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First edition in latin and german.
A good copy.

First edition.
Label from the library of entomologist Charles Alluaud pasted to head of front board, title in ink.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Other contributions by J. Chardonne "Liaisons", A. Metraux & F. Schulman "Jeux du sexe et de la mort dans le Vaudou", J. Tanizaki "Le tatouage", R. Cailleux, R. Caillois "Ecorchés et squelettes"...
Handsome copy.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Contributions by M. Blanchot, J. Cocteau, A. Dhôtel, P. Jaccottet, J. Dutourd, J. Supervielle...
Illustrations.
Handsome copy.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Henri-Louis Ailleret to Maurice Blanchot.
Gift inscription at the head of the first text page.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Georges Auclair to Maurice Blanchot.
Handsome copy.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription signed by René Hostache to the great Gaullist resistance fighter Gilbert Grandval.
Handsome copy.

Second edition.
Full black paper boards, smooth spines, tan sheep title and volume labels with a small angular loss, one joint very slightly cracked then reglued at head, red edges, modest contemporary bindings.
Some minor foxing without consequence, otherwise a handsome copy complete with its folding map at the beginning of the volume.

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

Second edition, the first having appeared in 1767. Two frontispieces, one by Cochin, the second by Pierre Delin, and two headpieces engraved by Choffart. Some copies, at the request of the purchaser who could commission them, contained 50 engravings. These copies appear very rare.
Half brown marbled sheep binding, mid-19th century. Spine with raised bands decorated with roulettes on the bands and roulettes at the headcaps. Red shagreen title label and black shagreen volume label. Head caps fragile, with small lacks. Rubbing. The copy has been interleaved with numerous leaves, most of which remained blank, but some contain annotations.

First edition.
Industries, crafts and urban renewal; the district and the city; characteristic activities of the city center in Grenoble, Nancy, Rennes, Strasbourg, Toulouse.
Handsome copy illustrated with maps.

First edition for each of the volumes, one of 200 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Each fascicle is illustrated with 20 pen drawings by G. Latallerie-Beurier.
Signed autograph inscription from the illustrator on two of the four volumes.
Prefaces by Edouard Richard and Jean Montaurier. The set is presented in a chemise and slipcase in half tawny sheep, spine with four false raised bands, marbled paper boards.
Handsome copy.

First edition for each of the volumes, one of 200 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Each fascicle is illustrated with 20 pen drawings by G. Latallerie-Beurier.
Signed autograph inscription from the illustrator on each of the volumes.
Texts by G. de Bussac, P. Laporte, M. Vizier, G. Latallerie-Beurier. The set is presented in a chemise and slipcase in half tawny sheep, spine with four false raised bands, marbled paper boards.
The spine of the slipcase is very slightly worn.
Handsome copy.

New edition. The first edition appeared in 1744, and its chronology therefore stopped at the date of 1743; this latest edition continues the chronology until 1764; this is followed by tables of popes, writers, great men in the sciences and arts. Each page is surrounded by a double black frame.
Contemporary mottled calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with spider web tools. Brown morocco title-label and volume labels. Head slightly worn. Same for the tail of volume I. Upper joint of volume II split at head and tail.
The work is presented in the form of a chronology. The works of abbé Lenglet du Fresnoy are still considered today as treasures of erudition; he was interested among other fields in literary criticism, philosophy, history and even geography. He was a very skillful compiler. The tables had great success, and numerous editions were made of them.

NB: This work is available at the bookshop on request within 48 hours.

First edition.
Contributions by L. Tolstoy "Histoire de la journée d'hier", M. Jouhandeau "Témoignage", G. Gabory "Odes", P. Drieu la Rochelle "Chardonne" ...
A small tear at the foot of the spine.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue anthropologique.
Autograph inscription from the author at head of front cover.
Light foxing to covers.
Rare pamphlet.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue anthropologique.
Light foxing to covers.
Rare pamphlet.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue anthropologique.
Signed autograph inscription from one of the authors at the head of the first cover.
Light foxing on the covers.
Rare pamphlet.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue anthropologique.
Autograph inscription signed by the author at the head of the first cover.
Light foxing to covers. Rare pamphlet.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Tears and small marginal lacks to the covers.
Rare vaudeville in one act.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned without gravity, otherwise handsome copy.
Brochure illustrated with 4 maps in the text.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from Miscellanea entomologica.
Rare pamphlet.

