s. n.: Rare and antiquarian books, inscribed books and letters, and manuscripts

Sans nom d'éditeur

Maurice BLANCHOT
Le baron d'Holbach. Manuscrit autographe et tapuscrit complets[Baron d'Holbach. Complete autograph manuscript and typescript]
S. n. • [ Journal des débats]|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1943]|13.50 x 21.50 cm|4 1/2 pages in-8
Autograph manuscript by the author of 4½ pages in quarto published in the November 27-28, 1943 issue of Journal des Débats.
Complete manuscript with very dense handwriting, containing numerous deletions, corrections and additions.
Literary chronicle published on the occasion of the publication of Paul Thiry d'Holbach et la philosophie scientifique au XVIIIe siècle by Pierre Naville.
The complete typescript is included.
Far more than a critique of Pierre Naville's work on Baron d'Holbach, this long article by Blanchot is a veritable philosophical pamphlet against the materialist thought of the Encyclopedists, whom he accuses of wanting to « know the world...
€1,200
LONGUS
Les amours de Daphnis et Chloé
S. n.|à Londres [London] 1779|10 x 16.20 cm|relié
New reprint of the so-called Regent edition, small quarto published in 1718. A frontispiece by Coypel and 29 figures of the Regent (Philippe d'Orléans) engraved by B. Audran. Some figures are folded. Translation by Amyot. This 1779 edition also appeared in quarto format with text pages in frames. The reprinted figures are before letters.
Contemporary brown calf binding with scale pattern. Smooth spine decorated in grotesque style. Triple fillet frame on boards. Top headcap worn. Lower joint cracked at head. One corner bumped. Scattered foxing.
€350
ANONYME
Projet de charte du métier de charcutier 1415-1941. Réunis en congrès à Lyon les charcutiers de France et des colonies à Monsieur le Maréchal de France Philippe Pétain, chef de l'Etat français
S. n.|s. l. 1941|-|relié
First edition.
Half sand cloth binding, smooth spine, red shagreen title-label with small scratches, marbled paper boards.
Work illustrated with two photographic facsimiles.
Some light foxing to endpapers, handsome interior condition.
€80
André SIRAMY, Jean RAYMOND
Auvergne
S. n.|s. l. • [Clermont-Ferrand] 1976|27 x 36.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise
First edition, one of 25 hors commerce copies on Canson paper reserved for the author and collaborators, deluxe copy.
Work illustrated with 10 original drawings hors-texte by Jean Raymond.
Signed autograph inscription by the illustrator expanded with the author's signature below the justification page.
Fine copy.
€100
Charles ROESSLER
Les influences celtiques avant et après Colomban, essai historique et archéologique
S. n.|Paris 1901|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper.
Work illustrated with 8 hors-texte plates.
A central fold mark on the parchment covers, marginal dampstaining to the final leaves.
Rare.
€60
Colette REMARCK
Les mains nouées
S. n.|s. l. 1953|13.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in a run of 500 numbered copies on alfa mousse paper.
Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved by Jo Etcheverry.
Rare and handsome copy despite some minimal foxing of no consequence.
€80
Christian DAUTCOURT
Rencontres
S. n.|s. l. 1951|14.50 x 19.50 cm|en feuilles
First edition printed in 200 numbered copies, ours bearing No. 1, the only printing.
Autograph inscription signed by Christian Dautcourt on the first endpaper which shows slight light stains at the foot.
Last endpaper partially shaded due to a small press cutting about the work.
€80
Hermann E.S. CHAYES
La préparation des cavités
S. n.|Genève [Geneva] s. d. [circa 1950]|13.50 x 20.50 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Illustrated with photographs to text and hors texte.
A good and rare copy.
€45
Abbé DOUAY
Histoire généalogique des branches de la maison de Béthune, existantes en Flandre et en Artois, et connues pendant plusieurs siecles sous le nom de Desplanques [...]
S. n.|à Paris 1783|23 x 37.50 cm|relié
The rare first edition, and only edition of this work. Illustrated with numerous tables, a large folding plate showing the armorial genealogy of the Desplanques, heraldic figures in the text, and a notable feature of this book, 15 medallion portraits "au physionotrace" (a process invented by Louis Chrétien and developed by Edmé Quenedey in the style of wash engraving, whose signatures can be found at the bottom of the portraits with the date and place of their creation). Also noteworthy is the presence of a 4-page supplement with a plate of coats of arms on fine blue paper.
Near-contemporary half blonde sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with 4 tools and roulettes. Gilt title. A tear...
€1,500
PANAGE
Les moeurs
S. n.|s. l. 1748|10 x 16.50 cm|3 parties reliées en un volume
First edition, illustrated with a frontispiece, a title vignette repeated on the three title pages, and three title vignettes.
Contemporary full marbled brown calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title label. Lower joint open at foot. Lacks and holes along the lower joint. One corner bumped.
An essay on virtues, of which we know there were countless in the 18th century, this one containing particular qualities; immediately aligning itself with the Enlightenment movement by rejecting the notion that virtues are the privilege of a single religion, the author addresses all men, stigmatizing the wealthy, social position and the model of the honest man of the 17th century...
€180
COLLECTIF
Bulletin de la Grande masse N°54
S. n.|s. l. 1953|23.50 x 30.50 cm|agrafé
First edition.
About Auguste Perret, New York, Ronchamp...
Iconography.
Minor corner tears to boards, handsome interior condition.
€50
François PARFAICT, Henri Barthélemy de BLANES
Neraïr et Melhoë. Conte ou histoire. ouvrage orné de digressions
S. n.|s. l. [1740] An IX l'âge de l'auteur|9 x 16.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition, rare, attributed to Blanes by Barbier and to Parfaict (who cites Blanes as second attribution) by Cioranescu. Title pages in red and black. This novel later appeared, with a new beginning, under another title: Le Miroir, ou Histoire de Griguenodine; apart from the first page, the pagination and chapters correspond with this edition.
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 4 fleurons and an eagle at foot. Red morocco title and volume labels. Head damaged with lacks to joints. Foot rubbed with lacks to joints. Corners very bumped.
Utopia, that is to say according to Cioranescu's definition: "individualized literary description of...
€700
Etienne ROBERT
Causes amusantes et connues
S. n.|Berlin 1769|9.50 x 17 cm|relié
New edition, after the original of 1749, illustrated with 5 unsigned captioned figures on heavy paper.
Contemporary full brown calf binding. Decorated smooth spine. Red morocco title-label. Head worn. 2 corners slightly bumped. Rubbing. One fill using old paper to title page.
