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First edition, one of 535 numbered copies on laid Navarre, with 10 single draw Japan.
Precious and beautiful autograph signed by the author "Jeanine and Raymond (Queneau). Brotherhood friendly (sic) and everything. Jacques. This April 19, 1935 in their home in Neuilly says Neu Neu for ladies" enriched this handwritten quatrain: "Hi shadows today / Ravissant the wall in a dream / If going from friend to friend / De as a naked Eve songs."
Illustrated book with a portrait of auterur frontispiece by Man Ray.
Beautiful specimen.

First edition, of which there were no large paper copies.
Handsome autograph inscription from Tristan Tzara to Raymond Queneau : "... poète du langage et la liberté...[…the poet of language and liberty…]"
Covers and spine lightly and marginally sunned as usual.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Tristan Tzara to Raymond Queneau : "... avec toute la grande sympathie...[with all great good wishes…]"
Tiny insignidficant marginal tears to covers.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome autograph inscription from Paul Eluard to Raymond Queneau on the first volume: "... ce livre qui nous rajeunit...[…this book that makes us young again…]"

First edition of which there were no large paper copies, one advance (service de presse) copy.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Michel Leiris to Jeanine and Raymond (Queneau) : "... avec toute l'affection de leur ami..."
Spine and covers faded in the margins as usual.

First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy
Handsome autograph inscription from Robert Desnos to Janine and Raymond Queneau : "..
devant qui j'ai repassé le conseil de revision [who were my council of review]", enriched with a drawing showing a little elephant holding up Robert Desnos' name in its trunk
One joint very slightly cracked at foot.

New edition of the French translation established by Benjamin Goriély, one of 2000 numbered copies on white vellum.
Work illustrated with a portrait of Vladimir Mayakovsky by Granovski.
Signed autograph inscription from Benjamin Goriély to the journalist, screenwriter and producer Pierre Dumayet, one of the pioneers of French television.

First edition, one of 3000 copies numbered on "bouffant" paper calypso.
Precious autograph dedication signed by Henri Michaux to Raymond Queneau: "... homage of a friend who is lost in many ways ..."
Nice copy.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on alfa paper an advance (service de presse) copy.
Handsome autograph inscription from Paul Nizan to (Pierre) Unik : "Au camarade Unik en échange des bonnes feuilles qu'il a probablement vendues sur les quais. Nizan."
Two small traces of sunning, not serious, to head and foot of spine.

First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Handsome autograph inscription from Raymond Queneau to Marguerite Duras.
A good copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches, the only large paper copies.
Spine and lower cover slightly and marginally sunned, not serious, a very good copy.

First edition, one of 1,450 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches paper, the only large paper copies after 50 on pur fil.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Paul Eluard to his friend Léo Malet.
Spine slightly and insignificantly sunned.

Fourth edition, after the original published in 1673.
Contemporary full red morocco binding richly decorated. Spine with five raised bands ornamented with gilt fillets and fleurons as well as a black morocco title label. Wide gilt dentelle frame on covers. Fine gilt dentelle (40 mm wide) framing the pastedowns; cornerpieces of exceptional complexity. All edges gilt. Headcap skillfully restored, as well as one joint.
Very handsome copy richly bound.
History of the Capitouls of Toulouse from their Roman origins. This study in which the author presents numerous hypotheses establishes a history of the city of Toulouse endowed with numerous precious information. The author has gathered multiple documents, drawing from historians the proofs of the nobility of the Capitouls.
Rare copy elegantly bound in contemporary red morocco.

First edition, rare. Published with initials only, masking the identity of Chevalier Ange Goudar.
Manuscript ex libris ‘Daumas’ to ffep.
Contemporary sheep, spine in six compartments with gilt fleurons as well as a red titlepiece (partly faded). Significant repairs to joints, speckled edges.
This plan for peace in Europe by the economist and philosopher Ange Goudar lays out the origins and impact of conflicts on European nations, putting the emphasis on their economic consequences. The author then proposes a European entente and a supranational army that would punish any country that engaged in warfare, making the point that the blessings of peace first and foremost result from a change in behavior and that European nations therefore needed to experience a period of peace in order to understand its benefits fully.

First edition on ordinary paper.
A good copy.

