Paris

Bertrand DELANOE
Pour l'Honneur de Paris. Chronique 1977-2020
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1999|15 x 23 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite three light stains on the lower edge without any damage to the text.
Autograph inscription signed by Bertrand Delanoë to a close collaborator named Cécile: "A toi, chère Cécile, au nom des valeurs et des combats partagés. De l'amour de la vie ; de la ville. Amicalement." ["To you, dear Cécile, in the name of shared values and struggles. For the love of life; of the city. With friendship."]

€50
Paul GAVARNI
Oeuvres choisies. Etudes de moeurs contemporaines. 1- Les enfants terribles. Traductions en langue vulgaire. Les lorettes. Les actrices. Notices par Théophile Gautier et Laurent-Jan. 2- Fourberies de femmes en matière de sentiment. Clichy. Paris le soir. Notices par Laurent-Jan, Auguste Lireux et Léon Gozlan. 3- Le Carnaval à Paris. Paris le matin. Les étudiants de Paris. Notices par Théophile Gautier, A. Barthet et A. de Soubiran. 4- La vie de jeune homme. Les débardeurs. Notices par P.J. Stahl.
Hetzel|Paris 1845-1848|17.70 x 26.80 cm|4 volumes reliés
First edition and first printing of the engravings.
Contributions by Théophile Gautier, Laurent-Jan, Léon Gozlan, Auguste Lireux and Jules Hetzel under the pseudonym P.-J. Stahl among others.
Contemporary publisher's binding in full black shagreen. Smooth spine decorated with 3 ornate compartments, blind and gilt fillets. Large rocaille composition on boards, thick triple fillet frame. Interior frieze. White watered silk endpapers. All edges gilt. Perimeter of watered silk endpapers brown-stained. Tailcap of volume 2 with a loss. Traces of rubbing. Thin scratch on the upper board of volume 1, lower board of volume 2. Some very occasional foxing on clean white paper. The binder...
€1,800
Émile GOUDEAU
Poèmes parisiens
Imprimé pour Henri Beraldi|Paris 1897|16.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
First edition, abundantly illustrated by Charles Jouas with a frontispiece and in-text compositions, engraved on wood by H. Paillard. Unique edition limited to 138 numbered copies on China paper, No. 77. This edition was produced by the celebrated bibliophile and bibliographer Henri Beraldi who launched Charles Jouas's career with this publication.
Bradel binding in half tender green morocco with mosaic corners signed Charles Meunier at the top of the first endpaper. Smooth spine decorated with an iris on stem with its buds (flowers and buds in orange and brown mosaic). Separating fillets on the boards. Spine having uniformly turned to brown. One corner slightly bumped. Traces of...
€900
[Comtesse de Virginia CASTIGLIONE ] Charles ROBERT
Madame la Comtesse de Castiglione et Napoléon III ou Le bal aux Tuileries le mardi 29 janvier 1856[Madame Countess of Castiglione and Napoleon III, or The Ball at the Tuileries on Tuesday, January 29, 1856]
Paris 1856|30 x 24 cm|une feuille sous marie-louise
Original ink drawing signed and dated by Charles Robert, titled "Madame la Comtesse de Castiglione et Napoléon III ou Le bal aux Tuileries le mardi 29 janvier 1856".
This drawing immortalizes the historic meeting of the 19-year-old Countess de Castiglione with Emperor Napoleon III at a ball given by his cousin Princess Mathilde. Invested by Cavour with a delicate diplomatic mission, the Countess came to Paris with the aim of seducing the Emperor and making him sympathetic to the Piedmontese cause and thus convert him to the idea of a unified Italy. She had a famed affair with the Emperor, which strengthened ties between France and Italy before coming to an end, as...
€1,000
Victor MEUSY, Fernand FAU
Chansons modernes. Répertoire du Chat Noir. - IIème Série
J.B. Ferreyrol|Paris 1891|11 x 18 cm|relié
New edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Japan paper, justified by the publisher, the only deluxe copies.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five fine raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt wavy fillets, marbled paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, illustrated covers preserved, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated by Fernand Fau.
Handsome copy, pleasantly bound.
€300
Henri MONNIER
Paris et la Province
Garnier frères|Paris 1866|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half brown morocco shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, date gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of pebbled paper, covers and sunned spine preserved, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on pastedown, binding signed René Aussourd.
Some minor foxing without significance.
Handsome copy beautifully bound.
€150
Henri MONNIER
Les Bourgeois de Paris. Scènes comiques
Charpentier|Paris 1854|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Full navy blue cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, date and double gilt fillets at foot, brown shagreen title-label, binding signed in blind by Pierson.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
€80
Florent FELS
Vlaminck
Marcel Seheur|Paris 1928|19.50 x 26 cm|relié
First edition.
Bound in tan sheep, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, speckled edges, contemporary binding signed by P. Saillot, binder on rue de Verneuil in Paris
Work illustrated with reproductions of works by Maurice de Vlaminck including 10 in color.
Handsome copy.
€80
Xavier PRIVAS, Jean TILD
L'Amour chante
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1904|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition.
Fine illustrated cover by Jean Tild.
Tears at head and foot of spine with slight lacks without gravity.
Fine and bohemian autograph inscription dated and signed by Xavier Privas: "A mon ami Emile Bessière pêcheur de lunes et (je l'espère) de thunes en confraternel hommage. Xavier Privas 8 Février 1904." ["To my friend Emile Bessière, fisher of moons and (I hope) of cash in fraternal tribute. Xavier Privas 8 February 1904."]
€80
Raymond QUENEAU
Zazie dans le Métro[Zazie in the Metro]
Gallimard|Paris 1959|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 158 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the leading issue after 40 on Hollande.
A fine copy.
The following year, the work was adapted for the cinema by Louis Malle, starring Catherine Demongeot, Philippe Noiret, Carla Marlier, Annie Fratellini, and Hubert Deschamps.
€1,800
George AURIOL, André HELLE
La Geste héroïque des petits Soldats de Bois et de Plomb
Librairie Larousse|Paris 1925|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with drawings by André Hellé.
Boards slightly and marginally sunned, otherwise a handsome and rare copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from George Auriol: "De tout coeur à Willette ancien gonfalonier de Rochechouart son vieil ami George Auriol." ["Wholeheartedly to Willette former standard-bearer of Rochechouart his old friend George Auriol."]
€250
Émile GOUDEAU
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Francisque Sarcey
s. l. s. d. [circa 1890]|11 x 17.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Emile Goudeau addressed to his dear master (Francisque Sarcey, 16 lines in black ink) thanking him for his last letter which he reads with some delay and for his support in granting an award which he has just been honored with: "l'envoi de la lettre écrite par un Labadens exaspéré. Ce camarade (?) m'a fait passer un bon quart d'heure. Enfin cet infortuné lauréat ne me pardonne peut-être pas, d'être, lui tombé dans les hypothèques." ["the sending of the letter written by an exasperated Labadens. This comrade (?) made me spend a difficult quarter of an hour. Finally this unfortunate laureate perhaps does not forgive me for having fallen into...
€200
Aristide BRUANT, Théophile Alexandre STEINLEN
Dans la Rue. Chansons et Monologues Volumes I, II & III . - Sur la Route. Ensemble complet en 4 volumes[In the Street. Songs and Monologues Volumes I, II & III. – On the Road. Complete set in 4 volumes]
Furne & Cie|Paris 1885-1900|13.50 x 19 cm|4 volumes reliés
First edition of each of the four volumes, one of 50 copies (for the first and third works) or one of 150 copies (for the second and fourth) printed on Japan paper, the only deluxe issue.
Bradel bindings in citron half morocco with corners, smooth spines slightly darkened, marbled paper boards, pebble-grained endpapers and pastedowns, covers and backstrips preserved in one piece, contemporary bindings signed Champs.
Covers and in-text or full-page drawings by Théophile Alexandre Steinlen for the first and second volumes, by Francisque Poulbot for the third, and by Louis Borgex for the fourth and final volume.
Each volume bears Aristide Bruant’s autograph signature...
€4,000
Pierre MOURGUE
La Promenade au Palais-Royal. Redingote "Directoire" (pl.18, La Gazette du Bon ton, 1921 n°3)
Lucien Vogel éditeur|Paris 1921|18 x 24 cm|une feuille
Original color print heightened with palladium, printed on laid paper, signed at the bottom right of the plate.
Original engraving created for the illustration of La Gazette du bon ton, one of the most beautiful and influential fashion magazines of the 20th century, celebrating the talent of French creators and artists at the height of the Art Deco movement.
Famous fashion magazine founded in 1912 by Lucien Vogel, La Gazette du bon ton was published until 1925 with an interruption during the War from 1915 to 1920, due to the mobilization of its editor-in-chief. It consists of 69 issues printed in only 2,000 copies and is illustrated notably with...
€120
Maurice de VLAMINCK, André SALMON
Rive Gauche. Quartier latin. - Plaisance. - Montparnasse. - Les Quais. - Saint-Germain-des-Prés[Left Bank. Latin Quarter. – Plaisance. – Montparnasse. – The Quays. – Saint-Germain-des-Prés]
Chez l'auteur|Paris 1951|32.50 x 40.50 cm|relié sous étui
First edition illustrated with 15 original copperplate engravings, including 10 in color, by Maurice de Vlaminck, one of 250 numbered copies on Arches laid paper.

