Europe

Théodore de WYZEWA
La nouvelle Allemagne
Librairie académique Perrin & Cie|Paris 1915|14.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
A tiny nick at head of spine, small angular lacks to the marginally shaded endpapers, handsome full-margined copy.
€250
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
John BROWN
Les cours du Nord, ou les mémoires originaux sur les souverains de la Suède et du Danemarck, depuis 1766
Chez Arthus Bertrand|Paris 1820|13 x 20.50 cm|3 tomes en 3 volumes reliés
Second edition, rare, after the original published by the same publisher in 1819. It is illustrated with 2 folding views of Copenhagen and Stockholm, 7 portraits of Christian VII, Queen Mathilde, Gustav III and IV of Charles-Jean, Baron d'Armfeld and Catherine II.
Contemporary half hazelnut calf bindings signed Kleinhaus. Spine with false raised bands decorated with black and gilt fillets and tail roulettes. Head of volume 3 partly worn. Upper joint of volume I cracked at head and foot. A small lack at foot of volume 2.
"Joined to these Memoirs is the history of the Swedish revolution of 1772, composed by the translator, from authentic and secret documents; and the account of the...
€350
ANONYME
Souvenirs de Lulworth, d'Holy-Rood et de Bath
G.A. Dentu|Paris 1831|10.50 x 15.50 cm|relié
First edition printed on laid paper.
Full cardboard binding in imitation vellum, smooth spine very lightly browned, gilt date at tail, brown shagreen title label with small scratches, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted at head of one pastedown, original wrappers preserved.
Some minor light foxing, gift inscriptions facing the half-title page.
Provenance: from the library of Eugène de Forgues with his bookplate pasted on a pastedown.
€80
C. de CHAUMONT
Alpes et Pyrénées. Descriptions et curiosités de la Suisse, de la Savoie, de la Navarre, du Béarn, du Bigorre et du Comminge, ascencions de montagnes, pics et glaciers, traversées de mers de glace, oules, cols et ports, visites de lacs, cascades et vallées, excursions aux ruines, courses à pied, à cheval, en steamers, en poste, en voiturins
Barbou frères|Limoges s. d. [circa 1860]|18.50 x 28 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Illustrated with 4 plates.
Publisher's half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with double blind-stamped compartments, brown paper boards, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns with some foxing and soiling, all edges gilt.
Some minor foxing.
Prize award label pasted to one pastedown.
€100
Giovanni-Paolo MARANA
L'espion dans les cours des princes chrétiens
Chez Erasme Kinkius|à Cologne 1739|10 x 17 cm|6 volumes reliés
New edition. This edition was successively expanded and 1684 is given as the date of the original, certainly in 2 volumes. It is illustrated with 21 attractive figures, of which 5 are folding (portrait of Mehmet; a view of Constantinople, of Perpignan, portraits of Richelieu, of the Knights of Malta; figures of Chinese, Tartars, Arabs...
Plates on Morocco, inhabitants of the Antilles etc.). Title pages in red and black. One often observes a significantly different number of plates from one edition to another, and according to dates.
Contemporary full brown speckled and glazed sheep bindings. Spines with raised bands richly ornamented and finely decorated. Red morocco title labels...
€1,300
Pierre LOTI
Reflets de la sombre route
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1899|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Japon, tirage de tête.
Repaired tears to the spine, otherwise a good copy.
€680
[Paul LACROIX as] BIBLIOPHILE JACOB
La Belgique en 1841
A. Hauman & cie|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1841|-|relié
First edition, illustrated with an engraved title and 15 steel engravings hors-texte on heavy paper.
Contemporary full navy blue shagreen binding signed Westley & Clark (London). Spine with false raised bands richly decorated. Boards very decorative with several successive frames. Edges gilt. Rubbing to headcaps, joints, bands and corners. 2 corners slightly turned. One signature sprung. Scattered foxing, particularly at the tissue guards.
Handsome copy nonetheless, in a rich English Romantic binding.
Collection of texts by various authors on Ghent, Antwerp, Bruges, Mechelen, the University of Louvain... Preface by Bibliophile Jacob.
€400
Charles MAURRAS
Les vergers sur la mer
Flammarion|Paris 1937|18 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 75 numbered copies on B.F.K. de Rives paper reserved for the A.B.L., deluxe copies after 50 Arches.
Light foxing affecting some deckled edges, bookplate pasted to one endpaper.
A full-margined copy.
€100
Mathieu VARILLE
Cigognes d'Estrémadure ou quelques entretiens sur l'Espagne d'hier et d'aujourd'hui
P. Masson|Lyon 1930|11 x 17 cm|broché
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Mathieu Varille to Henri Béraud: "... qui a vu l'Espagne sous d'autres jours..." ["...who has seen Spain in other days..."]
Work decorated with illustrations by Madame Favrot-Houllevigue.
Handsome copy.
Provenance: from the Île de Ré library of Henri Béraud.
€80
Henri DUQUAIRE
Dans Tolède avec Barrès et Le Greco
Editions de l'Empire français|Paris 1938|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Henri Duquaire to Henri Béraud: "... à mon grand confrère qui a été assez bon pour s'intéresser aux modestes efforts d'un lyonnais d'outre-mer et les juger avec indulgence..." ["...to my great colleague who has been kind enough to take interest in the modest efforts of a Lyonnais from overseas and judge them with indulgence..."]
Work illustrated with 5 reproductions.
Some minor marginal foxing of no consequence on the covers.
Provenance: from the Île de Ré library of Henri Béraud.
€60
Abbé Jérôme RICHARD
Description historique et critique de l'Italie, ou nouveaux mémoires sur l'état actuel de son gouvernement, des sciences, des arts, du commerce, de la population & de l'histoire naturelle
Chez François Des Ventes • Saillant|A Dijon • & à Paris 1766|10 x 17 cm|6 volumes reliés
First edition, illustrated with two folding maps of Italy.
Spine with raised bands decorated with 4 compartmentalized fleurons. Red morocco title and volume labels. Triple fillet frame on boards. Roulette on edges. Head caps of volumes I and IV partly torn; those of volumes V and VI worn. Tail caps of volumes I and IV worn. Upper joint of volume I partly cracked, of volume III at tail and of volume VI over the last three compartments at tail. Inverted leaves at end of table in volume IV. Despite this, satisfactory set with good general appearance.