First edition on ordinary paper of this selection of poems established by Henri Parisot, false statement of fourth edition.
Preface by Léon-Paul Fargue.
Spine slightly wrinkled with a small tear at foot.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Light dampstains, small lacks and marginal tears to spine and boards.
Rare but in this condition.

First edition, one of 28 numbered copies on pur fil, ours bearing No. 1, deluxe copy.
Small tears with tiny marginal lacks on covers, a lack at foot of spine at the level of deckled edges, first endpaper partially and lightly shadowed.
A full-margined copy.

First edition, one of 37 numbered copies on vergé Ingres de Lana, the only large paper copies.
A very attractive copy.

Original edition on the current paper.
Binding half morocco cherry, back with five nerves, golden tail date marbled paper plates, paper contreplats guards and the tank cover and spine preserved (back insolated), gilded head, elegant binding signed P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
Rare autograph signed by the author to his friend Aristide Boureaud.
Iconography.
Nice copy pleasantly established.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the tirage de tête.
Elegant half cherry-red morocco over marbled paper boards by P. Goy & C. Vilaine, spine in six compartments, gilt date to foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved (spine sunned with filled-in lack at head), top edge gilt.
Rare autograph inscription dated and signed by Gustave Le Rouge to Monsieur Crottet.
Iconography.
A very good copy in a nice binding.

First edition, one of 288 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête with 12 Japon.
A good copy.

New illustrated edition which is joined to the Elzevier collection, illustrated with a repeated frontispiece and eight charming plates (four in each volume) unsigned.
Nineteenth-century binding in full chocolate morocco, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, date at foot, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, gilt dentelle framing the doublures, all edges gilt. Ex-libris from the library of Don Joannes Baptista Moens (1855) mounted on the doublures of both volumes.
Spine sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.
Very fine edition of this satire of the Aeneid, a masterpiece of seventeenth-century burlesque literature, in which the author deployed all his verve and surpassed through his talent the simple burlesque framework; it contains the eight books of Virgil Travestied including the apocryphal eighth. The first Elzevier edition of 1651 contained only the first five books.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome autograph inscription from François Billetdoux to Marcel Aymé : "... très fidèlement..."

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Madagascar, tirage de tête.
Autograph inscription from Jean Cocteau to Roger Bradier.
Spine re-inforced to head and foot.

First edition, one of the copies of the press service.
Precious autograph signed by the author Marcel Ayme.
Back insolated, complete copy of his please insert which was used by the dedicatee as a bookmark.

First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
With an autograph inscription from André Breton to Robert de Saint-Jean.
Good copy, retaining its advertising slip.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome autograph inscription from André Breton to Marcel Jouhandeau : "... avec la profonde estime et la vive sympathie d'André Breton [with the profound respect and lively sympathy of André Breton]."
A few reader's marks and sections highlighted in pencil, probably by the dedicatee, in margins of some leaves.
Paper yellowed as usual.

First edition on ordinary paper, falsely stated the fifth.
Half navy blue morocco over moiré-effect marbled paper boards by Goy & Vilaine, spine in six compartments, gilt date to foot, navy blue endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt (covers and spine (faded) preserved.
Handsome autograph inscription from the author to the photographer and director Marc Allégret : "Pour Marc Allegret en marque d'allégresse à cause de son Tchad et avec toute l'affection de René Crevel [For Marc Allegret as a token of my pleasure at his Chad, and with all good wishes from René Crevel]".
A very good copy nicely bound.

First edition illustrated with a frontispiece engraved by Simonneau after Hallé, 3 vignettes by Cochin or Simonneau, a large folding plan by Coquart and 32 plates, most often folding, engraved by Hérisset, Lucas or Avéline; they offer a view of all the principal monuments of the capital, including three beautiful views drawn "sur le naturel" by Chaufourier showing the Pont Neuf and the Quai Conti from Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois, the Île Saint-Louis and the Quai Saint-Bernard, the Collège des Quatre Nations up to the Pont Royal from the Louvre.

The famous plan of Paris (68 x 90 cm) predates that of Turgot by fifteen years. The last three volumes contain the numerous supporting documents and proofs and were organized by Lobineau; these form the public archives of the city.

