Extrait Des Registres Du Parlement Du 16 Fã©Vrier 1768 / Estratto de Registri Del Parlamento de 16 Febbraio 1768

Paris, France , P.G. Simon, 1768. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Extremely scarce in the trade, there being apparently no additional copies available on-line of this, a bilingual (French and Italian) account of a meeting of the French Parliament, in this case dating to 16 Fevrier, 1768. Simple gray softpaper wraps, hand-sewn signatures. Double-column texts. Over-large initial letters, a clean and unmarked copy with an attractive bite of the font to soft paper. Soiled rear wrap, with a nicely pasted-on title label, with penned title. Bottom edges of four pages chipped away, but the entire document is easily readable. Extract from the registers of Parliament of February 16, 1768 [Jesuits] on the text and the controversies linked to the publication of Sanctissimi Domini Nostri Clementis. Letters in the form of briefs by which certain edicts were issued in the Duchy of Parma and Placentium, prejudicial to ecclesiastical liberty, immunity, and jurisdiction, are abrogated and cancelled, and declared null and void. 13 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 357819

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Keywords: French language Italian language French Parliament

Memoires Lus a la Sorbonne Dans Les Seances Extraordinaires Du Comite Imperial Des Travaux Historiques Et Des Societes Savantes, Tenues Les 4, 5, 6 Avril 1866

Paris, Imprimerie Imperiale, 1865. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and still fairly sturdy. Original printed blue wraps, moderately soiled and chipped along edges, library reinforcing tape added at some point in the past, with many dog-eared pages, some mild foxing, etc., else a clean and unmarked copy. "Archeologie" is the sub-title. Neither editor nor author listed, but twenty articles by learned men; the Table of Contents provides lists of articles and illustrations and plates, including in foldout. 448 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fair

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Book number: 345764

Catalogue: French history and culture

Keywords: La Sorbonne|French culture|French language|education art history literature |science

Second Memoire: Observations Sur Les Tables Des Prix Du Marc D'Argent, Et Les Valuations Monitaires Depuis L'Epoch de Saint Louis

Paris, L'Academie des Inscriptions et Belle-Lettres, . First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Authored anonymously, translated as "Second Memoir: Observations on the price tables of Marc D'Argent, and the monetary valuations since the epoch of Saint Louis." French language contribution to L'Academie des Inscriptions et Belle-Lettres, with a sub-title atop odd-numbered pages, Memoires Presente par Divers Savants. Appears to have been published originally in 1842, and reprinted here perhaps a couple of decades later. Disbound from a larger volume, item housed in a plastic sleeve. Fine rag paper, only slightly toned, waffled, and with only faint sunning along edges, else quite fine. Measures 7 3/4" x 10". A Wikipedia entry about it says that The Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres was a French learned society founded in 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France, composed initially of "five humanists: Jean Chapelain, François Charpentier, Jacques Cassagne, Amable de Bourzeys, and Charles Perrault." The Academy published the journal from 1710-1843. 291-338 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 351362

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Styles de France: Meubles Et Ensembles de 1610 a 1920

Paris, le rayonnement francais, . First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sturdy hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Light tan cloth over boards, beautifully illustrated covers, green lettering, stamped gilt flourishes. Protected by stiff Mylar coat. Hundreds of beautiful objets d'art, furnishings to sculptures, carpets to paintings, reproduced mostly in black-and-white, some in duotone or full color, printed on high-gloss paper. Quite lovely of interior. French language text. 234 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 347987

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Keywords: French language|French design|French art history|objets d'arte|D'Alfred Marie

Berty, A. and L.M. Tisserand

Topographie Historique Du Vieux Paris: Region Occidentale de L'Universite

Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Massively heavy, oversized volume, published in Paris by Imprimerie Nationale, 1887, bound in a tall, heavy folio hardcover format, with xviii, 659 pp. and featuring several appendices. Internally a Near Fine condition, unopened copy, with unexploded top edges. Binding shows a little wear at the extremities, some mild damp-staining along edges, some half-toning to endpapers. Internally quite fine and remarkably bright. Five double-page black-and-white engravings, 19 full-page black-and-white engravings, all with their original tissue guards, hors texte. 46 black-and-white figures in the text. Authored by Adolph Berty (1818-1867) and then by Lazare Maurice Tisserand (1822-1893).Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 348972

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Berty, A. and L.M. Tisserand

