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Auction 14 April 2023 FINE OLD AND MODERN BOOKS - INCUNABULA AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS REMARKABLE BINDINGS - Paris

Bid on the lot list Giquello : 14 April 2023 - BEAUX LIVRES ANCIENS ET MODERNES - INCUNABLES ET LIVRES ILLUSTRÉS RELIURES REMARQUABLES EXPOSITION PRIVÉE :Les lots sont visibles à l’étude Giquello et associés sur rendez-vous EXPOSITIONS PUBLIQUES :Mercredi 12 avril de 11h à 18h – Jeudi 13 avril de 11h à 20het le matin de la vente de 11h à 12h Téléphone pendant l’exposition : + 33(0) 1 48 00 20 02 CONTACT :Odile Caule+33(0)1 47 70 48 90 - <a href="mailto:o.caule@giquello.net" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">o.caule@giquello.net</a> Salle 2 - Hôtel Drouot - Paris

FINE OLD AND MODERN BOOKS - INCUNABULA AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS REMARKABLE BINDINGS

Friday 14 April 2023 - 14:30 (CEST) - Live

Salle 2 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris

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FINE OLD AND MODERN BOOKS - INCUNABULA AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS REMARKABLE BINDINGS

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Lot n° 1

ALMANACH of Lorraine and Barrois....

ALMANACH of Lorraine and Barrois. Year 1781. Nancy, Veuve Charlot, 1781. Small in-12, red morocco, gilt framing plate around the boards, in the center oval green morocco medallion suspended from a silver bow, the middle loaded with gilt attributes, smooth...

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Lot n° 2

APULÉE

♦ The Love of Cupido and Psiché mother of voluptuousness, taken from the five & sixth books of the Metamorphosis of Lucius Apuleius philosopher. Nouvellement historiée & Exposée en vers François. Without place Paris, Léonard Gaultier, 1586. Engraved...

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Lot n° 3

BEAUCHAMPS (Pierre-François Godard de)

Imitation of the Greek novel by Theodore Prodromus. S.l. Paris, s.n., 1746. In-8, lemon morocco, gilt lace on the covers, smooth spine decorated, red title page, thin inner border, gilt edges on marble (period binding). First edition of the first French...

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Lot n° 4

[BOUGOYNG (Simon)]

♦ The Espinette of the young prince. Conquering the kingdom of good fame. S.l.n.d. at colophon : Paris, Michel le Noir, 1514. Gothic folio, red morocco, triple fillet, ornate spine, interior lace, gilt edges (Trautz-Bauzonnet). Barbier, Ma bibliothèque...

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Lot n° 5

CORROZET (Gilles)

♦ Les Antiquitez, histoires et singularitez de Paris, ville capitale du Royaume de France. Paris, Gilles Corrozet, 1550. In-8, red morocco, jansenist, interior lace, edges gilt on marble (Trautz-Bauzonnet). Rare and sought-after first edition of this...

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Lot n° 6

[COURTILZ DE SANDRAS (Gatien de)]

♦ Memoirs of Mr. d'Artagnan, Captain-Lieutenant of the First Company of the King's Musketeers. Cologne, Pierre Marteau, 1701. 3 volumes in-12, olive morocco overlay, triple fillet, spine decorated with foliage surrounding a medallion charged with the...

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Lot n° 7

DES PÉRIERS (Bonaventure)

♦ Recueil des œuvres. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1544. In-8, red morocco, triple fillet, coat of arms in the center of the boards, ornate spine, red morocco lining decorated with a small right lace, edges gilt on marble (Binding circa 1700). First edition,...

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Lot n° 8

ERASMUS. Institutio Principis Christiani....

ERASMUS. Institutio Principis Christiani. Leiden, Andries Cloucq, 1628. Small in-12, red morocco, double fillet bordered by a repeated triple gilt dot, spandrels, in the center a small quatrefoil in reserve around which is arranged a decoration of small...

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Lot n° 9

♦ ESOPE. Esopi appologi sive mythologicum......

♦ ESOPE. Esopi appologi sive mythologicum... additionibus Sebastiani Brant. S.l.n.d. at colophon : Basel, Jacobus Wolff de Pforzheim, 1501. 2 parts in one folio volume, cold-stamped sow skin, boards framed with double fillets crossing at the corners,...

