Lazare-Hippolyte-Sadi CARNOT
Le drapeau du 27ème régiment d'infanterie
Darantière|Paris s. d. [1891]|12 x 19.50 cm|relié
Second edition with some parts in first edition as it was revised and expanded.
Bradel binding in red half-cloth, smooth spine slightly faded, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, illustrated cover preserved, contemporary binding.
Back cover soiled, occasional light foxing.
Work illustrated with 5 plates hors-texte.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Lazare-Hippolyte-Sadi Carnot, son of President Sadi Carnot, to Captain Pineau.

€80
Ernest LEBON
Traité de géométrie descriptive pour l'enseignement secondaire classique. Supplément au premier volume à l'usage des candidats à l'école spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
Delalain frères|Paris s. d. [circa 1890]|16.50 x 26 cm|relié
First edition
Half red shagreen binding, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with crosses and cold fillets, red paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some foxing.
Work illustrated with in-text figures as well as 4 plates.

€100
Joseph Edouard, de LA MOTTE ROUGE
Souvenirs et campagnes. - 1ère série : Empire - Restauration - Règne de Louis-Philippe. - 2ème série : 2ème République (1848-1852) - Empire (1853-1856) - Guerre d'Orient. Troisième volume manquant
P. Lethielleux|Paris 1895|14.50 x 23 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna percale cloth, smooth spines decorated with gilt fleurons, double gilt fillets at foot, marbled paper boards.
Gift inscriptions in pen by a previous owner on the half-title pages, some foxing.
The second volume is illustrated with 3 folding maps.

€100
POUGET [François-René baron CAILLOUX]
Souvenirs de guerre du général baron Pouget publiés par madame de Boisdeffre née Pouget
Plon, Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1895|12 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at foot, marbled paper boards.
Gift inscription in ink from a previous owner on the half-title page, some foxing affecting mainly the leaves at their margins, a tear at head of front board.

€80
ANONYME
Histoire de Médard Bonnart, chevalier des ordres royaux et militaires de Saint-Louis et de la Légion d'Honneur, capitaine de gendarmerie en retraite
Madame veuve Fiévet|Epernai [Épernay] 1828|14 x 23 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition published anonymously.
Bradel bindings in half sienna cloth, smooth spines decorated with gilt fleurons, double gilt fillets at foot, marbled paper boards.
Gift inscriptions in ink from a previous owner on the half-title pages, scattered foxing.
Work complete with its 4 portraits, 2 facsimiles and 12 line plates of uniforms.

€500
Jérome Romand, capitaine LAUGIER
Les cahiers du capitaine Laugier. De la guerre et de l'anarchie ou mémoires historiques des campagnes et aventures d'un capitaine du 27ème régiment d'infanterie légère par Jérome-Roland Laugier publiés d'après le manuscrit original par Léon G. Pelissier
Imp. & lith. J. Remondet-Aubin|Aix-en-Provence 1893|15.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
The rare and sought-after first edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna-colored cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at foot, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Ink gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page, some light foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.

€500
Eugène de CIVRY
De l'armée française, sa mission et son histoire (496-1852)
Ledoyen|Paris 1852|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First edition published anonymously.
Bradel binding in half red cloth, smooth spine very slightly faded decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at tail, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns.
Pen gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page, some foxing.
Rare.

€200
Balthasar de SCHAUENBOURG
La tactique et la discipline dans les armées de la Révolution. Correspondance du général Schauenbourg du 4 Avril au 2 Août 1793 publiée par J. Colin
R. Chapelot & Cie|Paris 1902|16.50 x 26 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half burnt sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at tail, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Pen gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page, some foxing, copy slightly warped.
Work illustrated with 6 folding plates hors-texte.

€230
Marquis de COLBERT CHABANAIS
Traditions et souvenirs touchant le temps et la vie du général Auguste Colbert 1793-1809 par le marquis de Colbert Chabanais (son fils)
Garnier frères|Paris 1882|12 x 19 cm|3 volumes reliés
Second edition.
Bradel bindings in half cloth.
Ink ex-donos from a former owner on the half-title pages, occasional foxing.
Rare.
€600
Charles KESSLER
Tactique des trois armes
R. Chapelot & Cie|Paris 1902|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in red half-cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, navy blue shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Gift inscription in pen from a previous owner on the half-title page, some light foxing, a tear with loss to margin of the last page of the table of contents.

