Antique books, popular show posters, music-hall programs, puppets, magic books, clowns, street performers

First edition strictly hors commerce printed in 600 copies on Mandeure rag paper and illustrated with 24 heliogravure plates after various documents.
Text by Etienne Dennery.
Slipcase in full burgundy leather with slight scuffs, chemise spine lightened and in matching burgundy leather, the whole made and signed by Hermès.
Our copy is printed for Jack Francès.
Handsome copy.

First edition for which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Contemporary half marbled brown sheep binding, spine with two raised bands decorated with a gilt fleuron, traces of rubbing to spine, gilt date and double fillet at foot, olive shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Paul Farez to the Rosati poet Jean Ott.

First edition, one of 94 numbered copies on Rives laid paper.
Half brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with black double fillets, gilt date at foot, some light rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, two corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Fine signed autograph inscription from Ernest Depré to the poet Jean Ott in the form of a quatrain.
Illustrated with 37 drawings by André Lavezzari.
Preface by Jean Richepin.

New edition, after the first collected edition published in Venice in 1564. Illustrated with 27 woodcut title vignettes. It contains Zanitolla, the 25 books of Baldus, the Moscheide (on the battle of flies against ants), epistolarum.

Contemporary full limp vellum binding. Smooth spine. Later title label. One hole at tail. Title page and p.7 restored in margin with antique paper. Three wormholes, from title page to p.70.

The macaronic genre created by the author himself is a burlesque and fantastical poetry written not in Latin, but in low Latin, a slang Latin mixing the dialect of Mantua and Italian. The author's pseudonym means Merlin the cook, and the macaronicorum is...

First edition of these two works published on the same date, and illustrated with two frontispieces. The second title is separated from the first only by a half-title.
Contemporary rigid vellum binding. Smooth spine with title in black ink. The title is reproduced in black ink on the first cover. Rare, absent from the electronic catalogues of the Bibliothèque Nationale and the British Library
Collection of epigrams, poetry and ephemeris of the saints.

First edition.
Half brown cloth binding, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpavers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Full-page signed autograph inscription by the author embellished with a small drawing depicting a naval anchor, a heart and a star.
Illustrations hors-texte.
Spine and first endpaper discreetly restored using an adhesive piece.

First edition, rare.
Contemporary marbled blonde calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Joint cracked at foot on back board. Good copy.A collection of jokes, witticisms, riddles, gasconades, extracts from rare and humorous books, fables and short tales, ancient customs, etc, all intended to delight the most melancholic...

Fourth edition.
Half black sheep binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers (with two slight angular lacks at foot) preserved, modern binding.
Work illustrated with 280 portraits and illustrations.
Preface by H. Meilhac and introduction by V. Franconi.
Light foxing on endpapers and verso of covers, otherwise handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Half red cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with fillets stamped in blind, light scuffs to the joints, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
This weekly caricature magazine is richly illustrated by Raoul Thomen, Landelle, Jean d'Aurian, Poulbot, Edmond Guénin, Bogron, Vallet, Valéry Muller, Henry Muller, Léon Bardet, Haye, Ferdinand Bac, Ricardo Flores, Delannoy, Le Bocain, E. Tap, Gog, Malherbe, d'Albat... etc.
Each issue comprises eight pages, including large color drawings on the first and last pages and numerous black and white drawings.
A rare and handsome copy.

First edition.
Half red sheep binding, minor scuffs of no consequence to the spine which is decorated with gilt fillets, some surface wear, contemporary binding.
This weekly caricature magazine is richly illustrated by Raoul Thomen, Landelle, Jean d'Aurian, Poulbot, Edmond Guénin, Bogron, Vallet, Valéry Muller, Henry Muller, Léon Bardet, Haye, Ferdinand Bac, Ricardo Flores, Delannoy, Le Bocain, E. Tap, Gog, Malherbe, d'Albat, Schuster, Viriez, Gus Bofa, Alex, Zybalt, A. Ziem, Blondeau, Fertom... etc.
Each issue comprises eight pages, including large color drawings on the first and last pages and numerous black and white drawings.
A rare and handsome copy.

