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  2. Le diable au corps
    Raymond RADIGUET
    Le diable au corps
    Grasset|Paris 1923|12 x 19 cm|broché sous étui
    First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy
    Rare autograph inscription from Raymond Radiguet to Prince Serge Wolkonsky
    Two repairs to head and foot of spine, covers and spine marginally sunned, paper yellowed, tiny marginal lacks to first endpaper
    This copy, which retains its advertising notice pasted onto an endpaper, is presented in a chemise and slipcase by Devauchelle: olive morocco spine, aniseed-colored paper boards, lined with olive felt
    Prince Serge Wolkonsky was the director of the Bolshoi theater and a friend of his compatriot, Diaghilev.
    €3,500
  5. Histoire de la gravure, en Italie, en Espagne, en Allemagne, dans les Pays-bas, en Angleterre et en France ; suivis d'indications pour former une collection d'estampes
    Georges DUPLESSIS
    Histoire de la gravure, en Italie, en Espagne, en Allemagne, dans les Pays-bas, en Angleterre et en France ; suivis d'indications pour former une collection d'estampes
    Hachette|Paris 1880|18.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
    First edition, illustrated with 72 engravings (etchings), re-engraved after the originals. All plates, printed before lettering, have been annotated in pencil (author and title).
    Publisher's binding. Special plate by Souze. Binding by Charles Magnier. Half red shagreen richly decorated; red percale boards stamped with a large decorative gilt plate on black ground. All edges gilt. White moiré endpapers. Upper joint slightly cracked at head. Some foxing on the first leaves and on the index.
    Handsome copy
    €550
  6. Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
    Alain-René LESAGE
    Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
    Paulin|Paris 1835|17 x 26.50 cm|relié
    Illustrated edition with original vignettes by Jean Gigoux.
    Full glazed hazelnut calf binding, smooth spine very lightly faded but without gravity, richly decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, gilt roulettes on the headcaps, one joint lightly cracked at foot, small traces of rubbing on the joints, frame of gilt arabesques on the boards, a small tear at the foot of the first board, fine gilt dentelle on the pastedowns, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, one lower corner very lightly bumped, gilt edges on the leading edges, all edges gilt, elegant contemporary romantic binding.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author on China paper as well as 600 vignettes here in first printing by Jean Gigoux.
    Handsome copy, free from foxing and perfectly established in an elegant contemporary romantic binding, of this important work for the history of the book in that it marks the renovation of wood engraving in the romantic period.
    €750
  7. Lexicon Manuale graeco - latinum et latino - graecum
    Corneille SCHREVEL
    Lexicon Manuale graeco - latinum et latino - graecum
    Ex officina Ptri - Augustini Le Mercier|Luteciae-Parisiorum [Paris] • [Paris] 1718|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
    New edition.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Decorated raised band spine. Brown calf title label. One lack to head; tail partly torn away. 2 corners slightly bumped. Generally rubbed. Second leaf with tear starting from bottom extending 5cm. The second endleaf before the title page is missing.
    The first Greek-Latin dictionary is followed by an inverted Latin-Greek dictionary; it includes a series of expressions and proverbs given in Greek and Latin and two treatises: De resolutione verborum, de articulis. This dictionary remained famous and was reprinted until the 19th century, and was long intended for generations of students. It is the work of the famous grammarian, lexicographer and Latinist Schrevel, who translated numerous Latin authors.
    €280
  13. Traité des matières criminelles, suivant l'ordonnance du mois d'août 1670
    Guy DU ROUSSEAUD DE LA COMBE
    Traité des matières criminelles, suivant l'ordonnance du mois d'août 1670
    Chez Théodore Le Gras|à Paris 1756|19 x 25 cm|relié
    Sixth edition stated, after the first published in 1732. Edition revised and expanded by the author's son.
    Contemporary full marbled brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands; headcaps partly worn. 3 corners bumped. Rubbing.
    Treatise on criminal jurisprudence under Louis XIV. The First Part, On the nature of Crimes, & Punishments. The Second, On the Jurisdiction of Judges, over Offenses committed, both by Laypeople, and by Ecclesiastics, Recusations, challenges, &c. The Third, On the Manner of Conducting Trials, with the Style or Model of Procedures. The Fourth, Contains the Edicts, Declarations, Decrees, & Regulations intervened since the Ordinance.
