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Le Voleur gazette des journaux français et étrangers. 1839 1er semestre
Paris: Le Voleur 1839. Fine. Le Voleur Paris 5 janvier - 30 juin 1839 24.50 x 32 cm relié First edition. One bound volume bringing together the 36 issues from the first semester of 1839 the twelfth year of publication of the review. Continuous pagination throughout the volume. Half tawny sheep binding with corners spine decorated with four false raised bands set with gilt and blind fillets and gilt dentelle black shagreen title-label. Complete copy with the exception of the announced engravings. Copy from the André Vasseur collection and bearing his bookplate. Minor surface wear to spine and headcaps gilding partially faded stains on the joint of the second board corners rubbed some scattered foxing otherwise handsome interior condition for this rare example of a general review from the early 19th century. Contributions by Balzac Louise Collet Emile Deschamps Alexandre Dumas Léon Gozlan Eugène Guinot Jules Janin Alphonse Karr Lamartine Georges Sand Jules Sandeau among others. Published every five days the review was interested in literature as well as sciences fine arts and social customs. It published mainly historical chronicles travel accounts and society pieces dealing with France or foreign countries stories and novellas or sections devoted to theatre fashion court news and miscellaneous facts most often reprinted from other newspapers of the period. Le Voleur hardcover
Référence libraire : 29992
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Dominique VIVANT DENON
Voyage dans la Basse et Haute Egypte : Manuscrit trouvé dans l'enveloppe d'une momie. Planche 137.<br />
Paris: Didot 1803. Fine. Didot Paris 1803 84 x 54 cm une feuille Original unshaved full-page etching from the Imperial edition of the Description de l'Égypte or Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great'.Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828 1000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image otherwise in very fresh fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799 the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates of which 72 colored as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The Egyptian campaign' militarily a disaster demonstrates through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte Egyptian Institute who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge the chemist Berthollet the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists engineers architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants.This edition the so-called Imperial edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats two of which were specially created for it and christened Moyen-Egypte and Grand-Egypte. A special press was built to print it the process extending over 20 years from 1809 to 1829. The Imperial edition proved so popular that a second edition this time in black and white and without the Egypte ancienne et moderne watermark known as the Royal Edition was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke Paris.The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon illustrator diplomat collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon the Louvre. His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte.Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51 reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté author of Roses the mineralogist Dolomiue and the draughtsman Joly Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When however he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798 he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed a country that is apart from its name entirely unknown to Europeans and therefore everything was worth describing Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant les campagnes de Bonaparte en 1798 e Didot unknown
Référence libraire : 29801
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Anne HURE
En prison
Paris: Julliard 1963. Fine. Julliard Paris 1963 15 x 21.50 cm broché First edition one of 20 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper the only deluxe copies along with a few hors commerce copies. Inscribed by Anne Huré. Spine very slightly faded without any significance handsome copy. Julliard unknown
Référence libraire : 30148
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ANONYME
L'echo des bardes
à Paris: Chez Le Fuel 1800. Fine. Chez Le Fuel à Paris 18. 7.50 x 12.50 cm relié First edition decorated with 6 figures drawn by Berlin and engraved by Devilliers. 80 pages of engraved music. Contemporary full red straight-grained morocco binding. Smooth spine decorated with two butterflies and two fleurons. Frame border on boards. One tiny lack at foot. Rubbing. Scattered foxing. Handsome copy. Song collection whose songs are mainly drawn from operettas Boieldieu Piccini Lemoine. Although most of the texts are amorous laments one notes an intruder: God save the king. NB: This work is available at the bookstore on request within 48 hours. Chez Le Fuel hardcover
Référence libraire : 30374
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Le Beffroi N°76 de la 9ème année
Roubaix: Le Beffroi 1908. Fine. Le Beffroi Roubaix Mars-Avril 1908 14 x 22.50 cm agrafé First edition. Contributions by L. Pergaud ""Renaissance"" F. Eon T. Varlet R. Allard E. Henriot. Le Beffroi unknown
Référence libraire : 29833
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Pere Francois de Digne JACQUES
Historiographie générale des provinces ecclésiatiques de l'église latine ou l'on traite de l'origine des patriarcats primaties archevéchez et evêchez répandus dans les quatre parties du monde. comme aussi de l'établissement des ordres religieux dans chaque diocèse et des lieux qui ont donné naissance à leurs fondateurs et fondatrices.