The author does not merely provide an account of his personal journey to Italy, but aims to achieve a complete and most accurate...
€900
Théophile GAUTIER
Les vacances du lundi
Charpentier|Paris 1881|11 x 18 cm|relié
First edition.
Half red calf binding, faded spine with four raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with gilt fillets, black shagreen title and volume labels, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing.
.
€100
Henry HAVARD
Amsterdam et Venise
Plon et Cie|Paris 1877|20 x 28.70 cm|relié
Second edition statement; reprint of the original published in 1876. It is illustrated with 7 etchings (on china paper laid down on strong wove paper) by Léopold Flammeng and 124 wood engravings in the text. Printed on fine white wove paper.
Contemporary full brown morocco binding signed H. Brenkens. Raised bands spine richly decorated, roulette at foot. Gilt title and date. Boards decorated à la Du Seuil, with fleurons in the corners. Rich inner dentelle. Overall very fresh, with clean white paper, with rare small foxing spots concentrated here and there, often where tissue guards have been removed. Top edge gilt. The original wrappers have been preserved. Slipcase protecting the...
€450
Jean-Jacques AMPÈRE
Littérature, voyages et poésies
Didier|Paris 1853|11.50 x 18.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition.
Half black shagreen bindings, spines with four raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double gilt compartments, lower headcaps of the first volume slightly rubbed, black paper boards, white paper endpapers and pastedowns with some soiling, some corners slightly bumped, contemporary bindings.
Some light foxing.
Rare.
€80
Nicolas MACHIAVEL
Histoire de Florence
Charpentier|Paris 1842|11 x 17.50 cm|relié
First edition of the French translation by J.-Y. Périès.
Contemporary half midnight blue shagreen binding, spine with four false raised bands decorated with cold fillets and compartments, double fillets and gilt fleurons.
Fine copy.
€80
Théophile GAUTIER
Italia
Victor Lecou|Paris 1852|12.50 x 18 cm|relié
First edition
Contemporary red half Russian morocco, the spine with double gilt fillets, corners very lightly rubbed.
Presentation copy, inscribed by Théophile Gautier to Monsieur Bufquin des Essarts on half-title.
€3,000
COLLECTIF
Ballades et chants populaires (anciens et modernes) de l'Allemagne
Librairie de Charles Gosselin|Paris 1841|11 x 18.50 cm|relié
New edition of the French translation established by Sébastien Albin.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with black fillets, marbled paper boards, one joint fragile, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
€80
DUCOS BARON
Itinéraire et souvenirs d'Angleterre et d'Ecosse 1814 - 1826
Imprimerie de Prosper Dondey-Dupré|1834|15.50 x 25.30 cm|4 tomes en 4 volumes reliés
First edition, rare, with a unique printing on heavy vellum of 150 hors-commerce copies. It is illustrated with 11 maps and plans (10 of which are folding) with some color highlights, and 8 lithographed views of which 6 are folding.
Late 19th-century half wine-red shagreen binding with small corners signed Wiener at the tail of the first volume. Smooth spine decorated with compartments. Title and volume numbering gilt. Spines uniformly lightened. Fillet on boards. Minor traces of rubbing. Occasional pale foxing, notably around the engravings. Uncut copy with wide margins. Handsome copy.
Extremely careful privately published edition, the particularity of which is to provide precious...
€1,200
Louis LÉGER
Chants héroïques et chants populaires des Slaves de Bohême
Librairie internationale Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie|Paris • & Bruxelles [Brussels] • & Leipzig • & Livourne [Livorno] 1866|11.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half forest green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, near-contemporary binding.
Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave Flaubert.
Handsome copy beautifully bound.
€100
Claude Emmanuel Lhuillier CHAPELLE, François Le Coigneux BACHAUMONT
Voyage de messieurs Bachaumont et La Chapelle
Chez Pierre de Coup|Amsterdam 1708|9.50 x 16 cm|relié
New edition, after the 1696 first edition.
Contemporary binding in full speckled brown calf. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons and a red morocco title label. Boards stamped with armorial device. Edges and headcaps decorated with gilt roulettes. All edges gilt. Worming to spine, tail headcap largely damaged (with loss), three wormholes on lower board, one corner bumped.
Some manuscript brackets in margins and a contemporary pen gift inscription at end of volume. Two library stamps on title page and first endpaper.
This gallant and playful travel narrative immortalized the two companions, as multiple editions were published over two...
€300
Pietro & Achille PARBONI
Raccolta di N°60 vedute antiche e moderne della citta di Roma e sue vicinanze : con la giunta delle sale appartementi al Museo Pio Clementino
Presso Agapito Franzetti|in Roma [Rome] 1820 S.d.|15.50 x 22 cm|reliés
First edition illustrated with 159 etched figures depicting views of Rome, plus the engraved title, totaling 160. The engravings bear different signatures: Parboni, Franzetti, Olivieri, or bear none at all, and sometimes the dates 1824, 1827 and 1829. Printed on strong laid paper. Copies found in several libraries, notably that of Quebec, contain only 60 plates, but it is known that a collection of Parboni plates was published later in 1830 containing plates from 1824, with 100 figures, another with 50 plates in 1834; our copy could have been grangerized with plates from these editions. Some plates are numbered, but do not appear to have been bound in order. The plates have relatively...
€1,300
Ange GOUDAR
La Paix de l'Europe ne peut s'établir qu'à la suite d'une longue trève, ou Projet de pacification générale[The Peace of Europe Can Only Be Established Following a Long Truce, or A Plan for General Pacification]
Chez Chatelain|à Amsterdam 1757|9.50 x 16 cm|relié
First edition, rare. Published with initials only, masking the identity of Chevalier Ange Goudar.
Manuscript ex libris ‘Daumas’ to ffep.
Contemporary sheep, spine in six compartments with gilt fleurons as well as a red titlepiece (partly faded). Significant repairs to joints, speckled edges.
This plan for peace in Europe by the economist and philosopher Ange Goudar lays out the origins and impact of conflicts on European nations, putting the emphasis on their economic consequences. The author then proposes a European entente and a supranational army that would punish any country that engaged in warfare, making the point that the blessings of peace first and foremost result...
€1,500
Henry HAVARD
La Hollande pittoresque. Le coeur du pays. Voyage dans la Hollande méridionale, la Zélande et le Brabant
Plon & Cie|Paris 1878|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, one scrape at head of spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Work illustrated from sketches by Baron Constant-Rebecque and the author.
