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  3. Lettres sur divers sujets de morale et de pieté
    Jacques Joseph DUGUET
    Lettres sur divers sujets de morale et de pieté
    Chez Jacques Estienne|à Paris 1708|9 x 16 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition. The Lettres sur les novices which form the beginning of the work had already appeared several times; moreover, this collection of letters would be expanded several times until it reached 4 volumes. The title page of the first volume does not indicate volume numbering, the second volume, dated 1726, indicates Tome second; this is also a very first edition published as a sequel to the 1708 edition.
    Contemporary full red morocco binding. Richly decorated raised spine. Gilt title and volume number with decorations. Triple fillet frame on boards with corner fleurons. Upper joint of volume I cracked 1cm at head. Sumptuous gold-ground paper on endpapers with polychrome flowers. Handsome morocco copies with small brown stains on boards.
    These letters deal with various subjects of piety and morality, on novices and how to guide them when they enter religious life, on death, on consolation in Jesus Christ, Lent, confession... Duguet was a member of the Oratorians and close to Jansenist ideas, ideas which obliged him to leave his first church and join Antoine Arnault and Pasquier in Brussels.
    Manuscript ownership inscription on endpaper: Ludovici Baugé clerici andegavensis.

    €650
  4. Jacques
    George SAND
    Jacques
    Félix Bonnaire|Paris 1834|13.50 x 22 cm|2 tomes en 2 volumes reliés
    First edition, rare. Fictitious statement of second edition. On the half-title: Publications de la Revue des deux mondes. The review had published the novel in serial form in 1833.
    Contemporary half glazed black calf binding. Spine handsomely decorated with rococo tools. Gilt title and volume number. Some rubbing to edges. Scattered foxing, but fine copy, in a quality binding.
    Sentimental epistolary novel. This is the author's third novel and the first to bear the masculine pen name Georges Sand.

    NB: This work is available at the bookstore upon request within 48 hours.
    €900
  9. Mes prisons suivies du discours sur les devoirs des hommes
    Silvio PELLICO
    Mes prisons suivies du discours sur les devoirs des hommes
    Delahaye|Paris 1853|18.50 x 26.50 cm|relié
    New edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 24 plates and numerous vignettes by Tony Johanot. Handsome romantic illustrated work.
    Polychrome publisher's boards signed Lenègre at foot of spine. Smooth spine richly decorated with a polychrome panel with elaborate design. Front board decorated with a chained man and a wide polychrome floral border frame. On the rear board, a scene showing a young man at his work table. The blue is somewhat faded on the spine, one corner rubbed, rear board dusty at margins. One crease on spine. Handsome copy, perfectly fresh, with some occasional scattered foxing.
    My Prisons are the memoirs of a man incarcerated by arbitrary power. Following the Neapolitan and Piedmontese revolution against the Austrian occupier, all personalities including Silvio Pellico were imprisoned for ten years at Spielberg in Moravia. The text achieved great success once published due to its pious character, Pellico having found hope only through the Catholic religion. The work also contains poetry.
    €400
  10. Libres paroles
    Léon LAURENT-PICHAT, Henri CHEVREAU
    Libres paroles
    Comptoir des imprimeurs-unis|Paris 1847|15 x 24 cm|relié
    The first edition, published in a small number of copies.
    Contemporary full emerald shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt and cold fillets and compartments, triple frame of gilt and cold fillets framing the boards, triple gilt fillet framing the watered silk pastedowns, gilt fillet on the leading edges, all edges gilt. Pastedowns and endpapers somewhat soiled, otherwise a handsome copy.
    Our copy is expanded with a 13-leaf poetic manuscript in Henri Chevreau's hand bound at the head of the work.
    Henri Chevreau published with Laurent-Pichat a collection of verse issued in 1841 titled les Voyageurs.
    €200
  11. Oeuvres choisies de Lebrun
    Ponce Denis LE BRUN
    Oeuvres choisies de Lebrun
    Janet et Cotelle|Paris 1830|13 x 20.50 cm|relié
    Illustrated edition, with a frontispiece portrait of the author by Devéria engraved by Dequevaullier.
    Contemporary full aubergine calf binding, smooth spine richly decorated with gilt rococo tools, triple gilt fillet and cold-stamped dentelle framing the boards, small fleurons in the corners, large cold-stamped central panel featuring a rosette surrounded by rococo motifs on both boards, wide gilt roll framing the pastedowns, marbled paper pastedowns and endpapers, gilt roll on the leading edges and headcaps, some traces of rubbing, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
    Some foxing.
