Ecology: Words of the World

Pierre BARBELLION
Lancer léger et poissons de sport
Librairie Maloine|Paris 1941|17 x 22 cm|broché
True first edition, one of 350 numbered copies on sea green coated paper, the only deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with 380 figures and 4 plates.
Preface by Tony Burnand.
Light marginal scratches on the first cover, small foxing spots on the edges affecting some leaves very marginally, pen gift inscription at the head of one endpaper, handsome interior condition.
€680
Jean-Claude HERVIEUX DE CHANTELOUP
Nouveau traité des serins de Canarie
Chez Claude Prudhomme|à Paris 1713|9 x 16.50 cm|relié
Second edition, illustrated with two musical plates (examples of tunes that can be taught to canaries) and one depicting cages.

Contemporary binding in full speckled brown sheep. Ornate spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Joints cracked at head and foot. Corners bumped and rubbed. Scuffing. Scattered foxing. Yellow dampstain on the first six leaves.

Treatise and manual on breeding Canary birds in captivity: feeding, nesting, care, prices, varieties... These aviary birds were particularly appreciated for their beauty, colors and song.

€600
Antoine-François-Félix ROSELLY DE LORGUES
Christophe Colomb
Victor Palmé|Paris 1879|19.50 x 28.80 cm|relié
First illustrated edition with 5 chromolithographs, one color map, all pages within a wide engraved border featuring marine scenes, landscapes, monuments... The effect of these borders is quite extraordinary when one further considers that they are renewed on each page.
Publisher's binding in half red shagreen bound by Engel and richly decorated with two special plates, a repeated ornament at head and foot, scattered stars throughout and thick and thin fillets. Special gilt plate created by Souze, an anchor in the foreground, caravels on the sea and the setting sun in which the American continent appears. The same plate is found on the back without the title. Traces of rubbing at the...
€600
SAINT-JOHN PERSE
Oiseaux
Gallimard|Paris 1963|19.50 x 26.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on vélin de Hollande, the only large paper copies.
A very fine copy, as issued.
€600
Irène NÉMIROVSKY
Les mouches d'automne ou la femme d'autrefois[Autumn Flies, or the Woman of the Past]
Simon Kra|Paris 1931|20.50 x 27 cm|broché
First edition one of 25 numbered copies on Japon paper, the tirage de tête.
Two tiny lacks to foot of spine, which also has two slight tears.
A good, well-margined copy.
€1,200
Charles DELATTRE
Les merveilles de la nature et de l'industrie humaine ou les chefs-d'oeuvre de Dieu et de l'homme
Martial Ardant frères|Paris • & Limoges 1855|19.50 x 28.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Romantic publisher's black percaline binding, smooth spine richly decorated with gilt and polychrome ornament, double blind fillet frames on boards, front board decorated with gilt and polychrome ornament, rear board stamped with gilt and polychrome tool, edges gilt.
Seven plates with tissue guards.
Front board slightly faded, some minimal foxing, otherwise a handsome copy.
€230
Jules-Edmond CUISINIER
Paysage marin
S. n.|s. l. 1880|50 x 34 cm|encadré
Original oil on wood showing a rural landscape with the sea in the background in an imposing gilded frame.
Signed at lower right. One small insignificant lack to right of frame.
Edmond Cuisinier (1857-1917) was a minor painter of the Barbizon school.
€1,800
Pierre-Joseph MACQUER, Henri-Gabriel DUCHESNE
Manuel du naturaliste. Ouvrage utile aux voyageurs et à ceux qui visitent les cabinets d'histoire naturelle et de curiosités
Chez Rémont|à Paris 1797 (An V)|12 x 20 cm|4 volumes reliés
Stated the second edition, but actually the third, enlarged, with three volumes and eight plates of constellations; rare. The first edition appeared in 1770 in a single volume, a second being added in 1771.

Contemporary spotted sheep, spine with four tools and roulettes to head and foot, red morocco title- and black morocco volume- labels, roulette frame to covers. Spines uniformly and slightly faded, lack to first blind-ruled compartment of spine of volume one. A good copy.

