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  2. Le roman en vers de très-excellent, puissant et noble homme Girart de Rossillon jadis duc de Bourgoigne publié pour la première fois d'après les manuscrits de Paris, de Sens et de Troyes avec de nombreuses notes philologiques et neuf dessins, dont six chromolithographiés suivi de L'histoire des premiers temps féodaux par Mignard
    Alexandre GIRART DE ROSSILLON
    Le roman en vers de très-excellent, puissant et noble homme Girart de Rossillon jadis duc de Bourgoigne publié pour la première fois d'après les manuscrits de Paris, de Sens et de Troyes avec de nombreuses notes philologiques et neuf dessins, dont six chromolithographiés suivi de L'histoire des premiers temps féodaux par Mignard
    J. Techener • Antoine Maître|Paris • & Dijon 1858|18.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 50 copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
    Half black shagreen binding, spine lightly faded with four raised bands, small traces of rubbing to spine, black paper boards, one scratch to front board, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
    Work illustrated with 8 drawings mounted on China paper including 5 chromolithographs, the sixth chromolithograph appears to be lacking in our copy.
    Handsome and rare copy.




    €150
  6. Oraison funebre de tres-haut et tres-puissant seigneur François Henry de Montmorancy
    P. DELARUE
    Oraison funebre de tres-haut et tres-puissant seigneur François Henry de Montmorancy
    [Ensemble] Oraison funebre de Messire Jacques Benigne Bossuet [Ensemble] Oraison funebre de tres haut tres puissant et excellent prince Monseigneur Louis Dauphin [Ensemble] Oraison funebre de tres-haut tres-puissant et excellent prince Monseigneur Louis Dauphin et de tres-haute tres-puissante et vertueuse princesse Madame Marie-Adelaide de Savoye son epouse [Ensemble] Oraison funebre de très-haut et très-puissant seigneur Louis-François Duc de Boufflers [Ensemble] Oraison funebre de tres-haut tres-puissant et excellent prince Monseigneur Charles de France Duc de Berry [Ensemble] Lettre de Monseigneur le Cardinal de Noailles archevêque de Paris a Monseigneur l'evesque d'Agen [Ensemble] Lettre pastorale et mandement de son eminence Monseigneur le Cardinal de Noailles Archvesque de Paris, au sujet de la Constitution de nôtre Saint pere le pape du 8. septembre 1713
    Chez la veuve de Simon Bernard|à Paris 1695|-|relié

    First edition of all the texts comprising the collection. Each of the funeral orations features a title vignette with the arms of the deceased and a second as a title headpiece with a medallion portrait as well as a tailpiece. The dates of the orations range between 1695 and 1714. The two letters from Cardinal de Noailles that conclude the collection date respectively from 1712 and 1714.

     

    Contemporary full brown speckled and glazed sheep binding. Spine with raised bands richly decorated. Havana morocco title label. Roulette on the leading edges. Rubbing to headcaps and joints. Scuffing and brown stains on the upper part of the front board. 2 dampstains on the Duke of Berry's oration, at top and bottom of page on the first 4 leaves. Good and solid binding.
    Gift inscription "Guillaume Ranneville 1714" in pen on the endpaper.
    The two letters from Cardinal de Noailles concern firstly a defense against his detractors and secondly a justification of his position on the Constitution Unigenitus which divided the French clergy; in this letter the cardinal reiterates his condemnation of the Port-Royal Bible.
     

