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French Revolution:

Hesse, Carla and Laura Mason. PAMPHLETS, PERIODICALS AND SONGS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY ERA IN THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
NY 1989 first edition first printing. Garland. Hardcover thick sm4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Descriptive catalogue with indexes. 557pp., cloth. Fine, NEW, unused. (extremely faint foxing on closed page ends not affecting text at all.) no DJ. no owner marks. (a14853)
$110.00 Henderson, Ernest Ph.D. . SYMBOL AND SATIRE IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
NY 1912 Putnam. Hardcover. Octavo, 476pp., 171 illustrations, index, decorated red cloth. VG, some light cover wear. (a15787)
$28.00 Necker, M. . MEMOIRE DE M. NECKER AU ROI SUR L'ETABLISSEMENT DES ADMINISTRATIONS PROVINCIALES
Paris 1785. In French. 8vo., large foldout chart and foldout map of France in color (Carte des Gabelles), original wraps. Good, later wraps, some curling of page edges. (a17666)
$185.00 Mirecourt, Eugene de . LETTRES A MONSIEUR P. J. PROUDHON EN REPONSE A SON LIVRE DA LA JUSTICE (ORIGINAL BOOK, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
Paris 1858 L'Auteur. Dans la Revolution et dans l'Eglise. In French. Octavo, 357pp., wraps. Good plus, some wear and chipping on cover. (a20050)
$65.00R. P. S.. REMARQUES SUR LE SYSTEME GALLICAN OU SUR LES ARTICLES DE LA DECLARATION DU CLERGE DE FRANCE ASSEMBLE EN 1682; EXAMEN DU QUATRIEME ARTICLE DE LA DECLARATION DU CLERGE DE FRANCE ASSEMBLE EN 1682
Paris 1809 Mons. In French. Two titles bound in one volume, in French.. 12mo., 227pp., 229pp., full calf. VG. (a20129)
$300.00 Henard, Robert . LA RUE SAINT-HONORE DES ORIGINES A LA REVOLUTION
Paris 1908 -3rd Emle Paul. 555pp., 5 reproductions de plans anciens, index, thick wraps. Good, worn but tight, browned. (a20143)
$75.00anon. L'ESPION DU BOULEVARD DU TEMPLE
Londres 1783. Title page says: Tome Second; but the book appears complete in this one volume. Contenant les annales scandaleuses & veridiques des Directeurs, Acteurs et Saltimbanques du Boulevard, avec un resume de leur vie & moeurs, par ordre chronologique....Augmente du plan d'un ouvrage qui paraitra incessamment sur les grands spectacles. In French. Hardcover. Octavo, 92pp., cloth. A few interesting but light pencil notes on front end paper. VG, some light water staining in most margins. Pictures available on request. (a21634)
$175.00 Kelly, George Armstrong . WAR, REVOLUTION AND TERROR: A PUBLIC BIOGRAPHY OF ADAM-PHILIPPE DE CUSTINE
n.p. 1982. Voltaire Foundation offprint 205. Octavo, pp.217-295, stapled wraps. VG, minor wear. (a28839)
$35.00 Mignet, F. A. . HISTOIRE DE LA REVOLUTION FRANCAISE DEPUIS 1789 JUSQU'EN 1814
Paris 1824 Didot. 8vo., 735pp., foldout chart, 3/4 leather. Good, cover rubbed, a bit worn, some light foxing throughout, a few small ink spots in text. (a38087x)
$145.00 Montier, Amand . CORRESPONDANCE DE THOMAS LINDET PENDANT LA CONSTITUANTE ET LA LEGISLATIVE 1789-1792
Paris 1899 Au Siege de la Societe de l'Histoire de la Revolution Francaise. Sm.4to., 393pp., wraps. Good, worn and chipped on all edges. (a38092x)
$75.00Fleischmann, Hector. ROBESPIERRE ET LES FEMMES
Paris 1908 Albin-Michel. In French. Octavo, 400pp., photo illustrations, wraps. Good plus, pages slightly toned. Binding secure and no ownership marks. (a38095)
$24.00Proyart, Abbe. LOUIS XVI DETRONE AVANT D'ETRE ROI OUR TABLEAU DES CAUSES DE LA REVOLUTION FRANCAISE ET DE L'EBRANLEMENT DE TOUS LES TRONES
