Edouard MONTAGNE
La feuille à l'envers
Ed. Monnier|Paris 1885|16 x 24 cm|relié
First edition, alternately illustrated by Gorguet and Fau with initial letters and tailpieces in black, and 10 superb full-page compositions in black with colored and gilt borders. One of 30 copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe edition, No. 12 numbered and signed by Monnier. Original wrappers preserved under an orange tissue sheet (rarely present).
Contemporary full bordeaux morocco binding. Smooth spine decorated with 4 small fleurons and blind and gilt fillets. Wide decorative border frame on boards. Interior frieze. Raw silk endpapers. Light rubbing at head and to 2 corners.
Handsome copy, uncut, full-margined, with fresh paper.
Collection of 10 ribald tales, some vaudevi
€600
Jules VERNE, [et Michel VERNE]
La Chasse au météore. Le Pilote du Danube[The Chase of the Golden Meteor. The Danube Pilot]
Hetzel|Paris s. d. [1908]|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
Edition illustrated by George Roux.
Publisher's Hetzel binding "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red cloth signed Engel, front board polychrome signed Engel presenting the title in a black and gilt fan, several frames in black and gold, a gilt elephant head at top left, three small illustrations as well as various gilt navigation and exploration instruments, all framed within green foliage, second board of type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, spine decorated with several illustrations in color and gold, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
Pen gift inscription on front endpaper.
A fine copy.
€1,000
J.-H. ROSNY
Elem d'Asie. Idylle des temps primitifs
Librairie Borel|Paris 1896|7.50 x 14.50 cm|relié
First illustrated edition. Collection Edouard Guillaume Lotus bleu. The cover is dated 1896, the title page 1897. A frontispiece in double state, black and sanguine, 6 plates and head-pieces, tailpieces... The whole delicately erotic by Mittis. Printed on white glazed laid paper. Ordinary issue after 50 numbered copies on Japan paper and 50 numbered copies on China paper. Original wrappers preserved.

Contemporary full black shagreen binding. Smooth spine decorated with 2 small mirrored tools at head and a stylized tulip on spine. Gilt fillet frame on covers. Interior border. Top edge gilt. Wide margins. Some occasional pale scattered foxing.

Very handsom
€250
Jacques-Henri BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE
Paul et Virginie suivi de la chaumière indienne
Editions Curmer|Paris 1838|17 x 25.70 cm|Un Vol. relié
First edition by Curmer and first printing.
Publisher's so-called "Oriental" binding, commissioned from Simier. Full red shagreen. Smooth spine decorated with a plate featuring orientalist motifs. Boards richly stamped with a large plate with a 6-pointed star at its center. Edges gilt. One missing stitch at the internal joint after the first board, without consequence. One missing stitch at the internal joint of the upper board causing slight play at the bottom of the first board, without consequence. Scattered foxing, unevenly distributed. Paper remained white. Tissue guards present. The endpaper covered with white moiré paper is detached at the end of the volume.
Old restoration
€1,100
Jean-Philippe SCHMIT, Paul GAVARNI
Les deux miroirs, contes pour tous
Chez A. Royer|à Paris 1844|16.50 x 26 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with a frontispiece drawn by Schmit and engraved by Hilaire Guesnu, with 37 color plates hors-texte (instead of 38) and vignettes by Schmit, Gavarni, Nanteuil and Schlesinger.
Half green shagreen binding, faded spine with four raised bands set with gilt cartouches and gilt compartments decorated with typographical corner motifs, double gilt fillets framing the green boards, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns, edges gilt.
Some occasional foxing, one gathering entirely yellowed (pages 26 to 35), one color plate and one gathering foxed, one color hors-texte engraving is missing.
Handsomely illustrated first edition.
€400
John GRAND-CARTERET
XIXe siècle. Classe - Moeurs - Usages. Costumes - Inventions
Firmin-Didot|Paris 1893|21 x 28.50 cm|relié
First edition. Illustrated with a chromotypographic frontispiece, 16 hand-colored pattern plates, 36 ornamental headpieces and letters, and 487 engravings (24 of which printed separately from text). Printed on large glazed white vellum paper.
Publisher's half red shagreen binding by Engel. Smooth spine decorated with a large ornamental floral plate, red shagreen title label. Large special plate on covers signed Giraldon with a central eagle, two roosters... Edges gilt. Some scattered foxing mainly in margins. Slight dampstain under the eagle, otherwise a very handsome copy.
Good copy.
Classic work attempting to capture through history, politics, costumes and customs, the spiri
€400
DRANER
Souvenirs du siège de Paris. Les défenseurs de la capitale. - Les soldats de la République. L'armée française en campagne
Au bureau de l'Eclipse|Paris s. d. [circa 1870]|23.50 x 32 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
For each of the two volumes, first edition illustrated with 32 lithographed plates in color (including the cover) by Draner.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double fillets and gilt fleurons, cold-tooled fillet frame on red paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, two corners very slightly bumped, illustrated covers preserved.
Some light foxing, two small corner losses to the first cover of the second volume, some leaves dog-eared at head.

€400
Johann Wolfgang von GOETHE
Goethe's poetische und prosaische werke in zwei banden. [Goethe: The Collected Works]
J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung|Stuttgart • und Tübingen 1836|18 x 27 cm|4 volumes reliés
Complete works of Goethe comprising his poetry, theater, novels, critical essays and correspondence. Gothic printing in 2 columns. 5 superb steel engravings on thick paper under yellow tissue guards in volume 2 by Kaulbach and Felner in Gothic or classical style and engraved by English engravers, 2 engravings in volume 3. One of the first complete works of the author who died in 1833. The same publisher had issued this edition in 55 thin volumes in 1833, here delivering a more compact and manageable version.
German contemporary full green shagreen binding. Smooth spine decorated with rococo tools connected by long fillets. Gilt title and volume number. Double fillet frame on boards.
€1,200
Louis VEUILLOT
Keepsake chrétien 1840. Les pèlerinages de Suisse. Einsiedlen, Sachslen, Maria-Stein
A. Canuet • I. Rousset|Paris 1938|13.50 x 20 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition illustrated with 13 lithographs including one in color on the half-title page.
Some light dampstaining to margins of leaves in the second half of the work.
Publisher's full black shagreen binding, smooth spine richly decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, headcaps lightly rubbed without significance, covers stamped at their centers with large gilt decoration, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns, scratches to corners, edges gilt.

