Marius Michel: Rare and antiquarian books, inscribed books and letters, and manuscripts

Marius Michel

RYCKEBUSCH, Alfred DELVAU
Les lions du jour - Physionomies parisiennes
E. Dentu|Paris 1867|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Full red morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, spine very slightly darkened, date and place gilt at center of spine, gilt roulettes on headcaps, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, sextuple gilt fillets framing the pastedowns, illustrated cover with Ryckebusch vignette preserved, all edges gilt, double gilt fillets on leading edges, magnificent binding signed by Marius Michel.
Three small black spots on the back cover.
Handsome copy perfectly executed in a full morocco binding by Marius Michel, one of the most talented and prestigious binders of the 20th century.
€300
Gustave LEHEUTRE, Eugène FROMENTIN
Dominique[Dominique]
Le livre contemporain|Paris 1905|16 x 24.50 cm|relié sous étui
Edition illustrated with 40 original etchings by Gustave Leheutre engraved by Eugène Delâtre and printed in 117 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, this copy printed for Jean Borderel.
This is the only work illustrated by the painter.
Full chocolate brown morocco binding, spine with four raised bands, blind-tooled roulettes on headcaps, moss green morocco doublures with important floral decoration of cyclamens in mosaic work in green, red, lilac, violet morocco, gilt and blind tooling, almond and gilt watered silk endpapers, following endpapers of combed paper with pasted monogrammed bookplate, covers and spine preserved, blind fillet on leading edges, all edges gilt, slipcase...
€2,000
Victor HUGO
Marion de Lorme
Eugène Renduel|Paris 1831|14 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition, rare copy with no statement of print.
Full blue morocco binding, spine with raised bands in the Jansenist style, endpapers and pastedowns of combed marbled paper, gilt dentelle framing the pastedowns, double gilt fillets and gilt tooling to headcaps and board edges, top edge gilt with untrimmed margins preserved, original front wrapper bound in, binding signed by Marius Michel. Monogrammed bookplate mounted on the verso of the first endpaper.
This copy is enriched with four hors-texte plates by Louis Boulanger and Alfred Johannot.
Signed autograph inscription by Victor Hugo on the half-title: « À Monsieur Ch[arles] Mévil son bien...
€10,000
Exceptional copy inscribed by Charles Baudelaire
Exceptional copy inscribed by Charles Baudelaire
Charles BAUDELAIRE
Les Fleurs du mal[Flowers of Evil]
Poulet Malassis & De Broise|Paris 1857|12.10 x 18.80 cm|relié sous étui
First edition, printed on vélin d'Angoulême paper, with the usual misprints and including the six condemned poems, one of the few copies given to the author and “intended for friends who do not deliver literary services”.
Full emerald morocco binding, signed by Marius Michel, original wrappers preserved.

Precious presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author in pencil on the half-title page: “à M. Tenré fils, souvenir de bonne camaraderie, Ch. Baudelaire” (“to M. Tenré Jnr, a reminder of good friendship, Ch. Baudelaire”) and three handwritten corrections, in pencil on pages 29 and 110 and in ink on page 43.
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€170,000
Paul VERLAINE
La bonne chanson[The Good Song]
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1870|9.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
First edition printed in 570 copies.
Morocco, spine slightly browned, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, elegant binding signed by Marius Michel.
Handwritten signature of the recipient to head of endpaper as ex-libris.
A nice copy elegantly bound by a master binders of the 20th century.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Paul Verlaine to Emile Le Brun.
€5,000
CHAMPFLEURY, Edmond MORIN
Les bons contes font les bons amis
Truchy|Paris 1863|18.50 x 28 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with in-text drawings by Edmond Morin.
Full midnight blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments, gilt roulettes on headcaps, triple gilt fillets frame with gilt floral corner motifs on covers, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelle frame on pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, all edges gilt, double gilt fillets on leading edges, superb binding signed Marius Michel.
Bookplate pasted on one endpaper, a shadow on the same endpaper and on the facing page.
Very fine copy elegantly bound.
€680
Maurice BOUCHOR
Contes parisiens en vers
Charpentier|Paris 1880|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 10 copies on Hollande paper, the only large paper copies.
Jansenist red morocco binding by Marius Michel, spine in five compartments, date to foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, red morocco frame to pastedowns with seven gilt fillets, covers preserved, all edges gilt.
This copy is enriched with two autograph letters by the author of 3 and 2 pages length respectively.
A fine copy in a superb binding by Marius Michel.
Provenance : collection of Marius Michel with his ex libris pasted onto one of the endpapers.
€750
Rodolphe DARZENS
La nuit, premières poésies 1882-1884
Henri Jouve|Paris 1885|12 x 18 cm|relié
First edition of 300 numbered copies on vergé paper.
Navy blue Jansenist morocco by Marius Michel, spine in five compartments, date to foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, navy blue morocco frame with seven gilt fillets to pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Rodolphe Darzens on his first work.
A fine copy in a superb binding by Marius Michel.
Provenance : collection of Marius Michel, with his ex libris on one endpaper.
€800
Pascal DAGNAN-BOUVERET, Honoré de BALZAC
Eugénie Grandet
Motteroz|Paris 1886|16 x 25 cm|relié sous étui
Illustrated edition with 8 original full-page engravings after Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret by Le Rat. 120 numbered copies on vélin satiné, our copy one of 100 nominative.
Beige morocco by Marius Michel, mint green morocco doublures, framed with a gilt floral frieze decorated with inlaid morocco pieces and fillets on the boards, moiré silk endpapers, original wrappers preserved, double gilt fillets on the edges, all edges gilt, case lined with morocco, moiré paper boards, superb binding signed Marius Michel.
Bookseller's ticket label glued on a guard.
Our copy includes a suite of 8 full-page etchings.
A very nice copy superbly set by Marius Michel in doubled morocco.
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