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1790290911Circa 1790. Very good light marginal soiling. 32x43.7 cm. Engraved by Claude Mathieu Fessard. Image size 21.3x34.7 cm. Fessard is noted for his bird prints. weight: 0.2 lb. Copperplate etching of a Swiss mill showing the dam and flume. unknown
1796r5516Paris: Chez Janet ; Chez Hubert de L'imperimerie de Didot Jeune. G: in Good condition. Cover rubbed with corner and edge wear. Spines worn. Light water staining to top edge of first few pages of volumes II and III with no impact on text. Initials of previous owner on title page. Aeg. Overall contents and illustrations G. 1796 L'an Quatrième. Reprint. Leather cover. 230mm x 140mm 9" x 6". 277pp; 252pp; 196pp. 15 tissue guarded engraved plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Chez Janet ; Chez Hubert [de L'imperimerie de Didot Jeune] hardcover
17361102160038Alondres 1736. Leather Bound. Good. 18mo. 2 volume set. Full calf leather with full calf and contrasting morocco letterpieces. Gilt-lettered. Decorated sides and spine 5 raised bands. 6 compartments. Marbled turn-ins. Contrasting letterpieces. Gilt letters and sides. Spine decorated on 5 Raised bands with gilt. Warping to boards. Rubbing to cover and moderate shelf-wear to corners. Cracking to spine. Minimal discoloration to pages. This collection documents the life of Philip of Orleans grandson of France Regent of the Kingdom during the minority of Louis XV. Many illustrations are featured including a copper-plate engraving of Philippe Duc D'Orleans Regent of France. A rare volume in readable condition. Alondres hardcover
17963513Paris: Didot jeune 1796. First edition with these illustrations 2nd printing. One of 300 copies. 4 engraved plates after drawings by Le Barbier engraved by Baquoy Dambrun Dupréel and Patas. 272pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Quarter green morocco and paper over boards; spine with elaborate gilt ornamentation; slight rubbing to covers edges a bit bumped; two discreet library stamps on title-page else a fine copy. Le Barbier J.-J.-F. First edition with these illustrations 2nd printing. One of 300 copies. 4 engraved plates after drawings by Le Barbier engraved by Baquoy Dambrun Dupréel and Patas. 272pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Beautifully printed by Didot on fine papier vélin with generous margins and superb engravings by Le Barbier v. Ray I pp. 76-78. Cohen-de-Ricci records gives the imprint as "an III 1795" with the same collation as this issue with cancel title. Cohen-de-Ricci 991-992; Brunet V 836 Didot jeune unknown
1724Ant51361724. Fiddes Richard Folio full calf rubbed and scuffed. At some time respined in leather. With 8 engraved plates hardcover
1797384945West-Chester Pennsylvania: Printed by Derrick & Sharples 1797. Softcover. Good. First edition. One complete untrimmed monthly issue in the original printed wrappers. Octavo. 2 115-168pp. engraved frontispiece plate portrait of the young Dauphin of France. Presentation copy from the archeologist and American pottery expert Edwin Atlee Barber signed "Compliments of E.A. Barber" on the recto of the frontispiece. The folded gatherings are loose only one original stitch remains the wraps and frontispiece plate are detached with parts of the edges and corners torn away not affecting the letterpress good. A scarce loose issue of this literary miscellany from West Chester Pennsylvania. Among the contributions to this number is an original poem: "A new Masonic Song" a report on Mr. Vaillant's François Levaillant a famous French naturalist journey to the interior parts of Africa first published in book form in 1790 as Voyage dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique and humorous essays including: "Whimsical distresses of an attempt to make bread" by Christopher Cakeling and one of Simon Sapling's a British essayist ingenious "Observations." Printed on the inside rear wrap is a lengthy description of the magazine's diverse contents and conditions of publication including subscriptions received by "Mr. Mathew Carey" and other Philadelphia booksellers. OCLC locates only two copies of a bound volume of the six-issue set. Evans 32381. Printed by Derrick & Sharples unknown
