18th Century Illustrated Books

Edition with original compositions by H. Bellery-Desfontaines engraved by Eugène Froment, one of 400 numbered copies.
A very good copy.

New edition and first printing of the 15 engravings after drawings by Raffet.
Half-shagreen bindings in glazed olive, smooth spines decorated with black and gilt typographical motifs, khaki calf title and volume labels, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary Romantic bindings.
Some foxing.

Reprint of the 1559 edition by Claude Gruget, with notes by Paul Lacroix containing 72 novellas divided into 8 days and expanded with three other novellas from the Heptameron. Limited edition of only 120 copies on deluxe paper, this one of the 100 unnumbered copies on Holland paper with duplicate states of the engravings. Illustrated with etchings by Léopold Flammeng.
Contemporary half purple morocco with corners. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons and small green morocco mosaics. Date at foot. Top edge gilt. Original wrappers preserved. Spine slightly faded. Very handsome copy, perfectly executed. Binding signed by Champs. Note that the tissue guards having been removed too early, the engraving shows through in relief on the opposite page.
Unique copy comprising an engraved portrait in duplicate state, a second portrait also as frontispiece, 17 plates in duplicate state and 8 additional plates hors-texte (an ordinary copy should possess only 8 plates in total); being 27 plates of which 18 in duplicate state.

New edition with some parts in first edition, expanded with new poems.
Full brown sheep binding with speckled finish, smooth spine decorated with gilt wave patterns and fleurons, gilt roulettes on headcaps, red morocco title label, very light rubbing to joints, gilt frieze and fillet border on boards, gilt edges to leading edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 5 hors-texte engravings.
Some light foxing.

First edition, illustrated with 12 steel-engraved plates.

Contemporary full brown straight-grained morocco. Smooth spine decorated with large Romantic tools with date at foot. Covers with large blind Greek key border and gilt fillet frame. All edges gilt. Decorative gilt board-edges. White watered paper endpapers. Spine uniformly sunned, turned brown. One corner rubbed. Several gatherings browned. Handsome copy nonetheless, in contemporary morocco.

One of Curmer's famous and beautiful publications, who had just published in 1838 one of the most celebrated Romantic books: Paul et Virginie. An essential literary figure from the mid-19th century onwards, La bedollière, formerly a bohemian alongside Baudelaire, whom he frequented at the café, here gives his first collection of short stories; he is one of the models of the journalist-writer (he would contribute numerous articles to Les français peints par eux-mêmes) who would make writing a lucrative profession. He is talented, possesses a fine pen, but devoid of any genius.

First edition, illustrated with two engraved titles (in English), one colored plate and 117 steel engravings (with tissue guards) by Allom, Bartlett, and M'Culloch, engraved by Griffiths, Varrall, Prior, etc. Superb illustration, as English engravers were particularly prized during this period for their fineness of execution, and French publishers placed extensive orders in England for the illustration of their books.
Full publisher's binding. Half red morocco decorated with a large special gilt stamp (arms and symbols of Scotland) on wine-colored sheep boards stamped with a large decorative floral stamp in blind. Edges gilt. Magnificent and rare English publisher's binding, despite some defects: a slight lack to head of volume I; headcap of volume II heavily worn; some corners bumped and rubbing to edges.
Rare pale scattered foxing (virtually non-existent on text), mainly in margins and caused by tissue guards, but heavy on the 2 titles. History of Scotland, its particularities, its monuments...

First edition and first printing of the illustrations.
Half mint green shagreen binding, spine slightly faded with four raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments, double fillets on mint green paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Work illustrated with 51 hors-texte engravings (including 1 frontispiece) and numerous in-text engravings.
Scattered foxing as usual.

New edition illustrated with 78 copperplate engravings by Blanchard after drawings by Tony and Alfred Johannot and the best artists of the period.
Half olive calf bindings, smooth spines richly decorated with gilt Romantic tools and showing minor rubbing of no consequence, marbled paper boards, a small tear at head of front board of first volume, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary Romantic bindings.
Foxing.
A handsomely executed set.

Edition printed on laid paper and illustrated with 5 drawings by Valton engraved by Gaujean.
Bradel binding in half olive cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, publisher's name gilt at foot, chocolate shagreen title-label with minor scratches, marbled paper boards, a small marginal lack of paper on the front board, covers and spine preserved, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Accompanying press cuttings have left a shadow on the half-title page.

