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‎“Minutes d’éveil” Rimbaud maintenant. Société des Etudes Romantiques.‎ ‎Paris, Sedes 1984, 240x155mm, 208pages, broché.‎ Bookseller reference : 56469	Livre Rare Book Bouquinerie du Varis Russy Switzerland Suiza Suíça Suisse [Books from Bouquinerie du Varis] €18.39 Buy
‎"(DEFOE, DANIEL).‎ ‎La vie et avantures surprenantes de Robinson Crusoe... Traduit de l'anglois. 3 tomes (Tome premier: Seconde Edition). Aved figures. - [FIRST FRENCH ROBINSON CRUSOE]‎ ‎Amsterdam, Honoré et Chatelain, 1721-1720-1721. Bound in three later, uniform blue half morocco bindings with gilt spines. Light brownspotting throughout, but a nice copy, complete with all three frontispieces, three maps and 18 plates.‎	MareMagnum Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn Copenhagen, DK [Books from Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn] €3,356.97 Buy
‎"(DEFOE, DANIEL).‎ ‎La vie et avantures surprenantes de Robinson Crusoe... Traduit de l'anglois. 3 tomes (Tome premier: Seconde Edition). Aved figures. - [FIRST FRENCH ROBINSON CRUSOE]‎ ‎Amsterdam, Honoré et Chatelain, 1721-1720-1721. Bound in three later, uniform blue half morocco bindings with gilt spines. Light brownspotting throughout, but a nice copy, complete with all three frontispieces, three maps and 18 plates.‎ ‎First edition - reissue of the first volume and first issue of volumes two and three - of the first French translation of one of the most important literary works ever written. ""Robinson Crusoe"" marks the beginning of realistic fiction as a literary genre and is widely recognized as the first English novel. Originally published in English in 1719, the work was seen through no less than four editions before the end of its first year and went on to become one of the most widely published books in history, spawning so many imitations, not only in literature but also in film, television and radio, that its name is used to define an entire genre - the Robinsonade. By the end of the 19th century, no book in the history of Western literature had more editions, spin-offs and translations than ""Robinson Crusoe"", with more than 700 alternative versions of it, the French translation being among the very first. It's influence in literature is almost unparalleled.‎ Bookseller reference : 55200	Livre Rare Book Herman H. J. Lynge & Son Copenhagen Denmark Dinamarca Dinamarca Danemark [Books from Herman H. J. Lynge & Son] €3,357.50 Buy
‎"(GUTZKOW, KARL).‎ ‎Briefe eines Narren an eine Närrin.‎ ‎Hamburg, Hoffmann und Campe, 1832. Small 8vo. Contemp. hcalf, gilt. Small stamp on titlepage. A small nick to top of spine. Corners bumped, a little rubbed. X,326 pp. (incl. htitle). Some browning and brownspots.‎	MareMagnum Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn Copenhagen, DK [Books from Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn] €537.11 Buy
‎"(GUTZKOW, KARL).‎ ‎Briefe eines Narren an eine Närrin.‎ ‎Hamburg, Hoffmann und Campe, 1832. Small 8vo. Contemp. hcalf, gilt. Small stamp on titlepage. A small nick to top of spine. Corners bumped, a little rubbed. X,326 pp. (incl. htitle). Some browning and brownspots.‎ ‎Scarce first edition of Gutzkow's first published book. He was one of the leading writers of the German school that received the name of ""Young Germany"". The work was prohibited.‎ Bookseller reference : 36070	Livre Rare Book Herman H. J. Lynge & Son Copenhagen Denmark Dinamarca Dinamarca Danemark [Books from Herman H. J. Lynge & Son] €537.20 Buy
‎"(LACROIX, PAUL).‎ ‎L'Homme au Masque du Fer. Par Paul L. Jacob, Bibliophile.‎ ‎Bruxelles, J.P. Meline (Imprimerie de J. Stienon), 1837. Cont. black hcalf w. richly gilt back. Upper capital a bit worn. All edges marbled. A few leaves w. a bit of brownspotting.‎	MareMagnum Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn Copenhagen, DK [Books from Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn] €201.42 Buy
‎"(LACROIX, PAUL).‎ ‎L'Homme au Masque du Fer. Par Paul L. Jacob, Bibliophile.‎ ‎Bruxelles, J.P. Meline (Imprimerie de J. Stienon), 1837. Cont. black hcalf w. richly gilt back. Upper capital a bit worn. All edges marbled. A few leaves w. a bit of brownspotting.‎ ‎Rare edition of Lacroix's interesting book about the Man in the Iron Mask, which is a heavily discussed theme in French litterature. During the reign of Louis XIV, the mysterious man in the iron mask, the face of whom nobody saw, was kept prisoner in a number of jails, among these the Bastille, in the last half of the 17th century. According to Lacroix's theory, the Man in the Iron Mask was Nicolas Fouquet, who was imprisoned in Pignerol in 1665. Fouquet (1615-1680) was Viscount of Melon and Vaux, superintendant of finances to Louis XIV and protector of writers and artists, untill he fell in ill grace in 1661, was imprisoned and died under mysterious circumstances.Paul Lacroix (1807-1884) is renowned for his several important historical works and his numerous works of bibliographical contents, regarding which he can be said to have continued the tradition of Nodier. He wrote a number of historical novels, which were very popular at the time. They were reprinted numerous times, and were translated into several languages. Most of his works are published under pseudonym, because of which he is now best known under the name of ""Bibliophile Jacob"". Aged 28 he was awarded the cross of the ""Légion d'Honneur"" for his work on the history of the 16th century, and 1842 he founded ""L'Alliance des Arts"" together with M. Thoré. Apparently the first edition, which is quite scarce, appeared in Paris in 1836. Not in Carteret.‎ Bookseller reference : 31399	Livre Rare Book Herman H. J. Lynge & Son Copenhagen Denmark Dinamarca Dinamarca Danemark [Books from Herman H. J. Lynge & Son] €201.45 Buy
