Discours Du Président Du Comité Militaire A la Garde Nationale d'Auteuil, Le jour du transport du plan de la Bastille... by Lefebvre De La Roche, Martin, 1738-1806] - [1789]

Paris, Sautelet; Mesnier, 1928. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Two volumes. Royal octavo. Pp. xiii, (iii), 389; 408. Notes, index. HARDCOVER, bound in marbled paper over boards, original printed wrappers bound-in, handsome letterpress label to each spine, triple-colour cloth ribbon markers; bit foxed in places. In fine condition. A very attractive set. ~ FIRST EDITION. H-5 OUT

Paris: Perrin et Cie, 1886. Hardcover. Very Good +. Vol 1 – vii, 457 pgs. Vol 2 – 424 pgs. Vol 3 – 403 pgs. Vol 4 – 451 pgs. Text in French.5 x 8 3/4 in. Quarter chocolate-brown morocco with brown and gilt marbled shiny paper boards. 4 raised bars on spine with gilt lettering and lines. Matching brown marble endpapers Speckled edges to text block. Condition of books is VERY GOOD+ ; leather and gilt on spines very clean and bright, some very slight wear, very faint cracking. Very faint lighter spots on some front morocco. Tops of text block darkened with age. Foxing sporadic throughout text. Very slight wear to corners. Corners very clean, overall extremely tight, clean copies. Vol 4 – very small tear to base of spine, marbled boards slightly worn.

This listing is for all 12 monthly volumes of this French military review which resumed publication with the January, 1872 issue under a new director general, J. Dumaine.
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Paris:: Charles Warée, 1844. First edition. Full leather, dark brown boards, with embossed design to the front and rear boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt design. Black label with gilt titles. A little rubbing to the boards. Marbled end papers. Internally clean and tidy, with 30 plates on high quality stiff paper, and attractive engraved illustrations and vignettes throughout. In the style of - quote: the French people painted by themselves - a picturesque and humorous gallery of portraits of foreigners: the English, the American, the Moldovan-Wallachian, the Hungarian, the Arab, the Turkish, the Swiss, Egyptian, Colonist, Chinese, Dutch, German, Italian, Persian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, etc. A little foxing to the pages, but overall in good condition. Circa 1844. xxxv-528 pp. 255 x 180 mm (10 x 7 inches). Plein cuir, planches marron foncé, avec motif en relief sur les planches avant et arrière. Bandes surélevées à la colonne vertébrale avec motif doré. Etiquette noire avec titres… Read More

Paris: De l 'Imprimerie de Crapelet, 1835. Second edition. Beautiful gilt embellished hand coloured frontispiece with tissue guard. Marbled page edges.Brown half percaline hardback, with raised bands and gilt title to spine. Corners rubbed. Title page has neat hole (like a cigarette burn). Ex libris to front pastedown. B/w vignettes in text throughout. Very clean and fresh inside. Text in French. iv, 150 pp. + table. 260 x 170 mm (10¼ x 6¾ inches). Seconde édition. Beau frontispice rehaussé de dorures colorées à la main avec garde. Tranches de page marbrées. Couverture en demi-percaline brune, à nerfs et titre doré au dos. Coins frottés. La page de titre a un trou net (comme une brûlure de cigarette). Ex libris au premier contreplat. Vignettes N/B dans le texte tout au long. Intérieur très propre et frais. iv, 150 pp. + tableau. 260 x 170 mm

A 500 lieues de l'Assemblée Nationale: Sn, 1790. Livre. Bon. Couverture rigide. Ed. originale. In-8. A 500 lieues de l'Assemblée Nationale, 1790. 19,5 x 12,5 cm (R), in-8, VIII - 285 (1) pp., 1 bandeau et nb. culs-de-lampe, bradel postérieur en demi toile, pièce de titre (avec nom de l'auteur mal transcrit : Gallois). Edition originale (et unique) rare. Gallais, bénédictin, était "un ardent défenseur de la monarchie" (Hoeffer). Bon exemplaire, page de titre défraîchie, rousseurs sur une trentaine de feuillets. (Quérard, Sup. litt., II, 305 ; Mahul, I, 114 ; Barbier, II, 396).

Paris: Perrin et Cie., 1892. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Vol. 1- xvi + 596 pages. Frontis illustration with tissue. Vol. 2- 596 pages. 5 x 7 1/4 in. "Bound by Blackwell" stamped on back corner of ffep. Blue half morocco binding with marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine, 5 raised bands, top edge of text block gilt, end papers marbled. Condition of each volume is VERY GOOD: light wear to covers and spines, corners bent, spine of Vol. 1 cracking near top- small piece missing from spine of Vol. 2 near bottom. Boards lightly worn, edges of text block yellowed and lightly foxed, light foxing to first and last few pages, pages clean, bindings fine, small book plate of David B. Ogden on inside of front cover.

Paris: Chez Mongie, Libraire, Au Palais-Royal, Fous Le Arcades De Bois, 1792. 12mo. 116p., half-title. The French Constitution was the first written constitution of France. First drafted in 1789 it was finally and reluctantly accepted by King Louis XVI in September 1791. Bound in full calf, spine stamped in gilt, black leather spine label gilt, marbled endpapers, corners worn, spine worn with some loss at head with chipping to label.

Paris: H. Dumineray et F. Pallier, 1848. Livre. Illus. by Hippolyte Pauquet. Bon. demi-reliure. Edition originale. Petit In-8. Paris, H. Dumineray et F. Pallier, 1848. 18 x 11,5 cm (R), petit in-8, 396 pp. - frontispice en noir représentant 9 généraux de la garde nationale et 9 planches coloriées d'uniformes hors texte, reliure du premier quart du XXe sicle de demi-toile rouge, dos lisse, couvertures imprimées conservées. Edition originale et premier tirage des belles planches d'uniformes par Pauquet, coloriées à la main. Exemplaire de Eugène Aubry, pharmacien à Connerré dans la Sarthe et grand collectionneur d'uniformes et objets militaires (tampon et étiquette ex-libris répétée) enrichi par celui-ci de : 1) un certificat autographe signé et daté du 8 décembre 1870 d'un adjoint au maire du XVIIe arrondissement de Paris indiquant que le citoyen Victor Louvet… Read More

Paris: Charles Louis Fleury. Panckoucke. Good+. 1816. First Edition. Hardcover. Half leather with marbled boards. (i-iv) 647pp. Interior of text Is clean without foxing. Marbled page edges. Gilt title on spine. 2 book plates of previous owners. Historical & Topographical Guide of Paris including surrounding towns, villages and castles. Military facts, historical events and industry. Topographic fold out map designed by Henry Guillot. Front hinge is cracked & re-enforced with archival hinging tape. Scuffed boards, spine ends and front corners rubbed. Paris Guide, France; Map; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 647 pages .