Search Results: French from Madoc Books

Paris, rue S Jacques au Phoenix. : Chez Michel Soly, 1645. Fourth Edition . Vellum. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. COOUAY J. VG, 4th ed, 1645, 1 pl. In soiled vellum, edges repaired. Spine, ms title. Internally, frontis, [6], 556 pp, 1 plate, printers devices, [8] table, [1], 1 pl, modern old endpapers, no inscriptions, some miss-numbering, in 5 parts but pagination continuous and complete, text block edges reddened. Uncommon. (Folio, 77*133 mm). (OCLC249023176). Title continues: Logique, Morale, Physique & Metaphysique, & des matieres plus importantes du Tehologien Francois.

1830. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Mostly unknown. A fascinating collection of hand coloured French scenes. In c1830 full red morocco album, gilt & blind tooling, corners & edges rubbed, Spine, worn, raised bands, gilt decorative tooling & title. Internally, MS calligraphic style title, 76 hand coloured lithographic illustrations tipped onto 71 leaves (various colours), most with guards, 1 dated 1831 & another 1829, with gilt or ink borders, a.e.g. Quarto including many Coaching Scenes, artists possibly include Bellange, S Baptiste?, RR S, Bellange, Ballec, Lesk Noel & Charles Davies.

Mansfield Centre, CT. USA: Martino Publishing, 2002. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 2 volumes bound as 1, i blue cloth, gilt titles to red cloth label. Internally, [3], (vi-viii), [2), 3-1411, [1], (2-69, [1], [1], (ii-iii), arranged in double columns, a facsimile of the original which was published in 1933.

19, Rue Bonaparte, Paris: Le Livre Francais. H Piazza, 1924. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In publishers soft printed paper covers, rebound into half red morocco with red marbled boards, some blind tooling, corners rubbed. Spine, raised bands, gilt titles. Internally, red marbled endpapers, printed upper cover, fep, half title, [4], 144 pp, [1], [1], [3], lower soft paper cover, a limited edition copy, some pencil underlinings. Title continues: traduit de l'allemand de M. le Dr Ralph : avec les additions qu'on a trouve?es dans la poche du docteur, lorsqu'il mourut a` Minden, l'an de gra^ce MDCCLIX

Bureaux du Yacht, 55, rue de Chateaudun, Paris: R Vuillaume. Cloth. Very Good. VUILLAUME R. In blue cloth, decorative tooling in black inks, titles in gilt. Spine, no title. Internally, text in French, folding coloured map of the River Saone, 6.5*102 inches, 26 panes, from Lyon to Chalon, epd, appears tio be 4 strip tippe into 1, contains adverts in French, small oval Ordinance Survey stamp at base of epd, printed by Alcan-Levy, rue Chauchat, 24 Paris, lithographed by A Simon, 13, Rue du Val-de-Grace. Couple of small marks to covers.

Hampstead-Heath: William Birch, 1791. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. BIRCH William. In modern (to style) half calf over contemporary worn green boards, some edge wear. Spine, gilt & blind tooling, gilt titles to red calf label. Internally, [2], [2], (iii-x) leaves, [4] subscribers, [2] contents, 36 B&W plates, tissue guarded, each with a leaf of descriptive text, plates dated 1788, 89 & 90, text leaves watermarked WL, some light spotting, edge browning & chipping, top edge trimmed, remainder not, hinges strengthened. Contemporary signature to fep (Francis? P Scott). (298*228 mm). Birch, enamel painter & printmaker was particularly successful in adapting his skills for translating larger works to a smaller scale. He emigrated to the US in 1794 & his reputation was boosted by the nearly sixty enamels and miniatures he produced, including George Washington.

Hampstead-Heath: William Birch, 1791. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. BIRCH William. First edition. Landscape quarto. Thirty-six hand-colored engraved plates within color wash borders, wide margins. In contemporary diced russia gilt edge tooling, re-backed gilt tooling & titles. Internally, [2], [2], (ii-x) text leaves, followed by 36 hand coloured plates each with a leaf of descriptive text, [4] subscribers list, [2] contents, late 20c marbled endpapers. Text leaves watermarked WL, plates dated 1788, 89, & 90. A remarkably clean example free of most spotting etc. (268*210 mm). Birch, enamel painter & printmaker was particularly successful in adapting his skills for translating larger works to a smaller scale. He emigrated to the US in 1794 & his reputation was boosted by the nearly sixty enamels and miniatures he produced, including George Washington.

