ANON.

Le Dix-Huittieme siecle. Les Moeurs. Les Arts. Les Idées. Récits et Témoignages Contemporains.

A Paris : Chez Hachette et Cie, Libraires, 79 Boulevard St. germain, M.DCCC.XCIX. [ 1899 ] . 0. First edition. A very good half leather binding by Zaehnsdoorf. [4pp.]/pp.iv./pp.443 . 32.5cm x 23.5cm x 5.0cm . Brown morocco spine and corners over marbled boards. Spine with 5 raised bands, gilt decorated compartments and gilt titles. Edges and corners rubbed and bumped. Marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate engraved by "A. S. Leslie", to the verso of the front board: "D. G. Bruce-Gardyne". Clean throughout with all illustrations. VG ** "David Greenhill Bruce-Gardyne, Barrister. Born 4 Aug, 1834. The forth son of William Bruce-Gardyne, 6th of Middleton and Catherine Cameron Macpherson. He married 29 May, 1883, Azemia Helen, eldest daughter of Thomas Sellar, Esq, of Hall Grove, Surrey.

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Book number: 51462

Catalogue: French: : 19th Century

Keywords: David Greenhill Bruce-Gardyne Chez Hachette Et Cie Paris French: : 19th Century

BERNHEIM, ALAIN .

Ramsay et ses deux Discours".

Paris: Editions Teletes, 51, Rue La Condamine, 2011 . 9782906031746. Signed first edition. Creased cream card covers. Illustration to front cover. Printed title to spine and front cover. Book and Author information (in French), to rear cover. Inked note to half title: "For my old friend John, his Brother in QC - Alain" . Clean French text throughout. Dedication to p.4 : "L’édition originale de cet ouvrage a été limitée à 300 exemplaires. Il a été imprimé sur Conqueror crème 120 grammes 99 exemplaires hors commerce ; 33 exemplaires signés et numérotés par l’auteur de 1 à 33, à l’intention des membres actifs du Suprême Conseil de France, 33 exemplaires signés et numérotés par l'auteur de i à xxxiii, 33 exemplaires paraphés et numérotés par l’éditeur de I à XXXIII, et 201 exemplaires sur bouffant naturel 80 grammes dont le premier est reserve a la Mediatheque D'Epernay at les autres non justifies. Exemplaire no. XXII reserve a John Acaster" . VG. English translation: "Ramsay and His Two Speeches" ** Alain Bernheim , born in Paris and since 2002 a French resident in Switzerland, stopped his musical career in 1980 for health reasons after giving some 2,000 concerts and piano recitals. He was made a Mason in 1963, belongs to the Swiss Grand Lodge Alpina and was elected WM of Lodge No. 30, Ars Macionica (Regular Grand Lodge of Belgium) in 2006, and is a honorary founding member of the Grand Lodge of Mauritius. He is a 33°, Inspector General Honorary of the Supreme Council (S. J.), Visitor General Honorary and Chapter Knight of the Great Priory of Belgium, and a member of the Royal Order of Scotland. The Scottish Rite Research Society made him a Fellow and presented him with the Albert G. Mackey Award for Excellence in Masonic Scholarship in 2001. He was elected a member of the Masonic Brotherhood of the Blue Forget-Me-Not in 1996 and a Blue Friar in 2007. On Tuesday, October 6, 2009, the Scottish Rite Research Society (SRRS) during its annual meeting in the Congressional Room of the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington (D. C.), awarded Ill. Alain Bernheim, 33° the Albert Gallatin Mackey Award "for Lifetime Achievement", a distinction which was awarded five times only since the SRRS was founded and never before to a non-American Brother. Read Bernheim's speech: My Approach to Masonic History . Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076, London, awarded him the Norman Spencer Prize twice (1986 and 1993) and he is presently a full member and an Officer of the Lodge. The Supreme Council of France awarded him the Caroubi Prize for 2011. Besides some 150 research papers published since 1967 in French, English and German masonic magazines such as Heredom, Ars Quatuor Coronatorum, Renaissance Traditionnelle, Acta Macionica , Alpina, Eleusis etc, he wrote Les Premiers de la Franc-Maçonnerie à Genève et en Suisse (Slatkine, Geneva 1994), some sixty entries of the Encyclopédie de la Franc-Maçonnerie (Hachette, Paris 2000), Réalité Maçonnique (GRA, Lausanne 2007) and A Certain Idea of Freemasonry (Dervy, Paris 2008). His last book, Le Rite en 33 grades - De Frederick Dalcho à Charles Riandey (Dervy, Paris), came out in September 2011 and was awarded the Prix Histoire 2011 of the Institut Maçonnique de France." *** "Sir Andrew Michael Ramsay Bt FRS (9 July 1686 – 6 May 1743), commonly called the Chevalier Ramsay, was a Scottish-born writer who lived most of his adult life in France. He was a baronet in the Jacobite peerage.. Ramsay was associated with Freemasonry from its introduction in France (1725–26).. In 1736 Ramsay pronounced in Paris a public speech which defined the four qualities to become a French Freemason: philanthropy, moral values, secrecy, and empathy for sciences and fine arts. In 1737 Ramsay wrote his Discourse pronounced at the reception of Freemasons by Monsieur de Ramsay, Grand Orator of the Order, in which he connected Freemasonry with the Crusader knights.." - See Wikipedia.

