Poetry

Nicolas MARTIN
Poètes contemporains de l'Allemagne
Jules Renouard & Cie|Paris 1846|11 x 18 cm|relié
First edition.
Half caramel calf binding, smooth spine decorated with black and gilt fillets as well as gilt friezes, turquoise calf title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Pencil gift inscription on the half-title page.
Our copy contains an additional leaf with a manuscript French translation of Zedlitz's poem "La revue nocturne" by a previous owner.
Handsome copy attractively bound.
€150
Claude de MALLEVILLE
Poesies du Sieur de Malleville
Chez Augustin Courbé|à Paris 1649|17 x 23 cm|relié
First posthumous edition. Publisher's device on title page.
Contemporary limp vellum binding. Smooth unlettered spine with trace of pen writing. Trace of pale dampstaining on the table and privilege leaf, at bottom of page, in margin. The first endleaf has come loose from the pastedown. The pagination resumes at page 65 after page 72, without lack. Good copy.
The poet Claude Malleville (1597-1647) is one of the most notable representatives of the generation that immediately followed that of Malherbe. He is, from his beginnings, around 1620, a poet appreciated for the quality of his verses, a regular at the Hôtel de Rambouillet and the salon of Mademoiselle de Gournay, he...
€800
Adoplhe CIESLARCZYK, Patrick STEFANETTO
Le carreleur
Chez Alain Sanchez|Libos [Monsempron-Libos] 1977|29 x 38.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First edition printed in 46 numbered copies on Arches vellum.
Work illustrated with 3 original color engravings by Adolphe Cieslarczyk.
Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Patrick Stefanetto to Gérard Mouizel in the form of a quatrain.
Autograph signatures of Patrick Stefanetto and Adolphe Cieslarczyk on the justification page.
Minor spotting of no consequence on the first endpaper.
Rare and handsome copy.
€450
OLIVE TAMARI
Noir et bleu
Vacance|Toulon 1957|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on offset Navarre, one draw with 20 Arches paper.
autograph dedication of the author signed autograph Olive Tamari a colleague poet, art critic and artist.
Book illustrated with 14 original lithographs Olive Tamari.
Tiny marginal minor bites on the first board.
€80
Michel SEUPHOR
Ambulando
Rougerie|Mortemart 1989|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Autograph inscription from Michel Seuphor to Daniel Leuwers.
A very good copy.
€70
Henri CAZALIS
L'illusion
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1875|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Full midnight blue morocco-grained shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motifs, gilt date at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, frame of gilt dentelle on pastedowns, covers and spine (faded) preserved, top edge gilt, gilt edges on cuts, binding signed by H. Capelle.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Henri Cazalis to (Jules) Barbey d'Aurevilly.
Handsome copy beautifully executed.
€800
COLLECTIF
Le cabinet satyrique ou recueil parfaict des vers piquans et gaillards de ce temps, tirés des secrets cabinets des sieurs de Sigognes, Regnier, Motin, Berthelot, Maynard et autres des plus signalez poètes du dix-septième siècle
Duquesne • Claudin|Gand [Ghent] • & Paris 1859-1860|10.50 x 18 cm|3 volumes reliés en 2
New complete edition, revised and corrected, printed in 134 copies, ours one of 116 on laid paper.
Full red morocco bindings, spines slightly faded with five raised bands decorated with gilt floral motifs, gilt dates at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, boards stamped at center with gilt arabesques forming a mandorla at the center of which appears a gilt allegory, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelle border on pastedowns, double fillets on leading edges, tiny tears of no consequence on leading edges, all edges gilt, superb near-contemporary bindings signed by Gaillard at foot of spine of first volume.
Fine copy very elegantly bound.
€400
Charles Hubert MILLEVOYE
Oeuvres précédées d'une notice par M. de Pongerville
Charpentier|Paris 1840|11 x 17.50 cm|relié
New edition.
Half green shagreen binding, smooth spine faded and decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, green cardboard boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners very slightly bumped, speckled edges.
Some light foxing.
€50
William COWPER
Poems
Printed for J. Johnson|London 1798|9.50 x 16 cm|2 volumes reliés
New and first illustrated edition with 10 charming figures by Stothard and engraved by Neagle, Heath, Angus, on heavy paper. A first collected edition, but unillustrated, had appeared in 1782 for the first volume and 1785 for the second.
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with 4 lyre stamps within a crown; fillets, roll tools. Red morocco title and volume labels. Dark area on the upper board of the first volume. Some foxing in the margins of the engravings, the tissue guards not having been removed. Handsome copy.
William Cowper prefigures English Romantic poetry, and Coleridge would call him "The best modern poet"; he indeed gave a new direction to...
€400
Charles LE GOFFIC
Le treizain de la nostalgie et du déchirement
Les Amis d'Edouard|Paris 1926|-|broché
First edition, one of 194 numbered copies on Arches paper, the only printing with 6 on Japan paper.
Autograph signature of the publisher below the justification page.
Spine and boards very lightly and marginally sunned as often, handsome interior condition.
€40
Jacques GAUCHERON
La grande épitaphe-misère
Editions Raison d'être|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
Edition, one of 15 numbered copies on fine ppaier and off trade, only large papers with another 135 numbered copies on fine paper.
autograph dedication of the author signed autograph of Jacques Adda Gaucheron Madame Gerard.
Book, illustrated with a portrait of the author as a frontispiece.
A scorch marks on the second flat and the last layers.
Trailer retained.
€80
Gilles MÉNAGE
Poesies françoises de Gilles Menage
De l'imprimerie d' Edme Martin|Paris 1758|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
New and very rare edition, printed in a small number of copies by the author himself.
Contemporary full marbled brown sheep binding. Decorated raised spine. Dark brown morocco title label. Rubbing, some scuffs on boards.
In 1652 appeared Aegidi Menagii Miscellanea published by Augustin Courbé in which were gathered for the first time French, Latin, Greek, and Italian poetry. Menage who had obtained a privilege allowing him to print Divers opuscules de vers et de proses for 10 years, before it reverted to Courbé, thus had several poetry pieces printed in very small numbers which he intended for his friends, as with this copy which has the particularity of presenting only a...
