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1946ref. 331491New York: Rinehart & Company 1946. 210p. hardcover textblock is topstained green blackened rubbing to dust jacket and foxing inside the jacket; otherwise in very good condition. Rinehart & Company unknown books
1790ref. 45754Paris: Marie Francois Drouhin ca. 1790. An Unusual Portrait Print of Franklin An attractive mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin with delicate contemporary coloring. The engraving was done after an original portrait by the famed French painter Charles Philippe Vanloo sometimes spelled Van Loo. The original portrait was done while Franklin resided in Paris in the years during and after the American Revolution and is now in the collection of the American Philosophical Society which was founded by Franklin. Sellers asserts that it is "beyond question a life portrait" done between 1777 and 1785. In Vanloo's original portrait Franklin wears a fur coat. In this print of the painting the fur coat has been replaced by a simpler cloth coat. Franklin wears glasses his hair is long and gray and he has a slight smile on his face. In the caption below the image his name is spelled "Francklin." "The substitution of a simple gray coat for the fur-trimmed costume of the original was undoubtedly in deference to revolutionary feeling" - Sellers. This print was engraved after Vanloo's portrait by the noted French engraver Pierre-Michel Alix who was known for his portraits of leading French citizens and prominent personalities. A handsome contemporary portrait of the American who dazzled France as a diplomat scientist philosopher and gentleman of society. Sheet lightly browned more so around the edges. Overall very good. Matted. SELLERS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IN PORTRAITURE p.394. hardcover books
1974ref. 30972Paris: Éditions Seghers. Near Fine with no dj. Later Printing. Softcover. a nice tight clean copy light edgewear to covers mild crease on spine. Cinéma d'aujourd'hui no. 46 Trade PB B&W photographs French-language monograph on the great American film director in the typical format of this long-running series including a long critical survey of Ford's ouevre a word he would have hated! comments on his work by critics and other filmmakers brief essays on some of his creative collaborators including screenwriters Dudley Nichols Nunnally Johnson and James R. Webb and cinematographer Winton C. Hoch a filmography and a bibliography. This is a later printing 1974; the original had been issued in 1966 possibly prompted by Ford's death in 1973 but only minimally updated with a 3-page "Postface" discussing various projects the director was associated with in his later years and a couple of post-1966 additions to the bibliography. . 1974. Éditions Seghers paperback books
1914ref. 4433Paris: Perrin 1914. Good. 21 cm; 412 pages. Original printed wraps. Shelf-worn well-read copy yet sound and entire. Old signature erased from title page. Perrin paperback books
ref. 11149STERN Philippe. COLONNES INDIENNES D'AJANTA ET D'ELLORA. Paris: Presses Universitaires de Frances 1972. 4to. Wrappers. 188 1 pages 193 illustrations on plates. First edition. A discussion of the evolution and repercussions of the gupta and post-gupta styles with illustrations; partly unopened. Front wrapper and first title page lightly foxed else very good. unknown books
ref. 6378GROSLIER Bernard Philippe. ANGKOR HOMMES ET PIERRES. Paris: Arthaud 1956. 4to. Cloth dust jacket. 230 2 pages. First edition. Photographic study of the great collection of ruins in Indo-China known as Angkor. Abandoned before 1450 they were rediscovered by the French in 1861. Very good. unknown books
1956ref. 140940586Paris: Berggruen & Cie 1956. Limited First Edition. Near Fine. Limited first edition. Signed by the founder of the Dada movement Tristan Tzara as well as by the artist whose work is featured Bonnet in pencil. Text in French. Near Fine in the original glassine wraps title page rubbed from erasure of booksellers' pencil. Uncommon. Berggruen & Cie unknown books
2004ref. 122063New Haven Connecticut: Yale University Press 2004. Hardcover. VG/VG. Grey cloth over boards with silver lettering on spine red and color illustrated dust jacket; xxi 337 pp.; 85 bw 138 color plates and figures. Originally published as Dieux et Mortels: Les themes homeriques dans les collections de l'Ecole nationale superieure des beaux-arts de Paris which accompanied an exhibition at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris; This edition accompanied the exhibition held at the Princeton University Art Museum and the Dahesh Museum of Art; Features works from the Ecole. that were inspired by Homer and/or other works of Greek mythology and poetry; Includes works by Antoine-Louis Barye Francois Boucher Gustave Boulanger Honore Daumier Jacques-Louis David Eugene Delacroix Constant-Ambroise Roux Simon Vouet and many others. "With illuminating texts by prominent French scholars and a preface by George Steiner on the reception of Homer in France The Legacy of Homer examines the historic and artistic importance of the works housed in the Ecole and pays homage to Homer the great source that inspired them."--Jacket. Yale University Press hardcover books
1979ref. 88892New York: International Center of Photography 1979. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Tall quarto. Fine in wrappers with the slightest of soiling. International Center of Photography unknown books
