Latest acquisitions

Charles IMMERMANN
Les paysans de Westphalie
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1869|11 x 18 cm|relié
First edition of the French translation established by Desfeuilles.
Half purple calf binding, smooth spine lightly browned decorated with black and gilt fillets, gilt initials at foot of spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Provenance: from the library of Louis Greffulhe with his engraved bookplate "Bibliothèque de Bois Boudran" engraved and pasted on a pastedown.
Some light foxing.
Handsomely bound copy.
€350
ANONYME, Alfred FRANKLIN
Journal du siège de Paris en 1590 rédigé par un des assiégés
Léon Willem|Paris 1876|13 x 20 cm|relié
Edition published from the original manuscript in the Mazarine Library, one of 320 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only printing with 30 on Whatman.
Half blue morocco binding, faded spine with five raised bands decorated with the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times, one joint slightly cracked at head, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, near-contemporary binding.
Text preceded by a study on the customs and manners of Parisians in the 16th century by Alfred Franklin.
Work illustrated with a double frontispiece plate.
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.
Handsome copy elegantly bound.
€100
André GIDE
Ainsi soit-il ou les jeux sont faits
Gallimard|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 1020 numbered copies on pur fil paper.
A good copy.
€50
Charles MALO
Biographie critique des orateurs les plus distingués et principaux membres du Parlement d'Angleterre dédiée à Leigh Hunt Esquire
Delaunay • Louis Janet • Péligier|Paris 1820|13 x 21 cm|relié
First edition of the French translation established by Charles Malo.
Half red morocco with corners binding, spine with four raised bands set with quadruple gilt fillets decorated with fleurons and double gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, binding in the romantic style signed by Koehler.
Provenance: from the library of the Marquis de Fortia with his engraved bookplate pasted on a pastedown.
Rare foxing.
Handsome copy attractively established in a romantic pastiche binding.
€80
Franz de JESSEN
Bibliographie de la littérature française relative au Danemark
Jules Meynial|Paris 1924|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 950 copies on papier surglacé, the only printing with 50 on vélin du marais paper.
A good copy.
€70
ANONYME
Nouveau testament de notre seigneur Jésus Christ
Chez Gaspard Migeot|à Mons 1668|9 x 15.50 cm|2 tomes reliés en un volume
Fourth edition of the so-called Port-Royal translation established by Ant. Le Maistre, and continued by Antoine Arnauld and Louis-Isaac Le Maistre de Sacy. The first was published in 1667.
Contemporary binding in full midnight blue morocco. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fillets. Gilt fillet framing the boards. All edges gilt. Some worm damage at foot of spine. One corner slightly damaged. Some rubbing.
While the translation was received with the greatest favor in Jansenist circles, it was quickly criticized and censures (banned by the Council of State and the Pope) and attacks followed, notably from the Jesuits. This translation would be integrated into the great project led by Le Maistre de Sacy and was realized through the grand edition of La sainte bible, known by its designation as the Bible de Port-Royal.
€600
Maximilien FOY GÉNÉRAL ET COMTE
Discours du Général Foy précédés d'une notice biographique par M. P.F. Tissot; d'un éloge par M. Etienne; et d'un essai sur l'éloquence politique en France par M. Jay
Moutardier|Paris 1826|13.50 x 21 cm|2 volumes reliés
Second edition.
Half navy calf bindings, smooth spines lightened and decorated with blind rules, blind and gilt fillets as well as gilt tools of chivalric and military inspiration, gilt friezes at foot, blue paper boards with minor harmless scuffs, marbled edges, two corners very slightly bumped, contemporary bindings.
Illustrated work, with frontispiece to the first volume, an engraved portrait of the author and a facsimile.
Some foxing without too much gravity.
€180
MARTIAL D'AUVERGNE, Benoît de COURT
Les arrets d'amours, avec L'Amant rendu cordelier, à l'Observance d'Amours
Chez François Changuion|à Amsterdam 1731|11 x 17.50 cm|relié
New edition prepared by Lenglet Du Fresnoy, with his notes and a glossary. A handsome title vignette. The last early edition.

19th-century binding in red half morocco with corners, signed Bauzonnet. Spine with five raised bands richly decorated in the grotesque style. Double gilt fillet on the boards. Top edge gilt on deckled edges. Spine somewhat faded. Some marginal worming, otherwise a handsome copy.

Ex-libris of the L. Pasquier library pasted on the first endpaper.

