Jules BOISSIÈRE
Propos d'un intoxiqué[Remarks of an Intoxicated Man]
Société des éditions Louis Michaud|Paris 1932|14 x 21 cm|broché
Posthumous first edition, one of 120 copies reimposed and numbered on Dutch laid paper, the only copies on deluxe paper.
A very handsome copy, uncut, enriched with an original watercolour depicting an Annamite soldier, signed Linh-Tap.
Preface by Jean Ajalbert.
Attractive illustrated cover by Géo Dorival, with a second state of the illustrated cover supplied on a separate leaf.
Manuscript signature of Marie-Thérèse Boissière beneath the limitation statement.
€1,700
KATSUSHIKA TAITO II
Manshoku zuko. Volume 4.
Kawachiya Mohei|Osaka [?saka] 1827|15 x 22.10 cm|cousu
First edition. Text author: Nanritei Kiraku. Printed in grey, black and flesh tones. 58 pages with a drawing or multiple figures (plants, animals, characters).
Japanese accordion binding. Printed on mulberry paper. Black cover with title label in red ink. Missing one stitch at head. Black color of cover faded to grey in several places. A tear on lower cover. Good copy.
Active from 1820 to 1850, Katsushika Taito (real name Beika Sanjin) was one of Hokusai's principal pupils whose name he adopted: Katsushika (the district of Edo where Hokusai was born). Like his master, he published his drawing collections. Five are known.
€850
ANONYME
[PHOTOGRAPHIE] Album photographique contenant 12 portraits de geishas et vues de la route du Tokaïdo
s. l. • [Japon] [Japan] s. d. [circa 1880]|17 x 12 cm|un album contenant 12 photographies
Accordion-style photographic album containing 12 portraits of geishas and views of the Tokaido road on both sides. Period albumen prints hand-colored.
Red cloth binding on wooden boards.
Some tissue guards slightly creased, otherwise very handsome copy.
All the geisha portraits were taken in studio while the views of the Tokaido road, connecting Edo to Kyoto, present scenes of daily life (women at the entrance of a house, porters, men praying...)
€1,200
Jan MYRDAL
Un village de la Chine populaire suivi de Liéou-lin après la révolution culturelle
Gallimard|Paris 1972|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition in French.
Iconography at the beginning of the volume.
Spine lightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy.

€30
Jean DAUBIER
Histoire de la révolution culturelle prolétarienne en Chine 1965-1969
François Maspero|Paris 1961|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Spine and covers marginally faded, otherwise handsome copy.
€30
MAO TSE-TOUNG
Sur les dix grands rapports (25 Avril 1956)
Editions en langues étrangères|Pékin [Beijing] 1977|13 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition in French.
A trace of a price sticker at the foot of the back cover.
Handsome copy.
€20
MAO TSE-TOUNG
Rapport sur l'enquête menée dans le Hounan à propos du mouvement paysan
Editions en langues étrangères|Pékin [Beijing] 1968|13 x 18.50 cm|broché
Third printing of the translation in French.
nice copy.
€20
MAO TSE-TOUNG
Analyse des classes de la société chinoise
Editions en langues étrangères|Pékin [Beijing] 1965|13 x 18.50 cm|agrafé
Fourth edition of the translation in French.
nice copy.
€20
MAO TSE-TOUNG, COLLECTIF
Avançons dans la voie ouverte par la révolution socialiste d'octobre.
Editions en langues étrangères|Pékin [Beijing] 1967|13 x 18.50 cm|agrafé
First edition in French printed for the fiftieth anniversary of the great socialist revolution of October 1917.
Handsome copy despite a crease mark at the head of the front cover.
€20
Honoré DAUMIER
Lithographie originale en noir et blanc - Voyage en Chine - "Hôtel de la Marine - "Qui dit hôtelier - en Chine - et surtout dans un port de mer, dit voleur patenté..."
Chez Aubert|Paris 1844|25.80 x 33.80 cm|une feuille
Original black and white lithograph in second state, executed for Le Charivari and printed on heavy paper.
Delteil, 2722
Light foxing throughout the plate.
€150
Honoré DAUMIER
Lithographie originale en noir et blanc - Voyage en Chine - "Les Mendians - La mendicité est formellement interdite à Pékin..."
Chez Aubert|Paris 1844|34 x 26.20 cm|une feuille
Original black and white lithograph in second state, executed for Le Charivari and printed on heavy paper.
Delteil, 2739
Light foxing throughout the plate.
€170
Honoré DAUMIER
Lithographie originale en noir et blanc - Voyage en Chine - "Les Courses de chevaux - Les Chinois, qui ont les plus détestables chevaux de fiacre qu'il soit possible d'imaginer, ont reconnu la nécessité d'améliorer cette intéressante race de quadrupèdes..."
Chez Aubert|Paris 1844|34.40 x 26.20 cm|une feuille
Original lithograph in black and white, second state, created for Le Charivari and printed on heavy paper.
Delteil, 2730
Good copy despite some pale marginal foxing.
€170
Honoré DAUMIER
Lithographie originale en noir et blanc - Voyage en Chine - "Danse chinoise - On se trompe grandement quand on croit le peuple Chinois léger, joyeux et ami du plaisir..."
Chez Aubert|Paris 1844|25.80 x 34 cm|une feuille
Original lithograph in black and white, second state, created for Le Charivari and printed on heavy paper.
Delteil, 2727
Pale foxing throughout the plate.
€170
Honoré DAUMIER
Lithographie originale en noir et blanc - Voyage en Chine - "Chinois causant politique - Grâce à l'antiquité et à la stabilité des constitutions de la Chine, ce pays est excessivement uni..."
Chez Aubert|Paris 1844|34.10 x 26 cm|une feuille
Original black and white lithograph, second state, created for Le Charivari and printed on heavy paper.
Delteil, 2738
Light foxing throughout the plate and a tiny tear to the upper margin.
€200
Honoré DAUMIER
Lithographie originale en noir et blanc - En Chine - "Dire qu'en France, j'avais tant d'mal à en avoir une, et ici, m'en v'là tout d'suite deux sur les bras...qué crâne pays !..."
Maison Martinet|Paris 1859|35.90 x 27.30 cm|une feuille
Original black and white lithograph, second state, created for Le Charivari and printed on heavy paper.
Delteil, 1675
Monogrammed stamp "AB" from the collection of Dr Albert Bloch on the verso of the plate.
Handsome copy.
€200
Abel PAVET DE COURTEILLE
Tezkereh-I-Evliâ. Le mémorial des saints traduit sur le manuscrit Ouïgour de la Bibliothèque nationale
Imprimerie Nationale|Paris 1889-1890|24 x 35.50 cm|2 volumes en reliures de l'éditeur
First edition in French.
Bradel binding in full boards, smooth spines, some rubbing with lacks to headcaps and joints.
Pleasant interior condition.
Work illustrated with two beautiful color frontispieces.

