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  18. Histoire de Marie
    BRASSAÏ

    Histoire de Marie

    Les éditions du point du jour|Paris 1949|12.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 126 numbered copies on Alfa paper with the original etching by Brassaï which he signed, ours one of the 26 lettered copies reserved for the friends of the author, deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
    Foreword by Henry Miller.
    Beautiful copy.
    Rare autograph dated and signed by Brassaï to Janine and Raymond Queneau: "... these alms (sic) made by Marie ... very little Claudelian. With Brassaï's friendship."
    €2,800
  22. Adam Bede
    George ELIOT

    Adam Bede

    E. Dentu|Paris 1861|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
    First French edition translated by F. d'Albert-Durade. Preliminary note by the author in English and French giving his consent to the translation. The first English edition was published in London in 1859.
    Contemporary half wine-red sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with series of fillets. Gilt title and volume number. Spine uniformly lightened. Some foxing at the beginning of the work, otherwise the whole very fresh.
    George Eliot's first work which was immediately recognized as important despite a small print run, and which received Dickens' approval.
    €400
  23. Les CL. pseaumes de David, mis en vers françois, par Philippes Desportes [Ensemble] Poesies chestiennes
    Philippe DESPORTES

    Les CL. pseaumes de David, mis en vers françois, par Philippes Desportes [Ensemble] Poesies chestiennes

    Par la veuve Mamert Patisson|à Paris 1603|8 x 13 cm|relié
    First edition. The title page of the Poesies chrestiennes is dated 1601. Publisher's devices on title pages.
    Half wine-colored glazed calf binding ca 1830 in the style of Thouvenin. Spine with raised bands decorated with 3 blind tools and roulettes. Gilt title labels on calf. Marbled edges.
    Philippe Desportes (1546-1606), considered by his contemporaries as the greatest living poet, provides the literary transition between Ronsard and Malherbe. Desportes' design was to give French Catholics a translation that would be the equivalent of that of Marot and Theodore de Bèze for the reformed. First published in 1591, numbering sixty, the psalms were increased to one hundred in 1598, and finally to one hundred fifty in 1603.

    €800
  25. Sermons pour les jeunes dames et les jeunes demoiselles
    James FORDYCE

    Sermons pour les jeunes dames et les jeunes demoiselles

    Chez les frères Estienne|à Paris 1778|10 x 17 cm|relié
    First French edition translated from the seventh English edition.
    Contemporary full brown calf binding, marbled and glazed. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title-label. Headcap abraded. Upper joint cracked at head for 5cm. Traces of rubbing. Good copy.
    Scottish Protestant author whose sermons focus essentially on reserve and modesty, reserve and modesty in dress, reserve and modesty in conversation, etc. Doubtless such moral preoccupations could only emerge in the late 18th century and under the Empire, which turned their backs on these vestimentary restrictions, the face of a prudish morality intended to conceal all femininity; a large part of the 19th century would, on the contrary, realize these precepts with great efficiency.

    €150
  26. Commentaires
    Chris MARKER

    Commentaires

    Seuil|Paris 1961|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    Commentaires


    Seuil | Paris 1961 | 14 x 20.5 cm | original wrappers
    First edition of which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies, one of the advance (service de presse) copies.
    One clear, small water stain at the top of the very lightly sun-damaged spine, tiny tears at the top and bottom of the spine.
    Work decorated with illustrations and photographs by Chris Marker.
    Very rare and humorous handwritten presentation signed by Chris Marker to André and [Sacha?]: «et ce n'est pas fini.» («and it isn't finished.»)
    €2,000
  27. Tunis et ses environs
    Charles LALLEMAND

    Tunis et ses environs

    Maison Quantin|Paris 1890|24.50 x 31.50 cm|relié
    First edition of this work magnificently illustrated with a color title-frontispiece, a color back cover and 150 watercolors by Charles Lallemand engraved by Michelet. Deluxe paper printing, strong laid paper. The watercolors were made in situ by the author.
    Sky blue beveled publisher's boards. Smooth spine decorated with a crescent and star, with roulettes and a Tunisian in color in picturesque attire. Gilt edges. On the upper board the title and the Tunisian flag. Plate signed Lenègre & cie. Soiling on the first board. Spine has become slightly turquoise. Headcaps slightly depressed. Traces of rubbing. Perfect freshness of the paper.
    Handsome copy of this superb publication, whose text forms a testimony on Tunisia of the late nineteenth century and a real admiration for its people, its history and its land.
    €650
  28. Une voix d'en bas, poésies par Savinien Lapointe ouvrier cordonnier
    Savinien LAPOINTE

