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  10. [PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Napoléon III
    NAPOLÉON III
    [PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Napoléon III
    Disdéri|Paris 1859|6.20 x 10.50 cm|Photographie|une photographie
    Original albumen photograph of Napoleon III, in carte-de-visite format, mounted on cardboard.
    The photograph bears Disderi's name at the bottom. Phot. On the reverse: Disderi, photographer to the Emperor. Boulevard des Capucines.
    Rare photograph, among the very first of the Emperor, showing a mocking and playful Napoleon III smoothing his mustache, seated on a large damask armchair in a deliberate and studied posture. There exist slightly different versions of this sitting, as Disdéri had not only invented the carte-de-visite format process (he filed the patent for carte-de-visite photography in 1854) but had also developed a device that allowed taking several photographs simultaneously and thus capturing several poses in the same session. The biographical legend of the Emperor tells that in 1859, the Emperor, then 51 years old, stopped at Disdéri's shop while departing for his Italian campaign. Following this sitting and the release of the Emperor's photographs, carte-de-visite photography swept through Paris, and all studios began practicing this technique, since this is one of the first photographs in carte-de-visite format.
    €600
  15. La grande ville. Nouveau tableau de Paris comique, critique et philosophique
    Paul de KOCK
    La grande ville. Nouveau tableau de Paris comique, critique et philosophique
    Au bureau central des publications nouvelles • Victor Magen|Paris 1842 - 1843|16.50 x 26 cm|2 volumes reliés

    First edition illustrated with wood engravings in text by Gavarni, Daumier, D'Aubigny... The second volume published in 1843 contains texts by Balzac, Alexandre Dumas, Soulié, Edouard Ourliac, Eugène de Mirecourt... 29 illustrations by Daumier signed in volume 1, 10 in volume 2. 17 plates in the second volume.
    Contemporary half dark green sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with series of fillets. Blue cloth boards. Boards rubbed, corners slightly bumped. Scattered foxing.



    Rare publication on the Paris of Louis-Philippe. The work proceeds by subject and articles: The wet nurses' bureau, flower sellers, baths, street lamps, sidewalks, theatre exits, beards and moustaches, the Luxembourg gardens, the Opera ball, auctioneers' hotel, lorettes and courtesans (Alexandre Dumas), restaurants and eating houses, pawnshop, Monographie de la presse parisienne (Balzac), Jockey-club, etc.
    "A very important and remarkable work for the beautiful constellation of writers and artists of the Romantic period who collaborated on it." Carteret (Le trésor du bibliophile romantique et moderne).

    €450
  18. Les cythères parisiennes. Histoire anecdotiques des bals de Paris
    Alfred DELVAU, Félicien ROPS
    Les cythères parisiennes. Histoire anecdotiques des bals de Paris
    E. Dentu|paris 1864|11 x 17.20 cm|relié
    First edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 24 etchings on chine collé by Félicien Rops and Emile Thérond (the frontispiece and 18 of the vignettes are indeed by Rops).
    Contemporary half brown shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with fillets. Some rubbing. 2 corners slightly bumped.
    One of Auguste Poulet-Malassis's first productions in Brussels, the F. Rops frontispiece is a heliogravure reworked with etching and drypoint.
    Monograph of all Parisian balls, a fashion particularly followed by all social classes at the time.
    €450
  28. La Pariseide ou les Amours d'un jeune patriote et d'une belle aristocrate ; poème héroi-comi-politique
    ANONYME
    La Pariseide ou les Amours d'un jeune patriote et d'une belle aristocrate ; poème héroi-comi-politique
    Chez Maradan|Paris 1790|12 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition illustrated with a small headpiece.
    Contemporary binding in half speckled sheep, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and fleurons, paste-paper boards. Two small wormholes at the joints and some rubbing.
    Some marginal foxing spots and minimal worming in lower margin without touching the text at end of volume.
    Provenance: from the library of Pierre Louÿs with his bookplate in the form of a red stamp reproducing his signature on the half-title page. Ex-libris stamps "B. Grandmaison" on the title page.
    "This work is nothing other than the history of the Revolution put into dialogue. The plot is taken from the Pucelle, from Tasso and from the Lutrin; one sometimes encounters burlesque scenes." (Feuille de correspondance du libraire, 1791)
    €800
  29. Catalogue de la bibliothèque dramatique de Pont de Vesle. - Catalogue de la bibliothèque théâtrale de M. Joseph de Filippi
    BIBLIOPHILE JACOB [Paul LACROIX]
    Catalogue de la bibliothèque dramatique de Pont de Vesle. - Catalogue de la bibliothèque théâtrale de M. Joseph de Filippi
    Alliance des arts • A. Aubry • Tresse|Paris 1846-1861|13 x 22 cm|3 volumes reliés en 1
    First edition of each catalogue.
    The second catalogue is in two parts.
    Contemporary half grey calf binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets and a fleuron, morocco title-label and compartment in burgundy, marbled paper boards, speckled paper endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary binding.
    A handsome copy attractively bound.


