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AMIS ET AMILLE....

AMIS ET AMILLE. Fourteenth-century mystery translated by Elemir bourges. Paris, Nouveau Cercle parisien du livre, 1957. Large in-4, leaves, folder and slipcase. Monod, I-227 /// 95-(2f.). Last book prepared by André Derain, illustrated by him with 22 original color lithographs, including one double-page, 3 full-page, 14 half-page and 4 vignettes. Edition of 180 copies on Rives, this one printed for Gaston Girousse (no. 133), enriched with the menu and a booklet Hommage à Derain, poem composed by Georges Gabory....

Valuation : 200 - 300 EUR
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Honoré de BALZAC....

Honoré de BALZAC. Les Contes drolatiques colligez ez abbayes de Touraine, et mis en lumière... pour l'esbattement des pantagruelistes et non aultres. Paris, Bureau de la Société Générale de librairie, 1855. In-8, brown half-maroquin, 5-rib spine richly decorated, gilt head (period binding). Brivois, 32 / Carteret, III-48 / Vicaire, I-190 /// XXXI-614-(1f.). Fourth edition of Contes drolatiques, despite the fifth mention on the title, and first printing of Gustave Doré's 425 wood-engraved illustrations in the text by Lavieille, Pisan, Riault, Bouton, Verdeil, Diolot and others.A marvelous edition,...

Valuation : 150 - 250 EUR
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Honoré de BALZAC....

Honoré de BALZAC. La Peau de chagrin. Social studies. Paris, Delloye, Lecou, 1838. Large in-8, pink half calf, smooth spine decorated with black and gilt fillets, palette at foot (Binding of the period). Vicaire, I-184 /// (2f.)-402-(1f.). First edition illustrated with 100 vignettes in the text by Baron, Janet-Lange, Gavarni, Marckl, Langlois, etc. A first-edition copy, with the skeleton on the title and containing the two portraits of Pauline and Foedora printed on Chine monté. Some foxing, spine faded, library stamp on one endpaper....

Valuation : 100 - 150 EUR
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Maurice BARRES....

Maurice BARRES. Du sang, de la volupté et de la mort. Paris, Éditions du Bois sacré, 1930. In-4, leaves, folder and slipcase. Monod, I-1011 /// 318-(2f.). 93 original burin-engraved illustrations in text by Albert Decaris, including frontispiece, title, 36 full pages, 26 lettrines, 28 culs-delampe and a vignette for the table. Edition of 316 copies, this one of 216 on Hollande white laid paper (no. 242), here enriched with a large original wash and the prospectus....

Valuation : 80 - 120 EUR
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Louis BARTHOU. Les...

Louis BARTHOU. Les Amours d'un poète. Paris, Bibliophiles Franco-Suisses, 1933. In-4, leaves, folder and slipcase. Monod, I-1037 /// (3f.)-V-237-(4f.). First edition with preface by Louis Barthou. 42 drypoints in the text by Georges Robert. Edition of 110 copies on vellum (no. 95), this one printed for Henri Wiener, enriched with a plate by Exbrayat on Louis Barthou and the menu....

Valuation : 100 - 150 EUR
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Charles BAUDELAIRE....

Charles BAUDELAIRE. Les Fleurs du mal. Paris, La Bibliothèque française, 1947. In-4, paperback, folder and slipcase. Monod, I-1114 /// 169-(1f.). One original etching, 33 original photolithographs and 69 drawings by Henri Matisse, the latter wood-engraved by Théo Schmied. Edition of 320 copies on Rives (no. 275). Attached is an original blue pencil drawing on a sheet of paper (12 x 13.5 cm) from a spiral notebook, depicting a woman's face. We believe this drawing to be by Matisse, but cannot certify it....

Valuation : 2000 - 2500 EUR
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Charles BAUDELAIRE....

Charles BAUDELAIRE. The Spleen of Paris. S.l. (Paris), Bibliophiles Franco-Suisses, 1941. In-4, leaves, folder and slipcase. Monod, I-1170 /// (3f.)-VI-(1f.)-246-(4f.). Preface by André Suarès and 84 copper-engraved illustrations by l. Lafnet, including frontispiece and 83 in the text. Edition of 106 copies on Lana (n° 22), this one nominative printed for Gaston Girousse....

Valuation : 100 - 150 EUR
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Sliman BEN IBRAHIM....

