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Primary source account of the Belenzada Affair, by a British marine serving on HMS Cornwallis (1813) and participating in the event at Lisbon, describing daily and hourly actions taking place during the counter-revolution begun by Queen Maria II. Annotated by a contemporary transcriber who seems to be a friend of the diarist and presumably the recipient of the original letter, to front upper margin: "Extract Private letter" and to the end leaf: "Novr. 3d 1836 Revolution at Lisbon Copy of Wms Report of it". 8vo. 7 pages in manuscript. Two double leafs measuring approximately 21 x 26,5 cm. Occasional creasing, very minor loss to first leaf, not affecting legibility of context, otherwise in very good condition. The Belenzada, also known as the Belém Affair, was an attempted coup in November 1836 by Queen Maria II of Portugal and her husband Prince Ferdinand II, to remove the liberal government which had been established by the September Revolution, and to reinstate the Constitutional Charter of 1826. Despite enjoying diplomatic support from the United Kingdom and Belgium, the attempt was frustrated by the determination of the National Guard, the regular army and the general population of Lisbon. This primary source document provides a superbly detailed chronical of events of one counter-revolution in Imperial Portugal, initiated by Queen Maria II herself, as a response to the uprising of the Setembrismo and Cartismo movement to end the political "devorismo" ('devourism') as it was termed at the time. The event is all-but-forgotten by Western historians, albeit said to be one of the three most important of conspiracies or plots executed during this period of unrelenting political conflict. Manuscript
Archive of London Artist, featuring a tribute to king of Belgium; comprises 5 published book dustjackets for notable authors, 2 bookplate designs, 11 heraldic arms of the British monarchy and the Royal Armed Forces, 30 hand-drawn and coloured Oxford coat of arms, 21 unique greeting cards, 7 photographs, and a few other items pertaining to publications and to colleges. Artworks and photographs range in size, the smallest measuring approximately 8 x 11 cm and the largest measuring 20 x 25 cm. With the exception of the greeting cards and bookplates, all other works are mounted to large cardstock leafs measuring approximately 29 x 35 cm. Two series of works are accompanied by typescript descriptions; one is accompanied by a facsimile letter from the College of Arms in London. The lot in very good condition, providing insight into the works of an all but forgotten London-based commercial artist who was active before and during the Second World War. Norman Walker James (1886-1963) was a commercial artist and designer established in London from about 1910-1911. He is listed as a Decorative Designer residing at a boarding house in Kensington, in the 1911 census. Although little-known today, he evidently rose to some acclaim in his trade, as he was selected to design a memorial tablet for Belgian King Albert I. Born in Leicester, he was the son of a congregational minister. The present archive consists of an artist's own retained copies of his work, which form a fascinating portfolio of a man who was notable and active, not long ago from the 1920s into at least the 1940s, and yet seems to be vanished into obscurity. His undertakings and contracts connected him to Belgian royalty, notable publishers, and administrators of renowned college institutions. Especially interesting are the items pertaining to his contribution to a memorial located in the Sint-Maartenskathedraal in Ypres [St Martin's Cathedral re-built in 1930] , including a photograph of the tablet designed by James and accompanied by his design description, two coats of arms printed true-to-size as they would be on the tablet, as well as two rare large press photographs of its unveiling on 21 May 1938. The tablet served to honour Albert I King of Belgium together with the British Armed Forces for the gift of the exquisite rose stained glass window mounted above the south transept door. James designed the nine-foot tall tablet, on which he hand painted the inscription, and which was unveiled by King Leopold III. It featured the coat of arms of Albert I, as well as the Arms of the British Army, the RAF and the Dragoon Guards. Some of James' dustjacket designs retained here include: Commodore Anson's Voyage Into the South Seas and Around the World, by Boyle T. Somerville, published in 1934; The Recollections of Sir Henry Dickens, published in 1934; The Daughters of George III, by Dorothy Margaret Stuart, published in 1939; War & Peace, by Leo