CHARRON (Pierre)Livre Rare Book
De la Sagesse
1783rif. 002461Paris, Bastien, 1783
Henri Picard et Fils · Paris, Francia3500,00 €
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1957rif. 8665AWesterham Press Limited London 1957 HB NODJ issuedBound in full vellum LEATHER with a gold feur de lis pattern Decorative Cover decorated Beautifully in Gold Gilt Cover Has Very Slight Curve1957 1st Limited Edition Blue Slipcase small Stain & light wear 66 pgs edges pages Gold Gilt Minor Wear 5 1/2 X 9 inches NF/VG AS-IS NODJ. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Westerham Press Limited London hardcover
1783rif. 002461Paris, Bastien, 1783
1777rif. AMO-4489A Genève et se trouve à Paris, chés la Veuve Duchêne, 1777. 2 parties reliées en 1 volume in-12 (17,7 x 10,2 cm environ) de 244 et 244 pages (+ 6 feuillets non chiffrés). 15 figures hors-texte. Reliure de l'époque plein veau brun tacheté à l'acide, dos lisse à faux-nerfs filetés, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouge pâle, doublures et gardes de papier marbré. Exemplaire très frais conservé dans sa première reliure. Exemplaire bien complet des 6 feuillets de Revue des ouvrages de l'auteur qui manquent presque toujours à la fin du volume. Quelques restaurations professionnelles de qualité à la reliure (mors, coiffes et coins), petite épidermure au premier plat (coin inférieur). Les restaurations sont à peine visibles. L'ensemble est de très grande qualité. Edition originale et unique édition du premier ouvrage illustré de Rétif de la Bretonne.
1688rif. 47558London: Printed for John Taylor at the Ship in S. Paul's Church-Yard 1688. .Measures of Land. Moreover a More Facile and Sure Way of Surveying by the Chain than has Hitherto Been Taught. As also How to Lay-out New Lands in America or elsewhere: And how to make a Perfect Map of a River's Mouth or Harbour; with several other Things never yet Publish'd in our Language. Leather scuffed corners heavily bumped with minor loss light but large stain to front board front hinge heavily cracked and front board nearly detached rear hinge weak and rear gutter cracked. Heavy period ink mathematical notes to both pastedowns with the odd calculation to logarithm tables to rear and odd pencil mathematical drawing or calculation at certain points within. Previous owner stamp to title page. Some dampspots and general discolouration to closed edges. The occasional fingerprint spot or light stain to pages otherwise text block tight text and diagrams in good order clean and bright. Full Leather. Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo. Printed for John Taylor, at the Ship in S. Paul's Church-Yard Hardcover
rif. 100391aafParis, "La Connaissance", (typographie de R. Coulouma, Argenteuil), 1926, gr. in-8vo, 2 ff., titre en bistre et noir + XII + 215 ff., orné de 166 bandeaux et culs-de-lampe, gravés sur cuivre et tirés en bistre + 15 pointes-sèches rehaussées à la gouache et à l'aquarelle (coloris de Tabary), non rogné, minime déchirure en haut de la page de garde devant, reliure en maroquin mosaïqué faite à la main par Vera Créola sur brochure originale illustrée (avec une jolie vignette en couleurs).
1830rif. 000655Paris Levavasseur 1830
2003rif. G0723432392I4N00Mosby Ltd. 2003. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Mosby Ltd. hardcover
Four volumes. A COMPLETE SET, ON SPECIAL PAPER, OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PUBLICATION OF SPANISH MEDIEVAL TEXTS. Comprises, IN FIRST EDITION, (I) the Poema del Cid, (II) the complete works of Berceo, (III) the Poem of Alejandro Magno, and (IV) the Arcipreste de Hita's Libro de buen amor (this fourth volume is almost always missing.) This is A SPECIAL SET, PRINTED ON THICK PAPER. This is furthermore AN ASSOCIATION COPY, from the library of DANIEL DEVOTO AND MARIA BEATRIZ DEL VALLE-INCLAN (their stamp on rear endpapers). Devoto (1916-2001) was an important intellectual figure who counted among his close friends many of the great literary figures of 20th-century Spain, France, and Latin America. He wrote many books and articles, some of which concern the texts which appear in the present publication. COMPLETE WITH ALL HALF-TITLES. 8vos. ATTRACTIVELY BOUND IN SPANISH CALF. Tiny traces of wear to bindings, else an EXCELLENT SET. In the introduction to his edition of El poema del Cid, Colin Smith emphasizes the great importance of this publication, pointing out that Sanchez was way ahead of his time as a textual editor. AN OUTSTANDING SET OF AN EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT PUBLICATION, WITH A FINE PROVENANCE.
