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  1. Jean Clareboudt. Lithographies, éditions et tirages limités 1972-1982
    Jean CLAREBOUDT, Gilbert LASCAULT
    Jean Clareboudt. Lithographies, éditions et tirages limités 1972-1982
    Galerie du 7|Paris 1982|11 x 15 cm|en feuilles
    first edition printed with 200 numbered copies on vellum of this catalog of the exhibition devoted to Jean Clareboudt at the Galerie 7 ..
    Book illustrated with an original lithograph by Jean Clareboudt on the cover.
    Text by Gilbert Lascault.
    autograph dedication of the author an autograph signed by Gilbert Lascault to Françoise and Pierre D (umayet) in paper pencil.
    Pleasant and rare illustrated copy of reproductions of works of Jean Clareboudt.
    €100
  8. Annales du Musée et de l'école moderne des Beaux-Arts. Recueil de pièces choisies parmi les ouvrages de peinture et de sculpture exposés au Louvre le 14 Octobre 1808, et autres productions nouvelles de l'art, gravées au trait, avec l'explication des sujets, un examen général du salon, et des notices biographiques sur quelques artistes morts depuis la dernière exposition. - Recueil de pièces choisies parmi les ouvrages de peinture et de sculpture exposés au Louvre le 5 Novembre 1810, et autres productions nouvelles et inédites de l'école française, gravées au trait, avec l'explication des sujets, l'examen du salon, et des notices biographiques sur quelques artistes morts depuis la dernière exposition
    Charles-Paul LANDON
    Annales du Musée et de l'école moderne des Beaux-Arts. Recueil de pièces choisies parmi les ouvrages de peinture et de sculpture exposés au Louvre le 14 Octobre 1808, et autres productions nouvelles de l'art, gravées au trait, avec l'explication des sujets, un examen général du salon, et des notices biographiques sur quelques artistes morts depuis la dernière exposition. - Recueil de pièces choisies parmi les ouvrages de peinture et de sculpture exposés au Louvre le 5 Novembre 1810, et autres productions nouvelles et inédites de l'école française, gravées au trait, avec l'explication des sujets, l'examen du salon, et des notices biographiques sur quelques artistes morts depuis la dernière exposition
    Chez l'auteur • Annales du Musée du Louvre • Imprimerie de Chaignieau ainé|Paris 1808-1810|12.50 x 20 cm|3 volumes reliés en 1
    First edition of each of the two texts.
    Half green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with blind-tooled compartments with gilt fleurons at their centers, gilt dates, marbled paper boards, marbled endpavers and pastedowns.
    The first work, in two volumes, is illustrated with 72 plates, the second, in one volume, with 72 plates.
    Some minor foxing of no consequence.

    €400
  9. Paris moderne. Troisième partie. Maisons de campagne et constructions rurales des environs de Paris
    Louis Marie NORMAND
    Paris moderne. Troisième partie. Maisons de campagne et constructions rurales des environs de Paris
    Chez L'auteur|Paris 1849|28 x 36.50 cm|relié
    First edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 159 plates drawn and engraved by the author, all numbered.
    Contemporary half brown sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with fillets, rubbed and scuffed. 2 holes at foot. Uncut copy, the leaves having slightly different dimensions. Some plates browner. Occasional light foxing. A dampstain in the middle of the upper margin on the first 12 leaves, fading.
    Projects executed between 1828 and 1845 by architects of the period (Visconti, Dubois, Morey, Durand...). Each construction comprises about 4 plates of plans and sections. Farms, Houses, Schools, kiosks, chalets, cottages... One can distinguish a clear tendency toward historicism and exoticism with numerous borrowings, moreover very diverse.
    €350
  10. Paris moderne, ou choix de maisons construites dans les nouveaux quartiers de la capitale et dans ses environs
    Louis Marie NORMAND
    Paris moderne, ou choix de maisons construites dans les nouveaux quartiers de la capitale et dans ses environs
    Chez L'auteur • Bance fils|1837|25 x 34 cm|relié
    First edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 159 plates drawn and engraved by Normand fils. A second part containing, in addition to the house, public buildings, would appear in 1843, then a third part in 1849 on country houses and rural constructions. A collective edition from Liège in 1849 would include these three parts, but a fourth part on interior and exterior decorations of buildings would be published in 1853. This first volume bears no indication on the title page of volume numbering or part, because undoubtedly at the time it was published, the volumes to come were not yet planned or decided upon.
    Contemporary half brown sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with fillets. Spine rubbed and worn. Uncut paper. Some spotting in lower margin and at lower right corner.
    Interesting publication tracing civil architecture under the Restoration, the buildings and houses having all been constructed between 1816 and 1834. Each construction benefits from several plates (sections, plans...)
    €500
  11. Annales du Musée et de l'école moderne des Beaux-Arts. Salon de 1822. Recueil de morceaux choisis parmi les ouvrages de peinture et de sculpture exposés au Louvre le 24 Avril 1822, et autres nouvelles productions de l'art, gravés au trait, avec l'explication des sujets et quelques observations sur leur mérite de leur exécution
    Charles-Paul LANDON
    Annales du Musée et de l'école moderne des Beaux-Arts. Salon de 1822. Recueil de morceaux choisis parmi les ouvrages de peinture et de sculpture exposés au Louvre le 24 Avril 1822, et autres nouvelles productions de l'art, gravés au trait, avec l'explication des sujets et quelques observations sur leur mérite de leur exécution
    Imprimerie Royale|Paris 1822|12.50 x 20 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
    First edition.

