Amyot

First edition of the French translation by M. de Hammer and M. Poujoulat.
Spine warped with tears and lacks, marginal lacks to first cover, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition.
Back very slightly warped with two small gaps, a wet at the head of all leaflets ..
Rare but in the state.
Signed autograph of Benoit Brunswick to a count whose name has been blurred by the wetness.

First edition in French.
Spine flattened and warped with tears and losses, slight dampstaining to head of all leaves, some corner losses to boards.
Rare but in poor condition.

Amyot, Paris 1860, 11.5 x 18.5 cm, bound
First edition published the same year the Aosta Valley became part of Italy. The work is illustrated with 97 wood engravings in the text, 33 steel insert engravings, 6 chromotypographies and a map.
Bound in half red shagreen, spine decorated with blind tooling, “Palais de Compiègne” gold stamped at the head of the spine, Napoleon III's monogram gold stamped on the spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, contemporary binding. Some minor foxing.
"Bibliothèque de la Couronne - Compiègne” stamp on the title page. Our copy, unlike those placed in the national collection when the Palais de Compiègne library disbanded, does not have the “dépôt de l'État 1891” stamp. The Palais de Compiègne library, entirely refurnished by Napoleon III, was a truly sociable venue for the emperor's guests who borrowed novels, magazines and newspapers. An entertaining hand-written loan register has been digitized by the National Library of France.
After the fall of the Second Empire, the third Republic allowed the library, which was then open to the Compiègne public, to remain for sometime, according to the memories of Jules Troubat, the former Sainte-Beuve secretary and the last librarian at the Palais. The decree of 16 January 1888 ordered the library to be permanently closed and emptied of its contents. One part of the collection - around 10,000 works - are given to the Compiègne municipal library in 1891. In March 1918, the town of Compiègne was bombed and evacuated; the books were then left open to the elements. It was not until the end of May 1918 that a librarian acting with the army evacuated the works that remained intact, but was unable to deal with the books that had suffered damage. This part of the collection will later be sorted and sold by weight.
We have only been able to find one work from the Palais de Compiègne library on public sale, a Description of Egypt auctioned in 2014.

Beautiful and rare copy, of renowned provenance, with Napoleon III's monogram and one of the rare works to have not made it to the national collection when the Palais de Compiègne library was dismantled in 1891.

First edition in French.
Half green calf bindings, spines with five raised bands slightly faded, decorated with gilt and black fillets, minor rubbing to spines, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings.
Foxing.
Provenance: from the library of the Duke of Uzès with his bookplates pasted at heads of pastedowns.

First edition.
Contemporary binding in half cherry red sheep, smooth spine uniformly faded decorated with gilt fillet and fleurons, marbled paper boards, scattered foxing.
Handsome copy.

Edition from the year of the first.
Half dark green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double compartments with centers decorated with gilt typographical motifs, dark green paper boards with light scratches of no consequence, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Preface by Jules Janin.

First edition of the French translation by Jules Janin.
Binders full glossy red calf, back with four nerves set with ornate golden dotted double gilded nets and gilded boxes decorated with golden typographical reasons, two split bits and restored heads and feet, wheels on golden headdresses, supervision of a wide gold lace and a lace cold stamped on the boards, gilded with gold initials hit the centers of plates, nets gilded on the cuts, framing a golden lace on contreplats, guards and contreplats paper to the bowl, gilt edges, upper corners very lightly bumped, beautiful bindings then signed Lebrun.
Signed autograph of her dear Jules Janin Massol, "... I ask you to keep this book in memory of my good and sincere friendship ..."
Some small foxing auxcune without gravity.
Copy drawn in a perfect and elegant contemporary binding signed Lebrun.

First edition in French based on the second English edition and published under the pseudonym Scrutator.
Half chocolate shagreen binding, lightened spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets, a small lack affecting the head cap, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Preface by Alfred Sudre.
Some foxing.
Rare.

First edition.
Half pine-green shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with triple blind-tooled compartments and three double gilt fillets at head and foot, pine-colored boards with minor scratches of no consequence, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped.
Occasional light foxing, gift inscription in ink on front endpaper.

First edition pour each volume, there was no mention of large paper copies.
Rare autograph inscription from Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly, in pencil, to a close friend : "à Hervé/ Inoubliable - inoublié" in the first volume.
Spine of first volume cracked, a joint fragile, ex-dono in ink to head of upper cover of the second volume, a few small spots.

First edition.
Half calf, corners slightly bumped, contemporary Romantic bindings.
A little light spotting, not serious.
Rare and nice copy complete with its folding plate int the volume IV.

First edition of the French translation by Jules Janin.
Binders full glossy red calf, back with four nerves set with ornate golden dotted double gilded nets and gilded boxes decorated with golden typographical reasons, two split bits and restored heads and feet, wheels on golden headdresses, supervision of a wide gold lace and a lace cold stamped on the boards, gilded with gold initials hit the centers of plates, nets gilded on the cuts, framing a golden lace on contreplats, guards and contreplats paper to the bowl, gilt edges, upper corners very lightly bumped, beautiful bindings then signed Lebrun.
Signed autograph of her dear Jules Janin Massol, "... I ask you to keep this book in memory of my good and sincere friendship ..."
Some small foxing auxcune without gravity.
Copy drawn in a perfect and elegant contemporary binding signed Lebrun.

First edition.
First cover detached, second cover absent, spine sunned with small lacks.
Interior in good condition.

First edition.
Text preceded and followed by some considerations and documents to serve the study of Henri IV's character.
Two small marginal tears without loss to the first cover, occasional light foxing.

First edition.
Bound in full hazelnut sheep, smooth spines decorated with gilt romantic arabesques showing traces of rubbing, boards with double gilt frames, front boards stamped at center with laurel wreaths and the name of the educational establishment, corners slightly bumped, minor rubbing traces on edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings.
Some minor foxing, prize distribution labels pasted to versos of front boards.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands showing slight traces of rubbing, marbled paper boards, upper corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, bookplate pasted to verso of front board and stamp of the same bibliophile at foot of title page.
Anglo-American poets and novelists, the Puritans, poetry of revenge, the young Acadian woman...
Occasional foxing affecting mainly the first pages of the volume.

Second edition.
This is a conversation taking place during a burial and during the return from the cemetery about the theory of reincarnation. Light corner dampstaining affecting all leaves, some foxing, otherwise handsome copy.
Very rare.

First edition. About 'Quelques semaines au bord de la Baltique' by A. de Humboldt, 'Les trois mages du Nord' by H. Heine, 'Le fou de la révolution', 'Pensées d'un somnambule sur le XIXème siècle'... A tear at the head of one joint, two small corner lacks on the front cover, some light foxing.

First edition.
A small tear neatly repaired at head of spine, two stains to front cover, pale dampstaining to margins affecting the first few pages, occasional light foxing.

First edition. About A. Thiers, I. & E. Pereire, P. Leroux, A. de Musset, T. Gautier, G. Meyerbeer... Scattered foxing. Rare.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies.
Rare autograph inscription by the author to Charles Gosselin.

First posthumous edition published under the care of the author's widow.
Rare and handsome copy despite a tiny corner lack to the back cover.

First edition.
A small angular lack to upper cover of first volume, otherwise a good copy.

First edition of this offprint, printed in a small number of copies.
Autograph inscription by Jules Janin to Georges David.
Minor lacks to spine, small lacks and angular tear to boards, occasional light foxing.

First edition.
Half morocco binding with corners in raspberry, spine with 5 raised bands.
One dampstain affecting the binding and text, small paper loss to the rear board.
Autograph inscription from C.A. Sapey to [Etienne Denis] Pasquier.