Henry de MONTHERLANT
Don Juan
Gallimard|Paris 1959|11.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui cartonné souple
First edition, one of 1050 numbered copies on bouffant alfa paper.
Publisher's binding after the original design by Paul Bonet.
Very handsome copy complete with its flexible cardboard slipcase.
€150
Henry de MONTHERLANT
Le Maître de Santiago
Gallimard|Paris 1947|11.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, one of 2080 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Publisher's binding executed after Paul Bonet's original design.
Upper headcap slightly sunken, handsome copy.
€100
Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU
Toutes les épigrammes de J.B. Rousseau
James Krick|Londres [London] 1879|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition printed in 500 numbered copies on laid paper.
Half morocco-grain green shagreen binding with corners, spine with four raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double gilt compartments, light rubbing of no consequence to spine, frame of double gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, first cover preserved and showing marginal restorations, corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt.
Work illustrated, as frontispiece, with a bust portrait of the author.
Handsome copy beautifully bound.
€150
Jean GIRAUDOUX
Amphytrion 38
Grasset|Paris 1929|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 170 numbered copies on laid paper.
Some minor foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.
Half bottle-green morocco binding, smooth spine lightly faded, gilt date at foot, abstract patterned paper boards, green paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Devauchelle.

€120
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Situations III
Gallimard|Paris 1949|11.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, one of 1050 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Publisher's binding following Mario Prassinos' original design.
Very handsome copy.
€150
Albert ROBIDA
Le portefeuille d'un très vieux garçon
Marpon & Flammarion|Paris s. d. [1885]|12 x 18.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Illustrated with drawings by Albert Robida.
Full almond-green cloth binding, smooth spine, first cover decorated with a central oval medallion, covers marginally browned, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns with pockets, red edges.
Complete with its 5 loose facsimiles of gallant letters inserted in the pockets.
€150
Albert ROBIDA
Le capitaine Bellormeau
Armand Colin|Paris 1900|20 x 25.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First printing of the 85 drawings by Albert Robida including 14 hors-texte color plates.
Publisher's binding in red half cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, publisher's name gilt at tail, marbled paper boards, grey-blue paper endpapers and pastedowns partially discolored, two corners slightly bumped.
Some minor foxing of no consequence, otherwise pleasant interior condition.

€120
Pierre-Jean de BÉRANGER, Tony JOHANNOT
Oeuvres complètes
Perrotin|Paris 1847|14.50 x 24 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition and first issue of the beautiful romantic illustrations.
Half-aubergine shagreen bindings, smooth spines set with gilt wavy fillets and decorated with gilt fleurons, gilt friezes at head and foot of spines, some rubbing to spines, aubergine paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings.
Work illustrated with 52 beautiful steel engravings by Charlet, Lemud, Johannot, Daubigny, Pauquet, Jacques, Penguilly, Rudder, Raffet, Sandoz.
Scattered foxing.
€120
Alexandre VIALATTE (Trad.) Franz WERFEL
La mort du petit bourgeois[The Death of the Petty Bourgeois]
Victor Attinger|Paris 1930|12 x 19 cm|Broché
First edition of the French translation established by Alexandre Vialatte, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe paper issue.
A handsome copy.
€300
Théophile GAUTIER
Les Jeunes-France, romans goguenards suivis de Contes humoristiques
Bibliothèque Charpentier|Paris s.d. (ca 1910)|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
New edition.
Bound in half midnight blue morocco, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with triple gilt compartments, brown morocco title label and author's name, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, top edge gilt, original wrappers preserved, elegant binding executed for Louis Conard
Handsome copy beautifully bound.
€120
Prosper MERIMEE
Carmen - Arsène Guillot - L'abbé Aubain - La dame de pique - Les Bohémiens - Le hussard - Nicolas Gogol
Calmann Lévy|Paris s.d. (ca 1910)|12 x 19 cm|relié
New edition.
Half morocco binding with corners in red, spine with four raised bands set with black fillets and decorated with triple black compartments, anthracite grey morocco title-label and author's name, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy beautifully executed of one of the most famous and sought-after titles by Prosper Mérimée, which was immortalized in opera by Georges Bizet.
€150
Prosper MERIMEE
Théâtre de Clara Gazul suivi de La jaquerie et de La famille Carnaval
Calmann Lévy|Paris s.d. (ca 1910)|12 x 19 cm|relié
New edition.
Half red morocco with corners, spine with four raised bands set with black fillets and decorated with triple black compartments, title-label and author's name in olive green morocco, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy, beautifully bound.
€150
Georges BERNANOS
Le crépuscule des vieux
Gallimard|Paris 1956|11.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, one of 550 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies after 15 hollande and 66 pur fil.
Binding after the original design by Paul Bonet.
Handsome copy.
€150
Pierre MAC ORLAN
Les dés pipés ou les aventures de Miss Fanny Hill
Gallimard|Paris 1952|11.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
New edition, one of 750 numbered copies on wove paper, the only printing after 55 on pure thread paper.
Publisher's boards after Paul Bonet's original design.
Handsome copy.
€150
Pierre MAC ORLAN
La clique du café Brebis suivi du Manuel du parfait aventurier
Gallimard|Paris 1951|11.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
New edition printed in 750 numbered copies on wove paper.
Publisher's boards after Paul Bonet's original design.
Handsome copy.
€150
XANROF
Chansons à madame
Georges Ondet|Paris 1889|-|relié
First edition illustrated with drawings by Alberti, Bataille, E. Brun, Capy, M. de Thoren, Payen...
Half black morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt typographical motifs, gilt date at foot, gilt fillet on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Preface by Clovis Hugues.
€100
Louis FLANDRIN
Hippolyte Flandrin
Librairie Renouard|Paris 1902|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
First edition printed on laid paper and illustrated with 20 plates.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands outlined with black fillets, spine with some rubbing and black stains, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Some light foxing, otherwise handsome interior condition.