€50
ANONYME
Histoire de l'ex-garde, depuis sa formation jusqu'à son licenciement, comprenant les faits généraux des campagnes de 1805 à 1815, son organisation, sa solde, ses indemnités, le rang, le service, la discipline, les uniformes de ses divers corps, terminée par une biographie des chefs supérieurs de la Garde
Delaunay|Paris 1821|13 x 21 cm|relié
First edition published anonymously.
Half green sheep binding, smooth faded spine decorated with wide gilt friezes, a fleuron and gilt imperial eagle, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding signed by Saingy.
Pen gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page.
Rare and handsome copy almost entirely free from foxing.

€400
Jules NORIAC
Le 101ème régiment
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1876|11 x 18.50 cm|relié
New edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double black compartments, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped.
Gift inscription in ink from a previous owner on the half-title page.
Some foxing, light dampstain to margins of first leaves, trimmed copy.

€60
Alfred de BESANCENET
Un officier royaliste au service de la République d'après les lettres inédites du général de Dommartin 1786 à 1799
Librairie générale|Paris 1876|14.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at foot, marbled paper boards.
Gift inscription in ink from a previous owner on the half-title page, extensive foxing.
Rare.

€200
Ferdinand LECOMTE
Guerre d'Espagne. Extrait des souvenirs inédits du général Jomini (1808-1814)
Librairie militaire Baudoin & Cie|Paris 1892|14.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in sienna half-cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, marbled paper boards, one upper corner slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Gift inscription in pen from a previous owner on the half-title page, some foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.
Complete with its folding map at the end of the volume.

€350
Louis Florimond FANTIN DES ODOARDS
Journal du général Fantin Des Odoarts. - Etapes d'un officier de la Grande Armée 1800-1830
Plon, Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1895|14.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in sienna half-cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, marbled paper boards.
Scattered foxing, gift inscription in ink from a former owner on the half-title page.
Rare.

€300
Charles Joseph Lamoral PRINCE DE LIGNE
Fantaisies militaires
Henri-Charles Lavauzelle|Paris • & Limoges 1895|14 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in red half-cloth, smooth spine very lightly faded and discolored decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Occasional foxing, gift inscription in ink from a former owner on the half-title page.

€100
Zéphyr-Joseph PIÉRART
La grande épopée de l'An II
A. Ferroud|Paris 1887|12 x 19 cm|relié
New edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Scattered foxing, ink gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page.
Copy decorated with a facsimile letter as frontispiece and a large folding map at the end of the volume.
Rare.

€300
Louis-Joseph VIONNET
Campagnes de Russie et de Saxe (1812-1813). Souvenirs d'un ex-commandant des grenadiers de la Vieille-Garde
Edmond Dubois|Paris 1899|14 x 18 cm|relié
First edition of these unpublished memoir fragments.
Half sienna cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title-label with marginal loss, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing mainly affecting the edges, pen gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page.

€300
Edmond THÉRY
Sous l'uniforme
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1879|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition.
Binding in half red percaline, smooth back decorated with a golden floral pattern, double gilded nets in tail, title piece of blue shagreen, boards of marbled paper, guards and contreplats of orange paper.
Some small foxing.
Autograph signed by Edmond Théry: "To my friend Pinot ...", the feather having caused a small hole in the "p" of the surname of the dedicatee.
€100
Édouard GUILLON
Nos écrivains militaires. Etudes de littérature et d'histoire militaires. Première série : des origines à la Révolution
Plon, Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1898|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition.
Half sienna cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing mainly affecting the edges.

€40
Jean Maximilien LAMARQUE
Mémoires et souvenirs du général Maximien (sic) Lamarque publiés par sa famille
H. Fournier jeune|Paris 1835|12.50 x 21.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
First edition.
Bindings in half Empire green sheepskin, smooth backs discolored and lightened adorned with quadruple golden threads, traces of rubbing on the backs, marbled paper plates with scuffs, yellow slices, some dull corners, bindings of the time.
Ex-donos with the feather of a previous proportion of the book on the guards of the volumes, some small frighteners without gravity and some snags on the cuts.
Illustrated book of a portrait of Maximilian Lamarque frontispiece of the first volume.
Our copy is enriched by an exceptional autograph letter signed by a page of Maximilian Lamarque, at the head of his staff, written at his headquarters in Nantes on Augus
€1,200
Maurice Comte de SAXE
Les rêveries ou Mémoires sur l'art de la guerre[Reveries, or, Memoirs concerning the Art of War]
Chez Pierre Gosse Junior|à La Haye [The Hague] 1758|24 x 35 cm (In-folio)|relié
Second edition, a reprint of the first folio edition published in 1756 by the same publisher. A rare edition, illustrated with 40 plates including 4 folding and 16 double-page (arms, costumes, plans, manoeuvres...). Large vignette with coat of arms on the title-page, and 41 ornaments (headpieces, tailpieces). Title-page printed in red and black. At the end, Supplement aux Reveries, with its own title-page; this short addition, spanning only a few pages, contains the corrections made to the original. A two-volume quarto edition appeared in Paris in 1757.
Bound in later full marbled brown calf; a skilful early 20th-century pastiche signed Saingy at foot. Spine with raised bands richly de
€1,500
Théodore JUSTE
Les fondateurs de la monarchie belge. Le lieutenant général comte Goblet d'Alviella ministre d'état d'après des documents inédits 1790-1869
Henry Merzbach|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1870|16 x 24.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, navy blue shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns.
Light foxing affecting mainly the first and last leaves.

