fauna Italica. He had also published Specchio Comparativo delle Ornithologie di Roma e di Filadelfia Pisa 1827 presenting a comparison between birds of the latitude of Philadelphia and Italian species. He created the genus Zenaida for the mourning dove and its relatives. He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1845.<br> In 1840 he became Prince of Canino and Musignano after his father's death and became involved in politics particularly the anti-Austrian party that he joined in 1848. He did not however lose interest in his favourite studies for he organized and presided over several scientific congresses in Italy. He visited Sir William Jardine in southern Scotland and began work on preparing a methodical classification of all the birds in the world visiting museums across Europe to study the collections. In 1854 he became director of the Jardin des Plantes. In 1855 he was made a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He published the first volume of his Conspectus Generum Avium before his death the second volume being edited by Hermann Schlegel.<br> Bonaparte was extremely prolific and is responsible for coining Latin names for a large number of bird species. As of August 2019 in the online list of birds maintained by Frank Gill and David Donsker on behalf of the International Ornithological Committee IOC Bonaparte is credited as the authority for 165 genera 203 species and 262 subspecies. wiki<br><br>Fine Bird Books p.114; Sabin 104598; Nissen IVB 992; Wood p.630; BM Natural History p. 2333 The Wilson volumes published by Bradford and Inskeep. Printed by Robert Carr; R. & W. Carr; VII-IX by Samuel F. Bradford, printe hardcover
1878mon0000051867PORTER AND COATES 1878-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardback volume 2 only with some damage minor tears or rips to spine and creasing and discolouring to pages due to age. Still very useable. PORTER AND COATES hardcover
1832GT1106London: Whittaker Treacher & Arnot; Stirling & Kenney Edin. 1832. Hardback. Fine. 8vo. 3 volumes octavo set with portrait frontis of the auther Alexander Wilson. Pub. original grey boards with new paper labels to the new grey matching spines. CLEAN TEXT BLOCK AND CLEAN UNCOLOURED ORIGINAL PLATESWith a continuation by Charles Lucian Bonaparte and notes etc. by Sir William Jardine Bart. 408pp;390pp;523pp with 27; 59;76 un-coloured plates and a continuation by Charles Lucian Nonaparte 18 plates. The original plates of both authors were re-engraved by Lizars on a smaller scale and uncoloured in this three volume set. <br/> <br/> Whittaker, Treacher & Arnot; Stirling & Kenney [Edin]. hardcover
1892261981892. Paris / Berlin / New York Boussod-Valadon et Cie 1892. Dimensions cuvette : 653 x 453 mm marges. Peu commune et importante 908 x 657 mm photogravure rÂŽalisÂŽe sur papier fort d'aprÂs une toile de Glazbbrok. DÂŽchirures marginales. Epreuve constellÂŽe de claires rousseurs. Du reste belle condition. b42961 unknown
187660594Philadeliphia: J. B. Lippincott 1876. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Minor wear to boards. Owner name and date to 2nd FEP. New Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. J. B. Lippincott hardcover
182560174Florence 1825. Fine. Florence circa. 1825 23.20 x 16.80 cm une feuille sous marie-louise Original lithograph signed Florence Lit. Salucci 97 ° 515 in the lower right corner and Chatlotte in the lower left corner. View of the hermitage of Calmadoli in the upper valley of the Arno in Tuscany. It was made in Florence by Salucci a lithographer who worked for the Bonaparte family and who among other things produced a portrait of Napoleon III Bibliothèque nationale de France. This lithograph of exceptional quality was realized for Charlotte Bonaparte mention Charlotte lower left. The Tuscan village of Camaldoli the cradle of the Benedictine order of the Camaldolese from the early eleventh century only guessing through the vegetation its two towers rebuilt 1713 visible between two trees. The monastery was a favorite stop of the spouses Bonaparte Napoleon Charlotte and Louis siblings and nephews cousins of Napoleon 1st married in 1826 in Florence. Their common passion for the arts leads them to frequent artists who encourage them in their intense activity and with whom they collaborate such as Salucci who performs this lithography for Charlotte Bonaparte but also the engraver Samuele Jesi the painter Leopold Robert or the draftsman Giovanni Riveruzzi . Both travel the region whose landscapes inspire them and stay in the Tuscan villages to which they are attached. unknown
