Fin-de-Siècle Illustrated Books (1860-1900)

Manuel LUQUE, Léon VANIER
"Henri de Régnier" - In Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n°342
Léon Vanier|Paris s. d. [circa fin 1888]|19 x 26 cm|en feuilles
First edition of this issue of the review consisting of two folded sheets.
Inevitable minor marginal tears of no consequence to the sheets.
On the first, a color woodcut representing Henri de Régnier by Manuel Luque.
On the following ones, text by Léon Vanier, under the pseudonym Pierre et Paul, in first edition entitled "Henri de Régnier".
€100
Lawrence GUIDES CONTY
Guides pratiques Conty : Bords du Rhin
Guides Conty|Paris s. d. [circa 1900]|8.50 x 14 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Fifth edition.
Publisher's full blue cloth binding, smooth spine, small stains at head of second cover.
A price label pasted at head of first cover, some light foxing.
Work illustrated with in-text and plate illustrations, complete with the catalogue of "Guides Pratiques Conty" and its folding map located at end of volume.
€80
Charles ASSELINEAU, Édouard MANET
Charles Baudelaire - Sa vie et son oeuvre[Charles Baudelaire - His Life and His Work]
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1869|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
Charles Baudelaire. Sa vie et son œuvre
Alphonse Lemerre | Paris 1869 | 12 x 18.5 cm | half morocco

First edition on thick paper, of the first biography devoted to Charles Baudelaire, who had died two years prior.
Half navy morocco over marbled paper boards Bradel binding by Alfred Farez, the spine slightly faded, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved.
This copy complete with the 5 etching portraits of Charles Baudelaire by Edouard Manet, Gustave Courbet, Emile Deroy and Charles Baudelaire himself. Edouard Manet engraved the two of his, Félix Bracquemond the three others.

Autograph inscription signed by Charles...
€1,800
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
Paul VERLAINE, Émile COHL
"Paul Verlaine" - Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n°244
Léon Vanier|Paris 1896|20.30 x 29.80 cm|en feuillets
”Paul Verlaine” – Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n° 244
Léon Vanier | Paris 1896 | 20.3 x 29.8 cm | loose in sheets

The second and definitive edition, the first for some parts, as expanded by the author himself, two folded sheets.

On the front, a color lithograph showing Paul Verlaine.
€500
Auguste LEPERE, Roger MARX
Nantes en dix-neuf-cent
Emile Grimaud et fils|Nantes 30 juillet 1900|19.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with fifty-nine engravings on copper and wood by Auguste Lepère, one of 220 numbered copies on pure Arches laid paper with the Nantes watermark, the only issue, this one printed specially for M. Join-Lambert.
Full tawny calf binding, spine with five raised bands, date at foot, boards richly decorated with a broad design of compartments, interlacing and shells inlaid with green, mahogany and black calf in the Renaissance taste, silk moiré doublures framed with seven gilt fillets, endpapers of matching silk, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, slipcase with rubbed and peeling headcaps, Art Nouveau binding signed with the monogram DLR at foot of first...
€2,800
Henri BOUCHOT, JOB
L'épopée du costume militaire français. Aquarelles et dessins originaux de Job
L. Henri May|Paris 1898|25.50 x 32.70 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with 10 color plates under tissue guards and 175 monochrome engravings in black in the text, engraved by M. Raymond and MM. Ducourtioux and Huillard, depicting military costumes from the Gauls to the Second Empire.
Publisher's binding, full straight-grained green Empire morocco boards of the period. Special gilt plate on spine and upper cover, red percaline banner for the title. Publisher's blind stamp on rear cover. Light rubbing to headcap and corners. Half-title with marginal tear of 1.5cm. A slight nick at foot. Perfect paper freshness. Some leaves slightly protruding, otherwise a very handsome copy in the publisher's deluxe binding.
€1,300
(RAVACHOL) Auguste BERTHON
Photographie originale de Ravachol entre des gendarmesOriginal photograph of Ravachol between gendarmes
1891|10 x 13.50 cm|une feuille
Original photograph of Ravachol flanked by gendarmes, period albumen print mounted on card with a red border, bearing the handwritten caption « Ravachol à Montbrison » at the foot.

This image was taken by Auguste Berthon, a photographer based in Saint-Étienne, on the eve of Ravachol’s execution, during a walk in the prison yard at Montbrison. This promenade is mentioned in the surveillance reports of the Conciergerie: « Le détenu a été conduit à la promenade à 8 heures, a déjeuné à 9 heures et est retourné à la promenade de 10 heures à midi où il était encore lorsque nous avons été remplacés. » (11 May 1892)
Very skilful...
€2,500
Théophile GAUTIER (Charles BAUDELAIRE)
Lettre à la Présidente[Letter to the President]
S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) 1850 (1890)|11 x 18 cm|broché sous chemise et étui
First edition, one of 50 copies printed anonymously on papier japon.
First edition, one of 50 copies printed anonymously on papier japon.
Illustrated with an erotic frontispiece by Félicien Rops on chine.
Custom chemise and slipcase in half morocco and paper boards signed Boichot, some discreet restorations to the spine and covers, some discreet restorations to the top margin of the frontispiece, not affecting the engraving.
“La Présidente”, honorary nickname given to Apollonie Sabatier (alias Aglaëe Savatier, her real name), was one of the most captivating Salon hostesses of the 19th century. She inspired an ethereal love in Baudelaire who...
€6,000
Georges d' ESPARBÈS
La Légende de l'Aigle
Librairie de la Collection des dix|Paris 1901|30.30 x 21.10 cm|relié
New edition and first illustrated. Copy on chine paper, finest paper with duplicate suites, expanded with an original watercolor. The first edition, published in 1893, was subtitled: Epic poem in twenty tales. The work is illustrated with 61 compositions engraved on wood after François Thévenot: 8 captioned plates. 20 headpieces. 32 text illustrations. 1 cover illustration. Limited to 351 numbered copies. This is one of 25 (no. 21) on chine containing a separate printing on chine and a separate printing on japan pelure mounted on chine. Copy expanded with an original watercolor signed F. Thévenot and two prospectuses for the work, one on chine and the other on vellum.
Binding in full...
€1,400
Thomas WRIGHT
Histoire de la caricature et du grotesque dans la littérature et dans l'art
Au bureau de la revue britannique|Paris 1867|16.50 x 25 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition in French.
Publisher's full blue cloth binding, spine decorated with compartments and blind fillets, blind fillet border on boards, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns, small discoloration spots on spine and boards.
Scattered foxing.
Work illustrated with 238 figures in the text.
€100
Paul DÉROULÈDE
Le premier grenadier de France : La Tour d'Auvergne
Georges Hurtrel|Paris 1886|11.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 copies numbered and justified on Holland paper by the publisher, deluxe copy.
Fine copy despite small marginal worming on first endpaper.
Work illustrated with a color frontispiece, a facsimile letter as well as 7 plates of which 3 in color, historiated bandeaux and initials, reproducing drawings by Detaille, Berne-Bellecour, Baugnies, etc...
€250
CRAFTY
A travers Paris
Plon|Paris s. d. [1885]|27 x 23 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition and first printing of the illustrations.
Publisher's full olive green cloth binding, smooth unlettered spine, front board decorated with an equestrian scene, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, red edges.
Illustrations in text and full-page in black and color by Crafty.
Very occasional foxing.
Handsome copy despite the top headcap very slightly rubbed without any significance and a small nick at the foot of the front board.
We include the dust jacket of the work in poor condition.
€350
Robert du PONTAVICE DE HEUSSEY
L'inimitable Boz. Etude historique et anecdotique sur la vie et l'oeuvre de Charles Dickens
Maison Quantin|Paris 1889|16 x 25 cm|relié
New edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half chocolate brown morocco binding, spine with five raised bands showing slight scuffs, marbled paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt with deckled edges, scuffs with lacks to marbled paper on lower edges.
Work illustrated with a portrait of Charles Dickens as frontispiece.
Handsome copy.
€300
Paul VERLAINE
Femmes[Women]
Imprimé sous le manteau • [ Henri Kistemaekers]|et ne se vend nulle part [Fictional Place] • [Bruxelles] [Brussels] 1890|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
First edition, clandestinely printed in 175 numbered copies, ours being one of the 25 lettered copies from the head of the print run.

