18th Century Illustrated Books

First edition.
Contemporary half brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with small fleurons and gilt fillets, top edge gilt. Some superficial scuffing and spine very lightly sunned.
Contributions by Paul Bourget, Abel Hermant, Jean Richepin and Charles Yriarte notably.
Drawings and engravings in color and black and white by Jules Chéret, Giacomelli, Godefroy and Grasset among others.
La Revue illustrée is a French publication renowned both for the quality of its illustrations and for its prestigious contributors from 1885 to 1912: Guy de Maupassant, Emile Zola, Maurice Barrès, Anatole France and many others. René Baschet, director of the Revue...

First edition.
Contemporary half brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with small fleurons and gilt fillets, top edge gilt. Some superficial scuffing and spine very lightly sunned.
Contributions by Marcel Schwob and Paul Margueritte notably.
Drawings and engravings in color and black and white by Godefroy, Grasset, Job and Willette among others.
La Revue illustrée is a French publication renowned both for the quality of its illustrations and for its prestigious contributors from 1885 to 1912: Guy de Maupassant, Emile Zola, Maurice Barrès, Anatole France and many others. René Baschet, director of the Revue Illustrée, already prefigures in this...

First edition.
Contemporary half-brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with small fleurons and gilt fillets, top edge gilt. Some light rubbing and spine very lightly sunned.
Contributions by Jules Clarétie, Gyp, Hector Malot and Octave Mirbeau notably.
Drawings and engravings in color and black and white by Jules Chéret, Godefroy, Renouard, Willette and Auguste Rodin among others. Several photographs concerning the architecture of the Universal Exhibition.
La Revue illustrée is a French publication renowned both for the quality of its illustrations and for its prestigious contributors from 1885 to 1912: Guy de Maupassant, Emile Zola, Maurice...

Bilingual edition translated by Charles Nodier and first printing of the frontispiece printed on China paper as well as the 10 hors-texte plates engraved on steel by Finden after drawings by Tony Johannot.
Half glazed navy calf binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt cartouche adorned with gilt arabesques, light rubbing traces on the joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary Romantic binding.
Work also illustrated with more than 100 in-text wood-engraved vignettes.
Some minor foxing, handsome copy in contemporary Romantic binding, complete with its tissue guards protecting the 10 hors-texte plates, which is rare.

First edition of the two series published respectively in 1835 and 1836. 36 steel engravings for the first volume and 40 for the second, totaling 76 engravings engraved by various English engravers and printed on strong paper, under tissue guards. A large title vignette and a frontispiece in the second volume, both dated 1836, therefore could not have been part of the first.
Green half morocco signed Boutigny. The second volume, although using the same tools (and the same endpaper), and coming from the same workshop, is in a noticeably different binding (bound two years later), in navy blue half shagreen, the ensemble being ultimately more aesthetic than if the color were similar...

Stated the second edition (but we have been unable to locate a previous edition, though it's possible it was published in one volume in the same year), considerably enlarged. The illustrations include an appliqué frontispiece portrait on China paper and 116 color plates of costumes (hand-painted and laid down).
Half red shagreen, spine decorated with compartments, fillets to covers, spines uniformly sunned. Corners bumped. Rubbing. Faint spotting to silk-paper guards of first volume and occasionally to margins near silk paper guards, but overall a very fresh copy.
A handsome work covering more than 80 religious and lay orders. Special pagination for the military-religious orders...

Edition on vellum paper after 50 on china and on Whatman. Illustrated with a portrait by Braquemont and eight fine and beautiful plates by Monzies after Gravelot and Pasquier.
Contemporary half navy blue morocco with corners signed David. Spine with raised bands richly decorated and inlaid with red lozenges. Fillets on boards. Top edge gilt.
Uncut copy (the edition is usually found in duodecimo format), with wide margins.
Superb copy, in perfect fresh condition.

First edition.
Half blue sheep binding, spine lightly rubbed with gilt fillets, some surface wear, edges and headcaps rubbed, small lacks to the sheep, contemporary binding.
Le Journal amusant was a French weekly publication created by Charles Philipon on January 5, 1856 in 8 large-folio pages and perhaps disappeared in December 1933, representing 86 years of publication. The journal was composed three-quarters of illustrations around social satire then comedy of manners with an increasing place given to theatre and fashion. In the 1860s, the editor-in-chief was Nadar.
Numerous illustrations by Grévin, Henriot, Forain, P. Léonnec, Crafty, Mars, Baric, Stop, Marais, Attinger...

First edition.
Full black cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesque tools, sextuple blind-stamped fillets framing the boards, title and vignette depicting an allegory of victory accompanied by a cherub stamped in gilt at the center of the front board, corners very slightly bumped, yellow paper pastedowns and endpapers, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Victorien Sardou, Méry among others.
8-page journal extensively illustrated with woodcuts by the greatest artists of the time.
Contrary to what the title page indicates, this volume contains all issues from December 1859 to November 1860.
Very handsome copy in its rare publisher's binding.

