Arsène HOUSSAYE

Arsène HOUSSAYE

Born28 mars 1815
Died27 février 1896
LanguageFrench
NationalityFrance
Homme de lettres. Pseudonyme d'Arsène Housset
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HOUSSAYE, Arsène
  1. Les nuits d'hiver, poésies complètes
    Henry MURGER, Théophile GAUTIER

    Les nuits d'hiver, poésies complètes[Winter Nights, Complete Poems]

    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1861|11.5 x 18 cm|Relié

    First edition, with no deluxe paper copies issued.

    Half aubergine shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges. Contemporary binding.

    This collection of poems is followed by essays on Henry Murger by Théophile Gautier, Jules Janin, Arsène Houssaye, and Paul de Saint-Victor.

    Our copy is enriched with an autograph note signed by Henry Murger, informing his correspondent that he will visit him soon.

     

    €200
  2. Les grandes dames
    Arsène HOUSSAYE

    Les grandes dames

    E. Dentu|Paris 1868|15 x 24 cm|4 volumes reliés
    First edition illustrated with 4 red chalk portraits of women as frontispieces to the volumes.
    Full red morocco bindings, spines with five raised bands set with black fillets, gilt dates at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelle border on pastedowns, double gilt fillets on leading edges, top edges gilt, elegant contemporary bindings signed Andrieux.
    Very handsome copy superbly bound in contemporary full morocco.
    €500
  3. Le palais pompéien de l'Avenue Montaigne
    Théophile GAUTIER, Arsène HOUSSAYE

    Le palais pompéien de l'Avenue Montaigne

    Au palais pompéien • Librairie Internationale|Paris s. d. [1866]|18.50 x 28 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in red half-cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron and double gilt fillet at foot, brown shagreen label, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
    Our copy contains a folding engraving depicting a theatrical rehearsal in the atrium of His Majesty Napoleon III.
    Handsome copy.
    Rare.
    €450
  4. Revue du Salon de 1844
    Arsène HOUSSAYE, Narcisse DIAZ DE LA PENA

    Revue du Salon de 1844

    Martinon|Paris 1844|25 x 32 cm|relié

    First edition published in 20 instalments, illustrated with wood-engraved vignettes in the text after Célestin Nanteuil, Français, Karl Girardet, Jules David, etc., and 20 copper-engraved or lithographed plates after Diaz, Decamps, Hazé, A. Guignet, E. Hedouin, Théodore Chasseriau, Alophe, Couture, etc. The original covers of all instalments are bound at the end. The covers erroneously announce 30 engravings instead of the 20 actually included.
    Later binding in red Russian half morocco with corners, spine in five raised bands richly gilt, date in gilt at foot, gilt fillet frame on pasteboard covers. Considerable rubbing and bumped corners.

    €600
  5. Mademoiselle Cléopatre - Histoire parisienne
    Arsène HOUSSAYE

    Mademoiselle Cléopatre - Histoire parisienne

    Michel Lévy|Paris 1864|16 x 24 cm|relié
    First edition, one of the copies printed on laid Holland paper.
    Jansenist binding in full red morocco, spine with five raised bands, gilt dentelle frame on pastedowns, pastedowns and endpapers lined with combed paper, double gilt fillet on leading edges, gilt roulettes on headcaps, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, binding signed by Andrieux, binder to the House of Orléans, who was active from approximately 1837 to 1870.
    Engraved portrait of Cleopatra as frontispiece.
    A very handsome copy in perfect condition.
    €800
  6. Le XVIIIème siècle
    Arsène HOUSSAYE, Victor HUGO

    Le XVIIIème siècle

    Dentu|Paris 1876|12 x 19 cm|3 volumes reliés
    Tenth edition but first in parts, as reviewed and expanded.
    Contemporary half navy blue morocco over marbled paper boards by E. Babouot, spine in six compartments with gilt dots and double gilt compartments richly decorated with gilt motifs, gilt fillet frame to covers, some corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, ex libris of Victor Hugo pasted to versos of upper covers.
    Handsome autograph inscription signed by Arsène Houssaye to Victor Hugo, "au maître des maîtres / à mon cher Victor Hugo / Arsène Houssaye [To the master of masters / my dear Victor Hugo / Arsène Houssaye]”, on a leaf bound in at start of first volume.
    The page with the...
    €800
  7. Oeuvres de Chamfort
    Arsène HOUSSAYE, Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas de CHAMFORT

    Oeuvres de Chamfort

    Adolphe Delahays|Paris 1857|11 x 18 cm|relié
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  8. Voyage à Venise
    Arsène HOUSSAYE

    Voyage à Venise

    Ferdinand Sartorius|Paris 1850|12 x 19 cm|broché
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  11. La Comédie française 1680-1880
    Arsène HOUSSAYE

    La Comédie française 1680-1880

    Ludovic Baschet|Paris 1880|35 x 64 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 100 copies on Holland paper with the engravings before letters on Japan paper.
    Half chocolate shagreen binding with corners, spine with 6 raised bands, date and place of publication at foot, speckled paper boards, traces of rubbing on boards, circular mark on second board, some slight scuffing to leading edges, corners slightly bumped.
    Edition enhanced with numerous wood engraving and heliogravure plates outside the text, depicting portraits of the great authors and great actors of the Comédie française.
    Some scattered foxing, otherwise a handsome and imposing copy pleasingly bound.
    €450
  13. En route
    (Arsène HOUSSAYE) Alexandre PIÉDAGNEL

    En route

    Librairie Fischbacher|Paris 1886|9.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
    First edition published in a small number of copies.
    Autograph inscription from the author.
    Marginal worming to front cover, two small tears neatly repaired without loss to spine.
    €45
  14. Les grandes dames
    Arsène HOUSSAYE

    Les grandes dames

    Dentu|Paris 1874|27.50 x 18.50 cm|Un Vol. relié
    First edition of this Balzacian novel featuring a Don Juan and courtesans in the 19th-century style, with all the darkness and nonchalance desired. Illustrated with 20 steel engravings hors texte by Flameng, La Guillermie..., most printed in sanguine. Engravings as head-pieces, initials, tail-pieces...
    Full black morocco. Spine with 4 false raised bands. Triple fillet forming 4 compartments each with a decorative tool. Relief escutcheon monogrammed J.D on the upper cover. Edges gilt. Corners somewhat rubbed. Light worming and pale foxing, mainly in the margins of the engravings. Some marginal dampstains on a few isolated leaves.
    Handsome edition of this uncommon work. Houssaye was...
    €200
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