Sculpture

Gérard XURIGUERA
Subira-Puig, l'espace-bois
S.M.I.|Paris 1975|21.50 x 26.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Iconography.
A good copy.
€80
Valery LARBAUD
Aux couleurs de Rome[In the Colours of Rome]
Nrf|Paris 1938|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, head print.
Pleasant copy despite two very slight insolations without gravity in the head and foot of the back.
€1,000
François PLUCHART
Pop Art 1960-1970
Editions Martin-Malburet|Marseille 1971|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
Iconography.
A very good copy.
€30
Germaine TILLION
Avatars musulmans de quatre personnages d'un portail de Vézelay[Muslim Avatars of Four Figures from a Portal at Vézelay]
Editions Privat|Toulouse 1979|16.50 x 24 cm|agrafé
First edition of this reprint.
Rare and touching autograph signed and dated Germaine Tillion under his strong pseudonym Kouri, to her friend resistant Denise Vernay, nicknamed Myarka the Resistance, with whom she was interned in a concentration camp: "To Myarka, the first copy priority. Kouri. "
Pleasant copy despite an angular fold track topped the first board.
€450
CESAR [César Baldaccini]
César à Nice
Galerie des Ponchettes|Nice 1972|21 x 27 cm|agrafé
First edition of this exhibition plate is being held in the Hall of Ponchettes Nice of May 18 to June 14, 1972.
Signed autograph of Caesar to the art editor Alex Grall on the first board when Caesar crossed out his name.
Illustrated brochure reproductions of works of Caesar.
€450
Gayzag ZAKARIAN
Boni "grafisculptures". Oeuvre gravé 1957-1970
Gayzag Zakarian|Paris 1970|19 x 26.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
first edition.
Binding of the editor in full gray fabric, smooth back.
Signed autograph Paolo Boni the art critic Gerhardt Weber.
rich iconography.
Very light bites are not serious about the boards of the binding.
€60
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
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
Hippolyte Adolphe TAINE
Philosophie de l'art
Germer Baillière|Paris • & Londres [London] 1854|11 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half navy blue shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with triple gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, corners very slightly bumped without gravity.
Copy almost free from foxing.
€60
Théophile GAUTIER
L'Art moderne
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1856|11 x 17.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Contemporary binding in half midnight blue shagreen, spine with four false raised bands decorated with blind fillets and gilt fleurons, slight traces of rubbing on the joints, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of marbled paper.
Light foxing on the edges.
€250
Théophile GAUTIER
Abécédaire du salon de 1861
E. Dentu|Paris 1861|11 x 18 cm|relié
First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced at their corners with gilt typographical motifs, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, one corner slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
€230
Théophile GAUTIER
L'art moderne
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1856|11 x 18 cm|relié
First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with double blind-tooled compartments enhanced with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Fine copy handsomely bound.
€150
Théophile GAUTIER
Les beaux-arts en Europe, première et deuxième série
Paris 1855-1856|11 x 18 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
First edition for each of the volumes.
Half navy blue shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with double blind fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
Handsome copy.
€150
Prosper MÉRIMÉE
Etudes sur les arts au Moyen-Age
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1875|12 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in full cherry red cloth with flaps, smooth spine, date and place gilt at foot, brown shagreen title-label, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy almost entirely free of foxing.
€250
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
COLLECTIF
Cahiers de la céramique et des arts du feu N°13 et son supplément
Société des amis du Musée national de céramique|Sèvres 1959|25 x 32 cm|2 volumes brochés
First edition of each volume.
Rich iconography.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned without gravity, a small tear at head of spine of the supplement, handsome interior condition.
Copy well complete with its supplement devoted to Limoges porcelain.
€50
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
COLLECTIF
Persian art. An illustrated souvenir of the exhibition of persian art at Burlington house London
The executive committee of the exhibition • Hudson • Kearns limited|London 1931|19.50 x 25 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's half black cloth binding, smooth spine, gilt title, marginal scuff to spine, flexible boards, title label on front board, corners slightly bumped.
Work illustrated with numerous photographic plates.
