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First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on alfa paper, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Autograph inscription from Irène Némirovsky to the publisher Arthème Fayard.
A bookseller's label pasted to head od an endpaper, small spots mostly on the first and last leaves.

Elzevirian first edition produced by Isaac Vossius, at the age of 18. With allegorical title-frontispiece
Full red morocco contemporary binding. Raised-band spine richly decorated. Red morocco title-label. Triple gilt ruled frame on covers. Headcaps very finely restored. Endpapers renewed with mid-19th century paper. All edges gilt. Small marginal worming. A very handsome copy.
The work of Trogus Pompeius is known to us only through the famous abridgment by Justin of his Philippic Histories, which deals with all the countries conquered by Alexander the Great. At the end, 36 pages of notes by Isaac Vossius.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine lightly sunned without consequence, a small marginal tear on the first cover.

First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper only leading copies after 50 Holland paper.
autograph dedication of the author signed autograph Robert Joseph Jolinon Cornuet.
A small lack marginal minor as the first board.

First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on alfa.
A good copy.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête.
Spine sunned, endpapers slightly shaded.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on Alfa paper and reserved to the press office.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by André Thérive Charles Laval.
Nice copy.

Edition, one of 65 numbered copies on Holland paper, head drawing after 20 Japan.
Signing autograph Maurice Larrouy below the justification of the draw.
Small marginal tear without gravity, in pie back at the witnesses, and the slightly angular and insolated boards.

First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 30 on pur fil.
Spine slightly warped, a small light stain on the first cover.

First edition, one of 21 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.

Textured paper Bradel binding, covers and spine preserved, binding signed by Goy & Vilaine.

A nice copy elegantly bound.

Edition, one of 65 numbered copies on Holland paper, head drawing after 20 Japan.
Signing autograph Maurice Larrouy below the justification of the draw.
Small marginal tear without gravity, in pie back at the witnesses, and the slightly angular and insolated boards.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on vélin bibliophile paper, the only large paper copies.
A good copy despite a small spot to head of upper cover.

First edition, one of 37 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the tirage de tête.
Spine very slightly sunned, not serious.

First edition. The Lettres sur les novices which form the beginning of the work had already appeared several times; moreover, this collection of letters would be expanded several times until it reached 4 volumes. The title page of the first volume does not indicate volume numbering, the second volume, dated 1726, indicates Tome second; this is also a very first edition published as a sequel to the 1708 edition.
Contemporary full red morocco binding. Richly decorated raised spine. Gilt title and volume number with decorations. Triple fillet frame on boards with corner fleurons. Upper joint of volume I cracked 1cm at head. Sumptuous gold-ground paper on endpapers with polychrome flowers. Handsome morocco copies with small brown stains on boards.
These letters deal with various subjects of piety and morality, on novices and how to guide them when they enter religious life, on death, on consolation in Jesus Christ, Lent, confession... Duguet was a member of the Oratorians and close to Jansenist ideas, ideas which obliged him to leave his first church and join Antoine Arnault and Pasquier in Brussels.
Manuscript ownership inscription on endpaper: Ludovici Baugé clerici andegavensis.

First edition, rare. Fictitious statement of second edition. On the half-title: Publications de la Revue des deux mondes. The review had published the novel in serial form in 1833.
Contemporary half glazed black calf binding. Spine handsomely decorated with rococo tools. Gilt title and volume number. Some rubbing to edges. Scattered foxing, but fine copy, in a quality binding.
Sentimental epistolary novel. This is the author's third novel and the first to bear the masculine pen name Georges Sand.

NB: This work is available at the bookstore upon request within 48 hours.

First edition, one advance (service de presse) copy.
With an autograph inscription from Pierre Drieu la Rochelle to the publisher A. de Ridder.
A very good copy, retaining its advertising slip.

First edition
Contemporary red half Russia, the spine with double gilt fillets, corners very lightly rubbed
Handsome autograph inscription from Théophile Gautier to Monsieur Balquin des Essarts on half-title.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the tirage de tête.
Spine sunned, small marginal tears to the covers.

First edition, one of 32 numbered copies on pur fil.
A good copy with good margins, as issued.

