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French Revolution & Empire

French Revolution and Napoleonic era: revolutionary writings, Empire generals' memoirs and grognards' souvenirs, testimonies, Constitutional Monarchy, First Republic, National Convention, Directory, Consulate

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French Revolution & Empire
  1. Mémoires sur Carnot par son fils
    Hippolyte CARNOT

    Mémoires sur Carnot par son fils

    Pagnerre|Paris 1861-1863|15.50 x 24 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spines decorated with gilt fleurons, double gilt fillets at foot, navy blue shagreen title labels, marbled paper boards.
    Foxing, gift inscriptions from a previous owner on the half-title pages of the volumes.
    Work lacking the portrait of Lazare Carnot.


    €100
  2. Historique des régiments de hussards (1689-1892). Uniformes, armements, équipements
    Raoul DUPUY

    Historique des régiments de hussards (1689-1892). Uniformes, armements, équipements

    Edmond Dubois|Paris 1893|11.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half periwinkle blue cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, red shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    Light foxing, gift inscription in ink by a previous owner on the half-title page.

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    €150
  3. Les martyrs du drapeau. Récits militaires
    Antoine CAMUS

    Les martyrs du drapeau. Récits militaires

    E. Lachaud|Paris 1869|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in red half cloth, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, navy blue shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns.
    Scattered foxing, gift inscription in ink from a previous owner on the half-title page.

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    €30
  4. Les volontaires 1791-1794
    Camille ROUSSET

    Les volontaires 1791-1794

    Didier & Cie|Paris 1870|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    Second edition.
    Bradel binding in half red cloth, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, navy blue title label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, one upper corner slightly bumped.
    Some foxing, gift inscription in pen from a previous owner on the half-title page.

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    €30
  5. Mémoires et souvenirs
    Edmond BIRÉ

    Mémoires et souvenirs

    Victor Retaux & fils|Paris 1895-1898|14.50 x 23.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Bradel bindings in half sienna cloth, smooth spines decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, marbled paper boards.
    Some foxing, gift inscriptions in pen from a previous owner on the half-title pages of the volumes.
    Rare.
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    €450
  6. Un demi-siècle de souvenirs
    Geoffroy de GRANDMAISON

    Un demi-siècle de souvenirs

    Perrin & Cie|Paris 1898|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    Some foxing, gift inscription in ink by a previous owner on an endpaper.




    €50
  7. Les grands hommes de la France. Hommes de guerre, quatrième série : La Tour d'Auvergne
    Edouard GOEPP, E. CORDIER

    Les grands hommes de la France. Hommes de guerre, quatrième série : La Tour d'Auvergne

    P. Ducrocq|Paris 1884|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half navy blue sheep, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    Some foxing affecting mainly the first and last leaves, gift inscription in ink by a previous owner on an endpaper.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of La Tour d'Auvergne.
    Rare.




    €150
  8. Les cohortes de la Légion d'Honneur (1802-1809). Législation, monographies
    Louis SOULAJON

    Les cohortes de la Légion d'Honneur (1802-1809). Législation, monographies

    Librairie militaire de L. Baudoin & Cie|Paris 1890|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half burgundy sheep binding, smooth spine faded and lightened decorated with double gilt fillets with minor scratches of no consequence, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, three tears to the leading edges, contemporary binding.
    Some foxing, gift inscription in ink by a previous owner on an endpaper.





    €230
  9. Soldats de Lorraine. Chevert, Oudinot, Exelmans, Lataye, Margueritte
    Paul DESPIQUES

    Soldats de Lorraine. Chevert, Oudinot, Exelmans, Lataye, Margueritte

    Berger-Levrault & Cie|Paris • & Nancy 1899|14.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half sienna percaline, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at tail, navy blue shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, wrappers preserved, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    Some foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume, gift inscription in pen from a previous owner on an endpaper.
    Work illustrated with 33 illustrations.




    €70
  10. Un général de l'armée d'Italie : Sérurier 1742-1819
    Louis TUETEY

    Un général de l'armée d'Italie : Sérurier 1742-1819[A General of the Army of Italy: Sérurier 1742–1819]

    Berger-Levrault|Paris • & Nancy 1899|14 x 22.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half Sienna earth cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at tail, navy blue shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
    Scattered foxing, gift inscription in ink from a previous owner on an endpaper, edges lightly dusty.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of General Sérurier as well as a folding facsimile, 3 folding maps and another hors-texte portrait of General Sérurier.
    Rare.

    €300
  11. Lettres du maréchal Bosquet 1830-1853
    Pierre-Joseph-François BOSQUET

    Lettres du maréchal Bosquet 1830-1853

    Berger-Levrault|Paris • & Nancy 1894|14.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at foot, bronze shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    Some foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume, gift inscription in ink from a previous owner of the work.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece statue of Marshal Bosquet.



    €60
  12. Histoire de La Tour d'Auvergne
    Paul PINEAU

    Histoire de La Tour d'Auvergne

    Henri-Charles Lavauzelle|Paris • & Limoges 1891|14.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at foot, blue shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
    Some foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume, small black stains of no consequence to margins of boards.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of La Tour d'Auvergne.
    Rare.