Collection of various memoirs by lawyers on amusing subjects (community of pork butchers against that of pastry makers; claim of a blind man against his wife...). These various memoirs were gathered by Etienne Robert with the aim of entertaining.
€250
COLLECTIF
L'automobile dans la ville
S. n.|s. l. 1963|19.50 x 28 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition of the French translation established by J.E. Leymarie.
Bradel binding in full orange cloth, smooth spine.
Iconography.
Bookplate pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.
€50
ANONYME, [Paul LACROIX as] BIBLIOPHILE JACOB
La Tasse, comédie propre pour estre exhibée au temps de Caresme-prenant, extraite du Cabinet de la Muse du conte d'Aulbe, Gevrien, plus Une salade d'espis de Grame. Le tout avec tant de facetieuseté et plaisanterie que l'autheur et l'imprimeur se condamnent de payer le vin à qui pourra lire sans rire, moyennant que ce ne soit quelque ladre d'esprit, ou quelque chassieux Héraclite, ou pour le moins quelque cerveau anormalement songe-creux, ou rechineusement Héraclite
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1880]|15.50 x 23 cm|relié
New edition printed on China paper in small numbers and established by the bibliophile Jacob of this play almost unknown to all theater historians.
Bradel binding in half mouse-gray cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double fillet at tail, gray shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
€100
Abbé E. ROUSSEAU
Nouvelle description de l'église Saint-Louis-en-lIle et de ses richesses artistiques
S. n.|Paris s. d. [1917]|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition.
Work illustrated with 50 photogravures.
Two small tears at head and foot of spine, a light marginal dampstain and a crease mark at head of front cover, handsome interior condition.
€40
A. WINKLER
Catalogus coleopterum regionis polarticae : Pars 11-12 & 13 : Rhynchophora
S. n.|s. l. 1930-1932|15.50 x 24 cm|relié
The first edition, published in a small number of copies, of these offprints.
Half brown sheep binding, spine with five raised bands lightly faded and rubbed, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Rare.
€80
Håkan LINDBERG
Notes on the biology of dryinids
S. n.|s. l. 1950|16.50 x 24 cm|agrafé
First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned without gravity, otherwise handsome copy.
Illustrated pamphlet with 19 figures in the text.
€30
R. KUHNER, V. PIANE
Remarques sur quelques caractères microscopiques habituellement négligés des Cortinaires et particulièrement sur la localisation de leurs substances colorées. - Le genre Cortinarius Fries. - Traduction des Cortinaires tirée des Agaricaceae de Ricken
S. n.|Oyonnax 1949|16 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint of th Bulletin de la société des naturalistes d'Oyonnax.
A rare and good copy.
€50
Håkan LINDBERG
A contribution to the study of beetles in the Madeira islands, results of expeditions in 1957 and 1959
S. n.|Helsinki 1963|16.50 x 23 cm|broché
The first edition, published in a small number of copies.
Signed autograph inscription by Hakan Lindberg at head of front cover.
Work illustrated with figures in the text.
A handsome and rare copy.
€60
ANONYME
Les asiles John Bost à La Force (Dordogne) reconnus par l'Etat comme établissements d'utilité publique le 7 Septembre 1877
S. n.|s. l. 1922|11.50 x 15 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Spine and covers marginally sunned, one angular lack to head of upper cover.
Rare.
€70
Claude François MILLIET DECHALES
L'Art de fortifier, de défendre et d'attaquer les places
S. n.|Franckfurt [Frankfurt am Main] 1677|8.50 x 14 cm|relié
First bilingual French-German edition, illustrated with 71 plates and a fortification table.
Contemporary full ivory vellum binding. Smooth spine decorated with triple blind fillets, title and author in pen. Boards framed with triple blind fillets; traces of clasps. All edges blue. Six small contemporary leather bookmarks. Bavarian bookplate of the period.
Spine split with a small loss along its entire length. One joint slightly cracked (1.5cm). A small ink stain on the second board. Pages uniformly and lightly browned. Front pastedown affected by bookworm damage.

€850
E. GEWAERT
Het wapenteekens en de Kleuren der Belgische Prövincien
S. n.|Brussels 1919|14 x 21 cm|relié
First edition.
Half indigo cloth binding with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, library shelf label pasted on an endpaper and library stamp on the title page.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece, 17 superb reproductions of coats of arms hors-texte as well as headpieces.
Very light foxing of no consequence.
€100
André-Ferdinand HEROLD
Le Dîner de Madelon 1933-1934
S. n.|Paris 1933-1934|34pp. in-4|en feuilles
Complete autograph manuscript of 34 pages written on the recto in black ink, dated on the first page: Paris - December 9, 1933.
Comedy in verse, in 13 scenes, featuring three characters: Madelon, Benoît and Vincent.
Accompanied by the typescript of the play.
€350
André-Ferdinand HEROLD
La Jolie dévote, 1917
S. n.|Paris • - Lapras • - Mauves 1917|in-4|en feuillets
Complete and unpublished autograph manuscript of 62 pages written and foliated on the recto in black ink. Some autograph deletions and corrections by the author.
Dated Paris July 15, 1915, Mauves August 12-13, 1917 and Lapras August 28, 1917 on the autograph chemise.
Unpublished comedy in two acts and in verse, originally titled Le Bien et le Mal. The action takes place in Spain and features Leonore, her husband Cazalbas, her lover Ribaldos, and her attendant Ines.
€500
André-Ferdinand HEROLD
Esope, 1923-1925
S. n.|Paris • - Mauves-sur-Loire 1923-1925|(2) 74pp. in-4|en feuillets
Complete and unpublished autograph manuscript of 74 pages written and foliated in black ink on the recto and protected in a cardboard chemise indicating the title. Some autograph deletions and corrections by the author.
Unpublished drama in 4 acts and in verse.
The action takes place in Lydia in the 4th century BC. The play features Aesop, his mistress Rhodope, King Croesus and his ministers.
Accompanying is a small file of the play's scenario, in another hand or typewritten, probably relating to the opera libretto.
€500
André-Ferdinand HEROLD
La Charlézenn, 1897
S. n.|s. l. 1897|(2) 70pp. (2) in-8|en feuillets
Complete autograph manuscript, 70 pages, in black ink, with and marked with their folio number to the recto.
€350
André-Ferdinand HEROLD
Procris, 1902
S. n.|s. l. 1902|6pp. in-4|en feuillets
Autograph manuscript of 6 pages written in black ink and foliated on the recto. Some manuscript corrections by the author, dated 14 March 1902 at top right of the first leaf.
