Charles-Augustin SAINTE-BEUVE

First edition of Sainte-Beuve's first collection of poetry.
Half navy blue calf binding, spine in four compartments decorated with typographical motifs stamped in blind, gilt frieze at foot of spine, traces of rubbing to joints, marbled paper boards, upper corners slightly bumped, contemporary Romantic binding
Some foxing.

First edition of most parts.
Half blue morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands, date and place gilt in the middle of the spine, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on a pastedown, binding signed Lemardeley.
Handsome copy perfectly executed.

Autograph letter signed by Sainte-Beuve, 1 and a half pages on a double sheet. 25 lines in black ink.
"J'ai été très sensible, cher monsieur, à votre bon français et à l'envoi du très sage et instructif volume qui en est la cause. Vous me rappelez, en effet, des temps déjà bien anciens, mais que ce qui a fini n'a pu effacer de ma mémoire : car, à vous parler vrai, quoi qu'il y ait bien de l'espace et bien de l'intervalle d'aujourd'hui à ce temps-ci, il me paraît souvent qu'il y a du vide : et le tourbillon de la vie littéraire dont vous me parlez, je ne le ressens guère. Ce qui me frappe, c'est plutôt le contraire du tourbillon, c'est à dire l'isolement, la disparition ou le peu de mouvement de groupe. On se survit et l'on traîne un peu : je parle du moins pour moi, aussi n'en suis-je que plus sensible... [...] de bons témoignages comme le vôtre qui attestent que le passé n'est pas oublié et qu'il a réellement existé. Croyez-moi, je vous prie tout à vous. Sainte-Beuve." ["I have been very touched, dear sir, by your good French and by the sending of the very wise and instructive volume which is the cause of it. You remind me, indeed, of times already quite ancient, but which what has ended could not erase from my memory: for, to speak truly to you, although there is much space and much interval from today to that time, it often seems to me that there is emptiness: and the whirlwind of literary life of which you speak to me, I hardly feel it. What strikes me is rather the contrary of the whirlwind, that is to say isolation, the disappearance or the little group movement. One survives oneself and drags on a little: I speak at least for myself, so I am all the more sensitive... [...] to good testimonies like yours which attest that the past is not forgotten and that it really existed. Believe me, I beg you entirely yours. Sainte-Beuve."]

First edition.
Contemporary half purple sheep bindings, spines with four raised bands uniformly faded decorated with blind-tooled compartments and gilt fillets, paper boards imitating cardboard, endpapers and pastedowns of pebbled paper.
Manuscript gift inscription on verso of half-title of first volume. Bookplates pasted on first pastedowns of each volume.
Scattered foxing.

Second edition featuring an important original notice by Sainte-Beuve.
Bradel bindings in half brown cloth, smooth spines decorated with gilt floral motifs, gilt friezes at foot of spines, navy blue Russian morocco title labels, brown paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers with small corner lacks preserved, pasted bookplates of Joseph Dumas on pastedowns.
Foxing mainly at beginning and end of volumes.

New edition revised and corrected.
Some foxinges.
Binding half green shagreen, back with five nerves adorned with cold nets and with traces of rubbing, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, speckled edges, corners very slightly blunt.
Signed autograph from Sainte-Beuve to Arsene Houssaye.

First edition, the first volume being at the right date of 1832, which is very rare according to Clouzot.
Binders in half navy blue morocco navy corners, smooth back decorated with cartridges decorated with golden floral friezes, golden dates in tails, gilt fillets on the plates of marbled paper, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, blankets and back preserved, elegant bindings in the romantic style signed by Champs.
Rare and pleasant copy set in a perfect romantic binding of Champs.

First Belgian edition, one year after the first edition.
Binding half shagreen red back with four nerves set with golden dots adorned with double gilded boxes and gilded typographic florets, small traces of friction on the upper cap, chestnut cardboard plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, corners very slightly blunted.
Signed autograph from Sainte-Beuve to Ulysse Marcillac next to the title page of the first volume.
Nice copy.

First edition.
Half cherry red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, dots and fleurons, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Scattered foxing.