Avignon: Chez François Sébastien Offray 1716. Fine. Chez François Sébastien Offray Avignon 1716 36 x 23 cm relié First edition. Title page in red and black. Contemporary full marbled sheep binding; decorated raised spine red morocco title label roulette border decoration. Some scratches to boards; two corners worn; slight lack to bottom of joint. Important and rare history of the foundation of Latin churches and religious orders throughout the world the author even including the Indies and America. In France the author establishes this history in all provinces and cities. At the same time this history combines geographical interest as the author never fails to situate and describe the birthplace of an order or church; it is equally a history of saints and a general history of each country region or city; even the heraldic aspect is far from neglected so rich is this work. Chez François Sébastien Offray hardcover
Référence libraire : 30084
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Antée. Revue mensuelle de littérature N°11 de la deuxième année
Bruges: Antée 1907. Fine. Antée Bruges Avril 1907 15.50 x 21 cm broché First edition. Contributions by J.-E. Blanc E. Verhaeren A. Ruyters H. Ghéon among others. A tiny tear at head of spine light scattered foxing otherwise a handsome and rare copy. Antée unknown
Référence libraire : 30014
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Floris DELATTRE
La personnalité d'Auguste Angellier
Paris: J. Vrin 1939. Fine. J. Vrin Paris 1939-1944 16.50 x 23 cm 2 volumes brochés First edition with no mention of deluxe copies. Iconography. Work enhanced with numerous unpublished texts by A. Angellier. Handsome copy. J. Vrin unknown
Référence libraire : 30285
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Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis SAINT-EVREMOND
Nouvelles oeuvres meslées
à Paris: Chez la veuve de Claude Barbin 1700. Fine. Chez la veuve de Claude Barbin à Paris 1700 10 x 17 cm relié First edition of this collection which contains maxims by La Rochefoucauld in interesting variants. Illustrated with a medallion portrait by Edelinck. Contemporary full glazed fawn calf binding. Richly decorated raised spine. Red morocco title label. Despite some wormholes fine contemporary binding. Corner dampstain to a few leaves. Some pages yellowed. Charles Marguetel de Saint-Denis seigneur de Saint-Évremond 1614-1703 was a moralist and libertine critic his rigor and critical independence foreshadowed the Enlightenment philosophers and he was perhaps the first author to make criticism a profession. He cared little for his writings which circulated mainly in manuscript during his lifetime. This edition which gathers various pieces by the author including numerous letters is due to abbé de Raguenet who completed the collection with maxims by La Rochefoucauld pp. 208-271 a piece by La Fontaine a letter by Corneille. Saint-Évremond's literary success led writers to attribute numerous works to him such as these maxims by La Rochefoucauld significantly different from recent editions by the same author Chez la veuve de Claude Barbin unknown
Référence libraire : 30079
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Le Voleur gazette des journaux français et étrangers. 1841 2e semestre
Paris: Le Voleur 1841. Fine. Le Voleur Paris 5 juillet - 31 décembre 1841 24.50 x 32 cm relié First editions of the 36 issues from the second semester of 1841 14th year bound together in one volume with continuous pagination and not containing the announced engravings. Half sheep binding with corners spine with four raised bands set with gilt and blind fillets and gilt dentelle black shagreen title and volume labels. Surface wear and rubbing to spine and joints corners bumped. Contributions by A. Karr P. Mérimée F. Soulié J. Janin E. Guinot E. Souvestre A. de Lamartine Chateaubriand L. Gozlan J. Michelet E. Sue J. Canonge Guizot G. Sand M. Masson C. de Bernard J. Sandeau E. Scribe. Founded in 1825 by Charles Lautour-Mezeray and Émile de Girardin the review appeared every five days and was interested as much in literature as in the sciences fine arts or social customs. It published mainly historical chronicles travel and society accounts dealing with France or foreign countries stories and novellas or sections devoted to theatre fashion court news and miscellaneous facts most often taken from other newspapers of the period. Copy from the André Vasseur collection bearing his bookplate. Some foxing and fold marks otherwise handsome interior condition for this rare example of a literary and general review from the early 19th century. Le Voleur hardcover
Référence libraire : 30029
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Dominique VIVANT DENON - GALIEN (sculpsit)
Voyage dans la Basse et Haute Egypte : Bas-relief historique d'un temple près Medynet-abou à Thèbes. Planche 134.<br />
Paris: Didot 1803. Fine. Didot Paris 1803 76.50 x 54 cm une feuille Original unshaved full-page etching from the Imperial edition of the Description de l'Égypte or Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great'.Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828 1000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image otherwise in very fresh fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799 the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates of which 72 colored as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The Egyptian campaign' militarily a disaster demonstrates through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte Egyptian Institute who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge the chemist Berthollet the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists engineers architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants.This edition the so-called Imperial edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats two of which were specially created for it and christened Moyen-Egypte and Grand-Egypte. A special press was built to print it the process extending over 20 years from 1809 to 1829. The Imperial edition proved so popular that a second edition this time in black and white and without the Egypte ancienne et moderne watermark known as the Royal Edition was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke Paris.The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon illustrator diplomat collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon the Louvre. His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte.Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51 reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté author of Roses the mineralogist Dolomiue and the draughtsman Joly Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When however he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798 he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed a country that is apart from its name entirely unknown to Europeans and therefore everything was worth describing Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant les campagnes de Bonaparte en 179 Didot unknown
