Belz-Niédrée

First illustrated edition in first printing by Gavarni, Célestin Nanteuil and Tony Johannot, with 67 plates and numerous text illustrations.
Near-contemporary half dark blue morocco with corners signed Belz-Niedrée at top of first endpaper. Spine with raised bands very richly decorated with tooling composed of multiple scrollwork and interlacing. Double fillet borders on boards and corners. Top edge gilt. Paper slightly browned (with some leaves more brown), scattered foxing. A full-margined copy, the plates often slightly shorter. Traces of rubbing.
Handsome copy. Heraldic bookplate of Cerruti di Castiglione, collector of Romantics.
"One of the rarest and best illustrated...

The most complete early edition, and the last, partly in first edition, before that produced in 1857 by Antoine de Latour (which was more exhaustive). "These two volumes, which follow the collection of French poets published by Coustelier, are difficult to find". Brunet, IV, 1071.
Full red morocco binding ca 1860 stamp-signed on the pastedown Belz-Niedrée. Spine with raised bands elegantly and richly decorated. Triple fillet frame on boards. Wide inner decorative border. Gilt edges. Traces of rubbing on the raised bands, the lower and upper joints of volume I with slight cracking, but without weakness, the upper joint of volume 1 restored. Overall very fresh. The title pages have been...

First edition, illustrated with an engraved title and 31 attractive full-page figures included in the pagination, as well as 2 headpieces, 2 initial letters and one tailpiece, all engraved by Le Doyen.
Full midnight blue morocco binding ca 1860 signed at bottom of front pastedown Belz-Niedrée. Jansenist raised bands spine with gilt title and date. Wide decorative gilt board-edges. Upper joint rubbed and spine darkened. Overall very fresh. 3-line slip pasted on p. 31 in the catalogue of canons' houses. Rubbing traces to corners and edges. Handsome copy.
Collection of religious costumes of European canons, preceded by a short historical dissertation.

Le Paysan perverti. - La Paysane pervertie [La Paysanne pervertie]. - Les Figures du Paysan perverti
[The Perverted Peasant and Peasant Woman]

Chez Esprit & Chez la Veuve Duchesne, La Haie [Paris] 1776 [i.e. 1782] and 1784, 12° (9,5x16,5cm), 9 volumes bound.
Famous first illustrated edition of Le Paysan perverti. First edition of its sequel, La Paysane pervertie and of the explanatory volume of the figures. According to Cohen "the costs of the illustration were borne by a rich man, a friend of Restif, probably Grimod de la Reynière."
Red morocco binding signed Belz Niedrée, circa 1860-1880, spine elaborately decorated in gilt, gilt...