First edition.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, one joint rubbed and fragile, marbled paper boards with some surface wear, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing affecting mainly the margins.

Third edition, published anonymously, with some parts in first edition as it was revised and corrected.
Full glazed navy calf binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments, gilt fillets at head and foot, lower headcap with a slight tear, gilt roulettes on headcaps, triple gilt fillet frames on boards, gilt fillets on leading edges, gilt dentelle frame on pastedowns, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, elegant unsigned contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
A perfectly established copy.

First edition, one of 600 numbered copies on laid paper, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies.
Fine signed autograph inscription from Louis Gillet to the poet Armand Godoy mentioning Charles Baudelaire and Edgar Allan Poe
As frontispiece, a facsimile of an autograph letter from Sainte-Beuve to Vigny.
Spine and boards marginally sunned, handsome interior condition.

Third edition, first in parts.
Contemporary half caramel-colored calf over marbled paper boards, spine in six compartments with gilt dots and double gilt compartments richly gilt with decorative motifs, dark red morocco title pieces and dark green volume labels, some headpieces slightly rubbed, headpiece of volume four repaired, some joints cracked and repaired, gilt fillet frame to covers, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, some corners bumped, top edge gilt.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Charles Augustin Saint-Beuve to Madame Paul Huet, the wife of the noted Romantic painter and friend of Victor Hugo.
Manuscript ex donos of Pierre Jean David d'Angers' grandson to start of each volume.
A little spotting, sometimes heavy, to some leaves.

Edition with some parts in first edition, not offered for sale.
Small restoration to foot of spine otherwise handsome copy as issued, bookplate pasted in.
Rare work according to most bibliographers.

First edition of the author's first published work.
Half green sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, dark blue sheep title-label, marbled paper boards, one joint cracked along its entire length, rubbed edges, contemporary binding.
Reading library stamps, some foxing.

New edition.
With a frontispiece portrait of P.J. Proudhon.
A very good copy.

First edition.
Worming to the front board, a repaired angular tear to the half-title page, marginal lack to the rear board, occasional foxing.

First in-12 edition and first edition of this choice made by Sainte-Beuve.
Notice from Sainte-Beuve.
Binding of the era in full shagreen aubergine, back with four false nerves decorated with double black nets, framing of a broad black fillet and a gilded fillet on the plates, guards and counterparts of white moire silk, framing of a golden lace on the counterplates, golden thread on the cuts, all golden edges.
Some traces of discoloration on the boards, small foxinges.
Beautiful and touching autograph shipment signed by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore to Madame Angélique-Félicité Bosio, Marquise de Lacarte, daughter of the famous neo-classical sculptor François-Joseph Bosio: To Madame la Marquise de Lacarte the blessing of a mother ... Her soul will be comforted because it cried from my tears! "

New edition.
Binding half shagreen red corners, back with five nerves set with golden dots and adorned with double richly decorated gilded boxes, traces of friction on the joints, framing of gilt fillets on marble paper plates, guards and contreplats of paper à la bowl, golden head, three blunt corners.
Signed autograph of Sainte-Beuve to the historian R (egis) of Chantelauze in Latin: "Amico R. of Chantelauze Juvenilia senere non tamen preniteus" of which here is the translation in French: "the youth does not however suffer to grow old. "

first edition.
Binders full morocco chocolate brown, back with five nerves, gilded dates tails, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, framing sevenfold nets gilded on contreplats, preserved covers, all edges gilt, elegant signed bindings Conil-Septier.
autograph dedication of the author signed autograph of Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve to V. Pair.
Sources: libraries Pair V., A. Neuville and another unidentified bibliophile with their bookplate pasted on the inside cover of the first volume.
Beautiful copy fully established.

First edition, one of 32 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription signed by Jules Troubat, the author's secretary.
A slight lack at the foot of one joint, two small ink stains probably made by J. Troubat on the first leaf.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A slight lack at the head of the spine.

First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
Spine sunned.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies. Minor marginal lacks to boards and to the first page not touching text. Rare.

First edition, one of the numbered copies of the first issue printed on the press, with no mention of deluxe copies.