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  2. Histoires d'autrefois - Les amours de Gilles
    Louis MORIN
    Histoires d'autrefois - Les amours de Gilles
    Ernest Kolb|Paris s. d. [1889]|14.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
    Edition illustrated with 178 drawings by Louis Morin.
    Bradel binding in half pink cloth, smooth spine lightly browned decorated with gilt floral motif, brown sheep title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary signed binding
    Autograph inscription signed by Louis Morin to Léon Hennique: "A mon cher maître Léon Hennique de tout coeur..." with an original pencil drawing.
    Provenance: from the library of Léon Hennique with his bookplate pasted at head of pastedown.










    €250
  5. Le trophée des vulves légendaires - Neuf sonnets sur les héroïnes de Wagner rêvés au pied du Vénusberg en Août 1891
    Francis HERTENBERGER, Pierre LOUŸS
    Le trophée des vulves légendaires - Neuf sonnets sur les héroïnes de Wagner rêvés au pied du Vénusberg en Août 1891
    Aux dépens d'un groupe de bibliophiles parisiens|Paris 1948|18.50 x 23.50 cm|en feuilles

    First edition printed in 300 numbered copies on pure rag vellum from the marais, ours being one of the 246 containing illustrations in the text.
    Work illustrated with 18 unsigned drypoints in the text by Fernand Hertenberger.
    Boards uniformly and lightly sunned.
    Rare and handsome copy.

    €1,000
  6. Les enfants du capitaine Grant
    Jules VERNE
    Les enfants du capitaine Grant
    Hetzel|Paris 1880|17.50 x 28 cm|relié
    Edition illustrated with 172 vignettes by Riou, engraved by Pannemaker. Catalogue AI at rear for 1880.
    Publisher's binding known as "à la bannière", royal blue on red ground. Beveled boards of type 7. Lower board of type Lenègre 3 in blind. Plate signed Souze, binding signed Lenègre at foot.
    Fine upper plate. Traces of rubbing in the blue cartouche. Spine sunned but with gilding well preserved. Corners rubbed. Rubbing to headcaps. Second board good. Edges perfect. Some scattered foxing, notably on the first leaves and the last, but overall rather clean on good white paper. Handsome copy.
    One of the author's great classics, 2 children searching for their shipwrecked father, which takes the reader from Scotland to New Zealand via the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, the Strait of Magellan, the Andes cordillera, the Argentine pampas, the Cape of Good Hope, Amsterdam Island, and Australia.
    €600
  8. La gravure sur bois en France au XIXe siècle
    Paul-Emile COLIN, Pierre GUSMAN
    La gravure sur bois en France au XIXe siècle
    Albert Morancé|Paris 1929|22.50 x 28 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on China paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Work illustrated with 96 hors-texte plates.
    Handsome copy despite inevitable light foxing inherent to the quality of China paper, light traces of adhesive tape at head and foot of endpapers.
    Our copy, as stipulated in the print justification, is indeed complete, at the end, with the 10 additional wood engravings distributed across 8 plates.
    €800
  19. Vues des côtes de France dans l'océan et la Méditerranée
    Ambroise-Louis GARNERAY, Etienne de JOUY
    Vues des côtes de France dans l'océan et la Méditerranée
    Views of the Coasts of France on the Ocean and in the Mediterranean
    Panckoucke|Paris 1823-1832|36 x 54 cm|relié

    First and only edition. This copy is one of the rare examples complete with the 64 full-page plates. The work is also illustrated with a title vignette depicting the artist Ambroise-Louis Garneray in a small boat, sketching the entrance to the port of Brest.

    Contemporary binding of half tan sheep with corners, smooth spine richly decorated in gilt and blind with multiple large typographic tools, discreet restorations to the joints, marbled-paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.

    A magnificent work on the ports of France, and one of the finest collections ever produced on the subject.

    The author of these highly precise engravings joined the navy at the age of thirteen and thereby witnessed numerous naval battles. From 1806 he was imprisoned for eight years in Portsmouth, using his captivity to study drawing and painting and to record the scenes he had observed during his voyages. Upon his return from the United Kingdom, Garneray became painter to the Duke of Angoulême, then Grand Admiral of France, later serving as director of the Rouen museum, and entering the Sèvres manufactory where he executed numerous maritime subjects.

