‎Anglais‎

‎(COLLECTIF) BEDDOE (D.) & VERRILL-RHYS (L.)‎

‎Parachutes and Petticoats Welsh women writing on the Second World War‎

‎1992 23.5 x 16 cm, 221 pp, état quasi neuf, mis à part une petite bosse sur le bord du dernier plat (presque imperceptible)‎

‎Exemplaire dédicacé et daté (7-11-95) par l'une des auteures (Deirdre Beddoe) Huit pages de documents photographiques en n&b.‎

书商的参考编号 : 35073

‎(Devotional in English).‎

‎THE POCKET KEY OF HEAVEN: Containing a Selection of Devotions Compiled from Approved Sources by a Priest of the Archdiocese of New York bound with THE EPISTLES AND GOSPELS for Sundays and Holydays Throughout the Year.‎

‎New Orleans: L. N. Brunswig 1896. Hardcover. Couple spots on covers shallow chips to eges of title page else near fine. 2 volumes in 1. 16mo 3.75 x 2.5 inches 450; 189 pp. frontispiece engraving; bound in faux ivory with front cover design of inlaid silver monogram M A and inlaid floral design of copper and mother of pearl "ivory" clasps all edges gilt. <br/><br/>Lovely and scarce little devotional book. Only 1 other book with this title and New Orleans imprint appears on OCLC/Worldcat though pagination is different and later publication date. L. N. Brunswig hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 22250

‎(Elytis, Brancati, etc.)‎

‎THE PENGUIN NEW WRITING - London 1048‎

‎London, Penguin books, 1948. Edited by John Lehmann. 160 p. 8º. Rústica editorial. Buen ejemplar. Con textos de: O. Elytis, V. Brancati, L. Thompson, A. Ross, etc.‎

‎(ENGLISH AUTHORS)‎

‎Ornaments of the Mind. Or Extracts from the Works of the Most Celebrated English Authors Together with a Choice Promiscuous Collection of Modern Poetry‎

‎Paris: Béthuine and Plon 1842. 8vo. x 321 1 pp. Quarter green morocco over marbled boards spine with black ruled compartments gilt lettered direct to one panel marbled endpapers. 4 engraved plates. some wear to the upper joint some foxing early on and also to the plates and leaves adjacent else very good. Paris: Béthuine and Plon unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 47333

‎(ENGLISH CURRENCY SYSTEM)‎

‎Early English Attempts At Paper Currency - The Earl Of Rochester Signs A Lengthy Document To Pay Judges. A Few Years Later The First English Banknotes Would Make This Process Far Simpler‎

‎LAWRENCE HYDE FIRST EARL OF ROCHESTER 1641-1711. Rochester was named a Lord of the Treasury in 1679. In 1681 he was elevated from Viscount Hyde of Kenilworth to Earl of Rochester. He had friction with King James II and was dismissed from the Treasury in December 1686 with a substantial pension.ROBERT HOWARD 1626-1698. An English Restoration dramatist Howard is best remembered for The Indian Queen and The Committee as well as his ongoing literary feud with John Dryden. During the English Revolution Howard sided with the Royalists at the Battle of Newbury and was imprisoned. After the Restoration he was elected to Parliament and made auditor of the Exchequer.DS. 1pg. 8 x 8 . May 15 1686. Whitehall Treasury Chambers. A document signed Rochester. It was written to Robert Howard the auditor of the Exchequer: At my hearty Commendation By Virtue of his Majestys Letters Patents authorizing the payment of the yearly Sallarys sic to the Judges These are to pray and require you to make and pass Debentures for payment of such Summes of moneye sic as are and shall from time to time be due to Richard Hearn Serjeant at Law and one of the Barons of his Majestys Court of Exchequer upon his Sallary of One thousand pounds per annum according to the direction of the said Letters Patents and let sic the same be satisfied out of any his Majestys Treasure now or hereafter being and remaining in the receipt of the Exchequer not appropriated to particular uses by Act of Parliament For which this shall be your Warrant. Treasury Chamber the 15th day of May 1686. Rochester. The document is addressed To my very Loving friend Sr Robt Howard Auditor of his Majestys Records of Exchequer. This document concerns the creation of some of the first exchequer bills of credit which was Englands first attempts at paper currency. Obviously it was cumbersome to pay people since lengthy documents such as this example had to be written out and signed by an official. The first bank to permanently use banknotes was the Bank of England in 1695. The currency promised to pay the bearer the value of the note on demand. The next year the Bank of Scotland followed suit. The document has chipping to the margins and three tape stains to the edges and is in very good condition. The manuscript comes with numerous articles about the Scottish economist John Law who first introduced paper money in France and lecture notes from what seems to be an economics professor who used this document in his or her classes. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 4557