Contemporary bindings in full brown calf. Spines with six raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, as well as red morocco title and volume labels. Joints cracked and most headcaps missing. All edges red.
The most monumental work and undoubtedly the finest book published on Paris in the early 18th century. Although death surprised the author during the writing of his work, it was continued by Lobineau, another member of the famous scholarly congregation of the Benedictines of Saint Maur, who himself died in 1727. This major study which Paris was lacking was originally commissioned by the provost of merchants Jérôme Bignon (1711-1772) and it forms the first official history of the capital and an unprecedented documentary source; and it is undoubtedly through this that this history shines with particular brilliance: the extremely important documentation devoted to the history of Paris, the rigor of the analyses and hypotheses.

It was following this work that Turgot made the decision to gather at the registry of the Hôtel de Ville a library devoted to the city of Paris in order to continue the work of the two historians, giving birth to the Historical Library of the city of Paris.

The history of the city is preceded by two dissertations, the first by Le Roy on the origins of the hôtel de ville which was the first political government of Paris, the second on the explanation of the antiquities found at Notre-Dame.

First edition, one of the copies of the press service.
Precious autograph signed by the author Marcel Ayme: "... with the fraternal admiration and sympathy for Pierre Gascar."
Back insolated, complete copy of his please insert.

First edition illustrated with original woodcuts inset color of Louis Moreau, one of 25 numbered copies on Imperial Japan, deluxe edition.
Signed autograph of the author to his friend Raymond Bezard.
Nice copy.

Edition printed in a limited run of 1525 numbered copies on laid paper and decorated with original illustrations in and outside the text colored by stencil by Paul Bourg.
Light worming affecting mainly the endpapers.
Handsome copy.

Edition illustrated with 17 original drypoint engravings hors-texte by Maurice Leroy, one of 150 numbered copies on handmade laid paper.
Occasional light foxing.
Handsome copy.

Handsome typographic edition, one of 290 numbered copies on Arches paper, the only printing after 20 on Japan paper.
A good copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint of Mercure de France.
A good copy.

New edition printed on vélin paper.
Original preface by Léon Deffoux.
A tiny lack to head of spine slightly sunned, otherwise a good copy

First edition for which there was no mention of large paper copies.
One small stain, not serious, to spine.

First edition of this thesis presented to the Faculty of Letters of the University of Paris to obtain a university doctorate degree.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece.
Spine and boards uniformly and lightly sunned, handsome interior condition.

First edition for which there was no mention of large paper copies, falsely stated the 4000th.
Iconography.

First edition, a first impression copy numbered in the press.
Spine sunned.

First edition on ordinary paper.
A good copy.

Elzevirian edition illustrated with a handsome unsigned frontispiece title, after the first Elzevirian edition of 1651; the original collected edition dating from 1644 in Paris.
Near-contemporary full vellum binding. Spine with four raised bands decorated with a red morocco title label. All edges speckled red. Handsome copy, well printed.
The Elzevirian editions consecrate the success of the work of Guez de Balzac and the great renown of the author at that time. The various works are composed of the different discourses, dissertations and letters of the writer.

First edition illustrated with photographic reproductions hors-texte.
Full burgundy cloth binding, smooth spine, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers with a lack at head preserved.
Rare.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Work complete with its folding plan of the old market of Rouen at rear.
A handsome copy.

First edition, one of 48 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête.
A tiny tear, not serious, to foot of upper cover.
A rare and very good copy.

First edition of all three texts.
Copy in original wrappers under temporary covers. A few pages folded at lower left corner, otherwise a good copy.
The author, a scholar and antiquarian by profession, published numerous monographs on the Orléanais region.

First edition, one of 192 numbered copies on pure thread paper, ours being one of 12 hors commerce copies, deluxe issue.
Cover illustrated with a colored drawing by Jean-Denis Masclès.
A light dampstain at the foot of the spine.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 112 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only large paper copies after 28 on pur fil paper.
Small tears, not serious, to margins of the covers, otherwise a good copy.

Illustrated with 28 original lithographs by Maurice Berdon and printed in a numbered edition of 200 copies on handmade laid paper from the Rives mills.
A handsome copy, spine of the chemise lightly sunned without consequence.

Edition illustrated with numerous sepia drawings in and out of text by Charles-Jean Hallo and printed in 500 numbered copies on Marais paper.
Handsome copy.

WIth 17 originale etchings by mile Grandjean, one of 85 numbered copies on papier moyen âge teinté.
A good copy.

First edition illustrated with original etchings by André Székely de Doba, one of 300 numbered copies on white Rives wove paper.
First cover slightly sunned at head, otherwise handsome copy.

