Christianity

DAVID
Bénédictine-Bernardine réformée de Port-Royal (Croquis N°I, La Gazette du Bon ton, 1922 n°10)
Lucien Vogel éditeur|Paris 1922|19 x 24.50 cm|une feuille
Original color print, printed on laid paper, signed at the bottom right of the plate.
A tiny tear in the right margin of the plate without damage to the illustration.
La Gazette du bon ton, one of the most beautiful and influential fashion magazines of the 20th century, celebrating the talent of French creators and artists in the full bloom of Art Deco.
Famous fashion magazine founded in 1912 by Lucien Vogel, La Gazette du bon ton was published until 1925 with an interruption during the War from 1915 to 1920, due to the mobilization of its editor-in-chief. It consists of 69 issues printed in only 2,000 copies and is illustrated notably with...
€90
DAVID
Prélat de petit manteau (Rome) (Croquis N°V, La Gazette du Bon ton, 1922 n°10)
Lucien Vogel éditeur|Paris 1922|19 x 24.50 cm|une feuille
Original color engraving, printed on laid paper, signed lower right on the plate.
La Gazette du bon ton, one of the most beautiful and influential fashion magazines of the 20th century, celebrating the talent of French creators and artists during the flourishing of Art Deco.
Famous fashion magazine founded in 1912 by Lucien Vogel, La Gazette du bon ton was published until 1925 with an interruption during the War from 1915 to 1920, due to the mobilization of its editor-in-chief. It consists of 69 issues printed in only 2000 copies and is illustrated notably with 573 color plates and 148 sketches representing models by great...
€90
DAVID
Chartreux - Robe de maison (Croquis N°VIII, La Gazette du Bon ton, 1922 n°10)
Lucien Vogel éditeur|Paris 1922|19 x 24.50 cm|une feuille
Original color engraving, printed on laid paper, signed lower right on the plate.
La Gazette du bon ton, one of the most beautiful and influential fashion magazines of the 20th century, celebrating the talent of French creators and artists during the flourishing of Art Deco.
Famous fashion magazine founded in 1912 by Lucien Vogel, La Gazette du bon ton was published until 1925 with an interruption during the War from 1915 to 1920, due to the mobilization of its editor-in-chief. It consists of 69 issues printed in only 2000 copies and is illustrated notably with 573 color plates and 148 sketches representing models by great...
€90
DAVID
Soeur bénédictine de Rome (XVIIIe siècle) (Costume de veuve) (Croquis N°VII, La Gazette du Bon ton, 1922 n°10)
Lucien Vogel éditeur|Paris 1922|19 x 24.50 cm|une feuille
Original color print, printed on laid paper, signed at lower right of the plate.
La Gazette du bon ton, one of the most beautiful and influential fashion magazines of the 20th century, celebrating the talent of French creators and artists during the flourishing of Art Deco.
Famous fashion magazine founded in 1912 by Lucien Vogel, La Gazette du bon ton was published until 1925 with an interruption during the War from 1915 to 1920, due to the mobilization of its editor-in-chief. It consists of 69 issues printed in only 2000 copies and is illustrated notably with 573 color plates and 148 sketches representing models by great...
€90
DAVID
Moine minime de St-François de Paule (Croquis N°VI, La Gazette du Bon ton, 1922 n°10)
Lucien Vogel éditeur|Paris 1922|19 x 24.50 cm|une feuille
Original color print, printed on laid paper.
La Gazette du bon ton, one of the most beautiful and influential fashion magazines of the 20th century, celebrating the talent of French creators and artists during the flourishing of Art Deco.
Famous fashion magazine founded in 1912 by Lucien Vogel, La Gazette du bon ton was published until 1925 with an interruption during the War from 1915 to 1920, due to the mobilization of its editor-in-chief. It consists of 69 issues printed in only 2000 copies and is illustrated notably with 573 color plates and 148 sketches representing models by great couturiers. Upon their publication, these...
€90
DAVID
Immaculée conception (XVIIIe siècle) (Croquis N°III, La Gazette du Bon ton, 1922 n°10)
Lucien Vogel éditeur|Paris 1922|19 x 24.50 cm|une feuille
Original color print, printed on laid paper.
La Gazette du bon ton, one of the most beautiful and influential fashion magazines of the 20th century, celebrating the talent of French creators and artists in the full bloom of Art Deco.
Famous fashion magazine founded in 1912 by Lucien Vogel, La Gazette du bon ton was published until 1925 with an interruption during the War from 1915 to 1920, due to the mobilization of its editor-in-chief. It consists of 69 issues printed in only 2000 copies and is illustrated notably with 573 color plates and 148 sketches representing models by great couturiers. From their publication, these...
€90
DAVID
Abbé (Croquis N°III, La Gazette du Bon ton, 1922 n°10)
Lucien Vogel éditeur|Paris 1922|19 x 24.50 cm|une feuille
Original color print, printed on laid paper, signature at bottom right of the plate.
La Gazette du bon ton, one of the most beautiful and influential fashion magazines of the 20th century, celebrating the talent of French creators and artists in the full bloom of Art Deco.
Famous fashion magazine founded in 1912 by Lucien Vogel, La Gazette du bon ton was published until 1925 with an interruption during the War from 1915 to 1920, due to the mobilization of its editor-in-chief. It consists of 69 issues printed in only 2000 copies and is illustrated notably with 573 color plates and 148 sketches representing models by great...
€90
Charles de FOUCAULD
"Votre très respectueusement et affectueusement dévoué dans le coeur de Jésus"Autograph letter signed from his hermitage in Hoggar
(Hoggar) 17 matin (1909)|10.20 x 15.80 cm|un feuillet remplié
| Foucauld and the temptation of the desert |
Foucauld's Sahara Epistle

Precious handwritten letter signed by Saint Charles de Foucauld, 4 pages in purple ink on a folded sheet. At the top of the first page is a handwritten version of his famous motto "Jésus Caritas", accompanied by a drawing of the Sacred Heart of Jesus surmounted by a cross, which he wore on his habit. He repeats this sketch accompanied by the word “Jesus” at the head of each subsequent page of the letter.

