Gift ideas between 400 and 500 €

Pierre BRISSAUD, René BOYLESVE
La leçon d'amour dans un parc
Editions Lapina|Paris 1925|21 x 28 cm|relié sous étui
Edition illustrated with 45 original watercolors in colors by Pierre Brissaud reproduced by pochoir, one of 403 numbered copies on Holland paper.
Bradel binding in half navy blue morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated with two compartments of red mosaicked morocco, date and place gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré effect paper, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, slipcase edged with navy blue morocco, boards covered with two different marbled papers marked by a red morocco division, elegant unsigned binding.
Handsome copy pleasantly established.
€400
Felician MYRBACH, Luigi ROSSI
Sapho
Marpon & Flammarion|Paris 1887|12.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
New edition with illustrations by Luigi Rossi and Felician Myrbach, one of 50 copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Half tawny morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt typographical motifs, gilt date at foot, gilt fillet on pebbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed Kraft.
A description label from an English bookseller pasted on an endpaper, light scratches of no consequence to headcaps, occasional worming.
Provenance: from the Robert Hoe library with his bookplate pasted...
€500
André DIGNIMONT, Francis CARCO
Les innocents
Emile Hazan|Paris 1930|20.50 x 26.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 8 original etchings by André Dignimont, one of 25 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue after 8 different Japan papers.
Bound in full red morocco shagreen, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments ornamented at their centers with gilt floral motifs, triple gilt fillet frame on boards, moiré-effect paper endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelle frame on pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges, binding signed Barth fils.
Our copy contains the complete suite in black of the illustrations as stipulated in the justification page.
Handsome copy attractively bound.
€500
Jeanne GRANES (Jean KERVADEC)
"L'aïeule" - Lithographie originale sur Japon - L'Estampe Moderne
Imprimerie Champenois • pour CH. Masson • H. Piazza|Paris (Mars) 1899|25.50 x 34 cm|une feuille et une serpente
Rare original color lithograph, executed by Jeanne Granès for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 23 published in March 1899.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on Japan paper with wide margins, artist's signature and date in the plate, publisher's dry stamp depicting a child's profile in the lower margin, numbered luxury edition stamp on the reverse; engraving preceded by a tissue guard captioned with the artist's name, title, and text.
Lithograph inspired by an extract from a work by Jean Kervadec, reproduced on the print's tissue guard.
Magnificent French monthly publication issued between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of original...
€400
Pierre de NOLHAC
La Dauphine Marie-Antoinette
Boussod, Valadon & Cie|Paris 1896 (S.d)|23.50 x 31.50 cm|relié
First edition. Limited to 1000 numbered copies on Velin du Marais paper, no. 89. A hand-watercolored frontispiece with gold highlights, 37 superb engravings, most in mezzotint as plates, but some in text (frames, coats of arms...), under inscribed tissue guards. One double-page engraving and two in sepia printing. The plates, superbly executed, are before letters and printed on strong vellum.
Contemporary half pink morocco binding with corners. Spine with raised bands decorated with fillets. Gilt titles. Light spotting on the first compartment, on one corner. Some rare worming.
Very handsome copy.
Famous monograph by Pierre de Nolhac, admirably illustrated.
€500
Alfons MUCHA
Couverture de L'Estampe Moderne n°24 avril 1899Cover of L'Estampe Moderne n224 April 1899
Imprimerie Champenois • pour CH. Masson • H. Piazza|Paris Avril 1899|41 x 56 cm|une feuille
Cover of L'Estampe Moderne n°224 April 1899

L'Estampe Moderne, Imprimerie Champenois pour CH. Masson & H.Piazza, Paris April 1899, 41 x 56 cm, one leaf

Original large margin print in black and white serving as the cover of the famous monthly publication Estampe Moderne. Entirely printed in black and white, our print is the cover of the rare collection in a large-margin luxury print of the first year of publication. Artist's signature on the board and number of the luxury print added in pencil.
A magnificent monthly French publication published between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne comprised unpublished chromolithographs which, unlike...
€450
Guillaume DUBUFE (Edmond PILON)
"L'enfant" - Lithographie originale sur Chine - L'Estampe Moderne
Imprimerie Champenois • pour CH. Masson • H. Piazza|Paris (Avril 1899)|20.50 x 31.50 cm|une feuille
Rare original lithograph, executed by Guillaume Dubufe for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 24 published in April 1899.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper with wide margins, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in lower margin, mounted on a sheet of laid paper with the numbered stamp of the deluxe edition on verso, some foxing and small corner defect.
Lithograph inspired by an extract from La maison d'exil by Guillaume Pilon.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe Moderne consists of original chromolithographs which, unlike other magazines...
€450
Adolphe GIRALDON
"Lutèce" - Lithographie originale sur Chine - L'Estampe Moderne
Imprimerie Champenois • pour CH. Masson • H. Piazza|Paris (Juin) 1898|19.50 x 36 cm|une feuille
Rare original lithograph, executed by Adolphe Giraldon for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 14 published in June 1898.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper with wide margins, artist's signature and date in the plate, publisher's dry stamp depicting a child's profile in the lower margin, mounted on a sheet of laid paper with the numbered stamp of the deluxe printing on the verso, some foxing, traces of angular creases.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of unpublished chromolithographs which, unlike other magazines such as Les Maîtres de l'Affiche and as stipulated on the tissue guards...
€400
Thérèse LE PRAT
Le masque et l'humain
La Colombe|Paris 1959|28.50 x 38 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition printed in 500 numbered copies.
Publisher's full grey cloth binding, smooth spine, retaining the illustrated dust jacket with small foxing to the rear panel and slight marginal tears.
Some discoloration to the margin of the front panel of the photographic jacket, occasional interior foxing.
Work illustrated with 48 photographs by Thérèse Le Prat.
Text by Philippe Stern and Thérèse Le Prat.
Autograph inscription signed by Thérèse Le Prat to photographer Jean-Louis Nou who was her protégé and whom she introduced to photography: "A Jean Louis Nou qfin qu'il persévère... Thérèse Le Prat."
Our copy exceptionally contains an...
€400
Alfons MUCHA
Couverture de L'Estampe Moderne n°22 février 1899Cover of L'Estampe Moderne n22 February 1899
Imprimerie Champenois • pour CH. Masson • H. Piazza|Paris Février 1899|41 x 56 cm|une feuille
Cover of L'Estampe Moderne n°22 February 1899

L'Estampe Moderne, Imprimerie Champenois pour CH. Masson & H.Piazza, Paris February 1899, 41 x 56 cm, one leaf

Original large margin print in black and white serving as the cover of the famous monthly publication Estampe Moderne. Entirely printed in black and white, our print is the cover of the rare collection in a large-margin luxury print of the first year of publication. Artist's signature on the board and number of the luxury print added in pencil.