‎"(VOLTAIRE).‎ ‎Nanine, eller Manden uden Fordomme. Komedie i tre Akter, oversat af Fransk (ved Falck) efter Nanine, ou l'homme sans prejugé.‎ ‎(Kbh., 1783). Samt. slidt hldrbd.‎	MareMagnum Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn Copenhagen, DK [Books from Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn] €114.14 Buy
‎"(YOUNG, EDWARD). - YOUNG'S OWN COPY WITH FOUR CORRECTIONS.‎ ‎The Complaint: or, Night=Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality. Night the First (- Nine (The Consolation)). 9 Parts. (All).‎ ‎London, R. Dodsley, 1742-44 (Night 1-6), G.Hawkins, 1744-45 (Night 7-9). 4to. Contemp. Full calf. Rebacked. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Wear to covers and edges. Corners bumped. Engraved frontispiece. First title-page with some soiling and browning. Some parts with light browning and offsettings, a few scattered brownspots. Part 2 & 3 seems to lack the Prefaces (the text begins on p. 5). No halftitles.‎	MareMagnum Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn Copenhagen, DK [Books from Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn] €1,678.48 Buy
‎"(YOUNG, EDWARD). - YOUNG'S OWN COPY WITH FOUR CORRECTIONS.‎ ‎The Complaint: or, Night=Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality. Night the First (- Nine (The Consolation)). 9 Parts. (All).‎ ‎London, R. Dodsley, 1742-44 (Night 1-6), G.Hawkins, 1744-45 (Night 7-9). 4to. Contemp. Full calf. Rebacked. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Wear to covers and edges. Corners bumped. Engraved frontispiece. First title-page with some soiling and browning. Some parts with light browning and offsettings, a few scattered brownspots. Part 2 & 3 seems to lack the Prefaces (the text begins on p. 5). No halftitles.‎ ‎First edition of part 2-9, as part 1 is ""The Second Edition"", being the first in 4to (first published in folio). The text has 4 corrections which is nearly without doubt in the author's own hand (ink). The conclusion is confirmed by a note laid in from an antiquarian bookseller Elkin Mathews Ltd. (dated 2nd, february, 1948), which reads ""The corrections are four in number and are certainly such as would be made only by the author. On page 129, the second word in the fourth line is heavely blocked out in ink and the word 'thoughts' is written in its place"" on page 144, the third word in the line three from the bottom is similarly blocked out and the name 'Holles' is written in. The other corrections are of less interest and importence but are also undoubtly author's corrections."" (Signed PHM/DC - Percy ?).The above stement is backed up, reaching the same result, by the well-known book-collector Bent Juul-Jensen, New College Oxford, referring to the handwriting in the Young MSS.After part 9 is bound ROBERT BLAIR: The Grave. A Poem. London, M. Cooper, 1743. First edition.‎ Bookseller reference : 55258	Livre Rare Book Herman H. J. Lynge & Son Copenhagen Denmark Dinamarca Dinamarca Danemark [Books from Herman H. J. Lynge & Son] €1,678.75 Buy
‎"... André Salmon Pierre Mac Orlan André Warnod Léon Deffoux Paul Lesourd Emile Zavie Mathurin Méheut Carlègles Louis Jou Bécan Gus Bofa..."‎ ‎"L'Ami du Lettré pour 1924"‎ ‎"1923. Paris Association des Courriéristes Littéraires Éditions G. Crès et Cie 1923 - Broché 12 cm x 19 cm 329 pages - Textes de Léon Deffoux Pierre Mac Orlan André Salmon André Warnod Paul Lesourd Emile Zavie ... ; ills de Mathurin Méheut Carlègles Louis Jou Bécan Gus Bofa... ; éphémérides- Bon état"‎ Bookseller reference : 14598	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €50.00 Buy
‎"... Georges Perros Paule Thévenin Daniel Mermet Roger Borderie Raymond Abelio"‎ ‎"Les Cahiers Obliques n°2"‎ ‎"1980. Paris Éditions Oblique 1980 - Broché 21 cm x 27 cm 50 pages ills noir et blanc et couleur in et hors-texte - Textes de Daniel Mermet Roger Borderie Raymond Abelio Georges Perros Paule Thévenin ... - Très bon état"‎ Bookseller reference : 14693	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €15.00 Buy
‎"... Jean de Chevigny Maurice de la Serre Ovide Moulinet Vicomte du Pontavis du Heussey Gustave de Vavasseur André Tardieu Gal Weygand O'Neill Félix Ollivier et Pelluard"‎ ‎"L'Elevage du Cheval au Pays d'Argentan - Le Haras du Pin"‎ ‎"1933. Argentan le Pays d'Argentan 1933 1/250 in-8° Raisin - Broché 16 5 cm x 25 cm 109 ills et photos noir ills de O'Neill Félix Ollivier et Pelluard- Etat neuf"‎ Bookseller reference : 19347	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €80.00 Buy
