The Impossible Railway; The Building of the Canadian Pacific.
New York: Knopf, 1972. illus. 683pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. soiled on spine, d.w. with a few small tears. N.Y.: Knopf, 1972. vg. More
New York: Knopf, 1972. illus. 683pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. soiled on spine, d.w. with a few small tears. N.Y.: Knopf, 1972. vg. More
maps. 477pp. 8vo, cloth. N.Y.: Knopf, 1958. vg. More
maps. 439pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. chipped). Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, (1971). More
New York: Universe, 1956. Numerous black & white photographic illustrations in color & in black & white. Slim 4to, white cloth, d.w. New York: Universe Books, (1956). Very good. More
Paris: Audot, 1839. 160 copper engraved plates. 2 volumes, oblong 4to, full brown blind stamped calf, rubbed, scattered foxing and toning but mainly clean. Paris: Audot, 1939. Fifth Edition. Very good. More
Paris: Audot, 1825. Oblong 8vo. (6 1/2 x 8 inches). Text in two columns. vi, 156, [2]pp. of text. 97 engraved black & white plates. Plate number 34 is hand colored. Brown mottled calf backed green boards (rubbed), red spine label, marbled end papers. Paris: Audot, 1825. Third Edition. Very good. Popular illustrated work on landscape design. The present third edition, revised and augmented, includes engravings of garden designs, pavilions, fountains, monuments, bridges, temples, pagodas, obelisks, hydraulic machines for water..... More
New York: Acquavella, 1977. 26 plates in color & in black & white. Small slim 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers. New York/Basel: Acquavella Galleries, 1977. First Printing. A very good(+) copy. More
Paris: Panckoucke, 1790. 76 pages of text plus 43 copper engraved plates, 5 double paged. 4to, leather backed boards, (rubbed). Paris: Panckoucke, 1790. Very good (+). This volume on serpents, complete in itself, is part of a large encyclopedic work modelled on Diderot. Clean, crisp copy. Scarce. More
Geneva: Lucien Mazenod, 1948. 94 illustrations, some in color. Thin folio, tan boards. (Geneve: Lucien Mazenod, 1948). Very good (+). More
1726. i-x, 235pp + (3). 8vo, contemporary calf; light wear, especially at the joints; elaborately gilt spine with raised bands. No publisher or place of publication, 1726. First, (and anonymous) edition of this anti-Jesuit tract. More
Paris: Michallet, 1697. Several engraved devices. 272 pages. Thin 12mo, full leather; well-rubbed, bookplates inside front cover and facing endpaper, front endpaper and title page partially detached, covers worn. Paris: Estienne Michallet, 1697. First edition. A very good(-) copy. More
1957. 12mo, pr. wrs.; (wood-pulp paper, uncut and unopened, light dampstaining to upper page margins). Paris, (1957). More
Saint-Amand: A. Bedu, 1935. 4to, pr. wrs., top margins unopened, spine heavily worn, front wrapper detached, wrappers lightly soiled. Saint-Armand: A. Bedu, 1935 Presentation copy from the author to historian Gilbert Chinard. From the library of Gilbert Chinard. More
Paris: Crapart, Caille, 1804. 438; 106 pages. Two titles bound together. 8vo, 1/2 contemporary boards (spine entirely lacking but still firmly sewn; several pages foxed and toned but generally rather clean). Paris: Crapart, Caille & Ravier, 1804. First Edition. A good copy. First edition of the principal work of Cabanis the physician. "A history of medicine, retraced by Cabanis in the beginning of the book (chap. 2) allows him to affirm that the succession of nosological systems and the erroneous..... More
Paris: Crapart, Caille, 1804. 438pp., several pages foxed, 8vo, 1/2 contemporary leather-backed boards, gilt spine. Paris: Crapart, Caille & Ravier, 1804. First Edition. Very good. First edition of the principal work of Cabanis the physician. "A history of medicine, retraced by Cabanis in the beginning of the book (chap. 2) allows him to affirm that the succession of nosological systems and the erroneous application of other sciences (physics, chemistry, mathematics) to medicine have discredited the art of healing." -- D.S.B...... More
Paris: Galerie Patrice Trigano, n.d. Text in English and French. With color and b/w images. Unpaginated. Slim 4to, pictorial wrappers. (Paris: Galerie Patrice Trigano, n.d.). A very good(+) copy with sunning to spine and edge of rear cover. More
New York: Galerie Chalette, 1963. Illus., a few in color. 29pp. Square 12mo, pr. wrs., pictorial wrappers, wrappers very lightly soiled. New York: Galerie Chalette, 1963. Very good Exhibition catalogue. More
Paris: Felix Juven, 1904. Many lithographs, text illustrations and full-page plates. Tall 4to, original blue pictorial cloth. Paris: Felix Juven, (1904). Very good. More
Paris: Musee National des Arts Asiatiques Guimet, 2005. Color illustrations throughout. 277 pages. 4to, pictorial boards. Paris: Musee National des Arts Asiatiques Guiment, (2005). Inked inscription from consulting curator Joseph Carroll on Contents page, otherwise internally pristine. A near fine exhibition catalogue. More
Lausanne: Editions du Grand-Chene, 1950. Illustrated throughout. 87pp, 4to, flexible boards, dust wrapper. Lausanne; Editions du Grand-Chene, (1950). Text in French. Very good. More
Paris: Emile-Paul Freres, 1928. Frontis. 107 pages with text in French. 8vo, original printed wrappers. Paris: Emile-Paul Freres, 1928. Limited, numbered edition. More
Utrecht: Wild & Altheer, 1792. Small 4to bound with 2 titles by Camper. FIRST: Discours prononces par feu Mr. Pierre Camper, en l'academie de dessein d'Amsterdam, sur le moyen de representer d'une maniere sure les diverses passions qui se manifestent sur le visage; sur l'etonnante conformite qui existe entre les quadrupedes, les oiseaux, les poissons et l'homme; et en fin sur le beau physique. Publies par son fils Adrien Gilles Camper, traduits du Hollandois par Denis Bernard Quatremere d'Isjonval. (iv)..... More
496pp. 8vo, 1/2 old calf; (spine ends rubbed). Paris: Bossange, Masson, et Besson, An 10-1792. Author was the chief surgeon at the Military Hospital in Cayenne, French Guiana. Based on his observations of cases of permanent spasms or convulsions. Earlier edition of Wellcome II, p. 293. More
Paris: Didot, 1730. Ecrite particulierement sur des Memoires Manuscrits du P. Jean-Baptiste le Pers, Jesuite, Missionnaire a Saint Domingue, & sur les Pieces Originales, qui se conservent au Depot de la Marine. 14 engraved plates (most folding maps), vignettes. 2 volumes, small square 4to, 1/2 calf, ornately gilt spine (rubbed); some pages darkened, worming, few inked markings. Paris: Francois Didot, 1730. Very good. Recounts the island's history from its discovery by Columbus to the 1720s. Author was a Jesuit historian..... More
Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1662. Beautifully engraved extra title page; printer's device on title page, and some decorative woodcut initials and ornaments throughout. [16], 622, 8 pages. Thick 12mo, attractively bound in simple full black morocco with ornate gilt-stamped inner dentelles; marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Amsterdam: Louys & Daniel Elzevier, 1662. The 4th Elzevier edition. Front endpaper lacking, else a near fine, clean copy. The magnum opus of Charron, who is known as the founder of modern secularism. -- Willems 1281;..... More
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