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  3. Jocelyn
    Alphonse de LAMARTINE
    Jocelyn
    Librairie de Charles Gosselin • Furne|Paris 1836|13 x 21 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Full green sheep bindings, strictly contemporary. Smooth spines richly decorated with Restoration-era tools. Black sheep title and volume labels. Large decorative blind stamp on boards and gilt ruling frame. Ruling on edges. Spines uniformly faded. Signs of rubbing. 2 corners slightly bumped. Scattered foxing, quite pronounced on the second title page and some pages, mostly in the outer margins, the whole showing rather clean. One tear p. 179 in volume 1, without loss.
    Handsome copy in full decorated Romantic binding.


    €800
  4. Magnum & universale concilium ecclesiae militantis super veritate Eucharistiae sacramenti
    Benedicto VERNIERO
    Magnum & universale concilium ecclesiae militantis super veritate Eucharistiae sacramenti
    Apud Sebastianum Nivellium|Paris 1554|10.50 x 17.50 cm|relié

    First edition, illustrated with a large title vignette depicting the Council of Nicaea with bishops on the left and monks on the other side, Christ in the center, levitating above a pulpit; a vignette representing the Last Supper on folio 9; a tailpiece vignette showing a king and monks supporting a banner or cartouche. 2 criblé initials.



    Full vellum binding, later ca 1860. Spine with raised bands in Jansenist style. Black morocco title label. Small lacks to outer margin on folio 70; traces of pale yellow dampstaining to outer margin from folio 73 to the end. Some soiling to the binding. Handsome copy.
    The theology of the sacrament of the Eucharist according to the first Council of Nicaea and the church fathers. Benedictus Vernierus was a monk from Bourges. It proves very difficult to gather biographical information; it seems that a cardinal of the 13th century bears the same name. The work appears as a compilation of quotations on the Eucharist, from the Gospels, according to the Church Fathers and the writings left by the Council of Nicaea. We thus have a succession of names each with a short paragraph: Aurelius, Eusebius, Gregorius, S. Bruno...

    €800
  6. Lettre autographe signée d'une page et demie
    Pierre Jean JOUVE
    Lettre autographe signée d'une page et demie
    S. n.|Paris 1er août 1926|14 x 21.50 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter dated August 1, 1926 and signed with a page and a half of Pierre Jean Jouve apologizing to his correspondent after the latter knocked on his door and Pierre Jean Jouve, then bedridden and suffering, could not open to him. Embarrassed and exhausted, he wishes to see his interlocutor on his return to Paris, which he leaves during the day and which he will not hold against him for the incident described above.
    "Dear sir, I am very confused about what happened the other day and I apologize. When you knocked on my door I was at home, but ill, and in such uneasiness as I do not know. could neither open you nor make any sign to you. I tried to reach you on Saturday and explain the circumstances to you by telephone, without being able to find you. I am leaving Paris this afternoon, very tired. I hope that we will be able to see each other this fall, and especially that you will not have any resentment against me, and I beg you to believe in my cordial feelings. "
    €150
  7. Le cor fleuri
    Éphraïm MIKHAËL
    Le cor fleuri
    Tresse & Stock|Paris 1889|13 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition for which no mention is made of deluxe copies.
    Small lacks to margins of certain leaves, a tiny lack at head of first cover.
    Created at the Théâtre Libre on December 10, 1888, Le Cor fleuri marks the young poet's theatrical debut. This "fairy play in one act" tells the amorous rapture of a fairy transformed into a woman, and was the subject of a posthumous musical adaptation by his friend the poet Ferdinand Herold to music by Fernand Halphren, student of Gabriel Fauré.