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Book number: 50745

Catalogue: Masonic: : French

Keywords: 52198 Editions Teletes Paris Bernheim, Alain Ramsay Et Ses Deux Discours Andrew Michael Ramsay Masonic: : French

BOWER, H.M.

The Fourteen of Meaux.

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1894. 0. An Account of the Earliest 'Reformed Church' Within France Proper, Organized by Estienne Mangin, and Pierre LeClerc; who with Twelve Other Persons, Suffered Death by Fire in 1546. From Crespin and Various Other Authorities. Reprinted from Volume V. of the Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London. Pp.124, frontispiece facsimile of a page in Crespin + 5 further plates -including one folding Mangin Pedigree and a sketch plan of Meaux in 1546, inscribed 'With the Author's Compliments' to half-title page armorial bookplate of John Crawford Hodgson ('Audi Alteram Partem' - Listen to the Other Side) to inside front board. Brown cloth, gilt motif to front, gilt title to spine, minor rubbing to top and tail of spine. VG.

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Book number: 33867

Catalogue: French Church

Keywords: Bower Fourteen Meaux French Church History Crespin Evangelical Movement Riochard Toussainte Du Plessis Parlement de Paris Briconnet Mangin Leclerc Mutilation Tongues Huguenots Martyrs 3967200000000000 French Church

ALMANACK - FRENCH 19TH CENTURY .

Etrennes Aux Dames. Calendrier Des Dames Francaises Pour l'an De Grace MDCCCLXXXIII. [ 1883 ] .

[ Paris : Charavay, 1883 ] . 0. A beautiful little Almanack . 14cm x 10cm x 1.9cm. pp.128. White silk covered boards (now soiled) , with blue decorations and red title: "1883 Etrennes Aux Dames". A frontispiece portrait of Madame Edmond Adam etched by Boulard fils. Clean text throughout, within a pink floral border. Some pages uncut. Contained in an off-white wrap round card case. All covers with embossed pattern an gilt decorations and title. Hinges carefully strengthened. A well preserved little book.

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Book number: 51894

Catalogue: French: : 19th Century

Keywords: Cparis Charavay Alendrier Des Dames Francaises Pour L'an de Grace French: : 19th Century

CREIGHTON, HILARY.

First Visit to France. (Illustrated by Ashley Pope).

London: Max Parish. 1966. 1st ed. "Deals with the problems of travelling, from ordering food and making a telephone call to finding a lavatory and deciding what to pack for the journey". Pp 127. Some b/w illustrations. P/b. Spine slightly scuffed. Illustrated cover. G+.

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Book number: 17820

Catalogue: Foreign Language: : French

Keywords: Creighton Pope Visit France Travelling Language Paris Customs A12648 Foreign Language: : French

DECKER, THOMAS.

Dictionnaire Des Synonymes.

France: Editions de Lodi, 1998. "French dictionary." Pp, 408. P/b. VG.

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Book number: 10855

Catalogue: Foreign Language: : French

Keywords: Decker French Language Dictionary Dictionnaire Des Synonymes A3707 Foreign Language: : French

FLECHIER, ESPRIT .

Recueil Des Oraisons Funebres Prononcees Par Messire Esprit Flechier, Eveque de Nismes. Nouvelle Edition, dans laquelle on a ajoute Precis de la vie de l'Auteur.

Paris: Chez Jean Desaint, 1741. 12mo. 17cm x 9.6cm x 3.5cm. pp.24/480 . Printed title. Engraved head & tail pieces. Red page edges. Original endpapers, lightly toned. Contemporary mottled calf binding. Spine with 5 raised bands, gilt decorated compartments and original red leather title label.

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Book number: 14095

Catalogue: Theology: : 18th Century: : French

Keywords: A8280 Flechier Desaint Paris Recueil Des Oraisons Funebres Prononcees par Messire Esprit Flechier Theology: : 18th Century: : French

GARNIER, ROBERT (1544-1590)

Textes de la Renaissance sous la direction de Claude Blum 17 - Robert Garnier - Antigone, Ou, La Piete : tragedie; Edition critique, etablie, presentee et annotee par Jean-Dominique Beaudin.

