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BOUTET DE MONVEL, Roger.
Eminent English Men & Women In Paris Crowned By The French Academy In 1912.Translated By G.Herring.
London: David Nutt, 1912..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. [xiii], 228; 1 p.l., 229-515. extra-illustrated. 57 mostly engraved & lithographed plates (2 folding, 1 tinted, 2 hand-coloured). half morocco by Bayntun, gilt back, t.e.g. First Edition of the English Translation.
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[BREMOND, Sebastien or Gabriel De].
Le Pelerin Nouvelle Par le Sieur S. BRE.
[Amsterdam?: np, c1670]..
12mo. pp. 15 p.l., 179 (lacking *1, presumably blank). sphere device on title. woodcut headpiece & initials. contemporary mottled calf (very worn, joints split, library bookplate & number on lower spine). First Edition. Barbier III 813. Brunet, Imprimeurs Imaginaires et Libraires Supposés, p. 58. Goldsmith, BM STC French, 1742. Cioranescu 16388. Baldner p. 97. cfWilliams p. 18.
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[BRET, Antoine] [1717-1792].
Mémoires sur Sur La Vie De Mademoiselle De Lenclos Par Mr. B**** Nouvelle Édition corrigée.
Amsterdam: François Joly, 1758..
3 Vols. [Vols. 2 & 3 with variant title: Lettres De Mademoiselle de Ninon De Lenclos au Marquis de Sevigné. [attributed to Damours]]. 12mo. pp. 2 p.l., vi, 111; 2 p.l., vii, [1], 111; 2 p.l., 120. complete with half-titles. titles in red & black. engraved frontis. portrait. A fine set in contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt backs. FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1751, BRET'S COLLECTION PRESENTS AN ENGAGING, IF UNRELIABLE, ACCOUNT OF THE FAMOUS COURTESAN. THE LETTERS TO ONE HER LOVERS, THE MARQUIS DE SEVIGNY, WHICH MAKE UP PARTS II AND III, ARE CHARMING, BUT SPURIOUS, SEVENTEENTH CENTURY PRODUCTIONS. CFCIORANESCU 13831. CFBARBIER III 257. CFBRUNET 18829 (FOR LETTRES.)
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BROWNING, Oscar [1837-1923] (Editor).
The Despatches Of Earl Gower, English Ambassador At Paris From June 1790 To August 1792, To Which Are Added The Despatches Of Mr. Lindsay And Mr. Monro, And The Diary Of Viscount Palmerston In France During July And August 1791, Now Published For The Firs
Cambridge: At The University Press, 1885..
8vo. pp. xxxviii, [1 leaf], 400. with half-title. A fine uncut copy in original cloth. First Edition.
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BULWER, [William] Henry Lytton [Earle, Baron Dalling And Bulwer] [1801-1872].
The Monarchy Of The Middle Classes, France, Social, Literary, Political, Second Series.
London: Richard Bentley, 1836..
2 Volumes in 1. 12mo. pp. xii, 320; viii, 324. with half-title in Vol. I. 4 folding tables. 2 errata slips. 19th century half calf (worn, slight damage to spine, occasional browning, edges of 1 leaf ragged). First Edition of this sequel to 'France: Social, Literary, and Political' (1834).
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BURKE, Edmund [1729-1797].
Reflections On The Revolution In France, And On The Proceedings In Certain Societies In London Relative To That Event. In A Letter Intended To Have Been Sent To A Gentleman In Paris.
London: Printed For J.Dodsley, 1790..
8vo. pp. iv, 356. contemporary tree calf (spine ends worn, front joint cracked, institutional bookplate, light spotting to a few leaves). Second Edition, First Impression. Burke's eloquent indictment of the 'horrors' and excesses of the Revolution earned him a European authority and popularity that he had never attained in his own country or with his own party. Todd 53b. Goldsmiths' 14519. Martin & Walter 5570. cfRothschild 522. cfPrinting and the Mind of Man, 239. [BOUND WITH:] BURKE, [Edmund]. A Letter.To A Member Of The National Assembly; In Answer To Some Objections To His Book On French Affairs. The Fourth Edition. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., 74. lacking half-title. (light foxing to title). London: Re-Printed for J.Dodsley, 1791. First English Edition, Fourth Impression. Todd 54g. Goldsmiths' 15003. cfMartin & Walter 5563.
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BUSSEY, George Moir.
History Of Napoleon.Illustrated By Horace Vernet.
London: Joseph Thomas, 1840..
2 Volumes. large 8vo. pp. lxxii, 576; vi, 634. wood-engraved frontis., title vignettes, ornaments, initials & numerous text illus. by Horace Vernet [1789-1863]. original gilt & blind-stamped cloth, gilt backs (extremities trifle frayed, hinges taped, spines faded, lacking front flyleaf). First Edition.
