First edition

Auguste BERNARD

Geofroy Tory, peintre et graveur, premier imprimeur royal réformateur de l'orthographe et de la ...

Edwin Tross, Paris 1857, 14x22,5cm, relié.

Rare first edition.
Binding half tan havana, back slightly cleared five nerves with traces of rubbing, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, slightly faded wrappers preserved and bound in.
Illustrated book of figures in the text.
Some small freckles without gravity.

120 €

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Albert TISSANDIER

Six mois aux Etats-Unis. Voyage d'un touriste dans l'Amérique du nord suivi d'une excursion à ...

G. Masson, Paris 1886 (S.d.), In-8 (16x24cm), 298pp., relié.

First Edition, illustrated with 82 engravings including 25 full page, 8 plates inset on double page and 2 cards.
Binding half black sheepskin contemporary. Back with 4 nerves decorated with nets. Friction on the boards, on the edges and corners.

280 €

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Yves CHEVREFILS DESBIOLLES

Les revues d'art de l'entre-deux guerres à Paris

Université de Paris I Panthéon, Paris 1991, 21x29,5cm, broché.

First edition of this thesis defended in order to obtain the doctorate.
A fold trace on the second board, two small traces of sunstroke on the margin of the first board.
Rare.

 

100 €

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Suzanne BALLIVET, Pierre LOUYS

Les aventures du roi Pausole

Editions du Livre, Monte-Carlo 1927, 24x28,5cm, en feuilles sous chemise et étui.

Edition adorned with 20 original illustrations in-text and inset illustrations by Suzanne Ballivet, one of the 925 numbered copies on large vellum Renage.
Our copy is enriched with an unreported suite of 11 free boards.
Nice copy.

 

250 €

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First edition

Henri WELSCHINGER

Les almanachs de la Révolution

Librairie des Bibliophiles, Paris 1884, 12,5x19,5cm, relié.

First edition.
Binding in half red percaline, smooth discolored back adorned with a golden floret, double gilded nets in tail, title piece of black shagreen, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of orange paper.
Small foxing, ex-dono at the pen of a previous owner on the fake title page.

50 €

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First edition

Louis-Joseph Gabriel de CHENIER

Histoire de la vie politique, militaire et administrative du maréchal Davout, duc d'Auerstaedt, ...

Cosse, Marchal & Cie, Paris 1866, 14x22,5cm, 2 volumes reliés.

First edition.
Bindels binding in half percaline Siena earth, smooth backs adorned with gilded floral motifs, double gilded nets in tails, black shagreen title pieces, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper.
Clear scattered foxinges, ex-donos at the pen of a previous [...]

300 €

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First edition

Capitaine ALBERT

Le manuscrit des carabiniers

Berger-Levrault & Cie, Paris & Nancy 1894, 16,5x25,5cm, relié.

First edition.
Binding in half percaline Siena bradel, smooth back decorated with a golden floral pattern, double gilded nets in tail, title piece of black shagreen, marble paper plates, guards and contreplats of orange paper, Contemporary binding.
Small foxing mainly affecting the slices, [...]

250 €

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François LE VAILLANT

Voyage de Monsieur Le Vaillant dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique, par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance

De l'imprimerie de Crapelet, à Paris 1798 (An VI), In-8 (12x19,5cm), xxxij, 385pp. et (4) 403pp. (1), 2 volumes reliés.

New edition, illustrated with 20 plates (animals, views, camps, natives) against 12 in the first edition of 1790, including 6 unfolding, all on hard paper, including the famous board of the Hottentote apron, which is sometimes missing.
Reals in full sheepskin marbled ice. Smooth back decorated [...]

800 €

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