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  1. The exceedingly rare first Polish edition of the Social Contract, translated and printed by Polish refugees
    The exceedingly rare first Polish edition of the Social Contract, translated and printed by Polish refugees
    [DU CONTRAT SOCIAL] Umowa towarzyska czyli Zasady prawa politycznego. Napisa po francuzku ... Przet omaczy Józef Wien[DU CONTRAT SOCIAL] Umowa towarzyska czyli Zasady prawa politycznego. Napisa po francuzku ... Przet omaczy Józef Wien
    Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU

    [DU CONTRAT SOCIAL] Umowa towarzyska czyli Zasady prawa politycznego. Napisa po francuzku ... Przet omaczy Józef Wien[THE SOCIAL CONTRACT] The Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Right. Written in French by ... Translated by Józef Wien]

    Trzcionkami J.-A. Quillot|Agen 1839|14.3 x 21.7 cm|Broché

    Very rare first Polish edition of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Social Contract, prepared by Józef Wien and published by a Polish émigré living in exile in Agen, printed on Quillot's presses.

    Apparently unrecorded by Dufour; the wrapper is dated 1840.

    Front wrapper soiled with small losses at the corners, marginal dampstaining at the beginning of the volume, some foxing. 

    €1,800
  2. L'étrangerL'étranger
    Albert CAMUS

    L'étranger[The Stranger]

    Gallimard|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|Broché

    New edition.

    A handsome copy, covers very lightly browned, discreet restorations to the joints.

    Rare presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Albert Camus: "to Madame Jean Labattut whom I thank three times, in respectful homage, Albert Camus."

    Inscribed copies of Camus' masterpiece are exceedingly scarce.

    The recipient could be Streline Mercedes Terradell, who served as a nurse in France during WW1. In 1929 she married Jean Labatut (also spelled Labattut), architect and teacher, who a primary force behind the development of Princeton University's School of Architecture, 1928-1967 and designed architectural projects around the...

    €11,800
  3. Jacques le fataliste et son maîtreJacques le fataliste et son maître
    Denis DIDEROT, Jacques-Henri MEISTER (Pref.)

    Jacques le fataliste et son maître[Jacques the Fatalist and His Master, Preceded by a tribute to the memory of the author, by M. Meister, of Zurich]

    Gueffier jeune • Knapen fils|Paris An cinquième (1797)|8.6 x 13.1 cm|Relié

    First edition in-12 of Jacques le Fataliste et son maître, the very first issue to include three engraved frontispieces. The text is preceded by a tribute to Diderot by Jacques-Henri Meister, a close friend of the author and Grimm's successor at the head of the Correspondance littéraire.

     

    Contemporary marbled sheepskin bindings, gilt borders to the covers, smooth spines with gilt compartments and fleurons, brown lettering-pieces and numbering-pieces, gilt roulette to the board edges, pastedowns in blue paste paper, all edges gilt. Rubbing to the joints and corners, a few scattered spots to the leaves, otherwise an attractive copy.

    €700
  4. Le procèsLe procès
    Franz KAFKA, Bernard GROETHUYSEN (Pref.)

    Le procès

    Gallimard|Paris 1933|11.8 x 19 cm|Relié

    First edition of the French translation by Alexandre Vialatte, one of 148 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only grand papier copies.

    Preface by Bernard Groethuysen.

    Half gray morocco binding with corners, smooth spine, marbled paper sides, endpapers and pastedowns of marbled paper, original wrappers and spine preserved, gilt top edge, slipcase edged in mouse-gray morocco with marbled paper sides, contemporary binding signed Lévêque.

    €2,300
  5. Histoire de Gil Blas de SantillaneHistoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
    Alain-René LE SAGE [LESAGE] Jean GIGOUX

    Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane[The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane]

    Paulin|Paris 1835|18.3 x 27.9 cm|Woodcut|Relié

    Illustrated edition with 600 original vignettes by Jean Gigoux, accompanied by an engraved frontispiece and a portrait of Gil Blas on chine, bound in between the address to the reader and the first chapter.

    Copy of the first issue, complete with all the characteristics noted by Carteret that distinguish it from the second issue.


    Half green long-grained Russia morocco binding, sides in green paste paper, smooth spine decorated with gilt compartments and three blind-stamped floral plaques with gilt accents, gilt title and date, stone paper pastedowns. Some rubbing to the binding, corners and edges slightly worn, occasional foxing and soiling to a few leaves.
    Bookplate...

    €250
  6. Les essaisLes essais
    Michel de MONTAIGNE

    Les essais

    Jean Servières • Chez Jean-François Bastien|à Paris 1793|12.5 x 20.3 cm|3 volumes reliés

    New edition embellished with a medallion portrait of Montaigne on the title-page, engraved by Noël Pruneau. Reprint of the edition issued by Bastien in 1783, which was limited to 500 copies and quickly sold out.
    Contemporary full glazed and speckled brown calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with four floral tools and various roll-tooled ornaments. Black wax lettering and volume labels. Triple fillet border on the boards. A few scattered foxing spots.
    Fine copy in a high-quality contemporary binding. Small fragment lacking at the head of the upper joint of volume I. Headcap of volume II restored, with the beginnings of a split to the upper joint. Some rubbing, particularly along the...

    €850
  7. La peauLa peau
    Curzio MALAPARTE

    La peau

    Denoël|Paris 1949|12 x 19 cm|broché

    Rare first edition of the French translation, one of 350 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe issue after 50 copies on pur fil.

    Spine and boards very slightly and marginally sunned, of no consequence.
    Rare and attractive copy.

    €1,000
  8. ThaïsThaïs
    Anatole FRANCE, Louis JOU

    Thaïs

    Les Cent Bibliophiles|Paris 1924|20 x 27.3 cm|Broché sous chemise et étui

    Edition illustrated with 159 original illustrations by Louis Jou, printed in a single issue of 135 named and numbered copies on Rives laid paper.
    A shadow from newspaper clippings to the left margin of the front free endpaper.

    Fine copy housed in a brown full-board chemise and slipcase.

    €1,800
  9. OEuvre de Mr. de Sacy, de l'Academie françoise ; contenant les Lettres de Pline le Jeune, le Panegyrique de Trajan par le même Pline et le Traité de l'amitiéOEuvre de Mr. de Sacy, de l'Academie françoise ; contenant les Lettres de Pline le Jeune, le Panegyrique de Trajan par le même Pline et le Traité de l'amitié
    Léon Silvestre de SACY

    OEuvre de Mr. de Sacy, de l'Academie françoise ; contenant les Lettres de Pline le Jeune, le Panegyrique de Trajan par le même Pline et le Traité de l'amitié[Works of Mr. de Sacy, of the French Academy; containing the Letters of Pliny the Younger, the Panegyric of Trajan by the same Pliny, and the Treatise on Friendship] (our own translation)

    La Compagnie des Libraires|Paris 1732|20 x 26 cm|Relié

    New quarto edition, revised and corrected by the author, with numerous decorated headpieces, initials and tailpieces.

    Full brown calf, spine in six compartments with five raised bands richly gilt-tooled, red morocco lettering-piece, triple blind fillet border to boards, double gilt fillet to board edges, red edges, marbled pastedowns and endpapers.

    Light scratches and scuffing to boards, corners slightly bumped, otherwise a very...

    €250
  10. Histoire physique, civile et morale de Paris…Histoire physique, civile et morale de Paris…
    Jacques-Antoine DULAURE

    Histoire physique, civile et morale de Paris…[History, Physical, Civil and Moral, of Paris…]

    Au bureau des Publications illustrées|Paris 1842|16.5 x 25.5 cm|4 volumes reliés

    Seventh edition, expanded with new annotations and an appendix containing descriptive and historical details on all the monuments recently erected in the capital by J.-L. Belin, avocat.

    Bound in contemporary half midnight-blue Russian morocco, flat spines gilt with romantic arabesques, gilt fillet framing the marbled-paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns; one lower corner lightly rubbed, contemporary bindings.

    Scattered foxing.

    Illustrated with 58 plates (including 11 archaeological plates), together with 5 folding colour plans hors texte.

    A handsomely preserved copy in a period romantic binding.

    €800
  11. Talleyrand’s copy with his armorial bookplate “Re que Diou” from the Château de Valençay
    Talleyrand’s copy with his armorial bookplate “Re que Diou” from the Château de Valençay
    A Discourse of logomachys, or Controversys about words, so common among learned men. To which is added, a dissertation concerning meteors of stile, or false sublimity. Both written in Latin (...), and translated into English - Exemplaire de Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-PérigordA Discourse of logomachys, or Controversys about words, so common among learned men. To which is added, a dissertation concerning meteors of stile, or false sublimity. Both written in Latin (...), and translated into English - Exemplaire de Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
    (Charles-Maurice de TALLEYRAND-PÉRIGORD) Samuel WERENFELS

    A Discourse of logomachys, or Controversys about words, so common among learned men. To which is added, a dissertation concerning meteors of stile, or false sublimity. Both written in Latin (...), and translated into English - Exemplaire de Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

    W. Taylor • E. Sanger|London 1711|12.3 x 19.7 cm|Relié

    First edition of the English translation of "De Logomachiis eruditorum" (Amsterdam, 1688) by the Swiss Reformed theologian Samuel Werenfels (1657–1740), a notably engaging essay on the obstacles to concord among Christians created by the endless disputes over the terminology used to define points of belief.

    A few small spots of foxing.

