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1783rif. WRCAM20585Madrid: En la Imprenta Real 1783. 494pp. in Spanish and French plus a map. Small quarto. Original plain wrappers. Spine bit chipped. A crisp near fine copy. In a half morocco and cloth case. This is the official Spanish printing of the treaty in which England and Spain make peace in the American Revolution. England gives the Floridas back to Spain and Spain returns the Bahamas to England. The navigation of the Belize and Hondo rivers is made common to both nations. They also settle all hostilities concerning the Revolution a necessary component of the final Peace of 1783. England's returning Florida to Spain provided the U.S. with a headache not resolved until the U.S. purchased Florida from Spain in 1819. The engraved map depicts the Hondo and Belize rivers. DAVENPORT 174. SABIN 96558. PALAU 339315. SERVIES 598. En la Imprenta Real hardcover books
1783rif. WRCAM34362Paris: Ph.-D. Pierres Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roi. 1783. 4pp. Quarto. Modern marbled boards leather label. Near fine. The final proclamation of peace between England and France in the American War of Independence. This is the version issued by the Paris police. Other editions were printed regionally in the same format. No copy of this printing is located on OCLC. Ph.-D. Pierres, Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roi... hardcover books
1783rif. WRCAM12780Paris 1783. 2 leaves printed in double-column format. Quarto. Later marbled boards leather label. Good. An unrecorded contemporary printing as a supplement to the official GAZETTE produced by the Imprimerie Royale of the peace treaty between France and England at the end of the American Revolution. Concluded on the same date as similar treaties between England and the United States and Spain this treaty enhanced the French position in the Caribbean and improved their position concerning fishing rights off Canada in India and elsewhere. hardcover books
1783rif. WRCAM34311Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale 1783. 3pp. Quarto. Later marbled boards leather label. Near fine. The proclamation by Louis XVI calling for a cessation of hostilities with Great Britain in the American War of Independence according to the agreements of Jan. 20 1783. This ordinance particularly addresses the end of naval hostilities between the two nations. Not in Wroth and Annan ACTS OF FRENCH ROYAL ADMINISTRATION. OCLC lists only a printing in Lille locating three copies. Rare. de l'Imprimerie Royale hardcover books
1783rif. WRCAM21253London 1783. 10pp. printed in double columns in parallel English and French. Small quarto. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. A very good crisp copy. This preliminary settlement had been a stumbling block to the general settlement of the other parties in the American Revolution. All other treaties were concluded the day after this one. It revolves mainly around questions of trade with various colonies. England's final treaty with Holland was not concluded until the following year. This is the official English edition of the preliminary articles. SABIN 65045. hardcover books
1783rif. WRCAM20839London 1783. 10pp. printed in double-column format in parallel French and English. Small quarto. Dbd. Some old minor ink underscoring. Else very good. Untrimmed. In a half morocco box. The official English publication of the preliminary articles of peace between Spain and England. By this treaty an armistice was concluded Britain gave back the Floridas to Spain and Spain restored the Bahamas to England. AMERICAN CONTROVERSY 83-44. DAVENPORT 170. unknown books
1783rif. WRCAM20840London 1783. 14pp. Quarto. Antique half calf and marbled boards. Some minimal old ink underscoring else a near fine copy untrimmed. The first British publication of the terms of peace agreed upon between France and England after the American Revolution. The French had hoped to obtain more from England in the final peace settlement but De Grasse's catastrophic naval loss to Rodney in the Caribbean in 1782 weakened their position and the American commissioners forced their hand by coming to their own accord with the British on Nov. 30 1782. By this treaty the British cede Newfoundland fishing rights return St. Lucia and Tobago to France and France gives back Nevis Grenada St. Kitts Montserrat and St. Vincent to the British as well as territorial exchanges in India. This treaty was vital to the final resolution of the American Revolution since the United States was pledged to move with France as an ally and was not in a position to settle without her. The final treaties of all the warring powers were signed on Nov. 3 1783. DAVENPORT 169. AMERICAN CONTROVERSY 83-45. hardcover books
