‎A Geographical, Historical, Commercial, and Agricultural View of the United States og America formig a Complete Emigrant's Directory through every part of the Republic: ... likewise, an account of the British Possessions in Upper and Lower Canada ...‎

‎London, Edwards & Knibb, 1820. 8vo. Recent half morocco with gilt back. Uncut. Engraved frontisp. og General Washington. 738 pp. and 1 statistal table. The title page calls for a sheet map of the United States and a table of the post and cross roads, neither of which are present in this copy.‎

‎First edition. Sabin 26974.‎

‎L’art Scandinave I et II. Avec le concours d’Anon Andersson. Traduit de l’anglais par Dom Norbert Vaillant. Photographies inédites de Zodiaque. Collection: la nuit des temps, nos. 28 et 29.‎

‎ La Pierre-qui-Vire (Yonne), Zodiaque 1968 - 1969, 220x175mm, 457 + 379pages, reliure d'éditeur sous jaquette. Comme neuf. Très bel exemplaire.‎

‎ 485 photos en héliogravure, 20 planches en couleurs, illustrations n/b in et hors texte: cartes, plans, croquis, ‎

‎12 Vues - Souvenir de Paris. Serie 1. ‎

‎Paris unknown 1890 Un souvenir touristique français. Non daté mais Circa 1890, comprenant un dossier décoré bordeaux (quelques éclats et déchirures aux plis aujourd'hui réparés et renforcés). A l'intérieur se trouvent 12 photographies anonymes de Paris. Belles photographies originales à la gélatine argentique propre. Grandes photographies - 210 par 270 mm. Aucune information sur le photographe ou le studio photo. Le verso est vierge. Certaines de ces vues ont été nommées et numérotées dans la planche, il semblerait donc que l'acquéreur puisse choisir ses 12 coups de coeur parmi une sélection. Les photographies comprennent : une vue de la ville (tour Eiffel en arrière-plan) ; La tour Eiffel en gros plan; une croisière fluviale sur la Seine ; Avenue de L'Opéra; Versailles; Sénat luxembourgeois; l'Opéra; la Madeleine; Place de la Concorde ; Notre Dame; Arc de Triomphe; Champs Élysées. Les photographies sont en bon état de propreté, sans déchirures, quelques-unes présentent de légers plis en raison du papier photographique fin.‎

‎A French tourist souvenir. Undated but circa 1890, comprising a burgundy decorated folder (some chips and tears to creases now repaired and strengthened). Inside are 12 anonymous photographs of Paris. Nice clean silver gelatin original photographs. Each 210 x 270 mm (8Œ x 10Ÿ inches). No information about photographer or photo studio. Reverse is blank. Some of these views have been named and numbered in the plate, so it would seem that the purchaser could choose their 12 favourites from a selection. Photographs comprise: a view of the city (Eiffel Tower in the background); The Eiffel Tower close up; a river cruise on the Seine; Avenue de L'Opera; Versailles; Luxembourg Senat; l'Opera; la Madeleine; Place de la Concorde; Notre Dame; Arc de Triomphe; Champs Elysees. The photographs are in good clean condition with no tears, a few have light creasing to them due to the thin photographic paper.‎

‎8 Lithographs et carte for Fraid-Aigue, Saint Prex, Vaud ‎

‎Paris Thierry Fréres 1840 Carton bleu pâle, dos en bougran. Illustration d'une chapelle gothique sur le premier plat. Les planches sont un peu marquées et tachées, en particulier au dos. A l'intérieur se trouvent 8 lithographies et un plan de succession de Fraidaigue (ou Fraid-augue). Fraidaigue (Route de Morges 21). Il s'agit d'une maison de campagne en forme de chapelle néogothique construite en 1831 pour le général d'origine hollandaise Hendryk van Oyen, qui possédait auparavant La Gordanne près de Perroy. Ce bâtiment a été remplacé en 1904 par une villa cossue conçue par les architectes Alphonse Laverrière et Eugène Monod. Les lithographies et la carte sont en excellent état, avec quelques rousseurs sur les bordures seulement. Les planches sont dessinées d'après nature par Zélie Vachon. Elles sont dessinées par Jean-Jacques Champin (1796 - 1860), et lithographiées par Thierry frères de Paris. Des copies des lithographies sont conservées au Musée d'art et d'histoire de la Ville de Genève. Elles y sont datées de la première moitié du XIXe siècle. La maison/chapelle était située juste à l'extérieur de St Prex, sur la route Genève-Lausanne (aujourd'hui route de Morges). 9 feuilles, imprimées au recto seulement. Un dépliant. 350 x 290 mm.‎