First edition.
Half brown cloth binding, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, edges scuffed, headcap torn. Contemporary binding.
Each issue retains its four pages, some light marginal tears not touching the text, as well as some creases.
Contributions by Marcel Prévost ("Cousine Laura", "Grace!", "Au cabaret", "L'Abbé Pantalon", "Maxime"), Aristide Bruant (numerous songs), Georges Courteline ("Margot", "26", "Boubouroche", "La Pendule", "Exempt de cravate", "Je m'en fous", "Un mal de gorge", "Ferme ta malle !", "Premières armes", "L'Honneur des Brossarbourg", "Le Mauvais cocher", "Suggestion"), Jean Richepin (numerous poems, as well as prose texts: "Ch'tiote", "La...

First edition.
Half beige cloth binding, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, leading edges scuffed. Contemporary binding.
Each issue contains its full four pages, some light marginal tears not touching text.
Contributions by Willy [Ernest Willy], Edmond Char, Jules Lévy, Tristan Bernard, Maurice Leblanc and J.-H. Rosny ("Le Baiser de la Reine") notably; drawings by Sandy-Hook, Jacques Villon, Steinlen, Weiluc, Moriss, Georges Redon, Gottlob, Prejelan among others.
Journal illustrated with numerous drawings in color and black and white, sometimes full-page, as well as musical scores.
Gil Blas was a former French weekly newspaper, founded by Auguste Dumont...

First edition.
Half brown sheep binding, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, leading edges scuffed, lacks to boards and spine torn. Contemporary binding.
Each issue contains its full four pages, some light marginal tears not touching text, as well as creases.
Contributions by Anatole France ("La Messe des ombres"), Charles Baudelaire (posthumous publication of "La mort des pauvres", "La Corde", "Ciel brouillé", "Chanson d'après-midi"), Georges Courteline, Jules Renard ("Poil de Carotte"), Marcel Prévost ("L'Abbé Pantalon", "Torchonnette", "Jeunes époux"), Edmond and Jules de Goncourt ("Le Passeur de Maguelone", "Le Père Thibaut"), Aristide Bruant ("Fins de siècle"...

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, boards stained, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt motifs, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Champfleury, Charles Blanc, Philippe Burty, Emile Galichon, Albert Jacquemart and Paul Chéron among others; etching by Jean Achard.
Review illustrated with numerous black and white engravings.
La Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art review, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years, it was a worldwide reference in art history.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, split headcaps, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt motifs, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Louis Gonse, Ludovic Lalanne, Duranty, Anatole de Montaiglon, Charles Blanc, Champfleury, Charles Yriarte and Paul Chéron among others; etching by Paul Renouard.
Review illustrated with numerous black and white plates.
La Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art review, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years it was a worldwide reference in art history.

First edition.
Full red cloth binding, marbled edges, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Paul Mantz, Alfred Darcel, Louis Gonse, Ludovic Lalanne, Charles Yriarte, Alfred de Lostalot and Paul Chéron among others; original etching by Léon Bonnat.
Review illustrated with numerous black and white plates.
Our copy is incomplete: it lacks the original etching by James Whistler (p367).
La Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art review, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years it was a worldwide reference in art history.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, headcaps torn, spine with four raised bands decorated in blind, minor lacks to boards, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Charles Clément, Georges Duplessis, Paul Mantz, Louis Gonse, Champfleury, Alfred Darcel, Emile Galichon, Alfred Michiels, Duranty and Paul Chéron among others.
Our copy is incomplete, lacking the engraving by Adolphe Appian (p 47).
Journal illustrated with numerous black and white plates.
The Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art journal, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years it was a...

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, corners bumped, headcaps damaged, boards worn and stained, minor lacks, spine with four raised bands decorated in gilt, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Alfred Michiels, Philippe Burty, Charles Blanc ("Ingres, sa vie et ses oeuvres"), Albert Jacquemart, Alfred Darcel, Emile Galichon and Paul Chéron among others.
Journal illustrated with numerous black and white plates, as well as one folding plate (see photo).
The Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art journal, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years it was a...

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, split headcaps, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt ornament, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Alfred Darcel, Anatole de Montaiglon, Duranty, Ludovic Lalanne, Paul Lefort, Louis Gonse, Paul Mantz and Paul Chéron among others; original etching by Edwin Edwards notably.
Review illustrated with numerous black and white hors-texte engravings.
The Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art review, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years it was a world reference in art history.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt ornament, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Louis Gonse, Sully Prudhomme ("Quelques oeuvres décoratives inédites"), Alfred Darcel, Albert Jacquemart, Champfleury and Paul Chéron among others.
Review illustrated with numerous black and white hors-texte engravings.
La Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art review, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years it was a world reference in art history.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, headcaps damaged, paper on boards very slightly detached, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt ornament, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Charles Blanc, Eugène Guillaume, Paul Mantz, Anatole de Montaiglon, Alfred Darcel, Georges Duplessis, Louis Gonse, Charles Yriarte and Paul Chéron among others; etching by Alphonse Legros, heliogravure by Baldus and etching by Delaunay among others.
Review illustrated with numerous black and white hors-texte engravings, as well as a folding engraving after a drawing by Puvis de Chavanne (see photograph).
La Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art review, founded in 1859 by...

