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Genet, Jean Querelle de Brest. Mit 29 blattgroßen Lithographien nach Zeichnungen von Jean Cocteau. (Paris, P. Morihien, 1947.) 1 lose beiliegendes Bl. Verlagsnotiz, 305 S., 1 Bl. 4°. Ill. OBroschur (etw. berieben, Rücken mit kl. Defekten) in Pp.-Chemis - Cocteau, Jean Genet, Jean Querelle de Brest. With 29 full-page lithographs after drawings by Jean Cocteau. (Paris, P. Morihien, 1947.) 1 loose enclosed sheet. publisher's note, 305 p., 1 sheet. 4°. Ill. Softcover (somewhat rubbed, spine with small defects) in paperback chemise with D-title label, R-plate and ribbon ties (rubbed and somewhat discolored, joints cracked, inside unprofessionally restored with adhesive tape). One of 460 numbered copies on wove paper à la forme (GA 525). - Genet's homoerotic novel about the windy sailor Querelle and his machinations in the French coastal town of Brest was initially published anonymously in 1947. The present edition with illustrations by Jean Cocteau followed in the same year. - Minimally browned in the margins. Inconspicuous initial crease to upper inner margin. Overall a well-preserved, wide-margined and untrimmed copy. With 29 full page lithographs after drawings by Jean Cocteau. Ill. orig. wrappers in orig. paper chemise with closing bands (the latter with traces of wear and cracked joints, these unprofessionally restored with tape on the inside). - One of 460 numbered copies on vélin à la forme (total ed. 525). Genet's homoerotic novel about the windswept sailor Querelle and his machinations in the French coastal town of Brest was initially published anonymously in 1947. The present edition with illustrations by Jean Cocteau followed in the same year. - Minimally browned in the margins. Inconspicuous crease to the upper inner margin in the beginning. Overall a well-preserved, wide-margined and untrimmed copy. * This work is taxed. A premium of 23.95% will be added to the hammer price and the final invoice amount will be subject to 7% (books only) or 19% VAT in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 23.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books only) or 19% VAT on the final invoice amount in the European Union.

Van Dongen, Kees - PROUST, Marcel À la recherche du temps perdu. Illustrated edition with seventy-seven watercolors by Van Dongen [...]. Paris Gallimard, nrf 1947 3 vol. in-4° (marg. tear p. 643 vol. I). Hardcovers after Paul Bonet in ivory leather with gilded decoration in repeated gilt or mauve threaded compartments. In common slipcase. Illustrated with 64 hors-texte and 13 bandeaux in color. Edition of 8755 copies, 255 of which on Téka vellum, one of the commercially available copies (no. 7919).

2 Volumes : "Le Mobilier de Versaille XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, tome I", Daniel Meyer, Ed. Édition Faton, 2002 / "Le Mobilier de Versaille XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, tome II", Pierre Arizzoli-Clementel, Ed. Édition Faton, 2002, books in slipcase.

"Pierre LOTI - The Pilgrim of Angkor From Paul Jouve and François-Louis Schmied, Paris, 1930 - Without doubt the most prestigious edition of this formidable text by Pierre Loti, recounting a personal and romantic version of his journey to Cambodia, to the heart of the ancient Khmer city of Angkor. Beautiful binding by Manuel Gérard in 3/4 red morocco with bands, smooth spine decorated with a composition on the tail, gilt head, excellent condition, very slight scuffing. Interior in perfect condition with no foxing, woodcut illustrations in color and gold engraved by François-Louis Schmied after drawings by Paul Jouve, including 10 hors-texte and 2 double-page illustrations, 13 chapter headings, 13 headbands and 13 lettering, and 11 illustrations in the text. One of 25 numbered contributor's copies in Roman numerals, signed by Schmied and Jouve in pencil at the justification. A magnificent copy in superb condition, enriched with the publication prospectus, which has faded inside the first two blank leaves on which it was placed. According to Carteret, this is "one of the best collaborations between these two artists". In-Folio, (12) 142pp (7)"

Philippoteaux, P. ; Laplante - VERNE, Jules Hector Servadac. Voyages et aventures à travers le monde solaire. Paris J. Hetzel et Cie [1877] Gr. in-8° (light foxing more concentrated on 1st ff., several small tears marg. without loss apart from a small angular loss p. 395, small scribble marg. p. 128). Green percaline boards decorated in black and gold, ed. s. Engel, top board "à la sphère armillaire" with s. plate. A. Souze, bottom board type "h1", spine type "A". spine type "A", gilt edges (some rubbing to head and spine ends, with small lack at bottom of lower spine end, corners slightly dulled). Good copy. First illustrated edition, published the same year as the original (2 vols. in-18), in the 1st version of the so-called "armillary sphere" cartonnage ("solar world" according to Jauzac) recognizable by the binder's mark (at the bottom of the upper cover and on the spine), which disappeared in the early 1880s. Frontispiece, title vignette and numerous in-texts by Laplante after drawings by P. Philippoteaux. Catalog "J" with "Nouveautés pour 1877-1878" and double date error characteristic of the 1877 ed. Ref. Bottin 243. - Jauzac 32-34, 215-216. Prov. V. Bouhy (ms. mention).

JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983) - Dibujos y Litografías. Colección Juan de Juanes. Los Papeles de Son Armadans en colaboraciónb con Seix Barral/New York Graphic Society, (1960). Folio, loose, 145 numb.pp. Orig. ill. wrappers. We join: Cahier de Georges Braque 1917 - 1947. Paris, Maeght éditeur, (1948). Fol. 52 pp. One of the 750 copies on vélin du Marais. Orig. full vellum binding, front plate with pieces of imprinted canvas, flat spine, orig. covers. And: Pablo Picasso - Les Déjeuners. Texte de Douglas Cooper. (Paris), Éditions Cercle d'Art, (1962). Fol. 165 numb.pp. Orig. ill. cloth, slipcase. Rust. And: Henri Matisse - Carnet de dessins. Texte de Jean Cassou. Paris, Huguette Berès, Paris, Berggruen & Cie, 1955. 2vol. 8vo. One spiral bound facs. sketchbook, on textbook. One of the 550 numb. copies. Mylar slipcase (slightly damaged). And: Henri Matsisse - Dessins 1941. Paris, Louise CarréÉditeur, (1941). 8vo. One of the 550 numbered copies. Orig. covers. And: Philippe Soupault - Henri Rousseau. Le Douannier. Paris, (1927). 8vo. Orig. cover. And: Christian Zervos - Constantin Brancusi. Éditions "Cahier d'Art", 1957. And: David Douglas Duncan - Les Picasso de Picasso. Paris, La Bibliothèque des Arts, s.d. 4to. Orig. linen and ill. wrappers. And one other on Henri Matisse and one on Kees Van Dongen. Lot update 22.04.2024: Original lithograph by Miro not present.

