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Auction MILLE NUITS DE REVE - Collection Geneviève & Jean-Paul Kahn IV - Paris

Bid on the lot list Pierre Bergé & Associés : 10 December 2021 - Salle 5 - Hôtel Drouot - Paris

MILLE NUITS DE REVE - Collection Geneviève & Jean-Paul Kahn IV

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Lot n° 1

Honoré de BALZAC.

Intellectual history of Louis Lambert. Paris, Charles Gosselin, 1833. In-12, 264 pp. half red morocco, spine ribbed and decorated, untrimmed, gilt head (binding of the second half of the 19th century). First separate edition, largely original. Not only...

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Lot n° 2

Honoré de BALZAC.

Le Lys dans la vallée. Paris, Werdet, 1836. 2 volumes in-8: half olive basane, smooth spines decorated with gold and cold, marbled edges (period binding). First edition. The novel is preceded by a History of the trial to which the publication of the...

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Lot n° 3

Honoré de BALZAC.

The Superior Woman. La Maison Nucingen, la Torpille. Paris, Werdet, 1838. 2 volumes in-8: paperback, printed covers of yellow paper: folders in half plum leather, case. First edition of the three titles. La Femme supérieure will later become Les Employés....

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Lot n° 4

Honoré de BALZAC.

Honorine. Paris, De Potter, 1844. 2 volumes in-8: red half-sheepskin, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets and black fleurons, entirely untrimmed (period binding). First edition: dedicated to Achille Devéria, it is uncommon. It was missing from...

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Lot n° 5

Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY.

Du dandysme et de G. Brummell. Caen, B. Mancel, 1845. In-12 of VII pp., 118 pp., (1) f. of errata: red morocco, ornate ribbed spine, double gilt fillet framing the boards, gilt filleted edges, gilt silk lining and endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover...

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Lot n° 6

Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY.

The Prophets of the Past. Caen, Imprimerie de A. Hardel on the cover: Paris Louis Hervé, 1851. In-12 square of XXXVI, 160 pp. in paperback, blue paper cover printed and decorated. Red half-maroquin cover, slipcase. First edition: it was published in a...

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Lot n° 7

Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY.

Poetry. Caen, Impr. Hardel, 1854. 16-page booklet with (2) ff. 47 pp, (1) f. of table, (1) blank f.: paperback, blank cover. Red demimarine folder, slipcase. Rare first edition, printed in an edition of 36 copies on Hollande laid paper, not sold. The...

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Lot n° 8

Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY.

Les Diaboliques. Paris, E. Dentu, 1874. In-12: red half-maroquin à la Bradel with corners, smooth spine decorated throughout, untrimmed, gilt head, cover and spine retained (Carayon). First edition of this collection of six short stories. A first edition...

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Lot n° 9

Charles BAUDELAIRE.

Salon de 1845. Paris, Jules Labitte (Imprimerie Dondey-Dupré), 1845. In-12 of 72 pp. and (1) f.: half-brown calf, smooth spine, red morocco title page (old binding). First edition, printed in an edition of 500 copies. It was published under the name...

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Lot n° 10

Charles BAUDELAIRE.

Salon de 1846. Paris, Michel Lévy frères, 1846. In-12 of XI and 132 pp.: paperback, pink printed and ornamented covers. First edition, much sought after. Second book published by Charles Baudelaire, still under the name of Baudelaire Dufaÿs. The publisher...

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Lot n° 11

François-René de CHATEAUBRIAND.

Mémoires d'outre-tombe. Paris, Eugène et Victor Penaud, 1849-1850. 12 volumes in-8: green half-sheepskin, spines nicely decorated, spotted edges (period binding). First edition. A first issue copy: it contains the Avertissement and the list of subscribers,...

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Lot n° 12

[Aimée de COIGNY].

Alvare. Paris, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot, no date 1818. In-12 of (4) ff. the first blank, 533 pp, (1) blank f.: paperback, blue paper cover, with full margins: flap case by G. Mercier in half red morocco decorated with gilt fillets, case. First edition...