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, corners slightly bumped, covers scratched, headcaps worn, spine with five raised bands gilt and blind-tooled, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Charles Blanc, Albert Jacquemart, René Ménard, Louis Gonse notably, drawings by Gavarni among others.
Review illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings.
The Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art review, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years it was a worldwide reference in art history.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, corners slightly bumped, covers scratched, headcaps worn, slight crease on upper board, spine with five raised bands gilt and blind-tooled, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Charles Blanc ("Eugène Delacroix"), Albert Jacquemart, Champfleury, Edmond and Jules de Goncourt ("Chardin") and Victor Hugo ("Les Rues et les maisons du vieux Blois") among others; engraving by Héliodore Pisan.
Review illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings, as well as several folding plates.
The Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art review, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased...

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, corners slightly bumped, covers scuffed, headcaps torn, spine gilt and blind, spine with five raised bands, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Paul Mantz, Alfred de Lostalot and Duranty among others.
Journal illustrated with numerous black and white engravings hors-texte, including one folding plate (see photograph).
La Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art journal, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years it was a worldwide reference in art history.

First edition.
Half chocolate shagreen binding, corners slightly bumped, covers scuffed, headcaps torn, spine with five raised bands, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Paul Mantz, Alfred de Lostalot and Duranty among others.
Journal illustrated with numerous black and white engravings hors-texte.
La Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art journal, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years it was a worldwide reference in art history.

First edition.
Half chocolate shagreen binding, corners slightly bumped, covers scratched, headcaps severely damaged, relatively significant lacks to both covers, spine with five raised bands, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Paul Mantz, Alfred de Lostalot and Duranty among others; fine heliogravure by Eugène Sadoux printed separately from the text, as well as several heliographies by Honoré Daumier.
Magazine illustrated with numerous black and white engravings printed separately from the text, including one folding plate (see photograph).
La Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art magazine, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as...

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, corners slightly bumped, leading edges scraped, headcaps torn, spine with four raised bands gilt in blind, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Duranty, Paul Mantz, Champfleury, Ludovic Lalanne and Louis Gonse among others; fine etching printed hors-texte by Emile Boilvin.
Review illustrated with numerous black and white engravings hors-texte as well as a facsimile of a watercolor by Ingres in colors.
La Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art review, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years it was a worldwide...

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, corners slightly bumped, headcaps torn, spine with four raised bands gilt in blind, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Charles Blanc, Duranty, Ludovic Lalanne, Paul Mantz, Louis Gons, Champfleury and Paul Chéron among others; original etching by Paul Renouard notably.
Review illustrated with numerous black and white engravings hors-texte, notably an engraving representing Alexandre Dumas (see photo).
La Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art review, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years it was a worldwide...

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, corners slightly bumped, split headcaps, boards worn and stained, minor lacks, spine with four raised bands stamped in blind, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Charles Blanc ("Ingres, sa vie et ses oeuvres"), Paul Mantz, Edmond and Jules de Goncourt ("Gravelot") among others; several facsimiles by Eugène Delacroix and Goya.
Review illustrated with numerous black and white hors-texte engravings.
The Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art review, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years it was a worldwide reference...

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, corners slightly bumped, spine with four raised bands stamped in blind, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Charles Yriarte, Charles Blanc, Louis Gonse, Champfleury, Paul Mantz and Paul Chéron among others; etchings by Arthur Evershed among others.
Review illustrated with numerous black and white hors-texte engravings.
The Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art review, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years it was a worldwide reference in art history.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands stamped in cold gilt, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Henri Delaborde, Georges Duplessis, Charles Yriarte, Paul Mantz, Louis Gonse and Paul Chéron among others; facsimile of an etching by Eugène Delacroix.
Review illustrated with numerous black and white plates.
La Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art review, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years it was a worldwide reference in art history.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, headcaps damaged, corners slightly bumped, spine with four raised bands stamped in cold gilt, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Charles Blanc, Paul Mantz, Duranty and Paul Chéron among others; etching by Augustin Feyen-Perrin notably.
Review illustrated with numerous black and white plates, as well as a folding plate (see photograph).
La Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art review, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years it was a worldwide reference in art history.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, headcaps damaged, some minor lacks to boards without consequence, spine with four raised bands gilt in blind, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Emile Galichon, Charles Clément, Philippe Burty, Henri Delaborde, Alfred Michiels, Champfleury, Charles Blanc, Paul Mantz, Georges Duplessis and Paul Chéron among others; fine etching by Bracquemond.
Review illustrated with numerous black and white plates, as well as one folding plate (see photograph).
The Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art review, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one...

