Illustrated Books

Albert ROBIDA, Maurice CHEVAIS
Thélème
Albert Messein|Paris 1920|18 x 27.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 600 numbered copies justified by the publisher on bouffant paper.
Half-brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets and decorated with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with 60 illustrations by Albert Robida.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Maurice Chevais to Claude Colombet.
€150
Henry MURGER, André GILL
La vie de Bohême
Librairie illustrée|Paris s. d. [1877]|18 x 27.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with coloured plates by André Gill.
Each title page is decorated with a border by Eugène Grasset.
Half brown sheep binding, spine with four raised bands adorned with gilt friezes and decorated with double gilt fillets, some rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Handsome interior condition despite some light foxing.

€150
Jean GIGOUX, Alain-René LESAGE
Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
Paulin|Paris 1835|17 x 25.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with original vignettes by Jean Gigoux.
Half-red shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with fleurons and quadruple gilt fillets, gilt frieze at foot, gilt fillet on red paper boards, endpapers lightly shaded and spotted, speckled edges.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author on China paper as well as 600 vignettes here in first printing by Jean Gigoux.
Copy almost entirely free from foxing.

€250
Charles HUARD, Jean PUGET
Soirs de province
Eugène Rey|Paris 1914|16.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on laid paper, ours unnumbered, the only printing after 50 on Japan paper.
Work illustrated with in-text and full-page illustrations by Charles Huard engraved on wood by Georges and Camille Beltrand.
Handsome copy.

€120
MOLIÈRE
Oeuvres
Paulin|Paris 1835 - 1836|17.50 x 26.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
Illustrated edition in first printing by Tony Johannot, with a frontispiece, an engraved title and 800 wood-engraved vignettes (headpieces, bandeaux, tailpieces). Notice by Sainte Beuve.
Contemporary half emerald green shagreen binding signed P. Pralon à Dijon at top of first endpaper. Smooth spine decorated with mirrored tooling connected by series of fillets. Boards covered with glazed green paper with relief motifs. Spine uniformly sunned. Traces of rubbing. Some rare and light foxing, but overall paper quite white, which is very rare for this edition which is most often found foxed and browned; however some signatures tinted.
Provenance: visiting card inserted in first volume...
€700
Bound in a Scottish binding
Bound in a Scottish binding
Henry SOMM, Alexandre LE NOBLE
La rapinéide ou l'atelier, poème burlesco-comico-tragique en 7 chants par un ancien rapin des ateliers Gros et Girodet
Barraud|Paris 1870|14.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
Second edition illustrated with 7 etching plates, 7 etched vignettes in the text as well as 10 wood-engraved head- and tailpieces by Henry Somm, one of 300 numbered copies on laid paper.
Bound in half black shagreen, spine slightly faded with five raised bands, date gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, one joint rubbed, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original covers preserved as doublures (rear cover with marginal lack at upper right corner), corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt, Scottish binding by Kear & Richardson, binders in Glasgow.
Handsome copy.
Provenance: from the library of Gérard Gully with his amusing bookplate depicting a bewildered Don Quixote with this...
€150
Madeleine LEMAIRE, Ludovic HALÉVY
L'abbé Constantin
Calmann Lévy • Boussod, Valadon & Cie|Paris 1888|17.50 x 26 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with full-page color plates and in-text black drawings by Madeleine Lemaire.
Half red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands outlined with dotted lines and decorated with richly ornamented double gilt compartments, slight rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of pebbled paper, corners slightly bumped.
Handsome copy.

€200
Émile ZOLA, Alexandre DUMAS
Figures contemporaines tirées de l'album Mariani
Flammarion • Henri Floury|Paris 1894-1896|17.50 x 26 cm|2 volumes en reliures de l'éditeur
First edition of each volume.
Publisher’s full burgundy cloth bindings, flat spines, blue endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved for the second volume, front cover preserved for the first volume, gilt top edges.
Minor discoloration spots on the boards.
The first volume includes 75 biographies of notable figures of the time (each featuring a facsimile autograph and a wood-engraved portrait by Brauer), including Paul Arène, Léon Cladel, Coquelin ainé, Charles Gounod, Frédéric Mistral, Albert Robida, Octave Uzanne...
The second volume contains 76 biographies (each with a facsimile autograph and a wood-engraved portrait by Brauer) of figures such as Auguste...
€200
Achille ASTRE, Georges de FEURE
Souvenirs d'art et de littérature - Exemplaire de Jules Chéret
Editions du cygne|Paris 1930|18.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with drawings and wood engravings by Achille Rouquet, Georges de Feure, Félix Vallotton and Achille Laugé.
A lack to the lower right corner of the front cover, foxing.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Achille Astre: "à Jules Chéret à l'artiste le plus délicieux de notre époque son bien dévoué Achille Astre." (to Jules Chéret to the most delightful artist of our time his very devoted Achille Astre.)
€150
Paul LEONNEC, ANONYME
Patara et Bredindin, aventures & mésaventures de deux gabiers en bordée
Léon Vanier|Paris 1884|13.50 x 20 cm|relié
First edition, printed on ordinary paper, illustrated with 150 pen drawings by Paul Léonnec.
Half-shagreen binding in black, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, spine with some rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, some small tears to leading edges.
Preface by Léon Vanier.