€60
Auguste, baron PETIET
Souvenirs militaires de l'histoire contemporaine
Dumaine • Martinon • R. Pornin & fils • Gatineau|Paris • & Tours • & Orléans 1844|14.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, marbled paper boards.
Some foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume, gift inscription in ink from a previous owner, two pale dampstains affecting the first and last leaves.

€250
Aymard Olivier LE HARIVEL de GONNEVILLE
Souvenirs militaires du colonel de Gonneville publiés par la comtesse de Mirabeau sa fille et précédés d'une étude par le général baron Ambert
Didier & Cie|Paris 1895|12 x 19.50 cm|relié
Third edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at foot, marbled paper boards.
Foxing, pen gift inscription from a previous owner.

€100
Paul TRIAIRE
Dominique Larrey et les campagnes de la révolution de l'Empire 1768-1842
Alfred Mame & fils|Tours 1902|17.50 x 26.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards.
Foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume, pen gift inscription from a previous owner, copy slightly warped.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Baron Dominique Larrey.

€80
Capitaine ALBERT
Le manuscrit des carabiniers
Berger-Levrault & Cie|Paris • & Nancy 1894|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna-colored cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Light foxing mainly affecting the edges, gift inscription in ink by a previous owner on the half-title page.
Rare.

€250
ANONYME
Historique du 7e régiment d'infanterie 1569-1890
E. Dentu|Cahors 1890|13.50 x 21 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motifs, double gilt fillets at tail, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
Gift inscription in pen by a previous owner on the half-title page, minor foxing without significance.
Work illustrated with an engraving as frontispiece and a folding map at the end of the volume.

€200
Auguste, général MOREAU
Notice sur le vicomte Dode de La Brunerie, maréchal de France
Librairie de Firmin Didot frères|Paris 1852|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at tail, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns.
Gift inscription in pen by a previous owner on the half-title page, scattered foxing.
Work decorated with a portrait of Marshal Dode de La Brunerie as frontispiece.

€150
Pierre de PELLEPORT-BURÈTE
Souvenirs militaires et intimes du général vicomte de Pelleport de 1793 à 1853 publiés par son fils
Didier & Cie • Chaumas|Paris • & Bordeaux 1903|14.50 x 23 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition.
Bindings in half Empire green shagreen, spines with four raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments, green paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings.
Autograph inscription signed on the first volume as a gift.
Ex-donos in pen from a previous owner of the work on the half-title pages, some light foxing.
Work illustrated with a portrait of Pierre de Pelleport as frontispiece to the first volume, 14 special maps, 2 facsimiles, 1 folding plan.

€900
Lieutenant CASTEX
Au bivouac et plus tard. Anecdotes - pensées - réflexions
Capiaumont & Cie|Paris 1901|13 x 19 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna earth percaline, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing.
Rare.

€100
Adrien-Félix-Marie-Joseph PAIMBLANT DU ROUIL
Feuillets d'or de l'école militaire d'infanterie. Avord & Saint-Maixent
Henri-Charles Lavauzelle|Paris 1897|16.50 x 26 cm|relié
First edition.
Braided binder in indigo halfcalcaline, smooth back decorated with a golden floral bouquet, double gilded nets in head and tail, title piece of red shagreen, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of orange paper, binder 'time.
Rare foxing, ex-dono pen of a previous owner on the page of fake title.
Nice copy.
Handwritten signature of the captain of the Rouil below the printed dedication.
€180
André COLONEL DELAGRAVE
Mémoires du colonel Delagrave. Campagne du Portugal (1810-1811)
Lib. Charles Delagrave|Paris s. d. [1902]|14.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at tail, black shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Gift inscription in ink from a previous owner on the half-title page of the volume, foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume.
Rare work illustrated with 8 watercolored plates of military costume, 4 black portraits and 1 folding map at end of volume.

