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Lot n° 1

COLLECTIVE " General history of...

COLLECTIVE " General history of art ". Texts by Eugène PITTARD - Georges CONTENAU - Jean SAINTE-FARE GARNOT - Jean CHARBONNEAUX - Pierre DEVAMBEZ - Raymond BLOCH - Emile MALE - George MARÇAIS - Jean-Louis VAUDOYER - Louis HAUTECOEUR - Raymond COGNIAT...

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Lot n° 2

Poetry Set of 7 bound books. SULLY...

Poetry Set of 7 bound books. SULLY PRUDHOMME " Oeuvres " Set of 3 volumes Stanzas and Poems (1861866) Poems (1866-1872) Poems (1872-1878) 3 vol. small In-12, uniform binding half-waxed mauve cloth, smooth spines, titles and tomes in morocco, gilt...

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Lot n° 3

Poetry Lot of 13 paperback books. BRETON...

Poetry Lot of 13 paperback books. BRETON Jean, " L'été des corps " ORIGINAL EDITION with autograph shipment signed by the author. Cover calligraphy by Moretti. Paris, Guy Champbelland, 1966 Mauras Charles, " Le mystère d'Hulysse " (The mystery of Hulysse) ORIGINAL...

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Lot n° 4

Poetry CARÊME Maurice Set of 3...

Poetry CARÊME Maurice Set of 3 paperback books. " Sortilèges - Poems " ORIGINAL EDITION - numbered copy on genuine middle-aged arch. Beautiful AUTOGRAPHIC SENDING signed by the author and composed of two INEDITED POEMS. " Small Legends " ORIGINAL EDITION...

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Lot n° 5

Poetry COMTESSE DE NOAILLES "Choice...

Poetry COMTESSE DE NOAILLES "Choice of poems". ORIGINAL EDITION with an AUTOGRAPHIC SENDER SIGNED by the Countess. Bound in blue half-maroquin with corners, spine titled in gold, gilt head. Original cover and spine preserved. Paris, Fasquelle Éditeur,...

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Lot n° 6

RICHELET (César-Pierre), New Dictionary...

RICHELET (César-Pierre), New Dictionary of rhymes. New edition, in a new order, where are : The words and gender of nouns; An abridgment of versification; Remarks on the number of syllables of some difficult words. 1 vol. In-12, brown basane,...

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Lot n° 7

OVID - "The Metamorphoses" - Translated...

OVID - "The Metamorphoses" - Translated into verse, with remarks. New edition revised, corrected, increased, by M. DESAINTANGE. Complete in 4 volumes, 4 volumes in-12. Bound in half brown basane, spines decorated, orange morocco title-pieces, speckled...

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Lot n° 8

HOMER / BERTHOLD - MAHN - "The...

HOMER / BERTHOLD - MAHN - "The Iliad and the Odyssey" - New translation by Mario Meunier, Illustrations by Berthold-Mahn. Complete in 4 volumes, stapled in-8, in cardboard sleeves and cases. Limited edition of 7250 copies, this one on Pur Fil Lafuma,...

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Lot n° 9

WILDE Oscar - "Ballad from the...

WILDE Oscar - "Ballad from the Reading Jail Original lithographs by LOCCA Bernard. 1 vol. In-folio in sheets under a silver folder with a cloth cover representing a door of a jail. Copy on Japon nacre blanc comprising the original drawing of a hors-texte...

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Lot n° 10

MUSSET Alfred de " Premières Poésies...

MUSSET Alfred de " Premières Poésies " - 1829/1835. NEW EDITION. 1 vol. In-12, bound in half red leather, spine with gold titling and decoration. Paris, Charpentier, Libraire-Éditeur, 1861 Good condition

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Lot n° 11

GERALDY PauL - Set of 3 bound books...

GERALDY PauL - Set of 3 bound books in slipcase " Prélude ", " Aimer " and " Toi et Moi ". 3 vols. In-4, uniform binding half green leatherette, smooth spines, titled in gold, gilt heads, cases. The 3 works are illustrated in colors by BERTHOLD MAHN. Limited...