Act I in verse featuring the mythological lovers Cephalus and Procris.
€80
André-Ferdinand HEROLD
Bradamante, 1910
S. n.|s. l. 1910|23pp. in-4|en feuillets
Autograph manuscript of 23 pages written in black ink and foliated on the recto. Autograph wrapper bearing the title, date and place: Paris - 24 October 1910.
First act of this tragicomedy in verse.
Accompanied by a small file of notes.
€150
André-Ferdinand HEROLD
La vie de Sainte Aphrodise
S. n.|s. l. [c.1904]|45pp. in-4|en feuillets
Complete autograph manuscript of 45 pages written in black ink and foliated on the recto.
Numerous crossings-out and corrections.
Draft of the beginning of the novel L'Abbaye de Sainte Aphrodise (Mercure de France, 1904).
€200
André-Ferdinand HEROLD
Cléopâtre
S. n.|s. l. [1921]|87pp. in-4|en feuillets
Autograph manuscript of 87 pages written in black ink and foliated on the recto. Numerous crossings-out and autograph corrections by the author.
Partial manuscript of this five-act drama in verse after Plutarch and Shakespeare, first performed at the Comédie française on 22 May 1921.
Accompanied by 4 tableaux in professional copy with corrections and important autograph additions.
€250
André-Ferdinand HEROLD
Les Uns et les autres
S. n.|s. l. 1896-1925|in-4|en feuillets
Autograph manuscript. Autograph wrapper showing two deletions.
A collection of 8 ballads, epistles or sonnets, 1896-1907. A collection of 10 poems, 1915-1917. Draft for the Tales of Herodotus, Mauves-sur-Loire, April 9, 1925.
€200
André-Ferdinand HEROLD
Dans la nuit, 1911
S. n.|s. l. 1911|44pp. in-4|en feuillets
Complete autograph manuscript of 44 pages written in black ink and foliated on the recto. Autograph wrapper bearing the title and several dates: Paris - Monday May 24, 1911, Paris - Thursday November 9, 1911 and Revision, Lapras - Tuesday August 20, 1911. Some autograph corrections by the author in pencil and blue pencil.
Complete manuscript of a three-act play which appears to have remained unpublished.
€350
André-Ferdinand HEROLD
La Chimère, 1911-1914
S. n.|s. l. 1911-1914|50pp. in-4|en feuillets
Complete autograph manuscript of 50 pages written in black ink and foliated on the recto. Fragment of autograph wrapper bearing the crossed-out title and two dates: Paris - Thursday March 9, 1911 and Paris - Saturday April 25, 1914. Some deletions and corrections.
This is an unpublished tragedy in verse.
€400
Francis NORGELET
Portraits et paysages Manuscrit complet
S. n.|s. l. 1918|23.50 x 32 cm|agrafé
Autograph manuscript, 24 pages, final and complete version written by the author in a 48-page notebook which he offered to one of his friends.
Autograph inscription dated January 29, 1919 and signed by the author on the front cover as a gift to this friend. This collection was previously published by Rieder & Cie in 1918.
Included are press clippings as well as 4 autograph letters signed by the author and addressed to the same recipient, 2 of which were written while the dedicatee was in the trenches.
Handsome ensemble.
€450
André-Ferdinand HEROLD
Antigone, 1929
S. n.|Paris • - Lapras 1929|(2) 49pp. in-4|en feuilles
Complete autograph manuscript of 49 pages written and foliated in black ink on the recto.
Some autograph corrections by the author. Autograph cover bearing the title and dates: Paris - 4 July 1929 and Lapras - 22 August 1929.
Unpublished adaptation of Sophocles' tragedy, in three acts and in verse.
€350
André-Ferdinand HEROLD
Oreste d'Euripide, 1935-1937.
S. n.|Paris 1935-1937|(2) 67pp. in-4|en feuilles
Complete unpublished autograph manuscript of 67 pages written and foliated in black ink on the recto. Autograph cover bearing the title and dates: Paris - 25 October 1935 and Paris - 21 April 1937. Stage directions in red ink and some autograph corrections by the author.
Unpublished prose adaptation of Euripides' Greek tragedy.
Accompanied by a small folder of autograph notes and drafts in pencil, the Histoire d'Oreste, dated Lapras - 22 July 1922.
€500
André-Ferdinand HEROLD
Les Sept contre Thèbes
S. n.|Paris 1932|(5) 67pp. in-4|en feuilles
Complete autograph manuscript of 28 pages written in black ink and foliated on the recto. Autograph chemise bearing the title, dates and place: Paris - 22 April 1932 and Paris - 28 May 1932.
Translation of Aeschylus in prose, a first version of which had been published in Mercure de France in 1909.
€350
Eduard Emil ECKERT
Der Tempel Salomonis das heisst General-Charte des Arbeitsplanes des Revolutiosbundes mit Erklaerungswort[The Temple of Solomon, that is to say the General Chart of the Work Plan of the Revolutionary League, with Explanatory Text]
S. n.|Prag [Prague] 1855|21.50 x 28.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Binding in full flexible green cloth, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, two tears with small lacks at head and foot, some light scuffing to boards, lower corners bumped, marbled edges.
Work illustrated with 13 in-text figures and a folding plate at the end.
Some light foxing, two pen annotations on endpapers, one with some staining of no great concern.
Rare.
€230
ANONYME
Molène aux champs
S. n.|s. l. 1924|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition printed in 100 numbered copies on laid paper.
A tiny harmless tear at head of spine which also has a small light stain at foot.
€50
Henri FILLEUL, COLLECTIF
Hommage à Henri Filleul
S. n.|s. l. 1852|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition.
Autograph inscription signed by Henri Filleul to vice-president of Sacem Monsieur Julsam.
Our copy is enhanced with a concert program given at the municipal theater of Saint-Omer by the Lille symphony orchestra in honor of Henri Filleul.
Handsome ensemble.
€70
Francis CASADESUS, COLLECTIF
Hommage à Francis Casadesus pour ses quatre-vingt ans (2 Décembre 1870-2 Décembre 1950)
S. n.|s. l. 1950|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in 500 numbered copies.
Very fine autograph inscription signed by Francis Casadesus to Monsieur Julsam, director of Sacem.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned, some small spots to boards, handsome interior condition.
