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First edition illustrated with 4 original color etchings by Olive Tamari.
A good copy.

First edition of this first notebook by Pasqual Reyvolte, one of 1000 numbered copies on laid paper.
Work illustrated with 12 reproductions of works by Olive Tamari.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Illustrated by Jacques Martin.
A good copy retaining its advertising slip.
Provenance : the library of Henri Béraud.

First edition.
With 32 photographic plates.
Introduction by Jacques Lassaigne.
A good copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Signed autograph inscription from Charles Lévy to Gérard Mouizel expanded with a signed autograph inscription from Olive Tamari.
Work illustrated with drawings within the text and full-page by Olive Tamari.
Preface by Maurice Chapelain.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Publisher's full mauve cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket which shows no defects.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy.

First edition in French.
Publisher's bindings in full red skyvertex, smooth spines, copies complete with their dust jackets which show no defects as well as their cellophane covers.
Very rich iconography.
Handsome set.

First edition.
Half blue morocco binding, faded spine with five raised bands decorated with the gilt paraph of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times, light scratches on the joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, elegant unsigned near-contemporary binding.

First edition in French.
Half black sheep bindings, smooth spines decorated with black and gilt fillets as well as black fleurons, spines with minor scuffs without consequence, black calf title and volume labels, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, two corners slightly bumped, a small tear at head on one leading edge of the second volume, contemporary bindings.
Frontispiece to the first volume with a lithographed portrait by Marlet of Salvator Rosa.
Some foxing.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine, dark chocolate brown shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 300 black facsimiles as well as 12 color plates.
Cover illustrated with a drawing by Adolphe Willette.
Handsome copy.

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.

Edition illustrated works by Germain Delatousche reproductions, including 15 boards inset in-fine.
Signed autograph of John Daniel Maublanc Albert Sardin.
Tears on the inner flaps of cover boards, otherwise nice copy.

First edition, one of 48 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête.
A tiny tear, not serious, to foot of upper cover.
A rare and very good copy.

First edition on ordinary paper; only 17 copies were printed on deluxe Japanese paper.
Bradel binding in full boards covered with glazed marbled paper, smooth spine, navy Russian morocco lettering piece, original wrappers and spine preserved, gilt top edge; an elegant signed pastiche binding by T. Boichot.
Illustrated with 6 plates hors texte.
A fine copy, handsomely presented in a pastiche binding.
With a precious signed autograph inscription by Joris-Karl Huysmans to his friend and literary executor Lucien Descaves.
Lucien Descaves, a naturalist writer, Communard, libertarian and anti-militarist, founded the Joris-Karl Huysmans Society in 1927.

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.

Original edition for which he was not drawn large papers.
Signed autograph of the author André Level, big art collector and was among the first to discover Pablo Picasso.
Illustrated book 34 collotypes inset.
A vertical fold trace on the second dish, small spots on dishes.

First edition of this exposure plate is being held at the Galerie Colette Allendy in 1955.
Autograph dedication dated and signed Wostan to art critic and novelist Gerhard Weber.
Illustrated brochure reproductions of works of Wostan.
Artist names written in ballpoint pen by the dedicatee of the silent back and head to the first flat.
Two marginal spots heads flat, nice interior state.

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.

First edition printed in a very small number of copies. The wortks consits of a folding composition in black by Bernhard Luginbühl.
A very good copy.

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.

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

First edition on ordinary paper.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Jean Mauclère to Maurice Blanchot.
Joints slightly cracked at head and foot.

First edition.
With reproductions of H. Daeye's works.
A good copy.

First edition.
Illustrated with 24 plates hors texte.
A good copy.

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.

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.

First edition.
Publisher's binding in cream half cloth, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has small marginal tears.
Rich iconography.

First edition, a numbered copy on vélin chamois apprêté paper.
With 22 reproductions of works.
A good copy.

New edition, a numbered copy on vélin de Lana paper.
With 12 plates hors texte.
A good copy.

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.

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.

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.

First edition.
With 68 etchings.
Spine and upper covers soiled, lower cover less than skillfully repaired, a few small spots.

