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Napoleon 1st - Jean-françois Le Sueur Signed Document - Emperor Musicians

[NAPOLEON I] Jean-François LE SUEUR (1760 – 1837), French composer and director of music for Emperor Napoleon I. Signed manuscript entitled “House of HM the Emperor and King. Service of the Grand Cham[...]

Period: 19th century

500 €
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3 Vol In 12 Harmony Of Nature Bernardin De Saint Pierre . Paris 1815

Hrmony of nature Bernardin de Saint-Pierre 1815 Ed .Or/

Period: 19th century

420 €

[labiche De Reignefort] - Very Detailed Account Of What The Priests Suffered. 1801.

[LABICHE DE REIGNEFORT (Pierre-Grégoire)] - Very detailed account of what the French priests and other ecclesiastics, both regular and secular, suffered for religion, detained in 1794 and 1795, for re[...]

Period: 19th century

120 €

Juvenal - Satires. Paris, Clf Panckoucke, 1825. Period Bindings.

JUVENAL - Satires. Paris, CLF Panckoucke, 1825; in-8, 8 ppnch. + 30 + CLIV + 260 + VI-386 pp., plum-colored half-calf bindings, decorated spines, painted edges. Both volumes. Juvenal (Decimus or Deciu[...]

Period: 19th century

80 €
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Manuscript - Jacques Lordat's Operation Course - Montpellier 1811 & 1812 - 78pp

Manuscript of the operating courses based on the lessons of Professor Jacques Lordat (1773-1870) given in 1811 and 1812 at the Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier 18.5x23cm 78 pages Rare medical docume[...]

Period: 19th century

250 €

Marmontel: The Incas Or The Destruction Of The Peruvian Empire

The novel The Incas or the Destruction of the Empire of Peru was published in 1777 and became a great publishing success. Its author, Marmontel (1723-1799), was a famous author throughout Europe, clos[...]

Period: 19th century

80 €

1804: Elementary History Course

If you went to school under the First Empire, this could have been the textbook you would have worked on. This work in four volumes bound in two, covers biblical history as well as ancient history, ar[...]

Period: 19th century

80 €

2 Vol. In4 & In-plano / "journey To Upper And Lower Egypt" By Vivant Denon, Didot Paris 1802

1 Vol In 4 & In-plano / " Journey to Upper and Lower Egypt " by Vivant Denon . Paris 1802

Period: 19th century

16 000 €

Cazotte - Playful And Moral, Historical And Philosophical Works Of Jacques Cazotte. 1817.

CAZOTTE (Jacques) - Playful and moral, historical and philosophical works of Jacques Cazotte. Paris, Chez Jean-François Bastien, 1817; in-8, double frontispiece, CXLVIII-400 + 556 + 582 + 580 pp., con[...]

Period: 19th century

350 €
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Bertrand De Molleville - History Of The French Revolution. Giguet, 1801, 19th Century Binding.

BERTRAND DE MOLLEVILLE (A. F.) - History of the French Revolution during the last years of the reign of Louis XVI. Paris, Chez Giguet, year IX (1801); in-8, approximately 400 pp. per volume, plum half[...]

Period: 19th century

800 €
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"itinerary Of Germany" Traveler's Guide To Landscapes And Stages, Paris 1806, In 12 Rel. At

Very interesting tourist guide from 1806; printed in Paris, by Hyacinte Langlois, Bookseller rue de Seine, No. 6. MD CCC. VI. (1806). "Itinerary of Germany, containing: 1st. instructions on how to tra[...]

Period: 19th century

180 €

Beautiful Complete Notebook From The End Of The 18th Century With Engraved Views Of Rome: "num Cento Vedute Di Roma Complete.

Rare and beautiful oblong notebook of one hundred views of Rome, finely engraved, this beautiful set of figures representing the emblematic views of the marvelous Roman City and its splendor is a very[...]