‎(English Civil War)‎

‎Sarcastic Notices of the Long Parliament: A list of the members that held places both civil and military contrary to the self-denying ordinance of April 3 1645; with the sums of money and lands etc.‎

‎London: John Camden Hotten 1863. first edition; v 49 4 ads pp. original red boards & black leather backstrip corners & spine worn covers moderately soiled small nick to the fore edge of the rear cover else internally clean and tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. London: John Camden Hotten hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : ZB1176136

‎(English Comic Opera) [Dudley, H Bate], librettist‎

‎The Travellers in Switzerland. A Comic Opera. . . bound with: PEARCE William librettist. Hartford Bridge: or The Skirts of he Camp . an Operatic Farce. Lacks half-title. bound with: CUMBERLAND Richard The Box-Lobby Challenge a Comedy . 1794 bound with: CROSS J.C. The Purse; or Benevolent Tar: A Musical Drama. Second edition‎

‎London: Debrett; Longman; Debrett; Debrett 1794. All but the last title first editions. 80; 6 42; 4 61 3; 4 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarters blue polished calf gilt spine t.e.g. Upper cover detached. All but the last title first editions. 80; 6 42; 4 61 3; 4 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Debrett; Longman; Debrett; Debrett unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 215352

‎(ENGLISH DRAMA)‎

‎OLD PLAYS; being a continuation of Dodsley’s collection with notes critical and explanatory‎

‎<p>8vo. Six volumes. Contemporary calf nicely rebacked at an early date spines gilt. Some wear browning. An attractive set.</p><p>Contains the following: Christopher Marlowe Doctor Faustus and Lust's Dominion; John Lyly Mother Bombie Endymion and Midas; Middleton Women Beware Women A Trick to Catch the Old One The Spanish Gypsy The Changeling More Dissemblers Besides Women; Dekker Wonder of a Kingdom Old Fortunatus; Rowley A New Wonder a Woman Never Vext; Webster Appius and Virginia; Chapman May Day Monsieur D'Olive Bussy D'Ambois; Webster and Rowley Thracian Wonder; Marston's Antonio and Mellida What you Will and Parasitaster: or the Fawn; Heywood The English Traveller The Royal King and Loyal Subject A Challenge for Beauty.</p><p>This very scarce set was conceived as a continuation of Dodsley's famous <i>Select</i> C<i>ollection of Old Plays</i> 1744.</p> London: Rodwell and Martin‎

书商的参考编号 : 32820636

‎(English Government)‎

‎An Exact List of the Lords Spiritual And Temporal: As Also of the Knights and Commissioners of Shires Citizens and Burgesses of the Second Parliament of King George‎

‎London: R. Gosling 1723. 2 61 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Removed some soiling old stab marks. 2 61 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> R. Gosling unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 227586

‎(ENGLISH ILLUSTRATION)‎

‎A rare collection of colored plates being character and caricature portraits of the eminent English comedian Charles Matthews 1776-1835‎

‎London. hardcover. very good. Includes 14 color engravings and 2 black and white engraved portraits by H. Heath T. Wright Isaac Cruikshank William Heath R. Cruikshank and T.H. Jones. Neatly mounted in a scrapbook. Slim folio 3/4 morocco a.e.g.; corners bumped. N.p. London ca. 1840. Very good .<br/> <br/> unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 96325

