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OEUVRES COMPLÈTES by (BINDINGS - THOUVENIN). HORACE

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Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts

Title: OEUVRES COMPLÈTES
Author: (BINDINGS - THOUVENIN). HORACE
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Paris: [Printed by Jules Didot l'aine for] Chez Dalibon, 1823. 210 x 132 mm. (8 1/4 x 5 1/4"). Three volumes.. VERY ELEGANT CONTEMPORARY VIOLET CALF BY THOUVENIN (stamp-signed in gilt on backstrip of volume I), covers each with two single gilt rules enclosing a blind-stamped panel composed of swirls and floral motifs on a stippled ground, with smooth medallion at center within an ornate frame, raised bands ruled in gilt, compartments with rectangular gilt tool or gilt lettering, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Volume I with engraved frontispiece. Front pastedowns of volume I with pink ex-libris of Henri Beraldi; front flyleaves of all three volumes with woodcut ex-libris of "A. N. B." ◆Variably foxed as is typical of French paper from this period (significant portions of two of the volumes with heavy foxing), but the set otherwise faultless--the text seemingly unread, and THE BINDINGS IN PERFECT CONDITION. From the collection of the leading expert on 19th century French bindings, this is a set of the works of Horace, covered in calf of considerable refinement by the great Joseph Thouvenin, the eldest of three bookbinder brothers. In "La Reliure de la XIXe Siècle," our former owner Henri Beraldi names Simier, Purgold, and Thouvenin the triumvirate of binders who ruled the French Restoration (1815-40), a period he considered "one of the grand epochs of French bookbinding." Of those three, he tells us Thouvenin (1779-1834) stood out as "one of the most famous names in bookbinding." He was the gifted pupil of Bozerian, the leading French binder of the late 18th century, and he was viewed as a demi-god by his contemporaries, who claimed he must be instructed and guided by Minerva, the goddess of craftsmen. He established his workshop in 1814, and swiftly became one of the most successful and in-demand binders in Paris. Our binding was done in the latter part of the binder's career: according to the British Library Database of Bookbindings, the stamp-signed signature "R[elié] P[ar] Thouvenin" appeared on works produced before 1820; afterwards, as here, the signature consisted only of the last name of the binder by itself. The style of our binding is also characteristic of work he produced after 1820, when he turned from the lacy gilt "millepoint" tooling he had perfected under Bozerian to blind-stamped designs that would typify his "Cathedral" style. The text here is a fine printing of the odes and satires of Roman poet Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus, 65-8 B.C.) by Jules Didot the elder, printer to the king. Henri Beraldi (1849-1931) was surely the most distinguished and knowledgeable writer on French bindings of the 19th century. His collection of French illustrated books and bindings was considered to be among the very best in the world. The outstanding condition here is typical of volumes from Beraldi's library..

Abstract of the answers and returns made pursuant to an act . . . intituled, "An act for taking an account of the population of Great Britain, and of the increase or diminution thereof by Rickman, John; British Census

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Title: Abstract of the answers and returns made pursuant to an act . . . intituled, "An act for taking an account of the population of Great Britain, and of the increase or diminution thereof
Author: Rickman, John; British Census
Seller: Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description: London: House of Commons, 1822. [Rickman, John (1771-1840).] Abstract of the answers and returns made pursuant to an act . . . intituled, "An act for taking an account of the population of Great Britain, and of the increase or diminution thereof" . . . Folio. [2], xxxv, [3], 551, [3], 160pp. Folding table on p. xv. [London;} House of Commons, 1822. 334 x 207 mm. Library buckram, spine a bit faded, slight wear, stamp of King's College Library, London on spine. Very good. First Edition of Great Britain's third census, showing a population of 14.4 million people, an increase of 1.8 million over the census of 1811. The 1821 census was the first to break down Great Britain's population by age; the data showed that about half the British population was under 20 years of age, in contrast to about 25% today. John Rickman, who drafted the bill that became the 1800 Census Act, supervised the first four British censuses and prepared the abstracts and reports for each. .

History of French Literature by Van Laun, Henri

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Title: History of French Literature
Author: Van Laun, Henri
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1877. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vol. I published 1878, Vol. II, 1877, Vol. III, 1880. Three volumes in contemporary half polished calf over marbled boards, backs elegantly gilt with red and green morocco labels, marbled end papers and edges. Bookplates lettered: 'Ex libris / Susanna. B. Holmes. / CC Snow". Susanna B. Holmes was the wife of Albion Bernard Emery, part-owner in the Silver King Mining Co. of Utah. Susanna became known as the "Silver Queen", and was at one time the richest woman in America. Near Fine, light wear to calf. A clean and lovely set..

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The Floating Light Bulb. by ALLEN, Woody.

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Title: The Floating Light Bulb.
Author: ALLEN, Woody.
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780394524153
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Description: NY:: Random House,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0394524152 . First printing. Remainder mark on top edge, else near fine in a near fine (age toning to flap edges) dust jacket. .

Paris Peasant. by ARAGON, Louis.

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Title: Paris Peasant.
Author: ARAGON, Louis.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description: London: Picador/Pan, (1980).. First UK trade paperback printing.. 222 pp w/translator’s notes. Pages toned (cheap paper) else near fine in illustrated wrappers with an old price sticker on the rear cover. Translated from the original French by Simon Watson Taylor, with his introduction.

Europe: A Personal and Political Survey by ALINGTON, C.A.

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Title: Europe: A Personal and Political Survey
Author: ALINGTON, C.A.
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition: very good
Description: New York: Scribner, 1948. hardcover. very good/very good(-). Illustrated. xii + 388pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper lightly edgeworn, price clipped. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. A very good copy in a very good (-) dust wrapper.

PRINT - Fairy Tales and Stories: "Johannes lay on his knees by Andersen, Hans Christian

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Title: PRINT - Fairy Tales and Stories: "Johannes lay on his knees
Author: Andersen, Hans Christian
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1900. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Black-and-white illustration from circa-1900s edition of Fairy Tales and Stories. Size: 12" x 8" page; approximately 5" x 5.25" illustration. PRINTS/112322.

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