Liege 1814 Duvivier. 8vo., 520pp. Hardcover octavo. In French. Full leather. Fullpage engraved portrait of Louis XVI sporting an unusually large nose. Two contemporary ink notes on titlepage and ink name of Seminary on half title. Small early 19thc owner bookplate (Mr. Rabier). Fairly Good, cover worn; leather worn off cover tips , tips gently bumped. Text clean except for some faint maginal staining on a few pages. Binding secure. Scarce. (a38097)
$150.00 (Le Marquis de Luchet, le Comte de Rivarol, le Comte de Mirabeau et Choderlos de Laclos) . LA GALERIE DES ETATS-GENERAUX ET DES DAMES FRANCAISES
Paris (?) or London 1789, 1790. 3 volumes bound in one volume. Hardcover. Octavo, 204p., 172p. 207p., errata on final page, 1/2 leather with marbled boards. Bound in is one full page of neat ink manuscript in French giving details about the book and identifying the authors of the sections. VG plus, lightly worn. Attractive book. Text clean, binding secure, no ownership marks. (a38106)
$425.00 (england) . FIRST AND SECOND REPORTS (TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS) FROM THE COMMITTEE OF SECRECY PLUS APPENDICES ...
London 1794 3rd edition, J. Debrett. 'To whom the several papers referred to in His Majesty's Message of the 12th of May, 1794 and which were presented (sealed up) to the House by Mr. Secretary Dundas...' Revolutionary agitation in England inspired the the French Revolution. Thomas Paine and his 'Rights of Man' mentioned several times. 8vo., 40pp., 72pp., plus appendices and reports to the House of Lords. Original paper-covered boards with later (fine, professionally-done) paper backstrip and new inner hinges. Copy signed by Alfred Smith, Esq., Hartford. Some ink notes describing content inside front board. Good, boards worn and soiled. (a38108)
$420.00 Proyart, M. L'Abbe . LOUIS XVI DETRONE AVANT D'ETRE ROI
Paris 1819 nouvelle edition Chez Mequignon. 8vo., 431pp. Later rebinding in full leather with mounted spine labels. Good, boards warped outward and front board now beginning to detach. (a38112)
$80.00 Lafrance, Guy (editor) . ETUDES SUR LE CONTRAT SOCIAL-STUDIES ON THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
Ottawa 1989. Proceedings of the Columbia Symposium (30-31 May 1987). Pensee libre No. 2. Articles in English or French. 8vo., 168pp., wraps. Fine. (a39757)
$50.00 Terrasse, Jean (editor) . ETUDES SUR LES DISCOURS DE ROUSSEAU- STUDIES ON ROUSSEAU'S DISCOURSES
Ottawa 1988. Proceedings of the Ottawa Symposium (15-17 May 1985). Pensee Libre No. 1. Articles in English or French. 8vo., 228pp., wraps. Fine. like new (a39758)
$35.00 Calonne, M. De . REQUETE AU ROI ADDRESSEE A SA MAJESTE; ECLAIRCISSEMENS ET PIECES JUSTIFICATIVES
1787. No place or publisher given. In French. 2 titles bound on one volum. Octavo, 137pp., 66pp., full leather with mounted leather spine label and full gilt decoration spine. Original fancy colorful end papers. The second part contains: Developpement Relatif a l'Echange du Comte de Sancerre; Developpement sur l'Operation de la Refonte des Monnoies d'Or; Lettre Circulaire de M. de Calonne, Lettre par M. De Beyerle, Memoire sur L'Affaire des Assignations, Lettre de Haller, Etat General etc. One short sentence underlined. Near Good, lower spine end chipped away, some chips on cover leather. Binding secure, no ownership marks (a41410)
$220.00Christian, M.. INSTRUCTION POUR LES GENS DE LA CAMPAGNE SUR LA MANIERE DE PREPARER LE LINE ET LE CHANVRE SANS ROUISSAGE
Paris 1818 first edition. Madame Huzard. Technological advances to prepare linen and hemp without soaking. Hardcover. In French. 4to. , 44pp., 6 engraved foldout plates of machinery, full red leather with gilt borders (very fancy border about half inch wide pictures of men and women in various poses and occupations) and mounted black spine label, blue silk end papers. VG, light wear, light cover soiling. Rare. (a46551)