Published in Georges Gorrée, Les amitiés sahariennes du Père de Foucauld, 1946, vol. 2, p. 183.

This long and...
€5,000
Adrien LAUNAY
Atlas Des Missions de la Société des Missions Étrangères. 27 cartes en 5 couleurs accompagnées de 27 notices géographiques et historiques
Société Saint-Austin|Lille 1890|38 x 52 cm|relié
First edition.
Work illustrated with 27 geographical maps in color with accompanying text, geographical index on tabs.
The maps are in fine condition.
Half grey cloth binding with corners, front board printed with the title, author, and nomenclature of the maps. Some foxing, soiling and rubbing marks on the spine and boards as well as on the tabs, publisher's binding.
On Catholicism in Asia: Pondichéry, Coïmbatour, Maïssour, Burma, Siam (Thailand), Malay Peninsula (Malaysia), Cambodia, Cochinchina (Vietnam), Ton-king (Tonkin), Kouang-tong, Kouang-si, Kouy-tcheou, Yuan-nan (Yunan), Su-tchuen, Tibet, Manchuria, Korea, Japan.
Rare folio atlas.
€2,500
Philippe SOLLERS
Illuminations à travers les textes sacrés
Robert Laffont|Paris 2003|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy, iconography.
Signed autograph inscription from Philippe Sollers to Catherine David.
Novelist, essayist, literary critic, pianist, Catherine David was a pioneer of intellectual journalism at Le Nouvel Observateur. Laurent Joffrin, former director of the newspaper, offered this beautiful funeral eulogy in the January 4, 2023 issue: "... Her passions were eclectic, from music to tai chi chuan, from philosophy to hybrid disciplines, at the boundaries of science and spirituality. Her books bear this mark: a brilliant variation on movement (la Beauté du geste), an essay on Simone Signoret, a spirited biography of Pico...
€100
Max JACOB
Lettre autographe signée adressée à madame Léon Daudet à propos de la mort de son fils Philippe "... croyez aussi à mes prières ferventes sinon pour le bienheureux enfant dont le ciel accueille l'innocence..."
S. n.|Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire 1er Décembre 1923|15.50 x 19.50 cm|une page sur un feuillet
Autograph letter dated and signed by Max Jacob addressed to Madame Léon Daudet (17 lines in black ink from Saint Benoit-sur-Loire) in which the poet expresses all his sadness and solicitude for the Daudet family mourning the loss of Philippe Daudet: "... j'ai appris tout le malheur qui frappe votre famille..." ["... I learned of all the misfortune striking your family..."] but also all his piety: "... croyez aussi à mes prières ferventes sinon pour le bienheureux enfant dont le ciel accueille l'innocence du moinsd pour les pauvres parents à qui le destin arrache hélas ! leur chair vive." ["... believe also in my fervent prayers if not for the blessed...
€350
THOMAS A KEMPIS, CURMER
L'Imitation de Jésus-Christ
Léon Curmer|Paris 1856|18.50 x 26.50 cm|relié
First printing of this edition produced in chromolithography in imitation of illuminated manuscripts, whose illustrated pages required the use of more than 900 stones and 3 to 14 colors per stone. Each page is magnificently decorated with a rich and wide border framing the text, each one different (with stylistic unity per double page), and five feature full-page chromolithographs. 437 chromolithographs drawn from 14th to 16th century manuscripts, all mounted plates.
Publisher's binding in full old red morocco signed at the bottom of the front pastedown Léon Curmer. Curmer being a publisher rather than a binder, it is not known which binder he commissioned to execute these publisher's...
€1,800
Simone GALLIOT, Hélène GALLIOT
Marc Sangnier (1873-1950)
Imprimerie commerciale|Le Mans s. d. [1960]|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition published by Simone and Hélène Galliot to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Marc Sangnier's death.
Handsome and rare copy illustrated with a photographic portrait of Marc Sangnier at the beginning of the volume.
€50
José SARAMAGO
L'évangile selon Jésus-Christ
Seuil|Paris 1993|14.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Light worming to edges, boards soiled, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Manuscript signature dated and made in Paris by José Saramago.

