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  1. Unpublished texts, letters and articles - everything you've always wanted to know...
    Cahiers Céline : collection complète
    Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
    Cahiers Céline : collection complète
    Gallimard|Paris 1976-1988|14 x 20.50 cm|8 volumes brochés

    First editions, with no deluxe copies printed (except for No. 7) for each volume.
    Our complete set comprises:
    Cahiers Céline 1: Céline et l'actualité littéraire 1932-1957.
    Cahiers Céline 2: Céline et l'actualité littéraire 1957-1961
    Cahiers Céline 3: Semmelweis et autres écrits médicaux
    Cahiers Céline 4: Lettres et premiers écrits d'Afrique 1916-1917
    Cahiers Céline 5: Lettres à des amies
    Cahiers Céline 6: Lettres à Albert Paraz 1947-1957
    Cahiers Céline 7: Céline et l'actualité 1933-1961
    Cahiers Céline 8: Progrès suivi de Oeuvres pour la scène et l'écran.
    Iconography.
    First endpaper of the first volume shadowed due to a press clipping.
    Rare complete set.

    €600
  6. Diccionario geographico, historico e descriptivo, do Imperio do Brazil
    J. C. R MILLIET DE SAINT-ADOLPHE
    Diccionario geographico, historico e descriptivo, do Imperio do Brazil
    J. P. Aillaud|Pariz [Paris] 1845|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
    Rare first edition, translated into Portuguese from the unpublished French manuscript by Gaetano Lopez de Moura. The map of Brazil and the 5 city plans announced were never printed, as evidenced by copies in the British Library, Oxford, and the University of Araquara in Brazil, the first two fully digitized by Google, the third by the biblioteca digital; likewise, copies that have appeared at auction in recent years lack illustrations.
    Contemporary half dark green shagreen binding. Spine with false raised bands decorated with 3 compartmentalized fleurons. Gilt title and volume number. Initials at foot: E.P.B. Minor rubbing traces. Handsome copy.
    One of the first works to give a complete description and history of Brazil with all its provinces and cities. Precious.
    €1,200
  8. Elemens de chymie theorique
    Pierre-Joseph MACQUER
    Elemens de chymie theorique
    Chez Jean-Thomas Herissant|à Paris 1749|10 x 17 cm|relié
    First illustrated edition with 4 folding plates at the end (instruments and tables of different elements).
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title-label. One lack at head. Spine very rubbed overall. 2 corners slightly bumped. Gilt dulled on spine.
    Engraved esoteric bookplate of AuG. Gilbert.
    The first work published by the chemist and pharmacist Pierre Joseph Macquer, before composing his dictionary of chemistry in 1766 which made him famous. Working alongside Sigaud de la Fond then Lavoisier, he was one of the protagonists of modern chemistry and the abandonment of the Aristotelian system of 4 elements (air, water, earth and fire). In his work, he attempts like other chemists of his era to unveil substances similar to all elements. Following this first volume, Macquer would compose the Elements of Practical Chemistry.

    €350
  9. Minéralogie, ou nouvelle exposition du regne minéral
    Jacques Christophe VALMONT DE BOMARE
    Minéralogie, ou nouvelle exposition du regne minéral
    Chez Vincent|à Paris 1774|13 x 20 cm|2 volumes reliés

    Second edition statement, after the first published in 1762, with 14 folding tables (most copies announcing only 13). 4 pages of catalogue in fine. Author's preface for this new corrected and expanded edition.
    Contemporary full marbled brown sheep binding. Raised band spine with ornaments. Red morocco title label, black morocco volume label. Headcap of volume I torn off, damage to that of volume II. A lack at the tail of volume II. Corners very blunted and stripped. Set very rubbed.
    Red stamp on title page: Bibliothèque de M. Héricart de Thury, Conseiller d'état.
    Treatise on mineralogy based on Wallerius's system and Linné's classification, with the mechanical properties and uses of each mineral, a geography of minerals, a vocabulary and a lexicon. One of the first systematic mineralogy handbooks.

