Romantic Illustrated Books (1800-1860)

Jean-Baptiste LOUVET DE COUVRAY
Les aventures du chevalier de Faublas
J. Mallet & Cie|Paris 1842|16 x 24 cm|relié
Illustrated edition in first printing with 300 in-text wood-engraved vignettes by Nanteuil, Baron, Français... Text within a decorative border.
Contemporary half midnight blue shagreen binding with corners. Smooth spine decorated with romantic elongated ornaments. Ornaments and fillets on boards and corners. Very fine marbled paper. Green moiré endpapers. Slight traces of fading, without consequence. Some scattered foxing, but on white paper (despite some browned gatherings in the first volume).
Very handsome copy, solidly bound.
Fine edition with romantic vignettes that takes its place among the other editions of classics produced by the illustrator duo Baron and Nanteuil...
€500
Edmond Auguste TEXIER
Voyage pittoresque sur les bords du Rhin
Mrizot|Paris 1858|17.50 x 27 cm|relié
First edition, illustrated with 24 steel engravings by the Rouargue brothers, including 2 hand-colored woodcuts.
Contemporary half navy blue shagreen binding. Spine with false raised bands decorated with gilt compartments. Shagreen-textured cloth boards with blind fillets. Gilt edges. White moiré endpapers.
Fine copy, in perfect condition, free from foxing and retaining its tissue guards.
This book which visits all the cities along the Rhine was published during the golden age of tourism there; the spa towns of the Rhine were then fashionable, as were the Swiss and German cities. The work consists of descriptions, contemporary and historical anecdotes and notes on customs.
€500
Alain-René LESAGE
Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
Paulin|Paris 1835|17 x 25.50 cm|relié
First printing of the 600 wood-engraved illustrations after Jean Gigoux by the best young artists of the time such as Lavoignat, Porret, Thompson.
Half aubergine calf binding, smooth spine decorated with two cartouches embellished with gilt romantic decorative motifs, rubbing to joints and headcaps, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, some tears and rubbing to edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary romantic binding signed by Lefebvre.
Illustrated work with, as frontispiece, a portrait of the author on China paper as well as 600 vignettes here in first printing by Jean Gigoux. Printed stamp at head of an endpaper as bookplate.
Handsome copy with some...
€350
Alain-René LESAGE
Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
Paulin|Paris 1835|17 x 26.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with original vignettes by Jean Gigoux.
Full glazed hazelnut calf binding, smooth spine very lightly faded but without gravity, richly decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, gilt roulettes on the headcaps, one joint lightly cracked at foot, small traces of rubbing on the joints, frame of gilt arabesques on the boards, a small tear at the foot of the first board, fine gilt dentelle on the pastedowns, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, one lower corner very lightly bumped, gilt edges on the leading edges, all edges gilt, elegant contemporary romantic binding.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author on China paper as well as 600 vignettes here...
€750
Laurence STERNE
Voyage sentimental
Ernest Bourdin|Paris s. d. [1841]|17.50 x 26.50 cm|relié
New edition of the French translation and first printing of the illustrations by T. Johannot and Jacque.
Binding in half long-grain navy blue morocco, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, minor rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers (lined and with corner lacks) and spine preserved, top edge gilt, romantic pastiche binding signed by Ratry.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece, 170 text vignettes and 11 hors-texte compositions engraved on wood and printed on China paper.
Some minor foxing.
A handsome copy.
€200
Élisabeth Charlotte Pauline GUIZOT
Nouveaux contes
Didier|Paris 1856|15 x 24.20 cm|relié
New edition, illustrated with 9 lovely hand-colored sepia lithographs hors-texte.
Publisher's polychrome dark blue boards. Large decorative plate on the upper cover in red, gold, blue and cream. Smooth spine decorated with two polychrome plates. A polychrome central medallion stamped on the lower cover. Spine lightened. A pale dampstain in the upper margin; some scattered foxing on well-white paper. Handsome copy.

NB: This work is available at the bookshop on request within 48 hours.
€130
Rodolphe TÖPFFER
Nouvelles genevoises
J.J. Dubochet & Cie|Paris 1845|15.50 x 23.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition illustrated with 40 hors-texte plates as well as 200 vignettes.
