French History

Pitt, Moses and Swart, Stephaman. Duynckercke, [Dunkirk]. Ca 1683. Hand coloured, copper engraved sea-chart. Chart size 440 x 505 mm, sheet size 580mm x 690mm. Two charts on one sheet showing the Dunkirk approaches. The larger chart from that of Blaeu's Pourtraict de la fameuse ville et havre de Duynckercke. With Rhumb lines, compass rose and scales. Townships and sandbanks indicated. Decorated with fleets of galleons off shore. With an inset panorama of Duynckercke [Dunkirk] after Jan Van Loon and a smaller coastal profile of Cales. The smaller chart showing the coast of Flanders, from Walchren [ Walcheren ] to Boloigne. Early hand coloured charts with later red ruled border on wide blank margins. Small tear without loss to lower blank margin, otherwise in bright and clean condition. Rare and attractive Sea Charts.

Paris: Calmann Levy, 1899. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 4 volumes, 8vo, approx. 500 pages each. Trade paperback, rebound in library-quality buckram; paper labels. Moderately toned, but unused and uncut

Hachette, 1875. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 5 volumes,In-4, reliure demi-cuir, bon etat will ship to Canada and US only (heavy).

Paris: Perrin et Cie, 1886. Hardcover. Very Good +. Vol 1 � vii, 457 pgs. Vol 2 � 424 pgs. Vol 3 � 403 pgs. Vol 4 � 451 pgs. Text in French.5 x 8 3/4 in. Quarter chocolate-brown morocco with brown and gilt marbled shiny paper boards. 4 raised bars on spine with gilt lettering and lines. Matching brown marble endpapers Speckled edges to text block. Condition of books is VERY GOOD+ ; leather and gilt on spines very clean and bright, some very slight wear, very faint cracking. Very faint lighter spots on some front morocco. Tops of text block darkened with age. Foxing sporadic throughout text. Very slight wear to corners. Corners very clean, overall extremely tight, clean copies. Vol 4 � very small tear to base of spine, marbled boards slightly worn.

Paris: Chez Mongie, Libraire, Au Palais-Royal, Fous Le Arcades De Bois, 1792. 12mo. 116p., half-title. The French Constitution was the first written constitution of France. First drafted in 1789 it was finally and reluctantly accepted by King Louis XVI in September 1791. Bound in full calf, spine stamped in gilt, black leather spine label gilt, marbled endpapers, corners worn, spine worn with some loss at head with chipping to label.

Paris: Frères Guerin & Prault, Fils, 1745. Hardcover. Very Good -. 3 volumes ([6], xxxiv, [4], 458 p.; [4], 548 p.; [4], 476, [60] p.), v. 1 frontispiece (signed: "Et Jeaurat del. Et Fessard sculp."); 17 cm. Contemporary full polished calf; six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled leather labels in second and third compartments with title and volume numbers. Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining spine compartments and on board edges. All page edges speckled red. Woodcut title vignettes, head-pieces, and tail-pieces. Sometimes attributed to the abbé Joachim Legrand, whose notes are said to have been used by Duclos (cf. Quérard, La France Littéraire). Includes index. Front fixed endpaper bears armorial bookplate with the motto: "Aedes Carthusianae in usum Carthusianorum" and an added label indicating that the books were donated by G.J. Allen, Carthusiani in 1880. In Very Good- Condition: slight loss of leather at head of spines;… Read More

Marseille: Collection Raoul et Jean Brunon, 1937. L'Armee Francaise Sous Bonaparte- Premier Consul- by Jean Brunon and P. Benigni- Illustrated- Collection Raoul et Jean Brunon, Marseille 1937- 1st Edition-1st Printing- Hardcover:- Small 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall- VG/ no jacket as issued- full dark green leather with gilt titles on cover, 5 raised bands on spine- tight and square copy, light rubbing on edges and one tiny chip at foot of spine- 43 pages text are clean, no tears or writing+ 22 color plates, all tissue guarded- World Cat identifies this as: 1 edition published in 1937 in French and held by only 4 libraries worldwide- SEE PHOTOS- Non-fiction-historical-France-army-arms-armour-cothing-illustrated (4762). 1st Edition-1st Printing. Leather. VG/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Illustrated. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall.

Chez Charles-Nicolas Poirion. Good+. 1742. Nouvelle Edition. Hardcover. Bound in brown calf with five bands and lightly faded gilt decoration & lettering. Marbled endpapers. Internal hinges intact. Text is tight, bright & intact. Volume #1 has a fold-out 12 1/2" x 9 1/2" color map of Paris, 2 fold-out map/plans, 5 fold-outs of monuments/buildings & 2 single page engravings. [xxiv, 631pp, 1 (errata) ]. Volume #2 has has 3 single page engravings/ plans, 3 fold-out plans/maps & 11 fold-outs of monuments/buildings. [2, 645pp, 1(errata) ]. Both front covers & vol-1 rear cover cracked with covers firmly attached. Spine ends rubbed with some loss & bottom corners rubbed. 2 fold-outs have minor tape repair & 2 have small tear at site of attachment. France; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 1276 pages .

