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A precious book, a beautiful gift for Christmas
  1. Voyage en Sibérie
    Johann Georg GMELIN

    Voyage en Sibérie

    Chez Desaint|à Paris 1767|9.50 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First French edition, translated by Louis Félix Guynement de Kéralio, and illustrated with one figure and one folding plate of music.
    Contemporary full marbled calf bindings. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title and volume labels. One lack at head of volume I. Volume label missing from volume I. Upper joint cracked at head of volume II. Volume II begins at pagination xx, without lack and in conformity with copies held by the National Library of Scotland, and by the Zoological Society of London. Handsome copy.
    Gmelin, as botanist and chemist of the Academy of Sciences, was sent to explore Siberia by Empress Anne with numerous other scientists as part of a vast...
    €1,300
  2. Invitation au château de l'étrange
    Claude SEIGNOLLE

    Invitation au château de l'étrange

    G.P. Maisonneuve & Larose|Paris 1969|14 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on ivory laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Signed autograph inscription from Claude Seignolle to his friend Paul Aveline.
    Introduction by Jacques Bergier.
    Cover illustrated by Drouin.
    Spine creased, otherwise a handsome copy.
    €200
  3. Contes fantastiques
    Ernst Theodor Amadeus HOFFMANN, Xavier MARMIER

    Contes fantastiques

    Charpentier|Paris 1843|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    New edition of the French translation, the latter by Xavier Marmier and preceded by a notice of the translator.
    Contemporary binding in half black shagreen, back smoothes decorated with blind fillets and golden, golden tail frieze, friction marks on the back and a hooked tail, flat black cardboard, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, small rips on the cuts, contemporary binding.
    Precious autograph signed Xavier Marmier the Princess Murat: "To the Duchess of Elchingen, tribute translator".
    Copy virtually free of freckles.
    €200
  4. Voyage aux sources du Nil
    James BRUCE

    Voyage aux sources du Nil

    Chez Lepetit|à Paris An VII|8.50 x 13.50 cm|9 volumes reliés
    New illustrated edition, after the original published in 1790. Our edition includes the atlas volume composed of one map and twenty-two plates engraved by Tardieu l'Aîné. The first plate has been bound as frontispiece to the first text volume.
    Contemporary blonde boards binding. Black paper title and volume labels. Some corners lightly bumped. Some headcaps slightly depressed. Paper uncut, as issued. Charming copy, very fresh.
    The expedition of James Bruce, a Scotsman, had a stated purpose: to discover the sources of the Nile. After landing in Alexandria, he traveled across all of Ethiopia, and through the deserts of Egypt. It was near Khartoum that he located the sources of the...
    €800
  5. Le desespoir amoureux, avec les nouvelles visions de Don Quichotte, histoire espagnole
    (Miguel de CERVANTES)

    Le desespoir amoureux, avec les nouvelles visions de Don Quichotte, histoire espagnole

    Aux dépens de La Compagnie|à Amsterdam 1747|9.50 x 16.50 cm|2 parties en un volume relié
    New edition, rare, of which the first edition appears to have been published in 1715. 2 frontispieces and 4 figures for volume I, 2 for the second, all unsigned. Title pages in red and black.
    Contemporary full glazed brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title label. Split headcaps. Lacks to title label. Upper joint split at tail.
    In 1609 appeared Homicidio de la fidelidad y la defensa del honor, which brought together for the first time in France under an invented Spanish title, various texts and stories extracted from Don Quixote in French in Nicolas Baudoin's translation. These first extracts were assembled over 125 pages, they were expanded in...
    €450
  6. Les habitués des prisons de Paris. Etude d'anthropologie & de psychologie criminelles
    Émile LAURENT, Alexandre LACASSAGNE

    Les habitués des prisons de Paris. Etude d'anthropologie & de psychologie criminelles

    A. Storck • G. Masson|Lyon • & Paris 1890|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half midnight blue sheep binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards with scratches, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings.
    Work illustrated with 70 figures in the text, 14 phototype portraits as well as 2 folding plans and 6 color graphic plates at the end of the volume.
    Preface by Alexandre Lacassagne.
    Some foxing affecting mainly the edges.
    Rare.
    €600
  7. Puissances de Paris
    Jules ROMAINS

    Puissances de Paris

    Eugène Figuière & Cie|Paris 1911|11.50 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Handsome autograph inscription from Jules Romains ; "A Henri Matisse avec la sympathie et l'admiration de Jules Romains."
    Spine cracked with discreet repairs, lower cover slightly soiled.
    €1,500
  8. Trois stations de psychothérapie
    Maurice BARRÈS

