‎Collectibles‎

‎Prosper Jolyot de CREBILLON‎

‎Oeuvres complètes‎

‎à Paris: Chez Lheureux 1824. Fine. Chez Lheureux à Paris 1824 13 x 20 cm 2 volumes reliés New edition. Contemporary full blonde calf binding smooth spine lined with slightly faded red morocco decorated with gilt arabesques and crosshatch patterns gilt dentelle border on covers gilt striping on edges and headcaps all edges yellow speckled with red. Corners slightly bumped. Foxing mainly on endpapers and first and last leaves of each volume. Chez Lheureux unknown‎

Referencia librero : 49901

‎Prosper MARCHAND‎

‎Dictionnaire historique ou memoires critique et litteraires concernant la vie et les ouvrages de divers personnages distingués particulierement dans la république des lettres‎

‎à La Haye The Hague: Chez Pierre De Hondt 1758. Fine. Chez Pierre De Hondt à La Haye The Hague 1758 - 1759 25.50 x 41 cm 2 tomes en un volume relié First edition which would never be reprinted. It is illustrated with one plate a genealogical table of the Estienne family and 7 in-text figures medals. Title page in red and black. Printed in two columns the half-title and titles on heavy paper. 6 pages of catalogue at the end of volume I. Contemporary full marbled and glazed brown calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Split headcaps; upper joint cracked lower joint largely split and even open at head and foot. Lack of leather on one band; corners worn and bumped; rubbing and surface wear. Fresh paper overall. Bookseller-publisher man of letters and biographer Prosper Marchand conceived this dictionary as a sequel or supplement to Bayle's dictionary. The author left it in manuscript and it was his friend and testamentary executor Lallemand who took 4 years to organize the notes and complete the edition. For each person in the dictionary one finds a biography a critique of his works a bibliography and anecdotes. The work is filled with rare and interesting information on forgotten writers or scholars of all periods notably the Middle Ages. Chez Pierre De Hondt hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 68160

‎Prosper MERIMEE - Albert LENOIR - Auguste LEPREVOST‎

‎Architecture gallo-romaine et architecture du Moyen-Age‎

‎Paris: Imprimerie Impériale 1857. Fine. Imprimerie Impériale Paris 1857 22.50 x 28 cm broché First edition. Work illustrated with figures and 7 engraved plates some light foxing one joint reattached marginal lack to front board. It should be noted that at the end of the volume are the 'Instructions sur la musique' by Bottée de Toulmon. From the collection 'Instructions du comité historique des arts et des monuments'. Imprimerie Impériale unknown‎

Referencia librero : 9910

‎Prosper MERIMEE‎

‎Carmen - Arsène Guillot - L'abbé Aubain - La dame de pique - Les Bohémiens - Le hussard - Nicolas Gogol‎

‎Paris: Calmann Lévy 1910. Fine. Calmann Lévy Paris s.d. ca 1910 12 x 19 cm relié New edition. Half morocco binding with corners in red spine with four raised bands set with black fillets and decorated with triple black compartments anthracite grey morocco title-label and author's name marbled paper boards combed paper endpapers and pastedowns top edge gilt original wrappers preserved contemporary binding. Handsome copy beautifully executed of one of the most famous and sought-after titles by Prosper Mérimée which was immortalized in opera by Georges Bizet. Calmann Lévy hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 87540

‎Prosper MERIMEE‎

‎Chronique du règne de Charles IX suivie de La double méprise et de La Guzla‎

‎Paris: Charpentier 1842. Fine. Charpentier Paris 1842 - relié New edition with some parts in first edition as revised and corrected. Half green shagreen binding smooth spine decorated with double gilt compartments embellished at angles with gilt typographical motifs green watered silk boards with some rubbing marbled endpapers and pastedowns speckled edges. Charpentier hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 50703

‎Prosper MERIMEE - Gaston VUILLIER‎

‎Colomba‎

‎Paris: A. Ferroud 1913. Fine. A. Ferroud Paris 1913 16 x 25.50 cm relié Edition illustrated with 31 original compositions by Gaston Vuillier etched by Omer Bouchery one of 100 numbered copies on Japan paper containing the etchings in two states. Full brown morocco binding spine with five raised bands decorated with triple compartments as well as gilt fillets gilt date at foot gilt roulettes on headcaps frame of quadruple gilt fillets on covers marbled endpapers and pastedowns frame of gilt dentelle on pastedowns double gilt fillets on leading edges covers preserved top edge gilt superb full morocco binding signed by Blanchetière. Superb copy. Copy established in a very handsome full morocco binding by Blanchetière. A. Ferroud hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 71727

