‎Collectibles‎

‎Robert de MONTESQUIOU‎

‎" . puisque vous souffrez c'est vous qu'il faut plaindre ; puisque je souris ce n'est pas moi qu'il faut blâmer."" • Autograph letter signed by Robert de Montesquiou‎

‎s. l.: S. n. 1920. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. circa 1920 27 x 22 cm deux pages sur deux feuilles Autograph letter dated and signed by the dandy count 20 lines on 2 pages written in black ink about friendship and certain constraints that his correspondent seems to encounter probably his friend Henri Lapauze: ""Cher ami puisque vous souffrez c'est vous qu'il faut plaindre ; puisque je souris ce n'est pas moi qu'il faut blâmer. Votre souffrance vient de ne pas faire ce que vous voulez ; donc votre vindicte doit viser qui vous contraint. Ce que mes yeux ont vu aura comme suite conséquente ce que mes oreilles ont entendu on l'a écrit plaisamment. Il faut fournir à ces tomes là. Vous pensez bien que votre logique et votre justice ne visent qu'à établir les responsabilités. Car nous nous estimons au dessus de la louange mais pas au dessus de l'amitié. J'étais heureux de vous attester la mienne. Je le suis davantage de vous l'avoir témoignée. Votre Montesquiou."" ""Dear friend since you suffer it is you who must be pitied; since I smile it is not I who should be blamed. Your suffering comes from not doing what you want; therefore your vindication must target whoever constrains you. What my eyes have seen will have as a consequent sequel what my ears have heard it has been written pleasantly. We must provide for those volumes there. You well think that your logic and your justice aim only to establish responsibilities. For we consider ourselves above praise but not above friendship. I was happy to attest mine to you. I am even more so to have shown it to you. Yours Montesquiou."" S. n. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 83142

‎Robert de MONTESQUIOU‎

‎". cette carte toute seule vous parlera de mon chagrin trop grand pour que j'en puisse moi-même parler et pour que je puisse m'en taire."" • Autograph letter signed by Robert de Montesquiou‎

‎s. l.: S. n. 1920. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. 1920 22.50 x 18 cm une page recto-verso Autograph letter signed by the dandy count 39 lines written in black ink probably addressed to his friend and bibliographer critic Henri Lapauze about the sadness that overwhelms him after the disappearance of a mutual friend. To honor his memory Robert de Montesquiou requests an editorial favor from his correspondent. Fold marks inherent to the envelope placement water damage causing two letters of the word Reuilly to blur in the upper left corner of the letter. ""Neuilly My dear friend cette carte toute seule vous parlera de mon chagrin trop grand pour que j'en puisse moi-même parler et pour que je puisse m'en taire. Vous aurez assisté au dernier éclat de ce foyer chaleureux et généreux brûlant brûlé d'intention mot illisible . Je vous demande de vous souvenir que mon pauvre ami se fit une fête d'être le premier à me mettre en relation avec votre aimable femme. Cette pensée nous sera un lien pour moi très fort. Je n'oublierai jamais non plus qu'une de ses joies finales lui vint des paroles prononcées par vous sur mon livre. C'est vous dire que l'insertion intégrale et textuelle de la note discrète dont le texte est ci-joint à la place hélas ! marquée dans la nécrologie fera de moi une fois de plus votre obligé. Robert de Montesquiou. 10 juillet."" ""this card all alone will speak to you of my grief too great for me to be able to speak of it myself and for me to remain silent about it. You will have witnessed the last brilliance of this warm and generous hearth burning burned with intention illegible word. I ask you to remember that my poor friend made it a celebration to be the first to put me in touch with your kind wife. This thought will be a very strong bond for me. I will never forget either that one of his final joys came from the words you spoke about my book. This is to tell you that the complete and textual insertion of the discreet note whose text is attached in the place alas! marked in the obituary will make me once more your obliged. Robert de Montesquiou. July 10."" S. n. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 83165

‎Robert de MONTESQUIOU‎

‎". les circonstances rapides au milieu des autres occupations ne m'ont pas permis de consulter."" • Autograph letter signed by Robert de Montesquiou to his friend Henry Lapauze thanking him for sending a document of which he has not yet read‎