A magnificent monthly French publication published between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne comprised unpublished chromolithographs...
€450
Raoul André ULMANN (Gustave FLAUBERT)
"Tristesse sur la mer" - Lithographie originale sur Chine - L'Estampe Moderne
Imprimerie Champenois • pour CH. Masson • H. Piazza|Paris (Novembre 1898)|35 x 23 cm|une feuille
Rare original lithograph, executed by A. Yank for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 19 published in November 1898.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China with wide margins, artist's monogram in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in lower margin, mounted on a sheet of laid paper with on the back the numbered stamp of the deluxe edition, pale marginal foxing; print preceded by a tissue guard captioned with the artist's name, title, and an extract from a work.
Lithograph inspired by an extract from the travel account in Brittany, Par les Champs et par les Grèves, by Gustave Flaubert, reproduced on the print's tissue guard.
€400
Henri GUINIER (Anatole LE BRAZ)
"Nuit douce" - Lithographie originale sur Chine - L'Estampe Moderne
Imprimerie Champenois • pour CH. Masson • H. Piazza|Paris (Janvier 1899)|24.50 x 30 cm|une feuille
Rare original lithograph, executed by Henri Guinier for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 21 published in January 1899.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper with wide margins, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in the lower margin, mounted on a sheet of laid paper with the numbered stamp of the deluxe edition on the verso, some foxing.
Lithograph inspired by a song from Chansons de Bretagne by Anatole Le Braz.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of original chromolithographs which, unlike other magazines such as Les Maîtres...
€500
Paul RENOUARD (J. READING)
"Avant le ballet" - Lithographie originale sur Chine - L'Estampe Moderne
Imprimerie Champenois • pour CH. Masson • H. Piazza|Paris (Septembre 1898)|22.50 x 31.50 cm|une feuille
Rare original lithograph, executed by Paul Renouard for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 17 published in September 1898.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper with wide margins, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in the lower margin, mounted on a sheet of laid paper with the numbered stamp of the deluxe printing on the reverse, pale marginal foxing.
Lithograph inspired by an extract from La Danse et les Ballets by J. Reading.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of original chromolithographs which, unlike other magazines such as Les...
€400
Henri MARTIN (DANTE ALIGHIERI)
"Dante rencontre Béatrix" - Lithographie originale sur Chine - L'Estampe Moderne
Imprimerie Champenois • pour CH. Masson • H. Piazza|Paris (Juillet 1898)|31 x 25.50 cm|une feuille
Rare original lithograph, executed by Henri Martin for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 15 published in July 1898.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper with wide margins, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in the lower margin, mounted on a sheet of laid paper with the numbered luxury edition stamp on the verso, pale marginal foxing.
Lithograph inspired by an extract from Dante's Divine Comedy.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe Moderne consists of unpublished chromolithographs which, unlike other magazines such as Les Maîtres de l'Affiche...
€400
LOUIS XIV
Edit du roy portant creation des greffiers des Insinuations ecclésiastiques (9 autres édits sur le même sujets)
1691- 1704|18 x 25 cm|relié
First editions of these 8 edicts, details as follows:
1. Edit du roy portant creation des greffiers des Insinuations ecclésiastiques du mois de decembre 1691. (begins at leaf Aij, without title page or half-title)... 8vo (13x20.5cm)
2. Edit du roy portant creation de quatre cent greffiers des domaines de gens de main-morte. Chez Estienne Michallet, 1692. 4to (18x23.5cm).
3. Edit du roy portant creation de notaires royaux & apostoliques. Donné à Versailles au mois de decembre 1691.
4. Edit du roy portant creation d'oeconomes sequestres dans tous les dioceses du royaume. Donné à Versailles au mois de decembre 1691. Chez Guillaume Deprez. 1692. 4to (17.5x25cm).
5. Arrest du...
€500
Henry DETOUCHE
"Dans les ronces" - Lithographie originale sur Chine - L'Estampe Moderne
Imprimerie Champenois • pour CH. Masson • H. Piazza|Paris (Avril 1898)|24.50 x 35 cm|une feuille
Rare original lithograph, executed by Henry Detouche for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 12 published in April 1898.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper with large margins, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in the lower margin, mounted on a sheet of laid paper with the numbered stamp of the deluxe edition on verso, pale marginal foxing, small dark dampstain in corner, slight trace of the stamp from the previous engraving on recto.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of original chromolithographs which, unlike other journals such as...
€400
Gaston BUSSIERE (Richard WAGNER)
"Brunnhild" - Lithographie originale sur Chine - L'Estampe Moderne
Imprimerie Champenois • pour CH. Masson • H. Piazza|Paris (Mai 1898)|21 x 34 cm|une feuille
Rare original lithograph, executed by Gaston Bussière for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 13 published in May 1898.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper with wide margins, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in the lower margin, mounted on a sheet of laid paper with the numbered stamp of the deluxe printing on the verso, pale marginal foxing.
Lithograph inspired by some verses entitled La Valkyrie, extracted from L'Anneau du Nibelung by Richard Wagner, translated by A. Ernst.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of...
€500
Boris VIAN
Quatre tapuscrits de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Trompette d'occasion" où, sur trois d'entre eux, Boris Vian a corrigé le titre à la main
S. n.|s. l. 1957|21 x 27 cm|4 feuillets perforés
Four typescripts, one of which is mounted on flexible cardboard, each of 39 lines of Boris Vian's song "Trompette d'occasion" initially entitled "Le jazz hot".
For three of them, Boris Vian crossed out "Le jazz hot" to modify the title by hand and rename the song "Trompette d'occasion".
Boris Vian wrote the text in 1957, Henri Salvador composed the music and performed it on numerous occasions, notably for advertising.
Provenance: Fondation Boris Vian.
€400
Auguste DONNAY (José Maria de HEREDIA)
"Artémis" - Lithographie originale sur Chine - L'Estampe Moderne
Imprimerie Champenois • pour CH. Masson • H. Piazza|Paris (Février) 1898|23.50 x 34.50 cm|une feuille
Rare original lithograph, executed by Auguste Donnay for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 10 published in February 1898.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper with wide margins, artist's signature and date in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in the lower margin, mounted on a sheet of laid paper with the numbered stamp of the deluxe edition on the verso, pale marginal foxing.
Lithograph inspired by a poem by José Maria de Heredia.
Magnificent French monthly publication issued between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe Moderne consists of original chromolithographs which, unlike other periodicals such as Les Maîtres de...
€500
René-Xavier PRINET (Edmond & Jules de GONCOURT)
"Manon" - Lithographie originale sur Japon - L'Estampe Moderne
Imprimerie Champenois • pour CH. Masson • H. Piazza|Paris (Février) 1898|22 x 32.50 cm|une feuille et une serpente
