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3702Woodcut royal arms on title. 1 p.l. 34 pp. Small folio cont. French red morocco panelled in gilt in the style of the "cabinet du Roi" gilt arms & ciphers Olivier 2495 fer 2 on covers with ciphers on spine a.e.g. Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale 1743. First edition and very uncommon. This catalogue the splendid Han Fürstenberg - Otto Schäfer - Jacques Bemberg copy lists the plates made of the collections of the king including paintings medals royal chateaux fountains grottoes statues busts tapestries and jewels along with records of festivals entrances battles etc. etc. "Colbert understanding that engraving was the best means to disseminate and preserve knowledge of the undertakings of Louis XlV began to assemble a group of outstanding engravers. By 1660 they had achieved the stature of independent artists and by 1670 had become a special group under the protection of the king joined together at the Gobelins around Charles Le Brun and Sebastien Le Clerc. From 1660 André Félibien was charged with providing descriptions of maisons royales and Adam Van der Meulen and Israel Silvestre were sent to the newly conquered territories to make views of the principal chateaus and fortresses. Other commissions for the Cabinet du Roi included engravings by Chauveau of the king's paintings at the Tuileries; copies of paintings and sculpture by Claude Mellan Rousselet and Audran in the galleries of the king; copies by Ronelet of the king's collection of medals; and other works of art and architecture by Rousselet Silvestre Chauveau and Le Clerc. At the same time the Académie des Sciences began scholarly works commissioned by Colbert.Illustrators for these works were Abraham Bosse Sebastien Le Clerc who often made engravings for Claude Perrault Nicolas Bailly and L. de Châtillon. "From 1670 Colbert determined to join these engravings in a collection. He proposed that at the end of each year a temporary volume would be composed of all types of works with the text printed in French and Latin. At the end of ten or twelve years the collection would be subdivided by topics so that the king would have volumes separated into all the sciences and achievements of his reign. "A complete record of the king's possessions was never achieved but the plan was continued by his successors. The engravings from the Cabinet du Roi were first published in a variety of sizes and separately. They were then collected into volumes according to Colbert's plan but sporadically. In 1727 a new edition was published with additional plates and a catalogue. A third edition of twenty-three volumes with further additions and an index was issued in 1743. Later sets were formed with plates from various editions. The plates survive to the present day at the Chalcographie du Louvre."-Millard French Books 46. This catalogue was issued as a guide to the contents of the fifty sets of 956 plates of the 1743 edition which were prepared as gifts see Balayé La Bibliothèque Nationale des origines à 1800 pp. 226-27. Fine copy. 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
1783WRCAM34309Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale 1783. 35pp. Quarto. Later marbled boards leather label. Very minor marginal dampstain throughout. Near fine untrimmed. The official French printing of the final treaty of peace between France and England in the American War of Independence concluded Sept. 3 1783 the same day as the final peace between the other powers in the conflict. Because of the French naval setbacks in 1782 the treaty resulted in little territorial loss for England and the powers returned each other's Caribbean possessions. Furthermore England's claims to Newfoundland were maintained and mutual fishing rights off the Canadian coast were agreed upon. The NUC and OCLC together locate nine copies of this scarce printing. DAVENPORT 171. SABIN 96557. OCLC 25450771 21984761. de l'Imprimerie Royale hardcover books
48752A beautiful and rare album comprising title page a map showing the location of the naval battle of Kil-Bouroun Kinburn and 15 chromolithographic plates depicting mostly maritime scenes after the battle along the ice-bound Dnieper River including inside the fort disembarking onto the ice and ruined fortifications lithographed and colored by Eugene Ciceri and Adolphe Bayot the ships drawn by Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio after drawings by Paris. Some details appear to be hand-colored. Some scattered foxing small stain to inside front cover a few small tears along binding spine very slightly shaken. Folio. Full leather raised spine. Paris Arthus-Bertrand/Becquet Freres n.d. circa 1856. The Battle of Kil-Bouroun Kinburn took place during the final phase of the Crimean War on October 17 1855 at the tip of the peninsula of Kinburn along the Dnieper River in modern-day Ukraine. During this naval battle the British and French forces destroyed the Russian navy having attacked them with a fleet of ironclad ships. The decisive battle helped to signify the decline of the traditional wooden warship. Very scarce; as of February 2020 WorldCat locates only two holdings in North America of this suite. hardcover books