First edition.
Half red sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, some minor scuffing without significance on the marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
This weekly caricature magazine is richly illustrated by Raoul Thomen, Landelle, Jean d'Aurian, Poulbot, Edmond Guénin, Bogron, Vallet, Valéry Muller, Henry Muller, Léon Bardet, Haye, Ferdinand Bac, Ricardo Flores, Delannoy, Le Bocain, E. Tap, Gog, Malherbe, d'Albat, Schuster, Viriez, Gus Bofa, Alex, Zybalt, A. Ziem, Blondeau, J. Cadet, Stick, Zilberty, Vosrie, Lenature, Bourguignon, Arthur Perrier, Brun, Jean Plumet, Arboult, Rose Maury, Sirdey, L. Forton, Fertom, Jako...

First edition on ordinary paper, there has been printed only 50 Japon large paper copies.
Publisher's binding over flexible paper boards, top edge gilt.
Original illustrations by Jules Garnier.
Endpapers uniformly shaded, otherwise nice copy.
Very fresh binding.

New edition.
Copy with the arms of Armand Joseph Le Lièvre de la Grange stamped in blind, Marquis de Fourilles et de la Grange; azure a chevron or, accompanied in chief by two roses argent and in base an eagle displayed with lowered wings of the same.
Contemporary full blonde grained sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title-label. A tear with loss to the lower joint at head. Split to the lower joint at tail.
Gaston-Jean-Baptiste de Roquelaure, from an illustrious Gascon family, field marshal to the king, wounded at the siege of Bordeaux, saw his estate of Roquelaure elevated to a duchy. He was short and ugly and said of himself: "I have been...

First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, the only deluxe copies along with 10 on Japan paper.
Grateful signed autograph inscription from Doughmani to a friend who supported him from his early days.
Rare collection of portraits of players sketched by the artist.
Light marginal fold marks of no consequence, handsome copy.

New edition, after the original published in 1749. French text alongside the original Latin.
Contemporary marbled calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Library label at foot. One wormhole at foot. Good copy.
The poem enjoyed considerable success from its first Latin publication, being quite free in expression and filled with popular beliefs and concerns about infant care, which were considered decisive for the child's future.

First edition published anonymously.
Contemporary half fir-green sheep bindings, lightened smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets and friezes showing traces of rubbing, almond cardboard boards, scuffing to boards, small tears to edges, marbled edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings.
Small ink stains at head of title page of second volume diminishing on following pages, foxing.
Rare.

First edition.
8vo in original wrappers, illustrated cover and text within a triple-ruled border.
Spine cracked, cover browned, front cover partially detached, with a marginal tear and a stain, a lack at head of spine, a tear at head of back cover near the joint, interior however fresh.
Several in-text illustrations.
On the front pastedown: "Cette édition, autographiée à dessein, est appelée à devenir très rapidement rarissime. Les exemplaires sont revêtus de la signature de l'auteur" ["This edition, deliberately autographed, is destined to become very rare very quickly. The copies bear the author's signature"].
Work published on the occasion of the Universal...

First edition, rare, of this collection of witticisms and funny stories published as a "supplement" to a reprint of the famous Les Délices, ou Discours joyeux et récréatifs by Verboquet, and since reprinted in its wake, "although it is probably not by the same author" according to Paul Lacroix (PL. Jacob, Enigmes et découvertes bibliographiques).
Full cream parchment-covered cardboard Bradel binding, modern. Black sheep title-label. Foxing. A pale dampstain in the upper margin. A black stain in the lower margin of leaf 2.
Very rare and amusing testimony to popular humor and the art of facetious anecdote.

Fifth edition, with some parts in first edition, as it was revised and expanded.
Our copy unfortunately lacks its frontispiece engraving.
Some rare and light foxing of no significance, handsome copy.

Nineteenth edition updated of this advertising book promoting the range of beauty and body care products sold in the author's shop at the Palais Royal.
Covers illustrated with photographs of actresses of the time, other photographs of actresses as plates, numerous illustrations.
Very interesting nomenclature of Clarks beauty products in the second part of the volume.
Rare.

First edition.
Game rules, examples of simple as well as very difficult charades, charade licenses, homonym charades, thematic charades by example, how to answer and guess, very difficult words and alphabetical list of charades.

First edition.
Half sheep binding in cherry red, spine with four raised bands showing traces of rubbing, decorated with blind-tooled compartments.
Fresh interior, rare.