Rare original lithograph printed in the manner of three crayons, executed by René-Xavier Prinet for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 10 published in February 1898.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on Japan paper with wide margins, laid paper mounted on Japan paper, signed by the artist and dated in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in the lower margin, numbered luxury edition stamp on the verso; engraving preceded by a tissue guard captioned with the artist's name, the title and an extract from a work; blank tissue guard.
Lithograph inspired by a text by Edmond & Jules de Goncourt, La Femme au XVIIIe siècle, an extract of which...
€500
Henry de MONTHERLANT
Don Juan
Gallimard|Paris 1958|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copies after 23 on Madagascar.
Bradel binding in full abstract-patterned grey and cherry red paper, smooth spine, mouse-grey morocco title label, original wrappers and spine preserved, binding signed by Thomas Boichot.
Handsome copy.
€400
GUILLAUME DE LORRIS, JEAN DE MEUNG
Le rommant de la rose (Le roman de la rose)
Delarue|Paris 1878|22.50 x 28.50 cm|relié
Edition consisting of a facsimile reproduction of the Jehan Dupré edition printed in the 15th century (1493), one of 250 numbered copies on laid paper, the only print run with 80 other deluxe copies (20 on extra-strong laid paper, 10 on Rose paper and 50 on China paper).
Publisher's full cardboard binding in imitation vellum in the manner of medieval bindings, smooth spine, first cover illustrated with a reproduction of a woodcut, one lower corner slightly bumped.
Work illustrated with reproductions of woodcuts and engraved initials.
Three margin restorations to three leaves using adhesive pieces, stains and two blue ballpoint pen reading marks in margins of one leaf.
€450
Franz MELCHERS
"La phalène des îles de la mer" - Lithographie originale sur Chine - L'Estampe Moderne
Imprimerie Champenois • pour CH. Masson • H. Piazza|Paris (Décembre) 1897|23 x 33 cm|une feuille
Rare original lithograph, executed by Jacques Wely for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 8 published in December 1897.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on Chine with wide margins, artist's signature and date in the plate, dry stamp of the publisher depicting a child's profile in lower margin, mounted on a sheet of laid paper with on verso the numbered stamp of the deluxe issue, pale marginal foxing.
Magnificent French monthly publication issued between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of original chromolithographs which, unlike other periodicals such as Les Maîtres de l'Affiche and as stipulated on the tissue guards, were created specially by each...
€500
Henri BOUTET (Ludovic HALÉVY)
"Dans les coulisses" - Lithographie originale sur Japon - L'Estampe Moderne
Imprimerie Champenois • pour CH. Masson • H. Piazza|Paris (Décembre 1897)|24 x 33.50 cm|une feuille et une serpente
Rare original color lithograph, executed by Henri Boutet for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 8 published in December 1897.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on Japan paper with wide margins, laid paper mounted on Japan paper, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in the lower margin, numbered stamp of the deluxe edition on verso; print preceded by a tissue guard inscribed with the artist's name, title and an extract from a work; blank tissue guard.
Lithograph inspired by an extract from a work by Ludovic Halévy which is reproduced on the tissue guard of the print.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited...
€500
Charles LEANDRE
"Noël" - Lithographie originale sur Japon - L'Estampe Moderne
Imprimerie Champenois • pour CH. Masson • H. Piazza|Paris (Août) 1897|32 x 23 cm|une feuille et une serpente
Rare original color lithograph, executed by Charles Léandre for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 4 published in August 1897.
One of the 50 deluxe proofs printed on Japan paper with wide margins, artist's signature and date in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in the lower margin, numbered stamp from the deluxe edition on verso; print preceded by a tissue guard bearing the artist's name, title and introductory text; and another blank tissue guard.
Magnificent French monthly publication issued between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of original chromolithographs which, unlike other journals...
€500
Charles DOUDELET
"La châtelaine" - Lithographie originale sur Chine - L'Estampe Moderne
Imprimerie Champenois • pour CH. Masson • H. Piazza|Paris (Octobre) 1897|35 x 26 cm|une feuille
Rare original lithograph executed by Charles Doudelet for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 6 published in October 1897.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper with wide margins, artist's signature and date in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in lower margin, mounted on a sheet of laid paper with on the verso the numbered stamp of the deluxe edition, pale marginal foxing.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of original chromolithographs which, unlike other magazines such as Les Maîtres de l'Affiche and as stipulated on the tissue guards, were created...
€400
Gaston de LATENAY
"Le parc" - Lithographie originale sur Chine - L'Estampe Moderne
Imprimerie Champenois • pour CH. Masson • H. Piazza|Paris (Juillet) 1897|33 x 33 cm|une feuille
Rare original lithograph executed by Gaston de Latenay for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 3 published in July 1897.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on China paper with large margins, artist's signature and date in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in the lower margin, mounted on a sheet of laid paper with the numbered stamp of the deluxe edition on verso, rare marginal foxing, blank tissue guard.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of original chromolithographs which, unlike other magazines such as Les Maîtres de l'Affiche and as stipulated on the tissue guards...
€500
Alfred DELVAU, Félicien ROPS
Les cythères parisiennes. Histoire anecdotiques des bals de Paris
E. Dentu|paris 1864|11 x 17.20 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 24 etchings on chine collé by Félicien Rops and Emile Thérond (the frontispiece and 18 of the vignettes are indeed by Rops).
Contemporary half brown shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with fillets. Some rubbing. 2 corners slightly bumped.
One of Auguste Poulet-Malassis's first productions in Brussels, the F. Rops frontispiece is a heliogravure reworked with etching and drypoint.
Monograph of all Parisian balls, a fashion particularly followed by all social classes at the time.
€450
Eugène GRASSET
Lithographie originale en couleurs : "La librairie romantique" - Les Maîtres de l'Affiche - planche 42
Les Maîtres de l'Affiche - imprimerie Chaix|Paris 1896|29 x 39.90 cm|une affiche lithographiée sur vélin fin encadrée
Original color lithograph printed on fine laid paper. Printer's embossed stamp at bottom right of the plate. The poster depicts a pierrot from behind, reading in front of Notre-Dame de Paris.
Superb French monthly publication, Maîtres de l'Affiche, published between 1895 and 1900 at the initiative of Jules Chéret.
Each issue of the magazine includes four posters reproduced in bell format and chromolithography, each bearing an embossed authentication stamp.
Very handsome copy.
NB: The poster is presented framed; for any shipment it will need to be sent without the frame.
€450
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
Jacques PRÉVERT
Choses et autres
Gallimard|Paris 1972|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Fine copy.
Amusing autograph inscription dated and signed by Jacques Prévert to Doctor Jullien: "Avec plaisir choses et autres chaises et êtres... etc pour le docteur Jullien..." ["With pleasure things and other chairs and beings... etc for Doctor Jullien..."]