‎"... M. Wilmotte Elsa Koeberlé P.Harelle E. Stadler H. Lichtenberger F. Marck E. Schuré"‎ ‎"Cahiers Alsaciens - Elsässer Hefte"‎ ‎"1912. Strasbourg Revue Alsacienne 1912-13-14 - 3 vol. reliés demi-bradel 6+ 6+1 (n°13-18) fascicules dos toilé titres dorés 15 cm x 22 cm 344+368+ 284 pages - Textes en français et en allemand de M. Wilmotte Elsa Koeberlé P.Harelle E. Stadler H. Lichtenberger F. Marck E. Schuré ... ex-libris de Paul E.Koenig Colmar- Collection complète très bon état"‎ Bookseller reference : 19052	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €300.00 Buy
‎"... Olivier Corpet Jean-Marie Domenach Anne Laurent Auguste Anglès Edith Silve Michel Trebitsch Claude Damery Geneviève Comès Lise Gauvin"‎ ‎"La Revue des Revues n°s 1 à 5"‎ ‎"1986. Paris Ent'revues du n°1 (mars 1986) au n°5 (printemps 1988) - Broché 21 cm x 30 cm 69 à 108 pages - Rédacteur en chef :Olivier Corpet textes de Jean-Marie Domenach Anne Laurent Auguste Anglès Edith Silve Michel Trebitsch Claude Damery Geneviève Comès Lise Gauvin ... - Un accroc au dos du numéro 5 sinon état neuf"‎ Bookseller reference : 19311	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €150.00 Buy
‎"... Raoul-Jean Moulin Vladimir Khlebnikov Jindrich Chapulecky Miroslav Lamac Jiri Padra groupe « Dvijénié » Vladimir Jankilevski André Vozniessienski Allen Ginsberg William Burroughs Claude Pélieu Lawrence Ferlinghetti Bob Kaufman Dore Ashton André S. Labarthe Roman Cieslewicz"‎ ‎"Opus International 4"‎ ‎"1967. Paris Éditions Georges Fall 1967 - Broché 18 cm x 26 5 cm 104 pages photos noir photo de Alexandre Rodchenko maquette conception et couv. de Roman Cieslewicz - Petite tache au dos sinon très bon état"‎ Bookseller reference : 16662	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €40.00 Buy
‎"[BRUNO, GIORDANO].‎ ‎Le ciel réformé. Essai de traduction de partie du livre italien, Spaccio della Bestia Trionfante. - [INFLUENCING FRENCH ENLIGHTENMENT THOUGHT]‎ ‎[Paris], 1750 [L'an 1000 700 50]. Small 8vo. Lovely contemporary full mottled calf with richly gilt spine and triple gilt line-borders to boards. All edges of boards gilt, and inner gilt dentelles. Some wear to extremities, especially capitals. Book plate removed from inside of front board. Half-title and title-page printed in red and black. Engraved title-vignette. A nice and clean copy, printed on good, heavy paper, and with wide margins. (4), 92 pp.‎	MareMagnum Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn Copenhagen, DK [Books from Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn] €2,685.57 Buy
‎"[BRUNO, GIORDANO].‎ ‎Le ciel réformé. Essai de traduction de partie du livre italien, Spaccio della Bestia Trionfante. - [INFLUENCING FRENCH ENLIGHTENMENT THOUGHT]‎ ‎[Paris], 1750 [L'an 1000 700 50]. Small 8vo. Lovely contemporary full mottled calf with richly gilt spine and triple gilt line-borders to boards. All edges of boards gilt, and inner gilt dentelles. Some wear to extremities, especially capitals. Book plate removed from inside of front board. Half-title and title-page printed in red and black. Engraved title-vignette. A nice and clean copy, printed on good, heavy paper, and with wide margins. (4), 92 pp.‎ ‎Scarce first translation into French of Giordano Bruno's seminal ""Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast"", being the first part of any of Bruno's works to be translated into French and presumably the second translation of any of Bruno's works into any language, only preceded by the equally scarce first translation into English of the same work (1713). ""The Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast"" constitutes one of Bruno's main works and that of his works which proved to be most influential throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, profoundly affecting both science, philosophy and religion, as it ""turns to social ethics and religious reform, but in a cosmic setting"". (Copenhaver & Schmitt, p. 301).Bruno's world-view as presented in the ""Spaccio"" cannot but have appealed directly to the French thinkers of the 18th century, when the first part of any of Bruno's works thus appears in French for the first time. The Enlightenment thinkers of 18th century France must have found much resonance with the extreme and provocative views held by the - until then - overlooked Renaissance thinker, who was burned on the stake due to his non-conformist views. ""Magic, pantheism, idolatory, demonolatory, apostasy - just these few outrages from the long list in the ""Spaccio"" would have been enough to anger the authorities, but there were more besides: Bruno doubted immortality, taught metempsychosis, recommended free-thinking, deserted positive for natural religion, criticized the Bible, defamed the Jews, slandered the Protestants, betrayed the Catholics, and condemned civil government besides."" (Copenhaver & Schmitt, p. 302). - Bruno's thoughts as expressed in the ""Spaccio"" doe not leave