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182858681Paris: A. Sautelet et Compagnie 1828. Fine. A. Sautelet et Compagnie Paris 1828 13.50 x 21.50 cm 2 tomes en un volume relié First edition illustrated with 2 in-text figures and two hors-texte repeated as well as a table population movement in the city of Rome. Contemporary half-calf binding in glazed hazelnut. Spine with false raised bands decorated with thick and thin fillets in blind and gilt roulette at head and foot. Black shagreen title label. Signs of rubbing. Scattered browning notably on title page then mainly in margins but erratically. Small lack to lower joint at foot. Handsome copy. Journey that begins at Lake Maggiore in Duomo d'Ossola a small town on the Italian border in 1817 and ends in 1818 at Suse near Turin. Beyond the interest of the journey to Sicily and Etna to Pompeii and Herculaneum the entire journey shines with certain political resonances since it was made in the aftermath of the Empire and at the dawn of the Italian revolutions. Numerous descriptions relating to the fine arts interest in the picturesque and anecdote chapter on beggars and highwaymen in Italy. A. Sautelet et Compagnie hardcover
184062125Paris: Louis Desessart 1840. Fine. Louis Desessart Paris 1840 13.50 x 22 cm 2 volumes reliés First edition. Full aubergine shagreen bindings smooth spines faded and lightened decorated with gilt romantic arabesques gilt fillets at head and foot of spines gilt roulettes on headcaps single gilt fillet border on boards decorated with cold-stamped romantic arabesques front boards stamped in their centers with gilt laurel leaves surrounding the gilt inscription ""Pension Membré à Versailles"" marbled endpapers and pastedowns marbled edges gilt fillets at head and foot of leading edges three corners slightly bumped elegant contemporary romantic bindings. Some foxing manuscript ink inscription by a former owner at head of one endpaper. Our copy lacks its map. Louis Desessart hardcover
182344718Paris: Louis Tenré 1823. Fine. Louis Tenré Paris 1823 13 x 21 cm relié New edition of the French translation with some parts in first edition as revised by J.B. Eyriès and J. Klaproth. Full glazed black calf binding smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques joints cracked at head and foot minor rubbing to spine headcaps worn single gilt fillet border on boards stamped with a large romantic arabesque in blind corners bumped marbled endpapers and pastedowns marbled edges contemporary romantic binding. Our copy lacks the folding map scattered foxing. However the folding table ""Aperçu des tribus turcomanes"" is present. Rare. Louis Tenré hardcover
183444743Paris: Hivert 1834. Fine. Hivert Paris 1834 13 x 21.80 cm relié The rare first edition illustrated with 8 lithographs of Swiss views by Courtin. Romantic binding in half green sheep. Smooth spine decorated with monastic rolls and fillets as well as blind tooling. A small lack at head of volume 1. Upper joint of volume 2 split at head along the first compartment with a lack of leather at head. Rubbing. Some scattered foxing some gatherings browned. Account of a journey to Switzerland and northern Italy in 1833. A tableau of events in Switzerland since 1830 and an itinerary. Hivert hardcover
190438170Paris: Berger-Levrault & Cie 1904. Fine. Berger-Levrault & Cie Paris 1904 12 x 19 cm broché Second edition. Illustrated with 26 maps and sketches in-text. Spine and covers marginally sunned a small harmless tear at foot of front cover handsome interior condition. Berger-Levrault & Cie unknown
190738171Paris: Berger-Levrault & Cie 1907. Fine. Berger-Levrault & Cie Paris 1907 12 x 19 cm broché Second edition. Work illustrated with 27 maps or sketches in the text. Spine cracked and boards marginally sunned handsome interior condition. Berger-Levrault & Cie hardcover
190138186Paris: Berger-Levrault & Cie 1901. Fine. Berger-Levrault & Cie Paris 1901 12 x 19 cm broché First edition. Work illustrated with 25 maps or sketches in the text. Spine and boards marginally sunned one joint reattached at foot with a small lack handsome interior condition. Berger-Levrault & Cie hardcover
191440991Paris: Berger-Levrault & Cie 1914. Fine. Berger-Levrault & Cie Paris 1914-1917 11.50 x 18.50 cm reliure de l'éditeur Second edition. Publisher's flexible mouse-grey cardboard binding smooth spine red top edge original wrappers preserved. Work illustrated with 27 maps or sketches. Handsome copy. Berger-Levrault & Cie unknown