Sammlung von 13 Ausgaben von XXe siècle. Mit insgesamt 23 Original-Graphiken von u.a. Picasso, Chagall, Arp, R. Indiana, S. Delaunay, H. Hartung, Zao Wou-Ki, Calder, Miró. Je 4°. Versch. Einbände: Ill. OPp. oder OLwd. in ill. OUmschlag (teils mit leic - XXe siècle Collection of 13 issues of XXe siècle. With a total of 23 original prints by Picasso, Chagall, Arp, R. Indiana, S. Delaunay, H. Hartung, Zao Wou-Ki, Calder, Miró and others. 4° each. Various. Bindings: Ill. OPp. or OLwd. in ill. OUmschlag (partly with slight signs of wear). With original prints by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Viera da Silva, Hans Hartung (2), Joan Miró (2), Robert Indiana, Hans Arp, Max Ernst, Alexandre Calder, André Masson, Sonia Delaunay (2), Zao Wou-Ki, Marino Marini (2), Bissière, Agam, Anna-Eva Bergman, Estève (2), Capogrossi. - Contains the following issues: N° 26, Quatre thèmes, 1966. - N° 19, nouvelle série, June 1962. - - N° 23, May 1964. - N° 24 nouvelle série, December 1964. - N° 27, Centenaire de Kandinsky, 1966. Incomplete, without the wood engravings. - N° 28, June 1967 - N° 32, Panorama 69*, 1969 - N° 33, Panorama 69**, 1969 - N° 34, Panorama 70*, 1970 - Hommage à Picasso, 1971 - N° 37, Panorama 71**, 1971 - N° 39, Panorama 72, 1972**. - N°41, Panorama 73**, 1973 - Serigraph by Agam with small crease. Overall very good condition, the prints fresh in color and clean. Collection of 13 issues of XXe siècle. With a total of 23 original prints. - Contains: see above. - N° 27, Centenaire de Kandinsky, 1966 is incomplete, without the wood engravings. Serigraph by Agam with small crease. Overall very good condition, the prints fresh in color and clean.

Bonheur, Isidore ; Bonheur, Rosa ; Barye, Antoine Louis ; Tournachon, Adrien ; Troyon ; Nègre, Ch. ; Riffaut, A. ; Van Marcke, Emile - BAUDEMENT, Émile Les races bovines au Concours universel agricole de Paris en 1856. Études zootechniques [- Figures]. Paris Imprimerie Impériale 1861-1862 2 vols, oblong folio: [6]-lxxiv-[2] pp; 5 maps, [4] pp; 87 pl. (some foxing sl. touching some pl., very marg. waterstaining with light damage on last pl., marg. tear over c. 1 to 5 cm without loss at the bottom of a number of plates with no damage to the image except on pl. XXXIX and XL). Contemp. quarter green shagreen, green cloth on boards, gilt-ruled spines with raised bands (rubbed, some scratches on leather, plates vol.: partly disbound, tears on endcaps and joints, one endpaper loose and damaged). Remarkable work nicely illustrated (complete) with 87 pl. showing English, Dutch & Danish, Swiss and German, Austrian and French cattle. The plates are based on photographs by Nadar jeune (alias Adrien Tournachon, half brother of Félix Nadar), interpreted in pencil by animal artists or sculptors such as Rosa or Isidore Bonheur, Émile Van Marcke, Barye, Troyon, etc. and then reproduced with several engraving techniques such as photo engraving by A. Riffaut, Ch. Nègre, etc. Text volume complete with 5 coloured maps. Ref. Nissen (ZBI) 257.

Voltaire), (F. M. Arouet de La pucelle d'Orleans. Poëme divise en ving chants, avec des notes, Nouvelle Edition, corrigee, augmentee & collationee sur le manuscript de l'auteur. Angebunden: ders., Variantes au Poeme de la Pucelle d'Orleans (...). (Genf?, - Erotica - Curiosa Voltaire), (F. M. Arouet de La pucelle d'Orleans. Poëme divise en ving chants, avec des notes, Nouvelle Edition, corrigee, augmentee & collationee sur le manuscript de l'auteur. Bound with: ders, Variantes au Poeme de la Pucelle d'Orleans (...). (Geneva?, Cramer?), 1762-1766. with eng. Frontispiece and 26 erotic engravings by L. Rake after Gravelot. XXIV, 303 P, 104 P. 12°. Central hardcover with ribbed boards in the style of the period (Expertly rebound using the original material. Bengesco 493. - Cohen-Ricci 1030 - Rare edition of the contemporary reprint of the first edition recognized by Voltaire, published by Cramer under the same date (the title page is identical to this one), supplemented by the variants of the songs in separate pagination. It contains the preface by Don Apuleius Risorius, Benedictine, written by Voltaire for the 1762 edition, as well as a note to the reader indicating the page equivalents to refer to the variants. Very complete copy of the "English Suite", engraved by Drake after drawings by Gravelot, with the frontispiece (signed "L. Rake") and 26 figures (numbered from 2 to 27 and identical with the list of plates in the appendix from pp. 103/104). - Paper somewhat browned, occasional brown spotting. Pp. 151/152 with a small hole in the center due to a paper defect, resulting in minimal loss of letters. Plates all in good condition. Extremely rare in this completeness with the total number of 27 plates (including the two plates on the "Donkey Adventure"). With engraved frontispiece and 26 erotic engravings by L. Rake after Gravelot. Cont. leather binding with mounted label on spine (professionally restored using the original binding). - Rare edition of the contemporary reprint of the first edition recognized by Voltaire, published by Cramer under the same date (the title page is identical to this one), supplemented by the variants of the songs in separate pagination. Very complete copy of the "English Suite", engraved by Drake after drawings by Gravelot, with the frontispiece (signed "L. Rake") and 26 figures (numbered from 2 to 27 and identical with the list of plates in the appendix from p. 103/104). - Paper somewhat browned, occasional brownstaining. Pp. 151/152 with a small hole in the center due to a paper defect, resulting in minimal loss of letters. Plates in fine condition. Rare in this completeness with the total number of 27 plates (including the two plates on the "donkey adventure"). * This work is taxed. The hammer price is subject to a 23.95% surcharge and the final invoice amount is subject to 7% (books only) or 19% VAT in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 23.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books only) or 19% VAT on the final invoice amount in the European Union.

LEOPOLD II of Belgium Letters patent granting nobility to Claude François Louis Orban de Xivry. Laeken November 6, 1886 In-fo.: [6] pp. on wove leather, calligraphed in French with black ink, text framed by a double red and blue fillet, watercolored coat of arms, autographs of the King, the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Joseph de Riquet de Camaran, Prince of Chimay) and representatives of the Heraldic Council, with wet seals and seal under paper (some slight russeting, mostly very marginal). Contemporary red chagrin, double framed in gilt roll, fillet, rat's tooth and fleurons, gilt Belgian coat of arms in center of upper board, Leopold II's cipher on lower board, six silk ribbons in the national colors, smooth mute spine with visible tricolor binding cord, roul. on the edges, ivory moiré paper lining edged with gilt roul., large red wax seal in silver-plated metal case with two covers, one adorned with the figure "LL" crowned in gilt metal and edged with a border, the other with punch "XVI" on the inside. (some slight rubbing and minor wear to the leather, minor rubbing to the seal with small gaps at the edge of the right-hand side, lower cover very slightly forced, seal strings detached from the binding). In original black chagrin slipcase, gilt royal cipher in corners on upper cover, two brass clasps, four cabochons on lower cover, inside lined with burgundy velvet (rubbed). Very good condition. The beneficiary (1810-1889) is the author of the first branch of this family originating from the Duchy of Luxembourg after the addition of the name "de Xivry", authorized in 1875. Ref. De Ryckman de Betz 659.

MOEBIUS - Is man good? Drawing signed by the author on the title page, ed. Les Humanoïdes associés, 1979.

VIOLLET-LE-DUC, Eugène-Emmanuel Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle. Paris B. Bancé [- A. Morel] 1859-1869 10 vol. in-8° (rare russ. passim). Contemporary brown half-leather, marbled paper boards, gilt ribbed spines with red leather etiquette, gilt heads (qqs. slightly dull corners). Compound edition (vol. 1 reprinted 1867, vol. 2 to 10 in original edition). Abundant in-text iconography. Vol. X is an analytical table of localities cited and terms used. Ref. Brunet V:1262.

