1875 - 3189 OLD and RARE BOOKS
76 2575 France Bellegarde J B Morvan de 
- Both vols. w. contemp. owner's entry on title-p.; vol.1 bookplate on 2nd blank. Recased; rebacked w. use of contemp. backstrip.
= Barbier IV, p.1025.
76 2576 France Cottin E 
76 2576 France Cottin E 
- Most fold. leaves w. closed tear in inner margin, partly into the "maps"; endpapers renewed w. late 19th cent. marbled paper.
= Ingeniously construed travel booklet, with attractive use of colours.
76 2577 France David P 
- Endpapers sl. browned/ foxed; extensive contemp. owner's annots. on first free endpaper. Rebacked w. portion of orig. backstrip.
= Rare.
76/2578 France Description du Mausolée De Très Haute Très Puissante & Très Excellente Princesse Marie Charlotte Sophie Felicité Leszczynska Reine de France 
76/2578 France Description du Mausolée De Très Haute Très Puissante & Très Excellente Princesse Marie Charlotte Sophie Felicité Leszczynska Reine de France 
- Contents partly sl. duststained; owner's entry of "J.Maria de Candia" on htitle. Binding dam. and leather w. some creases (rebound and restored); gilding partly painted black.
= Rare.
76 2579 France Dumouriez C F 
76 2579 France Dumouriez C F 
76 2579 France Dumouriez C F 
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; new, marbled endpapers; occas. trifle foxed. Joints starting; spine-ends sl. dam.; corners bumped.
BOUND WITH: J.P. Brissot, Député du Département d'Eure et Loire, a ses commettans (...). Paris/ London, P. Provos/ R. Edwards, 1794, 89,(1)p. - AND WITH: Memorial espagnol presenté a sa Majesté Catholique contre les pretendus Jansenistes du Pays-Bas (...). N.pl., n.publ., 1699, VI,(2),127,(1)p., text in 2 columns in Spanish and French.
- First and final leaf both bound in twice.
76/2580 France Evénement arrivé dans la nuit du 13 au 14 février ou assassinat de S A R Monseigneur le Duc de Berri 
- One leaf cut out (p.203-204) w. near contemp. annot. reading: "C'est un Jésuite ou un ami des Jésuites qui a déchiré les pages 203 et 204."; frontisp. w. closed tear in image and engr. caption below cut short; title-p. sl. duststained. Backstrip restored w. marbled paper; frontwr. partly darkened.
= Very rare. Not in Barbier. The frontisp. published separately (prob. simultaneously) by the author and bound with in our copy. No other copy found with this frontispice and only one copy traced in the trade/ auction (without the frontisp.).
76 2581 France Goury de Champgrand J 
- Owner's entry and 2 collector's stamps on title-p. Upper joint sl. worn. Fine copy.
= Barbier II, 686. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CII.
76/2582 France Histoire de Jean de Calais sur de nouveaux memoires/ Nouvelle histoire de Pierre de Provence et de la Belle Maguelonne 
- Occas. sl. foxed. Top of spine dam.
= Barbier, II, 674.
Schoolprize binding of the Archdiocese of Sens: contemp. mottled calf w. central gilt coat of arms of P. D'ALBERT DE LUYNES on both covers, gilt spine w. red mor. letterpiece. - ON: Perefixe, H. de Beaumont de. Histoire du roi Henri le Grand. Paris, Didot etc., 1755, 2 parts in 1 vol., (6),260; (2),310,(4)p.
- Paper ticket on upper pastedown; title-p. loosening.
= Cf. Guigard 221. With the prize to Joannis Sebastian Beauvais de Villeneuve, dated 25 August 1770 and signed by headmaster A.-M. Massien, w. 2 paper seals attached.
AND 2 others: LETTRES HISTORIQUES (The Hague, 1692-1701, 2 vols. containing 4/ 6 months, each w. ±100/ 130p., 19th cent. marbled boards. Both vols. w. engr. armorial bookplate of Majorat Meuselwitz on upper pastedown; first vol. 10 lvs. waterst.).
76 2583 France Montresor C de Bourdeille 
- Occas. trifle yellowed/ foxed. Upper corners bumped/ sl. dam.
= Willems 2015 note; Rahir 3114: "Impr. par Fr. Foppens de Brussels. Cette édition n'est pas, comme l'indique W., celle de 1664 avec un autre titre; elle est entièrement différante et n'a pas le même nombre de pages."