    Trois stations de psychothérapie

    Librairie académique Didier|Paris 1891|9.50 x 15.50 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper, with only 16 Japan deluxe copies printed.
    Bradel binding in half vellum-style canvas, smooth spine, turquoise morocco title-label with slight marginal scuff, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
    Handsome copy.
    €100
  9. Ballets suédois
    COLLECTIF, Hans Christian ANDERSEN

    Ballets suédois

    Jaques Damase • Denoël|Paris 1989|24.50 x 33 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition.
    Publisher's binding in full silver boards, complete with dust jacket in perfect condition.
    Rich iconography.
    Handsome copy.
    €70
  10. Oeuvres de Corneille avec les commentaires de Voltaire
    Pierre CORNEILLE, VOLTAIRE

    Oeuvres de Corneille avec les commentaires de Voltaire[The Works of Corneille with Voltaire’s Commentaries]

    Chez Antoine-Augustin Renouard|à Paris 1817|13.50 x 23 cm|12 volumes reliés
    Later edition of the works of Pierre Corneille with a commentary by Voltaire.
    Contemporary half green Russia over paper boards (a little rubbed), spine with gilt Restoration typographic motifs.
    A little foxing.
    The set is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author drawn and engraved by Auguste de Saint-Aubin and 25 hors texte figures by Jean-Michel Moreau.
    A very good complete set of the works of Pierre Corneille in contemporary half Russia.
    €1,000
  11. Les Voyages de Monsieur Des Hayes, Baron de Courmesvin en Dannemarc. Enrichis d'Annotations. Par le Sieur P.M.L. [Suivi de] Les Voyages de M. Quiclet à Constantinople par terre.
    DES HAYES, QUICLET

    Les Voyages de Monsieur Des Hayes, Baron de Courmesvin en Dannemarc. Enrichis d'Annotations. Par le Sieur P.M.L. [Suivi de] Les Voyages de M. Quiclet à Constantinople par terre.

    Chez Pierre Promé|à Paris 1664|8 x 14.50 cm|2 parties en un volume relié
    First edition produced by Jean Promé of these 2 voyages appearing for the first time.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Brown calf title labels. One lack at head. One tear with loss to third compartment. 3 corners very bumped and worn. Overall rubbed.
    The first work consists of a travel account in the form of a journal... To Elsinore by sea, then to Copenhagen, and in the island of Zealand and other islands, then in the duchy of Holstein and to Lübeck. Description of the city of Copenhagen, considerations on commerce and customs, justice and government... Des Hayes was sent to the kingdom of Denmark to negotiate commercial treaties on the...
    €1,200
  12. Monsieur François, le milieu et moi de A à Z
    François MARCANTONI

    Monsieur François, le milieu et moi de A à Z

    Le cherche midi|Paris 2006|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
    Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
    Rare autograph signed François Marcantoni her friend Anne Patrick.
    Iconography.
    Small traces of marginal folds without gravity on the flat and over.
    €150
  13. Le cirque de Paris
    Adrien BARRERE, Émile CODEY

    Le cirque de Paris

    S. n.|Paris 1923|25.50 x 33 cm|broché
    First edition illustrated with drawings by Adrien Barrère, pseudonym of Adrien Baneux.
    Text by Emile Codey.
    The work, folded accordion-style, forms a fresco when unfolded.
    Tears to spine with minimal lacks, lacks and tears to board margins, handsome interior condition.
    €400
  14. Description de la vessie urinaire de l'homme, et des parties qui en dépendent
    James PARSONS

    Description de la vessie urinaire de l'homme, et des parties qui en dépendent

    Chez Durand|à Paris 1743|10 x 16.30 cm|relié
    First French edition, illustrated with a title vignette and headpiece by Fessard and 5 folding plates.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Smooth spine with title lettered lengthwise. Upper joint split with losses. Head torn away. Corners slightly bumped. Some of the plates, poorly folded, protrude from the binding.
    Function and anatomical description of the bladder in men and women with study of some diseases and cases. Following Winslow to whom he refers, Parsons is a pioneer in this field.
    €500
  15. Le matin des magiciens
    Louis PAUWELS, Jacques BERGIER

    Le matin des magiciens[The Morning of the Magicians]

    Gallimard|Paris 1960|15 x 21 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 36 numbered copies on vélin pur fil, this N°1, the only large paper copies
    Grained sharkskin-effect leather by Alain Devauchelle (dated 2004), various shades of pink with glittering effect, no title to spine, a triangle of mother of pearl applied to centre of upper cover, maroon suede pastedowns and endpapers, covers and spine preserved, half maroon calf chemise with flaps, author and title in palladium, maroon suede lining, the slipcase edged with maroon calf and lined with grey felt
    A fine copy in an important artist's binding evoking the esoteric nature of the book.
    €3,500
  16. Precious inscribed copy signed by Victor Hugo to Juliette Drouet : « à mon pauvre doux ange aimé. V. »
    Quatorze discours
    Victor HUGO