Kim Tiền, Khải Định era, Annamite diploma for a 3rd class gold sapèque awarded to a Frenchman, dated 1st year, 6th month, 6th day of the Khải Định era (June 14, 1916), entirely calligraphed on yellow paper within a dragon frame, imperial seal in red ink, handwritten "Saint Gall" on back, tears. 29.5 x 34.5 cm

ANONYMOUS - MILITARIA If you wish to serve in Indochina - AOF - AEF - Madagascar, enlist in the 4è Rgiment du Génie as part of the GENIE D'OUTRE-MER . Army printing workshop Poster without canvas, tears repaired 63.5 x 49.5 cm

Coster, D. ; Tanjé ; Heijlbrouck, F. ; Harrewyn - Le Grand Théâtre sacré du Duché de Brabant. The Hague Chr. van Lom 1729 4 parts in 2 vol. large folio: [6]-394-14, [2]-40, [2]-212, [2]-134 pp. (some minor spotting, offsetting of text in vol. II). Contemp. marbled sheep, gilt spines with raised bands (rubbed, 1 joint split, def. at heads & tails). First edition of this impressive iconographical work on Brabant and Antwerp, erroneously attributed to Jacques Le Roy or Sanderus; it is in fact a compilation by an unknown author. First volume concerning Mechelen, Leuven, Diest, Tienen, etc.; 2nd on Antwerp. Engr. ill., some signed by D. Coster and Harrewijn: 4 title-vign., 2 folding maps, 25 portraits (of 26; missing Boussu (Vol. I)), 5 ill. in text, +/- 185 pl. depicting funeral monuments or gravestones, and 72 pl. showing nice views of abbeys and churches (mostly double-page, 1 missing compared to index (church of Laeken, Vol. I), 3 extra pl. not in index (churches of Aalst and Ninove, abbey of Nazareth)). The hundreds of printed coats of arms are hand-coloured. Our copy is further enriched with 2 extra portraits (Antwerp bishop J. Malderus, after Van Dyck, pasted on front flyleaf, and cardinal Boussu, by Tanjé after Smeyers, to replace the orig. missing portrait), and 3 extra, very rare folding plates bound at the end: 1. Broadsheet "Beschryvinghe der Franschen moet-wil, geschiet in het bombarderen, en verbrande der prinelycke stadt Brusselen", G. Bouttats, Antwerp, 1695. With large engr. siege map and views of the burning city, and a mortar (sm. tear). - 2. folding map "Lovanium", engr. by A. Pauli, Antwerp, 1635 (underlaid). Military map of Leuven and its surroundings. - 3. folding map "Plan de la ville et citadelle d'Anvers", by J.F. Lucas. Title in red & black. Ref. BB V:319-329:T-57. - Barbier II:365. - STCN. Prov. Vaernewyck (arm. bookplate by F. Heijlbrouck, ms. label on front pastedowns and ms. notes on first flyleaves).

Bibliophily BERALDI (Henri) Reunion of 2 works: * Propos d'un bibliophile. Engraving and lithography, binding. Paris, se., 1901. In-8; vignettes by Darbour woodcut by Paillard. Minor spotting. Limited edition of 60 copies (n°31 for Jules Comte), signed by the author. 2 printed bookplates by Isidore Fernandez. Red morocco signed BALMES, gilt title on spine, gilt bookplate of Isidore Fernandez, filleted edges, inner lace, publisher's buff cover, gilt edges. * Library of a bibliophile. 1865-1885. Lille, Danel, 1885 (Followed by) Eugène Paillet bibliophile. 1829-1901. Slne, 1902. In-8, limited edition on laid paper. 3 printed bookplates by Isidore Fernandez. Jansenist morocco signed BRUGALLA 1943, gilt titles on spine, gilt bookplate of Isidore Fernandez, filleted edges, inner lace, publisher's covers preserved, gilt edges. Provenances: Two ex-libris printed on leather and gilt super-libris on boards of Isidoro Fernandez, Spanish bibliophile. Many of his books were bought in Paris. He had them bound first by Marius Michel and later by Emilio Brugalla, one of Spain's most prestigious bookbinders. There are several forms of ex-libris of this bibliophile, one of which is used as a gilded super-libris on the boards of full morocco bindings. After his death, his collection was maintained by his daughter Flora, and from 1984, by Flora's son Carlos. After Carlos' death in 2009, his daughter Elisa Fernàndez Stoykovich sold the Library at Christie's in London.

(Murner, Thomas) Die Narren beschwerung. Ein gar sehr nutzliches /kurtzweyliges unnd lustiges Büchlin (...). Mit Titelholzschnitt u. 96 Textholzschnitten. Strassburg, J. Knobloch d. J., 1558. CLXXVII, 2 Bll. 8°. Spät. Pgt. mit reicher floraler und orna - (Murner, Thomas) The Fools' Complaint. A very useful /curious and amusing book (...). With woodcut title and 96 woodcuts in the text. Strasbourg, J. Knobloch the Younger, 1558. CLXXVII, 2 vols. 8°. Late. Pgt. with rich floral and ornamental gilt embossing and ribbon ties (spine minimally stained, front cover slightly bent). VD16 M 7045 (not in the BSB) - STC 637 - Ritter 1619 - Müller 342, 71 - Goedeke II, 464, 18 (under Wickram). - Extremely rare, according to Worldcat and KVK only one copy worldwide (British Library), also 1 copy in the SBB Berlin (sign. Yg 6444) (digital copy VD16). - Fourth and also the second edition edited and expanded by Wickram. The first edition was published in Strasbourg in 1512, the second in 1518. The first edition, newly edited by Wickram, was published in 1556. Some of the beautiful woodcuts here are based on Brant's Ship of Fools, others are taken from the first edition of 1512, some with the monogram of Urs Graf (Hollstein XI, 268-286 attributes a total of 19 woodcuts in the first edition to Graf). Like Sebastian Brant in his "Ship of Fools", Murner also attacks the cardinal sins of the Middle Ages: Lust, profligacy, arrogance, avarice, envy, anger and laziness. Each poem (chapter) is preceded by a popular saying illustrated by a woodcut, followed by a summarizing quatrain. "Despite many motivic and compositional borrowings from the 'Ship of Fools', the 'Narenbeschwerung' is quite independent (even in the sharpness of its criticism, which seems to know no taboo, it goes far beyond Brant) and proves to be the work of a much more original author than Brant's artful compilation" (cf. Kindler). - Browned due to paper wear, but almost free of stains, lower corner of the title has been replaced (text and motif not affected), endpapers probably renewed. Overall a very well-preserved copy of this rare edition with splendid woodcut illustrations throughout in decorative binding. With woodcut title and 96 woodcuts. Later vellum binding with rich floral and ornamental gilt embossing and ribbon ties (spine minimally stained, front cover slightly bent). - Exceptionally rare, according to Worldcat and KVK only one copy worldwide (British Library), also 1 copy in the SBB Berlin (digitalized VD16). - Fourth and also the second edition edited and expanded by Wickram. The first edition was published in Strasbourg in 1512, the second in 1518. The first edition, newly edited by Wickram, was published in 1556. Some of the beautiful woodcuts in this edition are based on Brant's "Narrenschiff", others are taken from the first edition of 1512, some with the monogram of Urs Graf (Hollstein XI, 268-286 attributes a total of 19 woodcuts in the first edition to Graf). - Due to paper browned, but almost stain-free, the lower corner of the title has been replaced (text and motif not affected), endpapers presumably renewed. Overall a very well-preserved copy of this rare edition with splendid woodcut illustrations throughout in decorative binding. * This work is taxed. The hammer price is subject to a 23.95% buyer's premium and the final invoice amount is subject to 7% (books only) or 19% VAT in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 23.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books only) or 19% VAT on the final invoice amount in the European Union.

