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1780 The Letters Sir Dudley Carleton, Knt. During His Embassy in HollandLondon: 1780A finely bound collection of Dudley Carleton's letters written during his embassy in Holland, illustrated with a frontispiece. The third edition of this work.
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1872 Cassell's History of the War Between France and Germany 1870-1871London: 1872A finely bound copy of Cassell's history of the Franco-Prussian war. Illustrated throughout, with vignettes and full page images.
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1777 Histoire De La Reine Marguerite De Valouis M. A. Mongez Uncommon FrenchParis: 1777A well preserved copy of this history regarding a noted figure of the Valois dynasty. Margaret of Valois played a notable role in French history and this work, in the original French, gives an insight into her politics, and life.
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1897-1900 2vols DEMOGEOT History of Literature FRENCHParis: 1897 - 1900Two volumes of Jacques Claude Demogeot's 'History of Literature'.
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1876 2vols Histoire Abregee Des Campagnes Modernes J Vial Second Edition FrenchParis: 1876A two volume set of works, in the original French, by J. Vial, exploring this history of military campaigns from as early at the seventeenth century.
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1921 Louis XV Essai D'Apres Les Documents Authentiques Claude Sainte AndreParis: 1921A biography of Louis XV, with his portrait to frontispiece.
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1963 The Kremlin Centre of Russian History Alexandrov Monkcom Asprey ZaehnsdorfLondon: 1963The first English translation edition of this Political Historical text.
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1907 Angelo S. Rappoport The Curse Of The Romanovs Illus 1st Ed Asprey BindingLondon: 1907A first edition of this portrait of two reigns under the Romanov Tsars, by the fiercely anti-Romanov Rappoport, from the collection of Count Sangorski.
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1856 Histoire Des Protestants De France G. de Felice R Grant binding ProtestantParis: 1856A History of the protestants of France by nobleman and theologian Guillaume de Felice.
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1914 Angelo Rappoport The Fair Ladies Of The Winter Palace 1st Ed Asprey BindingLondon: 1914A first edition of this salacious history of the Imperial Russian women, from their seclusion in the 17th century to their extravagant domestic dominion in the 19th.
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c1917 Scenes of Russian Court Life Alexander I with his Sister Asprey ZaehnsdorfLondon: c1917A fascinating collection of letters between Alexander I and his sister Catherine.
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1961 The Empress Alexandra 1872-1918 A Study Almedingen Asprey Zaehnsdorf BoundLondon: 1961An interesting and thorough historical text regarding Empress Alexandra of Russia.
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1905-10 2vol The Regent of the Roues Two Great Rivals Haggard Brentanos BindingLondon: 1905-1910A pair of uniformly bound historical works from Andrew Haggard.
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1901 2vol The Bastille Capt the Hon Bingham Attractive Binding IllustratedNew York: 1901A handsomely-bound history of the Bastille.
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1971 The Romanovs The Rise and Fall of a Russian Dynasty Ian Grey ZaehnsdorfNewton Abbot: 1971A biographical insight into the Romanov family.
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1864 Aonio PALEARIO Jules BONNET Italian ReformationLondon: 1864The first English edition of Bonnet's history of the Italian reformation through the life of Aonio Paleario.
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1939 The Fall of The Russian Monarchy Bernard Pares Zaehnsdorf Asprey RomanovLondon: 1939A detailed history of the Russian revolution and the fall of the Romanovs.
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1893 2vols Old Court Life in France by Frances ElliotNew York: 1893A beautiful set of Old Court Life in France by Frances Elliot.
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1780 2 Vols Historia General de ESPANA Juan de MARIANAMadrid: 1780The 1780 edition of this famous history of Spain in a rather attractive blindstamped binding and in near fine condition.
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1790 The Constitution of England by J L de Lolme A New EditionLondon: 1790A copy of The Constitution of England by J. L. De Lolme, Member of the Council of the Two hundred in the Republic of Geneva.