    A handsome copy in a superb Romantic binding.
    €400
  13. Oeuvres du Comte Antoine Hamilton
    Antoine HAMILTON
    Oeuvres du Comte Antoine Hamilton
    Chez Antoine-Augustin Renouard|Paris 1812|12.50 x 21 cm|3 volumes reliés
    New edition, considered the most beautiful and most correct of the author's complete works. Illustrated with 8 portraits by A. de Saint-Aubin in volume I and 4 figures after Moreau le jeune in volume II.
    Contemporary full brown calf bindings, smooth spines richly decorated with gilt and blind fillets, as well as a blind typographical motif, gilt dentelle at head and tail, covers decorated with a gilt fillet, blind cornerpieces and a large blind fleuron in the center, Greek key roll framing the pastedowns, all edges gilt.
    Joints slightly rubbed, otherwise a handsome copy.
    Antoine Hamilton is primarily the author of the Mémoires du comte de Grammont, which Etiemble (author of the 18th-century anthology in the Pléiade collection and rediscoverer of 18th-century authors like Crébillon fils) considers one of the masterpieces of the period. His tales were also appreciated, including Fleur d'épine and Le bélier. Despite the work accomplished by Etiemble, and the complete rehabilitation of Crébillon fils, Hamilton remains fully to be rediscovered.
    Cottin-Angar bookplate.
    €300
  14. Oeuvres de Gresset
    Jean-Baptiste-Louis GRESSET
    Oeuvres de Gresset
    Chez Ant. Aug. Renouard|Paris 1811|13 x 21 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition of Parrain magnifique.
    Near-contemporary full green morocco bindings, spines with five raised bands uniformly sunned, decorated with gilt fleurons, dentelles and fillets, gilt roulette on leading edges, gilt striated stars on headcaps, gilt roulette framing the pastedowns, all edges marbled.
    One frontispiece portrait of the author and 8 figures by Moreau, 7 of which engraved by Simonet and 1 by de Gendht.
    "This edition is the most complete and the best yet published of this poet." (Brunet)
    €600
  15. Paris-Londres Keepsake français 1837, nouvelles inédites
    COLLECTIF
    Paris-Londres Keepsake français 1837, nouvelles inédites
    Delloye, Desmé et Cie|Paris 1837|15 x 24 cm|relié
    First edition illustrated with 26 vignettes.
    Full green shagreen binding, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with gilt romantic ornamental motifs, boards with blind-ruled frames decorated at their centers with gilt romantic ornamental motifs, scratch on lower board, gilt edges, romantic binding by Boutigny.
    Literary contributions by Vigny, Chateaubriand...
    Work illustrated with 26 steel-engraved plates and one title vignette by the finest English artists.
    Foxing.
    €250
  16. Nouveau recueil de fabliaux et contes inédits, des poètes français des XII, XIII, XIV et XVème siècles publié par M. Méon, employé aux manuscrits de la bibliothèque du Roi
    MÉON
    Nouveau recueil de fabliaux et contes inédits, des poètes français des XII, XIII, XIV et XVème siècles publié par M. Méon, employé aux manuscrits de la bibliothèque du Roi
    Chassériau|Paris 1823|16 x 23.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Rare first edition printed on strong laid paper.
    Half blue calf bindings with corners, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets forming triple compartments and large Romantic motifs stamped in gold, gilt fillet on covers, some rubbing, pastedowns and endpapers lined with marbled paper, contemporary binding.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece by Barrois in volume I and a frontispiece drawn and engraved by Langlois du-Pont-de-l'Arche in volume II.
    €700
  17. Mémoires d'un ministre du Trésor Public 1780 - 1815
    François-Nicolas MOLLIEN
    Mémoires d'un ministre du Trésor Public 1780 - 1815
    H. Fournier & Cie|Paris 1845|13 x 21.50 cm|4 tomes en 4 volumes reliés
    First edition; a private edition was made in a few copies for the author's family in 1837, and it took 8 years before the author decided to release it to the public. 9 folding tables (budgets for the years 1806, 1808...)
    Contemporary binding in half glazed blonde calf. Spine with false raised bands decorated with cold and hot fillets, roulette at foot. Red morocco title label, and black morocco volume label. A very slight crack to the upper joint at the head of volume 4, otherwise fine copy, moreover of perfect freshness.
