J. Techener

Statement of third edition. Title pages in red and black.
Contemporary half red shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands. Gilt title and date. Top edge gilt. Uncut copy. Some rubbing. Scattered foxing.
Fine edition, highly regarded, revised against the original manuscript.
Handsome copy.

Fourth edition revised from the first edition for the first volume, first edition for the second refuting the thesis that this novel is by Madame de La Fayette.
Handsome copy.
Full green morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double gilt compartments richly decorated, date and place gilt at center of spine, gilt roulettes on headcaps, frame of triple gilt fillets on boards, small black spots on first board, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, frame of gilt dentelle on pastedowns, lower corners very slightly bumped, double gilt fillets on leading edges, very elegant binding signed by Hardy.
Our copy is complete, as frontispiece, with two portraits of Madame de Sévigné and Madame de La Fayette engraved by Riffaut on China paper, with two folding facsimiles and its folding music plate at end of volume.

First edition, one of 50 copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Half black shagreen binding, spine lightly faded with four raised bands, small traces of rubbing to spine, black paper boards, one scratch to front board, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 8 drawings mounted on China paper including 5 chromolithographs, the sixth chromolithograph appears to be lacking in our copy.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition of the French translation established by prince Augustin Galitzin for the first and third volumes, first edition for the second; the third volume being printed on laid paper.
Half black cloth binding, smooth spine richly decorated with the gilt ex-libris of comte de Falloux repeated four times, black paper boards.
Light foxing, a light dampstain without consequence to the half-title page of the second volume.
Provenance: from the library of Bourg d'Iré, property of comte de Falloux, with his bookplate pasted to a pastedown.

Revised and expanded edition by Paul-Louis Jacob and enhanced with an original literary notice by Charles Nodier, one of the rare copies printed on Dutch laid paper.

Half red morocco binding with corners, spine with four fine raised bands set with gilt garlands decorated with gilt compartments adorned in the grotesque style, triple black fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, elegant contemporary binding signed by Lebrun. A trace of a bookplate cleanly removed from one pastedown.

Rare and handsome copy beautifully bound.

New edition published from the manuscript of the Reims library by Louis Paris.
Half dark green morocco bindings, spines slightly faded with four raised bands set with black fillets, small traces of rubbing on the bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings signed by Gardien.
Work illustrated with headpieces, initial letters and tailpieces.
Pen initials inscribed at the head of an endpaper.

New edition revised and preceded by a preface by Sylvestre de Sacy.
Full navy blue shagreen bindings, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments embellished with gilt typographical motifs, gilt roulettes on the headcaps, frame of quadruple gilt fillets on the covers enriched at the corners with gilt typographical motifs, frame of gilt dentelle on the pastedowns, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, soiled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt pointillé on the edges, all edges gilt, elegant unsigned bindings.
Pen gift inscription at the head of an endpaper of the first volume as a present.
Handsome copy in elegant decorative binding.

New edition printed on laid paper and expanded with an introduction and notes by Charles Asselineau.
Full midnight blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double compartments richly ornamented with typographical corner motifs and a gilt fleur-de-lys at their centers, gilt friezes at head and foot, gilt rolls on headcaps, triple gilt fillet frames on boards ornamented at corners with gilt fleur-de-lys, gilt rolls on pastedowns, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, double gilt fillets on leading edges, original wrappers preserved, all edges gilt, magnificent English binding signed by Hardy.
Work illustrated with a portrait of madame de Caylus as frontispiece as well as 4 figures engraved on steel by Leman.
Our copy is complete with the second state of the 5 illustrations.
Provenance: from the library of the comte de Cromer with his fine armorial bookplate engraved by J.F. Badeley and mounted on a pastedown.
Fine copy superbly bound in an English full morocco binding.

Reprinted by C. Richelet in a numbered edition of 29 copies on laid paper, ours bearing No. 1.
Half black morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands ornately decorated with double gilt compartments, gilt date at foot, light traces of rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, slight nick to top edge, corners slightly bumped, binding signed by Bauzonnet.
Rare.

Edition printed in 76 numbered copies on vergé paper.
Sewn in plain paper covers with title in ink.
Leaves detached.
A rare copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Covers missing.
Rare brochure.

First collected edition printed in 200 copies on laid paper, the only printing with 2 colored papers.
Half red Russia morocco binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and showing traces of rubbing, gilt volume number, rubbed headcaps, minimal wormhole on one joint, embossed paper boards, corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Our copy is enhanced with 6 autograph letters from the author, bound at the end, to two booksellers in Besançon to whom he intends to sell copies from his library in order to subsequently purchase other copies from these same booksellers.
A reply letter from one bookseller is included, bound with the others.
Work illustrated with a portrait etching by E. Hédouin.

First edition.
Half navy blue shagreen bindings with corners, spines with four raised bands showing minor rubbing, decorated with double gilt compartments, two joints cracked at head, gilt fillet frames on navy blue paper boards, corners slightly bumped, some tears to certain edges.
Work illustrated with folding plates.
Some foxing.
Rare copy lacking, as is often the case, the fourth and final volume printed 13 years later.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Bulletin du bibliophile.
Lacking back cover, handsome interior condition.

Reissue of a play in Lyonnais dialect first published in 1658. One of 60 numbered copies, the only printing.
In plain temporary wrappers.

First edition.
Bradel binding in full dark brown cardboard, smooth spine showing traces of rubbing, traces of rubbing to leading edges, contemporary binding. Frontispiece with portrait of the famous bibliophile in medallion engraved by F. Girard. Theology, jurisprudence, sciences & arts, belles-lettres, history, manuscripts, autographs... with 4229 described references.
Preface by Paulin Paris.
Some light foxing.
Rare.

First edition.
The origin of music, its importance among ancient peoples, music of the Greeks, of the Romans, the origin of plainchant, Gregorian chant, the bards, the troubadours, minstrelsy, music in France and England in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the Oratorio, opera, Lully, Bach and Handel, the fortepiano, the symphony, the founding of the conservatory, music in France in the nineteenth century among others.
Two small lacks at the head of both volumes, otherwise rare and handsome copies.

First edition printed in a small number of copies.
Foxing, rare.

First edition of this offprint from the Bulletin du bibliophile, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.

Covers slightly and marginally sunned, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition published in a small number of copies on laid paper of this offprint from the Bulletin du bibliophile.
Small marginal tears to the first cover, some small worming.

First edition.
Spine reattached with lacks at head, foxing to interior and to front cover.

New edition with some parts in first edition.
One joint reglued at foot, some foxing affecting mainly the first leaves.