Auction 06 November 2020 PRINTS, OLD AND MODERN BOOKS - Paris

Set of about 3440 letters and coins...

Set of about 3440 letters and coins from 1900-19300

History 18th century set of 39...

History 18th century set of 39 pieces, handwritten or engraved on copper handwritten additions on parchment and paper

Indochina Garnier

Indochina Garnier

CHARCOT (Jean-Baptiste)

5 letters to Madame de Mallevoüe. 1929-1934 and n.d. 3 autograph letters signed (1929) CONCERNING THE CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF DUMONT D'URVILLE, of which: "... It is very likely that your uncle, a lieutenant on board the "Zélée" knew my wife's great uncle Mr....

CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René de)

Memories from beyond the grave. Paris, Eugène et Victor Penaud frères, 1849-1850. 12 volumes in-8, dark verto half-broken, spine with ornamented ribs, speckled edges, lower headdresses lightly rubbed, upper headdress of the first volume rubbed; a few...

COLETTE (Sidonie Gabrielle)

Les Vrilles de la vigne. Paris, Éditions de "La Vie parisienne", 1908. In-16, wide-margined copy (205 x 140 mm), 224 pp., smooth-backed morocco, mosaic decoration of polychrome scrolls, with gilt filets and repeated motifs stamped in black on the plates,...

COMMINES (Philippe de)

Memories. In Leide, at the Elzeviers'. 1648. In-12, (22)-763 erroneously numbered 1 to 672 and 675 to 765-(21 of which the last two are white) pp., broad-margined copy (129 x 72 mm), garnet morocco, spine ribbed and floral, triple gilt filet framing the...

DES PÉRIERS (Bonaventure)

New recreations and happy quotes. In Rouen, from the printing house of David Du Petit Val, 1615. Petit in-12, 467-(13 of which the last white) pp., garnet morocco, decorated spine with ribs, fine gilt lace framing the plates with gilt coat of arms in...

GUALTEROTTI (Raffaello)

Descrizione del regale apparato per le nozze della serenissima madama Cristina di Loreno moglie del serenissimo Don Ferdinando Medici III gran duca di Toscana. In Firenze appresso Antonio Padovani, 1589. 2 parts in one volume in-folio, 32-(4)-176 pp....

LA FONTAINE (Jean de)

Selected fables. À Paris, chez l'auteur, 1765-1775, vol. IV in association with Durand, Prault and Deslauriers. 6 volumes in-8, (2)-lxxi-(1 white)-100 + vi-102 + iv-95-(1 white) + (4)-134 + (4)-104 misnumbered 1 to 49, one unnumbered, and 50 to 103 +...

MAGNIÈRES (Pierre-André O'Heguerty de)

Remarks on several branches of commerce and navigation. S.l.n., 1757. 2 volumes in one small volume in-8, (4)-206-(4)-168-(2 of which the last one white) pp., marbled brown calf, spine ribbed and floral with garnet title piece, threaded cuts, speckled...

MATISSE (Henri). - ORLÉANS (Charles d')

Poems. Paris, Tériade, 1950. In-folio, (4 blanches)- 100-(8 including the last 5 blanches) pp.., in sheets in a filled folder, slightly used cardboard case from the publisher. EXAMPLE SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, like all those in the edition. FIRST PRINT OF...

MAVELOT (Charles)

New designs for the practice of heraldic art of several weapons of the early Estat. In Paris, at the author's home, 1696. In-4, (3)-52-(1) ff. engraved on copper, fawn calf, spine with ribs cloisonné and grotesquely decorated, green and burgundy title-pieces,...

PLENCK (Joseph Jakob von)

Icones plantarum medicinalium secundum systema Linnæi digestarum, cum enumeratione virium et usus medici, chirurgici atque diætetici. Viennæ, apud Rudolphum Græffer et soc. 1788-1789. 2 volumes grand in-folio, (10)-62- (2) + 64 pp., the first volume bound...

