Grands classiques

First edition, one of 158 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the leading issue after 40 on Hollande.
A fine copy.
The following year, the work was adapted for the cinema by Louis Malle, starring Catherine Demongeot, Philippe Noiret, Carla Marlier, Annie Fratellini, and Hubert Deschamps.

First edition translated by Louis Viardot and illustrated by Tony Johannot in first printing. Two frontispieces printed on China paper, two engraved title pages, and 800 large text vignettes.
Half chocolate morocco binding ca 1880. Raised band spine decorated with richly ornamented compartments with central roundel. Chocolate morocco title and volume labels. Double fillet border on boards. Top edge gilt. Light traces of rubbing to edges. Copy of exceptional freshness, perfectly white and free from foxing, for an edition that is always foxed. Uncut set, with full margins.
Famous Romantic illustrated book; one of Johannot's finest productions, along with Voyage où il vous plaira and Roland furieux. Johannot is less renowned than Grandville, undoubtedly because he is more typically Romantic, in Hugo's sense, both gentle and sentimental, then whimsical and morbid to the point of grotesque. There is more mystery and terror in his work than in his counterpart's.
"One of the finest illustrated books of the 19th century" Vicaire.

First edition, on ordinary paper, of the theatrical adaptation of the author's masterpiece.
Bradel binding in full moiré-patterned paper, smooth spine, mustard morocco title-label, covers with marginal restorations preserved, binding signed by Thomas Boichot.
Handsome copy attractively bound.
Signed autograph inscription from Jules Renard to Xanrof.

New edition of the French translation, one of 300 numbered copies on Rives laid paper, deluxe copy.
Light sunning to head and foot of spine, handsome copy with full margins.
Work illustrated with wood engravings by François-Martin Salvat.

New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy despite two small light stains on the first cover.
Work illustrated with engraved wood head- and tailpieces by Francis Ferrand.

First edition on ordinary paper with the mention "premier tirage" at the colophon despite a mention of 14th edition at the foot of the back cover.
A small tear repaired at head of spine, handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Hervé Bazin to Jean Raudin: "... en espérant une amicale et fructueuse collaboration. Hervé Bazin.

Bibliothèque de La Pléiade edition printed on India paper.
Publisher's binding in full blue grained sheep, blue top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Fine copy complete with its glassine, dust jacket and slipcase.

Edition illustrated with drawings by Edmond Baudoin.
Handsome copy.
Publisher's soft binding.
Our copy is enriched with an autograph inscription and original signed drawing by Edmond Baudoin in black ink depicting a woman's face.

Illustrated edition of 14 original vignettes of Hermine David, one of the numbered copies on vellum from the Marais, ours one of the 14 literates comprising an original drawing signed by Hermine David , a series of vignettes on Japan and a colored suite with hand by Hermine David , head print.
Beautiful copy.

Edition of the year of the original published the same year in Chicago by A. C. McClurg & Co.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine, copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket with some lacks and tears.

Edition illustrated with 10 original etchings by Edouard Chimot, one of 25 numbered copies on Japon imperial paper, deluxe copy.
The work is also illustrated with typographical ornaments by Paul de Pidoll.
Handsome full-margined copy.
The first gathering tends to come slightly loose.
Our copy, like all copies printed on Japon imperial paper, contains the complete suite of 10 original compositions by Edouard Chimot in triple state.

Illustrated edition with 12 hors-texte watercolors as well as 225 vignettes and ornaments by Maurice Leloir.
Half blue morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands showing minor rubbing, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Champs.
Some foxing.
Preface by Guy de Maupassant.

Famous illustrated edition with nearly 450 wood-engraved vignettes, 29 plates printed on China paper and 7 steel-engraved portraits after T. Johannot, Meissonnier, Iasbey, P. Huet.
Full cherry red morocco binding, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with a gilt cartouche embellished with gilt romantic arabesques, gilt roulettes on headcaps, one joint slightly cracked at head, frame of quadruple gilt and blind fillets on boards enriched at corners with gilt typographical motifs, central gilt bilobed cartouche enriched at angles with gilt romantic tools, gilt dentelle frame on pastedowns, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, double gilt fillets on edges, all edges gilt, some minor scratches on edges, elegant contemporary romantic binding signed by Laurent.
Our copy is complete with its map of Ile-de-France by Dyonnet and the two so-called "English" portraits.
The title is from the second printing at 49 rue de Richelieu, the portrait of the "Bonne femme" is not engraved on page 418.
Some light foxing.
A handsome copy of this landmark book, one of the finest achievements of romantic illustration, in a perfect romantic binding by Laurent.