those of a Voltaire far behind.Bruno's works, the first editions of which are all of the utmost scarcity, were not reprinted in their time, and new editions of them did not begin appearing until the 19th century. For three centuries his works had been hidden away in libraries, where only few people had access to them. Thus, as important as his teachings were, thinkers of the ages to come were largely reliant on more or less reliable renderings and reproductions of his thoughts. The first translations of his works thus proved to be of seminal importance to the spreading of his ideas.As Jacobi states in the preface to the second edition of his ""Letters on Spinoza..."" (1785), ""This strange man was born, one knows not in which year, in Nola, in the Kingdom of Naples"" and died on February 17th 1600 in Rome on the stake. With great diligence Brucker has been gathering information on him, but in spite of that has only been able to deliver fragments [not in translation]. For a long time his works were, partly neglected due to their obscurity, partly not respected due to the prejudice against the new opinions and thoughts expressed in them, and partly loathed and suppressed due to the dangerous teachings they could contain. On these grounds, the current scarcity of his works is easily understood. Brucker could only get to see the work ""De Minimo"", La Croce only had the book ""De Immenso et Innumerabilibus"" in front of him, or at least he only provides excerpts from this [also not in translation], as Heumann does only from the ""Physical Theorems"" [also small fragments, not in translation]"" (pp. (VII)-VIII - own translation from the German). Bruno's most representative work, ""Spaccio de la bestia trionfante"" (The Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast), published in an atmosphere of secrecy in 1584 and never referred to as anything but blasphemous for more than a century, was singled out by the church tribunal at the summation of his final trial. That is hardly surprising because the book is a daring indictment of the corruption of the social and religious institutions of his day. The ""triumphant beast"" signifies the reign of multifarious vices. Cast in the form of allegorical dialogues, Bruno's work presents the deliberations of the Greek gods who have assembled to banish from the heavens the constellations that remind them of their evil deeds. The crisis facing Jove, the aging father of the gods, is symbolic of the crisis in a Renaissance world profoundly disturbed by new religious, philosophical, and scientific ideas."" (From Arthur D. Imerti's 1964 translation of the work into English).""Bruno, who had already used geometric diagrams and philosophical terms to present n infinite universe, now wrote a dialogue in which he transformed the cosmos by transforming its imagery. He called it ""The Triumphant Beast"", a phrase that brought to mind the book of Revelation [...] Unlike most of his contemporaries, who gave the universe about six thousand years of existence since creation, the Nolan philosopher had already proclaimed that it was infinitely old"" in ""The Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast"", he insists that the universe holds cultures and memories that have come and gone and will come and go again."" (Rowland, pp. 164-65).Giordano Bruno was born in Nola in Southern Italy in 1548, and entered the Dominical order in Naples at the age of 18. While pursuing theological studies, he also thoroughly studied the ancient philosophers and began doubting some of the teachings of the Catholic Church. When he was in Rome in 1576, these doubts became known to the authorities of his order, and an indictment for heresy was prepared against him. Before he could be arrested, he escaped and began a long journey which took him to many European countries, among these England, where his most important works are published, until in 1592 he was denounced to the Inquisition and arrested. In 1593 he was taken to Rome, imprisoned, and subjected to a 6 year long trial. He firmly refused to recant his philosophical opinions, and in 1600 he was condemned for heresy, sentenced to death, and burned alive. ""Bruno burned for philosophy"" he was killed for moral, physical, and metaphysical views that terrified and angered authorities."" (Copenhaver & Schmitt, p. 315).Salvestrini: 112Copenhaver & Schmitt: ""Renaissance Philosophy"", 1992.Ingrid D. Rowland: ""Girodano Bruno. Philosopher/Heretic"", 2008.See also: Cassirer: ""Das Erkenntnisproblem"", 1922 Bd. 1"" ""An Essay on Man"", 1944. Garin: ""Italian Humanism"", 1965. Paterson: ""The Infinite Worlds of Giordano Bruno"", 1970. Kristeller: ""Eight Philosophers of the Italian Renaissance"", 1964. Copenhaver & Schmitt: ""Renaissance Philosophy"", 1992. W. Boulting, ""Giordano Bruno"".‎ Bookseller reference : 46820	Livre Rare Book Herman H. J. Lynge & Son Copenhagen Denmark Dinamarca Dinamarca Danemark [Books from Herman H. J. Lynge & Son] €2,686.00 Buy