    His work, of remarkable delicacy and realism, was praised by Melville in Moby-Dick: "Who Garneray the painter is, or was, I know not. But my life for it he was either practically conversant with his subject, or else marvellously tutored by some experienced whaleman. The French are the lads for painting action." 

    €10,000
  21. Les dix journées
    Léopold FLAMENG, Hubert François GRAVELOT
    Les dix journées
    1873|11 x 17 cm|10 volumes reliés en 4

    Illustrated edition with a portrait of Jean Boccaccio as frontispiece to the first volume and 11 etched out-of-text engravings by Léopold Flameng, one of 600 copies on Holland paper in forme.
    Half straw-yellow morocco bindings with corners, spines with five raised bands decorated with black fillets, gilt dates at foot, red morocco title and volume labels, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edges gilt, bindings signed by Canape-Helz.
    Our copy is exceptionally enhanced with a suite of engravings executed by Gravelot.
    Handsome set.

    €500
  23. A pinnacle of literature and illustration
    Oeuvres complètes - La comédie humaine
    Honoré de BALZAC
    Oeuvres complètes - La comédie humaine
    [Complete Works - The Human Comedy]
    Houssiaux|Paris 1855-1869|13.50 x 21 cm, longueur totale de la série 60 cm|20 tomes en 20 volumes reliés

    Reprint of the works by Houssiaux, who had purchased the stock of the Furne bookshop, where Honoré de Balzac's works were originally published.
    Houssiaux completed them with three new volumes (Theatre, Contes drôlatiques...) which appear here for the first time in the collected works in 1855.
    Some foxing.
    Bound in half green shagreen with corners, spines with four raised bands decorated with gilt typographical motifs, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of handmade paper.
    Work illustrated with 143 plates on tinted heavy paper, by the finest artists of the period including Bertall, Daumier, Gavarni, Johannot, Nanteuil as well as rare illustrations within the text and some music plates. Most copies contain between 136 and 144 engravings.
    This magnificent illustration represents a pinnacle of the genre and captures the aesthetic of an entire era.
    As always with these complete works editions, each copy naturally possesses some notable particularities and the number of plates may differ from volume to volume within a single copy.
    Vol.1 :1855 : 7 engravings including the portrait of Balzac
    Vol.2: 1869 : 7 engravings
    Vol.3: 1869 : 6 engravings
    Vol.4: 1869 :  6 engravings.
    Vol.5 :1869  : 9 engravings.
    Vol.6 :1869 :  8 engravings
    Vol.7 :1869 :  8 engravings
    Vol.8 :1869 :  7 engravings
    Vol.9 :1869 :  7 engravings
    Vol.10 :1869 : 8 engravings
    Vol.11 :1869 :  8 engravings
    Vol.12 :1869 :  8 engravings
    Vol.13 :1869 : 5 engravings. Pages 679 to 682 having been creased and with small lacks not affecting the text.
    Vol.14 :1869 : 9 engravings
    Vol.15 :1869 : 6 engravings
    Vol.16 :1869  : 4 engravings
    Vol.17 :1869 :  4 engravings
    Vol.18 :1869 :16 engravings
    Vol.19 :1869 : 6 engravings
    Vol.20 :1869 : 4 engravings
    Handsome set, despite some foxing, in uniform bindings.




    €1,700
  24. Notre croisade
    Marcel CHARPAUX
    Notre croisade
    Editions du tryptique|Paris 1932|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on pure linen paper, deluxe printing after 30 on Japan paper.
    Handsome copy despite the boards slightly shadowed at head.
    Work illustrated with sketches by the author and which is an account of captivity of a French soldier taken prisoner by the Germans in August 1914.
    Fine autograph inscription signed by Marcel Charpaux: "En hommage au cher pays et distingué Président Mr Lenoble ce petit "essai" qui ne vaut aucun de ceux de Montaigne ! Mais où il trouvera, avec quelques souvenirs, l'esquisse d'une thèse. En témoignage de ma vive sympathie. MCharpaux." (In homage to the dear country and distinguished President Mr Lenoble this little "essay" which is not worth any of those of Montaigne! But where he will find, with some memories, the sketch of a thesis. In testimony of my warm sympathy. MCharpaux.)