1784rif. WRCAM34380Grenada: Printed by John Spahn 1784. 4pp. on a folio sheet folded once to quarto size. Splitting along most of the fold but the two leaves not detached. Stained along upper edge lightly tanned. Good. In a half morocco box. A very rare Grenada imprint printing extracts from the treaties which concluded the French and Indian War and the American Revolution especially those portions pertaining to Grenada and to Britain's guarantee of freedom of religion in her colonies. This proclamation was printed in Grenada by John Spahn and although undated was likely produced in 1784 following the news of Britain's re-acquisition of Grenada after the Treaty of Paris concluding the American Revolution. Four articles are reprinted from the Treaty of 1763 ending the French and Indian War: Article 4 passing all of Canada over to the British and ensuring freedom of religion to the former French subjects; Article 9 ceding Grenada the Grenadines St. Vincent Dominica and Tobago to the British and ensuring the same religious freedoms as those guaranteed to the former French subjects in Canada; and two articles pertaining to administrative matters. Four articles are also reprinted from the 1783 Treaty of Paris which ended the American Revolution: Article VII through which Britain ceded St. Lucia and Tobago to the French and in which the French guaranteed religious freedom to the Protestant inhabitants of the islands; Article VIII which gave Grenada the Grenadines St. Vincent's Dominica St. Christopher's Nevis and Montserrat and under which the British guaranteed religious freedom; and two other articles addressing legal and administrative questions. The third item reprinted is a proclamation by George III "given at Our Town of Fort Royal" in 1764 proclaims the sovereignty of British law on Grenada and the other recently acquired islands: "the laws of Great Britain are in force in this Island as far as the Nature and Circumstances of the Colony will permit; and that all other Jurisdictions Offices Commissions and Proceedings for the future not founded on those Our Laws of England are hereby declared to be absolutely determined utterly void and totally abolished." The Proclamation authorizes the calling of a General Assembly for the islands and gives the Governor General the power to institute laws and courts on the island until the legislature convenes. Printing on Grenada began as early as 1765 and continued through the French occupation of 1779-83. OCLC carries only one listing for John Spahn as a printer on Grenada - as publisher of the ST. GEORGE'S CHRONICLE AND GRENADA GAZETTE in 1800. Although the present extracts are undated it is most likely that they were printed shortly after the British regained control of Grenada in 1784. This document is not listed on OCLC nor are any Grenada imprints from the 1780s. A rare collection of treaty extracts carrying important information about the political and religious state of affairs in Grenada and the West Indies. Due to the humid climate in the area 18th-century imprints from the West Indies are virtually unobtainable. Printed by John Spahn unknown books
1783rif. WRCAM51461Caen 1783. 2pp. Quarto. Antique-style marbled boards gilt leather label. Near fine. Untrimmed. A regional printing of the official French proclamation of "bonne ferme stable & solide" peace between France and Great Britain bringing an end to the war of the American Revolution and warfare in other colonies and Europe. Although a preliminary peace had been negotiated in Paris as of Nov. 30 1782 with an armistice in effect as of Jan. 20 1783 the final treaty took many more months to conclude both because of last minute wrangling over fishing rights on the Grand Banks and delays in Trans-Atlantic ratification. The final treaties between France England and the United States were originally proclaimed on Nov. 3 1783 and this version of the announcement was printed at Caen on Dec. 27 1783. As a Channel port the notice of peace would have been of particular interest there. hardcover books
1814rif. WRCAM34343London 1814. 39pp. with text in French and English on facing pages. Half title. Small quarto. Dbd. Minor foxing half title detached but present. Very good. By this treaty the borders of France were returned to the status quo of 1792 including holdings in the Caribbean so that France got back Tobago St. Lucia and Martinique but had to return part of Santo Domingo. OCLC locates only three copies of this scarce printing. DAVENPORT 196. OCLC 38656503 24454998. unknown books
1783rif. WRCAM34309Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale 1783. 35pp. Quarto. Later marbled boards leather label. Very minor marginal dampstain throughout. Near fine untrimmed. The official French printing of the final treaty of peace between France and England in the American War of Independence concluded Sept. 3 1783 the same day as the final peace between the other powers in the conflict. Because of the French naval setbacks in 1782 the treaty resulted in little territorial loss for England and the powers returned each other's Caribbean possessions. Furthermore England's claims to Newfoundland were maintained and mutual fishing rights off the Canadian coast were agreed upon. The NUC and OCLC together locate nine copies of this scarce printing. DAVENPORT 171. SABIN 96557. OCLC 25450771 21984761. de l'Imprimerie Royale hardcover books