‎s. l.: S. n. 1895. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. circa 1895 12.50 x 20 cm quatre pages sur une feuille rempliée Autograph letter signed by the dandy count four pages 43 lines written in black ink thanking his friend Henry Lapauze and one of his acquaintances for having procured for him: ""l'intéressant document"" ""the interesting document"" which his overwhelming activity has not yet allowed him to read: "". avec autant d'application que je l'aurais voulu."" "". with as much attention as I would have wished."" Robert de Montesquiou therefore relies on his friend's indulgence also transmitting his apologies and gratitude to the unknown person who helped him through Henri Lapauze: "". je compte sur votre obligeance et celle de votre ami pour me permettre une autre fois de compléter cette lecture. veuillez bien lui transmettre ma gratitude en même temps que le surplus de mon désir."" "". I count on your kindness and that of your friend to allow me another time to complete this reading. please convey to him my gratitude along with the remainder of my desire."" A small brown stain at the top of one page a light crease at the foot of another without significance. Henry Lapauze 1867-1925 was a journalist and art critic who became in 1905 curator of the Petit Palais converted four years earlier into a museum and whose collections he considerably enriched by acquiring notably the Courbet Henner and Falguière collections with at the twilight of his life a marked preference for the Decorative Arts of which he was an ardent promoter. S. n. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 74355

‎Robert de MONTESQUIOU‎

‎". Rougissez ! Le dessin est signé d'Ingres et daté de 1835. Ce qui selon moi et contrairement à votre insinuation le signe davantage c'est précisément son inimitable faire au point que si contre toute vraisemblance l'oeuvre était d'un autre maître il faudrait le regretter pour Ingres."" • Autograph letter signed by Robert de Montesquiou about the authenticity of a drawing by Ingres in his collection‎

‎s. l.: S. n. 1920. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. 1920 22.50 x 18 cm une page recto-verso Autograph letter signed by the dandy count 55 lines written in black ink probably addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze in which Robert de Montesquiou refined and confirmed collector rebels against the fact that his correspondent contests the authenticity of an Ingres drawing that forms part of his private collection. Stung to the quick as an experienced collector he nevertheless consents with grateful magnanimity not to hold it against Henri Lapauze. Fold marks inherent to mailing. ""7 décembre je vous ferai tout d'abord remarquer mon cher confrère que me voici de votre part en butte à cette forme d'indignité qui menace les collectionneurs complaisants auxquels on finit par contester l'authenticité des objets d'art communiqués ou prêtés par eux sur instante demande. Rougissez ! Le dessin est signé d'Ingres et daté de 1835. Ce qui selon moi et contrairement à votre insinuation le signe davantage c'est précisément son inimitable faire au point que si contre toute vraisemblance l'oeuvre était d'un autre maître il faudrait le regretter pour Ingres. Quant au modèle l'attribution est moins sûre. On me l'a donnée pour un Liszt adolescent et c'est vraisemblable. Mais je n'affirme rien et d'ailleurs cela m'est égal. En résumé s'il m'avait tout d'abord paru regrettable que cet inique traitement me vînt de vous je l'ai préféré ensuite à cause de beaucoup de bons et d'inoubliés offices qui me permettent de vous pardonner. Allez et ne pêchez plus ! Cte Robert de Montesquiou. P.S. Je pourrai me procurer une indication de vente que je vous donnerai."" ""December 7 I will first point out to you my dear colleague that here I am on your part subjected to this form of indignity that threatens accommodating collectors whose authenticity of art objects communicated or loaned by them upon urgent request is eventually contested. Blush! The drawing is signed by Ingres and dated 1835. What in my opinion and contrary to your insinuation authenticates it further is precisely its inimitable execution to the point that if against all likelihood the work were by another master it would have to be regretted for Ingres. As for the model the attribution is less certain. I was told it was an adolescent Liszt and it is plausible. But I affirm nothing and besides it doesn't matter to me. In summary if it had initially seemed regrettable to me that this iniquitous treatment should come from you I preferred it afterwards because of many good and unforgotten services that allow me to forgive you. Go and sin no more! Count Robert de Montesquiou. P.S. I will be able to obtain a sale indication which I will give you."" S. n. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 83166

