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Stroobants

Paul CLAUDEL
La Messe là-bas
Nrf|Paris 1919|19.50 x 26.50 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Full brown cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, covers and spine preserved, bookplates pasted on one pastedown, contemporary binding signed in blind by Stroobants.
Two light dampstains to upper right corner of first cover and upper left corner of second cover.
Autograph inscription dated Brussels 1934 and signed by Paul Claudel to Gérard Bauër.
Provenance: from the libraries of Gérard Bauër and Jean-François Lemaire with their bookplates pasted on one pastedown.

€300
Anatole FRANCE
Le Mannequin d'Osier
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1897|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half almond green cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, date and double gilt fillet at foot, brown shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed in blind by Stroobants.
Handsome copy attractively bound.
€150
Jean-Honoré FRAGONARD, Charles EISEN
Scènes galantes et libertines des artistes du XVIIIème siècle
L'Edition d'art H. Piazza|Paris 1909|23.50 x 30.50 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with 38 hors-texte engravings (10 in color) after Fragonard, Eisen, Boucher, Moreau le jeune, Huet, Schall, one of 275 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only issue after 25 Japan.
Full midnight blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt typographic motifs enriched with red, place, and blue mosaic morocco pieces, publisher and date gilt at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, three small nicks on joints and bands, triple gilt fillet frame on boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelle frame on pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt...
€750
Daniel VIERGE, Francisco de QUEVEDO
Pablo de Ségovie[Pablo of Segovia]
Edouard Pelletan • Daniel Vierge|Paris 1902|25.50 x 32.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 120 original drawings by Daniel Vierge, one of 100 numbered copies on China paper.
Half tawny morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments, the compartments enriched with mosaic morocco pieces in red, blue, brown and green, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved (front cover entirely sunned), top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed Stroobants.
Handsome copy in perfect condition.
The work is complete with the portrait of Daniel Vierge as frontispiece, engraved in mezzotint, and the "remarque" by...
€750
Auguste LEPERE, Louis MORIN
Les dimanches parisiens[Parisian Sundays]
Librairie L. Conquet|Paris 1898|18 x 26.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 41 original etchings by Auguste Lepère, including a frontispiece, 20 headpieces, 20 tailpieces as well as 20 historiated initials printed in two colors
The work is printed in 250 numbered copies on vélin du Marais justified by the publisher.
Half chocolate brown morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of pebbled paper, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, contemporary binding signed by Stroobants.
Some minor foxing affecting mainly the last leaves at head.
Handsome copy perfectly established.

€800
Charles MAURRAS
Les amants de Venise. George Sand & Musset[The Lovers of Venice. George Sand & Musset]
E. de Boccard|Paris 1900|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
New edition, with some parts in first edition as expanded with a preface, one of 30 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copies after 6 on Japan paper.

Full chocolate brown morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt roulettes on headcaps, quadruple black fillets framing the boards, black fleurons at corners, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, triple gilt fillets framing the pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, double gilt fillets on leading edges, top edge gilt on deckled edges, contemporary binding signed by Stroobants.

Bookplate pasted at head of one pastedown.

Very fine copy perfectly executed by Stroobants.
€600
Fortunio in Colour: Gautier Illustrated by Alexandre Lunois
Fortunio in Colour: Gautier Illustrated by Alexandre Lunois
Théophile GAUTIER, Alexandre LUNOIS
Fortunio
Librairie Conquet • L. Carteret • Librairie des Bibliophiles|Paris 1898|20.50 x 27 cm|relié
First illustrated edition, published in 1898 under the imprint of the Librairie des Bibliophiles, textually reprinting the first edition of 1838. The work is illustrated with 24 original colour lithographs by Alexandre Lunois. One of 100 deluxe copies on Japan or China paper, this copy on China paper, no. XLIII, numbered in ink and justified; the total edition was limited to 600 copies, the remaining 500 on Marais wove paper.

