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  2. Les commentaires de Ferdinand (suite des Mémoires d'un rat)
    Pierre CHAINE
    Les commentaires de Ferdinand (suite des Mémoires d'un rat)
    Dan Niestlé|Paris 1921|15.50 x 23.50 cm|relié sous étui
    Edition illustrated with original illustrations by T. Polat, one of 50 copies on Arches paper, deluxe copies after 30 on Japan paper.
    Spine with four raised bands set with black fillets decorated with undulating black fillets representing barbed wire and a poilu helmet enriched with an inlaid piece of brown morocco, boards enhanced with a pattern of black fillets representing barbed wire and poilu helmets in the corners and centers enriched with inlaid pieces of brown morocco, black fillet on the leading edges, frame of red morocco listel and double gilt fillets with gilt poilu helmets in the corners on the pastedowns, endpapers and pastedowns of gray watered silk, following endpapers of handmade paper, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt; slipcase bordered with the same morocco and covered with handmade paper, brown felt interior, superb contemporary binding signed René Kieffer.
    Work illustrated with 38 etchings, an original frontispiece and an original hors-texte by T. Polat.
    Like all copies of the deluxe issue, our copy is complete with its duplicate suite of the frontispiece and hors-texte on China paper.
    Manuscript signatures of the author and publisher on the justification page.
    Fine copy perfectly executed by René Kieffer.
    €1,200
  3. Les aventures du jeune baron de Knifausen
    Edmond & Jules de GONCOURT
    Les aventures du jeune baron de Knifausen
    A. Romagnol|Paris 1904|14.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
    First separate edition decorated with 11 original etchings by Louis Morin, one of 130 numbered copies in soleil octavo format on Arches laid paper.
    Half navy blue morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, frames of gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by L. Bernard.
    Our copy, as stipulated in the justification page, contains the triple state of the etchings.
    Some minor foxing.
    Handsome copy despite the sunned spine.
    €150
  4. La servante
    Gustave GEFFROY
    La servante
    A. Romagnol|Paris 1905|14.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
    First edition illustrated with 25 original wood engravings by Géo-Dupuis, one of 130 numbered copies on China paper and reimposed in quarto soleil format.
    Half navy shagreen binding with corners, spine sunned with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by L. Bernard.
    Our copy, as stipulated in the justification page, does include the double state of the wood engravings.
    Some minor foxing. Handsome copy despite the sunned spine.
    €150
  12. Tarsis et Zélie
    Charles EISEN, Roland LE VAYER DE BOUTIGNY
    Tarsis et Zélie
    Chez Musier fils|à Paris 1774|14.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
    New illustrated edition in first printing. The illustration comprises three frontispieces by Cochin, Moreau and Eisen, engraved by Gaucher, Ponce and Née; and 20 headpieces by Eisen, engraved by Helman, De Longueil, Masquelier and Massard. Elegant illustration with careful page layout.
    Full blonde tortoiseshell calf bindings. Spines with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, as well as red and green sheep title and volume labels. Covers framed with triple gilt fillets. Gilt dentelles framing the pastedowns. All edges gilt. Head and foot of first volume with small lacks, those of the other two volumes rubbed. Five corners bumped. Numerous and scattered foxing (mainly at the beginning of the first volume).
    A novel originally published in 1665, which received its first illustration in 1720, this biographical episode disguised and transformed into a Greek pastoral tells of the misfortunes and adventures that prevented and delayed Le Vayer's marriage to Mlle Servin. The varied narrative draws its inspiration from Greek and Latin novels (Heliodorus's Aethiopica) or Cervantes's Persiles and Sigismunda. This novel, quite appreciated in its time, was adapted for opera in an eponymous work by Francoeur and Rebel.
    €800
  16. Nouvelles genevoises
    Rodolphe TÖPFFER
    Nouvelles genevoises
    J.J. Dubochet & Cie|Paris 1845|15.50 x 23.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    Edition illustrated with 40 hors-texte plates as well as 200 vignettes.
    Publisher's binding in half dark green shagreen, smooth spine decorated with gilt decorative motifs, headcaps rubbed, joints rubbed with a small lack at foot, boards illustrated with gilt decorative motifs, corners slightly bumped, edges gilt.
