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<p>It's our first literary emotion, and one of the peaks of the art of the book: Hetzel Editions, Romantic bindings, illustrated by Robida, Doré, Job, Rabier... Children's books bring together fine arts, literature, and the noble art of book binding.</p>

Enfantina - Children's Books

It's our first literary emotion, and one of the peaks of the art of the book: Hetzel Editions, Romantic bindings, illustrated by Robida, Doré, Job, Rabier... Children's books bring together fine arts, literature, and the noble art of book binding.

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Jules VERNE
Face au drapeau. Clovis Dardentor
Hetzel|Paris 1896|18.50 x 28 cm|relié
First collected illustrated edition with drawings by Benett including 12 large chromotypography engravings.
Hetzel publisher's boards known as "au globe doré", type 1 "au bandeau noir", spine with lighthouse and second cover of Engel type "h", all edges gilt, anthracite endpapers.
Publisher's catalog O at rear.
Spine very lightly sunned, headcaps slightly depressed without severity, boards lightly soiled, endpapers with small marginal lacks as well as two restorations using adhesive patches.
Thomas Roch invents a revolutionary explosive. The United States government prefers to have him committed, rather than see him go to another power more inclined to bankrupt itself for...
€400
"It is the year 50 B.C. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans... Entirely?"
"It is the year 50 B.C. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans... Entirely?"
Albert UDERZO, René GOSCINNY
Dessin original d'Obélix au feutre signé par Uderzo et GoscinnyOriginal felt-tip drawing of Obelix, signed by Uderzo and Goscinny
s.d. (ca 1960)|15 x 21.20 cm|en feuilles
Original felt-tip drawing signed by Uderzo, accompanied by René Goscinny's signature in blue ink. Half a page on the verso of the final leaf of a three-page typescript stapled with a metal clip.
Some minor fold marks, without consequence.
A round and cheerful portrait of Obelix, drawn by his creator and inscribed “pour Anne Sophie avec toute notre amitié”, enriched with René Goscinny’s signature, on the verso of television script pages from a show featuring Uderzo and Goscinny as guests.
€4,500
Jack ROBERTS, GALERIES LAFAYETTE
"Pour être, en sortant du chou, à la mode à la mode, pour être, en sortant du chou, à la mode de chez nous"Promotional Puzzle from Galeries Lafayette, with an Accompanying Nursery Rhyme
Galeries Lafayette|Paris s.d. (ca 1925)|12 x 17 cm|environ 45 pièces cartonnées sous enveloppe de papier cristal
First edition of this rare and fragile advertising object for the Galeries Lafayette consisting of 47 cardboard pieces with a medallion illustration designed by Jack Roberts and a children's song of four verses.

Handsome copy complete with its original crystal paper envelope.

€280
Hermance LESGUILLON
Les sept vertus, ou science du bonheur
Louis Janet|Paris 1833 (S.d)|9.50 x 14 cm|relié
First illustrated edition with 6 lovely hand-colored and gummed engravings by Lassalle.
Publisher's binding in orange velvet. Smooth spine with plaque featuring leaves and lozenges. Floral plaque with bird on boards with central rocaille medallion. Velvet wear at headcaps. Some leaves slightly protruding. Beautiful paper freshness with some scattered foxing.
Very handsome copy. Beautiful specimen of this romantic book-object.
Series of tales or stories in several chapters intended to illustrate the seven virtues. These educational stories were written for young people. Hermance Lesguillon, known as Madame Hermance, was the wife of Jean Lesguillon, a writer and poet like his...
€350
Jules VERNE
Sans dessus dessous. Le chemin de France
J. Hetzel & Cie|Paris 1889|17.5 x 27.5 cm|relié
First collected edition illustrated with 36 drawings by Georges Roux for "Sans dessus dessous", and 41 drawings and two maps for "Le chemin de France".
Publisher's binding aux deux éléphants Lenègre type 3, existing only in red, back board Lenègre type "e", with central medallion on black ground. Fine first binding, with bright gilding, with areas of rubbing in lower border. Headcaps slightly turned, spine very lightly sunned as is often the case, some foxing.
Handsome copy.
"Sans dessus dessous" is an anticipation novel in which certain characters from "De la Terre à la Lune" reappear. Jules Verne features the artillerymen of the Baltimore Gun-Club planning, by means...
€800
Jules VERNE
Deux ans de vacances
Hetzel|Paris 1888|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
First octavo edition illustrated with 92 illustrations by Benett including one colored map plate: this marks the first appearance of polychromy for an illustration in a Jules Verne novel.
Publisher's Hetzel binding "aux deux éléphants" in full red percale cloth signed Lenègre type 3, front board signed Souze, back board Lenègre type "e" as indicated by Jauzac, minute white spots at center of back board in the publisher's medallion, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt. EL catalog at rear.
Some minor traces of discoloration at left margin of front board, spine lightly sunned as is often the case, some light foxing, original endpapers of intact blue, edges gilt.
"Deux ans de...
€700
Jules VERNE
Aventures du Capitaine Hatteras au Pôle Nord
Hetzel|Paris 1884-1889|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
Edition illustrated with 150 drawings by Riou.
Publisher's FN catalogue at rear
Publisher's Hetzel binding "aux deux éléphants" type 3 in full red cloth signed A. Lenègre & Cie, back board type "e" as indicated by Jauzac, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
Minor rubbing and creasing to left margin of front board at joint, spine slightly sunned as often, headcaps slightly depressed.
Les Aventures du capitaine Hatteras is an adventure novel that recounts an expedition to the North Pole. It features themes such as the ethnographic study of hyperborean peoples (the Eskimos) and harsh survival in an extreme environment.
€700
Antoine de SAINT-EXUPERY
Personnage à la mine de plomb et crayon de couleurCharacter in pencil and coloured pencil [Original drawing signed]
s. l. s. d.|22 x 28 cm|une feuille
Original signed drawing in pencil and pink crayon by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, on “Navarre” watermarked paper. Horizontal fold, annotation in pencil in upper left-hand corner, minute tears in lower margin.