Topographie Historique Du Vieux Paris: Region Occidentale de L'Universite

Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Massively heavy, oversized volume, published in Paris by Imprimerie Nationale, 1887, bound in a tall, heavy folio hardcover format, with xviii, 659 pp. and featuring several appendices. Internally a Near Fine condition, unopened copy, with unexploded top edges. External papers shows considerable wear at the extremities, joints, scuffing to and bumping of spine head and foot, some half-toning to endpapers. Internally quite fine and remarkably bright. Five double-page black-and-white engravings, 19 full-page black-and-white engravings, all with their original tissue guards, hors texte. 46 black-and-white figures in the text. Authored by Adolph Berty (1818-1867) and then by Lazare Maurice Tisserand (1822-1893) who completed this fine addition to the Histoire General de Paris.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 348973

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Berty, Adolphe and H. Legrand

Topographie Historique Du Vieux Paris: Region Du Louvre Et Des Tuileries, Volume I, Volume II

Paris, Imprimerie Nationale / Imprimerie Imperiale, . . Hardcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Scarce in the trade. Complete in two volumes, I and II, published in Dieuxieme Edition in 1868 and Premier Edition in 1885, respectively, by Imprimerie Nationale and Imprimerie Imperiale, respectively. Bound handsomely in hardcover folio format, measuring 10 1/4" x 13 3/4" wide and tall, respectively. I: xxxi, 336 pp., and including 11 appendices, 22 full-page black-and-white engravings each with tissue guards as issued. Another 10 black-and-white woodcuts in the text. Volume II has xii, 323 pp. and features 23 appendices, 10 double-page black-and-white engravings, 27 full-page black-and-white engravings all with their original tissue guards. 11 black-and-white woodcuts in the text. Bound quite handsomely in the original publisher's green printed, illustrated paper over boards. Unopened volumes, with unexploded top edges to both volumes. Internally quite bright and clean and unmarked. The binding for Volume I is simple, that for Volume II shows a little wear, some chipping of paper at spine head and foot. Bruising to some tips especially front bottom of Volume I. Second volume is co-authored with H. Legrand, Architect Topographie. Two additional fine contributions to the Histoire Generale de Paris.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 348968

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Allec, Callixte-Zevon

Physiologie Du Predestine, Considerations Biscornues, Par Une Bete Sans Cornes

Paris, Raymond-Bocquet, 1841. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 64mo 3" - 4. Structurally sound, still attractive copy bound in moderately soiled, worn yellow softpaper wraps, a bit dog-eared, some loss of paper to spine head and foot, sunned a bit, bound over an additional yellow softpaper wrap, but complete. Fine black-and-white engraving to front cover and others by J. Gagniet. French language text. 127 pp. and with page of errata. Part of a series of fanciful "lectures" that were popular and published also in a compendium of four. Scarcely available in the trade, there being only a single additional copy as of this writing.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 347625

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Arnauld, Antoine

Deffense de Mr. Arnauld Docteur de Sorbonne, Contre la Response Au Livre Des Vrayes Et Des Fausse Idees

Cologne, Chex Nicolas Schouten, 1684. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Bound handsomely in full leather, still sturdy, still stands upright on its own just fine. Leather binding is showing some wear to edges, tips, rubbing to the four raised bands on spine. Gilt-tooled lettering in compartments is rubbed, as are the fleurs-de-lis. Pen flourishes at endpapers, light soiling to and foxing of pastedown. Errata slip present. Internally quite nice, and only slightly wavy. Printed in Holland. Antoine Arnauld, 1612 - 1694, became leader of the Jansenists upon the death of Duvergier in 1643. This copy is from the library of Gershon Legman, the noted erotophile and bibliophile. Many lovely initials. [2] 623 pp. [5].Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 345741

Catalogue: French history and culture

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Arnoux, Guy

Le Vitriol de Lune

Paris, Les Beaux Livres, 1931. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the printed, illustrated wraps, in French-fold, and covered further by glassine wraps from the publisher. 261 pp., deckled edges, This exemplar was one of 774 copies printed on papier de Rives, 53 pochoir illustrations by Guy Arnoux, including in-text, heads and initials. Absolutely radiant color. French language texts throughout.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 351547

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Keywords: Guy Arnoux pochoir French language Rives

Various Authors

Grammaire Larousse Du Xxe Siecle

Paris, France, Libraire Larousse, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the Larousse line of French language texts and language guides. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Oatmeal/tan cloth covers, brown and gray stamped lettering to cover and to spine. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [5], 6-468 + Supplement Bibliographique.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 348944

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Babelon, Jean; Manuel Cervantes

