Full Morocco Bindings

First illustrated edition of a work that was initially published in 1542 in Wittenberg. 2 frontispieces and 21 engravings by Bernard Picard representing hagiographical episodes from the life of Saint Francis. Cohen, 5. Red and black title pages. The half-title in an engraved border by Picard bears the date 1733.
Contemporary full navy morocco bindings. Smooth Jansenist spine. Series of hatchings on the leading edges. Edges gilt. Spines slightly faded. Handsome binding, quite rare.
Famous pamphlet, particularly violent, against the book by Barthelemy de Pise which highlighted the similarities between the life of Jesus Christ and the life of Saint Francis. The book begins with a...

First edition. The work was published for Edward de Halifax. It was compiled and collected by George Ellis.
Contemporary full red morocco binding with long grain (English binding). Spine with raised bands and fillets. Gilt fillets framing the boards. All edges gilt. One wormhole to a joint. Handsome copy, very fresh.
The work brings together works by Henry VIII, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Drummond, Dryden...

First edition printed in 200 copies, ours one of the 196 numbered copies on Arches paper.
Full burgundy morocco binding, spine with 6 raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, gilt letter and collection number at head and foot, minimal traces of rubbing of no importance to the joints, pastedowns lined with burgundy box calf and morocco frame, endpapers lined with burgundy box calf, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining its deckled edges, binding signed Charles Benoit.
Handsome copy perfectly executed.

First edition, illustrated with a title vignette and 6 figures engraved by Lambert after famous paintings. At the end of the work, 12 pages with engraved frames featuring different motifs including astrological signs, one per month; the souvenir section to be filled in by the owner.
Contemporary full straight-grained red morocco binding. Smooth spine decorated in grotesque style with a central radiating tool and scattered stars (the spine evokes Bozerian bindings). Decorative border on covers. Scattered pale foxing, very light. Edges gilt. Very handsome copy.
The almanac contains the calendar for the year and numerous texts by Ducis, Tissot, Fanny de Beauharnais, Boufflers...

First edition of this Balzacian novel featuring a Don Juan and courtesans in the 19th-century style, with all the darkness and nonchalance desired. Illustrated with 20 steel engravings hors texte by Flameng, La Guillermie..., most printed in sanguine. Engravings as head-pieces, initials, tail-pieces...
Full black morocco. Spine with 4 false raised bands. Triple fillet forming 4 compartments each with a decorative tool. Relief escutcheon monogrammed J.D on the upper cover. Edges gilt. Corners somewhat rubbed. Light worming and pale foxing, mainly in the margins of the engravings. Some marginal dampstains on a few isolated leaves.
Handsome edition of this uncommon work. Houssaye was...