€120
Louis FLANDRIN
Hippolyte Flandrin
Librairie Renouard|Paris 1902|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
First edition printed on laid paper and illustrated with 20 plates.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands outlined with black fillets, spine with some rubbing and black stains, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Some light foxing, otherwise handsome interior condition.

€150
Marcel GROMAIRE, Henri HERTZ
Vers un monde volage
Marcel Seheur|Paris 1926|24 x 29 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with 10 hors-texte etchings by Marcel Gromaire, one of 225 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches, the only issue after 1 unique copy, 32 on Japan paper and a few hors commerce copies on vélin d'Arches.
Endpapers partially shaded, first endpaper with small stains of no consequence, handsome copy with unfaded covers.

€680
Ralph STEADMAN
L'arme à l'oeil
Editions Aubier|Paris 1984|26.50 x 27 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition in French.
Work illustrated with reproductions of works by Ralph Steadman.
Publisher's full blue cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed, in French and English, by Ralph Steadman to a friend named Cédric wishing him a happy birthday and accompanied by an original multicolored drawing representing him in his manner: "Happy birthday 91 sincerely. Voilà comment je te vois Cédric. Ralph Steadman."

€750
Georges BEUVILLE, Jacques PERRET
Les collectionneurs
Hubert Baille|Paris 1954|22 x 28 cm|en feuilles sous une chemise à rabats
First edition consisting of 12 plates each illustrated with a drawing by Georges Beuville.
Plate 7 concerning cap collectors is shaded.
Handsome copy complete with its chemise with flaps.

€150
Charles-Lucien HUARD
Paris province étranger
Eugène Rey|Paris 1906|14 x 20.50 cm|relié
First edition consisting of 100 drawings by Charles Huard, one of the numbered copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies announced.
Preface by Henry Bataille.
Bradel binding in blue-green half-cloth, smooth spine, blue sheep title-label, cat's-eye paper boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved.

€150
Jean LORRAIN
Pelléastres - Le poison de la littérature - Crimes de Montmartre et d'ailleurs - Une aventure
Albert Méricant|Paris 1909|13 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Fine cover illustrated by Rapeno.
Handsome copy with unfaded covers, notably discussing Jack the Ripper.
€100
Albert GLEIZES, Laurent TAILHADE
Au pays du mufle
Edouard Joseph|Paris 1920|13 x 16.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 10 original Cubist illustrations by Albert Gleizes, one of 800 numbered copies on laid Arches paper.
Bradel binding in half vellum-style boards, smooth spine decorated with black undulating vertical fillets and red horizontal fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Endpapers entirely shaded, otherwise handsome copy.
€150
Émile ZOLA, Maurice ACHENER
La faute de l'abbé Mouret
Editions Mornay|Paris 1922|15.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with 1 frontispiece in colors, 2 figures hors-texte, 1 title vignette, 50 head-pieces, 50 initials and 50 tailpieces finely engraved on wood after drawings by Maurice Achener, one of 946 numbered copies on deckle-edged paper.
Endpapers very lightly and partially shadowed without any significance.
Handsome copy of this work adapted for cinema by Georges Franju in 1970 with, in the main roles, Francis Huster, Gillian Hills and Lucien Barjon.
€200
George BARBIER, Henri de RÉGNIER
La pécheresse
Editions Mornay|Paris 1924|15 x 20.50 cm|broché
Edition decorated with original color illustrations by George Barbier, one of 921 numbered copies on Rives.
A fine copy.

€400
Fernand SIMEON, Octave MIRBEAU
L'abbé Jules
Editions Mornay|Paris 1925|15.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with original woodcuts by Fernand Siméon, one of 895 numbered copies on Rives paper.
Light foxing to endpapers, otherwise a handsome copy.

€100
Manuel ORAZI, Emile MOREL
Névrose
Bibliothèque internationale d'édition|Paris 1904|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition printed on laid paper.
Half-red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands outlined with black fillets and decorated with gilt floral motifs, some rubbing to the joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, illustrated front wrapper by Manuel Orazi preserved, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Some foxing.
Rare work illustrated with 25 compositions by Manuel Orazi.
€150
Raïssa MARITAIN
Chagall ou l'orage enchanté
Desclée de Brouwer|Bruges 1965|12.50 x 19 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition with numerous illustrations by Marc Chagall including 8 in color at the beginning of the volume.
Publisher's full sand-colored cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has some minor marginal tears of no consequence.
Handsome copy.

€120
Georges BEUVILLE, Honoré de BALZAC
La vieille fille
Editions Kra|Paris 1930|15.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
Edition with colour illustrations by Georges Beuville and printed in 1000 numbered copies on laid paper.
Handsome copy with a light dampstain to the head of the first leaves.
Autograph inscription signed by Georges Beuville to Rose and Henri Bourillon.
€120
André THEURIET
La vie rustique
H. Launette & Cie|Paris 1888|19.50 x 28.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with compositions and drawings by Léon Lhermitte, one of 525 copies on laid paper.
Occasional light foxing.
Half-red morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands outlined in black fillets, cat's-eye paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, lower corners rubbed.