    €250
  13. Souvenirs du général Championnet (1792-1800)
    Maurice FAURE

    Souvenirs du général Championnet (1792-1800)

    Flammarion|Paris s. d. [1904]|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt botanical motif, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    Scattered foxing, gift inscription in ink by a former owner on endpaper.
    Work illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and a facsimile of a manuscript letter.




    €80
  14. Mémoires du général Dirk Van Hogendorp, comte de l'Empire publiés par son petit-fils M. le comte D.C.A. Van Hogendorp
    Dirk Carel August VAN HOGENDORP

    Mémoires du général Dirk Van Hogendorp, comte de l'Empire publiés par son petit-fils M. le comte D.C.A. Van Hogendorp

    Martinus Nijhoff|La Haye [The Hague] 1887|14.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at foot, blue shagreen title-label with small lack, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns.
    Scattered foxing, pen gift inscription from a former owner on an endpaper.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and a facsimile of a manuscript letter.




    €200
  15. Souvenirs intimes du temps de l'Empire
    Émile Marco de SAINT-HILAIRE

    Souvenirs intimes du temps de l'Empire

    Ambroise Dupont|Paris 1838|14 x 23.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Second edition published the same year as the first edition.
    Bradel bindings in half Sienna earth cloth, smooth spines decorated with gilt fleurons, double gilt fillets at tails, marbled paper boards.
    Scattered foxing, gift inscriptions in ink from a previous owner of the work on the endpapers.




    €80
  16. Histoire d'un paysan
    Emile & Alexandre ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN, Théophile SCHULER

    Histoire d'un paysan

    J. Hetzel & Cie|Paris 1869|19.50 x 29 cm|4 volumes reliés en 1
    Edition of the year of the original adorned with illustrations by Théophile Schuler engraved by Pannemaker.
    Half aubergine sheep binding, smooth spine with quadruple gilt fillets, some traces of rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
    Some foxing, otherwise handsome copy.

    €150
  18. Essai sur l'histoire des comices de Rome, des Etats-Generaux de la France, et du parlement d'Angleterre
    Paul-Philippe GUDIN DE LA BRENELLERIE

    Essai sur l'histoire des comices de Rome, des Etats-Generaux de la France, et du parlement d'Angleterre

    Chez Maradan|A PhiladelphieEt [Philadelphia] • se trouve à Paris 1789|12 x 20 cm|3 volumes reliés
    First edition, rare.
    Contemporary half marbled sheepskin binding with small parchment corners. Smooth spine decorated with rolled tooling. Red morocco title and volume labels with decoration. Some rubbing. Lower corner of volume 3 trimmed. Good copy.
    Comparative history of the Estates-General, published on the occasion of their convocation in 1789. The first 2 volumes contain a history of the Estates-General in France from the origins, preceded by a brief comparison with ancient Rome. The third volume is devoted to the English parliament. The work is notable for its numerous and interesting economic considerations, and forms a remarkable political reflection at the start of the...
    €700
  19. Un siècle et demi de révolution 1789-1936
    Pierre LUCIUS

    Un siècle et demi de révolution 1789-1936

    Librairie de l'Arc|Paris s. d. [circa 1936]|12 x 19 cm|broché
    first edition.
    An autograph signed by Pierre Lucius to Henri Béraud.
    Small scattered foxing, some scratches on the back and heads of boards.
    €50
  20. Retours de Sainte-Hélène (1821-1840)
    Albéric CAHUET

    Retours de Sainte-Hélène (1821-1840)

    Fasquelle|Paris 1932|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies announced.
    Spine and covers slightly and marginally discolored and faded as usual, small tears at foot of spine at the level of deckled edges, some foxing at foot of certain leaves.
    A full-margined copy.
    €80
  22. Recueil méthodique des lois, décrets, règlements, instructions et décisions sur le cadastre de la France
    Albert-Joseph-Ulpien HENNET

    Recueil méthodique des lois, décrets, règlements, instructions et décisions sur le cadastre de la France

    De l' Imprimerie Impériale|à Paris 1811|20 x 26 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary half black calf binding with small corners. Smooth spine decorated with fillets. Red morocco title label. Binding rubbed overall. A grey stain in outer margin on the first 3 leaves, the rest relatively fresh.
    It was in 1808 that France would see its first cadastral decree for the entire territory, an idea that dated back to Colbert, but which had never been realized. This publication is the first systematic classification of all articles of law since the first general decree of 1808. It extends to all features of the territory, houses, castles, copses, meadows, woods..., and forms an eloquent testimony to the administration under the Empire.
    €550
  23. Le livre de raison d'Elisabeth Renault 1789-1795
    Jean-Baptiste-François RAUCOURT

    Le livre de raison d'Elisabeth Renault 1789-1795

    Paul Ollendorff|Paris s. d. [1911]|13 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 5 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies after 1 on Japan paper.
    Half marbled havana sheep binding with corners, smooth spine decorated with richly decorated gilt compartments as well as gilt allegories, red morocco title label, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by Capelle.
    Some foxing affecting mainly the margins of certain leaves.
    Rare.
    €200
  25. Le pot aux roses, ou correspondance secrete et familiere de l'honorable Thomas Boot, cordonnier royal, avec sa majesté George III... [Ensemble] Supplement à l'espion anglois
    Thomas BOOT, Mathieu-François PIDANSAT DE MAIROBERT

    Le pot aux roses, ou correspondance secrete et familiere de l'honorable Thomas Boot, cordonnier royal, avec sa majesté George III... [Ensemble] Supplement à l'espion anglois

    S. n. • chez John Adamson|à Londres [London] 1781-1782|11.50 x 19 cm|relié

    First edition of these two works.