€280
Louis Joseph LEGAY
Mes souvenirs et autres opuscules poétiques
Chez J. Manoury|à Caen 1788|7.50 x 13.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition, illustrated with a title-frontispiece and 4 figures. LeGay is spelled Le Gay on the title page.
Contemporary full marbled blonde calf binding. Decorated raised spine, roulettes at head and tail. Blonde morocco title and volume labels. Triple fillet frame on boards. Blue speckled edges. Corners rubbed. Fine copy, remarkably fresh.
The work contains several collections by the author, Mes Souvenirs, pieces sung or read at the anacreontic society of the Rosati, verse fables, tales and epistles. Most of these pieces have love as their theme, in a light style.

€250
Charles CROS
Le coffret de santal
Alphonse Lemerre • J. Gay & fils|Paris 1873|10.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
First edition printed in 500 copies on vergé paper
Half brown shagreen over marbled paper boards, spine in six compartments decorated with double blindruled fillets and gilt points, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, corners slightly rubbed, ex libris of Eugène Le Senne, signed by Vanteyne on pastedown
Rare and precious autograph inscription from Charles Cros to Charles Le Senne, who would become the artists', writers', and publishers' lawyer, specializing in literary and artistic rights
Under the inscription, the poem Charles Cros inscribed onto Nina de Villard's (the dedicatee) copy is copied out in pencil.
€3,500
Paterne BERRICHON, Maximilien LUCE
Poèmes décadents 1883-1895
A. Messein|Paris 1910|15.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 12 copies numbered and justified by the author on Hollande paper, the only large paper copies.
With a frontispiece portrait of Paterne Berrichon by Maximilien Luce.
Some edges slightly and marginally faded, not serious.
A rare and good copy with good margins.
€750
Jean MESCHINOT
Les lunettes des princes publiées avec préface, notes et glossaire par Olivier de Gourcuff
Chez Jouaust, Librairie des Bibliophiles|Paris 1890|11 x 18 cm|relié
New edition, one of 250 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only issue with 15 China and 15 Whatman.
Half chocolate brown morocco binding, spine very lightly sunned with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
Provenance: from the library of James Hazen-Hyde with his bookplate pasted on a pastedown and bearing the following motto: "Le livre c'est un ami qui ne change jamais."
Very occasional foxing.
€60
Jacques GIRARD
Longue distance
Penthièvre|Bédée 1994|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
autograph dedication of the author signed autograph of Jacques Girard Francis Vigouroux.
Nice copy.
€20
Jacques GIRARD
Mobiles
Penthièvre|Bédée 1993|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
autograph dedication of the author signed autograph of Jacques Girard Francis Vigouroux.
Nice copy.
€20
MARTIAL D'AUVERGNE
Les poesies
De l'imprimerie de Antoine Urbain Coustelier|à Paris 1724|9.50 x 15.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition, from the collection of poets published by Urbain Coustelier. This edition of the poetry contains only Les vigiles de la mort de Charles VII, first published in 1493. It appears that these Vigiles had not been published since the first half of the 16th century.
Contemporary full glazed blonde calf binding. Spine with raised bands finely decorated. Beige morocco title and volume labels. Headcap of volume I with lacks and tailcaps of both volumes rather clumsily restored. Corners heavily bumped and damaged.
Les vigiles de la mort de Charles VII constitutes a chronicle of the times, from the king's birth to his death; it includes the wars and sieges of the English, the...
€450
Jean-Jacques AMPÈRE
Littérature, voyages et poésies
Didier|Paris 1853|11.50 x 18.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition.
Half black shagreen bindings, spines with four raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double gilt compartments, lower headcaps of the first volume slightly rubbed, black paper boards, white paper endpapers and pastedowns with some soiling, some corners slightly bumped, contemporary bindings.
Some light foxing.
Rare.
€80
Jean PASSERAT
Kalendae Januariae, & Varia quaedam Poëmatia [Ensemble] De caecitate oratio [Ensemble] Praefatiuncula in disputationem de ridiculis, quae est apud Ciceronem in libro secundo de Oratore [Ensemble] Le premier livre des poemes
Mamert Patisson|Lutetiae [Paris] • (Paris) 1603|10 x 15.20 cm|4 parties en un volume relié
Rare gathering of four early editions of Jean Passerat, all printed by Robert Estienne, whose mark is recognizable on the title page.
Kalendae Januariae. 1603. Mamert Patisson. After the first edition of 1597.
De caecitate oratio. 1597. Mamert Patisson. First edition.
Praefatiuncula... 1595. Mamert Patisson. First edition.
Le premier livre... 1602. Edition with some parts in first edition augmented with 7 new poems after that of 1597 which contained only 17.
Full brown glazed calf binding 18th century. Raised spine richly decorated. Brown morocco title label. Joints skillfully restored. Gilt tooling on edges. Handsome copy.
Le Premier livre of poems is...
€2,000
Nicolas BOILEAU DESPREAUX
Oeuvres poétiques suivies d'oeuvres en prose, publiées avec notes et variantes par P. Chéron
Chez Jouaust, Librairie des Bibliophiles|Paris 1876|11 x 18 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition, one of 500 numbered copies on Holland paper.
Half dark green morocco bindings with corners, spines with five raised bands decorated with cold fillets and compartments enhanced with gilt floral motifs, gilt dates at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edges gilt, elegant unsigned binding.
Handsome copy.
€100
Auguste BARBIER
Iambes
Urbain Canel et Ad. Guyot|Paris 1832|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition. Two poems not reprinted in subsequent editions.
Contemporary full brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fillets, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, gilt dentelle framing the marbled paper pastedowns, all edges gilt.
A handsome copy.
€200
Jules DELACRE
Chant provincial
Henri Lamertin • Henri Gaulon|Bruxelles [Brussels] • & Paris 1913|13 x 19 cm|broché
first edition for which there is no mention of leading copies.
autograph dedication of the author autograph dated and signed by Jules Delacre to Mr. and Mrs. Engel Bathori.
Lack head back.
