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<p>The elegant laid paper (<em>verg&eacute; de Hollande</em>), with its wire and chain lines, is the illustrious descendant of the <em>verg&eacute;s</em> invented in France by Protestant craftsmen who took refuge in the Netherlands after Louis XIV ordered the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Although this fine paper is not very sensitive to foxing and ageing, it is rarely used for the very limited issues reserved for the author or a few bibliophiles. Laid paper is nevertheless the preferred special paper for limited issues of most novels of the late 19th and 20th centuries. This thick, supple paper, with a smooth ivory color, soaks up light and delightfully blends it with ink. It's the ideal medium for rereading your favorite texts.&nbsp;</p>
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First Editions on Laid Paper

The elegant laid paper (vergé de Hollande), with its wire and chain lines, is the illustrious descendant of the vergés invented in France by Protestant craftsmen who took refuge in the Netherlands after Louis XIV ordered the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Although this fine paper is not very sensitive to foxing and ageing, it is rarely used for the very limited issues reserved for the author or a few bibliophiles. Laid paper is nevertheless the preferred special paper for limited issues of most novels of the late 19th and 20th centuries. This thick, supple paper, with a smooth ivory color, soaks up light and delightfully blends it with ink. It's the ideal medium for rereading your favorite texts. 

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  1. Gribiche
    Paul-Adrien SCHAYE
    Gribiche
    Paul Ollendorff|Paris s. d. [1912]|13 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 5 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Half mouse-grey morocco binding with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt cartouche adorned with typographical motifs stamped in blind and gilt fillets, brown morocco title label, frame of gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by Capelle.
    Worming on the first board, occasional light foxing affecting the deckled edges of some leaves.
    €150
  2. La maison des dames
    François ALBERICH-CHABROL
    La maison des dames
    Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1912|13 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 5 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Half brown morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt cartouche embellished with blind typographical motifs and a brown morocco mosaic band, gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards, black discoloration stains on the margins of the boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt retaining its deckled edges, original wrappers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by Capelle.
    Some foxing mainly affecting the margins of certain leaves.
    Rare.
    €200
  3. Le livre de raison d'Elisabeth Renault 1789-1795
    Jean-Baptiste-François RAUCOURT
    Le livre de raison d'Elisabeth Renault 1789-1795
    Paul Ollendorff|Paris s. d. [1911]|13 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 5 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies after 1 on Japan paper.
    Half marbled havana sheep binding with corners, smooth spine decorated with richly decorated gilt compartments as well as gilt allegories, red morocco title label, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by Capelle.
    Some foxing affecting mainly the margins of certain leaves.
    Rare.
    €200
  4. L'ombre des ailes
    Maurice MAETERLINCK
    L'ombre des ailes
    Charpentier|Paris 1936|12 x 19 cm|relié sous étui
    First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies after 30 on Japan paper.
    Full navy blue morocco binding, smooth spine very slightly faded decorated with gilt cartouches and interlacing, gilt roulettes on headcaps, triple gilt fillet frame on boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, decorative gilt board-edges with wide gilt dentelle on pastedowns, double gilt fillets on leading edges, top edge gilt retaining its deckled edges, original wrappers and spine preserved, morocco-backed slipcase with navy blue morocco trim, cream felt interior lining, marbled paper boards, elegant unsigned contemporary binding.
    A perfectly established copy in full morocco binding.
    €200
  5. Tendres canailles
    André SALMON
    Tendres canailles
    Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1913|13.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 5 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Half orange morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt stippling forming a cartouche adorned with brown floral motifs, mosaic brown morocco pieces depicting petals at head and foot of spine, gilt fillet frame on boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by Capelle.
    Light scattered foxing.
    €230
  6. Notre pauvre amour
    BINET-VALMER
    Notre pauvre amour
    Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1911|12 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies after 1 Japan.
    Half blue morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt cartouche embellished with gilt arabesques, gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt retaining its deckled edges, original wrappers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by Capelle.
    Occasional foxing affecting the margins of certain leaves.
    €150
  12. Une rude gaillarde. La Princesse Palatine
    Paul REBOUX
    Une rude gaillarde. La Princesse Palatine
    Flammarion|Paris 1934|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
    Full dark green morocco binding, faded spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double compartments ornamented with gilt typographical motifs, gilt roulettes on headcaps, triple gilt fillet frame on boards enhanced with large gilt fleurons in corners, olive green watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, frame of sextuple gilt fillets and gilt fleurons in corners on pastedowns, gilt fillet on leading edges, all edges gilt, covers and spine preserved, elegant binding signed by Charles Lanoë.
    Handsome copy pleasingly bound in full morocco.
    €180
  13. Job le prédestiné
    Émile BAUMANN
    Job le prédestiné
    Grasset|Paris 1922|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Holland paper, the deluxe issue after 10 on Japan paper.
    Full navy blue shagreen binding, faded spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers framed with quadruple gilt fillets and two gilt fleurons at corners enhanced with red morocco mosaic inlays, gilt fillet on leading edges, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges, slipcase with navy blue shagreen spine, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding signed by Septier.
    A full-margined copy.