Publisher's binding in half dark green shagreen, smooth spine decorated with gilt decorative motifs, headcaps rubbed, joints rubbed with a small lack at foot, boards illustrated with gilt decorative motifs, corners slightly bumped, edges gilt.
Work illustrated with 40 hors-texte plates including 1 frontispiece and 200 vignettes in the text.
Foxing, marginal dampstain at foot of the last leaves (from page 249 to page 321), endpapers uniformly sunned.
€50
Emmanuel de LAS CASES
Atlas historique, généalogique chronologique et géographique
De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné|Paris 1802-1804|39.50 x 51 cm|relié
First French edition, rare, the first edition having appeared in London in 1801. 33 double pages heightened in colors, being 22 maps (sometimes two per page) published in 8 parts of 4 maps or charts between 1802 and 1826 (Quérard). Edition published under the pseudonym A. Lesage.
Contemporary half sheep binding with corners. Paper boards with glue bordered with gilt rules. Sheep label on front board. Some stains on spine. Paper of boards faded. Some foxing. Quérard, in his France littéraire, reports regarding this work that it would not truly be the work of Las Cases but of an English or Irish clergyman who would have sold his work to the latter who would have published it upon his...
€1,200
Sadahide UTAGAWA, Batei SHUJIN
Nanchou Gaishi Buyuden
Sadahide|Edo [Tokyo] 1856|14.50 x 23 cm|cousu
First edition, rare, with 35 engravings, many double page in black, grey, and white (several with grey and black ink wash). The title may be translated as: A History of the Braves of the Southern Court.
10 accordion-stitched volumes. Three different printed covers, the first series comprising three volumes, the second four and the third three. Rubbing. Two volumes with worming to upper margin, one wormhole to centre of book touching engravings.
Numerous scenes of particularly violent combat, with decapitations and gushing blood; Court scenes. The figure of Sadahide is remarkably finely rendered and detailed, the grey and black wash adding contrast and depth.
€1,200
Pierre-Simon BALLANCHE
Antigone
De l'imprimerie de Didot l'aîné|Paris 1819|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First illustrated edition and marked as second edition, after the original, published in 1815 by the same publisher. 6 figures by Bouillon in the antique style engraved by Baquoy. Fine printing on laid paper and elegant typographic execution by Didot.
Contemporary full green straight-grained morocco binding. Smooth spine with 4 flat raised bands, decorated with 3 Restoration stamps, multiple decorative rolls, fillets, etc. Gilt title and date. Covers stamped in blind with a central Restoration roundel; 4 large corner stamps connected by 3 fillets forming a frame. Fine copy, very fresh, some worming on tissue guards and in margins of engravings. Very fine unsigned master binding.
€500
Ernest FOUINET
Le robinson des glaces
Chez Martial Ardant frères|A Limoges • & à Paris 1855|18.50 x 28.50 cm|relié
New edition illustrated with 4 sepia lithographs. Text within decorative borders.
Publisher's polychrome binding in black percaline. Large special gilt panel on the upper cover. Rich blue, yellow, pink, white frame. Smooth spine very richly decorated with polychromy. Special panel on the lower cover: Robinson in a medallion decorated with polychromy. A thin crack at the foot. One corner slightly bumped. Some signatures slightly loosened. Handsome copy.
Adventure story for young readers. A Robinsonade on an ice island.
€300
Jean-Jacques BARTHÉLEMY
Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce, vers le milieu du quatrième siècle avant l'ère vulgaire
Firmin Didot frères|Paris 1839|16.50 x 26 cm|relié
New edition.

Full glazed eggplant calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, gilt roulettes on headcaps, quintuple gilt fillet frames on boards enhanced with decorative motifs stamped in blind, double gilt fillets on leading edges, one slight harmless nick to upper corner, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, elegant romantic binding. Some minor foxing of no consequence.

Handsome copy.
€300
RINALDI
Raccolta di vedute antiche e moderne della citta di Roma
Stefano Piale|Roma [Rome] 1816|20.50 x 26 cm|relié
First edition, illustrated with an engraved title page and 26 plates each containing two figures, half-page, drawn and engraved by Rinaldi. The index leaves have been bound before the title page.
