Paris

First edition of each volume.
Half chocolate brown morocco binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt typographical motifs, a small black stain in margin of first board, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary binding.
Illustrated with a portrait of Lantara as frontispiece and a reproduction of a painting for the first volume; a portrait of Miger as frontispiece of the second volume.
Some light foxing without much significance.

First edition, one of 100 hors commerce numbered copies on BFK de Rives paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies with 662 other copies on BFK de Rives paper.
Precious copy inscribed and dated October 1966 by Beckett to his friend the painter Geer (Van Velde) and his wife Lise.
Nice copy.
“What to say of the sliding planes, the shimmering contours, the cut-out figures in the fog, the balance that any little thing can break, breaking and re-forming themselves under our very eyes? How to talk about the colors that breathe and pant? Of the swarming stasis? Of this world without weight, without force, without shadow? Here everything moves, swims, fells...

First edition of the author's French translation, one of 50 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches paper, an hors commerce copy, the only large paper copies with 292 other vélin d'Arches paper.
Precious copy inscribed and dated December 1972 by Samuel Beckett to his friend the painter Geer (Van Velde) and his wife Lise.
Spine and back cover slightly discolored.

What to say of the sliding planes, the shimmering contours, the cut-out figures in the fog, the balance that any little thing can break, breaking and re-forming themselves under our very eyes? How to talk about the colors that breathe and pant? Of the swarming stasis? Of this world without weight...

First edition with some parts of the text in first edition, bearing a statement of second edition; the second volume appears here for the first time. A full-length portrait of the author and a facsimile of an autograph.

Contemporary half cherry red glazed calf bindings. Spines with raised bands decorated with two stamps and Restoration-style roulettes, fillets. Rubbing to headcaps and joints.

Elegant binding, handsome copy.

De Fongeray is the collective pseudonym of Hygin-Auguste Cavé and Adolphe Dittmer (this name appears on the title label). The work is illustrated with a portrait of the so-called de Fongeray, which is actually just a...

First edition, rare, illustrated with three folding plates showing the interior of a tomb discovered in 1685.
Modern full parchment binding with flaps, beautiful pastiche of a contemporary Dutch binding in perfect condition. Red morocco title label. Paper yellowed. Pp. 330 and 331 with stains and soiling. Restoration to leaves 49 and 51 with a paper strip at the center of the work.
Composed of two parts, the narrated history itself and Les Actes et preuves, The work extends from the origins of the County of Evreux until 1682. The organization and style are clear and concise, and the whole abounds with erudition, particularly regarding antiquities. One will consult with appetite...