€500
(to Boris VIAN) André HODEIR
Introduction à la musique de jazz
Librairie Larousse|Paris 1945|11.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Very precious signed autograph inscription from André Hodeir to Boris Vian: "Bien amicalement à toi mon cher Boris. André Hodeir." ["With warm friendship to you my dear Boris. André Hodeir."]
What a provenance!

€500
Guillaume APOLLINAIRE, COLLECTIF
Les soirées de Paris N°20 de la 3ème année
Les soirées de Paris|Paris 15 Janvier 1913|17 x 26 cm|agrafé
First edition of this issue devoted to the Douanier Rousseau.
Contributions by Guillaume Apollinaire including "Le Douanier", René Dalize, Adolphe Basler, 3 poems and letters by the Douanier Rousseau...
Issue illustrated with 7 reproductions of works by the Douanier Rousseau.
Rare and handsome copy despite slight marginal tears of no consequence to the covers.
€400
(to Boris VIAN) Bernard HEUVELMANS
De la bamboula au Be-Bop
Editions de la main jetée|Paris 1951|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
A small dampstain at foot of spine and light sunning at foot of rear board, complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.
Very precious autograph inscription dated and signed by Bernard Heuvelmans on the front endpaper: "A Boris Vian avec l'espoir qu'il aimera ce petit livre d'un jazz nourri de mystère, d'érotisme et d'humour. En toute sympathie" ["To Boris Vian with the hope that he will love this little book of jazz nourished by mystery, eroticism and humor. With all sympathy"].
€500
(to Boris VIAN) Gérard LEGRAND
Puissances du jazz
Librairie Arcanes|Paris 1953|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine creased and lightly sunned, paper yellowed.
Iconography.
Very precious signed autograph inscription from Gérard Legrand on the half-title page: "A Boris Vian, poète authentique et méconnu, qui voulut bien naguère se prêter au supplice d'une interview... où transparaissait Duke Ellington. Amical hommage" ["To Boris Vian, authentic and unrecognized poet, who was kind enough to submit to the ordeal of an interview... where Duke Ellington shone through. Friendly tribute"].
€500
MARIE-ANTOINETTE
Correspondance secrète de Marie-Antoinette et le comte de Mercy-Argenteau
Librairie de Firmin-Didot frères, fils & Cie|Paris 1874|16 x 25 cm|3 volumes reliés
Edition published with notes and an introduction by chevalier Alfred d'Arneth and A. Geffroy.
Half black shagreen bindings, browned spines with five raised bands decorated with double compartments and black fillets showing traces of rubbing, gilt dates at foot, black paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edges gilt, armorial bookplates pasted on pastedowns.
Spine of bindings showing rubbing, handsome interior condition.
Work illustrated with two facsimiles at beginning of volumes.
Rare complete correspondence in three volumes.

€500
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
Gabriel, abbé BRIZARD
De l'amour de Henri IV pour les lettres
Cazin|Paris 1786|8.50 x 13.50 cm|relié
Cazin edition composed with the first edition printed by Philippe-Denis Pierre, with a half-title and a relay title bearing Cazin's address and dated 1786.
Full brown morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments richly adorned with gilt floral motifs, gilt date at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, frame of sextuple gilt fillets on boards decorated at corners with gilt fleurons, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, frame of gilt dentelle on pastedowns, gilt fillets on leading edges, all edges gilt, elegant nineteenth-century binding.
A handsome copy with very wide margins and perfectly established.
€450
Honoré de BALZAC, Louis HUART
Paris marié [Ensemble] Paris au bal
J. Hetzel • Aubert & Cie|Paris 1846|-|relié
First separate edition, illustrated by Gavarni with 20 plates and 40 vignettes. The text had originally appeared in Le diable à Paris, a collective volume to which Balzac contributed several texts.
First edition of Louis Huart's work illustrated with 50 vignettes by Cham, published without date in 1846.
Contemporary half red shagreen binding. Spine with false raised bands handsomely decorated. Head and tail rolls. Corners slightly rubbed, one turned in. Some pale foxing on half-titles and indexes. Tinted paper for Paris marié, white for Paris au bal. Good copy.
Satirical and humorous writings in the style of physiologies.

