Antoine Bauzonnet: Rare and antiquarian books, inscribed books and letters, and manuscripts

Antoine Bauzonnet

François VERNES DE LUZE
Théâtre de ville et de société, précédé de contes moraux, et des novateurs gascons, ou préservatif contre la manie des révolutions
Mongie aîné|Paris 1820|13.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition.
Full glazed havana calf bindings, spines slightly lightened with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with gilt typographical motifs, navy blue calf title and volume labels, fragile joints on the first volume, gilt roulettes on the headcaps, triple gilt fillet frames on the boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, triple gilt fillet frames on the pastedowns, gilt fillets on the leading edges, corners slightly bumped, contemporary Romantic bindings signed by Bauzonnet.
Some light foxing of no consequence.
Handsome copy perfectly established in a full binding signed by Bauzonnet.
€250
Camille PAGANEL
Histoire de Joseph II, Empereur d'Allemagne
Firmin Didot frères|Paris 1843|13 x 22 cm|relié
First edition.
Half black calf binding with corners, spine slightly faded with five raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, elegant contemporary Romantic binding signed by Bauzonnet-Trautz.
Some light foxing mainly affecting the endpapers.

€100
DESTOUCHES
Oeuvres
Arkstée & Merkus|Amsterdam • & Leipzig 1755-1759|9.50 x 15 cm|5 volumes reliés
Edition illustrated with a portrait of the author engraved by Fokke, 24 figures engraved on copper by Fritsch after Aartman and a copperplate fleuron repeated on the first four titles. Copy entirely ruled.
Later bindings in full red morocco, signed Bauzonnet-Trautz. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fillets and dotted lines. Boards framed with triple gilt fillets. Double gilt fillet emphasizing the leading edges. Gilt dentelle framing the doublures.
Some rubbing and spine slightly faded, otherwise handsome copy.
€800
MARTIAL D'AUVERGNE, Benoît de COURT
Les arrets d'amours, avec L'Amant rendu cordelier, à l'Observance d'Amours
Chez François Changuion|à Amsterdam 1731|11 x 17.50 cm|relié
New edition prepared by Lenglet Du Fresnoy, with his notes and a glossary. A handsome title vignette. The last early edition.

19th-century binding in red half morocco with corners, signed Bauzonnet. Spine with five raised bands richly decorated in the grotesque style. Double gilt fillet on the boards. Top edge gilt on deckled edges. Spine somewhat faded. Some marginal worming, otherwise a handsome copy.

Ex-libris of the L. Pasquier library pasted on the first endpaper.

€600
Pierre-Joseph ARTHUYS
Benjamin ou reconnoissance de Joseph, tragedie chrétienne en trois actes et en vers
Chez Cailleau|à Paris 1749|13.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Full blonde calf binding from the late 19th century signed Bauzonnet. Smooth spine decorated with two mirrored fleurons, fillets on the headcaps. Blind-stamped title. Triple fillet frame on the boards. Rich interior border. Very handsome copy.
Father Arthuys, a Jesuit, dramatized one of the most famous and touching stories from the Bible: Joseph was sold by his brothers as a slave in Egypt and became, by saving the pharaoh, master of Egypt as tax farmer. Benjamin is one of Jacob's sons, Joseph's brother by the same mother, Rachel. Before all his brothers, Joseph reveals himself. The tragedy was titled Christian although it is set before Christianity, in order to...
€250
ANONYME
Noels nouveaux sur le chant de plusieurs belles chansons nouvelles de cette présente année mil cinq cens L. III
Techener|Le Mans s. d. [circa 1840]|11.50 x 20 cm|relié
Reprinted by C. Richelet in a numbered edition of 29 copies on laid paper, ours bearing No. 1.
Half black morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands ornately decorated with double gilt compartments, gilt date at foot, light traces of rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, slight nick to top edge, corners slightly bumped, binding signed by Bauzonnet.
Rare.
€150