Charles DOVALLE

Poésies

Charpentier, Paris 1868, In 16 (8,5x13,5cm), 221pp., relié.

Second edition. Half shagreen red time. Back tooled raised to grotesque.2 corners bumped. Scattered spots on paper remained white. Good copy. Preface by Victor Hugo in the first edition of 1830. Poet of the Maine-et-Loire died tragically at age 22 in a duel. --- Please note that the translation in [...]

200 €

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First edition

Charles Chrétien Henri MARC

De la folie considérée dans ses rapports avec les questions médico-judiciaires

J.B. Baillière , Paris 1840, 13,5x21,5cm, 2 volumes reliés.

First edition of the first book on forensic medicine applied to the insane.
Binders semi glossy brown calf, back smooth decorated with golden chains that central and quadruple threads and golden arabesques in heads and tails, flat marbled paper, binders of the time.
Illustrated book of a [...]

500 €

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First edition, Signed book

René-Louis DOYON

Le Christ aux romans

La Connaissance, Paris 1943, 14x19,5cm, relié.

First edition, one of the few copies printed on Holland van Zonen and reserved for the author, print head. Bound in half red morocco with corners, back with five nerves, date and initials in gold tail, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, covers and spine preserved, [...]

400 €

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First edition

Emile BENASSIT 1833-1902, Paul ARENE

Jean des Figues

Lib. Internationale & A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie, Paris & Bruxelles 1870, 12x19cm, relié sous étui.

The first edition, of which there were no large paper copies.
Elegant cherry-red morocco by Semet Plumelle, spine in six compartments, date gilt at foot, gilt roulettes to head- and tail-pieces, gilt fillet to edges of covers, gilt dentelle frame to pastedowns, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, [...]

1 500 €

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First edition

Jean-François DUCIS

Oeuvres

Nepveu, Paris 1813, 13x21,5cm, 3 volumes reliés.

First Edition. Binders full mint iced calf, back thinned to five nerves set with ornate golden wavy nets typographical golden patterns and friezes cold, gilded in heads and tails friezes, some traces of friction on the back wheels of golden caps , upper cover of Volume 1 threadbare, two gilt frames [...]

350 €

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First edition

J.-B.-B. EYRIES

L'Autriche, Costumes, Moeurs et Usages des Autrichiens. Suite de gravures coloriées avec leurs ...

Librairie de Gide fils, Paris s.d. (circa 1825), relié.

First Edition Illustrated boards raised in 24 colors, hors-texte, representing chest and dressed in different costumes of the era Austrian.
Bound in half morocco Russian red, smooth spine stamped with jewels and gold as cold, flat with double frame stamped cold sets in and the net roulette, [...]

700 €

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Marguerite d' ANGOULEME NAVARRE

Les sept journées de la Reine de Navarre suivies de la huitième [Heptaméron]

Chez Jouaust, Librairie des Bibliophiles, Paris 1872, 4 tomes en 4 volumes in-8 (14,5cm x 22cm), relié.

Reprint of the 1559 edition given by Claude Gruget with notes Paul Lacroix containing 72 new divided into 8 days and added three other news, from the Heptameron. Limited to only 120 copies on large paper, this one of 100 on Holland paper unnumbered state with double prints. Illustrated with [...]

1 800 €

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First edition

William BEATTIE

L'Ecosse pittoresque, ou suite de vues prises expressement pour cet ouvrage par MM. T. Allom, W.H. ...

Virtue et Ferrier, Londres & Paris 1838, 2 tomes en 2 Vol. in 4 (21x27,5cm), relié.

First Edition, illustrated with two engraved titles (in English), a colored plate and 117 inset steel (with serpentes) by Allom, Bartlett, and M'Culloch, engraved by Griffiths, Varrall, Prior, etc. . Stunning artwork, English writers were at this time particularly prized for their quality [...]

1 200 €

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