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1805008130London: John Murray 1805. Fold-out letter in facsimile facing page 369 in volume 3. Three frontispiece portrait engravings. Three volumes bound in contemporary mottled calf later 19th c. reback with gilt rules and decorations blind tooled decorations plain brown end papers. Very Good Plus Vols. I and II with volume label missing Vol III label with chip to top corner. Internally clean and bright a very well-bound set. Bonaparte family. . Third Edition. Mottled Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. Small 8vo. John Murray Hardcover books
1890RH1434Paris:: Gauthier-Villars 1890. 1890. 8vo. 230 pp. pages 15-16 torn without loss. Original green printed wrappers; covers off good working copy. Signature of Roger Hahn. Rare. Cited in Roger Hahn's classic The Anatomy of a Scientific Institution; The Paris Academy of Science 1666-1803 1971 p. 409. Gauthier-Villars, [1890]. unknown books
18161435761816. PARIS. Graphic Illustrations of the Most Prominent Features of the French Capital; with Characteristic Figures in the Foregrounds comprised in Twelve Stroke Engravings From Accurate Designs Taken in Paris during the Imperial Reign of Buonaparte. With Descriptive Notices and Interesting Anecdotes. 26 pp. Illustrated with 12 double-page engravings. Folio 430 x 380 mm bound in contemporary French three-quarter black morocco over marbled boards gilt title and floral vignettes on spine paper label with ms. number "20" on front cover and spine. London: Harper and Co. 1816. A fine copy of this extremely rare collection of views of Paris consisting of twelve artistically-conceived views of Paris engraved by English artists. The large double-page engravings incorporate local Parisians participating in daily routines within the setting of each view. Panoramic views include: the Military School and the Church of the Invalides; View of Paris from the South Boulevard; View of Paris from Montmartre; South View of the Old and New Louvre; The Mint and The Façade of the Louvre; View of La Place de la Concorde; The Garden of the West Front of the Tuileries; Palace of the Tuileries Facing La Place du Carrousel; Garden of the Tuileries; The Luxembourg or Palais du Senat with the Gardens; The Elysian Fields Distant Gardens of the Tuileries; Entrance to Les Champs Élysées and La Place de la Concorde. Each plate is followed by two pages of text giving historical details and anecdotes about the site illustrated. Minor wear to outer edges of binding plates and text clean. Rare: OCLC lists 6 copies worldwide of which only one is held in America Bowdoin College. hardcover books
18992332Paris Libririe Ollendorff 1899. Preface by Armand Sylvestre. 8mo. Original paper wraps with original glassine. The small limited edition of 30 on Japan paper numbered and signed by the author HENRI BOUTET ON THE COLOPHONE. Includes one ORIGINAL DRAWING in pencil signed by HENRI BOUTET and titled in pencil tipped in opposite the frontispiece. Includes TWO ETCHINGS printed in black and sanguine 3 suites one on Japon printed in sanguine and blue with the text one printed in colors on Japon without the text and the last suite on china paper without the text. In perfect condition. Libririe Ollendorff books
18902249Paris: Clermont-Huet ca. 1890. 4to. 6 pp. <br><br>Illustrated advertisement for military binoculars. The first page has a finely etched border with scenes of binoculars in use. Fair. Removed from a nonce volume. Last leaf detached. Brittle with tears especially along folds; one spot of internal chipping with loss of letters; leaf trimmed in another place just shaving a letter. Clermont-Huet unknown books
1869WRCAM54043Paris 1869. viii334pp. Publisher's printed wrappers. Wrappers and spine chipped front wrapper detached 20th- century bookplate on verso of front wrapper light occasional foxing. Good. A unique association copy of Louis Philippe d'Orléans' work in favor of trade unions inscribed by him to former Union General George B. McClellan. Prince Philippe volunteered for the Union Army during the Civil War and served on McClellan's staff for almost a year. His friendly inscription reads "Au General McClellan souvenir de son ancien aide de camp Louis Philippe D'Orleans." <br> <br> Prince Philippe a historian and author wrote several works of history including the present example and a multi-part history of the Civil War titled A HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. His experiences on the staff of Gen. McClellan greatly informed Prince Philippe's work generally considered a standard text on the War. The present work is a nice association copy between Prince Philippe and his one-time boss during the early years of the conflict. unknown books
