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<p>&laquo; J'ai horreur de me servir de mes amis dans ma litt&eacute;rature. [...] Je peux montrer mon cul en public et non mon coeur o&ugrave; ta place est si grande, toi, mon fr&egrave;re, non de chair, mais d'esprit et de choix. &raquo; (T. Gautier &agrave; L. de Cormenin, 1er aout 1851, cf. "Th&eacute;ophile Gautier" par St&eacute;phane Gu&eacute;gan, Gallimard, 2011)</p>

Published correspondences

« J'ai horreur de me servir de mes amis dans ma littérature. [...] Je peux montrer mon cul en public et non mon coeur où ta place est si grande, toi, mon frère, non de chair, mais d'esprit et de choix. » (T. Gautier à L. de Cormenin, 1er aout 1851, cf. "Théophile Gautier" par Stéphane Guégan, Gallimard, 2011)

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Published correspondences
  2. Par le don de Florence Gould. Chancellerie des universités de Paris
    François CHAPON, Dominique AURY

    Par le don de Florence Gould. Chancellerie des universités de Paris

    Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet|Paris 1988|18.50 x 27 cm|broché
    First edition published under the direction of François Chapon, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
    Preface by Dominique Aury.
    Spine very lightly sunned without consequence, handsome copy.


    €300
  3. Lettres du maréchal Bosquet 1830-1853
    Pierre-Joseph-François BOSQUET

    Lettres du maréchal Bosquet 1830-1853

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



    €60
  4. Lettre autographe signée
    Pierre BENOIT

    Lettre autographe signée

    Saint-Céré (Lot) [Saint-Céré] s. d. [Après 1925]|21 x 26.50 cm|1 page sur un feuillet
    Letter autograph signed by Pierre Benoit, a page, to an unidentified friend, 8 lines in black ink, without date and written since Saint-Céré in the Lot.
    Two small tears on the margins of the sheet and without any damage to the text, three spots in the foot and at the top of the sheet, always without any damage to the text. Traces of creases.

    In this letter, written from his famous room No. 2 which he occupies at the hotel of Saint-Céré since 1925 and in which he retrenched to write and "work hard" , Pierre Benoit informs his correspondent of his geographical error concerning Saint-Céré, the latter having confused Lot-et-Garonne and Lot during his previous...
    €80
  5. Lettre autographe signée "c'est l'immobilisme chez ces gens qui ne prennent plus aucun risque d'édition..."
    Louis CALAFERTE

    Lettre autographe signée "c'est l'immobilisme chez ces gens qui ne prennent plus aucun risque d'édition..."

    Lyon 5 Mars 1978|21 x 27 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet
    Letter autograph dated March 5, 1978 signed by Louis Calaferte, two pages, to an unidentified bookseller friend, 33 lines in black ink, written from Lyon.
    Usual traces of minor folds of a letter slipped into an envelope.

    In his missive, full of solicitude, esteem and respect for the work of writing of his unfortunate correspondent who wishes to publish his manuscript, Louis Calaferte apologizes first of all for the delay, independent of his will, taken for to answer him: "I waited, waited, waited - always hoping to be able to bring you a happy news concerning the possible edition of your work of bookstore" , to then confess to him and to criticize "a...
    €180
  6. Lettre autographe signée à son ami lyonnais Charles Deshayes "... l'affaire Céline me paraît le meilleur comme l'Affaire Dreyfus..."
    Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE

    Lettre autographe signée à son ami lyonnais Charles Deshayes "... l'affaire Céline me paraît le meilleur comme l'Affaire Dreyfus..."

    Korsør (Danemark) [Korsør] 12 Novembre (1949)|21 x 34 cm|deux pages sur un feuillet
    Letter autograph signed by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, two pages, envelope attached to Charles Deshayes, 25 lines in blue ink, dated November 12 (1949) and written since his Danish exile Korsor.

    Traces of central folds inherent to a letter slipped into an envelope that we enclose to the letter.

