‎Collectibles‎

‎Foumiko TAKEBAYASHI‎

‎Contes japonais • Japanese Tales‎

‎Paris: Fasquelle 1933. Fine. Fasquelle Paris 1933 14 x 20.50 cm broché First edition of the French translation by Georges Rageot one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper the only deluxe copies. Handsome full-margined copy despite some small wormholes in the margins of some leaves. Fasquelle unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 88041

‎FOURCROY, Abbe de‎

‎Méthode pour apprendre facilement l'histoire romaine. Avec une chronologie du regne des Empereurs & un abregé des coutumes des romains par Monsieur D. Édition nouvelle corrigée & augmentée.‎

‎Brussels Brusselle Chez François Foppens 1701. 12mo. 3204 p. frontispiece. Calf 14 cm A popular schoolbook Details: On the frontispiece made by J. Harrewijn are a number of Roman symbols the she-wolf and the twins a Roman warrior with S.P.Q.R. on his shield a lictor with his fasces and a triumphal arch Condition: Binding rubbed & scuffed; head of spine chafed; front joint split for about 4 cm; small paper label near the foot of the spine Note: Quérard 833d attributes this very popular schoolbook to l'Abbé de Fourcroy. It was first published in 1694 and was reissued many times up to 1785. It was also translated into English appearing for the first time in 1695 and many times later. A Dutch translation appeared in 1734 1784 & 1810. The book is a specimen of the 2500 years old platonic teaching method the 'Question and Answer Method' Collation: A-N12 O6 Photographs on request unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 120246

‎Fowble, E McSherry‎

‎Two Centuries of Prints in America 1680-1880: A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection‎

‎Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia 1987. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. Perfect condition but for an inadvertent crease to the rear free endpaper. The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. It has NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Sharp corners. Bright and shiny. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked - obviously never read. From the publisher: A catalogue of important prints from the Colonial and early national eras from the Winterthur Museum's collection. Organized by categories which include maps landscapes portraits historical events social satire juvenile instruction architecture and many other subjects. The first part of the book deals with prints produced for the American market while the second half covers prints made in America. Essays discuss printmaking techniques and developments. The function of prints as household decorations is also considered." Beautifully illustrated with 32 color and 391 black and white print reproductions. Selected Bibliography. Index of Artists Printmakers and Printsellers. Published for the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. Bound in the original two tone cloth oatmeal with black spine stamped in bright gold over a handsome red panel on the spine. Oversize Hardcover. 12" wide by 12" tall by 1.75" thick. This large very heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments but only the standard charge for media mail. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. New/New. xiv 32 color plates 543pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. University Press of Virginia Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 023332 ISBN : 0813911249 9780813911243

‎Fowler William Worthington‎

‎Ten Years In Wall Street; Or Revelations of Inside Life and Experience on ‘Change.‎

‎Hartford: Worthington Dust & Co 1870. Rare first edition of this classic work on <span class="match">Wall</span> <span class="match">Street</span> and the personalities <span class="match">in</span>volved <span class="match">in</span> that history. Octavo bound in buckram gilt titles to the spine frontispiece illustrated by Arthur Lumley. In very good condition. Scarce with only two examples appearing at auction in the last eighty years. Worthington, Dust & Co hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 76908

‎Fowler, Gene [Inscribed To Gilbert Emery]‎

‎Timber Line: A Story Of Bonfils And Tammen‎

‎New York: Covici Friede 1933. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 480 Pp.Yellow Cloth Printed In Green.First Printing 1923 Date On Title Page. Light Wear Tiny Split/Fry At Bottom Of Front Spine Edge Spine Browned Endpapers Browning Mostly In 1" Strip Along Gutter Edges Hinge Cracking Before Title Page Binding Solid. Inscribed At Length By Fowler "To My Friend Gil Gilbert Emery With The Polite Proviso That He Read It In Silence And A Hundred Miles Away From Champagne Breakfasts. I Pound With The Forehead Gene Fowler Nov-1933". Emery Was A Minor Hollywood Actor For Decades Usually As A Tall Aristocratic Character. <br/> <br/> Covici Friede hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 030514

