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1784ref. 625811Versailles: Severe Dacier 1784. 10 200 pp. 12.5 x 7.5 cm. Full spotted calf covered boards with gilt double line fillet framing to boards; smooth spine with six gilt panels; all edges gilt; gilt dentelles and French curl marbled endpapers; seven unsigned engravings including frontispiece with title. Includes the "erotic" engraving "Conclusion du Roman" bound facing the frontispiece. Wear to head and tail of spine. Splitting along front and rear joints but boards still holding firm. Some wear to edges of boards and corners. Interior clean and unmarked. Binding still firm. . Hard Cover. Very Good. Severe Dacier Hardcover
1792ref. D7090Lille: C. F. J. Lehoucq 1792. Hardcover. Good. Contemporary calf gilt-stamped ornament in spine compartments 5 raised bands blind-stamped lettering in leather spine label; 16mo 95 x 153 mm; pp. xii 207 4 plus 30 engraved plates by Vidal 13 of them folding. Collates complete with half-title page. Head of spine perished; joints raised bands and edges of boards a bit scuffed; front board splitting. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down otherwise internally bright and clean. Plates are lovely. C. F. J. Lehoucq hardcover
1734ref. 176993Amsterdam: Francois Changuion 1734. Nouvelle Edition. Leather. 220p. FINE BINDING BY MANSELL. A small hardcover book bound in full red leather with tasteful gilt embellishments on the spine gilt dentelles and gilt foredges. The spine is slightly darkened and the corners lightly rubbed. Some dark smudges on the endpapers. Pages foxed and slightly browned with age but otherwise text unmarked and binding tight. An 18th-century French translation of Daphnis and Chloe. Features occasional black and white illustrations. Measures approx. 5.7" x 3.4 Francois Changuion unknown
1876ref. 009027Paris: Delarue 1876. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. First Delarue Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Bound in contemporary unsigned half brown pebbled morocco over marbled boards gilt back marbled end papers top gilt ribbon marker. Very Good Plus small rubs at corners and spine ends scattered light toning throughout. Delarue Hardcover
ref. 001239Paris: Librairie Marpon et Flammarion. 1st Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. 171 pp miniature book measuring 7 by 5 cm or 3 by 2 inches. N.d. circa 1890. Welch 4714. Tiniest of ink-like blot spot in upper corner with infinitesimal crease also on some pages. Gilt foreedges. Generally clean and tight. Small cameo illustration of cleric on title. Librairie Marpon et Flammarion hardcover
1876ref. 009027Paris: Delarue 1876. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. First Delarue Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Bound in contemporary unsigned half brown pebbled morocco over marbled boards gilt back marbled end papers top gilt ribbon marker. Very Good Plus small rubs at corners and spine ends scattered light toning throughout. Delarue Hardcover books
1718ref. 23660Paris: Quillau 1718. First printing. Hardcover. Contemporary olive green cloth spine faded to brown. Aeg. Very good. 6 Preface. 164 pages. 16.5 x 10 cm. Limited edition of 250 copies. Engraved frontispiece by B. Audran after A. Coypel 28 plates thirteen are double-paged after Philippe d'Orleans engraved by B. Audran. and with engraved headpiece by J.B. Scotin plus six engraved initials. An attractive copy of the "Regent Edition" so called as it was printed at the expense of Phillipe duc d'Orleans also the latter was Regent for his cousin Louis XV from 1715-1723 illustrated with engravings by Benoit Adran after the Regent's own drawings. Text is based on the celebrated French translation by Jacques Amyot. COHEN-DE RICCI. "Jolie edition tres recherche." GORDON RAY. ART OF THE FRENCH BOOK. "a fixture in the collections of French bibliophiles." Armorial bookplate of the Duke of Albany and small bookplate of T. Hugh Cobb. Spine with raised bands gilt spine label triple gilt cover border panels inner dentelles silked endpapers. Text in French. Quillau hardcover books
1967ref. 22577Paris: Editions L. C. L. 1967. Hardcover. #120 of 3000. Gray boards are fine in very slightly worn green box.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Editions L. C. L. hardcover books
1792ref. D7090Lille: C. F. J. Lehoucq 1792. Hardcover. Good. Contemporary calf gilt-stamped ornament in spine compartments 5 raised bands blind-stamped lettering in leather spine label; 16mo 95 x 153 mm; pp. xii 207 4 plus 30 engraved plates by Vidal 13 of them folding. Collates complete with half-title page. Head of spine perished; joints raised bands and edges of boards a bit scuffed; front board splitting. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down otherwise internally bright and clean. Plates are lovely. C. F. J. Lehoucq hardcover books