€380
COLLECTIF
Historique du 106e régiment d'infanterie de ligne
C. Tanera|Paris 1874|14 x 23 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna percaline cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at foot, navy blue shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns.
Gift inscription in ink from a previous owner on the half-title page, scattered foxing.
Rare.

€80
Alexandre MOREAU DE JONNES
Aventures de guerre au temps de la République et du Consulat
Lib. Guillaumin & Cie|Paris 1895|15.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
Second edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna percaline cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at foot, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Gift inscription in ink from a previous owner on the half-title page, foxing affecting mainly the first and last leaves.

€90
Emile SIMOND
Historique des nouveaux régiments créés par la loi du 25 Juillet 1887. Infanterie
Librairie militaire de L. Baudoin et cie|Paris 1889|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
First edition.
Half navy blue sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some foxing, gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page.

€50
J. DUBREUILH, A. DU CHATELLIER
La Tour-D'Auvergne, écrivain, citoyen, soldat. - Chanson guerrière en l'honneur du premier grenadier de France, à l'occasion de l'inauguration de sa statue à Carhaix, le 27 Juin 1841. - La Tour D'Auvergne, sa statue et sa correspondance
Imprimerie de Lion • La revue des provinces de l'ouest|Paris 1841-1856|13 x 21.50 cm|3 volumes reliés en 1
First edition for each volume.
Half dark sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpavers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing, gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page of the first volume.
Rare gathering of these texts.
Pen corrections and annotations and red pencil reading marks, probably by the hand of J. Dubreuilh on certain leaves.

€200
ANONYME
Historique du 2e régiment du génie
Henri Charles-Lavauzelle|Paris 1893|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Binding in the bradel in half percaline Siena, smooth back decorated with a golden floret, double gilded nets in tail, title piece of black shagreen, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of orange paper, Contemporary binding .
Illustrated book of inset figures.
Signed autograph from a soldier to an officer by way of present.
Rare and nice copy.

€100
Marie Julie CAVAIGNAC
Mémoires d'une inconnue publiés sur le manuscrit original 1780-1816
Plon|Paris 1894|14.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition published anonymously.

Half sienna cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.

Foxing, gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page.

€60
Marie Antoine REISET
Souvenirs du lieutenant général vicomte de Reiset 1775-1810 publiés par son petit-fils
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1899-1902|14 x 23.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
First edition.
Bradel bindings in half sienna cloth, smooth spines decorated with gilt floral motifs, double gilt fillets at foot, navy blue shagreen title labels, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings.
Some foxing, gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title pages of the volumes.
Work illustrated with 3 frontispiece portraits.
Rare work complete in 3 volumes.

€450
Robert GUILLEMARD
Mémoires de Robert Guillemard, sergent en retraite, suivis de documens historiques, la plupart inédits de 1805 à 1823
Delaforest • Bossange • Baudouin frères|Paris 1826|13.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition.
Bradel bindings in half sienna cloth, smooth spines decorated with gilt fleurons at foot, marbled paper boards.
Some minor foxing, gift inscriptions from a previous owner on the half-title pages of the volumes.
Work illustrated with a map (which has a small lack at border without affecting its integrity) at the end of the second volume.

€300
Général de RICARD
Autour des Bonaparte. Fragments de mémoires publiés par L.-Xavier de Ricard
Albert Savine|Paris 1891|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
New edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Some foxing, gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page.

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€50
(PLANAT DE LA FAYE)
Vie de Planat de la Faye. Aide au camp des généraux Lariboisière et Drouot Officier d'ordonnance de Napoléon Ier. Souvenirs, lettres et dictées recueillis et annotés par sa veuve. Introduction de René Vallery-Radot
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1895|16.50 x 26 cm|relié
First edition.
Contemporary Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, marbled paper boards.
Some foxing mainly on the edges and also at beginning and end of volume, gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page.
Our copy complete with the 3 portraits outside text in heliogravure: Nicolas Louis Planat de la Faye as frontispiece painted by H. Winterhalter, Madame F. E. Planat de la Faye painted by L. Knaus, portrait of N. L. Planat de la Faye drawn from life on July 24, 1815, aboard the Bellerophon.
€250
Hippolyte CARNOT
Mémoires sur Carnot par son fils
Pagnerre|Paris 1861-1863|15.50 x 24 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spines decorated with gilt fleurons, double gilt fillets at foot, navy blue shagreen title labels, marbled paper boards.
Foxing, gift inscriptions from a previous owner on the half-title pages of the volumes.
Work lacking the portrait of Lazare Carnot.