Precious drawing signed by Saint-Exupéry – the writer-artist very rarely signed his graphic works – of a caricature character, sharing some of the writer's own features.
€10,000
Jules VERNE
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers
J. Hetzel & Cie|Paris 1895|18 x 28 cm|relié
New illustrated edition with 111 drawings by De Neuville and Riou, engraved by Panemaker. Six hors-texte plates in polychrome or monochrome. 2 color plates. HF catalogue at rear with some foxing.
Publisher's "portrait collé" binding in polychrome and gilt, with sepia vignette portrait of Jules Verne. Plate signed Paul Souze. A. Lenègre binder. Spine with lighthouse motif. Rear board of Lenègre type e.
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers was conceived following an epistolary suggestion from George Sand, friend of Hetzel, who had greatly appreciated Cinq semaines en ballon and Voyage au centre de la Terre. This legendary title from the novelist's work would...
€3,000
Punch and Judy - The Pets - Puss in Boots - Red Riding Hood - Poor Cock Robin - The Three Bears - Mother Hubbard - Nursery Songs - Tom Thumb - Jack and the Bean-Stalk
F. Warne & Co|London s. d. [vers 1900]|10.70 x 15.40 cm|relié
Ten tales bound in one volume, 80 pages illustrated in chromolithography, accompanied by text in the lower portion.
Charming and colorful collection of great classics of children's tales in English, including Puss in Boots, Little Red Riding Hood, Tom Thumb, and Jack and the Beanstalk.
Half-shagreen binding in midnight blue, spine with five raised bands decorated with double black fillets and gilt floral motifs, pebbled paper boards. Light stains to board margins. Small loss to shagreen at foot of lower board.
€600
Louis VAGNE
Alphabet des fillettes
[Imagerie de Pont à Mousson]|s. d. [ca 1900]|24.80 x 31.40 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
Fine album from the Imagerie de Pont à Mousson, decorated with six full-page colored illustrations, including two double-page spreads depicting children's games with toys, intended for the education of young girls.
The lithographs are the work of Louis Vagné, who took over the great imagery printing house of Haguenthal.
Publisher's polychrome illustrated boards, upper board illustrated in color, lower board decorated with a children's games scene in black and white. Joints fragile.
€200
ANONYME
Chansons et rondes enfantines. Contes et fables en chansons
Chez P. Martinon|A Paris 1858|15.50 x 24.20 cm|relié
First edition, very rare. Not listed in Carteret (illustrated Romantic books). 8 hand-colored engravings, including a frontispiece, all published by Gabriel de Gonet, and several lithographs placed as headpieces. Printed on heavy laid paper.
A manuscript on a loose leaf occupying 2 pages, written in brown ink and dated 1845: Le renard et la cigogne, signed L. Fortoul, text which appears in the collection on p.33. Other texts by the same author are found in the work. Louis Fortoul was an author of tales and works for young people.
Full burgundy morocco binding signed at bottom of front pastedown Quinet. Spine with raised bands, compartments richly decorated and inlaid with brown...
€1,500
JOB, Emile HIZELIN
Quand nos capitaines étaient petits
Delagrave|Paris 1938|25 x 32.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition illustrated with 8 color plates and black figures in text by Job.
Publisher's full beige cloth binding, smooth unlettered spine, front board decorated with large colored vignette, endpapers and pastedowns of beige paper.
Light foxing on endpapers and edges.
Handsome copy.

€120
LE TASSE
Jérusalem délivrée
Lehuby|Paris 1848|12 x 19.40 cm|relié
New illustrated edition with 22 plates by Célestin Nanteuil, and some headpieces. Text adapted for young readers. Translation by Le Prince Le brun. First edition of this version for young readers.
Publisher's polychrome mosaic cartonnage binding. Smooth spine with ornaments on red, green and cream ground. Upper cover decorated with 4 shields, 2 red and 2 blue, and a portrait of Tasso on cream ground, all set against Renaissance interlacing patterns. Blind-ruled frame on covers. Edges gilt. On the lower cover, a very elaborate shield on green ground. Tinted paper throughout. Dark traces on the lemon endpapers. Some very occasional and light foxing.

