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Travel books to the Americas, New World exploration accounts, geographical and historical studies of Latin America and United States, Americana, Far-West, discovery of America

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  1. Projet pour une révolution à New York
    Alain ROBBE-GRILLET

    Projet pour une révolution à New York

    Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1970|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 106 numbered copies on pure thread Lafuma paper, the only deluxe copies after the 92 copies on bouffant sélect reserved for Éditions de Minuit.
    A handsome copy.
    €150
  2. Voyages et aventures dans l'Alaska (ancienne Amérique Russe)
    Frederick WHYMPER

    Voyages et aventures dans l'Alaska (ancienne Amérique Russe)

    Hachette|Paris 1871|16 x 24 cm|relié
    First French edition, illustrated with 37 wood-engraved plates and several in-text illustrations, as well as a map. The first English edition appeared in 1868, the American edition in 1869.
    Contemporary half red shagreen binding signed Magnier. Spine with false raised bands decorated with radiating compartments. Red grained cloth boards with blind-ruled borders. Edges gilt. Rubbing to headcaps and joints. Corners slightly bumped. Some scattered foxing, particularly at the beginning of the work, quite rare thereafter.
    A member of several scientific expeditions, the author, before reaching the Yukon (the principal river crossing Alaska from east to west), whose exploration forms the...
    €400
  3. La prairie perdue. Histoire du roman américain
    Jacques CABAU

    La prairie perdue. Histoire du roman américain

    Seuil|Paris 1966|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    first edition for which no large papers were taken, one of the review copies service.
    Autographed by Jacques Cabau to Pierre Dumayet.
    Back insulated and featuring a small spot in the middle, pleasant interior condition.
    €20
  4. Histoire de la Jamaïque
    Hans SLOANE

    Histoire de la Jamaïque

    Chez Nourse|à Londres [London] 1751|9.50 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés

    SLOANE Hans
    Histoire de la Jamaïque
    Chez Nourse, à Londres 1751, in-12 (9,5 x 17 cm),
    (4) 285 pp & (4) 248 pp., 2 volumes, contemporary calf
    First edition in French, translated by Raulin, six folding plates at end (banana plant, coffee bush, fauna, etc.)
    Contemporary marbled calf. Spine in compartments with four fleurons. Title- and volume-labels in beige morocco. Head- and tail-pieces of volume two worn away. Title-piece of volume I lacking, but title clearly legible, giving appearance of brown title-label. Scratch to upper cover of vol I. Three corners rubbed. A relatively fresh set.
    Hans...
    €1,200
  5. Missions de l'Orégon et voyages dans les Montagnes Rocheuses en 1845 et 1846
    Pierre-Jean DE SMET

    Missions de l'Orégon et voyages dans les Montagnes Rocheuses en 1845 et 1846

    Pussielgue-Rusand|Paris 1848|11 x 18.3 cm|relié
    Missions de l'Orégon et voyages dans les Montagnes Rocheuses en 1845 et 1846
    First edition in French, translated by Bourlez. Smet’s father also produced a translation in an edition published in Ghent, also in 1848. Two-tone lithographed frontispiece and frontispiece-title on China paper. 12 two-tone lithographic plates on thick paper showing the lives of Native Americans.
    Half dark brown sheep. Spine with mock-bands with three Romantic blindtools and gilt roulettes. Upper joint cracked at head and foot and rubbed. Leather tail-piece worn away, revealing cardboard. Leaves 251 and 253 detached. Scattered spotting. Covers and edges rubbed.
    The work is the account of a journey by...
    €650
  7. La mort du condor. Où il est question d'un gorille bombardé ambassadeur de France dans un petit monde aux rivages perdus
    Dominique PONCHARDIER

    La mort du condor. Où il est question d'un gorille bombardé ambassadeur de France dans un petit monde aux rivages perdus

    Gallimard|Paris 1976|14 x 21 cm|relié
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Bradel binding in full grey boards decorated with abstract decorative motifs, smooth spine, endpapers and pastedowns of yellow paper, covers and spine preserved in one piece, modern binding signed by Fortin.
    Signed and inscribed by Dominique Ponchardier to madame Huret.
    Handsome copy beautifully executed.
    €50
  8. Voyages en Afrique, Asie, Indes Orientales et Occidentales, faits par Jean Mocquet
    Jean MOCQUET