    Full speckled fawn calf, the spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and gilt tools; rubbing to the spine, the gilt title almost entirely effaced, headcaps trimmed down with a small loss to the tailcap; gilt double-fillet border with gilt corner tools on the covers; some wear to the board edges...

    €1,500
  12. Essai philosophique concernant l'entendement humain, où l'on montre qu'elle est l'étendue de nos connaissances certaines, et la manière dont nous y parvenons.Essai philosophique concernant l'entendement humain, où l'on montre qu'elle est l'étendue de nos connaissances certaines, et la manière dont nous y parvenons.
    John LOCKE, Pierre COSTE (Trad.)

    Essai philosophique concernant l'entendement humain, où l'on montre qu'elle est l'étendue de nos connaissances certaines, et la manière dont nous y parvenons.[An Essay Concerning Human Understanding]

    Chez Pierre Mortier|Amsterdam 1735|20.5 x 26.5 cm|Relié

    Third edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged with several important Additions by the author published posthumously, and with Remarks by the Translator (our own translation), with the portrait of John Locke by Godfrey Kneller, engraved by François Morellon de La Cave.

    Contemporary full brown calf, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments, brown morocco lettering-piece, triple fillet border to covers in blind, red edges, marbled pastedowns and endpapers.

    Headcaps missing, surface...

    €500
  13. Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire, faisant suite à l'Histoire de la Révolution françaiseHistoire du Consulat et de l'Empire, faisant suite à l'Histoire de la Révolution française
    Adolphe THIERS

    Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire, faisant suite à l'Histoire de la Révolution française[History of the Consulate and the Empire, Following the History of the French Revolution]

    Furne • Jouvet|Paris 1874 & 1866 (pour l'atlas)|13.7 x 22.5 cm pour les 21 volumes de texte & 22,5 x 28,3 pour l'atlas|21 volumes reliés + 1 atlas relié

    Second edition of this monumental work of historiography.

    The collation of the text volumes (74 steel-engraved plates) conforms to the list of plates given in volume XX (with the exception of the plate depicting the French before Moscow, which is lacking), but does not match the plate count of the first edition, as certain plates were not reissued. The atlas corresponds to that of the first edition and is complete with its 66 maps.

    Some foxing, mainly affecting the edges.

    Handsome bindings of red half morocco with corners, the spines with five raised bands and triple blind-ruled compartments, a few minor abrasions without consequence to three spines, marbled paper sides...

    €2,500
  14. Rare pioneering work of ecological thought
    Rare pioneering work of ecological thought
    Harmonie hydro-végétale et météorologique, ou Recherches sur les moyens de recréer avec nos forêts la force des températures et la régularité des saisons, par des plantations raisonnées. Cet ouvrage, médité pour le bonheur des campagnes, embrasse les corrélations existantes entre les montagnes, les forêts et les météores ; les températures et les saisons ; la régénération des sources, la repopulation des ruisseaux et des fleuves ; l'assainissement et la culture des marais ; la fructification des grandes routes et des voies pastorales ; avec quelques vues morales sur les honneurs à rendre dans nos cérémonies funéraires à la nature humaine. Dédié au Premier Consul de la République françaiseHarmonie hydro-végétale et météorologique, ou Recherches sur les moyens de recréer avec nos forêts la force des températures et la régularité des saisons, par des plantations raisonnées. Cet ouvrage, médité pour le bonheur des campagnes, embrasse les corrélations existantes entre les montagnes, les forêts et les météores ; les températures et les saisons ; la régénération des sources, la repopulation des ruisseaux et des fleuves ; l'assainissement et la culture des marais ; la fructification des grandes routes et des voies pastorales ; avec quelques vues morales sur les honneurs à rendre dans nos cérémonies funéraires à la nature humaine. Dédié au Premier Consul de la République française
    François Antoine RAUCH

    Harmonie hydro-végétale et météorologique, ou Recherches sur les moyens de recréer avec nos forêts la force des températures et la régularité des saisons, par des plantations raisonnées. Cet ouvrage, médité pour le bonheur des campagnes, embrasse les corrélations existantes entre les montagnes, les forêts et les météores ; les températures et les saisons ; la régénération des sources, la repopulation des ruisseaux et des fleuves ; l'assainissement et la culture des marais ; la fructification des grandes routes et des voies pastorales ; avec quelques vues morales sur les honneurs à rendre dans nos cérémonies funéraires à la nature humaine. Dédié au Premier Consul de la République française[Hydro-Vegetal and Meteorological Harmony, or Research on the Means of Restoring, through Rational Planting, the Strength of Temperatures and the Regularity of the Seasons, with the Aid of Our Forests. This work, conceived for the welfare of the countryside, encompasses the existing correlations between mountains, forests, and meteors; temperatures and seasons; the regeneration of springs, the repopulation of streams and rivers; the drainage and cultivation of marshes; the fructification of great roads and pastoral routes; together with some moral reflections on the honours to be rendered to human nature in our funeral ceremonies. Dedicated to the First Consul of the French Republic]

    Frères Levrault|Paris 1802 (An X)|12.8 x 20.2 cm|2 volumes reliés

    Very rare first edition, illustrated in each volume with a copper-engraved frontispiece by Tardieu after Monnet.

    Half black grained cloth bindings, smooth spines decorated with blind fillets, marbled paper boards with light rubbing, sprinkled edges, modest late 19th-century bindings.

    Some foxing and a few pale waterstains at the end of the second volume.

    This work is an essay whose concerns are strikingly close to our own, though expressed in a very different context.

    A founder of French ecological thought, the civil engineer François-Antoine Rauch (1762–1837) demonstrated the direct relationship between deforestation and the increase in extreme weather, calling...

    €2,000
  15. "Happy he who has seen the customs and cities of many peoples, and has been able to grow old in his own home."
    "Happy he who has seen the customs and cities of many peoples, and has been able to grow old in his own home."
    [Poemata] Andini poematum libri quatuor : Elegiæ. Varia Epigr[ammata]. Amores [Faustinae]. Tumuli.[Poemata] Andini poematum libri quatuor : Elegiæ. Varia Epigr[ammata]. Amores [Faustinae]. Tumuli.
    Ioachimi BELLAII [Joachim DU BELLAY]

    [Poemata] Andini poematum libri quatuor : Elegiæ. Varia Epigr[ammata]. Amores [Faustinae]. Tumuli.[The Four Books of Poems from Anjou: Elegies. Various Epigrams. Loves [of Faustina]. Tombs.]

    Apud Federicum Morellum, in uico Bellouaco, ad vrbanam Morum|Parisiis 1558|16 x 22.7 cm|Relié

    A rare first edition, of which no subsequent reprint exists, complete with all his Neo-Latin poems, chiefly composed in Rome. The volume also contains two Greek poems at ff. 60 and 62, together with a poem which inspired the celebrated sonnet Happy he who like Ulysses.

    Modern binding in full limp vellum, smooth spine, red edges, white pastedowns and endleaves.

    Some defects within: discreet restoration to inner margin of title verso; small tear without loss at foot of ff. 2-3; dampstaining to lower margin of ff. 25-28 and 45-48; minimal marginal defect to f. 44, not affecting...

    €5,000
  16. Voyage au Bout de la NuitVoyage au Bout de la Nuit
    Jacques TARDI, Louis-Ferdinand CELINE

    Voyage au Bout de la Nuit[Journey to the End of the Night]

    Gallimard • & Futuropolis|Paris 1988|22 x 30 cm|reliure de l'éditeur

    New edition and the first printing of Jacques Tardi’s illustrations.
    Publisher’s white boards, smooth spine.
    A handsome copy.
    Presentation inscription, dated and signed by Jacques Tardi to Joëlle Passani, with an original black-felt drawing depicting a sorrowful-faced Bardamu in a small vignette.
     

    €1,000
  17. Exceptional copy on Japon
    Exceptional copy on Japon
    Le Songe d'une nuit d'étéLe Songe d'une nuit d'été
    Arthur RACKHAM, William SHAKESPEARE

    Le Songe d'une nuit d'été[A Midsummer Night's Dream]

    Librairie Hachette et Cie|Paris 1909|23 x 30 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur

    First French edition, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 40 mounted colour plates on thick brown paper, each protected by a captioned tissue guard, along with 30 black-and-white line drawings within the text, one of the extremely rare 30 copies printed on japon, signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page; the deluxe issue.

     

    Publisher’s Bradel binding in full vellum-style boards, smooth gilt-titled spine, upper board gilt-stamped with title and a tree design, top edge gilt; the silk tie on the lower board is lacking.

    ...

    €5,000
  18. Rackham illustrates the father of the Western fable
    Rackham illustrates the father of the Western fable
    Fables d'EsopeFables d'Esope
    Arthur RACKHAM, AESOP

    Fables d'Esope[Aesop's Fables]

    Librairie Hachette et Cie|Paris 1913|23 x 29.5 cm|relié

    Illustrated edition with compositions by Arthur Rackham, 13 in colour tipped in with captioned tissue guards, and 52 black-and-white illustrations in the text, one of 55 copies on japon, signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page, deluxe issue.

     

    Publisher’s full vellum binding, flat spine gilt-lettered with gilt-stamped animals, upper cover gilt-stamped with the title and an illustration of animals, top edge gilt, uncut, lower cover silk ties preserved.

     

    A fine copy...