1869135576Paris: Germer Bailliere 1869. viii 334p. marbled boards with banded Morocco spine heavily edgeworn interior pages very good with some foxing on outer pages. French history of English trade unions. Germer Bailliere unknown books
1829WRCAM10411Ithaca 1829. 360pp. Contemporary calf spine gilt leather label. Spine and boards worn leather label partially detached. Moderate age-toning and dampstaining. A good copy. Includes a section on the war with Algiers and the resulting peace treaty segments from the U.S. army register and peace treaties with various North American Indian tribes. HOWES D128. SABIN 18875. hardcover books
1829262410Ithaca: Davis & Saunders 1829 1829. First. hardcover. good. by Sea and Land.the Destruction of the City of Washington.To which will be Added the War with Algiers and the Treaty of Peace; The Treaties of Peace with the various Tribes of North American Indians.360pp. 12mo contemporary mottled calf leather label spine and edges of corners worn corners bumped light foxing throughout covers rubbed front flyleaf and last blank page holes in title-page with the partial loss of two letters bottom margin of dedication page torn. Ithaca: Davis & Saunders 1829. First Edition<br/><br/> Author served in the in the United States army during the War of 1812. Howes D-128. Sabin 18875.<br/><br/> Davis & Saunders, 1829 unknown books
1831EEG1043London:: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley 1831. 1831. 4to. Collation: a-b4 B-Z4 2A-2Z4 3A-3Z4 4A2. Pagination: 16 ads xv 1 547 1 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait folding plate of holographic letter facing p. 177 4 woodcut figures pp. 432-3 appendix Ads dated January 1831 tipped in. Original mauve cloth orange gilt-stamped spine label; neatly rebacked preserving original end leaves. Very good copy. PREFERRED QUARTO-SIZE TALLER FIRST EDITION. This is the first edition quarto issue. There was a two-volume octavo issue with the type reset also published in 1831 by the same publisher. Davy is credited with discovering chlorine and iodine and for isolating for the first-time potassium sodium calcium strontium barium magnesium and boron. As befit a well-rounded man of his day Ayrton describes him: "His mind was as vigorous as it was original and no less logical and precise as it was daring and comprehensive; nothing was too mighty for its grasp nothing too minute for its observation; like the trunk of the elephant it could tear up the oak of the forest or gently pluck the acorn from its branch" p.14. While the prose at times can border on the hagiographic the reports of Davy's discoveries and his personal and professional relationships with the great men of his age make for fascinating reading. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. hardcover books
18752260648Porter & Coates 1875. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. No jacket part of spine-head missing pages lightly toned. 1875 Hard Cover. xvi 640 pp. Includes fold-out map. CONTENTS: The American Army: The Volunteers of the Eighteenth Century; The Regular Army; The Army of Occupation in Mexico; The Army of Invasion in Mexico; The American Army Among the Indians. Secession: Slavery; The Confederate Volunteers; The Presidential Elections; Fort Sumter; The Federal Volunteers. The First Conflict: Rivers and Railways; Bull Run; Preparations for the Strife; The Materiel of War. The First Autumn: Lexington; Ball's Bluff; Roanoke; Hampton Roads. Notes. Maps. Porter & Coates hardcover books
1815983829Finart Noël-Dieudonné b Condé 1797 - d Paris 1852 . <b>L'Allemande à Deux/ou le hongrois à Paris. </b> Etching Dessiné par Finart/Graveé par Thiebaut. 1815. Paris: Basset 1815. From Les Alliés à Paris en 1815. Scènes de moeurs. A paris;chez Basset rue St jacques no. 64. First series. Colas 1963 1070. Etching hand colored. 