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

First edition, one advance (service de presse) copy.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by the author to Robert Desnos.
Light and rare foxings on the upper cover, a good copy.

First edition of the French translation established by E. Boudot-Lamotte, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Fine inscription from the translator.
Spine slightly sunned with two small tears at head and foot.

First edition of the French translation by E. Boudot-Lamotte, a service de presse (advance) copy.
Fine autograph inscription from the translator.
Spine slightly sunned.

First edition pour each volume, there was no mention of large paper copies.
Rare autograph inscription from Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly, in pencil, to a close friend : "à Hervé/ Inoubliable - inoublié" in the first volume.
Spine of first volume cracked, a joint fragile, ex-dono in ink to head of upper cover of the second volume, a few small spots.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Rives, tirage de tête. Illustrations to text.
Copy in new condition.

First edition, one of 500 copies on vergé à la forme paper. With a portrait and 5 illustrations.
A very good copy.

First edition, rare, decorated with a frontispiece drawn by Bertaux and engraved by Martinet.
Contemporary green full vellum binding. Spine lacking. Corners bumped. Paper lacking to 2 leaves at right margin, not touching text. Dampstain at bottom of page on several leaves at beginning of work not touching text. Endpapers absent.
Zély is the work of Madame de Fourqueux, who published several novels: Amélie de Téville ou Les confessions de madame... She is regularly cited in collections of 18th-century anecdotes. Zély deals with the destiny of a woman in the 18th century. The two works that follow are by abbé Voisenon, a man of letters quite famous in the 18th century, frequenting salons, friend of Voltaire and author of libertine and light works, theatrical pieces and even a famous opera: Titon et l'aurore (Mondonville). The edition was established by Dantu who gathered these three works with a preface of his own creation, around the theme of happiness.


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First edition.
Bradel binding in half vellum-effect boards, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, date and double gilt fillet at foot, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved.
With a frontispiece portrait of the author.
Occasional foxing, an angular tear at head of preface pages not affecting text.
Rare collection of poems by Magu, poet-weaver from the Île-de-France region.

First edition by Richard Mead with the life of Martial by Petro Crinito. A frontispiece by Du Guernier. Title page in red and black.
Contemporary rigid full vellum binding. Smooth Jansenist spine with title in red ink. Handsome copy.
The work contains the Liber spectaculorum, which gathers 33 epigrammatic pieces, offered to Titus during the inauguration of the Colosseum in 80; followed by the Epigrams numbering 1500 distributed over 15 books. The latter are often obscene, they cast a particular eye on all layers of Roman society and attack all sorts of characters.

First edition printed in 500 copies on "ordinary paper", the only printing with 25 various deluxe copies.
Full sea-green cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine very slightly faded, original wrappers preserved (front cover bearing a pen gift inscription from a previous owner), top edge gilt, contemporary binding.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half cherry red percaline, smooth spine faded, date at foot, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, covers (with small corner lacks) preserved.
Some light foxing.
Bookplate pasted to verso of front board.
Rare.

First edition. Illustrated with a handsome frontispiece title. This edition is distinguished by learned and studied typography, the text is in italics and the notes at the bottom of pages.
Contemporary full vellum binding with overlapping flaps. Smooth spine. Title label added to headcap and partly detached. Good overall condition. Very fresh copy.
Edition established by Marc Zuerius Boxhornius (1612-1653), celebrated Dutch critic and scholar who was professor of eloquence at 19 years old at Leiden and succeeded Daniel Heinsius in the chair of history.
Handsome and interesting edition by Hacke in Leiden.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies, reimposed on green paper, the only large paper copies with 7 Japon.
A very good copy retaining its leaf "conditions".

First edition in French.
Work illustrated with plates.
Covers marginally and slightly faded without significance, a slight angular lack at the foot of the first cover.
Rare.