Paris : Honore Champion editeur, 1997 . 2852037610. A very good binding. pp.285. Pale pink boards with black titles. Spine lightly sunned. Clean French text throughout, just some marginal markings in pencil. "Ouvrage publie avec le concours du Centre national du livre". Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-285) and indexes. Text in Middle French, introduction and notes in modern French.

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Book number: 52031

Catalogue: French

Keywords: Paris : Honore Champion Editeur Textes de la Renaissance Sous la Direction de Claude Blum 17 Robert Garnier Antigone, Ou, la Piete Tragedie; French

GAUTRELET, LE P. F. X. [ FRANCESCO SAVERIO ]

Traite De L'Etat Religieux ou Notions Theologiques Sur la nature De Cet Etat Et Les Devoirs Qu'il Impose, a l'usage des Superieurs et des Confesseurs des Communaules religieuses par Le P. F. X. Gautrelet, S. J.

Lyon / Paris : Perisse Freres, Imprimeurs-Libraires.. 1853 . 8vo. 2 volumes in one. pp.346/292. Title page to each volume. French text throughout. Slight toning to pages. Red pages edges. Contemporary full calf. Front board with gilt cross and initials: "S. SP." Spine with 4 raised bands and original leather title label: "De L'Etat Religieux - Gautrelet." G+.

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Book number: 10089

Catalogue: Theology: : 19th Century: : French

Keywords: 04638 Perisse Freres Lyon Paris Gautrelet L'Etat Religieux Jesuit Theology: : 19th Century: : French

GENLIS, STEPHANIE FELICITE COMTESSE DE 1746-1830.

Les Fleurs, Ou Les Artistes; Par Madame De Genlis. Auteur de la Botanique Historique Et litteraire; Sainclair, Ou la Victime des Sciences Et des Arts, &c. &c.

A Londres: Chez Colburn, Libraire, No. 50, Conduit-Street, New-Bond-Street, 1811 . 0. A very good original half calf booklet. 12mo. 7.0" x 4.5" x 0.25". pp.96 . Black morocco spine and corners over marbled boards. Corners and hinges carefully strengthened. Edges rubbed. Smooth spine with gilt banding and faded title. Bookplate to verso of the front board: "Brynkinalt Library." Endpapers, first few leaves; and l;ast few leaves foxed, otherwise clear French text with only the odd brown spot. VG. N.B. I have found references to other French Language Books with the Brynkinalt Library Label. Also: There is a reference to Madame De Genlis visiting "The Ladies of Llangollen" in 1791. As Brynkinalt Hall is only a few miles away it would be possible to make a connection. ** "Caroline-Stéphanie-Félicité, Madame de Genlis (25 January 1746 – 31 December 1830) was a French writer of the late 18th and early 19th century, known for her novels and theories of children's education. She is now best remembered for her journals and the historical perspective they provide on her life and times." - See Wikipedia *** ""Brynkinalt Hall, Chirk, Wrexham has been home to the Trevor family since it was built in 1612 and the library was redesigned in the 1800s.

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Book number: 47852

Catalogue: Literature: : French

Keywords: 49342 Brynkinalt Library. Chez Colburn, Libraire Les Fleurs, Ou Les Artistes; par Madame de Genlis Genlis, Stephanie Felicite Comtesse de Literature: : French

GUICHARD, ELEONORE.

Memoires de Cecile, ecrits par elle-meme, revus par M. de La Place.

A Paris: Et se vend A Francfort, Chez; J. F. Bassompierre, J. Van Den Berghen, M. DCC. LXII. 1767 . Avec Approbation & Privilege de Roi. 0. First edition. Two volumes bound as one. pp.12/pp.236/pp.289/[7pp. - 'Livres Nouveaux..' ] . Thick 16mo. 16.8cm x 10.3cm x 4.3cm. Original half calf binding over marbled boards. Very rubbed. Hinges cracked, but boards firmly attached. Spine with 5 raised bands, original black leather title label. Spine cracked and rubbed, with small loss to top & tail. Engraved armorial bookplate to verso of the front board: "Sr. John Cope Bart." Engraved portrait frontis of Cecile by: "Jer. Gottl. Rugendas sculpsit A. A. L. L. Soc. Membrum" ; from a design by Jean-Baptiste Santerre. Clean French text in paragraphs. Second title page after p.236 . G+ ** "Sir John Cope, 6th Baronet (1673–1749) was a British banker and politician who sat in the English House of Commons from 1705 to 1708 and in the British House of Commons from 1708 to 1741. He was a Director of the Bank of England from 1706 to 1721." - See Wikipedia.

