French Revolution & Empire

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
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
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
Léon HENNIQUE
La mort du duc d'Enghien
Flammarion|Paris 1895|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with original compositions by Julien Le Blant and original etchings by Louis Muller, one of 38 numbered copies on China paper.
Half red morocco binding, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed by Creuzevault.
Our copy is incomplete of the quadruple suite of etchings as stipulated in the justification.
Handsomely bound copy.

€70
Édouard FOURNIER
Histoire de la butte des moulins suivie d'une étude historique sur les demeures de Corneille à Paris (hôtel de Guise - Rue de Cléry - Rue d'Argenteuil)
Frédéric Henry & J. Lepin|Paris 1877|11 x 17 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with 2 drawings as frontispiece.
Front cover detaching, slight marginal lacks to covers, handsome interior condition.

€30
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
Édouard Gatian de CLÉRAMBAULT
Le théâtre à Tours à l'époque de la Révolution. - Un Opérateur à Tours en 1636
Alfred Mame & fils|Tours 1916|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper of this offprint from the Bulletin de la Société archéologique de Touraine.
Small tears and a tiny lack at head of first cover.
€20
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
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
Georges PARISET
Etudes d'histoire révolutionnaire et contemporaine
Société d'édition Les Belles Lettres|Paris 1929|18.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Index in-fine
Spine faded.
€30
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
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
Robert LEGRAND
Babeuf et ses compagnons de route
Société des études robespierristes|Paris 1981|16.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition.
A nice copy.
€50
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Jacques FOUQUES DUPARC
Le troisième Richelieu. Libérateur du territoire en 1815
Lardanchet|Lyon 1940|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on alfa satiné paper.
Spine very slightly sunned, one small tear to head of lower cover.
€30
René GAILLOUX
Institutions municipales de Montluçon jusqu'à la Révolution
Crépin-Leblond|Moulins 1946|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Preface by M. Moreau.
Spine and covers marginally and slightly sunned, ex-dono in biro on the first free endpaper.
€30
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
Louis-Ange PITOU
Analyse de mes malheurs et de mes persécutions depuis vingt-six ans
Chez l'auteur • Chez la Duchesse d'Orléans • Pelicier • Delaunya|Paris 1816|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition.
Softcover as issued.
Occasional small foxing.
Rare.
€150
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
[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
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
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
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
Étienne DUPONT
Le château de Saint-Malo et ses prisonniers (1689-1789)
Edouard Champion|Paris 1925|16 x 24 cm|broché
First edition.
Spine and covers faded.
Rare softcover, as issued.
€30
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
COLLECTIF
Annuaire présenté à S.M. l'Empereur et Roi par le bureau des longitudes pour l'an 1812
Madame Veuve Courcier|Paris 1811|8.50 x 13.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half marbled sheep with small vellum corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, two minute holes to spine, red morocco title-label, marbled paper boards with small lacks of paper, contemporary binding.
Handsome interior condition.
€150
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
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
Gustave BORD
Etudes sur la question Louis XVII. Autour du Temple (1792-1795) Tome I à III
Emile-Paul|Paris 1912|14 x 23 cm|3 volumes brochés
First edition of the first three volumes out of four.
Work illustrated with 2 portraits and 1 facsimile as frontispieces.
Stains on the spines and boards, some light foxing affecting primarily the spines, boards and endpapers.
€120
[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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
(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
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
René PICHELOUP
Les ecclésiastiques français émigrés ou déportés dans l'état pontifical 1792-1800
Association des publications de l'Université de Toulouse|Toulouse 1972|16 x 24 cm|broché
First edition.
A good copy.
€60
Paul de CASTERAS
Révolutionnaires et terroristes du département de l'Ariège 1789-An VIII
Honoré Champion|Paris 1911|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
New edition.
Full sand-colored cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine, hazel sheep title-label, original wrappers preserved, modern binding.
Worming to preserved wrappers, handsome copy.
€150
COLLECTIF
Almanach des Dames pour l'an 1809.
