Barnebys

First edition, one of 230 numbered copies on alfa.
A good copy.

First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
Two small traces of folding to covers, otherwise a good copy.

New expanded edition, the first in two volumes with important tables, published at the Chancellor's request. The original first appeared in 1676; it was continued in this edition by René Le Comte for the supporting documents for the period 1676-1705, furthermore the material compiled by Tessereau was entirely reworked for this new edition.
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Spine with six raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, as well as red morocco title and volume labels. All edges speckled red. Spine worn (lacking headcaps and with losses to the sheep). Scuffing and corners slightly bumped. Contemporary bookplate pasted on pastedowns.
Major source on the history of the Chancellery in France; this institution, as ancient as the monarchy, was formed by the body of chancellors such as the chancellor, the keeper of the seals, the great auditors, secretaries of the king of the grand college, the treasurers, controllers, wax-heaters and other officers (the chancellery being today nothing more than the ministry of justice). Tessereau assembled a collection of precious documents for the historian on the officers of the chancellery, their functions and prerogatives, on the various chancelleries in the kingdom... It is more a compilation and publication of documents than a historian's work, but the work is no less important.

First edition, one of 56 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
A fine copy.

First edition, small printrun, of the first work by Marguerite Yourcenar, written under her semi-pseudonym of Marg Yourcenar
A very good and rare copy of this work, of which there were no large paper copies.

First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
With an autograph inscription from Emil Michel Cioran.
Tiny marginal foxings at head of upper cover.

First edition of which there were no large paper copies, one advance (service de presse) copy.
With an autograph inscription from E.M. Cioran to François Erval.
Covers and spine lightly and marginally sunned as usual, copy retaining its advertising slip.

First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
With 16 photographs hors texte.
A good copy.

First collected edition; only the first volume had appeared in 1779, published by the author; it is reprinted as issued with its relay title page. A series found quite rarely.
Contemporary full speckled blonde sheep binding. Smooth spine with two repeated tools (wheat sheaf and urn). Ornate black morocco title label and ornate beige morocco volume label. Restoration at head of volume I with a fawn leather piece covering the first two compartments; the first volume therefore no longer has its title label. Upper and lower joints of volume I largely cracked; joints restored on volumes 2, 3, 4; partly cracked at upper joint on volume 5. Good overall appearance. The eulogies are biographies that were read at Academy sessions, bringing together all the 18th-century members numbering 100. These speeches are often annotated for greater precision. The term eulogy should not be taken in its modern sense, as these are not only biographies and scholarly studies of a life but also critiques of a work and character, and all these lives provide precious information. Jean Le Rond d'Alembert was elected on November 28, 1754 to the French Academy. He became its perpetual secretary on April 9, 1772. This edition is the work of Condorcet. Label of J. B. Desgrand, lawyer in Annonay.

First edition.
Contributions from J. Giono, V. Muselli, C. Vildrac, J. Benda...

New edition with 34 original illustrations in color de Henry Cheffer, one of 825 numbered copies on vélin pur chiffon paper.
A good copy.

New edition published anonymously.
A rare and good copy in its original wrappers (no covers).

First edition printed in a very small number of copies.
A rare and good copy in plain covers.

First edition.
Spine with small lacks, not serious, to head and foot, two angular lacks to foot of covers, scattered foxing.

New edition with etchings hors texte.

One small marginal tear, not serious, to foot of upper cover, a good copy.

First edition.
With 7 plates hors texte.
A good copy.

First edition.
Illustrated cover.
A rare and good copy.

First edition.

Illustrated with 196 figures to text.

A good copy.

First edition.
Small tears with lacks to head of spine, spots to upper cover, marginal tears to lower cover, foxing.

First edition.
A good copy.
Rare.

Second edition.
With figures to and hors texte.
A good copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Covers missing.
Rare brochure.

First edition.
With 11 folding plates at end.
A good copy.

First edition.
With 68 etchings.
Spine and upper covers soiled, lower cover less than skillfully repaired, a few small spots.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint of Miscellanea entomologica.
Rare brochure.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint of Miscellanea entomologica.
Rare brochure.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint of the Bulletin de la sté scientifique et médicale de l'ouest.
A rare and good copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint of the Bulletin de la sté scientifique et médicale de l'ouest.
A rare and good copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint of the Bulletin de la sté scientifique et médicale de l'ouest.
A rare and good copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint of the Bulletin de la sté scientifique et médicale de l'ouest.
A rare and good copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint of the Bulletin de la sté scientifique et médicale de l'ouest.
A rare and good copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint of the Bulletin de la sté scientifique et médicale de l'ouest.
A rare and good copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint of the Bulletin de la sté scientifique et médicale de l'ouest.
A rare and good copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint of the Bulletin de la sté scientifique et médicale de l'ouest.
A rare and good copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint of the Bulletin de la sté scientifique et médicale de l'ouest.
A rare and good copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint of the Bulletin de la sté scientifique et médicale de l'ouest.
A rare and good copy.