A very handsome...
€300
Jules VERNE
Les enfants du capitaine Grant
Hetzel|Paris 1880|17.50 x 28 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 172 vignettes by Riou, engraved by Pannemaker. Catalogue AI at rear for 1880.
Publisher's binding known as "à la bannière", royal blue on red ground. Beveled boards of type 7. Lower board of type Lenègre 3 in blind. Plate signed Souze, binding signed Lenègre at foot.
Fine upper plate. Traces of rubbing in the blue cartouche. Spine sunned but with gilding well preserved. Corners rubbed. Rubbing to headcaps. Second board good. Edges perfect. Some scattered foxing, notably on the first leaves and the last, but overall rather clean on good white paper. Handsome copy.
One of the author's great classics, 2 children searching for their shipwrecked father...
€600
Joseph JOFFO
Baby-Foot
JCLattès|Paris 1977|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Joseph Joffo to a woman named Jacqueline: "Pour Jacqueline, témoiignage de mes rêves d'adolescent, et l'amitié en prime" (For Jacqueline, testimony of my adolescent dreams, and friendship as a bonus) accompanied by a drawing of a flower.
€80
Jacques DRESA (Jacques DOUCET)
Ah ! Le Beau Guignol... Robe d'après-midi de Doucet (pl.8, La Gazette du Bon ton, 1914 n°1)
Lucien Vogel éditeur|Paris Janvier 1914|19 x 24.50 cm|une feuille
Original color print on laid paper, signed at lower right of the plate.
Original engraving created for the illustration of La Gazette du bon ton, one of the most beautiful and influential fashion magazines of the 20th century, celebrating the talent of French creators and artists in the full flourishing of Art Deco.
Famous fashion magazine founded in 1912 by Lucien Vogel, La Gazette du bon ton was published until 1925 with an interruption during the War from 1915 to 1920, due to the mobilization of its editor-in-chief. It consists of 69 issues printed in only 2000 copies and is illustrated notably with 573 color plates and 148...
€80
Jules VERNE
Robur le conquérant. Un billet de loterie
Hetzel|Paris 1905-1914|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
Illustrated edition with 87 drawings by L. Benett and G. Roux.
Hetzel publisher's binding "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red cloth, first cover polychrome signed Engel, second cover type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, lighthouse spine, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
Volume very slightly warped, one scratch and light discoloration on the lower cover, minimal rubbing on spine and in the fan design, original blue endpapers lightened as usual.
Robur le Conquérant is an anticipation novel. Three members of an American aeronautical club are kidnapped by a mysterious character who takes them around the world aboard a gigantic flying machine with rotating...
€2,000
Jules VERNE
L'Île mystérieuse
Hetzel|Paris 1903|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
Illustrated edition with 154 drawings by Férat engraved by Barbant.
Publisher's Hetzel binding "au dos à l'ancre" in full red percale, second cover Engel type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
Volume slightly warped, a discoloration stain at upper right corner of lower board (approximately 5x4cm) as well as some light scratches at lower margin, one corner of upper board very slightly bumped.
The novel forms a sequel to Vingt mille lieues sous les mers as well as to Les Enfants du capitaine Grant, to which it is connected by narrative elements.
€1,500
Jules VERNE
Aventures du Capitaine Hatteras au Pôle Nord
Hetzel|Paris 1905-1914|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
Illustrated edition with 150 drawings by Riou.
Publisher's Hetzel binding "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red percale signed A. Lenègre, first cover polychrome signed Engel, second cover type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, spine with lighthouse, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
Volume slightly warped, some soiling to lower board.
Les Aventures du capitaine Hatteras is an adventure novel that relates an expedition to the North Pole. It features themes such as ethnographic study of hyperborean peoples (the Eskimos) or the harsh survival in an extreme environment.
€1,000
Jules VERNE
Les enfants du capitaine Grant
Hetzel|Paris 1903|19 x 28 cm|relié
New illustrated edition with 172 drawings by Riou, engraved by Pannemaker.
Publisher's binding known as "A la mappemonde" or "Au dos à l'ancre," beveled. Second cover of Engel type i. Very beautiful upper plate with particularly brilliant golds, signed Engel in the anchor. Dark traces to the left and right of the world map. Beautiful spine with soft but not collapsed headcaps, infinitely faded; this spine has the particularity of possessing a laminated lower section, as with the first inlay bindings, one might think it is one of the first anchor spines, formed like the first gilt globe bindings, with an inlay in the lower section; however, this world map binding is not at its first...
€1,800
Paul GUTH, Alain GRÉE
Moustique dans la lune
Casterman|Tournai 1963|18.50 x 23.50 cm|reliure de l'édireur
First edition illustrated with drawings by Alain Grée.
Publisher's polychrome paper boards, smooth spine.
Small lack to film covering at head of one joint, five fine blue ballpoint pen marks in margins of two pages, a small light stain on the fore edge, otherwise handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Paul Guth to Stéphanie de Gonneville.
€60
Tomi UNGERER
Le géant de Zeralda
L'école des loisirs|Paris 1998|15 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French.
Two vertical fold marks on the covers.
Work illustrated with drawings by Tomi Ungerer.
Autograph inscription signed by Tomi Ungerer to a young man named Thomas.
€250
Tomi UNGERER
Musée Tomi Ungerer - La collection
Musée de la ville de Strasbourg|Strasbourg 2007|22 x 26 cm|broché
First edition of the catalogue of works donated by Tomi Ungerer to the Museum of the city of Strasbourg, the artist's birthplace.
Handsome copy.
Very rich iconography.
Signed autograph inscription from Tomi Ungerer to a couple of friends whose surname he enigmatically does not cite in full: "Pour Marie Jane et Jean H....d herzlich" ["For Marie Jane and Jean H....d heartily"] accompanied by a small drawing depicting a heart pierced by an arrow.
€400
Tomi UNGERER
Le géant de Zeralda
L'école des loisirs|Paris 2010|15 x 19 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with drawings by Tomi Ungerer.
Autograph inscription signed by Tomi Ungerer to a young man named Eliott.
€250
Tomi UNGERER
Le chapeau volant
L'école des loisirs|Paris 2006|15 x 19 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with drawings by Tomi Ungerer.
Autograph inscription signed by Tomi Ungerer to a young lady named Manon.
€250
Tomi UNGERER
Le géant de Zeralda
L'école des loisirs|Paris 2004|15 x 19 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with drawings by Tomi Ungerer.
Autograph inscription signed by Tomi Ungerer to a young lady named Manon.
€250
Joseph JOFFO
Baby-Foot
JCLattès|Paris 1977|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite some worming to the verso of the covers.
Autograph inscription signed by Joseph Joffo to a woman named Clodie: "A Clodie et... un sac de bises" ["To Clodie and... a bag of kisses"] accompanied by a drawing representing a flower.
€70
Tomi UNGERER
Adélaïde
L'école des loisirs|Paris 1978|15 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French.
A light circular stain to lower left corner of front cover.
Work illustrated with drawings by Tomi Ungerer.
Autograph inscription signed by Tomi Ungerer to a young lady named Adélaïde.
€350
Jules VERNE
Les voyageurs du XIXe siècle
J. Hetzel|Paris 1880|18 x 28.20 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with 51 drawings by Benett and 57 facsimiles and maps by Mathis and Morieu. At end, 1880 AI catalogue, a particularity which distinguishes the first edition.
Publisher's brick-colored boards "à la sphère armillaire ptolémaïque". Brown endpapers. Second board Engel type b with rosette, corner palmettes and frame of Greek fret. Fine upper plate. Corners good. Spine good, slightly faded. Smooth edges without steps. Headcaps folded, with a micro cut at head. Second board with some soiling. Scattered foxing. Volume well bound and uniform.
Handsome copy.

