Jacques-Louis MOREAU
Histoire naturelle de la femme, suivie d'un traité d'hygiène
Letellier • Chez L. Duprat|à Paris 1803|12 x 20 cm|3 volumes reliés
First edition, illustrated with 11 plates, 7 of which are folding (anatomy, hermaphrodite sex, Hottentot...).
Contemporary full sheep binding with root grain. Smooth spine decorated with compartments à la grotesque. Beige morocco title and volume labels. Cold-tooled roll frame on boards. Upper joint cracked at head of volume I, and lower joint cracked at head and foot. A lack at head of volume III. Rather good copy, fresh.
Without prejudice for the period, and judging things essentially as a naturalist, observing and comparing facts to his knowledge, this history of woman, not only through history but according to nations (the Hottentots are often studied) is fascinating in more wa
€900
Jean-Jacques BARTHÉLEMY
Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce, vers le milieu du quatrième siècle avant l'ère vulgaire
Lebigre frères|Paris 1819-1834|13 x 21 cm|6 volumes reliés
New edition.
Half aubergine sheep bindings, smooth spines slightly faded decorated with gilt arabesques, minor rubbing traces on some spines, gilt roulettes on headcaps, worn headcaps with some small losses, gilt fillet frames on boards enhanced with Romantic blind-stamped decoration, gilt laurel leaves surmounted by a gilt crown bearing the inscription "collège de Chateau-Thierry Ainse" stamped to center of front covers, gilt dots on edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary bindings. Our copy is complete with its rare atlas which is almost always missing.
The atlas complete with its 31 engraved plates, dated 1819, is bound in full navy sheep, smooth spi
€500
Ludmila J. RAIS
Les quatre princesses et le coeur fermé, précédé de quelques poèmes
Vers et Prose • , Eugène Figuière|Paris 1913|17 x 26 cm|broché
First edition printed on laid paper, only 10 Holland copies were printed on deluxe paper.
Autograph inscription signed by Ludmila J. Rais to the symbolist poet André-Ferdinand Hérold.
Rare and handsome copy.
€90
Léon DIERX
Poésies posthumes
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1912|9.50 x 16 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies with 10 on China paper.
First endpaper very lightly and marginally shaded, handsome and rare copy.
€150
Jules RENARD, Paul-Émile COLIN
Causeries
Les cahiers nivernais et du Centre|Paris 1910|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of the rare copies printed on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
With frontispiece portrait of the author by Paul-Emile Colin.
Handsome copy.
€150
Nicolas-Louis BOURGEOIS
Christophe Colomb ou L'Amerique Découverte
Chez Moutard|à Paris 1773|12 x 20.30 cm|2 tomes reliés en un volume
First edition, illustrated with two frontispieces by Challe, engraved by Tilliard.
Contemporary full grained calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Headcaps worn. Upper joint cracked at head and foot. Lower joint split. 2 corners bumped and one cut.
Epic poem in verse in 24 cantos telling the story of Columbus's discovery of America, viewed as a symbolic and religious saga.
€300
(Gérard de NERVAL) COLLECTIF
Album Nerval
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1993|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Richly illustrated.
A very good copy complete with plastic wrappers.
€80
(Jean-Paul SARTRE) Annie COHEN-SOLAL
Album Sartre
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1991|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Richly illustrated.
A very good copy complete with plastic wrappers.
€80
Marguerite d' ANGOULEME NAVARRE
Les sept journées de la Reine de Navarre suivies de la huitième [Heptaméron]
Chez Jouaust, Librairie des Bibliophiles|Paris 1872|14.50 x 22 cm|relié
Reprint of the 1559 edition by Claude Gruget, with notes by Paul Lacroix containing 72 novellas divided into 8 days and expanded with three other novellas from the Heptameron. Limited edition of only 120 copies on deluxe paper, this one of the 100 unnumbered copies on Holland paper with duplicate states of the engravings. Illustrated with etchings by Léopold Flammeng.
Contemporary half purple morocco with corners. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons and small green morocco mosaics. Date at foot. Top edge gilt. Original wrappers preserved. Spine slightly faded. Very handsome copy, perfectly executed. Binding signed by Champs. Note that the tissue guards having been
€1,800
Philippe MAS
Les crépuscules et les aurores
Sté Graphidec|Paris 1965|16 x 24 cm|broché
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on Japan ivory paper, deluxe copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Philippe Mas to a couple who were his friends.
Handsome copy.
€50
Gabriel LEGOUVÉ
Le mérite des femmes
Louis Janet|Paris 1825|8.50 x 14 cm|relié
New edition with some parts in first edition, expanded with new poems.
Full brown sheep binding with speckled finish, smooth spine decorated with gilt wave patterns and fleurons, gilt roulettes on headcaps, red morocco title label, very light rubbing to joints, gilt frieze and fillet border on boards, gilt edges to leading edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 5 hors-texte engravings.
Some light foxing.
€100
Jacques DERRIDA
Signéponge
Seuil|Paris 1988|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French.
Signed autograph inscription from Jacques Derrida "à Jos (Joliet) co-signataire de ce Signéponge..." ["to Jos (Joliet) co-signatory of this Signéponge..."].Joseph Joliet, a former student of Derrida, became a very close friend of the philosopher.
Very attentive to Joliet's writing, Derrida would write the preface to his novel: "L'enfant au chien assis" and support him during difficult periods (cf. Derrida by Benoit Peeters).
Handsome copy.