[GEN-PAUL]. CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand). - "Voyage au bout de la nuit" Set. 3 vols. Paris, Édition Denoël, 1943. In-8 (23 x 14), paperback. New edition with 15 ill. by Gen-Paul. Faded. Also included CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand). "Mort à crédit" (Paris, Édition Denoël, 1936). In-8 (23 x 14), paperback. New edition with 16 ill. by Gen-Paul. Faded covers. Also by the same author. "Casse pipe" (Paris, Frédéric Chambriand, 1949). In-8 (19 x 12.5), paperback.

Maroquin with suites and original drawing LOTI (Louis Marie Julien VIAUD dit Pierre) Ramuntcho. 26 etchings in original compositions by CAMOREYT engraved in color. Paris, Carteret, 1922. In-4: 2f., 212pp. Limited edition of 200 copies, one of 50 with 2 suites (n°1) and an original book-size drawing of 9 types of Basque peasants, executed in pencil and watercolor (signed and dedicated by the publisher). Brown mosaic morocco signed NOULHAC, boards decorated with a large mosaic framing composed of a green morocco listel with red and gilded flowers at the corners, green and havana vine leaves towards the corners joined by grapes, mosaic ribbed spine, double gilt fillet on edges, sextuple gilt fillet inside with central roulette, double endpapers including green silk endpapers, gilt edges, covers and spine preserved, protective sheathed case to be restored. A fine copy. A splendid copy of this beautifully illustrated edition of Pierre Loti's famous novel. Provenance: Copy from the libraries of Descamps-Scrive (René Descamps-Scrive, French collector and bibliophile whose library was among the most prestigious in France between the wars, and who was a member of several bibliophile societies) and Brunet.

Pierre-Antoine de LA PLACE - Oronoko Chez Vente à Paris, 1769 - Oronoko, ou Le Prince nègre. Imitation de l'anglois, nouvelle édition, revue et corrigée Exceptional copy cited by Cohen of this French adaptation by Pierre-Antoine de La Place of Madame Aphra Behn's novel published in England in 1688. This novel is considered a precursor, featuring THE FIRST BLACK HERO OF MODERN LITERATURE. Pierre Antoine de La Place translated the text for the first time in 1745, followed by numerous reprints and imitations throughout the century. First illustrated edition featuring an armorial vignette after Eisen, and 5 out-of-text figures engraved by Baron after Marillier. Splendid tan morocco binding, triple gilt fillets on covers, flowers at corners, coat of arms in center, ornate spine, burgundy title page, dominoté paper lining and endpapers, gilt edges. RARE COPY CITED BY COHEN (I, N° 598), BOUND WITH THE CHOISEUL-STAINVILLE COAT OF ARMS. In-12, (4) 12pp, 212pp (2) Provenance: Copy cited by Cohen (I, col. 598), from the libraries of Duriez de Verninac, Blumenthal (1932, no. 206) and Laurent Meeûs (1982, no. 106).

"Charles BAUDELAIRE - Le Spleen de Paris From Briffaut au livre du bibliophile in Paris, 1921 - A very fine copy of this highly polished edition, illustrated with thirty hors texte etchings by Lobel-Riche and with typographic ornaments engraved and designed by Louis Jou. A magnificent production by Lobel-Riche in the highly tortured, erotic-decadent style so typical of Baudelaire. One of 233 copies on arches vellum with a state of the etchings, the only edition after 129 copies on vellum and Japon. Spectacular period binding by Belgian bookbinder Jules-Karl Van West, in full brown morocco mosaic with geometric figures in red morocco and gilt filleting on the boards, 4-nerved spine with gilt filleting, double-framed boxes in gilt filleting and red morocco framing, gilt roulettes on tail and head, gilt head. Borders in the same morocco, gilt fillets on the edges, original covers preserved, first cover slightly soiled but not seriously soiled, otherwise very fresh and free of foxing. In-4, 163pp + epilogue + table."

"Travel] Jules DUMONT D'URVILLE - Voyage au pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie (Voyage to the South Pole and Oceania) Chez Gide à Paris, 1841-1846 - First edition of this important account of the voyages on the corvettes l'Astrolabe and la Zélée carried out by order of the King during the years 1837-1838-1839-1840. Period bindings in fawn half-basanes, 5-rib spines, ornate compartments and morocco title-pieces, rubbing with a few small leather tears not serious, solid bindings. A fine copy, complete with the 9 folding maps, the interior well preserved overall, with scattered foxing and some browned quires. Traces of moisture in last volume. This was Dumont D'Urville's third voyage around the world, and he made a considerable contribution to science in the fields of zoology, botany, mineralogy and more. During this voyage, Dumont d'Urville and Charles Hector Jacquinot explored the Marquesas Islands, Tahiti, the Tonga Islands, New Zealand and Tasmania, the Hamoa and Viti archipelagos, Vanikoro, the Solomon Islands, the Carolines, New Guinea and Australia, then the Southern Ocean: Dumont d'Urville reached the Antarctic in January 1840. He died 2 years later in the tragic circumstances of the Meudon rail disaster. This edition, the original of the text, includes the account of the voyage told by Dumont d'Urville, then completed from volume 4 onwards by expedition hydrographer Vincendon-Dumoulin from the author's notebooks and retaining the first person, another publication comprising a total of 30 volumes essentially composed of In-Folio atlases rich in illustrated plates saw the light of day, published first by Dumont d'Urville then completed after his death, by Charles Hector Jacquinot. In-8, 82pp, 295pp, 363pp (2), 4pp, 451pp (1), 410pp (1), 8pp, 428pp (1), 344pp (1), 346pp (1), 391pp (1), 360pp (1) 318pp (1) Provenance: Superlibris "E. Michelot "" on the iron at the tail of each volume."

Brunelleschi, Umberto - MUSSET, Alfred de La nuit vénitienne. Fantasio. Les caprices de Marianne. Illustrations by U. Brunelleschi. Paris H. Piazza (1913) In-4°. Lavaliere half-maroquin with corners signed J. Weckesser, marbled paper boards surrounded by a double gilt fillet, gilt ribbed spine, gilt t., covers and spine cons. (edges and corners dulled). 20 off-texts reproduced in color, framed in green-gray ornamentation and protected by captioned serpents and 3 black headbands; qqs ornaments in green-gray and ochre, text framed in green-gray ornamentation. Ex. of the non num. edition on vellum. Ref. Mahé II:1027.

[DOMBES, Louis-Auguste de Bourbon] Le cuisinier gascon. Amsterdam [= Paris] s.n. 1740 In-12: [8]-208 pp. (uniformly lightly browned, rare marginal foxing). Red morocco, signed Chambolle-Duru, ribbed spine, double gilt fillet on the edges, gilt fleuronné fillings, gilt on marbled boards (slight traces of mildew). Rare first edition of one of the most renowned cookery books of the 18th c., dedicated to the Prince of Dombes (1700-1755), "one of the best cooks in France" according to the author, who signs his name "le cuisinier gascon" and is said to be none other than the Prince himself. Grandson of Louis XIV and the Marquise de Montespan, appointed grand-veneur to the king in 1738, he was Louis XV's hunting companion. Both enjoyed exercising their culinary talents, with the prince acting as the king's kitchen boy. The book offers 217 recipes for appetizers and entremets, soberly described, from peasant inspiration to the most refined, where stews are often drenched in champagne and flavors highlighted by orange and lemon: poulets en culotte, en chauve-souris, à la caracatacat, yeux de veau farcis au gratin, barbe de chèvre, bignets (fritters) bachiques, sauces au singe vert, au bleu céleste, veau en crotte d'âne roulé à la Neuteau, jambes de boeuf ou de bois, hachis d'oeuf sans malice... There are also many detailed Italian recipes, not forgetting the legendary "gauffres à la flamande". Ref. Vicaire 233-234. - Bitting 540. - Oberlé, Fastes, 112 (2nd ed.). - Simon 421 (id.). - STCN (id.). - Not in Barbier. Prov. Albert Pascal, banker and bibliophile from Marseille (1811-1882) (bookplate). - Maurice Lacroix (mod. bookplate).