    Une voix d'en bas, poésies par Savinien Lapointe ouvrier cordonnier

    Au bureau de l'imprimerie|Paris s. d. [1844]|12.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half black shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt double compartments, black paper boards with surface abrasions, corners slightly bumped, cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, modest contemporary binding.
    Preface by Eugène Sue followed by letters addressed to the author by MM. Béranger, Victor Hugo, Léon Gozlan...
    Work illustrated with a portrait of the author as frontispiece as well as 12 plates.
    Printed stamps on the first endpaper and title page, a manuscript library classification note on the first endpaper.
    Some light foxing.
    €300
  30. Amour d'automne
    André THEURIET

    Amour d'automne

    Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1888|12 x 19 cm|relié
    first edition on current paper, there is no mention of large papers.
    Bradel binding in half percaline periwinkle, smooth back decorated with a golden floral pattern, double golden thread in the tail, title label of red shagreen with some small traces of friction, marbled paper boards, golden head, binding of the contemporary unsigned but attributable to Lancelin.
    Autograph signed by André Theuriet to his publisher Paul Ollendorff.
    Beautiful copy pleasantly established.
    Provenance: Paul Ollendorff library.
    €100
  32. A la mer
    Paul MARGUERITTE

    A la mer

    A. Romagnol|Paris 1906|14 x 21.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 130 numbered copies on China paper in large octavo format.
    Half navy morocco with corners, spine slightly sunned with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by L. Bernard.
    Some light foxing.
    Work illustrated with 21 original engravings by Henri Zo.
    Our copy contains, as stipulated in the justification page, the duplicate suite of illustrations on China paper.
    Handsome copy despite the sunned spine.
    €150
  36. William Klein, photographie etc...
    William KLEIN

    William Klein, photographie etc...

    Centre Georges Pompidou|Paris 1983|21 x 31 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    William Klein, photographie etc...


    Centre Georges Pompidou | Paris 1983 | 21 x 31 cm | publisher's binding
    First edition of the catalogue for the retrospective of the photographer William Klein's work at the Georges Pompidou centre.
    Publisher's binding, illustrated boards.
    Beautiful copy, rich iconography.
    Handwritten inscription signed by William Klein: «à l'unique, à l'irremplaçable Fanny, avec toute mon amitié, Bill.» («To the unique and irreplaceable Fanny, with all my love, Bill.»)
    €700
  37. Voyage en Suisse
    William COXE

    Voyage en Suisse

    Chez Letellier|à Paris 1790|12 x 20 cm|3 tomes en 3 volumes reliés
    First French edition illustrated with 7 folding plates, including 2 maps of Switzerland and Mont Blanc, and a panorama of the Alps.
    Half beige cloth 19th-century bindings. Spines with red morocco title labels. Green paper boards. Spines soiled. Corners heavily bumped. Light scattered pale foxing. The last 4 pages of volume 2 with a tear to upper margin with loss not touching text. The very large plate of Switzerland with 2 restorations following tears. A light tear to margin of the Mont Blanc map. Tear with loss p. 77 of volume 1, to lower margin, with loss of a few letters.
    Undoubtedly one of the finest works on Switzerland. The author made 4 journeys there which allowed him to traverse the country. Beyond a classical travel account, the author's qualities as a historian are found throughout the work, dwelling on historical events, but also on fauna and flora, commerce... One can distinguish the account of the first ascent of Mont Blanc. The appendix contains the stages of Coxe's 4 journeys. The final volume contains the "Faunula helvetica" or catalogue of quadrupeds, birds, amphibians, fish and testaceans of Switzerland, arranged and presented according to Linnaeus's system.
    €450
  40. Angelo, tyran de Padoue
    Victor HUGO

