Paris. 1792. Two volumes. [4],xxiv,547; [2],503pp. Half title in each volume. Bound in original wrappers of yellow printer's wastepaper, with other wastepaper used as the inner wrapper; original printed paper labels. Wrappers lightly stained. An occasional fox mark, else internally pristine. A fine set, in original, completely unsophisticated condition, untrimmed.....
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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.
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.....
New York: the Grolier Club, 1926. 12,[2]pp. plus [30]pp. of facsimiles. Original cloth backed boards. Very good. Nicely printed facsimiles of this excessively rare publication from the Revolution.
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.....
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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.....
[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.....
Paris: M. Godefroy, [1784]. Sixteen engraved plates: engraved titlepage with vignettes, twelve scenes, two maps, and a final plate celebrating the peace of 1783. Quarto. 19th-century red morocco, rebacked; spine gilt, gilt dentelles. Light foxing. Very good. A very nice collection of Revolutionary views, one of the few contemporary publications.....
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.....
Lyon. [1780]. Engraving with letterpress text beneath, the whole measuring 9 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches. Mounted at corners to modern heavy paper. Lightly soiled. Trimmed a bit close at top edge, but not into image. Very good. Engraving with printed enumerated text beneath in French and Dutch, satirizing England's.....
Amsterdam & Leipzig. 1749. [8],xvi,333,[1]pp. plus thirty-two plates (twenty-nine folding) and three folding maps. Half title. Quarto. Antique-style three- quarter calf and marbled boards. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on half title and titlepage. Light foxing and soiling. Several maps with old repaired tears, without loss, at connective gutter margin. Very good.....
Buenos Aires. 1847. 89pp. Plain paper wrappers, stitched as issued. Minor soiling and wear. Very good plus. Message given to the Argentine legislature by the executive branch; it is signed in type at the end by Juan M. de Rosas, Felipe Rana, and Manuel Insiarte. De Rosas served as dictator.....
[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.....
Montreal. 1834. 40pp. Modern cloth. Titlepage and last page of text dust soiled, else quite good. Lord Aylmer was governor-in-chief of Canada from 1831 to 1835. This is his response (written in French) to agitation from the increasingly disgruntled Lower Canada Assembly demanding an elected legislative council, among other requests.....
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.....
Paris. [ 1801]. Two volumes. 457pp. plus folding map, two folding plates, frontispiece, and errata; 436pp. plus folding plate and errata. Half titles. Contemporary gilt mottled calf, spines gilt, leather labels. First volume expertly rebacked with original backstrip laid down and labels preserved. Hinges of second volume bit rubbed. A......
Paris. 1802-1803. Three volumes total. viii,382pp. plus folding map; [2],xvi,414,[1]; [4],410,[1]pp. Lacks folding table in third volume. Half title in each volume. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt, leather labels. Hinges cracked and worn, head and foot of each spine chipped. Some light scattered foxing to first volume.....
Paris. 1802. viii,382pp. plus folding map. Half title. Contemporary calf backed boards, spine gilt, leather label. Hinges rubbed, slight chip at top of front joint, an occasional trace of foxing. Near fine. One of the classic early views of Louisiana at the beginning of the 19th century. It has been.....
Paris. 1797. [2],xvi,336pp. Half title. Original plain wrappers. Front joint a bit worn, old stain on rear wrapper. Near fine, untrimmed. Bayard was twenty-three when he made this trip with his wife and children to summer at Bath in the Shenandoah Valley to escape the heat of the Baltimore summer.....
Montréal: Granger Frères, 1890. 323,[1]pp. plus several illustrations and folding map. Later blue cloth, gilt-stamped cover. Bookplate on front pastedown, front free endpaper and titlepage detached. Moderate uniform browning, paper slightly brittle. Overall, still very good. The narrative of a six-month tour of the Rockies. Most notable for its extensive.....
