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  1. Lettre à madame C...
    Paul VALÉRY
    Lettre à madame C...
    Grasset|Paris 1928|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché sous chemise et étui
    First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on vélin Rives blanc paper, this one of 24 hors commerce copies reserved for the author and his friends.
    Handsome autograph inscription signed by Paul Valéry : "A Charles Maurras, au poète, au pur esprit [For Charles Maurras, the poet, the pure of heart]."
    A good copy in a chemise and slipcase: chemise in half black calf over almond paper boards, slipcase lined in black calf over almond paper boards.
    €1,200
  5. Souvenirs de Lulworth, d'Holy-Rood et de Bath
    ANONYME
    Souvenirs de Lulworth, d'Holy-Rood et de Bath
    G.A. Dentu|Paris 1831|10.50 x 15.50 cm|relié
    First edition printed on laid paper.
    Full cardboard binding in imitation vellum, smooth spine very lightly browned, gilt date at tail, brown shagreen title label with small scratches, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted at head of one pastedown, original wrappers preserved.
    Some minor light foxing, gift inscriptions facing the half-title page.
    Provenance: from the library of Eugène de Forgues with his bookplate pasted on a pastedown.
    €80
  6. Le diable au corps
    Raymond RADIGUET
    Le diable au corps
    Grasset|Paris 1923|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one advance (service de presse) copy.

    Handsome autograph inscription from Raymond Radiguet to Léon Daudet: « A monsieur Léon Daudet avec ma profonde admiration. »

    Raymond Radiguet fait la connaissance de Léon Daudet par l'entremise de son frère Lucien Daudet, très lié à Jean Cocteau depuis sa jeunesse. Radiguet avait nourri pour Léon Daudet, alors député de Paris et membre de l'Action française, une fervente admiration qui s'était muée, très peu de temps avant son propre décès, en critique acerbe.
    L'origine de ce brusque revirement se trouve dans le scandale provoqué par le suicide du fils de Léon Daudet, Philippe, en novembre 1923 : le député, pour sauver son honneur, soutient la thèse d'un assassinat politique par des membres de la Sûreté Générale, à qui il reproche leurs idées républicaines. Radiguet, touché par la mort de l'adolescent, est révolté par l'attitude du père et, dans un mouvement d'humeur, écrit dans son journal : « Léon Daudet. Il est trop protégé par la République. Le déploiement de forces fait autour de lui, non par [les] Camelots du Roi, mais par le Gouvernement. Son assassinat serait peut-être deuil national, mais n'attristerait pas beaucoup ni profondément. Ce qui fait que je ne l'aime plus, c'est qu'on l'aime trop, c'est qu'il est comme les autres hommes politiques - un peu mieux, oui - Léon Daudet, c'est la Troisième République. Charles Maurras est mieux, quoique pas admirable, mais s'il est vulgaire, sa vulgarité est d'une époque antérieure à celle de Léon Daudet. » (RD, Œuvres complètes, Paris, 1993).

    Rare témoignage de l'admiration juvénile de Raymond Radiguet pour le maurassien Léon Daudet.
    €6,800
  7. Epilogues
    Remy de GOURMONT
    Epilogues
    Mercure de France|Paris 1903|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Half vellum-effect Bradel binding over patterned paper boards by de Gauché, red morocco title-piece, black paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
    Handsome and fine autograph inscription signed by Remy de Gourmont to Charles Maurras : "... orateur athénien...[…Athenian orator…]"
    One small repaired tear to head of page with inscription.
    A very good copy nicely bound.
    €1,000
  12. Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences. Année 1716
    René Antoine Ferchault de RÉAUMUR, Antoine de JUSSIEU
    Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences. Année 1716
    Chez Panckoucke|à Paris 1777|10 x 17 cm|relié
    Illustrated edition with 8 plates, most folding, and some text figures.
    Contemporary marbled brown calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label and black wax volume label. Small lack to head. One corner slightly bumped. Light rubbing. Good copy.
    Notable articles in each of the mentioned sections include: On the construction of compasses, by M. de La HIre. Resolution of a problem proposed by M. de Lagny, by M. le Chevalier Renau, by M. Sauveur. Experiments made in a cylindroidal vortex, by M. Saulmon. Remarks on a singular case of the general problem of tangents, by M. Saurin. Method for firing bombs successfully, by M. de Ressons. Report on different densities of air, by M. Varignon. Description of the thorny candle of the king's garden, by M. Jussieu. On a difficulty in swallowing by M. Littré. Method of grafting stone fruit trees, by M. de Ressons. Theory of the movements of Saturn's satellites, by M. Cassini. Observations on the matter that colors false pearls by M. de Réaumur. Experiments on sound, by M. de La HIre. Establishment of a new plant genus, by M. D'Anty D'Isnard. Memoir on a monstrous child, by M. Marcot.

    €300
  13. Lettres philosophiques, sérieuses, critiques, et amusantes, traitant de la Pierre Philosophale, de l'incertitude de la médecine, de la félicité temporelle de l'homme, de la nature de l'ame...
    Abbé SAUNIER DE BEAUMONT
    Lettres philosophiques, sérieuses, critiques, et amusantes, traitant de la Pierre Philosophale, de l'incertitude de la médecine, de la félicité temporelle de l'homme, de la nature de l'ame...
    Chez Saugrain|à Paris 1733|9.50 x 17 cm (In-12)|relié

    First edition. Dorbon no. 4403: "rare, full of singular documents." Caillet [III, 9922] 
    Contemporary full brown calf binding. Spine gilt-tooled in compartments. Brown morocco title-piece. Loss at head of spine. Corners worn and somewhat clumsily restored. A filled loss on lower cover. Scattered foxing. A waterstain at one corner of the final leaves. Several gatherings protruding. 