190441851Paris & Nancy: Berger-Levrault & Cie 1904. Fine. Berger-Levrault & Cie Paris & Nancy 1904 12 x 18.50 cm broché Second edition. Work illustrated with 30 maps or sketches and complete with its folding map at the end. Rare foxing of no consequence handsome copy. Berger-Levrault & Cie unknown
191441769Paris & Nancy: Berger-Levrault 1914. Fine. Berger-Levrault Paris & Nancy 1914-1918 11.50 x 18.50 cm reliure de l'éditeur Second edition. Publisher's flexible mouse-grey paper boards smooth spine red top edge original wrappers preserved. Work illustrated with 29 maps or sketches. Handsome copy. Berger-Levrault hardcover
178669052à Genève Geneva: Chez Barde Manget 1786. Fine. Chez Barde Manget à Genève Geneva 1786 12.50 x 20.50 cm 5 volumes reliés First French edition published simultaneously with a 2-volume quarto edition by the same publisher expanded with Mallet's journey to Norway. The first English edition appeared in London in 1784. The illustration comprises 12 folding maps and plans Poland Russia Caspian Sea Denmark 4 portraits engraved by Topfler Stanislas Auguste Catherine II Pugat Chef Gustav III and 3 folding plates including one of costume Swedish man and woman and one relating to ornithology. A fifth volume was formed as an atlas with 11 bound folding maps the twelfth map of the Caspian Sea is found in volume 3. Contemporary full glazed blonde calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with fillets. Red morocco title label volume label in a green morocco medallion. Large brown dampstain on the first third of the bindings. Joints of volumes 1 and 2 split at foot for 1 cm then narrowly cracked. Upper joints of volumes 3 and 4 split at foot. Upper joint of volume 5 split at foot. Traces of pale dampstains and humidity in lower margin of volume 4 slightly on some gatherings of volume 1. Title pages of volumes 2 3 and 4 with browned margins the title page of volume 3 with hole through the author's name. Missing half-titles of volumes 1 2 and 4. Traces of dampstaining on the atlas maps. A 10 cm tear from the margin on the map of European Russia. Missing the notice consisting of 2 leaves normally placed after the preface. English historian Coxe traveled to the Northern countries in 1778 and 1779. The sections on Sweden and Denmark are particularly interesting the author concerning himself with the political system demographics religion commerce. The chapters on Poland are more historical Coxe drawing the portrait of Poland's revolutions. Chez Barde, Manget hardcover
179069369à Paris: Chez Letellier 1790. Fine. Chez Letellier à Paris 1790 12 x 20 cm 3 tomes en 3 volumes reliés First French edition illustrated with 7 folding plates including 2 maps of Switzerland and Mont Blanc and a panorama of the Alps. Half beige cloth 19th-century bindings. Spines with red morocco title labels. Green paper boards. Spines soiled. Corners heavily bumped. Light scattered pale foxing. The last 4 pages of volume 2 with a tear to upper margin with loss not touching text. The very large plate of Switzerland with 2 restorations following tears. A light tear to margin of the Mont Blanc map. Tear with loss p. 77 of volume 1 to lower margin with loss of a few letters. Undoubtedly one of the finest works on Switzerland. The author made 4 journeys there which allowed him to traverse the country. Beyond a classical travel account the author's qualities as a historian are found throughout the work dwelling on historical events but also on fauna and flora commerce. One can distinguish the account of the first ascent of Mont Blanc. The appendix contains the stages of Coxe's 4 journeys. The final volume contains the ""Faunula helvetica"" or catalogue of quadrupeds birds amphibians fish and testaceans of Switzerland arranged and presented according to Linnaeus's system. Chez Letellier hardcover