€450
Jacques DERRIDA
Ulysse gramophone, deux mots pour Joyce
Galilée|Paris 1987|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
Autograph inscription from Jacques Derrida to a close friend.
Some corner of some pages slighlty turned down for the reading, spine slightly sunned.
€450
Jacques DERRIDA
Ulysse gramophone, deux mots pour Joyce
Galilée|Paris 1987|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
Signed autograph inscription from Jacques Derrida to Joseph Joliet, a former student of Derrida who became a very close friend of the philosopher. Very attentive to Joliet's writing, Derrida would write the preface to his novel: ""L'enfant au chien assis"" and support him during difficult periods (cf. Derrida by Benoit Peeters).
Spine very lightly sunned without gravity, handsome copy.
€450
Jacques DERRIDA
La carte postale de Socrate à Freud et au-delà
Aubier • Flammarion|Paris 1980|14 x 22 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Signed autograph inscription from Jacques Derrida to a couple of close friends Jos and Christine (Joliet).Joseph Joliet, a former student of Derrida became a very close friend of the philosopher. Very attentive to Joliet's writing, Derrida would write the preface to his novel: L'enfant au chien assis and support him during difficult periods (cf. Derrida a Biography, by Benoit Peeters).
Spine slightly creased without gravity, a trace of marginal fold at foot of front cover, complete with its publisher's wraparound band which has small tears.
€350
Victor DURUY
Causeries de voyage. De Paris à Bucharest
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1864|11 x 17.50 cm|relié
First edition of which no deluxe copies were printed and of which only volume 1 was published.
Half navy blue shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands ornately gilt in double compartments decorated with gilt floral motifs, minor traces of rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Rare signed autograph inscription from Victor Duruy.
Only the first part "De Paris à Vienne" was published.
Some foxing affecting mainly the edges and endpapers.
€400
Émile de LA BÉDOLLIÈRE
Soirées d'hiver
Curmer|Paris 1839|12 x 19.20 cm|relié
First edition, illustrated with 12 steel-engraved plates.

Contemporary full brown straight-grained morocco. Smooth spine decorated with large Romantic tools with date at foot. Covers with large blind Greek key border and gilt fillet frame. All edges gilt. Decorative gilt board-edges. White watered paper endpapers. Spine uniformly sunned, turned brown. One corner rubbed. Several gatherings browned. Handsome copy nonetheless, in contemporary morocco.

One of Curmer's famous and beautiful publications, who had just published in 1838 one of the most celebrated Romantic books: Paul et Virginie. An essential literary figure from the mid-19th century onwards, La bedollière,
€450
Jacques DERRIDA
Signéponge
Seuil|Paris 1988|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation for which there were no large paper copies.
Autograph inscription from Jacques Derrida to a close friend.
A good copy.
€450
Jacques DERRIDA
Limited Inc
Galilée|Paris 1990|15 x 24 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Derrida to Jos (Joliet) expanded with a handwritten note, on a loose sheet, by Jacques Derrida about a passage from this text.Joseph Joliet, a former student of Derrida became a very close friend of the philosopher.
Very attentive to Joliet's writing, Derrida would write the preface to his novel: "L'enfant au chien assis" and support him during difficult periods (cf. Derrida by Benoit Peeters).
Spine very lightly sunned, handsome copy.
€450
Jacques DERRIDA
Parages
Galilée|Paris 1986|15 x 24 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Signed autograph inscription from Jacques Derrida to Joseph Joliet, a former student of Derrida who became a very close friend of the philosopher.
Very attentive to Joliet's writing, Derrida would write the preface to his novel: "L'enfant au chien assis" ["The child with the sitting dog"] and support him through his difficult periods (cf. Derrida by Benoit Peeters).
Spine very slightly sunned, handsome copy.
€450
Jacques DERRIDA
Marges de la philosophie
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1979|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
New edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Signed autograph inscription from Jacques Derrida to Joseph Joliet, a former student of Derrida who became a very close friend of the philosopher. Very attentive to Joliet's writing, Derrida would write the preface to his novel: "L'enfant au chien assis" ["The child with the sitting dog"] and support him through his difficult periods (cf. Derrida by Benoit Peeters). Handsome copy.
€350
Jacques DERRIDA
Points de suspension
Galilée|Paris 1992|15 x 24 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Signed autograph inscription from Jacques Derrida to Joseph Joliet, a former student of Derrida who became a very close friend of the philosopher.
Very attentive to Joliet's writing, Derrida would write the preface to his novel: "L'enfant au chien assis" and support him through difficult periods (cf. Derrida by Benoit Peeters).
Spine very lightly sunned, handsome copy.
€450
Jacques DERRIDA
De l'esprit, Heidegger et la question
Galilée|Paris 1987|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
Autograph inscription from Jacques Derrida to a close friend.
Spine slightly sunned, a good copy.
€450
Jacques DERRIDA
L'autre cap
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1991|14 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Signed autograph inscription from Jacques Derrida to Joseph Joliet, a former student of Derrida who became a very close friend of the philosopher.
Very attentive to Joliet's writing, Derrida would write the preface to his novel: L'Enfant au chien assis and support him through difficult periods (cf. Derrida by Benoit Peeters).
Handsome copy.
€450
Jacques DERRIDA
Positions
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1972|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Signed autograph inscription from Jacques Derrida to Joseph Joliet, a former student of Derrida who became a very close friend of the philosopher.
Very attentive to Joliet's writing, Derrida would write the preface to his novel: "L'enfant au chien assis" and support him during difficult periods (cf. Derrida by Benoit Peeters).