$850.00 Cobban, Alfred . LOCAL GOVERNMENT DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
London 1961. Article in The English Historical Review. Lg.8vo., 19pp., wraps. Whole issue of this journal with several articles. VG, light wear. (a47410c)
$35.00 Picavet, Francois . LES IDEOLOGUES ESSAI SUR L'HISTOIRE DES INDEES DET DES THEORIES SCIENTIFIQUES, PHILOSOPHIQUES, RELIGIEUSES, ETC. EN FRANCE DEPUIS 1789
Paris 1891 Alcan. In French. 8vo., 628pp., mounted black leather spine label, half leather with raised bands. Library name stamp and one line of ink manuscript on verso of titlepage. Tiny library bookplate inside front cover. VG. (a47519)
$175.00 Bonnel, Roland . MEDIEVAL NOSTALGIA IN FRANCE, 1750-1789: THE GOTHIC IMAGERY AT THE END OF THE OLD REGIME
Cambridge 1993. Article in Studies in Medievalism. 8vo., 25pp. Whole volume with several articles on Medievalism. 8vo., 241pp., illustrations, decorated boards. VG, no DJ. (a48980b)
$22.00 (Brissot, J. -P.) . CORRESPONDANCE UNIVERSELLE SUR CE QUI INTERESSE LE BONHEUR DE L'HOMME ET DE LA SOCIETE NO. 1
1783 De L'Imprimerie de la Societe Typographique. Brissot was an active Revolutionary, one of the mob who stormed the Bastille in 1789. He was guillotined in 1793. In French. Octavo, 54pp., original pale blue wraps.Title in ink on front cover. Small stamp of non-circulating library (or bookseller?)on title page margin. Good, light wear. Rare. (a49921)
$670.00 Leonora, Countess of Tankerville . INTERCEPTED CORRESPONDENCE
London 1934 1st Sequana Ltd. Translated from the French by Leonora. Sm.8vo., 103pp., cloth. Inscribed by sm8vo. hardcover. Inscribed and signed by Leonora Tankerville, to Ray Murphy plus 2 page autograph letter to Ray signed by Leonora Tankerville laid in. English text of letters intercepted during the French Revolution. VG plus, with acetate cover (as issued.) (a49923)
$135.00 Stephens, H. Morse . A HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION VOLUME II
NY 1891 Scribners. 8vo., 561pp., original maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. Owner signed. VG, corners slightly bumped. Volume II (of 3) only. (a54316)
$38.00Lavalley, Gaston. L'ARME BLANCHE SOUS LA REVOLUTION ETUDE HISTORIQUE
Caen n.d. (c.1900) L. Jouan. Swords, handles and blades. In French. Sq.8vo., 110pp., 15 phototypes , bound in later green buckram with yellow spine lettering. Number stamp on rear blank. No other ownership markings. Near Fine. Scarce. (a54886)
$135.00 Genlis, Mme. de . LES CHEVALIERS DU CYGNE OU LA COUR DE CHARLEMAGNE CONTE HISTORIQUE ET MORAL POUR SERVIR DE SUITE AUX VEILLEES DU CHATEAU, ET DONT TOUS LES TRAITS QUI PEUVENT FAIRE ALLUSION A LA REVOLUTION FRANCOISE, SONT TIRES DE L'HISTOIRE. 3 VOLUMES
Hambourg 1795 Pierre Francois Fauche. In French. 3 volumes. Hardcovers. 12mo., 383pp., 310pp., 514pp., 3/4 vellum eith blue cloth. Spines have full gilt design with mounted matching blue spine labels and gilt lettering. Bookplates of St. Andrew L. St. John of Bletsoe 1878 (the binding probably dates to around 1878.) Fine binding. Near Fine, only light foxing on end papers. Beautiful set of 3 volumes (complete). Gift quality. (a59282)
$690.00 Du Puy, M. L'Eveque . DEFENSE DES ACTES DU CLERGE DE FRANCE CONCERNANT LA RELIGION PUBLIES EN L'ASSEMBLEE DE 1765
Louvain 1769. In French. 4to., (6), 476pp., errata (3pp.), old crude wraps with cloth spine. Portion of bookseller paper label in middle of title page. Fairly Good, lower corners bumped, wraps worn. (a59515)
$395.00Canning, George and William Gifford (editors). THE BEAUTIES OF THE ANTI-JACOBIN; OR, WEEKLY EXAMINER; CONTAINING EVERY ARTICLE OF PERMANENT UTILITY IN THAT VALUABLE AND HIGHLY ESTEEMED PAPER,...POETRY; TOGETHER WITH EXPLANATION NOTES, BIOGRAPHICAL ANECDOTES...
