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Period: Early 19th Century
Picturesque Tour of the Seine, from Paris to the Sea / Ackermann, First Edition
Located in Middletown, NY
One of the great 19th-century English color plate books illustrating the scenery along the Seine.
Sauvan, Jean Baptiste Balthazar. Picturesque Tour of the Seine, from Paris to the Sea; with Particulars Historical and Descriptive.
London: R. Ackermann, 1821. First Edition.
4to, 13 1/2 x 11 (343 x 280 mm), pp. x, 177, title vignette and 24 hand colored aquatints, map. Later three-quarter yellow levant morocco with fillets, spine decorated in gilt with 5 raised bands and black title label; marbled boards and endpapers, a.e.g.. Spine and boards in very good condition, binding tight and square, text and plates with very occasional spotting.
[Abbey, Travel 90; Tooley 445; Bobins, Exotic and the Beautiful II: 548]
Condition: Near fine.
This is a first printing of one of the great nineteenth-century English color plate books illustrating the scenery along the Seine from Paris to Le Havre. Luminous impressions of the plates, beautifully hand-colored. Engraved by Thomas Sutherland (1785 – 1825) and Daniel Havell (1785 – 1826) from sketches and drawings by Augustus Pugin (1812 – 1852) and John Gendall (1790 – 1865), the illustrations also include a vignette on the title page representing the Château de Rosny (home of the Duchess of Berry...
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English Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
1815 Robinson Crusoe
By Daniel Defoe
Located in Bath, GB
A scarce and sought after 'academic edition' of Robinson Crusoe, an extensively annotated edition with footnotes on a wide variety of subjects.
A very unusual and scarce edition of ...
Category
British Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
4 Vols Antique Botany Books, Flowers of Modern Voyages, English, Georgian, 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 4 antique botany books, the Flowers of Modern Voyages by William Adams. An English language botany record with maps, dating to th...
Category
British Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
1823 The British Essayists with Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and Critical
Located in Bath, GB
A smartly bound complete collection of eighteenth century journals and periodicals from British essayists, compiled by James Ferguson.
Complete in forty volumes. Second edition. Com...
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British Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
5 Vols, Antique Books, Lives of the British Admirals, English, Georgian, 1817
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 5 antique volumes, Lives of the British Admirals by Dr John Campbell et al. An English language, hard bound naval interest book, published in London, 1817.
Includes...
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British Georgian Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Correct copy of the trial & conviction of Richard Johnson - FIRST EDITION - 1829
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: RICHARD, Johnson - defendant
TITLE: A correct copy of the trial & conviction of Richard Johnson for the murder of Ursula Newman, on the 20th Nov. 1828, by shooting her with ...
Category
American Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Cinq-Mars; ou une conjuration sous Louis XIII - by Alfred de Vigny
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: Urbain Canel, Editeur, 1826. First Edition. 2 VOLUMES
8vo.; 8 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches (213 x 130 mm), Vol. 1: [4], 4, 411, 1 [4]; Vol. 2: [4], 4, 494, 1, [4]. Binding signed LORTIC...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Poetry Book, Pleasures of Memory, Samuel Rogers, English, Georgian, 1803
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of Pleasures of Memory by Samuel Rogers. An English, hard bound collection of poetry, published in London in the Georgian period, 1803.
A contemporary of Wordsworth, Byron and other Romantic poets, Samuel Rogers (1763 - 1855) was a successful banker and art collector, who was also one of England's most celebrated poets during his lifetime. Rogers was invited to be Poet Laureate on the occasion of Wordsworth's death 1850, but declined due to his age. Considered one of the great sources of social documentary of London's artistic and literary world of the 18th and early 19th century, he lived to the age of 92 - astonishing for the era.
Presents a good, time-worn antique condition, with pages intact and clean
Hard bound with marble paper cover and gold titling to ribbed spine
Published in English across 187 pages in London by T. Bensley of Fleet Street
Illustrated engraving plates throughout add visual interest to the poetry
Includes the titular poems in part 1 & 2, The Two Sisters...
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British Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Zapolya, a Christmas Tale" in Fine Leather Binding
Located in Middletown, NY
Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Zapolya: A Christmas Tale; in Two Parts: The Prelude entitled "The Usurper's Fortune;" and The Sequel, entitled "The Usurper's Fate."
London: Rest Fenner, ...