    Half green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with blind-tooled compartments enhanced at their centers with gilt fleurons, gilt date, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, two corners slightly bumped.

    Work illustrated with 128 plates.

    Some minor foxing of no consequence.



    €280
  12. Théâtre de Dieppe
    Pierre-François FRISSARD
    Théâtre de Dieppe
    Chez Carilian Goeury|à Paris 1827 (S.d)|In-Folio |relié
    First edition illustrated with 20 plates drawn by Monnayeur and engraved by Adam. Engraved title with large title vignette. 32pp. of explanatory text.

    Contemporary half brown sheep binding, worn. Smooth spine with faded gilt title, sometimes illegible. Blue paper boards. Head of spine torn away. Tail starting to detach. Joints with lacks. Surface wear. Some foxing on otherwise white paper.

    The hall was built according to Frissard's plans. Numerous pages concerning all trades relating to the general state of expenses. Testament to civil architecture under Charles X.
    €600
  20. Panorama 76. Spécial Japon. N°46 de la revue d'art XXe siècle
    COLLECTIF, Joan MIRÓ
    Panorama 76. Spécial Japon. N°46 de la revue d'art XXe siècle
    Revue XXe siècle|Paris Septembre 1976|24.50 x 31.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur

    First edition.
    Publisher's binding in full boards, smooth spine, front cover illustrated with a reproduction of a gouache by Joan Miro.
    Texts by Alain Jouffroy, Robert Lebel, Jacques Dupin...
    Work illustrated with numerous color and black illustrations as well as 1 original color lithograph specially executed for the XXe Siècle magazine by Joan Miro.
    Handsome copy despite a stain at the foot of the spine.
    Publisher's wraparound band included.

    €150
  21. Renouveau du thème. N°21 de la revue d'art XXe siècle
    COLLECTIF, Wifredo LAM
    Renouveau du thème. N°21 de la revue d'art XXe siècle
    Revue XXe siècle|Paris 1963|24.50 x 31.50 cm|broché

    First edition.
    Publisher's binding in full flexible boards, smooth spine, front cover illustrated with an original lithograph by Giuseppe Capogrossi.
    Texts by Alain Jouffroy, André Verdet, Jacques Lassaigne, Jean-Clarence Lambert...
    Work decorated with numerous illustrations in color and black and white as well as 2 original color lithographs by Wifredo Lam and Marino Marini.
    Small light stains on the spine, handsome interior condition.

    €100
  22. Panorama 78. Italie 78. N°50 de la revue d'art XXe siècle
    COLLECTIF, Franco GENTILINI
    Panorama 78. Italie 78. N°50 de la revue d'art XXe siècle
    Revue XXe siècle|Paris Juin 1978|24.50 x 31.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur

    First edition.
    Publisher's binding in full boards, smooth spine, front cover illustrated with a reproduction of a work by Giorgio de Chirico.
    Texts by Alain Jouffroy, Robert Lebel, Patrick Walberg, Julien Clay...
    Work decorated with numerous illustrations in color and black and white as well as 1 original color lithograph specially executed for the magazine XXe Siècle by Franco Gentilini.
    Small tears on one joint and on the edges, handsome interior condition.


