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First Editions
  1. L'ancien art serbe. Les églises
    Gabriel MILLET

    L'ancien art serbe. Les églises

    E. de Boccard|Paris 1919|25 x 32.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Illustrated with a frontispiece and 249 in-text figures.
    Each initial letter of the printed words on the title page has been underlined and copied over in ballpoint pen.
    Handsome copy.
    €200
  2. Le bestiaire de l'Escurial
    Eustache de LOREY

    Le bestiaire de l'Escurial

    In La Gazette des beaux-arts|Paris Décembre 1935|22.50 x 28.50 cm|agrafé
    First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
    With 9 figures in-texte.
    A good and rare copy.
    €40
  4. Henri Béraud bibliographie
    Pierrette & Georges DUPONT

    Henri Béraud bibliographie

    Editions Du Lérot|Tusson 2001|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Rives paper featuring a numbered reproduction of a gouache by R.G. Gautier as frontispiece, deluxe copy.
    Handsome copy.
    €200
  5. Magritte
    Bernard NOËL

    Magritte

    Flammarion|Paris 1976|21.50 x 28.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Publisher's full cream cloth binding, smooth spine, with the illustrated dust jacket.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Bernard Noël to Maurice Blanchot.
    Iconography.
    Handsome copy.
    €100
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. A l'encre blanche
    Gilles VIGNEAULT, Hugh John BARRETT

    A l'encre blanche

    Nouvelles éditions de l'Arc|Ottawa 1977|31.50 x 31.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition printed in 3000 numbered copies on Byronic paper.
    Publisher's full cream cloth binding, smooth unlettered spine, with overlapping flaps.
    Drawings by Hugh John Barrett. The disc is in very good condition.
    Boards marginally soiled, handsome copy.
    €150
  9. Hippolyte Daeye
    Albert DASNOY

    Hippolyte Daeye

    Editions des cahiers de Belgique|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1936|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition.
    With reproductions of H. Daeye's works.
    A good copy.
    €20
  12. Cahiers de l'Institut d'aménagement et d'urbanisme de la région parisienne. N°1
    COLLECTIF

    Cahiers de l'Institut d'aménagement et d'urbanisme de la région parisienne. N°1

    I.A.U.R.P.|Paris Octobre 1964|24.50 x 31 cm|3 volumes brochés sous chemise
    First edition.
    The Rungis market-station; influence of the Faculty of Sciences of Orsay on the surrounding environment; movement of industrial establishments in the Paris region. Illustrations and maps in text and full-page.
    Spine of chemise slightly sunned, handsome copy.
    €50
  19. Mosaïques byzantines en Italie
    COLLECTIF

    Mosaïques byzantines en Italie

    Plon|Paris 1952|26 x 35.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition.
    Publisher's flexible cardboard binding, smooth spine.
    Work illustrated with 14 color plates.
    Preface by Jean-Louis Vaudoyer, introduction by Rodolphe Guilland.
    Handsome copy.
    €30
  20. Drawing room scrap - book. 1834. (Inde)
    Letitia Elisabeth LANDON

    Drawing room scrap - book. 1834. (Inde)

    Fisher, son, & Co.|London, • Paris • & New-York [New York] 1834|21.50 x 28.50 cm|relié
    First edition, illustrated with 36 steel plates, printed on heavy paper. Text on tinted vellum.
    Publisher's binding. Half wine-colored morocco. Spine richly decorated with two large romantic stamps within frames. Date at foot. Wine-colored cloth boards stamped with a large blind plate of rinceaux and foliage. Boards slightly faded. Occasional light foxing to margins of some engravings. Handsome copy.
    Poetic anthology of this collection devoted half to India with 18 engravings of views, ruins, villages, tombs, by Allom, Purser, Prout. The following 18 engravings represent England, some portraits. Bookplate of M. and H. Hocquette. Romantic books.
    €450
  21. Architetture per lo spettacolo
    Roberto ALOI