€500
Jean-Louis VAISSE
Une voix sortie des cieux
S. n.|Paris 1852|13 x 21 cm|broché
First edition of this work dedicated to messieurs Lamennais, Châteaubriand and Lamartine.
Lacks to head and foot of cracked spine, small tears and corner lacks to boards, some foxing, small lacks to feet of final leaves not touching text.
Rare copy of this apology for social Catholicism considering the Revolution of 1848 as: "a work of the power of God"..
€150
Gustave VELLEIN
Le poète Vincent Voiron, curé de Domarin
Allier frères|Grenoble 1914|16 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper of this offprint from the Bulletin de l'Académie delphinale.
A small lack to lower right corner of first cover, some foxing to margins of final leaves, otherwise pleasant interior condition.
Rare and handsome copy.
This is the speech by Gustave Vellein delivered at the session of December 26, 1913 of the Académie delphinale, followed by M. de La Brosse's response.
Manuscript signature of Gustave Vellein on the half-title page below the printed stamp "hommage de l'auteur".
€50
Augustinus CALMET [religious name of Augustin CALMET]
Het algemeen groot historisch, oordeelkundig, chronologisch, geografisch, en letterlyk naam- en woord-boek, van den gantschen H. Bybel.... Versierd met noodige landkaarten en koopere plaaten, dienende tot de gedenk-stukken der Jooden en andere oudheden, ter opheldering der H. Schrift. [Dictionary of the Holy Bible]
Samuel Luchtmans|Amsterdam 1725|28.30 x 43.20 cm|2 volumes reliés
First Dutch edition after the original French edition of 1722. It is copiously illustrated in volume I with a frontispiece by Gunst, an engraved epistle page, 2 title headpieces, 7 maps, 35 plates including several on double pages, some with 2 figures per plate; in volume II with a title headpiece, 60 plates (including several on double pages) and 4 plates of medals. The plates represent views and scenes, costumes, monuments, archaeology...
Modern pastiche binding in full brown calfskin. Spine with raised bands decorated. Spine lightened. Traces of rubbing. Some foxing and occasional worming, browned pages, others yellowed, some with browning. One plate in volume II with 10 cm tear...
€1,800
Etienne-Antoine de, évêque de Troyes BOULOGNE
Instruction pastorale de Monseigneur l'évêque de Troyes, sur l'impression des mauvais livres, et notamment sur les nouvelles oeuvres complètes de Voltaire et de Rousseau
Adrien Le Clere|Paris 1821|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition.
Copy in blue temporary wrappers.
Handsome copy, with an engraving pasted to the verso of the second board of the temporary wrappers.
€100
Howard CHAMBERLAIN
La signification historique du christianisme
Librairie L. Rodstein|Paris 1935|15.50 x 23.50 cm|agrafé
The first edition, published in a small number of copies.
A rare and handsome copy.

€60
Jean CALVIN
Lexicon iuridicum iuris romani simul, et canonici [avec] Complementum lexici perfecti[Legal Lexicon of Roman and Canon Law [with] Supplement to the Perfect Lexicon]
Apud haeredes Andreae Wecheli [Andreas Wechel]|Francofurti [Francfort] [Frankfurt am Main] 1600|21.50 x 34 cm|relié
Rare first edition. Text in two columns. Very fine printer's device on the title page and at the colophon.
Contemporary full vellum binding, smooth spine with pen-and-ink title, some stains on boards.
Some worming without touching the text as well as scattered dampstains.
Originally from Hesse, Calvin was professor of jurisprudence at the University of Heidelberg as well as a compiler and author of manuals on politics, Roman law and Mosaic law.
€1,700
David TCHIRADJIAN
La cohérence des actes présents et antérieurs du gouvernement ottoman et de la nation arméno-catholique par rapport au synode de Bzoummar et au Licet ou bien Confutation de l'opuscule : Solution des difficultés soulevées contre la Bulle Reversurus
Imprimerie J. Kafafian et A. Baronian Compagnie|Constantinople [Istanbul] 1873|15 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Tears and small lacks to spine, clear dampstain to front cover, rear cover marginally soiled, minor corner lacks to covers.
Rare.
€400
M. REINAUD
De l'état de la littérature chez les populations chrétiennes arabes de la Syrie
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1856|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition presented under plain blue temporary wrappers.
Small tears and minor lacks to covers, dampstaining affecting the entire text block.
Rare.
€150
ABBE PIERRE [Henri Groues]
Fraternité
Fayard|Paris 1999|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Rare signed autograph inscription from Abbé Pierre "A Jacques Chirac (?) et tous ceux qui lui sont chers. En respectueuse amitié. Abbé Pierre." ["To Jacques Chirac (?) and all those dear to him. In respectful friendship. Abbé Pierre."]
€500
Bonaventure RACINE
Abrégé de l'histoire ecclesiastique, contenant les événements considérables de chaque siecle, avec des réflexions
Aux dépens de La Compagnie|à Cologne 1762 - 1767|19 x 25.70 cm|13 volumes reliés
First complete collected edition with supplements, notes and explanations, as well as important chronological tables at the beginning of each century. The volumes were initially published from 1748 to 1755, the year of the author's death.
Contemporary full marbled and speckled calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 4 compartmentalized fleurons. Brown morocco title and volume labels. Overall fresh paper despite the defects mentioned below volume by volume.
Volume 1: trace of dampstain in margin at middle bottom up to page xv at beginning of work, and resuming on the index from p. 577 to 585. Lacks at tail, and at upper joint at tail, as well as at lower joint at tail...
€1,600
Marek HALTER
Eve
Robert Laffont|Paris 2016|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Marek Halter to Delphine Horville.
€40
ABBE PIERRE [Henri Groues] Bernard CHEVALLIER
Bernard Chevallier interroge l'Abbé Pierre : Emmaüs ou venger l'homme
Le centurion|Paris 1979|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Some light foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Abbé Pierre on the front endpaper: "A Jacqueline Pujol fraternellement tous ensemble dans l'espérance sur le chemin à la rencontre de Jésus qui nous aime et nous apprend la joie d'aimer." ["To Jacqueline Pujol fraternally all together in hope on the path to meet Jesus who loves us and teaches us the joy of loving."]
€350
Frédéric PASSY
De la souveraineté temporelle des papes au point de vue de la justice et de la religion
E. Dentu|Paris 1860|15.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition.
Some lacks to head and foot of spine as well as to corners of boards, worming to boards, offsetting from blue cover to title page.
Rare.
Autograph inscription signed by Frédéric Passy to Victor Modesse.

