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1884réf. 310538Paris: A. Quentin 1884. First. hardcover. very good. Numerous plates some folding; 59 photographic portraits by Roche: phototypes of natives in full face & profile; 13 vibrant chromolithographs of tribal headdresses ornaments etc. Folding colored maps with tissue guards. Elephant folio original green pictorial cloth uncut edges. Paris: A Quantin 1884. First edition. Some buckling on spine and wear at end; some waviness on the bottom margins of some pages; inner hinges strengthened but some pages starting. A very good copy of a scarce book. Prince Roland was the grandson of Lucien brother of the Emperor Napoleon I. He was one of the earliest anthropologists to successfully employ photography. A. Quentin unknown books
1871réf. 022444Philadelphia: Porter & Coates 1871. Hardcover. Slight foxing to some plates with no tears plates generally clean and colorful. Scuffing to bindings but contents Near Fine. Two large folio 14" x 18" volumes bound in contemporary half brown morocco leather with leather corners and marbled boards. The desirable large atlas volumes to the 1871 edition of the combined AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY by Wilson and Bonaparte without the three text volumes. Originally published in 9 volumes between 1808-1815 Wilson's AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY saw several editions published throughout the 19th Century but not until this two-volume 1871 set were the engravings published in large folio size. The first volume contains 76 large hand-colored engravings made from the original copper plates engraved by Alexander Lawson Murray Warnicke and Tanner after Wilson's drawings colored by Alexander Rider. The Bonaparte volume contains 27 plates also engraved by Lawson after drawings by Titian R. Peale Rider as well as John James Audubon who drew the Great Crow Blackbird on Plate 4. Bookplate of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney on front pastedown of the Bonaparte volume. Porter & Coates hardcover books
1832réf. 022446London: Whittaker Treacher & Arnot 1832. First Edition. Hardcover. Light offsetting to the text opposing the plates due to a lack of tissue guards; library blindstamp to title pages. Mild rubbing to joints but the bindings are tight with no cracking. All in all a Fine clean set of this important work. Three octavo 5-1/4" x 8-1/2" volumes bound in dark green half morocco leather and cloth with matching morocco corners very slightly trimmed down from the original size when rebound about 75 years ago. The first and best of the octavo editions. Illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece of Wilson in his shooting costume and 97 fine hand-colored plates. Wood page 630 notes that the text is a reprint of Wilson's original text including the later notes by Jardine as well as a reprint of the first three volumes all then published of Bonaparte's AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. The original plates of both authors were re-engraved by Lizars on a smaller scale on glazed drawing paper. Wood also notes that the backgrounds of the plates were left uncolored and that is the case here. The plates in this copy are exceptionally clean bright and unfoxed. Whittaker, Treacher, & Arnot hardcover books
1950réf. 62906London: Imago 1950. First Limited Edition. 4 octavo volumes plus the later issued facsimile collection of the original copy books from Marie's childhood in their gilt titled slipcase. 22cm x 17.5cm. Original green blue buckram with gilt spine titles; 284396416329pp; illustrations & facsimiles some folding. Number 47 of a limitation of 1030. A near fine set clean bright and extremely handsome. Internally clean. A classic of juvenile psychology by Princess Marie Bonaparte 1882-1962 the prominent French psychologist popularizer of psychoanalysis disciple and patron of Sigmund Freud amongst a wealth of other things; she negotiated with the Nazis to allow Jews to leave Vienna and she avidly delved into psychosexuality primarily as a therapeutic measure to deal with her own chequered and erratic sexual history. This collection of "Five Copy Books" includes the facsimiles of her own notebooks as a child illustrating and attempting to interpret the root causes of the various traumas and neuroses that arose later in her life. Described as a generous and caring woman by the people who knew her she was generally refered to as "Princess" both as an indication of her actual rank and as a pet name her romantic and interpersonal relationships were all frought with confusion desire and contradictory impulses that she spent her life trying to understand. A fascinating artefact of self awareness and a deft and insightful illustration of the inner struggles that plague every level of human society. Scarce thus. Imago unknown books