Sliman BEN IBRAHIM. El Fiafi oua El Kifar, or The Desert. Paris, Piazza, 1911. In-8, burgundy basane with flap, gilt and cold-stamped fillets and oriental-style central finial, smooth spine, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine, slipcase. cover and spine, slipcase (period binding). Monod, I-3804 /// 198-(2f.). 54 color compositions by Étienne Dinet, including 25 full-page, 26 in the text and 3 titles. The other leaves are all decorated with Arabic motifs. Edition of 450 copies, this one of 375 on vellum (no. 267)....

Valuation : 400 - 600 EUR
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Sliman BEN IBRAHIM....

Sliman BEN IBRAHIM. The Life of Muhammad, Prophet of Allah. Paris, Piazza, 1918. In-4, green demichagrin with corners, 5-rib spine, gilt head, cover and spine (Ch. Septier). Monod, I, 3809 /// IX-178. 35 off-text compositions pasted in color after Étienne Dinet and 12 off-text plates in color by Mohammed Racim, all with printed serpente, one full-page black map. Edition of 925 copies, this one of 800 on vellum (no. 320). Spine faded, 3 scratches to spine ends with loss of leather....

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Georges BERNANOS....

Georges BERNANOS. Jeanne relapse and saint. Paris, Le Livre contemporain, 1951. In-4, leaves, folder and slipcase. Monod, I-1420 /// (3f.)-67-(3f.). 22 color lithographs by Jacques ValleryRadot, including the frontispiece and 7 full-page lithographs. Edition of 130 copies on Arches vellum, this one printed for Gaston Girousse (no. 75), enriched with a large original signed watercolor, a suite on Japon, the menu and the color breakdown for 4 plates in a separate case. separate slipcase. Cover unevenly browned....

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Tristan BERNARD....

Tristan BERNARD. Boxing picture. Paris, NRF, 1922. Small in-4, paperback. Monod, I-1431 /// 212-(2f.). First edition forming the second volume of the Tableaux Contemporains collection, illustrated with etchings by André Dunoyer de Segonzac, including a frontispiece, 8 full-page engravings, 10 large chapter-heads and 12 in the text. Edition of 333 copies, this one of 318 on vellum pur fil Lafuma Navarre (no. 267). Enriched with an autograph letter signed A / Monsieur / Robert Alexandre, / En très cordial/ hommage / A. Dunoyer de Segonzac. Unpunched copy....

Valuation : 150 - 250 EUR
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Nicolas BOILEAU-DESPRÉAUX....

Nicolas BOILEAU-DESPRÉAUX. Works La Haye, Vaillant, Gosse, de Hondt, 1722. 4 volumes in-12, red morocco, 5 ribbed spines, gilt edges (period binding). Brunet, I-1059 / Cohen, 167 /// i. (2f.)-XLVI-(1f.)-436 / ii. VIII-407 / iii. (2f.)-407 / iV. (2f.)-308. Edition illustrated with 38 copper engravings by Bernard Picart, including a portrait-frontispiece, 6 hors-texte, a folding plate, a title vignette and 29 culs-de-lampe. The edition also contains 4 unsigned copper-engraved culs-de-lampe. A fine copy in contemporary red morocco, despite one stain and minor rubbing....

Valuation : 600 - 800 EUR
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Robert BRASILLACH....

Robert BRASILLACH. The Bird Merchant. Paris, Les Bibliophiles Franco-Suisses, 1958 (1959). In-4, leaves, folder and slipcase. Monod, I-1897 /// 192-(2f.). 21 original color lithographs by Gabriel Dauchot, including a frontispiece and 20 illustrations in the text. Limited edition of 138 copies on BFK Rives, this one of 113 reserved for members of the society, here printed for Gaston Girousse (no. 42), enriched with a large signed original watercolor, a suite on Japon and the menu with suite....

Valuation : 300 - 400 EUR
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Robert BRASILLACH....

Robert BRASILLACH. Poems from Fresnes. Paris, Cercle Grolier, 1953. In-4, leaves, folder and slipcase. Monod, I-1898 /// 87-(3f.). First illustrated edition, containing 29 original black lithographs by Edmond Heuzé, including the frontispiece and one full-page lithograph. Edition of 200 copies on Lana, this one printed for Gaston Girousse (no. 7), here enriched with 3 signed original pencil drawings, one of 5 suites on Japon, one of 5 suites on Japon of 6 unused plates (actually 7) and the menu. illustrated menu, sent by Heuzé to Gaston Girousse....