    Voyages en Afrique, Asie, Indes Orientales et Occidentales, faits par Jean Mocquet

    Imprimé aux frais du gouvernement|Paris 1830|13 x 25 cm|relié
    New edition, after the very rare first edition of 1617.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with restoration tools, roulettes and multiple fillets. Havana morocco title label. Framing frieze on boards. Central medallion with the emblem of the Hallays-Dabon Institution (famous educational institute in Paris). Joints restored as well as the upper headcap, some cracks remain visible but the volume is now solid. 2 corners slightly bumped. Overall rubbed. Scattered foxing.
    Mocquet, apothecary to the king, obtained authorization from King Henri IV to travel in order to bring back curiosities to supply the royal collections. Over a period of eleven years, Mocquet...
    €700
  9. Musée Universel. Album-Livre
    COLLECTIF

    Musée Universel. Album-Livre

    Lebrun et Cie|Paris 1840|19.50 x 28.50 cm|relié
    COLLECTIF
    First edition.
    Full cloth binding, smooth spine slightly faded and richly decorated with rococo tools with blue and green highlights, front board decorated with an important gilt plate with fabric highlights of different colors surrounding a titled medallion, frame of blind-stamped fillets, back board decorated with a gilt tool with architectural motif in the rococo taste and frame of blind-stamped fillets, jonquil paper pastedowns and endpapers, all edges gilt, publisher's Romantic binding.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece and very numerous black and white engravings in and outside the text.
    This is an album-book dealing with various subjects: Study of...
    €180
  10. New-York 28. Impressions d'Amérique
    André LAFOND

    New-York 28. Impressions d'Amérique

    Editions du Journal de Rouen|Paris 1929|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 100 numbered on "pur-fil" paper laid, only large paper after 10 Holland paper.
    Signed autograph Andre Lafond Emmanuel Costil.
    Back insolated.
    €35
  11. Le peuple instruit ; ou Les Alliances dans lesquelles les Ministres de la Grande-Bretagne ont engagé la Nation, & l'emploi qu'ils ont fait de ses Escadres & de ses Armées, depuis le commencement des troubles sur l'Ohio, jusqu'à la perte de Minorque, considérés dans une Quatrième Lettre au Peuple d'Angleterre
    John SHEBBEARE

    Le peuple instruit ; ou Les Alliances dans lesquelles les Ministres de la Grande-Bretagne ont engagé la Nation, & l'emploi qu'ils ont fait de ses Escadres & de ses Armées, depuis le commencement des troubles sur l'Ohio, jusqu'à la perte de Minorque, considérés dans une Quatrième Lettre au Peuple d'Angleterre

    S. n.|s. l. 1756|10.1 x 16.8 cm|relié

    SHEBBEARE John
    Le Peuple instruit; ou Les Alliances dans lesquelles les Ministres de la Grande-Bretagne ont engagé la Nation, & l’emploi qu’ils ont fait de ses Escadres & de ses Armées, depuis le commencement des troubles sur l’Ohio, jusqu’à la perte de Minorque, considérés dans une Quatrième Lettre au Peuple d’Angleterre
    N. n., n. p. 1756, 9 x 16,3 cm, (2) xxiv, 212 pp., contemporary calf
    First edition, rare.
    Contemporary light brown polished calf. Spine in decorated compartments. Red morocco title-piece. Upper joint with narrow crack to head. A very good and fresh copy.
    An important document on the history of Canada and the United...
    €950
  12. L'or ou l'assassinat du rêve
    Alain GHEERBRANT

    L'or ou l'assassinat du rêve

    Actes Sud|Arles 1992|10 x 19 cm|broché
    Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
    Signed autograph Alain Gheerbrant the painter and engraver Jacques Castex.
    Nice copy.
    €100
  13. L'église rebelle d'Amérique latine
    Alain GHEERBRANT

