‎Collectibles‎

‎Alain BOSQUET‎

‎Deuxième testament‎

‎Paris: Gallimard 1959. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1959 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 25 numbered copies on alfa paper ours one of 5 hors commerce copies the only deluxe copies. A very handsome copy. Gallimard unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9190

‎Alexandre HERZEN‎

‎Physiologie de la volonté‎

‎Paris: G. Baillière 1874. Fine. G. Baillière Paris 1874 11.50 x 19 cm relié First edition of the French translation established by C. Letourneau. Bradel binding in half orange boards smooth spine slightly faded decorated with a gilt fleuron date at foot chocolate shagreen title-label contemporary binding. The introduction to 'Le spiritualisme dans l'art' by C. Lévêque has been bound at rear. Light foxing otherwise handsome copy. G. Baillière hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9129

‎Lucien CLARE‎

‎La quintaine la course de bague et le jeu de têtes‎

‎Paris: Editions du C.N.R.S. 1983. Fine. Editions du C.N.R.S. Paris 1983 21 x 27 cm broché First edition. Autograph inscription from the author. A very good copy. Editions du C.N.R.S. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9229

‎Alain BOSQUET‎

‎Les solitudes‎

‎Paris: Gallimard 1992. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1992 14.50 x 21.50 cm broché First edition one of 20 numbered copies on pure rag vellum the only deluxe copies. A very handsome copy. Gallimard hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9186

‎PLUTARQUE - Jacques AMYOT (trans)‎

‎Oeuvres morales et meslees. Translatées de grec en français reveues & corrigées en plusieurs passages par le translateur‎

‎à Cologni Cologne: Pour Samuel Crespin 1614. Fine. Pour Samuel Crespin à Cologni Cologne 1614 38 x 25 cm relié The first edition of Amyot's translation dates from 1572 published by Michel de Vascosan in Paris. Contemporary full calf binding spine with six raised bands 6 fleurons double fillet frame on boards. Jacques Amyot 1513-1594 was tutor to the sons of Henri II future Charles IX and Henri III he was also professor at the University of Bourges and became grand almoner of France and bishop of Auxerre which he made an important center of humanism. It was on the recommendation of François I that he translated Plutarch's Lives of Illustrious Men. This work and subsequently the moral works had and would have considerable impact not only for the rediscovery of antiquity which thus had greater resonance than for a few scholars and of Plutarch but for the French language itself. Montaigne wrote: 'We others ignorant were lost if this book had not lifted us from the mire. It is our breviary'. But not only a skilled translator concerned with accuracy he is also a very able popularizer rather than a scholar for he wrote for a broad public and not for the learned thus he explains comments on what needs to be clarified he seeks a pure French removed from Hellenisms and pedantic turns a French that would be praised by all specialists of the French language in the 17th century such as Vaugelas. Finally he brought translation into a new era. Brunet IV 738. Skillful restorations to corners headcaps and edges. Pour Samuel Crespin hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 8875

‎Aymard Olivier Harivel de GONNEVILLE‎

‎Souvenirs militaires du colonel de Gonneville publiés par la comtesse de Mirabeau sa fille‎

‎Paris: Perrin & Cie 1895. Fine. Perrin & Cie Paris 1895 12 x 19 cm broché New edition. Study by the general baron Ambert. Small foxing to the covers internally very good despite rare foxing. Perrin & Cie unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9064

‎Marie-Jeanne DURRY‎

‎Raymond Schwab‎

‎Paris: Le Divan 1932. Fine. Le Divan Paris 1932 14 x 20 cm broché First edition of which there were no deluxe copies. Small marginal stains to front cover otherwise handsome copy. Le Divan unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9290

‎H PICARD‎

‎La vallée de Davos‎

‎Paris: Aux bureaux du Progrès médicalA. DelahayeE. Lecrosnier 1882. Fine. Aux bureaux du Progrès médical A. Delahaye E. Lecrosnier Paris 1882 14 x 22.50 cm broché First edition. Small tears with slight lacks at head and foot of spine interior in good condition. Rare. Aux bureaux du Progrès médicalA. DelahayeE. Lecrosnier unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9456

‎J JANSSEN‎

‎Rapport sur un voyage aéronautique du Volta entre pris le 2 décembre 1870‎

‎s. l.: S. n. 1871. Fine. S. n. s. l. 1871 16.50 x 25 cm broché Rare first edition. Occasional foxing otherwise a good copy. S. n. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9454

‎Henri THETARD‎

‎Les dompteurs ou la ménagerie des origines à nos jours‎

‎Paris: Gallimard 1928. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1928 16.50 x 25 cm broché First edition one of 72 numbered copies on Hollande tirage de tête after 10 Japon. Illustrated with numerous etchings and unpublished photographs. A very good and rare copy. Gallimard unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9310

‎JACQUES-VINCENT‎

‎La belle mademoiselle Lange‎

‎Paris: Editions de l'Arc-en-ciel 1932. Fine. Editions de l'Arc-en-ciel Paris 1932 14.50 x 19.50 cm broché First edition one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil the only large paper copies. Editions de l'Arc-en-ciel unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 8812

‎A MARRAST‎

‎La vie byzantine au VIème siècle‎

‎Paris: E. Thorin 1881. Fine. E. Thorin Paris 1881 16.50 x 25 cm relié First edition. Half olive cloth binding with corners smooth spine decorated with fleuron and double gilt fillet date and number at foot red shagreen title-label with minor scratches contemporary binding. Handsome interior condition. E. Thorin hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9429