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, headcaps severely damaged, some minor lacks to boards without consequence, spine with four raised bands gilt in blind and detached, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Paul Mantz, Alfred Michiels, Philippe Burty, Charles Blanc, Emile Galichon, Albert Jacquemart, Charles Clément and Paul Chéron among others; etching by Léonce Chabry among others.
Review illustrated with numerous black and white plates.
The Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art review, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years it was a worldwide...

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, headcaps torn, spine with four raised bands gilt and blind-tooled (with some lacks), publisher's binding.
Contributions by Charles Blanc, Charles Yriarte, Louis Gonse, Anatole de Montaiglon, Champfleury, Duranty, Ludovic Lalanne, Paul Mantz and Paul Chéron among others; original etching by Joseph Israëls among others.
Review illustrated with numerous black and white plates.
The Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art review, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years it was a worldwide reference in art history.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, headcaps torn, some minor lacks to boards, spine with four raised bands gilt and blind-tooled, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Paul Mantz, Edmond and Jules de Goncourt ("Eisen"), Charles Blanc, Alfred Michiels, Henri Delaborde, Champfleury, Philippe Burty, Georges Duplessis and Paul Chéron among others, etching by Bracquemond, by Léonce Chabry
Review illustrated with numerous black and white plates.
The Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art review, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years it was a worldwide...

First edition.
Half chocolate sheep binding, spine uniformly worn, boards lightly scratched, joints scraped, corners slightly bumped, spine decorated in blind, publisher's binding.
Volume complete with its volume cover page, each issue comprising eight pages.
Contributions by Charles Baudelaire, Théophile Gautier ("Goya") and Alexandre Dumas notably, drawings by Cham, Gustave Doré and Edmond Morin among others.
Review illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings.
Le Monde illustré was a weekly current affairs magazine published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, notably directed by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde...

First edition.
Half red cloth binding, edges rubbed, corners bumped, headcaps lightly damaged, publisher's binding. Complete volume with its volume title page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Champfleury, François Coppée, Paul Féval and Charles Yriarte among others, drawings notably by Karl Bodmer, Gustave Doré and Edmond Morin, engravings by Chapon and Méaulle among others.
Journal illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings, some double-page engravings, as well as several folding plates.
Le Monde illustré is a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, it was directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles...

First edition.
Half light blue cloth binding, corners bumped, edges rubbed, spine lightly sunned, publisher's binding. Volume complete with its volume title page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Amédée Achard, Champfleury, François Coppée, Paul Féval and Charles Yriarte among others, drawings by Cham and Gustave Doré notably.
Journal illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings.
Le Monde illustré is a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, it was directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde illustré secured the collaboration of authors and artists such as Alexandre Dumas...

First edition.
Half brown shagreen binding, corners slightly bumped, edges scuffed, boards lightly sunned and heavily damaged, edges torn, spine worn and publisher's binding. Volume complete with its volume cover page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Amédée Achard, Champfleury, François Coppée, Paul Féval and Charles Yriarte among others, drawings by Cham and Gustave Doré notably.
Magazine illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings.
Le Monde illustré is a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, it was directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde illustré secured the...

First edition.
Half blue sheep binding, corners bumped, edges scuffed, spine decorated in blind, publisher's binding. Complete volume including its volume title page, each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Amédée Achard, Alexandre Dumas (serial "Le Capitaine Richard"), Hector Berlioz, Paul Féval, Méry, Emile de Girardin ("La Fille du Millionnaire") and George Sand notably.
Periodical illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings, some double-page engravings.
Le Monde illustré is a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, it was directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde illustré...

First edition.
Half red cloth binding, corners bumped, edges scuffed, publisher's binding. Complete volume including its volume title page, each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Champfleury, François Coppée, Paul Féval and Charles Yriarte notably, drawings by Karl Bodmer, Gustave Doré, Edmond Morin and Cham among others, engravings by Chapon, Méaulle and Bellanger among others.
Periodical illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings.
Le Monde illustré is a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, it was directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde illustré secured the...

First edition.
Half red sheep binding, corners bumped and two torn, covers scuffed, board lightly sunned and stained, some lacks to spine, publisher's binding.
Volume complete with its volume title page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Gustave Aimard, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Féval, Méry and Charles Yriarte notably, drawings by Cham, Gustave Doré and Edmond Morin among others.
Review illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings, as well as several double-page ones.
Le Monde illustré is a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, notably directed by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le...

First edition.
Half aqua green cloth binding, covers scuffed, boards lightly sunned, joint cracked without severity, publisher's binding.
Volume complete with its volume title page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Gustave Aimard, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Féval, Méry, and Charles Yriarte among others, drawings by Cham, Gustave Doré and Edmond Morin among others.
Review illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings, as well as several double-page ones.
Le Monde illustré is a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, notably directed by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde illustré...