€150
Charles-Lucien HUARD
Paris province étranger
Eugène Rey|Paris 1906|14 x 20.50 cm|relié
First edition consisting of 100 drawings by Charles Huard, one of the numbered copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies announced.
Preface by Henry Bataille.
Bradel binding in blue-green half-cloth, smooth spine, blue sheep title-label, cat's-eye paper boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved.

€150
Prosper MÉRIMÉE
Episode de l'histoire de Russie - Les faux Démétrius
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1853|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half aubergine sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, spine faded, marbled paper boards, speckled edges, copy slightly trimmed.
Some foxing.
€150
Henry BERNSTEIN
Samson
Charpentier & Fasquelle|Paris 1910|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 5 numbered copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half-black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands showing some rubbing, cat's-eye paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining its deckled edges.

€150
Anatole FRANCE
Sur la pierre blanche
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1903|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Half-shagreen binding in burgundy, spine slightly faded with five raised bands set with black fillets, some rubbing to the bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.

€120
Jean MORÉAS
Iphigénie
Mercure de France|Paris 1904|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of the numbered copies from the first printing run printed at the press.
Half red moroccan shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly darkened, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on a pastedown with manuscript library shelf notation.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Moréas to the poet Paul Morisse.
€150
Guillaume APOLLINAIRE
Chroniques des grands siècles de la France
Les arts graphiques|Vincennes 1912|14.50 x 20.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's full red cardboard binding, smooth spine decorated with a geometric floral motif in blind, front cover illustrated showing Bonaparte at the Bridge of Arcole.
Work illustrated with 12 illustrations.
Shaded endpapers, some foxing.
€100
Henri HEINE
De l'Allemagne
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1866|11.50 x 18.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition, partly first edition as revised and augmented with unpublished fragments.
Half green shagreen bindings, spines with five raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with gilt fleurons, light rubbing to spines, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, bookplates pasted on pastedowns, top edges gilt.
€150
François MAURIAC
Maltaverne
Flammarion|Paris 1950|14.50 x 21 cm|relié
First edition, one of 380 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Half navy blue morocco with corners, spine with four raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsome copy beautifully bound.
€120
J.-H. ROSNY
Les corneilles
Librairie moderne|Paris 1888|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of second thousand.
Bradel binding in half indigo cloth, smooth spine lightly browned decorated with a central gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet and date at foot, red shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
€60
Gustave DORE, Honoré de BALZAC
Les Contes drolatiques colligez es abbayes de Touraine et mis en lumière par le sieur de Balzac pour l'esbattement des pantagruelistes et non aultres
Ez Bureaux de la société générale de Librairie|Paris 1855|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
Fifth edition and first printing of the 425 drawings by Gustave Doré.
Half brown sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt and black fillets, traces of rubbing to spine, joints slightly cracked at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, one upper corner slightly bumped.
Some minor foxing.
€120
Émile AUGIER, Charles GOUNOD
Sapho
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1851|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition of this play set to music by Charles Gounod.
Bradel binding in half grey cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot of spine, navy blue shagreen title-label with minor rubbing, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, binding signed in blind by Victor Champs.
Handsome copy.
€150
Nicolas CHAMBON DE MONTAUX
Des maladies de la grossesse
S. n.|Paris 1785|10 x 17 cm|relié
First edition.
Very slightly later binding in half camel sheep, smooth spine decorated with red paper title and volume labels, gilt roulettes and fleurons, boards of paper in matching color. Head of spine rubbed with some losses, spine sunned and rubbed. Interior fresh. A second copy of page 131 of the second volume has been erroneously bound at the beginning of this same part.
Chambon de Montaux was appointed physician to the Salpêtrière hospital in Paris in 1786. He remained there only a few years before becoming mayor of Paris during the Revolution, succeeding Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve.
€150
Gaston DERYS, G. LAMI
Les amantes
H. Simonis Empis|Paris 1899|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 6 numbered copies on Japan paper, ours bearing No. 1, the only deluxe copies after 2 on China paper.
Half blue morocco binding with corners, faded spine with five raised bands set with dots and decorated with double gilt fillets, some minor rubbing to spine, double gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Ach. Pollet.
Work illustrated by G. Lami.
Moving signed autograph inscription from Gaston Derys: "A ma chère Minnie, à ma chère femme, je dédie ce livre d'amour, où chante l'écho de nos baisers." ["To my dear Minnie, to my dear wife, I dedicate t
€150
Nicolas BOILEAU DESPREAUX, Valentin Jean-Antoine FOULQUIER
Oeuvres poétiques de Boileau
Alfred Mame & fils|Tours 1870|18.50 x 28.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with etchings by Valentin Foulquier.
Half hazelnut shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times, some rubbing to the raised bands, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, unsigned binding.
Light dampstains to corners.
Notes by Poujoulat.
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 attractively bound.
€120
C. de RIBELLE, J. ROSTAING
La France - Types, moeurs et merveilles de la nature
Amable Rigaud|Paris 1860|14 x 22.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's binding in full black paper boards, smooth spine, spine and covers richly decorated with gilt ornamental motifs, blind-ruled frame on covers, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary Romantic binding.
Some light foxing.
Work illustrated with 12 engravings devoted to the different regions of France.

€120
Claude Emmanuel Lhuillier CHAPELLE, François Le Coigneux BACHAUMONT
Oeuvres de Chapelle et Bachaumont
P. Jannet|Paris 1854|10 x 16.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
New edition printed on laid paper and revised and corrected from the best texts, notably from the 1732 edition.
Half red morocco-grained shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with richly ornamented double gilt compartments, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Notice by Tenant de Latour.
Handsome copy from the Elzevirian library.
€100
Anatole FRANCE
Le Mannequin d'Osier
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1897|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half almond green cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, date and double gilt fillet at foot, brown shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed in blind by Stroobants.
Handsome copy attractively bound.
€150
Alphonse DAUDET
Numa Roumestan
Charpentier|Paris 1881|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half saffron cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at tail, navy blue shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, original wrappers and spine preserved.
Handsome copy.
€100
Émile VERHAEREN, Théo van RYSSELBERGHE
Les Héros. Toute la Flandre
Edmond Deman|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1908|16.50 x 24 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition illustrated with ornamentations by Théo van Rysselberghe.
Half orange morocco binding with corners, smooth spine lightly browned, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, minor rubbing to corners and headcaps, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt.
Some minor foxing.

