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78 972 Congo Daye P a m o 78 972 Congo Daye P a m o
78/ 972 [Congo]. Daye, P. a.m.o. Le Miroir du Congo Belge. Pref. J. and J. Tharaud. Brussels/ Paris, édition N.E.A., 1929, 2 vols., 286,(2); 284,(4)p., num. (photogr.) plates and ills. i.a. by JACOVLEFF, orig. pict. wr. by A. L'OLIVIER, folio.

- Wrappers sl. foxed; backwr. of vol. 2 sl. chipped.

€ (50-70) 50
78 973 Crimean War Tyrrell H 78 973 Crimean War Tyrrell H
78 973 Crimean War Tyrrell H 78 973 Crimean War Tyrrell H
78/ 973 [Crimean War]. Tyrrell, H. The History of the War with Russia: Giving full Details of the Operations of the Allied Armies. London/ New York, London Printing and Publishing company, n.d. (±1855), 2 vols. (of 3), (2),III,(1),383,(1); (2),379,(1)p., 2 steelengr. title-p., 2 frontisp., steelengr. views/ portraits, contemp. gilt blindst. calf, 4to.

- Lacks vol.3. Both vols. spine dam.; corners showing; rubbed around the edges. = Attractively illustrated.

€ (50-70) 50
78/974 Economics Poyaisian Land Certificate Certificate of 120 acres 78/974 Economics Poyaisian Land Certificate Certificate of 120 acres
78/ 974 [Economics]. "Poyaisian Land Certificate. Certificate of 120 acres". Letterpress certificate, 49x38 cm., signed by GREGOR MACGREGOR in pen and ink, London, dated December 31, 1830 (folded). - AND 2 other certificates by the same for 400 acres and 1000 acres (both dated 1834), both signed by MacGregor.

= The Poyaisian Scheme was one of the first modern large securities fraude schemes. Set up by the Scottish soldier and adventurer Gregor MacGregor (1786-1845), who began his life of military adventuring in Venezuela and Colombia, during the struggles for independance in South America. He visited what is today Honduras, and claimed that when he was there he obtained a grant of eight million acres from George Frederick Augustus, king of the Mosquito Indians. Returning to London, Macgregor styled himself as Gregor I, cazique (chief) of the independent state of Poyais. He set about publicising his fictitious state, setting up a land office in London (and later in Paris and Glasgow) and selling land certifcates and was able to issue bonds of a Poyaisian government loan (lent by a respectable company) to investors. A group of around two hundred settlers, actually sailed to the so-called land of Poyais in central America. Discovering a barren and inhospitable jungle and swampland, only about 50 survived (who were saved by a British rescue mission). MacGregor fled to Paris in 1823 and continued his fraudulous Poyaisian activities there. After being acquitted in a French fraud trial he returned to London in 1827. He changed his chiefdom into a republic, still with him as head of state. He continued to issue bonds on a further loan of 800.000 pound to cover his debts, despite the failure of his first fraudulous attempt and a published account in 1823 by one the surviving settlers. He was able to maintain the scheme because the public disapproval focused on speculators in South American loans rather than his very colourful and positive misinterpretation of Poyais; even a pamphlet from 1827 warning investors about Poyais, makes no mention of him at all. He returned to Edinburgh and issued further land certificates to cover his debts from the defaulted securities of his previous loans. His wife died in 1837 and he returned to Venezuela the next year, where he received a citizenship and a pension because of his involvement in the Venezuelan struggle for independance. He lived out his days in Caracas where he was buried with full military honours with i.a. the president of Venezuela and his cabinet behind his coffin and was hailed as a military hero.

€ (300-500)
78 975 Economics Smith A 78 975 Economics Smith A
78/ 975 [Economics]. Smith, A. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Dublin, W. Porter for G. Burnet a.o., 1793, 5th ed., 2 vols., (III-)XIII,(1),498; VIII,489,(60)p., contemp. unif. calf w. 2 contrasting letterpieces.

- Vol. 1 lacks (as usual) htitle; frontcover and first 2 lvs. loose; partly sl. dogeared; both vols. first and final 2 lvs. (sl.) soiled/ dam. Bindings worn/ dam.

= First published 1776. Cf. Kress B2209; Goldsmiths 14612. PMM 221: "Where the political aspects of human rights had taken two centuries to explore, Smith's achievement was to bring the study of economic aspects to the same point in a single work. The Wealth of Nations is not a system, but as a provisional analysis it is completely convincing. The certainty of its criticism and its grasp of human nature have made it the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought."

