Paris

First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, ours one of the 10 out of trade, only leading copies.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph of Louis de Saint-Piere Gérard Mainguet: "... with the certainty that he will always love this intelligent and faithful soldier, who showed so much common sense in an era that was so often missing."

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on Johannot laid paper, ours one of 20 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy despite a small tear at head of spine.

First edition of which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies, false statement of third edition.
Spine slightly sunned.
Autograph inscription dated Octobre 1946 and signed by Raymond Queneau to a friend named Suzanne : "... de tout mon coeur (pas de pierre, elle le sait bien.)"

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers, mention of third edition.
Back slightly insolated with a clear wetting in the middle, two small gaps on the second board.
Autograph dedication dated October 1946 and signed by Raymond Queneau to a friend named Suzanne: "Dear Suzanne, I apologize, it's a very bad book, it's clumsy and awkward as its author, but have more indulgence. for the latter."

First edition on current paper of this exhibition catalog.
Nice copy.
Illustrated book of reproductions of works of Jacques Hérold.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on offset, ours unjustified.
Nice copy.
Illustrated cover of Vasarely.
Signed autograph dedication of Jean-Clarence Lambert Georges Raillard and his wife Alice: "... these us and abuse of language - there an abrazo!"
Our copy is enriched with a postcard representing the farm Lagorce, Ardeche, on which Jean-Clarence invites "Les Raillard" to a fiesta on Saturday, August 6 from 19h.
We also add an invitation card to Jean-Clarence Lambert's exhibition of collages at Teatro Roma, Spain, from September 27 to October 10, 1968.

First edition, one of 24 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Small creasing marks at head and foot of boards, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper for each of the volumes; no mention is made of deluxe paper for the first.
Half fawn shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved (the front cover of the second volume is soiled).
Handsome copy.

First edition.
A nice and rare copy.

First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.

Original drawing of the painter and draftsman Georges Tournon, in charcoal enhanced with gouache, signed "G. Tournon Feast of the throne Paris 1932".
"Georges Tournon was to be a Parisian artist who had acquired a certain dexterity in the art of chewing the street people, he had a real predilection to identify and draw from the nature of characters misery among the two wars: tramps curled up by the cold and hunger, couples of old people sitting on a bench, stray wanderers ... he associated with those excluded "at the end of the roll", sellers of "almost nothing", which, against a few cents, yielded to the passers-by flowers, mimosa, feather duster ... or played the portable barbaric organ with a sound so heart-rending that one does not forget it once it has been heard. " (Elisabeth Poulain)

Original drawing of the painter and draftsman Georges Tournon, in charcoal enhanced with gouache, signed "G. Tournon Jardin des plantes Paris 1932".
"Georges Tournon was to be a Parisian artist who had acquired a certain dexterity in the art of chewing the street people, he had a real predilection to identify and draw from the nature of characters misery among the two wars: tramps curled up by the cold and hunger, couples of old people sitting on a bench, stray wanderers ... he associated with those excluded "at the end of the roll", sellers of "almost nothing", which, against a few cents, yielded to the passers-by flowers, mimosa, feather duster ... or played the portable barbaric organ with a sound so heart-rending that one does not forget it once it has been heard. " (Elisabeth Poulain)

Original drawing of the painter and draftsman Georges Tournon, in charcoal enhanced with gouache, signed "G. Tournon Feast of the Throne Paris 1932".
"Georges Tournon was to be a Parisian artist who had acquired a certain dexterity in the art of chewing the street people, he had a real predilection to identify and draw from the nature of characters misery among the two wars: tramps curled up by the cold and hunger, couples of old people sitting on a bench, stray wanderers ... he associated with those excluded "at the end of the roll", sellers of "almost nothing", which, against a few cents, yielded to the passers-by flowers, mimosa, feather duster ... or played the portable barbaric organ with a sound so heart-rending that one does not forget it once it has been heard. " (Elisabeth Poulain)

Original drawing of the painter and draftsman Georges Tournon, in charcoal enhanced with gouache, signed "G. Tournon Feast of the Throne Paris 1932".
"Georges Tournon was to be a Parisian artist who had acquired a certain dexterity in the art of chewing the street people, he had a real predilection to identify and draw from the nature of characters misery among the two wars: tramps curled up by the cold and hunger, couples of old people sitting on a bench, stray wanderers ... he associated with those excluded "at the end of the roll", sellers of "almost nothing", which, against a few cents, yielded to the passers-by flowers, mimosa, feather duster ... or played the portable barbaric organ with a sound so heart-rending that one does not forget it once it has been heard. " (Elisabeth Poulain)

Collective first edition on current paper.
Publisher's binding in full red cardboard, smooth back, complete copy of his jacket that include some tears margins boards.
Rare autograph dedication signed by Luis Mercier Vega to Eugène Mannoni: "... lost between Vietnam and rue Réaumur and whom I would like to see again ..."

