[Philadelphia. 1798]. 72pp. Dbd. Titlepage tanned and chipped, with old tape residue on inner margin of titlepage, rough. Else clean. Overall just about good, untrimmed. The American reply in the famous XYZ affair, in which the French attempted to extort bribes from the American commissioners. Adams herein transmits dispatch No.....
[Philadelphia. 1798]. 72pp. Dbd. Light even toning. Very good. This message is the second entirely devoted to the troubles of the United States with France, the XYZ Affair, and the naval "Quasi-War." The French government had attempted to extort a bribe from the American envoys Charles Pinckney, John Marshall, and.....
Philadelphia. 1798. 41pp. Dbd. A bit tanned. Old faded stamp on upper right corner of titlepage. Otherwise quite good. Addison, a supporter of the recently enacted Sedition Act of 1798, writes about the impending war with France. He was a consistent ultra-Federalist and hater of the French Revolution.
Paris. 1850. 3pp. Plain wrappers. A very good copy, in modern folder. An extract from COMPTES RENDUS DES SEANCES DE L'ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES, TOME XXXI. A rare separately printed piece about a balloon trip taken by Bixio et Barral, presumably in France.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and T. Cadell, London, 1830. Two volumes. vii,[1],iii,[1],339; [2],iii,[1],327pp. Frontispiece in first volume. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, black gilt morocco labels. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown of second volume, removed in first. Internally bright and clean. Near fine, in an attractive contemporary binding. An.....
Mexico: Imprenta de Ignacio Cumplido, 1852. 31pp. plus folding map; 12pp. PROYECTOS: Original printed green wrappers. Wrappers slightly edgeworn, glue residue on spine. Text and map detached from wrappers and loosely laid in. Light soiling along lower margin of text throughout, very good overall. DICTAMEN: Original printed blue wrappers. Near.....
Baltimore: Warner & Hanna, 1806. 49pp. Errata slip laid down in lower margin of last leaf. Dbd. Light uniform browning, old library stamp at head of titlepage. Very good. This petition, one of many from various merchant organizations, lobbies the President of the United States and Congress to defend American.....
Paris. Feb. 23, 1783. 3pp. Quarto. Later marbled wrappers. Minor toning. Near fine. Decree from the King of France concerning payment of bills of exchange issued for naval service during the American Revolution.
Paris: P.G. Simon, 1779. 8pp. Quarto. 20th-century marbled wrappers. Minor wear to wrappers. Minor foxing in text. Very good. In a red morocco and cloth folder. Scarce account of French motivations for joining with the rebellious American colonies and going to war against Great Britain during the American Revolution, published.....
Paris. 1780. 2pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Fine. This pronouncement on American privateers was issued by the King in August 1780. Both American and French privateers were heavily engaged in the Revolution; this act seeks to ensure the distribution of prizes is equitable. Not in Wroth, ACTS OF.....
[Lisbon. Dec. 8, 1778]. [4]pp. Self-wrappers. Light foxing, minor edge wear. Very good. An interesting issue of this long-running Portuguese newspaper, containing information relevant to the progress of the Revolutionary War. Included is word of Admiral Byron's capture of the French ship, Valor, en route to Boston to reinforce D'Estaing's.....
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Aix: Joseph David, 1783. 3pp. Quarto. Later marbled paper wrappers. Moderate edge wear, slight browning to edges. Very good. Regional printing at Aix of the official proclamation of peace between France and Great Britain, originally printed by the Imprimerie Royale. This version contains an additional paragraph of official authorization for.....
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Paris: P.G. Simon & N.H. Nyon, 1783. 4pp. Quarto. Modern marbled boards. Slight browning, else very good. City of Paris edition of the official proclamation of peace between France and Great Britain, ending the war in the American colonies, and originally printed by the Imprimerie Royale. This Parisian reprint, in.....
Paris: d'Imprimerie Royale, 1780. 15pp. Quarto. Dbd. Minor toning. Near fine. The regulations for Rochambeau's forces in America, issued at Versailles on March 20, 1780. The destination of the expedition outlined in the regulations is never stated, since the French sought to give the impression it was bound for the.....
Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1778. 8pp. on folded sheet. Quarto. Light dampstaining in lower corner; minor foxing. Very good. Describes the agreement between the United States and France by which American privateers can bring their prizes into French ports and the French can enter American ports. Agreed to on Sept. 27.....
Washington. 1812. 33pp. Gathered signatures, string-tied as issued. Very good, untrimmed and unopened. This claim was submitted by the heirs of Beaumarchais, the great French playwright who produced THE BARBER OF SEVILLE and THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, requesting compensation for the funds their ancestor expended in supporting the American Revolution.....
[Paris. 1778]. pp.281-284; pp.297-298. Quarto. The first SUPPLEMENT printed on a folded folio sheet; the second on a single quarto sheet. Small tear (paper flaw) in second sheet of first item. A bit tanned. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth folding case, spine gilt. Two supplementary issues to.....
Paris. April 28, 1780. 2pp. Modern marbled paper over boards, gilt paper spine label. Bookplate to rear pastedown. Horizontal crease to text leaf, else fine. A supplement to the Parisian periodical LA GAZETTE FRANCOISE, the leading source of French news on the American Revolution. This issue outlines French naval movements.....
Antwerp [i.e. Paris]. 1776-1779. Ten complete volumes (of fifteen), plus a significant portion of the eleventh. Complete collation available upon request. Eleven volumes bound in contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, leather labels, edges painted red; plus seventeen individual issues, most in original wrappers. Bound volumes: Corners bumped, edges slightly worn.....
[Philadelphia: Folwell, 1796]. pp.[363]-484,[1]. Dbd. Foxed, else good. Published in the first volume of Folwell's collected U.S. Laws, issued in 1796, with separate titlepage. Contains both French treaties of 1778, the Provisional Treaty of 1792, and the Definitive Treaty of 1783 with the British, and the Dutch commercial treaty and.....
[Washington. 1808]. 19pp. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Very good, untrimmed. Relating to American complaints that the French privateers have seized ships protected by the Berlin Decree of November, 1806. Most of the papers are correspondence between John Armstrong, minister to France, and various French officials. Also included is an excerpt of.....
London. 1795. 68pp. Dbd. Some soiling, else very good. Auckland, a close associate and friend of William Pitt, presents his views on the French Revolution and war, supposedly incorporating the ideals of Pitt as well.
London. 1795. 68pp. Dbd. Some soiling, else very good. Second edition. Auckland, a close associate and friend of William Pitt, presents his views on the French Revolution and war, supposedly incorporating the ideals of Pitt as well.
New York. [ 1793]. 87pp. Dbd. Very good and clean. Barlow, notable poet, "Hartford Wit" and outspoken political savant of the early years of the United States republic, is described as one of the most liberal thinkers of his time (DAB). This pamphlet contains his remarks on the new French.....
[Montréal. 1888]. 36pp. Original printed wrappers, detached, gatherings loose. Tanned, but clean. Good. An animated, brief memoir of a soldier fighting around Monterrey in 1866 as a part of the French army supporting Maximilian in Mexico during his attempted reign. After Maximilian announced the withdrawal of French forces from Mexico.....