€ (150-250) 325
78 976 Economics Wee H van der and Kurgan Van Hentenryk G ed 78 976 Economics Wee H van der and Kurgan Van Hentenryk G ed
78/ 976 [Economics]. Wee, H. van der and Kurgan-Van Hentenryk, G. (ed.). A History of European Banking. Antw., European Investment Bank/ Mercatorfonds, 2000, 422p., num. (full-p.) (col.) ills., orig. gilt cl. w. dustwr., slipcase, 4to.

- Occas. owner's annots.

Yamey, B.S. Art & Accounting. New Haven/ London, Yale University Press, 1989, 157p., (full-p.) (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., sm. 4to. Boer, J.W. Bijdrage tot de kennis van de ontwikkeling der eigendomsoverdracht van onroerend goed in Nederland. Assen, H. Born, 1887, (16),412p., contemp. giltlettered hcalf.

- Upper hinge weak; bookplate on upper pastedown; owner's stamp on title. Ticket on spine.

Shell, M. Art & Money. Chicago/ London, University of Chicago Press, 1995, XVI,213p., (col.) ills., orig. hcl. w. dustwr. Pitlo, A. and Gehlen, A.Fl. De zeventiende en achttiende eeuwse notarisboeken. Deventer, Kluwer, 2004, 2nd rev. ed., XXVI,219,(6)p., ills., orig. cl. - AND 15 others, i.a. J. SOLL, The Reckoning (New York, 2014, ills., orig. boards) and J. GLEESON-WHITE, Double Entry (New York/ London, 2012, orig. boards w. dustwr.).

€ (70-90)
78 977 Egypt Ahmad M 78 977 Egypt Ahmad M
78/ 977 [Egypt]. Ahmad, M. Concise Guide to the Principal Arabic Monuments in Cairo. Cairo, Government Press, 1939, XVIII,267,(1)p., plates, orig. wr.

- Bookblock split. Backstrip dam. and partly worn off.

Baikie, J. The Amarna Age. A Study of the Crisis in the Ancient World. Introd. S.A. Cook. London, A. & C. Black, 1926, XVII,(3),465,(3)p., 5 (fold.) (col.) lithogr. maps, 32 plates, orig. gilt cl. - AND 5 others, i.a. A.D. TOUNY and S. WENIG, Sport in Ancient Egypt (Leipsic, 1969, plates, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to) and W.H.T. GAIRDNER, Egyptian Colloquial Arabic. A Conversation Grammar (London, 1926, 2nd ed., fold. table, orig. cl.).

€ (50-70)
78 978 Egypt Marcel J J 78 978 Egypt Marcel J J
78/ 978 [Egypt]. Marcel, J.J. Égypte, depuis la conquète des Arabes jusqu'à la domination française. Paris, Firmin Didot frères, 1848, 3 parts in 1 vol., (4),255,(1); 215,(1); 212p., 76 (fold.) steelengr. maps and plates, contemp. gilt hmor. prize binding of Utrecht, w. the prize (to "Johannem Paul. v.d. Stok" bound in at the front) dated 1864.

- Final ±20 plates sl. creased in upper blank outer corner. Upper joint starting.

ADDED: Jancigny, D. de and Raymond, X. Inde. Paris, Firmin Didot frères, 1845, (4),590,(2)p., 2 fold. steelengr. maps, 82 (of 84?) plates, contemp. gilt hcalf.

- Possibly lacks 2 plates; occas. sl. yellowed; lower hinge split. Paper over frontcover sl. dam.

= Part of the series l'Univers.

€ (50-70)
78 979 Egypt Müller W M 78 979 Egypt Müller W M
78/ 979 [Egypt]. Müller, W.M. Asien und Europa nach altägyptischen Denkmälern. Introd. G. Ebers. Leipsic, W. Engelmann, 1893, X,(2),403,(1)p., double-p. lithogr. map, ills., orig. buckram w. mor. letterpiece. Schäfer, H. Von ägyptischer Kunst. Eine Grundlage. Ibid., J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1930, 3rd rev. ed., 2 vols., text vol.: XVI,424p.; plate vol.: (4 publ. cat.)p., 62 plates, contemp./ sl. later unif. gilt hvellum (orig. wr. plate vol. pres.), t.e.g. - AND 5 others, i.a. K. OPPEL, Das alte Wunderland der Pyramiden (ibid., 1875, (tinted) woodengr. plates, ills., orig. gilt cl.) and F. WOENIG, Die Pflanzen im alten Aegypten (ibid., 1886, ills., later hcl.).
€ (50-70)
78 980 Egypt Perrot G and Chipiez C 78 980 Egypt Perrot G and Chipiez C
78 980 Egypt Perrot G and Chipiez C 78 980 Egypt Perrot G and Chipiez C
78/ 980 [Egypt]. Perrot, G. and Chipiez, C. Histoire de l'Art dans l'Antiquité. Vol. 1. L'Égypte. Paris, Hachette et Cie., 1882, LXXVI,879p., (fold.) (handcol.) engr. plates, ills., contemp. gilt green hcalf w. mor. letterpiece, 4to.