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Lot n° 10

♦ ESOPE. Les Fables. Paris, en...

♦ ESOPE. Les Fables. Paris, en l'imprimerie de Denis Janot, 1542. In-8, red morocco, gilt framing on the boards formed by three double fillets, two of which intertwine in the middle of each side, punctuated at the corners with a small iron, ornate spine,...

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Lot n° 11

FLÉCHIER (Esprit).

♦ History of Cardinal Ximenés. Paris, Jean Anisson, 1693. Large in-4, red morocco, Du Seuil-style decoration, coat of arms in the center, spine decorated with a dolphin lace at the foot, lace inside and on the edges, gilt edges on marble (Binding of the...

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Lot n° 12

HORSTIUS (Gregor).

De tuenda sanitate studiosorum et literatorum. Libri duo. Giessen, Caspar Chemlin, 1615. In-12, olive green morocco, gilt coat of arms in the center, spine ornamented, the caissons delimited by double fillets and charged with a repeated numeral, gilt...

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Lot n° 13

LA CROIX (Henry de).

Hours for the white penitents. In which are included the three offices of Our Lady, that of the Dead, those of the four solemn feasts, that of the Passion, those of Holy Week, .... With short prayers for devoutly hearing the Holy Mass .... Together an...

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Lot n° 14

LA FAYETTE (Madame de).

Zayde, Spanish history. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Didot l'aîné, 1780. 3 volumes in-18, dark green morocco, set of gilt roulettes on the boards forming a straight lace, 19th century supra-libris (Caissottil) gilt on the first board, smooth spine decorated,...

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Lot n° 15

LA VALLIÈRE (Françoise Louise de La Baume Leblanc, duchesse de).

Reflections on the Mercy of God. New expanded edition. Paris, Christophe David, 1731. In-12, lavaliere morocco, triple gilt fillet, small fleuron at the corners, ornate spine, lemon morocco lining, straight inner lace, gilt edges on marble (Period binding). Famous...

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Lot n° 16

[LE FÈVRE (Raoul)].

♦ Le Recueil des histoires de Troye. Lyon, Denis de Harsy, n.d. at colophon : 1544. In-folio, dark green morocco, jansenist, red morocco lining decorated with an important fanfare decoration, gilt edges on marbling, case (E. Niedrée). Very rare and remarkable...

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Lot n° 17

LE SAGE (Alain René).

History of Gil Blas de Santillane. Last edition revised & corrected. Paris, Par les Libraires associés, 1747. 4 volumes in-12, red morocco, triple gilt fillet, coat of arms in the center, spine decorated, inner lace, gilt edges on marbling (Thibaron). Definitive...

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Lot n° 18

LOBO (Jérôme).

Relation historique d'Abissinie. Paris, Veuve d'Antoine-Urbain Coustelier & Jacques Guérin, 1728. In-4, red morocco, double fillet, spine grotesquely decorated, edges gilt on marble (Binding of the period). Chadenat, n°1158. - Fumagalli, n°92 - Gay,...

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Lot n° 19

LUCIEN et XÉNOPHON.

Extracts from Lucian and Xenophon, translated by M. l'abbé Gail. Paris, chez l'Auteur, Brocas, Nyon, Colas, Le Jay, 1786. In-12, red morocco, triple gilt fillet, small iron in the corners, coat of arms in the center, ornate spine, green title page, small...

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Lot n° 20

MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE.

♦ L'Heptameron des nouvelles. Paris, Pour Vincent Sertenas, 1559. In-4, dark blue morocco, gilt monogram in the corners, spine decorated with the same monogram, red morocco lining, interior lace and small filigree finial, edges gilt on marble (Trautz-Bauzonnet). Second...

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Lot n° 21

RABELAIS.

♦ Les Songes drolatiques de Pantagruel, ou sont contenues plusieurs figures de l'invention de maistre François Rabelais : & dernière œuvre d'iceluy, pour la recreation des bons esprits. Paris, Richard Breton, 1565. In-8, red morocco, small border...

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Lot n° 22

RACINE (Jean).

♦ Esther. Tragedy taken from the Holy Scripture. Paris, Denys Thierry, 1689. - Athalie. Tragedy taken from the Holy Scripture. Paris, Denys Thierry, 1691. Together 2 works in one volume in-4, red morocco, jansenist, inner lace, gilt edges on marble (Trautz-Bauzonnet). Original...