    Essential memoirs for understanding the Empire according to Tulard. Mollien was Minister of the Treasury from the Consulate to the end of the Empire. His memoirs are particularly concerned with details and precision. In the preface, Mollien admits his preference for Adam Smith's school over his own (Mollien spent 5 years in England studying finance after being dismissed and imprisoned during the Terror). He notably created the Court of Auditors. The work begins with an analysis of France's financial situation under Louis XVI, up to Bonaparte's rise. The tax system was consolidated under Napoleon, notably as consequences of the Empire's multiple wars. The memoirs contain numerous letters between the minister and his sovereign. The author thus presents an unprecedented economic and financial portrait of France under the Empire.
    €1,500
  21. Une vie orageuse
    Georgiana FULLERTON
    Une vie orageuse
    H. Casterman|Paris • & Tournai • & Leipzig 1868|11 x 18 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition of the French translation established by René de Maricourt.
    Half red calf bindings, smooth spines with gilt stippling ornamented with black fillets and double gilt fillets, dark green long-grained morocco title and volume labels, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, corners slightly bumped without significance, contemporary bindings.
    Some light foxing.
    Rare.
    €150
  26. Oeuvres diverses
    François de MAUCROIX
    Oeuvres diverses
    J. Techener|Paris 1854|10.50 x 18 cm|2 volumes reliés
    New edition published from the manuscript of the Reims library by Louis Paris.
    Half dark green morocco bindings, spines slightly faded with four raised bands set with black fillets, small traces of rubbing on the bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings signed by Gardien.
    Work illustrated with headpieces, initial letters and tailpieces.
    Pen initials inscribed at the head of an endpaper.
    €150
  31. Paraphrases sur les epistres canoniques
    Antoine GODEAU
    Paraphrases sur les epistres canoniques
    Chez la veuve Camusat|à Paris 1640|7.50 x 13.50 cm|relié

    First edition. One title-frontispiece.
    Contemporary full red morocco binding à la Du Seuil. Spine with raised bands richly decorated. Gilt title. Covers decorated with a central frame of three fillets and a dotted fillet, with corner tools; second frame similar to the first with small angular tools. Lacking the two endpapers pasted down on the first and last leaves. Very handsome copy.
    Antoine Godeau (1605-1672), Bishop of Grasse, poet and exegete, from the moment he became a priest (March 16, 1636) then bishop appointed by Richelieu, Godeau abandoned literature and turned to religious writings. He is the author of several paraphrases, notably on the famous psalms of David, the epistles of Saint Paul...

    €700
  32. Sermons pour tous les jours du careme
    Louis BOURDALOUE
    Sermons pour tous les jours du careme
    Chez la veuve Marbre Cramoisy|à Paris 1692|7.50 x 13.80 cm|relié

    First edition.
    Full aubergine morocco binding, late 19th century, signed by Chambrolle-Duru. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Rich decorative gilt board-edges. All edges gilt. Spine uniformly faded to dark green. A handsome copy, nevertheless.
    Sermons by one who was considered the greatest preacher of his time. The sermons went through many editions and were widely read in the 19th century.

    €500
  35. Oeuvres
    Jean-Baptiste-Louis GRESSET
    Oeuvres
    Chez Les libraires associés|à Paris An XIII - 1805|9.50 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés
    New edition.
    Contemporary half blonde sheep bindings. Smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets, dentelles and fleurons.
    Spine of volume two slightly damaged by opening, as well as joints of the same volume minimally damaged at head. Some foxing on endpapers and title pages.
    Late edition of the author's works, a playful, light and sarcastic poetry, of which he himself established the genre at the beginning of the 18th century.
    €200
  40. Jugement de Pluton, sur les deux parties des Nouveaux dialogues des morts
    Bernard le Bovier de FONTENELLE
    Jugement de Pluton, sur les deux parties des Nouveaux dialogues des morts
    Chez Michel Brunet|à Paris 1703|9.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
    Second edition, after the first published in 1684.
    Contemporary full blonde calf binding. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons as well as a red title-label. Gilt roulette on edges and headcaps. All edges speckled red. Handsome copy.
    The work was written after the publication of the Nouveaux dialogues de mort, and is connected to it only by the literary device of giving voice to the dead, a genre which was very popular in the 17th century. Through a series of letters, Lettres des Vivants aux Morts, Requête des morts désintéressés... Fénelon presents a satirical portrait of the political events of his time.