‎Robert de MONTESQUIOU‎

‎"Enfin. je pardonne à vous."" • Bristol Signed Autograph Addressed to a Friend‎

‎s. l.: S. n. 1910. Fine. S. n. s. l. 1910 18 x 11.50 cm une feuille recto verso Autograph signed card from the dandy count 9 lines written in black ink addressed to a friend on cardboard paper: ""Chère amie C'était donc pour ""Femina ! "" Je devrais vous en vouloir moi qui avais prononcé contre ce lieu les formules exécratoires ! Enfin. je pardonne à vous ! A vous Robert de M. 910."" Dear friend So it was for ""Femina!"" I should hold it against you I who had pronounced execratory formulas against this place! Well. I forgive you! Yours Robert de M. 910. S. n. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 87879

‎Robert de MONTESQUIOU‎

‎"J'ajoute que tout semble se disposer pour le succès de mon entreprise. Et vous connaissez assez les lois humaines mondaines et polémiques pour savoir que le tapage de presse accueillant ici les étrangers un peu notables ajoute à la curiosité de l'auditoire."" • Autograph letter signed on a series of lectures given in New York‎

‎New York: S. n. 1907. Fine. S. n. New York 4 février 1903 13.50 x 17.50 cm deux feuillets recto-verso Autograph letter signed by the dandy count 54 lines written in black ink on two leaves recto-verso addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze: ""4 février Westminster hôtel New-York Cher monsieur et ami j'ai le plaisir de vous adresser ci-joint une copie manuscrite du salut d'ouverture qui servira de prélude de bienvenue à la première de mes conférences dont la date est fixée à demain. J'espère que vous ferez bon accueil à cet envoi de l'absent et le publierez en bonne place. Les documents ci-joints vous aideront à faire rédiger les lignes explicatives dont je vous demande d'accompagner l'article. Merci à vous à Mr Galdemar et à Sem pour son irrésistible dessin du Gaulois grandement fêté ici. Souvenir bien sincèrement affectueux. Comte Robert de Montesquiou. Je tiens à ajouter que je suis heureux de vous donner la primeur de ce document en témoignage et souvenir de nos bons rapports. J'ajoute que tout semble se disposer pour le succès de mon entreprise. Et vous connaissez assez les lois humaines mondaines et polémiques pour savoir que le tapage de presse accueillant ici les étrangers un peu notables ajoute à la curiosité de l'auditoire. J'espère ne pas trop la décevoir et ceci est le secret de demain. J'ai énuméré dans les pages que je vous adresse les raisons qui m'ont dicté le choix du sujet de ma première conférence. Je n'y reviens pas."" ""February 4th Westminster hotel New-York Dear Sir and friend I have the pleasure of sending you herewith a manuscript copy of the opening greeting which will serve as a welcome prelude to the first of my lectures the date of which is set for tomorrow. I hope you will give a good reception to this missive from the absent one and publish it in a prominent place. The enclosed documents will help you have written the explanatory lines I ask you to accompany the article with. Thank you to Mr Galdemar and to Sem for his irresistible drawing of the Gaulois greatly celebrated here. Most sincerely affectionate regards. Count Robert de Montesquiou. I want to add that I am happy to give you the exclusive rights to this document as testimony and remembrance of our good relations. I add that everything seems to be arranged for the success of my enterprise. And you know well enough the human worldly and polemical laws to know that the press commotion welcoming rather notable foreigners here adds to the audience's curiosity. I hope not to disappoint it too much and this is tomorrow's secret. I have enumerated in the pages I am sending you the reasons that dictated my choice of subject for my first lecture. I will not return to this."" Small pin holes that held the two leaves together. S. n. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 83363

‎Robert de MONTESQUIOU‎

‎"je sais que vous aimerez le huitième vers et goûterez les douloureuses exaltations des deux tercets."" • Signed autograph letter to a friend‎

‎Reuilly: S. n. 1906. Fine. S. n. Reuilly 21 Décembre 1906 20.50 x 26.50 cm un feuillet recto-verso Autograph letter signed by the dandy count 25 lines written in black ink recto-verso on tracing paper addressed to a female friend to whom he sent a poem. Fold marks inherent to postal handling. The poet sent a poem to his friend: ""Voici le sonnet. Je sais que vous aimerez le huitième vers et goûterez les douloureuses exaltations des deux tercets."" ""Here is the sonnet. I know you will love the eighth verse and will savor the painful exaltations of the two tercets."" to whom he aspires to be eternally pleasing: ""Ce qui me plaît encore mieux c'est de vous plaire. Nos rencontres n'ont été qu'heureuses. L'avez-vous remarqué - C'est rare ! Et m'est avis qu'elles vont continuer. Vive saint Orphée ! "" ""What pleases me even more is to please you. Our meetings have been nothing but happy. Have you noticed - It's rare! And I believe they will continue. Long live Saint Orpheus!"" S. n. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 87796