130228Paris Chez De Bure l'aîné 1790. 8vo. 7 volumes: 1 XVI248 p. 4 maps; 2 IV350 p. 13 maps & plates; 3 VIII332 p. 5 maps & plates; 4 VI339 p. 6 maps & plates; 5 VI336 p. 1 plate; 6 VI313 p. 1 map & 1 plate; 7 II782LXIVCXXXIX p. In all 4 & 27 folding plates & maps. Contemporary boards. 19.5 cm Ref: Graesse 1300; Brunet 1674 Details: Without the Atlas volume. Bindings in marbled paper. All spines ruled gilt and with a light brown title label and a dark blue small oval volume label. Small paper library label at the foot of the spines. Maps engraved by the French cartographer Jean Denis Barbié du Bocage 1760-1825 who was a friend of the author Barthélemy. At this time he was attached like Barthélemy to the cabinet of medals from the Library of King. Condition: Bindings scuffed. Corners slightly bumped. Some scattered and insignificant ink and rust spots. Faint traces of a bookplate being removed on the front pastedowns Note: The Frenchman Jean Jacques Barthélemy 1716-1795 was a cleric and keeper of the royal cabinet of medals in Paris. His fame rests on his 'Voyage du jeune Anacharsis' or 'Travels of Anacharsis the younger in Greece in the middle of the 4thy century B.C' which was published in 1788 and illustrated with maps by the cartographer Jean Denis Barbié du Bocage. The 'Voyage' was longtime held in wide esteem as a popular account of the antiquities manners customs and governments of ancient Greece. Barthélemy's aim was not scholarship or to write a history of Greece. His intention was to provide his countrymen in an entertaining form with some knowledge of Greek civilization and to popularize the results of modern research. A road trip when 'tout est en action' is an excellent vehicle for telling 'des détails interdits à l'historien'. Vol. 1 Avertissement p. VI Nevertheless in volume 1 Barthélemy gives a copious introduction which supplies whatever may be wanting in respect to historical details. The first person narrator of the story Anacharsis is a young Scythian a descendent of the famous philosopher Anacharsis of whom he complains that he is 'si célèbre parmi les Grecs et si indignement traité chez les Scythes'. vol. 2 p. 1 Our fictional hero leaves for Athens for instruction in the spring of 363 B.C a few years before the birth of Alexander the Great. He makes a tour through the regions of Greece and visits islands 'observant par-tout les moers et les usages des peuples assisant à leurs fêtes étudiant la nature de leur gouvernemens'. p. Vol. 1 p. V. He meets Epaminondas Phocion Xenophon Plato Aristotle Demosthenes and others. In 337 soon after the battle of Chaeroneia when he sees that Greece is enslaved by Philippus the father of Alexander he returns to his native country to write an account of his road trip Provenance: On the flyleaf of the first 2 volumes the name 'v.Graevenig' Collation: 1: pi8 A-P8 Q4; 2: pi4 minus blank leaf pi4; A-X8 Y8 minus blank leaf Y8; 3: pi4 A-V8 X6; 4: pi4 minus blank leaf pi4 A-X8 Y2; 5: pi4 minus blank leaf pi4 A-X8; 6: pi4 minus blank leaf pi4 A-T8 V6 minus blank leaf V6. 7: pi2 minus blank leaf pi2 A-E-8 a-d8 a8 b4 c-i8 k2; 1 maps I-IV; 2 plates 1/13; 3 plates 14/18; 4 plates 19/23 & plate 27 last one; 5 plate 24; 6 plates 25 & 26 Photographs on request Heavy book may require extra shipping costs hardcover
181936180Paris: Lebigre frères 1819. Fine. Lebigre frères Paris 1819-1834 13 x 21 cm 6 volumes reliés New edition. Half aubergine sheep bindings smooth spines slightly faded decorated with gilt arabesques minor rubbing traces on some spines gilt roulettes on headcaps worn headcaps with some small losses gilt fillet frames on boards enhanced with Romantic blind-stamped decoration gilt laurel leaves surmounted by a gilt crown bearing the inscription ""collège de Chateau-Thierry Ainse"" stamped to center of front covers gilt dots on edges marbled endpapers and pastedowns marbled edges contemporary bindings. Our copy is complete with its rare atlas which is almost always missing. The atlas complete with its 31 engraved plates dated 1819 is bound in full navy sheep smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets with two restored tears minor tears to edges. Some foxing. Lebigre frères hardcover
183939886Paris: Firmin Didot frères 1839. Fine. Firmin Didot frères Paris 1839 16.50 x 26 cm relié New edition. Full glazed eggplant calf binding smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques gilt roulettes on headcaps quintuple gilt fillet frames on boards enhanced with decorative motifs stamped in blind double gilt fillets on leading edges one slight harmless nick to upper corner marbled endpapers and pastedowns gilt edges elegant romantic binding. Some minor foxing of no consequence. Handsome copy. Firmin Didot frères hardcover