    €700
  8. Recueil des lettres de Madame la marquise de Sévigné a Madame la Comtesse de Grignan, sa fille
    Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de SEVIGNE
    Recueil des lettres de Madame la marquise de Sévigné a Madame la Comtesse de Grignan, sa fille
    Chez Nicolas Semard • chez Rollin (volumes V and VI)|à Paris 1734|9.50 x 16.50 cm|6 volumes reliés
    Edition largely in first printing, rare, decorated with a portrait of the Marquise de Sévigné in volume I and another of the Comtesse de Grignan in volume V. In the copy described by Rochebillière, volumes V and VI from 1737 are in different bindings, as is often the case. Our copy presents them in uniform binding, only the title and volume labels differ: they are in red morocco for volumes V and VI and in beige morocco for the first four volumes.
    Contemporary bindings in full speckled brown sheep, raised spines richly decorated - notably with animal stamps at foot (greyhounds and knights) - title and volume labels in beige morocco for the first four volumes, in red morocco for the last two.
    One lack at foot of volume VI. Discreet almost invisible restorations at head of volumes I, IV and VI, as well as at foot of volumes II, III, V. Some joints also finely restored. Eight corners slightly bumped, the others rubbed. Rubbing on some joints.
    Important edition in the bibliography of first editions of the Marquise de Sévigné. Indeed, it is the first presenting a considerable number of letters (614 versus 134 for the two-volume edition of 1726) and the first authorized by the Marquise's goddaughter, Pauline de Simiane. The latter asked Perrin, a publisher from Aix-en-Provence, to establish an edition based on the manuscripts. Only the letters to the Comtesse de Grignan were retained. The 1754 edition would contain 712 letters, as it was expanded with letters to various correspondents. The manuscript letters were then destroyed after being selected according to interest and style. A very useful index at the end of volume VI allows one to find the characters scattered throughout the letters.
    Fine copy.
    €3,000
  15. Vers de circonstances
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ
    Vers de circonstances
    Nrf|Paris 1920|16.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 135 numbered copies on laid paper Lafuma-Navarre and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
    Reproduction of an autograph quatrain as frontispiece.
    Half red morocco binding with corners, smooth spine decorated with quintuple gilt cartouches, gilt date at foot, frame of gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, binding signed by Pierre-Lucien Martin.
    Handsome copy elegantly bound.
    €1,500
  16. La grande épopée de l'An II
    Zéphyr-Joseph PIÉRART
    La grande épopée de l'An II
    A. Ferroud|Paris 1887|12 x 19 cm|relié
    New edition.
    Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    Scattered foxing, ink gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page.
    Copy decorated with a facsimile letter as frontispiece and a large folding map at the end of the volume.
    Rare.






    €300
  17. Campagnes de Russie et de Saxe (1812-1813). Souvenirs d'un ex-commandant des grenadiers de la Vieille-Garde
    Louis-Joseph VIONNET
    Campagnes de Russie et de Saxe (1812-1813). Souvenirs d'un ex-commandant des grenadiers de la Vieille-Garde
    Edmond Dubois|Paris 1899|14 x 18 cm|relié
    First edition of these unpublished memoir fragments.
    Half sienna cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title-label with marginal loss, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
    Some light foxing mainly affecting the edges, pen gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page.








    €300
  21. Mémoires et souvenirs du général Maximien (sic) Lamarque publiés par sa famille
    Jean Maximilien LAMARQUE
    Mémoires et souvenirs du général Maximien (sic) Lamarque publiés par sa famille
    H. Fournier jeune|Paris 1835|12.50 x 21.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Bindings in half Empire green sheepskin, smooth backs discolored and lightened adorned with quadruple golden threads, traces of rubbing on the backs, marbled paper plates with scuffs, yellow slices, some dull corners, bindings of the time.
    Ex-donos with the feather of a previous proportion of the book on the guards of the volumes, some small frighteners without gravity and some snags on the cuts.
    Illustrated book of a portrait of Maximilian Lamarque frontispiece of the first volume.
    Our copy is enriched by an exceptional autograph letter signed by a page of Maximilian Lamarque, at the head of his staff, written at his headquarters in Nantes on August 15, 1830 and in which he takes surprisingly the defense of officers who violated the orders of the colonel of the 10th Light Infantry Regiment to whom this letter is addressed and who went as far as to desert: "... some of the officers who left you on the road to Ancenis, fear to be badly received by you, for the reason that you may judge, that they have failed in discipline.I warn you that I approve in all their conduct, that I would have done like them if I have been in your regiment, that I will do all that will depend on me, to make them have rewards, and that you will be in my eyes responsible for all that can happen to them of unpleasant in the body that you order.
    There are circumstances in which the love of the country and of liberty, where the fear of making war on one's country, makes it possible to break all ties and to trample under foot all the ordinances. Those in which we found ourselves have in my eyes this number.
    On the sidelines of this letter, an observer expresses his astonishment about this antimilitarist letter of a hero of the Revolution and the Empire.
    €1,200
  22. Au capucin gourmand
    Henri BÉRAUD
    Au capucin gourmand
    Albin Michel|Paris 1922|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First Edition printed on Alfa paper.
    Small traces of minor folds in the margins of the boards.
    Autograph signed by Henri Béraud to Gaston Chérau.
    Our copy is enriched by an autograph letter signed half-page Henri Béraud to Gaston Chérau, dated September 22, 1925, in which he thanked for his benevolent criticism and at the end of which he deplores the inexorable popularity of Communism which he fought in "I saw Moscow" published recently, envelope attached.
    €120
  28. Histoire de Russie
    Pierre-Charles LEVESQUE
    Histoire de Russie
    Chez Debure l'aîné|à Paris 1782|10 x 17 cm|relié
    First edition, illustrated with 2 large folding maps, of western Russia and eastern Russia.
    Contemporary full marbled calf bindings, spines with raised bands decorated, roulettes at head and foot. Red morocco title label, black wax volume labels. One wormhole along the upper joint at the foot of volume I. Upper joint of volume 3 nibbled for 3 cm. A tear at the foot of volume 2, with a small cut at the headcap. Volume labels rubbed. Corners rubbed. Handsome copy.
    Levesque spent 7 years in Saint Petersburg during which he was a professor under the protection of Diderot who allowed him to consult the archives and documents necessary for the completion of his work, which forms the most accomplished history of Russia at the end of the 18th century. The work exercised a decisive influence on the image of Russia in Europe and on Russian historiographers. The accuracy of the facts and the quality of the narrative contributed to making Levesque's Histoire de la Russie a classic work in Russia.
    Maccarthy Fitz-John bookplate.