Doubled morocco signed Marius Michel HÉRÉDIA (José-Maria de) Les Trophées. Paris, Lemerre, 1893. In-8 (reprinted in-4). Limited edition of 100 copies on Hollande (n°25), the only large paper. An uncut copy with full margins. Maroquin burgundy with olive lining signed MARIUS MICHEL, title and author gilt on spine, jaws cracked with rubbing, filleted edges, large frame with mosaic chain and gilt floral motifs, gold moiré satin endpapers, marbled paper double endpapers, publisher's cover preserved, gilt edges, protective sheathed case. Provenance: Ex-libris monogrammed MB.

HOSTE Paul - L'Art des Armées navales, ou Traité des evolutions navales, qui contient des regles utiles aux officiers Généraux, & Particuliers d'une Armée Navale; avec des exemples tirez de ce qui s'est passé de plus considérable sur la mer depuis cinquante ans. Lyon, Anisson & Posuel, 1697, 2 works in 1vol. in-folio, speckled brown calf, finely decorated ribbed spine, fawn title page, lace on the edges, speckled edges, slight rest. and a few scattered russets. 1) 7 ff.n.ch., 424 pp. and 134 engraved figures. 2) 6 ff.n.ch., 172 pp. 2 ff.n.ch. (explanation of marine terms) and 11 folding plates out of text. Polak 4512. Sommervogel IV, 479-480. First edition of these two works, which should always be found together. Father Hoste's major work, marking the science of navigation, was translated into the languages of most European maritime nations. Paul Hoste, born in 1652 in Pont-de-Veyle, Ain, entered the Jesuits in September 1666. A gifted mathematician, he soon specialized in mathematical applications for the navy. Successively Royal Professor of Mathematics in Lyon and Toulon (where he died in 1700), he benefited, through the Duc de Mortemart, from the high protection of Marshals Jean d'Estrées and de Tourville. He made several sea voyages with them and accompanied them on their naval expeditions for twelve years, studying and codifying their maneuvers. French naval thought really took shape with the Traité des évolutions navales, written in close collaboration with these two illustrious marshals. It constitutes a vast synthesis of the naval tactics of the time, based on a study of the great naval battles since Lepanto. A good copy in contemporary binding. Handwritten bookplate on the title page. [Ref. 23879] The first treatise on naval tactics to be published in Europe

Navarra [NAVARRE - LETTRES de NOBLESSE de AYZIÑE LECUMBERRI y SARTHOLO] Letter of Nobility [Letras testimoniales por patente de instancia de Nobleza] - In favor of Antonio Aizine de Lecumberri y Sartholo de Tudela (Navarra). Pamplona, 24 de septiembre de 1759. Ejecutoria de la causa seguida por don Antonio Ayziéne de Lecumberri y Sartholo, para uso del escudo de Armas; en la ciudad de Tudela. [Execution of the cause pursued by Don Antonio Ayziène de Lecumberri y Sartholo for the use of the coat of arms in the city of Tudela]. In folio, 180 leaves calligraphed in legible pen-and-ink handwriting in black frames, with watercolor plate of arms, under blue cloth serpente. Crimson velvet, metal clasps, orange edges.

Iacovleff, Alexandre - MARAN, René Batouala. Illustrated with drawings by Iacovleff. Paris Mornay 1928 In-4°. Brown half-maroquin with corners signed Bernasconi, marbled paper boards surrounded by gilt fillet, spine decorated with gilt framing with small dots and mosaic parts in black and light brown morocco, gilt t., covers and spine cons. (slight scratches). Partly original edition (between the 1921 orig., awarded the Prix Goncourt, and the definitive 1938 ed.) richly illustrated (6 etchings out of text and numerous compositions in the text) by the Russian-born "colonial" painter Iacovleff, who took part in Citroën's Croisière noire in 1927. Edition of 448 copies, including 48 proofs, one of 350 on Rives vellum à la forme (no. 87). Ref. http://www.imagesetmemoires.com/doc/Articles/B28rieszbatouala.pdf

[SURREALISME]. [REVUE]. BRETON (André). - "Le surréalisme même" Paris, Jean-Jacques Pauvret, 1956-1959. 5 vol. in-12 square (19.5 x 19.5). Complete with the 2 fascicles inserted in issues 1 and 2, entitled "Les Détraquées" by P.-L. Palau and "Le Royaume de la terre", unpublished screenplay by Abel Gance and Nelly Kaplan.Participation by Joyce Mansour, Man Ray, Leonora Carrington, Marcel Duchamp, Hans Bellmer, Jean Schuster, etc. Covers slightly faded.

Bertrand, Gaston - MEURISSE, Jacques Les paysages immobiles. Sixteen texts [...]. Four drypoints by Gaston Bertrand. [Bruxelles] Signe de Sept (G.-M. Dutilleul, H. Van Campenhout for the engravings) [1955] In-4°. On ff. in printed cover. Good ex. First edition and first printing of the engravings. Unique edition of 70 copies on Auvergne paper, 20 of which are hand-colored, one of 50 commercially available (no. 12). The drypoints are signed, justified 12/50 and titled in graphite "Oljeto", "Non point un endroit ordinaire", "Les gestes malhabiles" and "Les cris inutiles". With a l.a.s. from Meurisse to Auguste Taevernier.

"[Alchemy] Michaelis MAIERI - Viatorium Hoc est de montibus, planetarum septem feu, metallorum Rothomagi (Rouen) sumpt. Johannis Berthelin (Jean Berthelin) 1651 - Alchemical work in Latin by the German physician Michael Maier, first published in 1618, the same year as his Themis Aurea devoted to the Rosicrucians. EXTREMELY RARE. Michael Maier's career is closely linked to alchemy: he served Rudolf II, who was very interested in alchemy, and then became interested in the Rosicrucians. His various alchemical works generally include a few engravings. This one includes 7 superb engravings, one of which is particularly striking, depicting an elephant in combat with a chimera. Also complete with engraved title-frontispiece. Bound in well-preserved full contemporary vellum, title in old ink on the spine, boards a little soiled but overall in very good condition, inside fresh with a few traces of old dampening but not serious. The author, an alchemist from Rindsberg, was a doctor of medicine in the service of Emperor Rudolf. He later devoted himself to alchemy and occult philosophy, authoring some twenty works, and is one of the authors of the Rosicrucians. Gardner 436, Caillet 7006, Stanislas de Guaita 544 for the 1651 edition. In-12, 224pp."

LITERATURE - ZAMENHOF Lejzer Ludwig (1859 - 1917) - Autograph card signed - Bialystok was part of tsarist Russia, where people spoke White Russian, Polish, German and Hebrew. At the age of 15, he set out to invent an international language. After 13 years' work, he published "Doctor Esperanto's International Language". He himself spoke a dozen languages. Autograph card signed and dated Warsaw, 17.09.1905 to Paul Langer.. 1 p in-16.

