First edition, one of 330 numbered copies on coated paper, the only deluxe copies.
Under the direction of Jean Galtier-Boissière, cover illustrated with a drawing by Maurice Henry.
Rich iconography, complete with publisher's slip, sought after.
Light worming at foot of covers, one scratch with slight lack of paper to margin of rear cover.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with a portrait of the author by Pablo Picasso and two drawings by Joseph Sima.
Half black calf binding with bands, smooth spine, title and author's name in red, boards enhanced with red varnish panels evoking snakeskin, red edges, covers and spine preserved, chemise and slipcase in half black calf, black cloth boards, black felt lining, elegant and spectacular binding signed Georges Leroux.
Handsome copy perfectly established in a superb bloody binding by Leroux recalling the sanguinary turpitudes of Gilles de Raiz.
Very rare autograph inscription signed by Vicente Huidobro to Lady Rothermere...

First edition in French.
Half old rose cloth binding, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
Some light foxing.

First edition illustrated with 9 plates (medals, inscriptions).
Full jasper paper binding, smooth spine, black shagreen title-label, binding signed Goy & Vilaine.
Trace of dampstain to upper margin of 3 folding plates, and to left margin of the first, otherwise fresh throughout. Faint trace of dampstain to right margin of first leaves. Several leaves show traces of dampstain to upper margin over a few millimeters.
Archaeological studies composed of 4 memoirs that were read at sessions of the Académie des Inscriptions et de Belles-Lettres in the years 1787, 1788, 1790 and 1791: Memoir on the inscriptions and monuments of Nakschi-Roustam; Memoir on the Arabic and Persian...

First edition illustrated with 50 plates (7 for volume 1, 12 for volume 2, 13 for volume 3, 5 for volume 4 and 13 for volume 5).
Half black Russia morocco bindings, smooth spines richly decorated with gilt fleurons and blind-stamped motifs, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns.
Scattered foxing.

First edition. Translated from German by Villers
Contemporary half fawn calf with corners. Spine with raised bands decorated with blind grotesque compartments. Red morocco title label. Separating fillets on boards. Rubbing. Good copy.
19th century engraved bookplate: Charles first viscount Ebersley of Heckfield in the county of Southampton.
Work that shared the prize on this question, proposed April 11, 1806, by the History and Ancient Literature class of the Institute of France. Influence of the Crusades on the civil liberty of the peoples of Europe, on their civilization, on the progress of enlightenment, commerce and industry.

French first edition, the translation attributed to Louis de Bochat and Desmonceaux. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait by Seldemeyer, 4 repeated title vignettes (signed Schl.) and a plate of medals in volume I. Title bandeaux and ornamental initials.
Contemporary half brown sheep binding with small corners. Spine with raised bands decorated with fillets. Brown sheep title label, matching volume label. Speckled brown paper boards. Headcaps and joints very skilfully restored. Tear in the head compartment of volume IV. Rubbing to volume IV title label with gilt worn. Rubbing and scratches on boards. Corners bumped, with small lacks along edges. Good copy, quite fresh overall.

Statement of second edition, revised and corrected. Title page in red and black. The first edition appeared in Latin in 1700.
Full brown speckled calf binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title label. Tail headcap worn. Upper joint cracked at tail. One corner bumped. Very fresh copy.
18th-century engraved armorial bookplate of Mr. Varenne.
The first flagellants appeared in the 11th century and the movement gained renewed vigor during the Black Death in Europe, thus reaching its peak during the 14th century. This movement was quickly condemned by the church as heretical and millenarian. The movement quickly became anarchic and a threat to order, both of the...

First year edition of the original.
Publisher's full black cloth binding, smooth spine with blind fillets, gilt title, covers framed with blind floral frieze, boards stamped at center with blind mandorle, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns.
First gathering slightly loose, some light foxing, cloth binding uniformly faded.
Rare.