1783WRCAM20840London 1783. 14pp. Quarto. Antique half calf and marbled boards. Some minimal old ink underscoring else a near fine copy untrimmed. The first British publication of the terms of peace agreed upon between France and England after the American Revolution. The French had hoped to obtain more from England in the final peace settlement but De Grasse's catastrophic naval loss to Rodney in the Caribbean in 1782 weakened their position and the American commissioners forced their hand by coming to their own accord with the British on Nov. 30 1782. By this treaty the British cede Newfoundland fishing rights return St. Lucia and Tobago to France and France gives back Nevis Grenada St. Kitts Montserrat and St. Vincent to the British as well as territorial exchanges in India. This treaty was vital to the final resolution of the American Revolution since the United States was pledged to move with France as an ally and was not in a position to settle without her. The final treaties of all the warring powers were signed on Nov. 3 1783. DAVENPORT 169. AMERICAN CONTROVERSY 83-45. hardcover books
1784WRCAM34380Grenada: Printed by John Spahn 1784. 4pp. on a folio sheet folded once to quarto size. Splitting along most of the fold but the two leaves not detached. Stained along upper edge lightly tanned. Good. In a half morocco box. A very rare Grenada imprint printing extracts from the treaties which concluded the French and Indian War and the American Revolution especially those portions pertaining to Grenada and to Britain's guarantee of freedom of religion in her colonies. This proclamation was printed in Grenada by John Spahn and although undated was likely produced in 1784 following the news of Britain's re-acquisition of Grenada after the Treaty of Paris concluding the American Revolution. <br> <br> Four articles are reprinted from the Treaty of 1763 ending the French and Indian War: Article 4 passing all of Canada over to the British and ensuring freedom of religion to the former French subjects; Article 9 ceding Grenada the Grenadines St. Vincent Dominica and Tobago to the British and ensuring the same religious freedoms as those guaranteed to the former French subjects in Canada; and two articles pertaining to administrative matters. Four articles are also reprinted from the 1783 Treaty of Paris which ended the American Revolution: Article VII through which Britain ceded St. Lucia and Tobago to the French and in which the French guaranteed religious freedom to the Protestant inhabitants of the islands; Article VIII which gave Grenada the Grenadines St. Vincent's Dominica St. Christopher's Nevis and Montserrat and under which the British guaranteed religious freedom; and two other articles addressing legal and administrative questions. The third item reprinted is a proclamation by George III "given at Our Town of Fort Royal" in 1764 proclaims the sovereignty of British law on Grenada and the other recently acquired islands: "the laws of Great Britain are in force in this Island as far as the Nature and Circumstances of the Colony will permit; and that all other Jurisdictions Offices Commissions and Proceedings for the future not founded on those Our Laws of England are hereby declared to be absolutely determined utterly void and totally abolished." The Proclamation authorizes the calling of a General Assembly for the islands and gives the Governor General the power to institute laws and courts on the island until the legislature convenes. <br> <br> Printing on Grenada began as early as 1765 and continued through the French occupation of 1779-83. OCLC carries only one listing for John Spahn as a printer on Grenada - as publisher of the ST. GEORGE'S CHRONICLE AND GRENADA GAZETTE in 1800. Although the present extracts are undated it is most likely that they were printed shortly after the British regained control of Grenada in 1784. This document is not listed on OCLC nor are any Grenada imprints from the 1780s. A rare collection of treaty extracts carrying important information about the political and religious state of affairs in Grenada and the West Indies. Due to the humid climate in the area 18th-century imprints from the West Indies are virtually unobtainable. Printed by John Spahn unknown books
1875244190Paris: Michel Levy 1875. hardcover. very good. 7 volumes. Tall thick 8vo 3/4 blue morocco marbled boards t.e.g. a few hinges have been reinforced bookplates on marbled endpapers. Paris: Michel Levy 1875-1883. Very good.<br/><br/> Each volume has a 1 2 or 5 page autographed letter written by the author tipped in a small 5 page letter in an separate envelope. Prince Philippe d'Orleans Count of Paris Louis Philippe Albert 1838-1894 was the grandson of Louis Phillippe I King of the French the last French ruler. A historian journalist and democrat he volunteered to serve as a Union Army officer in the American Civil War. His history of that war is considered a standard reference work.<br/><br/> Michel Levy unknown books