€100
Rodolphe TÖPFFER
Mr. CryptogameMr Bachelor Butterfly
Imprimerie Levé|Paris s. d. [circa 1870]|28 x 19.50 cm|relié
Rodolphe TÖPFFER & CHAM
Mr. Cryptogame [Mr Bachelor Butterfly]
Imprimerie Levé [Garnier] | Paris n. d. [c. 1870]| 28 x 19.5 cm | publisher's binding
New Garnier edition. 64 pages of illustrations. The unique collaboration between the two inventors of comic books.
Publisher's illustrated cloth in full red glazed calico, spine decorated at the top and bottom with gilt fillets and motifs with a gilt title, boards framed with black fillets and arabesques, the first with a large golden illustration in the centre, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
The upper spine end very slightly lifting, top joint of the upper board a lit
€350
Armand SILVESTRE, Albert ROBIDA
La Plante enchantée
Librairie illustrée|Paris 1895|24 x 32.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy and first printing of Albert Robida's illustrations.
Contemporary binding in red half cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a central gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet and gilt date at foot, long black morocco title label, illustrated pink covers preserved, binding signed Carayon.
A very fine copy.
€600
Félicien CHAMPSAUR, Jules CHÉRET
Lulu, pantomime en un acte
Dentu|Paris 1888|15.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition on current paper, mention of fifth edition.
Some small freckles without gravity.
Illustrated book of color drawings by Louis Morin and Henry Gerbault, preface by Arsène Houssaye.
Illustrated cover and frontispiece by Jules Chéret.
Signed autograph of Félicien Champsaur to glass painter Henri Carot: "To the good artist Henri Carot, in strong sympathy ..."
€200
Étienne MOREAU-NÉLATON
Notre-Dame de Val-Joyeux
Henri Floury|Paris 1900|17.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 135 copies on Arches paper numbered and justified by Etienne Moreau-Nélaton , only draw after 5 Japan old.
Some small freckles without gravity affecting essentially the guards, complete copy of its fragile on protective cover on paper of China.
Book decorated with illustrations and frames Art Nouveau.
Signed autograph of Etienne Moreau-Nélaton glass painter Henri Carot: "To the good artist Henri Carot, in strong sympathy ..."
€250
Étienne MOREAU-NÉLATON
Le Peau-Rouge
Henri Floury|Paris 1902|17.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First Edition printed in 100 copies numbered on Arches paper.
Rare foxing, nice copy.
Signed autograph of Etienne Moreau-Nélaton glass painter Henri Carot.
€350
Silvio PELLICO
Mes prisons suivies du discours sur les devoirs des hommes
Delahaye|Paris 1843|18.50 x 26.50 cm|relié
First illustrated edition with a frontispiece on China paper and 24 hors-texte plates as well as numerous vignettes by Tony Johanot. Fine Romantic illustrated work.
Publisher's binding in full red shagreen with special tools. Spine richly decorated with a large ornamental panel along its length, the publisher's name at foot. Upper cover with a special panel depicting the author in chains, large rocaille ornamental border tools, blind fillets. Lower cover decorated with a large central tool and rocaille border tools. Interior frieze. Gilt edges. White moiré silk endpapers. Spine gilt slightly faded, otherwise light scattered foxing, mainly on the endleaves and at the beginning, then in t
€500
Gaston CHÉRAU
Le monstre
P.V. Stock|Paris 1913|24.50 x 33 cm|broché
First Edition printed 300 copies numbered on large vellum Arches paper.
Back and flat very slightly and marginally insolated without gravity.
Nice copy.
Handwritten signature of Gaston Chérau below the justification of the draw.
€80
Eugène CHAVETTE, Paul-Adolphe KAUFFMANN
Les petits drames de la vertu
Marpon & Flammarion|Paris 1882|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Half black shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, minor rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, original wrappers preserved.
Foxing.
Work illustrated by Kauffmann and Lévy.
€40
Eugène CHAVETTE, Paul-Adolphe KAUFFMANN
Les bêtises vraies
Marpon & Flammarion|Paris s. d. [circa 1882]|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of the rare copies on Holland paper of which no mention is made.
Half black shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, spine slightly warped, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, original wrappers preserved.
Handsome interior condition.
Work illustrated by Kauffmann.
€80
Charles DICKENS
The posthumous papers of the Pickwick club
Chapman and Hall|London 1842|15 x 23 cm|relié
New edition after the original of 1837 published by the same publisher, conforming in all respects to it. It is illustrated with 43 satirical captioned plates including a frontispiece and a title-frontispiece bearing the date 1837.
Later binding ca 1880 in half brown shagreen. Spine with false raised bands decorated with compartments and blind fillets. Gilt title. Browning on the verso of the half-title, otherwise very clean throughout with rare spotting. It is rare to encounter the engravings without foxing due to the paper used which is most often found heavily browned or foxed. Light traces of rubbing. Handsome copy.
The posthumous papers, like all of Dickens's works,
€550
Johann Jacob KIRCHHOFF
Lieder und Fabeln[Songs and Fables]
Edouard Kretzschmar|Leipzig s. d. [circa 1840]|15 x 22.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with wood engravings by Edouard Kretzschmar.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, gilt monogram of Alcide de Beauchesne at foot of spine, some rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Foxing.
Provenance: from the library of Alcide de Beauchesne with his gilt monograms stamped at foot of spines.

€50
Bertrand de MOLLEVILLE
Costumes des Etats héréditaires de la Maison d'Autriche[Costumes of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria]
Imprimé pour William Miller|Londres [London] 1804|26 x 36 cm (In-folio)|relié
First edition, superbly illustrated with 50 engraved and hand-coloured plates, all numbered and signed by William Ellis. Bilingual text, first in English, followed by the French translation on facing pages. Printed on deluxe wove paper.
English binding. Spine entirely rebacked in chocolate shagreen, decorated with five blind-stamped romantic floral tools. Brown calf boards adorned with a large central lozenge composed of leafy friezes. Blind-stamped border frieze with corner tools, and a second leafy border. Upper board split along the joint and nearly detached, lower joint open at the foot over 5 cm, with a continuing crack of 10 cm though the leather remains closed. Corners heavily w
€1,500
Edgar DEGAS, Georges William THORNLEY
15 lithographies d'après Degas
Boussod, Valadon & Cie|Paris s. d. [1889]|41 x 59 cm|en feuilles sous portefeuille de l'éditeur
15 lithographies d'après Degas [15 lithographs after Degas]
Boussod, Valadon & C^ie| Paris [1889] | folio (41 x 59 cm) | loose leaves under the publisher's portfolio