€600
Jules VERNE
Un capitaine de quinze ans
J. Hetzel|Paris 1892|18 x 28 cm|relié
New edition. It was in 1892 that the era of "pasted portrait" publisher's bindings with the "lighthouse" spine began, which would end in 1895. 95 illustrations including one full-page map, most by Meyer. GK catalogue at rear.
Publisher's binding called "With printed portrait". Signed Souze plate. Lighthouse spine. Back cover of Lenègre e type. Edges gilt.
Fine first plate, one area under the portrait without gold, revealing the red underneath; a line across the globe. Corners slightly rubbed and turned. Spine very lightly faded but quite sharp. Headcaps depressed. Back cover good but with some soiling. Paper very fresh, white with 3 pale foxing spots on 3 pages. Volume very solid...
€900
Jacques PRÉVERT
Lettres des îles Baladar
Gallimard|Paris 1952|26 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies of this children's book presented as a tourist postcard from the Baladar Islands to send to friends.
Publisher's binding in full boards, illustrated covers.
Work illustrated with drawings by André François.
Inevitable traces of rubbing to the spine due to the fact that Jacques Prévert sent by postal mail the autograph inscriptions made on this work: the addresses and names written by Jacques Prévert at the bottom of the first cover and in the middle of the second cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Prévert to Catherine Drimet: "A Catherine avec plaisir Jacques Prévert Paris Février...
€2,000
Joseph JOFFO
Baby-Foot
Jean-Claude Lattès|Paris 1996|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
New edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Joseph Joffo to a man named Antoine on an endpaper: "Pour Antoine témoignage de mes rêves d'adolescent et l'amitié en prime" ["For Antoine, testimony of my adolescent dreams and friendship as a bonus"] accompanied by a drawing of a flower.
€60
François PANNEMAKER, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, Le Petit Poucet, "L'Ogre et sa Femme" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed on the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by François Pannemaker on chine collé mounted on Holland laid paper commissioned by publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
A light marginal dampstain, not affecting the design.
These illustrations for the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism thanks to the technique known...
€90
François PANNEMAKER, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, Frontispice, "La lecture des contes en famille" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed on the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by François Pannemaker on chine collé mounted on Holland laid paper commissioned by publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
A light marginal dampstain, not affecting the design.
These illustrations for the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism thanks to the technique known...
€80
Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, Le Petit Poucet, "Tu vois bien que nous ne pouvons plus nourrir nos enfants" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving on end-grain wood signed in the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved on China paper and mounted on Holland laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
A pale marginal dampstain, not touching the image, as well as a discreet black spot in the center of the engraving.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details...
€90
Charles MAURAND, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, Le Petit Poucet, "Le Petit Poucet se leva de bon matin & alla au bord d'un ruisseau, où il remplit es poches de petits cailloux blancs" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving on end-grain wood signed in the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by Charles Maurand on China paper and mounted on Holland laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
A pale marginal dampstain, not touching the image.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism through the...
€90
François PIERDON, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, Le Petit Poucet, "Lorsque les enfants se virent suls, sil se mirent à crier & à pleurer de toutes leurs forces" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed on the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by François Pierdon on China paper and mounted on Dutch laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
A pale marginal dampstain, not touching the image, as well as some worming in the margin.
These illustrations for the Contes are considered the most successful for this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that generate terrifying...
€90
Héliodore PISAN, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, Le Petit Poucet, "Le Petit Poucet grimpa en haut d'un arbre pour voir s'il ne découvrirait rien" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed on the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by Héliodore Pisan on China paper and mounted on Dutch laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
A pale marginal dampstain, not touching the image, as well as a small tear without loss and not affecting the engraving at the bottom and wormhole in the lower margin.
These illustrations for the Contes are considered the most successful for this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the...
€100
Hélène BOETZEL, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, Le Petit Poucet, "Ils mangèrent d'un appétit qui faisait plaisir à voir au père et à la mère" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed on the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition by Gustave Doré and engraved by Hélène Boetzel on China paper and mounted on Dutch laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
A pale marginal dampstain, not touching the image.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that generate a terrifying realism through the technique known as "tinted...
€80
Georges Léon Alfred PERRICHON, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, Le Petit Poucet, "Il les tira de dessous le lit l'un après l'autre" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by Georges Perrichon on China paper and mounted on Dutch laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
A faint marginal dampstain, not affecting the design.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism thanks to the technique...
€100
François PANNEMAKER, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, Le Petit Poucet, "En disant ces mots, il coupa, sans balancer, la gorge de ses septs filles" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by François Pannemaker on China paper and mounted on Dutch laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
A faint marginal dampstain, not affecting the design, as well as some spotting in the margins.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that generate...
€100
Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, Le Petit Poucet, "Le Petit Poucet, s'étant approché de l'ogre, lui tira doucement ses bottes" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved on China paper and mounted on Dutch laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
A light marginal dampstain, not affecting the design, as well as some foxing in the margin.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism through the...
€100
François PANNEMAKER, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, La Belle au bois dormant, "Cette bonne femme n'avait point entendu parler des défenses que le roi avait faites de filer au fuseau" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by François Pannemaker on China paper and mounted on Dutch laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
A very light marginal dampstain, not affecting the design, as well as some soiling in the left margin.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that...
€120
François PANNEMAKER, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, La Belle au bois dormant, "Le fils du roi qui régnait alors demanda ce que c'était que ces tours qu'il voyait au-dessus d'un grand bois fort épais" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by François Pannemaker on China paper and mounted on Holland laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
Very faint marginal dampstain not affecting the drawing and foxing in upper margin not affecting the engraving.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details...
€100
Emile DESCHAMPS, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, La Belle au bois dormant, "Il entra dans la salle des gardes" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by Emile Deschamps on China paper and mounted on Holland laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
Occasional light foxing in margins, not affecting the engraving.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism through the...
€100
François PANNEMAKER, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, La Belle au bois dormant, "Ce n'étaient que des corps étendus d'hommes & d'animaux qui paraissaient morts" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by François Pannemaker on China paper and mounted on Holland laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
Light lack to lower right corner of margin not affecting the engraving.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism...
€100
Héliodore PISAN, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, Cendrillon, "Ne pouvant deviner comment cette citrouille pourrait la faire aller au bal" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by Héliodore Pisan on China paper and mounted on Holland laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
Rare and light worming to margins not affecting the engraving.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism thanks to the...
€120
Jules FAGNION, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, Cendrillon, "On n'entendait qu'un bruit confus : 'Ah ! qu'elle est belle !' " - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed on the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by Jules Fagnion on China paper and mounted on Dutch laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
Excellent condition.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful treatment of this text: Gustave Doré presents an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism through the technique called "tinted wood." He uses...
€90
Jean François Prosper DELDUC, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, Le Chat botté, "Bonnes gens qui moissonnez, si vous ne dites pas que tous ces blés appartiennent à M. le marquis de Carabas, vous serez tous hachés menu comme chair à pâté" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by Jean Delduc on China paper and mounted on Holland laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Tales in 1862.
Very rare foxing in the margin not affecting the design.
These illustrations of the Tales are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the scene to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism thanks to the technique called...
€100
François PANNEMAKER, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, Le Chat botté, "L'ogre le reçut aussi civilement que le peut un ogre" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by François Pannemaker on China paper and mounted on Holland laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Tales in 1862.
Some soiling and foxing in the margins not affecting the engraving.
These illustrations of the Tales are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism through the...
€100
François PANNEMAKER, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, Riquet à la houppe, "Elle vit sous ses pieds comme une grande cuisine pleine de cuisiniers, de marmitons, & de toutes sortes d'officiers nécessaires pour faire un festin magnifique" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition by Gustave Doré and engraved by François Pannemaker on China paper and laid down on Dutch laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
Worming to margins not affecting the engraving.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful for this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism thanks to the technique known as...
€80
François PANNEMAKER, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, Peau d'Âne, "Les grands de l'Etat s'asemblèrent & vinrent en corps prier le roi de se remarier. Cette proposition lui parut dure" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition by Gustave Doré and engraved by François Pannemaker on China paper and laid down on Dutch laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
Rare worming to margins not affecting the engraving and crease to lower left corner of margin.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful for this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that generate...
€100
BOETZEL, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, Peau d'Âne, "Le roi, qui s'était mis en tête ce bizarre projet, avait consulté un vieux druide" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by Boetzel on China paper and mounted on Holland laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
Occasional light worming in margins not affecting the engraving.
These illustrations for the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the composition to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism through the...
€100
Héliodore PISAN, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, Peau d'Âne, "La joie de se trouver si belle lui donna envie de s'y baigner, ce qu'elle exécuta" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition executed by Gustave Doré and engraved by Héliodore Pisan on China paper and mounted on Holland laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
Fold in the lower right corner and very rare worming.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism through the technique...
€90
HEBERT, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, Peau d'Âne, "Il vint des rois de tous les pays" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition executed by Gustave Doré and engraved by Hébert on China paper and mounted on Holland laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
Fold in the lower left corner and very rare and pale worming.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the tableau to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism through the technique known...
€100
Charles MAURAND, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, Les Fées, "Un jour qu'elle était à cette fontaine, il vint à elle une pauvre femme qui lui pria de lui donner à boire" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed on the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by Charles Maurand on China paper and mounted on laid Holland paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
Occasional worming and soiling to lower right corner, not affecting the engraving.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré presents an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the scene to the smallest details that generate terrifying...
€80
Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, La Barbe bleue, "Les voisines & les amies tant elles avaient d'impatience de voir toutes les richesses de sa maison" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed on the plate by the artist and engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved on China paper and mounted on laid Holland paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
Small fold to lower right corner not affecting the engraving and occasional light worming to margin.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré presents an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the scene to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism...
€100
Héliodore PISAN, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, La Barbe bleue, "Ils lui passèrent leur épée au travers du corps" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and the engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by Héliodore Pisan on China paper and mounted on Dutch laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
Worming in margins not touching the engraving.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the scene to the smallest details that generate terrifying realism through the technique known as...
€80
Héliodore PISAN, Gustave DORÉ
Charles Perrault, Contes, La Barbe bleue, "Dieu soit loué ! s'écria-t-elle, ce sont mes frères" - Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur chine et contrecollée sur vergé de Hollande
Hetzel|Paris 1862|29.90 x 42.10 cm|une feuille
Original wood engraving signed in the plate by the artist and the engraver. Composition created by Gustave Doré and engraved by Héliodore Pisan on China paper and mounted on Dutch laid paper at the request of publisher Hetzel to illustrate his folio edition of Perrault's Contes in 1862.
Two scratches in the margin, a small tear in the upper margin without loss and very rare worming not touching the engraving.
These illustrations of the Contes are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers an unprecedented dramatic vision. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the tale, from the theatrical staging of the scene to the...
€100
François Pierre Guillaume GUIZOT
L'histoire de France, racontée à mes petits enfants
Librairie Hachette et Cie|Paris 1877 - 1879|19 x 27.50 cm|5 volumes reliés
Illustrated edition with 75 wood-engraved plates for volume 1, 66 for volume 2, 74 for volume 3, 94 for volume 4, and 85 for volume 5, all designed by Alphonse de Neuville, Philipoteaux... The fifth volume was written by Madame de Witt, the author's daughter, based on notes left by him. Several colored maps.
Publisher's binding signed at foot Charles Magnier, red and gold. Half red shagreen with cloth boards. Spine with false raised bands decorated with four emblems of French royalty: the salamander, the sun, the dolphins and a crescent moon. Boards decorated with a large red and gold plate bearing in medallions the ciphers of several kings, on a background of red foliage. White...
€600
Céline makes a cartoon
Céline makes a cartoon
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Scandale aux Abysses
Frédéric Chambriand|Paris 1950|16 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the numbered copies on vellum from the Savoie paper mills.
Work illustrated with original illustrations by Pierre-Marie Renet alias Frédéric Monnier.
Handsome copy.
€250
Jules VERNE
Un hivernage dans les glaces
J. Hetzel|Paris 1878 (S.d)|13.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
The rare first edition. 16 out-of-text engravings by Adrien Marie. Un hivernage dans les glaces is one of the first titles in Hetzel's famous white collection; the collection was launched with 9 titles including Un hivernage dans les glaces.
A primitive first version had previously appeared in the Musée des familles in 1855 spread over several issues of the magazine. This official version was rewritten by Verne, revised and modified, and is the same as found in the collective editions. The primitive version was naturally forgotten, until the Bulletin de la société Jules Verne republished the version in 2003, in a limited edition of 50 copies.
Publisher's binding type 1, "with oval...
€1,600
Gustave TOUDOUZE, Maurice LELOIR
Le roy soleil
Boivin et Cie|Paris 1931|30 x 37 cm|relié
New edition, illustrated with 40 magnificent watercolors by Maurice Leloir, 34 full-page and 2 double-page, printed in chromotypography. Title page in blue and gold with the arms of Louis XIV and his cipher. All leaves are mounted.
Publisher's binding in full royal blue cloth. Smooth spine with gilt title. Large polychrome and gilt plate on the upper cover depicting Louis XIV on horseback. The title in a red leather cartouche. Rubbing under the cartouche. Headcaps slightly depressed. Foxing on the endpapers but otherwise fresh paper, free from foxing.
Very handsome copy.

