"To the King, the French Constitution, and the laws of the realm...
“We have waited here long in the dust; we are tired and hungry; but the triumphal procession must appear at last.” -- Margaret Fuller Woman in the Nineteenth Century… Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1845 First edition HG1154 O8 1845 From the preface: “A reproduction, modified and expanded,...
" Le reveil matin almanach pour l'année 1789 Paris: chez Boulanger rue du Pl. Pont chez le Papetier, 1789 AY831 Z7 1789 Miniature almanacs were popular in Paris beginning in the early 1760s. Created as gifts for young ladies, they were also used as New Year’s presents given out...
Le nouveau cuisinier royal et bourgeois...
Originally published in Geneva in 1634, this revised edition includes the word “Clavis” as the beginning of its title. The title translated into English reads: Nomenclature of Proper Names in the Historical Work of Jacques Auguste de Thou. Thou (1553-1617) was a historian whose fame...
“It is not the history of the science, or of the human mind, that we are to attempt in an elementary treatise. Our only aim should be ease and perspicuity, and with the utmost care to keep every thing out of view which may draw...