First edition, of which no copies on deluxe paper were issued, published under the pseudonym Marcel and Pierre Baudouin.
Bradel binding in full decorative patterned paper, smooth spine, grey morocco title-piece, covers with a few minor flaws preserved, binding signed by Thomas Boichot.
Precious autograph presentation signed by Charles Péguy, under the pseudonym Pierre Baudouin, to the art historian Léon Deshairs, who would later become curator of the Bibliothèque des arts décoratifs in Paris and director of the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs.

First edition printed on laid and illustrated with 2 folding planks in fine facsimile.
Publisher's binding in full black percaline, smooth back, first board struck with a central golden medallion, scratches on the back and the boards, shaded guard.
Autograph dedication signed by the publisher to Mr. Salmon.

First edition.
Spine with minor harmless lacks and tears, foxing, boards marginally soiled, a light dampstain at foot of all leaves.
Rare.

First French edition. Translation by Auguste-François Jault.
Contemporary full marbled calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title and volume labels. Triple gilt fillet frame on boards. Rich interior border. Lacking at head of volume I. Upper joint cracked at head and tail. Micro crack at tail of volume II. Despite some defects, handsome copies.
Important work by English orientalist Simon Ockley (1678-1720), professor of Arabic at Cambridge: The Conquest of Syria, Persia and Egypt by the Saracens. The study begins with an abridgement of the life of Mohammed and continues with the history of the Caliphs, his text being based on several unpublished Arabic...

First edition of this historical novel written by Antony Thouret while incarcerated in the prisons of Saint-Waast.
Binding in half morocco green morocco, smooth back decorated with a central and gilded floral pattern, golden date tail, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, blankets (dirty and doubled) preserved, binding of XIXth posterior of a few decades at work.
Rare book illustrated with a portrait of the author and an off-text figure engraved on wood by Eugene Forest.
Our copy is enriched by a signed autograph letter of three pages Antony Thouret to his publisher Ladvocat in which it is particularly question a second edition of the book...

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on laid Vizille, only leading copies.
Pleasant full copy of his prayer insert and his trailer.
Handwritten signature of Yves Bonnefoy below the justification of the draw.

Fourth and best edition of this famous collection of costumes. Graesse,VII, 267: "This new edition reproduces exactly all the costumes figured in the first three, but this time drawn more correctly by M. Seguin and engraved on wood by M. Huyot". It contains 513 plates of costumes engraved on wood in various frames; the text itself in Renaissance-type frames. The whole is printed on fine wove paper. Each double page has a costume and its caption opposite in Italian and French.
Contemporary half black shagreen bindings. Spines with raised bands decorated with 4 fleurons. Black shagreen title and volume labels. Edges gilt. Very rare scattered worming. Handsome copy with beautifully fresh...

First edition of this presentation.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with gilt typographical motifs, triple gilt fillet frame on red paper boards, front board stamped at center with gilt laurel crown and mention of prize book awarded by the Academy of Paris, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
A handsome copy beautifully executed.

First Venetian edition, after the original published in Paris from 1690 to 1701 for the first five volumes, 1738 for the sixth posthumous volume published from the author's manuscript. 6 title vignettes signed Cattini.
Contemporary Italian full vellum binding. Smooth Jansenist spine. Beige morocco title labels. Some soiling to the spines and various stains to the boards. Very handsome set in vellum on beautiful rag paper in perfectly fresh condition.
This history of the emperors, a biographical compendium of all emperors and great princes of the first six centuries without distinction between East and West, earned the Jansenist author his reputation and lasting influence as a...

First edition, one of the press service copies printed on laid.
Back passed and insolated as usually, small spots on the boards.
Precious autograph signed by Joseph Delteil: "To Henri Bergson, Jeanne Bergsonian with my deepest admiration."

First edition published anonymously.
Bradel binding in half red cloth, smooth spine very slightly faded decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at tail, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns.
Pen gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page, some foxing.
Rare.