€700
Théodore CAHU, Maurice LELOIR
Richelieu
Boivin et Cie|Paris 1910|30 x 37 cm|relié
New edition, illustrated with 40 color illustrations after watercolors by Maurice Leloir, including 29 in-text and 11 full-page, printed in chromotypography. Leaves entirely mounted on guards.
Publisher's green and gold boards. Smooth spine with gilt title running lengthwise. Large special polychrome and gilt plate on the upper cover depicting Richelieu in armor under his cardinal's habit. Plate signed J. Fau. Binding signed Poensin. Headcap and joints rubbed, edges and corners as well. Corners turned. Paper very fresh, free of foxing. 2 micro tears along the lower joint, caused by rubbing, the fabric is composed of threads. A dark comma mark on the lower cover. Binding slightly loose...
€450
Jules VERNE
Le Tour du monde en 80 jours. Le Docteur Ox[Around the World in Eighty Days. Doctor Ox’s Experiment]
Hetzel|Paris 1896|18 x 28 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur
New Edition. In-text drawings by Neuville and Benett, Bertrand, Bayard and Marie, 7 colour chromotypographs by Benett.
Publisher's cloth binding “Au globe doré” on the first cover (Jauzac), with the second cover of type "Engel h". Upper corner of the first cover a little creased. Spine ends skillfully restored. Volume very lightly warped. Some small foxing.
One of Jules Verne's most famous titles, in which a London gentleman bets with his club to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. Jules Verne's mythical title, one of the most popular adventure novels ever written, has known many film adaptations.
€1,200
Adolphe LALAUZE
Le petit Monde
A. Cadart|Paris 1875|29 x 36 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition consisting of an album of 10 original etchings by Adolphe Lalauze and a sanguine frontispiece around the theme of childhood.
Publisher's full red cardboard binding, smooth spine without lettering, some scratches on the headcaps, title and illustrator's name stamped in gold on the first cover, blind-ruled frame on covers, covers slightly faded at foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Pleasant interior condition, three of the ten etchings being signed in the plate.
Presentation by Eugène Montrosier.
Provenance: from the library of Ludovic Halévy with his bookplate pasted on a pastedown.
€400
George AURIOL, André HELLE
La Geste héroïque des petits Soldats de Bois et de Plomb
Librairie Larousse|Paris 1925|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with drawings by André Hellé.
Boards slightly and marginally sunned, otherwise a handsome and rare copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from George Auriol: "De tout coeur à Willette ancien gonfalonier de Rochechouart son vieil ami George Auriol." ["Wholeheartedly to Willette former standard-bearer of Rochechouart his old friend George Auriol."]
€250
Jules VERNE
Hector Servadac
Hetzel|Paris 1892-1895|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
First large octavo edition illustrated with chromolithographic plates by George Roux.
Publisher's Hetzel binding "with mounted portrait" in full red percaline signed A. Lenègre, front cover polychrome signed Souze depicting various means of locomotion (balloon, locomotive, boats), a sepia-toned portrait of the author mounted at center, various navigation instruments heightened in gold in foreground, rear cover type "e" as indicated by Jauzac, spine decorated with several illustrations in color and gold, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt. Catalogue D at rear.
Spine somewhat faded and one corner of front cover slightly pushed in. Some foxing mainly at end of volume, otherwise a...
€700
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Scandale aux abysses
Frédéric Chambriand|Paris 1950|16 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the numbered copies on vellum from the Savoie paper mills.
Work decorated with original illustrations by Pierre-Marie Renet alias Frédéric Monnier.
Fine copy.
€250
Philippe REGEL
Carte postale phonoscope - Le Pont de la Rivière Kwaï "Hello...le soleil brille"
Editions Secitem|Paris s. d. [1958]|16 x 16 cm|une carte postale
Phonoscope of the song "Hello...le soleil brille" from the film The Bridge on the River Kwai.
Phonoscopes were 45 rpm records in postcard format.
Very good condition.
€50
Sonia RYKIEL
Tatiana Acacia. 12 contes de Sonia Rykiel
Flammarion|Paris 1984|21.50 x 29.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's rose pink paper boards, smooth spine.
Handsome copy of this children's book.
Illustrated with drawings by Charles Matton-Pasqualini.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Sonia Rykiel to her close friend Régine Deforges: "Pour toi, Régine, ma douce. Sonia." ["For you, Régine, my sweet. Sonia."]
Provenance: from the library of Régine Deforges.
€300
Léo MALET
Vacances sous le pavillon noir
Editions de La butte aux cailles|Paris 1982|22.50 x 30.50 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with drawings by Noëlle Le Guillouzic.
Preface by Michel Marmin.
Handsome copy of this children's book.
Precious and beautiful autograph inscription signed by Léo Malet to Régine Deforges: "A Régine Deforges, qui, comme l'île au trésor, fait rêver. Avec mes meilleurs voeux pour l'an qui vient. Léo Malet." ["To Régine Deforges, who, like treasure island, makes us dream. With my best wishes for the year to come. Léo Malet."]
Provenance: from the library of Régine Deforges.
€300
Jules VERNE
Maître du monde. Un drame en Livonie
Jules Hetzel|Paris 1904|17.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
First edition large octavo illustrated by George Roux.
Publisher's Hetzel binding signed Engel known as "au globe" type 4, lighthouse spine, second cover type Engel "i" according to Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Scattered foxing.
Sequel to Robur the Conqueror, Master of the World tells the story of Robur's return to civilization aboard an amphibious vehicle.
A Drama in Livonia is a detective novel featuring an innocent man accused of a murder he did not commit in Livonia.