    Work illustrated with 40 hors-texte plates including 1 frontispiece and 200 vignettes in the text.
    Foxing, marginal dampstain at foot of the last leaves (from page 249 to page 321), endpapers uniformly sunned.
    €50
  17. Histoire aussi intéressante qu'invraisemblable de l'intrépide capitaine Castagnette neveu de l'homme à la tête de bois
    Gustave DORÉ, Ernest L'ÉPINE
    Histoire aussi intéressante qu'invraisemblable de l'intrépide capitaine Castagnette neveu de l'homme à la tête de bois
    Hachette & Cie|Paris 1872|22.50 x 31 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    Third edition.
    Publisher's full navy blue cloth binding, smooth spine faded, headcaps lightly rubbed, front cover decorated with gilt ornament, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, marbled edges.
    Work illustrated with 43 wood vignettes by Gustave Doré.
    Occasional foxing, two ink stains in margins of pages 72 and 73.
    €70
  18. Oeuvres de P. Corneille. Théâtre complet. Nouvelle édition, imprimée d'après celle de 1682
    Pierre CORNEILLE
    Oeuvres de P. Corneille. Théâtre complet. Nouvelle édition, imprimée d'après celle de 1682
    Laplace, Sanchez & Cie|Paris 1877|Grd. et fort in 8|relié
    Second edition illustrated with 20 handsome full-length costumed portraits hand-colored by Geffroy, printed on heavy paper.
    Half wine-red shagreen binding with corners. Spine with raised bands decorated with gilt compartments. Fillets on boards. Spine evenly sunned. Copy on very white paper, with a few very rare pale foxing spots.
    Handsome copy.
    €300
  20. Fresques du souvenir
    Francis NORGELET
    Fresques du souvenir
    François Bernouard|Paris 1923|17.50 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on handmade Arches vellum.
    Signed autograph inscription by Francis Norgelet.
    Our copy is complete with the author's portrait by Despiau and his painting by Charles Guérin.
    Furthermore, our copy is enhanced with Charles Guérin's painting engraved in three colors by Jules Germain which consists of a trial printing of 3 copies of this proof, ours bearing No. 6.
    Handsome copy.
    €150
  21. Nanchou Gaishi Buyuden
    Sadahide UTAGAWA, Batei SHUJIN
    Nanchou Gaishi Buyuden
    Sadahide|Edo [Tokyo] 1856|14.50 x 23 cm|cousu
    First edition, rare, with 35 engravings, many double page in black, grey, and white (several with grey and black ink wash). The title may be translated as: A History of the Braves of the Southern Court.
    10 accordion-stitched volumes. Three different printed covers, the first series comprising three volumes, the second four and the third three. Rubbing. Two volumes with worming to upper margin, one wormhole to centre of book touching engravings.
    Numerous scenes of particularly violent combat, with decapitations and gushing blood; Court scenes. The figure of Sadahide is remarkably finely rendered and detailed, the grey and black wash adding contrast and depth.
    €1,200
  26. Les jaunets du Pé Malandain
    André POULAIN
    Les jaunets du Pé Malandain
    Guillemot & Lamothe|Paris 1938|16.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
    First edition printed in 800 numbered copies on bibliophile vellum, ours one of the 100 hors commerce copies, deluxe issue.
    Half dark green shagreen binding with corners, spine sunned with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, two corners with two scratches showing slight loss of leather, top edge gilt.
    Work illustrated with original illustrations by Maurice Millière.
    €50
  29. La Serpicina (le petit serpent)
    F.D. GUERRAZZI
    La Serpicina (le petit serpent)
    Maurice Glomeau|Paris 1921|14.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition in French, one of 500 numbered copies on Arches paper, the only deluxe copies after 65 Arches copies enhanced with a suite of illustrations.
    Half cherry red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands with very light scratches of no importance, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
    Work illustrated with original color illustrations by Frédéric Bourdin.
    Handsome copy in an attractive binding.
    €80
  34. Le dernier abbé
    Paul de MUSSET, Adolphe LALAUZE
    Le dernier abbé
    A. Ferroud|Paris 1891|16.50 x 25 cm|relié
    Edition illustrated with 17 original compositions by A. Lalauze, one of 300 numbered copies on Arches.
