Civil War Ship's Ledger: with 63 Shipboard Printed Orders transmitted from Admirals Du Pont and Dahlgren to the U.S.S. Norfolk Packet, a Mortar Schooner, 1862-65

by (DAHLGREN, John, Samuel F. Du Pont, George W. Wood)

(Various locations off the Coast of South Carolina), 1862. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio. Measuring 8” x 13”. Quarter bound in contemporary leather and marbled paper over boards, paper label on front board with “Order Book” written in manuscript. The ship’s name is written in pencil in large letters on the recto of the first leaf: “U.S. Schooner Norfolk Packet.” The following 5pp. are in manuscript, consisting of 19 “General Orders to be observed by all the officers attached... Read More

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Nouvelle Collection de Quarante-Deux Vues de Saint-Pétersbourg et de ses Environs, Dessinées d'après Nature par Divers Artistes. Accompagnées d'un Plan de la Ville, Divisé par Carrés de Renvois, pour s'Orienter Facilement, à l'Usage des Étrangers

by PLUCHART, Alexander Ivanovich (1777-1827)

St. Petersburg: Chez Alexandre Pluchart. Grande Morskoy, Maison Kossikoffsky, No. 69, 1826. Oblong folio. (13 3/4 x 20 inches). 44 ff. Letterpress title-page, engraved hand-colored city plan with a keyed reference sheet, table of contents, 44 lithograph views of St. Petersburg's buildings and monuments printed on rectos, versos blank. All but 3 lithographs are titled in French: 1 is in English, 2 are untitled. Bound to style in quarter straight grained red morocco and nineteenth-century paper boards Pluchart's... Read More

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Missale Romanum, ex decreto sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini restitutum. Pii V. Pont. Max. iussu editum

by MISSAL, Roman

Paris: the Associated Booksellers to the Church, 1600. Folio (362 x 245 mm). Collation: ã6 ê6 î4 (i4 blank) õ6 ũ6 ãã6 êê4; A-Z Aa-Yy6. [38], 228, 42 leaves. Double column, printed in red and black, double rule page-borders throughout. 57 pages with printed music (staves red-printed). Woodcut title illustration of Saints Peter and Paul, seven full-page woodcuts (the first in two blocks: a woodcut border and small Annunciation cut), five small woodcut vignettes including two repeats, and approximately... Read More

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Voyage Pittoresque et Historique de l'Espagne

by LABORDE, Alexandre de

Paris: Pierre Didot, 1812. hardcover. good. 2 volumes (only) out of 4, volume 2 parts 1 & 2. Profusely illustrated with spectacular copper engravings showing a wide range of subjects including detailed records of architecture, antiquities, interiors, landscapes, town views and decorative arts. Volume 2 part I has 86 plates on 75 leaves, plus 2 full page maps. 50 pages of text (XIV + 36 pp). LACKS the following 5 plates: Frontispiece; V. Vue General de Cordove; XIV.... Read More

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[Photo album]: Tahiti. 1887-1888

by SPITZ, Charles-Georges (and Frank Homes)

Hardcover. Near Fine. Oblong folio. Measuring 13" x 10.5". Red cloth album stamped in black with "Photographs" on front board in gilt. Album contains 38 large albumen prints with 36 of them by Charles-Georges Spitz and the other two by Frank Homes. The boards are lightly worn and have some modest stains, one on the rear board, the cardboard leaves have foxing on the margins, overall sound and very good. The images are especially bold, bright and are... Read More

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Recueil des costumes de la Bretagne & des autres Contrées de la France

by CHARPENTIER, (H[enri Désiré])

Nantes: Charpentier Pere, Fils & Cie., 1829. The Costumes of Brittany and Other Regions of France 120 Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates CHARPENTIER, (H[enri Désiré]). Recueil des costumes de la Bretagne & des autres Contrées de la France. Ou la mise des Habitans offre quelque singularité remarquablen, dédié a son Altesse Royale Madame Duchesse de Berry, Par ses très Humbles Serviteurs. Nantes: Charpentier Pere, Fils & Cie., [1829-31]. First edition. Two folio volumes bound in one... Read More

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Ports et Cotes de France de Dunkerque au Havre

by LEFEBVRE-DURUFLÉ, N[oël Jacques]

Paris: Chez J.F. Ostervald, Editeur, 1833. The Ports and Coasts of France from Dunkirk to Le Havre Deluxe Watercolor Issue with Fifty Superb Hand Colored Aquatint Plates LEFEBVRE-DURUFLÉ, N[oël Jacques]. Ports et Cotes de France de Dunkerque au Havre par N. Lefebvre-Duruflé. Paris: Chez J.F. Ostervald, Editeur, 1833. First edition, thus. Folio (14 1/14 x 10 5/8 inches; 362 x 270 mm.). [iv], [88] pp. Fifty superb aquatint views finely enhanced with watercolor and gouache, which actually... Read More

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Souvenir de Constantinople et d'un Voyage fait en Egypte en 1845, par le Duc alors Prince Roger de Bauffremont. Aquarelles de Preziosi et du Vicomte Adalbert de Beaumont

by PREZIOSI, Amedeo (1816-1882), BEAUMONT, Adalbert de (1809-1869)

Constantinople and Egypt: Unpublished, 1845. Portfolio. 42 watercolors hinged onto 20 period card mounts, 7 signed by Preziosi, 1 signed by Beaumont, ranging in size from 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches to 13 x 20 1/2 inches, 37 with contemporary ink manuscript caption titles on the mount, the remaining 5 with neat pencil captions within the images, some images additionally captioned by the artists. Housed in burgundy cloth chemise within a period burgundy morocco box made to resemble... Read More

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