London 1799 Anti-Jacobin Press. The Anti-Jacobin was founded to bolster and support the established order in England and counteract the revolutionary fervor which was spilling over from the dramatic events in France. Octavo, 311pp., 21pp. (publisher catalogue), marbled hardcover boards with leather spine. Pencil note indicates editor as Gifford Canning & Co. Bookplate of James Lorimer Graham; signed twice by Walter Muirhead, 1801. Near VG, moderate wear, binding solid. (a60851)
$195.00Brinton, Crane. FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY LEGISLATION ON ILLEGITIMACY 1789-1804
Cambridge 1936 1st Harvard University. Harvard Historical Monographs No. 9. small thin octavo., 102pp., index, cloth. VG, no DJ. (a6152)
$27.00 Zaeslin, Peter Leonhard . DIE SCHWEIZ UND DER LOMBARDISCHE STAAT IM REVOLUTIONSZEITALTER 1796-1814
Basel 1960 Basler Beitrage Band 77. In German. Sm.4to., 179pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a62659)
$75.00 Mallet Du Pan, J . THE HISTORY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE HELVETIC UNION AND LIBERTY
Boston August 1799 2nd American edition. Printed by Manning & Loring for J. Nancrede. Discusses impact of French Revolution on Switzerland. Octavo, (vi), 240pp., publisher list, original blue paper covered boards with leather spine. Contemporary ink scribbles and signature (Jacob Corey) on blank end papers. One ink name written in top margin of text. Good, spine away, some foxing and soiling throughout. (a64554)
$65.00 Hazen, Charles Downer PhD . CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN OPINION OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Baltimore 1897 1st Johns Hopkins. Octavo, 315pp., dark bluegreen cloth hardcover. Fine. (a66823)
$100.00 D'Orleans, Joseph SJ . HISTOIRE DES REVOLUTIONS D'ESPAGNE, DEPUIS LA DESTRUCTION DE L'EMPIRE DES GOTHS, JUSQU A L'ENTIERE ET PARFAITE REUNION DES ROYAUMES DE CASTILLO DE D'ARAGON EN UNE SEULE MONARCHIE 3 VOLUME (COMPLETE)
Paris 1734 Rollin. In French. 3 volumes. 4to., 579pp., (37), foldout map of France; xiv (errata), 644pp., (26); 655pp., (22). full leather.Good, a few spots in text,,light rippling on some pages otherwise bright and clean, some chipping on spine ends, spine labels gone. 3 volumes. (a67564)
$750.00 (Marechal, Pierre Sylvain) . PENSEES LIBRES SUR LES PRETRES
A Rome et se trouve A Pairs, L'An 1er de la Raison, et VI de la Republique Francaise (1797). Chez les Marchands de Nouveautes. In French. Hardcover. 12mo., (17 x 11 cm), 216pp., gilt trimmed white vellum spine and blue paper-covered boards. Tiny monastary stamp on front and on verso of title page. VG, light wear, corners gently bumped. Scarce. (a70517)
$1600.00 Comte d'Artois . PENITENCE DU COMTE D'ARTOIS, IMPOSEE PAR LE R P JEROME, GRAND-INQUISITEUR D'ESPAGNE POUR SERVIR DE SUITE A SA CONFESSION
Paris 1789. In French. Octavo, 12pp., wraps. Two old library stamps and one square inch paper library label on front page. Good. (a71447)
$295.00 French Revolution . L'AMI DE LA REVOLUTION OU PHILIPPIQUES
Paris 1790 de l'Imprimerie de Champigny. Octavo, 72pp., attractive tiny old engraved label inside rear cover of Rossica Antiquarian of Berlin, wraps made of old (contemporary to Revolution?) French wallpaper, watercolored in white green and rose. Bound with: 4 page prospectus for this new journal plus the first four issues of the journal dedicated: Aux representans de la nation, aux gardes nationales et a tous les Francais. Old ink page numbers on the top margin corners. VG. (a71456)