1783WRCAM20839London 1783. 10pp. printed in double-column format in parallel French and English. Small quarto. Dbd. Some old minor ink underscoring. Else very good. Untrimmed. In a half morocco box. The official English publication of the preliminary articles of peace between Spain and England. By this treaty an armistice was concluded Britain gave back the Floridas to Spain and Spain restored the Bahamas to England. AMERICAN CONTROVERSY 83-44. DAVENPORT 170. unknown books
5938Engraved frontis. port. & six folding engraved plates. 2 p.l. vii 1 40 256 pp. 8vo cont. red straight-grained morocco upper cover with small ink-stain some foxing panelled in gilt outer border elaborately gilt flat spine gilt a.e.g. Besançon: Librairie de Deis 1821. The catalogue of the collection of books and antiquities of Pierre-Adrien Pâris; the greatest professional library of the early 19th century. He bequeathed it to the city of Besançon. It contained a number of the essential books on architecture about 1500 manuscript architectural designs by Pâris and paintings and drawings by Fragonard Boucher and Saint-Aubin. Pâris 1745-1819 was architect to Louis XVI designer of the royal cabinet and directed royal festivities at Versailles Marly and Trianon. The collection reflects his deep appreciation for the classical architecture of Greece and Rome where he journeyed several times. During these trips he sketched buildings and artifacts found at Pompeii Herculaneum Paestum and other sites which along with other drawings compose the 1500 architectural designs described here. These experiences prepared him to serve as director of the Académie de France in Rome under Napoleon where he was responsible for excavations at the Colosseum. The library has considerable sections on architecture history the arts of antiquity etc. The first 40 pages provide a biographical sketch of Pâris. Pages 1-146 enumerate 777 lots of books. Pages 147-222 contain a description of his cabinet 509 lots. The book concludes with an index of authors and artists. The engravings depict bronzes terra cotta sculptures marble statues and other unique items in the collection. Nice copy apart from the foxing. From the library of Bernard H. Breslauer his sale Christie's NY 22-23 March 2005 lot 660. ❧ N.B.G. Vol. 39 cols. 209-10. unknown books
16864982Toulouse: Chez Jean Boude 1686. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 8 pp. Bound in marbled wrappers and housed in a fine red morocco case. $3850 Extremely rare first and only edition of this detailed popular newsletter concerning the contemporary reception of three Siamese ambassadors in Paris in September of 1686. The report gives a full description of their entrance their itinerary and the names and qualities of the individual ambassadors - whose 9-month stay in northern France between 1686 and 1687 must have provoked enormous interest. Providing the reader with some background the work notes that the King of Siam having been only recently convinced of the greatness of Louis XIV and the French nation has decided to send three more mandarins as envoys. "Ces Mandarins sont tres-honnestes les meilleures gens du monde doux civils & complaisans de tres-bonne & agreeable humeur .". According to this account they arrived at Brest on the 18th of June and reached Paris only on the 12th August. On the 'first day of this month of September' the delegation was officially presented to Louis XIV. Its centerpiece was the King of Siam's letter to Louis written on a blade of gold encased in a golden boëte bottle and poised atop a golden chalice all of which was carried aloft on a machine by 12 Swiss guards. The ambassadors themselves it is recorded took care to cover the machine with their parasols. Upon meeting the king "ils firent une profonde reverence en leur maniere se prosterant & mettant leurs mains sur leur vissage". The gifts presented by the envoys are notable for their overwhelming Japanese provenance a closed center of trade to the French and are accompanied here by occasional offhand remarks. Two vases of tombac a flexible alloy similar to brass are thought "presque aussi précieux que l'or" and are imputed to be "what the ancients called electrum"; two samurai swords presented by the King of Japan to the King of Siam are accompanied by the remark "they say that those who know how to handle these swords properly can cut a man's body in half; it's this that makes them beyond price"; etc. An antique marble sculpture apparently depicts a Chinese man whom the Siamese call To inghoing; "we belivee that this is the same as he whom we call Confuscius". The writer of the newsletter seems surprisingly well-informed and is certainly aware of the plans of the official retinue suggesting a source perhaps close to the court. "They are presently busy seeing the beauties and the riches of the Capital of our Kingdom. Around February after they have had their final royal audience they will return and recount all