€500
LOUIS FRÉDÉRIC
L'Inde ses temples ses sculptures
Art et métiers graphiques|Paris 1959|23 x 32 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Richly illustrated first edition.
Publisher's full orange cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
A handsome copy.

€50
SO SHISEKI
So shiseki gafu
Suhara Yashiroemon|Edo [Tokyo] 1765|16 x 26.50 cm|cousu
Collection of drawings by So Shiseki. The date 1765 is the only date found in the collection, but it is not impossible that the work is a 19th-century reprint, as Japan had a very different concept from ours concerning authenticity and originality, including ancient temples that were rebuilt identically once they became dilapidated. The Waseda Library, the most important in Japan, possesses a copy with the same characteristics. However, bookmaking techniques in Japan were not different in the 18th and 19th centuries; there was no break, and this view is Western. 31 prints including 12 double-page.
Accordion volume, bound with stitching, on mulberry paper. Chocolate honeycomb cover. Titl
€800
Alexandre BENNIGSEN, Chantal QUELQUEJAY
Les mouvements nationaux chez les Musulmans de Russie. Tome I : Le "sultangaliévisme" au Tatarstan
Mouton & Co|Paris • & La Haye [The Hague] 1960|16 x 24 cm|broché
First edition.
Handsome and rare illustrated copy, in fine, with a folding map.

€100
Pierre GARNIER
Le jardin japonais du poète Yu
La main courante|La Souterraine 2003|14 x 21 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Beautiful full-page autograph inscription dated and signed by Pierre Garnier to his friend, the poet Charles Dobzynski.