‎Fowles John‎

‎Conditional‎

‎Northridge CA: Lord John Press 1979. Number 86 of an edition of 150 copies. Designed by William Everson and Richard Bigus SIGNED by author John Fowles. Fine As Issued. 22" x 15" Broadside Poem. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. One Sheet Illustrated. Fine. Broadside Poem. Lord John Press Paperback books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 004577

‎Fowles, John‎

‎The Magus‎

‎Boston: Little Brown and Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full light green cloth gilt lettering on spine publisher's medallion gilt on cover t.e.g. red fore-edge deckle. The Magus 1966 is the first novel written but second published by British author John Fowles. It tells the story of Nicholas Urfe a teacher on a small Greek island. Urfe finds himself embroiled in psychological illusions of a master trickster that become increasingly dark and serious. The novel was a bestseller partly because it tapped successfully into and then arguably helped to promote the 1960s popular interest in psychoanalysis and mystical philosophy. This is an unmarked copy tight and square. The price-clipped dust jacket now in mylar is sunned along the top edge only and is chipped with some loss at the head and heel of the spine and has a small closed tear on the front panel. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall. 606 1 pp . Little, Brown and Company hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 6812

‎Fox Polly editor‎

‎Hand papermaking. Vol. 2 no. 1 Summer 1987‎

‎Minneapolis: Hand Papermaking 1987. Small 4to staple bound pp. 36; illustrated throughout paper sample tipped in; pictorial paper wrappers fine. Articles on artists paper Kim Yeong Yon Twinrocker fine grit paper western mold making and drying boxes for printers and papermakers. <br/><br/> Hand Papermaking unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 52128

‎Fox, C P "Chappie" [Inscribed to John H McConnell]‎

‎Horse Drawn Wagon Collection at the Circus World Museum Baraboo Wisconsin‎

‎Milwaukee Wisconsin: The Great Circus Parade Inc 1994. Great Association Copy. Very Good condition. Oblong softcover. 9" wide by 6" tall. Bright shiny clean square and tight. Flat spine. NO creases. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR: "To my old friend John McConnell with best wishes Chappie Fox 7-8-94." Fox was the first Director of Circus World Museum and later became Historian for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows. The recipient John H. McConnell was general manager of the Royal Hanneford Circus and The Big Apple Circus. From 1986 through 2005 he owned and produced Circus Royale. He was also instrumental in marketing numerous engagements of the Cristiani Bros. Circus Mills Bros. Circus Zerbini International Circus Circus Flora Hamid Circus Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus and Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. McConnell authored several articles as well as two books on circus history. See: CIRCUS HISTORY. This volume is illustrated throughout with old circus wagon photographs many in full color. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. NOT a remainder. Includes a complete INDEX to the Horse Drawn Wagon Collection at the Circus World Museum Baraboo Wisconsin. Bound in the original red pictorial wraps. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good condition. 164pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. The Great Circus Parade, Inc Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 013952

‎Fox, James K.; Gilligan, Carole‎

‎License Plates of the United States: A Pictorial History 1903-To the Present‎

‎176 pages. "Illustrates and explains every automobile license plate issued in the United States... License plates from every state and every year are illustrated in color with text providing an overview of the history of plates in that state. Examples are included of plates issued prior to statehood. The second section of the book is a detailed listing of the color codes and validation systems used by each state." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Binding intact. Usual library markings. A sound working copy of this superb reference. Book‎

‎Fox, Rev John‎

‎A Universal History of Christian Martyrdom: From the Birth of Our Blessed Saviour to the Latest Periods of Persecution Fox's Book of Martyrs Vol. 1 2 Complete‎

