Eugène SUE

Les Mystères de Paris

Librairie de Charles Gosselin, Paris 1843, Grd. in-8 (18x27cm), 315pp. ; 313pp. et 319pp. ; 326pp., 4 volumes reliés.

First illustrated edition, printed a few months after the first edition. It is copiously and superbly illustrated with 81 inserts including 34 on steel after Trimolet, Travies, Nanteuil, Pauquet, Saumier, Staal ... and many vignettes on wood in-text. The drawing of the illustrations is well [...]

1 200 €

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Joseph Jacques NAYLIES

Mémoires sur la guerre d'Espagne, pendant les années 1808, 1809, 1810 et 1811

Magimel, Ancelin & Pochard, Paris 1817, 13x20cm, relié.

Rare first edition.
Binding in half brown sheepskin, smooth back decorated with almost faded golden typographical motifs, title piece of brown shagreen, paper plates wood way, yellow slices.
Rare foxing, ex-dono pen of a previous owner of the book on the page of fake title.






 

400 €

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Louis-Florimond FANTIN DES ODOARTS

Journal du général Fantin Des Odoarts. - Etapes d'un officier de la Grande Armée 1800-1830

Plon, Nourrit & Cie, Paris 1895, 14,5x23,5cm, relié.

First edition.
Binding to the half-percaline bradel Siena, smooth back decorated with a golden floret, double gilded nets tail, marbled paper plates.
Scattered foxing, ex-dono at the pen of a owner of the book on the page of fake title.
Rare.







 

300 €

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Louis Emile Edmond DURANTY

Théâtre des marionnettes du jardin des Tuileries

Imprimerie de Dubuisson & Cie, Paris 1863, 14,5x21,5cm, relié.

first edition.
Binder with a half shagreen green bottle, smooth back decorated with gilded and black threads, marbled paper plates, guards and counterplates of paper to the vat, speckled slices, a slightly blunt upper corner, Contemporary binding.
Illustrated book of 24 plates and 25 [...]

1 500 €

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Alfred Edmund BREHM & Johannes DUMICHEN

Le Nil

A. Lévy, Paris 1882, 28x37cm, reliure de l'éditeur.

A rare copy with 24 illustrations of the Nile River with an Arabic inspired binding

First edition in French, printed on vergé paper.
Publisher's Arabesque yellow [...]

2 000 €

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First edition

CONTE (delineavit)

DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE - Arts et métiers - Le Faiseur de tuyaux de pipe, Le Pileur de tabac (ETAT ...

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

Original etching in plano, untrimmed, extracted from the 'Imperial Edition' of the Description of Egypt or Series observations and research made in Egypt during the French expedition, published by order of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon Great. Conducted between 1802 and 1830 and published between [...]

250 €

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First edition

CECILE (delineavit)

DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Qâou el Kebyreh (Antaeopolis). Vue du temple prise du côté du ...

Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 71x54cm, 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 [...]

400 €

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First edition, Signed book

Louis ANQUETIN

Nu au sabre

Fin XIXème - Début XXème, 16 x 25 cm (31 x 47 cm avec carton).

Original pencil drawing mounted on carton.Signature tab on the seal of the artist's signature in the lower right corner of the work, and signature stamp of the workshop verso.Très beautiful state conservation.Provenance : artist's studio, referenced to catalog Atelier Louis Anquetin (Thierry de [...]

600 €

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