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Catalogue des Livres et Estampes du Cabinet de feu M. de Gravelle, Conseiller au Parlement: dont la vente se fera…lundi 17 Avril 1752 & jours suivans by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: GRAVELLE, Michel Pierre Philippe l’Evesque de)

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Title: Catalogue des Livres et Estampes du Cabinet de feu M. de Gravelle, Conseiller au Parlement: dont la vente se fera…lundi 17 Avril 1752 & jours suivans
Author: (AUCTION CATALOGUE: GRAVELLE, Michel Pierre Philippe l’Evesque de)
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: 1 p.l., 120 pp.; 21 p. & 19 leaves of author index in a contemporary hand. Two parts in one vol. 8vo, attractive antique calf-backed paste-paper boards, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: G. Martin, 1752. One in a series of the very rare later auction catalogues issued by Gabriel Martin (the Paris de Meyzieu of 1761 being his last). This library was formed by Gravelle (1699-1752), a magistrate in the court of inquiry of the Paris Parliament who is today best remembered for his Recueil de pierres gravées antiques, published between 1732 and 1739, and for his parody L’Amant déguisé, which was performed after his death. He was an expert engraver who prepared the etchings for his book on engraved gems. This was a fine and scholarly library of 1723 lots, rich in literature and books on antiquities and art. There are many 16th-century works. The final 21 pages describe his large collection of prints and drawings (113 lots), including works by Watteau, van Dyck, Boucher, Guercino, Le Brun, Rembrandt, Teniers, An. Carracci, etc. Fine copy. The first part has been priced throughout in a contemporary hand. There is also a most unusual manuscript index at the end. ❧ Lugt 785. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Esprit des Livres website. Not in Grolier Club, Printed Catalogues of French Book Auctions...1643-1830.

The History of Louisiana from the Earliest Period by Martin, François-Xavier

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Title: The History of Louisiana from the Earliest Period
Author: Martin, François-Xavier
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: New=Orleans: Printed by Lyman and Beardslee, 1827. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 2 volumes, 8vo. lxxxiii,(1),364;xv,(1)429pp. Contemporary full leather, spines with simple rules, leather lettering labels, gilt. Half-titles present in both volumes. Ownership name, E. Rawle, on the reverse of the half-titles. The classic history of Louisiana, from the discovery of America to the War of 1812, and with much on exploration and Native Americans. Bindings worn at corners and spine tips, some hinges neatly mended, one hinge cracked but firm; usual foxing to the text block. Still a very good set in an original binding. Sabin 44871; Howes M332; American Imprints 29632.

Mémoire sur l'art de dorer le bronze: ouvrage qui a remporté le prix fondé par M. Ravrio et proposé par l'Académie royale des sciences by D'Arcet, Jean-Pierre-Joseph - FIRE GILT BRONZE

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Title: Mémoire sur l'art de dorer le bronze: ouvrage qui a remporté le prix fondé par M. Ravrio et proposé par l'Académie royale des sciences
Author: D'Arcet, Jean-Pierre-Joseph - FIRE GILT BRONZE
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: Very good; occasional spotting; modest rubbing.
Description: Paris: De l'imprimerie de Mme. veuve Agasse, Rue des Poitevins, no 6 , 1818. First Edition.. Contemporary half leather.. Very good; occasional spotting; modest rubbing.. 8vo, xl, [1] - 192, [2 - folding tables] pp. + 6 leaves of plates Rare. Among the most lethal of the commercial decorative-arts trades practiced in the 18th & 19th centuries. The gilding of bronze castings and the high finish and design achieved for such articles was a defining characteristic and mainstay of the Parisian clock, furniture, and arts trade. So dominant were the Parisian merciers in this that attempts to establish competitive practitioners of gilding in other nations all failed. The author's Ottomeyer & Pröschel have characterized the trade in their epoch two volume Vergoldete Bronzen, 1986 as (vol.1, p.323): "Das Pariser Vorbild blieb im 19. Jahrhundert, wie auch auf vielen anderen Gebieten der Mode und des Luxus, stets tonangebend. Die Geschichte der Bronzearbeiten während des Empire und der Restauration, die sich nicht davon trennen läßt, ist geprägt von der Abkehr von handwerklicher Gestaltung und Produktionsweise und dem zunehmenden Übergang zu Groß- serien der Luxusindustrie. Die genau nach Plan gefertigten Teile gingen durch viele Hände. Die additiven Strukturen der Herstellung, durch die Serienfertigung bestimmt, finden sich in der Formgebung wieder, bei der die präzise abgestimmten vorgefertigten Metallteile wie Bausteine zusammengesetzt wurden.Es ist schwer zu sagen, ob der Stil die Produktionsweise ermöglichte oder aber die Produktionsweise den Stil bestimmte, der die Bronzearbeiten in ihrer kohärenten Formgebung bei additiver Zusammensetzung auszeichnet." D'Arcet's book is exceptional for its detailed exposition of the trade and the means to accomplishing the finished product. The book was printed by Mme. Agasse who was both printer and bookseller.