    €250
  38. Lithographie originale en couleurs : "La librairie romantique" - Les Maîtres de l'Affiche - planche 42
    Eugène GRASSET
    Lithographie originale en couleurs : "La librairie romantique" - Les Maîtres de l'Affiche - planche 42
    Les Maîtres de l'Affiche - imprimerie Chaix|Paris 1896|29 x 39.90 cm|une affiche lithographiée sur vélin fin encadrée
    Original color lithograph printed on fine laid paper. Printer's embossed stamp at bottom right of the plate. The poster depicts a pierrot from behind, reading in front of Notre-Dame de Paris.
    Superb French monthly publication, Maîtres de l'Affiche, published between 1895 and 1900 at the initiative of Jules Chéret.
    Each issue of the magazine includes four posters reproduced in bell format and chromolithography, each bearing an embossed authentication stamp.
    Very handsome copy.
    NB: The poster is presented framed; for any shipment it will need to be sent without the frame.
    €450
  47. Poèmes
    Lawrence DURRELL
    Poèmes
    Gallimard|Paris 1966|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First French translation edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Minor foxing to board margins, three small light stains on front cover.
    Precious bicolored autograph inscription signed by Lawrence Durrell to his friend Janine Brun: "For Janine Brun / from Lawrence Durrell /Sommières / Gard", Lawrence Durrell having added, in pink felt-tip pen, two mentions "Pont du Gard" framing the "Gard" of the autograph inscription.
    Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun, Lawrence Durrell met in the mid-1960s the young and vivacious "Jany" (Janine Brun), a Montpellier native in her thirties of devastating beauty, who worked at the Department of Antiquities at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed "Buttons" in memory of their first meeting, where the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the spell of "Buttons", praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we retain precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell, she made numerous trips notably to England from where she received extensive correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed with his artist pseudonym, Oscar Epfs.
    €250
  51. L'amour baroque
    René FALLET
    L'amour baroque
    Julliard|Paris 1971|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Handsome copy despite minute worming of no consequence to edges, small label bearing the name and profession (bookseller) of the dedicatee pasted at head of front free endpaper.
    Fine signed autograph inscription from René Fallet: "Pour monsieur Olibé ces feux de l'amour et du Mozart et les 13 amicales pensées de René Fallet" ["For Monsieur Olibé these fires of love and Mozart and the 13 friendly thoughts of René Fallet"].

