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1876réf. 28760Third edition published in Paris by Firmin-Didot in 1876. Large octavo bound in red leather and publisher's cloth with elaborate gilt tooling patterned endpapers and all edges gilt. Contains 14 chromolithographs and numerous woodcuts documenting martial life ecclesiastical institutions and historical episodes from the Crusades to the Renaissance. Text block collates 4 v 1 577 1 pages with continuous pagination. Content includes illustrations of knights the conquest of Jerusalem and notable ecclesiastical figures such as Pope Gregory the Great. Religious orders including the Franciscans and Dominicans are addressed alongside topics like the Edict of Nantes and Attila's incursions. All plates are present. Binding remains tight plates clean and edges bright. This 19th-century French illustrated work is difficult to locate in comparable condition. Item Number: #28760 QUESTIONS AND PHOTO REQUESTS WELCOME. Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie hardcover
1878réf. 28764First editions of Paul Lacroix's richly illustrated two-volume folio set issued by Librairie de Firmin-Didot in 1878 and 1882. These large-format volumes document France's intellectual and artistic developments across the 17th and 18th centuries from scientific advancements to decorative arts. Bound in quarter red leather with elaborate gilt designs on the spine boards and page edges these copies feature 33 chromolithographic plates and more than 500 in-text engravings. Subjects include medicine astronomy literary figures French porcelain and furniture design Jesuit expeditions and architectural commissions such as Versailles and the Panthéon. Vol. XVII 1882 contains 581 pages and 17 chromolithographs; Vol. XVIII 1878 includes 560 pages and 16 chromolithographs. Internally clean with occasional foxing with bright gilt page edges and vibrant illustrations. Minor shelf wear and rubbing to bindings. Handwritten inscription "A mon petit et bien aimable camarade Monsieur Leon Lebrun 25 Decembr. 1877 G. Robert" on front flyleaf. These deluxe printings are a compelling document of Ancien Régime culture. Item Number: #28764. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie hardcover
1878réf. 28763Very Good. This 1878 first printing of Paul Lacroix's XVIIIe Siècle: Lettres Sciences et Arts en France 1700–1789 is a richly illustrated folio documenting French Enlightenment-era cultural production across fine and decorative arts. Published in Paris by Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie it features 16 chromolithographs and over 250 in-text engravings along with comprehensive commentary on painting sculpture music furniture design architecture engraving porcelain and jewelry from Louis XIV to the pre-Revolutionary period. The binding is red leather and decorative cloth with ornate gilt decoration gilt edges and patterned endpapers. The book is complete with minor rubbing and shelf wear consistent with its age. A visual and textual reference on 18th-century French design and aesthetics including artists such as Watteau Boucher Chardin and Coypel and designers like Cressent and Lazarre Duvaux. This copy rarely appears on the market. QUESTIONS AND PHOTO REQUESTS WELCOME. Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie hardcover
1875réf. FGN11-B-2Paris : Firmin-Didot Freres 1875. Leather. Very Good. 11.5" by 8". None. A bright copy of ths sought after and comprehensively illustrated book. With 21 chromolithographic plates and 350 engravings. Paul Lacroix 1806 - 1884 French author and journalist was born in Paris the son of a novelist. He is best known under his pseudonym of P.L. Jacob bibliophile or Bibliophile Jacob suggested by the constant interest he took in public libraries and books generally. Lacroix was extremely prolific. Over twenty historical romances alone came from his pen and he also wrote a variety of serious historical works including a history of Napoleon III and the life and times of the Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. He was the joint author of a five-volume work Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance 1847 a standard work on the manners customs and dress of that era. This book previously belonged to J. H. M. Springall and contains his bookplate. in a morocco binding. There is some wear to the extremities including rubbing and bumping to the corners. The spine is chipped and has started to detach at the tail. Internally the pages are generally clean with the some brown spots and the occasional handling mark Very Good Firmin-Didot Freres hardcover