€150
Albert ROBIDA
Les vieilles villes de Suisse
Maurice Dreyfous|Paris 1879|17 x 26 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 105 pen drawings by Albert Robida
Half-green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands outlined in black fillets and decorated with gilt fleurons, green paper boards, stamped in blind at center of first cover: "Université de France Lycée Condorcet", marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.

€200
Arthur RACKHAM, Friedrich Heinrich Karl de LA MOTTE-FOUQUE
Ondine
William Heinemann • Doubleday- Page & Cie|London • & New York 1909|15 x 20.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Illustrated edition with 15 color plates by Arthur Rackham, including a frontispiece, as well as black and white drawings in the text.
Publisher's full blue paper boards, smooth spine faded and decorated with gilt animal motifs, front cover faded and stamped in the center with a gilt illustration, illustrated endpapers and pastedowns with worming, top edge blue and faded.
A small tear without loss at the foot of page 45, not touching the text.

€200
Jean COCTEAU, Eduardo GARCÍA BENITO
Dans le ciel de la patrie
Editions Draeger • Société SPAD|Paris 1918|24.50 x 27.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur retenue par un lacet
Illustrated edition with 12 plates of cubist illustrations by Edouard Garcia Benito.
Text by Jean Cocteau.
Work also illustrated with sketches of Capelle's aircraft.
Publisher's full paper boards, smooth spine without lettering showing rubbing, illustrated covers, illustrated endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped.
Handsome interior condition.

€120
Adolphe WILLETTE, ROEDEL
Chansons nouvelles
Henri Tellier • A. Quinzard & Cie|Paris s. d. [1885]|25 x 33.50 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
First edition on ordinary paper for each volume.
Half-red sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with triple gilt fillets, pebbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, color illustrated covers by Adolphe Willette and Auguste Roedel preserved, speckled edges.
Poetry by Emile Goudeau, George Auriol, Léon Durocher, Prosper Marius, Victor Meusy, Albert Tinchant, Maurice Vaucaire for the first volume; poetry by Henri Bernard, Maurice Boukay, Théodore Botrel, René Dubreuil, Emile Goudeau, Victor Meusy and Raoul Gineste for the second.
Work illustrated with 17 original lithographs hors-texte by Adolphe Willette for the first volume, and 15 original lithographs by Auguste...
€250
BERTHOLD-MAHN, Georges DUHAMEL
La confession de minuit
Henri Jonquières|Paris 1926|19.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with 31 original black lithographs by Berthold-Mahn, one of 30 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copies after 10 on Japan paper.
Adhesive paper residue at head and foot of endpapers, two small lacks at head and foot of first cover, handsome copy.

€150
Punch and Judy - The Pets - Puss in Boots - Red Riding Hood - Poor Cock Robin - The Three Bears - Mother Hubbard - Nursery Songs - Tom Thumb - Jack and the Bean-Stalk
F. Warne & Co|London s. d. [vers 1900]|10.70 x 15.40 cm|relié
Ten tales bound in one volume, 80 pages illustrated in chromolithography, accompanied by text in the lower portion.
Charming and colorful collection of great classics of children's tales in English, including Puss in Boots, Little Red Riding Hood, Tom Thumb, and Jack and the Beanstalk.
Half-shagreen binding in midnight blue, spine with five raised bands decorated with double black fillets and gilt floral motifs, pebbled paper boards. Light stains to board margins. Small loss to shagreen at foot of lower board.
€600
Paul FEUILLÂTRE, Auguste ROUBILLE
Echo & Narcisse - Daphné
La belle Edition|Paris 1911|19 x 29 cm|relié
Edition, un des 100 exemplaires numérotés sur hollande, seul tirage avec 100 japon.
Reliure en demi basane bleu marine, dos assombri à cinq nerfs soulignés de filets noirs, plats de papier à la cuve, gardes et contreplats de papier marbré, tête dorée, reliure de l'époque.
Ouvrage illustré de 80 dessins et 8 hors-texte d' Auguste Roubille.
Signatures manuscrites de Louis Feuillâtre, des éditeurs François Bernouard et Gaston Chéreau et de l'illustrateur Auguste Roubille enrichi d'un petit autoportrait de son visage en dessous de la justification du tirage.
Il a été relié en tête de l'ouvrage, un éloge funèbre de Louis Feuillâtre, tombé au champ d'honneur le...
€180
Louis VAGNE
Alphabet des fillettes
[Imagerie de Pont à Mousson]|s. d. [ca 1900]|24.80 x 31.40 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
Fine album from the Imagerie de Pont à Mousson, decorated with six full-page colored illustrations, including two double-page spreads depicting children's games with toys, intended for the education of young girls.
The lithographs are the work of Louis Vagné, who took over the great imagery printing house of Haguenthal.
Publisher's polychrome illustrated boards, upper board illustrated in color, lower board decorated with a children's games scene in black and white. Joints fragile.
€200
Jean-Louis FORAIN
Les temps difficiles
Charpentier & Fasquelle|Paris 1893|17 x 23 cm|agrafé
First edition consisting of 100 satirical drawings by Jean-Louis Forain dealing with the Panama Canal scandal.
Copy slightly warped, first cover yellowed, handsome interior condition.

