First edition, Signed book

Pierre-Jean JOUVE

Lettre autographe signée d'une page et demie

S.n., Paris 1er août 1926, 14x21,5cm, une feuille.

Autograph letter dated August 1, 1926 and signed with a page and a half of Pierre Jean Jouve apologizing to his correspondent after the latter knocked on his door and Pierre Jean Jouve, then bedridden and suffering, could not open to him. Embarrassed and exhausted, he wishes to see his [...]

150 €

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Jacques BOILEAU

Histoire des flagellans

Chez Henry Du Sauzet, à Amsterdam 1732, In-12 (9,5x16,8cm), xxxij, 306pp. (10), relié.

Second edition, revised and corrected. Title page in red and black. The first edition appeared in Latin in 1700.
Binding in full speckled brown calf. Ornate nerved back. title label in red morocco. Tail cap removed. Upper joint split into tail. A blunt corner. Very fresh copy.
Ex libris [...]

450 €

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First edition, Signed book

Ephraïm MIKHAEL & Bernard LAZARE

Manuscrit autographe complet La fiancée de Corinthe

S.n., s.l. 1888, 24,5x31,5cm, relié.

Complete autograph manuscript, by Ephraim Mikhael, of 28 sheets mounted on tabs and lined with flexible cardstock for some of them.
Bradel binding in half cardboard with vellum-like corners, smooth back decorated with typographic patterns at the head and at the tail, marbled paper boards, paper [...]

6 800 €

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First edition

Ephraïm MIKHAEL

Le cor fleuri

Tresse & Stock, Paris 1889, 13x18,5cm, broché.

First edition for which there is no mention of large papers.
Small gaps in the margins of some sheets, a tiny lack at the top of the first board.

450 €

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First edition

Ephraïm MIKHAEL & Bernard LAZARE

La fiancée de Corinthe

Camille Dalou, Paris 1888, 20x27,5cm, relié.

First edition, one of the rare copies on Japan.
Bradel binding in half cardboard with vellum-like corners, smooth back decorated with typographic patterns at the head and at the tail, marbled paper boards, paper guards and counterplates in the tank, golden head, preserved cover.
Beautiful [...]

2 500 €

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First edition

Joseph Mallord William TURNER, LEITCH RITCHIE

The rivers of France, from drawings by Turner

Henry G. Bohn, London 1857, Fort grd. in-8 (18,5x28cm), 336pp., relié.

First edition illustrated with a title engraved with a vignette of the chateau Gaillard and 61 inserts on steel by Turner and engraved by Higham, Brendard, Smith, Willmore ... The whole on strong vellum.
Publisher's binding in full shagreen green leather. Richly decorated false nerves back. [...]

700 €

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Xavier de SAINTINE

Seul !

Hachette & Cie, Paris 1885, 11,5x18cm, relié.

Sixth edition
Binding in half brown heartache, back with four false nerves adorned with richly decorated double golden boxes, framing of cold geometric patterns on the brown cardboard plates, guards and counterparts of white moiré silk, all gilt edges, Contemporary binding.
Some small [...]

50 €

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First edition, Signed book

Théophile GAUTIER

Le capitaine Fracasse

Charpentier, Paris 1863, 12x18cm, 2 volumes reliés.

Rare and sought after first edition, according to Clouzot, especially in contemporary binding
Bindings in half shagreen bottle green, back with four nerves adorned with golden and black nets, plates of marbled paper, guards and counterplates of paper in the tank, two slight scratches without [...]

9 000 €

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