    €800
  10. Description et usage d'un cabinet de physique experimentale
    Joseph-Aignan SIGAUD DE LA FOND
    Description et usage d'un cabinet de physique experimentale
    Chez Gueffier|à Paris 1775|12.50 x 20.30 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition, illustrated with 51 folding plates (23 for volume I and 28 for the second, at end of volumes) on heavy paper.
    Contemporary full marbled blonde calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title and volume labels. Head of volume I split. One lack in head compartment of volume I. One lack in tail compartment of volume II. Set rubbed and scuffed. Tail of volume I worn. One strip of leather on lower cover of volume I torn away. 3 corners bumped on volume I. 2 plates badly folded in volume I and protruding.
    An extraordinary pedagogue and demonstrator, Sigaud de la Fond early attended the courses of Abbé Nollet (no less famous for his experiments in physics and electricity) whom he would succeed, and quickly assembled a cabinet of experimental physics. His experiments were numerous and engaged in many fields: electricity, but also phosphorus, toothpaste recipes, medicine... Over time, he would devote himself more fully to his physics cabinet and his experiments, while maintaining a teaching activity admired throughout Europe.
    Stamp on title page: M. A. Gelin.

    €800
  11. Iustini ex Trogi Pompeii historiis externis libri XXXXIIII
    TROGUE POMPÉE
    Iustini ex Trogi Pompeii historiis externis libri XXXXIIII
    Apud Hieronymum de Marnef|Parisiorum [Paris] 1585|8 x 13 cm|relié
    New edition. 12 portrait figures of emperors in medallions in The Lives and Deaths of Roman Emperors by Veneto. Publisher's device on title page and verso of last leaf. Printed in italics.
    17th-century German full brown morocco binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Black morocco title label. Covers stamped in blind with large central tool, frame of garland with corner tools. Rubbing. Brown stains on title page. Handsome copy.
    The work of Trogus Pompeius is known to us only through the famous epitome made by Justin of his Philippic Histories, which deals with all the countries conquered by Alexander the Great. The Histories of Trogus Pompeius are completed by the De vita et moribus imperatorum romanorum by Giovanni Baptista Egnatio Veneto.

    €800
  12. Album de monogrammes historiques, chiffres, marques, lettres
    Justin H. LALLIER
    Album de monogrammes historiques, chiffres, marques, lettres
    Chez tous les libraires et papetiers|Paris 1872|27.50 x 18 cm|relié
    Illustrated edition with color reproductions of 294 monograms mounted with their identification opposite.
    The collection of monograms is organized around 8 themes: religious monograms; painters, sculptors and engravers; ceramics; publishers, printers and booksellers; emperors, kings and sovereigns; princes, great lords; cities; miscellaneous.
    Following these, 38 blank leaves have been placed with frames intended to receive other categories of monograms, where one actually finds a monogram and an armorial label pasted on the first two blank pages.
    Full purple paper boards binding, smooth unlettered and faded spine, title stamped in gold on the lightened first cover, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
    Handsome interior condition.