    €150
  28. Aventures de Robinson Crusoé
    Daniel DEFOE
    Aventures de Robinson Crusoé
    Didier|Paris 1846|11 x 17.70 cm|relié
    New edition of this translation by Amable Tastu, first published in 1837. It is illustrated with 2 frontispieces and 50 steel engravings on heavy paper in attractive frames after drawings by Sainson. Notice on Foe and on the Sailor Selkirk, by Louis Reybaud.
    Publisher's polychrome and gilt paper boards. First edition in publisher's boards. Black percale cathedral-style boards. Smooth spine decorated with polychrome monastic tools. Upper board decorated with a polychrome cathedral-style pediment with oriental figures in niches and navigation instruments in the center. Gilt edges. Both volumes slightly warped, leaning to the right. Some scattered foxing.
    Very handsome copies.

    €700
  30. Les artistes du livre : Laboureur - Exemplaire exceptionnellement enrichi de 26 gravures dont 2 inédites
    André DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC, Jean-Émile LABOUREUR
    Les artistes du livre : Laboureur - Exemplaire exceptionnellement enrichi de 26 gravures dont 2 inédites
    Henri Babou|Paris 1929|21 x 26 cm|en feuilles sous chemise
    First edition, one of 650 numbered copies on Johannot laid paper, ours unnumbered, ours one of the few hors commerce copies, the only issue after 50 Japan.
    Fine copy.
    Letter-preface by Jean-Giraudoux.
    Frontispiece with a portrait of Jean-Emile Laboureur by André Dunoyer de Segonzac.
    Work illustrated with vignettes, initials, tailpieces, drawings, in text and full-page by Jean-Emile Laboureur.
    Our hors commerce copy and probably artist's copy is exceptionally enhanced with 24 additional engravings by Jean-Emile Laboureur as well as 2 engravings not reproduced in this volume of the collection Les artistes du livre.
    €300
  31. Oeuvres
    François RABELAIS, Eugène DEVÉRIA
    Oeuvres
    Chez Dalibon|A Paris 1823|13 x 21.20 cm|9 volumes reliés
    Variorum edition reprinting all the remarks, notes and variants from previous editions (Le Duchat, La Monnoye, Gueullette, Voltaire, Marsy, etc.), illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and ten hors-texte plates by Devéria, as well as 120 grotesque woodcut figures hors-texte engraved by Thompson at the end of volume 9.
    Contemporary half chocolate glazed calf with small corners, signed at foot by Pivoteau relieur. Smooth spine decorated with 2 mirrored tools at head and foot, curved and straight fillets. Minor damage at foot of volume 3. 2 lower corners slightly bumped. Rubbing. Scattered pale foxing.
    Handsome copy attractively bound in an elegant signed binding.

    €800
  34. L'oiseau
    Jules MICHELET
    L'oiseau
    Les bibliophiles de France|Paris 1952|26 x 32.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
    Edition printed in 140 numbered copies on vellum illustrated with 46 original drypoints by André Jacquemin, our copy specially for the naturalist, entomologist and geologist Nérée Boubée.
    Spine of chemise slightly sunned with small stains at foot.
    Copy expanded with the illustrated menu from the publishing society's dinner at Drouant signed by André Jacquemin.
    Our copy is exceptionally expanded with two original pencil drawings dated and signed by André Jacquemin; the first titled "L'épervier blessé" which André Jacquemin inscribed to Nérée Boubée, the second titled "Frégate".
    It also includes, like 20 other copies of the edition, 1 duplicate suite in 2 states on Malacca paper of the drypoints.
    €1,700
  35. Les mille et une nuits
    ANONYME, Gustave DORÉ
    Les mille et une nuits
    Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie|Paris 1865|20 x 29 cm|2 tomes en un volume relié
    First edition illustrated with 421 illustrations (vignettes, half-page, hors-texte, double-page...) with an unparalleled profusion of images. Printed in double columns. Among the illustrators who contributed to this rather rare edition are not only Gustave Doré, but Castelli, Foulquier, Gustave Roux, F. Pierdon... The edition uses all the techniques of Romantic printing to insert the images, framing the text, as vignettes, in double-page format in the manner of L'Illustration, and makes reading the experience of total immersion in the world of the Arabian Nights, oriental and magical.
    Contemporary green half morocco with corners signed Petit (successor to Simier). Spine with raised bands in 4 compartments richly decorated and inlaid in red. Gilt fillets on boards, lined. Top edge gilt. Spine uniformly lightened. Rubbing. Fresh overall with rare scattered foxing, except on the first 3 leaves, which are spotted.