€80
Albert KOHLER
Le bonheur d'après l'enseignement de Jésus
Imp. de C. Noblet|Paris 1897|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition of this thesis defended at the Protestant Faculty of Theology in Paris to obtain the degree of Bachelor of Theology.
Spine slightly sunned, minor marginal lacks of no consequence to boards and spine, handsome interior condition.
Rare.
€80
Émile FARJAT
De l'enseignement catéchétique et de l'idée centrale de cet enseignement
Imp. C. Maréchal & J. Montorier|Paris 1892|16.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition of this thesis defended at the Protestant Faculty of Theology in Paris to obtain the degree of Bachelor of Theology.
Fine copy.
Rare.
€70
Gilbert CESBRON
Des Enfants aux Cheveux gris
Robert Laffont|Paris 1968|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pure Lana rag paper, the only deluxe copies along with a few hors commerce copies also on pure Lana rag paper.
Handsome copy despite the slightly faded spine.
€150
Gilbert CESBRON
Chasseur maudit
Robert Laffont|Paris 1953|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa mousse paper, the only deluxe copies along with a few hors commerce copies also on alfa mousse paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine showing slight sunning at head and foot.
€150
Gilbert CESBRON
Ce Siècle appelle au Secours
Robert Laffont|Paris 1955|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on corvol l'orgueilleux paper, the only deluxe copies along with a few hors commerce copies also on corvol l'orgueilleux paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine showing slight sunning at head and foot.
€150
Gilbert CESBRON
Il suffit d'aimer
Robert Laffont|Paris 1960|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies along with a few hors commerce copies also on pur fil du Marais paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine showing slight sunning at head and foot.
€150
Gilbert CESBRON
Une Abeille contre la Vitre
Robert Laffont|Paris 1964|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies along with some hors commerce copies also on pur fil du Marais paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine and covers showing slight sunning at head and foot.
€150
Gilbert CESBRON
Tout dort et je veille
Robert Laffont|Paris 1959|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies along with a few hors commerce copies also on pur fil paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine and boards showing slight sunning at head and foot, one endpaper shadowed due to a press article about the work.
€150
Gilbert CESBRON
Vous verrez le Ciel ouvert
Robert Laffont|Paris 1956|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on corvol l'orgueilleux paper, the only deluxe copies along with a few hors commerce copies also on corvol l'orgueilleux paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine and boards showing slight sunning at head and foot.
€150
Gilbert CESBRON
Il est plus tard que tu ne penses
Robert Laffont|Paris 1958|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies along with some hors commerce copies also on pur fil du Marais paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine which has a small tear at head.
€150
Gilbert CESBRON
Libérez Barabbas
Robert Laffont|Paris 1957|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Corvol l'Orgueilleux paper, the only deluxe copies along with a few hors commerce copies also on Corvol paper.
Handsome copy despite slight sunning to head of spine.
€200
Gilbert CESBRON
Journal sans Date I & II
Robert Laffont|Paris 1963-1967|12.50 x 19.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
First editions of each volume, one of 20 numbered copies on pure fil du Marais paper (first volume) or Lana paper (second volume), the only deluxe copies with some hors commerce copies also on Corvol paper.
Handsome set despite slight sunning to heads of spines.
€300
Gilbert CESBRON
Une Sentinelle attend l'Aurore
Robert Laffont|Paris 1965|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pure fil du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite very light sunning to head of spine.
€150
Gilbert CESBRON
C'est Mozart qu'on assassine
Robert Laffont|Paris 1966|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Lana rag vellum, the only deluxe copies along with a few hors commerce copies also on Lana paper.
Handsome copy despite light worming to spine.
€200
Paul CLAUDEL
La Messe là-bas
Nrf|Paris 1919|19.50 x 26.50 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Full brown cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, covers and spine preserved, bookplates pasted on one pastedown, contemporary binding signed in blind by Stroobants.
Two light dampstains to upper right corner of first cover and upper left corner of second cover.
Autograph inscription dated Brussels 1934 and signed by Paul Claudel to Gérard Bauër.
Provenance: from the libraries of Gérard Bauër and Jean-François Lemaire with their bookplates pasted on one pastedown.

€300
Paul CLAUDEL
Invitation nominative aux funérailles de Paul Claudel le Lundi 28 Février 1955 en l'église Notre-Dame de Paris
S. n.|Paris 1955|17.50 x 12 cm|une feuille
First edition of this personal invitation, ours in the name of Gérard Bauër from the Académie Goncourt, to attend the funeral of Paul Claudel at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on February 28, 1955 at 10 a.m.
A central fold inherent to postal mailing.
€60
François René de CHATEAUBRIAND
Oeuvres complètes
chez Ladvocat|à Paris 1826 -1831|12.50 x 21 cm, longueur totale de la série 89 cm|32 volumes
First collected edition of the works of François-René de Chateaubriand, each volume decorated with a frontispiece engraved by Charles Thompson depicting a young woman seated on a stone engraved "Chateaubriand, Œuvres complètes" and contemplating the horizon. The author contributed largely to the publication of this edition through the organization of the whole and by writing new prefaces for all the texts. As he writes himself these prefaces are more pieces of autobiography than prefaces.
Binding in half brown calf strictly contemporary Restoration period. Spine with raised bands decorated with 2 blind stamps, roulettes at head and tail and on the bands. Brown calf title label and...
€2,000
Jean CABRIÈS
Saint Jacob
Plon|Paris 1954|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 32 numbered copies on pure laid paper, ours one of 20 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Cabriès to Gérard Mainguet.