€80
Edmund REITTER, A. FLEISCHER
Tableaux analytiques pour la détermination des coléoptères d'Europe Carabidae, 1ère tribu : Carabini. - Tableau de détermination des coléoptères d'Europe comprenant les carabidae : classification des harpalini. - Tableaux de détermination des coléoptères d'Europe renfermant carabidae, tribu : pogonini. - Tableaux de détermination des coléoptères d'Europe renfermant carabidae sous famille des brachyninae. - Tableaux de détermination des coléoptères d'Europe comprenant la tribu des scaritini. - Tableaux de détermination des coléoptères d'Europe carabidae genre bembidium latr. d'Europe et de la région méditerranéenne. - Tableaux analytiques pour la détermination des coléoptères d'Europe : histeridae
S. n.|Toulouse • & Paris 1906 & 1923 & 1908 & 1926 & 1907|15.50 x 24.50 cm|6 volumes reliés en 1
First edition of each volume.
Half red sheep binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
The first four fascicles are written by Edmund Reitter.
Rare and handsome set.
€280
André-Ferdinand HEROLD
La Reine Peau d'Âne, comédie en trois actes, 1897-1898
S. n.|s. l. 1897-1898|70pp. in-4|en feuilles
Autograph manuscript of 70 pages written on the recto in black ink with important deletions, corrections and suppressions. Paper cover bearing the title, date and place (Paris 7 December 1897 - 6 January 1898).
Unpublished comedy in verse and prose, featuring Claridiane, Queen of Bohemia, Lélio, Prince Escalus, Arlequin, master of ceremonies, Colombine, lady-in-waiting, plus five ministers and Illyrian officers; the scene is set in Bohemia.
€600
André-Ferdinand HEROLD
Elle est charmante, comédie en trois actes, 1899-1900
S. n.|Paris 1899-1900|77pp. in-4|en feuilles
Complete and unpublished autograph manuscript of 77 pages written and numbered on the recto in black ink.
Paper cover bearing the title, date and place Paris 12 December 1899 - 12 January 1900. Some autograph corrections by the author.
Unpublished comedy in prose; the action takes place in the contemporary period, in Paris and in the forest of Fontainebleau; it features a dramatic author, a charming actress, a provincial journalist...
€500
Frédéric DENIS
Chansons de bonne volonté, poèmes
S. n.|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1914|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition published in a small number of copies.
Signed autograph inscription by the author, the dedicatee's name has been scratched out.
Light foxing to boards and front endpaper, handsome interior condition.
Rare.
€40
Mathurin RÉGNIER
Oeuvres de Régnier
S. n.|Londres [London] 1750|7.50 x 14 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition decorated with a headpiece by Eisen engraved by Sernique, repeated at the head of the text in the second volume.
Contemporary smooth blonde calf binding. Smooth spines decorated with red morocco title labels, gilt compartments and small gilt tools, as well as gilt dentelle at foot. All edges red. One joint very slightly cracked and some rubbing. A charming copy.
€150
Gabriel COUSIN
Le baiser de la déesse
S. n.|s. l. 1928|19 x 24 cm|broché
First edition printed in 300 copies on laid paper.
Autograph inscription signed by Gabriel Cousin to Dr. Labruyère.
Work illustrated with hors-texte illustrations by Carlègle, Choisnard, Darrieux, Pastour, Dethomas, Bernard père & fils...
Spine slightly sunned, handsome copy.
Rare.
€80
André-Joseph PANCKOUCKE
L'art de désoppiler la rate. Sive de modo C. Prudenter. En prenant chaque feuillet pour se T. le D
S. n.|à Gallipoli des Calabres [Gallipoli] 1756|9 x 16 cm|relié
First edition, rare.
Contemporary marbled blonde calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Joint cracked at foot on back board. Good copy.A collection of jokes, witticisms, riddles, gasconades, extracts from rare and humorous books, fables and short tales, ancient customs, etc, all intended to delight the most melancholic...
€550
John SHEBBEARE
Le peuple instruit ; ou Les Alliances dans lesquelles les Ministres de la Grande-Bretagne ont engagé la Nation, & l'emploi qu'ils ont fait de ses Escadres & de ses Armées, depuis le commencement des troubles sur l'Ohio, jusqu'à la perte de Minorque, considérés dans une Quatrième Lettre au Peuple d'Angleterre
S. n.|s. l. 1756|9 x 16.20 cm|relié
First edition, rare.
Modern half cherry red morocco binding. Confounding pastiche of a Restoration binding. Spine with false flat raised bands decorated with five blind tooled ornaments, gilt fillets; gilt roll at head and foot. Very fine copy.
Important document concerning the history of Canada and the United States, the work begins by examining the causes of the conflict between Great Britain and France concerning the Ohio territory. Indeed, in 1756, it was the beginning of the Seven Years' War, or Indian War, a war of conquest for legitimate occupation of territories; this war would spread from Virginia and Nova Scotia to the entire Great Lakes region of Canada, some Indians...
€700
Antoine HAMILTON
Oeuvres du Comte Antoine Hamilton
S. n.|à Londres [London] 1776|8 x 14.50 cm|relié
New, more complete edition of Hamilton's works.
Miscellaneous works: Letters and epistles. Volume I: The Ram, poems. Volume II: Thorn Blossom; songs. Volume III: The Four Facardins; poems.
Each tale has its own title page.
Contemporary full marbled blonde calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title and volume labels. Head slightly worn. Rubbing. 2 corners slightly bumped. A good copy.
Besides being the author of the famous Memoirs of the Count of Grammont, Hamilton wrote several tales that were much appreciated in their time and are usually included in the anthology of 18th-century tales.
€250
Jean FAUTRIER, Robert GANZO
Lespugue[Lespugue]
S. n.|s. l. • [Paris] 1942|35.50 x 29.50 cm|Lithograph|en feuilles sous couverture
First edition, one of 110 numbered copies on China paper, the only printing along with 12 copies on Japon nacré paper and 1 on Chine, variously enriched.
Illustrated with 11 original color lithographs by Jean Fautrier.
Autograph inscription from Robert Ganzo to a couple of his acquaintance.
Manuscript signatures of the author and illustrator on the justification page.
This copy retains its original glassine wrapper showing spiders wandering in the webs they've woven
Occasional very light spotting, a good copy.
€2,000
Robert GANZO
Rivière
S. n.|Paris 1941|14 x 21 cm|en feuilles
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Japan paper, the only printing with 3 on Auvergne paper.
Autograph inscription from Robert Ganzo to a friend.
A rare and good copy.