€100
COLLECTIF, Alfons MUCHA
Numéro de La Plume consacré à Alphonse Mucha
La Plume|Paris 1897|17.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition of this issue entirely devoted to Alfons Mucha.
Two tears and a lack to spine, a light dampstain at head of first cover, small stains at head of second.
Numerous literary contributions including those by Léon Deschamps, Frantz Jourdain, Sarah Bernhardt, Paul Redonnel, Yvanoé Rambosson, Charles Chincholle...
Issue decorated with 127 illustrations by Alfons Mucha, including the cover, and a portrait of the latter by David Ossipovitch Whidhopff.
€500
Henry COHEN, Ludovic-Napoléon LEPIC
L'opéra - Eaux-fortes et quatrains par un abonné
Jouaust Librairie Des Bibliophiles|Paris 1876|11 x 18 cm|relié
First edition, one of 150 copies on China paper, deluxe copies.
Half-burgundy red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers.
Handsome copy attractively bound.
Work illustrated with 1 frontispiece and 52 etchings engraved by Ludovic-Napoléon Lepic depicting the most famous artists of the time in song and dance, several represented in stage costume.

€200
Jules CHERET, Léon HENNIQUE
Le songe d'une nuit d'hiver
A. Ferroud - F. Ferroud, Successeur|Paris 1903|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on Japan paper containing a triple state of Jules Chéret's etchings, the most limited deluxe paper issue after 20 on vellum.
Work illustrated with 10 etchings by Jules Chéret.
Spine and boards uniformly yellowed, handsome interior condition despite endpapers slightly and partially shaded.
An autograph inscription has been skillfully erased below the printed title on the half-title page.
Our copy is exceptionally enhanced with a fourth state, in colors and on a loose sheet, of the frontispiece.

€300
CHAM [Amédée de NOE] Auguste LIREUX
Assemblée nationale comique
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1850|17.50 x 26.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 20 hors-texte plates as well as numerous drawings in the text by Cham.
Half-green morocco-grained shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, six gilt fillets at head and tail of spine, spine with some rubbing, green cardboard boards with epidermures, endpapers and pastedowns of marbled paper, corners slightly bumped, contemporary romantic binding.
Foxing.
€150
Jean-Louis ERNEST, Octave GRÉARD
Meissonier - Ses souvenirs - ses entretiens précédés d'une étude sur sa vie et son oeuvre par M. O. Gréard
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1897|17.50 x 26.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 34 hors-texte plates as well as 236 illustrations in the text.
Half-cherry red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands highlighted with black fillets, some black stains on the spine, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, corners slightly bumped.
Handsome interior condition.

€170
William Makepeace THACKERAY
The virginians - A tale of the last century
Bradbury & Evans|London 1858-1859|13.50 x 22 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition with all the features of the first printing: "actresses" line 33 of page 207 of the first volume, chapters 47 and 48 erroneously printed as 48 and 49 in the first volume.
Full grey paper boards, smooth spines decorated with blind fillets and slightly discolored, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
Work illustrated by William Makepeace Thackeray, each volume with a frontispiece, a title vignette, 22 plates hors-texte as well as numerous in-text drawings.
Occasional foxing, for each of the 48 plates hors-texte, a placement indication in relation to the text was probably made by the binder so as not to mistake the order of the engravings.
Handsome...
€600
Charles-Lucien HUARD
Paris province étranger - Exemplaire de Jean Richepin
Eugène Rey|Paris 1906|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition consisting of 100 drawings by Charles Huard.
Preface by Henry Bataille.
Spine cracked with small losses, four marginal losses to boards, handsome interior condition despite light foxing to endpapers.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Charles Huard to Jean Richepin.

€150
André DESLIGNIERES, Romain ROLLAND
Colas Breugnon
Editions Mornay|Paris 1927|15 x 20.50 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with 35 original woodcuts in two tones by André Deslignières, one of 895 numbered copies on Rives paper.
Handsome copy.

€200
Gustave DORE, Myles Birket FOSTER
Le chemin des écoliers - Promenade de Paris à Marly-le-Roi en suivant les bords du Rhin
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1861|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 450 vignettes by Gustave Doré, Myles Birket Foster...
Half-green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt quadruple compartments, gilt dots at head and foot of spine, blind-ruled frame on green cardboard boards, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
Light discoloration on the boards.
Handsome copy despite some minor foxing.

€170
Edmond ROSTAND, [Octave-Denis-Victor GUILLONNET] Octave Denis Victor GUILLONNET
L'Aiglon - Exemplaire enrichi d'une aquarelle originale d'Octave-Denis-Victor Guillonnet
Pierre Laffitte & Cie|Paris 1910|22 x 30.50 cm|Watercolor|relié
Edition illustrated in black and color by François Cormon, Jean-Paul Laurens, Antonio de La Gandara, Gaston Latouche and Octave-Denis-Victor Guillonnet.
Half-green shagreen binding, spine lightened with five raised bands bordered by black fillets, marbled paper boards, boards marginally lightened, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, corners very slightly bumped.
Our copy is exceptionally enhanced with an original watercolor, mounted on a stub before the title page, depicting a portrait of l'Aiglon crossed by an imperial seal.
Autograph inscription signed by Octave-Denis-Victor Guillonnet to Henry Marcel at the top of the original...
€450
Joseph CONRAD
Lord Jim
William Blackwood & Sons|Edinburgh • & London 1900|13 x 19.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Second impression of the first edition.
Publisher's binding in full almond green cloth, smooth spine, gilt publisher's marks and publication details at foot of spine, spine and front cover decorated with black interlacing designs.
One hinge split, foxing, Bavarian bookseller's label pasted at foot of front pastedown.