Edition illustrated with 125 original vignettes engraved on wood by Porret.

Half chocolate morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with stippling and double gilt fillets, gilt dentelles at head and foot of spine which shows very light traces of rubbing without gravity, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, binding signed by Franz.

Work illustrated with 16 plates hors-texte and numerous wood vignettes after C. Nanteuil, T. Johannot...
Some light foxing.
Handsomely bound copy.

New edition on ordinary paper.
Work illustrated by A. Calbet.
One marginal crease mark on the front cover, otherwise handsome copy.

Keepsake, illustrated with an engraved title and 23 steel engravings.
Contemporary full green cloth. Large gilt plate on covers signed Lenègre. Small white humidity stains on upper cover. Slightly faded.
Beyond accessory texts on fans and a chronicle of contemporary spectacles, one will particularly distinguish among the very fine English engravings Mont Saint-Michel, with no construction other than the abbey and with navigation around it; a scene in Algiers, another depicting Portsmouth offshore; a view of Venice by Turner...

NB: This work is available at the bookstore on request within 48 hours.

First illustrated edition and first printing of the abundant in-text illustrations by Edmond Morin.
Half olive morocco binding with corners, smooth spine faded, date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, binding signed by Carayon.
Work illustrated with an etched portrait of the author as frontispiece by Léopold Flameng.
Occasional foxing.

Second edition.
Half burgundy shagreen binding with corners, smooth spine decorated with floral motif, gilt friezes at head and foot, boards covered with marbled paper, gilt school prize inscription on front cover, tears and rubbing marks on edges, red edges.
Work illustrated by Louis Maitrejean.
Handsome interior condition.

Edition illustrated by Grandville.
Half fir green shagreen binding with corners, smooth spine decorated with triple gilt cartouches embellished with gilt decorative motifs, fragile joints, double gilt fillets on green cloth boards, moiré paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece and 117 plates.
Some minor foxing.

Edition printed in 210 numbered copies, ours one of 170 on Holland paper.
Bradel bindings in half olive morocco with corners, smooth spines, dates at foot, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary bindings.
Work illustrated with original etchings by E. Morin.
Occasional light worming, otherwise a handsome set attractively bound.

First edition, rarely complete, even rarer as we present it in its original state, in 9 parts in publisher's boards intended to be bound in two large volumes. The illustration comprises two engraved title pages, 40 steel engravings drawn by Bartlet (various engravers), and hundreds of wood engravings in the text.
Publisher's full red cloth boards with gilt decoration. Smooth spine decorated with a large panel. Covers decorated with a large stamp featuring machinery and factories; blind-stamped frame. Headcaps rubbed. Scattered foxing in the margins of the engravings and tissue guards browned. The last three volumes are with conjugate leaves. Three volumes have some signatures slightly protruding.
Details of the 9 volumes: VOLUME 1: 240 pages; VOLUME 2: paginated 241 to 480.; VOLUME 3: paginated 481 to 640 + LXXX.; VOLUME 4: paginated 641 to 816 + LXXXI to CXIiv; VOLUME 5: paginated 817 to 832 end of the first volume +cxl +paginated 1 to 208; VOLUME 6: paginated from 206 to 448.; VOLUME 7: paginated 449 to 688.; VOLUME 8: paginated 689 to 928.; VOLUME 9: paginated 929 to 1052 + preface table, Directions to the binder and 2 title pages.
Encyclopedia of arts and crafts based on the 1851 Universal Exhibition in London and on the Crystal Palace, of which two plates are found in the first volume, one of the building, the other of the exhibition plan.
Conceived as a dictionary, the long articles follow in alphabetical order, from Abattoirs, Aqueducs to Warming and Ventilation.

New edition printed from Cazin's 1781 edition.
Bradel binding in half midnight blue cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, green morocco title-label, some surface wear and stains on boards, endpapers foxed. Work illustrated on the title page with an engraving by A. M. Lynen, as well as tailpieces and an initial letter.
This work was condemned on May 19, 1815 and November 16, 1816; it contains the story of President Dubois, a non-conformist, which led the bookseller Merigot to the Bastille.