New edition, illustrated with a frontispiece depicting Bertholde. The engraved title page of the second part is the same as for the first, a small manuscript "1" has been added before "1^re partie".
Full mottled calf binding ca. 1800. Decorated smooth spine. Black morocco title-label. Extremities of corners rubbed. Handsome copy, particularly fresh.
Published at the beginning of the 17^th century, at the end of the author's life, the story of Bertholdo had immense popular success in Italy; it features a deformed dwarf who possesses the highest qualities of mind. The action takes place in the Middle Ages, at the court of Verona, where Bertholde becomes a favorite of the monarch. At that time, deformity or ugliness were synonymous with coarseness and associated with evil; the author manifestly takes the opposite view. This version is freely translated from the original.

New edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 24 plates and numerous vignettes by Tony Johanot. Handsome romantic illustrated work.
Polychrome publisher's boards signed Lenègre at foot of spine. Smooth spine richly decorated with a polychrome panel with elaborate design. Front board decorated with a chained man and a wide polychrome floral border frame. On the rear board, a scene showing a young man at his work table. The blue is somewhat faded on the spine, one corner rubbed, rear board dusty at margins. One crease on spine. Handsome copy, perfectly fresh, with some occasional scattered foxing.
My Prisons are the memoirs of a man incarcerated by arbitrary power. Following the Neapolitan and Piedmontese revolution against the Austrian occupier, all personalities including Silvio Pellico were imprisoned for ten years at Spielberg in Moravia. The text achieved great success once published due to its pious character, Pellico having found hope only through the Catholic religion. The work also contains poetry.

New edition, ornamented with a frontispiece engraved by L. Cars after C. Natoire, with headpieces, tailpieces and initials, engraved by Nicolas Cochin and L. Cars after Natoire and Bouché, all in first printing. The text is set within a handsome red border and printed on deluxe paper, with careful typography.
Contemporary full blonde calf binding. Spine with five raised bands richly decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, as well as a blonde morocco title label. Triple gilt fillet border on boards. Fine gilt dentelle border on pastedowns. All edges gilt. Joints of upper board slightly cracked at head and foot and rubbed.
Handsome copy with full margins preserved in an elegant contemporary binding.
The historical remarks are by Claude Brossette, from the 1729 edition; they have been augmented with notes by Lenglet-Dufresnoy.

Reprint by the same publisher of the first edition of 1701, illustrated with a frontispiece and 100 half-page figures by Romain de Hooghe and retouched by Picart le Romain. Rare.
Late 18th century binding (possibly later) in full red Russia leather. Foreign binding, perhaps Russian. Spine with raised bands decorated with compartmented tulip tools. Gilt title and volume label. Head and foot rolls. Decorative border on covers. All edges gilt. Headcap of volume 2 partly worn. Corners slightly bumped. A tear to the lower joint of volume 2. Despite minor defects, handsome and uncommon binding, the set in good condition and well-printed.
Les Cent Nouvelles nouvelles is the first collection of French novellas, commissioned by the Duke of Burgundy Philip the Good, to whom it is dedicated and who received it in 1462. It brings together one hundred very free tales by authors from the Burgundian court, satirical and ribald in spirit, particularly targeting women and the clergy. Pierre Champion attributes its authorship to Philippe Pot, although 36 different storytellers can be identified. Their model of inspiration is clearly Boccaccio's Decameron.
Along with La Fontaine's Contes, this represents Romain de Hooghe's finest work, who captured the spirit of each tale in a lively manner, full of fantasy and humor.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies.
Contemporary full emerald shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt and cold fillets and compartments, triple frame of gilt and cold fillets framing the boards, triple gilt fillet framing the watered silk pastedowns, gilt fillet on the leading edges, all edges gilt. Pastedowns and endpapers somewhat soiled, otherwise a handsome copy.
Our copy is expanded with a 13-leaf poetic manuscript in Henri Chevreau's hand bound at the head of the work.
Henri Chevreau published with Laurent-Pichat a collection of verse issued in 1841 titled les Voyageurs.

