Search Results: French Language from Twin City Antiquarian Books

Paris: Blanchet, Libraire-Éditeur, 1839 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rebound by library in brown buckram, overcast sewing,[i], 415 pp. Usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamps, otherwise very good as rebound. Also contains Projet pour l'Entreprise d'Alger; Relation des Voyages Faits a Thunis par le Sieur de Bricard; Relation Contenant Diverses Particularitez de l'Expédition de Gigery; et; entre Autres; la Retraitte de Trouppes Françoises, par Monsieur de Castellan; Vie de François Eudes surnommé Mézeray; La Feste de Versaille du 18 Juillet 1668; Dernières Paroles de Monseigneur le Maréchal de Fabert, Décédé a Sedan le 17 Mai 1662; La Vie de Monsieur de Molière; par le Gallois de Grimarest; Relation de l'Ambassade de Monsieur le Chevalier de Chaumont: La Cour du Roy de Siam avec ce qui s'est passé de plus… Read More

Paris: Blanchet, Libraire-Éditeur, 1840 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rebound by library in brown buckram, overcast sewing,[i], 474 pp. Brown stains on first few leaves, occasional foxing, usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamps, otherwise very good as rebound. Also contains Description du Chateau de Marly; Des Baisers d'Etiquette; Le Détail de France (attribué à Pierre Lepesant de Bois-Guillebert); Journal de Verdun, 1715; Extraits Inédits des Registres de l'Hotel-de-Ville de Paris; Années 1700 a 1703; Mort de Louis XIV, 1715; cumulative table of contents for the second series. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). . Good/No dj. 20 X 13 cm.

Philadelphia: David McKay Company, Inc. WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. No date. Full white cloth with blue titles & decorations, endpaper maps, x, 109 pp, many b & w drawings in text. Small spot on title page, owner's name and address on half-title, along with a useful note that the book was purchased in 1943. Slightly undersized DJ is browned on the spine but otherwise fine; in Brodart archival cover. Sample conversations are aimed at travellers who had French in school but who are no longer fluent. Fits in small flat-rate box. Shipping weight 1 lb.. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 19½ X 13 cm.

Grenoble: Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, 1987 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Perfect bound in stiff paper wraps, [xiii], 210 pp. Contains seven articles on speech production and vocalic systems. About half the text is in French and half in English; abstracts are given in both languages for each article. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 4 oz.). Trade Paperback. Fine/No dj. 21 X 14½ cm.

Societé Française de Press Illustré, 1966 Extra shipping charge may apply for this item to some destinations. Perfect bound, pictorial card covers with blank white spine, original covers bound in, 68 pp per issue or 272 pp including covers. Lacks the three original back covers, which included the imprint information and photos of hunky French guys, otherwise good with light soil, some rubbing & creasing. French language black & white comic book. Contains No. 4, Décembre 1965, No. 5, Janvier 1966, and No. 6, Février 1966. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). Magazine. Fair/No dj. 23 X 17½ cm.

Paris: J.-L.-J.-Brière, Libraire, 1824 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rebound by library in maroon buckram, overcast sewing, xi, 416 pp. Usual library markings, heavily foxed, otherwise about very good as rebound. Three chronicles treating the crusade against the Albigensian heretics, about whose authors very little was known. All are translated into French. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). . G/No dj. 21 X 13 cm.

Paris: J.-L.-J.-Brière, Libraire, 1825 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rebound by library in maroon buckram, overcast sewing, xi, 388 pp. Usual library markings, heavily foxed, otherwise about very good as rebound. The Historia Hierosolymitana of Fulcher of Chartres is one of the primary Western sources on the first crusade and the establishment of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Odo of Deuil, writing his "De profectione Ludovici VII regis Francorum in Orientem" originally as a series of seven letters strictly for the eyes of his abbott, concentrates on the role of King Louis VII, whom he accompanied on the second crusade. The works are here translated into French. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). . G/No dj. 21 X 13 cm.

