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  4. « ah ! le foutu Dieu ! »
    Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
    « ah ! le foutu Dieu ! »Autograph letter signed to Camille Mauclair
    Paris 8 février 1894|10.60 x 13.50 cm|un feuillet remplié
    Autograph letter of Joris-Karl Huysmans signed to Camille Mauclair, 44 lines written in black ink, 3 pages on a folded sheet, handwritten correction of the author.
    Two restorations using strips of paper in high and low fold of the letter, the second band very slightly affects a word of the text, a fold inherent in the enveloping of the letter.
    A long and beautiful letter in which all Huysmans' respect and interest are shown for the writings of the young Symbolist generation.
    Both author and literary critic, Huysmans embodies a central figure for young poets, like the 22-year-old Camille Mauclair, who sends him one of his first poetic collections: " The chapter on the symbol is perfect ; it is certainly the first time that we explain and with such lucidity, we put things back in place. "
    Heart of the symbolism and the poetic fiber of Huysmans, the music of the language is particularly honored both in the lyrics and in the author's writing: " the pieces on death, on sensuality, are woven into the most vivid language [...] and the fine writer who found the cold and ethereal absentee, who wrote such sentences: "we strive to determine our true ghost in the tumult of appearances ". "
    Introduced by the mention of the myth of Narcissus, Symbolist figure par excellence, the letter shows the philosophical questions that underlie the movement. « Narcissus is God - It is not very beautiful to contemplate the soul ... It is true that you, in a melancholy return on the vanity of being, have shown in a vibrant page the actors of ourselves as we are.
    The mystical evocations, direct to Satan and more ambiguous to God, echo the literary conversion of Huysmans who, in 1894, prepares the writing of En Route , the first part of his trilogy, during direct "black book" that is there : "Ah! the damn God! Really that makes me dream of a literature that feeds less his Satan, as you say, to a literature of humility! "
    Accustomed to digressive theoretical reflections on literature, Huysmans concludes his letter with: " At bottom, I am stupid to quibble over ideas, because, in short, all the ones we express and that we will make are already, in d ' other times, and they are more or less new, depending on whether they are more or less forgotten, but what is not done before you, what you own is the way to coat them. And that's where I admire you wholeheartedly, because those are your sentences. "
    €1,350
  5. « vous êtes arrivé à rehausser la langue, à la rendre ni inerme ni inerte. Et je sais combien c'est malaisé et rare cela ! »
    Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
    « vous êtes arrivé à rehausser la langue, à la rendre ni inerme ni inerte. Et je sais combien c'est malaisé et rare cela ! »Autograph letter to Jacques Le Lorrain
    Paris [20] juin 1888|12.40 x 16.70 cm|un feuillet
    Autograph letter signed addressed to Jacques Le Lorrain from Joris-Karl Huysmans, 30 lines written in black ink on 2 pages. Manuscript correction by the author.
    Fold inherent to the letter's mailing.
    Remarkable letter with sometimes obscure remarks where Huysmans emphasizes the importance and rarity of the writing craft at work in the novel Nu by the cobbler-poet Jacques Le Lorrain.
    « In these times when people rush books, in simple language - you know as well as I what these indigences mean - it is a pleasure to see elucidated sentences, labored over, expression delivered with forceps ». Sharp as usual, Huysmans positions himself as a fierce defender of literary writing experienced as labor, which contemporary production seems to be abandoning: « this concern is too exhausted by all and despised, for me not to congratulate you on your care ».
    Accustomed to receiving works from his colleagues, Huysmans endeavors to highlight the innovative particularities of each author he receives: « Many pages are truly curious. Lorgeral on the grass, closing his eyes, listening to the voices - it's fresh and absolutely accurate. The scene of Juliette's armpit kissing. This work so well explained of man's jealousy for the child, are particular, original corners of this book whose very scrupulous style has captivated me. ».
    The author Huysmans distinguishes himself here, always attentive to the right measure, necessary according to him, for literary expression: « you have managed to enhance the language, to make it neither powerless nor inert. And I know how difficult and rare that is! »
    €1,350
  6. Lettre autographe signée « c'est l'invasion hollando-belge venue pour l'exposition [...] Je cours à la recherche de chambres d'hôtels pour ces barbares aux toisons jaunes »
    Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
    Lettre autographe signée « c'est l'invasion hollando-belge venue pour l'exposition [...] Je cours à la recherche de chambres d'hôtels pour ces barbares aux toisons jaunes »
    s. l. • [Paris] n.d. [14 mai 1878]|9.80 x 13.40 cm|un feuillet remplié
    Autograph letter signed by Joris-Karl Huysmans addressed to Léon Cladel, 40 lines written in black ink on 4 pages on a folded sheet, envelope included.
    A 2cm tear without loss inherent to the fold of the sheet.
    In this caustic letter, entirely imbued with Huysmanian poetic writing, the author regrets that Dutch-Belgian visitors to the Universal Exhibition keep him away from the Sèvres landscapes where Léon Cladel lives.
