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Original etching before letters heightened with aquatint and signed in the plate.
Created on laid paper at the request of publisher A. QUANTIN to illustrate La Fontaine's fable: "La vieille et les deux servantes" ["The Old Woman and the Two Servants"].
Very fine condition, presented in a modern black mat and protected by tissue guard.
Auguste Delierre (1829-1891) is referenced thus in the Bénézit dictionary of painters, sculptors, draughtsmen and engravers: "history painter, genre scenes, animated landscapes, still lifes, illustrator. A pupil of Eugène Ciceri, he participated in the Paris Salon between 1852 and 1889. His compositions of landscapes animated with hunting dogs...

Original etching before letters heightened with aquatint and signed in the plate.
Created on laid paper at the request of publisher A. QUANTIN to illustrate La Fontaine's fable: "Le cerf et la Cigne" ["The Stag and the Swan"].
Very handsome condition, presented in a modern black mount and protected by tissue guard. Auguste Delierre (1829-1891) is referenced in Bénézit, the dictionary of painters, sculptors, draughtsmen and engravers: "history painter, genre scenes, animated landscapes, still lifes, illustrator. Student of Eugène Ciceri, he participated in the Paris Salon between 1852 and 1889. His compositions of landscapes animated with hunting dogs show the influence of works by...

Second edition after the original of 1766, published by the same publisher.

Half emerald morocco binding from the mid-19th century. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 flowers and fillets.

The work is a libertine entertainment on elegance and fashion in novelistic form; it is the story of an elegant man and his tribulations in society.

First edition on ordinary paper; only a few copies were printed on China and Holland paper as deluxe copies.
One joint cracked at foot then reglued, a small marginal tear restored to the front cover, occasional foxing.

First edition in French on ordinary paper, translated by J.W. Bienstock, from a limited edition of only 5 deluxe copies on Holland paper.
A slight corner lack at the foot of the back cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Illustrated with a frontispiece title drawn by Gazard and engraved by Patas, and three engravings by Larrieu, engraved by the same.
Mid-19th century half red sheep binding. Smooth spine with fillets. Fine copy.
Barnabé Farmian Durosy or de Rozoi (1745-1792) was a journalist and man of letters from Toulouse, at once playwright, poet, novelist, historian and essayist. Founder and editor of a royalist daily newspaper in 1789, he was the first journalist to die by guillotine under the Terror. Henri IV ou la Bataille d'Ivry was deemed worthy of some twenty performances in Paris, Versailles, Toulouse and Brussels between 1774 and 1795. Antoine Rivarol seems to have...

First edition.
Half fir green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands with minor rubbing, ornately gilt in double compartments, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
A photographic portrait of the author taped to an endpaper, some light foxing.

Seventh edition, with some parts in first edition, as expanded with 'De l'absolutisme et de la liberté'.
Half khaki sheep binding, smooth spine with small traces of rubbing decorated with gilt and blind fillets, blind typographical devices, gilt roulettes at head and foot, date at tail, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Autograph inscription from Henri de Régnier to Louis Bertrand.

First edition of the translation by L. Tailhade, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Laurent Tailhade to his morphine-addicted friend Dominique Bonnaud.
Frontispiece by E. Gabard, charming head- and tailpieces in Art Nouveau style.
Spine sunned, some stains on the covers.

Illustrated with engravings after drawings by Gérard Séguin, d'Aubigny, Steinheil...
Half green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands handsomely decorated, double fillets on boards, gilt edge, contemporary binding.
One frontispiece, one portrait and numerous compositions in the text engraved on steel.
Copy almost free from foxing, one of the handsome illustrated works of the Romantic period.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Arches paper, deluxe copies after 57 hors commerce.
Illustrations by Rodolphe Töpffer.
Handsome copy despite light and partial shadows on the endpapers.

Second edition.
A rare and very good copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half red morocco binding, spine in five compartments with slight damage, date at foot, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Canape.
Autograph inscription from Ernest Prévost to A. Godoy.
Handsome copy elegantly bound.

Second edition.
Publisher's full black paper boards, smooth spine with slight tear at foot decorated with gilt motifs, a tear with slight lack to one joint, boards decorated with gilt motifs.
Frontispiece illustration.
Rare and light interior foxing, gift inscription in ink.

Edition illustrated with drawings by P. Lauters.
Full red cardboard binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt motifs, blind-ruled borders on covers, all edges gilt.
Copy free from foxing.

First edition, one of 74 numbered copies on alfa Djebel paper, deluxe copies after 26 special alfa Djebel.
About notably H. Bazin, R. Fallet, L. Calaferte, Y. Gibeau.
Handsome copy despite the spine slightly faded.

First edition in French, one of 100 numbered copies on pur fil paper, after only 25 on Japan and 50 on Hollande.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
A rare and good copy, with almost no spotting, retaining the publisher's catalogue at the end.

First edition, one of 250 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Title page and final endpaper shaded, otherwise handsome copy with full margins.

Second edition. Half caramel calf binding, spine in four compartments decorated with gilt dots, roulettes and fillets as well as typographical motifs and blind fillets, marbled edges, elegant contemporary Romantic binding. Some light foxing of no consequence, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies for which there was no mention of large paper copies.
A rare and good copy.

First edition in French, one of 50 numbered copies on Johannot paper, the deluxe issue.
A rare and handsome copy.

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.
Richly illustrated.
A very good copy complete with plastic wrappers.

New edition of the French translation established by an anonymous translator.

Bradel bindings in full embossed mint green paper boards, smooth spines with small traces of rubbing, orange sheep title labels, navy sheep volume labels, tears to headcaps, some surface wear to boards, corners bumped, contemporary bindings.
Some light foxing of no consequence.

Rare edition.

Edition with some parts in first edition and illustrated with 186 drawings by the best artists of the period.
Half khaki shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments adorned with gilt decorative motifs, gilt initials at foot, light scratches on joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Edition expanded with 12 new songs with accompaniment by Pierre Létorey.
Illustrations by Giacomelli, Grandville, Viollat, Crépon, Riou, Worms...
Handsome copy.

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 in French.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket in perfect condition.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy.

First edition.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, complete with its illustrated dust jacket which shows no defects and its slipcase.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy.

First edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
Contributions by J. Sauvageot, A. Geismar, D. Cohn-Bendit and J.P. Duteuil.
Iconography.
Handsome copy.

Edition illustrated with 61 drawings and 11 hors-texte plates by Eugène Burnand reproducing the engravings from the 1908 edition.
Half brown shagreen binding, spine with 5 raised bands lightly rubbed set with gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments embellished with gilt fleurons, double fillets on marbled paper boards, top edge gilt.
Foreword by Eugène-Melchior de Vogüe.
Gift inscription at head of first endpaper as a present.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Text in Spanish, numerous color illustrations.
A small dampstain to the foot of the dust jacket, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Beautiful full-page autograph inscription from the author to Georges Simenon.
Handsome copy, lacking dust jacket.