€600
François-Auguste PARSEVAL GRANDMAISONS
Les Amours épiques, poëme en six chants
imprimerie de Dentu|à Paris 1806|13 x 20 cm|relié
Second edition with some parts in first edition, the first edition of 1804 had 2000 fewer verses. A title vignette.
Contemporary full camel blonde calf binding, signed R.P. Thouvenin. Spine with five raised bands decorated with stippling, fleurons and gilt fillets, as well as a blue morocco title-label. Gilt pointillé stamps, roulette and cold fillet framing the boards. Gilt dentelle framing the marbled paper pastedowns. All edges marbled. Head damaged, joints slightly rubbed. A large dampstain in the lower margin affecting the first leaves.
A collection composed of imitations of the great epic poets, from Antiquity or the Renaissance, consisting of a succession of tableaux. The author thus supposes that in the Elysian Fields, the great epic poets (Homer, Milton, Ariosto...) have gathered to sing and versify about the famous loves of Andromache and Hector, Renaud and Armida, Adam and Eve... This poetic vein, into which numerous poets of the Empire threw themselves, Millevoye or Baour Lormian, in their desire to resurrect epic poetry, left the impression of a serious crisis in French poetry.
€250
Dominique Dufour de PRADT
Histoire de l'Ambassade dans le grand duché de Varsovie en 1812
Chez Pillet|à Paris 1815|12 x 20 cm|relié
First edition.
Contemporary binding in full blonde tree calf. Smooth spine decorated with geometric motifs, fleurons and gilt dentelles. Green morocco title-label. Blind fillet framing the boards. Gilt roulette on the edges and headcaps. A large abrasion to the front board.
Written in 1814, while Napoleon was fighting at the gates of Paris. The author, one of Napoleon's advisors for ten years, seeks in this work to draw the true portrait of the emperor, to scrutinize, behind the appearance of things, the true motivations and the true character of Napoleon Bonaparte. The author unmasks the false legends, understanding that the prodigious faculty of embracing everything has its reverse side, that of never delving deeply into anything; portrait of a man whose obsession and principal desire were to subject the world to his domination, who discoursed incessantly to seduce and captivate his entourage, and for whom men were never anything more than servants to his cause. This vitriolic portrait, thoughtful, true writer's work, does not fall into complacency and facile criticism.
Dominique de Pradt was accused by the emperor of having made him miss Europe during the Polish embassy, which was to be the last rampart before the fall of Russia. Moreover, the work has the merit of discovering ignored points of history, in its desire to determine Napoleon's system and thoughts, notably to exclude England from Europe and to confine Russia to its northern position.
€600
Evariste PARNY
Porte-feuille volé, contenant Le Paradis perdu, Les Déguisemens de Vénus, Les Galanteries de la Bible
Au Magazin de Librairie|à Paris 1805|9 x 14 cm|relié
First edition published anonymously.
Contemporary binding in half blonde calf. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fillets and dots, and a green morocco title-label. All edges gilt.
A collection of light and humorous poetry, and gently libertine. Le paradis perdu is a satire of Milton's eponymous work; Les déguisemens de Vénus, an imitation of the Greek poets; Les galanteries de la bible are pleasant sermons in verse.
€150
illustré par Henry MONNIER, Monsieur de FONGERAY [Hygin-Auguste CAVE]
Les soirées de Neuilly
Moutardier|Paris 1827|13 x 21 cm|2 volumes reliés
Second edition written under the collective pseudonym of Monsieur de Fongeray and illustrated with a lithographed portrait of the so-called de Fongeray by Henry Monnier, which is actually nothing other than a portrait of Stendhal, for according to Charles Asselineau: "We have it from M. Henry Monnier that the supposed portrait of M. de Fongeray is nothing less than that of Stendhal slightly caricatured".
Half raspberry calf bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt and black fillets, gilt friezes at head and tail, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, handsome unsigned contemporary romantic bindings
Our copy is complete with the autograph facsimile.
One minor stain at foot of the last leaves of the first volume, otherwise handsome interior condition without foxing.
Handsome copy handsomely bound.
€250
Charles YRIARTE
Campagne de France 1870-1871. La retraite de Mézières effectuée par le 13ème corps d'armée aux ordres du général Vinoy
Henri Plon|Paris 1871|10 x 16.50 cm|relié
first edition of this thesis.
Marine half calf binding, slightly browned flat spine decorated with gilt fillets and cold, gold monogram of Count Henri de Greffulhe tail back, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, corners very lightly bumped, binding the unsigned time.
Signed autograph of General Vinoy to Henri Greffulhe count.
Pleasant beautifully drawn copy.
€150
Théophile GAUTIER
Les beaux-arts en Europe, première et deuxième série
Paris 1855-1856|11 x 18 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
First edition for each of the volumes.
Half navy blue shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with double blind fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
Handsome copy.
€150
Lucien PINVERT
Mérimée et le combat de Schwardino, le vrai enlèvement de "La redoute"
Alphonse Picard & fils|Paris Mai-Juin 1914|16.50 x 25 cm|relié
First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue des études historiques.
Half red shagreen binding, spine slightly browned with three raised bands decorated with the gilt paraph of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated three times, spine and covers bearing traces of black wax, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, contemporary unsigned binding.
Autograph inscription signed by Lucien Pinvert to Roger de Cormenin.
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.
€100
Achille Arthur DESJARDINS
Les trois flèches d'Hassan, conte
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [1888]|13 x 16.50 cm|broché
Edition printed small number on rod.
Signed autograph Arthur Desjardins Achilles Madame Charles Buloz.
Rare copy and pleasant.
€120
Charles FOLEŸ
Zéphyrin Baudru
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1899|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
first edition for which there is no mention of leading copies.
Binding to bradel half red calico, smooth back with a gold floral design, double net gilded tail, part of title Bordeaux shagreen, marbled paper plates, wrappers preserved and bound in, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph of Charles Foley to his friend Theodore Lhomer.
Pleasant copy.
€80
Charles FOLEŸ
Mulot & gendres
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1898|12 x 19 cm|relié
first edition for which there is no mention of leading copies.
Binding to bradel half percaline periwinkle, smooth back with a gold floral design, double net gilded tail, part of title hazelnut shagreen, marbled paper plates, wrappers preserved and bound in, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph of Charles Foley to his old friend Theodore Lhomer.
Pleasant copy.
€80
Théodore BOTREL, Charles Émile CARLÈGLE
Les chants du bivouac (1er Août - 31 Décembre 1914)
Payot & Cie|Paris 1915|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Preface by Maurice Barrès.
Work illustrated with a portrait of the author by Paul Jobert as frontispiece as well as 107 pen drawings by Charles-Emile Carlègle
Small lacks to head of spine, light adhesive paper stains to heads and feet of endpapers, otherwise handsome full-margined copy.
€150
Albert de POUVOURVILLE
L'homme qui a mis les boches dedans
Eugène Figuière|Paris 1919|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of the few copies on Holland paper which he is no mention, only large papers.
Bound in black morocco half, back with five nerves, golden tail date marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, wrappers and back preserved and bound in, gilded head, elegant contemporary binding signed Creuzevault.
Tribute autograph dated and signed by the author.
Rare and enjoyable copy all beautifully set margins.
€400
Sacha RICAS
Le salon bleu d'Arthénice par son ombre agrémenté de quelques aperçus touchant les prosateurs de ce temps
Plon|Paris 1912|14.50 x 19 cm|relié
first edition published anonymously, one of 15 copies hors commerce numbered on Japan, our specially printed for Professor Albert Robin.
Binding half morocco Chocolate corners, back with four nerves, nets gilded framing of marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilded head on witnesses, wrappers and back preserved and bound in, elegant binding signed Marot-Rodde.
Very nice autograph signed full-page Sacha Ricas Professor Robin: "... my best friend Professor Robin who not only perpetuates human life, but still afraid to revive the ghosts since it is through her magnetic presence qu'Arthénice must have awakened from a lethargy of more than two hundred fifty years ... "
About Gabriele d'Annunzio, Marguerite Audoux, Maurice Barres, Pierre Louÿs, Remy de Gourmont, Octave Mirbeau ...
Pleasant beautifully drawn copy.
€350
Prosper MÉRIMÉE
Etudes sur les arts au Moyen-Age
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1875|12 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in full cherry red cloth with flaps, smooth spine, date and place gilt at foot, brown shagreen title-label, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy almost entirely free of foxing.
€250
Jacques-Henri BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE
Paul et Virginie
L. Curmer|Paris 1838|16.50 x 26 cm|relié
Famous illustrated edition with nearly 450 wood-engraved vignettes, 29 plates printed on China paper and 7 steel-engraved portraits after T. Johannot, Meissonnier, Iasbey, P. Huet.
Full cherry red morocco binding, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with a gilt cartouche embellished with gilt romantic arabesques, gilt roulettes on headcaps, one joint slightly cracked at head, frame of quadruple gilt and blind fillets on boards enriched at corners with gilt typographical motifs, central gilt bilobed cartouche enriched at angles with gilt romantic tools, gilt dentelle frame on pastedowns, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, double gilt fillets on edges, all edges gilt, some minor scratches on edges, elegant contemporary romantic binding signed by Laurent.
Our copy is complete with its map of Ile-de-France by Dyonnet and the two so-called "English" portraits.
The title is from the second printing at 49 rue de Richelieu, the portrait of the "Bonne femme" is not engraved on page 418.
Some light foxing.
A handsome copy of this landmark book, one of the finest achievements of romantic illustration, in a perfect romantic binding by Laurent.
€600
Jean GIGOUX, Alain-René LESAGE
Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
J.J. Dubochet & Cie|Paris 1838|17 x 26 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with a portrait of the author on China paper as well as several wood-engraved vignettes by Jean Gigoux.
Half red shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with quadruple gilt and blind cartouches enhanced with gilt romantic arabesques, framed with a gilt cartouche on red paper boards enriched in corners with gilt typographical motifs, endpapers and pastedowns of turquoise watered silk, contemporary binding.
A handsome copy almost entirely free of foxing.
€250
Ernest RENAN
L'eau de jouvence
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1881|14.50 x 22 cm|relié
first edition.
Binding half caramel calf, back smoothes decorated with gilded nets and dotted, golden tail date, title piece of chocolate morocco small traces of restoration on a bit, marbled paper plates, a slight lack of skin Length of the first flat, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, dotted gilded on the cuts, sprinkled edges, corners bumped, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph Ernest Renan to his friends Perrot.
autograph dedication of the author having been trimmed slightly by the bookbinder.
Pleasant copy.
€200
ANONYME
Le Tygre, satyre sur les gestes mémorables des Guisards, 1561
Berger-Levrault|Strasbourg 1851|15 x 22 cm|relié
New edition printed in 60 numbered copies, ours one of 2 numbered copies on green paper, deluxe copies after 1 on Mouton paper.
Half dark green morocco binding, spine faded with four raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments, minor rubbing to headcaps, boards, endpapers and pastedowns of marbled paper, two corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
A handsome and rare copy.
€230
Jean DOLENT, Eugène CARRIÈRE
Monstres
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1888|12 x 19 cm|broché
Edition illustrated, frontispiece, an etching of Eugène Carrière engraved by Félix Bracquemond.
Signed autograph Jean Dolent Charles Martel: "... let us learn the words ..."
Pleasant copy fragile parchment flawless coverage.
€300
Ferdinand FABRE
L'abbé Tigrane candidat à la papauté
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1873|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
first edition of the author's masterpiece.
Binding half morocco navy with corners, back with five nerves decorated with gilded nets set with double ornate gilded coffered typographical motifs, golden tail date coaching gilded nets on marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper , gilded head, wrappers and back preserved and bound in (slightly dated back), gilded head, perfect binding signed Devauchelle.
Precious and exceptional autograph signed by Ferdinand de Lesseps to Fabre: "To the French, Ferdinand de Lesseps, testimony of profound respect, Ferdinand Fabre".
Provenance: the Gryse Georges library with his bookplate pasted on a guard.
Very nice copy elegantly established by Roger Devauchelle and an illustrious provenance.
€800
Lucien PINVERT
Sur Mérimée. Notices bibliographiques et critiques
Librairie Henri Leclerc|Paris 1908|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
First edition decorated with 7 illustrations in and outside the text including 1 frontispiece.
Half lemon morocco binding, spine slightly browned with five raised bands decorated with the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times, turquoise morocco title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, handsome unsigned contemporary 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.
Handsome copy handsomely bound.
€100
Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de BUFFON
Traité de l'aimant et de ses usages. Histoire naturelle des minéraux. Tome V.
De l' imprimerie des Bâtiments du roi|à Paris 1788|20 x 25.50 cm|relié
First edition of this treatise, published following the four volumes whose editorial dates run from 1782 for the first volume to 1788 for the last, namely the Traité de l'aimant, which is therefore often missing from the series.

