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SAINT-PIERRE, Bernardin de.
        Paul et Virginie suivi de La Chaumiere indienne. Precede d'une notice historique sur Saint Pierre par C[harles] A[ugustin] SAINTE-BEUVE.
      Paris, Curmer 1838.. Lex.8°. LVI S., 6 Bl. Abbildungsverz., 458(2) S. auf starkem Papier. Mit Holzschn.-Vign. auf Rücks. d. Vortit., Titelvign. gest. Portr. nach Louis FRANCAIS als Frontisp., gest. Tit., , kolor. gest. Karte d. Ile de France [Mauritius], 28 Holzschnitt-Taf. . nach Tony Johannot, Paul Huet, Louis Francais u. Ernest Meissonier sowie 468 Vign. u. Init. (dav.7 in Stahlst.) im Text. Schöner hellbrauner, geglätteter Lederband d. Zt. auf 4 falschen Bünden, m. Zentralmedaillon u. Bordüren in Blindpr., goldgepr. Fileten u. reicher Rückenvergoldung., dreis. Goldschn., OU. eingebunden. Kanten geringf. berieben, Rücken etw. geblichen, frisch u. fast fleckenfrei. Ein Meisterwerk der franz. Buchillustration..

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Newell, Chester, Rev.:
        HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTION IN TEXAS, PARTICULARLY OF THE WAR OF 1835 & '36
      New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1838.. x,215pp. plus folding map in facsimile. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Lightly foxed; faint dampstaining at edges of text block. Map in excellent condition. Very good. "This is one of the earliest books published about Texas after it became a republic...the quotations from participants are of considerable historical value. The descriptive portions add much to our knowledge of the early republic...The work begins with an excellent summary of Mexican history from 1821 to 1835, followed by a sketch of Texas history from 1832 to 1835, ending with Cos' retreat from San Antonio. The events of 1836 are described, including quotations from participating Texans and from...Mexican accounts, such as Almonte's diary...Of particular value are the account of Santa Anna's capture [and his] confrontation with Houston shortly afterwards. Newell was one of the first to seduce Sam Houston into giving particulars of the campaign" - Jenkins. "One of the rare and reliable books on Texas" - Raines. The appendix prints some important historical documents regarding the revolution. BASIC TEXAS BOOKS 151. HOWES N115, "aa." CLARK III:215. GRAFF 3010. RADER 2479. RAINES, p.154. SABIN 54948. STREETER TEXAS 1318.

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Paxton, Joseph
        Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants: Volume the Fifth,
      W. S. Orr & Co., London 1838 - 8vo. xii, 280pp. Contemporary half leather; spine gilt with titles and floral ornaments; marbles paper boards. With 49 engraved plates. 4 plates are or garden designs or ornaments; three of them are colored and all are moderately foxed. The remaininng plates are all of flowers, all are hand colored and two are folding plates. Many orchid species are represented. Most of the plates are in fine, unfoxed condition; in the few where there is foxing present, it is only a light spot or two and marginal. The tissue guard of one plate has partially stuck to the plate and the guard has torn; it can probably be removed without damage. THe binding is moderately worn but still presentable. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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CAPEFIGUE J.B.
        Philippe D'Orleans, Régente de France 1715-1723.
      Dufey,, Paris, 1838 - Due volumi di pp. xxviii (1) 412; (4) 428. Insieme a: CAPEFIGUE J.B. L'Europe pendant la Révolution francaise Paris, Belin-Leprieur, 1843. Quattro volumi di pp. 1800 ca. complessive. Insieme a: CAPEFIGUE J.B. Louis XVI. Son administration et ses relations diplomatiques avec l'Europe. Paris, Belin-Leprieur, 1844. Quattro volumi di pp. 1500 ca. complessive. Insieme a: CAPEFIGUE J.B. Louis XIV. Son administration et ses relations diplomatiques avec l'Europe. Paris, Dufey, 1837-38. Sei volumi di pp. 2100 ca. complessive. Insieme a: CAPEFIGUE J.B. Richelieu, Mazarin, la Fronde et le Règne de Louis XIV. Paris, Dufey, 1835-36. Otto volumi di pp. 3.000 ca. complessive. Insieme a: CAPEFIGUE J.B. Louis XV et la société du XVIII siécle. Paris, Langlois et Leclercq, 1842. Quattro volumi di pp. 1800 ca. complessive. Insieme a: ANCILLON P.F. Tableau des révolutions du système politique de l'Europe depuis la fin du quinzième siècle. Paris, Anselin et Pochard, 1823. Quattro volumi di pp. 1700 ca. complessive. Bell'insieme di 32 volumi di opere storiche uniformemente legate in piena pergamena coeva, dorsi lisci con ricchi fregi in oro e titoli su tasselli bicolore. Ottimo stato di conservazione.