€80
Georges BERNANOS, Nicolas BERDIAEFF
Lettre à Frédéric Lefèvre In Chroniques N°2
Plon|Paris 1926|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 225 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe issue.
A transverse fold at head of front cover, otherwise a handsome full-margined copy.
Contributions by Georges Bernanos: "Lettre à Frédéric Lefèvre", Max Jacob: "Renoncer à toute richesse" & "Jeunesse lacustre" & "Angoisses et autres", Henri Massis: "Charles Maurras et le sentiment de la mort" & "Paul Valéry et sa pensée", Nicolas Berdiaeff "Le destin de la culture", Jean Cocteau: "Daisy en France", Daisy Ashford: "Les jeunes visiteurs ou le plan de Mr Salteena", Julien Green: "La traversée inutile"...
€80
Augustin CALMET
Dictionnaire Historique, Critique, Chronologique, Geographique et Litteral de la Bible
Chez Emery • Saugrain et Pierre Martin|Paris 1730|25 x 39 cm|4 volumes reliés
Second edition, the most sought-after. The first was published by Emery in 1722 in 2 folio volumes, to which 2 supplement volumes were added in 1728. 1 frontispiece and 204 hors-texte plates of which approximately half are double-page corresponding, according to the publisher's count, to more than 300 figures. Repeated title vignette and vignettes at chapter heads. The double plates have all been mounted on tabs. Title pages in red and black. Copy on fine paper, the half-titles, titles and plates on thick rag paper, the text on laid paper. Wide margins.
Volume I: 6 maps, 1 plan, 47 hors-texte plates (single and double, as well as one triple). Volume II: 59 hors-texte plates (the...
€6,000
Adolphe BLANQUI
Voyage en Bulgarie pendant l'année 1841
W. Coquebert|Paris 1843|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Occasional light foxing.
Half black shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with double blind compartments and gilt fillets, gilt initials at foot, black paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, one lower corner slightly bumped, contemporary binding.