Contemporary full red morocco binding. Spine with raised bands richly decorated. Title and volume labels in black morocco. Triple fillet frame on covers. Roulette on leading edges and board-edges. Gilt edges. Domino paper with gilt stars. Corners rubbed.

Very handsome copy, perfectly bound in a master binding, very fresh.

The Traité de l'aimant is the last work published during the author's lifetime and closes the Histoire naturelle whose edition spanned fifty years, and which enjoyed success comparable to Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie. The treatise proper is followed by numerous tables of observations on the inclination of the magnetic needle (with the names of travelers and navigators), in the southern and northern hemispheres, according to different latitudes... The treatise begins with an exposition of magnetic and electric forces.
€800
Alessandro Vittorio PAPACINO D'ANTONI, Gratien-Jean-Baptiste-Louis FLAVIGNY
Examen de la poudre
Chez Marc Michel Rey|à Amsterdam 1773|12 x 20 cm|relié
The rare French first edition, illustrated with 9 folding plates containing 22 figures. The first edition, in Italian, dates from 1765. Two manuscript leaves in fine handwriting are bound at the rear on the properties of gunpowder, with a comparative table of tests for sulphur, saltpetre and charcoal.

Later binding, ca. 1830, in full glazed navy calf. Spine with raised bands handsomely decorated with central tool and corner tools in each compartment, roulette at head and foot, geometric roulette on bands, repeated as interior border. Green calf title-label. Framing border on boards. Edges gilt. Rubbing to boards, particularly the upper board, with scratches.

Important scientific treatise in the field, whose author was one of the most eminent specialists of his time. Besides being an engineer, Papacino d'Antoni was an artillery officer and director of the royal artillery and engineering school of Turin, and composed various military treatises. In this canonical scientific treatise on the chemistry and physics of gunpowder, the theories and hypotheses advanced by the author are demonstrated through multiple experiments.