Cervantes: Notice Sur Sa Vie Et Son Oeuvre

Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale / Galerie Mazarine, 1947. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. French language checklist and bibliography regarding the great Spanish writer. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers, less to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. 52 toned pages, else clean and unmarked, black-and-white engraving at frontis, Preface by Julien Cain.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 351354

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Beauchesne, Alcide-Hyacinthe du Bois de

La Vie Et la Legende de Madame Sainte Notburg

Paris11868, Henri Plon, 1868. First Edition. . Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A fine and compelling French-language exploration of the establishment of the Christian faith in the Neckar Valley of France by the life and works of a revered saint. The volume is divided into three books and thirty-nine chapters and augmented by 84 engravings after the drawings of M.S. Langlois. Short quarto format, demi-chagrin blue paper over boards, black leather at tips and spine, with five raised bands, gilt lettering and ruling at spine. Scuffing to spine head and spine, tips and edges, cracking of half-inch at front joint bottom, still remarkably sturdy, very slight crack beginning at front top joint, barely perceptible. 318 pp. Gothic text in French set in a red frame, damp-staining of upper page tips from pp. 155-243 but not often affecting text; slightly waffled text. Neither odor nor mildew detected. Frontispiece, full-page, in black-and-white, of Nantilde et Notburg, tissue-protected. Plentiful thumbnails in text, other full-page engravings, quite lovely. 318 pp. including notes. Else and withal a lovely exemplar of a due homage to Madame de Notburga (c. 1265 â€â€oe September 13, 1313), also known as Notburga of Rattenberg or Notburga of Eben, an Austrian saint from Tyrol, according to a Wikipedia article about her, she being "the patron saint of servants and peasants."Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 350102

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Simone de Beauvoir

L'Amerique Au Jour le Jour

Paris, France, Editions Paul Morihien, 1948. First Trade . . Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy of the First Trade Edition; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy but for rubbing to tips and extremities and short splits to upper joints. L'Amerique Au jour le jour was the record of Simone se Beauvoir's memoir of her sojourn to the U.S. in 1947. Rough-cut edges all-round, but clean and unmarked of interior. In 2019 Sous Les Etoiles Gallery presented the exhibition, "1947, Simone de Beauvoir in America," a photographic journey inspired by this diary, which was published first in France in 1948. Curated by Corinne Tapia, the Director of Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, her description of the book notes that in January of 1947, she (1908–1986) "landed in New York’s La Guardia Airport, beginning a four-month journey across America. She traveled from East to the West coast by trains, cars and even Greyhound buses. She has recounted her travels in her personal diary and recorded every experience with minute detail. She stayed 116 days, traveling through 19 states and 49 cities" (see the souslesetoilesgallery dot net exhibition from 1947 web-page devoted to Simone de Beauvoir when she traveled to in America). Pierre Jahan contributed the fine cover illustration that feautured Ms de Beauvoir's itinerary, postcards and writings. [7], 8-390 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 360216

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de la Bedolliere, Emile

Histoire de la Guerre de Prusse

Paris, Georges Barba, Libraire-Editeur, . First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. First Edition Thus; the work was originally issued in parts, but it was eventually published as one in Paris by Georges Barba, the Libraire-Editeur, in probably about 1874, though the date is not so stated. Bound in tall quarto format, 320 pp., in a pebbly leatherette over boards, surely a rebind at some point and with also a lovely rebinding of the spine in full, gorgeous creamy leather, gilt-tooled lettering to spine, and with four raised bands thereto and four precious fleurs-de-lis. The typographer was August Parent, and there are also 41 black-and-white woodcuts by a number of artists, including Adrien Marie, Janel Lange, and a number of others. Moderate foxing to the pages, toned, and sunned along the edges, as to be expected, else and withal a lovely copy indeed that looks wonderful on the shelf. The text-block is waffled a bit but shows no signs of damp-staining and is not malodorous. Double-columned text reads easily (if one reads French), and it looks extremely handsome on the shelf. The tome is bound with: Nouveau Dictionnaire Des Communes De France, also published by Georges Barba but authored by V.A. Malte-Brun, definitely in 1874, comprising an 82-page alphabetical listing of townships, etc. of France shortly after the Paris Commune. The O.C.L.C. shows 1 listing with a different publisher and an approximate date of of 1800-1899, which is impossible. The second work of this volume has a date of 1874 which I surmise is the date of the principal work.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 345425

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Keywords: Franco-Prussian War|Emile de la Bedolliere|Guerre de Prusse|French language|Adrien Marie|Janel Lange