Référence libraire : 29798
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COLETTE
L'envers du music-hall
Paris: Flammarion 1913. Fine. Flammarion Paris s. d. 1913 12 x 19 cm broché First edition an advance service de presse copy. An important inscription from Colette to her friend Louise Vallée "". à la chatte grise rayée et à madame Louise Vallée.to the stripy grey cat and to Madame Louise Vallée"" Spine faded a small stain to upper cover endpapers and half title sunned otherwise internally good. Flammarion unknown
Référence libraire : 29819
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L'Oeuf dur N°13
Paris: Au sans pareil 1923. Fine. Au sans pareil Paris 1923 14 x 22.50 cm agrafé First edition. Contributions by J. Cocteau ""Mystères de Vénus et des fusiliers marins"" M. Jacob ""Très XVIIIè"" F. Mauriac A. Salmon P. Naville. Au sans pareil unknown
Référence libraire : 29853
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Antée. Revue mensuelle de littérature N°4 de la deuxième année
Bruges: Antée 1906. Fine. Antée Bruges Septembre 1906 15.50 x 21 cm broché First edition. Contributions by E. Verhaeren E. Henriot E. Jaloux F. Carco L. Piérard H. Vandeputte L. Thomas. Spine creased with small lacks at head and tail small marginal tear at foot of front cover and first pages rear cover detached light scattered foxing otherwise a rare and good copy. Antée unknown
Référence libraire : 30038
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Manomètre collection complète
Paris: Jean-Michel Place 1977. Fine. Jean-Michel Place Paris 1977 18.50 x 26 cm reliure de l'éditeur First collected edition bringing together all published issues of this review. Full cloth binding complete with its marginally faded dust jacket. Abundant iconography. Handsome copy. Jean-Michel Place hardcover
Référence libraire : 30420
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Georges PIROUE
Le premier étage
Paris: Denoël 1961. Fine. Denoël Paris 1961 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil paper the only deluxe copies. Inscribed by Georges Piroué. Two minute scratches at foot of spine very slightly faded otherwise handsome copy. Denoël unknown
Référence libraire : 30125
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Dominique VIVANT DENON - BERTON
Voyage dans la Basse et Haute Egypte : Planche 124. Figures de divinités et autres bas-reliefs.<br />
Paris: Didot 1803. Fine. Didot Paris 1803 40 x 54 cm une feuille Original unshaved full-page etching from the Imperial edition of the Description de l'Égypte or Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great'.Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828 1000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image otherwise in very fresh fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799 the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates of which 72 colored as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The Egyptian campaign' militarily a disaster demonstrates through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte Egyptian Institute who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge the chemist Berthollet the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists engineers architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants.This edition the so-called Imperial edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats two of which were specially created for it and christened Moyen-Egypte and Grand-Egypte. A special press was built to print it the process extending over 20 years from 1809 to 1829. The Imperial edition proved so popular that a second edition this time in black and white and without the Egypte ancienne et moderne watermark known as the Royal Edition was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke Paris.The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon illustrator diplomat collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon the Louvre. His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte.Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51 reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté author of Roses the mineralogist Dolomiue and the draughtsman Joly Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When however he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798 he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed a country that is apart from its name entirely unknown to Europeans and therefore everything was worth describing Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant les campagnes de Bonaparte en 1798 e Didot unknown
Référence libraire : 29788
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Theodore de BANVILLE
Trente-six ballades joyeuses
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre 1873. Fine. Alphonse Lemerre Paris 1873 12 x 18.50 cm relié First edition on ordinary paper. Bradel binding in full blue cloth smooth spine faded navy shagreen title label marbled paper boards original wrappers preserved. Precious autograph inscription signed by Théodore de Banville. With frontispiece portrait of the author by G. Geoffroy. Work preceded by a history of the ballad by Charles Asselineau. Minor marginal worming without gravity where the inscription appears otherwise handsome copy. Alphonse Lemerre hardcover
Référence libraire : 29837
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Le Voleur gazette des journaux français et étrangers. 1834 1er semestre