Valuation : 200 - 300 EUR
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THE SONG OF SONGS....

THE SONG OF SONGS. Paris, Schmied, 1925. In-8, leaves, folder and slipcase. Monod I, 2178 /// (87). Composed and entirely decorated by François-louis Schmied with color woodcut illustrations on every page: cover, ornaments, lettering, etc. Edition of 110 copies, this being the author's copy printed on strong vellum, with 3 very fine original signed drawings by François-Louis Schmied (2 watercolors and 1 graphite), two of which bear signed autograph dispatches to Monsieur and Madame louis Dupont, as well as 2 signed autograph letters from Schmied to Louis Dupont. A very fine copy. As we have...

Valuation : 6000 - 8000 EUR
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Léopold CARTERET....

Léopold CARTERET. The bibliophile's treasure. Modern illustrated books. 1875 à 1945. Paris, Carteret, 1946-1948. 5 volumes in-8, paperback. Covers browned and faded....

Valuation : 50 - 60 EUR
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Miguel de CERVANTES...

Miguel de CERVANTES SAAVEDRA. The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha... Paris, Hachette, 1863. 2 volumes in-folio, publisher's ornate red percaline. Leblanc, 67 /// i. (2f.)-XXIII-459-II / ii. (2f.)-515-II. Translation by Louis Viardot. First edition of 120 out-of-text compositions on tinted Chine and 257 woodcut vignettes in the text by Gustave Doré, engraved by H. Pisan. A fine copy, despite a few stains to the boards, two partially cracked hinges and a few foxing marks....

Valuation : 150 - 250 EUR
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Paul CLAUDEL. The...

Paul CLAUDEL. The Announcement to Mary. Mystery in 4 acts and a prologue. Paris, Blaizot, 1926-1940. White box, boards decorated in the center with a gilt filleted star from which multiple uneven, gilt, radiating fillets emerge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, framed in the same box with reminder of the decoration, light blue suede lining and endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine, half-box folder with overlaps, slipcase (Cretté). Monod, I-2823 /// 286-(1f.). First edition illustrated with 36 wood-engraved compositions by Maurice Denis, by Jacques Beltrand. In all,...

Valuation : 2500 - 3500 EUR
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Eugène DABIT. Hotel...

Eugène DABIT. Hotel du Nord. S.l. (Paris), Les Amis du Livre Moderne, 1939-1944. In-4, leaves, folder and slipcase. Monod, I-3356 /// (3f.)-190-(2f.). 41 original engravings by Robert Jeannisson, including cover, frontispiece, 4 full pages and 35 large chapter-heads. Edition of 120 copies on Lana. Light foxing and spotting to a few leaves....

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DANTE ALIGHIERI....

DANTE ALIGHIERI. Vita nova. Paris, Le Livre contemporain, 1907. In-4, old rose box, large white box mosaic lily on covers with multiple vertical gilt fillets on both sides, ornate smooth spine, lining and endpapers in flesh-colored box with semé of small palladium circles and gilt dashes, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine, half-box folder with covers and slipcase (G. Cretté). Monod, I-3408 /// (1f.)-VIII-110-(1f.). Two-column bilingual text with translation by Henry Cochin. Illustrations in the text by Maurice Denis, woodcut in color by Jacques, Camille and Georges Beltrand, including...

Valuation : 2000 - 3000 EUR
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Claude-Joseph DORAT....

Claude-Joseph DORAT. Les Baisers, précédés du Mois de Mai, Poëme. La Haye, Paris, Lambert, Delalain, 1770. In-8, marbled calf, gilt border, smooth spine, marbled edges (Binding of the period). Cohen, 308 / Reynaud, 135 /// 119. Second edition of Les Baisers, a masterpiece of finesse and delicacy. This edition is one of the most sought-after among lovers of 18th-century illustrated works. "Illustrated with perfect taste and grace" (Cohen). It is illustrated with a frontispiece by Eisen engraved by Ponce, an out-of-text plate by Eisen engraved by De longueil, 22 chapter-heads, a title finial...

Valuation : 200 - 300 EUR
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Roland DORGELÈS....

Roland DORGELÈS. La Boule de gui. Paris, La Banderole, 1922. Small in-4, red half-maroquin with corners, 5-rib spine, gilt head, cover and spine (Moscovits). Monod, I-3843 /// (2f.)-86-(2f.). Original edition illustrated by André Dunoyer de Segonzac with a frontispiece and 4 hors-texte in drypoint, and drawings reproduced in the text. Edition of 600 copies, this one of 519 on tinted Lafuma paper (no. 447)....

