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First edition in French, one of 60 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition of the French translation by Henri Parisot, one of 30 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Small scattered foxings, otherwise pleasant copy.

First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre laid paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, ours bearing number 1 and printed for Henry Church, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.

Postcard signed by Paul Bocuse and sent from Tokyo to Jani Brun depicting the great chef standing, wearing his toque and work uniform pinned with the medal of Meilleur Ouvrier de France.

first edition.
Pleasant copy, iconography.
Autograph signed by Father Jaouen to a friend named Tamara enriched with the handwritten signature of Alain Maucorps.

First edition, one of 2050 numbered copies on alfama paper.
Publisher's binding executed after Paul Bonet's original design.
Fine copy despite slight sunning at head of spine.

Original color linocut printed on Arches paper, created for Treize têtes de français, signed by the artist and numbered (138/220) in pencil at lower left.

Edition with original illustrations by Jacques Touchet, one of the numbered copies on laid paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Rare autograph signed by Tonino Benacquista to a friend named Pierre: "Pierre This is a working tool (it saves photocopying) while waiting for Hollywood, good to you."

New edition of the French translation by Charles Baudelaire.
Fine copy despite the spine slightly sunned at head and foot, a marginal lack to the second cover.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication signed by Henri Azeau to Michel Couppé: "... this book of a past that is perhaps that of a future ..."

First edition, one of the numbered copies on white vellum.
Handsome copy despite two small sunning marks at head and foot of spine.
Work illustrated with numerous illustrations by Yves Brayer engraved on wood and in color by Gérard Angiolini.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Henri Pourrat to Gilbert Kempf: "... cette histoire de l'homme et de la brebis dans une Auvergne plus (mot illisible) et plus ensoleillée que l'Auvergne..." ["... this story of man and sheep in an Auvergne more (illegible word) and more sunny than Auvergne..."]

First edition.
Publisher's full brown grained sheepskin, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Richly illustrated.
Handsome copy complete with its cellophane wrapper and slipcase.

First edition.
Publisher's full grained brown sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy complete with its cellophane wrapper and soft slipcase.

Mimeographed first edition published in 300 copies.
Nice copy.

6 and 9 of Clubs
[France c. 1860] | 5.5 x 8.6 cm
In the light, the transparent cards reveal humorous erotic scenes:
– 6 of Clubs: a lapping dog pleasures a lady stretched out with her dresses lifted up.
– 9 of Clubs: foreplay of a naked couple sitting on the edge of a bed.

Photographic postcard depicting singer and actress Mistinguett sitting and three-quarter.
Signed autograph Mistinguett, at the foot of his portrait, to Mr. Humbert Oberlé.

First edition, one of 77 numbered copies on pure chiffon d'Auvergne paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Grisélidis Real, writer, painter and prostitute, is a great romantic figure of the late twentieth century. A lover, militant, fighter and poet, she upset the customs of Geneva society. She is now buried in the Cemetery of the Kings in Geneva between Jean Calvin and Jorge Luis Borgès.
Nice copy.
Rare autograph dedication signed Grisélidis Réal: "For Marie Chatelain, in memory of a friend I loved as a sister, Cécile Buhler, so artist, so alive and so beautiful, always present in our hearts Grisiledis Real."

First edition, one of 106 numbered copies on pur-fil paper, only deluxe copies ("tirage de tête") after 20 Holland paper.
Nice copy.

First edition, one of 85 numbered copies on vellum, ours being one of the first 10 containing a page of the manuscript of the work, the only deluxe copies.
A pleasing copy.
Signed in Yves Bonnefoy's hand beneath the justification of the edition.

New edition collated against the unique copy in the Imperial Library in Paris, one of 100 numbered copies on laid paper, the only edition after 2 copies on vellum.
Bradel binding in orange half cloth, smooth spine with gilt fillets, gilt date at foot, blue sheep title label with marginal lack, marbled paper boards, bookplate pasted at head of pastedown, original wrappers preserved, binding signed in blind by Petit.
Rare and fine copy.
Provenance: from the library of Paul Arnauldet, bibliophile and friend of Charles Baudelaire, with his bookplate pasted on pastedown: "Nunquam amicorum" (not even to friends).

