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Arts and Crafts
  1. La banqueroute turque
    Benoit BRUNSWIK

    La banqueroute turque

    Ernest Leroux|Paris 1875|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Two dampstains to head and foot of all leaves not touching text.
    Rare.

    €150
  2. Manuel du capitaliste en Turquie
    O. ISKENDER

    Manuel du capitaliste en Turquie

    Typographie et lithographie centrale|Constantinople [Istanbul] 1874|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Two lacks and one stain to spine, tears and corner lacks to boards, two light dampstains to front board, some interior foxing and to boards.
    Rare.

    €200
  3. Monnaies inédites des Ethiopiens et des Homérites
    Gustave SCHLUMBERGER

    Monnaies inédites des Ethiopiens et des Homérites

    S. n.|s. l. 1886|16 x 25 cm|broché
    The first edition, published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue numismatique.
    Covers absent, small fold marks at head of leaves, handsome interior condition.
    Pamphlet with one plate.



    €80
  4. Monographie des monnaies arméniennes
    Marie-Félicité BROSSET

    Monographie des monnaies arméniennes

    Académie impériale des sciences|Saint-Pétersbourg [Saint Petersburg] 1839|16 x 25 cm|broché
    The first edition, published in a small number of copies.
    Light foxing, small fold marks to margins of leaves, light dampstain at foot of both plates.
    Pamphlet with 2 plates.
    Copy in original temporary binding awaiting binding.
    Rare.



    €200
  6. Le diable au moulin à papier
    Henri POURRAT, François ANGELI

    Le diable au moulin à papier

    La feuille blanche|Paris s. d. [1948]|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First Edition printed in small numbers on Auvergne.
    Back and flat very slightly and marginally insolated.
    Pleasant illustrated example of original woods of François Angeli.
    Autograph dedication dated and signed Henri Pourrat Anne-Marie Kempf: "... wishing she likes, a little later, this paper in hand, our paper mills, and their devil same, with the compliment the best of the country of Ambert ... "
    €180
  7. Manuel métrologique des peuples de l'antiquité
    J. GIROD DU SAUGEY

    Manuel métrologique des peuples de l'antiquité

    A. Jeanthon|Paris 1837|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
    The rare first edition presented in temporary wrappers.
    Lacks to spine and corners of covers, green title label pasted on spine and partly torn, the title of the work has been written in ink at the head of the first cover.
    Some foxing.
    Rare.

    €120
  9. Intérieurs au salon des artistes décorateurs, Paris 1928
    René PROU

    Intérieurs au salon des artistes décorateurs, Paris 1928Interiors at the Salon des artistes decorateurs

    Charles Moreau|Paris 1928|25 x 32.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise cartonnée à lacets
    Intérieurs au salon des artistes décorateurs, Paris 1928
    [Interiors at the Salon des artistes décorateurs]
    tCharles Moreau | Paris 1928 | 25 x 32.5 cm | in leaves in a chemise
    First edition printed on Japan for the text. Introduction by René Prou.
    Beautiful and rare copy.
    Illustrated with 48 plates, including 6 colored by stencil reproducing the interiors presented to the eighteenth Salon des Artistes Décorateurs at the Grand Palais by the following artists and workshops: P. Montagnac, J.E. Leleu, l'Atelier moderne, H. Rapin, E. Printz, L. Bouchet, L. Jallot, M. Jallot, Holt Le Son, Studio Abran, Compagnie des glaces de Boussois, A. Fréchet, J. Rulh
    mann...
    €450
  10. (Chambre des députés) Rapport fait au nom de la commission chargée de l'examen du projet de loi tendant à ouvrir un crédit de 140 millions pour les fortifications de la ville de Paris par M. Thiers député des Bouches-du-Rhône
    Adolphe THIERS

    (Chambre des députés) Rapport fait au nom de la commission chargée de l'examen du projet de loi tendant à ouvrir un crédit de 140 millions pour les fortifications de la ville de Paris par M. Thiers député des Bouches-du-Rhône

    S. n.|1841|22 x 28 cm|relié
    First edition printed on laid paper.
    Half chocolate brown morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands showing some rubbing, marbled paper boards, two scratches at head of second cover, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, scratches to corners, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
    The appendix to session No. 36 has been bound following the subject of the 1841 session to the Chamber of Deputies presented by Adolphe Thiers.
    Rare.
    Provenance: from the library of Château de Prye with a bookplate pasted to one pastedown.

