‎Collectibles‎

‎Louise WEISS‎

‎Lettre à un embryon et réponse de cet embryon transmise en postface par Etienne Wolff‎

‎Paris: Julliard 1973. Fine. Julliard Paris 1973 10.50 x 21 cm broché The first edition of which there were no deluxe copies. Dated and signed autograph inscription by the author. Fine copy complete with publisher's slip with press clippings laid in. Julliard unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 43960

‎Rene CHAMBE‎

‎Hélène Boucher pilote de France • Hélène Boucher Pilot of France‎

‎Paris: Editions Baudinière 1937. Fine. Editions Baudinière Paris 1937 16.50 x 21.50 cm broché First edition one of 60 numbered copies on Hollande tirage de tête. Beautiful illustrated cover. A good copy with good margins. Editions Baudinière unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 44138

‎Thierry MAULNIER‎

‎Lecture de Phèdre‎

‎Paris: Gallimard 1943. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1943 11.50 x 18 cm reliure de l'éditeur First edition one of 1040 numbered copies on héliona paper. Publisher's binding after Paul Bonet's original design. Spine very lightly sunned as usual minimal foxing without significance affecting mainly the edges. Gallimard unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 44192

‎Anatole FRANCE‎

‎L'orme du mail‎

‎Paris: Calmann Lévy 1898. Fine. Calmann Lévy Paris 1898 12 x 19 cm relié New edition. Bradel binding in full navy blue cloth smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif gilt date and double fillet at foot gilt volume number at foot of spine red shagreen title-label original wrappers preserved contemporary binding signed in blind by Pierson. Handsome copy. Calmann Lévy hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 44172

‎Christophe GLASER‎

‎Traité de la chymie‎

‎s. l.: Gutenberg reprint 1980. Fine. Gutenberg reprint s. l. 1980 11.50 x 18 cm broché Reprint from the Paris edition of 1667. Traces of angular folds to lower cover otherwise a good copy. Gutenberg reprint unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 43968

‎Joannes Stephanus MENOCHIUS [Giovanni Stefano MENOCHIO]‎

‎Commentarii totius S. Scripturae‎

‎Avenione Avignon Avignon: apud Josephum TilanJoannem Aubert 1768. Fine. apud Josephum Tilan Joannem Aubert Avenione Avignon • Avignon 1768 19 x 26 cm relié New edition. Full brown marbled sheep binding. Raised band spine with decoration. Beige morocco title label and green morocco volume label. Scuffing and scratches to boards. The blind stamps of a congregation on the boards of the first volume have been filled with leather. Giovanni Stefano Menochio was an Italian Jesuit priest of the 17th century who died in 1655 in Rome. He was a highly renowned theologian his commentaries concerned essentially the Holy Scriptures and numerous editions were made of them. This edition is a reprint of the Tournemire edition published in 1729 in folio. It is considered to be the best organized. apud Josephum TilanJoannem Aubert hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 43995

‎Francois MAURIAC‎

‎Les mal aimés‎

‎Paris: Grasset 1945. Fine. Grasset Paris 1945 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 14 numbered copies on Madagascar paper the tirage de tête. Scratching not serious to lower cover three tiny tears to margins of the covers a good copy. Grasset unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 44204

‎Claude SIMON‎

‎Leçon de choses‎

‎Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1975. Fine. Les Editions de Minuit Paris 1975 14.50 x 19.50 cm broché First edition one of 82 numbered copies on pur fil tirage de tête. A very good copy. Les Editions de Minuit unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 44148

‎Henri de REGNIER‎

‎Les scrupules de Sganarelle‎

‎Paris: Mercure de France 1908. Fine. Mercure de France Paris 1908 12 x 18.50 cm relié First edition a Service de Presse advance copy. Half burgundy morocco binding spine with five raised bands with very light scratches of no consequence marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns covers and spine preserved top edge gilt. Precious signed autograph inscription from Henri de Régnier to Jean Richepin. Mercure de France hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 44215

