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  Carte de la haute Italie : littoral de la Méditerranée aux environs de Monaco, Menton, Sn. Rémo, Port Maurice, Savone, Voltri et Gênes

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  Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2523 Monaco. Carte de la haute Italie littoral de la Méditerranée aux environs de Monaco, Menton, Sn. Rémo, Port Maurice, Savone, Voltri et Gênes. Cannes, F. Robaudy, 1880. 1 sheet. [see cabinet]."The map covers almost 200 kilometers of coastline, from Monaco to Genoa, though the portion of the map that shows Genoa has been lost. The majority of the land shown here lies in the modern Italian region of Liguria. The strip of land between Monaco and the Italian border, which includes Menton, is the French department of Alpes-Maritimes. Author's full name from French authority file. Relief: shaded. Graphic Scale: Miles, kilometers. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.

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  Catalogue de mes armes & objets d'antiquité, lépidoptères & insectes divers, variétés & espèces rares ou inédites. Dessins d'après nature

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  An illustrated album by Henry de La Cuisine containing a catalog of antique items, natural specimens, artwork, and miscellaneous materials belonging to the estate of his father, Elisabeth-François de La Cuisine. The cover page is signed by the artist in the top right corner, "Henry de La Cuisine," and the title reads, "Catalogue de mes armes & objets d'antiquité, lépidoptères & insectes divers, variétés & espèces rares ou inédites. Dessins d'après nature." The album includes three illustrated title pages, with materials grouped under: catalog of weapons (121 items); paintings, engravings, and albums (69 items); natural history specimens (961 items); family objects from father's estate (65 items); and books (328 items). The volume lists over 1,500 items from Italy, Spain, Persia, Japan, Turkey, Egypt, China, India, and other countries, dating from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. Some pages include annotations by the artist, and within the artworks category, he mentions the names of many historic family members. In no specific order, the album contains 62 illustrated plates in iron ball pen, oil, and gouache paint depicting vibrant images of weapons (swords, rifles, revolvers, daggers), relics and reliquaries (crosses, rosaries, figurines), animals (beetles, butterflies, hummingbirds, seahorses, sea stars, sea snails, chameleons), minerals and precious metals (coal, aquamarine, copper carbonate, quartz, lazulite), and miscellaneous oddities. The plates are signed "H de LC" by the artist, and the illustrated figures are labeled. The album is bound in red half morocco with gilt fillets and a decorated spine. The item is fragile, and some of the plates are detaching from the binding.

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  P.W. French & Co. letter to William Hertrich

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  Photocopies, originals in Art Gallery Archives. Also: copy of letter to Hertrich relative to claim of P.W. French & Co. against estate of Henry E. Huntington, 1927 November 4.

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  American French Relations

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  Copies of the original correspondence relative to the French captures and the spoliations of American seamen, the Genet Affair, and the treaty with Great Britain, including copies of letters by Edmond Randolph, Timothy Pickering, George Washington, Joseph Fauchet and P.A. Adet.

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  P.W. French & Co. letters to Henry E. Huntington

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  Also: invoices, piece list of lengths of velvet, printed description of Lydig collection of Italian Renaissance furniture, and photocopy of letter, original in Art Gallery Archives, from Batterson & Eisele to P.W. French & Co, 1915 July 27, related to marble fountain; copies of letters from Charles E. Graham to P.W. French & Co., 1921 January 8 and December 13; copy of letter from Huntington to P.W. French & Co., 1923 March 28; 1925 June 10; 1926 April 20; statements of account. Subjects: Italian Renaissance fountain, garden statues, Roman sarcophagus, 17th century Italian temple.

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  Pursuit in the French Alps

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  A French boy challenges an unknown enemy in the rugged Alpine border country to establish the innocence of a young Italian accused of theft.

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