    €200
  11. La gerbe d'or
    Henri BÉRAUD

    La gerbe d'or

    Les Editions de France|Paris 1928|14 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 39 numbered copies on Japan, head print.
    Small tears and shortfalls witnesses, a slight lack and a tear in the head of the first board and margins of both boards.
    Copy at all margins.
    Handwritten signature of Henri Béraud below the justification of the draw.
    Our copy is complete of a manuscript sheet of the book.
    €1,200
  12. Réalisations d'ensembles modernes
    Henri DEFRANCE

    Réalisations d'ensembles modernes

    C. Massin & Cie|Paris 1930|32.50 x 40.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise à lacets
    The rare first edition.
    Publisher's laced chemise in full boards with smooth unlettered spine, some foxing on the boards, the back board is detached.
    Rare work on interior decoration and furnishing, complete with its 32 plates.
    €300
  13. Le cirque vu par Paul Colin
    COLLECTIF, Paul COLIN

    Le cirque vu par Paul Colin

    S. n.|Paris 1932|23 x 29.50 cm|broché
    First edition of this program published for the tenth anniversary of the Gala de l'Union des Artistes held at the Cirque d'Hiver on March 5, 1932.
    Rare program illustrated with 10 drawings by Paul Colin.
    The fragile red velvet cover, in homage to the curtains of the Cirque d'Hiver, has slight tears and minute marginal losses.
    We include an invitation card to the circus buffet offered after the show.
    Rare and handsome copy.



    €400
  14. "Je suis convaincu que tu as écrit et organisé le meilleur livre qu'on a fait sur moi"
    Antoni TÀPIES

    "Je suis convaincu que tu as écrit et organisé le meilleur livre qu'on a fait sur moi"Autograph letter signed to Georges Raillard

    Barcelone [Barcelona] 9 septembre 1976|22.70 x 27.80 cm|1 page et 1/4 sur un feuillet
    Autograph letter signed by Antoni Tàpies addressed to Georges Raillard, his close friend and foremost French specialist of his work. 1 page and 1/4 written in ballpoint pen. Envelope included.
    The Catalan artist writes to his friend notably to share his reactions regarding the publication of the monograph dedicated to him which would appear the following year: "Je profite pour t'exprimer combien j'ai été content en lisant et regardant finalement sans interruption le texte et les images que tu as choisi dans la monographie. Je suis convaincu que tu as écrit et organisé le meilleur livre qu'on a fait sur moi, le plus complet, le plus agrécif (sic) et que mieux...
    €700
  15. Traité des chemins de toute espèce, comprenant les grandes routes, chemins de halage, vicinaux et particuliers, arbres et fossés qui les bordent, les rues et les places publiques ; suivi d'un appendice au régime des eaux
    Francis Xavier Paul GARNIER

    Traité des chemins de toute espèce, comprenant les grandes routes, chemins de halage, vicinaux et particuliers, arbres et fossés qui les bordent, les rues et les places publiques ; suivi d'un appendice au régime des eaux

    S. n.|Paris 1827|13.50 x 21 cm|relié
    Third edition.
    Black stains on one endpaper.
    Half tan sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt friezes and fleurons, black shagreen title-label, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, yellow edges, some minor rubbing to boards and upper corners, contemporary binding.
    Handsome copy.



    €150
  16. Maisons d'architectes - Design contemporain
    COLLECTIF

    Maisons d'architectes - Design contemporain

    Editions Place des victoires|Paris 2009|29.50 x 29.50 cm|relié
    First bilingual French-English edition.
    Rich iconography.
    Publisher's full grey cloth binding, smooth spine, retaining the illustrated dust jacket which has a tear at the foot of the spine.
    Handsome copy.


    €450
  17. La crise financière de Turquie
    Benoit BRUNSWICK

    La crise financière de Turquie

    Amyot|Paris 1874|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Back very slightly warped with two small gaps, a wet at the head of all leaflets ..
    Rare but in the state.
    Signed autograph of Benoit Brunswick to a count whose name has been blurred by the wetness.
    €150
  18. Notice sur la gazette arabe de Beyrout
    Joseph Toussaint REINAUD

    Notice sur la gazette arabe de Beyrout

    Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1858|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition published in a small number of copies on laid paper of this offprint from No. 10 of the Journal Asiatique of 1858.
    Some light foxing.
    Rare copy presented in its original wrappers and without covers.

    €500
  24. Qui est là ?
    Christian LACROIX

    Qui est là ?