The work, in the form of an alphabetical dictionary, provides an overview of contemporary knowledge of natural history (mineralogy, botany, zoology, entomology, astronomy, and so on). Each article...
€1,800
A superb copy, impeccably bound in a triple binding by Duhayon
A superb copy, impeccably bound in a triple binding by Duhayon
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Les mouches[The Flies]
Gallimard|Paris 1943|12 x 19 cm|relié sous chemise et étui
First edition, one of 18 numbered copies on pur fil, from the deluxe issue.
Full red Jansenist morocco binding, spine in five compartments, date gilt at foot, black morocco endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt; matching half red morocco chemise, spine in five compartments, date gilt at foot, black felt lining; slipcase edged in red morocco, ochre felt interior, a highly elegant ensemble superbly executed by Duhayon.
A superb copy, impeccably bound in a triple binding by Duhayon.
€12,000
Albert CAMUS
Le minotaure ou la halte d'Oran
Charlot|Paris 1950|16 x 25.50 cm|relié
First edition in part, one of 17 numbered copies on China paper, tirage de tête.
Half maroon morocco Bradel binding by Devauchelle over Japan paper, the spine with two mosaiced lozenges of cream-colored morocco, date and publisher at foot of spine, top edge gilt, an elegant binding.
Provenance : the library of Raoul Simonson with his ex libris pasted in.
A fine copy in a lovely binding.
€6,800
Louis PERGAUD
La revanche du corbeau, nouvelle histoire de bêtes[The Raven’s Revenge, A New Animal Tale]
Mercure de France|Paris 1911|15.50 x 20 cm|broché sous chemise et étui
First edition, one of 19 numbered copies on Hollande, the only deluxe paper issue.
A fine copy with full margins.
€1,800
Nicolas JOLYCLERC
Phytologie universelle, Ou Histoire Naturelle et méthodique des plantes, de leurs propriétés, de leurs vertus et de leur culture
Chez Gueffier|A Paris 1799|13 x 20.50 cm (In-8)|5 volumes reliés
First edition, rare.
Contemporary full blond calf bindings, mottled. Smooth spines decorated with urn tools and fillets. Red morocco lettering-pieces and green morocco volume labels, the latter additionally bearing the letters AB, NZ... Rich border of palmettes and frieze on the covers, with on the upper cover: Prix des Ecoles Académiques; and on the lower cover: Lille 1812. Rubbing. Some corners bumped. A handsome and highly decorative set.