‎"[GALT, JOHN].‎ ‎The Radical: An Autobiography. By the Author of ""The Member, ""The Ayrshire Legatees"", etc. etc. - [WHO IS JOHN GALT?]‎ ‎London, 1832 A lovely contemporary full calf binding with Gilt spine, gilt and blindstamped border-ornamentations and gilt armorial centre-piece to boards. Some wear to extremities and hinges. Nice and tight. Internally very nice and clean, with only occasional, very light minor brownspotting.‎	MareMagnum Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn Copenhagen, DK [Books from Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn] €872.81 Buy
‎"[GALT, JOHN].‎ ‎The Radical: An Autobiography. By the Author of ""The Member, ""The Ayrshire Legatees"", etc. etc. - [WHO IS JOHN GALT?]‎ ‎London, 1832 A lovely contemporary full calf binding with Gilt spine, gilt and blindstamped border-ornamentations and gilt armorial centre-piece to boards. Some wear to extremities and hinges. Nice and tight. Internally very nice and clean, with only occasional, very light minor brownspotting.‎ ‎The scarce first edition of one of the main works of John Galt, the first political novelist in the English language. Althought the name ""Gohn Galt"" is now primarily associated with the main character of Ayn Rand's modern political classic ""Atlas Shrugged"", the ""real"" John Galt (1779-1839) was one of the best known Scottish political and social novelists of the 19th century. Like Rand's John Galt, he too was an entrepeneur, greatly active in political and social issues. Because he was the first novelist to deal with issues of the industrial revolution, he has been called the first political novelist in the English language.""The Radical"" is a study of religion, politics and law in the local boroughs of Scotland during the transitional late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. As several of his other novels, it is concerned with the effects of change upon communities and upon the social institutions that shape those communities. The work is famous for its, prosaic studies, that are, however, far from dry, and Galt’s storytelling is known to be characterised by wit and humour.Together ""The Radical"" and ""The Member"" (also 1832) make up what John Galt himself calls ""the Reform"", as he states in his autobiography, ""they serve to illustrate, by the by, the sagicity of the trade, for they are thought to have too much a seeming of truth, and the sale of them has not been satisfactory. [...]The Radical [...] is deduced from principles and feelings coeval with human nature. It seems to me that the Radicals of our time forget that we are living in society for the benefitsof which we have surrendered a portion of our natural rights. The work in consequence turns on supposing, that what our natural feelings prompt must therefore be what we are entitled to do and to enjoy, forgetting altogether how much the social ties restrain the exercise of natural rights. But although some of my friends think the two works clever and philosophical, and although, on the Continent they have attracted more attantion than any other product of my pen, they have almost been still-born here. [...]."" (John Galt, The Literary Life and Miscellanies of John Galt, 1834, pp. 318-19). John Galt was born in Irvine as the son of a sea captain who traded with the West Indies. In 1789 the family moved to Greenock and much of Galt’s fiction draws from the localities of the west coast of Scotland where he spent his youth. John Galt was possessed of a pragmatic as well as an imaginative turn of mind. He had a keen interest in business and politics and always maintained that he regarded writing as a secondary profession. From 1796 - 1804 Galt worked as a junior justice clerk in Greenock before setting off for London on a sudden impulse of restless ambition. Here he studied political economy and commercial history and practise but failed to really make his mark on the business world despite several promising ventures.Around the age of twenty-four Galt began writing. He experimented in verse but was an inferior poet. Several of his essays, however, were published and this writing at this time demonstrates his early interest in politics and the colonies, particularly Canada which had long captured his imagination.In 1809 Galt spent a period of time travelling on the Mediterranean and it was here that he made his acquaintance with Lord Byron who was to become the subject of his acclaimed biography The Life of Byron in 1830. In 1811 he returned to London, his commercial aspirations disappointed and turned to journalism as a means of making money. At 34, he married the daughter of his literary patron, Alexander Tilloch. It was at this time too that Galt gained his experience of the workings of Parliament as a lobbyist for the Edinburgh-Glasgow canal. These experiences were to be formative in Galt’s later political career in Canada and were also to inform his later political novels, The Radical and The Member.Despite critical and commercial success, Galt had not abandoned his business aspirations. In 1824 Galt became actively involved in political campaigning on behalf of the Canadian colony and two years later left for Canada leaving the manuscript for The Last of the Lairds with his publisher. During the years 1827-29 Galt developed the virgin territories of the Canadian colony and founded the townships of Guelph and Goderich. For Galt, the Canadian project was the realisation of his most profound ambitions. But he was to fall foul of colonial bureaucracy and was eventually forced to return to Britain in 1829 under charges of debt and placed in prison.Having returned to Britain, John Galt began writing again, and in 1832 he produced two of his most famous works, ""The Radical"" and ""The Member"", for which he is primarily remembered today.