    €200
  42. Mémoires et correspondance
    Louise Tardieu d'Esclavelles ÉPINAY
    Mémoires et correspondance
    Chez Brunet|à Paris 1818|13 x 20 cm|3 volumes reliés
    First edition. There would be three editions the same year.
    Contemporary half brown sheep bindings with corners. Smooth spines decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons as well as red and blue morocco title and volume labels. Joints slightly cracked and showing some rubbing. Some dampstaining.
    "Woman writer, salonnière and friend of philosophers and famous writers in the 18th century, Louise d'Épinay is the author of Memoirs whose originality is situated on two levels: from the point of view of content first, because it is a history of her family and the literary events of the century, a history however 'self-reflective' and filled with her own feelings and reflections; then, from the point of view of form, since it involves a singular combination of letters, memories and first-person diary pages and short third-person narratives." Sanda Nemeth-Badescu, Dalhousie French Studies, 2005. The famous muse of the late 18th century was indeed a friend of Rousseau, Grimm, Diderot, Voltaire, etc, and her memoirs interspersed with correspondence best illustrate the world of letters of this late 18th century.
    €500
  44. Les principes de la morale et du goût [suivi de] La boucle de cheveux enlevée
    Alexander POPE
    Les principes de la morale et du goût [suivi de] La boucle de cheveux enlevée
    Chez Briasson|à Paris 1755|10 x 17 cm|2 textes reliés en un volume
    New edition.
    Contemporary full blonde calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with gilt dentelle and fleurons as well as a brown morocco title label. Triple gilt fillet framing the boards. Gilt roulette on the edges and headcaps. All edges gilt. Good copy.
    These two poems by Pope were brought together quite early and multiple editions were made of them, the first is a rather lyrical didactic poem on the nature of man and his place in the universe, and the second, quite different, is a graceful and libertine poem on the divinities of love, sylphs and gnomes, who assist young girls in their amorous emotions.
    €250
  45. Discours de M. de Loménie prononcé à l'Académie Française le jour de sa réception, 8 Janvier 1874
    Louis de LOMÉNIE
    Discours de M. de Loménie prononcé à l'Académie Française le jour de sa réception, 8 Janvier 1874
    Didier & Cie|Paris 1874|14 x 22.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half caramel shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets decorated with black double compartments at the centers of which appear the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times, turquoise blue shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, elegant later unsigned binding.
    Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave Flaubert.
    €100
  46. Mémoires du chevalier de Grammont d'après les meilleures éditions anglaises
    Philibert de GRAMONT
    Mémoires du chevalier de Grammont d'après les meilleures éditions anglaises
    Charpentier|Paris 1926|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    New edition of the French translation accompanied by an appendix containing extracts from the Journal of Samuel Pepys and that of John Evelyn on the facts and characters of the Memoirs of Grammont.
    Half red calf binding with corners, spine lightened with four raised bands set with gilt garlands decorated with gilt double compartments adorned with gilt typographical motifs, dark green morocco title label, frame of double gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
    Some light foxing.
    €100
  50. Le Premier Livre des poemes de Jean Passerat
    Jean PASSERAT
    Le Premier Livre des poemes de Jean Passerat
    Par la veuve Mamert Patisson|à Paris 1602|9.50 x 14.80 cm|relié
    Edition with some parts in first edition, the main part of which appeared in 1597, but which contains for the first time Le Fresne, L'Espérance, La Divinité des procès, Sur un anneau, Je pensais que vertu, La Femme et le Procès, Ce Petit Dieu colère, On demande en vain; that is 7 new poems (only 17 had appeared in 1597).
    Full dark green morocco binding late 19th century. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 fleurons. Boards decorated à la Du Seuil, inner frame with fleurons in the corners. Rich inner frieze. Spine lightened. Light rubbing to corners, joints and headcaps. The copy appears, judging by the handmade paper of the pastedowns, to have been rebound.
    This is the last book published during the author's lifetime and revised by his hand, the latter having died in 1602, at the age of 68. Although he was a very enlightened humanist and a profound scholar, friend to many poets (Muret, Ronsard, Baïf...), he is the author of light and particularly witty poetry, without affectation, nourished by Antiquity, where wordplay and rhymes embellish the poems. Professor of eloquence and Belles-Lettres, Passerat would publish very little during his lifetime, yet he was highly appreciated
    €1,000
  51. Satires
    JUVÉNAL
    Satires
    Dalibon|Paris 1826|15.50 x 25.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Second edition of the French translation established by J. Dusaulx, expanded with notes and preceded by historical notices on the life of Juvenal and on that of Dusaulx.