€100
François-Martin SALVAT, Jean RACINE
Abrégé de l'Histoire de Port-Royal
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1928|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with wood engravings in head- and tailpieces by François-Martin Salvat.
€150
[Louis SILVY]
Relation concernant les évènemens qui sont arrivés à Thomas Martin, laboureur à Gallardon, en Beauce, dans les premiers mois de 1816. Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée de plusieurs lettres du sieur Martin écrites en 1821 sur de nouvelles apparitions, avec un exposé de plusieurs autres qui lui sont arrivées en 1830.
L.- F Hivert|Paris 1832|14 x 22.50 cm|relié
Edition with some parts in first edition. Written under the pseudonym By M. S***, former magistrate.
Bradel binding in blue half cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron and double gilt fillets, havana morocco title label, covers with extensive restored lacks preserved.
Important historical anecdote that caused a sensation at the time and subsequently had numerous repercussions on religious, historical and spiritualist convictions throughout the century.
Thomas Martin, an uneducated peasant, received a visit from the archangel Raphael who ordered him to report to King Louis XVIII that his nephew Louis XVII was alive, along with various other prophecies and advice for...
€200
René BENJAMIN
Saint Vincent de Paul
A la Cité des Livres|Paris 1930|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome full-margined copy despite spine and boards lightly and marginally discolored as usual.
Autograph inscription signed by René Benjamin to historian Jean Longnon.
€150
Lucien DUBECH
Poèmes
A la Cité des Livres|Paris 1928|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 5 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome full-margined copy despite two small traces of sunning at head and foot of spine.
Autograph inscription signed by Lucien Dubech to historian Jean Longnon: "... en souvenir affectueux de nos voyages à l'été de 1928..." ["in affectionate memory of our travels in the summer of 1928..."]
€120
Lucien DUBECH
Poèmes pour les Ombres
A la Cité des Livres|Paris 1922|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 lettered and named copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Fine full-margined copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Lucien Dubech to historian Jean Longnon in the form of a quatrain.
€120
(to Victor HUGO) Antoine de LATOUR
Luther, Etude historique
Georges Decaux|Paris 1835|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
First edition printed in 100 copies.
Bradel binding in half green Russian morocco, smooth spine, date and place gilt at foot, pebbled paper boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns.
One restoration to the margin of the title page using an adhesive piece.
Rare and precious signed autograph inscription from Antoine de Latour "A monsieur Victor Hugo, hommage de tendre dévouement" ["To Monsieur Victor Hugo, tribute of tender devotion"]
The inscription has been slightly trimmed, missing the last letter of the word dévouement.
€750
Gabriel LEGUÉ
Urbain Grandier et les Possédées de Loudun
Ludovic Baschet|Paris 1880|19 x 28 cm|relié
Second edition printed on laid paper.
Full red morocco binding, spine slightly browned with five raised bands set with black fillets, gilt roulettes on the headcaps, gilt fillets on the leading edges, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelle border on the pastedowns, original parchment front cover preserved, top edge gilt, light rubbing to corners, modern bibliophile's label pasted at foot of endpaper as bookplate, elegant unsigned binding.
Work illustrated with 16 hors-texte plates including the frontispiece (the folding plate placed between pages 258 and 259 with a marginal tear restored with an adhesive piece).
Autograph inscription signed by Gabriel...
€380
Robert d' HARCOURT
Catholiques d'Allemagne
Plon|Paris 1938|13 x 20 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Signed and inscribed by Robert d'Harcourt to Alfred Fabre-Luce.
€60
ABBE PIERRE [Henri Groues]
Mémoires d'un croyant
Fayard|Paris 1997|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Iconography, retaining publisher's wraparound band.
Some foxing affecting mainly the endpapers, less pronounced foxing on the half-title page which bears the inscription.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Abbé Pierre to a man named Alain.
€500
Pierre-François, abbé GUELON
Histoire de La Sauvetat-Rossille, Chef-Lieu d'une Commanderie de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem en Auvergne
Imprimerie de Fernand Thibaud|Clermont-Ferrand 1882|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition printed on laid paper.
Spine slightly browned, minor interior foxing without consequence.
Work illustrated with 6 plates (including frontispiece) and 2 folding plans (including a large one at the end of the volume).
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre-François Guélon to Abbé François Marius Emy.
€100
Pierre LESOURD, Claude PAILLAT
Dossier secret. L'Eglise de France, Tome I : De Clovis à la Révolution. - Tome II : De la Révolution à nos Jours
Les Presses de la Cité|Paris 1967-1968|14.50 x 22 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on deluxe paper for each volume, the only deluxe copies.
Half brown shagreen bindings with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edges gilt retaining deckled edges.
Fine copy handsomely bound.
€150
Louis Nicolas MENARD
Etudes sur les Origines du Christianisme
Librairie de l'Art Indépendant|Paris 1893|13 x 20.50 cm|broché
The first edition, published in a small number of copies.
Spine and boards very lightly and marginally lightened.
Rare and handsome copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Louis Ménard to Judith Gautier: "Hommage affectueux et soüvenir affectueux..." ["Affectionate homage and fond remembrance..."]
€350
Victor HUGO
Torquemada
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1882|15 x 25 cm|relié
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Contrary to what bibliographers indicate (Clouzot, Carteret and Vicaire), the print run on this paper does not appear to be 15 copies but indeed 10 as mentioned on the justification page. This paper was moreover, upon publication, at 40 francs, the most expensive, China paper being only 20 francs and Holland 15.
Half chocolate brown morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, pebbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, bookplate pasted on a pastedown, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
Handsome copy.
€3,000
Marcel JOUHANDEAU
Annotations en marge de la Genèse
Gallimard|Paris 1947|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 13 numbered copies on pur fil, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
Handsome full-page autograph inscription dated and signed by Marcel Jouhandeau to the art dealer Ernest de Frenne: "Pour Ernest de Frenne, cette petite plaquette aurait dû être dédiée à un prêtre anglais le P. Burdett, Francis Burdett. Au moins aurais-je écrit son nom sur cet exemplaire. C'est lui qui est à l'origine de cette annotation. Bien sympathiquement. Marcel Jouhandeau." ["For Ernest de Frenne, this little booklet should have been dedicated to an English priest, Father Burdett, Francis Burdett. At least I would have written his name on this copy. He is at the origin of this annotation...
€300
Raymond RITTER
Lettres du Cardinal de Florence sur Henry IV & sur la France 1596-1598
Grasset|Paris 1955|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition printed from the Vatican archives, one of 27 numbered copies on pure linen paper, deluxe copy.
Rare and fine copy.
Commentary by Raymond Ritter.
€150
Pierre TEILHARD DE CHARDIN
Le milieu divin
Seuil|Paris 1957|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy of volume IV of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's works.
Iconography.
€30
Pierre TEILHARD DE CHARDIN
Comment je crois
Seuil|Paris 1969|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, a service de presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy of volume X of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's works.
€40
Pierre TEILHARD DE CHARDIN
L'activation de l'énergie
Seuil|Paris 1963|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine slightly faded.
Handsome copy of volume I of the works of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.
€30
Ancien Testament
Au bureau central|1834 - 1835|18.50 x 28.20 cm|3 volumes reliés
New illustrated edition in first printing of 159 plates, 68 in volume 1, 66 in volume 2, and 29 in the third volume. Text in 2 columns within a frame, engravings in an ornate frame.
Contemporary half cherry red glazed calf binding. Spine with false flat raised bands richly decorated with cold and hot Restoration tooling, multiple cold and hot rolls on the bands, at tail and head. Title-label and volume label of brown glazed calf. Traces of rubbing to joints at head and tail, headcaps, covers. One corner bumped on volume 2, 2 on volume 3. Some foxing, some pages and engravings browned. Handsome copy.
Translation from the Vulgate by Lemaître de Sacy. Throughout the 19th century, this...
€700
Marcel JOUHANDEAU
Annotations en marge de la Genèse
Gallimard|Paris 1947|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 13 numbered copies on pur fil, deluxe copy.
Fine copy.

