Paris (France)

Alfred de VIGNY
Les destinées, poèmes philosophiques
Léon Pichon|Paris 1930|26.50 x 33.50 cm|broché
Handsome typographic edition, one of 290 numbered copies on Arches paper, the only printing after 20 on Japan paper.
A good copy.
€80
André CHESNIER DU CHESNE
Le "Ronsard" de Victor Hugo
Mercure de France|Paris 1924|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint of Mercure de France.
A good copy.
€30
André CHESNIER DU CHESNE
Le "Ronsard" de Victor Hugo
G. Crès & Cie|Paris 1929|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
New edition printed on vélin paper.
Original preface by Léon Deffoux.
A tiny lack to head of spine slightly sunned, otherwise a good copy
€30
Fernand GREGH
L'oeuvre de Victor Hugo
Flammarion|Paris 1931|15.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition for which there was no mention of large paper copies.
One small stain, not serious, to spine.
€40
Maria LEY-DEUTSCH
Le gueux chez Victor Hugo
Librairie E. Droz|Paris 1936|16 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition of this thesis presented to the Faculty of Letters of the University of Paris to obtain a university doctorate degree.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece.
Spine and boards uniformly and lightly sunned, handsome interior condition.
€50
Jean DELALANDE
Victor Hugo à Hauteville House
Albin Michel|Paris 1947|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition for which there was no mention of large paper copies, falsely stated the 4000th.
Iconography.
€20
Pierre DUFAY
Victor Hugo à vingt ans. - Glanes romantiques
Mercure de France|Paris 1909|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a first impression copy numbered in the press.
Spine sunned.
€20
Jacques CASTELNAU
Adèle Hugo, l'épouse d'Olympio
Jules Tallandier|Paris 1941|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
A good copy.
€20
Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY
Du dandysme et de G. Brummell. - Memoranda
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1887|9.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
Later edition.
Autograph inscription from Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly to Madame Salomon : "... parce qu'il est plus moi que mes autres livres, je vous l'offre...[since it is more like me than my other books, I give it to you…]" What an inscription!
With a frontispiece portrait of the author by Martinez.
The front free endpaper with the inscription very slightly and partially faded.
Autograph inscriptions by Barbey d'Aurevilly on this work are rare and much sought after.
€2,500
François GEX
Dans les Alpes françaises. Une vue d'ensemble - Une excursion - Un massif. Alpes du nord et Alpes du sud du Mont Cenis au Léman, le Mont Blanc, géant des Alpes
J. de Gigord|Paris 1929|13.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with photographic reproductions hors-texte.
Full burgundy cloth binding, smooth spine, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers with a lack at head preserved.
Rare.
€60
Irène NÉMIROVSKY
Les mouches d'automne ou la femme d'autrefois[Autumn Flies, or the Woman of the Past]
Simon Kra|Paris 1931|20.50 x 27 cm|broché
First edition one of 25 numbered copies on Japon paper, the tirage de tête.
Two tiny lacks to foot of spine, which also has two slight tears.
A good, well-margined copy.
€1,200
Maurice BLANCHOT
La bête de Lascaux[The Beast of Lascaux]
GLM|Paris 1958|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 48 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête.
A tiny tear, not serious, to foot of upper cover.
A rare and very good copy.
€400
Marcel AYMÉ
Clérambard
Grasset|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 192 numbered copies on pure thread paper, ours being one of 12 hors commerce copies, deluxe issue.
Cover illustrated with a colored drawing by Jean-Denis Masclès.
A light dampstain at the foot of the spine.
Handsome copy.
€200
Marcel AYMÉ
Lucienne et le boucher
Grasset|Paris 1947|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 112 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only large paper copies after 28 on pur fil paper.
Small tears, not serious, to margins of the covers, otherwise a good copy.
€100
Maurice BERDON, ANONYME
Maistre Pierre Pathelin, farce du quinzième siècle
Pour Les Bibliophiles du Palais|Paris 1927|19 x 27 cm|broché sous chemise et étui
Illustrated with 28 original lithographs by Maurice Berdon and printed in a numbered edition of 200 copies on handmade laid paper from the Rives mills.
A handsome copy, spine of the chemise lightly sunned without consequence.
€200
Charles-Jean HALLO, Alain CHARTIER
Le quadrilogue invectif d'Alain Chartier mis en français par R. Bouvier
Editions universelles|Paris 1946|22.50 x 28 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with numerous sepia drawings in and out of text by Charles-Jean Hallo and printed in 500 numbered copies on Marais paper.
Handsome copy.
€50
André SZEKELY DE DOBA, Raymond ESCHOLIER
Logis romantiques
Editions des horizons de France|Paris 1930|20 x 29 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with original etchings by André Székely de Doba, one of 300 numbered copies on white Rives wove paper.
First cover slightly sunned at head, otherwise handsome copy.
€150
Georges LE MEILLEUR, Alfred de MUSSET
Sur trois marches de marbre rose
Chez l'illustrateur|Paris 1928|21 x 27.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
Edition illustrated with 17 original woodcuts drawn and engraved by George Best, one of 112 numbered copies on Arches, only 23 draw with Japan variously enriched.
Signed autograph of George Best in Clement-Janin "... the critical aspect as friendly, cordial tribute to his old friend ..."
Nice copy.
€300
Lucien BOUCHER, ANONYME
Guillaume au faucon et à sa suite : Le prêtre qui fut mis au lardier et Auberée la vieille maquerelle. Fabliaux du Moyen-Age transposés par Mario Meunier. - Les trois aveugles de Compiègne suivis des Trois chevaliers, de La chienne Estula, du Prêtre et du loup et de la vieille qui oingt la palme au chevalier. Fabliaux du Moyen-Age transposés par Mario Meunier. - Bérengier au long cul suivi du Plisson d'Hermelinde de la Bourse pleine de sens de Brunain la vache au prêtre et des braies du cordelier. Fabliaux du Moyen-Age transposés par Mario Meunier
Marcel Seheur|Paris 1921-1925|19.50 x 24 cm|3 volumes brochés
Illustrated editions with original woodcuts hand-colored by pochoir by Lucien Boucher, one of 250 numbered copies on Arches paper, the only printing with 1 vellum copy for each of the works.
Each copy retains its duplicate suite of woodcuts on China paper as stipulated in the justification pages.
Spines slightly sunned without consequence.
