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1870ref. 001641no place: Not published 1870. Autograph. Very good condition. Unbound. Signed by Authors. No edition stated. Octavo 8vo. A note written and signed by Thomas Sully. Addressed to Henry S. Randall Esq. it reads "Dear Sir. It will give me great pleasure to recieve sic the "History of New York" published by the Legislature of the State which you have kindly proffered me. Please send by Adams' Express to my address -- No. 11 South 5th St. or to W. Pennington Book seller No. 10 South 5th. Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servany signed Tho Sully." The folded into approximate sixths note measures 5 and 3/8 inches tall by 8 inches wide. Three small old archival mount remnants on the reverse of the document. In very good plus condition without any stains or smudging. Thomas Sully lived 1783 to 1872. He was born in England and moved to the United States as a boy. Studied with his brother Lawrence died 1803 opened a studio in New York 1806 and Philadelphia 1808. Known to have painted more than 2600 works. Among his best known are "Washington Crossing the Delaware" "Marquis de Lafayette" and "Jefferson Madison Jackson.". No date listed; circa 1870. Not published Paperback
1787ref. 119661787 1797 Londres. Liège. Desoer pour une partie. 1797-1798. 10 volumes in-12, demi-veau, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge et pièce de tomaison de maroquin noir. XLVIII pp. ; 322 pp. — (2) ff. ; 439 pp. ; (1) p. pb. — (2) ff. ; VIII pp. ; 430 pp. — (2) ff. ; 354 pp. — (2) ff. ; 374 pp. — (2) ff. ; VIII pp. ; 371 pp. ; (1) p. bl. — (2) ff. ; VI pp. ; 364 pp. — (2) ff. ; VI pp. ; 291 pp. ; (1) p. bl. — (2) ff. ; 243 pp. ; (1) p. —VIII pp. ; 349 pp. ; (1) f. bl
ref. 898976Bastien Paris 1788 6 volumes in-8 pleine basane fauve marbrée, dos à nerfs ornés de caissons et fleurons dorés. 2 portraits gravés hors-texte. Menus defauts aux reliures sinon bel exemplaire.
1918ref. 100341918 1918 Paris. Pour les Amis du Livre. 1914- 1918. 1 volume in-4, demi-maroquin bleu nuit à coins, plats et coins bordés d’1 filet doré, dos à nerfs richement orné, tête dorée. Couvertures et dos conservés. Reliure signée Canape.XVI pp., 286 pp., 1 f. bl.
1778ref. 279585London : Printed for J. Rivington 1778. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Very good copies in gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Minor library marks remain. Physical description; 6 v. : ill. map fold. ports. ; 19 cm. Subjects; Henry IV King of France 1553-1610. France History Henry IV 1589-1610. London : Printed for J. Rivington hardcover
1763ref. 23297London: printed for A. Millar et al. 1763. 6 volumes 12mo 2 engraved portraits and a folding map in vol. I; full contemporary calf gilt-decorated spines maroon morocco labels; spines a bit soiled front hinge on vol. 1 cracked small chip from the bottom of the spine on vol. 6 but generally good and sound or better. Translated by Charlotte Lennox and first published in quarto 1756. printed for A. Millar [et al.] unknown books
1788ref. 53349à Paris: Chez Jean François Bastien 1788. Fine. Chez Jean François Bastien à Paris 1788 12.50 x 20 cm 6 tomes en 6 volumes reliés New edition illustrated with 2 portraits at the frontispiece of volume I. Full brown granite sheep bindings. Spine with raised bands decorated. Red morocco title and volume labels. 4 corners slightly bumped. Rubbing. A brown stain at the foot of the upper board of volume I. Handsome set. Edition based on all previous critical editions including the very famous one by abbé de l'ecluse 1745 and those containing observations and remarks by abbé de Montempuis who accused L'ecluse of excessive partiality towards the Jesuits. Volume 5 contains various pieces and observations intended to provide greater objectivity in reading the memoirs. A large general table occupies almost the entirety of the last volume. Chez Jean François Bastien hardcover
1873ref. 806Philadelphia: J.M Stoddart & Co 1873. Hardbound. VG- light soiling. Azure blue vellum. 55 pp. Color plate of a painter's pallete which is colored by hand and also the folding chart at p. 14 which is frequently missing. Karpel I-1351 states ".Describes materials and procedures for portrait painting. Sully's handbook reveals many of the techniques used by himself and his contemporaries including Allston West Leslie and Trumbull in the preparation of varnishes canvases and flesh-tones." Slight separation of vellum from board on front cover still a very desirable book in solid condition. Extremely scarce. The book was reprinted by Faber Birren and Reinhold in 1965. J.M Stoddart & Co hardcover
