Paris. 1872-79. Seven volumes. Including hundreds of gravure illustrations. Half title and frontis. in each volume. Tall octavo. Contemporary half red morocco and marbled boards, spines lettered in gilt, raised bands, all edges marbled. Moderate wear at corners and a few spine ends. A handsome set. Guizot's massive history of.....
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[Augsbourg: F.X. Habermann, ca. 1780]. Four engravings, each approximately 19 x 15 1/2 inches. Moderate edge wear and creasing. Minor dampstaining on first engraving. One print with two-inch piece torn from upper right corner. Light vertical fold line through center. Good. Archivally matted, protected with mylar sheet. A charming set.....
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Port-au-Prince: Imprimerie de l'Etat, [ 1946]. 27pp. Original printed red wrappers. Wrappers edgeworn with tears. Wrappers and text quite water-stained. A fair copy. This constitution, enacted on November 22, 1946, is a much toned-down version of the original draft supported by new President Dumarsais Estime, which described Haiti as socialist.....
Paris: De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791. [1],74pp. in French. Dbd. Small pair of worm holes penetrating volume, joining in rear half, barely affecting text. Overall very good. Administrative orders for the colony of Saint- Domingue (later Haiti), passed by the National Assembly on June 15, 1791, two months before the outbreak.....
Port-au-Prince. May 13, 1796. 4 x 9 1/2 inches, completed in manuscript, docketed on verso. Minor toning and edge wear. Very good. A rare pay order for supplies made out to Baron Jean-Charles de Montalembert on behalf of the invading British occupation force in Haiti. The document is signed by.....
Port-au-Prince. September 21, 1796. 3 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches, completed in manuscript, docketed on verso. Minor toning. Very good. A rare pay order for supplies intended for the British occupation force in Haiti, made out to M. Juré Ainé. The document is signed by John Wigglesworth, agent to the.....
Montreal. 1818. [3]-viii,234,[2],lxxxvii pp. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Contemporary ownership signature on titlepage, else very good. The rare French translation of the second edition of Halkett's statement, after the first London edition of the previous year. Describes the history of Selkirk's settlement on Red River and its differences.....
Paris: Chez Buisson, 1792. Two volumes. [5],xxii-lii,366; [4],511pp. Half titles. Contemporary French half calf, modestly gilt, salmon-colored boards with vellum corners. A lovely, uncut copy. First French edition, variant issue, of this classic of American political theory. This is also the first edition to identify the otherwise anonymous authors, Alexander.....
London. 1939-1951. Fifteen original parts in wrappers, in two volumes. Original printed wrappers bound in stiff wrappers. Indexes on covers. Very good. Topics include: English and foreign bibles, John Bunyan, Lewis Carroll, continental books including incunabula, bibliographical reference books, English theology, English pamphlet literature of the 17th-19th centuries, voyages, travels.....
Paris. 1872. xxxiii,[3],367pp. plus advertisements. Contemporary three-quarter morocco, brown gilt morocco label on spine. Untrimmed. Bookplates on front and rear pastedown, front free endpaper detached. Very good. An excellent reference, including numerous extensive annotations.
Paris: Chez Beguin, 1819. [10],135pp. plus folding frontispiece plate. Half title. Slightly later half red calf and patterned paper boards, spine gilt. Minor sunning and scuffing to spine, small bit of scuffing to rear board, corners worn. A handful of leaves tanned, minor scattered foxing, a few instances of pencil.....
Utrecht. 1698. [70],389pp. plus folding map and four folding plates. 12mo. Handsome tan crushed morocco, gilt extra, leather labels, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., by Lucien Broca. A few tiny marginal paper repairs. Otherwise, internally clean. Near fine. First edition. This edition of Hennepin's writings is a continuation of his NOUVELLE DECOUVERTE.......
Amsterdam: Jean Bernard, 1720. [2],408pp. plus folding map and fourteen plates. Contemporary marbled wrappers. Spine nearly perished. Internally clean and bright. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth slipcase. This volume is rich in interest, being drawn from material which originally appeared in the fifth volume of Jean Bernard's.....