    « Je sors de chez Leconte de Lisle, il a reçu votre livre couleur de sang » ["I have just left Leconte de Lisle's, he received your blood-colored book"]. The importance of Léon Cladel's work and personality, esteemed friend of the great writers of the time, is perceptible from these opening lines. The « livre couleur de sang » ["blood-colored book"], witness to Huysmans' poetic force which shines through even in his private correspondence, refers to l'Homme-de-la-Croix-aux-Bœufs published by Edouard Dentu in 1878, a novel which was moreover reread by Flaubert, also intimate with Cladel. « Je vous serre la main de tout cœur mon puissant orfèvre et vous invite, pour notre bonheur à tous, à forger encore de belles œuvres. » ["I shake your hand wholeheartedly my powerful goldsmith and invite you, for all our happiness, to forge more beautiful works."] Émile Zola would take up this eloquent analogy in Cladel's funeral oration: « [...] de ces belles œuvres impeccables qu'il lançait, ouvragées comme des joyaux de haut prix » ["[...] those beautiful impeccable works he launched, wrought like precious jewels"].
    This same year 1878 sees the Universal Exhibition settle in Paris, an event which Huysmans seems compelled to attend: « c'est l'invasion hollando-belge venue pour l'exposition qui me tient et m'empêche » ["it is the Dutch-Belgian invasion come for the exhibition that holds me and prevents me"]. The author's position regarding Belgium and Holland is ambiguous: Dutch through his father, Huysmans makes numerous family and artistic visits to these countries and he is recognized there for his critical writings on painting. The author nevertheless prefigures here the disdain that would be found in À rebours a few years later: « Je cours à la recherche de chambres d'hôtels pour ces barbares aux toisons jaunes et, le soir, quand j'ai une minute de libre, je les fais déambuler au travers de la capitale. Ils ouvrent des yeux comme des assiettes et jargonnent des exclamations admiratives. » ["I run in search of hotel rooms for these barbarians with yellow fleeces and, in the evening, when I have a free minute, I make them wander through the capital. They open eyes like plates and jabber admiring exclamations."].
    Suffocated by the city and its society, « Tout ça, ça peut être drôle, mais ça m'obsède singulièrement. J'espère que ça va enfin cesser et que je vais reconquérir un peu de cette pauvre liberté dont je suis si maigrement loti, même en temps ordinaire » ["All that can be amusing, but it obsesses me singularly. I hope it will finally cease and that I will reconquer a bit of that poor freedom of which I am so meagerly provided, even in ordinary times"], Huysmans aspires to find nature again, a desire which expresses itself through an elegiac exclamation: « Ah les coteaux de Sèvres ! Pardon ! » ["Ah the hills of Sèvres! Forgive me!"]
    A piquant letter from which emerge the themes dear to Huysmans' singular pen.
    €1,350
  9. La complainte du vieux marin
    Valery LARBAUD (trans.) Samuel Taylor COLERIDGE
    La complainte du vieux marin
    Léon Vanier|Paris 1901|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition of the French translation by Valéry Larbaud, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
    Bradel binding in full paper, smooth spine browned, brown shagreen title-label with traces of marginal rubbing, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
    This is the second text by Valéry Larbaud that he had printed at his own expense, like his first, "Les portiques", published in 1896.
    €200
  10. Au jardin de l'infante
    Jean TRAYNIER, Albert SAMAIN
    Au jardin de l'infante
    Les Presses de la Cité|Paris 1943|19.50 x 24.50 cm|relié sous étui
    Illustrated edition with 12 original hors-texte by Jean Traynier, one of 400 numbered copies on Lana laid paper.
    Full turquoise morocco binding, spine slightly faded with four raised bands decorated with gilt floral motifs, covers ruled in gilt with central gilt floral decorations, grey suede doublures, blue paper endpapers, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, slipcase with morocco borders, marbled paper boards, turquoise felt lining, handsome amateur binding signed A.G at foot of spine.
    Handsome copy beautifully executed.
    €120
  14. L'abbesse de Castro
    Georges LEPAPE, STENDHAL
    L'abbesse de Castro
    Emile Chamontin|Paris 1942|16 x 24.50 cm|relié sous étui
    Illustrated edition of initials, colored vignettes and 8 plates inset by Georges Lepape, one of 36 numbered copies on Holland paper, head print.
    Binding half turquoise shagreen corners, back with four nerves slightly discolored, paper plates with moiré effect, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, cover and back preserved, gilded head.
    Nice copy.
    Our copy, as it is stipulated in the justification of the draw, is full of the original etching of Georges Lepape that he signed.
    €450
  16. Recueil de divers memoires, harangues, remonstrances, et lettres servans à l'histoire de nostre temps
    [Auger de Mauléon GRANIER]
    Recueil de divers memoires, harangues, remonstrances, et lettres servans à l'histoire de nostre temps
    Chez Pierre Chevalier|à Paris 1623|16.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
    Rare first edition, composed of 63 pieces, decrees, letters, memoirs and others.
    Modern rigid full vellum binding. Spine with 4 raised bands. Title and date labels in black sheep. On the upper cover, calligraphed in black ink, the title and date, as well as a framing frieze. The preliminary leaves have been reinforced with 0.5cm restoration paper in the left margin forming the gutter. Last leaf restored in margin with restoration paper that has yellowed. On title page, manuscript: Bibliotheca Sancti Germani Pratis, Cong. S. Maur. In the margin, an armorial stamp: Germania Pratis. A second stamp: Ministère de (illegible).
    The pieces in this collection cover history from Charles VII to Louis XIII, they were selected for their value by the publisher. Extracts from the pieces: Decree against Jacques Coeur. Interrogation of said Valier. Discourse by Gaspard de Coligny. Discourse by M. le Chancelier de l'Hospital. Letter from the King of Navarre to the three estates of this kingdom. Letter from Monsieur de Nemours to Monseigneur le Duc d'Alençon. Letter from Monsieur de Villeroy to the King of Navarre, etc.


