First editions, fine papers and deluxe printings of French and foreign literature, 16th to 21st century

First edition in French, one of 100 numbered copies on pur fil paper, after only 25 on Japan and 50 on Hollande.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

Remarkable Belgian pirate edition of a collection of short stories by Emile Bouchery published in 1837 under the title Après Vèpres and under the pseudonym Froulay. In the absence of revelation of the true author, the pirate publisher arbitrarily attributed it to Pétrus Borel for commercial opportunism and in reference to Madame Putiphar. This attribution occasioned numerous bibliographical debates, the work being somewhat scandalous due to its erotic verve: "Qu'il ose tout, qu'il prenne tout, qu'il les traite en esclaves... c'était leur espoir... le cou se renverse, le sein s'emplit et se développe, les reins s'allument et se soulèvent..." ("Let him dare everything, let him take everything,

Remarkable Belgian pirate edition of a collection of short stories by Emile Bouchery published in 1837 under the title Après Vèpres and under the pseudonym Froulay. In the absence of revelation of the true author, the pirate publisher arbitrarily attributed it to Pétrus Borel for commercial opportunism and in reference to Madame Putiphar. This attribution occasioned numerous bibliographical debates, the work being somewhat scandalous due to its erotic verve: "Qu'il ose tout, qu'il prenne tout, qu'il les traite en esclaves... c'était leur espoir... le cou se renverse, le sein s'emplit et se développe, les reins s'allument et se soulèvent..." ("Let him dare everything, let hi

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Covers soiled, small marginal tears without loss to boards and two tears to spine.

First edition.
Small occasional foxing, otherwise a good copy.

First edition.
A very good copy with practically no foxing.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition in French by J.N. Charles. one small tear to centre of spine, otherwise a good copy.

First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Japon, the only large paper copies.
Colored cover, ilustrated by Mirande.

First edition.
Half havana calf bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets and typographic motifs, slight traces of rubbing at head and foot of joints, contemporary Romantic bindings.
Work illustrated with 2 vignettes by Tony Johannot engraved by Lenoir and Thompson.
Fresh interior despite some inevitable light foxing.

First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of edition, no deluxe copies were printed.
Bradel binding in olive half cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron and double gilt fillet, hazel shagreen title label, contemporary binding.

First edition published under a pseudonym.
Half-shagreen binding in dark green, smooth spine decorated with gilt typographical motifs with very light scuffs, contemporary binding.
Some rare foxing affecting mainly the very first and very last pages of the volume.

First edition, one of the copies of the first issue, he was fired 12 Holland paper in leading copies.
Binding cardboard vellum half way back smoothes decorated with gilded decorative motifs with small traces of minor friction, preserved cover, contemporary binding.
Rare autograph signed by the author Albert Mockel.

First duodecimo edition of this selection compiled by Sainte-Beuve.
Half bronze sheep binding, spine in four compartments decorated with gilt fillets and dotted lines, chocolate shagreen title label, contemporary binding.
A few scattered light foxing spots of no consequence.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japon Torinoko paper, the tirage de tête.
Ex libris pasted onto endpaper.
A fine copy.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands showing minor rubbing, decorated with double blind-tooled compartments, joints very lightly rubbed, one upper corner slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription from Aurélien Scholl to his friend Gustave Bourdin.
Some foxing.

First edition, one of 480 numbered copies on laid paper, ours unnumbered, the only issue with 20 on Holland paper and 100 hors commerce.
A tear at head of spine.

First edition.
A rare and good copy, with almost no spotting, retaining the publisher's catalogue at the end.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy free from foxing.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Two small lacks at head and foot of spine, scattered foxing, a tiny angular lack at foot of second board.

First edition, one of 346 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, the only printing with 12 on Japan paper and 16 on Hollande paper. A very good copy.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on Holland paper, the only issue with a few on China and Japan papers.
Work decorated with a frontispiece portrait of the author by Bouisset and illustrated with drawings by Poirson and Willette.
Preface by Clovis Hugues.
Bradel binding in full marbled paper, smooth spine, navy blue morocco title-label, soiled covers preserved, binding signed by P. Goy & C. Vilaine.

First edition, one of 150 copies on ordinary paper, the only printing with 5 on Hollande paper and 10 on Featherweight.
A very good and rare copy.

First edition, one of copies on alfa paper, the only printing with 6 on China paper.
A very good copy.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil Johannot paper, the tirage de tête.
Author's signature to justification page.
A very good, well-margined copy.

