Charles de COURCY
Tableau religieux et politique de l'Indostan, ou précis historique des révolutions de l'Inde, où l'on voit les manoeuvres employées par la Compagnie anglaise, pour s'emparer exclusivement du commerce, des terres et des manufactures des peuples indous, et assurer leur tyrannie par l'expulsion des autres nations européennes
Chez Marchant|à Paris 1803|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
First edition, rare. The work is followed by two memoirs presented in 1781 to Louis XVI by the author of this work, containing a plan to annihilate English power in India, and a third on the current means to still achieve this.
Contemporary full grained calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with urn and sun tools. Red morocco title label. Greek key border on boards. One lack at head. Signs of rubbing. One corner slightly bumped. Handsome copy, despite some defects.
After a political and religious history of Hindustan (the largest part of present-day India) which is a transcription of the "Historical, political and economic memoirs on the English revolutions in Hindustan" by J.-A. Pa
€650
Pierre GUASTALLA, André BEUCLER
Caucase
Emile-Paul frères|Paris 1931|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 1500 numbered copies on Lafuma vellum.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece by Pierre Guastalla.
Handsome copy despite some occasional light worming.

€30
Philippe-Auguste de Sainte-Foix, Chevalier d' ARCQ
Histoire générale des guerres. Tome premier contenant l'histoire de la Grande Arménie [...] Tome second, contenant l'histoire des peuples de la Basse Asie
Imprimerie Royale|à Paris 1756 - 1758|20 x 26 cm|2 volumes reliés
The rare first edition of these two volumes published two years apart, the continuation of which would never see the light of day. With one frontispiece and one large folding genealogical chart.
Copy with the arms of Louis XV stamped on the boards, and his cipher repeated on the spine, a presentation copy.
Contemporary full marbled brown calf bindings. Spine with raised bands decorated with Louis XV's cipher repeated four times with angular fleurs-de-lys. Red morocco title and volume labels. Armorial boards. Triple gilt fillet frame on boards. Headcaps restored. Several splits along the upper joint of volume I and volume II. Corners and certain areas of the leading
€4,000
Robert de LO-LOOZ [LO DE RADELET]
Les militaires au-dela du Gange
Chez Bailly|à Paris 1770|12.70 x 19.70 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition, illustrated with 2 fine figures by Eisen engraved by de Longueil (sometimes found as frontispieces) and 4 folding plates at the end of volume I.
Contemporary full marbled brown sheep bindings. Spines with raised bands decorated with gilt tooling, roulettes at head and tail. Red morocco title labels and green morocco volume labels. Head of spine split at lower joint. Volume label lacking on volume II. Rubbing. Half-title lacking in volume I. Good copy, fresh overall.
A curiosity. The author's research into military tactics led him to establish this military history of the wars between Siam and Cochinchina (Vietnam and Thailand). The book contains a history of these tw
€600
Daniel RÉAL
Tissus des Indes néerlandaises
Librairie des Arts décoratifs|Paris s. d. [circa 1930]|25.50 x 33 cm|en feuilles
First edition.
Work complete with its 49 plates hors-texte including 6 in color.
Spine and boards of the chemise lightly and marginally discolored and sunned as usual.

€150
Johann Georg GMELIN
Voyage en Sibérie
Chez Desaint|à Paris 1767|9.50 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés
First French edition, translated by Louis Félix Guynement de Kéralio, and illustrated with one figure and one folding plate of music.
Contemporary full marbled calf bindings. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title and volume labels. One lack at head of volume I. Volume label missing from volume I. Upper joint cracked at head of volume II. Volume II begins at pagination xx, without lack and in conformity with copies held by the National Library of Scotland, and by the Zoological Society of London. Handsome copy.
Gmelin, as botanist and chemist of the Academy of Sciences, was sent to explore Siberia by Empress Anne with numerous other scientists as part of a vast govern
€1,300
Jean MOCQUET
Voyages en Afrique, Asie, Indes Orientales et Occidentales, faits par Jean Mocquet
Imprimé aux frais du gouvernement|Paris 1830|13 x 25 cm|relié
New edition, after the very rare first edition of 1617.
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with restoration tools, roulettes and multiple fillets. Havana morocco title label. Framing frieze on boards. Central medallion with the emblem of the Hallays-Dabon Institution (famous educational institute in Paris). Joints restored as well as the upper headcap, some cracks remain visible but the volume is now solid. 2 corners slightly bumped. Overall rubbed. Scattered foxing.
Mocquet, apothecary to the king, obtained authorization from King Henri IV to travel in order to bring back curiosities to supply the royal collections. Over a period of eleven years, Mocquet
€700
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Musée Universel. Album-Livre
Lebrun et Cie|Paris 1840|19.50 x 28.50 cm|relié
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First edition.
Full cloth binding, smooth spine slightly faded and richly decorated with rococo tools with blue and green highlights, front board decorated with an important gilt plate with fabric highlights of different colors surrounding a titled medallion, frame of blind-stamped fillets, back board decorated with a gilt tool with architectural motif in the rococo taste and frame of blind-stamped fillets, jonquil paper pastedowns and endpapers, all edges gilt, publisher's Romantic binding.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece and very numerous black and white engravings in and outside the text.
