Philippe BENOIST
Nouveau Pavillon de Flore - Paris et ses ruines, Lithographie originale
Charpentier|Nantes • Paris 1874|33.50 x 48.80 cm|une feuille
Original black and white lithograph drawn and engraved by Philippe Benoist and used as illustration for Paris et ses ruines by Victor Fournel, a work documenting the ravages of the Paris Commune.
Handsome copy despite some worming.
€80
Philippe BENOIST
Nouvelle église de la Trinité - Paris et ses ruines, Lithographie originale
Charpentier|Nantes • Paris 1874|33.50 x 48.80 cm|une feuille
Original black and white lithograph drawn and engraved by Philippe Benoist and used as illustration for Paris et ses ruines by Victor Fournel, a work documenting the devastation of the Paris Commune.
Handsome copy despite some worming.
€100
Philippe BENOIST
Eglise St Laurent - Paris et ses ruines, Lithographie originale
Charpentier|Nantes • Paris 1874|48.80 x 33.50 cm|une feuille
Original black and white lithograph drawn and engraved by Philippe Benoist and used as illustration for Paris et ses ruines by Victor Fournel, a work documenting the devastation of the Paris Commune.
Handsome copy despite some discreet worming.
€120
François René de CHATEAUBRIAND
Oeuvres complètes
chez Ladvocat|à Paris 1826 -1831|12.50 x 21 cm, longueur totale de la série 89 cm|32 volumes
First collected edition of the works of François-René de Chateaubriand, each volume decorated with a frontispiece engraved by Charles Thompson depicting a young woman seated on a stone engraved "Chateaubriand, Œuvres complètes" and contemplating the horizon. The author contributed largely to the publication of this edition through the organization of the whole and by writing new prefaces for all the texts. As he writes himself these prefaces are more pieces of autobiography than prefaces.
Binding in half brown calf strictly contemporary Restoration period. Spine with raised bands decorated with 2 blind stamps, roulettes at head and tail and on the bands. Brown calf title label and volum
€2,000
Honoré de BALZAC, Alfred de MUSSET
Scènes de la vie privée des animaux[Scenes from the Private Lives of Animals]
J. Hetzel • et Paulin|Paris 1842|18.50 x 27 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition illustrated with 200 plates and 120 vignettes by Grandville, engraved by Brévière. One plate missing from volume 2 ("Tous l'aimaient éperdument..." in the chapter entitled "Les peines de coeur d'une chatte française". In volume 1, the plates from pages 241 and 378 are incorrectly bound at pages 140 and 275. The frontispiece of the first volume is different in the first volume from most other copies, however the usual frontispiece has been placed further along.
Contemporary half red calf bindings, smooth spines decorated with large uniformly faded gilt tools, marbled paper boards with some minor rubbing as well as on the bindings overall, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedo
€1,000
Léandre VAILLAT
La Taglioni ou la Vie d'une Danseuse
Albin Michel|Paris 1942|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Minor tears of no consequence at head and foot of the slightly ridged spine, one tear to the upper right corner of the back board.
Work illustrated with 8 photographic plates.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Léandre Vaillat to Maryelle Krempff who completed her brilliant dancing career as principal dancer at the Opéra Comique before teaching dance at the Conservatoire National de région de Saint-Maur des Fossés from 1969 to 1989: "A mademoiselle Maryelle Krempff qui a le grand privilège de savoir danser, cette vie d'une étoile de la danse et du ballet romantique, en sympathique souvenir de sa précieuse présence aux
€120
Adolphe BLANQUI
Voyage en Bulgarie pendant l'année 1841
W. Coquebert|Paris 1843|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Occasional light foxing.
Half black shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with double blind compartments and gilt fillets, gilt initials at foot, black paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, one lower corner slightly bumped, contemporary binding.

€100
Édouard de WARREN
L'Inde anglaise en 1843
Sté belge de librairie Hauman & Cie|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1844|10 x 15.80 cm|3 volumes reliés
Belgian first edition, published simultaneously with the Paris edition by Comptoir des Imprimeurs-Unis.
Contemporary half sheep binding in tender green. Smooth spine decorated with romantic tools in mirror pattern, roulette at head and tail. Rubbing to headcaps. Fine copy, completely free of foxing, with decorative spines.
The author, a Frenchman of Irish origin, spent nine years in British possessions in service of the East India Company. He consulted a great number of documents in order to present a portrait of the true India. His work is composed of a picturesque journal and political and geographical studies. He gives in addition a precise idea of the English army of India.
€600
[Louis SILVY]
Relation concernant les évènemens qui sont arrivés à Thomas Martin, laboureur à Gallardon, en Beauce, dans les premiers mois de 1816. Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée de plusieurs lettres du sieur Martin écrites en 1821 sur de nouvelles apparitions, avec un exposé de plusieurs autres qui lui sont arrivées en 1830.
L.- F Hivert|Paris 1832|14 x 22.50 cm|relié
Edition with some parts in first edition. Written under the pseudonym By M. S***, former magistrate.
Bradel binding in blue half cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron and double gilt fillets, havana morocco title label, covers with extensive restored lacks preserved.
Important historical anecdote that caused a sensation at the time and subsequently had numerous repercussions on religious, historical and spiritualist convictions throughout the century.
Thomas Martin, an uneducated peasant, received a visit from the archangel Raphael who ordered him to report to King Louis XVIII that his nephew Louis XVII was alive, along with various other prophecies and advice for re
€200
Georges RIAT
Gustave Courbet Peintre
Henry Floury|Paris 1906|20.50 x 27 cm|relié
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on japon paper, the only deluxe issue.
Tawny half sheep binding with corners, spine in three compartments with gilt fillets, typographical motif stamped in blind at the centre of the spine (faded), author’s label and title label in red Russian morocco, minor repair at head of spine along one joint, marble-covered paper boards, combed-paper endpapers, original wrappers and spine preserved, one upper corner slightly rubbed, contemporary binding.
Illustrated with 18 plates, here in double state as in the other japon paper copies; text illustrations also present.
€600
Pierre DAYE
Stanley
Grasset|Paris 1936|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on Montfourat paper, the only deluxe copies after 20 on pur fil.
Covers lightly sunned without consequence, a tear at foot of front cover.