€350
Luc-Albert MOREAU, Roger ALLARD
Les feux de la saint-Jean
Camille Bloch|Paris 1920|21 x 26.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 340 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 20 on hemp paper.
Printed bookplate on the first endpaper.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with 5 drawings by Luc-Albert Moreau.
€120
Henry Morton STANLEY
Through the dark continent or the sources of the Nile around the great lakes of equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone river to the atlantic ocean
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington|London 1878|14.50 x 23 cm|2 volumes en reliures de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's full brown cloth binding, smooth spines illustrated in black with African landscapes, gilt publisher's imprints at foot of spines, front boards decorated with black illustrations depicting African landscapes and stamped at their centers with a map of Africa crossed by the gilt Livingstone river framed by the two gilt lakes Victoria and Tanganika, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped.
Work illustrated with 2 frontispiece portraits, 8 maps, 2 large folding maps contained in a pocket at the end of each volume, as well as 33 plates and numerous illustrations in the text.
Two small black stains on the rear board of the first...
€1,400
Frederick RHEAD, THE BROTHERS LOUIS
The life and strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner
Harper & Brothers|New York 1900|15.50 x 23.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition adorned with numerous illustrations (nearly a hundred) in black in-text and full-page by the brothers Louis and Frederick Rhead.
The work is also illustrated with a color frontispiece.
Publisher's binding in full black cloth, smooth spine, gilt publisher's imprint at foot of spine, front cover decorated with a large color vignette depicting Robinson hunting with rifle in hand, endpapers and pastedowns of cream paper.
Light foxing to endpapers, otherwise handsome copy.

€120
CHAS LABORDE
La porte ouverte
Henri Jonquières|Paris 1931|15 x 20.50 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with 75 annotated drawings by Chas Laborde, one of 524 numbered copies on vellum, the only issue after 1 on Japan paper and 75 on Annam paper.
A handsome copy.
€150
Gabriel BELOT
Proses et bois originaux
E.F. d'Aligan|Paris 1919|21 x 28.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on handmade paper with deckle edges.
Handsome copy despite two tiny lacks at head and foot of spine.
€100
Marcel PROVENCE, Emile LOMBARD
Provence et pureté
Edition du Bastidon|Aix-en-Provence 1957|20.50 x 26 cm|broché
First edition with no mention of deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with compositions by Emile Lombard.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Emile Lombard: "A madame Marie David qui a su dans sa reconnaissance pour ma soeur aimée, madame Laurent, nouer les liens d'amitié avec ma famille, ce livre en souvenir de l'heureux temps où j'eus le plaisir de la rencontrer au N°53 de la rue Nationale. Respectueux hommage. E. Lombard. Aix le 13 janvier 1958." (To Madame Marie David who knew how, in her gratitude for my beloved sister, Madame Laurent, to forge bonds of friendship with my family, this book in memory of the happy time when I had the pleasure of meeting her at No. 53 rue...
€120
Eugène VIOLLET-LE-DUC
Histoire d'un hôtel de ville et d'une cathédrale
Jules Hetzel & Cie|Paris s. d. [ca 1880]|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
New illustrated edition with a color frontispiece as well as plates and in-text drawings in black.
Half-brown shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with richly ornamented double compartments, triple-ruled frame on brown paper boards, front cover stamped with the gilt arms of the city of Paris enhanced with the gilt inscription "Prix municipal de dessin", white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, corners very lightly rubbed, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
Prize book label pasted on one pastedown.
Handsome copy free from foxing and attractively bound with the arms of the city of Paris.
€120
Robert de MONTESQUIOU
Diptyque de Flandre, triptyque de France
E. Sansot|Paris 1921|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 10 Japan, 20 Holland and 20 Alfa.
Work illustrated with 5 portraits.
Handsome copy.
€120
Félicien ROPS, Jean-Baptiste de GRECOURT
Oeuvres badines
Jules Gay|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1881|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition of some parts as entirely revised and printed in 500 numbered copies on laid paper.
Work illustrated, as frontispiece, with an etching by Félicien Rops.
Half red morocco-grained shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots and black fillets and decorated with gilt fleurons, gilt date at foot, pebbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges, bookplate pasted on pastedown, binding signed Mativet.
Fine copy handsomely bound.

€250
CARZOU, Florent FELS
Carzou
Pierre Cailler|Genève [Geneva] 1955|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Iconography.
Handsome copy despite light worming on spine and endpapers.
Autograph inscription signed by Florent Fels to Robert Rey with an additional autograph inscription signed by Carzou as well as an original drawing in black ink depicting a harbor scene.