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, deluxe copy.
Unpublished letters and texts, preface by Henri Mondor.
Handsome copy despite very light sunning to head of spine.

First Edition, one of the review copies service, second edition mention on the fake title page.
Binding in full brown paper, smooth back, title piece of morocco chocolate brown, blankets and back preserved, gilded head, binding signed Dreneau.
Ex libris manuscript of Emile Henriot at the head of a guard.
Autograph signed by Henri de Montherlant Emile Henriot.

First edition, one of 20 copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in full moiré-effect paper, smooth spine, bottle green morocco title-label, covers and spine preserved, binding signed by Thomas Boichot.
Handsome full-margined copy.

First edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 3 fine hors-texte figures engraved in aquatint, including a view of the interior of the famous philosophers' café, the Procope in Paris. The edition of the second volume being from the following year, it often happens that one finds only the first volume.
Full marbled brown calf bindings. Smooth decorated spines. Red morocco title labels, tawny morocco volume labels. Lacks at head of volume I. 2 corners bumped. Marbled edges. The first leaves of volume I are printed on strong paper, the following on laid paper. Fine copy.
Red bookplate G.H. Manuscript ownership inscription: Tillier, this 7th November 1792.
Apocryphal memoirs...

First edition, one of 112 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
A photographic portrait of Charles Dullin as frontispiece.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on pur fil, from the deluxe issue after 1 unique Japon and 5 Japon copies.
Covers slightly and marginally sunned without consequence, handsome copy.
Work illustrated with 12 full-page compositions, ornaments in head- and tailpieces original wood engravings by Jean Chièze.
Our copy, as stipulated in the justification page, is complete with its suite of woodcuts on Japon.

First edition abundantly illustrated with photogravures after period documents and engravings as well as 22 portraits hors-texte.
Publisher's binding in full tawny sheep, spine with five false raised bands set with gilt garlands and decorated with blind-stamped compartments decorated in their centers with gilt crowns, boards richly decorated with a radiating device with central sun framed by a wide fleur-de-lis gilt band separated by blind-stamped crowns, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Very handsome copy.

Illustrated edition with 24 original compositions by Adolphe Lalauze, one of 200 numbered copies on Japan paper or grand Arches vellum, ours on Japan paper from the deluxe issue.
Full floral fabric binding, smooth spine, sand morocco title-label, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by Champs.
Preface by Léo Claretie.
Handsome copy despite some light foxing.
Our copy contains two states of the etchings by Adolphe Lalauze.

First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Small tears without loss to margins of some leaves in the very first signatures, otherwise a handsome copy with full margins.
Our copy lacks the original etching by Joan Miro that should be present in all copies on Arches laid paper.

First edition, one of 1650 copies on chestnut.
Two traces of vertical folds on the boards.
Pleasant copy of this text castigating the colonialist policy of France.
Rare autograph dedication signed by Michel Cournot to Jean Comte "The writers, at the time, had a lot of hair and very few holidays.Today Monsieur Comte knows how to take care of everything.I am not the only one to thank him. "

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies justified by Louis Conquet on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Bradel binding in half blue-grey cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, navy blue shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, contemporary binding.
Light foxing on endpapers, otherwise a handsome copy.
Work illustrated with 4 original etchings by Edmond Rudaux and 8 headpieces and tailpieces by Hector Giacomelli.

First edition, one of 22 numbered copies on pure rag laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

Gallimard, Paris 1957, 14x19cm, original wrappers.
First edition of the French translation by philosopher Jean Baufret and Kostas Axelos. No deluxe copies issued.
Nice copy.
Signed copy by Jean Beaufret to his daughter Marie-Louise and son-in-law Ernesto with the autograph signature of Kostas Axelos.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
A tear glued to the back of the head.
Precious autograph dedication signed by Maurice Toesca to Jean-Paul Sartre: "... this paradoxical essay (he remembers Alain's attention to" Consuelo ", cordial tribute of a classmate."

First edition.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy complete with its glassine and slipcase.

First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph Joseph Joffo on the page of fake title accompanied, next, a drawing of a flower.

New edition of the French translation illustrated by Albert Dubout, one of 1000 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Handsome copy despite a shadow on the first endpaper.