Very handsome copy, exceptionally fresh, in an unsigned master binding.
€1,200
Jean-Baptiste MASSILLON
Petit Carême
Henri Plon|Paris 1867|8.50 x 13.50 cm|relié
New edition.
Full black morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt roulettes on headcaps, frame of gilt frieze on full red morocco doublures decorated with gilt fleur-de-lys pattern, marbled endpapers, double gilt fillets on edges, all edges gilt, superb contemporary full morocco binding with doublures signed by Masson-Debonelle.
Very occasional light foxing.
Handsome copy superbly bound in contemporary full morocco with doublures signed by Masson-Debonelle.
€300
Tony JOHANNOT, ABBé PREVOST
Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du Chevalier des Grieux
Ernest Bourdin|Paris s. d. [1839]|16.50 x 26.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 18 plates, 1 frontispiece as well as 90 text vignettes by Tony Johannot.
Half red shagreen binding with corners, spine with four raised bands set with double blind fillets decorated with double blind compartments enhanced at angles with gilt typographical motifs, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, a slight tear to one edge.
Some foxing.
€200
Seigneur de DAMVILLIERS (PIERRE NICOLE)
Les imaginaires, ou lettres sur l'hérésie imaginaire
Chez Adolphe Beyers|à Liège • [Amsterdam] 1667|8 x 13.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition, published by Daniel Elzevir.
Early 19th-century full red morocco bindings, signed Canon. Spine with four raised bands richly decorated with gilt compartments, fleurons, dentelles and gilt roulettes. Covers framed with quadruple gilt fillets and gilt arabesques in corners. Fine gilt dentelles framing the doublures. All edges gilt. A very fine copy.
Pierre Nicole was, along with Antoine Arnault and Pascal, one of the principal figures of the intellectual Jansenism of Port-Royal, and one of the most vigorous opponents of the Jesuits. The author composed these letters on the model of Pascal's Provinciales in defense of Jansenism against the imaginary attacks of the Jesuits. Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin made a response to the first letters of the Imaginaires and Nicole employed himself in response in Les visionnaires (second part of the collection) to scrupulously demolish the authors, poets and dramatists, which earned him an outraged reply from Racine, his former student in Greek.
From the libraries of Doctor Ant. Danyau and P.J. Plane with their bookplates pasted in.
€800
Mathieu de MONTREUIL
Les Oeuvres de Monsieur de Montreuil
Chez Thomas Iolly|à Paris 1666|8.50 x 14.50 cm|relié
The rare illustrated first edition, with a frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by Picart. Collected edition, prepared by the author himself, containing his correspondence and poetry.
19th-century full emerald morocco binding signed Cuzin. Spine with five raised bands richly decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons. Triple gilt fillet framing the covers. Wide gilt dentelle framing the pastedowns. All edges gilt.
Montreuil's work belongs to précieux literature, consisting essentially of fictional letters addressed to ladies and damsels and madrigals. Mathieu de Montreuil assiduously frequented Parisian literary salons, like Benserade, his style is gallant and light, yet without affectation. Though he followed an ecclesiastical career, he was never actually ordained as a priest.
€750
Jacques Joseph DUGUET, Samuel Ustazade SILVESTRE DE SACY
Choix des traités de morale chrétienne de Duguet
J. Techener|Paris 1858|9.50 x 15.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition revised and preceded by a preface by Sylvestre de Sacy.
Full navy blue shagreen bindings, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments embellished with gilt typographical motifs, gilt roulettes on the headcaps, frame of quadruple gilt fillets on the covers enriched at the corners with gilt typographical motifs, frame of gilt dentelle on the pastedowns, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, soiled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt pointillé on the edges, all edges gilt, elegant unsigned bindings.
Pen gift inscription at the head of an endpaper of the first volume as a present.
Handsome copy in elegant decorative binding.
€80
Claude Emmanuel Lhuillier CHAPELLE, François Le Coigneux BACHAUMONT
Voyage de messieurs Bachaumont et La Chapelle
Chez Pierre de Coup|Amsterdam 1708|9.50 x 16 cm|relié
New edition, after the 1696 first edition.
Contemporary binding in full speckled brown calf. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons and a red morocco title label. Boards stamped with armorial device. Edges and headcaps decorated with gilt roulettes. All edges gilt. Worming to spine, tail headcap largely damaged (with loss), three wormholes on lower board, one corner bumped.
Some manuscript brackets in margins and a contemporary pen gift inscription at end of volume. Two library stamps on title page and first endpaper.
This gallant and playful travel narrative immortalized the two companions, as multiple editions were published over two centuries. This journey is written in charming prose interspersed with light and fairly simple poetry that takes the opposite approach to classical travel narratives. It was profoundly successful.
€300
Comte de TRESSAN
Histoire de Gérard de Nevers et de la belle Euriant sa mie
l'Imprimerie de Didot jeune|Paris 1792|8.50 x 13.50 cm|relié
New illustrated edition with 3 plates (of 4) by Moreau. Handsome edition from the Didot presses printed on laid paper.
Contemporary binding in full red morocco. Smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, friezes and fleurons. Gilt roll in frame to covers. Gilt roll on leading edges and headcaps. All edges gilt. Spine slightly faded, otherwise a handsome copy.
The Histoire de Gérard de Nevers was written around the middle of the 15th century, and forms the prose rewriting in Burgundian circles of the Roman de la Violette by Gerbert de Montreuil (1227-1229). The Count of Tressan, who had made a specialty of exhuming medieval manuscripts and publishing medieval romances, himself adapted and modernized this version. It had the effect, like other literary works published by Tressan, of a reconsideration of medieval literature, and a renewed interest in the Middle Ages.
€500
Pierre BOURET
Recuëil de Poësies diverses
S. n.|s. l. 1733|12 x 20 cm|relié
New edition.
Later red morroco by (19th century), Jansenist spine in six compartments, large gilt dentelle frame to pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Spine and joints slightly rubbed.
€500
Mathurin RÉGNIER, Eugène Emmanuel VIOLLET-LE-DUC
Oeuvres complètes de Mathurin Régnier avec les commentaires revus et corrigés précédées de L'histoire de la satire en France pour servir de Discours préliminaire par M. Viollet Le Duc
P. Jannet|Paris 1853|9.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
Edition presented with revised and corrected commentary, one of the rare copies printed on China paper.
Full navy morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with gilt double compartments enhanced with gilt typographical motifs, gilt friezes at head and foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, triple gilt fillet frame on covers, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelle frame on pastedowns, all edges gilt, double gilt fillets on leading edges, superb contemporary binding signed by Hardy.
Some foxing.
Handsome copy established in a perfect full morocco binding signed by Hardy.
€300
Jean-Paul SARTRE
L'imaginaire
Gallimard|Paris 1940|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only large paper copies.
A very good copy.
€3,800
SALLUSTE [Caius Crispus Sallustius]
C. Crispi Salustii quae exstant
F. Changuion • J. Catuffe • H. Uytwerf • P. Gosse • A. Moetjens • A. van Dole • J. Néaulme • Steph. Néaulme • |Amsterdam, • La Haye [The Hague] • et Utrecht 1742|23 x 28 cm|2 volumes reliés
Highly esteemed edition, provided by Sigibert Havercamp. His text, revised from several manuscripts and from the editio princeps, includes numerous notes. Deluxe paper copy.
Bindings (contemporary, very slightly later) in full dark blue morocco signed Anguerrand, smooth spines decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, as well as red morocco title labels, volume labels, date and place labels. Triple gilt fillet and fleurons framing the boards. Wide gilt dentelle framing the pastedowns. All edges gilt. Spines somewhat faded and some rubbing, otherwise fine copy. Interesting detail that traces the life of this copy: the spines were updated to contemporary taste at the end of the 18th century; the title labels, in red morocco, were changed, some moved and the compartments, originally plain, were overworked with tooling from this same period.
It appears to be the copy that figured in the catalogue of the Lamoignon library of 1791 (II, n°4292).
€1,500
André CHÉNIER
Oeuvres en prose de André Chénier augmentées d'un grand nombre de morceaux inédits et précédées d'une notice littéraire par Eugène Hugo, et d'une notice historique contenant toutes les pièces relatives à son procès devant le tribunal révolutionnaire, par le bibliophile Jacob
Charles Gosselin|Paris 1840|11 x 17.50 cm|relié
Edition with some parts in first edition and the only complete one.
Full navy calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt double cartouches and gilt romantic arabesque, very light scratches of no consequence to spine, frame of gilt fillet and gilt typographical motifs at corners on boards with gilt romantic mandorla at centers, pink paper endpapers and pastedowns, gilt fillets on leading edges, all edges gilt, superb romantic pastiche binding.
Some foxing.
Handsome copy established in a very elegant romantic pastiche binding.

