Garnier frères

DORé Gustave & RABELAIS François. œuvres de Rabelais [Rabelais' Works]
Garnier Frères, Paris 1873, 31 x 43 cm, 2 volumes, contemporary morocco

Contemporary red morocco by J. B. Pingot, Jansenist spines in five compartments, double gilt fillet on the edges of the covers and headpieces, large gilt dentelle frame to inside covers, double marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.
A superb copy of one of the most beautiful books illustrated by Gustave Doré on grand papier (deluxe copies), luxuriously bound in red morocco.

First edition on ordinary paper.
A good copy.

Collective edition complete works in 25 volumes in Furne & Gosselin. Original edition for The Life of Rance in Delloye. The original edition to the grave Memoirs of Eugene Victor & Sheepish.
Binders half fir sorrow, back with four false nerves decorated with triple boxes stamped cold and cold-nets of heads and tails, paper plates to the tank, guards and contreplats combed lined paper, and crowned armorial bookplate Charles-François Ferand (of Gerard Arcjehan) engraved and pasted the first contreplat of each volume, binders of the time.
The 25 volumes of the complete works are enriched, frontispiece, Chateaubriand portrait from Girodet and 28...

First edition.
Contemporary half brown sheep over marbled paper boards, decorated with blacks fillets, with slight tears, not serious, over marbled paper boards.
Occasional foxing.

First edition.
Les malthusiens, programme révolutionnaire, question étrangère, argument à la Montagne, toast à la révolution...
Preface by Alfred Darimon.
Spine and rear board in poor condition, two corner lacks to the front board which is detached, foxing.
As is.

New edition illustrated with numerous vignettes in the text.
Bradel binding in olive half-cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet at foot, hazelnut shagreen title-label with slight marginal scratches, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.

Third edition.
Half cherry red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with sextuple gilt compartments and one blind compartment, gilt dotted ornaments at head and foot, triple blind fillets framing the red boards, cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Preface by Sainte-Beuve.
Work illustrated after the author's original drawings by Calame, K. Girardet, Français, d'Aubigny, de Bar, Gagnet, Forest.
Some minor foxing without consequence affecting mainly the beginning and end of the volume.

Half brown shagreen binding, spine with 4 raised bands decorated with gilt dots, gilt title and volume number, gilt tools and double gilt fillets on the panels, black cloth pasted on boards, triple blind-stamped frame on boards, some small tears, traces of rubbing, fresh interiors, contemporary bindings.
Some leaves of the Chansons de Béranger Volume II are slightly loosened but still holding, some plates are detached but present. Volumes I and II each contain 53 steel engravings after Charlet, A. de Lemud, Johannot, Grenier, Jacque, Pauquet, Penguilly, De Rudder, Raffet and Sandoz.
Musique de Béranger is illustrated by Grandville, numerous full-page plates, in black and white. The...

Edition with some parts in first edition and illustrated with 186 drawings by the best artists of the period.
Half khaki shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments adorned with gilt decorative motifs, gilt initials at foot, light scratches on joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Edition expanded with 12 new songs with accompaniment by Pierre Létorey.
Illustrations by Giacomelli, Grandville, Viollat, Crépon, Riou, Worms...
Handsome copy.

First edition published under the partial pseudonym of Galli.
Half tan sheep bindings, spines with five raised bands showing slight traces of rubbing, red shagreen title labels and author's name, navy shagreen volume labels, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
Work illustrated with 2414 color engravings by L. Bombled, with maps and plans within the text and folding.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 600 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only issue with 10 on pur fil.
Inscribed by the author to the poet Georges Heitz.
Spine slightly sunned with two small lacks at head and foot, front board marginally discolored at foot, small spots at foot of first endpaper, handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome and rare copy.

First edition.
Half red sheep binding, faded spine with five raised bands showing traces of rubbing, spine decorated with gilt floral motifs, lacks of leather on joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 40 drawings by the author.
Some light foxing mainly marginal.
Rare.

First edition.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece engraving.
Spine sunned with a repaired tear and small repaired tear at foot, some foxing.

First edition.
Half sheep binding in navy blue, smooth spine decorated with triple gilt fillets showing minor rubbing, vellum-style title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
Light scattered foxing.

First edition.
Contributions by L. Lalanne, L. Renier, T. Bernard, C. Laumier, S. Choler, J. Mongin, E. Janin, A. Deloye, C. Friess.
Half cherry-red morocco shagreen binding, spine with traces of rubbing with four raised bands decorated with double blind compartments, marbled paper boards, one upper corner missing, small traces of rubbing on edges.
Some light foxing.

First edition.
Small worming to first cover, some scattered light foxing.

Thirteenth edition. Preface by Emile de Girardin. Three corner lacks at head and foot of covers, some light foxing.

New edition expanded with an introduction and notes by Louis Moland.
Half caramel sheep binding, spine with five raised bands showing minor rubbing, decorated with dotting and gilt double fillets, hazelnut shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Anne de Bretagne, Marie Stuart, Catherine de Médicis, the most illustrious sisters...
Minor scattered foxing.

New edition revised and corrected from the 1740 edition.
Half caramel sheep binding, spine with five raised bands showing minor rubbing, decorated with dotting and gilt double fillets, headcaps rubbed at top, hazelnut shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing.

First edition.
Half caramel sheep binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt and blind fillets, gilt dotted rules at head and foot showing minor rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some foxing affecting mainly the binding's endpapers.

First edition.
A glued tear to head of a joint, ex dono biffé.
A very good and rare copy.

First edition.
Spine cracked, tear to boards.
Rare uncut copy.

First edition.
First volume devoted to botany, insects, inventors and scientists, of this scientific series.
Two tears repaired to the joints, interior foxing.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A slight lack at the head of the spine.

First edition.
Autograph inscription by P. Guieu.
Work illustrated with sketches and charts.
One small marginal stain on the front cover, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition. Repaired tears affecting the joints, minor marginal lacks affecting the boards.

First edition.
One small nick in the margin to upper cover.

Second edition with some parts in first edition, collected and arranged by P. Raynal.
Copy virtually free from any foxing.