Rare and handsome set.
€500
Robert DELAUNAY, Henry de MONTHERLANT
La relève du matin
Editions Spes|Paris 1928|17.50 x 27.50 cm|broché
With 10 original lithographs by Robert Delaunay, one of 465 numbered copies on pur fil paper.
A very good copy.
€300
Georges BOUISSET, Alphonse de LAMARTINE
Jocelyn
Editions du Loup|Paris 1928|20.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
Illustrated with 52 original etchings in bistre by Georges Bouisset, one of 350 numbered copies on pure Arches laid paper.
The work is also decorated with wood-engraved tailpieces.
Spine lightly discolored and faded as is generally the case, otherwise a fine copy.
€80
Hervé FAYE
Leçons de cosmographie rédigées d'après les programmes officiels d'admission à l'École Polytechnique et à l'École de Saint-Cyr. - Leçons de cosmographie
Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie|Paris 1852 - 1853|13.50 x 22.50 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
First edition illustrated with 14 folding plates at the end of the first volume and 7 folding plates at the end of the second.
Half fir green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with quadruple gilt compartments, gilt name of a bibliophile at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners and leading edges with some tears, contemporary binding.
A small lack at head of one endpaper, handsome interior condition.
Rare gathering of these two texts dealing with cosmography.
€250
Samuel White BAKER
Ismailïa. Récit d'une expédition dans l'Afrique centrale pour l'abolition de la traite des noirs
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1875|15.50 x 24.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition of the French translation established by Hippolyte Vattemare.
Half green shagreen binding, spine with five fine raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments enhanced at corners with gilt vegetal motifs, light scratches of no consequence to spine, frame of blind fillets on green paper boards, gilt laurel leaf with gilt inscription stamped at center of front board "Offert par la société de protection des enfants du papier peint", cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Work illustrated with 56 engravings in text and 2 maps including 1 folding colored map at rear.
Handsome copy almost entirely free of foxing.
€250
Emile LEVY, Paul-Adolphe KAUFFMANN
Petits drames de la vertu pour faire suite aux Petites comédies du vice
Marpon & Flammarion|Paris 1882|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition.
Half caramel shagreen binding, smooth spine with traces of rubbing, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt, binding cold-stamped by Pierson.
Work illustrated with 1 frontispiece and illustrations by Emile Lévy and Paul Adolphe Kauffmann in text.
€60
Alexandre MORET
Au temps des pharaons
Armand Colin|Paris 1908|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 16 original phototype plates as well as a folding map at the end.
Half caramel sheep binding, spine with four raised bands set with black dots decorated with double gilt fillets, gilt dots at head and foot, olive cloth title-label and author's name, one scratch at head of spine, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, original wrappers preserved.
€30
Henri BOLAND
Coins de France. Brie - Ardennes - Normandie - Bretagne - Anjou - Massif Central - Pyrénées
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1910|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half cherry red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, front board with gilt lettering "Lycée Montaigne", marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 57 engravings after photographs.
€40
Hélène Baronne d' OETTINGEN
Age de fer
Stock|Paris 1928|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition published under the pseudonym Roch Grey, one of 2000 numbered copies on tinted laid paper, ours one of 100 hors commerce copies, the only issue along with 10 copies on pur fil du Marais paper.
Two small tears reglued at head and foot of spine.
€80
Henry HAVARD
La Hollande pittoresque. Le coeur du pays. Voyage dans la Hollande méridionale, la Zélande et le Brabant
Plon & Cie|Paris 1878|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, one scrape at head of spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Work illustrated from sketches by Baron Constant-Rebecque and the author.
Copy complete with its folding map at rear.
Printed bibliophile's stamp at foot of title page, some foxing.
€50
Antoine SALLES
Voyage au pays des fjords
Plon, Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1898|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
First edition.
Half navy sheep binding, faded spine with five raised bands showing scratches, gilt date at foot, cherry red shagreen title-label with two corner tears, marbled paper boards showing traces of discoloration at foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 28 phototypes and complete with its folding map at the end.
€40
Marie-Robert HALT
La petite Lazare
Marpon & Flammarion|Paris s. d. [1885]|18 x 28 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition illustrated by Gilbert.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt compartments, dots and fillets, headcaps very lightly rubbed without damage, first cover ornamented with a plate by A. Souze featuring a large polychrome and gilt decoration depicting the eponymous heroine, black typographical frieze frames on the second cover, beveled boards, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, publisher's binding signed by Engel.
Some foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume, pen gift inscription on an endpaper.
Work illustrated with 65 illustrations as well as 3 plates.
€50
Arthur KOESTLER
La treizième tribu
Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1976|15 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition in French for which there were no large paper copies.
A trace of fold to foot of lower cover, a good copy.
€70
Alfred Amédée MASSON-FORESTIER
Autour d'un Racine ignoré
Mercure de France|Paris 1910|14.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of the copies of the press service.
Binding sheepskin half hazelnut, back with five nerves filetsnoirs crimped, flat timber so paper and spiral effect, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers, red head.
Signed autograph of the author: "Henry original end Bidou teller, who would displease Racine unless displease Debates ..."
Frontispiece, a Racine portrait.
A little lack of paper heads white guards binding, nice interior state.
€80
Albert DECARIS, Blaise PASCAL
Prière à dieu pour demander le bon usage des maladies
