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1811h45532NY: New York: Evert Duyckinck 1811. Hardcover. Fair. Early American edition. Small 8vo 7 x 4.25 inches old dark brown calf fair to good with amateur repairs - cloth bands reinforcing top and bottom of spine wear along front joint some varnishing along that joint too contents mainly very good some toning and light foxing with previous owner's bookplate and some additional inscriptions to endpapers small hole in the middle of the title page and to one of the plates facing p. 137. 154 pp frontispiece title vignette 3 additional full page woodcuts and 8 vignettes or tailpieces by Alexander Anderson considered America's "first illustrator." Rare in the trade and in libraries -- OCLC locates 7 holdings including Cornell Huntington AAS LSU Ohio State Newberry. The novel was first published in France in 1788. Evert Duyckinck hardcover
1868MYTHOS003249IJames Miller circa 1868. Revised ed. Good. good plus: head & heel worn slight discoloration of dover has inscription dated Christmas 1868 James Miller unknown
184028484Thomas Johnson Dale Street Liverpool n.d c. 1840. 1st edition. V.g./No Jacket. Publisher's cloth with impressed design Owner's inscription on front pastedown. Thomas Johnson, Dale Street, Liverpool hardcover
1820426614London : Suttaby Evance & Fox : Baldwin Cradock & Joy 1820. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked leather. Gilt blocked title to spine with raised bands. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 2 v. in 1 196p8p1 leaf of plates : ill ports ; 13 cm. Subjects: Truthfulness and falsehood ; Juvenile literature; Filial piety ; Juvenile literature; Utopias ; Juvenile literature; French fiction 18th century. London : Suttaby, Evance & Fox : Baldwin, Cradock & Joy hardcover
1806C211420London: Vernon Hood and Sharpe 1806. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Twelvemo. vi 170. Bound in Full contemporary leather. Covers slightly rubbed with cracking to hinges lacking spine label a few pages slightly marked at fore-edge margin and one plate with slight chip to bottom corner otherwise very good. Inscription to second endpaper. With 6 engravings. Vernon, Hood, and Sharpe, hardcover
187878335Paris : Alphonse Lemerre 1878. 200x130mm. broch. Pages non rognes. Exemplaire sur beau papier non numrot. Petites dhirures sur le bas du dos. 356 Alphonse Lemerre unknown
1838309191838. Paris ˆ la Librairie de l'enfance et de la jeunesse P. C. Lehuby 1850. Un vol. au format in-12 188 x 123 mm de 2 ff. bl. 1 frontispice gravÂŽ n.fol. x pp. 1 f. n.fol. et 415 pp. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de demi-chagrin maroquinÂŽ ÂŽmeraude filets gras et maigres ˆ froid encadrant les plats dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de filets gras en noir filets maigres dorÂŽs filet en pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs sur les nefs triples caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs titre dorÂŽ tranches dorÂŽes. Exemplaire revÂtu d'une reliure dÂŽcorative du temps. L'ouvrage s'agrÂŽmente de 20 sur 20 planches ; dont frontispice par Jules David. BÂŽnÂŽzit III Dictionnaire des peintres p. 388. Dos passÂŽ. Claires rousseurs dans le corps d'ouvrage davantage marquÂŽes aux premiers et derniers feuillets. Du reste bonne condition. b42961 unknown
1845133201Paris: Gustave Havard 1845. Relié. Etat satisfaisant. in-8. Bertall. Précédé d'un essai philosophique et littéraire par d'Albanès. 164 pp. Illustré de 100 vignettes par Bertall. Tampons de bibliothèque. Demi reliure cuir frottée. Plats insolés. Coins usés. Gustave Havard unknown
18485558228Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot Frère 1848. Marbled hardcover with embossed spine and gilt lettering; inside covers FFEP and BFEP have marbled design; pages slightly mottled; page 23 folded in at top outside corner; all pages intact; 563 pages. very good/none. This book is printed in French and according to Jean Eileen Luck in her thesis “the publication of the Etudes in 1784 established him as a serious student of the natural world.†Luck Eileen Jean Science and Knowledge in Bernardin de Saint-Pierre’s Etudes de la nature 1784 January 2013. Librairie de Firmin-Didot Frère unknown