    €4,000
  19. BAUDELAIRE’S MASTERPIECE INSCRIBED TO HUGO’S SURROGATE BROTHER
    BAUDELAIRE’S MASTERPIECE INSCRIBED TO HUGO’S SURROGATE BROTHER
    Les Fleurs du malLes Fleurs du mal
    Charles BAUDELAIRE (inscribed to Paul MEURICE)

    Les Fleurs du malFlowers of Evil

    Poulet Malassis & De Broise|Paris 1857|12 x 18.7 cm|relié sous étui

    First edition, printed on vélin d’Angoulême, with the usual typographical errors, and containing the six banned poems; one of the few author’s copies “intended for friends who render no literary services”.

    Full bordeaux red morocco binding, spine with five raised bands richly decorated with multiple gilt- and blind-tooled fillets; third-state covers; boards framed with multiple blind-tooled fillets; marbled endpapers; gilt turn-ins; all edges gilt; marbled paper slipcase with morocco border; signed binding by Semet & Plumelle.

    €230,000
  20. Alice: « and what is the use of a book, without pictures or conversations? »
    Alice: « and what is the use of a book, without pictures or conversations? »
    Aventures d'Alice au pays des merveillesAventures d'Alice au pays des merveilles
    Lewis CARROLL, Arthur RACKHAM

    Aventures d'Alice au pays des merveilles[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]

    Librairie Hachette et Cie|Paris 1908|23.50 x 28.50 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur

    Illustrated edition with 13 colour plates on brown paper by Arthur Rackham tipped in with captioned tissue guards, together with 14 black-and-white illustrations in the text by Rackham, including a frontispiece portrait of Alice, one of the very rare 20 copies on japon, signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page, copy from the deluxe issue. A few name copies on the same paper were also issued.

    Publisher’s full vellum binding, flat spine lettered in gilt with a gilt illustration of the Cheshire Cat, upper cover stamped in gilt with the title and an illustration of two fantastic...

    €10,000
  21. ComusComus
    Arthur RACKHAM, John MILTON

    Comus

    Librairie Hachette et Cie|Paris s. d. [circa 1921]|24 x 29.6 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur

    Illustrated edition with 24 colour plates by Arthur Rackham tipped in with captioned tissue guards, 8 full-page black-and-white illustrations, together with numerous ornaments and vignettes in the text by Arthur Rackham, one of 300 copies printed on vélin à la forme, signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page.
    Publisher’s Bradel binding in full bright white vellum, smooth spine lettered in gilt, upper cover gilt-stamped with the title and a design of fantastic animals within a vertical gilt rule, illustrated endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, untrimmed edges preserved. 
    A very well-preserved copy of Milton's baroque and Dionysian...

    €1,500
  22. Œuvres de Monsieur de Montesquieu Œuvres de Monsieur de Montesquieu
    Charles de Secondat MONTESQUIEU [MONTESQUIEU]

    Œuvres de Monsieur de Montesquieu [ZWEIBRUCKEN PRINTING - Works of Monsieur de Montesquieu]

    Société typographique|Deux-Ponts 1792|10 x 16.8 cm|8 volumes reliés

    New edition, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged.

    Contemporary bindings in half mottled fawn calf over corners, smooth spines gilt with fillets, morocco title and volume labels, brown paper-covered boards, sprinkled edges.

    Some minor rubbing to the spines, a few corners slightly bumped.

    L'Esprit des lois occupies volumes I to IV; La Défense de l'Esprit des lois volume V (with a general index); Lettres persanes volume VI; volume VII gathers the Considérations and related pieces; volume VIII contains the posthumous works.

    This collected edition of Montesquieu's works offers no particular bibliographical peculiarities in its...

    €1,500
  23. Tarutaran do TarasukonTarutaran do Tarasukon
    Alphonse DAUDET

    Tarutaran do Tarasukon[Tarutaran do Tarasukon]. Tartarin of Tarascon]

    Ikubundo|Tokyo 1926|13.8 x 20 cm|Broché

    Very rare first edition of the Japanese translation, accompanied by Taiichi Ogawa’s annotated commentary.

    Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Alphonse Daudet.

    Spine with two tears at head and foot, soiling to the wrappers, a few minor spots internally.

    First Japanese edition of Alphonse Daudet’s masterpiece. Harshly received in Provence upon its publication in 1872, despite the support of Frédéric Mistral, the novel soon came to be regarded as one of the landmarks of French literature, and the character of Tartarin became the emblem—and finest ambassador—of the city of Tarascon.

    €850
  24. La Chartreuse de ParmeLa Chartreuse de Parme
    STENDHAL

    La Chartreuse de Parme[The Charterhouse of Parma]

    Ambroise Dupont|Paris 1839|13 x 21.7 cm|2 volumes reliés sous étui

    First edition, printed on thick wove paper.
    Bound in contemporary half brown shagreen, smooth spines decorated with black typographic motifs, marbled paper boards, hand-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, modern slipcase edged in brown morocco with matching marbled paper sides and olive-green felt lining. 
    Some occasional foxing, the note "Henri Beyle" in black ink at the upper corner of the title page of the first volume, without the final catalogue leaf at the end of the second volume, small corner restorations to four leaves of the first volume.
    "Very rare and extremely sought after. Usually quite simply bound at the time. Often foxed" (Clouzot). "This work is of great rarity in...

    €35,000
  25. L'oeuvre au noirL'oeuvre au noir
    Marguerite YOURCENAR

    L'oeuvre au noir[The Abyss]

    Gallimard|Paris 1968|13.8 x 20.5 cm|Relié sous étui

    First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on Holland paper, the deluxe issue.

    Full chocolate-brown morocco binding, spine with five raised bands framed with black fillets, date gilt at foot, gilt rolls on the caps, marbled paper endpapers and doublures, gilt double fillet borders on the doublures, gilt fillets along the edges, original wrappers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, slipcase edged with matching chocolate morocco, sides in marbled paper, interior lined with grey felt. A splendid binding signed by Semet & Plumelle.

    A very handsome copy, perfectly bound in full morocco by Semet & Plumelle.

    €25,000
  26. Rare first edition first issue
    Rare first edition first issue
    Mémoires d'outre-tombeMémoires d'outre-tombe
    François René de CHATEAUBRIAND

    Mémoires d'outre-tombe[Memoirs from Beyond the Grave]

    Eugène • Victor Penaud frères|Paris 1849-1850 |13.7 x 21.2 cm|12 volumes reliés

    Rare and sought-after first edition, first issue.

    Includes the subscribers' list and the foreword, later removed when the remainder of this edition passed into the hands of another publisher, Dion-Lambert. It also features the pagination error in volume two: page 164 instead of 364. 

     

    Black half-morocco bindings, smooth spines with double gilt fillets and double blind-stamped compartments, black paper boards...

    €10,000
  27. La guerre des mondesLa guerre des mondes
    Herbert George WELLS

    La guerre des mondes[The War of the Worlds]

    Mercure de France|Paris 1913|11.8 x 18.8 cm|Relié

    New edition of the French translation.

    Half saffron percaline Bradel binding, smooth spine slightly sunned and decorated with a central gilt motif and double gilt fillet at foot, brown shagreen title label with a few scuffs, marbled "cat’s-eye" paper boards, preserved wrappers, lightly rubbed corners, contemporary binding.

    €300
  28. Voyage au bout de la nuitVoyage au bout de la nuit
    Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE

    Voyage au bout de la nuit[Journey to the End of the Night]

    Denoël & Steele|Paris 1932|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper with all the characteristics of the first print.
    Binding in half red morocco, preserved covers and spine (first cover plate and lined spine with restorations), top edge gilt, binding signed by Laurenchet.
    Nice copy with the publisher's catalog in fine.
    €4,000
  29. Les Fleurs du malLes Fleurs du mal
    Charles BAUDELAIRE

    Les Fleurs du mal[The Flowers of Evil]

    La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 1855|14.8 x 23 cm|Relié

    First appearance of the 18 poems by Charles Baudelaire published on pages 1079–1093 of the Revue des Deux Mondes, showing numerous variations from the text of the first edition issued in 1857 by Poulet-Malassis & De Broise.

    Full black shagreen binding, smooth spine, double blind-ruled borders on covers, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, slightly later binding.

    A rare and attractive copy.

    €3,000
  30. Oeuvres complètes de W. ShakespeareOeuvres complètes de W. Shakespeare
    William SHAKESPEARE, François-Victor HUGO (Trad.)

    Oeuvres complètes de W. Shakespeare[The Complete Works of W. Shakespeare]

    Pagnerre|Paris 1865-1866|13.7 x 22.2 cm|18 volumes reliés

    Second edition of the French translation prepared by François-Victor Hugo.

    Half red shagreen bindings, slightly faded spines with four raised bands numerously framed in gilt and central gilt tooled motif, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, speckled edges, contemporary bindings.

    Some occasional foxing, minor black specks on a few spines, upper corners of volume 10 slightly damaged.

    Our set, attractively bound uniformly in contemporary bindings, is complete in 18 volumes including the often lacking final three volumes of apocryphal writings.

    €1,200
  31. Oeuvres complètes de lord ByronOeuvres complètes de lord Byron
    George Gordon Byron BYRON

    Oeuvres complètes de lord Byron[Complete Works of Lord Byron]

    Paris 1836|13.2 x 21.2 cm|6 volumes reliés

    New edition of the French translation established by Amédée Pichot, partly original as it is enhanced with a historical notice on Lord Byron.