183527494Paris: La Revue des deux mondes 1835. Fine. La Revue des deux mondes Paris 1835 15 x 25 cm Agrafé First editions extracted from the Revue des deux mondes. Rare. In plain wrappers. La Revue des deux mondes unknown
1823025719Paris: Delongchamps Libraire 1823. Reprint . 1/4 Leather Over Boards. Very Good. 4 1/2" Tall. Frontispiece. 188 Pp.Small Format Hardcover. Green Morocco Spine Label Gilt Rules And Gilt Design At Bottom Of Spine. Hand Marbled End Papers. Edge Wear With 1/8" Loss Along Top Of Spine Previous Owner's Signature Dated In 1829 At St. Gratian. Pages Clean And Unworn A Few Foxing Spots Page Edges Still Stained Blue. <br/> <br/> Delongchamps, Libraire hardcover
185017614s. l. Paris: Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes 1850. Fine. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes s. l. Paris 1850 15.50 x 25 cm agrafé First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes unknown
166447419à Paris: Chez François Clouzier 1664. Fine. Chez François Clouzier à Paris 1664 17 x 24 cm relié BIET Antoine Voyage de la France equinoxiale en l'isle de Cayenne entrepris par les François en l'année MDCLII Chez François Clouzier Paris 1664 in-4 17 x 24 cm 24 432 pp.contemporary calf First edition. Contemporary brown calf spine in six compartments with blind-ruled compartments and gilt fleurons remains of a manuscript title label. All edges speckled red binding skillfully restored. Tear to lower margin of title skillfully restored a few tiny stains. The work is divided into three parts: the first relates the establishment of the colony and its journey to Cayenne the second is a collection of observations on the 15 months spent there by the author and the last is concerned with the country's climate the fertility of the soil and the customs and dress of the indigenous peoples. A last part is made up of a Franco-Amerindian dictionary which is the very first appearance of a lexicon of the Galibi language. Some chapters also refer to Guadeloupe Barbados and Martinique. Chaplain to the 700 colonists of the expedition sent to Guyana on the 18th May 1652 Antoine Biet gives a precise account of the second attempt at colonization. The attempt failed and the hundred surviving colonists were forced to flee Cayenne for Surinam in January 1654 and from there to Barbados having suffered tropical illness and fierce resistance from the Galibi Indians. According to Boucher de La Richarderie no account other than Biet's sheds so much light on the natives of Guyana; he describes them in all their primitive simplicity. Bibliothèque universelle des voyages 1808. Manuscript ex-libris on front endpaper: Ce livre appartient à Mr. Adam de Saron This book belongs to Mr Adam de Saron. Chez François Clouzier unknown
182571534Paris: N. Delangle 1825. Fine. N. Delangle Paris 1825 10 x 15.30 cm relié Edition from the Petits Classiques françois collection printed in 500 copies at the expense and under the supervision of Charles Nodier and the publisher using Didot l'Aîné typefaces. Half navy blue morocco binding with corners spine with five raised bands decorated with double blind-stamped compartments a few small scratches to the spine marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns marbled edges two corners slightly bumped. Handsome copy despite some light foxing. N. Delangle hardcover
182682217Paris: Constant Letellier et fils 1826. Fine. Constant Letellier et fils Paris 1826 13.50 x 22.50 cm relié New edition illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece. Half brown glazed calf binding with corners spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt garlands and black fleurons a small scratch at foot of spine gilt friezes at head and foot of spine gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns contemporary Romantic binding. a small tear to the upper corner of the first board light surface wear to margins of boards. Handsome copy attractively bound in contemporary Romantic binding. Constant Letellier et fils hardcover