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CABET, [Étienne] [1788-1857].
Révolution De 1830 Et Situation Présente (Mai 1833) Expliquées Et Éclairées Par Les Révolutions De 1789, 1792, 1799, Et 1804 Et Par La Restauration.2e Tirage.
Paris: Deville-Cavellin, Pagnerre, 1833..
2 Volumes in 1. 12mo. pp. 2 p.l., 247, [1]; 276. modern quarter calf, original printed wrs. bound in, fore-edge & lower edge uncut (some foxing & marginal staining). Second Edition, much expanded beyond the first, with a new inflammatory preface. Cabet was prosecuted for the hostile attacks on the government contained in the present work and he was obliged to seek exile in England the following year (1834). Einaudi 766. Not in Kress or Goldsmiths'.
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CAGLIOSTRO, [Alessandro], conte di (alias of Giuseppe BALSAMO [1743-1795] Et Al.
Oenkschrift für den Grafen von Cagliostro: Graf Cagliostro verlangt nichts, als Ruhe und Sicherheit Die Gastfrenheit versichert fie ihn. Auszug eines von Grafen von Vergennes, Ministers der auswartigen Geschaste, an herrn von Gereard, prätor von Strasburg, geschries benen briefes.
np: 1786..
small 8vo. pp. 210. original wrs. (faint dampstaining). First Edition of the German Translation? The present pamphlet concerns Cagliostro's prosecution for participation in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace that involved Marie Antoinette and the Prince Louis de Rohan. He was acquitted of the charge after a nine-month imprisonment in the Bastille and banished from France by order of Louis XVI. The infamous impostor, self-proclaimed psychic healer, alchemist, soothsayer and founder of Egyptian freemasonry, was betrayed to the Inquisition and arrested in 1789 for attempting to establish a Masonic lodge in Rome. Cagliostro was originally sentenced to death but his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment at the Forte de San Leo, where he died in 1795.
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[CAMPBELL, W.F.].
Life In Normandy Sketches Of French Fishing Farming, Cooking, Natural History And Politics Drawn From Nature.
Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, 1863..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., [v]-xiii, [2], 322; 1 p.l., [v], ix, [2], 322. 19 tinted lithographs (incl. frontis.), 1 folding lithographed map & 2 wood-engraved title vignettes. lacking half-titles. contemporary half calf (bit rubbed, joints of Volume 1 beginning to crack, light foxing to map & last few leaves). First Edition.
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[CAMPBELL, W.F.].
Life In Normandy Sketches Of French Fishing, Farming, Cooking, Natural History And Politics Drawn from Nature.
Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, 1865..
8vo. pp. xviii, 407. with half-title. lithographed frontis. portrait. wood-engraved title vignette. original cloth, rebacked with spine mounted (spine faded, extremities bit frayed). Third Edition (the first in one volume, with the lithographed plates in the previous editions omitted).
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CAPUS, Alfred.
Le Théâtre.
Paris: Dorbon-Ainé, [c1913]..
8vo. pp. 135. with half-title. contemporary quarter morocco, t.e.g., others untrimmed, original printed wrs. bound in (bit rubbed). Limited to 500 numbered copies [+ 25].
$77 USD Book Number: FPUTCAPU25 Order / Enquire
[CARACCIOLI, Louis Antoine, Marquis] [1723-1803].
Le Langage De La Raison.
Liège: J.F.Bassompierre, 1763..
12mo. pp. viii, 209, [2]. with half-title. woodcut ornaments, initial & title vignette. contemporary mottled calf, gilt back (spine ends chipped). cfBarbier II 1068. cfCioranescu 15483. cfQuérard II 48.
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CARACCIOLI, [Louis Antoine], Marquis [1723-1803].
La Jouissance De Soi-Même.Nouvelle Édition, Revue, corrigée & augmentée.
Frankfurt: Au Foire, Liège: J.F.Bassompierre, & Brussels: J. Van Den Berghen, 1762..
12mo. pp. xxii, [2], 501. contemporary sheep (worn but sound, lower spine chipped, some light foxing & dampstaining). cfCioranescu 15471-72. cfQuérard II 48.
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CARACCIOLI, [Louis Antoine], Marquis [1723-1803].
La Religion De L'Honnête Homme.
Paris: Nyon, 1766..
12mo. pp. 2 p.l., 338, [2]privilege. with half-title. woodcut headpiece & title vignette. contemporary mottled calf, gilt back (joints split, spine ends worn). First Edition. Cioranescu 15491. Quérard II 48.
$250 USD Book Number: elala1387 Order / Enquire
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