Paris.: Imprimerie Royale. 1843. 4to. Hardcover. Publisher’s printed boards. Very good light scuffing and soiling to covers contents fresh and bright with wide margins. 31x23x3.3 cm. French text. Uncommon report of a French commission to examine slavery and politics in the French colonies. The early eighteenth century was a time of of civil unrest and slave rebellions in the colonies and public opinion in Europe was strongly anti-slavery. This led to the final abolition of slavery in the French colonies in 1848. Heavy book may require extra shipping. weight: 3.4 lb. Imprimerie Royale. hardcover
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale 1848-1849. Leather. Good. 8" by 5". Not stated. An association copy of this 1848 directory of French Navy personnel owned by the contemporaneous Senior Commander of the British Navy Augustus Phillimore. In French. A complete directory of all the personnel of the French Navy in 1848 with a supplement from 1849 to the rear. This is an association copy previously belonging to Admiral Sir Augustus Phillimore a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief Plymouth in 1884. Printed in French. Alongside tide tables calendars and a record of eclipses general inspections abbreviations and other useful material the book contains a general list of naval officers flag guard staff line crews royal naval artillery corps engineering officers health service maritime courts and all the other positions active in the French colonies. With prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown. The book was previously owned by Admiral Sir Augustus Phillimore a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Senior Commander of the Royal Navy Commander-in-Chief Plymouth in 1884. From the ink inscription to the recto of the front free endpaper it appears that the book was a gift from Eugene Maissin who was a French naval officer and colonial administrator who worked as an aide-de-camp to Admiral Charles Baudin. Maissin writes 'Augustus Philllimore 1848 from E. Maissin Chef d'Etat Majeur & the French fleet under Admiral Baudin'. Binder's sticker to front pastedown. Bound By 'H. & A. Bult 25 New Quebec Street St Portman Square'. Rebound in quarter calf binding over blue cloth boards. Rubbed to the joints with some light rubbing to the extremities. Missing both spine labels. Internally firmly bound. There is some marginalia in ink to the first fifty pages or so. Foxing is worse to the front and rear of the book but at the centre pages are lightly age-toned but clean. Good Imprimerie Nationale hardcover
Imprimerie Nationale 1884. Paperback. <b>Livre en français</b>. Couverture souple. Broché. 23 x 29 cm. 312 pages. Défraîchi. Papier bruni. Rousseurs. Petits trous de vers. <i>ref. 86050</i> Imprimerie Nationale paperback
Paris : Robiquet Libraire-Hydrographe 1856-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. French. 259p ads. Bound in black cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Good binding and cover. US Naval Academy Nimitz library markings on LEP. Title page present but loose. Some chipping and loss to edges of title page. Clean unmarked pages with tanning. <br> A rare book detailing French military training just post Crimean-War and pre-Franco-Austrian War and Franco-Prussian War. Paris : Robiquet, Libraire-Hydrographe hardcover
Imprimerie Royale Paris 1839. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo hardcover no dj. Vg condition. Bound in contemporary brown quarter-leather of the period w/ raised spine bands leather corners maroon leather spine label titled in gilt. Handsome prev. owner bookplate; contents mildly & uniformly age-toned w/ just the slightest scattered foxing chiefly to opening & closing pgs otherwise clean unmarked binding & hinges quite firm. Leather corners & spine moderately edge-rubbed tiniest nick at upper spine. 320 pp. Originally 4 parts published as 3 volumes. Imprimerie Royale, Paris hardcover
Paris Dupont 1849-1864. Bound in 32 uniform contemp. hcalf. Gilt spines. Gilt lettering. Spine gone on volume 11. Some maps and plates. <br/><br/><em>Conating first hand investigations on colonial history ethnography hydrography nautical matters geography etc. etc. </em> unknown
Paris: D'Imprimerie Royale 1828. Leather Bound. pp. 143. 4to. Tree calf. Red leather title label lettered in gilt. Gilt lettering and decorations to covers and spine. Blue ribbon bookmark. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Front joint splitting at bottom corners bumped boards creased scuffing a few dark spots to spine occasional foxing to contents. D'Imprimerie Royale unknown