Paris: Le Voleur 1834. Fine. Le Voleur Paris 5 janvier - 30 juin 1834 25 x 32 cm relié First editions of the 36 issues from the first semester of 1834 7th year bound together in one volume with continuous pagination and not containing the announced engravings. Half tan sheep binding with corners spine absent. Worn binding with front board partly detached corners slightly bumped. Contributions by L. Gozlan A. Dumas P. L. Jacob A. de Lamartine V. Hugo Mme la Duchesse d'Abrantès J. Janin F. Soulié M. Masson Chateaubriand A. Karr E. Souvestre. Founded in 1825 by Charles Lautour-Mezeray and Émile de Girardin the review appeared every five days and covered literature as well as sciences fine arts and social customs. It published mainly historical chronicles travel accounts and society pieces on France or foreign countries stories and novellas or sections devoted to theatre fashion court news and miscellaneous items most often reprinted from other newspapers of the time. Copy from the André Vasseur collection bearing his bookplate. Some marginal foxing and fold marks otherwise handsome interior condition for this rare example of a literary and general interest review from the early 19th century. Le Voleur unknown
Référence libraire : 30027
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Marcel AYME
Le chemin des écoliers
Paris: Gallimard 1946. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1946 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 105 numbered copies on pure thread paper deluxe copies with 19 on Holland paper. Two pale and very light traces of sunning in the middle of the spine and at the head of the first cover handsome copy. Gallimard unknown
Référence libraire : 30191
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Claes Jansz VISSCHER
Homo quidam erat diues et induebatur purpura et bisso: et epulabatur quotidie splendidè. Et erat quidam mendicus nomine Lazarus qui iacebat ad ianuam eius ulceribus plenus: cupiens saturati de micis quae cadebant de mensa diuitis sed et canes veniebant et lingebant ulcera eius. Luc 16.19. Gravure originale du XVIIe siècle
s. l. Hollande Holland: S. n. 1600. Fine. S. n. s. l. Hollande Holland Circa 1600 32.50 x 27.50 cm une feuille Original engraving executed in burin by Claes Jansz Visscher known as Piscator. Proof on watermarked laid paper work from the early 17th century. This is an illustration of the Gospel according to Luke 16.19-21 ""There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus covered with sores who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores."" Latin caption in the lower portion of the engraving. Another Latin inscription in the upper right portion of the plate: ""Iesus apostolos docens de divite epulone parabolam dicit."" Artist's signature within the plate. Notation ""K"" in the upper left corner within the engraving numbered notation ""1"" in the lower right corner within the engraving and manuscript notation ""80"" in margin in the upper right corner. An old manuscript annotation in Greek characters below the right corner of the plate mark. Crown watermark visible by transparency. Rare and minimal marginal foxing small corner stains not affecting the engraving otherwise very fine condition for this extremely rare engraving of great freshness. S. n. hardcover
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Antée. Revue mensuelle de littérature N°3 de la deuxième année
Bruges: Antée 1906. Fine. Antée Bruges Août 1906 15.50 x 21 cm broché First edition. Contributions by H. Vandeputte F. Séverin E. Montfort L. Thomas among others. Spine wrinkled with small lacks at head and foot small marginal tear at foot of first cover repaired with pieces of transparent filmoplast on spine scattered foxing otherwise a rare and good copy. Antée unknown
Référence libraire : 30011
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Jean SARMENT
Madame quinze
Paris: Albin Michel 1935. Fine. Albin Michel Paris 1935 12 x 19 cm broché First edition on ordinary paper false statement of edition. Autograph inscription from the author. Handsome copy. Albin Michel unknown
Référence libraire : 30369
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Nicolas-Antoine BOULANGER
Recherches sur l'origine du despotisme oriental
à Paris: Par la Compagnie des Libraires Associés 1763. Fine. Par la Compagnie des Libraires Associés à Paris 1763 93.50 x 16.30 cm relié New edition following the original posthumous edition published by D'Holbach some attribute partial authorship to him in 1761. The edition does contain the letter to Helvetius absent from most reissues. Contemporary full grained calf binding. Smooth spine with ornaments. The gilding appears to have been renewed on the title-label. Quite a handsome copy.This famous political treatise was initially written to serve as an introduction to reading Montesquieu's The Spirit of Laws the work concluding moreover with remarks on that work. The work was incorporated into The Encyclopedia in abridged form under the article Political Economy. It is in theocracy that Boulanger locates the origin of oriental despotism. Boulanger gives numerous examples of traces of ancient theocracies in the behavior of despots and despotism.Some critics believe that the original work was indeed by Boulanger but that it was revised by d'Holbach in light of his own theories.20th-century armorial bookplate library of P. Daubignard and matching stamp. Par la Compagnie des Libraires Associés unknown
Référence libraire : 30422
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J LENGELLE
Les délassemens de la caserne
Auch: Imp. de J. Foix 1846. Fine. Imp. de J. Foix Auch 1846 15 x 22.50 cm broché First edition published in a small number of copies. Rare copy of this collection of verses by a poet-policeman. Imp. de J. Foix unknown
Référence libraire : 30326
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Valdo BARBEY - Claude FARRERE
De Londres à Venise par New-York
Paris: René Kieffer 1949. Fine. René Kieffer Paris 1949 25.50 x 32.50 cm en feuilles sous double chemise et étui First edition one of 70 numbered copies on pure B.F.K. de Rives paper containing a suite of engravings before letters also on B.F.K. de Rives deluxe copy with 9 other Rives and 9 Japan Imperial. Work illustrated with 18 original etchings by Valdo Barbey. Very handsome copy complete with the suite of illustrations as stipulated in the justification page. René Kieffer unknown