The work is also illustrated with 2 portraits by Amedeo Modigliani depicting Maurice de Vlaminck and his wife.

Full Empire green morocco binding, spine with two prominent raised bands extending as triangles in blind on the covers, spine decorated with three gilt lozenges with gilt title and separated by a transverse gilt bar, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, triple gilt fillets framing the pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, Empire green morocco-edged slipcase, marbled paper...
€1,200
Paul GAVARNI, Eugène DELACROIX
Les Français peints par eux-mêmes. Encyclopédie morale du dix-neuvième siècle - Le prisme [Avec] Les Anglais peints par eux-mêmes[The French Painted by Themselves. Moral Encyclopaedia of the Nineteenth Century – The Prism [With] The English Painted by Themselves]
Léon Curmer|Paris 1840-1842|18 x 26.50 cm|11 volumes reliés
Les Français peints par eux-mêmes. Encyclopédie morale du dix-neuvième siècle – Le Prisme [with] Les Anglais peints par eux-mêmes [The French painted by themselves – The English painted by themselves]

Léon Curmer | Paris 1840-1842 | 18 x 26,5 cm 11 volumes in half morocco

First edition, one of the grand papier (deluxe) copies with two states of the illustrations for the 8 volumes of Les Français peints par eux-mêmes: one in black on tinted paper, and one enhanced by hand using the so-called “coloris gommé” technique with watercolour and varnish on...
€10,000
Gabriel MONTOYA
Chansons naïves et perverses
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1890|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition decorated with numerous illustrations in the text, with mention of second edition.
Bradel binding in half green cloth, smooth spine decorated with a central gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at tail, brown shagreen title label with slight scratches, almond green marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Precious signed autograph inscription by Gabriel Montoya, star performer of Rodolphe Salis's Chat Noir and later inept administrator of the Quat'z-arts which he took over in 1910: "A mon vieil ami Joseph Uzanne, en souvenir des bonnes soirées de La Plume, très cordialement j'offre ce volume." ["To my old friend Joseph...
€250
Boris VIAN (Samuel BECKETT)
" Et ce n'est pas un hasard si En attendant Godot, la pièce étonnante de Samuel Beckett, est une entrée de clowns qui dure deux heures, ne traite de rien en particulier, pose tous les problèmes, arrache le rire au moment où l'on devrait s'épouvanter "Article on the cabaret - Autograph manuscript partly unpublished
s. n.|Paris s. d. [ca 1953]|21 x 27 cm|11 feuillets rédigés au recto
Manuscript, partly unpublished, of an article on cabaret, nine pages plus two additional pages written in purple ink on perforated squared paper sheets. Numerous deletions and corrections as well as several additions. The sheets are numbered in the upper right margin from 1 to 9 then 12 and 13.
The first nine sheets of this text, which was never published during Boris Vian's lifetime, were transcribed in Les Vies posthumes de Boris Vian by Michel Fauré (1975). The text was erroneously dated 1948 by Fauré: the mention of Samuel Beckett's En attendant Godot, whose premiere took place in 1953, makes this dating impossible.
An interesting text evoking...
€2,500
André-Charles CAILLEAU, Jean-Joseph VADÉ
Le Gouté des porcherons [avec] La Pipe cassée [avec] Bouquets poissards [avec] Bouquets galants
De l'imprimerie de Madame Angueule • [ Cailleau] • chez Duchesne|s. l. • Paris s. d. [1759] et 1760|10 x 17 cm|4 textes reliés en un volume
Very rare first edition for Le Gouté des porcherons, with the complete title Nouv. ed. augm. des Citrons de Javotte, histoire de carnaval. Et enrichie d'une Lettre amoureuse de M. Jambe de Creux, charbonnier à mademoiselle Catau, ravaudeuse. Le tout pour servir de Dessert au Déjeuner de La Rapée.
Third edition of La Pipe cassée and fourth for Bouquets poissards and Bouquets galants.
Contemporary half-sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and a blonde sheep title-label, paste-paper boards. Some rubbing and minimal paper lacks to boards. First leaves somewhat stained without gravity.
Les Porcherons is a former district of the...
€300
Pierre-Aimé TOUCHARD
Grandes heures de théâtre de Paris suivi d'un guide des théâtres
Librairie académique Perrin|Paris 1965|15 x 22.50 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui
First edition, one of 50 numbered deluxe copies, the only deluxe copies.
Spine of the second chemise slightly sunned, worming to the boards of the slipcase.
Handsome copy presented in sheets, under double chemise and slipcase.
Iconography.
€200
Romantic Paris in a painted binding
Romantic Paris in a painted binding
Paul de KOCK, Charles-François D'AUBIGNY
La grande ville. Nouveau tableau de Paris comique, critique et philosophique[The Great City. A New Picture of Comic, Critical and Philosophical Paris]
Au bureau central des publications nouvelles • Victor Magen|Paris 1842 - 1843|16.50 x 26 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition illustrated with wood engravings in the text by Gavarni, Daumier, D'Aubigny...
Bradel binding in full beige percaline, smooth spine with a black paper label, front cover decorated with an oil painting after the frontispiece, signed lower right "A. Dangleterre d'après document d'époque". Headcaps and joints skillfully restored.
A rare publication on Paris under Louis-Philippe. The work proceeds by subjects and articles: the wet-nurses’ office, flower sellers, baths, streetlamps, pavements, theatre outings, beards and moustaches, the Luxembourg Gardens, the Opera Ball, the auctioneers’ hall, lorettes and courtesans (Alexandre Dumas), restaurants and...
€1,800
Kees VAN DONGEN, Roland DORGELÈS
Au beau temps de la Butte
Nouvelle librairie de France|Paris 1949|22 x 28.50 cm|broché sous chemise et étui
Edition illustrated with 20 original lithographs in 8 and 10 colours by Kees Van Dongen and printed with 110 copies, ours is one of the 10 hors-commerce without the series of lettered and named lithographs on Rives vellum.
We attach the presentation prospectus to the work.
Rubbings and tears in the margins of the slipcase and on the joints of the chemise.
A beautiful and rare copy.
€8,000
Ludovic HALÉVY
Notes et souvenirs 1871-1872
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1889|11 x 18 cm|relié
First edition.
Half blue sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and dots as well as black fillets, spine with some light rubbing, gilt initials at foot, marbled paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, one corner slightly bumped, near-contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Ludovic Halévy to his friend Alexandre Dumas fils: "A mon cher maître et ami Alexandre Dumas. Ludovic Halévy" ["To my dear master and friend Alexandre Dumas. Ludovic Halévy"]
€300
Louis LURINE
Les rues de Paris. Paris ancien et moderne
Kugelmann|Paris 1844|16 x 25.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition, illustrated with 44 wood-engraved plates and numerous wood-engraved vignettes in the text (the title page announcing 300 drawings) after Nanteuil, Gavarni... A handsome Romantic illustrated work. 2 frontispieces, the first by Nanteuil, the second by Edouard de Beaumont.
Contemporary half dark green shagreen binding. Spine with flat false raised bands decorated with compartmentalized Romantic tools, gilt and blind fillets. Boards rubbed, corners turned over and bumped. Light scattered foxing. A good copy, with attractive decorative spines.
Historical texts on the streets of Paris by Jules Janin, Eugène Briffault, Louis Huart... under the direction of Lurine. The work...
€400
Paul MARROT
Le charme. - Lazare. Poésies posthumes
Albert Fontemoing|Paris s. d. [circa 1903]|13 x 20.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of the rare copies on laid paper of which no mention is made.
Full black morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, place and date gilt at foot, cold-stamped roulettes on headcaps, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, frame of double gilt fillets and gilt fleurons in corners of pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, small tear on second cover, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed René Kieffer.
Preface by Edmond Frank, work illustrated with a portrait of the author as frontispiece drawn and engraved by H. Danger.
Our copy is enriched with a double portrait of Paul Marrot as frontispiece and bears an autograph inscription signed by H...
€680
Napoleon's grand state funeral
Napoleon's grand state funeral
[NAPOLEON BONAPARTE] (Adrien PROVOST)
Panorama de 15 lithographies figurant le cortège funéraire ou Retour des cendres de l'Empereur Napoléon Ier Panorama of 15 lithographs depicting the funeral procession or Return of the ashes of the Emperor Napoleon I
S. n.|Paris s. d. [ca 1840]|14.50 x 18.50 cm|un panorama sous reliure
binding: 14.5 x 18.5 cm / panorama: 2,06 m (80 inches)

A very rare first edition of 15 lithographed views in bistre tint, mounted in an accordion pleat, forming a panorama of 6.75 ft and showing the Parisian procession of the return of Napoleon's mortal remains (his "ashes" used here as a metaphor since he was not cremated). The parade started from the Arc de Triomphe to his resting place in Invalides. In the lower margin, the caption presents the different groups forming the procession: Ajaccio delegation, Paris Municipal Council, Prince of Joinville Commission of Saint-Helena...in the centre of the panorama stands the spectacular...
€2,800
Georges OHNET
Roi de Paris
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1898|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies after 3 on China paper and 5 on Japan paper.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, combed paper boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns.
Handsome copy despite the top edge slightly shaded.

€100
Hermann VOGEL, François FLAMENG
Les élégantes
Hachette & Cie|Paris s. d. [circa 1910]|23 x 30 cm|relié
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan, the “tirage de tête”.
Half chocolate brown morocco binding, spine in five compartments set with gilt stippling and decorated with double gilt panels decorated with gilt typographic and floral motifs, frame of gilt fillets on the water-effect paper boards, marbled endpapers, fragile parchment covers (two marginal restorations to the backs of the boards) and spine preserved, top edge gilt on the rough, ex-libris glued to a paste down, contemporary binding signed by Pouillet. Literary contributions from Gaston Maspéro, René Doumic, Gaston Boissier, Gustave Schlumberger, Gaston Paris, Emile Gebhardt, Edmond Rostand, Jules Lemaître, Gustave...
€680
Charles LEANDRE, Henry MURGER
Scènes de la vie de bohême[Scenes from Bohemian Life]
Romagnol|Paris 1902|17 x 26.50 cm|relié sous étui
Edition illustrated with 40 original watercolors by Charles Léandre engraved by Eugène Decisy, one of 40 numbered copies on Arches vellum, deluxe edition after 35 on Japan blanc.
Full red morocco binding, spine with four raised bands set with black fillets, gilt date at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, frame of gilt fillet on the pastedowns in full mint green morocco, red watered silk endpapers, following endpapers of pebbled paper, all edges gilt, covers and spine preserved, slipcase with morocco entry, pebbled paper boards, brown felt interior, superb contemporary binding signed by Semet & Plumelle.
Our copy contains both states of all the illustrations and the decomposition of...
€1,200
André DIGNIMONT, Francis CARCO
Les innocents
Emile Hazan|Paris 1930|20.50 x 26.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 8 original etchings by André Dignimont, one of 25 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue after 8 different Japan papers.
Bound in full red morocco shagreen, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments ornamented at their centers with gilt floral motifs, triple gilt fillet frame on boards, moiré-effect paper endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelle frame on pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges, binding signed Barth fils.
Our copy contains the complete suite in black of the illustrations as stipulated in the justification page.
Handsome copy attractively bound.
€500
CHAS LABORDE, Charles-Louis PHILIPPE
Bubu de Montparnasse
Aux éditions du sagittaire|Paris 1924|19 x 25 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 15 original watercolors by Chas Laborde, one of 450 numbered copies on vellum.
Half blue morocco binding with corners, spine very lightly darkened with four raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with quadruple gilt compartments and a fifth compartment enhanced with a red mosaicked morocco fillet, gilt date at foot, frame of gilt fillets on the moiré-effect paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of the same paper, top edge gilt, covers and spine preserved, binding signed Paul Saschel
Handsome copy beautifully bound in a mosaicked binding.
€300
Sylvain SAUVAGE, J.R.C. CUISIN
La vie de garçon dans les hôtels garnis de la capitale
J. Fort|Paris 1924|14.50 x 22 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 80 original woodcuts by Sylvain Sauvage, one of 1100 numbered copies on gothic laid paper.
Half morocco binding with corners, spine slightly sunned with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt compartments, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Barbance successor to Yseux-Simier.
Handsome copy beautifully bound.

