André Ferroud (1849-1921)

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on vellum d'Arches.
Work illustrated with 10 etchings by Jules Chéret.
Handsome copy despite the endpapers lightly and partially shadowed.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on Japan paper containing a triple state of Jules Chéret's etchings, the most limited deluxe paper issue after 20 on vellum.
Work illustrated with 10 etchings by Jules Chéret.
Spine and boards uniformly yellowed, handsome interior condition despite endpapers slightly and partially shaded.
An autograph inscription has been skillfully erased below the printed title on the half-title page.
Our copy is exceptionally enhanced with a fourth state, in colors and on a loose sheet, of the frontispiece.

Edition illustrated by Auguste Leroux, one of 25 numbered copies on Grand Japon, containing four states of the illustrations including one state with some tints and a large original signed watercolor by Auguste Leroux, deluxe copy.
Work decorated with a portrait of the author as frontispiece etched by Decisy and 46 compositions drawn by Auguste Leroux and H. Bouché-Leclercq and colored with pochoir, including a title vignette (repeated on the half-title), 15 plates, 15 headpieces and 15 tailpieces). The different states of the illustrations have been bound at the end of the volume.
Full navy blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with roulettes, stippling and a large octagonal antique-style tool stamped in gold repeated twice, large octagonal tool with floral motif at the center of the covers and pentagonal tool of the same inspiration at the corners, navy blue morocco decorated with stippling and gilt octagonal tools framing the pastedowns, marbled endpapers, covers and spine preserved, blind fillet on the leading edges, gauffered headcaps, top edge gilt over deckled edges. Contemporary binding signed by Kieffer.
Five leaves, including the back cover, have been cut at the upper corner certainly to allow better access to the duplicate leaves.
Fine copy.

Illustrated edition with original etchings by Léon Lebègue, one of 30 numbered copies on grand Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Our copy, as stipulated in the justification page, is complete with the triple state of the engravings.
Handsome copy.

Illustrated edition with lead pencil drawings heightened in colors by Jeanne Bardey, one of 60 numbered copies on grand Japan imperial paper, deluxe copies after 15 other grand Japan imperial copies.
Our copy contains all 3 states of the illustrations and the reproduction of 2 sketches at the end of the volume.
Very fine copy.

Illustrated edition with numerous original compositions by Fred-Money, finely hand-colored pochoir by Robert Lecourt, one of 70 numbered copies on Japon impérial paper, the deluxe printing after 30 other Japon impérial copies.
Fine copy properly containing three states of the illustrations (including one in black) at the end of the volume.

The Thousand and Second Night, illustrated with 9 plates by Lalauze. Copy on Arches vellum numbered 312 by hand. Limited edition of 500 copies. Title page in red and black. Curiously, this copy, although justified as simple Arches vellum, is actually on Grand Arches vellum.
Jean and Jeanette, illustrated with 24 compositions by Lalauze. Copy on Arches numbered 331 by hand. Limited edition of 500 copies. Title page in red and black.
Uniform bindings for these 2 works in half morocco with tender green corners. Spine with raised bands decorated in compartments. Titles and dates gilt. Ruled fillets on boards. Top edges gilt. Wrappers and spine preserved (not the spine for The Thousand and Second Night). Spines uniformly faded. Light traces of rubbing, particularly to corners. Paper perfectly fresh, with some offsetting from the engravings in Jean and Jeanette. Full-margined copies, uncut.
Handsome copies.

Edition illustrated with 31 original compositions by Gaston Vuillier etched by Omer Bouchery, one of 100 numbered copies on Japan paper containing the etchings in two states.
Full brown morocco binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with triple compartments as well as gilt fillets, gilt date at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, frame of quadruple gilt fillets on covers, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, frame of gilt dentelle on pastedowns, double gilt fillets on leading edges, covers preserved, top edge gilt, superb full morocco binding signed by Blanchetière.
Superb copy.
Copy established in a very handsome full morocco binding by Blanchetière.

New edition partly original because augmented by the correspondence of Balzac and Madame de Berny, one of the few numbered and justified copies by the publisher on Holland papere , head print.
Book decorated with inset illustrations.
Back and boards slightly and marginally insolated without gravity, pleasant copy at all margins.

Illustrated edition of 41 original etchings by Adolphe Lalauze, one of 50 copies on vellum vat, in 1 volume, and with etchings in duplicate.
Binding in half navy blue percaline with corners, smooth back decorated with a gilded floral pattern, date and double gilded nets tail, pieces of brown chocolate maroquinated shagreen, boards of marbled paper, preserved cover, binding of l 'time.
Our copy is exceptionally enriched with an original watercolor by Adolphe Lalauze, which he signed at the foot of the fake title page.

Illustrated edition with 24 original compositions by Adolphe Lalauze, one of 200 numbered copies on Japan paper or grand Arches vellum, ours on Japan paper from the deluxe issue.
Full floral fabric binding, smooth spine, sand morocco title-label, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by Champs.
Preface by Léo Claretie.
Handsome copy despite some light foxing.
Our copy contains two states of the etchings by Adolphe Lalauze.

Illustrated with 21 original compositions by Paul Avril, one of 100 numbered copies on Japan paper with a state of the etchings hors-texte with remarques.
Bradel binding in half blue cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, tan shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
A small stain without consequence at head of first board.
Preface by Anatole France.
Handsome copy.

Edition illustrated with 21 original compositions by Paul Avril, one of 100 numbered copies on Japan containing a state of the hors-texte etchings with remarques.
Bradel binding in half brown cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, red shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Preface by Anatole France.
Fine copy.