1754rif. AMO-4507Sans lieu, sans nom, 1754 [Paris, Grangé]. 5 volumes petits in-12 (16 x 10 cm | Hauteur des marges : 158 mm) de (2)-VI-(2)-368, (2)-283-(1), (2)-390 pages et 1 feuillet de table paginé par erreur 387/388, (2)-320, (2)-314-(2) pages chiffrées, sans compter les feuillets liminaires et les feuillets de table. Chaque volume possède un titre-frontispice gravé à l'eau-forte d'après Choffard. Reliure plein maroquin bleu nuit, dos à nerfs, chiffre couronné répété (voir provenance) dans les caissons aux dos et dans les angles des plats, encadrement intérieur composé de roulettes et filets dorés, doublures et gardes de papier peigne, non rogné (ébarbé), relié sur brochure. Splendide exemplaire parfaitement établi par Capé au milieu du XIXe siècle, exceptionnellement grand de marges. Très frais. Nouvelle édition.
1931rif. 20137Bibliophiles de l'Automobile-Club de France 1931 1 Préface en partie inédite de M.Théodore Decalandre, illustré d'eaux-fortes en couleur à 2 planches de J.-E. Laboureur. Paris, les Bibliophiles de l'Automobile-Club de France, 1931, grand in-8, maroquin vert, dos titré or, tête dorée, couverture imprimée, sous étui d'un papier façon tissage vert et noir bordé de maroquin vert, 6 pages, LII et 155 pages, (AT.Boichot Relieur).
rif. 140947542Winston-Salem NC: No publisher 1980. Very Good. Photo album containing candid snapshots of Maya Angelou and her friends and associates. Fifty-seven photos of which 23 are in color and 34 in black and white under glassine on sticky album pages. Bound in padded red and gold paper-covered boards handlettered label sticker to spine internal spiral binding. Very Good with rubbed lower edges fading to spine and split to paper at lower rear joint. Pages toned adhesive coating weak; most pictures have shifted around and are loose behind the glassine. Most of the photos were taken at the same event at Angelou's house during the 1980s though several near-duplicates depict Eugene B. Redmond and Ruth Love standing in front of an art installation. One street scene portrait of Redmond is inscribed on the back: "To Ruth - Best Imani. Street scene New York Fall '85." Maya Angelou moved to the North Carolinian city of Winston-Salem after accepting a lifetime professorship at Wake Forest University in 1981 which she held until her death in 2014. Angelou who appears in eleven of these photos found the experience transformative. She once told a USA Today reporter that "I'm not a writer who teaches. I'm a teacher who writes. But I had to work at Wake Forest to know that." Among Angelou's many guests was the poet and professor Eugene B. Redmond a longtime close friend who appears twenty-four times in this album and who stamped many of the photos on verso with "Compliments Poet-Eugene B. Redmond." The educator Ruth Love appears in forty of the photographs. As the Superintendent of the Oakland School system in the late 1970s she created programming to bring prominent African Americans including Maya Angelou face to face with students in order to inspire and educate them. The two women maintained their friendship and traveled to Ghana together in 1993. An intimate look into the personal life of one of the greatest figures of American writing touching in its ordinariness. [No publisher] unknown
rif. 140947542Winston-Salem NC: No publisher 1980. Very Good. Photo album containing candid snapshots of Maya Angelou and her friends and associates. Fifty-seven photos of which 23 are in color and 34 in black and white under glassine on sticky album pages. Bound in padded red and gold paper-covered boards handlettered label sticker to spine internal spiral binding. Very Good with rubbed lower edges fading to spine and split to paper at lower rear joint. Pages toned adhesive coating weak; most pictures have shifted around and are loose behind the glassine. Most of the photos were taken at the same event at Angelou's house during the 1980s though several near-duplicates depict Eugene B. Redmond and Ruth Love standing in front of an art installation. One street scene portrait of Redmond is inscribed on the back: "To Ruth - Best Imani. Street scene New York Fall '85." Maya Angelou moved to the North Carolinian city of Winston-Salem after accepting a lifetime professorship at Wake Forest University in 1981 which she held until her death in 2014. Angelou who appears in eleven of these photos found the experience transformative. She once told a USA Today