€120
Auguste LEPERE, Louis MORIN
Les dimanches parisiens[Parisian Sundays]
Librairie L. Conquet|Paris 1898|18 x 26.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 41 original etchings by Auguste Lepère, including a frontispiece, 20 headpieces, 20 tailpieces as well as 20 historiated initials printed in two colors
The work is printed in 250 numbered copies on vélin du Marais justified by the publisher.
Half chocolate brown morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of pebbled paper, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, contemporary binding signed by Stroobants.
Some minor foxing affecting mainly the last leaves at head.
Handsome copy perfectly established.

€800
Boris VIAN
Manuscrit autographe complet pour chacune des deux versions de la chanson de Boris Vian intitulée "Place Blanche"
S. n.|s. l. 1956|13.50 x 21 cm|5 feuillets perforés
Two complete autograph manuscripts, on five perforated leaves, of 46 lines for the first and 52 lines for the second, written in blue ink, of the song entitled "Place Blanche" which exists in two versions both entitled "Place Blanche" but with varying text: the first beginning with "J'étais allé dimanche me promener" and the second with "Les amoureux l'dimanche vont deux par deux".
Each manuscript in our possession corresponds to one of the two versions and is extensively corrected, crossed out and reworked while remaining consistent with the final state of the song.
We include, on two perforated leaves (one mounted on flexible cardboard), a complete typescript for...
€1,500
Maurice UTRILLO, Francis CARCO
Montmartre vécu par Utrillo[Maurice Utrillo’s Montmartre]
Editions Pétridès|Paris 1947|28 x 38 cm|relié
First edition, one of 240 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches, with 22 color lithographs after gouaches, including 12 full-page plates by Maurice Utrillo, printed in the ateliers of Fernand Mourlot and Lucien Détruit.
White aniline calf with gilt titanium joints, ink-painted boards in green and grey, decoration continuing edge-to-edge on the liners, loose endpapers on papier japon dyed with Kakishibu by the binder, title lengthwise on the spine, decorated chemise titled on the spine and matching custom slipcase. Original wrappers and spine preserved.

Binding signed by Julie Auzillon, gilt title by Geneviève Quarré de Boiry and gilt top edge by...
€15,000
Charles HERVEY, Alexandre LACAUCHIE
The theatres of Paris
John Mitchell • Galignani & Co|London • & Paris 1846|15 x 22.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 10 portraits of the most celebrated actresses of the time by Alexandre Lacauchie, printed outside the text.
Half red calf binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with garlands and double gilt compartments, some scuffs notably to the upper headcap, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, a small harmless nick to the top edge, contemporary binding.
Handsome interior condition without foxing.
€400
(Augustin de SAINT-AUBIN)
Les différents jeux des petits polissons de Paris
Aux bureaux de l'artiste|Paris 1887|27.50 x 36 cm|en feuilles sous chemise à lacets
New print of six engraved plates on laid by Duclos following the extremely rare series drawn and engraved on copper by Auguste de Saint-Aubin, initially published in 1770.
The 6 plates represent the different games played by young children in Paris at the end of the 18th century: la sabot (clog), la coupe-tête (leapfrog), la fossette or le jeu de noyaux (kernal game), la toupie (spinning top) or la corde (rope), the last plate illustrating the exit from school where we see children jumping, running and dancing.
Our series is presented in a laced chemise in full red shagreen comprising some rubbing on the boards, flattened corners, a library shelving label glued at the foot of the...
€1,200
Adolphe JOANNE
Nouveau plan de Paris
Hachette|Paris 1867|11 x 17.80 cm|relié
Collection des guides Joanne series. Alphabetical list of Paris streets with also the list of omnibuses and their routes, fares, mobile carriages and other public transport.
Publisher's binding in full purple cloth. Smooth unlettered spine. Title and arms of Paris on the first cover.
Large folding map of Paris in colors. Several small tears. Handsome copy.
The Paris of Napoleon III and Haussmann. This map of Paris was published for the 1867 Paris Universal Exhibition. At the end of the chapter on public carriages, one reads: "A special service, from Place du Palais-Royal to Pont d'Iéna, will operate throughout the duration of the exhibition".
€450
André SALMON
La négresse du Sacré-Coeur
Nrf|Paris 1920|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper, with mention of second edition.
Spine sunned with a lack at foot, dampstain at foot of boards.
Precious signed autograph inscription from André Salmon: "A Jacques Copeau, son ami admirateur de son oeuvre, André Salmon. Paris, Juin 1920." ["To Jacques Copeau, his friend and admirer of his work, André Salmon. Paris, June 1920."]

€150
ANONYME
L'insurrection de Paris 19 Août - 26 Août 1944
Parti Communiste Français|Paris 1944|11 x 18 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Photographic cover and photographs in the text.
Preface by Jacques Duclos.
Minor creases at foot of the first few leaves.
€40
Jules ROMAINS
Le vin blanc de la Villette
Nrf|Paris 1923|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine sunned with small tears.
Precious signed autograph inscription by Jules Romains: "A Jacques Copeau son admirateur et ami." ["To Jacques Copeau his admirer and friend."]
€300
Charles NODIER
La Seine et ses bords
Au bureau de La Publication|Paris 1836|14.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets and ornate triple gilt compartments with gilt stars at their centers, red paper boards marginally faded, speckled paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some foxing.
Very rare copy complete with its 46 engraved plates and 4 folding maps at the end of the volume.

€800
Paul de KOCK
La grande ville. Nouveau tableau de Paris comique, critique et philosophique
Au bureau central des publications nouvelles • Victor Magen|Paris 1842 - 1843|16.50 x 26 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition illustrated with wood engravings in text by Gavarni, Daumier, D'Aubigny... The second volume published in 1843 contains texts by Balzac, Alexandre Dumas, Soulié, Edouard Ourliac, Eugène de Mirecourt... 29 illustrations by Daumier signed in volume 1, 10 in volume 2. 17 plates in the second volume.
Contemporary half dark green sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with series of fillets. Blue cloth boards. Boards rubbed, corners slightly bumped. Scattered foxing.