Copy complete with its folding map at rear.
Printed bibliophile's stamp at foot of title page, some foxing.
€50
Antoine SALLES
Voyage au pays des fjords
Plon, Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1898|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
First edition.
Half navy sheep binding, faded spine with five raised bands showing scratches, gilt date at foot, cherry red shagreen title-label with two corner tears, marbled paper boards showing traces of discoloration at foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 28 phototypes and complete with its folding map at the end.
€40
Amable TASTU
Voyage en France
Alfred Mame & fils|Tours 1852|16 x 25 cm|relié
Second edition illustrated with a frontispiece, a double-page map as well as 5 out-of-text engravings by Rouargue.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with four fine raised bands decorated with fillets and triple black compartments, black paper boards, one lower corner slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Copy almost entirely free from foxing, minor harmless spots on boards.
€100
LULLIN DE CHATEAUVIEUX, COLLECTIF
La Suisse historique & pittoresque, description de ses vingt-deux cantons
Didier & Cie|Paris 1858|18.50 x 28 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
Illustrated edition with 31 steel engravings hors-texte and 1 map.
Half brown shagreen binding, spine with four thin raised bands set with gilt dotted lines decorated with double gilt compartments richly ornamented, frame of blind fillets on the hazelnut boards which show traces of marginal discoloration, cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, gilt edges.
Contributions by Lullin de Châteauvieux, Le Prés, Monnard, Zschokke, Dubochet, Busoni, Meyer de Knonau, Tscharner, Francini, Ruttimann, Schnell jeune, de Forestier, Strohmeier...
A light dampstain affecting marginally the very first leaves of the first volume, two stains on an endpaper of the...
€250
Juliette LAMBER
Impressions françaises en Russie
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1912|11 x 17.50 cm|relié
Second edition.
Publisher's half red shagreen binding, spine with five fine raised bands decorated with gilt double compartments richly embellished, frames of blind fillets on the red paper boards, first cover struck at its center with the gilt arms of the city of Paris surmounted by the trinitarian motto of France, small harmless stains at head of first cover, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, edges gilt, publisher's binding executed by J. Taupin.
Work illustrated with 51 hors-texte engravings.
Pen gift inscription on an endpaper.
€80
Hippolyte DURAND
Le Danube et l'Allemagne du sud
Alfred Mame & Cie|Tours 1863|16 x 25.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Illustrated with 32 wood-engraved plates.
Publisher's full red cloth binding decorated with black and gilt ornamental motifs, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesques, frame of gilt and black fillets embellished with gilt and red roundels on the first cover struck at its center with a stylized mandorla, frame of black fillets on the second cover bearing the publisher's name in black at its center, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Some foxing, one endpaper with a fold mark.
€80
Henry HAVARD
La Hollande pittoresque. Les frontières menacées. Voyage dans les provinces de Frise, Groningue, Drenthe, Overyssel, Guledre et Limbourg
E. Plon & Cie|Paris 1876|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 10 out-of-text engravings and a map.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, minor scratches on spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Work illustrated with 10 engravings and complete with its folding map at rear.
Foxing.
€40
Jules PAYER
L'expédition du Tegetthoff. Voyage de découvertes aux 80e-83e degrés de latitude nord
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1878|15.50 x 24 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Illustrated edition with 2 maps and 168 wood engravings.
Half cherry red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments adorned with gilt typographical motifs, blind-ruled frame on cherry red boards, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, library classification label pasted on one endpaper, all edges gilt.
Foxing affecting mainly the first and last leaves.
€100
Karl GIRARDERT, Jacques DUVERNEY
Un tour en Suisse. Histoire, science, monuments, paysages
Alfred Mame & fils|Tours 1877|11.50 x 18.50 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
Third edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with sextuple gilt and blind compartments, slight scratches on joints, blind-ruled frame on red boards, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated by Karl Girardet.
Some minor foxing affecting mainly the very first and very last leaves.
€70
COLLECTIF
Our own country. Descriptive, historical, pictorial. (Great Britain)
Cassell and Company|London, • Paris, • New-York [New York] • & Melbourne 1880|18.50 x 26.50 cm|reliés
First edition, abundantly illustrated with wood engravings in text and on full pages on strong paper. Printed on tinted laid paper.
Publisher's half black glazed sheep with corners. Spine with false raised bands richly decorated. Red morocco title label. Rolled border on boards and corners. Rubbing and surface abrasions along joints. Some occasional foxing, notably on verso of full-page plates. Handsome copy.
History, physical and human geography, art, of all the remarkable places (cities, monuments, men...) of Great Britain. Excellent publication, very well documented and illustrated covering all of Great Britain (Ireland, Scotland, etc.); it is said to have been printed in only...
€550
Edward CHAMBERLAYNE
L'état présent d'Angleterre
Chez Paul Marret|A Amsterdam 1688|9 x 16 cm|relié
New edition, rare. A frontispiece depicting the King of England
Armorial copy of Jacques Nicolas Colbert, Archbishop of Rouen.
Full glazed blonde calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with crowned cipher. Arms stamped on covers with triple gilt fillet frame. Headcaps worn. Joints cracked and split. Corners slightly bumped.
Chamberlayne's book first appeared in 1668 in London and was updated many times; it forms a sort of royal almanac and tourist guide to England, but infinitely more detailed; it became the reference manual on England in Europe as it indeed contains an incredible quantity of very diverse information, moreover established with the...
€900
Vue d'optique - Vue du palais royal à Bruxelles.
Chez Basset|Paris [circa 1790]|30.50 x 48.50 cm|une feuille
Original engraving. Optical view heightened in watercolor, depicting a view of the Royal Palace of Brussels.
Optical views, also called vues, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings that were very fashionable between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be viewed through a set of mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered the precursors of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Optical views appear to have emerged in the 1740s and were salon entertainments. The process was first developed in Paris, then London and...
€180
Vue d'optique - Vue perspective du pont de la Trinité de Florence.
Chez Basset|Paris [circa 1790]|30.50 x 48.50 cm|une feuille
Original engraving. Optical view heightened in watercolor, depicting a view of the Trinity Bridge in Florence.
Optical views, also called vues, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings that were very fashionable between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be viewed through a set of mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered the precursors of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Optical views appear to have emerged in the 1740s and were salon entertainments. The process was first developed in Paris, then London and...