    Half dark green straight-grained morocco with corners, spine with four raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with triple gilt compartments, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edges gilt, elegant near-contemporary unsigned bindings but attributable to Niédrée.
    Our copy is exceptionally expanded with over 90 engravings including 3 portraits of Juvenal as well as vignettes and portraits.
    Provenance: from the library of Léon Rattier with his bookplates pasted on the blank endpapers.
    Bibliophile's annotation at the head of an endpaper in the first volume, some light foxing of no consequence.
    Handsome copy beautifully presented in a charming near-contemporary binding.
    €350
  52. Monsieur de Camors
    Stanislaw REJCHAN, Octave FEUILLET
    Monsieur de Camors
    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1885|20 x 29 cm|relié
    Edition illustrated with 11 original compositions by Stanislaw Rejchan, one of 100 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
    Half navy blue morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with gilt double compartments embellished with gilt typographical motifs, gilt date at foot, gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, corners slightly bumped, some tears on the leading edges, contemporary binding signed by A. Knecht. Our copy, as stipulated in the justification page, is indeed complete with the duplicate suite of compositions.
    Fine interior condition.
    A handsomely established copy in a charming signed contemporary binding which shows some defects of wear.

    « Développer à toute leur puissance les dons physiques et intellectuels qu'il tenait du hasard , faire de lui-même le type accompli d'un civilisé de son temps, charmer les femmes et dominer les hommes, se donner toutes les joies de l'esprit , des sens et du pouvoir , dompter tous les sentiments naturels comme des instincts de servage , dédaigner toutes les croyances vulgaires comme des chimères ou des hypocrisies, ne rien aimer, ne rien craindre et ne rien respecter que l'honneur : tels furent, en résumé, les devoirs qu'il se reconnut et les droits qu'il s'arrogea . »
    €250
  53. Fragments d'un journal intime
    Henri Frédéric AMIEL
    Fragments d'un journal intime
    H. Georg|Genève [Geneva] • & Paris • & Bâle [Basel] 1892|12 x 19.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Sixth edition preceded by a study by Edmond Scherer.
    Full chocolate brown morocco bindings, spine with five raised bands, gilt roulettes on headcaps, marbled paper boards, front covers stamped in their centers with a gilt monogram, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelle framing the pastedowns, top edges gilt, gilt fillets on the leading edges, elegant unsigned bindings.
    A perfectly established copy.
    €300
  54. Ver-vert ou les voyages du perroquet de la visitation de Nevers, poème héroï-comique en quatre chants
    Père & fils GUILLAUMOT, Jean-Baptiste-Louis GRESSET
    Ver-vert ou les voyages du perroquet de la visitation de Nevers, poème héroï-comique en quatre chants
    Rouquette|Paris 1877|18.50 x 27 cm|relié
    Edition published by Georges d'Heylli and illustrated with original etchings by Guillaumot père et fils, one of 30 numbered copies on China paper, deluxe issue with 30 on Whatman.
    Half caramel calf binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced at angles with gilt typographical motifs, hazelnut brown morocco title-label, marbled paper boards, traces of soiling to board margins, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, upper corners slightly bumped.
    Occasional light foxing.
    €120
  57. Tableau politique des règnes de Charles II et de Jacques II, derniers rois de la maison de Stuart
    Antoine-Jacques-Claude-Joseph BOULAY DE LA MEURTHE
    Tableau politique des règnes de Charles II et de Jacques II, derniers rois de la maison de Stuart
    Thomine et Fortic|Paris 1822|12.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Half-bronze calf bindings, spines with four raised bands set with gilt borders decorated with cold-stamped typographical motifs as well as gilt garlands, traces of rubbing to joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, elegant contemporary Romantic bindings.
    Some light foxing of no consequence.
    €200
  58. Correspondance inédite
    Henri HEINE
    Correspondance inédite
    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1867|11.50 x 18 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Half-caramel calf bindings, spines with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt typographical motifs, navy blue morocco title and volume labels, small stains at foot of spine of second volume, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, elegant contemporary bindings.
    Some light foxing of no consequence.
