First Editions

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.
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.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First French edition. The first edition of the Italian text dates from 1607. Illustrated with two allegorical frontispieces signed Gr. Huret. Uncommon edition. One copy at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France from 1628, and another at the British Library. Nothing in French and English union catalogues.
Contemporary full vellum binding with overlapping edges. Smooth spine with manuscript title partly illegible. Traces of ties. Scattered pale foxing.
Antonio Maria Spelta (1559-1632) was a writer, scholar and historian from Padua, and it was while recalling Erasmus's Praise of Folly that he wrote this collection composed partly of reflections on madness, and partly on various subjects ranging from astrologers to hunters, including historical anecdotes. The first part tends more towards an eulogy of folly, despite the ever-present satire, while the second part presents a tableau of men and professions prey to madness, whimsy and vanity. Spelta's alert and biting pen perfectly captures the portrait of folly in its every guise. A singular work.

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.
Bound in half sheep, smooth spine decorated with gilt and blind fillets with a significant lack to foot of spine, one joint fragile, contemporary binding. Work complete with its 5 plates, 3 of which are folding.
Rare copy free from foxing.

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.
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 editions.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

Extract from the Revue des deux mondes.
First edition.
In plain wrappers. Rare.

Extract from the Revue des deux mondes.
First edition.
In plain wrappers. Rare.

First edition.
Preface by Vercors and introduction by Robert Barrat.
Handsome copy.

First editions.
Bradel bindings in sienna half-cloth, smooth spines decorated with gilt floral motifs, double gilt fillets at tails, black shagreen title-labels, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Light scattered foxing, gift inscriptions in pen from a previous owner on the half-title pages of the volumes.
Rare.

First edition.

Half navy blue sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.

Minor foxing affecting mainly the endpapers, gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page.

Rare.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription signed by René Hostache to the great Gaullist resistance fighter Gilbert Grandval.
Handsome copy.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue anthropologique.
Light foxing to covers.
Rare pamphlet.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Signed autograph inscription by the author to Georges Gombault.
Handsome copy complete with its dust jacket marginally sunned and with a small lack to head of spine.

First edition.
Half cherry red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double gilt fillets, gilt initials and laurel leaf on the boards, pale discoloration stains without consequence on the first board, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, one endpaper missing, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 4 engravings outside the text including a frontispiece.

First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper.
Work illustrated with two portraits.
Occasional marginal foxing of no consequence, handsome copy.

First edition.
Half black shagreen bindings, smooth spines with slight harmless scratches decorated with gilt floral motifs, pine green percaline boards, front covers richly illustrated with gilt decorative motifs, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, green top edges, publisher's bindings.
Work abundantly decorated with illustrations in and outside the text.
Handsome set.

First edition.
Spine lightly sunned without significance, minimal worming to front board, occasional foxing mainly affecting margins, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with blind fillets decorated with triple blind fillets, gilt title at foot, scratches to joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, minor scratches to edges, bookplate pasted to endpaper, contemporary binding.
Occasional foxing, small nick at foot of spine.

First edition.
Full paper binding, smooth spine, hazel shagreen title-label, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge red.
Work illustrated with drawings hors-texte and complete with its folding plate at rear.

First edition.
Half black sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with double compartments and cold fillets, black paper boards with slight scuffing, some rubbing traces on the edges, contemporary binding.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Emile Marco de Saint-Hilaire.
Some minor foxing without significance.

First edition.
Half havana morocco binding with corners, faded spine decorated with gilt arabesques, gilt date and frieze at foot, olive morocco title-label, gilt fillet frames on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, binding signed in blind.
Work illustrated with in-text and full-page illustrations in black and color.
Some foxing.

First edition.
Bradel binding in full cherry red boards, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets, scuffs to boards, corners slightly bumped, contemporary bindings.
Works illustrated with 4 frontispiece portraits.
Foxing.

First edition in French.
The work illustrated with 16 photographs, 9 maps and 7 panoramic views.
Spines sunned, a small tear at the foot of the spine of the second volume, one joint of the first volume re-glued and with two tears, a stain on the front board of the first volume, a repair using an adhesive piece at the head of the half-title page of the first volume, occasional light foxing to interior without consequence.

First edition.
Half chocolate shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with gilt compartments adorned with gilt typographical motifs, gilt date at foot, turquoise shagreen title-label, some traces of rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, two corners slightly bumped, original wrappers preserved.
Work illustrated with 24 plates.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Signed and inscribed copy.
Spine and covers lightly and marginally sunned without significance, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition.
Introduction, notes by Marie-Hélène Piwnik.
Autograph inscription signed by the latter.
Publisher's sand-colored paper boards.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Signed autograph inscription from Frédéric Mauro.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned without gravity.
Rare and handsome copy of this book written primarily in Portuguese.

First edition of this thesis defended in 1982 to obtain a third-cycle doctorate degree.
Soft binding, black cloth spine, white soft cardboard covers.
Rare and handsome copy despite a tape mark on the first endpaper.

First edition of this thesis defended in 1987 at the Institute of Iberian and Latin American Studies at the Sorbonne.
Flexible binding, black cloth spine, orange flexible cardboard covers.
Two angular fold marks on the back cover, otherwise rare and handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Signed autograph inscription by the author. Preface by Pierre Chaunu.
Light and clear bluish stains of no consequence on the back cover, handsome copy.

First edition.
Brochure in its original wrappers.
Small tears with minor lacks to covers, handsome copy.

First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on vergé de Hollande paper.
Handsome copy illustrated with a frontispiece.

First edition.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons showing minor rubbing, blind fillet frame on black paper boards, corners very slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
The work is illustrated with in-text engravings.
Some minor foxing.