RELIURE AUX ARMES DE LA DUCHESSE D'ANGOULÊME. - PÉRÉFIXE DE BEAUMONT (Hardouin de)

History of King Henry the Great. Paris, from the Goetschy printing works, 1821. Grand in-12, 286 figures i to xii and 13 to 286-(2 of which the last one white) pp., green morocco, decorated ribbed spine, plates decorated with a gilt frame of frieze with...

COLLECTION RENÉ BASCHET

Set of about 3440 letters and coins. Years 1900- 1930s, mainly. The whole mounted on strong paper sheets themselves mounted on tabs in 3 volumes strong in-plano of green grief with smooth backs, some epiderminations and snags. The press man René Baschet...

RELIURE AUX ARMES DU CARDINAL DE RICHELIEU. - [SIRMOND (Jean)]

The Man of the Pope and the King. Or, true repartees on the slanderous imputations of a defamatory libel, sown against His Holiness & His Very Christian Majesty, by the covered enemies of the Holy See & of France. In Brussels, s.n., 1634. In-8, fawn morocco,...

RELIURE À MOTIF MARITIME. - ALMANACH ofte oprechten Nederlandschen Hemel-Meter voor ‘tSchrikkel-Jaer [...] M.DCC.LXXII. Tot Gendt, by de Weduwe van Michiel de Goesin, 1772. Demi in-4 étroit, (40) ff. et un tableau dépliant imprimé hors texte, avec u

ROBERT DE VAUGONDY (Gilles), et Charles-François DELAMARCHE

Study Atlas, for the instruction of youth. In Paris, with C. F. Delamarche, 1797-1799. Large in-folio, 1 f. of printed title, half parchment, copy in medium condition with used binding and several loose boards (binding of the time). 34(of 35) copper-engraved...

VERLAINE (Paul)

The Good Song. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1870. Petit in-12, (6 of which the first 2 and the last white)-38-(4 of which the last 3 white) pp., garnet morocco, smooth spine with long gilt title, thin gilt frieze framing the covers, covers preserved with...

VOLTAIRE

Complete works. Kehl. From the printing house of the Literary Typographical Society. 1784-1789. 70 volumes in-8, brown rooted calf, smooth spines partitioned and ornamented with red individual title and general tomaison parts, fine geometrical framing...

WARNER (Robert) et LINDEN (Jean-Jules)

2 illustrated books devoted to the ORCHIDES, incomplete. - WARNER (Robert) and Benjamin Samuel WILLIAMS. Select Orchidaceous Plants. London, Lovell Reeve & Co, 1862-1865 and 1865-1868. 2 large series in-folio, in sheets under printed covers (2 issues...

[WICQUEFORT (Abraham Van Wicquefort dit Abraham de)]

Advis faithful to the true Dutch people. Touching what happened in the villages of Bodegrave & Swammerdam, & the unheard-of cruelties, that the François practiced there. With a Memoir of the last march of the army of the King of France in Brabant & Flanders....

ZAO WOU-KI. - MICHAUX (Henri)

Annunciation. Moments. Paris, Les bibliophiles de l'Automobile Club de France, 1996. In-folio, 40 pages, including the first 3 and last 2 blank pages, in sheets under cover, folder and cardboard case of red cloth from the publisher. PART ORIGINAL EDITION,...

ARCHITECTURE. XVIIIe siècle

3 volumes in-4, bound. AVILER (Augustin-Charles d'). Architecture course. In Paris, at Charles-Antoine Jombert's, 1760. Large in-4, used brown marbled calf, decorated spine (Epoque BINDING). Illustration engraved on copperplate outside the text and full...

HISTOIRE et divers. XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles

Set of 11 volumes in-8 and in-12, ALL RELATED IN MAROQUIN. BAILLET (Adrien). Children who became famous through their studies or their writings. Historical treatise. In Paris, at Antoine Dezallier, 1688. In-12, large-margined copy, decorated spine, jaspered...