    Louis-Ferdinand Céline begins his letter in the grip of doubts and insults: "It's a very ugly shot, what to try, I can not avoid myself nowhere, I have complaints of counterfeiting That's all, all these people are basically afraid, they'll never admit it.
    Then, in postscript, he thinks that he may have found a publisher "(very possibly") a possible (?)...
    €2,500
  7. Lettres de jeunesse
    Eugène FROMENTIN

    Lettres de jeunesse

    Plon|Paris 1909|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    Fourth edition.
    Bradel binding in full blue cloth, smooth spine, old rose shagreen title label, original wrappers preserved.
    €30
  8. Correspondance avec Saint-John Perse
    Alain BOSQUET

    Correspondance avec Saint-John Perse

    Gallimard|Paris 2004|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
    Autograph signed by Marina Bosquet to Charles and Eliane Dobzynski.
    Nice copy.
    €20
  9. Lettres inédites d'Edgar Quinet au docteur Lortet
    Alfred WESTPHAL

    Lettres inédites d'Edgar Quinet au docteur Lortet

    P.V. Stock|Paris s. d. [circa 1910]|10.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
    first edition, one of the few numbered copies on Holland paper.
    Signed autograph signed by Alfred Westphal to Dr. Sicard de Planjoly.
    Letter-preface by Gabriel Monod, photographic portrait of Dr. Lortet in frontispiece.
    Pleasant copy.
    €80
  10. « Comme si l'amour le plus vrai ne pouvait s'accorder qu'avec le dérangement de tout. »
    Georges BATAILLE

    « Comme si l'amour le plus vrai ne pouvait s'accorder qu'avec le dérangement de tout. »Autograph letter signed to Denise Rollin

    s. l. s. d. [circa 1940-1943]|20.90 x 27 cm|1 page
    Autograph signed letter to Denise Rollin: “As if the truest love could
    only be matched with the inconvenience of everything”
    [ca 1940-1943] | 20.9 x 27 cm | 1 page
    Autograph letter signed by Georges Bataille to Denise Rollin, 18 lines in black ink.
    Letter of a passionate love during the war. Georges Bataille is in Paris where the German offensive is in full swing: “[...] the German attack begins again.”

    But this destruction does not reach Bataille's loving exaltation, on the contrary: “Sometimes I think that it is as if there was something more violent and terrible between you and me because we found ourselves in the...
    €3,500
  11. « en tout cas imposer une pareille souffrance à un homme exactement pour rien, cela devient comme une maladie, comme un délire. »
    Georges BATAILLE

    « en tout cas imposer une pareille souffrance à un homme exactement pour rien, cela devient comme une maladie, comme un délire. »Autograph letter to Denise Rollin

    s. l. • [Paris] [circa 1940-1943]|21 x 27.30 cm|1 page
    Autograph letter from Georges Bataille to Denise Rollin, 14 lines in black ink and pencil.
    This letter, from the amorous correspondence that Bataille addressed to Denise Rollin during the war and Occupation, contains in embryo the feelings that explode throughout Bataille's entire work. Incessant ebb and flow of love and suffering, of ecstasy and disappointment, of calm and energy, mixing familiar and formal address, compliments and reproaches, this letter resembles its author and the era: « Comment pouvez-vous être assez aveugle pour ne pas voir le mal que vous me faîtes en vous laissant aller au premier caprice venu ? Que je le veuille ou non, une vie ne peut...
    €3,500
  12. « Mais combien c'est dur de me sentir ainsi tout à coup arraché à vous, de ne plus rien pouvoir vous dire, d'être réduit à cette lettre. »
    Georges BATAILLE

    « Mais combien c'est dur de me sentir ainsi tout à coup arraché à vous, de ne plus rien pouvoir vous dire, d'être réduit à cette lettre. »Autograph letter signed to Denise Rollin

    s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1940-1943]|13.40 x 20.40 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet
    Autograph letter signed by Georges Bataille to Denise Rollin, 25 lines in black ink on one leaf.
    The first letter Bataille sends to Denise Rollin after her departure for Vézelay. Bataille remains in Paris as he is employed at the Bibliothèque nationale which does not close during the war. The separation has just occurred but Bataille hastens to write: « J'ai hâte de mettre la lettre à la poste, elle vous suivra de très près, comme tout ce que je suis voudrait vous suivre partout. » ["I am eager to post this letter, it will follow you very closely, as all that I am would wish to follow you everywhere."] To reassure her, he seeks in events signs of good...
    €3,000
  13. « Cela me déchire toujours de me séparer de vous.»
    Georges BATAILLE

    « Cela me déchire toujours de me séparer de vous.»Autograph letter signed to Denise Rollin

    s. l. s. d. [1943]|13.50 x 20.80 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet

    BATAILLE Georges. Autograph letter, signed, to Denise Rollin: “Cela me déchire toujours de me séparer de vous.” “It always tears me up to part from you.”
    N. d. (1943), 13,5 x 20,8 cm, 2 pages on a single leaf
    Autograph letter signed from Georges Bataille to Denise Rollin, 46 lines in black ink to one leaf, dampstain to upper right, not touching text.
    The majority of the letter is given over to the search for a house in Vézelay: “I've already seen a house and an apartment.” In 1943, Georges Bataille had the idea of renting a house in Vézelay where the couple could move in with Laurence, the daughter of...
    €3,500
  14. « Maintenant je n'aspire plus qu'à une chose c'est à vous prouver que je n'appartiens plus qu'à vous, que je suis rivé à vous [...] »
    Georges BATAILLE

    « Maintenant je n'aspire plus qu'à une chose c'est à vous prouver que je n'appartiens plus qu'à vous, que je suis rivé à vous [...] »Autograph letter signed to Denise Rollin

    S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1940-1943]|20,7 x 27,0 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet
    Fine and long autograph letter signed by Georges Bataille to Denise Rollin, unpublished, torn in five pieces not affecting readability, 34 lines in black ink on one leaf.
    Both frequenting Parisian intellectual and artistic circles, Georges Bataille and Denise Rollin met during 1939. She was notably the friend of Cocteau, Prévert and Breton. Bataille described her thus in his notebooks for Le Coupable: « une illusion aussi fragile qui se dissiperait au moindre souci, au moindre relâchement de l'inattention. » ["an illusion so fragile that it would dissipate at the slightest worry, at the slightest relaxation of inattention."]
    Few details remain...
    €4,500
  15. « Je songe à toi dans cette chambre et à tout ce qui arrivera là quand nous serons de nouveau ensemble. »
    Georges BATAILLE

    « Je songe à toi dans cette chambre et à tout ce qui arrivera là quand nous serons de nouveau ensemble. »Handwritten signed letter to Denise Rollin: “I think of you in this room and all that will happen there when we are together again.”

    Paris s. d. [3 ou 4 juin 1940]|20.90 x 26.90 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet

    Touching handwritten letter signed by Georges Bataille to Denise Rollin, 37 lines in pencil, small water stain in the top right not affecting the text.
    Georges Bataille tries to reassure his companion Denise Rollin: “Je t'en supplie. Il ne faut pas t'inquiéter, mais pas du tout.” “I beg you. You must not worry, not at all.” She moved to Vézelay where Bataille would soon join her. He stayed in Paris where the bombings did not disrupt Parisian lives at all: “Tu n'imagines point à quel point les petits dégâts qu'on voit paraissent insignifiants à côté de la place intacte qu'il y a de tous les côtés. Pendant toute l'alerte, j'ai déjeuné bien tranquille avec mon chef de...

    €4,500
  16. « Dites, Madame, voulez-vous un fétiche ? [...] je porte bonheur moi-même !»
    Guy de MAUPASSANT (to Emmanuela POTOCKA)

    « Dites, Madame, voulez-vous un fétiche ? [...] je porte bonheur moi-même !»Autograph letter signed to Countess Potocka

    Paris s. d. [début janvier 1884]|10.20 x 13 cm|4 pages sur un feuillet double
    Signed autograph letter from Guy de Maupassant to the Countess Potocka, 67 lines in black ink on a letterhead "GM 83, rue Dulong", envelope attached.
    This long letter begins with a commission that was made to Maupassant: " I immediately pay for a commission for which I am charged, although I seem to find a little irony in it. The Princess Ourosow, who has just written to me to ask to see her this evening, begs me, in postscript, to remind her of your memory when I see you. Princess Ourosov was the wife of the Russian ambassador to Paris. With the Countess she was part of that worldly gotha ​​that surrounded authors and artists.
    The irony he...
    €6,800
  17. « Maupassant prêtre libre »
    Guy de MAUPASSANT (to Emmanuela POTOCKA)

    « Maupassant prêtre libre »Autograph letter signed to Countess Potocka

    Paris s. d. [16 janvier 1884]|10.10 x 13 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet rempliée
    Signed autograph letter of Guy de Maupassant to Countess Potocka, 26 lines in black ink on a sheet of laid paper headed "GM 83 Dulong Street".
    Maupassant evokes the episode that marks his entry into familiarity with the countess: the famous story of dolls. Following a lost bet, the Countess Potocka sent Maupassant rag dolls representing the ladies invited to a future dinner. By play, Maupassant took six of them and stuffed them with the belly of cloth before autograph dedication of the author them back to the countess. In a word that accompanied the mail, Maupassant boasted of having them all engrossed in one night.
    To get out of an evening that he would prefer to...
    €7,500
  18. « vous m'en voudrez un peu pendant longtemps. »
    Guy de MAUPASSANT (to Emmanuela POTOCKA)