    Full marbled calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title label. One lack at head, same at foot. Upper joint open at head and foot. 3 corners slightly bumped. Lacking the lower margin of pages 97 to 128.



    €350
  26. Contes fantastiques
    Ernst Theodor Amadeus HOFFMANN, Xavier MARMIER

    Contes fantastiques

    Charpentier|Paris 1843|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    New edition of the French translation, the latter by Xavier Marmier and preceded by a notice of the translator.
    Contemporary binding in half black shagreen, back smoothes decorated with blind fillets and golden, golden tail frieze, friction marks on the back and a hooked tail, flat black cardboard, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, small rips on the cuts, contemporary binding.
    Precious autograph signed Xavier Marmier the Princess Murat: "To the Duchess of Elchingen, tribute translator".
    Copy virtually free of freckles.
    €200
  27. La culotte, chanson érotique, sur différens sujets, et singulièrement sur la Révolution françoise, par le sieur Bélier, Sergent de la garde-Nationale de Versailles
    Sergent BELIER

    La culotte, chanson érotique, sur différens sujets, et singulièrement sur la Révolution françoise, par le sieur Bélier, Sergent de la garde-Nationale de Versailles

    Chez Girardin|à Paris 1790|13 x 21.50 cm|relié
    The rare first edition, decorated with an aquatint frontispiece signed J. B. Huet and dated 1790. The work itself is undated; the date we have given comes from the frontispiece.
    Bound in red half-cloth from the late 19th century. Gilt title. Rubbing to headcaps, corners and edges.
    Satirical and humorous song composed of 8-verse stanzas drawing for the first part from Greco-Latin mythology and subsequently from the French Revolution, with stanzas about the French Guards, the high Clergy, the fugitives, Versailles... Each verse concluding with a humorous note involving the famous breeches.

    €350
  28. Arlequin réformateur dans la cuisine des moines, ou plan pour réformer la gloutonnerie monacale, au profit de la nation épuisée par les brigandages de harpies financières
    Honoré Gabriel Riquetti Comte de MIRABEAU

    Arlequin réformateur dans la cuisine des moines, ou plan pour réformer la gloutonnerie monacale, au profit de la nation épuisée par les brigandages de harpies financières

    S. n.|Imprimé à Rome [Rome] 1789|13 x 19 cm|relié
    The rare first edition, probably printed in Paris, anonymously, by Mirabeau according to the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
    Half morocco binding in faded red with long grain from the late 19th century signed L. Lemardeley, with a tool at head and tail, gilt title, rubbing, the binding bears the title: Stephan Bordese - Blanc et bleu, which indicates that the work has been rebound.
    Handsome copy.
    Avis charitable aux moines so that they enrich the state and population by ceasing their gluttony at the expense of the people. The author promises the different monastic orders a monument to their glory if they comply with his prayers. Anticlerical libel, violently...
    €700
  29. Sous les rideaux, contes d'un soir
    Édouard THIERRY, Henry TRIANON

    Sous les rideaux, contes d'un soir

    A. Belin • Lachapelle|Paris 1834|13 x 21.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half burgundy Russia morocco binding with corners, smooth spine decorated with a cartouche, arabesques and gilt fillets, gilt date at foot, very light traces of rubbing without significance to joints, gilt fillet frames on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on pastedown, elegant romantic pastiche binding signed by Pagnant.
    Work illustrated with an engraving as frontispiece representing Maximilien de Robespierre.
    Rare and handsome copy attractively bound in a signed binding by Pagnant.
    €300
  30. Talleyrand
    Louis Comte de SAINT-AULAIRE

    Talleyrand

    Dunod|Paris 1936|13 x 19.50 cm|broché

    First edition, one of 400 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only large paper copies after 60 on Rives reserved for the "Amis des beaux livres".
    A good copy.

    €50
  31. De l'état de la culture en France, et des améliorations dont elle est suceptible
    Dominique Dufour de PRADT

    De l'état de la culture en France, et des améliorations dont elle est suceptible

    De l'imprimerie de Guilleminet|à Paris 1802 (An X)|13.50 x 21.50 cm (In-8)|2 volumes reliés

    First edition.
    Bound in slightly later (ca. 1820) half navy sheep. Smooth spines decorated with four small tools and fillets. Some rubbing, particularly to the boards. A pleasing copy, relatively clean, printed on good laid paper.

