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Zone Books, New York: ., 1997 1322p. Includes bibliographical references. 8vo. Original double jacketed wraps. Very good. The works included in this collection are: Supplement To Bougainville's Voyage - Denis Diderot; On the Education Of Women - Choderlos De Laclos; The Sofa - CreÌ billon Fils; The Indiscreet Jewels - Denis Diderot; The Story of A Modern Greek Woman -… Read more about this item

Se vend. A Bruxelles, Chez Jean Leonard Fils, (Brussels): ., 1737 pp. (20), 576 + Engraved frontispiece. Title vignette. WITH 267 Engraved copperplate text illustrations skillfully executed mainly by Pieter Devel. Various decorative head and tail pieces throughout. Old binding with the leather mostly worn away BUT **Four engraved and chased decorative rococo Silver corner pieces, and a decorative silver… Read more about this item

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York: ., 1928 pp. XII-143 + Six plates & various text figures + 10p. Mimeographed Circular letter promoting the book and its project (in 1937) bound in at the front. There are also minor manuscript corrections in the printed QDtext, probably by Flagg. This example was owned by Reinhardt Dempwolf (1861-1945), a prominent German born architect… Read more about this item

Various publishers, including . Paris &/or Geneva: -1769., 1764 Fourteen (14) Rare French Literary Pamphlets in two volumes. All 8vo. 205 mm. Leather backed marbled boards, very slightly worn. Hardbound. Text in fine condition; some offsetting from the engravings. Contents include: Vol. I - 1). LETTRE AMOUREUSE D'HELOISE A ABAILARD. Translation of: Eloisa to Abelard, by Alexander Pope. New Edition… Read more about this item

A Amsterdam [i.e. Barbou, Paris]: ., 1762 One volume (of two). pp. xiv, [2], 268, [2], 8 [Directions to the Binder often lacking] + Plus a remarkable group of (40) elegant engravings, including two duplicates and a portrait frontis. Lacks the plate at p. 87. Many fine vignettes. Most of the plates are after Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen (1720-1778). 12mo (in 8s).… Read more about this item

Philadelphie [i.e. Paris]: [i.e. Barrois l'aine]: ., 1782 pp. (x), 148. 8vo. 220 mm. Self wraps - unbound; uncut; deckle edged. Title page soiled. Early ms. ownership at the top of the t.p., but we can't make it out. Issued under a false imprint, this rare biography of the French finance minister Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Auline (1727-1781) is attributed… Read more about this item

A Amsterdam [i.e. Barbou, Paris]:, 1762 Two Volumes. pp. xiv, [2], 268, [2], 8; [2], viii, [2], 306, [4], [9]-16 + Plus a remarkable group of elegant engravings, including: Two frontispieces by Fiquet, after Rigault and Vispre; over fifty vignettes and culs-de-lamp by Choffard; and 80 full-page plates after Eisen by - Aliamet, Baquoy, Choffard, Delafosse, de Longueil, Flipart, Le… Read more about this item

Suivant la Copie imprimee a Paris. [Abraham Wolfgang, Amsterdam: -1665]., 1662 Six plays bound in one volume. Separate pagination. Each with a handsome engraved title page. One engraved title with early color. Wolfgang's woodcut printer's device is on each of the printed title pages, and there is a device on each terminal page. 24 mo. 135 mm. Handsome early French… Read more about this item

Printed by W. Ross, Philadelphia: ()., 1798 131 p. Publisher's device on title page. Light XLib stamp of the Mercantile Library on title page and elsewhere. Light dampstain. Lacks fly leaves. Top edge gilt. Small 8vo. 200 mm. Disbound - removed. Good. Title continues: 'Published by the Secretary of State (Timothy Pickering), In conformity with the Resolution of Congress, of… Read more about this item

Librairies-Imprimeries Reunies, Paris: -1907., 1892 A selection of over 100 plates, printed in sepia on both sides. Paper browning, but not too brittle. 4to. 315 mm. Early full cloth binding with the faded gilt ownership of A. Miln. Hardbound. Good. A useful French work that concentrates on European architectural and design styles from the 12th to the 17th centuries. Scarce.… Read more about this item

John B. Perry, Philadelphia: ., 1855 pp. xiii, 504 + 21 plates. Lacks portrait frontis? Light foxing. Mildly XLib. 24mo. 130 mm. Original leather binding, worn. Spine perished. Boards decorated and embossed with vines and lilies. Needs to be resewn. Wolf 225. Hardbound. Binding poor. PAIMP 23. Hardcover. Good.