1950réf. 48368London: Imago 1950. First Limited Edition. 4 octavo volumes. Original green cloth with gilt spine titles; 284396416329pp; illustrations & facsimiles some folding. Limited to 1000 sets; this is set no 250. A fifth volume containing full facsimiles of the handwritten copy books was issued later and is not included here. Bit of sunning to spines else a tight Near fine set. Classic of juvenile psychology by Princess Marie Bonaparte 1882-1962 the prominent French psychologist popularizer of psychoanalysis disciple and patron of Sigmund Freud. Imago unknown books
1815réf. 008240London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1815. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SCARCE. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -" ministre des Etats Unis de la de l'auteur. Rome Avril 1819 author's initials". Two volumes rebacked in 20th c. quarter leather with gilt lettering over original paper covered boards. Eight page publisher's catalogue at front of Vol. I frontispiece portrait of bust of author xl 2 388 frontispiece map of Plan of Rome Vol. II 419 pp. Very Good 1st signature Vol. ! loose but holding boards worn at edges and lightly soiled end pages browned light spotting throughout both volumes some pages yet uncut. Lucien Bonaparte Prince of Canino 1775-1840 was a younger brother of Napoleon and a French statesman who played an indispensable role in Napoleon's rise to power. He wrote this heroic poem on Charlemagne while living in exile in England where he was forced to stay after attempting to obtain a passport to go to America. SIGNED copies of his books are quite uncommon and this copy with its intriguing inscription is unique. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown Hardcover books
1825réf. 24063Philadelphia: Samuel Augustus Mitchell . 1825-1833. First Edition with the correct first issue imprint in each volume. Contemporary three-quarter red morocco over marbled paper. Overall very good. Volume I is somewhat shaken with loose stitching and a cracked block resulting in some loose text leaves and plates; some scuffing to the binding; several pages of text in vol. 4 showing heavy foxing - plates unscathed; untrimmed; joints chafed with the front joint of vol 1 strained. Folio I - vi 2 1 - 105 1 - blank 9 color plates; II - vii 3 1 - 95 1 - blank pp. Color plates numbered 10 -15; III - 4 1 - 60 pp. Color plates numbered 16 - 21 NOTE: Plate #20 is incorrectly numbered 21 thereby introducing double numbering; IV - 4 1 - 142 pp. Color plates numbered 22 - 27 NOTE: Text of volume 4 is printed on thick "watercolor paper". The plates are all hand-colored copper engravings. The book is often viewed as a supplement to Wilson's Ornithology because it describes 60 birds not included by Wilson e.g. Wild Turkey the Burrowing Owl and the Zenaida Dove. The plates are mostly by Titian Peale with at least the part of one plate being by Audubon The Great Crow Blackbird is notable for being the first book appearance of any engraving after John James Audubon. They were engraved by A Lawson - an exceptional talent. Nissen IVB #116; Sabin #6264; Casey Wood p. 247; Zimmer pp. 64-65; Bennett #16. Samuel Augustus Mitchell .... unknown books
réf. 1414215London Paris and New York: Cassell Petter & Galpin n.d. Hardcover. Octavo three volumes. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in quarter green leather with red cloth boards. Spines with gilt lettering and four gilt birds. With marbled end papers. Volume I - cv 408 pages. 27 color plates. Frontispiece engraving of Alexander Wilson. Handwritten notes on recto of frontispiece and two of the three table of content pages. Spine is sunned with wear at the hinges and spine ends with a streak of green missing. Corners are sharp. Text block has a gilt top with the side and bottom deckled that have some tanning and foxing. Volume II - vii 495 pages. 41 color plates. Spine is sunned with loss of color to spine ends. Front two corners lightly bumped.Text block has glit top with deckled edges at right and bottom. Text block has some tanning and foxing. Some pages have foxing and stains. Owner's name inscribed on top of the title page. Volume III - 540 pages. 28 color plates. Spine is sunned with loss of green color at spine ends and hinges. Text block has glit top with deckled edges at right and bottom. Text block has some tanning and foxing. Owners name on second end paper. Shelved in Room X Case X15 Science. 1414215. Special Collections - Downstairs. Cassell, Petter & Galpin hardcover books