- Some foxing. Binding sl. rubbed; spine sunned.

AND 7 others, i.a. J. CAPART, Tout-Ankh-Amon (Brussels, 1943, (col.) plates, contemp. hleather, orig. wr. pres.) and vols. 7-10 from the 2nd series of RECUEIL DES NOTICES ET MÉMOIRES de la Société Archéologique du Département de Constantine (Algiers/ Paris, 1876, 4 vols., fold. plates, orig. unif. wr. Contents loose(ning); needs rebinding).

€ (50-70) 50
78 981 Egypt Salvator Ludwig Archduke of Austria 78 981 Egypt Salvator Ludwig Archduke of Austria
78/ 981 [Egypt]. Salvator Ludwig, Archduke of Austria. Ramleh als Winteraufenthalt. Leipsic, Woerl's Reisebücher-Verlag, 1900, XVII,(3),151p., fold. col. lithogr. plan, 77 (photogr.) plates, contemp. (orig.?) hcl., 4to.

- Closed tear in inner margin of fold. plan. Otherwise a fine copy.

= Kainbacher 253,7; Holzmann-Bohatta VII, 832. On the bayside town of Ramleh, near Alexandria, Egypt.

ADDED: P.W. VON KEPPLER, Wanderfahrten und Wahlfahrten im Orient (Freiburg i.B., 1922, 7th ed., 2 fold. maps, 1 fold. panorama, num. (full-p.) ills., orig. hcl.).

€ (70-90) 110
78/982 France Code Civil des Français Éditions Originale et Seulle Officielle 78/982 France Code Civil des Français Éditions Originale et Seulle Officielle
78/ 982 [France]. Code Civil des Français. Éditions Originale et Seulle Officielle. Paris, L'Imprimerie de la Republique, 1804, (4),436p., contemp. calf.

- Sl. browed/ yellowed; some contemp. Remnants of paper ticket over letterpiece

= Camus p.164: "Il y a eu trois éditions officielles du Code civil, in-4o, in-8o et in-32o (...)". Our copy published by I'Imprimerie de la République, in 8vo. The Civil Code had the great merit of unifying French law shared under the Ancien Régime between written law and a multitude of customs. It achieves a fair balance between ancient principles and revolutionary conquests.

BOUND WITH: Table Alphabétique des matières du code civil des Français, rédigée sur l'Édition originale et seule officielle. Ibid., Rondonneau, 1804, 240p. - AND BOUND WITH: Constitution de la République Française. N.pl. (Maastricht?), n.d., "an VIII" (1799/ 1800), 20p., woodcut headpiece.

- Contemp. annotations.

€ (120-150) 120
78 983 France Cuvier G 78 983 France Cuvier G
78 983 France Cuvier G 78 983 France Cuvier G
78/ 983 [France]. Cuvier, G. Recueil des éloges historiques lus dans les séances publiques de l'institut de France. Paris, Firmin Didot, 1861, 2nd ed., 3 vols., (4),LIX,(1),411,(2); (4),409,(2); (4),394,(1)p., contemp. unif. blindst. mor. w. large gilt armorial coat of arms on frontcover, gilt spine. - AND 1 other.
€ (50-70)
78 984 France Cuvier G 78 984 France Cuvier G
78/ 984 [France]. Cuvier, G. Recueil des éloges historiques lus dans les séances publiques de l'institut de France. Paris, Firmin Didot, 1861, 2nd ed., 3 vols., (4),LIX,(1),411,(2); (4),409,(2); (4),394,(1)p., contemp. unif. gilt hmor w. gilt ornament on frontcover. - AND 1 other.
€ (50-70)
78 985 France Guizot F 78 985 France Guizot F
78/ 985 [France]. Guizot, F. L'Histoire de France depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'en 1789. Paris, Hachette et Cie., 1875-1876, 5 vols., 2 col. maps, num. (full-p.) woodengr. ills., orig. unif. richly gilt dec. mor., t.e.g., 4to.

- Some (unobtrusive) foxing/ light waterdam.

AND 1 other by the same, unif. bound w. the preceding: L'Histoire d'Angleterre (ibid., 1877-1878, 2 vols., num. (full-p.) woodengr. ills.).

€ (80-100) 130
78 986 France Methelier J A and Tirpenne J L 78 986 France Methelier J A and Tirpenne J L
78/ 986 [France]. Methelier, (J.A.) and Tirpenne, J.L. Souvenirs et croquis de Dieppe et ses environs. Paris etc., J.L. Tirpenne, n.d. (±1840), 4 textp., engr. title, lithogr. map and 26 plates, 20th cent. antique style hleather w. contemp. gilt mor. title-piece on frontcover, folio.