reporter that "I'm not a writer who teaches. I'm a teacher who writes. But I had to work at Wake Forest to know that." Among Angelou's many guests was the poet and professor Eugene B. Redmond a longtime close friend who appears twenty-four times in this album and who stamped many of the photos on verso with "Compliments Poet-Eugene B. Redmond." The educator Ruth Love appears in forty of the photographs. As the Superintendent of the Oakland School system in the late 1970s she created programming to bring prominent African Americans including Maya Angelou face to face with students in order to inspire and educate them. The two women maintained their friendship and traveled to Ghana together in 1993. An intimate look into the personal life of one of the greatest figures of American writing touching in its ordinariness. [No publisher] unknown books
1946rif. 3933Éditions du Chêne, Paris 1946. In-4 (340 x 260 mm) en feuilles. 95 pp. + ffnch., en feuilles, sous couverture rempliée illustrée sur les deux plats, chemise titrée toilée et étui de l'éditeur. Édition originale des poésies de Pierre Reverdy "illustrée" de 14 LITHOGRAPHIES ORIGINALES A PLEINE-PAGE PAR HENRI MATISSE, tirées en sanguine, 17 LINOGRAVURES en noir et blanc (3 sur la couverture et 14 culs-de-lampe) et 14 lettrines composées par l'artiste. Tirage à 250 exemplaires : celui-ci, 1 des 200 numérotés sur vélin à la forme de Lana, SIGNÉ AU CRAYON PAR LE PEINTRE ET LE POÈTE. Les lithographies ont été tirées par Mourlot Frères, les linogravures et le texte par Fequet et Baudier, Paris. - ENGLISH DESCRIPTION: The complete book/portfolio with 14 original full-page original lithographs in sanguine, 14 original linocuts in black with 3 on the wrappers. The book is signed with pencil by Pierre Reverdy and Henri Matisse on the justification page. The 14 hors-text lithographs are in perfect condition, no offseting, no foxing, no dirt or stains. A perfect copy in loose sheets as issued. Suite de très beaux portraits féminins illustrée par la poésie de Pierre Reverdy et non l'inverse comme le précise Matisse dans le titre.
1824rif. 181153Likely London: c. 1824. Peacock the company man A draft official document composed by Peacock in his capacity as an assistant examiner at East India House. The submission to the Board of Trade summarizing the views of the Court of Directors responds to complaints from tea-dealers in Edinburgh that the company was failing to adequately supply the home market forcing prices upwards and delivering inferior products. Peacock's "provisional appointment. was approved by the court of directors in May 1819 as part of a larger experiment to open the higher posts in the examiner's office to outside talent. At the East India House he showed great skill in drafting dispatches and his appointment was confirmed in April 1821 with a salary rise to £800. His subsequent career was one of steady advancement" ODNB. This document is a provisional draft differing somewhat in wording and content from the final version published in parliamentary papers and signed by Joseph Dart the company's secretary. The document is discussed in the expansive 1924-34 edition of Peacock's works: "The latest Peacock MS. to be discovered consists of his 'Observations on a Memorial which has been presented to the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury from certain Tea-dealers of the City of Edinburgh.' It is a pencil draft written on paper bearing the East India Company's watermark probably in 1824 the date '6th February 1824' is mentioned in the Postscript and the first paragraph explains that the Memorial having been transmitted 'for the consideration and remarks of the Court of Directors of the East India Company the Court have taken the subject into due consideration and submit their observations accordingly.'" Brett-Smith & Jones pp. 461-2. Accompanying this manuscript is a small portion from a manuscript seemingly unpublished Peacock wrote for the London Magazine. It concerns the pleasures of the scenery of Surrey. Bifolia 315 x 200 mm watermarked East India Company J. Whatman 1821 written across 3 sides in pencil with 20th-century typescript transcription couple of handwritten amendments. Provenance: Thomas Love Peacock 1785-1866 - by descent to Edith Nicholls Peacock's granddaughter her handwritten note on the front of the bifolium in which the manuscript is housed: "I suppose this to be part of an article on Indian exports by T.L.P. but it is almost impossible to read it" - reported by Brett-Smith & Jones as acquired in February 1933 by Roger Ingpen 1868-1936 the literary scholar specializing in Shelley and his circle - Charles Dudley Massey 1905-1980 - by descent to Stephen C. Massey. 