    €650
  22. Les poesies
    Guillaume CRÉTIN
    Les poesies
    Chez Antoine Urbain Coustelier|à Paris 1723|9 x 14 cm|relié
    The most complete collected edition, expanded with two unpublished pieces, namely two verse letters from Crétin to Molinet, with a response from the latter. Preface by the editor, who specialized in republishing medieval and Renaissance poets.
    Full glazed porphyry calf binding from the late 18th century. Smooth spine decorated with urn tools. Gilt ruling frame on covers. Gilt title. Upper joint split along the first 2 compartments. 2 corners slightly bumped. Rubbing. Spine somewhat faded. Copy trimmed short. Fairly good copy, in a handsome binding.
    Guillaume Dubois, known as Crétin, (1460?-1525) was treasurer of the Sainte-Chapelle at Vincennes, then cantor of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris and ordinary chaplain to King François I. He was recognized as a master, notably by Jean Lemaire de Belges and Clément Marot. He is ranked among the Grands Rhétoriqueurs. His poetry divides into two major parts: the chants royaux and the epistles (verse letters addressed to various figures).

    €250
  24. Oeuvres de théatre
    Michel GUYOT DE MERVILLE
    Oeuvres de théatre
    Chez La veuve Duchesne|à Paris 1766|10 x 17 cm|3 volumes reliés
    First collected edition. 5 leaves of music at the end of volume 1, and 12 in volume II.
    Contemporary full blonde calf bindings attributed to Derôme (an old inscription states this on the first endpaper). Smooth spines decorated with 4 small fleurons, fillets and roulettes. Orange morocco title labels, and tan morocco volume labels. Triple fillet borders on boards. All edges gilt. Lacks at head of volumes I and II. Upper joint cracked in volume I along the first compartment. 4 corners slightly bumped. Rubbing from use. Despite the noted defects, a handsome copy.
    As for the personality, Guyot de Merville seems quite close to Rousseau, and his existence is a long series of misfortunes and failures. His theater never met with success due to the poor relations the author maintained with the actors. Everything he undertook ended badly, and he had numerous persecutors; Voltaire's coldness, in whom he placed his last hopes, completed his melancholy and led him to end his days at the bottom of Lake Geneva. The 4 plays contained in volume III appear for the first time, they were reportedly found in a portfolio. "Finally epigrams and poetry by the author; the plays most often contain a preface. This author had nourished himself on reading the best dramatic poets, and one sees that Molière is the one he proposed as his model. He imitated him especially in the simplicity of his plots and his style, and his plays have the merit of being as pleasant to read as to perform". Bibliothèque des théâtres.
    Bookplate of L. S. Auger.

    €450
  25. Essais historiques sur l'Inde, précédés d'un journal de voyages et d'une description géographique de la côte de Coromandel
    DE LA FLOTTE
    Essais historiques sur l'Inde, précédés d'un journal de voyages et d'une description géographique de la côte de Coromandel
    Chez Herissant|à Paris 1769|10 x 17 cm|relié
    The rare first edition, illustrated with 3 figures (Brama, God of the Indians, View of a Pagoda Tower, and Man Making Snakes Dance).
    Contemporary half sheep binding. Decorated smooth spine. Red morocco title label. Headcaps worn. Upper joint largely split, lower joint split at head. Corners slightly bumped.
    Departure in May 1757 aboard the Saint Luc, a ship intended to transport troops to India. Pages 3 to 21 concern Brazil and Rio de Janeiro where the author gives an unflattering description of the Portuguese (suspicious, violent, and not industrious). The author stops at Bourbon Island (pp. 25 to 27) for a month. Numerous passages on the war with the English. The author travels from the Coromandel coast to Macao where he spends 2 months, then proceeds to Canton. Description of the island of Saint Helena where the author spends 6 weeks. After the travel account, various memoirs on the Coromandel coast, the religion of the Indians, the Linguam, chronology, the government of the Indians, politeness, betel, clothing, gardens, food, marriages...

    €500
  27. Retour de voyage. - Lettre du capitaine Tanera sur la débâcle
    Émile ZOLA
    Retour de voyage. - Lettre du capitaine Tanera sur la débâcle
    Société des Amis des Livres • Alphonse Lemerre|Lyon • & Paris 1892|12 x 18.50 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
    First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Hollande, the tirage de tête after 5 chamois.
    Half red morocco over marbled paper boards by Canape & Corriez, spine in six compartments, date gilt at foot of spine,marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, two corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt.
    Autograph inscriptiuon from Emile Zola : "A M. Rubattel, en remerciement de la très aimable idée qu'il a eue de publier cette élégante plaquette".
    Retaining the original letter, also on Hollande, of Captain Tanera's letter about La Débâcle, published by Alphonse Lemerre 1892 on a leaf bound in at the beginning of the work
    A good and rare copy.
    €3,000
  28. Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences. Année 1710
    Philippe de LA HIRE
    Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences. Année 1710
    Chez Panckoucke|à Paris 1777|10 x 17 cm|2 tomes en 2 volumes reliés
    Edition illustrated with 16 folding plates, 8 per volume.
    Contemporary full marbled brown calf bindings. Spines with raised bands decorated. Red morocco title labels, and black wax volume labels. Head of volume I with headcap partly missing. One hole along the upper joint of volume I. 2 corners slightly bumped. Worming throughout the first volume in the lower margin, the holes progressively becoming galleries, then reverting to holes. Good set overall.
    Notable articles to be retained in each of the mentioned sections include: Remarks on the construction of geometric loci & equations by M. de La Hire; General construction of magic squares by M. Sauveur; Use of a given integral by M. le Marquis de L'hôpital by M. Varignon; On breaking points of figures by M. Parent; General method for the construction of circular arcs by M. de La Hire; Observations on bezoar by M. Geoffroy; Remarks on the movement of planets by M. de la Hire... Numerous astronomical observations by Cassini, Maraldi...
    €380
  29. Ariane ou le chemin de la paix éternelle
    Pierre LOUŸS
    Ariane ou le chemin de la paix éternelle
    Librairie de l'Art Indépendant|Paris 1894|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Chine, the tirage de tête after 5 Japon.
    Near contemporary half light brown morocco over marbled paper boards by Yseux successeur de Thierry-Simier, spine in six compartments, date gilt at foot of spine, marbled pastedonws and endpapers, covres preserved.
    Handsome autograph inscription from Pierre Louÿs : "A Mr. Georges Vicaire, au bibliophile et au bibliographe en souvenir reconnaissant de sa visite."
    A few inevitable spots due to the quality of the paper.
    A nicely bound copy
    €3,000
  30. Anecdotes angloises
    Jean-François de LACROIX
    Anecdotes angloises
    Chez Vincent|à Paris 1769|10.50 x 17.20 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full marbled calf binding. Raised band spine with gilt ornaments. Red morocco title-label. Small lack to joint at head. Upper joint with small cracks. Trace of an old label on second board. Trace of browning on title page and on second leaf. Some leaves slightly browned. Good copy.
    The bookseller's notice details the volumes of Anecdotes to be published. The history of England from origins to the reign of George III, divided into brief chronological chapters.
    Library label: Bibl. Dom. Acheol. Blue stamp on title page.

