Alphonse de LAMARTINE

Illustrated edition with 21 black and white figures printed on China paper by Célestin Nanteuil and Henri Baron as well as numerous in-text engravings.
Text augmented with a description of Jerusalem by Alphonse de Lamartine.
Half red morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets and decorated with double black compartments ornamented at their centers with gilt floral motifs, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, combed edges.
Some foxing.
Handsome copy attractively bound.

Autograph letter dated and signed by Alphonse de Lamartine; one page with his monogram blind-stamped in the upper left corner and written in black ink on one leaf, 15 lines.
Folds inherent to mailing.
In this letter, Lamartine shows his happiness to collaborate with their mutual friend's journal and confirms a financial agreement.

Full-length albumen carte-de-visite photograph of Alphonse de Lamartine, taken by Adolphe Alexandre Martin.
Photograph mounted on card bearing A. Martin's name. Photographer's advertisement on verso. Fine print.
This sitting at Martin's studio produced several photographs of the writer, in slightly different poses. This same photograph can be found at the Lamartine museum, with the writer in a different pose, seated on the armchair visible in the background, with a plaid blanket on his knees; the Musée d'Orsay possesses one with the writer still seated, but without the plaid. This sitting was Lamartine's last, showing him shortly before his death. Furthermore, the exact date of the...

First edition. Frontispiece engraved on steel depicting the château de Saint-Point.
Contemporary half dark green shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with ornate compartments. Dark green shagreen title-label, gilt initials F. C. at foot. Foxing to endpapers and first 4 leaves, light scattered foxing thereafter. Some rubbing. Tiny lack along upper joint at head. Good copy.

First edition.
Half black Russian morocco bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, gilt dates at foot, marbled paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edges gilt, slipcases edged with black morocco, pebbled paper boards, elegant romantic pastiche bindings signed Champs.
Bookplate pasted on an endpaper of the first volume, the facing page bearing this manuscript notation in pen: "édition princeps".
Fine copy, free from foxing, in an attractive romantic pastiche binding by Champs.

Original albumen print photograph depicting Alphonse de Lamartine, in carte-de-visite format, mounted on studio card from Nadar "35 boulevart des Capucines".
This photograph, taken in 1856, was marketed between 1862 and 1871, as evidenced by the photographer's address on the back of the card.
Pen annotation on the reverse of the photograph.

First edition. The half-titles all bear the heading: Oeuvres complètes de Lamartine. A steel portrait at the frontispiece, 2 folding maps of the Mediterranean and Syria.
Bound in slightly later red half-shagreen. Spine with raised bands decorated with cold-stamped roulettes and thick fillets, as well as gilt fillets. Joints of volume 1 cracked at foot over 2cm. Rubbing, notably to the boards. One corner bumped, without loss. Scattered foxing on title pages and margins. On the second volume, trace of pale dampstaining to upper margin throughout. The folding table of Arab tribes is torn along one fold, without loss. Owner's name at foot: M. Troulé.
Remarkable for its description of...

First edition.
Full green sheep bindings, strictly contemporary. Smooth spines richly decorated with Restoration-era tools. Black sheep title and volume labels. Large decorative blind stamp on boards and gilt ruling frame. Ruling on edges. Spines uniformly faded. Signs of rubbing. 2 corners slightly bumped. Scattered foxing, quite pronounced on the second title page and some pages, mostly in the outer margins, the whole showing rather clean. One tear p. 179 in volume 1, without loss.
Handsome copy in full decorated Romantic binding.

First edition, without false statement of edition, which is quite rare for this work. The half-titles bear the heading: Complete Works, as the 2 volumes were indeed part of the staggered publication over several years of Lamartine's works, each volume being available for separate purchase, a common practice at the time.
Contemporary full tobacco calf binding. Smooth spine with 4 romantic tools in mirror arrangement. Brown calf title and volume labels. Blind-ruled frame and gilt fillet. Light scattered foxing. Upper joints rubbed. Traces of rubbing. Handsome copy in full contemporary binding.
Epic poetry recounting how an angel, in love with a mortal woman, takes human form at the...

First edition.
Half wine-red shagreen binding, spine with four false raised bands decorated with compartments formed by quadruple fillets. Signs of rubbing. Light dampstains to upper margins of some leaves, otherwise very clean throughout. Good copy.
A novel that is both biographical and fictionalized, in this work Lamartine evokes the founding event of his artistic and amorous life, his encounter with Julie-Charles, the Elvire of the Méditations.

First edition.
A tear to head of a spine and small lacks to foot of both spines, occasional foxing, covers of the second volume stained.

Edition with some parts in first edition, published at the author's expense.
Half black shagreen bindings, smooth spines decorated with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled paper pastedowns and endpapers, green corners
Some occasional light rubbing, foxing. Contemporary bindings.
Author's inscription on the half-title page of volume 1: "Mémoire et reconnaissance".
A final volume appeared in 1866 which is often missing.
The most sought-after edition.