Illustrated edition, with a frontispiece portrait of the author by Devéria engraved by Dequevaullier.
Contemporary full aubergine calf binding, smooth spine richly decorated with gilt rococo tools, triple gilt fillet and cold-stamped dentelle framing the boards, small fleurons in the corners, large cold-stamped central panel featuring a rosette surrounded by rococo motifs on both boards, wide gilt roll framing the pastedowns, marbled paper pastedowns and endpapers, gilt roll on the leading edges and headcaps, some traces of rubbing, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
Some foxing.
A handsome copy in a superb Romantic binding.

First edition. Two poems not reprinted in subsequent editions.
Contemporary full brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fillets, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, gilt dentelle framing the marbled paper pastedowns, all edges gilt.
A handsome copy.

New edition, considered the most beautiful and most correct of the author's complete works. Illustrated with 8 portraits by A. de Saint-Aubin in volume I and 4 figures after Moreau le jeune in volume II.
Contemporary full brown calf bindings, smooth spines richly decorated with gilt and blind fillets, as well as a blind typographical motif, gilt dentelle at head and tail, covers decorated with a gilt fillet, blind cornerpieces and a large blind fleuron in the center, Greek key roll framing the pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Joints slightly rubbed, otherwise a handsome copy.
Antoine Hamilton is primarily the author of the Mémoires du comte de Grammont, which Etiemble (author of the 18th-century anthology in the Pléiade collection and rediscoverer of 18th-century authors like Crébillon fils) considers one of the masterpieces of the period. His tales were also appreciated, including Fleur d'épine and Le bélier. Despite the work accomplished by Etiemble, and the complete rehabilitation of Crébillon fils, Hamilton remains fully to be rediscovered.
Cottin-Angar bookplate.

First edition of Parrain magnifique.
Near-contemporary full green morocco bindings, spines with five raised bands uniformly sunned, decorated with gilt fleurons, dentelles and fillets, gilt roulette on leading edges, gilt striated stars on headcaps, gilt roulette framing the pastedowns, all edges marbled.
One frontispiece portrait of the author and 8 figures by Moreau, 7 of which engraved by Simonet and 1 by de Gendht.
"This edition is the most complete and the best yet published of this poet." (Brunet)

First edition illustrated with 26 vignettes.
Full green shagreen binding, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with gilt romantic ornamental motifs, boards with blind-ruled frames decorated at their centers with gilt romantic ornamental motifs, scratch on lower board, gilt edges, romantic binding by Boutigny.
Literary contributions by Vigny, Chateaubriand...
Work illustrated with 26 steel-engraved plates and one title vignette by the finest English artists.
Foxing.

Rare first edition printed on strong laid paper.
Half blue calf bindings with corners, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets forming triple compartments and large Romantic motifs stamped in gold, gilt fillet on covers, some rubbing, pastedowns and endpapers lined with marbled paper, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece by Barrois in volume I and a frontispiece drawn and engraved by Langlois du-Pont-de-l'Arche in volume II.

First edition; a private edition was made in a few copies for the author's family in 1837, and it took 8 years before the author decided to release it to the public. 9 folding tables (budgets for the years 1806, 1808...)
Contemporary binding in half glazed blonde calf. Spine with false raised bands decorated with cold and hot fillets, roulette at foot. Red morocco title label, and black morocco volume label. A very slight crack to the upper joint at the head of volume 4, otherwise fine copy, moreover of perfect freshness.
Essential memoirs for understanding the Empire according to Tulard. Mollien was Minister of the Treasury from the Consulate to the end of the Empire. His memoirs are particularly concerned with details and precision. In the preface, Mollien admits his preference for Adam Smith's school over his own (Mollien spent 5 years in England studying finance after being dismissed and imprisoned during the Terror). He notably created the Court of Auditors. The work begins with an analysis of France's financial situation under Louis XVI, up to Bonaparte's rise. The tax system was consolidated under Napoleon, notably as consequences of the Empire's multiple wars. The memoirs contain numerous letters between the minister and his sovereign. The author thus presents an unprecedented economic and financial portrait of France under the Empire.

First French edition of Histoire d'un cabanon et d'un chalet (published the previous year) and first edition under this title.
Half olive sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt and blind fillets and dotting, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Half cherry red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, dots and fleurons, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Scattered foxing.

