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417 LEBERTHAIS (C.) et LOUIS PARIS. TOILES PEINTES ET TAPISSERIES
DE LA VILLE DE REIMS, ou la mise en scène du Théatre des Confrères
de la Passion. 2 vols. in 1, 4to. and 1 vol. impl. folio, 32 superb
coloured plates, half green morocco
Paris, 1843
the same.
2 vols. in 1, 4to. and 1 vol. impl. folio, 32 large
plates, with a DUPLICATE SET in COLOURS, and 28 of the original Coloured
Drawings; Spanish morocco extra, with joints, gilt backs and broad gilt
borders, gilt edges, a unique copy

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The text is a very full account of the miracle-plays, and contains copious selections from the works themselves, so as to exhibit the plot and development of each drama in series of extracts linked by short descriptions.

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419 LEBERTHAIS et PARIS. TOILES PEINTES et TAPISSERIES de la VILLE
de REIMS. 2 vols. 4to. and 1 vol. impl. folio, 1843-JUBINAL. Les
ANCIENNES TAPISSERIES HISTORIÉES. Impl. folio, consisting of a selection
of 105 plates (of 123), including the Bayeux Tapestry, many of them
beautifully coloured-the two works bound together, bds. 1843-38
420 LORIQUET (C.). Tapisseries de la CATHÉDRALE de REIMS: Histoire du
Roy Clovis, et Histoire de la Vierge. Large folio, with frontispiece
and 17 beautiful plates in photogravure by Goupil; half brown morocco
gilt, gilt top (pub. 100 fr.)
Paris, 1882
421 TOCQUEVILLE (A. de). L'Ancien Régime et la Revolution. 8vo., hf.
Paris, 1856
422 [VIC (C. de) et J. VAISSETE]. HISTOIRE generale de LANGUEDOC,
avec des Notes & les Pieces justificatives . . . Par deux Religieux
Benedictins de la Congregation de S. Maur. 5 vols., folio, with maps,
plates, and vignettes; a fine copy in red morocco extra, gilt edges, by
Bedford
Paris, 1730-45
"Une des meilleures histoires particulières de nos provinces."-Brunet.
423 A COLLECTION of 36 ENGRAVINGS by Y. le GOUAZ after the designs of
N. Ozanne, of VIEWS of the PORTS of FRANCE. In an oblong folio
volume; bds.
Paris, n. d.
424 A SERIES of 15 fine ENGRAVINGS by Martini, Le Bas and others after the
designs of Olivier, Vernet, etc. of VIEWS of FRENCH PORTS. In an atlas
folio volume, all but one being PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS; half morocco

Views:

circa 1775

These plates have an average measurement of 29 × 21 inches. 425 PERELLE. Recueil de Paysages et Marines, ornés de Figures et Ruines. Folio, engraved title, and 182 charming engravings by the Perelle family; brown morocco, gilt edges Paris, chez Basan (circa 1680) 426 VERSAILLES. [A Collection of 77 fine Views of the Buildings, Gardens, Fountains, Bronzes, Statues and other objects of interest of the Palace of Versailles, engraved by I. SILVESTRE, LE POTRE, G. de MARCY, LERAMBERT, etc., 1672-89].-Description de la Grotte de Versailles. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale. M.DC.LXXVI. With 20 plates by Le Potre and others.

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in 1 vol., impl. folio, old calf with royal arms on sides
Nowhere are the Gardens of Versailles better depicted.

1672-89

427 ZEILLERI (Martini) TOPOGRAPHIA GALLIE. 13 parts in 4 vols. sm. folio, several hundred fine Views by MERIAN, HOLLAR and others, rather wormed, stamped hogskin Franckfurt, Caspar Merians, 1655-61 Ouvrage important, renfermant une quantité considérable de vues des villes de France, châteaux, maisons royales, etc. La Partie qui concerne Paris est très curieuse; elle forme à elle seule tout le premier volume et comprend divers plans très remarquables du vieux Paris sous Louis XIII et sous la Fronde, avec l'indication de ses rues, une suite très nombreuse de vues de ses places publiques, monuments, hôtels, églises, abbaye. hateaux des environs, etc. en partie détruits aujourd'hui."-Note du Catalogue Luzarche. 428 VILLARS. Vie du Maréchal Duc de Villars, écrite par lui-même ; et donnée au public par M. Anquette. 4 vols., 12mo., with portrait and plans; old calf gilt

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429 VIOLLET-LE-DUC.