€150
Vue d'optique - Vue intérieure de Saint Pierre de Rome.
Chez Daumont, Basset et Lachaussée|Paris [circa 1790]|30.50 x 48.50 cm|une feuille
Original engraving. Optical view heightened in watercolour, depicting an interior view of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
Optical views, also called vues, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings that were very fashionable between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be observed through a set of mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered the precursors of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Optical views seem to appear in the 1740s and were parlour entertainments. The process was first developed in Paris, then London and...
€150
Vue d'optique - Vue du fameux théâtre de Marcellus à Rome.
Chez Daumont, Basset et Lachaussée|Paris [circa 1790]|30.50 x 48.50 cm|une feuille
Original engraving. Optical view heightened in watercolour, depicting a view of the Theatre of Marcellus in Rome.
Optical views, also called vues, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings that were very fashionable between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be observed through a set of mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered the precursors of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Optical views seem to appear in the 1740s and were parlour entertainments. The process was first developed in Paris, then London and...
€180
Vue d'optique - Vue intérieure de la cathédrale de Dorth.
Chez Daumont, Basset et Lachaussée|Paris [circa 1790]|30.50 x 48.50 cm|une feuille
Original engraving. Optical view heightened in watercolor, depicting an interior view of Dorth Cathedral.
Optical views, also called views, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings that were very popular between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be observed through a set of multiple mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered as the forerunners of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Optical views seem to appear in the 1740s and were parlor entertainments. The process was first developed in Paris, then London and...
€150
Vue d'optique - Vue de l'église St Giles à Édimbourg.
Chez Basset|Paris [circa 1790]|30.50 x 48.50 cm|une feuille
Original engraving. Optical view heightened in watercolor, depicting a view of St Giles Church in Edinburgh.
Optical views, also called views, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings that were very popular between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be observed through a set of multiple mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered as the forerunners of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Optical views seem to appear in the 1740s and were parlor entertainments. The process was first developed in Paris, then London and...
€180
Vue d'optique - Vue de la chapelle St Paul à Édimbourg prise de la place d'Yorck.
Chez Basset|Paris [circa 1790]|30.50 x 48.50 cm|une feuille
Original engraving. Hand-colored aquatint optical view, depicting a view of St Paul's chapel, taken from York Place in Edinburgh.
Optical views, also called vues, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings that were very fashionable between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be viewed through a set of mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered the precursors of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Optical views appear to have emerged in the 1740s and were parlour entertainments. The process was first developed in Paris...
€180
Vue d'optique - La grande rue et l'église Ste Marie de Londres.
Chez Daumont, Basset et Lachaussée|Paris [circa 1790]|30.50 x 48.50 cm|une feuille
Original engraving. Hand-colored aquatint optical view, depicting a view of the high street and St Mary's church in London.
Optical views, also called vues, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings that were very fashionable between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be viewed through a set of mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered the precursors of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Optical views appear to have emerged in the 1740s and were parlour entertainments. The process was first developed in Paris, then...
€150
Vue d'optique - La grande procession de Florence, le jour de la fête de Dieu.
Chez Daumont, Basset et Lachaussée|Paris [circa 1790]|30.50 x 48.50 cm|une feuille
Original engraving. Optical view heightened in watercolor, depicting a view of the procession of Florence on the feast day of Corpus Christi.
Optical views, also called views, perspectives or "mondo nuovo," are engravings that were very fashionable between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be observed through a system of multiple mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered the precursors of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onward. Optical views appear to have emerged in the 1740s and were drawing room entertainments. The...
€180
Vue d'optique - Vue de la fontaine des eaux chaudes et de la place d'Aix la Chapelle.
Chez Jacques Chereau|Paris [circa 1790]|30.50 x 48.50 cm|une feuille
Original engraving. Optical view heightened in watercolor, depicting a view of the hot springs fountain and the square of Aix-la-Chapelle.
Optical views, also called views, perspectives or "mondo nuovo," are engravings that were very fashionable between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be observed through a system of multiple mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered the precursors of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onward. Optical views appear to have emerged in the 1740s and were drawing room entertainments. The process...
€200
Vue d'optique - Le marché aux chevaux à Francfort sur le Mein.
Chez Daumont et Lachaussée|Paris [circa 1790]|30.50 x 48.50 cm|une feuille
Original engraving. Optical view heightened in watercolor, depicting a view of the horse market in Frankfurt am Main.
Optical views, also called views, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings that were very fashionable between the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century. They were intended to be observed through a set of multiple mirrors or by means of a Zygrascope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered as the precursors of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Optical views seem to appear in the 1740s and were drawing room entertainments. The process was first...
€200
Vue d'optique - Vue du pont de Vienne en Autriche.
Chez Basset|Paris [circa 1790]|30.50 x 48.50 cm|une feuille
Original engraving. Optical view heightened in watercolor, depicting a view of the bridge of Vienna.
Optical views, also called views, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings that were very fashionable between the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century. They were intended to be observed through a set of multiple mirrors or by means of a Zygrascope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered as the precursors of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Optical views seem to appear in the 1740s and were drawing room entertainments. The process was first developed in Paris...
€150
Vue d'optique - L'hôtel des ambassadeurs, à la Cour de Vienne, prise côté du jardin.
Chez Jacques Chereau|Paris [circa 1790]|30.50 x 48.50 cm|une feuille
Original engraving. Optical view enhanced with watercolor, depicting a view of the ambassadors' hotel in Vienna, taken from the garden side.
Optical views, also called views, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings very much in vogue between the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century. They were intended to be observed through a set of several mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered as the precursors of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Optical views seem to appear in the 1740s and are salon entertainments. The process was...
€150
Germain BEAUCLAIR
Terre toscane
Emile-Paul frères|Paris 1938|13 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Siena, Livorno, Lucca, Florence...
Spine very lightly sunned without consequence, endpapers uniformly and lightly shaded, a full-margined copy.
€80
Edmond Auguste TEXIER
Voyage pittoresque sur les bords du Rhin
Mrizot|Paris 1858|17.50 x 27 cm|relié
First edition, illustrated with 24 steel engravings by the Rouargue brothers, including 2 hand-colored woodcuts.