that they have seen and assuredly they will not forget what they have learned and understood of the suprising reunion of Protestants to the Roman religion for the King of Siam having proposed Louis le Grand as a model in all things and desiring to be able to make his entire kingdom French.has demanded that the King send him missionaries persons experienced in warfare wise men and men learned in many arts." Following this account of the ambassadors' visit is a brief 'Description du Royaume de Siam' - with much reference to Arab and Moorish settlements to the Siamese love of music to their 'superbly-dressed women' etc. Thanks to royal decree Siam enjoys public schools in which laws and religion are taught in the vernacular but the sciences are reserved for a learned tongue. Inspired no doubt by the Chinese rites controversty the commentator notes that despite their plural deities the Siamese do believe in one Creator of the Earth and the Heavens and they do maintain that the world will end in fire. The final leaf of the work is occupied with a discussion of the 'names and qualities' of the amabassadors. OCLC records only the copy at Cornell. OCLC 64004509 Chez Jean Boude paperback books
1700710361700. Handsome Manuscript Copy of the Coutume de Paris Manuscript. Paris. Coutume de la Prevoste et Vicomte de Paris. Paris c.1700-1750. ii 389 1 pp. Quarto 8" x 6-1/2". Contemporary tree sheep gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece edges rouged ribbon marker. Light rubbing and shallow scuffing to boards faint illegible name to rear board moderate rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends and corners joints just starting at ends later owner signature to front pastedown crack in text block between title page and following leaf. Light toning to interior text in fine almost calligraphic hand within ruled margins a few nineteenth-century notes laid in. $3500. Enhanced with a table of contents this handsomely written copy of the Paris coutume was intended for annotation. There is large blank space below the text on each page and occasional blank leaves. The laid-in slips have brief annotations about the coutume and its articles. Two of them have dates from the nineteenth century. Our assignment of a c.1700-1750 date to the manuscript is based on its binding orthography and handwriting style. unknown books
1783WRCAM21253London 1783. 10pp. printed in double columns in parallel English and French. Small quarto. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. A very good crisp copy. This preliminary settlement had been a stumbling block to the general settlement of the other parties in the American Revolution. All other treaties were concluded the day after this one. It revolves mainly around questions of trade with various colonies. England's final treaty with Holland was not concluded until the following year. This is the official English edition of the preliminary articles. SABIN 65045. hardcover books
1928xx i.e. xxiv 2 448 59 pp. 8vo cont. mottled calf spine nicely gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: Pissot & Gogue 1763. An important sale catalogue of the library of the Maison Professe des Jesuites of Paris founded in 1580. This library was comprised of many donations the most notable being that of Pierre Daniel Huet 1630-1721 bishop of Avranches and scholar. Huet whose scholarship was very well-known made considerable scientific researches as well as classical studies; he edited the famous Delphin series of the Latin classics in about sixty volumes. Huet formed a great library of books and MSS. which he donated to this Jesuit house upon his death. When the Jesuits were expelled from France in 1762 the entire library of the house was offered for sale by auction. However Huet's books were withdrawn before the sale due to the terms of his donation and were given by his heir to the Royal Library in 1765. This was one of the best and most complete Jesuit libraries in France. It numbered 30000 volumes in 1754 this sale catalogue has 7252 lots. It must be noted that this catalogue gives us the best idea of the contents of Huet's rich collection. Fine and handsome copy. This copy is unusually complete: it has the two unnumbered pages following the preliminary leaves "Livres en Feuilles" and the 59-page author index. Another six leaves which are not present in most copies listing the withdrawn books is not found in this copy. ❧ Franklin Les Anciennes Bibliothèques de Paris pp. 269-77-"une collection très-complète et très-bien choisie." Grolier Club Printed Catalogues of French Book Auctions.1643-1830 181. Peignot p. 106. Taylor Book Catalogues p. 64. unknown books