‎Robert de MONTESQUIOU‎

‎"me faisant l'amitié d'annoncer ce matin mon volume il est regrettable que le Gaulois ait omis de dire qu'il était de moi."" • Indignant autograph letter signed addressed to the journalist and literary critic of the Gaul Henri Lapauze about an oversight concerning him‎

‎s. l.: S. n. 1898. Fine. S. n. s. l. 1898 11 x 14 cm une feuille Autograph letter signed by the dandy count on a closed pneumatic card of 18 lines written in black ink addressed to his friend and journalist Henri Lapauze in which stung to the quick in his pride Robert de Montesquiou asks the latter imposing this correction upon him to kindly rectify the almost unforgivable error of the Gaulois: ""Cher monsieur et ami me faisant l'amitié d'annoncer ce matin mon volume il est regrettable que le Gaulois ait omis de dire qu'il était de moi. Je compte sur vous pour combler cette lacune dans le numéro qui doit paraître lundi matin par deux lignes ainsi conçues - ou à peu près : ""c'est par erreur que signalant hier à nos lecteurs l'apparition d'un intéressant volume de critique intitulé Autels priviliégés nous avons omis de dire que l'auteur était le Cte Robert de Montesquiou. Merci cher monsieur et à bientôt. Robert de M."" ""Dear sir and friend doing me the kindness of announcing my volume this morning it is regrettable that the Gaulois omitted to say that it was by me. I count on you to fill this gap in the issue that is to appear Monday morning with two lines conceived thus - or thereabouts: 'it is by error that signaling yesterday to our readers the appearance of an interesting volume of criticism entitled Privileged Altars we omitted to say that the author was Count Robert de Montesquiou. Thank you dear sir and see you soon. Robert de M.'"" S. n. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 83371

‎Robert de MONTESQUIOU‎

‎"Réglons-nous sur Sarah ! "" • Autograph letter signed by Robert de Montesquiou signifying the joy he will have to meet his friends Lapauze despite the presence of a third and importunate person from their entourage‎

‎s. l.: S. n. 1905. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. circa 1905 15 x 19 cm trois pages sur une double feuille Autograph letter signed by the dandy count three pages 27 lines written in black ink to his friends the Lapauzes that he is delighted to see them again soon even if they impose upon him the presence of a certain Sarah who is not among the people the poet seems to appreciate: ""Dear friends I will not do you the affront of not telling you that I would have preferred just the two of you alone"" words underlined but as the beautiful verse says: You do what you do / What you do is right."" For this meeting arranged at the Petit Palais of which Henry Lapauze becomes curator in 1905 after having been assistant director for the four preceding years Robert de Montesquiou ""a late riser who has the cowardice - or if you prefer the wisdom to choose the afternoon"" timidly expresses in a surge of wounded pride and revenge that he already regrets the possibility of his absence: "".only a throat irritation carelessly treated and unexpectedly could keep me away at the last moment. But I don't want to believe it. Let us arrange ourselves around Sarah!"" Henry Lapauze 1867-1925 was a journalist art critic then in 1905 curator of the Petit Palais converted four years earlier into a museum and whose collections he considerably enriched by acquiring notably the Courbet Henner Falguière collections with at the twilight of his life a marked predilection for the Decorative Arts of which he was one of the ardent promoters. S. n. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 74262

‎Robert de MONTESQUIOU‎

‎"Votre intervention pour faire est déterminante."" • Autograph letter signed by Robert de Montesquiou to Henry Lapauze then a journalist at Le Gaulois‎

‎s. l.: S. n. 1895. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. circa 1895 12.50 x 17 cm une page et demie sur une feuille Autograph letter signed by the dandy count of a page and a half 13 lines written in black ink to his friend the journalist from Le Gaulois Henry Lapauze so that he might use his decisive influence in the publication of a text: ""Il doit s'imaginer que ce texte est subversif. Détrompez-le."" ""He must imagine that this text is subversive. Disabuse him of this notion."" initially validated by Arthur Meyer but which Robert de Montesquiou wants to ensure through his friend will indeed be printed: ""J'ai vu votre directeur qui accepte en principe. Cependant comme votre intervention pour faire est déterminante j'insiste auprès de vous."" ""I have seen your director who accepts in principle. However as your intervention to make it happen is decisive I insist upon you."" Henry Lapauze 1867-1925 was a journalist art critic then in 1905 curator of the Petit Palais converted four years earlier into a museum and whose collections he considerably enriched by acquiring notably the Courbet Henner Falguière collections with in the twilight of his life a marked predilection for the Decorative Arts of which he was one of the ardent promoters. S. n. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 74263

