First edition

Rainer Maria RILKE

Lettres françaises à Merline 1919-1922

Seuil, Paris 1950, 14x19,5cm, broché.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on vellum Arches paper, head print.
Nice copy.

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First edition

Frédéric HILLEMACHER, ANONYME

Galerie historique des portraits des comédiens de la troupe de Molière

Imprimerie de Louis Perrin, Lyon 1858, 13,5x21,5cm, relié.

Rare first edition published anonymously and printed in 100 numbered copies on laid.
Binding full morocco caramel, back with five nerves burnished and set with golden dots, double gilded boxes with the center of which was placed a golden floral pattern, gold friezes at the head and tail, a [...]

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First edition, Signed book

Louis ANQUETIN

Duel : Étude 2

Fin XIXème - Début XXème, 25 x 16,25 cm.

ANQUETIN Louis
Duel : Étude 2 Charcoal on paper, Late 19th - Early 20th century, 25 x 16.25 cm. Original charcoal drawing
Signed with the artist's signature stamp in the lower right corner of the work, and signed with the workshop's stamp on the back. Very good condition.
Provenance: [...]

440 €

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Albert CAMUS

Les justes

Gallimard, Paris 1950, 12x19cm, broché.

First edition, complete of 36 deliveries that were published monthly for three years. More than 300 illustrations (inset boards in black and in colors, and black in-text drawings). Editor's bindings in green-and-grayscale cartonnage, smooth back, flat decorated with illustrated glued papers. [...]

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First edition, Signed book

Jacques PREVERT, Elsa HENRIQUEZ

Contes pour enfants pas sages

Editions du Pré aux clarcs, Paris 1947, 25,5x22cm, reliure de l'éditeur.

First edition printed 1500 copies numbered on "pur-fil" paper.
Binding of the editor in full cardboard back of silent green cloth, illustrated boards.
Signed autograph of Jacques Prévert Max-Philippe Delatte.
Illustrated book of drawings by Elsa Henriquez.
Nice copy.

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First edition

Emmanuel de LAS CASES

Le mémorial de Sainte-Hélène suivi de Napoléon dans l'exil par O'Méara

Lequien Fils, Paris 1835, Grd. in-8 (17x26,5cm), 775pp. et 720pp., 2 volumes reliés.

New illustrated edition of 2 frontispieces (portrait of Napoleon and Las Cases on steel), 11 figures on steel inset (views, portraits on steel), 2 facsimiles, all on strong paper.
Binders in full red glossy calf. Smooth backs richly decorated. Titres and golden tomatoes. Fillet of framing on [...]

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François COURBOIN, Alfred de MUSSET

Mademoiselle Mimi Pinson, profil de grisette

Les Cent Bibliophiles, Paris 1899, 16x25cm, relié.

Printed edition of 115 numbered copies on vellum, ours printed specially for Louis Bourdery, and illustrated with 18 colored vignettes etched by François Courboin.
Binding in full blue shagreen, back with three false nerves adorned with gold cartridges richly embellished with floral motifs [...]

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Miguel de CERVANTES

L'ingénieux hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche

Dubochet et Cie, Paris 1836 - 1840, In-8 (17,5x25,5cm), 744pp. et 758pp., relié.

first edition translated by Louis Viardot and illustrated by Tony Johannot First printing. Two headpieces printed on China, two engraved title pages and 800 large thumbnails in-text. As often, the second volume of 1840. This feature is actually quite common in publishing, even if we have difficulty [...]

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