1783WRCAM15743Paris 1783. 8pp. Tall folio designed to be folded with docket title sideways on last leaf. Later marbled boards leather label. Near fine. A French printing of the treaty between Spain and England adopted as part of the general peace of Sept. 3 1783. Through this treaty Spain reacquired the Floridas and the Mediterranean island of Minorca while Britain retained Gibraltar and acquired the Bahamas. This printing is unrecorded so far as we can discover. It seems to have been printed for the use of the French commissioners at the time of signing and is in folio form with docket printed on the side so that it could be folded and put in a file. It probably represents a printing during the later stages of the negotiation process. OCLC locates only microfiche copies made from an original in the Public Archives of Canada. Rare. DAVENPORT 174. OCLC 19494242. A different printing of this treaty is recorded as: SERVIES 598. SABIN 96558. PALAU 339315. hardcover books
17164057fParis: Pierre Ribou 1716. 12mo 157 x 86 mm. 8 517 3 pp. Woodcut headpiece and initials typographic ornaments. A few pages faintly printed occasional light foxing minor staining to pp. 280-281. 19th-century jansenist red morocco turn-ins gold-tooled gilt edges extremities scuffed. Provenance: Martine-Marie-Pol de Béhague comtesse de Béarn 1870-1939 by descent to her nephew Hubert de Ganay and thence to his heirs; bookplate with initials H H.A traveler's guide to Paris in the final days of the Sun-King's reign filled with information on Parisian gastronomic and material culture and its many purveyors First Edition second issue with the same sheets as the 1715 edition and only the title reset.Louis Liger whose name is given in the title of the 1715 issue replaced here by the price quarante-cinq sols was an agronomist and compiler of several popular works on domestic economy gardening and agriculture. The present anecdotal guide to Paris an outlier in his oeuvre is narrated by a fictional visitor from Germany who relates 13 days spent exploring the city: a conceit familiar to modern readers of guidebooks and the NY Times but which must have had the snap of novelty then. Each day is devoted to a different neighborhood starting with the Ile de la Cité Notre-Dame etc. moving on to the Marais the Halles Faubourg St. Honoré St. Germain etc. and ending with several faubourgs all now part of Paris: the hospice of the Salpêtrière the Invalides the Observatory and the Champs-Elysées at the time a pleasant leafy esplanade where masked couples partied and flirted. Described are the churches monuments private residences and inhabitants of each quartier including local thugs madames prostitutes and their johns: the descriptions are interwoven with personal anecdotes meals concerts a mugging a brawl over a woman etc. Following this narrative section are 13 chapters or "Articles" on specific topics with practical information on lodging and commodities. The first five chapters cover churches not previously mentioned schools academies lectures private tutors and libraries including the Bibliothèque royale previously open on Tuesdays but now because of the overflow of books closed to all except those who "are known and have friends there" although foreigners are well received p. 316 the Bibliothèque of the Abbaye de Saint-Victor designated a public library in 1654 and private or monastic libraries such as the Bibliothèques Ste-Geneviève and libraries of the Cordeliers or the Jacobins Dominicans. Follow a couple of chapters listing hôtels garnis hotels and hôtels particuliers private grand houses. Having dispensed with culture the narrator cuts loose and goes shopping. The remaining Articles portray a Paris chock full of riches culinary sartorial artisanal mechanical and artistic. A litany of the many public plazas where markets are held introduces chapters on butchers the fish market vegetable markets cheese vendors cork vendors very important candle-vendors mouth-watering descriptions of melons and pastries no need to single out the best patisseurs as they are in every quartier and a brief account of the "caffez" filled with mirrors and lights where nouvellistes and beaux esprits meet to hold conversations on les belles lettres to fortify themselves for which they consume prodigious amounts of coffee chocolate and various drinks no longer known like rossolis and populo both made with spirits cinnamon and sugar. Reluctantly leaving the Parisian table the author turns to every other item for sale in the city. While individual merchants are not named the clustering of professions by street in Paris made it easy to advise the reader where to find linen and textiles haberdashery fans ribbons and lace ready-made clothes used clothes tailors dress-makers theater costumes embroidery tapestries of many different kinds including of gilt leather tortoiseshell boxes children's toys coffee tins furniture mirrors crystal chandeliers objets de curiosité such as antiques porcelain paintings shells or gold and silver-inlaid objects and the goldsmiths and silversmiths who made them and conservators who restored them. For simpler needs the affluent male or female reader learns where to find bonnet-makers glove-makers perfumers furs and leather goods. And let's not forget wig-makers all 200 of them on the Quai des Augustins the many gadgets needed for carriages weaponry for war or the hunt garden implements construction materials such as pierres de taille and their manufacturers the metalworkers glaziers paper-makers shoemakers sculptors engravers and architects and finally laborers and domestic servants.Scarce. OCLC lists two copies of the 1715 issue in N. America Columbia and Northwestern. Dufour Bibliographie artistique historique et litteraire de Paris avant 1789 1882 pp. 322-23. Pierre Ribou hardcover books