    €450
  31. Oeuvres
    Antoine HAMILTON
    Oeuvres
    S. n. • [ Le Jay]|s. l. • [Paris] 1760 - 1776|8 x 14.50 cm|7 volumes reliés
    Factitious collection of several editions by the same publisher at different dates comprising the author's works. The first 4 volumes dated 1762 bring together the tales and miscellaneous works. The 2 volumes numbered 5 and 6 are the Memoirs of the Count of Grammont, dated 1760 and with the same device as on the title pages of the first 4 volumes. The seventh volume contains miscellaneous works dated 1776, the only volume bearing an address and place (Le Jay in Paris).
    Contemporary bindings in full glazed blonde marbled calf. Smooth spines decorated with acorn tools. Red morocco title labels, and black morocco volume labels (that of volume II in green morocco may have changed color). Tail headcap torn on volume I. Wormholes at tail of volume II; similarly, worming at tail of volume III and on the first compartment, with losses. A wormhole at tail of volume IV. 3 corners bumped on volume I. Rubbing. Generally fresh, leaves sometimes slightly yellowed.
    Count Hamilton left one of the most appreciated novels of the 18th century, the Memoirs of Count Grammont, which were later praised and rehabilitated by Etiemble. He also left a collection of marvelous and oriental tales in the taste of his time, which only circulated in manuscripts, then were published in 1730. Here is what Laharpe wrote about the Memoirs: "Of all frivolous books, it is the most agreeable and ingenious; it is the work of a light and refined spirit, accustomed in the corruption of courts to know no other vice than the ridiculous, to cover the worst morals with a veneer of elegance, to relate everything to pleasure and gaiety. There is something of Voiture's tone, but infinitely perfected. The art of recounting small things, in a way to make them worth much, is in its perfection."
    €300
  34. Monographie du thé. Description pittoresque, torréfaction, composition chimique, propriétés hygiénique de cette feuille
    J. G. HOUSSAYE
    Monographie du thé. Description pittoresque, torréfaction, composition chimique, propriétés hygiénique de cette feuille
    Chez L'auteur|Paris 1843 [S.d.]|16 x 24.50 cm|relié
    First edition, illustrated with 17 woodcut plates (roasting, planting, watering, plant, harvest, drying...) and several tables. 1 advertising engraving for the porte chinoise in Paris at the end.
    Publisher's blue cloth boards. Smooth spine with gilt title. Gilt block on upper board and blind ruling frame, depicting La porte chinoise in Paris, with figures and boat. Lack at tail. Slight lack at head. 3 corners with small lacks of cloth. Scattered browning, more marked on the first leaves then fading. 2 engravings with traces of dampstains and pale stains. Missing the lemon endpaper before the half-title. A label replaces the old address, now rue Vivienne (the author had indeed moved in the meantime).
    Reference work on tea. Interesting bibliography at the end of the work. The author was proprietor of La porte chinoise in Paris, a tea shop.

    €450
  35. C. Plini secundi novocomensis de viris illustratibus liber. Suetone Tranquilli de claris gramaticis & rhetoribus liber. Iulii obsequentis prodigiorum liber imperfectus.
    Caius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (dit) PLINE LE JEUNE, SUÉTONE
    C. Plini secundi novocomensis de viris illustratibus liber. Suetone Tranquilli de claris gramaticis & rhetoribus liber. Iulii obsequentis prodigiorum liber imperfectus.
    Ex officina Roberti Stephani • ( Robert Estienne)|Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris] • (Paris) 1533|10 x 16 cm|relié

    New edition. Printer's device on title page. Colophon: Excudebat Robertus STephanus Parisiis, Ann. M. D. XXXIII. octavo cal. sept.
    Full brown marbled sheep binding ca 1920, pastiche of a Renaissance binding, signed L. P. Thébaut. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 small fleurons. Central roundel on covers, and thick gilt frame. Tear with loss at foot. Black stain at head and foot. Corners rubbed. Some foxing. Joints slightly cracked. Good copy.
    Collection of three texts by Roman writers: The illustrated lives by Pliny the Younger, which are short biographies of famous men (Pompey, Hannibal, Scipio...); Suetonius's book on grammarians and rhetoricians is the last part of Lives of Illustrious Men (not completely transmitted to us), and finally, the famous book of prodigies by Julius Obsequens which relates the auguries and strange and marvelous events that occurred in Rome between 249 BC and 12 AD. This fragmentary work was often published following other ancient texts.
    Several editions bringing together these texts can be found, with certain variants, notably for Pliny's works; the two other works by Suetonius and Obsequens being often coupled with Pliny's correspondence.

