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Small tears without lack to head and foot of spine, sewing fragile, foxing.

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Half caramel sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt and blind fillets showing some rubbing.
Work written in collaboration with Albert Lenoir and Charles Lenormant.
Rare work dealing with Gallic, Roman, Greek, and Christian monuments and illustrated with in-text engraved figures.

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This is a collection of letters from prisoners gathered and published by the prison musical team.
Preface by Camille Mauclair.
Handsome copy.

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Publisher's illustrated boards.
Human beings and animals, bas-reliefs, leafy designs, fleurons... Work illustrated with 432 plates and figures.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Half sheep binding in burgundy, smooth spine decorated with blind-tooled compartments, dotted lines and gilt fillets.
A handsome copy.

First edition.
In original wrappers with flaps.
Capacci: surrealist painter. Limited edition of 1500 numbered copies. No. 420.
Texts by Paul Colinet, Marcel and Gabriel Piqueray, Marcel Lecomte. Texts on Alfa paper, reproductions on coated paper. Exhibitions and bibliography of the painter.

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One of 950 copies on swiss thick paper, after 100 deluxe copies.
Study of the work and census, illustrated with fine photographic plates.
Dedication on frontispiece: "La république de Genève reconnaissante à son grand artiste Alexandre Cingria."
Lower cover detached and reinforced. Very good condition.

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First edition.
Work illustrated with 40 unpublished drawings by the author.
Engraving, modeling and decorative interpretations.
Front board detached, spine and boards slightly and marginally faded, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition.
Half red sheep binding, spine in four compartments decorated with blind fillets and gilt fleurons, light rubbing at head of joints, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription by A. Firmin-Didot.
Some minor foxing without gravity.

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Published before the first edition.
Softcover, as issued.

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Eugène Delacroix's articles would only be collected after his death, in 1865, and printed in only 300 copies.
In original wrappers.

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First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the library of Ecole des Chartes.
A slight lack to foot of spine, otherwise a good copy.

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(COLLECTIVE)
Théâtre de la pantomime futuriste [Futurist Pantomime Theater]
M. & J. de Brunoff, Paris n. d.
[c. 1930], 22 x 27,5 cm, stapled
First edition.
Biographies of the most celebrated futurists, richly illustrated.
A very good copy despite a light foxing to upper cover.
$ 2 500

First edition.
Half black shagreen binding, smooth spine showing traces of rubbing, front board detached, corners bumped with paper loss to both boards.
Rare copy free from foxing.
Bound at the end is the conclusion of the description of H. Vernet's lithographic work on a manuscript leaf.

First edition.
Publisher's binding in full fir-green boards, smooth spine decorated with gilt compartments and double gilt fillets, gilt roulettes at head and foot of spine, frame of gilt fillets and blind romantic typographical motifs, gilt crown and laurel bouquet at center of front cover with mention of 'Lycée impérial de Rodez' stamped in gilt letters, gilt roulettes at head and foot of fore-edge.
Work illustrated with three engravings.
Some minor foxing.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
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First edition published in a small number of copies on Dutch laid paper.
Work illustrated, as frontispiece, with a sketch by A. Rodin.
The work and its adventures, Rodin as draftsman, characters and projects and commentary by Léon Riotor.
Rare and handsome copy.

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First edition. Rare.
In original wrappers, as issued, without temporary cover.
The letter is addressed to D. Giuseppe Toaldo and concerns a sculpture commissioned by Venice from Chevalier Angelo Emo, Commander of the Venetian navy. The author, De Rossi (1754-1827) describes the Sculpture minutely, detail by detail, and analyzes the feelings it provokes. The author wrote several opuscules of this type.
One copy located at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, but absent from English and French catalogues as well as the British Library.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Elegant booklet, photographs of painters in photogravure.
Illustrated covers, handsome copy.

