Michel Lévy

Second edition printed on Holland paper.
Binding blue half morocco with corners, back with five nerves set with ornate golden double dotted ornate gilded coffered, framing gilded nets on marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilded head, elegant binding unsigned.
Provenance: Library of Jules Janin with his bookplate pasted on a contreplat and signed an autograph autograph dedication of the author of printer Jules Claye: "A friend Jules Janin ..."
Beautiful copy pleasantly established.

First edition.
Half dark green shagreen binding, spine with five fine raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with fillets and gilt floral motifs, gilt coat of arms at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, tears to leading edges, two corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.

Edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Holland paper justified by Ludovic Halevy, head draw.
Bound in red half morocco with corners, back with five nerves with traces of friction, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilded head on witnesses, slightly later signed binding Raparlier.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed Ludovic Halévy his friend Henri Meilhac with whom he collaborated on many occasions.
Pleasant beautifully drawn copy.

first edition.
Binding half black shagreen, back with five nerves set with black fillets, small traces of rubbing in the back and walk on a bit, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, corners bumped, friction on the cuts, bookplate pasted leading a contreplat, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph of Mr. Ernest Renan Gallimard.
Complete copy of its fine in-folding map.

Second edition.
Binding half blue shagreen with corners, back with five nerves lightly browned set with ornate golden dotted triple golden boxes decorated with golden angles typographical reasons, some traces of abrasion on the back, framing of double net gilded on marbled paper boards , guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilded head, two corners lightly used, contemporary binding.
Dated and signed autograph dedication by Nadar: "At my old comrade Giraud ..."
Bibliophile print buffer Aquitaine F. de Maupassant as an bookplate on the title page.
Rare spots.

Second edition.
Binding half shagreen cherry with corners, back with five nerves set with ornate golden dotted triple golden and black boxes decorated with golden angles typographical motifs, framing of double net gilded on marbled paper boards, a small tear in head a cut, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilded head, two corners lightly used, contemporary binding.
Dated and signed autograph dedication by Nadar: "To my good and dear friend Giraud ..."
Bibliophile print buffer Aquitaine F. de Maupassant as an bookplate on the title page.
Pleasant beautifully drawn copy.

First edition.
Contemporary half black shagreen, spine gilt in compartments. Title gilt. A little limited spotting to some leaves, otherwise a very fresh, well-bound, set in a sober and elegant binding.

First edition.
Half red morocco over marbled paper boards, spine in six compartments with gilt fleurons, date and place at foot of spine, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, covers preserved.
Autograph inscription from Victor Hugo on the half title.
A little spotting.
Armorial ex libris of Ad. Lefrancq engraved on a leaf bound in at the beginning of the work.

First edition in French, translated by Charles Baudelaire, of which there were no large paper copies.
Contemporary half red shagreen over marbled paper boards, spine in five compartments with blindruled fillets and gilt fleurons, corners bumped.
Occasional insignificant light foxing.

First edition in French, translated by Charles Baudelaire, of which there were no large paper copies.
Contemporary half black shagreen over marbled paper boards, spine in five compartments with blindruled fillets and gilt fleurons, small tears to edges of covers.
Clear, insignificant stain to head of first leaves, occasional foxing.

Madame BovaryFirst edition.
Elegant contemporary purple shagreen (uncommon according to Clouzot), spine in five compartments with gilt fillets and triple blind-ruled compartments, blindstamped fillets to head- and tail-pieces and edges of covers, quintuple gilt fillet frame and large blindruled fillet to covers, gilt dentelle frame to pastedowns, cream moirée silk endpapers and pastedowns, a little light spotting to endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt, ex-libris to one pastedown, light dampstain to foot of first few leaves.
A very rare autograph inscription...

First edition in French, translated by Charles Baudelaire, of which there were no large paper copies.
Elegant half black morocco over marbled paper boards by Bernasconi, spine in six compartments with double gilt frames, gilt date to foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved (five marginal repairs to covers and spine), top edge gilt.
Printed ex libris to title, occasional spotting, not serious.
A very good copy in a nice binding.

First edition of the French translation by Charles Baudelaire, of which there were no large paper copies.
Contemporary navy blue half sheep, spine with four Romantic tools and a series of fillets (areas of light fading to pigment on spine). Corners rubbed. Rare, faint spotting to first leaves, a very fresh and nicely bound copy, uncommon for this edition, which was mostly modestly bound.
Poe's first work translated by Baudelaire with his preface Sa vie, son oeuvre, the first step in Baudelaire's conquest of his literary doppelganger in prose, which ultimately entwined his name and Poe's for good.

First edition.
Tears to foot and head of the joints, slight marginal lacks to covers, a few small spots.

First edition in French, translation by Charles Baudelaire, of which there were no large paper copies.
Contemporary half purple calf over marbled paper boards, spine in six latticed compartments richly gilt with grotesque gilt frames, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
A good copy with hardly any spotting.
In an elegant contemporary binding, which is rare since most copies were bound rather modestly at the time.

First edition in French, translated by Charles Baudelaire, of which there were no large paper copies.
Contemporary half brown shagreen over marbled paper boards, spine in five compartments spotted in gilt and with double blindruled compartments, small repairs to head of joints, marbled endpapers and pasetdowns, ex libris inside upper cover.
A good copy almost entirely free of foxing.
In a charming contemporary binding, which is rare, most copies having been humbly bound at the time.