First edition on current paper, mention of ninth edition.
A tear in the foot of the back slightly insolated.
Iconography.
Autograph dedication dated 1953 and signed by Serge Lifar to Mrs. Dominique Blanchard.

Edition illustrated with 20 original lithographs by François Chapuis and printed in 200 numbered copies on Auvergne paper.
Fine copy complete with its slipcase, split at head and foot.
Publisher's Bradel binding in half black shagreen with bands, unlettered smooth spine with small scratches, Japanese paper boards, binding by Jean Duval.

First edition of this pro-Francoist publication, presented in the form of an illustrated journal with photographs, intended to document the atrocities perpetrated by the Republicans, Anarchists and International Brigades during the Civil War then raging in Spain.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition on current paper.
Back insolated, a stain at the bottom of the second board.
Illustrated book of 40 plates inset.
Autograph dedication signed Lugné-Poëau Professor Gosset.

First edition.
Nice full copy of his trailer.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Christian Lacroix to a woman named Madeleine enriched with an autograph dedication signed by singer Sapho.
These dedications were made during a conversation organized by Frédéric Mitterrand with Christian Lacroix and some of his muses at the Café de l'Industrie on Saturday 21 April 2007.

First edition, one of 275 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only printing along with 5 Madagascar and 25 Japan.
Work illustrated with original color woodcuts by Hermann-Paul.
Handsome copy despite two slight sunning marks at head and foot of spine.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Back slightly insolated, a small lack in upper angle of the second board.
Autograph signed by Marcel Arland Maurice Martin du Gard.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on Alfa paper.
Signed autograph Joseph Delteil Maurice Martin Gard: "... this little fairy tale for the use of only poets of course .."

Edition illustrated with 10 original etchings by Edouard Chimot, one of 25 numbered copies on Japon imperial paper, deluxe copy.
The work is also illustrated with typographical ornaments by Paul de Pidoll.
Handsome full-margined copy.
The first gathering tends to come slightly loose.
Our copy, like all copies printed on Japon imperial paper, contains the complete suite of 10 original compositions by Edouard Chimot in triple state.

First edition. Epistle to the Ambassador of Venice, in Italian. Moreau, Bibliographie des Mazarinades, III, no. 3091, pp. 38-39.
Half navy sheep binding, morocco-grained ca 1860. Smooth spine, gilt title. Traces of rubbing to headcaps, joints, boards and corners. Good copy.
The author, identified by the initials S. D. L. C., could be the Sieur De La Campie, author of two other pieces of this kind entitled La Juliade ou Jules démasqué and Les Profanations mazariniques (see Hubert Carrier, La Presse de la Fronde: les Mazarinades, Droz, 1991, p. 37).
Following the epistle in Italian, there is a burlesque poem which contains interesting and curious details about the cuisine of the period. At the end appear 14 riddles under the title: Le Dessert à plats couverts. A Messieurs les Provinciaux. The verso of the last leaf contains the answers to these riddles.

First and only edition in octavo illustrated by L. Benett also containing numerous photographs and chromotypography plates.
Publisher's Hetzel binding "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red cloth signed Engel, polychrome front cover signed Engel, back cover type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, lighthouse spine, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
Original blue endpapers marginally shadowed as usual.
Gift inscription in pen at head of first endpaper.
Posthumous novel, L'Agence Thompson and Co. tells the unfortunate adventures of a cruise meant to take its passengers to the Azores, Madeira and the Canaries.
Handsome copy.

First edition in octavo illustrated with 92 illustrations by Benett including one colored folding map: this is the first appearance of polychromy in an illustration for a Jules Verne novel.
Publisher's Hetzel binding "aux deux éléphants" in full red cloth signed Lenègre type 3, front cover signed Souze, back cover Lenègre type "e" as indicated by Jauzac, lighthouse spine, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt. EL catalog at rear.
The joints and headcaps of our copy have been retouched. One corner and one joint at foot slightly bumped.
Deux ans de vacances is a robinsonnade featuring fourteen schoolboys from New Zealand.