    Quatorze discours

    La librairie nouvelle|Paris 1851|16.50 x 25 cm|broché

    Partly first edition, gathering the most famous speeches by Victor Hugo, including some of his most memorable addresses delivered at the tribune of the Legislative Assembly—most notably the speech on constitutional revision and the powerful plea he gave at the trial of his son, on 11 June 1851, before the Cour d'assises of the Seine, in defense of the inviolability of human life. Spurious mention of “eighth edition.”
    Complete with the rare portrait of the author by Masson printed on China paper, as frontispiece.
    Scattered occasional foxing.
    Precious inscribed copy signed by Victor Hugo to Juliette Drouet : « à mon pauvre...

    €15,000
  17. Nouvelles démonstrations d'accouchemens
    Jacques-Pierre MAYGRIER, Antoine CHAZAL

    Nouvelles démonstrations d'accouchemensNew Demonstrations of Deliveries

    Bechet|à Paris 1822|30 x 43 cm|relié

    First edition, with the illustrations of the author (often missing) and 79 plates (plate 27-28 double page) hors texte steel-engraved by Forestier after drawings by Antoine Chazal.
    Strictly contemporary Romantic binding in brown calf, spine in six compartments richly decorated with gilt fillets and blindtooled arabesques, boards with blindtooled arabesques to corners, double fillet frame and gilt initials ‘A.D.' to centre, gilt roulette framing marbled endpapers and pastedowns, double gilt fillets to edges of covers. Binding very skilfully restored.
    Jacques-Pierre Maygrier (1771-1835) was a student of Antoine Dubois, the obstetrician of Empress Marie-Louise. He practiced at the...

    €6,000
  18. La ballade de la geôle de Reading. - L'artiste en prison
    Oscar WILDE, Albert CAMUS (Pref.)

    La ballade de la geôle de Reading. - L'artiste en prisonThe Ballad of Reading Gaol

    Falaize|Paris 1952|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
    La Ballade de la geôle de Reading. – L'Artiste en prison [The Ballad of Reading Gaol]
    Falaize | Paris 1952 | 11.5 x 17.5 cm | original wrappers
    New edition of the French translation by Jacques Bour and the first edition of Albert Camus' famous preface. One of 50 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, tirage de tête.
    A fine autograph inscription from Albert Camus: “à Michel Simon grand artiste avec les voeux chaleureux d'un de ses vieux admirateurs [For Michel Simon, a great artist, with warmest wishes from an old fan],” and an autograph inscription from the translator Jacques Bour: “à Michel Simon qui ferait crouler tous les murs!...
    €6,000
  19. Un nouveau théologien, Fernand Laudet
    Charles PÉGUY

    Un nouveau théologien, Fernand Laudet[A New Theologian, Fernand Laudet]

    les Cahiers de la Quinzaine|Paris 1911|13 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 14 numbered copies on Whatman, the only deluxe paper issue.
    Bound in navy blue half morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands, date gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, uncut. Elegant binding signed Alix.
    A very handsome copy, entirely uncut and perfectly established.
    €4,500
  20. Ariane ou le chemin de la paix éternelle
    Pierre LOUŸS

    Ariane ou le chemin de la paix éternelle

    Librairie de l'Art Indépendant|Paris 1894|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Chine, the tirage de tête after 5 Japon.
    Near contemporary half light brown morocco over marbled paper boards by Yseux successeur de Thierry-Simier, spine in six compartments, date gilt at foot of spine, marbled pastedonws and endpapers, covres preserved.
    Handsome autograph inscription from Pierre Louÿs : "A Mr. Georges Vicaire, au bibliophile et au bibliographe en souvenir reconnaissant de sa visite."
    A few inevitable spots due to the quality of the paper.
    A nicely bound copy
    €3,000
  21. Les sentiers et les routes de la poésie
    Paul ÉLUARD

    Les sentiers et les routes de la poésie[The Paths and the Roads of Poetry]

    Armand Henneuse|Paris 1952|14 x 19.50 cm|relié sous chemise et étui
    First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on chiffon Auvergne paper, tirage de tête.