    Bradel binding in half fir green cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, red shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by P. Ruban.
    Autograph inscription signed by the publisher to Gabriel Hanotaux.
    Our copy is enhanced with a duplicate state of the compositions.
    Handsome copy.
    €400
  35. Le robinson des glaces
    Ernest FOUINET
    Le robinson des glaces
    Chez Martial Ardant frères|A Limoges • & à Paris 1855|18.50 x 28.50 cm|relié
    New edition illustrated with 4 sepia lithographs. Text within decorative borders.
    Publisher's polychrome binding in black percaline. Large special gilt panel on the upper cover. Rich blue, yellow, pink, white frame. Smooth spine very richly decorated with polychromy. Special panel on the lower cover: Robinson in a medallion decorated with polychromy. A thin crack at the foot. One corner slightly bumped. Some signatures slightly loosened. Handsome copy.
    Adventure story for young readers. A Robinsonade on an ice island.
    €300
  37. Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce, vers le milieu du quatrième siècle avant l'ère vulgaire
    Jean-Jacques BARTHÉLEMY
    Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce, vers le milieu du quatrième siècle avant l'ère vulgaire
    Firmin Didot frères|Paris 1839|16.50 x 26 cm|relié

    New edition.


    Full glazed eggplant calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, gilt roulettes on headcaps, quintuple gilt fillet frames on boards enhanced with decorative motifs stamped in blind, double gilt fillets on leading edges, one slight harmless nick to upper corner, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, elegant romantic binding. Some minor foxing of no consequence.


    Handsome copy.

    €300
  38. Lespugue
    Jean FAUTRIER, Robert GANZO
    Lespugue
    S. n.|s. l. • [Paris] 1942|35.50 x 29.50 cm|en feuilles sous couverture

    FAUTRIER Jean & GANZO Robert. Lespugue
    Chez les auteurs, n. p. [Paris] 1942, 35,5 x 29,5 cm, loose leaves with wrappers
    First edition, one of 110 numbered copies on China paper, the only printing along with 12 copies on Japon nacré paper and 1 on Chine, variously enriched.
    Illustrated with 11 original color lithographs by Jean Fautrier.
    Autograph inscription from Robert Ganzo to a couple of his acquaintance.
    Manuscript signatures of the author and illustrator on the justification page.
    This copy retains its original glassine wrapper showing spiders wandering in the webs they've woven
    Occasional very light spotting, a good copy.
    €2,800
  40. Fables illustrées par J.J. Grandville suivies de Tobie et Ruth poëmes tirés de l'Ecriture sainte et précédées d'une notice sur la vie et les ouvrages de Florian par P.J. Stahl
    Jean-Pierre Claris de FLORIAN, Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard GRANDVILLE
    Fables illustrées par J.J. Grandville suivies de Tobie et Ruth poëmes tirés de l'Ecriture sainte et précédées d'une notice sur la vie et les ouvrages de Florian par P.J. Stahl
    Garnier frères|Paris s. d. [circa 1880]|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
    New edition.
    Half black morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpavers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt.
    Work illustrated with 80 hors-texte plates after Grandville (including 1 frontispiece) as well as in-text vignettes.
    €300
  41. Aline, reine de Golconde
    Stanislas, Chevalier de BOUFFLERS
    Aline, reine de Golconde
    Société des amis du livre|Paris 1885|15 x 23.50 cm|relié
    First edition, illustrated with a title vignette and 14 compositions by Albert Lynch, two in colors, all engraved by Gaugean; the text has been entirely engraved in cursive letters by Leclere. Printed by Maison Quentin. Grand Velin d'Arches.
    One of the first 50 nominative copies to Mme Edmond-Adam, no. 2, extra-illustrated with her etched portrait (before letters) and of Boufflers by Hilaire Le Dru. Total edition of 115 numbered copies.
    Three-quarter navy morocco signed by Jarrigeon. Smooth Jansenist spine. Gilt title and date at foot. Original wrappers preserved. Head slightly faded. Very handsome copy. This charming libertine tale first appeared in 1762; it is certainly the most characteristic work of its author.