8 ½ x 11 ½" trimmed to just above the top rule; at bottom trimmed with the loss of the publisher's information. Verso shows removal from album. Colors excellent. <br />The publication in which this etchings appeared Les Alliés à Paris en 1815 is composed of two suites the first of six plates as here; the second of eight plates. All hand colored not numbered. The scenes represent the "galanterie" between the coalition of allied armies Prussian Russian and others who were quartered until October of 1815 in the French capital. after the victory of Waterloo Various artists French and otherwise took advantage of this quartering to portray uniformed men from all over Europe. Colas notes: The etchings are very interesting for the uniforms and also for the French women's dress of the period. Colas notes that two suites are almost never found complete. In Colas' time 1933 each engraving could sell from 400 to 800 Francs. Noël-Dieudonné Finart was a painter of history particularly of military history Finart exhibited at the Salon since 1817 with "Champ de manoeuvres de Clignancourt". From 1833 onwards he regularly exhibited at the Salon des scènes militaires. Ref. Bénézit . Lipperheide 1965 Xe214. <br /><br />Only 14 etchings were done for this series. All are rare <br /> Basset books
18694152Paris France: Ledot Jeune Editeur 1869. CDV photograph of a painted image of the Rue de Rivoli; Ledot Jeune Editeur 168 Rue de Rivoli Paris Photographie Taupin 45 Rue du Port St. Ouen Paris Batignolles studio imprint on back of mount; not dated circa 1869. Approx. 2 ½" x 4" overall size. Light edge tips wear and darkening to card mount old mounting tape residue on back; in very good condition. Photography. Very Good. Ledot Jeune Editeur unknown books
187025408Paris France: Achille Quinet 1870. A large-format albumen process photographic image of the bridge & the Conciergerie; laid down to thin cardstock with the studio stamp in red ink of Achille Quinet below the photo at bottom right. Image approx. 7 1/2" x 10" size; the cardstock makes it approx. 12 1/2" x 17 3/4" overall. No date noted; circa 1870. Cardstock with a little spotting little bit of rippling; image clear and well-taken a good detailed view of the building & bridge; in very good condition. A nice example of the work of French photographer Achille Leon Quinet 1831 - 1907. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Achille Quinet paperback books
187025409Paris France: Achille Quinet 1870. A large-format albumen process photographic image of the famous gothic style Basilica in Paris. Laid down to thin cardstock with the studio stamp in red ink of Achille Quinet below the photo at bottom right. Image approx. 7 1/2" x 9 3/4" size; the cardstock makes it approx. 12 1/2" x 17 3/4" overall. No date noted; circa 1870. Cardstock with a little spotting little bit of rippling; image clear and well-taken a good detailed view of the front facade of the basilica; in very good condition. A nice example of the work of French photographer Achille Leon Quinet 1831 - 1907. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Achille Quinet paperback books
187025410Sedan France: Hector Husson 1870. Large format albumen process photographic image of this view of the town hall and square in Sedan with the statue of the Viscount of Turenne By Hector Husson. Laid down to thin cardstock with the studio stamp in ink of Husson below the photo at bottom left; the title Sedan is imprinted below on the card mount. On the back of the mount is the small stationer's ticket of G. Tellier 5 rue Napoleon Sedan. Image approx. 6 3/4" x 9 1/4" size; the cardstock makes it approx. 13" x 15 3/4" overall. No date noted; circa 1870. Cardstock with a little spotting; image clear and well-taken a good detailed view of the front facade of the town hall with several men in military or gendarmerie uniforms in front; other workers men in front of the statue of Turenne; in very good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Hector Husson paperback books
184229653Paris: Marchant 1842. Two volumes bound in one. Quarto. Full gilt-ruled dark green morocco with raised bands on spine in blindstamped compartments titling gilt inner dentelles gilt dark green endpapers with doublure pattern.<br/><br/>Each volume consists of 3 preliminary leaves plus 40 full-page plates and 162 pp. of text for a total of 80 fine lithographic portraits of dancers singers and actors in role portraits finely-printed on china paper and laid down to mounts.