    Considered by Victor Hugo as "the hope of French poetry"
    €450
  8. Voyages de Gulliver dans des contrées lointaines
    Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard GRANDVILLE, Jonathan SWIFT
    Voyages de Gulliver dans des contrées lointaines
    Furne et Cie • H. Fournier|Paris 1838|13 x 21 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First printing of Grandville's illustration. A frontispiece on flying China paper and 450 wood-engraved vignettes in-text, and 5 hors texte, the four titles of the four voyages and the literary allegory as frontispiece to the notice. New translation, biographical and literary notice on Jonathan Swift by Walter Scott.
    Contemporary grey glazed calf half-binding in Romantic style. Smooth spine with a long Romantic tool and 2 mirrored tools, with fillets. Light traces of rubbing. Some scattered foxing, mainly marginal. Handsome copy.
    "This complete illustration occupies one of the first ranks in Grandville's work." (Carteret, III, 578). This very beautiful illustrated Romantic work is extremely rare in fine condition. It is printed on tinted laid paper." Carteret III, 578.

    €850
  9. Le dictionnaire universel des arts et des sciences
    Thomas CORNEILLE, Bernard le Bovier de FONTENELLE
    Le dictionnaire universel des arts et des sciences
    Chez Jean-Baptiste Coignard|à Paris 1732|26 x 40 cm|2 volumes reliés
    New edition, corrected and expanded by Fontenelle. Volume I extends from A to L, volume II from M to Z. 2 title vignettes and engraved initials by Mariette. Title pages in red and black. Printed in 2 columns.
    Armorial copy with arms completely scraped away. One can still distinguish an anchor in the shield and a shell at the upper right of the anchor.
    Contemporary full brown calf binding. Spine with raised bands richly decorated with central fleuron and scattered stars. Title and volume labels in garnet morocco. Split headcaps. Joints cracked at head and foot. Corners very bumped and worn. Lacks to edges, along the raised bands.
    This dictionary of terms used in the sciences and arts originally appeared in 1684. Fontenelle corrected numerous errors and approximations in it, notably due to a certain lack of knowledge of the origin of words, particularly Greek ones. Fontenelle further extended the dictionary to other fields, natural sciences, with birds, fish, but also religious and military orders, certain words from old French... His work ranks him among the first encyclopedists of the 18th century.
    €600
  12. L'âge de soleil
    Pablo PICASSO, Robert J. GODET
    L'âge de soleil
    Robert J. Godet|Paris 1950|23 x 28.50 cm|broché
    Illustrated edition, frontispiece, of an original engraving by Pablo Picasso on a flyer, one of 1000 numbered copies.
    Stained boards, an angular fold at the foot of the second board.
    We enclose two reproductions of photographs of judo shots.
    Our copy is enriched with an original drawing of Robert J. Godet representing a devil in judoka kimono surmounted by two intertwined katanas embellished with this autograph dated and signed: "Why does this young devil look so pitiful Because he feels that if he continues to work bent in two, he will never have the black belt, wishing him for it soon Robert J. Bucket Black Belt 18.11.50 ".
    €680
  14. Propagande
    Sacha GUITRY, Francis CARCO
    Propagande
    Roger Da Costa|Paris 1932|18 x 25 cm|broché
    Rare first edition of this promotional booklet by publisher Roger Da Costa illustrated with 5 plates including one in relief on nacreous Japan paper, a photogravure in two tones (yellow vellum and painted poster), a photogravure in two colors and one in typography in 3 colors.
    Fine copy of this booklet bearing, on the first cover, the printed statement: "A bibliophile would keep it".
    Contributions by Odette Pannetier "De la publicité", Francis Carco, Georges de La Fouchardière "Publicité" and Sacha Guitry "Zim ! Boum ! Boum ! ".

    €450
  15. Lettres récréatives et morales sur les moeurs du temps
    Louis-Antoine Marquis de CARACCIOLI
    Lettres récréatives et morales sur les moeurs du temps
    Se vend chez Bassompierre • Van dern Berghen|à Paris 1768|10 x 17 cm|relié

    New edition.



    Contemporary full marbled brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Tan morocco title and volume labels. Lacks at head of volume I. Tailcap of volume II split off. Upper joint of volume III opened at head. Upper corners very bumped and worn bare.
    Collection of moral letters on contemporary manners. According to the author's preface which criticizes epistolary novels, these letters would be real and addressed to a certain Count.