Valuation : 120 - 180 EUR
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Roland DORGELÈS....

Roland DORGELÈS. Le Cabaret de la belle femme. Paris, Émile-Paul Frères, 1924. In-4, paperback. Monod, I-3844 /// (3f.)-123-(3f.). 8 original etchings out of text and 52 drawings reproduced in the text by André Dunoyer de Segonzac. Edition of 640 copies, this one of 520 on Rives laid paper (no. 489). Cover browned....

Valuation : 120 - 180 EUR
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Alexandre DUMAS....

Alexandre DUMAS. The Three Musketeers... Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1894. 2 volumes in-4, chestnut morocco, three gilded fillets in frame, 5-nerved spines decorated with repeated gilded fillets and lilies, framed in the same morocco with gilded fillets and lilies at the corners, brocaded silk lining and endpapers with large floral motifs in multiple colors, double endpapers, gilded edges on witnesses, cover (Marius Michel). Very probably the finest illustrated edition of Les Trois mousquetaires, preceded by a letter from Alexandre Dumas fils, and illustrated with 250 black compositions by Maurice...

Valuation : 1500 - 2000 EUR
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[Collection ÉLOGES]....

[Collection ÉLOGES]. Paris, Marcel Bruker, 1947-1962. 21 folio issues, in sheets. A fine set of this collection, each volume devoted to a painter, with original illustrations and reproductions. The set includes: - Maurice Asselin by Marc Sandoz (1959, Vidalon no. 195 - 3 lithographs and 3 drypoints). - Émile bernard by Louis Hautecoeur (1962, vélin d'Arches no. 165 - lithographs and woodcuts). - Gus bofa by Pierre Mac Orlan (1949, Rives n° 16 - color drawings). - Maurice brianchon by Claude Roger-Marx (1955, Arches no. 132 - 6 lithographs). - Charles Camoin by Charles Vildrac (1956, Vidalon...

Valuation : 1500 - 2000 EUR
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Alfred FABRE-LUCE....

Alfred FABRE-LUCE. Paris 1947. Paris, Les Amis du livre moderne, 1950. In-4, leaves, folder and slipcase. Monod, I-4430 /// (3f.)-178-(4f.). 23 original etchings by Claude Lepape. Limited edition of 130 copies on vellum pur fil (n°9), this one printed for Gaston Girousse, enriched with an original drawing, a black suite with remarks on tinted Malacca and the illustrated menu. The suite contains the 24 etchings in the volume and the menu....

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Claude FARRÈRE....

Claude FARRÈRE. La Bataille. Paris, Auguste Blaizot, 1925. In 4, paperback, slipcase. Monod, I-4472. 108 compositions in black or color after Charles Fouqueray, including the cover and 21 full-page illustrations. La Bataille evokes the description of the 1905 battle of Tsoushima, which saw the annihilation of the Russian fleet by the Japanese. Edition of 350 copies, all on Arches vellum (no. 103)....

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François de Salignac...

François de Salignac de La Mothe FÉNELON. The Adventures of Telemachus, son of Ulysses... Paris, de l'Imprimerie de Monsieur, Didot, Barrois, etc., 1785. 2 volumes, large in-4, red morocco, triple gilt fillet with corner finials, 5 nicely decorated ribbed spines, interior gilt roulette, gilt edges (Period binding). Brunet, II-1215 // Cohen, 384 /// i. (3f.)-309 / ii. (2f.)-297-(1f.). Superb edition with title-frontispiece engraved by Montulay, 72 hors-texte plates engraved by Tilliard after Monnet, and 24 full-page plates with culs-de-lampe containing chapter summaries framed alongside the...

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Gustave FLAUBERT....

Gustave FLAUBERT. Bouvard and Pécuchet. Paris, Ferroud, 1928. Large in-8, red half-maroquin with corners, spine with 5 nerves decorated in the boxes with a rectangular listel of mosaic morocco and gilt and black fillets, gilt head, cover and spine (Trinckvel). Monod I, 4634 /// (2f.)-320-(1f.). Numerous illustrations after Auguste Leroux, including 11 hors-texte and 10 headpieces etched by E. Decisy, the woodcut frontispiece in color by Georges Beltrand and 52 woodcut illustrations in the text by Gusman. Edition of 600 copies, this one of 398 on Arches vellum (no. 423), here enriched with...