Edition illustrated with 18 plates, 1 frontispiece as well as 90 text vignettes by Tony Johannot.
Half red shagreen binding with corners, spine with four raised bands set with double blind fillets decorated with double blind compartments enhanced at angles with gilt typographical motifs, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, a slight tear to one edge.
Some foxing.

Edition illustrated with photographs of Pat York and Sygma.
Binding to bradel Editor open carton, flat spine, illustrated boards.
Signed autograph Michel Tournier: "A Aymeric with the smile of Michel Tournier ..."
Pleasant copy.

First edition.
Bradel binding in full boards, smooth spine faded, shagreen title-label, original wrappers preserved, headcaps rubbed.
Headcap torn.
Work preceded by an introduction on the temporal power of the Pope and followed by considerations on the future of Italy.
Scattered foxing.

Final edition, in part original, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland, only large papers after 10 China.
Work illustrated with a portrait on the frontispiece engraved on China by Gustave Flaubert.
It is the very last version of
Madame Bovary, entirely reviewed and corrected by Gustave Flaubert one year before his death on which he made 1200 corrections.
Following the top, pages 387 to 470 show documents of the trial brought against Gustave Flaubert in 1857 entitled Réquisitoire, Plaidoirie et Jugement du procès intenté à l'auteur devant le Tribunal correctionnel de Paris, hearings on 31 January and 7 February 1857.
Binding in full forest green morocco, spine in five compartments with some restorations, set with gilt stippling and adorned with richly decorated panels, gilt dentelle at the foot, gilt roll tooling on the spine ends (some small tears on those at the top), boards stamped with a large gilt dentelle, double gilt fillet on the leading edges (a little accident without affecting that of the upper board), marbled endpapers, framing of a gilt dentelle on the pastedown endpapers, following endpapers in marbled paper, all edges marbled and gilt, elegant binding signed Petit et Trimoullier, Simier's successor.
One light mark on the back of a marbled endpaper with light discharge on the facing page.
A very beautiful copy of the final of one of the most important texts of the second half of the 19th century set in a wonderful binding by Petit.

First edition, with 25 original color plates by George Barbier, one of 650 numbered copies on vélin de Rives, only issue after 1 japon super nacré and 69 copies on japon impérial with various inserted plates.
20 full-page illustrations, 3 vignettes (one on each first cover, one framing title-pages, one on the colophon) and 2 head pieces.
Foxing on the slipcase.
Handsome copy slightly sunned at head and foot of spines. 



 

First edition, first issue without mention.
Bound in half red chagrin, spine in five gilt-tooled compartments with double gilt boxes decorated in the corners with gilt typographic motifs, framed with blind-tooled fillets on the covers, marbled paper endpapers, speckled edges. Contemporary binding.
Some scarce foxing.

Rare copy without mention, especially rare in a pristine binding made at the time of its publication.

First edition of which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Full morocco, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, slipcase lined with morocco, binding signed by Devauchelle.
Rare and nice copy elegantly bound.

First edition, on current pay, of the literal and complete translation established by Jean-Charles Mardrus.
Pleasant and rare together despite some rare bites and foxing margins of some boards and some guards.
We enclose a printed business card of Jean-Charles Mardrus.
Our copy is enriched, at the head of the first volume, of a signed autograph letter of two pages of Joseph-Charles Mardrus to a correspondent (Gabriel Hanotaux) that he covers with praise about articles on Islam published recently and which favor the autograph dedication of the author by Jean-Charles Charles, by way of its recognition, of the 16 volumes that counts "the Thousand and one nights" that it adapted.

First edition of L. Vischi's adaptation with no mention of deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription signed by Virgilio in Italian to the symbolist poet André-Ferdinand Hérold.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A handsome and rare copy.