    €80
  23. Musée impérial du Louvre - Description des sculptures modernes
    Henry BARBET DE JOUY
    Musée impérial du Louvre - Description des sculptures modernes
    Vinchon et Charles de Mourgues|Paris Août 1855|12 x 20 cm|relié
    Rare first edition printed on laid paper.

    Full binding green shagreen, back with five nerves decorated with a grotesque decor, back with five nerves decorated with a grotesque decor, triple net gilded framing boards, double net gilded on the cuts, domestic gold lace all edges gilt, contemporary binding signed Lortic father.

    Signed autograph from the author: "To His Excellency the Minister of State and the home of the Emperor's very obliged and grateful H. Barbet de Jouy".

    Bookplate engraved (J. Pelletier).

    Very nice and valuable copy in a binder perfectly established time Lortic, bookbinder Charles Baudelaire.
      €800
    • Dictionnaire des Artistes, ou Notice historique et raisonnée des Architectes, Peintres, Graveurs, Sculpteurs, Musiciens, Acteurs & Danseurs; Imprimeurs, Horlogers & Méchaniciens
      Louis-Abel de Bonafons, abbé de FONTENAY
      Dictionnaire des Artistes, ou Notice historique et raisonnée des Architectes, Peintres, Graveurs, Sculpteurs, Musiciens, Acteurs & Danseurs; Imprimeurs, Horlogers & Méchaniciens
      Chez Vincent|à Paris 1776|11 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés
      First edition.
      Contemporary bindings in full marbled brown sheep. Spines with raised bands decorated. Title labels in red morocco, and volume labels in black sheep. Lacks at heads of the 2 volumes. Lack on the third raised band of volume I. One corner bumped. Spines, volume labels, joints and edges, corners rubbed. A reasonably good copy.
      Excellent dictionary cataloguing artists and artisans of all periods as well as their works, one of the first in the genre. The entries are detailed and clear, running to several pages for the greatest artists; one will also find clockmakers and musicians, singers and actors.
      €500
    • Par la grand'route et les chemins creux. Poésies et chansons beauceronnes
      Maurice HALLÉ
      Par la grand'route et les chemins creux. Poésies et chansons beauceronnes
      Les éditions Vita|Paris s. d. [circa 1933]|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
      New edition in the partly original, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper, head of print after 25 Japan.
      autograph dedication of the author autograph signed and dated by Maurice Hallé: "To my friend Paul Perrin, the representative of the Butte Montmartre, the defender of workers and artists, with my good friends."
      Presentation and Edmond Rock illustrations.
      A scratch in foot of the first flat.
      Nice copy.
      €150
    • [RELIURE] Exposition de 1867. Délégation des ouvriers relieurs : Première partie : La reliure aux expositions de l'industrie (1798-1862). - Deuxième partie : La reliure à l'exposition de 186, études comparatives de la reliure ancienne et moderne
      COLLECTIF
      [RELIURE] Exposition de 1867. Délégation des ouvriers relieurs : Première partie : La reliure aux expositions de l'industrie (1798-1862). - Deuxième partie : La reliure à l'exposition de 186, études comparatives de la reliure ancienne et moderne
      Au siège de la commission|Paris 1868-1869-1875|11.50 x 18.50 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
      First edition.
      Half burgundy morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, light scratches to joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary binding.
      Work illustrated with 9 plates of bindings.
      Light foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.
      Rare and handsome copy complete in two volumes.
      €580
    • Les émaux de Petitot au Musée Impérial du Louvre
      Jean PETITOT
      Les émaux de Petitot au Musée Impérial du Louvre
      Blaisot|Paris 1862 - 1864|22.50 x 30.50 cm|2 tomes en 2 volumes reliés
      First edition, illustrated with 50 magnificent portraits engraved with burin by Ceroni in medallions. Each portrait is accompanied by a biographical notice of approximately 12 pages, written by different authors. Deluxe publication.
      Full red morocco bindings of the period signed Amand. Raised bands spine finely and richly decorated with roses and interlacing. Gilt titles and volume labels. Boards decorated in the Du Seuil style with central frame and triple gilt fillet border, corner ornaments in the corners. Wide interior frieze. Gilt edges. Light rubbing on some bands, at headcaps. Upper joint of volume I cracked at head and tail. Some traces of rubbing on the upper board of volume II. Very fresh copy, with some occasional worming and leaves slightly more yellowed.