‎(ENGLISH REFORMATION). FULKE, WILLIAM‎

‎A REJOYNDER TO BRISTOWS REPLIE IN DEFENCE OF ALLENS SCROLL OF ARTICLES AND BOOKE OF PURGATORIE. ALSO THE CAUILS OF NICHOLAS SANDER D. IN DIUINITIE ABOUT THE SUPPER OF OUR LORD AND THE APOLOGIE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND TOUCHING THE DOCTRINE THEREOF‎

‎London: Printed by H. Middleton for George Bishop 1581. 168 x 110 mm. 6 5/8 x 4 1/4". 4 p.l. 792 pp. <br/> Contemporary flexible vellum yapp edges flat spine with ink titling front hinge reinforced with paper. Title page with early ink inscription of Richarde Grosvenor; front pastedown with engraved armorial bookplate of Grosvenor's descendant Hugh Duke of Westminster dated 1884; front free endpaper with bookplate of the Fox Pointe Collection. STC 11448; ESTC S112728. ◆Vellum somewhat soiled small chip to head of rear cover a little soiling to title page isolated faint foxing or small rust spots but an unusually clean and fresh copy internally in a serviceable binding with antique appeal.<br/> <br/> This is an infrequently seen polemical treatise from the English Reformation addressing theological arguments over Purgatory and transubstantiation one of 21 such works Fulke 1528-89 produced to refute Roman Catholic attacks on the doctrines of the Church of England. According to DNB "Fulke conceived the project of answering all works of controversy written in English by papists since 1558 and of doing so by the technique of exhaustive rebuttal answering every point large and small made in the writings of his opponents. . . . Fulke was well equipped for this role by his vast erudition especially in patristic literature and his command of biblical and classical languages as well as his painstaking concern for accurate detail and the rules of logical argument." During the last decade of Fulke's life "no year passed without the appearance of one or more books by him in defence of Protestantism and in confutation of the church of Rome. His language was unmeasured and even in that age he was conspicuous for the virulence of his invective against his opponents. His learning was however extensive and sound and he was an able master of controversy." Our copy resided in the Grosvenor family library at Eaton Hall for more than 200 years and later passed into the Fox Pointe Collection of Howard Knohl who in the 1980s began collecting English language first editions from before 1700 amassing a library of more than 4000 titles one of the largest privately owned collections in this subject area. This is a rare book: ABPC and RBH find no other copies at auction since 1975; ESTC and OCLC locate just two copies in North American libraries. Printed by H. Middleton for George Bishop unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : ST15633

‎(ENGLISH TRIALS)‎

‎A Collection of the most Remarkable Trials of Persons for High-Treason Murder Rapes Heresy Bigamy Burglary; and other Crimes and Misdemeanors‎

‎London: Read 1734. hardcover. very good. 2 vols. folio contemporary 3/4 calf; spines worn marbled boards rubbed inner hinges strengthened light browning p. 229 of vol. II torn with loss of text. London: T. Read 1734 1735. Very good.<br/> <br/> Trials begin with Sir Walter Raleigh in 1603 and conclude in 1722. Included are the trials of several conspirators in the murder of Thomas Overbury.<br/> <br/> Read unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 130729

‎(English) Written by Sartan and Tokueru Yi, Zhao Chen Sha‎

‎Applied Linguistics Research Methods‎

‎commercial stamp office 2021. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. commercial stamp office paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 2081502111907558 ???????? : 7100174732 9787100174732

‎(English) Written and translated by Wang Jiqing‎

‎Dhara Buddhist Art <Japanese Version>‎

‎Gansu Education Publishing House 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Gansu Education Publishing House paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 2092902141205432

‎(English) About Onhacho‎

‎Secret history of voyages‎

‎Blue Sky Publishing Company 2006. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Blue Sky Publishing Company paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 2091502135404842