Contemporary half brown sheep binding; smooth spine decorated with fillets. Gilt title. Paper partly torn on both boards. Very fresh paper.
Very beautiful series of engravings of views of ancient and modern Rome, with small figures. Some landscape views, notably Neptune's grotto.
€450
ANONYME
Almanach des Dames pour l'an 1818
Chez Cotta • et chez Treuttel et Würtz|Tubingue [Tübingen] • et Paris 1818|8 x 12 cm|relié
First edition.
Full smooth blonde calf binding, smooth spine decorated with a red morocco label, compartments and gilt geometric motifs, boards framed with a Bacchic roll, gilt roll to edges and headcaps, all edges gilt.
A small lack to foot of joint, corners slightly bumped and edges rubbed.
The work is illustrated with eight plates.
€100
Jean-Pierre Claris de FLORIAN, Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard GRANDVILLE
Fables illustrées par J.J. Grandville suivies de Tobie et Ruth poëmes tirés de l'Ecriture sainte et précédées d'une notice sur la vie et les ouvrages de Florian par P.J. Stahl
Garnier frères|Paris s. d. [circa 1880]|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
New edition.
Half black morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpavers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt.
Work illustrated with 80 hors-texte plates after Grandville (including 1 frontispiece) as well as in-text vignettes.
€300
Honoré de BALZAC, Alphonse KARR
Le tiroir du diable
Chez Les principaux libraires|s. l. • [Paris] 1850 S.d.|18 x 27 cm|relié
First edition, richly illustrated with 75 hors-texte plates, principally by Gavarni, including 4 music plates framed with wood engravings by Bertall and several compositions by Bertall. Very numerous vignettes by Monnier, Français, Daubigny... The compositions with multitudes of vignettes by Bertall on subjects such as evenings at the opera, Paris by night... which constitute the ensemble of Paris comique are particularly delightful. This edition is rarer than le Diable à Paris.
Contemporary green half-shagreen. Smooth spine decorated with series of romantic tools in compartments. Green corsillonné paper boards. Borders rubbed and corners slightly bumped. Some scattered foxing...
€300
Tony JOHANNOT, Oliver GOLDSMITH
Le vicaire de Wakefield
Bourgueleret|Paris 1838|14 x 22.50 cm|relié
Bilingual edition translated by Charles Nodier and first printing of the frontispiece printed on China paper as well as the 10 hors-texte plates engraved on steel by Finden after drawings by Tony Johannot.
Half glazed navy calf binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt cartouche adorned with gilt arabesques, light rubbing traces on the joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary Romantic binding.
Work also illustrated with more than 100 in-text wood-engraved vignettes.
Some minor foxing, handsome copy in contemporary Romantic binding, complete with its tissue guards protecting the 10 hors-texte plates, which is rare.
€300
TIRON
Histoire et costumes des ordres religieux, civils et militaires
A la librairie artistique|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1845|17.50 x 26 cm|relié
Stated the second edition (but we have been unable to locate a previous edition, though it's possible it was published in one volume in the same year), considerably enlarged. The illustrations include an appliqué frontispiece portrait on China paper and 116 color plates of costumes (hand-painted and laid down).
Half red shagreen, spine decorated with compartments, fillets to covers, spines uniformly sunned. Corners bumped. Rubbing. Faint spotting to silk-paper guards of first volume and occasionally to margins near silk paper guards, but overall a very fresh copy.
A handsome work covering more than 80 religious and lay orders. Special pagination for the military-religious orders...
€1,200
COLLECTIF
Livre mignard ou la fleur des fabliaux
Louis Janet|Paris s. d. [1826]|10 x 18 cm|relié
New edition and first printing of the 7 beautiful hand-colored plates hors-texte including a frontispiece.
Half cherry red glazed calf binding, smooth spine decorated with black fillets, traces of rubbing on the joints, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, bookseller's label pasted on an endpaper.
Some foxing.
€150
Charles Hubert MILLEVOYE
Oeuvres complètes de Millevoye précédées d'une notice biographique et littéraire
Furne|Paris 1827|13.50 x 21.50 cm|4 volumes reliés
Third edition.
Full anthracite embossed paper boards, smooth spines lightened, headcaps rubbed, cherry red shagreen title and volume labels, minor rubbing to spines and boards, corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Complete set in four volumes, illustrated with a portrait of C.H. Millevoye as frontispiece to the first volume.