€400
Pierre-Louis HANET-CLERY
Mémoires de P. L. Hanet Cléry, ancien valet de chambre de Mme Royale
Librairie d'Alexis Eymery|Paris 1825|13.50 x 20.60 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition illustrated with 2 portraits of the Cléry brothers as frontispiece, lithographed by Morin. Complete title: Mémoires de P. L. Hanet Cléry, ancien valet de chambre de Madame Royale, aujourd'hui Dauphine, et frère de Cléry, dernier valet de chambre de Louis XVI; Munitionnaire général des armées, agent général des hôpitaux militaires à Saint-Domingue, conservateur des forêts dans l'ile de Corse, etc., Chevalier de la Légion-d'Honneur.
Contemporary half brown binding. Smooth spine decorated with fillets. Gilt titles and volume numbers. Minor crack to upper joint at head of volume 1 extending a few mm. Traces of rubbing, notably to corners. Leather used for volume 2 lighter than...
€500
NADAR [Félix TOURNACHON]
Portrait de Edmond Goncourt
Goupil & Cie|Paris 1880|24 x 33 cm|une feuille
Photoglypty from the Galerie contemporaine. Portrait of Edmond Goncourt.
Mounted sheet on which a photoglypty of 19x24cm has been laid down. Caption at the bottom of the mount: Galerie Contemporaine, 126 boulevard de Magenta. Phot. Goupil et Cie. Cliché Nadar, 51, rue d'Anjou-St-Honoré. Superb condition.
Handsome portrait of the writer seated, with a fixed and fierce gaze, a cigarette in his right hand, his elbow resting on attributes that represent him.
Close to a carbon print by its warm and deep tones, photoglypty is a complex photomechanical process of photographic reproduction which the publishing industry used for about 20 years, from 1875 to 1895. Seeking an ideal and...
€500
Alexandre de LABORDE
Versailles ancien et moderne
Imprimerie Schneider et Langrand|Paris 1841|17.50 x 26.50 cm|Relié
First edition, illustrated with a frontispiece, a map (route from Paris to Versailles) and numerous wood engravings in the text by Trimolet, Daubigny, Français, etc. in the romantic manner (text frames, tailpieces, headers, in-text illustrations...). On pages 316, 317, 341 and 412 are empty frames for engravings that were never published. Bibliographers make no distinction between the same work published by Everat printing house in 1839 and this printing by Schneider and Langrand.
Full old red shagreen binding. Spine with false raised bands decorated in gilt compartments. Large ornamental cold-stamped plate on boards with rich frame. Edges gilt. White watered silk endpapers with some...
€500
Adrien de LONGPERIER (Eugène DELACROIX)
Lettre autographe signée sur le plafond de Eugène Delacroix à la galerie d'Apollon du palais du Louvre
13 septembre 1852|12.20 x 19 cm|une feuille
Long autograph letter signed by the archaeologist and curator of antiquities at the Louvre Museum, Adrien de Longpérier, to a journalist, 4 pages on a folded sheet.
In this fascinating letter about Eugène Delacroix, the curator of Egyptian antiquities Longpérier castigates a journalist, author of a harsh critique of the painter's ceiling at the Galerie d'Apollon in the Louvre: "mais quand il s'agit seulement d'un plafond, fait pour une galerie roccoco, quand du reste j'ai reconnu que cet ouvrage produit un excellent effet décoratif que le ton général est parfaitement adapté à la place et qu'outre cela le tableau contient un certain noombre de détails traités...
€400
Anatole FRANCE
Vie de Jeanne d'Arc
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1904-1908|15.50 x 24 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half navy blue morocco bindings, spines with five raised bands showing some minor rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edges gilt, contemporary bindings signed Petitot.
Autograph inscription signed by Anatole France to Madame Félix Roussel on the first volume.
€400
Jean ANOUILH
Pièces brillantes
La Table Ronde|Paris 1951|12 x 19 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, one of the 90 numbered copies on pur fil Lafuma, deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").

Nice copy.
Signed handwritten inscription by Jean Anouilh to Robert Delaroche-Vernet.

€450
Jean ANOUILH
La Vicomtesse d'Eristal n'a pas reçu son balai mécanique. Souvenir d'un jeune homme
La Table Ronde|Paris 1987|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of the 14 numbered copies on vergé de Holland paper, deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
As new.
€450
Madeleine SMETS-LEFRANCQ, Arthur RIMBAUD
Bateau ivre[The Drunken Boat]
Ateliers du vieux tilleul|s. l. s. d. [circa 1954]|33 x 37.50 cm|en feuilles
Edition printed in 50 numbered and justified copies on Arches paper by Bonaventure Fieullien, ours printed for André Bocquetin with his bookplate pasted on a guard.
Pleasant copy.
This calligraphed album, engraved and printed on his hand presses by Bonaventure Fieullien (Franciscan monk who studied at the Academy of Brussels under the direction of the Belgian painter Oswald Poreau and who worked in sculpture, stained glass and painting, but who was especially recognized for his remarkable and spectacular illustrated books with amazing idiosyncratic lettering) was illuminated by Madeleine Smets-Lefrancq.
Signatures of Bonaventure Fieullien...
€450
François Romain CAMBOULIU
Etude sur les femmes d'Homère
Imprimerie Ve sens et Paul Savy|Toulouse 1854|13 x 21 cm|relié
First edition.
Contemporary full dark green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons and blind fillets, covers richly decorated with blind lozenges containing gilt tools, triple blind fillet framing the covers, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt. Some rubbing at the joints, otherwise handsome copy.
Armainvilliers library label pasted on the front pastedown.
Our copy contains an autograph letter signed by the author dated June 1863.
€400
Isawa NAGAHIDE
Konjyaku Monogatari
Ryushiken|Kyoto 1820|15.50 x 22.50 cm|15 volumes cousus
The Konjaku is a compilation of tales and stories that aim to present, in a Buddhist vision, the history of the world. It was formerly attributed to Minamoto no Takakuni (1004-1077), court counselor and great scholar. In its complete version, it was composed of tales about India, China and Japan, this compilation only including those representing Japan. The translation could be: Collection of stories belonging to the past. The stories feature exemplary behaviors that should serve as models or codes for conduct. They are written in Sino-Japanese language.
47 woodcut engravings, 2 to 3 per volume, by an unidentified artist.
Japanese-style sewn wrappers. Printed on mulberry paper...
€450
Paul SCARRON
Le roman comique
Editions Jouaust|Paris 1880|11 x 18 cm|3 volumes reliés
New edition, illustrated with 10 etchings by Léopold Flameng and engraved by André Salmon. A handsome edition, carefully printed on Dutch laid paper. Title pages in red and black.