Editions du raisin|Paris 1929|16.50 x 23 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with a frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by Albert Decaris, printed in 125 numbered copies on laid paper.
Half vellum-style boards binding, smooth spine, marbled paper boards with moiré effect, a scratch on the first cover having caused a lack of paper, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, blue top edge.
€100
Adolphe GIRALDON, Maurice de GUÉRIN
Le centaure. - La bacchante
Plon, Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1925|-|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
Edition illustrated with 18 original compositions by Adolphe Giraldon engraved on wood in three colors by Rita Dreyfus, one of 300 numbered copies on handmade Arches paper.
Preface by Charles Maurras.
Handsome copy.
€180
Louis TOUCHAGUES, George Noel Gordon BYRON LORD
Le pèlerinage de Childe-Harold
M.-P. Trémois|Paris 1930|26 x 33.50 cm|en feuilles
Edition illustrated with a title vignette repeated on the cover, 8 in-text drawings as well as 8 original hors-texte etchings hand-colored with pochoir by Touchagues, one of 169 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only issue with 9 Japan and 22 Holland copies.
Our copy is expanded with 5 study plates at rear.
A small tear at head of spine which also has a lack at foot, endpapers lightly shaded, handsome interior condition.
€150
Georges ZEVORT, Ernest RENAN
Souvenirs d'enfance et de jeunesse
La Connaissance|Paris 1922|-|relié
Edition illustrated with full-page and text illustrations by Zévort as well as hand-colored initials by Sourdot, one of 980 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only issue with 10 China and 10 Holland copies.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four fine raised bands, traces of rubbing at band margins, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Pleasant interior condition.
€80
Louis-Antoine-François de MARCHANGY
Tristan le voyageur ou la France au XIVe siècle
F.M. Maurice • Urbain Canel|Paris 1825-1826|13 x 21 cm|6 volumes reliés
First edition.
Half glazed navy calf bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt compartments embellished with gilt arabesques, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, yellow and speckled edges, bookplates pasted at head of pastedowns, two corners slightly bumped, contemporary bindings.
Some foxing, a repaired tear at head of a marbled endpaper of the first volume, printed bibliophile stamps on title pages.
€250
Georges GATINEAU
Des pattes du Tigre aux griffes du destin
Les presses du mail|Paris 1961|14 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on select bouffant only major papers.
Dated and signed autograph dedication from the author to full page Serge Pain: "... I am pleased to dedicate this book, in which he found in food and drink, as it is unconventional Perhaps the distraita. t it? I hope so ... "
Pleasant specimen with all margins.
€80
Johann Rudolf WYSS, Charles NODIER
Le Robinson suisse traduit de l'allemand de Wyss par Mme Elise Voiart précédé d'une introduction de M. Charles Nodier
Lavigne|Paris 1843|15 x 24 cm|relié
New edition of the French translation established by Elise Voiart and illustrated with 200 vignettes engraved after drawings by Charles Lemercier.
Half cherry red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets ornately gilt in triple compartments decorated with gilt typographical motifs, minor scratches to foot of spine, covers framed with triple gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, two corners damaged, marbled edges.
Work illustrated with numerous vignettes in the text.
Preface by Charles Nodier.
Foxing.
€80
J.T. de SAINT-GERMAIN [Jules TARDIEU]
Pour une épingle suivi de La feuille de coudrier
Théodore Lefèvre|Paris s. d. [circa 1870]|-|reliure de l'éditeur
Illustrated edition with numerous plates including a frontispiece.
Publisher's half dark green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands ornately gilt in triple compartments decorated with central gilt fleurons, headcaps slightly rubbed and minor scratches to spine without significance, covers framed with blind fillets on dark green paper boards, cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, all edges gilt.
Occasional foxing.
€50
Georges TCHERKESSOFF, Louis-Frédéric ROUQUETTE
La bête errante
Alexis Redier|Paris s. d. [circa 1925]|15 x 20.50 cm|broché sous étui
Illustrated edition with original two-tone lithographs by Georges Tcherkessoff, one of 800 numbered copies on Rives laid paper, the only printing along with 10 on Japan, 30 on Holland and 25 hors commerce on various papers.
A small tear reglued at foot of spine very slightly faded, two stains on slipcase.
€60
Fernand MAURETTE
Toute la France. Nouvelle géographie illustrée
Hachette|Paris 1933|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition.
Richly illustrated.
Slight foxing, not serious, to endpapers.
A good copy retaining its illustrated dust jacket.
€60
LULLIN DE CHATEAUVIEUX, COLLECTIF
La Suisse historique & pittoresque, description de ses vingt-deux cantons
Didier & Cie|Paris 1858|18.50 x 28 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
Illustrated edition with 31 steel engravings hors-texte and 1 map.
Half brown shagreen binding, spine with four thin raised bands set with gilt dotted lines decorated with double gilt compartments richly ornamented, frame of blind fillets on the hazelnut boards which show traces of marginal discoloration, cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, gilt edges.
Contributions by Lullin de Châteauvieux, Le Prés, Monnard, Zschokke, Dubochet, Busoni, Meyer de Knonau, Tscharner, Francini, Ruttimann, Schnell jeune, de Forestier, Strohmeier...
A light dampstain affecting marginally the very first leaves of the first volume, two stains on an endpaper of the...
€250
Ernest BIELER, Ernest d' HERVILLY
L'île des parapluies. Aventures du gâte-sauce Talmouse
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1890|15.50 x 24.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Illustrated edition with original drawings by Ernest Bieler.
Publisher's full grey cloth binding decorated with pink floral motifs, smooth spine ornamented with a floral bouquet, front cover decorated with a large polychrome floral design, bevelled boards, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, publisher's binding signed by Engel.
Some minor foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.
€70
Joris-Karl HUYSMANS (inscribed to Lucien DESCAVES)
Trois primitifs[Three Primitives]
Albert Messein|Paris 1905|16.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper; only 17 copies were printed on deluxe Japanese paper.