‎Philadelphia and Pittsburgh PA: Key and Mielke/John I. Kay and Co. 1831. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. New Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Complete in two 2 volumes uniformly bound in full light brown calf spine panels with black title/volume labels lettered in gilt gilt dentilled edges. Key & Mielke 1831. Ex-library did not circulate with handwritten call numbers on lower spine panels book plate mounted inside each front cover perforation and discard stamps to each main title. Leather rubbed along edges and joints reasonably intact spine panels somewhat darkened by age. Firm bindings and joints generally clean and unmarked interiors. Unpaginated illus. w/ 55 lv engraved plates over both volumes printed variously on white light blue and pale yellow leaves. Key and Mielke/John I. Kay and Co. Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 069053

‎Foxcroft, Frank (editor)‎

‎War Verse‎

‎New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1918. 12mo size full leather volume with bright gilt titles and decorations on spine and front cover; 303 toned pages with bright gilt topstain. Third Printing Preface by Frank Foxcroft Some of the poets who are included are: Ivan Adair Mary Adair-Macdonald F.W. Bourdillon Rupert Brooke Margaretta Byrde Eric Chilman Helen Hester Colvill Leslie Coulson Beatrice Cregan Richard A. Crouch Austin Dobson Ruth Duffin Klaxon Wilfrid Wilson Gibson G.R. Glasgow Thomas Hardy Mildred Huxley Sergeant Joseph Lee W.M. Letts Alison Lindsay Habberton Lulham Lucy Masterman John McCrae Neil Munro Frederick Niven Orellius May O'Rourke H.D. Rawnsley Cecil Roberts Edward Shillito H. Smalley Sarson Owen Seaman Alan Seeger Evelyn Simms C. Fox Smith Lesbia Thanet Tipuca Herbert Trench Katharine Tynan Henry Van Dyke Half inch tear on top of spine and a quarter inch and a half inch tear on bottom of spine. Sunned spine has been polished and there are some scratches on the leather. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Thomas Y. Crowell Company Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 004038

‎FR CARABIN F R‎

‎La pêche d'amateur à la mer‎

‎Paris: Niclaus 1925. Fine. Niclaus Paris 1925 12 x 19.50 cm broché New edition. Cover illustrated by A. Willette. Work decorated with engravings and 20 figures. Handsome copy. Niclaus unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 12197

‎Fr GIRAULT‎

‎Le problème de la gravitation‎

‎Paris: Gauthier-Villars 1924. Fine. Gauthier-Villars Paris 1924 19 x 24 cm broché First edition. A very good copy. Gauthier-Villars unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 10652

‎Fra Pietro da BERGAMO‎

‎Tabula seu index atque compendium & epilogus omnium sententiarum diui Thomae Aquinatis per conclusiones resolutas . prout dudum reuerendo patre fratre Petro Bergomensi . caeterisque similiter optimis theologiae professoribus coactum fuerat opus & auctum‎

‎Venetiis Venice Venise Venice: Apud Haeredes Lucaeantonij Iuntae Florentini 1539. Fine. Apud Haeredes Lucaeantonij Iuntae Florentini Venetiis Venice • Venise Venice 1539 17 x 24 cm In-4 relié New edition following the princeps of 1473 in Bologna under a different title. Very rare. Printer’s device of the Junta on the title page and the final leaf. Dedication to Hercules Gonzaga of Mantua. Not in Brunet. One copy in Oxford and one in the Italian catalogues but none in the French catalogues nor in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Half calf binding c. 1800. Spine with raised bands and gilt fillets. Brown morocco title-piece. Headcap trimmed. Rubbing to edges. NB: This volume is available at the bookshop on request within 48 hours. Pietro da Bergamo died 1482 whose real name was Almaldura authored this work known as the tabula aurea the golden table as it became the unique and essential instrument for the reading and consultation of the works of Saint Thomas see La tabula Aurea di Pietro da Bergamo by T. Sterli Trento published in 2003. The tabula is a universal index to the entire work of Thomas Aquinas. A second part with separate pagination comprises another index: Concordantiae dictorum et conclusionum divi Thomae de aquino. Finally a last part lists entries by biblical term Psalms Daniel Deuteronomy etc. This new edition is the work of Vincenzo Giaccari. Having been revered as a saint during his studious life as a Dominican friar Fra Pietro da Bergamo was laid to rest in the crypt of the chapel of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Apud Haeredes Lucaeantonij Iuntae Florentini hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26396