€300
Catherine DESROCHES
La puce
Chez Jouaust, Librairie des Bibliophiles|Paris 1872|11 x 17.50 cm|relié
Second reprint, one of 250 numbered copies on laid paper, the only printing with 8 China and 8 Whatman.
Binding in half navy blue morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, binding signed by Canape.
Handsome copy in an attractive Canape binding.
€100
Pierre-Jean de BÉRANGER
Oeuvres complètes de P.J. de Béranger, édition unique revue par l'auteur, ornée de vignettes en taille-douce dessinées par les peintres les plus célèbres
Perrotin|Paris 1834|13.50 x 21.50 cm|5 volumes reliés
Edition with some parts in first edition, illustrated with 104 vignettes after drawings by Daubigny, Johannot, Charlet, Raffet, Scheffer, Devéria...
Half cherry red calf bindings, spines with four raised bands decorated with gilt and blind fillets as well as blind typographical motifs and gilt romantic arabesques, gilt friezes at head and foot, black shagreen title and volume labels, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary romantic bindings.
The illustrations are distributed as follows:
Volume 1: 1 frontispiece and 25 figures,
Volume 2: 33 figures,
Volume 3: 40 figures,
Volume 4: 6 including 1 portrait plus 1 facsimile.
Our set is complete with the fifth volume consisting of the music for Béranger's songs.
Handsome set almost entirely free of foxing and bound in charming contemporary romantic binding.
€600
Léon LAURENT-PICHAT
La sibylle
Librairie Nouvelle|Paris 1859|11 x 18 cm|relié
New edition.
Binding in full caramel shagreen, back with five nerves set with black nets adorned with double black boxes, title of the golden work wrongly spelled "Sybille", golden casters on the caps, framing of double black nets on the boards, framing of a golden lace on the counterplates, guards and counterplates of paper in the tank, all golden edges, golden thread on the cuts, elegant binding from the time signed by Simier and executed for the author.
Touching autograph shipment signed by Léon Laurent-Pichat to his sister Rosine.
Beautiful copy perfectly established in a full Simier binding and enriched with a moving autograph signed by the author to his sister.
€300
Mathurin RÉGNIER
Satyres et autres oeuvres
Chez Jacob Tonson|à Londres [London] 1733|25 x 33 cm|relié
New edition, ornamented with a frontispiece engraved by L. Cars after C. Natoire, with head- and tailpieces and initial letters, engraved by Nicolas Cochin and L. Cars after Natoire and Bouché, all in first printing. The text is set within a beautiful red frame and printed on deluxe paper, with careful typography.
Contemporary full blonde calf binding with scale pattern. Spine with five raised bands richly decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, and a blonde morocco title label. Triple gilt fillet framing the covers. Fine gilt dentelle framing the doublures. All edges marbled. Foot headcap partially damaged with half missing, exposing the partially unstitched headband. Two corners slightly bumped.
Handsome full-margined copy preserved in an elegant contemporary binding.
The historical remarks are by Claude Brossette, from the 1729 edition; they have been expanded with notes by Lenglet-Dufresnoy.
€700
Louis REYBAUD
Jérome Paturot à la recherche de la meilleure des républiques
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1848|11 x 18 cm|4 volumes reliés
First edition.
Half navy blue shagreen bindings, faded spines with four raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt romantic arabesques, marbled paper boards, a small marginal paper lack at the foot of the first board of the second volume, head caps very lightly rubbed, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, two tears on the upper corners, contemporary bindings.
Fine copy almost entirely free of foxing and established in contemporary bindings.
€350
Jean-François de SAINT-LAMBERT
Les Saisons, poëme
S. n.|Paris 1775|-|relié
Seventh edition, illustrated with a frontispiece, a fleuron on the title and 4 figures by Moreau le jeune, 4 delightful vignettes by Choffard, for Les Saisons, and 2 figures by Moreau le jeune for the Contes, Poésies fugitives and the Fables orientales. Our copy is enhanced with separate pulls of the title fleuron and Choffard's vignettes.
Nineteenth-century binding in full midnight blue morocco. Spine with five raised bands decorated with pastoral fleurons (vine, wheat and pruning hook, game and hunting horn...) as well as gilt compartments. Triple fillet and gilt geometric dentelle framing the covers. Wide gilt dentelle framing the marbled paper pastedowns.
Upper joint rubbed.
From the libraries of Francis Kettaneh and Irwin Laughlin, with their bookplates.
€1,200
Marc-Antoine-Madeleine DÉSAUGIERS
Chansons et poésies diverses
Dufey • Delloye|Paris 1834|7 x 12 cm|4 volumes reliés en 2
New edition.
Full chocolate morocco bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt triple fillets as well as blind-stamped friezes and typographical motifs, gilt friezes at head and tail, gilt roulettes on headcaps, covers framed with a gilt fillet and blind floral frieze, decorated at centers with a mandorla ornamented with blind-stamped romantic arabesques, gilt dots and edging on leading edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, yellow edges, superb contemporary romantic bindings.
A handsome copy perfectly executed in magnificent contemporary romantic binding.
€150
George SAND, COLLECTIF
Une vieille histoire in Heures du soir. Livre des femmes
Urbain Canel • Adolphe Guyot|Paris 1833|14.50 x 22.50 cm|4 volumes brochés
First edition.
Contributions notably by George Sand "Une vieille histoire", Anaïs Ségalas "Un visage rose et un visage ridé", Ernestine Legouvé "Un lâche", Amable Tastu "Trop tard", Marie de Surville "Mystère", Isabelle de Montolieu "Mina"...
Lacks to spine ends, occasional light foxing.
Rare gathering of the first four volumes of these works written by women writers.
€250
Pierre l' ARETIN, François de ROSSET (trans.)
Les VII Psalmes de la pénitence de David. Traduicts de l'italien de P. l'Arétin par François de Rosset
Chez Abrah. Saugrain|Paris 1605|7 x 13.50 cm|relié
The rare first edition of this new French translation by François de Rosset, the work having previously been translated in 1540 by Vauzelles.
Eighteenth-century full citron morocco binding. Smooth spine decorated à la grotesque, red morocco title label. Wide gilt dentelle framing the boards. Gilt dentelle framing the cream paper pastedowns with gilt stars. All edges gilt. Two corners very slightly bumped, otherwise a very fine copy.
Aretino's translation is not actually a translation but rather a paraphrase, with reformulations that are amplified or conversely minimized, Aretino emphasizing certain scenes or feelings or conversely diminishing their intensity. Furthermore, it is indeed a manifest interpretation of the meaning of the psalms and a dramatic staging of them, Aretino seeking to demonstrate his main thesis of correspondence between divine mercy and the efficacy of penitence; he thus transforms diverse texts into a continuous unity by creating a narrator who speaks of David in the third person, and who allows him not only to give commentary but to frame the first-person text of the psalms: it is a form of literary recreation.
€1,300
Émile BARBILLAT, Laurian TOURAINE
Chansons populaires dans le bas-Berry. Parole et musiques recueillis par Emile Barbillat & Laurian Touraine.
Editions du "Gargaillou"|Châteauroux 1930-1931|19.50 x 28.50 cm|5 volumes brochés
First edition, one of 1500 copies on surglacé paper.
Signed autograph of Laurian Touraine enriched signing Emile Barbillat the Auvergne Robert Garric, "... as a token of the friendship between Berry and Massif Central ..."
Book decorated with illustrations of Berrichon artists, covers illustrated by Bernard Naudin.
Marginal foxing on the boards, first board of the second volume marginally shabby, first board of the fifth volume dated.
€200
Charles-Augustin SAINTE-BEUVE
Volupté
Charpentier|Paris 1845|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
Third edition, published anonymously, with some parts in first edition as it was revised and corrected.
Full glazed navy calf binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments, gilt fillets at head and foot, lower headcap with a slight tear, gilt roulettes on headcaps, triple gilt fillet frames on boards, gilt fillets on leading edges, gilt dentelle frame on pastedowns, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, elegant unsigned contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
A perfectly established copy.
€150
Horace VERNET, Marie-Joseph de CHÉNIER
Oeuvres posthumes de M. J. Chénier, membre de l'Institut; revues, corrigées et augmentées de beaucoup de morceaux inédits; précédées d'une notice sur Chénier par M. Daunou, membre de l'Institut . - Oeuvres de M. J. Chénier, membre de l'Institut; précédées d'une notice sur Chénier par M. Arnault, revues, corrigées et mises en ordre par D.Ch. Robert
Guillaume|Paris 1824-1826|13.50 x 21 cm|8 volumes reliés
Collected edition ornamented with a portrait of Joseph Chénier as frontispiece to the first volume of works by Horace Vernet.
Half bronze calf bindings, faded spines with four raised bands set with gilt friezes and undulating blind fillets decorated with romantic typographical motifs in blind, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, slight tears of no consequence to some joints, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, elegant unsigned contemporary romantic bindings.
Handsome copy perfectly established in charming uniform contemporary romantic binding.
€450
Germain-Antoine GUYOT
Observations sur le droit des patrons, et des seigneurs de paroisse aux honneurs dans l'Eglise
Chez B. Brunet|à Paris 1751|18.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Contemporary full speckled calf binding. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, blonde morocco title label. Gilt roulette on edges and headcaps. All edges red. One corner slightly bumped and headcap damaged with a small loss, otherwise a good copy.
Legal study on honorary rights and precedence of patrons within church ceremonies, being the founders of churches, who are first in order of precedence, and the lords of the place; the magistrates who are first in order of honorary rights, then the lords. The author analyzes the work done before him and seeks to determine which person has the right, how and why, to the honors of the church (that is to say to precedence in worship).
€500
William COWPER
The poetical works, and memoir of the author
Charles Daly|London • (Londres) [London] 1840|10 x 16.70 cm|relié
New edition, illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and 20 steel engravings by G. Standfast on heavy paper (tissue guards present).
Contemporary English binding in full red shagreen. Raised spine richly decorated. Boards very ornate with different frames, large corner pieces... Floral roulette on leading edges and interior floral frieze. Edges gilt. Minor rubbing traces to joints at headcaps. Very handsome copy, completely free of foxing, on tinted paper.
€400
Jean-Louis SCHERER
Recherches historiques et geographiques sur le Nouveau-Monde
Chez Brunet|à Paris 1777|12.50 x 20.20 cm (In-8)|relié