    €650
  41. La nuit des prestiges
    André FRÉNAUD, Jean BAZAINE
    La nuit des prestiges
    P.A.B.|Alès 1956|8.50 x 8.50 cm|en feuilles
    First edition printed in a numbered edition of 90 copies on vélin du marais paper.
    Rare and handsome copy.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece by Jean Bazaine.
    Manuscript signatures of the publisher and illustrator at the colophon enhanced with an amusing autograph inscription signed by André Frénaud: "Pour René et pour P.A.B. (Paul Alfred Bar) affectueusement AF." ["For René and for P.A.B. (Paul Alfred Bar) affectionately AF."].
    €350
  44. La grande ville - Nouveau tableau de Paris comique, critique et philosophique
    Honoré de BALZAC, Paul de KOCK
    La grande ville - Nouveau tableau de Paris comique, critique et philosophique
    Maresq|Paris 1844|17.50 x 26.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First printing of the 31 illustrations outside text (29 plates and 2 frontispieces) and numerous vignettes within the text by Gavarni, Daumier, D'Aubigny, Adam, Emy, Traviès, Boulanger, Monnier and Théno.
    This is a copy of the first edition of 1843 reissued by Marescq in 1844 with the same illustrations but with different titles and additionally containing 11 plates outside text in volume 1, 2 engraved titles as well as 2 frontispieces.
    Texts by Paul de Kock, Honoré de Balzac, Alexandre Dumas, Frédéric Soulié, Léon Gozlan, Edouard Ourliac, Eugène Briffault, Eugène Guinot and Henri Monnier.
    Half chocolate brown morocco bindings with corners, smooth spines decorated with richly ornamented gilt cartouches, gilt dates at foot, frames of gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, top edges gilt, elegant pastiche bindings signed Pagnant.
    Handsome copy beautifully executed of this very important work, remarkable for the fine constellation of writers and artists of the Romantic period who collaborated on it. A book very difficult to find perfect with its covers (cf Carteret).
    €1,200
  45. Dali de Draeger
    Salvador DALI, Max GÉRARD
    Dali de Draeger
    Le Soleil Noir|Paris 1968|29 x 31 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    - Dali's famous snail drawing -
    First edition.
    Publisher's binding, smooth spine, with its illustrated dust jacket.
    Numerous illustrations.
    Outstanding signed and inscribed copy across the title page and facing endpaper, by Salvador Dali to Ms Elisa Hanioti, painter herself and close friend of Gen Paul.
    Dali's intial D takes the form of his famous "snail drawing".
    Former British officer Captain Moore, alleged secret agent during WW2 and Dali's secretary from 1956 to 1974, added the words "Paris, 1969" and signed at the bottom of the title page.
    €4,000
  46. Le capitaine Fracasse
    Théophile GAUTIER, Gustave DORÉ
    Le capitaine Fracasse
    Charpentier|Paris 1866|19 x 27.30 cm|relié
    First illustrated edition, uncommon, with 60 wood-engraved plates by Gustave Doré, engraved by Huyot, Jonnard... Edition with the first address: Quai de l'école, preferable to the second.
    Half old red morocco binding with corners. Jansenist spine with raised bands bearing title, author and date at foot. Series of double fillets on boards. Light traces of rubbing. Corners and boards rubbed. Paper superbly fresh, of exquisite whiteness, except for one signature lightly browned and a slight trace of dampstain to upper margin of one engraving, and foxing to upper margin of table of contents.
    Rare condition in contemporary half morocco with beautifully fresh paper.
    "A highly sought-after publication for its remarkable illustration, it is of great rarity in first printing" (Carteret, 259). One of the first works illustrated by the young Gustave Doré, friend of Théophile Gautier.



    €1,100
  47. Monsieur, madame et bébé
    Gustave DROZ
    Monsieur, madame et bébé
    Victor Havard|Paris 1878|18.70 x 28.50 cm|relié
    First illustrated edition with 250 wood-engraved compositions by Edmond Morin. A portrait of the author as frontispiece by Léopold Flameng. The ordinary edition contains no justification.
    Half navy blue shagreen binding signed E. Bazin (Nancy) with his stamp on the first endpaper. Spine with raised bands richly decorated. Combed edges. Borders rubbed. Scattered foxing. Good copy.
    A true literary phenomenon of the late 19th century, the work consists of a succession of light and humorous scenes that celebrate first adolescent stirrings and love of woman, then marriage and paternity. This results in a gentle eroticism that celebrates woman through her adornments, makeup or clothing. Henry James himself praised the beauties of these trifles, writing that he preferred an inch of Droz to a kilometer of Daudet...