    €300
  17. Moyse sauvé, Idile heroïque
    Marc-Antoine Girard SAINT-AMANT
    Moyse sauvé, Idile heroïque
    Chez Antoine de Sommaville|à Paris 1660|8.50 x 14 cm|relié
    New edition, after the first published in 1653. An allegorical frontispiece, unsigned, quite finely engraved.
    Bound in full contemporary soft vellum. Smooth spine, with illegible and faded penned title. Small brown stain on upper board. Frontispiece faded in margin. A good, fresh copy.
    The author's most famous work, whose classical prosody is still acclaimed today. Although not a member of any school, and especially not that of Malherbe and his disciples, Saint-Amant's style and manner are classical, recounting the story of Moses in the epic genre and in continuous verse. This highly readable, hyperbolic poetry has clear echoes of Victor Hugo. Preface by the author.
    €250
  18. Histoire des poteries, faïences, et porcelaines
    Joseph MARRYAT
    Histoire des poteries, faïences, et porcelaines
    Veuve Jules Renouard|Paris 1866|15.50 x 24 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Illustrated edition with 618 in-text figures and plates hors-texte at the end of the second volume.
    Preface by M. Riocreux.
    Half green sheep bindings, smooth spines faded and decorated with gilt fillets and stippling, epidermures on marbled paper boards, boards stamped at their centers with gilt arms, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, small tears on the leading edges.
    Some light foxing.
    €80
  19. Mes prisons suivies du discours sur les devoirs des hommes
    Silvio PELLICO
    Mes prisons suivies du discours sur les devoirs des hommes
    Delahaye|Paris 1843|18.50 x 26.50 cm|relié
    First illustrated edition with a frontispiece on China paper and 24 hors-texte plates as well as numerous vignettes by Tony Johanot. Fine Romantic illustrated work.
    Publisher's binding in full red shagreen with special tools. Spine richly decorated with a large ornamental panel along its length, the publisher's name at foot. Upper cover with a special panel depicting the author in chains, large rocaille ornamental border tools, blind fillets. Lower cover decorated with a large central tool and rocaille border tools. Interior frieze. Gilt edges. White moiré silk endpapers. Spine gilt slightly faded, otherwise light scattered foxing, mainly on the endleaves and at the beginning, then in the margins. Small brown stains on the lower cover.
    Very handsome copy in its rich publisher's binding.
    My Prisons is the memoir of a man incarcerated by arbitrary power. Following the Neapolitan and Piedmontese revolution against the Austrian occupiers, all prominent figures including Silvio Pellico were imprisoned for ten years at Spielberg in Moravia. Once published, the text achieved great success due to its pious character, Pellico having found hope only through the Catholic religion. The work also contains poetry.

    €500
  21. La découverte de l'Amérique par les Turcs ou comment Jamil Bichara, défricheur de terres vierges, venu en la bonne ville d'Itabuna pour satisfaire aux nécessités du corps, s'y vit offrir fortune et mariage ou encore Les fiançailles d'Adma
    Jorge AMADO
    La découverte de l'Amérique par les Turcs ou comment Jamil Bichara, défricheur de terres vierges, venu en la bonne ville d'Itabuna pour satisfaire aux nécessités du corps, s'y vit offrir fortune et mariage ou encore Les fiançailles d'Adma
    Stock|Paris 1992|14.50 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation and for which it was not drawn from great papers.
    Pleasant full copy of his jacket illustrated despite a trace of folding in the head of the first sheets.
    Signed autograph dedication of Jorge Amado, in Portuguese, to his translator Alice (Raillard) and her husband the art critic Georges.
    €150
  24. Le code de l'enfant du Christ, ou les dissertations religieuses d'un pâtre pyrénéen
    M. MOULLE
    Le code de l'enfant du Christ, ou les dissertations religieuses d'un pâtre pyrénéen
    Debécourt|Paris 1840|13 x 21.50 cm|relié
    First edition published anonymously.
    Half green sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt and black fillets, gilt monogram of Alcide de Beauchesne at foot of spine, marbled paper boards showing some traces of rubbing, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
    Rare.
    Provenance: from the library of Alcide de Beauchesne with his gilt monogram at foot of spine.