    Architetture per lo spettacolo

    Ulrico Hoepli editore|Milano [Milan] 1958|22.50 x 27.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition.
    Publisher's full navy and red cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has minor marginal tears of no consequence.
    Rich iconography.
    A library classification sticker and bookplate pasted to endpapers.
    Handsome copy.
    €60
  22. Eric Mendelsohn
    Wolf VON ECKARDT

    Eric Mendelsohn

    George Braziller|New-York [New York] 1960|18.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Publisher's soft binding.
    Iconography.
    Library classification sticker and bookplate pasted to endpapers, handsome copy.
    €50
  23. Les sources du vingtième siècle
    Jean CASSOU, COLLECTIF

    Les sources du vingtième siècle

    Editions des deux mondes|Paris 1961|27 x 34.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition.
    Publisher's binding in cream half cloth, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has small marginal tears.
    Rich iconography.
    €60
  24. L'architecture de la Renaissance
    Peter MURRAY

    L'architecture de la Renaissance

    Electa - Weber|Paris 1973|25.50 x 28.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple
    First edition in French.
    Publisher's full charcoal cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its dust jacket and illustrated slipcase which show no defects.
    Rich iconography.
    Handsome copy.
    €80
  25. Clôtures et murs de clôtures
    Dieter V. SCHWARZE

    Clôtures et murs de clôtures

    Eyrolles|Paris 1971|24.50 x 26.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition in French.
    Publisher's full white paper boards, smooth spine.
    Rich iconography, bookplate pasted on title page.
    Handsome copy.
    €70
  26. Les deux sources de l'art occidental
    Emmanuel BERL

    Les deux sources de l'art occidental

    Pierre Cailler|Vésenaz près Genève [Vésenaz] 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, a numbered copy on vélin chamois apprêté paper.
    With 22 reproductions of works.
    A good copy.
    €50
  27. Histoire de l'artchitecture moderne
    Leonardo BENEVOLO

    Histoire de l'artchitecture moderne

    Dunod|Paris 1979-1987|20 x 21.50 cm|4 volumes brochés
    First edition.
    The set is composed as follows: The industrial revolution, Avant-garde and modern movement (1890-1930), conflicts and the post-war period, the inevitable eclecticism (1960-1980).
    Rich iconography.
    Minor traces of rubbing on spines of volumes 2 and 3.
    Handsome complete set in 4 volumes.
    €200
  28. L'architecture du XXème siècle
    COLLECTIF

    L'architecture du XXème siècle

    Julliard • Imprimeries réunies|Paris • & Lausanne 1964|24.50 x 32.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition.
    Publisher's binding over paper boards, illustrated covers.
    Richly illustrated.
    A good copy.
    €60
  29. Les Sangallo. Leur vie, leur oeuvre
    G.K. LOUKOMSKI

    Les Sangallo. Leur vie, leur oeuvre

    A. Vincent & Cie|Paris 1934|16.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Illustrated with 103 plates.
    With bookplate pasted at foot of an endpaper and a library shelf label pasted on its recto.
    Handsome copy.
    €60
  31. Rouault
    WALDEMAR GEORGE, Geneviève NOUAILLE-ROUAULT

    Rouault

    Scrépel|Paris 1971|24 x 23.50 cm|broché sous étui
    First edition.
    Work illustrated with reproductions of works by Georges Rouault.
    Handsome copy complete with its split slipcase as well as its illustrated dust jacket.
    €30
  33. Architecture contemporaine
    Jürgen JOEDICKE

    Architecture contemporaine

    Delpire|Paris 1958|20.50 x 24.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition in French.
    Publisher's full lemon cloth binding, smooth spine, with the illustrated dust jacket, bookplate pasted on a dust jacket flap.
    Rich iconography.
    Handsome copy.
    €40
  34. Vieilles demeures du Puy. - Pigeonniers en Haute-Loire. - Vieilles demeures à Blesle. - Fermes et logis de Haute-Loire I & II
    Germaine LATALLERIE-BEURIER, COLLECTIF

    Vieilles demeures du Puy. - Pigeonniers en Haute-Loire. - Vieilles demeures à Blesle. - Fermes et logis de Haute-Loire I & II