    €550
  34. Vues nouvelles sur les passe-ports
    Joseph-Balthazar BONET DE TREICHES

    Vues nouvelles sur les passe-ports

    Imprimerie de la Préfecture du département de la Seine|Paris 1806|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition.
    This copy is in its original wrappers and modern facsimile covers.
    A rare and good copy.
    €250
  36. Révélation de faits importans qui ont préparé ou suivi les restaurations de 1814 et 1815, pour faire suite aux Mémoires de M. de Bourienne
    Charles Marie MORIN

    Révélation de faits importans qui ont préparé ou suivi les restaurations de 1814 et 1815, pour faire suite aux Mémoires de M. de Bourienne

    H. Tarlier|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1830|10 x 16.50 cm|relié
    Belgian counterfeit edition published the same year as the first edition.
    Bradel binding in full vellum-style boards with flaps, smooth spine, covers decorated with words written in pen and calligraphed in the manner of the 19th century, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, bookplate pasted at head of one pastedown, pastiche binding signed by A.F. Thiébaut.
    Some foxing, endpapers entirely sunned.
    €80
  37. La gazette de Cythère ou histoire secrète de madame la comtesse du Barry
    [François BERNARD]

    La gazette de Cythère ou histoire secrète de madame la comtesse du Barry

    Paris 1775|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
    New edition published anonymously.
    Bradel binding in full burgundy watered silk, smooth spine, red morocco title-label with two marginal tears, burgundy watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, burgundy top edge, binding signed by Thiébaut.
    The engraved frontispiece is lacking in our copy and has been replaced by a 20th-century portrait of Madame du Barry.
    Collection composed of 12 gallant and libertine novellas set in various locations across Europe.
    Handsome copy.

    The work was initially attributed to Jean Frédéric Bernard, better known for his research and compilation works such as L'éloge de l'Enfer, or Recueil de voyages au nord, rather than for his...
    €100
  38. Alliance des Jacobins de France avec le ministère anglais ...
    Jean-Claude-Hippolyte MÉHÉE DE LA TOUCHE

    Alliance des Jacobins de France avec le ministère anglais ...... les premiers représentés par le C.en Méhée, et le ministre anglais,... Suivi des stratagèmes de Fr... Drake, sa correspondance, ses plans de campagne, etcAlliance of the Jacobins of France with the British Ministry; the former represented by Citizen Méhée, and the British Minister,... Followed by the Stratagems of Fr... Drake, his Correspondence, Campaign Plans, etc.

    De L'imprimerie de la République|à Paris 1804 - An XII|14 x 21 cm|broché

    True first edition, including on the verso of the title page the announcement of the work The Memoirs of Montgaillard on the Conspiracy of Pichegru, which would become, by order of the newly crowned Emperor: Memoirs Concerning the Treason of Pichegru. The publisher would be forced to withdraw the announcement of these works and thus to reprint the title page of Méhée de la Touche.
    Original pamphlet, in gray paper wrappers. Unlettered spine. Lack at head and upper joint open for 5 cm. Corners and edges folded. Tear with small damage to text on leaf N1. Uncut copy, with conjugate leaves (except the first 15 pages).

    €600
  39. Petite biographie des conventionnels avec leurs votes dans le procès de Louis XVI par un jacobin converti
    Erick MICHELOT

    Petite biographie des conventionnels avec leurs votes dans le procès de Louis XVI par un jacobin converti

    Chez les libraires marchands de nouveautés|Paris 1826|6.50 x 11 cm|relié
    First edition published anonymously.
    Half brown shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, gilt author's name at foot, minor rubbing to spine and corners, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
    The author's name, E. Michelot, has been inscribed in ink on the title page.
    Rare.
    €200
  40. Mémoires de Fleury de la Comédie française publiés par J.B.P. Lafitte
    FLEURY [Joseph-Abraham BERNARD]

    Mémoires de Fleury de la Comédie française publiés par J.B.P. Lafitte

    Adolphe Delahays|Paris 1847|11 x 17.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    New edition.
    Half red calf bindings, smooth spines slightly faded, decorated with gilt romantic arabesques and a stamp in blind, gilt fillets at head and foot of spines, black calf title labels, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary romantic bindings.
    Provenance: from the library of J.B. Baillière with his labels pasted on the pastedowns.
    Handsome copy in charming contemporary romantic bindings.
    €250
  42. Grand monde et salons politiques de Paris après la Terreur. Fragments précédés d'une étude sur la société avant 1789
    Louis LACOUR

    Grand monde et salons politiques de Paris après la Terreur. Fragments précédés d'une étude sur la société avant 1789

    A. Claudin • A. Meugnot|Paris 1860|10.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 8 copies numbered on salmon paper and justified by the author.
    Full hazel morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, one joint with a small tear at head, small brown stains on covers, gilt roulettes on headcaps, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelle border on pastedowns, gilt fillet on leading edges, top edge gilt, bookplate and library shelf label pasted on one pastedown, elegant unsigned binding.
    Our copy is exceptionally expanded with 18 engraved portraits added by a previous bibliophile and representing notably Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Bonaparte, Madame Récamier, Beaumarchais, Molière, Talleyrand...
    Handsome and unique...
    €300
  44. Mémoires d'un ministre du Trésor Public 1780 - 1815
    François-Nicolas MOLLIEN

