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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
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
183129546London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. 1831. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1st printing of the 8vo edition; Volume I has an engraved frontispiece portrait Volume II has a folding plate showing a facsimile of Davy's handwriting. Smooth brown leather in gilt and blind double frame gilt stamped spine with raised bands five panels with panels two and four holding the title and volume number. Volume I has a few scuffs to center panel small chip to front free endpaper previous owner's stamp and neat inscription joints rubbed with very small starts at joint heads. Volume II is in similar condition but panel two of spine has its left half chipped away affecting the title and the leather of panel five is missing entirely resulting in 1½" chip showing the underlying binding. The price is adjusted to account for the binding defects. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; I: xvi 416; viii1 pp. 463 pp . Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley hardcover books
1860WRCLIT51927Dublin: A.M. Sullivan 1860. 471pp. Octavo. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. Title a bit ragged at lower gutter old stamps and label of a defunct mercantile library else a good copy. First edition in English translated from the French by "J.P.L." and noted as "Simultaneous Publication in Paris and Dublin." The OCLC entry for the second edition identifies the translator as John P. Leonard. A sharp remonstrance addressed to "My Dear John Bull." A.M. Sullivan unknown 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
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
188038783Washington: GPO 1880. GPO unknown books
188019276Washington DC: GPO 1880. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Very good. Vols. 1-4. 23.5 x 16.5 cm. Voluminously illustrated: plates some folding and diagrams. Vol. I: Report of the commissioner general list of exhibitors and awards. Vol.II: Fine Arts. Vol. III: Iron and steel ceramics and glassware. Vol. IV: Chemical processes mining machinery clocks and watches. Backstrip extremities chipped a few corners worn gilt front cover medallions generally sound. GPO 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
1803403056Paris: Imprimerie des Hospices Civils 1803. Three parts in one volume 4to 250 x 197 mm. viii 200; 2 67; 2 16 pp. Half-title. Folding table at end. Late 19th-/early 20th-century boards. Provenance: Bibliothèque Imperiale inkstamp on some text leaves and table duplicate stamp. FIRST EDITION. Contains a "report on the administration of home help" and a "report on the office of hiring and direction of nannies." Scarce. NLM Index-Catalogue p. 607; Tourneux 'Bibliographie de l'histoire de Paris pendant la Révolution française' 20522. See also our inventory numbers 403054 and 403055. <br/><br/> Imprimerie des Hospices Civils hardcover 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
188020270Paris: Librairie D'Art 1880. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. three quarter green morocco and marbled boards. Teg. Very good. Unpaginated approx. 100 pages in text. 28.5 x 21. cm. 34 plates in photogravure by Goupil of stunning quality printed recto only 64 illustrations hors texte. A juried selection of painting and sculpture and not surprisingly academic taste does not portent success -- Dore and Rodin were relegated to 3rd class medals and St. Gaudens awarded honorable mention in the Sculpture Section. The Medal of Honor winner for painting Aime-Nicolas Morot now largely forgotten as were his American apprentice artists Foster Bogert and Haseltine -- all in the academic style. Text by Daniel Bernard Rene Delorme Herni Demesse Fourcaud Gustave Goetschy J-K. Huysmans Frelix Jayher Eugene Montrosier Gaston Schefer Armand Silvestere and Marius Vachon. Scattered light text toning plates clean backstirp chipped head and foot corners rubbed. Librairie D'Art hardcover books
1820870811820. PARIS John Ayrton. PHARMACOLOGIA OR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINAL SUBSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO ESTABLISH THE ART OF PRESCRIBING AND OF COMPOSING EXTEMPORANEOUS FORMULAE UPON FIXED AND SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES; London: W. Phillips 1820. Fourth edition much enlarged. 578 pp. Quarto. Original paper-covered boards with old repair work to spine: a "new" cloth back was laid down some time ago to reattach the boards. Hand-lettered spine labels. Ex-Library with ink-stamps to front endpaper and page 50. Text leaves are lightly foxed throughout and untrimmed. Good plus. unknown 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
185016435Paris: Lemercier 1850. Hardcover. Orig. dark red cloth front cover lettered in gilt. Very good. Landscape 4to 17 x 25 cm. Thirty hand-finished color lithographs with tissue guards printed recto only. Landmark Paris sites -- Le Palais Royal Place Vendome L'Arc de Triomphe de L'Etoile Hotel de Ville Place de la Concorde Boulevard des Capucines et Grand Hotel Lac du Bois de Boulogne et al. Front hinge cracked but firm small dark spot front cover plates clean and bright. Lemercier hardcover books
19005747Boston: Noyes Platt & Company 1900. Hardcover. VG. Red cloth. 110 48 pp. 48 bw plates. Includes biographical paragraphs on every American artist who was represented at the 1900 Exposition. Lists 255 paintings 160 drawings and illustrations 41 miniatures 69 works of sculpture 56 architecture entries and 3 mural decorations. Quite rare. Noyes, Platt & Company hardcover books
18443752New York: Harper & Bros 1844. 1st editon. Original brown blindstamped cloth Vol I rebacked. A Very Good set. 2 volumes. Plates fold-out map of Paris fortifications. 8vo. <br/><br/> Harper & Bros hardcover books
1854015926Reims: Brissart-Binet 1854. Limited Edition. 12mo. #19/102 copies 58pp. title page in red text in black and contains the "Cult décadien by Joseph Mongin 63pp with half-title all text in red bound in orange paper covered boards black leather spine label gilt spine ruled in gilt wear to corners and minor wear to spine ends. A very uncommon book. Brissart-Binet unknown 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
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
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
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
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
189021925Paris: E. Maincent 1890. Hardcover. Orig. red cloth front cover lettered in gilt. Fine. 13. 5 x 17.5 cm. Empire style furniture frontispiece and 67 plates all colored by hand and printed recto only of Empire furniture designs. Lavish presentation: drapery chairs bedding tables and more. Contents clean bright and fresh. E. Maincent hardcover books
189820127Paris: Imprimerie de Vaugirard 1898. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. decorated in color Art Nouveau portfolio. Fine. 27 x 21 cm. Twelve separate full-page color plates printed on glossy stock by prominent and less known Belle Epoque artists depict a variety of scenes some sporting and military but balance more characteristic of each artist's style. such as the charming five singing children by Boutet de Monvel. A month by month list of artists follows January through December respectively: Henri Boutet de Monvel Leon Sabattier Maurice Orange E. De Monzaigle Paul Destez Felicien De Myrbach Reichan Leon L'Hermitte A. Parys Emile Caran d'Ache Leopold Kowalski and Luc-Olivier Merson. Each plate with two holes at upper margin as issued for silk ties no longer present. Issued as a promotion for a leading chain of clothing shops in Paris Lyon Marseille and five other French cities. Interior and covers almost as new. Imprimerie de Vaugirard unknown books
