Lafayette: Center for Louisiana Studies, 1978. Illustrations in black and white. 195 pages. Short 4to, green cloth boards. Lafayette: Center for Louisiana Studies, 1978. Near fine. Proceedings of the Third Symposium of French-American Studies. March 4-8, 1974. More

London: John Haviland, 1639. Together with: New Atlantis, A Work Unfinished. Written by Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban. Published after the author's death by W. Rawley. Lacks frontispiece & blank fly-leaves, but with an extra engraved title page dated 1631. [14], 218, 4to, old leathers (well-rubbed , joints starting but still firmly sewn; internally clean). London: John Haviland for William Lee, 1639. Fifth edition. Un-dated divisional title page for New Atlantis. The "Sylva Sylvarum" is a collection of Bacon's..... More

Paris: Chez Panckoucke, 1764. 2 volumes in one, with separate pagination. 192, [2]; 117 pages. 12mo, handsomely bound in contemporary red calf with ornate gilt borders; spine sunned and leather chipped at foot. Paris: Chez Panckoucke, no date (circa 1765). An early edition of Beaurieu's most successful work -- an educational novel describing a return to nature. "This novel is modeled closely on Rousseau's Emile (1762), so much so that some later editions were attributed to Rousseau himself. Rousseau had..... More

Chinard, 1950. With Introduction and notes by Gilbert Chinard. 335 pages. Small 8vo, handsomely rebound in 3/4 leather over marbled boards; a few minor spots of wear, corners, foot of spine. N.P.: Gilbert Chinard, 1950. A near fine copy. More