Rare publication on the Paris of Louis-Philippe. The work proceeds by subject and articles: The wet nurses' bureau, flower sellers, baths, street lamps, sidewalks, theatre exits, beards and...
€450
Alfred DELVAU, Félicien ROPS
Les cythères parisiennes. Histoire anecdotiques des bals de Paris
E. Dentu|paris 1864|11 x 17.20 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 24 etchings on chine collé by Félicien Rops and Emile Thérond (the frontispiece and 18 of the vignettes are indeed by Rops).
Contemporary half brown shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with fillets. Some rubbing. 2 corners slightly bumped.
One of Auguste Poulet-Malassis's first productions in Brussels, the F. Rops frontispiece is a heliogravure reworked with etching and drypoint.
Monograph of all Parisian balls, a fashion particularly followed by all social classes at the time.
€450
Georges Eugène HAUSSMANN BARON
Portrait photographique du Baron Haussmann
Mayer & Pierson|Paris s. d. [circa 1860]|6.20 x 10.50 cm|une photographie
Original albumen photograph representing Baron Haussmann, in carte-de-visite format, mounted on cardboard from the Mayer & Pierson studio, with the mark on the back.
Pencil annotation on the back of the print. Very fine print executed in a much more careful manner than photographers of the period. The cardboard is more rigid, the corners of the photograph are rounded.

€1,200
Abbé COULLIE
Mars, Avril, Mai 1871. Saint-Eustache pendant la Commune
Imprimerie et librairie administrative|Paris 1872|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
Third edition.
Minor corner wear to spine and boards, printed bibliophile's stamp as bookplate on half-title page.
€50
COLLECTIF, Paulette PÉJU
Les Harkis à Paris
François Maspero|Paris 1961|11.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly sunned.
€30
(to Boris VIAN) Janine QUENEAU
Adieu chansons
Seghers|Paris 1955|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Work decorated with a frontispiece illustration by Joan Miro.

Very precious autograph inscription signed by Janine Queneau to her great friend Boris Vian: "A Boris dont je crains d'avoir bien mal suivi les conseils. Avec beaucoup d'affection. Janine." ["To Boris, whose advice I fear I have followed very poorly. With much affection. Janine."]

Provenance: Boris Vian Foundation.

€750
Valery LARBAUD
Paris de France
A.A.M. Stols|Maestricht [Maastricht] • & Paris 1926|14 x 20 cm|broché
The first edition printed in 350 numbered copies, ours one of the 300 numbered copies on laid paper.
Work illustrated with a vignette.
Covers slightly and marginally sunned without significance, otherwise a handsome copy.
€50
Henri GRISOLLET
Mémoire de la météorologie nationale : Climatologie de Paris et de la région parisienne
Secrétariat général à l'aviation civile et commerciale|Paris 1958|24 x 31 cm|agrafé
First edition illustrated with 8 figures in the text.
Unlettered spine.
Rare and handsome copy.

€70
Nicolas BRAZIER
Histoire des petits théatres de Paris depuis leur origine
Allardin|Paris 1838|9.50 x 15.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition with some parts in first edition.
Bradel binding in full olive green cloth, smooth spines decorated with gilt floral motifs, double fillets, dates, places and publisher's name gilt at foot of spines, green morocco title labels, original wrappers preserved.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
Handsome copy.
€120
COLLECTIF
Catalogue des livres relatifs à l'histoire de la ville de Paris et de ses environs composant la bibliothèque de M. l'abbé L.A.N. Bossuet curé de Saint-Louis en l'Isle
Damascène Morgand|Paris 1888|15 x 23 cm|relié
First edition.
Half bottle-green cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, red shagreen title-label with some rubbing, green paper boards, corners slightly bumped, covers preserved, contemporary binding.
Rare.
Interior in pleasant condition.
€60
CRAFTY
A travers Paris
Plon|Paris s. d. [1885]|27 x 23 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition and first printing of the illustrations.
Publisher's full olive green cloth binding, smooth unlettered spine, front board decorated with an equestrian scene, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, red edges.
Illustrations in text and full-page in black and color by Crafty.
Very occasional foxing.
Handsome copy despite the top headcap very slightly rubbed without any significance and a small nick at the foot of the front board.
We include the dust jacket of the work in poor condition.
€350
Gaston CAPON
Casanova à Paris
Jean Schemit|Paris 1913|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Two light angular tears at head and foot of front cover, which also has two small black ink stains at foot, otherwise a handsome copy.