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Lot n° 12

GIDE André - Modern case containing...

GIDE André - Modern case containing 2 volumes superbly bound. Original Editions "Oedipus" - Drama in three acts Frontispiece by Didier Galanis. Limited edition of 480 copies, this one numbered 292, uncut, on vellum paper of the Arches paper mills. 1...

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Lot n° 13

VALÉRY Paul "Poems Modern red marbled...

VALÉRY Paul "Poems Modern red marbled case, enclosing 2 beautifully bound and matched volumes. " Charms " Poems by Paul VALÉRY with comments by ALAIN. 1 volume bound, Large In-8 square, red marbled color. Very nice modern binding, author's name and...

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Lot n° 14

VERLAINE Paul - Set of 3 boxes...

VERLAINE Paul - Set of 3 boxes "Chansons pour elle" accompanied by La Bonne Chanson and Flesh "Romance sans paroles", preceded by Poèmes saturniens " Parallèlement " Original etchings by Michel Mathonnat. Each engraving was numbered and signed by...

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Lot n° 15

VERLAINE Paul " Poetic Works ". Illustration...

VERLAINE Paul " Poetic Works ". Illustration by Valadié Limited edition of 1499 copies, this one n°332 on vellum of Malmenayde 3 volumes. In-4 bound in publisher's full black leather, spine with 2 false nerves, boards illustrated with a radiant gilt...

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Lot n° 16

CURIOSA Lot of 2 books DELVAU...

CURIOSA Lot of 2 books DELVAU André - " Modern Erotic Dictionary ". 1 vol. in-8, bound in full black cloth, gilt head, case. Limited edition of 2500 numbered copies. Paris, Au Cercle du Livre Précieux, 1960 Very good condition VATSYAYANA - "Kama...

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Lot n° 17

MILLE Pierre " Twelve Stories of...

MILLE Pierre " Twelve Stories of Beasts With watercolors by Alfred LE PETIT 1 volume. In-folio, half brown leather binding, cold-stamped illustrated boards, smooth titled spine, gilt head. Original cover and spine preserved. Limited edition of five...

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Lot n° 18

TOUSSENEL A. "The Spirit of the...

TOUSSENEL A. "The Spirit of the Beasts Illustrated by Emile BAYARD 1 volume. In-4, bound in half navy leather, spine ribbed, titled in gold. Paris, J. HETZEL, Bookseller-Publisher, S.D. (circa 1880). Freckles on the title page and on the title page,...

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Lot n° 19

VAUDOYER - EDY-LEGRAND - MEUNIER...

VAUDOYER - EDY-LEGRAND - MEUNIER - "Mythology". Two large volumes in-4 bound in full tan basane, presented in a slipcase. Numerous watercolor plates and illustrations in black and white and in color. Gilded heads. The boards are decorated with antique...

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Lot n° 20

VIRGILUS " Eglogues Translated...

VIRGILUS " Eglogues Translated by Bernard Privat Lithographs by Jean Edelmann Unique copy belonging to a set reserved for the artist Jean Edelmann and specially bound for him. This copy was given by Edelmann to the bookbinder Robert Géry as a token...

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Lot n° 21

OVID " The Trists of Ovid, with...

OVID " The Trists of Ovid, with remarks ". From the translation of M.D.M.A.D.Y. Michel de Marolles, abbot of Villeloin. P. OVIDII Nasonis TRISTIUM - Libri Quinque CVM interpretatione Gallica et notisacuratioribus auctore M.D.M.A.D.V. Apud Ludovicum...

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Lot n° 22

Set of 3 boxes . "Notre-Dame de...

Set of 3 boxes . "Notre-Dame de Paris". Original texts by Cardinal FELTIN, Bishop MARTY and Mr. Pierre JOLY. Engravings on copper by Charles SAMSON. First edition. 1 vol. in-folio, in sheets with a filled folder and a blue cloth case. Copy numbered...