First edition.
Contemporary binding in half cherry red sheep, smooth spine uniformly faded decorated with gilt fillet and fleurons, marbled paper boards, scattered foxing.
Handsome copy.

Bilingual edition in Italian with the French text en regard, and illustrated with a frontispiece and five Dutch plates signed Bloote (particularly fine and beautiful), certainly executed by Abraham Blooteling, famous Dutch draftsman and engraver. Title page with sphere device.
Full black morocco binding ca. 1860. Spine with raised bands in Jansenist style with blind-ruled frame. Triple blind fillet frame on boards. Rich interior border. Gilt edges. Very handsome copy, perfectly executed in an unsigned master binding.
Guarini was a diplomat and writer, his most famous work being this play published under the original title Il Pastor fido, a tragi-comic pastoral written in parallel with the work of his friend Tasso's Aminta. It made him very famous and was performed on all the stages of Europe, outlasting Tasso's play, which was more sentimental and lyrical. Several of his poems also met with great success and were set to music during his lifetime in the form of madrigals. Handel made an opera from Pastor fido and Rameau a cantata, such was the renown of this play, published in 1589, still great in the first half of the 18th^th century. One can still see at the château d'Ancy le Franc a trace of this fame in the cycle of paintings illustrating the drama that adorns an entire salon.
The action takes place in Arcadia, threatened by plague. An oracle announces that the evil striking the country will end through the devotion of a faithful shepherd. Several rather complex intrigues finally accomplish the prophecies of the oracle. The author wished to blend various genres, including that of tragedy with that of pastoral, resulting in rather diffuse action, but the great richness of imagination, the antique chorus (then accompanied by instruments), felicitous well-conducted passages, measured affectation, clearly struck contemporary minds and those of the following century.

First edition of the French translation established by René de Maricourt.
Half red calf bindings, smooth spines with gilt stippling ornamented with black fillets and double gilt fillets, dark green long-grained morocco title and volume labels, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, corners slightly bumped without significance, contemporary bindings.
Some light foxing.
Rare.

First edition.
Half red calf binding, smooth spine richly decorated with gilt arabesques and a gilt bird ornament with black title-label, marbled paper boards, binding signed by Lefebvre.
A few very minor spots of worming.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four thin raised bands decorated with black compartments, old rose cardboard boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Occasional light foxing.

New edition of the French translation established by Sébastien Albin.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with black fillets, marbled paper boards, one joint fragile, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.

First edition of some parts of the text.
Half navy blue calf bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt garlands as well as gilt and black fillets, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings.
Occasional light foxing.

New edition published from the manuscript of the Reims library by Louis Paris.
Half dark green morocco bindings, spines slightly faded with four raised bands set with black fillets, small traces of rubbing on the bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings signed by Gardien.
Work illustrated with headpieces, initial letters and tailpieces.
Pen initials inscribed at the head of an endpaper.

New edition preceded by an introduction by François Barrère.
Half caramel calf binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets decorated with double gilt fillets, dark green morocco title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled top edge, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy attractively bound.

first edition for which there is no mention of leading copies.
autograph dedication of the author autograph dated and signed by Jules Delacre to Mr. and Mrs. Engel Bathori.
Lack head back.

First edition, one of 450 numbered copies on Alfa paper, only 25 leading copies after Japan and 25 Holland paper.
autograph dedication of the author signed autograph of Charles Plisnier to the actress and theater Andrée Tainsy woman.
Nice copy.

Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by Jorge Enrique Mobili in the singer Jane Bathori who was the companion of the actress and theater woman Andrée Tainsy.
Our copy is enriched by the author's business card.

Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by Jorge Enrique Mobili in the singer Jane Bathori who was the companion of the actress and theater woman Andrée Tainsy.
Our copy is enriched by the author's business card.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vellum Monfourat only draw after 33 leading copies.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by René Mébard to cantarice Jane Bathori who was the companion of the actress and theater woman Andrée Tainsy.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vellum Monfourat only draw after 33 leading copies.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by René Mébard to cantarice Jane Bathori who was the companion of the actress and theater woman Andrée Tainsy.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vellum Monfourat only draw after 33 leading copies.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by René Mébard to cantarice Jane Bathori who was the companion of the actress and theater woman Andrée Tainsy.

