Alexandre Emile Lapie (1800-1871) was one of the major commerical map publishers in Paris during the first half of the 19th century. His works include a number of commercially successful...
A scarce early 19th century slaughterhouse report (with illustrations picturing it's gory details) First and only edition. 4to. Report edited by Jean-Gabriel de Moléon on the work of...
First edition of this rare mineralogical work by Goethe. The botanical part on the flora of Marienbad is from King Friedrich August II, including his 'Index Florae Teplensis', and contains a...
In contemp. half gilt calf & hardboards, handsome gilt decorated spine binding which is worn at edges. 570 pp. plus sixty-one plates( lithographic illustrations). A.e.g. Rec. New f.e.p....
4 vols. With a total of 193 finely hand-coloured and gum-finished wood engraved costume plates. The indexes in the volumes call for a total of 199 plates. However, not all the plates in the...
8vo, Illustrated with engr. frontispiece. # The Marquis de Puysegur (1751-1825) was a wealthy and distinguished member of the French aristocracy, but he is mostly remembered as the father...
First edition (second printing with corrections on page 7 and 9) of this collection of orientalized poems, much influenced by the 14th-century Persian lyric poet Hafiz and inspired by...
First Belgian edition of this famous work by Joseph de Maistre (1754-1821). De Maistre was a Savoyard philosopher and diplomat. In 1802 he was appointed Sardinian minister to St. Petersburg...
8vo. Illustrated with 58 steel engraved plates, and a folding map of the region. The plates were done under the supervision of Lemaitre. The main value of the work is in the plates, which...
French edition of Thomas Smith's delightful natural history for young people. The highly original and amusing engraved plates make this work one of the most entertaining natural-histories of...
First edition. Illustrates Napoleon's life from dreaming in his cell at the military college to his landing at Elba. George Cruikshank (1792-1878) was the foremost British illustrator and...
Nieupoort (1670-1830) was a Dutch professor of ancient history in Utrecht. This translation from Latin by Abbé Pierre-François Guyot de Desfontaines is well-known. The work was translated...
Large 4to. With an engraved frontispiece and title, and 35 full-page plates, engraved by Rudolf Rahn and Adrian Schleich after designs by Wilhelm von Kaulbach. Otherwise decorated with 24...
Illustrated with 9 full-page costume plates (some coloured) and 10 folding plates with embroidery patterns, and 2 double plates with musical notations.
Herdruk van dit devotioneel boek, met vooraan een advies voor de ouders : "Men hoort zoo meenige ouder dikwils klaegen, dat-ze zoo ongehoorzaeme, dertele, en bedorvene kinderen hebben [...]...
First Belgian edition of this famous work by Joseph de Maistre (1754-1821). De Maistre was a Savoyard philosopher and diplomat. In 1802 he was appointed Sardinian minister to St. Petersburg...