    €450
  18. Midi à 14h
    [Pierre BETTENCOURT] Lilian WHITE, Jean-Paul SARTRE [falsely translated by]
    Midi à 14h
    [ Pierre Bettencourt] • (faussement) Gallimard|[Saint-Maurice-d'Ételan] • (soit disant) Paris 1945 (en réalité circa 1947)|16 x 25.50 cm|broché
    WHITE Lilian (pseud. for BETTENCOURT Pierre)
    illustration by SAVIGNAC Raymond
    Midi à 14h [Here for Ever]
    Gallimard [Pierre Bettencourt], Paris [Saint-Maurice d'Etelan] 1945, 16 x 25,5 cm, original wrappers
    First edition of 200 copies printed on Arches paper.
    The book is illustrated with 3 original compositions in color by Savignac.
    A deception by Pierre Bettencourt, the work is supposedly illustrated by Jean Hugo and translated by Jean-Paul Sartre, the statement of publisher, author, translator, illustrator and printing is false.
    The spine and cover lightly and marginally sunned, a little stain on the foot of the first cover, the interior is in a good condition.
    $ 380
    €300
  20. The diverting history of John Gilpin
    Jean-Emile LABOUREUR, William COWPER
    The diverting history of John Gilpin
    Ronald Davis|Paris 1931|13.50 x 20 cm|relié
    COWPER William
    illustration by LABOUREUR Jean-émile
    The Diverting History of John Gilpin
    Ronald Davis, Paris 1931, 13,5 x 20 cm, brown half morocco
    Illustrated edition of 35 original color lithographs by Jean-Emile Laboureur, one of 55 numbered copies on China paper, the only print after the 3 on old Japan paper.
    Brown half morocco binding, spine in five compartments, gilt date at base, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Alix.
    Very fine copy, perfectly presented.
    $ 3 750
    €3,000
  21. La fête de Molière, comédie en 1 acte et en vers. A-propos pour l'anniversaire de la naissance de Molière
    Alexis MARTIN
    La fête de Molière, comédie en 1 acte et en vers. A-propos pour l'anniversaire de la naissance de Molière
    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1860|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Binding half red sheepskin, slightly burnished back with five nerves, dotted and double gilded boxes on the back, piece of black sheepskin, traces of friction on the joints, flat, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers.
    Some small foxing.
    Beautiful autograph dated, rhymed and signed by Alexis Martin to the painter Edmond Morin: "... To Mr. Edmmond Morin, illustrator of the bibliophile in love.The nightingale answers the blackbird / the warbler the cuckoo / You gave me a pearl / And I bring you a pebble. "
    €100
  22. Fantômes et silhouettes
    Maurice, comte FLEURY
    Fantômes et silhouettes
    Emile-Paul|Paris s. d. [1910]|14.50 x 21 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Binding in half percaline Siena earthenware, smooth back decorated with a golden floret, title piece of Havana shagreen with a scratch, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of orange paper, Contemporary binding.
    Ex-dono pen of a previous owner of the book on the page of the title, some foxing.
    Illustrated book of 5 engravings.
    Signed autograph dedication of Count Fleury to Captain Pineau.
    €80
  23. La tactique moderne de l'infanterie à propos des derniers réglements extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
    ANONYME
    La tactique moderne de l'infanterie à propos des derniers réglements extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
    La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 15 Avril 1895|15.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
    First edition of this article from the Revue des Deux Mondes.
    Bradel binding in sienna half-cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    Foxing.
    Gift inscription in pen from a previous owner of the work who specified the date of the article and its probable author: Abraham Mikhaïlovitch Dragomirof or Dragomirov, Russian White general.