‎FRAENKEL, MICHAEL‎

‎The genesis of the Tropic of Cancer‎

‎Berkeley CA: Bern Porter 1946. First edition limited to unspecified number square 8vo pp. 4 31; facsimile of flyer for first edition of Tropic of Cancer; very good in original white printed wrappers portrait of Miller by Emil Schnellock on back panel wrappers with minor soiling and a few small tears and creases long upper edges near spine. Signed by the author on front flyleaf. Shifreen A5. Bern Porter unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 20754

‎Framed Ephemera From The San Francisco Fire Department‎

‎Ephemera From The San Francisco Fire Department‎

‎San Francisco CA: San Francisco Fire Department. Very Good. 1914. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is a large framed group of ephemera - with information to be used by firemen in the course of their duties. The latest date on this material is July 1914. The frame is in very nice clean condition and is somewhat unusual in it's makeup - with screws and slats on the rear so it can be opened basically this frame is in the manor of a bulletin board which can be updated without too much difficulty . Inside the frame are five sheets of paper which have been notated with different tables including: SFFD Preliminary Comp. Calls & S. G. Signals Tapping & Clearance Drills for Various Taps Diameters of Drills Powers & Roots of Numbers SFFD Names and Locations of Apparatuses Standard Telegraph Code information and two sheets underneath which aren't really visible. "On July 11 1912 a unique contest was conducted in the presence of Chief Murphy the Fire Commissioners the Fire Committee of the Board of Supervisors and a large attending crowd. A newly designed motor drawn apparatus the Nott Motor Engine was to be pitted against the finest horse drawn rig in the Department. The object of the contest was to determine the swiftest and most efficient of the two. The start of the race was from Second Avenue & Clement Street the old house of Twenty-six Engine. At the sound of the gong the horses leaped into their collars and charged out the door smoke already belching from the steamer. The driver of the Nott Motor Engine cranked his machine and was quickly in pursuit. His objective was the hydrant at Thirteenth and Lake Streets. He made it in 2 minutes and 20 seconds and the crew had water out the nozzle in a total elapsed time of 3 minutes and 40 seconds. The foam flecked horses drew up to their hydrant at Eleventh and Lake in 3 minutes and 55 seconds with water flowing in 5 minutes and 6 seconds. Everyone knew what the results meant. The days of the horses had passed and after this time none were purchased for Fire Department use. In 1903 the first electric auto had been purchased for the Chief and three more were bought in 1905 but they proved unreliable and none were in service at the time of the Fire. The first motor driven apparatus was installed in Chemical Company No. 3 on Bush Street in 1912. In March of the next year the first auto-driven steam engine was installed at Engine Company Twenty-eight Stockton and Greenwich Streets." from the SFFD historical page . San Francisco Fire Department hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : A38792

‎FRANC-NOHAIN‎

‎L'orphéon choeurs et cantates‎

‎Paris: La Renaissance du livre 1925. Fine. La Renaissance du livre Paris 1925 12.50 x 16.50 cm broché First edition one of 150 numbered copies on ""pur-fil"" paper ours one of the few off-trade. Signed autograph of Franc-Nohain F. Gottlib: "". this choral society could fall into better hands ."" Nice copy. La Renaissance du livre unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 54028

