Illustrated Books

(Marcel AYMÉ) COLLECTIF
Album Aymé
Gallimard|Paris 2001|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple
First edition published in the Pléiade library.
Iconography.
Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheep, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Handsome copy complete with its cellophane wrapper as well as its soft slipcase.
€80
(Louis ARAGON) Jean RISTAT
Album Aragon
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1997|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
First edition.
Rich iconography.
Spine of the rhodoid slightly yellowed.
Handsome copy complete with its rhodoid and slipcase.
€70
André ROUVEYRE, Pierre-Eugène VIBERT
Phèdre
Mercure de France|Paris 1910|22.50 x 28 cm|broché
First edition, one of 1000 numbered copies on Arches paper, the only edition after 10 copies on Japan paper.
Work illustrated with 10 wood engravings by Pierre-Eugène Vibert after drawings by Rouveyre which were subsequently destroyed by Rouveyre and whose text engraved on wood by Vibert was entirely burned.
Some foxing on the covers, a tiny hole in the lower right corner of the first cover, handsome interior condition.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by André Rouveyre to Jules Romains.

€170
Arthur RIMBAUD, Tavy NOTTON
Les stupra
Aux dépens d'un groupe de bibliophiles|Grenoble 1943|21.50 x 26 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
Edition illustrated with 4 original drypoints and a vignette on the title page by Tavy Notton, one of 185 numbered copies on Rives laid paper, the only printing with 5 Japan and 10 special paper copies.
Slipcase lightly and marginally soiled without consequence.
Rare and handsome copy complete with its chemise and slipcase.
€600
Jacques FAIZANT
... La nature des choses
Denoël|Paris 1984|17.50 x 20.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition in volume.
Publisher's full white paper boards, smooth spine, illustrated front cover.
Work illustrated with humorous drawings by Jacques Faizant.
Handsome copy despite small lacks to the laminated film on the joints.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Faizant to Jean Langlois.

€50
Georges BRAQUE, Jean PAULHAN
Poésie 43 N°XIII
Seghers|Paris 1943|17 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition of this illustrated issue with 5 reproductions of works by Georges Braque.
Spine slightly warped with a small tear at foot.
Contributions by Jean Paulhan: "Braque, le patron", André Frénaud: "Noël 39", Robert Ganzo: "Poèmes", Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes "Le grand désert", Gabriel Audisio: "Paris, la poésie"...

€50
Ghérasim LUCA, Jacques HÉROLD
Héros-limite
Le Soleil Noir|Paris 1953|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on snow-white offset paper.
Spine sunned, one stain to upper right margin of back cover, handsome interior condition.
Work illustrated with 3 drawings by Jacques Hérold.
Autograph inscription signed by Ghérasim Luca to gallerist Nane Stern enriched with a drawing representing the constellation of the Great Bear, thus linking their two names.

€400
Jean-Louis BORY, Hervé FISCHER
L'humidité N°21 - Numéro consacré à Hervé Fischer
Jean Petihory|Paris Février 1974|23 x 29 cm|agrafé
First edition of this issue of the magazine edited by Jean-Louis Bory, with Pierre Bourgeade as editor-in-chief.
This entire issue is devoted to the work of Hervé Fischer.
Illustrated throughout.
A well-preserved copy, complete with the insert "hygiène de l'art : peinture à déchirer (campagne prophylactique)".
€100
GEBE [Georges BLONDEAUX]
Rue de la magie
Eric Losfeld|Paris 1961|15 x 20 cm|broché
First edition of Gébé's first work, consisting of a collection of his drawings.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket showing small corner tears.
Autograph inscription signed by Gébé to Pierre Courtois, journalist at L'Equipe: "A monsieur Courtois en l'invitant amicalement à un petit footing dans cette rue de la magie. Gébé." ["To Mr Courtois, cordially inviting him for a little jog in this street of magic. Gébé."]