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Lot n° 23

VIRGIL - "The Aeneid, The Bucolics,...

VIRGIL - "The Aeneid, The Bucolics, The Georgics Translation by Mario Meunier and illustrations by Eddy Legrand. Set of three paperback volumes in filled covers and slipcases. Autograph letter dated and signed by Mario Meunier. Volume 1 - "The Aeneid",...

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Lot n° 24

NOSTRADAMUS - "The wonderful centuries...

NOSTRADAMUS - "The wonderful centuries and prophecies". 1 volume In folio in sheets in the publisher's box. Limited edition of 625 numbered copies, this one on large vellum of Docelles watermarked. Illustrations in colors of Jean GRADASSI. Éditions...

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Lot n° 25

ANTONY-THOURET Pierre- " REIMS...

ANTONY-THOURET Pierre- " REIMS after the war ". 1 vol. In-folio in sheets under wallet and laced folder. Limited edition of 1120 copies, this one on Aussedat paper, N°205. "The mutilated cathedral, the devastated city, preface of his eminence the cardinal...

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Lot n° 26

1 set of 8 books in slipcases Rétif...

1 set of 8 books in slipcases Rétif DE LA BRETONNE - "The life of my father" - 2 volumes in 2 vols. In-4, in sheets under printed and filled covers, wallet and case. Sketches by Gaston BARRET, including the one of the author in frontispiece. Limited...

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Lot n° 27

1 set of 14 books in slipcases...

1 set of 14 books in slipcases COLETTE - "The 4 Claudines 1 set of 4 volumes, In-4 "Claudine en ménage " (Claudine in the household) "Claudine s'en va " (Claudine goes away) "Claudine à Paris " (Claudine in Paris) "Claudine at school Watercolors...

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Lot n° 28

ARAGON - "The Communists" - Set...

ARAGON - "The Communists" - Set of 4 volumes In-12, half leather binding eggplant with corners, smooth spines titled gold. Volume 1 - September-November 1939 Volume 2 - November 1939 - March 1940 Volume 3 - March-May 1940 Volume 4 - May-June 1940...

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Lot n° 29

BAINVILLE Jacques - Set of 2 works...

BAINVILLE Jacques - Set of 2 works in limited edition "Heur et malheur des français" (The good and bad times of the French) Definitive numbered edition on tinted vellum of Navarre Paris, Nouvelle Librairie Nationale, 1924 "A love story Numbered copy...

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Lot n° 30

BOURGES, Élémir " Le Crépuscule...

BOURGES, Élémir " Le Crépuscule des Dieux " Collection " Les Maîtres du Livre ". Wood engraving by CIOLKOWSKI in frontispiece. Typographical ornaments drawn and woodcut by Ciolkowski, M. Achener and P.-E. Vibert Copy on bank paper, numbered 1685. Limited...

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Lot n° 31

Philosophy ALAIN - Set of 6 books "In...

Philosophy ALAIN - Set of 6 books "In reading Balzac ORIGINAL EDITION Paris, Les Laboratoires Martinet, S.D. (1935) " Eleven chapters on Plato " ORIGINAL EDITION, numbered copy on Japon Impérial (first large paper). Paris, Paul Hartmann Éditeur,...

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Lot n° 32

ANATOLE FRANCE - Set of 6 books "La...

ANATOLE FRANCE - Set of 6 books "La rôtisserie de la reine Pédauque" by Anatole France ORIGINAL EDITION, bound with the original cover preserved. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1893 "La vie en fleur" by Anatole France Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1922 "The Amethyst...

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Lot n° 33

BALZAC Honoré de The Foyer of the...

BALZAC Honoré de The Foyer of the Opera. Fashionable manners. "The Parisian Princess" (which will become "The Secrets of the Princess of Cadignan" in Balzac's "La comédie humaine"). ORIGINAL EDITION, IN-8, period binding half tobacco basane, spine decorated....

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Lot n° 34

BALZAC / MONNIER / CHAPUS (...)...