‎Robert de MONTESQUIOU‎

‎Carte-lettre autographe signée adressée à Henri Lapauze lui fixant un rendez-vous‎

‎s. l.: S. n. 1898. Fine. S. n. s. l. 24 Octobre 1898 11 x 14 cm une feuille Autograph postcard signed by the dandy count 13 lines written in black ink addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze: ""Dear sir I offer you Thursday morning half past eleven between many trunks! to come see me and show La Tour according to the desire you expressed to me. If 2:30 would suit you better would you kindly let me know and receive my friendship. Count Robert de Montesquiou 24 Oct. 14 avenue Bosquet."" S. n. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 83359

‎Robert de HESSELN‎

‎Dictionnaire universel de la France‎

‎à Paris: Desaint 1771. Fine. Desaint à Paris 1771 10.50 x 17.20 cm 6 volumes reliés First edition. Contemporary full marbled and polished brown calf binding. Spine richly gilt in compartments with raised bands gilt roll tooling at head- and tailbands. Red morocco title labels tan morocco volume labels. Headcaps of volumes I and V worn; headcap of volume VI torn off. Upper joint of volume I split at foot. Fourteen corners rubbed. Occasional minor foxing heavier browning to endpapers and half-titles. A comprehensive survey of France under the Ancien Régime. This dictionary offers highly detailed information not only on French geography but also on all aspects pertaining to the administration of the kingdom. Desaint hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 82435

‎Robert de MONTESQUIOU‎

‎Ensemble de 620 feuillets autographes composant le manuscrit inédit du recueil ""Le dernier pli des neuf voiles"" véritable testament poétique. • Unpublished autograph manuscript of Le Dernier Pli des neuf voiles a true poetic testament‎

‎1920. Fine. A priceless poetic testament from Marcel Proust's mentor hidden away and out of sight since the death of the author. s. d. ca 1920 25 x 33 cm en feuilles sous chemises The set of largely unpublished autograph poems by Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac is brought together by the Count in a collection entitled Le Dernier Pli des neuf voiles whose composition extends from his very first collection Les Chauves-Souris 1892 to his last trilogy Offrandes 1915. Set of 620 autograph leaves. 532 unpublished first draught handwritten on the recto and numbered in pencil preserved in 3 chemises in half red contemporary morocco red morocco labels with gilt author and title; the poems are then placed in the chemises with a handwritten title and a number for publication. According to a note from the author “the differences in ink have no meaning mere change of copy”. Rare pages from the hand of his secretary Henri Pinard: p. 20 of “Huitième voile” and p. 29 of “Neuvième voile”. 23 pages present the printed or typewritten texts of the poems and are enriched with Montesquiou's handwritten corrections. A set of printed proofs are found at the top of the first chemise as well as a pencil tracing after Aubrey Beardsley drawn by the author and accompanied by his handwritten indications. Sublime ode to dandyism to homosexuality and beauty this worldly and poetic promenade by Montesquiou embarks the reader into the decadent fin-de-siècle Paris described in In Search of Lost Time by his friend Marcel Proust. Imbued with his legendary enthusiasm for pictorial decorative theatrical and floral art the collection also delivers hundreds of mournful verses after the disappearance of Montesquiou's lover Gabriel Yturri. Thanks to this collection of poems by Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac all of which had been lost since 1986 it is now possible to complete the rehabilitation of the aristocratic poet who has long embodied and shaped the Parisian spirit. In May 1920 Montesquiou left handwritten instructions for the posthumous publication of the collection initially announced in two volumes and never produced. On his death a year later the poems were bequeathed to his secretary Henri Pinard who in turn sold them on an unknown date. Auctioned on 24 November 1986 they were mentioned in the LoWire-Littérature colloquium in 1989. This considerable manuscript by Montesquiou forms a veritable “home of poetry” like his famous aesthetic apartments described by Huysmans. The series of Voiles contain dozens of unpublished poems written in parallel with his previous collections. The author himself indicated the kinship of each “voile” with a published set of poems announcing here the total completion of his work by the addition of poems which still lay dormant in his papers. The three thick chemises contain rare and curious treasures sometimes drawn on colored sheets often pasted on larger sheets rigorously ordered while awaiting their publication. The poems are written without crossings-out they are fluid with rounded and precious handwriting and stand alongside other first-draught manuscripts: redactions and corrections also bear witness to the work in progress on the new poems; they were applied in the printed proofs of the work present at the top of the manuscript's first chemise. Some poems are taken as they are from collections already published but are slightly modified according to the explanations given by the author. Montesquiou also adds some handwritten notes detailing his intentions. The manuscript contains a poetic anthology of sacred art of extremely rare flowers and of antique furniture adorning his famous Parisian apartments “around which so many legends were built” Jacques Saint-Cère which fuelled the personalities of Des Esseintes Baron Charlus Dorian Gray and the vain peacock in Edmond Rostand's Chantecler. Moreover Montesquiou was overwhelmed by the features of these famous fictional ghosts of w unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 75933