$600.00 Rabaut de Saint-Etienne . MOTION DE M. RABAUT DE SAINT-ETIENNE AU SUJET DU MEMOIRE DU PREMIER MINISTRE DES FINANCES & DE L'ADRESSE DE LA COMMUNE DE PARIS
7 Mars 1790 Imprime par Ordre de l'assemblee Nationale. In French. Large Octavo, 8pp., wraps. Good, light toning, some fraying of page edges. (a71461)
$150.00 Le Citoyen Saint-Brice . THALIE AUX BOULEVARDS, OR LA SINGULIERE ENTREPRISE. COMEDIE EPISODIQUE, EN UN ACTE, EN PROSE ET EN VAUDEVILLES.
Paris l'an VI (1797-8) Chez Marchant. Representee, pour la premiere fois, a Paris, sur le theatre de l'Ambigu-Comique, le premier floreal an VI de la Republique Francaise. Printed statement attesting to propriety of the play by the French theater censor is boldly signed in ink (F. Brill?). Title written in ink on front blank. Octavo, 54pp., original pink colored cardboard boards cover with leather spine. Good, lacks rear free blank, some light spotting in text, covers rubbed. Scarce. (a71510)
$395.00 Ribeyre, Felix . HISTOIRE DE LA GUERRE DU MEXIQUE
Paris 1863 1st Eugene Pick, De L'Isere. In French. Hardcover. Large octavo, 312pp., steel engraved frontis portrait of Napoleon III with tissue guard, original cloth boards with original leather backstrip remounted. Near Good, inner hinges cracked, corners worn, occasional light foxing and spotting. Rare. (a71825)
$220.00 du Hausset, Madame . MEMOIRES DE MADAME DU HAUSSET, FEMME DE CHAMBRE DE MADAME DE POMPADOUR
Paris 1825 Baudouin Freres. From series: Collection des Memories Relatifs a la Revolution Francaise. In French. Octavo, 313pp., original printed pink wraps. Good, some light foxing, wraps a bit worn. (a71860)
$95.00 Duchess of Angouleme . PRIVATE MEMOIRES WHICH WITH THE WORK OF M. HUE, AND THE JOURNAL OF CLERY, COMPLETE THE HISTORY OF THE CAPTIVITY OF THE ROYAL FAMILY OF FRANCE IN THE TEMPLE
London 1817 1st John Murray. Translated from the French to English. 12mo., 144pp., original paper covered boards with later paper spine. Lacks front and rear blank pages - opens to half title. Good, boards very worn, a few scattered spots in text. Binding secure. (a72535)
$190.00 (science) . JOURNAL DE L'ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE - VINGT-DEUXIEME CAHIER TOME XIV
Paris 1833 L'Imprimerie de la Republique. In French. Contents: Memorie dur L'Equation de Riccati by J. Liouville; Memoire sur la Methode Generale Relative au Mouvement de la Chaleur dans les Corps Solides par J. M. C. Duhamel; Memoire de Geometrie Descriptive par Theodore Olivier; La Determination des Integrales dont la Valeur est Algebrique par Liouville; Memoire sur la Propagation de la Chaleur dans les Polyedres par Lame. 4to., 252pp., (3), original plain blue wraps. Good plus, some light cover wear. (a74093)
$295.00 (Fajardo, Manuel Palacio) . BIBLIOTECA DE IMPRESOS RAROS AMERICANOS, TOMO IV "SUPPLEMENT" DE AUTOR DESCONOCIDO A LA SEGUNDA EDICION FRANCESA DE LA OBRA REVOLUTIONS DE L'AMERIQUE ESPANGNOLE DE MANUEL PALACIO FAJARDO
Montevideo 1964 Universidad de la Republica. Fajardo's work was published in Paris in 1819. In Spanish. Sm.4to., 181pp., original wraps. Good, light wear, lower corner gently bumped. (a75720)