SCHERER Jean-Louis
Recherches historiques et geographiques sur le Nouveau-Monde
Chez Brunet, Paris 1777, in-8 (12,5 x 20,2 cm), xii (2 f.) 352 pp., contemporary sheep
The rare first edition with eight illustrations (Chinese coins and medals, Buddha) and a large folding map of Siberia and the river Lena.
Contemporary marbled sheep, spine in compartments, roulette to head and foot, brown morocco title-piece. Triple fillet frame. Small lack at head. Wormhole to foot of upper joint, two corners rubbed. Headpieces, joints, and corners scraped. A very good, fresh copy.
An important essay on the origins of the peoples of the American continent (North and South). The author uses several approaches to produce a powerful comparative study of languages (most notably those of the islands of South-East Asia, Mexico and Peru), dress and traditions. Scherer’s conclusion, notably relying on Classical literature and various accounts of voyages, is that the people of the Americas had several different migratory origins, including Chinese, African and Asian tribes. North America, and especially Alaska, received several waves of migration from the Bering Strait, via Kamchatka, and from Asia.
€1,500
Lucien PINVERT
Un post-scriptum sur Mérimée
Librairie Henri Leclerc|Paris 1911|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper.
Half caramel shagreen binding, lightened spine with five raised bands decorated with the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times, faded turquoise morocco title label, gilt date at foot, tiny lack at foot of one joint, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, contemporary unsigned binding but attributable to Franz.
Signed autograph inscription from Lucien Pivert to vicomte (Roger) de Cormenin.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Prosper Mérimée.
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.
Handsome copy.
€80
Louise Françoise Duchesse de LA VALLIERE
Reflexions sur la misericorde de Dieu. Par une dame penitente
Chez Antoine Dezallier|à Paris 1688|8.50 x 15.50 cm|relié
New edition, after the original published in 1680. Copy entirely ruled.
Contemporary binding in full glazed burgundy morocco. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Gilt title. Interior fillet. Gilt edges.
Work inseparable from the life of Madame de la Vallière, which she wrote upon recovering from a long illness, during her years of retreat at the Carmelite convent. Mistress of King Louis XIV, and abandoned after 7 years, she withdrew from court to enter the convent. Nothing would make her renounce this path, and she spent the last 36 years of her life in this retreat, where in her later years, she wrote this work with the concern of repairing the errors of her past life.
Manuscript gift inscription on endpaper: "Pour Zezette. La Celle Saint Cloud. Jeudi 8 septembre 1910." ["For Zezette. La Celle Saint Cloud. Thursday September 8, 1910."]
€700
Maurice BLANCHOT
Aminadab
Gallimard|Paris 1942|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 13 numbered copies on vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre paper, the only large paper copies.
A very good, unsophisticated copy.
€2,500
Henri MICHAUX
Entre centre et absence
H. Matarasso|Paris 1936|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on vellum, the only printing with 5 chine and 15 japan.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 drawings by the author.
A small spot of foxing to spine, another to upper margin of second cover, otherwise a handsome and rare copy.
€450
Jules SUPERVIELLE
Premiers pas de l'univers
Gallimard|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête.
A very good copy.
€450
Nicolas RAPIN
Les Oeuvres latines et francoises
Pierre Chevalier|Paris 1610|16 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition of this poetic collection divided into three parts, comprising Latin poetry, French verse imitations of Horace and Ovid, sonnets, odes, tombeaux and the two books of Vers mesurez by Nicolas Rapin (c. 1535-1608). The third part, composed of 47 leaves, contains various pieces of prose, some Latin poetry and six pieces in French verse on Rapin. The general title is decorated with a vignette engraved on copper with the arms of France and Navarre.

Later binding (c. 1860) in full blonde shagreen, spine with four false raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and a green title label, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, decorative gilt board-edges, edges gilt.

According to the author's wishes, this edition was established by his friend Gillot and under the direction of Scévole de Sainte-Marthe. It can be found either at the address of Pierre Chevalier, or at that of Olivier de Varennes.