‎ Bookseller reference : 47435	Livre Rare Book Herman H. J. Lynge & Son Copenhagen Denmark Dinamarca Dinamarca Danemark [Books from Herman H. J. Lynge & Son] €872.95 Buy
‎"[LAURENS, HENRY-JOSEPH du? - or CHARLES-CLAUDE-FLORENT du CAMPIGNEULLES? - MIMICING VOLTAIRE]‎ ‎Candide en Dannemarc ou l'optimisme des honnêtes-gens. - [CANDIDE IN DENMARK - WITH A SATIRE ON ROUSSEU]‎ ‎Geneve, 1767. Original blue cardboard binding with contemporary handwritten paper title-label to spine. Pencil-numbering to inside of boards. A very nice and clean copy. Woodcut vignette to title-page. With the ex-libris of the notes Danish book collector K.F. Plesner to inside of front board.‎	MareMagnum Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn Copenhagen, DK [Books from Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn] €698.25 Buy
‎"A. Papadiamandis"‎ ‎"Skiathos île grecque"‎ ‎"1934. Paris éditions Les Belles Lettres coll. de l'Institut Néo-hellénique de l'Université de Paris 1934 - Broché 13 cm x 20 cm 320 pages 7 ills noir & blanc hors-texte dont 1 carte et un portrait photographique de l'auteur 1/100 ex réservé à la soeur de l'auteur - Texte de A. Papadiamandis traduction et importante préface de Octave Merlier - Bon état"‎ Bookseller reference : 5169	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €70.00 Buy
‎"A. Pieyre de Mandiargues"‎ ‎"Feu de braise"‎ ‎"1959. Paris Editions Grasset 1959 - Broché 12 cm x 19 cm 213 pages - Envoi à Kostas et Nitza Papaioannou - S. P. - Bon état"‎ Bookseller reference : 1712	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €30.00 Buy
‎"A. Pieyre de Mandiargues"‎ ‎"L'âge de craie"‎ ‎"1961. Paris Editions Gallimard 1961 - Broché 11 cm x 18 cm 100 pages - S. P. - Envoi à Jean Bloch-Michel - Portrait de l'auteur - Petit accroc au dos sinon bon état"‎ Bookseller reference : 1713	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €30.00 Buy
‎"A. T'Serstevens"‎ ‎"Le carton aux estampes"‎ ‎"1943. Paris Editions Albin Michel 1943 - Broché 12 cm x 19 cm 246 pages - Texte de A. T'Serstevens - Bon état"‎ Bookseller reference : 2052	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €15.00 Buy
‎"A. T'Serstevens"‎ ‎"Regards vers la jeunesse"‎ ‎"1954. Paris éditions Albin Michel 1954 - Broché 12 cm x 19 cm 135 pages non coupé - 1/10 Hors commerce (n°XII) sur Vélin du Marais - Texte de A. T'Serstevens - Etat neuf"‎ Bookseller reference : 5177	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €60.00 Buy
‎"Abbé J. J. Barthélémy"‎ ‎"Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Grèce - complet 5 volumes + atlas"‎ ‎"Paris. 13 5 cm x 21 cm. 1830. Reliés. 5 volume(s). 2239 pages. Paris Éditions Armand-Aubrée 1830. 5 volumes reliés motifs dorés au dos 13 5 cm x 21 cm 451+ 462+ 443+ 434+ 449 pages. Texte de l'Abbé J. J. Barthélémy; vignette »Exemplaire de La Librairie M. Constant Le Tellier Fils » sur le premier volume . Quelques épidermures sinon bon état. On joint; Atlas pour le Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis Paris Hachette & Cie 1861. Cartonné dos toilé 15 cm x 22 5 cm non paginé 34 planches : médailles plans et cartes en couleurs dont une dépliante. Dressé par J. D. Barbie du Bocage et revu A. D. par Barbie du Bocage. Bon état" "Bon état"‎ Bookseller reference : 100074956	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €200.00 Buy
‎"Abel Gance"‎ ‎"Napoléon vu par Abel Gance"‎ ‎"1927. Paris Éditions Jules Tallandier coll. Ciné-Or sans date (1927) - Broché 17 cm x 23 cm 64 pages - Texte de Abel Gance - Texte des légendes par René Jeanne - Illustré de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc (héliogravées) dans le texte et hors texte. Photographie en noir et blanc en page de titre. Production Société Générale des Films dist. par MGM. Ciné Or. Interprété par Albert Dieudonné - Bon état d'usage"‎ Bookseller reference : 8930	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €50.00 Buy
‎"Abel Hermant"‎ ‎"Les Confidences d'une Aïeule"‎ ‎"Paris. 14 cm x 18 5 cm. 1900. Broché. 339 pages. Paris Librairie Ollendorf e. o. 1900. Broché 14 cm x 18 5 cm 339 pages. Texte de Abel Hermant illustrations in et hors-texte de Louis Morin. Bon état" "Bon état"‎ Bookseller reference : 100073929	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €40.00 Buy