1853réf. NF2499DISCOURS ET MESSAGES DE LOUIS-NAPOLEON BONAPARTE DEPUIS SON RETOUR EN FRANCE JUSQU'AU 2 DECEMBRE 1852 TYPOGRAPHIE PLON FRERES IMPRIMEURS DE L'EMPEREUR; 1853 first edition 1853 scatterd foxing throughout the text block else a bright vg copy in a fine binding of 3/4 leather with raised spine and decorated compartments and marbled boards and end-papers. Text in French of course. Quatre Annees De Presidence De la Republique. TYPOGRAPHIE PLON FRERES, IMPRIMEURS DE L'EMPEREUR hardcover books
1951réf. 212924Paris: Presses Universitaires de France 1951. Softcover. G. Wear around the edges of wrapper including scuffing creasing and bumping. Light tearing to the wrapper joints at tail of spine. Previous owners name penned inside otherwise clean and unmarked inside. Octavo. Softcover. Brown paper wraps with black/white titles and illustration. 183 pages 23 cm. French text. Bibliotheque de Psychanalyse et de Psychologie Clinique. Presses Universitaires de France paperback books
1812réf. 125247Londres: Chez Guillaume Miller 1812. Hardbound. VG with the following exceptions: Exlibrary with perforation stamp to title page accession number at base of first page of the catalogue; every single plate of the 142 present has a small circular inked stamp in a lower corner of it making this an excellent utility copy of this rare title. Black library buckram with simple spine title and call number. 4 7 p. 142 leaves of plates. Includes mythological and biblical scenes sceneries views naval scenes and genre scenes plays still lifse and portraits. This collection was dispersed at auction in 1834. Chez Guillaume Miller hardcover books
1841réf. 307879Roma: Dalla Tipografia Salviucci 1841. Color lithograph with hand colored embellishments. Measures 15" x 10 7/8" Beautiful print of a jewelled lizard from "Iconografia della Fauna Italica Per Le Quattro Classi Degli Animali Vertebrati" published between 1832-1841. Carlo Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte 1803-1857 was a French biologist and ornithologist. As the nephew of Napoleon and the 2nd Prince of Canino he was raised in Italy but moved to Philadelphia shortly after marriage where he worked alongside Alexander Wilson updating his seminal "Wilson's Ornithology or History of the Birds of the United States." After his return to Europe he published "Iconografia della Fauna Italica" describing the animals of Italy and later a similar work comparing birds he observed in Philadelphia with those in Italy. He worked closely with other prominent scientists and naturalists throughout his career including John Edward Gray John James Audubon and Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar. This is a lovely example of his work. Dalla Tipografia Salviucci unknown books
1841réf. 307881Roma: Dalla Tipografia Salviucci 1841. Battistelli. Color lithograph with hand colored embellishments. Measures 15" x 10 7/8" Beautiful print of two species of geckos from "Iconografia della Fauna Italica Per Le Quattro Classi Degli Animali Vertebrati" published between 1832-1841. Carlo Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte 1803-1857 was a French biologist and ornithologist. As the nephew of Napoleon and the 2nd Prince of Canino he was raised in Italy but moved to Philadelphia shortly after marriage where he worked alongside Alexander Wilson updating his seminal "Wilson's Ornithology or History of the Birds of the United States." After his return to Europe he published "Iconografia della Fauna Italica" describing the animals of Italy and later a similar work comparing birds he observed in Philadelphia with those in Italy. He worked closely with other prominent scientists and naturalists throughout his career including John Edward Gray John James Audubon and Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar. This is a lovely example of his work. Dalla Tipografia Salviucci unknown books
1818réf. 221443London: Henry Colburn 1818. hardcover. very good. Translated from the French. Frontispiece portrait. 2 volumes in 1 thick 8vo red cloth backed marbled boards spine chopped rubbed and slightly soiled. Scattered foxing on the first few pages. London: Henry Colburn 1818. A clean tight copy with ample margins. Henry Colburn unknown books
réf. 164283hardcover. map. 8vo cloth d.w.; d.w. with small tears. Baltimore: Logan Enterprises 1983.vg Recollections of Thaddeus Logan a Baltimore cab driver. Signed by Logan and inscribed by Marion Bonaparte. unknown books
1929réf. 297276Leipzig Wien Zürich: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Green cloth gilt. Sunning to the boards very good. Princess Marie Bonaparte was a great-grand-niece of Emperor Napoleon I of France and a psychoanalyst who was closely linked with Sigmund Freud. Her wealth enabled Freud's escape from Nazi Germany. Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag hardcover books