    Arts graphiques|Montluçon 1979-1980|22 x 30 cm|5 volumes en feuilles sous chemises et étui
    First edition of each volume, one of 200 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Each fascicle is illustrated with 20 pen drawings by G. Latallerie-Beurier.
    Autograph inscription signed by the illustrator on each volume.
    Texts by C. de Seauve, J. Pothier and prefaces by R. Chazelle.
    The set is presented in a half tan sheep slipcase and chemise, spine with four false raised bands, marbled paper boards.
    The slipcase spine is slightly rubbed at head.
    Handsome copy.
    €350
  35. Catalogue de la bibliothèque de M. Ph.-L. de Bordes de Fortage. Troisième partie seule
    COLLECTIF

    Catalogue de la bibliothèque de M. Ph.-L. de Bordes de Fortage. Troisième partie seule

    Marcel Mounastre-Picamilh|Bordeaux 1927|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
    First edition of this catalogue whose sale took place at the Bordeaux auction house.
    Illustrations hors-texte.
    A small angular tear at the head of the first cover affecting the following pages and having occasionally caused small lacks without gravity and not touching the text, otherwise a handsome copy.
    €50
  38. Cabaret Mosner
    Ricardo MOSNER

    Cabaret Mosner

    Galerie Lara Vincy|Paris 1993|15 x 21 cm|en feuilles sous cahier à spirales
    First edition, one of 10 copies numbered and justified by the artist containing an original drawing by Ricardo Mosner on the title page, deluxe copy.
    Signed autograph inscription by Ricardo Mosner.
    Illustrations hors-texte by Ricardo Mosner.
    Rare and handsome copy.
    €400
  39. Galerie complète des tableaux des peintres les plus célèbres de toutes les époque ou recueil des plus belles compositions tirées des saintes écritures de l'histoire ancienne, et autres sujets : Le Dominiquin
    COLLECTIF, PRINCE ROLAND BONAPARTE

    Galerie complète des tableaux des peintres les plus célèbres de toutes les époque ou recueil des plus belles compositions tirées des saintes écritures de l'histoire ancienne, et autres sujets : Le Dominiquin

    Firmin Didot & Cie|Paris s. d. [1864]|24.50 x 32 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Work illustrated with 153 engravings.
    Spine and joints restored, light corner wear to boards, some minor foxing, minimal traces of adhesive tape at head and foot of endpapers.
    Provenance: from the library of Prince Roland Bonaparte with his bookplate pasted opposite the half-title page.
    €100
  44. Kokoschka
    Hans HEILMAIER

    Kokoschka

    G. Crès & Cie|Paris 1929|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Illustrated booklet with 32 reproductions of O. Kokoschka's work in photogravure.
    Three light stains of no consequence to the margin of the front cover, handsome interior condition.
    €30
  45. Rivages des origines (archives des Cahiers du sud)
    COLLECTIF

    Rivages des origines (archives des Cahiers du sud)

    Archives de la ville de Marseille|Marseille 1981|22 x 30.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition.
    Publisher's binding over yellow plain paper boards citron, dust jacket missing.
    Richly illustrated.
    €50
  47. O desenho de Lasar Segall
    Lasar SEGALL

    O desenho de Lasar Segall

    I.B.P.C.|Sao Paulo [São Paulo] 1991|25.50 x 29 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition.
    Publisher's binding in full brown boards, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has no defects.
    Presentation by José E. Mindlin, autograph inscription from him to a female friend.
    Iconography.
    Handsome copy.
    €40
  48. Hommage à Henri Filleul
    Henri FILLEUL, COLLECTIF

    Hommage à Henri Filleul

    S. n.|s. l. 1852|14 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Autograph inscription signed by Henri Filleul to vice-president of Sacem Monsieur Julsam.
    Our copy is enhanced with a concert program given at the municipal theater of Saint-Omer by the Lille symphony orchestra in honor of Henri Filleul.
    Handsome ensemble.
    €70
  50. Art et mensonge
    Pierre DARRAS