First edition. Half spinach green sheep binding, corners slightly bumped, headcaps split, edges scuffed, publisher's binding. Volume complete with its title page for the volume. Contributions by Alphonse Daudet, Joseph Doucet, Paul Féval, Théophile Gautier ("Le Baptême de la Neva") and Méry among others, drawings by Carjat, Gustave Doré and Edmond Morin notably. Review illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings. Le Monde illustré is a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde illustré secured the collaboration of authors and artists such as Alexandre Dumas, Paul...

First edition.
Red half-cloth binding, corners slightly bumped, covers rubbed, publisher's binding. Complete volume including its title page, each issue comprises eight pages.
Contributions by Eugène Muller, Champfleury, François Coppée, Paul Féval and Charles Yriarte notably, drawings by Karl Bodmer, Gustave Doré, Cham and Edmond Morin among others, engravings by Chapon and Méaulle in particular.
Magazine illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings, sometimes even double-page spreads, as well as a large folding plate.
Le Monde illustré was a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, it was directed notably by Paul Dalloz...

First edition.
Red half-cloth binding, corners slightly bumped, covers rubbed, publisher's binding. Complete volume including its title page, each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Champfleury, François Coppée, Paul Féval and Charles Yriarte notably, drawings by Karl Bodmer, Gustave Doré, Edmond Morin and Cham among others, engravings by Chapon, Méaulle and Bellanger among others.
Magazine illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings.
Le Monde illustré was a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, it was directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde illustré secured the...

First edition.
Volume complete with its volume title page.
Contributions by Amédée Achard, Chamfleury, Paul Féval and Charles Yriarte among others, with drawings by Cham and Edmond Morin notably.
Illustrated magazine with numerous full-page black and white engravings.
Le Monde illustré was a weekly news publication that appeared from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde illustré secured collaboration from authors and artists such as Alexandre Dumas, Paul Féval, Théophile Gautier, George Sand, Cham, Gustave Doré...

First edition.
Volume complete with its volume title page.
Contributions by Amédée Achard, Chamfleury, Paul Féval and Charles Yriarte among others, with drawings by Cham and Edmond Morin notably.
Illustrated magazine with numerous full-page black and white engravings.
Le Monde illustré was a weekly news publication that appeared from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde illustré secured collaboration from authors and artists such as Alexandre Dumas, Paul Féval, Théophile Gautier, George Sand, Cham, Gustave Doré...

First edition.
Half red cloth binding, spine rubbed, corners bumped, headcaps slightly damaged, publisher's binding. Complete volume with its tome cover page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Champfleury, François Coppée, Paul Féval and Charles Yriarte among others, drawings notably by Karl Bodmer, Gustave Doré and Edmond Morin, engravings by Chapon and Méaulle among others.
Magazine illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings, some double-page engravings, as well as several folding plates.
Le Monde illustré is a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, it was directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles...

First edition.
Half aqua green cloth binding, covers scuffed, publisher's binding. Complete volume with its title page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Gustave Aimard, Paul Féval and Charles Yriarte notably, illustrations by Cham, Gustave Doré and Edmond Morin among others.
Journal illustrated with numerous full-page engravings in black and white, some double-page engravings.
Le Monde illustré was a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde illustré secured the collaboration of authors and artists such as Alexandre Dumas, Paul Féval, Théophile...

First edition.
Half aqua green cloth binding, covers scuffed, spine slightly sunned, head slightly split, publisher's binding. Complete volume with its title page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Gustave Aimard and Charles Yriarte among others, illustrations by Cham, Gustave Doré and Edmond Morin notably.
Journal illustrated with numerous full-page engravings in black and white.
Le Monde illustré was a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde illustré secured the collaboration of authors and artists such as Alexandre Dumas, Paul Féval, Théophile...

First edition.
Half sea-green cloth binding, covers scratched, spine lightly sunned, upper joint of upper board slightly split, publisher's binding. Complete volume with its volume cover page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Alexandre Dumas, Paul Féval, Méry and Charles Yriarte among others, drawings by Bayard, Cham, Gustave Doré and Edmond Morin notably.
Review illustrated with numerous full-page engravings in black and white.
Le Monde illustré is a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, it was directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde illustré secured the collaboration of authors and...

First edition.
Minor lacks without gravity to margin of first cover. Complete volume with its volume cover page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Eugène Muller, Champfleury, François Coppée, Paul Féval and Charles Yriarte notably, drawings by Karl Bodmer, Gustave Doré and Cham among others, engravings by Chapon and Méaulle in particular.
Review illustrated with numerous full-page engravings in black and white, as well as folding plates.
Le Monde illustré is a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, it was directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde illustré secured the collaboration of...