Contemporary half navy blue shagreen binding. Spine with false raised bands decorated with gilt compartments. Shagreen-textured cloth boards with blind fillets. Gilt edges. White moiré endpapers.
Fine copy, in perfect condition, free from foxing and retaining its tissue guards.
This book which visits all the cities along the Rhine was published during the golden age of tourism there; the spa towns of the Rhine were then fashionable, as were the Swiss and German cities. The work consists of descriptions, contemporary and historical anecdotes and notes on customs.
€500
Théobald WALSH
Voyage en Suisse, en Lombardie et en Piémont
Hivert|Paris 1834|13 x 21.80 cm|relié
The rare first edition, illustrated with 8 lithographs of Swiss views by Courtin.
Romantic binding in half green sheep. Smooth spine decorated with monastic rolls and fillets, as well as blind tooling. A small lack at head of volume 1. Upper joint of volume 2 split at head along the first compartment with a lack of leather at head. Rubbing. Some scattered foxing, some gatherings browned.
Account of a journey to Switzerland and northern Italy in 1833. A tableau of events in Switzerland since 1830 and an itinerary.
€400
Jean-Baptiste Baron de ROISSARD DE BELLET
La Sardaigne à vol d'oiseau en 1882. Son histoire, ses moeurs, sa géologie, ses richesses métallifères et ses productions de toutes sortes
E. Plon, Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1884|17.50 x 26 cm|relié
First edition.
Half fir-green shagreen binding, darkened spine with five raised bands, initials with faded gilding at foot of spine, one joint split then reglued at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, one corner slightly bumped without consequence, contemporary binding.
Work complete with its 11 lithographs or wood engravings: 1 folding plate of a view of Cagliari at the beginning of the volume, 1 folding map at the end as well as 9 plates of which 4 are heightened in watercolor representing Sardinians in traditional costumes, ceramics and sculptures.
Some minor foxing without consequence, a lack without consequence and not touching the text at the...
€700
Gilbert Saulnier DU VERDIER, Claude de VARENNES
Le Voyage de France, dressé pour la commodité des François et Estrangers. Avec une Description des Chemins pour aller et venir par tout le Monde. Très-nécessaire aux Voyageurs.
Chez Nicolas Le Gras|à Paris 1687|9 x 16.70 cm|relié
New edition of Claude de Varennes' Voyage de France, edited and expanded by du Verdier. Final edition of this travel guide which contains 100 additional pages.
Full brown glazed sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title label. Upper cover split at foot. Rubbing, corners bumped and worn at edges. Good copy.
Textual reprint of Varennes' travel guide, but Du Verdier added an itinerary of French roads, towards the south, Brittany, Germany, Spain... departing from Paris. Besides this very useful addition, one also finds the value of foreign currencies, and more unexpectedly, a record of relics and treasures found at Saint-Denis. Of particular interest is the...
€450
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
Paul BOURGET
Sur la Toscane
Editions des horizons de France|Paris 1929|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 900 numbered copies on vélin teinté paper.
A good copy.
€30
Philippe LE BAS
L'univers. Suède et Norwege
Firmin Didot frères|Paris 1838|13 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with a folding map and 56 plates at the end of the volumes (Landscapes, costumes, figures). Printed in two columns.
Half black shagreen binding. Ornate spine with false raised bands. Thick fillets on the boards. Borders slightly depressed at the top over 1cm.
70 volumes were published in this famous collection on the history and description of all countries and peoples of the world, from 1833 to 1865.

NB: This work is available at the bookshop on request within 48 hours.
€130
Guillaume DOYEN
Histoire de la ville de Chartres, du pays chartrain et de la Beauce.
De l'Imprimerie de Deshayes • et chez Regnault|Chartres • & Paris 1786|13 x 20 cm|relié
First edition. Rare. Dedication to Monseigneur the Duke of Orléans, Philippe Égalité, Chartres was then under the same jurisdiction as Orléans.
Romantic binding in half blonde sheep. Smooth spines decorated with fleurons and gilt fillets. Corners very slightly bumped. A few pages of volume II very slightly stained.
Rare work not concerned solely, as its title might suggest, with history, but also with the geography of the city of Chartres, the origin of its main arteries. The author, lawyer and surveyor of the city, extensively documented himself in the archives and gathered everything that had been written of note since the origin of the city, anecdotes, events... The work...
€500
Camille MAUCLAIR
Le charme de Bruges
L'Edition d'art H. Piazza|Paris 1929|15.50 x 21 cm|broché sous étui
Illustrated edition with 16 original watercolor compositions enhanced with pochoir by H. Cassiers, one of 500 numbered copies on Japan paper, the only printing with 100 other Japan copies.
Spine and covers lightly and marginally sunned without concern, handsome copy.
€80
Rodolphe TÖPFFER
Nouvelles genevoises
J.J. Dubochet & Cie|Paris 1845|15.50 x 23.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition illustrated with 40 hors-texte plates as well as 200 vignettes.
Publisher's binding in half dark green shagreen, smooth spine decorated with gilt decorative motifs, headcaps rubbed, joints rubbed with a small lack at foot, boards illustrated with gilt decorative motifs, corners slightly bumped, edges gilt.
Work illustrated with 40 hors-texte plates including 1 frontispiece and 200 vignettes in the text.
Foxing, marginal dampstain at foot of the last leaves (from page 249 to page 321), endpapers uniformly sunned.
€50
Harald LINDBERG
Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Käferfauna der Kanarischen Inseln[Contribution to the Knowledge of the Beetle Fauna of the Canary Islands]
Ejnar Munksgaards Forlag|Kobenhavn [Copenhagen] • (Copenhague) [Copenhagen] 1950|17 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
A good and rare copy.
€40
Harald LINDBERG
Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Käferfauna der Kanarischen Inseln[Second Contribution to the Knowledge of the Coleopteran Fauna of the Canary Islands]
Ejnar Munksgaards Forlag|Kobenhavn [Copenhagen] • (Copenhague) [Copenhagen] 1953|17 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
A good and rare copy.
€40
COLLECTIF
Contribution à l'étude du peuplement des îles atlantides
Paul Lechevalier|Paris 1946|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Illustrated with 9 plates hors texte.
A good copy.
€80
De SAINT-MAURICE DE SAINT-LEU
Coûtumes du bailliage de Senlis, et son ancien ressort ; comprenant Senlis, Beauvais, Compiègne, Pontoise, Chaumont, Magny, Beaumont, Chambly, & Creil
Chez Maurice Villery|à Paris 1703|18.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
New edition, published one year after the original compilation by Saint-Leu. Epistle to the Duke of Saint-Simon, the famous memorialist, in his capacity as governor of Senlis.