€60
Henri MONNIER
Paris et la Province
Garnier frères|Paris 1866|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half brown morocco shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, date gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of pebbled paper, covers and sunned spine preserved, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on pastedown, binding signed René Aussourd.
Some minor foxing without significance.
Handsome copy beautifully bound.
€150
Henri MONNIER
Les Bourgeois de Paris. Scènes comiques
Charpentier|Paris 1854|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Full navy blue cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, date and double gilt fillets at foot, brown shagreen title-label, binding signed in blind by Pierson.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
€80
Pierre MAËL, SCOTT
La Roche-qui-tue
A. Mame & fils|Tours 1898|22 x 28.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition illustrated by Scott.
Publisher's full mouse-grey cloth binding, smooth spine, front cover decorated with a large plate by Paul Souze, grey-blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt, corners slightly bumped without significance.
Fine copy.
€80
André GILL
La muse à bibi
Marpon & Flammarion|Paris 1881|11 x 17 cm|relié
First edition printed on laid paper.
Illustrated work, with a frontispiece drawing by the author.
Scattered foxing.
Bradel binding in half olive green cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, gilt double fillet at tail, brown shagreen title label, pebbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, near-contemporary binding signed in blind Champs.
€80
Jules SUPERVIELLE
Le Survivant
Nrf|Paris 1928|17.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 110 numbered copies on laid Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
Bradel binding in half navy blue straight-grained morocco, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, bibliophile's label pasted at foot of one pastedown as bookplate.
Handsome copy.
€150
Xavier PRIVAS
L'amour chante
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1904|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Half eggplant sheep binding, spine slightly faded with six raised bands, gilt fillet on moiré-effect paper boards, moiré-effect paper endpapers and pastedowns, front cover preserved, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph inscription from Xavier Privas to psychologist Charles Binet-Sanglé, notably author of "La folie de Jésus".
€80
Jean ANOUILH
Cher Antoine ou l'amour raté
La Table Ronde|Paris 1969|15 x 20 cm|relié
First edition, one of 60 copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies after 17 on Japan paper.
Half havana shagreen binding, smooth spine, paste-paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, binding signed by Courty.
€120
Hermine DAVID, Hugues REBELL
Les nuits chaudes du cap français
Henri Jonquières|Paris 1927|14.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 20 original drypoints by Hermine David, one of 1050 numbered copies on Rives wove paper.
Half burgundy shagreen binding with corners, spine with four raised bands decorated with triple black compartments, moiré-effect paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, elegant unsigned contemporary binding.
Fine copy.
€150
André MAUROIS
Byron
Grasset|Paris 1930|17 x 22.50 cm|2 volumes reliés sous étui
First edition, one of 315 numbered copies on laid Marais paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format.
Half dark green shagreen bindings with corners, spines with five raised bands, gilt dates at foot, combed paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of matching paper, covers and spines preserved, slipcase edged with dark green shagreen, boards covered with combed paper.

€120
Edmond de GONCOURT
Mademoiselle Clairon
Charpentier|Paris 1890|11 x 18 cm|relié
First edition.
Half navy blue shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and dotted lines, one scratch at foot of spine, marbled paper boards, speckled paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Printed bibliophile's stamp at head of title page.
€100
Edmond & Jules de GONCOURT
Histoire de la société française pendant le Directoire
E. Dentu|Paris 1855|15.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Some minor foxing, bibliophile's printed stamp serving as bookplate at head of title page.
Contemporary half bottle-green sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with blind-stamped fleurons and gilt fillets, slight scratches to spine, marbled paper boards, speckled edges.
€80
Henri de RÉGNIER
Les bonheurs perdus
Mercure de France|Paris 1924|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
First edition, one of 99 numbered copies on Holland paper.
Half red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Léonard.
€120
Thomas-Simon GUEULLETTE
Parades inédites
Chez Jouaust, Librairie des Bibliophiles|Paris 1885|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Preface by Charles Gueullette.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands showing light rubbing to headcaps, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
Some minor foxing, a black stain at head of spine.

