H. Launette

Edition illustrated with 96 original compositions by Maurice Leloir engraved as etchings.
Full red morocco bindings, spine with five raised bands, dates gilt at foot, gilt rolls on headcaps, frame of gilt dentelle on pastedowns, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, double gilt fillets on leading edges, all edges gilt, superb contemporary bindings signed by Garidel.
Preface by Jules Clarétie.
Fine copy perfectly established.

Edition illustrated with compositions and drawings by Léon Lhermitte, one of 525 copies on laid paper.
Occasional light foxing.
Half-red morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands outlined in black fillets, cat's-eye paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, lower corners rubbed.

First illustrated edition with 350 compositions by Edouard Zier. Claude Motteroz printing house. Color cover. Printed on grand velin blanc paper. A deluxe edition was produced: 75 copies on Japan paper, some with the original drawings.
Contemporary half red morocco binding with corners, glazed, signed at the top of the first endpaper A. Jonquières. Spine with raised bands decorated with 17th-century inspired tools in compartments. Gilt titles and date. Covers and spine preserved. Some pale foxing on title page, very occasional foxing thereafter. Very fresh overall.

Illustrated edition with 10 etchings as well as about a hundred vignettes by Maurice Leloir, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper.
Full navy blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with triple gilt compartments embellished with floral motifs stamped in blind, gilt roulettes on headcaps, frames of quintuple gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, boards also decorated with a floral frieze stamped in blind, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, frame of gilt dentelle on pastedowns, double gilt fillets on leading edges, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, superb binding signed Chambolle-Duru.
Our copy contains a triple state of the etchings (a separate suite of in-text vignettes on Japan paper having been bound at the end) as well as an original wash drawing signed by Maurice Leloir as stipulated in the justification page.
Very handsome copy expanded with an original drawing and perfectly executed by Chambolle-Duru.

First edition illustrated with a frontispiece, 26 plates and numerous text vignettes, engraved on wood by Bellenger after Léon Lhermitte, one of the great painters of peasant life.
Half red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands showing some scratches, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, upper corners slightly bumped.

First edition known as the "bibliophiles edition" limited to 60 copies, this one personalized and printed on China paper, dedicated and offered by the author: "à Jules Claretie affectueux souvenir de son tout dévoué André Theuriet" ["to Jules Claretie affectionate remembrance from his entirely devoted André Theuriet"].
Illustrated with a frontispiece, 26 plates hors texte and numerous vignettes in the text, engraved on wood by Bellenger after Léon Lhermitte, one of the great painters of rural life. Each plate - except the frontispiece - is protected by a captioned tissue guard.
Near-contemporary half morocco with corners binding, smooth spine with mosaic decoration of wheat ears and a grape cluster in camel morocco as well as a small gilt bird, gilt frame on the spine, gilt fillets on the marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, binding signed Alfred Farez, successor to Carayon.
Some minor rubbing at head and foot of spine, otherwise a handsome copy.

Edition illustrated with 96 original compositions by Maurice Leloir engraved as etchings.
Full red morocco-grained shagreen bindings, spines with five fine raised bands set with gilt friezes and decorated with richly decorated gilt compartments, gilt floral friezes at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, triple gilt fillet frames on covers, floral bouquets in cover corners, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt floral motifs in pastedown corners, gilt edges on leading edges, covers stitched and spine preserved.
One scratch at head of second volume joint.
Preface by Jules Clarétie.
Handsome copy beautifully executed.

Illustrated edition with 67 original compositions by Enrique Atalaya, one of 500 numbered copies on white laid paper.
Full red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt garlands decorated with gilt typographical motifs, gilt roulettes on headcaps, triple gilt fillet border on boards ornamented with a scatter of floral motifs connected by floral friezes stamped in blind, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, blind fillet border and floral corner motifs, gilt edges on leading edges, original wrappers preserved.
Foxing.

Illustrated edition with 12 hors-texte watercolors as well as 225 vignettes and ornaments by Maurice Leloir.
Half blue morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands showing minor rubbing, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Champs.
Some foxing.
Preface by Guy de Maupassant.

With 96 original engraved compositions by Maurice Leloir.
Superb contemporary red morocco by Gardiel, spine in six compartments, gilt dates to spines, gilt roulettes to head- and tail-pieces, gilt dentelle frame to pastedowns, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, double gilt fillets to edges of covers, all edges gilt.
Preface by Jules Clarétie.
A very good copy in a handsome binding.

First edition.
Half navy blue shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands showing minor rubbing, marbled paper boards, minor rubbing to edges and one upper corner, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Collector's stamps on endpapers and title page.

First edition.
Half navy blue shagreen binding, spine slightly faded with five raised bands showing minor rubbing marks with manuscript note from a previous owner in ballpoint pen, marbled paper boards with small and light marginal discoloration of no significance, minor rubbing to edges and upper corners, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Collector's stamps on endpapers and page 9.
Some minor foxing.