€300
Oscar DOMINGUEZ, Robert GANZO
Domaine[Domain]
S. n.|s. l. 1942|19.50 x 25.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
With 8 original etchings to text and hors-texte by Oscar Dominguez, one of 70 numbered copies on B.F.K. de Rives paper, the only printing with 4 on old Japon paper, variously enriched.
Autograph inscription from Robert Ganzo to a couple of his acquaintance on half title.
This copy is additionally enhanced with a manuscript quatrain signed by the author on the page opposite half-title.
Autograph signatures of the author and illustrator on the justification page.
Some slight small foxing mostly affecting the first leaves, a joint of the chemise cracked, with a tear almost all over it.
A rare copy in a chemise and flexible...
€2,500
Robert GANZO, Otto D'SOLA
En ce nouveau monde
S. n.|Paris 1948|17 x 23 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation established by Robert Ganzo, one of 400 numbered copies on Marais paper, the only issue.
Autograph inscription signed by Robert Ganzo to a couple of his friends.
Preface by Jean Cassou.
Handsome copy.
€80
Chansons choisies, avec les airs notés
S. n.|Genève [Geneva] • [Lyon] 1782|6.50 x 12.30 cm|relié
Lyon edition of this famous songbook.
Scores at the end of each volume. 48 pages of scores in volume 1, 48 in volume 2, 38 in volume 3, 40 in volume 4.
Publisher's bindings, full contemporary red morocco. Spine with motifs in gilt. Red morocco title labels. Gilt tooling on the covers. Spines slightly faded.
A very fine copy.
Most of Volume I includes erotic and anacreontic songs. Volume II: chansons pastorales et poissardes, volume III: sujets particuliers et vaudevilles, volume IV: chansons libres et joyeuses.
€950
Jean-Baptiste de Boyer ARGENS
Mémoires du Comte de Vaxère ou le faux rabin, par l'auteur des Lettres juives
S. n.|Amsterdam 1737|7.50 x 12.50 cm|relié
First edition, rare. A frontispiece depicting Isaac Meïo as frontispiece by the author, as well as a figure created by the same. Title page in red and black.
Contemporary full glazed calf binding. Spine with four raised bands decorated with a red morocco title-label. All edges speckled. Headcaps worn, joints cracked and corners slightly bumped. Some faint dampstains and a small tear at the bottom of page 15.
A worthy representative of the Age of Enlightenment, Boyer d'Argens is a philosophical writer, skeptic and pamphleteer; his series of critical and epistolary books, in the manner of the Persian Letters (Jewish Letters, Chinese Letters, Cabalistic Letters) made him famous. In...
€400
First illustrated edition of Ziméo, a pioneering anti-slavery tale of the Enlightenment
First illustrated edition of Ziméo, a pioneering anti-slavery tale of the Enlightenment
Jean-François de SAINT-LAMBERT
Les Saisons, poëme. [The Seasons. Followed by Abenaki, Sara Th..., Ziméo, Fugitive Pieces, and Oriental Fables]
S. n.|à Amsterdam 1775|14 x 23 cm|relié
Seventh edition, first issue of Moreau le Jeune's illustrations, adorned with 7 plates: a frontispiece and 4 plates for Les Saisons, engraved by Delaunay, Duclos, Lebas and Prévost, and 2 plates for the Contes, Poésies fugitives and Fables orientales, together with headpiece vignettes by Choffard, reprinted from the first edition of 1769.
Contemporary full calf binding. Richly decorated smooth spine. Red morocco lettering-piece. Boards in mottled calf (with Greek-key border) added at a later date during restoration. Worn corners. A split to the upper joint extending 5 cm. A very good copy overall.
€450
Simin PALAY
Case ! Trobes biarneses
S. n. • [ G. Lescher-Moutoué]|Pau 1909|18.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First bilingual edition with French translation facing the original Béarnais text, one of 300 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only issue with 10 on Japan paper.
Work illustrated with original drawings by L. Bonnat, E. Bordes, Casenave, Castaing, Dupuis, Gayac, Labrouche, Laforgue, Le Coindre, Léon-Dufour, Touzeau, A. Rouquet...
An engraved portrait of the author by P. Lafond enriched with the autograph signature of S. Palay.
Worming on the final endpaper, otherwise a handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Simin Palay to Léon-Dufour who participated in illustrating the work.
€450
ANONYME
Latreille entomologiste né à Brive la Gaillarde. 1762-1833
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1840]|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in small number and anonymously.
Pencil annotations at foot of last page of text.
Rare pamphlet.
€40
Jean-Baptiste de MIRABAUD, Paul Henri Dietrich Baron d' HOLBACH
Systeme de la nature [Ensemble] Le vrai sens du systême de la nature
S. n. • [ Marc Michel Rey]|à Londres [London] • [Amsterdam] 1774|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
Rare and interesting gathering of these two works. New edition of the Système de la nature after the rare first edition of 1770, and first edition of Helvetius's work at the same date of 1774 as this new edition of Mirabaud; in reality three editions appeared at the same date, with different collation, without being able to determine if there is a true first edition.
Contemporary full marbled sheep binding. Richly decorated smooth spine. Red morocco title label, and black morocco volume label. Red edges. Tail headcaps torn away. A brown stain on the upper board of volume I. Restoration using a piece of leather on the upper board of volume II. Fairly good copy.
Helvetius's work is...
€900
Madame de GENLIS
Les petits émigrés, ou correspondance de quelques enfants
S. n.|à Hambourg [Hamburg] 1798|8 x 13 cm|4 tomes reliés en 2
First edition in small format following the original published in Berlin and Paris on the same date.
Contemporary full marbled calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with urn tools and roulettes. Black morocco title and volume labels. Roulette on edges. Lacking at head of volume I; a tear with loss at tail. Rubbing. 3 corners slightly bumped.
The novel is an exchange of letters about the atrocities committed in France during the revolutionary period, by a noble family who fled France in 1792 due to persecution. Although this novel remains a bildungsroman with pedagogical and moral purpose, Madame de Genlis warns in the preface that it is not intended for children. The Countess de...
€300
[François BERNARD]
La gazette de Cythere, ou avantures galantes et recentes, arrivées dans les principales villes de l'Europe. Traduite de l'anglais
S. n.|Londres [London] 1774|11.50 x 20.50 cm|2 parties reliées en un volume
First edition, illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece and a portrait of Madame du Barry. The second part has the title: Precis Historique de la Vie de Mad. la Comtesse du Barry. Anonymous edition whose author would be Jean Frédéric Bernard according to Barbier.