First and only edition published of this remarkable set of 15 original lithographs from the post-impressionist painter George William Thornley, only 100 copies printed.
Publisher's portfolio bound in boards very skilfully restored.
14 of the 15 lithographs are printed in colour (black, blue, green, mauve and different browns) on broadside China paper laid on pale blue thick paper, one is directly printed on thick paper.
All except the last, bear the stamp of Tho
€20,000
Ernest L'ÉPINE, Gustave DORÉ
La légende de Croque - Mitaine
Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie|Paris 1863|24.50 x 32 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with 177 drawings by Gustave Doré, including vignettes, plates, headpieces... All engraved by Maurand, Sarglat... Fine printing on large white laid paper. Title page in red and black.
Contemporary half red morocco binding with corners in long grain. Smooth spine richly decorated with large romantic tools in compartments. Triple fillet rule on boards. Original wrappers preserved. Rubbing to joints, headcaps and edges. Corners bumped and slightly turned. Joint fragile at tail of upper board. Fine copy, with very white paper free from foxing.
This fable features Charlemagne and his brave knights, and all the characters from Ariosto.
€650
Jacques ARAGO
Souvenirs d'un aveugle, voyage autour du monde
Hortet et Ozanne|Paris 1839|15.50 x 23.50 cm|4 volumes reliés
Revised and truly new edition, it has been incorrectly described as a new edition, it is ultimately a recast edition, with some parts in first edition and better than those which preceded it, expanded with illustrations. 60 lithographic plates after drawings by Jacques Arago. The book bears for the first time a new title: Souvenirs d'un aveugle, whereas Arago was afflicted with this infirmity in 1837, the previous editions are under the title: Promenade autour du monde.
Contemporary half black shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with blind compartments and thick fillets. Gilt title and volume number. Signs of rubbing. Scattered pale foxing. Handsome copy, good s
€1,200
(NAPOLÉON III) Édouard AUBERT
La vallée d'Aoste[The Aosta Valley]
Amyot|Paris 1860|34 x 27 cm|relié
Amyot, Paris 1860, 11.5 x 18.5 cm, bound
First edition published the same year the Aosta Valley became part of Italy. The work is illustrated with 97 wood engravings in the text, 33 steel insert engravings, 6 chromotypographies and a map.
Bound in half red shagreen, spine decorated with blind tooling, “Palais de Compiègne” gold stamped at the head of the spine, Napoleon III's monogram gold stamped on the spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, contemporary binding. Some minor foxing.
"Bibliothèque de la Couronne - Compiègne” stamp on the title page. Our copy, unlike those placed in the national collection when the Palais de Compiègne library disbanded, does not have th
€8,000
Rodolphe TÖPFFER
Nouveaux voyages en zig-zag, A la grande Chartreuse, autour du Mont Blanc, dans les vallées d'Herenz, de Zematt, au Grimsel, a Gênes et a la Corniche
Victor Lecou|Paris 1854|19 x 27.20 cm|relié
First edition, illustrated with 48 hors-texte engravings including the frontispiece, several in-text woodcuts, all after drawings by the author and engraved by Girardet, Français, Daubigny... With a notice by Sainte-Beuve.
Publisher's polychrome binding in full navy blue percaline cloth. Superb first cover decorated with a large polychrome plate (blue, red, cream, green, yellow and gold) featuring a walker tipping his straw hat in nature. Lenègre bindery at bottom of the plate. Spine decorated with a large polychrome plate with somewhat faded colors, notably the blue, but the golds remain bright. Handsome second cover decorated with a gilt landscape on beige ground within rich ornament.
€650
B. WINKLES, R. GARLAND
French cathedrals
Charles Tilt|London 1837|26 x 32 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with an engraved title featuring a large vignette, and 49 steel plates printed on China paper and mounted on strong vellum, drawn from life by Garland and engraved by Winkles. Text on tinted vellum.
Publisher's full blue cloth binding. Smooth spine, the title in a gilt Gothic cartouche. Boards with large blind angular ornaments of stylized foliage. Spine faded, discoloration to boards. Headcaps turned over. Almost all plates show dampstaining to lower margin, as well as the first 2 leaves.
Copy with very wide margins, uncut.
This monograph on French cathedrals is based on the description and study of 6 cathedrals representing the evolution of French G
€200
Charles DICKENS
Dealings with the firm Dombey and son
Bradbury and Evans|London 1848|14 x 22 cm|relié
First edition, rare, first issue with the 8 lines of errata on one leaf. The illustration, executed according to the author's very precise instructions, comprises a frontispiece, an engraved title with a vignette and 38 plates by Hablot Knight Browne, including one in mezzotint: On the dark road. Text on tinted laid paper.

Contemporary half red shagreen binding. Raised bands spine, decorated. Author and title in gilt. Top edge gilt. Margins of the frontispiece, engraved title and engravings browned, as is usually the case in English editions of Dickens. Clean text, free from foxing. Light rubbing. Handsome copy.
A novel written in a distinctly darker vein f
€1,600
William Makepeace THACKERAY
The history of Pendennis. His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy
Bradbury and Evans|London 1849 - 1850|14.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition abundantly illustrated with 2 engraved titles with vignettes and very numerous in-text vignettes by the author, as well as 46 plates by Richard Doyle.
Contemporary English binding in half green calf with corners. Spine with false raised bands richly decorated. Brown shagreen title and volume labels. Rubbing to headcaps, joints and corners. Brown dampstain to engraved titles in margin, and to the first 3 plates, the dampstain becoming pale on all plates, more or less pronounced, sometimes minimal, sometimes present.
The tribulations of a young English gentleman seeking his place in society and in life, the novel is a satire of human nature and Victorian aristocratic so
€800
Gustave DORE, Honoré de BALZAC
Les contes drolatiques colligez es abbayes de Touraine et mis en lumière par le sieur de Balzac pour l'esbattement des pantagruelistes et non aultres
Garnier frères|Paris 1860 (S.d)|13.50 x 20 cm|relié
Sixth edition and second printing of the 425 compositions by Gustave Doré. "masterpiece where each vignette is a discovery" (Béradi)
Full red long-grained morocco binding signed Thivet (at the top of the first endpaper). Richly decorated spine with raised bands. Gilt title. Triple gilt ruling on boards. Rich inner gilt border. All edges gilt. Spine slightly faded.
Scattered foxing.
Superb copy, very rare in full binding, moreover in full morocco.
"The idea of illustrating these texts had been suggested by the Bibliophile Jacob, Paul Lacroix, who had been commissioned by Balzac's widow for the philological revision of the text. The illustrations fall within a caricatural
€650
Alfred de VIGNY
Servitude et grandeur militaires
Librairie des Bibliophiles|Paris 1885|13.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with a portrait frontispiece and 6 etchings after Julien Le Blanc, engraved by Champollion as well as ornaments by Giacomelli. Title printed in red and black. Copy on handmade Holland paper, one of 100 unnumbered copies. Total print run of 200 copies.
Contemporary half brown morocco with corners. Smooth spine in Jansenist style. Title and date gilt. Top edge gilt. Light rubbing to corners and joints, and to boards.
Very handsome copy, uncut.
€300
Antony THOURET
Blanche de Saint-Simon, ou France et Bourgogne. Chronique de 1468
Ladvocat|Paris 1835|14.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition of this historical novel written by Antony Thouret while incarcerated in the prisons of Saint-Waast.
Binding in half morocco green morocco, smooth back decorated with a central and gilded floral pattern, golden date tail, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, blankets (dirty and doubled) preserved, binding of XIXth posterior of a few decades at work.
Rare book illustrated with a portrait of the author and an off-text figure engraved on wood by Eugene Forest.
Our copy is enriched by a signed autograph letter of three pages Antony Thouret to his publisher Ladvocat in which it is particularly question a second edition of the book wh
€350
Sadahide UTAGAWA
Kawanakajima gunkan (Batailles de l'île Kawanaka)
Sadahide|1860 (S.d)|12 x 18 cm|broché
First edition composed of 50 illustrated leaves including numerous double-page scenes. The author of the text could not be identified.
Japanese binding sewn in accordion style. Title label with several lacks. Creases on blue gauffred cover.
The battles on Kawanaka island took place in 1550-1560 between two shoguns: TAKADA Shingen and UESUGI Kenshin. TAKEDA ruled over Yamanashi. UESUGI ruled over Nagano. Both regions are located west of Tokyo. The 2 shoguns fought 5 or 6 times on the island without being able to defeat each other. The island is situated in the course of the Shinano river. The drawings contain particularly expressive battle scenes, on horseback, on foot, with lance o
€700
Félicien CHAMPSAUR, Georges BOTTINI
Nuit de fête
Offenstadt frères|Paris s. d. [1902]|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Minor scratches of no consequence to the spine.
Work decorated with 75 illustrations in black and watercolored with pochoir by Georges Bottini, Auguste François-Marie Gorguet and Charles Lucas.
Cover illustrated by Georges Bottini.