First edition.
Contributions by Jean Giono (Provence I, in pre-original edition), Pierre Leforestier, Henri Thomas, Charles Autran, Alain, Georges Magnane; chronicles by Jacques Chardonne, Drieu la Rochelle, etc.
Cover very slightly shadowed, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition.
Contributions by Jean Giono (Provence II, in pre-original edition), Pierre Leforestier, Alain, Georges Magnane; chronicles by Paul Léautaud, Marcel Arland, etc.
Cover very slightly shadowed, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition.
Contributions by Jean Giono (Description de Marseille I), Jacques Chardonne, Boris Pasternak; chronicles by Drieu la Rochelle (La fin des haricots), etc.
Cover very lightly shaded, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition.
Contributions by Stendhal (pre-original), J. Jensen, Jean Wahl, Julien Benda, Jean Schlumberger; chronicles by Alain, Albert Thibaudet, etc.
Cover very lightly shaded, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition.
Contributions by A. Dhôtel "Les sourires de la vie", R. Caillois "Dieux-qui-parodient", J.J. Mayoux "Joseph Conrad l'homme et sa liberté"...
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned without consequence, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition.
Contributions by J.M. Keynes "Psychology of President Wilson", A. Gide "Si le grain ne meurt, third fragment", J. Pellerin, C. Du Bos, A. Thibaudet, P. Mac Orlan, V. Larbaud, H. Ghéon, J. Paulhan, J. Romains...
Spine slightly sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition.
Publisher's blue half-cloth binding, smooth spine, almond cardboard boards, one upper corner slightly bumped without significance.
Work illustrated with 86 figures in the text.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Signed autograph inscription by the author to Georges Gombault.
Handsome copy complete with its dust jacket marginally sunned and with a small lack to head of spine.

First edition, one of 310 numbered copies on Featherweight antique paper, the only deluxe copies after 5 Holland and 32 pure thread Lafuma.
Handsome full-margined copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Work illustrated with numerous works by Louis Boulanger.
One tear with a small lack at the foot of the spine, first gathering partly detached, handsome interior condition.

Pre-first edition.
Other contributions by P. Claudel "Vitraux", J. Maritain "De la guerre sainte", J. Prévost "La chasse du matin, Vème livraison"...
Spine and covers with minor marginal soiling, copy unbound then rebound.

Pre-first edition.
Other contributions by J. Chardonne "Politique", A. Robin "Mort d'un arbre", J. Giraudoux "Choix des élues, 4ème livraison", A. Suarès "Chronique de Caërdal", P. Léautaud "Chronique dramatique"...
Spine and covers with minor marginal soiling.

First edition.
Signed autograph inscription from Maurice Careme to Jean Guéhenno.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Signed autograph inscription from the author to Jean Guéhenno.
Work illustrated by Félix de Boeck.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Half cherry red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double gilt fillets, gilt initials and laurel leaf on the boards, pale discoloration stains without consequence on the first board, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, one endpaper missing, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 4 engravings outside the text including a frontispiece.

New edition partly in first edition as entirely revised, corrected and expanded.
Half dark green calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and dots, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, surface wear with a lack of leather on the front cover, corners and edges bumped.
Ink ownership inscription, some foxing.

First edition.
Half brown shagreen binding, spine slightly faded with four raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double gilt compartments, marbled paper boards.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.

Second edition published the same year as the first.
Bradel binding in full mouse-gray cloth, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet and gilt date at foot, chocolate shagreen title-label, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding signed in blind by Pierson.
Autograph inscription signed by the author who was Arthur Rimbaud's classmate at the college of Charleville.
Some minor foxing.

First edition, one of the rare copies printed on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Full olive cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet and gilt date at foot, chocolate shagreen title-label with marginal scratch, one lower corner slightly bumped, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding stamp-signed in blind by Pierson.
Signed and inscribed by Eugène Manuel.
Occasional light foxing of no consequence.