    Angelo, tyran de Padoue

    Eugène Renduel|Paris 1835|14 x 22 cm|relié
    First edition published in the author's complete works.
    Our copy exceptionally contains two engraved portraits, one serving as frontispiece.
    Full red morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, decorative gilt board-edges with gilt dentelle, all edges gilt, double gilt fillets on leading edges, very elegant signed binding by Cuzin.
    Very fine copy, without statement of edition, perfectly established in full Cuzin binding.
    €2,300
  50. Œuvres complètes. - Œuvres diverses. - Le congrès de Vérone. - Essai sur la littérature anglaise. - Paradis perdu, de Milton.
    François René de CHATEAUBRIAND

    Œuvres complètes. - Œuvres diverses. - Le congrès de Vérone. - Essai sur la littérature anglaise. - Paradis perdu, de Milton. Complete Works. - Miscellaneous Works. - The Congress of Verona. - Essay on English Literature. - Paradise Lost, by Milton.

    Ladvocat|Paris 1826-1831 & 1824 & 1838|13 x 21.50 cm|36 volumes reliés

    First collected edition, partly original, by far the most important and most sought-after (cf. Clouzot), with Chateaubriand having revised and reworked a large part of his writings.
    This set also contains in first edition several texts including Les Natchez, Le Dernier Abencérage, Le Voyage en Amérique, and Moïse (placed at the end of vol. XXII and often lacking).

    Each volume illustrated with a frontispiece by Charles Thompson.

    Bound in contemporary navy blue half shagreen, spines with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns. A few spots of foxing.

    Together with these collected works, uniformly bound: a volume entitled Œuvres diverses (collecting several political pamphlets in first edition); Le Congrès de Vérone (2 vols., Delloye, 1838); Essai sur la littérature anglaise and Milton’s Paradise Lost (both Gosselin, 1839).

    In the volume Œuvres diverses, important presentation inscription signed by François-René de Chateaubriand to Monsieur (Henri) Bayart on the half-title of La nouvelle proposition relative au bannissement de Charles X et de sa famille.

    This inscription, dating from the writer’s final years, is addressed to Henri Bayart (1825–1892), godson of the Duchesse de Berry and brother of Sophie-Josèphe Bayart, a close friend of François-René and his wife. The Chateaubriands and the Bayart family formed bonds of friendship and business during the Hundred Days and remained close until the end of their lives. As staunch legitimists devoted to the Bourbon cause, they even attempted the impossible in seeking to have the writer appointed governor to the young Comte de Chambord, claimant to the French throne. When writing this inscription, probably around 1843, Chateaubriand was at the twilight of his political and literary life; close to the Comte de Chambord, then exiled in England, the Bayarts once again tried to intercede on his behalf, sending Henri Bayart, without success, to persuade the last Bourbon heir to invite the ageing writer into his circle.

    A rare and fine set in uniform bindings, containing numerous first editions and enriched with an important presentation inscription.

    €10,000
  52. Almanach royal et national pour l'an M DCCC XLVI
    LOUIS-PHILIPPE I

    Almanach royal et national pour l'an M DCCC XLVI

    Chez A. Guyot et Scribe|Paris 1846|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
    First edition. Royal arms vignette on title page. Royal families of Europe. Overview of the French administration.
    Contemporary full green glazed calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with large interlaced romantic stamps. Gilt title and date. Ornamental blind-stamped plate on covers with thick framing fillet. Marbled edges. Signs of rubbing. 2 corners slightly bumped. Lower joint split 2cm at head. Scattered foxing.
    Handsome copy in full contemporary binding.