First separate edition of which no deluxe copies were issued.
Illustrated front cover.
Two slight angular fold marks on the back cover.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in mauve half-cloth, smooth spine faded, dark green sheep title-label, double gilt fillet at foot, marbled paper boards, upper corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription signed by Fernand Vanderem to Marcel Prévost.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Full chocolate paper boards, smooth spine cracked with small losses, joints fragile.
Pale marginal dampstain to head of most pages, foxing.
Rare but in fair condition.

The rare first edition of this small literary farce signed by E. Desormes, Edouard Kuhn, Matrat, Anatole Huot, Favory, Marc Gilland, D. Mon, Martial Teneo, Renaudot, Jamet, René Asse, Edmond Brouard, Vogt, Eugène Sédard, Paul bru, Auguste Milton...
Amateur binding in imitation leather pasted over the covers.
Dampstaining affecting the first leaves, occasional foxing.

First edition.
Half hazelnut shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt friezes and blind fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Scattered foxing.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Rives, the tirage de tête.
Small spots to some edges, otherwise a good, well-margined copy.

First edition, one of 1000 unnumbered copies on chiffon paper, the only printing with 10 Japan and 25 Arches.
Front cover illustrated with a portrait of the author by Julien Green.

First edition, one of 200 copies on deluxe paper, ours unnumbered and unsigned by the author.
Light marginal tears without loss to covers.
Rare inscription from Raymond Duncan to Jean Prévost's wife, three manuscript talismans by the author in the text.

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.

First collected edition.
With a frontispiece portrait of the author by Louis Chevalier engraved by Lalauze.
Bradel binding in full marbled paper, smooth spine, brown morocco title-label, original wrappers preserved, binding signed by P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Charles Monselet to Jules Clarétie.
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First edition, one of 108 numbered copies on vergé Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto, the tirage de tête.
A good copy.

First edition on ordinary paper; only a few copies were printed on China and Holland paper as deluxe copies.
One joint cracked at foot then reglued, a small marginal tear restored to the front cover, occasional foxing.

First edition.
Publisher's full cream paper boards, smooth navy spine with gilt title, dust jacket preserved with slight tears and occasional tiny lacks of no significance.
Fine copy complete with its erratum pasted opposite the contents page.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
Copy in new condition.

First collected edition, one of the numbered copies on vellum, the only issue with 25 on pur fil.
Autograph inscription from the author.
Half-title page marginally shadowed due to a piece of envelope preserved, addressed to the dedicatee by the author.

First edition printed in 500 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Autograph inscription from the author.
Handsome copy.

First edition. Large printer's device on the title page and on the verso of the last leaf. Illustrated with a portrait of Torrentius and a second of Horace on copper. Horace's text in italics.
Full marbled blonde sheep binding, early 20th century, pastiche of a 17th-century binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title-label and black morocco dating label. 2 corners darkened. Lacking at foot of spine.
An edition whose value lies in the commentaries by Laevinius Torrentius (1525-1595) on the odes, satires and epistles, Bishop of Antwerp and scholar, and those by Pierre Nanninck (1500-1557), Dutch scholar native of Alkmaar, who concludes the work by commenting on Horace's "Art of Poetry." Posthumous edition produced by the Jesuits of Antwerp, preceded by an Ode Horatiana by Father Andreas Schott.

First edition on ordinary paper, only 50 copies were printed on deluxe paper.
Handsome copy lacking its illustrated dust jacket.

First edition, one of the rare copies on Holland paper of which no mention is made.
Half-shagreen binding in tête-de-nègre, spine with five raised bands showing traces of rubbing, joints rubbed, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, top edge gilt retaining its deckled edges, contemporary binding.
Notice by Georges Valois.

First edition.
Bradel binding in full caramel boards, smooth spine, navy blue shagreen title-label, headcaps rubbed, library label at head of spine, corners slightly bumped.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author.
Some light foxing.

First edition.
Half caramel sheep binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt and blind fillets, gilt frieze at tail, one headcap lacking, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped with lacks to marbled paper, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by A. Dean.
Copy almost entirely free from foxing, marginal annotations in pencil.