€70
Charles PLISNIER
Prière aux mains coupées
Les écrivains réunis|Paris 1930|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 450 numbered copies on Alfa paper, only 25 leading copies after Japan and 25 Holland paper.
autograph dedication of the author signed autograph of Charles Plisnier to the actress and theater Andrée Tainsy woman.
Nice copy.
€60
Jorge Enrique MOBILI
La raiz verdadera
Talleres graficos Alamos|Buenos Aires 1947|16.50 x 24 cm|relié
Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by Jorge Enrique Mobili in the singer Jane Bathori who was the companion of the actress and theater woman Andrée Tainsy.
Our copy is enriched by the author's business card.
€200
Jorge Enrique MOBILI
Elegia
Imprenta Balmes|Buenos Aires 1948|16.50 x 24 cm|broché
Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by Jorge Enrique Mobili in the singer Jane Bathori who was the companion of the actress and theater woman Andrée Tainsy.
Our copy is enriched by the author's business card.
€300
René MÉNARD
L'arbre et l'horizon
A l'enseigne de l'homme méditant|Nancy 1949|17 x 19.50 cm|en feuilles
First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vellum Monfourat only draw after 33 leading copies.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by René Mébard to cantarice Jane Bathori who was the companion of the actress and theater woman Andrée Tainsy.
€60
René MÉNARD
Hymnes à la présence solitaire
Les cahiers du sud|Marseille 1950|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vellum Monfourat only draw after 33 leading copies.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by René Mébard to cantarice Jane Bathori who was the companion of the actress and theater woman Andrée Tainsy.
€70
René MÉNARD
La statue désertée
Chez l'auteur|Paris 1952|16.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vellum Monfourat only draw after 33 leading copies.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by René Mébard to cantarice Jane Bathori who was the companion of the actress and theater woman Andrée Tainsy.
€70
Tristan FERNANDEZ
La gloria desolada
D. Francisco A. Colombo|Buenos Aires 1949|16.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Pergament, one draw with 15 Fabriano paper Magnani.
autograph dedication of the author signed autograph Tristan Fernandez to the singer Jane (Batory) and his partner the actress and theater woman Andrée (Tainsy).
First lightly shaded flat head.
€200
Gloria ALCORTA
Visages (rostros)
Ediciones Botella al mar|Buenos Aires 1951|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
Bilingual Edition, the French translation has been done by the Spanish-speaking poet Rafael Alberti.
Bel autograph signed Gloria Alcorta to the singer Jane Bathori who was the companion of the actress and theater Andrée Tainsy woman.
Book adorned the author of illustrations.
A pleasant, well complete copy of the original crystal of the book reproduces the title page.
€300
François de MALHERBE
Poésies de Malherbe
Baudouin frères|Paris 1828|13 x 21.50 cm|relié
New edition.
Contemporary half cherry red calf binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt and blind fillets, uniformly faded, signed binding by Thouvenin.
Foxing.
Provenance: from the library of Marquis Guillaume de Lespine with his bookplate.
€150
Jean-Baptiste-Louis GRESSET
Oeuvres
Chez Les libraires associés|à Paris An XIII - 1805|9.50 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition.
Contemporary half blonde sheep bindings. Smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets, dentelles and fleurons.
Spine of volume two slightly damaged by opening, as well as joints of the same volume minimally damaged at head. Some foxing on endpapers and title pages.
Late edition of the author's works, a playful, light and sarcastic poetry, of which he himself established the genre at the beginning of the 18th century.
€200
Francis CARCO
La Bohême et mon coeur
Albin Michel|Paris 1939|12 x 19 cm|broché
Complete Edition, review copy.
Precious autograph signed by Francis Carco Descaves to Lucien: "... Remember, remember ..."
spine slightly insolated, small angular lack of boards.
€80
Alexander POPE
Les principes de la morale et du goût [suivi de] La boucle de cheveux enlevée
Chez Briasson|à Paris 1755|10 x 17 cm|2 textes reliés en un volume
New edition.
Contemporary full blonde calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with gilt dentelle and fleurons as well as a brown morocco title label. Triple gilt fillet framing the boards. Gilt roulette on the edges and headcaps. All edges gilt. Good copy.
These two poems by Pope were brought together quite early and multiple editions were made of them, the first is a rather lyrical didactic poem on the nature of man and his place in the universe, and the second, quite different, is a graceful and libertine poem on the divinities of love, sylphs and gnomes, who assist young girls in their amorous emotions.
€250
Jean PASSERAT
Le Premier Livre des poemes de Jean Passerat
Par la veuve Mamert Patisson|à Paris 1602|9.50 x 14.80 cm|relié
Edition with some parts in first edition, the main part of which appeared in 1597, but which contains for the first time Le Fresne, L'Espérance, La Divinité des procès, Sur un anneau, Je pensais que vertu, La Femme et le Procès, Ce Petit Dieu colère, On demande en vain; that is 7 new poems (only 17 had appeared in 1597).
Full dark green morocco binding late 19th century. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 fleurons. Boards decorated à la Du Seuil, inner frame with fleurons in the corners. Rich inner frieze. Spine lightened. Light rubbing to corners, joints and headcaps. The copy appears, judging by the handmade paper of the pastedowns, to have been rebound.
This is the last...
€1,000
Père & fils GUILLAUMOT, Jean-Baptiste-Louis GRESSET
Ver-vert ou les voyages du perroquet de la visitation de Nevers, poème héroï-comique en quatre chants
Rouquette|Paris 1877|18.50 x 27 cm|relié
Edition published by Georges d'Heylli and illustrated with original etchings by Guillaumot père et fils, one of 30 numbered copies on China paper, deluxe issue with 30 on Whatman.
Half caramel calf binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced at angles with gilt typographical motifs, hazelnut brown morocco title-label, marbled paper boards, traces of soiling to board margins, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, upper corners slightly bumped.
Occasional light foxing.
€120
Alphonse de LAMARTINE
Nouvelles confidences
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1851|15 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half-sheep binding in navy blue, spine with five raised bands set with black stippling decorated with double black fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, one tear to a leading edge, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
€100
Esaias TEGNÉR
Axel. - Frithiof. - Poésies diverses
Librairie française et étrangère|Paris 1846|13 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition of the French translation established by mademoiselle R. du Puget.
