18th Century Illustrated Books

First edition. Illustrated with 36 steel engravings by Herbert, Drummond, Hayter, engraved by Cook, Stoddart... Each engraving is protected by a tissue guard.
English publisher's binding. Full midnight blue shagreen. Smooth spine richly decorated. Boards decorated with a broad frieze and corner ornaments, as well as a central design within which stands a lion passant. A tear to the upper joint at the headcap. Very good condition, some very occasional scattered foxing. Joints lightly rubbed, with a slight tear to the lower joint. Very handsome English binding, refined and richly decorated.

First edition of 51 numbered copies, initialed by the author on Whatman paper.
Modern pastiche Bradel binding of paper boards by T. Boichot, black morocco title piece, covers preserved.
With an original frontispiece lithograph by Paul Signac.
Worming to covers, a little foxing.
Rare.

First edition.
Publisher's full red boards, smooth spine decorated with a cartouche and gilt typographical motifs, boards framed with gilt fillet and decorated with a medallion and typographical motifs in blind, edges gilt.
Contributions by M. de Boinville, E. Gonzalès, G. Molé, T. Coffinier, M. Aycard...
Work illustrated with 19 steel engravings.
Some light foxing.
Rare copy presented in romantic boards of pleasant freshness.

First edition published in weekly instalments and consisting of 2400 pages with nearly 1000 wood engravings by Trichon de Castelli, Yan d'Argent, Yundt, Lix and Lançon.
Half tan sheep bindings, smooth spines decorated with quadruple gilt fillets, some minor insignificant scuffs, contemporary bindings.

First edition printed on ordinary paper, only 20 deluxe copies were issued.
Cover and sketches by Félicien Rops, work also illustrated with thirteen ornamentations by Etienne Morannes.
Handsome copy with unfaded covers.

First edition.
Publisher's red cardboard binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with dotted lines and gilt ornamental compartments, blind-ruled frames on boards, stains on boards, corners slightly bumped, edges gilt, soiled moiré endpapers.
Work illustrated with black illustrations and plates by Henri de Montaut.

French gallery or collection of portraits of men and women who distinguished France in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. First edition. A supplement would appear a few years later. The index is lacking in the last volume.
Half black sheep with fillets, smooth spine. Excellent condition, some scattered foxing in the margins but on very white paper. The three volumes contain respectively 65 engravings, 60 and 62 engravings. The historical notices opposite each portrait, which comprise several pages, are the work of Villemain, Andrieux, Denon, Boissy d'Anglas and associates... the portraits by Mr Chrétien, Rulhman, Weber...
Numerous facsimiles add to the interest of the work, which...

Edition of 800 numbered copies including 100 on Japan paper. No. 657 on white Marais vellum.
Half old red morocco with corners. Spine with raised bands richly decorated in the spirit of great 17th-century bindings. Gilt fillets to covers. A tear with loss to tail headcap and covers and edges and joints rubbed. Very handsome binding despite the defects. Superb interior condition.
5 large symbolist compositions by Albert Maignan engraved as etchings and printed on China paper. A frontispiece portrait. Ornaments and typographical execution very refined in the taste of the 17th century. Handsome work executed for the 1889 Universal Exhibition.
A bibliophilic gem.

First edition.
Work illustrated with woodcuts and lithographs by C. Nanteuil, A. Devéria, T. Johannot...
Light shadow on the first endpaper.

First edition.
Half sea-green cloth binding, scuffed covers, 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 engravings in black and white.
Le Monde illustré is a weekly news magazine 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...

New edition published under the auspices of a society of men of letters.
Bradel binding in half brown shagreen, smooth spines decorated with double gilt and black fillets, gilt stippling at head and foot of spines, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
The atlas volume containing 54 battles and 100 portraits of the most illustrious generals is lacking from our copy.
Some minor foxing.

First edition of this theatrical, literary and artistic review.
Bradel bindings in half hazelnut morocco-grained shagreen, smooth spines, some scratches of no great consequence on certain spines, marbled paper boards, some corners slightly bumped, covers preserved, top edges gilt.
Contributions by P. Margueritte, J. & H. Rosny, J. Doucet, G. Geffroy, A. Theuriet...
Illustrations by Marold, Mittis, Andréas, Vignet...
Handsome complete set in 12 volumes.

First edition.
Publisher's full red boards, smooth spine, front cover illustrated with gilt decoration and blind-ruled frame, rear cover with blind-ruled frame enhanced with a circular blind-stamped decoration in the center, all edges gilt.
Abundantly illustrated periodical.
Handsome copy.

Third edition with some parts in first edition as it was expanded with 12 tales.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt double compartments enhanced at corners with gilt floral motifs, minor traces of rubbing to spine, black paper boards with surface wear, gilt initials stamped at center of front board, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
With frontispiece portrait of Meissonier engraved by Baland. First printing of the 34 vignettes by J.L. E. Meissonier and 6 by Foulquier engraved on wood.
Some light foxing.