Référence libraire : 30351
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L'Oeuf dur N°4
Paris: L'Oeuf dur 1921. Fine. L'Oeuf dur Paris été 1921 14 x 22.50 cm broché First edition one of 30 numbered copies on Holland paper the only deluxe copies. Contributions by M. David M. Lübeck M. Sauvage and a survey proposing to discover the ""most pompous of current writers"" among Willy H. Duvernois Saint-Georges de Bouhélier F. de Croisset. Minor worming otherwise a handsome copy. L'Oeuf dur unknown
Référence libraire : 29844
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Johannes STRADANUS - [Claes Jansz VISSCHER attributed]
In Macedum terris ad maenia nota Philippi Cum docet aeterni Paulus miisteria Christi. Sub stimulo Pythonis ait bachata puella Doctorem verique Dei Paulum esse ministrum. Acto. 16.14. Gravure originale du XVIIe siècle
s. l. Hollande Holland: S. n. 1600. Fine. S. n. s. l. Hollande Holland Circa 1600 33 x 27.50 cm une feuille Original engraving executed with burin by Claes Jansz Visscher called the Piscator after a 16th century painting by Johannes Stradanus. Proof on watermarked laid paper early 17th century work.This illustrates a passage from Acts of the Apostles 16.12-14: ""From there we traveled to Philippi a Roman colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days. On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul's message."".Latin caption in the lower portion of the engraving.Artists' signatures in the plate.Numbered reference ""27"" in the lower right corner within the engraving.Manuscript notation ""160"" in margin in the upper right corner of the plate.An old manuscript annotation in Greek characters below the plate mark.Crown watermark visible by transparency.Very rare and discrete marginal foxing a skillful restoration using a small piece of transparent filmoplast on the verso otherwise fine condition for this extremely rare engraving of great freshness.Johannes Stradanus called Giovanni Stradano or Jan van der Straet was a Flemish painter and engraver born in Bruges in 1523 and died in Florence on February 11 1605. After beginning to learn painting from his father and following his death he continued his training in the workshop of Maximiliaan Frank from 1535 to 1537 then in that of Pieter Aertsen in Antwerp from 1537 to 1540. In 1545 he was received as a master in the Antwerp painters' guild. He began a journey across Europe: to France then to Italy where he first stayed in Venice before settling in Florence. There he worked for Cosimo I de' Medici and collaborated with Giorgio Vasari on the decoration of the Studiolo of Francesco I de' Medici and that of the Clement VII room in the Palazzo Vecchio. In 1565 he was part of the teams of painters and sculptors charged under the direction of Giorgio Vasari with creating the gigantic decoration planned for the entry into Florence of Joanna of Austria S. n. hardcover
Référence libraire : 29931
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Romain COOLUS
Les rendez-vous strasbourgeois. et autres
Paris: Charpentier & Fasquelle 1908. Fine. Charpentier & Fasquelle Paris 1908 12 x 19 cm relié First edition one of the Service de Presse advance copies no mention of deluxe copies. Bradel binding in half flexible cardboard in vellum style smooth spine faded and decorated with a gilt floral motif marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns original wrappers preserved red top edge contemporary binding. Inscribed by Romain Coolus to Gabriel Timmory. Charpentier & Fasquelle hardcover
Référence libraire : 29807
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Action N°10
Paris: ActionStock 1921. Fine. Action Stock Paris Novembre 1921 20 x 24.50 cm agrafé First edition. Contributions by A. Salmon P. Pia A. Artaud C. Arnauld M. Sauvage. Issue illustrated with reproductions of works by Creixams Fournier Sunyer. Spine lacking boards detached with small corner lacks handsome interior condition. ActionStock hardcover
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Le Beffroi N°79 de la 9ème année
Roubaix: Le Beffroi 1908. Fine. Le Beffroi Roubaix Septembre-Octobre 1908 14 x 22.50 cm agrafé First edition. Contributions by S. Evans C. Lemercier d'Erm H. Ruyssen L. Bocquet. Le Beffroi unknown
Référence libraire : 29830
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Marie de BALKANY
Un air de fête
Paris: Julliard 1961. Fine. Julliard Paris 1961 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 15 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper the only deluxe copies along with a few hors commerce copies. Inscribed by Marie de Balkany. Handsome copy. Julliard unknown
Référence libraire : 30147
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Alexandre HURE
Le volontaire épisode de la guerre du Tonkin
Paris: Librairie Jouaust 1886. Fine. Librairie Jouaust Paris 1886 17 x 20.50 cm broché First edition one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper ours unnumbered the only deluxe copies. Small tears without consequence to head and foot of spine. Our copy is complete with the etching by Léopold Flameng here in double state as with all deluxe copies. Rare and handsome full-margined copy. Librairie Jouaust unknown
Référence libraire : 30200
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Jean-Pierre NICERON
Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Hommes illustres dans la République des Lettres avec un Catalogue raisonné de leurs Ouvrages. Vol. 20
