First edition

Charles DICKENS

The posthumous papers of the Pickwick club

Chapman and Hall, London 1837, Fort in-8 (13,5x21,3cm), xiv (2) 44Pl. 609pp., relié.

First edition
Binding full black contemporary sheepskin. Smooth back decorated with 3 cold irons, a gold iron and multiple wheels. Double framing net on els boards. A hitch in mind. Very rubbed together with stripes on the boards. 2 corners trimmed, the other 2 blunted. The errata sheet, the [...]

500 €

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Maurice LELOIR, Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU

Les confessions

H. Launette & Cie, Paris 1889, 22x32cm, 2 volumes reliés.

Illustrated edition of 96 original compositions by Maurice Leloir engraved with etching.
Bindings in full red morocco, back with five nerves set with gold friezes and adorned with richly decorated gilded boxes, golden floral friezes in tails, gilded casters on the headdresses, framing of triple [...]

1 200 €

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Louis CATAT

Voyage à Madagascar (1889-1890)

Librairie Hachette, Paris 1895, In-4 (24x31,5cm), 436pp., relié.

Edition abundantly illustrated with 167 woodcuts including 37 inset and 3 cards including one in color.
Binding in black half morocco with corners of time. Back with nerves adorned with 5 boxed florets. Golden title. Nets on the boards. Golden head. wrappers preserved and bound in. Copy not [...]

500 €

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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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Gustave TOUDOUZE, Julien LE BLANT

La vengeance des Peaux-de-Bique

Hachette & Cie, Paris 1896, 17,5x28cm, relié.

First Edition, one of the review copies service, second edition mention on the fake title page.
Binding in full brown paper, smooth back, title piece of morocco chocolate brown, blankets and back preserved, gilded head, binding signed Dreneau.
Ex libris manuscript of Emile Henriot at the [...]

200 €

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First edition

Aurélien de COURSON & COLLECTIF, Félix BENOIST

La Bretagne contemporaine. Sites pittoresques, monuments, costumes, scènes de moeurs, histoire, ...

Charpentier, Paris & Nantes 1863, 33x49cm, 3 volumes reliés.

First illustrated edition of 167 plates drawn from nature by Félix Benoist and lithographed by the first artists of Paris including Arnout, Bachelier, Benoist, David, Fichot, Tirpenne ...
Binding in half bottle green shagreen, back with four nerves set with gold friezes and adorned with double [...]

4 000 €

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Enrique ATALAYA, Miguel de CERVANTES

Rinconète et Cortadillo

H. Launette & Cie, Paris 1891, 18x28,5cm, relié.

Illustrated edition of 67 original compositions by Enrique Atalaya, one of 500 numbered copies on white vellum.
Binding in full red shagreen, back with four nerves set with golden garlands adorned with gilded typographic motifs, gilded casters on the headdresses, framing of triple golden [...]

180 €

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Signed book

Adolphe LALAUZE, Marguerite Jeanne Cordier de Launay, [...]

Mémoires de Madame de Staal-de Launey

Lib. des bibliophiles L. Jouaust & A. Ferroud, Paris 1890, 15,5x23,5cm, relié.

Illustrated edition of 41 original etchings by Adolphe Lalauze, one of 50 copies on vellum vat, in 1 volume, and with etchings in duplicate.
Binding in half navy blue percaline with corners, smooth back decorated with a gilded floral pattern, date and double gilded nets tail, pieces of brown [...]

400 €

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