    €80
  30. 6810000 litres d'eau par seconde. Etude stéréophonique
    Michel BUTOR
    6810000 litres d'eau par seconde. Etude stéréophonique
    Gallimard|Paris 1965|18.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the review copies service.
    Back slightly wrinkled, clear discharges of adhesive paper in heads and feet of the guards, pleasant interior state.
    Press clipping and invitation card for the performance, at the comedy of the Grenoble Alps on February 13, 1968, of 6180000 liters of water per second.
    Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard enriched with a watercolor representing, surreally, the course of a river.
    €150
  38. Lettres sur l'Italie
    Charles de BROSSES
    Lettres sur l'Italie
    Chez Ponthieu|à Paris 1799 (An VII)|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bound in half speckled brown sheep with flamed yellow paper boards, a skillful pastiche from the late 19th century. Smooth spine decorated with thick and thin fillets. Black shagreen title and volume labels. Minor traces of rubbing. Restoration to the verso of the title page of volume 2, filling a thin tear in the margin over 3 cm. P. 149, lack to margin. Fine copy, very fresh.
    President de Brosses made his journey to Italy in the years 1739 and 1740, then aged 30, some letters date from this period and were indeed sent from Italy, but most were written after the journey. These letters are of interest both for the fine arts and customs, the author shows himself to be a refined and light observer and gives us the most charming portrait of Italy ever written, like a delightful stroll full of anecdotes and witty remarks, he speaks particularly of music, of his visit to Vivaldi and to the young girls of L'hôpital de la piété (Ospedale de la Pieta). Although other editions followed this first one in the 19th century, claiming to be more correct, this first edition is the most faithful to the manuscripts, even though it was produced with a certain carelessness. It was Antoine Sérieys, archivist, who produced this edition with rather piquant notes since they reflect a post-revolutionary spirit.
    €1,300
  44. Les épées
    Roger NIMIER
    Les épées
    Gallimard|Paris 1948|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers, one of the review copies service.
    Yellowed paper as usually, a small tear in the foot of the back.
    Rare copy of the first novel by Roger Nimier in which insolence, tenderness, political provocation will tip the main character of the Resistance to the Militia.
    Beautiful autograph signed by Roger Nimier to Charles Orengo, journalist and creator of Editions du Rocher in 1943: "For Mr. Charles Orengo - now that Laudenbach shows him my letters, I dare to send him this novel.
    It starts badly, but rest assured: it ends well. Roger Nimier with the appearance of his respect for his new publisher. "
    €1,500
  48. Tableaux analytiques de l'Esprit des Lois, de Montesquieu
    Théodore REGNAULT (MONTESQUIEU)
    Tableaux analytiques de l'Esprit des Lois, de Montesquieu
    Chez l'auteur • Janet et Cotelle • Delaunay et Ponthieu|Paris 1824|24.50 x 37 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary binding in half red Russia morocco, smooth spine damaged at headcap and rubbed at tail, red cardboard-style paper boards showing some surface wear.
    Volume detached from its binding.
    Regnault here publishes an egalitarian manifesto of great audacity. The tabular presentation is employed for pedagogical purposes with the aim of comparing different types of governments while showing himself very unfavorable to monarchy. The author publishes this indictment under the pretext of making Montesquieu's text accessible to all.
    €180
  49. La Sphère du monde, selon l'hypothèse de Copernic, décrite, démontrée, & comparée avec les sphères & les systèmes de Ptolomée, & de Tyco-Brahé
    Pierre de Lorraine, abbé de VALLEMONT
    La Sphère du monde, selon l'hypothèse de Copernic, décrite, démontrée, & comparée avec les sphères & les systèmes de Ptolomée, & de Tyco-Brahé
    Prosper Marchand|Paris 1707|10 x 17 cm|relié
    First edition containing 5 folding plates.
    Contemporary binding in full speckled brown sheep, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons as well as a red morocco title-label, board edges ruled with gilt, all edges red.
    Head-cap absent, tail-cap partially missing, bands rubbed, upper joint of front board cracked for 2.5cm, corners bumped. The two largest plates show tears without loss.
    Long manuscript note from the 19th century on front pastedown extending onto a small part of first endpaper. Bookplate from a La Rochelle library, also 19th century, on title page.
    First publication concerning the moving sphere of Pigeon and Delure who here sign the dedication to Louis XIV. The king acquired the first armillary sphere of their manufacture the previous year; it is one of the first to be based on Copernicus's heliocentric system.
    €1,100
  50. Conjuration des Espagnols contre Venise
    César Vichard de SAINT-REAL
    Conjuration des Espagnols contre Venise
    De L' imprimerie de Monsieur|à Paris 1781|8 x 12.50 cm|relié
    New edition.
    Contemporary glazed blonde calf binding, very close to the work of Derôme le jeune to whom it can be attributed. Smooth spine decorated with 5 small tools, roulette at foot. Black morocco title label. Triple fillet frame on covers with small corner tools. Fillet on edges and turn-ins. Gilt edges. Light rubbing. Very fine copy, quite fresh.
    This history of the Spanish conspiracy against Venice was originally published in 1618, and had meanwhile become a great classic of historical literature. It thus joined the collection of works from Monsieur's printing house, all of which are distinguished by the quality and accuracy of their printing.