Paris: J.-L.-J.-Brière, Libraire, 1825 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rebound by library in maroon buckram, overcast sewing, x, 399 pp. Usual library markings, heavily foxed, otherwise about very good as rebound. Partisan history of the crusade led by Simon de Monfort against the Albigensian heretics, written by his fiercely loyal nephew. Translated into French from the original Latin. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). . G/No dj. 21 X 13 cm.

Paris: J.-L.-J.-Brière, Libraire, 1824 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rebound by library in maroon buckram, overcast sewing, [xii], 611 pp. Usual library markings, heavily foxed, otherwise about very good as rebound. This continuation of the History of the Crusades by William, Archbishop of Tyre, is attributed to Bernard the Treasurer, although some authorities attribute it to Hugues Plagon. Guizot is of the opinion that it is actually the work of two authors, as evidenced by a change in style partway through the work. The work is presented in the original Old French, with a modern French translation on facing pages. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . G/No dj. 21 X 13 cm.

Paris: J.-L.-J.-Brière, Libraire, 1826 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rebound by library in brown buckram, overcast sewing, viii, 460 pp. Usual library markings, heavily foxed, repaired tear in title page, repaired tear & one other tear in margin of last page, otherwise about very good as rebound. Two roughly contemporary histories of William the Conqueror, in French. William, a monk of Jumiège, retold the earlier history of Normandy written by Dudo then appended a history of his own times, beginning with the accession of Duke Richard III, followed by his brother Robert, father of the Conqueror. He carried the narrative on to King Henry I of England, son of the Conqueror, although there are doubts about the authorship of later parts of this history. William of Poitiers served as the Conqueror's chaplain. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th Ed., 1911), the extant portion of Poitiers' chronicle "is… Read More

Paris: Dépot Central de la Librairie, 1835 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rebound by library in brick red buckram, overcast sewing, [x], 545 pp. Usual library markings, heavily foxed, head of spine frayed, otherwise about very good as rebound. The publisher's preface is attributed to J. L. Brière, publisher of most previous volumes in this series despite the change in imprint. Index to the previous thirty volumes of this series, which generally consisted of original source material translated into French. The index contains enough information to amount to a dictionary of French history through the 13th century with references to the sources published in this series. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . G-/No dj. 21 X 13 cm.

Paris: Dépot Central de la Librairie, 1834 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rebound by library in brick red buckram, overcast sewing, [x], 545 pp. Usual library markings, heavily foxed, otherwise about very good as rebound. The publisher's preface is attributed to J. L. Brière, publisher of previous volumes in this series despite the change in imprint. These eighteenth-century histories of the Gauls and the Franks are presented as background material for the rest of the series, which generally consisted of original source material translated into French. The original titles were "Considérations sur l'esprit militaire des Gaulois" and "Considérations sur l'esprit militaire des Francs." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . G-/No dj. 21 X 13 cm.

Paris: J.-L.-J.-Brière, Libraire, 1824 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rebound by library in maroon buckram, overcast sewing, [xxii], 466, [i], 520, [i], 468 pp. Usual library markings, heavily foxed & corners rubbed through, otherwise about very good as rebound. Long title is "Histoire des faits et gestes dan les régions d'outre-mer, depuis le temps des successeurs de Mahomet jusqu'a l'an 1184 de Jésus-Christ," or in the original Latin, "Historia rerum in partibus transmarinus gestarum." This is a history of the Crusades by William, Archbishop of Tyre. Before becoming Archbishop, William had been Archdeacon, had served as a diplomat for King Amaury (Amalric) I, and had been the teacher of Amaury's son Baudouin (Baldwin) IV, who acceded to the throne at the age of thirteen. For sources, William had access to manuscripts no longer in existence, previous histories which appear in… Read More

Paris: J.-L.-J.-Brière, Libraire, 1825 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rebound by library in red buckram, overcast sewing, xxii, 438 pp. Usual library markings, heavily foxed, otherwise about very good as rebound. Lives of Louis VI (the Fat), Louis VII (the Young), and Charles the Good, Count of Flanders. All translated into French from the original Latin. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). . G/No dj. 21 X 13 cm.