€700
Jules VERNE
Seconde patrie
Jules Hetzel|Paris 1900-1902|17.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
First edition large octavo illustrated with 68 drawings by George Roux as well as 2 maps.
Publisher's Hetzel binding signed Engel known as "au globe doré" type 3, lighthouse spine, second cover type Engel "h" according to Jauzac, all edges gilt. Publisher's BH catalogue at end.
Volume very slightly warped, spine lightly stained, some small losses of gilt on the plate. Original blue endpapers very marginally lightened as usual. Plate from page 249 detached, some foxing.
Seconde patrie is a robinsonade. A great admirer of the novel Le Robinson suisse written in 1812 by the Swiss-German pastor Johann David Wyss, Jules Verne imagines a sequel to the adventures of...
€500
Jules VERNE
Le Village aérien. Les Histoires de Jean-Marie Cabidoulin[The Village in the Treetops. The Stories of Jean-Marie Cabidoulin]
Jules Hetzel|Paris 1901-1902|17.50 x 27.50 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur
First collected edition large octavo illustrated with 38 drawings by George Roux, 6 large chromotypographs and one map.
Publisher's Hetzel binding signed Engel known as "au globe" type 3, lighthouse spine, second cover type Engel "h" according to Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Spine uniformly lightened, some very minor stains on the second cover and slight discoloration to lower margin of the first, corners slightly twisted without significance. Original blue endpapers marginally lightened as usual.
Le Village aérien is a fantasy and adventure novel set in the African jungle. Two white explorers accompanied by a native and a black child discover an unknown tribe living in...
€650
Emile PECH, LIEGER
Un oncle d'Australie
Jouvet et Cie|Paris s. d. [ca 1895]|20 x 29.50 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with 73 engravings after drawings by Liéger.
Publisher's full red percaline Bradel binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesques, front cover with polychrome and gilt historical scene, back cover with blind fillets and black typographical motifs at center and corners, beveled boards, blue endpapers, all edges gilt. Spine slightly sunned and some scratches to the front cover plate, otherwise a handsome copy almost entirely free from foxing.
€250
Edmond ABOUT, Gustave DORÉ
Le roi des montagnes
Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie|Paris 1861|15 x 23.70 cm|relié
First illustrated edition by Gustave Doré. 142 vignettes and 12 plates.
Includes: Autograph inscription by the author on a card with his red seal on the left side of the card, for an appointment.