ref. 001239Paris: Librairie Marpon et Flammarion. 1st Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. 171 pp miniature book measuring 7 by 5 cm or 3 by 2 inches. N.d. circa 1890. Welch 4714. Tiniest of ink-like blot spot in upper corner with infinitesimal crease also on some pages. Gilt foreedges. Generally clean and tight. Small cameo illustration of cleric on title. Librairie Marpon et Flammarion hardcover books
1933ref. 23659Chelsea: Ashendene Press 1933. First edition thus. Hardcover. Orig. vellum-backed green boards white corner tips gilt device front cover. Near fine. 163 pages. 25.5 x 18.5 cm. Limited edition of 310 copies. Printed in red and black in Ptolemy type. Initials hand-colored in blue by Graily Hewitt wood-engravings throughout by Gwen Raverat. HORNBY XXXIX. This edition was initially printed in 1931 the ink used was very slow to dry the sheets packed before the ink dried. When discovered at the binder Hornsby decided to destroy the entire edition. Text in French. Fresh very bright copy. Ashendene Press hardcover books
1745ref. 251513Paris: Coustilier 1745. Reprint of 1731 edition. Engraved title-page opposite title page printed in red and black. 8 engraved full-page plates. 4 signed J.B. Scotin and 3 headpieces x1591 xx pp. 8vo. Contemporary full polished calf gilt spine marbled endpapers. Fine. Reprint of 1731 edition. Engraved title-page opposite title page printed in red and black. 8 engraved full-page plates. 4 signed J.B. Scotin and 3 headpieces x1591 xx pp. 8vo. Coustilier] unknown books
1745ref. ST20826Paris: s.n. 1745. 205 x 155 mm. 8 x 6". 6 p.l. first blank 159 1 xx pp.Translated by Jacques Amyot. SPLENDID CREAM-COLORED MOROCCO BEAUTIFULLY GILT AND INLAID BY RENÉ KIEFFER stamp-signed on front turn-in verso of front flyleaf with his Rue Seguier ticket covers framed by dogtooth roll and plain rule border a charming spray of flowers at center inlaid in scarlet orange citron indigo turquoise lilac pink and violet morocco tooled with gilt on graceful gilt branches with leaves in three shades of green morocco smaller sprays of inlaid flowers and leaves in similar shades at corners the whole giving the effect of an elegant embroidered sampler smooth spine framed in gilt and with a chain of four inlaid morocco blossoms in brilliant hues extending from the head and foot of spine gilt lettering at center of spine turn-ins with frame of cream morocco inlaid with strips of emerald green morocco tooled with a ribbon and floral chain roll orange morocco squares at corners stamped with gilt flowers gold silk endleaves marbled flyleaves all edges gilt. In a kid-lined blue marbled chemise with navy morocco spine and lips and in a matching suede-lined slipcase. Additional engraved pictorial title by Coypel four engraved headpieces of putti four tailpiece vignettes by Cochin and 33 ENGRAVED PLATES consisting of 28 plates after Philippe d'Orléans by Audran the oft-lacking final plate "Les petits pieds" by the Comte de Caylus and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with four engraved headpiece vignettes by Fokke after Eisen mounted on blank leaves. A Large Paper Copy. Cohen-de Ricci 652-53; Ray 2A. Four small very faint water spots to boards one plate somewhat foxed in all other ways A GORGEOUS COPY clean and fresh internally with immense margins and in an unworn binding. This exceptionally desirable copy of Longus' unique combination of decadence and sweet innocence is printed on quarto-sized paper enhanced with engravings from some of the greatest Rococo illustrators and offered in an exquisite binding by a modern Parisian master. The charming pastoral novel appears here in the popular translation of Jacques Amyot 1513-93 first printed in 1559 and always recognized for its graceful style. The illustrations were created in 1714 by Philippe duc d'Orléans and Regent of France 1674-1723 engraved by Benoît Audran and published for the first time in 1718. Although Ray indicates that Philippe's work is clearly an amateur's he says that the plates "do tell the story in their halting way and the background landscapes in some of the larger plates have a naïve appeal." The plates were re-engraved for our 1745 printing and the always elegantly graceful tailpiece vignettes by Charles-Nicholas Cochin were created for this edition. Cochin 1715-90 is generally considered on a par with the three Rococo masters Gravelot