    L'église rebelle d'Amérique latine

    Seuil|Paris 1969|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
    Signed autograph Alain Gheerbrant the painter and engraver Jacques Castex.
    Two small snags with gaps at the top and walk back.
    €100
  14. Lettres de Milady Wortlay Montagute écrites pendant ses voyages en diverses parties du monde
    Lady Mary Wortley MONTAGUTE

    Lettres de Milady Wortlay Montagute écrites pendant ses voyages en diverses parties du monde

    Chez Duchesne|à Paris 1764|10 x 17 cm|2 parties en un volume relié

    French first edition, following the English first edition of 1763.
    Copy with the arms of Anne-louis-Alexandre de Montmorency, (D'or à la croix de gueules cantonnée de seize alérions d'azur ordonnés 4 et 4) lieutenant-general of the king's armies, captain of the king's guards.
    Contemporary full speckled calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with 5 alérions of the Montmorency family. Arms stamped on covers. Red morocco title label. Rubbing. Spine browned. 2 corners slightly bumped. Browning to margins of half-title and title page, small worming in margins. Handsome copy.
    Lady Montagu was the wife of the English ambassador to Constantinople. The principal interest of...

    €750
  15. Le Panama ou les aventures de mes sept oncles
    Blaise CENDRARS

    Le Panama ou les aventures de mes sept onclesPanama, or, the Adventures of my Seven Uncles

    Editions de la Sirène|Paris 1918|19 x 23.50 cm|broché

    CENDRARS Blaise. Le Panama ou les Aventures de mes sept oncles [Panama, or, the Adventures of my Seven Uncles]
    éditions de la Sirène, Paris 1918, 19 x 23,5 cm, original wrappers
    First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches paper.
    Illustrated with 25 outlines of American railways.
    The poem is presented folded like a pocket railway timetable.
    €1,700
  16. Narrative of a visit to Brazil, Chile, Peru and the Sandwich islands during the years 1821 and 1822
    Gilbert Farquhar MATHISON

    Narrative of a visit to Brazil, Chile, Peru and the Sandwich islands during the years 1821 and 1822

    Charles Knight|London 1825|13 x 21.50 cm|relié

    MATHISON Gilbert Farquhar
    Narrative of a visit to Brazil, Chile, Peru and the Sandwich islands during the years 1821 and 1822
    Charles Knight, London 1825, 13 x 21,5 cm, modern paper boards


    First edition.
    Modern half green shagreen over marbled paper boards, spine in five compartments with gilt fillets and friezes, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
    With four color plates hors texte and a folding map.
    Small wormholes occasionally touching text and images. Sold as is.
    €450
  17. La geste d'Asdiwal
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    La geste d'Asdiwal

    Imprimerie Nationale|Paris 1958|13 x 21 cm|agrafé
    First Edition printed in small numbers of this reprint for which it was not drawn of great papers.
    Autograph signed by Claude Lévi-Strauss in English at the head of the first cover.
    Marginal and slightly discolored boards without gravity.
    €480
  18. Du miel aux cendres
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS (inscribed to Raymond FIRTH)

    Du miel aux cendres[From Honey to Ashes]

    Plon|Paris 1966|15.50 x 24 cm|broché

    First edition, for which no copies on larger paper were produced.
    A pleasing copy, with press clippings laid in.
    Exceptional autograph presentation copy inscribed in English by Claude Lévi-Strauss to the anthropologist Raymond Firth.

    €500
  19. Recherches historiques et geographiques sur le Nouveau-Monde
    Jean-Louis SCHERER

    Recherches historiques et geographiques sur le Nouveau-Monde

    Chez Brunet|à Paris 1777|12.50 x 20.20 cm (In-8)|Copper engraving|relié

    SCHERER Jean-Louis
    Recherches historiques et geographiques sur le Nouveau-Monde
    Chez Brunet, Paris 1777, in-8 (12,5 x 20,2 cm), xii (2 f.) 352 pp., contemporary sheep
    The rare first edition with eight illustrations (Chinese coins and medals, Buddha) and a large folding map of Siberia and the river Lena.
    Contemporary marbled sheep, spine in compartments, roulette to head and foot, brown morocco title-piece. Triple fillet frame. Small lack at head. Wormhole to foot of upper joint, two corners rubbed. Headpieces, joints, and corners scraped. A very good, fresh copy.
    An important essay on the origins of the peoples of...
    €1,500
  20. Voyage de la France equinoxiale en l'isle de Cayenne, entrepris par les François en l'année MDCLII
    Antoine BIET