      Splendid binding perfectly executed in morocco.
      He who was nicknamed "the Raphael of painting on enamel" created in the 17th century a series of portraits of great figures of the time of Louis XIV (Richelieu, Mme de Montbazon, Turenne, La Rochefoucauld, Ninon de l'Enclos, Colbert, Mme de Sevigne, M le Comte de Grignan, Mme Scarron, la Duchesse de Portsmouth), with incomparable perfection. These portraits were exhibited at the Imperial Museum of the Louvre and gave birth to this work.
      19th-century armorial bookplate of Bordes de Fortage
      €900
    • Dictionnaire des amateurs français au XVIIème siècle
      Edmond BONNAFE
      Dictionnaire des amateurs français au XVIIème siècle
      A. Quantin|Paris 1884|15.50 x 24 cm|relié
      First edition printed on laid paper.
      Half tan sheep binding with corners, faded spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, publisher's gilt monogram and date at foot, spine rubbed, one joint cracked at head, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, corners bumped and rubbed, contemporary binding.
      Provenance: from the publisher's library with his gilt monogram at foot of spine and his engraved bookplate with his initials pasted on a pastedown.
      Handsome interior condition.
      €200
    • Recherches bibliographiques et critiques sur les éditions originales des cinq livres du roman satirique de Rabelais et sur les différences de texte qui se font remarquer particulièrement dans le premier livre du Pantagruel et dans le Gargantua
      Jacques-Charles BRUNET
      Recherches bibliographiques et critiques sur les éditions originales des cinq livres du roman satirique de Rabelais et sur les différences de texte qui se font remarquer particulièrement dans le premier livre du Pantagruel et dans le Gargantua
      L. Potier|Paris 1852|16.50 x 25 cm|relié
      First edition, one of the rare copies printed on large vellum.
      Half chocolate brown morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments at the centers of which the crowned and gilt monogram of Clément de Ris is repeated five times, gilt date at foot, small traces of rubbing on joints, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, upper corners slightly bumped, near-contemporary binding signed by Dupré.
      Some light foxing affecting mainly some deckled edges of certain leaves.
      Gift inscription and manuscript notation in pen by Clément de Ris at head of an endpaper and facing it.
      Deluxe copy handsomely bound.
      €450
    • Correspondance recueillie et annotée par Arthur Duparc suivie du catalogue complet de l'oeuvre de H. Régnault
      Henri REGNAULT
      Correspondance recueillie et annotée par Arthur Duparc suivie du catalogue complet de l'oeuvre de H. Régnault
      Charpentier & Cie|Paris 1873|-|relié
      Second illustrated edition with a portrait of Henri Régnault etched by Laguillermie.
      Half chocolate brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly faded, marbled paper boards, front board with a white stain at head, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
      Provenance: from the library of Louis d'Eichtahl with a shelf label pasted on a pastedown.
      €80
    • Recherches historiques, biographiques et littéraires sur le peintre Lantara avec la liste de ses ouvrages, son portrait et une lettre apologétique de M. Couder. - Biographie et catalogue de l'oeuvre du graveur Miger, membre de l'ancienne académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, son portrait avec fac-similé de son écriture
      Émile BELLIER DE LA CHAVIGNERIE
      Recherches historiques, biographiques et littéraires sur le peintre Lantara avec la liste de ses ouvrages, son portrait et une lettre apologétique de M. Couder. - Biographie et catalogue de l'oeuvre du graveur Miger, membre de l'ancienne académie royale de peinture et de sculpture, son portrait avec fac-similé de son écriture
      J.B. Dumoulin|Paris 1852|13.50 x 22 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1

      First edition of each volume.
      Half chocolate brown morocco binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt typographical motifs, a small black stain in margin of first board, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary binding.
      Illustrated with a portrait of Lantara as frontispiece and a reproduction of a painting for the first volume; a portrait of Miger as frontispiece of the second volume.
      Some light foxing without much significance.