[Bruxelles] Chez Les Veuves Sulamites, Aux Petits Appartements de Salomon: A Boutentativos. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. c1866, in red cloth, gilt image to upper cover. Spine, gilt title to faded green calf label. Internally, half title, [4], 79 pp, t.e.g., small marks to upper board, bookseller label to ep, gilt board image depict a couple embracing, bookseller label to epd. (153*97 mm). The imprint is false, probably printed in Brussels in approximately 1866-70, & states L'an du monde 100, 800, 000, 500. An allegory of female sexual anatomy

Paris, en l'isle du Palais, sur le Quay de l'Orloge, au coin de la Rue de Harlay.: Chez l'Auteur. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong. DUVAL P. BRISSART P. (LAPOINTE F. SOMER. VG+, c1670's, 57 pls & maps. The Royal Geographer who attacks traditional preconceptions concerning France's maritime weakness. In contemporary worn full calf. Spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling, gilt title. Internally, 2 engraved title page leaves, [1] ff dedication, [1] ff History, 27 pls, [2] ff index, [1] engraved tp for La Chronologie, 14 ff (list), [2] ff (Princes list), 27 pls (inclusive of tp), i tp with Brissart 73, indicating 1673?, some light edge browning, contemporary ink name (crossed out) to 1st titlepage, text block edges sprinkled red, gilt tooling to board edges. Repairs to head & tail of spine & tips, hand sewn headband. Uncommon, I can only find 2 undated editions on OCLC 1671 @ Cambridge & 1680 @ the BL? (Oval, 294*203 mm).

Paris, : P Rocolet, 1678. Hardcover. Very Good. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. CHANNEAU F.. In full speckled calf, corners & edges bumped & worn. Spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling, gilt titles to red calf label, edges worn, some loss. Internally, [24], [1], 2-933 pp, 2 woodcuts, 4 headers, 1 footyer, 5 initial letters, 3 pagination errors (but complete), bookplate to fpd (HP Cholmeley), bookseller label to fpd, piece of fep removed (name removal?), text block edges sprinkled red, some very light edge browning, some light water staining to a few leaf margins in gutter. Printed by Damien Foucault & translated from the Greek. (Folio, 192*258 mm). (Graesse 288). Title continues: e?crite par Xiphilin, par Zonare, et par Zosime. Traduite sur les originaux grecs par Monsieur Cousin, Pre?sident en la Cour des Monnoyes

Paris, 1948. Soft cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. ROJANKOVSKY F.. In brown thick paper covers, coloured illustration and title, rusty staple bound. Internally, not [paginated, but 20 pp, which includes 10 full page coloured illustration, B&W title page and 1 page of adverts. (151*125 mm). REDUCED

Rue Guenegaud, No 9. Paris: Chez Etienne Ledoux, 1824. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. PERROT AM . Vol 1 only (of 6), Near Fine, 1st ed, 12 pls, 1 table. In quarter purple spotted calf over marbled boards. Spine, gilt tooling, gilt titles to black calf labels. Internally, half title, frontis, [4], [1], (ii-viii), [1], 2-272 pp, 1 table {folding), 12 pls (5 with some colouring), blue marbled endpapers, book label to fpd (baron de Tournelles), text block edges sprinkled red. (147*956 mm). Georges Bernard Depping (May 11, 1784 - September 5, 1853), also known as Georg Bernhard Depping was a German-French historian and writer.

La Rochelle, 1949. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. SUIRE Louis 1899-1987. VG, limited edition, 32 illustrations. In soft plain paper covers with coloured pictorial wrap, titles in green and black, a little edge spotting. Spine with titles in black and some short edge tears along joints. Internally, half title with limitation to verso, coloured frontis, title page with coloured vignette and some text in green, [8], 9-134 pp, [1], [1], [5] tables, 3 full page illustrations, 29 within text, no inscriptions, printed by Jean Foucher et Cie, a La Rochelle, France, an edition limited to 690 copies of which 310 were coloured, as is our copy. Langle was a French vicomte, académicien de marine, naval commander and explorer. He was second in command of the La Pérouse expedition, which departed France on 1 August 1785 and was eventually lost in the Pacific. Fleuriot de Langle died in an encounter with natives in what is now American Samoa… Read More

Paris: La Roseraie, 1925. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. MARTIN Charles 1884-1934. Near Fine, limited edition, one of 200 copies, 17 illustrations. . In plain paper covers with printed paper wraps, with a red image at center, title to spine in black, edges bumped. With its worn glassine covers (repaired). Internally, half title, colour tissue guarded frontis, title page within coloured decorative borders, [4], 165 pp, [2] dedication, 15 pls (coloured), 1 vignette, 1 coloured title page, all with tissue guards, no inscriptions, top edge cut remainder not. A lovely copy, first published in 1916. COPAC shows a copy at the V&A only of this limited edition. (L Carteret ?. 314. 252). de Régnier was a French symbolist poet, considered one of the most important of France during the early 20th century. See WIKI.