Some foxing.
€80
Pierre LACHAMBEAUDIE, Pierre LEROUX
Fables
Michel|Paris 1851|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
First printing of the illustrations and original preface by Pierre Leroux.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with triple gilt compartments enhanced with gilt floral motifs, double gilt fillet frame on red paper boards, corners slightly bumped, some rubbing to bottom edge, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, binding signed by Sénez.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece, 13 steel-engraved plates by Nanteuil, Staal, Daubigny, Cabasson, Marville... as well as in-text vignettes.
Some foxing.
€200
Charles NODIER
Trésor des fèves et fleur des pois. Le génie bonhomme. Histoire du chien de Brisquet. Vignettes de Tony Johannot.
Hetzel|Paris 1844|13 x 19.50 cm|relié
First separate edition.
Half lemon yellow shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with arabesques and gilt floral tooling, marbled paper pastedowns and endpapers, contemporary binding.
Numerous engraved illustrations in the text by Tony Johannot, preface by P.-J. Stahl.
From the collection of the Nouveau Magazine des Enfants.*
A handsome copy in a charming Romantic binding.
€250
Henry MONNIER
Scènes populaires dessinées à la plume par Henry Monnier
Urbain Canel (first volume) • Lib. de Dumont (second volume) • Levavasseur|Paris 1830-1835|13 x 20.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition for each volume.
Half red shagreen bindings, spines with four raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, two corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Works illustrated with a facsimile and a portrait of M. Joseph Prudhomme as well as 6 lithographs hors-texte by H. Monnier for the first volume, with drawings by the author in-text for the second volume
A tiny marginal lack not touching text at foot of page 172 of the second volume, some minor foxing.
Handsome set in uniform binding.
€300
Jules TASCHEREAU (MOLIÈRE)
Histoire de la vie et des ouvrages de Molière[The Life and Works of Molière]
Ponthieu|Paris 1825|13 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Contemporary full bronze calf, spine with four raised bands lavishly decorated in gilt with fillets and dentelles and with blind-stamped tools in the compartments, sides with large blind-stamped panels composed of an elaborate frame of dentelles and fillets, four corner rosettes, and a central lozenge-shaped cartouche ornamented with gilt arabesques and rosettes, corners bumped, gilt rolls to the edges and turn-ins, gilt dentelle border to the pastedowns, a few scuffs, all edges gilt, strictly contemporary binding, signed Martin.
Our copy is complete with the frontispiece and the facsimile of the signatures of Molière and his daughter.
Some foxing.
A handsome...
€300
Auguste Marseille BARTHELEMY
Némésis
Perrotin|Paris 1835|13 x 21 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition and first printing of the 15 engravings after drawings by Raffet.
Half-shagreen bindings in glazed olive, smooth spines decorated with black and gilt typographical motifs, khaki calf title and volume labels, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary Romantic bindings.
Some foxing.
€200
L' ARIOSTE
Roland furieux
J. Mallet & Cie|Paris 1844|17 x 25.50 cm|relié
New edition of the French prose translation, established by V. Philipon de La Madelaine and first printing of the illustrations.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments adorned with gilt floral motifs, red paper boards, a light scratch to front board, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Work illustrated with 300 vignettes as well as 25 plates printed separately on China paper by T. Johannot, Baron, Français and C. Nanteuil. Occasional light foxing without serious consequence.
€150
Gabriel LEGOUVÉ
Le mérite des femmes
Louis Janet|Paris 1825|8.50 x 14 cm|relié
New edition with some parts in first edition, expanded with new poems.
Full brown sheep binding with speckled finish, smooth spine decorated with gilt wave patterns and fleurons, gilt roulettes on headcaps, red morocco title label, very light rubbing to joints, gilt frieze and fillet border on boards, gilt edges to leading edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 5 hors-texte engravings.
Some light foxing.
€100
William BEATTIE
L'Ecosse pittoresque, ou suite de vues prises expressement pour cet ouvrage par MM. T. Allom, W.H. Bartlett, et H. M'Culloch.
