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First edition in French, one of 25 numbered copies on vélin du marais paper, the tirage de tête.
A very good copy.

First edition of the French translation, one of 25 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête.
A very good copy.

First edition, one of 53 numbered copies on Lafuma, tirage de tête after 15 vélin de Rives.
A very good copy.

First edition with 83 plates.
Spine of the chemise of cream-colored cloth over light yellow paper boards.
A good copy.

First edition in French, one of 26 numbered copies on Arches paper, this copy justified "Arches", the tirage de tête after 12 on Montval.
Half red morocco over marbled paper boards by P. Goy & C. Vilaine, spine in six compartments, brown paper endpapers and pastedowns, ccovers and spine preserved.
A very good copy with good margins and nicely bound.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
With an illustration.

New edition.
Spine cracked, small traces of an angular folds to covers, internally good.

First edition.
With photographs hors texte.
A small tear glued to foot of spine slightly warped.

First edition.
With photographs to and hors texte.
A good copy.

The rare first edition, one of the most sought-after of Balzac’s major novels according to Clouzot.
Contemporary half speckled sheep over marbled paper boards, gilt fillets to spine.
A little occasional spotting, a short-margined copy.
Provenance: from the library at the Château du Lac Tegern (Tegernsee), which belonged to Prince Charles-Theodore of Bavaria (1795-1875). Charles-Theodore of Bavaria, the son of the first King of Bavaria, Maximilian I, was "Generalfeldmarschall" and personal councilor to the King of Bavaria (stamp: "S.K.H.D Prinzen Carl V. Bayern Güter Administration Tegernsee").
A rare copy with a princely provenance in a strictly contemporary binding.

First edition printed on vergé d'Arches paper.
Small tears, not serious, to edges of covers, a trace of vertical fold to upper cover, otherwise a rare and good copy.

First edition.
Illustrated with 8 plates hors texte and 5 maps.
A good copy.

First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned, not serious, internally good.

First edition printed on vergé de Lana paper.
Small marginal tears to spine and covers, spine cracked, internally good.

2 volumes in 1.
The first edition of only 150 copies, rare and very sought-after (Clouzot), of this essay written by Stendhal in Milan after his meeting in 1818 with Mathilde Dembrowski (1790-1825), the woman he loved the most sincerely and whom he never saw again after her departure from Italy in 1821. She features in the work under the name of Léonore.
Contemporary half caramel calf over speckled paper boards, restored. Re-backed to match original, the spine with gilt and blindstamped fillets, marbled pastedowns and endpapers.
Lacking final leaf with printed titles to cut out.
An important copy, presented by Stendhal to Paul-Émile Daurand Forgues (known as ‘Old Nick'...

First edition, first printing (no edition stated), retaining both portraits of Mozart and Rossini as the frontispieces of each volume
Contemporary Italian brown marbled paper, author's name and red morocco titlepiece to spine, green morocco library label to foot, red speckled edges
Library stamps to endpapers and title, annotations in biro to verso of final page of contents: "collection musicale André Meyer
T5 10 1974"
Discreet and skillful repairs to joints, light foxing (not serious).

First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
Autograph inscription from Eugène Ionesco to Madame R. Schmidt.
A good copy.

First edition for which there was no mention of large paper copies.
With a frontispiece etching.
A good copy.