‎PAVIOT PROFESSEUR‎

‎Astral des sons‎

‎Paris: Editions Adyar 1924. Fine. Editions Adyar Paris 1924 16.50 x 24.50 cm broché First edition one of 50 numbered copies the only deluxe copies. Rare signed autograph inscription from the author. Pencil annotations by a former owner on the endpapers and half-title page. Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned some foxing of no great consequence. Editions Adyar hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 43989

‎COLLECTIF - Marcel AUBERT‎

‎La cathédrale de Metz‎

‎Paris: Auguste Picard 1931. Fine. Auguste Picard Paris 1931 27.50 x 35.50 cm 2 volumes en feuilles sous chemises et étuis First edition one of 550 numbered copies on laid paper the only issue with 30 on Holland paper. The text volume is illustrated with numerous in-text figures. The plate volume contains all 63 plates numbered in Roman numerals as well as its 2 color plates of stained glass windows and its general view plate of Metz Cathedral. The slipcase is missing from our copy which is complete with all its plates which is rare. Handsome copy. Auguste Picard unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 44184

‎Paul VERLAINE‎

‎Jadis et naguère‎

‎Paris: Léon Vanier 1891. Fine. Léon Vanier Paris 1891 12.50 x 19 cm relié Second edition first for some parts one of 100 copies on vergé blanc paper. Contemporary Bradel half dark-green cloth over marbled paper boards the spine with gilt fleuron date and double gilt fillets at foot upper corners rubbed covers preserved. An attractive copy in a pleasant binding. Handsome autograph inscription from Paul Verlaine to Alice Densmore. Léon Vanier hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 44217

‎Jean-Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de RETZ‎

‎Mémoires du Cardinal de Retz‎

‎à Amsterdam: Chez J. Frédéric Bernard 1731. Fine. Chez J. Frédéric Bernard à Amsterdam 1731 9.80 x 15.80 cm 4 volumes reliés Edition with some parts in first edition definitive rare; ""more complete than the previous ones and the best that was given in the 18th century"". Tchemerzine V 396. An engraved portrait by Thomassin at the frontispiece. This would be the only edition of the Memoirs cited by de Bure in his bibliography. Title pages in red and black. Contemporary full blonde calf binding glazed. Spine with raised bands decorated with 4 fleurons. Title labels absent the letters remaining visible; black calf volume labels rubbed. Headcaps of volumes I and II worn volumes III and IV frayed; tailcap of volume I partially missing. Joints of volume I cracked cracked at head and foot for volume II and for volumes III and IV. One gathering of the table detached. Corners bumped. Paul de Gondi wrote his memoirs at the request of his friends during his exile around the age of sixty circa 1675 - 1677 and composed the autobiography of a politician in an era of civil war the Fronde. Not content with being a historical testimony of the first order the work stands among the literary monuments of the 18th century and of memoirs and other autobiographies through its lively precise style that of a man of action and intrigue with remarkable intelligence and political ambition always alert always ready to ally with those who betrayed him the day before. His memoirs would constitute a revenge and his last resort of ambition. At the end of volume IV a long mazarinade dedicated to the Prince de Conti: Le courrier burlesque de la guerre de Paris. 19th-century armorial bookplate of William Wickhman. Chez J. Frédéric Bernard hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 43961

‎Anatole FRANCE‎

‎La vie littéraire quatrième série - Exemplaire de Marcel Schwob‎

‎Paris: Calmann Lévy 1892. Fine. Calmann Lévy Paris 1892 12 x 19 cm relié First edition on ordinary paper. Bradel binding in full brown cloth smooth spine very lightly browned decorated with a gilt floral motif double gilt fillets and gilt date at foot black shagreen title-label original wrappers preserved with small marginal restorations one upper corner slightly bumped contemporary binding. The final endpaper is marginally creased. Precious autograph inscription signed by Anatole France to his friend Marcel Schwob. Calmann Lévy hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 43948

‎Henri de REGNIER‎

‎1914-1916‎

‎Paris: Mercure de France 1918. Fine. Mercure de France Paris 1918 10 x 15 cm broché First edition an advance service de presse copy. Handsome autograph inscription from Henri de Régnier to Tristan Bernard. Mercure de France unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 44211

