Edition translated by Defaucompret. Each volume has an engraved title with a vignette and at least 2 steel engravings per work, the animated scenes are by Tony Johannot, the views are English engravings. 28 folding maps heightened in colors, including a large map of Scotland, at the end of the History of Scotland.
Half navy blue shagreen binding, slightly later, ca 1850. Spine with raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and thick and thin fillets, in blind and gilt. Spine uniformly and slightly darkened. Author, volume number and title gilt. Volume 1: trace of dampstain to one corner of p. 300 to the end. Volume 4: broad yellowing on title page to p.30. Volume 7: trace of dampstain in left margin p. 197 to the end. Volume XXIII, trace of pale yellow dampstain in upper margin slightly affecting the text throughout the volume. Some traces of rubbing. Scattered foxing. Very handsome set, well bound.
Important critical edition, with all the author's prefaces for the different editions, and notes.
Details of the edition: 1) Waverley 2) Guy Mannering 3) L'Antiquaire 4) Rob-Roy 5) Le Nain noir & Les Puritains d'Écosse 6) La Prison d'Édimbourg 7) La Fiancée de Lammermoor ; L'Officier de fortune 8) Ivanhoé 9) Le Monastère 10) L'Abbé 11) Kenilworth 12) Le Pirate 13) Aventures de Nigel 14) Peveril du Pic 15) Quentin Durward 16) Les Eaux de Saint-Ronan 17) Redgauntlet 18) Les Fiancés ou Le Connétable de Chester 19) Le Talisman ou Richard en Palestine 20) Woodstock 21) Chroniques de la Canongate 22) La Jolie Fille de Perth 23) Charles le Téméraire 24) Robert comte de Paris 25) Le Château périlleux & Histoire de la démonologie et de la sorcellerie 26, 27 & 28) Histoire d'Écosse 29 & 30) Romans poétiques
Scott's great dark novels have obscured the fact that he is a great ironist and keen observer of human psychology, closer to Dickens and Fielding than one might initially believe. Yet what the generation of Romantic authors, who were overwhelmed by the discovery of Walter Scott, retained was primarily the historical and romantic tragedy, and the literary use of Scottish legends. Scott, like so many other great authors of English literature, is unfortunately reduced in France to a few novels. The greater part remains unpublished today, which makes this edition all the more valuable.
Edition illustrated by Julien Le Blant with 7 hors-texte etchings and a portrait of the author as frontispiece. Small print run on vellum. Fine engravings engraved by Champollion. Ornaments (initials, headpieces...) by Giacomelli.
Copy with the monogram G. A., unidentified. Interlaced English initials.
Contemporary full tender green morocco binding signed at bottom of front pastedown Bonleu. Smooth spine decorated with a fleuron at head and a special tool, the whole within elegant frames. Triple fillet frame on boards. Monogram at center of upper board. Wide inner decorative border. Top edge gilt. Light traces of rubbing. Spine having turned uniformly to light brown. Copy very fresh, except for 2 pages with scattered micro spotting.
Handsome copy.
First edition on ordinary paper.
A fold mark at the foot of the lower cover, otherwise a well-preserved copy.
With a fine signed autograph inscription by Tristan Bernard: "A Charles Cuvillier cette oeuvre capitale qui absorba quinze ans de ma vie. Bien affectueusement Tristan Bernard."
First edition, no copies printed on deluxe paper.
Publisher's full red boards, flat spine, complete with the illustrated dust jacket.
Illustrated with numerous photographs.
Fine signed autograph inscription by Daniel Pennac to his friend Franklin Rist on the title page, each group of words enclosed in a comic strip-style speech bubble: "Nemo par Pennac et POUR FRANKLIN / nom d'un chien / avec / mon / amitié / de toujours / et d'aujourd'hui. Je t'embrasse Daniel"; the inscription is completed with a drawing of a little figure in the style of the Titan Atlas, carrying a fountain pen.
Illustrated edition by George Roux featuring 12 large chromotypographs, 2 maps, and numerous photographic views.
Publisher’s decorative binding by Hetzel, signed Engel, known as “au globe,” type 4, spine with the lighthouse design, lower cover of Engel type "h" as per Jauzac; all edges gilt.
Headcaps very slightly pushed without consequence, original blue endpapers faintly faded as often, a few occasional spots of foxing.
Les Frères Kip is a detective and adventure novel, likely inspired by a late 19th-century criminal case: the Rorique brothers.
Copy not recorded by Jauzac.
First edition, with no deluxe copies printed.
A handsome copy of this work, which was adapted for the screen the following year.
Signed autograph inscription by Frédéric Dard, who also signed on behalf of Robert Hossein, to journalist and art critic Claude Richoz: "A Claude Richoz ce nouveau forfait de deux complices qui l'aiment de tout leurs coeurs. Frédéric D. et Robert H. (par procuration) 1985."
Very rare first edition printed in 25 numbered copies, ours being the unique copy printed on vellum and bearing No. 1, a deluxe copy.