    « vous m'en voudrez un peu pendant longtemps. »Autograph letter signed to Countess Potocka

    Triel [Triel-sur-Seine] s. d. [8 juillet 1889]|9.90 x 15.20 cm|3 pages sur un feuillet rempliée
    Autograph letter signed by Guy de Maupassant to Countess Potocka, 38 lines in black ink on a double sheet.
    Published in Marlo Johnston, "Lettres inédites de Maupassant à la comtesse Potocka," Histoires littéraires, no. 40, October-November-December 2009.
    Darker than usual, Maupassant seems troubled by some incident he does not mention but for which he apologizes to the Countess: "Je vous demande encore pardon, ce qui du reste n'atténue pas mon remords ; et je vous assure qu'il est cuisant car j'ai cette arrière-pensée que cous m'en voudrez un peu pendant longtemps." ["I ask your pardon once again, which moreover does not diminish my remorse; and I...
    €6,800
  19. « Votre conscience me préoccupe. Je m'efforcerai de bien la diriger. »
    Guy de MAUPASSANT (to Emmanuela POTOCKA)

    « Votre conscience me préoccupe. Je m'efforcerai de bien la diriger. »Autograph letter card signed to Countess Potocka

    [Paris] s. d. [décembre 1880-juillet 1884]|11.70 x 9 cm|en feuilles
    Autograph letter-card signed by Guy de Maupassant to Countess Potocka, 19 lines in black ink, on letterhead "GM 83, rue Dulong".
    Published in Marlo Johnston, "Lettres inédites de Maupassant à la comtesse Potocka", Histoires littéraires, n°40, October-November-December 2009.
    Maupassant was part of the circle of suitors of Countess Potocka whom she had nicknamed the "Macchabées". The author was much in social demand and this created scheduling problems for him: "Or, voici le cas [...] Legrand m'avait recommandé de ne pas m'engager [...] à ce dîner en m'annonçant une invitation de sa belle-soeur, invitation qui n'est pas...
    €2,500
  20. Lettres de P.J. Toulet et de Emile Henriot
    Paul-Jean TOULET, Émile HENRIOT

    Lettres de P.J. Toulet et de Emile Henriot

    Gallimard|Paris 1958|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on Navarre laid paper, deluxe copy after 35 on Rives wove paper.
    Handsome copy.
    €60
  21. Lettres à René Rimbert
    Max JACOB

    Lettres à René Rimbert

    Rougerie|Mortemart 1983|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on Lana wove paper, deluxe copy.
    Handsome copy.
    €80
  22. Correspondance 1940-1948
    Jean PAULHAN, André SUARÈS

    Correspondance 1940-1948

    Rougerie|Mortemart 1992|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Lana laid paper, deluxe issue.
    Handsome copy.
    €80
  23. Lettres à Roger Blin
    Jean GENET

    Lettres à Roger Blin[Letters to Roger Blin]

    Gallimard|Paris 1966|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Jean Genet to Margaret Bendy.
    Illustrations.
    Spine slightly sunned, not serious.
    €1,200
  25. L'amitié de Stéphane Mallarmé et de Georges Rodenbach
    Stéphane MALLARMÉ, Georges RODENBACH

    L'amitié de Stéphane Mallarmé et de Georges Rodenbach

    Pierre Caillier|Genève [Geneva] 1949|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 1500 numbered copies on buff laid paper.
    Unpublished letters and texts, preface by H. Mondor.
    Handsome copy.
    €40
  26. Lettre à Jacques Maritain. - Réponse à Jean Cocteau
    Jean COCTEAU, Jacques MARITAIN

    Lettre à Jacques Maritain. - Réponse à Jean Cocteau

    Stock|Paris 1926|13.50 x 19 cm|2 volumes brochés
    First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on vélin d'Arche paper, this copy one of 25 hors commerce for each volume, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies with 30 Japon.
    Spine and covers slightly and marginally faded as usual, otherwise nice set with edges preserved.
    €450
  28. Lettres d'un retiré
    Valery LARBAUD

    Lettres d'un retiré

    La Table Ronde|Paris 1922|13 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Very fine copy.
    €120
  29. Lettres de Marceline Desbordes à Prosper Valmore
    Marceline DESBORDES-VALMORE

    Lettres de Marceline Desbordes à Prosper Valmore

    Editions de la Sirène|Paris 1924|16.50 x 25.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
    First edition, one of 1500 numbered copies on alfa bouffant paper, the only issue after 18 on pur fil.
    Spine and covers marginally discolored and sunned as usual, occasional foxing.
    €70
  30. Lettre d'Italie
    Valery LARBAUD