First edition.
Signed autograph inscription from Nguyen-Huu-Khang.
Spine worn, front board detached with corner losses, slight marginal loss at head of second board, paper yellowed.
Rare but in this condition.

First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper.
Work illustrated with two portraits.
Occasional marginal foxing of no consequence, handsome copy.

First edition.
Half hazel shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly faded, publisher's gilt monogram at foot of front cover, marbled paper boards, top edge gilt, publisher's binding.
Work illustrated with 40 plates at the end.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Half hazelnut shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly faded and bearing light scratches of no consequence, publisher's gilt monogram at foot of front cover, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, publisher's binding.
Work illustrated with 12 plates.

First edition.
Half hazelnut shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly faded and bearing light scratches of no consequence, publisher's gilt monogram at foot of front cover, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, publisher's binding.
Work illustrated with 24 plates.

First edition.
Work illustrated with 210 figures in the text.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Richly illustrated.
A good copy.

First edition, one of 879 numbered copies on white vellum.
Work illustrated with color illustrations by Maurice Pouzet.
Minor corner losses without consequence affecting the fragile covers, handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of 1100 numbered copies on Rives paper.
Work illustrated with original copperplate engravings and woodcuts by Raphaël Drouart.
A small stain on the spine, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Half black shagreen bindings, smooth spines with slight harmless scratches decorated with gilt floral motifs, pine green percaline boards, front covers richly illustrated with gilt decorative motifs, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, green top edges, publisher's bindings.
Work abundantly decorated with illustrations in and outside the text.
Handsome set.

First edition.
Work illustrated with numerous figures in the text.
Spine lightly sunned without gravity and with a small tear at head, pleasant interior condition.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on fine paper, the only deluxe copies with 20 hors commerce.
Publisher's full brown cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its dust jacket.
Signed autograph inscription from Jean Rigaud. Text by Boris Lossky.
Work illustrated with numerous reproductions of pictorial works by the author.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Work illustrated with illustrations in and outside the text.
Gift inscription in ballpoint pen at the head of the first endpaper of the first volume, handsome copy.

First edition printed in 1800 numbered copies on fine paper.
Work illustrated with illustrations by Pierre Dandelot as well as 8 plates outside the text by Maia Devilliers reproduced in phototypy.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Spine lightly sunned without significance, minimal worming to front board, occasional foxing mainly affecting margins, handsome interior condition.

First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of twenty-fifth edition.
Signed autograph inscription by Gabriel Timmory.
Small lack at foot of spine, without significance.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine, copy complete with its rhodoid which has small corner pieces.
Contributions by Pierre Gaxotte, Yvan Christ, Roland Liot...
Richly illustrated.
A handsome copy.

First edition printed in 440 numbered copies on Lana paper.
Illustrated with a portrait of the author etched by André Jacquemin and colored vignettes by Maximilien Vox engraved on wood by L Bertault & Blaise Monod.
Preface by Jacques Audiberti.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Lana paper, the only deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with 16 original lithographs by Georges Prestat.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 950 numbered copies on Turner paper, ours unnumbered.
Signed autograph inscription by Jean Renaud.

First edition.
Contributions by G. Kahn, Stendhal, C. Péguy, V. Barrucand, M. Boulenger...
Illustrated issue with a portrait of J.C. Mardrus by F. Vallotton, a portrait of H. Becque by E. Vuillard and 2 paintings by Jongkind.
Light worming and marginal stains to covers.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Contributions by L. Tolstoy, R. Coolus, L. Blum, T. Natanson.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Contributions by O. Mirbeau, F. Jammes, G. Kahn, A. Gide, H. Ghéon, J. de Nittis on tuberculosis among others.
A portrait of M. Harden by F. Vallotton.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Signed and inscribed by Jean Giraudoux to Max Descaves.
Spine and boards marginally sunned as often, small lack to foot of one joint, marginal tear to front board, paper yellowed.