    Half blue glazed calf bindings, spines partially faded with four raised bands framed by gilt garlands and richly decorated gilt compartments, navy blue glazed calf title and volume labels, blind-stamped floral tools at head and tail, marbled paper boards, gilt fillets at foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges; a few lightly rubbed corners. Romantic bindings of the period.

    Our copy contains 13 engraved plates, some serving as frontispieces.

    Scattered foxing, a few leaves browned due to paper acidity.

    A copy in...

    €500
  32. Le sagouinLe sagouin
    François MAURIAC

    Le sagouin[The Little Swine]

    La Palatine|Paris • Geneva 1951|14 x 21 cm|Broché

    First edition, one of 120 copies printed on pure laid paper.

    Pleasant copy with wide margins throughout.

    €170
  33. Mémoires de M. de Bourrienne, ministre d'état ; sur Napoléon, le Directoire, le Consulat, l'Empire et la RestaurationMémoires de M. de Bourrienne, ministre d'état ; sur Napoléon, le Directoire, le Consulat, l'Empire et la Restauration
    Louis-Antoine Fauvelet de BOURRIENNE

    Mémoires de M. de Bourrienne, ministre d'état ; sur Napoléon, le Directoire, le Consulat, l'Empire et la Restauration[Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Minister of State, on the Directory, the Consulate, the Empire, and the Restoration]

    Ladvocat|Paris 1829|13 x 20.8 cm|10 volumes reliés

    First edition of these significant memoirs by a close companion and comrade-in-arms of Napoleon Bonaparte.

    Half aubergine sheep bindings, smooth spines slightly faded and decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, some rubbing with small losses to a few spines and joints, embossed aubergine paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges; romantic bindings of the period.

    Some foxing, a light marginal dampstain on the final leaves of volume 8.

    A pleasant set, attractively bound in contemporary romantic bindings.

    €900
  34. “You Know Nothing, Jon Snow”
    “You Know Nothing, Jon Snow”
    Le Trône de fer - L'intégrale - Volumes 1 à 4Le Trône de fer - L'intégrale - Volumes 1 à 4
    George R.R. MARTIN, Jean SOLA (Trad.)

    Le Trône de fer - L'intégrale - Volumes 1 à 4A Song of Ice and Fire - "L'intégrale" - Volumes 1 to 4

    J'ai lu|Paris 2012-2015|13 x 19 cm pour les 5 vol., 14,5 x 20 cm pour le coffret du vol. 1|broché, sous coffret pour le vol. 1

    A fine set of the first four volumes of the French intégrale edition, identical to the original American structure. Volume 1 is housed in a metal case with embossed lettering and a folding map of Westeros. It is a copy of the highly sought-after very first French collector's edition of the series published in 2012. Volumes 2 and 3 followed in 2013, and volume 4 in 2014. 

    Each volume signed by George R.R. Martin on the title page. The signatures were obtained during the author's only public signing session for French...

    €2,000
  35. Les Faux-MonnayeursLes Faux-Monnayeurs
    André GIDE

    Les Faux-Monnayeurs[The Counterfeiters]

    Nrf|Paris 1925|16.50 x 21.50 cm|relié sous chemise et étui
    First edition, one of 121 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper, printed in quarto tellière format, deluxe issue.
    Full dark green morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt rolls on the headcaps, double gilt fillets along the edges, gilt-ruled white box-calf doublures, dark green moiré silk endpapers, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt. Housed in a matching half dark green morocco chemise with bands and flaps, spine with five raised bands, green paper boards, dark green felt interior; matching slipcase lined with white felt and edged in dark green morocco. A fine and elegant ensemble signed by P.L. Martin.
    A superb copy, magnificently bound in full doublé morocco...
    €7,000
  36. A la recherche du temps perduA la recherche du temps perdu
    Marcel PROUST

    A la recherche du temps perdu[In Search of Lost Time]

    Grasset (first volume) • Gallimard (other volumes)|Paris 1913-1927|12 x 19 cm|13 volumes brochés

    First edition for each volume.

    Fine copy of Du côté de chez Swann in first edition, second printing, with all identifying points (front cover dated 1913, table of contents present, no publisher's catalogue at end); copy in first edition bearing the mention "quatrième édition" for À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs (with the correct colophon dated November 30, 1918); although bearing the same colophon dated November 30, 1918, the 128 reimposed copies were not actually printed until a year later, together with the large paper copies of the Swann reissue; for the following 11 volumes...

    €15,000
  37. Does it tickle or does it tingle?
    Does it tickle or does it tingle?
    Knock ou le triomphe de la médecine - M. Le Trouhadec saisi par la débaucheKnock ou le triomphe de la médecine - M. Le Trouhadec saisi par la débauche
    Jules ROMAINS

    Knock ou le triomphe de la médecine - M. Le Trouhadec saisi par la débauche[Knock, or The Triumph of Medicine – Mr. Le Trouhadec Overcome by Debauchery]

    Gallimard|Paris 1924|16.5 x 22 cm|Relié

    First edition dedicated to Louis Jouvet, one of 108 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre laid paper, reimposed in quarto tellière format, deluxe issue.
    Half red morocco-backed marbled boards, spine with five raised bands framed with blind fillets, date gilt at foot, marbled paper sides, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by D.H. Mercher.
    Premiered by Louis Jouvet at the Comédie des Champs-Élysées on 14 December 1923. The actor also oversaw the staging and set design; in 1933, the play was later adapted for the screen by Roger Goupillières, again starring Louis Jouvet in the leading role.

    €2,000
  38. Les Fleurs du MalLes Fleurs du Mal
    Charles BAUDELAIRE

    Les Fleurs du MalFlowers of Evil

    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1868|12 x 18 cm|relié

    Third edition, partly original, expanded with 25 poems, along with a lengthy introduction by the poet Théophile Gautier and several articles and letters by Barbey d'Aurevilly, Dulamon, Sainte-Beuve, Charles Asselineau, Custine, Edouard Thierry et Émile Deschamps selected by Baudelaire.
    With a steel-engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by Nargeot.
    One of the rare first issue copies with the correct date of 1868 on the title and without statement of edition.
    This comprehensive edition contains 25 unpublished poems, totaling 151 poems (100 poems in the 1857 edition). Among the new poems, eleven are from Les Épaves.
    Although...

    €6,000
  39. Exquisite first edition in a contemporary binding
    Exquisite first edition in a contemporary binding
    Les Fleurs du malLes Fleurs du mal
    Charles BAUDELAIRE

    Les Fleurs du mal[The Flowers of Evil]

    Poulet Malassis & De Broise|Paris 1857|12.2 x 18 cm|relié

    First edition printed on vélin d'Angoulême. Complete copy with the six banned poems and the usual misprints.

    Half shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands twice ruled in gilt with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, marbled pastedowns and flyleaves, contemporary binding. Some foxing scattered foxing.  

    €35,000
  40. La Guerre des boutons - Exemplaire de J.H. Rosny jeuneLa Guerre des boutons - Exemplaire de J.H. Rosny jeune
    Louis PERGAUD (inscribed to J.H. ROSNY JEUNE)

    La Guerre des boutons - Exemplaire de J.H. Rosny jeuneJ. H. Rosny's copy[War of the Buttons] Inscribed copy

    Mercure de France|Paris 1912|12 x 18.5 cm|Broché

    First edition, one of the review copies stamped "M.F." on the front cover and numbered in the colophon.

    Small restored tears to the spine and upper part of the front cover, slight traces of creasing to the margins of the front cover.

    Precious inscribed copy signed by Louis Pergaud to J.H. Rosny jeune, one of the historic members of the Goncourt Prize jury. Pergaud had won the 1910 Goncourt for his collection of short stories De Goupil à Margot.

    €3,000
  41. L'Île mystérieuseL'Île mystérieuse
    Jules VERNE

    L'Île mystérieuse[The Mysterious Island]

    Hetzel|Paris 1892|17.50 x 28 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur

    New "À la bannière" edition with bevelled boards, violet on a red background, illustrated with 154 drawings by Férat engraved by Barbant.

    Publisher’s decorative cloth binding "à la bannière" of type 6 signed by Lenègre, upper cover plate signed by Souze, lower cover of type e1 with central medallion on a black ground, framed with geometric motifs.
    Attractive upper cover, with glossy percaline and sharp gilt, small black spots on the spine, head- and tailcaps collapsed as usual, some occasional foxing, small dark and light stains on the lower cover.
    L’Île mystérieuse is linked, though not a sequel, to two other novels by Jules Verne, Vingt mille lieues sous les...

    €900
  42. Interesting ex-dono by the physicist Antoine-Joseph Reboul
    Interesting ex-dono by the physicist Antoine-Joseph Reboul
    Exposition du systême du mondeExposition du systême du monde
    Pierre-Simon de LAPLACE, Antoine-Joseph REBOUL (Ex-dono)

    Exposition du systême du monde[The System of the World]

    Imprimerie de Crapelet • Chez J. B. M. Duprat, Libraire pour les Mathématiques, quai des Augustins |Paris an VII (1799) |20 x 25.6 cm|Relié

    New edition with hitherto unpublished material, printed three years after the first edition.
    Contemporary full brown sheepskin binding, smooth spine with 7 gilt compartments decorated with friezes and classical vases, leather lettering piece, inscription "Lycée impérial de Marseille, prix de l'an XIII (1805)" gilt-stamped on upper cover, gilt rolls on board edges, tooled spine-ends, white pastedowns and endpapers, price label with the "Lycée's" header affixed to front pastedown. Usual wear to joints with a small hole, lower spine-end missing and leather loss at foot of spine, wormhole affecting several letters of the word...