€50
Nicolas BRAZIER
Histoire des petits théatres de Paris depuis leur origine
Allardin|Paris 1838|9.50 x 15.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition with some parts in first edition.
Bradel binding in full olive green cloth, smooth spines decorated with gilt floral motifs, double fillets, dates, places and publisher's name gilt at foot of spines, green morocco title labels, original wrappers preserved.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
Handsome copy.
€120
Thomas WRIGHT
Histoire de la caricature et du grotesque dans la littérature et dans l'art
Au bureau de la revue britannique|Paris 1867|16.50 x 25 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition in French.
Publisher's full blue cloth binding, spine decorated with compartments and blind fillets, blind fillet border on boards, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns, small discoloration spots on spine and boards.
Scattered foxing.
Work illustrated with 238 figures in the text.
€100
Adolphe LALAUZE, Jean-François de SAINT-LAMBERT
Contes
Librairie des bibliophiles L. Jouaust|Paris 1883|11 x 18 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with an etching by Adolphe Lalauze as frontispiece.
Half chocolate brown morocco binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral frieze, small traces of rubbing at foot of spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsomely bound copy.

€70
Xavier Boniface SAINTINE
Picciola
Charpentier|Paris 1845|11 x 18 cm|relié
Sixteenth edition revised and corrected.
Full pine green shagreen binding, lightened spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt compartments adorned with gilt typographical motifs, gilt roulettes on headcaps, one joint slightly cracked at head, frame of black, blind and gilt fillets on boards decorated at their centers with gilt romantic arabesques, endpapers and pastedowns of white moiré silk in lace pattern, frame of double gilt fillet on pastedowns, all edges gilt, gilt fillets on leading edges, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Some foxing.
€60
Charles NODIER (ed.)
Voyage de Chapelle et de Bachaumont
N. Delangle|Paris 1825|10 x 15.30 cm|relié
Edition from the Petits Classiques françois collection, printed in 500 copies at the expense and under the supervision of Charles Nodier and the publisher using Didot l'Aîné typefaces.
Half navy blue morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with double blind-stamped compartments, a few small scratches to the spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, two corners slightly bumped.
Handsome copy despite some light foxing.
€80
Jonathan SWIFT
Opuscules humoristiques
Poulet Malassis & De Broise|Paris 1861|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
New edition of the French translation established by Léon de Wailly.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with blind-tooled compartments, headcaps with some rubbing, a small marginal tear to the first cover, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing.
€100
Alexandre DUMAS FILS
La princesse de Bagdad
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1881|16 x 25 cm|relié
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies with 10 on China paper.
Bradel binding in half blue-green cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, date at foot, chocolate shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, upper corners slightly bumped, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding signed by Durvand Thivet.
Handsome copy almost entirely free from foxing.
€150
WILLY
Le roman d'un jeune homme beau
Bibliothèque des auteurs modernes|Paris 1905|11 x 18 cm|relié
First edition, no deluxe copies were printed.
Half bottle-green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, bookplate of Baroness Salomon de Rothschild pasted to verso of front board, contemporary binding.
Light foxing affecting endpapers, otherwise handsome interior condition.
€80
Edmond ABOUT, Adrien MARIE
Le roman d'un brave homme
