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Philippe DESPORTES

Les CL. pseaumes de David, mis en vers françois, par Philippes Desportes [Ensemble] Poesies ...

Par la veuve Mamert Patisson, à Paris 1603, In-16 (8x13cm), (4f.) 168ff. (8f.) ; 15ff. (1f.), relié.

first edition. The title page of Les Poesies chrestiennes dates from 1601. Publisher's marks in title pages.
Binding in half glazed calf wine-lined ca 1830 in the style of Thouvenin. Back to nerves decorated with 3 cold irons and casters. Golden title labels on calf. Marbled [...]

800 €

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Paul VALERY

Charmes

Nrf, Paris 1926, 14x19,5cm, broché.

Edition partly original because it brings together for the first time three "Fragments of the Narcissus", poem which finds its final title here, one of the 11 numbered copies on China, ours bearing the number 1, head print.
Beautiful copy despite the slightly discolored back as often.

1 200 €

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Savinien LAPOINTE

Une voix d'en bas, poésies par Savinien Lapointe ouvrier cordonnier

Au bureau de l'imprimerie, Paris s.d. (1844), 12,5x21,5cm, relié.

first edition.
Binding in half black heartache, back with four crimped nerves decorated with double golden boxes, flat black cardboard with scuffs, blunt corners, guards and counterparts of cream moiré silk, golden edges, modest Contemporary binding.
Preface by Eugène Sue followed by [...]

300 €

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André GIDE

Les poésies d'André Walter

Librairie de l'Art Indépendant, Paris 1892, 15x19cm, relié sous étui.

First edition, one of 180 numbered copies on tinted vellum, only print after 10 Japan.
Binding in full black morocco, back with five nerves, golden date at the tail, guards and beige moiré silk counterparts, framing of a golden net on the counterparts, all golden sections, preserved covers and [...]

2 500 €

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CHOLET DE JETPHORT

Etrennes lyriques, anacréontiques, pour l'année 1782

Chez L'auteur, à Paris 1782, In-16 (8x13,5cm), (24) 366pp. (1), relié.

first edition.
Binding in full brown sheepskin contemporary. Smooth decorated back. title label in red morocco. Slight lack in the upper tail joint.
Collection of gallant and light poems collected by Cholet de Jetphort to whom they were addressed. A play by Beaumarchais, three by Boufflers, [...]

150 €

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Jean MOREAS

Le pélerin passionné

Léon Vanier, Paris 1891, 12x19cm, relié.

first edition on current paper.
Bradel binding in half brown percaline, smooth back adorned with a golden floral motif, golden date and double thread at the tail, piece of bronze shagreen title with scuff marks, marbled paper boards, preserved covers, contemporary binding .
Ex-dono in pen [...]

60 €

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Alphonse de LAMARTINE

Jocelyn

Librairie de Charles Gosselin & Furne, Paris 1836, In-8 (13x21cm), 2 volumes reliés.

first edition.
Bindings in full green sheepskin strictly from the time. Smooth back richly decorated with irons Restoration. Black sheepskin title and number pieces. Large cold decorative plate on the boards and a golden framing wheel. Roulette on the cups. Back evenly lightened. Traces of [...]

800 €

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ANONYME

Lille en vers burlesques. - Les embaras du jour de l'an. - Les moeurs des lillois anciens et ...

S.n., s.l. s.d. (circa 1830), 10,5x17cm, relié.

Edition confirms the first edition published in 1731 in Lille by GE Vroye.
Binding in half red calf with corners, back with four nerves set with golden dotted lines and decorated with golden fillets, framing of golden fillets on the plates of red embossed cardboard, guards and paper [...]

580 €

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