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

First edition.
Full navy blue cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet and date at foot, brown shagreen title-label, contemporary binding signed in blind by Pierson.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Half dark green shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, front board with a small paper lack at foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
Occasional foxing.

first edition.
Binding half navy blue shagreen, back with four nerves set with double gilded nets decorated with double gilded boxes, marbled paper plates, paper contreplats guards and the tank ..
autograph dedication of the author signed autograph of Roger de Beauvoir in her kind friend the Marquis de Foresta.
The autograph was trimmed by the bookbinder, foxing.

First edition.
Full red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with gilt compartments adorned with gilt floral motifs, gilt roulettes nearly faded on headcaps, triple gilt fillet frame on boards, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, double gilt fillet frame on pastedowns, all edges gilt, gilt fillets on leading edges.
Some foxing.
Handsomely bound copy.

First edition.
Half mouse grey morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments ornamented with grotesques, date and publisher's name gilt at foot, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, pale marginal dampstain at head of front board, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled top edge, illustrated covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by Salvador David.
Some foxing on endpapers.

First edition.
Half caramel calf binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, turquoise morocco title label, author's name in red morocco, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Some foxing.
Provenance: from the library of the Count of Mougins Roquefort with his bookplate pasted on a pastedown.

First edition.
Half long-grain dark green morocco binding, lightened spine with five raised bands set with gilt garlands decorated with gilt fillets, red shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
About Michel Lévy, André Gill, Pierre Larousse, Armand Barbès, Eugène Renduel...
Scattered foxing.

First French edition after the rare original published in London in 1912, one of 20 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue.
Bradel binding in half boards with vellum-style corners, smooth spine, hazelnut brown shagreen title label, red fillet frame on floral-patterned paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with initials, headpieces and tailpieces.
Light worming on spine.
Handsome full-margined copy beautifully bound of this literary hoax.
This collection of libertine poems was much appreciated by Apollinaire who devoted a fine notice to it in L'Enfer de la Bibliotheque...

First edition.
Half navy blue morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, two bands with small tears, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, elegant unsigned binding.
Occasional foxing.
Handsome copy attractively bound.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half lavender blue cloth, smooth spine decorated with blind floral motif, chocolate brown shagreen title-label, double gilt fillet at foot of spine, floral patterned paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy beautifully bound.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half lavender blue cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, chocolate brown shagreen title-label with slight tear, double gilt fillet at foot of spine, floral patterned paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy beautifully bound.

First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Autograph inscription from Albert Camus to Raymond Peju.
Spine lightly, but insignificantly, sunned.

First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma-Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
A small stain at the foot of the front board which also bears minor pinholes at the head, a handsome copy.

first edition.
Bound in half red shagreen, back with five nerves set with black nets decorated with double gilded coffered, gold tail date caps slightly rubbed minor, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, marbled edges, corners blunted.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed Armand Silvestre to Monsieur de Margorie.
Our copy has been enriched with a portrait of the author pasted next to the title page.
Preface by George Sand.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double gilt compartments adorned with gilt floral motifs, double fillets on marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, one corner bumped, contemporary binding.
Rare.

First edition.
Half mint green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets showing some scratches, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, one corner slightly bumped.
Provenance: from the library of the Count of Lanet with his engraved bookplate pasted on a pastedown.
Rare.

First edition.
Half chocolate brown morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, traces of a bookplate that has been torn off a pastedown, top edge gilt, original wrappers preserved, elegant unsigned binding.
Some foxing.
Handsome copy handsomely bound.

Second edition.
Half blue shagreen binding, lightened spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with gilt double compartments ornamented with gilt typographical motifs, minor scratches of no consequence to spine and joints, double fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
About notably Henri Heine and Alfred de Musset, whose mistress Madame Jaubert was.

First edition.
Half navy blue morocco binding, spine with four raised bands set with black fillets decorated with triple gilt compartments, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
Some foxing affecting mainly the edges.
Rare.

First edition.
Half caramel shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with double compartments at the centers of which the gilt paraph of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin is repeated five times, gilt date at foot, turquoise morocco title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, elegant near-contemporary unsigned binding.
Work illustrated with a drawing by Georges Rochegrosse printed on China paper.
Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave Flaubert.
Handsome copy beautifully bound.