€80
Paul GAVARNI
Oeuvres choisies. Etudes de moeurs contemporaines. 1- Les enfants terribles. Traductions en langue vulgaire. Les lorettes. Les actrices. Notices par Théophile Gautier et Laurent-Jan. 2- Fourberies de femmes en matière de sentiment. Clichy. Paris le soir. Notices par Laurent-Jan, Auguste Lireux et Léon Gozlan. 3- Le Carnaval à Paris. Paris le matin. Les étudiants de Paris. Notices par Théophile Gautier, A. Barthet et A. de Soubiran. 4- La vie de jeune homme. Les débardeurs. Notices par P.J. Stahl.
Hetzel|Paris 1845-1848|17.70 x 26.80 cm|4 volumes reliés
First edition and first printing of the engravings.
Contributions by Théophile Gautier, Laurent-Jan, Léon Gozlan, Auguste Lireux and Jules Hetzel under the pseudonym P.-J. Stahl among others.
Contemporary publisher's binding in full black shagreen. Smooth spine decorated with 3 ornate compartments, blind and gilt fillets. Large rocaille composition on boards, thick triple fillet frame. Interior frieze. White watered silk endpapers. All edges gilt. Perimeter of watered silk endpapers brown-stained. Tailcap of volume 2 with a loss. Traces of rubbing. Thin scratch on the upper board of volume 1, lower board of volume 2. Some very occasional foxing on clean white paper. The binder inve
€1,800
Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN, Walt WHITMAN
Thrène pour le président Lincoln
Bibliothèque de l'Occident|Paris 1908|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition of the transposition of the poem by Walt Whitman by Francis Viélé-Griffin, one of 100 copies on Holland, only print.
Small tears and gaps on the back and in the margins of the boards which have been internally patched at the head and the foot, spine and boards marginally sun-damaged, good internal condition.
Modern ex-libris glued to the foot of the verso of the first board.
Rare.
€300
Henri MONNIER
Les Bourgeois de Paris. Scènes comiques
Charpentier|Paris 1854|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Full navy blue cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, date and double gilt fillets at foot, brown shagreen title-label, binding signed in blind by Pierson.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
€80
A.H. SAXON, Phineas Taylor BARNUM
Barnum par lui-même
Editions de la Gardine|Sorvilier 1986|22 x 22 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition of these letters selected and presented by A.H. Saxon, French translation by L.R. Dauven, one of 1000 numbered copies, the only printing with 100 hors commerce copies.
Publisher's full fawn chamois binding, smooth spine.
Iconography, handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from L.R. Dauven to publisher Bernard de Fallois.
€120
Marcel BARRIERE
Les Princes d'Orléans
Gallimard|Paris 1933|13 x 20 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Marcel Barrière to Alfred Fabre-Luce.
€50
Louis ROSSEL
Rossel (1844-1871). Mémoires, Procès et Correspondance présentés par Roger Stéphane
Jean-Jacques Pauvert|Paris 1960|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
The first collected edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine slightly sunned as generally the case, otherwise a handsome copy.
€40
Adrien de MEEÜS
Histoire de Belgique
Plon|Paris 1928|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally lightened, otherwise a handsome copy attractively bound.
€70
Octave UZANNE
La Française du siècle
A. Quantin|Paris 1886|17.50 x 25.80 cm|relié
First edition. Printed on laid paper. Illustrated covers on Japan paper. Watercolor illustrations by Albert Lynch, engraved in colored etching by Eugène Gaujean. 20 colored engravings (including 10 full-page), 10 illustrated colored initials, numerous tailpieces and vignettes in black.
Contemporary full mosaic shagreen binding in blue and brown. Spine with raised bands decorated with 4 fleurons in ornate compartments. Head and tail rolls. Bordeaux morocco title label, ornate brown shagreen date label. Covers with mosaic work featuring a large rectangular frame very richly decorated in the manner of lace-work bindings, corner and angular tools, multiple framing fillets. Broad inner lace
€800
Raymond RECOULY
Louis-Philippe Roi des Français. Le Chemin vers le Trône
Les Editions de France|Paris 1930|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 218 numbered copies on alfa paper, deluxe issue after 29 on pure linen.
Half navy blue shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges.
Handsome copy attractively bound.
Manuscript signature of Raymond Recouly on the half-title page.
€70
Adolphe BLANQUI
Des classes ouvrières en France pendant l'année 1848. Première partie
Pagnerre • Paulin & Cie|Paris 1849|9.50 x 16 cm|relié
First edition.
Contemporary half tanned calf binding, smooth spine decorated with triple gilt fillets, gilt library name at foot, red morocco title-label, marbled paper boards, pebbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
Copy free from foxing.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Adolphe Blanqui to the economist Michel Chevalier.
Provenance: from the library of economist Michel Chevalier with his engraved bookplate pasted on a pastedown and from that of Jacques Laget with his bookplate pasted on the facing page.

€1,500
Paul GAVARNI, Eugène DELACROIX
Les Français peints par eux-mêmes. Encyclopédie morale du dix-neuvième siècle - Le prisme [Avec] Les Anglais peints par eux-mêmes[The French Painted by Themselves. Moral Encyclopaedia of the Nineteenth Century – The Prism [With] The English Painted by Themselves]
Léon Curmer|Paris 1840-1842|18 x 26.50 cm|11 volumes reliés
Les Français peints par eux-mêmes. Encyclopédie morale du dix-neuvième siècle – Le Prisme [with] Les Anglais peints par eux-mêmes [The French painted by themselves – The English painted by themselves]