Bradel binding in full boards covered with glazed marbled paper, smooth spine, navy Russian morocco lettering piece, original wrappers and spine preserved, gilt top edge; an elegant signed pastiche binding by T. Boichot.
Illustrated with 6 plates hors texte.
A fine copy, handsomely presented in a pastiche binding.
With a precious signed autograph inscription by Joris-Karl Huysmans to his friend and literary executor Lucien Descaves.
Lucien Descaves, a naturalist writer, Communard, libertarian and anti-militarist, founded the Joris-Karl Huysmans Society in 1927.
€1,500
Juliette LAMBER
Impressions françaises en Russie
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1912|11 x 17.50 cm|relié
Second edition.
Publisher's half red shagreen binding, spine with five fine raised bands decorated with gilt double compartments richly embellished, frames of blind fillets on the red paper boards, first cover struck at its center with the gilt arms of the city of Paris surmounted by the trinitarian motto of France, small harmless stains at head of first cover, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, edges gilt, publisher's binding executed by J. Taupin.
Work illustrated with 51 hors-texte engravings.
Pen gift inscription on an endpaper.
€80
Jean-Baptiste Benoît EYRIÈS
Histoire des naufrages, délaissements de matelots, hivernages, incendies de navires et autres désastres de mer
Laplace, Sanchez & Cie|Paris s. d. [circa 1880]|16.50 x 25.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
New edition illustrated with 8 hors-texte plates by Rouargue frères.
Publisher's binding in half wine-red shagreen, spine slightly faded with four raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments enhanced with gilt decorative motifs, covers framed with cold-stamped fillets on wine-red paper boards, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges.
Some foxing.
€60
COLLECTIF
Saint-Gobain. Glaces et produits verriers
R.L. Dupuy|Paris 1956|24.50 x 32.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
First edition printed on coated paper.
Publisher's cream cardboard binding, smooth spine slightly sunned and showing a pale dampstain at foot, minute marginal spotting to first cover.
Work illustrated with gouaches by Yves Delfo as well as kodachromes by d'Anger and Chevalier.
Iconography.
Handsome copy well complete, at beginning of volume, with its facsimile of the privilege letter granted by the King of France and the wax that served to seal this missive.
€50
Édouard FOURNIER
Le théâtre français avant la Renaissance 1450 - 1550. Mystères, moralités et farces
Laplace, Sanchez & Cie|Paris 1872|19 x 28.20 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with 20 hand-colored plates showing the main character of each play drawn by MM. Maurice Sand, Allouard and Adrien Marie.
Contemporary half red shagreen binding with corners. Spine with raised bands decorated, fillets on boards. Light rubbing. Fine copy, free from foxing and perfectly fresh.
€250
Claude SIMON
Les corps conducteurs
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1971|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 97 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies with 92 bouffant.
A good copy.
€600
Henri BOLAND
Nouveaux zigzags en France
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1908|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
Second edition.
Publisher's half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands with some scratches decorated with triple gilt compartments, frame of blind fillets on red paper boards, front board stamped with gilt arms of the city of Paris enriched with the trinitarian motto of the Republic, small black stain at head of front board, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 61 engravings after photographs.
€40
Curzio MALAPARTE
Monsieur Caméléon[Mr. Chameleon]
La Table Ronde|Paris 1948|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 75 numbered copies on pur fil, tirage de tête.
With original illustrations by Orfeo Tamburi.
A good copy.
€500
BIGOT-VALENTIN, Alphonse DAUDET
Premier voyage premier mensonge
Flammarion|Paris s. d. [1900]|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with one raised band set with gilt dots decorated with a cartouche adorned with gilt floral motifs, minor rubbing traces on the joints, double gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, two corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Work decorated with illustrations hors-texte by Bigot-Valentin.
€100
René Aubert de VERTOT
Histoire des révolutions de Suède
Chez Nyon|à Paris 1768|9.50 x 16.80 cm|reliés
New edition after the original published in 1695.
Contemporary full brown grained sheep bindings. Smooth spine decorated. Title label and volume label in red morocco. A lack at the tail of volume I and volume II. Corners slightly bumped. Rubbing. Rather good copies.
The success of this work by Vertot never wavered during a century, and one cannot count the reprints of this work in the 18th century, as well as of the author's other works including those titled Révolutions. A chronological summary of Swedish history follows the chronological history established by the author.
18th-century engraved armorial bookplate of Auzeran, from Languedoc, argent three bars gules.
€230
Diego ORTUÑEZ DE CALAHORRA, Antoine René de Voyer d' ARGENSON
Histoire du chevalier du soleil, et de son frère Rosiclair, et de leurs descendants
Chez Pissot|à Amsterdam • & se trouve à Paris 1780|9.50 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition of the translation and abridgment by the Marquis de Paulmy and Contant d'Orville.
Armorial copy of the Rohan Chabot family, certainly, given the date of the edition, of Louis-Antoine de Rohan-Chabot, known as the Chevalier de Rohan. 2 mascles and two chabot fish crowned in the corners. We know that the library of Cardinal de Rohan (famous!) bore mascles on the spine as a stamp.
Contemporary full glazed blonde calf bindings. Smooth spine decorated. Title label and volume label in brown morocco. 3 scratches on the upper cover of volume II, without consequence. Cracking of upper joints with very slight leather loss. Fine copy.
Le chevalier du soleil...
€900
SAINT CYPRIEN
Les oeuvres
Chez André Pralard|à Paris 1672|17 x 25 cm|relié
First edition produced by Abbé Joly, illustrated with 4 title headpieces by Chauveau, one repeated, and historiated initials. Printer's device on title page. Translation by Lombert.
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Richly decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. One tear at head. Head fragile; same at foot with a crack weakening the headcap.