    Mercure de France|Paris 2004|15.50 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Nice full copy of his trailer.
    Autograph dedication dated and signed by Christian Lacroix to a woman named Madeleine enriched with an autograph dedication signed by singer Sapho.
    These dedications were made during a conversation organized by Frédéric Mitterrand with Christian Lacroix and some of his muses at the Café de l'Industrie on Saturday 21 April 2007.
    €120
  25. Photographie originale - Séchage du thé
    ANONYME

    Photographie originale - Séchage du thé

    Japon [Japan] s. d. [circa 1880]|27.50 x 21 cm|une photographie
    Original albumen photograph, mounted on heavy paper and enhanced with watercolor.
    This image shows a group of young women and a man proceeding with tea drying.
    €250
  28. Architecture active
    André WOGENSCKY

    Architecture active

    Casterman|Paris 1972|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition of which it was not drawn of great papers.
    Iconography.
    Beautiful copy despite a minor scratch without gravity head of the back.
    Rare autograph dedication dated and signed by André Wogenscky to Georges Raillard and his wife Alice .
    €300
  29. Enseignement universel. Musique
    Joseph JACOTOT

    Enseignement universel. Musique

    Au bureau du journal l'Emancipation intelectuelle|Louvain [Louvain] 1829|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
    Second edition.
    Half brown sheep binding with small vellum-style corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt friezes and fleurons, black sheep title-label and author's name, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
    Some foxing affecting mainly the first and last leaves.
    Rare.









    €100
  30. Compte rendu des travaux des ingénieurs des mines pendant l'année 1839
    MINISTERE DES TRAVAUX PUBLICS

    Compte rendu des travaux des ingénieurs des mines pendant l'année 1839

    Imprimerie Royale|Paris 1840|23.50 x 29.50 cm|relié
    First edition, rare. A large hand-colored map.
    Contemporary full red long-grain morocco binding. Smooth spine decorated with rocaille tools and small tools. Covers decorated with central panels featuring rich Restoration ornamentation. Complex angular Restoration cornerpieces connected by curved fillets. Wide decorative border. Blue silk endpapers. A black line crossing the title. Lower joint cracked at head for 2 cm but stopping before the headcap. Scratches on the second cover, and 2 black stains. Scraped area on the first cover. The 2 lower corners slightly worn. Traces of rubbing. Very fresh laid paper. Despite some flaws, splendid contemporary binding, bound for a high official...
    €500
  31. Annuaire du ministère de l'agriculture, du commerce et des travaux publics pour l'année 1868
    NAPOLÉON III

    Annuaire du ministère de l'agriculture, du commerce et des travaux publics pour l'année 1868

    Dunod|Paris 1868|18 x 26.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Full red shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 4 small tools surrounded by a garland. Title and date in gilt. Wide decorative border on boards. Interior frieze. White watered silk endpapers. Edges gilt. Minimal traces of rubbing. Paper perfectly fresh except for 2 pale foxing spots on title page and a few on endpapers. Very handsome copy, in very fine condition.
    Testament to civil service under the Second Empire. Staff status as of May 1st, 1868. The volume also concerns mines, railways, ports. Each time there is a section for the administration of Algeria.

    NB: This work is available at the bookstore on request within 48...
    €280
  32. J'avais 20 ans... ou la mission
    Trajan SAINT-INÈS, Alfred Baring GARROD

    J'avais 20 ans... ou la mission

    Editions Nicolas|Niort 1955|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition on current paper.
    Some slight bites without gravity on the boards, nice copy.
    Illustrated book of 42 photographs and 46 drawings of the author.
    Our copy is complete of his trailer on which a previous owner of the book wrote this handwritten note about the author: "Totally eliminated from the RTF since December 1957 ... It was his only additional livelihood . "
    Signed autograph from Trajan Saint-Inès to Jean Mahé: "... last confident hope of the author in a bit of human justice ..."
    €50
  33. La vie passionnée de André-Marie Ampère
    Tancrède de VISAN

    La vie passionnée de André-Marie Ampère

    Agence Archat|Lyon s. d. [circa 1936]|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition of which there is no mention of great papers and published on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the death of Andre-Marie Ampere.
    Small foxing on the margins of the boards.
    Illustrated book, frontispiece, a portrait of André-Marie Ampère and 5 inset photographic plates.
    Autograph signed by Tancède de Visan to Claude Carret: "... this little essay on a big Gone ..."
    €30
  34. Le vieux neuf. Histoire ancienne des inventions et découvertes modernes
    Édouard FOURNIER

    Le vieux neuf. Histoire ancienne des inventions et découvertes modernes

    E. Dentu|Paris 1859|11 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in full dark green cardboard, smooth spines decorated with gilt floral motifs, gilt dates and places at foot, black shagreen title labels, contemporary bindings.
    Minor scattered foxing, endpapers lightly and partially shaded.