    €1,000
  36. La vie de St. Bruno, fondateur de l'ordre des Chartreux
    François CHAUVEAU, Eustache LE SUEUR
    La vie de St. Bruno, fondateur de l'ordre des Chartreux
    Chez René Cousinet|à Paris s. d. [ca 1660]|27.50 x 41 cm|relié

    The rare first edition, illustrated with a title-frontispiece and 22 plates after paintings by Eustache Le Sueur and engraved by François Chauveau. Captions of the engravings in two columns, one verse in Latin, with its translation alongside. Brunet III, 1020.
    Half chocolate-brown glazed shagreen binding circa 1860 with corners, signed L. Fixon at the bottom of the last leaf. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Engraved title, as well as the initials S. D. Tears with lacks to the lower board. Cut to one corner of the lower board and corner slightly bumped. Some rubbing. Fine copy, very fresh.
    Le Sueur painted between 1645 and 1648 the cycle of the life of Saint Bruno, a set of 22 canvases commissioned to adorn the cloister of the Charterhouse of Paris. Le Sueur asserted his own style inherited from Poussin's classicism and his master Simon Vouet. These canvases were later purchased by Louis XVI in 1776. They are now in the Louvre. François Chauveau is one of the most illustrious French engravers of the 17th century, and one of the 4 engravers cited by Charles Perrault in his Hommes illustres, and one of the principal representatives of the etching technique. In his Voyage pittoresque de Paris, Dezallier D'Argenville thus describes the cloister of the Charterhouse: "Le petit cloître mérite une attention particulière. Le Raphaël français Eustache Le Sueur y a représenté en vingt-deux tableaux peints sur bois les principales circonstances de la vie de S. Bruno [...] Ce cloître a été gravé par François Chauveau d'une manière qui rend assez bien le caractère de Le Sueur." ["The small cloister deserves particular attention. The French Raphael Eustache Le Sueur has represented there in twenty-two paintings on wood the principal circumstances of the life of St. Bruno [...] This cloister has been engraved by François Chauveau in a manner that renders quite well the character of Le Sueur."]

    €1,200
  39. Floréal
    Armand SILVESTRE, Jules MASSENET
    Floréal
    Librairie Charles Delagrave|Paris 1891|25 x 32.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with fleurons and gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, two tears on leading edges, front cover preserved, top edge gilt.
    Work decorated with illustrations in text and full-page, in black and white as well as in blue, green, red, mauve and sepia by Georges Cain, preface by Jules Clarétie, music by Jules Massenet.

    €100
  40. Chants et chansons populaires de la France
    COLLECTIF
    Chants et chansons populaires de la France
    Henri Plon • Lécrivain et Toubon|Paris 1859|18.50 x 27.50 cm|2 volumes en reliures de l'éditeur
    New edition.
    Publisher's full navy blue cloth bindings, smooth spines decorated with blind-stamped typographical motifs, blind fillet border on covers, three small discoloration spots on first cover of first volume, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped without consequence.
    Work illustrated with numerous in-text engravings.
    Bookseller's description label pasted to pastedown of first volume.
    One repaired tear to half-title page of second volume, some minor foxing.
    €120
  41. Procès criminel des ex-ministres, orné de leur portrait gravés avec soin, contenant le rapport du roi, les ordonnances de juillet, le rapport de M. Bérenger, l'acte d'accusation, les interrogatoires, la relation exacte et détaillée de tous les débats, séance par séance, dépositions, plaidoyers et incidens de cette cause célèbre, recueillis par les meilleurs sténographes
    ANONYME
    Procès criminel des ex-ministres, orné de leur portrait gravés avec soin, contenant le rapport du roi, les ordonnances de juillet, le rapport de M. Bérenger, l'acte d'accusation, les interrogatoires, la relation exacte et détaillée de tous les débats, séance par séance, dépositions, plaidoyers et incidens de cette cause célèbre, recueillis par les meilleurs sténographes
    Terry jeune|Paris 1830|8.50 x 14 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Half hazelnut calf bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt friezes and fleurons, three tears with small lacks to headcaps, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, corners slightly bumped, contemporary bindings.
    Work illustrated with 4 engraved portraits hors-texte.
    Some light foxing.
    Rare.