Eisen and Moreau. Ray notes that works from his early career like the engravings here "are marked not only by the mastery of outline and firmness of composition which never deserted him but also by acute observation and unpretentious humor." Our volume also contains an extra plate by the Comte de Caylus omitted from some copies for its suggestive nature as it shows the feet of the entwined lovers Mon Dieu! protruding from the privacy of a grotto. Additionally a previous owner added four engravings created for the 1754 Longus by the great Charles Eisen 1720-78 Louis XV's Court painter and drawing master to Madame de Pompadour. Ray describes him as "the master of the small design" with "a marvelous talent for pleasing." The beauty of this copy was further--and gloriously--enhanced ca. 1910 when binder René Kieffer created the striking binding with its bouquets of fantastical flowers in a riot of colors and gold. Kieffer 1875-1963 was in the first class of students to graduate from the École Étienne where he concentrated on becoming a doreur learning to tool gold designs in the well-established style. After leaving school he worked for Chambolle-Duru until 1898 at which time he established his own studio. According to Duncan & De Bartha he "became a disciple of Marius Michel moving gradually away from his traditional training towards a more emblematic and modern style." He would become one of the most innovative and progressive binders in Paris in the 20th century earning a well-deserved reputation for producing widely variable bindings that defied typification. s.n. unknown books
1779ref. 1323940Londres i.e. Paris 1779. Hardcover. Octavo 6 182 pages; VG; bound in period red morocco rebacked with paneled gilt spine preserved; some wear to boards; text bock gilt; marbled endpapers; front pastedown with two bookplates and an old catalogue description; With a half-title and an additional engraved titlepage; illustrated with 29 plates inset including the 'petits pieds' plate; The imprint is false; probably printed in Paris.; shelved case 3. ESTC: T149741/N42517. 1323940. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. hardcover books
1800ref. KC7944Paris: Didot l'Aine 1800. Hardcover. Very Good. Mauve paper over boards printed paper labels on upper board and spine decorative endpapers; folio 249 x 317 mm; pp. iii-viij 1-200. No plates. Handwritten note on the rear free-endpaper reads: "Rebound on December 21 1953 by Vincent Torre New York City." Spine sunned and chipped at tips; boards very lightly rubbed; free endpapers a bit fragile with a few small chips or small closed tears; text a little foxed. Uncommon. Sold as is. Didot l'Aine hardcover books
1937ref. ST11995Paris: Les Frères Gonin 1937. No. CXXV OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST this is one of the hors commerce copies with an additional suite of plates. 219 x 149 mm. 8 5/8 x 5 7/8". 2 217 5 pp. One volume and one portfolio. Translated by Jacques Amyot. MOST ATTRACTIVE BEIGE CRUSHED MOROCCO BY IRMGARD HACCIUS stamp-signed "I. H." in gilt on rear cover front cover with gilt titling arranged in 10 short descending rows surrounded by blind-tooled leaves and grasses rear cover with three-inch column of blind-tooled leaves bearing gilt berries and the binder's initials flat spine with titling in blind top edge gilt. Housed with the portfolio of plates in its original printed paper wrapper in a matching marbled paper folding box with beige morocco spine and edges no doubt done by Haccius as well. WITH 47 WOODCUTS BY ARISTIDE MAILLOL depicting scenes from the text AND WITH AN EXTRA SUITE OF 48 PLATES printed in sanguine the additional plate bearing the 15 woodcut initials used in the text. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of German bibliophile and music publisher Ludwig Strecker. The Artist and the Book 174. ◆A SPLENDID COPY clean and bright in a luxurious unworn binding. This version of Longus' charming Greek pastoral novel of awakening love long retained its popularity and was published frequently often with illustrations. And perhaps the chief virtue of the present edition is the unaffected sometimes mischievous woodcuts of nymphs and lovers by the French-Catalan artist Aristide Maillol 1861-1944 best known for his sculpture. His engravings here have the same classical lines that typify his three-dimensional works. According to "The Artist and the Book" the work is "perhaps the most harmonious of Maillol's illustrated books." The very attractive and intelligent binding is by Mainz master bookbinder Irmgard Haccius 1916-2003 whose work here is entirely in keeping with the illustrator's graceful simplicity. Haccius studied at the art academies in Munich and Berlin in addition to completing advanced training in book binding at the Academy of Fine Arts at Castle Giebenstein Hall. She was one of the first faculty members at the State University Institute for Art and Handicraft in Mainz before joining Johannes Gutenberg University in 1973 as a professor in the Department of Visual Arts. Les Frères Gonin unknown