    Lettre d'Italie[Letters from Italy]

    La lampe d'Aladdin|Liège 1926|12.50 x 16 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, the tirage de tête after 20 on Japan paper.
    A very good copy despite a small trace of sunning to foot of spine.
    €150
  31. Lettres à sa famille
    Roger VAILLAND

    Lettres à sa famille

    Gallimard|Paris 1972|14.50 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 37 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
    A very good copy.
    €300
  32. Lettres
    Maurice SACHS

    Lettres[Letters]

    Le Bélier|Paris 1968|14 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on Japan nacré paper, the tirage de tête.
    With a photographic portrait of the author as frontispiece, a very good copy.
    €180
  33. Lettres à Jean Cassou
    Joë BOUSQUET

    Lettres à Jean Cassou

    Rougerie|Limoges 1970|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 125 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only large paper copies.
    A very good copy.
    €100
  35. Lettres 1902-1918
    Paul LÉAUTAUD

    Lettres 1902-1918

    Editions Mornay|Paris 1929|10.50 x 18 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 427 numbered copies on Rives laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 41 Japan.
    A very slight and harmless tear to the head of the spine, handsome copy.
    €80
  36. Lettres à sa famille
    Roger VAILLAND

    Lettres à sa famille

    Gallimard|Paris 1972|14.50 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 37 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
    Ex libris pasted onto the first endpaper.
    A very good copy.
    €300
  38. Correspondance recueillie et annotée par Arthur Duparc suivie du catalogue complet de l'oeuvre de H. Régnault
    Henri REGNAULT

    Correspondance recueillie et annotée par Arthur Duparc suivie du catalogue complet de l'oeuvre de H. Régnault

    Charpentier & Cie|Paris 1873|-|relié
    Second illustrated edition with a portrait of Henri Régnault etched by Laguillermie.
    Half chocolate brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly faded, marbled paper boards, front board with a white stain at head, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
    Provenance: from the library of Louis d'Eichtahl with a shelf label pasted on a pastedown.
    €80
  42. Lettres de la Marquise du Deffand à Horace Walpole, depuis comte d'Oxford, écrites dans les années 1766 à 1780, auxquelles sont jointes des lettres de madame du Deffand à Voltaire, écrites dans les années 1759 à 1775 publiées d'après les originaux déposés à Strawberry-Hill
    Marie de Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise du DEFFAND

    Lettres de la Marquise du Deffand à Horace Walpole, depuis comte d'Oxford, écrites dans les années 1766 à 1780, auxquelles sont jointes des lettres de madame du Deffand à Voltaire, écrites dans les années 1759 à 1775 publiées d'après les originaux déposés à Strawberry-Hill

    Ponthieu|Paris 1824|13 x 21.50 cm|4 volumes reliés
    New edition augmented with extracts from the letters of Horace Walpole.
    Half green sheep bindings, smooth spines faded and decorated with gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, one corner slightly bumped.
    Work illustrated with a portrait of the Marquise du Deffand as frontispiece to the first volume.
    Some foxing.
    €250
  43. Souvenirs et correspondance de Madame de Caylus publiée avec annotation historique, biographique et littéraire et un index analytique par Emile Raunié
    Marthe-Marguerite Le Valois de Villette de Murçay, Comtesse de CAYLUS

    Souvenirs et correspondance de Madame de Caylus publiée avec annotation historique, biographique et littéraire et un index analytique par Emile Raunié

    Charpentier|Paris 1881|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Half navy blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times, gilt date at foot, one joint cracked and fragile, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt on deckled edges, elegant later unsigned binding.
    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 pleasantly bound but fragile at one joint.

    €200
  44. Lettres d'Eugénie de Guérin publiées avec l'assentiment de sa famille par G.S. Trébutien
    Eugénie de GUÉRIN

    Lettres d'Eugénie de Guérin publiées avec l'assentiment de sa famille par G.S. Trébutien

    Didier & Cie|Paris 1865|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
    Third edition, false statement of sixth edition on the cover, one of the rare copies on Holland paper of which no mention is made.
    Half chocolate brown morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands with slight scratches of no consequence, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, original wrappers preserved, binding signed by Pock fils.
    Handsome copy.
    €150
  45. Lettres de jeunesse
    Antoine de SAINT-EXUPÉRY

    Lettres de jeunesse[Early Letters]