First edition.
Complete volume with its tome cover page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Amédée Achard, Champfleury, François Coppée, Paul Féval and Charles Yriarte among others, drawings by Karl Bodmer, Gustave Doré and Cham notably, engravings by Chapon and Méaulle among others.
Review illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings.
Le Monde illustré is a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, it was directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde illustré secured the collaboration of authors and artists such as Alexandre Dumas, Paul Féval, Théophile Gautier, George Sand...

First edition.
Complete volume with its tome cover page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Amédée Achard, Eugène Muller, Champfleury, François Coppée, Paul Féval and Charles Yriarte notably, drawings by Gustave Doré and Cham in particular, engravings by Chapon and Méaulle among others.
Review illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings, some double-page engravings, as well as a large folding plate.
Le Monde illustré is a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, it was directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde illustré secured the collaboration of authors and artists such...

First edition.
Half sea-green cloth binding, corners bumped, covers scuffed, spine lightly sunned, publisher's binding. Volume complete with its title page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Amédée Achard, Champfleury, François Coppée, Paul Féval and Charles Yriarte among others, drawings by Cham and Gustave Doré notably.
Magazine illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings.
Le Monde illustré was a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch, Le Monde illustré secured the collaboration of authors and artists such as Alexandre Dumas, Paul...

First edition.
Half sheep binding in red, corners slightly bumped, edges scuffed, headcaps damaged, publisher's binding. Complete volume with its volume cover page, each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Amédée Achard, Alexandre Dumas (serial "Le Capitaine Richard"), Hector Berlioz, Paul Féval, Méry, Emile de Girardin ("La Fille du Millionnaire") and George Sand notably.
Illustrated review with numerous full-page engravings in black and white, some double-page engravings.
Le Monde illustré is a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, it was directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde illustré...

First edition.
Half red sheep binding, corners slightly bumped, joints scratched, headcaps very damaged, publisher's binding. Complete volume including its volume cover page, each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Amédée Achard, Alexandre Dumas (serial "Le Capitaine Richard"), Hector Berlioz, Paul Féval, Méry, Emile de Girardin ("La Fille du Millionnaire") and George Sand notably.
Review illustrated with numerous full-page engravings in black and white, some double-page engravings.
Le Monde illustré is a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, it was directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde...

First edition.
Half-bound in sea green percaline, corners slightly bumped, spine edges rubbed, publisher's binding. Complete volume with its cover page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Gustave Aymard and Charles Yriarte notably, drawings by Cham, Gustave Doré and Edmond Morin notably.
Review illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings, some double-page engravings.
Le Monde illustré is a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, it was directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde illustré secured the collaboration of authors and artists such as Alexandre Dumas, Paul Féval...

First edition.
Half sea-green cloth binding, covers scuffed, spine lightly sunned, crease to corner on upper part of lower board, publisher's binding. Complete volume with its volume cover page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Gustave Aymard and Charles Yriarte notably, drawings by Cham, Gustave Doré and Edmond Morin notably.
Review illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings, some double-page engravings.
Le Monde illustré is a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, it was directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde illustré secured the collaboration of authors and...

First edition.
Half green cloth binding, covers scratched, corners slightly bumped, headcaps torn, cloth detached at foot of spine, publisher's binding. Complete volume with its title page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Amédée Achard, Hector Berlioz ("Mémoires d'un musicien"), Alexandre Dumas, Paul Féval, Emile de Girardin, Méry and George Sand among others.
Review illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings, some double-page engravings.
Le Monde illustré is a weekly current affairs journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch, Le Monde illustré...

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies.
Autograph signature of the author below the justification page.
Work illustrated by Caran d'Ache, Gervex, Gil, Poirson, Steinlen, Somm, Willette...
Fragile covers worn, handsome interior condition.
Bookplates pasted at foot of half-title and justification pages.
Rare full-margined copy.

First edition.
This edition is often mistakenly confused with the Garnier edition Chants et chansons populaires de la France (in one volume and in several), yet it is rigorously different both in illustration and content. It is illustrated with 48 steel-engraved plates printed in bistre after Gavarni, Travies... and numerous wood engravings.
Half brown shagreen. Spine with false raised bands decorated with thick and thin compartments. Wine-colored percaline boards. Edges gilt. Boards discolored in places (borders). Joints of volume 1 rubbed in places. Tissue guards browned. Occasionally some foxing in margins or around tissue guards. Overall quite fresh and clean.
The two...

Edition with original compositions by H. Bellery-Desfontaines engraved by Eugène Froment, one of 400 numbered copies.
A very good copy.

New edition and first printing of the 15 engravings after drawings by Raffet.
Half-shagreen bindings in glazed olive, smooth spines decorated with black and gilt typographical motifs, khaki calf title and volume labels, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary Romantic bindings.
Some foxing.

