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1975réf. 29774London: Poets' and Painters' Press 1975. First edition. 40 pp. Sunning to spine trivial soiling to covers and rust from a paperclip on the inside front cover else near fine in wrappers. Podgorecki--for most of his life a Polish exile--is known internationally as a progressive thinker and author of books concerning sociology morality and law especially 'global ethics.' This book is one of his many volumes concerning the thought of a fictional Chinese philosopher Si-Tien. Dated Jan 7th 1976 and INSCRIBED by Podgorecki. London: Poets' and Painters' Press unknown books
1992réf. 17642np: Carleton University 1992. First edition. 40 pp. Fine in stapled printed wrappers. (np): Carleton University, unknown books
1982réf. 22138San Francisco: Aleph Press 1982. First edition. 4to. 51 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover image a collage by Adam Music transcribed by Carl Grundberg with his introduction. Twelve songs. San Francisco: Aleph Press unknown books
1970réf. 23888Somerville & Cambridge: Barn Dream Press/Pym-Randall Press 1970. First edition limited issue. 32 pp. Near fine in sewn wrappers. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Hammer and Newman. Somerville & Cambridge: Barn Dream Press/Pym-Randall Press, unknown books
1980réf. 15436West Branch: Toothpaste Press 1980. First trade edition. 32 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Illustrated with drawings by Ann Mikolowski. One of 1000 copies. West Branch: Toothpaste Press, unknown books
1994réf. 17645Ottawa: Carleton University 1994. First edition. 26 pp. Covers lightly rubbed else near fine in stapled wrappers. INSCRIBED by Podgorecki. Ottawa: Carleton University, unknown books
1989réf. 2694NY: Atlantic Monthly 1989. First edition. . 135 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Second novel by Penelope Lively's son. NY: Atlantic Monthly unknown books
1812réf. 67483Newburyport MA: Thomas & Whipple 1812. Second American edition after a New York 1812 edition; first published London 1797. 12mo. 24 pp. Original printed self-wrappers title leaf a little chipped at the edges text toned stitched. Very good untrimmed copy. Thomas & Whipple unknown books
réf. 53216Edited by Aida Craig Truxall for the U. of Pittsburgh Press comprising 44 autograph letters signed by Adam Bright 27 July 1861 - 14 April 1864 and 34 autograph letters signed by Michael Bright 22 October 1861 - 26 July 1863 most of each group to their uncle Emanuel Stotler at home in Alleghany County Pennsylvania; accompanied by the publisher's file of working manuscripts and other material. 8vo. 296 total pages approximately 30000 words; some of the letters with a patriotic letterhead most are addressed to their uncle some to his wife a few to "family" and several are from Adam to Michael most accompanied by mailing envelopes. The following are also included:_1 Truxall's original ribbon typescript for her transcriptions of the letters 4to 148 pages rectos only some pages with editorial markings._2 Truxall's original ribbon typescript of her manuscript for the book including her preface notes to the text and other material as submitted for publication with many corrections additions and deletions by her editor at the University of Pittsburgh Press 4to 152 pages rectos only._3 Truxall's copy of the published book 8vo 96 pp. illustrated cloth and boards dust jacket very good with the signature "Truxall" at the head of the front flap of the dust jacket._4 File of Truxall's notes toward the project genealogical material historical material concerning various Pennsylvania military units serving in the Civil War 1950s-era Civil War battlefield leaflets three topographical maps of the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania area and a few related newspaper clippings._5 Carte-de-visite photograph of Corporal Adam Bright 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches mounted on a slightly larger card in uniform sitting in a studio probably from 1864 with the backmark: "R.W. Addis / Photographer / 308 Penna Avenie / Washington D.C." All of the letters folded. Some foxing and a little staining to a few of the letters one repaired with tape the envelopes worn and variously soiled and stained; some postage stamps still affixed. Adam Bright enlisted in the 9th Pennsylvania Infantry in early 1861 and served with his unit in the various campaigns of the Army of the Potomac until the unit was mustered out