1937ref. 37010Paris: Les frères Gonin 1937. Fine. Les frères Gonin Paris 1937 14 x 21 cm en feuilles sous chemises et étui With 48 original woodcuts by Aristide Maillol printed in 500 numbered copies on Maillol paper. Autograph signature of Aristide Maillol to justification. This copy is complete with its separate suite of 21 original woodcuts. Les frères Gonin unknown
1902ref. 48813Paris.: Ambroise Vollard Editeur. 1902. Full aubergine crushed morocco by Noulhac with his signature gilt for each vol. banded spines with gilt titles in six compartments turn-ins ruled in gilt with decorative Greek key roll-tool border and floral ornaments at corners green silk doublures and endleaves marbled endpapers original publisher's printed wrappers with titles and Bonnard's vignette in black to front cover and and backstrip for each vol. preserved a.e.g. . Small folio. 334 x 268 mm. Half-title with justification verso printed title with vignette by Bonnard 3 leaves with 'Préface du Traducteur' and Longus' text illustrated with 156 original lithographs by Bonnard printed in black leaf with 'Table des Matières' final leaf with achevé d'imprimer; also included in a separate volume with a separate wrapper is the complete series - three leaves with a lithograph recto and verso and one leaf with the two final lithographs recto - of lithographs printed in 'ton rose'. A very rare example of Bonnard's superb second book with Vollard one of ten from the édition de tête on Japon ancien with the additional suite and in a contemporary binding by Noulhac.From the edition limited to 250 numbered copies with this one of 10 copies on japon ancien à la forme from the édition de tête with the additional suite of the lithographs printed without text in 'ton rose'.The édition de tête of ten copies of 'Daphnis et Chloé' is extremely rare: we know only of one other copy that formerly in a Swiss private collection cited in 'De Parallèlement à Chanson Complète'. That catalogue cites a further copy: 'Un autre exemplaire du rarissime tirage sur japon était le livre le plus précieux du célèbre catalogue de Nicolas Rauch sur les livres de peintres en 1957'. We locate no other examples at auction or in public or private collections.The only known work of the Greek Longus Daphnis and Chloe has appealed to numerous artists and illustrators: Pierre Bonnard 1902 Sylvain Sauvage 1925 Aristide Maillol 1937 and Marc Chagall 1961 all produced illustrated editions. The tale - one of the least tragic of the Greek canon - tells of the love of two foundlings raised together the eponymous hero and heroine who each harbour an unsuspected love for the other suffer various reverses of fortune including Chloe's kidnap by pirates before a happy resolution for all parties.'The lithographs of an unprecedented lightness of touch have been printed with such subtlety and skill that you seem to see the original crayon and they like the text have that marvellous spontaneity that will remain forever one of Bonnard's greatest gifts.' J. Guignard Le Livre 1942.'Chaque composition de Bonnard sur 'belle page' tient dans un rectangle vertical de proportion quasi identique 'soulignée' de quelques lignes de texte donnant au livre une homogénéité de présentation fascinante. La typographie de l'Imprimerie nationale fut entièrement réalisée en fonte neuve de 'Grandjean du Roi'. La traduction du texte de Longus sophiste de Lesbos au IIe siècel fut effectuée par Amyot vers 1558 et révisée par P.-L. Courier au XIXe siècle. Deux ans après 'Parallèlement' cette nouvelle collaboration Vollard-Bonnard n'eut pas non plus grand succès à sa parution avant de devenir un des symboles du 'livre de peintre' au XXe siècle.' de Parallèlement à Chanson Complète.see Guignard's 'Le Livre' Paris 1942; see 'de Parallèlement à Chanson Complète' pp. 23 - 26. Ambroise Vollard, Editeur. unknown