Tolstoy, published in 1942 (Also with original book boards); The Heart of Jade, by Salvador de Madariaga, published in 1944. Other book and publishing related designs include: Four photographs showing the dedication leafs and front boards of a book issued by Great Britain's Postal Administration to commemorate the tricentennial anniversary of Norway's postal service and to celebrate the two nations' collaboration in a Universal Postal Union; A front wrapper for a 1934 issue of "Paris Salon Illustrated" magazine for artists. On two leafs are mounted 30 hand coloured drawings of heraldic shields, being the Arms of the University of Oxford, and twenty-nine of its colleges or halls, some examples of which include Pembroke College, St. John's College, Jesus College, Queens College, Magdalen College, and Campion Hall. A ticket of R. P. Gossop Limited stamped "Norman James" reveals a connection to the agency. [Reginald Percy Gossop (1876-1951) was a commercial artist specializing in graphic and landscape art, and is best remembered for designing posters for the Underground Group from 1925 to 1932. He started an agency for artists circa 1920. He studied at Birkbeck College in London, then at the Hammersmith School of Art.] Manuscript
Bound in Continental full vellum. The engraved title depicting the author showing a geometrical drawing to William Prince of Orange. Engraved title. (6),475 pp. and 70 double-page engraved plates. Bottom Margin of title page with old owners name clipped. This was the largest work hitherto published on fortification, and it is specially interesting for containing 29 plans of European fortresses. It was originally published in Latin the year before and a French translation appeared the same year as this German edition. (Willems, Les Elzevier No 1064). - Sotheran Second Suppl. No 20981 (French edition) - Brunet II:788. - Klaus Jordan No 911. - Sloos, Warfare and the Age of Printing, 8029
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- s.d. (circa 1720), 63,2x53cm, une feuille rempliée. - Carte originale rehaussée en couleurs. En haut à gauche un cartouche montre la région de Saint Petersbourg et la Neva. Très grand cartouche allégorique de titre en haut à droite. Un médaillon au centre à droite montre le Fort Alexandre de Kronstadt. Bel exemplaire. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
4to [30 x 22 cm]; 2 volumes, [vi], 92; [iv], 104 pp, complete with 96 fine engraved plates and 13 engraved maps including one folding, on heavy india proof paper. contemporary half red morocco, marbled boards, all edges gilted, gilt spine title lettering, joints rubbed and scuffed, some plates pulled but intact, internal hinge cracked but firm, very good, clean copy with only light foxing on a few plates. A picture A superbly illustrated work on 12 mountain passes including the Little Saint Bernard, the Mont Genevre, the Mont Cenis, the Mont Saint Gothard, the Great Saint Bernard, the Monte Stelvio, the Cornice, the Grimsel and the Gries, the Bernardine and the Splugen, the Brenner, the Tende and the Argentiere and the Simplon, each pass with a map. Neate B170. The painter Brockedon traversed the Alps 58 times, crossing more than 40 different passes, in the course of his researches. He had helped in the preparation of Murray's Swiss guidebook.
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184319239La Russie en 1839 par le marquis de Custine. De la lettre 1 à la lettre 36.Tableau pliant de la généalogie des Princes et Princesses de Brunswick.Rare édition originale. Paris, Amyot - 1843 - xxxj, 354, 416, 470 et 544 pages. Complète du tableau des faux titres.Reliure demi basane brune de l'époque. Dos lisse aux caissons de titre et de tomaison. Coiffes entières et en bon état. Papier des plats frotté. Une tache sur le papier du plat supérieur du tome 3. Bords et coins frottés. Quelques rousseurs éparses. Très bon état. Format in-8° (22x14).On a rapproché La Russie en 1839 du livre publiée quelques années auparavant par Tocqueville (De la démocratie en Amérique). Les deux oeuvres ont en commun leur caractère visionnaire. La démarche sensible de Custine n'a cependant rien de commun avec celle, scientifique, de Tocqueville. L'auteur de La Russie en 1839 a mal vu, mais bien deviné, le système tsariste, ainsi que l'évolution que celui-ci risquait de connaître (la révolution).Des extraits de La Russie en 1839 ont été publiés sous le titre Lettres de Russie, ce qui explique que l'ouvrage de Custine soit souvent dénommé de cette façon.Bien que présentée comme un recueil de lettres écrites pendant son voyage, La Russie en 1839 a été rédigée par Custine entre 1840 et 1842 et publiée seulement en 1843, longtemps après son séjour en Russie.