of service in April 1864; he returned to civilian life in western Pennsylvania. His brother Michael enlisted in the 77th Pennsylvania regiment later in 1861 and served with that unit in the various campaigns of the Army of the Cumberland until killed in action on the first day at Chickamauga in September 1863._"The accounts of camp living the primitive practices of the army the methods of handling the distribution of rations the rumors of the immediate end of the war always erroneous and probably the result of wishful thinking on the part of the soldiers and the enlisted men's evaluations of the generals are all very interesting. But the most fascinating picture that emerges is that of two ordinary young men performing a duty that patriotism required of them in spite of the perils of battlefield and camp life while fighting the silent and lonely battle of homesickness which has always been the bane of soldiers" from Harry R. Beck 's review in The Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine vol. 46 no. 1 Jan. 1863. unknown books
1844réf. 37320Maysville KY: Collins & Brown 1844. 8vo. 298 pp. Original brown cloth gilt on spine; some foxing but very good. First edition. Coleman 1: "A valuable work on early Kentucky agriculture and livestock raising. Contains chapters on the hemp industry of Kentucky crop rotations and soil building. Collins & Brown unknown books
1844réf. 4255London: Smith Elder & Co 1844. Sewn pamphlet. 44pp. Very good. HOWES T161. Smith, Elder & Co unknown books
2018réf. 313120Oakland: University of California 2018. hardcover. very good/very good. A few illustrations. ix 277 pages 8vo blue boards d.w.; spine lightly rubbed minor wear to edges of dust wrapper. Oakland: University of California Press 2018. Internally fine a very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. University of California unknown books
2003réf. 25504New York: powerHouse Books 2003. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 2003 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp Near Fine dustjacket. Both the book and the dj show just the tiniest hint of bumping at the front panel's lower front tip. Oblong octavo crisp striking black-and-white Helen Levitt reproductions throughout. Foreword by The New Yorker's Adam Gopnik. powerHouse Books unknown books
1971réf. 25360New York: The Dial Press 1971. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A bright clean copy of the 1971 stated 1st printing. Tight and Fine in a crisp Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo a number of black-and-white photographs complementing the no-holds-barred narrative. The Dial Press unknown books
1801réf. 23364Dublin: P. Wogan Gilbert Hodges W. Porter J. Moore B. Dornin 1801. Full calf. Very Good. Very early Irish editions of "The Wealth of Nations" both volumes published out of Dublin in mixed states. Vol. I is the 1801 "sixth edition with additions"; and Vol. II is the 1785 "fourth edition with additions". Thick uniform octavos both volumes bound identifically in their contemporary-to-the-period full calf with professionally handsomely rebacked spines ansd new endsheets. The original text and bindings have held up very well: solid and VG with bright crisp pages. Only the original title page of Vol. I shows notable wear with creasing several small closed tears and soiling along the top-edge. Originally published out of London in 1776 this elegant early set out of Dublin though mismatched editions remains very presentable and deeply historic. P. Wogan, Gilbert, Hodges, W. Porter, J. Moore, B. Dornin unknown books
1891réf. 10075Montreal: J. McConniff 1891. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. Wonderful late 19th century souvenir album of Toronto with crisp black-and-white photos and etchings thruout complementing the text. Solid and VG in its pasted pictorial boards over russet cloth. Light soiling to the cloth very light staining at the foot of the last 10 or so pages not affecting the text or plates. Oblong octavo 64 pgs. J. McConniff unknown books
1880réf. S9851Halle a.S.:: R. Nietschmann 1880. 1880. 8vo. 30 1 pp. Self-wraps; paper browned disbound. Good. R. Nietschmann, 1880. paperback books