Edition Photoglob u.a. Sammlung von 40 großformatigen OPhotographien. Vintages, Albuminabzüge. Um 1890. Format je ca. 21 x 27 cm. Mont. in chinesischem illustr. Lackalbum d. Zt. mit Beinapplikationen, Goldschnitt u. Innenkantenvergoldung. Quer-Fol. (bes - Egypt and others Edition Photoglob and others Collection of 40 large-format OPhotographs. Vintages, albumen prints. Circa 1890, each approx. 21 x 27 cm. Mounted in Chinese illustrated lacquer album of the period with bone applications, gilt edges and gilt inner edges. Landscape fol. (bumped, spine reinforced, front cover loose). The views and ethnographic photographs, mostly numbered and inscribed in the negative, i.a. from: Egypt (Cairo (Sultan Hassan Mosque, citadel and Muhammad Ali Mosque, Mosque Sultan Beris Bey, Ramses statue), Giza (palace of Prince Hussein Kamil, pyramids, Sphinx), camels a. riders in the desert, belly dancers). (camels and riders in the desert, belly dancer, Arab wedding, Arab women bathing, street scene, Bedouins, Bishari, Temple of Philae), Singapore (tiger hunt, Malay Pulo Brani). - Mostly Edition Photoglob (Zurich), also Bonfils (1), Gustav Richard Lambert Singapore (with blindstamp) (2), Edit. Schroeder u. Cie Zurich (2) a.o. - Partly rubbed, edge wear and creases, occasional tears, small mounted corner tears, 1 misplace. Corner tears, 1 missing part. - In the appendix: 4 photographic postcards (silver gelatin prints) with views of Constantinople and 16 collotype prints with views of London (each approx. 15 x 20 cm). Egypt a.o. - Collection of 40 large format orig. photographs. Vintages, albumen prints. Mounted in a Chinese illustrated lacquer album of the time with bone applications, gilt edges and gilding on the inner dentelles (bumped, spine reinforced, front cover loose). - The views and ethnographic photographs mostly numbered and inscribed in French in the negative, among others from: Egypt (Cairo (Sultan Hassan Mosque, Citadel and Muhammad Ali Mosque, Mosque of Sultan Beris Bey, Ramses Statue), Giza (Palace of Prince Hussein Kamil, Pyramids, Sphinx), camels and riders in the desert, belly dancer, Arab wedding, Arabs (taking a footbath a.o.), street scene, Bedouins, Bishari, Temple of Philae)), Singapore (Tiger Hunt, Malay Pulo Brani). - Mostly Edition Photoglob (Zurich), also Bonfils (1), Gustav Richard Lambert Singapore (with blind stamp) (2), Edit. Schroeder u. Cie Zurich (2) a.o. - Partly rubbed, marginal tears and creases, occ. tears, small mounted corner tear-offs, 1 missing part. - Enclosed: 4 photopostcards (silver gelatin prints) with views of Constantinople as well as 16 collotype prints with views of London.

Walter Schnackenberg (1880 Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains - 1962 Rosenheim) "The demonized apple". Original title Under the branches of an apple tree, as an allegory of the Fall of Man, a faun holds a very delicate beauty in his strong arms. An expressive sheet rich in contrasting colors and lines by Schnackenberg, who trained under Franz von Stuck and became known in particular as an important poster artist, illustrator and caricaturist, but also as a stage and costume designer. Watercolor and pencil/paper or cardboard. Signed and dated lower right. (19)40. Verso studio details and title as well as a detailed note by the artist on the history of the work and further annotations by another hand. Passepartout cut-out 61.5 cm x 46.5 cm. Frame. According to the artist's handwritten notes on the reverse, the present work - together with a portrait of the actress Irene von Meyendorff - was taken down from the wall and removed by the then Minister of State and Gauleiter Adolf Wagner in the summer of 1942 shortly before the start of the exhibition in the Maximilianeum. The present sheet thus represents an art-historically significant contemporary testimony to censorship under the National Socialist regime. Watercolors and pencil on paper or cardboard. Signed and dated (19)40. Inscribed with title and information about the history of the art work on the reverse.

Bibliothek von Prof. Juergen Seuss - The library of Juergen Seuss, who is best known as a book designer and producer of the Büchergilde Gutenberg, comprises around 22,000 volumes. The passionate bookmaker not only collected titles on typography, illustration, book history and art, but also collected examples in original book design from different eras. The bookshelves also contain beautifully produced books from well-known publishers such as Georg Müller, Insel and Diederichs. The working library's collection focuses on subjects such as the Enlightenment, German literature from the 18th to 20th centuries, French literature, especially in German translations, French history, as well as Russian literature and illustrated books. Signed books by befriended authors, handwritten annotations in works that he both appreciated and rejected, numerous copies of titles designed by him for the Büchergilde, Faber & Faber, Edition Spangenberg or C.H.Beck Verlag that are still in their packaging, as well as numerous copies of his own BrennGlas Verlag, bear witness to the intensity with which the later professor of book design dedicated his life to books. The library can be visited in Juergen Seuss' long-time home near Frankfurt. More detailed descriptions can be requested.

Char, René Char, Rene. Le Monde de l'art n'est pas le Monde du Pardon. Mit 72 teils ganzseitigen und teils farbigen Lithographien nach Arbeiten von Georges Braque, Henri Matisse, Nicholas de Stael, Joan Miro, Wilfredo Lam, Pablo Picasso, Viera da Silva, - Char, René Char, Rene. Le Monde de l'art n'est pas le Monde du Pardon. With 72 lithographs, some full-page and some in color, after works by Georges Braque, Henri Matisse, Nicholas de Stael, Joan Miro, Wilfredo Lam, Pablo Picasso, Viera da Silva, Alberto Giacometti, Arpad Szenes, Zao Wou-Ki, Pierre Charbonnier and others. (Paris), Maeght, (1974). Loose quires in OUmschlag in OKasette. Cl. folio. Monod 2624 - Print of the graphic works by Fequet et Baudier. - Rare. With 72 lithographs, some full-page and some in color, after works by Georges Braque, Henri Matisse, Nicholas de Stael, Joan Miro, Wilfredo Lam, Pablo Picasso, Viera da Silva, Alberto Giacometti, Arpad Szenes, Zao Wou-Ki, Pierre Charbonnier and many more. Rare.

[HUGO (Victor)] Autograph working manuscript of L'Elégie des fléaux, excerpt from La Légende des siècles In French, autograph manuscript sheet on paper, brown ink S.l. [Paris (?) Victor Hugo returned to Paris in 1870], s.d. [circa 1875 (?)] Two small ink corrosion holes; text scratched with vertical and horizontal lines Size: 310 x 165 mm. This fragment belongs to the group of Victor Hugo's works sometimes referred to as "Copeaux", so named by the author himself. Once transferred and used, the author crossed them out and either archived or destroyed them. See: "J.-M. Hovasse, "Les copeaux de Victor Hugo", in Genesis: Manuscrits, Recherche, Innovation, no. 45 (2017), pp. 17-35: "For most of them were 'used', either in a more developed fragment or in a published work, and were then crossed out. Those that, for various reasons, in which chance plays a major role, have been saved, appeal to collectors and scholars alike, as they allow us to witness the birth of constituted ensembles, to get as close as possible to the origin of the creative work, and to sometimes allow a confrontation between a first draft and its final version". On the recto is an autograph fragment of the Légende des siècles (XXII, L'Elégie des fléaux, Nouvelle Série [Seconde série], Paris, Hetzel, 1877, pp. 297-299). Incipit: "Sous qui rampe la foule aux confuses rumeurs..." and explicit, "[...] D'où vient cette coloère odieuse des fleuves? So many crimes committed by the shadow! So many widows! How many orphans! Infamous massacre of innocents! La Légende des siècles is a collection of poems by Victor Hugo, written intermittently between 1855 and 1876, and published in three series (1859, 1877, 1883). A collective edition of the three series appeared in 1883. Verso: various autograph notes, less legible. Names of historical figures appear in La Légendes des siècles: Cambyses, Cyrus, Alexander, Annibal, Attila, Genghis...Caiaphas, Pico, Borgia, Torquemada....