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Pergament, one draw with 15 Fabriano paper Magnani.
autograph dedication of the author signed autograph Tristan Fernandez to the singer Jane (Batory) and his partner the actress and theater woman Andrée (Tainsy).
First lightly shaded flat head.

Bilingual Edition, the French translation has been done by the Spanish-speaking poet Rafael Alberti.
Bel autograph signed Gloria Alcorta to the singer Jane Bathori who was the companion of the actress and theater Andrée Tainsy woman.
Book adorned the author of illustrations.
A pleasant, well complete copy of the original crystal of the book reproduces the title page.

First edition.
HAndsome signed and dated autograph inscription in French from Victoria Ocampo to the singer (Jane) Bathori, who was the partner of the comedian Andrée Tainsy : "... qui a travaillé pour la musique en Argentine with tant de générosité and de chaleur..."
Iconography.
Spine sunned.

New edition.
Contemporary half cherry red calf binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt and blind fillets, uniformly faded, signed binding by Thouvenin.
Foxing.
Provenance: from the library of Marquis Guillaume de Lespine with his bookplate.

Fourth edition, decorated with a frontispiece engraved by A. Fauchery after Devéria and printed on chine collé.
Contemporary half red calf binding, smooth spine richly decorated with gilt arabesques as well as a gilt bird tool and a black title-label, marbled paper boards, binding signed by Lefebvre.
Some minimal worming.

New edition.
Contemporary half blonde sheep bindings. Smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets, dentelles and fleurons.
Spine of volume two slightly damaged by opening, as well as joints of the same volume minimally damaged at head. Some foxing on endpapers and title pages.
Late edition of the author's works, a playful, light and sarcastic poetry, of which he himself established the genre at the beginning of the 18th century.

Edition, one of the copies Alfa paper.
Precious autograph signed by Francis Carco Descaves to Lucien: "... no hard feelings ..."
spine slightly insolated.

Complete Edition, review copy.
Precious autograph signed by Francis Carco Descaves to Lucien: "... Remember, remember ..."
spine slightly insolated, small angular lack of boards.

Edition, one of the copies Alfa paper.
Precious autograph signed by Francis Carco Descaves to Lucien: "... no hard feelings ..."
spine slightly insolated.

Edition adorned with 65 illustrations from the documents of the National Library, one of 400 numbered copies on Arches paper, one draw after 20 and 10 outside Japan trade.
Precious autograph signed by Francis Carco Descaves to Lucien: "... for his many readers of the Journal ..."
Two gaps at the head and foot of the back, otherwise nice copy.

Second edition, after the first published in 1684.
Contemporary full blonde calf binding. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons as well as a red title-label. Gilt roulette on edges and headcaps. All edges speckled red. Handsome copy.
The work was written after the publication of the Nouveaux dialogues de mort, and is connected to it only by the literary device of giving voice to the dead, a genre which was very popular in the 17th century. Through a series of letters, Lettres des Vivants aux Morts, Requête des morts désintéressés... Fénelon presents a satirical portrait of the political events of his time.

New edition.
Contemporary full blonde calf binding, smooth spine lined with slightly faded red morocco, decorated with gilt arabesques and crosshatch patterns, gilt dentelle border on covers, gilt striping on edges and headcaps, all edges yellow speckled with red.
Corners slightly bumped. Foxing mainly on endpapers and first and last leaves of each volume.

First edition. There would be three editions the same year.
Contemporary half brown sheep bindings with corners. Smooth spines decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons as well as red and blue morocco title and volume labels. Joints slightly cracked and showing some rubbing. Some dampstaining.
"Woman writer, salonnière and friend of philosophers and famous writers in the 18th century, Louise d'Épinay is the author of Memoirs whose originality is situated on two levels: from the point of view of content first, because it is a history of her family and the literary events of the century, a history however 'self-reflective' and filled with her own feelings and reflections; then, from the point of view of form, since it involves a singular combination of letters, memories and first-person diary pages and short third-person narratives." Sanda Nemeth-Badescu, Dalhousie French Studies, 2005. The famous muse of the late 18th century was indeed a friend of Rousseau, Grimm, Diderot, Voltaire, etc, and her memoirs interspersed with correspondence best illustrate the world of letters of this late 18th century.

first edition of the French translation of Brunet.
Our copy contains a letter from the author to the editor.
Then half green morocco binding, back with five nerves decorated uniformly past net cold and golden, gilded boxes, double net gilded on the boards handmade paper, gilded head on witnesses.