réf. 06714Paris: chez Bulla et chez Aumont 1830. Victor Adam's Masterpiece of the Bullring A Superb Hand-Colored Copy with an Autograph Presentation Inscription by the Artist ADAM Victor Jean Victor Adam. Combat du Taureau / Corrida de Toros Bull Fight. Douze sujets dessinés d'après nature par Victor Adam. Paris: chez Bulla et chez Aumont ca. 1830. First edition. Oblong folio 13 7/16 x 18 7/8 inches; 341 x 480 mm. Twelve superb hand-colored lithograph plates all heightened with gum arabic. Autograph presentation inscription in French signed by Victor Adam mounted on the verso of the front blank. Plate III with a neat one-inch repair to the lower blank margin; a few occasional minor marginal marks. The colors exceptionally bright and fresh throughout. Three-quarter dark blue morocco over marbled boards. Front cover with large rectangular dark blue morocco label bordered and lettered in gilt. Spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt and lettered in gilt compartments. A magnificent example of one of the masterpieces of French Romantic lithography further enhanced by a presentation inscription from the artist himself. Jean Victor Adam was among the most celebrated French lithographers of the nineteenth century. Trained under Regnault and Meynier he achieved success at an early age and went on to become one of the most prolific and accomplished printmakers of the Romantic era. Although he worked in a wide variety of genres - including military subjects equestrian scenes genre studies and book illustration - his most desirable color-plate works are generally those produced during the height of his lithographic career in the 1830s and 1840s. Combat du Taureau occupies an important place in the visual history of the corrida. Drawn "d'après nature" the series follows the spectacle of the bullfight through its successive stages from the ceremonial entrance into the arena to the final estocade. Adam combines remarkable powers of observation with a dramatic sense of movement and composition producing a sequence that captures both the pageantry and violence of the event. Particular attention is paid throughout to the anatomy and movement of the bull lending the series an unusual degree of vitality and authenticity. Particularly desirable is the present copy's rich contemporary hand-coloring heightened with gum arabic which imparts exceptional brilliance and depth to the plates. Copies colored in this manner are among the most attractive manifestations of Adam's work and vividly convey the color spectacle and theatricality of the bullring. The volume is further distinguished by an autograph presentation inscription in French signed by Adam and mounted on the verso of the front blank. A remarkably scarce suite. We have located only one imperfect example lacking half the plates in the dispersal of the library at Howth Castle in 2021. The work is recorded by Palau Manual del Librero Hispano-Americano 2598 an appropriate inclusion given its Spanish subject matter and bilingual captions and appears today to survive primarily in a small number of institutional and private collections. An example is preserved in the library of the Real Maestranza de Caballería de Ronda one of the foremost repositories of bullfighting literature and iconography. Bénézit notes that Adam's finest lithographic work belongs to the period before his production became increasingly commercial after 1848. Combat du Taureau belongs squarely to this earlier and more desirable phase and is today recognized as one of the artist's most important and visually impressive color-plate publications. One of the finest pictorial representations of the bullfight produced during the Romantic era and a cornerstone work in any serious collection of taurine literature sporting art or nineteenth-century French lithography. Reference: Palau 2598; Not in Bobins. Paris: chez Bulla et chez Aumont, 1830 unknown books
réf. 06465Paris: Hautecoeur Frères 1860. Sixteen Fine Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates Many with Several Scenes ADAM Albert illustrator. Scènes Comiques d'après Nature. Plates lithographed by Godard. Paris: Hautecoeur Frères 1860. Oblong octavo 6 5/16 x 10 inches; 161 x 253 mm. Hand colored lithographed title-page and sixteen highly amusing hand-colored lithograph plates many with several images on the page. Publisher's pictorial green boards neatly rebacked to style. Neat ink inscription dated 1860 on front free endpaper. An excellent example of a highly amusing caricature album with a definite equestrian theme. This work appears to have been issued in parts the present example representing a single livraison comprising sixteen plates as issued in the publisher's original lithographed boards. We have previously handled a larger example containing thirty-two plates