€40
ANONYME
Shunkyuzu (Images du palais du printemps)
1890|12 x 18 cm|autre
Album of five Japanese erotic prints, mounted on cardboard, anonymous.
Accordion binding, which can be fully unfolded to display all five paintings. Very thick cardboard imitating the rigidity of wood, the prints on paper have been mounted on cardboard. Covered on the upper and lower boards with yellow patterned silk fabric. Old ochre label with manuscript title in India ink. Spotting on the prints
The five prints depict five couples in action in close-up shots, most without furniture or other décor, in the manner of Kuniyoshi for example. The palette uses green, yellow, red and blue. The whole is printed in line, in a rather mannered way, the limbs languid in delicate expressions.
€800
ANONYME
[Shunga] Chungong (palais du printemps)
1920|11.50 x 18.30 cm|autre
Album of five Chinese erotic prints, mounted on cardboard, anonymous.
Accordion binding, which can be completely unfolded to display all five prints. Very thick cardboard imitating the rigidity of wood, the paper prints have been pasted onto the cardboard. Covered on the upper and lower boards with silk fabric with brown motifs. Old ochre label with manuscript title in India ink. Upper board darkened at top over 1cm. Red ink offsetting over a few millimeters at the top of the prints. Rubbing on some prints with color loss.
The five paintings depict five couples, four of which are coupling, in richly furnished decorative settings. The palette uses numerous colors. Chinese erotic art
€800
Georges DARIEN
Gottlieb Krumm
Jean-Jacques Pauvert|Paris 1987|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First French edition printed 80 years after the extremely rare first edition published in London and directly written in English while the author was in exile in England, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€60
UTAGAWA KUNISADA
Acteur de Kabuki jouant un seigneur
S. n.|s. l. 1850 (S.d.)|24.20 x 34.50 cm|une feuille
Original print. Actor dressed as a lord carrying an umbrella (wagasa) and a lantern. Rich black, red and blue kimono. Several cartouches with inscriptions, including the artist's; the play and role performed by the actor have unfortunately remained indecipherable.
Very handsome condition with rubbing in the cream areas of the ground. The print is presented under an ivory mat. Orange varnished beech frame (41.5x52cm) with some rubbing. Under glass.
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), also known by the artist name Utagawa Toyokuni III. Undisputed master of Japanese printmaking, he is one of the most popular and prolific artists of the floating world, justly celebrated for his representati
€600
UTAGAWA KUNISADA
Acteur de Kabuki. Seigneur en armure
S. n.|s. l. 1850 (S.d.)|24.20 x 34.50 cm|une feuille
Original print. Actor dressed as a lord, in armor, holding a lance. Rich black, red and blue kimono. The scene takes place at night, with black and blue background. Several cartouches with inscriptions, including the artist's; the play and role performed by the actor have unfortunately remained indecipherable.
Very handsome condition. The print is presented under an ivory mat. Orange varnished beech frame (41.5x52cm) with some rubbing. Under glass. Oban format print.
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), also known by the artist name Utagawa Toyokuni III. Undisputed master of Japanese printmaking, he is one of the most popular and prolific artists of the floating world, justly celebrated f
€600
ANONYME
Yokohama shashin
Yokohama 1890|12 x 18 cm|autre
Collection composed of 12 wet collodion photographs printed on albumen paper and hand-colored. The coloring of the photographs uses the traditional technique of distemper painting (natural pigments mixed with glue) applied with a brush. Photographers thus employed painters rather than the watercolorists used for prints.
Album formed of two wooden boards covered with brown fabric showing visible fibers, bound Japanese-style as an accordion. Each fold-out (recto and verso) presents 6 photographs: on the recto (animated scenes) views of landscapes and cities, on the verso, figures. This presentation is traditional for travel albums "views and costume," which the Japanese would later adopt.
€600
Kimbei KUSAKABE, Kasaburo TAMAMURA
Yokohama shashin
1890|14.60 x 19.50 cm|autre
Collection composed of 24 wet-plate collodion photographs printed on albumen paper and hand-colored. The coloring of the photographs uses the traditional technique of distemper painting (natural pigments mixed with glue) applied with a brush. Photographers thus called upon painters rather than the watercolorists used for prints.
Album formed of two wooden boards lacquered in red and bound Japanese-style in accordion format. Front cover lacquered with a scene depicting a man pulling a jinrikisha with a woman carrying a parasol. In the background, Mount Fuji in silver color. Back cover with flowers. Edges gilt. Each fold-out (recto and verso) presents 12 photographs, on the recto (animate
€1,800
Georges CLAIRIN
"de malheureux artistes, dont je fais partie, s'imposent le supplice d'envoyer un ou deux tableaux"Autograph letter signed at the Salon des artistes français
s. d. [après 1880]|10.50 x 13.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by the Orientalist painter Georges Clairin to a fellow painter, complaining about the harsh selection imposed by the Salon des artistes français, the official and obligatory gathering of French painting.
"[...] jusqu'au 20 mars il y a à Paris beaucoup de malheureux artistes, dont je fais partie, qui s'imposent le supplice d'envoyer un ou deux tableaux au palais des Champs Elysées, et que je suis assez bête pour envoyer deux tableaux cette année - je suis en retard et madame peinture ne me permet pas de me donner les plaisirs que m'offrent l'amitié. [...]" ["[...] until March 20th there are in Paris many unfortunate artists, of whom I am
€80
Sushil Chandra MITTER
La pensée de Rabindranath Tagore
Adrien-Maisonneuve|Paris 1930|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally lightened, a fold mark at foot of front board.
Work illustrated with a portrait of Rabindranath Tagore as frontispiece.