Category
English Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Three Books of Piano Reductions by W. A. Mozart "Cosi Fan Tutte"
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale are three piano arrangements by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The sheet books were owned by Austrian teacher, conductor and organist Johann Vinzenz Richter. The pieces are "Die E...
Category
Austrian Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Cyprien Berard - Lord Ruthwen, ou Les Vampires - 1820 - FIRST FRENCH EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: Cyprien Berard and Charles Nodier.
TITLE: Lord Ruthwen, ou Les Vampires.
PUBLISHER: Paris: Chez Ladvocat, Libraire, 1820.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST FRENCH EDITION. 2 vols., 6-3/...
Category
French Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
William Godwin, Faulkener, a Tragedy, First Edition, 1807
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: GODWIN, William.
TITLE: Faulkener: a Tragedy. London: for Richard Phillips, 1807.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 8" x 5-3/16", (ii...
Category
British Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Antique Book, Thoughts on Hunting by William Beckford, English, Georgian, 1810
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique book, Thoughts on Hunting by William Beckford. An English language hard bound compendium of sporting letters, dating to the Georgian period, published 1810.
An En...
Category
European Georgian Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Paterson's Guide to Britain, English, Maps, Georgian, Published 1811
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of Paterson's New and Accurate guide to Direct & Principal Crossroads. An English, bound book of maps and descriptive tables, published in English by Longman,...
Category
British Georgian Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Early 19th Century German Silver Book Binding
Located in New York, NY
Handmade German silver book binding, circa 1804.
Both covers pierced and chased with foliate scrollwork with ribboned flower, spine chased to match...
Category
German Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Silver
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Hellas, a Lyrical Drama, First Edition 1822 the Huth Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
Title: Hellas. A Lyrical Drama.
Publisher: London: Charles and James Ollier, 1822.
Description: first edition the Huth copy. 1 vol., a large ...
Category
British Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Mary Brunton, Discipline, First Edition, 1814, 3 Volumes
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BRUNTON, Mary.
TITLE: Discipline: A Novel. By The Author Of "Self Control".
PUBLISHER: Edinburgh: By George Ramsay & Co., for many, 1814.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION...
Category
British Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
David Hume & T. Smollett, The History Of England, 16 Vols., London 1824
Located in Bridgeport, CT
London Stereotype Edition. Complete 16 vol. edition 1824. Black and gilt embossed leatherbound with marbled end papers and edges.
The set comprised of 10 volumes with Humes on spine...
Category
English Georgian Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
1 Volume. General Henry Lee. Observations on the Writings of Thomas Jefferson
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. General Henry Lee. Observations on the Writings of Thomas Jefferson. Bound in 3/4 morocco with marbled boards. New York: Charles de Behr, 1822.
Category
British Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
The Private Letters of Madame the Marquise de Sévigné, France, 1818-Set of 8
Located in Ross, CA
Set of eight French language book series titled "Letters of Madame de Sévigné", was printed in Paris in 1818. The spines are dark blue almost black sheepskin leather bindings with gi...
Category
French French Provincial Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
19th Century Dance Card in Mother of Pearl and Gilded Bronze, Palais-Royal Work
Located in Paris, FR
Charles X dance card in mother of pearl with gilt bronze mounts. It is engraved with plants, flowery interlacing, and bouquets of flowers. An enameled pansy adorns the cover, a typic...
Category
French Restauration Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Bronze
Horace Walpole, Anecdotes Of Painting In England, 5 Vols., London, 1826-28
Located in Bridgeport, CT
London, The Shakespeare Press for John Major and Robert Jennings, 5 Vol. set, 1828. Dark green leather with gilt. Gilt edges, red end papers, ribbon markers.
Each volume published on...
Category
English Georgian Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
1821 The Works of Henry Fielding
Located in Bath, GB
A new edition of the works of Henry Fielding in ten bright calf leather bound volumes.
Henry Fielding was an eighteenth century English novelist known for his satires and comic nove...
Category
British Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Raphael Drawings – Disegni Originali di Raffaello per la prima volta pubblicati
Located in Middletown, NY
Raphael / Raffaello Sanzio
Disegni Originali di Raffaello per la prima volta pubblicati, esistenti nella Imperial Regia Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia
Venice: Tipografia di Gius...
Category
Italian Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
An Interesting Account of the Voyages and Travels of Captains Lewis and Clarke
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Fisher, William. An Interesting Account of the Voyages and Travels of Captains Lewis and Clarke, in the Years 1804-5, & 6... Baltimore: P. Mauro, 1813. 12mo. Illustrated. Rebound in...