    Mémoires d'un ministre du Trésor Public 1780 - 1815

    H. Fournier & Cie|Paris 1845|13 x 21.50 cm|4 tomes en 4 volumes reliés
    First edition; a private edition was made in a few copies for the author's family in 1837, and it took 8 years before the author decided to release it to the public. 9 folding tables (budgets for the years 1806, 1808...)
    Contemporary binding in half glazed blonde calf. Spine with false raised bands decorated with cold and hot fillets, roulette at foot. Red morocco title label, and black morocco volume label. A very slight crack to the upper joint at the head of volume 4, otherwise fine copy, moreover of perfect freshness.
    Essential memoirs for understanding the Empire according to Tulard. Mollien was Minister of the Treasury from the Consulate to the end of the Empire. His memoirs...
    €1,500
  45. Mémoires
    Jean-François MARMONTEL

    Mémoires

    Firmin Didot frères|Paris 1857|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    New edition preceded by an introduction by François Barrère.
    Half caramel calf binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets decorated with double gilt fillets, dark green morocco title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled top edge, contemporary binding.
    Handsome copy attractively bound.
    €100
  47. Manuscrit de 1905 ou explications des salons de Curtius, au vingtième siècle
    [Auguste JAL as] Gabriel Fictor

    Manuscrit de 1905 ou explications des salons de Curtius, au vingtième siècle

    Ambroise Dupont|Paris 1827|11.50 x 19 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Bradel bindings in red half-cloth, smooth spines decorated with a gilt fleuron, gilt date and double fillet at foot, brown shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards.
    Concerning notably Stendhal, A. de Lamartine, F.R. de Chateaubriand, E. Scribe, A. Tastu...
    Some foxing.
    €200
  48. Discours du Général Foy précédés d'une notice biographique par M. P.F. Tissot; d'un éloge par M. Etienne; et d'un essai sur l'éloquence politique en France par M. Jay
    Maximilien FOY GÉNÉRAL ET COMTE

    Discours du Général Foy précédés d'une notice biographique par M. P.F. Tissot; d'un éloge par M. Etienne; et d'un essai sur l'éloquence politique en France par M. Jay

    Moutardier|Paris 1826|13.50 x 21 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Second edition.
    Half navy calf bindings, smooth spines lightened and decorated with blind rules, blind and gilt fillets as well as gilt tools of chivalric and military inspiration, gilt friezes at foot, blue paper boards with minor harmless scuffs, marbled edges, two corners very slightly bumped, contemporary bindings.
    Illustrated work, with frontispiece to the first volume, an engraved portrait of the author and a facsimile.
    Some foxing without too much gravity.
    €180
  49. Histoire de l'Ambassade dans le grand duché de Varsovie en 1812
    Dominique Dufour de PRADT

    Histoire de l'Ambassade dans le grand duché de Varsovie en 1812

    Chez Pillet|à Paris 1815|12 x 20 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary binding in full blonde tree calf. Smooth spine decorated with geometric motifs, fleurons and gilt dentelles. Green morocco title-label. Blind fillet framing the boards. Gilt roulette on the edges and headcaps. A large abrasion to the front board.
    Written in 1814, while Napoleon was fighting at the gates of Paris. The author, one of Napoleon's advisors for ten years, seeks in this work to draw the true portrait of the emperor, to scrutinize, behind the appearance of things, the true motivations and the true character of Napoleon Bonaparte. The author unmasks the false legends, understanding that the prodigious faculty of embracing everything has its...
    €600
  50. Mérimée et le combat de Schwardino, le vrai enlèvement de "La redoute"
    Lucien PINVERT

    Mérimée et le combat de Schwardino, le vrai enlèvement de "La redoute"

    Alphonse Picard & fils|Paris Mai-Juin 1914|16.50 x 25 cm|relié
    First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue des études historiques.
    Half red shagreen binding, spine slightly browned with three raised bands decorated with the gilt paraph of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated three times, spine and covers bearing traces of black wax, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, contemporary unsigned binding.
    Autograph inscription signed by Lucien Pinvert to Roger de Cormenin.
    Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave...
    €100
  51. Histoire de Napoléon
    Jacques Marquet de Montbreton NORVINS

    Histoire de Napoléon

    Furne|Paris 1840|15.70 x 24.20 cm|relié
    Edition abundantly illustrated with original vignettes and plates by Raffet. Handsome and famous Romantic illustrated work.
    Half black shagreen binding, smooth spines decorated with Romantic rocaille ornaments, frame of two gilt fillets on the aubergine paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of crosshatched dark blue paper, corners rubbed. Rubbing to headcaps, contemporary Romantic binding. Occasional light spotting on clean white paper. Of note, the presence of three childish drawings made as tracings on the verso of three plates. Each plate is protected by a pink tissue guard.
    Work illustrated with 80 wood-engraved plates and a steel-engraved frontispiece as well as numerous...
    €400
  52. Tuer le roi Louis XVII, sauver l'homme
    Marie-Magdeleine de RASKY

