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176725799Cologne: Nyon 1767. 8vo 19.7 cm 7.75". Frontis. iv lvi 576 pp.; 3 plts. <br><br>First edition: Life of the celebrated yet controversial viceroy and reformer Bishop Juan de Palafox y Mendoza. Abbé Dinouart consulted an unpublished biography begun by the Jesuit Pierre Champion and halted due to Champion's "franchise" according to Barbier to produce this important account of Palafox's life accomplishments and disputes with the Jesuits. Dinouart's Vie includes the text in French translation of Palafox's letters to the king of Spain and to Pope Innocent X on behalf of the cruelly treated Mexican Indians as well as the text of the petition by Charles III of Spain to the Pope requesting that Palafox be considered for canonization.<br>Â Â Â Â => The work is illustrated with a frontispiece and three copper-engraved plates done by Louis le Grand after designs by Gravelot. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Sabin 20201; Palau 73986; LeClerc Bibliotheca Americana 3180; Barbier Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes et pseudonymes 100304. Contemporary mottled calf spine gilt extra with gilt-stamped leather title-label; corners joints and spine extremities rubbed spine with two pinpoint holes and surface cracks to leather. Front free endpaper partially separated with pencilled annotation on verso; inner margins of one plate and opposing page with small area of offsetting from now-absent laid-in item pages otherwise clean. All edges marbled in blue. An attractive copy. Nyon hardcover books
192426832New York: Brentano's 1924. 1st US edition. Linen cloth spine with green marbled paper boards; printed paper title label to spine. Yellow top stain. Green dust jacket. NF top edge dusty/pos & period poi/VG faint unobtrusive spot at top of spine panel. Withal a quite nice copy. 12 177 pp. Small 8vo. <br/><br/> Brentano's hardcover books
19292308111New York City: The Elf Publishers 1929. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Limited edition #1531 of 1950. A near fine copy in a very good slipcase. Slipcase edges rubbed. 1929 Hard Cover. xiv 185 pp. Being a translation from the French by Gertrude Laughlin Joerissen. A collection of Chinese poetry and literature. The Elf, Publishers unknown books
195189877Port Louis Mauritius: Printed by Henry & Cie 1951. Paperback. Good. index 60p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Water streaks on front and back cover. Foprmer owner's name stamp. French text. Societe de L'Histoire de L'ile Maurice. No. 4. <br/><br/> Printed by Henry & Cie paperback books
1972026845New York: Burt Franklin 1972. 359p. maps original red cloth. Reprint of the 1863 edition Burt Franklin: Research & source works series. Burt Franklin unknown books
19657315Mexico: UNAM - Imprenta Universitaria 1965. First edition. Small folio 27 x 20 cm pp xviii 308 with large section of 415 photo reproductions of art in the back all but one in black and white. A fine survey of the subject by Mexico's greatest scholar on colonial art. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. <br/><br/> UNAM - Imprenta Universitaria unknown books
19395296Mexico: Imprenta Universitaria 1939. First edition. First edition. Wrappers. Small folio pp 218 inc. many photos and ground plans. Toussaint perhaps the greatest scholar of Mexican colonial architecture conducts a learned stroll paseo through 19 sites. Very good copy. <br/><br/> Imprenta Universitaria unknown books
195530470México 1955. Sobretiro de los Anales del INAH Tomo VI 1a. parte 1952 pp. 125-133 plus 8 b/w plates wrps. Colonial buildings that were visited or used by Father Hidalgo. An interesting study by leading architectural historian. No copies show in OCLC unknown books
198044574Port-au-Prince: Ateliers Fardin 1980. Paperback. Very Good. photo 188p. Wrapper. 19cm. French text. <br/><br/> Ateliers Fardin paperback books
1985181553Paris France: Ministere de la culture / Editions de la Reunion des musees nationaux 1985. Softcover. Good. ex-museum libris; plate to interior cover; ID & stamp to opening pg. edge-wear to covers; rubbing to spine edges & corners. back cover tanned w/ glossy veener peeling. spine creased; textblock firm. interior clean. pictorial & white glossy wrappers w/ black printing. 141 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. Text in French. Many black and white illustrations. Color illustrations are bold and detailed. Ministere de la culture / Editions de la Reunion des musees nationaux unknown books