In addition to the letters and various treatises written by Saint Cyprian, a long critical biography was written by Abbé Joly. The importance of the work of the Bishop of Carthage lies in the fact that he was not only one of the first church fathers with Saint Augustine, but that he was witness to the very first...
€450
André GIDE
Un esprit non parvenu
Kra|Paris 1929|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of numbered copies on vergé blanc, advance (service de presse) copies.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by André Gide to (Jean-Emile) Laboureur.
Spine and covers uniformly and lightly sunned, as usual, internally good.
€800
Francis CARCO
On ferme
Pour les amis du docteur Lucien-Graux|Paris s. d. [1930]|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 125 numbered copies on laid Arches, only 25 draw with Japan.
Handwritten signature of the author on the half-title page.
Book illustrated with a frontispiece and original lithographs by Maurice Berdon.
Bites on slightly and partially shaded guards.
€100
Albert LAPORTE
Les naufrages aériens
Théodore Lefèvre|Paris s. d. [circa 1880]|15.50 x 25 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Illustrated edition with plates.
Publisher's half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments, minor scratches to joints and spine, frame of blind fillets on red paper boards, white moiré silk endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, all edges gilt.
Some foxing.
€100
Claude FARRÈRE
Bêtes et gens qui s'aimèrent
Flammarion|Paris 1920|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 540 numbered copies on pur fil paper.
Occasional foxing, the first leaves (untila page 34) are detached.
€20
Octave PRADELS
Pour dire entre femmes
Flammarion|Paris s. d. [1890]|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome illustrated cover and drawings by G. Trilleau.
A small tear, not serious, to head of lower cover.
A rare and good copy.
€150
Henri BÉRAUD
Les lurons de Sabolas
Les Editions de France|Paris 1932|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a numbered copy on alfa paper.
A good copy retaining its genealogic table at end.
€40
Francis JAMMES
Janot-poète
Mercure de France|Paris 1928|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 550 numbered copies on laid Montgolfier paper, the only deluxe copies after 11 Japon impérial and 99 Hollande.
A handsome copy with full margins.
€40
Jules CLARETIE
Le prince Zilah
Librairie Borel|Paris 1898|9.50 x 20 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half almond percaline, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double fillet and gilt date at foot, black sheep title-label with central scratch and lack of skin, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated by A. Calbet, J. Dédina and A. Boyé.
Handsome copy.
€50
Jules GOURDAULT
De Paris à Paris à travers les deux mondes. Capitales et grandes villes
Jouvet & Cie|Paris 1889|18 x 28 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with 32 original hors-texte compositions by H. Clerget.
Half red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with gilt floral motifs, minor scratches on joints and spine, frame of double gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, front board with central gilt inscription "Prix offert par le Préfet de la Seine au nom du Conseil général", marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Some foxing affecting mainly the volume at the end.
€70
COLLECTIF
Paris pittoresque rédigé par une société d'hommes de lettres sous la direction de G. Sarrut et B. Saint-Edme
D'Urtubie, Worms & Cie|Paris 1837|16.50 x 26.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
Edition illustrated with 26 steel-engraved out-of-text figures by Rouargue as well as 2 frontispieces.
Half navy sheep binding, smooth spines decorated with quadruple gilt fillets and gilt fleurons, gilt dates at foot, navy paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings.
Some light foxing, handsome copy.
€250
BASILE DE CÉSARÉE
Divi Basilii Magni Caesareae Cappadociae quondam archiepiscopi omnia quae in hunc diem Latino sermone donata sunt opera, nunc demum praeter caeteras editiones solerti industria, nec minùs accurata collatione ad fidem Graecorum aliquot exemplarium synceriori lectioni restituta, multísque libris aucta : Quorum omnium ordinem & cathalogum versa pagina docebit. Praefiximus quator indices : prior, res & verba continet : alter, scripturae sacrae locos à Basilio explicatos complectitur : tertius, habet similitudines : postremus, paroemias authori familiares
Apud Sebastianum Nivellium|Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris] • (Paris) 1566|22 x 34 cm|relié
First edition produced by Jean Gillot (according to the preface). Large printer's mark on title page, very handsome, with two storks quarreling over a worm, with 4 biblical episodes in medallions around the main figure. Printed in two columns. Listed in Index aureliensis.
Contemporary full vellum binding. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label from the 17th century, with lack to left corner, removing the letter O from opera. Numerous wormholes to head and foot compartments. Folded corners, two of which damaged. Scattered foxing. A thin paper strip under the title. Lacking the endpaper before the title. Leaf 637 backed on verso with old paper, the following leaf being...
€1,200
SCRUTATOR, ANONYME
Qui est responsable de la guerre?
F. Amyot|Paris 1871|-|relié
First edition in French based on the second English edition and published under the pseudonym Scrutator.
Half chocolate shagreen binding, lightened spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets, a small lack affecting the head cap, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Preface by Alfred Sudre.
Some foxing.
Rare.
€100
Antoine Marie RAYNOLT, André MARY
Le roman de l'écoufle de Jean Renart mis en rime ancienne en prose nouvelle
Boivin & Cie|Paris 1925|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Madagascar vellum, the only deluxe copies after 1 on Japan paper.
Work decorated with original black illustrations by Antoine Marie Reynolt.
Our copy includes, as stipulated in the justification page, its vellum suite of the two states of the illustrations.
Foxing, gift inscription in ballpoint pen.
€50
Henry HAVARD
La Hollande pittoresque. Les frontières menacées. Voyage dans les provinces de Frise, Groningue, Drenthe, Overyssel, Guledre et Limbourg
E. Plon & Cie|Paris 1876|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 10 out-of-text engravings and a map.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, minor scratches on spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Work illustrated with 10 engravings and complete with its folding map at rear.
Foxing.
€40
Jules PAYER