1863réf. 91204Paris: Jules Gay 1863. Fine. Jules Gay Paris 1863 9 x 16 cm 2 volumes reliés en 1 First edition of each volume one of 15 numbered copies on chine deluxe issue after 2 copies on peau de vélin.Contemporary half blue morocco over marbled boards with corners spine in five raised bands ruled in gilt and tooled with double gilt compartments date gilt at foot covers framed with gilt fillets comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns ex-libris mounted on a pastedown corners slightly rubbed top edge gilt signed contemporary binding.A few minor spots of foxing chiefly to the edges a small nick to one band light rubbing to the headcap. Jules Gay hardcover
1880réf. 33021Paris: Librairie de Firmin Didot 1880. Fine. Librairie de Firmin Didot Paris 1880 20 x 29.50 cm relié Second edition statement. Illustrated with 16 chromolithographs and 300 wood engravings including 30 full-page plates after monuments of the art of the period. Title page in red and black. Fine production by Didot carefully executed in all aspects typography illustration paper. Publisher's red half-shagreen with corners spine very richly decorated by Souze and bound by Engel. Fillets on the boards. Corners rubbed 2 small paper lacks to the boards edges. Very pale halo from an old dampstain in the right margin of certain pages but overall very fresh. Handsome copy with decorative appeal. The interest of the work is manifest both in its erudition and its accessibility and readability historical anecdotes. We owe it to Paul Jacob who was a great bibliophile writer and scholar and curator of the Arsenal library. If the entire series has become a great classic in the field it is because it successfully combines the work of publisher printer binder historian illustrators and documentation and few books have ultimately achieved this amalgamation that we owe to Firmin-Didot at a time when books had become quite mediocre. Librairie de Firmin Didot hardcover
1882réf. 33022Paris: Librairie de Firmin Didot 1882. Fine. Librairie de Firmin Didot Paris 1882 20 x 29.50 cm cadeaux Second edition statement. Work illustrated with 17 chromolithographs and 300 wood engravings in the text including 16 full-page. Title page in red and black. Fine luxurious production by Didot carefully executed in all aspects typography illustration paper. Publisher's red half-shagreen binding with corners spine very richly decorated by Souze and bound by Engel. Fillets on boards. Corners rubbed 2 small paper lacks on boards edges. Very pale stain from old dampstain in right margin of some pages but overall very fresh. Handsome copy with decorative appearance. The work's interest manifests itself as much through its erudition as through its ease of approach and reading historical anecdotes. We owe it to Paul Jacob who was a great bibliophile writer and scholar and curator of the Arsenal library. If the entire series has become a great classic in the field it is because it happily combines the work of editor printer bookbinder historian illustrators and documentation and few books have ultimately achieved this amalgamation that we owe to Firmin-Didot at a time when books had become quite mediocre. Librairie de Firmin Didot hardcover
réf. 0363-16Hamburg Benjamin Schiller 1707. 12°. 167 1 S. Brosch. Exlibris. Papierbed. leicht gebräunt. In gutem Zustand. Holzmann- Boh. III 5949; Humpert 3605; Dunnhaupt 19.1 - Erklärung zahlreicher Berufe und technischer Begriffe "mit über 500 kurzen Artikeln zu den verschiedensten Berufszweigen darunter Ärzte Barbiere Drucker Buchbinder Stecher Weber Fassbinder Uhrmacher Lehrer Rosenkreuzer Farber Brauer . über Mikroskope Schusswaffen Musikinstrumente Tabak Fernrohre. Das Werk erwies sich als so populär dass es durch Ergänzungen von fremder Hand schließlich den Grundstock zu Johann Hubner Curioses und Reales Natur und Bergwerks-Lexikon Leipzig 1727 bilden sollte" Dünnhaupt. Hamburg, Benjamin Schiller 1707. unknown
1902réf. 77855Paris Librairie L. Conquet - L. Carteret et Cie 1902 1 vol. relié in-8, demi-maroquin bleu nuit à coins bordé de doubles filets dorés, dos à nerfs soulignés de filets en pointillé, caissons encadrés d'un double filet doré et ornés de fleurons dorés, avec en pied le monogramme doré "H.G.", plats de papier marbré, tête dorée, non rogné, couvertures et dos conservés (Dupré), 150 pp. Ce délicieux récit du bibliophile Jacob est illustré de 7 délicates eaux-fortes hors-texte par Ed. Rudaux et précédé de savoureuses réflexions sur les libraires, les bouquinistes et les bibliophiles au XIXème siècle. Un des 40 premiers exemplaires sur Japon, celui-ci offert au graveur Hector Giacomelli, justiifé et parafé par Carteret. En superbe condition dans une belle reliure au monogramme d'Hector Giacomelli.