- (Vaguely) waterst. and (sl.) foxed throughout.

€ (80-100) 80
78 987 France Michelet J 78 987 France Michelet J
78/ 987 [France]. Michelet, J. Histoire de la révolution française. Paris, Chamerot, 1847-1853, 7 vols., contemp. unif. giltlettered hcalf.

- Occas. sl. foxed. Backstrips sunned.

€ (60-80) 60
78 988 France Petit V 78 988 France Petit V
78 988 France Petit V 78 988 France Petit V
78 988 France Petit V 78 988 France Petit V
78 988 France Petit V 78 988 France Petit V
78 988 France Petit V 78 988 France Petit V
78/ 988 [France]. Petit, V. Souvenirs des Pyrénées. Vues prises aux environs des eaux thermales de Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Bagnères-de-Luchon, Cauteretz, Saint-Sauveur, Barèges, Les Eaux Bonnes, Les Eaux Chaudes & Pau. Pau, A. Bassy, n.d. (±1850), lithogr. title printed in blue and gold, 5 divisional titles (each w. sm. handcol. (circular) view), 1 fold. col. panorama ("Panorama des Pyrénées") and 33 (of 38?) handcol. views, loose as issued in orig. giltlettered mor. portfolio, folio.

- Lacks at least 5 plates; general title-p. foxed and w. sm. tear; panorama foxed. Portfolio lacks closing strip and 2 narrow sides.

= The number of plates varies in most copies, with a maximum of 52. Our copy contains, apart from the general fold. panorama: Souvenirs de Pau (title and 4 (of 6) numb. views), Souvenirs des Eaux-Bonnes (title and 9 (of 10) numb. views), Souvenirs des Eaux-Chaudes (title and 6 (of 8) numb. views), Souvenirs de Cauterets (title and 7 numb. views) and Souvenirs des Hautes-Pyrénées (title and 7 views). Copies with this many handcoloured plates are extremely rare.

€ (200-300) 300
78 989 France Ritchie L 78 989 France Ritchie L
78 989 France Ritchie L 78 989 France Ritchie L
78/ 989 [France]. Ritchie, L. Travelling Sketches on the Sea-Coasts of France. London, Longman etc., 1834, (10),256p., steelengr. title and 20 views by i.a. R. WALLIS after C. STANFIELD, orig. gilt red mor., a.e.g.

- Rebacked w. use of orig. backstrip; covers sl. stained/ soiled. = Heat's Picturesque Annual for 1834.

Fortoul, H. Les Fastes de Versailles depuis son origine jusqu'à nos jours. Paris, Houdaille & Cie., 1844, (8),327,(7)p., steelengr. title, 4 heraldic plates printed in colours and gold ("Procédé Fichtenberg"), 24 steelengr. plates/ portraits, woodengr. ills., contemp. gilt hmor., 4to.

- Sl. foxed; prelim. text lvs. sl. browned.

AND 3 others, i.a. PARIS. ILLUSTRATIONS. Album de gravures par les premiers artistes de France (Paris, 1838, steelengr. plates, woodengr. ills., later hcl.).

€ (60-80) 100
78 990 France Vaysse de Villiers J 78 990 France Vaysse de Villiers J
78/ 990 [France]. Vaysse de Villiers, (J.). Itinéraire descriptif ou description routière, géographique, historique et pittoresque de la France et de l'Italie. Région du Sud-Ouest. Routes de Paris à Bordeaux. Paris, Potey, 1818, (2),308,(1)p., fold. engr. map w. handcol. indication of the roads between Paris and Bordeaux, contemp. gilt blindst. hcalf w. 2 mor. letterpieces.

- Occas. trifle foxed. = The author was a French postal inspector.

AND 1 other: IDEM, Itinéraire descriptif de la France, ou géographie complète (...). Régio du Nord-Ouest (Paris, 1830, fold. engr. map w. handcol. road indication, bound unif. w. the preceding).

€ (50-70) 50
78 991 France Napoléon Bonaparte L N 78 991 France Napoléon Bonaparte L N
78 991 France Napoléon Bonaparte L N 78 991 France Napoléon Bonaparte L N
78/ 991 [France. Napoléon]. Bonaparte, L.N. Documens historiques et réflexions sur le gouvernement de la Hollande. Paris/ Amst., Aillaud, Fantin/ S. Delachauz, 1820, 3 vols., (4),333; (4),432; (4),388p., contemp. unif. calf w. gilt spine w. mor. letterpieces.

- Covers chafed/ worn; calf worn away at places (boards showing).

€ (40-60)
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