1664ref. 29Mémoires de Maximilien de Béthune Duc de Sully Memoires des sages et royalles oeconomies d'estat domestiques politiques et militaires de Henry le Grand l'Exemplaire des Roys le Prince des Vertus des Armes & des Loix & le Pere en effet de ses peuples François. Chez Alethinosgraphe de Clearetimelee & Graphexechon de Pistariste à l'enseigne des trois Vertus couronnees d'Amaranthe Château de Sully A Amstelredam Amsterdam S.d. In-folio 8 535 8 463pp. 2 tomes reliés en 1 volume. Agréable exemplaire d'une des contrefaçons réalisées probablement en 1664 peu après la première édition des célèbres du Duc de Sully dont la première partie fut tirée à très petit nombre en 1638 en son château de Sully. Exemplaire en plein vélin de l'époque réunissant les deux parties au complet. Mors ouverts petites réparations anciennes aux mors et en bas du dos. 4 feuillets liminaires brunis. Rousseurs quelquefois un peu fortes. Bon exemplaire toutefois sain. Grand format : 372 x 253 cm Envoi avec suivi et assurance hardcover
1958ref. mon0000159026Peter Davies 1958-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex library book usual markings. Clean copy sound binding. DIFFERENT COVER. Peter Davies hardcover
1752ref. 176932A Londres A Londres, 1752. 8 volumes In-12 reliés plein veau brun, dos à nerfs très ornés de filets et fleurons dorés, triple filets d'ecadrement sur les deux plats de chaque volume avec fer à la fleur de lys dans les quatre coins, tranches marbrées, gardes de papier marbré. LX + 424 + VIII + 567 +X + 577 + VI + 464 +VIII + 493 + VI + 489 + VI + 497 + VI + 378 pages. Des frottements aux reliures, mors fragilisés dont deux partiellement fendus, le deuxième plat du tome II présente un manque de cuir. Le corps des ouvrages est en bon état, on signale juste une déchirure à la page de titre sans manque, des annotations d'appartenance en pages de gardes blanches avec mentions pour restitution en cas de perte au tome IV, une trace d'humidité marginale au tome VIII, le deuxième plat du tome I qui est un peu déformé, des coins un peu émoussés. Malgré les défauts signalés, dont notre prix tient compte, reste un ensemble très correct pour ces mémoires recherchées et peu courantes complètes.
1819ref. 9032703Edinburgh: Printed for Stirling and Slade and Archibald Constable et al. 1819. Hardcover. Very Good. In English. Originally published in 1756 this is the first edition with an appendix. "A New Edition Carefully Corrected Embellished With Portraits." Bound in half-calf with tan cloth boards spines stamped in illustrated gilt and red spine labels. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated portrait frontispiece in each volume. Text blocks are mostly in very good condition clean and bright with sunning to endpapers and very occasional and minimal foxing. Volume four has light water damage along bottom edge to roughly an inch in height not affecting text. Minimal wear to extremities barely through calf on less than half of the corners. 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Printed for Stirling and Slade, and Archibald Constable, et al. hardcover
1664ref. 11842Paris: chez Lovis Billaine 1664. leather_bound. stark abgenutzt. Titelei 5 Blatt 587 Seiten; Titelei 3 Bl. 623 S. Leder der Zeit mit ornamentaler Rückenvergoldung. Folio 37 x 23 cm. bestossen berieben Bezug mit Fehlstellen Erster Titel und letztes Blatt eingerissen Titel mit Ausrissen ohne Textverlust innen nur wenig gebräunt resp. braunfleckig. Maximilian von Béthune Herzog von Sully Baron dann Marquis von Rosny geb. 13. Dezember 1560 in Rosny bei Mantes-la-Jolie Yvelines; gest. 21. Dezember 1641 in Villebon Eure-et-Loir 20 km westlich von Chartres war ein hochrangiger französischer Artillerieoffizier Großmeister der Artillerie von Frankreich Minister Staatsmann Marschall von Frankreich und Freund Heinrichs IV. Sein vollständiger Name und Titel lautete: Maximilien Ier de Béthune Duc de Sully Baron de Rosny Pair de France Prince Souverain d'Henrichemont et de Boisbelle Marquis de Nogent-le-Rotrou Comte de Muret et de Villebon Vicomte de Meaux. Sully wurde in der reformierten Kirche erzogen und zugleich mit Heinrich von Navarra unterrichtet. Er nahm mit Auszeichnung an den Feldzügen des jungen Königs von Navarra teil und kämpfte bei Coutras 1587 und bei Ivry 1590 mit. Ein strenger Calvinist stolz und schroff trat er auch seinem königlichen Freund besonders seiner Verschwendung und Ausschweifung wiederholt mit Energie entgegen; doch vereinte beide bald wieder die gemeinsame Liebe zum Vaterland. Deswegen riet er auch 1593 Heinrich zur Annahme des Katholizismus um den Bürgerkrieg zu beendigen. 