Period: 19th century

950 €

3 Vol. Eo. 1st Empire "marie Or The Pains Of Love," By Louis Bonaparte, Brother Of Napoleon

A very rare piece from the 1st Empire period, in three volumes in 12, published in Paris, by Arthus-Bertrand, bookseller, rue Hautefeuille, No. 23 in 1814. Bindings of the highest quality in Russian g[...]

Period: 19th century

520 €

Beautiful Series In 28 Vol. In 12: Summary Of The General History Of Travel; Jj La Harpe 19th

A prize for these attractive volumes In 12 in contemporary binding (1st Empire), 28 complete volumes, printed in Paris, at Janet and Cotelle, Booksellers, Music Merchants of LL. MM. IL. and RR., rue N[...]

Period: 19th century

540 €

Very Beautiful Book Marie Thérèze O Coat Of Arms: La Comiphonie Or Women In Delirium Paris 1803

A curiosity from the very beginning of the 19th century published under the First Empire, in Paris, at Debray, bookseller, place du Muséum, and at the Marchands de Nouveautés. From the Imprimerie de G[...]

Period: 19th century

540 €

History Of The British Expedition To Egypt; By Robert Thomas Wilson. I Vol. In 4. London 1803

Fascinating and beautiful flat copy with arms in blue morocco inlay, spine decorated with gilt irons in blue morocco inlay on tinted sheepskin. Bookplate with English Arms: Libera Capella Régia Sti Ge[...]

Period: 19th century

1 800 €

4 Beautiful Volumes In 8: History Of The Campaigns Of 1814 And 1815 Including The Pol. & Mil. History Of 1816

Definitive edition, largely original. The first two volumes devoted to the Campaign of 1814 are increased by a chapter, the two volumes relating to the Campaign of 1815 are in the original edition. Th[...]

Period: 19th century

820 €

Letter Of Summons Signed By Bonaparte, 1st Consul

Letter of convocation of the assembly of the canton of Gisors signed by Bonaparte 1st Consul. Dated 15 Pluviose year 12 (February 5, 1804) a little before the senatus consulte of the month of May proc[...]

Period: 19th century

1 890 €

First Edition Of The Napoleonic Code In 4 In Format; Published By Commaille Paris 1807 (civil Code)

Rare Napoleonic Code of 1807 in Paris, at JA Commaille, Publisher, rue Bailleul-Saint-Honoré, No. 5; new Edition of the civil code of 1804, called for the First time "Napoleonic Code", the great Work [...]

Period: 19th century

650 €

1828 Writing Calendar For Judge Advocates And Their Law Firms

DescriptionAUSTRIAN EMPIRE CULTURE AND SOCIAL HISTORY OLD CALENDARSWriting calendar for the year 1829 for judges, lawyers and their chairs and all other businessmen - a beautiful but very descriptive [...]

Period: 19th century

120 €

Mieg (matheus) - Der Stadt Mulhausen Geschichte Bis Zum Jahr 1816-1817. Rissler, 1816-1817.

MIEG (Alter Matheus) - The City of Mulhouse History from 1816-1817. Mulhouse, printed by Johannes Rissler and Company, 1816-1817; in-4, VIII-444, table + IV-350 pp. + table and 3 folding plates printe[...]

Period: 19th century

400 €
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Uncommon "natural History Of Buffon" In 11 Vol. Decorated With 185 Figures, P. Bernard Year XII

Complete in 11 volumes in 8, half sheepskin, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, with reinforced corners, cream titles and volume numbers, pink speckled paper covers, Complete Edition of Buffon [...]

Period: 19th century

600 €

Complete Memoirs Of The Posthumous Works Of Marmontel In Four Volumes In 12. In Paris, Year XIII

Complete in four volumes in 12 in half-binding with smooth spines decorated with gilded irons, titles and volume numbers in red and dark green morocco, printed in Paris, at X hrouet, printer, rue des [...]

Period: 19th century

120 €

Pujoulx (j.-b.) - The Book Of The Second Age, Or Natural History. At Gide, 1805, Paperback.