BALZAC / MONNIER / CHAPUS (...) - "BABEL This publication was intended to collect funds for the Society of the People of Letters whose presidency was ensured by BALZAC. There were three volumes of this publication, we present here the second one. The...

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Lot n° 35

BANDELLO - "News from "Translated...

BANDELLO - "News from "Translated into French for the first time" 2 vols. in-16, half morocco bindings, spines titled, tomé and dated gold, gilt heads. Original covers and spines preserved. Limited edition of 300 copies. Paris, Isidore Liseux Éditeur,...

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Lot n° 36

BARRETT Paul - "Mademoiselle Javotte...

BARRETT Paul - "Mademoiselle Javotte Moral work written by herself and published by one of her friends following " Les amours du comte de Clare ". Introduction and bibliographical notes by Jean Hervez Re-edition of 2 libertine works of the XVIIIth...

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Lot n° 37

BÉRANGER GRANDVILLE AND RAFFET...

BÉRANGER GRANDVILLE AND RAFFET - "Musique des Chansons de Béranger "Airs notés Anciens et Modernes, neuvième édition par Frédéric Bérat augmentée de la musique des chansons posthumes d'airs composés par Béranger, Halévy, Gounod et Laurent De Rillé avec...

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Lot n° 38

BÉRANGER P.J. de - " Chansons nouvelles...

BÉRANGER P.J. de - " Chansons nouvelles et dernières " dedicated to Mr. Lucien Bonaparte. 1 vol. in-16, half eggplant morocco binding, smooth spine, decorated and titled in gold, marbled edges. Paris, Perrotin Éditeur, 1833 Nice copy

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Lot n° 39

BLANC Louis - "History of the French...

BLANC Louis - "History of the French Revolution Copies decorated with 600 engravings executed by the elite of artists on the drawings of M.H. de la Charlerie. 2 vols. large in-4, bound in brown half-chagrin, spine decorated with flowered boxes titled...

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Lot n° 40

BOSQUET Alain - Set of 4 paperback...

BOSQUET Alain - Set of 4 paperback books all enriched by an autograph signed by the author. "Le métier d'otage" (The hostage profession) ORIGINAL EDITION Paris, Gallimard, 1988 "Tomorrow without me, Poems ORIGINAL EDITION Paris, Gallimard, 1994 "The...

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Lot n° 41

L.C. De La BOURDONNAIS, "Nouveau...

L.C. De La BOURDONNAIS, "Nouveau Traité du jeu des échecs "Mate in eighty-one moves - White gives mate with the Queen's bishop pawn, without taking any of the black pawns, nor suffering them to change places" Original edition 1 vol. in-8, green half-calf...

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Lot n° 42

BRETON / MORTIER - "Illustrated...

BRETON / MORTIER - "Illustrated Encyclopedia of Great Modern Inventions". 3 volumes In-4, blue cardboard of the Editor, illustrated cover. Numerous illustrations and folding plates in color. Volume 1 - The agricultural industry, electroculture, forestry,...

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Lot n° 43

BRILLAT-SAVARIN " Physiology of...

BRILLAT-SAVARIN " Physiology of Taste " or " Meditations of Transcendental Gastronomy ". Theoretical, historical and current work dedicated to the Parisian Gastronomes by a professor member of several learned societies. New edition, preceded by a notice...

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Lot n° 44

CAMUS Albert / BERRARD Mireille...

CAMUS Albert / BERRARD Mireille - " L'étranger " 1 vol. large In-4, in sheets under a filled cover, folder and cardboard case. 16 lithographs by Mireille Berrard, 3 of them on double page. Copy numbered 97 on Vélin de Rives including 2 suites in color...

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Lot n° 45

CHAPELAIN-MIDY - The Song of Songs...

CHAPELAIN-MIDY - The Song of Songs - Shir Hashirim Translation by Pierre Mariel. Original lithographs by Chapelain-Midy. Bilingual text in French and Hebrew. 1 volume. In-folio with illustrated cover with flaps and eggplant cloth cover of the publisher....

