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19586163[Paris] Montréal, Éditions Erta, 1958. Grand in-8 en feuilles de 51-[5] p., couverture bleu rempliée.
18796329Paris, A. Quantin, 1879. 2 volumes in-12 de [6]-II-[2]-6 à 390-[2]p. et [4]-396p., demi-percaline verte, dos lisses, pièces de titre noires, têtes rouges (petit éclaircissement en queue du vol. 2).
17918A Amsterdam, Chez M.-M. Rey, 1776. 2 volumes in 1. (4), xxii, 272, (2) pp.; (2), 247, (3) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands. Kress 7197; Goldsmiths 11375; INED 1075; Echeverria & Wilkie 776/6; not in Sabin; not in JFBL; R. Darnton, The Corpus of Clandestine Literature in France 1769-1789, 258. Second edition, the work had been first launched in Amsterdam in 1772 before a French publisher dared to bring it on the market in France. That French publication was simultaneously with the present publication. 'Chastellux's analysis of American society was both more searching and influential. A member of the French Academy, one of the founders of the social sciences, and major general on Rochambeau's staff, he was easily the foremost intellectual in the French forces in America. In an earlier work, De la Félicité, he had sought to determine whether "society is susceptible, if not of perfection, at least amelioration," that is, of an increase in human felicity. (.....) The only possible answer was in social reform. The function of government, he posited, was to achieve "the greatest hapiness of the greatest number." Man must create through the free and enlightened use of his reason a liberal government midway between the extremes of pure democracy and pure absolutism, based upon a true understanding of economic principles (Physiocracy), which would guarantee a high standard of living, adequate leisure, and the right to private property. In this earlier work Chastellux had cited America as an example of man's ability to progress through liberty, reason, equality and agriculturism" (See at length: D. Echeverria, Mirage in the West, p. 110-14).
18768A Amsterdam, Chez J.L. de Lorme, 1704. Title printed in red and black. With 1 folding table. (10), 317, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering. Kress 2421; Goldsmiths 4038; Einaudi 1626,note; Sabin 98172n; Alden & Landis 704/56; Echeverria & Wilkie 704/7; not in Howes; not in Streeter; not in Leclerc; not in Muller; not in JFBL. The best edition, with extensive notes added. One of at least 7 editions published in 1704. Originally published in 1703. As a matter of fact there never was an English edition, but the author apparently preferred to pass it off as such to avoid problems with the authorities, since he represented the French court as an ambassador in The Hague. Anti-British work that surveys British trade and commerce in Europe and that with the American colonies and the Indies predicting that the Navigation Acts will result in revolt and independence for the British North American colonies. "Sets out the advantages and disadvantages of the Spanish War of Succession to Great Britain's commercial interests, together with the advantages to Spain of free trade in her colonies. This work is remarkable as containing a distinct prophecy of the revolt of the American colonies from Great Britain" (Encyclopaedia Britannica Online).
18735No place, 1772. 2 works bound in 1 volume. 151, (5, publisher's catalogue) pp.; 156, 3 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled edges. First work: Fay 10.; Sabin 25583; cf.: Kress B.122 (incomplete copy); Goldsmiths 11761 (lacking last 5 pp.); this edition not in Einaudi. Second French edition, first published in 1777. The translation is by F.A. Quétant & J.B. Lecuy. The work had a tremendous and instaneous appeal as a sort of gospel of the virtues of bourgeois thrift and common sense (see at length: Echeverria, Mirage in the West.) Includes, apart from "La Science ...." also: 'Interrogatoire de M. Franklin devant le Parlement d'Angleterre' (translated by P.S. Dupont de Nemours), followed by 'Constitution de la République de Pensylvanie, telle qu'elle a été établie par la Commission générale de Philadelphie, au mois de juillet 1776' and followed by 'L'interrogatoire de M. Penn à la Barre du Parlement au mois de novembre de la même année.'Second work: INED 2863; not in Kress; not in Higgs; not in Einaudi; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. Etienne Silhouette, to a certain extent influenced by the ideas of Fr. Quesnay, was controleur-général des finances in 1759. He planned to tax the land property of the nobility and to reduce pensions, which provoked his disgrace. - With label J.S. Dussi on front paste-down. A very nice copy.