    Voyage de la France equinoxiale en l'isle de Cayenne, entrepris par les François en l'année MDCLII

    Chez François Clouzier|à Paris 1664|17 x 24 cm|relié

    BIET Antoine
    Voyage de la France equinoxiale en l'isle de Cayenne, entrepris par les François en l'année MDCLII
    Chez François Clouzier, Paris 1664, in-4 (17 x 24 cm), (24) 432 pp.,contemporary calf
    First edition.
    Contemporary brown calf, spine in six compartments with blind-ruled compartments and gilt fleurons, remains of a manuscript title label. All edges speckled red, binding skillfully restored. Tear to lower margin of title skillfully restored, a few tiny stains.
    The work is divided into three parts: the first relates the establishment of the colony and its journey to Cayenne, the second is a collection of observations on the 15...
    €3,500
  21. Chili ou la tentative révolution/légalité
    Olivier DUHAMEL

    Chili ou la tentative révolution/légalité

    Gallimard|Paris 1974|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Precious signed autograph inscription from Olivier Duhamel to Maurice Blanchot.
    Minimal interior worming, two small angular creases at head and foot of back cover.
    €50
  22. Aventures et conquêtes de Fernand Cortez au Mexique
    Henri LEBRUN

    Aventures et conquêtes de Fernand Cortez au Mexique

    Alfred Mame & fils|Tours 1872|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    Fourteenth edition illustrated with 4 out-of-text engravings.
    Publisher's binding in full blue boards, smooth spine decorated with gilt and blind romantic arabesques at head and foot, boards framed with blind fillets, front board enhanced with gilt typographical fleuron, lemon paper endpapers and pastedowns, publisher's romantic boards.
    Rare copy in its elegant romantic boards.
    €80
  23. Histoire d'un voyage aux isles Malouines, fait en 1763 & 1764; Avec des observations sur le détroit de Magellan, et sur les Patagons
    Antoine-Joseph PERNETY

    Histoire d'un voyage aux isles Malouines, fait en 1763 & 1764; Avec des observations sur le détroit de Magellan, et sur les Patagons

    Chez Saillant & Nyon • Delallain|à Paris 1770|12 x 19.50 cm|relié
    Second edition, the first of some parts, following the first, which appeared in Berlin the year before. With 16 folding plates at the end of volume two, 3 maps, charts, fauna and inhabitants…(2 plates missing). This edition also contains the "Journal historique du voyage fait aux îles Malouines [An Historic Account of a Voyage to the Falkland Islands]" and the valuable "Remarks" by Delisle de Sales at the bottom of the pages.
    Contemporary light brown half marbled sheep, spine gilt, red morocco title-piece. Black morocco volume label very rubbed, lack to foot and upper joint of volume II. Title page of vol I fragile in upper margin. A good copy.
    The abbé Pernetty was the chaplain on...
    €700
  24. Lune de miel chez Fidel Castro
    Marie-Hélène CAMUS

    Lune de miel chez Fidel Castro

    Fayard|Paris 1960|14.50 x 20 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Marie-Hélène Camus to Maurice Blanchot.
    Photographs by Daniel Camus.
    Handsome copy.
    €80
  25. Relationi universali
    Giovanni BOTERO

    Relationi universali

    Perli Bertani|in Venetia [Venice] 1671|16 x 22.80 cm|relié
    New edition, after the original published in 1591 and 1593. Illustrated with 4 folding maps by Gioseppe Rosatio, Europe, Asia, America and Africa, on grayed background. The work had numerous reprints in the 17th century.
    Contemporary limp vellum binding. Spine with raised bands, Jansenist style. Title in black ink.
    Botero's universal geography is a means of evaluating the real power of all states. Botero wrote his Relazioni following his great political work "De la raison d'état" and cannot be understood except in its wake. While the work is a classic universal geography, with a description of all regions of the world then known in the first part, the other parts describe the world...
    €1,500
  27. Le peuple instruit ; ou Les Alliances dans lesquelles les Ministres de la Grande-Bretagne ont engagé la Nation, & l'emploi qu'ils ont fait de ses Escadres & de ses Armées, depuis le commencement des troubles sur l'Ohio, jusqu'à la perte de Minorque, considérés dans une Quatrième Lettre au Peuple d'Angleterre
    John SHEBBEARE