Spine sunned, three small stains on boards, handsome interior condition.
€350
Jacques DERRIDA
D'un ton apocalyptique adopté naguère en philosophie
Galilée|Paris 1983|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
Second version of this lecture, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Signed autograph inscription from Jacques Derrida to Joseph Joliet, a former student of Derrida who became a very close friend of the philosopher.
Very attentive to Joseph Joliet's writing, Jacques Derrida would write the preface to his novel: "L'enfant au chien assis" and support him during difficult periods (cf. Derrida by Benoit Peeters).
Handsome copy.
€350
CONTE, DELAUNAY
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE - Arts et métiers - Le Faiseur de tuyaux de pipe, Le Pileur de tabac (ETAT MODERNE, volume II, planche XXVII)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|53.50 x 71 cm|une feuille
Original etching in plano, untrimmed, extracted from the so-called "Imperial" edition of the Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand.
Created between February 1802 and 1829 by order of Napoleon Bonaparte and published from 1809 [actually 1810], it was printed in 1000 copies on laid paper watermarked "Égypte ancienne et moderne" and offered to institutions.
Light fold mark in upper right corner, otherwise excellent freshness and condition.

Volume MODERN STATE, II:
The genius
€250
MONTESQUIEU
Mélanges inédits de Montesquieu publiés par le baron de Montesquieu
G. Gounouilhou • J. Rouam & Cie|Bordeaux • & Paris 1892|18 x 24 cm|relié
First edition printed on laid paper.
Full vellum binding, smooth spine decorated at head and foot with a broken lace accentuating the antique character of the pastiche binding, chocolate morocco title-label, white paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, elegant pastiche binding.
Rare worming.
A handsome copy.
€150
Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU
Oeuvres
à Londres [London] • [Paris] 1781|7 x 12.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition, and reprint by Cazin, after that published in 1777. A frontispiece portrait engraved by Delvaux.
Publisher's binding in full glazed and grained blonde calf. Smooth spine decorated. Brown morocco title-label and volume label. Triple fillet frame on boards. Edges gilt. Headcap of volume I worn. Rubbing. A small lack to edge on upper board of volume I.
Jean-Baptiste Rousseau was among the most celebrated poets of his time, notably for his cantatas which were set to music.
€150
[RESTAURATION] Chambre des pairs de France. Session de 1818. Séance du jeudi 13 mai 1819. Opinion de M. le Duc de Fitz-James
De l'imprimerie de Didot l'aîné|à Paris 1819|13 x 21.50 cm|cousu
Contemporary pamphlet stitching held by a central seam. Bill relating to the suppression of crimes and offenses committed through the press. The speaker requests an amendment to the law on freedom of worship, asserting that a difference must be made between Christian worship and other forms of worship, given the history of our country.
€120
Eugène MULLER
La forêt. Son histoire. Sa légende. Sa vie. Son rôle. Ses habitants
P.Ducrocq|Paris 1878|-|relié
First edition.
Half red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with fleurons in double gilt compartments, gilt fillets on boards. Top edge gilt.
Work illustrated with numerous engravings in and outside the text in black by Andrieux, Bellecroix, Bodmer, Chifflart, Corot, Delort, Diaz, Jules Dupré, Giacomelli, Gerlier, Gosselin, Riou, Th. Rousseau, Scott. Engraving by F. Méaulle. Map of the French forest in colors on double page.
Handsome copy without foxing.
€150
William BEATTIE
L'Ecosse pittoresque, ou suite de vues prises expressement pour cet ouvrage par MM. T. Allom, W.H. Bartlett, et H. M'Culloch.
Virtue • et Ferrier|Londres [London] • & Paris 1838|21 x 27.50 cm|relié
First edition, illustrated with two engraved titles (in English), one colored plate and 117 steel engravings (with tissue guards) by Allom, Bartlett, and M'Culloch, engraved by Griffiths, Varrall, Prior, etc. Superb illustration, as English engravers were particularly prized during this period for their fineness of execution, and French publishers placed extensive orders in England for the illustration of their books.
Full publisher's binding. Half red morocco decorated with a large special gilt stamp (arms and symbols of Scotland) on wine-colored sheep boards stamped with a large decorative floral stamp in blind. Edges gilt. Magnificent and rare English publisher's binding, despite som
€850
Alexandre CREVEL
Le cri des peuples, Adressé au Roi, aux Ministres, aux Maréchaux, aux Pairs, aux Députés, aux Magistrats, à tous les Français.
Chez L'Huillier • Delaunay|à Paris 1817|13 x 21 cm|broché
Third edition statement (third reprint by the same publisher in December), the first edition having appeared the same year in November.

Contemporary temporary wrappers in bluish paper. Lacking paper on spine, with exposed signatures.

The printed copies sold quickly, with a decree condemning the work to be destroyed and the author accused. The work begins with a plea in favor of press freedom, and is primarily summarized by the demand for unity between the people and the government. The author accuses public authorities, deputies, and police of tyranny, supporting his argument with history and sound common sense.
€250
Henry de MONTHERLANT
Va jouer avec cette poussière
Gallimard|Paris 1966|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Light marginal worming on boards.
Autograph inscription signed by Henri de Montherlant to Hubert Juin.
€100
Alfred de VIGNY
Stello
H. Delloye • V. Lecou|Paris 1838|13.50 x 22 cm|relié sous étui
New edition published in the author's complete works.