$43.00 Caldwell, Ronald J . THE ERA OF NAPOLEON A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION 1799-1815 VOLUME 1
NY 1991 1st Garland. Hardcover. Lg.4to, 705pp., gilt printed green cloth. Near Fine, tiny almost imperceptable nick in edge of blank paper inside rear cover. Volume 1 (of 2) only. (a77034)
$275.00 De Rochambeau . M�MOIRES DU MAR�CHAL DE ROCHAMBEAU SUR LES GUERRES DE LA R�VOLUTION DE 1789 A 1807
Paris 1824 Chez Ladvocat. Introduction states that first edition was published in 1809. In French. Hardcover. 3 volumes in one. Octavo, 346pp., fine steel engraved frontis portrait of Bessieres, 1/2 green cloth and marbled boards with gilt printed mounted leather spine label. Bookplate of Ver Heyden de Lancey of the Middle Temple and Gray's Inn. Good plus, glue stains around edges of bookplate, chip on front free blank fly leaf, some light staining on outer margins and fore-edges. Binding secure. (a77640)
$685.00 Carnot, M. . MEMOIRE ADRESSE AU ROI, EN JUILLET 1814
Bruxelles 1814 Chez tous les Libriares. In French. Small octavo, 91pp., original blue wraps. VG, light foxing and a few minor stains in text. (a77641)
$300.00 Porcupine, Peter (William Cobbett 1763-1835) . DIE BLUT-FAHNE AUSGESTECKET ZUR WARNUNG POLITISCHER WEGWEISER IN AMERICA ODER EINE GETREUE ERZAHLUNG EINER GROSSEN ANZAHL HANDLUNGEN DER ABSCHEULICHFTEN FGRAUSAMKEITEN, SOLCHE ALS NIE EIN AUGE GESEHEN...EHE DIE FRANZOSISCHE REVOLUTION ...WELCHEM EIN UNTERRICHTENDER BERSUCH
Reading 1797 Gottlob Jungermann. Translation for the Pennsylvania Dutch community of Cobbett's The Bloody Bouy. Anti-Jacobin tract. Small octavo, (10), 198pp.,1 plate (of 4), original paper covered boards with leather spine. Signed by Peter Spang Jr. Febuary (sic) 18th 1842. The plate shows "Shooting of men, women and chidren, Drowning men and women tied naked together called republican marriages" is Good with toning/staining on margins but image good, not foxed, not ton. Book overall is fair to poor, one internal leaf has large chip at lower corner with loss of several lines, one of the preface pages has a one-inch square cut from the text, corners bumped and worn, spine ends frayed, paper on cover chipped, leaves a bit worn and toned, some staining in text, one small puncture in final two leaves (taking out only a tiny number of letters). Sold as is. (a77809)
$95.00 (england) . PUBLICATION PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE SOCIETY FOR PRESERVING LIBERTY AND PROPERTY AGAINST REPUBLICANS AND LEVELLERS NUMBER VII
London 1793 Sold by J. Downes. Single issue of this publication. Contains: The Charge of the Hon. Mr. Justice Ashurst to the Grand Jury in the Court of King's Bench; Appendix to the Bishop of Landaff's Sermon; Reflections on the Present Crisis. The famous and controversial Ashurst accusation relating to the French Revolution. Octavo, 14pp., rebound in later wraps. Two slight ink marks on front page. Good, some edge toning and light wear. Scarce. (a77988)
$350.00 Bertier de Sauvigny, Guillaume de . THE AMERICAN PRESS AND THE FALL OF NAPOLEON IN 1814
1954. Single article at pp. 337-376 in one complete issue of Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Several additional articles in issue as well. 4to., original printed wraps. VG. (a78412)