‎Robert de MONTESQUIOU - Gabriele D'ANNUNZIO‎

‎La divine comtesse. Etude d'après madame de Castiglione • The Divine Countess. A Study Based on Madame de Castiglione‎

‎Paris: Goupil & Cie 1913. Fine. Goupil & Cie Paris 1913 19.50 x 28 cm relié sous étui First edition one of the few numbered copies on Japan the “tirage de tête”. Binding in full dark midnight blue morocco spine in four compartments with discreet recolouring chocolate brown iridescent endpapers frame of five gilt fillets and gilt fleurons in the corners of the paste-down endpapers all edges gilt preserved illustrated covers slipcase lined with blue morocco marbled paper boards light blue baize interior superb contemporary binding signed Meunier. Preface by Gabriele D'Annunzio. Work decorated with 54 monochrome and colour illustrations. A very beautiful copy perfectly set in full morocco by Meunier. Goupil & Cie hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 74935

‎Robert de SALNOVE‎

‎La venerie royalle Divisée En IV Parties Qui Contiennent Les Chasses Du Cerf Du Lièvre Du Chevreüil Du Sanglier et Du Renard‎

‎à Paris: Chez Antoine de Sommaville 1665. Fine. Chez Antoine de Sommaville à Paris 1665 17 x 23.50 cm relié Second edition reprinted from the 1655 original expanded with the Dictionary of Hunters; and illustrated with a frontispiece. This edition is better printed than the first and in a slightly larger format. Contemporary flexible full vellum binding. Smooth spine with title and date at tail in black ink executed in the 19th century. Two small lacks at head of title-leaf and frontispiece not touching the engraving. Fine copy. Famous treatise on hunting the most important of the 17th century intended according to the author himself to replace the older one by du Fouilloux whose last edition dated back to 1650. The work is much more complete from all points of view and written in a less relaxed style which aims to be more scientific and precise; it is moreover expanded in this edition with the dictionary of hunters a most interesting lexicon which allows one to find the expressions and terms used among hunters. Chez Antoine de Sommaville hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 27791

‎Robert de MONTESQUIOU‎

‎Le délices de Capharnaüm‎

‎Paris: Emile-Paul frères 1921. Fine. Emile-Paul frères Paris 1921 12 x 18.50 cm broché First edition printed on ordinary paper. Some minor foxing to the margins of the boards. Fine dated and signed autograph inscription by Robert de Montesquiou: ""A notre jeune ami Henry Bardac dont j'apprends avec effroi qu'il a 32 ans. Cela fait réflechir sur l'âge des vieux amis. RMontesquiou Février 1921."" ""To our young friend Henry Bardac whose age of 32 I learn with dismay. This makes one reflect on the age of old friends. RMontesquiou February 1921."" Emile-Paul frères hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 82803

‎Robert de POCCADAZ‎

‎Le moi-soleil‎

‎Paris: Grasset 1961. Fine. Grasset Paris 1961 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 26 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper the only deluxe copies. Fine autograph inscription by Robert de Poccadaz. Handsome copy. Grasset unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 30168

‎Robert de MONTESQUIOU‎

‎Le mort remontant‎

‎Paris: Emile-Paul frères 1922. Fine. Emile-Paul frères Paris 1922 14 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 480 numbered copies on laid paper ours unnumbered the only issue with 20 on Holland paper and 100 hors commerce. A tear at head of spine. Emile-Paul frères unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 17053