Contemporary full tanned sheep binding. Spine with five raised bands decorated with a blonde sheep title-label, gilt compartments and fleurons. Gilt roulette on the leading edges. Headcaps worn. Joints cracked along their entire length. Loss at foot of spine. Three corners slightly bumped.
Commentaries on the custom of Senlis (and the jurisdictions that depend on it: Beauvais, Compiègne, Pontoise, etc.), published for the first time in 1540; the present edition also groups together the commentaries of lawyer...
€550
Yves BOTTINEAU
L'Espagne
Arthaud|Paris 1968|18 x 23 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.

Publisher's full grey cloth binding, complete with its dust jacket illustrated by Yves Brayer.

Rich iconography.

A small tear at head of spine partially and slightly browned, occasional foxing.
€30
COLLECTIF
Rivages des origines (archives des Cahiers du sud)
Archives de la ville de Marseille|Marseille 1981|22 x 30.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's binding over yellow plain paper boards citron, dust jacket missing.
Richly illustrated.
€50
Josias SIMMLER, Johan Jakob LEU
Von dem Regiment de lobl. Eydgenossschaft zwey Bücher / In deren Ersterem ein kurtzgefasste Politische Historie der Helvetisch und Eydgenössischen Sachen / nebst einer Nachricht von der Eydgenossen unter sich selbst und mit frömden Fürsten und Staaten gemachten Bündnussen Ursprung / Beschaffenheit und Haubt-Articuln; In dem Anderen aber eine Beschreibung der Eydgenossen Fridens-und Kriegs-Uebungen / samt der Beschaffenheit des Regiments wie der Eydgenössischen Republic insgemein / also jeder derselben XIII. und zugewandter Städten / und Orthen insbesonder / auch der Regierung deren allseitigen Unterthanen / enthalten; Erstlich mit sonderem Fleiss vor anderhalben Seculo zusamengetragen.?[On the Government of the Laudable Confederation: Two Books, the First Containing a Brief Political History of Helvetic and Confederate Affairs, together with an Account of the Origin, Nature and Main Articles of the Alliances Concluded among the Confederates Themselves and with Foreign Princes and States; the Second a Description of the Confederates' Peace and Wartime Practices, along with the Constitution of the Government both of the Confederate Republic in General and of Each of Its Thirteen Cantons and Associate Cities in Particular, as well as the Governance of Their Respective Subjects]
David Gessner|Zurich [Zurich] 1722|15 x 20 cm|relié
The rare first edition of this revised, commented and annotated edition by Johann Jakob Leu of Josias Simler's major work: "De republica helvetiorum" (1576). With a large folding map of Switzerland by Michael Kauffer after Christoph Weigel. A frontispiece by Fussli, often lacking elsewhere, has not been included with this copy.
Contemporary half vellum with corners. Smooth spine with title in black ink. Boards rubbed. Some marginal foxing. Map reinforced on verso with old paper. A good copy.
Hans Jakob Leu was called upon by the publisher David Gessner to revise Simler's edition: De republica helvetiorum. From 1720, Leu gathered a great quantity of information on the regiments of...
€800
C. HOUARD
Les zoocécidies des plantes d'Europe et du bassin de la Méditerranée. Tomes 1 & 2 (sur 3)
Lib. scientifique A. Hermann et fils|Paris 1908|16 x 24.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition.
Half mouse-colored cloth bindings, smooth spines, marbled paper boards, contemporary bindings.
Work illustrated with numerous figures in the text.
Some minor foxing.
Handsome copy.
€200
Jules VERNE
Un drame en Livonie[A Drama in Livonia]
Hetzel|Paris s. d. [1904]|12 x 19 cm|relié
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half hazelnut calf binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, original covers mounted on guards and preserved, speckled top edge, modern pastiche binding unsigned by Goy & Vilaine.
Work decorated with original illustrations by L. Benett.
Very rare signed autograph inscription from Jules Verne to [Achille] Tournier, then Prefect of the Somme.
Jules Verne settled in Amiens, his wife's birthplace, in 1871: "At my wife's wish I settled in Amiens, a wise city, polished, of even temper, where society is cordial and learned. One is close to Paris, close enough to have...
€7,500
Pierre-Augustin GUYS
Voyage littéraire de la Grèce, ou Lettres sur les Grecs, anciens et modernes, avec un parallèle de leurs moeurs
Chez La veuve Duchesne|Paris 1783|12.50 x 19.50 cm|4 volumes reliés
Third edition illustrated with 10 plates hors-texte including a frontispiece by Dalbou after Hoüel, 5 plates hors-texte by Laurent after Favray and 4 folding plates hors-texte by Laurent after Massit. The first three volumes contain all the letters on Greece, the last contains other opuscules by the author: Essays on Tibullus's Elegies (followed by their translation), The Seasons and Light Poetry.
Numerous floral headpieces and tailpieces (flower baskets, carnations...).
Contemporary full marbled blonde calf binding. Smooth spines decorated with green morocco title and volume labels, small gilt floral fleurons, and gilt dentelle at tail. Triple gilt frames on boards. All edges...
€1,400
Albert LAPORTE
En Suisse le sac au dos
Théodore Lefèvre|Paris 1878|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half black shagreen binding, spine slightly faded with four raised bands decorated with quadruple gilt fillets and adorned with a gilt fleuron enriched with a red shagreen mosaic piece, light scratches of no consequence to the joints, cold-stamped fillet and interlacing frame on boards, gilt edges, binding signed by Charles Magnier.
Work illustrated with 73 engravings in and outside the text.
Some minor foxing.
€150
Vue d'optique - Vue du Palais d'Holyrood en Ecosse
Chez Hocquart|Paris [circa 1790]|30.50 x 48.50 cm|une feuille
Original engraving. Optical view heightened in watercolor, depicting a view of Holyrood Palace in Scotland. Optical views, also called vues, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings that were very fashionable between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be observed through a set of several mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered as the precursors of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Optical views seem to appear in the 1740s and were salon entertainments. The process was first developed in Paris, then London and finally...