ref. 51-6792Paris: Ambroise Vollard 31 octobre 1902. 4to. 24.5 x 30cm. 10. 294 4pp.Original wraps in a contemporary half calf chemise with marbled boards in a matching slipcase repaired. One of 250 numbered copies.Francis Bouvet The Complete Graphic Work no. 75; Luc Monod Manuel. no. 7262; François Chapon Le Peintre et le livre pp. 67-68 -- The Artist & the Book 28 -- Rauch 22; OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:54167315.One of the most famous modern illustrated books – copy on hollande paper. Seduced by his first collaboration with Pierre Bonnard on Parallel by Verlaine 1900 Ambroise Vollard commissioned a second one from him these Pastorales. Where Parallel with its daring layout and the choice of printing the lithographs in pink had been disconcerting the layout of this second book is more classical the illustration being clearly separated from the text. However at the time of its publication it remained "shunned by bibliophiles who for a long time refused to see it as an appropriate illustration technique for luxury books because it was considered too commercial even vulgar" Limited edition. Vollard Petiet et l'estampe de maîtres pp. 44-45. .This judgment has largely been revised by their successors and the work is today considered one of the greatest successes of the illustrated book. Carteret Illustrés IV p. 242: a beautiful work highly sought after and highly rated. One of the greatest stars of modern books. ; « Like Bonnard’s earlier lithographs for Parallèlement and Manet’s for Le Corbeau these subtle plates had little appeal in 1902 for a public that preferred the sharply defined realism of the professional engraver.The book is today considered one of the finest of its period”. The Artist and the Book n°28 ; Mahé II col. 695 ; Mornand Vingt-deux artistes du livre pp. 45-46 “Daphnis et Chloé fut pour Bonnard l’occasion de montrer toute la souplesse de son talent non seulement par la pureté du style bien antique des personnages mais par le caractère des paysages essentiellement grecs”. Paris: Ambroise Vollard, 31 octobre 1902. paperback
1934ref. 85346Paris: Librairie Floury 1934. Fine. Librairie Floury Paris 1934 21 x 26.50 cm broché Edition illustrated with 16 original illustrations in and out of text by Georges Leonnec as well as head- and tailpieces initial letters and culs-de-lampe one of the numbered copies. Handsome copy despite the spine and boards being slightly and marginally sunned. The translation was done by Jacques Amyot and largely revised by Paul-Louis Courier. Librairie Floury hardcover
1923ref. 117946Paris : Georg & Cie. 1923. LONGUS.Les Pastorales de Longus ou Daphnis et Chloé. Traduction de J. Amyot revue corrigée complétée de nouveau refaite en grand partie par P.-L. Courier. Compositions de Charles Guérin. Paris Georg & Cie.1923 240x170mm 182 pages reliure demi-chagrin avec titre auteur filets et encadrements dorés au dos à quatre faux-nerfs. Plat et garde papier marbré. Tranche supérieure dorée. Couvertures et dos conservés. Ex-libirs. Exmplaire numéroté n.° H. C. sur papier vélin d’Arches. No hidden customs fees for orders shipped to the U.S.A with a value of up to 800 USD PDDP shipping we pay the VAT in advance Georg & Cie. unknown
1937ref. 311575Paris: Les Frères Gonin 1937. One of 500 signed by Maillol. Translated by Jacques Amyot. 48 woodcuts by Aristide Maillol. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Text and illustrations loose as issue in slipcase and chemise. Maillol Aristide. One of 500 signed by Maillol. Translated by Jacques Amyot. 48 woodcuts by Aristide Maillol. 8vo. "Perhaps the most harmonious of Maillol's illustrated books." Strachan. The Artist and the Book 174; Rauch p. 141; Guérin nos. 76-127; Monod 7261 Les Frères Gonin unknown
ref. 0428304397.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1878ref. 8148AB1878. Paris Lemerre 1878. 205 : 13 cm. XIII 200 Seiten 2 Blatt mit 12 davon 6 auf China Kupfern nach Proudhon und gestochenen Porträt. Roter geglätteter Halblederband auf 5 Bünden mit reicher Rückenvergoldung Rückenschild Kopfgoldschnitt sign. E. Pouget. Das vorliegende Exemplar mit den Kupfern in zweifacher Ausführung einmal auf papier de Chine und einmal auf papier Whatman. Titel in Rot und Schwarz gedruckt jede Seite von roter Einfassungslinie umrahmt. Schönes breitrandiges Exemplar in einem signierten Handeinband. unknown
1914ref. 87776Paris : Georges Crès et Cie. 1914. broché. LONGUS.Les pastorales ou Daphnis et Chloé. Traduction complète par P.-L. Courier. Frontispice dessiné par Ciolkowski et gravé sur bois par C. Maylander. Collection Les Maîtres du Livre n° 36. Paris Georges Crès et Cie.1914 190x135mm frontispiceXIII - 306 pages broché. Couerture rempliée. Edition originale sur papier Japon impérial des Manufactures de Rives numérotée n° 54 / 65 premier tirage. Très bel exemplaire. No hidden customs fees for orders shipped to the U.S.A with a value of up to 800 USD PDDP shipping we pay the VAT in advance Georges Crès et Cie. unknown