New edition.
Contemporary full blonde calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with gilt dentelle and fleurons as well as a brown morocco title label. Triple gilt fillet framing the boards. Gilt roulette on the edges and headcaps. All edges gilt. Good copy.
These two poems by Pope were brought together quite early and multiple editions were made of them, the first is a rather lyrical didactic poem on the nature of man and his place in the universe, and the second, quite different, is a graceful and libertine poem on the divinities of love, sylphs and gnomes, who assist young girls in their amorous emotions.

First edition.
Half caramel shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets decorated with black double compartments at the centers of which appear the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times, turquoise blue shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, elegant later unsigned binding.
Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave Flaubert.

New edition of the French translation accompanied by an appendix containing extracts from the Journal of Samuel Pepys and that of John Evelyn on the facts and characters of the Memoirs of Grammont.
Half red calf binding with corners, spine lightened with four raised bands set with gilt garlands decorated with gilt double compartments adorned with gilt typographical motifs, dark green morocco title label, frame of double gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Some light foxing.

Seventh edition.
Half navy blue calf binding, smooth spine decorated with black and gilt fillets, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, elegant contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with an engraving as frontispiece.
Copy with some foxing.

First edition.
Half-shagreen binding in red, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesques, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
Handsome copy.

First French edition established by Germond de Lavigne.
Half mint green calf binding, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with gilt fillets, gilt frieze at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, engraved bookplate pasted on pastedown, contemporary binding.
Text preceded by a historical essay by Germond de Lavigne.
Rare copy almost entirely free from foxing.

Edition with some parts in first edition, the main part of which appeared in 1597, but which contains for the first time Le Fresne, L'Espérance, La Divinité des procès, Sur un anneau, Je pensais que vertu, La Femme et le Procès, Ce Petit Dieu colère, On demande en vain; that is 7 new poems (only 17 had appeared in 1597).
Full dark green morocco binding late 19th century. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 fleurons. Boards decorated à la Du Seuil, inner frame with fleurons in the corners. Rich inner frieze. Spine lightened. Light rubbing to corners, joints and headcaps. The copy appears, judging by the handmade paper of the pastedowns, to have been rebound.
This is the last book published during the author's lifetime and revised by his hand, the latter having died in 1602, at the age of 68. Although he was a very enlightened humanist and a profound scholar, friend to many poets (Muret, Ronsard, Baïf...), he is the author of light and particularly witty poetry, without affectation, nourished by Antiquity, where wordplay and rhymes embellish the poems. Professor of eloquence and Belles-Lettres, Passerat would publish very little during his lifetime, yet he was highly appreciated

Second edition of the French translation established by J. Dusaulx, expanded with notes and preceded by historical notices on the life of Juvenal and on that of Dusaulx.
Half dark green straight-grained morocco with corners, spine with four raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with triple gilt compartments, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edges gilt, elegant near-contemporary unsigned bindings but attributable to Niédrée.
Our copy is exceptionally expanded with over 90 engravings including 3 portraits of Juvenal as well as vignettes and portraits.
Provenance: from the library of Léon Rattier with his bookplates pasted on the blank endpapers.
Bibliophile's annotation at the head of an endpaper in the first volume, some light foxing of no consequence.
Handsome copy beautifully presented in a charming near-contemporary binding.

Edition illustrated with 11 original compositions by Stanislaw Rejchan, one of 100 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Half navy blue morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with gilt double compartments embellished with gilt typographical motifs, gilt date at foot, gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, corners slightly bumped, some tears on the leading edges, contemporary binding signed by A. Knecht. Our copy, as stipulated in the justification page, is indeed complete with the duplicate suite of compositions.
Fine interior condition.
A handsomely established copy in a charming signed contemporary binding which shows some defects of wear.