Handsome copy.
€40
René GROUSSET
L'Iran extérieur : son art. Séance du 16 Décembre 1930 au musée Guimet. Loi relative à la conservation des antiquités de la Perse
Ernest Leroux|Paris 1932|16 x 23.50 cm|agrafé
First edition published in a small number of copies.
Illustrated brochure with 3 plates.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned without significance.
Rare and handsome copy.
€40
Romain ROLLAND
Michel Ange
Club des libraires de France|Paris 1958|24 x 20 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
New edition.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine, front cover illustrated with a vignette, complete with its cellophane wrapper.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy.
€30
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
Louis BATISSIER
Histoire de l'art monumental dans l'Antiquité et au Moyen-Age suivie d'un traité de la peinture sur verre
Furne & Cie|Paris 1860|17 x 27 cm|relié
Second edition with some parts in first edition as it was revised.
Half mint green sheep binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with double blind-stamped compartments, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Work abundantly illustrated with numerous wood-engraved vignettes as well as 4 hand-colored lithographic plates by Hauger after Lasteyrie, showing stained glass windows for the treatise on glass painting.
Handsome copy.
€120
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
LE BLOND, Géraud de LA CHAU
Description des principales pierres gravées du Cabinet de SAS Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans
Chez M. l'abbé de la Chaud • M. l'Abbé Le Blond|à Paris 1780 - 1784|20.50 x 34 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition, magnificently illustrated with a frontispiece by Cochin, engraved by Saint-Aubin, a title vignette by the same, 59 large tailpieces and headpieces (designed and engraved by Saint-Aubin) explained and deciphered at the beginning of the work, and 179 figures hors-texte each presenting an engraved stone (engraved by Saint-Aubin). Fine printing on deluxe Holland paper.

Full black morocco-grained shagreen binding ca 1850. Smooth spine with flat raised bands decorated with fillets and roulettes on the bands. Triple-ruled frames on boards with corner fleurons. Marbled edges. Light rubbing to headcaps, corners. Paper lacking to margin of one leaf in volume I. Some leaves...
€1,800
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
Maurice DENIS
Nouvelles théories sur l'art moderne, sur l'art sacré 1914-1921
L. Rouart & J. Watelin|Paris 1922|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper, only 100 copies were printed on Arches laid paper as deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription signed by Maurice Denis to Jacques-Emile Blanche: " à Jacques Blanche en toute sympathie d'art, et peut-être de pensée..." ["to Jacques Blanche with all artistic sympathy, and perhaps of thought..."]
Minimal worming on the endpapers.
€450
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
Georges LAFENESTRE
Les Salons de 1891. I/ La peinture au Salon des Champs-Elysées. II/ La sculpture et l'architecture au Salon des Champs-Elysées.
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
Georges LAFENESTRE
Les Salons de 1892. II. La sculpture aux deux Salons et la peinture au Champ de Mars.
La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 1892|15 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes.
Rare.
In plain wrappers.
€40
CHAMPFLEURY
Le Réalisme
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1857|12 x 19 cm|relié
Rare first edition of this manifesto, foundation of the Realist movement of which Champfleury was one of the principal theorists. No deluxe copies were printed.
Very modest amateur binding in green percaline, second cover preserved. Foxing and marginal lacks not touching text on a few pages due to poor cutting of the leaves.
A worn copy but of exceptional rarity.
€200
Hippolyte Adolphe TAINE
Philosophie de l'art en Italie
Germer Baillière|Paris 1866|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition with "remise en vente" wrappers of the next year.
One small tear to foot of spine, foxing on some leaves.
€60
Prosper MÉRIMÉE
Collection des documents inédits sur l'histoire de France publiés par ordre du roi et par les soins du ministre de l'instruction publique : instructions du comité historique des arts et des monuments
Imp. royal|Paris 1839|20.50 x 27 cm|relié
First edition.
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.
€600
Jean PAULHAN
Braque le patron
Gallimard|Paris 1952|11 x 17 cm|broché
New edition, no mention of deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
A small dampstain on the back cover marginally affecting the last two leaves.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Paulhan to Paulette and René Wolfromm.