    €1,500
  30. Les rêveries ou Mémoires sur l'art de la guerre
    Maurice Comte de SAXE
    Les rêveries ou Mémoires sur l'art de la guerre
    [Reveries, or, Memoirs concerning the Art of War]
    Chez Pierre Gosse|à La Haye [The Hague] 1758|24 x 35 cm (In-folio)|relié

    Second edition, a reprint of the first folio edition published in 1756 by the same publisher. A rare edition, illustrated with 40 plates including 4 folding and 16 double-page (arms, costumes, plans, manoeuvres...). Large vignette with coat of arms on the title-page, and 41 ornaments (headpieces, tailpieces). Title-page printed in red and black. At the end, Supplement aux Reveries, with its own title-page; this short addition, spanning only a few pages, contains the corrections made to the original. A two-volume quarto edition appeared in Paris in 1757.
    Bound in later full marbled brown calf; a skilful early 20th-century pastiche signed Saingy at foot. Spine with raised bands richly decorated, gilt rolls at head and tail. Red morocco lettering-piece, black morocco date-piece gilt. Rubbing to head- and tailcaps, edges, corners, and lower board. Plate XXXIV has been refolded, having been badly folded. An exceptionally fresh copy, the paper only slightly toned. One leaf misbound among the preliminary pages. A handsome copy.

    €1,500
  50. Voyages et découvertes faites par les Russes le long des côtes de la Mer Glaciale & sur l'Ocean Oriental, tant vers le Japon que vers l'Amérique: on y a joint L'histoire du fleuve Amur et des pays adjacens, depuis la conquête des Russes
    Gerhard Friedrich MÜLLER
    Voyages et découvertes faites par les Russes le long des côtes de la Mer Glaciale & sur l'Ocean Oriental, tant vers le Japon que vers l'Amérique: on y a joint L'histoire du fleuve Amur et des pays adjacens, depuis la conquête des Russes
    Chez Marc Michel Rey|à Amsterdam 1766|10.50 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés
    The rare and sought-after French first edition. Translation from German by Dumas. The large folding map, placed at the end of volume II, is missing and has been replaced by a photocopy of the reduced map provided by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France on its Gallica website. It was drawn by French cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) and published by Abbé Prévost. This has been refolded to insert in place of the original map.
    Contemporary full marbled calf bindings. Decorated smooth spines. Red morocco title and volume labels. One wormhole at the head of volume I. Evidence of rubbing to headcaps and corners. Lacking the half-title of the second volume. Handsome copy.
    The first volume surveys all the voyages of discovery carried out in eastern Russia, Kamchatka, Siberia, and notably and especially that of Vitus Bering who in 1728 was the first to discover the northwest passage, leaving his name to the famous Bering Strait. The latter made a voyage by the same route to southern Alaska in 1741. The work relates numerous voyages, notably that of Simon Dejnev around the Chukchi Peninsula, that of Mikhail Gvozdev and Ivan Fedorov across the Bering Strait to Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, in 1732... The second volume deals with the history of the Amur River based on Witsen's work on northern and eastern Tartary. This history details the reports and relations between the Russians and Chinese, as well as Jesuit interventions.

