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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First edition, Signed book

Jean LORRAIN, Antoon Van WELIE

Ellen

Pierre Douville, Paris 1906, 13x19,5cm, relié.

First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Holland paper, only large papers.
Illustrated cover by Antoon Van Welie.
Binding in full burgundy morocco, back with five nerves set with black fillets, golden date at the tail, golden casters on the caps, guards and flaps of moiré effect paper, [...]

3 000 €

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First edition

Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard GRANDVILLE, Jonathan SWIFT

Voyages de Gulliver dans des contrées lointaines

Furne et Cie & H. Fournier, Paris 1838, in 8 (13x21cm), 279pp. et 319pp., 2 volumes reliés.

First edition edition of the illustration of Grandville. A frontispiece on flying china and 450 vignettes on wood in-text, and 5 out of text, the four titles of the four voyages and the literary allegory in frontispiece of the notice. New translation, biographical and literary note on Jonathan [...]

850 €

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First edition

Thomas CORNEILLE & Bernard le Bovier de FONTENELLE

Le dictionnaire universel des arts et des sciences

Chez Jean-Baptiste Coignard, à Paris 1732, In-Folio (26x40cm), (10) 678pp. et (4) 645pp. (1), 2 volumes reliés.

Nouvelle édition, corrigée et augmentée par Fontenelle. Le tome I s'étend de A à L, le tome II de M à Z. 2 vignettes de titre et de lettrines gravés par Mariette. Pages de titre en rouge et noir. Impression sur 2 colonnes.
Exemplaire aux armes totalement grattées. On distingue encore [...]

600 €

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