PUJOULX (J.-B.) - The book of the second age, or amusing instructions on the natural history of animals. Paris, Chez Gide, Imprimerie de Guilleminet, 1805; in-8, 185 pp., paperback. A frontispiece and[...]

Period: 19th century

80 €
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Laensberg (mathieu) - Daily Almanac For The Year XI & The Year 1803. Liège, Barnabe, 1803.

LAENSBERG (Mathieu) - Daily almanac for the year XI & the year 1803, calculated by Mr. Mathieu Laensberg mathematician containing the fairs and markets, etc. Liège, Guillaume Barnabe, 1803; in-32 squa[...]

Period: 19th century

220 €
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Buc'hoz (joseph Pierre) - Experienced Healings. At Buc'hoz, 1805, Period Cardboard.

BUC'HOZ (Joseph Pierre) - Experienced cures Of worms, even of the solitary, by Spigelia, nicknamed Anihelrnia; the Indian pink, the Sèmera contra, the Cévadille, the Coralline Lemitocherton, and other[...]

Period: 19th century

150 €
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Military New Year's Gifts, Containing The Military Organization. Lyon, Chez Ayné, 1812, Paperback.

[MILITARY ALMANAC] - ANONYMOUS - Military New Year's gifts, containing the military organization, the lieutenants of SM, the marshals of the Empire, the Generals, etc., etc. For the leap year 1812. Ly[...]

Period: 19th century

200 €
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Interesting New Year's Gifts From The Four Parts Of The World, Containing The Population Of The Universe. 1814.

[ALMANAC] - ANONYMOUS - Interesting New Year's gifts from the four parts of the world, containing the population of the universe, the ephemerides, the powers of Europe, and all the civil and military [...]

Period: 19th century

200 €
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Alibert (j.-l.) - Treatise On Intermittent Pernicious Fevers. Caille And Ravier, 1809.

ALIBERT (J.-L.) - Treatise on intermittent pernicious fevers. Paris, Chez Caille et Ravier, 1809; in-8, XXXII-422 pp. + 5 folding plates, half-calf bottle green binding, decorated smooth spine, marble[...]

Period: 19th century

250 €
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Very Rare And One Of The First Books On Taxidermy "the Art Of Stuffing Birds", M. Hénon.19

In its beautiful 1st Empire binding in 8vo format: "The Art of stuffing birds", containing new and reliable principles for preserving their natural shapes and attitudes, with the method of classifying[...]

Period: 19th century

520 €

Napoleon I Leipzig Dr. Bergf 1826

In overall good condition . 

Period: 19th century

120 €

French-italian Dictionary Taken From That Of Abbot François Alberti De Villeneuve 1807

Interesting dictionary in two volumes in quarto French-Italian, doubled with its Italian-French reverse published in Turin in 1807 Cajetan-Balbino and the Pomba brothers, printed at the printing house[...]

Period: 19th century

140 €

Atlas Of The Consulate And The Empire By Thiers

Atlas of the history of the Consulate and the Empire drawn and drawn under the direction of M THIERS by MM. A. DUFOUR ET DUVOTENAY engraved on steel by DYONNET PARIS, PAULIN, LHEUREUX ET Cie BOOKSELLE[...]

Period: 19th century

280 €

The Guard (1854-1870) By Captain Richard With 380 Engravings Librairie Furne 1898 Militaria

THE GUARD (1854-1870) CAPTAIN RICHARD in the 20th Battalion of Chasseurs à pied Illustrated work of 380 engravings Including 8 printed in 2 shades and 8 in colors based on the watercolors of Charles M[...]

Period: 19th century

450 €

Minutes Of The Stay Of Their Imperial And Royal Majesties In Toulouse In July 1808

Very rare Original edition: "Minutes of the Stay of their Imperial and Royal Majesties in the city of Toulouse in July 1808" Printed in Toulouse by Augustin-Dominique Manavit, Printer-bookseller rue S[...]

