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Jules JANIN

La Bretagne

Ernest Bourdin 1844, Fort in-8 (16,5x26,5cm), 652pp., relié.

Edition illustrated with 150 vignettes in text engraved on wood and 24 beautiful inset (including 2 cards) engraved on steel after Morel-Fatio, Tellier, Gigoux, Daubigny, Debon, H. Bellangé and Alfred Johannot. It also contains 8 additional colored engravings, including 2 blazons and 6 costumes, [...]

650 €

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First edition

Emile BOURGEOIS

Le Grand siècle. Louis XIV. Les arts, les idées

Hachette, Paris 1896, 20,5x31cm, relié.

First edition copiously illustrated with photogravures from contemporary documents and engravings as well as 22 inset portraits.
Publisher's binding in full tawny sheepskin, back with five false nerves set with golden garlands and adorned with cold boxes decorated in their golden crowns, [...]

500 €

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First edition

Julien GREEN

Journal - 1926-1934 Les années faciles

Plon, Paris 1970, 13x20cm, relié sous étui.

First edition, one of 35 copies on paper of Holland paper Van Gelder, head print after 28 copies on Madagascar.
Binding in half box brown glossy with bands, smooth back with six boxes separated by gilded nets and adorned oblique applications in box brown glossy and ivory, date tail back, [...]

1 500 €

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First edition

Maurice MAGRE, Edouard CHIMOT

La montée aux Enfers

Le livre du bibliophile, Paris 1920, 18,5x27,5cm, relié.

Illustrated first edition, one of 70 copies on Holland paper Van Gelder initialed by the author and the artist and containing two states of etchings.
Illustrated book of twelve original etchings engraved by the artist and twenty-three drawings drawn in pencil drawn in typography by Edouard [...]

2 500 €

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Signed book

Pierre LOUYS, Pablo ROIG

La femme et le pantin

L'édition d'art, Paris 1903, 16x22,2cm, relié sous étui.

An exceptional binding in the Arabo-Andalusian style


LOUYS Pierre & ROIG Pablo & RIOM & SAINT-ANDRE
La Femme et le Pantin [Woman and [...]

4 000 €

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First edition

Jean RICHEPIN

La Mer

Maurice Dreyfous et M. Dalsace, Paris 1894, 11,5x17,5cm, relié.

La Mer [The Sea]
 

Maurice Dreyfous et M. Dalsace, Paris 1894, 11,5 x 17,5 cm, artistic morocco binding
 
First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Hollande Van Gelder paper and signed with the publisher's initials.
Full green morocco, the spine [...]

8 000 €

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First edition

Emile BOURGEOIS

Le Grand siècle. Louis XIV. Les arts, les idées.

Hachette, Paris 1896, 22x30,8cm, 483pp., relié.

First edition copiously illustrated in photogravures from contemporary documents and engravings, and 22 inset portraits. Superb print on great white vellum, inset on strong vellum.
Publisher's binding in full burgundy sheepskin. Back with false nerves adorned with 5 crowns framed with cold [...]

500 €

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Jean-Emile LABOUREUR, William COWPER

The diverting history of John Gilpin

Ronald Davis, Paris 1931, 13,5x20cm, relié.

COWPER William
        illustration by LABOUREUR Jean-émile
The Diverting History of John Gilpin
Ronald Davis, Paris 1931, 13,5 x 20 cm, brown half morocco
Illustrated edition of 35 original color lithographs by [...]

3 000 €

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