€40
Israë?l ELIRAZ
Porte rouge suivi de Jérusalemville
Le taillis Pré|Châtelineau 2004|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation.
Spine very slightly faded.
Autograph inscription signed by Israël Eliraz to Charles Dobzynski.
Our copy is enriched with a signed autograph letter by Israël Eliraz, dated 1999, regarding a collection of poems he had sent him.
€60
ADONIS [Al? Amad SAID]
Rets d'éternité
Fayard|Paris 1988|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation established by Adonis and Anne Wade Minkowski
Handsome copy.
Afterword by Adonis.
Autograph inscriptions signed by Adonis and Anne Wade Minkowski to Charles Dobzynski.
€60
ADONIS [Al? Amad SAID]
Singuliers
Sindbad|Paris 1995|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition in French.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Adonis to Charles Dobzynski.
€80
Maurice DUBARD
Le Japon pittoresque
E. Plon|Paris 1879|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with 8 engravings, after photographs, and some figures in-text.
Contemporary brown half-shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands in Jansenist style. Spine uniformly darkened. Some scattered pale foxing. Good copy.
Engraved bookplate with the arms of De Masur.
Travel account through Japan by a French naval officer. Yokohama, Yeddo, Nikko, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagasaki and Shanghai. The journey relates the classic vision of a Westerner visiting Japan, describing customs, rites and everything that could appear exotic to him, such as theater, Geishas, samurai, ronin, kites... The account contains numerous anecdotes.
€280
ADONIS [Al? Amad SAID]
Célébrations
Editions de la Différence|Paris 1991|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation prepared next to the Arabic text by André Velter and the author.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph signed by Adonis to Charles Dobzynski.
€50
ADONIS [Al? Amad SAID]
Désert
Les cahiers de Royaummont|Luzarches 1988|16 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, printed in 1000 copies, of the French translation prepared by André Velter and the author.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph signed by Adonis to Charles Dobzynski.
€80
ADONIS [Al? Amad SAID]
Commencement du corps fin de l'océan
Mercure de France|Paris 2004|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation for which no large papers were printed.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph signed by Adonis to Charles Dobzynski.
€80
ADONIS [Al? Amad SAID]
Le temps des villes
Mercure de France|Paris 1990|18.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition, on current pope, of the French translation.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph dated and signed by Adonis to Charles Dobzynski.
€80
Max TESSIER
Images du cinéma japonais
Henri Veyrier|Paris 1981|21 x 28 cm|broché
first edition.
Pleasant copy, rich iconography.
Autograph signed by Max Tessier to Michel Capdenac.
€70
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. Tit
€450
Pierre LOUYS
Lettre autographe signée adressée à un ami qu'il nomme "khiliarque"
1er février 1921|11.10 x 14.60 cm|4 pages sur un double feuillet
Autograph letter signed by Pierre Louÿs addressed to a friend whom he calls "khiliarque". Ample and calligraphic handwriting in violet ink. A tear without loss of text to the first page.
Eloquent letter testifying to Pierre Louÿs' fragile health in the last years of his life: "Vous me retrouvez en pleine crise d'emphysème. Médecins. Ventouses. Potions. Régime. Intertitude chaque jour sur la journée du lendemain." [You find me in the midst of an emphysema crisis. Doctors. Cupping. Potions. Regimen. Uncertainty each day about the next day.]
The letter also reveals the writer's passion for dramaturgy, notably through the ment
€280
Peter Simon PALLAS, Baron Jean de REUILLY
Description du Tibet[Description of Tibet]
Chez Bossange|à Paris 1808|13 x 20.50 cm|relié
First edition, rare, translated by Baron Jean de Reuilly.
Contemporary full red Russia leather binding. Smooth spine decorated with 5 fleurons and fillets. Gilt title. Wide decorative border on boards with eagles, serpents, rabbits and stars in the corners. Interior garland. Spine darkened, having become dark red. Dark stains on lower board. One scratch on upper board. Endpapers having suffered humidity with discoloration. In lower margin, faint trace of dampstaining throughout the volume, more extensive at end of volume, with traces in outer and lower margins. Handsome copy in contemporary Russia leather.
Manuscript ownership inscription Sorlin d'origny, Constantinoples, 1882. Bel
€1,200
Joseph Toussaint REINAUD
Relation des voyages faits par les Arabes et les Persans dans l'Inde et à la Chine dans le IXe siècle de l'ère chrétienne
Imprimerie Royale|Paris 1845|9.50 x 15 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
First edition in French of the translation, corrections, additions and clarifications, established by Joseph Toussaint Reinaud in 1845, from the Arabic text printed in 1811 under the care of Louis Langlès.
Bradel binding in full marbled paper, original covers preserved, binding signed Thomas Boichot.
Very rare copy without foxing.