    €50
  24. Le drapeau du 27ème régiment d'infanterie
    Lazare-Hippolyte-Sadi CARNOT
    Le drapeau du 27ème régiment d'infanterie
    Darantière|Paris s. d. [1891]|12 x 19.50 cm|relié
    Second edition with some parts in first edition as it was revised and expanded.
    Bradel binding in red half-cloth, smooth spine slightly faded, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, illustrated cover preserved, contemporary binding.
    Back cover soiled, occasional light foxing.
    Work illustrated with 5 plates hors-texte.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by Lazare-Hippolyte-Sadi Carnot, son of President Sadi Carnot, to Captain Pineau.









    €80
  25. Traité de géométrie descriptive pour l'enseignement secondaire classique. Supplément au premier volume à l'usage des candidats à l'école spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
    Ernest LEBON
    Traité de géométrie descriptive pour l'enseignement secondaire classique. Supplément au premier volume à l'usage des candidats à l'école spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
    Delalain frères|Paris s. d. [circa 1890]|16.50 x 26 cm|relié
    First edition
    Half red shagreen binding, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with crosses and cold fillets, red paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    Some foxing.
    Work illustrated with in-text figures as well as 4 plates.










    €100
  34. Souvenirs et campagnes. - 1ère série : Empire - Restauration - Règne de Louis-Philippe. - 2ème série : 2ème République (1848-1852) - Empire (1853-1856) - Guerre d'Orient. Troisième volume manquant
    Joseph Edouard, de LA MOTTE ROUGE
    Souvenirs et campagnes. - 1ère série : Empire - Restauration - Règne de Louis-Philippe. - 2ème série : 2ème République (1848-1852) - Empire (1853-1856) - Guerre d'Orient. Troisième volume manquant
    P. Lethielleux|Paris 1895|14.50 x 23 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half sienna percale cloth, smooth spines decorated with gilt fleurons, double gilt fillets at foot, marbled paper boards.
    Gift inscriptions in pen by a previous owner on the half-title pages, some foxing.
    The second volume is illustrated with 3 folding maps.




