Paris 1843. Fine. Paris 1843-1845 14.50 x 23 cm 6 volumes reliés First edition. Half caramel calf bindings spines with four raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt fillets red morocco title and volume labels some minor scratches to spines without significance two upper headcaps showing traces of rubbing one joint of the fifth volume fragile marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns elegant contemporary bindings signed by Simier relieur du Roi. Scattered foxing auction price notations inscribed in red ink in margins of descriptions. Handsome copy in charming uniform contemporary binding signed by one of the most talented binders of the 19th century. hardcover
Kiessling Schnee 1855. Edition Unstated. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Text in French. Size: Small Octavo. Text is in French. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Front board is detachedotherwise binding is intact and in good condition. Heavy foxing throughout. Edges greyed with dust marks. Book comes in a custom made slipcase. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Belgium; French Language; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item not stock photos. Inventory No: 26086. . Kiessling Schnee hardcover
Paris: Firmin-Didot 1884. Leather. Very Good. 11.5" by 8.5". Not Stated. A handsome copy documenting the history of France between 1795-1815. With ten chromolithographs and 410 illustrations. Covering the period of ascendancy for Napoleon Bonaparte Lacroix examines all parts of French society. Seen as the fourth and final stage of the French Revolution the Napoleonic era saw the deposing of the Directory which governed France and a period of territorial expansion. Lacroix analyses Napoleon's leadership and how literature music science and the arts were influence by his reign. In a fine half morocco binding with gilt detail. Externally smart with some rubbing and handling marks. Library label to spine. Ex libris bookplate to front pastedown. Tear to front free-endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright with some spotting to first and last. Library stamps to frontmatter. Browning to first and last. Very Good Firmin-Didot hardcover