    Tuer le roi Louis XVII, sauver l'homme

    P-A. Chavanne & Cie|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 1040 numbered copies on alfa only major papers after 320 pure wire.
    Signed autograph of the author, "... the charming Claude Pasquier ..."
    A small tear without missing the head of the second course, nice copy.
    €60
  53. Charlotte Corday suivi de Le chef
    Pierre DRIEU LA ROCHELLE

    Charlotte Corday suivi de Le chef

    Gallimard|Paris 1944|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First Edition, one of 14 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only leading copies.
    Small bites on the guards, back slightly insolated.
    Rare and nice copy.
    €3,000
  54. Mon ami Robespierre
    Henri BÉRAUD

    Mon ami Robespierre

    Plon|Paris 1927|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 275 numbered copies on Holland paper, from the deluxe edition after 25 China and 75 Japan.
    One tear at foot of spine at the deckled edges, another marginal tear on the front cover.
    €100
  55. Douze journées de la Révolution
    Auguste Marseille BARTHELEMY

    Douze journées de la Révolution

    Perrotin|Paris 1832|12.50 x 21 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with blind fillets, red cardboard boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
    Foxing.
    €45
  56. Les cahiers de madame de Chateaubriand
    Jacques LADREIT DE LACHARRIÈRE

    Les cahiers de madame de Chateaubriand

    Emile-Paul|Paris 1909|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition published complete with introduction and notes by Jacques Ladreit de Lacharrière.
    The work illustrated with a portrait of Madame de Chateaubriand as frontispiece.
    Handsome copy.
    €40
  57. Lettres à madame de Vintimille
    Joseph JOUBERT

    Lettres à madame de Vintimille

    Au masque d'or|Paris 1921|12.50 x 18 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 800 numbered copies on Rives laid paper, the only issue with 30 on Japan paper.
    Work illustrated with a portrait of Madame de Vintimille as frontispiece.
    Occasional light worming to endpapers, handsome copy.
    €40
  58. Paris en 1814. Journal inédit de madame de Marigny augmenté du journal de T.R. Underwood
    Madame de MARIGNY, Thomas Richard UNDERWOOD

    Paris en 1814. Journal inédit de madame de Marigny augmenté du journal de T.R. Underwood

    Emile-Paul|Paris 1907|13 x 21 cm|relié
    First collected edition with some parts in first edition.
    Bradel binding in indigo half-cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, burgundy shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, two corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
    Introduction and notes by Jacques Ledreit de Lacharrière.
    Handsome copy.
    €60
  59. Ma jeunesse 1814-1830
    Joseph-Othenin-Bernard de Cléron HAUSSONVILLE

    Ma jeunesse 1814-1830

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1885|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half black sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with quadruple gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    Handsome copy.
    €70
  60. Madame de Custine d'après des documents inédits
    (François René de CHATEAUBRIAND) Benjamin Joseph Agénor BARDOUX

    Madame de Custine d'après des documents inédits

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1891|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    Third edition.
    Bradel binding in full mauve cloth decorated with vegetal motifs, smooth spine faded decorated with a gilt monogram, gilt date at foot, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed by Paul Vié.
    The work illustrated with a portrait of Madame de Custine as frontispiece.
    €50
  61. Madame Récamier avec des documents nouveaux et inédits
    Joseph TURQUAN

    Madame Récamier avec des documents nouveaux et inédits

    Jules Tallandier|Paris s. d. [circa 1910]|13.50 x 21 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half almond percale, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, hazel shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by Stroobants.
    Work illustrated with plates.
    Engraved bookplate pasted on pastedown.
    Handsome copy.
    €50
  65. Le jeune tambour ou les deux amis
    WOILLEZ MADAME

    Le jeune tambour ou les deux amis

    Alfred Mame & Cie|Paris 1863|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    Eighth edition illustrated with 4 out-of-text engravings. Publisher's binding in full green boards, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, boards framed with blind fillets, boards enhanced with gilt typographical fleurons, lemon paper endpapers and pastedowns (rear endpaper soiled), publisher's romantic boards. Rare copy in its elegant romantic boards.
    €100
  66. 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
  67. La vie de Nicolas Ier
    Constantin de GRUNWALD

    La vie de Nicolas Ier

    Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1946|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Precious signed autograph inscription from Constantin de Grunwald to Maurice Blanchot.
    Iconography.
    Two tears at head and foot of spine.
    €60
  68. Le XVIIIème siècle
    Arsène HOUSSAYE, Victor HUGO

    Le XVIIIème siècle

    Dentu|Paris 1876|12 x 19 cm|3 volumes reliés
    Tenth edition but first in parts, as reviewed and expanded.
    Contemporary half navy blue morocco over marbled paper boards by E. Babouot, spine in six compartments with gilt dots and double gilt compartments richly decorated with gilt motifs, gilt fillet frame to covers, some corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, ex libris of Victor Hugo pasted to versos of upper covers.
    Handsome autograph inscription signed by Arsène Houssaye to Victor Hugo, "au maître des maîtres / à mon cher Victor Hugo / Arsène Houssaye [To the master of masters / my dear Victor Hugo / Arsène Houssaye]”, on a leaf bound in at start of first volume.
    The page with the...
    €800
  69. Histoire de la révolution française dans le pays de Foix et dans l'Ariège
    Paul de CASTERAS