18689A La Haye, aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1755. xvi, 246 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red label with gilt lettering, red edges. Kress 5420; Higgs 1029; cf.: INED 884; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Conlon; Sabin 9602; Howes B.1049; cf.: Leclerc 241; Echeverria & Wilkie 755/5. Edition published in the same year as the first edition. Butel-Dumont argues that Great-Britain owes her power and wealth to the colonies. He analyses the commerce and trade as well as the population of the British colonies at the time of the Guerre du Canada. With the outbreak of the Seven Years War, many of whose battles were to be fought in the New World, considerable curiosity about the British colonies was excited. This was one of the books profiting from this curiosity. It emphasized the phenomenal growth and prosperity of the colonies. 'This is the first extensive French text on the British North American colonies and was occasioned by the heightened tensions preceding the Seven Years War. It gives accounts of the geography, history, religion, government, economics, trade, and products of the several colonies' (Echeverria & Wilkie). According to INED this work was also attributed to Véron de Forbonnais.
1802PHO-1231Paris, F. Buisson, et Giguen, an X – 1802. In-4, broché ,titre sur le plat Atlas seul contenant 14 planches gravées (vues, costumes) et une carte dépliante du détroit qui sépare l'Asie de l'Amérique. Bon exemplaire.
1933200PARIS-XV°. EDITIONS MORNAY. 1933. IN-4 BROCHE (20,5 X 25 X 2,5 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE (4) + 206 PAGES, SOUS COUVERTURE REMPLIEE ILLUSTREE EN BEIGE, TITRE IMPRIME EN BISTRE. ILLUSTRE DE 54 COMPOSITIONS EN COULEURS DANS LE TEXTE. PREMIER TIRAGE LIMITE A 2080 EXEMPLAIRES NUMEROTES, DONT 80 HORS COMMERCE. UN DES 1900 SUR PAPIER BLANC DE RIVES A LA FORME, CELUI-CI PORTANT LE NUMERO 1761. «BELLE EDITION (PARUE HORS COLLECTION); ELLE EST TRES RECHERCHEE ET COTEE. ILLUSTRATION EXECUTEE SUR LES LIEUX MEMES PAR L'ARTISTE CANADIEN.» (CARTERET. IV. 199). QUELQUES ROUSSEURS EPARSES, SINON BON EXEMPLAIRE.
205663Paris, Dentu, 1807 in-8, [2] ff. n. ch., 310 pp., un f. n. ch. de table, avec un portrait-frontispice par Adam d'après Lawrence, broché sous couverture d'attente de papier rose, première couverture se détachant.
18757London, printed for J. Debrett, 1784. With 16 tables (mainly folding). (4), xlvii, 345, (30), 24 pp. and 4 lvs of publisher's catalogue. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments, green label with gilt lettering. Sabin 32633; JFBL S290; Howes H.616; not in Streeter; Kress B.784; Goldsmiths 12623; cf.: Black 1348 (Dublin edition); not in Einaudi. Much expanded edition. A detailed exposition and statistical comparison of the imports and exports of Great Britain and the United States, from 1700 to 1783. With each edition, Sheffield substantially revised and enlarged the text. Written in opposition to the bill introduced by Pitt in 1783, proposing to relax the navigation laws in favour of the States, the work was influential in determining the abandonment of the motion. Sheffield points up the weak position of America and continually stresses the growing commercial importance and potential of the West Indies and Canada (especially Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, particularly with regard to fisheries, lumber, and ship-building). Howes writes that the work was very influential in shaping England's trade policy from 1783 to 1789, so detrimental to American commerce and shipping interests as to contribute greatly to the formation of a Federal union, better able, than were the separate federated states, to retaliate against British maritime might.The tables provide extensive statistical information, giving a comparative export and import survey of the trade between the United States and other countries. The tables have been bound in a bit of a disorder: tables 12-15 are bound before the "Contents of Tables", the tables start with number 16, followed by the numbers 1-11, but all 16 tables are present. - Page xxiii/xxiv with some damage but no loss of text; inscribed by the author in upper margin of the title-page, slightly touched by the binder's knife.
