First edition

Louis PETIT DE JULLEVILLE

La chanson de Roland. Histoire, analyse, extraits par L. Petit de Julleville

Armand Colin & Cie, Paris 1894, 11,5x18cm, relié.

First edition of this presentation.
Bound in half red shagreen, back with five nerves set with gilded nets and adorned with golden typographic motifs, framing of triple golden threads on the red cardboard plates, first board struck in its center with a golden laurel wreath and a mention of [...]

60 €

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First edition

Nicolas HEINSIUS

L'avanturier hollandois, ou La vie et les avantures divertissantes d'un Hollandois

Chez les Westein & Smith, à Amsterdam 1729, Fort. in-16 (7,5x13,5cm), (10) 448pp. et (8) 480pp., 2 volumes reliés.

French rare first edition, illustrated with 2 frontispices (the same repeated) and 12 pretty unsigned figures. Translation of the author himself. The novel was only reprinted in 1801 under another title. Title pages in red and black.
Binders full brown calf vintage granite. Back with ornate [...]

700 €

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First edition, Signed book

Henry GAUTHIER-VILLARS DIT WILLY

Carte autographe de Willy "Ah ! ah ! vous aussi, vous êtes pornographe !"

s.d., 11,5x8cm, une carte.

Carte autographe signée de Henry Gauthier-Villars dit Willy, 6 lignes à l'encre violette, adresse de l'expéditeur en pied : « Rue de Courcelles 93 ». 
Cocasse lettre de Willy, personnalité centrale de la vie mondaine parisienne du tournant du XIXe, où transparaît tout son goût pour [...]

200 €

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First edition, Signed book

Napoléon-Jérôme BONAPARTE

Quatre lettres de Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte, aux signatures maçonniques, adressées au peintre ...

Italie, circa 1842, 13,5x20,5cm, 4 feuillets rempliés.

Set of four letters from Napoleon-Jerome Bonaparte to the painter Geniole, two are dated August 21 and December 12 [1842], 6 pages in brown ink, recipient address on the back of the sheets, two seals of the sender in part preserved.
Folds inherent in envelopes.
Some tiny [...]

800 €

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First edition, Signed book

Henri de MONTHERLANT

Lettre autographe de Henry de Montherlant à Noël B. de la Mort " il y a des périodes pour les ...

s.l. 12 septembre 1942, 20,5x27cm, un feuillet.

Signed autograph letter of Henry de Montherlant at Christmas B. de la Mort, dated September 12, 1942, 16 lines in black ink, envelope attached.

250 €

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First edition, Signed book

Pierre PUVIS DE CHAVANNES

Lettre autographe signée de Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Paris, 9 mai 1898, 12x15cm, un feuillet.

Autograph letter signed by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, dated May 9, 1898, 19 lines in black ink on letterhead with the address of the mansion of his wife Marie Cantacuzène "89 avenue de Villiers" .
A moving letter of thanks from the painter Pierre Puvis de Chavannes: " [...]

350 €

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First edition, Signed book

Henri de MONTHERLANT

Lettre autographe signée de Henry de Montherlant

19 juin 1949, 13,5x21cm, un feuillet.

Autograph letter signed by Henry de Montherlant to Robert Pignarre, dated June 19, 1949, 15 lines in blue ink, envelope attached.
Folds inherent to the enveloping.
Warm letter of thanks to professor Robert Pignarre following a conference at the Alliance française on his [...]

150 €

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First edition

Emmanuel, Abbé DOMENECH

Voyage pittoresque dans les grands déserts du Nouveau Monde

Morizot, Paris 1862, Fort in-8 (18x27cm), 608pp., relié.

First french edition, illustrated with 40 color insets, representing panoramic views of American deserts, Indian antiques, Indian types and scenes of manners.
Binding in brown half morocco vintage flat percaline chagrined. Back with false nerves adorned with boxes cold and hot. Cold framing [...]

400 €

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