Virtue • et Ferrier|Londres [London] • & Paris 1838|21 x 27.50 cm|relié
First edition, illustrated with two engraved titles (in English), one colored plate and 117 steel engravings (with tissue guards) by Allom, Bartlett, and M'Culloch, engraved by Griffiths, Varrall, Prior, etc. Superb illustration, as English engravers were particularly prized during this period for their fineness of execution, and French publishers placed extensive orders in England for the illustration of their books.
Full publisher's binding. Half red morocco decorated with a large special gilt stamp (arms and symbols of Scotland) on wine-colored sheep boards stamped with a large decorative floral stamp in blind. Edges gilt. Magnificent and rare English publisher's binding, despite...
€850
Laurence STERNE
Voyage sentimental
Ernest Bourdin|Paris s. d. [1841]|17 x 26 cm|relié
New edition of the French translation and first printing of illustrations by T. Johannot and Jacque.

Bradel binding in half hazelnut brown shagreen, smooth spine, joints very slightly rubbed at head, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt. Light marginal dampstain of no consequence at head of first leaf, occasional foxing.

Work illustrated with a frontispiece and 11 wood-engraved figures, printed on China paper and mounted on heavy paper by T. Johannot as well as 170 vignettes in the text.
Text preceded by an essay on the life and works of Sterne by Jules Janin.

€200
Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard GRANDVILLE
Cent proverbes
H. Fournier|Paris 1845|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
First edition and first printing of the illustrations.
Half mint green shagreen binding, spine slightly faded with four raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments, double fillets on mint green paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Work illustrated with 51 hors-texte engravings (including 1 frontispiece) and numerous in-text engravings.
Scattered foxing as usual.
€300
Théodore LECLERCQ
Proverbes dramatiques
Aimé-André • Ladrange|Paris 1835|13 x 21.50 cm|8 volumes reliés
New edition illustrated with 78 copperplate engravings by Blanchard after drawings by Tony and Alfred Johannot and the best artists of the period.
Half olive calf bindings, smooth spines richly decorated with gilt Romantic tools and showing minor rubbing of no consequence, marbled paper boards, a small tear at head of front board of first volume, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary Romantic bindings.
Foxing.
A handsomely executed set.
€300
Charles NODIER
Contes : Trilby. - Le songe d'or. - Baptiste Montauban. - La fée aux miettes. - La combe de l'homme mort. - Inès de Las Sierras. - Smarra. - La neuvaine de la Chandeleur. - La légende de soeur Béatrix
J. Hetzel|Paris 1846|18.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
New edition illustrated with original etchings by Tony Johannot.
Half olive shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with cold fillets and gilt dots, decorated with triple gilt compartments, gilt title, corners very slightly bumped.
Work illustrated with original etchings hors-texte by Tony Johannot.
Scattered foxing.
€150
Xavier Boniface SAINTINE
Picciola
Marchant|Paris 1843|16 x 25 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 125 original vignettes engraved on wood by Porret.

Half chocolate morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with stippling and double gilt fillets, gilt dentelles at head and foot of spine which shows very light traces of rubbing without gravity, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, binding signed by Franz.

Work illustrated with 16 plates hors-texte and numerous wood vignettes after C. Nanteuil, T. Johannot...
Some light foxing.
Handsomely bound copy.
€200
Ernest de LIMAGNE
Mosaïque. Soirée des salons
H. Mandeville|Paris 1850|26 x 35 cm|relié
Keepsake, illustrated with an engraved title and 23 steel engravings.
Contemporary full green cloth. Large gilt plate on covers signed Lenègre. Small white humidity stains on upper cover. Slightly faded.
Beyond accessory texts on fans and a chronicle of contemporary spectacles, one will particularly distinguish among the very fine English engravings Mont Saint-Michel, with no construction other than the abbey and with navigation around it; a scene in Algiers, another depicting Portsmouth offshore; a view of Venice by Turner...

NB: This work is available at the bookstore on request within 48 hours.
€180
Ernest de LIMAGNE
Les lianes. Album mosaïque
H. Mandeville|à Paris [1850]|27 x 35 cm|cadeaux
First edition of this large-format Keepsake, illustrated with 23 large steel-engraved plates, printed on strong vellum paper, by English engravers after Reynolds, Turner, Rubens, Frith, and other 19th-century English painters.