      €350
    • François-Louis Schmied peintre graveur et imprimeur. Catalogue des livres de F.L. Schmied exposés en mars 1927 chez Arnold Seligmann suivi du catalogue général des livres de F.L. Schmied imprimés et sous presses au 28 février 1927
      François-Louis SCHMIED, Louis BARTHOU
      François-Louis Schmied peintre graveur et imprimeur. Catalogue des livres de F.L. Schmied exposés en mars 1927 chez Arnold Seligmann suivi du catalogue général des livres de F.L. Schmied imprimés et sous presses au 28 février 1927
      Les presses de F.L. Schmied|Paris 1927|24 x 31 cm|broché
      First edition of 300 copies.
      Autograph inscription from François-Louis schmied to the Count Philippon in pencil : "... pour le délicat souvenir que m'a laissée sa visite."
      With 42 plates hors texte and full page.
      Rare spots mostly affecting the verso of some plates, internally good.
      €750
    • Catalogue de la bibliothèque dramatique de M. de Soleinne rédigé par le bibliophile Jacob
      Paul LACROIX
      Catalogue de la bibliothèque dramatique de M. de Soleinne rédigé par le bibliophile Jacob
      Paris 1843-1845|14.50 x 23 cm|6 volumes reliés
      First edition.
      Half caramel calf bindings, spines with four raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt fillets, red morocco title and volume labels, some minor scratches to spines without significance, two upper headcaps showing traces of rubbing, one joint of the fifth volume fragile, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, elegant contemporary bindings signed by Simier relieur du Roi.
      Scattered foxing, auction price notations inscribed in red ink in margins of descriptions.
      Handsome copy in charming uniform contemporary binding signed by one of the most talented binders of the 19th century.
      €400
    • Bibliothèque de M. René Descamps-Scrive
      COLLECTIF
      Bibliothèque de M. René Descamps-Scrive
      Léopold Carteret • Emile Raoust-Leleu|Paris • & Lille 1925|23 x 28.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
      first edition.
      "Bradel" binding half wedge cardboard vellum way back smooth decorated with a gold jewel, date and dual gold mesh tails caramel as shagreen parts with a stain and scratches, nets gilded frames on boards marbled paper guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers, gilded heads, the time bindings signed by Asper, bookbinder in Geneva.
      Part One: old books, first editions and illustrated books of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, wonderful books to figures of the eighteenth century, richly bound copies.
      Second part: Book the Romantic contemporary, great writers and various authors, illustrated books of the nineteenth printed on papeir choice, first editions, rich mosaiced bindings, costume albums and caricatures, english books illustrated in color.
      Third and final part: first editions of contemporary authors on papers of choice, beautiful modern illustrated books, publications bibliophiles companies, enriched copies of drawings and original watercolors, rich mosaiced bindings.
      Rich iconography.
      Our copy is enriched by 5 autograph letters and a telegram signed by Leopold Carteret, the auctioneer, addressed to Viscount Suzanne, large Basque bibliophile, about books that he intends to acquire in the first and second shifts, the conseilant and considering its purchase orders.
      Some auctions rated by margins of some leaves.
      Nice copy almost free of freckles.
      €500
    • Reflets de tableaux connus
      Max RADIGUET
      Reflets de tableaux connus
      J.B. & A. Lefournier|Brest 1874|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
      first edition for which there is no mention of leading copies, written justification of the author who numbered our copy.
      Binding to bradel half cherry red morocco with corners, back with five nerves with a gold monogram, small traces of black wax on the back, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats paper to the tank, a light without a hitch gravity on a cut, gilded head, elegant binding signed Canape-Belz.
      Signed autograph of Max Radiguet to Gabriel du Tillet.
      A rare and beautiful example pleasantly set in a charming binding signed Canape-Belz.
      €150
    • Costumes de fantaisie pour un bal travesti
      Alfred GREVIN
      Costumes de fantaisie pour un bal travesti
      Aux bureaux : des Modes parisiennes • du Journal amusant • de La toilette de Paris • du Petit journal pour rire|Paris s. d. [1870]|23 x 32.50 cm|broché
      Alfred GRéVIN
      Costumes de fantaisie pour un bal travesti
      Aux bureaux des modes parisiennes, de la toilette de Paris,
      du journal amusant, du petit journal pour rire| Paris [1870] | 23 x 32.5 cm | original wrappers
      First edition illustrated with 24 superb, original, color chromolithographs by Alfred Grévin.
      The chromolithography explanatory page is loose, a small, light spot on the first cover, wrappers with minor marginal tears, pleasant condition inside.