‎Prosper MERIMEE‎

‎Episode de l'histoire de Russie - Les faux Démétrius‎

‎Paris: Michel Lévy frères 1853. Fine. Michel Lévy frères Paris 1853 11.50 x 18.50 cm relié First edition. Half aubergine sheep binding smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets spine faded marbled paper boards speckled edges copy slightly trimmed. Some foxing. Michel Lévy frères hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 85670

‎Prosper MERIMEE - Albert LENOIR‎

‎Instructions du comité historique des arts et des monuments : architecture militaire‎

‎Paris: Imprimerie Impériale 1857. Fine. Imprimerie Impériale Paris 1857 22.50 x 28.50 cm broché First edition. Three tiny marginal lacks to covers occasional light foxing. Work illustrated with 98 figures in the text. Rare. Imprimerie Impériale unknown‎

Referencia librero : 21612

‎Prosper MERIMEE‎

‎La Guzla ou Choix de Poésies illyriques recueillies dans la Dalmatie la Bosnie la Croatie et l'Herzégovine‎

‎Paris: F.G. Levrault 1827. Fine. F.G. Levrault Paris 1827 11.50 x 17.50 cm reliure de l'éditeur First edition presented in its rare publisher's binding. Full cream cardboard binding smooth spine black frieze border on covers bookplate pasted on one pastedown. Smooth spine decorated with 2 black fleurons and fillets. Spine slightly yellowed. Upper joint narrowly cracked at head. Spine and covers lightly browned without consequence some minor foxing as usual slight black ink trace on one endpaper. Some light browning on otherwise white paper. Good copy. The work is illustrated with an engraved portrait on China paper of Hyacinthe Maglanovitch guzla player. Literary mystification of these Slavic ballads of which only one is authentic: the sad ballad of the noble wife. Nevertheless a very personal creation by Mérimée the collection experiments with a new form of violence in literature through an exotic language. F.G. Levrault unknown‎

Referencia librero : 86130

‎Prosper MERIMEE‎

‎La jacquerie scènes féodales suivies de La famille de carjaval drame par l'auteur du théâtre de Clara Gazul‎

‎Paris: Brissot-Thivars 1828. Fine. Brissot-Thivars Paris 1828 21.20 x 12.70 cm relié First edition from Balzac's printing house. Between 1826 and 1828 Balzac purchased a printing house and partnered with a typographer but the enterprise went bankrupt in 1828. Books printed for Balzac show a concern for typography and fine book production. Bound in half burgundy long-grain morocco with corners ca. 1840. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 tools blind and gilt fillets head and tail rolls. Double fillet border on boards and corners. Some scattered browning. Louis Gillet bookplate. Very fine copy. La jacquerie and La famille de Carjaval are two dramatic and historical pieces that evoke Schiller's theatre. These dramatic scenes were intended to be read rather than performed. In La Jacquerie Mérimée reverses the vision of this peasant revolt through the prism of new romantic historiography and the peasants are no longer perceived as bloodthirsty barbarians but as victims of absolutism. With economy of means and a clear concise style Mérimée brings this feudal epic to life before our eyes. Brissot-Thivars hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 86036

‎Prosper MERIMEE‎

‎La jaquerie scènes féodales suivies de La famille de Carvajal‎

‎Paris: Brissot-Thivars 1828. Fine. Brissot-Thivars Paris 1828 12.50 x 20 cm relié First edition of the author's third work printed by Honoré de Balzac. Black paper boards smooth spine tan sheep title-label with two small angular lacks one joint slightly cracked then reglued at head red edges modest contemporary binding. Handsome interior condition. Brissot-Thivars hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 42970

‎Prosper MERIMEE‎

‎Les deux héritages suivi de L'inspecteur général et de Les débuts d'un aventurier‎

‎Paris: Calmann-Lévy 1881. Fine. Calmann-Lévy Paris 1881 12 x 19 cm broché New edition. A repaired tear at head of spine some foxing. Calmann-Lévy unknown‎