    €1,700
  59. Voyage de Monsieur Le Vaillant dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique, par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance
    François LE VAILLANT
    Voyage de Monsieur Le Vaillant dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique, par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance
    De l'imprimerie de Crapelet|à Paris 1798 (An VI)|12 x 19.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    New edition, illustrated with 20 plates (animals, views, camps, natives) compared to 12 in the 1790 first edition, including 6 folding plates, all on heavy paper, including the famous plate of the Hottentot with apron, which is sometimes missing.
    Bindings in full contemporary glazed marbled sheep. Smooth spines decorated with 2 fleurons and 2 urns in compartments, with roulette borders. Black morocco title and volume labels. Rubbing. Scratches to boards. Some pale foxing. Tear to outer margin of the Narina plate. Some leaves slightly proud. Good copy.
    François Levaillant (1753-1824) was a French explorer and ornithologist. In 1781, the treasurer of the Dutch East India Company sent him to the Cape Province in South Africa. He collected numerous specimens in the region, bringing back more than 2000 bird skins to France. All his books enjoyed great success throughout Europe. His ornithological collection would join the museum in Leiden, France not acquiring it. Some bird names he created are still in use. Some time later, species would bear his name, such as Levaillant's Cuckoo. In the preface, the author recounts his childhood in Surinam and his first collecting passions. The work contains interesting descriptions of the Hottentots and Gonaquas, their customs and practices. The work was a great success, undoubtedly due to the author's colorful and adventurous narrative.
    €800
  60. Relation des îles Pelew, situées dans la partie occidentale de l'Océan Pacifique, composée sur les journeaux et les communications du Capitaine Henri Wilson, et de ses Officiers, qui en août mil-sept-cent-quatre-vingt-trois, y ont fait naufrage sur l'Antelope, paquebot de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales
    George KEATE
    Relation des îles Pelew, situées dans la partie occidentale de l'Océan Pacifique, composée sur les journeaux et les communications du Capitaine Henri Wilson, et de ses Officiers, qui en août mil-sept-cent-quatre-vingt-trois, y ont fait naufrage sur l'Antelope, paquebot de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales
    Chez Le Jay et Maradan|A Paris 1788|12.50 x 19.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    French first edition in octavo, published at the same time as the quarto edition. It is illustrated with 16 plates, including 12 folding ones (views, portraits, objects) and a large folding map, all on heavy paper. This edition appeared the same year as the English original, and the translation was revised by the Count of Mirabeau.
    Contemporary full marbled and glazed sheep bindings. Smooth spines decorated with 4 compartmented fleurons. Red morocco title labels, black morocco volume labels. Triple fillet frame on boards. 2 small cuts at head of volume 2. Narrow split to upper joint at head of volume 1, lower joint cracked at head and tail over 4 cm. Corners bumped, some trimmed with lacks to leather. Overall rubbed. Good general appearance.
    The Palau archipelago is situated east of the Philippines, north of Indonesia, in Micronesia; Captain George Wilson and his crew, in service of the East India Company, were shipwrecked on an island near Palau in 1783. The work recounts how they were received by the natives and their king, and how they lived, until the king had a ship built for them to sail to Macao, while entrusting his son to the care of Captain Wilson, so that he might receive a Western education. George Keate, with the aid of the captain's notebooks, established the travel narrative of the ship Antelope which departed from Macao. The introduction is research into the literature of the existence of these islands. The book relates, quite naturally, the customs and habits of the inhabitants. At the end of volume II, a vocabulary of the Pelew language. One will note with interest an episode which shows the king at war against the inhabitants of other islands, and who borrowed 5 men from the captain to accompany him to war, the peaceful relations between the English and the king surely draw their origin from this curious diplomatic fact.
    The work enjoyed great success, certainly because the testimony it rendered corresponded to that myth of the noble savage which prevailed in Europe; Paul et Virginie by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre appeared on the same date.
    Bookplate: Library of C. Jameson. Below illegible cipher in black.
    €900
  64. Etre inimitable
    Marcel JOUHANDEAU
    Etre inimitable
    Gallimard|Paris 1964|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the review copies service.
    Back very slightly insolated without gravity.
    Precious and beautiful autograph dedication dated and signed, full page, from Marcel Jouhandeau to Jean Paulhan: "Dear Jean, when I turn to the past and measure the look the long way we have traveled together, I can not admit that 'no shadow tarnishes our friendship, my words may be free, they never want to sadden you, if I did not know you, I would lose my own esteem.'
    €120
  68. Voyages en Europe, en Asie et en Afrique, contenant la description des moeurs, coutumes, loix, productions, manufactures de ces contrées, l'état actuel des possessions anglaises dans l'Inde; commencés en 1777, finis en 1781. suivis des Voyages du Colonel Capper dans les Indes, au travers de l'Égypte du grand désert, par Suez par Bassora, en 1779
    William MAKINTOSH, John CAPPER
    Voyages en Europe, en Asie et en Afrique, contenant la description des moeurs, coutumes, loix, productions, manufactures de ces contrées, l'état actuel des possessions anglaises dans l'Inde; commencés en 1777, finis en 1781. suivis des Voyages du Colonel Capper dans les Indes, au travers de l'Égypte du grand désert, par Suez par Bassora, en 1779
    Chez Regnault|à Paris 1788|12 x 20 cm|relié
    Second edition, after the first published in 1786, by the same publisher. It is illustrated with 3 folding maps on heavy paper, one of Europe, a second of central Asia, a third of the North Pole.
    Contemporary full brown marbled calf bindings. Smooth spines decorated with 4 fleurons. Red morocco title labels and volume labels. Head of volume 1 slightly worn; that of volume 2 largely missing. Tail of volume 2 worn. 6 corners very bumped. One incision to the last compartment of volume 2. Rubbing and surface wear to boards. Some scattered foxing. One tear on a fold to the large map of Asia.
    Composed of a series of letters, Mackintosh's travels aim essentially at describing the situation of Hindustan, and the English presence in India. This journey nevertheless passes through Europe (description of the Netherlands, Antwerp, Nantes and Lorient), the Cape of Good Hope, and Bourbon Island, where Mackintosh was held prisoner. Some letters appear to have very diverse subjects but all in fact relate to England's situation and its future in the Indies, such as letters concerning the war between the Americans and the English, or those concerning the principal English chiefs of the Indies. Interesting appendix On the ants that attack sugar cane.
    Capper's Journey, colonel of the East India Company, reveals to us the ancient overland route to the Indies, from Egypt. At the end, extract from Sparrmann's journey to the Cape of Good Hope.
    €550
  69. Historique du 7e régiment d'infanterie 1569-1890
    ANONYME
    Historique du 7e régiment d'infanterie 1569-1890
    E. Dentu|Cahors 1890|13.50 x 21 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motifs, double gilt fillets at tail, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
    Gift inscription in pen by a previous owner on the half-title page, minor foxing without significance.
    Work illustrated with an engraving as frontispiece and a folding map at the end of the volume.


