French History

Paris: Alexandre Mesnier, 1833.. Two volumes. [6],vi,307;[4],323pp. Mid 19th century mottled calf and boards, spines gilt extra, half-titles bound in. Some modest foxing, bindings lightly rubbed at edges, with small scuff to one joint; a good set, in an interesting binding. First edition. Bazin (1797 - 1850), left the practice of law for historical pursuits, and this work is highly regarded for the portrait it provides of the "Monarchie de Juillet." Of special note is the essay describing the cholera outbreak in Paris.

1854 1ed ALGERIA History French AFRICA Politics Arabs Turks Illustrated Morell

French Algeria lasted from 1830 to 1962, under a variety of governmental systems. France invaded Algeria in 1830 and from 1848 until independence in 1962, the whole Mediterranean region of Algeria was administered as an integral part of France, much like Corsica and Réunion are to this day.
Author John Reynell Morell published an account of the history of French Algeria, discussing the French colonization of Algeria, Arab and Turkish cultures, and various battles in Algeria.
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MORELL, John Reynell

Algeria : the topography and history, political, social and natural of French Africa
London : Nathaniel Cooke, 1854. First edition.

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· Language: English
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[DREYFUS AFFAIR] ZOLA, Emile (1840-1902)
Unpublished autograph manuscript, signed " Emile Zola "[Grosvenor Hotel, London, 19 July 1898], 5 pages in-4 on ligned paperFold marks, small hole at the folding junction on 5th folio, without affecting the text

Unpublished manuscript on the Dreyfus AffairWritten six months after his open letter "J'accuse…!" and directly in its continuity, this momentous manuscript testifies to the writer's tireless commitment to the cause of Captain Alfred Dreyfus

" La vérité aveuglante est pourtant que ce sont nos adversaires qui, dès le premier jour, et pas les moyens les plus monstrueux, se sont efforcés et s'efforcent encore de nous fermer violemment la bouche. […] De toute ma lettre au président de la République [" J'accuse…! "], on avait extrait savamment quelques lignes, limitant les poursuite uniquement pour empêcher la vérité de se faire jour sur l'affaire Dreyfus. Le plan était de me condamner tout en me bâillonnant. et l'on se souvient du terrible… Read More

Very large broadside statistical overview of France in 1824
Paris, Belin-Leprieur, printed by Imprimerie de Jules Didot aîné, June 1824.
Plano (69x100 cm.). Letterpress text, engraved title and illustrated with an engraved ornamental border on thick paper without watermark.
€ 2.400
Impressively large and very rare French broadside table providing a detailed overview of the statistics on population, geography and economy of the 57 départemens of France for the year 1824. It does so in an extremely structured manner. Of each administrative region the precise geographic and topographic values are given, after which the specialization in natural or industrial productivity of these regions is described. For example, the département Calvados has "excellent horses, bestieux fat, grains, cider, cider brandy, flax, hemp" etc. etc. According to a contemporary review in Revue encyclopédique (1825), this table was considered especially useful to understand the importance of each of the départements, and… Read More

1667 Discipline of Reformed Church HUGUENOT France Calvinism Protestant Huisseau
Isaac D'Huisseau's "Discipline of the Reformed Church of France" is a rare, 17th-century history of Calvinism and Huguenots in Europe. This book provides a description of the political and religious influences of the Huguenots in the 1600s France. However, the main focus of "Discipline" was, according to Nicholas Must, was to
"offer the French Reformed Churches a comprehensive program to organize and regulate themselves as it had chapters concerning specific vocations (ministers, elders, deacons), different assemblies (colloquies and synods), and actions required of a minster (baptism, communion, and marriages).
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D'HUISSEAU, Isaac
La discipline des eglises reformées de France, ov l'ordre par leqvel elles sont conduites & gouvernées.
A Geneve, et se vendent à Savmvr : chez Isaac Desbordes, 1667.

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1772 Louis XV France Monument ART Marie Antoinette Louis XVI Portraits Paris
A rare, late 18th-century collection of commemorative art and monuments admiring the reign of King Louis XV of France. This book contains portraits of iconic French royals including Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

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France
Etrennes Francoises pour le l'annee 1772. Comprenant les monumens memorables et recents… regne de Louis XV
[Paris: 1772].

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1793 French Revolution 1ed John Moore Journal of Paris Louis XIV + Color MAP 2v

John Moore was an 18th-century Scottish travel writer who is best known for his novel 'Zeluco'. In addition to his novels, Moore published an account of his and travel companion James Maitland's time in Paris during the French Revolution. This book offers an important first-hand account of the French Revolution from a Scottish perspective with notes on Louis XIV and the Parisian communes.
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MOORE, John
A journal during a residence in France : from the beginning of August, to the middle of December, 1792
London : Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1793. First edition.

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o Vol. 1 – [4], 502
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Includes folding map
· Language: English
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1665 NAPLES Revolt of 1647 Spain Thirty Years War Raimond Mormoiron Napoli RARE
Esprit de Raimond de Mormoiron was a 17th-century French military writer known for his role in the Battle of La Marfee during the Thirty Years' War as well as the more famous Naples Revolt of 1647. In the summer of 1647, Spanish rule placed numerous excessive taxes on the locals of Naples which spurred a violent, months-long revolt. Mormoiron's first-hand account of the Naples Revolt has long-been one of the best accounts of the uprising and is an important source on the feudal and political climate of Spanish and Neapolitan nobility during the Thirty Years' War.
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RAYMOND de MORMOIRON, Esprit de
Histoire des révolutions de la ville et du royaume de Naples, contenant les actions les plus secrettes et les plus mémorables de tout ce qui s'y passa jusqua la mort du prince de Massa
Paris: chez Jean Boullard, 1665.