187338778Paris: Michel Lévy frères 1873. A LARGE-PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION of the collected letters of Sainte-Beuve to Mathilde Bonaparte niece of Napoleon I. 3 III 367 pp. ONE OF VERY FEW COPIES PRINTED ON FINE DUTCH LAID PAPER "hollande". 8vo. Attractively bound in contemporary quarter morocco and decorated boards. Top edge gilt other edges uncut. Tiny traces of wear to binding else FINE AND BRIGHT. <br/><br/> Michel Lévy frères hardcover
189021578Paris: S. n. imprimé pour l'auteur 1890. Fine. S. n. imprimé pour l'auteur Paris 1890 13.50 x 18 cm broché The first edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint. Repaired tears with lacks to head and foot of spine handsome interior condition without any foxing. Rare. S. n.[ imprimé pour l'auteur] unknown
1862289941862. Paris Michel LÂŽvy FrÂres 1862. Un vol. au format in-8 212 x 133 mm de 1 f. bl. 2 ff. n.fol. 448 pp. 1 grande carte rempliÂŽe et 1 f. bl. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de demi-basane glacÂŽe ÂŽbÂne dos lisse ornÂŽ de doubles filets maigres dorÂŽs filets dentelÂŽs dorÂŽs filets en pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs titre dorÂŽ palette dorÂŽe en queue tranches mouchetÂŽes. Edition originale. Exemplaire - agrÂŽablement reliÂŽ - complet de sa grande carte dÂŽpliante gravÂŽe. Le 15 juin 1815 NapolÂŽon envahit la Belgique avec 120Ê000 hommes et surprend ainsi Wellington et BlŸcher. Ë la fin de la journÂŽe Charleroi. Ney est arrivÂŽ en dÂŽbut de matinÂŽe et a pris le commandement de l'aile gauche. NapolÂŽon prÂŽpare le plan du lendemain dans le cadre duquel il affrontera avec le gros de l'armÂŽe et l'aile droite de Grouchy BlŸcher ˆ Ligny tandis que Ney qui sera en position d'infÂŽrioritÂŽ numÂŽrique attaquera les Quatre-Bras qui est dÂŽfendu par Wellington. Le 16 juin 1815 BlŸcher est battu ˆ Ligny mais Ney par sa mollesse n'arrive pas ˆ prendre la position stratÂŽgique des Quatre-Bras qui ÂŽtait pourtant vitale pour rÂŽussir le plan de NapolÂŽon qui consistait ˆ vaincre Wellington au mont Saint-Jean et de pouvoir prendre Bruxelles qui est l'objectif de la campagne de Belgique. Le 17 juin 1815 NapolÂŽon manque l'occasion d'anÂŽantir l'armÂŽe anglo-hollandaise de Wellington il donne par contre le commandemant complet de l'aile droite ˆ Grouchy et lui indique de poursuivre les Prussiens qui ont ÂŽtÂŽ vaincus la veille. Grouchy dispose pour rÂŽussir cette objectif de 108 canons et de 34 000 hommes. Durant toute la journÂŽe NapolÂŽon prÂŽpare le plan d'attaque du mont Saint-Jean qui est prÂŽvu pour le lendemain. Le 18 juin 1815 NapolÂŽon prend position en face du mont Saint-Jean avec une supÂŽrioritÂŽ numÂŽrique sur l'armÂŽe anglo-hollandaise de Wellington en canons en infanterie et en cavaliers. La ferme de la Haie-Sainte et la ferme d'Hougoumont sont occupÂŽes par des unitÂŽs de l'armÂŽe de Wellington. NapolÂŽon dÂŽcide de prendre ces positions et de lancer l'attaque ensuite. Les attaques contre la Haie-Sainte ne vont servir ˆ rien et NapolÂŽon de lancer la premiÂre attaque d'infanterie avant que la Haie-Sainte ne soit prise. Cette dÂŽcision fera perdre de l'ÂŽlan ˆ ses attaques car elles se feront tirer sur les flancs pendant les attaques. La premiÂre attaque est repoussÂŽe et une deuxiÂme se prÂŽpare quand de la fumÂŽe se fait voir ˆ l'est du champ de bataille. NapolÂŽon croit que ce sont les hommes de Grouchy ˆ qui il a donnÂŽ l'ordre de le rejoindre au mont Saint-Jean. NapolÂŽon dÂŽcouvre quelques instants plus tard que c'est toute l'armÂŽe de Prussiens de BlŸcher qui s'avance vers son aile droite et va ainsi le prendre en ÂŽtau il envoie alors un corps d'armÂŽe pour contenir les Prussiens sur son aile droite pendant qu'il prendra le mont Saint-Jean et remportera la victoire. Pendant qu'il prÂŽpare une deuxiÂme attaque d'infanterie pour prendre le mont Saint-Jean Ney prend l'initiative de lancer une charge de cavalerie importante pour prendre le mont Saint-Jean il va ÂŽchouer car les Anglais ont eu le temps de se former en carrÂŽs et repousser la charge. NapolÂŽon a ainsi perdu une grosse partie de sa cavalerie et est menacÂŽ sur son flanc droit par les Prussiens. Il dÂŽcide de lancer la Jeune Garde en tant que seconde attaque d'infanterie pour prendre le mont Saint-Jean au moment o elle arrive sur le mont Saint-Jean elle hÂŽsite ˆ attaquer et se dÂŽbande pour la premiÂre fois. La retraite commence alors et se transforme en dÂŽroute complÂte quand Wellington lance l'attaque finale avec ses troupes et celles de BlŸcher. Martin & Pigeard Bibliographie napolÂŽonienne 777 - Vicaire VI Manuel de l'amateur de livres du XIXÂme 910. Coiffes lÂŽgÂrement ÂŽlimÂŽes. Quelques rousseurs dans le corps d'ouvrage ; principalement concentrÂŽes aux premiers et derniers feuillets. Du reste bonne condition. b42961 unknown