Lairesse, Gerard de - Atlas assembled to order containing 92 maps of Europe. 17th-18th c Folio: [4 incl. engr. title] pp.; 92 maps of which 58 hand-coloured (typogr. title spotted, some sm. stains on 1 map, few items sl. soiled or browned, 1 map creased, sm. tears in 2 folds, very rare spotting). Maps overall in very good condition. Contemp. vellum, flat spine (sl. used, front flyleaves renewed). Composite atlas containing letterpress and engr. title (by G. de Lairesse) extracted from the "Atlas minor [...]" by Nicolaes Visscher. Most maps by N. Visscher, E.H. Fricx or F. de Wit; some by C. Allard (2), H. Allardt (2), A. Penez (1), Sanson (5), N. Ten Have (1), A. Van Heurdt (1) and some anonymous. Depicting: Low Countries (42) in its various political appearances, Central Europe (22, a.o. Holy Roman Empire, Swiss, Austria, Hungary, etc.), the Mediterranean (12), British Isles (8), Scandinavia (3), France (3), Russia (1) and Poland (1). Published by Wolfgang, Allard, de Wit, I. Danckaerts, J. Robyn, P. Mortier, Visscher, E.H. Fricx, J.B. Homann and H. Jaillot; some anonymous. Huge collection with 22 folding maps (of which 12 with large alphabetical register) and 58 hand-coloured. Detailed list on request. Ref. Cp. Koeman C&M 17 and Fri 1.

THE POSTER MASTERS Set of nine plates - N°165: Absinthe Mugnier - N°167: Job cigarette paper (Meunier) - N°168: Rowntree's Elect Cocoa (Beggarstaff) - N°171 : Chemins de fer de l'Est - Venise (Hugo d'Alesi) - N°174: Joan of Arc - Sarah Bernhardt (Grasset) - N°187: Messaline (Lorant Heilbronn) - N°189: Grands Magasins du Louvre (Cheret) - N°214: Théodora (Orazi) - n°230: Louise (Rochegrosse) Impimerie Chaix 40 x 29 cm (approx., each) Some minor edgewear

Contemporary red morocco with the arms of Louis XIV PÉREFIXE (Hardouin de BEAUMONT de) Histoire du Roy Henri le Grand composed by Messire Hardouin de PEREFIXE. Paris, Martin, 1661. In-4: 6f, 481pp, (2). Contemporary red morocco, spine ribbed and ornamented, jaws restored at the entrances, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, central gilt coat of arms, gilt roulette on the edges, rubbing, corners slightly dulled, minor defects, edges gilt. First edition. This famous history of Henri IV was written for the young Louis XIV. Provenance: Arms of Louis XIV on boards and bookplate printed in color of the famous American bibliophile Lucius Wilmerding, whose Library was sold at auction in New York in 1950-1951.

Lukian - The hetaera conversations. German by F. Blei. Leipzig, J. Zeitler 1907. 37 x 30 cm. With 15 collotype plates with drawings by G. Klimt. Original cloth binding with title drawing by G. Klimt. (Cl. cloth). Schauer I, 158; Garwey/Wick 130; Hofstätter p. 214; Hayn/Got. IV, 295 - With excellent illustrations by Gustav Klimt - Published in a small edition for subscribers only - Generous and wide-margined impression on Zanders laid paper. - 1 of 300 numbered copies, lavishly printed in black and gold on untrimmed Zanders laid paper. "The bold edition of the Hetärengespräche des Lukian (1907) with the exquisitely ingenious drawings by Gustav Klimt" (Schauer). The 15 drawings by Klimt are reproduced in excellent collotype plates. - 1 of 300 numbered copies, printed in black and gold on laid paper with wide margins. The small edition was published only for the subscribers. With 15 plates after drawings by Klimt. Orig. cloth with illustration by Klimt on front board. - Binding slightly rubbed, inner hinges slightly going.

CARÊME, Marie-Antoine Le pâtissier royal parisien, ou Traité élémentaire et pratique de la pâtisserie ancienne et moderne; suivi d'observations utiles aux progrès de cet art, et d'une revue critique des grans bals de 1810 et 1811. Second edition, revised and corrected. Decorated with 41 plates drawn by the author, comprising 182 subjects, line-engraved by Messrs. Normand fils, Hibon and Thierry. Paris, author 1828, 2 vols. in-8°; engraved title and 40 plates (numerous russets except in a few places, a few ff. and plates in vol. II slightly browned, marg. wet, brown stain on upper corners in last 1/3 of vol. II). Contemporary half-basane, blue marbled paper boards, gilt-stamped spines (rubbed, spines - part. - and headpieces restored, lower jaw of vol. II partly split). Second edition dedicated, like the 1815 original, to M. Boucher, comptroller of the Prince de Talleyrand-Périgord's household. Illustrated with an engraved title and 40 folding plates of culinary architecture. Carême learned pastry-making but was also a keen architect. He combined his two passions, and his patron, the famous Bailly, exhibited his "pièces montées" inspired by the architecture of Vignole and Palladio. Carême then opened his own store, which he kept until 1813. He also revisited cuisine, later serving First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte, Talleyrand and foreign courts, before returning to Paris to work for Rothschild. With the author's signature, on verso of the false title of t. I, authenticating the edition. Ref. Vicaire 144-145. - Bitting 74. - Oberlé, Fastes, 188.

La MOTTRAYE Aubry - Voyages en Europe, Asie et Afrique, ou l'on trouve une grande variété de recherches géographiques, historiques et politiques sur l'Italie, la Grèce, la Turquie, la Tartarie, Crimée, et Nogaye, la Circassie, la Suède, la Laponie, etc... avec des remarques instructives sur les moeurs, coutumes... des peuples et des païs ou l'auteur a voyagé... comme aussi des relations fidèles des évènements... A La Haye, chez T. Johnson et J. Van Duren, 1727. 2 vols. - Travels in English and French, in various provinces and places of ducal and royal Prussia, Russia, Poland, &c. Contenant un Traité de divers Ordres de chevalerie. Imprimé pour l'Auteur, Et se vend à La Haye, Adrien Moetjens; Londres, Round & Meighan; Dublin, Grierson & Bradley, 1732. 1 vol. Together 2 works in 3 volumes small in-folio, speckled calf, ornamented spines, old red title-piece and tomaison (mq three pieces, two of which need to be rebacked), antique bindings with some variants (lacks, splits, restorations and wear). Chadenat, n°105. - Tobler, p. 116. First French edition, translated from English, of Aubry de La Mottraye's (1674-1743) account of his travels in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The account by this French Protestant gentleman, exiled to London, is particularly interesting for our knowledge of Constantinople, Turkey and the Scandinavian countries. Superb engraved intaglio illustration containing, in the first edition, 2 frontispieces by Bernard Picart, a fleuron repeated on the titles, 47 plates out of text, some of them double or folding, engraved by William Hogarth, Parker, Nutting, R. Smith, etc., (ecclesiastical dignities, antiquities, pontifical and royal insignia, monuments, costumes, official parades, encampments, dwellings, mining operations, genre scenes) and 4 folding maps. First edition of Voyages en diverses provinces et places de la Prusse ducale et royale, de la Russie, de la Pologne, &c., with frontispiece and 8 plates (plate VII missing). The text of this work, printed on two columns, is in French and English.

BARTHOU (Louis) Collection of 3 works by the author: * Le Traité de Paix. Paris, Charpentier, 1919. In-8. Edition of 15 copies on Hollande (n°15), the only large paper. Long autograph letter from the author to his friend Gabriel Thomas. Bottle-green morocco signed KAUFFMANN et HORCLOIS, gilt title on lightened spine, filleted edges, inner quintuple fillet, publisher's cover preserved, gilt head. * Mirabeau. Paris, Hachette & Cie, 1913. In-8. Autograph letter from the author to Aunt Thalie (1913). Red morocco signed STROOBANS, gilt title on spine, gilt filleting in centre ribbons, double gilt filleting around boards, filleted edges, red moiré silk endpapers, inner fillets and irons, publisher's cover preserved, gilt head. Also included: - MAURRAS (Charles) : Le bibliophile Barthou. Study by René de Planhol. Paris, Éditions du Capitole, 1929. In-8, illustrations by G. GOOR. Limited edition of 3620 copies, one of 17 on Japon ancien (n°17) with the author's signature. Illustrations in 3 states, including one in color. Stuffed with a letter from Charles Maurras and a note from Louis Barthou about the book's portrait. ½ ruby morocco with signed filets corners, smooth spine, gilt title and character enhanced in brown, gilt head. - MIRBEAU (Octave): L'abbé Jules. Illustrations by SIMÉON. Paris, Mornay, 1925. In-8 paperback. Limited edition of 1095 copies, one of 31 on Hollande Van Gelder (n°75, printed especially for Louis Barthou) with a suite of woodcuts on Japon. Publisher's printed cover, weak binding.