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Extract from the Revue des deux mondes.
First edition.
In plain wrappers.
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First edition.
Plain paper cover.
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First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on laid paper, the only printing with 10 Chine and 20 Japan copies.
On James Whistler, Camille Pissarro, Henri Fantin-Latour, Paul Cézanne...
A tear at the foot of one joint, endpapers uniformly and lightly shaded without consequence, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Publisher's full mouse-grey cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has a small tear at head of spine and a light stain on the rear panel.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy complete with its soft slipcase.

First edition for each of the volumes, one of 200 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Each fascicle is illustrated with 20 pen drawings by G. Latallerie-Beurier.
Signed autograph inscription from the illustrator on two of the four volumes.
Prefaces by Edouard Richard and Jean Montaurier. The set is presented in a chemise and slipcase in half tawny sheep, spine with four false raised bands, marbled paper boards.
Handsome copy.

First edition for each of the volumes, one of 200 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Each fascicle is illustrated with 20 pen drawings by G. Latallerie-Beurier.
Signed autograph inscription from the illustrator on each of the volumes.
Texts by G. de Bussac, P. Laporte, M. Vizier, G. Latallerie-Beurier. The set is presented in a chemise and slipcase in half tawny sheep, spine with four false raised bands, marbled paper boards.
The spine of the slipcase is very slightly worn.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Work illustrated with numerous works by Louis Boulanger.
One tear with a small lack at the foot of the spine, first gathering partly detached, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Half hazel shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly faded, publisher's gilt monogram at foot of front cover, marbled paper boards, top edge gilt, publisher's binding.
Work illustrated with 40 plates at the end.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Half hazelnut shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly faded and bearing light scratches of no consequence, publisher's gilt monogram at foot of front cover, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, publisher's binding.
Work illustrated with 12 plates.

First edition.
Half hazelnut shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly faded and bearing light scratches of no consequence, publisher's gilt monogram at foot of front cover, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, publisher's binding.
Work illustrated with 24 plates.

First edition.
Work illustrated with 210 figures in the text.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine, copy complete with its rhodoid which has small corner pieces.
Contributions by Pierre Gaxotte, Yvan Christ, Roland Liot...
Richly illustrated.
A handsome copy.

First edition, one of the advance (service de presse) copies.
A good copy.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's full dark blue boards, with the illustrated dust jacket complete, showing three small spots of discoloration of no consequence.
Signed and inscribed by Maurice Chevalier to Florence Gould.
Iconography, preface by Marcel Pagnol.
Handsome copy.

First collected edition, one of the numbered copies printed on hand press.
Bradel binding in half indigo boards, smooth spine faded, bronze sheep title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, illustrated original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 100 drawings by the author.

First edition.
Half burgundy morocco-grained shagreen binding with corners, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved. Original preface by Pierre Mac-Orlan.
Work illustrated with 5 color plates and numerous black illustrations in text and hors-texte.
Fine copy.

First edition printed and numbered on vellum.
Work illustrated with 67 reproductions.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Publisher's binding in full blue-grey cloth, smooth spine with small discoloration spots, light rubbing to joints, front cover richly illustrated with allegorical decoration in black, original wrappers preserved.
Numerous illustrations on separate leaves.
Some foxing.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Des Courières to Pierre Drieu la Rochelle.
Fascicle illustrated with an unpublished portrait of the artist by himself engraved on wood by G. Aubert as well as 30 reproductions of C. Orloff's works.
Spine sunned.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Pierre Guegen to Pierre Drieu la Rochelle.
Fascicle illustrated with 32 reproductions of the artist's works. Worming to covers and endpapers, copy detached.
Precious relic.

First edition.
Minor lacks of no consequence at head and foot of spine, a discoloration stain at foot of first cover, handsome interior condition.

First edition of the French translation and introduction by Xavier Marmier.
A clear dampstain also affecting the margins throughout the text block, occasional foxing.

First edition, one of 100 copies on pure Rives linen, deluxe issue.
Work illustrated with 70 plates. Occasional foxing, chemise spine lacking, handsome interior condition.