170848899Amsterdam: Chez Pierre de Coup 1708. Fine. Chez Pierre de Coup Amsterdam 1708 9.50 x 16 cm relié New edition after the 1696 first edition. Contemporary binding in full speckled brown calf. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons and a red morocco title label. Boards stamped with armorial device. Edges and headcaps decorated with gilt roulettes. All edges gilt. Worming to spine tail headcap largely damaged with loss three wormholes on lower board one corner bumped. Some manuscript brackets in margins and a contemporary pen gift inscription at end of volume. Two library stamps on title page and first endpaper. This gallant and playful travel narrative immortalized the two companions as multiple editions were published over two centuries. This journey is written in charming prose interspersed with light and fairly simple poetry that takes the opposite approach to classical travel narratives. It was profoundly successful. Chez Pierre de Coup hardcover
179164988à La Haye The Hague: Chez Les libraires associés 1791. Fine. Chez Les libraires associés à La Haye The Hague 1791 12 x 19.50 cm 2 volumes reliés Second edition after the first published in Paris in 1790. It is similarly illustrated with 12 plates some of which folding and the famous plate of the Hottentot with the apron. Contemporary full marbled sheep bindings. Smooth spines decorated with 2 fleurons and 2 compartmentalized urns roll ornaments. Red morocco title labels and black morocco volume labels. Rubbing. Upper joint of volume I split at tail. Three holes on spine. 7 corners bumped. Some leaves slightly yellowed. Good copy. François Levaillant 1753-1824 was a French explorer and ornithologist. In 1781 the treasurer of the Dutch East India Company sent him to Cape Province in South Africa. He then collected numerous specimens in the region bringing back more than 2000 bird skins to France. All his books met with great success throughout Europe. His ornithological collection would join the museum at Leiden France not acquiring it. Some bird names he created are still in use. Some time later species would bear his name such as Levaillant's Cuckoo. In the preface the author recounts his childhood in Surinam and his first collecting passions. The work contains interesting descriptions of the Hottentots and the Gonaquas their customs and practices. The work achieved great success undoubtedly due to the author's colorful and adventurous narrative. Chez Les libraires associés unknown
179863102à Paris: De l'imprimerie de Crapelet 1798. Fine. De l'imprimerie de Crapelet à Paris 1798 An VI 12 x 19.50 cm 2 volumes reliés New edition illustrated with 20 plates animals views camps natives compared to 12 in the 1790 first edition including 6 folding plates all on heavy paper including the famous plate of the Hottentot with apron which is sometimes missing. Bindings in full contemporary glazed marbled sheep. Smooth spines decorated with 2 fleurons and 2 urns in compartments with roulette borders. Black morocco title and volume labels. Rubbing. Scratches to boards. Some pale foxing. Tear to outer margin of the Narina plate. Some leaves slightly proud. Good copy. François Levaillant 1753-1824 was a French explorer and ornithologist. In 1781 the treasurer of the Dutch East India Company sent him to the Cape Province in South Africa. He collected numerous specimens in the region bringing back more than 2000 bird skins to France. All his books enjoyed great success throughout Europe. His ornithological collection would join the museum in Leiden France not acquiring it. Some bird names he created are still in use. Some time later species would bear his name such as Levaillant's Cuckoo. In the preface the author recounts his childhood in Surinam and his first collecting passions. The work contains interesting descriptions of the Hottentots and Gonaquas their customs and practices. The work was a great success undoubtedly due to the author's colorful and adventurous narrative. De l'imprimerie de Crapelet hardcover
196272514Paris: Publications françaises 1962. Fine. Publications françaises Paris 1962 25.50 x 32.50 cm en feuilles sous chemise et étui First edition one of 1000 numbered copies on Canson paper ours being one of 150 numbered in Roman numerals and hand-colored for all illustrations deluxe issue. Work illustrated by Pierre Alary. Handsome copy. We include the subscription bulletin for the work three menus from dinners aboard the steamship ""Flandre"" from April 15 16 and 17 1957 Our copy is enriched with this manuscript note on a loose leaf of Canson paper by Jean Guitton in red pencil: ""Il n'est pas nécessaire qu'un livre soit lu. Parfois un beau titre suffit. Jean Guitton"" ""It is not necessary that a book be read. Sometimes a beautiful title suffices. Jean Guitton"" Publications françaises unknown