Contemporary half brown shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 4 fleurons and fillets. Spine slightly faded. Some foxing. Handsome copy.
One of the first books illustrated by Gustave Doré after Balzac's Contes drolatiques. A popular novel that enjoyed great success in its time and remains one of the classics of adventure novels for young people.
€450
Jules VERNE
Mirifiques aventures de Maître Antifer
Hetzel|Paris 1894|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
First edition large octavo illustrated with chromolithographic plates by George Roux.
Publisher's Hetzel binding "with pasted portrait" in full red cloth signed A. Lenègre, polychrome front cover signed Souze depicting various means of locomotion (balloon, locomotive, ships), a sepia-toned portrait of the author pasted in the center, various navigation instruments heightened in gold in the foreground, back cover type "e" as indicated by Jauzac, spine decorated with several illustrations in color and gold, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt. HF catalogue at rear.
Spine very slightly faded and some scattered foxing. Joint cracked at head for a few centimeters on back cover.
€700
HANSI
L'histoire d'Alsace racontée aux petits enfants par l'Oncle Hansi
Henri Floury|Paris 1913|28 x 35.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition illustrated with color images by Hansi and Huen.
Publisher's full sky blue paper boards binding, smooth spine, illustrated covers, endpapers and pastedowns of decorative patterned paper.
Small spots of discoloration on covers, occasional foxing, last inner hinge split at head and foot.
Handsome copy of this work published for the little children of Alsace and France.
€300
Jules VERNE
Deux ans de vacances
Hetzel|Paris 1888|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
First edition octavo illustrated with 92 illustrations by Benett including one color map hors-texte: this is the first appearance of polychrome illustration in a Jules Verne novel.
Publisher's Hetzel "two elephants" binding in full red percaline signed Lenègre type 3, front cover signed Souze, back cover Lenègre type "e" as indicated by Jauzac, spine with lighthouse, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt. EL catalogue at rear.
Some very slight whitish traces on the spine and back cover and two tiny tears at head of front cover and head joint of back cover. Scattered foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume, as usual. Original endpapers in pristine blue.
Deux ans de...
€700
Jules VERNE
Le Sphinx des glaces
Jules Hetzel|Paris 1903-1904|17.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 68 illustrations by George Roux including 20 large chromolithographs and one map.
Catalogue Y in-fine.
Publisher's Hetzel binding signed Engel known as "au globe" type 4, spine with lighthouse, second cover type Engel "i" according to Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Spine lightly faded with minor rubbing and corners rubbed. Endpapers changed and scattered foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume.
Le Sphinx des glaces is a fantasy novel, intended as a sequel to Edgar Poe's novel - to which it is dedicated -, Les Aventures d'Arthur Gordon Pym, published in 1838.
Copy not recorded by Jauzac.
€700
Jules VERNE
Bourses de voyage
Jules Hetzel|Paris 1903|17.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
Edition containing 47 illustrations by L. Benett, 12 large chromotypographies, numerous photographic views and a map.
Publisher's Hetzel binding signed Engel known as "au globe" type 4, lighthouse spine, second cover type Engel "i" according to Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Copy slightly warped, second cover showing some soiling and scattered foxing, otherwise handsome copy.
Henry Markel, a former sea captain turned pirate, wishes to rob young West Indian schoolboys in transit to London and about to receive a scholarship from an important benefactor.
€500
Arnaud BERQUIN
Oeuvres complètes
Renouard|Paris 1803 - 1810|10 x 17 cm|17 volumes reliés
New illustrated edition with 232 figures, principally by Borel. Volume XIV contains an additional suite by Moreau, a suite by Marillier and another anonymous suite. Copy on vellum paper, the figures on heavy vellum. At the end of the publisher's notice, a leaf with the price of works: the 20 volumes in-18, fine paper, in wrappers with 18 engravings...30Fr. The same with 212 engravings, in wrappers...60Fr. The same, 17 volumes, deluxe vellum paper, figures from first proofs...120Fr. The volumes may be purchased separately by works. While at Princeton University and the Royal Library of Denmark one finds only the edition in 20 volumes with 18 engravings, this copy proves more desirable in...
€1,400
Jules VERNE
Un capitaine de quinze ans
J. Hetzel|Paris 1892|18 x 28 cm|relié
New edition. The era of bindings "with pasted portrait" with the "lighthouse" spine began in 1892 and ended in 1895. 95 illustrations including one full-page map, most by Meyer.
Publisher's binding known as "With printed portrait". Plate signed Souze. Rear board of Lenègre type. Edges gilt.
Very fine first plate, with sharp gilt. Corners slightly rubbed. Spine somewhat faded. Headcaps sunken. Rear board good but with some soiling, and the cloth along the lower joint narrowly split for 5cm. Paper fresh and bright, free from foxing. Volume solid and tight throughout. Fine copy overall.
Adventure novel devoted to the question of slavery, and more particularly the slave trade by...
€900
Jules VERNE
Bourses de voyage
Jules Hetzel|Paris 1903|17.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
Edition containing 47 illustrations by L. Benett, 12 large chromolithographs, numerous photographic views and a map.
Publisher's Hetzel binding signed Engel known as "au globe" type 4, spine with lighthouse, second cover type Engel "i" according to Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Spine very slightly sunned and minor scratches without consequence at head of first cover, otherwise handsome copy despite some usual foxing at beginning of volume.
Henry Markel, a former sea captain turned pirate, wishes to rob young West Indian students in transit to London and about to receive a scholarship from an important benefactress.
€600
Jules VERNE
Maître du monde. Un drame en Livonie
Jules Hetzel|Paris 1904|17.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
First edition large octavo illustrated by George Roux.
Publisher's Hetzel binding signed Engel known as "au globe" type 4, spine with lighthouse, second cover type Engel "i" according to Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Red slightly foxed on the first cover and spine, otherwise good copy with fresh interior despite the slight and usual discoloration of the original endpapers.
Sequel to Robur the Conqueror, Master of the World tells of Robur's return to civilization aboard an amphibious vehicle.
A Drama in Livonia is a detective novel featuring an innocent man accused of a murder he did not commit in Livonia.

