Bluettes et souvenirs poétiques (title on first drawing). [France], 1836.
8vo (186 x 119 mm). 94 leaves, foliated [1] 1-14, [1], 15-19, 21-24, [1], 25-29, [1], 30-36, [1], 37-90, fols. 74 and 83-90 blank except for page numbers and 4 lines on fol. 85 verso; plus 18 blank leaves at end followed by [2] leaves containing 3 index pages, and... More
Manuscript weaving and dyeing manual: Färbebuch für Gottlob Friedrich Rose in Frohburg Anno 1769. Frohburg, 1769.
Manuscript on paper (186 x 160 mm). [47] leaves plus two blanks. Fraktur & cursive script. Illustrated with 11 pages (ff. 41v-46v) of weaving patterns. No visible watermarks. Leaves 2-8 with remnants of red wax adhesive. Some soiling and staining. Contemporary half calf (sheep?), the boards covered in very crude... More
Anecdotes sur la Comtesse Du Barry Paris: A. Quantin, 1880.
Bound with: LACROIX, Paul (1806-1843). An annotated proof sheet from his Catalogue des Livres de Madame du Barry (Paris: Auguste Fontaine, 1874). Large 8vo (263 x 173 mm). [2] leaves, XXXII, 288 pp., [1] leaf. Color-printed etched plate by and after W. Lalauze, title and justification printed in red and... More
A volume of pen-and-ink embroidery patterns. [England?, not before 1814].
4to (240 x 193 mm). 203, [24] leaves, each with a different design, mainly in brown ink, some in black ink, the drawings on rectos only, on thin wove paper, watermark John Hayes / 1814. Occasional small inkstains, in fine condition. Contemporary English diced russia leather, covers gold-tooled with narrow... More
Manuscript memoir of a captured French officer's experiences in Spain, 1808-1809. Title: Recollections / By / H de Montvaillant. [Hunthill House, Scotland, 1814].
4to (230 x 185 mm). [10], 233, [4] pp. Written in an italic hand in English, with occasional corrections or additions in a different hand, on wove paper, watermarked Budgen & Wilmott / 1812. Four unnumbered pages of French text at front and four at back, the latter dated 27... More
A collection of printed and manuscript documents relating to religious relics in the private chapels of the Durazzo family palace and villa, including 12 printed and 2 manuscript relic authentications. Genoa, Rome and other places, 1661-1794.
Binding size 335 x 233 mm. Contents: 18 documents: 12 printed authentication forms (”authentics”), all accomplished in manuscript, most with woodcut arms of the issuing cleric at top, some with woodcut or typographic three-quarter borders; all with official wax seals or stamps, of which most attach a second sheet of... More
Grätzerischer Schreibkalender, auf das Jahr nach der gnadenreichen Geburt unseres Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi 1795. Graz: Andreas Leykam, [1794/95].
4to (206 x 155 mm). [48] pp. Pictorial woodcut title border, title and calendar printed in red and black, woodcut astrological symbols. Interleaved with 11 leaves of contemporary manuscript notes in two different hands, in brown ink and graphite, on heavier paper. Small inkstamp on title with initial G and... More