€1,000
Benoît BOYER
Conditions hygiéniques actuelles de Beyrouth (Syrie) et de ses environs immédiats
Alexandre Rey|Lyon 1897|16.50 x 25 cm|relié
The rare first edition.
Bradel binding in full decorative paper, smooth spine, brown morocco title-label, binding signed Thomas Boichot.
Work illustrated with 8 plates hors-texte as well as in fine with a folding plan of the city of Beirut.
Rare.
€600
Georges DARIEN, Marcel LAURAS
Biribi
Fasquelle|Paris 1906|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper, from which only 10 copies were printed on Hollande deluxe paper.
Cover and drawings by Bernard Naudin including 1 double-page.
A marginal dampstain affecting the first forty pages, a small lack at head of first endpaper.
€30
M. ROZIERE
Description de l'Egypte. De la géographie comparée et de l'ancien état des côtes de la mer rouge, considérés par rapport au commerce des égyptiens dans les différens âges
Imprimerie Impériale|à Paris 1809|27 x 42.50 cm|relié
First edition, extracted from the first installment of the Description de l'Égypte, section: Antiquités, Mémoires.
Bound in full modern cream parchment boards. Black sheep title-label with gilt title. Very fine condition, as the copy is as issued, full-margined, on laid paper.
Memoir dealing with commerce among the ancients and moderns with the Orient and Africa, and the comparative geography of present and ancient Egypt, notably the Red Sea and the Isthmus of Suez. Research among ancient authors. Bibliography at the end of the work, extracts in Greek...
€350
Gratien LE PÈRE, Gaspard de CHABROL
Description de l'Egypte. Extrait d'un mémoire sur les lacs et les déserts de la Basse Egypte [Ensemble] Notice topographique sur la partie de l'Egypte comprise entre Rahmanyeh et Alexandrie et sur les environs du lac Mareotis
Imprimerie Impériale|à Paris 1809|27 x 42.50 cm|relié
First edition of these memoirs, extracted from the Description de l'Egypte, Modern State section, second volume, 3rd installment. Fine printing on strong rag paper.
Bound in full modern cream parchment boards. Smooth spine with black sheep title-label. Some foxing. Uncut copy with full margins.
The first study is an examination of the 9 lakes of Lower Egypt (topographical, physical and historical considerations); The second is a systematic description of the Alexandria canal region based on notes taken on site by the two witnesses who were the authors.
€250
BOUDET
Description de l'Egypte. Partie Antiquités. Notice historique de l'art de la verrerie né en Egypte, par M. Boudet
Imprimerie Impériale|à Paris 1818|27 x 42.50 cm|relié
First edition of this memoir extracted from Volume II of the 3rd installment (Antiquities Section) of the Description de l'Egypte.
Bound in full modern cream parchment boards. Black sheep title-label. Uncut copy with full margins.
Historical and bibliographical considerations and evidence of the birth of glassmaking in Egypt; technical knowledge of the Egyptians in the matter of glass. 8 pages of notes.
Some foxing.
€250
COUTELLE, Pierre-Simon GIRARD
Description de l'Egypte. Observations météorologiques faites au Kaire en 1799, 1800 et 1801. [Ensemble] Observations sur la vallée d'Egypte et sur l'exhaussement séculaire qui la recouvre
Imprimerie Impériale|à Paris 1809|27 x 42.50 cm|relié
First edition of these two texts, extracted from volume II of the third delivery, Natural History section. Fine printing on strong rag paper.
Modern full cream parchment paper boards. Smooth spine with black sheep title label. Full-margined copy, uncut.
The first memoir consists essentially of monthly tables indicating meteorological readings. The second memoir is a physical description of the valley of Upper Egypt, then a study of the Nile allowing considerations on silting and the continual modifications of the valley, followed by historical considerations...
Some foxing.
€350
M. ROZIERE, Pierre-Simon GIRARD
Description de l'Egypte. Description de la vallée de l'Egarement, et conséquences géologiques qui résultent de la reconnaissance qu'on en a faite. [Suivie de ] Description minéralogique de la vallée de Qoçeyr
Imprimerie Impériale|à Paris 1812|27 x 32 cm|relié
First edition of these two texts extracted from volume II, Natural History section of the Description de l'Egypte.
Modern full cream parchment paper boards. Black sheep title label.
Topographical description of the valley known as the Valley of Error, located between the Nile and the Red Sea, by a researcher and witness of the Egyptian Expedition, narrated in the manner of a travel account. The description of the Qoseir valley follows the same approach, this valley being situated north of the ruins of Thebes.
€250
DUBOIS-AYME, Louis COSTAZ
Description de l'Egypte. Mémoire sur la ville de Qoçeyr et ses environs, et sur les peuples nomades qui habitent cette partie de l'ancienne Troglodytique ; par M. du Bois-Aymé. Mémoire sur la Nubie et les Barâbras; par M. Costaz
Imprimerie Impériale|à Paris 1809|27 x 32 cm|relié
First edition of these memoirs - extract from the first issue of the Description de l'Égypte, in the section titled "Etat Moderne",
Bound in full modern cream parchment-style boards. Black morocco title label. A wide-margined, untrimmed copy.
The city of Qoçeyr lies on the shores of the Red Sea, along the trade route between Egypt and Arabia. The author stayed there during his journey in Egypt. M. Costaz undertook a voyage and stay in Nubia in 1799, from which he brought back these invaluable observations, of a still largely unknown region.
€400
René-Nicolas Dufriche DESGENETTES
Description de l'Egypte. Tables nécrologiques du Kaire, pendant les années VII, VIII, IX [1798, 1799, 1800, 1801]
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809|27 x 44 cm|relié