    €300
  52. Les pendus au réverbère
    Guy LABORDE, Pierre MAC ORLAN
    Les pendus au réverbère
    Editions Henry-Parville|Paris 1926|18.50 x 24 cm|broché
    First edition and first printing of the 6 color compositions by Chas Laborde, one of 255 numbered copies on laid paper with deckled edges.
    Spine lightly sunned, rear board marginally shadowed and stained on its right margin.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Guy Laborde to his uncle, the book's illustrator: "A mon oncle Chas. dont l'atelier de la rue des Saules et celui de la rue Caulaincourt furent mes phares tutélaires." ["To my uncle Chas. whose studios on rue des Saules and rue Caulaincourt were my guiding lights."]


    €250
  59. Before the golden age of comics, the "Age of Doré"
    Des-agréments d'un voyage d'agrément
    Gustave DORÉ
    Des-agréments d'un voyage d'agrément
    Féchoz & Letouzey|Paris s. d. [1860]|36 x 27.50 cm|relié

    Album of lithographed plates in third state, first cover printed in 3 tones, black, bistre with gradients and white highlights, followed by 24 lithographs in black on 12 double-sided pages.


    Gray half calf binding, smooth spine, some foxing, original soft cover preserved, binding signed by Charles Septier.


    Created in 1851, this youthful work influenced by Rodolphe Töppfer's style, is now considered an incunabulum of comic strips.

    €2,500
  60. Les différents publics de Paris par Gustave Doré
    Gustave DORÉ
    Les différents publics de Paris par Gustave Doré
    Au bureau du journal amusant|Paris S.d (1854)|34.50 x 26.50 cm|relié
    | Gustave's 'jeunesse Doré' – talent's no need of years |

    First edition, first printing of this rare album, with its precious publisher's lithographed green cover by Belin and twenty original captioned lithographed plates by Gustave Doré.
    One of Doré's earliest efforts, his debut album of illustrations he published at age twenty-two: "In this album, Doré begins to display an unprecedented mastery of comedy and exuberance. We are constantly drawn in by the abundant playfulness of his verve, and, as Béraldi says, 'by a very accurate, very witty and yet measured observation'"(Henri Leblanc, Catalogue de l'oeuvre complète de Gustave Doré).
    Later olive-green 3/4 Russian morocco binding, faded spine, light scuffing to the corners, marbled pastedowns and endleaves, original covers preserved, binding signed Ch. Septier.
    €3,500
  61. From barbarian invasions to the Romantic era : France as seen by its most famous cartoonist
    Folies gauloises depuis les Romains jusqu'à nos jours - Album de moeurs et de costumes
    Gustave DORÉ
    Folies gauloises depuis les Romains jusqu'à nos jours - Album de moeurs et de costumes
    Au bureau du journal amusant|s. l. s. d. [1859]|34.50 x 26.50 cm|relié

    20 full-page lithographs in black by Gustave Doré, in second state.
    Red half oblong Bradel-style cloth binding, smooth spine, black morocco title label, marbled paper boards, beige paper endpapers and flyleaves, corners slightly dulled.

    €1,200
  63. Le cuisinier anglais universel, ou le nec plus ultra de la gourmandise
    Francis COLLINGWOOD, John WOOLLAMS
    Le cuisinier anglais universel, ou le nec plus ultra de la gourmandise
    Tardieu|Paris 1810|13.50 x 22 cm|2 volumes reliés
    | An English celebrity-chef cook-book, the only "foreign" ever translated into French in the 19th-C |