Chez J. G. Cotta librairie|à Tubingue [Tübingen] s. d. [1809]|8 x 11.50 cm|relié
First edition with seven out-of-text plates printed on heavy paper, drawn by Poufsin and executed by Lambert.
Contemporary full red morocco binding, smooth spine decorated with compartments, geometric and floral gilt motifs, dotted and Greek fret gilt frame to boards, fine gilt roll surrounding marbled paper pastedowns, gilt roll on leading edges and headcaps, all edges gilt. Three corners slightly bumped and very minor and marginal worming to a few leaves, otherwise a handsome copy.
€200
Edmond BONNAL
La diplomatie prussienne depuis la paix de Presbourg jusqu'au traité de Tilsitt d'après les archives du Dépôt de la guerre et du ministère des Affaires étrangères
E. Dentu|Paris 1880|16 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition rare.
Spine soiled, slight scratching and marginal lacks to the covers, ex-dono in ink to upper cover, internally good.
Sold as is.
€150
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
Michel CHEVALLIER
Le Comte Mollien. Les finances d'une monarchie au déclin et les finances d'un régime nouveau. Les finances de la guerre pendant les années de l'Empire 1802 - 1808
La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 1856|15.50 x 25 cm|en feuillets
First edition.
Extract from the Revue des deux mondes.
In sheets, under chemise.
€110
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
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
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
René BOUSCAYROL
Croizier, l'aide de camp jacobin de Bonaparte - In l'Auvergne littéraire N°183
L'Auvergne lLttéraire|Clermont-Ferrand 1964|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from l'Auvergne littéraire. Handsome copy.
€30
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
Louis GEOFFROY
Napoléon apocryphe : histoire de la conquête du monde et de la monarchie universelle
Librairie illustrée|Paris s. d. [circa 1896]|12 x 19 cm|broché
New edition with an original preface by Jules Richard. Three small tears with slight lacks to the spine.
€100
Geneviève BIANQUIS
La vie quotidienne en Allemagne à l'époque romantique (1795-1830)
Hachette|Paris 1958|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription from the author.
A small stain at the head of the back cover.
€30
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
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
Hippolyte Adolphe TAINE
La reconstruction de la France en 1800. L'Eglise, première, deuxième et troisième parties.
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.
€60
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
George COGORDAN
Le Cardinal Maury, d'après sa connaissance diplomatique et ses mémoires inédits.
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
Eugène-Melchior de VOGÜÉ
Le roman d'un conspirateur. Mémoires et souvenirs du baron Hyde de Neuville.
La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 1892|15 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition. Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes. RareUnder plain wrapper.
€35
J. J. MARCEL
Description de l'Egypte. Etat moderne. Tome second.
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1812|26.50 x 43 cm|Un Vol. broché
This volume contains: Notice sur la conformation physique des égyptiens et des différentes races qui habitent en Egypte, suivie de quelques réflexions sur l'embaumement des momie; par M. le Baron de Larrey.
Mémoire sur la partie occidentale de la province de Bahyreh par M. Gratien le Père.
Notice sur la préparation des peaux en Egypte; par M. Boudet.
Mémoire sur le Meqyâs de l'île de Roudah et sur les inscriptions que renferme ce momument.
First edition.
Original blue wrappers. Fine condition, as the copy is as issued, with full margins, on laid paper. A tear to spine.
The notice on the physical conformations of the peoples of Egypt relates more to aesthetic...
€600
Anatole FRANCE
Notice historique sur Vivant Denon
Rouquette & fils|Paris 1890|16 x 24 cm|relié
First edition printed in a small number of copies on Holland paper of this offprint.
Bradel binding in half morocco-grained hazelnut sheep, smooth spine with slight traces of rubbing, date at foot, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding signed by Franz.
Handsome copy.
€120
F. BARRIERE
Bibliothèque des mémoires relatifs à l'histoire de France pendant le XVIIIème siècle, Tome XII : suite des mémoires du général Dumouriez, mémoires de Louvet, mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de la Convention nationale par Daunou
Firmin Didot frères|Paris 1848|12 x 19 cm|relié
New edition with foreword and notes by F. Barrière. Bradel binding in salmon half-cloth, smooth spine, chocolate brown shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding. Very occasional foxing, otherwise handsome interior condition.