€180
Vue d'optique - L'Abbaye de Westminster et de l'Eglise Sainte Marguerite à Londres
Chez Lachaussée|Paris [circa 1790]|30.50 x 48.50 cm|une feuille
Original engraving. Optical view heightened in watercolors, representing a view of Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church in London. Optical views, also called views, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings that were very fashionable between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be observed through a set of several mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered as the forerunners of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Optical views seem to appear in the 1740s and were parlor entertainments. The process developed first in...
€150
Vue d'optique - L'Intérieur de l'Abbaye de Westminster
Chez Lachaussée|Paris [circa 1790]|30.50 x 48.50 cm|une feuille
Original engraving. Optical view heightened in watercolor, depicting a view of the interior of Westminster Abbey.
Optical views, also called views, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings that were very fashionable between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be observed through a set of several mirrors or by means of a Zygrascope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered the precursors of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Optical views seem to appear in the 1740s and were salon entertainments. The process was developed first in Paris, then London...
€150
Vue d'optique - Vue intérieure de la Bourse royale à Londres
Chez Lachaussée|Paris [circa 1790]|30.50 x 48.50 cm|une feuille
Original engraving. Vue d'optique heightened in watercolour, depicting an interior view of the Royal Exchange in London.
Vues d'optique, also called vues, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings that were highly fashionable between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be viewed through a set of mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Vues d'optique can be considered the precursors to three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Vues d'optique appear to have emerged in the 1740s and were drawing-room entertainments. The process was first developed in Paris...
€150
Vue d'optique - Vue de l'Hôtel du Lord Maire à Londres
Chez Basset|Paris [circa 1790]|30.50 x 48.50 cm|une feuille
Original engraving. Vue d'optique heightened in watercolour, depicting a view of the Lord Mayor's residence in London.
Vues d'optique, also called vues, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings that were highly fashionable between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be viewed through a set of mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Vues d'optique can be considered the precursors to three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Vues d'optique appear to have emerged in the 1740s and were drawing-room entertainments. The process was first developed in Paris...
€150
Antonio de CAPMANY
Ordenanzas de las armadas navales de la corona de Aragon
En la imprenta real|Madrid 1787|17.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Contemporary full parchment binding. Smooth spine with pen-and-ink title faded at head. Lacking one third of the leather on upper board, also at edges. Without endpaper. Good freshness of paper.
Aragonese naval ordinances from the 14th century. In appendix, English naval ordinances and various documents relating to the Spanish navy, notably ordinances from the 16th century.
€950
Rodolphe TÖPFFER
Voyages en zigzag ou excursions d'un pensionnat en vacances dans les cantons suisses et sur le revers italien des Alpes
J.J. Dubochet • Le Chevalier & Cie|Paris 1846|18.50 x 28 cm|relié
Second edition.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with four fine raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments, frame of gilt fillet on black paper boards, some tears to leading edges, cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns.
Work illustrated after drawings by the author as well as 15 hors-texte drawings by Calame.
Occasional light foxing affecting mainly the beginning and end of the volume.
€150
Désiré RAOUL-ROCHETTE
Histoire de la révolution helvétique, de 1797 à 1803
Paris 1823|13 x 21 cm|relié
First edition.
Half-brown cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and gilt title, marbled paper boards, speckled edges. Spine uniformly sunned, a lack to upper left corner, other corners bumped.
A folding map of Switzerland divided into 22 cantons created by the author.
Scattered foxing.
€70
Francisco Paula DE MELLADO
Recuerdos de un viage por España. - Bandido
Establecimiento tipografico de Mellado|Madrid 1851|15.50 x 23 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving heightened with watercolor and gum arabic of the period, signed in the plate by Clerman lower right.
Print created for "Recuerdos de un viage por España" by Francisco de Paula Mellado, an account of his journey through the multiple provinces of Spain and overseas territories in which the author studies the customs, legends, literature, history and geography of each place. This type of illustration is emblematic of Spanish Romantic aesthetics and its fashion for "tableaux de coutumes" ("Cuadro de costumbres"), veritable galleries of generic characters in the manner of "Les Français peints par eux-mêmes" of the same period.
Superb watercolor whose gum arabic...
€60
Francisco Paula DE MELLADO
Recuerdos de un viage por España. - Contrabandista
Establecimiento tipografico de Mellado|Madrid 1851|15.50 x 23 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving heightened with watercolor and gum arabic of the period, signed in the plate by Clerman lower right. Plate engraved by Pannemaker.
Print created for "Recuerdos de un viage por España" by Francisco de Paula Mellado, an account of his journey through the multiple provinces of Spain and overseas territories in which the author studies the customs, legends, literature, history and geography of each place. This type of illustration is emblematic of Spanish Romantic aesthetics and its fashion for "tableaux de coutumes" ("Cuadro de costumbres"), veritable galleries of generic characters in the manner of "Les Français peints par eux-mêmes" of the same period.
Superb...
€60
Francisco Paula DE MELLADO
Recuerdos de un viage por España. - Habitante de las cercanias de Xeres
Establecimiento tipografico de Mellado|Madrid 1851|15.50 x 23 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving heightened with watercolor and gum arabic of the period. Plate engraved by Pannemaker.
Print created for "Recuerdos de un viage por España" by Francisco de Paula Mellado, an account of his journey through the multiple provinces of Spain and overseas territories in which the author studies the customs, legends, literature, history and geography of each place. This type of illustration is emblematic of Spanish Romantic aesthetics and its fashion for "costume paintings" ("Cuadro de costumbres"), veritable galleries of generic characters in the manner of "Les Français peints par eux-mêmes" at the same period.
Superb watercolor whose gum varnish accentuates the...
€60
Francisco Paula DE MELLADO
Recuerdos de un viage por España. - Corregidor
Establecimiento tipografico de Mellado|Madrid 1851|15.50 x 23 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving heightened with watercolor and gum arabic of the period, signature in the plate by Clerman at bottom right. Plate engraved by Duverger.
Print created for "Recuerdos de un viage por España" by Francisco de Paula Mellado, an account of his journey through the multiple provinces of Spain and overseas territories in which the author studies the customs, legends, literature, history and geography of each place. This type of illustration is emblematic of Spanish Romantic aesthetics and its fashion for "costume paintings" ("Cuadro de costumbres"), veritable galleries of generic characters in the manner of "Les Français peints par eux-mêmes" at the same period. Superb...
