Paul LACROIX

First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper of this auction catalogue listing the works comprising René-Charles Guilbert de Pixerécourt's library.
Vignette depicting Pixérécourt's engraved bookplate on the title page.
Spine cracked with lacks, boards detached, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Half grey calf bindings, spines with four raised bands set with gilt fillets, bordeaux morocco title and volume labels, marbled paper boards, speckled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary bindings.
Handsome copy attractively bound.

First edition of each catalogue.
The second catalogue is in two parts.
Contemporary half grey calf binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets and a fleuron, morocco title-label and compartment in burgundy, marbled paper boards, speckled paper endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary binding.
A handsome copy attractively bound.

First edition established and arranged by bibliophile Jacob from the original manuscript, one of 550 numbered copies on laid paper.
Half hazel shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly faded, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Handsome copy.

First edition reissued under new covers and relay title.
This rare collection was initially published in December 1833 under the title: L'amulette. Étrennes à nos jeunes amis.
Half dark green Russia morocco binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesques, gilt date at foot, gilt fillet on marbled paper boards, three scratches on first cover, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, bookplate pasted on pastedown, covers and spine preserved, elegant pastiche binding signed by Pouillet.
Work illustrated with a title vignette and 8 plates.
Some foxing of no great consequence.

First edition.
Half red Russian morocco bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets and double gilt compartments, gilt dots at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpavers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped.
Some foxing.
Rare.

First edition, illustrated with an engraved title and 15 steel engravings hors-texte on heavy paper.
Contemporary full navy blue shagreen binding signed Westley & Clark (London). Spine with false raised bands richly decorated. Boards very decorative with several successive frames. Edges gilt. Rubbing to headcaps, joints, bands and corners. 2 corners slightly turned. One signature sprung. Scattered foxing, particularly at the tissue guards.
Handsome copy nonetheless, in a rich English Romantic binding.
Collection of texts by various authors on Ghent, Antwerp, Bruges, Mechelen, the University of Louvain... Preface by Bibliophile Jacob.

First edition.
Half caramel calf bindings, spines with four raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt fillets, red morocco title and volume labels, some minor scratches to spines without significance, two upper headcaps showing traces of rubbing, one joint of the fifth volume fragile, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, elegant contemporary bindings signed by Simier relieur du Roi.
Scattered foxing, auction price notations inscribed in red ink in margins of descriptions.
Handsome copy in charming uniform contemporary binding signed by one of the most talented binders of the 19th century.

New edition printed on laid paper and accompanied by notes, with a preface by Paul Lacroix.
Bindings in half cherry red morocco with corners, spines with five raised bands decorated with double black compartments, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edges gilt, elegant unsigned contemporary bindings.
Work illustrated with etched plates by Léopold Flameng.
One joint of volume three fragile.

First edition published under the pseudonym of bibliophile Jacob.
Black paper boards, smooth spine, tan sheep title-label with two small angular lacks, one joint slightly cracked then reglued at head, red edges, modest contemporary binding.
Handsome interior condition.

New edition printed on China paper in small numbers and established by the bibliophile Jacob of this play almost unknown to all theater historians.
Bradel binding in half mouse-gray cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double fillet at tail, gray shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.

Fifth edition statement. Edition illustrated with 19 chromolithographs and 400 wood engravings.
Publisher's binding in imitation of great Grolier-style bindings. Half dark green shagreen with shagreen-textured cloth boards. Corners slightly bumped. Very occasional light foxing.
The interest of this work manifests itself both through its erudition and its accessibility and readability (historical anecdotes...). We owe it to Paul Jacob, who was a great bibliophile, a writer and scholar, and the curator of the Arsenal library. If the entire series has become a great classic in the field, it is because it successfully combines the work of publisher, printer, bookbinder, historian...

First edition, magnificently illustrated with 13 chromolithographs and 400 wood engravings in-text. Publisher's binding in its most luxurious version by Lenègre in half red shagreen richly decorated with a Souze plate, a plate also found on the red shagreen-textured percaline boards; binding evoking the rich Renaissance bindings of Grolier type. Gilt edges. Minor rubbing at foot. Very handsome copy, with some scattered foxing in the margins. The interest of the work manifests itself both through its erudition and its accessibility and readability (historical anecdotes...). We owe it to Paul Jacob, who was a great bibliophile, writer and scholar, and keeper of the Arsenal library. If the...

Second edition statement. Work illustrated with 17 chromolithographs and 300 wood engravings in the text (including 16 full-page). Title page in red and black. Fine luxurious production by Didot, carefully executed in all aspects (typography, illustration, paper...).
Publisher's red half-shagreen binding with corners, spine very richly decorated by Souze, and bound by Engel. Fillets on boards. Corners rubbed, 2 small paper lacks on boards (edges). Very pale stain from old dampstain in right margin of some pages, but overall very fresh. Handsome copy, with decorative appearance.
The work's interest manifests itself as much through its erudition as through its ease of approach and...

Second edition statement. Illustrated with 16 chromolithographs and 300 wood engravings (including 30 full-page plates) after monuments of the art of the period. Title page in red and black. Fine production by Didot, carefully executed in all aspects (typography, illustration, paper...). Publisher's red half-shagreen with corners, spine very richly decorated by Souze, and bound by Engel. Fillets on the boards. Corners rubbed, 2 small paper lacks to the boards (edges). Very pale halo from an old dampstain in the right margin of certain pages, but overall very fresh. Handsome copy with decorative appeal. The interest of the work is manifest both in its erudition and its accessibility and...

First edition and first printing of the illustrations by Tony Johannot, Paul Gavarni and Jean Gigoux.
Half chocolate brown morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with gilt typographical motifs set within double gilt compartments, gilt date at foot, gilt friezes at head and foot, gilt fillet frame on pebbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, handsome romantic covers and spine (lined and with slight lacks of no importance at head and foot) preserved, elegant binding signed David.
Occasional foxing.
Handsome copy perfectly executed.

New edition revised and published by the bibliophile Paul-Louis.
Binding to bradel half red morocco, back with five nerves set with black nets black nets decorated with double, tiny minor scratches on the back, boards, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilded head, bookplates Charles Asselineau sized head of a contreplat, contemporary binding signed Lortic, the bookbinder favored by Charles Baudelaire.
Work   enriched with a preliminary information form, philological notes by A. Asselin, L. Dubois, Pluquet Julien Travers and Charles Nodier.
Provenance: Library of Charles Asselineau with his bookplate engraved and glued on a contreplat.
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