€60
Hippolyte METTAIS
Paris avant le déluge
Librairie Centrale|Paris 1866|12 x 19 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine sunned with a tiny lack at foot, some foxing on the endpapers.
Rare.
€100
CAROLUS-DURAN
Lettre autographe signée au sujet d'une oeuvre attribuée à Raphaël : l'Apollon et Marsyas
Rome [Rome] 17 janvier 1869|13.20 x 20.60 cm|une feuille rempliée
Autograph letter signed by Charles Auguste Émile Durant known as Carolus-Duran, famous portraitist of high society during the Third Republic. One folded sheet.
The artist discusses the forthcoming engraving of a famous painting with very controversial attribution: the Apollo and Marsyas, acquired in 1850 by English collector Morris Moore who maintained, despite the opinion of numerous curators, its attribution to Raphael. Exhibited in London, Paris, Vienna, Venice and Milan, it was finally acquired in 1883 by the Louvre museum for the sum of 200,000 francs. Its attribution is now given to Perugino.
"Monsieur le directeur,
Vous vous souvenez sans...
€300
CAROLUS-DURAN
Lettre autographe signée sur son portrait de jeune fille présenté au Salon
Paris 6 mai 1890|11.60 x 17.90 cm|une feuille rempliée
Autograph letter signed by Charles Auguste Émile Durant known as Carolus-Duran, famous portraitist of high society during the Third Republic. One folded sheet.
The artist gives his authorization to the famous journal L'Illustration to reproduce one of the portraits ("le portrait en gris de Melle XXX") ["the grey portrait of Miss XXX"] that he presented at the first Salon du Champ de Mars, in 1890. This painting received good reviews, notably in the Revue des Deux mondes: "[...] M. Carolus Duran est pourtant un portraitiste rare et supérieur par la sincérité qu'il apporte à rendre, dans tout son éclat et toute sa variété, la première et...
€180
Francisque DURET
Lettre autographe signée au chef du secrétariat des beaux-arts : Adolphe Saint Vincent Duvivier
Paris s. d. [vers 1860]|10.40 x 13.10 cm|une feuille rempliée
Autograph letter signed by sculptor Francisque Duret to Adolphe Saint Vincent Duvivier, head of the secretariat of the École impériale des beaux-arts.
"J'ai retenu Paul Armand, modèle arabe pour ma quinzaine à l'école et je prie Monsieur Duvivier de lui donner les instructions nécessaires et de prendre son adresse [...]" ["I have retained Paul Armand, Arab model for my fortnight at the school and I ask Monsieur Duvivier to give him the necessary instructions and to take his address [...]"]
€80
Georges CLAIRIN
"de malheureux artistes, dont je fais partie, s'imposent le supplice d'envoyer un ou deux tableaux"Autograph letter signed at the Salon des artistes français
s. d. [après 1880]|10.50 x 13.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by the Orientalist painter Georges Clairin to a fellow painter, complaining about the harsh selection imposed by the Salon des artistes français, the official and obligatory gathering of French painting.
"[...] jusqu'au 20 mars il y a à Paris beaucoup de malheureux artistes, dont je fais partie, qui s'imposent le supplice d'envoyer un ou deux tableaux au palais des Champs Elysées, et que je suis assez bête pour envoyer deux tableaux cette année - je suis en retard et madame peinture ne me permet pas de me donner les plaisirs que m'offrent l'amitié. [...]" ["[...] until March 20th there are in Paris many unfortunate artists, of whom I am...
€80
Adrien de LONGPERIER (Eugène DELACROIX)
Lettre autographe signée sur le plafond de Eugène Delacroix à la galerie d'Apollon du palais du Louvre
13 septembre 1852|12.20 x 19 cm|une feuille
Long autograph letter signed by the archaeologist and curator of antiquities at the Louvre Museum, Adrien de Longpérier, to a journalist, 4 pages on a folded sheet.
In this fascinating letter about Eugène Delacroix, the curator of Egyptian antiquities Longpérier castigates a journalist, author of a harsh critique of the painter's ceiling at the Galerie d'Apollon in the Louvre: "mais quand il s'agit seulement d'un plafond, fait pour une galerie roccoco, quand du reste j'ai reconnu que cet ouvrage produit un excellent effet décoratif que le ton général est parfaitement adapté à la place et qu'outre cela le tableau contient un certain noombre de détails traités...
€400
Édouard DETAILLE
Lettre autographe signée à un confrère peintre
s. d.|9.70 x 12.70 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by the painter and illustrator Edouard Detaille, one folded sheet.
"Thursday
My old country gentleman,
Do you know what should be done with these little panels that are lying around here and there, and that I see appearing from time to time? I'm going to tell you. You should simply sign them, next to my signature. That way the public will know what to expect; it will be an attraction for a collector, and I assure you that the sale will be guaranteed. This stroke of genius has just sprung up in my brain, and I throw this thought on paper, amazed myself by this late and original conception! Examples abound: the Lionnet brothers...
€180
Édouard DETAILLE
Lettre autographe signée au ministre de la Guerre à propos du casque créé pour l'Infanterie française
s. d. [vers 1911]|12.80 x 17.10 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by the military painter and illustrator Edouard Detaille to the Minister of War Adolphe Messimy, one folded sheet. The painter had been charged with renovating the French army uniform and delivers here a first version of the helmet, which would be reworked by Louis Adrian and used during the First World War.
The painter presents a prototype of his helmet and requests that a few hundred be made: "J'ai l'honneur de vous adresse le casque que j'ai fait fabriquer pour l'infanterie, et dont l'adoption dès maintenant avait été décidée pour la batterie à cheval de la garnison de Paris. Je tiens absolument à la propriété de ce modèle, que j'ai...
€300
Charles CORDIER
"ne pas se départir de la naïveté dans le dessin ce qui amène au sentiment intime dans le portrait"Autograph letter signed about the sculptures of the Théâtre du Vaudeville
s. d. [vers 1867]|13.30 x 21.20 cm|une feuille
Long autograph letter signed by sculptor Charles Cordier to a painter friend regarding the sculptures of the Vaudeville Theatre, built at the corner of Boulevard des Capucines and Rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, from January 1867 to April 1, 1869, commissioned by the City of Paris.