€150
Mariette LYDIS, Albert ADÈS
Le livre de Goha le simple
La Connaissance|Paris 1926|13 x 19 cm|2 volumesbrochés
Illustrated edition with black hors-texte engravings heightened in white or in colors by Mariette Lydis, one of 800 numbered copies on laid paper.
Preface by Octave Mirbeau.
Handsome copy.
€120
Pierre BRISSAUD, René BOYLESVE
Alcindor ou suite à la leçon d'amour dans un parc
Le livre|Paris 1920|15.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with 23 watercolors by Pierre Brissaud colored with pochoir and printed in 512 numbered copies on Arches laid paper.
Handsome copy.
€150
Pierre LAPRADE, Claude ANET
Madame de Sées
Grasset|Paris 1927|17.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with 15 in-text vignettes watercolored by Pierre Laprade, one of 325 numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue after 25 copies on Japan paper variously enhanced.
Some minor foxing.
A handsome copy.
€100
Louise HERVIEU
Le bon vouloir
Librairie de France|Paris 1927|23 x 28.50 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with 104 illustrations by Louise Hervieu including 20 plates, one of 350 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only issue after 16 Japan and 35 Holland copies.
Unlettered spine sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.
€100
James TISSOT, Edmond & Jules de GONCOURT
Renée Mauperin
G. Charpentier et Cie|Paris 1884|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 10 hors-texte etchings (including a frontispiece) by painter and engraver James Tissot, stamped with the artist's red seal, one of 450 numbered copies on Holland paper.
Half chocolate brown shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands adorned with gilt garlands and decorated with gilt motifs enriched with two red mosaic morocco pieces depicting petals, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsome copy attractively bound.

€1,200
Célestin NANTEUIL, Henri BARON
La Jérusalem délivrée
J. Mallet & Cie|Paris 1884|17 x 25.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 21 black and white figures printed on China paper by Célestin Nanteuil and Henri Baron as well as numerous in-text engravings.
Text augmented with a description of Jerusalem by Alphonse de Lamartine.
Half red morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets and decorated with double black compartments ornamented at their centers with gilt floral motifs, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, combed edges.
Some foxing.
Handsome copy attractively bound.

€250
JOB, Emile HIZELIN
Quand nos capitaines étaient petits
Delagrave|Paris 1938|25 x 32.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition illustrated with 8 color plates and black figures in text by Job.
Publisher's full beige cloth binding, smooth unlettered spine, front board decorated with large colored vignette, endpapers and pastedowns of beige paper.
Light foxing on endpapers and edges.
Handsome copy.

€120
Edmond DULAC, ANONYME
Sinbad the sailor & other stories from the arabian nights
Hodder & Stoughton|London s. d. [1914]|21 x 28.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First printing of the 23 color plates by Edmond Dulac.
Publisher's full brick-red cloth binding, smooth spine richly decorated with Arabesque design on a background of blue roses, front board decorated with large gilt Arabesque design on a background of blue roses, small spots of discoloration on the boards, endpapers and pastedowns of brick paper on a background of blue roses.
Half-title and final endpaper pages spotted, otherwise handsome interior condition.