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[Williams, Thomas. 1779 - 1876]. Wilson, William R. - Prior Owner
        The BATTLE Of The GREAT DAY. Revelation, XVI, 12 - 21
      [n. p.]:. [n. d.].. 8-5/8" x 4-5/8". 1st printing (presumed). Ca 1838. Single sheet broadside, printed recto only. Seven quatrains, in rhyming couplets.. Period prior owner signature of one "W. R. Wilson", with an. inscription to verso: "A present from Rev / Thomas Williams /. Plainfield / Pn / February 20 [25 underneath] 1838 / William Wilson. [flourish underneath]". Paper foxed & browned, as to be expected. A. Very Good copy.. An extremely rare, and early, 'Millerite'-themed broadside by this prolific, early 19th New England preacher. While other works of Williams are recorded in UMI's "Millerites and Early Adventists", this ephemeral publication is not. Not in the NUC, though OCLC shows one institutional holding, at Brown, recording the publication date as 1849, presumably based on the date that WilliamsÃ• work Discourse on the Battle of the Great Day was published, and wherein this poem is also found. From the inscription of the verso of this broadside copy, we know a more accurate publication date of [ca] 1838.

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Sismondi, J. C. L. Simonde de (Jean Charles Leonard Simonde de), (1773-1842)
        Histoire des Republiques Italiennes du Moyen Age / par M. Simonde de Sismondi [complete 8 volumes bound in 4]
      Bruxelles : Societe typographique Belge, 1838-1839 - Physical description: 8v. in 4 ; 26 cm. Subject: Italy -- History -- Italian Republics -- Middle ages. Language: French. Very good copies bound in contemporary full leather. Gilt-blocked leather labels to spines, with spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Slight dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. All edges marble; marbled endpapers. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. 1 Kg. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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LAFAYETTE
        MEMOIRES, CORRESPONDANCE ET MANUSCRIT DU GENERAL LAFAYETTE - 4 TOMES
      H. FOURNIER AINE 1838 - RO30065116: 495 + 504 + 520 + 448 pages. Couverture muette. Tome 1 : à relier, dos cassé, cahiers se détachent, manques sur le dos. Traces d'humidité. Tome 2 : manques sur le dos. Tome 4 : quelques pages tâchées. Tome 1 : Révolution d'amérique, second voyage en amérique et campagnes de 1780. Tome 2 : Révolution d'amérique, Assamblée des notaires de 1787, Révolution Française. Tome 3 : Révolution Française . sur l'insurrection de la Belgique . Révision de la constitution . In-8 Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. convenable. Dos abîmé. Intérieur acceptable Classification Dewey : 840.05-XVIII ème siècle [Attributes: Soft Cover]

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MERIMEE Prosper
        NOTES D'UN VOYAGE EN AUVERGNE
      Librairie de H. Fournier, Paris 1838 - RO40202770: 414 pages. Gravure en noir et blanc sur planche dépliable en frontispice. Etiquette de code sur le dos. Tampons et annotation de bibliothèque sur le 1er plat et en page de titre. Dos fendu avec manques, et cahiers se détachant. (Très rare) Extrait d'un Rapport adressé à M. le Ministre de l'Intérieur. Bourges, Maison de Jacques Coeur. Mehun, La Celle Bruyères. Limoges, Collections particulières. Tulle, Dolmen de Clairfage. Rodez, Cathédrale. Conques, Sainte-Foy. Le Puy, Cathédrale. In-8 Broché. A relier. Plats abîmés. Dos abîmé. Quelques rousseurs Classification Dewey : 908.4459-Régionalisme : Auvergne [Attributes: Soft Cover]