HISTOIRE et divers. XVIIe-XXe siècle

Set of 20 bound volumes. ALBI PRINTING: SALIÈS (Antoinette de Salvan de). Creative reflections. In Alby, by Jean & Guillaume Pech, 1689. In-12, half-simili parchment, a marginal tear in the title, some works of verse (modern binding). - BINDING WITH THE...

HISTOIRE. XVIIIe SIÈCLE, principalement

Set of 39 pieces, handwritten or engraved on copper with handwritten additions, on parchment and paper; some defects, many seals missing. - LOUIS XIV. Patent signed (secretary), countersigned by the Secretary of State for War Michel CHAMILLARD. 1709. Appointment...

HISTOIRE ET MARINE. XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles principalement

Set of 15 volumes of various formats, bound, in medium condition. ALBERUS (Erasmus Alber, also known as Erasmus). L'Alcoran des Cordeliers. In Amsterdam, at the expense of the Compagnie, probably an Amsterdam printing for a Parisian bookseller, 1734....

HISTOIRE NATURELLE

NEW DICTIONARY OF NATURAL HISTORY, applied to the arts, agriculture, rural and domestic economy, medicine, etc. In Paris, by Deterville, 1816-1819. 36 volumes in-8, half-brown speckled basane, several volumes with wet binding (binding of the period)....

HISTOIRE NATURELLE ET JARDINAGE. XVIIIe-XIXe siècles

Set of 20 volumes in various formats, bound. DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE (Antoine-Joseph). The theory and practice of gardening, which deals in depth with the beautiful gardens commonly known as pleasure and cleanliness gardens. In The Hague, by Pierre Husson,...

ILLUSTRÉS. XVIIIe siècle

Set of 12 volumes in-8 and in-12, bound. BOILEAU (Nicolas). Works. In Amsterdam, by François Changuion, 1729. 4 volumes in-12, lemon morocco, smooth decorated spines, gilt edges, restorations to headdresses, bits and corners (contemporary binding). Illustration...

ILLUSTRÉS MODERNES

Set of 7 volumes published in Paris by the Bibliophiles de l'Automobile Club, in a straight or oblong folio, each in sheets under cover and placed in a cardboard folder and case by the publisher. BORGES (Jorge Luis). The Immortal. 1989. Edition of 152...

LITTÉRATURE, XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles

Set of 17 volumes in various formats, ALL RELATED IN LEATHERHOOD. APULEAUS (Lucius Apuleius, known as). The Metamorphoses of the Golden Ass. In Paris, by Nicolas & Jean de La Coste, 1648. Petit in-8, garnet morocco, smooth spine decorated with golden...

LITTÉRATURE et divers. XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles

Set of 8 bound volumes. BOLOGNA (Stone of). Sacred Odes. In Paris, at the home of the widow Thiboust, 1758. In-12, ornate garnet morocco of the period, gilt edges. Original edition of the poetic collection of this author from Martinique. - BOURGOGNE (Louis-Joseph-Xavier...

LITTÉRATURE et divers. XVIIe-XXe siècles

Set of about 70 volumes of various formats bound. CHARRON (Pierre). Of Wisdom. In Leide, at Jean Elsevier's house, 1656. Petit in-12, garnet morocco, spine ribbed, gold edges on marbling (C. Hardy, with manuscript mention "1858"). Engraved title, and...

LITTÉRATURE. XXe siècle

15 bound volumes. OF WHICH 7 VOLUMES WITH AUTOGRAPHIC SENDING SIGNED to the writer Robert de Flers or his wife Geneviève Sardou, by Jean GIRAUDOUX, Gaston LEROUX, Filippo Tommaso MARINETTI, François MAURIAC, Eugène SÉMÉNOFF (Gorki's translator).