€60
Francisco Paula DE MELLADO
Recuerdos de un viage por España. - Mendigo
Establecimiento tipografico de Mellado|Madrid 1851|15.50 x 23 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving enhanced with watercolor and gum arabic highlights from the period, signature in the plate by Clerman at lower right. Plate engraved by Duverger.
Print created for "Recuerdos de un viage por España" by Francisco de Paula Mellado, an account of his journey through the multiple provinces of Spain and overseas territories in which the author studies the customs, legends, literature, history and geography of each place. This type of illustration is emblematic of Spanish Romantic aesthetics and its fashion for "costume studies" ("Cuadro de costumbres"), veritable galleries of generic characters in the manner of "Les Français peints par eux-mêmes" from the same...
€60
Francisco Paula DE MELLADO
Recuerdos de un viage por España. - Majo
Establecimiento tipografico de Mellado|Madrid 1851|15.50 x 23 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving enhanced with watercolor and gum arabic highlights from the period. Plate engraved by Pannemaker.
Print created for "Recuerdos de un viage por España" by Francisco de Paula Mellado, an account of his journey through the multiple provinces of Spain and overseas territories in which the author studies the customs, legends, literature, history and geography of each place. This type of illustration is emblematic of Spanish Romantic aesthetics and its fashion for "costume studies" ("Cuadro de costumbres"), veritable galleries of generic characters in the manner of "Les Français peints par eux-mêmes" from the same period. Superb watercolor whose gum arabic varnish...
€60
Francisco Paula DE MELLADO
Recuerdos de un viage por España. - Cara de Sevilla
Establecimiento tipografico de Mellado|Madrid 1851|15.50 x 23 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving heightened with watercolor and gum arabic highlights of the period, signature in the plate by Clerman at lower right. Plate engraved by Pannemaker.
Print created for "Recuerdos de un viage por España" by Francisco de Paula Mellado, an account of his journey through the multiple provinces of Spain and overseas territories in which the author studies the customs, legends, literature, history and geography of each place. This type of illustration is emblematic of Spanish Romantic aesthetics and its fashion for "tableaux de costumbres" ("Cuadro de costumbres"), veritable galleries of generic characters in the manner of "Les Français peints par eux-mêmes" of the same...
€60
Francisco Paula DE MELLADO
Recuerdos de un viage por España. - Jovencita en la iglesia
Establecimiento tipografico de Mellado|Madrid 1851|15.50 x 23 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving heightened with watercolor and gum arabic highlights of the period. Plate engraved by Pannemaker.
Print created for "Recuerdos de un viage por España" by Francisco de Paula Mellado, an account of his journey through the multiple provinces of Spain and overseas territories in which the author studies the customs, legends, literature, history and geography of each place. This type of illustration is emblematic of Spanish Romantic aesthetics and its fashion for "tableaux de costumbres" ("Cuadro de costumbres"), veritable galleries of generic characters in the manner of "Les Français peints par eux-mêmes" of the same period.
Superb watercolor whose gum arabic...
€60
Francisco Paula DE MELLADO
Recuerdos de un viage por España. - Manola
Establecimiento tipografico de Mellado|Madrid 1851|15.50 x 23 cm|une feuille
Original woodcut heightened with watercolor and gum arabic highlights of the period, signed lower right by Clerman. Plate engraved by Pannemaker.
Print created for "Recuerdos de un viage por España" by Francisco de Paula Mellado, an account of his journey through the multiple provinces of Spain and overseas territories in which the author studies the customs, legends, literature, history and geography of each place.
This type of illustration is emblematic of Spanish Romantic aesthetics and its fashion for "tableaux de coutumes" ("Cuadro de costumbres"), veritable galleries of generic characters in the manner of "Les Français peints par eux-mêmes" of the same period.
Superb...
€60
Francisco Paula DE MELLADO
Recuerdos de un viage por España. - Seise de la catedral de Sevilla
Establecimiento tipografico de Mellado|Madrid 1851|15.50 x 23 cm|une feuille
Original woodcut heightened with watercolor and gum arabic highlights of the period, signed lower left by Clerman. Plate engraved by Duverger. Print created for "Recuerdos de un viage por España" by Francisco de Paula Mellado, an account of his journey through the multiple provinces of Spain and overseas territories in which the author studies the customs, legends, literature, history and geography of each place.
This type of illustration is emblematic of Spanish Romantic aesthetics and its fashion for "tableaux de coutumes" ("Cuadro de costumbres"), veritable galleries of generic characters in the manner of "Les Français peints par eux-mêmes" of the same period.
Superb watercolor...
€60
Edmond COTTEAU
De Paris au Japon à travers la Sibérie, voyage exécuté du 6 Mai au 7 Août 1881
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1883|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition. Half chocolate shagreen binding, spine slightly faded with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, modern binding. Work illustrated with 28 engravings and complete with its folding map at the end. Handsome copy almost free from foxing.
€300
Jean-François de BOURGOING
Nouveau voyage en Espagne, ou tableau de l'etat actuel de cette monarchie
Chez Regnault|à Paris 1789|12 x 20 cm|relié
Second issue of the first edition with alternate title, illustrated with 3 folding maps (Spain, Madrid and the Bay of Cadiz) including the map of Spain hand-colored, and 9 plates of which 7 are folding.
Contemporary half brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with bold fillets. Title-label and volume label in fawn calf. Headcap of volume I partly worn, split on volume 2, a lack to volume 3; tail of volumes I and 2 partly split. Lower joint of volume 2 open at tail. Upper joint of volume 3 cracked at tail. Set heavily rubbed. Edges of volume I trimmed and those of other volumes bumped. 3 plates with tears. Dampstain at beginning of volume II.
The interest of this...
€700
Jean-Baptiste Benoît EYRIÈS
L'Autriche, Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Autrichiens. Suite de gravures coloriées avec leurs explications
Gide fils|Paris s. d. [circa 1825]|-|relié
First edition illustrated with 24 hand-colored plates, hors-texte, depicting Austrians dressed in various period costumes.
Half red Russian morocco binding, smooth spine with cold-stamped fleurons and gilt title, boards with double cold-stamped fillet frame and roulette decoration, front joint cracked at head, headcaps lightly rubbed, contemporary binding.
Some discreet foxing otherwise handsome and rare work describing the Austrian people in the 19th century, abundantly illustrated with hand-colored engraved plates.
€700