MISTRAL (Frédéric) Nerte. Nouvelle provençale [Nerto nouvello prouvençalo]. Paris, Hachette & Cie, 1884. In-8, mirrored text in French and Provençal. Limited edition of 110 numbered copies, one of 100 on japon (n°76). Copies with large margins. Red morocco signed BRETAULT, ornate ribbed spine, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, filleted edges, inner lace, publisher's cover preserved, gilt edges. Provenance: Printed bookplate from the library of A. de Claye.

"Robert John THORNTON - Temple of Flora or Garden of the Botanist, Poet, Painter and Philosopher Published by Dr. Thornton, London [Londres], 1812 - A magnificent copy of one of the most beautiful botanical books ever published, undoubtedly the most spectacular of its time, and its author's undisputed masterpiece. The work did not save its author from ruin, despite the lottery organized to remedy the situation. The illustration set includes an allegorical frontispiece engraved by Tomkins, 2 black & white engravings by Russell and Opie after Maddocks, and Reinagle after Bartolozzi and Landseer, 28 hand-colored aquatints by Pether, Thornton, Edwards, Reinagle & Henderson, after drawings by Dunkarten, Roffe, Gaugain, Quilley, Maddox, Burk, Maddan and Stadler. Complete with 31 plates, the aquatints include the roses, executed by the author himself with brio, and certainly among the most beautiful plates in the book. Each plate is accompanied by poetic excerpts in verse recounting the virtues and legends associated with each flower specimen presented: a true literary, botanical and artistic gem. Bound in strictly contemporary full calf, double framed in gilt fillets on the boards, accompanied by a frame of gilt lace, 5-ribbed spine decorated with gilt and cold motifs, title, place and date in gilt lettering, attractive gilt arabesque lace on the edges, some light rubbing to the jaws, minor blemishes to the corners, excellent overall condition nonetheless for this binding. Particularly fresh interior, almost totally free of foxing, sublimely printed on fine vellum paper. Large in-4, unpaginated (156pp). "" THE MOST SUMPTUOUS FLORILEGIUM OF ALL TIMES"" (Great Flower Books p.42) "" ... the most strikingly beautiful set of flower plates ever to be printed in England, one of the loveliest books in the world "" (Alan Thomas - Great Books and Book Collectors pp.142-4) Provenance: Library of Mr. Alexandre Christian Becker, Danish collector, with his bookplate".

L'Assiette au beurre. Paris Schwarz 1902-1903 52 issues in 1 vol. in-4° (n.c., first issue detached, slightly browned). Cream percaline, smooth spine (jaws broken, cover soiled). N° 53-104 of this superb magazine of social and political caricature, resolutely committed to the left, photomechanically printed, mostly in color, sometimes on colored paper. Joint: [Villemessant, H. de] - Le masque de fer. Échos illustrés du Figaro. (Paris), Figaro office, 1878. In-f. (qqs rouss.). Publisher's Percaline signed Engel (spine and corners slightly rubbed). Profusely illustrated with caricatures by the owner of Figaro. (2 vols.)

Annulaire agathopédique et saucial, 1849. Bruxelles "imprimé par les presses iconographiques à la congrève de l'Ordre des Agath:.:, chez A. Labroue et compagnie cycle IV" [1850] In-8°: [4]-130 [= 134]-4 pp. (tear restored without loss to 3 ff., russ. to score ff.). Contemporary black chagrin, cold-stamped fillets, crowned monogram gilt in center, cold-stamped spine ribbed, gilt title, gilt stippling on edges, gilt roll on covers, gilt edges (jaws slightly split at head and tail, one corner slightly creased). In a slipcase of the same chagrin stamped with the same monogram. Unique original edition of the first publication of Les Agathopèdes, printed "in the sacramental number of 350 copies only". Not numbered. Adorned with an illuminated title showing the Order's emblematic pig armed with knife and fork, two women pampering piglets and a drunkard, as well as numerous comical in-texts, all wood-engraved by Lisbet from drawings by Louis Huard alias Grimbert [II] le Blaireau, artist and member of the Beaux-Ânes (for Fine Arts) class. All contributions are signed with pseudonyms evoking a bestiary inspired by Renart's novel: Goupil le Renard (alias Renier Chalon), Tibert le Chat (H.-Ph. Delmotte), Isengrin le Loup (Prosper Antoine Cuypers van Velthoven), Martin le Singe (Félix Bovie, painter and poet), Timer l'Âne (Hippolyte Rousselle, author of the "Bibliographie montoise"), Cloetboom le Mulet (Guillaume Gensse, head of the Forêts division at Société Générale), Rousselet l'Écureuil (Théodore Jouret, prof. of chemistry at the École Militaire), Croquemort l'Hyène (Camille Wins, lawyer), etc. The "annular" contains the Society's statutes defined by the "Bureau des Platitudes et des Éphémorroïdes", an agathopedic calendar parodying the Republican calendar with culinary terms (Huitrinaire, Crêpose, Jambonose, Truffose, Boudinal, Canardinal, Petitpoisidor....), articles on the various activities of the Bêtes-Laides class (for Belles-Lettres) or the Sciants class (for Sciences: courses in biblical agathopedics, gynofugilope construction, pinopenal legislation...). The book's typography uses Masonic symbolism. Ref. De le Court 68. - Oberlé, Bacchus, 1139. - Quérard, Sup. Litt., III:303-308. - Blavier 664. - Encyclopédie des farces et attrapes 27-32. Prov. "MDD" monogram surmounted by a count's crown. - Jean Jacobs (bookplate signed A. van Eyll, 1873).

[René MAGRITTE]. - "XXe siècle n°25: Aux sources de l'imaginaire" XXe siècle, 1965. In-4 (32 x 25), publisher's boards (original cover by Magritte). Complete with Estève's original color lithograph "Corne à Licou". Corners and covers rubbed, otherwise very good condition.

Autograph letter from Juliette Drouet BARTHOU (Louis) Les Amours d'un poète. Pointes-sèches by Georges ROBERT. Paris, Bibliophiles Franco-Suisses, 1933. In-4; out-of-text frontispiece and vignettes at the beginning and end of chapters. Limited edition of 110 copies, here no. 40 for Gaston Gradis. This copy includes a plate with a mailing from the author, a poem with a short text of thanks from the author to Henri Prost and Georges Robert, the 1934 menu at the Hôtel de Crillon, a letter from Juliette DROUET to Victor Hugo (4 pages in-8), and a letter addressed to Victor Hugo, dispatched from Gramat (postmark 1857) to Guernsey (postmarks in English), concerning work carried out by Madame Drouet in the house on condition that everything would be restored to its original condition on her departure (probably in the handwriting of the owner of the dwelling), a second letter probably from Juliette Drouet (4 pages in-8), and an A4 sheet listing expenses and receipts for 1839. Bottle-green morocco signed CREUZEVAULT, gilt title on spine, large cold medallion on upper board with central gilt title, green cloth endpapers, gilt edges, in ½ morocco folder with flaps and sheathed slipcase.