Bradel binding in half bordeaux morocco, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.

A very rare and handsome copy.

Provenance: from the library of Dr. Lucien-Graux with his ex-libris mounted on a pastedown.
€10,000
Georges FATH
Prisonniers dans les glaces
Plon, Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1881|16 x 25 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition illustrated with drawings by the author both in and outside the text.
Publisher's binding in half bottle-green shagreen, spine with four fine raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments, binder's name gilt at tail, frame of blind fillets on bottle-green paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of white watered silk with some minor foxing, all edges gilt.
Some foxing.
€80
Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard GRANDVILLE, Louis LURINE
Les métamorphoses du jour
Garnier frères|Paris 1869|18.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
New edition with some parts in first edition as revised and completed by Jules Janin for the text and expanded with numerous tailpieces and headpieces by Grandville for the illustration. A bibliography of books illustrated by Grandville/
Later half red sheep binding (ca 1920), Jansenist spine with raised bands, small traces of rubbing on the slightly faded spine. Set of beautiful freshness, but some pale browning in the margins at the beginning of the work. The preserved cover restored with a strip of paper to be restored. Inversion of leaves at the beginning of the work, leaf 3 appearing before leaf 1.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece and 70 hand-colored...
€800
Jules VERNE
Un capitaine de quinze ans
J. Hetzel|Paris 1892|18 x 28 cm|relié
New edition. The era of bindings "with pasted portrait" with the "lighthouse" spine began in 1892 and ended in 1895. 95 illustrations including one full-page map, most by Meyer.
Publisher's binding known as "With printed portrait". Plate signed Souze. Rear board of Lenègre type. Edges gilt.
Very fine first plate, with sharp gilt. Corners slightly rubbed. Spine somewhat faded. Headcaps sunken. Rear board good but with some soiling, and the cloth along the lower joint narrowly split for 5cm. Paper fresh and bright, free from foxing. Volume solid and tight throughout. Fine copy overall.
Adventure novel devoted to the question of slavery, and more particularly the slave trade by...
€900
Valentin Jean-Antoine FOULQUIER, Jules MICHELET
Thérèse et Marianne. Souvenirs de jeunesse
Librairie L. Conquet|Paris 1891|10.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
Illustrated with 11 original etchings by Valentin Foulquier, one of the numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Full red Russian morocco binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt cartouche ornamented with gilt typographic motifs, gilt date at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, gilt fillet frame on boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, triple gilt fillet frame on pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, gilt fillets on edges, perfect contemporary binding signed Champs.
Our copy includes a duplicate suite of the 11 etchings by Valentin Foulquier.
Furthermore, our copy is exceptionally enriched with an original watercolor signed by Valentin Foulquier on an...
€700
Maurice LELOIR, [Diego HURTADO DE MENDOZA attributed]
Vie de Lazarille de Tormès
H. Launette & Cie|Paris 1886|18.50 x 28.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 10 etchings as well as about a hundred vignettes by Maurice Leloir, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper.
Full navy blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with triple gilt compartments embellished with floral motifs stamped in blind, gilt roulettes on headcaps, frames of quintuple gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, boards also decorated with a floral frieze stamped in blind, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, frame of gilt dentelle on pastedowns, double gilt fillets on leading edges, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, superb binding signed Chambolle-Duru.
Our copy contains a triple state of the...
€3,000
Jules VERNE
La maison à vapeur. Voyage à travers l'Inde Septentrionale
Hetzel|Paris 1892|18.50 x 28 cm|relié
First illustrated edition with 101 drawings by Benett including a frontispiece engraved by Meaulle, and 2 full-page maps. GK catalogue at the end.
Polychrome boards known as "au portrait collé", a portrait of the author taking place in a cartouche on a board with a world map. Plaque signed Paul Souze on a cannonball. A. Lenègre on the ink. Fine upper board with some traces at the top of the binding. The 2 lower corners slightly bumped. Spine faded with dulled gilt. Head slightly sunken. Rear board bearing 3 fine scratches and scraped areas along the joint. Pale browning on the endpaper and title page, thereafter occasional browning.
Adventure and science fiction novel set in India...
€600
Pierre LOTI
Madame Chrysanthème
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1888|16 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper. Drawings and watercolors by Rossi and Myrbach. Figaro edition.
Contemporary half navy blue morocco with corners. Spine with raised bands richly decorated with bouquets of foliage. Original wrappers preserved. Gilt fillets on boards. Top edge gilt. Spine sunned, uniformly turning blue-green. Micro crack to upper joint at head. Scratch to upper right corner, bumped and re-colored. Foxing spots on dedication otherwise perfectly fresh throughout.
Armorial bookplate: Count de Launac.
One of Pierre Loti's great successes, which would inspire Puccini to compose the famous Madame Butterfly.