    Art et mensonge

    Henri Colas • Rousseau frères|Paris • & Bordeaux 1948|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Autograph inscription from Pierre Darras.
    Tiny insignificant spots to upper cover, a very good copy.
    €50
  51. L'art de l'ancienne Egypte
    Kazimierz MICHALOWSKI

    L'art de l'ancienne Egypte

    Mazenod|Paris 1968|26 x 32 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
    First edition.
    Publisher's full cream cloth binding, complete with its illustrated dust jacket whose spine is slightly sunned as well as its slipcase.
    Rich iconography, handsome copy.
    €80
  52. L'Islam et l'art musulman
    Alexandre PAPADOPOULO

    L'Islam et l'art musulman

    Citadelles & Mazenod|Paris 1976|25.50 x 32.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition.
    Publisher's full cream cloth binding, handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket and slipcase.
    Rich iconography.
    €120
  53. La peinture impressionniste
    COLLECTIF

    La peinture impressionniste

    Taschen|Paris 2010|24.50 x 32.50 cm|2 volumes en reliures de l'éditeur sous étui
    First edition.
    Publisher's full rose cardboard bindings, copies complete with their dust jackets which have no defects as well as their slipcase.
    Volume 1: Impressionist painting in France.
    Volume 2: Impressionism in Europe and North America.
    Rich iconography.
    Very fine set.
    €200
  54. Auguste Brouet. Catalogue de son oeuvre gravé précédé d'une étude de Gustave Geffroy
    COLLECTIF, Gustave GEFFROY

    Auguste Brouet. Catalogue de son oeuvre gravé précédé d'une étude de Gustave Geffroy

    Gaston Boutitie & Cie|Paris 1923|23 x 28.50 cm|2 volumes en feuilles sous double chemises et étuis
    First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Arches paper, deluxe issue.
    Our copy, like all copies from the deluxe issue, is complete with its original etching in double state signed by Auguste Brouet.
    Work illustrated with 270 plates reproducing the artist's engraved work.
    The slipcase of the second volume is worn.
    Handsome copy.
    €400
  55. L'art de l'Islam : la céramique
    Raymond KOECHLIN

    L'art de l'Islam : la céramique

    Albert Morancé|Paris s. d. [circa 1925]|19.50 x 23 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    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 49 plates at the end.
    €70
  56. La peinture, poëme en trois chants
    Antoine-Marin LE MIERRE

    La peinture, poëme en trois chants

    Chez Le Jay|à Paris 1769 S.d.|19 x 25.50 cm|relié
    First edition, illustrated with a medallion portrait of Corneille on the title page, and three figures on heavy paper after Cochin, and engraved by Prévost, Ponce and Saint-Aubin.
    Contemporary brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 fleurons. Red morocco title-label. Roulette on leading edges. Rubbing. 3 corners slightly bumped.
    Didactic and lyrical poem, in alexandrines.
    €300
  57. Maurice Denis
    François FOSCA, Pierre DRIEU LA ROCHELLE

    Maurice Denis

    Nrf|Paris 1924|12.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
    First edition printed on ordinary paper.
    Fascicule illustrated with an unpublished portrait of the artist by himself engraved on wood by G. Aubert as well as reproductions of works by M. Denis.
    Two tiny lacks to head and foot of sunned spine, handsome interior condition.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by François Fosca to Pierre Drieu la Rochelle.
    €250
  58. Kostia Téréchkovitch
    Louis CHÉRONNET, Pierre DRIEU LA ROCHELLE

    Kostia Téréchkovitch

    Sequana|Paris 1942|12.50 x 16 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Louis Cheronnet to Pierre Drieu la Rochelle.
    Fascicle illustrated with 32 reproductions of the artist's works.
    Some worming.
    Precious relic.
    €200
  59. L'Achèvement du Boulevard Haussmann
    Emile COMBE, Raoul SERRES

    L'Achèvement du Boulevard Haussmann

    Devambez s.a.|Paris 1927|29.50 x 39 cm|en feuilles sous couverture et chemise rigide
    First edition printed in 2000 copies, ours being one of the copies on laid paper.
    Some stains on the chemise.
    The work is illustrated with six hors-texte plates in black and color by Henri Montassier and Raoul Serres.
    €90
  60. La vida y el arte de Ignacio Zuloaga
    Enrique LAFUENTE FERRARI

