Charles NODIER

Fine copy of the illustrated new edition of 1820, printed in 4 volumes, enriched with The Influence of Women during the Empire and historical notes by Charles Nodier.

Half burgundy embossed shagreen, smooth spine decorated with gilt friezes and fillets, marbled paper boards, yellow-stained edges. Corners of headcaps rubbed, wear to joints and some foxing. Scratch to spine of volume 2.

This copy contains 4 frontispieces engraved by Ad. Godefroy after drawings by Chasselat. The title pages of the four...

First edition.
Half bottle-green sheep binding, smooth discolored spine decorated with triple gilt fillets, gilt date at foot, red sheep title label with minor rubbing, a scratch on the upper headcap, pebbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Some foxing, printed reading-room stamps, bookplate pasted to one pastedown.

First edition illustrated with 50 in-text vignettes engraved on wood by Porret after Tony Johannot.
Full blue morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double gilt compartments richly decorated, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, binding signed David.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally faded, some traces of rubbing to spine.
Copy free from foxing.

A collection of twelve volumes comprising the complete eight-volume Collection des petits classiques françois, published under the direction of Charles Nodier and Nicolas Delangle, together with four contemporary works belonging to the same literary and publishing milieu. The original series was dedicated to the Duchesse de Berry and printed using the types of Jules Didot the Elder. The present set is numbered 17 and is one of 25 copies on Dutch paper, following 6 copies on Chinese paper and preceding 500 copies on extra-fine paper.

 

First edition.
Half green sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with triple gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
One tear at head of a leading edge, corners slightly bumped, foxing, two printed library stamps on half-title and title pages.

First edition.
Cntemporary marbled roan binding, smooth spine with partialy faded roll-tooled and ruled gilt motifs, burgundy roan title-label, spine-ends restored, joints restored at head and foot, marbled paper pastedowns and endpapers, gilt ruled leading edges, upper corners bent, marbled edges.
Some minor foxing, browned leaves, printed library stamp and pencil annotations to one endpaper.
Provenance: Louis Humbert library, with his bookplate on front pastedown.
Rare signed inscription by Charles Nodier to the royalist journalist, disciple of Félicité de La Mennais, staunch critic of Romanticism Pierre-Sébastien Laurentie: "A Monsieur Laurentie, son dévoué...

New illustrated edition with 8 etchings by Tony Johannot bearing the artist's name engraved with the point, on China paper mounted. These illustrations belong to the first illustrated edition of 1845, 2 are artist's proofs without Johannot's name added by him. Printed on laid paper.
Half old red shagreen binding with corners signed Petit at the top of the first endpaper. Spine with raised bands richly decorated with elaborately gilt compartments. Red shagreen title label. Top edge gilt. Uncut copy, full-margined, perfectly fresh. Spine slightly faded.
Handsome copy from the sale of Jacques Crépineau's library, without his bookplate but with a bookmark from L'Etude Ader reproducing...

Bilingual illustrated edition in first printing, translated by Charles Nodier with the English text facing. Notice by Charles Nodier. 10 plates by Johannot on heavy laid paper before letters and more than one hundred vignettes. Printed on fine tinted laid paper. A frontispiece on China paper mounted on heavy laid paper. Text within ruled borders.
Full glazed midnight blue calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with long mirror tools. Boards stamped in blind with a large Cathedral plate with foliate scrollwork (motifs that seem to reproduce the front cover). Edges gilt. Interior border. Fresh overall, but foxing on the frontispiece and title leaf. Traces of rubbing. One upper edge...

Rare original lithograph, executed by Patrice Dillon for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 20 published in December 1898.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on Japan paper with wide margins, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's dry stamp depicting a child's profile in the lower margin, numbered stamp of the deluxe printing on the reverse; engraving preceded by a tissue guard captioned with the artist's name, title, and an extract from a work.
Lithograph inspired by an extract from Polichinelle by Charles Nodier, reproduced on the print's tissue guard.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne...

Rare original lithograph, executed by Paul-César Helleu for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 20 published in December 1898.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper with wide margins, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's dry stamp depicting a child's profile in the lower margin, mounted on a sheet of laid paper with the numbered stamp of the deluxe printing on the reverse, some foxing.
Lithograph inspired by an extract from Polichinelle by Charles Nodier.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of original chromolithographs which, unlike other magazines such as Les Maîtres...

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.
Contemporary half tawny sheep binding with small corners, smooth spine decorated with triple gilt fillets, navy blue morocco title label, pebbled paper boards, yellow edges speckled with red.
Some minor foxing, bibliophile's printed stamps at head of half-title page and page 99, engraved bookplate pasted to verso of front board with library classification note in black ink that has spread onto facing page.

First edition.
Half brown calf binding with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt typographical motifs, gilt friezes at head and foot, navy blue calf title label, gilt fillet on marbled paper boards, speckled paper endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy attractively bound in contemporary binding.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets and ornate triple gilt compartments with gilt stars at their centers, red paper boards marginally faded, speckled paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some foxing.
Very rare copy complete with its 46 engraved plates and 4 folding maps at the end of the volume.

First edition never put into commerce, intended for members of the royal family and state dignitaries. It is printed on strong vellum, the only issue with 6 on China paper. Work illustrated with 200 vignettes in the text and 40 out-of-text figures engraved on wood, printed before letters on applied China paper, by Raffet, Decamps, Dauzat. Our copy is complete with its folding map at the end (Route de Philippeville à Alger). Fine work very well printed, with high quality engravings.
Publisher's Bradel binding covered with chamois paper, chamois slipcase (probably later). Smooth spine with beige calf title label. Spine slightly darkened with damage to the title label and at two places on...