This is an album-book dealing with various subjects: Study of
€180
Pablo NERUDA
L'Espagne au coeur
Denoël|Paris 1938|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation on ordinary paper.
Spine sunned, one small stain to lower cover.
€300
André MALRAUX
La voie royale[The Royal Road]
Grasset|Paris 1930|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition of 62 numbered copies on Madagascar, the tirage de tête.
Contemporary half blue morocco over marbled paper boards by Robinson, gilt date to spine, gilt fillet frame to covers, endpapers and pastedowns of light green paper, double covers and double spines preserved, top edge gilt.
A very good copy in a nice binding.
€3,500
Guillaume-Antoine OLIVIER
Voyage dans l'empire Othoman, l'Egypte et la Perse, fait par ordre du gouvernement, pendant les six premières années de la République. Atlas pour servir au voyage dans l'empire Othoman, l'Egypte et la Perse . [Empire Ottoman]
Chez H. Agasse|Paris 1799 - 1807|12.50 x 21 cm|7 volumes reliés
First and only edition, very rare when complete. The first 2 volumes dated 1799, volumes 3 and 4 dated 1802, and volumes 5 and 6 dated 1807. 8 years were necessary to complete the edition. This edition also appeared in quarto format. First edition of this atlas containing 50 plates and published in three parts. First part: Ottoman Empire, 17 plates. Second part: Egypt and Persia, plates 18 to 33. Third part: Journey to Persia, plates 34 to 50. Notable maps include a general map of Greece, the Bosphorus and Thrace, the Troad, the Hellespont, Lower Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor... Botanical plates, costumes, fauna...
Half hazelnut sheep bindings slightly later, circa 1815. Smooth spines decora
€5,000
Abbé de ROCHEBRUNE, Ange GOUDAR
L'espion de Thamas Kouli-Kan dans les cours de l'Europe, ou lettres et memoires de Pagi-Nassir-Bek, traduit du Persan par l'abbé de Rochebrune
Chez Erasme Kinkius|à Cologne 1746|9 x 16 cm|relié
First edition, with a frontispiece signed L.F.D.B. Title page in red and black.
Full marbled brown sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with acorn tools framed by foliage. Red morocco title label. One lack at head. One tear with loss at tail. Corners slightly bumped. Lacking the 2 marbled endpapers at the beginning of the work.
A Turk is sent by his sovereign to the principal courts of Europe to bear witness. The narrator begins his journey through Russia, Moscow and Saint Petersburg, then passes through Poland, finally to Vienna... The letters deal with varied subjects, European affairs, the power of Austria, French affairs, opinions on eunuchs, Amsterdam and the East India Compan
€500
DE LA FLOTTE
Essais historiques sur l'Inde, précédés d'un journal de voyages et d'une description géographique de la côte de Coromandel
Chez Herissant|à Paris 1769|10 x 17 cm|relié
The rare first edition, illustrated with 3 figures (Brama, God of the Indians, View of a Pagoda Tower, and Man Making Snakes Dance).
Contemporary half sheep binding. Decorated smooth spine. Red morocco title label. Headcaps worn. Upper joint largely split, lower joint split at head. Corners slightly bumped.
Departure in May 1757 aboard the Saint Luc, a ship intended to transport troops to India. Pages 3 to 21 concern Brazil and Rio de Janeiro where the author gives an unflattering description of the Portuguese (suspicious, violent, and not industrious). The author stops at Bourbon Island (pp. 25 to 27) for a month. Numerous passages on the war with the English. The author travels f
€500
Gui Casimir de LÉVIS-MIREPOIX
Mes souvenirs d'orient - Egypte - Syrie - Palestine
Henri Lecesne|Châteaudun 1882|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid Holland paper.
Bradel binding in full marbled paper, smooth spine decorated with a title label as well as labels reproducing the ex-libris of the previous owner of the work, bookplate pasted on a pastedown, original wrappers preserved, top edge speckled.
Autograph inscription signed by the Count de Lévis-Mirepoix to Count de Falloux: "... avec mon plus fidèle et affectueux souvenir..."
Provenance: from the library of Bourg d'Iré, property of Count de Falloux with reproductions of his ex-libris pasted on the spine of the binding and his bookplate pasted on a pastedown.
Rare and handsome copy.
€300
Georges GRANDJEAN
L'épopée jaune. Missionnaires et marins en Indo-Chine
S.F.E.L.T. • , Malfère|Paris 1929|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Georges Grandjean to Henri Béraud.
Minimal worming to spine.
Provenance: from Henri Béraud's library in Ré.
€100
Paul de NEUFVILLE
Notes prises sur un voyage en Indo-Chine et à Java (22 décembre 1894 au 3 mai 1895)
Imprimerie Charaire|Sceaux 1896|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Work illustrated with 28 photographic plates hors texte.
Autograph inscription signed by Paul de Neufville to Alain de Rougé on the half-title page.
Spine warped, some minor stains of no significance.