$35.00 Djordjevic, Dimitrije . REVOLUTIONS NATIONALES DES PEUPLES BALKANIQUES 1804-1914
Beograd 1965 Institut d'Histoire Beograd. Octavo, 250pp., original wraps. Owner signed. A few tiny marks in text. VG. (a78486)
$39.00 Svinine, Paul . SOME DETAILS CONCERNING GENERAL MOREAU AND HIS LAST MOMENTS FOLLOWED BY A SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR. TO WHICH IS ADDED A FUNERAL ORATION
Boston 1814 1st Rowe and Hooper. Pronounced at St.Petersburg in honor of General Moreau Translated from the French to English. Jean Victor Moreau, b. 1763, had an interesting life. He was a French soldier of Revolutionary and Napoleonic armies until 1800 when he headed a Republican and Royalist conspiracy against Napoleon and was exiled. He then lived near Trenton, New Jersey, from 1805-13, when he entered the Russian service (!) and was killed at the Battle of Dresden in August, 1813. Hardcover. 12mo., 156pp., marbled boards with later paper spine. Ink numbers on spine. Poor, opens to title page which has a few tears (one taped), numerous ink numbers and one signature in ink, some water staining throughout, final leaf chipped and missing a few words, tearing along outer hinge. (a7945)
$25.00 Williams, Helen Maria . THE POLITICAL AND CONFIDENTIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF LEWIS XVI WITH OBSERVATIONS ON EACH LETTER VOLUME 1
New York 1803 H. Caritat. Hardcover. Small octavo, 264pp., marbled boards with later paper spine. Ink numbers on title page and withdrawn stamp on half title, Near Good, inner hinges cracked , text toned and a bit foxed. Volume 1 only. (a80040)
$60.00 Brace, Richard Munthe . BORDEAUX AND THE GIRONDE 1789 - 1794
Ithaca 1947 1st Cornell. Hardcover. Octavo, 279p., blue cloth. VG, spine lettering faded away, no DJ. (a80103)
$27.00 Corcos, Fernand . UNE VISITE A LA RUSSIE NOUVELLE (SIGNED)
Paris 1930 1st Editions Montaigne. Preface de Maurice Viollette. In French. 12mo., 429pp., original wraps.**Signed by Corcos. Good, worn and toned. (a80659)
$44.00 Bientock, J. W. . RASPOUTINE LA FIN D'UN REGIME
Paris 1917 (copyright) nouvelle edition augmentee. In French. 12mo., 351pp., original wraps. Good, somewhat worn, toned. (a80661)
$39.00 Angouleme, Marie-Therese Charlotte . RECIT DES EVENEMENTS ARRIVES AU TEMPLE, DEPUIS LE 13 AOUT 1792 JUSQUA'A LA MORT DU DAUPHIN LOUIS XVII
Paris 1823 Audot. In French. 8vo., 82pp., rebound in later wraps. Good, some foxing, especially on initial and final pages. (a8075)
$80.00 Renaut, Francis P. . LA POLITIQUE DE PROPAGANDE DES AMERICAINS DURANT LA GUERRE D'INDEPENDANCE (1776 - 1783)
Paris 1922 1st Editions du Graouli. In French. Sm.4to., 344p., original wraps bound in later marbled green and red boards, linen spine with mounted leather spine label. Very attractive bookplate (Staunton Hill Bruce). Near Fine, text lightly evenly toned. Beautiful refined binding. (a80841)
$85.00 Gouverneur, Samuel L. . ORATION AT WASHINGTON SQUARE BEFORE THE CITIZENS OF NEW-YORK IN COMMEMORATION OF THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE 1830
New York 1830 1st Snowden. Octavo, 212pp., original stringbound printed wraps. Lacks rear wrap. Contemporary signature of Frederic Peyster on front. Final text page has closed tear with no loss of text. Fair, folded in half lengthwise. (a82159)
$35.00