From the library of Léon Laurent Pichat, director of the Revue de Paris, with his bookplate. Lacking the 4 leaves of table.
€1,300
René COLAS
Bibliographie générale du costume et de la mode
Librairie René Colas|Paris 1933|16.50 x 25.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
First edition printed in 1000 numbered copies.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally faded, not serious, a clear stain to head of upper cover of volume II, a good set.
€300
Marthe-Marguerite Le Valois de Villette de Murçay, Comtesse de CAYLUS, Charles ASSELINEAU
Souvenirs de madame de Caylus
J. Techener|Paris 1860|12 x 20 cm|relié
New edition printed on laid paper and expanded with an introduction and notes by Charles Asselineau.
Full midnight blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double compartments richly ornamented with typographical corner motifs and a gilt fleur-de-lys at their centers, gilt friezes at head and foot, gilt rolls on headcaps, triple gilt fillet frames on boards ornamented at corners with gilt fleur-de-lys, gilt rolls on pastedowns, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, double gilt fillets on leading edges, original wrappers preserved, all edges gilt, magnificent English binding signed by Hardy.
Work illustrated with a portrait of madame de Caylus as frontispiece as well as 4 figures engraved on steel by Leman.
Our copy is complete with the second state of the 5 illustrations.
Provenance: from the library of the comte de Cromer with his fine armorial bookplate engraved by J.F. Badeley and mounted on a pastedown.
Fine copy superbly bound in an English full morocco binding.
€400
Felix MINUCIUS OCTAVIUS, J. GRONOVIUS
Octavius cum integris Woweri, Elmenhorstii, Heraldi & Rigaltii notis [...] Caecilius cyprianus. De idolorum vanitate & Julius Firmicus Maternus De errore profanarum religionum
apud Cornelium Boutestein • Samuelem Luchtmans|Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] • (Leyde) [Leiden] 1709|11.50 x 20 cm|relié
New edition. One title vignette. Title page in red and black.
Later full green morocco binding attributable to Derôme. Smooth spine uniformly sunned (turned blonde) decorated with 5 small lozenges, fillets. Triple fillet frame on boards. Interior border. Edges gilt. Handsome copy.
Felix Minutius (second half of the 2nd century A.D.) is one of the first, if not the first Latin Christian apologists. He is exclusively known for being the author of the present text: Octavius, which is an apology of Christianity in the form of a dialogue between a pagan and a Christian (reminiscent of Cicero's Tusculanae), in a vigorous and elegant style. The edition adds several texts to the Octavius, especially Firmicus's De errore profanarum religionum. Edition richly and diversely annotated by Geverhart Elmenhorst, Desiderius Heraldus, Nicolas Rigault's Observations on the history of the early Christians under the Roman Empire, and on the historians relating what concerns the early Christians.
€500
René de Cumont sieur de FIEFBRUN, Eugène HALPHEN
Véritable discours de la naissance et vie de monseigneur le Prince de Condé jusqu'à présent à lui desdié par le sieur de Fiefbrun publié d'après le manuscrit de la bibliothèque impériale par E. Halphen suivi de lettres inédites de Henri II Prince de Condé
Auguste Aubry|Paris 1861|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 225 numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue with 3 vellum copies, 6 China paper copies, and 20 chamois paper copies.
Half navy morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with gilt double compartments richly ornamented with gilt typographical motifs, a very slight scratch at foot of spine, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, handsome engraved armorial bookplate pasted on pastedown, elegant contemporary binding signed by Capé.
Provenance: from the Le Proux library with its engraved bookplate.
Handsome copy virtually free from foxing and perfectly established.
€200
Auguste BARBIER
Nouvelles satires, Pot-de-vin et Erostrate
Paul Masgana|Paris 1840|14.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Bound in half cherry red Russian morocco with corners, spine with five fine raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt romantic tools, gilt date at foot, one joint showing traces of rubbing, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, handsome binding in the Romantic taste signed by Canape.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Auguste Barbier to Monsieur Oliveira.
Some minor foxing affecting mainly the margins of certain leaves.
Handsome copy perfectly bound in a handsome pastiche Romantic binding by Canape.
€350
Maurice BARRÈS
La vierge assassinée
E. Sansot & Cie|Paris 1904|9.50 x 16 cm|relié
First edition, one of 12 numbered copies on China paper, deluxe issue with 12 copies on Japan paper.
Bound in half tawny calf, smooth spine, boards, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré paper, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, handsome contemporary unsigned binding.
Handsome copy elegantly bound.
€400
Henri POURRAT, François ANGELI
La veillée de novembre
Aux éditions de la cigale|Uzès 1937|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
New edition printed on higher vellum.
Autograph signed by Henri Pourrat to his auvergne friend Robert Garric: "... this story of a poet who comes from the sun to the light ..."
Reform Catholic, he was the founder of the "Social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to constitute a social elite and to bring the good word on the confraternity born from the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of the patronages . Simone de Beauvoir, then a student of Robert Garric in philosophy at the Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a young girl": "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subjugated me. At twenty, he explained, he had discovered in the trenches the joys of camaraderie that removed social barriers. [...] To deny all the limits and all the separations, to leave my class, to leave my skin: this slogan electrified me. [...] My life must serve! It is necessary that in my life all serve! "
Illustrated book of original woods by François Angeli.
Marginal stings in the middle of the first board.
€100
FRANC-NOHAIN
Fables
Grasset|Paris 1931|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of Franc-Nohain Robert Garric
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the trenches the joys of camaraderie that removed social barriers. [...] To deny all limits and all separations, get out of my class, out of my skin: this slogan electrified me. [...] Must serve my life! Must serve all my life! "
Pitting on the back and the first board, a poorly cut sheet that caused small, marginal shortages, complete copy of his please insert.
€50
Georges BLOND
La grande aventure des migrateurs
Arthème Fayard|Paris 1955|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
first edition on the current paper.
Signed autograph of George Brown to John Chabillon "... hoping that these migratory become friends ..."
Iconography.
€30
FRANC-NOHAIN
Nouvelles fables
Editions Spes|Paris 1933|12 x 19 cm|broché
first edition on the current paper.
Signed autograph of Franc-Nohain Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the trenches the joys of camaraderie that removed social barriers. [...] To deny all limits and all separations, get out of my class, out of my skin: this slogan electrified me. [...] Must serve my life! Must serve all my life! "
Pleasant full copy of his please insert.
€50
Louis FARGES
Ma terre. Visions et souvenirs de l'Auvergne et du Massif Central
Impimerie P. Carrère • chez l'auteur|Rodez • & Aurillac 1932|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
first edition on the current paper.
Full binding brown shagreen, slightly thinned smooth back, framing a net gilded on the boards, guards and contreplats paper moiré, preserved cover, binding signed Nicolas.
Dated and signed autograph dedication to Louis Farges his young cousin Robert Garrabos: "... for he loves with equal love the Auvergne thief and the heath of Biscay and thus becomes or Chancellor or Marshal ..."
€60
Louis JALENQUES
Quelques jolies lettres de Vermenouze
Imprimerie moderne|Aurillac 1923|16.50 x 25.50 cm|agrafé
Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
Signed autograph of Louis Jalenques the Auvergne Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the trenches the joys of camaraderie that removed social barriers. [...] To deny all limits and all separations, get out of my class, out of my skin: this slogan electrified me. [...] Must serve my life! Must serve all my life! "
Back and boards slightly and marginally thinned as generally.
€50
Maurice MARTIN DU GARD
Vérités du moment
Editions de la Nouvelle revue critique|Paris 1928|12 x 19 cm|broché
first edition on the current paper, false mention of fifth.
Signed autograph of Maurice Martin du Gard Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the trenches the joys of camaraderie that removed social barriers. [...] To deny all limits and all separations, get out of my class, out of my skin: this slogan electrified me. [...] Must serve my life! Must serve all my life! "
Back slightly as generally insolated.
€50
Henri POURRAT
La Maison-Dieu, vie de Saint-Robert
Albin Michel|Paris 1944|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
New edition.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Henri Pourrat to his Auvergnat friend Robert Garric on a leaf printed on Auvergne paper: "... cette histoire d'un homme du Cantal qui sut tant faire pour le pays, en très particulier hommage d'admiration, de dévouement et d'amitié..." ["... this story of a man from Cantal who knew how to do so much for the country, in very particular tribute of admiration, devotion and friendship..."]
A reformist Catholic, he was the founder of the "Équipes sociales" in 1920, which aimed to form a social elite and bring the good word about the fraternity born in the trenches to workers, in the tradition of patronages. Simone de Beauvoir, then a student of Robert Garric in philosophy at the Institut Sainte-Marie de Neuilly, remembers him in her "Mémoires d'une jeune fille rangée": "Garric parut ; j'oubliai tout le reste et moi-même ; l'autorité de sa voix me subjugua. À vingt ans, nous expliqua-t-il, il avait découvert dans les tranchées les joies d'une camaraderie qui supprimait les barrières sociales. [...] Nier toutes les limites et toutes les séparations, sortir de ma classe, sortir de ma peau : ce mot d'ordre m'électrisa. [...] Il faut que ma vie serve ! Il faut que dans ma vie tout serve !" ["Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subjugated me. At twenty, he explained to us, he had discovered in the trenches the joys of a camaraderie that eliminated social barriers. [...] To deny all limits and all separations, to get out of my class, to get out of my skin: this watchword electrified me. [...] My life must serve! Everything in my life must serve!"]
Spine and covers lightly and marginally sunned, front cover stained and with corner lacks.
€70
Pierre-Henri SIMON
L'école et la nation. Aspects de l'Education Nationale
Les éditions du cerf|Juvisy [Juvisy-sur-Orge] s. d. [1934]|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
Signed autograph of Pierre-Henri Simon Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the trenches the joys of camaraderie that removed social barriers. [...] To deny all limits and all separations, get out of my class, out of my skin: this slogan electrified me. [...] Must serve my life! Must serve all my life! "
Tiny bites minor on the boards, exempalire complete its in-folding plate thin.
€60
Charles SOREL
Recueil de pieces en prose, les plus agreables de ce temps. composees par divers auteurs
Chez Charles de Sercy|1658|8.50 x 14 cm|relié
The rare first edition of this collection in which all the works have been chosen by Charles Sorel. Lacking the frontispiece. A second part will appear in 1662.
Contemporary limp full vellum binding. Smooth spine with later black ink title. Lacking endpapers. Book partially detached from the binding and held only by a few stitches.
Charles Sorel composed this collection of gallant pieces in prose whose authors have not been identified; one can distinguish more than 18 pieces on love, banter and gallantry, testimonies to a literary genre now disappeared, precious literature, of a certain frivolity, and which owed much to the literary salons of the time. One will note the following pieces: L'origine & le progrés des rubans; leur défaite par les princesses jarretieres & leur rétablissement en suite; Dialogue des yeux & de la bouche; La carte du royaume d'Amour; Discours de l'ennemy d'amour, & des femmes. Avec la réponse par Erophile; Relation grotesque, burlesque, comique, & maccaronique, des amours & transformations de Vertumne pour la belle Pomone nymphe neustrienne, avec leur genealogie. Et la mort pitoyable de ce pauvre pendu d'Iphis, miserable amant de la cruelle Anaxarete. Le tout fidelement extrait des Metamorphoses reformées... (we know that this last work is by Sorel himself, who never ceased to criticize Ovid in several of his works).
€300
Philippe de COMMYNES
Les memoires de messire Philippe de Comines
Ches Arnout Leers|à La Haye [The Hague] 1682|9.50 x 16 cm|relié
New edition edited by Denys Godefroy, the first of which appeared in 1649. It is illustrated with 3 portraits of Louis XI, the Duke of Burgundy, and Philippe de Commines, as well as a folding plate.
Full vellum binding from the mid-19th century. Smooth spine with blind title. Joint cracked at foot for 6 cm. A brown stain in the outer margin of leaves 435 to 445.
An essential work that gave birth to modern history, Commynes' work, which also establishes a rule of political conduct for the Grandes of the kingdom, forms the greatest source for this period. From 1472 to 1483, after having been advisor to the Duke of Burgundy (Charles the Bold), Commynes entered the service of Louis XI, then Charles VIII and Louis XII. He distinguished himself through his diplomatic talents, notably in Italy; consequently, the Memoirs are also a history of Europe. We too often forget that his exemplary career experienced an interlude of disgrace: opposing young Charles VIII through his liberal ideas, he rallied to the cause of the future Louis XII (plot aimed at kidnapping Charles VIII). He was consequently arrested and imprisoned in an iron cage at Loches for five months, in 1488.
To this day, the work still being studied, Commynes' Memoirs have never failed in success and interest. Denys Godefroy's critical edition replaced the one that had served as reference until then, Savage's version.
Red sheep ex-libris of Jules Janin. A second ex-libris bearing a monogram on blue background P.B.
€600
JUVÉNAL, PERSE
Satyrae. Cum annot. Th. Farnabii
Jean Blaeu|Amsterdam 1630|9 x 16 cm|relié
First Amsterdam impression of the Satires annotated by Thomas Farnabe, first published in London in 1612. It is decorated with a handsome engraved title-frontispiece, unsigned.
Nineteenth-century binding in full straight-grained green morocco, triple gilt fillet, small cornerpieces connected by a fillet, spine decorated with gilt fillets and fleurons with red mosaics, gilt board-edges. Spine very lightly faded, a few very minor rubbing marks and a small marginal tear without loss on page 77, otherwise a fine uncut copy.
Bookplate (19th century) pasted on front pastedown.
€350
Marcel ARLAND
Où le coeur se partage
Nrf|Paris 1929|12 x 19 cm|broché
New edition of wich no leading copies exists, review copy.
Signed autograph Marcel Arland Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the trenches the joys of camaraderie that removed social barriers. [...] To deny all limits and all separations, get out of my class, out of my skin: this slogan electrified me. [...] Must serve my life! Must serve all my life! "
Back insolated.
€20
Georges VALOIS
Guerre ou révolution suivi de Réflexions sur le Panthéon : images du Panthéon, symboles de l'ancienne culture
Librairie Valois|Paris 1931|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of Georges Valois Robert Garric and review of youth.
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the trenches the joys of camaraderie that removed social barriers. [...] To deny all limits and all separations, get out of my class, out of my skin: this slogan electrified me. [...] Must serve my life! Must serve all my life! "
Illustrated book of 17 photographs in-fine.
€80
[ASSOCIATION RHIN & DANUBE] Jean de Lattre Maréchal de France. Le soldat - l'homme - la politique
Plon|Paris 1953|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 160 numbered copies on Alfa paper, ours unjustified but specially printed for Robert Garric, only large paper after 35 "pur-fil" paper.
Our copy is enriched with a business card of the Association of Veterans "Rhine & Danube" on which were inscribed "with its sincere thanks."
Some small foxing mainly leaflets margins, light stains on boards.
€80
Roger VERCEL
Jean Villemeur
Albin Michel|Paris 1939|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of Roger Vercel Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the trenches the joys of camaraderie that removed social barriers. [...] To deny all limits and all separations, get out of my class, out of my skin: this slogan electrified me. [...] Must serve my life! Must serve all my life! "
Some foxing mainly affecting the front cover and the guards.
€50
François VILLON
Les oeuvres de François Villon. - Les Repües Franches le Franc Archier de Baignollet. Le dialogue de messieurs de Mallepaye, et de Baillevant. - Lettre a Monsieur de ***, en lui envoyant la nouvelle édition des Oeuvres de François Villon
de l'imprimerie d'Antoine-Urbain Coustelier|Paris 1723|10 x 16 cm|3 parties reliées en un volume
New edition.

