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New edition of the French translation preceded by an introduction by Guizot.
Publisher's full red cardboard binding, smooth spine very lightly faded decorated with gilt typographic motifs, frame of gilt fillets and dots on the first cover stamped in its center with a decoration of gilt Chinese fabulous animals, light marginal spotting at head of first cover, second cover decorated with stylized black vegetal decoration, all edges gilt.
Illustrations hors-texte.
Pen gift inscription at head of half-title page, some small foxing.

Edition illustrated with in-text and full-page illustrations.
Publisher's red cloth binding, smooth spine, front cover decorated with floral design in gold and silver, corners very slightly bumped, all edges gilt. Manuscript inscription dated August 1899, on the occasion of the superior certificate prize-giving.
Handsome copy.

New edition, after the original published in 1749. French text alongside the original Latin.
Contemporary marbled calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Library label at foot. One wormhole at foot. Good copy.
The poem enjoyed considerable success from its first Latin publication, being quite free in expression and filled with popular beliefs and concerns about infant care, which were considered decisive for the child's future.

First edition for these 4 issues.
Bradel binding in full brown cloth, morocco title-label, owner's gilt monogram to center of spine, double gilt fillet at foot, occasional light foxing, covers preserved, contemporary binding signed Paul Vié.
Contributions by: J. Laforgue "Chronique parisienne", P. Verlaine "Angélus de midi", Mme A. Daudet "Feuillets intimes", V. de L'Isle-Adam "Ce Mahouin" "Conte de fin d'été", J.-K. Huysmans "L'avenue de la Motte-Picquet" "Chronique d'art", M. Beaubourg "Les âmes de verre", J. Péladan "Pavlae preces", E.D. "Mort de Jules Laforgue", G. Kahn "La belle au château rêvant"T. de Wyzewa "Les Livres", J.-H. Rosny "Les Corneilles", L. de Fourcaud "Musique"
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Contemporary half black shagreen over marbled paper boards, spine in six compartments (slightly rubbed), marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Autograph inscription signed by Joris-Karl Huysmans.
A very pale dampstain to foot of first leaf.

First edition on ordinary paper, only 5 Japan and 8 Hollande deluxe copies were printed.
Contributions by: R. P. du Poisson, C. Mather "Les Merveilles du monde invisible", B. Franklin "Avis à ceux qui songent à émigrer en Amérique", J. Paul Jones "A bord du "Sérapis" ", Saint John de Crévecoeur "Qu'est-ce qu'un Américain ?", W. Irving "Journal", E. Poe "Suggestions", W. Whitman "Perspective démocratique" and "L'Importance de l'élément espagnol dans la formation de notre nationalité", W. H. Herndon "Lettres sur la vie cachée de Lincoln", E. Dickinson "Poèmes et Lettres", V. Lindsay "Le Chemin de Santa Fe", H. Crane "Ménagerie du vin", J. Weldon Johnson "Poèmes", R. Jeffers "Cawdor", L. Hughes "Poèmes", A. Macleish "Préface de Bernal Diaz pour son livre", H. Miller "Via Dieppe-Newhaven", M. Moore "Poèmes", J. dos Passos "Jour d'action de grâces bleu, blanc, rouge", J. Crowe Ransom "L'Capitain' Carpentier", W. Stevens "Poèmes", A. Tate "Poèmes", W. Carlos William "Textes"
Spine sunned with slight lack at head, some creasing marks, covers soiled, paper yellowed, scattered foxing.
Handsome copy.

New edition of the French translation and first printing of illustrations by T. Johannot and Jacque.

Bradel binding in half hazelnut brown shagreen, smooth spine, joints very slightly rubbed at head, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt. Light marginal dampstain of no consequence at head of first leaf, occasional foxing.

Work illustrated with a frontispiece and 11 wood-engraved figures, printed on China paper and mounted on heavy paper by T. Johannot as well as 170 vignettes in the text.
Text preceded by an essay on the life and works of Sterne by Jules Janin.

First edition, one of 30 numbered hors commerce copies on green paper, reserved for the author.
Autograph inscription from Jean Dutourd.
A very good copy.