First edition with original illustrations by Eugène Courboin.
Publisher's full mouse-grey cloth binding, smooth spine, illustrated front cover, very light scratches of no importance to the rear cover, top edge gilt.
Work with illustrations in black and in colour, in-text and full-page.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Half hazelnut shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with double black fillets, slight rubbing traces on spine, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards.
Work illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and 570 coat of arms.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
Rare.

First edition.
Full black cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesque tooling, sextuple blind-stamped fillets framing the boards, title and vignette depicting an allegory of victory accompanied by a cherub stamped in gilt at center of front board, corners very slightly worn, headcaps torn, yellow paper pastedowns and endpapers, publisher's binding.
With contributions by Victorien Sardou, Méry among others.
Contrary to what the volume's title page announces, this volume contains the issues from late December 1861 to late May 1862.
8-page journal extensively illustrated with wood engravings by the greatest artists of the time.
Very handsome copy in its...

First edition.
Half emerald sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesque tooling, corners very worn, headcaps torn, and edges scuffed, yellow paper pastedowns and endpapers, publisher's binding.
With contributions by Léouzon le Duc and Gérôme among others.
Contrary to what the volume's title page announces, this volume contains the complete year 1859, as well as the December 1858 issues.
8-page journal extensively illustrated with wood engravings by the greatest artists of the time.
Very handsome copy in its rare publisher's binding.

First edition.
Full black cloth binding, smooth spine ornately tooled in gilt arabesques, one joint cracked at foot, sextuple fillet stamped in blind framing the boards, title and vignette representing an allegory of victory accompanied by a cherub stamped in gilt at center of front board, corners very lightly bumped, headcaps damaged, small lacks to spine, yellow paper pastedowns and endpapers, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Henri Muller and Gérôme among others.
8-page journal extensively illustrated with woodcuts by the greatest artists of the time.
A very handsome copy in its rare publisher's binding.

First edition.
Full black cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesque tools, six-fold blind-ruled frame to boards, title and vignette depicting an allegory of victory accompanied by a cherub stamped in gilt to center of front board, corners very slightly bumped and small stain to front board, yellow paper pastedowns and endpapers, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Jules Noriac, Claude Bonin and Victorien Sardou 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...

First edition.
Full black cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesque tools, sextuple fillet stamped in blind framing the boards, title and vignette representing an allegory of victory accompanied by a cherub stamped in gilt at the center of the front board, yellow paper pastedowns and endpapers, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Justin Améro, Jules Sandeau and Emmanuel des Essarts among others.
8-page journal extensively illustrated with woodcuts by the greatest artists of the time.
Contrary to what the volume page indicates, this volume groups together all issues from December 1862 to May 1863.
Very fine copy in its rare publisher's binding.

First edition.
Full black cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesque tools, one joint cracked at foot, cold-stamped sextuple fillet framing the boards, title and vignette depicting an allegory of victory accompanied by a cherub stamped in gilt at center of 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.
Very handsome copy in its rare publisher's binding.

First edition.
Full black cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesques, sextuple blind-stamped fillets framing the boards, title and vignette depicting an allegory of victory accompanied by a cherub stamped in gilt at center of 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.
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.
Very handsome copy in its rare publisher's binding.

First edition.
Full black cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesques, sextuple blind-ruled frame to boards, title and vignette depicting an allegory of victory accompanied by a cherub stamped in gilt to center of 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.
Very handsome copy in its rare publisher's binding.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, corners slightly bumped, spine with five raised bands, publisher's binding.
La Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art magazine, 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, joints scuffed, spine with five raised bands, publisher's binding.
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, corners slightly bumped, joints scuffed, spine with five raised bands, publisher's binding.
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 cloth binding, covers scuffed, corners slightly bumped, publisher's binding. Complete volume with its title page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Amédée Achard, Chamfleury, François Coppée, Paul Féval and Charles Yriarte notably, drawings by Karl Bodmer, Gustave Doré and Cham among others and engravings by Chapon and Méaulle among others.
Magazine illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings, 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...

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with blind fillets showing traces of rubbing, gilt fillet frames on marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt.
Work illustrated with 118 lithographic compositions of oil paintings, watercolors, sepias and unpublished drawings by Charlet.

First edition and first issue of Gavarni's illustrations.
Publisher's full red boards binding, smooth spine very slightly faded, boards decorated with gilt decorative motifs, small corner stains on front board.
Work illustrated with 100 large compositions by Gavarni.
A pale marginal dampstain on the title page diminishing and disappearing through the following pages, otherwise pleasant interior condition.