    Le peuple instruit ; ou Les Alliances dans lesquelles les Ministres de la Grande-Bretagne ont engagé la Nation, & l'emploi qu'ils ont fait de ses Escadres & de ses Armées, depuis le commencement des troubles sur l'Ohio, jusqu'à la perte de Minorque, considérés dans une Quatrième Lettre au Peuple d'Angleterre

    S. n.|s. l. 1756|9 x 16.20 cm|relié
    First edition, rare.
    Modern half cherry red morocco binding. Confounding pastiche of a Restoration binding. Spine with false flat raised bands decorated with five blind tooled ornaments, gilt fillets; gilt roll at head and foot. Very fine copy.
    Important document concerning the history of Canada and the United States, the work begins by examining the causes of the conflict between Great Britain and France concerning the Ohio territory. Indeed, in 1756, it was the beginning of the Seven Years' War, or Indian War, a war of conquest for legitimate occupation of territories; this war would spread from Virginia and Nova Scotia to the entire Great Lakes region of Canada, some Indians...
    €700
  28. Du typhus d'Amérique ou fièvre jaune
    Victor-François BALLY

    Du typhus d'Amérique ou fièvre jaune

    L. Colas|Paris 1814|13 x 20.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half light brown sheep over marbled paper boards, spine with gilt dots and fillets and brown fillets, navy blue sheep title-label, headpieces rubbed with slight lacks, one joint cracked and repaired at head, a few scratches to joints, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
    A little light insignificant spotting.
    Rare.
    €450
  30. Christophe Colomb ou L'Amerique Découverte
    Nicolas-Louis BOURGEOIS

    Christophe Colomb ou L'Amerique Découverte

    Chez Moutard|à Paris 1773|12 x 20.30 cm|2 tomes reliés en un volume
    First edition, illustrated with two frontispieces by Challe, engraved by Tilliard.
    Contemporary full grained calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Headcaps worn. Upper joint cracked at head and foot. Lower joint split. 2 corners bumped and one cut.
    Epic poem in verse in 24 cantos telling the story of Columbus's discovery of America, viewed as a symbolic and religious saga.
    €300
  31. An illustrated essay on the noctuidae North american, with "a colony of butterflies"
    Augustus Radcliffe GROTE

    An illustrated essay on the noctuidae North american, with "a colony of butterflies"

    John van Voorst|London 1882|16.50 x 26 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Full cloth Bradel binding in navy blue, smooth spine with minor scuffing of no consequence, two corners very slightly bumped, black paper endpapers and pastedowns.
    Complete with plates featuring 45 butterflies heightened in watercolor.
    Very occasional foxing.
    €380
  32. Portrait d'Andy Warhol. Photographie Originale tirée par l'artiste.
    Marc TRIVIER (Andy WARHOL)

    Portrait d'Andy Warhol. Photographie Originale tirée par l'artiste.Portrait of Andy Warhol. Original photograph printed by the artist

    Par l'auteur|s. l. 1981-1982|22 x 22 cm|1|une planche photographique
    Portrait of Andy Warhol. Original photograph printed by the artist
    Marc Trivier | 1981-1982, 22 x 22 cm | on Ilford paper 30 x 40 cm
    Large original photograph portrait in black and white, made and printed by Marc Trivier. Unsigned silver print, as most of Trivier's works. Unique print from the artist. Small stain on the upper margin.
    Artists, madmen, abattoirs, trees – Marc Trivier photographed each of his subjects with the same interrogative intensity. All his photographs are in the same square format, simple and confined, with no retouching or alteration of the framing, and seem less to show off a subject – famous or unknown, in or out of power, dead or alive...
    €4,000
  33. Histoire de la Colombie
    Guillaume LALLEMENT