Edition with some parts in first edition, rare, much preferable to the 1676 original which contains only the first part; this one is therefore considerably expanded with major pieces. A frontispiece representing Saint Mark's Square in Venice. The 1677 edition contains 3 titles for each part plus an added title summarizing the whole; one will easily notice that these three parts are very rarely found together in libraries (see Oxford, Leeds...), and that they most often appear separately. There were undoubtedly several editions at this date of 1677, of which only this one contains the three parts. Moreover this edition with the sphere would suggest that it was printed elsewhere; the third part bears Ratisbon as place of edition and Jean Aubry as publisher. This part contains the Harangue of Louis Helian, Ambassador of France under Louis XII.
Contemporary full glazed brown calf binding. Spine with raised bands, unlettered, decorated with blind roulettes on the headcaps and raised bands. Blind fillets on the boards. Good copy.
More than a history of Venice, this is a critical study of its institutions and laws. The book was very poorly received in Venice where it was burned, diplomatic relations with France became embittered (Amelot de la Houssaye was embassy secretary in Venice), and the king of France was more or less forced to deliver the author to the Bastille (for six days) to satisfy Venice. The supplement studies and recounts the disputes that the Republic had with Pope Paul V. The third part of the book is a translation of a book by Fra Paolo. The Harangue of Louis Hélian was pronounced in 1510 before Emperor Maximilian, it very sharply accuses the republic of Venice of numerous evils.

First edition and first printing of the illustrations.
Half mint green shagreen binding, spine slightly faded with four raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments, double fillets on mint green paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Work illustrated with 51 hors-texte engravings (including 1 frontispiece) and numerous in-text engravings.
Scattered foxing as usual.

New edition illustrated with 78 copperplate engravings by Blanchard after drawings by Tony and Alfred Johannot and the best artists of the period.
Half olive calf bindings, smooth spines richly decorated with gilt Romantic tools and showing minor rubbing of no consequence, marbled paper boards, a small tear at head of front board of first volume, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary Romantic bindings.
Foxing.
A handsomely executed set.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on laid paper.
Half chocolate shagreen binding with corners, spine with four raised bands, marbled paper boards, olive paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved.
Handsome copy with full margins.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on laid paper.
Half chocolate shagreen binding with corners, spine with four raised bands, marbled paper boards, olive paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved.
Handsome copy with full margins.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Half red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments, double gilt fillet frames on marbled paper boards, numerous scuffs on boards, rubbed edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Autograph inscription signed by Henry Becque to the "formidable and astute critic of Le Figaro".
Provenance: from the library of Georges Van Parys with his bookplate pasted on verso of front board.

First edition.
Full caramel calf binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt crosses and decorated with gilt Romantic typographical motifs, gilt dentelles at head and foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, joints very lightly rubbed at head, boards framed with a gilt fillet and stamped in blind with rich Romantic decoration, blind and gilt fillets on leading edges, gilt floral friezes framing the endpapers, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt, Romantic binding signed by Meslant.
R.E. Cartier bookplate pasted to verso of front board.
Some minor foxing.
A superbly executed copy.

First collected edition. One portrait frontispiece and 2 engravings by Marillier in the second volume (one of these engravings is often missing). Half-titles and titles in red and black.
Full blonde sheep binding, slightly later. Smooth spine decorated with compartments and rolls. Red morocco title label, and black morocco volume label with rolls. Some corners slightly bumped. A thin tear at head of volume I. Handsome copy.
The posthumous edition, two years after the author's death, is distributed as follows: Volumes I and II: Theatre and the Turkish Letters; Volumes III, IV, and V: Historical Essays on Paris; Volume VI: History of the Order of the Holy Spirit (of which Saint-Foix was appointed historiographer in 1764). One should not forget the character that was Saint-Foix, who served until age 36 in the Musketeers, seeking literary glory with his twenty or so plays, of a rough and quarrelsome spirit. His two historical books are naturally important and notable. The essays on Paris do not constitute a History of the capital, but an attempt to grasp as closely as possible, through history, the spirit of a people.

First edition.

Contemporary full sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title label. Lacking at lower headcap. Joint cracked at foot for 1cm. Corners slightly bumped. The first leaf is blank. Collation consistent with the Oxford copy.