€100
Phil.-Eleonore DESPRELS
Les leçons de la guerre
Auguste Chio|Paris 1880|14.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in red half-cloth, smooth spine slightly faded and discolored decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns.
Some minor foxing, gift inscription in ink from a previous owner on the half-title page, two paper lacks to margins of the last two pages of the table of contents.

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€70
Élie FLEURY, Ernest DANICOURT
Histoire populaire de la ville et du château de Ham
E. Quentin|Ham 1881|11 x 18 cm|relié
First edition printed in 50 copies on Holland paper.
Half old rose cloth binding, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, modest contemporary binding.
Copy slightly trimmed.
Work decorated with a folding plan at the beginning of the volume, out-of-text engravings and a heraldic plate at the end of the volume.
Rare.

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€120
Emile Félix COMTE DE FLEURY
Souvenirs du général marquis Amand d'Hautpoul. Quatre mois à la cour de Prague. L'éducation du duc de Bordeaux (1833-1834)
Plon, Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1902|14.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Binding in half percaline Siena bradel, smooth back decorated with a golden floret, double gilded nets in tail, title piece of shagreen bronze, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of orange paper, Contemporary binding .
Introduction and notes of Count Fleury.
Signed autograph dedication of Count Fleury to Captain Pineau.

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€50
Raoul DUPUY
Historique des régiments de hussards (1689-1892). Uniformes, armements, équipements
Edmond Dubois|Paris 1893|11.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half periwinkle blue cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, red shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Light foxing, gift inscription in ink by a previous owner on the half-title page.

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€150
Antoine CAMUS
Les martyrs du drapeau. Récits militaires
E. Lachaud|Paris 1869|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in red half cloth, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, navy blue shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns.
Scattered foxing, gift inscription in ink from a previous owner on the half-title page.

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€30
François ROGUET
Mémoires militaires du lieutenant-général comte Roguet (François)
Librairie militaire de J. Dumaine|Paris 1862-1865|14 x 23.50 cm|4 volumes reliés
First edition.
Bradel bindings.
Occasional foxing, ex-donos.
Rare.
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€1,500
Camille ROUSSET
Les volontaires 1791-1794
Didier & Cie|Paris 1870|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
Second edition.
Bradel binding in half red cloth, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, navy blue title label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, one upper corner slightly bumped.
Some foxing, gift inscription in pen from a previous owner on the half-title page.

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€30
Edmond BIRÉ
Mémoires et souvenirs
Victor Retaux & fils|Paris 1895-1898|14.50 x 23.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
First edition.
Bradel bindings in half sienna cloth, smooth spines decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, marbled paper boards.
Some foxing, gift inscriptions in pen from a previous owner on the half-title pages of the volumes.
Rare.
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€450
Edouard GOEPP, E. CORDIER
Les grands hommes de la France. Hommes de guerre, quatrième série : La Tour d'Auvergne
P. Ducrocq|Paris 1884|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half navy blue sheep, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some foxing affecting mainly the first and last leaves, gift inscription in ink by a previous owner on an endpaper.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of La Tour d'Auvergne.
Rare.

€150
Louis SOULAJON
Les cohortes de la Légion d'Honneur (1802-1809). Législation, monographies
Librairie militaire de L. Baudoin & Cie|Paris 1890|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half burgundy sheep binding, smooth spine faded and lightened decorated with double gilt fillets with minor scratches of no consequence, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, three tears to the leading edges, contemporary binding.
Some foxing, gift inscription in ink by a previous owner on an endpaper.

€230
Albert de ROCHAS D'AIGLUN
Cris de guerre, devises, chants nationaux, chants du soldat et musiques militaires
Edmond Dubois|Paris 1890|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at tail, black shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Occasional foxing, gift inscription in ink by a previous owner on an endpaper.
Work illustrated with initials and figures in and outside the text.

€120
Paul DESPIQUES
Soldats de Lorraine. Chevert, Oudinot, Exelmans, Lataye, Margueritte
Berger-Levrault & Cie|Paris • & Nancy 1899|14.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna percaline, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at tail, navy blue shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, wrappers preserved, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume, gift inscription in pen from a previous owner on an endpaper.
Work illustrated with 33 illustrations.

€70
Louis TUETEY
Un général de l'armée d'Italie : Sérurier 1742-1819[A General of the Army of Italy: Sérurier 1742–1819]
Berger-Levrault|Paris • & Nancy 1899|14 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half Sienna earth cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at tail, navy blue shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Scattered foxing, gift inscription in ink from a previous owner on an endpaper, edges lightly dusty.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of General Sérurier as well as a folding facsimile, 3 folding maps and another hors-texte portrait of General Sérurier.
Rare.