    Spectacularly bound in black calf by Pierre-Lucien Martin, the covers inlaid with white and grey calf with a geometric decoration of gilt fillets making perspective shapes, endpapers and pastedowns of Auvergne paper, the delicate Auvergne paper covers and back preserved, top edge gilt. Slipcase with black paper flaps, lined with grey felt and with a spine of rhodoid plastic (small crack to head), trimmed with black calf and with a brown paper interior.

    This copy is enriched with a manuscript sheet bearing six fragments of poems chosen and copied out by Paul Eluard, which had...
    €6,000
  22. La muse noire
    Stanislas de GUAÏTA

    La muse noire[The Black Muse]

    Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1883|13.50 x 19.50 cm|relié

    First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only large paper copies along with 10 on China.
    Contemporary half red morocco over marbled paper boards, spine in six compartments with gilt flowers, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, top edge gilt.
    Provenance : from the Lallemand de Mont collection, Stanislas de Guaita's son in law with his ex libris to pastedown.
    A rare large paper copy with an exceptional provenance. 

    €2,500
  23. Adieu aux fortifications
    André BILLY, Auguste BROUET

    Adieu aux fortifications

    Société de Saint-Eloi|Paris 1930|22 x 28 cm|en feuilles sous couverture, chemise et étui
    Edition printed in 127 numbered copies on fine paper.
    Illustrated with 51 beautiful engravings by Auguste Brouet, Pierre Gusman, Charles Hallo, Georges Gobô, Albert Decaris, Eugène Véder, André Dauchez, Paul-Adrien Bouroux, Georges Le Meilleur, Henry Cheffer, Tigrane Polat, Edgar Chahine, Louis Willaume, Georges Jeanniot, Charles Jouas and Amédée Féau.
    €700
  24. Paul et Virginie
    Jacques-Henri BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE

    Paul et Virginie

    L. Curmer|Paris 1838|16.50 x 26 cm|relié
    Famous illustrated edition with nearly 450 wood-engraved vignettes, 29 plates printed on China paper, and 7 steel-engraved portraits after T. Johannot, Meissonnier, Iasbey, P. Huet.
    Full bottle-green shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with blind-ruled frame, gilt rocaille arabesque motifs and gilt bird and butterfly ornaments; gilt roulettes on headcaps; boards decorated with quadruple frame of gilt and blind fillets, gilt rocaille arabesque motifs and small gilt rose-branch ornaments applied in the corners; gilt roulette frame on pastedowns, central gilt bilobed cartouche enriched at angles with gilt romantic ornaments, gilt dentelle frame on pastedowns, white watered silk...
    €780
  25. Les diaboliques
    Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY

    Les diaboliques[The She-Devils]

    E. Dentu|Paris 1874|12 x 18.50 cm|relié

    First edition, of which there were no large paper copies.

    Near contemporary red half morocco over marbled paper boards by P. Ruban, spine in six compartments, raised bands bounded by black fillets, date gilt at foot of spine, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, top edge gilt.

    Attractive ex libris engraved by Provost-Blondel on pastedown, representing a helmet with a feather, medallion and a strip with the motto “Tojours en face.” The ex libris belonged to Victor Coué, a 2nd Lieutenant killed in the First World War.
    This copy has two frontispieces: one lithograph heightened by Félicien Rops showing a caricature of Barbey d'Aurevilly...

    €4,500
  26. Oeuvres
    François RABELAIS

    Oeuvres

    Desoer|Paris 1820|8.50 x 14.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
    New edition printed on laid paper and illustrated with 15 out-of-text engravings printed on China paper.
    Full glazed blue calf bindings, lightened spines with five raised bands set with gilt garlands ornamented with fleurons and blind-stamped dots, gilt friezes at head and tail of spines, blind rolls on headcaps, light rubbing at head and tail of joints, frame of romantic arabesque garlands blind-stamped on boards, struck at their centers with a blind-stamped mandorla at the center of which sits a blind-stamped flower with gilt pistil, gilt corner ornaments on boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, frame of blind dentelle on pastedowns, marbled edges, blind garland on leading edges...
    €450
  27. Nostalgie de Paris
    Francis CARCO

    Nostalgie de Paris

    J. Ferenczi & fils|Paris 1945|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Autograph inscription signed by Francis Carco to François Mauriac : "...avec ma bien fidèle et toujours "jeune" admiration..."
    A pale dampstain to foot of the spine, slightly sunned.
    €350
  29. Toute la lyre
    Victor HUGO

    Toute la lyre

    Maison Quantin • Jules Hetzel & Cie|Paris 1888-1893|14 x 23 cm|3 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Half red shagreen bindings, spines with five raised bands set with black fillets and decorated with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of marbled paper, one corner slightly bumped, minor traces of rubbing on bottom edges, contemporary bindings.
    Some occasional light foxing.
    Provenance: from the library of Jules Félix Louis Gastinger with his bookplates pasted on the pastedowns.
    Handsome copy attractively established in uniform contemporary binding.
    €750
  30. Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
    Michel TOURNIER