    €100
  38. Le dernier chouan ou la Bretagne en 1800
    Honoré de BALZAC
    Le dernier chouan ou la Bretagne en 1800
    Urbain Canel|Paris 1829|10 x 17.50 cm|4 volumes reliés

    Very rare and highly sought-after first edition of Balzac's first novel signed by his name. Published a small number of copies, this first novel whose original title is inspired by the last of the Mohicans James Cooper, reappeared, reworked in 1834 under a new title: The Chouans .
    This first important work of Balzac also marks the beginning of the comedy Humaine which she constitura since 1845 a scene of the military life .
    Bindings in half red Russian leather, smooth backs adorned with gilt and black threads, gold friezes in heads and tails, marbled paper plates, Contemporary binding.
    A restored bit and a flap sheet of the first volume changed, some small foxing.


    Exceptional exemplary set in a charming Contemporary binding.

    €14,000
  40. La tactique et la discipline dans les armées de la Révolution. Correspondance du général Schauenbourg du 4 Avril au 2 Août 1793 publiée par J. Colin
    Balthasar de SCHAUENBOURG
    La tactique et la discipline dans les armées de la Révolution. Correspondance du général Schauenbourg du 4 Avril au 2 Août 1793 publiée par J. Colin
    R. Chapelot & Cie|Paris 1902|16.50 x 26 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half burnt sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at tail, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    Pen gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page, some foxing, copy slightly warped.
    Work illustrated with 6 folding plates hors-texte.






    €230
  42. Traitez singuliers et nouveaux contre le paganisme du Roy Boit. Le I. Du jeune ancien de l'Eglise Catholique la Veille des Roys. Le II. De la royauté des Saturnales remises et contrefaite par les chrétiens charnels en cette feste. Le III. De la superstition du Phoebé, ou de la sottise du Febué
    Jean DESLYONS
    Traitez singuliers et nouveaux contre le paganisme du Roy Boit. Le I. Du jeune ancien de l'Eglise Catholique la Veille des Roys. Le II. De la royauté des Saturnales remises et contrefaite par les chrétiens charnels en cette feste. Le III. De la superstition du Phoebé, ou de la sottise du Febué
    Chez la veuve Savreux|à Paris 1670|9 x 15.50 cm (In-12)|relié

    First edition, rare. This is the second book devoted by the author to this subject. Manuscript bibliographical note on the endpaper, in black ink, by F. Annibal Destouches, 1834.
    Half glazed camel calf binding. Spine with false raised bands decorated with fleurons. Long-grain morocco boards with gilt roll border.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding, speckled. Decorated spine with raised bands. Gilt title. Small lack at head. Tailcap partly worn. Upper joint cracked at head and foot over 7 cm. Corners bumped.

    €600
  45. Semaine sainte
    Valery LARBAUD (trans.) Gabriel MIRÓ
    Semaine sainte
    Editions du Sagittaire|Paris 1925|11.50 x 16 cm|relié
    First edition of the French translation by Valery Larbaud and Noémi Larthe.
    Binding in black half box, smooth back, golden date in tail, wooden paper plates, guards and contreplats paper wood way, covers and back preserved, gilded head, binding signed by Daniel-Henri Mercher.
    Nice copy pleasantly established.
    Signed autograph signed Valéry Larbaud Jules Romains enriched by the signature of Noémi Larthe.
    €580
  46. Paris de France
    Valery LARBAUD
    Paris de France
    A.A.M. Stols • Claude Aveline|Maestricht [Maastricht] • & Paris 1926|12.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on laid Holland paper, single draw after 15 Japan and 35 Holland paper.
    Binding in full percaline sand, smooth back, title piece of morocco olive, paper plates decorated with a large color map of Paris, covers and back preserved, gilded head, binding signed by Gauché.
    Nice copy pleasantly established.
    Autograph signed by Valery Larbaud: "To Madame de Harting thankful tribute and friendly Scévien Valery Larbaud".
    €580
  48. La pluie et le beau temps
    Gustave KAHN
    La pluie et le beau temps
    Léon Vanier|Paris 1896|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper after 25 numbered copies on Holland paper. A blank invitation card mounted on a stub for a dinner offered on the occasion of the book's publication, to be sent to Mercure de France or Revue Blanche. From MM. Paul Adam, Paul Fort, Stéphane Mallarmé, etc.
    Autograph inscription signed by Gustave Kahn to his friend, Belgian painter and artist Georges Lemmen: "A mon vieil ami George Lemmen le bon imagier. Gustave Kahn." ["To my old friend George Lemmen the good imagemaker. Gustave Kahn."]
    (The following year (1897), the two friends would collaborate with Brussels publisher Deman on a small editorial gem: Limbes de lumière.
    Contemporary binding in half black coarse-grained shagreen, smooth Jansenist spine with raised bands, author's name, title and date gilt, fine marbled paper extended to the endpapers, original wrappers preserved (the first showing traces of rubbing).
    Handsome copy.
    Bookplate of Belgian poet Georges Marlow on the front pastedown.

