Auguste BARBIER

Eighth edition, with some parts in first edition, as revised and corrected.
Half-shagreen binding in dark green, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double gilt compartments, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy almost entirely free of foxing.
Our copy is enhanced with a one-page autograph letter signed by Auguste Barbier addressed to his publisher Paul Masgana regarding corrections to be made to the proofs he had sent him for the publication of this eighth edition.

First edition.
Bradel binding in checkered colored fabric with inner flaps, smooth spine rubbed at foot, black shagreen title labels, marbled endpapers, original covers with Magen's address preserved.
Scattered foxing.
Provenance: from the library of Alidor Delzant with his bookplate engraved by Loriot pasted on a pastedown.

Edition with some parts in first edition. Autograph inscription from the author: "A mon cousin et bon ami Sicard. Auguste Barbier." ["To my cousin and good friend Sicard. Auguste Barbier."] Followed by a note: "Après la mort de M. Sicard, M. Auguste Barbier est venu à Angers et a donné ce livre à M. Selou, notaire." ["After the death of M. Sicard, M. Auguste Barbier came to Angers and gave this book to M. Selou, notary."] Iambes is augmented with 3 unpublished poems and the collection Lazare appears for the first time.
Contemporary half green Russian leather with corners. Smooth spine decorated with a large central decorative panel, roll tool at foot. Gilt title and date. Rubbing to...

Fourth edition.
Bradel binding in full brown cloth, smooth spine, date and double gilt fillet at foot, signed binding.
Handsome copy.

First edition. Two poems not reprinted in subsequent editions.
Contemporary full brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fillets, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, gilt dentelle framing the marbled paper pastedowns, all edges gilt.
A handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Bound in half cherry red Russian morocco with corners, spine with five fine raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt romantic tools, gilt date at foot, one joint showing traces of rubbing, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, handsome binding in the Romantic taste signed by Canape.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Auguste Barbier to Monsieur Oliveira.
Some minor foxing affecting mainly the margins of certain leaves.
Handsome copy perfectly bound in a handsome pastiche...

First edition for the first text and second edition for the second.
Full cardboard binding, smooth spine, olive shagreen title-label, slight rubbing to one joint, contemporary binding.
Some foxing.

Fourth edition.
Half red shagreen binding, smooth spine faded, decorated with double gilt fillets with minor rubbing at head.
Some light foxing.

New collected edition. A medal-style portrait as frontispiece.
Early 20th-century binding in black morocco-backed boards with corners. Spine with four raised bands, featuring three mosaic compartments adorned with tawny morocco onlays and two tawny morocco lettering-pieces, gilt fillets. Top edge gilt. Minor traces of rubbing.
Original wrappers and spine preserved.
A very handsome copy, perfectly fresh.