€300
Georges CAMUSET, Félicien ROPS
Les sonnets du docteur
Chez la plupart des libraires • ( Imprimerie Darantière)|Paris 1884|16 x 25.50 cm|relié
First edition published anonymously, one of 125 copies on simili-Japan paper.
Bradel binding in turquoise half cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet and gilt date at foot, tan morocco title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.
Our copy is complete with the China paper facsimile of Charles Monselet's letter which shows heavy foxing as is usual with China paper.
Work illustrated with an original etching frontispiece by Georges Clairin and, at the end of the volume, an original etching by Félicien Rops.

€250
Alexis Vincent Charles BERBIGUIER DE TERRE-NEUVE DU THYM, Marie MAURON
Les farfadets ou tous les démons ne sont pas de l'autre monde[The Farfadets; or, Not All Demons Are from the Other World]
Chez l'auteur • P. Gueffier • S. n. • Chez tous les marchands de nouveautés des quatre coins du monde|Paris 1821|13 x 21 cm|3 volumes reliés
First edition printed in 400 copies and illustrated with 8 plates outside the text, including one folding plate, as well as a portrait of the author as frontispiece. Berbiguier destroyed almost all copies after publication.

Contemporary bindings in half brown sheep, smooth spines decorated with quadruple fillets, dentelles and gilt fleurons, red morocco title and volume labels, grained paper boards, all edges marbled.
Two minor wormholes at the head of the second volume. Enigmatic and very fine pinhole marks at regular intervals on all three spines.
Bookplate of the R. & B. L. library pasted on the front pastedown of the first volume.
« L'époque où Berbiguier...
€3,800
Eugène MULLER
La mionette
Librairie L. Conquet|Paris 1885|12 x 17.70 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with first printing of 28 etched compositions by O. Cortazzo engraved by Abot and Clapes. Limited to 1000 copies, one of 825 on tinted laid paper, hand-numbered 209 and justified by the publisher.
Half chocolate morocco with corners ca 1920, signed at top of endpaper Yseux, successor to Simier. Spine with raised bands decorated with ornate compartments and a central mirrored tool. Covers and spine preserved. Top edge gilt. Uncut copy. Paper perfectly white, free from foxing. Spine slightly faded.

Handsome copy, with very beautiful engravings perfectly integrated into the text.

€400
Fortunio in Colour: Gautier Illustrated by Alexandre Lunois
Fortunio in Colour: Gautier Illustrated by Alexandre Lunois
Théophile GAUTIER, Alexandre LUNOIS
Fortunio
Librairie Conquet • L. Carteret • Librairie des Bibliophiles|Paris 1898|20.50 x 27 cm|relié
First illustrated edition, published in 1898 under the imprint of the Librairie des Bibliophiles, textually reprinting the first edition of 1838. The work is illustrated with 24 original colour lithographs by Alexandre Lunois. One of 100 deluxe copies on Japan or China paper, this copy on China paper, no. XLIII, numbered in ink and justified; the total edition was limited to 600 copies, the remaining 500 on Marais wove paper.

A particularly notable feature of the present copy is that all 24 compositions are present in three states - outline, black, and colour - making 72 impressions in all. As stated in the...
€2,000
Paul NADAR, Louis & Auguste LUMIERE
Paris-Photographe, revue mensuelle illustrée de la photographie et de ses applications aux arts, aux sciences et à l'industrie. Troisième année complète soit 12 numéros[Paris-Photographe, illustrated monthly review of photography and its applications to the arts, sciences, and industry. Third complete year, comprising 12 issue]
Office général de Photographie|Paris Janvier-Décembre 1893|18.50 x 27 cm|12 fascicules brochés
First edition.
Complete third year in 12 issues of this extremely rare scholarly review founded and directed by Paul Nadar. Each copy includes at least two plates outside the text, including a plate of Nadar's photographic prints and a photograph often reproduced in heliogravure. Contributions by P. Nadar, A. and L. Lumière, A. Marey, G. Geffroy, J. Grand-Carteret, J. Demarçay, Davison, S. Ferrand, H. Fourtier, C. Gravier, A. Guerronnan, Ponton d'Amécourt, H. Reeb, L. Vidal, J. Waterhouse... Among the numerous subjects treated, one will find chronophotography, color reproduction, skies in photography, The pilgrimage to Mecca (very beautiful heliogravure plate outside the text of the...
€1,500
Edmond ABOUT, Adrien MARIE
Le roman d'un brave homme
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1882|17.50 x 27 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition illustrated with 52 original compositions by Adrien Marie.
Publisher's binding in full polychrome boards, smooth spine richly decorated with gilt ornamental motifs, front cover also enhanced with gilt decoration, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Some light foxing affecting mainly the very last pages of the work.
Handsome copy presented in boards of beautiful freshness.
€80
Daniel VIERGE, SAINT-JUIRS
Le cabaret des Trois-Vertus
Lib. C. Tallandier|Paris s. d. [1894]|24.50 x 33 cm|relié
New edition illustrated by Daniel Vierge and engraved by Clément Bellenger, one of 1000 numbered copies on "Perfection" paper, the only printing with 50 on China paper.
Bradel binding in half vellum-style boards, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.
€70
Charles LEROY
Le colonel Ramollot
Librairie Illustrée • Marpon • Flammarion|Paris s. d. [1885]|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
Definitive edition with illustrations by Uzès.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, gilt initials at foot, marbled paper boards, covers lightly rubbed without significance, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy almost entirely free from foxing.
€80
Léon LHERMITTE, André THEURIET
La Vie rustique
Librairie artistique - H. Launette et Cie|Paris 1888|25 x 33 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with a frontispiece, 26 plates and numerous text vignettes, engraved on wood by Bellenger after Léon Lhermitte, one of the great painters of peasant life.
Half red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands showing some scratches, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, upper corners slightly bumped.
€150
Jules VERNE
Le chancellor suivi de Martin Paz
Hetzel|Paris 1875|18 x 27.30 cm|relié
First illustrated edition, 53 drawings by Riou and Férat engraved by Hildibrand and Pannemaker. Catalogue J for 1876.
Publisher's binding known as "Aux initiales" in the rarest havana color, signed Magnier at foot. Back board of Magnier B type.
Fine first cover with well-marked and brilliant gilding (small black spots in a thin area). Clean spine with clearly readable gilding. The 2 bottom corners slightly bumped. Headcaps worn. Back board very good. Light scattered foxing more present on the first leaves, rather discreet thereafter. Handsome copy.
Le Chancellor, initially published in 1874 is a maritime adventure novel inspired by the raft of the medusa...
€600
Félix REGAMEY
Le cahier rose de madame Chrysanthème
Bibliothèque artistique & littéraire|Paris 1894|17.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Holland paper, head print after 10 China and 12 Japan.
Book decorated with original illustrations by the author.
Our copy, as stipulated in the justification of the print, is very complete with the double state of the frontispiece.
Rare and pleasant copy at all margins.
€500
Eugène BEJOT, Maurice GUILLEMOT
Entrac'tes de pierres
Henri Floury|Paris 1899|18.50 x 26 cm|relié
Illustrated edition of 11 original etchings by Eugène Béjot, one of 300 numbered copies on laid Arches paper, only one print after 25 imperial Japan, variously enriched.
Binding in half brown morocco with corners, back with five nerves, golden date at the tail, traces of friction on the joints, framing of golden nets on the boards of marbled paper, guards and counterplates of paper in the tank, slightly blunt corners, wrappers preserved and bound in, golden head, ex-libris glued on a counterplate.
Handwritten signatures of Maurice Guillemot and Eugène Béjot below the justification for the print.
€300
Auguste de VILLIERS DE L'ISLE-ADAM
Chez les passants
Comptoir d'édition|Paris 1890|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition with a frontispiece by Félicien Rops. Original wrappers preserved. Posthumous edition. Mallarmé and Huysmans, executors of Villiers's estate, undertook to establish this edition with Léon Dierx, for the benefit of the writer's widow and their son Victor. Complete with the 2 leaves of the publisher's catalogue.
Publisher's inscription on the half-title: "A Eugène Marchal, en souvenir de notre bonne camaraderie. L'éditeur..." ["To Eugène Marchal, in memory of our good friendship. The publisher..."] (illegible signature, probably Léon Dierx).
Contemporary Bradel binding in half wine-red morocco. Smooth spine decorated with mirror tools. Gilt title. Top...
€550
Paul SCARRON
Le roman comique
Editions Jouaust|Paris 1880|11 x 18 cm|3 volumes reliés
New edition, illustrated with 10 etchings by Léopold Flameng and engraved by André Salmon. A handsome edition, carefully printed on Dutch laid paper. Title pages in red and black.