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Gustave FLAUBERT....

Gustave FLAUBERT. Par les champs et parles grèves. Le Vésinet, Victor Dancette, 1943. In-4, leaves, folder and slipcase. Monod, I-4688 /// 183-(1f.).49 wood-engraved color plates by Paul Baudier, including frontispiece and 6 full-page plates. Edition of 290 copies, this one of 12 on imperialJapan containing a suite of woodcuts on Chine and 2 signed original watercolors. Printed for Gaston Girousse (no. 11), with a decomposition of one plate....

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THE FRENCH PAINTED...

THE FRENCH PAINTED BY THEMSELVES. Nineteenth-century moral encyclopedia. Paris, Curmer, 1840-1841. 9 volumes. - THE ENGLISH PAINTED BY THEMSELVES. Ibid, id. 1840-1841. 2 volumes - Together 11 volumes large in-8, publisher's cream boards. Brivois, 5, 157 / Vicaire, I-64 / III, 794 /// i. (2f.)-XVI-380-(4f.)-front. and 47 pl. / ii. (3f.)-XVIII-376-(4f.)-front. and 48 pl. / iii. (3f.)-XL-352-(4f.)-front. and 48 pl. / iV. (3f.)-392- (5f.)-front. and 49 pl. / V. (3f.)-CVII-376-(5f.)-front. and 63 pl. // i. (3f.)-392-(4f.)-front. and 49 pl. / ii. (3f.)-VIII-396- (4f.)-front. and 50 pl. / iii. (3f.)-VIII-460-(5f.)-57-(1f.)-front....

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Anatole FRANCE....

Anatole FRANCE. Histoire comique. Paris, Calmann-Levy, 1905. In-4, marbled basane, richly decorated boards, 5-rib spine (detached), gilt head, cover (period binding). Monod, I-4896 /// (2f.)-186-(1f.). 28 black etchings and drypoints in text by Edgar Chahine. Edition of 300 copies, this one of 200 on Rives vat paper (n°198). Spine detached, corners a little dulled....

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Anatole FRANCE....

Anatole FRANCE. Penguin Island. Paris, Lapina, 1926. 2 volumes in-4, leaves. Feuille, 53 / Monod, I-4900 /// i. (2f.)-X-167-(3f.) / ii. (2f.)-173 to 379-(4f.). First edition illustrated with 20 original drypoints and 131 color woodcuts in the text, by Louis Jou. Beginnings and ends of lines are embellished with small penguins printed in sepia. The 20 drypoints are not all hors texte, 6 of them occupying pages 49, 107, 151, 223, 289 and 359. Edition of 535 copies, this one of 10 on old Japon (no. 10), containing 3 additional states of the drypoints: first state, intermediate state and state...

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Anatole FRANCE....

Anatole FRANCE. Thaïs. Paris, Collection des Dix, 1900. Small in-4, glazed brown calf, double antique-style framing of multiple gilt and cold fillets with cold palmettes, 5-nerved spine decorated in the same manner, interior framing in the same calf with repetition of the decoration, green suedette lining and endpapers, gilt edges, cover, slipcase (Gruel). Monod I, 4958 /// (3f.)-240-(1f.). 61 compositions by Paul-Albert laurens etched by Léon Boisson, including cover, frontispiece, 7 hors-texte, title vignette and 51 in the text. Edition of 300 copies, this one of 45 on Arches vellum (no....

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Saint FRANÇOIS D'ASSISE....

Saint FRANÇOIS D'ASSISE. Small flowers. Paris, Jacques Beltrand, 1913. Large in-4, olive-green morocco, burgundy morocco right listel set with a double gilded fillet, 4-nerved spine decorated in the same way, Lavallière morocco lining, with green morocco right listel and gilded fillet framing, and large decoration covering the whole of the inside cover, composed of a repeating floral motif mosaicked in turquoise morocco, violet, blue, green, burgundy, with multiple gilded fillets symbolizing the stems, violet, blue, green, burgundy, with multiple gilded fillets symbolizing the stems, Lavallière...

Valuation : 5000 - 7000 EUR
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Frantz FUNCK-BRENTANO....