Jacob Maris. With 90 Photogravures from His Works and a Portrait by M. Van de Maarel by de Bock, Théophile

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Title: Jacob Maris. With 90 Photogravures from His Works and a Portrait by M. Van de Maarel
Author: de Bock, Théophile
Seller: Bernett Rare Books Inc (United States)
Description: 180 pp. volume (42cm x 50cm) on the Dutch painter, with photogravures scattered throughout the text, accompanied by full of list of plates with page numbers and owners of the works noted, half-title, photogravure portrait by M. Van der Maarel. Folio. Vellum with gilt and blindstamp decoration. Edgewear, soiling, abrasions, some warping. London (Alexander Moring Ltd/The De La More Press) and Amsterdam (Scheltema & Holkema's Boekhandel) n.d. (circa 1904). Ex-Pierpont Morgan library with bookplate on pastedown. Jacob Maris belonged to the Hague School of painters, considered by some to be the most important and influential Dutch landscape painter of the last quarter of the nineteenth century.

Information Pamphlet on Peiping (Peking) [Cover title]

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Title: Information Pamphlet on Peiping (Peking) [Cover title]
Seller: Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
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Description: Peiping, China: War Area Service Corps of the National MilitaryCouncil, 1946. 2nd Edition stated. Very good. 7¼” x 5”. Paper wrappers. Pp. 28 + fold-out 9” x 7” map. Very good minus: wrappers lightly soiled, moderately split at head and lightly at foot of spine; small closed tear to edge of front and corner chip to rear; age-toned and fragile with light scattered spotting. This is a rare and illustrated guide to Beijing issued after the conclusion of World War II by the War Area Service Corps (WASC), a military branch of the Chinese government tasked with catering to foreign troops. An introduction to this small book read, “Allied Friends – Welcome! Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek sincerely desires and has, therefore, ordered the WASC . . . to make your visit in Peiping a happy and pleasant occasion. The WASC has been entrusted with this task because it has been taking care of United States Forces personnel in Free China ever since 1942 . . .” It promised to help “you get to know the Peiping all of us love.” The book includes a “brief historical sketch” of the city, complete with a chronology of the dynasties of China, as well as descriptions and small illustrations of favored tourist destinations. There is a great fold-out “Skeleton Map,” identifying temples, hostels, directions to airfields and points of interest such as the Palace Museum, Bell Tower, Central Park and Library, numbered to correspond with their descriptions in the book. Six pages were dedicated to a directory, with addresses in both English and Chinese, of WASC headquarters and hostels, churches and missions, clubs and associations, movie houses, dance halls and restaurants, including one menu. Rare. OCLC shows only one holding, at the National Library of Australia.

Contestacion de Pedro Zubieta a los Señores Diputados D. Plutarco Garcia Diego y D. Juan Gonzalez Mallen by Zubieta, Pedro

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Title: Contestacion de Pedro Zubieta a los Señores Diputados D. Plutarco Garcia Diego y D. Juan Gonzalez Mallen
Author: Zubieta, Pedro
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: About very good.
Description: Guadalajara: Imprenta de M. Brambila, 1845. About very good.. 30pp. Removed from a sammelband, original stitching still present. Original printed wrappers. Light foxing and soiling to wraps and outer text leaves. Stab holes at gutter margin where formerly bound. A heated public spat over the origins of and support for a piece of legislation before the Jalisco state congress in 1845, featuring an extended "fatherless child" metaphor. The actual debate revolves around rules pertaining to the appointment of judges and their conformity to the Mexican constitution. In attractive printed wrappers; OCLC reports just one copy, at USC.

The Poetical Manuscripts of Mark Akenside in the Ralph M. Williams Collection, Amherst College Library. Reproduced in Facsimile. With an Introduction by Robin C. Dix. by Akenside, Mark.

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Title: The Poetical Manuscripts of Mark Akenside in the Ralph M. Williams Collection, Amherst College Library. Reproduced in Facsimile. With an Introduction by Robin C. Dix.
Author: Akenside, Mark.
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Amherst, Massachusetts: Amherst College Press, 1988. Folio, paperbound (stiff blue printed wrappers), [29] pp. Near-Fine, with very slightly rubbed covers. From Introduction: The poetry of Mark Akenside (1721-1770) may not be widely read today, but in the eighteenth century and for much of the nineteenth his work was held in the very highest esteem, and writers as eminent as Wordsworth and Coleridge were considerably indebted to him...The Amherst Akenside holdings were originally mounted in Dyson’s own copy of the 1772 Poems, and together they form the largest single collection of his poetic manuscripts in the world...The manuscripts give the pieces [Ode to a Gentleman Whose Mistress Had Married an Old Man and Ode to a Gentleman in Hazard of Falling in Love] in a state quite different from that of the first printed texts...

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