The majority of the sculptures and bas-reliefs had been entrusted to Emile Hébert, whose Italian cherubs were not to the taste of Charles Cordier, a great defender of French style: "Vaudeville should be represented by an adolescent receiving from artistic tradition the attributes of comedy, and what instead? Tiresome sculpture instead of creating French sculpture for a...
€200
Oscar SAPHO
Sous la Coupole
Ultramarine|Paris 1985|25 x 25 cm|broché
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy despite a small repaired tear at foot of spine.
Work illustrated with numerous drawings by Sapho.
Signed autograph inscription from Sapho to Anne-Marie Vaneau with an original drawing representing a woman from the front, perhaps the dedicatee.
Our copy is expanded with a large original drawing by Sapho, executed in black felt-tip pen in the manner of Pablo Picasso on a paper tablecloth from the brasserie La Coupole - famous gathering place of the Montparnos, representing the faces of a group of 9 friends and which was entitled by Sapho "Où est mon autocar de camarades?"
The...
€300
Louis MONIER, Jean DUTOURD
Paris la ballade
L'âge d'homme|Lausanne 1997|18 x 24 cm|broché
first edition illustrated with photographs of Louis Monier.
Preface by Jean Dutourd, comments by Alain Paucard.
Pleasant copy.
autograph dedication of the author auotgraphe dated and signed by Louis Monier to Charles Dobzynski.
€40
COLLECTIF, Gaëtan PICON
Le Paris de Robert Doisneau et de Max-Pol Fouchet
Editions Messidor|Paris 1986|21.50 x 26.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's full board binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Text by Max-Pol Fouchet, photographic illustration by Robert Doisneau.
Handsome copy.
€40
Hugues LE ROUX
Les fleurs à Paris
A. Quantin|Paris 1890|13.50 x 18 cm|relié
First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on tinted vellum, single edition with 25 Japan.
Bradel binding in full glazed Havana calfskin, smooth back decorated with a central monogram (A in the Q) and a golden floral pattern, tiny traces of friction without gravity, a black spot at the foot of a bit, date in the tail, golden casters on the caps, repetition of the same golden monogram at the head of the first board, small spots without gravity on the boards, golden nets on the cuts, double framing of golden lace on the guards and the paper counterplates in the tank , fragile double wrappers preserved and bound in, golden edges, ex-libris pasted on the back of the first cover, elegant...
€100
André SALMON
L'air de la butte
Les Editions de la Nouvelle France|Paris 1945|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 230 numbered copies on white wove paper, ours one of 30 out of trade, only large papers.
Autograph signed by André Salmon to René Jouglet.
Book illustrated with a frontispiece and Savignac bands.
Beautiful copy.
€120
André LELARGE
Paul-Louis Courier parisien
P.U.F.|Paris 1925|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the rare numbered copies on pure linen paper, the print run is not specified, there is no mention of other deluxe copies.
Covers very lightly and marginally sunned without consequence, handsome copy.
€100
Eugène BEJOT, Maurice GUILLEMOT
Entrac'tes de pierres
Henri Floury|Paris 1899|18.50 x 26 cm|relié
Illustrated edition of 11 original etchings by Eugène Béjot, one of 300 numbered copies on laid Arches paper, only one print after 25 imperial Japan, variously enriched.
Binding in half brown morocco with corners, back with five nerves, golden date at the tail, traces of friction on the joints, framing of golden nets on the boards of marbled paper, guards and counterplates of paper in the tank, slightly blunt corners, wrappers preserved and bound in, golden head, ex-libris glued on a counterplate.
Handwritten signatures of Maurice Guillemot and Eugène Béjot below the justification for the print.
€300
André René Polydore ALYSSAN DE CHAZET
Mémoires, souvenirs, oeuvres et portraits
Postel • Allardin • Dentu • Tessier • Delloye|Paris 1837|13.50 x 21.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
Illustrated edition of 11 original etchings by Eugène Béjot, one of 300 numbered copies on laid Arches paper, only one print after 25 imperial Japan, variously enriched.
Bindings in fawn half sheepskin, smooth backs adorned with golden romantic arabesques, small losses and slight friction in the back tails, joints slightly split in heads and in tails, marbled paper boards, guards and counterplates of paper in the tank, speckled edges , bindings of the time.
Some foxinges.
Illustrated book of three frontispiece portraits and 6 autographed facsimiles.
Our copy is enriched with a handwritten autograph letter dated February 15 (1826) from ARP Allysan de Chazet in...
€350
Paul GAVARNI
Oeuvres choisies. Etudes de moeurs contemporaines. 1- Les enfants terribles. Traductions en langue vulgaire. Les lorettes. Les actrices. Notices par Théophile Gautier et Laurent-Jan. 2- Fourberies de femmes en matière de sentiment. Clichy. Paris le soir. Notices par Laurent-Jan, Auguste Lireux et Léon Gozlan. 3- Le Carnaval à Paris. Paris le matin. Les étudiants de Paris. Notices par Théophile Gautier, A. Barthet et A. de Soubiran. 4- La vie de jeune homme. Les débardeurs. Notices par P.J. Stahl.
J. Hetzel & Cie|Paris 1846 - 1848|18 x 26.80 cm|4 tomes en 2 volumes reliés
First edition and first printing of the 320 wood engravings. Publication of the 4 volumes from 1846 to 1848, which explains why they are found separately.
Contributions by Théophile Gautier, Laurent-Jan, Léon Gozlan, Auguste Lireux and Jules Hetzel under the pseudonym P.-J. Stahl among others.
Contemporary half black shagreen bindings. Flat false raised bands spine decorated with ornate compartments. Gilt titles and volume labels. Gilt edges. Blind ruling frame on boards. A. Gaillard at foot. Roulettes on bands. Very fine gold and grey decorative endpapers. Pale scattered foxing on very white paper.
Work illustrated with a general frontispiece, 14 vignettes including one...
€850
Louis LE RIVEREND, Paul STECK
Les trois apprentis de la rue de la lune
Ancienne maison Quantin|Paris 1884|20.50 x 26 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition illustrated with in-text illustrations in black by Louis Le Riverend and Paul Steck as well as three out-of-text watercolors in color by Edward Loevy.
Publisher's polychrome cardboard binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt and silver ornament, beveled boards, front board enhanced with a large illustration, all edges gilt.
Endpapers tending to slightly pull away.