    €150
  53. Le vélo
    René FALLET
    Le vélo
    Domat|Paris 1948|12 x 19 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Light worming on endpapers, manuscript ownership inscription in red ballpoint pen at head of first endpaper.
    Rare autograph inscription signed on this text by René Fallet "chevalier du mérite cycliste" to a friend and fellow cycling enthusiast: "Pour Gaby, cyclo de l'Allier avec les amitiés cyclistes sur 52.15 de son compatriote René Fallet" ["For Gaby, cyclist from Allier with cycling friendship over 52.15 from his compatriot René Fallet"].
    €250
  62. Billet autographe signé de Gérard de Nerval adressé à probablement adressé à Achille Denis
    Gérard de NERVAL
    Billet autographe signé de Gérard de Nerval adressé à probablement adressé à Achille Denis
    Paris s. d. [circa janvier 1850]|9.80 x 13.30 cm|une page sur un feuillet, enveloppe jointe
    Autograph letter signed "Gérard de Nerval" addressed to, probably addressed to Achille Denis, editor-in-chief of the Messager des Théâtres. Envelope included.
    Folds inherent to being placed in envelope. A strip of glued paper in the left margin of the sheet and envelope.
    This letter has been transcribed in the correspondence published by Pléiade (volume 3, p. 923).
    In this short note, Nerval requests "three seats for Les Porcherons", an opéra-comique by Thomas Sauvage with music by Albert Grisar.
    €1,500
  63. Billet autographe signé de Gérard de Nerval adressé à Eugène de Stadler
    Gérard de NERVAL
    Billet autographe signé de Gérard de Nerval adressé à Eugène de Stadler
    Paris s. d. [après le 8 août 1854]|9.70 x 13.20 cm|une page sur un feuillet, enveloppe jointe
    Autograph note signed "Gérard" addressed to his close friend Eugène de Stadler. Envelope included.
    Folds inherent to posting. A small hole in the envelope, consequence of its sealing.
    This note has been transcribed in the correspondence published in the Pléiade edition (volume 3, p. 889).
    Astonishing and succinct note written just after his arrival at Doctor Blanche's, inviting his friend to dinner "à la meson (sic) Blanche" ["at the Blanche house"]. On the envelope, in an even more disordered handwriting than that of the note, one reads a few words in pencil: "J'ai donné à Antony et à Blanche [..] Mirecourt" ["I gave to Antony and to Blanche [...] Mirecourt"]. Gérard de Nerval had indeed discovered, a few months earlier, a pamphlet by Eugène de Mirecourt dedicated to him: "...j'ai trouvé la biographie sur l'étalage d'un libraire. Mirecourt m'a bien chargé. Il m'a peint en beau...et en buste. Je relèverai les erreurs quelque autre jour, mais il a trop parlé de ma misère" ["...I found the biography on a bookseller's stall. Mirecourt has really gone after me. He has painted me favorably...and in bust. I will point out the errors some other day, but he has talked too much about my poverty"] (Letter to Georges Bell of June 1, 1854).
    €1,700
  64. Lettre autographe signée de Gérard de Nerval adressée à Armand Barthet, suivie d'un commentaire autographe et biographique de ce dernier
    Gérard de NERVAL, Armand BARTHET
    Lettre autographe signée de Gérard de Nerval adressée à Armand Barthet, suivie d'un commentaire autographe et biographique de ce dernier
    Paris s. d. [fin 1852]|10.20 x 13.20 cm|quatre pages sur un feuillet remplié
    Autograph letter signed "ton ami G." addressed to the poet and playwright Armand Barthet. Nerval congratulates "[his] dear friend" on his drama Le Chemin de Corinthe: "Non seulement je l'ai lu mais je l'ai recommandé chaudement à Delord et à Huard. C'est très beau (ceci est vague) mais c'est même nouveau" ["Not only have I read it but I have warmly recommended it to Delord and to Huard. It is very beautiful (this is vague) but it is even new"].
    Folds inherent to posting. A strip of paper at the junction of the two pages and a restoration to the left inner margin.
    This letter has been transcribed in the correspondence published in the Pléiade edition (volume 3, p. 796).
    The addressee has written, directly following this letter, a moving biographical notice concerning Gérard de Nerval: "Nul ne savait où il demeurait - il rodait toute la nuit, les poches de sa longue redingote, gonflé (sic) de bouquins" ["No one knew where he lived - he wandered all night, the pockets of his long frock coat swollen with books"].
    €3,000
  71. La bonne chanson
    Paul VERLAINE
    La bonne chanson
    [The Good Song]
    Léon Vanier|Paris 1891|12 x 19 cm|relié

    Second edition, printed in a small number of copies on Hollande laid paper.

     

    3/4 red morocco, five raised bands-spine,  gilt date at foot. Slight, superficial fading to spine, marbled paperboards, pebbled flyleaves and pastedowns, original covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, A finely executed, unsigned binding from the late 19th to early 20th century.

    Provenance: from the library of Simone and André Maurois, with their engraved bookplate on front pastedown.


    Signed and inscribed copy by Paul Verlaine to the opera singer Marie-Blanche Vasnier : "A Madame Vasnier, hommage respectueux. P. Verlaine." [To Madame Vasnier, with respectful homage. P. Verlaine']


    Marie-Blanche Vasnier was the muse of the young Claude Debussy, fourteen years her junior, to whom he dedicated numerous songs of love.