10 bifolia and single sheet 335 x 210 mm watermarked East India Company J. Whatman 1823 written across 32 sides in pencil enclosed in bifolium of same paper. Enclosed in folded sheet of brown paper folded down to 295 x 210 mm. Toning nicking and other signs of handling more so to enclosing bifolium: very good. H. F. B. Brett-Smith & Clifford Ernest Jones eds. The Works of Thomas Love Peacock Volume VIII 1934. unknown
1817rif. 757L1London: T Hookham 1817. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". None. A very scarce first edition of Thomas Love Peacock's noted novel 'Melincourt'. It is Love Peacock's second novel. In a contemporary quarter calf binding with paper covered boards.The premise of this novel is Love Peacock's attempt to ridicule the so-called Rotten Boroughs of the United Kingdom. These areas had electorate so small that they were frequently used by a patron to gain unrepresentative influence within the unreformed House of Commons. It is a vibrant satire which sees an orangutan as a member of parliament. Sir Oran visits Melincourt where he meets the heroine of the tale Anthelia Melincourt. Other themes in this satire include consumerism the dangers of paper-money the value of chivalry and the boundaries between humans and animals. Bound without the half-titles.With the bookplate of John Phillips Beavan to the front pastedown. A rare work and one of Thomas Love Peacock's best satires. In a half calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally very smart with light patches of rubbing to the head and tail of spines. Bookplates to the front pastedowns. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright. Scattered spots to the endpapers. Occasional light spots throughout. Very Good Indeed T Hookham hardcover
1910rif. 6245Various locations 1910. Very good. Approximately 150 letters totaling around 600pp. With approximately 250 photographs. Several letters with envelopes stamps clipped. Old folds some light wear and soiling. An extensive archive of letters and photographs belonging to an American diplomat in Morocco and Ethiopia. Guy Robert Love 1876-1913 was a dentist in Coshocton Ohio when he sought adventure in 1907 -- opening up a dentistry practice in Tangier Morocco. In June 1908 he was appointed Vice Consul in the United States diplomatic corps and then took the same post at Addis Ababa in Abyssinia now Ethiopia during the last years of the venerable Emperor Menelik II. Although the United States had previously appointed African-American consuls such as Frederick Douglass Love was not Black. His letters here are primarily written to his mother along with several other family members and most are several pages long. The bulk of the correspondence was sent from Abyssinia and is on American Legation letterhead. The correspondence begins on October 7 1907 with Love's arrival at Gibraltar and he then sends his first letter from Tangier on October 30 1907. On December 27 1907 he explains his market niche: "There are a couple of Spanish dentists here who work very cheap. They get the cheap class as my prices are way over their heads. I get the rich Moors and foreign ministers and members of the diplomatic corps." In quick order he was able to meet Kaïd Sir Harry Maclean a famed Scottish instructor to the Moroccan army March 2 1908 and on June 20 1908 he reports "I had a new job last Monday and Tuesday. Was appointed clerk of the U.S. Consulate Court here." By November 28 1908 he was considering following the consul to a new position in Abyssinia. He discusses the consul Hoffman Philip on January 5 1909: "We are to be I think the only Americans in Addis Ababa. He was one of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the Cuban campaign and has been here as consul general ever since." Philip's connections proved handy as they made the long journey from Morocco through the Mediterranean -- en route to Ethiopia Love crossed paths with ex-president Theodore Roosevelt who was on his way to beginning the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African expedition. A postscript of April 9th encloses a faded snapshot of him with Roosevelt on deck and