Contemporary half-shagreen binding with corners. Spine with raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and inlaid with a central black fleuron. Gilt titles and date at foot. Separating fillets on boards. Top edge gilt. Uncut copy.

A very fine copy in superb condition.

€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
André THEURIET, Léon LHERMITTE
La Vie rustique
Librairie artistique - H. Launette et Cie|Paris 1888|25 x 33 cm|relié
First edition known as the "bibliophiles edition" limited to 60 copies, this one personalized and printed on China paper, dedicated and offered by the author: "à Jules Claretie affectueux souvenir de son tout dévoué André Theuriet" ["to Jules Claretie affectionate remembrance from his entirely devoted André Theuriet"].
Illustrated with a frontispiece, 26 plates hors texte and numerous vignettes in the text, engraved on wood by Bellenger after Léon Lhermitte, one of the great painters of rural life. Each plate - except the frontispiece - is protected by a captioned tissue guard.
Near-contemporary half morocco with corners binding, smooth spine with mosaic decoration...
€2,300
Alphonse DAUDET
Aventures prodigieuses de Tartarin de Tarascon
E. Dentu|Paris 1887|15.50 x 23.30 cm|relié
First illustrated edition, in first printing of the numerous illustrations (nearly 200) by Jeanniot in text and 12 out of text, included in the pagination.
Publisher's red and gold boards signed Paul Souze and bound by Engel. Spine in half red shagreen with decorated compartments. Special plate on upper cover, Tartarin in a medallion flanked by 2 figures and 2 animals at the bottom. Lower cover with central laurel crown and frame of palm branches. Gilt edges. 2 leaves slightly protruding. 2 corners slightly turned. Foxing, mainly in the margins.
Clouzot (Guide du bibliophile français), does not mention this printing in publisher's boards.
Handsome copy in its publisher's...
€780
Louis LE RIVEREND, Paul STECK
Les trois apprentis de la rue de la lune
Ancienne maison Quantin|Paris 1884|20.50 x 26 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition illustrated with in-text illustrations in black by Louis Le Riverend and Paul Steck as well as three out-of-text watercolors in color by Edward Loevy.
Publisher's polychrome cardboard binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt and silver ornament, beveled boards, front board enhanced with a large illustration, all edges gilt.
Endpapers tending to slightly pull away.

€300
J.-H. ROSNY
Elem d'Asie. Idylle des temps primitifs
Librairie Borel|Paris 1896|7.50 x 14.50 cm|relié
First illustrated edition. Collection Edouard Guillaume Lotus bleu. The cover is dated 1896, the title page 1897. A frontispiece in double state, black and sanguine, 6 plates and head-pieces, tailpieces... The whole delicately erotic by Mittis. Printed on white glazed laid paper. Ordinary issue after 50 numbered copies on Japan paper and 50 numbered copies on China paper. Original wrappers preserved.

Contemporary full black shagreen binding. Smooth spine decorated with 2 small mirrored tools at head and a stylized tulip on spine. Gilt fillet frame on covers. Interior border. Top edge gilt. Wide margins. Some occasional pale scattered foxing.

Very...
€250
John GRAND-CARTERET
XIXe siècle. Classe - Moeurs - Usages. Costumes - Inventions
Firmin-Didot|Paris 1893|21 x 28.50 cm|relié
First edition. Illustrated with a chromotypographic frontispiece, 16 hand-colored pattern plates, 36 ornamental headpieces and letters, and 487 engravings (24 of which printed separately from text). Printed on large glazed white vellum paper.
Publisher's half red shagreen binding by Engel. Smooth spine decorated with a large ornamental floral plate, red shagreen title label. Large special plate on covers signed Giraldon with a central eagle, two roosters... Edges gilt. Some scattered foxing mainly in margins. Slight dampstain under the eagle, otherwise a very handsome copy.
Good copy.
Classic work attempting to capture through history, politics, costumes and customs, the...
€400
Alice HURTREL, Adolphe LALAUZE
Les souvenirs de Catherine de Bourbon soeur du roi et du comte de Soissons
Georges Hurtrel|Paris 1882|11 x 16 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 8 two-tone plates and 2 etchings by Adolphe Lalauze.
Half brown-grey morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands showing minor rubbing, gilt initials at foot, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, light scuffs to corners, gilt edges decorated with incised arabesque design, cherubs and the former owner's cipher.
Some minor foxing.