    €500
  43. Le tiroir du diable
    Honoré de BALZAC, Alphonse KARR
    Le tiroir du diable
    Chez Les principaux libraires|s. l. • [Paris] 1850 S.d.|18 x 27 cm|relié
    First edition, richly illustrated with 75 hors-texte plates, principally by Gavarni, including 4 music plates framed with wood engravings by Bertall and several compositions by Bertall. Very numerous vignettes by Monnier, Français, Daubigny... The compositions with multitudes of vignettes by Bertall on subjects such as evenings at the opera, Paris by night... which constitute the ensemble of Paris comique are particularly delightful. This edition is rarer than le Diable à Paris.
    Contemporary green half-shagreen. Smooth spine decorated with series of romantic tools in compartments. Green corsillonné paper boards. Borders rubbed and corners slightly bumped. Some scattered foxing, principally in the outer margins, on good white paper. The text jumps from p. 5 to 41 without loss, the text continuing. Good copy.
    Portrait of Paris, in all its aspects, at the beginning of the Second Empire, Le tiroir du Diable sails on the success of le Diable à Paris with the same collective for texts and illustrations. One notes the presence of Balzac's text: Physiologie des boulevards, two texts by Sand and one by Musset. The other collaborators being celebrated litterateurs of this period, Edouard Ourliac, Frédéric Soulié... At the beginning of the work, Lavallée's text on the geography of Paris (which was also present at the beginning of le Diable à Paris). At the end of the work, statistics of Paris, the work always wanting to be both entertaining and informative. In this regard, all the texts, satirical or not, of the work are more or less of journalistic character, but as journalism was then practiced under the Second Empire. The work concludes with the statistics of Paris.
    €300
  44. Les rencontres de monsieur de Bréot
    Henri de RÉGNIER, George BARBIER
    Les rencontres de monsieur de Bréot
    A. & G. Mornay|Paris 1930|16.50 x 20 cm|broché
    Illustrated edition, one of 78 copies on Japan paper, our copy being one of 12 hors-commerce copies nominally printed specially for Gaston Morancé, from the deluxe issue.
    Our edition is illustrated with numerous and beautiful color illustrations in and out of text by George Barbier.
    First cover with folded illustrated cover in colors by George Barbier. Spine slightly sunned with a small stain.
    €600
  45. Le Roi s'amuse
    Victor HUGO
    Le Roi s'amuse
    Société de publications périodiques|Paris 1883|23 x 32 cm|broché sous chemise
    Edition limited to 250 copies, ours being one of the numbered copies on Holland paper (no. 6, printed for the library of M. Cros-Bonnel).
    Slipcase rubbed in full brown percaline, gilt title and author's name stamped in blind on spine, decoration in the same style on front cover.
    Our edition features 23 plates hors-texte sometimes in colors including several proofs before letters of the headpieces.
    Some foxing and binding slightly detached.
    €300
  46. Le vicaire de Wakefield
    Tony JOHANNOT, Oliver GOLDSMITH
    Le vicaire de Wakefield
    Bourgueleret|Paris 1838|14 x 22.50 cm|relié
    Bilingual edition translated by Charles Nodier and first printing of the frontispiece printed on China paper as well as the 10 hors-texte plates engraved on steel by Finden after drawings by Tony Johannot.
    Half glazed navy calf binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt cartouche adorned with gilt arabesques, light rubbing traces on the joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary Romantic binding.
    Work also illustrated with more than 100 in-text wood-engraved vignettes.
    Some minor foxing, handsome copy in contemporary Romantic binding, complete with its tissue guards protecting the 10 hors-texte plates, which is rare.
    €300
  47. Entretiens XV du cours familier de littérature
    Eugène CORNEAU, Alphonse de LAMARTINE
    Entretiens XV du cours familier de littérature
    Aux dépens de l'artiste|Paris 1948|25.50 x 33.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
    Illustrated with original etchings by Eugène Corneau, and printed in 210 copies on pure Lana laid paper, ours being one of 20 numbered copies including a suite in black, deluxe copies after 10 other Lana copies.
    Our copy is complete with its suite in black at rear.
    Worming to the chemise as well as to the very first pages of the work, otherwise handsome interior condition.