New edition.
Work illustrated with 6 engravings after drawings by Bouillon.
Some light foxing, tiny harmless lacks at head of spine, a small light stain on first board.
Rare.

New edition printed in 135 numbered copies on China laid paper.
Bradel binding in half cherry red percaline, smooth spine decorated with a central gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, black shagreen title label showing traces of rubbing with some losses, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Notice by Charles Monselet.
Work illustrated with a portrait of the author and 9 vignettes drawn by Fesquet.
Occasional foxing affecting mainly the margins.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies.
Small tears without consequence to head and foot of spine.
Our copy is complete with the etching by Léopold Flameng here in double state as with all deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome full-margined copy.

First edition, illustrated with a portrait and ten fine engravings by Adrien Moreau (eight of which are full-page) engraved by A. Lamothe. Limited to 500 copies, numbered 160, one of 349 on petit papier Velin du marais. The first 150 copies are on Grand Velin or Japan paper.
Contemporary half brown glazed morocco binding with corners signed David. Spine with raised bands handsomely decorated, date at foot. Orange covers preserved. At the end of the work is bound the prospectus comprising one engraving and one page of text. Foxing on the half-title and portrait, thereafter a perfectly fresh copy. Carteret IV-178 "Esteemed and sought-after publication".

First edition illustrated with 29 plates, 24 headpieces and 89 in-text vignettes, by Gavarni, Huart, Guerin, all wood-engraved.
Contemporary half green shagreen. Spine with raised bands and gilt compartments. Rubbing to head and raised bands. Pale scattered foxing, irregular, sometimes not affecting the white paper at all, other times speckling the margins; overall, fairly little foxing.
Following in the tradition of the famous Diable à Paris, but with less prestigious writers, a satire of foreigners in Paris.
Handsome romantic illustrated work.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this poem by R. Darzens set to music by Auguste Chapuis.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Rodolphe Darzens.
Work illustrated with 10 original lithographs by Adolphe Willette.
Some light foxing affecting essentially the first and last pages.

First edition, printed on Hollande.
Illustrated covers and engraved frontispieces, borders by Fernand Besnier, Kauffmann...
Rare set, complete and in good condition despite some occasional little foxing.

First edition and first printing of the 65 plates drawn by T. Johannot and engraved by Dujardin, Brugnot, Andrew, Best, Leloir...
Bradel binding in half chocolate morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated with two richly decorated double gilt cartouches, date at foot, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
Handsome interior condition, entirely free from foxing.

New edition of the French translation.
Half dark green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments and gilt stars, quadruple fillets and blind cartouches framing the dark green paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated by Hadamard.
Occasional light foxing.

Illustrated edition with 300 wood-engraved vignettes in the text, first printing, by Nanteuil, Baron, Français...
Half long-grain dark brown morocco with corners, spine with four raised bands richly decorated with gilt and blind romantic ornamental motifs, light rubbing of no significance to top headcaps, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, light rubbing to corners, elegant unsigned romantic pastiche binding.
Some minor foxing of little significance.
Engraved bookplates of an Armenian bibliophile mounted facing the pastedowns.
Handsome copy handsomely bound in a superb romantic pastiche binding.

First edition, illustrated with 148 steel-engraved plates, including 96 in the first three volumes, by Thomas Allom; the fourth volume comprises 52 plates including 36 by Eugène Lami and 16 by Allom.
Full midnight blue glazed calf. Flat spine with false raised bands decorated with various roulettes and fillets with some compartments in morocco. Covers decorated with rich Romantic frieze and angular blind stamps. Red morocco title-label. Marbled edges. Scratches to covers. Headcaps and joints lightly rubbed. Superb English binding.
Volume IV, which is often lacking, is the translation of Un été à Paris, by Jules Janin. Through its illustrations, one finds a Balzacian Paris. It should be noted that the first volume contains numerous scenes of the Pyrenees, very fashionable at the time. Another volume contains numerous scenes of the Loire (Saumur, Angers, Amboise...).
The work thus seeks to bring together everything remarkable to be found in France, both from an architectural and landscape perspective, with illustrations accompanying the historical and descriptive text. The illustrative richness is remarkable, and one can admire equally the château de Pau and the Panthéon, the cirque de Gavarni and the cathedral of Orléans. What is interesting is that following the trends of the time, the engravings feature figures in period costume, and often show places as they were then.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