Printed proof stamp on the half-title page: "E. Capiomont & Cie imprimeurs. 37, rue de Seine, Paris 30Janvier 188. Epreuve"
Full chocolate brown morocco binding, spine very slightly faded with four raised bands, gilt date and gilt "épreuves" notation at foot of spine, gilt roulettes on headcaps, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, frame of six gilt fillets on pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, double gilt fillets on leading edges, bookplate pasted on one pastedown, slipcase with chocolate brown morocco borders, marbled paper boards, grey felt lining, magnificent binding signed by R. Aussourd.
Provenance: from the prestigious library of the great bibliophile Doctor Lucien-Graux with his bookplate pasted on one pastedown.
Very rare and handsome deluxe copy perfectly executed by René Aussourd.
First edition, with all the points of the first issue, including the misprint “Sénart” on the dedication leaf.
Bound in contemporary plum half morocco with corners by Georges Huser, spines with five raised bands, triple blind panels with a gilt floral tool at centres, dates in gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edges gilt, bookplates mounted on the versos of the upper boards. Complete with the publisher’s catalogue at the end of the first volume.
A very handsome copy, elegantly bound by Georges Huser, with the rare original wrappers preserved.
First edition in French, one of 8 numbered copies on Imperial Japan paper, ours being one of 3 hors commerce copies, deluxe printing.
Some foxing to boards and certain deckled edges.
A rare full-margined copy.
First edition, limited to 1,100 copies, divided into four fictitious editions within the same year, in order to create the illusion of commercial success. These were subsequently reissued with a new title-page bearing an edition statement and the author’s name, together with a volume designation on the half-titles (cf. Clouzot). Our copy carries the designation “third edition.” Contemporary bookplate traces on the upper pastedowns. Expert restorations to headcaps and joints, with a tiny loss at the foot of the lower joint of vol. I. A clean copy, entirely free of foxing.
Contemporary half chocolate calf bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets and romantic fleurons with gilt Gothic motifs, marbled paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, strictly contemporary bindings.
The title-pages are illustrated with two wood-engraved vignettes after Tony Johannot by Poiret, showing Esmeralda offering water to Quasimodo (vol. I) and L’Amende honorable (vol. II).
A fine copy, in handsome period bindings and entirely without foxing, a state of preservation very seldom encountered. “This first edition, in fine condition, is the rarest of all the author’s works; it enjoyed worldwide renown, and is among the most difficult to obtain from the Romantic period” (Carteret).
First edition, one of 41 numbered copies on Hollande paper, from the deluxe issue.
Contemporary half black morocco binding, smooth spine, wood-effect paper boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, binding signed L. Bergeron.
A fine copy.
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First 12o edition published a year after the very rare first edition.
Light dampstains to the joins of the volumes, a small hole at foot of a joint on the first volume, slight rubbing to the spines, an upper corner of volume 1 rubbed, small part of leather lacking and a hole to a joint of the third volume.
Bound in half bronze sheep, smooth spines framed in gilt and cold-stamped fillets, modern black morocco title labels and volume labels, marbled paper boards, spotted edges, contemporary bindings.
Provenance: from the library of Michel Marie de Pomereu with his engraved bookplates pasted on the pastedowns.
First edition, one of 106 numbered copies on vergé de Vizille, only deluxe issue.
Nice copy of this 1999 Goncourt Prize winner.
Reprint of the works by Houssiaux, who had purchased the stock of the Furne bookshop, where Honoré de Balzac's works were originally published.
Houssiaux completed them with three new volumes (Theatre, Contes drôlatiques...) which appear here for the first time in the collected works in 1855.
Some foxing.
Bound in half green shagreen with corners, spines with four raised bands decorated with gilt typographical motifs, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of handmade paper.
Work illustrated with 143 plates on tinted heavy paper, by the finest artists of the period including Bertall, Daumier, Gavarni, Johannot, Nanteuil as well as rare illustrations within the text and some music plates. Most copies contain between 136 and 144 engravings.
This magnificent illustration represents a pinnacle of the genre and captures the aesthetic of an entire era.
As always with these complete works editions, each copy naturally possesses some notable particularities and the number of plates may differ from volume to volume within a single copy.
Vol.1 :1855 : 7 engravings including the portrait of Balzac
Vol.2: 1869 : 7 engravings
Vol.3: 1869 : 6 engravings
Vol.4: 1869 : 6 engravings.
Vol.5 :1869 : 9 engravings.
Vol.6 :1869 : 8 engravings
Vol.7 :1869 : 8 engravings
Vol.8 :1869 : 7 engravings
Vol.9 :1869 : 7 engravings
Vol.10 :1869 : 8 engravings
Vol.11 :1869 : 8 engravings
Vol.12 :1869 : 8 engravings
Vol.13 :1869 : 5 engravings. Pages 679 to 682 having been creased and with small lacks not affecting the text.
Vol.14 :1869 : 9 engravings
Vol.15 :1869 : 6 engravings
Vol.16 :1869 : 4 engravings
Vol.17 :1869 : 4 engravings
Vol.18 :1869 :16 engravings
Vol.19 :1869 : 6 engravings
Vol.20 :1869 : 4 engravings
Handsome set, despite some foxing, in uniform bindings.
