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Ivoire - Clermont Vassy Courtadon Thomas

203 - HISTORY. A fine set of 29 works (31 volumes), well bound in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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HISTORY. A fine set of 29 works (31 volumes), well bound in the 19th and 20th centuries. - LANFREY (Pierre). Essay on the French Revolution. Paris, Chamerot, 1858, in-8, 2 folios–425 pp.–6 pp. of catalog. Brick-red half-cloth binding of the period. - Simple binding. Waterstains. First edition. - JARRAS (General). Memoirs of General Jarras, Chief of Staff of the Army of the Rhine (1870). Published by Madame Jarras. Paris, Plon, Nourrit, 1892, 8vo, 2 leaves–XI pp.–403 pp.–Map. Bradel-style wine-colored cloth, title label, cover. (Contemporary binding). – Fresh copy. - GIAJA (Jean). Man and Inventive Life. Paris, Pacomhy, (1955), 8vo, 107 pp. Bronze half-shagreen, cover. - Bound together with: “Physiological Adaptation,” an article excerpted from the *Revue des Questions Scientifiques*, pp. 559–564. - Enclosed: a typewritten letter addressed to Dr. Cheymol, 1 p., 12mo, dated Nov. 2, 1953; handwritten letter to the same, 2 pp., in-8, from Belgrade, March 21, 1954, regarding their meeting and thermoregulation; obituary of Vsevolod Rajevski excerpted from a periodical (9 pp., in-12). - FORNERON (Henri). History of Philip II. Second edition. Paris, Plon, 1881, 2 volumes in-8, 2ff.-IVpp.-424pp. - 2ff.-431pp. Contemporary blue half-basane, smooth spines, gilt fillets. - THIERS (A.). On Property. Paris, Paulin, Lheureux, 1848, in-8, 2ff.-439pp. Light-colored half-basane, smooth spine, title label, gilt and blind-stamped lines. (Contemporary binding). - Interior in very fresh condition, with no foxing. Spine very slightly rubbed. First edition. - EUGENE TENOT. The Province in December 1851. A Historical Study. Paris, Available at Major Booksellers, 1865, 8vo, 2ff.-VIpp.-360pp. Contemporary aubergine half-basane binding, ribbed spine, title label. - Spine slightly faded, a few scuffs, some foxing. First edition. - NERVO (Baron Robert de). The Spanish Monarchy. Its Origins—Its Foundation. Paris, Lévy, 1869, in-8 booklet, 2ff.-59pp.-1f. Contemporary red half-shagreen binding, smooth spine, title running lengthwise. - Copy in good condition. - FLOTTE (Paul de). The Sovereignty of the People. Essays on the Spirit of the Revolution. Paris, Pagnerre, 1851, in-8, 2ff.-468pp. Contemporary green Russian half-leather binding, corner pieces, smooth spine, gilt friezes and fleurons framing a gilt Rococo scrollwork design. - A few small foxing spots; well bound. First edition. - DESMAZE (Charles). The Châtelet of Paris: Its Organization and Privileges. Provosts, Counselors, Knights of the Watch, Notaries, Prosecutors, Commissioners, Bailiffs, Registers, Prisons and Punishments, Bazoche, Tribunal of the Seine. (1060–1862). Paris, Didier, 1863, in-8, 2ff.-438pp. Bound in contemporary caramel-colored half-shagreen, ribbed spine, marbled edges. - Foxing on the first few leaves. - TOUTAIN (Edmond). Alexander III and the French Republic. Memoirs of an Eyewitness. 1885–1888. Paris, Plon, 1929, 8vo, 2 folios–II pp.–395 pages (index of names at the end). Contemporary half-maroquin binding with anthracite corners, spine with 4 jumped false raised bands, gilded coat of arms and ornamentation, gilt head, cover and spine preserved. - Ex-libris. Very well-bound copy, paper uniformly yellowed, brittle in places. - BEULE (Ernest). Tiberius and the Legacy of Augustus. Paris, Lévy, 1868, in-8 (13 x 21.8 cm), 355 pages, 1f. Bound in the period in brown half-shagreen, spine with raised bands, ornate panels. - Super-libris at the end: Henry Jacquin. Well bound. Spine slightly faded, a few very faint foxing spots. - GRILLE (François-Joseph). Introduction to the Memoirs on the French Revolution, or a Comparative Table of the Mandates and Powers Granted by the Provinces to Their Deputies to the Estates-General of 1789. Paris, Ponthieu, Pichard, 1825, 2 in-8 volumes, 2ff.-496pp. - 2ff.-530pp. Brown half-basane, smooth spines, gilt fillets, red title labels, trimmed edges. (Late 19th-century bindings.) - A fine copy. A small tear on one leaf in vol. 2, with the loss of only a few letters (inner margin). First edition. - MAILLET-LACOSTE (Pierre-Laurent). Works. Paris, Belin, 1822, in-8, 1f.-XXIV-364pp. Green paper Bradel binding, title label. (Contemporary binding). - A few light foxing spots. - [TROCHU (Gal. Louis-Jules)]. The French Army in 1867. Sixth edition. Paris, Amyot, 1867, in-8, 3ff.-X-287pp. Bound in contemporary fawn half-basane, smooth spine, title label. - Dugas de Boissonny coat-of-arms ex-libris. A few small foxing spots. - COLLEVILLE (Count of). Carlos I: An Intimate Portrait. Paris, Juven, (1905), small in-8, 309 pp.—photographic inserts. Bound in red half-shagreen, ribbed spine, front cover preserved. - A fine copy. - SPENCER (Herbert). What Is Morality? Translated from the English by Desclos-Auricoste. Paris, Schleicher, 1909, small 8vo, IX pp.; 306 pp.; 2 folios. Bound in contemporary olive half-shagreen, ribbed spine, gilt fleurons. - Ex

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