L'expédition du Tegetthoff. Voyage de découvertes aux 80e-83e degrés de latitude nord
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1878|15.50 x 24 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Illustrated edition with 2 maps and 168 wood engravings.
Half cherry red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments adorned with gilt typographical motifs, blind-ruled frame on cherry red boards, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, library classification label pasted on one endpaper, all edges gilt.
Foxing affecting mainly the first and last leaves.
€100
Marie-Magdeleine de RASKY
Tuer le roi Louis XVII, sauver l'homme
P-A. Chavanne & Cie|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 1040 numbered copies on alfa only major papers after 320 pure wire.
Signed autograph of the author, "... the charming Claude Pasquier ..."
A small tear without missing the head of the second course, nice copy.
€60
Pontus CARLE, COLLECTIF
Pontus Carle
Marc Espinosa • Galerie F|Paris • & Berlin 1991|21.50 x 30.50 cm|agrafé
First edition of this exhibition of works by Pontus Carle plate is being held in the gallery Malen, then at Marc Espinosa in Paris and at the Galerie F in Berlin in 1991.
Signed autograph Pontus Carle in art critic and novelist Gerhard Weber and his wife, "For Gerard and Hélène", to whom he communicates his Parisian address, enriched with an original drawing with a pencil.
Illustrated plate reproductions of works in black and color Pontus Carle.
Nice copy.
€200
Roger RAOUL-DUVAL
Au Transvaal et dans le sud-africain avec les attachés militaires
Delagrave|Paris s. d. [1902]|15.50 x 24 cm|relié
Illustrated with numerous photographic reproductions in-text and hors-texte.
Full hazel sheep binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fillets and gilt ornamental compartments with gilt floral motifs, cherry red morocco title-label and author's name, some light rubbing to headcaps and joints, gilt roulettes faded on headcaps, triple fillets and floral corner motifs on boards, gilt dotted lines on leading edges, gilt dentelle border on pastedowns, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt, original wrappers preserved, elegant unsigned contemporary binding imitating those adorning 17th and 18th century works.
Small lack to head of one...
€180
Gaston DESCHAMPS
Chemin fleuri
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1896|-|relié
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in half indigo cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, navy shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Occasional light foxing.
€50
René DELPÊCHE
Ces filles que l'on dit de joie
Compagnie parisienne d'éditions|Paris 1954|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
Original edition to 520 numbered copies printed on vellum Bellegarde.
Bel autograph dated and signed by the author "Roger Koller, all you need to know, without anger, the old problem paths and posed, still, these girls are told of joy, ... "
Illustrations and drawings of Serge Cézar and Jacques Leclerc.
Complete copy of his beautiful jacket illustrated by Jacques Leclerc.
Some minor foxing mainly affecting the guards.
€80
Gaston DUJARRIC
Pages de contrebande
Librairie Fischbacher|Paris 1897|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
Original issue for which there is no mention of major papers.
Signed autograph from the author to miss Henry.
Preface by Pierre de Lano.
Four small marginal gaps in foot of the back and the first dish that also includes a light wetting, few foxing.
Rare.
€80
Victor JOZE
La cantharide. Roman de moeurs parisiennes
P. Fort|Paris 1898|12 x 19 cm|relié
New edition, statement of 6th thousand.
Attractive illustrated cover by Jack Abeille.
Spine slightly split at head.
Rare.
€80
Gaston BONNIER
Histoire naturelle de la France : 26 partie : Technologie, zoologie appliquée
Les fils d'Emile Deyrolle|Paris 1922|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Illustrated with 115 figures to text.
A good copy.
€40
Philippe CHABANEIX
Comme des songes
Collection de l'Ermitage|Paris 1928|13 x 17 cm|broché
First edition, one of 450 numbered copies on pure wire Lafuma.
Bel autograph signed by the author to the poet Pierre Jalabert "... by thanking him for the beautiful poem of the" Muse "that made ??me so much pleasure ..."
Nice copy.
€50
Edouard-Jean GILBERT
Les livres du mycologue
Librairie E. Le François|Paris 1927-1934|12 x 18.50 cm|4 volumes brochés
First edition.
The complete tetralogy is formed as follows:
-Volume 1: The spore of superior fungi (color, form, ornamentation, terminology, taxonomic value) illustrated with 1 plate and 1 figure in the text.
-Volume 2: Mycology in the field (methods, aims, results)
-Volume 3: The boletes illustrated with 16 plates
-Volume 4: Descriptive mycological method.
Handsome complete set in 4 volumes.
€180
Henri BÉRAUD
Les lurons de Sabolas
Les Editions de France|Paris 1932|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 1380 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Half cherry red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets, gilt date at foot, gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsome copy.
€70
Edmond & Jules de GONCOURT
Manette Salomon
Librairie internationale Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie|Paris • & Bruxelles [Brussels] • & Leipzig • & Livourne [Livorno] 1868|12 x 19 cm|2 volumes reliés
Second edition.
"Bradel" green cloth bindings, smooth spine, date and place lettered in gilt at foot, title labels in cherry red shagreen, original grey wrappers preserved, slightly later bindings.
Some minor foxing.
€100
Hugo Paul THIEME
Guide bibliographique de la littérature française de 1800 à 1906
H. Welter|Paris 1907|16 x 25 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding over purple marbled paper board.
€60
Francis CARCO
Le nu dans la peinture moderne (1863-1920)
G. Crès & Cie|Paris 1924|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
Original edition for which he was not drawn large papers.
Signed autograph of the author André Level, big art collector and was among the first to discover Pablo Picasso.
Illustrated book 34 collotypes inset.
A vertical fold trace on the second dish, small spots on dishes.
€200
Charles de BROSSES
Traité de la formation mechanique des langues, et des principes physiques de l'étymologie[Treatise on the Formation of Languages and the Principles of Etymology]
Chez Saillant • Vincent • Desaint|à Paris 1765|9.50 x 17 cm (In-12)|2 volumes reliés
Rare first edition, comprising 9 plates, including 3 folding plates.
Contemporary full mottled brown calf bindings. Spines with raised bands, gilt decoration. Title and volume labels in brown morocco. Blue mottled edges. A handsome copy.