€500
Michel TOURNIER, Alain GAUTHIER
Le miroir à deux faces : La fugue du Petit Poucet. - Ikonut ou l'infini et les Eskimos. - Amandine ou les deux jardins
Seuil jeunesse|Paris 1994|23.50 x 33.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition en partie originale ornée illustrations d'Alain Gauthier.
Agréable exemplaire.
binding à la bradel de l'éditeur en plein cartonnage, spine lisse, plats illustrés.
Envoi autographe daté et signé de Michel Tournier : "Pour Florence en souvenir du premier jour de printemps. Michel Tournier..."
€150
Jules VERNE
Le chancellor suivi de Martin Paz
Hetzel|Paris 1875|18 x 27.30 cm|relié
First illustrated edition, 53 drawings by Riou and Férat engraved by Hildibrand and Pannemaker. Catalogue J for 1876.
Publisher's binding known as "Aux initiales" in the rarest havana color, signed Magnier at foot. Back board of Magnier B type.
Fine first cover with well-marked and brilliant gilding (small black spots in a thin area). Clean spine with clearly readable gilding. The 2 bottom corners slightly bumped. Headcaps worn. Back board very good. Light scattered foxing more present on the first leaves, rather discreet thereafter. Handsome copy.
Le Chancellor, initially published in 1874 is a maritime adventure novel inspired by the raft of the medusa...
€600
Louis LE RIVEREND, Paul STECK
Les trois apprentis de la rue de la lune
Ancienne maison Quantin|Paris 1884|20.50 x 26 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition illustrated with in-text illustrations in black by Louis Le Riverend and Paul Steck as well as three out-of-text watercolors in color by Edward Loevy.
Publisher's polychrome cardboard binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt and silver ornament, beveled boards, front board enhanced with a large illustration, all edges gilt.
Endpapers tending to slightly pull away.

€300

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