1091xx i.e. xxiv 448 59 pp. 8vo cont. mottled sheep head of spine & corners a little worn minor rubbing spine nicely gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine arms in gilt on each cover of Guillaume-Gabriel Pavée de Vendeuvre see below. Paris: Pissot & Gogue 1763. An important sale catalogue of the library of the Maison Professe des Jesuites of Paris founded in 1580. This library was comprised of many donations the most notable being that of Pierre Daniel Huet 1630-1721 bishop of Avranches and scholar. Huet whose scholarship was very well-known made considerable scientific researches as well as classical studies; he edited the famous Delphin series of the Latin classics in about sixty volumes. Huet formed a great library of books and MSS. which he donated to this Jesuit house upon his death. When the Jesuits were expelled from France in 1762 the entire library of the house was offered for sale by auction. However Huet's books were withdrawn before the sale due to the terms of his donation and were given by his heir to the Royal Library in 1765. This was one of the best and most complete Jesuit libraries in France. It numbered 30000 volumes in 1754 this sale catalogue has 7252 lots. It must be noted that this catalogue gives us the best idea of the contents of Huet's great collection. Very good copy. It lacks one of the two unnumbered pages following the preliminary leaves and the final six leaves which are not present in most copies listing the withdrawn books. However bound-in at the end is the 8-page schedule of the sale of the Louis-le-Grand library sold in the following year I haven't seen this before. Guillaume-Gabriel Pavée de Vendeuvre 1779-1870 a native of Troyes served as deputy in the French National Assembly for many years. ❧ Blogie col. 9. Franklin Les Anciennes Bibliothèques de Paris pp. 269-77-"une collection très-complète et très-bien choisie." Grolier Club Printed Catalogues of French Book Auctions.1643-1830 181. Peignot p. 106. Taylor Book Catalogues p. 64. unknown books
28142 p.l. 192 pp. one leaf of errata. 8vo cont. calf joints nicely repaired flat spine gilt contrasting leather lettering piece on spine. London: Edwards; Paris: Laurent 1790. A priced copy of the Paris edition of this famous sale; an English edition appeared the next year. For a fascinating account of this catalogue and sale which caused traffic jams along Pall Mall see Arthur Rau's "Bibliotheca Parisina" in The Book Collector Autumn 1969 pp. 307-17. Amongst the buyers at this sale were Lord Spencer Douce Woodhull Cracherode and the Duke of Newcastle. Thanks to the recent researches of Milton McC. Gatch "The Bibliotheca Parisina" in The Library Seventh Series Vol. 12 Number 2 June 2011 pp. 90-118 we finally know the identity of the consignor: Antoine Marie Pâris d'Illins 1746-1809 a military man who was forced to emigrate in 1792 because of conflicts with the Revolution. Rehabilitated by Napoleon Pâris d'Illins died as a general of the infantry during the Spanish campaigns at Cocana in 1809. See the entire article to learn more about the collector his library Edwards's additions etc. We know that not all the books came from the one library; there were books from Loménie de Brienne masquerading under another provenance probably for political reasons and Aldines which Edwards must have obtained in Italy. Nevertheless this is one of the great sales of the period. Very good copy. The Paris edition is far rarer than the English edition. ❧ Gustave Brunet Dictionnaire de Bibliologie Catholique cols. 579-80-"Ce catalogue est d'une richesse remarquable.De forts beaux ouvrages provenant de la bibliothèque du cardinal Loménie de Brienne avaient été joints à cette collection." De Ricci p. 89. Peignot pp. 116-17. Taylor Book Catalogues p. 92. hardcover books
1875WRCAM40335N.p. but possibly Paris 1875. Forty engraved plates. Folio. Contemporary green half calf and marbled boards spine gilt. Spine faded. Lightly rubbed at extremities. Bookplate on front pastedown. First plate lightly age- toned. Some very minor scattered foxing else bright and clean internally. Very good. A volume of engravings depicting the voyage of the ship Bellone and seafaring life. Following the "title" plate which is numbered 21 are scenes of Africa primarily in Senegal. These plates depict the natives villages and cities. After the scenes of Africa are plates depicting maritime life evidently on a French naval vessel in the Atlantic. These images are much more delicately engraved and are not numbered. The first few of these detail a "day in the life" of a sailor from morning muster and breakfast through scrubbing the deck and inspection and shore leave. Two plates of Uruguay and two unidentified landscapes are also inexplicably inserted in the midst of this sequence. An interesting and perhaps unique compilation of travel and maritime images. hardcover books