€900
Jean-Baptiste de MIRABAUD, Paul Henri Dietrich Baron d' HOLBACH
Systeme de la nature [Ensemble] Le vrai sens du systême de la nature
S. n. • [ Marc Michel Rey]|à Londres [London] • [Amsterdam] 1774|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
Rare and interesting gathering of these two works. New edition of the Système de la nature after the rare first edition of 1770, and first edition of Helvetius's work at the same date of 1774 as this new edition of Mirabaud; in reality three editions appeared at the same date, with different collation, without being able to determine if there is a true first edition.
Contemporary full marbled sheep binding. Richly decorated smooth spine. Red morocco title label, and black morocco volume label. Red edges. Tail headcaps torn away. A brown stain on the upper board of volume I. Restoration using a piece of leather on the upper board of volume II. Fairly good copy.
Helvetius's work is...
€900
Friedrich Shimon BODENHEIMER
Précis d'écologie animale
Payot|Paris 1955|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition in French.
Illustrated with 31 figures.
A good copy.
€20
YANAGAWA SHIGENOBU II
Yanagawa Gafu. Sansui no bu
Shubundo|Edo [Tokyo] • [Tokyo] 1856|12 x 18 cm|cousu
Rare first edition. Illustrated with 44 plates including one double-page, totaling 110 figures enhanced in period colors by Yanagawa Jushin.
Contemporary wrappers, original binding in cold-embossed green paper with cloud motifs. Excellent condition.
The author published 5 volumes of this type, each addressing a different theme—animals, flowers; this one depicts the mountains and rivers of Japan represented in prints by the artist.
€500
DUTERTRE, BEAUGEAN (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Qâou el Kebyreh (Antaeopolis). Vue du temple, prise du côté de l'Ouest. (ANTIQUITES, volume IV, planche 39)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|71 x 54 cm|une feuille
Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light.
€400
Louis PERGAUD
Le roman de Miraut, chien de chasse
Mercure de France|Paris 1913|12 x 19 cm|relié sous chemise et étui
First edition, one of 19 numbered copies on Hollande, the only large paper copies.
Elegant light brown morocco Jansenist binding by Devauchelle, spine in six compartments, date at foot of spine, gilt roulettes to head- and tail-pieces, green morocco endpapers, pastedowns of green calf, gilt fillet to edges of covers, covers and spine (spine slightly sunned) preserved, all edges gilt ; chemise (with flaps) of light brown half morocco, lined with light brown suede ; slipcase trimmed with light brown morocco, lined with light brown suede.
Handsome autograph inscription from Louis Pergaud to Alfred Machard : "...au romancier nerveux, sobre et puissant que j'admire et que...
€6,800
Johannes STRADANUS, Philippe GALLE
La chasse aux chameaux
S. n.|s. l. fin XVIe début XVIIe|34 x 25.50 cm|une feuille
Authentic original engraving executed with burin after a 16th-century drawing by Johannes Stradanus.
Impression on watermarked laid paper, work from the late 16th or very early 17th century.
Artists' signatures within the plate.
Latin caption in the lower portion of the engraving.
Manuscript translation in old handwriting below the plate mark: "On dit que la Barbarie produit de très bons chameaux que chassent les soldats de la marine pressés par la faim. Cette viande quoique très dure les rassasie." ["It is said that Barbary produces very good camels which are hunted by sailors pressed by hunger. This meat, although very tough, satisfies them."].
Watermark...
€250
Johannes STRADANUS
Chasse des Loutres
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1590]|34.50 x 26 cm|une feuille
Authentic original engraving executed in burin after a 16th-century painting by Johannes Stradanus.
Proof on watermarked laid paper, work from the late 16th or early 17th century.
Artist's signature in the plate.
Latin caption in the lower part of the engraving.
Old manuscript translation below the plate mark: "Ainsi se chassent les loutres dans des barques en châne creux. Elles sont frappées dans l'eau avec un trident crochu" ["Thus otters are hunted in boats made of hollow oak. They are struck in the water with a hooked trident"].
Watermark visible by transparency.
The engraving has been mounted and restored with small pieces of old laid paper glued to...
€250
Étienne-Jules MAREY
Le vol des oiseaux
Masson|Paris 1890|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half navy blue shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands with blind fillets, minor harmless rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, minor rubbing to edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 164 figures in the text and one plate.
A small and light dampstain at foot of first leaves, some light foxing, printed stamps serving as bookplates on verso of front board and at foot of title page.
Rare.
€450
Auguste DELIERRE
La Fontaine, fables, Le gland et la citrouille. Eau forte originale sur papier Vergé.
A. Quantin|Paris 1883|22 x 31.50 cm|une feuille
Original etching before letters heightened with aquatint and signed in the plate.
Executed on laid paper at the request of publisher A. QUANTIN to illustrate La Fontaine's fable: "Le gland et la citrouille".
Very fine condition, presented in a modern black mat and protected by tissue guard.
Auguste Delierre (1829-1891) is referenced in Bénézit, dictionary of painters, sculptors, draughtsmen and engravers as follows: "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 Desportes and...
€100
BOUQUET
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Mammifères. Mangouste ichneumon, Lièvre d'Égypte. (Histoire Naturelle, planche 6)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|53.50 x 70 cm|une feuille
Original etching in plano, untrimmed, extracted from the so-called "Imperial" edition of the Description of Egypt or Collection of observations and research made in Egypt during the French expedition, published by order of His Majesty Emperor Napoleon the Great.
Executed between February 1802 and 1829 by order of Napoleon Bonaparte and published from 1809 [actually 1810], it was printed in 1000 copies on watermarked laid paper "Ancient and modern Egypt" and offered to institutions.
Plate belonging to the series of Mammals, whose study was conducted by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844), French naturalist who participated in the Egyptian campaign...
€180
CHARLES
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Mammifères. Bélier à large queue, Moufflon à manchettes. (Histoire Naturelle, planche 7)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|53.50 x 70 cm|une feuille
Original etching in plano, untrimmed, extracted from the so-called "Imperial" edition of the Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand.
Executed between February 1802 and 1829 by order of Napoleon Bonaparte and published from 1809 [actually 1810], it was printed in 1000 copies on laid paper watermarked "Égypte ancienne et moderne" and offered to institutions.
Plate belonging to the Mammals series, the study of which was conducted by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844), French naturalist who participated in the...
€180
Charles-Henri HIRSCH
La chèvre aux pieds d'or
Flammarion|Paris 1920|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half hazelnut morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands showing minor rubbing traces, date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed by Vermorel.
Author's name misspelled in the title compartment.
€300
Alphonse TOUSSENEL
Tristia, histoire des misères et des fléaux de la chasse de France
E. Dentu|Paris 1863|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of the rare copies on Hollande paper of which no mention is made.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with blind fillets, some minor rubbing to edges, contemporary binding.
€480
LOZERAN DU FECH
Dissertation sur la nature de l'air
Chez Pierre Brun.|Bordeaux 1733|15.50 x 9.50 cm|broché
First edition. In original wrappers, covered with brown paper torn 2 cm at foot. The scientific mind of the Society of Jesus, R. P. Lozeran du Fech, won for the second time the prize of the Royal Academy of Literature, Sciences and Arts for this dissertation on air which finally seemed to resolve for all the nature of air in a satisfactory manner. After expounding the ancient theories, the author presents his own doctrine on the liquidity of air, its expansion and its weight. His Dissertation on the nature of thunder had previously won the Academy's approval.
€450