    €80
  35. Etude sur l'utilité agricole et les gisements géologiques du phosphore
    Elie de BEAUMONT, Adrien MOREAU

    Etude sur l'utilité agricole et les gisements géologiques du phosphore

    Madame Veuve Bouchard-Huzard|Paris 1857|13.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
    First Edition printed in small numbers of this reprinted from the memoirs of the imperial and central society of agriculture.
    Binding in full fir green shagreen, smooth back adorned with gilded and black fillets, framing of gilt and black fillets on the boards, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, framing of a frieze of rhombuses and golden circles on the contreplats, nets golden on the cups, all gilded edges, Contemporary binding.
    Rare and nice copy.
    Precious autograph signed by Elie de Beaumont to the Duke of Bassano.
    €200
  36. Traité de géométrie descriptive pour l'enseignement secondaire classique. Supplément au premier volume à l'usage des candidats à l'école spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
    Ernest LEBON

    Traité de géométrie descriptive pour l'enseignement secondaire classique. Supplément au premier volume à l'usage des candidats à l'école spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr

    Delalain frères|Paris s. d. [circa 1890]|16.50 x 26 cm|relié
    First edition
    Half red shagreen binding, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with crosses and cold fillets, red paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    Some foxing.
    Work illustrated with in-text figures as well as 4 plates.










    €100
  37. Tactique des trois armes
    Charles KESSLER

    Tactique des trois armes

    R. Chapelot & Cie|Paris 1902|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in red half-cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, navy blue shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    Gift inscription in pen from a previous owner on the half-title page, some light foxing, a tear with loss to margin of the last page of the table of contents.






    €50
  40. Les rêveries ou Mémoires sur l'art de la guerre
    Maurice Comte de SAXE

    Les rêveries ou Mémoires sur l'art de la guerre[Reveries, or, Memoirs concerning the Art of War]

    Chez Pierre Gosse Junior|à La Haye [The Hague] 1758|24 x 35 cm (In-folio)|Copper engraving|relié

    Second edition, a reprint of the first folio edition published in 1756 by the same publisher. A rare edition, illustrated with 40 plates including 4 folding and 16 double-page (arms, costumes, plans, manoeuvres...). Large vignette with coat of arms on the title-page, and 41 ornaments (headpieces, tailpieces). Title-page printed in red and black. At the end, Supplement aux Reveries, with its own title-page; this short addition, spanning only a few pages, contains the corrections made to the original. A two-volume quarto edition appeared in Paris in 1757.
    Bound in later full marbled brown calf; a skilful early 20th-century pastiche signed Saingy at foot. Spine with raised bands richly...

    €1,500
  42. Marius Berliet l'homme et son oeuvre 1866-1949
    COLLECTIF

    Marius Berliet l'homme et son oeuvre 1866-1949

    Draeger frères|Montrouge 1950|21.50 x 27 cm|broché
    First edition, our copy printed for Monsieur Betmont.
    Calling card of Madame Marius Berliet included.
    Work illustrated with photographs.
    Handsome copy.



    €60
  44. Les almanachs de la Révolution
    Henri WELSCHINGER

    Les almanachs de la Révolution

    Librairie des Bibliophiles|Paris 1884|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in red half-cloth, smooth faded spine decorated with gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at tail, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns.
    Light foxing, gift inscription in pen from a previous owner on the half-title page.


    €50
  45. Feuillets d'or de l'école militaire d'infanterie. Avord & Saint-Maixent
    Adrien-Félix-Marie-Joseph PAIMBLANT DU ROUIL

    Feuillets d'or de l'école militaire d'infanterie. Avord & Saint-Maixent

    Henri-Charles Lavauzelle|Paris 1897|16.50 x 26 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Braided binder in indigo halfcalcaline, smooth back decorated with a golden floral bouquet, double gilded nets in head and tail, title piece of red shagreen, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of orange paper, binder 'time.
    Rare foxing, ex-dono pen of a previous owner on the page of fake title.
    Nice copy.
    Handwritten signature of the captain of the Rouil below the printed dedication.
    €180
  46. Historique du 106e régiment d'infanterie de ligne
    COLLECTIF

    Historique du 106e régiment d'infanterie de ligne

    C. Tanera|Paris 1874|14 x 23 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half sienna percaline cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at foot, navy blue shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns.
    Gift inscription in ink from a previous owner on the half-title page, scattered foxing.
    Rare.



    €80
  47. Historique du 2e régiment du génie
    ANONYME

    Historique du 2e régiment du génie

    Henri Charles-Lavauzelle|Paris 1893|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Binding in the bradel in half percaline Siena, smooth back decorated with a golden floret, double gilded nets in tail, title piece of black shagreen, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of orange paper, Contemporary binding .
    Illustrated book of inset figures.
    Signed autograph from a soldier to an officer by way of present.
    Rare and nice copy.