    €200
  70. Notice sur le vicomte Dode de La Brunerie, maréchal de France
    Auguste, général MOREAU
    Notice sur le vicomte Dode de La Brunerie, maréchal de France
    Librairie de Firmin Didot frères|Paris 1852|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at tail, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns.
    Gift inscription in pen by a previous owner on the half-title page, scattered foxing.
    Work decorated with a portrait of Marshal Dode de La Brunerie as frontispiece.


    €150
  71. Souvenirs militaires et intimes du général vicomte de Pelleport de 1793 à 1853 publiés par son fils
    Pierre de PELLEPORT-BURÈTE
    Souvenirs militaires et intimes du général vicomte de Pelleport de 1793 à 1853 publiés par son fils
    Didier & Cie • Chaumas|Paris • & Bordeaux 1903|14.50 x 23 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Bindings in half Empire green shagreen, spines with four raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments, green paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings.
    Autograph inscription signed on the first volume as a gift.
    Ex-donos in pen from a previous owner of the work on the half-title pages, some light foxing.
    Work illustrated with a portrait of Pierre de Pelleport as frontispiece to the first volume, 14 special maps, 2 facsimiles, 1 folding plan.


    €900
  74. Feuillets d'or de l'école militaire d'infanterie. Avord & Saint-Maixent
    Adrien-Félix-Marie-Joseph PAIMBLANT DU ROUIL
    Feuillets d'or de l'école militaire d'infanterie. Avord & Saint-Maixent
    Henri-Charles Lavauzelle|Paris 1897|16.50 x 26 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Braided binder in indigo halfcalcaline, smooth back decorated with a golden floral bouquet, double gilded nets in head and tail, title piece of red shagreen, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of orange paper, binder 'time.
    Rare foxing, ex-dono pen of a previous owner on the page of fake title.
    Nice copy.
    Handwritten signature of the captain of the Rouil below the printed dedication.
    €180
  75. Mémoires du colonel Delagrave. Campagne du Portugal (1810-1811)
    André COLONEL DELAGRAVE
    Mémoires du colonel Delagrave. Campagne du Portugal (1810-1811)
    Lib. Charles Delagrave|Paris s. d. [1902]|14.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at tail, black shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
    Gift inscription in ink from a previous owner on the half-title page of the volume, foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume.
    Rare work illustrated with 8 watercolored plates of military costume, 4 black portraits and 1 folding map at end of volume.