1890libanx09090Imprime Pour L'Auteur 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. fine shape with marble boards probably rebound plates throughout Imprime Pour L'Auteur hardcover
1822138511822. A Paris chez Plancher 1822. 5 parties reliÂŽs en 2 vol. in-8 222 x 133 mm de 2 ff. n.fol. 1 planche n.fol. xii - 214 et 184 pp. ; 228 126 et 32 pp. Reliures uniformes de l'ÂŽpoque de plein cartonnage azur dos lisses ornÂŽs de doubles filets dorÂŽs piÂces de titre de maroquin vieux-rouge titre dorÂŽ piÂces de tomaison de maroquin tÂte-de-nÂgre au centre d'un ovale stylisÂŽ dorÂŽ tomaisons dorÂŽes. Ensemble complet de ses 5 parties ici reliÂŽes en 2 volumes. Mention fictive de seconde ÂŽdition en page de titre. Le premier s'ouvre sur un fac-similÂŽ. ''O'Meara a fait conna”tre avant l'ouvrage de Las Cases la situation de l'Empereur dÂŽchu ˆ Sainte-HÂŽlÂne. Son tÂŽmoignage s'arrÂte en 1818 mais n'en a pas moins jouÂŽ un r™le important dans la LÂŽgende contribuant ˆ accabler Hudson Lowe''. in Tulard. Tulard Bibliographie critique des MÂŽmoires sur le Consulat et l'Empire p. 128 - QuÂŽrard VI La France littÂŽraire p. 490 sous un titre trÂs lÂŽgÂrement diffÂŽrent. Reliures prÂŽsentant un ÂŽclat altÂŽrÂŽ ainsi que quelques rares et lÂŽgers frottements. Petit manque superficiel affectant les coiffes. Rousseurs ÂŽparses dans le texte ; quelques feuillets en sont toutefois davantage pourvus. Du reste bonne condition. b42961 unknown
1834319551834. Bruxelles SociÂŽtÂŽ typographique belge 1839. Un fort vol. au format pt in-4 ÂŽtroit 253 x 166 mm de 1 f. bl. 2 ff. n.fol. 2 frontispices n.fol. viii - 647 pp. Reliure postÂŽrieure de demi-chagrin maroquinÂŽ et glacÂŽ ÂŽmeraude filet vertical gras ˆ froid portÂŽ sur les plats dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de filets gras ˆ froid filets en pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs large dÂŽcor fleuronnÂŽ dorÂŽ titre dorÂŽ palette dorÂŽe en queue tranches mouchetÂŽes. L'ouvrage recÂle 89 planches gravÂŽes ainsi qu'un trÂs grand nombre de figures dans le texte. D'abord secrÂŽtaire du prÂŽfet de la Seine Norvins entre comme secrÂŽtaire au service du gÂŽnÂŽral Leclerc qu'il accompagne ˆ Saint-Domingue. Il fait ensuite la campagne de Prusse dans les gendarmes d'ordonnance. Il devient secrÂŽtaire gÂŽnÂŽral du ministÂre de la Guerre du royaume de Westphalie puis chambellan de la Reine Catherine et enfin chargÂŽ d'affaires auprÂs du Grand-duchÂŽ de Bade. Il est fait chevalier de la LÂŽgion d'honneur en 1808 et devient directeur de la police des ƒtats romains 1810-1814. Son Histoire de NapolÂŽon remporta ˆ parution un grand succÂs et concourut ˆ forger la lÂŽgende napolÂŽonienne. Martin & Pigeard Bibliographie napolÂŽonienne p. 713 pour une ÂŽdition de 1839 ; parue chez Furne - Vicaire VI Manuel de l'amateur de livres du XIXÂme siÂcle col. 219 pour l'originale de 1827 - 1828 - BÂŽnÂŽzit X Dictionnaire des peintres p. 464 - Osterwalder I Dictionnaire des illustrateurs p. 1086 - Carteret III Le TrÂŽsor du bibliophile p. 439 pour l'ÂŽdition Ambroise Dupont. Petit dÂŽfaut affectant la marge du papier marbrÂŽ sur chacun des plats. Papier oxydÂŽ prÂŽsentant en outre des rousseurs. Marge de la page de titre anciennement restaurÂŽe. b42961 unknown
184264434Italie Italy 1842. Fine. Italie Italy circa 1842 13.50 x 20.50 cm 4 feuillets rempliés Set of four letters from Napoleon-Jerome Bonaparte to the painter Geniole two are dated August 21 and December 12 1842 6 pages in brown ink recipient address on the back of the sheets two seals of the sender in part preserved. Folds inherent in envelopes. Some tiny tasks without affecting the text. unknown
180124299MÉXICO: Imprenta Madrileña 1801. Segunda edición.- Gran 8º.- Rústica.- VIII. Rarísima reimpresión de Méjico en la que se lee al pie de imprenta: ""Reimpreso en México en la Imprenta Madrileña. Calle de Santo Domingo y esquina de Tacuba. Año de 1801."" La primera edición de la Isla de León es de un año anterior. Palau no cita esta reimpresión. Palau 238258 en la edición de la Isla de León Imprenta Madrileña unknown