    Histoire de la révolution française dans le pays de Foix et dans l'Ariège

    Ernest Thorin|Paris 1876|16.50 x 26 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half cream sheep binding, smooth spine, faded red shagreen title-label with angular lack, marbled paper boards, covers (front cover with angular lack) preserved.
    Bound at rear is a pamphlet entitled: "Les archives révolutionnaires de l'Ariège" by François Galabert published in the Bulletin de la société ariégeoise.
    Traces of adhesive tape on the binding endpapers by which this pamphlet was maintained, gift inscription in ballpoint pen on one endpaper.
    Rare and handsome copy.
    €200
  70. Atlas historique, généalogique chronologique et géographique
    Emmanuel de LAS CASES

    Atlas historique, généalogique chronologique et géographique

    De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné|Paris 1802-1804|39.50 x 51 cm|relié
    First French edition, rare, the first edition having appeared in London in 1801. 33 double pages heightened in colors, being 22 maps (sometimes two per page) published in 8 parts of 4 maps or charts between 1802 and 1826 (Quérard). Edition published under the pseudonym A. Lesage.
    Contemporary half sheep binding with corners. Paper boards with glue bordered with gilt rules. Sheep label on front board. Some stains on spine. Paper of boards faded. Some foxing. Quérard, in his France littéraire, reports regarding this work that it would not truly be the work of Las Cases but of an English or Irish clergyman who would have sold his work to the latter who would have published it upon his...
    €1,200
  71. Instruction sur la conservation et les usages des pommes-de-terre
    BERTHOLLET

    Instruction sur la conservation et les usages des pommes-de-terre

    De l'imprimerie de la Feuille du cultivateur|à Paris ca 1795 S.d.|13 x 21 cm|cousu

    The rare first edition of this pamphlet.
    Stitched pamphlet, unbound.


    The commission of agriculture and arts was founded in 1794 and Parmentier was from its creation an eminent and influential member. The potato was soon perceived, thanks to Parmentier, as a means to combat famine and food shortages, whether for humans or animals.


    NB: This work is available at the bookshop on request within 48 hours.

    €400
  72. ...2 Décembre 1805
    Henry LACHOUQUE, Jack GIRBAL

    ...2 Décembre 1805

    A. Dumur|Paris 1968|28 x 38.50 cm|en feuilles
    First edition, one of 900 numbered copies on Lana vellum, the only issue with 50 Arches and 50 pure linen.
    Work illustrated with 12 lithographs and original drawings by Jack Girbal.
    Fine copy despite a small tear at the foot of the spine.
    €150
  73. L'âme de Napoléon
    Léon BLOY

    L'âme de Napoléon[The Soul of Napoleon]

    Mercure de France|Paris 1912|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, a first issue copy numbered in the press; there were only 3 large paper copies on Japan and 27 on Hollande paper.
    Autograph inscription signed by Léon Bloy to a close friend "...ce livre d'un vieux pauvre pour agrandir les coeurs […this book from a poor old man to make hearts a little bigger]."
    One small insignificant stain to head of upper cover, a very good copy.
    €1,200
  74. [DIRECTOIRE] Bulletin décadaire de la République française

    [DIRECTOIRE] Bulletin décadaire de la République française

    Imprimerie de la République|à Paris 1798-1799|12 x 19.50 cm|relié
    Issues 1 to 30 (without No. 19) of this rare journal. Head of the collection, 36 issues were published in Year VII and 5 issues in Year VIII. Tourneux, I, 708, indicates that "the B.N. catalogue has recorded various incomplete printings of the Bulletin Décadaire".
    Half speckled blonde sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with two bird stamps, diamonds and roulettes. Green sheep title label. Small lacks with surface loss at head and to fourth compartment. One leaf detached.
    "The Executive Directory will give the necessary orders for the publication and dispatch to each municipal administration of a décadaire bulletin. This bulletin will make known at the same time acts of bravery...
    €300
  75. Essai historique, politique et moral sur les révolutions anciennes et modernes considérées dans leurs rapports avec la Révolution Française suivi de Variantes de l'édition de 1797 comparée avec celle de 1814
    François René de CHATEAUBRIAND

    Essai historique, politique et moral sur les révolutions anciennes et modernes considérées dans leurs rapports avec la Révolution Française suivi de Variantes de l'édition de 1797 comparée avec celle de 1814

    Henry Colburn|Londres [London] 1814|13.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
    Second edition of the author's first work printed after the very rare first edition of London 1797.
    Half tawny sheep binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt friezes decorated with black fillets and blind typographical motifs, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, pastiche romantic binding.
    Occasional foxing, a small hole with slight damage to text pages 387-388.
    Rare.
    €700
  76. 1814
    Henry HOUSSAYE