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Lot n° 46

Corneille - " Théâtre de P. Corneille...

Corneille - " Théâtre de P. Corneille ". Complete in 8 volumes in-12, half leather binding, spines decorated, titled and tomé, gilt heads. Portrait of Corneille in frontispiece of volume 1. Alphonse Lemerre Éditeur - Paris s.d (1881). Nice set, very...

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Lot n° 47

CORNEILLE Pierre - " Theatre of...

CORNEILLE Pierre - " Theatre of " Published in 5 volumes and preceded by a preface by V.Fournel 5 volumes in-12, bound in red half-maroquin, spines titled and tomés gold, gilt heads Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, E.Flammarion successor, s.d. (circa...

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Lot n° 48

DAUDET Alphonse " The treasure...

DAUDET Alphonse " The treasure of Arlatan ". FIRST EDITION. Illustrations by H. Laurent-Desrousseaux. 1 vol. In-12, half brown leather binding, spine titled in gold. Original cover preserved. Paris, Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1897 A very...

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Lot n° 49

DAUDET Alphonse " Sapho Bookseller...

DAUDET Alphonse " Sapho Bookseller Hachette, publisher - Collection les Grands écrivains. S.L., S.D. (Paris, 1929) Definitive edition with 16 illustrations by Dethomas, engraved by Paul Baudier. Engravings of Sapho in frontispiece. 1 vol. small In-8...

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Lot n° 50

DESCARTES René - " Discourse of...

DESCARTES René - " Discourse of the method ". Illustration by ROHNER. 1 volume. In-4, publisher's full brown box calf binding by Jean LARCHER, smooth stamped spine, boards decorated with a geometrical pattern, gilt head. Copy H.C. on Rives marked "O"...

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COLLECTIVE " General history of...

COLLECTIVE " General history of art ". Texts by Eugène PITTARD - Georges CONTENAU - Jean SAINTE-FARE GARNOT - Jean CHARBONNEAUX - Pierre DEVAMBEZ - Raymond BLOCH - Emile MALE - George MARÇAIS - Jean-Louis VAUDOYER - Louis HAUTECOEUR - Raymond COGNIAT...

Poetry Set of 7 bound books. SULLY...

Poetry Set of 7 bound books. SULLY PRUDHOMME " Oeuvres " Set of 3 volumes Stanzas and Poems (1861866) Poems (1866-1872) Poems (1872-1878) 3 vol. small In-12, uniform binding half-waxed mauve cloth, smooth spines, titles and tomes in morocco, gilt...

Poetry Lot of 13 paperback books. BRETON...

Poetry Lot of 13 paperback books. BRETON Jean, " L'été des corps " ORIGINAL EDITION with autograph shipment signed by the author. Cover calligraphy by Moretti. Paris, Guy Champbelland, 1966 Mauras Charles, " Le mystère d'Hulysse " (The mystery of Hulysse) ORIGINAL...

Poetry CARÊME Maurice Set of 3...

Poetry CARÊME Maurice Set of 3 paperback books. " Sortilèges - Poems " ORIGINAL EDITION - numbered copy on genuine middle-aged arch. Beautiful AUTOGRAPHIC SENDING signed by the author and composed of two INEDITED POEMS. " Small Legends " ORIGINAL EDITION...

Poetry COMTESSE DE NOAILLES "Choice...

Poetry COMTESSE DE NOAILLES "Choice of poems". ORIGINAL EDITION with an AUTOGRAPHIC SENDER SIGNED by the Countess. Bound in blue half-maroquin with corners, spine titled in gold, gilt head. Original cover and spine preserved. Paris, Fasquelle Éditeur,...

RICHELET (César-Pierre), New Dictionary...

RICHELET (César-Pierre), New Dictionary of rhymes. New edition, in a new order, where are : The words and gender of nouns; An abridgment of versification; Remarks on the number of syllables of some difficult words. 1 vol. In-12, brown basane,...