€1,000
COLLECTIF
La Nouvelle Revue Française N°60 de la 5ème année
Nrf|Paris 1er Décembre 1913|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
Pre-first edition.
Contributions by R. Tagore "L'offrande lyrique (fragments)" with translation by A. Gide, A. de Gobineau "Adélaïde" unpublished novella, A. Gide "Souvenirs de la cour d'assises (fragments)"...
Spine lightly sunned, first cover marginally rubbed without consequence.
€30
Valery LARBAUD
Rachel Frutiger - In la Nrf N°65 de la 6ème année
Nrf|Paris 1er Mai 1914|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
Pre-first edition.
Other contributions by J. Rivière "Parsifal", P. Claudel, A. Suarès, A. Thibaudet...
Spine lightly sunned without consequence.
Complete with its advertising catalogue printed on pink paper announcing the publication of André Gide's "Caves du Vatican".
€40
Camille GASPAR
Olympia
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1905|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Unlettered spine very lightly sunned without concern, a light dampstain affecting all leaves at their centers and marginally.
Rare.
€100
(to Guy de MAUPASSANT) Georges OHNET
Dette de haine
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1891|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding of paper boards, black morocco title label, upper cover conserved, elegant pastiche binding by Thomas Boichot.
Handsome autograph inscription from the author : "A Guy de Maupassant, amical souvenir."
€1,000