      €300
    • La vierge Marguerite substituée à la Lucine antique, analyse d'un poème inédit du XVème siècle suivie de la description du manuscrit et de recherches historiques par un fureteur
      Félix SOLEIL
      La vierge Marguerite substituée à la Lucine antique, analyse d'un poème inédit du XVème siècle suivie de la description du manuscrit et de recherches historiques par un fureteur
      Veuve Adolphe Labitte|Paris 1885|16.50 x 25 cm|relié
      First edition published anonymously and printed in 500 numbered copies on laid paper.
      Half bronze calf binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt and black fillets, gilt sun and crown at foot of spine, some rubbing and a light dampstain to joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, marbled edges.
      Work illustrated with a frontispiece.
      €50
    • Pontus Carle
      Pontus CARLE, COLLECTIF
      Pontus Carle
      Marc Espinosa • Galerie F|Paris • & Berlin 1991|21.50 x 30.50 cm|agrafé
      First edition of this exhibition of works by Pontus Carle plate is being held in the gallery Malen, then at Marc Espinosa in Paris and at the Galerie F in Berlin in 1991.
      Signed autograph Pontus Carle in art critic and novelist Gerhard Weber and his wife, "For Gerard and Hélène", to whom he communicates his Parisian address, enriched with an original drawing with a pencil.
      Illustrated plate reproductions of works in black and color Pontus Carle.
      Nice copy.
      €200
    • Guide du libraire-antiquaire et du bibliophile. Description bibliographique et anecdotique de deux cents vingt ouvrages rares, curieux ou singuliers
      Jules Le Petit de BEAUCHAMPS, Édouard ROUVEYRE
      Guide du libraire-antiquaire et du bibliophile. Description bibliographique et anecdotique de deux cents vingt ouvrages rares, curieux ou singuliers
      Edouard Rouveyre|Paris 1882|15 x 24 cm|relié
      First edition printed on laid paper.
      Half bottle green shagreen binding with corners, faded spine with five raised bands set with gilt stippling decorated with double gilt compartments ornamented with gilt typographical motifs, marbled paper boards marginally faded, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, original wrappers preserved.
      Work illustrated with 46 plates outside the text.
      Pleasant interior condition.
      €150
    • Les livres à clef. Etude de bibliographie critique et analytique pour servir à l'histoire littéraire
      Fernand DRUJON
      Les livres à clef. Etude de bibliographie critique et analytique pour servir à l'histoire littéraire
      Edouard Rouveyre|Paris 1888|15 x 23.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
      First edition, one of 600 numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue after 10 China, 10 Japan and 30 Whatman.
      Half fir-green shagreen bindings, spines with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, minor traces of rubbing without importance at heads and feet of spines, triple cold-stamped fillets framing the fir-green paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, marbled edges, contemporary bindings.
      Handsome copy.
      €250
    • Gustave Charpentier et le lyrisme français
      Marc DELMAS
      Gustave Charpentier et le lyrisme français
      Librairie Delagrave|Paris 1931|14 x 19.50 cm|relié
      First edition printed on esparto paper.
      Half hazel shagreen binding, spine with two raised bands decorated with a gilt fleuron, traces of rubbing to spine, date and double gilt fillet at foot, olive shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
      Autograph inscription dated and signed by Marc Delmas to the poet Rosati Jean Ott.
      Work illustrated with a portrait of the composer as frontispiece.
      €50
    • Nouvelles fontaines érigées à Paris, de l'ordre et par la munificience de Napoléon le Grand
      Jean Marie Nicolas BRALLE
      Nouvelles fontaines érigées à Paris, de l'ordre et par la munificience de Napoléon le Grand
      Chez Joubert fils • chez Bance|Paris 1810|27.50 x 41.50 cm|relié
      Rare first edition consisting of an allegorical title engraved with Napoleon's arms and 59 steel-engraved plates by Boizot, Beauvallet, Vallois after drawings by Bralle. All the engravings are executed with great finesse and present a scale and aerial view at the bottom of each plate. The work would later appear under another title in 1812, without mention of Napoleon, with descriptive text by Amaury Duval: Les fontaines de Paris, anciennes et nouvelles. In later editions, the illustration would be expanded, notably in 1828.
      19th-century half black shagreen binding with corners, marbled paper boards, all edges speckled, tail headcap worn and corners very lightly rubbed.
      Some scattered foxing on title and endpapers.
      Handsome copy.
      €1,000
    • Pictura loquens
      Ludolph SMIDS, Adriaan SCHOONEBEEK
      Pictura loquens