€200
Stefan ZWEIG
Jérémie
Les éditions Rieder|Paris 1929|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 150 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies after 5 Japan and 10 Holland.
Spine sunned as well as the boards at their margins, small corner losses to boards, handsome interior condition.
€300
Umberto BRUNELLESCHI, SAINT FRANCOIS D'ASSISE
Les petites fleurs de Saint-François choisies et traduites par Frédéric Ozanam
Gibert jeune|Paris 1942|16 x 21 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with 302 original woodcuts by Emile Bernard and printed in a numbered edition of 375 copies on laid Arches paper.
Some light foxing mainly to margins of certain leaves, two tears to head of spine, lacking at foot of spine.
€80
Abbé DELAUNAY, Jean FOUQUET
Heures de Maistre Estienne Chevalier, texte restitué par M. l'abbé Delaunay - Œuvre de Jehan Foucquet.
Léon Curmer|1866-1867|23.50 x 29 cm|2 volumes reliés et coffret éditeur
ff.: Alphabetical table.
€2,000
COLLECTIF
Esprit. Les Chrétiens et les Juifs. Nouvelle série : N°6 de la 34ème année
Esprit|Paris Juin 1966|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition of this issue of the important humanist journal founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very light foxing to spine.
Contributions by Joseph Rovan "Treblinka", André Laude "Kateb Yacine", Maximilienne Jacques "La liberté de conception", other articles contained in this issue: "Les Chrétiens et les Juifs" by Joseph Hoffmann, Lucien Lazare and F. Lovsky, Arturo Serrano Plaja "Le chant de l'exil", Jean Meyer "Chili 1966"...

€60
COLLECTIF
Esprit. N°10 de la 17ème année
Esprit|Paris Octobre 1949|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition of this issue of the important humanist journal founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Contributions by Marc Beigbeider "Théâtre philosophique ?", J.J. Brieux "La Chine de Mao Tse-Tung : I. Bilan du Kuomintang", J. Vialatoux and A. Latreille "christianisme et laïcité"...

€60
François-Louis SCHMIED, Joseph-Charles MARDRUS
Le livre des rois - L'avènement de Salomon[The Book of Kings - The Accession of Solomon]
Gonin & Cie|Lausanne 1930|19.50 x 25.50 cm|Woodcut|relié
Le Livre des rois. L'Avènement de Salomon
Gonin & C^ie | Lausanne 1930 | 19.5 x 25.5 cm | Bradel binding

Edition translated from Semitic texts by Joseph-Charles Mardrus and printed with 195 numbered copies on Arches, ours is one of the 20 hors commerce copies comprising a double set of illustrations in black and in colour.
Bradel binding in half olive green morocco, spine decorated with a set of gilt squares of different sizes, one of them with a piece of pink mosaic morocco in the centre, gilt fillet frame on the snake skin paper boards, olive green endpapers, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, elegant binding signed Thomas Boichot.
€5,000
COLLECTIF
Statuts de l'Oeuvre humanitaire L'Etoile d'Orient
L'étoile d'Orient|Jérusalem [Jerusalem] 1896|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition.
Foxing to covers.
Copy complete with its membership slip for the Star of the Orient, an association created for the foundation of the observatory and the religious, scientific and philanthropic museum of Jerusalem.

€50
Charles, Jeanne-Marie Clotilde BRIATTE, comtesse PILLET WILL ORINO
Echos d'un autre monde - Révélations extra-terrestres
Félix Juven|Paris 1905|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 12 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Spine slightly sunned and wrinkled.
Rare and handsome full-margined copy.
€380
Fragment recto verso de l'office des morts
fin XVe- début XVIe s.|12.20 x 16.70 cm|feuillet sur parchemin
Recto-verso fragment of a manuscript book of hours on parchment with sumptuously illuminated full-page borders. This compartmentalized division of the ornaments is representative of the production of Rouen and Parisian workshops at the turn of the 16th century.

Two illuminated pages on a recto-verso leaf: border divided into bands and flowers decorated with floral motifs and leafy designs, gilt initials painted in alternating red and blue and rubrics.
The richness of the illumination characterizes these liturgical books intended for laypeople. Books of hours were at the time jewels of piety, both an instrument of religious practice and a social...
€800
Fragments recto verso des psaumes pénitentiels
fin XVe- début XVIe s.|12.20 x 16.70 cm|feuillet sur parchemin
Recto verso fragments of a manuscript book of hours on parchment with sumptuously illuminated full-page borders. This division into compartments of the ornaments is representative of the production of Rouen and Parisian workshops at the turn of the 16th century.

Two illuminated pages on a recto verso leaf: border divided into bands and fleur-de-lis decorated with floral motifs and scrollwork, gilt initials painted in alternating red and blue and rubrications.
The richness of the illumination characterizes these liturgical books intended for laypeople. Books of hours were at the time jewels of piety, both an instrument of religious practice and a...
€800
[LIVRE D'HEURES - ENLUMINURES] Fragments recto verso des heures de la Vierge à l'usage de Rome/Dié(?)
fin XVe- début XVIe s.|12.20 x 16.70 cm|feuillet sur parchemin
Recto verso fragments of a manuscript Book of Hours on parchment with sumptuously illuminated full-page borders. This compartmentalized division of ornaments is representative of the production of Rouen and Parisian workshops at the turn of the 16th century.