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Britton, John
        Dictionary of Architecture
      Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London 1838 - London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1838. First Edition. Illustrations [engravings]by J. Le Keux. A bit of association status by virtue of prior ownership of the Belton House. 10" x 6.5", 498 numbered pp. + table and numerous engravings at the end. Original half green morocco and cloth. Hinges strong but for a crack starting prior to title page only. Mild spine scuffing, some cloth bubbling front cover. Very Very Good; a strong, crisp, bright copy in original binding. True first edition copy of Britton's major architectural reference work, this copy was formerly among the possessions of the Belton House, the coat-of-arms bookplate which graces the front pastedown. The Belton House [now of the Cust family, peerage Brownlow] is regarded as the finest example of pure Restoration architecture in England. John Britton's extensive work covers terms, building types, arhcitectural biographies and places. Le Keux' engravings provide crystalline comparative understanding of many the various subject terms. L3 [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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UNIDENTIFIED AGENT FOR LADY ADAMS
        1838 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT RELIC OF THE FRENCH BLOCKADE OF MEXICO'S PORTS, THE BOMBARDMENT OF SAN JUAN DE ULUA, THE CAPTURE OF THE MEXICAN NAVY AND THE RETURN FROM RETIREMENT OF GENERAL SANTA ANNA: 'THE PASTRY WAR'
      VALPARAISO MEXICO 1838 - On offer is an original, very unique three [3] page handwritten manuscript relic of the Mexican "Pastry War" of 1838. [The War was known in Spanish as 'Guerra de los pasteles' or 'Primera Intervención Francesa en México' meaning the 'first French intervention in Mexico'; French: 'Guerre des Pâtisseries' was an invasion of Mexico by French forces in 1838.] Dated Valparaiso 15 Sep. 1838, this is a manifest of sales from 'Lady Adams' cargo at Valparaiso. In addition to the numerous itemized goods/ prices of goods from Paris [plus goods from Glasgow Scotland, Marseilles France, and Spain] there are manuscript notations by way of a report providing content regarding the conflict and commercial repercussions in part: ". A great many of the Lady Adams' Silks are now out of season, but as they are fancy articles we shall endeavor to close them, as we have found that it does not answer to hold such articles. Within a week there has been a good demand for the Mexican market which has enabled us to make some good sales particularly of the Brandy. & should the blockade of Buenos Ayres & the Eastern sea board of Mexico by the French be continued for any length of time, the demand for these markets will continue." Here are some historical notes from one online source: The Mexican Pastry War (Nov. 1838-March 1839) is now mostly a forgotten footnote in history but supremely interesting for its moment in time: In 1838, a French pastry cook by the name of Monsieur Remontel claimed his shop in Mexico City had been ruined by looting Mexican officers. France, having had other complaints by French businessmen in Mexico and eager to reclaim other Mexican debts, demanded 600,000 pesos in damages. When Mexico refused to pay, King Louis-Philippe (1773-1850) ordered a fleet under Rear Admiral Charles Baudin to blockade all Mexican ports, to bombard the Mexican fortress of San Juan de Ulua, and to seize the port of Vera Cruz. Baudin captured virtually the entire Mexican navy, and Mexico declared war on France in December of 1838. The U.S. government got involved, sending the Schooner Woodbury to help in the blockade. Seeing a rare opportunity, former Mexican hero Santa Anna came out of retirement and offered his services. Gathering up an army, Santa Anna engaged the French forces and was wounded in the leg which was later amputated. Santa Anna used his newly reclaimed fame to regain power in the Mexican government. Under the diplomatic intervention of England, the French forces agreed to withdraw on March 9, 1839, and the government of Mexico promised to repay its debts. The brief "Pastry War" was over. Material that relates directly to this war is extremely uncommon. Folds, otherwise in excellent condition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

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BEATTIE, William
        Scotland Illustrated,
      London: George Virtue,, 1838. In a Series of Views Taken Expressly for this Work by Messrs. T. Allom, W. H. Bartlett, and H. McCulloch. 2 volumes, quarto (267 x 210 mm). Contemporary black morocco, titles and pictorial designs to spines gilt, pictorial centrepiece and decorative double frames to boards gilt, floral rolls to edges and turn-ins gilt, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers, red silk bound bookmarks. Engraved half-title to each, 118 plates in all, and one folding map. With bookplate of William E. Towne to front pastedowns, and his ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Spines slightly darkened, a few small scuff marks to boards, light foxing to half-titles and plates, occasional spotting to margins of text blocks, text blocks a touch strained in a few places but still firm. A very good set. First edition. One of several works by William Beattie (17931875), Scotland Illustrated includes historical and topographical descriptions of Scottish sites and landscapes, accompanied by numerous engraved views.