‎COLLECTIF‎

‎Le décadent N°21 de la troisième année‎

‎Paris: Le Décadent 1888. Fine. Le Décadent Paris 15 Octobre 1888 12 x 20 cm broché First edition. Contributions by Laurent Tailhade and Ernest Raynaud among others. Lined covers with small marginal lacks affecting both boards spine reinforced. Le Décadent hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9407

‎Robert MALLET‎

‎Une mort ambiguë‎

‎Paris: Gallimard 1955. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1955 12 x 19 cm broché First edition an advance copy. Fine autograph inscription by the author to Pierre Seghers paper yellowed. Gallimard unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9302

‎COLLECTIF‎

‎La Pléiade première livraison‎

‎Paris: La Pléiade 1886. Fine. La Pléiade Paris Mars 1886 16.50 x 25.50 cm broché First edition. Contributions by Théodore de Banville Ephraïm Mikhael Paul Roux among others. Autograph inscription by Rodolphe Darzens to Camille Flammarion on the first page. La Pléiade unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 8834

‎COLLECTIF‎

‎Le décadent N°17 de la troisième année‎

‎Paris: Le Décadent 1888. Fine. Le Décadent Paris 15 Août 1888 12 x 20 cm broché First edition. With contributions by Laurent Tailhade and Ernest Raynaud among others. Covers reinforced with small marginal lacks affecting both boards spine reinforced. Le Décadent hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9404

‎Emile CORRA‎

‎La bataille de Sedan les véritables coupables par le Général de Wimpffen histoire complète politique et militaire d'après des matériaux inédits élaborés et coordonnés par E. Corra‎

‎Paris: Ollendorff 1887. Fine. Ollendorff Paris 1887 11.50 x 18 cm relié Second edition. Half black sheep binding spine slightly faded with four raised bands contemporary binding. Some occasional foxing. Ollendorff hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9301

‎Aime PIRON‎

‎Les Harangou de Dijon poème bourgignon‎

‎Dijon: Chez tous les libraires 1886. Fine. Chez tous les libraires Dijon 1886 11.50 x 18 cm broché New edition. Presentation in French text in Burgundian. A fine and rare copy. Chez tous les libraires unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9106

‎Armand GODOY‎

‎Les litanies de la vierge‎

‎Paris: A. Messein 1930. Fine. A. Messein Paris 1930 15.50 x 20.50 cm broché First edition one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper deluxe issue with 10 on China paper. Handsome autograph inscription from Armand Godoy to Madame E. Joly. Handsome full-margined copy. A. Messein unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 8930

‎Alain BOSQUET‎

‎Comme un refus de la planète‎

‎Paris: Gallimard 1988. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1988 14.50 x 21.50 cm broché First edition one of 20 numbered copies on pure rag wove paper the only deluxe copies. A very handsome copy. Gallimard unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9182

‎F CORDOVA‎

‎Juan Montalvo‎

‎La Havane Havana: S. n. 1922. Fine. S. n. La Havane Havana 1922 16 x 25 cm relié First edition of which there were no deluxe copies. Half bordeaux shagreen binding spine with five raised bands date at foot front board marginally sunned original wrappers preserved top edge gilt. With frontispiece portrait of J. Montalvo fine interior condition. S. n. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9383

‎Louis GASTINE‎

‎Mignons et mignonnes de princes‎

‎Paris: Editions de l'évolution sociale française 1921. Fine. Editions de l'évolution sociale française Paris 1921 14 x 19 cm broché First edition of which there were no deluxe copies. Reproductions of paintings by M. Azéma G. Castiglione Hoffbauer J. Styka. Minor marginal lacks not touching text on page 9 which was poorly cut otherwise a rare and handsome copy. Editions de l'évolution sociale française unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 8760

‎Jean-Louis GUEZ DE BALZAC‎

‎Le prince de Balzac‎

‎à Paris: Chez Toussaint du Bray 1632. Fine. Chez Toussaint du Bray à Paris 1632 17.20 x 11.50 cm relié Second edition the first edition having appeared the previous year. Contemporary limp vellum binding unlettered spine. One tear to the vellum at foot the sewing is somewhat loose. At the end of the work 10 pages folded at the corner. The book consists of a political tableau of Europe under Louis XIII tempered with examples borrowed from antiquity one notices a curious table of contents. The author establishes therein the portrait of a prince endowed with all the qualities of the 17th-century honest man whom some will designate as being a flattering portrait of Louis XIII. The work is reputed remarkable for the clarity of its language and the perfection of its eloquence. Tchemerzine I 359. The work was censored 3 years after its publication by the Sorbonne. 'This edition has undergone the cuts indicated by the faculty of the Sorbonne'. Brunet I 631 Chez Toussaint du Bray hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 8877

‎COLLECTIF‎

‎Le décadent N°26 de la quatrième année‎

‎Paris: Le Décadent 1888. Fine. Le Décadent Paris 15 Novembre 1888 12 x 20 cm broché First edition. Contributions by Ernest Raynaud among others. Lined covers with small marginal lacks affecting both boards. Le Décadent hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9406

‎Ambroise de GRISY‎

‎Etude sur Thomas Otway‎

‎Paris: E. Thorin 1868. Fine. E. Thorin Paris 1868 14 x 22 cm broché First edition of which there were no deluxe copies. This is a thesis presented to the Faculty of Letters of Paris. A lack to the foot of the spine otherwise a handsome copy. E. Thorin unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 8783