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Lot n° 23

Compendium of the statutes of the...

Compendium of the statutes of the master cartwrights of the City and suburbs of Paris. - The following Sentences, Decisions & Regulations were researched in the year 1756 & printed at the time, by the care & diligence of Sieurs Étienne-Paul...

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Lot n° 24

ROSINUS (Joannes).

Romanorum antiquitatum libri decem. Basel, Heirs of Henri Perna, 1583. In-folio, lemon morocco basane, framed with filets of roulettes, spandrels of foliage, large diamond-shaped cartouche drawn by foliage arranged around an oval medallion charged with...

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Lot n° 25

SAINT-PIERRE (Bernardin de).

Paul et Virginie. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné, 1806. In-4, long-grained eggplant morocco, very large frame around the boards formed by a succession of cold roulettes and a gilt border with neoclassical motifs, spine decorated, nerves underlined...

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Lot n° 26

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Lot n° 27

SAMBUCUS (Johannes).

Emblemata, et aliquot nummi antiqui operis. Quarta editio. Antwerp, Christophe Plantin, 1576. - JUNIUS (Hadrianus). Medici emblemata. Antwerp, Christophe Plantin, 1575. Together 2 works in one volume in-16, orange morocco, triple gilt fillet, small inner...

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Lot n° 28

SONNET (Thomas, sieur de Courval).

The Satyrs. Dedicated to the Queen Mother of the King. Paris, Rolet Boutonné, 1621. In-8, long-grained eggplant morocco, border around the boards drawn by a cold roulette between two double gilt fillets crossing each other at the corners, small motif...

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Lot n° 29

♦ TERENCE. Therence en françois....

♦ TERENCE. Therence en françois. Prose et Rime avecques le latin. S.l.n.d. at colophon : Paris, Pour Antoine Vérard, s.d. between 1499 and 1503. Gothic folio, brown morocco, boards and smooth spine covered with a very large Renaissance decoration formed...

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Lot n° 30

♦ Vie et saincte passion de nostre...

♦ Vie et saincte passion de nostre seigneur ihesucrist (La). S.l.n.d. Lyon?, between 1480 and 1500. 2 parts in a gothic folio volume, half tan, spine decorated, red title page, red edges (Binding circa 1860). Seemingly the only known copy of this superb...

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Lot n° 31

VINCI (Léonard de).

♦ Treatise on painting. Donné au public et traduit d'italien en françois. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Jacques Langlois, 1651. In-folio, vellum (Binding of the period). First edition of the French translation of the theoretical writings on art by Leonardo...

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Lot n° 32

VIRGILE.

Opera, nunc emendationa. Leiden, Elzevier, 1636. Small in-12, long-grained red morocco, boards framed with a border drawn by a roulette between two double fillets crossing in the corners, spine decorated with a thousand-dot decoration in the boxes, inner...

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Lot n° 33

VOLTAIRE.

La Pucelle, poem in XXI songs, with notes and variants. Edition in conformity with the original, published in 1784. S.l. Kehl, De l'Imprimerie de la Société littéraire-typographique, 1789. 2 volumes in-8, green morocco, gilt roulette, smooth spine decorated,...

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Lot n° 34

VORAGINE (Jacques de).

♦ The Golden Legend in French. S.l.n.d. at colophon : Lyon, Jean de Vingle, 20 July 1497. Gothic folio, red morocco, quadruple cold fillet, wide cold border in the center of the boards with gilt fleuron at the corners, spine decorated with a large repeated...

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Lot n° 35

BALZAC (Honoré de).

♦ La Maison du chat-qui-pelote. Preface by Francisque Sarcey. Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, Carteret et Cie, 1899. In-8, long-grained eggplant half-maroquin with corners, spine ornate, untrimmed, cover and spine (Mercier sr de Cuzin). 40 compositions by...

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Lot n° 36

BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules).

♦ A History Without a Name. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1882. In-8, olive morocco, jansenist, interior lace, gilt edges on witnesses, cover (Chambolle-Duru). First edition. One of the few copies on Hollande laid paper. Copy of Prince Alexandre Bibesco (1842-1911),...

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Lot n° 37

BARRÈS (Maurice).