1828réf. 4341Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep; Samuel Augustus Mitchell 1828. FIRST EDITIONS. I. Contemporary half red roan over marbled boards gilt spine; some wear to extremities offsetting from plates. Ex-libris David Bixler and Lee Lawrence Stopple with their bookplates. II. Contemporary half red roan over marbled boards gilt spine; some wear to extremities offsetting from plates. Ex-libris David Bixler and Lee Lawrence Stopple with their bookplates. I. First edition of "the first truly great American ornithology . . . absolutely basic as a collector's item" Bennett. Wilson's Ornithology was an artistic scientific and commercial undertaking of magisterial proportions. His plates depict 320 figures of 262 species including 39 that were entirely new and 23 that were for the first time described sufficiently to distinguish them from European species with which they had been confused. II. First edition with the rare first issue of Volume 1. The work was subsequently purchased by Carey Lea and Carey and published under their aegis. Intended as a supplement to Wilson's American Ornithology Bonaparte describes 60 birds supposedly not treated in the original work. Bradford and Inskeep; Samuel Augustus Mitchell unknown books
1852réf. 325119Bruxelles: Imprimerie de J.-A. Slingeneyer aine 1852. Pamphlet. 48 10p. wraps. 6 x 3.75 in leaves cut slightly edgeworn pages closed 1 inch tear on front wrap archival-taped along spine minor soil else very good. Prince Bonaparte's study first published 1844 of industrial poverty with proposals for eliminating these living conditions entirely. Originally written while the author was imprisoned in Ham for an attempted coup. This version was published the year after he took power in 1851. Imprimerie de J.-A. Slingeneyer aine unknown books
1925réf. ST17769jLondon: Metheun & Co 1925. FIRST EDITION. 216 x 140 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2". vii i 246 pp. SUPERB CONTEMPORARY DEEP BLUE MOROCCO BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE FOR ASPREY WITH MORE THAN 60 INLAYS front cover with center medallion featuring inlaid teal blue crossed "J's" surrounded by gilt wreath and crown as well as inlaid pink flowers lovely gilt floral sprays with more inlaid pink flowers in corners of both covers raised bands spine beautifully gilt and inlaid in the same floral vine pattern DOUBLURES OF CRIMSON MOROCCO with inlaid blue flowers in corners as well as an intricate series of patterned rules against deep blue morocco border FRONT DOUBLURE WITH FINE INSET HAND-PAINTED IVORY MINIATURE OF JOSEPHINE watered silk free end papers gilt edges. In a slightly scuffed but sturdy and attractive morocco-backed plush-lined folding cloth box gilt titling on spine. With 12 illustrations all photographs of portraits as called for. ◆A CHOICE BINDING IN IMMACULATE CONDITION. Our sumptuous binding would no doubt have pleased the subject of this work known for her exquisite taste and love of beautiful things. When she met and captivated Napoleon Bonaparte in 1795 Josephine de Beauharnais 1763-1814 was a Martinique-born widow of an aristocrat who had died in the Reign of Terror. Josephine married the general in January of 1796 despite the fact that she was a shocking six years his senior. In this biography the British writer C. S. Forester 1899-1966 best known for his beloved Horatio Hornblower series portrays the empress with great sympathy. Sanford V. Sternlicht notes that in telling the dramatic story of her rise to the imperial throne and her fall when she was unable to produce an heir for the emperor "Forester almost treats Josephine as a fictional character as he finely draws a portrait of a poorly educated but clever woman who . . . rolls with the punches of fate and outlives her foes." The so-called "Cosway" binding featuring handsome morocco inset with one or more painted miniatures apparently originated with the London bookselling firm of Henry Sotheran about 1909. It was in that year that G. C. Williamson's book entitled "Richard Cosway" dealing with the British miniature painter of that name 1742-1821 was remaindered by Sotheran and presumably given this special decorative treatment. The name "Cosway" was then used to describe any book so treated whoever its author. Although the artist of our miniature is unidentified the work here is remarkably well done with carefully painted detail showing the empress at the prime of her life bedecked with emeralds pearls and rubies but with a sadness in her large brown eyes that foreshadows the heartbreak to come. Metheun & Co unknown books
réf. B243973-1Firenze Stamperia Piatti 1842. 51 1pp. 8vo. Self-wraps. Disbound from a larger volume. Firenze (Stamperia Piatti), 1842. paperback books
