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CARD, L.Henry.
The Reign Of Charlemagne Considered chiefly with reference to Religion, Laws, Literature, And Manners.
London: Printed For Longman, Hurst, Rees, And Orme, 1807..
8vo. pp. 6 p.l., 208, [3]ads. with half-title & errata slip mounted on last page of ads. Uncut in original bds. (spine defective, covers detached). First Edition.
$103 USD Book Number: FRDeCARD16 Order / Enquire

CASTELNAU, Michel De, Seigneur de Mauvissière [c1520-1592].
Les Mémoires.Illustrez Et Augmentez De Plusieurs Commentaires & Manuscrits, tant Lettres, Instructions, Traittez, qu'autres Pièces Secrettes & Originales servants a donner la vérité de l'Histoire des Règnes de François II. Charles IX. & Henry III.Edit
Paris: Pierre Lamy, 1659..
2 Volumes. folio. pp. 1 p.l., [22], [1]-68, 71-77, 68-73, [1], 907, [11]index, [1]errata; 1 p.l., 909, [1]genealogical table, 125, [1]index & errata. titles in red & black. 2 engraved portraits by Nanteuil & de la Roussière. woodcut ornaments & initials. printer's device on titles. over 300 cuts in the text of coats of arms. contemporary mottled calf, gilt backs & edges (joints cracked, spinal extremities worn, dampstaining in Vol. I). Second Edition. The memoirs of the French soldier and diplomatist, written in England between 1575 and 1585, are an important original source for the period 1575 to 1569, the events leading up to the wars of religion and the first two wars. Castelnau enjoyed an illustrious career and was engaged on numerous diplomatic missions requiring great skill and tact. For many years he served as French ambassador to Queen Elizabeth and during his year-long stay with Mary Stuart of Scotland after the death of Francis II in 1560, he attempted a reconciliation between Mary and Elizabeth. Cioranescu 42012. Brunet I 1626. Graesse II 65. cfGoldsmith, BM STC French C422.
$1538 USD Book Number: FSTsCAST37 Order / Enquire

CAYLUS, [Marthe Marguerite De Villette, Marquise] De [1673-1729].
Les Souvenirs De Madame de Caylus.
Amsterdam [Geneva]: Jean Robert, 1770..
8vo. pp.viii, 174. woodcut ornaments, initial & title vignette. contemporary marbled calf (spine & corners worn, joints cracked, head of spine chipped, library rubberstamp on title & 1 other page). First Edition, Second Issue (the last leaf is a cancel), issued the same year as the first. The work was edited for publication by Voltaire, who wrote the preface and the notes. "Tout ce que raconte Madame la Marquise de Caylus est vrai; on voit une femme qui parle avec candeur. Ses Souvenirs serviront surtout à faire oublier cette foule de misérables écrits sur la cour de Louis XIV dont l'Europe a été inondée par des auteurs faméliques, qui n'avaient jamais connu ni cette cour ni Paris." (Preface) Barbier IV 548. Bengesco 1907. cfCioranescu 16274. cfQuérard II 93.
$250 USD Book Number: elala1440 Order / Enquire

CHAR, René [1907-1988].
Le Poème Pulvérisé.
Paris: Fontaine, [1947]..
8vo. pp. 103, [1 leaf]. with half-title. original printed wrs. (edges slightly chipped). First Edition, one of 1200 numbered copies on simili Japon.
$225 USD Book Number: elala1388 Order / Enquire

CHATEAUBRIAND, [François Auguste René, Vicomte] De [1768-1848].
The Congress Of Verona: Comprising A Portion Of Memoirs Of His Own Times.
London: Richard Bentley, 1838..
2 Vols. 8vo. pp. x, 485; v, 435. contemporary half calf (worn, spine ends & labels chipped, front joint of Vol. I cracked & repaired). First Edition of the English Translation. Including considerable discussion of the revolted Spanish colonies in South America. Chateaubriand acted as French plenipotentiary at the Congress (1822), where the majority of powers voted to grant France the mandate to restore absolutism in Spain by force of arms. The French invasion hastened the recognition of the independence of the Spanish colonies by England, Canning declaring that he had "called a new world into existence to redress the balance of the old" and that "if France had Spain, it would at least be Spain without her colonies." cfSabin 12253-54.
$410 USD Book Number: FATeCHAT36 Order / Enquire

CHATEAUBRIAND, [François Auguste René], Vicomte De [1768-1848].
The Monarchy According To The Charter.
London: Printed [By T.Davison] For John Murray, 1816..
8vo. pp. xvi, 252. with half-title. Uncut in original bds. (covers detached). First Edition of the English Translation.
$231 USD Book Number: FATeCHAT1 Order / Enquire

CHAVAGNAC, Gaspard, Comte De [b. 1624].
Mémoires De.Maréchal De Camp dans les Armées du Roy, Général de l'Artillerie, Sergent de Bataille de celles de Sa Majesté Catholique, & Lieutenant Général des Troupes de l'Empereur & son Ambassadeur en Pologne.
Amsterdam: Jean Malherbe, 1700..
12mo. pp. 3 p.l., 502. contemporary mottled calf, gilt back (covers worn & bowed, some foxing). cfBrunet I 1828.
$225 USD Book Number: elala517 Order / Enquire

CHEVALIER, C[asimir] [1825-1893].
Promenades Pittoresques En Touraine. Histoire, Légendes, Monuments, Paysages.
Tours: Alfred Mame Et Fils, 1869..
large 8vo. pp. viii, 592. with half-title. double-page engraved map & 180 wood engravings, mostly after drawings by Karl Girardet (many full-page). wood-engraved title vignette. attractively bound in contemporary quarter gilt-stamped chagrin, all edges gilt (cloth bit discoloured, some scattered foxing). folding wood engraving inserted. First Edition.
$282 USD Book Number: FEVomCHE10 Order / Enquire