Half navy blue shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets decorated with double black compartments at whose centers the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin is repeated five times, joints lightly rubbed at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, a slight nick to one leading edge, speckled edges.
Some foxing.
Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave Flaubert.
€80
Jean DUPLESSIS-BERTAUX, François-Félix NOGARET
Le fond du sac, recueil de contes en vers et en prose & de pièces fugitives
Leclere|Paris 1866|13 x 20 cm|relié
Edition printed in 400 numbered copies on Hollande paper and illustrated with a frontispiece as well as 11 vignettes by Duplessis-Bertaux.
Half green morocco binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave Flaubert.
€150
Léon LAURENT-PICHAT
Libres paroles
Comptoir des imprimeurs-unis|Paris 1847|15 x 24 cm|relié
first edition printed in small numbers.
Full binding shagreen midnight blue, back with four nerves set with gold decorated with double black boxes threads and golden, light head scrapes back, framing of double gold and black nets on the boards, guards and white moiré silk contreplats containing small foxing, framing a set of triple gilt fillets on contreplats, all edges gilt, net gilded on the cuts, both corners with traces of friction, contemporary binding.
Our copy is enriched with an autograph quatrain signed Leon Laurent-Pichat.
Some minor foxing.
€300
Philippe DESPORTES
Oeuvres
Adolphe Delahays|Paris 1858|9.50 x 16 cm|relié
New edition printed on laid paper.
Half navy blue morocco binding, spine slightly faded with five raised bands set with black fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece engraving.
A trace of a bookseller's description label on an endpaper.
Handsome set in a charming uniform signed contemporary binding.
€80
Alexis PIRON
Oeuvres complètes
Imprimerie de la Société typographique|Tolede [Toledo] 1777|12 x 19.50 cm|7 volumes reliés
Reprint of the complete works given in 1776, established by Rigoley de Juvigny, illustrated with a portrait of the author by Aug. de Saint Aubin engraved by Billé. As very often, the eighth volume, comprising the Œuvres badines, is not included here.
Contemporary bindings in full tree calf. Smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets, dentelles and fleurons, as well as green morocco title and volume labels. Blind fillet on boards. All edges speckled.
Some rubbing, otherwise a handsome copy.
Author of numerous comedies and epigrams which he had made a true specialty, often against the authors of his time, notably Fréron and Voltaire. Many of his plays were successful...
€450
Joseph-Alexandre de SÉGUR
Comédies, proverbes et chansons
Chez Colnet • Debrai et Mongie|Paris An X - 1810|12.50 x 21 cm|relié
First edition?
Contemporary full blonde calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, as well as a brown morocco title label. Gilt fillet and dotted lines on boards. Greek key roll in blind framing the pastedowns. Gilt rolls and lines on edges and headcaps. All edges gilt.
Corners rubbed, otherwise a handsome copy.
Joseph Alexandre de Ségur is the brother of the Comte de Ségur, he is the author of light comedies and songs. His brother, whose career as a statesman was ruined by the Revolution and who was condemned to live by his pen, becoming a historian, curiously also published a collection of tales and songs in 1801.
Bookplate from the...
€200
Jean-Baptiste-Louis GRESSET
Oeuvres
Chez Bleuet jeune|Paris An XI - 1803|9 x 14.50 cm|2 tomes reliés en 3 volumes
Edition illustrated with a portrait of the author and five figures by Moreau le Jeune.
Contemporary bindings in half red long-grain morocco with corners. Smooth spines decorated with eight gilt fillets. Paper boards. Some foxing, mainly on endpapers. Handsome copy.
Late edition of the author's works, a playful, light and sarcastic poetry, whose genre he himself established at the beginning of the 18th century.
€300
Friedrich von SCHILLER
Poésies
Charpentier|Paris 1844|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
New edition of the French translation by Xavier Marmier.
Binding chocolate brown half shagreen, back with five nerves had set with black nets decorated with double black boxes, tail golden date marbled paper plates, paper contreplats guards and to the tank.
Some minor foxing.
€120
Mathurin RÉGNIER
Les Epistres et autres oeuvres de Regnier, avec des remarques
Chez Lyon et Woodman|Londres [London] 1730|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
New edition.
Contemporary full sheep binding. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, and a red morocco title label. Cold-tooled fillet framing the boards. Cracked joints, head worn and tail damaged with loss, rubbing, corners bumped. Fresh interior.
This edition contains the epistles, the elegies and miscellaneous poems including the sonnet to Sieur de Rapin which was not found in previous editions but which was not retained by modern criticism.
€150
LE TASSE
Jérusalem délivrée. Poëme, traduit de l'italien
Bossange, Masson|Paris an XI - 1803|12.50 x 20.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First printing edition, with Le Brun's translation, accompanied by the life of Tasso by Suard. The illustration comprises the portrait of Tasso engraved by Delvaux after Chasselat, and 20 figures by Le Barbier engraved by Bovinet, Dambrun, Delignon, Langlois, Trière, etc, protected by tissue guards.
Contemporary bindings in full marbled calf. Smooth spines decorated with gilt fleurons and dentelles. Boards framed with gilt roulette. Gilt roulette framing the pastedowns. Gilt roulette on the leading edges. All edges gilt. Head joint of the first volume cracked, headcap slightly damaged. Some rubbing. Scattered foxing. A reasonably good copy.
Handsome edition illustrated by Le...
€350
Claude Marie GUYÉTAND
Poésies diverses
De l'imprimerie de Clousier|Paris 1790|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Contemporary full marbled calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and fleurons as well as a red morocco title-label. All edges speckled.
Some rubbing and two wormholes on the tail headcap.
The collection brings together various pieces in verse published in different periodicals. Guyétand reflects the poetry of the pre-revolutionary period, and his most accomplished work is a defense of Voltaire, Le génie vengé; he was an upright character who claimed his Jura and social origins, it is claimed that he was one of the models for the character created by Stendhal, Julien Sorel, which is undoubtedly his greatest glory.