€300
ADLEN, SERGE [Maurice Féaudierre]
Clowns de Paris
Les éditions des presses du Temps présent|Paris 1959|26.50 x 35.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First edition consisting of an album of 27 prints colored or in black in or inset, most numbered and justified by Adlen, one of the 243 numbered copies on offset Sirène du Marais.
Some small foxing mainly affecting the very first and last leaves.
Our copy is quite complete of the 27 prints it must contain, and not 25 as erroneously announced to the justification of the print.
Serge's text.
Signed autograph dedication of Adlen to Armand Lanoux below the justification of the draw.
€750
Charles-Victor LANGLOIS
Les hôtels de Clisson, de Guise & Rohan-Soubise au Marais (archives et imprimerie nationale)
Jean Schemit|Paris 1922|20.50 x 27 cm|broché
First edition printed on laid paper.
Spine slightly faded, small tears at foot of front cover which also has three stains at head, handsome interior condition.
Work illustrated with 1 color plate, 52 plates, 18 figures and 3 plans.

€60
DRANER
Souvenirs du siège de Paris. Les défenseurs de la capitale. - Les soldats de la République. L'armée française en campagne
Au bureau de l'Eclipse|Paris s. d. [circa 1870]|23.50 x 32 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
For each of the two volumes, first edition illustrated with 32 lithographed plates in color (including the cover) by Draner.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double fillets and gilt fleurons, cold-tooled fillet frame on red paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, two corners very slightly bumped, illustrated covers preserved.
Some light foxing, two small corner losses to the first cover of the second volume, some leaves dog-eared at head.

€400
Adolphe THIERS
(Chambre des députés) Rapport fait au nom de la commission chargée de l'examen du projet de loi tendant à ouvrir un crédit de 140 millions pour les fortifications de la ville de Paris par M. Thiers député des Bouches-du-Rhône
S. n.|1841|22 x 28 cm|relié
First edition printed on laid paper.
Half chocolate brown morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands showing some rubbing, marbled paper boards, two scratches at head of second cover, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, scratches to corners, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
The appendix to session No. 36 has been bound following the subject of the 1841 session to the Chamber of Deputies presented by Adolphe Thiers.
Rare.
Provenance: from the library of Château de Prye with a bookplate pasted to one pastedown.