Léon Curmer | Paris 1840-1842 | 18 x 26,5 cm 11 volumes in half morocco

First edition, one of the grand papier (deluxe) copies with two states of the illustrations for the 8 volumes of Les Français peints par eux-mêmes: one in black on tinted paper, and one enhanced by hand using the so-called “coloris gommé” technique with watercolour and varnish on wh
€10,000
Maurice ANDRIEUX
Les Français à Rome
Arthème Fayard|Paris 1968|14 x 23 cm|relié
First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges.
Handsome copy handsomely bound.
€150
Adolphe JULLIEN, Hector BERLIOZ
Hector Berlioz sa vie ses oeuvres
Librairie de l'art|Paris 1888|24.50 x 32.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Work illustrated with 14 original lithographs by Adolphe Fantin-Latour printed on China paper as well as 12 portraits of Hector Berlioz, 3 plates hors-texte and 122 engravings, facsimiles of autographs, caricatures...
Binding in full red morocco, spine with five raised bands, gilt rolls on headcaps, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, fine engraved bookplate mounted on one pastedown, gilt dentelle border on pastedowns, covers preserved, all edges gilt, double gilt fillets on edges, perfect contemporary binding signed Cuzin.
Our copy is enhanced with an autograph note signed by Hector Berlioz m
€2,300
Albéric SECOND
Les Petits Mystères de l'opéra
Kugelmann|Paris 1844|14 x 22.80 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with vignettes by Gavarni.
Half red glacé long-grained morocco binding signed on endpaper by Durvand. Yellow printed wrappers preserved. Smooth spine decorated with a tool at head and 2 mirrored tools. Gilt title. Date at tail. Uncut copy, perfectly fresh, very clean. Top edge gilt. Discreet restorations to front wrapper. Very handsome copy.
Satirical writing on the world of the Paris Opera, its singers, its dancers, its audience, its administration, its stagehands, etc.

€450
LABORDE
Le Cotillon
Bertaut|Paris 1853 (S.d)|23.50 x 30.50 cm|relié
First edition composed of 15 sepia lithographs, illustrating the different figures of the Cotillon.

Publisher's cream and gold boards, covered with glazed moiré paper. Top headcap pushed in. Soiling. Corners slightly bumped. Good copy.

A ballroom dance created around 1820 which became wildly popular at the end of balls, the main venues for fashionable entertainment of the era, the cotillon mixed parlor games and dances; composed of several figures (the flowers, the handkerchief chase, the ribbon, the cavaliers, etc.) and accessories, it could last up to two hours and more depending on the cotillon leader. 19 pages of text in the work explain the figures of the cotillon.
€1,000
Pierre-Joseph-Marie PROUDHON
Les majorats littéraires - Examen d'un projet de loi ayant pour but de créer, au profit des auteurs, inventeurs et artistes, un monopole perpétuel
Office de la publicité|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1862|14 x 23 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in full caramel boards, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, green shagreen title label, author's name in red shagreen, slightly later binding signed in pen by Champs.
Bound at the head of the work is an article by P.J.M. Proudhon entitled "L'Empire et la Bohême" and printed by the same publisher, the journal of the Office de la publicité, in which the work and the related law are discussed; namely the defense of intellectual property rights for each artist.

€250
Ludovic HALÉVY
Notes et souvenirs 1871-1872
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1889|11 x 18 cm|relié
First edition.
Half blue sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and dots as well as black fillets, spine with some light rubbing, gilt initials at foot, marbled paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, one corner slightly bumped, near-contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Ludovic Halévy to his friend Alexandre Dumas fils: "A mon cher maître et ami Alexandre Dumas. Ludovic Halévy" ["To my dear master and friend Alexandre Dumas. Ludovic Halévy"]
€300
Napoleon's grand state funeral
Napoleon's grand state funeral
[NAPOLEON BONAPARTE] (Adrien PROVOST)
Panorama de 15 lithographies figurant le cortège funéraire ou Retour des cendres de l'Empereur Napoléon Ier Panorama of 15 lithographs depicting the funeral procession or Return of the ashes of the Emperor Napoleon I
S. n.|Paris s. d. [ca 1840]|14.50 x 18.50 cm|un panorama sous reliure
binding: 14.5 x 18.5 cm / panorama: 2,06 m (80 inches)

A very rare first edition of 15 lithographed views in bistre tint, mounted in an accordion pleat, forming a panorama of 6.75 ft and showing the Parisian procession of the return of Napoleon's mortal remains (his "ashes" used here as a metaphor since he was not cremated). The parade started from the Arc de Triomphe to his resting place in Invalides. In the lower margin, the caption presents the different groups forming the procession: Ajaccio delegation, Paris Municipal Council, Prince of Joinville Commission of Saint-Helena...in the centre of the panorama stands the spectacular
€2,800
Pascal DAGNAN-BOUVERET, Honoré de BALZAC
Eugénie Grandet
Motteroz|Paris 1886|16 x 25 cm|relié sous étui
Illustrated edition with 8 original full-page engravings after Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret by Le Rat. 120 numbered copies on vélin satiné, our copy one of 100 nominative.
Beige morocco by Marius Michel, mint green morocco doublures, framed with a gilt floral frieze decorated with inlaid morocco pieces and fillets on the boards, moiré silk endpapers, original wrappers preserved, double gilt fillets on the edges, all edges gilt, case lined with morocco, moiré paper boards, superb binding signed Marius Michel.
Bookseller's ticket label glued on a guard.
Our copy includes a suite of 8 full-page etchings.
A very nice copy superbly set by Marius Michel in doubled morocco.
€2,000
Charles LEANDRE, Henry MURGER
Scènes de la vie de bohême[Scenes from Bohemian Life]
Romagnol|Paris 1902|17 x 26.50 cm|relié sous étui
Edition illustrated with 40 original watercolors by Charles Léandre engraved by Eugène Decisy, one of 40 numbered copies on Arches vellum, deluxe edition after 35 on Japan blanc.
Full red morocco binding, spine with four raised bands set with black fillets, gilt date at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, frame of gilt fillet on the pastedowns in full mint green morocco, red watered silk endpapers, following endpapers of pebbled paper, all edges gilt, covers and spine preserved, slipcase with morocco entry, pebbled paper boards, brown felt interior, superb contemporary binding signed by Semet & Plumelle.
Our copy contains both states of all the illustrations and the decomposition of
€1,200
Robert de MONTESQUIOU, Gabriele D'ANNUNZIO
La divine comtesse. Etude d'après madame de Castiglione[The Divine Countess. A Study Based on Madame de Castiglione]
Goupil & Cie|Paris 1913|19.50 x 28 cm|relié sous étui
First edition, one of the few numbered copies on Japan, the “tirage de tête”.
Binding in full dark midnight blue morocco, spine in four compartments with discreet recolouring, chocolate brown iridescent endpapers, frame of five gilt fillets and gilt fleurons in the corners of the paste-down endpapers, all edges gilt, preserved illustrated covers, slipcase lined with blue morocco, marbled paper boards, light blue baize interior, superb contemporary binding signed Meunier.
Preface by Gabriele D'Annunzio.
Work decorated with 54 monochrome and colour illustrations.
A very beautiful copy perfectly set in full morocco by Meunier.
€2,000
HANSI
L'histoire d'Alsace racontée aux petits enfants par l'Oncle Hansi
Henri Floury|Paris 1913|28 x 35.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition illustrated with color images by Hansi and Huen.
Publisher's full sky blue paper boards binding, smooth spine, illustrated covers, endpapers and pastedowns of decorative patterned paper.
Small spots of discoloration on covers, occasional foxing, last inner hinge split at head and foot.
Handsome copy of this work published for the little children of Alsace and France.
€300
Claude WILLARD
Jules Guesde l'apôtre de la loi
Les Editions Ouvrières|Paris 1991|13 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Handsome copy, iconography.
Autograph inscription signed by Claude Willard to Jacques Zwirn.