Contemporary full marbled glazed calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Fragile headcap with loss. Joints cracked at head. Upper joint split at tail. Joints splitting. Rubbing. One yellow dampstain in margin in the middle of the work, running over several pages of the second part (from p. 50).
Collection composed of 12 gallant and libertine novellas set in various places in Europe.
The work was first attributed to...
€350
Richard ROE
Concubitus sine lucina, ou le plaisir sans peine. Réponse à la lette intitulée Lucina sine concubitu
S. n.|à Londres [London] 1750|10 x 17 cm|relié
French first edition.
Contemporary full marbled and glazed calf binding. Raised spine decorated with 5 fleurons. Red morocco title-label. One crack to the lower joint at head.
Response to the letter addressed to the Royal Society of London by John Hill, in which he affirmed and demonstrated that a woman can conceive and give birth without carnal commerce, and that he could thus restore honor to those women who had given birth without having had commerce with their husbands; this response is satirical and full of humor, mocking Hill's system, which, it must be remembered, he had only written to take revenge on the Royal Society of London which had refused his candidacy.
€300
Jean SAULNIER
André Lemoyne (1822-1907). Le poète l'oeuvre le collègue
S. n.|s. l. 1907|11.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
First edition printed on Japan paper.
Half mouse-colored cloth binding, smooth spine, black sheep title-label, marbled paper boards, light stains on boards, corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph inscription by Jean Saulnier.
Frontispiece with a portrait by A. Lemoyne. Handsome interior condition.
€70
Chansons choisies, avec les airs notés
S. n. • [ Cazin]|à Londres [London] • [Reims] 1784|8.50 x 14.50 cm|6 volumes reliés
Second edition and first published by Cazin, with two volumes added; a first edition in 4 volumes was published in Geneva in 1782. Musical scores at the end of volumes. Only volumes 5 and 6 contain no musical score, the songs being sung to airs already noted in the other volumes, which are identified by the air numbers. 48pp. of musical scores in volume 1; 48pp. in volume 2; 38 in volume 3; 40 in volume 4.

Later brown half-sheep binding (1800). Smooth spine decorated with three fleurons and fillets. Red morocco title-label with roulettes. Red morocco volume label in a roundel. Marbled paper boards. Rubbing to headcaps and joints. Corners slightly bumped.
€500
Jean NOVI DE CAVEIRAC, Antoine COURT
[PROTESTANTISME - REVOCATION EDIT DE NANTES] Memoire politico - critique, où l'on examine s'il est de l'interêt de l'eglise & l'etat d'etablir pour les calvinistes une nouvelle forme de se marier. [Ensemble] Lettre d'un patriote sur la tolérance civile des protestans de France [ensemble] La voix du vrai patriote caholique opposée à celle des faux patriotes tolérans
S. n.|s. l. 1756|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition of these three rare memoirs on Protestantism, all three published without editorial indication.
Contemporary full blonde calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title label. A volume label is present, the book was meant to be shelved among a collection of pamphlets and memoirs. Joints cracked and split. Headcaps worn. Corners bumped.
Novi de Cabeirac studies in his memoir the effects of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. We know he was fanatically intolerant, even though his study of demography and economics is serious.
The second memoir pleads the cause of Protestants before the royal power and denounces the horror of the crimes that were...
€500
Jacques de VARENNE
Memoires du chevalier de Ravanne, page de son altesse le Duc regent
S. n.|à Londres [London] 1751|8 x 14.50 cm|relié
Second edition, the original having been published in Liège in 1740.
Contemporary full marbled sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title label and black morocco volume label. Upper joint cracked. Headcaps worn with lacks to upper joints, except at foot of volume II. 4 corners bumped.
Extract from the last chapter: "J'ai cru tenir la fortune entre mes mains, je m'en félicitais ; & du même coup d'oeil je l'ai vue s'envoler d'une aile rapide, comme un moineau qui s'échappe des mains d'un enfant qui n'a pas l'avisement de le retenir. Ma vie n'est plus qu'untissus de chagrin & de peine ; assorti du regret amer du passé, & d'une desespérante incertitude de l'avenir." ["I...
€300
Le petit chansonnier françois, ou choix des meilleurs chansons sur des airs connus
S. n.|à Genève [Geneva] 1778|10 x 17 cm|relié
First edition. One frontispiece.

Contemporary full blonde sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated, red morocco title-label. Headcap worn. One hole at foot. 2 corners slightly bumped. Rubbing.

€250
Pierre-Louis Moreau de MAUPERTUIS
Essai de philosophie morale
S. n.|Berlin 1749|9.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
First edition, rare. A title vignette by Eisen.
Contemporary full glazed and marbled calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with grotesque ornaments. Red morocco title label. Headcaps worn. Rubbing to joints and corners.
The moral philosophy essay is one of the two main philosophical texts (and chronologically the first) by Maupertuis, who, like all scholars of his era, was multidisciplinary. The second work in this field would be the Essay on Cosmology published in 1750. One should not be misled by the classical title given to this treatise; if the Essay is a reflection on good and evil, it is a vision of good and evil that is primarily sensualist, based on the sensible experience...
€800
Catulle MENDÈS (Robert de FLERS)
Manuscrit autographe signé intitulé "Premières représentations"
S. n.|s. l. 1903|11 x 17.50 cm|en feuilles
9-page signed autograph manuscript, dense handwriting.
Review of the play Les Sentiers de la vertu, comedy in 3 acts, with Robert de Flers, performed at the Théâtre des Nouveautés, December 7, 1903.
Accompanied by two interesting signed autograph letters addressed to M. Melchissedec. The first refers to his future musical participation in a celebration given in honor of Victor Hugo on February 27, 1881. The second deplores, following this same performance, the fact that M. Melchissedec did not receive the photograph commissioned from Carjat by Hugo and promised in thanks for his participation.
€400
J. TOURDES
Notices sur la vie littéraire de Spallanzani, avec un sonnet de l'abbé Césarotti , des remarques sur l'observation et l'expérience, la circulation du sang, la force d'irritabilité, l'influence du coeur sur le cerveau, la vitalité du système nerveux et sanguin, la digestion , etc
S. n.|Milan 1800|11.50 x 17.80 cm|broché
Second edition.
Contemporary pamphlet in original blue wrappers. Lacks to head. One crease to upper cover. Pristine copy with conjugate leaves.
A scholar and man of the Enlightenment, Spallanzani embraced numerous scientific disciplines, and his experiments were decisive for many fields, such as fertilization, the refutation of spontaneous generation, regeneration... He died in 1799, one year before the publication of this biography.