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Lot n° 13

François Coppée.

Le Passant. Comedy in one act, in verse. Paris, Alphone Lemerre, 1869. In-12: red jansenist morocco, ribbed spine, gold filleted edges, royal blue morocco lining with gilt fillet, red silk endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved,...

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Lot n° 14

Georges COURTELINE.

The 8:47 Train. No place or date 1888. Autograph manuscript in-8 of (1) title page and 120 pages numbered 1-119, 22bis and 78bis there is no page 99: red jansenist morocco, spine ribbed, gilt fillets on the edges, decorated inner borders, red silk lining...

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Lot n° 15

Georges COURTELINE.

Boubouroche. Comedy in 2 acts. No place or date late 1892-early 1893. Autograph manuscript signed "G. Courteline" small in-4 of (2) ff. 85 ff. numbered 1-84 and 34bis: jansenist red morocco, ribbed spine, gilt fillets on the edges, interior framing...

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Lot n° 16

[Entourage de Cornelis van DALEM (Anvers c. 1530-Breda 1573) et Jan van WECHELEN (actif à Anvers c.1530-1550)].

The Legend of the Baker of Eeklo. Second half of the 16th century. Oil on panel (49 x 66 cm). Restorations. Men with cabbage heads. The painting depicts the legend of the baker of Eeklo, popular in the Netherlands in the 16th century. According to it,...

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Lot n° 17

Alphonse DAUDET.

Letters from my mill. Impressions and memories. Paris, J. Hetzel, no date 1869. In-12: red chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated with small pieces of pink mosaic morocco, double framing à la Du Seuil on the boards with gilt fleurons in the corners, gold...

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Lot n° 18

Alphonse DAUDET.

Breadwinner. Moeurs contemporaines. Paris, Eugène Fasquelle, 1898. Large in-12 book entirely mounted on tabs: red morocco, ribbed spine decorated with gilded fillets and mosaic of lemon morocco, boards framed in the same way, gilded fillets on the edges...

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Lot n° 19

[Charles DICKENS].

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club Containing a Faithful Record of the Perambulations, Perils, Travels, Adventures and Sporting Transactions of the Corresponding Members. Edited by "Boz". With Illustrations. London, Chapman & Hall, April 1836-May...

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Lot n° 20

Charles DICKENS.

The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone bookery. With illustrations by H.K. Browne. London, Brandbury & Evans, May 1849 - November 1850. 20 issues in 19 fascicles in-8 issues XIX and...

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Lot n° 21

Charles DICKENS.

The Personal History of David Copperfield. With illustrations by H.K. Browne. London, Brandbury & Evans, 1850. In-8 of 1 frontispiece, 1 engraved title, XIV pp., (1) f. of errata, 624 pp. 38 plates out of text: plum jansenist maroon, ribbed spine, gilt...

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Lot n° 22

Charles DICKENS.

Bleak House. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. London, Bradbury & Evans, 1853. In-8 of 1 frontispiece, XVI pp., 624 pp., 38 plates: tan morocco, spine ribbed with gilt filleting, gilt filleting on the boards, gold filleted edges, inner border of the...

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Lot n° 23

[Claire de Kersaint, duchesse de DURAS].

Ourika. In Paris, De l'Imprimerie royale, no date 1823. In-12 of 108 pp. in long-grained plum morocco, spine ribbed with rich gold and cold decoration, boards framed with seven gilt fillets with fleurons in the centre of each side and a cold scroll,...

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Lot n° 24

Gustave FLAUBERT.

Madame Bovary. Moeurs de province. Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1857. Fort in-12: red half-chagrin, spine with ornate bands (pastiche binding). First edition: one of the copies printed on strong vellum paper, the only deluxe edition. The two volumes form...

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Lot n° 25

Gustave FLAUBERT.

The Sentimental Education. Histoire d'un jeune homme. Paris, Michel Lévy frères, 1870. 2 volumes in-8 of (2) ff. 427 pp.; (2) ff. 331 pp. in grey half cloth silk à la Bradel with corners, spines gilt at the head and foot, entirely untrimmed (period binding)....