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1882|17.50 x 27 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition illustrated with 52 original compositions by Adrien Marie.
Publisher's binding in full polychrome boards, smooth spine richly decorated with gilt ornamental motifs, front cover also enhanced with gilt decoration, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Some light foxing affecting mainly the very last pages of the work.
Handsome copy presented in boards of beautiful freshness.
€80
Henrik IBSEN
Solness le constructeur
Perrin & Cie|Paris 1899|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
New edition of the French translation.
Half red shagreen binding, smooth spine with minor traces of rubbing decorated with gilt floral motif, date at foot, top edge gilt.
Fine interior condition.
€30
Charles MONSELET
Petits mémoires littéraires
Charpentier & Cie|Paris 1885|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, with "deuxième mille" statement.
Bradel binding in full cardboard covered with marbled paper, smooth spine, chocolate shagreen title-label with minor rubbing, covers preserved with small marginal lacks and one stain.
Two stains affecting the back board as well as the final leaves, otherwise handsome interior condition.
€50
René-Louis DOYON
Mon oncle s'en va-t-en gloire. Bibliographie de Claude Tillier
Les Livrets du Mandarin • , La Connaissance|Paris 1943|14 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of the numbered copies on bouffant paper, the only deluxe copies along with 100 copies on Holland paper.
Contemporary Bradel binding in half old rose cloth, smooth spine slightly faded, chocolate shagreen title label with minor rubbing marks, marbled paper boards, original wrappers and spine preserved.
Copy complete with its errata leaf.
€50
Yveling RAMBAUD, Jean-Louis DUBUT DE LAFOREST
Le faiseur d'hommes
Marpon & Flammarion|Paris 1884|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Half turquoise morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double gilt fillets, minor rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, one tear to upper corner, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, pasted bookplate, contemporary binding.
Light scattered foxing.
Rare.
€150
Louis REYBAUD
Jérôme Paturot à la recherche de la meilleure des républiques
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1849|11 x 18 cm|4 volumes reliés
Edition published one year after the first edition. The title pages of volumes II and III bear the mention "fifth edition".
Half-sheep binding in glazed navy blue. Smooth spine decorated with gilt tools. Gilt title. Some rubbing. Scattered pale foxing. Spines of volumes 3 and 4 slightly sunned. Handsome set.
€150
James FORDYCE
Sermons pour les jeunes dames et les jeunes demoiselles
Chez les frères Estienne|à Paris 1778|10 x 17 cm|relié
First French edition translated from the seventh English edition.
Contemporary full brown calf binding, marbled and glazed. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title-label. Headcap abraded. Upper joint cracked at head for 5cm. Traces of rubbing. Good copy.
Scottish Protestant author whose sermons focus essentially on reserve and modesty, reserve and modesty in dress, reserve and modesty in conversation, etc. Doubtless such moral preoccupations could only emerge in the late 18th century and under the Empire, which turned their backs on these vestimentary restrictions, the face of a prudish morality intended to conceal all femininity; a large part of the 19th century would, on the co
€150
CHOLET DE JETPHORT
Etrennes lyriques, anacréontiques, pour l'année 1782
Chez L'auteur|à Paris 1782|8 x 13.50 cm|relié
First edition. One frontispiece by Cochin.
Contemporary marbled brown sheep binding. Decorated smooth spine. Red morocco title-label. Light lack to upper joint at tail.
Collection of gallant and light poetry gathered by Cholet de Jetphort to whom they were addressed. One piece by Beaumarchais, three by Boufflers, several by Piis... Cholet de Jetphort published this collection from 1781 to 1794.