The first flagellants appeared in the eleventh century and the movement gained renewed vigor during the Black Death in Europe, thus reaching its peak during the fourteenth century. This movement was rapidly condemned by the church as heretical and millenarian. The movement quickly became anarchic and a threat to order, both of the church and of society. The pope delivered them to the inquisition in 1349, and the King of France Philip V banned the flagellants under penalty of death.

First edition.
Contributions by E. Raynaud (Souvenirs sur le symbolisme: Oscar Wilde à Paris), Gérard-Gailly, M-A Blanchard, L. Bocquet, P. Cazin, P. de Barneville, M. André, G. Le Cardonnel, M. Allem...
Tiny corner chip to front cover.

Second edition.
Full chocolate calf binding, smooth spine very slightly faded decorated with double gilt compartments and black fillets, gilt dots at head and foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, blind romantic garland frames and a gilt fillet on boards, gilt inscription "Comice agricole de l'arrondissement de Mirecourt à Mr L. Laurain 1845" on front board which has four brown stains, gilt fillet on edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Work complete with its 10 folding plates at rear.
Light marginal dampstaining at head and foot of first pages and plates, copy almost entirely free from foxing.

New edition, from the author's complete works, printed on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half caramel morocco, smooth spine decorated with a cartouche and double gilt compartments decorated at angles, date at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Champs.
Fine copy handsomely bound.

First edition.
Contributions by C. Asselineau, T. de Banville, C. Cabanellas, P. Chéron, J. Claretie, E. Courbet, E. Daclin, G. Decaux, G. D'Heilly, A. France, le Bibliophile Jacob, C.M.R. Leconte de Lisle, C. Monselet, L. de Ricard, J. Travers...
Light lacks at head and foot of spine, joints cracked at head and foot, a tiny lack at foot of front board, otherwise handsome copy without foxing.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on vélin alfa.

First edition for which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Handsome copy considering the extreme fragility of this popular edition handled carelessly by readers.
Gift inscriptions in ink on the covers and first page of text.
Rare.

First edition with no mention of deluxe copies.
Spine with minor lacks, slight lacks and traces of marginal creases to boards.
Pen gift inscription covering the half-title page.
Handsome copy considering the extreme fragility of this popular edition handled carelessly by readers.
Rare.

First edition on ordinary paper; there were only five extremely rare large paper copies printed on China paper.
Half brown morocco Bradel binding by T. Boichot, gilt date to foot of spine, marbled paper boards, covers (with skillful marginal repairs) and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Autograph inscription from Villiers de l'Isle-Adam to Victor Wilder, the poetic translator of the works of Richard Wagner.
The inscription records the friendship of the two men, which developed most of all in their collaboration on the Wagnerian review until 1888. A very good copy in a good binding.

New edition after the first published in 1614. Rare. Printed in italics.
Contemporary full vellum binding. Smooth unlettered spine. One tear with loss of 1cm² to spine. Lower right corner (1cm) burned on first 30 leaves sometimes affecting a blackened letter. Pale dampstaining to p. 240 lower right corner affecting part of the text. Front board held only by a few loose stitches.
Important collection of contemporary poetry for the French language bringing together Duperron, Malherbe, Racan, Meziriac, Monfuron, Touvant, Motin, La Picardière, Maynard, Hodey, Le Breton, Brun, D'urfé... The work gathers numerous poems by author. According to the notice to the reader, this collection is an abridgment of two collections published previously: "Les délices de la poésie françoise" (1618) and "Le second livre des délices de la poésie françoise" (1620) by Jean Baudoin, expanded with 112 new pieces.

Second edition, expanded with some tales. The first edition appeared in 3 volumes in 18mo. Illustrated with three figures engraved by Tardieu.
Contemporary full tree calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with tools and roulettes. Red morocco title label, and black morocco volume label. Rubbing. A small lack to the tail headcap of volume 1. One corner opened.
The first volume gathers the tales in prose and the second the tales in verse as well as a theatrical piece.
A collection of light and gallant tales by François de Lantier. Verses he composed for Madame du Barry earned him a pension from Choiseul and a position in Dresden. He is the author of the voyages of Antenor. Of his tales, he himself wrote on this subject in his preface: "il vaut mieux faire des contes à dormir debout que des rêves politiques et avoir un petit commerce clandestin avec les Muses, que la charge des affaires publiques sur le dos." ["it is better to tell tall tales than to have political dreams and to have a small clandestine commerce with the Muses than to bear the burden of public affairs on one's back."]