    €250
  42. [RELIURE] Exposition de 1867. Délégation des ouvriers relieurs : Première partie : La reliure aux expositions de l'industrie (1798-1862). - Deuxième partie : La reliure à l'exposition de 186, études comparatives de la reliure ancienne et moderne
    COLLECTIF
    [RELIURE] Exposition de 1867. Délégation des ouvriers relieurs : Première partie : La reliure aux expositions de l'industrie (1798-1862). - Deuxième partie : La reliure à l'exposition de 186, études comparatives de la reliure ancienne et moderne
    Au siège de la commission|Paris 1868-1869-1875|11.50 x 18.50 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
    First edition.
    Half burgundy morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, light scratches to joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary binding.
    Work illustrated with 9 plates of bindings.
    Light foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.
    Rare and handsome copy complete in two volumes.
    €580
  50. La clef de Saint-Pierre
    Hugues REBELL
    La clef de Saint-Pierre
    Editions de la Plume|Paris 1897|18.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vellum, the only printing after 20 on Holland paper.
    Half black sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleurons and showing traces of rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece etching by Armand Rassenfosse, and decorated with illustrations including color plates by Henri Detouche, André des Gachons, Joseph Sattler and Ulm.
    Our copy is complete with its publication prospectus.
    Binding rubbed, handsome interior condition despite minor foxing without gravity.
    €100
  51. Le mystère de Jésus
    Louis BOUQUET, Blaise PASCAL
    Le mystère de Jésus
    Editions de la Sirène|Paris 1918|26 x 33.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise
    Edition illustrated with 17 original wood Louis Bouquet, one of the 15 best scholars of old Japan in the tank, not ours scholar, head of draw.
    Signature Louis Bouquet to the justification of the draw.
    Our copy, as all copies of old Japan on head and pulling as he stipulated to the justification of the draw is full of his suite printed in sepia on China and signed by Louis Bouquet.
    In addition, our copy is enhanced with a suite wood signed by Louis Bouquet and printed in sepia on wove without adhesive usually accompanying the 20 numbered copies on Imperial Japan.
    Some very light bites are not serious, back of the slotted Length shirt indications bibliophile pen topped the first board of the shirt.
    Note that the shirt bears a different title and name of the author; namely, Combet-Descombes "Images for Baudelaire" all the striped in blue pencil.
    Rare.
    €580
  52. Mes prisons suivi Des devoirs des hommes
    Silvio PELLICO
    Mes prisons suivi Des devoirs des hommes
    H.L. Delloye|Paris 1846|17 x 25.50 cm|relié
    New edition of the French translation established by Count de Messey, revised by Viscount Alban de Villeneuve and illustrated with drawings by Gérard Séguin, d'Aubigny, Steinheil...
    Half green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt compartments, double gilt fillets framing the green paper boards, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
    Biographical and literary notice on the author and his works by Philipon de la Madelaine.
    Some minor foxing without gravity principally at the beginning of the volume.
    €180
  56. Histoire de l'Académie des sciences. Année 1718
    CASSINI, René Antoine Ferchault de RÉAUMUR
    Histoire de l'Académie des sciences. Année 1718
    Chez Panckoucke|à Paris 1777|9.50 x 17 cm|relié
    New edition, considered a pirated edition of the authorized edition published in Paris by the Imprimerie Royale. It is illustrated with 12 folding plates.
    Contemporary full marbled glazed calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands, roulettes at head and foot. Red morocco title label and brown sealing-wax volume label. One cut at head. Scattered foxing, particularly on title page. 2 corners slightly bumped. Good copy.
    Notable articles to be retained in each of the mentioned sections include the following:
    Physics: On the flux and reflux of the sea; Chemistry: On the dyeing of metals; On vitriol and iron. Botany: On lichen. Geometry: On the intersections of curves, On a squarable circular space. Astronomy: On sunspots. Acoustics: On sound strings. With contributions by Cassini (Lunar eclipse of 1713), Geoffroy the elder, Réaumur, Jussieu (History of coffee)...
    €350
  59. Oeuvres complettes, publiées par M. Rigoley de Juvigny
    Alexis PIRON
    Oeuvres complettes, publiées par M. Rigoley de Juvigny
    De l'Imprimerie de Lambert|à Paris 1776|13 x 19.60 cm|7 tomes en 7 volumes reliés
    The most complete collective edition of the works of Alexis Piron, edited by Rigoley de Juvigny. Portrait of the author at the beginning of the first volume, engraved on copper by Augustin de Saint-Aubin after Caffieri. As is very often the case, the eighth volume, containing the Œuvres badines, is not included here. A full-margined copy. Title pages in red and black.
    Half glazed blonde calf bindings, mid-19th century. Smooth spines richly decorated with urn tools and roulettes. Red shagreen title and volume labels. Light rubbing to head and edges on some volumes. Very fresh set overall. A very handsome copy.
    Complete theatrical works of Piron, tales, and pieces in verse and prose. The author began his career with epigrams and witticisms (a talent found again in the Tales), then turned to comedy, working for the comic opera and the théâtre de la Foire. His tragedies, although they attempt to renew a moribund genre of the time, are not his best efforts. Piron produced the play that remains his masterpiece in 1738: La métromanie, of which Grimm said it would endure as long as there is theater and taste in France.