Publisher's blue boards. Lenègre binder. Large gilt plaque on covers. Large ornaments on spine. A 3 cm split to lower joint (almost invisible). Foxing to margins of first two plates. Fine copy in boards in perfect condition. Wide margins preserved.
Series of texts typical of keepsakes, on varied subjects, Brummel, Paris, Venice... and a poem by Hugo on the last leaf: Les lys du foyer. Notable is a famous engraving after Turner, depicting a train at full speed...
€250
Pierre-Simon BALLANCHE
Antigone
Beaujouan & Jourdan|Paris 1839|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
New edition.
Work illustrated with 6 engravings after drawings by Bouillon.
Some light foxing, tiny harmless lacks at head of spine, a small light stain on first board.
Rare.
€150
OLD NICK, Louis DESNOYERS
Les étrangers à Paris
Charles Warée|Paris 1844|17 x 27 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with 29 plates, 24 headpieces and 89 in-text vignettes, by Gavarni, Huart, Guerin, all wood-engraved.
Contemporary half green shagreen. Spine with raised bands and gilt compartments. Rubbing to head and raised bands. Pale scattered foxing, irregular, sometimes not affecting the white paper at all, other times speckling the margins; overall, fairly little foxing.
Following in the tradition of the famous Diable à Paris, but with less prestigious writers, a satire of foreigners in Paris.
Handsome romantic illustrated work.
€300
Marceline DESBORDES-VALMORE
Mes jeunes amis
A. Boulland|Paris 1830|10.50 x 17 cm|relié
Selection of 38 pieces for children.
Full tawny sheep binding with root-grain pattern. Smooth spine with gilt tooling, fleurons and decorative borders, rubbing notably to headcaps and joints. Fine stylized roll-tooled border. Orange shagreen title-label. Speckled edges. Contemporary binding. Leading edges rubbed, two small lacks at foot of second board. Scattered foxing. Illustrated with two engravings, including a frontispiece and title vignette. Initial letters and tailpieces.
Our copy is complete with all its pages, but ff. 121 and 123, 125 and 127, 137 and 139, 141 and 143 have been transposed.
€90
Alfred de MUSSET
Voyage où il vous plaira
Jules Hetzel|Paris 1843|20.50 x 28 cm|relié
First edition and first printing of the 65 plates drawn by T. Johannot and engraved by Dujardin, Brugnot, Andrew, Best, Leloir...
Bradel binding in half chocolate morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated with two richly decorated double gilt cartouches, date at foot, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
Handsome interior condition, entirely free from foxing.
€800
Jean-Baptiste LOUVET DE COUVRAY
Les aventures du chevalier de Faublas
J. Mallet & Cie|Paris 1842|16 x 24 cm|2 volumes reliés
Illustrated edition with 300 wood-engraved vignettes in the text, first printing, by Nanteuil, Baron, Français...
Half long-grain dark brown morocco with corners, spine with four raised bands richly decorated with gilt and blind romantic ornamental motifs, light rubbing of no significance to top headcaps, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, light rubbing to corners, elegant unsigned romantic pastiche binding.
Some minor foxing of little significance.
Engraved bookplates of an Armenian bibliophile mounted facing the pastedowns.
Handsome copy handsomely bound in a superb romantic pastiche binding.
€400
Walter SCOTT
Beautés de Walter Scott. Portraits des principales héroïnes de ses romans. Peints et gravés par les meilleurs artistes anglais
Aubert & Cie|Paris S. d. [ca 1840]|17 x 24 cm|Un Vol. relié
First edition. Illustrated with 36 steel engravings by Herbert, Drummond, Hayter, engraved by Cook, Stoddart... Each engraving is protected by a tissue guard.
English publisher's binding. Full midnight blue shagreen. Smooth spine richly decorated. Boards decorated with a broad frieze and corner ornaments, as well as a central design within which stands a lion passant. A tear to the upper joint at the headcap. Very good condition, some very occasional scattered foxing. Joints lightly rubbed, with a slight tear to the lower joint. Very handsome English binding, refined and richly decorated.