    €450
  57. Rey-Millet
    René ÉTIEMBLE

    Rey-Millet

    Gallimard|Paris 1962|14.50 x 19.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition, one of the numbered copies.
    Publisher's binding in full black canvas, smooth back, first board illustrated with a reproduction of a work by Guy Rey-Millet
    Beautiful complete copy of his rhodoïd which includes three marginal losses, illustrated work of reproductions of works of Guy Rey-Millet.
    Precious autograph dedication signed by René Etiemble: "For André Breton, with a sure eye, with faithful admiration, and the memory of Etiemble".
    €200
  60. Veue grottes et fontaines de jardins à l'italienne inventez et gravez par I. le Pautre
    Jean LEPAUTRE

    Veue grottes et fontaines de jardins à l'italienne inventez et gravez par I. le Pautre

    Chez Pierre Mariette|Paris 1650 (S.d.)|20.50 x 31 cm|relié
    First printing of this numbered etching suite from 1 (frontispiece) to 7. Plate numbered 2 is not found after number 1, the following plate bearing number 3. The collection preserved at the Madrid Library (Biblioteca historica Marques de Valdocilla) also records 6 engravings for this work without our possessing details concerning these 6 plates drawn and engraved by Lepautre. Absent from the electronic catalogues of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
    20th-century half vellum binding using reused material. Unlettered spine. 18th-century style marbled paper on boards. Engravings mounted on tabs. 2 brown stains in the margins of the frontispiece, with soiled margins. Plate 7 contains numerous small yellowish stains in the margins. Only plates 5 and 7 contain in the lower margin: Le Pautre fecit et P. Mariette excud.
    French draughtsman and engraver (1618-1682), he is renowned for his qualities as an ornamentalist. He remained marked in his style by his first trip to Italy in the company of his master Philippon, whose engraver he became upon his return from Italy for Curieuses Recherches de plusieurs beaux morceaux d'ornements antiques et modernes tant dans la ville de Rome que autres lieux d'Italie. His work was collected and published by Jombert from 1741 under the general title of oeuvres d'architecture de Jean Lepautre. His varied and dense style, of great richness of invention within a rigorous framework, had a great influence on the 18th century.
    €500
  61. Grottes & veües de Jardins inventées et gravées par Jean le Pautre
    Jean LEPAUTRE

    Grottes & veües de Jardins inventées et gravées par Jean le Pautre

    Pierre Mariette|à Paris 1650 (S.d.)|20.50 x 31 cm|relié
    First printing of this series comprising 6 etchings (including a title-frontispiece) drawn and engraved by Lepautre and printed by Mariette. Copy similar to that held by the Biblioteca historica Marques de Valdocilla in Madrid (UCM). Not found in the electronic catalogues of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Plate dimensions 16.5x22.5cm.
    20th-century binding in half vellum. Unlettered spine. 18th-century style marbled paper on boards. Plates mounted. A brown stain on the second engraving in the outer margin extending onto the engraving (1.5cm/3cm), another 1cm in diameter on plate 3. The engravings are numbered in the lower margin of the plate and also contain: P. Mariette ex.
    French draughtsman and engraver (1618-1682), he was renowned for his qualities as an ornamentalist. He remained marked in his style by his first journey to Italy in the company of his master Philippon, for whom he became the engraver on his return from Italy for Curieuses Recherches de plusieurs beaux morceaux d'ornements antiques et modernes tant dans la ville de Rome que autres lieux d'Italie. His work was collected and published by Jombert from 1741 under the general title of architectural works by Jean Lepautre. His varied and dense style, of great richness of invention within a rigorous framework, had a great influence on the 18th century.
    €600
  62. L'éducation progressive ou étude du cours de la vie
    Albertine-Adrienne NECKER DE SAUSSURE

    L'éducation progressive ou étude du cours de la vie

    Paulin • Garnier frères|Paris 1838 - 1841|13.50 x 21.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
    New edition for the first 2 volumes (first published in 1836) and first edition of the third volume published in 1838. The preserved covers are all dated 1841.
    Modern Bradel binding in green boards. Smooth spine with fillets. Pink calf title-label. Uncut copy. Some pale scattered foxing, on paper that has remained white. Original wrappers preserved. Signs of rubbing.
    The most complete edition of the first major study on education and early childhood. The third volume bears the subtitle: Study of women's lives. His work had a lasting influence on pedagogy and the education of women and children.
    €300
  63. Histoire générale de l'Inde ancienne et moderne
    M. de MARLES