Reprint of the 1559 edition by Claude Gruget, with notes by Paul Lacroix containing 72 novellas divided into 8 days and expanded with three other novellas from the Heptameron. Limited edition of only 120 copies on deluxe paper, this one of the 100 unnumbered copies on Holland paper with duplicate states of the engravings. Illustrated with etchings by Léopold Flammeng.
Contemporary half purple morocco with corners. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons and small green morocco mosaics. Date at foot. Top edge gilt. Original wrappers preserved. Spine slightly faded. Very handsome copy, perfectly executed. Binding signed by Champs. Note that the tissue guards having been...

New edition with some parts in first edition, expanded with new poems.
Full brown sheep binding with speckled finish, smooth spine decorated with gilt wave patterns and fleurons, gilt roulettes on headcaps, red morocco title label, very light rubbing to joints, gilt frieze and fillet border on boards, gilt edges to leading edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 5 hors-texte engravings.
Some light foxing.

First edition, illustrated with 12 steel-engraved plates.

Contemporary full brown straight-grained morocco. Smooth spine decorated with large Romantic tools with date at foot. Covers with large blind Greek key border and gilt fillet frame. All edges gilt. Decorative gilt board-edges. White watered paper endpapers. Spine uniformly sunned, turned brown. One corner rubbed. Several gatherings browned. Handsome copy nonetheless, in contemporary morocco.

One of Curmer's famous and beautiful publications, who had just published in 1838 one of the most celebrated Romantic books: Paul et Virginie. An essential literary figure from the mid-19th century onwards, La bedollière...

First edition, illustrated with two engraved titles (in English), one colored plate and 117 steel engravings (with tissue guards) by Allom, Bartlett, and M'Culloch, engraved by Griffiths, Varrall, Prior, etc. Superb illustration, as English engravers were particularly prized during this period for their fineness of execution, and French publishers placed extensive orders in England for the illustration of their books.
Full publisher's binding. Half red morocco decorated with a large special gilt stamp (arms and symbols of Scotland) on wine-colored sheep boards stamped with a large decorative floral stamp in blind. Edges gilt. Magnificent and rare English publisher's binding, despite...

First edition and first printing of the illustrations.
Half mint green shagreen binding, spine slightly faded with four raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments, double fillets on mint green paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Work illustrated with 51 hors-texte engravings (including 1 frontispiece) and numerous in-text engravings.
Scattered foxing as usual.

New edition illustrated with 78 copperplate engravings by Blanchard after drawings by Tony and Alfred Johannot and the best artists of the period.
Half olive calf bindings, smooth spines richly decorated with gilt Romantic tools and showing minor rubbing of no consequence, marbled paper boards, a small tear at head of front board of first volume, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary Romantic bindings.
Foxing.
A handsomely executed set.

Edition printed on laid paper and illustrated with 5 drawings by Valton engraved by Gaujean.
Bradel binding in half olive cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, publisher's name gilt at foot, chocolate shagreen title-label with minor scratches, marbled paper boards, a small marginal lack of paper on the front board, covers and spine preserved, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Accompanying press cuttings have left a shadow on the half-title page.

Edition illustrated with 125 original vignettes engraved on wood by Porret.

Half chocolate morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with stippling and double gilt fillets, gilt dentelles at head and foot of spine which shows very light traces of rubbing without gravity, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, binding signed by Franz.

Work illustrated with 16 plates hors-texte and numerous wood vignettes after C. Nanteuil, T. Johannot...
Some light foxing.
Handsomely bound copy.

Keepsake, illustrated with an engraved title and 23 steel engravings.
Contemporary full green cloth. Large gilt plate on covers signed Lenègre. Small white humidity stains on upper cover. Slightly faded.
Beyond accessory texts on fans and a chronicle of contemporary spectacles, one will particularly distinguish among the very fine English engravings Mont Saint-Michel, with no construction other than the abbey and with navigation around it; a scene in Algiers, another depicting Portsmouth offshore; a view of Venice by Turner...

NB: This work is available at the bookstore on request within 48 hours.

First illustrated edition and first printing of the abundant in-text illustrations by Edmond Morin.
Half olive morocco binding with corners, smooth spine faded, date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, binding signed by Carayon.
Work illustrated with an etched portrait of the author as frontispiece by Léopold Flameng.
Occasional foxing.

Second edition.
Half burgundy shagreen binding with corners, smooth spine decorated with floral motif, gilt friezes at head and foot, boards covered with marbled paper, gilt school prize inscription on front cover, tears and rubbing marks on edges, red edges.
Work illustrated by Louis Maitrejean.
Handsome interior condition.

Edition printed in 210 numbered copies, ours one of 170 on Holland paper.
Bradel bindings in half olive morocco with corners, smooth spines, dates at foot, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary bindings.
Work illustrated with original etchings by E. Morin.
Occasional light worming, otherwise a handsome set attractively bound.