A particularly notable feature of the present copy is that all 24 compositions are present in three states - outline, black, and colour - making 72 impressions in all. As stated in the...
€2,000
Alfred de VIGNY
La maréchale d'Ancre
Charles Gosselin|Paris 1831|14 x 22 cm|relié
The rare first edition.

Dark red morocco by Stroobants, the spine richly decorated with compartments and decorative tools in the Romantic style, date to foot of spine, triple gilt fillet frame to covers, gilt roulette frame to pastedowns, marbled endpapers, double gilt fillet to edges of covers, gilt roulette to headpiece, covers preserved, gilt edges.
With a frontispiece by Tony Johannot.
Autograph inscription signed by Alfred de Vigny to Madame de Fabricius, a friend of the author, close companion of Emile Deschamps and a regular at his salon.
Provenance : from the Grandsire collection.

A fine copy retaining its rare covers without any...
€5,000
Marcelle TINAYRE
L'ombre de l'amour
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1909|14 x 20 cm|relié
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in half caramel brown morocco, smooth spine very lightly browned, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by Stroobants.
Some foxing affecting certain deckled edges, discreet printed bibliophile monogram at head of one endpaper.
€150
Joseph TURQUAN
Madame Récamier avec des documents nouveaux et inédits
Jules Tallandier|Paris s. d. [circa 1910]|13.50 x 21 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half almond percale, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, hazel shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by Stroobants.
Work illustrated with plates.
Engraved bookplate pasted on pastedown.
Handsome copy.
€50
Tony Henri Auguste, Vicomte de REISET
Joséphine de Savoie, comtesse de Provence 1753-1810 d'après des documents inédits
Emile-Paul|Paris 1913|25 x 33 cm|relié
First edition, one of 275 numbered copies on Arches, the only deluxe copies.
Half blue-grey morocco binding, spine with five raised bands with minor tears, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed by Stroobants.
Signed autograph inscription by Vicomte de Reiset.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece and 28 plates.
€300
Filippo Tommaso MARINETTI
Les dieux s'en vont d'Annunzio resteThe Gods Are Leaving, D'Annunzio Remains
Sansot|Paris 1906|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
MARINETTI Filippo Tommaso
Les Dieux s'en vont d'Annunzio reste [The Gods Are Leaving, D'Annunzio Remains]
Sansot, Paris 1906, 11,5 x 19 cm, contemporary half red morocco
First edition in French, for which there is no mention of grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Contemporary half ed morocco over marbled paper boards by Stroobants, spine in six compartments decorated with gilt spots and double gilt compartments with gilt typographic devices (slight insignificant rubbing to three bands), gilt fillet frame to boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Autograph inscription from Filippo-Tommaso Marinetti in...
€1,200
Léon FRAPIÉ
L'écolière
Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1905|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper, with only 10 Holland copies printed on deluxe paper.
Bradel binding in half blue cloth, smooth spine, date at foot, marine shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed in blind by Stroobants.
Handsome copy.
€50
Stéphane MALLARMÉ, Paul VERLAINE
Le parnasse contemporain, recueil de vers nouveaux, deuxième série 1869-1871[The Contemporary Parnassus, Collection of New Poems, Second Series 1869–1871]
Lemerre|Paris 1871|16.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
Rare first edition of the second volume of the Parnasse contemporain, featuring works by fifty-six poets, most of them previously unpublished, issued in twelve parts between 1869 and 1871.
Includes contributions by Paul Verlaine, Stéphane Mallarmé, Théodore de Banville, Théophile Gautier, Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Louise Colet, José-Maria de Heredia, Sainte-Beuve, Leconte de Lisle, Catulle Mendès, Anatole France, Louisa Siefert, Sully Prudhomme, and Augustine-Malvina Blanchecotte...
Bradel binding in green forest morocco-backed boards with corners, smooth spine with central floral ornament and date at foot, comb-marbled endpapers, original...
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