    Histoire générale de l'Inde ancienne et moderne

    Emler Frères|Paris 1828|13.50 x 22.30 cm|6 tomes en 3 volumes reliés
    First edition. 2 large folding maps drawn and engraved by Ambroise Tardieu: L'Indoustan et l'Inde Ancienne.
    Bradel binding in publisher's boards. Smooth spine with red morocco title label. Marbled paper covering the boards. Uncut copy, with full margins. Lack at head of volume 3. Lack to title label of volume 1. Corners slightly bumped. Set rubbed. At end of volume 4, a dampstain in upper margin affecting text from p. 420 to the end, otherwise set rather clean with some small scattered foxing.
    Contents of the different volumes. Volume I. Introduction. Hindus. Hindustan. General description. Mountains, rivers, climate, animal kingdom, Alexander, Ptolemy, Population, commerce, government, customs, Bengal, Oude, Benares, Ajmere, Kashmir, Carnatic, Malabar, Mysore, Dekhan, Pagodas, Temples, Antiquity of the Hindus, Origin of the Hindus, Chronology.
    Volume II. Religion and Mythology of the Hindus. Philosophy. Brahmins. Cosmography. Trinity. Worship of Giants and Genies. Durga, Kali, Lakshmi. Krishna, Rama, Idols, Cow, monkeys, trees, sacred rivers, Festivals, Sacrifices, Fasting, Penalties, Sects, Isis, Mithra, Philosophy of the Brahmins. Philosophers of India. etc.
    Volume III. Literature. Sanskrit. Languages. Poetry. Eloquence. sciences and Arts. Legislation. Analytical table of Contents of the first three volumes comprising everything concerning Religion, Government, Customs, Legislation, and ancient History of the Hindus until the end of the tenth century of the common era.
    Volume IV. Modern history from the invasion of the Ghaznavids to the reigns of Babur and Akbar founder of the Mongol empire.
    Volume V. From the reign of emperor Akbar to the mid-eighteenth century.
    Volume VI. Continuation of the third part, from the eighteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth. Current state of European establishments. Exports from India, from the Orissa and Coromandel Coast, from the Malabar coast. European imports. Interior commerce. Notice on currencies, weights and measures.
    Remarkable study on India, notably its literature and language, with extracts of maxims...
    €500
  64. Etrennes lyriques, anacréontiques, pour l'année 1782
    CHOLET DE JETPHORT

    Etrennes lyriques, anacréontiques, pour l'année 1782

    Chez L'auteur|à Paris 1782|8 x 13.50 cm|relié
    First edition. One frontispiece by Cochin.
    Contemporary marbled brown sheep binding. Decorated smooth spine. Red morocco title-label. Light lack to upper joint at tail.
    Collection of gallant and light poetry gathered by Cholet de Jetphort to whom they were addressed. One piece by Beaumarchais, three by Boufflers, several by Piis... Cholet de Jetphort published this collection from 1781 to 1794.

    €150
  65. Praedium rusticum
    Jacques VANIER

    Praedium rusticum

    Apud Marcum Bordelet|Paris 1746|9.50 x 16.50 cm|relié

    New edition. An allegorical frontispiece engraved by Brunet and 16 figures illustrating country life.

     

    Contemporary full glazed and marbled brown calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Upper headcap worn. Upper joint cracked with lacks. Corners slightly bumped. Frontispiece browned in margins.


    Didactic poem by Father Vanier (1664-1739), Jesuit, on country life. This is based on his illustrious model: Virgil.


     

    €180
  66. Comic-finance - Journal satirique financier paraissant le jeudi - Année 1887 complète (52 numéros)
    COLLECTIF

    Comic-finance - Journal satirique financier paraissant le jeudi - Année 1887 complète (52 numéros)

    Imprimé par Ch. Noblet|Paris 6 janvier - 29 décembre 1887|31.50 x 48 cm|52 numéros reliés
    First edition of this complete year consisting of 52 issues published between January 6 and December 29, 1887, twentieth year.
    Contemporary half blue cloth binding, spine decorated with seven blind fillets, gilt title and date, marbled paper boards.
    Cloth rubbed and frayed at head and foot of spine. A tear without loss to inner lower margin of first endpaper. Lower corners of bottom board damaged with small loss.
    Comic-finance was edited by Ernest Schrameck.
    €1,200
  68. Oeuvres
    François René de CHATEAUBRIAND