‎Pale blue boards, with buckram spine. Illustration of a Gothic chapel to the front board. The boards are a little marked and stained, particularly to the back board. Inside are 8 lithographs and an estate plan of Fraidaigue (or Fraid-augue). Fraidaigue (Route de Morges 21). This was a country house in the form of a neo-Gothic chapel built in 1831 for the Dutch-born general Hendryk van Oyen, who previously owned La Gordanne near Perroy. This building was replaced in 1904 by a wealthy villa designed by architects Alphonse Laverrière and Eugène Monod. The lithographs and map are in excellent condition. with a little foxing to the borders only. The plates are drawn from nature by Zélie Vachon. They are deliniated by Jean-Jacques Champin (1796 - 1860), and lithographed by Thierry frères of Paris. Copies of the lithographs are held in the Musée d'art et d'histoire de la Ville de Genève. Here they are dated to the first half of the Nineteenth Century. The house/ chapel was located just outside St Prex, on the Geneva-Lausanne road (now Route de Morges). 9 leaves, printed to recto only. One folding. 350 x 290 mm (13Ÿ x 11œ inches). .‎

‎Abbaye de Maredsous Albumen photographs ‎

‎Anhée Wallonia, Belgium Abbaye de Maradsous 1885 ‎

‎First edition. Complete. A collection of 20 large albumen photographs laid onto backing card with description of each printed to the bottom edge, showing the Abbaye de Maredsous and the Ecole Abbataile. These are held in a red clamshell box with black and gilt decoration, crest and titles. The box has significant fading / spotting from damp, but is still holding well, and has done its job of protecting the photographs inside. The photographs are of high quality, and show the building of the abbey and the new school there. They are dated by the fact that the school was founded in 1881 (earliest date) and that the the Abbey was completed in 1892, but in these images is still some way off completion. Interesting architectural prints, but also of the students and staff at the school, both being educated and relaxing. A very nice collection. Images are mostly 17cm x 24cm and backing cards are 25cm x 32cm. Box is 35cm x 27cm.‎

‎Abhandlungen der Fries'schen Schule von Apelt, Schleiden, Schlömilch und Schmid. 1.-2. Heft.‎

‎Leipzig, W. Engelmann, 1847-49. Later hcalf. Back somewhat rubbed. Bound uncut. 174,197 pp. Somewhat brownspotted. (3+8 tracts).‎

‎The original printing.‎

‎Accademia di Religione Cattolica sotto gli auspici di Pio VIII. Pontefice Massimo Flicemente Regnante.‎

‎Rome: Accademia di Religione Cattolica 1830 This was one of the Papal academies at Rome. The academy was an association of learned men, rather than an academic institution (hence the long list of Cardinals involved!). This academy was founded in 1801 with the aim of defending the dogma and moral teaching of the Church. Monthly meetings allowed for themed discussions. The academy still exists and is located in the palace of the Cancelleria Apostolica.‎

‎Soft marbled wrapper. A prospectus for Academy of Catholic religion -including lists of those honorary censors and a list of the topics to be covered at the academy in the next year. Included in the list are Cardinal Wiseman and Cardinal Thomas Weld.‎

‎A collection of Erotic postcards ‎

‎Paris Various 1910 Une jolie collection de 23 cartes postales érotiques du début du XXe siècle. Elles représentent toutes des jeunes femmes dans des poses érotiques, dans différents états de nudité (y compris des nus), y compris Jean Agélou - l'une des pin ups les plus célèbres des années 1910. Presque toutes les cartes postales / cartes-photos datent de la période 1900-1915. Une seule est datée (1904). Il y a une carte plus tardive, envoyée d'Algérie, qui est datée de 1935. Quelques cartes portent une inscription au verso. Elles semblent toutes avoir été envoyées à des soldats français. Ce n'est peut-être pas une surprise. Les cartes sont généralement propres et bien rangées, avec quelques plis ici et là. Elles appartiennent à la catégorie Risque, ou érotique, et non à celle de la pornographie. 140 x 85 mm (5œ x 3Œ pouces).‎