First edition, critical notes.
Bradel binding in half burgundy cloth, smooth spine, dark brown shagreen title-label showing traces of rubbing, date at foot, original wrappers preserved.
Concerning notably the symbolists, an illustrated edition of "Fleurs du mal", Enough of Alexandre Dumas! Stendhalisme, the young and Boulangism, E.A. Poe, Barbey d'Aurevilly as critic, G. de Maupassant poet...
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Spine and covers marginally and slightly faded, a small loss to lower corner of rear board, handsome interior condition.

First edition on ordinary paper.

First edition on ordinary paper, only 12 copies printed on Holland paper in deluxe format.
Inscribed by the author, the dedicatee's name has been erased.

First edition on ordinary paper, only 5 copies were printed on deluxe pure thread paper.
About Rimbaud's precocity, the relevance of Leconte de Lisle, Verlaine's fame, an afternoon with Moréas, Rachilde's imagination...
Spine and front cover slightly and marginally faded, a small angular lack at head of front cover, a marginal fold on back cover.

First edition.
Spine cracked, two small corner lacks to boards, handsome interior condition.

first edition of which he was not drawn large papers.
Signed autograph L. Fournier Henri Lérey.
spine and marginally past and quilted boards.
Rare.

First edition published under the pseudonym of Madame Bawr, false statement of second edition.
Half aubergine calf bindings, smooth spines decorated with triple gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, small skin losses to one joint, light traces of tape on endpapers, contemporary bindings.
Rare copy of this novel whose action takes place under the reign of Charles V of France.
Some minor foxing without gravity.

First edition in French on ordinary paper, translated by J.W. Bienstock, from a limited edition of only 5 deluxe copies on Holland paper.
A slight corner lack at the foot of the back cover.
Rare.

First edition of the French version, in verse and prose, established by Jean Richepin, one of the rare copies on salmon-colored paper of which no mention is made.
Light lacks to the spine, one joint cracked at foot, tears and small corner lacks to the boards, small lacks to some deckled edges, which is almost inevitable given the fragility of this paper.
Rare full-margined copy.

First edition.
Half cherry red sheep binding, smooth spine faded and decorated with gilt and blind fillets with traces of rubbing, dark brown sheep title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Some minor foxing.

First edition on ordinary paper, only 60 copies were printed on deluxe paper.
Pleasant autograph inscription by the author.

First edition.
Half sheep binding in burgundy, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies, of this poem composed by the brother of Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly.
Spine sunned with a small lack at foot, foxing and stains to boards, small angular lack at foot of second board.
Rare.

First collected edition.
Contemporary marbled brown sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with thick and thin fillets. Red morocco title label, black morocco volume label in a circle. One wormhole at foot of volume 1, a second at foot of volume 4.
José Cadalso (1741-1792), Spanish poet and man of letters, journalist, studied in England and France at the Jesuit college Louis le Grand, then at the seminary in Madrid. After traveling through Europe, he pursued a military career. His prose helped awaken the spirit of the Enlightenment in Spain and defend national identity. These works bring together his poetry, translations and criticism, as well as his essays.
Bookplate of J. J. Ballard, physician, early 19th century.

Second edition, first in parts, printed in 539 copies, this one of 500 copies on paper from the Périgord works.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Joris-Karl Huysmans to (Edouard) Dujardin.
With a frontispiece portrait of the author. One small tear without lack to head of one joint, upper cover partially faded, one small marginal lack not touching text to page 23, otherwise internally good.

First edition, one of 145 numbered in the press copies, the only printing along with 5 Arches.
Autograph inscription from Paul Desmeth to his friends Lucien and Jérome Becker.
A good and rare copy of the author's first book.

First edition.
Publisher's Bradel binding in black half cloth with corners, smooth unlettered spine, vellum-style paper boards, a very pale dampstain to front cover, some traces of rubbing.
Author's portrait as frontispiece.
Handsome interior condition.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Inscribed by the author.

