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Georges, comte de LHOMEL

Jean-Pierre-Antoine de Béhague, lieutenant général des armées du Roi 1727-1813

Imprimerie A. Lafosse, Abbeville 1907, 11,5x18,5cm, relié.

first edition.
Bound in full red morocco of Russia, back with five nerves set with ornate golden dotted double gilded boxes richly embellished with golden typographical motifs, golden wheels on the covers, frames of a Greek frieze and a gold diamond on the boards, contreplats guards and blue [...]

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Pierre LOTI

Fantôme d'Orient

Calmann Lévy, Paris 1892, 12,5x19cm, relié.

Second edition published one year after the very rare first edition printed 20 copies, one of 50 copies numbered on Holland paper only leading copies announced.
Binding to bradel half Havana morocco with corners, back smooth decorated with gilded floral and plant motifs enriched parts mosaiced [...]

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Jane PECHEUR, Jean ANOUILH

Antigone

La Table Ronde, Paris 1945, 25,5x33,5cm, en feuilles sous chemise et étui.

First edition with 11 original watercolors by Jane Pécheur, one of 190 numbered copies on vélin crèvecoeur paper .
An angular spot to the cover of the slipcase
A very good copy.

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André GIDE

Robert

Nrf, Paris 1930, 17x22cm, relié.

First edition, one of 123 numbered copies on laid Lafuma Navarre and reimposed in quarto foolscap, deluxe edition.
Bound in full morocco green bottle back slightly browned at three nerves decorated with gilded cartridges wheels on golden headdresses, framing a net gilded on the boards, and [...]

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Michel de MONTAIGNE

Essais de Michel Seigneur de Montaigne

De l'imprimerie de la fonderie stéréotypes de Pierre Didot l'Aîné, et de Firmin Didot, Paris 1802, 11,5x20cm, 4 volumes reliés.

Edition established from that of 1595, established by Mademoiselle. Comments Naigeon, which was in the hands copy of Bordeaux. It is illustrated with a portrait of the author of the famous captioned "What do I know?" frontispiece.
Binders of the time in full red morocco of Russia, back smooth [...]

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Honoré de BALZAC

Histoire de la grandeur et de la décadence de César Birotteau

Chez L'éditeur, Paris 1838, 14x22,5cm, 2 volumes reliés.

first edition.
Binders half morocco Russian red, back smooth decorated with gilded irons romantic and black arabesques, golden monograms tails back, gilt fillets on marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers and having met angular gaps and restorations, [...]

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Antonin ARTAUD, André MASSON

L'ombilic des limbes

Nrf, Paris 1925, 12,5x18,5cm, relié.

First edition, one of 793 numbered copies on vélin paper.
Black morocco, upper cover with vertical red leather band in the form of a snake, grey paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved.
Autograph inscription signed and dated by Antonin Artaud to Docteur [...]

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Hervé BAZIN

Vipère au poing

Grasset, Paris 1948, 12x18,5cm, relié sous étui.

First edition, a 1000 numbered copies on corvol the proud reserved for the Gazette letters from readers.
Binding to bradel half black morocco, smooth spine, gilt date in mind, flat coated paper abstract patterns, guards and contreplats green paper, wrappers and back preserved and bound in, [...]

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