€120
Arnold GOFFIN
Histoire de la peinture et de la sculpture en Belgique.1830-1930
Van Oest|Bruxelles [Brussels] • & Paris 1930|25 x 33.50 cm|Un Vol. broché
Edition published on the occasion of the centenary of Belgian independence, by the universal exhibition society (for 1935), which had been charged with organizing in Brussels a centennial exhibition of Belgian art that provided the occasion to publish this important work for the history of Belgian art.
Ordinary edition on strong laid paper after 255 deluxe copies.
Texts by period specialists: Arnold Goffin, Van Puyvelde... In original wrappers, illustrated cover on strong laid paper with flaps.
Pristine copy in mint condition. Numerous plates.
€180
Gustave PLANCHE
Le musée du Louvre. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1851]|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.
€40
A. GEFFROY
L'école de Rome au XIXe siècle. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1863]|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.
€40
Gustave PLANCHE
Pierre Pujet. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1852]|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.
€30
Gustave PLANCHE
Le salon de 1852. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1852]|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.
€40
Eugène DELACROIX
Questions sur le beau
La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 15 juillet 1854|15.50 x 25 cm|broché
Published before the first edition.
Softcover, as issued.
€150
Eugène DELACROIX
Questions sur le beau
La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 15 juillet 1854|15.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition.
Eugène Delacroix's articles would only be collected after his death, in 1865, and printed in only 300 copies.
In original wrappers.
€150
Georges LAFENESTRE
Le salon de 1886. La peinture. La sculpture. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] (1886)|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.
€45
Léon DOREZ
Nouvelles recherches sur Michel-Ange et son entourage
S. n.|Paris 1918|16 x 24 cm|broché
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.
€50
Henri DELABORDE
La sculpture florentine avant Michel Ange. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] 1865|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.
€30
Louis PEISSE
Le salon de 1844. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] 1844|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.
€40
A. GRUYER
Les monument de la Renaissance française dans la chapelle du château de Chantilly. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] 1884|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.
€45
Constant MARTHA
La précision dans l'art. Etude de psychologie esthétique. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] 1884|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.
€40
Georges LAFENESTRE
Le salon de 1888. La peinture. La sculpture. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] 1888|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.
€70
Em. MICHEL
Le salon de 1880. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] 1880|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First editions.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.
€70
C. FALLET
Galerie des artistes célèbres : peintres, sculpteurs, architectes
Mégard & Cie|Paris 1859|13 x 22 cm|relié
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.
€100
Félix RAVAISSON
La vénus de Milo. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] 1871|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.
€40
Auguste RODIN, Léon RIOTOR
Statuaire
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1900]|11.50 x 19 cm|broché
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.
€300
Eugène GUILLAUME
Le salon de 1879. L'architecture, la sculpture. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] 1879|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.
€40
Charles d' HENRIET
Les écoles des beaux Arts en Europe. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] 1869|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.
€40
Edmond ABOUT
Le salon de 1869. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] 1869|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.
€50
Gio. Guerardo de ROSSI
Lettera sopra un monumento recentemente scolpito dall'illustre scultore sig. Antonio Canova
S. n.|Bassano [Bassano Romano] 1795|12 x 19.50 cm|broché
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.
€250
George LAFNESTRE
Le musée Jacquemart André. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] 1914|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.
€70
A. GEFFROY
L'école française de Rome. Ses premiers travaux. L'Antiquité Classique. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] 1883|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.
€40
Henri HOUSSAYE
Le salon de 1883. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] 1883|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.
€60
Eugène GUILLAUME
Le salon de 1882. La Sculpture. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] 1882|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.
€45
Henri HOUSSAYE
Le salon de 1877. I. La peinture. II. La sculpture
La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 1877|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.
€70
Bernard ANDREAE
L'art de l'ancienne Rome
Mazenod|Paris 1973|25.50 x 32 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple
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.