Full lemon-colored long-grain morocco binding, spine browned with eight fine raised bands richly decorated with romantic decorative motifs now faded, red morocco title-label, author's name in olive morocco, gilt roulettes on headcaps, rich frames of gilt fillets, garlands and gilt rules on boards, gilt fillets at head and foot of leading edges, frames of gilt garlands on endpapers, brown paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt, modern slipcase with lemon morocco entry, boards covered with marbled paper, contemporary romantic binding.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Alfred de Vigny: "... témoignage de dévo
€1,800
Jules RENARD
La lanterne sourde, coquecigrues
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1906|12 x 19 cm|broché
Second edition with some parts in first edition, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€50
Abraham STANYAN
Tableau historique et politique de la Suisse, où sont décrits sa situation, son état ancien & moderne, sa division en Cantons, les Diètes, & l'Union Helvétique, où l'on voit l'origine, la naissance, l'établissement, & les progrès de ses Républiques, les Moeurs, la politique, la Religion, & le Gouvernement de ses peuples. Avec un état de son commerce, de ses revenus, de sa milice, & un appendice contenant un détail de ses alliés.
Chez Lottin le jeune|Imprimé à Fribourg [Fribourg] • & se trouve à Paris 1766|10 x 16.50 cm|relié
First French edition, translated from English by Jacques Rebauld de la Chapelle (Barbier).
Contemporary full marbled calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Black morocco title label. Restored headcaps. A thin crack to the lower joint at the head.
Stanyan resided in Switzerland from 1705 to 1714. Haller appreciated the unbiased exposition without prejudice or value judgments from its author, whose reading he recommends. It was seeing the paucity of works on Switzerland that prompted the author to take the trouble to write his own.
€400
ANONYME
Le nouveau Testament de N. S. Jesus-Christ
Chez Desaint & Saillant|à Paris 1752|10 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés
First impression by this publisher. Volume II is in two parts and has two title pages, the first completing the Acts of the Apostles begun in the first volume.
Contemporary full brown morocco binding. Decorated Jansenist spine with raised bands (blind fillets). Red morocco title and volume labels (with rolls and fillets). Double fillet on leading edges. Interior roll. Beautiful and rare gilt dominotier paper (scattered stars and dots). Edges gilt. Slight lack at head of volume I. Lacks at foot of volume I. One corner bumped. Lacks at head of volume II; slight lack at foot; 3 corners bumped. Despite the noted defects, a handsome and well-preserved copy in contemporary morocco.
This
€400
Jacobus HOMMEY
Diarium historico - litterarium. Anni 1703
apud Petrum Ribou • [ Pierre Ribou]|Parisiis [Paris] • (Paris) 1703|11.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Contemporary speckled brown vellum binding. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. One tear at foot.
Journal of contemporary events occurring in Europe. The work progresses by nation: Sweden, France, Germany, England, Poland... Followed by a journal of literary events also organized by country.
€180
Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU
Histoire de vie et des ouvrages de J.-J. Rousseau
J.L.J. Brière • Blanchard • Béchet aîné|Paris 1822|10.50 x 17.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition with some parts in first edition as it is expanded with unpublished letters to madame d'Houdetot.
Half green sheep bindings with small corners, spine slightly faded with four fine raised bands richly decorated with gilt and blind typographic motifs, marine sheep title and volume labels, mint cardboard boards with some light surface wear, some corners slightly bumped, marbled edges, Romantic bindings.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
€200
Guillaume BERTOUX
Anecdotes françaises depuis l'établissement de la monarchie jusqu'au règne de Louis XV
Chez Vincent|à Paris 1768|10.50 x 17 cm|relié
Second edition.
Contemporary marbled calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Overall rubbing. Headcap half missing.
Numerous anecdotes and particularly interesting notes in a work where one learns history differently than through grand History.
Bibliotheca Gallicae stamp.
€250
Jean-Baptiste Prosper JOLLOIS, Edouard DEVILLIERS (delineavit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Environs d'Esné (Latopolis). Zodiaque sculpté au plafond du temple au nord d'Esné. (ANTIQUITES, volume I, planche 87)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|71 x 54 cm|une feuille
Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.
€100
Charles-Louis BALZAC, CHABROL
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Edfou (Apollinopolis magna). Frises et autres sculptures du petit temple. (ANTIQUITES, volume I, planche 63)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|71 x 54 cm|une feuille
Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.
€120
Jean-Baptiste Prosper JOLLOIS, Edouard DEVILLIERS (delineavit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Erment (Hermonthis). Bas-reliefs sculptés dans le sanctuaire du temple. (ANTIQUITES, volume I, planche 96)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|71 x 54 cm|une feuille
Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.
€120
Friedrich Shimon BODENHEIMER
Précis d'écologie animale
Payot|Paris 1955|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition in French.
Illustrated with 31 figures.
A good copy.
€20
Antony Todd THOMSON
Botanique du droguiste et du négiociant en substances exotiques
Malher & Cie|Paris 1827|11 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition of the French translation established by E. Pelouze.
Half aubergine sheep binding, spine lightly browned without consequence with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets and fleurons, date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
Some minor foxing.
Rare.
€350
Gratien LE PERE, BALTARD (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Thèbes. Karnak. Vue et détails de l'un des Sphinx placés à l'entrée principale du palais. Détail de l'un des Sphinx de l'allée du Sud. Petit torse en granit trouvé près de la porte du Sud. (ANTIQUITES, volume III, planche 29)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|71 x 54 cm|une feuille
Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.