Paris: J.-L.-J.-Brière, Libraire, 1825 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rebound by library in maroon buckram, overcast sewing, x, 464 pp. Usual library markings, heavily foxed, otherwise about very good as rebound. Rigord's Gesta Philippi Augusti presents the French view of the third crusade (a view unfavorable to King Richard I of England); this is abridged and continued by William the Breton. French sources on Louis VIII (son of Philippe-Auguste) are sparse, which is why Guizot has selected the brief anonymous life and the poem of Nicolas de Bray. Before his accession, Louis led the expedition to aid English barons revolting against King John. He reigned only three years, dying of dysentery during his return to Paris after conquering much of the south of France in the crusade against the Albigensian heretics. All translated into French. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). . G/No dj. 21 X 13 cm.

Paris: J.-L.-J.-Brière, Libraire, 1825 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rebound by library in maroon (26, 28) and brown (27) buckram, overcast sewing, [iii], 457, [i], 549, [i], 540 pp. Date of vol. 27 is 1826, vol. 28 is 1827. Usual library markings, heavily foxed, otherwise about very good as rebound. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th Ed., 1911), Orderic Vitalis (1075 - c. 1142) was given the task of writing a history (his Historia Ecclesiastica) of the monastery of St. Evroul, which begain with a brief history of Christianity in general, and then of St. Evroul, but the later books in this history expanded into a general history of his own times. Orderic becomes of some use to the historian beginning with his account of William the Conqueror, and is one of the main authorities for events from 1082 through 1141. This translation into French is by L. DuBois. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. . G/No dj. 21 X 13 cm.

Paris: J.-L.-J.-Brière, Libraire, 1825 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rebound by library in brown buckram, overcast sewing, ix, 339 pp. Usual library markings, heavily foxed, chip to title page, otherwise about very good as rebound. Contents: Life of Bouchard (Burckhardt), Count of Melun & Corbeil, by Odon (or Eudes), a monk of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés; Fragmens de l'Histoire des Français, part of an anonymous chronicle of kings from Hugh Capet to Philip I; a brief account of the anointing and coronation of Philip I; and a history of the monastery at Vézelai by the monk Hugh of Poitiers: All translated into French from the original Latin. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). . G/No dj. 21 X 13 cm.

Paris: J.-L.-J.-Brière, Libraire, 1825 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rebound by library in maroon buckram, overcast sewing, xii, 406 pp. Usual library markings, heavily foxed, otherwise about very good as rebound. Jacques de Vitry (Jacobus de Vitriaco), having taken part in the fifth crusade (1218-1222), wrote the historical portions of Book I (his Historia Orientalis, sometimes called Historia Hierosolytima) based on earlier manuscripts and documents, but also included a traveller's view of the country, its people & customs based on personal observation. Guizot includes those portions of Book II which deal with the state & mores of the West, while omitting those dealing solely with specific religious orders and with theological controversy. Book III describes events that Jacques himself witnessed or was involved in, and while many editors doubt its authenticity, it matches in many particulars a letter he wrote to… Read More

Paris: Fayard, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in yellow card covers with black titles, 444, [1] pp. Slight shelf wear. This second volume of the memoirs of a Belgian statesman covers the period from 1947 to 1966. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). Wraps. Near Fine/No dj. 21½ X 13½ cm.

Lyon: M. Lescuyer & Fils, 1957 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in plain white card wraps, 60 pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Black & white photos of the monastery at Chartreuse and environs, printed by gravure, a process particularly well-suited to reproducing fine detail & the full tonal range of photos. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Wraps. Fine/Fine. 19½ X 15 cm.