1597 an die Spitze der Finanzen gestellt Conseiller aux Finances tilgte er eine Staatsschuld von 200 Millionen Livres erwarb den größten Teil der verschleuderten Domänen zurück hob eine Menge überflüssiger Ämter auf ordnete und vereinfachte das Steuerwesen baute Straßen führte die Seidenkultur und andere Erwerbszweige ein und begünstigte den Ackerbau; diesen und die Weidewirtschaft mfrz. pastourage frz. pâtourage erklärte er wiederholt als die Brüste von denen Frankreich ernährt werde «Labourage et pasturage sont les deux mamelles dont la France est alimentée». Seit 1599 auch als erster Großmeister der Artillerie von Frankreich und Oberaufseher über alle Befestigungen des Landes stellte er in kurzem die öffentliche Ruhe wieder her namentlich durch Vernichtung vieler Räuberbanden. Auf Heinrichs Zug nach Savoyen 1600 eroberte Sully die für unüberwindlich gehaltenen Festungen Montmelian und Bourg. Nach dem Frieden übernahm er unter dem Titel eines erblichen Kapitäns der Häfen Flüsse und Kanäle das Département der öffentlichen Bauten hob Zölle auf erklärte den Getreidehandel für frei legte Kanäle an und leistete in dieser Stellung viel für die Verbesserung der Kommunikationsmittel des Landes. Zugleich leitete er auch die auswärtigen Verhandlungen. 1604 wurde er zum Gouverneur von Poitou und 1606 für sein Schloss Sully an der Loire nebst den dazugehörigen Ländereien zum erblichen Herzog ernannt. Dabei erwarb er für sich selbst ein bedeutendes Vermögen. Nach der Ermordung Heinrichs IV. 14. Mai 1610 wurde er seiner Stellung am Hof entbunden und von diesem auf sein Schloss verwiesen; doch bediente sich auch Ludwig XIII. öfters seines Rats und ernannte ihn 1634 zum Marschall von Frankreich. Sein gleichnamiger Sohn übernahm das Amt des Großmeister der Artillerie von Frankreich starb aber bereits 1634 mit 46 Jahren. Maximilien de Béthune Herzog von Sully starb am 21. Dezember 1641 im Alter von 81 Jahren. Maximilien de Rosny eine durch den Herzog von Sully inspirierte literarische Figur verkörpert den beinahe idealen Politiker in Heinrich Manns Roman Die Vollendung des Königs Henri Quatre. wikipedia. Wichtig für die Geschichte seiner Zeit obwohl durchaus nicht zuverlässig sind seine in Stil und Form ungenießbaren "Mémoires ou Oeconomies royales d'Estat" Amsterdam 1634 2 Bände; 2 Supplementbände 1662. - Weitere Bilder auf Anfrage oder auf unserer Homepage. Wegen Urlaub kann Ihre Bestellung / Anfrage erst nach dem 12.10.2026 bearbeitet werden. - Because of holidays your order / question can be handled only after 10/12/2026. chez Lovis Billaine hardcover
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1781ref. 181665Dublin : printed by R. Marchbank for Messrs. W. Watson Sleater Burnet Colles Moncrieffe and 11 others in Dublin 1781. Fifth Edition. Hardback. Very good copies all finely bound in full contemporary aniline calf. Gilt cross bands with the gilt-blocked leather title labels. Minor generalised wear to the extremities. An uncommonly good set - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Referenced by: ESTC T118210. Complete in 6 volumes. Physical desc.: 6v.plates : mapport. ; 12°. Notes: A very free adaptation by Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges. The dedication is signed by the translator: Charlotte Lennox but it is said to have in fact been written by Samuel Johnson. Dublin : printed by R. Marchbank, for Messrs. W. Watson, Sleater, Burnet, Colles, Moncrieffe, [and 11 others in Dublin] hardcover
1761ref. elala1578London: Printed For A.Millar 1761. 1761. 3 Volumes. 4to. pp. 3 p.l. xxxiii 540; 1 p.l. viii 555; vii 406 122index. contemporary mottled calf gilt backs worn spine ends chipped joints cracked. Third Edition of the English Translation. As finance minister in the reign of Henry IV Sully introduced many reforms and removed many abuses of tax-collecting managing to save between 1600 and 1610 an average of a million livres a year. Sully also served as grand commissioner of public works superintendent of fortifications and grand master of artillery in addition to being appointed governor of Mantes and of Jargau. He negotiated the treaty of peace in 1602 and the following year represented Henry at the court of James I of England. Appended here is an account of the trial of Ravaillac for the murder of Henry the Great. Hardcover. London: Printed For A.Millar, 1761. Hardcover