€230
Edme-François JOMARD, Charles-Louis BALZAC
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Thèbes. Karnak. Vue d'un bloc en granit orné de six figures, trouvé près de la galerie du palais. (ANTIQUITES, volume III, planche 31)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|71 x 54 cm|une feuille
Original etching in plano extracted from the 'Imperial Edition' of the Description of Egypt or Series observations and research made in Egypt during the French expedition, published by order of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great. Conducted between 1802 and 1830, she was taken in 1000 copies available to institutions. Laid the watermark visible by transparency ancient and modern Egypt paper. Perfect condition, almost without freckles marginal. The monumental first edition of the Description of Egypt in 13 volumes contained 892 colored plates of which 72, including 9 volumes involved antiquity. The other volumes dealt with the Natural History and modern Egypt as Napoleon Bonaparte had
€150
Jean-Baptiste Prosper JOLLOIS, DEVILLIERS
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Thèbes. Karnak. Divers bas-reliefs sculptés sur les stèles et les murs des appartements de granit du palais. (ANTIQUITES, volume III, planche 36)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|71 x 54 cm|une feuille
Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.
€100
DUTERTRE, Claude-Joseph POMEL
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Thèbes. Karnak. Collection de vases recueillis dans divers édifices. (ANTIQUITES, volume III, planche 65)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|71 x 54 cm|une feuille
Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.
€100
Émile BELOT
L'origine dualiste des mondes et la structure de notre univers
Payot|Paris 1924|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition.
Illustrated with 50 figures to text. A good copy.
€30
Evariste PARNY
Oeuvres choisies
Roux-Dufort • Auguste Wahlen|Paris • & Bruxelles [Brussels] 1826|12.50 x 20.50 cm|2 tomes reliés
Assembly by the owner of two works with the objective of completing them; the owner thus added to the volume of Selected Works published in Paris, a tome (the second) of the complete works published in Brussels. A frontispiece and title vignette for the Selected Works.
Books bound with the arms of the Earl of Lucan (Ireland, County Dublin), George Charles Bingham, Field Marshal, with the motto: Spes mea Christus. The presence of fleurs-de-lis is doubtless explained by the fact that the first Earl of Lucan was the son of Jacques Fitz-James, naturalized French.
Contemporary full rose calf binding (English binding) signed Hering. Smooth spine decorated with grotesque foliage and a cro
€700
Jean-Louis ALIBERT
Dissertation sur les fièvres pernicieuses, ou ataxiques intermittentes
Chez Richard, Caille et Ravier|à Paris 1801 An X|13 x 21 cm|relié
Second edition. Illustrated with 5 handsome folding plates, 4 of which are botanical plates at the end of the volume.
Bound in pink pasteboard temporary binding. Spine sunned with paper title-label. Minor lacks to headcaps.
Thesis presented to the medical school of Paris in 1799. Survey of ataxic fevers, theories of authors who have studied them. Cases, remarks and remedies, notably cinchona bark. Systematic and exhaustive study.
€250
FABRE
Traité des maladies vénériennes
Chez Théophile Barrois|à Paris 1782|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
Fourth edition, revised and enlarged.
Contemporary full marbled blonde sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Beige morocco title-label. Head fragile. Joint cracked at head. One corner slightly bumped. A slight lack to right margin of title page. A label bearing Barrois's address has been pasted over the address on the title page.
Current state of knowledge and remedies against venereal diseases. Many observations of particular cases at the end of the work are interesting. Examination of remedies, mercury naturally, but also dandelion juice. This treatise stands out as being the eminent work of a practitioner, and not of a theorist.
€300
PERSE, SELIS
Les satires de Perse
De l'imprimerie d'Auguste Delalain|à Paris 1817|10 x 16.50 cm|relié
New edition of Persius's Satires translated, commented and annotated by Nicolas Selis.
Contemporary full cardboard binding. Green paper spine with corners decorated with roulettes. Black paper boards. Red morocco title-label.
According to Brunet: "One of the best translations of Persius" (Brunet IV, 522). Nicolas-Joseph Sélis (1737-1802), man of letters and professor at the college Louis-le-Grand, replaced abbé Delille, to whom he was connected, in the chair of Latin poetry at the Collège de France in 1796. Each satire is presented then annotated. A long preface introduces the work, as well as a letter from Le Monnier, himself translator of the satires, who compares his work with t
€180
Jacques DELILLE
Oeuvres
Chez Giguet et Michaud • Librairie Stéréotype|à Paris 1803 - 1817|9.50 x 15 cm|8 volumes reliés
Collection published by the same publishers, but at different dates, of works by Jacques Delille; the complete edition having been spread over about ten years; moreover certain titles were systematically reprinted. The catalog by Michaud at the end of Les Trois règnes moreover clearly shows the complete collection sold in 17 volumes and the sale by individual works.
Contemporary full tree calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with 2 urn tools and 2 bouquet tools. Red morocco title label, and green morocco volume label. Good copy.
Details of the works: Les trois règnes 2 Vol. (Michaud 1809) 2 frontispieces; Les jardins 1 Vol. (Michaud 1813) 4 figures by Monciau; L'imagination 2 Vol.
€250
Joseph-Adrien LELARGE DE LIGNAC
Mémoire pour servir a commencer l'histoire des araignées aquatiques
Chez H. Barbou|à Paris 1799 (An VIII)|10.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
Second edition statement. The preface is signed: "I. F. A. O." Published by Lieutaud de Trois-Villes.