€200
Nicolas de LA MARE
Traité de la police, Où l'on trouvera l'Histoire de son Etablissement, les Fonctions et les Prerogatives de ses Magistrats, toutes les Loix et tous les Reglemens qui la concernent. On y a joint une Description historique et topographique de Paris
Aux dépens de La Compagnie|à Amsterdam 1729|29.50 x 48 cm|4 volumes reliés
New edition, with mention of Second and third augmented edition. The illustration includes 3 repeated title vignettes and eight folding plates of Paris, depicting the state of the city at different periods since its foundation. Title pages in red and black. The first volume of the Treatise on Police originally appeared in 1707, volume 2 in 1710, volume 3 in 1719, and a fourth volume (On Roads), written by Delamare's secretary, appeared posthumously in 1738, the latter not included in this 4-volume edition which reproduces the 1719 Paris edition in three volumes.
Contemporary binding in full marbled calf. Raised spine decorated. Red morocco title-labels. Brown calf volume labels, heavily...
€2,200
Jean-Pierre-Louis de LA ROCHE DU MAINE, MARQUIS DE LUCHET
Paris en miniature, d'après les dessins d'un nouvel argus
S. n.|à Amsterdam 1784|9 x 14.7 cm|relié
Several editions appeared the same year in Paris, London, Berlin.
Full brown flamed sheep binding, late 19th century. Smooth spine richly decorated in Restoration style. Red morocco title label. Fine copy.
Armorial bookplate engraved, from a private library.
Satirical and cynical description of Parisian life and customs. The author discusses theaters, prisons, fashions, promenades, the Tuileries...
€250
Armand MASSON, Henri Gaston DARIEN
Pour les quais. Première partie. Pièces dites par l'auteur au Chat-Noir, au Chien-Noir et chez d'autres animaux dépourvus de candeur
Léon Vanier|Paris 1905|16 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 12 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
A full-margined copy.
Spine creased, a small lack to head of second board, light tears to margins of certain leaves at the deckled edges.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece on Japan paper by Charles Léandre and drawings in and out of text by Henri Gaston Darien, Henri Charles Auguste Gounin, Jean-Louis Fernand Fau, Charles Léandre, Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, David Ossipovitch Widhopff and Adolphe Willette.
€600
Jules LÉVY, Jules JOUY
Programme du concert des Décadents du 27 avril au 3 mai 1894
Paris 27 avril-3 mai 1894|26.50 x 17.60 cm|broché
Jules LEVY & Jules JOUY
& CARPENTIER
Décadent's concert program from 27 April to 3 May 1894
Paris 27 April-3 May 1894| 26.5 x 17.6 cm | one leaf
Rare first edition of the Décadent's concert program held from 27 April to 3 May 1894 at 16 bis Rue Fontaine, in Paris.
On the reverse there is an elegant and humorous blue lithographed poster promoting Carpentier's “lively shadows.”
The leaflet has significant foxing, its lower left corner is cut, there are superficial sections of paper missing and the remains of some adhesive paper in the margin of the program.
Successor of the Café des Incohérents created by Jules Lévy, writer, actor and ex-Hydropath...
€600
Joe BRIDGE, Adolphe Léon WILLETTE
République de Montmartre - Menu du souper démocratique du 17 Neigeôse, An I
1921|25 x 32.30 cm|une feuille
Extremely rare and humoristic menu pamphlet from the “souper démocratique” “democratic supper” organised by the République de Montmartre, newly founded in 1921. The date shown is a parody of the republican calendar: "17 Neigeôse, An I".
A magnificent original wood engraving, representing the Communards on the Montmartre hill and bearing the monogram “Armand,” adorns the first board.
In the spirit of the Paris Commune, the République de Montmartre was created in the early 1920s by the Parisian artists Joé Bridge, Adolphe Willette, Jean-Louis Forain, Francisque Poulbot, Maurice Neumont, Louis Morin, Maurice Millière, Raoul Guérin and Jules Depaquit. Their parties and banquets, often...
€300
Joe BRIDGE, Adolphe Léon WILLETTE
République de Montmartre - souscription pour l'arbre de Noël des petits poulbots au cirque Médrano
L'Emancipatrice|[Würzburg] 1929|10.50 x 13.70 cm|une feuille
Very rare prospectus for the banquet of the Republic of Montmartre, organized at the Moulin de la Galette on November 6, 1931.
In the upper part, there is a beautiful original print signed Francisque Poulbot representing the citizens of the Republic of Montmartre returning from vacation.
In the spirit of the Paris Commune, the Republic of Montmartre was created in 1921 by Parisian artists Joé Bridge, Adolphe Willette, Jean-Louis Forain, Francisque Poulbot, Maurice Neumont, Louis Morin, Maurice Milliere, Raoul Guerin and Jules Depaquit . His parties and banquets, often organized in the mythical places of Montmartre (Moulin de la Galette, Circus Medrano, Moulin...
€80
Invitation au 41ème anniversaire de la fondation des Hydropathes
28 décembre 1919|12.80 x 10.50 cm|une feuille
Rare invitation to the session given by the Hydropathes, Sunday, December 28, 1919, for the 41st anniversary of its founding. The event was held at the large amphitheater of the Sorbonne. A handwritten mention indicates the name of the guest.
€200
Jules LÉVY
Invitation à la réunion préparatoire du 41e anniversaire de la fondation des Hydropathes
19 décembre 1919|12.80 x 10.50 cm|une feuille
Jules LEVY
Invitation to the preparatory meeting of the 41st anniversary of the foundation of the Hydropaths
19 December 1919 | 12.8 x 10.5 cm | one leaf
Rare invitation to the preparatory meeting organised by the Hydropaths Club, Sunday 28 December 1919, “to agree to the preparation for the forty-first anniversary ceremony of the foundation of our society.” The event took place «à la salle Berlitz (41, boulevard des Italiens) «at the Salle Berlitz (41, Boulevard des Italiens).»
A handwritten note on the lower part gives the name of the guest.
Horizontal fold in the middle of the document.
€200
Georges TOURNON
Dessin original signé au fusain et rehauts de gouache : contorsionniste à la fête du Trône
Paris 1932|15 x 9.50 cm|une feuille
Original drawing of the painter and draftsman Georges Tournon, in charcoal enhanced with gouache, signed "G. Tournon Feast of the throne Paris 1932".
"Georges Tournon was to be a Parisian artist who had acquired a certain dexterity in the art of chewing the street people, he had a real predilection to identify and draw from the nature of characters misery among the two wars: tramps curled up by the cold and hunger, couples of old people sitting on a bench, stray wanderers ... he associated with those excluded "at the end of the roll", sellers of "almost nothing", which, against a few cents, yielded to the passers-by flowers, mimosa, feather duster ... or played the...
€280
Georges TOURNON
Dessin original signé au fusain et rehauts de gouache : vendeurs de ballons au Jardin des Plantes
Paris 1932|15 x 9.50 cm|une feuille
Original drawing of the painter and draftsman Georges Tournon, in charcoal enhanced with gouache, signed "G. Tournon Jardin des plantes Paris 1932".
"Georges Tournon was to be a Parisian artist who had acquired a certain dexterity in the art of chewing the street people, he had a real predilection to identify and draw from the nature of characters misery among the two wars: tramps curled up by the cold and hunger, couples of old people sitting on a bench, stray wanderers ... he associated with those excluded "at the end of the roll", sellers of "almost nothing", which, against a few cents, yielded to the passers-by flowers, mimosa, feather duster ... or played the...
€230
Georges TOURNON
Dessin original signé au fusain et rehauts de gouache : un clown et un nain à la fête du Trône
Paris 1932|15 x 9.50 cm|une feuille
Original drawing of the painter and draftsman Georges Tournon, in charcoal enhanced with gouache, signed "G. Tournon Feast of the Throne Paris 1932".
"Georges Tournon was to be a Parisian artist who had acquired a certain dexterity in the art of chewing the street people, he had a real predilection to identify and draw from the nature of characters misery among the two wars: tramps curled up by the cold and hunger, couples of old people sitting on a bench, stray wanderers ... he associated with those excluded "at the end of the roll", sellers of "almost nothing", which, against a few cents, yielded to the passers-by flowers, mimosa, feather duster ... or played the...
€400
Georges TOURNON
Dessin original signé au fusain et rehauts de gouache : danseuse de cabaret et petit clown
Paris 1932|15 x 9.50 cm|une feuille
Original drawing of the painter and draftsman Georges Tournon, in charcoal enhanced with gouache, signed "G. Tournon Feast of the Throne Paris 1932".
"Georges Tournon was to be a Parisian artist who had acquired a certain dexterity in the art of chewing the street people, he had a real predilection to identify and draw from the nature of characters misery among the two wars: tramps curled up by the cold and hunger, couples of old people sitting on a bench, stray wanderers ... he associated with those excluded "at the end of the roll", sellers of "almost nothing", which, against a few cents, yielded to the passers-by flowers, mimosa, feather duster ... or played the...
€380
Edouard CHIMOT, Paul de PIDOLL
Le spleen de Paris
Editions de l'intermédiaire du bibliophile|Paris 1926|22 x 26 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with 10 original etchings by Edouard Chimot, one of 25 numbered copies on Japon imperial paper, deluxe copy.
The work is also illustrated with typographical ornaments by Paul de Pidoll.
Handsome full-margined copy.
The first gathering tends to come slightly loose.
Our copy, like all copies printed on Japon imperial paper, contains the complete suite of 10 original compositions by Edouard Chimot in triple state.
€900