Amsterdam: Jean Bernard, 1720. [4],408pp. plus folding map and fourteen plates. Half title. 12mo. Contemporary vellum, spine gilt, also with manuscript lettering and gilt stamping. Lower half of half title renewed. Ownership ink stamp on verso of each plate and on titlepage. Older tape repair to one plate. Three leaves.....
Paris: Grangé, 1776. xvi,327pp. and folding table. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt. Remnants of paper spine, boards and corners heavily worn. Light wear to folding table. Minor foxing and soiling. Good. Volume one of this scarce work; the second volume was published in 1777. Hilliard d'Auberteuil lived in St. Domingue.....
Paris. 1776. xv,[1],782pp. Thick 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, leather label. Boards somewhat acid bitten, backstrip flaked, spine extremities chipped, corners worn. Bookplate on front pastedown. Moderately tanned, otherwise clean. Good. Chronicles the major events in the history and conquest of the New World from Columbus' discovery, through part.....
Rotterdam. 1781. viii,70,116pp. Later paper wrappers. Spine lightly chipped. Later bookplate on front pastedown. Negligible soiling. Very good plus. In a blue half morocco and cloth folder. French language edition on Howe's campaigns in America. Howe, as commander-in-chief of the British forces during the American Revolution, led his troops to.....
Paris & Lyon. 1837. iv,415pp. Portrait. Half title. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Somewhat rubbed, boards bit discolored, scattered foxing. Good. A biography of the first Catholic bishop of Boston. He sailed for Boston in the fall of 1796, and for a time served among the Penobscots.....
Paris. 1888. [2],339pp. plus folding map. Original printed wrappers. Rear cover and endpaper detached, small library label at toe of spine. Internally clean. Very good, largely unopened and untrimmed. The author sailed from Europe to New York, then went on to Canada, through Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Pacific coast.....
Paris: Chez F. Schoell, 1811. Five volumes. Large folding map in first volume; folding table in second volume. Contemporary diced calf, skillfully rebacked with original spines (gilt extra) laid down. Gift inscription, "R.M. Raiter [?] to Capt. S. Charters Jany 1828," and ownership inscription, "W. Stein Zacatecas 1842," on front.....
Paris. 1793. 354pp. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. Toe of spine bit scuffed, corners worn. Internally quite fresh and clean. Overall very good, with the bookplate of Philippe de Vilmorin. First French edition of Hunter's highly popular work, CONCISE ACCOUNT OF THE KINGDOM OF PEGU... (Calcutta, 1785), translated from.....
Paris: Chez l'Auteur, Janvier 1856. 240pp. Dbd., original rear wrapper present but detached. Quite clean internally, and in very good condition. In a half morocco box. A scarce French printing of the principles, history, laws, constitution, and status of the Icarian communities in the United States. Founded by Étienne Cabet.....
London: Printed by T. Spilsbury and Son, 1795. vi,77pp. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Early ink signature on titlepage. Very good. First of two editions. A fascinating account of the spread of the French Revolution to Geneva between 1792 and 1794, in three letters and a postscript written between August 1794 and.....
Bordeaux: Par S. Millanges, 1608, 1610, 1614. Three volumes. Titlepages printed in red and black. Engraved titlepage in second volume. [12],699,[17]; [8],699,[41]; [12],1067,[35]pp. Small quarto. Contemporary vellum, leather ties. Bookplate on front pastedowns. Some light soiling to second volume. Minor scattered foxing. Very good. First edition of one of the.....
Paris: Chez Desenne, [ 1796], An 4 de l'Ere Francaise. 68pp. Gathered signatures, string-tied as issued. Some soiling and staining to titlepage, light staining throughout. Good. Untrimmed and unopened. A scarce French printing and examination of "Jay's Treaty" of 1794, signed between the United States and England, and its potential.....