€30
Gustave LE GRAY (Alexandre DUMAS)
Portrait photographique original d'Alexandre Dumas[Original photographic portrait of Alexandre Dumas]
Paris s. d. [circa 1860]|6.30 x 10.30 cm|une photographie
Original carte-de-visite photograph, albumen print, mounted on card made by Gustave Le Gray and showing Alexandre Dumas bearded in white trousers. Contemporary print.
A few very minor spots in the lower margin, otherwise deep blacks and fine contrast.
Very fine full-length standing portrait of the writer staring intensely at the lens.
About this portrait, which he reproduces on the front page of his magazine Monte-Cristo dated January 5, 1860, Alexandre Dumas writes: "Des qualités de ce portrait, je ne veux qu'affirmer la première, la plus essentielle : la ressemblance. C'est à vous, chers lecteurs, de voir si jamais la photographie est allée plus lo
€1,000
Dick de LONLAY
Français & Allemands. Histoire anecdotique de la guerre de 1870-1871
Garnier frères|Paris 1888 - 1891|17.50 x 27 cm|4 volumes reliés
First editions of these 4 volumes abundantly illustrated with 484 color engravings in the text and numerous black and white ones, being 121 per volume. The editions of each volume appeared from 1888 to 1891.
Publisher's special bindings, grey for the first volume, green for the following 3. Smooth spine decorated with ornate compartments. Color composition on the first cover, different for each volume. All edges gilt. Signs of rubbing at head and corners. One tiny cut on a headcap. Fresh paper, free from foxing.
Superb copies.
Vol.1, Niederbronn, Wissembourg, Froeschwiller, Châlons, Reims, Buzancy, Beaumont, Mouzon, Bazeille, Sedan. 956 pages. Vol.2, Sarrebrück, Spickeren, La
€850
Charles HERVEY, Alexandre LACAUCHIE
The theatres of Paris
John Mitchell • Galignani & Co|London • & Paris 1846|15 x 22.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 10 portraits of the most celebrated actresses of the time by Alexandre Lacauchie, printed outside the text.
Half red calf binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with garlands and double gilt compartments, some scuffs notably to the upper headcap, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, a small harmless nick to the top edge, contemporary binding.
Handsome interior condition without foxing.
€400
Docteur L. CAPOLEONE
Une réponse à M. de Kératry à propos de son ouvrage intitulé : Mourad V, prince-sultan-prisonnier d'état
S. n.|Constantinople [Istanbul] 1878|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition for which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Four corner lacks to boards, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

€400
STENDHAL
Rome, Naples et Florence[Rome, Naples and Florence]
Delaunay|Paris 1826|13.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
Third original edition: "In reality, an entirely new work, completely rewritten by Stendhal and expanded by one volume" (cf Clouzot).
The second edition was in fact only a reissue, after a few weeks, of the original edition with a new title page bearing publisher Colburn's address and mention of "second edition". This "third edition" is therefore the true second original edition, much more complete than the first.
Covers slightly and partially browned without gravity, some minor foxing.
Very rare copy as issued in original wrappers.

€3,000
Astolphe de CUSTINE
Mémoires et voyages, ou diverses lettres écrites à diverses époques pendant des courses en Suisse, en Calabre, en Angleterre, et en Ecosse
Alexandre Vezard • Le Normant père|Paris 1830|13.50 x 22 cm|2 volumes brochés
First edition very scarce according to Clouzot.
Nice copy in its original wrappers.
Second volume with coated ex-libris "Fortis and Fidelis" engraved by Desnoyers.
Rare signed handwritten inscription by Astolphe de Custine on top of first volume to the Duchesse de Blains.
€5,000
Alfred DELVAU, Félicien ROPS
Les cythères parisiennes. Histoire anecdotiques des bals de Paris
E. Dentu|paris 1864|11 x 17.20 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 24 etchings on chine collé by Félicien Rops and Emile Thérond (the frontispiece and 18 of the vignettes are indeed by Rops).
Contemporary half brown shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with fillets. Some rubbing. 2 corners slightly bumped.
One of Auguste Poulet-Malassis's first productions in Brussels, the F. Rops frontispiece is a heliogravure reworked with etching and drypoint.
Monograph of all Parisian balls, a fashion particularly followed by all social classes at the time.
€450
Hubert SAINT-JULIEN
Louis Rossel (1844-1871), pensée et action d'un officier insurgé
Les presses continentales|Paris 1962|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Small light vertical marks on boards, light foxing on endpapers.
Illustrated with a photographic portrait of Louis Rossel.