First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of edition.
Signed autograph inscription by the author.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Signed autograph inscription by Pierre Morel.
Work illustrated with photographs and complete with its folding map at rear.
A light pale stain on front cover, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition of the French translation.
A good copy.

First edition.
Work illustrated with 14 plates and in-text photographs.
Handsome copy in its chemise and full green cloth slipcase, front cover of the slipcase stamped at center with the gilt arms of the city of Paris, slipcase split at head and foot.

First edition.
Work illustrated with numerous plates including 1 original lithograph and 6 original drawings by N. Derville reproduced in photogravure.Iconography.
Slipcase and chemise worn.
Handsome copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this conference given to the Historical and Archaeological Society of Vichy on 12 June 1945.
Minimal light worming to covers without significance, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.

First edition.
Publisher's full lemon cloth binding, complete with illustrated dust jacket with very slight marginal tears of no consequence.
Iconography.
Handsome copy.

First edition printed on laid paper in a small number of this offprint.
First cover lightly and marginally spotted without consequence, a tiny corner lack to same, otherwise handsome copy.
Rare pamphlet.

First edition.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with triple blind-tooled compartments, light rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Occasional minor foxing.

First edition.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with triple blind-stamped compartments, light traces of rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Some foxing.

First edition.
A printer's error making some lines on pages 43 and 44 difficult to read.
Rare pamphlet.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half emerald cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif and double gilt fillet at foot, burgundy shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing, handsome copy.

First edition.
Half bronze sheep binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt friezes decorated with cold-stamped friezes and fleurons as well as gilt fillets, gilt friezes at head and foot, tiny hole at foot of spine, joints lightly rubbed, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary Romantic binding.
With frontispiece engraved portrait of the author.
Some foxing.

First edition.
A slight lack at foot of spine, spine and boards slightly and marginally faded and soiled, a small lack and corner tear to front board, handsome interior condition.
Gift inscription in ink at head of first endpaper.
Rare.

First edition.
Work illustrated with a portrait of Marshal Ney as frontispiece and complete with the folding genealogical table at the end.
Minor insignificant lacks to foot of spine, one joint very slightly cracked at head and foot, spine and boards marginally sunned without gravity, small corner lacks to boards which also show some foxing, handsome interior condition.

Rare first edition of this "Interesting collection of revolutionary studies written by the leaders of the democratic party under the July Monarchy" (Lacombe, 1190).
Half tan calf bindings, smooth spines richly decorated with gilt and blind tooling in arabesque motifs, gilt dentelles at head and foot, headcaps rubbed, one joint partly cracked, extensive foxing.
Volume I: La force révolutionnaire (introduction), by G. Cavaignac; Le Palais-Royal by Eug. Briffault; Une Emeute sous la Régence by Marie Aycard; Le théâtre considéré comme moyen révolutionnaire by Etienne Arago; Le mardi-gras de Diderot by Saint-Germain Leduc; Une séance du comité de surveillance de la commune by Fontan; Juillet 1830 - Une scène de grenier - Une scène de la Salpétrière by G. Cavaignac; Une émeute à Sainte-Pélagie, en 1831 by Raspail; Le drame dans la rue by Hippolyte Auger; Les Etudiants sous la Restauration by B. Pance; Le Luxembourg, en 1815, ou la dernière nuit du maréchal Ney by Maurice Alhoy; Philosophie de l'histoire by Ottavi; Un homme du peuple et un grand seigneur by H. Bonnias.
Volume II: La presse révolutionnaire by Armand Marrast; La Morgue après les trois jours by Jacques Arago; Les Parises, ou 52 ans avant Jésus-Christ by Henri Martin; Monsieur Aveline, ou les Révolutionnaires by Saint-Germain; La Nuit révolutionnaire by Louis Lurine; La Charbonnerie by Trélat; Après la Fronde by Hippolyte Fortoul; Le Parlement de Paris by B. Pance; Une nuit d'étudiant sous la Restauration by J.-T. Flottard. Notice sur Achille Roche by Trélat.
Volume III: Les Maillotins by Charles Ménetrier; Le Blessé de juillet by Auguste Luchet; Peste contre peste ou la France au seizième siècle by Altaroche; Les Funérailles révolutionnaires by Armand Marrast; Télémaque révolutionnaire by Félix Pyat; Massacres de la Saint-Barthélémy by Dufey (de l'Yonne); Les Bagaudes, ou la Gaule au troisième siècle by E. Duchâtelet.
Volume IV: Les sergents de La Rochelle by Saint-Germain Leduc; Paris pendant les fêtes de Noël en 1588 by Eugène Bordas; Les proscrits de la Restauration by Frédéric Degeorge; La ville sainte by J.P. Veyrat; Lettre sur l'état de siège by Cormenin; Le Champ-de-mai by Brucker; 5 et 6 octobre 1789, épisodes révolutionnaires by Barthélémy Hauréau; Une semaine de la cour des pairs en décembre 1830 by Eugène Briffault; Une émeute sous Mazarin, ou les barricades de 1648 by Laponneraye; Les hôpitaux by Caffe; Paris révolutionné by Louis Desnoyers.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on Rives laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine slightly faded as usual, handsome full-margined copy.

First edition.
Bradel binding in full marbled boards, smooth spines decorated with double gilt fillets, brown sheep title labels, tears without loss to headcaps, two corners slightly bumped, yellow edges.
Work illustrated with a portrait of B. Constant as frontispiece to the second volume and complete with the folding facsimile.
Scattered foxing mainly affecting the first volume.

First edition.
Light worming on spine and boards, handsome interior condition.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies.
Minor tears at head and foot of spine, spine and boards lightly and marginally sunned, occasional worming.
Rare.