ref. 3541Philadelphia: Childs and Inman Lith. 1833. Lithograph 10.5" x 8.5" plus margins. A scarce and very fine lithographic portrait of Fanny Kemble as Julia in James Sheridan Knowles' play The Hunchback after a painting by Thomas Sully. Kemble and her father toured the United States in 1832-1833 immediately following her much acclaimed performance as Julia in London. Both Sully's painting and this lithograph reproducing it were executed in 1833. The painting is owned today by the Rosenbach Museum and Library. Philadelphia: Childs and Inman, Lith., 1833 unknown
1869ref. 456831869 Paris. Lemerre. 1869. 1 volume in-12, plein maroquin noir, dos à nerfs, tranches dorées, doublure de maroquin brun avec filets dorés en encadrement et motifs floraux mosaïqués aux angles, gardes de soie bleue moirée, couvertures conservées, étui. Reliure signée Marius Michel.
1747ref. MLLmoSUL93London ie. Paris: 1747. 1747. 3 Volumes. 4to. pp. 2 p.l. xxxvi 607; 2 p.l. x 612; 2 p.l. 617 ie. 619 1errata. with half-titles. titles in red & black with engraved vignettes. 3 engraved headpieces by Fessard after Gravelot. woodcut ornaments & initials. lacking engraved frontis. of Henri IV - later portrait & engraving inserted. contemporary mottled calf gilt backs bit rubbed wear to corners & spine ends some scattered light foxing browning to margins of last few leaves in Vol. II pen notes on first title. MEMOIRS OF THE CELEBRATED FRENCH STATESMAN AND FINANCE MINISTER UNDER HENRI IV. BRUNET V 589. CFCIORANESCU 63704. CFKRESS 4876. Hardcover. London [ie. Paris]: 1747. Hardcover
1778ref. 375380London: Printed for J. Rivington and Sons J. Dodsley S. Crowder G. Robinson T. Cadell and T. Evans 1778. A New edition. Frontispieces in vol. 1. 5 vols. 8vo. Bound in three-quarters red morocco with marbled paper boards gilt borders and spine. Edgewear but very good. A New edition. Frontispieces in vol. 1. 5 vols. 8vo. Reprint of the standard English edition. Sully was renowned for his reform of 17th century French finance and for his promotion of agriculture. He opposed "the theory of the mercantile school and anticipated by more than a century the doctrines of the physiocrats" Palgrave. Coquelin & Guillaumin II 684 ff Printed for J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, S. Crowder, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, and T. Evans unknown
1775ref. 263037Amsterdam: Chez tous les Libraires de Paris & du Royaume 1775. hardcover. very good. Small vignette with NB initials on titles and several other engraved headpieces throughout. XLVIII 180 188; 4 181-304 189-442 pages. 2 volumes 8vo bound in full contemporary brown calf; simple gilt-ruled spines with black leather labels worn at ends and with small ex-library tickets affixed; marbled endpapers. Amsterdam: Chez tous les Libraires de Paris & du Royaume 1775. Nouvelle edition par M. l'Abbe Baudeau. A very good copy clean and tight. Scarce - OCLC lists only 7 copies. Each volume is in two separately paged sections numbered continuously between volumes: Memoires 304 pages; Observations 442 pages. Chez tous les Libraires de Paris & du Royaume unknown books
1775ref. 263037Amsterdam: Chez tous les Libraires de Paris & du Royaume 1775. hardcover. very good. Small vignette with NB initials on titles and several other engraved headpieces throughout. XLVIII 180 188; 4 181-304 189-442 pages. 2 volumes 8vo bound in full contemporary brown calf; simple gilt-ruled spines with black leather labels worn at ends and with small ex-library tickets affixed; marbled endpapers. Amsterdam: Chez tous les Libraires de Paris & du Royaume 1775. Nouvelle edition par M. l'Abbe Baudeau. A very good copy clean and tight. Scarce - OCLC lists only 7 copies. Each volume is in two separately paged sections numbered continuously between volumes: Memoires 304 pages; Observations 442 pages. Chez tous les Libraires de Paris & du Royaume unknown
ref. 1636A Amstelredam, Chez Aletinosgraphe de Clearetimelee, & Graphexechon de Pistariste, sans date. 2 tomes en 1 volume in-folio de [8]-535 + [8]-463 pages, pleine basane marron, dos à nerfs orné. Plats et dos frottés et épidermés, petits accrocs aux coiffes, charnière du 1er plat fendue, rousseurs, accrocs sur l’angle inf. gauche du 1er plat. Traces d’humidité.