€300
Pierre-Joseph-François BOSQUET
Lettres du maréchal Bosquet 1830-1853
Berger-Levrault|Paris • & Nancy 1894|14.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at foot, bronze shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume, gift inscription in ink from a previous owner of the work.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece statue of Marshal Bosquet.

€60
Paul PINEAU
Histoire de La Tour d'Auvergne
Henri-Charles Lavauzelle|Paris • & Limoges 1891|14.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at foot, blue shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
Some foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume, small black stains of no consequence to margins of boards.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of La Tour d'Auvergne.
Rare.

€250
Maurice FAURE
Souvenirs du général Championnet (1792-1800)
Flammarion|Paris s. d. [1904]|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt botanical motif, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Scattered foxing, gift inscription in ink by a former owner on endpaper.
Work illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and a facsimile of a manuscript letter.

€80
Dirk Carel August VAN HOGENDORP
Mémoires du général Dirk Van Hogendorp, comte de l'Empire publiés par son petit-fils M. le comte D.C.A. Van Hogendorp
Martinus Nijhoff|La Haye [The Hague] 1887|14.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at foot, blue shagreen title-label with small lack, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns.
Scattered foxing, pen gift inscription from a former owner on an endpaper.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and a facsimile of a manuscript letter.

€200
Hippolyte d' ESPINCHAL
Souvenirs militaires 1792-1814 publiés par Frédéric Masson et François Boyer
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1894-1895|14.50 x 23.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spines decorated with gilt floral motifs, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title-labels with marginal scratches, marbled paper boards, small discoloration stains in margin of first board of first volume, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings.
Foxing mainly at beginning and end of volumes, pen gift inscriptions from a previous owner on endpapers.

€300
Émile Marco de SAINT-HILAIRE
Souvenirs intimes du temps de l'Empire
Ambroise Dupont|Paris 1838|14 x 23.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
Second edition published the same year as the first edition.
Bradel bindings in half Sienna earth cloth, smooth spines decorated with gilt fleurons, double gilt fillets at tails, marbled paper boards.
Scattered foxing, gift inscriptions in ink from a previous owner of the work on the endpapers.

€80
Jules VERNE
Aventures de 3 Russes et de 3 Anglais dans l'Afrique Australe[Adventures of Three Russians and Three Englishmen in Southern Africa]
Hetzel|Paris 1910|18 x 27.20 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur
New edition, the first illustrated dating from 1872. 53 in-text illustrations by Ferat and 3 color chromolithographs hors-texte, and one map in black. Second issue of the "Aux feuilles d'acanthe" binding.
Publisher's binding called "Aux feuilles d'acanthe" with red medallion. Fine first plate with points of discoloration in the medallion. Second board clean but bearing on the upper part whitish traces of light discoloration. Some very skillful small restorations at the joints and headcaps. Fresh copy free from foxing, with paper uniformly slightly tinted. Good copy.
In southern Africa, three Russian scientists and three English scientists are tasked with measuring a meridional arc.
€600
Giano VITALI (FRANÇOIS Ier)
Epistola de ingressu Gallorum in Mediolanum[Epistle on the Entry of the French into Milan]
Jacopo Mazzochi|Rome [Rome] 15 novembre 1515|14 x 20 cm|relié
VITALI Giano
Epistola de ingressu Gallorum in Mediolanum
Jacopo Mazzochi, Rome November 15, 1515, small in-4 (14 x 20 cm), (6f.), full red polished morocco
First edition embellished with an architectural title frontispiece. The title is in gothic font, and the text is in Roman and Greek fonts. The last two pages of the book contains a poem by Giano Vitali dedicated to Francesco Santilio called “ne petat ubi belle excercentur.”
Binding in full red polished morocco, spine uniformly sunned Jansenist binding, with the title, gilt date and place, gilt roll-stamp framing the endpapers and pastedowns in marbled paper. A very tiny scratch on the spine head.
An old s
€8,000
Emile & Alexandre ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN, Théophile SCHULER
Histoire d'un paysan
J. Hetzel & Cie|Paris 1869|19.50 x 29 cm|4 volumes reliés en 1
Edition of the year of the original adorned with illustrations by Théophile Schuler engraved by Pannemaker.
Half aubergine sheep binding, smooth spine with quadruple gilt fillets, some traces of rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Some foxing, otherwise handsome copy.