Edition illustrated with 17 original woodcuts drawn and engraved by George Best, one of 112 numbered copies on Arches, only 23 draw with Japan variously enriched.
Signed autograph of George Best in Clement-Janin "... the critical aspect as friendly, cordial tribute to his old friend ..."
Nice copy.

Illustrated editions with original woodcuts hand-colored by pochoir by Lucien Boucher, one of 250 numbered copies on Arches paper, the only printing with 1 vellum copy for each of the works.
Each copy retains its duplicate suite of woodcuts on China paper as stipulated in the justification pages.
Spines slightly sunned without consequence.
Rare and handsome set.

With 10 original lithographs by Robert Delaunay, one of 465 numbered copies on pur fil paper.
A very good copy.

Illustrated with 52 original etchings in bistre by Georges Bouisset, one of 350 numbered copies on pure Arches laid paper.
The work is also decorated with wood-engraved tailpieces.
Spine lightly discolored and faded as is generally the case, otherwise a fine copy.

First edition illustrated with 14 folding plates at the end of the first volume and 7 folding plates at the end of the second.
Half fir green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with quadruple gilt compartments, gilt name of a bibliophile at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners and leading edges with some tears, contemporary binding.
A small lack at head of one endpaper, handsome interior condition.
Rare gathering of these two texts dealing with cosmography.

New edition, the very first edition having appeared in 1530. Printer's device on title page. Two other different parts, with continuous pagination, with two respective title pages: Meditationes graecanicae in artem grammaticam (p.273) and In Clenardi et ante signani grammaticam anno MDLXXXX ex officina Wecheliana editam.
Contemporary full vellum binding. Smooth spine with blind fillets. Blind frames on boards with a central fleuron and corner fleurons. The work is completely detached from the binding. The first cover is largely detached from its board. First gathering loose, held only by one stitch. Paper entirely browned.
Famous work which enjoyed immense popular success of this Greek grammar by the philologist Nicolas Clénard, whose master was Henri Estienne.

First edition of the French translation established by Hippolyte Vattemare.
Half green shagreen binding, spine with five fine raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments enhanced at corners with gilt vegetal motifs, light scratches of no consequence to spine, frame of blind fillets on green paper boards, gilt laurel leaf with gilt inscription stamped at center of front board "Offert par la société de protection des enfants du papier peint", cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Work illustrated with 56 engravings in text and 2 maps including 1 folding colored map at rear.
Handsome copy almost entirely free of foxing.

First edition.
Half caramel shagreen binding, smooth spine with traces of rubbing, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt, binding cold-stamped by Pierson.
Work illustrated with 1 frontispiece and illustrations by Emile Lévy and Paul Adolphe Kauffmann in text.

Edition illustrated with 16 original phototype plates as well as a folding map at the end.
Half caramel sheep binding, spine with four raised bands set with black dots decorated with double gilt fillets, gilt dots at head and foot, olive cloth title-label and author's name, one scratch at head of spine, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, original wrappers preserved.

First edition.
Half cherry red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, front board with gilt lettering "Lycée Montaigne", marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 57 engravings after photographs.

First edition published under the pseudonym Roch Grey, one of 2000 numbered copies on tinted laid paper, ours one of 100 hors commerce copies, the only issue along with 10 copies on pur fil du Marais paper.
Two small tears reglued at head and foot of spine.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, one scrape at head of spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Work illustrated from sketches by Baron Constant-Rebecque and the author.
Copy complete with its folding map at rear.
Printed bibliophile's stamp at foot of title page, some foxing.

First edition.
Half navy sheep binding, faded spine with five raised bands showing scratches, gilt date at foot, cherry red shagreen title-label with two corner tears, marbled paper boards showing traces of discoloration at foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 28 phototypes and complete with its folding map at the end.

Very rare post-incunabula edition of Seneca's tragedies, illustrated with 10 woodcut figures in-text (6.5 x 8 cm), at the head of each of the ten tragedies. Numerous initials in black or criblé. Text of the tragedy in a central column with commentaries distributed around it, in Roman type. Title within a large engraved floral border. The editio princeps of Seneca's tragedies is considered to be that of 1484 in Ferrara (Andreas Gallicum).
Colophon: "Impressum Venetiis per Bernardinum de Vianis de Lexona Vercellensem. Anno Domini M.D.XXII, die VI Novembris."