First edition, one of 50 copies printed on Holland paper, deluxe copy after 1 Japon nacré and 13 Japon impérial.
Handsome full-margined copy.

First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Spine repaired, small filled-in lacks in the margins of the first leaves, paper yellowed.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Raymond Queneau to Simone de Beauvoir.

Partly first edition, one of 35 numbered copies on vellum of the Marais, leading print.
Nice copy.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on Montgolfier paper, ours unnumbered, deluxe copy.
Two fold marks on the first cover.
Handsome full-margined copy complete with its "Coupable de fidélité" band which shows some foxing and two tears.

First edition, one of 452 numbered copies on Gris-Hidalgo paper.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece reproduction of a Botticelli painting.

First edition, one of 522 numbered copies on simple papier de viduité.
Handsome copy despite a tiny tear and very light foxing at foot of front cover.

First edition in French established by André Tchernia, one of 509 numbered copies on bulle catholique paper.
Handsome copy.
Bookplate pasted on verso of front cover.

First edition of the French translation established by Henri Robillot, one of 421 numbered copies on green solitaire paper.
A handsome copy despite a clear dampstain to upper corner of front cover.

First edition of the French translation, one of 387 numbered copies on simili papyrus delta paper.
A handsome copy.
Bookplate pasted to verso of front cover.

First Edition, one of 440 numbered copies, only print after 60 leading copies.
Slight non-gravity dumps of adhesive paper on the title page.
Illustrated book of 5 snapshots of Jiri Kolar's original collages-chismages
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard presenting his wishes for the year 1983.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers, one of the review copies service.
Some small foxing, ex-dono and a date at the head of a guard.
Autograph dedication signed by Paul Guimard to Pascal Pia.

First edition, rare. A specific title page for Recueil des chancelliers, dated 1609, without place or publisher. The whole with continuous pagination.
Contemporary full vellum binding. Smooth unlettered spine. Soiling and stains. Paper yellowed. Good copy.
History of the chancellery in France, keeper of the seals, where the author shows that the ancient chancellors were the secretaries and counselors of the king. "The chancellery is properly the place where letters are sealed in France".

First French edition. Translation by Auguste-François Jault.
Contemporary full marbled calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title and volume labels. Triple gilt fillet frame on boards. Rich interior border. Lacking at head of volume I. Upper joint cracked at head and tail. Micro crack at tail of volume II. Despite some defects, handsome copies.
Important work by English orientalist Simon Ockley (1678-1720), professor of Arabic at Cambridge: The Conquest of Syria, Persia and Egypt by the Saracens. The study begins with an abridgement of the life of Mohammed and continues with the history of the Caliphs, his text being based on several unpublished Arabic manuscripts which are cited at the end.

Second edition of the first two volumes of the novel and first edition of the rare sequel published in 1788 (exchange of letters between Zélie and her friend). On the 3 title pages: By Madame D... The first edition of the first 2 volumes, 1786-1787.
Binding in full speckled blonde calf for the first 2 volumes, in speckled blonde sheep for the supplement. Red morocco title and volume labels. Rubbing. Scuffing to boards. Good copies.
The only work and novel by Marguerite Daubenton, wife of the famous naturalist. The novel appears to be inspired by the Aethiopica of Heliodorus of Emesa. The story tells the life of Zélie, her arrival in the Sumatra desert following a shipwreck and her life as a castaway, her reunion with d'Ermancour, the man she loves and whom she knew in Paris, and the twenty or so years spent with him, his servant and young Ninette, daughter of her friend who died shortly after giving birth to her, then their final return to Normandy. A book by Marcel Arland bears exactly the same title, without knowing whether the latter is an adaptation of the former.