1783WRCAM15744Bilbao 1783. 10pp. Quarto. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. Very good. A rare Spanish edition of the preliminary articles of peace between Spain and England which ended their conflict in the American Revolution. The primary impact of this treaty was to return the Floridas to Spain thus setting the stage for conflicts between the United States and Spain on its southern and western borders and ending twenty years of British control of the Floridas which had effectively been lost when Galvez seized Pensacola in 1781. DAVENPORT 170. SERVIES 597 Madrid ed. hardcover books
35468PARIS ACADEMIE DES BEAUX-ARTS. PROJECTS D'ARCHITECTURE ET AUTRE PRODUCTIONS CET ART 1806. Paris: Detournelle 1806. Folio. Contemporary quarter-calf. Engraved title leaf iv 120 pages 4 engraved plates. First edition. The French Grands Prix proposed and begun by Prieur and continued by Van Cleemputte were approved by the Academy for publication in 1787. The first s volume appeared in 1796. This was the second. A third and final volume appeared in 1818. The designs here heavily influenced Smirke's plans for the British Museum and Thomas Hamilton's for Edinburgh High School. This copy wa owned by the American architect Hugh McClellan who acquired it while he was student at the Ecole about 1900. Marbled boards rubbed else very good. unknown 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
1749D4444Paris c. 1749. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong 2o 325 x 440 mm. Engraved title-page engraved explanation of plates with pasted overslip adding a description of plate 6 and 6 engraved plates some staining to title-page and margins of plates. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers worn; cloth folding case. The plans and drawings illustrating the public festivities held in Paris to celebrate the TREATY OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE on 12 February 1749. The treaty signed on 18 October 1748 was mainly a diplomatic agreement between Britain and France but it also marked the end of the War of Austrian Succession. Although the celebration called for fireworks at the Place de l'Hotel de Ville with numerous orchestras playing and buffets set up around the city the affair was rather gloomy due to French resentment over the terms of the treaty. Berlin 3019; Vinet 524. <br/><br/> hardcover books
156750126London: Printed by Richard Jugge 1567. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Narratio quam Mattaeus VVestmonasteriensis monachus eius author vir in vtraque literature eruditus Flores historiarum scripsit. Anno Domini. 1567. vicesimo die Octobris. London: Printed by Richard Jugge 1567. 2 volumes bound as 1 vols. 339 1 227 1 pp. Hardcover. Folio. Professionally rebound in period style full studio dyed brown goat gilt spine with embossed gilt covers. Lovely recent period-style rebind. Facsimile title-page. Internally clean and tight. "Book 1 covering through the year 1066 follows closely the "Historia major" of Matthew Paris. Book 2 is an abridgment from the same work with additions covering 1067-1307. The additions from 1259-1273 have been attributed to William Rishanger. "Matthaeus Westmonasteriensis" is a fictitious name traditionally assigned to this compilation. The "Historia major" is based on an earlier work by Roger of Wendover also known as "Flores historiarum" probably based in turn on an earlier St. Albans chronicle. See Vaughan Richard. "Matthew Paris" Cambridge 1958." STC 2nd. ed. 17652. Very good/No jacket issued. Multiple volumes - extra shipping charges apply Printed by Richard Jugge hardcover books
1783WRCAM20585Madrid: En la Imprenta Real 1783. 494pp. in Spanish and French plus a map. Small quarto. Original plain wrappers. Spine bit chipped. A crisp near fine copy. In a half morocco and cloth case. This is the official Spanish printing of the treaty in which England and Spain make peace in the American Revolution. England gives the Floridas back to Spain and Spain returns the Bahamas to England. The navigation of the Belize and Hondo rivers is made common to both nations. They also settle all hostilities concerning the Revolution a necessary component of the final Peace of 1783. England's returning Florida to Spain provided the U.S. with a headache not resolved until the U.S. purchased Florida from Spain in 1819. The engraved map depicts the Hondo and Belize rivers. DAVENPORT 174. SABIN 96558. PALAU 339315. SERVIES 598. En la Imprenta Real hardcover books
1783WRCAM34308Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale 1783. Broadside 9 1/2 x 7 inches. Bound into later marbled boards leather label. Very good. A supplement to the ROYAL GAZETTE announcing that the peace treaties had been signed between France Spain England and the United States. No copies listed in OCLC. Rare. de l'Imprimerie Royale hardcover books