First edition.
Black half cloth.
Black and white illustrations to text.
Rare.

First edition, another edition appeared on the same date published by Besongné. A relatively rare but celebrated book.
Contemporary full calf binding, spine with raised bands decorated. Overall rubbed. The head cap is missing by 2/3, one corner lacks leather, part of the edges are without leather, some lacks at the raised bands.
Gabriel Naudé (1600-1653) was born in Paris. He was a physician but more of a philosopher as he had also studied literature and philosophy; of all his books, the apology is the only one that remains to us. He was successively attached to Cardinal Barberini, to Cardinal Mazarin (he was responsible for collecting the works for Mazarin's library), to Cardinal...

First edition, one of 72 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête after 10 Japon.
Illustrated with numerous etchings and unpublished photographs.
A very good and rare copy.

First edition.
Half blue-grey paper binding, smooth spine decorated with two pairs of gilt fillets, original wrappers preserved.
Some foxing.

New edition printed in small numbers on laid paper and revised, corrected, augmented and arranged in a new order by M. Chicourt.
A tiny lack on the first cover, otherwise handsome copy.
Rare.

First edition.
In original wrappers. Covered with nineteenth-century blue paper for reuse.
An edict that was printed in the final year of the regency of the Duke of Orléans, Louis XV would be crowned king in October of the same year, and which ratifies the previous ordinances regarding gaming. While the prohibition mainly targeted persons of rank, it now affects all subjects of the realm.

First edition of this catalogue listing all articles sold in this establishment.
Jokes and novelties, conjuring apparatus, makeup articles, hairpieces...
Illustrations.
Two small lacks to head and foot of spine, worming, tears and slight corner lacks to boards, handsome interior condition. Rare.

The rare first edition of one of Balzac's last anonymous collaborations, published the same year as "Le dernier Chouan", his first signed novel.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece vignette.
Significant lack to first board and spine of cover restored at the time, joints cracked at head and foot of second board, pleasant interior condition.
Rare, like all of Balzac's early works.

First edition.
A small trace of angular fold, not serious, to head of upper cover.
A good copy.

First edition.
A good copy.

First edition.
A pale dampstain to head of the first few pages, otherwise a handsome copy.

Edition illustrated with 200 in-text vignettes by Cham.
Half Russian green morocco bindings, spines with four raised bands decorated with gilt compartments enhanced with gilt and blind typographical motifs, gilt dates at foot, gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edges gilt.
Foxing, bookseller's description label pasted on an endpaper of the first volume.
Provenance: from the library of Henri Monnier with his bookplate pasted on the verso of the front boards.

First edition.
Illustrated pamphlet with 27 color caricatures.
Two small lacks at head and foot of spine, light interior foxing, stains and two minute holes to rear cover.
Rare.

First edition. Booklet illustrated with 27 black caricatures.
Two small lacks at head and foot of spine, light interior foxing.
Rare.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's full black cloth binding, complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has no defects.
Iconography, handsome copy despite minimal light worming to edges.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, olive shagreen title-label enhanced with gilt fillets and dots, author's name in burgundy shagreen, navy embossed paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
Signed autograph inscription by Alfred Le Petit, the dedicatee's name has been cut out.
Bookseller's label pasted below the autograph inscription.
Text and illustrations by the author.
Rare publication fiercely anticlerical and "anti-hagiographical".
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Contemporary half blonde sheep binding, smooth rubbed spine decorated with triple gilt fillets, joints cracked on one side at head and foot.
Some tears and foxing.
54 discontinuous numbers for Monde comique (lacking nos. 95 to 98, 101, 102 to 113, 117, 119 to 152, 154 to 156, 158 to 166, 168 to 172, 174, 175, 177 to 182, 184, 187 to 195, 197 to 202, 205, 206, 208, 212, 214, 216, 224 to 229, 231, 240, 248, 251 to 254, 256 to 269 and 272 to 275) and 41 discontinuous numbers for Petit journal pour rire (nos. 116 to 176, 178 to 233, 236 to 265, 267, 270 to 283, 285 to 321, 322 to 364, 366 to 372, 375, 379, 384, 388 to 395, 397 to 402, 404, 405, 407, 409, 411...