‎"Adrien Marx Gustave Doré"‎ ‎"Histoires d'une Minute -Physionomies Parisiennes"‎ ‎"1864. Paris E. Dentu Editeur 1864 e.o. (pas de gd papier) - Relié demi-bradel 12 cm x 18 cm 274 pages - Texte de Adrien Marx préface de Charles Monselet ills de Gustave Doré ex-libris de F.-M. Caye - Rousseurs sinon bon état; premier livre de l'auteur"‎ Bookseller reference : 19697	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €150.00 Buy
‎"Alan Bartram"‎ ‎"Bauhaus Modernism and the illustrated book"‎ ‎"Londres. 23 5 cm x 24 cm. 2004. Cartonné. 159 pages. Londres The British Library 2004. Cartonné bien complet de la jaquette 23 5 cm x 24 cm 159 pages illustrations noir et blanc in & hors-texte. Texte en anglais de Alan Bartram bibliographie. Jaquette légèrement salie sinon très bon état" "Jaquette légèrement salie sinon très bon état"‎ Bookseller reference : 100073553	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €20.00 Buy
‎"Albert Cim Édouard Zier"‎ ‎"Les quatre fils Hémon"‎ ‎"1906. Paris Hachette & Cie 1906 - Cartonné 19 cm x 28 cm 292 pages - Texte de Albert Cim - 62 gravures dessinées par Édouard Zier - Bon état"‎ Bookseller reference : 9853	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €40.00 Buy
‎"Albert T'Serstevens"‎ ‎"Le Carton aux Estampes"‎ ‎"1943. Paris Éditions Albin Michel 1943 e.o. 1/3 sur Japon ex. A de l'auteur - Broché non coupé 12 cm x 19 cm 243 pages - Texte de Albert T'Serstevens - Etat neuf"‎ Bookseller reference : 13254	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €150.00 Buy
‎"Albert Vidalie"‎ ‎"Cadet la Rose"‎ ‎"1960. Paris Editions Julliard 1960 - Broché 12 cm x 19 cm 218 pages - Texte de Albert Vidalie - Bon état"‎ Bookseller reference : 1986	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €15.00 Buy
‎"Alexandre Vialatte"‎ ‎"Antiquité du Grand Chosier"‎ ‎"1984. Paris Éditions Julliard 1984 - Broché 14 cm x 22 5 cm 302 pages - Chroniques de Alexandre Vialatte rassemblées par Ferny Besson préface de René de Obaldia - Bon état"‎ Bookseller reference : 18126	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €20.00 Buy
‎"Alexandre Vialatte"‎ ‎"Les Champignons du Détroit de Behring"‎ ‎"1988. Paris Éditions Julliard 1988 e.o. - Broché 14 cm x 22 5 cm 295 pages - Textes de Alexandre Vialatte préface de Charles Dantzig textes choisis par Ferny Besson - Très bon état"‎ Bookseller reference : 17298	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €20.00 Buy
‎"Alexei Sourkov"‎ ‎"Alexei Sourkov"‎ ‎"Moscou. 10 cm x 13 cm. 1943. Broché. 46 pages. Moscou 1943. Broché 10 cm x 13 cm 46 pages. Poèmes de Alexei Sourkov .Bon état" "Bon état"‎ Bookseller reference : 100073652	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €30.00 Buy
‎"Alfons Petzold"‎ ‎"Histoires d'ouvriers"‎ ‎"1932. Paris librairie Valois « Les romans du nouvel âge » 1932 - Broché 12 cm x 19 cm 252 pages s.p. non coupé ; on joint le prière d'insérer pour la presse - Texte d'Alfons Petzold traduit par Alzir Hella envoi du traducteur à Vladimir Pozner - Etat neuf"‎ Bookseller reference : 3107	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €45.00 Buy
‎"Alfred Barbou"‎ ‎"Victor Hugo en son siècle"‎ ‎"1909. Paris Librairie Gedalge & Cie sans date (1909) - Cartonné 19 cm x 26 cm 270 pages - Texte de Alfred Barbou - Histoire anecdotique illustrée de nombreux dessins de deux portraits et d'un dessin de Victor Hugo avec une lettre autographe - Bon état"‎ Bookseller reference : 9852	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €40.00 Buy
‎"Alfred Capus Capiello"‎ ‎"Faux départ"‎ ‎1902. "Paris éditions - la Revue Blanche 1902. - Broché 15 cm x 22 cm 328 pages - Texte de Alfred Capus - Edition originale. Un des 50 exemplaires numérotés sur alfa glacé seul tirage de luxe avec 10 Japon et 15 Chine. Couverture en couleurs et illustrations noir & blanc in-texte de Capiello. - Traces d'humidité sur la couv et sur les premières et dernières pages sinon bon état"‎ Bookseller reference : 2395	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €100.00 Buy
‎"Alfred de Vigny"‎ ‎"Servitude et grandeur militaires"‎ ‎"1913. Lyon H. Lardanchet éditeur Bibliothèque nationale du bibliophile 1913 - Demi-bradel 14 cm x 21 cm 258 pages + 7 pages d'appendice bibliographique - Texte de Alfred de Vigny - Tiré à 1000 ex. numérotés (n° 901 sur vélin de Hollande) - Ces nouvelles illustrent les drames moraux qui se posent à l'officier déchiré entre son devoir de soldat et sa conscience d'homme - Très bon état"‎ Bookseller reference : 4199	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €50.00 Buy
‎"Alfred Delvau"‎ ‎"Au Bord de la Bièvre - impressions et souvenirs"‎ ‎"1873. Paris chez René Pincebourde 1873 2ème ed. - Broché 13 5 cm x 19 5 cm XXVIII+ 132 pages - Texte de Alfred Delvau précédé d'une bibliographie des ouvrages de l'auteur - Couv. restaurée traces d'humidité au bas des premières pages sinon bon état intérieur - Cette réédition est due à Poulet-Malassis (Oberlé ; Fayt)"‎ Bookseller reference : 14193	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €80.00 Buy