€200
J.A. SAUZEY
La guerre en fourrures, notes de campagne
Les Editions de France|Paris 1933|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from J.-A. Sauzey to Henri Béraud.
Complete with its folding map at rear.
Occasional worming affecting mainly the covers.
Provenance: from Henri Béraud's library on Ré Island.
€60
Bernard LECACHE
Les porteurs de croix, Palestine 1929
Edition des portiques|Paris 1929|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Bernard Lecache to Henri Béraud: "... son fidèle et dévoué... en remerciement, aussi, du magnifique éloge de Séverine..." ["... his faithful and devoted... in gratitude, also, for the magnificent eulogy of Séverine..."]
Iconography.
Worming to first cover and front endpaper, spine and covers slightly discolored.
Provenance: from Henri Béraud's library on Ré Island.
€100
Alexis-Guillaume-Henri COLLIN DE BAR
Histoire de l'Inde ancienne et moderne, ou l'Indostan
Le Normant|Paris 1814|In-8|2 volumes reliés
The rare first edition, illustrated with a very fine and large folding color map on heavy paper, and a table of currencies, weights and measures.
Contemporary half speckled brown sheep bindings. Smooth spines decorated with lyre and urn tools. Title and volume labels decorated in chocolate sheep. Sprinkled paper boards. Lacks to head. Two wormholes to head of volume 1. Small lacks to upper joint of volume 2. Surface wear to tail. Despite some defects, a fairly good copy.
Member of a family that had lived in India for nearly a century, Collin de Bar was French governor at Pondicherry, he was imprisoned for eight years during which he conceived this work. After a general description
€830
Louis LORTET
La Syrie d'aujourd'hui. Voyages dans la Phénicie, le Liban et la Judée 1875-1880
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1884|25.50 x 34.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, with 364 engravings, of which some after original photographs by Bonfils, as well as 9 maps.
Publisher's polychromatic shagreen, the spine with Orientalizing decorative gilt elements, the covers with a large plaque of polychrome decorative elements by A. Souze, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges.
A little light insignificant foxing, one small tear to head of front endpaper facing half title.
A very good copy.
€1,200
Jean-Louis SCHERER
Recherches historiques et geographiques sur le Nouveau-Monde
Chez Brunet|à Paris 1777|12.50 x 20.20 cm (In-8)|relié

SCHERER Jean-Louis
Recherches historiques et geographiques sur le Nouveau-Monde
Chez Brunet, Paris 1777, in-8 (12,5 x 20,2 cm), xii (2 f.) 352 pp., contemporary sheep
The rare first edition with eight illustrations (Chinese coins and medals, Buddha) and a large folding map of Siberia and the river Lena.
Contemporary marbled sheep, spine in compartments, roulette to head and foot, brown morocco title-piece. Triple fillet frame. Small lack at head. Wormhole to foot of upper joint, two corners rubbed. Headpieces, joints, and corners scraped. A very good, fresh copy.
An important essay on the origins of the peoples of t
€1,500
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Journal asiatique
Ernest Leroux|Paris 1907|13.50 x 22.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition of this complete year, divided into two semesters.
Contemporary half blonde sheep binding, spine with five rubbed raised bands, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved.
The Journal Asiatique is a publication of the Société Asiatique with the support of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, published without interruption since 1822, presenting research results in the fields and disciplines of Oriental studies, in French and in European languages.
€150
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Journal asiatique
Ernest Leroux|Paris 1908|13.50 x 22.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition of this complete year, divided into two semesters.
Contemporary half blonde sheep binding, spine with five rubbed raised bands, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved.
The Journal Asiatique is a publication of the Société Asiatique with the support of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, published without interruption since 1822, presenting the results of research in the fields and disciplines of oriental studies, in French and in European languages.
€150
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Journal asiatique second semestre
Ernest Leroux|Paris 1914|13.50 x 22.50 cm
First edition of this second semester.
Contemporary half blonde sheep binding, spine with five rubbed raised bands, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved.
The Journal Asiatique is a publication of the Société Asiatique with the support of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, published without interruption since 1822, presenting the results of research in the fields and disciplines of oriental studies, in French and in European languages.
€80
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Journal asiatique
Ernest Leroux|Paris 1923|13.50 x 22.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition of this complete year, divided into two semesters.
Contemporary binding in half blonde sheep, spine with five raised bands rubbed, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved.
The Journal Asiatique is a publication of the Société Asiatique with the support of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, published without interruption since 1822, presenting the results of research in the fields and disciplines of Oriental studies, in French and European languages.
€150
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Journal asiatique
Ernest Leroux|Paris 1924|13.50 x 22.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition of this complete year, divided into two semesters.
Contemporary binding in half blonde sheep, spine with five raised bands rubbed, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved.
The Journal Asiatique is a publication of the Société Asiatique with the support of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, published without interruption since 1822, presenting the results of research in the fields and disciplines of Oriental studies, in French and European languages.
€150
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Journal asiatique
Ernest Leroux|Paris 1925|13.50 x 22.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition of this complete year, divided into two semesters.