€150
Charles SILVESTRE
La prairie et la flamme
Plon|Paris 1929|13 x 20 cm|relié
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half bottle green morocco binding, faded spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, original wrappers and spine preserved.

€60
Henry BORDEAUX
L'intruse
Plon|Paris 1936|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 44 numbered copies on pur fil, deluxe copy after 31 Holland.
Half hazel shagreen binding with corners, spine slightly faded with four raised bands, black fillet frame on marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, covers and spine preserved.
Handsome copy.

€50
Jules LEMAÎTRE
L'ainée
Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1898|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition for which there is no mention of leading copies.
Binding half brown Moroccan brown, back thinned with four nerves set with double gilded nets and triple golden boxes, back with some traces of rubbing, golden date tail, gilt fillet on marble paper plates, guards and contreplats of paper in the bowl, gilded head, preserved covers, ex-libris glued on a contreplat, Contemporary binding.
Our copy is enriched by an autograph ticket signed by Jules Lemaître, stamped on a guard who left a shadow on the page opposite.
€60
Katherine MANSFIELD
La mouche
Stock|Paris 1933|17.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition of the French translation, one of 21 numbered copies on vellum Arches paper, leading print after 8 imperial Japan.
Binding half morocco blue corners, back with four nerves, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, covers and back preserved, golden head on witnesses, Contemporary binding signed Nertenne.
Nice copy pleasantly established.
€150
Joseph MARRYAT
Histoire des poteries, faïences, et porcelaines
Veuve Jules Renouard|Paris 1866|15.50 x 24 cm|2 volumes reliés
Illustrated edition with 618 in-text figures and plates hors-texte at the end of the second volume.
Preface by M. Riocreux.
Half green sheep bindings, smooth spines faded and decorated with gilt fillets and stippling, epidermures on marbled paper boards, boards stamped at their centers with gilt arms, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, small tears on the leading edges.
Some light foxing.
€80
M. MOULLE
Le code de l'enfant du Christ, ou les dissertations religieuses d'un pâtre pyrénéen
Debécourt|Paris 1840|13 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition published anonymously.
Half green sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt and black fillets, gilt monogram of Alcide de Beauchesne at foot of spine, marbled paper boards showing some traces of rubbing, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Rare.
Provenance: from the library of Alcide de Beauchesne with his gilt monogram at foot of spine.