    €400
  50. Histoire de l'ex-garde, depuis sa formation jusqu'à son licenciement, comprenant les faits généraux des campagnes de 1805 à 1815, son organisation, sa solde, ses indemnités, le rang, le service, la discipline, les uniformes de ses divers corps, terminée par une biographie des chefs supérieurs de la Garde
    ANONYME
    Histoire de l'ex-garde, depuis sa formation jusqu'à son licenciement, comprenant les faits généraux des campagnes de 1805 à 1815, son organisation, sa solde, ses indemnités, le rang, le service, la discipline, les uniformes de ses divers corps, terminée par une biographie des chefs supérieurs de la Garde
    Delaunay|Paris 1821|13 x 21 cm|relié
    First edition published anonymously.
    Half green sheep binding, smooth faded spine decorated with wide gilt friezes, a fleuron and gilt imperial eagle, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding signed by Saingy.
    Pen gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page.
    Rare and handsome copy almost entirely free from foxing.



    €400
  53. Guerre d'Espagne. Extrait des souvenirs inédits du général Jomini (1808-1814)
    Ferdinand LECOMTE
    Guerre d'Espagne. Extrait des souvenirs inédits du général Jomini (1808-1814)
    Librairie militaire Baudoin & Cie|Paris 1892|14.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in sienna half-cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, marbled paper boards, one upper corner slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
    Gift inscription in pen from a previous owner on the half-title page, some foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.
    Complete with its folding map at the end of the volume.



    €350
  57. Histoire des inaugurations des rois, empereurs, et autres souverains de l'univers, depuis leur origine jusqu'à présent
    Dom Charles Joseph BEVY
    Histoire des inaugurations des rois, empereurs, et autres souverains de l'univers, depuis leur origine jusqu'à présent
    Chez Moutard|à Paris 1776|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
    First edition, illustrated with 14 fine costume plates showing approximately 80 French costumes from the 13th to 18th centuries.
    Contemporary binding in full marbled brown calf. Ornate spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Skillful restorations to the joints at head and tail, likewise to the tail headcap. Author's name added to the title page in pen. Corners slightly rubbed. Handsome copy, perfectly fresh.
    Historical study on coronations and ceremonies, particularly for French kings, but includes short chapters on China, Persia, Peru... Each king of France has his own chapter, the last ending with Louis XVI.

    €700
  60. Le roman en vers de très-excellent, puissant et noble homme Girart de Rossillon jadis duc de Bourgoigne publié pour la première fois d'après les manuscrits de Paris, de Sens et de Troyes avec de nombreuses notes philologiques et neuf dessins, dont six chromolithographiés suivi de L'histoire des premiers temps féodaux par Mignard
    Alexandre GIRART DE ROSSILLON
    Le roman en vers de très-excellent, puissant et noble homme Girart de Rossillon jadis duc de Bourgoigne publié pour la première fois d'après les manuscrits de Paris, de Sens et de Troyes avec de nombreuses notes philologiques et neuf dessins, dont six chromolithographiés suivi de L'histoire des premiers temps féodaux par Mignard
    J. Techener • Antoine Maître|Paris • & Dijon 1858|18.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 50 copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
    Half black shagreen binding, spine lightly faded with four raised bands, small traces of rubbing to spine, black paper boards, one scratch to front board, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
    Work illustrated with 8 drawings mounted on China paper including 5 chromolithographs, the sixth chromolithograph appears to be lacking in our copy.
    Handsome and rare copy.