Manuscript note by...
€180
Adam BILLAUT
Le Villebrequin de Me Adam menuisier de Nevers, contenant toutes sortes de poësies gallantes tant en sonnets, epistres, epigrammes, élégies, madrigaux, que stances et autres pièces, autant curieuses que divertissantes sur toutes sortes de sujets
Chez Guillaume de Luyne|à Paris 1663|14 x 8.50 cm|relié
Second edition published a few months after the first edition, this second edition has the merit of containing tributes by Saint Aignan, Scudery, Bertault, Ménard.
Contemporary binding in full porphyry calf. Spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, as well as a red morocco title-label. Double gilt fillet framing the covers. All edges marbled.
Adam Billaut (1602-1662) was one of the first working-class poets; Les chevilles by Master Adam appeared in 1644 and had great critical success. Billaut became the protégé of the Prince de Condé, was pensioned by Richelieu and admired by his peers. If his poetry shines little through elegance, in a...
€250
Gustave NADAUD
Chansons à dire
Tresse & Stock|Paris 1895|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
Fourth edition.
Half yellow mustard calf binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, navy blue morocco title-label, red morocco author label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Handsome copy.
€60
Armand SILVESTRE
Rimes neuves et vieilles
E. Dentu|Paris 1866|11 x 18 cm|relié
first edition.
Bound in half red shagreen, back with five nerves set with black nets decorated with double gilded coffered, gold tail date caps slightly rubbed minor, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, marbled edges, corners blunted.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed Armand Silvestre to Monsieur de Margorie.
Our copy has been enriched with a portrait of the author pasted next to the title page.
Preface by George Sand.
€100
Marc-Antoine-Madeleine DÉSAUGIERS
Chansons et poésies
Garnier frères|Paris 1842|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
Elzevier edition.
Half dark green sheep binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with double compartments centered with gilt typographical motifs, small lack to upper headcap, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped.
Handsome interior condition without foxing.
€60
André CHÉNIER
Oeuvres en prose de André Chénier augmentées d'un grand nombre de morceaux inédits et précédées d'une notice littéraire par Eugène Hugo, et d'une notice historique contenant toutes les pièces relatives à son procès devant le tribunal révolutionnaire, par le bibliophile Jacob
Charles Gosselin|Paris 1840|11 x 17.50 cm|relié
Edition with some parts in first edition and the only complete edition.
Half bronze calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, joints showing traces of wear, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary romantic binding.
Some foxing.

€150
Edward YOUNG, LE TOURNEUR
Oeuvres diverses du Docteur Young
Chez E. van Harrevelt|Amsterdam 1772|11 x 18 cm|reliés
New edition, illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author (unsigned), as well as with a figure at the head of each volume.
Contemporary full light calf bindings. Smooth spines decorated with gilt fleurons and fillets, as well as black morocco title and volume labels. Gilt vegetal roll border framing the boards. Geometric roll on the edges. Fine gilt dentelle framing the pastedowns. All edges marbled. Some joints rubbed or very lightly cracked, otherwise a handsome copy.
The edition is organized as follows:
Vol. 1. Young's Nights.
Vol. 2. Young's Nights (Continued). The Last Judgment. The Triumph of Religion. Paraphrase of the Book of Job. Epistle to Voltaire...
€350
Jean REBOUL
Poésies de Jean Reboul de Nîmes
H.L. Delloye|Paris 1842|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
New edition.
Half red shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, red paper boards decorated with cold-stamped decorative motifs, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Some foxing.
€50
Jean PASSERAT
Recueil des oeuvres poetiques. — Kalendae Januariae, & Varia quaedam Poëmatia
Chez Abel l'Angelier|Paris 1606|11 x 16.50 cm|2 ouvrages reliés en un volume
Posthumous editions of these works, prepared and published by Jean de Rougevalet, the author's nephew. The Recueil is decorated with a lovely portrait of Passerat, engraved on copper by Thomas de Leu. Among the various French pieces it contains, one finds his famous cynegetic poetry: Le Cerf d'amour, Le Chien courant and Adonis ou la chasse du sanglier. Viollet-le-Duc's copy, with his bookplate.
Later binding (mid-18th century) in full marbled blonde calf, spine with five raised bands decorated with compartments and gilt fleurons, as well as a red morocco title label, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, all edges red.
In the Recueil: repair at...
€1,200
Claude-Privas de MORENNE
Oraisons funebres et tombeaux. Avecques les Cantiques, Quatrains, & autres Poëmes, tant François que Latins
Pierre Bertault|Paris 1604|11 x 17.50 cm|4 parties reliées en un volume
The very rare first collected edition, first in parts, of the works of Claude de Morenne (1550-1606), preacher to King Henri IV and Bishop of Sées.
Contemporary cream-colored supple vellum, spine with fillets and little gilt fleurons, double gilt fillet frame to covers, all edges gilt.
One tiny wormhole to top edge.
This collection is dedicated to Secretary of State Villeroy and contains, as well as various Funeral Orations and Eulogies (124 ff.), the Cantiques spirituels (77 pp.), the Quatrains (20 pp.) and les Poemes divers (104 pp.). Engraved ex libris with the initials PR and a device of Notre Dame protecting France with the genealogy of the French kings.
A very good...
€1,500
André CHÉNIER
Oeuvres anciennes. — Oeuvres posthumes, augmentées d'une notice historique par H. de Latouche
Guillaume|Paris 1826|13 x 20 cm|2 volumes reliés
First editions of some parts.
Contemporary half purple calf bindings, uniformly sunned spines decorated with gilt fillets, roulettes and fleurons and blind romantic fleurons, all edges marbled. Some rubbing to headcaps.

€250
Alfred DELVAU
Les Sonneurs de sonnets
Librairie Bachelin-Deflorenne et Cie|Paris 1885|13 x 20 cm|relié
Edition from the collection of the Bibliothèque littéraire du XXe siècle, decorated with a frontispiece etching by Frédéric Massé.
Half bordeaux shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets decorated with the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times, gilt date at foot, faded turquoise morocco title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges.
Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave Flaubert.
A handsome copy.