Contemporary half-shagreen binding with corners. Spine with raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and inlaid with a central black fleuron. Gilt titles and date at foot. Separating fillets on boards. Top edge gilt. Uncut copy.

A very fine copy in superb condition.

€450
STENDHAL, Maurice BARRÈS
Correspondance de Stendhal (1800-1842) publiée par A. Paupe et P.A. Cheramy sur les originaux de diverses collections[Correspondence of Stendhal (1800–1842), published by A. Paupe and P. A. Cheramy from the originals held in various collections]
Charles Bosse|Paris 1908|16.50 x 25.50 cm|3 volumes brochés
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper for each volume, the only deluxe copies after 20 Japan.
Preface by Maurice Barrès, work illustrated with three portraits of Stendhal as frontispieces.
Handsome copy complete with the frontispiece in duplicate state for each volume as stipulated for copies on Holland paper.

€450
William COXE
Voyage en Suisse
Chez Letellier|à Paris 1790|12 x 20 cm|3 tomes en 3 volumes reliés
First French edition illustrated with 7 folding plates, including 2 maps of Switzerland and Mont Blanc, and a panorama of the Alps.
Half beige cloth 19th-century bindings. Spines with red morocco title labels. Green paper boards. Spines soiled. Corners heavily bumped. Light scattered pale foxing. The last 4 pages of volume 2 with a tear to upper margin with loss not touching text. The very large plate of Switzerland with 2 restorations following tears. A light tear to margin of the Mont Blanc map. Tear with loss p. 77 of volume 1, to lower margin, with loss of a few letters.
Undoubtedly one of the finest works on Switzerland. The author made 4 journeys there which allowed him to...
€450
Hippolyte Adolphe TAINE, Gustave DORÉ
Voyage aux Pyrénées
Hachette|Paris 1860|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
First octavo edition and first under this new title. The work had been published under the title Voyage aux eaux des Pyrénées in 1855, in a small format and with 64 wood engravings by Gustave Doré; in this edition, 9 of the woodcuts published in 1855 are not included, so there are 332 new woodcuts (Louis Dézé).
Contemporary binding in half midnight blue shagreen, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt compartments, fillets and stippling, paper boards in cardboard style, endpapers and pastedowns of watered paper, all edges gilt.
Some rubbing to head and foot of spine, two corners slightly rubbed, endpapers and pastedowns somewhat darkened.
Two bookplates...
€450
COLLECTIF
Maisons d'architectes - Design contemporain
Editions Place des victoires|Paris 2009|29.50 x 29.50 cm|relié
First bilingual French-English edition.
Rich iconography.
Publisher's full grey cloth binding, smooth spine, retaining the illustrated dust jacket which has a tear at the foot of the spine.
Handsome copy.

