First edition, Signed book

Etienne DINET & Sliman BEN IBRAHIM

L'Orient vu de l'Occident

H. Piazza & P. Geuthner, Paris s.d. (1921), 11,5x19cm, relié.

First edition of which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Small foxing on covers marginally and slightly sunned, one joint cracked and glued down to foot, a small tear to head of spine.
Illustrated, as frontispiece, with a drawing by Etienne [...]

1 500 €

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François LE VAILLANT

Voyage de Monsieur Le Vaillant dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique, par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance

De l'imprimerie de Crapelet, à Paris 1798 (An VI), In-8 (12x19,5cm), xxxij, 385pp. et (4) 403pp. (1), 2 volumes reliés.

New edition, illustrated with 20 plates (animals, views, camps, natives) against 12 in the first edition of 1790, including 6 unfolding, all on hard paper, including the famous board of the Hottentote apron, which is sometimes missing.
Reals in full sheepskin marbled ice. Smooth back decorated [...]

800 €

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First edition

Emile MASQUERAY

Souvenirs et visions d'Afrique

E. Dentu, Paris 1894, 12x19,5cm, relié.

First edition.
Binding in the bradel in half percaline Siena, smooth back decorated with a golden floret, double gilded nets in tail, title piece of black shagreen, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of orange paper, Contemporary binding .
Some small foxinges, ex-dono in the pen [...]

80 €

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First edition

William MAKINTOSH & John CAPPER

Voyages en Europe, en Asie et en Afrique, contenant la description des moeurs, coutumes, loix, ...

Chez Regnault, à Paris 1788, In-8 (12x20cm), xxiv, 486pp. et viij, 414pp., relié.

Second edition, after the first published in 1786, at the same publisher. It is illustrated with 3 folding cards on hard paper, one from Europe, a second from the middle of Asia, a third from the North Pole.
Binders full marbled vintage brown calfskin. Smooth back decorated with 4 florets. [...]

550 €

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First edition

Paul D'HERBINGHEM

Instructions particulières pour les bâtiments à vapeur naviguant en courrier sur les côtes de ...

Paul Dupont, Paris 1852, 35,5x26,5cm, reliure de l'éditeur.

First edition, one of 185 copies numbered and justified by Paul Fort on vergé d'Arches paper and reserved for his friends.
Publisher's binding.
Retaining its 51 lithographs.
Scattered foxing and light dampstain on some leaves.
Very rare.


 

2 800 €

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Auguste Comte de FORBIN

Voyage dans le Levant en 1817 et 1818 par M. le C.te de Forbin

Delaunay 1819, In-8 (12x20cm), (12) 460pp., relié.

Second edition. Great leaflet of the Holy Sepulcher in fine.
Binding full brown sheepskin marbled time. Smooth spine adorned with 4 caisson grotesque crisscrossed, a central iron. Frieze framing on the boards. Title piece in chocolate morocco. Back evenly thinned. Small gaps in the bit in the [...]

500 €

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First edition

Jules VERNE

Le village aérien. Les histoires de Jean-Marie Cabidoulin

Hetzel, Paris 1901, Grd. in 8 (18x28cm), 234 ; 218pp., relié.

First illustrated collective edition, 38 drawings by Georges Roux, 12 large color engravings. A map.
"Au globe doré" type editor cardboard; second board Engel type h. Back to the lighthouse.
Beautiful first plate, with gleaming golds. Small smudges in the sky. Lower wedge furrowed, 2 [...]

650 €

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Jules VERNE

Aventures de 3 Russes et de 3 Anglais dans l'Afrique Australe

Hetzel, Paris 1910, Grd. in-8 (18x27,2cm), 202pp., relié.

New edition, the first illustrated dating from 1872. 53 in-text illustrations by Ferat and 3 chromolithography in color inset. Second edition of the cartonnage "With acanthus leaves".
Publisher cardboard says "Acanthus leaves" red macaron. Beautiful first plate with discoloration points in the [...]

600 €

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