First edition.
Illustrated with a frontispiece title drawn by Gazard and engraved by Patas, and three engravings by Larrieu, engraved by the same.
Mid-19th century half red sheep binding. Smooth spine with fillets. Fine copy.
Barnabé Farmian Durosy or de Rozoi (1745-1792) was a journalist and man of letters from Toulouse, at once playwright, poet, novelist, historian and essayist. Founder and editor of a royalist daily newspaper in 1789, he was the first journalist to die by guillotine under the Terror. Henri IV ou la Bataille d'Ivry was deemed worthy of some twenty performances in Paris, Versailles, Toulouse and Brussels between 1774 and 1795. Antoine Rivarol seems to have been the only one to show enthusiasm for his lyrical work. It was necessary, wrote the author of Discours sur l'universalité de la langue française in 1788, for "poetic youth" to forget "the Voltaires, the Racines and the Corneilles" and take as model the one whose name "flies from mouth to mouth on the wing of vaudeville."

First edition on ordinary paper, no mention is made of deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with ornaments by L. Pissarro, L. Anquetin and F. Vallotton.
Our copy bears an autograph inscription from Marie-Blanche Arnac presenting this volume to Albert Morgan.
Lacks at head and foot of spine, a pale marginal dampstain at foot of first leaves, some minor foxing.

First edition on ordinary paper, with only 6 deluxe copies printed on Holland paper.
Autograph inscription from Nicolette Hennique to Michel Corday.
Spine slightly sunned with light cracking, occasional light foxing.

New edition, with some parts in first edition, with introduction and notes by Charles Asselineau.
Half chocolate morocco shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands showing minor rubbing, decorated with gilt floral motifs, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary binding signed by Petit successeur de Simier.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece and 4 steel plates.
Light marginal foxing affecting mainly the engravings.

Second edition with some parts in first edition.
Half red Russia morocco binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt and blind fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Copy virtually free from foxing.

First edition.
Half fir green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands with minor rubbing, ornately gilt in double compartments, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
A photographic portrait of the author taped to an endpaper, some light foxing.

First edition.
Half chocolate shagreen binding, spine sunned with five raised bands, date at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing affecting mainly the first and last pages, marginal pencil annotations by a previous owner.

First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Japan paper, ours unjustified, deluxe copy.
Bradel binding in half lilac cloth with corners, smooth spine, lilac shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 2 unpublished photographic portraits of Ernest and Alain Renan.
Handsome copy.

First edition printed in a small number on laid paper.
Bradel binding in full red cloth, smooth spine, date at foot, original wrappers preserved.
Illustrated work, as frontispiece, with an etching by Staal.
Some minor worming without significance.

Definitive edition with some parts in first edition as it is expanded with unpublished letters and pieces.
Half mouse-colored shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands, traces of rubbing to joints, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
As frontispiece, a portrait of the author by René Ménard.
Detailed booksellers' catalog labels concerning this work taped to the verso of the front endpaper.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Half cherry red shagreen with corners, spine with five raised bands, date at foot, marbled paper boards, one upper corner slightly rubbed, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Alfred Farez.

First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half hazelnut morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands showing minor rubbing traces, date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed by Vermorel.
Author's name misspelled in the title compartment.

First edition of which there were no deluxe copies mentioned.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper of the only novel by Hippolyte Taine published during his lifetime.
Half chocolate shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly faded decorated with gilt floral motifs, marbled paper boards, two small nicks on edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, original wrappers preserved.
Rare inscription by Hippolyte Taine "offert par l'exécuteur H. Taine" ["offered by the executor H. Taine"] on the first cover.
Some light foxing of no great consequence.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on Hollande, the only large paper copies with 6 Chine.
Endpapers slightly shaded, otherwise a rare and good copy.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half olive percaline, smooth spine, rust-colored shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Copy almost entirely free from foxing.