€450
Marc MOUCLIER, Emile STRAUS
L'omnibus de Corinthe véhicule illustré des idées générales : départ tous les trois mois, N°1
15 octobre 1896|16 x 24.80 cm|une feuille rempliée
Rare first edition of the first issue of the artistic review L'omnibus de Corinthe, one of the copies printed on ordinary paper.
Traces of folds having caused tears.
The cover is by Edouard Couturier.
L'Omnibus de Corinthe (subtitled "illustrated vehicle of general ideas") is an illustrated supplement to the review La Critique created by the Nabi painter Marc Mouclier. In total, twelve fascicles executed in lithographic pencil and printed in zincography by Eugène de Solenière were published every three months starting from October 1896. They are today extremely rare and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France - which possesses a...
€400
Georges TOURNON
Dessin original signé au fusain et rehauts de gouache : un clown et un nain à la fête du Trône
Paris 1932|15 x 9.50 cm|une feuille
Original drawing of the painter and draftsman Georges Tournon, in charcoal enhanced with gouache, signed "G. Tournon Feast of the Throne Paris 1932".
"Georges Tournon was to be a Parisian artist who had acquired a certain dexterity in the art of chewing the street people, he had a real predilection to identify and draw from the nature of characters misery among the two wars: tramps curled up by the cold and hunger, couples of old people sitting on a bench, stray wanderers ... he associated with those excluded "at the end of the roll", sellers of "almost nothing", which, against a few cents, yielded to the passers-by flowers, mimosa, feather duster ... or played the...
€400
Jean TARDIEU, Elie LASCAUX
Il était une fois, deux fois, trois fois... ou la table de multiplication en vers[Once Upon a Time, Twice, Thrice... or the Multiplication Table in Verse]
Gallimard|Paris 1947|25.50 x 33.50 cm|broché
First illustrated edition with 92 original colour compositions by Elie Lascaux, one of 65 numbered copies on pure Lana wove paper, deluxe issue.
Endpapers slightly shaded, minor tears to the spine without loss, a pleasant copy.
€500
Georges PEREC
Les choses
Julliard|Paris 1965|12 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of the advance copies ("service de presse").
Nice copy.
€450
Sacha GUITRY
Les femmes et l'amour
Le livre contemporain|Paris 1959|14.50 x 22 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First edition, one of the 100 numbered copies on luxury paper, the only deluxe copies ("grands papiers").
Spine and sides of the chemise slightly sunned, pleasant copy.
€450
Françoise SAGAN
La robe mauve de Valentine
Julliard|Paris 1963|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches paper, deluxe copies.
Nice copy.
€480
Françoise SAGAN
Les violons parfois
Julliard|Paris 1962|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches paper, deluxe copies.
Nice copy.
€480
ULLIAC TREMADEURE
Les jeunes naturalistes, ou entretiens sur l'histoire naturelle
Didier|Paris 1841|11 x 17.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
New revised and recast edition, illustrated with 16 plates and 2 figures enhanced and hand-colored on heavy paper, totaling 32 figures (the drawing is charming, often animated with several characters). Third edition statement, the first having appeared in 1838.
Bound in full black romantic shagreen. Smooth spines richly decorated with rocaille tooling. Covers decorated with a rocaille frame and double fillet border. Interior frieze. White moiré endpapers. All edges gilt. Relatively fresh, with foxing at the tissue guards and the plates more brown; some scattered browning. Multiple pagination, each part having its own pagination. 3 corners slightly bumped.
Very handsome copy, rare...
€450
(Miguel de CERVANTES)
Le desespoir amoureux, avec les nouvelles visions de Don Quichotte, histoire espagnole
Aux dépens de La Compagnie|à Amsterdam 1747|9.50 x 16.50 cm|2 parties en un volume relié
New edition, rare, of which the first edition appears to have been published in 1715. 2 frontispieces and 4 figures for volume I, 2 for the second, all unsigned. Title pages in red and black.
Contemporary full glazed brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title label. Split headcaps. Lacks to title label. Upper joint split at tail.
In 1609 appeared Homicidio de la fidelidad y la defensa del honor, which brought together for the first time in France under an invented Spanish title, various texts and stories extracted from Don Quixote in French in Nicolas Baudoin's translation. These first extracts were assembled over 125 pages, they were expanded in...
€450
Jacques DES GACHONS, COLLECTIF
Le livre des légendes. Deuxième année complète
Le livre des légendes|Paris 1895|14.50 x 19 cm|10 fascicules brochés sous chemise cartonnée à lacet
First edition.
Literary contributions by Jean Lorrain, Henri de Régnier, Charles Perrault, René Boylesve, Gabriel de Lautrec, Tristan Klingsor, Jacques des Gachons, Maurice Magre, Georges Rodenbach, Henry Bordeaux, Yvanhoé Rambosson, Stuart Merril...
Pictorial contributions by André des Gachons, Paul Berthon, Noé Legrand, Léon Lebègue, Paul Bocquet, Léonce de Joncières, P. M. Rut... as well as 13 color plates (including frontispieces) by Des Gaschons, Paul Berthon, P. M. Ruty, Elie Clavel, Henri Gentil, Paul Bocquet.
Includes the general printed cover for the year 1895.
Our complete 1895 volume is presented in the publisher's laced chemise, vellum-style cardboard spine...
€400
Nicolas BOILEAU DESPREAUX
Oeuvres de Boileau avec un nouveau commentaire par M. Amar
Chez Lefèvre|à Paris 1821|15.50 x 24.50 cm|4 volumes reliés
New edition expanded with a commentary by Jean-Augustin Amar du Rivier, and illustrated with a portrait of the author as frontispiece engraved by Ligon after Rigaud and 6 figures hors-texte engraved by Pierre Adam, Chollet, Burdet, Larcher and Lorichon after Desenne.
Half green Russia leather bindings with corners, spines with five raised bands decorated with fleurons and roulettes stamped in blind, with gilt compartments and roulettes, headcap of the second volume slightly cracked, joints lightly rubbed, marbled paper boards, second board of the third and fourth volumes very lightly rubbed, some corners slightly bumped, endpapers and pastedowns of red speckled marbled paper, armorial...
€450
Albert ROBIDA, Georges TOUDOUZE
François Ier (Le roi chevalier)
Boivin & Cie|Paris 1909|30 x 37 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition and first issue of the full-page color illustrations by Albert Robida.
Publisher's full grey percaline binding, smooth spine, front cover illustrated with a polychrome composition by Albert Robida, blue-grey paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Headcaps lightly rubbed as often, handsome copy.
€400
Adrien BARRERE, Émile CODEY
Le cirque de Paris
S. n.|Paris 1923|25.50 x 33 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with drawings by Adrien Barrère, pseudonym of Adrien Baneux.
Text by Emile Codey.
The work, folded accordion-style, forms a fresco when unfolded.
Tears to spine with minimal lacks, lacks and tears to board margins, handsome interior condition.
€400
ANONYME
Les spectacles de Paris, ou calendrier historique & chronologique des théatres
Chez La veuve Duchesne|à Paris 1776|6.20 x 12 cm|relié
First edition.
Copy with unidentified arms, a cross accompanied by 4 mallets.
Contemporary full red morocco binding. Decorated smooth spine. Red morocco title labels. Boards stamped with arms, triple fillet frame with corner tools. Gilt edges. One lack at head. Yellow dampstain on the first 10 leaves. Handsome copy in very desirable condition.
This almanac had existed for 25 years and catalogued everything of interest in the theatrical and musical entertainment of Paris, not only the venues, but also the actors, musicians, and the repertoire performed. Of note is a review of the opera Iphigénie en Aulide given by Gluck in 1776.
€400
Charles DICKENS
Le mystère d'Edwin Drood
Librairie Hachette|Paris 1874|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
The rare first edition, translated by Charles Bernard Derosne.
Contemporary half black sheep binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 4 fleurons. Gilt title. One corner slightly bumped. Corners rubbed. Light rubbing at head. Scattered foxing. Good copy.
The author's legendary title, Le mystère d'Edwin Drood is the last novel composed by Charles Dickens in 1870 and left unfinished due to his death before the final part. This ultimate novel which resembles a detective work thus leaves the mystery complete, and critics worldwide have, even to this day, never ceased attempting to reduce the obscure areas of the book.