[CHEVÉ, Charles François].
Le Dernier Mot Du Socialisme, Par Un Catholique [Pseud.].
Paris: Hervé, Capelle, 1848..
12mo. pp. 1 p.l., v, [7]-192, [2]. Uncut & unopened in original printed wrs. (some foxing throughout). First Edition. Cheve was associated with the editors of L'Atelier from 1840, and followed Proudhon for a period in the 1850's. This is one of his most important works. Barbier I 884. Querard I 66.
$450 USD Book Number: elala518 Order / Enquire

[CHEVRIER, François Antoine] [1721-1762].
Testament Politique Du Maréchal Duc De Belle-Isle.
Amsterdam: 'Aux dépens des Libraires associés, 1761..
12mo. pp. 213, [1]. woodcut ornaments & title vignette. later half calf (spine ends worn, lower front joint & upper rear joint split, internally fine). First Edition. [BOUND WITH:] [CHEVRIER, François Antoine]. Le Codicille Et L'Esprit Ou Commentaire Des Maximes Politiques De M. Le Maréchal Duc De Bellisle. 12mo. pp. 1 p.l., v, [1], viii, 234. woodcut ornaments & title vignette. The Hague: the Widow Van Duren, 1762. First Edition. The apocryphal memoirs are listed in Stourm because they contain a section directed against the financiers and deals with taxes. Chevrier was forced to flee France for Holland following the publication of his libellous book entitled Le Colporteur. He is reputed to have been poisoned in a plate of spinach in Rotterdam and to have died just as he was about to be detained and presented to the French ambassador. I. Cioranescu 19479 (pp. 216?). Quérard II 187. Stourm p. 109. II. Barbier I 628. Cioranescu 19483. Quérard II 186.
$400 USD Book Number: elala1390 Order / Enquire

CLARETIE, Léo.
Histoire De La Littérature Française (900-1900).
Paris: Société D'Éditions Littéraires Et Artistiques, 1905-12..
5 Volumes. 8vo. with half-titles. contemporary half roan (rubbed, spines sunned, paper embrowned). First Edition.
$256 USD Book Number: FARstCLA62 Order / Enquire

CLÉRY, [Jean Baptiste Cant Hanet] [1759-1809].
Journal De Ce Qui S'Est Passé À La Tour Du Temple, Pendant la Captivité De Louis XVI, Roi De France.
London: Printed By Baylis, Sold by the Author., 1798..
8vo. pp. 10 p.l., 239, [1 leaf]. 1 engraved plate, 1 engraved plan, & 1 facsimile. disbound. First Edition. Cioranescu 19894. Martin & Walter 7745.
$179 USD Book Number: FÉRurCLÉ46 Order / Enquire

[COLBERT, Jean Baptiste], Marquis de TORCY [1665-1746].
Mémoires...Pour Servir À L'Histoire Des Négociations Depuis le Traité de Ryswyck jusqu'à la Paix D'Utrecht.
London: Nourse & Vaillant...Amsterdam: E. van Harrevelt & Utrecht: H.Spruit, 1757..
3 Volumes. 12mo. pp. 4 p.l., 232; 2 p.l., 268; 2 p.l., 271. with half-title in Vol. I. Nice crisp copies in contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt backs (some wear to extremities). armorial bookplate of British diplomat and politician Robert Darcy, fourth Earl of Holdernesse [1718-78]. Second Edition (first: 1756). An important diplomatic history by one of the major participants. The author negotiated the 1700 treaty that occasioned the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14), whereby Louis XIV's grandson, Philippe, duc d'Anjou was named heir to the Spanish throne by the dying Charles II of Spain. He was also the leading French diplomat at the series of international conferences that resulted in the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) and the Treaty of Rastatt (1714). The work is divided into four sections, the first devoted to the negotiations for the Spanish Succession, the second to negotiations with Holland, the third to negotiations with England, and the fourth to negotiations for the Treaty of Utrecht, by which France ceded to England all claim to the Hudson's Bay Territory, Acadia, St. Kitts, and Newfoundland. Voltaire remarked that the memoirs "renferment des détails qui no conviennent qu'à ceux qu veulent s'instruire à fond; on y reconnaît le gout de la cour de Louis XIV; mais leur plus grand prix est dans la sincérité de l'auteur: c'est la moderation elle-même qui conduisait sa plume. Including numerous references to America: fishery rights on the coast of Newfoundland, the slave trade, the disastrous 1711 Walker expedition against Quebec, &c. Not in Sabin.
$650 USD Book Number: elala4446 Order / Enquire

COLLINS, Charles Allston [1828-1873].
A Cruise Upon Wheels: The Chronicle Of some Autumn Wanderings Among The Deserted Post-Roads OF France.
London: Routledge, Warne, And Routledge., 1863..
8vo. pp. xi, 460. with half-title. wood-engraved frontis. & title vignette. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (bit spotted, slight fraying to top of rear joint, small label on spine). from the library of Canadian author Thomas Conant [1842-1905]. SECOND EDITION.
$128 USD Book Number: SLLCrCOL39 Order / Enquire

[COLNET DE RAVEL, Charles Jean Auguste Maximilien De] [1768-1832].
L'Art De Dîner En Ville, À L'Usage Des Gens De Lettres. Poëme En IV Chants.
Paris: Delaunay, libraire, 1813..
12mo. pp. 141. with half-title. contemporary quarter calf (joints cracked, several small blindstamps). Third Edition, revised and corrected, of this satirical poem. Pp. 103-141 contain an extract from a work containing biographies of authors who have died of starvation.
$256 USD Book Number: FOLAr[CO43 Order / Enquire

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