First edition, one of 697 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies with 109 reimposed.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Lucien Fabre.
Our copy is enhanced with an original photograph of the author in swimwear posing by the sea, pasted on an endpaper.
Furthermore, the dedicatee has also pasted press clippings about the author and adorned an endpaper with a handwritten quote from Chamfort and, finally, annotated certain passages of the work in the margins.

First edition, one of 650 numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue with 30 copies on Japan vellum.
A slight lack at the foot of the spine, spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned without gravity, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with blind fillets decorated with triple blind fillets, gilt title at foot, scratches to joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, minor scratches to edges, bookplate pasted to endpaper, contemporary binding.
Occasional foxing, small nick at foot of spine.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours unnumbered but bearing, at the foot of the back cover, the mention "exemplaire sur papier alfa".
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned without gravity, gift inscription in ballpoint pen at head of title page.

First edition, one of the first issue copies numbered at press.
Half red shagreen binding, smooth spine slightly faded and bearing a black stain at foot decorated with a gilt cartouche adorned with gilt arabesques, gilt date at tail, joints lightly rubbed, gilt fillet on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on verso of front board, contemporary binding signed by Yseux successor to Thierry-Simier.
Provenance: from the library of the Château de Vertcoeur with provenance statement stamped in gilt at head of front board.

First edition of these two pamphlets. Rare.
Stitched without covers, under glassine paper. One gathering detached in the first pamphlet.
The Observations are a defense of the Count of Saint-Priest, who in 1789 was the first Minister of the Interior, against the calumnious attacks of Mirabeau. Saint-Priest would resign to the king in 1790, following Necker. Le Songe d'un anglais was written in the aftermath of the indictment of Louis XVI, imprisoned for 4 months. In his dream, the author attributes to the British sovereign words of indignation and the acts he would implement against France.

First edition printed in a small number of copies under the pseudonym André de Séipse.
Two small tears with slight lacks at head and foot of spine.
Rare.

First edition, one of the advance (service de presse) copies.
A good copy.

First edition printed on laid paper.
Publisher's half hazelnut shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands very lightly sunned, marbled paper boards, publisher's gilt monogram at foot of front board, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt.
Work illustrated with 24 plates.
Handsome copy.

First edition printed on laid paper.
Publisher's half hazelnut shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands very slightly faded, marbled paper boards, publisher's gilt monogram at foot of front cover, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt.
Work illustrated with 45 plates hors-texte.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Spine and covers very slightly and marginally sunned without significance.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, after only 20 Japan and 30 Holland.
Work illustrated with 15 plates hors-texte as well as numerous in-text vignettes.
Light worming on endpapers, handsome copy.

First edition, one of the copies on alfa.
Autograph signature of the author below the justification page.
A small tear reglued at foot of one joint, handsome copy.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pur fil, ours one of 5 hors commerce lettered copies, the only deluxe copies.
Small marginal tears with two slight lacks to covers, handsome interior condition.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A small angular crease mark at the foot of the front cover, handsome copy.
The book that Papillon wanted to ban...

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's wood-grain paper boards, smooth spine.
Signed autograph inscription by the author.
Text illustrations by François Batet.

New edition illustrated with numerous vignettes in the text.
Bradel binding in olive half-cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet at foot, hazelnut shagreen title-label with slight marginal scratches, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Spine and covers uniformly and lightly sunned, occasional foxing without consequence, handsome interior condition.

Illustrated with 4 original color compositions by Sem, Arnoux, Marty and Chas Laborde, one of the numbered copies on vellum.
Spine slightly cracked at foot, small foxing to boards, handsome interior condition.

Edition illustrated with original color compositions by M.L. Rossignol, one of 1000 numbered copies on vellum, ours unnumbered, the only printing along with 5 on Japan paper.
Autograph inscription signed by the publisher.
Handsome copy.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's full dark blue boards, with the illustrated dust jacket complete, showing three small spots of discoloration of no consequence.
Signed and inscribed by Maurice Chevalier to Florence Gould.
Iconography, preface by Marcel Pagnol.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
A small trace of angular fold, not serious, to head of upper cover.
A good copy.

First edition.
A good copy.

First edition.
A pale dampstain to head of the first few pages, otherwise a handsome copy.