NB: This work is available at the...
€450
Jacques Marquet de Montbreton NORVINS
Histoire de Napoléon
Furne|Paris 1840|15.70 x 24.20 cm|relié
Edition abundantly illustrated with original vignettes and plates by Raffet. Handsome and famous Romantic illustrated work.
Half black shagreen binding, smooth spines decorated with Romantic rocaille ornaments, frame of two gilt fillets on the aubergine paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of crosshatched dark blue paper, corners rubbed. Rubbing to headcaps, contemporary Romantic binding. Occasional light spotting on clean white paper. Of note, the presence of three childish drawings made as tracings on the verso of three plates. Each plate is protected by a pink tissue guard.
Work illustrated with 80 wood-engraved plates and a steel-engraved frontispiece as well as numerous...
€400
Louis BOUQUET, Blaise PASCAL
Le mystère de Jésus
Editions de la Sirène|Paris 1918|26 x 33.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise
Edition illustrated with 17 original woodcuts by Louis Bouquet, one of 15 lettered copies on old Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Our copy, like all copies of the deluxe issue on old Japan paper and as stipulated in the justification page, is complete with its duplicate suite printed in bistre on China paper and signed by Louis Bouquet.
Some very light foxing of no consequence.
Rare.

€480
Jean COCTEAU
L'impromptu du Palais-Royal
Gallimard|Paris 1962|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête after 15 parcheminé azuré hors commerce reserved for the author.
A very good copy with good margins.
€480
CHAMPAGNAC, OLIVIER
Le voyageur de la jeunesse dans les cinq parties du Monde, contenant la description géographique et pittoresque de divers Pays, l'esquisse des moeurs de chaque peuple ; le tableau des religions et des gouvernements ; l'historique rapide des principaux états ; des détails ethnographiques sur les races humaines...
Belin-Leprieur et Morizot|Paris 1858|17 x 28 cm|relié
First edition, illustrated with 22 engravings including 16 hand-colored and hand-finished costume plates; the 6 others are steel engravings of city views; by the Rouargue brothers. The engravings are fine and detailed and of very beautiful quality.
Publisher's gilt binding. Full black cloth. Special plates for the upper cover, lower cover and spine. Edges gilt. Cloth somewhat faded overall. Narrow one-centimeter split to lower joint at head. Foxing on the first leaves, then much rarer thereafter. The tissue guards have browned but not the plates. Paper fresh white overall. Corners worn at edges.
€450
Publius Papinius STATIUS
Opera
Apud Ioan. Pillehotte|Lugduni [Leiden] • (Lyon) 1608|7.50 x 11.80 cm|relié
Lyonnaise edition of this work produced by Ioannes Bernartius in 1593. Italic printing. A first part gathers the three major works of Statius and a second with its own title page the commentaries and notes of various scholars.
Contemporary limp vellum binding with flaps. Author's name in pen on spine. Traces of ties. 2 lacks to title page, in upper margin, on each side of the page. A pale dampstain running through half the work, in lower margin.
The edition brings together the three known poetic works of Statius: the Thebaid recounting the story of Oedipus's sons confronting each other for the kingdom of Thebes (a famous and often treated theme); the Silvae, a collection of poems...
€450
ABBÉ PREVOST
Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut
Lemerre|Paris 1878|13 x 20 cm|relié
Edition on vellum paper after 50 on china and on Whatman. Illustrated with a portrait by Braquemont and eight fine and beautiful plates by Monzies after Gravelot and Pasquier.
Contemporary half navy blue morocco with corners signed David. Spine with raised bands richly decorated and inlaid with red lozenges. Fillets on boards. Top edge gilt.
Uncut copy (the edition is usually found in duodecimo format), with wide margins.
Superb copy, in perfect fresh condition.
€450
Miguel de CERVANTES
Histoire de l'admirable Don Quichotte de la Manche, traduction de Filleau de Saint-Martin ; avec un essai sur la vie et les ouvrages de Cervantès par M. Auger
Delongchamps|Paris 1825|12.50 x 20.50 cm|6 volumes reliés
New edition of the French translation established by Filleau de Saint-Martin.
Half navy glazed calf bindings, smooth spines decorated with central floral motifs, gilt friezes at head and foot, traces of rubbing on spines, spine of the sixth volume with a marginal lack of leather, red morocco work title, olive morocco volume labels, upper headcaps rubbed, marbled paper boards bordered with a blind floral frieze, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, some corners slightly bumped, marbled edges, slightly later Romantic bindings.
Work illustrated, as frontispieces to the 6 volumes, with a portrait of Miguel de Cervantes engraved by Lefèvre after Devéria, as well as 5 other engravings after...
€450
Jacques DERRIDA
Parages
Galilée|Paris 1986|15 x 24 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Signed autograph inscription from Jacques Derrida to Joseph Joliet, a former student of Derrida who became a very close friend of the philosopher.
Very attentive to Joliet's writing, Derrida would write the preface to his novel: "L'enfant au chien assis" ["The child with the sitting dog"] and support him through his difficult periods (cf. Derrida by Benoit Peeters).
Spine very slightly sunned, handsome copy.
€450
Jacques DERRIDA
L'autre cap
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1991|14 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Signed autograph inscription from Jacques Derrida to Joseph Joliet, a former student of Derrida who became a very close friend of the philosopher.
Very attentive to Joliet's writing, Derrida would write the preface to his novel: L'Enfant au chien assis and support him through difficult periods (cf. Derrida by Benoit Peeters).
Handsome copy.
€450
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
LEGENTIL, LE ROY
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Thèbes. Bybân el Molouk. Tableau astronomique peint au plafond du premier tombeau des rois à l'ouest. (ANTIQUITES, volume II, planche 82)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|71 x 53.50 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.
€450
LEGENTIL, Edme-François JOMARD
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Thèbes. Bybân el Molouk. Sujets mystérieux et détails de costumes, peints dans le cinquième tombeau des rois à l'est et dans d'autres tombeaux. (ANTIQUITES, volume II, planche 86)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|71 x 53.50 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.
€450
CECILE, BEAUGEAN (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Achmouneyn (Hermopolis magna). Vue du portique prise du côté du sud. (ANTIQUITES, volume IV, planche 51)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|70 x 51.50 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.
€480
COLLECTIF
La haute science revue documentaire de la tradition ésotérique et du symbolisme religieux
Librairie de l'Art Indépendant|Paris 1893-1894|13.50 x 21 cm|relié
First edition.
Half brown sheep.
Numerous contributions, including from J.-K. Huysmans, Jules Bois, Louis Ménard and Pierre Quillard.
Rare.
€450