‎ROTH SANFORD H., HUXLEY ALDOUS‎
‎THE FRENCH OF PARIS‎

‎Mon Paris. The French of Paris.‎

‎ Éditions du Chêne, 1954. In-4 br. Jaquette photo. 112 photographies à pleine page de Sanford H. Roth, texte en anglais d'Aldous Huxley. E.O.‎

‎The Sea-Coasts of France, from Calais to Bayone. Described in Fifteen Large Charts. Surveyed and Printed by the order of the French King. From the Original, done at Paris, and the Remarks Explained in English, and Published for the Use of His Majesty'...‎

‎London, Printed for William Mount and Thomas Page on Tower Hall, no date (c. 1715). Folio. 53X35 cm. Cont. hcalf with marbled boards. Rebacked and recornered in old style with raised bands. Engraved typographical titlepage with a large engraved vignette showing the English King's Coat of Arms. With all 15 double-page engraved sea-charts (numbered (1)-(15) in lower right corners). Neat repairs to inner margins of free endpapers and titlepage. Some browning to charts. Chart 5 (45x75,5 cm) having the right margin shaved reaching the printed frame.‎

‎Second edition of this scarce ""Atlas Maritime"". According to Shirley it was first published by Richard Mount and Thomas Page in 1701 and re-issued with undated title (as this) in ab. 1715, but with the charts unchanged and a new engraved titlepage. A third issue came out in 1737 with a dated title. The fine charts are copied from Pieter Mortier's famous ""Neptune Francois"" (1693-1702) and reduzed in size.""The charts in this early Mount & Page atlas ""The Sea-Coasts of France"" are re-engravings, reduzed in size, from the charts in the French Neptune of 1693. The charts may also be found in the 1702 edition of Mount and Page's Atlas Maritimus Novus..."" (Rodney Shirley). - Not in Phillips. - Shirley Vol. II: M.M&P - 12 b.‎

‎The Memoirs of Philip de Comines, Lord of Argenton, containing the history of Lewis XI. & Charles VIII. Kings of France, with the most remarkable occurrances in their particular reigns from the year 1464 to 1498. Revised and corrected from divers manuscripts, and antient impressions; By Denys Godefroy, Counsellor and Hystoriographer to the French King. And from his new edition of it printed at Paris, faithfully translated into English. ‎

‎London, Printed for John Starkey, 1674. ‎

‎8vo. (XL), 479, 478-542, 553-611,(4 stocklist),(1 blank) p. Recent vellum. 19 cm Philippe de Commines has been called the Father of Modern History. (Ref: ESTC No. R7258) (Details: A frontispiece showing 4 portraits, of the King of France, Charles Duke of Burgundy, Edward VIIII King of England and of Philippe de Commines) (Condition: Endpapers renewed. The frontispiece attached to the title-page with a strip of paper. Edges of the frontispiece chipping, especially at the upper rim. First leaves soiled and thumbed. A few leaves of the introduction soiled too, some with paper repairs and chipping margins. Upper margin cut short, sometimes shaving the top of the running title. Paper somewhat foxed and yellowing) (Note: Philippe de Commines, or de Commynes, 1447 - ca. 1511, was a French author and diplomat of Flemish origin at the court of Burgundy and France. He has been called 'the first truly modern author' and 'the first philosophical critic and historian since classical times'. His analysis of contemporary politics makes him unique. The 'Mémoires' of Commines is divided into two very different parts. The first six books tell the story from 1466 to 1483 and, in particular, the rivalry between Louis XI and Charles the Bold. The last two books, written by Commines at the end of his life, treat the Italian War (1494-1495). Commines is a true historian, masterfully unravelling the most complicated issues. He takes the trouble to inform himself copiously and accurately, and always cites his sources. His story is generally accurate. For him history is a morality play, trying to extract from the narration of the events lessons for princes and heads of state. He recommends distrust of themselves, their friends, their relatives and fortune. Trickery is better than violence to reach the proposed goals. His political morality is very similar to that of Machiavelli, but more cautious. The work remained in manuscript until 1524, when the first edition of the 'Mémoires', a title not used until an edition of 1552, was published, and was rather defective. The first truly critical edition was produced by Denis Sauvage, Paris 1552. He, as we saw, gave the work the title 'Mémoires'. His division in books and chapters is accepted by all later editors. His edition remained the standard until 1649, when Denys Godefroy brought out from the Royal Press in the Louvre and of Louis XIV, a new one, with numerous corrections and additions. Our English translation of 1674 here on offer was made from this Parisian edition of 1649. The first English translation was published in London in 1596, and produced by the historian Thomas Danett. It was repeated in 1601, 1614, 1665 and 1674. This 1674 translation of Danett was printed in London for Samuel Mearne, John Martyn, and Henry Herringman, and should not be confused with our copy, which also saw the light in London in 1674, but is a new translation, based, as the title says, on the new corrected Parisian edition by Godefroy of 1649. We could not find out who this new translator was) (Collation: A8, A*4, a8; B-2Q8 (2Q8 verso blank). The pagination is erratic, but the work is collated and complete). (Photographs on request) ‎