17482305728S.N 1748. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. Corners slightly exposed. 1748 Full-Leather. 32 106; 107-334; 335-474 pp. Contemporary mottled calf marbled endpapers spine gilt with red leather label red edges. Frontispiece engraved vignette on title and on first page of each of the three parts as called for this copy bound without the separate titles to the 2nd and 3rd parts found in some copies. An immensely popular which was banned upon its release and burned by the French court of justice. The scandal it caused would follow the author for the rest of his life eventually it became thought that the work advocated regicide. Nonetheless it became an influential work that went through at least 15 editions in 1748 and elicited a number of replies. Parts of it were later reused in Denis Diderot's Encyclopedie. This 474 page printing which was also issued in a large-paper 4to. format is generally considered the first. The book was banned by the French parlement on May 6 1748 and the author was subsequently forced to seek asylum in the Low Countries. The present volume is enhanced by having two additional items bound in: a printed copy of that Arrest de la Cour du Parlement S.N unknown books
1919008006Paris: M. Piazza - Editeur 1919. One of one hundred unnumbered copies on Japan paper - "Il a ete tire de cet ouvrage cent exemplaires numerotes sur papier de Japon". Handsomely bound in contemporary marbled boards gilt lettering at spine top edge gilt. Near Fine end papers evenly browned. Moorish poems partly anonymous written in Spain in the 10th century. Translated from the Arabic to French by Franz Toussaint who is perhaps best known for his translation of the "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" . Limited Edition. Marbled Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. M. Piazza - Editeur Hardcover books
1923249979Paris: Éditiions Mornay 1923. No. 983 of 950 copies on Guarro. Color illustrations text within elaborate gilt border full-page polychrome arabesques and ornamental filigrees and initial capital letters. 1 vols. 12mo. Full cream calf ruled in blue and green lines alternating with gilt-dotted triangles radiating from a central metal onlaid medallion with arabesque design in red and black against a gilt-dotted backgroound decorative endsheets and flyleafs stamped signed "O Pilon". Fine. No. 983 of 950 copies on Guarro. Color illustrations text within elaborate gilt border full-page polychrome arabesques and ornamental filigrees and initial capital letters. 1 vols. 12mo. Binding by Odette Pilon. Éditiions Mornay unknown books
1923000759Paris: Editions Mornay 1923. First Editiion. Hardcover. Near Fine. Thomas A. H. 8vo. Limited edition #320 of 950. 230 pp. Four brightly colored plates like pochoir illustrate the text. Original wraps bound into gorgeous full mottled calf binding with four raised bands on spine four pages of lush marbled paper both in the front and rear and exquisite dentelle work around borders of inside boards. Exotic tales of Arab world is set off throughout by Islamic ornamentation the whole effect being evocative of the perfumed harem. A little starting on the lower front gutter and some rubbing along whole of spine edge. Otherwise fine. <br/><br/> Editions Mornay hardcover books
1989149041Montargis: Musee Girodet 1989. Softcover. VG. White & illus. wraps 114 pp. BW plates. Text is in French. Issued in conjunction with several 1988-1989 exhibitions of scenes rendered by French Romanticist Anne-Louis Girodet 1767-1824 for his literary work "Ossian and the French Generals" for Napoleon's residence. With several opening essays including one by Helen Toussaint and many BW illustrations. Uncommon. Musee Girodet paperback books
