Quebec. 1908. 93pp. plus facsimiles. Frontis. Folding map. Original printed wrappers bound into cloth. Good. Published in celebration of the founding of Quebec. The author recounts the 1759 battle which ended the hopes for a French empire in North America, and which resulted in the deaths of Generals Montcalm and.....
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Paris. 1838. [4],392pp. Original pink wrappers, paper label. Minor chipping to front wrapper, minor spine wear, rear wrapper mostly lacking. Minor soiling, else near fine internally. Untrimmed and unopened. In a half red morocco and marbled boards box, spine gilt. A work of primary importance for the American Southwest, the.....
Paris. 1607. Engraved title, regular title, [6]pp., 506 leaves. Thick 12mo. Later speckled boards, leather label, spine gilt. Extremities rubbed. Contents tanned, fore-edge trimmed affecting some sidenotes but no main text. Minor marginal worming to some leaves. Else very good. A rare and important volume, containing one of the first.....
Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1753. [2],viii,288,[10]pp. plus six folding engraved maps, one folding plate, and folding table. Quarto. Contemporary calf, leather label, raised bands, spine with handsome gilt sun, moon, and star ornaments. Some slight rubbing along outer hinges. Minor scattered foxing. Overall a fine, fresh copy. A highly detailed.....
Paris. [1852]. [4],248pp. plus eight handcolored plates (including frontispiece). Half title. Original gilt cloth, neatly rebacked with original elaborately gilt spine laid down, a.e.g. Very clean internally. Very good. Scarce French novel of an adventurer's journey to California to partake in the Gold Rush. While such works were usually meant.....
Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1772. [4],170,[2]pp. plus large copper-engraved plan of Mexico City, three copper-engraved plates, and a folding letterpress table. Half title. Quarto. Contemporary mottled calf, elaborately gilt, expertly rebacked with original gilt spine laid down, leather label. Three bookplates on front pastedown. Small ink library stamp on half title.....
Paris. 1667. [24],362,329-528,[2]pp. plus engraved titlepage. Small quarto. Contemporary calf, expertly rebacked in matching style. Minor scattered foxing, else very good. Samuel Chappuzeau (1625-1701), a French writer in the service of the Duke of Brunswick, compiled this review of the government, politics, and prospects of Europe for the year 1666.....
Paris. 1730-1731. Two volumes. xxviii,482,[59]pp. plus eight maps (seven folding); xiv,506,[61]pp. plus eleven maps (four folding). Quarto. 20th-century half calf and marbled boards. Slight foxing. Overall a very good set. Charlevoix was a French Jesuit who spent some time in Quebec before arriving in St. Louis and travelling south to.....
Paris: Chez Pierre-François Giffart, 1744. Six volumes. [6],viii,454; [2],501; [2],465; [2],388; [2],456; [2],434,[4]pp., plus twenty- eight maps, and ninety-six plates on forty- four sheets. 12mo. Contemporary speckled calf, raised bands, spines gilt, leather labels, marbled endpapers, all edges red. Slight wear at joints, spine ends, and corners. 19th-century bookplate on.....
Paris. [ 1801]. [4],viii,458pp. plus advertisement. Half title. Contemporary half calf and boards, vellum tipped corners. Extremities slightly rubbed, unobtrusive library bookplate on front pastedown, additional bookplate. Internally fine. A good French history of the American Revolution, with coverage of the major battles and events, and contrasting the goals and.....
Paris, Bruxelles. 1786. 136pp. Modern plain stiff wrappers. Some light foxing. Laid in a folding paper box. Very good. An unauthorized edition. The narrative describes the author's experiences in America in 1780 and 1781. "One of the most notable travel accounts of the Revolutionary period not only because of Chastellux's.....
[Paris]. 1785. 228pp. Contemporary plain wrappers. Wrappers bit chipped at extremities, repaired at head of spine. Internally quite fine, untrimmed. The third issue of this work, preceded by the ultra-rare Newport edition of 1781, and a 1785 issue. The publication of this edition was not approved by the author, who.....