‎An attractive collection of 23 erotic postcards from the beginning of the twentieth century. These all feature young women in erotic poses in various states of undress (including nudes), including Jean Agélou - one of the most famous pin ups from the 1910's. Nearly all of the postcards / photo-cards are from the period 1900-1915. Only one is dated (1904). There is one later card, sent from Algeria, which was dated 1935. A few of the cards have writing on the rear. They all seem to have been sent to French soldiers. Perhaps no surprise. The cards are generally clean and tidy, with a few creases here and there. The fall into the category of Risque, or erotica, not pornography. 140 by 85mm (5œ by 3Œ inches). .‎

‎A Description of more than Three Hundred Animals. Interspersed with Entertaining Anecdotes, and Interesting Quotations from Ancient and Modern Authors. To which is added an Appendix on allegorical and fabulous Animals. The whole illustrated by Accurat...‎

‎Small 8vo. Cont. hcalf. Richly gilt back. Slightly rubbed. XVI,516 pp. and more than 300 wood-cuts in the text. Upper margin throughout with a brownspot.‎

‎A finely drawn and hand-coloured original caricature - 'The Electors after the Close of the Poll, May 13th 1807' ‎

‎ 1807 Wilberforce, William (17591833), politician, philanthropist, and slavery abolitionist. Following the abolition of the slave trade, the Tories called an election. for the first and only time in his career he faced a poll for Yorkshire. Confronting as he did the great wealth and influence of both the Fitzwilliam and the Harewood interests, it was a testimony to the personal esteem in which he was held, and to his effectiveness in representing the county over the previous quarter-century, that he was returned at the head of the poll. It was alleged, however, that Wilberforce had compromised his independence by a coalition with Henry Lascelles, the Tory candidate. Wilberforce denied the charge and defended himself in a published letter to the electors. He acknowledged that some of his supporters had indeed also solicited votes for Lascelles, but this was without his sanction, and it would have been improper for him to constrain their actions. Lascelles, Henry, second earl of Harewood (17671841), Politician. His family wealth came from the slave trade in Barbados. After being elected twice as MP for Yorkshire, he stood again in 1807 - Lascelles, who was opposed by clothiers threatened by the removal of protection for their trade, and subjected to polemic about his family's slavery interests, was beaten by Lord Milton. Ryley [formerly Romney], Samuel William (17591837), Actor and author. Educated in Kensington & Fulham, although apprenticed to the woollen trade in Yorkshire, he eloped with his master's daughter and the married at Gretna Green. He was a jobbing actor, who later won a little more fame with his autobiography. "Ryley's life exhibits, with painful clarity, the precarious existence of the supporting actor of his daysnatching, at one moment, at dreams of fame and, at the next, facing the reality of poor shelter and meagre rations" (ODNB). This caricature seems true to life, as he was described as being very thin.‎

‎At the foot is written 'we three, fools be.' The character on the left seems to have a jester's hat on. On May 13th, 1807, William Wilberforce, Lord Milton, the Hon. Henry Lascelles (afterwards Earl of Harewood), and Mr. Walter Fawkes were nominated as parliamentary candidates in the Castle-Yard at York. This was the first contested election in the seat for 66 years. The struggle was also memorable on account of the vast expense that Lascelles incurred. William Wilberforce, whose party almost entirely lacked organization, was head of the poll. There were concerns that Wilberforce allied himself with a candidate whose wealth was based on the slave trade, and he was forced to write to the electors to explain himself. Perhaps it is Lascelles and Wilberforce who are mocked as the electors here. The caricature has been drawn onto the reverse of a scarce caricature engraving, of "Mr Riley in Solomon". This is most probably Samuel William Ryley (1759-1837), actor, and author of The Itinerant, or Memoirs of an Actor, 1808. 208mm x 248mm.‎