176311860Londres, sans nom, 1763 ; 8 tomes in-12 ; demi-chagrin vert-sapin, dos lisses à grand décor de rinceaux et roses dorés, 4 faux-nerfs dorés, palette en queue, tranches marbrées multicolores (reliure du tout début XIXe) ; VIII, LX, 415 ; (4) en tête à chaque volume ; VIII, 560 ; IX, 566 ; VI, 454 ; VIII, 484 ; VI, 477 ; VI, 483 ; VI, 375, (1) pp. ; chaque tome a sa propre table alphabétique ; 2 portraits gravés par Legrand au tome 1er.
1953RO40192299Association des Diplômés de Polytechnique, Montréal. 1937-1953. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 13 volumes reliés (recueils) et 14 numéros brochés. Etiquettes de code sur les dos.. . . . Classification Dewey : 971-Canada
SLIVCN-9781685079765NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS INC (5/2023)
193324283Paris MORNAY 1933 1 Illustrations de Clarence Gagnon. Paris, Éditions Mornay, 1933, in-8, broché, couverture rempliée avec deux coeurs entrelacés couronnés, l'un surmonté d'un coeur enflammé et l'autre d'une croix, dos plat, 206 pages.
EXE004eeParis, Éditions du Polygone, 1927. In-4° broché, couverture illustrée.
18827A Londres, et se vend à Paris, Chez Le Breton, Desaint, Pissot, Lambert, 1755. xxiv, 336 pp. 12mo. Modern marbled boards, red leather label with gilt lettering. Kress 5421; Higgs 1030; INED 884; Goldsmiths 9028 (without the preliminaries); not in Einaudi; Conlon 55:545; Sabin 9602; JFBL B635; Howes B.1049; Leclerc 241; Echeverria, pp. 15n and 19; not in Muller. First edition, second issue ('Italic type' as identified by Echeverria & Wilkie) and without the errata on page xxiv and with the errata corrected. Butel-Dumont argues that Great-Britain owes her power and wealth to the colonies. He analyses the commerce and trade as well as the population of the British colonies at the time of the Guerre du Canada. With the outbreak of the Seven Years War, many of whose battles were to be fought in the New World, considerable curiosity about the British colonies was excited. This was one of the books profiting from this curiosity. It emphasized the phenomenal growth and prosperity of the colonies. 'This is the first extensive French text on the British North American colonies and was occasioned by the heightened tensions preceding the Seven Years War. It gives accounts of the geography, history, religion, government, economics, trade, and products of the several colonies' (Echeverria & Wilkie). According to INED this work was also attributed to Véron de Forbonnais. - Tiny hole in half-title and title, modern ex-libris on the front paste-down.
27205A Paris, Chez Cellot & Jombert, 1778. [2], 452, [4, Privilege du Roi, Fautes à corriger, blank] pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, red edges, a nice copy. Sabin 21037; Leclerc 868; Faÿ 11; Howes D.528; Monaghan, French Travellers in the United States, 580B; Muller 1597; not in Streeter sale; not in Kress; not in INED; Echeverria, Mirage in the West, p. 74; Echeverria & Wilkie, 778/20; Chadenat i, 813. First edition of this important work dealing with the War of Independence of the British colonies. An early French account of the Revolution, published about the time of the French entry into the war on the side of the Americans. "Day-by-day account of events from Gage's arrival at Boston until French recognition" - Howes. The author favours free trade with the American colonies, which had just been officially recognised as an independent state. Pp. 433-450 contain: Traité d'amitié et de commerce conclu entre le Roi et les Etats-Unis de l'Amérique septentrionale, le 6 février 1778 and U.S. Declaration of Independence: Declaration des Répresentans des Treize Provinces-Unies de l'Amérique, assemblées en Congrès-Général, le 4 juillet 1776 (pages 340-351.)