Illustrated edition with 17 original compositions by Adolphe Lalauze, one of the numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copies with the copies on grand vélin d'Arches.
Bradel binding in half pink cloth with corners, smooth spine faded and discolored decorated with a gilt floral motif, date and double gilt fillet at foot, burgundy shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Our copy is enhanced with a double state of the compositions.
Handsome copy despite small foxing affecting mainly the white endpapers of the binding.

New edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Scattered foxing, ink gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page.
Copy decorated with a facsimile letter as frontispiece and a large folding map at the end of the volume.
Rare.

Illustrated edition with original etchings by Léon Lebègue, one of 30 numbered copies on deluxe Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Our copy, as stipulated in the justification page, is indeed complete with the triple state of the engravings.
Handsome copy.

Edition illustrated with 17 original compositions by A. Lalauze, one of 300 numbered copies on Arches.
Bradel binding in half fir green cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, red shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by P. Ruban.
Autograph inscription signed by the publisher to Gabriel Hanotaux.
Our copy is enhanced with a duplicate state of the compositions.
Handsome copy.

Illustrated edition with 15 original color compositions by Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse, one of the numbered copies on Arches vellum.
First cover marginally creased, first endpaper partially shadowed, handsome interior condition.

Edition printed with 500 copies, ours is one of the few copies on Japan containing three stages of the engravings, the “tirage de tête”. Preface by Léo Claretie.
Work illustrated with 9 compositions by Julien Le Blant engraved by etching by Louis Muller.
Our copy includes the label of the publisher Lucien Durvand at the justification, with the words “reliure unique” “unique binding”.
Art Deco binding in full black morocco, spine in five compartments decorated with honeysuckle flowers inlaid with brown morocco whose stems are intertwined in panels, place and date at the foot, boards richly decorated with a blind tooling stamped fillet framing a significant interlacing of honeysuckle inlaid with bronze-coloured morocco filled with flowers in tan morocco holders and purple morocco petals, pastedown endpapers lined with black morocco decorated with stippling evoking a double and fine gilt chain framing a large plate of pink morocco adorned with a rich garland stamped with gold and bronze-coloured, green, yellow, red and black mosaic morocco framing a decoration of two, vertical eight-point stars richly adorned with a very complex motif in bronze-coloured, yellow, red and black mosaic morocco with significant gold-stamped blind tooling and spirals in the Oriental style, blue silk endpapers, following endpapers in marbled paper, double gilt fillet on the leading edges, gilt blind tooling on the spine-ends, cover boards preserved, all edges gilt, binding signed with initials at the foot of the first board by Lucien Durvand.
Magnificent copy remarkably set in an Art Deco binding by Lucien Durvand.

Illustrated edition of original compositions by Adrien Moreau etched by Xavier Lesueur, one of 160 copies justified and numbered by the editor on Japan, head print.
Binding in full morocco green, discolored back with five nerves set with gilded nets and adorned with gilded and decorated boxes, date and place gilded tail, golden wheels on the headdresses, small friction head and feet of the joints, framing a triple golden net on the plates, guards and contreplats of red paper, framing of five golden nets on the contreplats, covers and back preserved, golden slices, elegant Contemporary binding signed Noulhac.
Pleasant copy containing a double state of etchings.
Nice copy nicely established in full morocco by Noulhac.

Edition illustrated with 54 original compositions and engravings by Charles Chessa, one of 50 copies numbered and justified by the publisher on small paper of Japan, most limited edition
Binding with bradel painted full vellum, back smooth, back and boards illustrated with an original watercolor and Art Nouveau signed by G. Levitzky , moire effect paper wraps and wraps, wrappers and back preserved and bound in, golden head, painted Contemporary binding and signed by G. Levitzky.
Copied in an elegant art nouveau binding.

FLAUBERT Gustave
     illustration by MERSON Luc-Olivier
La Légende de Saint-Julien l’Hospitalier [The Legend of Saint-Julian the Hospitaller]
A. Ferroud, Paris 1895, 16 x 25 cm, artistic calf binding with custom slipcase
Illustrated with 26 original compositions by Luc-Olivier Merson etched by Géry-Bichard, one of 500 numbered copies on vélin d’Arches paper.
Exceptional artistic binding by Gruel, brown polished calf, double gilt cartouche to spine, gilt roulettes to head- and tail-pieces, quadruple gilt fillet frame and blindstamped frieze to covers, covers with two large central painted panels with dream-like motifs, signed and dated by Jeanne Dinet-Rollince, 1907, quadruple fillet frame and gilt floral motifs to corners of pastedowns, pastedowns with large painted parchment panels with medallions of hunted animals in a Greek cross, itself framed with vegetal and Orthodox liturgical motifs, the paintings signed and dated at bottom left “Rollince 1908.” Endpapers lined with green silk, double gilt fillets to edges of covers, wrappers preserved, all edges gilt, limp marbled paper slipcase.
Ink autograph inscription signed by Jeanne Rollince to Professor Leguen to endpaper. Jeanne Dinet-Rollince, sister and biographer of the Orientalist painter étienne Dinet, was her-
self an artist whose works are rare and sought-after. She worked several times with the celebrated artistic binder Léon Gruel, for whom she executed morocco mosaics and, as here, original paintings on vellum integrated into the covers of bindings. Advertising brochure bound in at end.
A magnificent copy in a spectacular decorated binding by Gruel.
$ 5 500

Edition decorated with illustrations and original color etchings by Serge de Solomko, one of the numbered copies on fine tinted Arches laid paper, ours unnumbered.
Final endpaper very lightly and partially shaded, handsome copy.