‎FRANC-NOHAIN‎

‎Le jardin des bêtes et des plantes‎

‎Paris: Le livre 1923. Fine. Le livre Paris 1923 14 x 19.50 cm broché First edition one of 20 numbered copies on China paper deluxe issue after 10 Madagascar hors commerce and 15 Japan. Inevitable foxing mainly on endpapers and in margins of leaves given the nature of China paper. Le livre unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 61233

‎FRANC-NOHAIN‎

‎Nouvelles fables‎

‎Paris: Editions Spes 1933. Fine. Editions Spes Paris 1933 12 x 19 cm broché first edition on the current paper. Signed autograph of Franc-Nohain Robert Garric. Catholic reformist he was the founder of ""social Teams"" in 1920 which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly remembers him in his ""Memoirs of a Tidy Wench"" ""Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained he had discovered in the trenches the joys of camaraderie that removed social barriers. . To deny all limits and all separations get out of my class out of my skin: this slogan electrified me. . Must serve my life! Must serve all my life! "" Pleasant full copy of his please insert. Editions Spes unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 48711

‎FRANC-NOHAIN‎

‎Poème autographe signé intitulé ""Quelques chameaux"" et dédié à Paul Verlaine‎

‎s. l.: S. n. 1898. Fine. S. n. s. l. 1898 11.50 x 18 cm une feuille Autograph signed poem by the poet Franc-Nohain entitled ""Quelques chameaux"". The poem 15 lines in black ink on one leaf and dedicated to Paul Verlaine was integrated into his second work the collection of poems ""Flûtes"" published by Editions de La Revue Blanche in 1898 under the title ""Chameaux"": ""Quelques chameaux A Paul Verlaine J'ai connu dans mon enfance un vieux lapidaire Qui avait fait emplette de trois ou quatre dromadaires A l'encan - ou peut-être même dans une liquidation Ce qui alors simplifierait beaucoup la question. Il faudrait d'ailleurs aimable lecteur que je le confesse Ce n'était pas des dromadaires de la grosse espèce. Mais ce n'était pas des petits dromadaires non plus : Ils étaient de la bonne moyenne - et même un peu plus. Par malheur le lapidaire dut les placer dans sa commode : Les logements à Paris sont si incommodes. Et alors les pauvres dromadaires Sont tous morts PARCE QU'ILS N'AVAIENT PAS ASSEZ D'AIR. Franc-Nohain."" ""Some camels / To Paul Verlaine / I knew in my childhood an old lapidary / Who had purchased three or four dromedaries / At auction - or perhaps even in a liquidation / Which would then greatly simplify the question. / I should moreover dear reader confess to you / These were not dromedaries of the large species. / But they were not small dromedaries either: / They were of good average size - and even a bit more. / Unfortunately the lapidary had to place them in his chest of drawers: / Lodgings in Paris are so inconvenient. / And then the poor dromedaries / All died BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH AIR. / Franc-Nohain."" Fold mark inherent to being placed in an envelope two words having smudged ""trois"" in the second stanza and ""Nohain"" from the signature. S. n. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 83427

‎FRANC-NOHAIN‎

‎Poème autographe signé intitulé ""La complainte de Monsieur Benoît"" et dédié à Coquelin Cadet‎

