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83/2482 [France]. Lamartine, A. de. Histoire de la restauration. Paris, V. Lecou, 1851, 8 vols., contemp. unif. gilt hmor.

- All vols. w. ticket on first free endpaper. Corners showing.

€ (30-50) 30
83 2483 France Maintenon Madame de = F d'Aubigné
83/2483 [France]. Maintenon, Madame de (= F. d'Aubigné). Lettres. Amst., H. Sweeres, 1756, 2nd ed., 9 vols., contemp. unif. gilt calf w. 2 mor. letterpieces, 12mo.

- Occas. sl. yellowed/ stained. Bindings w. minor imperfections.

Marmontel, J.F. Memoirs. English transl. H. Murray. Edinb., Mundell, Doig and Stevenson etc., 1808, 4 vols., contemp. unif. gilt calf w. 2 mor. letterpieces.

- Occas. (sl.) foxed and yellowed. Joints split(ting); covers loose(ning); 1 letterpiece lacking.

AND 1 other: MME. DE BELMONT, l'Infortunée Hollandoise ou les Mémoires de - (The Hague, 1739, 2 parts in 1 vol., contemp. calf, 12mo).

€ (80-100) 80
83 2484 France Moleville A F B de
83/2484 [France]. Moleville, A.F.B. de. Histoire de la Révolution de France, pendant les dernières années du Règne de Louis XVI. Paris, Giguet et Cie., 1801-1803, 14 vols., 1 fold. partly handcol. engr. map, 1 facs. plate, contemp. unif. gilt green hmor.

- All vols. w. library/ cancellation stamps on pastedowns. Bindings sl. worn; corners bumped; one vol. dent in frontcover.

= The author of vols. 11-14 is J.B. de Delisle de Sale (Quérard I, p.313).

€ (100-150)
83 2485 France Raguse A F L V de Marmont de
83/2485 [France]. Raguse, A.F.L.V. de Marmont de. Mémoires (...) de 1792-1841. Paris, Perrotin, 1857, 1st ed., 9 vols., 1 steelengr. frontisp. portrait, 1 col. lithogr. frontisp., 2 fold. engr. maps, 2 fold. facs. plates, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. black and red mor. letterpiece.

- All vols. w. 3 bookplates on upper endpaper.

€ (80-100) 80
83 2486 France Wright G N
83/2486 [France]. Wright, G.N. France Illustrated, exhibiting its Landscape Scenery, Antiquities, Military and Ecclesiastical Architecture, &c. London, Fischer, Son, & Co. etc., n.d. (±1850), 3 vols., 80; 60; 64p., 3 diff. steelengr. titles, 93 steelengr. plates after T. ALLOM, orig. (almost) unif. richly gilt cl. (1x a.e.g.), 4to.

- Usual foxing; vol. 3 waterst. in lower inner corner at the beginning. Spine-ends worn.

Janin, J. France Illustrated. Comprising a Summer and Winter in Paris. Ibid., P. Jackson, Late Fisher, Son & Co., n.d. (±1850), 228p., steelengr. title, 35 plates after E. LAMI, orig. richly gilt cl., a.e.g., 4to.

- Spine-ends sl. worn. = Supplemental vol. IV to the first work of this lot.

€ (70-90) 70
83/2487 France Bindings Lot of 35 vols
83/2487 France Bindings Lot of 35 vols
83/2487 [France. Bindings]. Lot of 35 vols., (late) 19th/ early 20th cent., mostly French historical works, mostly sets and incl. a few odd vols., various (richly) gilt hmor. (2x hcalf), 24x t.e.g.

- Mostly in fine condition.

€ (150-250) 150
83/2488 France Bindings Lot of 46 vols
83/2488 France Bindings Lot of 46 vols
83/2488 France Bindings Lot of 46 vols
83/2488 [France. Bindings]. Lot of 46 vols., (late) 19th/ early 20th cent., mostly French historical works, mostly sets and incl. a few odd vols., various (richly) gilt hmor./ hcalf bindings, 31x t.e.g.

- Mostly in fine condition.

€ (200-300)
83 2489 France Napoléon Constant = L C Wairy
83/2489 [France. Napoléon]. Constant (= L.C. Wairy). Mémoires sur la vie privée de Napoléon, sa famille et sa cour. Paris, Ladvocat, 1830, 6 vols., contemp./ sl. later gilt unif. hmor.

- Trifle foxed. = Vicaire II, p.931.

