Recueil de travaux de l'abbé Cochard by COCHARD (Abbé Th.) - 1876-1898

Paris: Chez les marchands de Nouveautés, 1794. Livre. Bon. Couverture souple. Ed. originale. In-8. Paris, Chez les marchands de nouveautés, (1794). 20,5 x 13 cm, 31 pp., plaquette brochée extraite d'une reliure. Edition originale rare. Ouvrage extrait d'une reliure sans couverture. Bon exemplaire..

Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1883. Livre. Très bon. Couverture souple. Ed. originale. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1883. 23 x 14 cm, in-8, 61 pp., broché, couverture jaune imprimée. Edition originale rare de cette plaquette anti-maçonnique anonyme due à Etienne Lamy. Couverture un peu défraîchie, malgré tout un fort bon exemplaire, non coupé..

London: Richard Bentley, 1853. 2 Vol. 3/4 Leather over marbled paper covered boards, and eppr. First English edition of Alexandrine des Echerolles' memoirs of the Revolution in France. Alexandrine des Echerolles (La Ferte Hauterive, south of Moulins-Allier) was 13 y.o. when the Revolution forced her father, aunt and brothers to take refuge in Lyon. Her father had been elected colonel of the National Guards at Moulins, but when he was threatened with imprisonment he fled to Lyon then Switzerland, and left his daughter in the care of his sister. The aunt was murdered by the revolutionary court for refusing to reveal where her brother was living, and Alexandrine found herself alone, and relied on family and relations to taker her in.

Paris: Author, 1862, 1863. First edition. 1862-63 TWO VOLUME ILLUSTRATED FRENCH GUIDE TO PRUNING FRUIT TREES BY PROFESSOR AT THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF PARIS. Two 9 inches tall hardcover volumes, contemporary 1/2 red calf with marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt titles, over 300 wood engravings in text. Edges of covers rubbed, spines sunned, light foxing, dampstaining to preliminary pages of vol. 2. Overall good+. Vol. 1 contains chapters on pruning apple and pear trees; vol. 2 covers peach, apricots, prunes, berries, and grapes. In custom archival mylar covers.

Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, October 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Upper corners lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed with a single one inch tear to front bottom edge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiii + 347 pages. Over 300 illustrations. Heavy book: extra charges for expedited or international shipping. Captain Nicolas Baudin's early 19th-century voyage of scientific discovery to Australia is a little-known event in French and Australian history. Yet that voyage played an important part in the history of Australian and Pacific colonization, and in the long story of worldwide scientific exploration. Departing Le Havre in 1800, Baudin's expedition comprised two ships--the Naturaliste and the Géographe--and 238 men, including 22 scientists. For most of the next three-and-a half years they travelled along the western and southern coasts of Australia, charting the coastline and… Read More

Bruxelles: Unknown, 1883. Hardcover. Very Good-. 8x6x2. J. J. Gay, Editeur - Vie et des Moeurs de Mademoiselle Cronel, dite Fretillon. Tome 1 & 2 in one Volume (Life and of Manners of Miss Cronel, known as Fretillon). Brown boards, binding circa 1940's. All text in French, Tout le texte en Francais. Tome 1 & 2 bound into one volume. rubbing corners.. * * * * * * * * * * [FREE Media Mail Shipping! Images available for any item, just ask. Any images shown next to the listing that have our www.aCastleofBooks.com watermark on them are the exact item you will receive, all other images are for reference only. Free delivery confirmation for domestic orders. Books with Author signatures are guaranteed authentic. We understand collectors needs in terms of accurate grading and proper packaging. We stand behind our descriptions 100%. All items will be shipped securely to insure that they arrive in exactly the same condition in which they left. May have small easily erasable pencil markings on… Read More

Dijon: Bidault, 1795. Livre. Très bon. Couverture souple. Ed. originale. in-8°. Dijon, Chez Bidault, 20 ventôse an III [1795]. 19,5 x 13 cm, in-8, 1 f. - 13 pp., plaquette cousue sous couverture bleue muette d'attente. En 1795, Mailhe, membre de la Convention, fut envoyé en mission à Dijon, où il comprima les partisans de la Terreur. Très rare. Bel exemplaire..

Dijon: De l'imprimerie de Fantin, 1794. Livre. Très bon. Couverture souple. Ed. originale. in-8°. Dijon, De l'imprimerie de Fantin, an III (1794). 19,5 x 13 cm, 3 plaquettes in-8 brochées ensemble sous couverture muette, 17 - 24 - (2) 9 pp. Réunion de trois plaquettes dijonaises rares. Les deux premières sont des attaques virulentes contre Sauvageot, par Baillot-Mure, vinaigrier. La dernière est par Pierre Baillot, professeur de rhétorique, qui demande, après la Terreur, "une forte épuration de tous les fonctionnaires publics"..

Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1875. Livre. Bon. broché. Edition originale. In-8. Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1875. 23 x 14,5 cm, in-8, (4) 547 pp., broché sous couverture bleue imprimée, papillon d'annonce pour la deuxième partie conservé. Edition originale de la première partie, la seule parue du vivant de l'auteur, la suite (6 volumes en tout) ayant été publiée de façon posthume. Rousseurs éparses..

London: John Murray, 1878. Second edition, revised. Very well illustrated with many engravings, large thick octavo, ppxxiv, 548, the frontispiece, title page and index pages a little foxed, occasional light foxing here and there, otherwise very clean and sound internally, very tight and firm, original blue cloth slightly worn and scuffed, faded, slightly marked here and there, a few very small bubbles to the cloth, the spine head with slight tears.. Second edition. Cloth. Good.