First edition, one of 5 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half vellum-style boards with corners, smooth spine decorated with compartments ornamented with gilt floral motifs, gilt date at foot, red shagreen title-label, gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, red top edge.
Endpapers darkened, some deckled edges also darkened, scattered foxing.

first edition.
Binding half morocco mint green, back smoothes decorated with typographical motifs and a golden cartridge, chocolate brown morocco title document, time golden tail piece in a mosaic morocco chocolate brown, net gilded on the boards of marbled paper, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilded head, elegant binding signed the Petitot apoque.
Our copy is enriched with an original watercolor of a castle resembling the one in which the action takes place and the Jesters below which Miguel Zamacoïs added these words: "This document of the sixteenth century may well represent Castle Moat -Maupré where the action takes place these buffoons, if one refers to...

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on vergé baroque thé paper.
A good copy despite two slight traces of sunning to head and foot of spine.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on vergé baroque thé paper.
A good copy despite two slight traces of sunning to head and foot of spine.

Edition decorated with 13 original illustrations by Maurice Leloir engraved with burin and etching by Léon Boisson, one of 125 numbered copies on vélin du Marais, the only deluxe copies after 75 Japan.
Foxing on spine and in margins of boards, handsome interior condition.

first edition of this Rabelaisian style pamphlet directed against Gambetta, one of 300 numbered copies on Holland paper.
Binding to open bradel ivory wove, smooth back, red mesh coaching boards and boards painted in watercolor compositions centers: a bookplate and a monogram on the first front cover and Léon Gambetta embodying Christ crucified, fragile parchment wrappers preserved and bound in, contemporary binding signed Dodé.
Nadar handwritten signature under the justification of the draw.
In addition, this copy is enriched with a handwritten correction Nadar pencil in The Passion, p. 45, to orveitan [sic].
Book adorned the author of illustrations.

First edition.
Contemporary binding in half midnight blue shagreen, spine with four false raised bands decorated with blind fillets and gilt fleurons, slight traces of rubbing on the joints, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of marbled paper.
Light foxing on the edges.

First edition, one of 125 numbered copies on Holland paper, initialed by the publisher.
Contemporary half green shagreen binding with corners signed Champs-Stroobants Sr, Jansenist spine with five raised bands retinted and showing small scratches, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, full-margined copy, covers and spine preserved.

First edition, published by Pierre-Simon Ballanche, of the intimate correspondence of Louise-Adélaïde de Bourbon, known as Mademoiselle de Condé, addressed to her friend the Marquis Nicolas-Louis Magon La Gervaisais. It contains 2 letters of 4 pages each, in facsimile.
Contemporary binding in full glazed blue calf, smooth spine decorated with geometric compartments and gilt dentelles, gilt frames and fleurons in the corners on the boards, gilt striations on the corners, gilt floral roulette framing the pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Manuscript notation in pen on the half-title.

first edition in large part.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed andre Pieyre Mandiargues journalist Jean-Claude Lamy who collaborated notably France-Soir.

first edition on the current paper.
autograph dedication of the author autograph dated and signed by the journalist Daniel Boulanger Jean-Claude Lamy who collaborated notably France-Soir referring to Georges Brassens: "Jean-Claude, you just have to Brive that we can bring in our market. I have no vanity wonders ... "
spine and insolated with small clear waterstains.

First edition.
Autograph inscription from Germaine Blondin to the journalist and film historian Pierre Leprohon.
Spine slightly sunned.

First edition of the French translation for which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Half full anthracite grey morocco binding, lightened spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, date and place gilt at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, framed with a wide gilt dentelle on pastedowns, double gilt fillets on leading edges, all edges gilt, covers preserved, superb contemporary binding signed by Paul Vié.
Some foxing.
Copy magnificently bound in a full signed contemporary binding.

First edition.
Half red shagreen bindings, spines with five raised bands set with black fillets and decorated with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of marbled paper, one corner slightly bumped, minor traces of rubbing on bottom edges, contemporary bindings.
Some occasional light foxing.
Provenance: from the library of Jules Félix Louis Gastinger with his bookplates pasted on the pastedowns.
Handsome copy attractively established in uniform contemporary binding.

First edition.
Bradel bindings in red half-cloth, smooth spines decorated with a gilt fleuron, gilt date and double fillet at foot, brown shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards.
Concerning notably Stendhal, A. de Lamartine, F.R. de Chateaubriand, E. Scribe, A. Tastu...
Some foxing.

First edition.
Half brown shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with black fillets decorated with double black compartments enhanced with gilt fleurons at their centers, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
About Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, Alexis de Tocqueville, Alphonse de Lamartine, Voltaire, Alexandre Dumas fils...

First edition.
Half orange shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt cartouche enhanced with gilt typographical motifs, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, original wrappers preserved (an angular lack at the foot of the rear board), top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy beautifully executed.