First edition for which it was not printed large papers printed on the occasion of the exhibition of the works of Pierre Alechinsky in Brussels from May 6 to June 26, 1988.
Binding of the editor in full brown cardboard, smooth back, first flat illustrated.
Beautiful full copy of his illustrated jacket.
Illustrated book of reproductions of works of Pierre Alechinsky.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Pierre Alechinsky, in pencil, to his friend Georges Raillard

Edition with some parts in first edition as it contains numerous unpublished texts, one of 50 numbered copies on China paper, ours bearing No. 1, the only deluxe copies with 50 Whatman.
Bindings in half caramel calf, spines with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt compartments ornamented with gilt dentelles, brown morocco title labels, navy blue morocco volume labels, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edges gilt, original wrappers preserved, some corners slightly bumped, contemporary bindings.
Some minor rubbing traces on certain spines, small holes in the spine margins of the first (volumes 1 & 2) and third (volumes 5 & 6) volumes, one stain on the spine of the second volume (volumes 3 & 4), worming in the margins of the last forty pages of the first volume (volumes 1 & 2) not touching the text.
Work illustrated with 50 etched portraits by Rousselle and Rivoalen, here in double state as in the China and Whatman copies.
Handsome copy of this collection, composed of the famous collections of Pierre Clairambault (genealogist of the King's orders), of Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux Maurepas and numerous other unpublished manuscripts.

New edition enriched with notes and biographical notices by Charles Marty-Laveaux, one of 230 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only printing after 18 copies on China paper.
Bradel binding in half black morocco, smooth spines, gilt dates at foot of spines, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, front covers preserved.
A rare and handsome copy.

First edition, one of the rare numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Contributions by Ludovic Janvier "Ecoute", Nguyên Huy Thiêp "Nostalgie de la campagne", Henri Raczymow "Le Pounem", Philippe Barthelet "Visite à M. Gracq"...
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of the rare numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Contributions by Claude Roy "Poèmes", Marc Baconnet "Les labyrinthes d'Ariane", Jean-Pierre Colombi "Ligaments déchirés", Jean Roudot "Noël Devaulx en marge du cadastre"...
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Full copy of its plastic case that has small gaps.
Illustrated book of reproductions of works by Paul Delvaux.
Autograph signed by Marcel Paquet Georges Raillard.

First edition printed in a small number of copies on pure laid paper for the friends of Alain Decaux.
Handsome copy illustrated with photographs.
We include a one-page typed letter from André Castelot, on Editions Perrin letterhead, thanking the generous donors who participated in financing Alain Decaux's académicien sword.

First edition on current paper.
Some foxing on the boards, a vertical fold on the margin of the first board.
Signed autograph dated and signed by Commander Pierre Weiss to Henri Mengin, who was a lawyer and mayor of Nancy: "To Hneri Mengin, Mayor of Nancy, president of the Bar Association, and the greatest heart in the world. and dedication, Capit Weiss. "

First edition in paperback format.
Iconography.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication signed from Didi-Huberman to Georges Raillard.

First edition of this promotional publication created for Quina-Laroche.
Handsome copy.
Full cardboard chemise, smooth spine, illustrated front cover, chemise complete with its two ties.
Work complete with its 10 color lithographs depicting actresses praising the benefits of Quina-Laroche.

New edition, after the original published in 1738.

269 numbered figures at mid-page.
Contemporary full marbled sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Upper joint cracked at head, and a small crack at tail over 0.5cm. 3 corners very bumped and worn. 3 traces of surface wear on lower board. Good copy.
Didactic treatise on Backgammon, a game of Chinese origin that was very popular in Europe under the name of Trictrac, and which features numerous games. The rules of the game remained unchanged until 1931, the date at which the Americans modernized the game rules.

First edition in French, one of 38 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Minor marginal tears to boards without consequence, light stain at foot of first endpaper.
Handsome full-margined copy illustrated with 8 maps hors-texte and 2 sketches in the text.

First Edition printed 600 copies numbered on laid.
Small tears without gravity margins of some leaves, back and marginally insolated boards, a slight lack in the foot of the first board.
Precious autograph signed by Charles Forot: "To my master Paul Valéry, these songs of autumn in testimony of deep admiration."

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pure thread paper, deluxe edition.
One repaired tear at foot of spine, handsome full-margined copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Patrice de La Tour du Pin to Robert Mainguet.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on vellum, ours bearing the N ° 1.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication dated and signed Guy Lavaud to his publishers Robert and Albert Emile-Paul: "... in memory of happy years and a long friendship ..."

First edition published under the pseudonym Loyson-Bridet, one of the first issue copies.
Binding in brown half morocco, back with five nerves set with black threads, golden date tail, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, covers and back preserved, golden head, Contemporary binding signed Moens .
Three press clippings and a bookstore description label pasted at the top of the volume on the White Guards.
Precious autograph dedication signed by Marcel Schwob, under his pseudonym of Loyson-Bridet, to Lucien Descaves.