    €250
  14. Oeuvres diverses de Pope
    Alexander POPE
    Oeuvres diverses de Pope
    Chez Arkstée & Merkus|à Amsterdam • & à Leipzig 1754|9.50 x 16.50 cm|6 volumes reliés
    First collected edition; illustrated with 1 portrait and 5 figures in volume I, 1 frontispiece and 13 figures in volume II, 1 frontispiece in volume IV; the portrait by Syfang, the figures drawn by Blakey, Wale and Walker and engraved by Fritzsch.
    Contemporary full glazed brown calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title and volume labels. Large lack along the upper joint of volume I; lacks to joints at head of volume II; scuffs along the joints of volume III; lacks to joints of volume IV; joints cracked at foot of volume V; scuffs along volume VI; most corners bumped. Pope was both the greatest classical poet of England during the first half of the 18th century, universally admired and acclaimed, and a philosopher recognized for his Essay on Man. His translation of Homer remained a classic in England. The collection of his works in a quality publishing enterprise had considerable success in Europe, and certain influence in the world of letters.
    €400
  18. Noels nouveaux sur le chant de plusieurs belles chansons nouvelles de cette présente année mil cinq cens L. III
    ANONYME
    Noels nouveaux sur le chant de plusieurs belles chansons nouvelles de cette présente année mil cinq cens L. III
    Techener|Le Mans s. d. [circa 1840]|11.50 x 20 cm|relié
    Reprinted by C. Richelet in a numbered edition of 29 copies on laid paper, ours bearing No. 1.
    Half black morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands ornately decorated with double gilt compartments, gilt date at foot, light traces of rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, slight nick to top edge, corners slightly bumped, binding signed by Bauzonnet.
    Rare.
    €150
  20. Noëls patois anciens et nouveaux chantés dans la Meurthe et dans les Vosges, recueillis, corrigés et annotés par L. Jouve
    Louis JOUVE
    Noëls patois anciens et nouveaux chantés dans la Meurthe et dans les Vosges, recueillis, corrigés et annotés par L. Jouve
    Firmin Didot frères, fils & Cie|Paris 1864|11.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    Small reprint
    Half black shagreen binding, spine faded with five raised bands set with gilt fillets, gilt date and place at foot, minor traces of rubbing to spine, one joint rubbed, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners very slightly bumped, top edge gilt, engraved bookplate pasted to verso of front board.
    Rare.
    €50
  21. Dictionnaire de physique
    Aimé-Henry PAULIAN
    Dictionnaire de physique
    Chez Gaude|à Nîmes 1789|12 x 20 cm|relié
    New edition, after the original published in 1761 in Avignon. A supplement to the dictionary, printed in 1787, has been integrated into alphabetical order in this edition. 2 folding plates in volume I including one on aerostation as frontispiece; 5 folding plates in volume II; 3 folding plates in volume III; 3 folding plates in volume IV; 2 folding plates in volume V; totaling 15 plates.
    Near-contemporary binding in half brown sheep with small vellum corners. Smooth spine decorated with Greek-key roll tools. Red morocco title-label and black morocco volume labels (decorated with a laurel crown). A handsome copy.
    Paulian's physics dictionary enjoyed considerable success and was reprinted many times with additions; its success stems from the breadth of its scope - from divining rods to scholars, comets, and the dry parts of arithmetic, through to the latest aerostatic experiments - and the didactic quality of the articles; Paulian, long a professor at Avignon, indeed possessed the talent of explaining the most complex things in an accessible manner without betraying them, notably the case for the Newtonian system which he particularly favored. This dictionary is therefore not intended for scholars but for a public with an amateur interest in science.
    €700
  25. Theologia moralis
    Paul LAYMANN
    Theologia moralis
    Apud Ioannem Meursieum|Antverpiae [Antwerp] • (Anvers) [Antwerp] 1634|23 x 39 cm|relié
    New edition, after the original published in 1625. Text in two columns in small characters.
    Contemporary full pigskin binding stamped on bevelled wooden boards. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Paper title label with faded ink. Large blind-stamped panel on covers, series of floral frames including one with a frieze of haloed saints bearing names. Central roundel. Brass clasps, without the straps of which only the stub remains on the lower cover. 4 small brass plates positioned on the edges near the headcaps. Worming. Some yellow stains on the lower cover. Numerous leaves browned. Worming to endpapers. First endpaper lacking. Fine specimen of a stamped pigskin binding.