OVID - "The Metamorphoses" - Translated...

OVID - "The Metamorphoses" - Translated into verse, with remarks. New edition revised, corrected, increased, by M. DESAINTANGE. Complete in 4 volumes, 4 volumes in-12. Bound in half brown basane, spines decorated, orange morocco title-pieces, speckled...

HOMER / BERTHOLD - MAHN - "The...

HOMER / BERTHOLD - MAHN - "The Iliad and the Odyssey" - New translation by Mario Meunier, Illustrations by Berthold-Mahn. Complete in 4 volumes, stapled in-8, in cardboard sleeves and cases. Limited edition of 7250 copies, this one on Pur Fil Lafuma,...

WILDE Oscar - "Ballad from the...

WILDE Oscar - "Ballad from the Reading Jail Original lithographs by LOCCA Bernard. 1 vol. In-folio in sheets under a silver folder with a cloth cover representing a door of a jail. Copy on Japon nacre blanc comprising the original drawing of a hors-texte...

MUSSET Alfred de " Premières Poésies...

MUSSET Alfred de " Premières Poésies " - 1829/1835. NEW EDITION. 1 vol. In-12, bound in half red leather, spine with gold titling and decoration. Paris, Charpentier, Libraire-Éditeur, 1861 Good condition

GERALDY PauL - Set of 3 bound books...

GERALDY PauL - Set of 3 bound books in slipcase " Prélude ", " Aimer " and " Toi et Moi ". 3 vols. In-4, uniform binding half green leatherette, smooth spines, titled in gold, gilt heads, cases. The 3 works are illustrated in colors by BERTHOLD MAHN. Limited...

GIDE André - Modern case containing...

GIDE André - Modern case containing 2 volumes superbly bound. Original Editions "Oedipus" - Drama in three acts Frontispiece by Didier Galanis. Limited edition of 480 copies, this one numbered 292, uncut, on vellum paper of the Arches paper mills. 1...

VALÉRY Paul "Poems Modern red marbled...

VALÉRY Paul "Poems Modern red marbled case, enclosing 2 beautifully bound and matched volumes. " Charms " Poems by Paul VALÉRY with comments by ALAIN. 1 volume bound, Large In-8 square, red marbled color. Very nice modern binding, author's name and...

VERLAINE Paul - Set of 3 boxes...

VERLAINE Paul - Set of 3 boxes "Chansons pour elle" accompanied by La Bonne Chanson and Flesh "Romance sans paroles", preceded by Poèmes saturniens " Parallèlement " Original etchings by Michel Mathonnat. Each engraving was numbered and signed by...

VERLAINE Paul " Poetic Works ". Illustration...

VERLAINE Paul " Poetic Works ". Illustration by Valadié Limited edition of 1499 copies, this one n°332 on vellum of Malmenayde 3 volumes. In-4 bound in publisher's full black leather, spine with 2 false nerves, boards illustrated with a radiant gilt...

CURIOSA Lot of 2 books DELVAU...

CURIOSA Lot of 2 books DELVAU André - " Modern Erotic Dictionary ". 1 vol. in-8, bound in full black cloth, gilt head, case. Limited edition of 2500 numbered copies. Paris, Au Cercle du Livre Précieux, 1960 Very good condition VATSYAYANA - "Kama...

MILLE Pierre " Twelve Stories of...

MILLE Pierre " Twelve Stories of Beasts With watercolors by Alfred LE PETIT 1 volume. In-folio, half brown leather binding, cold-stamped illustrated boards, smooth titled spine, gilt head. Original cover and spine preserved. Limited edition of five...

TOUSSENEL A. "The Spirit of the...

TOUSSENEL A. "The Spirit of the Beasts Illustrated by Emile BAYARD 1 volume. In-4, bound in half navy leather, spine ribbed, titled in gold. Paris, J. HETZEL, Bookseller-Publisher, S.D. (circa 1880). Freckles on the title page and on the title page,...