(Rochefort, Comte de). Mémoires de Mr. L.D.C.R. Contenant ce qui s'est passé de plus particulier sous le Ministere du Cardinal de Richelieu, et du Cardinal Mazarin, avec plusieurs particularités remarquables du Regne de Louis le Grand. The Hague, H. van Bulderen, 1683, (16),456p., contemp. calf.
- Erased owner's entry on title-p. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities.
= Memoires of the Count de Rochefort on whom the namesake fictional character in Alexandre Dumas' Three musketeers is based.
76 2584 France Moufle d'Angerville 
- Some offsetting; all vols. bookplate on upper pastedown. Bindings trifle rubbed.
= Cioranescu 47506; Cohen/ De Ricci p.741; Quérard, La France Littéraire VI, p.334; Weller II, p.215.
AND 2 others: MME. DE LA ROCHEJACQUELEIN, Mémoires (Bordeaux, 1815, 2 fold. engr. maps (1x handcol.), sl. later hcl. Waterst. and sl. mouldy at the beginning; binding worn) and ANECDOTES SUR ME. LA COMTESSE DUBARRI (London, 1776, engr. frontisp. portrait, contemp. boards).
76 2585 France Necker J 
76 2585 France Necker J 
- All vols. bookplate on upper pastedown and owner's entry on htitle; occas. trifle foxed. Covers w. some rubbed spots; 3rd vol. sm. (water)stains on frontcover; two vols. sunned.
= Cf. Kress B916; Goldsmiths 13050; INED 3358; Blanqui 66 (first ed. 1784): "C'est le premier ouvrage sincère qui nous ait révélé la science des finances, et de plus un acte de courage et de bon citoyen au moment où il parut"; New Palgrave III, 620: "(...) This work, like those which Necker wrote previously, is marked by an absence of general principle; it was declamatory and exaggerated in style, but valuable to those who would study how the finances of France were managed in the last days of the old régime".
76 2586 France Nougaret P J B 
- Waterstained set (mainly in upper half). Paper over covers worn.
76 2587 France Peltier J 
- Both vols. sm. stamp on title. Paper over backstrips worn off.
= Monglond II, p.508. Rare anti-revolutionist account (August 1792-September 1793).
76 2588 France Prudhomme L M 
- Hinges broken but holding on cords; trifle wormholed. Spine-ends sl. dam.
= Commentary on the social and sexual habits of the Queens of France, with special emphasis on Marie Antoinette.
76 2589 France Regley Abbé 
- First few leaves (incl. frontisp.) trifle waterstained; first few quires sl. dogeared. Lacks backwr. = Rare.
76 2590 France Roussel P J A 
- Letterpieces deteriorated and discoloured; corners and spine-ends sl. worn; frontcover of vol.2 chafed. Contents fine.
76 2591 France Simon D 
76 2591 France Simon D 
Berthault, P. Florus gallicus sive, Rerum a veteribus Gallis Bello Gestarum Epitome, In IV. Libellos distincta. Paris, C. Thiboust, 1660, 6th ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., (44),244,(24); (38),426,(36)p., contemp. calf w. gilt spine, sm. 8vo.
- Occas. sl foxed; waterstained in upper blank margin. Covers sl. rubbed; corners showing; spine-ends sl. dam.
76 2592 France Torcy J P Colbert Comte de Torcy 
- Both vols. heraldic bookplate on upper pastedown; title-p. vol. 2 sl. yellowed and dampst. in margins; occas. trifle foxed. Joints starting; spines sl. darkened.
76 2593 France Young A 
- Both vols. occas. (sl.) waterstained (incl. maps); maps repaired w. tape on verso.
76 2594 Freemasonry De Vignoles J J and Du Bois J P J 
76 2594 Freemasonry De Vignoles J J and Du Bois J P J 
= Wolfstieg 39707; Bibl. Esot. 5137 (the second ed. of 1766 only). "Men maakte voornamelijk gebruik van liederen uit "La Lire Maçonne", uitgegeven door R. van Laak en dus [?] van Nederlandse origine, waarvan tussen 1763 en 1784 zes drukken verschenen. (...) men had hier te maken met een typisch persoonlijk bezit en de Broeders hebben zich niet onbetuigd gelaten terzake van de wijze waarop zij dit hebben gekoesterd. Dat blijkt wel duidelijk uit het prachtige bindwerk (...)" (De beoefening der koninklijke kunst in Nederland 33). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CI.