The History of the Huguenots During the Sixteenth Century, in Two Volumes by W. S. Browning, Esq - 1829

Paris: Didier et Cie., 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 volumes, 8vo, approx. 550 page each. Quarter leather, with damage to back strip of the second volume. Ex Libris label on front fixed end paper, "Le Proux." Usual shelf wear.

Paris: Ernest Bourdin, 1839 Leather/gilt tooled spine w/ blue marbled boards, marbled endpages w/ bookplate Wind Muller, speckled foredges,engraved half title Prevost D'Exiles w/ gilt engraving Histoire Manon Lescaut , VII. XII. extensive foxing. edgwear to boards, beautiful engraved/gilt spine. Scarce editon. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Illus. by Tony Johannot. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Owner's Bookplate. Early Edition. Leather/Marbled Boards. Very Good.

Paris: Chez Pierre-Francois Giffart. Good+. 1718. First Edition. Hardcover. Full brown leather. Text tight, clean & intact without foxing. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Spine has raised bands, gilt title and floral decorated panels. Spine tail has some wear. Front hinge starting by spine tail, cover is firmly attached. Red speckled page edge. Morvan De Bellegarde Jean-Baptiste, 1648 - 1734 was a French Jesuit before joining the Order of Francis de Sales. French text. France; Portrait frontispiece; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 446 pages .

No. 108 of 150 large paper, hand-colored copies. Hand-colored inserted dedication page (to Don Caesar Frank Fiori); top-edge gilt; deckle edges; hand-colored plates; five distinctly raised bands; gilt decor to front, rear and spine compartments. A nice clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. ; 4to; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .

Paris: Chez Barbier, 1850. L'Armee Francaise- Collection de types colories representant les uniformes Francais De 1848-1850- by Felix Philippoteaux (artist), M. Deghouy (engraver), Mme Tassani (colorist)- Illustrated Folio- A. Barbier, Paris- [1850]- 1st Edition- Hardcover:- VG++/ no jacket as issued- 1/2 Leather and boards- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall, red leather and grey boards, tight and clean, light rubbing at extremities- Gilt titles on spine- contains 25 hand colored plates for French Army uniforms from 1848-50- No text- this may be a sample by Barbier to show some of the plates in an upcoming series of books L'Armee Francaise and may be a unique item- card tipped in on fep with explanation of book and price paid in 1993- SEE PHOTOS- chance to own something that probably no one else has- Non fiction-France-military-uniforms-1848-50-illustrated (4796). 1st Edition. 1/2 Leather. VG++/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Felix Philippoteaux, M. Deghouy, Mme Tassani. 4to - over… Read More

Dublin: Marchbank, 1781. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 Volumes, To which is added the trial of Ravaillac, for the murder of Henry the Great Full leather, with spines carefully repaired in brown coated cloth. Interiors good: some foxing, but pages are supple.

Soft cover. Fine. The decree had the effect of law on the Swedish island of Saint Barthélemy, also known as St. Barts, located in the French Caribbean near St. Martin and Anguilla. 8vo. Original self cover. 7 pages. Text in Swedish. Sweden purchased the West Indies island of St. Barts from France in 1784, in exchange for trade rights in the Swedish port city of Gothenburg. The island was sold back to France in 1878, making it the longest held overseas possession in the Swedens history. St. Barts was also the only overseas possession ever held by Sweden for more than twenty years. The legacy of Swedish ownership can be seen in the names of many of the streets and the town (in honor of King Gustav III) and the presence of Swedens national arms, the Three Crowns, in the islands coat of arms along with the Maltese cross, the Fleur-de-lis, the mural crown, two pelicans, as well as the islands supposed Amerindian name of Ouanalao. Old ink marking to upper right corner of title page and original docketed… Read More

London: London: printed for the author; and sold by G. Hawkins, at the Middle Temple-Gate, in Fleet-Street, 1759. 1st Edition . Full leather. Good. First edition; two volumes, quarto; xxvii, 452; (iv), 350, (xxxviii), 71, (xxix)pp; with 7 copper-engraved maps and plans (5 of them folding), folding table, and frontispiece portrait. Full contemporary leather (worn, hinges weak, boards held by cords, spine label missing from vol.2), five raised spine bands, some browning and spotting particularly to opening and closing leaves, early ink inscription to vol.1 front free endpaper. Good complete working copy of this uncommon first edition. Harte's work, Ian Campbell Ross suggests [in The Shandean v.20, November 2009, p.9 et seq] was the source of several Shandean elements - from his early reflections on the difficulty of writing his book and his use of digression through to his reference to the Abbess of Quedlingberg - and though debate continues as to the precise influence Harte's work may have had, the… Read More

Half black morocco over marbled paper. Some wear along edges. Gilt particulars and decorations to spine. Small bookplate of Luis Bardon to front pastedown. Occasional foxing throughout. Moisture marks to top edges and corners of pages 197-224, not affecting text; a nice copy nonetheless.; 8vo ; xi, 626, [ii], [ii] pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .

A anniversary ed. near fine paperback folio with 21 lithographs, soiling on cov. as in image, reproductions as new. Published on occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the National Uprising. 49x35cm. 1,25kg.His collection, made from life, represents the main pictorial archive of the personalities of the Greek War of Independence. Feel free to ask for more details & images. Notice:
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