<br/><br/>With biographical essays on each subject including:<br/><br/>Dancers Perrot Elssler Taglioni Thillon Leroux and Grisi<br/><br/>Singers Deburau Duprez Fargueil Aine Levasseur Rubini Persiani Prevost Damoreau Lafont Lablache Grisi Tamburini Klein singer and actor Stolz Thillon Chollet Roger Mario and Dorus-Gras<br/><br/>Actors Rachel M. Melingue Plessy Mme. Melingue Achard Doze Odry Lepeintre Jeune Dupont Boutin Flore Georges Joanny Albert Vertpre Monrose Bocage Firmin Saint-Ernest Mars Menjaud Sauvage Bardou Beauvallet Alcide-Tousez Mme. Volnys Ferville Mr. Volnys Guillemin Gauthier Arnal Clarisse Chilly Moessard Brunet Albert Provost Brohan Anais Vernet Desmousseaux Dorval Regnier Mante Julienne Lepeintre Aine Dejazet Numa Samson Sainville Ligier Colon Leplus Raucourt Bouffe and Lemaitre <br/><br/>The biographical articles are each 4 or 6 pages in length; the lithographs are quite finely-drawn. A third volume was planned and at least 18 plates appeared but the volume was never completed.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped. Minor wear; some foxing to mounts heavier to some leaves; some leaves slightly loose including title to Book I; some signatures loose; some browning to Book II. Most plates to Book I with tissue guards. <br/><br/>The illustrative plates are in very good condition overall. A significant contribution to the iconography of the period offering important evidence of contemporary performers and theatrical costume. Marchant unknown books
1900258344Paris: Editions de l'Éducation Libertaire 1900. Pamphlet. 16p. string-bound wraps 4.25x6.75 inches wraps worn and soiled front wrap unevenly browned and lightly foxed leaves unopened else very good condition. Text in French. The Groupe des Etudiants Socialistes Révolutionnaires Internationalistes de Paris was founded in 1891. It begun as a group for socialists of all types but became an anarchist group in 1894. Editions de l'Éducation Libertaire unknown books
182329769London: Printed for Longman Hurst Rees Orme Brown and Green 1823. First book edition. According to the preface many of the letters had been published in the "European Magazine. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary marbled boards recently rebacked with brown morocco. Some light rubbing light spotting of text mostly at front and back else very good. First book edition. According to the preface many of the letters had been published in the "European Magazine". 1 vols. 8vo. The Marquis de Vermont and Sir Charles Darnley Bart are both pseudonyms. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green unknown books
1896211412Paris: Champion 1896. hardcover. very good. Volume I only. 1895-1896. Illustrations throughout the text and 4 folding maps at the rear. Tall 8vo 1/2 crimson morocco marbled boards. Paris: H. Champion & A. Fontemoing 1896. First Edition. Very good .<br/><br/> Champion unknown books
190015651Paris France: A. Taride 1900. Black and white card; undivided back; postally used; addressed to Mr. Edward C. Kenney Penn and Perdido Sts. New Orleans Louisiana; light wear and soiling; very good condition. Very Good. A. Taride unknown books
187829001Paris: A. Quantin 1878. One of 330 copies. Some illustrations each with introduction by L'Abbé Valentin Dufour. 4 vols. 8vo. Recent red morocco gilt backed blue cloth by G. Gauché. Some light discoloration but generally very good. One of 330 copies. Some illustrations each with introduction by L'Abbé Valentin Dufour. 4 vols. 8vo. A. Quantin unknown books
1876770111876. Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orleans PARIS comte de. HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. Translated with the approval of the author by Louis F. Tasistro. Edited by Henry Coppee. Philadelphia: Jos. H. Coates & Co. 1876. Volume 1 only. Fold-out maps with outline color. Octavo. xvi640 pp. Blue cloth gilt-stamped armorial device to top board and title to spine; brown coated endpapers. A bit of rubbing to and shelfwear cloth and slight sunning at spine but generally a crisp copy. Small abraded patch to ffep. else clean within and very good overall. unknown books
185530824.1Paris 1855. Hardcover. G Average wear to edges and corners; opening page has separated and is present; pages have aged evenly and are clean. Brown textured boards gilt letters on spine lx 591 pp. No illus. Text is in French. On spine: Exp. Univ. 1855. A text list only of the paintings sculptures engravings lithography and architecture that were presented in this 1855 exhibit. hardcover books
182476075New York: F. & R. Lockwood. Very Good. 1824. Contemporary Tree Calf. Two Volumes. 2nd American Ed. From the 5th enlarged London Edition. 9 by 5 ½ inches in contemporary tree calf with gilt printed red leather labels to the spines. Some foxing/toning to the contents; bindings show modest scuffing/wear but fairly attractive. . F. & R. Lockwood unknown books