€80
Charles DICKENS
Little Dorrit
Bradbury and Evans|London 1857|14 x 21.70 cm|relié
First edition illustrated by H. K. Browne with a frontispiece, an engraved title with a vignette and 38 plates including 8 in mezzotint. This edition contains all the points of the first issue: 3 lines of errata p. xiv; "William" instead of Frederick p. 317; "Rigaud" in place of "Blandois" p.467.
Contemporary half black glazed calf binding. Spine with false raised bands decorated with fillets. Burgundy calf title label. Wine-colored percale boards. A slight small lack at head. Signs of rubbing to headcaps, joints and corners. Narrow split along the upper joint for 2 cm. Lower joint split for 10 cm on the last third of the joint above the tail. 2 corners slightly bumped. Text paper quite
€1,200
Paul-Albert LAURENS, Pierre LOUŸS
Suite de six eaux-fortes de Albert Laurens pour Aphrodite de Pierre Louÿs
Pierre Duffau|Paris 1897|23 x 32 cm|en feuilles
First edition, one of 40 copies on China, ours one of the 10 copies out of business literati with remark and signature of Paul Albert Laurens .
Nice copy despite tiny marginal freckles not serious at the head of some leaflets.
€500
Jules VERNE
L'étoile du sud. Le pays des diamants
Hetzel|Paris 1884|-|relié
First illustrated edition. 63 engravings and one map after Benett. CH catalogue in fine.
Publisher's binding called "Aux initiales" in dark green signed Magnier at tail. Second board with blind rosette. Handsome first plate with particularly brilliant gilt. Corners rubbed, and the 2 of the pastedown slightly turned in. Spine with faded gilt. Headcaps rubbed. Traces of rubbing on joints. Blue stamp in the form of a label on half-title. Lescude bookshop label, Pau on pastedown.
Paper overall very fresh, with some pale foxing on title page and on first leaf of catalogue.
Handsome copy.
L'Étoile du Sud is an adventure novel by Paschal Grousset, sold to publisher Hetzel, then
€500
François RABELAIS, Albert ROBIDA
Oeuvres
La librairie illustrée|Paris 1885 - 1886|24.50 x 32 cm|2 volumes reliés
Illustrated edition by Robida, first printing with 49 plates (8 in color, 35 in camaieu and 6 in black), and numerous text illustrations (approximately 600).
Publisher's polychrome illustrated boards signed Souze and bound by Engel. Special gilt and blue plate on red ground. Spine similar. Rear board with a half-timbered house in a central roundel and blind angular cornerpieces.
Front board of first volume very good, that of the second with a 1cm diameter stain, and soiling to the upper part of the black border. Lower corners bumped, others rubbed. A tear to the spine of the first volume. Headcaps rubbed, those at head turned in. Soiling to rear boards. Scattered and unevenly distr
€950
Charles DICKENS
The posthumous papers of the Pickwick club
Chapman and Hall|London 1837|13.50 x 21.30 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with 43 plates including a frontispiece and a title-frontispiece (all plates are bound consecutively, after the preliminary pages, half-title, title page, preface and table of contents). MCCCXXXVII on title page. The plates bear no captions; the first 27 have pagination at bottom of page, the following bear no indication and appear to be before lettering (with pencil pagination notation). Our volume possesses several features attesting to the very first printing: Line 29 p. 260: "holding"; p. 341 line 1: "inbe-licate"; p. 342 line 5: "S. Veller"; p. 432 the F of Posthumous papers of is poorly printed. The engraved title is in second state with Tony Weller's name abo
€500
Louis CATAT
Voyage à Madagascar (1889-1890)
Librairie Hachette|Paris 1895|24 x 31.50 cm|relié
Edition abundantly illustrated with 167 wood engravings including 37 full-page and 3 maps including one in color.
Contemporary half black morocco with corners. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 compartmentalized fleurons. Gilt title. Fillets on boards. Top edge gilt. Original wrappers preserved. Uncut copy. The 2 lower corners slightly bumped, the wrappers show foxing. Very handsome copy, beautifully fresh, in a splendid binding.
Doctor Louis Caltat was charged in 1888 with a scientific exploration mission to Madagascar by the Ministry of Public Instruction. He traveled 8000 km during three voyages. Upon his return, he wrote this book very rich in descriptions, covering cust
€500
Maurice LELOIR, Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU
Les confessions[The Confessions]
H. Launette & Cie|Paris 1889|22 x 32 cm|2 volumes reliés
Edition illustrated with 96 original compositions by Maurice Leloir engraved as etchings.
Full red morocco-grained shagreen bindings, spines with five fine raised bands set with gilt friezes and decorated with richly decorated gilt compartments, gilt floral friezes at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, triple gilt fillet frames on covers, floral bouquets in cover corners, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt floral motifs in pastedown corners, gilt edges on leading edges, covers stitched and spine preserved.
One scratch at head of second volume joint.
Preface by Jules Clarétie.
Handsome copy beautifully executed.
€900
Jules JANIN
La Bretagne
Ernest Bourdin|1844|16.50 x 26.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 150 in-text wood-engraved vignettes and 24 beautiful full-page plates (including 2 maps) steel-engraved after Morel-Fatio, Tellier, Gigoux, Daubigny, Debon, H. Bellangé and Alfred Johannot. It also includes 8 additional hand-colored engravings, including 2 of coats of arms and 6 of costumes, which are not found in the first edition of 1843.
Publisher's binding in full black and polychrome cloth. Light rubbing traces. Small lack of gilding at foot. Very occasional pale foxing on clean white paper.
A very handsome copy.
€650
Gustave TOUDOUZE, Julien LE BLANT
La vengeance des Peaux-de-Bique
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1896|17.50 x 28 cm|relié
First Edition, one of the review copies service, second edition mention on the fake title page.
Binding in full brown paper, smooth back, title piece of morocco chocolate brown, blankets and back preserved, gilded head, binding signed Dreneau.
Ex libris manuscript of Emile Henriot at the head of a guard.
Autograph signed by Henri de Montherlant Emile Henriot.
€200
Jules VERNE
Maître du monde - Un drame en Livonie[Master of the World – A Drama in Livonia]
Jules Hetzel|Paris 1904|17.50 x 27.50 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur
First large octavo edition illustrated by George Roux.
Hetzel publisher's binding signed Engel known as "au globe" type 4, spine with lighthouse, second board type Engel "i" according to Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Original blue endpapers marginally lightened as usual. A small mark at the top of the first board.
Sequel to Robur the Conqueror, Master of the World tells of Robur's return to civilization aboard an amphibious vehicle.
A Drama in Livonia is a detective novel featuring an innocent man accused of a murder he did not commit in Livonia.
Handsome copy.
€800
Jules VERNE
Le Volcan d'or[The Golden Volcano]
Jules Hetzel|Paris 1907-1910|17.50 x 27.50 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur
First edition large octavo illustrated with 64 drawings by Roux including 12 polychrome out-of-text engravings with blank verso.
Publisher's Hetzel binding signed Engel called "à l'éventail et à un éléphant avec titre dans l'éventail", lighthouse spine, first cover with gilt scientific instruments in the foreground, three gilt illustrations and green foliage, second cover of Engel "i" type according to Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Original blue endpapers marginally lightened as usual, first hinge very slightly cracked.
Posthumous novel, Le Volcan d'or takes place during the gold rush period and features two Franco-Canadian cousins inheriting a concession on the banks of t
€700
Aurélien de COURSON, COLLECTIF
La Bretagne contemporaine. Sites pittoresques, monuments, costumes, scènes de moeurs, histoire, légendes, traditions et usages des cinq départements de cette province[Contemporary Brittany. Picturesque Sites, Monuments, Costumes, Scenes of Manners, History, Legends, Traditions and Customs of the Five Departments of this Province]
Charpentier|Paris • & Nantes 1863|33 x 49 cm|3 volumes reliés
First edition illustrated with 167 plates drawn from life by Félix Benoist and lithographed by leading Parisian artists including Arnout, Bachelier, Benoist, David, Fichot, Tirpenne...
Bound in half bottle-green shagreen, spines with four raised bands framed with gilt rolls and decorated with double gilt panels featuring typographic motifs and gilt heraldic ermines, gilt names and places at the foot, covers of bottle-green percaline framed with a broad gilt lace border enriched with heraldic ermines and gilt armorials, boards stamped in the centre with the gilt arms of Brittany and of the city of Nantes within a gilt mandorla, white moiré silk endleaves and pastedowns, publisher's bindi
€3,000
Enrique ATALAYA, Miguel de CERVANTES
Rinconète et Cortadillo
H. Launette & Cie|Paris 1891|18 x 28.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 67 original compositions by Enrique Atalaya, one of 500 numbered copies on white laid paper.
Full red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt garlands decorated with gilt typographical motifs, gilt roulettes on headcaps, triple gilt fillet border on boards ornamented with a scatter of floral motifs connected by floral friezes stamped in blind, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, blind fillet border and floral corner motifs, gilt edges on leading edges, original wrappers preserved.
Foxing.