    €250
  16. Histoire de l'Irlande ancienne et moderne
    James MAC-GEOGHEGAN
    Histoire de l'Irlande ancienne et moderne
    Chez Antoine Boudet|à Paris 1758 - 1763|19.50 x 25.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
    The rare first edition, written directly in French during the author's stay in Possy. The first English translation did not appear until 1831. The set is complete with volume III, which bears the Amsterdam imprint, in the same typography, and contains the privilege, in Paris. The first 2 volumes were indeed printed in Paris and the third in Amsterdam in 1763. The edition is illustrated with 6 folding maps by Robert de Vaugondy, the first heightened in colors.
    Contemporary full marbled brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title and volume labels. Volume I: Upper joint of volume I split with lacks. Lower joint of volume I partly split, with lacks, extensive along the foot compartment. One corner worn bare and bumped. A lack at head and to two bands. The spine and lower board darker than the other volumes. Trace of pale dampstain on the last 3 leaves. Volume II: Headcap split off. 3 lacks along the lower joint. Scuffs to boards. 2 corners bumped. Volume III: A lack to upper joint at head. A lack at foot. Lacks of leather to 2 corners. Despite the defects mentioned, the set has a homogeneous appearance.
    2 late 19th-century armorial bookplates: Library of Baron de Barenghien, with the motto Vis unita fortior.
    The author was chaplain to the Irish troops serving under the French flag and was educated at the Irish college in Paris. Three distinct historical parts compose the work: Pagan Ireland, from "the establishment of the Scoto-Milesians in Ireland until the fifth century", Christian Ireland divided into two periods: from the 5th century until the arrival of the English at the end of the 12th, then from the 13th century until the death of Queen Elizabeth, and finally the Summary of the History of the four Stuarts, on the British throne, from the accession to the throne of James VI, King of Scotland, until the end of the 17th century.

    €1,000
  20. Voyage en Russie, en Tartarie et en Turquie
    Edward Daniel CLARKE
    Voyage en Russie, en Tartarie et en Turquie
    Chez Fantin|à Paris 1812|13 x 21 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition, rare, illustrated with 3 maps and 2 plans, including the general map of Crimea and the plan of the capital of the Don Cossacks. Rare first French edition, translated by Emmanuel de Laubespin, which was withdrawn from sale. Quérard: "The [French] government did not permit the sale of this translation; only a few copies were distributed".
    Contemporary full brown calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with 4 quatrefoil tools and multiple fillets. Red morocco title and volume labels. Decorative border on the board doubled with gilt fillet. Interior fillet. Wear to spine and boards. Volume 2 label scraped with loss of leather. 3 corners slightly bumped. Some rare and pale foxing. Despite defects, handsome copy overall.
    English mineralogist and archaeologist teaching at Cambridge University where he became librarian. Clarke was an tireless traveler throughout his life, first in Italy, Scandinavia, Greece, Russia, Turkey, Egypt and the Holy Land; travels which allowed him to collect many minerals and make precise observations of physical and human geography. Besides his critical observations, notably on Tsar Paul, which earned him a ban from the French government, Clarke's journey (1799-1802) is particularly interesting since he traveled beyond the European limits of Russia and dealt with the Don Cossacks whose life, organization and customs he describes. He then descended to the Sea of Azov, traveled in Crimea, to Odessa, and to Constantinople. The author's principal quality is his gift of observation and his multiple interests, as much for insects, venomous snakes as for the customs of Russians and Cossacks or commerce on the Black Sea.


    €1,400
  24. History of the United States
    Edmund OLLIER
    History of the United States
    Cassell Petter & Galpin|London • & Paris • & New York s. d. [circa 1880]|18.50 x 26 cm|3 volumes reliés
    Edition illustrated with numerous in-text illustrations.
    Half bottle-green shagreen bindings, spines with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons and fillets, author's name gilt at foot of spines, some rubbing to spines without serious damage, blind fillet frame on bottle-green paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, some corners slightly bumped, contemporary bindings.
    Handsome interior condition.
    €400
  32. Exquisite Art Deco binding by Geneviève de Léotard
    La saison au bois de Boulogne
    Jean-Emile LABOUREUR, Maurice BEAUBOURG
    La saison au bois de Boulogne
    André Delpeuch|Paris 1928|19 x 26.50 cm|relié