Category
American Federal Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
1829-1833 The Waverley Novels of Sir Walter Scott
Located in Bath, GB
A large set of forty-eight volumes of the Waverley Novels by Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott. Bound by Morrell, London.
Complete in forty-eight volumes. With a frontispiece and vig...
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British Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
1820-1825 Works of Sir Walter Scott
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning full calf fine binding of the first editions of these important works by prolific and renowned writer Sir Walter Scott.
Sir Walter Scott (177...
Category
British Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
3 Volumes. D.B. Warden, Statistical, Political & Historical Account of the USA
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. D.B. Warden, Statistical, Political & Historical Account of the United States of America from the Period of their First Colonization to the Present Day. Bound in 3/4 tan c...
Category
British Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
ANTiQUE REGENCY CIRCA 1810 HARDWOOD NEVER USED NOTEPAD SAFE WITH ORIGINAL BOOKS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly collectable Antique circa 1810-1820 Regency Rosewood notepad or diary safe with pe...
Category
European Regency Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Hardwood, Paper
1818-1820 Les Vies de Hommes Illustres de Plutarque
By Plutarch
Located in Bath, GB
A new and revised edition of this translation of Plutarch's Parallel Lives, or Lives of Illustrious Men, in French.
French. Complete in thirteen volumes. Part of a larger set of twe...
Category
French Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
3 Volumes. Reginald Heber, Journey Through the Upper Province of India.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. Reginald Heber, The Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India from Calcutta to Bombay 1824-1825. Second Edition. Bound in full navy morocco. The raised b...
Category
English Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Venetian Life; With Illustrations from Original Watercolors by Childe Hassam etc
Located in Middletown, NY
Howells, William Dean
Venetian Life; With Illustrations from Original Watercolors
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, The Riverside Press, 1892.
2 volumes, 8vo 7 x 4 3/4 inches (172 x 120 mm); viii, 279 pp; 287 pp. 18 illustrations from watercolors by Childe Hassam, Ross Turner, F. Hopkinson Smith, and Rhoda Holmes...
Category
American Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings
Located in Middletown, NY
First Edition. In two Quarto volumes, with copious color illustrations.
London: R. Ackermann, printed by L. Harrison & J. C. Leigh, 1814.
13 x 10.63...
Category
English Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
Charles X Dance Card in Mother-of-Pearl and Bronze, Palais-Royal Work
Located in Paris, FR
Charles X dance card in mother of pearl and ormolu, embellished with flowers and flowery interlacing. It is engraved with “Souvenir” and decorated with deli...
Category
French Charles X Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Bronze
Large Antique Reference Book, Public Record, Latin, House of Commons, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique reference book, Calendarium Rotulorum Chartarum. Printed in Latin and English, a later-bound House of Commons record, dating to the George III period, publis...
Category
British George III Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
2 Vols Antique Reference Book Set, Rotulorum Originalium, Public Records, Latin
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large 2 volume antique reference book set, Rotulorum Originalium in Curia Scaccarii. Printed in Latin and English, a later-bound House of Commons record, dating to the Geo...
Category
British George III Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
2 Antique Books, Jones' View of Seats, Mansions & Noblemen, English, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique books, Jones' View of the Seats, Mansions & Castles etc, printed in English, dated 1829.
Full Title; Jones' View of the Seats, Mansions, Castles ETC. of No...
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British Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
2 Volumes. William Whiston, The Works Of Flavius Josephus.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. William Whiston, The Works Of Flavius Josephus. The learned and authentic Jewish historian and celebrated warrior with three
dissertations. Bound in full brown calf, raise...
Category
English Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Antique Reference Book, Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem, Latin, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique reference book, Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem. Printed in Latin and English, a later-bound House of Commons record, dating to the George III period, ...
Category
British George III Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Set of 4 Antique Distressed Books for Decoration, C.1800
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderfully distressed books with a lovely color of boards and equally beautiful fore edges.
They are random volumes of The Encyclopedia Britannica...
Category
English Georgian Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Large Antique Reference Book, Index, Rolls of Parliament, English, William IV
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique reference book, Index To The Rolls of Parliament. Printed in English, a later-bound House of Commons record, dating to the William IV period, published circa...