€120
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
Rodolphe TÖPFFER
Mr. CryptogameMr Bachelor Butterfly
Imprimerie Levé|Paris s. d. [circa 1870]|28 x 19.50 cm|relié
Rodolphe TÖPFFER & CHAM
Mr. Cryptogame [Mr Bachelor Butterfly]
Imprimerie Levé [Garnier] | Paris n. d. [c. 1870]| 28 x 19.5 cm | publisher's binding
New Garnier edition. 64 pages of illustrations. The unique collaboration between the two inventors of comic books.
Publisher's illustrated cloth in full red glazed calico, spine decorated at the top and bottom with gilt fillets and motifs with a gilt title, boards framed with black fillets and arabesques, the first with a large golden illustration in the centre, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
The upper spine end very slightly lifting, top joint of the upper board a...
€350
Armand SILVESTRE, Albert ROBIDA
La Plante enchantée
Librairie illustrée|Paris 1895|24 x 32.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy and first printing of Albert Robida's illustrations.
Contemporary binding in red half cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a central gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet and gilt date at foot, long black morocco title label, illustrated pink covers preserved, binding signed Carayon.
A very fine copy.
€600
Félicien CHAMPSAUR, Jules CHÉRET
Lulu, pantomime en un acte
Dentu|Paris 1888|15.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition on current paper, mention of fifth edition.
Some small freckles without gravity.
Illustrated book of color drawings by Louis Morin and Henry Gerbault, preface by Arsène Houssaye.
Illustrated cover and frontispiece by Jules Chéret.
Signed autograph of Félicien Champsaur to glass painter Henri Carot: "To the good artist Henri Carot, in strong sympathy ..."
€200
Étienne MOREAU-NÉLATON
Notre-Dame de Val-Joyeux
Henri Floury|Paris 1900|17.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 135 copies on Arches paper numbered and justified by Etienne Moreau-Nélaton , only draw after 5 Japan old.
Some small freckles without gravity affecting essentially the guards, complete copy of its fragile on protective cover on paper of China.
Book decorated with illustrations and frames Art Nouveau.
Signed autograph of Etienne Moreau-Nélaton glass painter Henri Carot: "To the good artist Henri Carot, in strong sympathy ..."
€250
ANONYME
Thérèse qui rit quand elle a de la braise
Antony Balpe|Paris s. d. [circa 1900]|8.50 x 13 cm|cousu
First edition of this illustrated pamphlet with three drawings including one plate.
Illustrated pink cover.
€180
CHAM [pen name of Amédée de NOE]
Douze années comiques, 1868-1879, 1000 dessins
Chez Calmann Lévy|Paris 1882|22 x 31 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 1000 drawings by Cham.
Publisher's binding in full red cloth signed Magnier. Spine slightly faded, headcaps rubbed, scratch on one of the leading edges.
€100
Gelett BURGESS, Robert Louis STEVENSON
The Lark, série complète des numéros 1 à 24The Lark, complete series, issues 1 to 24
William Doxey|San Francisco Mai 1895 - avril 1897|14 x 20.50 cm|2 volumes reliés & divers prospectus
The Lark, complete series, issues 1 to 24
William Doxey | San Francisco May 1895 – April 1897
| 14 x 20.5 cm | publisher's cloth & various leaflets
First edition and complete series of the humorous end-of-century magazine, The Lark. Issue 1 contains Gelett Burgess' famous, absurd poem entitled «The Purple Cow».
Bound in publisher's beige cloth, illustrated boards.
Rubbed cloth has some minor cuts and parts missing.
There are 5 leaflets, one of which is signed by Gelett Burgess, as well as the folding leaflet entitled The Purple Cow, signed and monogrammed by the same.
The Lark magazine greatly...
€800
Eugène CHAVETTE, Paul-Adolphe KAUFFMANN
Les petits drames de la vertu
Marpon & Flammarion|Paris 1882|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Half black shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, minor rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, original wrappers preserved.
Foxing.
Work illustrated by Kauffmann and Lévy.
€40
Eugène CHAVETTE, Paul-Adolphe KAUFFMANN
Les bêtises vraies
Marpon & Flammarion|Paris s. d. [circa 1882]|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of the rare copies on Holland paper of which no mention is made.
Half black shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, spine slightly warped, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, original wrappers preserved.
Handsome interior condition.
Work illustrated by Kauffmann.
€80
Ernest L'ÉPINE, Gustave DORÉ
La légende de Croque - Mitaine
Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie|Paris 1863|24.50 x 32 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with 177 drawings by Gustave Doré, including vignettes, plates, headpieces... All engraved by Maurand, Sarglat... Fine printing on large white laid paper. Title page in red and black.
Contemporary half red morocco binding with corners in long grain. Smooth spine richly decorated with large romantic tools in compartments. Triple fillet rule on boards. Original wrappers preserved. Rubbing to joints, headcaps and edges. Corners bumped and slightly turned. Joint fragile at tail of upper board. Fine copy, with very white paper free from foxing.
This fable features Charlemagne and his brave knights, and all the characters from Ariosto.
€650
Alexandre LUNOIS, JACQUES DE VORAGINE
La légende dorée
Librairie artistique G. Boudet|Paris 1896|25 x 32.50 cm|relié
Illustrated with 76 color lithographs and 77 wood-engraved borders by Alexandre Lunois, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper specially printed for L. Conquet, copy number 1, deluxe copy.
Bradel binding in half green morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt typographical motifs in their centers and corners, date and place gilt at foot, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, corners slightly bumped, some rubbing, contemporary binding signed Carayon.
Our copy, as stipulated in the justification page, contains at the beginning of the volume the original...
€4,500
Jules VERNE
Deux ans de vacances
Hetzel|Paris 1888|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
First edition in octavo illustrated with 92 illustrations by Benett including one colored folding map: this is the first appearance of polychromy in an illustration for a Jules Verne novel.
Publisher's Hetzel binding "aux deux éléphants" in full red cloth signed Lenègre type 3, front cover signed Souze, back cover Lenègre type "e" as indicated by Jauzac, lighthouse spine, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt. EL catalog at rear.
The joints and headcaps of our copy have been retouched. One corner and one joint at foot slightly bumped.
Deux ans de vacances is a robinsonnade featuring fourteen schoolboys from New Zealand.
€700
Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux MAUREPAS, Pierre CLAIRAMBAULT
Chansonnier historique du XVIIIème siècle
A. Quantin|Paris 1879-1884|12.50 x 18.50 cm|10 volumes reliés en 5
Edition with some parts in first edition as it contains numerous unpublished texts, one of 50 numbered copies on China paper, ours bearing No. 1, the only deluxe copies with 50 Whatman.