    Edition illustrated with 16 original copper engravings by Jean-Emile Laboureur, one of 25 numbered copies on vieux Japon à la forme, deluxe issue.
    Full green box calf binding, smooth spine decorated with inlaid pieces of brown and red box calf forming a pattern of alternating diagonal lines extending onto the boards, a gilt fillet and a palladium fillet on the covers, black watered silk endpapers and doublures framed with a wide strip of green box calf and a geometric composition of red box calf framed in gilt on the doublures, original wrappers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, elegant Art Deco binding dated and signed by Geneviève de Léotard, 1931.

    A precious copy housed in an elegant box calf binding with watered silk doublures, an original Art Deco creation by Geneviève de Léotard, pupil of Pierre Legrain: "At the height of Art Deco, Geneviève de Léotard […] was the only binder to rival Rose Adler in elegance. […] Her originality and inventiveness clearly distinguish her." (Yves Peyré, Histoire de la reliure de création, 2015, p. 184). As Fléty notes, "her well-constructed bindings, with very pure decoration and harmonious tonalities, display a reasoned originality which enabled [her] […] to always rank among the top entries at the exhibitions in which she participated. (Julien Fléty. Dictionnaire des relieurs français ayant exercé de 1800 à nos jours. Technorama, 1988. p. 111).
    Bookplate pasted onto the front free endpaper.
    Our copy, like the copies of the deluxe issue on Japon, is complete with the suite of original engravings.