    Vendredi ou la vie sauvage

    Gallimard|Paris 1981|22.50 x 31.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    Edition illustrated with photographs of Pat York and Sygma.
    Binding to bradel Editor open carton, flat spine, illustrated boards.
    Signed autograph Michel Tournier: "A Aymeric with the smile of Michel Tournier ..."
    Pleasant copy.
    €150
  31. Poèmes de la folie de Hölderlin avec la collaboration de Pierre Klossowski
    Pierre Jean JOUVE, Pierre KLOSSOWSKI

    Poèmes de la folie de Hölderlin avec la collaboration de Pierre Klossowski

    Gallimard|Paris 1963|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
    New edition, a numbered copy on bouffant paper, the only printing with 30 pur fil paper.
    Handsome autograph inscription from Pierre Jean Jouve to Raymond Queneau : "... ce génie foudroyé de la poésie with une amicale pensée..." enhanced with an autograph inscription from Pierre Klossowski.
    Foreword by Bernard Groethuysen.
    €600
  32. La pitié suprême - Exemplaire d'Alphonse Daudet
    Victor HUGO (inscribed to Alphonse DAUDET)

    La pitié suprême - Exemplaire d'Alphonse Daudet[The Supreme Pity]

    Michel Lévy|Paris 1879|15.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
    Original edition.
    Binding half old red grief with some discreet restorations, back with five nerves, when tail, paper plates to the tank, and contreplats combed guards lined paper, preserved covers, red head, contemporary binding.
    Precious autograph signed by Victor Hugo Alphonse Daudet.
    Buffer library of Madame Daudet on the first guard.
    Victor Hugo is for Alphonse Daudet, like other writers of his generation, the undisputed master of arts Hall of Fame. His father figure sprinkles the works of Daudet, commonly called alongside those of Rousseau, Byron, Sand and Delacroix.
    If during childhood and youth Daudet, Hugo, exiled giant on his island of...
    €8,000
  33. L'Ami des enfants et des adolescents
    Arnaud BERQUIN

    L'Ami des enfants et des adolescents

    Librairie Pittoresque de la Jeunesse|Paris 1845|-|relié
    New edition.
    Publisher's full blue paper boards binding, smooth spine richly decorated with romantic fleurons, boards stamped in blind with multiple frames, first board decorated with a large central fleuron and second with a smaller one, all edges gilt, original yellow endpapers.
    Work illustrated with wood engravings by Perrassin, J. Caboche Demerville, Demorain, lithographs by Ferogio.
    Foxing.
    €150
  34. Les Veillées de voyage
    Joseph-Alexis, Vicomte de WALSH

    Les Veillées de voyage

    R. Pornin & Cie|Tours 1845|13.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
    Illustrated edition with 3 out-of-text engravings.
    Publisher's signed romantic black cloth binding by Lenègre, smooth spine richly decorated with gilt and polychrome ornamentation, covers with frames of fillets and arabesques in blind, front cover enhanced with gilt and polychrome architectural decoration, large gilt and polychrome ornament on lower cover, edges gilt.
    Some stains on covers, small lacks of cloth at foot, occasional foxing.
    Handsome copy of this collection of moral tales in its romantic cloth binding.
    €70
  35. Visite à Saint-Lazare
    Francis CARCO

    Visite à Saint-Lazare

    Marcelle Lesage|Paris 1925|12.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Roma jaune de Naples paper, the tirage de tête with 20 on Japan paper.
    A good copy.
    €150
  36. Traité de la police, Où l'on trouvera l'Histoire de son Etablissement, les Fonctions et les Prerogatives de ses Magistrats, toutes les Loix et tous les Reglemens qui la concernent. On y a joint une Description historique et topographique de Paris
    Nicolas de LA MARE

    Traité de la police, Où l'on trouvera l'Histoire de son Etablissement, les Fonctions et les Prerogatives de ses Magistrats, toutes les Loix et tous les Reglemens qui la concernent. On y a joint une Description historique et topographique de Paris

    Chez Michel Brunet|à Paris 1713 - 1719|25 x 41.50 cm|relié
    New edition for the first two volumes, the third volume is in first edition. The illustration comprises 3 title vignettes repeated with arms, 2 title headpieces for the epistle and preface, and 2 initial letters; 6 title headpieces and initial letters for the text; all engraved by Audran. The eight folding plates of Paris are missing. Title pages in red and black. The first volume of the Traité de la police appeared in 1707, volume 2 in 1710, volume 3 in 1719, and a fourth volume (De la voirie), written by Delamare's secretary, appeared posthumously in 1738.
    Contemporary full calf binding, worn. Decorated spine with raised bands. Brown morocco title and volume labels. First 3...
    €1,000
  37. Fêtes galantes
    Paul VERLAINE