€150
Pierre FALKE, Pierre MAC ORLAN
L'ancre de miséricorde
Pierre Falké|Paris 1945|26 x 34 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
Illustrated edition of 79 original etchings by Pierre Falké, one of 125 numbered copies on Montval, ours one of 15 copies of collaborator justified and signed by Pierre Falké .
The 79 etchings are composed as follows: 1 on the double-page cover, 1 on the frontispiece, 1 on the title page, 21 insets, including 1 double-page, 55 initials and culs-de-lampe.
Back of the shirt and the case with wetting, stings on the boards of the case which also have some small gaps of paper.
Rare foxing, otherwise pleasant interior state.
Provenance: from the library of Anne-Marie Frélaut with her ex-libris engraved by her father, the painter Jean Frélaut.
€380
Jean-Michel RENAITOUR
La mort du feu. Poèmes de l'année 1918
Jouve & Cie|Paris 1919|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition.
Precious autograph dedication dated and signed by Jean-Michel Renaitour: "To the incomparable master of the style & the idea, to the great writer with big heart Anatole France, in total admiration."
Small, non-serious spots on the boards.
€80
Forza Italia
Forza Italia
Giuseppe GARIBALDI
Les mille[The Thousand]
Charles Silvain|Paris 1875|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
First edition of the French translation.
Bound in red half heart with corners, back with four nerves adorned with nets and golden dots, a small snag on a nerve and two tiny holes in the head and foot of the back, name of the owner stamped in gold foot, boards of marbled paper, gilded nets in corner frames, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, Contemporary binding.
Scattered foxing.
Rare autograph dedication signed by Giuseppe Garibaldi: "To my dear Perrot".
Precious copy binding time established for the dedicatee.
€2,300
Louis GUICHARD
Navale
La Nouvelle société d'édition|Paris 1930|12 x 19 cm|broché
first edition on plain paper.
An autograph signed by Louis Guichard to Henri Béraud: "... thinking of the resemblance between the Île de Ré and the Naval school ..."
A small tear at the foot of the back, second flat featuring stitches and foxinges.
€50
Alexandre LACASSAGNE
Les exécutions militaires des condamnés à mort. Mémoire de Dujardin-Beaumetz. Décret consécutif. Autres documents
A. Rey & Cie • Masson & Cie|Tours 1916|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
first edition printed in small number of this extract from the Archives of Criminal Anthropology of Forensic Medicine and of Normal and Pathological Psychology.
Signed autograph signed by Alexandre Lacassagne to Dr. Regaud.
Small tear and a tiny lack at the foot of the back and another at the center of the second board, name of the author.
€200
Paul VOIVENEL
Les sources profondes de notre énergie
Edouard Aubanel|Paris 1941|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
first edition on plain paper.
Signed autograph signed by Paul Voivenel to Henri Béraud.
Some small foxinges, a clear wetting at the head of the title page.
€50
Mary MACCARTHY
Rapport sur le procès du capitaine Medina accusé d'avoir, le 16 Mars 1968, à My Laï, volotairement tué, avec préméditation, au moins cent civils vietnamiens
Robert Laffont|Paris 1973|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
first edition of the French translation and for which it was not taken from large papers.
Signed autograph signed by Mary MacCarthy to Pierre Dumayet.
Complete copy of his prayer to insert.
€80
Jean-Emile LABOUREUR, Xavier Marcel BOULESTIN
Dans les Flandres britanniques. British Expeditionary Force, Mai 1915 - Janvier 1916
Dorbon ainé|Paris s. d. [1916]|25.50 x 33.50 cm|relié
BOULESTIN Xavier Marcel
illustration by LABOUREUR Jean-émile
Dans les Flandres britanniques. British Expeditionary Force, Mai 1915 - Janvier 1916
First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on vellum, ours is a press office copy, only print with 50 Holland. Half moroccan shagreen binding, red paper boards, paste downs and endpapers, covers and spine preserved.
Ex-libris glued to a paste down.
Illustrated with 24 drawings by Jean-Emile Laboureur.
€1,000
Armel de WISMES
Jean Bart et la guerre de course
René Julliard|Paris 1965|11 x 18 cm|broché
First edition in paperback format.
Autographed by Armel de Wismes to Pierre Dumayet.
Iconography.
€30
Noël LE CLERCQ
Détachement spécial : Commandos de France
Collection "Action"|Paris 1966|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
first edition for which it was not taken from large papers.
"... who believes in the" personal "will that at his age we have been of the D. (staggering) S. (pecial)
A complete copy of the illustrated jacket with small marginal tears.
€80
Georges DARIEN, Marcel LAURAS
Biribi
Fasquelle|Paris 1906|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper, only 10 copies were printed on Holland paper in deluxe format.
Bradel binding in red half-cloth, smooth spine, double gilt fillet at foot, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved.
Cover and drawings by Bernard Naudin including one double-page spread.
€150
Georges GAUDY
Combats libérateurs
Henri Lardanchet|Lyon 1946|13 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 2200 numbered copies on vélin du Marais, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards marginally sunned, handsome interior condition.
A full-margined copy.
€50
Edouard Augustin LEBAS
Le champ de bataille de la libération
Henri Defontaine|Rouen 1946|16 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Marais crèvecoeur laid paper, deluxe copy.
Work illustrated with 136 photographic reproductions of towns and villages devastated by bombing.
Spine lightly sunned, small tears to head of back cover.