    Le cuisinier anglais universel, ou le nec plus ultra de la gourmandise [The Universal Cook], Tardieu, Paris 1810, 13,5x22cm, 2 bound volumes.
    Rare first French edition.
    2 frontispieces and 12 numbered engravings bound at rear of the second volume.
    Small lack of paper to upper right corner and marginal restoration to the first volume's title page. Minor foxing, a light halo to the right margin of each of the 12 engravings at rear of the second volume.
    Red half morocco binding, smooth spines with arabesques motifs in gilt, marbled paper boards, snags and rubbing to boards and edges, corners bent.
    The book was first published as The Universal Cook in London in 1792; its fourth edition was translated into French and published in 1810.
    The Universal Cook is the work of two famous chefs, Francis Collingwood and John Woollams, who worked in the most famous establishments on the London Strand: the London Tavern and The Crown and Anchor, known for serving members of the Whig-club.
    This edition is one of the few examples of British cuisine making inroads into French gastronomic culture. The latter was to exert an almost unchallenged hegemony for a long time to come. The Universal Cook's publication was considered a curiosity in French culinary circles, as the publisher's preface indicates; it was also seen as a real risk, according to the great bibliographer Oberlé: "Let us admire the courage of the publisher Tardieu, who, in 1810, at a time when we had no enemies more hated than the English, dared to have translated a book praising the culinary splendors of the perfidious Albion". However, this rare publication was in response to demand from an Anglophile gourmet public: it's no coincidence that one of the first luxury restaurants in Paris was christened La Grande Taverne de Londres (The Great London Tavern) due to the renown attached, from the end of the 18th century, to fine dining as it was practiced in England. The book was issued during post-revolutionary France, where cooking had outgrown aristocratic circles. Former cooks in the service of now emigrated nobles opened restaurants, where they developed a true "culinary science" like their English counterparts.
    Recipes in this book illustrate changes in English culinary culture at the turn of the 19th-century. The hierarchy of prestige, previously held by French cuisine with its rôts and potages, gave way to puddings and tarts. There are only fourteen "French-style" preparations: fricandeau, duck, mauviettes, sole, turbot, cookies, "selle de mouton [pullets] à la Saint-Menehould", "soupe lorraine"... For a short while, the city of London had replaced French court as center and driving force of culinary change.
    A very rare appearance of English cuisine in French gastronomy, during an era of intense hostilities between the two countries as Napoleon waged war on Europe.
    €3,000
  65. Masterpiece of Eroticism with a Capital O
    Histoire d'O
    Pauline RÉAGE [Dominique AURY] Jean PAULHAN (pref.)
    Histoire d'O
    [Story of O]
    Jean-Jacques Pauvert|Sceaux 1954|12 x 19 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui

    First edition, one of 20 copies on Arches paper, most limited deluxe issue (tirage de tête).
    Like all copies on Arches, it is wrapped in a double dust jacket in yellow and white, and bears the rare sanguine vignette drawn and engraved by Hans Bellmer.
    Preface by Jean Paulhan.


    Our copy is housed in a custom clamshell box featuring an original design signed by Julie Nadot.

     

    Beautiful first edition copy of this masterpiece of erotic literature, in its most limited deluxe issue.

    €17,000
  66. Sylvie and Bruno. Sylvie and Bruno concluded
    Lewis CARROLL, Harry FURNISS
    Sylvie and Bruno. Sylvie and Bruno concluded
    Macmillan and co|London 1889 - 1893|12.50 x 19 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First editions of these 2 volumes, each illustrated with 46 drawings by Harry Furniss. At the end of each volume, 5 pages of Carroll's works and a facsimile of the Alice in Wonderland manuscript.
    Publisher's full red cloth binding. Smooth spine with gilt titles, gilt medallions on boards depicting characters from the novels. Triple gilt frame on boards. All edges gilt. The Sylvie and Bruno volume uniformly faded, a split at head and foot of a few millimeters, 2 slight depressions on the spine, along the lower joint, cloth worn and opened for a few millimeters; corners turned in, small stains and soiling. A bookseller's label on the pastedown: Serendip books, Dorset. On the half-title, a manuscript inscription in blue ink: Purchase 1972 march, and opposite a signature.
    The Sylvie and Bruno Concluded volume in fine condition, despite sunken headcaps, a somewhat faded spine and some light soiling.
    A handsome set in the original publisher's binding, perfectly fresh internally.
    €1,400
  68. Souffle-esprit
    François CHENG
    Souffle-esprit
    Seuil|Paris 1989|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite two creases at the upper and lower right corners of the front cover.
    Work illustrated with Chinese painting plates at the end of the volume.
    Autograph inscription signed by François Cheng to Gilbert Lascault, pataphysician, art critic and specialist notably of the work of Jean Dubuffet, Pierre Alechinsky, Christian Boltanski: "... en très proche pensée" ["... in very close thought"] enhanced with a small drawing representing a Chinese ideogram.