€280
COLLECTIF
Le dahlia, heures de loisir
Desenne|Paris s. d. [1837]|14.50 x 22.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's full red boards, smooth spine decorated with a cartouche and gilt typographical motifs, boards framed with gilt fillet and decorated with a medallion and typographical motifs in blind, edges gilt.
Contributions by M. de Boinville, E. Gonzalès, G. Molé, T. Coffinier, M. Aycard...
Work illustrated with 19 steel engravings.
Some light foxing.
Rare copy presented in romantic boards of pleasant freshness.
€400
Silvio PELLICO
Mes prisons suivi Des devoirs des hommes
Delloye|Paris 1846|18 x 25 cm|relié
Illustrated with engravings after drawings by Gérard Séguin, d'Aubigny, Steinheil...
Half green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands handsomely decorated, double fillets on boards, gilt edge, contemporary binding.
One frontispiece, one portrait and numerous compositions in the text engraved on steel.
Copy almost free from foxing, one of the handsome illustrated works of the Romantic period.
€200
Louis DESNOYERS
Les aventures de Jean-Paul Choppart
La société des beaux-arts|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1840|11 x 17 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with drawings by P. Lauters.
Full red cardboard binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt motifs, blind-ruled borders on covers, all edges gilt.
Copy free from foxing.
€80
Léo LESPÈS
Les matinées de Timothée Trimm
Librairie du Petit Journal|Paris s. d. [circa 1860]|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Publisher's red cardboard binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with dotted lines and gilt ornamental compartments, blind-ruled frames on boards, stains on boards, corners slightly bumped, edges gilt, soiled moiré endpapers.
Work illustrated with black illustrations and plates by Henri de Montaut.
€80
Comte de CHEVIGNE, J.L.Ernest MEISSONIER
Les contes rémois
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1858|12.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
Third edition with some parts in first edition as it was expanded with 12 tales.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt double compartments enhanced at corners with gilt floral motifs, minor traces of rubbing to spine, black paper boards with surface wear, gilt initials stamped at center of front board, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
With frontispiece portrait of Meissonier engraved by Baland. First printing of the 34 vignettes by J.L. E. Meissonier and 6 by Foulquier engraved on wood.
Some light foxing.
€100
Jacques-Henri BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE
Oeuvres choisies de Bernardin de Saint-Pierre publiées par Aimé-Martin
Didier|Paris 1838|10.50 x 17.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
Charming illustrated edition with 7 plates, including a frontispiece.
Full red glazed calf bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt arabesques, two tiny holes at foot of joints, gilt roulettes on headcaps, boards framed with gilt fillet and arabesque, discoloration stains on boards of first volume, quadruple gilt fillets framing endpapers, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt fillets on leading edges, all edges gilt, elegant contemporary romantic bindings.
Some foxing.
Handsome copy elegantly bound in romantic binding.
€300
Rodolphe TÖPFFER
Nouveaux voyages en zigzag
Victor Lecou|Paris 1854|18 x 27.50 cm|relié
First edition and first printing of the illustrations.
Half dark green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with triple gilt compartments embellished with floral corner motifs, light rubbing traces on joints, blind fillet frames on dark green cardboard boards, moiré-effect endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Work illustrated with drawings after Töpffer by Calame, Girardet, Français, d'Aubigny, Gagnet, Forest...
Scattered foxing.
€120
Fritz-Greene. HALLECK
The poetical works of Fritz-Greene Halleck
D. Appleton & Co • G. S. Appleton|New-York [New York] • & Philadelphia 1848|15.50 x 22 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Second edition.
Publisher's red paper boards, spine decorated with gilt romantic ornamental motifs, covers with blind-stamped frieze borders, central gilt motif on front cover repeated blind on rear cover.
Rare work illustrated by the finest artists of the period.
Some minor foxing.
€180
Pierre LACHAMBEAUDIE
Fables
Michel|Paris 1851|15 x 24 cm|relié
First illustrated edition preceded by an introduction by Pierre Leroux.
Half chocolate shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fillets, some traces of use, contemporary binding. Work illustrated with steel engravings in and outside the text after drawings by Daubigny, Gérard-Séguin, Cabasson, Adrien Guignet, C. Marville, C. Nanteuil, Staal, Traviès and others.
As frontispiece, a portrait of the author engraved by Pannier.
Rare.
€200