First edition.
Half sea-green cloth binding, scuffed covers, publisher's binding.
Volume complete with its volume cover page, each issue comprising eight pages.
Contributions by Charles Baudelaire, Théophile Gautier ("Goya") and Alexandre Dumas notably, drawings by Cham, Gustave Doré and Edmond Morin among others.
Review illustrated with numerous full-page engravings in black and white.
Le Monde illustré is a weekly news magazine published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, it was directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde illustré secured the collaboration of authors and artists such as Alexandre Dumas, Paul Féval, Théophile Gautier, George Sand, Cham, Gustave Doré...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

First edition.
Full ochre cloth binding, one joint cracked at foot, headcaps damaged, small lacks to spine, corners very bumped, lacks to boards and surface wear, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Albéric Second and Marie Ferrié among others.
8-page journal extensively illustrated with woodcuts by the greatest artists of the time.

First edition.
Full black cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesque tools, six-fold blind-ruled frame to boards, title and vignette depicting an allegory of victory accompanied by a cherub stamped in gilt to center of front board, corners very slightly bumped and small stain to front board, yellow paper pastedowns and endpapers, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Jules Noriac, Claude Bonin and Victorien Sardou among others.
8-page journal extensively illustrated with woodcuts by the greatest artists of the time.
Contrary to what the title page indicates, this volume contains all issues from December 1859 to November 1860.
Very handsome copy in its rare publisher's binding.

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

First edition.
Full black cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesque tools, one joint cracked at foot, cold-stamped sextuple fillet framing the boards, title and vignette depicting an allegory of victory accompanied by a cherub stamped in gilt at center of front board, corners very slightly bumped, yellow paper pastedowns and endpapers, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Victorien Sardou, Méry among others.
8-page journal extensively illustrated with woodcuts by the greatest artists of the time.
Very handsome copy in its rare publisher's binding.

First edition.
Full black cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesques, sextuple blind-stamped fillets framing the boards, title and vignette depicting an allegory of victory accompanied by a cherub stamped in gilt at center of front board, corners very slightly bumped, yellow paper pastedowns and endpapers, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Victorien Sardou, Méry among others.
8-page journal extensively illustrated with woodcuts by the greatest artists of the time.
Contrary to what the title page indicates, this volume contains all issues from December 1859 to November 1860.
Very handsome copy in its rare publisher's binding.

First edition.
Full black cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesque tools, sextuple blind-stamped fillets framing the boards, title and vignette depicting an allegory of victory accompanied by a cherub stamped in gilt at the center of the front board, corners very slightly bumped, yellow paper pastedowns and endpapers, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Victorien Sardou, Méry among others.
8-page journal extensively illustrated with woodcuts by the greatest artists of the time.
Very handsome copy in its rare publisher's binding.

First edition.
Full black cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesques, sextuple blind-ruled frame to boards, title and vignette depicting an allegory of victory accompanied by a cherub stamped in gilt to center of front board, corners very slightly bumped, yellow paper pastedowns and endpapers, publisher's binding.
Contributions by Victorien Sardou, Méry among others.
8-page journal extensively illustrated with woodcuts by the greatest artists of the time.
Very handsome copy in its rare publisher's binding.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, corners slightly bumped, spine with five raised bands, publisher's binding.
La Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art magazine, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years it was a worldwide reference in art history.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, corners slightly bumped, joints scuffed, spine with five raised bands, publisher's binding.
La Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art review, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years, it was a worldwide reference in art history.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, corners slightly bumped, joints scuffed, spine with five raised bands, publisher's binding.
La Gazette des beaux-arts is a French art review, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as editor-in-chief; it ceased publication in 2002.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years, it was a worldwide reference in art history.

First edition.
Half red cloth binding, covers scuffed, corners slightly bumped, publisher's binding. Complete volume with its title page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Amédée Achard, Chamfleury, François Coppée, Paul Féval and Charles Yriarte notably, drawings by Karl Bodmer, Gustave Doré and Cham among others and engravings by Chapon and Méaulle among others.
Magazine illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings, some double-page engravings.
Le Monde illustré was a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde illustré secured the collaboration of authors and artists such as Alexandre Dumas, Paul Féval, Théophile Gautier, George Sand, Cham, Gustave Doré...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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