First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
Back slightly pleated.
Signed autograph Joseph Joffo on the page of fake title accompanied, next, a drawing of a flower.

New edition illustrated with 27 engravings by various artists including Henri Felix Emmanuel Philippoteaux and Héliodore Pisan.
Half red sheep bindings, spines with four raised bands decorated with fleurons and double gilt fillets, gilt dots on the bands, red cloth boards decorated with blind fillets, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Boards slightly soiled, leading edges slightly soiled, sometimes significant foxing on pages containing the engravings, dampstain on the last pages of the volume not affecting the text, rear board slightly detached.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on centaure paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

Imprimerie de Jules Didot l'aîné | Paris 1828 | 7.5 x 11.4 cm | publisher's binding
First edition, with title vignette, 6 plates and 12 vignettes for the Souvenirs calendar.
Gilded paper boards, slipcase. Covers
and spine decorated with silk painted in colors with dancing figures surrounded by friezes and floral motifs to spine, all edges gilt.
Silk slightly peeling on lower cover of case, head of joint of case with 1.2 cm crack, silk of case slightly soiled, a little foxing.

New edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 12 figures after new drawings designed and engraved by various artists including Claude Marie François Dien, with commentary by Pierre Tiffon de Saint-Surin.
Half blonde morocco bindings, spines with four raised bands decorated with compartments, double compartments and gilt tools, blind fillets outlining the bands, gilt roulettes and fillets at head and foot, marbled paper boards, pastedowns and endpapers.
Foot headcaps and leading edges rubbed, some corners slightly bumped, corners rubbed, occasional foxing.

Third edition with some parts in first edition and definitive illustrated edition by Gustave Doré.
Contemporary half red shagreen binding, spine decorated with triple compartments and gilt fleurons, compartments and cold fillets, cloth boards decorated in blind, white cloth pastedowns and endpapers, all edges gilt.
Two corners slightly bumped, soiling to pastedowns and endpapers, binding signed in blind Vigneau et Pasquier.
Some foxing.

Third augmented edition of this important artistic guide to Paris under Louis XV. A title-frontispiece engraved in colors by J. Robert & 5 plates hors-texte including 2 folding by Choffart, Saint-Aubin. Four of them, signed by Choffard (1730-1809), reproduce the illustrations from the previous edition (1752). These are the Mausoleum of Henri II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, by Jacques Sarazin in the church of Saint-Louis of the Jesuits (today reinstalled in the chapel of the château de Chantilly), the tombs of the painter Charles Le Brun and his mother at Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet, and Bouchardon's Fountain on rue de Grenelle. A fifth unpublished plate was added for this new edition...

First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
Iconography.
Some small bites on the slices.
Autograph dedication signed by Alphonse Boudard to journalist Jean-Claude Lamy: "... this black guide to the various facts and punishments ..."

First edition, one of the press service copies printed on laid.
Back passed and insolated as usually, small spots on the boards.
Precious autograph signed by Joseph Delteil: "To Henri Bergson, Jeanne Bergsonian with my deepest admiration."

Illustrated edition of initials, colored vignettes and 8 plates inset by Georges Lepape, one of 36 numbered copies on Holland paper, head print.
Binding half turquoise shagreen corners, back with four nerves slightly discolored, paper plates with moiré effect, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, cover and back preserved, gilded head.
Nice copy.
Our copy, as it is stipulated in the justification of the draw, is full of the original etching of Georges Lepape that he signed.

First edition.
Work illustrated with a portrait of Vincente Huidobro by Juan Gris.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Texts by Fernando Arrabal, Michel Butor, Michel Deon, Luis Mizon, Eugene Guillevic, Kenneth White ...
Illustrated book of reproductions of works of Julius Baltazar.
Our copy is exceptionally enriched with an autograph dedication dated and signed by Julius Baltazar to Professor Jean-Philippe Méry accompanied by an original drawing.

New edition, illustrated with a frontispiece, an engraved title and 18 plates, all on steel, and very numerous wood engravings (headpieces, tailpieces, vignettes) after Turner, Birket Foster & John Gilbert. Several facsimiles. Edition with notes, additions and remarks by J. G. Lockhart. Fine careful printing in 2 columns. Each work contains a half-title, an appendix. Clear and well-structured edition, perfectly illustrated with Scottish landscapes and historical scenes.
Publisher's binding in full beveled ultramarine gilt cloth. Smooth spine decorated with a large ornamental composition evoking medieval illuminated books. Large decorative blue and gold plate, very rich, with central...

