Paris

First edition, one of the service de presse copies.
Inscribed by the author.
Two small stains at the foot of the spine, complete with publisher's slip.

First edition, illustrated with a portrait and ten fine engravings by Adrien Moreau (eight of which are full-page) engraved by A. Lamothe. Limited to 500 copies, numbered 160, one of 349 on petit papier Velin du marais. The first 150 copies are on Grand Velin or Japan paper.
Contemporary half brown glazed morocco binding with corners signed David. Spine with raised bands handsomely decorated, date at foot. Orange covers preserved. At the end of the work is bound the prospectus comprising one engraving and one page of text. Foxing on the half-title and portrait, thereafter a perfectly fresh copy. Carteret IV-178 "Esteemed and sought-after publication".

First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
Affectionate autograph inscription from Claire Goll to a couple of his acquaintance.

First edition.
Contemporary half chocolate shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands showing minor rubbing, decorated with gilt dots and fleurons, gilt initials at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Precious autograph inscription from the author to (Jules) Barbey d'Aurevilly.
Minor scattered foxing affecting mainly the first leaves.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half lemon yellow shagreen with corners, smooth spine decorated with a mosaic decorative element in green, red, orange and brown morocco representing a cluster of fruit and leaves, date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed in blind by Brisson.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Pierre Louys.
Handsome copy attractively bound.

New edition.
A nice copy.

French first edition, very rare. Illustrated with 28 plates including 2 containing two figures in Volume 2, 15 for volume I and 13 for volume II, as announced by the description of figures at the beginning of the work. Most of these plates are in aquatint and were drawn by the author. Some maps.
One copy at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, nothing in French or English catalogues. The second French edition appeared in 1801.
Contemporary full wine-colored sheep binding. Smooth spine with romantic tooling along the length, uniformly sunned. Boards stamped with a large romantic plate in blind. Joints cracked. Institution Chapusot stamped at foot. Rubbing.
This journey to...

First edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine and covers marginally faded, paper yellowed, which is more than common given the very poor quality of this paper.
Rare.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil, deluxe issue.
A handsome copy.
Rare.

First edition, one of 75 numbered copies on Hollande, the only large paper copies.
Endpapers shaded, otherwise a rare and good copy with edges preserved.

First edition, one of 57 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
Spine slightly sunned, otherwise a good copy.

First edition, one of 14 copies on Hollande, tirage de tête after 6 Japon.
Half navy blue morocco over marbled paper boards by P. Goy & C. Vilaine, spine in six compartments, endpapers and pastedowns of blue paper, covers and spine (faded), top edge gilt, by P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
Covers lined, a little spotting mostly to the edge.
A nicely bound copy.

First edition illustrated with 29 plates, 24 headpieces and 89 in-text vignettes, by Gavarni, Huart, Guerin, all wood-engraved.
Contemporary half green shagreen. Spine with raised bands and gilt compartments. Rubbing to head and raised bands. Pale scattered foxing, irregular, sometimes not affecting the white paper at all, other times speckling the margins; overall, fairly little foxing.
Following in the tradition of the famous Diable à Paris, but with less prestigious writers, a satire of foreigners in Paris.
Handsome romantic illustrated work.

First edition, illustrated with 26 English steel engravings (including the second title).
Half wine-red morocco binding. Romantic Boutigny plaque on spine. Very fine marbled paper on boards. Boutigny binder's label on endpaper. Spine uniformly sunned, without gravity, and ultimately aesthetic. Scattered foxing in margins, despite very white paper.
Literary contributions by Chateaubriand, Alexandre Dumas, Paul de Kock, Casimir Delavigne...

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half rust-colored morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with triple gilt compartments, date at foot, gilt fillet frames on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine with small lacks preserved, bookplate pasted on endpaper, top edge gilt, elegant binding signed by Semet & Plumelle.
Rare and very handsome copy in perfect condition.
Provenance: from Albert Natural's collection of French Swiss poets which he assembled from the nineteen twenties.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine sunned, endpapers marginally and partially shadowed, otherwise handsome copy.
Provenance: from Albert Natural's collection of French-Swiss poets, which he assembled from the 1920s onwards.