    €250
  49. Histoire et costumes des ordres religieux, civils et militaires
    TIRON
    Histoire et costumes des ordres religieux, civils et militaires
    A la librairie artistique|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1845|17.50 x 26 cm|relié
    Stated the second edition (but we have been unable to locate a previous edition, though it's possible it was published in one volume in the same year), considerably enlarged. The illustrations include an appliqué frontispiece portrait on China paper and 116 color plates of costumes (hand-painted and laid down).
    Half red shagreen, spine decorated with compartments, fillets to covers, spines uniformly sunned. Corners bumped. Rubbing. Faint spotting to silk-paper guards of first volume and occasionally to margins near silk paper guards, but overall a very fresh copy.
    A handsome work covering more than 80 religious and lay orders. Special pagination for the military-religious orders. Fine and very varied illustrations.
    €1,200
  50. Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut
    ABBé PREVOST
    Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut
    Lemerre|Paris 1878|13 x 20 cm|relié
    Edition on vellum paper after 50 on china and on Whatman. Illustrated with a portrait by Braquemont and eight fine and beautiful plates by Monzies after Gravelot and Pasquier.
    Contemporary half navy blue morocco with corners signed David. Spine with raised bands richly decorated and inlaid with red lozenges. Fillets on boards. Top edge gilt.
    Uncut copy (the edition is usually found in duodecimo format), with wide margins.
    Superb copy, in perfect fresh condition.
    €450
  51. Jean des Figues
    Emile BENASSIT, Paul ARÈNE
    Jean des Figues
    Lib. Internationale • A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie|Paris • & Bruxelles [Brussels] 1870|12 x 19 cm|relié sous étui
    The first edition, of which there were no large paper copies.
    Elegant cherry-red morocco by Semet Plumelle, spine in six compartments, date gilt at foot, gilt roulettes to head- and tail-pieces, gilt fillet to edges of covers, gilt dentelle frame to pastedowns, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt; slipcase edged in the same morocco and lined in brown felt.
    With a frontispiece etching by Emile Bénassit.
    A fine copy perfectly bound.
    €1,500
  53. La neuvaine de Cythère
    Jean-François MARMONTEL, Charles MONSELET
    La neuvaine de Cythère
    A. Barraud|Paris 1879|16.50 x 25 cm|relié
    Edition printed in 325 numbered copies on laid paper.
    Half hazelnut morocco binding, spine with five raised bands slightly faded, publisher's name and date gilt at foot, minor rubbing to joints, marbled paper boards, slight superficial scuffs to boards without concern, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
    Work illustrated with a portrait of the author as frontispiece as well as 9 vignettes drawn by Fesquet.
    Edition enhanced with a notice on the author by Charles Monselet.
    Handsome copy with full margins.
    €150
  55. Oeuvres complètes de Millevoye précédées d'une notice biographique et littéraire
    Charles Hubert MILLEVOYE
    Oeuvres complètes de Millevoye précédées d'une notice biographique et littéraire
    Furne|Paris 1827|13.50 x 21.50 cm|4 volumes reliés
    Third edition.
    Full anthracite embossed paper boards, smooth spines lightened, headcaps rubbed, cherry red shagreen title and volume labels, minor rubbing to spines and boards, corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
    Complete set in four volumes, illustrated with a portrait of C.H. Millevoye as frontispiece to the first volume.
    Some foxing.
    €80
  56. Fables
    Pierre LACHAMBEAUDIE, Pierre LEROUX
    Fables
    Michel|Paris 1851|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
    First printing of the illustrations and original preface by Pierre Leroux.
    Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with triple gilt compartments enhanced with gilt floral motifs, double gilt fillet frame on red paper boards, corners slightly bumped, some rubbing to bottom edge, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, binding signed by Sénez.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece, 13 steel-engraved plates by Nanteuil, Staal, Daubigny, Cabasson, Marville... as well as in-text vignettes.
    Some foxing.
    €200
  60. Trésor des fèves et fleur des pois. Le génie bonhomme. Histoire du chien de Brisquet. Vignettes de Tony Johannot.
    Charles NODIER
    Trésor des fèves et fleur des pois. Le génie bonhomme. Histoire du chien de Brisquet. Vignettes de Tony Johannot.
    Hetzel|Paris 1844|13 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First separate edition.