‎Robert de LO-LOOZ [LO DE RADELET]‎

‎Les militaires au-dela du Gange‎

‎à Paris: Chez Bailly 1770. Fine. Chez Bailly à Paris 1770 12.70 x 19.70 cm 2 volumes reliés First edition illustrated with 2 fine figures by Eisen engraved by de Longueil sometimes found as frontispieces and 4 folding plates at the end of volume I. Contemporary full marbled brown sheep bindings. Spines with raised bands decorated with gilt tooling roulettes at head and tail. Red morocco title labels and green morocco volume labels. Head of spine split at lower joint. Volume label lacking on volume II. Rubbing. Half-title lacking in volume I. Good copy fresh overall. A curiosity. The author's research into military tactics led him to establish this military history of the wars between Siam and Cochinchina Vietnam and Thailand. The book contains a history of these two countries as well as a description of their geography. Lo de Radelet also focuses on describing the military formations strategies and war machines employed by both sides as well as the history of their heroes. Most strange is the knowledge that the protagonists have of European wars and notably of Antiquity knowledge that must be attributed to the author. Lo de Radelet's model which he cites in his preface is Xenophon's Cyropaedia from which the author seems to borrow the narrative structure. Lo de Radelet obtained the rank of colonel in the Swedish army. He then entered French service but renouncing military glory and after being wounded twice he retired to devote himself to studies of military tactics and philosophy. Chez Bailly hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 58767

‎Robert de MONTESQUIOU‎

‎Lettre autographe signée de Robert de Montesquiou proposant plusieurs choix de rendez-vous à son correspondant‎

‎s. l. Paris: S. n. 1890. Fine. S. n. s. l. • Paris s. d. circa 1890 26.50 x 20.50 cm une page et demie sur une feuille Autograph letter signed by the dandy count one and a half pages 15 lines written in black ink to Henri Lapauze offering him several appointment options at his home: "". I shall be delighted to receive you on Friday at 10 o'clock or at 2 o'clock as you prefer. We are charmed to have you in Douai."" A black ink stain in the margin on the verso of the letter. Henry Lapauze 1867-1925 was a journalist and art critic who became in 1905 curator of the Petit Palais converted four years earlier into a museum whose collections he considerably enriched by acquiring notably the Courbet Henner and Falguière collections with in the twilight of his life a marked predilection for the Decorative Arts of which he was one of the ardent promoters. S. n. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 74255

‎Robert de MONTESQUIOU‎

‎Lettre autographe signée de Robert de Montesquiou à son ami Henry Lapauze alors journaliste au Gaulois à propos de deux articles qu'il veut y voir publier‎

‎s. l.: S. n. 1895. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. circa 1895 12.50 x 17 cm deux pages et demie sur une feuille rempliée Autograph letter signed by the dandy count of two and a half pages 27 lines written in black ink insisting to his friend Henry Lapauze then journalist at Le Gaulois to see published a note he had sent him as well as the project of an interview with a certain Monsieur Lavé and the related arrangements: "". je suis persuadé que vous trouverez l'un comme l'autre intérêt et plaisir à l'entretien projeté. Vous pouvez agir directement en vous recommandant de moi."" "". I am persuaded that you will both find interest and pleasure in the projected interview. You can act directly recommending yourself through me."" Finally Robert de Montesquiou wishes to discuss with Madame Lapauze: "". un bien précieux recueil dont je veux lui parler comme il le mérite à savoir posément et passionnément."" "". a very precious collection of which I want to speak to her as it deserves that is to say calmly and passionately."" that she had sent him. Henry Lapauze 1867-1925 was a journalist art critic then in 1905 curator of the Petit Palais converted four years earlier into a museum and whose collections he considerably enriched by acquiring notably the Courbet Henner Falguière collections with at the twilight of his life a clear predilection for the Decorative Arts of which he was an ardent promoter. S. n. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 74321

‎Robert de MONTESQUIOU‎

‎Lettre autographe signée de Robert de Montesquiou remerciant son bienveillant correspondant‎