another of "Kermit Roosevelt & the naturalists going ashore at Ismailia halfway through canal. They shot birds & joined boat at Suez." Another photograph shows Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt with Love aboard a launch boat per the caption. They parted ways on April 17th in Aden Arabia: "Everyone was at the rail to get a look at Mr. Roosevelt. They had a big teddy bear on a platform just under the bridge and all cheered when we passed as Mr. R was enjoying it as much as anyone. Mr. Rosevelt bid me good bye and wished me all the success in the world and asked me to express his gratitude to Emperor Menelik for his kindness." Love's first letter from Ethiopia was May 2 1909 at Dire Dawa between Djibouti and Addis Ababa where he remained for several weeks waiting for Mr. Philip and trying to secure transportation to the capital. He arrived in Addis Ababa on June 19th and a fragment of a letter from July 6th describes his first encounter with the Emperor: "We were notified that Menelik would be pleased to receive us at the Guebbi palace on Tuesday the 6th." With perhaps 10000 in attendance "all standing except his majesty who was propped up on cushions on his throne. It was a very formal affair but he is a good sort but is certainly not going to last many moons. His voice is very weak and he was breathing quite heavy." Love attended a banquet on the anniversary of Menelik's coronation on September 30 1909: "The two court fools made fools of themselves during the feast and a man was brought in for our benefit as a curiosity who sat on the floor in front of the king and eat over half a bullock raw. I don't blame you for not believing this." The Ethiopian staple injera is described: "Native bread was also served in huge quantities and is like an enormous pancake." He accompanied Philip for a personal audience with the Emperor and Empress on October 15th. Their interpreter "is usually a very proud old man and is highly respected by all the natives but they are all held in such subjection by the Emperor that they are scared to death in his presence." The letters are full of good local color. On October 28 1909 Love explains mail delays: "It was supposed that the couriers had been murdered in the Dankali country as the couriers of July 9 had been as the natives there have been looting caravans and amusing themselves general at someone else's expense and inconvenience but the couriers turned up last night and said the delay was caused by the mules dying on the way and as there are no animals in that part of the country except camels and they are owned by hostile tribes it was a difficult matter to get mules." On November 5 1909 he reports: "The Emperor had a third stroke last Thursday and is not expected to live but a few days. The crown prince Lij Iyasu has been publicly proclaimed successor and for the past week the government affairs have been practically in his hands." The Emperor lived four more years until December 1913 longer than Consul Love did. He died suddenly several months earlier only in his mid-thirties. The regular correspondence comes to an end on December 31 1910 although Love remained in Addis Ababa for more than two years after that. Only two later letters are present dated March 1911 and August 1912. The collection also includes a large collection of photographs taken by Love in North Africa and Abyssinia. Most are about 3½ x 5½ inches plus one larger cabinet card of Love and two views of Love's 1913 funeral procession. A fabulous record of American diplomacy in Eastern Africa during the early-20th century. unknown
1910rif. 6245Various locations 1910. Very good. Approximately 150 letters totaling around 600pp. With approximately 250 photographs. Several letters with envelopes stamps clipped. Old folds some light wear and soiling. An extensive archive of letters and photographs belonging to an American diplomat in Morocco and Ethiopia. Guy Robert Love 1876-1913 was a dentist in Coshocton Ohio when he sought adventure in 1907 -- opening up a dentistry practice in Tangier Morocco. In June 1908 he was appointed Vice Consul in the United States diplomatic corps and then took the same post at Addis Ababa in Abyssinia now Ethiopia during the last years of the venerable Emperor Menelik II. Although the United States had previously appointed African-American consuls such as Frederick Douglass Love was not Black. His letters here are primarily written to his