    La vida y el arte de Ignacio Zuloaga

    Editora internacional • Editorial Mayfe|San Sebastian [San Sebastián] • & Madrid 1950|24 x 31 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition, one of 2000 numbered copies, the only printing with 300 copies containing an original etching by Ignacio Zuloaga.
    Publisher's binding in full red cloth, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket, the spine of which is sunned and has small marginal tears.
    Rich iconography.
    Interior in pleasant condition.
    €350
  61. Le Vieux Mans méconnu
    Alcime SINAN

    Le Vieux Mans méconnu

    Chez l'auteur|Le Mans 1930|26 x 33 cm|en feuilles
    First edition printed in 300 copies (n°202).
    Copy in sheets under publisher's half-cloth chemise closed with laces.
    Chemise flaps torn and cover faded. Work illustrated with 54 plates and 50 vignettes after drawings by Alcime Sinan.
    €300
  62. Galerie des artistes anglais de l'école moderne, ou collection de gravures d'après Turner, Roberts, Bonington...
    ANONYME

    Galerie des artistes anglais de l'école moderne, ou collection de gravures d'après Turner, Roberts, Bonington...

    Chez Desenne|à Paris 1835 - 1837|21.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
    First edition of the two series published respectively in 1835 and 1836. 36 steel engravings for the first volume and 40 for the second, totaling 76 engravings engraved by various English engravers and printed on strong paper, under tissue guards. A large title vignette and a frontispiece in the second volume, both dated 1836, therefore could not have been part of the first.
    Green half morocco signed Boutigny. The second volume, although using the same tools (and the same endpaper), and coming from the same workshop, is in a noticeably different binding (bound two years later), in navy blue half shagreen, the ensemble being ultimately more aesthetic than if the color were similar...
    €550
  63. L'art grec et la sculpture réaliste
    Gustave PLANCHE

    L'art grec et la sculpture réaliste

    La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 1856|15.50 x 25 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Extract from the Revue des deux mondes.
    In loose sheets, under chemise.
    €40
  64. Robert Motherwell
    Marcelin PLEYNET

    Robert Motherwell

    Edition Daniel Papierski|Paris 1989|25 x 31 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition, one of 7000 numbered copies.
    Publisher's full mouse-grey cloth binding, complete with its illustrated dust jacket which shows some minor marginal scuffs.
    Our copy is complete with its original lithograph.
    Rich iconography.
    Minimal light and marginal stains on the title page, otherwise a handsome copy.
    €250
  65. Chansons nationales et populaires de France
    Théophile Marion DUMERSAN, Noël SÉGUR

    Chansons nationales et populaires de France

    G. de Gonet|Paris S.d. ca 1850|15.50 x 24 cm|relié
    First edition.
    This edition is often mistakenly confused with the Garnier edition Chants et chansons populaires de la France (in one volume and in several), yet it is rigorously different both in illustration and content. It is illustrated with 48 steel-engraved plates printed in bistre after Gavarni, Travies... and numerous wood engravings.
    Half brown shagreen. Spine with false raised bands decorated with thick and thin compartments. Wine-colored percaline boards. Edges gilt. Boards discolored in places (borders). Joints of volume 1 rubbed in places. Tissue guards browned. Occasionally some foxing in margins or around tissue guards. Overall quite fresh and clean.
    The two...
    €300
  66. Les peintres futuristes italiens
    Gino SEVERINI, Umberto BOCCIONI

    Les peintres futuristes italiensThe Italian Futurist Painters

    Bernheim jeune|Paris 1912|12 x 16 cm|agrafé
    SEVERINI Gino & BOCCIONI Umberto
    Les Peintres futuristes italiens
    [The Italian Futurist Painters]
    Bernheim jeune, Paris 1912, 12 x 16 cm, stapled
    First edition, for which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies, of the catalogue of the first and most important foreign futurist exposition.
    Two tiny marginal spots, not serious, to upper cover, otherwise a good copy.
    $ 500
    €400
  69. Le Pour et Contre les spectacles
    Abbé MANN