First edition, one of 4000 numbered copies on simili-Japon paper.
Work illustrated with 95 drawings by the author.
Handsome copy.

Second edition.
Traversals, bridges, labyrinths, sliding puzzles, Chinese rings...
Worming to endpapers, otherwise a handsome copy.

Second edition.
Dominoes, misère games, hopscotch, Hamilton's icosian game...
Worming to final endpaper, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition.
Cryptographs (coded problems, dotted, polygraphy...), charades, logogriphs, square words, triangular, hexagonal, star-shaped, curiosities...
Spine faded and largely missing, small angular lacks to boards, some light foxing.
Rare but in poor condition.

First edition.
Spine cracked with small lacks, internally very good.
Rare.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Signed autograph inscription by the author to Aristide Briand.
Preface by Jean Ajalbert;
About Liane de Pougy, Parisian theaters, La Scala, Jean Lorrain, the Bal des 4 Z'arts, contemporary social poetry...
Spine lacking, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Cover illustrated with a drawing by Francis Picabia.
Contributions by A. Willette, L. Morin, C. de Bussy, G. Doré...
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Publisher's binding in full old rose cardboard, smooth spine decorated with a vegetal motif running its full height.
Rich iconography.
Travel, fashion, social history, literature, fine arts...
Handsome copy, with a gift inscription on the front endpaper.

New edition expanded with an introduction and notes by Louis Moland.
Half caramel sheep binding, spine with five raised bands showing minor rubbing, decorated with dotting and gilt double fillets, hazelnut shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Anne de Bretagne, Marie Stuart, Catherine de Médicis, the most illustrious sisters...
Minor scattered foxing.

New edition revised and corrected from the 1740 edition.
Half caramel sheep binding, spine with five raised bands showing minor rubbing, decorated with dotting and gilt double fillets, headcaps rubbed at top, hazelnut shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing.

First edition.
Smooth unlettered spine skillfully restored using a piece of pink adhesive tape matching the covers, two corner losses to the second cover, some foxing.
Rare.

First edition.
Two slight lacks to head and to foot of spine, tiny stains to upper cover.
Rare.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Illustrated brochure with photographs notably by P. Schulz, de Poll, P. Wollf.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Very handsome work illustrated in black and color printed on the occasion of the P.L.M.'s fiftieth anniversary.

First edition.
Illustrated with 40 etchings and 2 maps.

First edition.
Full green boards binding, faded smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, red morocco title-label, corners and headcaps bumped, contemporary binding.
Fine interior condition, rare.

First edition.
Autograph inscription from the author.
A very good copy.

first edition of which he was not drawn large papers.
autograph dedication of the author signed autograph of Anne Fratellini.
Photographic, fine example coverage.

First edition.
Preface by Madame G. Jollivet, work illustrated with 24 pages of photographic illustrations.
Family life, outings, ceremonies, correspondence...
Handsome copy.

First edition, stating 9th edition.
Illustrated cover, complete with publisher's catalogue at rear.

First edition on ordinary paper.
The fig leaf, hygiene this mother-in-law, let us keep our small vaccinating vices against the great vices...
Two small tears re-glued at the foot of the joints.

First edition.
Preface by Dr Léon Vannier.
Spine faded.

First edition, one of 96 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête after 52 Montval.
A very good copy.

First edition.
Illustrated cover, work decorated with figures.
La poussette, les quatre as, la monégasque, la main du destin, les échelons, le grand triomphe...
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition.
Patience the source of all virtues, the use of money, God's protection, what is true education?
Spine split with lacks at head and foot, worming to front cover.

First edition.
The perpetual calendar, nine men's morris, networks and dominoes, the walking machine...
Work illustrated with 177 figures.
A lack at foot of spine, small stains to front board, an angular tear to rear board, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Issue entitled 'Le dîner de Louis Morin', illustrated with numerous drawings and photographs. Complete with its subscription form.

Second edition.
Half brown sheep binding, hazelnut sheep boards, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets and dotted lines with minor spotting, gilt laurel crowns on front board surrounding the inscription 'association philotechnique', contemporary binding.
Abstract numbers, magic squares, applications.
Work illustrated with 106 figures in the text.
A few occasional minor worming mainly affecting the endpapers.