First edition, one of 50 copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Half black shagreen binding, spine lightly faded with four raised bands, small traces of rubbing to spine, black paper boards, one scratch to front board, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 8 drawings mounted on China paper including 5 chromolithographs, the sixth chromolithograph appears to be lacking in our copy.
Handsome and rare copy.

Extremely rare first edition featuring a full-page engraving on the verso of leaf aiiii showing a scene where the author, kneeling, offers his work to Louise de Savoie, mother of François I^er, in the presence of an important assembly. Title page in red and black, text entirely ruled and set in 49 lines.
Half brown sheep binding, spine with six raised bands set with gilt fillets, compartments underlined with cold-stamped fillets, gilt roulette and double gilt fillet at foot, brown paste-paper boards, all edges speckled red. Very small wormhole on the final gatherings affecting the text in places without concern, dampstain in the upper right corner throughout the...

First edition printed in a small number of copies.
Autograph inscription from Louis Guibert to head of upper cover.
A rare copy.

New edition illustrated with 19 figures outside the text drawn by Gravelot and engraved by Le Roy.
Full olive green calf bindings, smooth spines slightly rubbed, decorated with typographical motifs, double gilt fillets and roulettes, fine hatching on the headcaps, joints slightly cracked at head and foot otherwise slightly rubbed, gilt roulettes framing the boards and pastedowns, blue speckled marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt roulettes on the leading edges, all edges gilt. Contemporary bindings.
Handsome copy in contemporary binding.

New edition revised and augmented with notes and observations by N.L. Achaintre.
Half Russian caramel morocco binding, spine with four raised bands set with black wavy fillets and decorated with triple gilt compartments adorned with gilt decorative motifs, friezes and gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding signed by Thouvenin at foot of spine.
Scattered foxing mainly in margins of leaves.
Handsome copy established in a fine contemporary binding signed by Thouvenin.

First edition dedicated to Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche (1717-1780), Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary. This work was printed by the Society of Jesus, whose motto can be found at the end under the initials O. A. M. D. G., "Omnia ad majorem Dei gloriam". A portrait for each sovereign mentioned, in the form of medallions and headpieces. Title page in red and black.
Full tawny calf binding, spine with six raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, endpapers and pastedowns of marbled paper, all edges red.
Headcaps clumsily restored, scuffing to boards, corners slightly bumped. Light dampstain to inner margin on the first six gatherings, one leaf restored without...

Reprint on laid paper published by Horemans in Lille, using the woodblocks from the edition by Jehan Lecocq in Troyes in 1539.
This work consists of the reproduction of 56 woodcuts after 15th-century xylographs.
Spine faded, front board detached, angular crease mark at head of rear board, handsome interior condition.

First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
A good copy (the volume II was never published).

The first edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the bulletin of the archaeological society of Limousin.
Autograph inscription signed by one of the authors to the French society of archaeology, who also signed for the co-author.
Pamphlet illustrated with one plate hors-texte.
Spine and boards marginally sunned without gravity, one lack and some stains on the second board, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition.
Half Russian morocco binding in aubergine, smooth spine decorated with gilt cartouches enhanced at angles with gilt fleurons, some rubbing to joints and headcaps, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, lower corners slightly bumped with a light tear to one leading edge, marbled edges, Romantic binding.
A small lack of paper of no consequence to one blank endpaper, some light foxing.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Signed autograph inscription from Maurice Bouvier-Ajam to Madame Bastiel.
Handsome copy complete with publisher's slip.

New edition illustrated with a portrait of Saint-Louis as frontispiece and engraved by Boizot.
Half navy blue glazed calf binding, lightened spine with four raised bands set with gilt garlands decorated with gilt fillets and fleurons, slight scratches of no consequence to the joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, elegant Romantic binding signed by Bibolet.
Handsome copy.

Third original edition, revised, corrected and expanded.
Half navy blue sheep binding, spine with five raised bands, two minor accidents to headcaps, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, bookplate pasted to one pastedown.
Work illustrated by A. Pascal-Etienne.
Rare.