LITTÉRATURE et divers. XXe siècle

11 volumes, 3 bound and 8 paperbacks. DREYFUS (Alfred). Five years of my life. 1894-1899. Paris, Bibliothèque Charpentier, Eugène Fasquelle, 1901. In-12, demi-basane usagée. Autograph signed to Geneviève Sardou, daughter of the writer Victorien Sardou...

INDOCHINE. - GARNIER (Francis) et autour

Set of about 250 pieces: mostly letters, but also some printed matter (4 of which are preserved in number), a few photographs and a commemorative medal. Mainly from the last third of the 19th century. Mostly from the explorer's widow, this set mainly...

LORRAIN (Jean)

Set of 5 volumes in-18, in used bindings. ALL WITH SELF-SIGNED AUTOGRAPHY SIGNED TO THE ROBERT DE FLERS WRITER: BYZANCE CORNER. THE ERRONEOUS DEFECT. Paris, Librairie Paul Ollendorff, 1902. Original edition. - STORIES OF MASKS. Paris, Librairie Paul Ollendorff,...

LOUYS (Pierre)

Set of 5 volumes in-12 and in-18, in used bindings. OF WHICH 4 WITH AUTOGRAPHIC SENDING SIGNED TO THE WRITER ROBERT DE FLERS: APHRODITE. Paris, Société du Mercure de France, 1896. - THE ADVENTURES OF THE KING PAUSOLE. Paris, Bibliothèque Charpentier,...

MÉDECINE. XVIIIe siècle, principalement

Set of 30 volumes of various formats, bound, in medium condition.

MUSIQUE. - Ensemble de 4 volumes in-4, en reliures usagées.

NORMANDIE, XVe-milieu du XIXe siècle

Approximately 500 handwritten pieces. COLLECTION CONCERNING PRINCIPALLY THE HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF L'ORNE: private correspondence, notarial documents, scholarly notes, etc. Provenance: the Perche historian Henri Tournoüer (1861-1943).

RELIURES AUX ARMES. - Ensemble de 6 volumes in-8, tous reliés en maroquin.

then Léon Gruel (ex-libris vignette on one of the lower guards). - JOLY DE FLEURY : ALMANACH ROYAL, leap year M.DCC.LXVI. In Paris, by Le Breton, 1776. In-8, red morocco, spine ribbed and ornamented, gilt Dubuisson plate on covers with gilt coat of arms...

SCIENCES. XVIIe siècle-début du XIXe siècle

Set of 4 volumes in-8 and in-12. CELSE (Aulus Cornelius Celsus, known as). De Medicina. Lugduni Batav. Leiden, apud Johannem Elsevirium, 1657. In-24, garnet morocco, smooth spine decorated, gilt edges on marbling (18th century binding). Portraifrontispiece...

DUBOUT (Albert)

Set of 6 volumes in-4 illustrated by him. - CHEVALLIER (Gabriel). Bell. Paris, Ernest Flammarion, (finished printing dated July 5, 1945, copyright dated 1946). In-4, paperback, under used publisher's folder, case missing. First edition of this title illustrated...

GIONO (Jean)

Set of 4 volumes, one large in-4 and 3 in-8. - ANGELO. Paris, Gallimard (collection Soleil), 1958. In-8, bradel de toile de l'éditeur. Published the same year as the original. SEND AUTOGRAPHY SIGNED "to Mrs Henriette Contandin with all the affection I...

PAGNOL (Marcel)

Set of 7 volumes in-8 and in-16, 6 bound and one paperback, all with signed autograph submissions. - FILLE DU PUISATIER (LA). Paris, Fasquelle, 1941. In-16, half brown rooted basane, spine with floral ribs and green title piece, slightly rubbed binding....

LETTERS OF NOBILITY. - LOUIS XV....

LETTERS OF NOBILITY. - LOUIS XV. Letters patent signed (secretary), countersigned on the flap by the Secretary of State of the House of the King, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux de MAUREPAS, with the mention "the Duke of Orléans Regent present", and with, also...