London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855 and 1858. Hardcover. Francois Arago (1786-1853) was an important French astronomer, physicist, and mathematician, who was also a politician for republican causes. For some years before his death, Arago spent much time revising his large collection of manuscripts with a view toward their definitive publication. This work mainly consists of the course of Lectures on Astronomy which he delivered annually at the Observatory of Paris over eighteen years. Each of the volumes is organized into sections that the author calls books with several chapters on the subject of that book, resulting in a comprehensive discourse on astronomy and related fields. The text is accompanied by numerous plates and hundreds of wood engravings. Bound in original green cloth bindings. Volume I has been rebacked. Gilt author, title, and volume number to spine. Corners bumped but very good. Interior pages and plates are also in very good condition. A very handsome set of this significant work. Volume I: 707 pages; Volume II: 846 pages including index. This set may require an extra shipping fee. SCI/07415. Very Good. More

New Haven: Yale University Press, [1955] - 1991. Hardcover. This monumental bibliography is the essential guide to 19th century American literature. This is nine of the 10 volumes of the set, missing Volume 10. set of 10 volumes. The first seven volumes were compiled by Blanck, a noted authority on American literature. Volumes 8 and 9 were edited and completed by Michael Winship, who also compiled the 10th volume, a selective Index of titles, publishers, and dates. The individual volumes are of mixed editions but all were published as part of a matched set with black cloth bindings with title on red cloth spine label. All of the volumes are in very good or better condition. This set may require an extra shipping fee. BOB/111616. Very Good. More

London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899. Hardcover. Guillaume Dubois (1656-1723) was a French cardinal and statesman. He was considered one of France's four great Cardinal-Ministers (Richelieu, Mazarin, Dubois, and Fleury). He studied at the college of St. Michel in Paris, where he was befriended by the head of the college, who found pupils for him, ultimately leading to him becoming the tutor to the Duc d'Orleans. When the Duc D'Orléans became regent in 1715, Dubois was made councillor of state. He was subsequently invested as a Cardinal. Dubois was instrumental in negotiating the Triple Alliance in 1717 among the French, British, and Dutch to counteract the power of the Spanish. Dubois supposedly wrote these memoirs in the last two years of his life. According to the prefatory note to this volume (quoting the preface of the initial French edition of 1829), there was great intrigue concerning the publication of these memoirs. The original was ostensibly stolen by Dubois' secretary, who intended to sell it to the family. Because of its scandalous nature, he waited until most persons named in it had died. When he did try to sell it, Versailles intervened and obtained the original, which it stored, not releasing it for publication. It was then copied by a comte, whose copy was published after his death. But the original manuscript was never found, leading to suspicions that it never existed. So, is this the real memoir of Cardinal Dubois, or is it a fake? Regardless, it is a very entertaining story of the time of Louis XIV and Louis XV. Octavo. Bright blue cloth boards with gilt fleur-de-lis on front and title on spine of each volume. Includes frontis of Cardinal with tissue intact. Deckle edge paper in great condition. Vol. 1 282 pages, Vol. 2, 268 pages. FRA/5163. Very Good. More

Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1875. Hardcover. Filled with illustrations. Guizot (1787 - 1874) was a French historian, author, and prominent political figure before the Revolution. Illustrated by Alphonse Marie Adolphe de Neuville (1835 - 1885), a French painter who studied under Delacroix and frequently depicted patriotic subjects. Bound in three-quarter red leather over marbled paper covered boards with gilt titles and volumes to spines. Wear and some pulls to leather on spines, hinges, corners, and edges of boards; chipping to paper along edges of boards. Rubbing to covers of boards. Front hinge of first volume was torn, but has been repaired. All boards remain attached, but some hinges are starting. Sunning to spines; although, gilt remains bright. Light dampstain to margins of first and last few pages of first three volumes. Spots of foxing to interiors and to edges of textblocks. Marbled endpapers and top edges gilt. This is a heavy set and will require an additional shipping fee. Volume I: 578 pages; Volume II: 571 pages; Volume III: 564 pages; Volume IV: 570 pages; Volume V: 598 pages. FRE/112322. Very Good. More

Cambridge: Macmillan and Company, 1857. Hardcover. First edition. In this novel Kingsley writes of the effects of the Crimean War on his doctor hero, and of the cholera epidemic and its surrounding issues of public health and sanitation - and public apathy that takes hold. A secondary plot focuses on denouncing slavery in the U.S.A., and is thought to have been influenced by Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin", which was published a few years earlier in 1852. In original blue cloth with gilt titles to spines. Chipping and wear to spine ends and corners of all volumes and rubbing to all boards. The book cloth along the exterior hinges of volume III is starting to crack, though the boards remain firmly attached. The interiors are clean overall with a few small spots of foxing and a few light smudge marks. Signature of previous owner, Hartley Clarke, to ffep of volume I. Yellow end pages to all volumes. Very good condition. Volume I: 304 pages plus 4 pages of ads; Volume II: 280 pages plus 24 pages of ads dated Jan. 1857; Volume III: 315 pages plus 24 pages of ads dated Jam. 1857. This set may require an extra shipping fee. LIT12/2042. Very Good. More