Rare first edition printed on strong laid paper.
Half blue calf bindings with corners, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets forming triple compartments and large Romantic motifs stamped in gold, gilt fillet on covers, some rubbing, pastedowns and endpapers lined with marbled paper, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece by Barrois in volume I and a frontispiece drawn and engraved by Langlois du-Pont-de-l'Arche in volume II.

first edition of this Rabelaisian style pamphlet directed against Gambetta, one of 300 numbered copies on paper of the Netherlands.
Binding to open bradel ivory wove, smooth back, red mesh frame compositions painted boards and boards to centers: a bookplate and a monogram on the first front cover and Léon Gambetta dabbling in a bathtub on the second, fragile parchment wrappers preserved and bound in, contemporary binding signed Dodé.
Nadar handwritten signature under the justification of the draw.
Book adorned the author of illustrations.
Provenance: Library of Frederick Lachèvre, bibliographer, specialist in French poetry, with its large bookplate...

First edition.
Illustrated pamphlet with a reproduction of a portrait of Henri de Marle.
Spine and boards lightly and marginally sunned without significance, handsome interior condition.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from L'Ecole des Chartes.
Joint cracked at foot, boards and spine lightly and marginally sunned, small corner lacks to boards, handsome interior condition.

First edition printed on laid paper.
Bound in half dark green morocco with corners, smooth spines faded and decorated with gilt cartouches embellished with gilt romantic arabesques, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edges gilt, contemporary romantic bindings signed by Koehler.
Some occasional light foxing of no consequence.
A handsomely bound copy.

New edition edited by Denys Godefroy, the first of which appeared in 1649. It is illustrated with 3 portraits of Louis XI, the Duke of Burgundy, and Philippe de Commines, as well as a folding plate.
Full vellum binding from the mid-19th century. Smooth spine with blind title. Joint cracked at foot for 6 cm. A brown stain in the outer margin of leaves 435 to 445.
An essential work that gave birth to modern history, Commynes' work, which also establishes a rule of political conduct for the Grandes of the kingdom, forms the greatest source for this period. From 1472 to 1483, after having been advisor to the Duke of Burgundy (Charles the Bold), Commynes entered the service of Louis XI...

First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of Franc-Nohain Robert Garric: "... Remember Lille ..."
Catholic reformist, he was the   founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him   in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench"   "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he...

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Work complete with its folding plan of the old market of Rouen at rear.
A handsome copy.

First edition.
Half glazed navy calf bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt compartments embellished with gilt arabesques, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, yellow and speckled edges, bookplates pasted at head of pastedowns, two corners slightly bumped, contemporary bindings.
Some foxing, a repaired tear at head of a marbled endpaper of the first volume, printed bibliophile stamps on title pages.

First edition.
Illustrated pamphlet with two portraits and two seals of Jost de Silenen as frontispiece.
Minor corner creases at foot of text block.

First edition of the adaptation by Jean Ott, of which there were no deluxe copies
Illustrated with a frontispiece by David Ossipovitch Widhopff.
A light tear without gravity to the head of the front cover, handsome copy.

First edition of the adaptation by Jean Ott, of which there were no deluxe copies
Work illustrated with a frontispiece by René Leverd.
Handsome copy.

First collected edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with drawings by D.O. Widhopff, R. Leverd, L. Jonas and M.Q. Point.
Handsome copy.

First edition, of which no deluxe copies were issued.
Half brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with double black fillets, gilt date at foot, traces of rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph inscription from Emile Langlade to the poet Jean Ott.

First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with 20 illustrations.
Foxing to covers, pen gift inscription at head of half-title page, handsome interior condition.
Rare pamphlet.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by the author to Lucien Mettai: "... ces histoires de nos turbulents ancêtres les vikings. / Hommage d'un gars de la côte salée." ["... these stories of our turbulent ancestors the Vikings. / Tribute from a guy from the salt coast."]
Preface by Pierre Mac Orlan. Illustrated cover after a vignette by Gustave Alaux. A fold mark along the entire length of the front cover.