    Half lemon yellow shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with arabesques and gilt floral tooling, marbled paper pastedowns and endpapers, contemporary binding.
    Numerous engraved illustrations in the text by Tony Johannot, preface by P.-J. Stahl.
    From the collection of the Nouveau Magazine des Enfants.*
    A handsome copy in a charming Romantic binding.
    €250
  63. Les pastorales de Longus ou Daphnis & Chloé traduction de messire Jacques Amyot revue, corrigée, complétée de nouveau refaite en grande partie par P.L. Courier.
    LONGUS, Charles GUÉRIN
    Les pastorales de Longus ou Daphnis & Chloé traduction de messire Jacques Amyot revue, corrigée, complétée de nouveau refaite en grande partie par P.L. Courier.
    Georg & Cie|Paris 1923|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié sous étui
    Illustrated edition with 13 original lithographs by Charles Guérin, one of 10 numbered copies on old Japan paper, deluxe issue.
    Full hazelnut morocco binding, spine very slightly faded with four raised bands, date at foot, gilt rolls on caps, frame of a gilt fillet on the mint morocco endpapers, almond watered silk pastedowns, following endpapers of handmade paper, double gilt fillets on edges, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, slipcase with hazelnut morocco entry, handmade paper boards, blue felt lining, elegant binding signed by Klein.
    Our copy as stipulated in the print justification, is indeed complete with its suite on China paper.
    Moreover, our copy is expanded with an original drawing signed in pencil by Charles Guérin representing the composition illustrating page 13.
    Very handsome copy perfectly executed.
    €800
  64. Scènes populaires dessinées à la plume par Henry Monnier
    Henry MONNIER
    Scènes populaires dessinées à la plume par Henry Monnier
    Levavasseur • Urbain Canel (first volume) • Lib. de Dumont (second volume)|Paris 1830-1835|13 x 20.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition for each volume.
    Half red shagreen bindings, spines with four raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, two corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
    Works illustrated with a facsimile and a portrait of M. Joseph Prudhomme as well as 6 lithographs hors-texte by H. Monnier for the first volume, with drawings by the author in-text for the second volume
    A tiny marginal lack not touching text at foot of page 172 of the second volume, some minor foxing.
    Handsome set in uniform binding.
    €300
  69. Roland furieux
    L' ARIOSTE
    Roland furieux
    J. Mallet & Cie|Paris 1844|17 x 25.50 cm|relié
    New edition of the French prose translation, established by V. Philipon de La Madelaine and first printing of the illustrations.
    Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments adorned with gilt floral motifs, red paper boards, a light scratch to front board, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
    Work illustrated with 300 vignettes as well as 25 plates printed separately on China paper by T. Johannot, Baron, Français and C. Nanteuil. Occasional light foxing without serious consequence.
    €150
  71. Pamela, ou la vertu recompensée
    Samuel RICHARDSON
    Pamela, ou la vertu recompensée
    Aux dépens de la Compagnie|à Amsterdam 1744|9.50 x 16.20 cm|relié
    New edition, illustrated with 32 figures by Punt and a title vignette repeated on all 4 volumes. Title pages in red and black. This appears to be the first edition to be fully illustrated, as previous editions presented only four frontispieces, however it should be noted that the figures bear the date 1742. The mention of third edition refers only to Dutch editions and is therefore not significant. Translation by Abbé Prévost and Aubert de la Chesnaye des Bois.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title and volume labels. Head of volume I split at head. A lack at head of volume II. A lack to the upper joint at foot of volume I. Tailpiece partly missing on volume III. Corners slightly bumped. Rubbing. Scattered foxing.
    Pamela was a veritable sensation in the literary world and achieved resounding success throughout Europe. Its principal merit is undoubtedly having given birth not only to the epistolary novel (Rousseau) but to Fielding who produced two satirical sequels: The Adventures of Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones. We know that Diderot was unstinting in his praise of this novel. Pamela is a novel of manners and a sentimental novel whose impact on 18th-century literature is indelible and enduring. It is often considered the first bourgeois novel of manners, and this shift of the action's setting from aristocracy to bourgeoisie had an enormous impact.