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Lot n° 26

[Xavier FORNERET].

And the moon gave and the dew fell. Dijon, Decailly, 1836. Booklet in-8: stapled, printed cover. Original edition of great rarity, illustrated with a lithographed frontispiece. The short story is preceded by the letter addressed by Xavier Forneret to...

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Lot n° 27

Théophile GAUTIER.

Poetry. Paris, Charles Mary, Rignoux, 1830. In-12: red morocco, spine ribbed and decorated, triple gilt fillet with fleurons in the corners framing the covers, gilt arms in the centre, gold filleted edges, inner lace, gilt edges on marbling (Hardy). ...

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Lot n° 28

Théophile GAUTIER.

Mademoiselle de Maupin. Double amour. Paris, Eugène Renduel, 1835-1836. 2 volumes in-8: stapled, printed covers. Devauchelle's box in long-grained midnight blue morocco decorated in gold and cold. Rare first edition: first issue copy. Famous work whose...

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Lot n° 29

Théophile GAUTIER.

Spiritist. A fantastic novel. Paris, Charpentier, 1866. In-12 of (2) ff. 235 pp. and 12 pp. of the publisher's catalogue: brick cloth Bradel style, brown morocco title page, untrimmed, cover preserved (contemporary binding not signed but by Pierson)....

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Lot n° 30

Edmond et Jules de Goncourt.

In 18... Paris, Dumineray, 1851. In-12: havana jansenist morocco, ribbed spine, gold filleted edges, interior morocco framed with a large gilt lace, parchment lining and endpapers framed with gilt fillets, gilt edges on marbling, cover preserved, slipcase...

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Lot n° 31

Edmond de Goncourt.

La Fille Elisa. Paris, G. Charpentier, 1877. In-12: red jansenist morocco, spine ribbed, five gilt fillets in the inner lining, untrimmed, gilt head, cover preserved (Devauchelle). First edition. Famous novel, unvarnished portrait of a miserable and...

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Lot n° 32

José-Maria de HEREDIA.

Les Trophées. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1893. Large in-8: tobacco morocco, four-ribbed spine decorated with straight and curved gilt filleting, triple framing of the boards with straight and curved filleting, decorated edges, red morocco linings set...

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Lot n° 33

[HUGO].

The coronation of Charles X. Paris, Ladvocat, no date 1825. Plaquette in-8 of (4) ff. the first blank, 16 pp.: stapled, with a later blank cover. First edition. Ornamented title printed in blue and black. Washed copy. (Carteret I, p. 395: "A rare booklet...

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Lot n° 34

[Victor hugo].

Bug-Jargal, by the author of Han of Iceland. Paris, Urbain Canel, 1826. Fort in-16 with 1 frontispiece, (2) ff., IV pp., 386 pp., (1) f. of publisher's advertisement: brown calf with blue highlights, spine and boards decorated with relief, gilt lace inside,...

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Lot n° 35

VICTOR HUGO.

À la colonne de la place Vendôme. Paris, Ambroise Dupont et Cie, 1827. In-8, 16 pp. paperback, printed and ornamented cover. First edition, published on February 18, 1827. Published in Le Journal des Débats of February 9, 1827, the poem is a protest against...

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Lot n° 36

VICTOR HUGO.

Hernani ou l'Honneur castillan, drama, performed at the Théâtre-Français on 25 February 1830. Paris, Mame et Delaunay-Vallée, 1830. In-8: red jansenist morocco, four-ribbed spine, red morocco lining framed with gilt fillet, gilt brocaded silk endpapers,...

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Lot n° 37

VICTOR HUGO.

Les Rayons et les Ombres. Paris, Delloye, 1840. In-8, blue half calf, smooth spine decorated with a gilt rocaille decoration with bird, flower and butterfly, marbled edges (period binding). First edition. A major collection of forty-four pieces, including...

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Lot n° 38

VICTOR HUGO.

Les Misérables. Paris, Pagnerre, 1862. 10 volumes in-8: jansenist red morocco, spine ribbed, gilt fillets on the spines and inner edges, mute covers and spine preserved, entirely untrimmed (René Aussourd). Paris first edition. Several books by Victor...