€45
Alexis ROUSSET
Théâtre politique : La mort de Mirabeau. / La mort de Danton. / Un thé chez Barras. / La bataille électorale
S. n. • Chez tous les marchands de nouveauté • Boursy fils • Tresse|Lyon • & Paris 1839 & 1844|15 x 22.50 cm|4 volumes reliés en 1
First editions of these four literary hoaxes.
Half fir green shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic ornamental motifs with some traces of rubbing, a tiny hole at the foot of one joint, paper boards, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription by Alexis Rousset on the first volume.
Some light foxing.
€500
Charles & Ogé BARBAROUX, De CHOISEUL
Mémoires (inédits) de Charles Barbaroux, député à la Convention nationale, avec une notice sur sa vie par Ogé Barbaroux, son fils, et des éclaircissemens historiques par MM. Berville et Barrière. - Relation du départ de Louis XVI, le 20 Juin 1791...
Baudouin frères|Paris 1822|13.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
First editions for both volumes.
Half chocolate embossed sheep binding, lightened spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets and friezes, minor rubbing traces on headcaps, navy embossed paper boards, engraved bookplate pasted to verso of front board, cold stamp of the same bibliophile on an endpaper.
The second work, bound following the first, is illustrated with an engraved frontispiece depicting the Duke of Choiseul.
Some foxing.
€200
René-Jean DURDENT, A. FALCONET
Cent dix jours du règne de Louis XVIII [Ensemble] Lettre a sa majesté Louis XVIII sur la vente des biens nationaux par A. Falconnet [Ensemble] De la restitution des biens des émigrés par H. Dard [Ensemble] Des émigrés de 1815 par M. de L
Eymery • Gueffier • Le Normant|Paris 1815|13 x 20 cm|relié
Collection of 4 pamphlets relating to the very beginning of the Restoration. The first 3 are in second edition while the fourth text is in first edition.
Near-contemporary half sheep binding. Smooth spine with fillets. Tears with lacks to head. Upper joint widely split at tail.
The first text, by a convinced Bourbon supporter, narrates Napoleon's return to Paris and the king's flight. The second addresses a plea to the king on the sale of national property carried out since the Revolution. The third text examines under public law the question of the alienation of émigrés' property and their restitution. The last text narrates in a lyrical style those émigrés who were the king and...
€500
Henri-Alexandre WALLON
Histoire du tribunal révolutionnaire de Paris avec le journal de ses actes
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1880-1882|14.50 x 23 cm|6 volumes brochés
First edition.
Spine of the second volume cracked, slight tears to spine of volumes 4 and 6, some slight foxings, otherwoise good copies, as issued.
Rare.
€700
Léonard GALLOIS
Trois actes d'un grand drame
Librairie de Brissot-Thivars|Paris 1829|13 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half ochre shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and rules, traces of rubbing to joints, contemporary binding.
Very rare work on Napoleon Bonaparte and his entourage.
The 18th Brumaire, the abdication at Fontainebleau and the 20th March or the return from the Isle of Elba.
A handsome copy virtually free from foxing.
€180
M. CLERY
Journal de ce qui s'est passé à la tour du Temple pendant la captivité de Louis XVI Roi de France
Baylis|Londres [London] s. d. [1798]|14 x 22 cm|broché
First edition. Frontispiece portrait of Louis XVI. A spot page 64, lacks to the spine, otherwise a good copy without foxing.
€230
Général MOREAU
Recueil des interrogatoires subis par le général Moreau
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris Prairial An XII (1804)|14 x 22 cm|broché
First edition. Original blue wrappers. Lacks to temporary covers. First and last leaves folded at corners. A pale yellow dampstain at the end of the work. General Moreau was a hero of the Revolution. He received command of the Army of Italy, helped Bonaparte in the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire, then allied with conspirators against Napoleon whose growing power worried him. Found guilty, Napoleon banished him from France.
€120