Petitot

First edition.
Bradel binding in red half-cloth, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, blue shagreen title-label showing some traces of rubbing, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding signed Petitot.
Handsome copy.

First edition illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of President Hénault.
Bradel binding in red half-cloth, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, blue shagreen title label with traces of rubbing, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding signed Petitot.
Handsome copy.
Signed and inscribed copy from Henri Lion to Monsieur Truffier: "... à l'artiste et au voisin..." ["...to the artist and neighbor..."]
Our copy is exceptionally contains a signed autograph letter from Henri Lion to the same.

New edition.
Half navy blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary unsigned binding but attributable to Petitot.
A small tear at head of spine at one raised band.
Autograph inscription signed by Anatole France to Madame Henriette Lefebure.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half navy blue morocco bindings, spines with five raised bands showing some minor rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edges gilt, contemporary bindings signed Petitot.
Autograph inscription signed by Anatole France to Madame Félix Roussel on the first volume.

First edition of this famous literary pamphlet published under a pseudonym and savaging the greatest names of French Romanticism.
Bradel binding in green half-cloth, smooth spine, date and place gilt at foot, hazelnut shagreen title-label with minor scratches, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, binding signed by Petitot.
Small stains at foot of first cover and first leaves.
The first cover bears a scathing judgment on this work, a previous owner also specified the true name of the author hiding behind the pseudonym Van Engelgom.
Rare.
Provenance: from the library of Paul Lacombe with his handsome engraved bookplate illustrating the Pont-Neuf seen...

First illustrated edition with 39 wood engravings hors-texte, and 200 wood vignettes in-text, all after drawings by the author, and drawings by Best, Leloir, Regnier...
Full glazed brown morocco binding early 20th century signed Petitot. Raised band spine decorated with compartments composed of series of fillets. Gilt title and date. Triple fillet frame on boards. Elaborate interior decoration. 4 endpaper leaves of handsome brown marbled paper. Some rare foxing on very white paper, except for the browned half-title. The tissue guards have been preserved and remain in fine condition. A small rub to spine, likewise along one edge, but very handsome copy, rare in this condition.
NB...

New edition.
Half navy blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed in blind by Petitot.
A tiny angular lack at head of first endpaper.
Autograph inscription signed by Anatole France to Madame Félix Roussel: "... ce très mauvais livre..." ["... this very bad book..."]

New edition.
Half navy blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed in blind by Petitot.
Handsome copy despite slight scratches to the spine.
Amusing signed autograph inscription by Anatole France to Madame Félix Roussel: "... ce livre que j'ai oublié, en la priant d'en faire autant..." ["...this book that I have forgotten, asking her to do the same..."]

New edition for the first volume, first edition on ordinary paper for the three other ones.
Bound in dark blue half morocco, five raised bands on spine, marbled paper boards, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, original wrappers preserved, gilt top edges, contemporary bindings with blind-stamped signature of bookbinder Petitot.
A fine set despite minor scuffing to the spines.
Signed and inscribed by Anatole France to Madame Félix Roussel on each of the four volumes. The author penned an amusing first dedication on the opening page of text of the first volume:

"A Madame Félix Roussel, ces quatre volumes d'un cours de littérature qui aura du moins...