1976LBW-7722Québec, Librairie Garneau Limitée, 1976. 682 x 937 mm.
1843LBW-8309[Paris], Dépôt-Général de la Marine, 1843. 880 x 589 mm.
25734A Paris, Chez F. Buisson, An VI de la République (1798). Portrait-frontispiece of Franklin by Duplessis and engraved by Alex. Tardieu. Two volumes. (4), viii, 382 pp.; (4), 438 pp. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt in compartments, red title-labels, and blue volume labels, gilt stamped monogram SD at foot of spine on a red label, gilt fillet on all sides, very lightly damaged at head of spines, very small split in joint of front cover of volume 1. Quérard, France Littéraire, iii, 119; Brunet ii, 1382; Sabin 25543 (only volume 2); Fay, p. 37; not in Howes. First edition of this translation and followed by various other works, among which the famous Bonhomme Richard and various other pieces for the greater part not published before in French. There was an earlier publication of Franklin's memoirs, an unauthorized edition in 1791 by Gibelin, but it is in this edition the time Franklin spent at Passy is being dealt with. The first complete publication of his memoirs was published in 1868.
18754A Londres, De l'Imprimerie de Baylis, Se vend chez P. Elmsley et D. Bremner, ...... Mars - 1799. 2 volumes in 1. (4), 304 pp.; (4), 312 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, green label with gilt lettering, marbled boards, corners, very lightly rubbed. Goldsmiths 17528; Kress B.3894 (first edition); INED 2324; not in Mattioli; Sabin 35302 (for the English edition); not in JFBL; not in Echeverria & Wilkie; Stourm, p. 305; Martin & Walter 17023. Second, revised and enlarged edition. It was published in one volume in 1799 and translated into English almost immediately.Ivernois was a Swiss born economist and publicist. Despite the fact that the work is also a vicious pamphlet against the Directoire it contains "plus d'un grave sujet de réflexions et d'enseignement' (Coquelin & Guillaumin, i, p. 971). 'Particulièrement instructif' (Stourm). 'Matériaux historiques et économiques servant à réfuter l'assertion du Directoire, selon laquelle nos ressources sont entières. Pour Ivernois, un seul moyen d'en sortir: restituer nos récentes conquêtes territoriales' (INED). - Very small tear in blank outer margin of the title-page.
GF29187Beau manuscrit soulignant l'importance de la contribution du Canada à la guerre - Il parle de ce que lui évoque le Canada en partant de "l'étonnante silhouette de Québec" puis la campagne canadienne et la forêt des Laurentides - Il y était la semaine qui a précédé la déclaration de guerre - Il termine : "Que les soldats canadiens qui viennent en France sèment cette bonne graine et, après nous avoir aidés à gagner la guerre, ils nous feront gagner la paix"...-
98166Montréal, Thérien Frères, 1930-1931 4 vol. in-8, tabl. généalogique, demi-chagrin bordeaux à coins, dos ornés à nerfs (reliure de l'époque).
2010177532010 Impression en couleurs sur papier Canson à grains, signée en bas à gauche dans la planche, (1980), 41 x 29.5 cm.
237259Weimar, Wilhelm Hoffmann, 1828 2 parties en un fort vol. grand in-8, titre, XXX pp., un f. n. ch., 317 pp. ; IV pp., un f. n. ch., 324 pp., [2] ff. n. ch., avec des figures dans le texte et 13 planches hors texte, dont des plans dépliants des États-Unis, de New York, de Philadelphie, de Pittsburg et de l'Ohio aux contours rehaussés de couleurs, toile bleue modeste, dos lisse, étiquette de titre (reliure postérieure). Rousseurs.