Paris: Furne et Cie, 1848. Hardcover. French author, poet, and statesmen, Lamartine (1790 - 1869) was instrumental in founding the Second Republic of France in which he worked to abolish slavery and the death penalty. This set offers a history of the Girondins, members of a political faction during the French Revolution. It includes many full page portraits of important French figures such as Louis XVI, Lafayette, Mirabeau, Robespierre, Orleans, etc. This attractive set is bound in three-quarter dark brown leather over dark brown pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt title, author, and volume to spines. Wear and rubbing to hinges, corners, spines, and edges of all volumes. Occasional spots of foxing to interiors, but clean overall. Handwritten table of portraits to rear of each volume with a comprehensive table at the end of the first volume. Antiquated ownership penned markings to title page and half title page of first volume dated 1848. Evidence of sticker removed from foot of spines; however, no library stamps to interiors. Full marbled edges and marbled endpapers. An attractive set despite noted wear. Text in French. Volume I: 463 pages; Volume II: 421 pages; Volume III: 404 pages; Volume IV: 395 pages; Volume V: 416 pages; Volume VI: 416 pages; Volume VII: 409 pages; VIII: 384 pages. FRE/112223. Very Good. More

Paris: Gaume Freres, 1864. Hardcover. Troisieme Edition. (Third Edition.) Written by Roman Catholic author and theologian, Father Gaume (1802 - 1879). In this work he argues that the Renaissance is to blame for reintroducing the paganism of antiquity into modern times, which he considers to be the primary source of evil. Written in diary format, he discusses the art, architecture, and history of Italy with theological viewpoints interspersed. Ex-library with bookplate from the Congregation of SS. Redemptoris Neo-Aureliae of New Orleans in all three volumes. Stamp to title pages and half title pages of all volumes. Bound in full tan marbled leather with black and gilt title and volume labels to spines. Heavy rubbing to boards and wear to corners and edges of boards. Spots of foxing throughout; although, it is fairly light in color and does not affect legibility. Folding map of Rome to Volume I, folding map of catacombs to Volume IV, both with browning and closed tears. Marbled endpapers and full edges marbled. An attractive set despite the noted condition issues. IN FRENCH. Volume I is 508 pages; Volume II is 580 pages; Volume III is 569 pages. Extra shipping may be needed. FRE/081722. Very Good. More

Paris and Boston: The Napoleon Society, 1895. Hardcover. Edition de Grand Luxe, limited to 500 copies of which this is number 387. All volumes are bound to match in three quarter dark brown leather over marbled paper covered boards. The first sixteen volumes are titled "Napoleon" and numbered from 1 to 16 in gilt on the spines. The five volumes of Talleyrand are titled "Memoirs of Talleyrand" and numbered from 1 to 5 in gilt on the spines. Raised bands to spines of all volumes, some with small losses and chipping. Minor wear to edges, hinges, and corners of boards with some volumes having heavier wear and some cracking to leather along hinges. All boards remain firmly attached except for the front board of volume one in the Talleyrand portion. This board is present but detached. Sunning to spines and to edges of boards. Clean interiors overall with occasional small spots of browning / foxing / soiling. One volume of the Talleyrand portion has minor dampstaining to margins of a few early pages. All volumes have marbled endpapers and top edges gilt. Illustrated; each illustration has a captioned tissue guard. The pages in many volumes remain unopened. Each volume is about 300 pages. An attractive set. FRE/111319. Very Good. More

London: The British Library, 1994. Hardcover. Green cloth covered boards with gilt to spines. 4to. Barely noticeable scuff mark to front board of Volume II, otherwise mint condition Pristine interior. Written in English with some Hebrew characters. Indexes, 1136 pp. Books on Books. This set may require an extra shipping fee. BOB /01074. Near Fine. More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. Hardcover. Bound in three quarter red morocco over marbled paper covered boards with gilt titles, raised bands, and gilt floral devices to spines. Minor wear to spine ends, corners, hinges, and edges of boards of most volumes. Eight volumes have at least one detached (but present) board and / or loose spine piece. Several volumes have cracked or starting hinges. Chips to spine ends of some volumes. Clean, bright interiors. Previous owner's signature in pen dated 1904 to front free endpapers of each volume. Frontispiece engravings with captioned tissue guards and additional illustrations to some volumes. Marbled endpapers and top edges gilt. An attractive set; however, restoration is needed on many volumes. A good reading copy. LIT/041719 This set will require an extra shipping fee. Very Good Minus. More

Paris: Librairie Garnier Freres, circa 1900. Hardcover. In five volumes, History of Louis XIV, XV, and XVI. Tan leather spines with marbled paper covered boards and gilt titles to spines. There is a large chip to the head of the spine of volume 2. Wear to edges of boards, hinges, and corners. Cracking to leather on spine of volume five. Browning to margins of interiors, but otherwise very clean. Paper is a little brittle and there are short closed tears to edges of some pages. In some volumes some of the pages remain unopened. Overall an attractive set despite noted condition issues. 369 in tome 1; 583 pagea in tome 2; 585 pages in tome 3; 566 pages in tome 4; 606 in tome 5. This set may require an extra shipping fee. FRE/120313. Very Good. More

Istanbul: Turkish Ministry of Culture, 1983. Paperback. Three volumes covering a history of the anatolian civilisations including prehistoric, hittite, early iron age, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk, and Ottoman periods. Soft cover with some minor wear to edges, a few creases, and rubbing to panels. Interiors are fine with numerous b&w illustrations. Slight cock to spines. 311 pp. in volume I; 200 pages in volume II; 323 pages in volume III ARCH/052506 This set may require an extra shipping fee. Very Good. More