Contemporary binding in half blonde sheep, spine with five raised bands rubbed, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved.
The Journal Asiatique is a publication of the Société Asiatique with the support of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, published without interruption since 1822, presenting the results of research in the fields and disciplines of Oriental studies, in French and in European languages.
€150
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Journal asiatique
Ernest Leroux|Paris 1926|13.50 x 22.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition of this complete year, divided into two semesters.
Contemporary binding in half blonde sheep, spine with five raised bands rubbed, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved.
The Journal Asiatique is a publication of the Société Asiatique with the support of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, published without interruption since 1822, presenting the results of research in the fields and disciplines of Oriental studies, in French and in European languages.
€150
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Journal asiatique premier semestre
Ernest Leroux|Paris 1933|13.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
First semester first edition.
Contemporary half blonde sheep binding, spine with five rubbed raised bands, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved.
The Journal Asiatique is a publication of the Société Asiatique with the support of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, published without interruption since 1822, presenting the results of research in the fields and disciplines of oriental studies, in French and European languages.
€80
Emile JOUVENEL
Chez les marsouins. Mémoires. - Journal de bord. - Lettres et nouvelles
Eugène Figuière & Cie|Paris 1914|13 x 19 cm|relié
First edition printed on laid paper.
Half mauve cloth binding, smooth spine faded decorated with a central gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet at tail, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription signed by Emile Jouvenel to his friend the poet Jean Ott which has been slightly trimmed at head.
€50
Vue d'optique - Vue de la place et des casernes de Top-Hané à l'entrée du port de Constantinople.
Chez Basset|Paris [circa 1790]|30.50 x 48.50 cm|une feuille
Original engraving. Optical view enhanced with watercolor, depicting a view of the square and barracks of Top-Hané at the entrance to the port of Constantinople.
Optical views, also called views, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings very much in vogue between the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century. They were intended to be observed through a set of several mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered as the precursors of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Optical views seem to appear in the 1740s and are salon entertainme
€300
P. J. MAIRAN
Lettres d'un missionnaire a Pekin, contenant diverses questions sur la Chine, pour servir de supplément aux mémoires concernant l'histoire, les sciences, les arts, les moeurs, les usages de chinois ; par les missionnaires de Pekin
Chez Nyon|à Paris 1782|12 x 20 cm|relié
Second edition and first edition under this title, the work having been previously entitled: Lettres au R.P. Parennin... sur la Chine. Illustrated with one plate and one figure.
Full grained calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title label. Split headcaps. Upper joint cracked and opened at tail and head. Loss of leather at head of spine, over 3 cm. Corners bumped. Missing marbled paper on first endpaper. A lack to title label.
Unlike the Mémoires sur la Chine, composed of letters from missionary fathers sent to France, this work brings together Mairan's letters addressed to Father Parrenin in China, in Beijing. Father Parrenin's responses were published in Recueils des
€450
Nikolaï Nikolaevich MOURAVIEV
Voyage en Turcomanie et a Khiva fait en 1819 et 1820
Louis Tenré|Paris 1823|13 x 21 cm|relié
New edition of the French translation, with some parts in first edition as revised by J.B. Eyriès and J. Klaproth.
Full glazed black calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, joints cracked at head and foot, minor rubbing to spine, headcaps worn, single gilt fillet border on boards stamped with a large romantic arabesque in blind, corners bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary romantic binding.
Our copy lacks the folding map, scattered foxing.
However, the folding table "Aperçu des tribus turcomanes" is present.
Rare.
€300
Charles MALO
Voyages de Nadir-Shah en Europe, en Asie de 1840 à 1843
R. Pornin & Cie|Tours 1845|13 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Full glazed fir calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques with a restored tear at head, joints cracked at head and foot, minor rubbing to spine, upper headcaps missing, single gilt fillet border on boards stamped with a large romantic arabesque in blind, scuffing to boards, corners bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges to cuts, marbled edges, contemporary romantic binding.
Work illustrated with 3 plates outside the text including the frontispiece.
Occasional light foxing, a small ink stain of no consequence on page 3.
€250
Jean-Baptiste de Boyer ARGENS
Lettres chinoises , ou correspondance philosophique , historique & critique , entre un Chinois Voyageur & ses correspondants à la Chine , en Perse & au Japon . Nouvelle édition augmentée de nouvelles lettres & de quantité de remarques. [Ensemble] Songes philosophiques, par l'auteur des lettres juives
Chez Pierre Paupie|à La Haye; [The Hague] • à Berlin 1755 - 1746|8 x 14.50 cm|6 volumes reliés
New edition (third?) and first in 6 volumes. The first edition dates from 1746. Les Songes philosophiques are in first edition.
Contemporary full speckled brown calf bindings. Smooth spines decorated. Red morocco title and volume labels. Triple gilt fillet and star cornerpieces on boards. All edges red. Three head caps and three tail caps worn. A few corners very slightly bumped.
The Lettres chinoises, inaugurated by the same author as the Lettres juives have this typical Enlightenment design of comparing the customs and habits of several civilizations; the work takes up the scheme, always humorous, of the first work of this type: L'espion de la co
€900
BÔ YIN RÂ
La voie secrète
Editions La balance|Paris 1953|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation printed on alfa paper.