First collected edition. Title pages in red and black.
Contemporary full calf bindings with scale pattern. Decorated raised band spines. Red morocco title labels. Head caps slightly worn; same for 6 tail caps. Upper joints of volumes II, III, IV, V, VIII, IX and X partly cracked. Many corners bumped. Most half-titles were not bound into the volumes. Despite these defects, a set with good general appearance, decorative.
In addition to the poetic, dramatic, and critical works, and the fables, this edition contains various letters about De La Motte and his famous correspondence with the Duchess of Lambert at the end of his life. It should be noted that he was the author of L'Europe...

First edition.
A small tear at foot of spine which also has a minimal lack at head, handsome interior condition.
Rare copy of this study on the secular variations of surface terrain.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half indigo cloth, smooth spine very slightly faded decorated with a central gilt floral motif, chocolate shagreen title-label with traces of rubbing, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription signed by Georges Ohnet.
Bookplate, some light foxing affecting mainly the edges.

First edition, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Precious and superb autograph inscription by the author to Moïse Kisling.
Frontispiece portrait of André Breton by Man Ray. Spine and covers slightly faded at margins, light spotting to head of front cover.

First edition. Large printer's vignette depicting the adoration of the Magi. Epistle to Colbert with a headpiece by Chauveau and a large initial. Printed in two columns.
Contemporary full vellum binding. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Title and volume number in black ink. Part of the upper headcap of volume I missing. Lower headcap of volume II split. Upper joint of volume I cracked across three compartments. Worming to spine of volume II, sometimes quite extensive. Wormholes to spines of both volumes. Paper often yellowed.
Vast geographical repertoire composed in dictionary form by Ferrarius, expanded and revised by Michel Antoine Baudrand (the scholarly editor). The work...

First edition.
Literary contributions by M. Proust, R. Crevel, P. Reverdy, G. Ribemont-Dessaignes, A. Salmon...
Issue illustrated with 7 drawings by G.B. Braccelli.
Covers very slightly and marginally faded at head, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition.
Literary contributions by G. Apollinaire, T. Tzara, R. Crevel, J. Delteil, E. Berl...
Issue illustrated with 10 drawings by E. Josephson and a calligram by G. Apollinaire.
Covers very slightly and marginally faded at head, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on art paper, enriched with an original drawing by the artist, the only printing.
Illustrated cover, tiny tear to the front cover, a marginal dampstain to the back cover slightly affecting the last leaf.
Complete with the original drawing signed and heightened in watercolor mounted on loose card.
Rare.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine split with loss, some foxing.

First edition, false statement of second edition.
Inscribed by Aurel.
Spine sunned, small tear at foot.

First edition printed in 400 copies on laid paper.
Covers soiled, dampstain at head marginally affecting covers and some leaves.
Inscribed by the author to the illustrator Ciokolwsky.
A press cutting pasted on the half-title page.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on pure laid Johannot paper, the only deluxe copies with 5 Renage.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of B. Cendrars.
Light sunning to the top of the justification page and its verso, handsome copy.

MARINETTI Filippo Tommaso
La Conquête des étoiles
[The Conquest of the Stars]
Sansot, Paris 1909, 13,5 x 17,5 cm, half black morocco
First edition for which there is no mention of grand papier (deluxe) copies, falsely stated the third edition.
Half black morocco over marbled paper boards by P. Goy & C. Vilaine, spine in six compartments with gilt date at foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Autograph inscription from Filippo Tommaso Marinetti to a lady, adding his address in Milan.
Light foxing, principally to endpapers.
A nicely bound copy.
$ 1...

First edition on ordinary paper.
Ecstatic autograph inscription signed full-page by the author to Robert Desnos : "Merde / Robert Desnos".
Spine faded repaired, first cover lined with small marginal repairs, lower cover missing.
A precious relic.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on laid paper.
Work illustrated with 4 etchings by J. Boullaire.
Handsome copy.

First edition, illustrated with two frontispieces drawn by Bornet and engraved by Boivinet.
Contemporary full mottled calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with 3 tools and roulettes. Red morocco title label and black morocco volume label (pastille). Headcap of volume 1 worn. Corners slightly bumped. A brown and dark stain from page 325 to the end, in lower margin, not touching text, becoming more pronounced on the final leaves. A trace of dampstains on the first leaves of the first volume.
Story of Podalire, a foundling discovered by the Queen of Thebes, his education and destiny.

NB: This work is available at the bookshop upon request within 48 hours.