‎s. l.: S. n. 1921. Fine. S. n. s. l. 26 octobre 1921 18 x 21 cm une page Grateful autograph letter dated and signed by the dandy count 14 lines written in blue ink probably addressed to his friend the critic Henri Lapauze. ""Mon cher ami ne doutez pas que je ne sache dans cet aimable spirituel et bienveillant article faire la part du critique intelligent qui l'a rédigé et celle du fidèle ami qui l'a inspiré. L'acte de donation en faveur de votre musée vous portera mon remerciement. La statuette est de cire. je l'espère cependant durable et l'avalanche de roses que vient décrire si poétiquement Alexandre lui promet une compagnie délicate elle aussi plus précieuse d'être fragile. Votre RMontesquiou. 26 Octobre 1921."" ""My dear friend do not doubt that I know how in this amiable witty and benevolent article to distinguish between the part of the intelligent critic who wrote it and that of the faithful friend who inspired it. The deed of donation in favor of your museum will bear my thanks. The statuette is made of wax. I hope however that it will be durable and the avalanche of roses which Alexandre describes so poetically promises it delicate company also more precious for being fragile. Yours RMontesquiou. 26 October 1921."" Fold marks inherent to envelope insertion three letters having slightly smudged. S. n. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 83149

‎Robert de MONTESQUIOU‎

‎Lettre autographe signée de Robert de Montesquiou concernant ses exigences à propos d'un article publié dans le Gaulois d'Arthur Meyer‎

‎s. l.: S. n. 1920. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. 1920 27.50 x 18 cm une page Autograph letter signed by the dandy count on a bristol card 20 lines written in black ink addressed to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze about an article to appear in ""Le Gaulois"" and for which he sets his conditions: ""Cher Mr Lapauze en réponse à votre aimable mot veuillez dire à M. Meyer que je lui demande pour l'article en question la place de tête pour le 28. Et que je lui demande aussi le secret à l'égard de la destinataire à qui je veux faire une surprise. Je sais qu'il sera d'accord avec moi dans ce dessein d'art et d'amitié. Merci et à bientôt. Cte R. de Montesquiou."" ""Dear Mr Lapauze in response to your kind note please tell M. Meyer that I ask him for the lead position for the article in question on the 28th. And I also ask him for secrecy regarding the recipient whom I want to surprise. I know he will agree with me in this design of art and friendship. Thank you and see you soon. Count R. de Montesquiou."" S. n. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 83258

‎Robert de MONTESQUIOU‎

‎Lettre autographe signée de Robert de Montesquiou à propos de ses poèmes qu'il conseille de son correspondant‎

‎s. l.: S. n. 1906. Fine. S. n. s. l. 14 décembre 1906 30.50 x 19.50 cm une page Autograph letter signed by the dandy count 24 lines written in black ink on tracing paper addressed probably to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze. ""Pavillon des Muses Cher ami je vous recommande entre autres Mortuis Ignotis Sunt lacrymae hominum dont les deux derniers vers sont beaux je crois & les sonnets de dédicace. J'ai été heureux de vous revoir tous les deux en le cadre étonnant & charmant qui nous promet des heures heureuses. Souvenirs envieux de mon ""plus petit palais"". Robert de M. 14 déc 06"" ""Pavillon des Muses Dear friend I recommend to you among others Mortuis Ignotis Sunt lacrymae hominum of which the last two verses are beautiful I believe & the dedication sonnets. I was happy to see you both again in the astonishing and charming setting which promises us happy hours. Envious memories of my 'smallest palace'. Robert de M. 14 Dec 06"" Fold marks inherent to being placed in an envelope Henri Lapauze has inscribed"". S. n. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 83314

‎Robert de MONTESQUIOU‎

‎Lettre autographe signée de Robert de Montesquiou à propos d'un dessin qu'il tient à la disposition de son correspondant‎

‎s. l.: S. n. 1906. Fine. S. n. s. l. s. d. 1906 12.50 x 20 cm une page Autograph letter signed by the dandy count 11 lines written in black ink addressed probably to his friend and bibliographer the critic Henri Lapauze. ""Neuilly 14 juin Cher monsieur & ami mon dessin est à votre disposition de préférence à partir du samedi 21. Je vous assure et de mes sentiments les meilleurs. RMontesquiou."" ""Neuilly June 14 Dear sir & friend my drawing is at your disposal preferably from Saturday the 21st onwards. I assure you of my best regards. RMontesquiou."" Folding traces inherent to the envelope Henri Lapauze has inscribed across the letter in blue pencil the word ""faire"" ""to do"". S. n. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 83313