Pencil annotations by a previous owner on the opening pages.
Handsome copy.
€30
Marc CHADOURNE
Terre de Chanaan
Fayard|Paris 1938|18.50 x 24 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with 34 original woodcuts by Roger Grillon.
A good copy.
€30
Giovanni BOTERO
Relationi universali
Perli Bertani|in Venetia [Venice] 1671|16 x 22.80 cm|relié
New edition, after the original published in 1591 and 1593. Illustrated with 4 folding maps by Gioseppe Rosatio, Europe, Asia, America and Africa, on grayed background. The work had numerous reprints in the 17th century.
Contemporary limp vellum binding. Spine with raised bands, Jansenist style. Title in black ink.
Botero's universal geography is a means of evaluating the real power of all states. Botero wrote his Relazioni following his great political work "De la raison d'état" and cannot be understood except in its wake. While the work is a classic universal geography, with a description of all regions of the world then known in the first part, the other parts describe the world
€1,500
Letitia Elisabeth LANDON
Drawing room scrap - book. 1834. (Inde)
Fisher, son, & Co.|London, • Paris • & New-York [New York] 1834|21.50 x 28.50 cm|relié
First edition, illustrated with 36 steel plates, printed on heavy paper. Text on tinted vellum.
Publisher's binding. Half wine-colored morocco. Spine richly decorated with two large romantic stamps within frames. Date at foot. Wine-colored cloth boards stamped with a large blind plate of rinceaux and foliage. Boards slightly faded. Occasional light foxing to margins of some engravings. Handsome copy.
Poetic anthology of this collection devoted half to India with 18 engravings of views, ruins, villages, tombs, by Allom, Purser, Prout. The following 18 engravings represent England, some portraits. Bookplate of M. and H. Hocquette. Romantic books.
€450
Solange LEMAÎTRE
Le mystère de la mort dans les religions d'Asie
P.U.F.|Paris 1943|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
A good copy.
€30
Sardar PANIKKAR
L'Inde et l'occident
Mouton & Co|Paris • & La Haye [The Hague] 1958|16.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition.
A good copy.
€30
Utagawa SADAHIDE
Procession
ca 1860|36 x 48 cm|en feuilles
Original Japanese print. Two sheets from what was certainly a large set of eight.
Printed on mulberry paper. The sheets have been backed, due to paper weakened in the upper section by wormholes.
Member of the Utagawa school, and undoubtedly the best student of the school's founder, Utagawa Kunisada I. He created several large sets of prints, not only of processions, but of the city of Yokohama to which he devoted much of his work.
€200
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Athar-E-Iran. Annales du service archéologique de l'Iran. Année 1936 complète
Lib. orientaliste Paul Geuthner|Paris 1936|19 x 26.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
First edition.
Spine very slightly sunned, not serious, with two small tears without lack.
With 238 figures hors texte.
A good set.
€100
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Athar-E-Iran. Annales du service archéologique de l'Iran. Année 1937 complète
Lib. orientaliste Paul Geuthner|Paris 1937|19.50 x 27 cm|2 volumes brochés
First edition.
Spine very slightly sunned, not serious and with a few small tears without lack.
With 155 figures hors texte.
A good set.
€100
Gonzague RYCKMANS
Grammaire accadienne
Bureaux du Muséon|Louvain [Louvain] 1938|18 x 27.50 cm|broché
First edition.
One small tear to head of spine, one small lack to foot of spine, a trace of marginal folding to foot of upper cover.
€50
Francis de CROISSET, Henry de RENAUCOURT
La féerie cinghalaise. Ceylan avec les anglais
P. Montchanin|Paris 1928|19 x 25 cm|relié
First printing of the woodcuts and headpieces by Henry de Renaucourt, one of 24 on Hollande paper.
Bradel binding in half cardboard with vellum-style bands, smooth spine, snake-skin-style title label framed with wavy gilt fillets, snake-skin cardboard bands, moiré-effect paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
Our copy, as stipulated in the justification, is complete with the Japan paper suite of the 6 original woodcuts.
Fine copy in excellent condition.
€350
MIGITA TOSHIHIDE
Le meurtre de Kudo Suketsune par Goro Tokimune
Matsunaga Sakujiro|1880|35 x 72 cm|une feuille
Original print.
Triptych of three prints joined together (glued at the back with a paper strip). Three sheets assembled as one. Hole at each extremity. A lack to the left margin. A central fold.
In the 12th century, Tokimune avenges his father's death by killing his murderer, Kudo Suketsune. Toshihide was a pupil of Yoshitoshi, his prints are characterized by a blend of traditional and Western styles.
€600
Benoît de MAILLET
Telliamed ou entretiens d'un philosophe indien avec un missionnaire françois sur la diminution de la mer, la formation de la terre, l'origine de l'homme, &c. Mis en ordre sur les mémoires de M. de Maillet. Par J. A.G***
Chez L'honoré fils|à Amsterdam 1748|11.50 x 19.50 cm|2 tomes reliés en un volume
First edition. Telliamed constitutes an anagram of Maillet, the author's name. The edition was published by J. Ant. Guers. The work is dedicated to Cyrano de Bergerac.