First edition.
Half bordeaux sheep binding, smooth spine faded, decorated with gilt and blind fillets and blind tooling, gilt dentelle at tail.
Foxing.
Rare.

First edition, one of 210 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies along with 7 on Japan and 22 on pur fil.
Pale offsetting from adhesive paper at head and foot of endpapers, otherwise a handsome copy of this work dedicated to Albert Londres.

First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
Contemporary half red shagreen, spine (slightly faded) in five compartments with triple blindruled fillets.
A few spots, but otherwise a very good and rare copy of the first work by Emile Zola in a very satisfactory contemporary binding.
Rare and sought-after.

First edition, one of 110 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe paper with 35 on Holland paper.
Half tan sheep binding, spine with five raised bands, covers and spine preserved, retaining its deckled edges.
Small rubbing marks on the spine.
Manuscript gift inscription on the endpaper

First edition, one of 550 numbered copies on vergé baroque à barbes, the only printing with 15 Whatman and 62 vergé.
A very good copy.

First edition in part printed in 760 numbered copies on vélin blanc paper.
With 60 original woodcuts by André Derain.
A very good copy.

First edition printed in only 30 copies on Hollande paper.

Half morocco, spine very slightly faded, covers preserved, top edge gilt.

Handsome autograph inscription signed by Francis Carco to a relative.

Exceedingly rare.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Autograph inscription from the author to Henri Lavedan.
Spine sunned, one joint reattached at head, minimal corner wear to front board.

First edition, one of 900 numbered copies on vélin blanc paper.
A good copy.

First edition of this thesis defended at the Faculty of Medicine of Paris on April 7, 1826.
Our pamphlet is presented in plain wrappers.
Our copy is folded widthwise, light scattered foxing.
Rare.

First edition of one of Ponsard's major works, false statement of seventh edition.
Contemporary binding in half aqua green sheep, smooth spine, gilt title.
Handsome copy.

Original lithograph on heavy laid paper, superbly heightened with watercolor and gum arabic.
Drawing by François Grenier (1793-1867) and lithographed by Charles Motte (1785-1836) for the "Victoires et Conquêtes" series. Watercolored proof in very fine condition, colors well preserved, presented under a mat.

Original lithograph on heavy laid paper, superbly heightened with watercolor and gum arabic.
Drawing signed and dated in the plate by François Grenier (1793-1867) and lithographed by Charles Motte (1785-1836) for the "Victoires et Conquêtes" series.
Watercolored proof in very fine condition, colors well preserved, presented under a mat.

Original lithograph on heavy vellum, superbly heightened in watercolour and gum arabic. Drawing by François Grenier (1793-1867) and lithographed by Charles Motte (1785-1836) for the "Victoires et Conquêtes" series.
Watercoloured proof in very fine condition, colours well preserved, presented under a mount.

Original etching before letters enhanced with aquatint and signed in the plate.
Created on laid paper at the request of publisher A. QUANTIN to illustrate La Fontaine's fable: "The Farmer, the Dog and the Fox".
Very fine condition, presented in a modern black mat and protected by a tissue guard.
Auguste Delierre (1829-1891) is referenced in Bénézit, dictionary of painters, sculptors, draughtsmen and engravers: "history painter, genre scenes, animated landscapes, still lifes, illustrator. A pupil of Eugène Ciceri, he participated in the Paris Salon between 1852 and 1889. His compositions of landscapes animated with hunting dogs show the influence of the works of Desportes and...

Original etching before letters enhanced with aquatint and signed in the plate.
Created on laid paper at the request of publisher A. QUANTIN to illustrate La Fontaine's fable: "The Two Rats, the Fox and the Egg".
Very fine condition, presented in a modern black mat and protected by a tissue guard.
Auguste Delierre (1829-1891) is referenced in Bénézit, dictionary of painters, sculptors, draughtsmen and engravers: "history painter, genre scenes, animated landscapes, still lifes, illustrator. A pupil of Eugène Ciceri, he participated in the Paris Salon between 1852 and 1889. His compositions of landscapes animated with hunting dogs show the influence of the works of Desportes and...

Original etching before lettering heightened with aquatint and signed in the plate. Created on laid paper commissioned by publisher A. QUANTIN to illustrate La Fontaine's fable: "Le paysan du Danube".
Very fine condition, presented in a modern black mat and protected by a tissue guard.
Auguste Delierre (1829-1891) is referenced as follows in the Bénézit, dictionary of painters, sculptors, draftsmen and engravers: "history painter, genre scenes, animated landscapes, still lifes, illustrator. Student of Eugène Ciceri, he participated in the Paris Salon between 1852 and 1889. His compositions of landscapes animated with hunting dogs show the influence of works by Desportes and Oudry...