    €500
  60. Satyre Menippée de la vertu du Catholicon d'Espagne et de la tenue des estats de Paris ; augmentée de notes tirées des éditions de Du Puy et de Le Duchat par V. Verger ; et d'un commentaire historique, littéraire et philologique par Charles Nodier
    Eugène DEVERIA, COLLECTIF
    Satyre Menippée de la vertu du Catholicon d'Espagne et de la tenue des estats de Paris ; augmentée de notes tirées des éditions de Du Puy et de Le Duchat par V. Verger ; et d'un commentaire historique, littéraire et philologique par Charles Nodier
    N. Delangle|Paris 1824|15 x 24 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition of Charles Nodier's commentary and first printing of the frontispiece and 8 illustrations hors-texte by Eugène Devéria, one of the rare copies printed on vellum.
    Half brown morocco bindings with corners, spines slightly lightened with four fine raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double gilt compartments richly decorated, gilt friezes at head and foot, traces of rubbing on joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, contemporary bindings signed by Bibolet.
    Some light foxing, library classification labels pasted opposite half-title pages.
    Provenance: from the library of Paul Lacombe with his bookplates pasted on pastedowns.
    €300
  61. Les déliquescences poèmes décadents d'Adoré Floupette
    Gabriel VICAIRE, Henri BEAUCLAIR
    Les déliquescences poèmes décadents d'Adoré Floupette
    Lion Vanné • ( Léon Vanier)|Byzance [Istanbul] • (Paris) 1885|11 x 17 cm|relié
    Second edition, with some parts in first edition, known as the Vanier edition, completed on June 20, 1885, one of 50 numbered and justified copies on Holland paper by Lion Vanné, the only deluxe copies.
    Half green morocco binding, spine faded and sunned with five raised bands decorated with double black compartments at whose centers a gilt paraph is repeated five times, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, boards marginally faded like the spine at head and foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, elegant near-contemporary unsigned binding.
    Handsome copy attractively bound.
    €1,500
  62. Histoire de l'Académie des sciences. Année 1718
    Antoine de JUSSIEU, CASSINI
    Histoire de l'Académie des sciences. Année 1718
    Chez Panckoucke|à Paris 1777|9.50 x 16.80 cm|relié
    New edition, considered a piracy of the regular edition published in Paris by the Imprimerie Royale. It is illustrated with 17 folding plates.
    Contemporary full marbled glazed calf binding. Decorated raised bands spine, roulettes at tail and head. Red morocco title label, and volume label in brown wax. A cut at head. Scattered foxing. Good copy.
    Of particular note in each of the mentioned sections are the following remarkable articles
    Anatomy: On the force that pushes blood in the foetus; Botany: On Ginseng; Astronomy: On the theory of eclipses, on the movement of Jupiter. As for the memoirs, we note with the greatest interest: Observation on the manner in which a girl without tongue performs the functions that depend on this organ, by M. Jussieu. Observation of the eclipse of the star Aldebaran by the moon, by M. De La Hire, and by M. Cassini. Observation of the solar eclipse of March 1718 by M. de La Hire, Maraldi. Observation of the passage of Jupiter by Maraldi.
    €350
  63. Les émaux de Petitot au Musée Impérial du Louvre
    Jean PETITOT
    Les émaux de Petitot au Musée Impérial du Louvre
    Blaisot|Paris 1862 - 1864|22.50 x 30.50 cm|2 tomes en 2 volumes reliés
    First edition, illustrated with 50 magnificent portraits engraved with burin by Ceroni in medallions. Each portrait is accompanied by a biographical notice of approximately 12 pages, written by different authors. Deluxe publication.
    Full red morocco bindings of the period signed Amand. Raised bands spine finely and richly decorated with roses and interlacing. Gilt titles and volume labels. Boards decorated in the Du Seuil style with central frame and triple gilt fillet border, corner ornaments in the corners. Wide interior frieze. Gilt edges. Light rubbing on some bands, at headcaps. Upper joint of volume I cracked at head and tail. Some traces of rubbing on the upper board of volume II. Very fresh copy, with some occasional worming and leaves slightly more yellowed.
    Splendid binding perfectly executed in morocco.
    He who was nicknamed "the Raphael of painting on enamel" created in the 17th century a series of portraits of great figures of the time of Louis XIV (Richelieu, Mme de Montbazon, Turenne, La Rochefoucauld, Ninon de l'Enclos, Colbert, Mme de Sevigne, M le Comte de Grignan, Mme Scarron, la Duchesse de Portsmouth), with incomparable perfection. These portraits were exhibited at the Imperial Museum of the Louvre and gave birth to this work.
    19th-century armorial bookplate of Bordes de Fortage
    €900
  64. Histoire du petit Jehan de Saintré et de la dame des Belles-Cousines
    Louis-Élisabeth de La Vergne TRESSAN
    Histoire du petit Jehan de Saintré et de la dame des Belles-Cousines
    Chez Lepetit & Guillemard|à Paris 1792|8 x 14 cm|relié
    New edition, illustrated with a frontispiece and 3 figures by Moreau le jeune engraved by Carrée on strong paper, and dated 1791. This edition was published by Didot in 1791.
    Copy with unidentified arms, with three bars charged with three shells, two shells and one shell. The arms appear to have been scraped and are without gold. Collar of the Holy Spirit and president's cap.
    Contemporary full bordeaux morocco binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Triple angular fillet with tools in the corners and angular fleurons, arms at the centers of the covers. Upper joint cracked at head and foot. Corners slightly bumped.
    Adaptation by the famous late 18th-century medievalist, Tressan, of this medieval romance.