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TURNEY, HOPKINS LACY
        SPEECH OF MR. TURNEY, OF TENNESSEE, ON THE BILL TO SUPPRESS INDIAN HOSTILITIES
      Government Printing Office, 1838., 1838. First edition. 8vo. 7 pp. In the House of Representatives, May 31, and June 1, 1838 - the Committee of the Whole, on the bill of suppress Indian hostilities, Mr. Turney addresses the committee claiming that his colleague, Mr. Bell, said that "friends of the Administration" were prepared to vote on this bill without discussion even without examining the subject, forming opinions of their own, but voting with confidence in the Executive who'd recommended it. Furthermore, he claimed that the party was unwilling to afford the Opposition time to examine and form opinions on the bill, which he claims to be a lie. Apparently Mr. Bell also claimed the President appointed unqualified agents who'd used their appointments for the purpose of speculating on Indians, and that these were the causes which led to and produced the Creek and Florida wars. Again, Turney objects and offers rebuttal. Turney goes on to discuss Bell's proposal of an amendment to offer to the Indians which would divert 2 million dollars of the sum in the bill to the President to use in negotiating with the Indians. Turney offered an amendment be adopted to the bill whereas all extraordinary expenses in the execution of this treaty, produced by either their hostile movements or obstinate refusals to execute their leaving, should be deducted from the five million six hundred thousand dollars given them for their lands. He is opposed to paying the, "lazy, thieving, and murderous savages" for their friendship. Goes on to speak about sympathy towards the Indians and why there needs to be none; the war in Florida, monies being spent, his feelings that Mr. Bell denounced the of the Administration of Gen. Jackson, etc. Very interesting.

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Balzac, Honoré de.
        Balzac illustré. La peau de chagrin. Études sociales.
      - Paris. H. Delloye, Victor Lecou, Éditeurs, Rue des Filles-Saint-Thomas, 13, place de la Course. 1838. 4:o. (4),402,(2 last blank) pp. Title with vignette showing a man being pulled backward by skeleton, armed with a scythe, and 100 steel engraved vignettes in the text after drawings by Adam, Baron, Boulanger, Charlet, Daviid, DevEria, Fragonard, Gavarni, Grandville, Grent, Janet-Lange, Johannot, Raffet, Vernet, et. al. Two portraits, Pauline and Foedora, after Janet-Lange and Marckl, engraved by Félicie Fournier, née Monsaldy, with names of the artists in dry-point, p. 149 and 287. Dark blue morocco backed boards, corner pieces of green vellum. Spine gilt in compartments. Light wear to head of spine. Stamp with initials on title, lower right hand corner. 26 x 17 cm.[#\100644] [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Stephenson, John
        Medical Zoology, and Mineralogy; or, Illustrations and Descriptions of the Animals and Minerals Employed in Medicine, and of the Preparations Derived from Them: Including Also an Account of Animal and Mineral Poisons: with Figures Coloured from Nature
      London: John Churchill. 1838. Hardcover. Second issue, after the first published in 1832. vi, 345pp. Dark green half morocco over marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gold, marbled endpapers. With forty six plates (one foldout), forty-four of which are hand-coloured. A touch of wear to extremities, light rubbing to covers, spine is darkened, elegant bookplate to front pastedown endpaper, previous owner's blind stamp to front free endpaper. A near fine copy. ; Large octavo .

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Wilkinson Henry
        Sketches scenery in the Basque provinces of Spain with a selection of national music arranged for piano forte and guitar illustrated by notes and reminiscences with the war in Biscay and Castille
      London Ackermann & Co. 1838 - Primera edición. Folio(27x37 cm). VIi incluyendo portada, 48 pgs, 32 hojas de musica y 12 láminas litografiadas mostrando vistas de las principales ciudades de Guipuzcoa. Encuadernación moderna en media piel con planos en papel de aguas encerados. Buen ejemplar de esta rara obra. Wilkinson formó parte del cuerpo expedicionario que desembarcó en el País Vasco en el verano de 1835 para apoyar a Isabel II contra los Carlistas. Wilkinson era médico acompañando a la expedición militar. Muy buen ejemplar de esta obra que muestra el interés de viajeros ingleses por el País Vasco en el contexto de la primera guerra Carlista. Ref Garcia Romeral 1780 [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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HERING, Constantin (1800-1880)
        HomÃ¶opathischer Hausarzt. FÃ¼r die deutschen BÃ¼rger der Vereinigten Staaten nach den besten vaterlÃ¤ndischen Werken und eignen Erfahrungen bearbeitet ... Zweite fÃ¼r deutschland unwesentlich verÃ¤nderte Auflage
      Jena,: Friedrich Fromann,, 1838.. vi, 346 pp. 8vo (13 x 21,5 cm.). Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt decorated with some line and top & bottom ruller, gilt lettered on green morocco label (spine slightly discoloured; corners a triffle rubbed). Â¶ The very rare first edition to be published in German, and of which only a very few copies are known (no copy in the NLM). This work was first published in English (Philadelphia, Wesselhoeft, 1835, with a second part in 1838). The first edition in the German language was published in Allentown, (Pennsylvania), Jacob Behlert,1837. Next to Hahnemann, Hering will be best remembered as the most ardent advocate of Homeopathy, and the founder of the American School of Homoeopathy. His "HomÃ¶opatischer Hausartz" (1835), is a great classic of Homoeopathic literature, was translated into many languages.--(First two, and last 4 leaves with some light scattered browning, but an remarkable clean inner copy in a attractive contemporary binding).