€ (80-100)
83 2490 France Napoléon Engel von Langwies R
83/2490 [France. Napoléon]. (Engel von Langwies, R.). De Zwitsersche Heldin, of lotgevallen, ontmoetingen en veldtogten van eene officiersvrouw in Frankrijk, Egypte, Italië, Spanje, Portugal, Duitschland en de Nederlanden, met het Fransche leger onder Napoleon. Door haar zelve beschreven. Amst., G. Portielje, 1826, XII,229p., engr. title w. incorporated scene of the Battle of Waterloo, engr. letterpress table, contemp. limp boards.

- Covers loose; backstrip partly worn off.

= Very rare first and only Dutch translation of Die Schweizerische Amazone (St. Gallen, 1825). Regula Engel joined her husband in the French army and took part in several military campaigns. She gave birth to no less than 21 children, many of whom did not survive childhood.

€ (100-150) 100
83 2491 France Napoléon Masson F
83/2491 [France. Napoléon]. Masson, F. (Études Napoléoniennes). Paris, P. Ollendorff, 1895-1906, various eds., 17 vols. from the series, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. black and red mor. letterpiece, t.e.g.

= Comprising: Napoléon inconnu. Papiers inédits (1786-1793) (2 vols.); Napoléon et les femmes; Joséphine Impératrice et Reine; Joséphine de Beauharnais 1763-1796; Joséphine répudiée (1809-1814); l'Impératrice Marie-Louise (1809-1815); Napoléon et sa Famille (7 vols.); Napoléon et son fils; Cavaliers de Napoléon and Napoléon chez lui.

€ (150-250) 150
83 2492 France Napoléon Ménéval C F de
83/2492 [France. Napoléon]. Ménéval, C.-F. de. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de Napoléon Ier depuis 1802 jusqu'à 1815. Paris, E. Dentu, 1894, 3 vols., XIII,(1),486; (4),560; (4),634p., 3 diff. engr. frontisp. portraits, 3 (fold.) facs. plates, sl. later unif. hmor., gilt spines w. French Imperial emblems, orig. wr. (vol. 1 and 3) pres., t.e.g.

- Spines sl. sunned; backcover vol. 1 rubbed.

= Vicaire V, p.689f. Claude-François de Méneval was Napoleon's private secretary from 1802 until 1813.

Dard, É. Dans l'entourage de l'Empereur. Ibid., Plon, 1940, (2),II,282,(3)p., contemp. hmor. almost unif. w. the preceding, orig. wr. pres.

= One of 20 numb. copies on "papier pur fil des papeteries Lafuma". With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on first blank.

€ (80-100)
83 2493 France Napoléon Peyre R
83/2493 [France. Napoléon]. Peyre, R. Napoléon Ier et son temps. Histoire militaire, gouvernement intérieur, lettres, sciences et arts. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1888, (4),IV,(4),886p., 13 pochoir col./ chromolithogr. plates and 431 plates and ills., orig. gilt hmor., t.e.g., large 4to.

- Occas. sl. foxed (title-p. worse). Binding w. some worn spots.

Dayot, A. Napoléon reconté par l'image d'après les sculpteurs, les graveurs et les peintres. Ibid., Hachette, 1895, (4),IV,498,(1)p., 22 plates, num. ills., contemp. giltlettered hmor., t.e.g., folio.

- Free endpapers waterwrinkled; trifle foxed. Spine and board edges chafed.

= Interesting iconographic study.

AND 2 others in 3 vols.: (H.E.C. DE BEAUHARNAIS), Mémoires de la Reine Hortense publiés par le Prince Napoléon. Ed. J. Hanoteau (ibid., 1928, plates, ills., contemp. gilt hmor., t.e.g., large 4to) and N. YOUNG, Napoleon in Exile: St. Helena (1815-1812) (London, 1915, 2 vols., plates, orig. unif. gilt cl., t.e.g.).

€ (70-90) 110
83 2494 France Napoléon Scheltema J
83 2494 France Napoléon Scheltema J
83/2494 [France. Napoléon]. Scheltema, J. De laatste veldtogt van Napoleon Buonaparte. Amst., H. Gartman, 1816, 2 parts in 1 vol., XVI,300; 172,(1)p., engr. title with vignette of Napoleon by J.E. MARCUS after J.W. PIENEMAN, large fold. map of the battleground "Tooneel des oorlogs in den Nederlanden in 1815", w. accomp. fold. explanatory leaf, early 20th cent. giltlettered hcl.

- TItle-p. sl. foxed. Otherwise fine.