1851362610Tours : Ad Mame et Cie 1851. 8th edition. Hardcover. An exquisite copy; elaborately gilt-tooled period binding over cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dulled as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: 286p. Subjects: French fiction ; 20th century. Genre: fiction. Language: French. Tours : Ad Mame et Cie hardcover
186815333Paris: Alphonde Lemerre 1868. hardcover. Gut. XXVII 334 Seiten. Orig.-Leinwand mit Deckel- und Rückenvergoldung. Folio 355 x 27 cm. Vorderdeckel und erste Lage lose muß nachgebunden werden. Im Preis berücksichtigt ! Sonst innen nur wenig gebräunt im Ganzen recht frisches Exemplar. Großzügig gedrucktes Werk die Seiten jeweils mit violetter Umrandung gedruckt. Die Zeichnungen in Holzstich. - nicht bei Sander oder Kat. Heck. Wegen Urlaub kann Ihre Bestellung / Anfrage erst nach dem 21.06.2026 bearbeitet werden. - Because of holidays your order / question can be handled only after 06/21/2026. Alphonde Lemerre hardcover
18393550057Londres.: W.S. Orr. 1839. Hardcover. Cubierta deslucida. Good. 24 cm. 307 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial. Idioma ingles. Ilustrado con 330 reprod. de grabados e ilustraciones en texto . Cubierta deslucida. Literatura.82 82 W.S. Orr. hardcover
1868133413Paris.: Libraire Alphonse Lemerre 1868. Hardcover. Dessins par De La Charlerie. Textes et dessins encadrés de frises végétales gravées par Sargent Ligny Meyer-Heine Guillaume. <b>Livre en français</b>. Couverture rigide. Fort volume 26 x 35 cm. Reliure toile rouge de l'éditeur. 334 pages. Quelques rousseurs. Coiffes fatiguées. <i>ref. 133413</i> Libraire Alphonse Lemerre hardcover
18401409Paris: Chez Ledentu 1840. Hardcover. Good. Two volume set leather spine with raised bands tooling and gilt rules & titles maroon pebble cloth boards plain end papers. 7 x 10 1/4 inches. Vol. I. with frontispiece plate 786 generally clean pp. with the last few leaves darkly foxed and 6 additional plates. LXXII. & 651 pp. with scattered dark foxing. Both volumes printed in double columns. Impressive looking volumes. French texts. Additional shipping charges will apply to international orders please inquire. Jacques Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre 1737-1814 French naturalist novelist firend of Rousseau. "His chief work �tudes de la nature 1784 sought to prove the existence of God from the wonders of nature; it is rich in descriptive passages and it added specific color terms and plant names to the French language. A section of this was the sentimental prose idyll Paul et Virginie 1788 which attained immense vogue and influenced the French romanticists." - The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia online. Chez Ledentu hardcover
1836334804Paris France: Chez A. Desrez et Chez Lefèvre libraires-éditeurs 1836. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Chez A. Desrez / Chez Lefevre 1836; no additional printings of. this condensed edition first thus; 786pp. / 651pp. each with its own table of contents. Quarto two-column text format. Half leather marbled boards. Bindings are firm and fully intact; fly-leaf torn over front and rear hinges on Vol. 1 may become precarious without mindful handling; scholar's pencil markings on end pages and in some of the works in this collection text on the whole remains clean; mild foxing faint damp-spotting to some interior pages; boards worn at edges and corners particularly three of Vol. II's corners; mild rubbing to marbled paper on all boards as well; leather spine worn at ends toned gilt titling dulled but clearly legible. Due to the size/weight of this set extra charges will apply for international and/or expedited shipping. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis Minnesota. Chez A. Desrez et Chez Lefèvre, libraires-éditeurs hardcover