First edition with first printing of Gustave Doré's illustrations.
Half chocolate brown shagreen binding, lightened spine with four raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments adorned with gilt stars, light rubbing traces on joints, blind fillet frames on chocolate brown paper boards, soiled moiré silk endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Work illustrated with 450 vignettes by G. Doré, Foster...
Some minor foxing.

First edition and first printing of the illustrations.
Half dark green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with triple gilt compartments embellished with floral corner motifs, light rubbing traces on joints, blind fillet frames on dark green cardboard boards, moiré-effect endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Work illustrated with drawings after Töpffer by Calame, Girardet, Français, d'Aubigny, Gagnet, Forest...
Scattered foxing.

First edition on ordinary paper, with only 45 Japan copies on deluxe paper.
Bradel binding in blue half-cloth, smooth spine very slightly faded decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt fillet at foot, chocolate shagreen title-label with minor traces of rubbing, marbled paper boards, covers (with three small marginal tears repaired) preserved, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 24 illustrations by H. Laurent-Desrousseaux.

Edition on ordinary paper from the year of the original.
Work illustrated by A. Calbet with a duplicate suite of sanguine plates.
Handsome copy.

New edition printed on ordinary paper.
Work illustrated by Marold and Mittis with duplicate suite of sanguine plates hors-texte.
Handsome copy.

New edition of this fictional voyage which was highly successful and saw numerous editions.
Half brown sheep binding, spine with four false raised bands decorated with triple blind-stamped compartments and gilt fillets, double gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, minor traces of rubbing to joints without significance, corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 3 frontispiece engravings and complete with its folding map of Antenor's voyages at the end of the first volume. Some foxing.

First edition on ordinary paper, only 30 deluxe copies were printed.
Work illustrated by J. Parys and J. Roy.
Spine very lightly cracked without loss, occasional foxing, gift inscription in ink on front endpaper.

Second edition.
Publisher's red paper boards, spine decorated with gilt romantic ornamental motifs, covers with blind-stamped frieze borders, central gilt motif on front cover repeated blind on rear cover.
Rare work illustrated by the finest artists of the period.
Some minor foxing.

Edition illustrated with 25 original etchings by Emile Benassit.
Half chocolate brown shagreen binding with corners, spine with light traces of rubbing with four raised bands set with gilt dots, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, illustrated cover with author's portrait preserved, small traces of rubbing on edges, top edge gilt.
Foxing.

Edition with some parts in first edition.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece and illustrations by P. Kaufmann.
Spine cracked at head with two small lacks at head and foot, scattered foxing.

New edition illustrated with 50 original drawings in the text.
Publisher's full chocolate boards, smooth spine decorated with blind decorative motifs, front board decorated with gilt and blind decorative motifs, blind frames on the rear board.
Rare and handsome copy, free from foxing, in boards of exceptional freshness.

New edition. The first edition dates from 1789. Illustrated with 7 plates including 2 folding (map of France and world map).
Contemporary full speckled brown sheep bindings. Smooth spine decorated with Restoration-style ornamental tools, roulettes and fillets. Gilt fillet frame on boards. Red morocco title and volume labels. Marbled edges. Head of volume II slightly worn. Handsome binding. Library label on headcaps (A42, A43).
Educational manual designed to teach basic knowledge to children, in all areas necessary for life in society, presented in the form of dialogues. The author was a fervent admirer of Rousseau.

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First edition printed on ordinary paper, only 6 deluxe copies were produced.
Work illustrated with five drawings by Etienne Morannes including one as frontispiece.
Rare work dedicated to Joris-Karl Huysmans, handsome copy.

First illustrated edition preceded by an introduction by Pierre Leroux.
Half chocolate shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fillets, some traces of use, contemporary binding. Work illustrated with steel engravings in and outside the text after drawings by Daubigny, Gérard-Séguin, Cabasson, Adrien Guignet, C. Marville, C. Nanteuil, Staal, Traviès and others.
As frontispiece, a portrait of the author engraved by Pannier.
Rare.

Illustrated edition with 28 compositions by O. Cortazzo etched by Abot & Clapès, one of 825 numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue with 175 Japan and Holland paper copies.
A marginal lack affecting the front cover, otherwise a handsome copy.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with 10 etchings by E. Thérond.
A small insignificant stain on the front free endpaper.

First edition of this Balzacian novel featuring a Don Juan and courtesans in the 19th-century style, with all the darkness and nonchalance desired. Illustrated with 20 steel engravings hors texte by Flameng, La Guillermie..., most printed in sanguine. Engravings as head-pieces, initials, tail-pieces...
Full black morocco. Spine with 4 false raised bands. Triple fillet forming 4 compartments each with a decorative tool. Relief escutcheon monogrammed J.D on the upper cover. Edges gilt. Corners somewhat rubbed. Light worming and pale foxing, mainly in the margins of the engravings. Some marginal dampstains on a few isolated leaves.
Handsome edition of this uncommon work. Houssaye was...