    The author's most famous work which enjoyed considerable success. This moral theology encompasses all theological aspects of morality and ethics (faith, justice, sin, conscience, excommunications, etc.). It should be noted that Laymann criticized the persecution of witches. Originally from Innsbruck, Laymann, a learned Jesuit, taught theology, philosophy and grammar at Ingolstadt, Munich and Dillingen.
    2 stamps: Bibl. Trever; bibliothek Geisthingen
    €700
  27. Le Voyage de France, dressé pour la commodité des François et Estrangers. Avec une Description des Chemins pour aller et venir par tout le Monde. Très-nécessaire aux Voyageurs.
    Gilbert Saulnier DU VERDIER, Claude de VARENNES
    Le Voyage de France, dressé pour la commodité des François et Estrangers. Avec une Description des Chemins pour aller et venir par tout le Monde. Très-nécessaire aux Voyageurs.
    Chez Nicolas Le Gras|à Paris 1687|9 x 16.70 cm|relié
    New edition of Claude de Varennes' Voyage de France, edited and expanded by du Verdier. Final edition of this travel guide which contains 100 additional pages.
    Full brown glazed sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title label. Upper cover split at foot. Rubbing, corners bumped and worn at edges. Good copy.
    Textual reprint of Varennes' travel guide, but Du Verdier added an itinerary of French roads, towards the south, Brittany, Germany, Spain... departing from Paris. Besides this very useful addition, one also finds the value of foreign currencies, and more unexpectedly, a record of relics and treasures found at Saint-Denis. Of particular interest is the presence of a chapter on the rivers and waterways of France.
    €450
  28. L'espace littéraire
    Maurice BLANCHOT
    L'espace littéraire
    Gallimard|Paris 1968|11 x 16.50 cm|broché
    New pocket edition, an advance copy.
    Moving and precious signed autograph inscription from Maurice Blanchot to his sister Marguerite: "Pour ma très chère soeur, Marguerite, ce livre, prémisses peut-être de "la fin du livre" avec les tendres excuses de MB." ["For my very dear sister, Marguerite, this book, perhaps the premises of "the end of the book" with tender apologies from MB."]
    Marguerite Blanchot, a renowned organist at Chalon cathedral, remained all her life in the family home, with her mother and aunt. "She would gradually become, for the family, like the memory of origins." Very close to Maurice, she corresponded regularly with the writer who showed her great gratitude for her devotion to their invalid mother. While Blanchot's intense affection for his mother and sister shows through in his dedications, we know almost nothing of their relationship. In the only biographical essay on Blanchot, Christophe Bident reveals however: "Marguerite Blanchot revered her brother Maurice. Very proud of him, (...) she attached great importance to his political ideas (...). She read extensively (...) They telephoned each other, corresponded. At a distance, they shared the same natural authority, the same concern for discretion." Blanchot indeed sent her numerous works from his library, maintaining with her a continuous intellectual bond.
    A handsome copy.
    €700
  29. De Kafka à Kafka
    Maurice BLANCHOT
    De Kafka à Kafka
    Gallimard|Paris 1981|11 x 18 cm|broché
    The first edition published only in paperback format, of which there were no deluxe copies, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
    Moving and precious signed autograph inscription from Maurice Blanchot to his sister Marguerite on a card mounted on the first endpaper: "Chère Marg, ce livre qui n'est pas un livre mais qui te dit en ces jours si sombres, ma fidèle, ma profonde affection. Maurice." ["Dear Marg, this book which is not a book but which tells you in these dark days, my faithful one, my deep affection. Maurice."]
    Envelope bearing Marguerite Blanchot's address written by her brother Maurice mounted on the half-title page. Marguerite Blanchot, renowned organist at the cathedral of Chalon, remained all her life in the family home, with her mother and aunt. "She gradually became, for the family, like the memory of origins." Very close to Maurice, she corresponded regularly with the writer who showed her great gratitude for her devotion to their invalid mother. While Blanchot's intense affection for his mother and sister shows through in his dedications, we know almost nothing of their relationship. In the only biographical essay on Blanchot, Christophe Bident reveals however: "Marguerite Blanchot venerated her brother Maurice. Very proud of him, (...) she attached great importance to his political ideas (...). She read a great deal (...) They telephoned each other, corresponded. At a distance, they shared the same natural authority, the same concern for discretion." Blanchot indeed sent her numerous works from his library, maintaining with her a continuous intellectual bond. A marginal crease at foot of first cover.