€40
Léon TOLSTOI
Oeuvres inédites et posthumes (1850-1910)
Paul Dupont|Paris 1947|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 25 numbered copies on superior laid paper, ours being one of 5 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Spine lightly sunned, tiny tear at foot of front board, a full-margined copy.
€180
STENDHAL
Guide à l'usage d'un voyageur en Italie[Guide for the Use of a Traveller in Italy]
Le Divan|Paris 1951|10.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by the publisher, Henri Martineau, to Professor Alajaouine.
€350
Théophile GAUTIER
[PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Théophile Gautier[PHOTOGRAPH - Photographic portrait of Théophile Gautier]
Ad. Braun & Cie|Paris s. d. [circa 1870]|6.30 x 10.50 cm|une photographie
Original albumen photograph of Théophile Gautier, in carte-de-visite format, mounted on cardboard from the Charles Barenne et Cie studio, 127 Faubourg Saint-Honoré.
Manuscript annotation and small ink stain on verso of the photograph.

€1,000
Auguste-Frédéric-Louis Viesse, duc de Raguse MARMONT
Mémoires du Maréchal Marmont, Duc de Raguse de 1792 à 1841 imprimés sur le manuscrit original de l'auteur avec le portrait du Duc de Reischstadt, celui du duc de Raguse et quatre fac-similé de Charles X, du duc d'Angoulême, de l'empereur Nicolas et du duc de Raguse.
Perrotin|Paris 1857|14 x 22.30 cm|10 volumes reliés
First edition without statement of edition, illustrated with 2 portraits including one in color of the Duke of Reichstadt, 4 facsimiles and 2 maps, as well as a folding table. The 10th volume, in uniform binding, is the refutation of Raguse's memoirs by Laurent de Lardeche: Réfutation des Mémoires du Maréchal Marmont, Duc de Raguse devant l'histoire.
Contemporary half black shagreen binding. Smooth spine in Jansenist style with cold fillets. Gilt title and volume number. Boards rubbed. One library label at the foot of volume 5. Some foxing on an otherwise fresh set. Good copy.
"Of first order for Bonaparte's youth, but only for this period. Does not Marmont declare that he admires
€800
Victor HUGO
Actes et paroles - Avant l'exil 1841-1851
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1875|19.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on China paper, deluxe copy,
Four minute marginal lacks and small corner tears to the covers.
Handsome full-margined copy as issued.

€1,500
Jules SUPERVIELLE
Bolivar suivi de La première famille
Gallimard|Paris 1944|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First collective edition, one of the 35 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies ("grands papiers").
Nice copy.
€400
Abbé COULLIE
Mars, Avril, Mai 1871. Saint-Eustache pendant la Commune
Imprimerie et librairie administrative|Paris 1872|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
Third edition.
Minor corner wear to spine and boards, printed bibliophile's stamp as bookplate on half-title page.
€50
Louis, vicomte de BONALD
Démonstration philosophique du principe constitutif de la société, suivie de méditations politiques tirées de l'Evangile
Adrien Leclère & Cie|Paris 1830|12.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
Edition published in the author's complete works.
Half navy blue sheep binding, smooth spine lightly browned decorated with gilt arabesque, gilt frieze at foot of spine which also features two fleurons stamped in blind at head and foot, marbled paper boards, bookplate pasted on pastedown, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Foxing, a paper flaw at foot of table of contents page not touching text.
€60
Jacques BOTTENHEIM
Corvetto et son oeuvre financière
P.U.F.|Paris 1941|15 x 25 cm|broché
First edition.
Back cover slightly sunned at head, otherwise handsome copy.
€50
Charles MAURRAS
Les amants de Venise. George Sand & Musset[The Lovers of Venice. George Sand & Musset]
E. de Boccard|Paris 1900|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
New edition, with some parts in first edition as expanded with a preface, one of 30 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copies after 6 on Japan paper.

Full chocolate brown morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt roulettes on headcaps, quadruple black fillets framing the boards, black fleurons at corners, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, triple gilt fillets framing the pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, double gilt fillets on leading edges, top edge gilt on deckled edges, contemporary binding signed by Stroobants.

Bookplate pasted at head of one pastedown.

Very fine copy perfectly executed by Stroobants.
€600
Charles de RÉMUSAT
Correspondance de M. de Rémusat pendant les premières années de la Restauration
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1883-1886|14 x 22.50 cm|6 volumes reliés
Edition published by Paul de Rémusat of this fundamental correspondence for the Restoration.
Half tawny shagreen bindings, spines browned with five raised bands showing minor rubbing, gilt dates at foot, author's name in red shagreen, green shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
Spines of bindings browned and showing rubbing.
Handsome interior condition.

€300
Comte de FALLOUX
Madame Swetchine sa vie et ses oeuvres
Auguste Vaton|Paris 1860|13.50 x 22.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition.
Half red shagreen bindings, spines with five raised bands decorated with double gilt fillets and dotted gilt ornaments showing traces of rubbing, one joint of the first volume fragile, upper headcaps of volumes rubbed, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary bindings.
Pleasant interior condition.

€50
Charles NODIER
Journal de l'expédition des portes de fer
Imprimerie Royale|Paris 1844|19 x 29 cm|relié
First edition never put into commerce, intended for members of the royal family and state dignitaries. It is printed on strong vellum, the only issue with 6 on China paper. Work illustrated with 200 vignettes in the text and 40 out-of-text figures engraved on wood, printed before letters on applied China paper, by Raffet, Decamps, Dauzat. Our copy is complete with its folding map at the end (Route de Philippeville à Alger). Fine work very well printed, with high quality engravings.
Publisher's Bradel binding covered with chamois paper, chamois slipcase (probably later). Smooth spine with beige calf title label. Spine slightly darkened with damage to the title label and at two places on
€1,200
Horace de VIEL-CASTEL
Mémoires du comte Horace de Viel Castel sous le règne de Napoléon III (1851-1864) publiés d'après le manuscrit original
Chez tous les libraires|Paris 1883|15.50 x 24 cm|6 tomes en 3 volumes reliés
First edition of this capital work for understanding the Second Empire. Preface by Louis-Antoine Léouzon Le Duc. Volume 1 is in second edition. A frontispiece portrait in lithography.

