France – Asselineau, Léon-Auguste. (1808 – 1889).

Èglise de St Germain-L’Auxerrois, À Paris / La France de Nos Jours.

Original hand-coloured lithograph. Paris, F. Sinnett, [1860]. Plate Size: 27.4 cm x 24 cm. Sheet Size: 35 cm x 26.4 cm. Original lithograph. Excellent condition

France – Asselineau, Léon-Auguste. (1808 – 1889).

Intèrieur De St. Ètienne Du Mont À Paris / La France de Nos Jours.

Original hand-coloured lithograph. Paris, F. Sinnett, [1860]. Plate Size: 27.3 cm x 24 cm. Sheet Size: 35 cm x 26.4 cm. Original lithograph. Excellent condition.

France – Asselineau, Léon-Auguste. (1808 – 1889).

La Maison Carée, À Nîmes / La France de Nos Jours.

Original hand-coloured lithograph. Paris, F. Sinnett, [1860]. Plate Size: 27.4 cm x 24 cm. Sheet Size: 35 cm x 26.4 cm. Original lithograph. Very good condition with slight amounts of browning to outer margins only.

France – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876).

France – With Vignettes of the Palais Royal, Calais Harbour, Palace of Fontainebleau and the Bridge of Toulouse.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. Illustrations by J. Wray and engravings by J.B. Rogers. London, Edinburgh & Dublin. J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 31.5 cm x 25.5 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 27.2 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

Moore, John.

A Journal During a Residence in France, From the Beginning of August, To the Middle of December, 1792. To Which is Added an Account of the Most Remarkable Events That Happened at Paris from That Time to the Death of the Late King of France. [Including the Hand-coloured Map].

First Irish Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for P.Byrne, J.Moore, B.Dugdale, W.Jones, Colbert and J.Rice, 1793. Small-Octavo (11.5 cm x 17.5 cm). 303, 570 pages plus a Hand-coloured “Map of General Dumourier’s Campaign on the Meuse” (showing the area between Metz and Reims as well as Sedan and Nancy). Hardcover / Modern half-leather bound to the style of the 18th-century with spinelabels. Both Volumes in protective Mylar and now housed in a bespoke Solander Box. Bookplate / Exlibris of Richard Meade of Ballymartle attached to pastedown of Volume I. Excellent condition !

Paris – [Anonymous].

A View of the Royal Palace of the Fontainbleau.

Original engraving. [no place], [no year / c.1780]. Plate Size: 23.3 cm x 19 cm. Sheet Size: 26.5 cm x 20.5 cm. Original engraving. In very good condition.

Paris – Chereau, Jacques. (1688 – 1776).

Vue de L’Édifice de l’Observatoire et du Collège des Jésuites.

Original hand-coloured engraved vue d’optique. Paris, Jacques Chereau, [c.1700s]. Plate Size: 39.3 cm x 28.5 cm. Sheet Size: 41.5 cm x 29.7 cm. Original print. In very good condition. Clean, crisp and bright impression.

Paris – Mondhare, Louis-Joseph. (1734 – 1799).

1er Vue des Boulvard pris de la Porte St Antoine on averty le Public que cette Vuë est graveé pour estre vuë au naturet dans l’Optique.

Original hand-coloured copper engraved vue d’optique. Paris, Mondhare, [c.1750-1780]. Plate Size: 38.7 cm x 23.2 cm. Sheet Size: 44.7 cm x 28. 6 cm Original print. In very good, actually remarkable, condition. Clean and crisp and radiant impression, with only the faintest trace of browning. Some very minor traces of light staining to outer margin corner.

[Roberts, William] [Exlibris Gulielme (sic) Roberts] Bonnechose, Émile de / L.Dussieux (cartographer).

Géographie Physique, Historique et Politique de la France avec dix-huit cartes coloriées représentant la formation successive du Royaume.

Paris, Firmin Didot Frères, 1847. Octavo (14 cm x 23 cm). V, (2), 104 pages, suivies de 18 cartes aux contours colorisés, de la France dans ses états successifs (104 pages plus 18 hand-coloured maps of France by L.Dussieux showing France through its History, with special maps showing historical military events with England etc. Original Softcover. Spine rubbed and slightly damaged. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Name of preowner William Roberts in pencil on titlepage [being William Roberts of the irish family Westropp-Roberts].

Tourista.

Tourista – Revue pratique de Voyages. [Incl.: “La Motocyclette et Le Grand Tourisme”].

13 issues in one Volume (complete annual 1903). Paris, Prieur et Dubois, 1903. Octavo. 221 pages. Numerous monochrome illustrations throughout the Volume. Hardcover [contemporary buckram] with gilt lettering on spine / Original, decorative wrappers bound within / Alpine Club gilt insignia on lower spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding firm and strong. Interior bright and clean. Former library copy of the world-famous “Alpine Club” with thier subtle library stamp evident throughout.