New edition illustrated with original etchings by Tony Johannot.
Half olive shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with cold fillets and gilt dots, decorated with triple gilt compartments, gilt title, corners very slightly bumped.
Work illustrated with original etchings hors-texte by Tony Johannot.
Scattered foxing.

First edition with no mention of deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in half pink cloth, smooth spine decorated with central gilt floral motif, gilt coat of arms at foot, black shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved.
Work illustrated with engravings, panoramas and plates.
Our copy lacks the folding map at the end.
Handsome copy.

Nineteenth edition.
Bradel binding in half sky-blue cloth, smooth spine lightly browned decorated with a gilt stylized floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.

Second edition.
Half blue morocco binding with corners, spine very lightly faded with five raised bands, date at foot, marbled paper boards with minor scratches, slight rubbing to corners without damage, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by Pagnant.

First edition printed in a small number of copies, being an offprint from the Annales des maladies de l'oreille, du larynx, du nez et du pharynx.
Back cover sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.
Rare.

First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half hazel morocco binding, smooth spine, author's name and black morocco title-label, marbled paper boards, chestnut paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
A handsomely bound copy.

First collected edition printed in 200 copies on laid paper, the only printing with 2 colored papers.
Half red Russia morocco binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and showing traces of rubbing, gilt volume number, rubbed headcaps, minimal wormhole on one joint, embossed paper boards, corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Our copy is enhanced with 6 autograph letters from the author, bound at the end, to two booksellers in Besançon to whom he intends to sell copies from his library in order to subsequently purchase other copies from these same booksellers.
A reply letter from one bookseller is included, bound with the others.
Work illustrated with a portrait etching by E. Hédouin.

First edition published anonymously.
Contemporary half fir-green sheep bindings, lightened smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets and friezes showing traces of rubbing, almond cardboard boards, scuffing to boards, small tears to edges, marbled edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings.
Small ink stains at head of title page of second volume diminishing on following pages, foxing.
Rare.

First edition illustrated by Gilles Sacksick.
Handsome autograph inscription from Gaston Bonheur to Robert Giraud.
Our copy is complete with the illustrated invitation to the vernissage for the book's publication at the publisher. Handsome copy.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on Alfax paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Contributions by Meyer Schapiro "On a painting of Van Gogh", Sidney Janis "Morris Hirshfield dies", Kurt Seligmann "Magic and the arts, Charles Henri Ford "Chanson pour Billie", Paul Bowles "By the water"...
Cover illustrated by Isamu Noguchi, illustrations by Yves Tanguy, Vincent Van Gogh, Esteban Frances...

First edition.
Preface by Vercors and introduction by Robert Barrat.
Handsome copy.

La Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheepskin, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, copy complete with its cellophane wrapper, dust jacket and soft slipcase.
Handsome copy.

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa mousse paper, the only deluxe copies.
This issue comprises two main sections:
- Pour arrêter un génocide with texts by Michel Pierdel "L'extermination des Indiens", Paul Sargos "Médecins au Biafra", Henri Bartoli "La société capitaliste", Jacques Julliard "Syndicats et partis", J.F. Rollin "Palmyre".
- Révisions du communisme with contributions by Henri Desroche, Jean-Marie Domenach, Pierre Grémion and Jean-Jacques Lentz: "Le socialisme de Richta", "Le tournant de Garaudy", "La foi de Djilas".
Light foxing to spine.

First edition, one of 1200 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies with 100 other Arches laid paper hors commerce copies.
Photographic frontispiece, handsome copy.

Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, complete with its cellophane wrapper, dust jacket and soft slipcase.
Handsome copy despite a very small marginal tear on the slipcase.

Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, complete with its cellophane wrapper and soft slipcase.
Handsome copy despite a small lack at the head of the cellophane wrapper at spine level, the slipcase has been restored at foot with an adhesive piece.

Signed autograph letter from a page by Louis Pons, to his friend the art critic Georges Raillard, specialist in the works of Joan Miro and Antoni Tapies, about a work on Monticelli that he recently received from a their mutual friend and for whom Georges Raillard wrote the text.
On the attached envelope which he recomposed in his fanciful and ornithological manner, Louis Pons drew, in black ink, on the front and on the back, two curious beasts: a magpie in a tail coat and a rat of which just the head and the tail emerge from the envelope, the place of its body being crossed by a nail.
Finally, on the sidelines of the handwritten letter, Louis Pons drew a character of human appearance with simian features.