Contemporary binding in full blonde calf. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons as well as a red morocco title-label. All edges red speckled.
Leaves of the first part entirely browned, due to paper of inferior quality compared to the rest of the volume.

Famous edition from the collection of French poets published by Coustelier. The works follow in this order: Les Repues franches. Le Franc Archier de Baignollet. Le Dialogue de messieurs de Mallepaye, et de Baillevant, Lettre à Monsieur de ***, en lui envoyant la nouvelle édition des Œuvres de François Villon et Le Petit Testament de F. Villon, thus titled without the author's consent, as he states in the second book. According to the "notice to readers" the first part, (that is to say in our edition the second and third), was published following Clément Marot's edition, with the difference that various readings drawn from editions anterior to the latter have been placed in the margins. The footnotes marked with letters are by Clément Marot, those marked with numbers are by another hand.
€1,000
THOMAS A KEMPIS
Libri quatuor de Imitatione Christi
S. n. • [ Pierre-François Didot]|Paris 1788|24.50 x 32.50 cm|relié
Sumptuous edition printed on laid paper by Pierre-François Didot, decorated with a portrait of the infant Jesus engraved in copper by Klauber.
Near-contemporary binding (circa 1800) in full blonde calf. Spine with five raised double bands decorated with gilt compartments and fillets, as well as anchor tools, a red morocco title-label and green morocco publisher's label. Wide gilt floral dentelle framing the pastedowns. Greek-style dentelle framing the pastedowns. All edges gilt.
Two corners damaged, lower part of the joints destroyed by worms. A very faint and minimal dampstain in the margin of the last page.
Fine full-margined copy, elegantly established in an elegant binding.
€600
Hugo GROTIUS
Traité de la vérité de la religion chrétienne
Élie Jacob Ledet & Compagnie|Amsterdam 1728|9.50 x 15.50 cm|relié
New French edition, translated by Lejeune, of the Christian apologetics treatise by philosopher and diplomat Hugo Grotius (1583-1645); it is decorated with a vignette on the title page, engraved in copperplate by Duflos after Debrie.
Contemporary binding in full tawny calf. Smooth spine decorated à la grotesque, with blonde morocco title label. Gilt fillet framing the boards. Fine gilt roulette framing the turn-ins. All edges gilt.
Spine slightly faded with one tiny wormhole.
Fine copy from the libraries of A. G. du Plessis and P. de La Morandière, with their engraved bookplates.
€400
Guillaume Emmanuel Joseph de SAINTE CROIX
L'Ezour-Vedam ou Ancien commentaire du Vedam. Contenant l'exposition des opinions religieuses et philosophiques des Indiens. Traduit du Samscretan par un Brame
Dans l'Imprimerie de M. de Felice|Yverdon [Yverdon-les-Bains] 1778|9.50 x 16 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition of this religious pastiche composed by Jesuit missionaries in India. Printed on the presses of Fortuné-Barthélemy de Felice at Yverdon, it was published by Baron de Sainte-Croix.
Later binding (circa 1840) in full blonde calf. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fillets, as well as long-grain brown morocco title and volume labels. Triple gilt fillets framing the turn-ins. Quadruple fillets and gilt floral cornerpieces framing the marbled paper pastedowns. All edges gilt.
Handsome copy in attractive binding by Niédrée, whose name is inscribed in pen on the first endpaper of the first volume.
€400

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