♦ Les Déracinés. Paris, Bibliothèque-Charpentier, Eugène Fasquelle, 1897. In-8, brown morocco, ribbed spine highlighted with cold filets extending over the boards, thistle flower mosaic in two tones ochre and fawn on the spine, morocco lining decorated...

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Lot n° 38

BOUILHET (Louis).

♦ Last songs. Posthumous poems. With a preface by Gustave Flaubert. Paris, Michel Lévy frères, 1872. Large in-8, midnight blue morocco, jansenist, interior gilt filleting, tan morocco lining, blue moire endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover (Marius...

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Lot n° 39

BOILEAU (Nicolas).

Poetic works. With notes by M. Poujoulat. Tours, Alfred Mame et fils, 1870. In-4, red morocco, triple gilt fillet, in the center of the boards a large cartouche drawn by interlacing surrounding an oval medallion in reserve, the whole decorated with small...

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Lot n° 40

BRACQUEMOND (Félix).

♦ Study on woodcutting and lithography. Paris, Printed for Henri Beraldi, 1897. Large in-8, eggplant morocco, jansenist, tan morocco lining set with a gilt fillet, brocaded silk endpapers, gilt edges, cover (Noulhac). First edition of this plea for woodcutting,...

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Lot n° 41

COLONNA (Francesco).

The Dream of Poliphilo. Free translation from Italian by J. G. Legrand. Parma, De l'Imprimerie Bodoni, 1811. 2 volumes in-4, red half-maroquin with long grain, smooth spine decorated, untrimmed (Lefebvre). A very fine edition printed by Bodoni of this...

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Lot n° 42

DAUDET (Alphonse).

♦ Letters to an absent person. Paris, 1870-1871. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1871. In-12, bright red morocco, jansenist, blue morocco lining framed with a set of seven gilt filets, two of which are double, enclosing a red morocco scroll, stylized floral...

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Lot n° 43

FABRE (François).

♦ Némésis médicale illustrée, collection of satires. Paris, Au Bureau de la Némésis médicale, 1840. 2 volumes large in-8, bradel brown half-chagrin with corners, smooth spine decorated with a small gilt fleuron, untrimmed, cover (V. Champs). Illustrated...

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Lot n° 44

HALÉVY (Ludovic).

♦ Criquette. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1883. In-12, bradel half orange morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleururette, untrimmed, cover and spine (Bretault). First edition. One of 75 copies on Hollande paper. Signed letter from the author...

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Lot n° 45

HENRIOT.

♦ The Parisian Year. Paris, Librairie L. Conquet, 1894. In-8, green morocco, triple gilt fillet, ornate spine, ornate interior framing with gilt filets and roulette, tan morocco lining, brocaded silk endpapers, gilt edges, cover (Marius Michel). Illustrated...

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Lot n° 46

HUART (Louis).

♦ Paris at the ball. Paris, Aubert et Cie, Martinon, Pilout, Masgana and Dutertre, n.d. 1845. In-8, bradel half green morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated with a small gilt fleuron, untrimmed, cover and spine (V. Champs). First version of the...

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Lot n° 47

LA BÉDOLLIERRE (Émile de).

♦ Industrialists. Trades and professions in France. Paris, Mme Vve Louis Janet, 1842. Large in-8, red half-maroquin with corners, spine ornate, untrimmed, cover (V. Champs). 30 figures and numerous woodcut vignettes in the text after Henry Monnier, in...

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Lot n° 48

LE LIEUR.

♦ Essays on the cultivation of corn and sweet potato. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné, 1807. In-12, long-grained Empire green morocco, gilt scrolls and fillet, mention To His Excellency General Duroc Grand Marshal of the Palace gilt on four...

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Lot n° 49

LE SAGE (Alain René).

Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane. Paris, Lefèvre, 1825. 3 volumes large in-8, blue half-maroquin with corners, spine ornate, not trimmed (Thouvenin). Edition of the Collection des classiques français. Portrait of the author engraved by Barthélemy Roger,...

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Lot n° 50

LIREUX.

♦ L'Assemblée nationale comique. Paris, Michel Lévy frères, 1850. Large in-8, red half-maroquin with corners, spine ornate, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine (V. Champs). 20 hors texte compositions and numerous woodcut vignettes in the text by Cham,...

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