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First edition in French established by Armand Godoy, one of a few hors commerce copies on Rives paper, ours specially printed for Madame Armand Godoy.
Half burgundy morocco with corners, smooth spine, date at foot, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges, binding signed by Canape. Frontispiece with a portrait of the author by Gorvel.
Handsome copy elegantly bound.

First edition of these memoirs - extract from the first issue of the Description de l'Égypte, in the section titled "Etat Moderne", 
Bound in full modern cream parchment-style boards. Black morocco title label. A wide-margined, untrimmed copy.
The city of Qoçeyr lies on the shores of the Red Sea, along the trade route between Egypt and Arabia. The author stayed there during his journey in Egypt. M. Costaz undertook a voyage and stay in Nubia in 1799, from which he brought back these invaluable observations, of a still largely unknown region.

First edition, rare. As the foreword recalls, this short story by Madame de Genlis had originally appeared in the Bibliothèque des romans, volume V.

Contemporary full brown grained sheep binding. Smooth spine with 4 dots and fillets. Black calf title-label. One tear with small loss to upper cover. One corner slightly bumped. Fine copy, fresh. At end: Work by Madame de Genlis sold by the same bookseller.
The forgotten masterpiece of the Comtesse de Genlis, a short story with classical writing that responds so well to the writing precept she established: "clarity, naturalness, purity, elegance are the indispensable marks of good style", and to her conception of the short story: "in this last work everything must move toward the goal with rapidity, or everything must relate to it." Mademoiselle de Clermont recounts the authentic passion of young Marie-Anne de Bourbon-Condé, princess of the blood, for a duke whom her social rank forbids her to marry. In this true story reported to the author, no facility such as love at first sight, the outpouring of amorous language. The short story is brief, effective, stripped of all artifice. "Mme de Genlis the narrator constructs narrative structures where, through a subtle interplay between the time of telling and the time of what is told, narration in the past and commentary in the present succeed each other; frame narrative and embedded narrative. Amel ben Amor, Doctoral thesis in French Languages and Literatures." 18th Century Literature

The rare first edition. The letter to the king is preceded by his coat of arms which occupies the facing page. Royal armorial vignette on title.

Contemporary limp vellum binding. Unlettered smooth spine. Good copy.

Curious collection of letters that the author addressed to great figures in order to obtain favors and gratifications from them. Printed without signatures or pagination so as to be able to change the order of the letters and offer the dedication to each of the persons in the letters. 35 letters compose the collection, this one seeming to have been composed for the king, followed by the queen, the prince, and the Dukes.

First edition with a frontispiece by Félicien Rops. Original wrappers preserved. Posthumous edition. Mallarmé and Huysmans, executors of Villiers's estate, undertook to establish this edition with Léon Dierx, for the benefit of the writer's widow and their son Victor. Complete with the 2 leaves of the publisher's catalogue.
Publisher's inscription on the half-title: "A Eugène Marchal, en souvenir de notre bonne camaraderie. L'éditeur..." ["To Eugène Marchal, in memory of our good friendship. The publisher..."] (illegible signature, probably Léon Dierx).
Contemporary Bradel binding in half wine-red morocco. Smooth spine decorated with mirror tools. Gilt title. Top edge gilt. Spine uniformly faded. One corner slightly bumped.
Fantaisies, Pamphlet et souvenirs.

New edition, illustrated with 10 etchings by Léopold Flameng and engraved by André Salmon. A handsome edition, carefully printed on Dutch laid paper. Title pages in red and black.

Contemporary half-shagreen binding with corners. Spine with raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and inlaid with a central black fleuron. Gilt titles and date at foot. Separating fillets on boards. Top edge gilt. Uncut copy.

A very fine copy in superb condition.

First edition, one of 43 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper vellum, the only deluxe copies ("grands papiers") after 8 Holland paper.
Beautiful and rare copy.