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HISTORY. A fine set of 29 works (31 volumes), well bound in …
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203
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HISTORY. A fine set of 29 works (31 volumes), well bound in …
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Estimate €300 - €400
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HISTORY. A fine set of 29 works (31 volumes), well bound in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- LANFREY (Pierre). Essay on the French Revolution.
Paris, Chamerot, 1858, in-8, 2ff.–425pp.–6pp. of catalogue. Contemporary brick-red half-cloth binding. - Simple binding. Waterstains. First edition.
- JARRAS (General). Memoirs of General Jarras, Chief of the General Staff of the Army of the Rhine (1870). Published by Mrs Jarras.
Paris, Plon, Nourrit, 1892, 8vo, 2 folios – XI pp. – 403 pp. – Map. Bradel wine-coloured cloth, title label, cover. (Contemporary binding). - A fresh copy.
- GIAJA (Jean). Man and Inventive Life.
Paris, Pacomhy, (1955), 8vo, 107 pp. Bronze half-chagrin, cover. - Bound together with: *L'Adaptation physiologique*, an article extracted from the *Revue des Questions Scientifiques*, pp. 559–564. - Enclosed: a typewritten letter addressed to Dr Cheymol, 1 p., in-12, dated 2 November 1953; a handwritten letter to the same, 2 pp., in-8, from Belgrade, 21 March 1954, concerning their meeting and thermoregulation; an obituary for Vsevolod Rajevski taken from a periodical (9 pp., in-12).
- FORNERON (Henri). History of Philip II. Second edition.
Paris, Plon, 1881, 2 volumes in-8, 2ff.-IVpp.-424pp. - 2ff.-431pp. Contemporary blue half-basane, smooth spines, gilt fillets.
- THIERS (A.). On Property.
Paris, Paulin, Lheureux, 1848, in-8, 2ff.-439pp. Light-coloured half-basane, plain spine, title label, gilt and blind-stamped bands. (Contemporary binding). - Interior very fresh, with no foxing whatsoever. Spine very slightly rubbed. First edition.
- EUGENE TENOT. The Province in December 1851. A Historical Study.
Paris, Available from leading booksellers, 1865, 8vo, 2ff.-VIpp.-360pp. Bound in contemporary aubergine half-basane, ribbed spine, title label. - Spine slightly faded, a few scuffs, some foxing. First edition.
- NERVO (Baron Robert de). The Spanish Monarchy. Its Origins – Its Foundation.
Paris, Lévy, 1869, in-8 booklet, 2ff.-59pp.-1f. Contemporary red half-shagreen binding, smooth spine, title running lengthwise. - Copy in good condition.
- FLOTTE (Paul de). The Sovereignty of the People. Essays on the Spirit of the Revolution. Paris, Pagnerre, 1851, in-8, 2ff.-468pp. Contemporary green Russian half-leather binding, corner pieces, plain spine, gilt friezes and fleurons framing a gilt Rococo scrollwork design. - A few small foxing spots, well bound. First edition.
- DESMAZE (Charles). The Châtelet of Paris: its organisation, its privileges. Provosts, councillors, night watchmen, notaries, prosecutors, commissioners, bailiffs, registers, prisons and punishments, the ‘bazoche’, the Tribunal of the Seine. (1060–1862).
Paris, Didier, 1863, in-8, 2ff.-438pp. Bound in contemporary caramel-coloured half-shagreen, ribbed spine, marbled edges. - Foxing on the first few leaves.
- TOUTAIN (Edmond). Alexander III and the French Republic. Memoirs of an Eyewitness. 1885–1888.
Paris, Plon, 1929, 8vo, 2 leaves–II pp.–395 pages (index of names at the end). Contemporary half-maroquin binding with anthracite corners, spine with 4 leaping false raised bands, gilded coat of arms and ornamentation, gilt head, cover and spine preserved. - Ex-libris. Very well-bound copy, paper uniformly yellowed, brittle in places.
- BEULE (Ernest). Tiberius and the Legacy of Augustus.
Paris, Lévy, 1868, in-8 (13 x 21.8 cm), 355 pages, 1f. Bound in contemporary brown half-shagreen, spine with raised bands, ornate panels. - Super-libris at the end: Henry Jacquin. Well bound. Spine slightly faded, a few very faint foxing spots.
- GRILLE (François-Joseph). Introduction to the Memoirs on the French Revolution, or a Comparative Table of the Mandates and Powers Granted by the Provinces to their Deputies to the Estates General of 1789.
Paris, Ponthieu, Pichard, 1825, 2 volumes in-8, 2ff.-496pp. – 2ff.-530pp. Brown half-basane, smooth spines, gilt fillets, red title labels, trimmed edges. (Bindings from the late 19th century). – A fine copy. A small tear on one leaf of vol. 2, with the loss of only a few letters (inner margin). First edition.
– MAILLET-LACOSTE (Pierre-Laurent). Works. Paris, Belin, 1822, in-8, 1f.-XXIV-364pp. Green paper Bradel binding, title label. (Contemporary binding). - A few faint foxing spots.
- [TROCHU (Gal. Louis-Jules)]. The French Army in 1867. Sixth edition.
Paris, Amyot, 1867, in-8, 3ff.-X-287pp. Contemporary half-fawn sheepskin binding, smooth spine, title label. - Dugas de Boissonny coat-of-arms ex-libris. A few small foxing spots.
- COLLEVILLE (Count of). Carlos I: An Intimate.
Paris, Juven, (1905), small 8vo, 309 pp. – photographic plates as inserts. Bound in red half-shagreen, ribbed spine, front cover preserved. – A fine copy.
- SPENCER (Herbert). What is Morality? Translated from the English by Desclos-Auricoste.
Paris, Schleicher, 1909, small 8vo, IX pp; 306 pp; 2 folios. Contemporary half-olive shagreen binding, ribbed spine, gilt fleurons. – Well-bound copy. Spine slightly faded, paper slightly yellowed. (Practical Philosophy Library Collection).
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