First edition. Rare. Bibliographie des recueils de poésies T. III, pp. 178 to 180.
Contemporary full speckled calf binding. Raised bands spine decorated. Various rubbing.
Bouts-rimés are imposed and whimsical rhymes, it was a highly prized game to compose them in the 17th century. The theme, here the praise of the king, and the rhymes, were chosen, and poets had to write pieces in verse. It was a real fever as it appeared that not only in society, but in private, everyone amused themselves with this exercise. This collection is one of the best examples, gathered by Mignon, the sonnets have for rhymes Pan, Grenuche, Satan, Pluche, then Fan, Ruche, Lan, Autruche...
Many sonnets

First edition. Tchemerzine VI, 331.
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Worn headcaps. Overall rubbing. Large brown stain on upper cover. 3 corners slightly bumped. Pp. 158 to 168 foxed.
All posthumous works by La Bruyère (died in 1696) were completed by his editor Louis Ellies Dupin, who wrote two dialogues for this work. La Bruyère takes part in this book in the theological quarrel between Bossuet and Fénelon, defender of quietism. The author criticizes quietism in an ironic tone modeled on Pascal's Provincial Letters.

First French edition. The first edition of the Italian text dates from 1607. Illustrated with two allegorical frontispieces signed Gr. Huret. Uncommon edition. One copy at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France from 1628, and another at the British Library. Nothing in French and English union catalogues.
Contemporary full vellum binding with overlapping edges. Smooth spine with manuscript title partly illegible. Traces of ties. Scattered pale foxing.
Antonio Maria Spelta (1559-1632) was a writer, scholar and historian from Padua, and it was while recalling Erasmus's Praise of Folly that he wrote this collection composed partly of reflections on madness, and partly on various subjects

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vellum, the only issue.
A lack and tear at foot of spine, spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned.

First edition on ordinary paper.
A very good copy retaining its advertising band.

First edition.
A portrait of the author as frontispiece.
Foxing, rare.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on Ingres, the only large paper copies.
Illustrations by the author.
A good and rare copy with good margins.

First edition.
Worming to the front board, a repaired angular tear to the half-title page, marginal lack to the rear board, occasional foxing.

First edition.
Work illustrated with woodcuts and lithographs by C. Nanteuil, A. Devéria, T. Johannot...
Light shadow on the first endpaper.

First edition, one of 100 copies numbered and justified by the author on Holland paper, the only issue along with a few Japan copies.
Foxing to covers, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition.
Covers illustrated by Leyser.
Spine slightly cracked to head, small stains, not serious, to the lower cover, occasional small foxing.
Rare.

The first edition published in a small number of copies by Pierre Mac Orlan under a pseudonym, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Illustrated with works by Louis Malteste.
A tiny stain at foot of first cover, two very slight angular lacks to the last two pages, otherwise a handsome copy of this flagellation instruction manual.

First edition, one of 480 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies with 20 on Chine.
With a photographic portrait of the author as frontispiece.
A handsome full-margined copy.

First edition.
Half black sheep binding, smooth spine with a small lack at head and traces of rubbing decorated with gilt motifs, date at foot, joints and boards rubbed.
Our copy lacks the author's portrait.
Some light foxing.
Rare but in this condition.

First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.

Plain paper cover.

Rare.

First edition.

Plain paper cover.

Rare.

First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies with 30 on Lana.
Handsome copy.

First edition illustrated with 4 frontispieces drawn by Huot and engraved by Texier.
Contemporary half brown calf bindings. Blue paper boards. Smooth spine decorated with 4 concentric tools and roulettes. Black title and volume labels. Handsome copy. Foxing.
Charles-Antoine-Guillaume Pigault de l'Épinoy, known as Pigault-Lebrun, was a French novelist and playwright born in 1753 in Calais and died in 1835 in La Celle-Saint-Cloud. Pigault Lebrun was at the very source of the French popular novel that would flourish in the 19th century with Dumas and Sue. His life was as eventful as his work. He made the fortune of publisher Barba, who wrote his biography. New editions of this excelle

First edition, one of 18 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
Tiny stains to the spine and the first endpaper, tiny stains to final endpaper, otherwise a good copy.
Rare.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Half sheep binding with dark green spine, smooth spine decorated with triple gilt fillets, contemporary binding.

First edition, one of rare copies on Hollande paper of which there is no mention in the justification of the print run.
Somes rare a little light foxing, otherwise a good, well-margined copy.

First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue with 10 on China paper.
A small tear at head of spine, pen ex-libris at head of first cover, a tiny corner loss to first cover, fine interior condition.
Rare.

First edition, printed in a small number of copies.
With a frontispiece portrait of J.M. Audin by A. Salmon. Slight spotting on the upper cover, small scattered foxing.
Rare.

First edition, one of 250 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Title page and final endpaper shaded, otherwise handsome copy with full margins.

First edition.
A pale angular dampstain to head of spine and upper cover, otherwise a rare and good copy.

First edition of the author's first work, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Minor worming affecting mainly the endpapers.

Rare first edition of some parts of the author's first commercially published work, no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Second cover marginally shaded, a small lack at the foot of the spine.

First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
A lack at the foot of the second cover, otherwise a very handsome copy.
Our copy includes a page from the manuscript of the work and the author's autograph signature opposite.

First edition, one of 400 numbered copies on vélin mécanique paper, the only printing, along with 20 on grand vélin.
With a frontispiece portrait etching of the author engraved by E. Laforgue. This copy is in new covers intended for resale by L. Vanier. One small insignificant stain to upper cover , a little very light foxing.
Rare.