    Fêtes galantes

    Léon Vanier|Paris 1891|12.50 x 19 cm|broché sous chemise et étui
    Later edition on Hollande paper
    Chemise backed in dark green morocco over marbled paper boards, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, slipcase edged with same morocco and with boards of the same paper, lined with apple-green paper
    Rare inscription from Paul Verlaine to Achille Segard
    A small marginal lack to pages 15 & 16 due to paper fault, manuscript note “1866” in ink below the date featuring on the upper cover
    A rare, unsophisticated and uncut copy.
    €5,800
  38. Ploutarhou tou Haironeos Ethika suggrammata, en 'ois muria sfalmata katorthotai. Plutarchi chaeronei moralia opuscula, multis mendarum milibus expurgata
    PLUTARQUE

    Ploutarhou tou Haironeos Ethika suggrammata, en 'ois muria sfalmata katorthotai. Plutarchi chaeronei moralia opuscula, multis mendarum milibus expurgata

    Per Hier. Frobenium • et Nic. Episcopium|Basilae [Basel] • (Bâle) [Basel] 1542|20 x 30 cm|relié
    Rare Greek edition of the Moralia (moral and miscellaneous works) published by editor Hieronymus Froben and his brother-in-law Nicolaus Episcopius who continued the work of their father Johann Froben, making Basel an important center of printing. Fine publisher's device on title page and a woodcut headpiece at the beginning of the first treatise. Text entirely in Greek on 47 lines. Seventeenth-century manuscript annotations on the title page.
    Modern speckled paper boards binding, smooth spine, printed label; joint slightly cracked at head, very solid binding. Corner dampstain and tiny lack on title page, several other more extensive but faint dampstains on the last ten leaves of the...
    €1,100
  39. L'évangile du fou
    Jean-Edern HALLIER

    L'évangile du fou

    Albin Michel|Paris 1986|15 x 23.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on vélin blanc, the only large paper copies.
    One slight angular trace of fold to head of upper cover, a good copy.
    €350
  40. Le voyageur de la jeunesse dans les cinq parties du Monde, contenant la description géographique et pittoresque de divers Pays, l'esquisse des moeurs de chaque peuple ; le tableau des religions et des gouvernements ; l'historique rapide des principaux états ; des détails ethnographiques sur les races humaines...
    CHAMPAGNAC, OLIVIER

    Le voyageur de la jeunesse dans les cinq parties du Monde, contenant la description géographique et pittoresque de divers Pays, l'esquisse des moeurs de chaque peuple ; le tableau des religions et des gouvernements ; l'historique rapide des principaux états ; des détails ethnographiques sur les races humaines...

    Belin-Leprieur et Morizot|Paris 1858|17 x 28 cm|relié
    First edition, illustrated with 22 engravings including 16 hand-colored and hand-finished costume plates; the 6 others are steel engravings of city views; by the Rouargue brothers. The engravings are fine and detailed and of very beautiful quality.
    Publisher's gilt binding. Full black cloth. Special plates for the upper cover, lower cover and spine. Edges gilt. Cloth somewhat faded overall. Narrow one-centimeter split to lower joint at head. Foxing on the first leaves, then much rarer thereafter. The tissue guards have browned but not the plates. Paper fresh white overall. Corners worn at edges.
    €450
  41. Lettres à Requien. - Lettres inédites à Sutton Sharpe - In La revue de Paris N°10 de la 5ème année & In Le Mercure de France N°318 de la 21ème année
    Prosper MÉRIMÉE

    Lettres à Requien. - Lettres inédites à Sutton Sharpe - In La revue de Paris N°10 de la 5ème année & In Le Mercure de France N°318 de la 21ème année[Letters to Requien – Unpublished Letters to Sutton Sharpe – In La Revue de Paris, No. 10 (5th Year) & In Mercure de France, No. 318 (21st Year)]