€250
Michael HUBER, Salomon GESSNER
Choix de poésies allemandes [Avec] Daphnis et le premier navigateur [Avec] Idylles et poëmes champêtres
Humblot • Vincent et Jean-Marie Bruyset|Paris(deux premiers textes) • et Lyon 1766, 1764 et 1762|10 x 16.50 cm|3 ouvrages reliés en 5 volumes
New editions. One frontispiece engraved by De Longueil after Watelet and 4 title fleurons engraved by Watelet for the Choix de poésies (cf. Cohen, col. 500). One frontispiece engraved by Watelet after Pierre, 5 head-vignettes engraved by Marguerite Le Comte (4) and Watelet (1) and one tailpiece for Daphnis (cf. Cohen, col. 436). One frontispiece, 10 head-vignettes and 2 tailpieces engraved by Watelet for the Idylles (cf. Cohen, col. 431).
Contemporary full grained calf bindings. Smooth spines decorated with blind fillets, unidentified gilt numbers at foot. Blind fillet frame to boards. All edges speckled red.
Small hole in the blank of the title of volume...
€450
Jean DOUBLET
Élégies. Suivies des Épigrammes et Rimes diverses
Librairie des Bibliophiles|Paris 1871|10.50 x 17 cm|relié
Reprint for the Cabinet du bibliophile Collection of the Elegies of the Dieppe poet Jean Doublet, born at the beginning of the 16th century and died around 1580. Edition of 333 copies, this one of 15 numbered copies on Whatman paper.
Contemporary binding in full red morocco, signed Allô - Wampflug, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons in compartments, gilt fleurons stamped at center of boards, double gilt fillet emphasizing edges and headcaps, wide gilt dentelle framing pastedowns, all edges gilt. Handsome copy in a fine binding by Allô, gilt by Wampflug, gilder at Lortic from 1856 to 1876.
From the library of Baron de Marescot (1879, no. 151), with his...
€680
Evariste PARNY
Opuscules
Manoury|Londres, [London] • et se trouve à Caen 1787|7.50 x 12.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
Counterfeit of the Cazin 1781 edition of these erotic pieces, Madagascan songs and literary miscellanies. According to the permission placed at the end of the second volume, this fourth edition would have been printed in 1,500 copies. It is illustrated with 2 engraved title-frontispieces, bearing the mention "Fifth edition", and 5 figures etched by Coulet. Copy on blue-tinted laid paper.
Later (19th century) bindings in full blue morocco, decorated in Du Seuil style, signed Allô. Spines with five raised bands richly decorated with compartments, fleurons, fillets and gilt dentelles. Six-fold frame of gilt fillets and corner fleurons on boards. Gilt fillet emphasizing edges and headcaps...
€500
COLLECTIF
Recueil des plus belles pièces des poëtes françois, tant anciens que modernes, depuis Villon jusqu'à M. de Benserade
par La Compagnie des libraires|Paris 1752|8 x 13.50 cm|6 tomes reliés en 3 volumes
Famous anthology of poetry, known as the Recueil de Barbin because the notices it contains are thought to have been composed by François Barbin, son of the bookseller who first printed it in 1692. This precious collection was the first to grant an important place to Medieval poets, which was a great novelty at the time.
Near-contemporary bindings (circa 1810) in full tawny calf. Smooth spines richly decorated with compartments and gilt fillets, as well as emerald morocco title and volume labels. Covers framed with multiple gilt dentelles and roulettes. Gilt fillet highlighting the edges and headcaps. Gilt roulette framing the pastedowns. All edges gilt.
One corner bumped...
€550
Germaine BLONDIN
Le jeu de l'oie
Editions Corymbe|Paris 1937|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Autograph inscription from Germaine Blondin to the journalist and film historian Pierre Leprohon.
Spine slightly sunned.
€50
Victor HUGO
Toute la lyre
Jules Hetzel & Cie • Maison Quantin|Paris 1888-1893|14 x 23 cm|3 volumes reliés
First edition.
Half red shagreen bindings, spines with five raised bands set with black fillets and decorated with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of marbled paper, one corner slightly bumped, minor traces of rubbing on bottom edges, contemporary bindings.
Some occasional light foxing.
Provenance: from the library of Jules Félix Louis Gastinger with his bookplates pasted on the pastedowns.
Handsome copy attractively established in uniform contemporary binding.
€750
Pierre-Jean de BÉRANGER, Tony JOHANNOT
Oeuvres complètes
Perrotin|Paris 1847|14.50 x 24 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition and first printing of the beautiful romantic illustrations.
Half red shagreen bindings, spines with four raised bands set with gilt borders decorated with double gilt and black compartments enhanced with gilt typographical motifs, double gilt fillets on red paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of marbled paper, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 52 beautiful steel engravings by Charlet, Lemud, Johannot, Daubigny, Pauquet, Jacques, Penguilly, Rudder, Raffet, Sandoz.
Pleasant copy.
€300
Gabriel-Charles de LATTAIGNANT
Chansons et autres poésies posthumes de M. l'Abbé de L'Attaignant
Chez La veuve Duchesne|à Paris 1780|9.50 x 16 cm|relié
First edition.
Contemporary binding in full marbled blonde sheep. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, as well as a red morocco title label. Gilt roulette on the edges and headcaps. All edges red.
Lower tail joint cracked for a few centimeters and some rubbing. Foxing mainly on the first and last leaves.
Lattaignant (1697-1779) was considered the great songwriter of his time (J'ai du bon tabac...); besides numerous songs, he is the author of light and gallant poetry of which Le mot et la chose is the most famous piece. In this respect the dedications of the songs or poems are very eloquent and summarize quite well the gallant and...
€200
Arthur de BOISSIEU
Poésies d'un passant
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1870|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
Second edition.
Half navy blue morocco-grained shagreen binding, lightened spine with five raised bands set with black fillets decorated with the gilt paraph of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave Flaubert.
Handsome copy almost entirely free of foxing.