1708ref. M13627Paris:: Jacques Etienne 1708. 1708. Two works in one volume. 147 x 86 mm. 12mo. xviii 94; xiv 145 7 pp. Decorated initials headpieces; lightly water-stained. Contemporary full calf raised bands gilt spine brown leather spine label marbled end-leaves; rubbed head of spine lightly chipped. Early ms. inscription on half-title. Franco Crainz rubber stamp on title. Very good. FIRST EDITION. Title translates as: 'ON THE INDECENCY OF MALE PHYSICIANS ATTENDING TO WOMEN IN CHILD-BIRTH. ' In this work the pious French physician and theologian Philippe Hecquet argued that it is immodest and indecent to have male accoucheurs deliver their children and that a woman had a 'natural right' to have a female midwife deliver their baby. In the second part of this two-part work Hecquet argues that it is a woman's duty to nurse her infant. He documents the problems of producing milk for nursing and concerns about the health of the mother. Philippe Hecquet was 'M.D. of Reins 1684 and physician to Port-Royal 1688-93. . . Hecquet . . . had to enter the Paris Faculty as a student in 1694 obtaining the license two years later and the 'bonnet de docteur' in 1697. He was made dean in 1712 and physician to the Charite in 1710.' Bibliotheca Osleriana p. 262. See: Blake NLM p. 202; Hirsch III p. 105; Osler 2922 1744; Waller 4176 Paris 1744; Wellcome III p. 232. Jacques Etienne, 1708. hardcover books
2014ref. 337278Zurich: Edition Olms 2014. hardcover. fine/fine. Richly illustrated largely in b/w with a few color images. 173 pages. Large 4to black boards d.w. Zurich: Edition Olms 2014. English Language edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Edition Olms unknown books
1958ref. 1381089Paris 1958. Original poster in metal frame measuring 15.50 in. x 23.25 in. Poster not examined out of frame. Condition is Very Good with light age toning and light waves. AP Consignment. Shelved in Rockville Room B. This is an oversized item. Additional postage necessary for expedited and international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international and expedited customers please inquire for rates. 1381089. Special Collections - Upstairs. unknown books
1983ref. 09326SAMARITAN Dial Press 1983 first edition fine in wraps. Uncorrected proof. The Bishop of Warsaw involved in espionage. Dial Press paperback books
1973ref. NF1245THREE ADVENTURES Doubleday 1973 first American edition fine in near fine dust-wrapper with 125 full color photographs. The famed under-water legend in Galapagos Titicaca and The Blue Holes. Doubleday unknown books
1972ref. NF1248FISHES OF POLYNESIA Les Editions Du Pacifique 1972 first edition near fine in vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. Profusely illustrated with full color photos on every page. Les Editions Du Pacifique 1972 unknown books
1979ref. 71560London: Anglo-Norman Text Society 1979. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 126ppindex. Previous owner's ink name on front free endpaper else a very good hardback bound in publisher's green boards and issued without a jacket. Anglo-Norman Text Society hardcover books
2011ref. 215892Miami FL: Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation 2011. Softcover. VG. Bw illustrated wraps with orange text on cover. 217 pp. Color and bw illustrations. Exhibition held November 30 2011-March 4 2012. curated by Jesús Fuenmayor and Philippe Pirotte. Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation paperback books
1979ref. 336575Copernic 1979. hardcover. very good/very good. Illustrated in both color and black-and-white. 79 pages. Thin square 8vo boards d.w.; bottom edge of boards toned dust wrapper curled at bottom. Paris: Copernic 1979. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. Copernic unknown books
1978ref. 215704Paris: Flammarion 1978. Hardcover. VG-/VG: Wear to the edges and corners of the dust jacket; some smudging and rubbing to the dust jacket. Fading to the text on the spine. The book is in great shape with clean body pages and solid binding. Light green cloth-covered boards with black debossed text on the spine and front cover. There is a glossy dust jacket with salmon text on a white spine and a color illustration on the front cover. 152 pages; illustrated in both color and black-and-white. Flammarion hardcover books
1977ref. 215531Saint-Omer: Musee de l'Hotel Sandelin 1977. Staplebound. VG-: Wear to the wraps with smudging. Majority clean body pages and solid binding. A staplebound book with a color illustration and gray text on the front cover. 56 pages; illustrated in black-and-white. Musee de l'Hotel Sandelin paperback books
1980ref. 336193Paris: Societe de Production Litteraire 1980. hardcover. very good/very good. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. vi 377 pages. 4to red boards d.w. Paris: Societe de Production Litteraire 1980. Small bumps to cloth at lower edges still very good in very good dust wrapper. Societe de Production Litteraire unknown books
1987ref. 215290Paris France: Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux 1987. Softcover. VG. White wraps with bw illustration and black text. 24 pages. Bw illustrations. Text in French. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Musée d'Orsay 26 October 1987-25 January 1988. Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux paperback books
1981ref. 47917New York: Rizzoli 1981. Near Fine/Very Good . New York: Rizzoli 1981. First American Edition. Large quarto; publisher's boards in black pictorial dust jacket; 4139pp.; black and white photographs throughout. Light rubbing to jacket margins else a Very Good to Near Fine example. Rizzoli unknown books
1969ref. 126571France: Belgique 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good or better in an about Very good dust jacket. In French. Dustwrapper rubbed with minor tearing wear. Belgique hardcover books
1928ref. 120162New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1928. Hardcover. Good. First American edition. Illustrated with black and white plates. Ex-library hinges cracked cloth soiled good lacking dust jacket. Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover books
