1534 - 1707 FOREIGN HISTORY and TOPOGRAPHY, TRAVELS
- Lacks htitle; with newspaper clippings mounted on blanks (w. some offsetting on opposite leaf). Extremities sl. rubbed.
= PMM 423.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper. A fine copy.
= PMM 423: "The world-wide slump after 1929 prompted Keynes to attempt an explanation of, and new methods for controlling, the vagaries of the trade-cycle. First in A Treatise on Money, 1930, and later in his General Theory, he subjected the definitions and theories of the classical school of economists to a penetrating scrutiny and found them seriously inadequate and inaccurate. By-passing what he termed the 'underworlds' of Marx, Gesell and Major Douglas, he propounded a hardly less unorthodox programme for national and international official monetary policies. (...) In 1936 (...) The General Theory (...) threw the economists of the world into two violently opposed camps. Yet eight years later Keynes was to dominate the international conference at Bretton Woods, out of which came the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank".
- Sl. foxed; vol. 1 bookblock split(ting); vol. 2 first lvs. and frontwr. loose(ning). = Not in Einaudi.
Proudhon, P.-J. Théorie de l'Impot. Ibid., E. Dentu, 1861, 1st ed., (4),400p., contemp. giltlettered hmor.
- Sl. foxed. Binding sl. rubbed along edges.
= Einaudi 4576. From the library of Arnold Heertje, with his bookplate on upper pastedown.
AND 5 others, i.a. J.-B. SAY, Catéchisme d'Économie Politique (ibid., 1834, 4th ed., orig. wr.); H. WITHERS, The Business of Finance (London, 1918, 1st ed., orig. cl.) and A. LANDRY, l'Intérêt du Capital (ibid., 1904, 1st ed., orig. cl.).
- A few specks on edge of bookblock. Fine copy.
- Plates occas. foxed/ (water)stained; otherwise internally fine. All bindings w. sl. dam. to joints and spine-ends.
= Second series, vols.1-2 and the supplement volume. A first series was published in 1837. Gay 2281; Blackmer 1803: "Wilkinson, inspired by Gell, went to Egypt in 1821 where he spent twelve years of continuous hard work. He later returned to Egypt three times, in 1842, 1848-9, and 1855. [...] He was able to arrive at results similar to those of Champollion, but he was not as interested in hieroglyphs as he was in the tomb paintings which he studied intensively to discover what he could of everyday life in ancient Egypt. A fascinating work." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLII.
- Stamp on title-p. of vol. 1 (partly erased leaving a sl. thin spot); occas. yellowed/ sl. browned.
= Goldsmiths' 6532; Kress 3678; Cioranescu 13383; cf. Einaudi 656 (ed. 1754); Palgrave I, p.170-171. Boulainvilliers' Mémoires were suppressed in France because of his criticism on the dealings of France's treasury.
- Both htitles yellowed; plate foxed. Extremities trifle rubbed. Fine copy.
Gauthiez, P. Paris. Grenoble, J. Rey/ B. Arthaud, 1928, 3 parts in 1 vol., 84,(4); 84,(2); 87,(3)p., 3 div. titles and 6 col. plates by P.E. LECOMTE, num. (full-p.) photogr. ills., contemp. gilt hmor., t.e.g., 4to (some occas. foxing). - AND 1 other similar.
- Sl. foxed. Corners rubbed.
= Hayn/ Got. V, p.330. On the secret goings on at the court of Napoléon Bonaparte.
- Last ±30 plates (sl.) stained/ soiled (8x sl. affecting the image); owner's stamp on htitle. Nevertheless a good copy.
= Plates showing significant episodes from the history of France, starting with the Battle of Soissons (486) to the capture of King John II the Good at the Battle of Poitiers (1356); with descriptions by "l'Abbé Garnier" (possibly L.-A. Dingé). Cohen/ De Ricci 737.