€50
Paul DESCHANEL, Philippe PÉTAIN
Un héros de France : Guynemer
Jean Cussac|Paris s. d. [circa 1918]|14.50 x 24 cm|agrafé
First edition illustrated with photographs.
Foreword by Paul Deschanel and preface by Philippe Pétain.
Fold marks to first cover.
€45
Henry LE MARQUAND
Tourville marin de Louis XIV
Lardanchet|Lyon 1942|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on bambou paper, the only large paper copies.
Endpapers slightly faded, otherwise a good copy.
€70
Sisley HUDDLESTON
Le mythe de la liberté. Entretiens en temps de guerre
Lardanchet|Lyon 1943|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on vélin Chatelio paper.
Spine very slightly sunned, otherwise a good copy.
€40
Jacques FOUQUES DUPARC
Le troisième Richelieu. Libérateur du territoire en 1815
Lardanchet|Lyon 1940|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on alfa satiné paper.
Spine very slightly sunned, one small tear to head of lower cover.
€30
LE TASSE
Jérusalem délivrée
chez Bossange, Masson et Besson|à Paris 1808|9.50 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition illustrated with 19 figures outside the text drawn by Gravelot and engraved by Le Roy.
Full olive green calf bindings, smooth spines slightly rubbed, decorated with typographical motifs, double gilt fillets and roulettes, fine hatching on the headcaps, joints slightly cracked at head and foot otherwise slightly rubbed, gilt roulettes framing the boards and pastedowns, blue speckled marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt roulettes on the leading edges, all edges gilt. Contemporary bindings.
Handsome copy in contemporary binding.
€250
Camille JORDAN
Discours de Camille Jordan
Chez Jules Renouard|à Paris 1826|13 x 20.50 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with a portrait of the author as frontispiece by Maurin and reproduced as a lithograph by Noël.
Half brown calf binding, spine with four raised bands uniformly faded and decorated with gilt fillets and roulettes, cold-stamped tools, headcaps and joints lightly rubbed, double gilt fillets framing the boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges. Binding signed by Perreau.
Some foxing.
Copy complete with the facsimile of Camille Jordan's handwriting, in a contemporary binding signed by Perreau.
€100
Jacques BOUCULAT
Journal de guerre d'un soldat bourbonnais. Strasbourg 1870 Texte inédit de Jacques Bouculat établi et présenté par Paul Vernois
Crépin-Leblond|Moulins 1946|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned, not serious, ex-dono in biro on the first free endpaper.
€30
Karl DÖNITZ
10 ans et 20 jours
Plon|Paris 1959|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation which was not drawn large papers.
Rare handwritten signature of Karl Doenitz, who signed the surrender of the Axis forces in 1945, along with his best wishes.
complete copy of his illustrated jacket that has two tears without lack.
€800
Albert ROBIDA, Georges TOUDOUZE
François Ier (Le roi chevalier)
Boivin & Cie|Paris 1909|30 x 37 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition and first issue of the full-page color illustrations by Albert Robida.
Publisher's full grey percaline binding, smooth spine, front cover illustrated with a polychrome composition by Albert Robida, blue-grey paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Headcaps lightly rubbed as often, handsome copy.
€400
Étienne BÉZOUT, Antoine-André-Louis REYNAUD
Traité d'arithmétique à l'usage de la marine et de l'artillerie avec des notes et des tables de logarithmes par A.A.L. Reynaud - Notes sur l'arithmétique
Madame Veuve Courcier|Paris 1816|12.50 x 20 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
Eighth edition for each of the volumes.
Half hazelnut sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with fleurons and triple gilt fillets, spine showing traces of rubbing, green paper boards affected by surface losses, yellow edges, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Some foxing without too much severity, a tear on page 129 of the second volume.
€180
NGUYEN VAN CAN
Aspects politiques et militaires de l'intervention américaine au sud Viet-Nam
In Masses Ouvrières|Paris 1969|16 x 20 cm|agrafé
First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the January 1969 issue of Masses ouvrières.
Introduction by Paul Barrau.
Printed bibliophile stamp serving as bookplate at head of introduction.
Rare and handsome copy.
€60