    €3,000
  45. Documents sur l'art industriel au XXème siècle
    COLLECTIF
    Documents sur l'art industriel au XXème siècleDocuments on industrial art in the 20th Century
    Edition de la Maison moderne|Paris 1901|21 x 30 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    Documents sur l'art industriel au XXème siècle [Documents on industrial art in the 20th Century]
    édition de la Maison moderne | Paris 1901 | 21 x 30 cm | publisher's binding
    First edition illustrated with photographic reproductions of the main works of the Maison Moderne collaborators in fields as diverse as furniture and decoration, metal objects and light fixtures, enamels, sculpture, watchmaking, marquetry, leather goods, ceramics, jewellery and goldsmithing, lace and dyed silks.
    Publisher's binding, blank green cloth spine, flexible mauve boards, first board illustrated with an Art Nouveau decoration by Paul Follot, pastedowns and endpapers designed by Georges Lemmen.
    Catalogue illustrated with ornaments by Paul Vogler and 9 inserts by Félix Vallotton.
    The typography was produced by Eugène Grasset.
    Texts by Gustave Kahn, Gabriel Mourey, Gustave Soulier, Yvanhoé Rambosson, Georges Bans...
    A loose leaf at the beginning of the volume in the chapter dedicated to furniture, a lower corner slightly blunted.
    Rare publication combining Art Nouveau and industrial artistic productions.
    €800
  48. La feuille à l'envers
    Edouard MONTAGNE
    La feuille à l'envers
    Ed. Monnier|Paris 1885|16 x 24 cm|relié
    First edition, alternately illustrated by Gorguet and Fau with initial letters and tailpieces in black, and 10 superb full-page compositions in black with colored and gilt borders. One of 30 copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe edition, No. 12 numbered and signed by Monnier. Original wrappers preserved under an orange tissue sheet (rarely present).
    Contemporary full bordeaux morocco binding. Smooth spine decorated with 4 small fleurons and blind and gilt fillets. Wide decorative border frame on boards. Interior frieze. Raw silk endpapers. Light rubbing at head and to 2 corners.
    Handsome copy, uncut, full-margined, with fresh paper.
    Collection of 10 ribald tales, some vaudevillesque, others set in the Orient. The cover bears the title upside down written in mirror image.
    €600
  51. Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du Chevalier Des Grieux
    ABBé PREVOST
    Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du Chevalier Des Grieux
    Ernest Bourdin & Cie|Paris 1839 (S.d.)|17.50 x 27.80 cm|relié
    First edition of the illustrated version by Tony Johannot, preceded by a historical notice by Jules Janin. 18 plates on China paper laid down on heavy paper and 90 in-text vignettes; frontispiece in camaïeu by Wattier. On the title page, the title displays Manon Lescaut in white letters, a detail indicating a first printing. Beautiful typographical ornaments inspired by the 17th century. The copy is complete with the two half-titles separating the two parts, with a gilt cartouche. Uncut copy with full margins.
    Binding in half cherry red glazed calf with marbled decoration. Smooth spine decorated with 2 mirrored tools joined by fillets. Gilt title. Superb handmade wave-patterned paper in yellow, black and pink. Scattered foxing in the margins, on fine white paper. Tissue guards present.
    Handsome copy, with fine and typically Romantic illustration, and particularly careful printing.
    €300
  52. Les oeuvres
    Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de RACAN
    Les oeuvres
    Chez Antoine Urbain Coustelier|à Paris 1724|9.50 x 16 cm|2 volumes reliés
    The most complete early edition, and the last with some parts in first edition, before that produced in 1857 by Antoine de Latour (which was more exhaustive). "These two volumes, which follow the collection of French poets published by Coustelier, are difficult to find". Brunet, IV, 1071.
    Contemporary glazed tawny calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label, black calf volume label. One lack at head of volume I. Linear lack along the third compartment of volume I, measuring 1.5cm. Traces of rubbing. The table has been placed at the end of the first volume. The binder has inverted the two half-titles, placing the first: Les Bergeries in the second volume, and the second: Les pseaumes, at the head of the first. Charming copy.
    Racan's poetry follows in the continuity of Desportes and Ronsard. Malherbe, his master whom he met at the age of 16, reproached him for his nonchalance and excessive licenses, but considered him his most gifted pupil; indeed his writing is more fluid, but also more rustic. After Malherbe's death, Racan abandoned his pen for 20 years. Although desirous like his ancestors of distinguishing himself in a military career, his dreamy and distracted nature brought him numerous setbacks and he eventually withdrew from it. He produced in 1619, at the age of 30, the poem that would make him famous: Les Bergeries, which is his most substantial work; and at 24, proposed by Richelieu, he occupied a seat at the French Academy.
    €650
  58. Bibliotheque historique de la France ; contenant le catalogue de tous les ouvrages, tant imprimez que manuscrits, qui traitent de l'histoire de ce Roïaume, ou qui y ont rapport, avec des notes critiques et historiques
    Jacques LELONG
    Bibliotheque historique de la France ; contenant le catalogue de tous les ouvrages, tant imprimez que manuscrits, qui traitent de l'histoire de ce Roïaume, ou qui y ont rapport, avec des notes critiques et historiques
    Chez Gabriel Martin|à Paris 1719|25 x 40 cm (In-folio)|relié

    First edition. From 1768 onwards, this bibliography was continued by Fevier de Fondette, extending to all fields (ecclesiastical history, natural history, etc.) and no longer confined to the single area studied by Lelong.
    Contemporary full brown sheepskin binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Extensive restorations in light brown sheepskin to the spine with tooling reapplied. Repairs in brown sheepskin to the boards. Renewed endpapers. The three fleurs-de-lys of the French royal arms on the title vignette have been erased. A good copy, overall fresh.

    €800
  64. Le Paradis des prières
    LOUIS DE GRENADE
    Le Paradis des prières
    Chez Eustache Foucauld|à Paris 1603|8.50 x 15.20 cm|relié
    New edition (probably after the original of 1602) illustrated with 17 finely engraved copperplate figures, including an architectural title-frontispiece, a figure of the Holy Trinity and 15 religious subjects in frames of flowers, fruits, insects and macabre emblems on perforated black background, signed Jacob de Weert and Léonard Gauthier. Bound at the end: a portion of the Seven Penitential Psalms, decorated with a charming engraving by De Weert, and Devout Meditations on the Death and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Chez Eustache Foucauld, Paris, 1604), decorated with a vignette on the title by Charles de Mallery and a figure of the Crucifixion. Copy entirely ruled.
    Contemporary full brown morocco binding. Smooth unlettered spine decorated with rich mirrored foliate design. Covers decorated with foliate design in the corners and a central blank medallion and several successive frames. Ties. All edges gilt. Restoration to foot and corners. Stains and browning to numerous leaves, notably on the title. In the Devout Meditations, jump from leaf 14 to 16 without loss and inversion of leaves 12 and 13.
    Collection of spiritual literature, notably prayers, composed by the German M. Isselt, based essentially on texts by the great Spanish mystic Louis de Granada. French translation by François Bourdon.

