SUETONE

C. Suetonii tranquilli duodecim caesares et minora quae supersunt opera

Lemaire, Paris 1829, 14x22cm, 2 volumes reliés.

New illustrated edition of twelve portraits.
Binders of the time right calf cherry, back with four nerves decorated with gilded nets and cold and gilded arabesque spandrels, double and quintuple gold striping coaching boards, arabesques in spandrels, casters gilded on the cuts and [...]

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Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de BUFFON

Oeuvres Complètes

Furne et Cie, Paris 1839 - 1841, Grd. in 8 (17,5x26,5cm), 6 tomes en 6 volumes reliés.

New illustrated edition of 122 color plates erased and decorated by hand, on strong paper. The 122 boards contain more than 300 figures. The boards were designed by Janet Lange and Travies (the best illustrators to Buffon in the nineteenth), and engraved by Manceau, Fournier ...
Binding half [...]

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Jean de LA FONTAINE

Contes et nouvelles en vers

S.n., à Amsterdam 1767, In-8 (12,5x19cm), (2) vj, 220pp. (2) et (4) vj, 272pp., 2 tomes en 2 volumes reliés.

Counterfeit editing Farmers General from 1762.
Binders full brown sheepskin rooted ca 1800. spine smooth decorated with two irons in the ballot box and 2 boxes to the grotesque. parts of title and volume number in tan calf. tail cap Volume 1 threadbare. head cap of Volume 2 leveled, and tail [...]

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First edition

Robert Louis STEVENSON

L'île au trésor

Hetzel, Paris 1885, Grd. in-8 (16x24,8cm), relié.

French Edition, rare, translated by André Laurie and illustrated 22 inset by George Roux, a title thumbnail and a title banner, the treasure map of the island. Printing on beautiful glossy white vellum.
Bound in half red vintage shagreen. Back with false nerves decorated with gilded finials [...]

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First edition

(Blaise CENDRARS) Henry MILLER

Blaise Cendrars

Denoël, Paris 1951, 22,5x28,5cm, broché.

First edition of the French translation, a 1000 numbered on "pur-fil" paper Johannot, ours one of 50 hors commerce, one draw with 10 Auvergne.
Frontispiece, an original portrait of Blaise Cendrars by Riera, cover illustrated by Orfeo Tamburi.
Tiny bites are not serious about [...]

200 €

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First edition

Arthur RIMBAUD

Vers de collège

Mercure de France, Paris 1932, 12x19cm, broché.

First edition collective on ordinary paper, falsely stated the sixth edition.
A good copy.

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First edition, Signed book

Jean COCTEAU

Orphée tragédie en un acte et un intervalle

Stock, Paris 1927, 12x19cm, relié.

first edition on the current paper.
Binding half black morocco, smooth spine, gilt fillet on marbled paper plates and gilded in the style of the 20s, contreplats guards and plain paper, wrappers and back preserved and bound in, gilded head, signed binding Goy & Vilaine.
Precious [...]

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First edition

Edgar Allan POE & Charles BAUDELAIRE

Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires

Michel Lévy frères, Paris 1857, 11x18cm, relié.

First edition in French translated by Charles Baudelaire of which there were no large paper copies.
Contemporary half brown sheep over marbled paper boards, decorated with gilt fillets, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners very slightly bumped, speckled edges.
occasional spotting, not [...]

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