- 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.
- Top of bookbl. sl. dustsoiled.
- A few leaves loosening. = Rare.
- Sl. foxed. Spine splitting.
- Lacks 13 views. Occas. sl. foxed in margin (not affecting image). Extremities sl. worn.
- A few scattered stamps. Covers sl. worn.
ADDED: a Baedeker guide for Sachsen (1920, Hinrichsen D234a).
- Small stamp on title-p. Covers some sl. rubbed spots; frontcover sm. inkstain.
= Schmitt 90; Saalmink 1801-1832, p.786; Saakes (1830), p.144.