€80
François-Félix NOGARET
Le fond du sac, recueil de contes en vers
J. Lemonnyer|Rouen 1879|13 x 20 cm|2 volumes reliés
Edition illustrated with 22 vignettes including 10 engraved by Champollion after J. Garnier and J. Fesquet, one of 150 copies on Whatman paper, ours unnumbered.
Half straw-yellow morocco with corners, faded spines with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double gilt compartments richly ornamented with gilt floral motifs and a mosaic piece of lightened straw-yellow morocco, dates and places gilt at foot, gilt fillet frames on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edges gilt, bindings signed by Allô.
Our copy is enhanced with 5 out-of-text figures by Legrand which have been added.
Handsome copy beautifully executed and free from foxing.
€250
Tristan DERÈME
L'enfant perdu
Emile-Paul|Paris 1928|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 900 numbered copies on pur fil paper Lafuma.
Endpapers very slightly and partly faded, not serious.
€20
Joseph VASSELIER
Poésies de Vasselier [suivies des] Contes de Vasselier
de l'imprimerie d'Egron • S. n.|à Paris • et à Londres [London] 1800|12.50 x 21 cm|2 parties reliées en un volume
Vasselier's Poésies appear to have had several editions at the same date, this one is considered the first. Unsigned portrait of the author as frontispiece.
Near-contemporary binding, Restoration period, in full brown calf signed Thouvenin. Spine with five raised bands richly decorated with gilt dentelles and fillets, as well as blind-tooled fleurons in the compartments and a black morocco title label. Blind dentelle, black fillet and gilt cornerpieces framing the boards. Joints slightly cracked. Foxing on the endpapers, frontispiece and opening and closing leaves.
Works of a minor Lyonnais poet of the late 18th century in the tradition of Grécourt, apparently director of the Post...
€250
Antoine-Marin LE MIERRE
Oeuvres : Les Fastes ou les usages de l'année [Ensemble] Pièces fugitives
Chez P. Fr. Gueffier|à Paris 1779 et 1782|12.50 x 18.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition for both works bound together.
Near-contemporary bindings signed at foot "Descham"; in red morocco for the spines and green for the boards. Smooth spines decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons as well as a signature at the bottom of each volume. Gilt roll-work framing the boards. Gilt rolls on the edges and headcaps. Fine gilt dentelles framing the marbled paper pastedowns. Some worming, mainly at the foot of the spines. Elegant copy combining two colors.
Descriptive and didactic poetry in imitation of Ovid's Fasti, The Fastes are this author's most famous work, who was also a playwright, and whose versification skills opened the doors of the French Academy to...
€350
Alfred DELVAU
Les sonneurs de sonnets 1540-1866
Librairie Bachelin-Deflorenne|Paris 1867|9 x 13.50 cm|relié
First edition printed on laid paper of the author's last work.
Half dark blue shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with black fillets, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, two corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.
€100
Jean-Baptiste de GRECOURT
Oeuvres complètes
Imprimerie de Chaignieau ainé|Paris L'an V - 1796|12 x 18.50 cm|4 volumes reliés
New edition, handsomely illustrated with a portrait frontispiece engraved by Dupréel and eight figures hors texte by Fragonard fils, engraved by Dambrun, Duparc, Giraud le jeune, Pauquet, Lingée, Dupréel. Cohen does not record this edition.
Late 19th-century full blonde calf bindings, signed Petit successeur de Simier. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons as well as green morocco volume labels. Boards decorated with triple gilt fillets. Leading edges and headcaps decorated with double gilt fillets. Gilt dentelles framing the pastedowns. All edges gilt. Very handsome copy, in a highly decorative set.
Author of playful poetry, often libertine and...
€900
François-Auguste PARSEVAL GRANDMAISONS
Les Amours épiques, poëme en six chants
imprimerie de Dentu|à Paris 1806|13 x 20 cm|relié
Second edition with some parts in first edition, the first edition of 1804 had 2000 fewer verses. A title vignette.
Contemporary full camel blonde calf binding, signed R.P. Thouvenin. Spine with five raised bands decorated with stippling, fleurons and gilt fillets, as well as a blue morocco title-label. Gilt pointillé stamps, roulette and cold fillet framing the boards. Gilt dentelle framing the marbled paper pastedowns. All edges marbled. Head damaged, joints slightly rubbed. A large dampstain in the lower margin affecting the first leaves.
A collection composed of imitations of the great epic poets, from Antiquity or the Renaissance, consisting of a succession of tableaux. The...
€250
Evariste PARNY
Porte-feuille volé, contenant Le Paradis perdu, Les Déguisemens de Vénus, Les Galanteries de la Bible
Au Magazin de Librairie|à Paris 1805|9 x 14 cm|relié
First edition published anonymously.
Contemporary binding in half blonde calf. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fillets and dots, and a green morocco title-label. All edges gilt.
A collection of light and humorous poetry, and gently libertine. Le paradis perdu is a satire of Milton's eponymous work; Les déguisemens de Vénus, an imitation of the Greek poets; Les galanteries de la bible are pleasant sermons in verse.
€150
ANONYME
Le Tygre, satyre sur les gestes mémorables des Guisards, 1561
Berger-Levrault|Strasbourg 1851|15 x 22 cm|relié
New edition printed in 60 numbered copies, ours one of 2 numbered copies on green paper, deluxe copies after 1 on Mouton paper.
Half dark green morocco binding, spine faded with four raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments, minor rubbing to headcaps, boards, endpapers and pastedowns of marbled paper, two corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
A handsome and rare copy.
€230
Mathieu de MONTREUIL
Les Oeuvres de Monsieur de Montreuil
Chez Thomas Iolly|à Paris 1666|8.50 x 14.50 cm|relié
The rare illustrated first edition, with a frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by Picart. Collected edition, prepared by the author himself, containing his correspondence and poetry.
19th-century full emerald morocco binding signed Cuzin. Spine with five raised bands richly decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons. Triple gilt fillet framing the covers. Wide gilt dentelle framing the pastedowns. All edges gilt.
Montreuil's work belongs to précieux literature, consisting essentially of fictional letters addressed to ladies and damsels and madrigals. Mathieu de Montreuil assiduously frequented Parisian literary salons, like Benserade, his style is gallant and light, yet...