First edition of this periodical founded by the disciples of Allan Kardec.

First edition.
A photograph of Gabriel Péri as frontispiece.

First editions.
Bradel bindings in sienna half-cloth, smooth spines decorated with gilt floral motifs, double gilt fillets at tails, black shagreen title-labels, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Light scattered foxing, gift inscriptions in pen from a previous owner on the half-title pages of the volumes.
Rare.

First edition.

Half navy blue sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.

Minor foxing affecting mainly the endpapers, gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page.

Rare.

New edition.
Bradel binding in full blue cloth, smooth spine, old rose shagreen title-label, spotted covers preserved.
Some minor foxing.
Provenance: from the library of painter and engraver Jean Frélaut with his pencil signature at the head of the half-title page.

First edition in French.
Full marbled sheep binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, red shagreen title-label and author's name, covers preserved, modest binding.

First edition of the French translation, printed on ordinary paper.
The work is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Stanislas Przybyszewski by L. Albert Lazard.
Spine lightly sunned with two small lacks at head and foot, worming to first cover.

First edition, on current paper, the French translation by Maurice Beerblock, mention thousand.
Signed autograph Maurice Beerblock WA to Bradley: "It's almost a fairy tale, this meeting of the translator and the one who was the principal tenant of O. Henry ..."
Illustrated book of drawings by Gus Bofa.
Two gaps on the back that also has stuck back tears.

First edition.
Half sea-green cloth binding, scuffed covers, publisher's binding.
Volume complete with its volume cover page, each issue comprising eight pages.
Contributions by Charles Baudelaire, Théophile Gautier ("Goya") and Alexandre Dumas notably, drawings by Cham, Gustave Doré and Edmond Morin among others.
Review illustrated with numerous full-page engravings in black and white.
Le Monde illustré is a weekly news magazine published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, it was directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde illustré secured the collaboration of authors and artists such as Alexandre Dumas, Paul Féval, Théophile Gautier, George Sand, Cham, Gustave Doré...

Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full grained brown sheep binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Fine copy complete with its cellophane wrapper, dust jacket and slipcase.

Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheep, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Handsome copy complete with its cellophane wrapper, dust jacket and slipcase.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine very lightly sunned, minimal harmless worming to boards.

first edition.
Signed autograph of Jean Guichard-Meili Bernard Privat: "Hommage a" denied "the Grasset ... hoping that the designs of the great Vieira da Silva will have his vote less ..."
Book illustrated with 32 drawings of Maria Helena Vieira da Silva.
Nice copy.

New edition preceded by observations by Cardinal de Bausset.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt double compartments with corner ornaments, frame of cold fillets on red paper boards, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, contemporary binding.
Small black stains on boards, endpapers lightly soiled, trace of a bookplate that has been neatly removed from one pastedown.

First edition.
Contributions by Paul Léautaud, Léon Werth, Othon Friesz.
Copy enriched with sketches by Dunoyer de Segonzac, Vlaminck, Albert Marquet.
Light scratch to head of first cover. Handsome copy.

New edition published under the auspices of a society of men of letters.
Bradel binding in half brown shagreen, smooth spines decorated with double gilt and black fillets, gilt stippling at head and foot of spines, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
The atlas volume containing 54 battles and 100 portraits of the most illustrious generals is lacking from our copy.
Some minor foxing.

New edition.
Publisher's soft mouse-colored cardboard binding, smooth spine.
Work illustrated with 1100 drawings by C. Demia, Germaine Dol, Lucienne Dongé, Guilhen Rémy-Perrier.
Handsome copy, with pen gift inscription at head of title page.

New edition.
Publisher's soft mouse-colored cardboard binding, smooth spine, complete with dust jacket.
Work illustrated with 614 drawings by Germaine Dol and Lucienne Dongé.
Handsome copy.

Illustrated edition with 12 engravings.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt ornament that has faded due to wear over time, headcaps very lightly rubbed without gravity, front board ornamented with a large floral design in blind and gilt, rear board illustrated with a fleuron in blind, beveled boards, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, edges gilt.
Small marginal lacks at foot of some leaves, gift inscriptions in ink at head of title and half-title pages, small stains on rear board.