    €600
  72. Les sept journées de la Reine de Navarre suivies de la huitième [Heptaméron]
    Marguerite d' ANGOULEME NAVARRE
    Les sept journées de la Reine de Navarre suivies de la huitième [Heptaméron]
    Chez Jouaust, Librairie des Bibliophiles|Paris 1872|14.50 x 22 cm|relié
    Reprint of the 1559 edition by Claude Gruget, with notes by Paul Lacroix containing 72 novellas divided into 8 days and expanded with three other novellas from the Heptameron. Limited edition of only 120 copies on deluxe paper, this one of the 100 unnumbered copies on Holland paper with duplicate states of the engravings. Illustrated with etchings by Léopold Flammeng.
    Contemporary half purple morocco with corners. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons and small green morocco mosaics. Date at foot. Top edge gilt. Original wrappers preserved. Spine slightly faded. Very handsome copy, perfectly executed. Binding signed by Champs. Note that the tissue guards having been removed too early, the engraving shows through in relief on the opposite page.
    Unique copy comprising an engraved portrait in duplicate state, a second portrait also as frontispiece, 17 plates in duplicate state and 8 additional plates hors-texte (an ordinary copy should possess only 8 plates in total); being 27 plates of which 18 in duplicate state.
    €1,800
  73. Le mérite des femmes
    Gabriel LEGOUVÉ
    Le mérite des femmes
    Louis Janet|Paris 1825|8.50 x 14 cm|relié
    New edition with some parts in first edition, expanded with new poems.
    Full brown sheep binding with speckled finish, smooth spine decorated with gilt wave patterns and fleurons, gilt roulettes on headcaps, red morocco title label, very light rubbing to joints, gilt frieze and fillet border on boards, gilt edges to leading edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
    Work illustrated with 5 hors-texte engravings.
    Some light foxing.
    €100
  74. L'Ecosse pittoresque, ou suite de vues prises expressement pour cet ouvrage par MM. T. Allom, W.H. Bartlett, et H. M'Culloch.
    William BEATTIE
    L'Ecosse pittoresque, ou suite de vues prises expressement pour cet ouvrage par MM. T. Allom, W.H. Bartlett, et H. M'Culloch.
    Virtue • et Ferrier|Londres [London] • & Paris 1838|21 x 27.50 cm|relié
    First edition, illustrated with two engraved titles (in English), one colored plate and 117 steel engravings (with tissue guards) by Allom, Bartlett, and M'Culloch, engraved by Griffiths, Varrall, Prior, etc. Superb illustration, as English engravers were particularly prized during this period for their fineness of execution, and French publishers placed extensive orders in England for the illustration of their books.
    Full publisher's binding. Half red morocco decorated with a large special gilt stamp (arms and symbols of Scotland) on wine-colored sheep boards stamped with a large decorative floral stamp in blind. Edges gilt. Magnificent and rare English publisher's binding, despite some defects: a slight lack to head of volume I; headcap of volume II heavily worn; some corners bumped and rubbing to edges.
    Rare pale scattered foxing (virtually non-existent on text), mainly in margins and caused by tissue guards, but heavy on the 2 titles. History of Scotland, its particularities, its monuments...
    €1,200
  75. Voyage sentimental
    Laurence STERNE
    Voyage sentimental
    Ernest Bourdin|Paris s. d. [1841]|17 x 26 cm|relié

    New edition of the French translation and first printing of illustrations by T. Johannot and Jacque.


    Bradel binding in half hazelnut brown shagreen, smooth spine, joints very slightly rubbed at head, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt. Light marginal dampstain of no consequence at head of first leaf, occasional foxing.


    Work illustrated with a frontispiece and 11 wood-engraved figures, printed on China paper and mounted on heavy paper by T. Johannot as well as 170 vignettes in the text.
    Text preceded by an essay on the life and works of Sterne by Jules Janin.

    €200
  76. Cent proverbes
    Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard GRANDVILLE
    Cent proverbes
    H. Fournier|Paris 1845|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
    First edition and first printing of the illustrations.
    Half mint green shagreen binding, spine slightly faded with four raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments, double fillets on mint green paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
    Work illustrated with 51 hors-texte engravings (including 1 frontispiece) and numerous in-text engravings.
    Scattered foxing as usual.
