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Mid-19th century French manuscript inventory detailing personal and household goods, including books, maps, and engravings sent from France to New York and from the United States back to France [Transatlantic Inventory]
- Used
- Condition
- Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, edges marbled. Slight wear to outer joints. Composed in a clear, clean hand. Occasional m
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
France & the United States, 1840. [26] leaves plus forty-eight blank leaves. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, edges marbled. Slight wear to outer joints. Composed in a clear, clean hand. Occasional minute soiling. Very good. [26] leaves plus forty-eight blank leaves. 12mo. Inventory of a household moving from France to America. A detailed manuscript inventory listing personal and household goods transported to the United States from France and, separately, items shipped from America back to France. The volume records the possessions of Eugène Mourgue, his wife Colombe, and their domestic servants, beginning with the dozen trunks which they had shipped to the United States. The objects shipped for their travels includes cloth, clothing, porcelain, china, and silver. The manuscript also provides detailed lists of the objects the Mourgue household shipped back to France upon their return to the Continent. Of particular interest is a box of books with specific titles briefly noted. These include La Pérouse's Voyage in four volumes plus atlas; a multi-volume set of Duhamel du Monceau, a twenty-volume set of Buffon; Abbé Raynal's Atlas; numerous books for children; geographies, dictionaries, and other educational volumes; and numerous other works (including Oliver Goldsmith's Vicarie De Wakefield). Morgue also returned to France with numerous maps and prints, including "Amerique septentionale," "Golphe du mexique," "La mort[e] de [Captain] Cook," views of New York and Mount Vernon, and portraits of Washington and Franklin.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 346004
- Title
- Mid-19th century French manuscript inventory detailing personal and household goods, including books, maps, and engravings sent from France to New York and from the United States back to France [Transatlantic Inventory]
- Format/Binding
- [26] leaves plus forty-eight blank leaves. 12mo
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, edges marbled. Slight wear to outer joints. Composed in a clear, clean hand. Occasional m
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- France & the United States
- Date Published
- 1840
- Keywords
- Americana | Autograph & Manuscripts | French
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; History, Travel & Geography; Autograph & Manuscripts;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd Streets) in New York City.Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (During July & August, until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays.)The Madison Avenue store is a seventh-floor oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art. We have built notable private collections for American and international clients. Our stock is always changing, and our steady input from private buying and public auctions assures our clients of new surprises (and temptations!) at each visit. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests, with particular emphasis in the following fields: British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters. Our catalogued inventory exceeds 50,000 titles, much of which can be searched on the internet. In addition, our New Jersey warehouse contains over 400,000 books in all subject areas. We might have the books you're looking for.
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