Dictionnaire Raisonné du MOBILIER FRANÇAIS de l'Epoque Carlovingienne à la Renaissance. 6 vols., impl. 8vo., Large Paper, beautiful impressions of all the plates, half red morocco

£ S. d.

Paris, 1858-75 14 0 0

"Mobilier is a wide term, and the book about it is a complete encyclopædia of medieval furniture, dress, arms, games, and amusements, musical instruments, trades, and even workmen's tools."-Academy, 27th Sept. 1879.

430 VOGUE (Marquis de) Villars d'après sa Correspondance et des Documents inédits (1687-1734). 2 vols., roy. 8vo., with portrait, plates and map;

sd. Paris, 1888 431 WAILLY (M. N. de). Histoire de Saint Louis, par Jean Sire de Joinville.—Joinville et les Enseignements de Saint Louis à son Fils-in 1 vol. 8vo., lf. morocco, gilt top, uncut Paris, 1868-72 432 WILLEMIN (N. X.). MONUMENTS FRANÇAIS inédits pour servir à l'Histoire des Arts [avec un Texte historique et descriptif par A. POTTIER]. 2 vols., large folio, an ORIGINAL COPY, with 300 fine plates, the majority of which are admirably coloured, some being heightened with gold; crimson morocco extra, with arms on sides, gilt edges, by Clarke

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Paris, 1806-39 10 10 0 another copy. 2 vols., large folio, with 300 plates, mostly coloured, though not so fully as in the preceding copy; half morocco, uncut

1806-39 The work treats in an exhaustive fashion of Costume, Musical Instruments, Furniture, House Decoration, etc. 434 Wood Carving. ROWE. French Wood Carvings from the National Museums. Printed in Collotype from Photographs specially taken from the carvings direct. Edited by Eleanor Rowe. 3 Series in one vol., roy. folio, with 54 plates; neatly hf. bd.

The Times.

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1896-97 "The plates are very beautifully executed and present great variety, since the subjects illustrated range from the end of the 15th to the end of the 18th century."435 WILLIAMSON (E.). Les MEUBLES d'ART du MOBILIER NATIONAL. 2 vols., large folio, with 100 fine plates of furniture and objets d'Art of the Renaissance period, and of the reigns of Louis XIV, XV, XVI and Napoleon I; in cloth portfolios Paris, 1883 436 YOUNG (Arthur). Travels during the years 1787, 1788, and 1789; undertaken with a view of ascertaining the Cultivation, Wealth, Resources and National Prosperity of the Kingdom of France. The second edition. 2 vols. in 1, 4to., with three folding plates; half calf

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French History from 1789

439 BARRUEL (L'Abbé). Histoire du Clergé pendant la Révolution Francoise. 8vo., viii and 602 pp.; calf, rare

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440 BARANTE. Histoire de la Convention Nationale. 6 vols., 8vo., a nice copy in calf gilt

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441 BARRAS. Mémoires de Barras, Membre du Directoire. Introduction, des Prefaces et des Appendices par G. 8vo., with portraits; sd.

DURUY. 4 vols.,
Paris, 1895-96
Physiognomies,

442 BERTALL. The Communists of Paris, 1871. Types,
Characters. Roy. 4to., with 40 coloured plates; cloth
The explanatory text is written by an eyewitness of the scenes and events of that
443 BLANC (L.). Revolution Française. Historie de dix ans, 1830-1810, 5 vols.
8vo. hf. vellum

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Histoire de la Revolution Française. 2 vols., 8vo., calf gilt 1847 0

446 BURKE (Edmund). Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in certain Societies in London relative to that event. 8vo., red morocco extra, gilt edges

447

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Three Memorials on French Affairs. Written in the years 179193-Two Letters on the Conduct of our Domestic Parties, with regard to French Politics-A Third Letter on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France-in 1 vol., 8vo., cloth 448 CAMPAN (Madame) Memoires sur la Vie privée de Marie 2 vols., 8vo., with portrait; calf

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Antoinette, Another edition in 3 vols., 8vo., with portrait, calf gilt Paris, 1823 The authoress was principal lady of honour to the queen. 450 COLLECTION des Memoires relatifs à la REVOLUTION FRANÇAISE, 67 vols. 8vo., VELLUM PAPER, fine set in hf. morocco gilt, uncut, contents lettered

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Paris, 1821-27 etc. 20 0 0

MEMOIRES relatifs à la Revolution Française, 54 vols.
COLLECTION COMPLÉMENTAIRE, 5 vols. in 8.