Period: 19th century

250 €

The Hermit Of La Chaussée-d'antin Morals And Customs Of Paris 1813

The hermit of Chaussée-d'Antin or observations on Parisian customs and customs. 3 volumes. 10 × 17 cm

Period: 19th century

130 €

The Ruins By Volney, Book, 1821.

Book Les Ruines by Volney, In used condition, see photos, wear on the cover, map cut at the folds, Edition of 1821, Weight: 250 g, Dimensions: Height: 14 cm, Width: 9 cm, Thickness: 3.2 cm .

Period: 19th century

180 €
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Rare Beautiful Set Of 12 Volumes "j. Delille" 1st Empire Red Moroccan Spine Binding Long Gains

Rare beautiful set of 12 Volumes in 12 n half, red morocco binding, smooth spines decorated with fine gilded irons with palmette motifs in diamonds surrounded by elegant foliage, golden titles and vol[...]

Period: 19th century

820 €

Elisa Bonaparte - Autograph Letter Signed To The Empress Josephine

Autograph letter signed to Empress JOSEPHINE. Viareggio (town in the province of Lucca), on 5 Brumaire (October 27, 1805); 1 folio page. Beautiful testimony of friendship towards the Empress followin[...]

Period: 19th century

1 800 €
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Gg Bredow : “compendious View Of Universal History And Literature”

GG Bredow: “Universal History and Literature”, London 1820, large folio complete with its plates, including the painters' table in 3 leaves. Some boards loose, numerous foxing, a taped tear, worn boar[...]

Period: 19th century

120 €

Original Edition, La Gaule Poétique, Marchangy, 1813-1817, 8/8.

Poetic Gaul or the history of France considered in its relationships with Poetry, Eloquence and the Fine Arts. By MF Marchangy Paris, at the Chaumerot bookstore, 1813-1817, 8 volumes (complete) in 8 ([...]

Period: 19th century

100 €
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Imperial Almanac Year 1812

Imperial Almanac year 1810. 910 pages. Publisher Testu in Paris. Binding in red morocco decorated on the covers with part of the arms of an Comte of the Empire with Franc Cartier on the right. Often t[...]

Period: 19th century

1 190 €

Solfeggio Method For Pianoforte By Rodolphe Chez Naderman Around 1800

Interesting music theory  for pianoforte method, from the Empire period, and published by Naderman, famous harpist, composer of the end of the 18th century. the binding on the vellum back, and the boa[...]

Period: 19th century

260 €

Voyage De Découvertes Aux Terres Australes, Execute Par Ordre De S.m. Emperor And King

ATLAS by Messrs LESUEUR & PETIT - PERON, François Auguste - FREYCINET. First edition of the historical atlas, sold alone, of the voyage of Péron and Freycinet, [Paris, Imprimerie royale, between 1807[...]

Period: 19th century

3 950 €

Jacques De Norvins. The Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte In 4 Volumes.

History of Napoleon Bonaparte in four volumes by Jacques de Norvins, Baron de Marquet de Montbreton (1769 - 1854) 5th edition in 1834, bound volumes. Maps and battle plans to unfold at the end of the [...]

Period: 19th century

200 €

Manuscript Book

anecdotes to serve the development of the morals of the nobility of France in the fourteenth century first manuscript volume of 1802 and 1803 with an original drawing by LOUIS De Bruno (1739-1814) Bor[...]

Period: 19th century

2 500 €

Blaise Et Laugier - Collection Of Poems, Libels, Diatribes And Political Pamphlets 1800 To 1802.

BLAISE ET LAUGIER - Collection of poems, libels, diatribes and political pamphlets published between 1800 and 1802 including three manuscripts. Blaise - Political and moral discourse on present circum[...]

Period: 19th century

150 €
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Life Of The Printer Bodoni And Catalog Of His Editions. Parma: Ducale Printing House 1816

Life of the printer Bodoni and catalog of his editions. Parma: Imprimerie Ducale 1816. Magnificent posthumous edition from the Bodonian printing press and with the complete catalog of books published [...]