€750
Pierre BOURET
Recuëil de Poësies diverses
S. n.|s. l. 1733|12 x 20 cm|relié
New edition.
Later red morroco by (19th century), Jansenist spine in six compartments, large gilt dentelle frame to pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Spine and joints slightly rubbed.
€500
Mathurin RÉGNIER, Eugène Emmanuel VIOLLET-LE-DUC
Oeuvres complètes de Mathurin Régnier avec les commentaires revus et corrigés précédées de L'histoire de la satire en France pour servir de Discours préliminaire par M. Viollet Le Duc
P. Jannet|Paris 1853|9.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
Edition presented with revised and corrected commentary, one of the rare copies printed on China paper.
Full navy morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with gilt double compartments enhanced with gilt typographical motifs, gilt friezes at head and foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, triple gilt fillet frame on covers, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelle frame on pastedowns, all edges gilt, double gilt fillets on leading edges, superb contemporary binding signed by Hardy.
Some foxing.
Handsome copy established in a perfect full morocco binding signed by Hardy.
€300
André CHÉNIER
Oeuvres en prose de André Chénier augmentées d'un grand nombre de morceaux inédits et précédées d'une notice littéraire par Eugène Hugo, et d'une notice historique contenant toutes les pièces relatives à son procès devant le tribunal révolutionnaire, par le bibliophile Jacob
Charles Gosselin|Paris 1840|11 x 17.50 cm|relié
Edition with some parts in first edition and the only complete one.
Full navy calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt double cartouches and gilt romantic arabesque, very light scratches of no consequence to spine, frame of gilt fillet and gilt typographical motifs at corners on boards with gilt romantic mandorla at centers, pink paper endpapers and pastedowns, gilt fillets on leading edges, all edges gilt, superb romantic pastiche binding.
Some foxing.
Handsome copy established in a very elegant romantic pastiche binding.

€300
Catherine DESROCHES
La puce
Chez Jouaust, Librairie des Bibliophiles|Paris 1872|11 x 17.50 cm|relié
Second reprint, one of 250 numbered copies on laid paper, the only printing with 8 China and 8 Whatman.
Binding in half navy blue morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, binding signed by Canape.
Handsome copy in an attractive Canape binding.
€100
First illustration of Zimeo, the first Black insurgent hero in French literature
First illustration of Zimeo, the first Black insurgent hero in French literature
Jean-François de SAINT-LAMBERT, [SA'ADI]
Les Saisons, poëme. [The Seasons. Followed by Abenaki, Sara Th..., Ziméo, Fugitive Pieces, and Oriental Fables]
S. n.|Paris 1775|-|relié
Seventh edition, first to illustrate Zimeo, adorned with 7 plates by Moreau le Jeune: a frontispiece and 4 plates for Les Saisons, engraved by Delaunay, Duclos, Prévost and Simonet, and 2 plates for the Contes, Poésies fugitives and Fables orientales, together with 4 headpiece vignettes by Choffard. Our copy is further enriched with separate pulls of the title-page ornament and Choffard's vignettes.
Nineteenth-century binding in full midnight-blue morocco. Five-raised-band spine decorated with pastoral flowers (vine, wheat and billhook, game and hunting horn...) and gilt compartments. Triple gilt fillet and...
€1,200
Marc-Antoine-Madeleine DÉSAUGIERS
Chansons et poésies diverses
Dufey • Delloye|Paris 1834|7 x 12 cm|4 volumes reliés en 2
New edition.
Full chocolate morocco bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt triple fillets as well as blind-stamped friezes and typographical motifs, gilt friezes at head and tail, gilt roulettes on headcaps, covers framed with a gilt fillet and blind floral frieze, decorated at centers with a mandorla ornamented with blind-stamped romantic arabesques, gilt dots and edging on leading edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, yellow edges, superb contemporary romantic bindings.
A handsome copy perfectly executed in magnificent contemporary romantic binding.
€150
Horace VERNET, Marie-Joseph de CHÉNIER
Oeuvres posthumes de M. J. Chénier, membre de l'Institut; revues, corrigées et augmentées de beaucoup de morceaux inédits; précédées d'une notice sur Chénier par M. Daunou, membre de l'Institut . - Oeuvres de M. J. Chénier, membre de l'Institut; précédées d'une notice sur Chénier par M. Arnault, revues, corrigées et mises en ordre par D.Ch. Robert
Guillaume|Paris 1824-1826|13.50 x 21 cm|8 volumes reliés
Collected edition ornamented with a portrait of Joseph Chénier as frontispiece to the first volume of works by Horace Vernet.
Half bronze calf bindings, faded spines with four raised bands set with gilt friezes and undulating blind fillets decorated with romantic typographical motifs in blind, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, slight tears of no consequence to some joints, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, elegant unsigned contemporary romantic bindings.
Handsome copy perfectly established in charming uniform contemporary romantic binding.
€450
William COWPER
The poetical works, and memoir of the author
Charles Daly|London • (Londres) [London] 1840|10 x 16.70 cm|relié
New edition, illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and 20 steel engravings by G. Standfast on heavy paper (tissue guards present).
Contemporary English binding in full red shagreen. Raised spine richly decorated. Boards very ornate with different frames, large corner pieces... Floral roulette on leading edges and interior floral frieze. Edges gilt. Minor rubbing traces to joints at headcaps. Very handsome copy, completely free of foxing, on tinted paper.
€400
Auguste BARBIER
Nouvelles satires, Pot-de-vin et Erostrate
Paul Masgana|Paris 1840|14.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Bound in half cherry red Russian morocco with corners, spine with five fine raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt romantic tools, gilt date at foot, one joint showing traces of rubbing, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, handsome binding in the Romantic taste signed by Canape.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Auguste Barbier to Monsieur Oliveira.
Some minor foxing affecting mainly the margins of certain leaves.
Handsome copy perfectly bound in a handsome pastiche...
€350
FRANC-NOHAIN
Nouvelles fables
Editions Spes|Paris 1933|12 x 19 cm|broché
first edition on the current paper.
Signed autograph of Franc-Nohain Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered...
€50