€180
Pierre Laurent Buirette de BELLOYS
Recueil des edicts de pacification, ordonnances et déclarations faites par les Rois de France sur les moyens plus propres pour appaiser les troubles et séditions, survenues pour le fait de la religion
S. n.|s. l. 1612|8 x 14.70 cm|relié
New edition expanded with edicts until 1610; in all likelihood, the first appeared in 1599.
Contemporary full vellum binding. Smooth spine. Title in black ink partly illegible. The endpapers are detached from the boards. Loose stitching with some sections protruding. One gallery of worms 1 cm long in the right margin affecting one letter p. 169 and three following pages, and p. 69 to 72. Pale dampstain in lower margin on the first leaves.
The first edict is that of Charles IX of January 17, 1561 and the last a Declaration by King Louis 13, of May 22, 1610, being 17 edicts, including the Edict of Nantes 1598 given by Henri IV; all concern the wars of religion and their consequences...
€650
[VOLTAIRE] [Pierre-Louis-Claude GIN]
Prix de la justice et de l'humanité. [Ensemble] Les vrais principes du gouvernement françois, démontrés par la Raison et par les Faits, par un François
S. n.|Genève [Geneva] 1777|12 x 20 cm|relié
Both rare first editions.
Contemporary full mottled calf binding. Smooth spine with 4 tools. Red morocco title and volume labels. Triple fillet frame on covers. Small lack at head. Lack to upper joint at head. Upper joint cracked at foot. Light lack at foot. Rubbing.
Gin's work is first a defense of monarchical power (as the natural form of government) against the theories of Montesquieu and those of Mably, but beyond this starting postulate, the whole is remarkable for its economic reflections, Gin making agriculture and industry the pillars of economic health. The author strives through history and examples borrowed from various nations like China to prove his theories...
€1,400
Pierre-Corneille BLESSEBOIS
Le zombi du grand Pérou ou la comtesse de cocagne
S. n.|Paris 1867|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
A re-impression of 110 numbered copies of the extremely rare first edition of 1697, this one of 90 on vergé paper.
The text is preceded by a note on the life and works of the author.
Three small chips to head and foot of spine, no foxing.
A rare copy of this colonial novel set in the French West Indies.
€600
François-de-Paule de Clermont MONTGLAT
Memoires de François Paul de Clermont, Marquis de Montglat, Mestre de Camp du Régiment de Navarre, Grand Maître de la Garderobe du Roi, & Chevalier de ses Ordres
S. n.|A Amsterdam 1727|9 x 16.50 cm|4 volumes reliés
First edition. A title vignette repeated on all four volumes, depicting Erasmus. Title pages in red and black.
Contemporary full brown calf binding. Spine with raised bands richly decorated. Red morocco title and volume labels, decorated with roulettes. One lack to headcap of volume I due to worming, same to the last compartment. Dampstaining to upper board of volume II (darkened). 3 corners bumped.
Essentially historical memoirs, the marquis de Montglat rarely puts himself on stage, carefully gathering the facts of his time, from 1635 to 1668; although the memoirs provide military details (campaigns between France and Austria), Montglat applies himself to unraveling the mechanisms...
€350
Claude-Joseph DORAT
La muse libertine ou oeuvres posthumes
S. n.|s. l. 1783|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition.
Full blonde calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleurons and compartments, red morocco title-label, blind-ruled border on covers, headcaps slightly rubbed, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy free from foxing.
€300
Charles - Irénée CASTEL
Annales politiques
S. n.|Londres [London] 1758|10 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés
Second edition, after the first of 1757.
Contemporary full calf binding. Smooth spine, decorated. Red morocco title label, and black morocco volume label. Two small tears with lacks on the upper cover of volume I. Handsome copy.
Essay on political events in France from 1658 to 1739. Considering the bitter criticisms against Louis XIV whose policy Castel judged despotic, Castel's family preferred posthumous publication. The work is much more than a political essay, the events being only a pretext for the author to establish his economic and political theories specific to the Enlightenment. The essence of the author's thought being the happiness of peoples. He is the author of the...
€550
Johannes STRADANUS, Philippe GALLE
La capture du tigre
S. n.|s. l. fin XVIe début XVIIe|34 x 25.50 cm|une feuille
Authentic original engraving executed with burin after a 16th-century drawing by Johannes Stradanus.
Proof on watermarked laid paper, work from the end of the 16th or very beginning of the 17th century.
Artists' signatures in the plate.
Latin caption in the lower part of the engraving.
Manuscript translation in an old hand beneath the plate mark: "Le chasseur prend les petits du tigre et met dans des trappes des miroirs qui représentent les petits qu'il a enlevés. Cette bête stupide croyant les voir effectivement, entre dans les filets et hurle, étant prise." ["The hunter takes the tiger cubs and places mirrors in traps that represent the cubs he has taken. This foolish...
€250
Johannes STRADANUS, Philippe GALLE
L'entrainement des chiens à la chasse aux cerfs
S. n.|s. l. fin XVIe début XVIIe|34 x 25.50 cm|une feuille
Authentic original engraving executed in burin after a 16th-century drawing by Johannes Stradanus.
Proof on watermarked laid paper, work from the late 16th or very early 17th century.
Artists' signatures in the plate.
Latin legend in the lower part of the engraving.
Manuscript translation in old handwriting under the plate mark: "Des chasseurs par le commandement du roi de France cherchent beaucoup de fientes de cerfs et donnent les crottes des jeunes cerfs aux chiens afin que par l'odeur ils apprennent à connaitre l'âge des cerfs.." ["Hunters by command of the king of France search for much deer dung and give the droppings of young deer to the dogs so that by scent...
€250
Johannes STRADANUS, Philippe GALLE
La chasse aux chameaux
S. n.|s. l. fin XVIe début XVIIe|34 x 25.50 cm|une feuille
Authentic original engraving executed with burin after a 16th-century drawing by Johannes Stradanus.
Impression on watermarked laid paper, work from the late 16th or very early 17th century.
Artists' signatures within the plate.
Latin caption in the lower portion of the engraving.
Manuscript translation in old handwriting below the plate mark: "On dit que la Barbarie produit de très bons chameaux que chassent les soldats de la marine pressés par la faim. Cette viande quoique très dure les rassasie." ["It is said that Barbary produces very good camels which are hunted by sailors pressed by hunger. This meat, although very tough, satisfies them."].
Watermark...