    €280
  70. Manuel maçonnique ou tuileur de tous les rites de maçonnerie pratiqués en France; dans lequel on trouve l'étymologie et l'interprétation des mots et des noms mystérieux de tous les grades qui composent les différens rites ; précédés d'un abrégé des règles de la prononciation de la langue hébraïque, dont presque tous les mots sont empruntés, et suivi du calendrier lunaire des Hébreux, à l'usage des institutions maçonniques
    UN VETERAN DE LA MACONNERIE
    Manuel maçonnique ou tuileur de tous les rites de maçonnerie pratiqués en France; dans lequel on trouve l'étymologie et l'interprétation des mots et des noms mystérieux de tous les grades qui composent les différens rites ; précédés d'un abrégé des règles de la prononciation de la langue hébraïque, dont presque tous les mots sont empruntés, et suivi du calendrier lunaire des Hébreux, à l'usage des institutions maçonniques
    Hubert • Brun|Paris 1820|12.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
    Hubert & Brun | Paris 1820 | 12.5 x 20.5 cm | contemporary sheep
    New edition with 32 plates hors texte.
    Contemporary Masonic light brown sheep, the spine with gilt tools and friezes, gilt roulettes to head- and tail-pieces, gilt dentelle frame to boards, with Masonic symbols and devices in centre, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt border on edges of covers, marbled edges.
    Repaired tear to p. 417.
    A very good copy in a spectacular Masonic binding.
    €2,700
  73. Mes fantaisies. Mes nouveaux torts.
    Claude-Joseph DORAT
    Mes fantaisies. Mes nouveaux torts.
    Chez Delalain • Monory|A Paris • & Amsterdam 1770-1775|13.50 x 20.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Third edition statement (considerably expanded) for Mes fantaisies; Mes nouveaux torts bears the date of the first edition, but from a different publisher than Delalain. A frontispiece by Marillier engraved by de Ghendt and a figure by the same engraved by Gaucher for Mes nouveaux torts. A frontispiece by Eisen, engraved by Longueil, a title vignette and a tailpiece by the same, engraved by de Ghendt for Mes fantaisies. Given the identical binding, we have united these two editions.
    Half vermillion morocco bindings with corners from the late 19th century. Raised band spines with ornaments. Gilt titles. Fillets on boards. Uncut copies, with the original marbled covers. The volume of Mes nouveaux torts is slightly shorter. A tissue guard has been inserted between the frontispiece and title page.
    Very fresh copies, established in perfect unsigned master binding.
    Both works are poetic anthologies. A notice presents the edition of Mes fantaisies as being more carefully prepared than the two previous ones, with cuts and additions, and a new order. One finds the "Discours sur la poésie" as a preface, where the author confesses his inclinations, notably for medieval poetry.
    One will note the important epistle that begins Mes nouveaux torts and explains the title, in which Dorat attempts to explain the origin of his disgrace in the literary world; following this justification, Dorat quotes an exchange of letters with Voltaire. This preface is doubly interesting regarding the world of letters and its intolerance, and regarding the author's biography.
    €600
  74. Epreuves du sentiment
    François Baculard D'ARNAUD
    Epreuves du sentiment
    Chez Le Jay • Delalain|à Paris 1774-1778|14.50 x 22 cm|5 volumes reliés
    First collected edition of this collection of novellas whose 5 volumes appeared from 1774 to 1778. 1774 for the first two volumes, 1775 for the third volume, 1777 for the fourth and 1778 for the fifth volume (volumes to come are announced at the end of published volumes). Due to the extended publication period, it is rare to encounter a homogeneous set with all the correct edition dates. Each novella is separated by a half-title with an edition statement.
    Each novella contains a figure, a half-page title vignette, and a tailpiece by Eisen or Marillier, and engraved by Binet, de Ghuendt, de Longueil... Very beautiful and fine illustration, being 48 figures and 24 tailpieces. The printing, illustration and layout clearly recall the careful editions produced by Dorat. "...but as the illustrations are of the greatest beauty, it is important to obtain the first editions..." Cohen.
    Volume I: Fanny, Lucie et Mélanie, Clary, Julie, Nancy. 5 frontispieces, 5 vignettes and 5 tailpieces by Eisen.
    Volume II: Anne Bell, Sélicourt, Sidney et Volsan, Adelson et Salvini, Sargines. 5 frontispieces, 5 vignettes and 5 tailpieces, by Eisen.
    Volume III: Zénothémis, Bazile, Lorezzo, Liebman, Rosalie. viij pages of sheet music for Sicilian romances. 5 frontispieces, 5 vignettes and 5 tailpieces by Eisen.
    Volume IV: Ermance, D'Almanzi, Pauline et Suzette, Makin, Germeuil. 5 frontispieces, 5 vignettes and 5 tailpieces by Marillier.
    Volume V: Daminville, Henriette et Charlot, Valmiers, Amelie. 4 frontispieces, 4 vignettes and 4 tailpieces by Marillier and Le Barbier.
    Contemporary full brown scaled calf bindings. Raised band spines with ornaments, roulettes at tail and head. Red morocco title labels, and green morocco volume labels. Triple fillet frame on boards. Edges gilt. A small hole at head of volume I, tiny lack at head of volume IV. Rubbing to first raised band of volume I. Upper joints of volumes IV and V narrowly split at head. 3 corners bumped. A 1 cm lack on lower board of volume V. Usage rubbing. Scattered irregular foxing, some leaves yellowed and some yellow dampstain traces. A dampstain trace in left margin of first frontispiece of volume IV. Frontispiece of volume II backed and damaged in its left margin. Absence of half-title in volume II. Spine of fourth volume having lost gilding through rubbing.
    Overall, handsome set in quality binding.
    Most of Baculard d'Arnaud's tales show an immoderate taste for true anecdotes (historical or picturesque and from various countries: Italy, Germany, Spain) and the author is perfectly representative of this literature that would give rise to the gothic and dark novel. An exacerbated, brilliant sentimentalism animates the author's works, with a certain complacency in depicting evil and a rather morbid pleasure in affects. Were it not for the framework that often defines the gothic novel, and which is absent from D'arnaud's works (except for Le comte de Comminges), the author is very close to this movement in late 18th-century literature.