Bindings in half caramel calf, spines with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt compartments ornamented with gilt dentelles, brown morocco title labels, navy blue morocco volume labels, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edges gilt, original wrappers preserved, some corners slightly bumped, contemporary bindings.
Some minor rubbing traces on certain spines, small holes in the spine margins of the first (volumes 1 & 2) and third (volumes 5 &...
€580
Etienne CARJAT, Léon ROSSIGNOL
Nos petits journalistes
Librairie Gosselin|Paris 1865|10.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Handsome interior condition without foxing.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four thin raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double gilt fillets and black fillets, minor rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Our copy retains the original photograph by Etienne Carjat mounted as frontispiece.
€600
Alfred de VIGNY
Servitude et grandeur militaires
Librairie des Bibliophiles|Paris 1885|13.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with a portrait frontispiece and 6 etchings after Julien Le Blanc, engraved by Champollion as well as ornaments by Giacomelli. Title printed in red and black. Copy on handmade Holland paper, one of 100 unnumbered copies. Total print run of 200 copies.
Contemporary half brown morocco with corners. Smooth spine in Jansenist style. Title and date gilt. Top edge gilt. Light rubbing to corners and joints, and to boards.
Very handsome copy, uncut.
€300
Georges DARIEN
Gottlieb Krumm, Made in England
R.A. Everett & Co|London 1904|12.50 x 19 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Georges DARIEN
Gottlieb Krumm,
Made in England
R.A. Everett & Co | London 1904| 12.5 x 19 cm | publisher's binding
First edition of an extraordinary rarity published in London and written in English. The French edition, translated by Walter Redfern, only appeared in 1984.
Publisher's binding in glazed brown calico, spine ends lightly rubbed, without significant damage, illustrated first board.
Small and light dirt marks on the second board, small sections of paper missing due to the fragility of this featherweight laid paper.
Exiled with the majority of the French anarchists following the enactment of the “Lois scélérates” in 1893...
€6,000
Paul-Albert LAURENS, Pierre LOUŸS
Suite de six eaux-fortes de Albert Laurens pour Aphrodite de Pierre Louÿs
Pierre Duffau|Paris 1897|23 x 32 cm|en feuilles
First edition, one of 40 copies on China, ours one of the 10 copies out of business literati with remark and signature of Paul Albert Laurens .
Nice copy despite tiny marginal freckles not serious at the head of some leaflets.
€500
Jules VERNE
L'étoile du sud. Le pays des diamants
Hetzel|Paris 1884|-|relié
First illustrated edition. 63 engravings and one map after Benett. CH catalogue in fine.
Publisher's binding called "Aux initiales" in dark green signed Magnier at tail. Second board with blind rosette. Handsome first plate with particularly brilliant gilt. Corners rubbed, and the 2 of the pastedown slightly turned in. Spine with faded gilt. Headcaps rubbed. Traces of rubbing on joints. Blue stamp in the form of a label on half-title. Lescude bookshop label, Pau on pastedown.
Paper overall very fresh, with some pale foxing on title page and on first leaf of catalogue.
Handsome copy.
L'Étoile du Sud is an adventure novel by Paschal Grousset, sold to publisher Hetzel, then...
€500
François RABELAIS, Albert ROBIDA
Oeuvres
La librairie illustrée|Paris 1885 - 1886|24.50 x 32 cm|2 volumes reliés
Illustrated edition by Robida, first printing with 49 plates (8 in color, 35 in camaieu and 6 in black), and numerous text illustrations (approximately 600).
Publisher's polychrome illustrated boards signed Souze and bound by Engel. Special gilt and blue plate on red ground. Spine similar. Rear board with a half-timbered house in a central roundel and blind angular cornerpieces.
Front board of first volume very good, that of the second with a 1cm diameter stain, and soiling to the upper part of the black border. Lower corners bumped, others rubbed. A tear to the spine of the first volume. Headcaps rubbed, those at head turned in. Soiling to rear boards. Scattered and unevenly...
€950
Maurice LELOIR, Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU
Les confessions[The Confessions]
H. Launette & Cie|Paris 1889|22 x 32 cm|2 volumes reliés
Edition illustrated with 96 original compositions by Maurice Leloir engraved as etchings.
Full red morocco-grained shagreen bindings, spines with five fine raised bands set with gilt friezes and decorated with richly decorated gilt compartments, gilt floral friezes at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, triple gilt fillet frames on covers, floral bouquets in cover corners, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt floral motifs in pastedown corners, gilt edges on leading edges, covers stitched and spine preserved.
One scratch at head of second volume joint.
Preface by Jules Clarétie.
Handsome copy beautifully executed.
€900
Gustave TOUDOUZE, Julien LE BLANT
La vengeance des Peaux-de-Bique
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1896|17.50 x 28 cm|relié
First Edition, one of the review copies service, second edition mention on the fake title page.
Binding in full brown paper, smooth back, title piece of morocco chocolate brown, blankets and back preserved, gilded head, binding signed Dreneau.
Ex libris manuscript of Emile Henriot at the head of a guard.
Autograph signed by Henri de Montherlant Emile Henriot.
€200
Aurélien de COURSON, COLLECTIF
La Bretagne contemporaine. Sites pittoresques, monuments, costumes, scènes de moeurs, histoire, légendes, traditions et usages des cinq départements de cette province[Contemporary Brittany. Picturesque Sites, Monuments, Costumes, Scenes of Manners, History, Legends, Traditions and Customs of the Five Departments of this Province]
Charpentier|Paris • & Nantes 1863|33 x 49 cm|3 volumes reliés
First edition illustrated with 167 plates drawn from life by Félix Benoist and lithographed by leading Parisian artists including Arnout, Bachelier, Benoist, David, Fichot, Tirpenne...
Bound in half bottle-green shagreen, spines with four raised bands framed with gilt rolls and decorated with double gilt panels featuring typographic motifs and gilt heraldic ermines, gilt names and places at the foot, covers of bottle-green percaline framed with a broad gilt lace border enriched with heraldic ermines and gilt armorials, boards stamped in the centre with the gilt arms of Brittany and of the city of Nantes within a gilt mandorla, white moiré silk endleaves and pastedowns, publisher's...
€3,000
Enrique ATALAYA, Miguel de CERVANTES
Rinconète et Cortadillo
H. Launette & Cie|Paris 1891|18 x 28.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 67 original compositions by Enrique Atalaya, one of 500 numbered copies on white laid paper.
Full red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt garlands decorated with gilt typographical motifs, gilt roulettes on headcaps, triple gilt fillet border on boards ornamented with a scatter of floral motifs connected by floral friezes stamped in blind, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, blind fillet border and floral corner motifs, gilt edges on leading edges, original wrappers preserved.
Foxing.