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies containing, as frontispiece, an exclusive numbered engraving by Jean-Emile Laboureur "Pêcheurs au carrelet".
Work illustrated with reproductions of works by Jean-Emile Laboureur.
Fine copy.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half Sienna earth cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at tail, navy blue shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Scattered foxing, gift inscription in ink from a previous owner on an endpaper, edges lightly dusty.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of General Sérurier as well as a folding facsimile, 3 folding maps and another hors-texte portrait of General Sérurier.
Rare.

First edition illustrated with in-text and full-page illustrations by Vogel and ornaments by Giraldon (typographic etching). Printed on large glazed vellum. Title page in red and black.
Publisher's binding in full chocolate shagreen. Spine with false raised bands decorated with interlaced figures 30 and 40. Boards decorated with a pattern of figures 30 and 40, with a border frieze. This pattern is repeated on the green endpapers. Spine uniformly faded to tawny. Light rubbing to corners. One nick at head.
Very fine copy, perfectly fresh.
Art critic and political journalist, his comic and satirical novels earned him great renown, notably Le roi des montagnes. Le Trente et...

Autograph letter signed Roland Barthes, written in black ink.
Date at the top of the letter and signature at the bottom of the letter.
Folds caused by mailing and 2 perforations.

First edition of this deluxe keepsake composed of Finden engravings and 12 texts on tinted vellum in prose and verse by Barrett, Mitford, John Hughes. A frontispiece and 12 large steel compositions in an octagon surrounded by vignettes engraved in line and printed on strong vellum. Drawings or paintings by James Brown, engraved by Finden and other English engravers in his circle.
Publisher's binding in full blue shagreen. Smooth spine decorated with a rich ornamental composition of foliage, vases... Boards decorated with a large central ornament of interlaced scrollwork, similar in the corners. Edges gilt. Yellow endpapers. Hard slipcase of blue and red marbled paper (rubbing). Small...

First edition, one of 135 numbered copies on Persian pearl paper, single draw after 15 green Louis roy.
Illustrated book, frontispiece, a portrait of André Breton by Man Ray.
Back and flat slightly and marginally discolored as generally, a tiny tear in the back of the head at the level of the cap, a tiny spot below the autograph.
Autograph signed by Gui Rosey to Benjamin Crémieux.

First edition.
Publisher's full brown cloth binding, smooth spine, with the illustrated dust jacket.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy.

First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
In-fine iconography.
A few reading marks, in pencil, on the margins of the first pages.
Signed autograph of Renée Saint Cyr to Didier Boulot: "... to whom we can so warmly confide because it is receptive, sensitive and intelligent, in memory of a pleasant meeting."

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.

first edition from which it has not been printed.
Beautiful autograph signed and dated from Alfred Sauvy to Paul Camus .

first edition for which no large papers were taken, one of the review copies service.
Roland Barthes signed autograph signed to his close friend Robert (Mauzi): "To tell you what you know, my solid and faithful affection."
Back insolated as usual.

first edition for which it was not taken from large papers.
Signed autograph signed by Jean Quéval to Pierre Dumayet.
Iconography.
Pleasant copy.

first edition for which it was not taken from large papers.
Signed autograph signed by Jean-Marie Gibbal to his friends Françoise and Pierre Dumayet.
Pleasant copy.

Original gummed print.
This print, depicting the Bay of Naples overlooking the bluish silhouette of Vesuvius, was later added to a set of Italian landscapes in an amicorum album among engravings, lithographs, drawings, and washings.
Executed in the first quarter of the 19th century, these prints summarize the stages of the "Grand Tour" of Italy, the obligatory journey of the post-Napoleonic nobility who came to Italy to make an artistic and bucolic pilgrimage to the great achievements of the Renaissance, City views and charming Lombard and Piedmont mountain lakes. The European aristocracy was therefore fond of these prints of good graphic quality enhanced...