1861ref. 25926Philadelphia 1861. Half page. 1 vols. 8vo. Lined paper. Fine. Half page. 1 vols. 8vo. Thomas Sully 1783-1872 emigrated from England at the age of 9 and grew up in Charleston. He learned painting from his brother Lawrence whose widow he subsequently married and from his brother-in-law Jean Belzons; he later studied with Benjamin West in London. He moved to various locations settling in Philadelphia in 1808 where he quickly became its leading portrait painter a position he held until his death. This letter to the famous historian Benson Lossing is in response to Lossing's request for the character and appearance of "the late Commodore Decatur.he demeaned himself as a perfect gentleman. His form was perfect. I painted him for the City of New York 12 of July 1814." It is one of his most famous portraits now in City Hall New York. It is a full figure portrait with Decatur leaning on the hilt of his sword and with Castle William and New York Bay in the background. Edward Biddle & Mantle Fielding "The Life and Works of Thomas Sully 1783-1872 #450 Portrait of Decatur referred to here unknown
1914ref. 6590Dardanelles: Unpublished 1914. Hardcover. Good. pp 48 blanks. Water-stained Gallipoli naval diary culminating in the actions in the Dardanelles in February and March 1915: 'The Captain told us were were going to take part in the forcing of the Dardenelles. a real hot time shells dropping all round us and going "plonk" against the ships side.'. Red cloth-bound manuscript book water-damaged and lacking the backstrip although the binding is intact. Writing in pencil on the front paste-down Houghton who grew up on the Lancashire coastline records 'T Houghton. Log of HMS Albion' with a preliminary page which lists dates and locations visited by the pre-dreadnought battleship between August 1914- April 1916 before continuing to the main log also written in pencil. There are a few days to each significant date written in an easily legible hand with a full typed transcript accompanying the journal. Houghton departed Devonport in August 1914 sailing first to South Africa where the ship supported the action against German south west Africa and then transferred to the Mediterranean where Houghton proceeds to hostilities on February 19th 1915: 'The hands called this morning at 5.30am and went to breakfast at 6.45 ship cleared for action. proceeded to sweep the Bay of Giata Pete from where it is intended to bombard the forts of the narrows overland action sounded off at 10am the first shot fired at 10.20am the object being a signal station which was believed to be fortified in all we fired 8 rounds of ammunition.' The bombardment of 25th February is dealt with in great detail as 'Six ships in pairs made an attack on the forts engaging 4 and 6 on the way in closing to 3000 yards then turning and engaging 1 and 3 on the way out: The "Vengeance" and "Cornwallis" were the first pair. There was plenty of shells flying about and it was not known until after the engagement that a mine thrown up too soon from the shore had saved as as it was only 50 yards away. ammunition used by us 286 rounds of 6' The bombardment of 26th February describes 'a real hot time shells dropping all round us and going "plonk" against the ships side.' The diary breaks off on March 27 1915 with a few pages that follow this torn out leaving only their stubs - possibly through censorship since it was in the following month that HMS Albion beached on a sandbank and had to be towed clear with significant injuries and damage to the vessel. Houghton certainly survived the war since a newspaper clipping laid in records his death in the 1960s. Also present a World War II 7th Armoured division desert-rat badge and some photographs of post-war bridge building on the Elbe in Germany. Good 1914 Unpublished hardcover