    €2,000
  43. La faute de l'abbé MouretLa faute de l'abbé Mouret
    Émile ZOLA

    La faute de l'abbé Mouret[Abbé Mouret's Transgression]

    Charpentier & Cie|Paris 1875|11 x 17.50 cm|relié
    First edition, of which no copies were printed on deluxe paper.
    Half red shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with triple gilt fillets, gilt roll at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, rubbed corners, contemporary binding.
    Some light foxing.
    A fine and very rare copy.

    €2,800
  44. Flaubert’s masterpiece on deluxe paper, bound at the time
    Flaubert’s masterpiece on deluxe paper, bound at the time
    Madame BovaryMadame Bovary
    Gustave FLAUBERT

    Madame Bovary

    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1857|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of the very rare copies on heavy vellum paper (Clouzot counts 75).
    Bound in contemporary half navy blue shagreen, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt garlands, partly faded, and tooled with gilt fillets and fleurons, gilt roll at foot, dark blue paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, a period binding.
    Some occasional foxing.
    Unlike the trade copies printed in two volumes, the deluxe paper copies are presented in a single volume, without title-page or half-title for the second part, the gatherings being continuously signed.
    They also retain all the first-issue points, including the misprint "Sénart" on the dedication...
    €30,000
  45. Aventures d'Arthur Gordon Pym - EurékaAventures d'Arthur Gordon Pym - Euréka
    Edgar Allan POE, Charles BAUDELAIRE

    Aventures d'Arthur Gordon Pym - Euréka[The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket - Eureka]

    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1870|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
    First collected edition. New edition of the French translation by Charles Baudelaire, forming the seventh and final volume of his complete works, one of the very rare copies printed on Holland paper, the only deluxe issue. Followed by the French translation of Eureka, also by Baudelaire.
    The text is preceded by a preface by Théophile Gautier.
    Minor restorations to the margins of the covers and to the foot of the spine.
    The work was sold separately or as the seventh volume of Charles Baudelaire’s complete works, whose publication extended over three years.
    One of the exceedingly rare copies on Holland paper, the only one we have traced preserved in wrappers, as...
    €3,500
  46. « Divine Voltaire, ora pro nobis ! » Exceptional copy on large paper and contemporary binding
    « Divine Voltaire, ora pro nobis ! » Exceptional copy on large paper and contemporary binding
    Œuvres complètes Œuvres complètes
    VOLTAIRE, MOREAU LE JEUNE

    Œuvres complètes [Complete Works]

    Imprimerie de la Société Littéraire-Typographique|s. l. • [Kehl] 1784-1789|14 x 21.7 cm|Copper engraving, Etching|70 vol. reliés

    The ‘Kehl edition’, the most renowned edition of Voltaire's works, illustrated and published on deluxe paper. It was printed on five different types of paper, and only the deluxe editions, such as ours on laid paper, feature engravings. These are naturally the most sought-after and rarest copies.

    Binding in full painted sheep decorated with a “honeycomb” motif, smooth spine tooled with gilt fleurons, fillets and compartments, light beige calf lettering and volume pieces, gilt chain-roll border on covers, marbled endpapers, gilt roll on edges, all edges marbled, contemporary binding. Two volumes (nos. 50 and 70) with slight variations in gilt tools on the spines and...

    €10,000
  47. François le champiFrançois le champi
    George SAND

    François le champi[François the Foundling]

    Alexandre Cadot|Paris 1850|13.50 x 21 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Rare and much sought-after first edition (cf. Clouzot), published at the correct date of 1850, with some unsold copies later reissued by the same publisher in 1852.
    Bradel bindings in full bottle-green boards decorated with blind-stamped floral motifs, brown morocco title labels, bookplates pasted on the pastedowns.
    A small paper loss at the foot of the final page of the second volume without any loss of text, a few occasional spots of foxing.
    A very rare and handsome copy, elegantly bound strictly contemporaneous with the publication.
    €6,800
  48. MoravagineMoravagine
    Blaise CENDRARS

    Moravagine

    Grasset|Paris 1926|12 x 19 cm|Broché

    First edition on ordinary paper, with the correct colophon dated 26 February 1926.

    A pleasant copy.

    €300
  49. A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleursA l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs
    Marcel PROUST

    A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs[Within a Budding Grove - In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower]

    Nrf|Paris 1918|12.8 x 19.5 cm|Relié

    First edition on ordinary paper, without edition statement, bearing the correct colophon dated 30 November 1918.

    The 128 deluxe paper copies would only be issued six months later, during the summer of 1919.

    Light spotting to the margins of the endleaves, small l and a faint dampstain to the title page and following leaves, a bluish stain to the margins of pp. 339-340 inherent to the quality of the paper.

    Bound in contemporary half forest-green morocco over corners, spine with five raised bands ruled in black, gilt date at foot, cat’s-eye patterned paper boards, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed...

    €5,000
  50. Sous le soleil de satanSous le soleil de satan
    Georges BERNANOS

    Sous le soleil de satan

    Plon|Paris 1926|13 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the copies on alfa, ours unnumbered.
    A small tear at the foot of the spine, two stains at the head of the front cover, spine very slightly faded as usual, some foxing on the half-title and on the margins of certain leaves.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by Georges Bernanos to Monsieur Brun.
    €1,500
  51. Journal d'un Curé de CampagneJournal d'un Curé de Campagne
    Georges BERNANOS

    Journal d'un Curé de Campagne

    Plon|Paris 1936|13 x 20 cm|broché

    First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil.
    Spine slightly sunned, a small scratch to the front cover, corner creases at the preserved margins.
    Rare copy as issued.

    €3,000
  52. Une Journée d'Ivan DenissovitchUne Journée d'Ivan Denissovitch
    Alexandre SOLJENITSYNE

    Une Journée d'Ivan Denissovitch[One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich]

    René Julliard|Paris 1963|12.50 x 21 cm|broché

    First edition of the French translation, one of 325 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe issue together with a few alfa mousse copies not for sale.
    Minor tears without loss at the head of the spine, which also shows slight sunning at the foot, final endpaper partially shaded.
    A rare and pleasing copy.

    €1,200
  53. Le temps des amoursLe temps des amours
    Marcel PAGNOL

    Le temps des amours[The Time of Love]

    Julliard|Paris 1977|15 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 100 copies on pure wove paper, ours being one of 20 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe papers after 25 on Hollande.
    A very fine copy.
    €680
  54. "Almost all of them could be called 'The Surprise of Love'"
    "Almost all of them could be called 'The Surprise of Love'"
    La Surprise de l'amour, comédie en trois actes et en prose La Surprise de l'amour, comédie en trois actes et en prose
    Pierre de MARIVAUX

    La Surprise de l'amour, comédie en trois actes et en prose [The Surprise of Love, prose and three-act comedy]

    Chez la Veuve Guillaume|Paris 1723|10.1 x 16 cm|relié

    First edition.

    Full red morocco binding, round spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, slight rubbing on the caps, double frame of blind-stamped gilt fillets on the covers, with fleurons at the corners of the inner frame, edges slightly blunt, marbled paper endpapers and back covers, gilt edges and heads, very elegant 19th-century binding ‘a la Du Seuil’ signed Quinet on the first endpaper. 

     

    Rare first edition of Chamblain de Marivaux's first theatrical success, The Surprise of Love, published four years before The Second Surprise of Love. This play, performed in the spring of 1722 before being published the...

    €3,500
  55. Le diable au corpsLe diable au corps
    Raymond RADIGUET

    Le diable au corps

    Grasset|Paris 1923|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Hollande, the deluxe issue following 15 copies on Japon.
    Slight shadow on the limitation leaf and in the margin of a few leaves, edges uncut.
    A rare and handsome copy as issued.
    €5,000
  56. The most important feminist essay in a deluxe issue
    The most important feminist essay in a deluxe issue
    Le deuxième sexeLe deuxième sexe
    Simone de BEAUVOIR

    Le deuxième sexe

    Gallimard|Paris 1949|14 x 20.50 cm|2 volume reliés

    First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the only deluxe paper issue.
    Bound in half brown morocco, spines with five raised bands, gilt dates at foot, boards covered with abstract patterned paper, endleaves and doublures of brown paper, original wrappers and backstrips preserved, gilt edges, bindings signed by Thomas Boichot.
    A precious copy of this foundational text of modern feminism.

    €15,000
  57. La Mare au DiableLa Mare au Diable
    George SAND

    La Mare au DiableThe Devil's Pool

    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1867|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié

    New edition.
    Contemporary binding in half green shagreen, spine in four compartments set with gilt stippling, gilt fillets and gilt fleurons in the corner pieces, multiple blind tooled frames on the boards, white iridescent paper endpapers, all edges gilt.
    Some leaves shorter in the bottom margin.

    Handwritten inscription signed by George Sand on the first endpaper: “à mon bon ami Edmond Plauchut. G. Sand".

    Today the only outsider to the family buried in the cemetery of the Nohant house, is Lucien-Joseph-Edmond Plau
    chut (1824-1909) who began an epistolary relationship with George Sand in the autumn of 1848 when he was a voluntary expatriate after...