The french journalist Julien Besançon had been commenting on major live events, like John F. Kennedy's funeral and the first steps on the moon for the French television station Europe 1.

While covering the events of May 1968, Julien Besancon felt the need to preserve the graffitis, that the protestors had written on the walls. These writings, many of them fragments of literature, quoting poets and political thinkers, were as spontaneous as they were ephemeral.
The Japanese edition of Les Murs ont la Parole was published in 1969, one year after the first French edition, and offers a completely different experience through the powerful combination of text and images. Beautifully designed by Kiyoshi Awazu, one of the leading designers in postwar Japan.
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Tokyo: Takeuchi-shoten, 1969. First Japanese edition. Oblong 8vo (13x19cm), French Flaps with printed obi. Unpaginated 144pp. Translated by Masayoshi Hirota. Designed by Kiyoshi Awazu. Text in Japanese. Small damp stain on obi. Slight… Read More

-8 Books on Moroccan Blue with gold design on front. Fair condition one book is detaching from binding. Others have some stain and markings as well as wear. Some others may have loose binding starting. 1.) Lady of the Valley 422 pages binding coming loose and stain inside from left papers, 2.) Scenes of Parisian Life -volume 9- 413 pages with some stain on pages, 3.) Cousin Bette 409 Pages binding separating some stain and tear, 4.) The Unknown Masterpiece 1899- 335 pages , 5.) The Marriage Contract 1897-360 Pages some nicks on front board, 6.) a passion in the desert 372 pages outside spine on boards little tear, 7.) Scenes of Parisian Life -volume 5- 512 pages last page binding starting to loosen, 8.) Scenes of Parisian Life -volume 2 394 pages one page torn. Wikipedia Says this:noré de Balzac (/ˈbælzæk/ BAL-zak,[2] more commonly US: /ˈbɔːl-/ BAWL-,[3][4][5] French: [ɔnɔʁe d(ə) balzak]; born Honoré Balzac;[1] 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The… Read More

The Land Of Mist. A Professor Challenger Adventure. By A. Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes books. First edition of the third novel in the author's Professor Challenger series. 1926 Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., London. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, original publishers cloth. USED. Good- Condition/ No DJ Included. 286 pages plus adverts. 5 X 7 5/8. Does not include publishers Spring flyer.

Satin book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Illustrated slipcase near new, light shelf wear.
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The extraordinary early nineteenth century gardens of Josephine Bonaparte at Malmaison are revealed in this lavish publication. One hundred and twenty colored stipple engravings depict a dazzling array of exotic plants from around the world, while the text tells the fascinating story of how the first wife of Napoleon I came to transform a modest estate on the outskirts of Paris into a botanical and zoological garden to rival the great Jardin des Plantes itself.
Keen to have these biological rarities recorded in lifelike watercolor, Josephine engaged the foremost plant illustrator of the day, Pierre-Joseph Redoute, to paint 120 of them on fine parchment, and commissioned Etienne-Pierre Ventenat, librarian of the Pantheon in Paris, to write accompanying plant… Read More

Commandant de la Garde du Corps Législatif de la République Française, l'un des Déportés à la Guiane après le 18 Fructidor. Sur les faits relatifs à cette journée, sur le transport, le séjour et l'évasion de quelques-uns des Déportés; Avec les détails circonstanciés de la fin terrible du Général Murinais, de Tronçon-Ducoudray, Lafond-Ladebat, etc. etc. Seconde édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée de la lettre de Ramel au Directoire, et de douze notes qui ne se trouvoient point dans la première, et suivie d'une table générale des matières. iv+186 pp. + 1 portrait de Francois Barthélemy. 20,3x13 cm. Londres, 1799.
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Paris: Leroy, 1910. First edition. Finely bound in brown half leather with gilt titles and marbled paper covered boards, green endpapers. Published Paris: Leroy, 1910. Text in French. 4to., 8 1/2" x 12 1/4", 86pp., illustrated with 22 plates. Darkening to title page, gentle toning to the paper. Very good plus in an attractive binding. . 1st. Half-Leather. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.

Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1900. Mémoires du Sergent Bourgogne (1812 - 1813) pulbliés d'après le manuscrit original par Paul Cottin Directeur de la Nouvelle Revue rétrospective et Maurice Henault Archiviste municipale de Valenciennes. First edition thus. Finely bound in half leather. Published Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1900. 4to., 8 1/2" x 11 1/2", xv+247pp. plus addenda, illustrated with full color plates and b/w engravings within the text. Text in French. Bound in red leather with raised bands, gilt titles and panel designs, over blind embossed red cloth with gilt cover emblem, all edge gilting, silk endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Printed of bright white, heavy coated paper. 1903 prize award bookplate loosely attached to pastedown. Near fine. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to.