€200
Remy de GOURMONT, Jean Gabriel DARAGNÈS
Le livret de l'imagier
Editions du Sagittaire|Paris 1920|16 x 16.50 cm|en feuilles
First edition established by André Malraux, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe printing.
Preface by Gabriel-Albert Aurier.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece, 6 headpieces as well as 3 tailpieces engraved on wood by Jean-Gabriel Daragnès.
Fine full-margined copy complete, as stipulated in the print run justification, with the suite of woodcuts on China paper.
€450
Pierre SOULAGES
Pierre Soulages
Beaux arts magazine|Paris 1996|22 x 28.50 cm|broché
First edition of this issue of Beaux-Arts magazine published on the occasion of Pierre Soulages' exhibition at the Musée d'Art moderne de la ville de Paris.
Fine copy.
Iconography.
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Soulages to a man named Jean-Claude.
€750
HERMANN-PAUL
Le veau gras
Charpentier & Fasquelle|Paris 1904|14.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 50 copies on China paper printed specially for the bookseller Carteret, ours bearing No. 1, the only deluxe copies.
Work consisting of 87 plates of drawings by the author which he captioned in order to ridicule bourgeois marriage.
Bradel binding in half green morocco with corners, smooth spine slightly discolored, gilt date at foot, marbled paper sides, covers and spine preserved, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, top edge gilt on deckled edges, contemporary binding signed Durvand.
Handsome full-margined copy agreeably bound in contemporary binding signed Durvand.
€500
Jules CLARETIE, Charles JOUAS
La Corde
Les Amis des Livres|Paris 1900|13.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition printed in only 125 numbered copies on strong laid paper.
Work illustrated by Charles Jouas with 12 compositions engraved with etching and burin by Boisson, including one frontispiece and eleven in-text. These engravings were printed on China paper in Wittman's workshops and mounted on laid paper.
Full lavallière morocco binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments, place and date at foot, quintuple gilt compartment framing the boards, important gilt stamped decoration framing the pastedowns, combed paper endpapers, double gilt fillet on the edges, guilloche headcaps, original covers preserved, all edges gilt, binding signed...
€700
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
LING CHOU, Victor SEGALEN
René Leys
Les cent une|s. l. 1952|22 x 32 cm|2 volumes brochés sous chemise en bois laqué et étui remplié en pleine toile moirée
Illustrated edition with 38 original engravings by Ling Chou, copper-engraved and hand-printed in sanguine, printed in 134 nominative and numbered copies on double Yu-Pan China paper.
The book, separated into two fascicles hand-sewn and covered in green moiré silk, is protected by two black lacquer plates and laces, work of the master lacquerer Tchou-Tze-Tsin.
The whole is contained in a moiré silk case closed by two ivory clasps, following the illustrator's design.
The case is partially and lightly discolored, with a light stain at the head of the first board of the case, handsome copy.
Signatures of Ling Chou, of the president and vice-president of the...
€1,500
Paul AVOINE, AVOINE
Eclats de sourire
Casterman|Tournai 1988|23 x 31.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition illustrated with humorous drawings by the author.
Full paper boards binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Avoine to Jean-Pierre Richard and his wife Michelle.
€60
Paul VALÉRY, Jean Gabriel DARAGNÈS
La jeune Parque[La Jeune Parque]
Emile-Paul frères|Paris 1925|25.50 x 28 cm|broché
Illustrated edition with copperplate engravings by Jean-Gabriel Daragnès, one of 200 numbered copies on Arches paper, the only issue after 25 on Japan paper.
Some light worming of no consequence, otherwise a handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Paul Valéry: "Cet exemplaire de la Jeune Parque appartient à mon neveu Jean Valéry. Paul Valéry." ["This copy of La Jeune Parque belongs to my nephew Jean Valéry. Paul Valéry."]
€900
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
François-Louis SCHMIED, Joseph-Charles MARDRUS
Le livre des rois - L'avènement de Salomon[The Book of Kings - The Accession of Solomon]
Gonin & Cie|Lausanne 1930|19.50 x 25.50 cm|Woodcut|relié
Le Livre des rois. L'Avènement de Salomon
Gonin & C^ie | Lausanne 1930 | 19.5 x 25.5 cm | Bradel binding

Edition translated from Semitic texts by Joseph-Charles Mardrus and printed with 195 numbered copies on Arches, ours is one of the 20 hors commerce copies comprising a double set of illustrations in black and in colour.
Bradel binding in half olive green morocco, spine decorated with a set of gilt squares of different sizes, one of them with a piece of pink mosaic morocco in the centre, gilt fillet frame on the snake skin paper boards, olive green endpapers, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, elegant binding signed Thomas Boichot.
€5,000
First illustration of Zimeo, the first Black insurgent hero in French literature
First illustration of Zimeo, the first Black insurgent hero in French literature
Jean-François de SAINT-LAMBERT, [SA'ADI]
Les Saisons, poëme. [The Seasons. Followed by Abenaki, Sara Th..., Ziméo, Fugitive Pieces, and Oriental Fables]
S. n.|Paris 1775|-|relié
Seventh edition, first to illustrate Zimeo, adorned with 7 plates by Moreau le Jeune: a frontispiece and 4 plates for Les Saisons, engraved by Delaunay, Duclos, Prévost and Simonet, and 2 plates for the Contes, Poésies fugitives and Fables orientales, together with 4 headpiece vignettes by Choffard. Our copy is further enriched with separate pulls of the title-page ornament and Choffard's vignettes.
Nineteenth-century binding in full midnight-blue morocco. Five-raised-band spine decorated with pastoral flowers (vine, wheat and billhook, game and hunting horn...) and gilt compartments. Triple gilt fillet and...
€1,200
First illustrated edition of Ziméo, a pioneering anti-slavery tale of the Enlightenment
First illustrated edition of Ziméo, a pioneering anti-slavery tale of the Enlightenment
Jean-François de SAINT-LAMBERT
Les Saisons, poëme. [The Seasons. Followed by Abenaki, Sara Th..., Ziméo, Fugitive Pieces, and Oriental Fables]
S. n.|à Amsterdam 1775|14 x 23 cm|relié
Seventh edition, first issue of Moreau le Jeune's illustrations, adorned with 7 plates: a frontispiece and 4 plates for Les Saisons, engraved by Delaunay, Duclos, Lebas and Prévost, and 2 plates for the Contes, Poésies fugitives and Fables orientales, together with headpiece vignettes by Choffard, reprinted from the first edition of 1769.
Contemporary full calf binding. Richly decorated smooth spine. Red morocco lettering-piece. Boards in mottled calf (with Greek-key border) added at a later date during restoration. Worn corners. A split to the upper joint extending 5 cm. A very good copy overall.
€450