First edition of the French translation, one of 28 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
A very good copy.

First Edition, one of 120 numbered copies on Chapel, head print after 30 "pur-fil" paper.
Very nice copy.

First Gallimard edition, one of 330 numbered copies on Holland paper, ours being one of 30 hors commerce copies.
Two tears at head and foot of spine, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition.
With a frontispiece vignette.
Two small lacks to head and foot of spine, scattered foxing.
Rare.

First edition. First completed printing on September 1, 1583. The first four books appeared in 1565. Printer's devices on title page and verso of final leaf.
Contemporary full calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 fleurons. Boards decorated with central medallion and gilt frame. Head and one corner restored by an amateur. The first endpaper, before the title page, is missing.
A treatise on poetics combining rhetoric, study of homonymy, verse structure, composition rules, studies of Latin poets... A dictionary of rhymes and poetic vocabulary.
Georgius Fabricius (1516-1571), born in Chemnitz, was an influential scholar and humanist of his time, an educator, but

Second edition for the two first volumes and first edition for the third one.
Contemporary half calf Romantic bindings, spines slightly faded, joints rubbed, foxing.

Rare first edition.
Half sheep binding in hazelnut, smooth spine browned with small traces of rubbing decorated with gilt fillets, small lacks to headcaps, one joint fragile, spine of first volume partially detached, contemporary binding.
Some foxing.
The author was one of H. de Balzac's secretaries and was a regular at the Arsenal salon.

First edition, one of 180 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only issue with 15 Japan paper copies.
Work illustrated with an etching by A. Dunoyer de Segonzac.
Some very rare and minor worming, handsome copy.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First editions.
Bradel binding. One leaf of announce missing at the beginning of the second volume which retains, on the other hand, the folding lithograph by Charlet.
A little light spotting mostly on the last pages of the second volume, otherwise nices copies.

First edition printed in a small number of copies.
One very pale marginal spot, a good and rare copy.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition, one of 215 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only large paper copies with 2 on China paper, 5 on Japan paper and 8 on vergé anglais paper.
A good and rare copy.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Montgolfier, this copy not justified, the only large paper copies with 40 on Hollande paper.
A tiny lack to foot of spine.

First edition, one of 210 numbered copies on alfa, after only 15 Hollande and 60 pur fil.
A tiny angular lack to upper cover, some small marginal foxing, not serious.

Rare first edition.
Half navy shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, one joint slightly rubbed, one lower corner very slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Blind-stamped bookplate, some minor foxing of no consequence.

First edition, one of the rare copies on Hollande, the only large paper copies with 2 Chine.
Spine slightly faded, a little light spotting, not serious. Rare.

First edition printed in 201 copies, ours one of 140 numbered copies justified by the publisher on white laid paper.
Spine slightly warped and rubbed with a small lack at foot, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Hollande, the only large paper copies.
A fine copy, ex libris pasted onto one the first endpaper.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Hollande, the only large paper copies.
A fine copy, ex libris pasted onto one the first endpaper.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome autograph inscription from the author to Colette.
Spine faded as usual, two small glued tears to head and to foot of a joint, a leave badly cut by the dedicatee with small marginal lacks.

First edition of this anthology of Russian poetry presented by P. Collin, of which no deluxe copies were issued.
Bradel binding in full saffron cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, date at foot, saffron shagreen title-label with a small trace of rubbing, contemporary binding.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Paul Collin: "Au grand poète Leconte de Lisle respectueux hommage d'un admirateur." (To the great poet Leconte de Lisle respectful homage from an admirer.)

First edition.
Inscription from Maurice Escoffier, the dedicatee's name has been skillfully erased.
Small tears and lacks at foot and head of spine, covers very slightly and marginally faded without consequence, handsome interior condition.

First edition not put into commerce and printed in a small number of copies on laid paper.
Autograph inscription by the author. Work illustrated with drawings by Töpffer and Raffet.
Some rare small wormholes without consequence, handsome copy.

First edition.
Half bottle-green sheep binding, faded spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt floral motifs, a light scratch with a small paper loss to the front board, contemporary binding.
Scattered foxing.

First edition.
Paper boards, dark brown sheep title label with a filled in angular lack, marbled edges.
Almost without foxing.
A rare copy.

First edition illustrated with two frontispieces by Horace Vernet and 5 original unsigned ink and wash drawings. A folding map heightened with colors at the end of the work showing the locations where the poem takes place.
Contemporary full calf bindings. Smooth spines decorated with two Grotesque compartments, multiple fillets and rolls. Green morocco title and volume labels. Boards with blind cross-hatching, wide border roll with foliage, Greek key and vase motifs. Rubbing to joints and boards, edges. All edges gilt.
Handsome copy, despite some flaws. Charles-Victor Prévost d'Arlincourt (1788-1856) was, before falling into oblivion, one of the figures of Romanticism, and his popu