€80
François-Guillaume DUMAS
Annuaire illustré des beaux-arts. Catalogue illustré de l'Exposition Universelle. Année 1883
Lib. L. Baschet|Paris 1883|14.50 x 23 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
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.
€40
Édouard DES COURIÈRES, Pierre DRIEU LA ROCHELLE
Chana Orloff
Nrf|Paris 1927|12.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
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.
€250
Élie LAMBERT
Art musulman et art chrétien dans la péninsule ibérique
Privat|Paris 1958|18.50 x 24 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Illustrated with 12 photographic plates at the end.
Handsome copy with the illustrated dust jacket.
€50
Henri PERRAULT-DESAIX
Recherches sur Neuvy-Saint-Sépulcre et les monuments de plan ramassé
Ernest Leroux|Paris 1931|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition printed on alfa paper.
Signed and inscribed by Henri Perrault-Desaix.
Work illustrated with 13 plates.
Some light foxing, a faint dampstain at the head of the first leaves without significance, spine slightly sunned.
€70
Alberto MARTINI
Picasso e il cubismo
Fratelli Fabbri editori|Milano [Milan] 1967|25 x 31 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's full cream and olive cloth binding, complete with its illustrated dust jacket which shows very slight marginal tears of no consequence.
Endpapers very slightly and partially shadowed.
Iconography.
Handsome copy.
€30
André PARROT
Histoire mondiale de la sculpture : Orient ancien. Dieux, rois en Eden
Hachette|Paris 1979|21.50 x 28.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, complete with illustrated dust jacket with very slight marginal tears of no consequence.
A small stain of no consequence on the first endpaper.
Iconography.
Handsome copy.
€30
Roger PEYRE
Les beaux-arts dans l'Antiquité
Charles Delagrave|Paris 1896|13.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dotted lines and decorated with gilt floral motifs, minor rubbing to headcaps and joints without significance, blind fillets framing the red paper boards, gilt laurel leaves and "Lycée Charlemagne" stamped at center of front cover, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Work illustrated with 150 reproductions of the most notable ancient works.
Handsome and rare copy.
€80
Octave MIRBEAU
Des artistes. Peintres et sculpteurs
Flammarion|Paris 1922|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Marais paper, the only deluxe copies with 25 on Holland paper.
About E. Delacroix, C. Monet, P. Gauguin, J.F. Rafaelli, C. Pissarro, A. Rodin...
Some light foxing mainly affecting the endpapers.
€150
Marcel DUCHAMP
Duchamp du signe
Flammarion|Paris 1975|15 x 21 cm|broché
New edition with some parts in first edition as revised and expanded.
Work illustrated with drawings and photographs.
Light traces of adhesive on endpapers, handsome copy.
€40
Louis BATISSIER
L'art monumental dans l'Antiquité et au Moyen Age suivi d'un traité sur la peinture sur verre
Furne & Cie|Paris 1840|18 x 28 cm|relié
Second edition with some parts in first edition as entirely revised by the author.
Half navy blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands showing minor rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Work illustrated with numerous engravings in the text as well as 4 chromolithographs hors-texte.
Some foxing affecting almost exclusively the tissue guards of the chromolithographs.
€150
Frances H. TITCHENER
L'école auvergnate. Etude sur la renaissance méridionale dans le Cantal
Honoré Champion|Paris 1928|17 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Minimal foxing, mainly marginal.
€50
Henri DELABORDE
Le département des estampes à la Bibliothèque Nationale. Notice historique suivie d'un catalogue des estampes
Plon|Paris 1875|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half red shagreen. Spine with raised bands in Jansenist style. Gilt title and date at foot. Light rubbing. Scattered pale foxing.
A handsome copy nonetheless.

NB: This work is available at the bookstore upon request within 48 hours.
€170
Salomon REINACH
Antiquités nationales : description raisonnée du musée de Saint-Germain-en-Laye : bronzes figurés de la Gaule romaine
Firmin-Didot & Cie|Paris s. d. [1889]|16.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Work illustrated with one heliogravure and 600 drawings by J. Devillard and the author.
Light foxing to covers and interior, otherwise a handsome copy.