First edition.
Half dark green morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands, date in gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Work illustrated with 15 maps and plans in colors.
Printed collector's stamps on the half-title, title and list of plates pages having become illegible with red ink discharge on the facing pages, occasional minor foxing.
Handsome copy nicely bound.

Original edition.
Binding half canvas tree, silent smooth back, marbled paper plates with small discolored spots, a few snags on the cuts, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph from the author to Meline Mr. Chairman and Minister of Agriculture.
Shaded guards.

Edition illustrated with 8 hors-texte plates as well as 16 head- and tailpieces after the watercolors and drawings by Emile Aubry, one of 950 numbered copies on laid paper.
Spine and boards marginally sunned, two small stains on the back board, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Full wine-red percaline binding, smooth spine faded decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet at foot, head caps worn down, double fillets framing the boards which show discoloration stains at feet, central gilt fleurons on the boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 10 original etchings by Emile Thérond.
Occasional foxing.

First edition.
Later binding circa 1800, in full blonde sheep. Smooth spine decorated in typical 18th century style. Boards framed with a rolled border. Rubbing. Upper joint opened. Edges gilt. Title leaf detached and only held by two stitches.
Breviary of Toulouse containing masses, feasts and chants for winter.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on laid paper, the only printing with 10 Chine and 20 Japan copies.
On James Whistler, Camille Pissarro, Henri Fantin-Latour, Paul Cézanne...
A tear at the foot of one joint, endpapers uniformly and lightly shaded without consequence, handsome interior condition.

First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies, one of the service de presse (advance) copies.
Autograph inscription signed by the translator to Pierre Hérold.
Spine sunned, paper yellowed, small marginal loss to head of first pages not touching text.

First edition.
Other contributions by Rémy de Gourmont "Entretiens sur le vers libre et Gustave Kahn" ["Conversations on free verse and Gustave Kahn"], Théodore Duret "La guerre de 1870-71" ["The war of 1870-71"], Stendhal "Consultation pour Banti" ["Consultation for Banti"]...
Minor worming to boards.

First edition.
Rich iconography.
Small marginal lack at foot of second board without damage, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Rich iconography.
Minor worming to boards, handsome interior condition.

First edition printed in a numbered edition of 150 copies.
Occasional light worming.

First edition printed in a numbered edition of a few copies.
With contributions by S. Michenaud "Note", J. Digot "Don Juan désert" and illustrated with a hors-texte by J. Ségalat.
Foxing to the front cover, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition printed in a numbered edition of a few copies.
With contributions by A. Roussanne "Les 4 vérités", a letter from M. Jacob and illustrated with a hors-texte by R. Gid.
Minimal foxing to the front cover, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition printed in a limited number of numbered copies.
Contributions by A. Lhéritier "Nuages, poèmes" and illustrated with a hors-texte by the poet.
Handsome copy.

First edition printed in a limited number of numbered copies.
Contributions by S. Michenaud "Les grandes complaintes" and illustrated with a hors-texte by J. Cammas.
Handsome copy.

First edition printed in 200 numbered copies.
Contributions by J.M. Gerbault "A l'invisible nul n'est tenu" and illustrated with an unpublished portrait by R. Delaunay.
Minimal worming to covers, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition.
Publisher's orange cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine, black title partially faded, complete with slipcase which has a slight tear of no consequence.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Contributions by H. Michaux "Ratureurs", G. Duthuit "Costumes et coutumes", D. Thomas "Le bébé ardent", A. Artaud "D'un voyage au pays des Tarahumaras", R. Barthes "Le prince de Hombourg"...
Handsome copy retaining publisher's wraparound band.

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on bouffant paper.
Iconography.
Handsome copy.

First edition published in a small number of copies, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription signed by Guillaume Albert de Puysbusque to G. Chalande.
Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author's father.
Fine and rare copy.

First edition, one of 600 numbered copies on Biberist laid paper.
Some minor spotting without consequence affecting mainly the endpapers.

First edition.
Publisher's full mouse-grey cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has a small tear at head of spine and a light stain on the rear panel.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy complete with its soft slipcase.