Original signed etching Gilio Rimoldi inc. In the lower left corner.
View inside Lake Maggiore, between Switzerland and the regions of Piedmont and Lombardy. Surrounded by the mountains, one can admire its famous islands: Isola Bella on the right, Isola Madre and Isola dei Pescatori on the left. In the foreground, walkers relax in the hills.
Directed by Jean-François Bosio (1764-1827), painter, draftsman and pupil of François David. Professor of drawing at the Ecole Polytechnique, he realizes landscapes, religious compositions, scenes of genre and history, watercolors and drawings. The print is executed by P...

first edition.
Signed autograph signed by Denis Seznec to a friend: "... in memory of the obstinate struggle of mine, and in memory of your kindness in Paris ..."
Pleasant complete copy of his illustrated jacket, iconography.

First edition published in the Bibliothèque de La Pléiade.
Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheep, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, handsome copy complete with its glassine wrapper and soft slipcase.
Illustrated.

First edition, one of 37 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Publisher's full grey cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket without defect.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on papier de luxe, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
One stain on the spine of the chemise, slipcase slightly soiled.
A nice copy with double chemise and slipcase.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Preface by Noël Arnaud, postface by Patrick Besnier.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Illustrated with photographs.
Handsome copy.

New edition of the French translation, the latter by Xavier Marmier and preceded by a notice of the translator.
Contemporary binding in half black shagreen, back smoothes decorated with blind fillets and golden, golden tail frieze, friction marks on the back and a hooked tail, flat black cardboard, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, small rips on the cuts, contemporary binding.
Precious autograph signed Xavier Marmier the Princess Murat: "To the Duchess of Elchingen, tribute translator".
Copy virtually free of freckles.

First edition, on ordinary paper, of the French translation established by Louis Fabulet and Arthur Austin-Jackson, with statement of sixth edition.
Bradel binding in half olive green cloth, smooth spine decorated with central gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet at foot, hazelnut shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Top edge blackened, occasional light foxing.

original print in color, printed on laid paper, signed on the top left of the board.
One of the first French fashion magazines, published a few days before the famous Gazette fashionable and bringing together the greatest French artists of the Art Deco movement.
The Journal ladies and modes is a trimensuelle illustrated French fashion magazine created in 1797. Its publication was stopped in 1839 before being taken in June 1912 under the leadership of Tommaso Antongini, secretary, friend and biographer of Gabriele 'Annunzio. It will disappear in August 1914 on the eve of the First World War.
The review was drawn in 1279 copies making it, for...

original print in color, printed on laid paper, signed lower left of the board.
Original content produced for the illustration of The Gazette fashionable, one of the finest and most influential twentieth century fashion magazines, celebrating the talent of creators and artists French burgeoning art deco.
Famous fashion magazine founded in 1912 by Lucien Vogel, The Gazette fashionable appeared until 1925 with an interruption during the War of 1915 to 1920, due to mobilization of its editor. She is 69 Deliveries from just 2000 copies and is illustrated including 573 color plates and 148 sketches depicting models of fashion...

original print in color enhanced with gold, printed on laid paper, signed lower left of the board.
Original content produced for the illustration of The Gazette fashionable, one of the finest and most influential twentieth century fashion magazines, celebrating the talent of creators and artists French burgeoning art deco.
Famous fashion magazine founded in 1912 by Lucien Vogel, The Gazette fashionable appeared until 1925 with an interruption during the War of 1915 to 1920, due to mobilization of its editor. She is 69 Deliveries from just 2000 copies and is illustrated including 573 color plates and 148 sketches depicting...

Pléiade Library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, complete with its glassine wrapper and slipcase.
Minor stains of no consequence to top edge.

First edition.
Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheep, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy complete with its cellophane wrapper as well as its slipcase.

First edition, one of 3000 numbered copies on papier chamois vélin paper.
With 22 photographs.
A very good copy.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, the tirage de tête after 20 on Japan paper.
A very good copy despite a small trace of sunning to foot of spine.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only large paper copies.
A very good copy.

First collected edition translated by André Pieyre de Mandiargues, one of 20 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Cover illustrated with a drawing by Max Ernst.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 255 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies after 50 on Holland paper.
Spine very slightly sunned at head and foot.

First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on Japan nacré paper, the tirage de tête.
With a photographic portrait of the author as frontispiece, a very good copy.