    €6,000
  58. Seminal and foundational work of physical geography
    Seminal and foundational work of physical geography
    Cosmos, essais d'une description physique du mondeCosmos, essais d'une description physique du monde
    Alexander von HUMBOLDT

    Cosmos, essais d'une description physique du monde[Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe]

    Gide et Baudry éditeurs|Paris 1855-1859|14 x 22 cm|5 volumes brochés

    First edition of the French translation (cf. Sabin, 33726 (original edition). Humboldt Library, 4696.)

    Complete text, without the Atlas, which was published many years later (1867) and is frequently lacking.

    Tears and small marginal losses to some leaves, spine of the second volume split, slight splitting at head and tail of the other volumes, foot of the spine of the first volume restored, some minor foxing.

    First complete French edition, translated by H. Faye, of this seminal work by one of the greatest scholars and explorers of the nineteenth century; a masterful synthesis through which Alexander von Humboldt founded physical geography (P. Rousseau, Hist. de la...

    €2,500
  59. Les chosesLes choses
    Georges PEREC

    Les choses

    Julliard|Paris 1965|11.50 x 20 cm|broché

    Edition from the year of the original, stating 78th thousand.
    Copy complete with its wraparound band announcing the award of the 1965 Prix Renaudot.
    A minute tear without consequence at the foot of one joint.

    Autograph inscription signed by Georges Perec to Jean Berthou and his wife.

    €700
  60. Cien Años de SoledadCien Años de Soledad
    Gabriel GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ

    Cien Años de Soledad[One Hundred Years of Solitude]

    Editorial Sudamericana|Buenos Aires 1967|13.50 x 20 cm|broché

    Second edition only one month after the first edition.
    Spine lightly wrinkled, small signs of folding in the margins of the boards, a light mark on the second board.

     

    Rare and precious autograph inscription signed by Gabriel García Márquez on his masterpiece to his friend and translator Claude Couffon: “Para Claude, con un gran abrazo de amigo, Gabriel 1968.” (“For Claude, with a big hug from your friend, Gabriel 1968.”)
     

    Claude Couffon, a French specialist and translator of the major Spanish-speaking writers of the second half of the 20th century, translated...

    €15,000
  61. SalammbôSalammbô
    Gustave FLAUBERT

    Salammbô

    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1863|14 x 22 cm|relié
    First edition.

    Contemporary half navy blue shagreen over marbled paper boards, spine with triple gilt fillets (slightly discolored, but not seriously), speckled edges.

    Inscribed by Gustave Flaubert to the jurist and politician from Rouen, F[rédéric] Deschamps: “hommage de la plus haute considération, souvenirs d'amitié [with my deepest respect and memories of our friendship]”.
    Frédéric Deschamps was “one of the leading lights of the Rouen bar and one of the most upstanding citizens in Normandy,” (Biographie nationale des contemporains, Glaeser, 1878). A Republican serving alongside Jules Sénard, he was also a writer and a poet; and...
    €15,000
  62. L'arrache-coeurL'arrache-coeur
    Boris VIAN

    L'arrache-coeur

    Vrille|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|broché

    First edition, one of the review copies.
    Preface by Raymond Queneau.
    Rare and appealing copy.

    Rare signed autograph presentation from Boris Vian to Marc Bernard.

    €3,500
  63. Copy on Japan paper, exceptionally enriched with 2 original drawings by Auguste Leroux, one heightened with watercolour
    Copy on Japan paper, exceptionally enriched with 2 original drawings by Auguste Leroux, one heightened with watercolour
    WertherWerther
    Auguste LEROUX, Johann Wolfgang von GOETHE

    Werther

    Javal & Bourdeaux|Paris 1928|24 x 28.50 cm|relié

    Edition illustrated with 16 original watercolours by Auguste Leroux, engraved on copper by Delzers and Feltesse, one of 90 numbered copies on Imperial Japan paper.
    Bound in navy blue half morocco with corners, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt pointillé and triple gilt panels with typographic motifs, gilt date at foot, gilt fillet borders on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, gilt edges, contemporary binding signed by Bernasconi. 
    As stated in the justification of the print run for the copies on Imperial Japan paper, our copy is complete with its two suites: one in colour with remarques and the other in...

    €1,200
  64. First edition of Benjamin Franklin's most important scientific work
    First edition of Benjamin Franklin's most important scientific work
    Expériences et observations sur l'électricité faites à Philadelphie en Amérique ; & communiquées dans plusieurs lettres à M. P. Collinson de la Société royale de Londres. Traduites de l'anglois [par Dalibard]Expériences et observations sur l'électricité faites à Philadelphie en Amérique ; & communiquées dans plusieurs lettres à M. P. Collinson de la Société royale de Londres. Traduites de l'anglois [par Dalibard]
    Benjamin FRANKLIN

    Expériences et observations sur l'électricité faites à Philadelphie en Amérique ; & communiquées dans plusieurs lettres à M. P. Collinson de la Société royale de Londres. Traduites de l'anglois [par Dalibard][Experiments and Observations on Electricity made at Philadelphia in America; and communicated in several letters to Mr. P. Collinson, of the Royal Society of London.]

    Durand|Paris 1752|10.2 x 16.5 cm|Relié

    Rare first edition of the French translation prepared by Thomas-François Dalibard at the request of the Comte de Buffon (cf Wheeler Gift 367d. Waller 11339. DSB V, pp. 129-139).

    Full mottled calf, spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt and decorated with double gilt compartments with floral tools, red morocco lettering-piece, gilt rolls on the caps (partly rubbed), restorations to head and tail of spine as well as to the corners of the boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt fillets on the edges, marbled edges, contemporary binding.

    Some foxing, a dampstain to the upper right corner of the first endpaper.

    The English first edition was published in London in...

    €2,500
  65. Le Vieil Homme et la MerLe Vieil Homme et la Mer
    Ernest HEMINGWAY

    Le Vieil Homme et la Mer[The Old Man and the Sea]

    Gallimard|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|Relié

    First edition of the French translation by Jean Dutourd, one of 86 numbered copies on pur fil, only grand papier (deluxe) copies. 

    Anthracite morocco binding, gilt title lengthwise, date at the foot, black stingray boards framed in morocco, gilt decorative paper endleaves, original wrappers preserved, gilt edges, an elegant binding signed Boichot. Like most copies, two sunned spots to head and foot of spine, title-page and half-title slightly shaded due to the paper’s acidity.

    Rare deluxe-paper copy of one of the most influential...

    €7,500
  66. "The French nation, having conquered liberty by the sword, shall preserve and strengthen it through the law" (Preliminary Address)
    "The French nation, having conquered liberty by the sword, shall preserve and strengthen it through the law" (Preliminary Address)
    Projet de Code civil, présenté par la Commission nommée par le gouvernement le 24 thermidor an 8Projet de Code civil, présenté par la Commission nommée par le gouvernement le 24 thermidor an 8
    (NAPOLÉON IER) Jean-Etienne-Marie PORTALIS

    Projet de Code civil, présenté par la Commission nommée par le gouvernement le 24 thermidor an 8[NAPOLEONIC CODE] Draft of the Civil Code

    Chez Fauvelle, imprimeur des Tribunaux, place circulaire du Palais de justice à Paris • Et Patris, imprimeur-libraire, quai Malaquais, près le pavillon des Quatre-Nations, n° 2|[Paris] s. d. [1801]|20.4 x 13.2 cm|relié

    Extremely rare printing by Fauvelle, official printer for the Tribunaux de la Seine, contemporary and textually identical to the octavo and quarto editions by the Imprimerie de la République. Only four copies with Fauvelle's imprint in OCLC (BnF, National Library of Spain, Royal Danish Library, Stadtbibliothek Worms).

    Bradel-style binding in full marbled paper boards, flat spine with red roan label, light foxing to the first three leaves.

    First version of the Napoleonic Code, presented by the four members of Bonaparte's commission appointed to draft the civil code. Also contains the important “Preliminary Address to the First Draft of the Civil Code,” outlining the...

    €3,500
  67. Rare and handsome copy on japon paper, attractively bound in contemporary morocco
    Rare and handsome copy on japon paper, attractively bound in contemporary morocco
    La Civilisation des ArabesLa Civilisation des Arabes
    Gustave LE BON

    La Civilisation des Arabes[The Civilization of the Arabs]

    Firmin-Didot|Paris 1884|20 x 29 cm|Relié

    First edition of this magnificent work, one of Gustave Le Bon’s (1841–1931) contributions to anthropology, in which he applied his pioneering theories to the Arab world. One of the few copies printed on japon paper, unrecorded in bibliographies.

    Illustrated with 10 chromolithographs, 4 maps, and 366 engravings, including 70 large plates, after the author’s photographs or the most reliable documentary sources. Cf. Vicaire V, 134.

    Contemporary half cherry-red shagreen, spine with five raised bands adorned with gilt fillets and double gilt compartments, double gilt fillet frame on marbled paper-covered boards, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.

    Minor...

    €2,000
  68. First illustrated French edition with engravings
    First illustrated French edition with engravings
    La Lusiade ; poëme héroïque, en dix chants, nouvellement traduit du portugais, avec des notes & la vie de l'auteur. Enrichi de figures à chaque chantLa Lusiade ; poëme héroïque, en dix chants, nouvellement traduit du portugais, avec des notes & la vie de l'auteur. Enrichi de figures à chaque chant
    Luís de CAMÕES

    La Lusiade ; poëme héroïque, en dix chants, nouvellement traduit du portugais, avec des notes & la vie de l'auteur. Enrichi de figures à chaque chant[The Lusiad; or The Discovery of India]

    De l'Imprimerie de Ph.- D. Pierres|Paris • Nyons 1776|14 x 22 cm| 2 volumes reliés

    First edition of the French translation by Nicolas-Gabriel Vaquette d'Hermilly (1705 or 1710–1778), later revised by La Harpe (Quérard II, 30; Cioranescu, XVIII, 33 926).