    €380
  84. Aventures du Capitaine Hatteras au Pôle Nord
    Jules VERNE
    Aventures du Capitaine Hatteras au Pôle Nord
    Hetzel|Paris 1875|18 x 27.50 cm|relié
    New edition, illustrated with 150 vignettes by Riou.
    Publisher's binding known as "A la bannière" in bright blue on burgundy, type 1. Second board of Lenègre type b, with the octagonal blind-stamped medallion. Plate signed Souze. Lenègre binder. On verso of title page Imp. Gauthier-Villars.
    Fine first plate with minute defects, a whitish spot in the outer border, a scratch on a spot at the lower border; upper right corner having suffered a fold. Spine good, headcaps rubbed, the head one slightly folded over. Minute split at the lower joint at head for a few millimeters, with a slight tear to the cloth. Spine with dark soiling and a dampstain in the medallion. 2 leaves slightly protruding. A Chinese stamp at top of half-title, with a date below: Nov 68. Scattered foxing. Handsome copy.
    Adventure novel recounting an expedition to the North Pole. Short preface by Jules Hetzel presenting the first publications of Jules Verne.
    €550
  85. La Tour-D'Auvergne, écrivain, citoyen, soldat. - Chanson guerrière en l'honneur du premier grenadier de France, à l'occasion de l'inauguration de sa statue à Carhaix, le 27 Juin 1841. - La Tour D'Auvergne, sa statue et sa correspondance
    J. DUBREUILH, A. DU CHATELLIER
    La Tour-D'Auvergne, écrivain, citoyen, soldat. - Chanson guerrière en l'honneur du premier grenadier de France, à l'occasion de l'inauguration de sa statue à Carhaix, le 27 Juin 1841. - La Tour D'Auvergne, sa statue et sa correspondance
    Imprimerie de Lion • La revue des provinces de l'ouest|Paris 1841-1856|13 x 21.50 cm|3 volumes reliés en 1
    First edition for each volume.
    Half dark sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpavers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
    Some minor foxing, gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page of the first volume.
    Rare gathering of these texts.
    Pen corrections and annotations and red pencil reading marks, probably by the hand of J. Dubreuilh on certain leaves.



    €200
  86. La Guyane française. Notes et souvenirs d'un voyage exécuté en 1862-1863
    Frédéric BOUYER, Gaston RIOU
    La Guyane française. Notes et souvenirs d'un voyage exécuté en 1862-1863
    Hachette & Cie|Paris 1867|26 x 35 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition illustrated with drawings by Riou, Rapine and Delahaye.
    Half red shagreen binding, spine with five thin raised bands decorated with quintuple gilt compartments ornamented at their centers with gilt fleurons, blind fillet frame on red paper boards, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns with some foxing, gilt edges, contemporary binding.
    Some light foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume.
    Handsome interior condition.

    €200
  89. Souvenirs du lieutenant général vicomte de Reiset 1775-1810 publiés par son petit-fils
    Marie Antoine REISET
    Souvenirs du lieutenant général vicomte de Reiset 1775-1810 publiés par son petit-fils
    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1899-1902|14 x 23.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Bradel bindings in half sienna cloth, smooth spines decorated with gilt floral motifs, double gilt fillets at foot, navy blue shagreen title labels, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings.
    Some foxing, gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title pages of the volumes.
    Work illustrated with 3 frontispiece portraits.
    Rare work complete in 3 volumes.






    €450
  90. Mémoires de Robert Guillemard, sergent en retraite, suivis de documens historiques, la plupart inédits de 1805 à 1823
    Robert GUILLEMARD
    Mémoires de Robert Guillemard, sergent en retraite, suivis de documens historiques, la plupart inédits de 1805 à 1823
    Delaforest • Bossange • Baudouin frères|Paris 1826|13.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Bradel bindings in half sienna cloth, smooth spines decorated with gilt fleurons at foot, marbled paper boards.
    Some minor foxing, gift inscriptions from a previous owner on the half-title pages of the volumes.
    Work illustrated with a map (which has a small lack at border without affecting its integrity) at the end of the second volume.







    €300
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