London: Various publishers, 1739 - 1746. Mostly first editions (unless otherwise noted below). Courts Martial of Mathews and... Read More about Bound volume of 7 pamphlets, 6 of which relate to the Courts Martial of Admirals Thomas Mathews...
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London: John Murray, [1956]. First One Volume edition. Read More about The Complete Napoleonic Stories. Uncle Bernac, Exploits of Brigadier Gerard, Advenutures of...
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Paris: Au Bureau De L`Eclipse, [1871]. Read More about Paris Assiégé Scènes de la Vie Parisienne pendant al Siége
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[Paris: 1780]. First edition. From Diderot-d'Alembert's Encyclopédie, which was published in Paris, Neuchatel, and Amsterday, from 1751-1780. The plates (Recueil de Planches) were published in 11 volumes from 1762-1777, and are among the glories of book illustration of the 18th century. Read More about Draperie, contenant 13 Planches, dont 11 Simple et 2 Doubles [Drop-Title
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Paris: Chez H. L. Guerin & L. F. Delatour, 1762. First edition. Read More about Eléments d'Agriculture
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Paris: chez Auber, An 6-10 (1801). INCLUDING: Portraits of a young Napoleon, Marie Antoinette, Danton, Mirabeau, Marat, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, Robespierre, Néker, Gilbert Mottier Lafayette, etc. Read More about Collection of 66 aquatints many of the portraits by Charles François Gabriel Levachex
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Paris: Alexis Eymery, 1814. Cinquieme edition. Read More about Campaigne de Moscow
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London: B.T. Batsford, [1952]. Revised edition. Read More about The Land of France
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Londres [Paris?]: de l'Imprimerie de T. Spilsbury, n.d. [1789]. Later printing. ESTC notes four other printings of this with different pagination, but not this, with 208 pages, which is possibly a false imprint. Calonne had the dubious honor of being Minister of Finance under Louis XVI, and left for England..... Read More about Lettre Adressé au roi par M. de Calonne, le 9 Février 1789
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vp [chiefly, Paris]: vd [ca. 1800]. Sammelband of pamphlets pertaining to the Directory, Council of 500, and Napoleon's rise to power. SIGNED "C. Sneyd Edgeworth / June 1817" on the half-title of the first pamphlet. Charles Sneyd Edgeworth was Maria's half-brother; his mother, Elizabeth Sneyd, was Mr. Edgeworth's third wife..... Read More about Bound collection of French pamphlets relating to the French Revolution, Napoleon, etc
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Paris: Anselin et Pochard, 1827. First edition in French. Public Roads and Transportation. Barbier attributes the translation to "Bailliet, maître des requêtes,"who perhaps also authored the substantial, original section (pp. 285-469) entitled "Considerations et Recherches sur Les Voies Publiques de France." Edgeworth (1744-1817), the father of novelist Maria Edgeworth, first..... Read More about Essai sur la construction des routes et des voitures ... augmenté d'une Notice sur le Système...
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New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, nd. Read More about Old Court Life in France
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London: Mathews, 1897. First edition. Rosen writes in his introduction that his intention in this work is “to treat of Napoleon as a theatregoer, as a critic and patron of the drama, and as a familiar of playwrights and players. I intend to show that he was himself a master..... Read More about Napoleon's Opera Glass, an Histrionic Study
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Paris: Chez Aubert, Place de la Bourse, No. 25, c 1842. Read More about Hand-Colored Lithograph: "Cavasse Officier de Paix (Alexandre, Eygpte)" from...
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Paris: Chez Aubert, Place de la Bourse, No. 25, c 1842. Read More about Hand-Colored Lithograph: "Trompette de Cavalier régulier" from "Galerie Royale de...
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Paris: 24th n.y ca. 1800 [watermark Henry Aine]. With Fabric Samples. Writing thanking him for his remittance and mentioning various fabrics that he has available including chantillon and cheville, discussing terms and prices and INCLUDING TWO SAMPLES. Read More about Letter signed “Cloutar?,” with integral address leaf
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Paris: Henri Plon, 1862-1868. First edition. Read More about Causeries d'un Curieux Variétés d'Histoire et d'Art
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Amsterdam: Chez François vander Plaats, 1701. First edition in French. The Ecstasy of Pain. A historical resumé of and an attack on the practice of self-flagellation, written by Abbé Jacques Boileau (1635-1716), translated from his own Historia Flagellantium which appeared in the preceding year. An abridged version appeared in Cologne..... Read More about Histoire des flagellans, ou l'on fait voir le bon & le mauvais usage des Flagellations parmi...
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Paris: Les Editions de France, [1929]. Number 45 of 50 copies on “velin pur fil Lafuma” signed by the author. One of 50 copies signed. The noted French historian and journalist writes of his interviews with the Marshal of France. Read More about Le Memorial de Foch. Mes Entretiens avec le Maréchal
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Paris: Plon, February 5, 1898 - September 16, 1899. The violently anti-Dreyfusard weekly journal was first published two weeks after Zola's famous “J'accuse...!”. Two of the period's most renowned caricaturists, Caran d'Ache, the nom de plume of Emmanuel Poiré (1858-1909), and Louis-Henri Forain, dit Jean-Louis Forain (1852-1931), threw themselves into..... Read More about Psst...! Images par Forain, Caran d'Ache
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Paris: Dentu, Vanier; Lyon: Librairie Nouvelle, Meton, 1859. First edition of this translation. England, France, Switzerland of 1614. Zinzerling (1590-1628) describes early 17th century England, Belgium, Holland, Savoy and Switzerland. Bernard is generally recognized for his poetry. Read More about Voyage dans la Vieille France avec une Excusion en Angleterre, en Belgique, en Holland, en Suisse...
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London: Printed for the Author, and published by Charles Clement, 183 Fleet-Street, 1824. First Edition. Detailed account of a trip through France by the young James Cobbett, a student at Lincoln's Inn, with observations on all aspects of daily life and how this contrasts with situations familiar to the English..... Read More about A Ride of Eight Hundred Miles in France; Containing a Sketch of the Face of the Country … To...
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Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1875. Second edition. Read More about Itinéraire Général de la France: De la Loire a la Garonne
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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1911. First Edition. Read More about The Normandy Coast
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[Paris: Goujon, [n.d., ca. 1804]. The volume dealing with European geography from Chantreau’s three-volume compendium of history and geography. This includes the substantial section, Statistique des Départemens de la République Françoise en 1804, as well as on the historical geography of France before and after the revolution of 1789. Scarce. Read More about Science de l'Histoire … développée par tableaux synoptiques]. Partie Notionnaire. Géographie...
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Paris: Timothee Dehay [Imprinteries de Lachevareiere], 1830. Read More about Itinéraire de Troyes a Mulhausen, Chaumont, Vesoul, Belfort Par F. G. De Malvoisine
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