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France - 19thc Travel:

Cook, Joel. FRANCE HISTORIC AND ROMANTIC (both vol 1 and 2)
Philadelphia 1904 1st Coates. 2 hardcover. volumes, complete. 8vo., 386pp., 401pp., photogravure illustrations, stunning full gilt decorated blue cloth. Blind stamp on title page and withdrawn stamp on verso. VG, spine numbers removed with only faint trace left, library marks on end papers. no djs. 2 volumes. Beautiful books. (a42580)
$33.00Fellowes, W(illiam) D(orset). A VISIT TO THE MONASTERY OF LA TRAPPE IN 1817 WITH NOTES TAKEN DURING A TOUR THROUGH LE PERCHE, NORMANDY, BRETAGNE, POITOU, ANJOU, LE BOCAGE, TOURAINE, ORLEANOIS AND THE ENVIRONS OF PARIS
London 1818 second edition (published in same year as first edition) William Stockdale. Octavo, 188pp., 3/4 black leather with red marbled boards and later paper spine and original backstrip remounted . All edges gilt. Ten (of twelve) very finely hand-colored plates, mounted etching on page 75 (as required), 2 monochrome plates. No ownership marks. Inner hinges cracked. Near VG. (a57898)
$100.00 Genoude, M. Eugene . VOYAGE DANS LA VENDEE ET DANS LE MIDI DE LA FRANCE; SUIVI D'UN VOYAGE PITTORESQUE EN SUISSE
Paris 1821 1st Henri Nicolle. In French. 8vo., 261p. plus errata page,1/2 leather with maroon textured paper covered boards and gilt emblem on fron. Gilt decorated spine with 4 raised bands. Old owner signature on top of half titlepage. VG, light cover wear, some uneven fading of maroon paper on rear board, occasional light spotting in text. (a59533)
$195.00 Riquet, Pierre Paul . GUIDE DU VOYAGEUR SUR LE CANAL DU MIDI ET SES EMBRANCHEMENTS
Toulouse 1835. Sur les canaux des stangs et de Beaucaire and sur le canal lateral a la Garonne. In French. 8vo., 216pp., steel engraved frontis of Author, Panorama du Monument eleve a la memoire de P. P. Riquet a Naurouse, 2 large foldout maps, many charts, 1/2 leather. Small bits of neat notation done in contemporary manuscript brown ink in some margins. Good, leather spine worn, head of spine chipped, outer and inner hinges cracked, boards worn on edges. Rare. (a6667)
$240.00Hazlitt, William. NOTES OF A JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY
London 1826 first edition, 1st issue (Hazlitt name not printed on title page - written in ink by previous owner) Hunt and Clarke. Hardcover. Octavo, 416pp., original gilt trimmed brown cloth with black leather spine label. Bookplate of Wind Muller. VG , very light wear, light bit of soiling on spine, slight foxing on title page. Very scarce. (a69839)
$450.00Hautecoeur, Jules (publisher) Photography. PARIS - PANORAMA DE PARIS c. 1888 - ALBUM OF 50 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS
Large album of 50 original what appear to be albumen photographs of Paris mounted one per stiff heavy panel. No date given but from clothing and transportation shown indicates c. 1888. All photos present and all are titled in French on the board beneath each photo. Album is 14-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches (38 x 27 cm). Photographs are 10-3/4 x 8 inches (27 x 20.5 cm). Photographer not given. No titles appear etched in images themselves. All views indentified (in French) above and beneath images. Most of the photos are VG or better, several are lightly faded. Nice detail. Many street scenes --Rue de Rivoli, L'Avenue de l'Opera, Place de la Republique,etc; gardens; monuments, architecture; landscape; Versailles; Trianon. All edges bright gilt; Binding solid, no pages detached. "Jules Hautecoeur 172 Rue de Rivoli" is printed in gilt on front under a large fancifully printed "Paris". Hautecoeur worked as a publisher in France from 1885-1899. Good, leather spine is frayed on ends and album cover is somewhat worn and soiled. Scarce. (a87566)
$995.00