‎(Fawcett, Benjamin; Lydon, A.F.).‎

‎GEMS FROM THE POETS, ILLUSTRATED. From Original Designs by A. F. Lydon.‎

‎pp. [4], 61, [1] + Plus 28 beautiful plates printed in colours from wood blocks; and an added title page, with a colored vignette, lettered in gold gilt. Each leaf on heavy board-like paper. All edges gilt. Large 8vo. 260 mm. Some damp stain on the light fly leaves and plate tissues, but generally quite clean. Original full green morocco leather binding, handsomely decorated in gold gilt, designed by Albert Henry Warren. Pencil autograph ownership of H. Allen Anderson (who was the author of 'The Chief : Ernest Thompson Seton and the changing West.' Benjamin Fawcett (1808-1893) was one of the finest of English nineteenth century woodblock colour printers. The son of a ship's master, he was apprenticed at age 14 for seven years to William Forth, a Bridlington bookseller and printer. In 1831 he started his own business in Driffield, as music seller, bookbinder and printer, bookseller and stationer. He became a master of hand-coloured wood engraving. The process started with an accurate painting of the subject. (In this case the paintings were by F.A. Lydon, a local youth who served his apprenticeship with Fawcett and stayed with him until 1883). The picture was then carved, with meticulous attention to detail, on a wooden block of pear or boxwood (which he imported, matured, sawed and sliced and surfaced by his own hands). Placed in a printing press the block gave a black-and-white print, which was then hand-coloured with high-grade inks (often by Fawcett's 'clever' wife with his participation and direction). Many of his books were were published by Groombridge, of London. This work is usually found with that imprint. Indeed, we have been unable to locate any other copy anywhere with Bell and Daldy as publishers. This work is mentioned in many references including: Burch.'Colour Printing and Colour Printers'; McLean. 'Victorian Publishers' Book-bindings in Cloth and Leather'. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W45 BINDINGS‎

‎(FOREST LAWS - ENGLISH, 16TH CENTURY). MANWOOD, JOHN‎

‎A TREATISE AND DISCOURSE OF THE LAWES OF THE FORREST‎

‎London: Printed by Thomas Wight and Bonham Norton 1598. FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION and First Edition under this Title. 192 x 139 mm. 7 5/8 x 5 1/2". 8 p.l. 154 162-65 159-67 1 blank 6 leaves. Errors in pagination but text complete. <br/> Late 19th century dark brown calf covers tooled in blind with plain rules and fleur-de-lys roll raised bands spine panels with small blind-stamped ornament black morocco label marbled endpapers neat repairs to ends of both joints. Front pastedown with engraved armorial bookplate of Godfrey Wentworth Woolley Park. Beale T-413; Mellon/Podeschi 15; Schwerdt II 7; STC 17291; ESTC S111993.<br /> Extremities slightly rubbed boards a little chafed in spots text lightly pressed but not washed a bit of browning to edges and occasional minor marginal foxing or traces of corner creases but quite an excellent copy the text clean and still fresh throughout and the perfectly suitable binding with no significant wear.<br/> <br/> This is a pleasing country gentleman's copy of the first published treatise on the laws governing English forests. Our author the fittingly named woodsman John Manwood d. 1610 served as gamekeeper of Waltham Forest as well as a justice of the New Forest. DNB tells us that he was possibly a barrister at Lincoln's Inn which would explain his interest in and knowledge of the law. Manwood tells us in the dedicatory epistle that he composed the present work in response to the precarious state of forest preservation stating that "so many do daily so contemptuously commit such heynous spoiles and trespasses" against the country's woodlands but "verie little or nothing as yet is extant concerning the Lawes of the Forrest" to help manage such behaviors. Our copy comes from the first published edition following only the 1592 pamphlet entitled "A Brefe Collection of the Lawes of the Forest" issued for private circulation and now extraordinarily rare. According to DNB the present treatise is "the only substantial work on the subject ever to reach the press" making it an enduringly useful source for those interested in the topics contained which include laws about hunting and perambulation in forests. It remained the standard work on the subject until the 19th century and Schwerdt writes that it has been "invaluable to students and lovers of ancient sport." Our copy is from the library of Yorkshire landowner Godfrey Wentworth 1773-1834 who served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire from 1796-97 and in the House of Commons from 1806-08. He probably had no need for a later printing of the work. Printed by Thomas Wight and Bonham Norton unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : ST20689