€180
Emile BAYARD, Alphonse DAUDET
Fromont jeune et Risler ainé
Librairie L. Conquet|Paris 1885|14.50 x 23.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
Edition illustrated with 12 original compositions by Emile Bayard engraved as etchings by J. Massard, one of 150 numbered copies on Japan paper with the etchings in double state, deluxe copy.
Bradel bindings in half saffron cloth with corners, smooth spines decorated with gilt floral motif, dates and double gilt fillets at foot, olive green shagreen title-labels, marbled paper boards, contemporary bindings.
Some foxing affecting mainly the white endpapers of the binding.

€250
Adolphe LALAUZE, Marguerite Jeanne Cordier de Launay, baronne de STAAL
Mémoires de Madame de Staal - de Launay
Librairie des bibliophiles L. Jouaust • A. Ferroud|Paris 1890|15.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition of 41 original etchings by Adolphe Lalauze, one of 50 copies on vellum vat, in 1 volume, and with etchings in duplicate.
Binding in half navy blue percaline with corners, smooth back decorated with a gilded floral pattern, date and double gilded nets tail, pieces of brown chocolate maroquinated shagreen, boards of marbled paper, preserved cover, binding of l 'time.
Our copy is exceptionally enriched with an original watercolor by Adolphe Lalauze, which he signed at the foot of the fake title page.
€400
Théophile GAUTIER, Adolphe LALAUZE
Jean et Jeannette
A. Ferroud|Paris 1894|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 24 original compositions by Adolphe Lalauze, one of 200 numbered copies on Japan paper or grand Arches vellum, ours on Japan paper from the deluxe issue.
Full floral fabric binding, smooth spine, sand morocco title-label, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by Champs.
Preface by Léo Claretie.
Handsome copy despite some light foxing.
Our copy contains two states of the etchings by Adolphe Lalauze.

€400
Louis LEMERCIER DE NEUVILLE
La fille Elisa. Scène d'atelier en un acte par un auteur bien connu avec illustrations d'un artiste aussi renommé qu'original
Au temple de Vénus|Rome [Rome] s. d. [circa 1880]|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition printed in a very small number on laid paper and attributed sometimes to Louis Lemercier de Neuville, sometimes to Charles Monselet.
Bradel binding in half blue percaline with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at head and foot, marbled paper boards, fragile parchment wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy of this parody of Edmond de Goncourt's novel.
Work illustrated with 2 etchings by an unknown artist.

€100
Adrien MARIE, Frédéric BOURDIN
Monsieur le ministre
Maison Quantin|Paris 1885|20.50 x 29.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition of 10 original Adrien Marie compositions etched by Wallet, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan featuring etchings in double condition;
Binding in half gray percaline with corners, smooth back adorned with a floral golden pattern, golden date and double fillet in tail, title piece of navy shagreen, boards of marbled paper, Contemporary binding.
Edition enriched with an unpublished preface by Jules Clarétie.
Some foxinges mainly affecting the white guards of the binding.
Our copy is exceptionally embellished with an original watercolor in color signed Frédéric Bourdin on the page preceding the title page.
€600
Jean Martin CHARCOT (pref.) Alfred Baring GARROD
La goutte. Sa nature, son traitement et le rhumatisme goutteux
Adrien Delahaye|Paris 1867|14 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition of the French translation established by Auguste Ollivier and annotated by Jean Martin Charcot.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dotted lines and decorated with gilt fleurons, some traces of rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, one scratch and small paper loss to front board, covers and spine preserved, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, wrappers preserved.
Scattered foxing, light dampstain affecting the foot of the first 400 pages, bibliophile's stamp at head of half-title page.
Work illustrated with 26 figures in the text and 8 plates hors-texte of which 4 in colors.

€150
Maurice LELOIR, Gustave-Amable PREVOST
Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du chevalier Des Grieux
H. Launette|Paris 1885|22.50 x 31.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 12 hors-texte watercolors as well as 225 vignettes and ornaments by Maurice Leloir.
Half blue morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands showing minor rubbing, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Champs.
Some foxing.
Preface by Guy de Maupassant.

€200
Paul AVRIL, Théophile GAUTIER
Le roi Candaule
A. Ferroud|Paris 1893|16 x 25.50 cm|relié
Illustrated with 21 original compositions by Paul Avril, one of 100 numbered copies on Japan paper with a state of the etchings hors-texte with remarques.
Bradel binding in half blue cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, tan shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
A small stain without consequence at head of first board.
Preface by Anatole France.
Handsome copy.
€400
Paul AVRIL, Théophile GAUTIER
Une nuit de Cléopâtre
A. Ferroud|Paris 1894|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 21 original compositions by Paul Avril, one of 100 numbered copies on Japan containing a state of the hors-texte etchings with remarques.
Bradel binding in half brown cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, red shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Preface by Anatole France.
Fine copy.
€400
Charles DELORT, Marguerite Jeanne Cordier de Launay, baronne de STAAL
Mémoires de madame de Staal
Librairie L. Conquet|Paris 1891|15.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 30 original compositions by Charles Delort engraved with burin and etching by L. Boisson, one of 400 numbered copies on vélin du Marais, the only issue after 200 Japan and grand vélin du Marais.
Bradel binding in half blue cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, chocolate brown shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Preface by Robert Vallery-Radot.
Handsome copy despite some light foxing affecting mainly the edges.
€120
Prosper MÉRIMÉE, Édouard TOUDOUZE
Chronique du règne de Charles IX
Emile Testard & Cie|Paris 1889|20 x 29.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 110 original compositions by Edouard Toudouze, one of 75 numbered copies on Japan paper containing an additional state of the illustrations, the only deluxe copies after 25 on China paper.
Half turquoise cloth binding with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, chocolate brown morocco title label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
Handsome copy.