    €100
  49. Carte postale autographe signée d'Alexander Calder à Juan Luis Buñuel
    Alexander CALDER (Juan-Luis BUÑUEL)

    Carte postale autographe signée d'Alexander Calder à Juan Luis BuñuelHandwritten signed postcard addressed to Juan Luis Bunuel

    (Saché) 29 décembre 1956|14.70 x 10.40 cm|une carte postale

    Handwritten signed postcard from Alexander Calder to Juan Luis Buñuel, written in English in ballpoint pen and blue felt-tip. Saché postmark (Indre-et-Loire). Paris address of Juan Luis Buñuel.
    Card perforated with two holes at the top. Photograph of one of Calder's stabiles on the front.
    Provenance: Buñuel family archives.
    In 1939, Luis Buñuel, who had just received an offer to work in Hollywood, decided, with his wife and child, to leave the chaotic situation in Europe to go and live the American Dream. The penniless Buñuels initially spent a few precarious months living in New York. Luis Buñuel found himself forced to ask Dali—his longstanding friend in exile...

    €1,400
  50. Carte postale autographe signée d'Alexander Calder et Juan Luis Buñuel adressée à Jeanne Rucar épouse Buñuel
    Alexander CALDER, Juan-Luis BUÑUEL

    Carte postale autographe signée d'Alexander Calder et Juan Luis Buñuel adressée à Jeanne Rucar épouse BuñuelHandwritten signed postcard from Alexander Calder and Juan Luis Bunuel to Jeanne Bunuel Rucar

    (Saché) 22 décembre 1966|14.70 x 10.40 cm|une carte postale
    Handwritten signed postcard from Alexander Calder and Juan Luis Buñuel to Jeanne Buñuel née Rucar
    N. p. [Saché] December 22th 1966, 14,7 x 10,4 cm, one postcard
    Handwritten signed postcard from Alexander Calder and Juan Luis Buñuel to Jeanne Buñuel, written in French in black felt-tip. Saché postmark (Indre-et-Loire). Jeanne Buñuel's address in Mexico.
    Card perforated with two holes at the top. Photograph of Calder's studio in Saché on the front of the card.
    Provenance: Buñuel family archives.
    In 1939, Luis Buñuel, who had just received an offer to work in Hollywood, decided, with his wife and child, to leave the...
    €1,400
  51. Les engins de pêche dans l'art
    Robert DAUVERGNE

    Les engins de pêche dans l'art

    D. Janvier|Paris 1935|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Two lacks to head and foot of spine, light worming to boards.
    Work illustrated with 34 figures in text and hors-texte.
    Rare.
    €40
  52. Les faïences anciennes (Espagne, Italie, France, Asie-Mineure)
    Maurice ALLINNE

    Les faïences anciennes (Espagne, Italie, France, Asie-Mineure)

    Lestringant|Rouen 1928|17 x 25.50 cm|broché et un volume en feuilles sous chemise cartonnée à lacet
    First edition printed on laid paper.
    Preface by J.J. Marquet de Vasselot.
    Work complete with its 56 plates, including 8 in color, contained in a separate volume from the text.
    Spine of chemises slightly discolored and faded, a tear at the head of the spine of the chemise containing the plates.
    Handsome copy complete with its full brown cardboard chemise, smooth havana cloth spine.
    €60
  53. Le docteur Quesnay - Chirurgien, médecin de madame de Pompadour et de Louis XV, physiocrate
    Gustave SCHELLE

    Le docteur Quesnay - Chirurgien, médecin de madame de Pompadour et de Louis XV, physiocrate

    Félix Alcan|Paris 1907|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Braid binding in half green percaline, smooth back decorated with a golden floral pattern, golden frieze in tail, piece of red sheepskin, marbled paper plates, preserved covers, Contemporary binding.
    Pleasant illustrated copy of a portrait of Dr. Quesnay frontispiece.
    Autograph signed by Gustave Schelle to Georges Lévy.
    €100
  54. Les charmes de la publicité
    Jacques STERNBERG, Pierre CHAPELOT

    Les charmes de la publicité

    Denoël|Paris 1971|21.50 x 27.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition.
    Publisher's full brown cloth binding, smooth spine, with the illustrated dust jacket.
    Rich iconography.
    Handsome copy.
    €40
  55. Album des types et costumes de tous les peuples du monde d'après des documents authentiques et les voyages les plus récents
    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
  56. Publication complète des nouvelles découvertes de Sir John Herschel dans le ciel austral et dans la lune. - Découvertes dans la lune, faites au Cap de Bonne-Espérance par Herschel fils, astronome anglais
    John Frederick William HERSCHEL