almost certainly formed by the combination of two such parts as is frequently encountered with mid-nineteenth century caricature albums. Copies in original boards preserving the integrity of the initial issue are distinctly uncommon. OCLC & KVK locate no copies in libraries and institutions worldwide. Albert ADAM 1833-1900 was the son of Caricaturist and lithographer Jean Victor Adam 1801-1867 whom he often assisted with his commissions. The Plates: 1. Un Chien emporté with two other smaller scenes 2. Culbute à la Marche 3. Désagrément du Macadam with two other smaller scenes 4. Le Pot de fer et le Pot de terre with two other smaller scenes 5. Une Famille d'Allemands 6. Touché !!! with three other smaller scenes 7. Ces Messieurs s'amusent with five other smaller scenes 8. C'est celle-là! qui est une betè de premier mérite with one other smaller scene 9. Une branche de salut with three other smaller scenes 10. Une belle Famille with four other smaller scenes 11. Un accident imprévu with two other smaller scenes 12. Un Cheval qui a couru à la Marche with five other smaller scenes 13. Voiture à l'usage des amateurs de culbutes with one other smaller scene 14. Le Dejeuner interrompu 15. Arrosement public et gratis with four other smaller scenes 16. La Ruade with five other smaller scenes. Paris: Hautecoeur Frères, 1860 unknown books
1734réf. 1409656Amsterdam: Janssons à Waesberge 1734. First French Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 14 227 7 pages plus frontispiece and plates iii-xvi xviii-xxii xxiv-xxvi xxviii 24 total. In Very Good minus condition. In plum leather quarter binding with marbled paper boards; spine with gilt fillets ant titling. Mild shelf wear to boards with some rubbing along edges of leather elements and shallow chipping to the head of the spine. Text block shows light wear along edges. Lightly age toned and sparsely foxed throughout. Faint stain on front endpaper with some other scattered faint stains throughout. Shelved in Room A. 1409656. Special Collections - Upstairs. Janssons à Waesberge hardcover books
1903réf. 1410032Wien Vienna: Verlag Von Josef Šafář 1903. First Edition. Loose folio. Folio xvi pages plus 6 chromolithograph plates. In Good plus condition. Quarter-bound in black cloth with paper boards with text to front and rear cover. Boards have minor fraying to spine ends bumping to corners chipping to edges and significant scuffing throughout. Textblock has cracking and tears to spine a previous owner's signature to the interior front board a stain to the title page light age toning and scuffing throughout. Plates have light age toning contemporary creasing slight tears to creases on plates 2-6 impacting text on plates 3 and 4. Text in German Italian English and French. Shelved in Room F Elephant. 1410032. Special Collections - Upstairs. Verlag Von Josef Šafář unknown books
réf. 05952Paris & London: V. Morlet & McLean 1830. Twelve Superb Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Depicting Scenes from the Debtor's Prison of Sainte-Pélagie ADAM Victor. Album de Sainte-Pélagie Prison de la Dette. Gravures réhaussées à l'aquarelle. Douze scènes intérieures dessinées et lithographiées d'après nature par V. Adam. Paris & London: Publié par V. Morlot & Mc.Léan n.d. ca. 1830. First edition. Oblong folio 10 5/8 x 13 7/8 inches; 270 x 352 mm. 4 pp. of descriptive text. Twelve numbered hand-colored lithographed plates. Plates lithographed by Bernard. Each plate with the publisher's oval blind-stamp in lower blank margin. Bound without the printed title-page. Mid-nineteenth century quarter red calf over marbled boards smooth spine ruled and lettered in gilt. A superb example with fine contemporary hand-coloring. The plates are captioned: "L'Écrou;" "Chambre du détenu malheureux;" "Chambre du détenu philosophe;" "Les Élections;" "Le Cabinet de lecture;" "Le Cabaret;" "Le Café;" "Le Repas dans la cour;" "Les Jeux dans la cour;" "Le Bain du créancier;" "Le Paye;" and "Sortie du débiteur;." A rare album depicting various scenes at the Parisian prison of Sainte-Pélagie. This prison once located in the 5th arrondissement was active from 1790-1899 and housed many renowned prisoners during and after the French Revolution including the Marquis de Sade. In this series Adam conveys in various scenes of prison life the dignified squlor to which its inhabitants were reduced. Exceptionally rare. We have only seen this book once before - a copy with modern hand-coloring which we sold in 2003. OCLC locates