1783rif. WRCAM34308Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale 1783. Broadside 9 1/2 x 7 inches. Bound into later marbled boards leather label. Very good. A supplement to the ROYAL GAZETTE announcing that the peace treaties had been signed between France Spain England and the United States. No copies listed in OCLC. Rare. de l'Imprimerie Royale hardcover books
1783rif. WRCAM15743Paris 1783. 8pp. Tall folio designed to be folded with docket title sideways on last leaf. Later marbled boards leather label. Near fine. A French printing of the treaty between Spain and England adopted as part of the general peace of Sept. 3 1783. Through this treaty Spain reacquired the Floridas and the Mediterranean island of Minorca while Britain retained Gibraltar and acquired the Bahamas. This printing is unrecorded so far as we can discover. It seems to have been printed for the use of the French commissioners at the time of signing and is in folio form with docket printed on the side so that it could be folded and put in a file. It probably represents a printing during the later stages of the negotiation process. OCLC locates only microfiche copies made from an original in the Public Archives of Canada. Rare. DAVENPORT 174. OCLC 19494242. A different printing of this treaty is recorded as: SERVIES 598. SABIN 96558. PALAU 339315. hardcover books
1829rif. WRCAM10411Ithaca 1829. 360pp. Contemporary calf spine gilt leather label. Spine and boards worn leather label partially detached. Moderate age-toning and dampstaining. A good copy. Includes a section on the war with Algiers and the resulting peace treaty segments from the U.S. army register and peace treaties with various North American Indian tribes. HOWES D128. SABIN 18875. hardcover books
1783rif. WRCAM15744Bilbao 1783. 10pp. Quarto. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. Very good. A rare Spanish edition of the preliminary articles of peace between Spain and England which ended their conflict in the American Revolution. The primary impact of this treaty was to return the Floridas to Spain thus setting the stage for conflicts between the United States and Spain on its southern and western borders and ending twenty years of British control of the Floridas which had effectively been lost when Galvez seized Pensacola in 1781. DAVENPORT 170. SERVIES 597 Madrid ed. hardcover books
1875rif. WRCAM40335N.p. but possibly Paris 1875. Forty engraved plates. Folio. Contemporary green half calf and marbled boards spine gilt. Spine faded. Lightly rubbed at extremities. Bookplate on front pastedown. First plate lightly age- toned. Some very minor scattered foxing else bright and clean internally. Very good. A volume of engravings depicting the voyage of the ship Bellone and seafaring life. Following the "title" plate which is numbered 21 are scenes of Africa primarily in Senegal. These plates depict the natives villages and cities. After the scenes of Africa are plates depicting maritime life evidently on a French naval vessel in the Atlantic. These images are much more delicately engraved and are not numbered. The first few of these detail a "day in the life" of a sailor from morning muster and breakfast through scrubbing the deck and inspection and shore leave. Two plates of Uruguay and two unidentified landscapes are also inexplicably inserted in the midst of this sequence. An interesting and perhaps unique compilation of travel and maritime images. hardcover books
1997rif. 16708Paris: Musee Marmottan 1997. Softcover. VG Ex-library with few markings and labels bookplate on inside front cover cover is bending up a bit but otherwise the book is in Like New condition. Black wraps 139 pp. numerous bw and color plates. Text is in French. It follows the typical exhibition catalogue structure and is glossy and nice with bold color plates. In addition to the paintings of Berthe Morisot 1841-1895 the volume also includes selected works from Louis Beraud Camille Corot Honore Daumier Edgar Degas Eugene Delacroix Gustave Dore Robert Hubert Edouard Manet Julie Manet Claude Monet Auguste Renoir Ernest Rouart and Henri Rouart. Musee Marmottan paperback books