First edition illustrated with a frontispiece, 37 lithographed plates and numerous vignettes by C. Nanteuil, Gavarni, Français, J.P. Schmit, De Beaumont, Bertand...
Half havana brown morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments, gilt date and monogram at foot, red morocco title label, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, one corner slightly bumped, top edge gilt, elegant binding signed by Petit.
Foxing.

First edition, with mention of sixth edition.
Bradel binding in half khaki cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt coat of arms, double gilt fillet at foot, chocolate brown shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, bookplate pasted on pastedown, binding signed by Henry Joseph successor to Pierson.
Provenance: from the library of the Bourbon de Rouvre family with their engraved and pasted bookplate.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Bradel binding in full pasteboard covered with decorative plant-motif paper, smooth sunned spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, chocolate brown shagreen title label, date and double gilt fillet at foot of spine, contemporary binding signed in blind by Pierson.
Handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of the rare copies on China paper of which no mention is made.
Half navy blue morocco with corners binding, spine very lightly faded with five raised bands, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Work illustrated with 14 wood engravings drawn by Paul Philippoteaux.
Handsome copy almost entirely free from foxing.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Holland paper and initialed by the only major publisher papers after 10 Japan.
Binding to bradel half morocco black Russia, smooth back slightly thinned minor, golden tail date marbled paper plates, covers and backs preserved, contemporary binding signed Franz.

First edition.
Half caramel sheep bindings, smooth spines slightly lightened decorated with gilt friezes, very light scratches without consequence to head and foot of joints, marbled paper boards, three small tears to edges, contemporary bindings.
Rare foxing, handsome copy.

First edition, one of 28 numbered copies on Japon, tirage de tête.
Autograph inscription from François Mauriac to Louis Brun, director of Editions Grasset : "... mon pemier essai au théâtre..."
Louis Brun's ex-librisprinted in front of the half title.
A very good copy with good margins.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil paper.
Work illustrated with 32 original astrophotographs hors texte printed on coated paper, obtained with the telescope of the Forcalquier observatory and at the private observatory of Marcel de Kerolyr.
Some traces of rubbing and angular tears to spine and boards (with two discreet restorations using adhesive on verso and foot of first cover), three small angular lacks to foot of second board, which is inevitable given the fragility of this work.

First edition of the French translation by Jules Janin.
Binders full glossy red calf, back with four nerves set with ornate golden dotted double gilded nets and gilded boxes decorated with golden typographical reasons, two split bits and restored heads and feet, wheels on golden headdresses, supervision of a wide gold lace and a lace cold stamped on the boards, gilded with gold initials hit the centers of plates, nets gilded on the cuts, framing a golden lace on contreplats, guards and contreplats paper to the bowl, gilt edges, upper corners very lightly bumped, beautiful bindings then signed Lebrun.
Signed autograph of her dear Jules Janin Massol, "... I ask you to keep...

First edition, a 1000 numbered copies on Holland paper, only 65 leading copies after Japan.
Work illustrated with 20 wooden black and color of Jean Perrier.
Slight marginal minor tears on the boards.

First edition, one of 435 numbered copies on Pont-de-Claix laid paper.
Two tiny insignificant lacks at head and foot of spine, a small angular crease mark at foot of front cover, handsome interior condition.

Edition printed on Alfa paper and for which there is no mention of leading copies.
Signed autograph of John Rousselot Jean Sauteron "... the proud of the earth ... that's us!"
Pleasant copy.

first edition.
Binding blue half morocco with corners, back with five nerves decorated with gold set with double gilded coffered decorated in their centers dotted parts sand and red morocco mosaic depicting a flower pistil and enriched with gold typographical grounds in their petals, framing gilded nets on marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilded head, elegant contemporary binding signed Vermorel.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed and dated Henry Kistemaeckers to actress Madeleine Bouvier, wife of Henri Daniel-Rops Petiot alias: "To my lovely interpètre tomorrow (and after ...) Madeleine Danielrops (sic) until something...

First edition, one of 900 numbered copies on pur fil paper Lafuma.
Endpapers very slightly and partly faded, not serious.

First edition.
Bound in half straw yellow shagreen, spines with five raised bands set with black fillets decorated with double black compartments at whose centers the gilt cipher of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin is repeated four times, navy blue morocco title and volume labels, light scratches of no consequence at head of joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edges gilt, near-contemporary bindings.
Work illustrated with two portraits of Prosper Mérimée by A. Leveille as frontispieces to the volumes.
Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and...

Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
Binding to bradel half percaline mint green, smooth back with a gold jewel, date and dual gold tail thread back, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph of Charles Foley to his friend Theodore Lhomer "... Memories of his old comrade ..."
Pleasant copy.

First edition.
Bound in half dark green morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands, black fillets framing the marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, upper corners slightly bumped, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Durvand.
Our copy is enhanced with a fine etching printed on China paper bound between the backed half-title and the first page of text.
A rare copy established in a charming binding signed by Durvand.

First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of Roger Vailland Carmen Tissier.
Printed pads underneath the autograph on the title-page fake and head of the title page, a small bright spot in the second flat foot.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced at their corners with gilt typographical motifs, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, one corner slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with double blind-tooled compartments enhanced with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Fine copy handsomely bound.

First edition printed on laid paper of the author's last work.
Half dark blue shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with black fillets, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, two corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in half forest green morocco, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, binding signed by Franz.
Rare and handsome copy beautifully bound.

First edition.
Half forest green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, near-contemporary binding.
Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave Flaubert.
Handsome copy beautifully bound.

First edition.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with gilt fleurons, one joint very slightly cracked at foot, boards decorated at corners with gilt floral motifs, a small trace of white wax on first cover, gilt roulettes on headcaps, frame of double gilt fillet on pastedowns, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Some light foxing.
Rare.

First edition, one of 700 numbered copies on Holland paper.
Half dark green morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with gilt fleurons, one band lightly rubbed, gilt date at foot, frame of gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, one corner slightly bumped, fragile parchment wrappers preserved, contemporary binding signed by Lanscelin.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece by Hector Giacomelli etched by Lalauze.
Fine copy established in a charming contemporary binding signed by Lanscelin.

First edition of the French translation established by Desfeuilles.
Half purple calf binding, smooth spine lightly browned decorated with black and gilt fillets, gilt initials at foot of spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Provenance: from the library of Louis Greffulhe with his engraved bookplate "Bibliothèque de Bois Boudran" engraved and pasted on a pastedown.
Some light foxing.
Handsomely bound copy.

First edition, one of 1020 numbered copies on pur fil paper.
A good copy.

First edition for each of the volumes.
Half navy blue shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with double blind fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
Handsome copy.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue des études historiques.
Half red shagreen binding, spine slightly browned with three raised bands decorated with the gilt paraph of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated three times, spine and covers bearing traces of black wax, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, contemporary unsigned binding.
Autograph inscription signed by Lucien Pinvert to Roger de Cormenin.
Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave...

Edition printed small number on rod.
Signed autograph Arthur Desjardins Achilles Madame Charles Buloz.
Rare copy and pleasant.

first edition for which there is no mention of leading copies.
Binding to bradel half red calico, smooth back with a gold floral design, double net gilded tail, part of title Bordeaux shagreen, marbled paper plates, wrappers preserved and bound in, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph of Charles Foley to his friend Theodore Lhomer.
Pleasant copy.

first edition for which there is no mention of leading copies.
Binding to bradel half percaline periwinkle, smooth back with a gold floral design, double net gilded tail, part of title hazelnut shagreen, marbled paper plates, wrappers preserved and bound in, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph of Charles Foley to his old friend Theodore Lhomer.
Pleasant copy.

First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Preface by Maurice Barrès.
Work illustrated with a portrait of the author by Paul Jobert as frontispiece as well as 107 pen drawings by Charles-Emile Carlègle
Small lacks to head of spine, light adhesive paper stains to heads and feet of endpapers, otherwise handsome full-margined copy.

First edition, one of the few copies on Holland paper which he is no mention, only large papers.
Bound in black morocco half, back with five nerves, golden tail date marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, wrappers and back preserved and bound in, gilded head, elegant contemporary binding signed Creuzevault.
Tribute autograph dated and signed by the author.
Rare and enjoyable copy all beautifully set margins.

first edition published anonymously, one of 15 copies hors commerce numbered on Japan, our specially printed for Professor Albert Robin.
Binding half morocco Chocolate corners, back with four nerves, nets gilded framing of marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilded head on witnesses, wrappers and back preserved and bound in, elegant binding signed Marot-Rodde.
Very nice autograph signed full-page Sacha Ricas Professor Robin: "... my best friend Professor Robin who not only perpetuates human life, but still afraid to revive the ghosts since it is through her magnetic presence qu'Arthénice must have awakened from a lethargy of more than two hundred...