- Pages occas. browned by tissue paper, plates unaffected; one plate loose. Covers (sl.) stained; spine trifle rubbed along joints, otherwise a good copy.
= Paper w. watermark "Edition Goupil".
- Spine faded; edges sl. rubbed. = Carteret IV, p.344.
Lavergne, A. de. Chateaux et ruines historiques de France. Paris, 1845, XVIII,(2),396,(3)p., 21 woodengr. plates, woodengr. divisional titles and num. ills., contemp. gilt mor., a.e.g., 4to.
- Endpapers sl. soiled; (sl.) foxed. Top of spine sl. dam.; extremities sl. rubbed.
AND 4 others, incl. J.-J. BOURASSE, Les plus belles Cathédrales de France (Tours, 1865, ills., contemp. gilt cl., a.e.g., 4to).
- Contents fine. Sl. rubbed along joints and top of spine and corners; covers trifle soiled. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Bound by Magnier, signed 'Ch. Magnier rel.' in gilt at foot of backstrip.
AND 1 other: P. CHAMPION, Louis XI (Paris, 1927, 2 vols., phototype plates, modern unif. giltlettered blue rexine).
- Occas. trifle foxed and yellowed. Wrappers sl. worn.
= Very rare contemporary account of the French Revolution.
- Contemp.(?) owner's entry on free endpaper and title-page of first vol.; contents occas. trifle foxed/ spotted but otherwise fine. Spine and covers trifle scuffed, otherwise fine.
Le moniteur secret, ou Tableau de la Cour de Napoléon, de son caractère, et de celui de ses Agens. Paris/ London, Les marchands de nouveautés/ Schulze and Dean, 1814, 2 vols., (4),IV,263; (4),267p., contemp. unif. hcalf w. gilt spines.
- Modern owner's entries on upper pastedown in both vols.; contemp. owner's entries (and annots.) in ink on htitle and first free endpaper of vol. 1; contents (sl.) foxed, particularly on first and last few pages. Bindings (sl.) worn.
- Occas. sl. foxed. Covers sl. scratched, otherwise a good copy in a fine binding.
= With sl. later inscription on first free endpaper. Vicaire VII, p.1151-1152. On the binder cf. Flety p.85f.
Dumas, A. Histoire de la Vie Politique et Privée de Louis-Philippe. Paris, Dufour et Mulat, 1852, 2 parts in 1 vol., (4),320; (4),311,(1), 20 steelengr. portraits and scenes (incl. frontisp.), contemp. hmor. w. giltlettered spine, 4to.
- Occas. trifle/ sl. foxed (images mostly unaffected). = Vicaire III, p. 395.
= Comprising: L.-F. BUNGENER, Trois sermons sous Louis XV (Paris, 1849, 3 vols.); W. RÜSTOW, Guerre des frontières du Rhin 1870-1871 (Paris, 1871, 2 vols.); E. DE LAS CASES, Le mémorial de Sainte-Hélène (Paris, 1924-1926, 4 vols.) and Mémoires du général de Caulaincourt. Ed. J. Hanoteau (Paris, 1933, 3 vols.).
- Plate sl. frayed and w. sm. tears/ false folds. Binding sl. worn along extremities.
= Brunet VI, p.1305 (ed. London, 1820). Fleury de Chaboulon (1779-1835) was the private secretary of Napoleon.
- Both vols. contemp. owner's entry on htitle; sl. foxed. Fine copy. = Vicaire V, p.75.
- New endpapers w. bookplate on upper pastedown. Boards rubbed.
- Bookplate on first free endpaper of one vol. Spines trifle sunned and rubbed, otherwise a fine set.
D'Andigné, F. Les Musées de Paris. Paris, Alpina, 1931, (2),155,(5)p., 6 col. plates, num. (photogr.) ills., printed in limited numb. ed., contemp. hmor. w. gilt spine, t.e.g., folio.
- Sl. scuffed at top of spine, otherwise fine.