189086795s. l. 1890. Fine. s. l. s. d. ca 1890 10.50 x 16.50 cm une page sur un double feuillet Autograph letter signed by Mathilde Bonaparte known as Princess Mathilde daughter of Jérôme Bonaparte and his second wife Catherine of Württemberg 15 lines in black ink. Fold marks inherent to postal delivery. Princess Mathilde's cipher stamped blind at the head of the letter. Two stains in right and upper margins not touching the text. Mathilde Bonaparte is inconsolable: ""Je suis touchée de votre sympathie : j'ai perdu un ami incomparable."" I am touched by your sympathy: I have lost an incomparable friend. and thanks Julia Daudet for the attention she pays to her grief: ""Recevez ainsi que monsieur Daudet l'expression de tous mes sentiments dévoués et reconnaisants."" Please accept as does Monsieur Daudet the expression of all my devoted and grateful sentiments. unknown
1814FGN20-B-18Londres: Longman Hurst Rees Orme et Brown 1814. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 11.5" by 8.5". None. A leather bound edition of Lucien Bonaparte's epic poem on the life and reign of Charlemagne. First editions with excellent margins in an excellent quality contemporary full speckled calf binding With an engraved frontispiece to volume I but missing the folding map of Rome and its Environs to the second volume. Lucien Bonaparte Prince Francais 1st Prince of Canino and Musignano 21 May 1775 29 June 1840 born Luciano Buonaparte was the third surviving son of Carlo Buonaparte and his wife Letizia Ramolino. Lucien was a younger brother of Joseph and Napoleon Bonaparte and an older brother of Elisa Louis Pauline Caroline and Jrme Bonaparte. Lucien held genuinely revolutionary views which led to an often abrasive relationship with his brother Napoleon who seized control of the French government in 1799 when Lucien was 24 Complete in two volumes. Rebacked in calf with speckled boards. Externally sound though with some slight wear to the extremities. Three joints are starting. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright though with some scattered instances of foxing. Some evidence of past worming to the first few pages. Very Good Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, et Brown hardcover
183620222Harper & Brothers. Fair. 1836. Hardcover. Cloth cover has soiling and is scuffed is sunned caps are frayed and lightly chipped corners are bumped and frayed but cover is in fair condition. Boards and spine are straight. Gutter stitching visible but binding is solid. Pages have foxing are toned and in good condition. . Harper & Brothers hardcover
18361304135New York: Harper and Brothers 1836. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Good. 176p 42p of notes. Original brown cloth. Paper spine label badly rubbed; a few old stains to covers; scattered foxing throughout text. Former owner's name at front but text is unmarked. Binding toght and solid. A hardcover book in good condition. English translation of the memoirs of Napoleon's brother Lucien. This is noted at the first volume but in fact the second volume was not finished in Lucien's lifetime it was eventually completed from his notes and drafts by an editor and published in the 1880s. Therefore this "Part the First" is actually the complete work as written and published by Lucien. The work covers the early years of the French Revolution and Republic. Harper and Brothers hardcover
183340524Paris: Alphonse LevavasseurLib. Bousquet 1833. Fine. Alphonse Levavasseur Lib. Bousquet Paris 1833 14 x 22.50 cm broché First edition. Spine lacking second cover absent replaced by a blank temporary cover lacks to first cover soiled some interior foxing. Rare pamphlet written by the future Napoleon III. Alphonse LevavasseurLib. Bousquet unknown
1820193291London Lackington Hughes Harding Mavor and Jones 1820. First Edition. Hardback. Finely bound all in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with the title blocked direct in gilt. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. An exceptional set - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Description; 3 v. Each with a half-title. Subjects; Netherlands -- History -- 1795 -1815. London, Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, and Jones hardcover