Paris

Les destinées, poèmes philosophiques

Le "Ronsard" de Victor Hugo

Le "Ronsard" de Victor Hugo

L'oeuvre de Victor Hugo

Le gueux chez Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo à Hauteville House

Victor Hugo à vingt ans. - Glanes romantiques

Adèle Hugo, l'épouse d'Olympio

Du dandysme et de G. Brummell. - Memoranda

Dans les Alpes françaises. Une vue d'ensemble - Une excursion - Un massif. Alpes du nord et Alpes du sud du Mont Cenis au Léman, le Mont Blanc, géant des Alpes

Les mouches d'automne ou la femme d'autrefois[Autumn Flies, or the Woman of the Past]

La bête de Lascaux[The Beast of Lascaux]

Clérambard

Lucienne et le boucher

Maistre Pierre Pathelin, farce du quinzième siècle

Le quadrilogue invectif d'Alain Chartier mis en français par R. Bouvier

Logis romantiques

Sur trois marches de marbre rose

La relève du matin

Jocelyn

Leçons de cosmographie rédigées d'après les programmes officiels d'admission à l'École Polytechnique et à l'École de Saint-Cyr. - Leçons de cosmographie

Ismailïa. Récit d'une expédition dans l'Afrique centrale pour l'abolition de la traite des noirs

Petits drames de la vertu pour faire suite aux Petites comédies du vice

Au temps des pharaons

Coins de France. Brie - Ardennes - Normandie - Bretagne - Anjou - Massif Central - Pyrénées

Age de fer

La Hollande pittoresque. Le coeur du pays. Voyage dans la Hollande méridionale, la Zélande et le Brabant

Voyage au pays des fjords

La petite Lazare

La treizième tribu

Autour d'un Racine ignoré

Prière à dieu pour demander le bon usage des maladies

Le centaure. - La bacchante

Le pèlerinage de Childe-Harold

Souvenirs d'enfance et de jeunesse

Tristan le voyageur ou la France au XIVe siècle

Des pattes du Tigre aux griffes du destin

Le Robinson suisse traduit de l'allemand de Wyss par Mme Elise Voiart précédé d'une introduction de M. Charles Nodier

Pour une épingle suivi de La feuille de coudrier

La bête errante

Toute la France. Nouvelle géographie illustrée

La Suisse historique & pittoresque, description de ses vingt-deux cantons

L'île des parapluies. Aventures du gâte-sauce Talmouse

Trois primitifs[Three Primitives]

Impressions françaises en Russie

Histoire des naufrages, délaissements de matelots, hivernages, incendies de navires et autres désastres de mer

Saint-Gobain. Glaces et produits verriers

Le théâtre français avant la Renaissance 1450 - 1550. Mystères, moralités et farces

Les corps conducteurs

Nouveaux zigzags en France

Monsieur Caméléon[Mr. Chameleon]

Premier voyage premier mensonge

Histoire des révolutions de Suède

Histoire du chevalier du soleil, et de son frère Rosiclair, et de leurs descendants

Les oeuvres

Un esprit non parvenu

On ferme

Les naufrages aériens

Bêtes et gens qui s'aimèrent

Pour dire entre femmes

Les lurons de Sabolas

Janot-poète

Le prince Zilah

De Paris à Paris à travers les deux mondes. Capitales et grandes villes

Paris pittoresque rédigé par une société d'hommes de lettres sous la direction de G. Sarrut et B. Saint-Edme

Qui est responsable de la guerre?

Le roman de l'écoufle de Jean Renart mis en rime ancienne en prose nouvelle

La Hollande pittoresque. Les frontières menacées. Voyage dans les provinces de Frise, Groningue, Drenthe, Overyssel, Guledre et Limbourg

L'expédition du Tegetthoff. Voyage de découvertes aux 80e-83e degrés de latitude nord

Tuer le roi Louis XVII, sauver l'homme

Pontus Carle

Au Transvaal et dans le sud-africain avec les attachés militaires

Chemin fleuri

Ces filles que l'on dit de joie

Pages de contrebande

La cantharide. Roman de moeurs parisiennes

Histoire naturelle de la France : 26 partie : Technologie, zoologie appliquée

Comme des songes

Les livres du mycologue