1780P3632Paris c. 1780. Very Good. Notes: A charming print showing the city of Geneva and a view of the first set of mountains leading to the Swiss Alps from the shores of Lake Geneva.<br><br>The print depicts two people sitting along the road while a Farmer goes by on a wagon full of hay. Image Size : 217x349 mm 8.54x13.74 Inches Platemark Size : 250x372 mm 9.84x14.65 Inches Paper Size : 306x445 mm 12.05x17.52 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Medium: Copper Engraving Categories: Views Europe Switzerland; unknown
1786D7472Paris 1786-1793. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary mottled calf gilt-stamped ornament in spine compartments 5 raised bands gitl-stamped lettering in red and black leather spine labels a.e.g.; 3 volumes 4to 208 x 288 mm; with 3 unsigned engraved additional title-pages 73 of 74 plates lacking the plate to face p. 37 in Volume 2 and 70 vignettes after Le Barbier. Some light scuffing along joints and edges of boards; occasional foxing though plates are mostly unscathed; mid-19th century ownership signature on half-titles. A nice bright set. <br/><br/>Cohen-de Ricci 433; Ray The Art of the French Illustrated Book 39 "the happiest of all collaborations between artist and writer". hardcover
17948396London: Publish'd 7th June 1794 by J Barber No 9 Sweeting's-Alley Royal-Exchange. 1794. Broadsheet map sheet size 54.5 x 43 cms; map 40.5 x 27 cms within frame 44 x 39 cms. The frame and the symbols for towns and cities are printed from a woodblock; placenames the title and the text in the side-panels is letterpess; the coastline rivers and the political border between Austrian and French territory have been inked in by hand. Laid on linen very light staining and some wear at the folds Brigton in a contemporary hand on the cover. The inclusion of Paris as the Allied objective proved somewhat premature. The Revolutionary French armies swept the Austrians and British back accross the Rhine and as far north as Hanover. Austria lost control of the Spanish Netherlands modern Belgium and the Dutch Republic was toppled in favour of the Batvian Republic a French client state. This unusual broadsheet map is recorded in states dated 29 May 7 June 23 June and 2 July 1794. Map Publish'd 7th June, 1794 by J Barber, No 9, Sweeting's-Alley, Royal-Exchange.. unknown
178958914à Paris: Chez de Bure l'aîné 1789. Fine. Chez de Bure l'aîné à Paris 1789 20.50 x 26 cm relié Second edition illustrated with 31 double-page plates mounted on tabs including 29 maps and plans 16 folding of which 11 are heightened in colors; the first edition dating from 1788. XLI pages for the analysis of the maps. Contemporary green vellum binding. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. 2 corners skillfully restored and small restoration to the first 2 raised bands. Very handsome copy. Fine atlas which in addition to the colored map of Greater Greece and its islands provides maps of the different provinces the plan of Athens elevations of the principal monuments Parthenon Greek theatre Greek house. certain great battles. It was originally conceived to accompany the Voyage du jeune Anacharsis by Abbé Barthélémy a romantic fantasy of a young philosopher traveling in ancient Greece in the 4th century BC. It was sold separately or with the collection of 5 volumes of the novel. Chez de Bure l'aîné hardcover
1793lsj02London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly. G : in good condition without dust jackets as issued. Minor rubbing and wear to boards - volume 2 with sm. area of loss to leather on front board. Previous owner's inscriptions to feps. Corner tear to pp17-18 vol 1 with no loss to text. Ink dedication laid-in to volume 1. 1793. Second Edition revised and augmented. Full leather covers. 200mm x 150mm 8" x 6". xxxvi 603pp 34pp 711pp. Engraved frontis plate of Samuel Johnson after Joshua Reynolds volume 1; folding plates volume 2 and to rear of volume 3. First octavo edition of Boswell's 'Life of Johnson'. Published April 3rd 1793. Second Edition second state: v.1 p.135 line 10 states 'give' as in corrected version. Front endpaper of volume 1 with pasted copperplate inscription relating to Francis Barber Dr. Johnson's manservant and heir: 'Francis Barber the faithful valued black son of Dr Samuel Johnson who died in the infirmary of Stafford February 13th 1801'. Previous owner's name John Darlington and date of 1853 to feps. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Henry Baldwin [for] Charles Dilly hardcover