    Le Pour et Contre les spectacles

    Chez Beugnies|à Mons 1782|10.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full sheep binding. Decorated smooth spine. Red morocco title label. Double fillet frame on boards. Joints cracked. Headcap partly worn. One corner bumped.
    The author, responding to a letter, takes a moral position regarding the spectacles he condemns, as well as the encyclopedists.
    €130
  70. Les enfantines du bon pays de France
    Philippe KUHFF

    Les enfantines du bon pays de France

    Lib. Sandoz • Fischbacher|Paris 1878|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Lullabies, nursery rhymes, riddles, sayings and quatrains...
    Small lacks to foot of spine, one repaired tear to back cover, foxing to covers.
    €70
  71. The Ephemera of Adrian Wilson : an annotated list, 1944-1988
    Adrian WILSON, James LINDEN

    The Ephemera of Adrian Wilson : an annotated list, 1944-1988[Les éphémères d’Adrian Wilson : liste annotée, 1944-1988]

    Tuscany Alley|San Francisco 1994|27 x 39 cm|2 volumes reliures en de l'éditeur, sous étui
    First edition, one of 75 numbered copies on Rives paper, the only printing with 10 others also on Rives signed by Adrian Wilson and 3 hors commerce copies.
    Cream-colored cloth, complete with slipcase.
    With numerous original woodcuts by Adrian Wilson.
    This copy retains its chemise, which holds 50 or so characteristic examples of the work of the printer Adrian Wilson.
    A fine and rare copy.
    €1,200
  72. Oeuvre de Jean Goujon gravé au trait d'après ses statues et ses bas reliefs par Mr. Reveil
    André POTTIER, Jean GOUJON

    Oeuvre de Jean Goujon gravé au trait d'après ses statues et ses bas reliefs par Mr. Reveil

    Audot|Paris 1844|18 x 27 cm|relié
    First edition of the first major study on the sculptor Jean Goujon (c. 1515 - c. 1568) who played a key role in the French School of sculpture.
    Bottle-green Bradel half paper over marbled paper boards, spine with gilt fillets, navy blue shagreen title piece, edges of covers rubbed.
    With 85 hors texte engravings, of which 3 double page, accompanied by an explicatory text on each of the monuments for which Goujon provided sculptures.
    With an essay on the life and works of Jean Goujon at end.
    A little scattered spotting affecting both text and plates.
    Rare.
    €1,000
  73. L'atelier silencieux
    David Douglas DUNCAN

    L'atelier silencieux

    Fayard|Paris 1976|21.50 x 29.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition.
    Publisher's full mouse-gray paper boards in Bradel binding, complete with dust jacket.
    Iconography.
    Handsome copy.
    €50
  74. Chansons populaires. - Chansons de salon. - Chansons légères
    Gustave NADAUD

    Chansons populaires. - Chansons de salon. - Chansons légères

    Librairie Jouaust|Paris 1879|13.50 x 22 cm|3 volumes reliés
    Edition printed in 210 numbered copies, ours one of 170 on Holland paper.
    Bradel bindings in half olive morocco with corners, smooth spines, dates at foot, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary bindings.
    Work illustrated with original etchings by E. Morin.
    Occasional light worming, otherwise a handsome set attractively bound.
    €230
  75. Drouot 1997 : l'art et les enchères en France
    COLLECTIF

    Drouot 1997 : l'art et les enchères en France

    Compagnie des commissaires-priseurs de Paris|Paris 1997|22.50 x 29.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition.
    Publisher's full olive cloth binding, complete with its illustrated dust jacket which shows no defects.
    Rich iconography, a very handsome copy.
    €50
  76. Catalogue de vente de la collection de C. Havilland d'estampes japonaises, peintures des écoles classiques et de quelques maitres de catalogue de vente de la collection de C. Havilland d'estampes japonaises, peintures des écoles classiques et de quelques maitres de l'Ukiyoye'. Première vente
    COLLECTIF