just one copy - BCU Dorigny Lausanne Switzerland. Jean Victor Adam 1801-1866 was a French painter and lithographer. Born in Paris he was the son of Jean Adam an esteemed engraver. During the years 1814 to 1818 he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and also in the ateliers of Meynier and Régnault. In 1819 he exhibited 'Herminia succouring Tancred.' He was almost immediately afterwards employed to paint various subjects for the Museum at Versailles amongst which are 'The Entry of the French into Mainz' 'The Battle of Varroux' 'The Taking of Menin 'The Battle of Castiglione' 'The Passage of the Cluse' 'The Battle of Montebello' 'The Capitulation of Meiningen;' the last three in association with Alaux. He also exhibited down to the year 1838: 'Henry IV. after the Battle of Coutras' 'Trait of Kindness in the Duke de Berri' 'The Postillion' 'The Vivandiere' 'The Road to Poissy' 'The Return from the Chase' 'Horse-fair at Caen' and numerous other subjects. He then retired from publicity till 1846 when he appeared as the exhibitor of some works in lithography to which branch of art he afterwards restricted himself. In this line he produced a lithographic album 'Views in the Environs of Paris' 'Studies of Animals for an edition of Buffon' &c. He obtained a gold medal in 1824 a second class medal in 1836 besides several others from Lille Douai and other cities. He died at Viroflay in 1866. "Beraldi assigns between 7000 and 8000 designs to Victor Adam 1801-1865.A Parisian by birth he remained in the capital all his life but this did not prevent him from drawing negroes Turks Chinese and other peoples all over the world in his Paris studio. He was famous indeed as a faiseur de bonshommes that is to say a specialist in adding groups of small figures to the foreground of architectural or landscape drawings by other artists.His immense production contains many amusing albums concerning the life of the time" Ray The Art of the French Illustrated Book p. 194. Sainte-Pélagie was a debtor's prison in Paris in active use from 1790 to 1899. The former Parisian prison was located between the current group of buildings bearing No. 56 Rue de la Clef with Rue du Puits-de-l'Ermite in the 5th arrondissement of Paris at the old Place Sainte-Pélagie. The penal structure held many noted prisoners during the French Revolution with Madame Roland Grace Dalrymple Elliott and Marie-Louise O'Murphy being among the known prisoners. After the revolution the Marquis de Sade was imprisoned here as was the young mathematician Évariste Galois. During the July Monarchy the "April insurgees" were also detained there and some managed to escape through a tunnel. The painter Gustave Courbet was also imprisoned there for his activities in the Paris Commune. Bobins V 1524. Paris [&] London: V. Morlet [&] McLean, 1830 unknown books
réf. 05978Paris: Sazerac et Duval Engelmann Langlumè & Brossier 1824. First Edition of the Illustrator's First Book One Year in the Life of a Young Man Depicted in Seventeen Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates ADAM Victor. Un An de la Vie d un Jeune Homme. Histoire véritable en 17 Chapitres. Escrits par lui-même et Lithographiés par Victor Adam. Paris: Sazerac et Duval Engelmann Langlumè & Brossier 1824. First edition. Folio 13 9/16 x 10 3/8 inches; 345 x264 mm. Lithograph title-page and seventeen superb hand-colored lithograph plates printed by Langlumé. Some occasional light marginal foxing plate 10 with two neatly repaired small closed tears to lower blank margin. All plates with the blind stamp of the publisher Sazerac et Duval in lower blank margin. Small circular library stamp of Bernard Franck at foot of title-page and also on front free endpaper. Contemporary quarter dark-green scored calf over green paper boards. Smooth spine ruled in gilt tan morocco label lettered in gilt board edges worn. With the bookplate of celebrated collector Bernard Franck on front free endpaper. An excellent example of a very rare suite of hand-colored lithographs by Victor Adam. Victor Adam 1801-1865 is better known for his later works of pictorial journalism or for his many lithographs of military history than for his early works of fashion and society life. "His immense production contains many amusing albums concerning the life of the time such as Un an dans la vie de jeune homme. This series is a sort of bourgeois rake's progress. A young man from the country comes to Paris to sample its pleasures. He acquires a new wardrobe; buys