    €200
  54. Catalogue de l'exposition des oeuvres d'Hugh Weiss au Centre National des Arts Plastiques
    Hugh WEISS
    Catalogue de l'exposition des oeuvres d'Hugh Weiss au Centre National des Arts Plastiques
    Centre national des arts plastiques|Paris 1985|22 x 31 cm|broché
    First edition of this exhibition catalog of works by Hugh Weiss at the National Center for Plastic Arts from April 30 to May 30.
    Beautiful illustrated copy of reproductions of works by Hugh Weiss.
    Text by Gérald Gassiot-Talabot.
    Provenance: from the library of Georges Raillard, famous art critic, friend and specialist of the work of Joan Miro and Antoni Tapies.
    Our copy is enriched with an original drawing by Hugh Weiis depicting a man's face.
    €100
  56. Le cirque vu par Paul Colin
    COLLECTIF, Paul COLIN
    Le cirque vu par Paul Colin
    S. n.|Paris 1932|23 x 29.50 cm|broché
    First edition of this program published for the tenth anniversary of the Gala de l'Union des Artistes held at the Cirque d'Hiver on March 5, 1932.
    Rare program illustrated with 10 drawings by Paul Colin.
    The fragile red velvet cover, in homage to the curtains of the Cirque d'Hiver, has slight tears and minute marginal losses.
    We include an invitation card to the circus buffet offered after the show.
    Rare and handsome copy.



    €400
  57. Carton d'invitation au vernissage de l'exposition des oeuvres de Nicolas Alquin intitulée "Maisons en tête" présentées à la galerie Erval
    Nicolas ALQUIN
    Carton d'invitation au vernissage de l'exposition des oeuvres de Nicolas Alquin intitulée "Maisons en tête" présentées à la galerie Erval
    Galerie Erval|Paris 1984|11.50 x 18 cm|une feuille rempliée et ajourée
    Card of invitation to the opening of the exhibition of the works of Nicolas Alquin, held at the Galerie Erval on February 29, 1984.
    The openwork invitation card is illustrated with a folding reproduction of a sculpture by Nicolas Alquin.
    Nice copy.
    Provenance: from the library of Georges Raillard, famous art critic, friend and specialist of the work of Joan Miro and Antoni Tapies.
    Autograph tribute signed by Nicolas Alquin in pencil: "On the part of Nicolas Alechinsky dit Alquin."
    €60
  58. Recherches sur les imprimeurs et libraires d'Orléans. Recueil des documents pour servir à l'histoire de la typographie et de la librairie orléanaise, depuis le XIVe siècle à nos jours
    Henry HERLUISON
    Recherches sur les imprimeurs et libraires d'Orléans. Recueil des documents pour servir à l'histoire de la typographie et de la librairie orléanaise, depuis le XIVe siècle à nos jours
    H. Herluison|Paris 1868|16.50 x 25 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 78 copies hand-numbered by the publisher.
    Contemporary half brown morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges. Binding signed by Gruel.
    Some paper losses, joints rubbed and a few small stains on spine.
    Gruel bookplate pasted on first pastedown.
    €100
  60. Nouvelles poesies et prose galantes
    Claude de MALLEVILLE
    Nouvelles poesies et prose galantes
    Chez Estienne Loyson|à Paris 1661|8 x 14.50 cm|relié
    Third posthumous and rare edition of the works of Malleville, enhanced with a frontispiece. This collection first appeared in 1649. Not in Brunet or Quérard.
    Full glazed blonde calf binding, 18th century. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 fleurons. Red morocco title label. Traces of rubbing. Handsome copy.
    20th century bookplate of J. C. Courbin. 4 bookmarks pasted in, notices of books from collections of Malleville's poetry.
    Collection composed of sonnets, elegies, rondeaux, madrigals and epigrams. Malleville occupies an important place in the Précieux movement and was one of the masters of love poetry. "His style, abundant in imagery and conceits, was much admired by the Précieux. In fact, he represents an original effort to attempt to reconcile the purism of Malherbe's school [...] and the subtleties of Marinism." Dictionnaire des littératures.