Paris: Les Presses Universitaires De France, 1926. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG, Ltd ed, 1926, with authors signed dedication to Israek Gollancz. In red & black ink printed brown paper covers, edges & corners a little bumped & worn, no title to spine. Internal, authors dedication at fep, half title, [5], 6-39 pp, [1], [1] notes, [1] limitation pp of notes, 30 poems, both title & half title in red & black inks, text in both English and French, text block uncut. An edition limited to 500 copies, this copy being unnumbered. (243*188 mm).

Paris, 63, Passage des Panoramas et 43, Boulevard Malesherbes: Chez Devambez, 1908. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. In half russet morocco (by de Coverley) over red marbled boards, some gilt tooling, corners rubbed. Spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling & titles. Internally, original upper wrapper bound in, [5], (viii-xxviii), [1], 2-129 pp, [2] Concordance, [1], 2-10 Appendice, [1], 4 pls (coloured), 36 illustrations (7 of which are full page), an edition limited to 265 copies, t.e.g., remainder uncut, marbled endpapers, bookplate to fod (Archibald Philip Earl of Rosebery), binders stamp to verso fep, a little rodent dame to margins os last 3 blanks, introduction by Frederick Masson 1847-1923. (321*250 mm).

Paris Place De L'Academie De Medecine: Chez G Masson, 1872. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. In modern quarter calf, brown cloth, corners rubbed. Spine, gilt titles. Internally, new brown endpapers, original blue covered soft paper pamphlet bound in, half title, [4], 135 pp, [1], [1], bookplate to fpd, small marl to verso tp, printed in Paris by D Jouaust Rue Saint-Honore, 338, originally published in 1514, now part of the Collection Choisie des Anciens Syphiliographes series. Vigo was an Italian physician and surgeon, who in 1514, writing on Le Mai Franfais, said that treatment by mercury had given good results. Later on, guaiacum was extensively used. It was at this time that the idea was born that syphilis and gonorrhoaa were one and the same disease.

Paris, Libraire, rue de Sorbonne, No 1.: Chez Dehansy (Louis Guillaume de), 1816. Full Leather. Very Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. In attractive red morocco, decorative gilt edge tooling, corners & edges lightly bumped & worn. Spine, gilt title & decorative tooling, edges very lightly bumped & worn. Internally, [12], [1], 2-`672 pp, gilt tooling to board edges & turn-ins, marbled endpapers, baronial bookplate to fpd (Veauce), name title label to fep (Veauce), title page within double ruled borders with a small vignette, printed by A Bobee, a.e.g., text in double columns, Latin / French. A lovely copy, well bound. Title continues: En latin et en francois, Selon l'Usage de Paris; Revu, corrige et considerablement augmente.

Paris; Brussels: Chez Bulla; Chez Borella. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. GRANDVILLE J. J. LANGLUME Pierre 1790-?. THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION OF GRANDVILLE'S METAMORPHOSES [1828-1829]. First edition of this famous series of plates, oblong quartos, sixty two (of seventy three) hand coloured lithographed plates with French titles, captions, and imprints (lacking Plates 8, 16, 39, 43, 46, 47, 51, 66, 69, 71, and 72). Without title and Achille Comte's single leaf preface (often lacking). Completely uncut and loosely laid into contemporary blue paper wrappers, very minor marginal browning, damp staining, or spotting to a few places, not affecting images, small margin repaired tear (pl54). With vividly coloured plates, 26 with titles in French, the remainder in French & English. Housed in a blue cloth clamshell case. (367*274 mm). (Vicaire V, cols. 775-780. Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book, 132). This famous album, which established… Read More

Paris: chez Aubert galerie Vero-Dodat. No Binding. Near Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. MENUT A. etc. WITH TWELVE HAND COLOURED LITHOGRAPHS. Rare, [ca 1827], large quarto, original printed wrappers, with twelve loose, hand coloured lithographed plates, each with a hand coloured lithographed overlay revealing an interior scene. The settings are mostly domestic, Chemised in a quarter morocco slipcase. (377*280 mm). Not listed at the usual reference sites.