Contemporary full vellum binding, with a raised-band spine remade in old vellum (18th or early 19th century). Manuscript title in black ink. Lacking the endpaper before the first title leaf. Front board detached from the visible sewing. Last leaves frayed at right margin. Lack to edge on lower board. A copy of fine freshness, except for the title leaf, slightly faded.

Edition prepared by Girolamo Avanzi who brought together his own commentaries on Seneca's Tragedies (which initially appeared in 1507 in Venice), and those of Daniel Galetanus and Bernardino Marmitae from the 1498 edition of the same Tragedies of Seneca. This professor of philosophy and philology worked in Padua, he prepared several editions of ancient texts, notably Catullus, Ausonius... He was Aldus Manutius's assistant in preparing editions of several ancient texts.

Ten tragedies by the author have come down to us, two of which pose problems regarding their attribution, Octavia and Hercules Oetaeus. The Trojan Women is an adaptation of Euripides' Troades. Seneca's theater contains no scenic dramaturgy or intrigue, it is a theater where, as in Euripides - to whom the author is very close -, the word is sovereign and commands the tragic outcome. The plays thus appear as a succession of declamations where action is absent, Seneca concentrating his writing on the internal tragedy of his characters after the irremediable act that precipitated them into madness, thus Medea after her crimes, or Hercules after his infanticide. The influence of this writing would be great at the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th century, notably in Garnier.

New edition with numerous illustrations in and out of text.
Publisher's full ochre and polychrome percaline binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt typographic motifs, front cover ornamented with a large polychrome plate by P. Souze depicting the interior of a cathedral in which the faithful pray and Kings of the Old Testament are enthroned, back cover decorated with a frame of black fillets, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Light foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume.
Handsome copy presented in publisher's boards in fine fresh condition.

Second edition illustrated with a frontispiece, a double-page map as well as 5 out-of-text engravings by Rouargue.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with four fine raised bands decorated with fillets and triple black compartments, black paper boards, one lower corner slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Copy almost entirely free from foxing, minor harmless spots on boards.

Second Elzevier edition after the first of 1634, expanded with Sleidan's continuation of Sacred History. An engraved title-frontispiece depicting Saint Martin ready to share his cloak. Printed in minuscule characters.
Full red morocco binding, 18th century. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title-label. Triple gilt fillet frame on boards. Edges gilt. Rubbing to corners and headcaps. Handsome copy in morocco.
Ecclesiastical author from Aquitaine who lived at the end of the 4th century and in the first quarter of the 5th. He was said to be a disciple of Saint Martin of Tours, whose hagiography he wrote. His best-known work is a chronicle of sacred history up to 410.

Edition illustrated by Gilbert.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt compartments, dots and fillets, headcaps very lightly rubbed without damage, first cover ornamented with a plate by A. Souze featuring a large polychrome and gilt decoration depicting the eponymous heroine, black typographical frieze frames on the second cover, beveled boards, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, publisher's binding signed by Engel.
Some foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume, pen gift inscription on an endpaper.
Work illustrated with 65 illustrations as well as 3 plates.

First edition in French for which there were no large paper copies.
A trace of fold to foot of lower cover, a good copy.

First edition, one of the copies of the press service.
Binding sheepskin half hazelnut, back with five nerves filetsnoirs crimped, flat timber so paper and spiral effect, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers, red head.
Signed autograph of the author: "Henry original end Bidou teller, who would displease Racine unless displease Debates ..."
Frontispiece, a Racine portrait.
A little lack of paper heads white guards binding, nice interior state.

Illustrated edition with a frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by Albert Decaris, printed in 125 numbered copies on laid paper.
Half vellum-style boards binding, smooth spine, marbled paper boards with moiré effect, a scratch on the first cover having caused a lack of paper, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, blue top edge.

Edition illustrated with 18 original compositions by Adolphe Giraldon engraved on wood in three colors by Rita Dreyfus, one of 300 numbered copies on handmade Arches paper.
Preface by Charles Maurras.
Handsome copy.

Edition illustrated with a title vignette repeated on the cover, 8 in-text drawings as well as 8 original hors-texte etchings hand-colored with pochoir by Touchagues, one of 169 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only issue with 9 Japan and 22 Holland copies.
Our copy is expanded with 5 study plates at rear.
A small tear at head of spine which also has a lack at foot, endpapers lightly shaded, handsome interior condition.