    €200
  65. Oeuvres dramatiques de N. Destouches
    DESTOUCHES
    Oeuvres dramatiques de N. Destouches
    L. Tenré|Paris 1820|13 x 21 cm|6 volumes reliés
    New edition preceded by a notice on the life and works of this author.
    Half red calf bindings, spines slightly faded with four raised bands set with seven gilt fillets decorated with cold-stamped fleurons as well as black dotted lines, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, elegant contemporary Romantic bindings signed by Thouvenin.
    Work illustrated with 12 engravings hors-texte.
    Occasional light foxing of no consequence.
    Handsome set in a charming contemporary Romantic binding signed by Thouvenin, one of the most famous binders of the first half of the 19th century.
    €750
  67. Axel. - Frithiof. - Poésies diverses
    Esaias TEGNÉR
    Axel. - Frithiof. - Poésies diverses
    Librairie française et étrangère|Paris 1846|13 x 21.50 cm|relié

    First edition of the French translation established by mademoiselle R. du Puget.
    Half navy blue shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets decorated with double black compartments at whose centers the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin is repeated five times, joints lightly rubbed at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, a slight nick to one leading edge, speckled edges.
    Some foxing.
    Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave Flaubert.

    €80
  68. Le fond du sac, recueil de contes en vers et en prose & de pièces fugitives
    Jean DUPLESSIS-BERTAUX, François-Félix NOGARET
    Le fond du sac, recueil de contes en vers et en prose & de pièces fugitives
    Leclere|Paris 1866|13 x 20 cm|relié
    Edition printed in 400 numbered copies on Hollande paper and illustrated with a frontispiece as well as 11 vignettes by Duplessis-Bertaux.
    Half green morocco binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
    Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave Flaubert.
    €150
  69. Espagnoles et françaises
    Henriette ARNAUD
    Espagnoles et françaises
    Ladvocat|Paris 1827|13.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Half purple calf bindings, faded spines with four raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with gilt and black fillets, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, romantic contemporary bindings.
    Provenance: from the library of Mouchy with engraved bookplates pasted on the pastedowns bearing pen-written library shelf marks.
    Rare.
    €200
  70. Marino Faliero
    Casimir DELAVIGNE
    Marino Faliero
    Ladvocat|Paris 1829|13 x 21 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Full purple calf binding, faded spine decorated with a gilt cartouche adorned with romantic gilt arabesques, traces of rubbing on the joints, gilt roulettes on the headcaps, frame of a garland stamped in blind as well as double gilt fillets on the boards, boards partially faded, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges on the cuts, some scratches on the boards and cuts, marbled edges, contemporary binding.
    Occasional light foxing.
    Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave Flaubert.
    €150
  71. Libres paroles
    Léon LAURENT-PICHAT
    Libres paroles
    Comptoir des imprimeurs-unis|Paris 1847|15 x 24 cm|relié
    first edition printed in small numbers.
    Full binding shagreen midnight blue, back with four nerves set with gold decorated with double black boxes threads and golden, light head scrapes back, framing of double gold and black nets on the boards, guards and white moiré silk contreplats containing small foxing, framing a set of triple gilt fillets on contreplats, all edges gilt, net gilded on the cuts, both corners with traces of friction, contemporary binding.
    Our copy is enriched with an autograph quatrain signed Leon Laurent-Pichat.
    Some minor foxing.
    €300
  72. Essai sur la vertu et l'harmonie morale [suivi de] Ebauche de la nature et de l'obligation de la morale
    William JAMESON
    Essai sur la vertu et l'harmonie morale [suivi de] Ebauche de la nature et de l'obligation de la morale
    Chez Du Puis|à Paris 1770|10 x 17 cm|2 parties reliées en un volume
    First edition, translated from English by M. Eidous.
    Contemporary binding in full blonde calf. Smooth spine decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons as well as a red morocco title label. Gilt fillet on the edges. All edges red. Two corners slightly bumped and some rubbing, otherwise good copy.
    A work of moral philosophy by pastor William Jameson, based on natural morality, whose purpose, through the study of understanding and perception, is to define moral duty.
    €350
  73. Histoire du dix-neuvième siècle depuis les traités de Vienne
    Georg Gottfried GERVINUS
    Histoire du dix-neuvième siècle depuis les traités de Vienne
    Librairie internationale Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie|Paris • & Bruxelles [Brussels] • & Leipzig • & Livourne [Livorno] 1864-1869|14.50 x 22.50 cm|23 volumes reliés
    First edition of the French translation established by J.F. Minssen.