    Oeuvres

    Chez Lefèvre • Ledentu|à Paris 1838|14.50 x 22.50 cm|6 volumes reliés
    New illustrated edition with 25 plates on strong paper, comprising a frontispiece portrait by Girodet and engraved by Hopwood, 5 steel engravings by Johannot in volume 1, 5 in volume 2, 9 in volume 3 and a folding map, 3 in volume 4, 2 steel portraits in volume 6. Johannot for the illustrations, others for the animated views and portraits.
    Contemporary wine-colored half-shagreen binding with corners, signed at foot of volume 1 Delaunay. Spine with false flat raised bands decorated with blind and gilt compartments. Gilt titles and volume labels. Thick separating fillets on the boards. Marbled edges. Spines uniformly faded to blonde. Traces of rubbing. Scattered and very unevenly distributed foxing. Faint dampstain traces on the first 5 leaves of volume 2 with browning, and on the first 30 pages of volume 6, gradually fading. P. 123 of volume 2 with a tear without loss.
    Elegant set.
    Volume 1: Génie du christianisme. Volume 2: Les martyrs, Atala, René, Les aventures du dernier Abencerage, Moïse. Volume 3: Itinéraire de Paris à Jérusalem, Voyage en Italie, à Clermont, au Mont Blanc. Volume 4: Voyage en Amérique suivi des Natchez. Volume 5: Etudes historiques. Volume 6: Mélanges historiques et politiques. All volumes with various prefaces, notes and supporting documents.

    €780
  69. Oeuvres choisies. Etudes de moeurs contemporaines.
    Paul GAVARNI

    Oeuvres choisies. Etudes de moeurs contemporaines. 1- Les enfants terribles. Traductions en langue vulgaire. Les lorettes. Les actrices. Notices par Théophile Gautier et Laurent-Jan. 2- Fourberies de femmes en matière de sentiment. Clichy. Paris le soir. Notices par Laurent-Jan, Auguste Lireux et Léon Gozlan. 3- Le Carnaval à Paris. Paris le matin. Les étudiants de Paris. Notices par Théophile Gautier, A. Barthet et A. de Soubiran. 4- La vie de jeune homme. Les débardeurs. Notices par P.J. Stahl.

    J. Hetzel & Cie|Paris 1846 - 1848|18 x 26.80 cm|4 tomes en 2 volumes reliés
    First edition and first printing of the 320 wood engravings. Publication of the 4 volumes from 1846 to 1848, which explains why they are found separately.
    Contributions by Théophile Gautier, Laurent-Jan, Léon Gozlan, Auguste Lireux and Jules Hetzel under the pseudonym P.-J. Stahl among others.
    Contemporary half black shagreen bindings. Flat false raised bands spine decorated with ornate compartments. Gilt titles and volume labels. Gilt edges. Blind ruling frame on boards. A. Gaillard at foot. Roulettes on bands. Very fine gold and grey decorative endpapers. Pale scattered foxing on very white paper.
    Work illustrated with a general frontispiece, 14 vignettes including one repeated and 320 plates, all engraved on wood.
    References: Vicaire, III, 953-955; Brivois pp.168-171; Carteret, III-260-264.
    "Important work, presenting an original work drawn anew by the artist from his lithographs; the whole gives a good idea of Gavarni's talent and the customs of his time.
    This work is very rare in fine condition." Carteret.
    €850
  70. Les trois apprentis de la rue de la lune
    Louis LE RIVEREND, Paul STECK

    Les trois apprentis de la rue de la lune

    Ancienne maison Quantin|Paris 1884|20.50 x 26 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    Edition illustrated with in-text illustrations in black by Louis Le Riverend and Paul Steck as well as three out-of-text watercolors in color by Edward Loevy.
    Publisher's polychrome cardboard binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt and silver ornament, beveled boards, front board enhanced with a large illustration, all edges gilt.
    Endpapers tending to slightly pull away.

    €300
  78. 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
  79. 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
  81. 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
  82. 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
  83. 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
  84. 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
  87. 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
  89. 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
  90. 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
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