€180
Emile BAYARD, Alphonse DAUDET
Fromont jeune et Risler ainé
Librairie L. Conquet|Paris 1885|14.50 x 23.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
Edition illustrated with 12 original compositions by Emile Bayard engraved as etchings by J. Massard, one of 150 numbered copies on Japan paper with the etchings in double state, deluxe copy.
Bradel bindings in half saffron cloth with corners, smooth spines decorated with gilt floral motif, dates and double gilt fillets at foot, olive green shagreen title-labels, marbled paper boards, contemporary bindings.
Some foxing affecting mainly the white endpapers of the binding.

€250
Adolphe LALAUZE, Marguerite Jeanne Cordier de Launay, baronne de STAAL
Mémoires de Madame de Staal - de Launay
Librairie des bibliophiles L. Jouaust • A. Ferroud|Paris 1890|15.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition of 41 original etchings by Adolphe Lalauze, one of 50 copies on vellum vat, in 1 volume, and with etchings in duplicate.
Binding in half navy blue percaline with corners, smooth back decorated with a gilded floral pattern, date and double gilded nets tail, pieces of brown chocolate maroquinated shagreen, boards of marbled paper, preserved cover, binding of l 'time.
Our copy is exceptionally enriched with an original watercolor by Adolphe Lalauze, which he signed at the foot of the fake title page.
€400
Théophile GAUTIER, Adolphe LALAUZE
Jean et Jeannette
A. Ferroud|Paris 1894|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 24 original compositions by Adolphe Lalauze, one of 200 numbered copies on Japan paper or grand Arches vellum, ours on Japan paper from the deluxe issue.
Full floral fabric binding, smooth spine, sand morocco title-label, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by Champs.
Preface by Léo Claretie.
Handsome copy despite some light foxing.
Our copy contains two states of the etchings by Adolphe Lalauze.

€400
Louis LEMERCIER DE NEUVILLE
La fille Elisa. Scène d'atelier en un acte par un auteur bien connu avec illustrations d'un artiste aussi renommé qu'original
Au temple de Vénus|Rome [Rome] s. d. [circa 1880]|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition printed in a very small number on laid paper and attributed sometimes to Louis Lemercier de Neuville, sometimes to Charles Monselet.
Bradel binding in half blue percaline with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at head and foot, marbled paper boards, fragile parchment wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy of this parody of Edmond de Goncourt's novel.
Work illustrated with 2 etchings by an unknown artist.

€100
Adrien MARIE, Frédéric BOURDIN
Monsieur le ministre
Maison Quantin|Paris 1885|20.50 x 29.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition of 10 original Adrien Marie compositions etched by Wallet, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan featuring etchings in double condition;
Binding in half gray percaline with corners, smooth back adorned with a floral golden pattern, golden date and double fillet in tail, title piece of navy shagreen, boards of marbled paper, Contemporary binding.
Edition enriched with an unpublished preface by Jules Clarétie.
Some foxinges mainly affecting the white guards of the binding.
Our copy is exceptionally embellished with an original watercolor in color signed Frédéric Bourdin on the page preceding the title page.
€600
Léon GALIBERT, Clément PELLÉ
Angleterre. L'univers. Histoire et description de tous les peuples
Firmin Didot frères|Paris 1842|13.50 x 21.70 cm|4 volumes reliés
First edition illustrated with 197 plates and 5 maps, 3 of which folding. Collection L'univers illustrée.
Contemporary half green sheep bindings. Smooth spines decorated with 2 tools and a succession of monastic roll ornaments. Gilt titles and volume numbers. Upper joint of volume 4 cracked at head for 1 cm. Rubbing.
Handsome copies, very decorative.
History of England, by period: Saxon period, Norman period, Tudors, House of Hanover... Volume 4 contains the history of Scotland and Ireland, the authors having chosen to group under the term England the United Kingdom.
€400
Maurice LELOIR, Gustave-Amable PREVOST
Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du chevalier Des Grieux
H. Launette|Paris 1885|22.50 x 31.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 12 hors-texte watercolors as well as 225 vignettes and ornaments by Maurice Leloir.
Half blue morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands showing minor rubbing, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Champs.
Some foxing.
Preface by Guy de Maupassant.

€200
Prosper MÉRIMÉE, Édouard TOUDOUZE
Chronique du règne de Charles IX
Emile Testard & Cie|Paris 1889|20 x 29.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 110 original compositions by Edouard Toudouze, one of 75 numbered copies on Japan paper containing an additional state of the illustrations, the only deluxe copies after 25 on China paper.
Half turquoise cloth binding with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, chocolate brown morocco title label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
Handsome copy.