‎Eugene SPULLER‎

‎Ignace de Loyola et la Compagnie de Jésus - Exemplaire de Victor Hugo‎

‎Paris: Georges Decaux 1876. Fine. Georges Decaux Paris s. d. 1876 12.50 x 20 cm relié The first edition of which there were no deluxe copies. Bradel binding in half sand-colored cloth smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif double gilt fillet at foot black sheep title-label with some scratches small spots on spine marbled paper boards original wrappers preserved tiny lack at foot of first cover lacks at foot of second cover. Rare and precious signed autograph inscription to Victor Hugo "". with the affectionate respects of the author."" Eugène Spuller close friend and collaborator of Léon Gambetta owed his political rise to Victor Hugo when Hugo chose him ""to be his substitute in the senatorial elections of the Seine"". Eugène Spuller 1835-1896: itinéraire d'un républicain par Nathalie Bayon. Deputy of the Seine a year later he had a brilliant political career alongside Léon Gambetta and was appointed minister three times during the Third Republic. Victor Hugo mentions him several times in Choses vues. One manuscript correction by the author on page 96. Some occasional light foxing. Georges Decaux hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 43958

‎Antoine-Joseph PERNETY‎

‎Histoire d'un voyage aux isles Malouines fait en 1763 & 1764; Avec des observations sur le détroit de Magellan et sur les Patagons‎

‎à Paris: Chez Saillant & NyonDelallain 1770. Fine. Chez Saillant & Nyon Delallain à Paris 1770 12 x 19.50 cm relié Second edition the first of some parts following the first which appeared in Berlin the year before. With 16 folding plates at the end of volume two 3 maps charts fauna and inhabitants…2 plates missing. This edition also contains the ""Journal historique du voyage fait aux îles Malouines An Historic Account of a Voyage to the Falkland Islands"" and the valuable ""Remarks"" by Delisle de Sales at the bottom of the pages. Contemporary light brown half marbled sheep spine gilt red morocco title-piece. Black morocco volume label very rubbed lack to foot and upper joint of volume II. Title page of vol I fragile in upper margin. A good copy. The abbé Pernetty was the chaplain on Bougainville's voyage to take settlers from Saint Malo to the Falkland Islands and above all to claim the islands for France. Back in France he wrote a detailed account of his voyage with a special emphasis on natural history. The ""Observations sur le détroit de Magellan et sur les Patagons Observations on the Magellan Straits and Patagonia"" were taken from other accounts principally that of Bougainville. There is also a curious account of giants in Patagonia among the preliminary notes. Chez Saillant & NyonDelallain unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 44183

‎L BERNIER‎

‎Amélie ou le triomphe de la piété‎

‎Tours: Alfred Mame & Cie 1862. Fine. Alfred Mame & Cie Tours 1862 10.50 x 18 cm reliure de l'éditeur Eighth edition. Publisher's full mauve paper boards smooth spine very slightly faded decorated with gilt romantic arabesques boards framed with cold-stamped fillets boards decorated with gilt typographical fleurons lemon paper endpapers and pastedowns all edges gilt corners very slightly bumped publisher's romantic boards. Some foxing Rare copy in its elegant romantic boards. Alfred Mame & Cie hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 44289

‎Roger CAILLOIS‎

‎Le rocher de Sisyphe‎

‎Paris: Gallimard 1946. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1946 11.50 x 17 cm broché First edition one of 13 numbered copies on pur fil paper the only large paper copies. A rare and very good copy. Gallimard unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 43879

‎LE FEVRE DE MORSAN‎

‎Des moeurs et des usages des romains‎

‎à Paris: Chez Briasson 1744. Fine. Chez Briasson à Paris 1744 9.50 x 17 cm 2 volumes reliés New edition after the first published in 1739. Published anonymously the author's name is found in Barbier Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes. Contemporary full marbled and glazed calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated. Red morocco title and volume labels. Headcap of volume I partly worn same for the headcap of volume II. 5 corners bumped. Interesting compilation of ancient authors regarding Roman customs in fields as varied as music education construction theater military art. One can easily gather a wealth of diverse information and the whole reads pleasantly. The author studies customs following a chronological axis and traces Rome's power back to a small barbarous and ambitious tribe. Chez Briasson hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 44252