    €260
  61. Voyages et voyageurs 1837-1854
    Alfred-Auguste CUVILLIER-FLEURY
    Voyages et voyageurs 1837-1854
    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1854|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half dark green morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with double compartments and black fillets, gilt monogram of Gabriel du Tillet at foot of spine, one joint slightly cracked at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding signed Petit successeur de Simier.
    Some foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume.





    €70
  62. Etudes historiques et littéraires
    Alfred-Auguste CUVILLIER-FLEURY
    Etudes historiques et littéraires
    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1855|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half dark green morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with double compartments and black fillets, gilt monogram of Gabriel du Tillet at foot of spine, one joint very slightly cracked at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding signed Petit successeur de Simier.
    Handsome copy despite some light foxing.
    Our copy is enhanced with a dated and signed autograph letter, one page, from Alfred-Auguste Cuvillier-Fleury to his friend Gabriel du Tillet.





    €120
  64. Etudes et portraits. Deuxième série
    Alfred-Auguste CUVILLIER-FLEURY
    Etudes et portraits. Deuxième série
    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1869|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Binding in half green morocco fir tree corners, back slightly cleared with five nerves adorned with double boxes and black nets, golden monogram of Gabriel du Tillet tail back, some small traces of rubbing on the back, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilded head, slightly dulled corners, binding signed Canape-Belz
    Copy almost freckle-free.
    Autograph tribute signed by Alfred-Auguste Cuvillier-Fleury.
    €80
  65. Etudes et portraits. Première série
    Alfred-Auguste CUVILLIER-FLEURY
    Etudes et portraits. Première série
    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1869|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Binding in half green morocco fir tree corners, back slightly cleared with five nerves adorned with double boxes and black nets, golden monogram of Gabriel du Tillet tail back, traces of rubbing on the back, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats handmade paper, gilded head, blunt top corners, unsigned binding.
    Copy almost freckle-free.
    Autograph signed by Alfred-Auguste Cuvillier-Fleury to his friend Gabriel du Tillet.
    €80
  66. Voyage aux Pyrénées
    Hippolyte Adolphe TAINE, Gustave DORÉ
    Voyage aux Pyrénées
    Hachette|Paris 1860|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
    First octavo edition and first under this new title. The work had been published under the title Voyage aux eaux des Pyrénées in 1855, in a small format and with 64 wood engravings by Gustave Doré; in this edition, 9 of the woodcuts published in 1855 are not included, so there are 332 new woodcuts (Louis Dézé).
    Contemporary binding in half midnight blue shagreen, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt compartments, fillets and stippling, paper boards in cardboard style, endpapers and pastedowns of watered paper, all edges gilt.
    Some rubbing to head and foot of spine, two corners slightly rubbed, endpapers and pastedowns somewhat darkened.
    Two bookplates pasted on front pastedown.
    Handsome copy entirely free from foxing.
    €450
  68. Le saphir, morceaux inédits de littérature moderne
    Honoré de BALZAC, COLLECTIF
    Le saphir, morceaux inédits de littérature moderne
    Urbain Canel • Adolphe Guyot|Paris 1832|11 x 18 cm|relié
    First edition bringing together unpublished texts, notably 'Le refus' by Honoré de Balzac.
    Some foxing.
    Half glazed brown calf binding, spine slightly faded with four raised bands decorated with gilt and black fillets, two joints cracked at foot, gilt monogram of Alcide de Beauchesne at tail of spine, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary Romantic binding signed by Closs.
    Other contributions by Jules Janin, Roger de Beauvoir, Alcide de Beauchêne, Eugène Sue, Théodore Muret...
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Delphine Gay.
    Provenance: from the library of Alcide de Beauchesne with his gilt monogram stamped at tail of spine.


    €400
  70. Traité des chemins de toute espèce, comprenant les grandes routes, chemins de halage, vicinaux et particuliers, arbres et fossés qui les bordent, les rues et les places publiques ; suivi d'un appendice au régime des eaux
    Francis Xavier Paul GARNIER
    Traité des chemins de toute espèce, comprenant les grandes routes, chemins de halage, vicinaux et particuliers, arbres et fossés qui les bordent, les rues et les places publiques ; suivi d'un appendice au régime des eaux
    S. n.|Paris 1827|13.50 x 21 cm|relié
    Third edition.
    Black stains on one endpaper.
    Half tan sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt friezes and fleurons, black shagreen title-label, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, yellow edges, some minor rubbing to boards and upper corners, contemporary binding.
    Handsome copy.