mother along with several other family members and most are several pages long. The bulk of the correspondence was sent from Abyssinia and is on American Legation letterhead. The correspondence begins on October 7 1907 with Love's arrival at Gibraltar and he then sends his first letter from Tangier on October 30 1907. On December 27 1907 he explains his market niche: "There are a couple of Spanish dentists here who work very cheap. They get the cheap class as my prices are way over their heads. I get the rich Moors and foreign ministers and members of the diplomatic corps." In quick order he was able to meet Kaïd Sir Harry Maclean a famed Scottish instructor to the Moroccan army March 2 1908 and on June 20 1908 he reports "I had a new job last Monday and Tuesday. Was appointed clerk of the U.S. Consulate Court here." By November 28 1908 he was considering following the consul to a new position in Abyssinia. He discusses the consul Hoffman Philip on January 5 1909: "We are to be I think the only Americans in Addis Ababa. He was one of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the Cuban campaign and has been here as consul general ever since." Philip's connections proved handy as they made the long journey from Morocco through the Mediterranean -- en route to Ethiopia Love crossed paths with ex-president Theodore Roosevelt who was on his way to beginning the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African expedition. A postscript of April 9th encloses a faded snapshot of him with Roosevelt on deck and another of "Kermit Roosevelt & the naturalists going ashore at Ismailia halfway through canal. They shot birds & joined boat at Suez." Another photograph shows Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt with Love aboard a launch boat per the caption. They parted ways on April 17th in Aden Arabia: "Everyone was at the rail to get a look at Mr. Roosevelt. They had a big teddy bear on a platform just under the bridge and all cheered when we passed as Mr. R was enjoying it as much as anyone. Mr. Rosevelt bid me good bye and wished me all the success in the world and asked me to express his gratitude to Emperor Menelik for his kindness." Love's first letter from Ethiopia was May 2 1909 at Dire Dawa between Djibouti and Addis Ababa where he remained for several weeks waiting for Mr. Philip and trying to secure transportation to the capital. He arrived in Addis Ababa on June 19th and a fragment of a letter from July 6th describes his first encounter with the Emperor: "We were notified that Menelik would be pleased to receive us at the Guebbi palace on Tuesday the 6th." With perhaps 10000 in attendance "all standing except his majesty who was propped up on cushions on his throne. It was a very formal affair but he is a good sort but is certainly not going to last many moons. His voice is very weak and he was breathing quite heavy." Love attended a banquet on the anniversary of Menelik's coronation on September 30 1909: "The two court fools made fools of themselves during the feast and a man was brought in for our benefit as a curiosity who sat on the floor in front of the king and eat over half a bullock raw. I don't blame you for not believing this." The Ethiopian staple injera is described: "Native bread was also served in huge quantities and is like an enormous pancake." He accompanied Philip for a personal audience with the Emperor and Empress on October 15th. Their interpreter "is usually a very proud old man and is highly respected by all the natives but they are all held in such subjection by the Emperor that they are scared to death in his presence." The letters are full of good local color. On October 28 1909 Love explains mail delays: "It was supposed that the couriers had been murdered in the Dankali country as the couriers of July 9 had been as the natives there have been looting caravans and amusing themselves general at someone else's expense and inconvenience but the couriers turned up last night and said the delay was caused by the mules dying on the way and as there are no animals in that part of the country except camels and they are owned by hostile tribes it was a difficult matter to get mules." On November 5 1909 he reports: "The Emperor had a third stroke last Thursday and is not expected to live but a few days. The crown prince Lij Iyasu has been publicly proclaimed successor and for the past week the government affairs have been