1818réf. 664Leghorn Italy 1818. 4to. 250 x 210 mm. 9 ¾ x 8 ½ inches. 6pp. approximately 1000 words. Autograph letter signed written in ink in very legible hand folded. Remnants of an impressed seal paper stock a bit browned edges frayed with a few small holes and cuts at folds all expertly reinforced with Japanese paper. Confidential and quite rare letter written by Thomas Appleton U. S. Consul in Leghorn Italy to Thomas Aspinwall the American Consul in London requesting Aspinwall's assistance in publishing the manuscript written by Louis Bonaparte entitled Documens historiques et réflexions sur le gouvernement de la Hollande. " I am in possession of the original manuscript which I have received from the hands of the author a work of about 1800 pages.by the late King of Holland.it contains all the important events of his life comprising all the documents relative to his reign.his letters to and from the Emperor Napoleon". Appleton expresses the importance of the work and how it will be avidly received by the world being "the most important work offered to the press during the revolution". Appleton cautions confidentiality repeatedly "although it does not contain a sentence that would cause the slightest umbrage" and says that Napoleon will pay for the printing but that it may be advisable to try more than one printer "in order to excite a competition". The letter goes on to stipulate that the author requires "one hundred copies such as shall be printed for sale and twenty-five other copies to be handsomely bound & printed on 'grand et beau papier velin'. . . The author gives his sacred word of honor that on other person but myself is in possession of the work nor shall it be given to any one but to the person whom I may dispose of it who shall when paid for by him be the compleat & sole proprietor of this work." It continues with mention of compensation to Aspinwall and other details The first edition of Louis Bonaparte's three volume work appeared in Paris in 1820 followed quickly with editions printed in Ghent Brussels and Bruges the same year. Thomas Appleton 1763-1840was appointed by George Washington as the first U. S. Consul to Livorno Italy. He honed his skills as a diplomate in the 1780's while living in Paris and associating with Thomas Jefferson then Ambassador to France. He became a lifelong friend and correspondent of Jefferson and over the years acted as Jefferson's agent in France and Italy. To supplement his income as consul general Appleton became an art dealer and was one of the first to ship sculpture and paintings to Boston and was instrumental in establishing a taste for the classical style of European for an American audience. Thomas Aspinwall 1786-1876 a Harvard lawyer had been appointed consul to London by President James Madison a position he held for 38 years from 1815 to 1853. His distinguished career was highlighted began with his participation in the War of 1812 where he lost an arm at the battle of Lake Eire and promoted to the rank of Colonel. He was also an important collector of Americana while in Europe and a catalogue of his collection was published in Paris in 1833. Much of the collection which included a Columbus Letter was purchased en-bloc by Samuel Barlow and can be found listed in the noted Bibliotheca Barlowiana published in 1864 and again in 1889. Napoleon proclaimed his brother Louis King of Holland in 1806. From the first the emperor reproached him for being too easy on his subjects. By 1809 Napoleon was considering annexing Holland in order to arrest the trade the Dutch secretly conducted with England. In 1810 failing to negotiate successfully with either England or Louis the Emperor dispatched French troops against the Dutch capital. Louis abdicated and fled his kingdom which on July 9 Napoleon annexed to France. Styling himself the Comte de Saint-Leu Louis lived for some time in Bohemia Austria and Switzerland. He spent his later life in Italy largely occupied with literary pursuits. Carl Canon American Book Collectors pp. 66 103. See biographical references to Appleton online-database American National Biography and for Aspinwall there is a short notice in Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography I p. 111. . unknown books
1947réf. 32855London: Imago. 1947. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine book but for tiny abrasion on top edge in very good price-clipped dust jacket with soiling tears and sunning to spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 161 pp . Imago hardcover books
1918réf. 17988Berlin, Verlag von Richard Bong ca. 1918. 351 Seiten., 8°, hellviolette Lwd., (mit Gebrauchsspuren),
réf. 032558Treuttel & Würtz u. a., Paris, Strasbourg, London 0. 1. Auflage Hardcover Sehr gut
1987réf. 216845Joseph Bonaparte - Napoleons älterer Bruder. Köln, Heymanns, 1987. Kl.-8vo. 108 S., 2 Bl. Or.-Lwd. mit Schutzumschlag.