    €900
  75. Alliance des Jacobins de France avec le ministère anglais ...
    Jean-Claude-Hippolyte MÉHÉE DE LA TOUCHE
    Alliance des Jacobins de France avec le ministère anglais ...
    ... les premiers représentés par le C.en Méhée, et le ministre anglais,... Suivi des stratagèmes de Fr... Drake, sa correspondance, ses plans de campagne, etc
    Alliance of the Jacobins of France with the British Ministry; the former represented by Citizen Méhée, and the British Minister,... Followed by the Stratagems of Fr... Drake, his Correspondence, Campaign Plans, etc.
    De L'imprimerie de la République|à Paris 1804 - An XII|14 x 21 cm|broché

    True first edition, including on the verso of the title page the announcement of the work The Memoirs of Montgaillard on the Conspiracy of Pichegru, which would become, by order of the newly crowned Emperor: Memoirs Concerning the Treason of Pichegru. The publisher would be forced to withdraw the announcement of these works and thus to reprint the title page of Méhée de la Touche.
    Original pamphlet, in gray paper wrappers. Unlettered spine. Lack at head and upper joint open for 5 cm. Corners and edges folded. Tear with small damage to text on leaf N1. Uncut copy, with conjugate leaves (except the first 15 pages).

    €600
  76. Vies des fameux architectes depuis la Renaissance des arts, avec la description de leurs ouvrages. Vies des fameux sculpteurs, depuis la Renaissance des arts...
    Antoine-Nicolas DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE
    Vies des fameux architectes depuis la Renaissance des arts, avec la description de leurs ouvrages. Vies des fameux sculpteurs, depuis la Renaissance des arts...
    Chez Debure|à Paris 1787|12.50 x 20 cm|2 volumes reliés
    New edition, rare and posthumous, illustrated with two allegorical frontispieces by Renou and engraved by Robert.
    Contemporary full marbled calf bindings. Raised band spines decorated with compartmented onion tools and roulettes, red morocco title labels. One lack at head of volume I and a cut at head of volume II (with slight lack). Upper joint of volume I cracked at head, and upper joint of volume II narrowly cracked at tail. 2 corners bumped. Rubbing. Light offsetting from the engraving on the title page of volume I. Margins foxed on half-title and final leaves. Despite the few defects mentioned, a handsome copy with quality binding.
    The Lives of Architects and Sculptors are preceded by the Discourse on Architecture (84p.), and the Discourse on Sculpture (36p.). These biographies are classified by nationality; besides the biographical elements proper, the principal buildings realized and books written are also detailed. We count for Italian architects 17 entries, 2 for the English, only one for the Germans, and 23 for the French. The proportion is equivalent for sculptors. Dezallier D'Argenville had previously given an Abridgment of the Lives of Painters, and wanted to rival this work, which Vasari had undertaken during the Renaissance with his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects.

    €900
  79. Le moine. Valérie. Manon Lescaut. Le talisman du coeur. La peine du talion. Le règne de Satan. Riche et pauvre. Télémaque. Mes prisons. la princesse de Montpensier. Les contes de l'atelier. Le barbier de Séville. Le mariage de Figaro. La mère coupable.
    Matthew Gregory LEWIS, ABBé PREVOST
    Le moine. Valérie. Manon Lescaut. Le talisman du coeur. La peine du talion. Le règne de Satan. Riche et pauvre. Télémaque. Mes prisons. la princesse de Montpensier. Les contes de l'atelier. Le barbier de Séville. Le mariage de Figaro. La mère coupable.
    Gustave Havard|Paris 1849|21.50 x 31 cm|relié
    Popular illustrated edition bringing together 14 titles and more, from the Romans populaires illustrés collection. Drawings by Johannot, Beaucé, Staal, Bertall, Baron... It includes the rare title The Monk by Lewis.
    Contents: Valérie by Madame de Krudener. Manon Lescaut by Prévost d'Exiles. Le talisman du coeur by Louis Lurine. La peine du talion by Jules Lacroix. Le règne de Satan by Benjamin Gastineau. Riche et pauvre by Emile Souvestre. Télémaque by Fénelon. Mes prisons by Pellico. La princesse de Montpensier by Madame de Lafayette. Les contes de l'atelier by Michel Masson. Le vicaire de Wakefield by Goldsmith. Simple histoire by Inchbald. 3 plays by Beaumarchais. Printed in 2 columns. A half-title of the Romans populaires illustrés has been bound at the beginning of the work with a table of contents that does not correspond at all to the titles in the volume.
    Contemporary half black shagreen binding. Smooth spine decorated with a large romantic ornament and a roll at head and foot. One split at head. Rubbing to edges and headcaps, but good copy, particularly fresh, on crisp white paper, free from foxing.
    These popular editions are rare in good condition, and very desirable for the quality of their illustrations. They form a too-forgotten history of romantic publishing.
    €280
  89. [BIBLE] Sanctum Iesu Christi Evangelium. Acta apostolorum.
    [BIBLE] Sanctum Iesu Christi Evangelium. Acta apostolorum.
    Apud Franciscum Regnault|Parisiis [Paris] • (Paris) 1542|7.50 x 11.50 cm|relié
    New miniature edition of the Latin Vulgate, following the first which seems to have appeared in 1531, published by Yolande Bonhomme, but which was not illustrated. An edition is also recorded in 1538 by Simon de Colines, without illustration. Title page within an engraved Renaissance frame. A specific title page for the Epistles: Pauli aposto - l'epistolae.
    The work is illustrated with 30 woodcut figures, detailed as follows: 4 figures for the Gospels (saints with their attributes in medieval or Renaissance scenes) and numerous historiated initials depicting the Passion narrative. A frontispiece for the Acts of the Apostles (repeated for Epistola Petri apostoli prima). A frontispiece for the Epistles (Saint James as preacher, walking, with a fortified city in the background, dressed in 16th-century clothing and bearing the Saint James shell on his hat and cape (figure repeated for Epistola canonica Iacobi apostoli). A frontispiece for Epistola beati Ioannis. 21 allegorical figures for the Apocalypse, including the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, a rain of stars, the seven-headed crowned beast...
    Edition absent from English and French catalogues, from the British Library and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. The figures differ from the multiple illustrated editions published by Gryphe from 1539 to 1542. Absent from the Hollis catalogue at Harvard.
    Contemporary full glazed brown calf binding. Spine with raised bands, unlettered. The binding having shifted, the fore edge formed by the leaves creates a bulging protrusion that extends beyond the boards. Title page very browned. Right corner of the first three leaves missing, in margin, not touching text but having taken away a small part of the Renaissance frame of the title page. Last leaf detaching. Index leaves browned, otherwise generally fresh, with some leaves bearing small brown stains. Missing before the Apocalypse four leaves of Epistola beati Ioanni Apostoli secunda.
    Rare illustrated miniature edition of the New Testament.

    €2,500
  90. Ruris deliciae
    François BERTRAND
    Ruris deliciae
    Apud Barbou|Parisiis [Paris] • (Paris) 1756|9 x 16 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Full brown marbled and glazed calf binding. Decorated smooth spine. Beige morocco title label. Speckled edges. Tear with loss to joints at foot. One corner bumped. Despite the mentioned defect, handsome copy.
    Poetic anthology with a Latin part and a French part, which can be translated as The Pleasures of the Countryside, compiled and whose poems were gathered by François Bertrand. Around this theme of the countryside are thus gathered poems by Horace, Virgil, Houdard de la Mothe, Ménage, De La Farre.
    €200
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