practically in his hands." The Emperor lived four more years until December 1913 longer than Consul Love did. He died suddenly several months earlier only in his mid-thirties. The regular correspondence comes to an end on December 31 1910 although Love remained in Addis Ababa for more than two years after that. Only two later letters are present dated March 1911 and August 1912. The collection also includes a large collection of photographs taken by Love in North Africa and Abyssinia. Most are about 3½ x 5½ inches plus one larger cabinet card of Love and two views of Love's 1913 funeral procession. A fabulous record of American diplomacy in Eastern Africa during the early-20th century. unknown books
1817rif. 250494London: For T. Hookham Jun. and Co. Old Bond Street; and Baldwin Cradock and Joy Paternoster Row 1817. First edition. Half titles present D6 in vol. I a cancel. 3 vols. 12mo. Dark blue green textured cloth over boards printed paper spine labels minor chipping bottom edge slightly trimmed others uncut. Fine. First edition. Half titles present D6 in vol. I a cancel. 3 vols. 12mo. "ANTHELIA MELINCOURT at the age of twenty-one was mistress of herself and of ten thousand a year and of a very ancient and venerable castle in one of the wildest valleys in Westmoreland." The opening line of Melincourt is indisputably a rejoinder to Austen's celebrated gambit in Pride and Prejudice 1813 and Peacock's sharpest satire of wealth fortune-hunting and politics recounts the fortunes of the heiress and her social climbing friends as well as the bon-vivant Sir Telegraph Paxarent his philosophical friend Mr. Forester and the career of Sir Oran Haut-ton - a "specimen of the natural and original man" and an orang-utan of high fashion "heightened by a pair of enormous whiskers and the folds of a vast cravat" - who is elected as one of the MPs for the venerable rotten borough of Onevote. A rare work that is almost invariably seen in worn half leather bindings the present copy of Melincourt is in a nicely preserved near contemporary binding of dark green cloth with printed spine labels the publication date is too early by a few years for this to to be publisher's cloth a very handsome triple-decker with good provenance. A note from Esther Potter to Marilyn Butler quotes Victor Schulderer of the British Museum who called Meyerstein 1889-1952 a "poet novelist and musician outstandingly gifted and eccentric". Sadleir 1957e; not in Wolff; Garside & Schöwerling 1817:46. Provenance: English scholar and collector E.H.W. Meyerstein his monogram and date of acquisition 1944 "from J.R.T. E-" ; bookseller and bibliographer Graham Pollard 1903-1976; given to Marilyn Butler wife of his nephew David author of Peacock Displayed 1976 For T. Hookham Jun. and Co. Old Bond Street; and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster Row unknown
1817rif. 250494London: For T. Hookham Jun. and Co. Old Bond Street; and Baldwin Cradock and Joy Paternoster Row 1817. First edition. Half titles present D6 in vol. I a cancel. 3 vols. 12mo. Dark blue green textured cloth over boards printed paper spine labels minor chipping bottom edge slightly trimmed others uncut. Fine. First edition. Half titles present D6 in vol. I a cancel. 3 vols. 12mo. "ANTHELIA MELINCOURT at the age of twenty-one was mistress of herself and of ten thousand a year and of a very ancient and venerable castle in one of the wildest valleys in Westmoreland." The opening line of Melincourt is indisputably a rejoinder to Austen's celebrated gambit in Pride and Prejudice 1813 and Peacock's sharpest satire of wealth fortune-hunting and politics recounts the fortunes of the heiress and her social climbing friends as well as the bon-vivant Sir Telegraph Paxarent his philosophical friend Mr. Forester and the career of Sir Oran Haut-ton - a "specimen of the natural and original man" and an orang-utan of high fashion "heightened by a pair of enormous whiskers and the folds of a vast cravat" - who is elected as one of the MPs for the venerable rotten borough of Onevote. A rare work that is almost invariably seen in worn half leather bindings the present copy of Melincourt is in a nicely preserved near contemporary binding of dark green cloth with printed spine labels the publication date is too early by a few years for this to to be publisher's cloth a very handsome triple-decker with good provenance. A note from Esther Potter to Marilyn Butler quotes Victor Schulderer of the British Museum who called Meyerstein 1889-1952 a "poet novelist and musician outstandingly gifted and eccentric". Sadleir 1957e; not in Wolff; Garside & Schöwerling 1817:46. Provenance: English scholar and collector E.H.W. Meyerstein his monogram and date of acquisition 1944 "from J.R.T. E-" ; bookseller and bibliographer Graham Pollard 1903-1976; given to Marilyn Butler wife of his nephew David author of Peacock Displayed 1976 For T. Hookham Jun. and Co. Old Bond Street; and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster Row unknown books