1860452184Paris: Garnier Freres 1860. Hardcover. Very Good. Nouvelle edition. Small quarto. 335pp. Text in French. Illustrated by Alexandre De Bar. Three quarter leather gilt-ruled and gilt-stamped on spine papercovered boards and endpapers top edge gilt. Light scattered foxing on pages and page edges extremities lightly worn very good. Garnier Freres hardcover
181938939Paris: Deterville et Lefèvre 1819. Ottimo Fine. Un' incisione in antiporta. 16mo. pp. VIII - 242. Ottimo Fine. Fioriture leggere. Due strappetti alle pagine 217 e 221 riparati con nastro adesivo. Belle pagine con margini frondosi Some light yellowing. . Deterville et Lefèvre, unknown
1819AQ34053London: Printed for John Sharpe et al. 1819. viii 168pp. With half-title and five engraved plates. Contemporary blind-stamped gilt-tooled polished navy calf. Marbled endpapers and edges. Lightly rubbed and marked small surface loss to head and foot of spine. Bookplate of Liam Sims FSA to FEP. Inked ownership inscription 'Lewis Thorpe Cambridge 2 Sept 47' and library stamp of G. A. Judd to verso of FFEP. Internally clean and crisp. British novelist and poet Helen Maria Williams's 1759-1829 translation of Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's best known novel the love story Paul et Virginie Paris 1788 set in Mauritius. It was neither the first nor a complete translation but Williams' English abridgement first published London 1795 was immediately successful reprinted 10 times within the British Isles before 1801. The accompanying illustrations for this edition engraved by Charles Heath after Richard Westall are dated 1820. . 8vo. Printed for John Sharpe et al. unknown
1808253548Philadelphia: printed by Abraham Small 1808. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy with wear tear and dust-dulling as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Provenance; from the library of Robert Hudson with the owner's signature and bookplate. Physical description; volume I only: 417 pages. Subjects; Nature. Nature studies. Philadelphia: printed by Abraham Small hardcover
1819220336London : Printed for John Sharpe; Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown; Baldwin Cradock and Joy; and George Cowie and Co. 1819 i.e.1820 1819. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Very good copy bound in contemporary full aniline calf. Raised bands and gilt-blocked titles to spine with compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Decorative gilt-stamped border to upper and lower boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat worn and rubbed as with age. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Some age toning and tanning internally especially around the prelims and plates. Small bookseller's label on blank prelim. leaf: Wm. A. Colman Broadway New York. Previous owner's inscription and signature to half title and engraved title pages. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight and strong. Further scans images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 168 pages; Physical description: viii 168 p. 4 leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm. 12mo. Added engraved title page with vignette dated 1820.The plates and title vignette are drawn by Richard Westfall engraved by Charles Heath; three of the plates are dated 1820.Printer's imprint on verso of title leaf and at foot of p. 168: C. Whittingham printer College House Chiswick. Translation of: Paul et Virginie. Subjects: French literature -- Children's books -- Translations into English. London : Printed for John Sharpe; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; and George Cowie and Co., 18 hardcover