First edition. Bailly would publish a sequel in 1779, entitled: Lettres sur l'atlantide de Platon et sur l'ancienne historie de l'Asie. Pour servir de suite aux lettres sur l'origine des sciences.
Contemporary full speckled blonde calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with fillets. Red morocco title label. Tears to joints at head. Rubbing. Paper yellowed. Good copy.
In his Histoire de l'astronomie ancienne, Jean-Sylvain Bailly had established that the origin of sciences and techniques came from the ancient peoples of Asia, which led him into a polemic with Voltaire. There followed an exchange of letters of which this work bears witness. The collection contains Voltaire's responses.

First Edition consisting of a reprint from the Obliques magazine.
Back and flat slightly and marginally insolated.
Illustrated copy of full-page compositions by Michel Vachey.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Nice copy.
Autograph signed by Denis Langlois to Madame Mounier.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Signed autograph of Jean-Edern Hallier to Mrs. Mounier.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers, one of the review copies service.
Back slightly insolated without gravity.
Autograph tribute signed by Michel Crozier.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, head print.
A tear and a fold at the foot of the second board which also has three small marginal spots.
Autograph signed by Armen Tarpinian to Simone Barilleau.

First edition.
Handsome interior condition without foxing.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four thin raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double gilt fillets and black fillets, minor rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Our copy retains the original photograph by Etienne Carjat mounted as frontispiece.

Fourth edition revised from the first edition for the first volume, first edition for the second refuting the thesis that this novel is by Madame de La Fayette.
Handsome copy.
Full green morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double gilt compartments richly decorated, date and place gilt at center of spine, gilt roulettes on headcaps, frame of triple gilt fillets on boards, small black spots on first board, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, frame of gilt dentelle on pastedowns, lower corners very slightly bumped, double gilt fillets on leading edges, very elegant binding signed by Hardy.
Our copy is complete, as frontispiece, with two portraits of Madame de Sévigné and Madame de La Fayette engraved by Riffaut on China paper, with two folding facsimiles and its folding music plate at end of volume.

Edition printed in 150 numbered and named copies on vellum and illustrated with 28 original etchings hors texte as well as woodcuts by Raphaël Drouart.
Both slipcases are damaged and show either a lack to the upper edge, or a large tear to the upper edge.
Both chemises are fragile.
Handsome copy.
Our copy is exceptionally expanded with two original copperplates and a suite in black of the illustrations.
The text is illustrated with decorations and frames of gilt and black head-pieces in Art Deco style.

First edition.
Beautiful full copy of his trailer, his prayer to insert and enriched with 2 invitations to exhibitions of works by Jean Le Gac.
Illustrated book of reproductions of works of Jean Le Gac.
Signed autograph dedication of Jean Le Gac enriched with a watercolor representing a palette of painter to his friend Georges Raillard.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Nice copy.
Adhesive paper dumps due to the original collage on the mailing page.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard enriched, on the page opposite, an original collage representing a red mouth.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard.

Sixth edition and second printing of the 425 compositions by Gustave Doré. "masterpiece where each vignette is a discovery" (Béradi)
Full red long-grained morocco binding signed Thivet (at the top of the first endpaper). Richly decorated spine with raised bands. Gilt title. Triple gilt ruling on boards. Rich inner gilt border. All edges gilt. Spine slightly faded.
Scattered foxing.
Superb copy, very rare in full binding, moreover in full morocco.
"The idea of illustrating these texts had been suggested by the Bibliophile Jacob, Paul Lacroix, who had been commissioned by Balzac's widow for the philological revision of the text. The illustrations fall within a caricatural and 'droll' vein; they reveal Gustave Doré's immense talent, his attraction to landscape and his ease in portraying grotesque characters as well as in capturing burlesque scenes. 'This illustration is like no other in its powerful originality: it is Gaulish, Rabelaisian, and sparkling with wit. Doré certainly lavished the best of his talent on the Contes drolatiques. They had no success however and the entire edition was marked down. Today, it is one of Doré's most sought-after works" (Leblanc).

First edition.
Nice copy.
Autograph signed by Yves Bonnefoy to Gilbert Lascault.

Collective first edition.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Roger Caillois to Alice Raillard.