First edition.
Illustrated with 1200 engravings.
Some worming to boards, a tear without loss at head of first leaf, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition.
Illustrated with 1350 gravures.
Some spots to endpapers, otherwise a good copy.

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.

First edition.
Publisher's binding over yellow plain paper boards citron, dust jacket missing.
Richly illustrated.

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.

First edition.
Autograph inscription from Pierre Darras.
Tiny insignificant spots to upper cover, a very good copy.

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.

First edition.
Publisher's full cream cloth binding, handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket and slipcase.
Rich iconography.

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.

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.

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.

First edition, one of 5 numbered copies on handmade Normandy vellum paper, ours unnumbered, deluxe copy.
Illustrations hors-texte by Jacques Martin.
A lack at head of spine which also shows marginal tears with tiny lacks, one joint reglued, minute lacks and corner tears to second cover, pale dampstain at head of first endpaper, otherwise handsome interior condition.
Very rare copy of the author's fifth work.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on pur fil, tirage de tête.
Illustrated with 195 heliogravures, a very good copy retaining its dustjacket.

Portrait of Andy Warhol. Original photograph printed by the artist Large original photograph portrait in black and white, made and printed by Marc Trivier. Unsigned silver print, as most of Trivier's works. Unique print from the artist. Small stain on the upper margin.
Artists, madmen, abattoirs, trees – Marc Trivier photographed each of his subjects with the same interrogative intensity. All his photographs are in the same square format, simple and confined, with no retouching or alteration of the framing, and seem less to show off a subject – famous or unknown, in or out of power, dead or alive...

First edition.
Publisher's full mouse-gray paper boards in Bradel binding, complete with dust jacket.
Iconography.
Handsome copy.

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.

New edition.
Half navy sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt compartments, gilt friezes on the rubbed headcaps, one joint rubbed, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, three slight tears to the leading edges.
Pedlar's stamp.

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...

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.

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.

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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.

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.

First edition, one of 550 copies on vélin blanc, the only printing with 30 Normandy vellum.
16 illustrations.

First edition, for which there were no large paper copies.
Work decorated with several original plate illustrations by Gustave Courbet. Spine slightly split at the head also with a small section missing.
Emile Zola quotes this work in ‘L'Evénement illustré' on 5 May 1868: 'c'est là une œuvre qui fera sensation. L'auteur est un utilitaire tombant à bras raccourcis sur la bourgeoisie fainéante et oisive. (...) Courbet ne pouvait guère trouver un texte dont l'esprit convînt mieux à son genre de talent. Le Franc-Comtois a dû se réjouir en lui de ce plaidoyer en faveur des paysans, des rudes enfants de la terre. Aussi, comme il s'est mis volontiers à dauber les bourgeois, les messieurs...

First edition of 51 numbered copies, initialed by the author on Whatman paper.
Modern pastiche Bradel binding of paper boards by T. Boichot, black morocco title piece, covers preserved.
With an original frontispiece lithograph by Paul Signac.
Worming to covers, a little foxing.
Rare.

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

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

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

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Text by René-Jean, iconography.
Two small tears without consequence affecting the spine, otherwise handsome copy.

First French edition, translated from Italian by M. Jansen (the work was indeed first published in Italian by Bodoni).
Near-contemporary full sheep bindings with smooth spines, bronze title and volume labels. Handsome copy.
The work begins with memoirs on the life and works of Mengs (1728-1779) by Chevalier d'Azara and a notice on Mengs's paintings, followed by the painter's treatises on painting, covering beauty, taste, technical aspects of painting as well as various celebrated painters (Raphael, Correggio, Titian). The preface contains a paragraph by Klopstock (the German editor) and Fuessli. Court painter to the King of Poland, he joined the Spanish court at the behest of...

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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Limited edition of 417 copies. One of 325 on laid paper.
Study and biography of this Polish painter in the circle of Matisse.
32 plates.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this lecture given at the Carnegie Foundation on March 22, 1927 in Paris. Handsome copy.

Second edition with some parts in first edition.
Work illustrated with 100 linocut engravings by the author.
Two corner lacks and small stains to front cover, marginal creases affecting first leaves.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

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.