Copy with the cipher at foot of the Duke of Massa, Jean Louis Napoléon Régnier Duke of Massa (1875-1946). His cipher is JRM crowned and surmounted by an eagle.
Contemporary half chocolate shagreen bindings, spines with five raised bands decorated with various ornamental tools, including a mask, a ship... Rubbing to spines. 5 corners slightly bumped. One tear to the third volume in the last compartment. The Duke's usual binder was Affolter, but no binding is signed. Original wrappers preserved.
€600
Benjamin CONSTANT
Journaux intimes
Gallimard|Paris 1952|14 x 23 cm|broché
Complete edition of the autograph manuscripts published for the first time, one of the numbered copies on châtaignier paper, the only printing after 88 on pur fil.
Index and notes by Alfred Roulin and Charles Roth.
Handsome copy despite slight sunning to the foot of the first cover.
€70
Benjamin CONSTANT, Rosalie de CONSTANT
Correspondance de Benjamin et Rosalie de Constant 1786-1830
Gallimard|Paris 1955|14 x 23 cm|broché
Edition, one of the numbered copies on châtaignier paper, the only issue after 88 pur fil copies.
Introduction and notes by Alfred and Suzanne Roulin.
Handsome copy despite the spine being slightly sunned.
€50
Emmanuel LEVIS-MIREPOIX
Un salon politique sous la Restauration. Correspondance de la marquise de Montcalm
Edition du Grand siècle|Paris 1949|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition.
Spine and covers marginally sunned, paper yellowed, small lack to foot of spine.

€50
Athanase-Jean-Baptiste BRICOGNE
Opinion et observations sur le budget de 1814, sur le budget de Juin 1815 et sur les différens systèmes de finances suivis en France depuis l'An VIII jusqu'au 8 Juillet 1815 par un créancier de l'Etat
Pelicier|Paris 1815|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Light lacks and angular tears to covers, some minor interior foxing, pages 104-105 shadowed due to the presence of a loose annotation sheet.
Copy in original wrappers.

€120
Ernest DAUDET
Joseph de Maistre et Blacas. Leur correspondance inédite et l'histoire de leur amitié 1804-1820
Plon, Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1908|14 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Introduction, notes and commentary by Ernest Daudet.
Half green shagreen binding, faded spine with five raised bands, gilt zodiacal Sagittarius at foot of spine, two friction marks on headcaps, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Work illustrated with a portrait of Joseph de Maistre and the Count of Blacas as frontispiece.

€50
Charles de LONPRE, baron d' HAUSSEZ
Mémoires du baron d'Haussez dernier ministre de la marine sous la Restauration
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1896|14 x 23 cm|2 tomes reliés
First edition.
Half hazelnut morocco bindings with corners, slightly faded spines with five raised bands, gilt dates at foot, marbled paper boards marginally and slightly faded without concern, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edges gilt, bindings signed Bretault.
Introduction and notes by Count de Circourt and Count de Puymaigre.
Handsome copy.

€200
Martial-Côme-Hannibal-Perpétue-Magloire de GUERNON-RANVILLE
Journal d'un ministre. Oeuvre posthume du comte Guernon-Ranville
Typographie F. Le Blanc-Hardel|Caen 1874|13.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
Second edition, published by his secretary Julien Travers.
Half black shagreen binding, spine very slightly faded with five raised bands decorated with black fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, corners very slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy despite a small scratch at the foot of the first board.

€100
Edouard DUBUFE
"Je viens de terminer le portrait de l'Empereur [Napoléon III]"Signed autograph letter
Londres [London] s. d. [1853]|15.20 x 21 cm|une feuille
Signed autograph visiting card from painter Edouard Dubufe, official portraitist under the Second Empire.
The painter seeks the opinion of a colleague to judge his portrait of Napoleon III, one of the very first after his accession to power. Acquired by the emperor in 1854, it is now preserved in the collections of the Musée d'Orsay.
€600
Paul DELAROCHE
Lettre autographe au chancelier de la légion d'honneur sur son pseudonyme de peintre
6 février 1843|20.50 x 25.20 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter to Count Etienne Maurice Gérard from the painter Paul Delaroche, one watermarked folded leaf.
The painter, who received the Legion of Honor in 1828, sends his birth certificate to Count Gérard, then chancellor of the legion: "cet acte est fait au nom d'Hippolyte Delaroche, qui est le nom véritable de Mr Delaroche, celui de Paul étant un surnom d'enfance qu'il a conservé jusqu'à présent." ["this act is made in the name of Hippolyte Delaroche, which is Mr Delaroche's real name, Paul being a childhood nickname that he has kept until now."]
€200
Honoré de BALZAC, François SCHOMMER
Une ténébreuse affaire[A Dark Business]
L. Carteret|Paris 1909|17.50 x 27 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 29 original compositions by François Schommer (including the cover), one of 75 deluxe numbered copies on Japan or Marais laid paper, ours on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Full blue morocco binding, spine very lightly sunned with five raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with gilt interlaced designs, date and place gilt at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, wide frame of fifteen gilt fillets in interlaced pattern on boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, frame of gilt fillets in interlaced pattern on pastedowns, double gilt fillets on edges, covers preserved, top and fore edges gilt, engraved bookplate pasted on one pastedown, elegant English binding very
€1,800
Jean-Jacques Paul Félix RESSAYRE
Lettres d'un lieutenant-colonel de Dragons à la guerre de Crimée
Maison d'édition et imprimerie moderne|Agen 1910|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
The first edition published in a small number of copies on laid paper by Antoine Durengues.
Half tawny sheep binding with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments, gilt date at foot, double gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with a photographic portrait of General Ressayre as frontispiece.
Light dampstain to margin of second board, handsome interior condition.
Rare copy.
€150
NAPOLÉON III
Ensemble de tracts et affiches de la Campagne d'Italie
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1856-1860|32 x 46 cm|relié
Rare collection of five tracts and eleven original posters from the Italian Campaign gathered under a half green percaline binding with smooth unlettered spine and marbled paper boards:
- Proclamation - The Emperor to the French people: 3 pages on a folded sheet, imperial printing house, May 1859
- Speech pronounced by His Majesty the Emperor at the opening of the Legislative Session of 1856, on March 3, 1856: 4 pages on a folded sheet, imperial printing house, March 1856
- Speech pronounced by His Majesty the Emperor at the opening of the Legislative Session on February 4, 1861: 4 pages on a folded sheet, imperial printing house, February 1861
- Speech p
€4,000
Eugène TÉNOT, Antonin DUBOST
Les suspects en 1858. Etude historique sur l'application de la loi de sûreté générale. Emprisonnements - Transportations
Armand Le Chevalier|Paris 1869|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with double blind-stamped compartments, spine showing traces of rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some foxing in margins of most leaves.