Edition printed on laid paper and illustrated with a portrait of Pierre Ronsard by Orlande de Lassus.
Half brown shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt cartouches ornamented with gilt lyres, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, some minor tears to leading edges, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Some foxing affecting the music plates at the end of the volume.

First Edition printed on Alfa paper.
Handwritten signature of Gustave Charpentier below his frontispiece photographic portrait.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Marc Delmas to the poet Rosati Jean Ott.
Our copy is enriched, pasted on a guard, a business card of Gustave Charpentier on which he added these words: "Cordial tribute to the great organizer of the open air parties."

Rare wedding announcement of Henri Jeanson and Germaine Delbo which was celebrated on June 16, 1928 in the strictest intimacy.
The announcement is illustrated with a cartoon of Paul Colin on the second plate showing a man learning by surprise and via a phone correspondent this confidential nuptial event and exclaiming: "Hello, Jeanson has married .. . No kidding."

First edition, very rare. Printed by Jean Parvi in gothic rotunda. Title page within a portico, with publisher Jean Petit's device beneath the title. One criblé initial. Large publisher's device on verso of final leaf, the recto bearing the colophon. A manuscript note in ink beneath the title, dated 1537. One copy at the British Library, 2 in Spain (Universities of Madrid and Salamanca), one at the Hesburgh Library, USA, nothing in French catalogues.
Colophon: Parissis sumptibus honesti viri Ioannis Parvi via Iacobea sub lilio aureo co morantis. M.D.XXII.
Full sheep binding, worn, 17th century. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Brown sheep title label. Head cap torn with loss along lower joint. Last compartment loose, and tail cap torn. 3 corners cut and heavily bumped. Epidermis worn with scratches. One tear to title page, starting from upper margin, 2.5cm long. Foliation jumps from CLXXXVII to CLXXXIX without loss. Two leaves CCC follow in succession by error. CCCXXXI to CCCXXXIII without loss. Interior fresh.
Pierre Sutor, pseudonym of Pierre Couturier, was a French theologian, doctor at the Sorbonne then Carthusian. In this work on the Carthusians, the author refutes some detractors of monastic life, particularly that of the Carthusians. In the first book, he makes an apology for his order; in the second, he discusses the occupations of the Carthusians and the excellence of their spiritual exercises, and devotes a chapter to the writers of this order. He furthermore supports the truth of the history of the canon of Paris, and treats monastic vows and the manner of observing them.

First Edition printed 130 numbered copies on vellum Arches paper, ours unjustified.
boards slightly and marginally insolated.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Claude Sernet to the composer Jean Wiener: "... in testimony of an admiration ly distant, now fraternal."

Collective edition, one of the numbered copies on "bouffant" paper.
A small spot on the back of the head, full copy of his trailer that includes a small tear.
Signed autograph of Alain Bosquet to Pierre and Luce Bosquet: "... in the hope that they will find here some spiritual relationship with the author."

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Pleasant full copy of his prayer to insert.
Autograph dedication signed by Raymond Queneau to Luc Estang.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Nice copy.
Precious autograph dedication signed by René Etiemble to André Breton: "... this book, which I would like all to not like him too, with esteem and friendship.

First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on vergé Ingres de Lana, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
A nice copy despite a trace of folding to foot of upper cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Julien Green to a friend named Robert.

First edition of which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Paper yellowed as usual, a small filled-in lack to foot of upper cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Emil Michel Cioran to Gérard Binola.

Rare invitation card to the exhibition of works by Henri-Gabriel Ibels presented at Charles Bodinier's theatre d'application, known as "La Bodinière", from November 6 to December 15, 1894.
Handsome copy, glue trace on verso of the invitation card.
Invitation card illustrated with a drawing by Ibels.

First edition, one of the numbered copies.
Binding of the publisher in full gray cloth, smooth back, guards and contreplats of cream paper.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph of Joseph Guglielmi Georges Raillard.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Nice copy.
Iconography.
Autograph signed by Gérard Xuriguera to Georges Raillard.
Our copy is enriched by a signed and dated autograph letter signed by Victor Laks to Georges Raillard (who is not named) thanking him for his wise advice and cordial hospitality.

First edition of the French translation, one of 110 numbered copies on Alfa paper, deluxe copy.
Fine copy.

First edition, one of 13 numbered copies on pur fil paper, ours being one of 3 lettered hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Spine very lightly sunned without consequence.