    Publication complète des nouvelles découvertes de Sir John Herschel dans le ciel austral et dans la lune. - Découvertes dans la lune, faites au Cap de Bonne-Espérance par Herschel fils, astronome anglais

    Masson & Duprey • Louis Babeuf & Ainé|Paris • & Lyon 1836|12.50 x 19.50 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
    First edition of the French translation for the first volume, second edition of the french translation for the second.
    Bradel binding, signed by Thomas Boichot.
    Occasional foxing.
    Rare set.
    €750
  57. Anatomie et physiologie cellulaires
    Charles ROBIN

    Anatomie et physiologie cellulaires

    J.-B. Baillière & fils|Paris 1873|14 x 23 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition illustrated with 82 in-text figures.
    Publisher's full green cloth binding, smooth spine, headcaps rubbed, boards with cold-stamped Greek fret borders, corners slightly bumped.
    Handsome interior condition.
    €100
  58. L'ordalie
    Yves BONNEFOY, Claude GARACHE

    L'ordalie[The Ordeal]

    Maeght éditeur|Paris 1975|18 x 23.50 cm|broché

    First edition, one of the 1000 numbered copies on vellum cloth, ours one of the hors commerce.

    Illustrated book of 4 reproductions of works of Claude Garache.
    Nice copy.
    Signed autograph Yves Bonnefoy to his friend the sculptor and painter Raymond Mason and his wife: "For Raymond and Janine with affection Yves." enriched with the handwritten signature of Claude Garache in pencil.

    €230
  59. Le mobilier provençal
    Henri ALGOUD

    Le mobilier provençal

    Charles Massin & Cie|Paris s. d. [circa 1925]|22 x 32 cm|en feuilles sous chemise à lacet
    First edition.
    Complete with all 44 plates.
    Copy complete with text and its full cardboard chemise secured with ties.
    The chemise shows one corner slightly bumped and some foxing to the covers.
    €50
  60. Une vie de journaliste
    Louis GABRIEL-ROBINET

    Une vie de journaliste

    Grasset|Paris 1970|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 29 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
    A handsome copy.
    €50
  61. Les saint-Simoniens et les chemins de fer
    Maurice WALLON, André MASSON

    Les saint-Simoniens et les chemins de fer

    A. Pedone|Montpellier 1908|16 x 25 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Spine with two tears at head and foot as well as a dampstain, a pale marginal dampstain on the first leaves.
    Rare.
    €150
  62. L'art du souffleur à la lampe et au chalumeau
    Henri-Frédéric PEDRONI FILS

    L'art du souffleur à la lampe et au chalumeau

    Librairie encyclopédique de Roret|Paris 1849|9 x 15 cm|relié
    First edition illustrated with 3 folding plates at the end containing 93 figures.

    Half chocolate brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.

    Rare and handsome copy.



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    €150
  64. Tissus des Indes néerlandaises
    Daniel RÉAL

    Tissus des Indes néerlandaises

    Librairie des Arts décoratifs|Paris s. d. [circa 1930]|25.50 x 33 cm|en feuilles

    First edition.
    Work complete with its 49 plates hors-texte including 6 in color.
    Spine and boards of the chemise lightly and marginally discolored and sunned as usual.

    €150
  65. Musée impérial du Louvre - Description des sculptures modernes
    Henry BARBET DE JOUY

    Musée impérial du Louvre - Description des sculptures modernes

    Vinchon et Charles de Mourgues|Paris Août 1855|12 x 20 cm|relié
    Rare first edition printed on laid paper.

    Full binding green shagreen, back with five nerves decorated with a grotesque decor, back with five nerves decorated with a grotesque decor, triple net gilded framing boards, double net gilded on the cuts, domestic gold lace all edges gilt, contemporary binding signed Lortic father.

    Signed autograph from the author: "To His Excellency the Minister of State and the home of the Emperor's very obliged and grateful H. Barbet de Jouy".

    Bookplate engraved (J. Pelletier).

    Very nice and valuable copy in a binder perfectly established time Lortic, bookbinder Charles Baudelaire.
    €800
  67. La sculpture anversoise aux XVe et XVIème siècles
    Jean de BOSSCHERE

    La sculpture anversoise aux XVe et XVIème siècles

    Librairie nationale d'art et d'histoire G. Van Oest & Cie|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1909|15.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Iconography.
    Small tears repaired at head of spine, black stains on back cover, handsome interior condition.
    €40
  68. Hand-book of a collection of chinese porcelains loaned by James A. Garland
    John GETZ

    Hand-book of a collection of chinese porcelains loaned by James A. Garland

    The Metropolitan museum of art|New-York [New York] 1895|14.50 x 22.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition.
    Full brown cloth binding, smooth spine, burgundy shagreen title label, cold-stamped fillet frame on paper boards, gilt medallion of the Metropolitan Museum of New York at center of front cover, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré-effect gilt paper.
    Illustrated with 33 photographic plates not in text.
    Very light scratches of no consequence to boards.
    Rare and handsome copy.