Referencia librero : 9615

‎Prosper MERIMEE‎

‎Lettres à une inconnue‎

‎Paris: Michel Lévy frères 1874. Fine. Michel Lévy frères Paris 1874 14.50 x 21.80 cm relié First edition. The first edition was so rapidly exhausted that a new one had to be printed a few months later. Contemporary half red shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 3 fleurons and blind fillets gilt title and volume number. Some traces of rubbing. Handsome copy almost free from foxing with fresh paper. These famous letters were addressed to Jenny Jeanne Françoise Dacquin from 1841 to 1870 the last of which was written two hours before the author's death. Hippolyte Taine's preface constitutes one of the first and best testimonials about the writer. While Mérimée complained of being unable to devote time to a true work he unknowingly conceived his ultimate masterpiece with this collection of letters. Library stamps on title page: Ecole Cardinal Pie Montmorillon. Bibliothèque diocésaine Poitiers. Michel Lévy frères hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 70984

‎Prosper MERIMEE‎

‎Lettres à une inconnue‎

‎Paris: Michel Lévy frères 1874. Fine. Michel Lévy frères Paris 1874 13.50 x 22 cm 2 volumes reliés Sixth edition with some parts in first edition as entirely revised. Half brown calf bindings smooth spines ornamented with gilt dots brown morocco title-labels and author's name gilt friezes at head and foot marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns speckled edges elegant contemporary bindings. The text is preceded by a study on Mérimée by Hippolyte Taine. Handsome copy free from any foxing and perfectly established. Michel Lévy frères hardcover‎

Referencia librero : 50720

‎Prosper MERIMEE‎

‎mosaïque par l'auteur du théatre de Clara Gazul‎

‎Paris: H. Fournier jeune 1833. Fine. H. Fournier jeune Paris 1833 13 x 20 cm relié First edition.   Half-shagreen binding of the late 19th century. Smooth spine decorated with repeated romantic tooling title and date in gilt. Top edge gilt. Spine uniformly sunned. Light scattered foxing.  Bookplate with crowned cipher Alfred and Blanche de Curzon.  Alfred de Curzon was a French painter deceased in 1895. This collection contains important short stories by the author including Mateo Falcone L'enlèvement de la Redoute Vision de Charles XI Le vase étrusque. H. Fournier jeune unknown‎

Referencia librero : 70286

‎Prosper MERIMEE‎

‎Théâtre de Clara Gazul. - Romans. - Nouvelles‎

‎Paris: Gallimard Bibliothèque de La Pléiade 1978. Fine. Gallimard Bibliothèque de La Pléiade Paris 1978 10.50 x 18 cm reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné La Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper. Publisher's binding in full green grained sheep blue top edge smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets. Handsome copy complete with its acetate cover dust jacket and slipcase. Gallimard, Bibliothèque de La Pléiade unknown‎

Referencia librero : 76854

‎Prosper POITEVIN‎

‎Une nuit chez Putiphar étude biblique‎

‎Paris: Tresse 1841. Fine. Tresse Paris 1841 8.50 x 14.50 cm broché First edition. One engraving as frontispiece. Dampstains to covers spine reglued. Rare. Tresse unknown‎

Referencia librero : 9862

‎PROTAIN - Louis-Alexandre DE BUIGNE‎

‎DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Le Kaire Le Caire. Plan coupe et vues perspectives d'un bain public. ETAT MODERNE volume I planche 49‎

‎Paris: Imprimerie Impériale 1809. Fine. Imprimerie Impériale Paris 1809-1829 53.50 x 70 cm une feuille Original unshaved full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great'.Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828 1000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image otherwise in very fresh fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799 the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates of which 72 colored as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The ‘Egyptian campaign' militarily a disaster demonstrates through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte Egyptian Institute who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge the chemist Berthollet the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists engineers architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants.This edition the so-called “Imperial” edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats two of which were specially created for it and christened “Moyen-Egypte” and “Grand-Egypte”. A special press was built to print it the process extending over 20 years from 1809 to 1829. The “Imperial” edition proved so popular that a second edition this time in black and white and without the “Egypte ancienne et moderne” watermark – known as the “Royal Edition” – was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke Paris.The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon illustrator diplomat collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon the Louvre. His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte.Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51 reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté author of Roses the mineralogist Dolomiue and the draughtsman Joly Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When however he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798 he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed “a country that is apart from its name entirely unknown to Europeans and therefore everything was worth describing” Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant les campagnes Imprimerie Impériale unknown‎

Referencia librero : 25359

‎PROTAIN - LEISNIER (sculpsit)‎

‎DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Le Kaire Le Caire. Élévation et coupe transversale de la mosquée de Soultân Hasan & Détail de la porte d'entrée. ETAT MODERNE volume I planche 34‎