MEMOIRES relatifs à la Revolution d'Espagne, 2 vols. 1824.
MEMOIRES Sur le Consulat. 1827.

MEMOIRES politiques de Don Gaspar de Jovellanos. 1825.

The fifty-four vols. include all the works detailed by Brunet, excepting the
Memoires de Charles Barbaroux, 1 vol., du duc de Gaëte, 1 vol., and Relation du
depart de Louis XVI, 1 vol. This is an unusually large collection, and in fine
condition.

451 Costume. A SERIES of 27 fine contemporary COLOURED ENGRAVINGS Of
MILITARY and OFFICIAL COSTUMES at the time of the French Revolution,
mostly by CHARON after POISSON and CHATIGNIER, including one repre-
senting Napoleon on horseback, as First Consul. Large folio, in
a portfolio
Paris (? 1800)
452 DAUBAN (C. A.) Etude sur Madame Roland et son Temps, suivie des
lettres de Madame Roland à Buzot, Svo., with portrait of Buzot and
seven facsimile letters, sd.

453

Paris, 1864
Mémoires de Madame Roland, 8vo., with portrait and facsimiles of
the autograph manuscript, sd.
ibid. 1864
454 DULAURE. Esquisses Historiques des principaux Evénemens de la Révolu-
tion Française, depuis la Convocation des Etats-Généraux jusqu'au
Rétablissement de la Maison de Bourbon. 6 vols., 8vo., with 108
portraits, views, etc., half calf
Paris, 1825-26
455 DUPLESSI-BERTEAUX (J.). Recueil de Cent Sujets de divers genres, repre-
sentant toutes sortes d'Ouvriers occupés de leur travaux, Scènes de
Comédies, Scènes populaires, Mendians, Militaires, Cavaliers, Chevaux
à l'abreuvoir, Foires, Danses de Villages etc. etc. Oblong 4to., 100
fine etchings, PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS; red morocco, doublé with olive
morocco extra, gilt edges
Paris, 1814
156 DUPRESSOIR (Ch.) Histoire des deux républiques françaises 1792-1848,
2 vols. in 1, roy. 8vo., with portraits and plates; hf. morocco Paris, 1850
457 ELLIOT (GRACE D.) JOURNAL OF MY LIFE DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION,

carefully inlaid throughout to royal 4to. size, AND EXTRA ILLUSTRATED by
the insertion of upwards of 100 beautiful plates, chiefly proofs before
letters, and on INDIA PAPER, many of which are in TWO STATES; hand-
somely bound in claret-coloured morocco super extra, sides and back
covered with fleur de lys, Tudor roses, and other elaborate ornamentation,
joints, watered silk linings, gilt edges, by Riviere

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The portraits included in this desirable extra-illustrated copy, comprise, among
others the authoress, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette (2 portraits), George III,
George IV as Prince of Wales (2), Louis Phillippe (several including 2 contemporary),
Napoleon (2), Louis XVII, Mirabeau, Talleyrand (2), Louis XVIII, Marat, Robespierre,
Charlotte Corday, Empress Josephine, Princess de Lamballe, Duc de Chartres,
Louis XV, Madame du Barry, Murat, William Pitt, and Charles James Fox.
Other plates depict scenes and events mentioned in the course of the work.
458 FORTESCUE (G. K.). List of the Contents of the 3 Collections of Books,
Pamphlets and Journals in the British Museum relating to the French
Revolution. Roy. 8vo., sd.

