Love—there indeed is the absolute reference. At last, a value that knows no criticism. No matter that societies condemn its diverse forms and only accept it when tightly corseted. Often used as a pretext for so many abuses and a breeding ground for so many disillusioned souls, literature delights in its struggles yet grants it so few victories, the excesses of its raptures inspire the arts while its mawkish sweetness remains stranded in our reality... Love was always cause for celebration but seldom the wars waged in its name. And yet beware, Valentine: your disciples are undisciplined, for love is plural and loves, singular!

During Le Figaro's live broadcast on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, the singer Bénabar shared his addictions with viewers: the suburbs, gastronomy, and... bibliophilia.

A virtuoso virtual tour featuring the expert's magnifying glass and the bookseller's warm smile. True, you won't find Johnny Depp, Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins, or Hugh Grant in the credits, but while we may lack dangerous grimoires and poisoning monks, you'll encounter—just as you would on Charing Cross Road or in Notting Hill—real rare book enthusiasts. And that's no movie magic!

For Jean-Christophe, "universal life" is not a trivial activity, but a long quest toward wisdom and European fraternity. Supported by Péguy, admired by Zweig, loved by Gorky, Romain Rolland embodies the ultimate pacifist and universalist struggle against the world’s warmongering passions. Le Feu Follet has discovered the unique copy belonging to the administrator of the Cahiers de la Quinzaine, with exceptionally added contributions by Charles Péguy, as well as Rolland's corrections and comments. It includes proof sheets and other traces of the immense work undertaken for this extraordinary opus, a literary testament to what Europe could have been–had the pacifists won the (pre-)war.

At the cradle of the printed book, incunabulum is the term used to define all books printed between 1452 and 1501.

"Speech is silver, silence is golden": who but a Belgian could transform this popular adage into an ecclesiastical rule cast in the very same metal, with characteristic humor and irreverence? Yet it was in all seriousness that Leutbreuwer, a Franciscan friar well-read in the virtues of monastic silence, conceived this incomparable catalog of sins: offering at once redemption at a lesser moral cost and a wide selection of new vices to explore... While such silent confessions would doubtless frustrate the psychoanalyst, this compendium remains a unique archive for the historian and an unparalleled delight for the poet. It is hardly surprising that one of these exceedingly rare book-objects should have found its way into Apollinaire's Infernal Library!

It is a difficult ascent toward harmony, And a dangerous slope toward chaos. It is acquired each day and never possessed. It is not a state; it is a struggle: Peace.

The first edition of L'Étranger bears no specific mention. The bibliographical information derives from several elements.