Contemporary full speckled paper boards binding. Gilt title. Foxing, particularly on the title page.

This naturalist from Poitou was well known in scientific circles, and his study is distinguished by its rigorous observation and seriousness. The publisher notes the impossibility of obtaining the first edition, justifying this edition, and quoting Dreux du Radier about the author: "He could serve as a model in this genre, if we did not have the writings... of Réaumur".
€450
Edme-François JOMARD, CECILE (delineavit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Abydus. Plan général des environs. Plans et profils des bâtiments du Nord-Ouest, Vues et détails d'un fragment de statue trouvé dans les ruines. (ANTIQUITES, volume IV, planche 37)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|71 x 54 cm|une feuille
Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.
€120
Edme-François JOMARD, SEMEN (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Antaeopolis (Qâou el Kebyreh). Plan général du temple et des environs. Monolithe. Bas-reliefs du temple. (ANTIQUITES, volume IV, planche 38)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|71 x 54 cm|une feuille
Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.
€120
DUTERTRE, BEAUGEAN (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Qâou el Kebyreh (Antaeopolis). Vue du temple, prise du côté de l'Ouest. (ANTIQUITES, volume IV, planche 39)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|71 x 54 cm|une feuille
Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.
€400
CECILE, A.-B. DUHAMEL
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Qâou el Kebyreh (Antaeopolis). Vue du temple prise du côté du Sud-Ouest. (ANTIQUITES, volume IV, planche 40)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|71 x 54 cm|une feuille
Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.
€400
CHABROL, COQUET
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Qâou el Kebyreh (Antaeopolis). Plan, coupe, élévation et détails du portique du temple. Plan des restes de l'édifice de l'Ouest. (ANTIQUITES, volume IV, planche 41)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|71 x 54 cm|une feuille
Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.
€120
DUTERTRE, BALTARD (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Syout (Lycopolis). Vue de la montagne des des hypogées prise à l'extrémité de la ville du côté de l'Ouest. (ANTIQUITES, volume IV, planche 43)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|71 x 54 cm|une feuille
Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.
€350
Edme-François JOMARD, ALLAIS (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Heptanomide. BENIY-HASAN. Bas-reliefs et peintures de divers hypogées. (ANTIQUITES, volume IV, planche 66)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|71 x 54 cm|une feuille
Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.
€120
André REDOUTE, Jean Joseph François BALTARD
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Thèbes. Louqsor. Détails des colosses oriental et occidental placés près de la porte du palais. (ANTIQUITES, volume III, planche 13)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|71 x 54 cm|une feuille
Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.
€230
Emanuel SWEDENBORG
Traité curieux des charmes de l'amour conjugal dans ce monde et dans l'autre. [Ensemble] Du commerce de l'âme et du corps
Chez George-Jacques • J. Henri Decker • chez Barrois • chez Guillot|à Berlin • et Basle; [Basel] • à Londres [London] • & se trouve à Paris 1784|10 x 17.50 cm|2 ouvrages reliés en un volume
First French edition of these two works by Swedenborg, undoubtedly translated from Latin (Amor Conjugialis 1768) by Guyton de Morveau and not Brumore. Rare. As a supplement at the end Of the commerce of the soul and the body: Of the white horse spoken of in Revelation.
Contemporary full blonde sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Rubbing. One corner worn. A lack to the upper joint over one cm. Small lack to corner of title label and loss of two letters on the word amour, U and R. Pale spotting scattered notably in margins.
A collection of the two works (and the first two of this kind) among the most famous of the Swedish spiritualist and mystic
€900
Giovanni Ambrogio MARINI
Les desesperés, histoire héroïque
Chez Pierre Prault|à Paris 1732|9.50 x 17 cm|2 tomes reliés en un volume
French first edition translated (and arranged) by Jean Serré de Rieux; illustrated with 9 figures including a frontispiece by Humblot, engraved by Baquoy. Not in Cohen (Livres à gravures du XVIIIe).
Contemporary full calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Head of spine weakened. Lacks at each joint at head and tail. Rubbing and scuffing to lower board particularly with lack at the joint of the fourth compartment. One tear p.97 in lower margin with lack. Corners slightly bumped.
Marini is a 17th century writer who belongs to the last wave of Italian chivalric romances. The novel features the prince of Babylon, knight of death, and the princess of B
€400
Franz SWEDIAUR
Traité complet sur les symptômes, les effets, la nature et le traitement des maladies syphilitiques. Tome I : Des effets du virus syphilitique sur les organes de la génération dans les deux sexes. Tome II : Des effets du virus syphilitique sur tout le système de l'économie animale
Chez l'auteur • et chez Mequignon|à Paris 1798|12 x 20.50 cm|relié
First French edition, expanded and corrected by the author.
Contemporary full blonde sheep binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with leaves and fleurons in compartments. Roulettes at tail. Headcaps worn. Corners slightly bumped. Rubbing and surface wear. Foxing.
The author studied all genital diseases known at the time, taking care to separate them from syphilis. Several chapters are devoted to remedies (the author cites exotic ones, from India or elsewhere, without having experimented with them), others deal with recent venereal diseases including one that appeared in Canada, where patients lose limbs, another in Africa, etc... A work of definite interest in the field, notab
€350
LE GRAND D'AUSSY
Voyage d'Auvergne
Chez Eugène Onfroy|à Paris 1788|12 x 21 cm|relié
First edition, quite rare, illustrated with a panoramic view of the city of Clermont and the surrounding volcanoes.