    Catalogue de vente de la collection de C. Havilland d'estampes japonaises, peintures des écoles classiques et de quelques maitres de catalogue de vente de la collection de C. Havilland d'estampes japonaises, peintures des écoles classiques et de quelques maitres de l'Ukiyoye'. Première vente

    S. n.|Paris 1922|23 x 31 cm|broché
    First edition of this auction catalogue held on November 27, 28 and 29, 1922 at the Hotel Drouot.
    Iconography.
    A small tear at the head of one joint, small stains on the front cover, handsome interior condition.
    €50
  77. L'echo des bardes
    ANONYME

    L'echo des bardes

    Chez Le Fuel|à Paris 18..|7.50 x 12.50 cm|relié
    First edition, decorated with 6 figures drawn by Berlin and engraved by Devilliers. 80 pages of engraved music.
    Contemporary full red straight-grained morocco binding. Smooth spine decorated with two butterflies and two fleurons. Frame border on boards. One tiny lack at foot. Rubbing. Scattered foxing. Handsome copy.
    Song collection, whose songs are mainly drawn from operettas (Boieldieu, Piccini, Lemoine...). Although most of the texts are amorous laments, one notes an intruder: God save the king...

    NB: This work is available at the bookstore on request within 48 hours.
    €280
  78. Josef Pankiewicz - Exemplaire de Moïse Kisling
    Józef PANKIEWICZ (Ex-dono) (to Moïse KISLING)

    Josef Pankiewicz - Exemplaire de Moïse Kisling[Josef Pankiewicz – Moïse Kisling’s copy]

    M. Arct|Warszawie [Warsaw] 1936|18 x 25.50 cm|broché
    M. Arct | Warszawie 1936 | 18 x 25,5 cm | in original wrappers
    First edition.

    Rare handwritten inscription from Josef Pankiewicz to [Moïse] Kisling.
    Illustrations. Three light, minor snags at the top of the spine, tiny marginal tears without pieces missing at the top of the first board, otherwise pleasant copy.

    In 1906, Pankiewicz was appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Notably, one of his pupils was Moïse Kisling whom he encouraged to abandon sculpture in favor of painting. He introduced the young man to French painting and more specifically Cézanne and Renoir. In 1910, on the advice of his mentor, Kisling...
    €2,000
  79. Pierre Dolley, textes et peintures. Enrichi d'un dessin original de l'artiste
    (Pierre DOLLEY) Jean MIQUEL

    Pierre Dolley, textes et peintures. Enrichi d'un dessin original de l'artiste

    H. Roudil|Paris 1957|14 x 18 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on art paper, enriched with an original drawing by the artist, the only printing.
    Illustrated cover, tiny tear to the front cover, a marginal dampstain to the back cover slightly affecting the last leaf.
    Complete with the original drawing signed and heightened in watercolor mounted on loose card.
    Rare.
    €180
  80. Le théâtre indien.
    Émile SENART

    Le théâtre indien.

    La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 1891|15 x 25 cm|agrafé
    First edition.
    Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes.
    Rare.
    In plain wrappers.
    €50
  84. Peintures et pastel de René Ménard
    René MÉNARD

    Peintures et pastel de René Ménard

    Librairie Armand Colin|Paris 1923|25 x 32 cm|Broché
    First edition, illustrated with 68 fine photogravures including one large folding colored plate.
    Preface by André Michel. A chronological catalogue of his principal works, and the location where they are found.
    Publisher's wrappers.
    Virgin copy, conjugate leaves, printed on strong laid paper. (After 100 deluxe copies). The colored plate is detached. A crack to the lower joint at head.
    Very good condition.