The rare first edition of this political pamphlet which appeared for the first time in the first issue of the Revue européenne.
Later 20th-century binding, a very fine pastiche of a contemporary binding. Half caramel calf. Smooth spine decorated with 4 fleurons, roulettes and fillets. Fine marbled paper on the boards. Scattered foxing, more pronounced on the title page. Very handsome copy.
In this text from the beginning of his parliamentary career, which can be considered foundational to his political thought, Lamartine develops precise conceptions: a vision that is at once practical, ambitious and deontological of politics based on a global conception of social organization. When...

First edition.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Alphonse de Lamartine to the painter (Jean) Gigoux.
Small restored tears to head and foot of joints, spotting.

First edition.
Half aubergine calf bindings with small corners, spines faded with four raised bands set with gilt garlands and decorated with gilt fleurons, gilt dates at foot, one stain at foot of spine of first volume, gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spines (restored) preserved, elegant romantic pastiche bindings.

New edition published five years after the original of 1836, decorated with a frontispiece, several plates after Marckl and engraved by Quartley, Dujardin and Piaud, with vignettes and tailpieces.
Half green shagreen Empire binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt rococo ornaments, triple gilt fillets on boards and corners, all edges gilt.
Joint at foot of front board slightly cracked.
Some discreet foxing.
Handsome copy elegantly bound in a contemporary Empire binding.

First edition.
Half-sheep binding in navy blue, spine with five raised bands set with black stippling decorated with double black fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, one tear to a leading edge, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies.
Letters written by George Sand among others.
A small lack at head of spine, handsome copy with full margins.

Illustrated with 52 original etchings in bistre by Georges Bouisset, one of 350 numbered copies on pure Arches laid paper.
The work is also decorated with wood-engraved tailpieces.
Spine lightly discolored and faded as is generally the case, otherwise a fine copy.

First edition.
Spine with small lacks, not serious, to head and foot, two angular lacks to foot of covers, scattered foxing.

Illustrated with original etchings by Eugène Corneau, and printed in 210 copies on pure Lana laid paper, ours being one of 20 numbered copies including a suite in black, deluxe copies after 10 other Lana copies.
Our copy is complete with its suite in black at rear.
Worming to the chemise as well as to the very first pages of the work, otherwise handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Contemporary full pasteboard binding, paper covered, smooth spine, red morocco title-label, blue pencil inscription on a blank page.
Historical satire presented in the form of long poems in the manner of Lamartine. Very rare.

First edition of the Portuguese translation and first Brazilian edition.
Full red cloth binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with fleurons, dotwork and gilt fillets, gilt dentelle at head and foot, covers richly decorated with triple gilt compartments, with a central lozenge with hatched borders surrounded by a garland, black morocco inlays, gilt rolls framing the pastedowns and on the leading edges, edges gilt, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré paper, publisher's binding, binder's label pasted.
Minimal traces of rubbing, occasional light foxing, otherwise a handsome and well-established copy.

First edition of this very famous anthology.
Contemporary half dark green shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 4 fleurons. Top edge gilt. Light traces of rubbing. Fine copy, very fresh.
Rich and numerous contributions including those by Arthur Rimbaud, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Alphonse de Lamartine, Victor Hugo, Alfred de Vigny, Pétrus Borel, Théophile Gautier, Alfred de Musset, André Chénier, François-René de Chateaubriand, Charles Nodier, Ulrich Guttinguer, Alphonse Daudet, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Léon Dierx, Théodore de Banville, Léon Cladel, Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle, Charles Baudelaire, Émile Goudeau, Paul Verlaine, Guy de Maupassant...

Illustrated edition with 31 plates, including 6 portraits, 18 views, 2 maps and 6 music plates, initials, tailpieces, headpieces and numerous in-text vignettes. Handsome edition beautifully decorated with romantic motifs. Each title page with an in-text vignette.
Contemporary half blue glazed calf bindings with corners, smooth spines decorated with gilt romantic tools, gilt volume numbers and gilt friezes at foot, some headcaps slightly worn, marbled paper boards, one upper joint of volume 2 with a tear, two tears to lower corners of volume 10, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, labels pasted to versos of first boards and bibliophile stamps on half-title pages...

Anthologie des poètes français du XIX^è siècle
First collective edition for each of the volumes. The very first and early anthology of all the most important 19th century's French poets, including the contemporary ones like Rimbaud or Mallarmé.

Publisher's bindings in full grey cloth, spines decorated with a polychrome floral motif, floral freizes at the top and bottom of the spines, bevelled boards illustrated with a polychrome decoration consisting of an allegory of poetry and a floral decoration, brown or blue paper endpapers, all...

first edition.
Binders half calf navy blue, smooth back slightly thinned adorned with golden cartridges, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, some small friction on the cuts, romantic bindings of the time.
The book includes a portrait of the author as a frontispiece, a table and two cards in-fine.
Some little foxing and light scratches on the flat.