Paris

New edition revised by the author, illustrated with 4 copper-engraved plates by Morel after drawings by Chaudet (Cohen, col. 927). A sumptuous publication from the press of Pierre Didot l'aîné, the foremost printer of his day. This edition is distinguished from all previous ones by its entirely renewed illustration in a neoclassical spirit, in keeping with the aesthetic of the Directoire period. It is the first to have been revised by the author himself.
Contemporary binding in full red morocco, spine with five raised bands richly decorated with gilt dentelles, fillets and fleurons, boards framed with a double gilt dentelle, gilt roll on the turn-ins and headbands...

First edition, one of the first-issue copies press-numbered, from a total limitation of just 23 deluxe copies on Holland paper.
Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire by Pablo Picasso.
Spine sunned with discreet restorations.

Our copy is preserved in a red half morocco chemise, spine with five raised bands, date lettered at the foot, paper-covered boards, matching paper slipcase edged in red morocco, the whole signed by Boichot.

Rare signed autograph inscription by Guillaume Apollinaire: « à Henri Ghéon dont j'aime la poésie, Guillaume Apollinaire ».
Our copy further contains five manuscript corrections in ink by...

Extremely rare original medallion photograph on albumen paper, carte de visite format, mounted on a card from Anatole Pougnet’s Paris studio. Manuscript annotations on the verso. No other copy of this photograph has been traced in international public collections.

Photographic portrait of Eugène Delacroix

Original photograph on albumin paper, in a visiting-card format, laid down on card. Foxing.
Very rare copy of this photograph, only found at Carnavalet, Louvre and Orsay museums.

First edition, one of the 90 numbered copies on pur fil Lafuma, deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").

Nice copy.
Signed handwritten inscription by Jean Anouilh to Robert Delaroche-Vernet.

First edition, one of the 14 numbered copies on vergé de Holland paper, deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
As new.

First edition, one of 12 numbered copies on Hollande, the only deluxe issue. 

Complete with the folding map at the end.

Full fawn morocco binding, five raised band spine, date at foot, comb-marbled paper pastedowns framed with a rich gilt roll, comb-marbled endpapers, gilt fillet to headcap, gilt fillet to leading edges, gilt roll to headcaps, original wrappers and spine preserved, all gilt deckled edges, housed in a fawn morocco-edged slipcase. Binding signed by Semet & Plumelle. 

Provenance: From the libraries of Dr André Chauveau, Lucius Wilmerding, and RBL, with their bookplates affixed.

A splendid deluxe copy of exceptional...

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Japan, deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Beautiful copy wide-margined.
Illustrations by Charles Shoup.

Illustrated edition with first printing of 28 etched compositions by O. Cortazzo engraved by Abot and Clapes. Limited to 1000 copies, one of 825 on tinted laid paper, hand-numbered 209 and justified by the publisher.
Half chocolate morocco with corners ca 1920, signed at top of endpaper Yseux, successor to Simier. Spine with raised bands decorated with ornate compartments and a central mirrored tool. Covers and spine preserved. Top edge gilt. Uncut copy. Paper perfectly white, free from foxing. Spine slightly faded.

Handsome copy, with very beautiful engravings perfectly integrated into the text.

A collection of four extremely rare first editions:
- Thuileur des trente-trois degrés de l'écossisme (1813), “a rare and sought-after work and one of the best thuileurs in existence...” (Caillet, I, 2910). With a frontispiece and 14 plates (one folding) as well as a large folding table at end;
- Récapitulation de toute la maçonnerie ou Description et explication de l'hiéroglyphe universel du maître des maîtres (1812) with two plate;
- l'Explication de la croix philosophique (1806) with a folding plate showing the eponymous cross;
- l'Explication de la pierre cubique (1806) with a folding plate describing the stone.
This copy is further enriched with a small insert...