‎(Francis Bacon, Gilbert & George, etc.)‎

‎CURRENT AFFAIRS. British painting and sculpture in the 1980s - Oxford 1987 - Muy ilustrado‎

‎Oxford, Edit. Museum Modern Art, 1987. Numerosas ilustraciones en color y b/n. 75 p. 4º. Rústica editorial ilustrada. Etiqueta en lomo. Buen ejemplar. Book in English. Francis Bacon, Kossoff, Auerbach, Kitaj, Gilbert & George, Deacon, etc.‎

‎(Furniture English) Lockwood, Luke Vincent‎

‎Illustrated catalogue of a notable collection of beautiful English Furniture of the XVII and XVIII centuries. The collection formed by Mr. Thomas B. Clarke and acquired by the Tiffany Studios for whose account the collection will be sold at unrestricted public sale. Catalogued by Luke Vincent Lockwood‎

‎New York: American Art Association Press of the Lent & Graff Co. 1910. Illustrated with photographs. 404 items. 435 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half leather. Some traces of rubbing short split at head of upper joint. Sound. Very good. Owner signature of Leigh Keno 1990. Illustrated with photographs. 404 items. 435 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Substantial and well illustrated auction catalogue. Tiffany published a catalogue of the collection in 1907. <br/><br/> American Art Association [Press of the Lent & Graff Co.] hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 315907

‎(GREGYNOG PRESS). BIBLE IN ENGLISH‎

‎THE LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH. offered with HUGHES-STANTON BLAIR. THREE ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVINGS FROM "LAMENTATIONS" PRINTED ON JAPANESE VELLUM‎

‎Montgomeryshire Wales: Gregynog Press 1933. No. 37 OF 250 COPIES one of 110 in this binding accompanied by three additional plates on Japon EACH ONE OF 12 SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. 390 x 255 mm. 15 1/4 x 10". 15 leaves. <br/> Fine original dark slate blue Oasis morocco device in blind on front cover blind titling on front cover and spine. In the original paper slipcase somewhat worn and browned but sound. Wood engraved title with device and 21 wood engravings in the text five of them full-page chapter openings by Blair Hughes-Stanton and WITH THREE ORIGINAL SIGNED WOOD ENGRAVINGS ON JAPANESE VELLUM--"The Man Mourns I" 5/12 "The Man Mourns II" 4/12 and "Destruction" 5/12--attractively matted. Printed in blue and black on Japanese vellum; with an additional half-page engraving from chapter I laid in. Harrop 29; De Zilverdistel Cat. II 29; Hughes-Stanton 21. ◆A breath of fading to the spine negligible signs of wear to the binding but a fine copy with only trivial condition issues and the additional engravings pristine.<br/> <br/> This is in Harrop's words "one of the most spectacular books to come from this or any other press" our copy with the bonus of three limited edition wood engravings from the work signed by the artist. "Lamentations" was designed and illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton 1902-81 who studied at the school of Leon Underwood at Hammersmith and had a long and productive career producing sophisticated woodcuts as an avant-garde artist. Although he was encouraged to make his expressive sometimes even savage images look more like those of Eric Gill he resisted and successfully established his unique personal style as an illustrator. The three extra engravings here are excellent examples of his dramatic emotional technique; "The Man Mourns I and II" effectively convey overwhelming grief while "Destruction" inspires a feeling of impending doom. From 1930 through 1933 Hughes-Stanton worked for the Gregynog Press in Wales helping to design text layout providing woodcut illustrations and designing bindings. The press was founded in 1922 by two spinster sisters Gwendoline 1882-1951 and Margaret 1884-1963 Davies using a substantial inheritance from their industrialist grandfather; it produced 42 works between 1923 and 1942 eight of them in Welsh. Cave says that the books printed by the Gregynog Press "more than bear comparison with the work of any other private press" and "in the design and execution of bindings the Gregynog Press was far superior to any the Doves Press included.". Gregynog Press unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : ST15997