    Gallimard|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Japon, tirage de tête along with 10 Madagascar hors commerce.
    Half black morocco, spine in six compartments, marbled paper boards, pastedowns and endpapers of papier uni, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding by Goy & Vilaine.
    A very good copy in a handsome binding.
    €2,300
  46. Lettres
    Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de SEVIGNE

    Lettres

    Lefèvre|Paris 1843|13 x 21.50 cm|6 volumes reliés
    New edition.
    Full red shagreen bindings, spines slightly faded with four fine raised bands set with garlands in blind decorated with triple gilt compartments ornamented with gilt fleurons at corners, octuple gilt and blind fillets framing the boards, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelle framing the pastedowns, garlands stamped in blind on the leading edges, all edges gilt, elegant unsigned bindings.
    A small tear with loss of skin on the first board of the fifth volume, some minor foxing.
    Handsome set in elegant uniform binding.
    €400
  47. Lettres de madame de Sévigné à sa fille et à ses amis
    Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de SEVIGNE

    Lettres de madame de Sévigné à sa fille et à ses amis

    Ménard & Desenne|Paris 1827|8.50 x 14.50 cm|12 volumes reliés
    New illustrated edition, with frontispiece in the first volume of a portrait of Madame de Sévigné engraved by Dequevauviller.
    Half raspberry calf bindings, spines with four raised bands set with gilt garlands decorated with fleurons and typographical motifs stamped in blind, black calf title and volume labels, raspberry cardboard boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, two corners slightly bumped, elegant contemporary romantic bindings.
    Some minor foxing.
    Handsome copy, complete in 12 volumes, in charming and elegant contemporary romantic and decorative binding.
    €680
  48. Lettres à une inconnue
    Prosper MÉRIMÉE

    Lettres à une inconnue

    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1874|13.50 x 22 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Sixth edition with some parts in first edition as entirely revised.
    Half brown calf bindings, smooth spines ornamented with gilt dots, brown morocco title-labels and author's name, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, elegant contemporary bindings.
    The text is preceded by a study on Mérimée by Hippolyte Taine.
    Handsome copy free from any foxing and perfectly established.
    €200
  49. Correspondance Tome I : 1704-1738
    VOLTAIRE

    Correspondance Tome I : 1704-1738

    Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1964|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    Bibliothèque de La Pléiade edition printed on Bible paper.
    Publisher's binding in full blue grained sheep, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, complete with dust jacket and cellophane wrapper.
    €35
  50. Correspondance inédite
    Henri HEINE

    Correspondance inédite

    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1867|11.50 x 18 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Half-caramel calf bindings, spines with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt typographical motifs, navy blue morocco title and volume labels, small stains at foot of spine of second volume, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, elegant contemporary bindings.
    Some light foxing of no consequence.
    €200
  51. Lettres à la princesse
    Charles-Augustin SAINTE-BEUVE

    Lettres à la princesse

    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1873|11 x 18 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, one joint rubbed and fragile, marbled paper boards with some surface wear, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    Some minor foxing affecting mainly the margins.
    €50
  52. Souvenirs de madame C. Jaubert, lettres et correspondances
    Caroline JAUBERT

    Souvenirs de madame C. Jaubert, lettres et correspondances

    J. Hetzel & Cie|Paris s. d. [1884]|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
    Second edition.
    Half blue shagreen binding, lightened spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with gilt double compartments ornamented with gilt typographical motifs, minor scratches of no consequence to spine and joints, double fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
    About notably Henri Heine and Alfred de Musset, whose mistress Madame Jaubert was.
    €80
  53. Lettres à M. Panizzi 1850-1870
    Prosper MÉRIMÉE

    Lettres à M. Panizzi 1850-1870

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1881|14 x 22.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Bound in half straw yellow shagreen, spines with five raised bands set with black fillets decorated with double black compartments at whose centers the gilt cipher of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin is repeated four times, navy blue morocco title and volume labels, light scratches of no consequence at head of joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edges gilt, near-contemporary bindings.
    Work illustrated with two portraits of Prosper Mérimée by A. Leveille as frontispieces to the volumes.
    Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and...
    €200
  54. Quelques jolies lettres de Vermenouze
    Louis JALENQUES

    Quelques jolies lettres de Vermenouze

    Imprimerie moderne|Aurillac 1923|16.50 x 25.50 cm|agrafé
    Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
    Signed autograph of Louis Jalenques the Auvergne 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...
    €50
  58. Lettres à madame de Vintimille
    Joseph JOUBERT