à Paris: Chez Briasson 1732. Fine. Chez Briasson à Paris 1732 10 x 17 cm relié First edition. Contemporary full sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Copy with the arms of Baron Carré de Vandeuvre minister to Louis XVIII. The title and volume labels were redone at the same period in the early 19th century. This volume contains the following biographical and bibliographical articles: George Abbot; Robert Abbot; Pierre Abelard; Nicolas Perrot d'Ablancourt; Henri Corneille Agrippa; Joseph Saens d'Aguirre; Louis Alamanni; Pierre Alcyonius; Noel Alexandre; Alexandre Ab Alessandro; Leon Allatius; Prosper Alpini; Ambroise Camaldule; Scipion Ammirato; Guillaume Amontons; Jacques Amyot; Chales Ancillon; David Ancillon; Dominique de Angelis; Michel Angriani; Jean Annius de Viterbe; Joseph Antelmi; Martin Aspilcueta; Antoine Aubery; Jean Aubrtey; Benoît Averani; Antoine Augustin; Vincent Auria; Pierre Ayrault; Benoît Bacchini; Adrien Baillet; Etienne Baluze; Redempt Baranzan; Ermolao Barbaro; Jean Barbier d'Aucourt; Guillaume Barclay; Gabriel Barlette; Jean de Barros; Gaspar Barthius; Gaspar Bartholin; Thomas Bartholin; Jacques Basnage; Henri Basnage de Bauval; Marc Battaglini; Charles-Cesar Baudelot de Dairval; Jean Bauduin; Michel-Antoine Baudran; Gaspar Bauhin; Jean Bauhin; Pierre Bayle; Jean Begat; Laurent Beger; Joachim du Bellay; François de Belleforest; Laurent Bellini; Pierre Bembo; Isaac de Benserade; Nicolas Bergier; Jaques Bernard; Jacques Bernouilli; Jean Beverovicius; Adrien Beverland; Godefroy Bidloo; Emeri Bigot; Flavio Biondo; Guillaume Blanchard; Favid Blondel; Sylvio Bocconi; Lazare-André Bocquillot; Jean Bodin; Jacques Boileau; Etienne du Bois; Gerard du Bois; Jean du Bois; Philippe du Bois; Jean-baptiste Boisot; Jean-Jacques Boissard; Pierre de Boissat; Jean Bonat; Thophile Bonet; Balthazar Bonifacio; Jean-Alphonse Borelli; Olaus Borrichius; Jean Boscager; Jean Boscan; François Bosquet; René le Bossu; Bossuet; Dominique Bouhours; Ismael Boulliaud; Claude Bourdelin; Claude Bourdelin le fils; François Bourdelin; Edme Boursault; Marc-Zuerius Boxhornius; Jacques Bracelli; Tycho Brahé; Barnabé Brisson; Pierre Brissot; Jean Broekhuisen; Pierre le Brun; Jordanus Brunus; Jean de la Bruyere; George Buchanan; Guillaume Budé; Jean Bugenhagen; George Bull; Louis Bulteau; Gilbert Burnet; Guillaume Burton; Samuel Butler; Antoine Bynaeus; Jean Caius; Nicolas Calliachi; Philippe Callimaco Esperiente; Joachim Camerarius; Thomas Campanella; Jean Antoine Campani; Charles du Cange; Guillaume Caoursin; Jerôme Cardan; Facio Cardan; Jean Bat. Cardan; Barthelemi Carranza; Louis carré; Jean de la Casa; Paul Casati; Isaac Casaubon; Meeric Casaubon; Pierre de Casaneuve; Jean Dominique Cassini; Louis Castelvetro; Christophe Cellarius; Conrad Celtes Protucius; Hiacynthe Cestoni; Jean Chpeauville; Gautier Charlton; Pierre Charron; Barthelemi de Chasseneuz. André Chrysostome Zaluski. With the general table of contents. Chez Briasson hardcover
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Les feuilles libres N°43
Paris: Les feuilles libres 1926. Fine. Les feuilles libres Paris Mai-Juin 1926 19 x 22.50 cm broché First edition. Literary contributions by Drieu la Rochelle P. Soupault D. Ashford R. Crevel G. Ribemont-Dessaignes G. de Chirico. Issue illustrated with 2 drawings and 6 full-page plates by Giorgio de Chirico. Very handsome copy. Les feuilles libres unknown
Référence libraire : 28509
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Le Voleur gazette des journaux français et étrangers. 1839 2e semestre
Paris: Le Voleur 1839. Fine. Le Voleur Paris 5 juillet - 31 décembre 1839 24 x 32 cm relié First edition. One bound volume collecting the 36 issues from the second semester of 1839 twelfth year of publication of the review. Continuous pagination within the volume. Half tan sheep binding with corners spine decorated with four false raised bands set with gilt and blind fillets and gilt dentelle black shagreen title and volume labels. Complete copy except for the announced engravings. Copy from the André Vasseur collection bearing his bookplate. Small scuffs on the spine and headcaps gilding partially faded front board joint cracked at head corners rubbed some scattered foxing otherwise handsome interior condition for this rare example of a general review from the early 19th century. Contributions by Charles de Bernard Alexandre Dumas Théophile Gautier Léon Gozlan Guizot Arsène Houssaye Victor Hugo Jules Janin Alphonse Karr Lamartine Georges Sand Jules Sandeau Stendhal among others. Appearing every five days the review was interested in literature as well as sciences fine arts and social customs. It published mainly historical chronicles travel accounts and society pieces about France or foreign countries stories and novellas or sections devoted to theater fashion court news and miscellaneous facts most often reprinted from other newspapers of the period. Le Voleur hardcover
Référence libraire : 29993
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Dominique VIVANT DENON - GALIEN (sculpsit)
Voyage dans la Basse et Haute Egypte : Planche 126. Figures de divinités et bas-reliefs.<br />
Paris: Didot 1803. Fine. Didot Paris 1803 40.50 x 54 cm une feuille Original unshaved full-page etching from the Imperial edition of the Description de l'Égypte or Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great'.Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828 1000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image otherwise in very fresh fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799 the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates of which 72 colored as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The Egyptian campaign' militarily a disaster demonstrates through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte Egyptian Institute who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge the chemist Berthollet the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists engineers architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants.This edition the so-called Imperial edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats two of which were specially created for it and christened Moyen-Egypte and Grand-Egypte. A special press was built to print it the process extending over 20 years from 1809 to 1829. The Imperial edition proved so popular that a second edition this time in black and white and without the Egypte ancienne et moderne watermark known as the Royal Edition was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke Paris.The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon illustrator diplomat collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon the Louvre. His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte.Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51 reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté author of Roses the mineralogist Dolomiue and the draughtsman Joly Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When however he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798 he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed a country that is apart from its name entirely unknown to Europeans and therefore everything was worth describing Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant les campagnes de Bonaparte en 179 Didot unknown