‎s. l.: S. n. 1898. Fine. S. n. s. l. 1898 12 x 19 cm une feuille Autograph poem signed by poet Franc-Nohain entitled ""La complainte de Monsieur Benoît"". The poem 17 lines in black ink on a leaf dedicated to Coquelin Cadet was incorporated into his second work the collection of poems Flûtes published by Editions de La Revue Blanche in 1898 under the same title but with some variants: ""La complainte de Monsieur Benoît A Coquelin Cadet Dans sa coquette maison de campagne de St Mandé Monsieur Benoît hier matin s'est suicidé. On peut dire que c'est joliment désagréable pour sa famille Et il aurait peut-être aussi bien fait de se tenir tranquille. Avec cela que c'est une fichue existence que je prévois Dès lors pour cette bonne Madame Benoît. Cette pauvre Mademoiselle Benoît est également bien à plaindre Elle qui avait épouser un riche industriel de l'Indre. Et le fils Benoît un garçon si rangé et si travailleur. Faut-il qu'il y ait des gens tout de même qui a du maheur ! Le plus dégoûtant est que c'est encore une histoire de femmes : Chagrins d'amour. Monsieur Benoît était un vieux gaillard bédame ! N'empêche que toute la famille est allée à l'enterrement ; Et il faut avouer qu'il leur était bien difficile de faire autrement. Franc-Nohain."" ""The complaint of Monsieur Benoît To Coquelin Cadet In his charming country house in St Mandé Monsieur Benoît yesterday morning committed suicide. One can say that it's quite unpleasant for his family And he might perhaps have done just as well to keep quiet. What's more it's a wretched existence that I foresee From now on for that good Madame Benoît. That poor Mademoiselle Benoît is equally to be pitied She who was to marry a wealthy industrialist from Indre. And young Benoît such a well-behaved and hardworking boy. There really must be people all the same who have misfortune! Most disgusting is that it's still a story about women: Love troubles. Monsieur Benoît was an old rascal by Jove! Nevertheless the whole family went to the funeral; And one must admit that it would have been quite difficult for them to do otherwise. Franc-Nohain."" Fold mark inherent to mailing two small stains in the margins of the poem. S. n. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 83429

‎FRANC-NOHAIN‎

‎Saint Louis‎

‎Paris: Flammarion 1932. Fine. Flammarion Paris 1932 13 x 19.50 cm broché First edition review copy. Signed autograph of Franc-Nohain Robert Garric: "". Remember Lille ."" Catholic reformist he was the   founder of ""social Teams"" in 1920 which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly remembers him   in his ""Memoirs of a Tidy Wench""   ""Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained he had discovered in the trenches the joys of camaraderie that removed social barriers. . To deny all limits and all separations get out of my class out of my skin: this slogan electrified me. . Must serve my life! Must serve all my life! "" Tiny bites on slightly thinned back a few minor foxing. Flammarion unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 48584

‎France, Anatole‎

‎Penguin Island‎

‎Great Britain: William Clowes and Sons. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1927. Illustrated Edition. Fourth Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full black black cloth gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover printed endpapers TEG red fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with full-page engraved plates and decorative drawings including head and tail-pieces by Frank C. Pape. This is an unmarked copym tight square and clean; hinges strong. An extremely nice copy with beautifully printed plates and drawings. NEAR FINE. . Black& White drawings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xx 345 pp . William Clowes and Sons hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 7776

‎Frances BROOKE‎

‎Histoire d'Emilie Montague‎

‎A Amsterdam: Chez Changuion 1770. Fine. Chez Changuion A Amsterdam 1770 10 x 16.50 cm 4 parties reliées en 2 volumes The rare first French edition translated by Jean-Baptiste Robinet after the first English edition published in 1769. Four attractive separate engraved title pages. Changuion catalogue at the end of the third part. The edition shared in Paris with Le Jay appeared a few months later and does not have engraved titles. Contemporary binding in full marbled brown sheep. Decorated raised-band spine. Beige morocco title label tobacco morocco volume label. Triple fillet frame on boards. Loss to lower joint at foot of volume I. 3 corners bumped. Handsome copy fresh overall. Epistolary novel set in Canada. ""The romantic customs of Canada and the manners of its inhabitants are described in this novel with great truth"" Revue des Romans 1839. Frances Brooke 1724-1789 English woman of letters lived in Canada where she had married an Anglican minister. A lieutenant goes to French Canada with the aim of establishing a settlement and resides in Quebec Montreal of which he gives extensive descriptions. The lieutenant undertakes certain journeys in Canada to New York and shares his political reflections on the necessity of uniting the French and English on the customs of the Hurons etc. Very interesting novel about Canada around 1765 and the different colonies definitive cession of French Canada to England in 1763. Chez Changuion hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 67072