Category
British William IV Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
First Edition Guthrie's Geographical Grammmar in Miniature, 1807
Located in Langweer, NL
First edition of 'Guthrie's Geographical Grammar in Miniature'. 358 p. 13 fold. engr. maps, contemp. calf. Gilt spine. sm. 8vo. Upper hinge showing but strong; old bookplate "Ex Bibl...
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Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Izaak Walton, Complete Angler & Lives of John Donne - First John Major Editions
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WALTON, Izaak.
TITLE: The Complete Angler - WITH - The Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker, George Herbert, and Robert Sanderson.
...
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British Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
The Dance of Life a Poem; by Wm. Combe, Th. Rowlandson illustr. - FIRST ed.
Located in Middletown, NY
The Dance of Life, a Poem; by the author of "Doctor Syntax" William Combe & Thomas Rowlandson illustrations.
London: R. Ackermann, 1817. FIRST EDITION. ...
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English Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
French Series of Childrens Books by Arnaud Berquin-Set of 10, c. 1829
Located in Ross, CA
Ten book series of The works of Arnaud Berquin. The set was put together by hand, has leather spines and covers with gilded lettering, decoration, and a lacework design with a hand p...
Category
French French Provincial Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Reinhold Kirsch, German Early 20th Century Electric Lighting Catalogue (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is an early 20th century catalogue from a Munich based lighting company called Reinhold Kirsch. There are 45 loose plates, many of which have more that one illustration. Though ...
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Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Large Antique Reference Book, Parliamentary Record, Latin Language, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique reference book, Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium in Turri Londinensi. Printed in Latin, a later bound House of Commons record, dating to the Georgian period, p...
Category
European Georgian Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Teckningar Till Enklare Mobeltyper by Carl Malmsten 2 Volumes (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Technical Drawings for Swedish Furniture
A set of two pamphlets dated 1926 which show drawings for Empire and Baroque furniture. The text is in Swedish and there are 53 plates in tot...
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Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Large Antique Reference Book, The Close Rolls, Latin, Public Record, William IV
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique reference book, Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum. Printed in Latin and English, a later-bound House of Commons record, dating to the William IV period, published ...
Category
British William IV Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Pair of Books of Universal History by Jean de Muller 19th Century France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
From Greece, to the conquest of Macedonia or ancient Germania you will find in these two books the universal history of Muller with his reflections. These books were very successful ...
Category
European Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper, Leather
Eulogies and Orations on the Life and Death of General George Washington, 1800
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Paine, Thomas, et al. Eulogies and Orations on the Life and Death of General George Washington, First President of the United States of America. Boston: Manning & Loring, 1800. First...
Category
American Federal Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Report of the Trial of Jason Fairbanks for the Murder of Elizabeth Fales - 1801
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: FAIRBANKS, Jason.
TITLE: Report of the Trial of Jason Fairbanks, on an Indictment for the Murder of Miss Elizabeth Fales. At the Supreme Court, Holden at Dedham, in the Cou...
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American Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Trial of Moses Parker.... for the Murder of David R. Lambert. NY 1825
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: PARKER, Moses.
TITLE: Trial of Moses Parker, James Buckland, Joseph Wade, William Walker, Cornelius Holly, Abra Ham Potts and Noah Doremus,... for the Murder of David R. La...
Category
American Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
1812-1826 The History of England
By David Hume
Located in Bath, GB
An attractively bound set of Hume and Smollett's history of England, with Hume's work in eight volumes, and Smollett's in five.
Hume and Smollett's 'The History of England' uniforml...
Category
British Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Art Nouveau German Leather Bound Encyclopedia of Scientific Inquiry Set
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This five volume set of leather bound 1st Edition encyclopedias were done by Weltall and Menschheit of Germany in 1900 in the period Art Nouveau style. This set is completely in Germ...
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German Art Nouveau Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
1807-13 Rural Sports
Located in Bath, GB
One of the most important works on rural sports of its time, written by William Barker Daniel, and in a decorative half morocco binding.
Volume I-III slightly later editions. The fi...
Category
British Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
1804 The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
By Daniel Defoe
Located in Bath, GB
A very smart large paper edition of Daniel Defoe's important travelogue novel, a nice copy illustrated throughout by Thomas Stothard.
The second Stockdale edition, a smart large pape...
Category
British Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
3 Volumes. (Various) History of Paris.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. (Various) History of Paris. Bound in 3/4 blue calf with the covers displaying open and gilt-tooling. The raised band spines display gilt-tooling with wine morocco labels. ...
Category
English Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
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