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459 GARNIER-PAGES. Histoire de la Révolution de 1848: GOUVERNEMENT PROVISOIRE. 3 vols., large 8vo., half morocco, gilt tops, uncut 460 HIPPEAU (E.) Histoire Diplomatique de la Troisième Republique (1870-89), avec Preface de E. Worms. 8vo., sd. 461 HISTOIRE de la REVOLUTION de 1789, et de l'Etablissement d'une Constitution en France; precedée de l'exposé rapide des administrations successives qui ont déterminé cette Révolution memorable. Par deux Amis de la Liberté [Kerverseau, Clavelin, continuée par Lombard de Langres]. 20 vols., 8vo., hf. bd. Paris, 1790-1802 2 10 462 JOURNAL de la LIBERTÉ de la PRESSE, continued after number 22 as Le Tribun du Peuple, ou le Défenseur des Droits de l'Homme, par Gracchus BABEUF. 42 numbers in 1 vol., Svo., half morocco, uncut,

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Paris, 1794-96

463 KAISER (S.) Französische Verfassungsgeschichte von 1789-1852. Large
8vo., pp. xii, 678, and cii, half green morocco, gilt top, uncut
Leipzig, 1852
464 LA BEDOYÈRE COLLECTION. Description Historique et Bibliographique de
la Collection de feu M. le Comte H. de la Bédoyère, sur la Révolution
Française, l'Empire, et la Restauration. Large 8vo., with portrait;
half brown morocco neat
Paris, 1862
465 LACRETELLE. Précis Historique de la Révolution Française. 5 vols.,
engravings by Bertaux, 1804-6-Rabaut (J. P.) Précis Historique
de la Révolution Française, plates by Moreau, 1807-together 6 vols.
18mo. hf. bd.
Paris, 1804-7
466 LALLY-TOLENDAL (T. G. de) Defense des Emigrées Français: Adressée au
Peuple Français. 8vo., hf. bd. calf gilt, uncut
Londres, 1797
467 LARMARTINE (A. de). Histoire des Girondins. 4 vols., 8vo., with numerous
portraits; calf gilt
Paris, 1870-71

Paris, 1827-29

468 LIGNY (Le Prince de). Mémoires et Mélanges Historiques et Littéraires.
5 vols., 8vo., with portrait; calf
469 LISTE générale et très exacte des Noms, Qualités et Demeures de tous les
Conspirateurs, qui ont été condamnés à mort par le Tribunal revolu-
tionnaire établi à Paris par la loi du 17 août 1792, et par le second
Tribunal établi à Paris par la loi du 10 Mars 1793, pour juger tous
les ennemis de la Patrie. 8vo., comprising 9 livraisons and supplement;
hf. bd. uncut
Paris, 1793
This rare and curious work records 2742 names of victims, in some cases
specifying the alleged crime for which they were condemned.
Louis XVI:

8vo.,

470 ACCUSATION, Trial, Defence, Sentence, Execution, and last Will of
Lewis XVI, late King of France. Translated from the French.
with portrait and view of the guillotine on which he suffered; half calf
Edinburgh, 1793
471 CLERY. Journal de ce qui s'est passé à la Tour du Temple, pendant la
Captivité de Louis XVI. Par M. CLERY, valet de chambre du roi.
8vo., with 2 plates; calf
Londres, 1798

472 WILLIAMS (Helen M.) The Political and Confidential Correspondence of
Lewis the Sixteenth; with Observations on each Letter. 3 vols., 8vo.,
half calf
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473 ESSAI Historique sur la VIE PRIVÉE de MARIE-ANTOINETTE d'Autriche,
reine de France. Sm. 4to., with the original covers bound in; cloth, gilt
top, VERY RARE
8. l. 1789
471 DUPLESSIS. ICONOGRAPHIE de la Reine MARIE-ANTOINETTE. Catalogue
descriptif et raisonné de la Collection de Portraits, Pièces Historiques
et Allégoriques, Caricatures, etc. formée par Lord Ronald GOWER,
precédé d'une Lettre par G. DUPLESSIS. Sm. folio, with 42 portraits
etc. some coloured, on Japanese vellum; half red morocco, gilt top,
uncut
Paris, 1883

Fifty copies only were issued, on papier de Hollande, of which this is no. 7.

