Paris

Original wood engraving signed on the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by Louis Brevière on China paper and mounted on Dutch laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
Rare worming and soiling in the margin not touching the image.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful treatment of this text: Gustave Doré presents an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism through t

Jésus-Christ rastaquouère
First edition, one of 1000 numbered copies, only print after 10 China and 50 on pur-fil paper.
Spine and joints remarkably restored, skilful paper restoration to the lower margin of the two pages 29 and 31, without affecting the text.

Our copy is enriched with an exceptional full-page drawing in black pencil with the following presentation “à Germaine Pittet très sympathiquement Francis Picabia 25 mars 1940 Golfe Juan” “to Germaine Pittet very sympathetically Francis Picabia 25 March 1940 Golfe Juan” in the top right

First edition of the French translation, one of 26 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Small worming at the foot of the spine.

Souvenirs sur l'Affaire
First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of second edition.
Spine slightly sunned.

Rare handwritten inscription signed by Léon Blum, on this text, to Roger Secrétain, journalist, magazine di
rector, politician and founder, in the spring of 1943, with Pierre Ségelle and André Dessaux, of the Orléans resistance group Libération-Nord: “À Roger Secrétain, hommage cordial de Léon Blum.” (“To Roger Secrétain, friendly respects from Léon Blum.”)