    €3,000
  83. Vers majeurs
    Pierre Jean JOUVE
    Vers majeurs
    Egloff|Paris 1942|16.50 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 650 numbered copies on vellum.
    Two small light dampstains without consequence at head and foot of spine.
    Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Jean Jouve to Edwin Judson Pratt: "... dans la ténèbre et la clarté de 1944, avec la fraternelle confiance et l'amitié de Pierre Jean Jouve. Décembre1942." ["... in the darkness and clarity of 1944, with fraternal confidence and the friendship of Pierre Jean Jouve. December 1942."]
    €150
  86. Lettre autographe signée de Gérard de Nerval adressée à son père le Dr Labrunie
    Gérard de NERVAL
    Lettre autographe signée de Gérard de Nerval adressée à son père le Dr Labrunie
    Paris s. d. [circa mars 1841]|10 x 13.10 cm|un feuillet et son enveloppe dépliée
    Very rare autograph letter signed "Gérard Labrunie" addressed to "[his] dear papa" Dr. Labrunie.
    13 lines written in small handwriting in black ink on one page. Unfolded envelope attached showing several postal stamps, restored on the back with an adhesive piece.
    A few transverse creases as well as some very discrete holes, not touching the text and inherent to the use of a pin to seal the letter.
    Fine letter from Gérard Labrunie to his "dear papa" about a "very complicated affair" relating to the "capacity as surrogate guardian" of the writer's father.
    Very rare signature of Gérard de Nerval under his real patronymic name: Gérard Labrunie.
    €5,800
  87. Lettre autographe signée de Gérard de Nerval adressée à Georges Bell
    Gérard de NERVAL
    Lettre autographe signée de Gérard de Nerval adressée à Georges Bell
    Paris s. d. [novembre 1853?]|10 x 13.60 cm|un feuillet et son enveloppe dépliée
    Autograph letter signed "votre G." ["your G."] addressed to Georges Bell, written in blue ink on the recto of a small sheet. Unfolded autograph envelope included containing a sentence that Nerval had not put in his letter.
    This letter has been transcribed in the Pléiade, volume 1, letter 264.
    After several missed appointments and while he was at Dr. Blanche's clinic, Nerval asks George Bell not to "[se] préoccupe[r] pas trop de l'affaire de Passy" ["worry too much about the Passy affair"]. Despite his confinement, Nerval continues to conduct his business: "Je conçois un projet ou système d'emprunt qui a quelques chances de réussite - mais il faut que j'engage très sérieusement ma signature." ["I am conceiving a project or loan system that has some chances of success - but I must very seriously commit my signature."] He ends his letter with an enigmatic formula: "Vous savez que je vous ai fait un conte ce matin. Je sortais des bras de...cherchez." ["You know that I told you a tale this morning. I was coming from the arms of...guess."]
    €3,000
  88. [PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Jean-Jacques Henner dédicacé
    Jean-Jacques HENNER
    [PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Jean-Jacques Henner dédicacé
    Ad. Braun & Cie|Paris 1880|11 x 16.50 cm|Photographie|une photographie
    Original photograph on albumen paper, Cabinet format, mounted on rigid cardboard by Ad. Braun & cie, with their address in red at the bottom of the photograph. The Braun house was in fact specialized in photographing works of art and worked with Henner for the reproduction of some of his works.
    Inscription from Jean-Jacques Henner to American banker and art and painting collector Henry Graves: A monsieur Graves. JJ Henner. ["To Mr. Graves. JJ Henner."]
    Advertisement on reverse: Collection en format album et cate de visite de 500 célébrités contemporaines photographiées de 1848 à 1884. ["Collection in album and carte de visite format of 500 contemporary celebrities photographed from 1848 to 1884."] The photoglyptic version of this proof can be found, therefore reversed, but not the original photographic version, all the more rare in Cabinet format.





    €1,000
  89. Poésies complètes
    Charles-Marie LECONTE DE LISLE
    Poésies complètes
    Poulet Malassis & De Broise|Paris 1858|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    Collected edition with some parts in first edition.
    Full burgundy morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, gilt rolls on headcaps, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelle border on pastedowns, gilt fillet on leading edges, covers and sunned spine preserved, top edge gilt, engraved vignette pasted at head of endpaper as bookplate, elegant binding signed and dated 1911 by David.
    Our copy is enriched with a photographic postcard representing Leconte de Lisle slightly in profile, as well as two autograph poems written on both sides of a leaf mounted on a stub: "La magicienne" and "La quenouille". These two poems are part of the Idylles of Theocritus of which Leconte de Lisle was one of the translators.
    Handsome copy, perfectly bound, complete with the frontispiece etched by Louis Duveau which is often lacking and greatly enriched with two autograph poems (cf. Clouzot).
    €2,300
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