      Ex officina Hadriani Schoonebeek.|Amstelodami [Amsterdam] • (Amsterdam) 1695|9 x 16 cm|relié
      The rare first edition, with a frontispiece and 61 illustrations.
      Brown sheep, spine with decorated raised bands, roulette to head and foot, red morocco title piece. Three corners bumped.
      A good and fresh copy.
      The work puts together on two pages an extract from a literary work and its interpretation by Smids, as well as an illustration of a mythological scene by Schoonebeek (Alcestis, Hercules, Medea, Oedipus, etc...). The latter was a student of Romain de Hooghe, whose influence is clearly visible.
      This work is a magnificent example of the baroque illustrated book, alongside the La Fontaine of Romain de Hooghe.
      €1,500
    • Louis et François Watteau dits Watteau de Lille
      André MABILLE DE PONCHEVILLE
      Louis et François Watteau dits Watteau de Lille
      André Delpeuch|Paris 1928|15 x 20.50 cm|relié
      First edition on ordinary paper.
      Half caramel sheep binding, spine with two raised bands decorated with a central gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, minor traces of rubbing to spine without significance, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, one lower corner slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
      Inscribed by André Mabille de Poncheville to the poet Jean Ott: "... cette étude sur deux peintres qu'il ne peut manquer de connaître..." ["...this study on two painters whom he cannot fail to know..."]
      Work illustrated with reproductions of works by the Watteaus.
      €50
    • Bibliographie des marionnettes
      Eugène LEFEBVRE, Paul JEANNE
      Bibliographie des marionnettes
      La soupente de Guignol • Les éditions de la très illustre compagnie des Petits comédiens de bois|Paris 1926|16.50 x 25 cm|relié
      First edition, one of 250 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only issue with 2 Holland copies.
      Half fir-green shagreen binding, faded spine with five raised bands showing traces of rubbing, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
      Work illustrated by Eugène Lefebvre.
      Handsome interior condition without foxing.
      Rare.
      Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by the author to poet Jean Ott: "... en souvenir des premiers rapports officiels de Guignol avec Lafleur et en remerciement sincère pour avoir écouter mon appel pour la rénovation des théâtres..." ["... in memory of the first official relations between Guignol and Lafleur and in sincere thanks for having listened to my call for the renovation of theaters..."]
      €300
    • La ronde des saisons
      Charles LOMON, Henri BUSSER
      La ronde des saisons
      Poulalion|Paris 1905|19.50 x 28.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
      First edition, one of 50 copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies.
      Publisher's soft blue-grey cardboard binding, smooth red cloth spine without lettering, top edge gilt, corners slightly bumped, endpapers and pastedowns of floral paper.
      This is a legendary ballet in three acts and six tableaux based on a tale from the Comminges region by Charles Lomon set to music by Henri Büsser.
      Small marginal paper lacks at head of second cover.
      Handsome and rare copy.
      €200
    • La cathédrale de Metz
      COLLECTIF, Marcel AUBERT
      La cathédrale de Metz
      Auguste Picard|Paris 1931|27.50 x 35.50 cm|2 volumes en feuilles sous chemises et étuis
      First edition, one of 550 numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue with 30 on Holland paper.
      The text volume is illustrated with numerous in-text figures. The plate volume contains all 63 plates numbered in Roman numerals as well as its 2 color plates of stained glass windows and its general view plate of Metz Cathedral.
      The slipcase is missing from our copy which is complete with all its plates, which is rare.
      Handsome copy.


      €450
    • Histoire de la gravure, en Italie, en Espagne, en Allemagne, dans les Pays-bas, en Angleterre et en France ; suivis d'indications pour former une collection d'estampes
      Georges DUPLESSIS
      Histoire de la gravure, en Italie, en Espagne, en Allemagne, dans les Pays-bas, en Angleterre et en France ; suivis d'indications pour former une collection d'estampes
      Hachette|Paris 1880|18.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
      First edition, illustrated with 72 engravings (etchings), re-engraved after the originals. All plates, printed before lettering, have been annotated in pencil (author and title).
      Publisher's binding. Special plate by Souze. Binding by Charles Magnier. Half red shagreen richly decorated; red percale boards stamped with a large decorative gilt plate on black ground. All edges gilt. White moiré endpapers. Upper joint slightly cracked at head. Some foxing on the first leaves and on the index.
      Handsome copy
      €550
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