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Lot n° 39

VICTOR HUGO.

La Légende des siècles. Paris, Michel Lévy frères, Hetzel et Cie then: Calmann Lévy, 1859-1883. 5 volumes in-8: blue half-maroquin with corners, ribbed spines decorated with cold filets, untrimmed, gilt heads, covers and spines preserved (Canape, for...

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Lot n° 40

VICTOR HUGO.

Ruy Blas. Drama in five acts, in verse. New edition. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1872. In-8: tobacco morocco, spine with ornate nerves, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, gold filleted edges, gilt lace inside, parchment lining and endpapers, gilt edges on...

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Lot n° 41

VICTOR HUGO.

Hernani, drama in five acts, in verse. New edition. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1878. Large in-8: flesh-coloured morocco, ribbed spine decorated with gilt filleting, double gilt filleting framing the boards with the initials SB gilt in the centre of the first,...

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Lot n° 42

[HUGO]. Louis GIMBAUD.

Victor Hugo and Juliette Drouet after unpublished letters from Juliette Drouet to Victor Hugo and with a selection of these letters. Unpublished drawings by Victor Hugo, Pradier, Gavarni, etc. Paris, Auguste Blaizot, 1914. Large and heavy in-8: red morocco,...

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Lot n° 43

Joris-Karl HUYSMANS.

Le Drageoir à épices. Paris, Dentu, 1874. In-12 of (4) ff. 115 pp. and (1) f.: half black long-grained morocco in the Bradel style, entirely untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Petitot). First edition of 300 copies at the author's expense. First issue...

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Lot n° 44

Joris-Karl HUYSMANS.

Some of them. G. Moreau - Degas - Chéret - Wisthler - Rops - Le Monstre - Le Fer, etc. Paris, Tresse & Stock, 1889. In-12 of 230 pp. and (1) blank page: plum half-maroquin with corners, spine ribbed, untrimmed, gilt head, cover and spine preserved (later...

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Lot n° 45

Joris-Karl HUYSMANS.

Là-Bas. Paris, Tresse & Stock, 1891. In-12 of (2) ff., 441 pp., (1) f.: aubergine morocco, ribbed spine decorated with cold filets, six cold filets framing the boards, inner frame of morocco decorated with gilt filets, black silk lining and endpapers,...

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Lot n° 46

Joris-Karl HUYSMANS.

En route. Paris, Tresse & Stock, 1895. In-12: red jansenist morocco, spine ribbed, green morocco lining with gilt fillet, green moire guard, cover preserved, gilt edges on witnesses, case (Conti-Septier). First edition. One of 50 copies on hollande...

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Lot n° 47

Alfred Jarry.

Les Minutes de sable mémorial. Paris, Éditions du Mercure de France, 1894. In-16 square: black long-grained jansenist morocco, smooth spine, untrimmed, gilt head, black illustrated cover and spine printed in gold (modern binding). First edition printed...

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Lot n° 48

Alfred Jarry.

César antechrist. Paris, Mercure de France, 1895. In-12 square: black half-chagrin with corners, four-ribbed spine decorated with a small gilt fleuron, untrimmed, black paper cover decorated on the first plate with a coat of arms printed in gilt and spine...

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Lot n° 49

Alfred Jarry.

Les Jours et les Nuits. Roman d'un déserteur. Paris, Mercure de France, 1897. In-12: paperback, full margins. Sleeve in midnight blue half-maroquin with corners, spine decorated, case by Devauchelle. Original edition. One of 12 copies on hollande (nº...

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Lot n° 50

Alfred JARRY, FRANC-NOHAIN et Claude TERRASSE.

Repertoire des Pantins: - La complainte de monsieur Benoît. - Paysage de neige. - Berceuse obscène. - Trois chansons à la charcutière: I, Du pays tourangeau.- II, Malheureuse Adèle.- III, Velas ou l'Officier de fortune. - Overture to Ubu Roi. - March...

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