First edition published in a small number of copies of this poem by R. Darzens set to music by Auguste Chapuis.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Rodolphe Darzens.
Work illustrated with 10 original lithographs by Adolphe Willette.
Some light foxing affecting essentially the first and last pages.

First edition, printed on Hollande.
Illustrated covers and engraved frontispieces, borders by Fernand Besnier, Kauffmann...
Rare set, complete and in good condition despite some occasional little foxing.

First edition.
In blue paper wrappers, printed in red and black.
Contributions by: Joris-Karl Huysmans: "Diaz", Théodore de Banville: "Conversation parisienne", Emile Zola: "L'Assommoir" (Second part, IV-continued), Armand Silvestre: "Deae Ignotae", Catulle Mendès: "Les roses jaunes", Georges Codde: "Clochettes", Ernest d'Hervilly: "Les Miracles de Paris", Jean Prouvaire: "La semaine parisienne".
Handsome copy.

First edition.
In blue paper wrappers, printed in red and black.
Contributions by: Leconte de Lisle: "L'accident de Don Inigo", Emile Zola: "L'Assommoir" (Second part, I-continued), Léon Dierx: "Confrontation", Catulle Mendès: "La femme de Tabarin, parade", Frédéric Plessis: "Diadème", Henry Laujol: "Les Abeilles", Maurice Rollinat: "La Lune", Edmond Péradon: "Les poèmes de l'Amour et de la Mer", J-K Huysmans: "Concours pour le prix de Rome", Jean Prouvaire: "La semaine parisienne".
Handsome copy.

First edition, extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes. Rare.
In plain wrappers.

First edition.
Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes.
Rare.
In plain wrappers.

First edition. Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes. Rare
In plain wrappers.

First edition.
Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes.
Rare.
In plain wrappers.

Pre-first edition of this play, published by Calmann-Lévy in September 1891.
Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes.
Rare.
In unlettered wrappers.

First edition. Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes.
Rare
In unlettered wrappers

First edition. Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes. Rare
In plain wrappers.

First edition.
Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes.
Rare.
In plain wrappers.

First edition.
Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes.
Rare.
In plain wrappers.

First edition. Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes. Rare
In plain wrappers.

First edition.
Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes.
Rare.
In plain wrappers.

Original etching before lettering heightened with aquatint and signed in the plate.
Executed on laid paper at the request of publisher A. QUANTIN to illustrate La Fontaine's fable: "Les deux coqs".
Very fine condition, presented in a modern black mount and protected by tissue guard.
Auguste Delierre (1829-1891) is referenced in the Bénézit dictionary of painters, sculptors, draughtsmen and engravers as: "history painter, genre scenes, animated landscapes, still lifes, illustrator. Student of Eugène Ciceri, he participated in the Paris Salon between 1852 and 1889. His compositions of landscapes animated with hunting dogs show the influence of works by Desportes and Oudry which...

First edition. Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes. Rare
In plain wrappers.

Original etching before letters heightened with aquatint and signed in the plate.
Executed on laid paper at the request of publisher A. QUANTIN to illustrate La Fontaine's fable: "Le gland et la citrouille".
Very fine condition, presented in a modern black mat and protected by tissue guard.
Auguste Delierre (1829-1891) is referenced in Bénézit, dictionary of painters, sculptors, draughtsmen and engravers as follows: "history painter, genre scenes, animated landscapes, still lifes, illustrator. Student of Eugène Ciceri, he participated in the Paris Salon between 1852 and 1889. His compositions of landscapes animated with hunting dogs show the influence of works by Desportes and...

First edition. Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes. Rare
In plain wrappers.

First edition.
Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes.
Rare.
In plain wrappers.

First edition.
Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes.
Rare.
In plain wrappers.

Pre-first edition.
Les Propos du Soir were published by Hachette in 1893.
Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes.
Rare.
In plain wrappers.