Two illuminated pages on a recto verso leaf: the border is divided into bands decorated with floral motifs and leafy designs, gilt initials painted in alternating red and blue and rubriques.
The richness of the illumination characterizes these liturgical books intended for laypeople. Books of Hours were at the time jewels of piety, both an instrument of religious practice and a social claim...
€800
[LIVRE D'HEURES - ENLUMINURES] Fragments recto verso des heures de la Vierge à l'usage de Rome/Dié(?)
fin XVe- début XVIe s.|12.20 x 16.70 cm|feuillet sur parchemin
Recto verso fragments of a manuscript book of hours on parchment with sumptuously illuminated full-page borders. This compartmentalized division of ornaments is representative of the production of Rouen and Parisian workshops at the turn of the 16th century.

Two illuminated pages on a recto verso leaf: border divided into bands decorated with floral motifs and foliate scrolls, gilt initials painted in alternating red and blue and rubrics.
The richness of the illumination characterizes these liturgical books intended for laypeople. Books of hours were at the time jewels of piety, both an instrument of religious practice and a social statement...
€800
Fragment recto verso de l'office des morts
fin XVe- début XVIe s.|12.20 x 16.70 cm|feuillet sur parchemin
Recto verso fragments of a manuscript book of hours on parchment with sumptuously illuminated full-page borders. This compartmentalized division of ornaments is representative of the production from Rouen and Parisian workshops at the turn of the 16th century.

Two illuminated pages on a recto verso leaf: border divided into bands and lozenges decorated with floral motifs and leafy designs, gilt initials painted in alternating red and blue and rubrics.
The richness of the illumination characterizes these liturgical books intended for laypeople. Books of hours were at the time jewels of piety, both an instrument of religious practice and a social...
€800
[LIVRE D'HEURES - ENLUMINURES] Fragments recto verso des suffrages
fin XVe- début XVIe s.|12.20 x 16.70 cm|feuillet sur parchemin
Recto verso fragments of a manuscript book of hours on parchment with sumptuously illuminated full-page borders. This compartmentalized division of ornaments is representative of the production from Rouen and Parisian workshops at the turn of the 16th century.

Two illuminated pages on a recto verso leaf: border divided into bands and lozenges decorated with floral motifs, fruits and leafy designs, gilt initials painted in alternating red and blue, line fillers and rubrics.
The richness of the illumination characterizes these liturgical books intended for laypeople. Books of hours were at the time jewels of piety, both an instrument of religious...
€800
Jean PINASSEAU
Lettres et documents inédits pour servir à une biographie de A. Fabre d'Olivet
S. n.|Paris 1931|16 x 24.50 cm|agrafé
The first edition, published in a small number of copies of the bulletin of the History of Protestantism.
Handsome copy despite spine and covers marginally discolored.
€40
Johannes JOERGENSEN
Le livre de la route
Perrin & Cie|Paris 1912|13 x 20.50 cm|relié
First edition of the French translation established by Théodore de Wyzewa, for which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Bradel binding in half brown cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, date and double gilt fillet at foot, red shagreen title label with some scratches, marbled paper boards, bookplate pasted on a pastedown, contemporary binding signed Alfred Farez.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
Work illustrated with 8 engravings outside the text including a frontispiece.
€60
Abbé COULLIE
Mars, Avril, Mai 1871. Saint-Eustache pendant la Commune
Imprimerie et librairie administrative|Paris 1872|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
Third edition.
Minor corner wear to spine and boards, printed bibliophile's stamp as bookplate on half-title page.
€50
Henriette WILLETTE
Golgotha
Editions Sansot|Paris 1922|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Cover illustrated with a woodcut by L. Madeline.
Spine sunned, rare.

€60
COLLECTIF
L'Eglise et la sexualité. Crapouillot n°34
Imprimerie spéciale du Crapouillot|Paris Août 1956|24.50 x 31.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 330 numbered copies on coated paper, the only deluxe copies.
Under the direction of Jean Galtier-Boissière.
Rich iconography, complete with publisher's slip, sought-after.
€70
Paul CHAPONNIÈRE
Voltaire chez les calvinistes
Librairie académique Perrin|Paris 1936|12 x 19 cm|broché
New edition.
First cover slightly soiled with light dampstains.
Autograph inscription signed by Paul Chaponnière to Jacques Patin.
€30
Abbé Jean-Baptiste GLAIRE
Le Nouveau Testament
Firmin Didot|Paris 1865|21.50 x 28 cm|relié
First deluxe edition of this translation of the Vulgate by Abbé Glaire, whose first edition appeared in 1861. Printed on white satin laid paper. Very rich iconography with 56 hors-texte engravings after paintings by the old masters in rich Renaissance frames, all text pages in frames inspired by books of hours or from the 16th or 17th century. Careful layout, typical of fine works printed by Firmin Didot at this period.
Publisher's full red morocco binding of the period in large grain. Raised band spine decorated with gilt compartments and blind fillets. Wide gilt frame with interlaced fillets forming decorative motifs in the corners on the covers, blind heavy fillets, series of gilt...
€700
Louis, vicomte de BONALD
Démonstration philosophique du principe constitutif de la société, suivie de méditations politiques tirées de l'Evangile
Adrien Leclère & Cie|Paris 1830|12.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
Edition published in the author's complete works.
Half navy blue sheep binding, smooth spine lightly browned decorated with gilt arabesque, gilt frieze at foot of spine which also features two fleurons stamped in blind at head and foot, marbled paper boards, bookplate pasted on pastedown, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Foxing, a paper flaw at foot of table of contents page not touching text.
€60