Edition illustrated with full-page and text illustrations by Zévort as well as hand-colored initials by Sourdot, one of 980 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only issue with 10 China and 10 Holland copies.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four fine raised bands, traces of rubbing at band margins, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Pleasant interior condition.

First edition.
Half glazed navy calf bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt compartments embellished with gilt arabesques, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, yellow and speckled edges, bookplates pasted at head of pastedowns, two corners slightly bumped, contemporary bindings.
Some foxing, a repaired tear at head of a marbled endpaper of the first volume, printed bibliophile stamps on title pages.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on select bouffant only major papers.
Dated and signed autograph dedication from the author to full page Serge Pain: "... I am pleased to dedicate this book, in which he found in food and drink, as it is unconventional Perhaps the distraita. t it? I hope so ... "
Pleasant specimen with all margins.

New edition of the French translation established by Elise Voiart and illustrated with 200 vignettes engraved after drawings by Charles Lemercier.
Half cherry red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets ornately gilt in triple compartments decorated with gilt typographical motifs, minor scratches to foot of spine, covers framed with triple gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, two corners damaged, marbled edges.
Work illustrated with numerous vignettes in the text.
Preface by Charles Nodier.
Foxing.

Illustrated edition with numerous plates including a frontispiece.
Publisher's half dark green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands ornately gilt in triple compartments decorated with central gilt fleurons, headcaps slightly rubbed and minor scratches to spine without significance, covers framed with blind fillets on dark green paper boards, cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, all edges gilt.
Occasional foxing.

Illustrated edition with original two-tone lithographs by Georges Tcherkessoff, one of 800 numbered copies on Rives laid paper, the only printing along with 10 on Japan, 30 on Holland and 25 hors commerce on various papers.
A small tear reglued at foot of spine very slightly faded, two stains on slipcase.

First edition.
Richly illustrated.
Slight foxing, not serious, to endpapers.
A good copy retaining its illustrated dust jacket.

Illustrated edition with 31 steel engravings hors-texte and 1 map.
Half brown shagreen binding, spine with four thin raised bands set with gilt dotted lines decorated with double gilt compartments richly ornamented, frame of blind fillets on the hazelnut boards which show traces of marginal discoloration, cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, gilt edges.
Contributions by Lullin de Châteauvieux, Le Prés, Monnard, Zschokke, Dubochet, Busoni, Meyer de Knonau, Tscharner, Francini, Ruttimann, Schnell jeune, de Forestier, Strohmeier...
A light dampstain affecting marginally the very first leaves of the first volume, two stains on an endpaper of the first volume, foxed tissue guards but without damage to the handsome steel engravings.
The second volume has been bound without its title and half-title pages.
Provenance: from the library of O.P. Laurentü with his engraved bookplate on a pastedown.
Pleasant interior condition almost free from foxing.

Illustrated edition with original drawings by Ernest Bieler.
Publisher's full grey cloth binding decorated with pink floral motifs, smooth spine ornamented with a floral bouquet, front cover decorated with a large polychrome floral design, bevelled boards, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, publisher's binding signed by Engel.
Some minor foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.

First edition on ordinary paper; there were only 17 large paper copies on Japon paper.
Elegant pastiche Bradel binding by T. Boichot in varnished marbled paper boards, blue Russia title label to spine, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Joris-Karl Huysmans to his friend, the executor of his will, Lucien Descaves.
With 6 plates hors-texte.
A very good copy in a nice pastiche binding.

Second edition.
Publisher's half red shagreen binding, spine with five fine raised bands decorated with gilt double compartments richly embellished, frames of blind fillets on the red paper boards, first cover struck at its center with the gilt arms of the city of Paris surmounted by the trinitarian motto of France, small harmless stains at head of first cover, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, edges gilt, publisher's binding executed by J. Taupin.
Work illustrated with 51 hors-texte engravings.
Pen gift inscription on an endpaper.

Illustrated with 32 wood-engraved plates.
Publisher's full red cloth binding decorated with black and gilt ornamental motifs, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesques, frame of gilt and black fillets embellished with gilt and red roundels on the first cover struck at its center with a stylized mandorla, frame of black fillets on the second cover bearing the publisher's name in black at its center, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Some foxing, one endpaper with a fold mark.