Half midnight blue calf Restoration binding. Smooth spine with large romantic tooling lengthwise. Good copy. The last leaf of the table of contents is frayed at the margin.
The author having spent five months in Clermont Ferrand and visited Auvergne, proposed to make a travel account to the glory of an unknown and remarkable region for tourism; a large part of the work is a description of the city of Clermont-Ferrand. The rest of the book is devoted to the particularities of Auvergne, namely its volcanoes and springs. At the very end of the work, the author provides i
€700
Charles BINET-SANGLÉ
La folie de Jésus, son hérédité, sa constitution, sa physiologie - La folie de Jésus, ses connaissances, ses idées, son délire, ses hallucinations
Maloine|Paris 1908|16 x 21 cm|2 volumes reliés
Second edition with some parts in first edition, revised and enlarged.
Half bottle-green shagreen bindings, smooth spines finely decorated, original front covers preserved, top edges gilt.
Handsome copy with both volumes uniformly bound.
€350
Marquis de la. FERTE-SENECTERE
Monographie des Anthicus et genres voisins, coléoptères hétéromères de la tribu des Trachélides
Imprimerie de Sapia|Paris 1848|14 x 22 cm|relié
First edition.
Half brown shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt and blind fillets, gilt dentelle at head and foot, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 12 plates at rear
Some foxing.
€350
Alphonse DAUDET, Adolphe BELOT
Sapho
Charpentier & Fasquelle|Paris 1893|15.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition of the theatrical adaptation of Alphonse Daudet's novel, no mention is made of deluxe copies.
Half hazel shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, date at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Autograph inscription signed by Alphonse Daudet to Stanny Oppenheim.
Light worming at beginning of volume, otherwise handsome copy.
€800
Mirza ABOU TALIB KHAN
Voyages du prince persan Mirza Aboul Taleb Khan en Asie, en Afrique, en Europe; écrits par lui-même et publiés par M. Charles Malo
Gide fils • Louis Janet • Delaunay|Paris Octobre 1819|13 x 20.50 cm|relié
Second edition of the French translation, published only a few months after the first edition of the French translation.
Half wine-colored sheep binding, smooth spine very slightly faded decorated with gilt romantic decorative motifs, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Light foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume.
€300
DOUGHMANI
Faites vos jeux
Amédée Chiroutre|Paris s. d. [circa 1935]|27 x 18 cm|broché retenu par un lacet
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, the only deluxe copies along with 10 on Japan paper.
Grateful signed autograph inscription from Doughmani to a friend who supported him from his early days.
Rare collection of portraits of players sketched by the artist.
Light marginal fold marks of no consequence, handsome copy.
€250
Louis PERGAUD
Le roman de Miraut, chien de chasse
Mercure de France|Paris 1913|12 x 19 cm|relié sous chemise et étui
First edition, one of 19 numbered copies on Hollande, the only large paper copies.
Elegant light brown morocco Jansenist binding by Devauchelle, spine in six compartments, date at foot of spine, gilt roulettes to head- and tail-pieces, green morocco endpapers, pastedowns of green calf, gilt fillet to edges of covers, covers and spine (spine slightly sunned) preserved, all edges gilt ; chemise (with flaps) of light brown half morocco, lined with light brown suede ; slipcase trimmed with light brown morocco, lined with light brown suede.
Handsome autograph inscription from Louis Pergaud to Alfred Machard : "...au romancier nerveux, sobre et puissant que j'admire et que j'aime
€6,800
MOLIÈRE
L'école des maris
Jouaust|Paris 1889|11 x 18 cm|broché
New edition printed in small numbers on laid paper and illustrated with a frontispiece drawing by Leloir engraved by Champollion.
Foreword and notes by Auguste Vitu.
Small stains on the first cover, otherwise a handsome copy.
€45
Francis PONGE
Pour un Malherbe[For a Malherbe]
Gallimard|Paris 1965|19.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 26 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête.
Small glued tears, not serious, to head and foot of the joints, a good copy.
€600
Jean MORÉAS
Les cantilènes[Cantilenas]
Léon Vanier|Paris 1886|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper, only 12 copies were printed on Holland paper as deluxe copies.
Full Jansenist burgundy morocco binding, spine with four raised bands, triple gilt fillet frames on endpapers, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original faded covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, elegant binding signed Georges Cretté.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Moréas to composer and music teacher Gaston Vallin.
Provenance: libraries of Raoul Simonson and Jean Lebrun with their bookplates pasted to verso of front board.
Fine copy in perfect condition.
€600
Roger CAILLOIS
Vocabulaire esthétique
Fontaine|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on vélin supérieur, tirage de tête.
A handsome autograph inscription from Roger Caillois to Georges Hugnet : "... ce vocabulaire esthétique où je fais pénitence..."
A good copy.
€800
Jean Le Royer PRADE
Arsace, roi des Partes
Chez Théodore Girard|à Paris 1666|8.50 x 15.60 cm|relié
First edition, rare.

Contemporary glazed full calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with grotesques. Central fleurons on boards and corner ornaments. Top headcap worn away. Bottom headcap torn off. Lower joint split over 10 cm. Endpapers renewed late 19th century. 3cm tear on p. 3. Brown stains on first leaves.

Le Royer de Prade's third play was not intended by the author to be printed, as evidenced by the publisher's preface. This tragedy in alexandrine verse was long read in salons from 1650 onwards, and several testimonies report the esteem in which it was held, notably by Corneille.