First edition, text extracted from the Description de l'Egypte, volume II, Modern State.
Modern cream parchment paper Bradel binding. Black sheep title label.
These tables provide us with precise information on mortality in Egypt (men, women and children) at the beginning of the 19th century. This information was rigorously recorded, giving valuable indications on the health and hygiene of Cairo when the French garrisons resided there.
€200
M. ROZIERE
Description de l'Egypte. De la constitution physique de l'Egypte, et de ses rapports avec les anciennes institutions de cette contrée
Imprimerie Impériale|à Paris 1809|27 x 42.50 cm|relié
First edition of this memoir, extracted from volume II of the third installment, Natural History section. Fine printing on strong rag paper.
Modern cream parchment paper binding. Black sheep title label. Uncut copy with full margins.
The author seeks to establish the connection between Egypt's physical situation, its particularities, and the sciences and institutions of the ancient Egyptians. Interesting considerations on ancient measurements and time. One chapter is devoted to the general layout of Egypt's soil.
Some foxing.
€300
Pierre-Dominique MARTIN
Description de l'Egypte. Description hydrographique des provinces de Beny-Soueyf et du Fayoum
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809|27 x 44 cm|relié
First edition, text extracted from the Description de l'Egypte, Volume II, Etat Moderne.
Full modern cream parchment paper boards binding. Black sheep title-label.
The author was part of the members of the scientific commission of Egypt, his mission was to establish a precise survey of the province of Beny-Souef and the Fayoum, this mission being coordinated with that of Jomard for Lake Moeris. The account of the journey dwells on the state of the canals and irrigation works, the topographical and demographic description of these regions, crucial for the agricultural economy of Egypt.
Some foxing.
€250
Félix REGAMEY
Le cahier rose de madame Chrysanthème
Bibliothèque artistique & littéraire|Paris 1894|17.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Holland paper, head print after 10 China and 12 Japan.
Book decorated with original illustrations by the author.
Our copy, as stipulated in the justification of the print, is very complete with the double state of the frontispiece.
Rare and pleasant copy at all margins.
€500
ANONYME
Makemono de 11 scènes chinoises érotiques. Rêve de printemps
Chine [China] s. d. [1920]|24 x 250 cm|autre
Scroll unrolling horizontally with a title leaf of 3 ideograms (Spring Dream) and 11 colored prints mounted on silk (actually a single print consisting of 11 scenes). When fully unrolled, the ensemble reaches 250cm. The scroll is held closed by a string, the paper is rolled around a piece of wood.
The scroll, made of relatively thick paper is covered with fine silk on the side where the engraving is mounted. The 11 scenes consist of a single long printing on 180 cm, one can perceive by the presence of the lower margin that these 11 scenes were thus printed several times on a large sheet, which were then cut out. This type of printing required a large press. Each scene measures approxima
€1,200
André GERVAIS
Sentinelles du désert (le territoire des oasis)
Fernand Sorlot|Paris 1939|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
first edition.
Small angular gaps on the boards.
Autograph signed by André Gervais to Jean Paillard.
€20
Johann Baptist HOMANN
Accurate Vorstellung der Orientalisch- Kayserlichen Haupt- und Residenz-Stadt Constantinopel - Carte de Constantinople
s. d. [circa 1720]|62 x 53.50 cm|une feuille rempliée
Original map, entirely enhanced in colors, showing the Bosphorus region. Large panoramic view of Constantinople seen from Scutari at the bottom of the map. A legend names and locates 30 important buildings, such as the Seraglio, Hagia Sophia and several mosques. A view of the Hellespont, the Sea of Marmara and Constantinople in the distance, is located in the upper right of the map.
Handsome copy of this map designed by Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724) - one of the most renowned cartographers and founder of one of the most important German publishing houses.
€1,500
Pierre COURTHION
Okamoto
GLM|Paris 1937|12.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
First illustrated edition with 16 inset plates reproducing the works of Taro Okamoto.
Ex-dono manuscript on the half title page.
Rare and nice copy.
€680
Léandre VAILLAT
Le visage français du Maroc
Horizons de France|Paris 1931|23 x 28.50 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with photographs and maps hors-texte.
Handsome copy.
€70
Sebastian MÜNSTER
Tabula Asiae VIII
s. l. • [Bâle] [Basel] s. d. [circa 1550]|42.10 x 33 cm|une feuille
Tabula Asiae VIII
[Basel ca 1550]
| 42.1 x 33 cm | one map
Original map, titled and heightened in colors by a contemporary hand. Published for the first time in 1540 in Munster's Geographia.
Central fold. Two repairs with paper strips to verso and two little wormholes without consequence.
A very good copy of one of the most important maps of monsters from the 16th century, done by one of the most famous mapmakers of the Renaissance.
The map covers the territories of Central Asia as well as Tibet and Nepal.
One finds, at the edges of the topography, three kinds of congenital deformations (monopods, headless men, and
people with
€1,000
Léon CARRE, Victor BARRUCAND
Le chariot de terre cuite
L'Edition d'art H. Piazza|Paris 1921|23 x 30.50 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation illustrated with original illustrations by Léon Carré, one of 750 numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue after 160 various Japan papers.
A handsome copy.