First edition.
Bradel binding in full cherry red cloth with flaps, smooth spine, date and place gilt at foot, brown shagreen title-label, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy almost entirely free of foxing.

first edition.
Binding half caramel calf, back smoothes decorated with gilded nets and dotted, golden tail date, title piece of chocolate morocco small traces of restoration on a bit, marbled paper plates, a slight lack of skin Length of the first flat, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, dotted gilded on the cuts, sprinkled edges, corners bumped, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph Ernest Renan to his friends Perrot.
autograph dedication of the author having been trimmed slightly by the bookbinder.
Pleasant copy.

Edition illustrated, frontispiece, an etching of Eugène Carrière engraved by Félix Bracquemond.
Signed autograph Jean Dolent Charles Martel: "... let us learn the words ..."
Pleasant copy fragile parchment flawless coverage.

first edition of the author's masterpiece.
Binding half morocco navy with corners, back with five nerves decorated with gilded nets set with double ornate gilded coffered typographical motifs, golden tail date coaching gilded nets on marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper , gilded head, wrappers and back preserved and bound in (slightly dated back), gilded head, perfect binding signed Devauchelle.
Precious and exceptional autograph signed by Ferdinand de Lesseps to Fabre: "To the French, Ferdinand de Lesseps, testimony of profound respect, Ferdinand Fabre".
Provenance: the Gryse Georges library with his bookplate pasted on a guard.

First edition decorated with 7 illustrations in and outside the text including 1 frontispiece.
Half lemon morocco binding, spine slightly browned with five raised bands decorated with the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times, turquoise morocco title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, handsome unsigned contemporary binding
Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave Flaubert.
Handsome copy handsomely bound.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only large paper copies.
A very good copy.

Edition with some parts in first edition, illustrated with 104 vignettes after drawings by Daubigny, Johannot, Charlet, Raffet, Scheffer, Devéria...
Half cherry red calf bindings, spines with four raised bands decorated with gilt and blind fillets as well as blind typographical motifs and gilt romantic arabesques, gilt friezes at head and foot, black shagreen title and volume labels, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary romantic bindings.
The illustrations are distributed as follows:
Volume 1: 1 frontispiece and 25 figures,
Volume 2: 33 figures,
Volume 3: 40 figures,
Volume 4: 6 including 1 portrait plus 1...

First edition.
Half navy blue shagreen bindings, faded spines with four raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt romantic arabesques, marbled paper boards, a small marginal paper lack at the foot of the first board of the second volume, head caps very lightly rubbed, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, two tears on the upper corners, contemporary bindings.
Fine copy almost entirely free of foxing and established in contemporary bindings.

First edition.
Contributions notably by George Sand "Une vieille histoire", Anaïs Ségalas "Un visage rose et un visage ridé", Ernestine Legouvé "Un lâche", Amable Tastu "Trop tard", Marie de Surville "Mystère", Isabelle de Montolieu "Mina"...
Lacks to spine ends, occasional light foxing.
Rare gathering of the first four volumes of these works written by women writers.

Third edition, published anonymously, with some parts in first edition as it was revised and corrected.
Full glazed navy calf binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments, gilt fillets at head and foot, lower headcap with a slight tear, gilt roulettes on headcaps, triple gilt fillet frames on boards, gilt fillets on leading edges, gilt dentelle frame on pastedowns, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, elegant unsigned contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
A perfectly established copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper.
Half caramel shagreen binding, lightened spine with five raised bands decorated with the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times, faded turquoise morocco title label, gilt date at foot, tiny lack at foot of one joint, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, contemporary unsigned binding but attributable to Franz.
Signed autograph inscription from Lucien Pivert to vicomte (Roger) de Cormenin.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Prosper Mérimée.
Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de...

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on vellum, the only printing with 5 chine and 15 japan.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 drawings by the author.
A small spot of foxing to spine, another to upper margin of second cover, otherwise a handsome and rare copy.

First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête.
A very good copy.

First edition printed in 1000 numbered copies.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally faded, not serious, a clear stain to head of upper cover of volume II, a good set.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Bound in half cherry red Russian morocco with corners, spine with five fine raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt romantic tools, gilt date at foot, one joint showing traces of rubbing, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, handsome binding in the Romantic taste signed by Canape.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Auguste Barbier to Monsieur Oliveira.
Some minor foxing affecting mainly the margins of certain leaves.
Handsome copy perfectly bound in a handsome pastiche...

First edition, one of 12 numbered copies on China paper, deluxe issue with 12 copies on Japan paper.
Bound in half tawny calf, smooth spine, boards, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré paper, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, handsome contemporary unsigned binding.
Handsome copy elegantly bound.

First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of Franc-Nohain Robert Garric
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the...