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475 MIGNET (F. A.). Histoire de la Révolution Française depuis 1789, jusqu'en 1814. 2 vols., 8vo., mottled calf gilt

476 MIRABEAU.

477

A masterpiece of conciseness.

Paris, 1833

Collection complette des Travaux de M. Mirabeau l'ainé, à l'Assemblée Nationale, par E. Mejan. 5 vols., 8vo., with portrait; half calf

Paris, 1791-2

Correspondance entre le Comte de Mirabeau et le Comte de la Marck pendant les années 1789-91, recueillie par A. de Bacourt. 3 vols., 8vo., hf. calf gilt Paris, 1851 478 MONITEUR (Le) Seule Histoire authentique et inaltérée de la REVOLUTION FRANÇAISE depuis la Réunion des Etats Généraux jusqu'au Consulat (1789-1799). 32 vols. impl. 8vo., with numerous reproductions of contemporary engravings, half morocco (pub. at 300 francs)

Paris, 1858-1870

The above is a reprint, with explanatory notes, of the famous Journal which appeared during the French Revolution. It is therefore one of the most reliable authorities for the events of this epoch.

479 MOORE (J.). A Journal, during a Residence in France, 1792. 2 vols., post 8vo., calf

Napoleon:

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480 ABELL (Mrs.). Recollections of the Emperor Napoleon, during the first three years of his Captivity on the Island of St. Helena: including the time of his Residence at her father's house "The Briars." 8vo., with plates; half morocco

1844

481 ABRANTES. Mémoires de la Duchesse d'Abrantès, ou Souvenirs
Historiques sur Napoléon, la Révolution, le Directoire, le Consulat,
l'Empire et la Restauration. 18 vols., 12mo., hf. bd. Bruxelles, 1831-35
482 ALMANACH IMPERIAL pour l'année 1813, présente à S. M. l'Empereur et
Roi par Testu. Thick 8vo., calf
Paris (1812)
the same. 8vo., contemporary green morocco gilt, gilt edges (1812)
This volume is now curious as giving the last and official details of Buonaparte's
imperial household and Bureaucracie.

483

Paris, 1815-17

1884

484 BEAUCHAMP (A. de). Histoire des Campagnes de 1814 et de 1815.
4 vols., 8vo., half calf
485 BEGIN (EMILE) Histoire de Napoleon de son Famille et de son Epoque
au point de vue des Idees Napoléoniennes sur le Monde. 5 vols., 8vo.,
hf. morocco
Paris, 1853-54
486 BINGHAM (D. A.). A Selection of the Letters of the first Napoleon.
3 vols., post 8vo. (pub. £2. 28); cloth
487 BOURRIENNE. Mémoires sur Napoléon, le Directoire, le Consulat,
l'Empire et la Restauration. 10 vols., 8vo., calf gilt Paris, 1829
488 GOURGAND (Général). Napoléon et la Grande Armie en Russie, ou
Examen critique de l'Ouvrage de Comte Ph. de Ségur. 8vo., calf 1825
489 HOOPER (G.) Waterloo: The Downfall of the first Napoleon: a History
of the Campaign of 1815. 8vo., with map and plans; cloth 1862

490 LANFREY (P.) Histoire de Napoléon Ier. 5 vols., post 8vo., half calf
Paris, 1869-75
491 NORVINS (M. de). Histoire de Napoleon. Impl. 8vo., with a great
number of woodcut illustrations; vellum
Bruxelles, 1839
492 PEYRE (R.) Napoléon Ier et son Temps. Impl. 8vo., 20 maps and plans,
13 coloured plates, and 431 other illustrations; half morocco neat, gilt
top (pub. 30 francs unbound)
Paris, 1888
493 RAPP. Memoirs of General Count Rapp, first aide-de-camp to Napoleon.
8vo. with portrait; bds. uncut
494 RELATION fidèle et detaillée de la dernière Campagne de Buonaparte,
terminée par
la Bataille de Mont-Saint-Jean, dite de Waterloo ou de
Belle-Alliance. Par un Témoin Oculaire. Suivie de la Campagne de
Walcheren et d'Anvers, en 1809; par M. de Rocca. 8vo., with coloured
front., and 2 maps; half calf, rare
Bruxelles, 1816

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