€680
Comar FREIHERR VON DER GOLTZ-PACHA
Karte der Umgegend von Constantinopel[Map of the area around Constantinople]
Schall • Gründ|Berlin 1897|69 x 62 cm|broché
First edition consisting of a large folding colored map presented in original wrappers.
Small marginal lacks to covers.
Handsome and rare copy.

€800
HAKKI PACHA
Discours prononcé par son altesse le grand-Vizir Hakki Pacha à la chambre des députés le 8 Décembre 1910
Imprimerie de la Turquie|Paris 1911|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition.
Unlettered spine with small tears, boards marginally discolored, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

€120
ANONYME
Aventures d'Antar, roman arabe
Amyot|Paris 1869|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation by M. de Hammer and M. Poujoulat.
Spine warped with tears and lacks, marginal lacks to first cover, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

€100
Adolf NEUBAUER
Talmudical and rabbinical litterature
S. n.|London s. d. [circa 1876]|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the "Philological society" bulletin.
Small tears to spine and corners of boards marginally sunned, handsome interior condition.
Rare pamphlet.

€100
Édouard DRIAULT
Devant Constantinople
S. n.|s. l. 1919|13 x 20 cm|broché
First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from La revue bleue of December 28, 1918 and January 11, 1919.
Small stains to corners of front cover boards marginally discolored, handsome interior condition.
Rare work presented under triple mauve wrappers.

€150
ANONYME
La question bulgare. La révolution de Philippopoli du 6/18 Septembre 1885. Les responsabilités
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1888|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Split spine with lacks, tears and corner lacks to covers, two dampstains to covers affecting some leaves but not the text.
Rare pamphlet.

€150
Stanislas BENOIST-MECHIN
Voyage à travers le Turkestan
Société de géographie|Paris 1885|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the bulletin of the Société de Géographie from the first quarter of 1885.
Spine with small lacks, tears, stains and corner lacks to covers, some interior foxing.
Rare pamphlet with a map at rear.

€120
Ahmed DJEYHOUN
Préceptes religieux des Musulmans au point de vue de l'hygiène
Typographie et lithographie Osmanié|Constantinople [Istanbul] 1892|13.50 x 19.50 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Spine with lacks, tears, stains and corner lacks to boards, loose copy, rear board detached.
Rare but in poor condition.

€60
Eugène LEDRAIN
La momie à l'occasion du rituel de l'embaumement
Jules Le Clere & Cie|Paris 1876|16 x 25 cm|broché
First edition.
Small tears with lacks and marginal creases to boards, some interior foxing.
Rare.

€150
Isaac BLOCH
Inscriptions tumulaires des anciens cimetières israélites d'alger
Librairie orientale et américaine Maisonneuve & C. Leclerc|Paris 1888|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition.
Spine broken with lacks, lacks and angular tears to boards, front board detached, handsome interior condition.

€80
Henry, Baron HANLY
Notes sur l'Egypte et la Tunisie
Imprimerie "Levant times"|Constantinople [Istanbul] 1876|20 x 26.50 cm|broché
New edition.
Tears and small lacks to spine, angular creases to dusty boards, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

€150
Chanoine LAGRANGE, Marquis de VOGUE
Notre expédition de Pétra. - Inscription nabatéenne de Pétra
Victor Lecoffre|Paris 1897|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
New edition.
Tears and small lacks to spine, lacks and angular tears to boards marginally sunned, handsome interior condition.
Illustrated pamphlet with 4 figures in the text and complete with its loose map.
Rare.

€150
Hartwig DERENBOURG
Les noms de personnes dans l'Ancien Testament et dans les inscriptions himyarites
Société des études juives|Paris 1880|15.50 x 25 cm|broché
First Edition printed in a small number of this reprinted from the Journal of Jewish Studies.
A lack at the top of the first board which also has a clear marginal wetness, nice interior state.
Signed autograph dedication of Hartwig Derenbourg at the head of the first board, the name of the dedicatee was torn off.
Rare.
€100
Benoit BRUNSWIK
La banqueroute turque
Ernest Leroux|Paris 1875|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition.
Two dampstains to head and foot of all leaves not touching text.
Rare.

€150
O. ISKENDER
Manuel du capitaliste en Turquie
Typographie et lithographie centrale|Constantinople [Istanbul] 1874|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition.
Two lacks and one stain to spine, tears and corner lacks to boards, two light dampstains to front board, some interior foxing and to boards.
Rare.

€200
Gustave SCHLUMBERGER
Monnaies inédites des Ethiopiens et des Homérites
S. n.|s. l. 1886|16 x 25 cm|broché
The first edition, published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue numismatique.
Covers absent, small fold marks at head of leaves, handsome interior condition.
Pamphlet with one plate.

€80
Marie-Félicité BROSSET
Monographie des monnaies arméniennes
Académie impériale des sciences|Saint-Pétersbourg [Saint Petersburg] 1839|16 x 25 cm|broché
The first edition, published in a small number of copies.
Light foxing, small fold marks to margins of leaves, light dampstain at foot of both plates.
Pamphlet with 2 plates.
Copy in original temporary binding awaiting binding.
Rare.