‎(Haliburton, Thomas Chandler) [1796-1865].‎

‎THE CLOCKMAKER; OR THE SAYINGS AND DOINGS OF SAMUEL SLICK, OF SLICKVILLE. Second Series.‎

‎192 p. Damp stain. Age stain. 12mo. 190 mm. Original cloth spine over paper covered boards. Boards damp stained with loss. Paper spine label perished. Hardbound. Fair. Haliburton was a Nova Scotian politician, judge, and author. Politically, he played a significant role in the history of Nova Scotia prior to its entry into Confederation. While Haliburton gained a reputation as a local businessman and as a judge, his greatest fame came from writing. He wrote a number of books on history, politics, and farm improvement. He rose to international fame with his Clockmaker serial, which first appeared in the Novascotian and later published as a book throughout the British Empire, becoming popular light reading. The work recounted the humorous adventures of the character Sam Slick. He was the first international best-selling author from what is now Canada. S&S/AI 56101. First edition of the second series. PAIMP 23‎

‎(Hemingway) - Young, Philip and Charles W. Mann‎

‎The Hemingway manuscripts: An inventory.‎

‎University Park, London: The Pennsylvania University Press, 1969. 8°. xiii, 138 pp. With facsimiles on 6 plates. Original-cloth with dust jacket / Original-Leinen mit Original-Umschlag. (Schutzumschlag etwas berieben u. fleckig, Kopfschnitt etwas stockfleckig / top edge foxed, dust jacket spotted and slightly rubbed).‎

‎-- Gebundene, englischsprachige Ausgabe.‎

书商的参考编号 : 28770A

‎(HERBALS, ENGLISH). HILL, SIR JOHN‎

‎THE FAMILY HERBAL‎

‎Bungay: C. Brightly and Co. and T. Kinnersley 1812. Sixth Edition. 215 x 133 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 1/4". viii xl 376 pp. <br/> Sympathetic light speckled half calf over marbled paper boards raised bands red and black morocco labels. With 54 hand-colored plates including frontispiece illustrating plants discussed in the text. A couple of ink corrections in a contemporary hand. Johnston 760. Variable foxing with perhaps a fourth of the text noticeably foxed but the plates almost entirely unaffected a few stains to the gutter from pressed flowers now absent other trivial defects but a perfectly readable copy with quite attractive plates in a pleasing virtually unworn retrospective binding.<br/> <br/> First published as "The Useful Family Herbal" in 1764 this popular work provides a description of British plants helpful for at-home remedies. The highlight of the volume is the well-drawn and richly colored plates which Nissen tells us were drawn by the important natural history illustrator Sydenham Edwards 1769-1819 whose work DNB describes as "among the best scientific illustrations of the day." Hill 1716-75 was a perplexingly self-destructive personality who nevertheless managed to produce useful books. He was a surgeon an unsuccessful actor and an apothecary who made considerable money selling quack medicines; he published several books including some botanical works of substantial value like the present one and a steady series of usually abusive periodicals; he was constantly scheming to make money and to raise his reputation above its rightful altitude; and he was always embroiled in controversies because of his ungovernable proclivity toward impertinence and derision as well as his overweening vanity. This last quality together with Hill's direct attacks on Garrick and his friends prompted the latter's memorable epigram reflecting the doctor/actor's reputation among his detractors: "For physic and farces his equal there scarce is:/ His farces are physic his physic a farce is." After publishing some not insignificant scientific writings including a supplement to Chambers' "Dictionary" Hill tried to obtain admission to the Royal Society but his unprincipled character blocked any hope of membership. Despite his reputation "The Family Herbal" offered here in its sixth edition was obviously viewed as serious and significant enough to be reprinted a half century and later after its first appearance. C. Brightly and Co. and T. Kinnersley unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : ST19567-094