VAUDOYER - EDY-LEGRAND - MEUNIER...

VAUDOYER - EDY-LEGRAND - MEUNIER - "Mythology". Two large volumes in-4 bound in full tan basane, presented in a slipcase. Numerous watercolor plates and illustrations in black and white and in color. Gilded heads. The boards are decorated with antique...

VIRGILUS " Eglogues Translated...

VIRGILUS " Eglogues Translated by Bernard Privat Lithographs by Jean Edelmann Unique copy belonging to a set reserved for the artist Jean Edelmann and specially bound for him. This copy was given by Edelmann to the bookbinder Robert Géry as a token...

OVID " The Trists of Ovid, with...

OVID " The Trists of Ovid, with remarks ". From the translation of M.D.M.A.D.Y. Michel de Marolles, abbot of Villeloin. P. OVIDII Nasonis TRISTIUM - Libri Quinque CVM interpretatione Gallica et notisacuratioribus auctore M.D.M.A.D.V. Apud Ludovicum...

Set of 3 boxes . "Notre-Dame de...

Set of 3 boxes . "Notre-Dame de Paris". Original texts by Cardinal FELTIN, Bishop MARTY and Mr. Pierre JOLY. Engravings on copper by Charles SAMSON. First edition. 1 vol. in-folio, in sheets with a filled folder and a blue cloth case. Copy numbered...

VIRGIL - "The Aeneid, The Bucolics,...

VIRGIL - "The Aeneid, The Bucolics, The Georgics Translation by Mario Meunier and illustrations by Eddy Legrand. Set of three paperback volumes in filled covers and slipcases. Autograph letter dated and signed by Mario Meunier. Volume 1 - "The Aeneid",...

NOSTRADAMUS - "The wonderful centuries...

NOSTRADAMUS - "The wonderful centuries and prophecies". 1 volume In folio in sheets in the publisher's box. Limited edition of 625 numbered copies, this one on large vellum of Docelles watermarked. Illustrations in colors of Jean GRADASSI. Éditions...

ANTONY-THOURET Pierre- " REIMS...

ANTONY-THOURET Pierre- " REIMS after the war ". 1 vol. In-folio in sheets under wallet and laced folder. Limited edition of 1120 copies, this one on Aussedat paper, N°205. "The mutilated cathedral, the devastated city, preface of his eminence the cardinal...

1 set of 8 books in slipcases Rétif...

1 set of 8 books in slipcases Rétif DE LA BRETONNE - "The life of my father" - 2 volumes in 2 vols. In-4, in sheets under printed and filled covers, wallet and case. Sketches by Gaston BARRET, including the one of the author in frontispiece. Limited...

1 set of 14 books in slipcases...

1 set of 14 books in slipcases COLETTE - "The 4 Claudines 1 set of 4 volumes, In-4 "Claudine en ménage " (Claudine in the household) "Claudine s'en va " (Claudine goes away) "Claudine à Paris " (Claudine in Paris) "Claudine at school Watercolors...

ARAGON - "The Communists" - Set...

ARAGON - "The Communists" - Set of 4 volumes In-12, half leather binding eggplant with corners, smooth spines titled gold. Volume 1 - September-November 1939 Volume 2 - November 1939 - March 1940 Volume 3 - March-May 1940 Volume 4 - May-June 1940...

BAINVILLE Jacques - Set of 2 works...

BAINVILLE Jacques - Set of 2 works in limited edition "Heur et malheur des français" (The good and bad times of the French) Definitive numbered edition on tinted vellum of Navarre Paris, Nouvelle Librairie Nationale, 1924 "A love story Numbered copy...

BOURGES, Élémir " Le Crépuscule...

BOURGES, Élémir " Le Crépuscule des Dieux " Collection " Les Maîtres du Livre ". Wood engraving by CIOLKOWSKI in frontispiece. Typographical ornaments drawn and woodcut by Ciolkowski, M. Achener and P.-E. Vibert Copy on bank paper, numbered 1685. Limited...

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