T.B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia: (between -1890)., 1858 pp. iv, 270. Frontis. Double column. Book label of P.R. Stetson on front paste down. Manuscript ownership and address of P.R. Stetson, 124 So. 5th St. Reading. Large 8vo. 230 mm. Original publisher's stamped cloth binding. Corners worn with loss. Small loss at head spine. Hardbound. Good. 'Tom Burke' is a characteristic… Read more about this item

(Printed by J. M'Creery, London) Philadelphia Printed. London Reprinted For Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-Row: 1810, 1810 pp. iv, 252. Title page soiled and rebacked. Tall 8vo. 225 mm. Original leather spine over marbled covered boards. Vellum covered corners. Original leather spine label. Small loss at head of spine. Hardbound. Good. Robert Walsh, Jr. (1785-1859) was born in Baltimore.… Read more about this item

(Printed by T.K. & P.G. Collins for) Blanchard and Lea, Philadelphia: ., 1854 pp. (3), (1)-173, 12 [Publisher's catalogue]. Foxed. Pages 11 to 14 loss of some letters. 12mo. 190 mm. Original leather spine over printed paper boards. Front board detached. Rear board very fragile. Binding worn and soiled. Title continues: 'Wherein The Model Verbs, And Several Of The Most… Read more about this item

(Printed by T.K. and P.G. Collins for) Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia: ., 1848 pp. viii, (1), (15)-374, (30) [Publisher's illustrated catalogue]. Foxed. Manuscript ownership of Thomas? L. Speyers?, 1873. 1924 penciled comment that mentions American Civil War. 12mo. 200 mm. Original full cloth binding. Major loss at head of spine. Hardbound. Good. Honore-Gabriel de Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749-1791) was… Read more about this item

(Printed by Lancaster Press for the) Institut des Etudes Francais, Columbia University, New York: ., 1927 pp. iii, 126. Small 8vo. 205 mm. Original printed paper wraps, worn and broken, with 1" loss at the spine. Marginal damp stain. The Chapters include: Are the Modern Poets Decadent?; Huysmans the Sphinx; Tragic Story of Adore Floupette; Albert Samain a French Love… Read more about this item

Le Locle (Switzerland): ., 1969 134 p. 12mo. Stiff printed paper covers French text. Very good. Very Scarce. L20 0.0. Soft cover. Very Good.

(Printed by Thonot for) Europeenne de Baudry, Paris: ., 1849 Two works in one. pp. viii, 276; 145 [Cours de themes Espagnols. Choix de versions. et d' un Traite de versification Espagnole par I. Aubouin et F. Orrit]. 12mo. 180mm. Uncut and partially unopened. Disbound. Autograph ownership of N(athaniel) Burt (1770-1850), a Scotch-Irish businessman. He came to America in 1801… Read more about this item

Chez D. Desclassan, A Toulouse: ., 1785 pp. viii, 218, (2)[Table of contents]. 12 mo. 170 mm. Original full leather binding; spine nicely lettered and tooled. Joints weak. Volume One (of 2 in this first edition). First published in Paris in 1783, these intriguing accounts of French crime, criminals, and criminal trials went through six editions by 1806. It is… Read more about this item

Printed by Horton J. Howard, St. Clairsville, (OH): ., 1833 342 p. Light age stain. Lacks fly leaves. Stippled edges. 24mo. 140 mm. Disbound. Needs to be resewn. An epic poem in blank verse which begins with Napoleon's attack on Russia; and ends with his departure for Elba. In 1833, St. Clairsville contained a brick courthouse and jail, five houses… Read more about this item