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Harman Jansz van MULLER
Qui vero unum acceperat abiens fodit in terram et abscondit pecuniam domini sui. Matt. 25.18. Gravure originale du XVIIe siècle
s. l. Hollande Holland: S. n. 1600. Fine. S. n. s. l. Hollande Holland Circa 1600 33.50 x 27.50 cm une feuille Original engraving executed with burin by Harman Jansz van Muller. Proof on watermarked laid paper work from the early 17th century. This is an illustration of the Gospel according to Matthew 25:18 ""And he that had received one went and digged in the earth and hid his lord's money."" Legend in Latin in the lower part of the engraving. Artist's signature in the plate. Numbered mentions ""3"" at the bottom in the engraving and in the lower right corner in the section devoted to the legend and manuscript mention ""105"" in the margin in the upper right corner. An old manuscript annotation in Greek characters under the right angle of the plate mark. Watermark visible by transparency. Rare and discreet foxing mainly marginal light traces of marginal dampstaining not touching the engraving a tiny corner lack an old marginal restoration using a paper strip otherwise very handsome state of preservation for this extremely rare engraving of great freshness. The engraver Harman Jansz van Muller worked with Cornelis Cort also known as Cornelio Fiammingo and was perhaps his pupil. S. n. unknown
Référence libraire : 29889
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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
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Johannes STRADANUS - [Claes Jansz VISSCHER attributed]
Ipsa graves tollunt Pauli sudaria morbos Febrilesque leuant Pauli semicincta calores. Exorcistarum conflantur in igne libelli Et Sathan in magicos saeuit crudeliter omnes. Acto. 19.14. Gravure originale du XVIIe siècle
s. l. Hollande Holland: S. n. 1600. Fine. S. n. s. l. Hollande Holland Circa 1600 33 x 27.50 cm une feuille Original engraving executed in burin by Claes Jansz Visscher called le Piscator after a 16th-century painting by Johannes Stradanus. Impression on watermarked laid paper work from the early 17th century. This is an illustration of a passage from Acts of the Apostles 19.13-16: ""Then certain of the vagabond Jews exorcists took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus saying We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. And there were seven sons of one Sceva a Jew and chief of the priests which did so. And the evil spirit answered and said Jesus I know and Paul I know; but who are ye And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them and overcame them and prevailed against them so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded."" Latin caption in the lower portion of the engraving. Artists' signatures in the plate. Numbered notation ""29"" in the lower right corner within the engraving. Manuscript notation ""162"" in margin in the upper right corner of the plate. An old manuscript annotation in Greek characters below the platemark. Crown watermark visible by transparency. Minimal foxing and light marginal dampstaining not affecting the engraving otherwise very fine condition for this extremely rare engraving of great freshness. Johannes Stradanus called Giovanni Stradano or Jan van der Straet was a Flemish painter and engraver born in Bruges in 1523 and died in Florence on February 11 1605. After beginning to learn painting from his father and following the latter's death he continued his training in the workshop of Maximiliaan Frank from 1535 to 1537 then in that of Pieter Aertsen in Antwerp from 1537 to 1540. In 1545 he was received as a master in the Antwerp painters' guild. He began a journey through Europe: in France then in Italy where he stayed first in Venice before settling in Florence. There he worked for Cosimo I de' Medici and collaborated with Giorgio Vasari for the decoration of the Studiolo of Francesco I de' Medici and that of the Clement VII room in the Palazzo Vecchio. In 1565 he was part of the teams of painters and sculptors charged under Giorgio Vasari's direction with creating the gigantic décor planned for the entry into Florence of Joanna of Austria on the occasion of her marriage to Francesco I de' Medici. Greatly influenced by the Mannerists including Michelangelo Johannes Stradanus contributed to the development of grand Italian history painting. He painted several altarpieces for Florentine churches. He also stayed in Rome from 1550 to 1553 and in Naples in 1576. After a stay in Antwerp in 1578 he devoted a large part of his activity to engraving. S. n. unknown
Référence libraire : 29935
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Marie BONAPARTE
Guerres militaires et guerres sociales méditations
Paris: Flammarion 1920. Fine. Flammarion Paris 1920 12 x 19 cm broché First edition for which there were no large paper copies. Flammarion unknown
Référence libraire : 30322
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Jean GIRAUDOUX
Carnet des Dardanelles
Paris: Le Bélier 1969. Fine. Le Bélier Paris 1969 14.50 x 19 cm broché First edition one of the numbered copies on laid paper ours one of 97 hors commerce copies the only issue with 43 on Holland paper. Handsome copy. Le Bélier unknown
Référence libraire : 30390
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Lucie FAURE
Les passions indécises
Paris: Julliard 1961. Fine. Julliard Paris 1961 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper the only deluxe copies along with a few hors commerce. Inscribed by Lucie Faure. Spine very slightly faded without any gravity handsome copy. Julliard unknown
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Le Voleur gazette des journaux français et étrangers. 1837 1er semestre