    Histoire de la Colombie

    Alexis Eymery • Avransart • G. Gasterbois et Cie|Paris, • Bruxelles [Brussels] 1826|14 x 21 cm|broché

    LALLEMENT Guillaume
    Histoire de la Colombie
    Alexis Eymery, Avransart, Paris, Bruxelles 1826, 14 x 21 cm, original wrappers
    First edition retaining the folding frontispiece map.
    A rare copy of this in-depth study of Columbia and Venezuela, whose “style and precision” was praised by J.M. Quérard. Covers lightly soiled, lacks to spine, a little spotting.
    A rare copy in its original paper covers.
    €350
  34. Le zombi du grand Pérou ou la comtesse de cocagne
    Pierre-Corneille BLESSEBOIS

    Le zombi du grand Pérou ou la comtesse de cocagne

    S. n.|Paris 1867|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    A re-impression of 110 numbered copies of the extremely rare first edition of 1697, this one of 90 on vergé paper.
    The text is preceded by a note on the life and works of the author.
    Three small chips to head and foot of spine, no foxing.
    A rare copy of this colonial novel set in the French West Indies.
    €600
  35. Recueil historique et chronologique de faits mémorables, pour servir à l'histoire générale de la marine, & à celle des découvertes
    Louis DOMAIRON

    Recueil historique et chronologique de faits mémorables, pour servir à l'histoire générale de la marine, & à celle des découvertes

    Chez Nyon, Onfroy|à Paris 1781|9.50 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Second edition, after the first edition published in 1777.
    Contemporary full marbled blonde calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated. Red morocco title label, and green morocco volume label. Headcap of volume 2 worn. 2 corners slightly bumped. Rather handsome copy, in good condition.
    The work rests on a simple postulate, the importance of the navy in human history. It brings together all the remarkable facts and discoveries from the dawn of time until 1781; the first volume ends in 1599, the second continues until the date of 1781; We have here in an adroit compilation the complete collection of voyages and discoveries made by navigators, but also battles and wars...
    €500
  36. L'Amérique telle qu'elle est. Voyage anecdotique de Marcel Bonneau dans le nord et le sud des Etats-Unis. Excursion au Canada
    Oscar COMETTANT

    L'Amérique telle qu'elle est. Voyage anecdotique de Marcel Bonneau dans le nord et le sud des Etats-Unis. Excursion au Canada

    Achille Faure|Paris 1864|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
    First edition of which no deluxe copies were printed.
    Half green sheep binding, smooth spine faded and rubbed decorated with quadruple gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, modest contemporary binding.
    Some foxing.
    Work illustrated with 2 engravings, one of which serves as frontispiece.
    €80
  37. Chez nos frères du Canada
    François PORCHÉ

    Chez nos frères du Canada

    Les Amis d'Edouard|Paris 1925|12.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 196 numbered copies on Arches paper, the only issue with 4 Japan copies.
    Full burgundy morocco binding, spine with 6 raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, gilt letter and collection number at head and foot, pastedowns lined with burgundy box calf and morocco border, endpapers lined with burgundy box calf, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt over deckled edges, binding signed Charles Benoit.
    Handsome copy perfectly executed.
    €70
  38. Voyages en Californie et dans l'Orégon
    Pierre Charles Fournier de SAINT-AMANT

    Voyages en Californie et dans l'Orégon

    L. Maison|Paris 1854|17 x 25 cm|broché sous étui
    First edition.
    With two maps.
    Spine cracked with small lacks principally at head, upper cover detached, small angular lacks to covers, a little foxing. 
    A rare copy, housed in a protective case.
    €700
  39. Le Mexique en 1823, ou relation d'un voyage dans la Nouvelle-Espagne, contenant des notions exactes et peu connues sur la situation physique, morale et politique de ce pays
    William BULLOCK

    Le Mexique en 1823, ou relation d'un voyage dans la Nouvelle-Espagne, contenant des notions exactes et peu connues sur la situation physique, morale et politique de ce pays