€ (70-90) 80
83 2495 Fraser Tytler P
83 2495 Fraser Tytler P
83 2495 Fraser Tytler P
83/2495 Fraser Tytler, P. Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on the More Northern Coasts of America, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Edinburgh/ London, Oliver & Boyd/ Simpkin & Marshall, 1832, 1st ed., 444p., fold. steelengr. map, woodengr. ills., orig. blindst. calf, sm. 8vo.

- Map foxed and some vertical folds/ creases; binding sl. rubbed (mainly backstrip and extremities).

= Sabin 97657.

Laing Purves, D. and Cochrane, R. The English Circumnavigators: the Most Remarkable Voyages Round the World by English Sailors. London and Edinburgh, W.P. Nimmo, 1876, 831p., woodengr. frontisp. and 4 tinted lithogr. fold. maps, contemp. calf, gilt spine, marbled edges w. matching endpapers.

- Maps sl. foxed. Top of spine chipped; backstrip sl. sunned; frontcover sl. scratched.

AND 1 other: F. PARKMAN, Montcalm and Wolfe (Boston, 1884, 3rd ed., 2 vols., 2 frontisp. portraits, 8 lithogr. maps (1 double-p.), orig. unif. cl. Bindings worn).

€ (50-70) 50
83 2496 Germany Cay A M
83 2496 Germany Cay A M
83 2496 Germany Cay A M
83/2496 [Germany]. Cay, A.M. Franzosen im Ruhrgebiet! Berlin, Reimar Hobbing, n.d. (1923), (3) textp., 10 tinted/ col. caricatural plates and orig. col. wrappers by A.M. CAY, obl. folio.

= Very rare and very racist and anti-French caricatures, with explanatory text to each of the plates showing the German people as victims of French militarism during the occupation of the Ruhrgebiet in 1923. The plates focus especially on the immoral behaviour of Spahis (the soldiers that were recruited by the French from the Arab and Berber populations of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco and which fought in their own light-cavalry regiments), accusing them of raping German girls, killing women and children and destroying the various industries in the Ruhr district. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIV.

€ (70-90) 90
83 2497 Germany Der deutsch französische Krieg 1870 1871
83/2497 [Germany]. Der deutsch-französische Krieg 1870-1871. Berlin, E.S. Mittler & Sohn, 1874, 2 parts in 5 vols. and 3 unif. bound portfolios w. 67 accompanying folding maps, unif. blindst. cl. w. gilt medallions on front and backcover and gilt backstrip, 4to.

- Spines sl. sunned; one vol. rebound w. use of orig. backstrip and frontcover. Fine set.

€ (100-150) 100
83 2498 Germany Die deutsche Industrie Festgabe zum 25jährigen Regierungs Jubiläum seiner Majestät des Kaisers und Königs Wilhelm II
83/2498 [Germany]. Die deutsche Industrie. Festgabe zum 25jährigen Regierungs-Jubiläum seiner Majestät des Kaisers und Königs Wilhelm II. Berlin, Leopold Weiss, 1913, 3 vols., num. (photogr.) illustrations, orig. unif. gilt cl., folio.

- All spine ends sl. worn/ sl. dam, corners sl. worn.

€ (60-80) 60
83 2499 Germany Rhine Schreiber A
83 2499 Germany Rhine Schreiber A
83/2499 [Germany. Rhine]. Schreiber, A. Handbuch für Reisende am Rhein von seinen Quellen bis Holland, in die schönsten anliegenden Gegenden und an die dortigen Heilquellen. Heidelberg, J. Engelmann, n.d. (±1830), 4th enl. ed., XXII,(2),648p., 3 fold. engr. maps, contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece.

- Sl. yellowed and foxed (incl. the maps). Binding sl. chafed.

€ (70-90) 80
83 2500 Great Britain Churchill R S and Gilbert M
83/2500 [Great Britain]. Churchill R.S. and Gilbert, M. Winston S. Churchill. London, Heinemann, 1966-1988, 1st ed., 8 vols., plates, orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr.
€ (50-70) 50
83 2501 Great Britain The Graphic An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Vol 77 88
83/2501 [Great Britain]. The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper. Vol. 77-88. London, n.publ., 1908-1913, 12 vols., num. (fold./ double-p.) (col.) woodengr. plates and ills., contemp. hmor., folio.

- Spine sunned; covers sl. rubbed and sl. worn along extremities.

= Contains (caricatural) plates and i.a. a drawing of Arthur James Balfour, a foldable plate of the fleet of King George, a portrait of Edward VIII, a foldable plate of the coronation ceremony of the King and Queen, and a foldable map with the outcome of the elections.

€ (150-250)
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