‎Paris: Imprimerie Impériale 1809. Fine. Imprimerie Impériale Paris 1809-1829 70 x 53.50 cm une feuille Original unshaved full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great’. Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828 1000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image otherwise in very fresh fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l’Egypte one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte’s conquests in 1798 and 1799 the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates of which 72 colored as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte’s Eastern Armies. The ‘Egyptian campaign’ militarily a disaster demonstrates through the engravings of the Description d’Egypte the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d’Egypte Egyptian Institute who followed Napoleon’s army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge the chemist Berthollet the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists engineers architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants. This edition the so-called “Imperial” edition of the plates for the Description de l’Egypte was printed in four large formats two of which were specially created for it and christened “Moyen-Egypte” and “Grand-Egypte”. A special press was built to print it the process extending over 20 years from 1809 to 1829. The “Imperial” edition proved so popular that a second edition this time in black and white and without the “Egypte ancienne et moderne” watermark – known as the “Royal Edition” – was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke Paris. The engravings of the Description d’Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon illustrator diplomat collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon the Louvre. His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L’Egypte. Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51 reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d’Egypte the Natural History Museum’s painter H.J. Redouté brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté author of Roses the mineralogist Dolomiue and the draughtsman Joly Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When however he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798 he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed “a country that is apart from its name entirely unknown to Europeans and therefore everything was worth describing” Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant les c Imprimerie Impériale unknown‎

Referencia librero : 25434

‎PROTAIN - REVILLE (sculpsit)‎

‎DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Le Kaire Le Caire. Vue perspective extérieure de la mosquée de Soultân Hasan. ETAT MODERNE volume I planche 38‎

‎Paris: Imprimerie Impériale 1809. Fine. Imprimerie Impériale Paris 1809-1829 53.50 x 70 cm une feuille Original unshaved full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great'.Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828 1000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image otherwise in very fresh fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799 the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates of which 72 colored as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The ‘Egyptian campaign' militarily a disaster demonstrates through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte Egyptian Institute who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge the chemist Berthollet the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists engineers architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants.This edition the so-called “Imperial” edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats two of which were specially created for it and christened “Moyen-Egypte” and “Grand-Egypte”. A special press was built to print it the process extending over 20 years from 1809 to 1829. The “Imperial” edition proved so popular that a second edition this time in black and white and without the “Egypte ancienne et moderne” watermark – known as the “Royal Edition” – was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke Paris.The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon illustrator diplomat collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon the Louvre. His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte.Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51 reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté author of Roses the mineralogist Dolomiue and the draughtsman Joly Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When however he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798 he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed “a country that is apart from its name entirely unknown to Europeans and therefore everything was worth describing” Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant les campagnes Imprimerie Impériale unknown‎

Referencia librero : 25408

‎PROTAIN - LEBE-GIGUN (sculpsit) - REVILLE (sculpsit)‎

‎DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Le Kaire Le Caire. Plan élévation et coupe longitudinale de la mosquée de Soultân Hasan. ETAT MODERNE volume I planche 33‎

‎Paris: Imprimerie Impériale 1809. Fine. Imprimerie Impériale Paris 1809-1829 53.50 x 70 cm une feuille Original unshaved full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great’. Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828 1000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image otherwise in very fresh fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l’Egypte one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte’s conquests in 1798 and 1799 the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates of which 72 colored as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte’s Eastern Armies. The ‘Egyptian campaign’ militarily a disaster demonstrates through the engravings of the Description d’Egypte the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d’Egypte Egyptian Institute who followed Napoleon’s army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge the chemist Berthollet the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists engineers architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants. This edition the so-called “Imperial” edition of the plates for the Description de l’Egypte was printed in four large formats two of which were specially created for it and christened “Moyen-Egypte” and “Grand-Egypte”. A special press was built to print it the process extending over 20 years from 1809 to 1829. The “Imperial” edition proved so popular that a second edition this time in black and white and without the “Egypte ancienne et moderne” watermark – known as the “Royal Edition” – was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke Paris. The engravings of the Description d’Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon illustrator diplomat collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon the Louvre. His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L’Egypte. Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51 reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d’Egypte the Natural History Museum’s painter H.J. Redouté brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté author of Roses the mineralogist Dolomiue and the draughtsman Joly Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When however he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798 he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed “a country that is apart from its name entirely unknown to Europeans and therefore everything was worth describing” Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant les c Imprimerie Impériale unknown‎