a horse; is duped by gamblers makes a conquest of a pretty lady; exclaims 'Jasmin! she seemed so artless' as he lies recovering from the resulting malady; is imprisoned for debt; writes at last to 'the old one' a buxom woman of means; and is accepted by her in the final plate. The series is unusual among the albums of the time in that it tells a consecutive story and it certainly has more spirit and finish than Adam's usual work" Ray. A lovely copy of the first book by this gifted painter and illustrator. Very scarce. Bernard Franck 1849-1924 Born in Paris Franck was a veteran of the 1870 Franco-Prussian War during which he was awarded the Medaille Militaire. He was an industrialist specializing in the manufacturing of military equipment. His success in business enabled him to become an inveterate collector. He amassed his vast collection over 45 years from 1875 to 1920. The collection consisted of 18th Century and early 19th Century objects - miniature portraits many emphasizing military subjects medals and decorations armory uniforms paintings engravings a variety of bibelots. Besides the miniature portraits especially noteworthy was Franck's collection of Carnets de Bal dance cards. He sold this collection to J.P. Morgan around 1910. Before doing so he had the collection reproduced in an album entitled "Collection de 124 carnets de bal du XVIIIe siecle/formee par M.Bernard Franck a Paris de l'annee 1875 au 23 avril 1902". Only 20 albums were produced of which one is in the Watson Library of the Metropolitan Museum and one in the Morgan Library autographed by Franck to Morgan. Franck died in 1924. The collection that follows has been held within the family since that time. me. The Plates: 1. J'arrive! I arrive! 2. Je ne me reconnais plus. I do not recognize myself anymore. 3. C'est superbe! It is superb! 4. Elle me regarde! Dieu quel bonheur! She's looking at me! God what happiness! 5. C'est une femme honnête. She is an honest woman. 6. Je ne pouvais pas aller à pied. I couldn't walk. 7. C'est à qui m'aura. Who's going to get me 8. Comment Docteur! How Doctor! 9. Jasmin!.elle avait l'air si ingénu!! Jasmine! . she looked so ingenuous !! 10. Quel guignon! What a mess! 11. Des mémoires! Fi donc. Memories! Fi then. 12. Je le savais. I knew it. 13. St. Pelagie.charmant séjour! St. Pelagie. lovely stay! 14. Quels inhumains! Me mettre dehors! What inhumans! Kick me out! 15. Aux grands maux les grands remédes. To great ills great remedies. 16. La simpiternelle serait ma bisaïeule. The simpiternal would be my grandmother. 17. Il faut faire une Fin! Je lépouse. We must make an End! I marry him. Paris: Sazerac et Duval, Engelmann, Langlumè & Brossier, , 1824 unknown books
réf. 05698Madrid: Estamperias de los Suizos 1846. The Military Costume of the Spanish Army Thirty-two Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Victor Adam after José Villegas ADAM Victor illustrator. VILLEGAS José. Album Militar. Coleccion de uniformes del ejercito Español pintadas por D.J. Villegas y lithografiados por V. Adam. Madrid: Estamperias de los Suizos 1846. First edition. Folio 12 1/16 x 9 1/4 inches; 307 x 235 mm. Pictorial lithograph title page and thirty-two superb hand colored lithograph plates by Victor Adam after José Villegas all on stubs. Printed by Godard and Lemercier. Six of the plates are very slightly toned but not affecting images. The thirty-two plates are bound out of order. Early twentieth century three-quarter red morocco over marbled boards spine with five raised bands ruled in blind and lettered in gilt in compartments marbled endpapers top edge gilt. This extremely rare Spanish work on the military costume of the Spanish Army was issued without text save for a title page. The composition of the subjects is superb but the chief glory of this work is the exceptional hand-coloring. OCLC locates just one complete copy in libraries and institutions worldwide: Brown University RI US. The Bibliotheque Nationale de France and the Kunstbilio Staatliche Museen zu Berlin have just 25 of the 32 plates apparently uncolored. The only copy that we can locate at auction over the past fifty years was at Sotheby's Hodgsons in 1979 24 of 25 hand-colored plates only. Colas 3016 25 plates only; Lipperheide 2361 25 plates only; Not in Bobins. According to Colas 3017 and Hiler p. 881 there was an undated edition with 34 hand colored plates. Colas 3016 25 plates only; Lipperheide 2361 25 plates only; Not in Bobins. Madrid: Estamperias de los Suizos, 1846 unknown books