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Paris: Chez l'auteur, 1677. Scarce. Original full leather binding. Gilt decorations and title to spine. Marbled endpapers. Beautifully illustrated with a double-page engraved title and hand numbered double page table of contents. Contains 34 double-page engraved maps, mounted on tabs. Uncoloured. Boards are a little rubbed at edges, contents in very good condition. 165 x 110 mm (6½ x 4¼ inches). . Rare. Reliure d'origine plein cuir. Décors dorés et titre au dos. Gardes marbrées. Magnifiquement illustré avec un titre gravé en double page et une table des matières en double page numérotée à la main. Contient 34 cartes gravées en double page, montées sur onglets. Incolore. Plats un peu frottés sur les bords, contenu en très bon état. 165 × 110 mm.

NY: Macmillan, 1972. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Macmillan, 1972, first printing. 4to., 9" x 11 1/4", 153pp., illustrated with color and black and white photographs by Robert Doisneau. Foreword by M. F. K. Fisher. Blue cloth with silver titles. Very good plus, clean, bright, attractive in ver good dust jacket with a rear panel closed tear, minor fray. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/Very Good. Illus. by Doisneau, Robert. 4to.

Paris: Chez Henrichs, Libraire, Rue de la Loi, 1804. 1st Edition . Leather Bound. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. xvi, 355 pages. Hardcover bound in full speckled calf leather with floral rules around the edges of the front and rear panels in gilt. Spine rules and tooling in gilt. Binding is rubbed and bumped. Top and bottom edges of the spine are worn away. Outer edges of the text block are speckled. Hinges are secure. Early bookplate on the front pastedown shows a pyramid surrounded by a globe, spyglass, books and lyre and with the name engraved below, "Ex Libris L A. A. B. de St. Maurice." The interior is toned and has some damping at the top edge towards the front of the book. Text is in French. A history of pirates and buccaneers in the West Indies in the 17th and 18th Centuries. Originally published in German.

Paris: Dupuis Dumarsais, Edit. / Magen, Libraire, 1838. 2nd Edition . Leather Bound. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. 5 Volume set. 394; 492; 546; 482; 480 pages. Each volume is dated 1838 and is stated "Seconde Edition." Hardcovers bound in three-quarter leather with marbled paper-covered boards. All volumes rebacked with modern lighter brown leather (the original leather has chipping on the boards near the spines, but with the rebacks the bindings are sturdy and can withstand confident use). Each spine has a red leather title label and a small green leather Volume number label. There is moderate wear to the bindings, which is abraded in places. Rubbing and scuffing to the boards. Spines are sound and hinges are secure. The outer edge of the text block is speckled. The interior pages show occasional spotting and foxing, and in Volume IV there is a bit of damping at the top of the text block. Collates complete with all maps and plates, including 3… Read More

Revue Franco-Americaine. Volume 1, 1895 (Franco-American Magazine No.1, June 1895 Paris New York).Original First edition, the first volume published in June 1895.The first issue sold as a specimen, inscribed and signed with compliments from Prince Andre Poniatowski.Revue Franco-Americaine. Juin, 1895. Paris & New York: 1895.
Original lithographic plates by Toulouse-Lautrec (Zimmermann et sa machine), Helleu (Femme et enfants), Caran D' Ache (Un chapitre des memoires du General Marbot, folding), and Forain (Le Monde).
One of the 45 copies on Japon Imperial paper which were sent to the world leaders of the time, including both the French and the American Presidents, the Pope, Queen Victoria, and Leo Tolstoy as listed on the colophon.
Numerous in-text photographic reproduction and woodcut illustrations..This luxurious, eclectic, elite, and worldly review published in French, la Revue Franco-Americaine counted a total of three issues between June and August 1895, of which this is the first. It features… Read More

Life in Paris; Comprising the Rambles, Sprees, and Amours of Dick Wildfire, of Corinthian Celebrity, and his Bang-up Companions, Squire Jenkins and Captain O'Shuffleton; with the Whimsical Adventures of the Halibut Family; Including Sketches of a Variety of Other Eccentric Characters in the French Metropolis. David Carey. First edition, early issue, bound without the half-title and the "To the Binder" leaf at rear. (8vo) 23x14.5 cm (9x5¾") (iii)-xxiv, 489 pp. Additional illustrated title page and 20 hand-colored aquatint plates by George Cruikshank; twenty-two black and white woodcut text illustrations. . Later full polished brown calf, spine gilt, all edges marbled. Among the best of the imitations of Pierce Egan's Life in London, which had plates by Robert and George Cruikshank, the plates in this work are by George only (Tooley 129).
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In 1821, journalist Pierce Egan published Life in London or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, esq., and his elegant friend, Corinthian Tom,… Read More

Henri Charriere. Papillon. 1970 William Morrow First U.S. Edition. USED. VG/G Unclipped $8.95 Dust jacket. "An international sensation – the #1 bestseller in France, England, Germany, Italy, Spain and other countries" 434 pages 6 ½ X 9 3/8. Former owner signature on title page.