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MOREAU (Hégésippe)
        Le Myosotis
      Paris, Desessart 1838 - Livre épuisé 27 x 17,8 cm, pleine reliure brune signée, dos à nerfs plats orné de filets dorés et fleurons, filet d'encadrement et frise à froid sur les plats également marqués d'un grillage à froid, frise sur les plats intérieurs, couv. jaune cons., étui (René Aussourd), faux-titre, titre, 329 pp., 1 f. n. ch. errata. Ouvrage rare, d'autant plus en grand papier, chef-d'oeuvre de l'auteur. Neveu de Charles Meunier, René Aussourd commença sa carrière en tant que doreur chez Chambolle-Duru avant douvrir son propre atelier en 1912. Réf. bibliographiques : Carteret II, 177 et 179. Vicaire V, 1137. Condition : Edition originale. Exemplaire en grand papier (format légèrement augmenté) conforme à la description de Carteret. On passe de la p. 304 à 321 sans lacune dans le texte. Belle reliure signée en bel état (un choc à une coupe) complet des couvertures, intérieur parfait. 400g. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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GARDINER (William)
        Music and Friends; or, Pleasant Recollections of a Dilettante. In Two [Three] Volumes.
      London: Longman Orme Brown and Longman. Combe and Crossley Leicester 1853 1838 - FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 3 volumes. Large 8vo, 220 x 136, pps. xii, 476; viii, [481] - 886, x; xv [xvi index], 282 [384 blank], including half-title in each volume, catalogue of author's works at end of volume 2, list of subscribers in volume 3, printed music included in pagination, later 19th century half green morocco, spines ornately gilt in compartments to a floral motif, with dates of volumes intricately included at foot of each spine, top edges gilt; extremities a bit worn, front hinge volume 1 very slightly cracked, but generally an attractive set. Gardiner (1770 - 1853) was one of England's more interesting "amateur" musicians, diarists, and chroniclers of musical matters in the first half of the 18th century. Musically precocious (in his 60th year he recognized a tune that he had first heard when he was one), he eschewed the life of a manufacturer of hosiery that his father had intended him for. He used the compositions of various composers to create one of his first publications, Sacred Melodies (1812 - 1838). The work covers not only music and musicians, but occasionally touches upon political topics, e. g.: "October, 1794, when spending an evening at Lincoln with my friend Henry Banks, the post brought the news of the acquittal of Thomas Hardy and Horne Took for high treason. Great disappointment was expressed by the whole company at this unexpected verdict, and the execrations against the jury were loud and long. I was shocked at their illiberal opinions and silly apprehensions; that evening, which began with merriment and music, ended in sour disappointment." [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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        Privates Poesiealbum
      Hannover/Buxtehude, o.V., von 1838-1859.. größtenteils aus der Biedermeierzeit, OPp.-Mappe mit floral geprägtem Goldpapierbezug ohne Schließen, lindgrünem Vorsatzpapier, Querformat. Es enthält 6 Originalkupferstiche, 5 davon aus Göttingen (bey Wiederhold*, Stichgröße ca. 13 x 8 cm, Blattgrößen: 16,5 x 10,5 cm), einen ohne Bezeichnung + 27 Einzelblätter m. Goldschnitt, oftmals Büttenpapier, einige davon mit Wasserzeichen, eines davon mit handgemalter und -kolorierter Rose, eines mit Originalgrabmalzeichnung, ebenfalls handkoloriert auf der Blattrückseite. Alle Blätter, auch die Kupferstiche (hier auf den Rückseiten) sind mit den üblichen frommen Jungmädchen-Poesie- und Erbauungsprüchen mit Tinte in zumeist schöner, geschwungener Schreibschrift, oftmals mit Ortsangabe (Hannover und Buxtehude), Namen (u.a. Alfred von Seefeld aus Berlin, dem Gründer der Buchhandlung Schmorl & von Seefeld, der damals 14 Jahre alt war (*25.8.1825 in Berlin bis 12.8.1893 in Hannover]; F. Flügge, Minna Lemoke, die auf der Passagierliste "All New York, Passenger Lists", 1820-1957 gelistet ist; Sophie Lütckens; L.A. Bröhan, Buxtehude; Fritz Grünanger, Buxtehude; H.L. Saul, Buxtehude) und Datum versehen.. *1. Caffe und Bade-Haus zu Limmer bey Hannover; 2: Lasst die Kindlein zu mir kommen; 3. Das Schloß in den Tuillerien; 4. Christi Einzug in Jerusalem; 5. Die Stumme von Portier; 6. Das heilige Abendmahl (o. A.) - Goldpapier der Mappe stellenweise etwas abgerieben, Mappe geringfügig eingedrückt, Rückenkanten mit Goldpapierfehlstellen, eine Radierung mit Eckfehlstelle (keine Bildbeeinträchtigung), wenige Blätter geringfügig braun-/tintenfleckig, sonst gut erhalten.