1823273441823. A Paris chez MÂŽquignon Marvis 1823. Un vol. au format in-8 213 x 138 mm de 2 ff. n.fol. 1 page de titre gravÂŽe n.fol. iv - 409 pp. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de demi-veau glacÂŽ fauve dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de filets gras ˆ froid doubles filets dorÂŽs sur les nerfs doubles caissons d'encadrement dorÂŽs important autant que dÂŽlicat dÂŽcor fleuronnÂŽ en creux titre dorÂŽ palette dorÂŽe en tÂte et queue tranches jaspÂŽes. Thouvenin. Exemplaire revÂtu d'une dÂŽlicate reliure du temps ; signÂŽe Joseph Thouvenin en queue du dos. ''Joseph Thouvenin started to work as odd boy with BozÂŽrian Jeune in 1802. He was excellently installed workshop un the Passage Dauphine both a reputation as the leading binder of his epoch .''. in Ramsden. L'exemplaire s'ouvre sur une jolie page de titre gravÂŽe agrÂŽmentÂŽe d'une large vignette figurative et renferme en outre - ici en premier tirage - 4 sur 4 figures hors-texte gravÂŽes par Charles Heath d'aprÂs Desenne. Issus de deux familles diffÂŽrentes Paul et Virginie sont ÂŽlevÂŽs en commun comme frÂre et sÃur dans la splendeur naturelle des paysages tropicaux de l”le Maurice. Mais ˆ l'adolescence des sentiments amoureux naissent entre les deux personnages. La mÂre de Virginie Madame de la Tour dÂŽcide alors de l'ÂŽloigner de Paul en envoyant sa fille ÂŽtudier en France laissant Paul ˆ son chagrin. Plusieurs annÂŽes aprÂs Virginie annonce son retour sur l'”le mais le navire qui la ramÂne de France est pris dans une tempÂte. Appartenant au registre pathÂŽtique Paul et Virginie dÂŽcrit avec force les sentiments amoureux et la nostalgie du paradis perdu. Au-delˆ du cadre exotique et de la description d'une sociÂŽtÂŽ idyllique Bernardin de Saint-Pierre expose dans ce roman sa vision pessimiste de l'existence. Carteret III Le TrÂŽsor du bibliophile romantique et moderne p. 531 - Vicaire VII Manuel de l'amateur de livres du XIXÂme 38 - Devaux Dix siÂcles de reliure - Ramsden French bookbinders p. 204 - FlÂŽty Dictionnaire des relieurs franÂais p. 100. Dos de la reliure anciennement doublÂŽe. Rousseurs dans le corps d'ouvrage ; souvent trÂs prononcÂŽes sans entrave nÂŽanmoins pour la lecture. Nonobstant belle condition. b42961 unknown
1873PA2527Nouvelle Edition. Precedee des Jugement et Temoignages sur Paul et Virginie et sur Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. Illustrations d' apres les dessins de Bertall et Demarble. <br />A new edition good hardcover cloth embedded designs & lettering on both covers image_2 & spine gillted. All Edges Gilt with frontispiece image_3 text very good.Inscribed image_4. title page image_5. Garnier Freres hardcover
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1828475434Londres : S. Low Treuttel Würtz Treuttel fils et Richter 1828. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Good copy finely bound in contemporary full aniline calf. Spine compartments uniformly tooled. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: xxxv i 138 5 1 unnumbered page; 2 plates ; 14 cm. Londres : S. Low, Treuttel, Würtz, Treuttel fils et Richter hardcover
1814275441814. London printed for Vernor Hood and Sharpe and Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1814. Un vol. au format pt in-12 162 x 105 mm de 2 ff. bl. 1 frontispice gravÂŽ n.fol. 175 pp. et 2 ff. bl. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de plein veau glacÂŽ fauve quadruple filets ˆ froid encadrant les plats lesquels s'ornent d'une fine frise d'encadrement ˆ froid larges armes institutionnelles dorÂŽes portÂŽes au centre du premier plat dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de filets gras en noir filet en pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs sur les nerfs filets gras et aigres dorÂŽs important dÂŽcor fleuronnÂŽ ˆ froid titre dorÂŽ sur fond ÂŽbÂne palette dorÂŽe en queue filets dorÂŽs sur les coupes dentelle intÂŽrieure dorÂŽe tranches jaspÂŽes. Exemplaire revÂtu d'une dÂŽlicate reliure du temps. Larges armes de l'Institution Feinaiglian Luxembourg dorÂŽes frappÂŽes au centre du premier plat. L'ouvrage s'agrÂŽmente de ''six dont celle figurant en page de titre elegant engravings'' par Liagee et Rhodes. Angles ÂŽlimÂŽs. Plats et premier cahier recollÂŽes. Dos prÂŽsentant un ÂŽclat lÂŽgÂrement altÂŽrÂŽ. Petit dÂŽfaut en marge du frontispice. Feuillets parfois lÂŽgÂrement oxydÂŽs. PrÂŽsence de quelques claires rousseurs dans le corps d'ouvrage. b42961 unknown