First edition

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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Eugène DABIT

L'hôtel du nord

Librairie Les trois magots & Robert Denoël, Paris 1929, 12x19cm, broché.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Two small tears glued, not serious, to foot of spine.

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SPALLANZANI

Expériences pour servir à l'histoire de la génération des animaux et des plantes. Avec une ...

Chez Barthélémi Chirol, à Genève 1785, in-8 (12,5x20,6cm), (4) XCVI, 413pp., relié.

Original French edition, illustrated with 3 folding plates containing many figures. Full calf blond marbled time. Back tooled raised. Part of title in red morocco. Two small restorations on the upper flat. Nice copy. Fundamental work on the theory of generation. The conclusions reached above those [...]

950 €

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Honoré de BALZAC

La peau de chagrin

Delloye et Lecou, Paris 1838, In 8 (16x26cm), relié.

First illustrated edition, first printing, 100 vignettes on steel Gavarni, Baron, Lange ... The edition contains some good features first draft stipulated by Clouzot: Thumbnail skeletal pulling a man back into title page, thumbnail gardener is in p. By 303 against. Portraits and Pauline Foedora [...]

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Jean-Baptiste Prosper JOLLOIS

DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Thèbes. Bybân el Molouk. Idole et fragments d'antiquités en ...

Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 53,5x71cm, une feuille.

Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the [...]

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Louis ANQUETIN

Académie d'homme 9. - Crayon sur papier

Début XXème, 23 x 36 cm.

Original pencil drawing. Signature stamp of the artist's signature in the lower right corner of the work, and signature stamp of the workshop at the back. This drawing is part of a series of ten studies for Bertin to 1920-1925. It includes annotations Artist "Neck - Type Misc." The reverse is also [...]

340 €

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First edition, Signed book

Louis ANQUETIN

Chiens 3, et études de chiens - Crayon sur papier

Fin XIXème - Début XXème, 45 x 35 cm.

Original pencil drawing, duplex. Signature stamp of the artist's signature in the lower right corner of the work, and signature stamp of the workshop at the back. Traces of central folds, small marginal tears not involving the drawing, otherwise very good condition. Provenance: the artist's studio, [...]

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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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