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title label. Skillful restorations, almost invisible to headcaps and bands. Good copy, very fresh.
In this fictional work, Maillet establishes important theories that he forged through his geological studies in Egypt and in Arabic countries, where he was also able to consult rare manuscripts of scientific theories. He believes that the earth is in fact a star and that it lives according to perpetual cycles that will lead it once ag
€1,000
Albert de LUYNES
Mémoire sur le sarcophage et l'inscription funéraire d'Esmunazar, roi de Sidon
Typ. de Henri Plon|Paris 1856|22 x 28.50 cm|relié
First edition. Contemporary half black sheep binding, faded smooth spine showing traces of rubbing, decorated with black double fillets, marbled paper boards, edges and corners bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, two tears with losses to one endpaper. Fine interior condition. Rare.
€200
Jean-Antoine DUBOIS
Moeurs, institutions et cérémonies des peuples de l'Inde
Imp. de la Mission catholique|Pondichéry [Pondicherry] 1899|13 x 22 cm|2 volumes reliés
Later edition, first in parts, as augmented with a preface and notes.
Half light brown morocco over marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, upper covers preserved.
A good copy.
€400
Sadahide UTAGAWA, Batei SHUJIN
Nanchou Gaishi Buyuden
Sadahide|Edo [Tokyo] 1856|14.50 x 23 cm|cousu
First edition, rare, with 35 engravings, many double page in black, grey, and white (several with grey and black ink wash). The title may be translated as: A History of the Braves of the Southern Court.
10 accordion-stitched volumes. Three different printed covers, the first series comprising three volumes, the second four and the third three. Rubbing. Two volumes with worming to upper margin, one wormhole to centre of book touching engravings.
Numerous scenes of particularly violent combat, with decapitations and gushing blood; Court scenes. The figure of Sadahide is remarkably finely rendered and detailed, the grey and black wash adding contrast and depth.
€1,200
Pietro BIZZARRI
Rerum persicarum historia, Initia Gentis, Mores, instituta, resque gestas ad haec usque tempora complectens.Cui accesit Brevis ac vera Henrici Porsii de bello inter Murathem III. .Philippi Callimachi Experientis de bello Turcis. Et Appendix. Jacobus Geuderus.In ea Josephii Barbari Et Ambrosii Contareni Legatorum Reipub. Venetae Itineraria Persica: Johannes Thomae Minado I belli Turco-Persici historia
Typis Wechelianis apud Wechelianis • apud Claudium Marnium|Francofurti [Frankfurt am Main] • (Francfort) [Frankfurt am Main] 1601|16.50 x 32.50 cm|relié
Second edition copiously expanded with numerous texts on the Turks and Persians, following the first edition published in 1583. A rare edition, preferable to the first for its multiple additions. Printer's device on title page.
Bound in full marbled brown sheep, later 17th century. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Beige morocco title label. Upper joint split and open at head. A pale dampstain to the lower third of pages throughout the volume. Numerous leaves browned, unfortunately typical of German and Swiss paper from this period. Final leaf bearing the printer's device partly detached.
History of Persia from Antiquity to the Ottoman Empire up to 1581. This precious history is
€1,800
Jeanne CUISINIER
Danses magiques de Kelantan
Institut d'ethnologie|Paris 1936|17.50 x 27.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's binding in full green percale, smooth spine, blind-ruled frames on covers, a slight tear without consequence at head of spine.
Work illustrated with 4 photographic plates at rear.
€70
Jacques VILLOTTE
Voyages d'un missionnaire de la Compagnie de Jesus, en Turquie, en Perse, en Armenie, en Arabie & en Barbarie
Chez Jacques Vincent|à Paris 1730|9.50 x 16.80 cm|relié
First edition, rare.
Contemporary full blonde marbled calf. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red shagreen title label renewed. Slight lack at head. Foot headcap rubbed. Corners bumped.
Travel account established by Father Nicolas Frizon from memoirs written by a missionary during his passage through Turkey toward China, Jacques Villotte. As sea travel was very dangerous, two routes were chosen, one through Muscovy, the other through Turkey, the Jesuits hoping to convert the peoples of Tartary. Narrative established in third person beginning with the Jesuit's three-week stay in Constantinople. Followed by an ample description of caravan travels. Considerations on the Persians. Ci
€2,500
James RENNELL
Description historique et géographique de l'Indostan, traduite de l'anglais par J.B. Bouscheseiche, sur la septième et dernière édition, à laquelle on a joint des Mélanges d'Histoire et de Statistique sur l'Inde, traduits par J. Castéra
De l'imprimerie de Poignée|à Paris 1800 - An VIII|12.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
Rare first French edition, translated by Bouscheseiche. Without the atlas containing 11 maps that is often found separately.