€60
Leitch RITCHIE
La Russie - Voyage pittoresque de Saint-Pétersbourg à Moscou[Russia — A Picturesque Journey from Saint Petersburg to Moscow]
Louis Janet|Paris s. d. [circa 1840]|13 x 20.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 25 hors-texte engravings.
Half brown Russia morocco binding, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with a gilt decorative motif representing the roof of a Russian church, apple-green paper boards decorated with geometric motifs stamped in blind, orange watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, edges gilt.
Some foxing affecting the engravings, black ink offset at head of one endpaper on verso of first board.
Provenance: from the library of Bourg d'Iré, property of Count de Falloux with reproductions of his bookplate pasted on the spine of the binding and his bookplate pasted on a pastedown.
€300
Victor HUGO
La libération du territoire
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1873|15.50 x 24 cm|broché sous chemise et étui
First edition, mention of second edition.
Our copy is presented in a case and shirt with a green canvas back and marbled paper boards.
We enclose the cover of the catalog of the sale of the library of George and Maurice Sand in 1890 on which was pasted the descriptive sheet of our copy with its hammer price in pencil.
Exceptional autograph shipment signed by Victor Hugo to Georges Sand.
"But what did they think of each other, these two outstanding personalities of literary life in the 19th century? Because they never met these two, yet they were perfectly contemporary: Victor Hugo (1802-1885), George Sand (1804-1876).
Certainly there were the ups and
€12,000
STENDHAL, Maurice BARRÈS
Correspondance de Stendhal (1800-1842) publiée par A. Paupe et P.A. Cheramy sur les originaux de diverses collections[Correspondence of Stendhal (1800–1842), published by A. Paupe and P. A. Cheramy from the originals held in various collections]
Charles Bosse|Paris 1908|16.50 x 25.50 cm|3 volumes brochés
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper for each volume, the only deluxe copies after 20 Japan.
Preface by Maurice Barrès, work illustrated with three portraits of Stendhal as frontispieces.
Handsome copy complete with the frontispiece in duplicate state for each volume as stipulated for copies on Holland paper.

€450
Jules VERNE
L'Etoile du Sud. L'Archipel en feu [The Southern Star. The Archipelago on Fire]
Bibliothèque d'Education et de Récréation J. Hetzel et Cie|Paris 1898-1902|18 x 28.50 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur
New edition, illustrated with 112 drawings by L. Benett and 2 maps.
Publisher's "globe doré" binding signed Engel, first cover plate by Blanchelande, spine with lighthouse, second cover of Engel "h" type.
L'Etoile du Sud takes place in South Africa in the diamond trade milieu.
L'Archipel en feu is a historical novel set against the backdrop of the Greek War of Independence in the Aegean Sea islands, in the 1820s.
Original blue endpapers marginally and slightly faded as usual, otherwise a superb copy.

€7,000
LOUIS-PHILIPPE I
Almanach royal et national pour l'an M DCCC XLVI
Chez A. Guyot et Scribe|Paris 1846|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
First edition. Royal arms vignette on title page. Royal families of Europe. Overview of the French administration.
Contemporary full green glazed calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with large interlaced romantic stamps. Gilt title and date. Ornamental blind-stamped plate on covers with thick framing fillet. Marbled edges. Signs of rubbing. 2 corners slightly bumped. Lower joint split 2cm at head. Scattered foxing.
Handsome copy in full contemporary binding.

€450
Paul GAVARNI
Oeuvres choisies. Etudes de moeurs contemporaines. 1- Les enfants terribles. Traductions en langue vulgaire. Les lorettes. Les actrices. Notices par Théophile Gautier et Laurent-Jan. 2- Fourberies de femmes en matière de sentiment. Clichy. Paris le soir. Notices par Laurent-Jan, Auguste Lireux et Léon Gozlan. 3- Le Carnaval à Paris. Paris le matin. Les étudiants de Paris. Notices par Théophile Gautier, A. Barthet et A. de Soubiran. 4- La vie de jeune homme. Les débardeurs. Notices par P.J. Stahl.
J. Hetzel & Cie|Paris 1846 - 1848|18 x 26.80 cm|4 tomes en 2 volumes reliés
First edition and first printing of the 320 wood engravings. Publication of the 4 volumes from 1846 to 1848, which explains why they are found separately.
Contributions by Théophile Gautier, Laurent-Jan, Léon Gozlan, Auguste Lireux and Jules Hetzel under the pseudonym P.-J. Stahl among others.
Contemporary half black shagreen bindings. Flat false raised bands spine decorated with ornate compartments. Gilt titles and volume labels. Gilt edges. Blind ruling frame on boards. A. Gaillard at foot. Roulettes on bands. Very fine gold and grey decorative endpapers. Pale scattered foxing on very white paper.
Work illustrated with a general frontispiece, 14 vignettes including one repea
€850
Auguste JAL
Le peuple au sacre. Critique, observations, causeries faites devant le tableau de m. le baron Gérard, premier peintre du roi
A.-J. Dénain|Paris 1829|13 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition with a folding frontispiece reproducing Baron Gérard's painting immortalizing the coronation of Charles X.
Half red straight-grained morocco binding, smooth unlettered spine, two small tears to spine, red embossed paper boards.
Some light foxing, slight lacks to heads of final leaves.