    Despite its very late date, this was only the second attempt at a French translation of Os Lusiadas (1572), following that of 1735 by Duperron de Castéra, which had failed to convince contemporary readers.

    This edition includes 10 copper-engraved plates out of text, and is further enriched with notes and a biography of the author.

    Bound in early 19th-century green bottle Russian morocco over pink paper boards, corners reinforced, flat spines with gilt double fillets and black ruling; some...

    €1,250
  69. La découverte des Indes Occidentales par les Espagnols. Ecrite par Dom Balthazar [sic] de Las-Casas, Evêque de Chiapa. Dédié à Monseigneur le Comte de ToulouseLa découverte des Indes Occidentales par les Espagnols. Ecrite par Dom Balthazar [sic] de Las-Casas, Evêque de Chiapa. Dédié à Monseigneur le Comte de Toulouse
    Bartolomé de las CASAS

    La découverte des Indes Occidentales par les Espagnols. Ecrite par Dom Balthazar [sic] de Las-Casas, Evêque de Chiapa. Dédié à Monseigneur le Comte de Toulouse[The Discovery of the West Indies by the Spaniards]

    André Pralard|Paris 1697|9.5 x 16.8 cm|Relié

    First edition of this French translation prepared by Abbé J.B. Morvan de Bellegarde, who here renders six of the nine books of the celebrated Brevissima relación by Las Casas, first published in Seville in 1552 (cf. Sabin 11273. Medina BHA 1085n. Streit I:733. Palau 46966. JCB (4) 344-345. Leclerc 337. "European Americana" 697/33).

    Contemporary full marbled calf binding, spine gilt in compartments with decorative tooling, red morocco label, gilt rolls to head and tail caps, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt fillets to board edges, red edges.

    Minor repairs to joints, discreet restoration in the inner margin of the frontispiece.

    A handsome copy.

    Las...

    €2,000
  70. Céline gifts his Voyage to the queen of Paris Music Hall and tries to get her to sing his bawdy tunes
    Céline gifts his Voyage to the queen of Paris Music Hall and tries to get her to sing his bawdy tunes
    Voyage au bout de la nuitVoyage au bout de la nuit
    Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE (to Yvette GUILBERT)

    Voyage au bout de la nuit[Journey to the End of the Night]

    Denoël & Steele|Paris [Paris] 1932|12 x 19 cm|Broché sous chemise et étui

    First edition with all first printing  features, one of the press copies.

    Exceptional presentation copy inscribed by the author to the famous singer Yvette Guilbert, to whom Céline himself sang and offered one of his scandalous compositions, “Katika la putain,” [Katika the Whore] later renamed “À Nœud coulant” [With a Slipknot"] "A madame Yvette Guilbert en témoignage de ma profonde admiration. LFCéline.” 

    Beneath Céline's inscription, the actor Fabrice Luchini added: “A Yvette Guilbert in memoriam. FLuchini” ; and on the half-title, actor Jean-François Balmer wrote in turn: “Merci en bon...

    €10,000
  71. Fine copy in a superb binding by Dunezat
    Fine copy in a superb binding by Dunezat
    Chants et chansons populaires de la France - Chansons populaires des Provinces de FranceChants et chansons populaires de la France - Chansons populaires des Provinces de France
    Philippe-François-Nazaire FABRE D'ÉGLANTINE, Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU

    Chants et chansons populaires de la France - Chansons populaires des Provinces de France[Popular Songs of France – Folk Songs from the Provinces of France]

    H.L. Delloye • Lécrivain et Toubon|Paris 1843-1860|17.5 x 27.5 cm|4 volumes reliés

    First edition of this celebrated illustrated publication, issued in Paris by H.-L. Delloye in 84 parts between February 1842 and October 1843 and subsequently gathered into three volumes. Carteret described it as an “admirable publication printed on stout wove paper [...] one of the finest of the 19th century”, comparing the quality of its production to that of the great illustrated books of the 18th century. Carteret III, 143-153; Vicaire II, 234-248.

     

    The first volume comprises 5 unnumbered leaves - half-title...

    €3,500
  72. Le roman de la momieLe roman de la momie
    Théophile GAUTIER

    Le roman de la momie[The Romance of a Mummy]

    Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie|Paris 1858|12.5 x 19 cm|relié

    First edition. Bibliothèque des chemins de fer series. Quite scarce. The novel was previously serialized in the Moniteur universel from March to May 1857. 12-page Hachette catalogue bound in at the end.
    Full early 20th-century tan morocco binding, signed at the foot of the inside front cover by A. J. Gonon, housed in a beige slipcase trimmed with morocco. Spine with raised bands, compartments decorated. Wide gilt fillet border on pastedowns. Untrimmed copy. Occasional foxing. Spine slightly sunned. Original wrappers preserved, spine portion missing. A good copy.

    €1,200
  73. L'Heptaméron des nouvelles  de Marguerite de NavarreL'Heptaméron des nouvelles  de Marguerite de Navarre
    [Marguerite D'ANGOULÊME] MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE

    L'Heptaméron des nouvelles de Marguerite de Navarre[The Heptameron]

    AUGUSTE EUDES|Paris 1880|14.5 x 23 cm (Fort in-8)|Copper engraving|4 volumes reliés

    Paris, Auguste Eudes, 1880. Four stout octavo volumes.

    A handsome bibliophile edition of the Heptaméron, reproducing the critical text established from the manuscripts by Le Roux de Lincy for the Société des Bibliophiles françois in 1853-1854, revised and augmented for the present edition by Anatole de Montaiglon.

     

    The deluxe issue was limited to 395 copies on special papers. This copy, no. 301, is one of 40 on Whatman paper with the engravings in three states: one in black on Japan paper, one in bistre and one in sanguine on Whatman. This was among the most desirable issues of...

    €3,000
  74. Rare copy with all 111 plates finely hand-coloured
    Rare copy with all 111 plates finely hand-coloured
    La Fontaine en estampes, ou nouvelle édition des fables, plus complète que les précédentes, ornée de cent dix gravures en taille-douce, imprimées sur le texte ; précédée de la vie de l'auteur, extraite du nouvel ouvrage de M. Walckenaer, membre de l'InstitutLa Fontaine en estampes, ou nouvelle édition des fables, plus complète que les précédentes, ornée de cent dix gravures en taille-douce, imprimées sur le texte ; précédée de la vie de l'auteur, extraite du nouvel ouvrage de M. Walckenaer, membre de l'Institut
    Jean de LA FONTAINE, Jean-Baptiste OUDRY

    La Fontaine en estampes, ou nouvelle édition des fables, plus complète que les précédentes, ornée de cent dix gravures en taille-douce, imprimées sur le texte ; précédée de la vie de l'auteur, extraite du nouvel ouvrage de M. Walckenaer, membre de l'InstitutFables of La Fontaine - illustrated in color

    Nepveu|Paris 1821|19.8 x 26.5 cm|Relié

    Paris, Auguste Nepveu, bookseller, Passage des Panoramas, 1821. Quarto, xxviii and 462 pages.

     

    A new edition of the Fables, described on the title page as "more complete than the preceding editions", illustrated with 110 half-page intaglio engravings printed within the text and an engraved title vignette. In the present copy, all 111 compositions have been finely coloured by hand. Rochambeau, 305; Desprès, p. 142, no. 63.

     

    Twentieth-century full green calf, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, rolls and floral tools, gilt rolls to the headcaps...

    €7,000
  75. La pitié dangereuseLa pitié dangereuse
    Stefan ZWEIG

    La pitié dangereuse[Beware of Pity]

    Grasset|Paris 1939|14.50 x 19.50 cm|Broché

    First edition of the French translation, one of 240 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 7 on Japan paper, 10 on Arches, and 21 on pure rag vellum.
    Restored tear at head of spine, which is also cracked, slight tears along the right margin of the front cover, internally clean and appealing.

    €200
  76. La mare au diableLa mare au diable
    George SAND

    La mare au diable[The Devil's Pool]

    Desessart|Paris 1846|12.80 x 20.80 cm|2 volumes reliés

    Rare and highly sought-after first edition.
    Contemporary binding in black half shagreen, flat spines richly decorated with gilt ornamental rolls, discreet and skilful restoration to the foot of one joint, black paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, sprinkled edges. Discreet restoration to the lower hinge of the first volume.
    Exceptionally clean copy, virtually free of foxing (a rarity according to Clouzot, who notes that most copies are usually heavily spotted).
    Provenance: from the libraries of Saint-Germain (with printed crowned bookplate beneath the titles on the half-titles); Count de Bonvouloir (with his printed bookplate, Château de Magny in Calvados...

    €20,000
  77. La vie mode d'emploiLa vie mode d'emploi
    Georges PEREC

    La vie mode d'emploi[Life: A User's Manual]

    P.O.L.|Paris 1978|14 x 20.50 cm|broché

    First edition on ordinary paper, bearing the correct colophon dated August 25, 1978.