‎Bernard ANDREAE‎

‎L'art de l'ancienne Rome‎

‎Paris: Mazenod 1973. Fine. Mazenod Paris 1973 25.50 x 32 cm reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple First edition. Publisher's full mouse-grey cloth binding smooth spine complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has a small tear at head of spine and a light stain on the rear panel. Rich iconography. Fine copy complete with its soft slipcase. Mazenod hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 44274

‎Edme BOURSAULT‎

‎Les fables d'Esope comedie‎

‎à Paris: Chez Nicolas Gosselin 1700. Fine. Chez Nicolas Gosselin à Paris 1700 8.50 x 15 cm relié Statement of third edition. The colophon bears the date 1702; indeed the play was not performed until 1701 and the first publication posthumous only took place in 1702. There were in fact three different printings in 1702 one at the address of Damien Beugnié another at that of the Widow of Clément Gasse and the last at Nicolas Gosselin's. Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Tail headcap worn. Overall rubbing. Corners bumped. Besides the dedication which explains the author's project the work contains a preface in which the playwright attacks the objections against his play. Boursault died in 1701 before printing. Like most of the author's comedies which were called episodic comedies in the absence of a general plot this one was written in verse. Certain passages that could cast a shadow on Louis XIV were censored and rewritten. Boursault often achieved great success with his plays by virtue of a natural and satirical comic style and numerous well-turned verses and he is an essential figure of the theater of the period but his work did not survive time perhaps due to its dramaturgical weakness. Chez Nicolas Gosselin hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 44253

‎Paul-Eugene MESPLES - Jean-Joseph VADE‎

‎La pipe cassée poème épitragipoissardihéroïcomique‎

‎Paris: Théophile Belin 1882. Fine. Théophile Belin Paris 1882 13.50 x 20.50 cm relié Edition printed on laid paper and illustrated with 2 lithographs 5 vignettes and 4 tailpieces by P.E. Mesplès. Half aubergine shagreen binding with corners spine with five raised bands marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns original wrappers preserved top edge gilt. Théophile Belin hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 44269

‎Joannes Aurelius KNIPINGA‎

‎Facetiarum epigrammaticarum centuriae sex. Ensemble Musa miscellanea Ensemble Ephemeris santorum‎

‎Antverpiae Antwerp Anvers Antwerp: Typis Jacobi Mesii 1672. Fine. Typis Jacobi Mesii Antverpiae Antwerp • Anvers Antwerp 1672 7 x 12.50 cm relié First edition of these two works published on the same date and illustrated with two frontispieces. The second title is separated from the first only by a half-title. Contemporary rigid vellum binding. Smooth spine with title in black ink. The title is reproduced in black ink on the first cover. Rare absent from the electronic catalogues of the Bibliothèque Nationale and the British Library Collection of epigrams poetry and ephemeris of the saints. Typis Jacobi Mesii hardcover‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 44399

‎Pierre-Jean-Claude MAUDUYT‎

‎Mémoire sur les différentes manières d'administrer l'électricité et observations sur les effets qu'elles ont produits‎

‎à Paris: Imprimerie Nationale 1784. Fine. Imprimerie Nationale à Paris 1784 12 x 19.70 cm relié First edition illustrated with 2 folding plates on strong paper. The separately paginated section Précis de journaux bears the date 1786 in its colophon. Full marbled and glazed brown calf binding. Decorated raised spine. Red morocco title label. 2 corners slightly bumped. From page 96 to the end pale yellow dampstains to margins and on the first pages of the separately paginated section affecting the entire page but without real consequence. Good copy. This surprising memoir traces all the curative applications of electricity on man: rheumatism deafness toothache ophthalmia paralysis epilepsy. Case descriptions and practical applications. The author additionally provides a most interesting bibliography on the subject. The second part presents the journals of patients who were electrified during the year 1785. This memoir was originally read to the Academy of Sciences in 1783 and published in the Academy's journal. Imprimerie Nationale unknown‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 44419