    La Revue de Paris|Paris 1898 &1910|16.50 x 25 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition for each volume.
    Full brown morocco bindings, smooth spines double framed in gilt, headpieces lined in gilt, boards elaborately framed in gilt, beige morocco pastedowns framed in gilt, brown moiré silk free endpapers, following free endpapers in mould made paper, all edges gilt, original soft covers preserved, superb contemporary bindings signed by M. Lortic.
    The first volume contains two original ink drawings by Prosper Mérimée: the first, captioned and signed in the lower right corner depicting the Duke of Brunswick, the second a tree and a wooded landscape with a handwritten inscription in Russian "Grâce à Dieu" and "Gloire à Dieu, gloire à...
    €3,800
  42. Telliamed ou entretiens d'un philosophe indien avec un missionnaire françois sur la diminution de la mer, la formation de la terre, l'origine de l'homme, &c. Mis en ordre sur les mémoires de M. de Maillet. Par J. A.G***
    Benoît de MAILLET

    Telliamed ou entretiens d'un philosophe indien avec un missionnaire françois sur la diminution de la mer, la formation de la terre, l'origine de l'homme, &c. Mis en ordre sur les mémoires de M. de Maillet. Par J. A.G***

    Chez L'honoré fils|à Amsterdam 1748|11.50 x 19.50 cm|2 tomes reliés en un volume
    First edition. Telliamed constitutes an anagram of Maillet, the author's name. The edition was published by J. Ant. Guers. The work is dedicated to Cyrano de Bergerac.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title label. Skillful restorations, almost invisible to headcaps and bands. Good copy, very fresh.
    In this fictional work, Maillet establishes important theories that he forged through his geological studies in Egypt and in Arabic countries, where he was also able to consult rare manuscripts of scientific theories. He believes that the earth is in fact a star and that it lives according to perpetual cycles that will lead it once...
    €1,000
  43. De la folie considérée dans ses rapports avec les questions médico-judiciaires
    Charles-Chrétien-Henri MARC

    De la folie considérée dans ses rapports avec les questions médico-judiciaires

    J.B. Baillière|Paris 1840|13.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition of the first work dealing with forensic medicine applied to the mentally ill.
    Contemporary half-calf bindings in brown glazed calf, smooth spines decorated with central gilt tools as well as quadruple fillets and gilt arabesques at head and tail, marbled paper boards, contemporary bindings.
    Work illustrated with a lithographed portrait of the author as frontispiece to the first volume.
    Some foxing affecting the beginning and end of each volume.
    Rare copy, elegantly bound at the time, of this important work.
    €500
  44. Le robinson des glaces
    Ernest FOUINET

    Le robinson des glaces

    Chez Martial Ardant frères|A Limoges • & à Paris 1855|18.50 x 28.50 cm|relié
    New edition illustrated with 4 sepia lithographs. Text within decorative borders.
    Publisher's polychrome binding in black percaline. Large special gilt panel on the upper cover. Rich blue, yellow, pink, white frame. Smooth spine very richly decorated with polychromy. Special panel on the lower cover: Robinson in a medallion decorated with polychromy. A thin crack at the foot. One corner slightly bumped. Some signatures slightly loosened. Handsome copy.
    Adventure story for young readers. A Robinsonade on an ice island.
    €300
  45. La fosse de Babel
    Raymond ABELLIO

    La fosse de Babel

    Gallimard|Paris 1962|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
    Four slight traces of black ink in the margins of four leaves, a good copy.
    €400
  46. Voyages en zigzag ou excursions d'un pensionnat en vacances dans les cantons suisses et sur le revers italien des Alpes
    Rodolphe TÖPFFER

    Voyages en zigzag ou excursions d'un pensionnat en vacances dans les cantons suisses et sur le revers italien des Alpes

    Le Chevalier & Cie • J.J. Dubochet|Paris 1846|18.50 x 28 cm|relié
    Second edition.
    Half black shagreen binding, spine with four fine raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments, frame of gilt fillet on black paper boards, some tears to leading edges, cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns.
    Work illustrated after drawings by the author as well as 15 hors-texte drawings by Calame.
    Occasional light foxing affecting mainly the beginning and end of the volume.
    €150
  47. Trésor des fèves et fleur des pois. Le génie bonhomme. Histoire du chien de Brisquet. Vignettes de Tony Johannot.
    Charles NODIER

    Trésor des fèves et fleur des pois. Le génie bonhomme. Histoire du chien de Brisquet. Vignettes de Tony Johannot.