    Alexis Eymery|Paris 1824|12.50 x 20 cm|relié

    BULLOCK William
    Le Mexique en 1823, ou relation d'un voyage dans la Nouvelle-Espagne, contenant des notions exactes et peu connues sur la situation physique, morale et politique de ce pays
    Alexis Eymery, Paris 1824, in-8 (12,5 x 20m) and one atlas atlas in-8 landscape format(20 x 26,5 cm), (4) III, LXXII, 364 pp & (4) 370 pp., (2) and a large atlas in-8 landscape format, 11 pp., 2 volumes, publisher's binding
    First French edition. The first English edition preceded it by a few months. The atlas is made up of a portrait of the author, 2 folding maps of Mexico, 12 lithographed plates (view of Mexico, Veracruz, Puebla, and sculptures), and 5...
    €1,200
  44. De la démocratie américaine
    F. de CORCELLES

    De la démocratie américaine

    La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 1835|15 x 25 cm|Agrafé
    First edition extracted from the Revue des deux mondes. Rare.
    In plain wrappers.
    €40
  45. Manuel d'histoire de la littérature canadienne de langue française. - Le fait français en Amérique
    Camille ROY MGR, Mgr VILLENEUVE

    Manuel d'histoire de la littérature canadienne de langue française. - Le fait français en Amérique

    Lib. Beauchemin • Lib. de l'Action catholique|Montréal [Montreal] • & Québec [Quebec] 1939-1938|13 x 18.50 cm|relié
    New edition for the first volume, first edition for the second.
    Publisher's full brown cloth binding, smooth unlettered spine, title and author's name gilt-stamped on front board. At the beginning of our copy has been tipped in the second volume, text of a lecture given by the author in Boston in 1938, expanded with 3 original photographs with manuscript annotations by the work's previous owner.
    Furthermore, tipped in at the end, our copy is expanded with an autograph letter from Cardinal Villeneuve to his correspondent regarding the true birthplace of Christopher Columbus (Calvi instead of Genoa).
    Unique ensemble.
    €100
  47. A trip to Mexico being notes of a journey from lake Erie to lake Tezcuco and back
    Henry Corry Rowley BECHER

    A trip to Mexico being notes of a journey from lake Erie to lake Tezcuco and back

    Willing & Williamson|Toronto 1880|16.50 x 22 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition.
    Publisher's red cloth, spine with gilt frieze at head and foot, slightly rubbed at head and foot, upper cover with gilt Aztec decorative motif, top edge gilt, small marginal stains to second plate.
    An exceptional copy enriched with 20 photographs (most detached); other copies sold never have more than 12 or 13.
    With a map and a plate of Aztec hieroglyphs.
    Ink ex-dono on title, practically no foxing.
    €580
  48. Fables in slang
    George ADE

    Fables in slang

    H.S. Stone|Chicago • & New-York [New York] 1900|11 x 16 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition.
    Publisher's full citron paper Bradel binding, smooth spine, front cover decorated with floral interlacing, top edge gilt.
    Work illustrated by C.J. Newman.
    Handsome copy.
    €55
  49. Voyage à Terre-Neuve
    Arthur de GOBINEAU

    Voyage à Terre-Neuve

    Hachette & Cie|Paris 1861|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Small lacks to head and to foot of the joints, angular lacks to the covers, colportage stamp to the title page, internally good with practically no foxing.
    Rare.
    €480
  51. Notre Amérique
    Waldo FRANCK

    Notre Amérique

    Nrf|Paris 1920|17 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, one of 113 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
    Handsome copy.
    €45
  52. Histoire ancienne et moderne de l'empire du Mexique traduite de l'espagnol
    Jacques-Paul-Auguste PELLEPORT-JAUNAC

    Histoire ancienne et moderne de l'empire du Mexique traduite de l'espagnol

    Victor Mangin|Nantes 1845|13.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition in French. Half-shagreen bindings in black, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets and typographic motifs, two small lacks to headcaps, contemporary bindings. Some foxing, rare.
    €100
  53. La Floride
    Joseph MÉRY

    La Floride

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1883|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    New edition. Half tanned sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, red shagreen title-label, traces of rubbing to joints, contemporary binding. Copy almost free of foxing.
    €60
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