    €80
  16. L'individu et la réforme sociale
    Edouard SANZ Y ESCARTIN
    L'individu et la réforme sociale
    Félix Alcan|Paris 1898|16.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
    First edition of the French translation by Auguste Dietrich, one of the rare copies on Holland paper of which no mention is made.
    of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Half brown morocco binding with corners, spine with four raised bands, green olive and turquoise morocco title-label and translator's name-label, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges.
    Minor scuffs of no consequence at foot of first board.
    Rare copy handsomely bound.
    €450
  58. Les mémoires d'un veuf
    Paul VERLAINE
    Les mémoires d'un veuf
    Léon Vanier|Paris 1886|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 22 numbered copies on Hollande justified by Léon Vanier, the only large paper copies.
    Elegant half red morocco over marbled paper boards by Semet & Plumelle, spine in six compartments with black fillets, gilt date at foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, top edge gilt.
    Manuscript signature of Paul Verlaine on half title.
    This copy is enriched with a half page autograph letter of Paul Verlaine addressed to his publisher Léon Vanier : "Mon cher Vanier. J'ai remis dimanche 1 lettre et les épreuves, sous enveloppes pour vous à M. Jules Tellier, 18 avenue des Gobelins, qui a dû mettre ces 2 choses à la poste. Voyez ce qu'il y a à faire, je garde l'épreuve et la corrige dans tous les cas. A jeudi. P.V.
    A very good copy handsomely bound.
    €7,000
  62. Cinq grandes odes suivies d'un processionnal pour saluer le siècle nouveau
    Paul CLAUDEL
    Cinq grandes odes suivies d'un processionnal pour saluer le siècle nouveau
    Bibliothèque de l'Occident|Paris 1910|25.50 x 33.50 cm|relié
    Edition with some parts in first edition (the first ode, "Les muses", had appeared previously) and printed in 215 numbered copies on Arches laid paper.
    Half cloth binding with corners in vellum style, spine lightly browned with five raised bands set with gilt friezes and decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt typographical motifs, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards with small lacks of paper, endpapers and pastedowns of marbled paper, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, endpapers with some shadowing and small worming, contemporary binding.
    Rare light foxing without gravity, handsome copy decorated with magnificent colored initials.
    €600
  80. Retour de voyage. - Lettre du capitaine Tanera sur la débâcle
    Émile ZOLA
    Retour de voyage. - Lettre du capitaine Tanera sur la débâcle
    Société des Amis des Livres • Alphonse Lemerre|Lyon • & Paris 1892|12 x 18.50 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
    First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Hollande, the tirage de tête after 5 chamois.
    Half red morocco over marbled paper boards by Canape & Corriez, spine in six compartments, date gilt at foot of spine,marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, two corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt.
    Autograph inscriptiuon from Emile Zola : "A M. Rubattel, en remerciement de la très aimable idée qu'il a eue de publier cette élégante plaquette".
    Retaining the original letter, also on Hollande, of Captain Tanera's letter about La Débâcle, published by Alphonse Lemerre 1892 on a leaf bound in at the beginning of the work
    A good and rare copy.
    €3,000
  86. Les déliquescences poèmes décadents d'Adoré Floupette
    Gabriel VICAIRE, Henri BEAUCLAIR
    Les déliquescences poèmes décadents d'Adoré Floupette
    Lion Vanné • ( Léon Vanier)|Byzance [Istanbul] • (Paris) 1885|11 x 17 cm|relié
    Second edition, with some parts in first edition, known as the Vanier edition, completed on June 20, 1885, one of 50 numbered and justified copies on Holland paper by Lion Vanné, the only deluxe copies.
    Half green morocco binding, spine faded and sunned with five raised bands decorated with double black compartments at whose centers a gilt paraph is repeated five times, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, boards marginally faded like the spine at head and foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, elegant near-contemporary unsigned binding.
    Handsome copy attractively bound.
    €1,500
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