€70
Kazimierz MICHALOWSKI
L'art de l'ancienne Egypte
Citadelles & Mazenod|Paris 1973|25.50 x 32 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's full ecru cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with the illustrated dust jacket which has a small tear at the head of the spine.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy.
€100
Giandomenico ROMANELLI
L'art de Venise
Editions Place des victoires|Paris 1998|27.50 x 32 cm|2 volumes reliures de l'éditeur et sous étui
New edition of the French translation.
Publisher's full black cloth bindings, smooth spines, complete with their illustrated dust jackets and slipcase.
Rich iconography.
Copy in mint condition.
€80
Rafael ALBERTI
Picasso el rayo que no cesa
Ediciones Poligrafa|Barcelona 1975|26.50 x 32 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's cream cloth binding, smooth spine, boards slightly and marginally soiled without gravity.
Rich iconography.
Copy lacking dust jacket.
€40
Hans HARTUNG
Autoportrait
Grasset|Paris 1976|12.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Signed and inscribed by Hans Hartung to the painter Michelle Forgeois.
Illustrated.
€200
(Joan MIRÓ) Pere GIMFERRER
Miro y su mundo
Editiones Poligrafa|Barcelona 1978|26.50 x 27.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's full cream cloth binding, complete with dust jacket and protective film which shows minor insignificant wear.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy.
€40
Keith McPherson BUCHANAN, Charles P. FITZGERALD
Chine éternelle : le passé et le présent
Fernand Nathan|Paris 1981|22 x 28 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition in French.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket in perfect condition.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy.
€40
R. Soame JENYNS, William WATSON
Arts de la Chine : or - argent - bronzes des époques tardives - émaux - laques - bois
Office du Livre • Sté française du livre|Fribourg [Fribourg] • & Paris 1963|21.50 x 28.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition in French.
Publisher's full green cloth binding.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has no defects.
€60
COLLECTIF
Japanese design in art 8
étude Kyouto|s. l. 1985|30 x 30.50 cm|relié
Japanese first edition.
Text in Japanese. Full black cloth binding, very fine copy, complete with its illustrated slipcase.
Richly illustrated.
€60
Huguette ROUSSET
Arts de la Corée
Office du Livre • Sté française du livre|Fribourg [Fribourg] • & Paris 1977|22.50 x 30 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's full sand-colored cloth binding.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket in perfect condition.
€60
Tibor BODROGI
L'art de l'Indonésie
Editions du cercle d'art|Paris 1972|22.50 x 25.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition in French.
Publisher's sand cloth binding.
Richly illustrated.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has some marginal tears with lacks.
€60
Michèle T'SERSTEVENS
L'art chinois
Charles Massin|Paris 1962|21 x 28 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's yellow cloth binding.
Richly illustrated.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has some marginal tears with slight lacks.
€50
COLLECTIF
Drouot 1996 : l'art et les enchères en France
Compagnie des commissaires-priseurs de Paris|Paris 1996|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, very handsome copy.
€50
COLLECTIF
Drouot 1994 : l'art et les enchères en France
Compagnie des commissaires-priseurs de Paris|Paris 1994|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 is without defect.
Rich iconography, very fine copy.
€50
COLLECTIF
Drouot 1995 : l'art et les enchères en France
Compagnie des commissaires-priseurs de Paris|Paris 1995|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 is without defect.
Rich iconography, very fine copy.
€50
COLLECTIF
Drouot 1998 : l'art et les enchères en France
Compagnie des commissaires-priseurs de Paris|Paris 1998|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
Yvonne de BRÉMOND D'ARS
Fenêtre ouverte sur le passé, confidences d'une antiquaire
Henri Lefèbvre|Paris 1952|19 x 27.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in a numbered edition of 1000 copies.
Handsome inscription from Yvonne de Bremond D'ars Michel Georges-Michel.
Work illustrated with 19 original drawings by G. Levent.
Covers partially and slightly faded, a small stain on the first cover, handsome interior condition.
Complete with publisher's wraparound band which shows minor marginal tears.
€50