Paris

First edition. Preface by Camille Mauclair. On Armande Béjart, the beautiful Creole women of history and letters, women in the work of Stendhal, A. France and Ingres...

First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of edition, no deluxe copies were printed.
Bradel binding in olive half cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron and double gilt fillet, hazel shagreen title label, contemporary binding.

First edition published under a pseudonym.
Half-shagreen binding in dark green, smooth spine decorated with gilt typographical motifs with very light scuffs, contemporary binding.
Some rare foxing affecting mainly the very first and very last pages of the volume.

First edition, one of the copies of the first issue, he was fired 12 Holland paper in leading copies.
Binding cardboard vellum half way back smoothes decorated with gilded decorative motifs with small traces of minor friction, preserved cover, contemporary binding.
Rare autograph signed by the author Albert Mockel.

First duodecimo edition of this selection compiled by Sainte-Beuve.
Half bronze sheep binding, spine in four compartments decorated with gilt fillets and dotted lines, chocolate shagreen title label, contemporary binding.
A few scattered light foxing spots of no consequence.

First edition.
Contents include an article by Viélé-Griffin on Sully-Prudhomme, a contribution by Proudhon on justice, and unpublished notes by Jules Laforgue.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japon Torinoko paper, the tirage de tête.
Ex libris pasted onto endpaper.
A fine copy.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands showing minor rubbing, decorated with double blind-tooled compartments, joints very lightly rubbed, one upper corner slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription from Aurélien Scholl to his friend Gustave Bourdin.
Some foxing.

First edition. The contents include contributions by Gustave Kahn, Thadée Natanson and Roamin Coolus, as well as reproductions of paintings (Corot, Monet, Renoir, Pissarro and Sisley) and two portraits of Balzac by Félix Vallotton. Pencil marks to first cover, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, one of 480 numbered copies on laid paper, ours unnumbered, the only issue with 20 on Holland paper and 100 hors commerce.
A tear at head of spine.

First edition.
A rare and good copy, with almost no spotting, retaining the publisher's catalogue at the end.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy free from foxing.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Two small lacks at head and foot of spine, scattered foxing, a tiny angular lack at foot of second board.

First edition, one of 346 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, the only printing with 12 on Japan paper and 16 on Hollande paper. A very good copy.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on Holland paper, the only issue with a few on China and Japan papers.
Work decorated with a frontispiece portrait of the author by Bouisset and illustrated with drawings by Poirson and Willette.
Preface by Clovis Hugues.
Bradel binding in full marbled paper, smooth spine, navy blue morocco title-label, soiled covers preserved, binding signed by P. Goy & C. Vilaine.

First edition, one of copies on alfa paper, the only printing with 6 on China paper.
A very good copy.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil Johannot paper, the tirage de tête.
Author's signature to justification page.
A very good, well-margined copy.

First edition. Rare. Bibliographie des recueils de poésies T. III, pp. 178 to 180.
Contemporary full speckled calf binding. Raised bands spine decorated. Various rubbing.
Bouts-rimés are imposed and whimsical rhymes, it was a highly prized game to compose them in the 17th century. The theme, here the praise of the king, and the rhymes, were chosen, and poets had to write pieces in verse. It was a real fever as it appeared that not only in society, but in private, everyone amused themselves with this exercise. This collection is one of the best examples, gathered by Mignon, the sonnets have for rhymes Pan, Grenuche, Satan, Pluche, then Fan, Ruche, Lan, Autruche...
Many sonnets...

First edition. Tchemerzine VI, 331.
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Worn headcaps. Overall rubbing. Large brown stain on upper cover. 3 corners slightly bumped. Pp. 158 to 168 foxed.
All posthumous works by La Bruyère (died in 1696) were completed by his editor Louis Ellies Dupin, who wrote two dialogues for this work. La Bruyère takes part in this book in the theological quarrel between Bossuet and Fénelon, defender of quietism. The author criticizes quietism in an ironic tone modeled on Pascal's Provincial Letters.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vellum, the only issue.
A lack and tear at foot of spine, spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned.

First edition.
A portrait of the author as frontispiece.
Foxing, rare.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on Ingres, the only large paper copies.
Illustrations by the author.
A good and rare copy with good margins.

First edition.
Worming to the front board, a repaired angular tear to the half-title page, marginal lack to the rear board, occasional foxing.

First edition.
Work illustrated with woodcuts and lithographs by C. Nanteuil, A. Devéria, T. Johannot...
Light shadow on the first endpaper.

First edition, one of 440 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only printing with 10 on China paper.
Half vellum-style cardboard binding, smooth spine, red shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 100 copies numbered and justified by the author on Holland paper, the only issue along with a few Japan copies.
Foxing to covers, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

The first edition published in a small number of copies by Pierre Mac Orlan under a pseudonym, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Illustrated with works by Louis Malteste.
A tiny stain at foot of first cover, two very slight angular lacks to the last two pages, otherwise a handsome copy of this flagellation instruction manual.

First edition, one of 480 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies with 20 on Chine.
With a photographic portrait of the author as frontispiece.
A handsome full-margined copy.

First edition.
Half black sheep binding, smooth spine with a small lack at head and traces of rubbing decorated with gilt motifs, date at foot, joints and boards rubbed.
Our copy lacks the author's portrait.
Some light foxing.
Rare but in this condition.

First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy.

First edition of the French translation established by G. Roth.
Preface by Salomon Reinach.
Second cover lacking, a loss to head of first cover and spine slightly worn.
Interior in good condition.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First editions. Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
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First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.

Plain paper cover.

Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

Pre-first edition of these sonnets, which would form the first part of Les Trophées, the edition of which would appear in 1893.
In original wrappers, as issued. Some foxing on the cover page.
2cm tear at foot.

Pre-first edition of these sonnets which would form the first part of Les Trophées, the edition of which would appear in 1893. In original wrappers, as issued.
Lacking the upper right corner.
On the cover page, manuscript: Ctsse de la Baume.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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First edition.
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Published before the first edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.