réf. 05603Paris: Chez Dero-Becker 1840. The Military Costumes of France Forty-Two Superb Hand Colored Lithographs by Victor Adam ADAM Victor. Collection des Costumes Militaires Armée Francaise 1832 Représentés dans des Sujets de Genre. Lithographie par V. Adam. Paris: Chez Dero-Becker ca. 1840. First edition. Oblong folio 10 7/8 x 14 1/4 inches; 278 x 362 mm. Forty-two superb hand colored lithograph plates all heightened with gum arabic. Bound by the Atelier Bindery for Charles Scribners Sons in three-quarter red morocco over red cloth boards. Spine with five raised bands lettered in gilt in second compartment marbled endpapers. Original pictorial lithograph wrapper on front paste-down. A fine complete copy of Adam's military costumes of France with superb original hand-coloring. This rare French work on military costume was issued without text save for a wrapper title a portion of which appears with this copy mounted to the front pastedown. The composition of the subjects is superb but the chief glory of the work is its exceptionally beautiful hand-coloring. Colas describes the work which should contain 42 plates as "Tres rare complet". OCLC & KVK locate just four complete copies in libraries and institutions worldwide: Brown University RI US; Union Catalogue of Belgian Libraries; Austrian National Library; Universitats- und Landesbibliothek Darm Germany. The Plates: 1. Garde Nationale. National Guard. 2. Dragons. Dragoons. 3. Marechal de Camp. Camp Marechal. 4. Hussards. Hussars. 5. Lanciers. Cavalerie de la ligne. Lancers. Line cavalry. 6. Artillerie de la la Ligne. Artillery of the Line. 7. Carabiniers. Carabineros. 8. Lanciers 1er régiment. Lancers 1st regiment. 9. Corps Municipal de la Ville de Paris. Garde á cheval grande tenue petite tenue et tenue d'ecurie Garde á pieds grande tenue. Municipal body of the City of Paris. Horse guard full dress light dress and stable outfit Foot guard full dress. 10. Infanterie de Ligne. Grenadier Voltigeur Soldat du Centre. Line Infantry. Grenadier Voltigeur Soldier of the Center. 11. Infantrie Officiers. Infantry officers. 12. Artillerie a Pied. Grande tenue. Foot Artillery. Great outfit. 13. Cuirassiers. Cavalerie de réserve. Cuirassiers. Reserve cavalry. 14. Chasseurs. Hunters. 15. Garde Nationale de Paris. Sapeur. Voltigeur. Chasseur. Musicien et Tambour-Major. Paris National Guard. Sapper. Voltigeur. Hunter. Musician and Drum Major. 16. Gendarmes des Départemens. Grande et petite tenue. Departmental Gendarmes. Big and small outfit. 17. Sapeurs-Pompiers de la Ville de Paris. Grande et petite tenue. Firefighters of the City of Paris. Big and small outfit. 18. Train des Equipages. Crew Train. 19. Infanterie Legère. Light Infantry. 20. Marins. Sailors. 21. Dragons Officiers et Trompette. Dragoons Officers and Trumpet. 22. Gendarmes a Pied des Départemens. Departmental Foot Police. 23. Officiers de Hussards. Hussar officers. 24. Chirurgiens de l'Armèe. Army surgeons. 25. État Major de la Garde Nationale. General Staff of the National Guard. 26. Sapeurs du Génie Officiers et Soldat. Grande et petite tenue. Engineers Officers and Soldiers. Big and small outfit. 27. Infanterie Légére. Light Infantry. 28. Officiers d'Artillerie Grande et petite tenue. Artillery officers full and small uniform. 29. Officier Supérieur de Chasseurs Trompette et Soldat. Senior Officer of Hunters Trumpet and Soldier. 30. Général de Division. Division general. 31. Carabiniers. Grande et petite tenue. Carabineros. Big and small outfit. 32. Vétérans et Officiers d'Invalides. Veterans and Disabled Officers. 33. Cuirassiers. Cavalerie de Reserve. Cuirassiers. Reserve Cavalry. 34. Ecoles de Cavalerie St. Cyr et Polytechnique. Cavalry Schools St. Cyr and Polytechnique. 35. Régiments des Zoabes. Armées Français d'Affrique 1832. Zoabe regiments. French Armies of Africa 1832. 36. Lanciers et Chasseurs. Armées Françaises d'Affrique 1832. Lancers and Hunters. French Armies of Africa 1832. 37. Artillerie Légère. Light Artillery. 38. Garde Municipale. Officier Garde à cheval Capitaine Garde à pied petite tenue. Municipal Guard. Horse Guard Officer Foot Guard Captain small uniform. 39. Hussards en Campagne. Hussars in the Campaign. 40. Garde Natle. et Pompier de la Banlieue. National Guard and Suburban Firefighter. 41. Intendant Militaire. Military Intendant. 42. Officiers de Marine. Naval officers. Bobins IV 1204; Colas 34; Hiler p. 6; Not in Lipperheide; Vinet 2259 36 plates only. Paris: Chez Dero-Becker, 1840 unknown books