Later ca 1850 half marbled green calf binding; beautiful pastiche resembling a contemporary binding. Smooth spine decorated with Greek key pattern and four fleurons. Brown morocco title and volume labels. Marbled edges. A lack at the foot of volume 2, continuing onto the board. Handsome copy, very elegant, and quite fresh overall.
Hindostan extended from the Himalayas in the North to the Malabar and Coromandel peninsulas in the South, that is to say the major part of India at that time. James Rennel's study is almost exclusively geographical, and only one cha
€900
Antoine-Etienne-Nicolas FANTIN-DESODOARDS
Révolutions de l'Inde pendant le dix-huitième siècle; ou mémoires de Typoo-Zaeb, sultan du Maissour
Chez George Bridel|à Paris 1796|12.50 x 20 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition, rare.
Contemporary full marbled sheep binding. Decorated smooth spines. Red morocco title labels and black morocco volume labels. Head caps worn. Title labels very rubbed, with lacks. Some corners bumped. Dampstaining to right margin at corner on the first ten pages of the first volume.
History, geography and customs of Hindustan, that is to say the Mogul empire which extended from the Himalayas in the north, to the peninsula of Malabar and Coromandel in the south, by the sultan of one of the provinces of this nation. Fantin-Desodoards assured, initially in company with Mirabeau, the translation and formatting for the edition. The work brings together a wealth of pre
€550
J.-Christophe DELPRAT
Le Japon et le commerce européen
La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 1856|15.50 x 25 cm|en feuillets
First edition.
Extract from the Revue des deux mondes.
In leaves, in chemise.
€80
Charles Hubert LAVOLLÉE
Les jésuites en Chine
La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 1856|15.50 x 25 cm|en feuillets
First edition.
Extracted from the Revue des deux mondes.
In loose sheets, under chemise.
€40
Edmond COTTEAU
De Paris au Japon à travers la Sibérie, voyage exécuté du 6 Mai au 7 Août 1881
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1883|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition. Half chocolate shagreen binding, spine slightly faded with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, modern binding. Work illustrated with 28 engravings and complete with its folding map at the end. Handsome copy almost free from foxing.
€300
Mirza ABOU TALIB KHAN
Voyages du prince persan Mirza Aboul Taleb Khan en Asie, en Afrique, en Europe; écrits par lui-même et publiés par M. Charles Malo
Gide fils • Louis Janet • Delaunay|Paris Octobre 1819|13 x 20.50 cm|relié
Second edition of the French translation, published only a few months after the first edition of the French translation.
Half wine-colored sheep binding, smooth spine very slightly faded decorated with gilt romantic decorative motifs, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Light foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume.
€300
Laurence OLIPHANT
La Chine
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1875|18 x 27.50 cm|relié
New edition of the French translation preceded by an introduction by Guizot.
Publisher's full red cardboard binding, smooth spine very lightly faded decorated with gilt typographic motifs, frame of gilt fillets and dots on the first cover stamped in its center with a decoration of gilt Chinese fabulous animals, light marginal spotting at head of first cover, second cover decorated with stylized black vegetal decoration, all edges gilt.
Illustrations hors-texte.
Pen gift inscription at head of half-title page, some small foxing.
€200
COLLECTIF
Catalogue de vente de la collection de C. Havilland d'estampes japonaises, peintures des écoles classiques et de quelques maitres de catalogue de vente de la collection de C. Havilland d'estampes japonaises, peintures des écoles classiques et de quelques maitres de l'Ukiyoye'. Première vente
S. n.|Paris 1922|23 x 31 cm|broché
First edition of this auction catalogue held on November 27, 28 and 29, 1922 at the Hotel Drouot.
Iconography.
A small tear at the head of one joint, small stains on the front cover, handsome interior condition.
€50
John PERRY
Etat present de la grande Russie ou Moscovie
Chez André Cailleau|à Paris 1718|9.50 x 16.50 cm|3 parties reliées en un volume
New French edition, quite rare. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Peter I and a large folding map. Reprint of the original French edition published in 1717 by Jean Boudot.
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, ornamented. Head cap partly worn. Surface damage to boards. Rubbing to headcaps and edges.
This edition was provided by Hugony, following Peter I's voyage to France. Like the texts then available on Russia, this is a 17th-century account by an English engineer who was employed in Russia for many years; the strictly historical sections have been updated. This account is highly esteemed; it is the first to have given us accurate notions about
€1,000
Alexandre HURÉ
Le volontaire, épisode de la guerre du Tonkin
Librairie Jouaust|Paris 1886|17 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies.
Small tears without consequence to head and foot of spine.
Our copy is complete with the etching by Léopold Flameng here in double state as with all deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome full-margined copy.
€150
Amédée JAUBERT
Voyage en Arménie et en Perse, fait dans les années 1805 et 1806, par P. Amédée Jaubert
Chez Pelicier • et Nepveu|à Paris 1821|12.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
First edition, rare, illustrated with a very large folding map of the regions between Constantinople and Tehran, and 9 lithographs (by Aubry, Vernet...), and a frontispiece portrait of the Persian prince Albas Mirza.
Restoration period half light brown sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with fillets and tools; roulette at foot. Marbled edges. Rubbing to boards, but handsome copy with perfectly fresh paper.