19735471Mexico City: Editorial Porrua 1973. Second revised. Limited to 3000 copies numbered. Folio 377 pp 4. Lavishly illustrated with woodcuts in black and white and color rubicrated initials to each chapter. The many photographs are superb including those in black and white which were in the first edition by Guillermo Kahla Frida's father who was an acknowledged master of architectural photography. Toussaint's stature as historian of Mexican colonial architecture makes this the definitive study to date on this magnificent structure. Gray cloth with leather spine gilt titles and decorations black morocco spine label -- a very handsome book. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket. <br/><br/> Editorial Porrua hardcover books
198523745Mexico D.F: Universidad Nacional Autónama de México 1985. 16cm x 23cm. Cuaderno del Centro de Estudios de la Comunicación 11 259p bibl. ind. wrps Most useful. Several hundred titles listed by Mexican states Universidad Nacional Autónama de México unknown books
1992UTOUHIS00mmBarnes and Noble 1992. Very Good. Toussaint-Samat Maguelonne. History of Food. New York: Barnes and Noble 1992. 801pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with light rubbing. Barnes and Noble hardcover books
19542415Monaco: Editions du Rocher 1954. First Edition one of 900 on Aussedat Roto blanc from a total issue of 1000. Page size: 5-1/4 x 7-1/4 inches; 135pp; portrait frontis of author. Bound: handsomely bound in 3/4 red morocco and marbled boards spine with author and title in gilt top edge gilt marbled endpapers original wrappers bound in largely unopened fine. Editions du Rocher unknown books
1954WRCLIT35156Monaco: Editions du Rocher 1954. Printed wrappers. Portrait. Prefatory letter by Max Jacob. Introduction by Marcel Adema. First edition. One of nine hundred numbered copies for sale from a total edition of one thousand copies. Includes thirty-two hitherto unpublished letters and ten drawings by Apollinaire. Near fine. Editions du Rocher unknown books
194886595Lyon: Audin 1948. Limited Edition. Paperback. Very Good/Fair. color portrait facsimile lxxp.Softcover in original wrapper. 29cm.Glassine jacket has numerous chips and other wear and browning. French text. Copy No. 682 of a total edition of 1060 copies of which this and 599 other copies were printed "sur pur fil Lana" and numbered 401-1000. Jean Giraudoux was an important French playwright. <br/><br/> Audin paperback books
37382Paderborn Germany: Ferdinand Schoningh 2003. Hardcover. 9.5" x 7". 230pp. German. Numerous photographic plates within text. Blue and illustrated glossy paper boards. Some scuffing and shelf-wear to boards; few leaves with one corner slightly bent otherwise interiors clean and sound. Very Good. ISBN 3506791621 . VeryGood. Hardcover . Ferdinand Schoningh [2003] hardcover books
19676248Austin: University of Texas Press 1967. Folio pp xxvi 2 493. Inscribed by translator. Still the definitive text on the subject by Mexico's greatest authority on colonial art. Translated by Elizabeth Weismann from the 2nd revised Mexican edition. In addition the bibliography is "more than double the list of authors cited int he second edition and is augmented not only by titles published since 1961 but also by other useful titles especially in English." As well new documentation is noted passim in the text. Fine in like dust jacket. <br/><br/> University of Texas Press unknown books
19676249Austin: University of Texas Press 1967. First English language edition. Folio pp xxvi 2 493. An excellent survey of the subject by Mexico's greatest authority on colonial art.Translated by Elizabeth Weismann from the 2nd revised Mexican edition. In addition the bibliography is "more than double the list of authors cited in the second edition and is augmented not only by titles published since 1961 but also by other useful titles especially in English." As well new documentation is noted passim in the text. Previous owner's bookplate; lacking dust jacket. Near fine. <br/><br/> University of Texas Press unknown books
15263EBeverly Hills CA: Galerie Michael n.d. First Edition. Paperbound 8 3/8†x 11â€. With the ownership signature dated 1988 of E.R. Hagemann art scholar and author of German and Austrian Expressionism in the United States 1900 - 1939. An illustrated catalogue issued to accompany an exhibition of poster art created at the turn of the century by such masters as Jules Cheret Mucha Toussaint Ibels Grun Pal Steinlen and Grasset. With an essay by Gabriel P. Weisberg “Jules Cheret and the Color Revolution.†Fine in printed wrappers. Galerie Michael unknown books