    €150
  71. Dernières études historiques et littéraires
    Alfred-Auguste CUVILLIER-FLEURY
    Dernières études historiques et littéraires
    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1852|11.50 x 19 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Binders in half green morocco fir tree corners, back with five nerves adorned with double boxes and black nets, golden monograms of Gabriel du Tillet in tails backs, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilded heads, slightly blunt corners, an upper corners of the second blunt volume, binders of the time signed Small successor of Simier.
    Nice copy.
    Our copy is enriched by an autograph dedication signed by Alfred-Auguste Cuvillier-Fleury to (Gabriel) du Tillet on a note that was linked after the title page of the first volume.
    €150
  72. Etudes historiques et littéraires
    Alfred-Auguste CUVILLIER-FLEURY
    Etudes historiques et littéraires
    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1854|11.50 x 19 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Half dark green morocco bindings with corners, spines with five raised bands decorated with double compartments and black fillets, gilt monograms of Gabriel du Tillet at spine tails, one joint very slightly cracked at head, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edges gilt, corners slightly bumped, one upper corner of second volume bumped, contemporary bindings signed Petit successeur de Simier.
    Handsome copy despite some foxing, mainly at beginning and end of volumes.





    €120
  73. Historiens poëtes et romanciers
    Alfred-Auguste CUVILLIER-FLEURY
    Historiens poëtes et romanciers
    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1863|11.50 x 19 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Binders in half green morocco fir tree corners, back with five nerves adorned with double boxes and black nets, golden monograms tails back, a bit slightly split in the head, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper , gilded heads, corners very slightly blunted, binders of the time signed Small successor of Simier.
    Pleasant copy despite some foxing, mainly at the beginning and end of volume.
    Nice copy.
    Autograph signed by Alfred-Auguste Cuvillier-Fleury to Gabriel du Tillet.
    €150
  74. De amoribus Pancharitis et Zoroae, poema eroticon seu Umbratica lucubratio De cultu veneris
    Philippe PETIT-RADEL
    De amoribus Pancharitis et Zoroae, poema eroticon seu Umbratica lucubratio De cultu veneris
    Apud Molini|Parisiis [Paris] 1798 (An VI)|13 x 20.50 cm|relié
    First edition, rare. An allegorical frontispiece signed Clément. Printed on laid paper.
    Contemporary binding in full glazed long-grain red morocco in the sober manner of Bozérian. Smooth spine decorated with 7 fillets, gilt title and date. Double blind fillet border on boards with small angular tools. Roll on edges and turn-ins. All edges gilt. Superb copy, very fine, with particularly fresh paper.
    F. M. Caye bookplate.
    Surgeon and man of letters, Petit-Radel is responsible for several books on eroticism, notably Érotopsie, ou coup d'œil sur la poésie érotique. A publisher's preface introduces the author. Latin poetry inspired by Latin authors, of a gentle and sentimental eroticism.