‎How to enjoy Paris ;. being a complete guide to the visiter of the French metropolis. And equally calculated for the entertainment and informations of persons who, without visiting, are desirous of becoming acquainted with the beauties of Paris, the antiquities, paintings, theatres, literature, politics, manners of the inhabitants, &c., &c. of that city : to which are added a chronological account of the history of France from the earliest to the present period ; and a biographical dictionary of eminent French characters. Second edition‎

‎Londres, Egerton, Hitt, Sherwood, Neely & Jones [G. Hayden, printer], 1818 2 vol. in-12, [5] ff. n. ch. (titre, liste des souscripteurs), 346 pp. ; titre, 404 pp., demi-veau blond à coins, dos lisses ornés de filets et fleurons dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison cerise, triple filet à froid sur les plats, grandes étiquettes ex-libris contrecollées en bas des plats supérieurs, tranches mouchetées de rouge Coins frottés.‎

‎La première édition était parue en 1816. L'ouvrage n'est courant dans aucune des deux sorties.Seulement deux exemplaires au CCF (BnF, pour l'originale ; Nantes, pour notre édition). - - VENTE PAR CORRESPONDANCE UNIQUEMENT‎

‎A visit to Paris in 1814 ;. being a review of the moral, political, intellectual, and social condition of the French capital‎

‎Londres, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown [printed by A. Strahan], 1815 in-8, xxiii pp., 338 pp., lxxi pp., veau fauve granité, dos à nerfs orné de guirlandes, filets et fleurons dorés, pièce de titre, encadrement de simple filet doré sur les plats, hachuré à froid sur les coupes, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l'époque). Coiffe supérieure rognée, charnières fendues.‎

‎Édition originale de cette relation de type vraiment journalistique : John Scott (1784-1821) était le rédacteur en chef de The Statesman, journal radical sur le plan politique créé par Leigh Hunt, et de plusieurs autres journaux libéraux, notamment le Drakard's Stamford News. Son propos était de voir en quoi les quinze années de révolution et d'Empire avaient influé sur les moeurs et le caractère des Parisiens. Le ton général n'est guère bienveillant et manifeste avec force les préjugés britanniques sur les moeurs du continent ; qu'on en juge par le contact avec le premier hôtel où il fit étape : "We entered the hotel with our eyes springing out before our steps, on the alert to detect curiosities. The host led the way, talking such English, that we were obliged to beg he would be intelligible to Englishmen by speaking French".Pour le reste, l'auteur a bien observé les hommes, les monuments, les mœurs. Il rapporte des anecdotes sur les cafés, les jongleurs, le costume des femmes. Un important chapitre sur le Palais Royal est particulièrement savoureux. L'ouvrage est bien entendu assorti de quelques observations politiques sur le régime impérial et le retour des Bourbons mais l'auteur est plus intéressé par les femmes que par les politiciens ; des notes sur les spectacles et les arts viennent conclure l'ouvrage.Au CCF ne figurent que des exemplaires de l'édition de 1816.Ex-libris manuscrit de Lady Vernon.Vignettes ex-libris héraldiques d'Edward Harbord Lord Suffield (1781-1835) et du révérend William Charles Hall, érudit local et curé de Barton Turf (Norfolk) de 1933 à 1959. - - VENTE PAR CORRESPONDANCE UNIQUEMENT‎