Original etching before letters heightened with aquatint and signed in the plate.
Created on laid paper at the request of publisher A. QUANTIN to illustrate La Fontaine's fable: "Le cierge".
Very fine condition, presented in a modern black mat and protected by a tissue guard.
Auguste Delierre (1829-1891) is referenced thus in Bénézit, dictionary of painters, sculptors, draughtsmen and engravers: "history painter, genre scenes, animated landscapes, still lifes, illustrator. Student of Eugène Ciceri, he participated in the Paris Salon between 1852 and 1889. His compositions of landscapes animated with hunting dogs show the influence of works by Desportes and Oudry which he...

First edition.
Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes.
Rare.
In plain wrappers.

First edition. Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes. Rare
In plain wrappers.

First edition.
Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes.
Rare.
In plain wrappers.

First edition. Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes. Rare
In plain wrappers.

First edition. Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes. Rare
In plain wrappers.

First edition. Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes. Rare
Under plain wrapper.

First edition. Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes. RareUnder plain wrapper.

Second edition reprinted from the 1655 original, expanded with the Dictionary of Hunters; and illustrated with a frontispiece. This edition is better printed than the first and in a slightly larger format.

Contemporary flexible full vellum binding. Smooth spine with title and date at tail in black ink executed in the 19th century. Two small lacks at head of title-leaf and frontispiece not touching the engraving. Fine copy.

Famous treatise on hunting, the most important of the 17th century, intended according to the author himself to replace the older one by du Fouilloux whose last edition dated back to 1650. The work is much more complete...

First edition. There were three editions published in the same year in Rotterdam. Rather rare.
Full parchment binding, 19th century, reusing a 17th or 18th century manuscript. Smooth spine, red sheep title-label.
The author proposes in 24 chapters an economic reform of the kingdom; taxes, ecclesiastical property, disparities of wealth, wars, debts... all subjects treated with great common sense and sound observation, but not without a certain moral vision against luxury, excess of money and materialism. A work to be placed among the reflections on the economy of this second half of the 18th century which prepared for the French Revolution.

NB: This work is...

Original etching before letters heightened with aquatint and signed in the plate.
Created on laid paper at the request of publisher A. QUANTIN to illustrate La Fontaine's fable: "La vieille et les deux servantes" ["The Old Woman and the Two Servants"].
Very fine condition, presented in a modern black mat and protected by tissue guard.
Auguste Delierre (1829-1891) is referenced thus in the Bénézit dictionary of painters, sculptors, draughtsmen and engravers: "history painter, genre scenes, animated landscapes, still lifes, illustrator. A pupil of Eugène Ciceri, he participated in the Paris Salon between 1852 and 1889. His compositions of landscapes animated with hunting dogs...

Original etching before letters heightened with aquatint and signed in the plate.
Created on laid paper at the request of publisher A. QUANTIN to illustrate La Fontaine's fable: "Le cerf et la Cigne" ["The Stag and the Swan"].
Very handsome condition, presented in a modern black mount and protected by tissue guard. Auguste Delierre (1829-1891) is referenced in Bénézit, the dictionary of painters, sculptors, draughtsmen and engravers: "history painter, genre scenes, animated landscapes, still lifes, illustrator. Student of Eugène Ciceri, he participated in the Paris Salon between 1852 and 1889. His compositions of landscapes animated with hunting dogs show the influence of works by...

First edition on ordinary paper.
Inscribed by the author.
Spine sunned, minor tears at head and foot of joints.

First edition, one of the numbered copies from the first printing.
Small marginal stains on the first cover, two slight marginal tears at the head of the joints.

First edition of these two memoirs extracted from the first fascicle, Modern State section, of the Description de l'Egypte.
Cream parchment-style modern paper boards. Black sheep title-label. Wide-margined copy, uncut.
Historical notice on artificial incubation in Egypt and method employed to hatch chickens. History and description of the manufacture of sal ammoniac.

First edition of these two memoirs extracted from the first fascicle, Modern State section, of the Description de l'Egypte.
Full cream parchment-style modern paper boards. Black sheep title-label. Wide-margined copy, uncut.
Tax system and property ownership in Egypt. Administration and internal and external commercial relations. Important memoirs for the history of Egypt, such a study having never been undertaken before, which is why the author necessarily concerns himself with the history and evolution of the country since Selim I.

First edition of this memoir extracted from the first issue, Modern State section, of the Description of Egypt.

Full cream parchment-style modern boards. Black sheep title label. Large paper copy, uncut.
Considerations on the instruments and method used for astronomical observations and calculations. Survey of different calculations according to different geographical points.