    €150
  64. Oraison funebre de tres-haut et tres-puissant seigneur François Henry de Montmorancy
    P. DELARUE
    Oraison funebre de tres-haut et tres-puissant seigneur François Henry de Montmorancy [Ensemble] Oraison funebre de Messire Jacques Benigne Bossuet [Ensemble] Oraison funebre de tres haut tres puissant et excellent prince Monseigneur Louis Dauphin [Ensemble] Oraison funebre de tres-haut tres-puissant et excellent prince Monseigneur Louis Dauphin et de tres-haute tres-puissante et vertueuse princesse Madame Marie-Adelaide de Savoye son epouse [Ensemble] Oraison funebre de très-haut et très-puissant seigneur Louis-François Duc de Boufflers [Ensemble] Oraison funebre de tres-haut tres-puissant et excellent prince Monseigneur Charles de France Duc de Berry [Ensemble] Lettre de Monseigneur le Cardinal de Noailles archevêque de Paris a Monseigneur l'evesque d'Agen [Ensemble] Lettre pastorale et mandement de son eminence Monseigneur le Cardinal de Noailles Archvesque de Paris, au sujet de la Constitution de nôtre Saint pere le pape du 8. septembre 1713
    Chez la veuve de Simon Bernard|à Paris 1695|-|relié

    First edition of all the texts comprising the collection. Each of the funeral orations features a title vignette with the arms of the deceased and a second as a title headpiece with a medallion portrait as well as a tailpiece. The dates of the orations range between 1695 and 1714. The two letters from Cardinal de Noailles that conclude the collection date respectively from 1712 and 1714.

     

    Contemporary full brown speckled and glazed sheep binding. Spine with raised bands richly decorated. Havana morocco title label. Roulette on the leading edges. Rubbing to headcaps and joints. Scuffing and brown stains on the upper part of the front board. 2 dampstains on the Duke of Berry's oration, at top and bottom of page on the first 4 leaves. Good and solid binding.
    Gift inscription "Guillaume Ranneville 1714" in pen on the endpaper.
    The two letters from Cardinal de Noailles concern firstly a defense against his detractors and secondly a justification of his position on the Constitution Unigenitus which divided the French clergy; in this letter the cardinal reiterates his condemnation of the Port-Royal Bible.
     

    €700
  66. Recueil des lettres de Madame la marquise de Sévigné a Madame la Comtesse de Grignan, sa fille
    Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de SEVIGNE
    Recueil des lettres de Madame la marquise de Sévigné a Madame la Comtesse de Grignan, sa fille
    Chez Nicolas Semard • chez Rollin (volumes V and VI)|à Paris 1734|9.50 x 16.50 cm|6 volumes reliés
    Edition largely in first printing, rare, decorated with a portrait of the Marquise de Sévigné in volume I and another of the Comtesse de Grignan in volume V. In the copy described by Rochebillière, volumes V and VI from 1737 are in different bindings, as is often the case. Our copy presents them in uniform binding, only the title and volume labels differ: they are in red morocco for volumes V and VI and in beige morocco for the first four volumes.
    Contemporary bindings in full speckled brown sheep, raised spines richly decorated - notably with animal stamps at foot (greyhounds and knights) - title and volume labels in beige morocco for the first four volumes, in red morocco for the last two.
    One lack at foot of volume VI. Discreet almost invisible restorations at head of volumes I, IV and VI, as well as at foot of volumes II, III, V. Some joints also finely restored. Eight corners slightly bumped, the others rubbed. Rubbing on some joints.
    Important edition in the bibliography of first editions of the Marquise de Sévigné. Indeed, it is the first presenting a considerable number of letters (614 versus 134 for the two-volume edition of 1726) and the first authorized by the Marquise's goddaughter, Pauline de Simiane. The latter asked Perrin, a publisher from Aix-en-Provence, to establish an edition based on the manuscripts. Only the letters to the Comtesse de Grignan were retained. The 1754 edition would contain 712 letters, as it was expanded with letters to various correspondents. The manuscript letters were then destroyed after being selected according to interest and style. A very useful index at the end of volume VI allows one to find the characters scattered throughout the letters.
    Fine copy.
    €3,000
  73. Vers de circonstances
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ
    Vers de circonstances
    Nrf|Paris 1920|16.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 135 numbered copies on laid paper Lafuma-Navarre and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
    Reproduction of an autograph quatrain as frontispiece.
    Half red morocco binding with corners, smooth spine decorated with quintuple gilt cartouches, gilt date at foot, frame of gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, binding signed by Pierre-Lucien Martin.
    Handsome copy elegantly bound.
    €1,500
  74. La grande épopée de l'An II
    Zéphyr-Joseph PIÉRART
    La grande épopée de l'An II
    A. Ferroud|Paris 1887|12 x 19 cm|relié
    New edition.
    Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    Scattered foxing, ink gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page.
    Copy decorated with a facsimile letter as frontispiece and a large folding map at the end of the volume.
    Rare.