‎"Alice Hurtrel Adrien Marie"‎ ‎"Les Aventures Romanesques d'un Comte d'Artois d'après un ancien manuscrit orné de dessins de la Bibliothèque Nationale"‎ ‎"1883. Paris Éditions Georges Hurtrel 1883 e. o. num. signée par l'auteur - Broché sous cartonnage en percaline rouge illustré couv. à rabat illustré 12 cm x 17 5 cm VIII+ 232 pages frontispice en-tête et lettrines en couleurs ills noir & blanc in-texte - Texte de Alice Hurtrel ill.de Adrien Marie M. Nordmann chromiste gravures de Baude et Gillot lithographies de Mouillot et Lemercier et Cie - Quelques rousseurs sinon très bon état"‎ Bookseller reference : 19550	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €100.00 Buy
‎"Alphonse de Lamartine"‎ ‎"Geneviève - Histoire d'une Servante"‎ ‎"Paris Nelson Editeurs sans date - Toilé dos et plats ornés de motifs en couleur vert pâle 15 5 cm x 10 cm 384 pages - sans jaquette - Texte de Alphonse de Lamartine - Frontispice couleurs - Couv et dos tachés sinon bon état"‎ Bookseller reference : 7652	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €15.00 Buy
‎"Ambrose Bierce"‎ ‎"Au Coeur de la Vie - Histoires de Soldats et de Civils"‎ ‎"1947. Paris Éditions Les 4 Vents coll. Hors les Murs » 1947 e. o. française - Broché 14 cm x 19 cm 234 pages - Texte de Ambrose Bierce introduction et trad. de Jacques Papy - Etat d'usage"‎ Bookseller reference : 17853	Livre Rare Book Librairie Sedon Rochefort France Francia França France [Books from Librairie Sedon] €40.00 Buy
‎"ANACREON (& SAPPHO) - ANAKREONTOS.‎ ‎Teiou mele [Greek]. Anacreontis Teii Odae. Ab Henrico Stephano luce & Latinitate nunc primùm donatae. - [THE STARTING-POINT OF MODERN LITERATURE]‎ ‎Lutetiae (i.e. Paris), (? Guillaume Morel for) Henri Estienne (II), 1554. 4to. Contemporary limp vellum with remains of ties to boards. Remains of contemporary paper labels to spine and traces of autor in ink in contemporary hand, also to spine.A few smaller worm tracts to boards and a bit of spotting, but overall very nice. A large spot to title-page, presumably erased ink, from the removal of an old owner's name. The spot is in the blank margin, close to the printer's device, but not touching it. Apert from that internally very nice with only light occasional damp staining or browning. Old ink note in Greek characters to front free end-paper and a small note (referring also to ""Lyra"") on A(1)r. A very nice copy with large margins. Woodcut printer's device to title-page, woodcut headpiece and opening initial. Magnificently printed in all three sizes of the famous ""grecs du roi""-type. (8), 110 pp.‎	MareMagnum Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn Copenhagen, DK [Books from Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn] €12,085.08 Buy
‎"ANDERSEN, (HANS CHRISTIAN).‎ ‎Contes Danois. + Nouveau Contes Danois. Traduits pour la premiere fois par MM. Ernest Grégoire & Louis Moland. Illustrés d'apres les dessins de M. Yan' Dargent. - [IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION-SET]‎ ‎Paris, Garnier Frères, (ca. 1873-75). Bound in two very nice cont. almost uniform red hcalfs w. gilt geometrical ornamentations to backs and blindstamped (vol. 2 black) ornamentations to boards. All edges gilt. Excellent, clean and well-preserved set w. numerous beautiful illustrations. W. both half-titles and frontispieces.‎	MareMagnum Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn Copenhagen, DK [Books from Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn] €872.81 Buy
‎"ANDERSEN, H.C. m.fl. - HEIBERG, J.L. (red.).‎ ‎Kjøbenhavns flyvende Post.‎ ‎1827, 1828, 1830. (1827: No. 1 - 105, 1828: No. 1 - 104 + extrablad (til No. 84), 1830: No. 1 - 157) (alt som udkom før 1834, dog uden de to supplementblade fra 1831, som ikke nævnes i Erslew) 2 x 4to + 1 folio. Indb. i tre uensartede samt. bd. Et slidt beskedent hldrbd. og to hshirtbd. m. brugsspor. Som vanligt brunplettet og m. nogle rifter samt enkelte reparationer.‎	MareMagnum Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn Copenhagen, DK [Books from Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn] €1,074.23 Buy
‎"ANDERSEN, H.C. m.fl. - HEIBERG, J.L. (red.).‎ ‎Kjøbenhavns flyvende Post.‎ ‎1827, 1828, 1830. (1827: No. 1 - 105, 1828: No. 1 - 102 (af 104) + extrablad (til No. 84), 1830: No. 1 - 157) (364 af 366 numre, som er alt, der udkom før 1834, dog uden de to supplementblade fra 1831, som ikke nævnes i Erslew) 2 x 4to + 1 folio. Indb. i tre uensartede samt. hldrbd. To pæne hldrbd. m. rygforgyldn., indvendig usædvanligt rene og pæne m. kun få plettede og reparerede blade. Et slidt hldrbd., indvendig brunplettet (1830).‎	MareMagnum Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn Copenhagen, DK [Books from Bookshop Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn] €1,007.09 Buy
‎"ANDRE DEXET ""PANAZO"""‎ ‎LA JANIELLE DE FANEBRUYERE. ROMAN.‎ ‎LUCIEN SOUNY. 1985. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos plié, Intérieur frais. 333 pages. Premier plat illustré en couleurs.. . . . Classification Dewey : 840-Littératures des langues romanes. Littérature française‎ ‎Classification Dewey : 840-Littératures des langues romanes. Littérature française‎ Bookseller reference : R260157999	Livre Rare Book Le-livre.fr / Le Village du Livre Sablons France Francia França France [Books from Le-livre.fr / Le Village du Livre] €19.80 Buy