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Brabandt, C. H.
        Acht zwei- und dreistimmige Kinder-Lieder, die meine Schüler gerne sangen. [Erstes bis viertes Heft].
      Stade, J. C. Hergeröder, 1836-1838. - 4 Hefte in einem Band. 16 SS. 16 SS. 16 SS. 16 SS. Text und mehrstimmiger Notensatz durchgehend in Typendruck. Nachgebunden ein weiteres Kinderlied in etwas späterer Handschrift auf 4 Bll. Neuerer Pappband. Qu.-8vo. Bibliographisch und über Bibliothekskataloge nicht nachweisbare Sammlung von 51 Kinderliedern; über zwei Jahre in insgesamt 4 Heften im Eigenverlag des Rothenburger Pädagogen erschienen. Die Band- bzw. Heftbezeichnung auf den jeweiligen Titeln ist erst ab dem zweiten Heft hinzugefügt, an die drei vorliegenden Forsetzungen der Liedsammlung war offenbar bei Erscheinen des ersten Hefts noch nicht gedacht. - Durchgehend fleckig und mit einigen Randläsuren bzw. -hinterlegungen. Nicht bei Wegehaupt, Seebaß etc. Nicht in der DNB Musik. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

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J.-B. SIREY
        RECUEIL GENERAL DES LOIS ET ARRÊTS en matière civile, criminelle et administrative et de droit public depuis l'avènment de Napoléon. TOMES 1 à 30, 33, 36, 37 et 38.
      A PARIS, QUAI DE L'HORLOGE, ARCADE LAMOIGNON 1838 - R260127829: 36 volumes d'environ 300 à 400 pages chacun. Dos cuir marron. Titres, tomaisons, filets et roulettes dorées. Papier tons marrons sur les plats. Texte sur 2 colonnes. Dos des tomes 10, 14 et 28 détachés. Dos des tomes 29 et 38 partiellement détachés. Quelques mors légèrement fendus ou frottés. Quelques coiffes abîmées. Assez bon état général. Tome I : Anterieur à l'an X, 1800 et 1801 / Tome XXXVIII : An 1838. In-4 Relié demi-cuir. Etat d'usage. Couv. légèrement passée. Dos satisfaisant. Quelques rousseurs Classification Dewey : 340-Droit [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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LEWIN, John William (1770-1819)
        A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales
      London: Henry G. Bohn, 1838. Folio (15 x 10 4/8 inches). 26 numbered hand-colored plates finished in opaque gouache with wash backgrounds (one or two a bit loose, some minor spotting to text leaves). Contemporary morocco backed green cloth (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Ink library stamps of the North Devon Athenaeum on verso of the verso of the title-page and the text leaf for plate 10, the bequest of H.H. Sharland. Third edition, second issue "new and improved. to which is added a list of the synonymes of each species". Comprising the text and contents-list printed for Bohte in 1822 with a new title-leaf and conjugate "Index of Synonymes" together with new strikes of Lewin's copperplates. Text watermarked "Whatman 1821" or ". 1838", plates not watermarked, or watermarked "Whatman 1838". First published in 1808 as "Birds of New Holland", of which most copies were lost at sea. This edition is celebrated for its scientific accuracy and its artistic execution, and is regarded as the best of all the editions. The plates were colored from specimens lent by John Gould, and the nomenclature was overseen by Thomas Campbell Eyton. The 1813 edition was the first illustrated book to be engraved and printed in Australia. John Lewin was Australia's first free-settler professional artist. He was also one of the first not to uses English painting conventions when depicting Australia. He was the son of William Lewin, the author of "The Birds of Great Britain". Ayer/Zimmer 394-95; BM(NH) s:1104; "Fine Bird Books" 91; Nissen, IVB 561; Sauer 293. Catalogue description prepared for and on behalf of Arader Galleries by Kate Hunter.. Book.