Paris: Le Voleur 1837. Fine. Le Voleur Paris 5 janvier - 30 juin 1837 25 x 32.50 cm relié First editions of 35 of the 36 issues from the first semester of 1837 10th year bound together in one volume with continuous pagination and not containing the announced engravings. Complete copy except for issue number 12. Half sheep binding with corners spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt and blind fillets and gilt dentelle black shagreen title and volume labels. Worn binding with tears corners slightly bumped. Contributions by Vidocq F. Soulié Ch. Nodier A. Guiraud L. Gozlan E. Guinot E. Scribe A. Dumas Mme la Duchesse d'Abrantès F. Tristan T. Gautier La Rochefoucauld G. Sand V. Hugo . Founded in 1825 by Charles Lautour-Mezeray and Émile de Girardin the review appeared every five days and was interested in literature as well as sciences fine arts and social customs. It published mainly historical chronicles travel accounts and society pieces dealing with France or foreign countries stories and novellas as well as sections devoted to theater fashion court news and miscellaneous facts most often reprinted from other newspapers of the period. Copy from the André Vasseur collection bearing his bookplate. Some scattered foxing otherwise handsome interior condition for this rare example of a literary and general interest review from the early 19th century. Le Voleur hardcover
Référence libraire : 30023
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J DUCROT
L'évasion du général Ducrot 11 Septembre 1870
Fécamp: Imp. réunies M.L. Durand 1913. Fine. Imp. réunies M.L. Durand Fécamp 1913 18.50 x 28.50 cm broché The first edition published in a small number of copies. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the general and 8 photographic plates hors-texte. Handsome and rare copy despite a small tear with a tiny lack at foot of spine. Imp. réunies M.L. Durand unknown
Référence libraire : 30410
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Dominique VIVANT DENON - GALIEN (sculpsit)
Voyage dans la Basse et Haute Egypte : Peintures dans les tombeaux des Rois à Thèbes. Planche 135.<br />
Paris: Didot 1803. Fine. Didot Paris 1803 40 x 54 cm une feuille Original unshaved full-page etching from the Imperial edition of the Description de l'Égypte or Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great'.Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828 1000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image otherwise in very fresh fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799 the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates of which 72 colored as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The Egyptian campaign' militarily a disaster demonstrates through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte Egyptian Institute who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge the chemist Berthollet the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists engineers architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants.This edition the so-called Imperial edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats two of which were specially created for it and christened Moyen-Egypte and Grand-Egypte. A special press was built to print it the process extending over 20 years from 1809 to 1829. The Imperial edition proved so popular that a second edition this time in black and white and without the Egypte ancienne et moderne watermark known as the Royal Edition was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke Paris.The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon illustrator diplomat collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon the Louvre. His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte.Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51 reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté author of Roses the mineralogist Dolomiue and the draughtsman Joly Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When however he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798 he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed a country that is apart from its name entirely unknown to Europeans and therefore everything was worth describing Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant les campagnes de Bonaparte en 1798 e Didot unknown
Référence libraire : 29799
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Romain COOLUS
Les amies de nos amis
Paris: Editions de La Vie Parisienne 1911. Fine. Editions de La Vie Parisienne Paris 1911 12 x 19 cm relié First edition on ordinary paper. Bradel binding in half flexible cardboard in vellum style smooth spine faded and decorated with a floral motif date at foot marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns original wrappers and spine preserved red top edge contemporary binding. Inscribed by Romain Coolus to Gabriel Timmory. Cover and illustrations in text by R. Préjélan. Editions de La Vie Parisienne hardcover
Référence libraire : 29806
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Encyclopédie du théâtre contemporain
Paris: Les publications de FranceOlivier Perrin 1957. Fine. Les publications de France Olivier Perrin Paris 1957-1958 26 x 33 cm 2 volumes en reliure de l'éditeur First edition. Publisher's full cloth binding smooth spine copies complete with their cellophane and dust jackets. Contributions by J. Cocteau P. Fort F. de Miomandre L. Jouvet J.L. Barrault. Rich iconography. Spine of the dust jacket of the second volume faded slight minor damage to the cellophane of the first volume otherwise a handsome complete set in 2 volumes. Les publications de FranceOlivier Perrin hardcover
Référence libraire : 30341
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L'oeuf dur N°10
Paris: L'Oeuf dur 1922. Fine. L'Oeuf dur Paris Juin 1922 14 x 22.50 cm agrafé First edition. Contributions by André Spire Matthias Lübeck Max Jacob Robert Honnert Pascal Pia Léon Pierre-Quint Pierre Drieu La Rochelle and Maurice David. L'Oeuf dur unknown
Référence libraire : 30329
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L'Oeuf dur N°7
Paris: L'Oeuf dur 1922. Fine. L'Oeuf dur Paris Février 1922 14 x 22.50 cm agrafé First edition. Contributions by F. Carco ""Montmartre"" R. Radiguet ""les fiancés de treize ans"" G. Gabory R. Honnert. Handsome copy. L'Oeuf dur unknown
Référence libraire : 29847
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