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1825rif. 056256Philadelphia Pa: H. C. Carey And I. Lea 1825. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 31 Plates Of Which 3 Are Folding. 425 Pages 51 Unnumbered Pages Xxi Leaves Of Plates 3 Folded : Illustrations Complete; 22 Cm. Bound In Original Speckled Calf Morocco Spine Label. First American Printing Copyright December 11 1824 Publication Date 1825 On Title Page. Lightly Used Binding Sound Pages Square Light Browning/Foxing Throughout. Antique Ownership Signatures Of Benjamin Jones B----Y Undated And J. John D. Nesbit Dated Jan. 2 1837 At Cincinnati And From A Library Of Many Nineteenth Century Books Signed By Him And Other Nesbits. Also With A Letter To Him In Cincinnati From His Sister In Peru Indiana Also Dated In 1837 With Handwritten Postage. Scarce; No Recent Auction Record Located. H. C. Carey And I. Lea, hardcover
1839rif. 371806Pittsburgh: Printed and Published by Johnston & Stockton 1839. 203 1pp. 12mo. Quarter contemporary calf and boards some wear but Very Good. 203 1pp. 12mo. Signed on the ffep "Miss S.J. Negley's Book June 3d 1839." In 1843 after a long courtship she became Mrs. Thomas Mellon. She was born in 1817 and died in 1909. Below in a different hand " Miss R.R. Negley's." Mellon wrote in his autobiography that at the age of ten he had been struck by "wealth and magnificence I had before no conception of" upon viewing the mansion of prominent landowners Jacob Negley and Barbara Ann Negley. Stockton 230 for First Edition Printed and Published by Johnston & Stockton unknown
1839rif. 371806Pittsburgh: Printed and Published by Johnston & Stockton 1839. 203 1pp. 12mo. Quarter contemporary calf and boards some wear but Very Good. 203 1pp. 12mo. Signed on the ffep "Miss S.J. Negley's Book June 3d 1839." In 1843 after a long courtship she became Mrs. Thomas Mellon. She was born in 1817 and died in 1909. Below in a different hand " Miss R.R. Negley's." Mellon wrote in his autobiography that at the age of ten he had been struck by "wealth and magnificence I had before no conception of" upon viewing the mansion of prominent landowners Jacob Negley and Barbara Ann Negley. Stockton 230 for First Edition Printed and Published by Johnston & Stockton unknown books
rif. 70046France no place no publisher ca. 1863-1890. 13 oblong sheets 22.3 x 29.2 cm all with fine watercolour paintings either full-sized or smaller in a drawn rectangular frame. And one drawing on slightly smaller paper more sketchy in pencil. = Count Roger de Bouillé 1819-1906 was a French mountaineer one would say "pyreneeist" rather than alpinist as he climbed solely in the Pyrenees mountains but also a draftsman illustrator watercolourist and author under the pseudonym "JAM" of several books on his ascents and explorations. In 1865 he settled in the town of Pau and from there he explored the western Pyrenees. In his works he described not only the itineraries mountains and landscapes but also the local flora fauna and history. The present suite however consists mostly of drawings made during a voyage to the French-Mediterranean coast Côte d'Azur in 1890. One is dated much earlier. Present are: 1. "Valentin / 28 juillet 1863" waterfall; 2. "Ruines de l'amphitéatre de Cimie's / Nice 14 septembre 1890" ruins; 3. "Jaorge / 5 aout 1890" view of a distant mountain village; 4. "16 sept. 90 St. Sylvestre / Nice" view of the area; 5. "Route de Levens / 5 sept. 1890" mountain road along river; 6. "Frontiere Italienne" landscape; 7. "Campement du 161me au sommet du chateau / Nice 20 sept. 1890" town view horizontal with soldiers; 8. no caption mountain view; the artist and his party situated in the fore ground; 9. no caption unidentified fortress in mountainous surroundings a person sitting in front; 10. no caption mountain scene not completed; 11. "Apres les Arcs 10" "Gonfaron 11" no caption "12" "Lion de Terre et Lion de Mer 13" Four framed views numbered 10-13; 12. "Rognac" view in drawn frame; 13. "Berre" view in drawn frame; 14. no caption pencil sketch on slightly smaller paper probably depicting Roman ruins near Nice. All rich and lovely views well-painted. All 14 leaves in a very good condition; no trace of foxing or discolouring. Left side a bit irregular as the leaves were removed from a sketchbook the illustrations bright and clean. unknown