€400
Eugène COURBOIN, STENDHAL
L'abbesse de Castro
Les sociétaires de l'Académie des beaux livres|Paris 1890|17.50 x 26 cm|relié
Edition not put into commerce and printed in 160 nominative copies, ours for L.J. Baptiste Bourdery.
This publication is illustrated with 13 etchings engraved by Manesse after drawings by Eugène Courboin, including 7 headpieces and 6 tailpieces as well as 9 Art Nouveau style decorative border frames, in one tone repeated on each page, by Eugène Courboin.
Bradel binding in half pink cloth with corners, smooth spine faded and lightened decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, navy blue shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, illustrated covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing affecting mainly the plain endpapers of
€500
Adolphe LALAUZE, Paul de MUSSET
Le dernier abbé
A. Ferroud|Paris 1891|16.50 x 25 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 17 original compositions by Adolphe Lalauze, one of the numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copies with the copies on grand vélin d'Arches.
Bradel binding in half pink cloth with corners, smooth spine faded and discolored decorated with a gilt floral motif, date and double gilt fillet at foot, burgundy shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Our copy is enhanced with a double state of the compositions.
Handsome copy despite small foxing affecting mainly the white endpapers of the binding.
€400
Edmond RUDAUX, Hector GIACOMELLI
Les oeillets de Kerlaz
Librairie L. Conquet|Paris 1885|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies justified by Louis Conquet on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Bradel binding in half blue-grey cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, navy blue shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, contemporary binding.
Light foxing on endpapers, otherwise a handsome copy.
Work illustrated with 4 original etchings by Edmond Rudaux and 8 headpieces and tailpieces by Hector Giacomelli.
€400
Jules VERNE
Mistress Branican
Hetzel|Paris 1891|18.50 x 28 cm|relié
Second printing of the first illustrated edition. 83 drawings by Benett, 12 colored plates hors-texte, 2 colored maps. Catalogue FX in fine.
Publisher's binding known as "Au portrait imprimé", this being its first appearance. At the bottom of the upper plate "Collection hetzel" appears on a black background; copies with a red background constitute the very first illustrated edition, while this represents the definitive version of the binding, published however in the same year. Second plate of Lenègre type e, with the medallion on black background.
Handsome first plate, with beautiful red gilt. Spine sunned, with faded colors. Headcaps rubbed and depressed. Second plate good with a
€550
Cesar VECELLIO
Costumes anciens et modernes. Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il mondo
Firmin Didot frères|1859|15 x 22.80 cm|2 volumes reliés
Fourth and best edition of this famous collection of costumes. Graesse,VII, 267: "This new edition reproduces exactly all the costumes figured in the first three, but this time drawn more correctly by M. Seguin and engraved on wood by M. Huyot". It contains 513 plates of costumes engraved on wood in various frames; the text itself in Renaissance-type frames. The whole is printed on fine wove paper. Each double page has a costume and its caption opposite in Italian and French.
Contemporary half black shagreen bindings. Spines with raised bands decorated with 4 fleurons. Black shagreen title and volume labels. Edges gilt. Very rare scattered worming. Handsome copy with beautifully fresh p
€500
Charles LÉANDRE
Nocturnes
H. Simonis Empis|Paris s. d. [1896]|27.50 x 37.50 cm|relié
Illustrated first edition of drawings by Charles Leander.
Preface by Pierre Veber.
Binding in half brown percaline, smooth back decorated with gilded floral motifs, marbled paper plates, preserved covers, blunt corners, Contemporary binding signed by Pierson.
Three small marginal gaps of paper on the guards.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Charles Léandre at Lévy-Bruhl.
€200
Walter SCOTT
The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott
Adam and Charles Black|Edinburgh 1857|18 x 25 cm|relié
New edition, illustrated with a frontispiece, an engraved title and 18 plates, all on steel, and very numerous wood engravings (headpieces, tailpieces, vignettes) after Turner, Birket Foster & John Gilbert. Several facsimiles. Edition with notes, additions and remarks by J. G. Lockhart. Fine careful printing in 2 columns. Each work contains a half-title, an appendix. Clear and well-structured edition, perfectly illustrated with Scottish landscapes and historical scenes.
Publisher's binding in full beveled ultramarine gilt cloth. Smooth spine decorated with a large ornamental composition evoking medieval illuminated books. Large decorative blue and gold plate, very rich, with central car
€550
André COLONEL DELAGRAVE
Mémoires du colonel Delagrave. Campagne du Portugal (1810-1811)
Lib. Charles Delagrave|Paris s. d. [1902]|14.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at tail, black shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Gift inscription in ink from a previous owner on the half-title page of the volume, foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume.
Rare work illustrated with 8 watercolored plates of military costume, 4 black portraits and 1 folding map at end of volume.

€380
Jules VERNE
Le superbe OrénoqueThe Mighty Orinoco
Hetzel|Paris 1898|18.50 x 28 cm|relié
VERNE Jules
Le Superbe Orénoque
[The Mighty Orinoco]
Hetzel, Paris 1898, 18,5 x 28 cm, publisher's binding
First illustrated edition by George Roux, completed with 20 plates; most are polychromes, but some are black and white or sepia. Catalogue AJ at end. There is only one cover au globe doré for this title.
Publisher's binding au globe doré in type 3. Plate by Blancheland, binding by Engel. The second cover of the type Engel's e, red vertical letters on a black background.
Written in 1894 and appearing for the first time in 1898, Le Superbe Orénoque is an adventure novel about a girl in search of her father. The novel is bas
€550
Jules VERNE
Aventures du Capitaine Hatteras au Pôle Nord
Hetzel|Paris 1875|18 x 27.50 cm|relié
New edition, illustrated with 150 vignettes by Riou.
Publisher's binding known as "A la bannière" in bright blue on burgundy, type 1. Second board of Lenègre type b, with the octagonal blind-stamped medallion. Plate signed Souze. Lenègre binder. On verso of title page Imp. Gauthier-Villars.
Fine first plate with minute defects, a whitish spot in the outer border, a scratch on a spot at the lower border; upper right corner having suffered a fold. Spine good, headcaps rubbed, the head one slightly folded over. Minute split at the lower joint at head for a few millimeters, with a slight tear to the cloth. Spine with dark soiling and a dampstain in the medallion. 2 leaves slightly prot
€550
Frédéric BOUYER, Gaston RIOU
La Guyane française. Notes et souvenirs d'un voyage exécuté en 1862-1863
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1867|26 x 35 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition illustrated with drawings by Riou, Rapine and Delahaye.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five thin raised bands decorated with quintuple gilt compartments ornamented at their centers with gilt fleurons, blind fillet frame on red paper boards, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns with some foxing, gilt edges, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume.
Handsome interior condition.

€200
Thomas ALOM, Alexandre SOSSON
Itinéraire pittoresque aux comtés de Chester, de Derby, de Leicester, Lincoln, de Nottingham, et de Rutland
Fisher, fils et Cie|Paris • & New York • & London 1837-1838|22 x 28.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition of the French translation by Alexandre Sosson.
Publisher's binding, smooth navy blue shagreen spine decorated with gilt and decorated cartouches, sky blue watered silk boards marginally discolored and decorated at corners with romantic arabesques stamped in blind, discoloration stains on front board, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns, edges gilt.
Work illustrated with its 73 views after drawings by Thomas Allom.
Some light foxing.