    €700
  66. La Chasse au météore. Le Pilote du Danube
    Jules VERNE, [et Michel VERNE]
    La Chasse au météore. Le Pilote du Danube
    Hetzel|Paris s. d. [1908]|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
    Edition illustrated by George Roux.
    Publisher's Hetzel binding "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red cloth signed Engel, front board polychrome signed Engel presenting the title in a black and gilt fan, several frames in black and gold, a gilt elephant head at top left, three small illustrations as well as various gilt navigation and exploration instruments, all framed within green foliage, second board of type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, spine decorated with several illustrations in color and gold, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
    Pen gift inscription on front endpaper.
    A fine copy.
    €1,000
  72. Recherches expérimentales sur l'emploi de la gélatine comme substance alimentaire. - Mémoire sur l'emploi de la gélatine comme substance alimentaire. - De la digestion et de la résorption des matières grasses sans le concours du fluide pancréatique
    William Frederic EDWARDS, Jean Baptiste Marie BAUDRY DE BALSAC
    Recherches expérimentales sur l'emploi de la gélatine comme substance alimentaire. - Mémoire sur l'emploi de la gélatine comme substance alimentaire. - De la digestion et de la résorption des matières grasses sans le concours du fluide pancréatique
    Imprimerie de Migneret • Imprimerie et fonderie de Rignoux et Cie • Victor Masson|Paris 1833 & 1835 & 1857|13.50 x 21 cm|3 volumes reliés en 1
    First edition for each issue.
    Some foxinges, pleasantly established examples.
    Binding half morocco green fir, back with five small nerves set with golden dots and adorned with gilt fleurons with a piece of red mosaic morocco, double gilded nets framing marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of combed paper, three corners blunt , golden head.
    Signed autograph dedication of Alfred Donne which was largely cut off by the binder.
    Rare together.
    €800
  73. Histoire physiologique et pathologique de la salive considérée particulièrement sous le rapport de ses usages, du rôle que joue ce fluide dans les fonctions digestives et dans les affections gastriques
    Alfred DONNÉ
    Histoire physiologique et pathologique de la salive considérée particulièrement sous le rapport de ses usages, du rôle que joue ce fluide dans les fonctions digestives et dans les affections gastriques
    Béchet jeune|Paris 1836|14 x 22.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half red shagreen binding, spine with five small raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with gilt compartments having at their centers a green mosaic morocco piece representing a flower, double gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, near-contemporary binding.
    Some minor foxing.
    Rare and handsome copy beautifully executed.