€200
Jérôme DOUCET
La grande douleur des sept artistes
Lucien Gougy|Paris 1923|24 x 30.50 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with original ornamentations by Paul de Pidoll heightened in gold, one of 150 numbered copies on Arches paper, deluxe copy after 8 Japan copies.
Handsome copy despite some foxing and a slight tear at head of front cover.
Our copy is complete, as stipulated in the justification page, with the suite of illustrations.

€450
Jeanne-Henriette TIRMAN, Rudyard KIPLING
Lettres du Japon
René Kieffer|Paris 1925|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation illustrated with decorations by Jeanne-Henriette Tirman, one of 1000 copies on tinted laid paper.
Spine slightly discolored.
Signed gift inscription at the head of an endpaper.
€50
COLLECTIF
Programme d'action du Neo Lao Haksat
Editions du Neo Leo Haksat|s. l. 1964|13 x 19 cm|agrafé
First edition of this Neo Lao Haksat program adopted on April 10, 1964.
Rare and handsome copy illustrated with a photographic frontispiece and a folding photograph at the end.

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€30
Kees VAN DONGEN
Carte postale autographe signée adressée à sa femme Augusta PreitingerSigned handwritten postcard addressed to his wife Augusta Preitinger.
Le Caire [Cairo] Avril 1913|8.80 x 13.90 cm|une carte postale

VAN DONGEN Kees
Signed handwritten postcard addressed to his wife Augusta Preitinger.
Cairo April 1913, 8.8 x 13.9cm, one postcard.
Handwritten postcard signed by Kees van Dongen addressed to his wife Augusta Preitinger also known as Guus van Dongen, written on the reverse of the colour photograph postcard showing the Caliphate tombs in the desert around Cairo.
Van Dongen addressed this card to his wife during his first journey to Egypt; fascinated by the country, he returned in 1928.
Beautiful copy.
€450
COLLECTIF
Le comité musulman de Constantinople à sa seigneurie le marquis de Salisbury, premier ministre et ministre des Affaires Etrangères de sa très gracieuse majesté la reine Victoria (lettre ouverte)
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [1896]|15.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition in French of this open letter from the Committee of Muslim Patriots dated May 15, 1896.
Boards lightly soiled, handsome interior condition.
Rare pamphlet.
€120
Auguste SALZMANN
Bijoux phéniciens trouvés dans la nécropole de Camiros (île de Rhodes)
Aux bureaux de la Revue archéologique • Didier & Cie|Paris 1863|23 x 28.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue archéologique.
Heavy foxing, marginal tears to covers of temporary wrappers, small lacks at heads of leaves (rodent damage) not touching text.
Pamphlet illustrated with a frontispiece plate.
Rare.
€80
J. GIROD DU SAUGEY
Manuel métrologique des peuples de l'antiquité
A. Jeanthon|Paris 1837|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
The rare first edition presented in temporary wrappers.
Lacks to spine and corners of covers, green title label pasted on spine and partly torn, the title of the work has been written in ink at the head of the first cover.
Some foxing.
Rare.

€120
Ahmed ZEKI PACHA
Dictionnaire biographique des aveugles illustres de l'Orient
Imprimerie "Les Pyramides"|Le Caire [Cairo] 1911|16 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Boards and endpapers marginally soiled, two transverse creases on boards.
Rare.
€250
Albert DESJARDINS
De l'origine des capitulations dans l'empire Ottoman
Alphonse Picard|Paris 1891|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition.
Boards and endpapers marginally soiled, one marginal crease to rear board.
Rare pamphlet.
€200
ANONYME
Conférence politique nationale d'alliance entre le néo Lao Haksat et les forces neutralistes patriotiques tenue en Octobre 1965
Editions du Neo Leo Haksat|s. l. 1965|12.50 x 18.50 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Rare and handsome copy illustrated with 4 photographs.
One transverse fold to the front cover, light dampstain to margins of leaves.

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€30
Friedrich Maximilian MULLER
Introduction à la philosophie védanta. Trois conférences faites à l'Institut Royal en Mars 1894
Ernest Leroux|Paris 1899|12 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition of the French translation by Léon Sorg.
Bradel binding in half almond green cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, red shagreen title-label, one small black stain at foot of spine, marbled paper boards, front board with small stain at foot, contemporary binding.
A rare and handsome copy.
€150
Edmond de PONCINS
Album photographique - UlwarPhotograph album - Ulwar
1894|26 x 19 cm|1 album
Photograph album – Ulwar
1894 | 26 x 19 cm | one album
Album bringing together a total of 49 contemporary albumen print photographs (15.5 x 10.5 cm), laminated on thick card and mounted on guards. All of the shots are captioned by hand in the lower margin. Three other albums, containing 196 photographs, were sold at auction when the Viscount's collection was put up for sale by his heirs in 2003.
The album contains 49 photos, of which 29 are village scenes with people and animals (elephants, nilgai, camels, etc.),
8 views of the camp, 5 of people, including a surprising Fakir with high dreadlocks, 4 of the caravan and 3 landscapes. Contemporary binding in half green shagre
€1,500