First edition, rarely complete, even rarer as we present it in its original state, in 9 parts in publisher's boards intended to be bound in two large volumes. The illustration comprises two engraved title pages, 40 steel engravings drawn by Bartlet (various engravers), and hundreds of wood engravings in the text.
Publisher's full red cloth boards with gilt decoration. Smooth spine decorated with a large panel. Covers decorated with a large stamp featuring machinery and factories; blind-stamped frame. Headcaps rubbed. Scattered foxing in the margins of the engravings and tissue guards browned. The last three volumes are with conjugate leaves. Three volumes have some signatures slightly...

New edition printed from Cazin's 1781 edition.
Bradel binding in half midnight blue cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, green morocco title-label, some surface wear and stains on boards, endpapers foxed. Work illustrated on the title page with an engraving by A. M. Lynen, as well as tailpieces and an initial letter.
This work was condemned on May 19, 1815 and November 16, 1816; it contains the story of President Dubois, a non-conformist, which led the bookseller Merigot to the Bastille.

New edition.
Work illustrated with 6 engravings after drawings by Bouillon.
Some light foxing, tiny harmless lacks at head of spine, a small light stain on first board.
Rare.

New edition printed in 135 numbered copies on China laid paper.
Bradel binding in half cherry red percaline, smooth spine decorated with a central gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, black shagreen title label showing traces of rubbing with some losses, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Notice by Charles Monselet.
Work illustrated with a portrait of the author and 9 vignettes drawn by Fesquet.
Occasional foxing affecting mainly the margins.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies.
Small tears without consequence to head and foot of spine.
Our copy is complete with the etching by Léopold Flameng here in double state as with all deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome full-margined copy.

First edition, illustrated with a portrait and ten fine engravings by Adrien Moreau (eight of which are full-page) engraved by A. Lamothe. Limited to 500 copies, numbered 160, one of 349 on petit papier Velin du marais. The first 150 copies are on Grand Velin or Japan paper.
Contemporary half brown glazed morocco binding with corners signed David. Spine with raised bands handsomely decorated, date at foot. Orange covers preserved. At the end of the work is bound the prospectus comprising one engraving and one page of text. Foxing on the half-title and portrait, thereafter a perfectly fresh copy. Carteret IV-178 "Esteemed and sought-after publication".

First edition illustrated with 29 plates, 24 headpieces and 89 in-text vignettes, by Gavarni, Huart, Guerin, all wood-engraved.
Contemporary half green shagreen. Spine with raised bands and gilt compartments. Rubbing to head and raised bands. Pale scattered foxing, irregular, sometimes not affecting the white paper at all, other times speckling the margins; overall, fairly little foxing.
Following in the tradition of the famous Diable à Paris, but with less prestigious writers, a satire of foreigners in Paris.
Handsome romantic illustrated work.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this poem by R. Darzens set to music by Auguste Chapuis.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Rodolphe Darzens.
Work illustrated with 10 original lithographs by Adolphe Willette.
Some light foxing affecting essentially the first and last pages.

First edition, printed on Hollande.
Illustrated covers and engraved frontispieces, borders by Fernand Besnier, Kauffmann...
Rare set, complete and in good condition despite some occasional little foxing.

First edition and first printing of the 65 plates drawn by T. Johannot and engraved by Dujardin, Brugnot, Andrew, Best, Leloir...
Bradel binding in half chocolate morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated with two richly decorated double gilt cartouches, date at foot, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
Handsome interior condition, entirely free from foxing.

New edition of the French translation.
Half dark green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments and gilt stars, quadruple fillets and blind cartouches framing the dark green paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated by Hadamard.
Occasional light foxing.

Illustrated edition with 300 wood-engraved vignettes in the text, first printing, by Nanteuil, Baron, Français...
Half long-grain dark brown morocco with corners, spine with four raised bands richly decorated with gilt and blind romantic ornamental motifs, light rubbing of no significance to top headcaps, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, light rubbing to corners, elegant unsigned romantic pastiche binding.
Some minor foxing of little significance.
Engraved bookplates of an Armenian bibliophile mounted facing the pastedowns.
Handsome copy handsomely bound in a superb romantic pastiche binding.

First edition, illustrated with 148 steel-engraved plates, including 96 in the first three volumes, by Thomas Allom; the fourth volume comprises 52 plates including 36 by Eugène Lami and 16 by Allom.
Full midnight blue glazed calf. Flat spine with false raised bands decorated with various roulettes and fillets with some compartments in morocco. Covers decorated with rich Romantic frieze and angular blind stamps. Red morocco title-label. Marbled edges. Scratches to covers. Headcaps and joints lightly rubbed. Superb English binding.
Volume IV, which is often lacking, is the translation of Un été à Paris, by Jules Janin. Through its illustrations, one finds a Balzacian Paris. It...