Edition printed in 145 numbered copies on Rives laid paper and illustrated with a frontispiece by Edouard Pignon as well as 9 original etchings by Walter Spitzer, of which 6 are on double page.
Two small tears without consequence to the slipcase. Handsome copy.

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

First edition.
Half mint green shagreen binding, spine slightly faded with four raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with fleurons and double gilt and black fillets, marbled paper boards, front cover with marginal discoloration mark along its full height, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, minor harmless scuffs to corners and edges.
Work illustrated with a portrait of Mathilde de Toscane as frontispiece.
Handsome interior condition.

First edition.
A very good copy.

Fifth edition statement. Edition illustrated with 19 chromolithographs and 400 wood engravings.
Publisher's binding in imitation of great Grolier-style bindings. Half dark green shagreen with shagreen-textured cloth boards. Corners slightly bumped. Very occasional light foxing.
The interest of this work manifests itself both through its erudition and its accessibility and readability (historical anecdotes...). We owe it to Paul Jacob, who was a great bibliophile, a writer and scholar, and the curator of the Arsenal library. If the entire series has become a great classic in the field, it is because it successfully combines the work of publisher, printer, bookbinder, historian...

First edition, magnificently illustrated with 13 chromolithographs and 400 wood engravings in-text. Publisher's binding in its most luxurious version by Lenègre in half red shagreen richly decorated with a Souze plate, a plate also found on the red shagreen-textured percaline boards; binding evoking the rich Renaissance bindings of Grolier type. Gilt edges. Minor rubbing at foot. Very handsome copy, with some scattered foxing in the margins. The interest of the work manifests itself both through its erudition and its accessibility and readability (historical anecdotes...). We owe it to Paul Jacob, who was a great bibliophile, writer and scholar, and keeper of the Arsenal library. If the...

First edition.
Extracted from the Revue des deux mondes.
In loose sheets, under chemise.

First edition. Uncommon.
Half glacé calf with corners, 19th century, signed Petit succ de Simier. Raised spine decorated in compartments. Fillets on covers.
Etienne Barbazan (1694-1770) was a philologist specializing in medieval manuscripts, notably contributing to bringing forgotten texts back to memory and rehabilitating the Middle Ages in the field of research. L'ordene de chevalerie is a 13th-century text on the rules and ceremonies of chivalry, of which Barbazan would have had a manuscript in his hands. The work contains other 13th-century texts and a glossary.

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

Reprint conforming to the first edition.
Delicious collection 'composed by a tavern regular who disguises himself as a beggar in the Vergne of Tours'.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition. Rare. One copy at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and one at Bristol in England, another in the catalogues of West Germany. A second edition appeared in 1675 with 2 new parts. 2 very handsome frontispieces
Later full vellum binding. 20th-century black title-label and endpapers. Light worming on the first 2 pages and the last 5. Scattered foxing.
Otto Aicher (1628-1705), Benedictine and professor, was an Austrian playwright, professor of rhetoric and grammarian, but also a historian. In this book he gathers epitaphs from all periods, notably of Roman emperors and kings, the whole constituting a theatre of death as epitaphs are like voices from beyond the grave...

First edition of the French translation established by Mm De Saur and de Saint-Geniès. Two lacks at foot of spine, otherwise handsome copy almost free of foxing presented in its original wrappers. Rare.

First edition. Spine cracked, small corner tear to front board, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Work illustrated with 40 unpublished drawings by the author.
Engraving, modeling and decorative interpretations.
Front board detached, spine and boards slightly and marginally faded, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Full bottle-green sheep binding, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets showing minor rubbing to head and foot.
Work illustrated with 2 vignettes by T. Johannot engraved by Lenoir and Thompson.
Fresh interior despite some inevitable light foxing.