First edition, one of 25 numbered hors commerce copies on Madagascar paper, deluxe copy.
Bradel binding in half mauve cloth with corners, smooth spine, red shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Half sheep, small repairs to head and to foot of joints, covers preserved, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription signed by Joris-Karl Huysmans.

First edition, one of 30 copies on Hollande, the only large paper copies.
Endpapers and title page slightly faded, otherwise a fine copy with good margins.
Rare.

First edition printed in small numbers on laid paper.
Half sheep binding in aubergine, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with gilt typographical motif and gilt frieze at foot, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.

First edition for the first text and second edition for the second.
Full cardboard binding, smooth spine, olive shagreen title-label, slight rubbing to one joint, contemporary binding.
Some foxing.

First edition with no mention of deluxe copies.
Half bordeaux shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands showing light rubbing, gilt initials at foot, one upper corner slightly bumped, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Double autograph inscription by Jules Lemaître to the same dedicatee on the first endpaper and the half-title page.
Light worming to edges.

First edition of the adaptation and French translation established by A. Jarry of this text by S.T. Coleridge, one of 350 numbered copies on laid paper, the only printing with 12 on Japan paper.
Work illustrated with 7 head-pieces and 1 tailpiece engraved and designed by A. Deslignères.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition.
Full wine-colored sheep binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with quadruple compartments and triple gilt fillets, double gilt fillets on covers, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 2 illustrations on the title pages.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
Rare.

MARINETTI Filippo Tommaso
Le Roi Bombance [The Feasting King]
Mercure de France, Paris 1905, 11,5 x 18,5 cm, half black shagreen
First edition on ordinary paper.
Half black shagreen, marbled boards, pastedowns and endpapers, wrappers preserved.
Handsome autograph inscription from Filippo-Tommaso Marinetti to Pierre Mortier, with in front, his address in Milan.
$ 1 250

First edition.
Half cherry red morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Pagnant.
Handsome and rare copy.
Bibliophilic notation on the verso of a pastedown.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half indigo cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, navy blue shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph inscription from José Maria de Hérédia to Eugène Pailleron.

First edition printed in a small number of copies, only 10 Holland deluxe copies were printed.
Half cherry red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Work illustrated with an engraved frontispiece drawn by Bracquemond.
Handsome and rare copy.

First French edition, the first having appeared the year before in Brussels, published by Lebègue.
Half navy blue shagreen over marbled paper boards, spine (very slightly faded) in six compartments a little rubbed (but not significantly), marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
A very rare autograph inscription signed by Henry Murger to his friend Michel Carré on half-title.
A tiny lack at the center of one pastedowns, a little light insignificant foxing, marginal trace of a label to half-title.

First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Half navy blue Bradel binding over marbled paper boards by T. Boichot, date to foot of spine, covers and spine preserved (wormholes to edges), top edge gilt.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes to Aldous Huxley.
With a frontispiece portrait of the author.

Second edition (the first one was only of 10 copies), with 23 original drawings by E. Tanguy. Affectionate autograph inscription from J.K. Huysmans.
A small tear glued to head of a joint, otherwise a good copy.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on laid paper, ours not justified, only print with 3 Japan and 15 Holland paper.
A very small spot without gravity at the head of the second board, otherwise pleasant copy.
Rare.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Inscription from the author.
Spine very slightly warped, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition of the Portuguese translation and first Brazilian edition.
Full red cloth binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with fleurons, dotwork and gilt fillets, gilt dentelle at head and foot, covers richly decorated with triple gilt compartments, with a central lozenge with hatched borders surrounded by a garland, black morocco inlays, gilt rolls framing the pastedowns and on the leading edges, edges gilt, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré paper, publisher's binding, binder's label pasted.
Minimal traces of rubbing, occasional light foxing, otherwise a handsome and well-established copy.

First edition of this adaptation of Schiller's drama and its important preface established by Benjamin Constant.
Half hazel sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets slightly faded at foot, speckled edges, tiny wormhole at foot of one hinge.
Dampstain to head of final leaves, otherwise a handsome copy.