‎(HISTORY - ENGLISH). ORLEANS, PERE [PIERRE JOSEPH] DE‎

‎HISTOIRE DES REVOLUTIONS D'ANGLETERRE DEPUIS LE COMMENCEMENT DE LA MONARCHIE‎

‎Paris: Chez Claude Barbin 1693-94. FIRST EDITION. 248 x 191 mm. 9 3/4 x 7 1/2". Three volumes. <br/> SPLENDID AND UNUSUAL EARLY 19TH CENTURY MARBLED CALF SUMPTUOUSLY GILT WITH RED MOROCCO SPINES covers with gilt borders of two decorative rules and an elegant undulating floral vine flat straight-grain morocco spines very handsomely gilt in compartments with pointillé ground and central circlet from which radiate four lilies and four leaves on twining stems turn-ins gilt with plain and decorative rolls marbled endpapers all edges gilt. With engraved head- and tailpieces and eight engraved portraits. Verso of front free endpaper with armorial bookplate of Baron de Mackau see below; title page with ink ownership inscription of Alexander Paul Ludwig Goupy in a contemporary hand. Brunet II 822; Graesse II 428; Lowndes I 1374. Isolated gatherings with variable browning a small handful rather browned one leaf in first volume with inexpert early repair of four-inch tear letters of four words partly obscured or displaced and the text and facing page somewhat discolored a few additional trivial imperfections internally but the text generally quite fresh and clean. One joint with five small wormholes a few hardly noticeable shallow scratches to covers a hint of wear to extremities but THE LOVELY BINDINGS IN FINE CONDITION with lustrous leather and gilt with only minor wear and with their very considerable original visual appeal entirely intact.<br/> <br/> This history of "England's Revolutions" begins with the invasion of the Saxons and covers the struggles for the throne of England through the Plantagenets Tudors and Stuarts up to the Restoration and the reign of James II. The learned Jesuit historian Pierre Joseph d'Orléans 1641-98 was described by Voltaire as the first historian to specialize in revolutions--he was also the author of a history of revolutions in Spain an account of the Tartar conquerors of China and a subsequent study of the English Civil War covering the years 1603-90 in depth. The present work was favorably received on both sides of the Channel: the Earl of Chatham commended it in his letters and du Fresnoy described it as a "history written with eloquence and judgment" and praised its equal treatment of Catholics and Protestants. When the present set appeared in a George Bayntun catalogue the bindings were described as "very handsome" and "almost identical to the set of Bertrand De Moleville's 'Histoire de la Révolution de France' 1801-1803 bound by Bozerian" and also from the library of Baron de Mackau 1832-1918 a member of the Chamber of Deputies for 42 years and a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. The volumes are unusual in their combination of calf boards with contrasting morocco spines and their gilt decoration is particularly lovely. François Bozerian generally called "Bozerian le jeune" was active in Paris from the turn of the 19th century until 1818 and for much of that time he worked with his elder brother Jean-Claude. The Bozerian binderies produced many fine books praised today especially for their technical achievement and elegance of design. The first edition of this work is surprisingly rare in the marketplace: RBH and ABPC record only one other copy at auction since at least 1975. Chez Claude Barbin unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : ST11540

‎(JERROLD (W.)) HOOD (T.)‎

‎THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS HOOD London, Humphrey Milford, 1920.‎

‎0 1920 12.5 x 18 cm, 773 pp, Très bon état reliure d'éditeur en cuir vert, frappé en doré sur premier plat d'un monogramme de l'auteur, et d'un lettrage au dos. Doré sur tranche inscription de propriétaire sur page de garde assortie d'une date : "Xmas 1925"‎

‎frontispice avec portrait de l'auteur en n&b.‎

书商的参考编号 : 35146