    €500
  75. Lettre autographe signée à Georges Raillard
    Roland BARTHES
    Lettre autographe signée à Georges Raillard
    Paris 16 décembre 1968|21 x 27 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet
    Long autograph letter signed by Roland Barthes addressed to Georges Raillard. Two pages written in blue ink on a letterhead of the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes. Envelope with identical header attached.
    Two central folds inherent in enveloping the envelope.
    "Dear friend, Thank you for your good letter, thank you for the list of notabilities and thank you for the check.Fun has it that I will go back to Barcelona for a few hours at the end of the week.I could not have room on Saturday 21 in the plane Geneva Casablanca, which takes place once a week and held by complicated dates, I was obliged, to go to Morocco, to plan to go from Geneva to Barcelona
    €450
  77. Tapies
    Marc SCHEPS, Antoni TÀPIES
    Tapies
    Galerie Lelong|Paris 2006|22 x 31 cm|broché
    First edition of this issue devoted entirely to Antoni Tapies on the occasion of the exhibition of works by the Catalan artist at the Lelong gallery from November 8 to December 9, 2006.
    Beautiful illustrated copy of reproductions of works by Antoni Tapies.
    Text by Marc Scheps.
    Signed autograph Antoni Tapies, in French, to his friend Georges (Raillard), great specialist of the work of Antoni Tapies, and his wife Alice.
    €400
  78. Lettre autographe signée adressée à Georges Raillard
    Antoine COMPAGNON
    Lettre autographe signée adressée à Georges Raillard
    Paris 6 avril 1979|13.50 x 21 cm|2 feuillets
    Autograph letter signed by Antoine Compagnon addressed to Georges Raillard. Two pages on two sheets, written in black ink. Envelope included.
    Interesting letter in which Compagnon affirms that "il y a encore moyen d'écrire. (C'est la question actuelle qui se pose à moi au lendemain de la parution du récit)" ["there is still a way to write. (This is the current question facing me the day after the story was published)"]. He also mentions Maurice Nadeau and other mutual university acquaintances.
    €150
  85. Recueil de Mémoires et d'Observations sur la formation & sur la fabrication du salpêtre
    Antoine Laurent LAVOISIER
    Recueil de Mémoires et d'Observations sur la formation & sur la fabrication du salpêtre
    Observations on the Formation and Fabrication of Saltpeter
    Chez Lacombe|Paris 1776|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
    Recueil de Mémoires et d'Observations sur la formation & sur la fabrication du salpêtre [Observations on the Formation and Fabrication of Saltpeter]
    Chez Lacombe | Paris 1776 | 8vo (12.5 x 20 cm) | 622 pp (2) | contemporary sheep
    First edition of this memoir, Duveen ascribing it to Lavoisier. With three folding plates.
    Contemporary light brown marbled sheep, spine in five compartments with gilt compartments and fleurons, black morocco title label, gilt arms to foot, joints skilfully repaired, all edges speckled blue. A few small wormholes to first compartments of spine.
    The upper quarter of the half-title cut away, presumably to remove traces of a former owner. One faint dampstain to inside margin of final gatherings, not serious.
    A very good and rare copy.
    €1,500
  86. Annales françaises, mai 1789 - mai 1790
    Guy Marie SALLIER
    Annales françaises, mai 1789 - mai 1790
    Leriche • Thomine|Paris 1832|13.50 x 21.50 cm|2 tomes reliés en 1 volume
    First edition.
    Half brown shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, stippling and fleurons, gilt monogram of Alcide de Beauchesne at foot of spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, later binding, circa 1860.
    Foxing.
    Provenance: from the library of Alcide de Beauchesne with his gilt monograms stamped at foot of spines.

    €200
  87. Vies des plus célèbres marins
    Adrien RICHER
    Vies des plus célèbres marins
    Chez Belin|à Paris 1789|8 x 12.90 cm|12 parties en 6 volumes reliés
    First collected edition. The various parts composing this collection were first published separately from 1780 to 1786. The volume numbering is placed on the half-title. The thirteenth part which completes the collection is absent from this set, the second part of the life of Tourville being missing. 11 portraits at frontispiece. The life of Ruiter is divided into 2 volumes and is found in the second part of the fifth volume and in the first part of the sixth volume. The edition is composed of certain volumes from the first editions to which a half-title has been added.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with fillets. Red sheep title label, black sheep volume label. Head of first volume worn down, head of second volume partly torn away. Head of volume 5 partly worn. Tail of volume 4 with loss. A cut at tail of volume 3. Most corners bumped. Set rubbed and worn.
    Volumes 1 and 2: Barberousse and Corneille Tromp. Volumes 3 and 4: Cassard and Doria. Volumes 5 and 6: Forbin and Du Quesne. Volumes 7 and 8: Jean D'Estrées and Victor-Marie D'Estrées; Jean Bart. Volumes 9 and 10: Dugay-Trouin and Ruiter. Volumes 11 and 12: Ruiter and Tourville. Explanation of naval terms at end of volume VII.



    €700
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