    €350
  69. Robur le conquérant. Un billet de loterie
    Jules VERNE
    Robur le conquérant. Un billet de loterie
    Hetzel|Paris 1905-1914|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
    Illustrated edition with 87 drawings by L. Benett and G. Roux.
    Hetzel publisher's binding "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red cloth, first cover polychrome signed Engel, second cover type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, lighthouse spine, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
    Volume very slightly warped, one scratch and light discoloration on the lower cover, minimal rubbing on spine and in the fan design, original blue endpapers lightened as usual.
    Robur le Conquérant is an anticipation novel. Three members of an American aeronautical club are kidnapped by a mysterious character who takes them around the world aboard a gigantic flying machine with rotating wings.
    Un billet de loterie is a love story set in Norway against the backdrop of a disappearance and a winning lottery ticket.
    Very handsome copy of this very rare title with the "lighthouse spine".
    €2,000
  70. L'Île mystérieuse
    Jules VERNE
    L'Île mystérieuse
    Hetzel|Paris 1903|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
    Illustrated edition with 154 drawings by Férat engraved by Barbant.
    Publisher's Hetzel binding "au dos à l'ancre" in full red percale, second cover Engel type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
    Volume slightly warped, a discoloration stain at upper right corner of lower board (approximately 5x4cm) as well as some light scratches at lower margin, one corner of upper board very slightly bumped.
    The novel forms a sequel to Vingt mille lieues sous les mers as well as to Les Enfants du capitaine Grant, to which it is connected by narrative elements.
    €1,500
  71. Aventures du Capitaine Hatteras au Pôle Nord
    Jules VERNE
    Aventures du Capitaine Hatteras au Pôle Nord
    Hetzel|Paris 1905-1914|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
    Illustrated edition with 150 drawings by Riou.
    Publisher's Hetzel binding "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red percale signed A. Lenègre, first cover polychrome signed Engel, second cover type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, spine with lighthouse, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
    Volume slightly warped, some soiling to lower board.
    Les Aventures du capitaine Hatteras is an adventure novel that relates an expedition to the North Pole. It features themes such as ethnographic study of hyperborean peoples (the Eskimos) or the harsh survival in an extreme environment.
    €1,000
  74. La Danse - Les grands Courants de la Danse académique
    Serge LIFAR
    La Danse - Les grands Courants de la Danse académique
    Denoël|Paris 1938|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Light worming to boards.
    Work illustrated with 36 photographs in and hors-texte.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Serge Lifar: "Au grand Sacha Guitry en témoignage d'admiration et d'amitié profondes, hommage respectueux de Serge Lifar." ["To the great Sacha Guitry in testimony of deep admiration and friendship, respectful homage from Serge Lifar."]