First collected edition printed in facsimile in 700 numbered copies on laid paper.
Fine copy complete with its chemise with flaps, the spine of which is lightly faded.

New edition.
Publisher's Bradel binding in full fir green cloth, smooth spine.
Handsome copy.

Second edition.
Small annotations and marginal reading marks in pen in the margins of some pages.
Illustrated booklet with 2 maps at the end.
Rare.

First edition printed in a small number of this offprint.
Brochure illustrated with 3 plates.
A small tear of no consequence at the foot of the spine, otherwise a handsome copy.
Rare brochure.

Rare first edition of this "Interesting collection of revolutionary studies written by the leaders of the democratic party under the July Monarchy" (Lacombe, 1190).
Half tan calf bindings, smooth spines richly decorated with gilt and blind tooling in arabesque motifs, gilt dentelles at head and foot, headcaps rubbed, one joint partly cracked, extensive foxing.
Volume I: La force révolutionnaire (introduction), by G. Cavaignac; Le Palais-Royal by Eug. Briffault; Une Emeute sous la Régence by Marie Aycard; Le théâtre considéré comme moyen révolutionnaire by Etienne Arago; Le mardi-gras de Diderot by Saint-Germain Leduc; Une séance du comité de surveillance de la commune by Fontan...

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Autograph signature of the author below the justification page.
Work illustrated with reproductions hors-texte.
Handsome copy complete with publisher's slip.

First edition printed in 1500 numbered copies.
Publisher's full green skyvertex binding, smooth spine, olive paper endpapers and pastedowns.
Illustrated, handsome copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the bulletin of the Academy of Rouen.
Copy presented in plain temporary wrappers with small marginal tears and minimal losses, handwritten title on front cover.
Scattered foxing.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies, of this offprint from the Bulletin historique et philologique.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned without significance, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition of the translation and explanatory and historical notes by N.-R. Taranne. Half tawny sheep binding, rubbed, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, one joint cracked at head and foot.

First edition.
A tear without lack to foot of a joint.

New edition.
Work presented in its original wrappers under plain grey cover.
A lack to the foot of the spine, a light dampstain on the first cover not affecting the body of the work.
Rare.

First edition.
Publisher's red cloth binding.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy with the illustrated dust jacket.

The first edition published in a small number of copies.
Our copy is presented in plain wrappers, with manuscript annotation on the first cover.
Light worming to covers, handsome interior condition.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Publisher's full green boards, dust jacket (with some corner chips) preserved.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece and drawings taken from the Bayeux Tapestry, also decorated with a map.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies.
Rare pamphlet presented in plain temporary wrappers.

First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper of this offprint.
Brochure presented under soft temporary cover.
A small stain at the head of the last page of text, title written in pen on the first cover.
Rare.

First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper.
Spine sunned, boards marginally restored with small corner lacks, handsome interior free from foxing.

First edition published in a small number of copies on laid paper.
Minor foxing affecting almost exclusively the margins, otherwise a handsome copy.
Rare.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Beautiful autograph inscription from Saint-Pierre to Countess Emmanuel de Lévis-Mirepoix.
Our copy is enriched with manuscript notes by the author at the foot of two pages providing clarifications to the dedicatee on the subject treated in this pamphlet.
Worming to boards.
Rare.

First edition published in a small number of copies on laid paper.
Spine and covers uniformly faded with minor lacks of no consequence, handsome interior condition.

The first edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Autograph inscription from the author on the verso of the front cover to the distinguished Burgundian bibliophile Marcel Mayer.
Press cutting and bookseller's slip pasted below the inscription.
Covers marginally faded and unstitched, handsome interior condition.
Rare pamphlet.

First edition, one of 189 numbered copies on Arches paper, deluxe copies after 11 other Arches copies enriched with duplicate suites of illustrations.
Illustrations by Pierre Robiquet.
A small harmless tear at head of spine, otherwise a handsome copy.