€250
Johannes STRADANUS, Philippe GALLE
La mésaventure du chasseur
S. n.|s. l. fin XVIe début XVIIe|34 x 25.50 cm|une feuille
Authentic original engraving executed with burin after a 16th-century drawing by Johannes Stradanus.
Impression on watermarked laid paper, work from the late 16th or very early 17th century.
Artists' signatures within the plate.
Latin caption in the lower portion of the engraving.
Manuscript translation in old handwriting below the plate mark: "Souvent un chasseur tombe sans prendre garde dans des cavernes ou des grottes couvertes d'herbes par dessus d'où ses compagnons ne peuvent le retirer, mais il meurt malheureusement et demeure la pature des serpents qui y sont et des hydres" ["Often a hunter falls unawares into caverns or grottoes covered with grass above, from...
€250
Johannes STRADANUS, Philippe GALLE
Le combat des oiseaux et des couleuvres
S. n.|s. l. fin XVIe début XVIIe|34 x 25.50 cm|une feuille
Authentic original engraving executed with burin after a 16th-century drawing by Johannes Stradanus.
Proof on watermarked laid paper, work from the late 16th or early 17th century.
Artists' signatures in the plate.
Latin legend in the lower portion of the engraving.
Manuscript translation in old handwriting below the plate mark: "Le désert d'Appulie nourrit de couleuvres les grues et aussi les cigognes attaquent leurs nichées. Elles engagent le combat avec vigueur de leurs becs et les mordent. Le spectacle est très divertissant pour les colons" ["The desert of Apulia feeds cranes with snakes and also storks attack their broods. They engage in combat vigorously with...
€250
Johannes STRADANUS, Philippe et Cornelius GALLE
La chasse aux vipères
S. n.|s. l. fin XVIe début XVIIe|34 x 25.50 cm|une feuille
Authentic original engraving executed with burin after a 16th-century drawing by Johannes Stradanus.
Proof on watermarked laid paper, work from the late 16th or early 17th century.
Artists' signatures in the plate.
Latin legend in the lower portion of the engraving.
Manuscript translation in old handwriting below the plate mark: "En Italie les vipères se plaisent à se cacher dans les marais. Quand elles entendent un chien aboyer, elles sortent des buissons. On les saisit alors avec une fourche et on les met dans un sac avec une pince. Elles sont préparées comme remède pharmaceutique" ["In Italy vipers enjoy hiding in marshes. When they hear a dog barking, they come out of...
€250
Johannes STRADANUS, Adrian COLLAERT
La chasse aux porcs-épics
S. n.|s. l. fin XVIe début XVIIe|34 x 25.50 cm|une feuille
Authentic original engraving executed with burin after a 16th century drawing by Johannes Stradanus.
Proof on watermarked laid paper, work from the late 16th or very early 17th century.
Artists' signatures in the plate.
Latin caption in the lower part of the engraving.
Manuscript translation in old handwriting below the plate mark: "In winter, the porcupine is taken by dogs or in nets, or when it flees to hide in dark holes, hunters pursue them with rakes and hoes".
Watermark visible by transparency.
The margins of the engraving have been backed with small pieces of old laid paper glued to the edges on the reverse, otherwise fine condition for this very...
€250
Johannes STRADANUS, Philippe GALLE
La chasse au bubale
S. n.|s. l. fin XVIe début XVIIe|34 x 25.50 cm|une feuille
Authentic original engraving executed in burin after a 16th-century drawing by Johannes Stradanus.
Proof on watermarked laid paper, work from the late 16th or very early 17th century.
Artists' signatures in the plate.
Latin caption in the lower part of the engraving.
Manuscript translation in old handwriting below the plate mark: "Le bubale est une espèce de boeuf cruel et féroce. Les chasseurs pour le prendre le lassent en faisant courir et aboyer des chiens après lui, qui le mordent, jusqu'à ce qu'il tombe, n'en pouvant plus" ["The bubale is a species of cruel and ferocious ox. Hunters to catch it lasso it by making dogs run and bark after it, which bite it, until...
€250
Johannes STRADANUS, Philippe GALLE
La chasse aux lions par le feu
S. n.|s. l. fin XVIe début XVIIe|34 x 25.50 cm|une feuille
Authentic original engraving executed in burin after a 16th-century drawing by Johannes Stradanus.
Proof on watermarked laid paper, work from the late 16th or very early 17th century.
Artists' signatures in the plate.
Latin caption in the lower part of the engraving.
Manuscript translation in old handwriting below the plate mark: "Ceux qui s'occupent à surprendre les lions dans des filets portent une torche de la main gauche et un bouclier de la droite pour se garantir du feu: les lions fuyant les flammes, se jettent dans les filets qu'on lui a tendu." ["Those who busy themselves with surprising lions in nets carry a torch in the left hand and a shield in the right to...
€250
André DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC, Claude ROGER-MARX
Les vits imaginaires
S. n.|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [circa fin des années 20]|13.50 x 16.50 cm|agrafé
First edition, published under the pseudonym of Claudinet and illustrated with original erotic engravings by André Dunoyer de Segonzac, one of 250 numbered copies on vergé d'Arches paper, the only printing.
With 9 free compositions by André Dunoyer de Segonzac, consisting of 2 attractive original hors texte etchings, one title vignette heightened in red showing a bird on a phallus, one vignette on the justification leaf showing a naked woman and five culs-de-lampe with erotic motifs.
Spine slightly faded, slight marginal traces of adhesive paper to endpapers, bookseller's catalogue label pasted to final pastedown, but otherwise a good copy.
Rare.
€900
Paul CLAUDEL
P à R
S. n.|s. l. 1985|21 x 15 cm|en feuilles
Posthumous first edition, attributed to Paul Claudel, of 26 lettered copies on B.F.K. de Rives paper.
A rare and very good copy.
€100
ANONYME
Le fourbe puni, ou le duel des rivales. [Ensemble] Lettres infernales et Les tisons
S. n. • Aux enfers|s. l. 1740|9.50 x 16.70 cm|relié
First edition, rare. The second work is also in first edition, decorated with a frontispiece representing the devil handing a letter to a gentleman.
Contemporary full blonde calf binding. Ornate raised band spine. Red morocco title-label. One tear p. 127. Headcaps slightly worn.
Outstanding anonymous short novel, typical in its construction and writing of the first half of the 18th century, which narrates the encounter between a gentleman and a female duellist, the tallest woman he had ever seen; she will eventually tell her love story and provide an explanation for this curious duel. The second work, satirical, denounces, mocks and criticizes numerous subjects with bite in a tone...
€500