‎A French Pressed Flower Collection ‎

‎France 1880 Un grand dossier de fleurs et de feuilles pressées. Cela commence avec le blé / les céréales, et comprend des légumes et des fleurs. Chaque feuille a été collée sur de grandes feuilles de papier épais et maintenue en place par une étiquette écrite à la main avec le type et le nom français. Les feuilles sont rangées dans une chemise d'origine. 42cm x 26cm (chaque feuille fait donc 46 x 52cm pliée). Il y a 35 pages avec au moins une plante collée. (plus un certain nombre de feuilles blanches). Elles contiennent 67 spécimens complets de plantes ou de fleurs, et six autres fragments (où la plante est en grande partie perdue). Les spécimens sont collés sur le recto seulement. Les pages sont en bon état, mais plusieurs d'entre elles, dans la partie centrale, ont été tachées par l'humidité jusqu'au tiers supérieur.) (Il semblerait que certaines des plantes aient été pressées in situ et aient laissé échapper de l'eau). Dans l'ensemble, il s'agit d'une collection intéressante et attrayante‎

‎A large folder of pressed flowers and leaves. This begins with wheat / grains, and includes vegetables and flowers. Each has been tipped onto large sheets of heavy paper, and held in place by a hand written label with the french type, and name. The sheets are loose in an original folder. 42cm x 26cm (so each sheet is 46 x 52cm folded). There are 35 pages with at least one plant tipped in. (plus a number of blank leaves). These hold 67 complete plant or flower specimens, and a further six fragments (where the plant is largely lost). Specimens are tipped onto the recto only. The pages are in reasonable condition, but several in the middle section have been damp stained to the top third). (It would appear that some of the plants were pressed in situ and leaked water). Overal through and attractive and interesting collection. .‎

‎A Guinness Sport Folio ‎

‎ Guinness. Printed by John Waddington Ltd 1952 ‎

‎As the slogan on the back cover says: There's nothing like a Guinness; except another! Softback colour promotional booklet, with the year divided in to various sporting activities by month. Undated, but circa 1952. First Edition. Designed for Guinness by S. H. Benson Limited. A few very small spots of foxing throughout, often barely visible. Otherwise very good. Illustrated throughout by Anthony Groves-Raines. 16 pages. 240 x 165 mm (9œ x 6œ inches).‎

‎Album du Journal des chasseurs. Collection de 24 sujets de chasse et de courses avec fanfares nouvelles.‎

‎Paris Au Bureau du Journal 1840 Première édition. 24 planches de scènes de chasse, chacune avec légendes en français, suivies de six feuillets de fanfares (texte et musique imprimés sur un seul côté du feuillet). Un article rare, aucun à vendre et seulement occasionnellement aux enchères. Des rousseurs modérées partout. Pliage à l'avant de la page de garde libre. Dans une reliure en bougran de l'époque avec un léger frottement à la reliure.‎

‎First Edition. Beautiful suite of 24 lithographs published in the Journal des chasseurs. Depicting hunting scenes, each with captions in French, followed by six leaves of fanfares (text and music printed to one side of leaf only). A scarce item, none for sale and only occasionally at auction. Moderate foxing throughout. Creasing to front free endpaper. In contemporary buckram binding with slight rubbing to the binding.‎

‎Almanach dédié aux dames. Pour l'an 1810. ‎

‎Paris Chez Le Fuel, et Delaunay 1809 Première édition. Petit livre cartonné de poche, en carton avec bordure dorée et toutes tranches dorées. A l'intérieur un bel étui coulissant complémentaire. Les planches gravées comportent des pages de titre et des notations musicales. 179 pages, de poèmes, littérature française etc. 14 feuillets de planches non numérotés dont page de titre, signes du zodiaque. Exceptionnellement attrayant et ferait un cadeau ravissant. 120 x 80 mm‎

‎First edition. Small, pocket size hardback book, in card with gold border and all edges gilt. Inside lovely complementary sliding slipcase. Engraved plates include title pages and musical notations. 179 pages, of poems, French literature etc. 14 unnumbered leaves of plates including title page, signs of the zodiac - with tissue guards. Exceptionally attractive and would make a delightful gift. 120 x 80 mm (4Ÿ x 3Œ inches). .‎