    €300
  77. Proverbes dramatiques
    Théodore LECLERCQ
    Proverbes dramatiques
    Aimé-André • Ladrange|Paris 1835|13 x 21.50 cm|8 volumes reliés
    New edition illustrated with 78 copperplate engravings by Blanchard after drawings by Tony and Alfred Johannot and the best artists of the period.
    Half olive calf bindings, smooth spines richly decorated with gilt Romantic tools and showing minor rubbing of no consequence, marbled paper boards, a small tear at head of front board of first volume, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary Romantic bindings.
    Foxing.
    A handsomely executed set.
    €300
  78. Contes : Trilby. - Le songe d'or. - Baptiste Montauban. - La fée aux miettes. - La combe de l'homme mort. - Inès de Las Sierras. - Smarra. - La neuvaine de la Chandeleur. - La légende de soeur Béatrix
    Charles NODIER
    Contes : Trilby. - Le songe d'or. - Baptiste Montauban. - La fée aux miettes. - La combe de l'homme mort. - Inès de Las Sierras. - Smarra. - La neuvaine de la Chandeleur. - La légende de soeur Béatrix
    J. Hetzel|Paris 1846|18.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
    New edition illustrated with original etchings by Tony Johannot.
    Half olive shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with cold fillets and gilt dots, decorated with triple gilt compartments, gilt title, corners very slightly bumped.
    Work illustrated with original etchings hors-texte by Tony Johannot.
    Scattered foxing.
    €150
  80. Turcaret
    Alain-René LESAGE
    Turcaret
    Maison Quantin|Paris s. d. [1886]|10.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
    Edition printed on laid paper and illustrated with 5 drawings by Valton engraved by Gaujean.
    Bradel binding in half olive cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, publisher's name gilt at foot, chocolate shagreen title-label with minor scratches, marbled paper boards, a small marginal lack of paper on the front board, covers and spine preserved, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
    Accompanying press cuttings have left a shadow on the half-title page.
    €50
  82. Contes
    Charles PINOT DUCLOS
    Contes
    A. Quantin|Paris 1880|14.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
    Edition with some parts in first edition and printed in a small number of copies on laid paper.
    Half mint green morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double gilt compartments and adorned with gilt floral motifs, double gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted to verso of front board.
    Original bio-bibliographical note by Octave Uzanne.
    Work illustrated with plates.
    Some minor foxing, mainly marginal.
    €150
  83. Picciola
    Xavier Boniface SAINTINE
    Picciola
    Marchant|Paris 1843|16 x 25 cm|relié

    Edition illustrated with 125 original vignettes engraved on wood by Porret.


    Half chocolate morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with stippling and double gilt fillets, gilt dentelles at head and foot of spine which shows very light traces of rubbing without gravity, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, binding signed by Franz.


    Work illustrated with 16 plates hors-texte and numerous wood vignettes after C. Nanteuil, T. Johannot...
    Some light foxing.
    Handsomely bound copy.

    €200
  85. Mosaïque. Soirée des salons
    Ernest de LIMAGNE
    Mosaïque. Soirée des salons
    H. Mandeville|Paris 1850|26 x 35 cm|relié
    Keepsake, illustrated with an engraved title and 23 steel engravings.
    Contemporary full green cloth. Large gilt plate on covers signed Lenègre. Small white humidity stains on upper cover. Slightly faded.
    Beyond accessory texts on fans and a chronicle of contemporary spectacles, one will particularly distinguish among the very fine English engravings Mont Saint-Michel, with no construction other than the abbey and with navigation around it; a scene in Algiers, another depicting Portsmouth offshore; a view of Venice by Turner...

    NB: This work is available at the bookstore on request within 48 hours.
    €180
  89. Contes
    Chanoine SCHMIDT
    Contes
    J. Vermot|Paris s. d. [1880]|14.50 x 23 cm|2 volumes reliés
    New edition of the French translation established by A. Bordot.
    Half fir-green shagreen bindings, spines with four raised bands decorated with double blind-stamped compartments enhanced with gilt typographical motifs, quintuple fillets and cartouches framing the green paper boards, moiré paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary bindings. Work illustrated with Hadamard's lithographs printed in two tones.
    Some minor foxing.
    €150
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