2011DADAX0367440628Routledge 2020-11-12. 23. hardcover. New. 8.40x2.20x11.20. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Routledge hardcover
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173311861, , 1733 ca. Manuscrit in-4 de 731-(1) pp.,17 lignes par page, nombreux passages soulignés, notes marginales, demi-basane marbrée, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches jaspées (reliure de l'époque).
196908Genève, Jullien, 1908-1919 8 vol. in-12, planches, demi-veau blond, dos à nerfs orné, couv. cons. (rel. moderne).
1st Edition Period Half Leather with raised bands and gilt spine lettering and adornment. 8vo, iv, 572, iv, 572 pages. Complete 1st 24 issues of the New Series of this monthly spiritualist periodical. Continuation of The British Spiritual Telegraph and The Christian spiritualist. Includes essays by Henry Ward Beecher, and about Bengal Spiritualism, Levitation in Spain, Spiritualism and Christianity, Zouave a Young Creative Medium, etc. Bibliography of Spiritualism, Lincolns Dream of Warning, Manx Superstitions, SUBJECT(S): Spiritualism -- Periodicals. OCLC: 728344879. OCLC lists only 3 holdings worldwide (Boston Pub Libm Kings Col London, British Lib). Front blank endpaper of Vol I loose, all text pages clean and nice, binding solid and good. Some rubbing and edgwear to boards and spine, Still attractive, About Very Good- Condition Overall. Rare and important. (AC-22-18)
220273Tours, Jamet Mettayer, 1592 2 parties en un vol. in-8, [2] ff. n. ch. (titre, dédicace), 171 ff., un f. n. ch. d'errata - [4] ff. n. ch. (titre intermédiaire, seconde dédicace), [172] ff. mal chiffrés 182 (il y a saut de chiffrage du f. 124 au 135), maroquin cerise, dos à nerfs orné de caissons à froid, double filet doré sur les coupes, tranches dorées sur jaspure, large encadrement de guirlandes et filets dorés sur les contreplats (Duru, 1831).
237964in-8, demi-basane havane, dos lisse, filets dorés et à froid, tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque). Petit manque à la coiffe supérieure.
In-4 p. (mm. 290x193), mz. pelle mod., dorso a cordoni con fregi e tit. oro, conserv. copertina edit. in cartoncino verde, tagli marmorizz., pp. XIX,165 (prima parte); pp. XXV,566 (seconda parte). Questa celebre opera è illustrata da 210 disegni nel t. e da 50 tavv. in cromolitografia f.t., ciascuna con numerose figure, per lo più tratte dall'opera "Die Voegel Europas" di F. Arnold del 1897. La prima parte è dedicata a uno studio sulla struttura, distribuzione, migrazioni, ecc. degli uccelli. La seconda contiene la descrizione di ciascuna specie e sottospecie degli uccelli europei riconosciute dall’Autore (oltre 600). Unita una bibliografia dell'ornitologia europea. "Edizione originale" di questa importante monografia. Cfr. Zimmer,I,1902. Esemplare ben conservato. "Ettore Arrigoni degli Oddi (1867-1942) è stato uno dei migliori conoscitori della fauna ornitologica italiana e autore di più di duecento pubblicazioni. Fra le opere di carattere riassuntivo e di maggior mole si devono ricordare: 'Atlante ornitologico degli uccelli europei' (Milano 1902), 'Manuale di ornitologia italiana' (Milano 1904) e 'Ornitologia italiana' (Milano, 1929)". Cosi' Diz. Biografico degli Italiani, IV, p. 322.