Edition from the Petits Classiques françois collection, printed in 500 copies at the expense and under the supervision of Charles Nodier and the publisher using Didot l'Aîné typefaces.
Half navy blue morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with double blind-stamped compartments, a few small scratches to the spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, two corners slightly bumped.
Handsome copy despite some light foxing.

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 of Charles Nodier's commentary and first printing of the frontispiece and 8 illustrations hors-texte by Eugène Devéria, one of the rare copies printed on vellum.
Half brown morocco bindings with corners, spines slightly lightened with four fine raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double gilt compartments richly decorated, gilt friezes at head and foot, traces of rubbing on joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, contemporary bindings signed by Bibolet.
Some light foxing, library classification labels pasted opposite half-title pages.
Provenance: from the library of Paul Lacombe with his bookplates pasted...

Bilingual edition translated by Charles Nodier and first printing of the frontispiece printed on China paper as well as the 10 steel-engraved out-of-text plates by Finden after drawings by Tony Johannot.
Half brown shagreen binding with corners, spine slightly faded with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets and compartments embellished with gilt arabesques, gilt fillet frame on brown cardboard boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary Romantic binding.
Work also illustrated with more than 100 wood-engraved in-text vignettes.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.

Revised and expanded edition by Paul-Louis Jacob and enhanced with an original literary notice by Charles Nodier, one of the rare copies printed on Dutch laid paper.

Half red morocco binding with corners, spine with four fine raised bands set with gilt garlands decorated with gilt compartments adorned in the grotesque style, triple black fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, elegant contemporary binding signed by Lebrun. A trace of a bookplate cleanly removed from one pastedown.

Rare and handsome copy beautifully bound.

New edition of the French translation established by Elise Voiart and illustrated with 200 vignettes engraved after drawings by Charles Lemercier.
Half cherry red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets ornately gilt in triple compartments decorated with gilt typographical motifs, minor scratches to foot of spine, covers framed with triple gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, two corners damaged, marbled edges.
Work illustrated with numerous vignettes in the text.
Preface by Charles Nodier.
Foxing.

Bilingual edition translated by Charles Nodier and first printing of the frontispiece printed on China paper as well as the 10 hors-texte plates engraved on steel by Finden after drawings by Tony Johannot.
Half glazed navy calf binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt cartouche adorned with gilt arabesques, light rubbing traces on the joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary Romantic binding.
Work also illustrated with more than 100 in-text wood-engraved vignettes.
Some minor foxing, handsome copy in contemporary Romantic binding, complete with its tissue guards protecting the 10 hors-texte plates, which is rare.

First separate edition.
Half lemon yellow shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with arabesques and gilt floral tooling, marbled paper pastedowns and endpapers, contemporary binding.
Numerous engraved illustrations in the text by Tony Johannot, preface by P.-J. Stahl.
From the collection of the Nouveau Magazine des Enfants.*
A handsome copy in a charming Romantic binding.

New edition illustrated with original etchings by Tony Johannot.
Half olive shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with cold fillets and gilt dots, decorated with triple gilt compartments, gilt title, corners very slightly bumped.
Work illustrated with original etchings hors-texte by Tony Johannot.
Scattered foxing.

First edition, illustrated with a frontispiece by Nanteuil and 27 hors-texte wood-engraved plates and numerous in-text vignettes after de Beaumont, Brugnon, Baron, de Moraine, Jules David, Nanteuil, etc. The texts are by Nodier, Lurine, Etienne Arago, Touchard-Lafosse, E. Marco de Saint-Hilaire, Jules Janin, Jules Sandeau, etc.
Half glazed blue calf. Smooth spine with multiple roulette tools. Some rubbing to spine and 2 corners slightly bumped. Some occasional very pale foxing. Rather good copy. Montmartre, Saint-Denis, Versailles, Senlis, Melun, Compiègne, Mantes, Anet... Typical Romantic illustrated work, with its wood engravings and picturesque, whimsical illustration.

First edition.
Bradel binding in full Dauphin blue boards, smooth spine, prune sheep title-label, covers with small marginal restorations preserved.
Some rare light foxing, complete with publisher's catalogue at rear.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First illustrated edition with 33 compositions by Léon Morin in colors. Unique printing of 200 copies on white Marais vellum numbered and initialed by the publisher.
Half cherry red morocco mosaic with green and brown corners signed A. Taffin at the top of the first endpaper. Smooth spine with 2 floral compositions in green and brown mosaic in mirror pattern and a central tool with satyr bust. Title within gilt frame, date at foot. Dividing fillets on boards. Light rubbing traces on joints. Covers preserved. Uncut copy with full margins.
Very handsome copy of this charming illustrated work.
Preface by Maurice de Tourneux who tells the story of this work and reproduces the...

Fifth edition.
A small tear, glued down, to foot of spine, ex-dono in ink to head of upper cover, faint dampstain to head of final leaves.

First edition.
Half green shagreen, spine in five compartments (faded), the fine raised bands with gilt edging, spine with blindstamped fleurons and gilt friezes, gilt date to foot, head of joints slightly rubbed, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, upper corners bumped.
Internally good, practically no foxing.
Rare.

First edition.
Contemporary half navy sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt and blind fillets, a tiny hole at the head of one joint, marbled paper boards.
Work illustrated with in-text vignettes as well as 4 maps and 46 full-page plates. A dampstain affecting the entire text block, occasional foxing.

New edition.
Half black sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt double fillets and blind fillets, black paper boards with minor scuffs, corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Under the direction of Charles Nodier, contributions by Jules Janin, Marco de Saint-Hilaire Etienne Arago, Louis Lurine, Arsène Houssaye, Maurice Alhoy, Amédée Achard, Léon Gozlan...
Work illustrated with 16 wood-engraved plates hors-texte as well as numerous in-text illustrations.
Some light foxing.