    NB: This book is available at the bookshop on request within 48 hours.
    €130
  85. Catalogue de la vente Diaz du mercredi 28 Avril 1858
    COLLECTIF

    Catalogue de la vente Diaz du mercredi 28 Avril 1858

    Renou & Maulde|Paris 1858|15.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    This catalogue consists of the presentation of 11 paintings by Diaz reproduced in 11 etchings engraved by Charles Jacque.
    Spine faded, foxing on all etchings, auction prices noted in pencil.
    Rare.
    €200
  86. Bal olympique, vrai bal sportif costumé le vendredi 11 Juillet 1924 de minuit à 6h du matin à la taverne de l'Olympia, 28 Bd des Capucines, organisé par l'Union des artistes russes à Paris
    Pablo PICASSO, COLLECTIF

    Bal olympique, vrai bal sportif costumé le vendredi 11 Juillet 1924 de minuit à 6h du matin à la taverne de l'Olympia, 28 Bd des Capucines, organisé par l'Union des artistes russes à Paris[Olympic Ball, a Genuine Fancy-Dress Sports Ball, on Friday, 11 July 1924, from Midnight to 6 a.m., at the Olympia Tavern, 28 Boulevard des Capucines, organized by the Union of Russian Artists in Paris]

    Union des artistes russes • François Bernouard|Paris 1924|24.50 x 29 cm|broché

    The program is illustrated by V. Barthe (wrapper) and includes hors-texts by Chatzman, Manet (a reproduction of his Olympia), Picasso, Vassilieff, Fotinsky and Ganovsky (a spatial composition).

    Appearing at this event were: Olga Koklova and the Ballets Suédois of Juger Friis and Jean Borlin, the “dance of the lobster, crab and crocodile” with costumes by Marie Vassilieff and Fernand Léger, the Petrograd Puppet Theatre with costumes and puppets by Goncharova and music by Bohslav Martinou and Vernon Duke, three-dimensional poems by Iliazd and Katabadze as well as futurist poems from Vazry, a dance by Thamara Svirskya to Satie's Gymnopédies, “Japanese...

    €1,000
  87. Théâtre à l'usage des jeunes personnes
    Madame de GENLIS

    Théâtre à l'usage des jeunes personnes

    Chez Panckoucke|à Paris 1779-1780|12 x 20 cm|4 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Contemporary half calf bindings. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label and brown sheep volume label. Lacks to headcaps of volume IV. A small lack to tail of volume III. Rubbing. Quite good copies, very fresh.
    The complete set comprises 24 plays. Many of these plays were originally intended for the children of Orléans under the care of the Comtesse de Genlis. The roles are performed by children. Madame de Genlis thus inaugurated a new genre in theatre, a theatre made by and for children. In the final volume, the preface specifies that this volume is intended solely for the children of artisans and merchants. It goes without saying that none of the...
    €550
  88. La peinture contemporaine au Japon
    ELISEEV

    La peinture contemporaine au Japon

    Editions de Boccard|Paris 1923|In 4|Un Vol. broché
    First work on contemporary painting in Japan, following the first exhibition of Japanese art in Paris at the Grand Palais in 1922.
    Numerous plates.
    Rare.
    In original wrappers with folded covers.
    Excellent condition.

    NB: This work is available at the bookstore upon request within 48 hours.
    €130
  89. France illustrated, exhibiting its landcape scenery, antiquities, military and ecclesiastical architecture
    George Newenham WRIGHT, Thomas ALLOM

    France illustrated, exhibiting its landcape scenery, antiquities, military and ecclesiastical architecture

    Fisher, son, & Co.|London, • Paris S.n. [1841-1846]|22 x 27.20 cm|2 Vol. reliés
    First edition, illustrated with 148 steel-engraved plates, including 96 in the first three volumes, by Thomas Allom; the fourth volume comprises 52 plates including 36 by Eugène Lami and 16 by Allom.
    Full midnight blue glazed calf. Flat spine with false raised bands decorated with various roulettes and fillets with some compartments in morocco. Covers decorated with rich Romantic frieze and angular blind stamps. Red morocco title-label. Marbled edges. Scratches to covers. Headcaps and joints lightly rubbed. Superb English binding.
    Volume IV, which is often lacking, is the translation of Un été à Paris, by Jules Janin. Through its illustrations, one finds a Balzacian Paris. It...
    €800
  90. Peintures
    Henri MICHAUX

    Peintures

    GLM|Paris 1939|12.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 550 copies on vélin blanc, the only printing with 30 Normandy vellum.
    16 illustrations.
    €400
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