    Handsome copy.
    €1,200
  32. Histoire du règne de l'empereur Charles-Quint
    William ROBERTSON
    Histoire du règne de l'empereur Charles-Quint
    Chez Saillant & Nyon|A Amsterdam • et se trouve à Paris 1771|9 x 17 cm|6 volumes reliés
    New edition, after the original published in 1769.
    Contemporary full blonde sheep binding. Raised spine decorated. Red morocco title-label. Head of all 6 volumes worn. Headcaps of volumes III and IV split. Rubbing. Corners very bumped.
    The Histoire de Charles-Quint is undoubtedly one of the great historical classics of the 18th century, whose model would inspire many imitators, the author seeking to grasp, beyond simple factual history, the historical march of a civilization and its singular spirit. A tableau of the progress of society in Europe, from the destruction of the Roman empire to the beginning of the sixteenth century. The introduction is a précis of the history of the early Christian centuries.
    €300
  37. La grande italienne (Mathilde de Toscane)
    Amédée RENÉE
    La grande italienne (Mathilde de Toscane)
    Firmin Didot frères, fils & Cie • E. Dentu|Paris 1859|13 x 22 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half mint green shagreen binding, spine slightly faded with four raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with fleurons and double gilt and black fillets, marbled paper boards, front cover with marginal discoloration mark along its full height, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, minor harmless scuffs to corners and edges.
    Work illustrated with a portrait of Mathilde de Toscane as frontispiece.
    Handsome interior condition.
    €70
  46. Le monde des insectes
    Henry BERTHOUD
    Le monde des insectes
    Garnier frères|Paris s. d. [circa 1880]|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands elaborately gilt in compartments with gilt typographical motif, covers triple-ruled in blind on black paper boards, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns marginally soiled, all edges gilt.
    Work illustrated with numerous wood-engraved vignettes by Joliet, Thomas, Lacoste, Dupeyron, Ecosse and drawings by Yan' Dargent.
    Some minor foxing, otherwise handsome copy.
    €80
  48. Voyage sentimental
    Laurence STERNE
    Voyage sentimental
    Ernest Bourdin|Paris s. d. [1841]|17.50 x 26.50 cm|relié
    New edition of the French translation and first printing of the illustrations by T. Johannot and Jacque.
    Binding in half long-grain navy blue morocco, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, minor rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers (lined and with corner lacks) and spine preserved, top edge gilt, romantic pastiche binding signed by Ratry.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece, 170 text vignettes and 11 hors-texte compositions engraved on wood and printed on China paper.
    Some minor foxing.
    A handsome copy.
    €200
  49. Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
    Alain-René LESAGE
    Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
    Paulin|Paris 1835|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
    First printing of the 600 compositions by Jean Gigoux.
    Full caramel gauffered calf binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments embellished with gilt arabesques, navy calf title label, some light rubbing to spine without consequence, double gilt and blind fillet frame on the gauffered boards, coat of arms of the Order of the Garter stamped in gilt on the front board, gilt fillets on the leading edges, corners very slightly bumped, a central tear on the back board, marbled edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary English binding.
    As frontispiece, a portrait of Gil Blas on China paper. Notice by Charles Nodier.
    One dampstain affecting the frontispiece, occasional foxing.
    €300
  50. Sébastien Roch
    Octave MIRBEAU
    Sébastien Roch
    G. Charpentier & Cie|Paris 1890|12 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition printed on ordinary paper.
    Bradel binding in half sky blue cloth, smooth spine lightly sunned decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, cherry red shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
    Precious signed autograph inscription from Octave Mirbeau to Jean Ajalbert on the half-title page.
    Our copy is expanded with a four-page autograph letter dated and signed by H.G. Ibels in which he shares with his correspondent his momentary financial troubles, the poor circumstances that led him to this situation and finally the solicitations from wealthy bibliophiles who covet his important collection of 18th-century manuscripts on the Convulsionnaires...
    Large marginal discoloration affecting the front cover as well as much more lightly the half-title page without touching the autograph inscription.
    Provenance: Jean Ajalbert library with his Japonist ex-libris in the Nabis style wood-engraved in a very small number, signed with a monogram, probably that of Félicien Rops.