    €350
  75. Album Saint-Simon
    (Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de SAINT-SIMON) COLLECTIF
    Album Saint-Simon
    Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1969|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
    First edition.
    Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
    Rich iconography assembled and annotated by Georges Poisson, autograph inscription signed and dated by the latter to Madame Durand on the half-title page.
    Handsome copy complete with its rhodoid which has a small cut at the level of the first cover, its dust jacket and its flexible slipcase.
    €120
  76. "Jules Verne" - In Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n°123 - & "P.J. Stahl (Hetzel) In Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n°124
    André GILL, PIERRE
    "Jules Verne" - In Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n°123 - & "P.J. Stahl (Hetzel) In Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n°124
    Léon Vanier|Paris 1880|20 x 29.50 cm|2 volumes en feuilles
    First edition of both issues of this magazine, each consisting of two folded sheets.
    On the first sheet of each issue, a color woodcut representing Jules Verne and Jules Hetzel by André Gill.
    On the following sheets, text by Pierre and Paul in first edition entitled "Jules Verne" and "P.J. Stahl (Hetzel)".
    Handsome set bringing together one of the most popular and widely read writers of the very end of the 19th and very beginning of the 20th centuries and his famous publisher.
    €250
  82. La Brière
    Alphonse de CHÂTEAUBRIANT, Jean FRÉLAUT
    La Brière
    Société des Amis des Livres|Paris 1942|14 x 20.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
    Edition printed in 104 numbered copies on Arches vellum, ours being one of 14 named copies reserved for collaborators, and illustrated with 74 original drypoints by Jean Frélaut.
    The illustrations comprise: 3 full-page hors-texte including 1 frontispiece, 51 in-text and 20 tailpieces.
    Our copy is enriched with a menu from a luncheon organized by the Société des Amis des Livres on Saturday March 13, 1943, the menu is illustrated with an original drypoint by Jean Frélaut which he justified.
    Cover boards shaded, spine and boards of the chemise and slipcase marginally sunned.
    Fine and rare copy.
    €1,200
  83. L'Augusta
    Maurice SAND
    L'Augusta
    H. Floury|Paris 1900|15 x 24 cm|relié
    First illustrated edition by Rochegrosse with 15 etchings including 12 full-page, 1 half-page and 1 tailpiece, and a very beautiful cover by Georges Rochegrosse engraved by Champollion. Subscription leaf at rear. One of 250 copies on Arches vellum, numbered 246. The same artistic team created Flaubert's Salammbo in the same creative spirit.
    Half brown morocco binding with corners signed J. Kauffmann at the top of the first endpaper. Smooth spine decorated with an ornamental composition in mirror pattern connected by fine fillets. Red morocco title label. Spine uniformly faded. Light rubbing traces. Top edge gilt. Covers and spine preserved. Entirely uncut, perfectly fresh.
    Beautiful edition illustrated by Rochegrosse with Orientalist inspiration in which the illustrator excels.
    €450
  84. L'oiseau
    Hector GIACOMELLI, Jules MICHELET
    L'oiseau
    Hachette & Cie|Paris 1881|19.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
    Illustrated edition with 210 wood engravings by Hector Giacomelli.
    Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with blind fillets, some traces of rubbing to spine and joints, boards decorated with Japanese-inspired and floral motifs stamped in blind, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, three corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt, contemporary Japonist binding.
    A handsome copy in contemporary Japonist binding.
    €400
  85. Les enfants du capitaine Grant
    Jules VERNE
    Les enfants du capitaine Grant
    Hetzel|Paris 1903|19 x 28 cm|relié
    New illustrated edition with 172 drawings by Riou, engraved by Pannemaker.
    Publisher's binding known as "A la mappemonde" or "Au dos à l'ancre," beveled. Second cover of Engel type i. Very beautiful upper plate with particularly brilliant golds, signed Engel in the anchor. Dark traces to the left and right of the world map. Beautiful spine with soft but not collapsed headcaps, infinitely faded; this spine has the particularity of possessing a laminated lower section, as with the first inlay bindings, one might think it is one of the first anchor spines, formed like the first gilt globe bindings, with an inlay in the lower section; however, this world map binding is not at its first attempt, it has been thinned in this version (the first ones too bulky and heavy would deform) and the spine is more harmonious, losing its wide unsightly red band. Let us recall that this binding enjoyed a short life and dressed only three titles: The Children of Captain Grant, The Mysterious Island and Matthias Sandorf. Perfect second cover. Well-pointed corners, lightly rubbed. A tear on the interior border of the second cover measuring 8mm. Perfect edges. Shiny percaline. Very fresh copy, completely free of foxing.
    Magnificent copy, very rare in this condition.
    One of the author's great classics, 2 children set out to search for their shipwrecked father. The novel leads the reader from Scotland to New Zealand via the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, the Strait of Magellan, the Andes mountain range, the Argentine pampa, the Cape of Good Hope, Amsterdam Island, and Australia. Let us recall that The Children of Captain Grant forms a trilogy with The Mysterious Island and then 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, not a sequel, but indeed a trilogy.




    €1,800
  87. Sagesse, Cahiers de littérature et d'art N°15 &16
    COLLECTIF, Pablo PICASSO
    Sagesse, Cahiers de littérature et d'art N°15 &16
    Sagesse|Paris Printemps-Eté 1931|18 x 23.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    A handsome copy despite small marginal foxing on the boards, a minute tear at the head of the second board.
    Contributions by Lorna Rea "L'esprit souffle où il veut" translated by Odette Chauvet-Villard, Géo Norge "Poëmes", Ivan Goll "Mélusine"...
    Issue illustrated with reproductions of works by Pablo Picasso, Giorgio de Chirico, Marie Laurencin, Victor Servranckx, Alexander Calder, Jacques Maret...
    €80
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