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FINDEN & COLLECTIF

Finden's tableaux : the iris of prose, poetry, and art for 1840

Charles Tilt, London 1840, In-Folio (28x37,6cm), 70pp., relié.

First edition of this keepsake of luxury which is composed of engravings of Finden and 12 texts in prose and verses by Barrett, Mitford, John Hugues. A frontispiece and 12 large compositions on steel in an octagon surrounded by engraved line sketches. Drawings or paintings by James Brown, engraved [...]

250 €

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Pierre Jean de BERANGER

Chansons

Perrotin & Guillaumin, Paris 1830, 7,5x11,5cm, relié.

New illustrated edition of a vignette on the title page.
Bound in full navy blue glazed calf, smooth back richly adorned with nets, jewels and golden friezes, framing of a golden lace on the boards at the center of which is stamped cold a mandorle, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, [...]

100 €

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Hector BERLIOZ

Voyage musical en Allemagne et en Italie - Etudes sur Beethoven, Glück & Weber

Jules Labitte, Paris 1844, 14,5x22,5cm, 2 volumes brochés sous chemises et étuis.

Jules Labitte, Paris 1844, 14.5 x 22.5cm, 2 volumes in original wrappers with chemises and slipcases.

Rare first edition of Hector Berlioz's first book.
Some restorations to the top spine-end, volume label on the spine of the second volume not fully visible, boards strengthened or [...]

2 500 €

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Wilhelm von KAULBACH 1805-1874, Johann Wolfgang von [...]

Le renard

Jules Hetzel, Paris 1867, 24,5x32,5cm, reliure de l'éditeur.

Edition translated by Edouard Grenier and illustrated with in-text drawings by Wilhelm von Kaulbach.
Binding half shagreen red, smooth back adorned with triple golden threads, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, a blunt upper corner, Contemporary binding.
Some foxinges.

60 €

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LOUIS XVIII & Etienne-Léon, baron de LAMOTHE-LANGON

Mémoires de Louis XVIII recueillis et mis en ordre par M. le Duc de D****

Mame-Delaunay & Thoisnier-Desplaces, Paris 1832 -1833, In-8 (12,5x20,5cm), 12 volumes reliés.

First edition.
Bindings half sheepskin time blue duck. Back with false nerves adorned with nets, wheels in tails and heads. Titres and golden tomatoes. Rubbed together. Fresh paper overall.

1 200 €

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Stefan ZWEIG

Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

Nouvelle revue critique, Paris 1945, 12x18,5cm, broché.

First edition, one of 64 numbered copies on alfa mousse, the only large paper copies.
Spine faded and sunned as usual.
Rare and nice copy.

 

2 300 €

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Tony JOHANNOT, Eugène GUINOT

L'été à Bade

Boivin, Paris 1931, 23x29cm, reliure de l'éditeur.

Second edition partly original because revised and corrected.
Publisher's binding in full navy shagreen, back with four nerves set with gilded nets and adorned with five golden boxes decorated with golden motiffloral angles, golden wheels on the caps, some traces of friction without too [...]

350 €

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François René de CHATEAUBRIAND

Les martyrs ou le triomphe de la religion chrétienne

Le Normant, Paris 1809, 12,5x20cm, 2 volumes reliés.

First edition.
Bindings in half brown sheepskin, smooth backs adorned with fleurons and quadruples golden threads, some traces of rubbing on the back, red cardboard boards, some spots and scratches on the boards, a small hole at the head of the second board of the first volume, slightly blunt [...]

580 €

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