rif. 40249Oil on canvas 35 x 40.5 cm signed and dated lower left Rick Amor '74 signed dated and inscribed verso: Collecting Wood/ Rick Amor '74/ oil on canvas/ 35.3 x 40.4 cm 35 x 40.5 cm original frame. A fine early oil by Rick Amor the year of his first solo exhibition with Joseph Brown Gallery in 1974. Provenance: Yooralla Art Collection Melbourne. Leonard Joel Melbourne 18 June 2010 lot 36. Private collection Melbourne Menzies Important Australian & International Art Melbourne 29/06/2022 Lot No. 84 acquired from the above unknown
1797rif. 178756London: Cadell and Davies 1797. A French Royalist's account of the defining event of the age Horatio Nelson's copy with his left-handed ink signature on the half-title "Horatio Nelson". This is an early example of Nelson using his left hand following the loss of his right arm at the unsuccessful attack on Santa Cruz Tenerife on 25 July 1797. The Marquis de Bouillé 1739-1800 a general and colonial administrator made a name for himself during the Seven Years War and in 1768 was appointed governor of Guadeloupe. During the American War of Independence he took part in successful operations in the West Indies. A convinced royalist in 1791 he was involved in the failed flight of the French royal family. He then fled abroad first to Prussia and then England where having assisted with military activities against Revolutionary France he died. His book's warm notice in the Monthly Review may have drawn Nelson's attention where Bouillé's "humanity and generosity in the West Indies" is remarked upon. Louis XVI's failed flight to Varennes is "related fully clearly and with a variety of interesting circumstances which are not to be found in any preceding publication". The review concludes by noting that his memoirs "are not calculated to please either the haughty aristocrat or the violent democrat". Octavo pp. xi i errata 564 16 ads. Original boards uncut. Housed in a custom quarter sheep solander box. Much of paper lost from spine contemporary manuscript title to same "Revolution" faint pencil inscription to front cover "Ld. Nelson" sides rubbed corners worn faint tidemark in gutter of title page and a few gatherings lightly toned throughout general foxing. A used copy perhaps having been employed in a shipboard library. ESTC T144104. The Monthly Review vol. XXIV 1797. hardcover
rif. EN-161o.J. Farblithographie, um 1930/32, auf chamoisfarbenem Velin, mit Bleistift bezeichnet ?P./A 4?, zweifach signiert ?J. Mammen? sowie betitelt ?Siesta?. Darstellungsgröße 44,5:35,3 cm, Blattgröße 52,3:37,7 cm. Vereinzelte winzige Stockfleckchen sowie im Passepartoutausschnitt minimal gebräunt. - Eines von nur sieben bekannten Exemplaren und somit sehr selten! - Provenienz: Atelier der Künstlerin; Sammlung Prof. Dr. Stanislaw Karol Kubicki, Berlin (1926-2019). - Literatur: Döpping/Klünner D 23, PA 4. Entstanden für den mit Fritz Gurlitt geplanten Zyklus ?Lieder der Bilitis?.
rif. 15004In folio en feuillets 310x430mm,dans un coffret de velours noir avec une fenêtre laissant apparaître le portrait de Sacha GUITRY,empreinte originale signée André JACQUEMIN.Titre doré an long au dos.Titre, 43 pages.Les lithographies originales réalisées par Jean Pierre ALAUX,Paul AMBILLE,Michèle BATTUT,Alain BONNEFOIT,Yves BRAYER,Jean CARZOU,Roger CHAPELAIN-MIDY, Michel CIRY,Hans ERNI,André HAMBOURG,Michel JOUEANNE, Monique JOURNOD,Edouard MAC'AVOY ont été tirées sur les presses de Art et Estampes Art litho MOURLOT et ODENT. Chaque planche ornent ou encadrent les pages de texte,elles ont été mises en couleurs au pastel ou au pinceau par Paul AMBILLE.Ce qui fait de chaque volume une pièce unique. Exemplaire n°200 sur japon nacré portefeuille,hommage en fin de volume.Signature de Pierre de TARTAS,Paul AMBILLE,d'un huissier.Pierre de TARTAS éditeur le 30 avril 1989.Moulin de Vauboyen,Bièvres Essonne.Bel exemplaire