€400
Eugène COURBOIN, STENDHAL
L'abbesse de Castro
Les sociétaires de l'Académie des beaux livres|Paris 1890|17.50 x 26 cm|relié
Edition not put into commerce and printed in 160 nominative copies, ours for L.J. Baptiste Bourdery.
This publication is illustrated with 13 etchings engraved by Manesse after drawings by Eugène Courboin, including 7 headpieces and 6 tailpieces as well as 9 Art Nouveau style decorative border frames, in one tone repeated on each page, by Eugène Courboin.
Bradel binding in half pink cloth with corners, smooth spine faded and lightened decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, navy blue shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, illustrated covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing affecting mainly the plain endpapers of...
€500
Adolphe LALAUZE, Paul de MUSSET
Le dernier abbé
A. Ferroud|Paris 1891|16.50 x 25 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 17 original compositions by Adolphe Lalauze, one of the numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copies with the copies on grand vélin d'Arches.
Bradel binding in half pink cloth with corners, smooth spine faded and discolored decorated with a gilt floral motif, date and double gilt fillet at foot, burgundy shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Our copy is enhanced with a double state of the compositions.
Handsome copy despite small foxing affecting mainly the white endpapers of the binding.
€400
Edmond RUDAUX, Hector GIACOMELLI
Les oeillets de Kerlaz
Librairie L. Conquet|Paris 1885|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies justified by Louis Conquet on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Bradel binding in half blue-grey cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, navy blue shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, contemporary binding.
Light foxing on endpapers, otherwise a handsome copy.
Work illustrated with 4 original etchings by Edmond Rudaux and 8 headpieces and tailpieces by Hector Giacomelli.
€400
Jules VERNE
Mistress Branican
Hetzel|Paris 1891|18.50 x 28 cm|relié
Second printing of the first illustrated edition. 83 drawings by Benett, 12 colored plates hors-texte, 2 colored maps. Catalogue FX in fine.
Publisher's binding known as "Au portrait imprimé", this being its first appearance. At the bottom of the upper plate "Collection hetzel" appears on a black background; copies with a red background constitute the very first illustrated edition, while this represents the definitive version of the binding, published however in the same year. Second plate of Lenègre type e, with the medallion on black background.
Handsome first plate, with beautiful red gilt. Spine sunned, with faded colors. Headcaps rubbed and depressed. Second plate good with...
€550
Alexandre DUMAS
Ange Pitou
Legrand, Pomey et Crouzet|Paris s. d.|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
New edition illustrated with 27 engravings by various artists including Henri Felix Emmanuel Philippoteaux and Héliodore Pisan.
Half red sheep bindings, spines with four raised bands decorated with fleurons and double gilt fillets, gilt dots on the bands, red cloth boards decorated with blind fillets, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Boards slightly soiled, leading edges slightly soiled, sometimes significant foxing on pages containing the engravings, dampstain on the last pages of the volume not affecting the text, rear board slightly detached.
€150
Paul VERLAINE
Liturgies intimes
Bibliothèque du Saint-Graal|Paris 1892|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Former owner's name in pen at the head of the half-title page.
Handsome copy.
Illustrated work with a frontispiece portrait of Paul Verlaine by Louis Hayet on Japan paper.
€480
Charles LÉANDRE
Nocturnes
H. Simonis Empis|Paris s. d. [1896]|27.50 x 37.50 cm|relié
Illustrated first edition of drawings by Charles Leander.
Preface by Pierre Veber.
Binding in half brown percaline, smooth back decorated with gilded floral motifs, marbled paper plates, preserved covers, blunt corners, Contemporary binding signed by Pierson.
Three small marginal gaps of paper on the guards.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Charles Léandre at Lévy-Bruhl.
€200
Jules VERNE
Aventures du Capitaine Hatteras au Pôle Nord
Hetzel|Paris 1875|18 x 27.50 cm|relié
New edition, illustrated with 150 vignettes by Riou.
Publisher's binding known as "A la bannière" in bright blue on burgundy, type 1. Second board of Lenègre type b, with the octagonal blind-stamped medallion. Plate signed Souze. Lenègre binder. On verso of title page Imp. Gauthier-Villars.
Fine first plate with minute defects, a whitish spot in the outer border, a scratch on a spot at the lower border; upper right corner having suffered a fold. Spine good, headcaps rubbed, the head one slightly folded over. Minute split at the lower joint at head for a few millimeters, with a slight tear to the cloth. Spine with dark soiling and a dampstain in the medallion. 2 leaves slightly...
€550
Jules VERNE
L'île à hélice
Hetzel|Paris 1895|18 x 28 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with 80 drawings by Benett and 12 hors-texte in colors. Catalogue D for 1895 attesting to the first edition.
Publisher's binding known as "Au portrait collé". Signed Paul Souze plate on the cannonball. Lenègre et cie at foot of spine and on the anchor. Very fine first plate. Corners very slightly turned. Spine good, with a white stain on the title-label and a scratched area on the lighthouse vignette. Headcaps sunken. It should be noted that the lighthouse vignette is no longer sky blue but midnight blue. Second cover good, but with darker areas and a whitish spot. Warped copy, one leaf protruding.
Remarkably fresh paper, completely free of foxing, very...
€650
Edmond ABOUT
Trente et quarante
Hachette|Paris 1891|20.50 x 27.70 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with in-text and full-page illustrations by Vogel and ornaments by Giraldon (typographic etching). Printed on large glazed vellum. Title page in red and black.
Publisher's binding in full chocolate shagreen. Spine with false raised bands decorated with interlaced figures 30 and 40. Boards decorated with a pattern of figures 30 and 40, with a border frieze. This pattern is repeated on the green endpapers. Spine uniformly faded to tawny. Light rubbing to corners. One nick at head.
Very fine copy, perfectly fresh.
Art critic and political journalist, his comic and satirical novels earned him great renown, notably Le roi des montagnes. Le Trente et...
€350
Jules VERNE
Michel Strogoff. De Moscou à Irkoutsk, suivi de un drame au Mexique
Hetzel|Paris 1895|18.50 x 28 cm|relié
New illustrated edition with numerous drawings by J. Ferat, as with other editions, and 8 polychrome plates. The first "Au portrait collé" publisher's boards from 1892 do not contain these chromotypographies. Catalogue D in fine.
Publisher's boards known as "Au portrait collé" signed Lenègre relieur. Second board of Lenègre type e. The particularity of this binding is that it is actually the portrait binding for L'île à helice whose red title cartouches on the first board and spine have been masked by new labels, as can be noticed by running one's finger over the cartouches where one feels a thickness. This type of alteration has been observed on other titles. The depletion of...
€1,200
Jules VERNE
L'île à hélice
Hetzel|Paris 1895|18 x 28 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with 80 drawings by Benett and 12 color plates. Catalogue D for 1895 attesting to the first edition.
Publisher's binding known as "Au portrait collé". Plaque signed Lenègre on the anchor. Lenègre et cie at foot of spine. Second cover of Lenègre e type.
Beautiful upper plaque, with sharp and brilliant gilding. Note that the lighthouse vignette is no longer sky blue but midnight blue.
Very handsome copy, despite minor flaws. Tiny black spots on the lower red border, one on the outer border. Small dark areas in the portrait. Corners slightly bent. Spine somewhat faded, rather well preserved, with the gilding slightly tarnished. 2 cm split at foot on...
€650