1902réf. 77855Paris Librairie L. Conquet - L. Carteret et Cie 1902 1 vol. relié in-8, demi-maroquin bleu nuit à coins bordé de doubles filets dorés, dos à nerfs soulignés de filets en pointillé, caissons encadrés d'un double filet doré et ornés de fleurons dorés, avec en pied le monogramme doré "H.G.", plats de papier marbré, tête dorée, non rogné, couvertures et dos conservés (Dupré), 150 pp. Ce délicieux récit du bibliophile Jacob est illustré de 7 délicates eaux-fortes hors-texte par Ed. Rudaux et précédé de savoureuses réflexions sur les libraires, les bouquinistes et les bibliophiles au XIXème siècle. Un des 40 premiers exemplaires sur Japon, celui-ci offert au graveur Hector Giacomelli, justiifé et parafé par Carteret. En superbe condition dans une belle reliure au monogramme d'Hector Giacomelli.
1843réf. 50689Paris 1843-1845 | 14.50 x 23 cm | 6 volumes reliés
1877réf. 39473Librairie de Firmin Didot | Paris 1877 | 20 x 29.70 cm | relié
1873réf. R200127535Librairie des Bibliophiles. 1873. In-8. Relié cuir dos-coins. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos à nerfs, Papier jauni. 132 + 201 + 161 + 139 +134 + 74 + 115 + 94 + 231 pages, dos à 4 nerfs, auteur, titre, tomaison, filet et ornements dorés sur le dos, plats et contreplats jaspés, tranches en tête dorées, signets conservés - Tome 8 manquant - nombreux bandeaux, culs-de-lampe, lettrines en noir et blanc, quelques gravures sous serpente. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.08-XIX ème siècle
1830réf. 30836Paris Eugène Renduel 1830. Beautiful cont. hcalf w. richly gilt back and gilt ornamental border on both boards. Printed on fine paper. Minor brownspotting otherwise internally nice and clean. An excellent copy. Rare first edition. An early work by the renowned author Paul Lacroix 1807-1884 who was famous for his several important historical works and his numerous works of bibliographical contents regarding which he can be said to have continued the tradition of Nodier. He wrote a number of historical novels which were very popular at the time and of which Les Deux Fous is considered one of the best. They were reprinted numerous times and were translated into several languages; -most of them deal with the Middle Ages and the Renaissance a period not commonly investigated at that time. Most of his works are published under pseudonym because of which he is now best known under the name of "Bibliophile Jacob". Aged 28 he was awarded the cross of the "Légion d'Honneur" for his work on the history of the 16th century and 1842 he founded "L'Alliance des Arts" together with M. Thoré. Carteret 2;14. Not in Barbier. hardcover
1830réf. 30836Paris, Eugène Renduel, 1830. Beautiful cont. hcalf w. richly gilt back and gilt ornamental border on both boards. Printed on fine paper. Minor brownspotting, otherwise internally nice and clean. An excellent copy.
1874réf. mon0001003333Librairie De Firmin Didot Freres 1874. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Two Volumes Some light spotting to pages Binding firm Light wear to edges Gilt decoration to covers and spines Large tear to cover of Sciences & Letters Au Moyen. Librairie De Firmin Didot Freres hardcover
réf. 3922Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1888-1896. 12 vol. in-8, brochés.
1863réf. 91204Jules Gay | Paris 1863 | 9 x 16 cm | 2 volumes reliés en 1
1882réf. 33022Librairie de Firmin Didot | Paris 1882 | 20 x 29.50 cm | cadeaux
1880réf. 33021Librairie de Firmin Didot | Paris 1880 | 20 x 29.50 cm | relié
1858réf. 570Paris, Chez l’Auteur, 1858. In-4 (273 x 180 mm) relié, 131 pp. + ffnch. Demi-maroquin rouge à coins, dos à 5 nerfs ornés aux petits fers à l’imitation des reliures de Derôme, titre doré, tête dorée, couverture conservée (Amand). ÉDITION ORIGINALE illustrée de 5 portraits gravés sur acier ou sur cuivre : Molière lui-même et dans les rôles d’Arpagon, Vulcain en 1646, en 1672, etc. Exemplaire enrichi de la SUITE DES 31 FIGURES DE MOREAU LE JEUNE POUR L’ÉDITION DES ŒUVRES COMPLÈTES DE 1773, dont le portrait de Molière pour le frontispice, en retirage XIXe sur beau vergé de hollande. Ajoutée une très belle eau-forte de Lalanne issue de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts : la maison de Molière rue de la Tonnellerie. L'ouvrage donne la biographie de Molière et des acteurs qui parurent sur son théâtre, depuis le 24 octobre 1658, jour de la première représentation qu'il donna à Paris, jusqu'au 17 février 1673, jour de sa mort. L’ensemble est préçis et très bien documenté.