Period: 19th century

1 500 €

New Hours, Containing The Offices That Are Said In The Church. Saint-die, Trottot, 1816.

[ANONYMOUS] - Heures nouvelles, containing the services that are said in church during the year, in Latin and in French. Saint-Die, Chez Trotot, 1816; small in-12, VIII-382 pp., period binding in full[...]

Period: 19th century

55 €
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Rustic House Agriculture And Rural Economy. Paris 1818 2 Volumes ​

Rustic house Agriculture and rural economy. Paris 1818 2 volumes of approximately 500 pages each and with various engravings inset. Dutch leather spine binding.2

Period: 19th century

900 €

Peace Treaty. In The Name Of The Most Holy And Indivisible Trinity. Nancy, Chez Guivard, 1814.

Peace treaty. In the name of the most holy and indivisible trinity. Nancy, Chez Guivard, 1814; in-8, 16 pp., paperback under cover. European peace treaty following the Napoleonic wars. Rare testimony [...]

Period: 19th century

80 €
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Constitutional Charter Of The Kingdom Of France. Printed In Nancy, Chez Guivard, In 1814.

Constitutional Charter of the Kingdom of France. Nancy, Chez Guivard, 1814; in-12, 16 pp., paperback, under cover. European peace treaty following the Napoleonic wars. Rare testimony of the Restoratio[...]

Period: 19th century

80 €
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Book, "almanach Dedicated To Ladies" Early XIXth Century

Almanac dedicated to ladies, book bound with long grains in cherry red morocco decorated with vine pamphre from the beginning of the 19th century. Year 1808 Dimensions: 11.9 x 8 x 1.6 cm Publisher: Le[...]

Period: 19th century

100 €

[baverel And Malpez] - Notes On The Engravers Who Left Prints, 1807-1808.

[BAVEREL AND MALPEZ] - Notes on the engravers who left prints marked with monograms, numbers, rebuses, initial letters, etc., with a description of their most beautiful works and intaglio plates, cont[...]

Period: 19th century

600 €
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Thomson (james) - The Seasons. Seasons. Paris, At The Widow Durand's, 1802

THOMSON (James) - The seasons. Seasons. Paris, Chez la Veuve Durand, 1802; in-8, XVI -255 + 223 pp., contemporary pistachio green paperboard, smooth spine, title label in brown morocco. Bilingual edit[...]

Period: 19th century

55 €
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Pougens - Jocko, Episode Detached From Unpublished Letters On Animal Instinct. 1824.

POUGENS (Charles) - Jocko, episode detached from the unpublished letters on the instinct of animals. Paris, P. Persan, publisher, 1824; in-12, 249 pp., vintage bottle green half-calf binding, smooth s[...]

Period: 19th century

100 €
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Poiret - Philosophical, Literary And Economic History Of The Plants Of Europe. 1825.

POIRET (Jean-Louis-Marie) - Philosophical, literary and economic history of European plants. Paris, Chez Ladrange and Verdière, 1825; in-8, XXIV-494 + 532 + 500 + 500 + 516 + 496 + 511 pp., red half-c[...]

Period: 19th century

250 €
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Mably (m. l'Abbé De) - Observations On The History Of France. Chez Brière, 1823.

MABLY (M. l'abbé de) - Observations on the history of France. Paris, Chez JLJ Brière, Bookseller, 1823; in-8, VI-475 + 427 + 451 pp., period bindings half plum calfskin, decorated smooth spine, marble[...]

Period: 19th century

120 €
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Lequinio (j.-m.) - Picturesque And Physical-economic Journey In The Jura. 1801.

LEQUINIO (J.-M.) - Picturesque and Physical-Economic Journey in the Jura. Paris, Libraires Associés, Year IX (1801); octavo, XII-488 + 511 pp. + a large folding map of the Jura with colored contours, [...]

Period: 19th century

850 €
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