€80
Edmund OLLIER
History of the United States
Cassell Petter & Galpin|London • & Paris • & New York s. d. [circa 1880]|18.50 x 26 cm|3 volumes reliés
Edition illustrated with numerous in-text illustrations.
Half bottle-green shagreen bindings, spines with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons and fillets, author's name gilt at foot of spines, some rubbing to spines without serious damage, blind fillet frame on bottle-green paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, some corners slightly bumped, contemporary bindings.
Handsome interior condition.
€400
"I still appear to many people as only the pure and simple negation of what is."
"I still appear to many people as only the pure and simple negation of what is."
Pierre-Joseph-Marie PROUDHON
Lettre autographe signée de 4 pages rédigée depuis la prison de Sainte-PélagieSigned handwritten 4-page letter written from the Sainte-Pelagie prison
Paris, Prison de Sainte-Pélagie [Paris] 12 Novembre 1851|13 x 20.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed on four pages, dated 12 November 1851. 124 lines in black ink.

This letter is presented in a chemise and slipcase with paper boards decorated with abstract motifs, green morocco spine, green suede doublure, slipcase with morocco spine and matching paper boards signed by Thomas Boichot.

Unpublished autograph letter on progress, signed by Pierre-Joseph-Marie Proudhon, major figure in French social thought, and “the father of anarchy
€8,000
Isidore LOEB
Biographie d'Albert Cohn
Durlacher|Paris 1878|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Warped spine with small lacks and tears, tiny lacks and light angular tears to boards, handsome interior condition.
Rare work illustrated with a portrait of Albert Cohn as frontispiece.

€120
Benoit BRUNSWIK
La banqueroute turque
Ernest Leroux|Paris 1875|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition.
Two dampstains to head and foot of all leaves not touching text.
Rare.

€150
O. ISKENDER
Manuel du capitaliste en Turquie
Typographie et lithographie centrale|Constantinople [Istanbul] 1874|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition.
Two lacks and one stain to spine, tears and corner lacks to boards, two light dampstains to front board, some interior foxing and to boards.
Rare.

€200
M. F. DUCUING
L'exposition universelle de 1867 illustrée
Dentu • et Petit|Paris 1867|27 x 37.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
Publication in 60 installments of 16 pages each, abundantly illustrated with wood engravings.
Contemporary half brown shagreen binding. The leather of volume 2, although in similar shagreen, is of a lighter brown. Spine with raised bands decorated with blind and gilt fillets. Boards and edges rubbed. Paper very fresh, free from foxing. Good copy.
The 1867 Universal Exhibition, also called the Universal Exhibition of Art and Industry, is chronologically the seventh universal exhibition and the second taking place in Paris after that of 1855. It was held from April 1 to November 3, 1867 on the Champ-de-Mars, in Paris. 41 countries were represented at the exhibition including Japan fo
€550
ANONYME
Théorie pour l'exercice et les manoeuvres de l'infanterie. Ordonnance du 4 Mars 1831. Ecole du soldat et du peloton
C. Marpon et E. Flammarion|Paris 1848|7.50 x 12.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
New edition expanded with postal service information.
Half brown sheep binding with small corners, smooth discolored spine decorated with a gilt typographic fleuron, marbled paper boards with some scratches, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with folding plates at rear, the second with a tear and significant loss.
€60
Georges BENOIT
La prédication rabbinique au dix-neuvième siècle
J. Granié|Montauban 1900|14 x 22 cm|broché
First edition of this thesis presented to the Protestant faculty of Montauban in July 1900.
An angular lack not affecting the text at the head of the entire body of the work due to rodent damage, boards marginally soiled.
€100
DRANER
Souvenirs du siège de Paris. Les défenseurs de la capitale. - Les soldats de la République. L'armée française en campagne
Au bureau de l'Eclipse|Paris s. d. [circa 1870]|23.50 x 32 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
For each of the two volumes, first edition illustrated with 32 lithographed plates in color (including the cover) by Draner.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double fillets and gilt fleurons, cold-tooled fillet frame on red paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, two corners very slightly bumped, illustrated covers preserved.
Some light foxing, two small corner losses to the first cover of the second volume, some leaves dog-eared at head.

€400
Adolphe THIERS
(Chambre des députés) Rapport fait au nom de la commission chargée de l'examen du projet de loi tendant à ouvrir un crédit de 140 millions pour les fortifications de la ville de Paris par M. Thiers député des Bouches-du-Rhône
S. n.|1841|22 x 28 cm|relié
First edition printed on laid paper.
Half chocolate brown morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands showing some rubbing, marbled paper boards, two scratches at head of second cover, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, scratches to corners, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
The appendix to session No. 36 has been bound following the subject of the 1841 session to the Chamber of Deputies presented by Adolphe Thiers.
Rare.
Provenance: from the library of Château de Prye with a bookplate pasted to one pastedown.

€200
Stefan ZWEIG (Honoré de BALZAC)
Balzac
Albin Michel|Paris 1950|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 80 numbered copies on vélin de Renage, the only deluxe copies printed.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned without consequence, otherwise a handsome copy.
« Le Grand Balzac comme Zweig désignait dans la vie familière son entreprise, - pour la distinguer d'essais antérieurs de moindre importance, - devait selon le voeu de l'auteur, devenir son oeuvre capitale, son magnus opus. Il travaillait au manuscrit depuis dix ans. Il voulait y inclure la somme de son expérience d'écrivain et de sa connaissance de la vie, Balzac lui semblait le plus grand sujet accessible, et à proprement parler, prédestiné à son talent partic
€2,000
Etienne-Romain SEZE
Du serment politique et de la souveraineté de la France
G.A. Dentu|Paris 1834|14.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition.
Spine slightly warped with a tear at foot, some light foxing.
Rare.
€150
Alfred-Auguste CUVILLIER-FLEURY
Voyages et voyageurs 1837-1854
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1854|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half dark green morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with double compartments and black fillets, gilt monogram of Gabriel du Tillet at foot of spine, one joint slightly cracked at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding signed Petit successeur de Simier.
Some foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume.

€70
Alfred-Auguste CUVILLIER-FLEURY
Etudes historiques et littéraires
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1855|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half dark green morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with double compartments and black fillets, gilt monogram of Gabriel du Tillet at foot of spine, one joint very slightly cracked at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding signed Petit successeur de Simier.
Handsome copy despite some light foxing.
Our copy is enhanced with a dated and signed autograph letter, one page, from Alfred-Auguste Cuvillier-Fleury to his friend Gabriel du Tillet.

€120