€500
Bengamin Gayelord HAUSER
Beauté à la carte
Buchet-Chastel|Paris 1961|14 x 23 cm|relié
First edition of the French translation of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Half turquoise sheep binding with corners, spine slightly faded with four fine raised bands, marbled paper boards, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved.
Rare signed autograph inscription by the author in English.
€150
Pierre LAROUSSE
Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXème siècle
Lib. classique Larousse • et Boyer & Administration du Grand dictionnaire universel|Paris 1866-1878|24 x 31 cm|17 volumes reliés
First edition.
Contemporary half light brown speckled sheep over marbled paper boards, spines with triple gilt fillets, black sheep title and volume labels (error to numbering of volumes: the first volume of the supplement, volume 16, is marked 15 by mistake), traces of rubbing and repairs to some spines, a few headpieces rubbed, some with small lacks, a few joints cracked.
A good set preserving its two volumes of supplements, practically no foxing.
€2,000
Laurence OLIPHANT
La Chine
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1875|18 x 27.50 cm|relié
New edition of the French translation preceded by an introduction by Guizot.
Publisher's full red cardboard binding, smooth spine very lightly faded decorated with gilt typographic motifs, frame of gilt fillets and dots on the first cover stamped in its center with a decoration of gilt Chinese fabulous animals, light marginal spotting at head of first cover, second cover decorated with stylized black vegetal decoration, all edges gilt.
Illustrations hors-texte.
Pen gift inscription at head of half-title page, some small foxing.
€200
Michel DELINES
Russie. Nos alliés chez eux
Société française d'éditions d'art|Paris 1897|26 x 33 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with in-text and full-page illustrations.
Publisher's red cloth binding, smooth spine, front cover decorated with floral design in gold and silver, corners very slightly bumped, all edges gilt. Manuscript inscription dated August 1899, on the occasion of the superior certificate prize-giving.
Handsome copy.
€300
Claude QUILLET
La callipédie, ou la manière d'avoir de beaux enfants
Chez Dupuis • et Bastien|à Amsterdam • et se trouve à Paris 1774|10.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
New edition, after the original published in 1749. French text alongside the original Latin.
Contemporary marbled calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Library label at foot. One wormhole at foot. Good copy.
The poem enjoyed considerable success from its first Latin publication, being quite free in expression and filled with popular beliefs and concerns about infant care, which were considered decisive for the child's future.
€300
La revue indépendante n°10 à n°13 de Août à Novembre 1887
La Revue Indépendante|Paris Août-Novembre 1887|-|relié
First edition for these 4 issues.
Bradel binding in full brown cloth, morocco title-label, owner's gilt monogram to center of spine, double gilt fillet at foot, occasional light foxing, covers preserved, contemporary binding signed Paul Vié.
Contributions by: J. Laforgue "Chronique parisienne", P. Verlaine "Angélus de midi", Mme A. Daudet "Feuillets intimes", V. de L'Isle-Adam "Ce Mahouin" "Conte de fin d'été", J.-K. Huysmans "L'avenue de la Motte-Picquet" "Chronique d'art", M. Beaubourg "Les âmes de verre", J. Péladan "Pavlae preces", E.D. "Mort de Jules Laforgue", G. Kahn "La belle au château rêvant"T. de Wyzewa "Les Livres", J.-H. Rosny "Les Corneilles", L. de Fourcaud "Musique"
€450
Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
En route
Tresse & Stock|Paris 1895|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Contemporary half black shagreen over marbled paper boards, spine in six compartments (slightly rubbed), marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Autograph inscription signed by Joris-Karl Huysmans.
A very pale dampstain to foot of first leaf.
€1,500
COLLECTIF
Mesures. N°3 de la cinquième année.
Mesures|s. l. • [Paris] 15 Juillet 1939|18.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper, only 5 Japan and 8 Hollande deluxe copies were printed.
Contributions by: R. P. du Poisson, C. Mather "Les Merveilles du monde invisible", B. Franklin "Avis à ceux qui songent à émigrer en Amérique", J. Paul Jones "A bord du "Sérapis" ", Saint John de Crévecoeur "Qu'est-ce qu'un Américain ?", W. Irving "Journal", E. Poe "Suggestions", W. Whitman "Perspective démocratique" and "L'Importance de l'élément espagnol dans la formation de notre nationalité", W. H. Herndon "Lettres sur la vie cachée de Lincoln", E. Dickinson "Poèmes et Lettres", V. Lindsay "Le Chemin de Santa Fe", H. Crane "Ménagerie du vin", J. Weldon Johnson "Poèmes", R. Jeffers "Cawdor", L.
€40
Laurence STERNE
Voyage sentimental
Ernest Bourdin|Paris s. d. [1841]|17 x 26 cm|relié
New edition of the French translation and first printing of illustrations by T. Johannot and Jacque.

Bradel binding in half hazelnut brown shagreen, smooth spine, joints very slightly rubbed at head, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt. Light marginal dampstain of no consequence at head of first leaf, occasional foxing.

Work illustrated with a frontispiece and 11 wood-engraved figures, printed on China paper and mounted on heavy paper by T. Johannot as well as 170 vignettes in the text.
Text preceded by an essay on the life and works of Sterne by Jules Janin.

€200
Jean DUTOURD
L'école des jocrisses
Flammarion|Paris 1970|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered hors commerce copies on green paper, reserved for the author.
Autograph inscription from Jean Dutourd.
A very good copy.
€100

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