[Paris]. 1785. 191pp. 12mo. Contemporary half morocco and paper boards. Corners rubbed. Internally clean and fresh. Untrimmed. Near fine. The elusive second issue of this work, preceded by the ultra-rare Newport edition of 1781. The publication of this edition was not approved by the author, who was preparing a more.....
Paris: Chez Prault, 1786. Two volumes. [8],390; [4],362,[2]pp., plus two folding maps and three folding plates. Half titles. Modern half calf and marbled boards, leather labels. Scattered foxing. Half titles repaired. Very good. The first complete edition of this narrative. One of the most notable of all American travel accounts.....
Paris. 1829. Two volumes. [4],344; [4],384pp. Half title in both volumes. Slightly later paneled calf, gilt leather labels, gilt inner dentelles. Shelfworn, and rubbed along joints. Bookplate on rear pastedown of both volumes. Some soiling and wrinkling to text. Good. An early separate edition of this famous epic depiction of.....
Paris. 1814-1819. Eight volumes. 425 color plates (two folding). Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spines gilt, leather labels. Corners rubbed. Light foxing. Very good. An interesting and beautifully illustrated series, with plates produced during the great period of French color printing. The title appears to have been loosely interpreted.....
Paris. 1901. 227,[1]pp. Original printed wrappers, light foxing to edges and spine. Uncut and untrimmed. Near fine. In a half calf and marbled paper slipcase with gilt spine. A substantial, well documented biographical treatment of La Salle, with detailed accounts of his travels and explorations.
Paris. 1837. [4],xvi,439; [4]504pp. plus folding map. Two volumes. Contemporary red half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt. Corners rubbed. Unopened. Near fine. Fourth edition, augmented and corrected. Chevalier, later a well known economist, went to America to study public works for the French government. He spent two years in.....
1950. 230pp. Frontis. Stiff printed wrappers. Some pencil marginalia, minor soiling. Very good. A romance based on the famous novel, ATALA, by Chateaubriand, set among the Indians in the South.
Ratisbonne: Chez les Freres Zunkel, [ 1761]. 94pp. Quarto. Contemporary mottled calf. Boards bit warped. Minor marginal dampstain. Else very nice. The Ratisbonne edition of this important collection of state papers relative to the establishment of the Treaty of Paris, ending the French and Indian War, the cession of Canada.....
Paris: Chez Buisson, 1790. Two volumes. 254; 251pp. Original wrappers, paper labels. Stain near fore-edge of pp.241-254 of first volume. Otherwise remarkably clean and tight. In a board box. The first publicly available and comprehensive edition, after the privately printed components of 1778. Issued in the same year as the.....
Amsterdam. 1783. viii,264pp. plus folding map and three folding tables. Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Extremities lightly rubbed. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Minor scattered foxing. Near fine. The second edition, following the first edition of the previous year, of Mandrillon's work on the United States and.....
Paris. 1730. 8pp. Quarto. Very minor foxing. Light soiling along spine edge on last page; small separation along bottom of spine. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree exempting coffee from being taxed. "By this decree coffee, of which the Compagnie des Indes enjoys the monopoly, is exempt from.....
[Paris]: de l'imprimerie de Moreau, 1822. [4],iv,175,[1]pp. Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, gilt morocco label. Binding slightly rubbed. Occasional minor soiling. A fine copy. The first Paris edition of the constitution of the republic of Gran Colombia, following the first Spanish edition printed in Caracas the same year. In 1822.....
[Turin. ca. 1873]. [12]pp. Original front printed wrapper, rear wrapper lacking. Contemporary manuscript notes on front wrapper. Old institutional stamp at head of front wrapper. Very good. From an edition limited to one hundred copies. A facsimile of the Columbus letter from the first Paris edition printed by Guyot Marchand.....