    Hetzel|Paris 1844|13 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First separate edition.
    Half lemon yellow shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with arabesques and gilt floral tooling, marbled paper pastedowns and endpapers, contemporary binding.
    Numerous engraved illustrations in the text by Tony Johannot, preface by P.-J. Stahl.
    From the collection of the Nouveau Magazine des Enfants.*
    A handsome copy in a charming Romantic binding.
    €250
  48. Les jeux du cirque et la vie foraine
    Hugues LE ROUX, Jules GARNIER

    Les jeux du cirque et la vie foraine

    Plon-Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1889|21 x 28.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition on ordinary paper, there has been printed only 50 Japon large paper copies.
    Publisher's binding over flexible paper boards, top edge gilt.
    Original illustrations by Jules Garnier.
    Endpapers uniformly shaded, otherwise nice copy.
    Very fresh binding.
    €600
  49. La carte postale de Socrate à Freud et au-delà
    Jacques DERRIDA

    La carte postale de Socrate à Freud et au-delà

    Aubier • Flammarion|Paris 1980|14 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Signed autograph inscription from Jacques Derrida to a couple of close friends Jos and Christine (Joliet).Joseph Joliet, a former student of Derrida became a very close friend of the philosopher. Very attentive to Joliet's writing, Derrida would write the preface to his novel: L'enfant au chien assis and support him during difficult periods (cf. Derrida a Biography, by Benoit Peeters).
    Spine slightly creased without gravity, a trace of marginal fold at foot of front cover, complete with its publisher's wraparound band which has small tears.
    €350
  51. Les enfantines du bon pays de France
    Philippe KUHFF

    Les enfantines du bon pays de France

    Fischbacher • Lib. Sandoz|Paris 1878|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Lullabies, nursery rhymes, riddles, sayings and quatrains...
    Small lacks to foot of spine, one repaired tear to back cover, foxing to covers.
    €70
  53. Axël
    Auguste de VILLIERS DE L'ISLE-ADAM

    Axël

    Maison Quantin|Paris 1890|14 x 23 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half mint green cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, red sheep title-label showing minor rubbing, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, minor rubbing to edges, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
    Jean de Mitty's copy, with his autograph ownership inscription at head of half-title page.
    Some minor foxing, pale dampstain affecting head of certain pages.
    Bookplate pasted to verso of front board.
    €250
  54. Théâtre à l'usage des jeunes personnes
    Madame de GENLIS

    Théâtre à l'usage des jeunes personnes

    Chez Panckoucke|à Paris 1779-1780|12 x 20 cm|4 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Contemporary half calf bindings. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label and brown sheep volume label. Lacks to headcaps of volume IV. A small lack to tail of volume III. Rubbing. Quite good copies, very fresh.
    The complete set comprises 24 plays. Many of these plays were originally intended for the children of Orléans under the care of the Comtesse de Genlis. The roles are performed by children. Madame de Genlis thus inaugurated a new genre in theatre, a theatre made by and for children. In the final volume, the preface specifies that this volume is intended solely for the children of artisans and merchants. It goes without saying that none of the...
    €550
  55. Les hauts phénomènes de la magie précédés du Spiritisme antique
    Le Chevalier GOUGENOT DES MOUSSEAUX

    Les hauts phénomènes de la magie précédés du Spiritisme antique

    Plon|Paris 1864|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half-shagreen binding in brown, spine with five raised bands showing some light rubbing, decorated with gilt fleurons, contemporary binding.
    Gift inscription on the front endpaper, copy almost entirely free of foxing.
    Rare.
    €350
  56. Les oeuvres de Clément Marot de Cahors
    Clément MAROT

    Les oeuvres de Clément Marot de Cahors

    Chez Adrian Moetjens|à La haye [The Hague] 1702|14 x 8 cm|deux tomes en deux volumes relié

    Reprint, by the same publisher, of the 1700 edition, 'the most sought-after' according to Brunet III, 1458 who adds: "It is difficult to find well-preserved copies with good margins and whose leaves do not have a russet tint."


    Contemporary full brown sheep bindings. Spine with raised bands, decorated. A tear with loss at the junction of the upper joint and headcap of volume II.

    Rubbing to corners and joints.


    Complete edition, which even contains the translations made by Marot.
    Bookplate Biblilothèque Tramar de Lamarque.

    €400
  57. Firmin ou le jeune voyageur en Egypte
    MARTES

    Firmin ou le jeune voyageur en Egypte

    Alfred Mame & Cie|Tours s. d. [circa 1850]|10.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
    New edition.
    Full dark green shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesques, gilt roulettes on headcaps, traces of rubbing to joints, triple blind-ruled frames on boards decorated at their centers with blind-stamped arabesques as well as a gilt fountain, gilt fillets on edges, corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary Romantic binding.
    Work illustrated with two vignettes engraved on the title and half-title pages.
    Foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume.
    Rare.
    €80
  58. Colin-tampon
    Eugène COURBOIN, QUATRELLES [Ernest L'EPINE]

    Colin-tampon

    Hachette & Cie|Paris 1885|25 x 32.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    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.
    €70
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