    Half dark green morocco bindings, spines with five raised bands, dates and places gilt at foot, some traces of rubbing and scratches on some spines, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, some corners slightly bumped without gravity for the set, marbled edges, elegant bindings.
    Some light foxing. Second board damaged at head with head joint slightly cracked and two corners bumped for volume 4.
    Bookplates from the library of Vaux-le-Vicomte pasted on pastedowns.
    Handsome complete set in 23 volumes (22 volumes of text and 1 volume of introduction to 19th century history) established in a charming uniform binding.
    €850
  77. La pécheresse
    Paul FÉVAL
    La pécheresse
    E. Dentu|Paris 1867|11 x 18 cm|relié
    New edition and first edition under this title, adopting that of the publication in the periodical La Semaine in 1848: Une pécheresse.
    The first edition in volume form would appear in 1851 under the title La Femme du Banquier. (cf. Paul Féval. Parcours d'une œuvre, by Jean-Pierre Galvan).
    Half dark green shagreen binding, spine slightly faded with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double gilt compartments, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, one upper corner slightly bumped, speckled edges.
    Gift inscription in blue ballpoint pen on one endpaper.
    Rare and handsome copy.
    €50
  80. Oeuvres
    MOLIÈRE
    Oeuvres
    Desoer|Paris 1819-1825|12.50 x 20 cm|9 volumes reliés
    Edition illustrated with 14 hors-texte engravings and a folding genealogical table.
    Half black shagreen bindings, spine with four raised bands set with gilt garlands decorated with quintuple gilt and black compartments, double gilt fillet frame on black paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, some corners slightly bumped without significance, a small crack in the joint of volume seven, speckled edges.
    Handsome set in uniform binding.
    €450
  82. Le Théâtre espagnol, ou les meilleures comédies des plus fameux auteurs espagnols
    Alain-René LESAGE
    Le Théâtre espagnol, ou les meilleures comédies des plus fameux auteurs espagnols
    Chez Jean Moreau|à Paris 1700|9.50 x 17 cm|relié
    First edition. Translation by Lesage.
    Contemporary binding in full blonde sheep. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons. Gilt roulette on the edges and headcaps. Head restored, otherwise good copy.
    This volume is the first that Lesage provides of Spanish plays from the Golden Age. We know that other French authors of the 17th century provided adaptations of Spanish theater, but the translations were nearly contemporary and one may question Lesage's project of adapting plays that might seem outdated in the eyes of the public. Lesage explains himself in the preface which is a sort of demonstration of his aesthetic project: to renovate the scene of French comedy through the contribution of foreign dramaturgy while preserving the study of characters proper to French writing. Now, the plays presented are indeed adaptations and not merely translations, Lesage moves from the three-act play of Spanish theater to the five acts of French comedy, he substitutes a prose style for the metrical style. The work contains the plays Le Traistre puni and Don Felix de Mendoce.
    €400
  83. Comédies, proverbes et chansons
    Joseph-Alexandre de SÉGUR
    Comédies, proverbes et chansons
    Chez Colnet • Debrai et Mongie|Paris An X - 1810|12.50 x 21 cm|relié
    First edition?
    Contemporary full blonde calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, as well as a brown morocco title label. Gilt fillet and dotted lines on boards. Greek key roll in blind framing the pastedowns. Gilt rolls and lines on edges and headcaps. All edges gilt.
    Corners rubbed, otherwise a handsome copy.
    Joseph Alexandre de Ségur is the brother of the Comte de Ségur, he is the author of light comedies and songs. His brother, whose career as a statesman was ruined by the Revolution and who was condemned to live by his pen, becoming a historian, curiously also published a collection of tales and songs in 1801.
    Bookplate from the library of Henri Bachimont (Henri Bresles), French composer and songwriter.
    €200
  84. Oeuvres
    Jean-Baptiste-Louis GRESSET
    Oeuvres
    Chez Bleuet jeune|Paris An XI - 1803|9 x 14.50 cm|2 tomes reliés en 3 volumes
    Edition illustrated with a portrait of the author and five figures by Moreau le Jeune.
    Contemporary bindings in half red long-grain morocco with corners. Smooth spines decorated with eight gilt fillets. Paper boards. Some foxing, mainly on endpapers. Handsome copy.
    Late edition of the author's works, a playful, light and sarcastic poetry, whose genre he himself established at the beginning of the 18th century.
    €300
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