Second edition of 2200 numbered copies on pur fil paper.
Tiny insignificant spots to upper covers, a good copy.

New edition.
Stains and foxing to the covers.

First edition printed in a small number of copies.
A good copy.
A rare copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Illustrated with 32 plates hors texte.
A good copy.

First edition.
With illustrations by R. Girardot. Tiny insignificant spots to spine, a good copy.

First edition.
With 53 figures to text.
A good copy slightly warped, a trace of folding to head of upper cover.

First edition.
Illustrated with 1350 gravures.
Some spots to endpapers, otherwise a good copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint of th Bulletin de la société des naturalistes d'Oyonnax.
A rare and good copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
With a frontispiece portrait of C.L. Philippe.
A good copy.

First edition.
Spine very slightly warped, otherwise a good copy.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies.
A good copy.

First edition in French by Francis de Miomandre.
Very slight stains, not serious, to foot of covers.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
A good and rare copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
A good and rare copy.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Lana royal, the only large paper copies.
A good copy.

First edition.
Spine and covers marginally sunned, one angular lack to head of upper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
223 illustrations.
A good copy.

First edition.
Illustrated.
A good copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
With rphotographic reproductions hors texte.
A good copy.

First edition, one of 62 numbered copies on alfa, the only printing after 18 pur fil.
Autograph inscription from Paul Morand.
Small marginal spots to covers and endpapers, otherwise a good copy.

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 vous".
A very fine set, magnificently bound by M. Lortic.

First edition.
Illustrated at the end.
A good copy.

First edition ronéotypée of 500 numbered copies.
A rare and good copy.

First edition.
Upper cover débroché, joints cracked en têtes and en pieds, internally good.

First edition.
Contributions from R. Bizet, R. Morand, P. Vaillant Couturier...
With illustrations by P. Prudhomme...

First edition.
Contributions by C. Aveline, J. Nels, E. Pilon, L. Thomas...

First French edition, rare, the first edition having appeared in London in 1801. 33 double pages heightened in colors, being 22 maps (sometimes two per page) published in 8 parts of 4 maps or charts between 1802 and 1826 (Quérard). Edition published under the pseudonym A. Lesage.
Contemporary half sheep binding with corners. Paper boards with glue bordered with gilt rules. Sheep label on front board. Some stains on spine. Paper of boards faded. Some foxing. Quérard, in his France littéraire, reports regarding this work that it would not truly be the work of Las Cases but of an English or Irish clergyman who would have sold his work to the latter who would have published it upon his return to France; in any case this world atlas (map of Asia, Oceania, America) is a compilation, the maps naturally not being by Las Cases, and the author drew from various works to compose his own. This atlas was reprinted several times and continued, but although provided with more maps (which one could purchase additionally), these reissues no longer concern exclusively the world under the Empire and are therefore less specific. The geopolitical Europe of 1802/1804 is not the same as that of 1822 or 1831, and it is the same for the United States. Besides the maps of the five continents, one can distinguish a map of ancient Greece, of the Roman world...

First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
Illustrations to and hors texte.
A good copy.

New edition.
A good copy.

Edition first in part on ordinary paper.
A good copy.

Edition first in part on ordinary paper.
A very good copy.

New edition in French published the same year as the first edition, falsely stated the 8th edition.

Third edition.
With a frontispiece portrait of the author.
First free endpaper soiled, otherwise a good copy.

First edition.
Full page autograph inscription from the author.

First edition.
Autograph inscription from the author to head of upper cover.
Spots to covers.

First edition printed in a small number of copies.
Spots to covers, internal foxing and dampstains.
Rare.

Second edition.
Rare.

First edition.
Autograph inscription from Pierre Darras.
Tiny insignificant spots to upper cover, a very good copy.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pur fil, this one of 10 hors commerce, tirage de tête after 15 Arches.
Two tiny traces of sunning to head and foot of spine (tiny foxings on spine, not serious).

The definitive edition, first in parts, one of 25 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches paper, the only large paper copies.
Illustrated.
One small insignificant lack to foot of spine, a few small wormholes principally to endpapers, two tiny marginal tears without lack to lower cover, internally good.
Rare.

New edition in French, published the same year as the first edition.
A good copy.

First edition.
Numerous contributions.
A very good copy.

First edition.
Numerous contributions.
A very good copy.

First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on vélin de Rives, the only large paper copies.
A very good and rare copy with good margins.

First edition.
A very good copy.

Later edition, first in parts, as augmented with a preface and notes.
Half light brown morocco over marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, upper covers preserved.
A good copy.

First edition printed on vergé teinté.
A very good copy.

First edition printed to 500 numbered copies.
A very good copy.

First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
A good copy.

First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
Spine slightly faded, a good copy.