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Book number: 45189

Catalogue: French: : 18th Century

Keywords: Mémoires de Cécile, écrits par Elle-Même, Revus par M. De la Place. J.F. Bassompierre, J. Van Den Berghen French: : 18th Century

LEGGATT, L.M. (TRANSLATOR).

A Nineteenth Century Miracle. The Brothers Ratisbonne and the Congregation of Notre Dame De Sion.

London: Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd, 1922. "The story runs curiously parallel with the Tractarian movement, Oxford having its counterpart in Strasbourg..Ratisbonne had been a priest already three years when Keble preached his Assize Sermon on July 14, 1833; and the Institute of Notre Dame de Sion received Episcopal sanction in Newman's critical year of 1845. But curiously, in the year 1847, the Constitutions of the Institute were approved by Mgr. Affre and Newman's Oratory began." Pp.xxii/336, black & white portrait frontispiece + 2 further black & white plates, gift message to front free endpaper, number notation to inside front board. Blue cloth, gilt title to front and spine, spine faded with rubbed patch to centre. Good. ** "Marie-Théodor Ratisbonne, N.D.S, (December 28, 1802 - January 10, 1884) was a noted Jewish convert to the Catholic Church, who became a priest and missionary and who later founded the Congregation of Our Lady of Sion. He was the brother of Maria Alphonse Ratisbonne, who joined him in this effort."(wiki).

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Book number: 41564

Catalogue: French Church

Keywords: Leggatt Nineteenth Century Miracle Brothers Ratisbonne Jewish Converts Congregation Notre Dame de Sion Catholic Church History Jews Conversion Bussierre Rue Plumet Regard Community Apostolate 42776 French Church

LOEWE, JULES MARIE.

Lettres D'Angleterre, Etudes Humoristiques. Par Jules-marie Loewe. Dessins de Bourgerie

Paris: Georges Kugelmann, Editeur, Rue Feydeau, 7, 1851 . 0. First edition in modern cloth binding, preserving the original covers. 8vo. 24.5cm x 15.9cm x 1.7cm. pp.175/[1p. - Table Des Maitieres]/[4pp. - Original covers]. Green cloth binding with black leather title label to spine. Clean endpapers. Engraved title with frontis to verso, facing a printed title-apge with a vignette of a man on a horse delivering a letter. Clean French text and illustrations throughout. Just the odd brown spot (mainly restricted to the margins). The original illustrated blue-green card covers bound at the end are in good condition and only show signs of light soiling. A well preserved book. VG.

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Book number: 46522

Catalogue: Literature: : French

Keywords: 48101 Lettres D'Angleterre Loewe, Jules Marie. Paris: Georges Kugelmann, Literature: : French

PIERRE MOLLIER / PIERRE-FRANçOIS PINAUD

L'état-major Maçonnique de Napoléon : Dictionnaire biographique des dirigeants du Grand Orient de France sous le Premier Empire

France: Editions A L'Orient, 2009 9782912591609. Signed first edition. Paperback. pp.281/[30pp. - 'Bibliographie' and 'Index Des Noms' ] . Loosley inserted letter from Pierre Mollier (dated 2nd April 2012) , plus hand written dedication to half title. Clean illustrated covers. Light mark to page edges, otherwise clean French text throughout. VG.

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Book number: 50939

Catalogue: Masonic: : French

Keywords: 52366 Editions a L'Orient Pierre Mollier Pierre-François Pinaud L'état-Major Maçonnique de Napoléon : Dictionnaire Biographique Des Dirigeants Du Grand Orient de France Sous le Premier Empire Masonic: : French

POINTAIRE, JEAN ADOLPHE - (1877-1942) .

Original letter from the Mayor of Dole (Jura) to the Refugees currently at Champvans.

Dole, Jura, France: Mairie De Dole (Jura), 15 March 1939 . 0. Original typed letter from the Mayor of Dole to "Aux Rufugiees actullement a Champvans", dated 15 March 1939 . Folded sheet of paper, written on one side only. 27cm x 21cm. One vertical fold and 3 horizontal folds. Edges chipped and creased, and wear along folds. A typed letter in French, on headed paper signed by Jean Adolphe Pointaire. G+ ** Jean Adolphe Pointaire was a French politician born June 1, 1877 in Abergement-la-Ronce (Jura) and died November 5, 1942 in Dole (Jura). Mayor of Dole from 1935 to 1942.

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Book number: 46718

Catalogue: Documents: : French

Keywords: 48303 Pointaire, Jean Adolphe Mairie de Dole Mayor Documents: : French