    Lettres à madame de Vintimille

    Au masque d'or|Paris 1921|12.50 x 18 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 800 numbered copies on Rives laid paper, the only issue with 30 on Japan paper.
    Work illustrated with a portrait of Madame de Vintimille as frontispiece.
    Occasional light worming to endpapers, handsome copy.
    €40
  59. Lettres inédites publiées avec une introduction et des commentaires de Louis Gillet
    Charles-Augustin SAINTE-BEUVE, Alfred de VIGNY

    Lettres inédites publiées avec une introduction et des commentaires de Louis Gillet

    Kra|Paris 1929|15 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 600 numbered copies on laid paper, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies.
    Fine signed autograph inscription from Louis Gillet to the poet Armand Godoy mentioning Charles Baudelaire and Edgar Allan Poe
    As frontispiece, a facsimile of an autograph letter from Sainte-Beuve to Vigny.
    Spine and boards marginally sunned, handsome interior condition.
    €50
  60. Cahiers Céline 5 : Lettres à des amies
    Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE

    Cahiers Céline 5 : Lettres à des amies

    Gallimard|Paris 1979|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    A pale dampstain on the final endpaper which has slightly warped the boards.
    €50
  62. Lettres de la marquise du Deffand à Horace Walpole écrites dans les années 1766 à 1780, auxquelles sont jointes des lettres de madame du Deffand à Voltaire écrite dans les années 1759 à 1775
    DU DEFFAND

    Lettres de la marquise du Deffand à Horace Walpole écrites dans les années 1766 à 1780, auxquelles sont jointes des lettres de madame du Deffand à Voltaire écrite dans les années 1759 à 1775

    Firmin-Didot frères|Paris 1864|12 x 19 cm|2 volumes reliés
    New edition, with some parts in first edition, as revised and completed from the original London edition of 1810.
    Half chocolate shagreen bindings, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt floral motifs, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, contemporary bindings.
    Some foxing.
    €80
  64. Lettres inédites de Joseph de Maistre
    Joseph de MAISTRE

    Lettres inédites de Joseph de Maistre

    A. Cluzel|Saint-Pétersbourg [Saint Petersburg] 1858|15 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition.
    A pale marginal dampstain affecting the body of the work and diminishing through the pages, minimal lacks to spine, three small angular stains to first cover.
    Complete with facsimile of an autograph letter by the author.
    €80
  66. Lettres à son frère Alain
    Ernest RENAN

    Lettres à son frère Alain

    Auguste Blaizot|Paris 1925|16.50 x 25 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Japan paper, ours unjustified, deluxe copy.
    Bradel binding in half lilac cloth with corners, smooth spine, lilac shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    Work illustrated with 2 unpublished photographic portraits of Ernest and Alain Renan.
    Handsome copy.
    €280
  68. La correspondance de Hegel
    [Victor CHERBULIEZ] G VALBERT

    La correspondance de Hegel

    Extrait de la Revue des deux mondes|(Paris) 1887|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
    First edition.
    Plain paper cover.
    Rare.
    €40
  69. Lettres à Marie Dormoy
    Paul LEAUTAUD

    Lettres à Marie Dormoy

    Albin Michel|Paris 1966|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pur fil de Madagascar, tirage de tête.
    Tiny foxings to the head, insignificant, edges preserved, a very good copy.
    €500
  70. Lettres inédites
    Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de SEVIGNE

    Lettres inédites

    J. Klostermann fils|Paris 1814|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Foxing, a rare copy with softcover, as issued.
    €200
  72. "Vos essais aussi bien que vos articles de Combat, ont eu pour l'étudiant provincial que j'étais avant la guerre, une importance considérable..."
    Michel MOHRT

    "Vos essais aussi bien que vos articles de Combat, ont eu pour l'étudiant provincial que j'étais avant la guerre, une importance considérable..."[FRENCH ACADEMY] Admiring signed autograph letter addressed to Thierry Maulnier regarding his candidacy to the Académie française

    S.n. [Imprimerie universelle]|28 Mars 1985|21 x 29.50 cm|4 pages

    Autograph letter dated and signed by Michel Mohrt, four pages, addressed to Thierry Maulnier. 69 lines written in blue ink, notably discussing his candidacy for the Académie française to succeed Marcel Brion's vacant seat.
    Folds from original mailing. A paperclip holds the two sheets of the letter together.