€80
CHAM [pen name of Amédée de NOE]
Douze années comiques, 1868-1879, 1000 dessins
Chez Calmann Lévy|Paris 1882|22 x 31 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 1000 drawings by Cham.
Publisher's binding in full red cloth signed Magnier. Spine slightly faded, headcaps rubbed, scratch on one of the leading edges.
€100
Jean-Hippolyte, abbé MICHON
Le maudit
Librairie internationale Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie|Paris 1864|14.50 x 23 cm|3 volumes reliés
First edition printed anonymously.
Half bordeaux shagreen bindings, spines slightly faded with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons and double blind compartments, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns marginally soiled, contemporary bindings.
Some light foxing without consequence affecting mainly the edges, head caps very slightly rubbed, one stain at foot of pages 275-276 of the first volume.

€150
Jean-Jacques BROUSSON
Anatole France en pantoufles
Georges Crès & Cie|Paris 1924|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of 49th edition.
Bradel binding in full marbled and gilt paper, smooth spine, brown shagreen title-label, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.

€30
Albert SAMAIN
Aux flancs du vase
Mercure de France|Paris 1898|14.50 x 22 cm|relié
First edition, one of 550 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 9 Japan and 30 Holland.
Full navy blue morocco binding, spine with four raised bands showing some rubbing, gilt date at foot of spine, gilt roulettes on headcaps, double gilt fillets and gilt floral motifs framing the guards and watered silk floral endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt, original wrappers preserved, double gilt fillets on leading edges, contemporary binding signed by Chambolle-Duru.

€150
Henri BÉRAUD
L'héritage des symbolistes. - Le mémorial de la rue Sainte-Hélène
Sansot & Cie • Les Editions de Guignol|Paris • & Lyon 1906-1919|11.50 x 18.50 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
First edition on ordinary paper for each of the volumes; no mention is made of deluxe paper for the first.
Half fawn shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved (the front cover of the second volume is soiled).
Handsome copy.
€120
COLLECTIF
Ronsard. Les fêtes du IVe centenaire en Vendômois
Launay & fils|Vendôme 1924|15.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
First edition printed on laid paper of this offprint from the Archaeological Society.
Half vellum-style paper boards binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, green paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.

€40
ANCELOT
Gabrielle
Ambroise Dupont|Paris 1859|13.50 x 21 cm|2 volumes reliés
Fourth edition.
Half green Russia morocco bindings with small corners, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, single gilt fillet framing the green paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, yellow edges, contemporary bindings.
Pen ownership inscription on endpapers.
Some minor foxing.
Rare.

€150
Alexandre DUMAS FILS
Sophie Printems
Baudry|Paris s. d. [1854]|14 x 23 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition.
Bradel binding in half red cotton cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motifs, double gilt fillets at foot, navy blue shagreen title-label with some scratches, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing, endpapers slightly and partially darkened.
Handsome copy.

€120
Georgiana FULLERTON
Ellen Middleton
Librairie d'Amyot|Paris 1845|13.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition in French.
Half green calf bindings, spines with five raised bands slightly faded, decorated with gilt and black fillets, minor rubbing to spines, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings.
Foxing.
Provenance: from the library of the Duke of Uzès with his bookplates pasted at heads of pastedowns.
€80
Louis LEMERCIER DE NEUVILLE
La fille Elisa. Scène d'atelier en un acte par un auteur bien connu avec illustrations d'un artiste aussi renommé qu'original
Au temple de Vénus|Rome [Rome] s. d. [circa 1880]|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition printed in a very small number on laid paper and attributed sometimes to Louis Lemercier de Neuville, sometimes to Charles Monselet.
Bradel binding in half blue percaline with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at head and foot, marbled paper boards, fragile parchment wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy of this parody of Edmond de Goncourt's novel.
Work illustrated with 2 etchings by an unknown artist.