    €450
  69. Histoire de l'éducation populaire
    Benigno CACARES

    Histoire de l'éducation populaire

    Seuil|Paris 1964|12 x 17.50 cm|broché
    First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
    Autograph inscription from Benigno Cacérès to Monique Nathan.
    €40
  70. Auto
    Pierre GASCAR

    Auto

    Gallimard|Paris 1967|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only large paper copies.
    A slight trace of an angular fold to lower cover.
    A good copy.
    €150
  71. Anamorphoses ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux
    Jurgis BALTRUŠAITIS

    Anamorphoses ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux

    Olivier Perrin|Paris 1955|22 x 28.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition.
    Publisher's full sand cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its dust jacket which has two lacks at the head of the first cover as well as some marginal tears.
    Pleasant interior condition.
    €100
  72. L'épée d'académicien du professeur Jean Bernard
    COLLECTIF, JEAN-BERNARD

    L'épée d'académicien du professeur Jean Bernard

    S. n.|Paris 1973|18.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
    First edition printed in a small number of copies.
    Iconography.
    Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned, otherwise a good copy.
    €20
  73. Traité d'arithmétique à l'usage de la marine et de l'artillerie avec des notes et des tables de logarithmes par A.A.L. Reynaud - Notes sur l'arithmétique
    Étienne BÉZOUT, Antoine-André-Louis REYNAUD

    Traité d'arithmétique à l'usage de la marine et de l'artillerie avec des notes et des tables de logarithmes par A.A.L. Reynaud - Notes sur l'arithmétique

    Madame Veuve Courcier|Paris 1816|12.50 x 20 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
    Eighth edition for each of the volumes.
    Half hazelnut sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with fleurons and triple gilt fillets, spine showing traces of rubbing, green paper boards affected by surface losses, yellow edges, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
    Some foxing without too much severity, a tear on page 129 of the second volume.
    €180
  74. Gravures
    Albert BÉGUIN

    Gravures

    Chez l'auteur|Paris 2004|20.50 x 28.50 cm|en spirales
    first edition.
    Signed autograph André Beguin to the painter and engraver Jacques (Castex): "... for my friend regiment and burning ..."
    Rich illustration.
    Small spots on the second flat, otherwise nice copy.
    €70
  79. Le livre des peintres et graveurs
    Michel de MAROLLES

    Le livre des peintres et graveurs

    P. Jannet|Paris 1855|10 x 17.50 cm|relié
    New edition revised by Georges Duplessis, one of the rare copies on China paper.
    Half chocolate brown shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with richly ornamented double gilt compartments, place and date gilt at foot, gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
    Bookplate pasted at head of one pastedown.
    Some minor foxing of no consequence.
    €200
  80. Vues et coupes principales formations géologiques du Puy-de-Dôme accompagnées de la description et des échantillons des roches qui les composent. Atlas seul
    Henri LECOQ, Jean-Baptiste BOUILLET

    Vues et coupes principales formations géologiques du Puy-de-Dôme accompagnées de la description et des échantillons des roches qui les composent. Atlas seul

    F.G. Levrault • Bouillet|Strasbourg • & Clermont-Ferrand 1830|28 x 22 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition.
    Publisher's Bradel binding in full boards, smooth spine with a tear at foot, boards soiled, corners slightly bumped.
    Our atlas volume, which we offer for sale alone, is illustrated with 31 lithographed plates outside the text, sometimes double-page and some mounted, and heightened with watercolor.
    Angular dampstain at head of endpaper and title pages, some minor interior foxing.
    Rare but incomplete without the text.
    €800
  81. [RELIURE] Exposition de 1867. Délégation des ouvriers relieurs : Première partie : La reliure aux expositions de l'industrie (1798-1862). - Deuxième partie : La reliure à l'exposition de 186, études comparatives de la reliure ancienne et moderne
    COLLECTIF

    [RELIURE] Exposition de 1867. Délégation des ouvriers relieurs : Première partie : La reliure aux expositions de l'industrie (1798-1862). - Deuxième partie : La reliure à l'exposition de 186, études comparatives de la reliure ancienne et moderne

