Germer Baillère

First edition.
Half-cherry red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with double blind compartments ornamented with a gilt fleuron at their centers, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription signed by Antony Chipault, the dedicatee's name having been trimmed by the binder making it illegible: "... membre du Conseil général du Loiret et membre de la Commission administrative de l'hospice d'Orléans..." (member of the General Council of Loiret and member of the Administrative Commission of the Orleans hospice)
Work illustrated with 37 color plates hors-texte.
Some minor foxing of no consequence, a light scratch to the left margin of the front board.
Rare.

First edition illustrated with 30 plates representing 120 figures.
Some foxing, principally at the beginning and end of the volume
Half red sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with black fillets, gilt friezes and blind-tooled fleurons, gilt initials at center of spine, red paper boards with some scratches, boards slightly and very marginally discolored at head, lower corners bumped, contemporary binding.
The text volume is lacking.
Rare copy of the first surgical work dealing exclusively with facial surgery.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half burgundy cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt monogram, date and double gilt fillets at foot, brown shagreen title-label with rubbing and slight losses, speckled paper boards, binding stamp-signed Paul Vié in blind.
Some foxing.

First edition for each volume, the second being printed on green paper.
Half aubergine shagreen binding with corners, spine slightly faded with four raised bands set with gilt fillets, double gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
The first volume is complete with its 3 lithographed plates at the end.
Some foxing in margins of certain leaves of the first volume.
Rare and handsome set.

First edition.
Half navy blue shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with triple gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, corners very slightly bumped without gravity.
Copy almost free from foxing.

First edition.
Publisher's binding in half red shagreen, spine with four raised bands decorated with triple gilt and blind compartments enhanced at their centers with a gilt fleuron, slight traces of rubbing on the spine which also has a small angular lack at foot, blind fillet frames on red paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of cream watered silk with marginal soiling, all edges gilt.
Work illustrated with 200 figures in the text as well as 40 plates printed separately.
Fine interior condition.

First edition.
Small tears without lack to head and foot of spine, sewing fragile, foxing.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half bottle-green morocco, smooth spine, date at foot, binding signed by Howland.
Fine bookplate of Ludovic Halévy engraved by Stern pasted on the verso of the front cover.
Annotations by L. Halévy in pencil.

First edition.
Small tears at foot of spine, foxing, slight marginal lacks to second cover.
Rare.

First edition for the first text, second edition for the second.
Half sheep binding in fir green, smooth spine decorated with gilt friezes and fillets and blind fillets, contemporary binding signed by the Compagnons relieurs de Moulins.
Two press clippings bound at the beginning and end of the second volume, some minor foxing without gravity.

New edition of the French translation.
Half chocolate sheep binding, spine in four compartments with slight rubbing decorated with gilt fleurons, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding. Bookplate pasted to verso of front board, copy almost entirely free from foxing.

First edition.
Small marginal lacks to foot of upper cover, foxing.

Second edition with some parts of the text in first edition, being entirely revised.
Half-caramel sheep bindings, smooth spines faded and decorated with gilt tools and fillets showing traces of rubbing, rubbed headcaps some with small lacks, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings.
Some light foxing, otherwise handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Contemporary half navy blue morocco-grained shagreen binding with corners, spine with four raised bands showing light traces of rubbing, gilt date and owner's name at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, upper corners slightly bumped.
Scattered foxing.

First edition.
Half navy sheep binding, smooth spine slightly faded with some traces of rubbing on certain volumes, gilt and blind fillets on spine, gilt fillet at tail, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, small traces of rubbing on edges, contemporary binding.
Volumes 4 and 5 illustrated with 81 figures.
Some foxing.

First edition.
Full bronze sheep binding, spine with five raised bands, navy morocco title-label, date at tail, gilt rolls on the headcaps, blind-ruled frame on the boards struck at their centers with the gilt arms of Guillaume Gabriel Pavé Vandeuvre (1779-1870), deputy of Aube and Peer of France, double gilt fillets on the leading edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding signed by Mourlier.
Some minor foxing affecting mainly the very first and very last pages.
A handsome copy.

First edition.
Publisher's full mauve cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with black tooling, author's name and title within a gilt medallion of the scientific library on the front cover, publisher's gilt cipher on the back, binding faded but the interior remains very fresh.
With 28 figures in the text, private library stamp.

First edition of the French translation. Spine faded with tears to the joints.

First edition of the French translation established by C. Letourneau.
Bradel binding in half orange boards, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with a gilt fleuron, date at foot, chocolate shagreen title-label, contemporary binding. The introduction to 'Le spiritualisme dans l'art' by C. Lévêque has been bound at rear.
Light foxing otherwise handsome copy.

Second edition.
Some small tears and tiny lacks of no consequence to spine and covers, copy very extensively annotated in pencil.

Second edition.
Judeo-Christian and Hellenistic Christianity, that of Saint Paul and Saint Peter, Johannine Christianity, that of the early fathers, that of Constantine...
Three gift inscriptions, two crossed out, a small insignificant lack to the endpaper, handsome interior condition.
Rare.