Ferdinand FABRE

First edition.
Half dark green shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, front board with a small paper lack at foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
Occasional foxing.

First edition.
Half caramel calf binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, turquoise morocco title label, author's name in red morocco, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Some foxing.
Provenance: from the library of the Count of Mougins Roquefort with his bookplate pasted on a pastedown.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double gilt compartments adorned with gilt floral motifs, double fillets on marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, one corner bumped, contemporary binding.
Rare.

First edition.
Half chocolate brown morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, traces of a bookplate that has been torn off a pastedown, top edge gilt, original wrappers preserved, elegant unsigned binding.
Some foxing.
Handsome copy handsomely bound.

New edition.
Bound in brown half shagreen, spine raised on four bands set with gilded nets, small black spots on the back without gravity which also has very slight scratches are not serious, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, binding of time.
autograph dedication of the author autograph dated and signed by Ferdinand Fabre Mr. Allard.

first edition of the author's masterpiece.
Binding half morocco navy with corners, back with five nerves decorated with gilded nets set with double ornate gilded coffered typographical motifs, golden tail date coaching gilded nets on marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper , gilded head, wrappers and back preserved and bound in (slightly dated back), gilded head, perfect binding signed Devauchelle.
Precious and exceptional autograph signed by Ferdinand de Lesseps to Fabre: "To the French, Ferdinand de Lesseps, testimony of profound respect, Ferdinand Fabre".
Provenance: the Gryse Georges library with his bookplate pasted on a guard.
Very nice copy elegantly established by Roger Devauchelle and an illustrious provenance.

New edition, from the author's complete works, printed on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half caramel morocco, smooth spine decorated with a cartouche and double gilt compartments decorated at angles, date at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Champs.
Fine copy handsomely bound.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Half bottle-green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, bookplate pasted to verso of front board.

first edition.
Bound in brown half shagreen, back with four nerves decorated with double gilded boxes decorated with gold floral patterns, marbled paper plates, paper contreplats guards and to the tank.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by Ferdinand André Fabre Theuriet.

first edition.
Bound in red half shagreen with corners, back with five nerves set with black fillets, framing of double net gilded on the boards of marbled paper, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilded head, preserved covers.
Signed autograph Ferdinand Fabre to his nephew Leon Garnier.

first edition.
Binding in full navy blue morocco, spine raised on five bands set with black fillets decorated with double black boxes, a figure topped by a gilded golden allegory tail back repeated spandrels on the boards, a split Length joints golden wheels on caps, frame triple black nets on the boards, coaching a golden lace on contreplats, guards and contreplats paper the tank top corners lightly bumped, nets gilded on the cuts, gilded head, stunning unsigned binding.
Signed autograph of Ferdinand Baron Fernand Fabre Schiekler president of the "Protestant History Society": "... I offer the painful story of my religious vocation ..."
Pleasant copy established in a beautifully bound in full morocco.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine split with tears and lacks at head and foot.