    With a printed stamp to the upper right corner of the half-title page; publisher's price sticker affixed to the foot of the lower cover.
    A handsome copy.

    €800
  78. Tiny type printing of the Essays in a single volume, in Thouvenin's cathedral-style binding
    Tiny type printing of the Essays in a single volume, in Thouvenin's cathedral-style binding
    Essais de MontaigneEssais de Montaigne
    Michel Eyquem de MONTAIGNE [Michel de MONTAIGNE]

    Essais de Montaigne

    Librairie Furne|Paris 1831|15.5 x 24.5 cm|Relié

    New edition. A steel-engraved portrait frontispiece, printed on China paper and mounted. Printed in very small type, arranged in two columns.

    Full polished blond calf binding, signed by Thouvenin at foot of spine. Smooth spine with blind-stamped Gothic architectural elements heightened with gilt dots, gilt fillets and title. Covers blind-stamped with a large Gothic window surrounded by architectural ornaments. Multiple blind-ruled frames with corner fleurons and gilt fillets. Inner dentelles. All edges gilt. Joints discreetly cracked at head. Some foxing and occasional browning to a few pages. Minor rubbing. Spine slightly dulled. A handsome copy.

    €1,200
  79. The rarest, the best, and the most beautiful of the collective editions entirely rethought by the author.
    The rarest, the best, and the most beautiful of the collective editions entirely rethought by the author.
    Le theatre de P. Corneille. Revue et corrigé par l'auteurLe theatre de P. Corneille. Revue et corrigé par l'auteur
    Pierre CORNEILLE

    Le theatre de P. Corneille. Revue et corrigé par l'auteur[The Theatre of Pierre Corneille. Revised and Corrected by the Author]

    Augustin Courbé • Guillaume de Luynes|Paris 1660|11 x 16.5 cm (Pet. in-8)|Copper engraving|Relié

    Collected edition, partly first edition, of the plays of Pierre Corneille, printed in Rouen by Laurens Maurry and sold in Paris by Augustin Courbé and Guillaume de Luyne. Illustrated with three allegorical engraved frontispieces and 23 full-page copper-engravings, largely designed by François Chauveau and engraved by artists including Jérôme David, Mathéus and Louis Spirinx.

     

    All three frontispieces are dated 1660. The title-pages and privileges of the first and third volumes are likewise dated 1660, while those of the second volume bear the date 1664. The second volume therefore belongs to the 1664 reissue...

    €7,000
  80. Voyage au bout de la nuitVoyage au bout de la nuit
    Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE

    Voyage au bout de la nuit[Journey to the End of the Night]

    Denoël & Steele|Paris 1932|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition printed on ordinary paper, with all the points of the first printing present.
    A pleasant copy, complete with the publisher's catalogue bound at the end.
    Bradel binding in full grey paper with abstract patterns, smooth spine, grey mouse morocco label, original wrappers and spine preserved though soiled (three restored losses at foot of spine), binding signed by Thomas Boichot.
    €3,500
  81. SiegfriedSiegfried
    Jean GIRAUDOUX

    Siegfried

    Grasset|Paris 1928|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié

    First edition, one of 62 numbered copies on madagascar paper, deluxe copy.
    Some light foxing affecting mainly the edges.
    Half dark blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, cat's-eye paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Devauchelle.
    Handsome copy beautifully executed.

    €3,500
  82. Trois hommes dans un bateauTrois hommes dans un bateau
    Jerome K. JEROME

    Trois hommes dans un bateau[Three Men in a Boat]

    Editions de La Sirène|Paris 1921|13.5 x 20.5 cm|Broché

    First edition of the French translation, one of 150 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies issued after 25 copies on Holland paper.

    A fine copy with all edges untrimmed.

    €450
  83. Le parfum - Histoire d'un meurtrierLe parfum - Histoire d'un meurtrier
    Patrick SÜSKIND

    Le parfum - Histoire d'un meurtrier[Perfume: The Story of a Murderer]

    Fayard |1986|15.2 x 23.4 cm|Broché

    First French edition of the translation, with no copies printed on deluxe paper.

    A handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket, which shows minor tears to the head of the spine and panels.

    The book was adapted for the screen in 2006 by Tom Tykwer, starring Ben Whishaw and Dustin Hoffman.

     

    €300
  84. Le Tour du monde en 80 jours. - Le Docteur OxLe Tour du monde en 80 jours. - Le Docteur Ox
    Jules VERNE

    Le Tour du monde en 80 jours. - Le Docteur Ox[Around the World in Eighty Days. - Doctor Ox]

    Hetzel|Paris s. d. [1905-1910]|18.50 x 28 cm|reliure de l'éditeur

    New edition, illustrated with drawings by de Neuville and Benett.
    Publisher’s gilt-pictorial cloth binding known as “à un éléphant, titre dans l’éventail”, with Engel’s signature at the foot of the front cover plaque, spine featuring a lighthouse, rear cover of type “i” as defined by Jauzac, all edges gilt.
    Headcaps very slightly compressed, faint trace of a removed label to the verso of the front board.
    A handsome copy.
    Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours is an adventure novel. It tells the story of an English gentleman, Phileas Fogg, who wagers he can travel around the world_

    €1,500
  85. First edition, in contemporary binding, of one of the rarest and most sought-after Romantic novels
    First edition, in contemporary binding, of one of the rarest and most sought-after Romantic novels
    Le Rouge et le Noir, chronique du XIXe siècleLe Rouge et le Noir, chronique du XIXe siècle
    STENDHAL

    Le Rouge et le Noir, chronique du XIXe siècle[The Red and the Black, A Chronicle of the 19th Century]

    A. Levavasseur|Paris [Paris] 1831|14 x 22 cm|2 volumes reliés

    First edition, untrimmed with wide margins, very rare and highly sought-after (see Clouzot). Some occasional foxing.

    Illustrated on the title pages of both volumes with two engraved vignettes by Porrêt. This copy contains the publisher’s notice leaf in the first volume and the author’s note leaf in the second volume.

    Contemporary red half calf over marbled boards, calf corners, spines ruled in gilt with...

    €60,000
  86. GerminalGerminal
    Émile ZOLA

    Germinal

    Charpentier|Paris 1885|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    Charpentier, Paris 1885, 11,5x18,5cm, bound.

    First edition. One of 150 numbered copies on hollande, the only deluxe issue after 10 on papier japon.
    Half red morocco binding, gilt date on spine, marbled paper covers and endpapers. Original wrappers including the spine preserved. Set in an early 20th century binding signed by Alfred Farez.

    Our copy includes a two-page autograph letter dated and signed by Émile Zola to Octave Mirbeau. The author thanks him for the benevolent article he recently wrote about Germinal, while defending himself from being considered as the leader of Naturalism: “But why do you say that I...
    €17,000
  87. J'irai cracher sur vos tombesJ'irai cracher sur vos tombes
    [Boris VIAN] Vernon SULLIVAN

    J'irai cracher sur vos tombesI Spit on Your Graves

    Les Editions du Scorpion|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché

    First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on Lafuma pure wove paper, the only large-paper issue.

    Endpapers very slightly and marginally toned, two small tears at foot of spine.

    A rare and much sought-after copy in original state.

    €10,000
  88. A rare copy with no foxing
    A rare copy with no foxing
    Le Rouge et le NoirLe Rouge et le Noir
    STENDHAL

    Le Rouge et le Noir[The Red and the Black]

    A. Levavasseur|Paris 1831|13.10 x 20.80 cm|2 volumes reliés

    First edition, "very rare and extremely sought-after" (Clouzot), one of 750 copies on laid paper, with title vignettes engraved by Henri Porret after Henry Monnier.


    Skilful restoration of a tear at the foot of a page, with slight damage to a letter. A rare copy with no foxing.


    Green half calf binding, smooth spines with arabesques stamped in gilt, black title labels and volume labels; marbled paper boards, spine boards and endpapers, speckled edges, later bindings in the Romantic style.

    €48,000
  89. Histoire de l'admirable Don Quichotte de la Manche Histoire de l'admirable Don Quichotte de la Manche
    Jakob FOLKEMA, Simon FOKKE

    Histoire de l'admirable Don Quichotte de la Manche

    Chez Arkstée & Merkus|à Amsterdam • et Leipzig 1768|12.20 x 18 cm|6 volumes reliés
    Edition of the translation by François Filleau de Saint-Martin, illustrated with 31 copperplate engravings by Folkema and Fokke after Antoine Coypel, as well as a portrait of the author as frontispiece engraved by Folkema after G. Kent at the head of the first volume. Title pages in black and red accompanied by engraved vignettes for each volume preceded by a half-title page on each. First volume complete with an engraved half-title. Numerous tailpieces.
    Pastiche Bradel bindings in full fuchsia pink paper boards, smooth brown spines decorated with small gilt tools and fillets, gilt date at foot of spines, covers decorated with double gilt fillet border, original red paper board waiting...
    €3,000
  90. Aventures d'Arthur Gordon PymAventures d'Arthur Gordon Pym
    Edgar Allan POE, Charles BAUDELAIRE

    Aventures d'Arthur Gordon Pym

    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1858|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition of the French translation by Charles Baudelaire, of which there were no deluxe copies. Covers and spine preserved.
    Modern half black morocco binding with corners, second half of the 20th century. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Top edge gilt. Scattered pale foxing.
    Copy perfectly executed in a fine binding inspired by a contemporary binding.
    €1,200
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