1760rif. 14266Amsterdam: Chez Pierre Mortier 1760. Boards. Very Good. Vol 1: III-XVI 727 pages. Vol 2: 2 743 pages. Vol 3: 2 648 pages. Vol 4: 8 404 XXXVI 372 2 III-VIII 256 pages. 4 x 6 1/2 inches 12mo. Uniform period leather bindings with gold decoration to the spine panel leather labels and paper label as well on 4th volume. Leather is rubbed and scuffed corners worn spines hard to read. Second volume has tear to leather at top of spine. Bindings are fundamentally sound. Clean internally. First 3 volumes have decorated pastedown endpapers but plain flyleaves. Last volume has marbled endpapers. Not collated assumed complete sold as is. Boards. Roughly translated "A general table index of the matters contained in the history and the memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris from the year 1699 through 1734". Three volumes complete covering the alphabet A-Z. Together with the fourth volume not usually found covering years 1735-1751 and including a history of the Royal Academy of Sciences published in 1760 complete in one volume plus another index. Chez Pierre Mortier unknown books
1880rif. 19276Washington DC: GPO 1880. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Very good. Vols. 1-4. 23.5 x 16.5 cm. Voluminously illustrated: plates some folding and diagrams. Vol. I: Report of the commissioner general list of exhibitors and awards. Vol.II: Fine Arts. Vol. III: Iron and steel ceramics and glassware. Vol. IV: Chemical processes mining machinery clocks and watches. Backstrip extremities chipped a few corners worn gilt front cover medallions generally sound. GPO hardcover books
1979rif. 260573Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou 1979. First. paperback. very good. Frontispiece and hundreds of illustrations some in color. 580 pages with text in French. Thick 4to stiff pictorial wrappers spine just a bit creased. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou 1979. First edition. A very good copy. Exhibition catalogue. Centre Georges Pompidou unknown books
1959rif. 58518Paris: Centre Culturel Americain 1959. Ten mimeographed leaves stapled upper left. Fine. Produced for distribution at this 1959 exhibition. Text in French. Catalogue of American writers from Margaret Anderson to Thomas Wolfe who parked in Paris during the 20s. Paris: Centre Culturel Americain unknown books
1831rif. 29546London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. 1831. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1st printing of the 8vo edition; Volume I has an engraved frontispiece portrait Volume II has a folding plate showing a facsimile of Davy's handwriting. Smooth brown leather in gilt and blind double frame gilt stamped spine with raised bands five panels with panels two and four holding the title and volume number. Volume I has a few scuffs to center panel small chip to front free endpaper previous owner's stamp and neat inscription joints rubbed with very small starts at joint heads. Volume II is in similar condition but panel two of spine has its left half chipped away affecting the title and the leather of panel five is missing entirely resulting in 1½" chip showing the underlying binding. The price is adjusted to account for the binding defects. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; I: xvi 416; viii1 pp. 463 pp . Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley hardcover books
1870rif. 25408Paris France: Achille Quinet 1870. A large-format albumen process photographic image of the bridge & the Conciergerie; laid down to thin cardstock with the studio stamp in red ink of Achille Quinet below the photo at bottom right. Image approx. 7 1/2" x 10" size; the cardstock makes it approx. 12 1/2" x 17 3/4" overall. No date noted; circa 1870. Cardstock with a little spotting little bit of rippling; image clear and well-taken a good detailed view of the building & bridge; in very good condition. A nice example of the work of French photographer Achille Leon Quinet 1831 - 1907. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Achille Quinet paperback books
1880rif. 20270Paris: Librairie D'Art 1880. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. three quarter green morocco and marbled boards. Teg. Very good. Unpaginated approx. 100 pages in text. 28.5 x 21. cm. 34 plates in photogravure by Goupil of stunning quality printed recto only 64 illustrations hors texte. A juried selection of painting and sculpture and not surprisingly academic taste does not portent success -- Dore and Rodin were relegated to 3rd class medals and St. Gaudens awarded honorable mention in the Sculpture Section. The Medal of Honor winner for painting Aime-Nicolas Morot now largely forgotten as were his American apprentice artists Foster Bogert and Haseltine -- all in the academic style. Text by Daniel Bernard Rene Delorme Herni Demesse Fourcaud Gustave Goetschy J-K. Huysmans Frelix Jayher Eugene Montrosier Gaston Schefer Armand Silvestere and Marius Vachon. Scattered light text toning plates clean backstirp chipped head and foot corners rubbed. Librairie D'Art hardcover books
2000rif. 352012000. Softcover. VG Small sticker on back cover; Sticker residue on spine; Otherwise as new. Pictorial wraps. 528 pp. 343 bw and color plates`. Text in French. Includes critical analysis of oeuvre and chronology. paperback books