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€120
ANONYME
Heures choisies des dames chrétiennes. Tiré des manuscrits du XIIe au XVIIe siècle provenant du cabinet de Mr. H. Baudot, à Dijon
Lesort|Paris 1874|12 x 15.50 cm|relié
First edition, illustrated with a frontispiece and 207 chromolithographs, including 5 engravings, with a different chromographic border for each page and several chapter headings. Superb chromographic illustration inspired by medieval books of hours.
Publisher's binding in full brown morocco. Spine with 5 raised bands in Jansenist style. Title in blind. Upper cover with a monogram composed of an L and D intertwined in chased silver, 4 small chased silver ornaments at the corners, which are found on the lower cover with a larger central ornament. Edges gilt. Wide and rich interior border. Red silk endpapers. Light rubbing to headcaps, corners and gilt. Fine scratches on the covers.
€500
Jules VERNE
L'île à hélice
Hetzel|Paris 1895|18 x 28 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with 80 drawings by Benett and 12 hors-texte in colors. Catalogue D for 1895 attesting to the first edition.
Publisher's binding known as "Au portrait collé". Signed Paul Souze plate on the cannonball. Lenègre et cie at foot of spine and on the anchor. Very fine first plate. Corners very slightly turned. Spine good, with a white stain on the title-label and a scratched area on the lighthouse vignette. Headcaps sunken. It should be noted that the lighthouse vignette is no longer sky blue but midnight blue. Second cover good, but with darker areas and a whitish spot. Warped copy, one leaf protruding.
Remarkably fresh paper, completely free of foxing, very ap
€650
Edmond ABOUT
Trente et quarante
Hachette|Paris 1891|20.50 x 27.70 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with in-text and full-page illustrations by Vogel and ornaments by Giraldon (typographic etching). Printed on large glazed vellum. Title page in red and black.
Publisher's binding in full chocolate shagreen. Spine with false raised bands decorated with interlaced figures 30 and 40. Boards decorated with a pattern of figures 30 and 40, with a border frieze. This pattern is repeated on the green endpapers. Spine uniformly faded to tawny. Light rubbing to corners. One nick at head.
Very fine copy, perfectly fresh.
Art critic and political journalist, his comic and satirical novels earned him great renown, notably Le roi des montagnes. Le Trente et quaran
€350
Jules VERNE
Michel Strogoff. De Moscou à Irkoutsk, suivi de un drame au Mexique
Hetzel|Paris 1895|18.50 x 28 cm|relié
New illustrated edition with numerous drawings by J. Ferat, as with other editions, and 8 polychrome plates. The first "Au portrait collé" publisher's boards from 1892 do not contain these chromotypographies. Catalogue D in fine.
Publisher's boards known as "Au portrait collé" signed Lenègre relieur. Second board of Lenègre type e. The particularity of this binding is that it is actually the portrait binding for L'île à helice whose red title cartouches on the first board and spine have been masked by new labels, as can be noticed by running one's finger over the cartouches where one feels a thickness. This type of alteration has been observed on other titles. The depletion of
€1,200
Henry HAVARD, Louis Laurent SIMONIN
L'art et l'industrie de tous les peuples à l'exposition universelle de 1878
Librairie illustrée|Paris 1878 (S.d.)|23 x 31 cm|relié
First edition abundantly illustrated with wood engravings in text and plates.

Publisher's gilt red percale beveled binding signed Engel at tail. Smooth spine richly decorated with various ornaments inlaid in black. Large special plate with the arms of the city of Paris framed by 2 nude victories, 2 medals. Wide frieze of Greek keys and decorative border. Second board with succession of black frames. Brown endpapers. Gilt edges. Rubbing to headcaps, corners. Scattered foxing.
Handsome copy, quite solid and uniform, with sharp gilding.
Beyond the classic presentation of the exhibition, with its pavilions and the "wonders" of the Trocadero, this publication includ
€600
Jules VERNE
L'île à hélice
Hetzel|Paris 1895|18 x 28 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with 80 drawings by Benett and 12 color plates. Catalogue D for 1895 attesting to the first edition.
Publisher's binding known as "Au portrait collé". Plaque signed Lenègre on the anchor. Lenègre et cie at foot of spine. Second cover of Lenègre e type.
Beautiful upper plaque, with sharp and brilliant gilding. Note that the lighthouse vignette is no longer sky blue but midnight blue.
Very handsome copy, despite minor flaws. Tiny black spots on the lower red border, one on the outer border. Small dark areas in the portrait. Corners slightly bent. Spine somewhat faded, rather well preserved, with the gilding slightly tarnished. 2 cm split at foot on uppe
€650
Jules VERNE
Bourse de voyage
Hetzel|Paris 1904|18 x 27.50 cm|relié
New edition. 74 illustrations by Benett, including 13 photographs (Barbados, Saint Lucia...), and 12 polychrome plates and a map of the West Indies.
Publisher's binding known as "Au globe doré" type 4, with the upper plate signed Blancheland, bound by Engel. Second cover type i, with straight red letters on striped background.
Fine first plate with brilliant gilt with discreet soiling in the cartouche and in the sky. Corners turned in. Spine sunned, the gilt still quite brilliant. Soiling in the lighthouse vignette. Headcaps rubbed, the top one slightly depressed. Second cover with some fine scratches. A few leaves slightly proud. Rare scattered foxing, either in margins or on firs
€600
Jules VERNE, Adolphe d' ENNERY
Les voyages au théatre
Hetzel|Paris 1881|16.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
First edition. 68 illustrations, including 14 plates after drawings by Benett and Meyer. Catalogue AQ in fine for the year 1882 (a later issue of the printing contains a catalogue from 1889). This is the same printing that served for the publisher's different formats: in wrappers, half-shagreen, or clothbound.
Special publisher's binding, with the first type theater curtain. Red cloth. Jauzac attributes it to Lenègre. Spine with ornate compartments. Brown endpapers.
First cover good, but upper right corner worn at bottom. Spine fairly good with discreet stains. Headcaps somewhat rubbed and softened. Corners rubbed, the 2 on the second cover slightly bent. Second cover with a darker
€550
Jules VERNE
Le village aérien. Les histoires de Jean-Marie Cabidoulin
Hetzel|Paris 1901|18 x 28 cm|relié
First collected illustrated edition, with 38 drawings by Georges Roux, 12 large color engravings. One map.
Publisher's binding known as "Au globe doré" type 3; second cover type Engel h. Spine with lighthouse.
Fine first plate, with brilliant gilt. Small soiling in the sky. Lower corner creased, 2 others slightly turned in. Spine sunned. Second cover good, but traces of white glue along the Greek key border. Text block slightly separated from binding. 2 signatures slightly proud. Pale scattered foxing.
Adventure novel set in central Africa, in which Verne cites Darwin's theory several times; the protagonists discovering a people living in trees, a sort of tailless ape-men. The
€650
Jules VERNE
Les Frères Kip
Hetzel|Paris s. d. [1902-1904]|18.50 x 28 cm|relié
First edition in octavo illustrated with 2 maps, 12 large chromotypographies, 6 full-page photographic reproductions, (39 illustrations engravings and documents including photographs), by Georges Roux.
Publisher's Hetzel binding with golden globe, signed Blancheland plate, bound by Engel, spine with lighthouse, second board of Engel "h" type according to Jauzac.
Fine first plate with well-marked and brilliant gilding. Light soiling in the cartouche. Small scratches in the sky. Some rubbing on the outer red border. 2 corners slightly bumped, the corners folded. Spine sunned, but with gilding well preserved. Rubbing to headcaps. Second board good, with soiling. Copy slightly warped.
€600
Jules VERNE
Aventures de 3 Russes et de 3 Anglais dans l'Afrique Australe[Adventures of Three Russians and Three Englishmen in Southern Africa]
Hetzel|Paris 1910|18 x 27.20 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur
New edition, the first illustrated dating from 1872. 53 in-text illustrations by Ferat and 3 color chromolithographs hors-texte, and one map in black. Second issue of the "Aux feuilles d'acanthe" binding.
Publisher's binding called "Aux feuilles d'acanthe" with red medallion. Fine first plate with points of discoloration in the medallion. Second board clean but bearing on the upper part whitish traces of light discoloration. Some very skillful small restorations at the joints and headcaps. Fresh copy free from foxing, with paper uniformly slightly tinted. Good copy.
In southern Africa, three Russian scientists and three English scientists are tasked with measuring a meridional arc.
€600
Félix BRACQUEMOND, Charles MONSELET
Les tréteaux
Poulet Malassis & De Broise|Paris 1859|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition published in a small number of copies, only 10 deluxe copies printed on Holland paper.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author by Félix Bracquemont.
Two tears at head and foot of second cover, handsome interior condition without foxing.
€100
Emile & Alexandre ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN, Théophile SCHULER
Histoire d'un paysan
J. Hetzel & Cie|Paris 1869|19.50 x 29 cm|4 volumes reliés en 1
Edition of the year of the original adorned with illustrations by Théophile Schuler engraved by Pannemaker.
Half aubergine sheep binding, smooth spine with quadruple gilt fillets, some traces of rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Some foxing, otherwise handsome copy.