    1814

    Perrin & Cie|Paris 1888|14.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
    First edition. Full burgundy cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt eagle, black morocco title-label, double gilt fillets and date at foot, traces of rubbing, covers preserved, (the first is loose).
    Autograph inscription signed by Henry Houssaye to Hippolyte Fournier.
    Some foxing.
    €100
  78. Le comte Speranski
    Saint-René TAILLANDIER

    Le comte Speranski

    La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 1856|15.50 x 25 cm|en feuillets
    First edition.
    Offprint from the Revue des deux mondes.
    In sheets, under chemise.
    €50
  79. Discours sur l'antique gouvernement de la monarchie française ; et sur la sagesse des rois qui l'ont fondé
    Pierre-Étienne REGNAUD

    Discours sur l'antique gouvernement de la monarchie française ; et sur la sagesse des rois qui l'ont fondé

    Chez tous les libraires|à Paris 1798|12 x 21 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Later half black shagreen binding with corners, ca 1860. Spine with raised bands decorated with blind-tooled compartments and fillets on the bands.
    This parliamentary prosecutor emigrated in 1791, he wrote several royalist and legitimist works during the revolutionary period, he would not return to Paris until the Restoration.
    Engraved armorial bookplate of Du Plessis. A stamp below the date on the title page: Ex-libris Delaunay. Demonstration through history of the superiority of monarchical government and apology for Louis XVI. The author does not address the current constitution of France and its governance.
    €250
  80. Théâtre historique de la Révolution : La mort des Girondins, drame en cinq actes
    ANONYME

    Théâtre historique de la Révolution : La mort des Girondins, drame en cinq actes

    Rapilly|Paris 1829|13.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bound in full glazed bronze calf, spine with four raised bands set with gilt grecques decorated with gilt fillets as well as cold-stamped typographical motifs, gilt friezes at head and foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, joints very lightly rubbed without significance, frame of gilt fillet with gilt dots in corners and cold-tooled dentelle on boards struck in their centers with a cold-stamped mandorla, some light surface scuffs at head of boards, gilt edges on leading edges which show some small nicks, frame of gilt dentelle on endpapers, marbled edges, elegant Romantic binding.
    Some light foxing.
    Rare.
    €300
  82. Histoire naturelle de la femme, suivie d'un traité d'hygiène
    Jacques-Louis MOREAU

    Histoire naturelle de la femme, suivie d'un traité d'hygiène

    Chez L. Duprat • Letellier|à Paris 1803|12 x 20 cm|3 volumes reliés
    First edition, illustrated with 11 plates, 7 of which are folding (anatomy, hermaphrodite sex, Hottentot...).
    Contemporary full sheep binding with root grain. Smooth spine decorated with compartments à la grotesque. Beige morocco title and volume labels. Cold-tooled roll frame on boards. Upper joint cracked at head of volume I, and lower joint cracked at head and foot. A lack at head of volume III. Rather good copy, fresh.
    Without prejudice for the period, and judging things essentially as a naturalist, observing and comparing facts to his knowledge, this history of woman, not only through history but according to nations (the Hottentots are often studied) is fascinating in more...
    €900
  85. Mémoires du Maréchal Soult : Espagne et Portugal
    Nicolas-Jean de Dieu SOULT

    Mémoires du Maréchal Soult : Espagne et Portugal

    Hachette|Paris 1955|15 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Text established and presented by Louis and Antoinette de Saint-Pierre.
    Inscription by Antoinette with the additional signature of Louis de Saint-Pierre.
    With the illustrated dust jacket which has three small tears of no consequence.
    €50
  86. Histoire de l'établissement français de Madagascar pendant la Restauration précédée d'une description de cette ile et suivie de quelques considérations politiques et commerciales sur l'expédition et la colonisation de Madagascar
    Jean-Louis Joseph CARAYON

    Histoire de l'établissement français de Madagascar pendant la Restauration précédée d'une description de cette ile et suivie de quelques considérations politiques et commerciales sur l'expédition et la colonisation de Madagascar

    Gide Libraire Editeur|Paris 1845|14 x 21.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half mint-colored morocco-grain shagreen binding, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with double gilt fillets showing traces of rubbing, rubbed headcaps with small losses, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
    Complete with its folding map at rear.
    Occasional minor foxing.
    Rare copy of this text which was never reprinted.
    €650
  87. Défense des émigrés français adressée au peuple français
    LALLY TOLENDAL

    Défense des émigrés français adressée au peuple français

    Chez Cocheris|à Paris 1797|12 x 19 cm|relié
    Edition published in the year of the original, issued in 12mo, in London.
    Half sheep binding in tan. Smooth spine decorated with small tools and 5 gilt ornaments. Headcaps worn. Joints cracked at head and tail.
    Lally Tolendal wrote this vigorous plea in favor of French émigrés that largely prepared their return.
    Bookplate of the Dukes of Brissac. Library of Quevilly, with the motto Virtute tempore.
    €280
  89. Mirabeau d'après un livre récent.
    Alfred MEZIERES

    Mirabeau d'après un livre récent.

    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.
    €45
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