€100
Jean Martin CHARCOT (pref.) Alfred Baring GARROD
La goutte. Sa nature, son traitement et le rhumatisme goutteux
Adrien Delahaye|Paris 1867|14 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition of the French translation established by Auguste Ollivier and annotated by Jean Martin Charcot.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dotted lines and decorated with gilt fleurons, some traces of rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, one scratch and small paper loss to front board, covers and spine preserved, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, wrappers preserved.
Scattered foxing, light dampstain affecting the foot of the first 400 pages, bibliophile's stamp at head of half-title page.
Work illustrated with 26 figures in the text and 8 plates hors-texte of which 4 in colors.

€150
Charles DELORT, Marguerite Jeanne Cordier de Launay, baronne de STAAL
Mémoires de madame de Staal
Librairie L. Conquet|Paris 1891|15.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 30 original compositions by Charles Delort engraved with burin and etching by L. Boisson, one of 400 numbered copies on vélin du Marais, the only issue after 200 Japan and grand vélin du Marais.
Bradel binding in half blue cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, chocolate brown shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Preface by Robert Vallery-Radot.
Handsome copy despite some light foxing affecting mainly the edges.
€120
Louis PETIT DE JULLEVILLE
La chanson de Roland. Histoire, analyse, extraits par L. Petit de Julleville
Armand Colin & Cie|Paris 1894|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
First edition of this presentation.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with gilt typographical motifs, triple gilt fillet frame on red paper boards, front board stamped at center with gilt laurel crown and mention of prize book awarded by the Academy of Paris, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
A handsome copy beautifully executed.

€60
Mathurin RÉGNIER
Oeuvres de Régnier
Chez Th. Desoer|Paris 1822|9.50 x 14 cm|relié
New revised and expanded edition with commentary by M. Viollet Le Duc and illustrated with a portrait of the author engraved by St Aubin and added facing the title page.
Half blonde sheep binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons and blind fillets, gilt lines highlighting the raised bands, gilt dentelles and multiple gilt fillets at head and foot, marbled paper boards, pastedowns and endpapers. Contemporary binding signed by Thouvenin.
Headcaps and corners rubbed, joints lightly rubbed, foxing.
€100
André MAUROIS
La machine à lire les pensées
Nrf|Paris 1937|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 700 numbered copies on Alfa paper.
Half chocolate brown shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsome copy, handsomely bound.
€50
DANCOURT [Florent CARTON]
Oeuves choisies de Dancourt
De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'Aîné et de Firmin Didot|Paris 1810|8 x 13.50 cm|5 volumes reliés
New edition.
Contemporary half red glazed calf bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets and dentelles, boards, pastedowns and endpapers of marbled paper.
Spines slightly faded, headcaps rubbed, some foxing.
€150
Jean RICHEPIN
L'aile
Pierre Lafitte|Paris 1911|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition for which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Half marbled sheep binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt friezes and typographical motifs, traces of rubbing to joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, illustrated wrapper preserved, contemporary binding.

€50
GYP
Un mariage chic
Flammarion|Paris s. d. [circa 1903]|12 x 19.50 cm|relié
New edition, thousand mention.
Nice copy.
Binding half cartonnage vellum style, smooth back adorned with golden edging on the head and tail, title piece of orange shagreen, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved cover, binding of the era signed by J. Chevron, binder at Provins.
autograph dedication of the author autograph of Gyp to Madame Prunier in violet ink.
€40
Camille ROUSSET
Les volontaires 1791-1794
Didier & Cie|Paris 1870|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
Second edition.
Bradel binding in half red cloth, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, navy blue title label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, one upper corner slightly bumped.
Some foxing, gift inscription in pen from a previous owner on the half-title page.

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€30