« Développer à toute leur puissance les dons physiques et intellectuels qu'il tenait du hasard , faire de lui-même le type accompli d'un civilisé de son temps, charmer les femmes et dominer les hommes, se donner toutes les joies de l'esprit , des sens et du pouvoir , dompter tous les sentiments naturels comme des instincts de servage , dédaigner toutes les croyances vulgaires comme des chimères ou des hypocrisies, ne rien aimer, ne rien craindre et ne rien respecter que l'honneur : tels furent, en résumé, les devoirs qu'il se reconnut et les droits qu'il s'arrogea . »

Sixth edition preceded by a study by Edmond Scherer.
Full chocolate brown morocco bindings, spine with five raised bands, gilt roulettes on headcaps, marbled paper boards, front covers stamped in their centers with a gilt monogram, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelle framing the pastedowns, top edges gilt, gilt fillets on the leading edges, elegant unsigned bindings.
A perfectly established copy.

Edition published by Georges d'Heylli and illustrated with original etchings by Guillaumot père et fils, one of 30 numbered copies on China paper, deluxe issue with 30 on Whatman.
Half caramel calf binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced at angles with gilt typographical motifs, hazelnut brown morocco title-label, marbled paper boards, traces of soiling to board margins, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, upper corners slightly bumped.
Occasional light foxing.

First edition of this complete polemical journal in 12 issues.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double gilt compartments adorned with gilt floral motifs, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Rare and handsome copy.

first edition.
Binding half sheepskin pine green, smooth back, plates, guards and contreplats paper moiré, preserved covers, gilded head, contemporary binding signed cold.
autograph dedication of the author signed autograph Maurice Barres Francis Chevassu.
Light marginal gaps on the first text reached without slip.
Nice copy.

First edition.
Half black calf binding with corners, spine slightly faded with five raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, elegant contemporary Romantic binding signed by Bauzonnet-Trautz.
Some light foxing mainly affecting the endpapers.

First edition.
Half-bronze calf bindings, spines with four raised bands set with gilt borders decorated with cold-stamped typographical motifs as well as gilt garlands, traces of rubbing to joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, elegant contemporary Romantic bindings.
Some light foxing of no consequence.

First edition.
Half-caramel calf bindings, spines with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt typographical motifs, navy blue morocco title and volume labels, small stains at foot of spine of second volume, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, elegant contemporary bindings.
Some light foxing of no consequence.

First edition, one of 42 numbered copies on Rives laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Rare and fine full-margined copy.

First edition.
Half-sheep binding in navy blue, spine with five raised bands set with black stippling decorated with double black fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, one tear to a leading edge, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.

First edition.
Half-shagreen bindings in black, smooth spines faded and decorated with gilt cartouches, black paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary bindings.
Some minor foxing, one stain affecting a leaf in the second volume.

First edition.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, one joint rubbed and fragile, marbled paper boards with some surface wear, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing affecting mainly the margins.

First edition published in a small number of copies on laid paper and illustrated with an original etching by Gustave Staal as frontispiece.
Bradel binding in half blue morocco with corners, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
Handsome copy.

New edition.
Half navy blue calf bindings, spines with four raised bands set with gilt garlands decorated with gilt and black fillets, gilt friezes at head and tail, traces of rubbing to spine of second volume, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary Romantic bindings.
Some foxing.

New edition preceded by a notice on the life and works of this author.
Half red calf bindings, spines slightly faded with four raised bands set with seven gilt fillets decorated with cold-stamped fleurons as well as black dotted lines, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, elegant contemporary Romantic bindings signed by Thouvenin.
Work illustrated with 12 engravings hors-texte.
Occasional light foxing of no consequence.
Handsome set in a charming contemporary Romantic binding signed by Thouvenin, one of the most famous binders of the first half of the 19th century.

Edition with some parts in first edition.
Half brown shagreen bindings, spines faded with four fine raised bands set with double gilt dotted lines decorated with double gilt compartments and black fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
Rare set free from worming or foxing (cf Clouzot).