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Junggeselle.-
        Der Hundertjährige Junggeselle als Brautwerber. Gestochener Einblattdruck. Ohne Ort und Drucker. Adressangabe 'Wienstrasse No. 29', (1838). 13,5 x 16,7 cm. Blattgröße 36,5 x 23 cm.
      1838. . Die obere Hälfte der Darstellung zeigt den rüstigen Greis, der einer deutlich jüngeren Frau einen Blumenstrauß überreicht. Darunter ein erklärender Text. Im Hintergrund ist die Kirche des niederösterreichischen Ernstbrunns zu sehen.- Die Anekdote des lustigen Greises scheint wohl eine wahre Ausnahmeerscheinung gewesen zu sein, da viele internationale Zeitungen in den Jahren 1830 sowie 1838-40 vom Tod eines gewissen Georg Domberger berichteten, der angeblich 122 Jahre alt war.- Unbeschnitten, etwas gebräunt, mit Faltspuren.

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Paine, Thomas)
        Collection of Letters and Manuscripts Concerning the Last Days and Death of Thomas Paine, 1838
      - Group of six items, 13 pages total, manuscripts inscribed on various size sheets, mainly quarto and folio, in generally good clean condition, one manuscript with tape repairs and some splitting to folds. Because of his atheism and ¿radical¿ politics, the famed author of ¿Common Sense¿ was the most controversial notable of the American Revolution and early nineteenth century. A shelf of 19th century Paine biographies hotly debated his alcoholism, disreputable relations with women ¿ and whether, on his deathbed in 1809, the notorious atheist and free thinker had ¿found religion.¿ In 1808 Paine moved to Greenwich Village from New Rochelle. By the time of his death a year later he had been largely forgotten. Only six mourners attended the funeral, the manuscript accounts contained in this collection contain the recollections of some of the few who remembered him and attended him at his death. The materials in this collection record an investigation made less than twenty years after the death of Thomas Paine, when many of those who knew Paine in later life were still living ¿ including the investigator himself: Grant Thorburn, a Scottish immigrant to New York who became prosperous selling seeds imported from England, and, in 1834, published an autobiography1 in which he provided an ¿unvarnished account of Paine¿s manner of life,¿ and in a subsequent work, published in 18522, provides sixty years of reminiscences of life in America which further elaborates on Thomas Paine, in which he explained how he had come to know Paine in the last years of his life, when ¿his company [was] shunned by the more respectable of his friends on account of his unpopular writings and hard drinking¿ and after his divorce from a ¿respectable young woman¿ who accused him of ¿cruel usage.¿ Thorburn often visited Paine at his New York lodgings to argue politics and religion, later concluding that he was ¿the most unreasonable mortal I ever conversed with.¿ After writing a critical magazine account of Paine which ¿brought all the free-thinkers between Passamaquoddy and Baltimore on my back¿, Thorburn decided to undertake this historical inquiry of his own, in conjunction with William Giles Goddard, a newspaper publisher and Professor at Brown University. Thorburn was diligent in tracking down and interviewing Mary Rascoe, a Quaker neighbor of Paine¿s who often took him refreshment while he was sick and dying and scribbling out a manuscript recanting his Atheism, which she believed was suppressed by his former friends. Thorburn himself doubted this, learning from Paine¿s Doctor that when Paine screamed ¿Jesus!¿ as one of his last words, he was swearing in pain. The present papers are apparently unknown to any Paine biographer. Inventory of collection: 1. Grant Thorburn, Halletts Cove [Long Island], March 5, 1838 to William L. Stone, folio, two letters, two pages. The first considering whether Paine was a ¿Licentious Character¿ the second enclosing letters concerning an account of Paine by William Carver. 2. Grant Thorburn, New York, May 14, 1838 to William G. Goddard, Providence, 1 page, requesting the return of manuscript sketch of Paine¿s life which he had sent him earlier. 3. Unsigned and undated letter, apparently to Thorburn concerning ¿the attack upon, or the defence of Paine alluded to by your friend Goddard,¿ and which criticizes the first biography of Paine: ¿Cheetham¿s Life of Thomas Paine,¿ which appeared after Paine¿s death, in which the author recounts his own experience at Paine¿s deathbed. The anonymous author of this letter states that he was holding Paine¿s hand as he expired. Quarto, 4 pages. 4. Four page manuscript headed: ¿The Life of T.P.¿ unsigned and undated, sent to William G. Goddard, Providence, Rhode Island, the address leaf is free franked by Rhode Island Congressman, J. L. Tillinghast, [write for fuller description]