    Au siège de la commission|Paris 1868-1869-1875|11.50 x 18.50 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
    First edition.
    Half burgundy morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, light scratches to joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary binding.
    Work illustrated with 9 plates of bindings.
    Light foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.
    Rare and handsome copy complete in two volumes.
    €580
  82. Elementos de equitacion militar para el uso de la caballeria espanola, ecritos para los alumno; de las escuela militar de equitacion por el colonel de caballeria
    Don Francisco LAIGLESIA Y DARRAC

    Elementos de equitacion militar para el uso de la caballeria espanola, ecritos para los alumno; de las escuela militar de equitacion por el colonel de caballeria

    Establecimiento Tipo-litografico|Madrid 1883|-|relié
    Third edition.
    Marbled sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt friezes, brown shagreen title-label, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, speckled edges.
    Work illustrated with 13 plates hors-texte.
    Some minor foxing of no consequence.
    Pen gift inscription on one endpaper, printed stamp of a Madrid bookshop on the title page.
    Rare.
    €680
  83. Cours de multiplication et de perfectionnement des animaux domestiques, où l'on traite de leurs services et de leurs produits
    Louis-Furcy GROGNIER

    Cours de multiplication et de perfectionnement des animaux domestiques, où l'on traite de leurs services et de leurs produits

    Bouchard-Huzard • C. Savy jeune|Paris • & Lyon 1841|12.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
    Third edition, revised and expanded with general considerations on the improvement of breeds and a treatise on pigs by H. Magne.
    Half brown sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with black and gilt fillets, a tear on the brown sheep title-label, headcaps rubbed and worn, some rubbing on the spine, one cracked joint, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, some tears on the leading edges, contemporary binding.
    Work illustrated with 2 plates outside the text decorated with figures.
    Printed bibliophile stamps and pen gift inscriptions on one endpaper and the half-title page.
    €100
  84. Traité d'orfévrerie, bijouterie et joaillerie ; contenant la description détaillée des caractères physiques et chimiques des métaux et pierres précieuses qui constituent les matières premières de cette belle branche de l'industrie française; de leur extraction du sein de la terre ; de l'art de les essayer, de les évaluer et de les mettre en oeuvre ; et généralement tout ce qui se rapporte à la théorie ou à la pratique de ces trois arts, qui, par leur analogie, n'en font qu'un
    Placide BOUÉ

    Traité d'orfévrerie, bijouterie et joaillerie ; contenant la description détaillée des caractères physiques et chimiques des métaux et pierres précieuses qui constituent les matières premières de cette belle branche de l'industrie française; de leur extraction du sein de la terre ; de l'art de les essayer, de les évaluer et de les mettre en oeuvre ; et généralement tout ce qui se rapporte à la théorie ou à la pratique de ces trois arts, qui, par leur analogie, n'en font qu'un

    Delaunay • Borely ainé • Joanne frères • Levasseur • Marteau • Pailhiez • Vallory|Paris 1832|14.50 x 22 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half red shagreen over marbled paper boards, spine in six compartments with black fillets to bands, foot of spine scratched (the initials of a former owner which have been scratched out), brown shagreen title label, covers preserved (a little rubbing to edges).
    Retaining its seven folding plates.
    Occasional spotting, principally affecting the plates of the second volume.
    Rare.
    €1,800
  86. Le chien. Elevage alimentation hygiène
    A. SORET

    Le chien. Elevage alimentation hygiène

    Librairie Cynégitique Guérin, Delahalle & Cie|Paris 1909|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned, internally good.
    €30
  88. La soierie meurt...
    Marcel Etienne GRANCHER

    La soierie meurt...

    Editions Lugdunum|Lyon 1933|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on vélin Montgolfier, the only deluxe copies.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Marcel-Etienne Grancher to Henri Béraud who is not named specifically: "A vous, maître, avec tout le respectueux dévouement... (Pour Prix Gringoire 1933)" ["To you, master, with all respectful devotion... (For Prix Gringoire 1933)"].
    Illustrated cover.
    Two small tears reglued on spine, some light foxing on the slightly soiled back cover.
    Provenance: from Henri Béraud's library in Ré.
    €150
  90. Prisme
    Abel GANCE (inscribed to Henri BÉRAUD)

    Prisme

    Nrf|Paris 1930|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of seventh edition.
    Precious and beautiful autograph inscription signed by Abel Gance to Henri Béraud: "Il y a de si beaux mensonges que la vérité se tend vers eux comme une déesse altérée; vous en trouverez quelques uns dans ce livre, mon cher Béraud, vous que j'admire comme un des derniers vrais amoureux de la France..." ["There are such beautiful lies that truth reaches toward them like a thirsting goddess; you will find some of them in this book, my dear Béraud, you whom I admire as one of the last true lovers of France..."]
    Spine sunned, worming to boards, a pen mark to front board, foxing to endpapers.
    €450
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