1871réf. FGN10-I-1Paris: Librairie de Firmin Didot Frères Fils et Cie 1871-1873. Leather. Good. 11.5" by 8". None. Two bright volumes from Paul Lacroix's vastly comprehensive and beautifully illustrated Le Moyen Age et La Renaissance. Vie Militaire et Religieuse is a First Edition. Les Arts Au Moyen Age has 19 chromolithographs and over 400 illustrations. Vie Militaire et Religieuse has 14 chromolithographs and over 400 illustrations. There are 'Percival Pearse' booksellers labels on the front endpapers of both volumes. Paul Lacroix 1806 1884 was a French author and journalist. Lacroix was an extremely prolific and varied writer. Over twenty historical romances alone came from his pen and he also wrote a variety of serious historical works including a history of Napoleon III and the life and times of the Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. He is best known under his pseudonym of P.L. Jacob bibliophile or Bibliophile Jacob suggested by the constant interest he took in public libraries and books generally. Lacroix was the author of Le moyen âge et la renaissance a standard work on the manners customs and dress of those times the chief merit of which lies in the great number of illustrations it contains. He also wrote many monographs on phases of the history of culture including Manners Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period. His works on bibliography were also extremely numerous. In 1885 he was appointed librarian of the Arsenal Library Paris. in a half calf binding with gilt lettering. The front outer hinge of Vie Militaire is split and the front inner hinge has failed. There is a chance the front board could detach in the post even after careful packaging. There is some wear to the extremities including some bumping and rubbing with slight discolouration to the boards. There are ink numbers on the spine of Vie Militaire. Internally the pages are bright with the occasional scattered spotting. There is a 'Percival Pearse' ink stamp on a front endpaper. Good Librairie de Firmin Didot Frères, Fils et Cie hardcover
réf. 100095512Firmin didot et cie in4. Sans date. Relié. 2 volume(s). iconographie en noir et blanc qques-une en couleurs
1862réf. 21311862 PARIS. A. MARCILLY, LIBRAIRE-EDITEUR. SANS DATE (1862). IN-4 (24,5 X 31,5 X 1,5 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE 96 PAGES, RELIURE DE L'EDITEUR 1/2 PERCALINE NOIRE, PLAT SUPERIEUR ENTIEREMENT ILLUSTRE D'UNE LITHOGRAPHIE EN COULEURS PAR OMER HENRY, PLAT INFERIEUR ENTIEREMENT ORNE D'UNE COMPOSITION EN BISTRE, EN BLANC ET EN DORE, TITRE EN NOIR SUR LE PLAT SUPERIEUR. ILLUSTRE DE 12 LITHOGRAPHIES HORS TEXTE TIREES EN DEUX TONS, SOUS SERPENTE. EDITION ORIGINALE ET PREMIER TIRAGE. ENVOI D'AUTEUR SIGNE ET DATE : "A MADEMOISELLE JEANNE THIERY, SOUVENIR DU VIEUX BIBLIOPHILE. PAUL LACROIX. 1° JANVIER 1876.".
réf. ORD-5839Suivie de l'Histoire sérieuse et drôlatique des cordonniers et des artisans dont la profession se rattache à la cordonnerie. Édition enrichie de 250 gravures sur bois et de 2 atlas contenant l'armorial des cordonniers et des savetiers formant 48 planches contenant 432 blasons par Ferdinand SERÉ. Paris. Delahays. 1862. In-8 (180 x 272mm), dos chagrin vert bouteille, plats mouchetés, gardes marbrées, 3ff.n.ch., 271 pages, bien complet des 48 planches d'Armorial et des 29 planches hors texte (frontispice couleurs compris) dont 8 en couleurs. Exemplaire entaché de rousseurs comme à l'ordinaire (qualité du papier) qui ont épargné les planches de la 1re partie. Bas de feuilles tachés. Ouvrage rare et passionnant.