Referencia librero : 25435

‎PROTAIN - DAVID - REVILLE (sculpsit)‎

‎DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Le Kaire Le Caire. Plan d'une partie de la ville des tombeaux & Plans et élévations de plusieurs tombeaux de Mamlouks. ETAT MODERNE volume I planche 64‎

‎Paris: Imprimerie Impériale 1809. Fine. Imprimerie Impériale Paris 1809-1829 53.50 x 70 cm une feuille Original unshaved full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great'.Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828 1000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image otherwise in very fresh fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799 the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates of which 72 colored as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The ‘Egyptian campaign' militarily a disaster demonstrates through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte Egyptian Institute who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge the chemist Berthollet the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists engineers architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants.This edition the so-called “Imperial” edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats two of which were specially created for it and christened “Moyen-Egypte” and “Grand-Egypte”. A special press was built to print it the process extending over 20 years from 1809 to 1829. The “Imperial” edition proved so popular that a second edition this time in black and white and without the “Egypte ancienne et moderne” watermark – known as the “Royal Edition” – was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke Paris.The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon illustrator diplomat collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon the Louvre. His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte.Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51 reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté author of Roses the mineralogist Dolomiue and the draughtsman Joly Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When however he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798 he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed “a country that is apart from its name entirely unknown to Europeans and therefore everything was worth describing” Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant les campagnes Imprimerie Impériale unknown‎

Referencia librero : 25388

‎PROTAIN - REVILLE (sculpsit)‎

‎DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Alexandrie. Vues perspectives intérieures d'une maison particulière. ETAT MODERNE volume II planche 92‎

‎Paris: Imprimerie Impériale 1809. Fine. Imprimerie Impériale Paris 1809-1829 53.50 x 71 cm une feuille Original unshaved full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great'.Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828 1000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image otherwise in very fresh fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799 the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates of which 72 colored as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The ‘Egyptian campaign' militarily a disaster demonstrates through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte Egyptian Institute who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge the chemist Berthollet the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists engineers architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants.This edition the so-called “Imperial” edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats two of which were specially created for it and christened “Moyen-Egypte” and “Grand-Egypte”. A special press was built to print it the process extending over 20 years from 1809 to 1829. The “Imperial” edition proved so popular that a second edition this time in black and white and without the “Egypte ancienne et moderne” watermark – known as the “Royal Edition” – was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke Paris.The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon illustrator diplomat collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon the Louvre. His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte.Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51 reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté author of Roses the mineralogist Dolomiue and the draughtsman Joly Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When however he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798 he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed “a country that is apart from its name entirely unknown to Europeans and therefore everything was worth describing” Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant les campagnes Imprimerie Impériale unknown‎

Referencia librero : 26299

‎Providence Typographical Union‎

‎Printers and printing in Providence 1762-1907. Prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union Number thirty-three as a souvenir of the fiftieth anniversary of its institution‎

‎Providence: Providence Printing Co 1907. First edition 8vo pp. 212 xcviii; illustrated throughout with 25 plates 9 of them composite and illustrations in the text; original green cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; a very good sound and clean copy. This copy inscribed to "James B. Gay /Jan. 31 1908 / from his friend / H. R. Davis." An excellent reference with much biographical information even of the journeymen printers. Providence Printing Co unknown‎

Referencia librero : 70796

‎Providence Athenaeum‎

‎Report made to the Providence Athenaeum. Five annual reports for 1870-73 1884 and 1888‎

‎Providence: Hammond Angell & Co. printers and E. L Freeman & Co. and Snow & Farnum 1870. 5 volumes pp. 129 1; 143 1; 157 1; 173 1; 24 1 371-418 9 1; 24 507-545 5; original printed tan or gray wrappers; near fine. "The Providence Athenæum as we know it was founded and incorporated in 1836 after a previous Providence Athenæum est. 1831 and the Providence Library Company est. 1753 could not agree on terms for a merger. Both organizations dissolved and formed a new library which included the collections of both earlier institutions. This new organization known initially as simply The Athenæum would later change its name to the Providence Athenæum in 1850" from the Athenaeum website. Each of these reports includes a catalogue of the books acquired over the previous year. <br/><br/> Hammond, Angell & Co., printers [and E. L Freeman & Co. [and] Snow & Farnum unknown books‎

Referencia librero : 56648