    €300
  75. Campagnes de Russie et de Saxe (1812-1813). Souvenirs d'un ex-commandant des grenadiers de la Vieille-Garde
    Louis-Joseph VIONNET
    Campagnes de Russie et de Saxe (1812-1813). Souvenirs d'un ex-commandant des grenadiers de la Vieille-Garde
    Edmond Dubois|Paris 1899|14 x 18 cm|relié
    First edition of these unpublished memoir fragments.
    Half sienna cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title-label with marginal loss, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
    Some light foxing mainly affecting the edges, pen gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page.








    €300
  78. Mémoires et souvenirs du général Maximien (sic) Lamarque publiés par sa famille
    Jean Maximilien LAMARQUE
    Mémoires et souvenirs du général Maximien (sic) Lamarque publiés par sa famille
    H. Fournier jeune|Paris 1835|12.50 x 21.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Bindings in half Empire green sheepskin, smooth backs discolored and lightened adorned with quadruple golden threads, traces of rubbing on the backs, marbled paper plates with scuffs, yellow slices, some dull corners, bindings of the time.
    Ex-donos with the feather of a previous proportion of the book on the guards of the volumes, some small frighteners without gravity and some snags on the cuts.
    Illustrated book of a portrait of Maximilian Lamarque frontispiece of the first volume.
    Our copy is enriched by an exceptional autograph letter signed by a page of Maximilian Lamarque, at the head of his staff, written at his headquarters in Nantes on August 15, 1830 and in which he takes surprisingly the defense of officers who violated the orders of the colonel of the 10th Light Infantry Regiment to whom this letter is addressed and who went as far as to desert: "... some of the officers who left you on the road to Ancenis, fear to be badly received by you, for the reason that you may judge, that they have failed in discipline.I warn you that I approve in all their conduct, that I would have done like them if I have been in your regiment, that I will do all that will depend on me, to make them have rewards, and that you will be in my eyes responsible for all that can happen to them of unpleasant in the body that you order.
    There are circumstances in which the love of the country and of liberty, where the fear of making war on one's country, makes it possible to break all ties and to trample under foot all the ordinances. Those in which we found ourselves have in my eyes this number.
    On the sidelines of this letter, an observer expresses his astonishment about this antimilitarist letter of a hero of the Revolution and the Empire.
    €1,200
  79. Au capucin gourmand
    Henri BÉRAUD
    Au capucin gourmand
    Albin Michel|Paris 1922|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First Edition printed on Alfa paper.
    Small traces of minor folds in the margins of the boards.
    Autograph signed by Henri Béraud to Gaston Chérau.
    Our copy is enriched by an autograph letter signed half-page Henri Béraud to Gaston Chérau, dated September 22, 1925, in which he thanked for his benevolent criticism and at the end of which he deplores the inexorable popularity of Communism which he fought in "I saw Moscow" published recently, envelope attached.
    €120
  85. Histoire de Russie
    Pierre-Charles LEVESQUE
    Histoire de Russie
    Chez Debure l'aîné|à Paris 1782|10 x 17 cm|relié
    First edition, illustrated with 2 large folding maps, of western Russia and eastern Russia.
    Contemporary full marbled calf bindings, spines with raised bands decorated, roulettes at head and foot. Red morocco title label, black wax volume labels. One wormhole along the upper joint at the foot of volume I. Upper joint of volume 3 nibbled for 3 cm. A tear at the foot of volume 2, with a small cut at the headcap. Volume labels rubbed. Corners rubbed. Handsome copy.
    Levesque spent 7 years in Saint Petersburg during which he was a professor under the protection of Diderot who allowed him to consult the archives and documents necessary for the completion of his work, which forms the most accomplished history of Russia at the end of the 18th century. The work exercised a decisive influence on the image of Russia in Europe and on Russian historiographers. The accuracy of the facts and the quality of the narrative contributed to making Levesque's Histoire de la Russie a classic work in Russia.
    Maccarthy Fitz-John bookplate.

    €1,500
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