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BEATTIE (William)
        L'Ecosse pittoresque, ou suite de vues prises expressement pour cet ouvrage par MM. T. Allom, W.H. Bartlett, et H. M'Culloch. Traduit de l'anglais par L. de Bauclas
      Virtue et Ferrier, Londres et Paris 1838 - Deux volumes in-4 (290 x 232 mm), demi maroquin vert foncé, coins, dos à nerfs orné, filet sur les plats, non rogné (reliure signée Champs). Orné d'une carte, deux titres gravés et 117 gravures par Allom, Bartlett, et M'Culloch, gravées par Griffiths, Varrall, Prior, etc. Ex-libris "Librorum flos illibatus". (dos passé, menus frottements aux coins et sur les coupes). // Two quarto volumes (290 x 232 mm), dark green three quarter morocco, spine with raised bands tooled in gilt, fillet on covers, uncut (binding signed Champs). Illustrated with a map, two engraved titles and 117 engravings by Allom, Bartlett and M'Culloch engraved by Griffiths, Varrall, Prior, etc. Bookplate "Librorum flos illibatus". (spine faded, minor rubbings on corners and turns-in).

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Serradifalco, Domenico Lo Faso Pietrasanta, Duca di.
        Del duomo di Monreale e di altre chiese siculo-normane.
      Palermo, Roberti, 1838. - With engraved half-title, lithogr. title, 5 engraved vignettes and 27 (2 folded) engraved and 1 lithogr. plates. - Imperial folio (54:38 cm). First edition. - Orig. boards with autograph dedication by the author to front board (spine and margins with some damage and material loss, the boards a little waterstained and dusty). - Rare work on the cathedral of Monreale with plans, inside and outside views and numerous detail views. - Uncut and on better paper, multiply stamped, 1 plate with small tear at joint, block with burst, minor staining. Brunet V, 311. Graesse VI, 372. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH]

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Comte, Achille text by Buffon illustrated by Victor Adam
        KEEPSAKE D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE. DESCRIPTION DES OISEAUX suivie d'un exposé de l'art de les préparer et de les conserver.
      Bazouge-Pigoreau /Tyas London, Paris 1838 - Hand coloured plates heightened with gum (38 with 154 birds shown in groups from 2-6 per plate) by Victor Adam +uncoloured frontis portrait of Buffon +pretty hand coloured engraved titlepage by Pauquet /Rouget sc. all with tissue guards. Small quarto plum roan spine extra gilt compartments & faux bands with cloth sides (tips a bit worn/rebacked with old spine relaid/cloth rubbed). Portrait Frontis +hand coloured titlepage +printed titlepage +Portrait +xxiii [1]p blank +312pp. Text pages with some foxing, more so to first & last pages. Plates mostly clean & white but a few have pale edge foxing. Two tissue guards torn, one at p17 lost. The plates are all beautifully hand coloured and heightened with gum. 1 volume.

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SCOTT, SIR WALTER]. Lockhart, J[ohn] G[ibson].
        Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.
      Edinburgh: Robert Cadell; London: John Murray and Whittaker, 1837-1838. - Lockhart's justly celebrated biography of his friend and father-in-law, which the DNB describes as "next to Boswell's Johnson, the best [biography] in the language." Engraved armorial bookplate and small title-page embossment of George Ladeveze Adlercron. 7 vols, 8vo, contemporary half white vellum, marbled paper sides, maroon morocco labels, gilt rules, decorations and lettering. Frontis portrait and folding facsimile. NCBEL III, 1292. Vellum somewhat darkend; covers and edges a little rubbed; very good set. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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