létat sort colonies anciens peuples von sainte croix guillaume emmanuel joseph guilhem clermont lodève baron (5 Ergebnisse)

Cuir. Zustand: Bon. In-8. XIV, 336 pages. Plein veau, dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre en maroquin, ex-libris ancien et nom de l'auteur écrit à la main en page de titre . Accroc à un mors. Contient un chapitre sur "la conduite des Anglois dans l'Amérique Septentrionale".

8vo. pp. xiv, [blank leaf], 336. complete with half-title. modern quarter calf, portion of original gilt spine mounted, marginal dampstaining in first gatherings). First Edition. An interesting treatise, discussing and comparing the government and conduct of the ancient nations of Carthage, Phoenicia, Greece and Athens, and the administration and conflicts of the French and English colonies in the West Indies and North America (the disputes over Acadia and the Ohio Valley, the treaties of Utrecht and Aix-La-Chapelle, the expulsion of the Acadians in 1755 and 1758, the Seven Years' War and the conquest of Canada by the English). The section on America is covered in the last chapter (pp. 298-336), and the work ends with an ominous warning to the British and their ravaging ambitions. Cioranescu III 59312. Dionne II 839. Howes S-44. Sabin 75529. Kress B229. JCB 2550. cfTPL 6572 (Yverdon imprint).

LeatherBound. Zustand: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1779 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 360 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 360 Language: French.

xiv,336pp. Half title. Contemporary plain wrappers. Internally bright and clean. Near fine. Untrimmed. A comparison of the British colonies in America with the administration of the extended ancient Grecian empire. Despite the appearance of "Philadelphie" on the titlepage, this was actually printed in Paris. The plight of the American colonies was of great interest to the French, and false Philadelphia imprints often appeared on works sympathetic to the cause. SABIN 75529. HOWES S44. ECHEVERRIA & WILKIE 779/94.

Philadelphie (Paris), s.e., 1779 ; in-8, XIV + 336 pp., demi-veau blond du XIXe siècle, dos orné à nerfs dans le goût du XVIIIe, pièce de titre rouge, tranches marbrées (dos légèrement frotté, mors fendillés sur quelques cm, manque de cuir à un nerf). Sabin 75529. Édition originale de cet ouvrage divisé en cinq sections : I. Des colonies phoeniciennes ; de celle de Carthage & du gouvernement de cette république. II. De l'origine des peuples de la Grèce ; de leur constitution, etc. III. Du gouvernement d'Athènes & de la conduite des Grecs à l'égard de leurs colonies. IV. De l'établissement des colonies grecques, de leurs gouvernements, & de celles des autres peuples. V. Observations sur les colonies des nations modernes, & sur la conduite des Anglais dans l'Amérique Septentrionale. Ex-libris au timbre humide sur la page de titre et sur le dernier feuillet, annotation manuscrite ancienne attribuant par erreur l'ouvrage à Bougainville, mais exemplaire correct. 1779.