French from Madoc Books

[Bruxelles] Chez Les Veuves Sulamites, Aux Petits Appartements de Salomon: A Boutentativos. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. c1866, in red cloth, gilt image to upper cover. Spine, gilt title to faded green calf label. Internally, half title, [4], 79 pp, t.e.g., small marks to upper board, bookseller label to ep, gilt board image… Read more about this item

1830. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Mostly unknown. A fascinating collection of hand coloured French scenes. In c1830 full red morocco album, gilt & blind tooling, corners & edges rubbed, Spine, worn, raised bands, gilt decorative tooling & title. Internally, MS calligraphic style title, 76 hand coloured lithographic illustrations tipped onto 71 leaves… Read more about this item

Paris; Brussels: Chez Bulla; Chez Borella. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. GRANDVILLE J. J. LANGLUME Pierre 1790-?. THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION OF GRANDVILLE'S METAMORPHOSES [1828-1829]. First edition of this famous series of plates, oblong quartos, sixty two (of seventy three) hand coloured lithographed plates with French titles, captions,… Read more about this item

Paris: t: Chez Martinet, et chez Gihau. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. [PIGAL Edme Jean - illustrator]. With 100 Hand Coloured Lithographed Plates Two works in one large folio volume, each work with fifty numbered hand coloured lithographed plates depicting humorous scenes, each with two or three figures in costume… Read more about this item

Paris: chez Aubert galerie Vero-Dodat. No Binding. Near Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. MENUT A. etc. WITH TWELVE HAND COLOURED LITHOGRAPHS. Rare, [ca 1827], large quarto, original printed wrappers, with twelve loose, hand coloured lithographed plates, each with a hand coloured lithographed overlay revealing an interior scene. The settings are mostly domestic, Chemised in a… Read more about this item

Paris; London: No 11, Pall-Mall-East: Gihaut freres; Colnaghi son & co., 1829. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. LAMI Eugene. MONNIER H.. With Twenty Eight Fine Hand Coloured Lithographed Plates Depicting Scenes of Family and Street Life in England. [1829-1830] Title and imprint from front wrapper, large folio, bound without… Read more about this item

Paris, 1948. Soft cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. ROJANKOVSKY F.. In brown thick paper covers, coloured illustration and title, rusty staple bound. Internally, not [paginated, but 20 pp, which includes 10 full page coloured illustration, B&W title page and 1 page of adverts. (151*125 mm). REDUCED

Hampstead-Heath: William Birch, 1791. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. BIRCH William. In modern (to style) half calf over contemporary worn green boards, some edge wear. Spine, gilt & blind tooling, gilt titles to red calf label. Internally, [2], [2], (iii-x) leaves, [4] subscribers, [2] contents, 36 B&W plates, tissue guarded,… Read more about this item

Hampstead-Heath: William Birch, 1791. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. BIRCH William. First edition. Landscape quarto. Thirty-six hand-colored engraved plates within color wash borders, wide margins. In contemporary diced russia gilt edge tooling, re-backed gilt tooling & titles. Internally, [2], [2], (ii-x) text leaves, followed by 36 hand coloured plates each… Read more about this item

Mansfield Centre, CT. USA: Martino Publishing, 2002. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 2 volumes bound as 1, i blue cloth, gilt titles to red cloth label. Internally, [3], (vi-viii), [2), 3-1411, [1], (2-69, [1], [1], (ii-iii), arranged in double columns, a facsimile of the original which was published in 1933. … Read more about this item

Paris, 63, Passage des Panoramas et 43, Boulevard Malesherbes: Chez Devambez, 1908. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. In half russet morocco (by de Coverley) over red marbled boards, some gilt tooling, corners rubbed. Spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling & titles. Internally, original upper wrapper bound in, [5], (viii-xxviii), [1],… Read more about this item

Rue Guenegaud, No 9. Paris: Chez Etienne Ledoux, 1824. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. PERROT AM . Vol 1 only (of 6), Near Fine, 1st ed, 12 pls, 1 table. In quarter purple spotted calf over marbled boards. Spine, gilt tooling, gilt titles to black calf labels. Internally,… Read more about this item

Rue de Bac No 6, Paris: Audin; J. Goujon;, 1828. No Binding. Very Good. VG, 1828. 16 panels, linen mounted, hand coloured in outline, each corner with boxed route + 1 other, in custom folding case with the 2 text leaves mounted inside, title & publishers details to verso, with the repaired original… Read more about this item

A La Haye [The Hague]: Chez Rutgert Alberts, 1724. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. THOMASSIN Simon. CORNU. LESPINGOLA. GOUET. PUGET. GIRARDON. GROS. BISTEL. etc. Illustrations of the garden sculpture at Versailles. VG+, 1724, in quarter green calf over green cloth, corners rubbed. Spine, raised bands, gilt… Read more about this item

Paris, : P Rocolet, 1678. Hardcover. Very Good. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. CHANNEAU F.. In full speckled calf, corners & edges bumped & worn. Spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling, gilt titles to red calf label, edges worn, some loss. Internally, [24], [1], 2-933 pp, 2 woodcuts, 4 headers, 1 footyer, 5 initial letters, 3… Read more about this item

Paris, en l'isle du Palais, sur le Quay de l'Orloge, au coin de la Rue de Harlay.: Chez l'Auteur. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong. DUVAL P. BRISSART P. (LAPOINTE F. SOMER. VG+, c1670's, 57 pls & maps. The Royal Geographer who attacks traditional preconceptions concerning France's maritime weakness. … Read more about this item

19, Rue Bonaparte, Paris: Le Livre Francais. H Piazza, 1924. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In publishers soft printed paper covers, rebound into half red morocco with red marbled boards, some blind tooling, corners rubbed. Spine, raised bands, gilt titles. Internally, red marbled endpapers, printed upper cover, fep, half title,… Read more about this item

London: 26 & 27, Cockspur St. Charing Cross. SW.: Edward Stanford, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. VG+ condition, 1890. 45 linen backed panels, in all 113.5*88.8 cms, 1:1 250 000, coloured, with smaller maps of the Environs de Paris, de Lille & La Corse 1:500.000, printed by Regnier, 121 R. de Rennes (Paris),… Read more about this item

Paris Libraire de L'Academie De Medecine 120, Boulevard Saint-Germain: G Masson, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. In modern quarter calf, brown cloth, corners rubbed. Spine, gilt titles. Internally, new brown endpapers, original blue covered soft paper pamphlet bound in, half title, [4], (vii), [4], 12-162 pp, [1] table, [1], [1], adverts to… Read more about this item

Paris Place De L'Academie De Medecine: Chez G Masson, 1872. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. In modern quarter calf, brown cloth, corners rubbed. Spine, gilt titles. Internally, new brown endpapers, original blue covered soft paper pamphlet bound in, half title, [4], 135 pp, [1], [1], bookplate to fpd, small marl to verso tp,… Read more about this item