€500
Frans MASEREEL, Pierre HUMBOURG
Le boy de sa majesté
René Kieffer|Paris 1928|20.50 x 26.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, ours unnumbered as it is hors commerce and printed specially for the author, the only issue with 10 Japan copies.
Work illustrated with 7 original wood engravings by Frans Masereel.
Three small lacks to spine, handsome interior condition.
Beautiful autograph inscription signed by Pierre Humbourg to a friend named Laurence: "A Laurence ce vieux petit livre où passe un peu de la tristesse du monde, ces paysages où ne fleurirent pas les roses... le boy de sa majesté n'est ni gai, ni encourageant c'est en somme un brave garçon aussi mystérieux que tout le monde. Il lui sera beaucoup...
€500
Félix REGAMEY
Le cahier rose de madame Chrysanthème
Bibliothèque artistique & littéraire|Paris 1894|17.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 330 numbered copies on imitation Holland paper.
Work decorated with original illustrations by the author.
Front cover soiled, discreet printed bookseller's stamp on verso of front cover, some foxing.
€150
Pierre-Augustin Caron de BEAUMARCHAIS
Le barbier de Séville
Edouard Pelletan|Paris 1903|17 x 24 cm|broché
Illustrated edition with 62 original compositions by Daniel Vierge, one of 278 numbered copies on handmade laid paper.
Front cover slightly and marginally shaded, minor spotting without consequence on the final endpaper, handsome interior condition.
€120
Prosper MÉRIMÉE, Luc Olivier MERSON
La jaquerie, scènes féodales
A. Blaizot|Paris 1909|18 x 24.50 cm|broché
Illustrated edition with 41 original compositions by Luc-Olivier Merson, one of 200 numbered copies on vellum.
First cover slightly and partially shadowed, endpapers marginally shadowed, handsome interior condition.
€120
Eugène SUE, Paul GAVARNI
Le juif errant
Paulin|Paris 1845|18.50 x 27.50 cm|4 volumes reliés en 2
First edition superbly illustrated by Gavarni with 83 hors-texte plates as well as 600 in-text vignettes.
Between pages 254-255 of the third volume, our copy is complete with the folding map showing the Progressive March of Cholera Morbus in Asia and Europe from 1817 to 1832.
Half-brown shagreen bindings, spines slightly faded with four raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double gilt compartments, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Some foxing as usual.
Le juif errant is one of the greatest bestsellers of the 19th century, published just after Les mystères de Paris. To the narrative qualities of Les mystères de Paris...
€500
Louis REYBAUD, Tony JOHANNOT
Jérome Paturot à la recherche de la meilleure des républiques
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1849|18.50 x 27.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition illustrated with in-text and full-page engravings by Tony Johannot.
Publisher's binding in full navy blue cloth, smooth spine richly decorated with a gilt allegory, blind-ruled frames on boards, front board ornamented with large gilt decoration, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns marginally soiled, all edges gilt.
Some light foxing, some light discoloration stains to board margins.
Handsome copy in its decorated romantic publisher's binding.
€350
Jules RENARD, Félix VALLOTTON
Le plaisir de rompre
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1898|14 x 20 cm|relié
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in brown half cloth, smooth spine, black shagreen title-label, combed paper boards, small discoloration stains to board margins, illustrated covers by Félix Vallotton preserved, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Cover illustrated by Félix Vallotton.
€100
Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard GRANDVILLE, OLD NICK
Petites misères de la vie humaine
Henri Fournier|Paris 1843|16 x 24 cm|relié
First edition decorated with a double frontispiece (the second bearing the printed mention "Joco-Seria" as on the half-title), as well as 48 plates and numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text.
Half caramel shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved and lined with small restorations.
Some foxing.
Handsome copy complete with its covers.
€1,000
Raymond BRENOT, Pierre LOUŸS
Sanguines
Editions de l'Odéon|Paris 1961|19 x 25.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Illustrated edition with color watercolor plates by Raymond Brenot, one of 134 copies on tinted Renage vellum.
Publisher's full caramel sky binding, smooth spine very lightly discolored, first cover decorated with a gilt illustration, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Handsome copy complete, as stipulated in the justification page, with a duplicate suite of the illustrations in sanguine.
€200
Eugène DEVERIA, François RABELAIS
Oeuvres
Chez Dalibon|A Paris 1823|14 x 22.50 cm|9 volumes reliés
Variorum edition incorporating all the remarks, notes and variants from previous editions (Le Duchat, La Monnoye, Gueullette, Voltaire, Marsy, etc.).
Contemporary half calf bindings with brown corners signed Pivoteau at the foot of volume I. Smooth spine decorated with 2 large mirror tools at head and foot, within frames. Cold-rolled borders on boards and corners. Wave-pattern paper boards. Marbled edges. Scattered foxing. Fine copy in Restoration binding.
Headcap of first volume very slightly damaged with small loss, some stains on lower spine of the last three volumes. Foxing not affecting the plates.
Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and 9 hors-texte plates by...
€800
Henri de RÉGNIER, George BARBIER
La pécheresse
Editions Mornay|Paris 1924|15 x 20.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with original color illustrations by George Barbier, one of 53 numbered copies on japon impérial.
Half almond-green morocco binding with corners, faded spine with three raised bands, gilt date at foot, boards marginally faded, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed F. Hauttecoeur.
Handsome copy.

€800
Guy ARNOUX, Thierry SANDRE
Histoire merveilleuse de Robert le Diable
Les arts et le livre|Paris 1927|19 x 24 cm|broché
Illustrated edition with 22 watercolors by Guy Arnoux and printed in 550 numbered copies on laid paper.
Spine and covers slightly and uniformly yellowed, handsome interior condition.

€120
Joseph HÉMARD
Galerie des belles amours
René Kieffer|Paris 1935|19 x 24 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with pochoir-colored illustrations by Joseph Hémard, one of 940 numbered copies on handmade vellum, the only issue after 60 imperial Japan copies variously enriched.
Spine and boards marginally yellowed as often, small adhesive paper marks at head and foot of endpapers, pleasant interior condition.

€150
Philippe BURNOT, Jean-Marie CARRÉ
Images d'Amérique
H. Lardanchet|Lyon 1927|16.50 x 23 cm|broché
Edition with original woodcuts by Philippe Burnot, one of 345 numbered copies on handmade vellum, ours one of 25 lettered hors commerce copies, the only printing after 30 copies on Japan paper.
Boards lightly and marginally shaded without gravity, otherwise handsome copy.

€120
LE TASSE
Jérusalem délivrée
Lehuby|Paris 1848|12 x 19.40 cm|relié
New illustrated edition with 22 plates by Célestin Nanteuil, and some headpieces. Text adapted for young readers. Translation by Le Prince Le brun. First edition of this version for young readers.
Publisher's polychrome mosaic cartonnage binding. Smooth spine with ornaments on red, green and cream ground. Upper cover decorated with 4 shields, 2 red and 2 blue, and a portrait of Tasso on cream ground, all set against Renaissance interlacing patterns. Blind-ruled frame on covers. Edges gilt. On the lower cover, a very elaborate shield on green ground. Tinted paper throughout. Dark traces on the lemon endpapers. Some very occasional and light foxing.