    €300
  73. Lettre autographe signée à son ami Georges Raillard enrichie de trois dessins originaux dont deux sur l'enveloppe jointe
    Louis PONS

    Lettre autographe signée à son ami Georges Raillard enrichie de trois dessins originaux dont deux sur l'enveloppe jointe

    S. n.|Paris 28 Octobre 2008|20 x 20.50 cm|une feuille
    Signed autograph letter from a page by Louis Pons, to his friend the art critic Georges Raillard, specialist in the works of Joan Miro and Antoni Tapies, about a work on Monticelli that he recently received from a their mutual friend and for whom Georges Raillard wrote the text.
    On the attached envelope which he recomposed in his fanciful and ornithological manner, Louis Pons drew, in black ink, on the front and on the back, two curious beasts: a magpie in a tail coat and a rat of which just the head and the tail emerge from the envelope, the place of its body being crossed by a nail.
    Finally, on the sidelines of the handwritten letter, Louis Pons drew a character of...
    €300
  74. Lettre de M. Libri à M. le président de l'Institut de France
    Guillaume LIBRI

    Lettre de M. Libri à M. le président de l'Institut de France

    Barthès & Lowell|Londres [London] 1850|14 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Our copy is presented in plain temporary wrappers, title and author's name inscribed in pen at the head of the front cover, spine faded.
    Title page partially sunned, otherwise handsome interior condition.
    Rare.
    €60
  76. Correspondance 1912-1955
    Paul LÉAUTAUD, André BILLY

    Correspondance 1912-1955

    Le Bélier|Paris 1968|14 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 1550 numbered copies on vellum, the only deluxe copies along with 54 on Japan paper.
    Spine very lightly sunned without consequence, minimal worming without consequence at foot of first cover, otherwise handsome copy.
    €50
  78. Stanley, lettres inédites
    Albert MAURICE

    Stanley, lettres inédites

    Office de Publicité|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1955|17 x 24 cm|broché
    First edition printed on ordinary paper.
    Work illustrated with illustrations and facsimiles outside the text.
    Complete with publisher's slip.
    €40
  79. Lettre à Madame C...
    Paul VALÉRY

    Lettre à Madame C...

    Grasset|Paris 1928|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on grey laid Montval paper, the most limited deluxe paper printing with 35 copies on white laid Montval.
    Fine copy.
    €150
  80. Lettres à Vlaminck
    André DERAIN

    Lettres à Vlaminck

    Flammarion|Paris 1955|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Very slight dampstains to spine, otherwise a handsome copy complete with the color reproduction of an autograph letter with drawings by André Derain.
    €250
  81. Correspondance 1900-1914
    Léon BLOY, Josef FLORIAN

    Correspondance 1900-1914

    L'âge d'homme|Lausanne 1990|15.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
    A good copy.
    €30
  82. Correspondance 1887-1933
    Paul VALÉRY, Gustave FOURMENT

    Correspondance 1887-1933

    Gallimard|Paris 1957|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 31 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête.
    Spine wrinkled, slight traces of marginal fold to lower cover, a good copy.
    €300
  83. Lettres à sa mère
    Charles-Louis PHILIPPE

    Lettres à sa mère

    Nrf|Paris 1928|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 980 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies along with 26 on Japan paper.
    Handsome copy.
    €30
  85. Raymond Bordeaux ses oeuvres et sa correspondance
    Eugène de ROBILLARD DE BEAUREPAIRE

    Raymond Bordeaux ses oeuvres et sa correspondance

    Typ. F. Le Blanc-Hardel|Caen 1878|13 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint.
    Split spine with small lacks, some light foxing.
    Rare.
    €50
  86. Lettres sur l'opéra (1840-1842)
    Duc de MONMORENCY

    Lettres sur l'opéra (1840-1842)

    S. n.|Paris 1921|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition printed in 400 copies.
    Autograph inscription by Duc de Monmorency.
    With frontispiece portrait of the author's great-grandfather.
    Spine and front board slightly and marginally faded, otherwise a handsome copy.
    €70
  88. Balzac en Bretagne, cinq lettres inédites de l'auteur des 'Chouans'
    (Honoré de BALZAC) Robert du PONTAVICE DE HEUSSEY

    Balzac en Bretagne, cinq lettres inédites de l'auteur des 'Chouans'

    H. Caillière|Rennes 1885|14 x 18.50 cm|broché
    The first edition, published in a small number of copies.
    Unlettered spine with handwritten title showing a small lack, boards marginally faded with two small angular stains, occasional worming.
    €70
  89. Correspondance inédite, première et deuxième série
    Henri HEINE

    Correspondance inédite, première et deuxième série

    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1867|12 x 19 cm|2 volumes brochés
    First editions.
    Small tears to the spines which also show lacks at the foot, one of which has been restored.
    Rare minor foxing without significance.
    €90
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