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First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite two small black stains at head and foot of one joint.
Half box binding with tan bands, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved.

First printing of the 23 color plates by Edmond Dulac.
Publisher's full brick-red cloth binding, smooth spine richly decorated with Arabesque design on a background of blue roses, front board decorated with large gilt Arabesque design on a background of blue roses, small spots of discoloration on the boards, endpapers and pastedowns of brick paper on a background of blue roses.
Half-title and final endpaper pages spotted, otherwise handsome interior condition.

First edition of the author's first work, one of 55 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition, false statement of edition.
Autograph inscription signed by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on the half-title page: "à Mademoiselle Josette Arnaud dont le frère est déjà un vieux pilote de quarante six heures de vol... Et dont le père est un vieil ami" ["to Miss Josette Arnaud whose brother is already an experienced pilot with forty-six hours of flight time... And whose father is an old friend"]
Half blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, paper boards, grey paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt on deckled edges, binding signed P. Goy and C. Vilaine.
It was undoubtedly in 1926 that young Antoine, freshly hired by...

First edition, one of 63 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition printed on laid paper.
This academy crowned Victor Hugo in 1820 and F.A.R. de Chateaubriand in 1821.
Full brown shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands extending onto the boards with blind fillets ending in fleurons thus representing the clasps of medieval books, gilt rolls on headcaps, gilt pointillé on edges, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelle frame on pastedowns, red edges.
Handsome copy despite some light foxing.

Fourth edition, after the original published in 1673.
Contemporary full red morocco binding richly decorated. Spine with five raised bands ornamented with gilt fillets and fleurons as well as a black morocco title label. Wide gilt dentelle frame on covers. Fine gilt dentelle (40 mm wide) framing the pastedowns; cornerpieces of exceptional complexity. All edges gilt. Headcap skillfully restored, as well as one joint.
Very handsome copy richly bound.
History of the Capitouls of Toulouse from their Roman origins. This study in which the author presents numerous hypotheses establishes a history of the city of Toulouse endowed with numerous precious information. The author has...

First edition, one of the numbered copies of the first issue printed at the press.
Small lacks to head and foot of spine.