A very handsome...
€300
CHAMPFLEURY
Histoire de la caricature moderne
Dentu|Paris s. d. [ca 1875]|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
Second edition with some parts in first edition.
Half-brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly faded, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, original wrappers preserved, bookplate pasted to head of one endpaper.
Work illustrated with engravings in text and plates.
Copy without foxing.
€120
Joseph HEMARD, APULÉE
Contes milésiens tirés d'Apulée et mis en vers Français par André Berry
Editions de la Tournelle|Paris 1936|16.50 x 22 cm|broché
Illustrated edition with 70 drawings by Joseph Hémard, one of 300 numbered copies on vellum with illustrations hand-colored by pochoir.
Handsome copy.

€150
Louis MORIN
Histoires d'autrefois - Les amours de Gilles
Ernest Kolb|Paris s. d. [1889]|14.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 178 drawings by Louis Morin.
Bradel binding in half pink cloth, smooth spine lightly browned decorated with gilt floral motif, brown sheep title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary signed binding
Autograph inscription signed by Louis Morin to Léon Hennique: "A mon cher maître Léon Hennique de tout coeur..." with an original pencil drawing.
Provenance: from the library of Léon Hennique with his bookplate pasted at head of pastedown.

€250
Charles-Lucien HUARD
Londres comme je l'ai vu
Eugène Rey|Paris 1908|15 x 20.50 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with drawings in and out of text by the author.
Half black morocco binding with bands, smooth spine decorated with gilt animal motif, light scratches of no consequence to spine, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré paper, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed René Kieffer.
Handsome copy beautifully executed.

€150
Gus BOFA
Roll-mops
Société littéraire de France|Paris 1919|13 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with drawings by the author.
Beautiful illustrated cover by the same.
Handsome copy.
€70
Francis HERTENBERGER, Pierre LOUŸS
Le trophée des vulves légendaires - Neuf sonnets sur les héroïnes de Wagner rêvés au pied du Vénusberg en Août 1891
Aux dépens d'un groupe de bibliophiles parisiens|Paris 1948|18.50 x 23.50 cm|en feuilles
First edition printed in 300 numbered copies on pure rag vellum from the marais, ours being one of the 246 containing illustrations in the text.
Work illustrated with 18 unsigned drypoints in the text by Fernand Hertenberger.
Boards uniformly and lightly sunned.
Rare and handsome copy.
€1,000
Jules VERNE
Les enfants du capitaine Grant
Hetzel|Paris 1880|17.50 x 28 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 172 vignettes by Riou, engraved by Pannemaker. Catalogue AI at rear for 1880.
Publisher's binding known as "à la bannière", royal blue on red ground. Beveled boards of type 7. Lower board of type Lenègre 3 in blind. Plate signed Souze, binding signed Lenègre at foot.
Fine upper plate. Traces of rubbing in the blue cartouche. Spine sunned but with gilding well preserved. Corners rubbed. Rubbing to headcaps. Second board good. Edges perfect. Some scattered foxing, notably on the first leaves and the last, but overall rather clean on good white paper. Handsome copy.
One of the author's great classics, 2 children searching for their shipwrecked father...
€600
Paul-Emile COLIN, André YOLE
Les démarqués
Société des médecins bibliophiles|Paris 1926|21 x 29 cm|en feuilles
Edition illustrated with wood engravings by Paul-Emile Colin and printed in 150 numbered copies on laid paper.
Handsome copy.
€200
Paul-Emile COLIN, Pierre GUSMAN
La gravure sur bois en France au XIXe siècle
Albert Morancé|Paris 1929|22.50 x 28 cm|broché
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on China paper, the only deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with 96 hors-texte plates.
Handsome copy despite inevitable light foxing inherent to the quality of China paper, light traces of adhesive tape at head and foot of endpapers.
Our copy, as stipulated in the print justification, is indeed complete, at the end, with the 10 additional wood engravings distributed across 8 plates.
€800
Gus BOFA
La Symphonie de la peur
L'artisan du livre|Paris 1937|22.50 x 28.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 1100 numbered copies on Lafuma paper, ours one of the 100 hors commerce copies, the only issue after 25 Japan and 100 Holland.
Work illustrated with 40 black lithographs by Gus Bofa.
Fine copy lacking its slipcase.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Gus Bofa to journalist Maurice Noël.
€300
Alphonse DAUDET, Felician MYRBACH
Trente ans de Paris
C. Marpon et E. Flammarion|Paris 1888|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy despite two small tears at head of spine.
Work illustrated with in-text illustrations by Felician Myrbach, Luigi Rossi, Louis Montégut...

€100
Georges LEPAPE, PÉTRONE
Le satiricon
Emile Chamontin|Paris 1941|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation established by Laurent Tailhade, one of the numbered copies on vellum.
Work illustrated with original pochoir illustrations by Georges Lepape.
€80
Georges LEONNEC, LONGUS
Les pastorales de Longus ou Daphnis et Chloé
Librairie Floury|Paris 1934|21 x 26.50 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with 16 original illustrations in and out of text by Georges Leonnec as well as head- and tailpieces, initial letters and culs-de-lampe, one of the numbered copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine and boards being slightly and marginally sunned.
The translation was done by Jacques Amyot and largely revised by Paul-Louis Courier.
€120