    €400
  74. Recherches sur la route que prennent diverses substances pour passer de l'estomac et du canal intestinal dans le sang ; sur la fonction de la rate et sur les voies cachées de l'urine
    Friedrich TIEDEMANN, Leopold GMELIN
    Recherches sur la route que prennent diverses substances pour passer de l'estomac et du canal intestinal dans le sang ; sur la fonction de la rate et sur les voies cachées de l'urine
    Méquignon-Marvis|Paris 1821|13 x 21 cm|relié
    First edition of the French translation by S Heller.
    Binding in red half calf, back with five small nerves set with golden dots and adorned with double gilded and decorated boxes, piece of black calf title, double gilded nets framing of marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of combed paper, head gilded, Contemporary binding.
    Some small foxinges.
    Rare and nice copy nicely established.
    Autograph dedication signed by S Heller to Dr. Renauldin.
    €500
  82. ...Autre chose que de l'enfant beau
    Pablo PICASSO, Antonin ARTAUD
    ...Autre chose que de l'enfant beau...Something Other than a Beautiful Child
    Louis Broder|Paris 1957|13.50 x 16.50 cm|relié sous chemise et étui
    Antonin ARTAUD & Pablo PICASSO
    ...Autre chose que de l'enfant beau [...Something Other than a Beautiful Child]
    Louis Broder | Paris 1957 | 13.5 x 16.5 cm | full box in custom chemise and slipcase
    First edition printed in 120 numbered copies on Japon paper, ours is one of 100 copies numbered in Arabic numerals.
    Illustrated with an original drypoint in colour by Pablo Picasso, printed in Georges Leblanc's workshops in Paris.
    Handwritten signature of Pablo Picasso on the print details page.
    Binding in full grey box, title and names of the author and illustrator gold-stamped on the spine, boards decorated with an abstract and geometric decoration of gilt and black fillets, mouse grey box endpapers, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, chemise in half mouse grey box, marbled paper boards, slipcase edged in mouse grey box, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding signed Desmules.
    Using a process used the previous year for the illustration of Autre chose by P. A. Benoit, the artist pierced the black mould, giving the appearance of an empty circle in the engraving. This circle, not pressed by the plate, forms a white half-sphere in relief, a unique and empty eye of a dismembered character, very surely inspired by one of Artaud's great drawings from 1946, “L'Homme et sa douleur,” preserved at the Cantini museum in Marseille.
    Rare and very beautiful copy, perfectly set in a decorative binding, comprising the only intaglio produced in colour by Picasso to illustrate the book.
    €9,000
  84. Lettre autographe datée et signée de Charles Baudelaire à Philoxène Boyer concernant l'intrigante Léontine B.
    Charles BAUDELAIRE
    Lettre autographe datée et signée de Charles Baudelaire à Philoxène Boyer concernant l'intrigante Léontine B.Handwritten letter dated and signed by Charles Baudelaire to Philoxene Boyer concerning the intriguing Leontine B.
    Paris 25 Juin 1854|11.50 x 18.50 cm|une page recto-verso
    Handwritten letter dated and signed by Charles Baudelaire to Philoxène Boyer concerning the intriguing Léontine B.
    Paris 25 Juin 1854 | 11.5 x 18.5 cm | one page recto-verso
    Handwritten two-page letter, dated 25 June 1854, and signed by Charles Baudelaire to Philoxène Boyer, whom he calls «my dear Lyrique,» in which he apologises for having missed a meeting with him, he confesses his impecuniosity to him and reports to him on the efforts made by Léontine B., an intriguing person who will end up compromising Philoxène Boyer because of his debts, to attend a party to which she is not invited and which holds a certain jealousy: «You surely assume my dear Lyrique, that yesterday something serious happened for me to have missed this meeting. Here is what I would have told you: 1 – my money has not come; but it will come. / 2 – Léontine is obstinate. I am convinced that I have fulfilled my confidence mission very well. I came back three times. When I finally could explain to her carefully that this party was for family, secret, that Boyer himself was supposed to ignore it, – she replied: Well it's no longer a secret since I know.»
    Finally, while recognising Léontine as «a very original turn of mind» and although the attitude of this troublesome scheme: «causes you worry and I understand...,» Charles Baudelaire pleads for indulgence and leniency: «since she persists so proudly, I would urge you to let the event run. It is after all only the homage of a dizzy mind.»
    €9,000
  87. Le triomphe de la religion sous Louis Le Grand
    Gabriel Francisco LE JAY
    Le triomphe de la religion sous Louis Le Grand
    Chez Gabriel Martin|à Paris 1687|9 x 16.50 cm|relié
    First edition illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece and 22 large in-text figures unsigned, a title headpiece and an initial letter.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Decorated raised-band spine. Red morocco title label. Split headcaps. Lacks to joints. Beginning of a narrow crack to upper joint at head and tail. 2 corners slightly bumped. Scuffing to boards. Lacking endpapers before frontispiece and at end.
    This emblem book was written to celebrate the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685). (Landwehr, J. Romantic emblem books, 465.) It consists of Latin poems with French translation and allegorical devices illustrating the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes and the triumph of true religion, as well as devices on the rising sun. Each device contains an emblematic figure.

    €400
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