    €800
  57. Oeuvres choisies de Lebrun précédées d'une notice sur sa vie et ses ouvrages par M.D
    LEBRUN, Achille DEVÉRIA
    Oeuvres choisies de Lebrun précédées d'une notice sur sa vie et ses ouvrages par M.D
    Louis Janet|Paris 1929|14.50 x 22 cm|relié
    First collected edition.
    Half olive calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic decorative motifs, small tear at head of spine, marbled paper boards, lower corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary romantic binding.
    Work illustrated with a portrait of the author as frontispiece.
    Some foxing.
    €70
  58. Dans l'oratoire
    Jean LORRAIN
    Dans l'oratoire
    C. Dalou|Paris 1888|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Bradel binding in half chocolate cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, dark green shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, bookplate pasted on endpaper leaving a shadow opposite, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
    Autograph inscription signed by Jean Lorrain to his friend Fernand Le Grand, a prominent figure of Fécamp society, on the half-title page which bears a printed bibliophile stamp and some foxing.
    Provenance: from the library of Fernand Le Grand with his bookplate.
    Rare.
    €700
  59. Hazareesingh at 80
    Kissoonsingh HAZAREESINGH, COLLECTIF
    Hazareesingh at 80
    Mauritius stationery manufacturers limited|s. l. s. d. [circa 1980]|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First collected and bilingual edition.
    Signed autograph inscription from K. Hazareesingh to Marcel Haedrich. Our copy is enhanced with a one-page autograph letter from the author to the same recipient on letterhead of the "Ministry of social security, national solidarity and reform institutions Astor courts" at Port-Louis.
    Iconography.
    Contributions by M. Druon, R. Ramdoyal, R. Tagore, T.S. Eliot...
    Minor tears without consequence at head and foot of slightly faded spine, handsome interior condition.
    €150
  70. Introductiones ad veram Physicam et veram Astronomiam. Quibus accedunt Trogonometria. De viribus centralibus. De legibus attractractionis
    John KEILL
    Introductiones ad veram Physicam et veram Astronomiam. Quibus accedunt Trogonometria. De viribus centralibus. De legibus attractractionis
    Apud Joh. et Herm. Verbeek • ( Jean & Herman Verbeek)|Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] • (Leyde) [Leiden] 1725|18.50 x 25 cm|relié

    First collected edition of these two works, originally published at Oxford in 1701 (Physica) and 1718 (Astronomia) respectively, illustrated with a title vignette, 12 folding plates for physics (experiments, diagrams, geometry), 29 for astronomy, and 6 for trigonometry, numbered I to XLVII.

    Contemporary marbled brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands richly decorated. Red morocco title label. Worn binding. Headcaps torn away. Joints split at head and foot, along two compartments for the upper joint. Corners heavily bumped. Paper more or less browned.



    Treatise and manual of astronomy and physics with various short treatises, including one on trigonometry. The physics treatise is based on the Newtonian physics lessons that Keill gave at Oxford. A Scottish mathematician and defender of Newton's work, this Oxford professor was one of the first to teach physics and astronomy according to mathematics. The cartographic plates of the Moon were made following the works of Hevelius, Riccioli, Langren who each in their own way catalogued and observed the lunar relief.

    €800
  76. Le pays et le vin Beaujolais suivi d'une anthologie bachique
    Léon FOILLARD, Tony DAVID
    Le pays et le vin Beaujolais suivi d'une anthologie bachique
    Jean Guillermet|Villefranche en Beaujolais [Villefranche-sur-Saône] 1929|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Autograph inscription signed by Léon Foillard.
    Work decorated with a frontispiece by P. Burnot, drawings by J. Limonon as well as photographic plates.
    Preface by Justin Godart.
    Spine sunned and cracked with dampstain at head, boards marginally sunned and also with corner tears, handsome interior condition.
    €70
  83. Jean-Paul
    Marcel GUERSANT
    Jean-Paul
    Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1953|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Precious signed autograph inscription from Marcel Guersant to Maurice Blanchot: "... critique éminent devant lequel l'auteur ne se présente qu'avec crainte et tremblement. / J'ose offrir ce livre, où - dans un silence profond - la grâce se fraye la voie d'une âme" ["... eminent critic before whom the author presents himself only with fear and trembling. / I dare offer this book, where - in profound silence - grace carves the path of a soul"]
    Worming to spine and covers, complete with publisher's slip.
    €250
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