€150
Oliver GOLDSMITH, Percy MACQUOID
Le vicaire de Wakefield
Delarue|Paris s. d. [circa 1880]|17 x 21.50 cm|broché
Edition illustrated by Georges Thomas as well as fleurons and vignettes by Percy Macquoid, one of the rare copies printed on pink paper.
A large tear to the margin of the back board.
A full-margined copy.

€150
Tony JOHANNOT, Eugène LAMY
L'été à Bade
Boivin|Paris 1931|23 x 29 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Second edition, with some parts in first edition as it was revised and corrected.
Publisher's binding in full navy blue shagreen, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets and adorned with quintuple gilt compartments decorated at the angles with gilt floral motifs, gilt roulettes on the headcaps, some light rubbing to the spine without serious damage, covers with blind fillet frame and sextuple gilt fillets as well as gilt fleurons in the corners, front cover stamped at center with the gilt arms of the Duchy of Baden, white watered silk endpapers, gilt garlands on the leading edges, corners slightly bumped, all edges gilt.
Work illustrated by Tony Johannot, Eugène La
€350
COLLECTIF
Album des types et costumes de tous les peuples du monde d'après des documents authentiques et les voyages les plus récents
Librairie générale|Paris 1869|17.50 x 27 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition illustrated with numerous plates.
Light rubbing to spine and boards which also show some discoloration at head and foot.
Publisher's binding in full dark green shagreen, smooth spine lightly browned, headcaps somewhat worn, blind-ruled frame to boards, title stamped in gilt to center of front board, corners slightly bumped, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns.
Handsome interior condition.

€400
Tony JOHANNOT, Jules JANIN
L'âne mort
Firmin Didot & Cie|Paris 1877|20 x 29.50 cm|relié
First printing of Tony Johannot's illustrations consisting of 13 hors-texte plates (including the frontispiece) and 100 vignettes engraved on wood.
Bradel binding in blue half-cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped.
A repaired tear in the margin of page 129, the first two engravings (the frontispiece and the following one) have been remounted with adhesive strips, some foxing.
Printed bookplate and a bookseller's description label pasted on an endpaper.
€80
Jules VERNE
Famille sans nom
Hetzel|Paris 1889|17.50 x 28 cm|relié
First illustrated edition with 82 drawings by Tiret-Bognet, and a colored map of the Saint Lawrence River course. EX catalogue in fine condition for 1890.
Binding with the 2 elephants of Lenègre type 3. Back cover of Lenègre type e. This binding was only known in red. Some scattered foxing on very white paper. This edition bears an added label on the corrected spine, Une famille sans nom, becoming Famille sans nom with the new label.
Beautiful upper cover, with crisp gilding. Well-pointed and rigid corners. Regular gilt edges. Spine uniformly sunned but with gilding still present. Headcaps slightly turned over. Beautiful back cover, without defect. Shiny cloth. Handsome copy, firm
€550
Jacques SIEURIN
Manuel de l'amateur d'illustrations. Gravures et portraits pour l'ornement des livres français et étrangers
Adolphe Labitte|Paris 1875|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition, one of the rare copies on Arches laid paper of which no mention is made.
Spine sunned with slight harmless lacks, small lacks and tears to margins of covers, some small foxing affecting mainly the first and last leaves.

€150
Auguste Marseille BARTHELEMY, Tony JOHANNOT
Némésis, satire hebdomadaire
Perrotin|Paris 1845|15.50 x 24 cm|2 volumes reliés
Third edition with a frontispiece by Tony Johannot and illustrations by Auguste Raffet.
Half caramel sheep bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt friezes and blind-stamped fleurons, some traces of rubbing to spines, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, two tears to leading edges, contemporary binding.
Some foxing.
€80
Émile de LA BÉDOLLIÈRE
Soirées d'hiver
Curmer|Paris 1839|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, illustrated with 12 out-of-text steel-engraved vignettes.
Half dark green straight-grained morocco binding, smooth spine decorated with large gilt romantic tools, scratches at foot of spine, green boards, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, all edges gilt.
Some minor foxing.
€100
Léon HENNIQUE
La mort du duc d'Enghien
Flammarion|Paris 1895|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with original compositions by Julien Le Blant and original etchings by Louis Muller, one of 38 numbered copies on China paper.
Half red morocco binding, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed by Creuzevault.
Our copy is incomplete of the quadruple suite of etchings as stipulated in the justification.
Handsomely bound copy.

€70
James TISSOT
La vie de N. S. Jésus Christ. Edition Nationale.
Alfred Mame et fils|Tours 1902|27 x 34 cm|2 reliés
Second edition by the same publisher as the first, which appeared in only 1000 copies as a deluxe issue. This new edition, following the author's wishes, was intended to be more accessible. It is illustrated with 365 compositions in lithography & engraving, in color and camaïeu, including 37 full-page color plates outside the text under tissue guards, 15 engravings and 22 lithographs. Very numerous monochrome vignettes in the text and decorated initial letters. The editing and printing are particularly fine.
Vulgate text in Latin with French translation facing.
Contemporary brown half morocco with corners, armorial of the Collège Stanislas in Paris on boards. Spine with raised band
€900