Amédé Jaubert, orientalist, was first taken by Napoleon to Egypt where he served as interpreter; in 1805 he was entrusted with an important diplomatic mission to Iran where he was to negotiate with the Shah to establish France's position in that region. During his journey, he
€1,600
Émile SENART
Le théâtre indien.
La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 1891|15 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes.
Rare.
In plain wrappers.
€50
[Victor CHERBULIEZ] G VALBERT
La question japonaise, d'après un voyageur anglais.
La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 1892|15 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition. Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes. Rare
In plain wrappers.
€50
DUVAL DE LEYRIT, De LALLY
Mémoire à consulter et consultation pour le sieur Duval Dumanoir & M. Duval d'Espremenil avocat du roi au châtelet , héritiers du feû sieur Duval de Leyrit, gouverneur de Pondichéry. avec les lettres que les sieurs Duval de Leyrit & de Lally se sont écrites dans l'Inde, pour servir de pièces justificatives
De l'imprimerie de Michel Lambert|à Paris 1766|21 x 27 cm|relié
First edition.
Bound in modern cream parchment-like full paper boards. Black sheep title label. Tear with loss in margin without any damage to text of the first 4 leaves. Various leaves with brown stain in lower margin. Brown stains pp. 356, 357 and 508, 509. Correspondence of crucial importance between the governor of Pondichéry and the lieutenant-General of the armies of India on the French situation in India and the government of Pondichéry from 1758 to 1760. A trial was established in favor of Leyrit by the complaining family against Lieutenant-General de Lally, accused of implacable hatred against his governor and betrayal of the interests of the king of the French state and the Ea
€580
ELISEEV
La peinture contemporaine au Japon
Editions de Boccard|Paris 1923|In 4|Un Vol. broché
First work on contemporary painting in Japan, following the first exhibition of Japanese art in Paris at the Grand Palais in 1922.
Numerous plates.
Rare.
In original wrappers with folded covers.
Excellent condition.

NB: This work is available at the bookstore upon request within 48 hours.
€130
Henri GUÉNOT
Le planteur de Java
Alfred Mame & fils|Tours 1872|13 x 22 cm|relié
New edition.
Publisher's half dark green shagreen binding, spine with four false raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments, cold-stamped frames on dark green sheep boards.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece engraving.
Copy free from foxing.
€50
Georges BOUSQUET
Le théâtre au Japon
Extrait de la Revue des deux mondes|(Paris) 1874|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.
€80
Henri GAIDOZ
Les éléphants à la guerre. De leur emploi dans les armées modernes
Extrait de la Revue des deux mondes|(Paris) 1874|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.
€60
Henri BLERZY
Les révolutions d'Asie Centrale. III. La Birmanie, le Thibet, les provinces occidentales de la chine
Extrait de la Revue des deux mondes|(Paris) 1874|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.
€60
Jules PATENÔTRE
Un voyage d'hiver au Caucase. De la mer noire à la mer Caspienne
Extrait de la Revue des deux mondes|(Paris) 1874|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.
€80
Arturo MARESCALCHI
Une mission en Birmanie. 1873-1874
Extrait de la Revue des deux mondes|(Paris) 1874|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.
€80
Émile BURNOUF
La France dans le Levant. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|(Paris) 1887|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.
€50
Louis JACOLLIOT
Voyage au pays des palmiers
E. Dentu & Cie|Paris 1887|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition.
Work illustrated by Rickebush and El Geardi.
About a journey to Ceylon.
€45
Mor FRIDOLIN
Deux jours de sport à Java. Lettre à ... Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1861]|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.
€60
Henri BLERZY
Les officiers politiques de la compagnie des Indes. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1868]|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.
€50
Edmond JURIEN DE LA GRAVIÈRE
Les Moluques sous la domination hollandaise, souvenirs d'une station dans les mers de l'Indochine. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1851]|15.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.
€60
RIENZI, Charles NODIER
Statistiques de l'empire chinois/ Le mont Saint Bernard. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1831]|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.
€50
Jules CLAVÉ
Orissa. Une province anglaise de l'Inde. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1873]|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.
€40
Jules SOURY
L'Asie mineure d'après les nouvelles découvertes archéologiques. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1873]|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.
€30
Henri BLERZY
La guerre du Bhotan ou épisode de la conquête de l'Inde. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1866]|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover. rare.
€40
Henri BLERZY
Les colonies anglaises de la Malaisie. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1866]|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.
€70
Henri BLERZY
Les français dans l'Inde. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] (1868)|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover.
€35
Charles Hubert LAVOLLÉE
La guerre civile en Chine. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] (1854)|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.
€50
Charles Hubert LAVOLLÉE
Un missionnaire en Chine. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] (1854)|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.
€45
Edmond JURIEN DE LA GRAVIÈRE
Le port de Shanghaï et les chinois du nord. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] (1852)|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.
€60
Edmond JURIEN DE LA GRAVIÈRE
Souvenirs des côtes de Chine. Les Mariannes et les Lou-Tchou. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] (1852)|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.
€80