Frantz FUNCK-BRENTANO. The Regency. 1715-1723. Paris, Goupil, Manzi et Joyant, 1909. In-4, turquoise half-maroquin with corners, 4 ribbed spine, gilt head, cover and spine, case (R. Degoul). (2f.)-220-(1f.). Frontispiece and 52 out-of-text plates in color and black depicting paintings of the period, 4 headpieces and 4 tailpieces, all with printed serpente. One of 100 copies on Japon (n° XIX). A copy presented in 1942 to Pierre Revilliod, Prefect of the Seine, with a pen-and-ink calligraphy leaf for the occasion, bound at the head. Minor rubbing to nerves, spine rubbed....

Valuation : 150 - 250 EUR
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Maurice GENEVOIX....

Maurice GENEVOIX. Nearby forest. Paris, Société de Saint-Eloy, 1931. In-8, paperback, folder and slipcase. Lh., 269 / Monod, I-5254 /// (2f.)-236-(4f.). First edition illustrated with 52 etchings by bouroux (4), brouet (1), Chahine (3), Cheffer (4), Dauchez (3), Decaris (2), Féau (4), Gobô (4), Gusman (4), Hallo (4), Jeanniot (2), Jouas (4), le Meilleur (3), Polat (4), Veder (2) and Willaume (4). Edition of 126 copies on vellum (n° IX), this one enriched with the menu illustrated with an engraving by Bouroux....

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André GIDE. Paludes....

André GIDE. Paludes. Paris, Le Livre Contemporain, 1954. In-4, leaves, folder, slipcase. Monod, I-5352 /// 161-(4f.). 31 original drypoints in text by André Jacquemin. Edition of 130 copies on Rives (no. 75), this one printed for Gaston Girousse, enriched with 5 original pencil drawings signed, a suite with remarks on Annam, a suite on Japon nacré in its final state and the illustrated menu....

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Louis GILLET. Chartres...

Louis GILLET. Chartres Cathedral. Paris, L'auteur, Collection des Merveilles d'art du monde, 1929. In-4, leaves, folder and slipcase. Monod, I-5387 /// 67-(2f.). 37 original etchings by Henri le Riche, including 5 hors-texte and 5 wood-engraved, gold-embellished lettering. Edition of 630 copies, this one of 100 on Japon impérial (no. 46), containing a suite of etchings on Chine in first state....

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Jean GIONO. Regain....

Jean GIONO. Regain. Les Cent Bibliophiles, 1947. In-4, leaves, folder and slipcase. Monod, I-5417 /// (3f.)-151-(1f.). 71 original burins by Paul Lemagny, including the frontispiece and 14 full-page burins. Lettrines engraved by Pierre Bouchet after Lemagny. Edition of 126 copies, this one (no. 106) enriched with a suite on Japon paper....

Valuation : 80 - 100 EUR
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Johann Wolfgang...

Johann Wolfgang GOETHE. Faust, tragedy by M. de Goethe, translated into French by M. Albert Stapfer... Paris, Ch. Motte et Sautelet, 1828. In-folio, black morocco with multiple framings of cold fillets and crosshatching on the boards, reserving a blank rectangle in the center, cold title of the work in the center of the first board, 5-rib spine entirely decorated with multiple horizontal cold fillets, interior framing in the same morocco with a repeat of the cold fillets, blood-red reps lining and endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, half-maroquin folder with covers and slipcase (M. Fray). Brivois,...

Valuation : 8000 - 12000 EUR
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Claire GOLl. Diary...

Claire GOLl. Diary of a horse. Bruker, 1952. In-4, leaves, illustrated drawstring folder. Monod, I-5554 /// 56-(2f.) 2 etchings and 5 lithographs by Marc Chagall, including color cover. Edition of 200 copies, this one on vellum (n°127)....

Valuation : 500 - 700 EUR
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Luis de GONGORA...

Luis de GONGORA Y ARGOTE. Twenty poems. Paris, Les Grands Peintres modernes et le Livre, 1948. Small folio, large black and burgundy morocco decoration covering the boards and smooth spine, with multiple irregular mosaic pieces separated by undulating beige morocco listels, the whole enhanced by gilded fillets in certain corners, red velvet lining and endpapers, gilded edges on witnesses, cover and spine, half-maroquin slipcase and slipcase (Madeleine Gras). Monod, I-778 /// (44f.). First edition of the French translation by Z. Milner illustrated with 41 hors-texte etchings by Pablo Picasso....

Valuation : 30000 - 40000 EUR
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José-Maria de HEREDIA....

José-Maria de HEREDIA. The Trophies. Paris, for Descamps-Scrive, 1907. Large in-4, bradel red half-maroquin with corners, smooth spine richly decorated throughout and mosaic, gilt head, parchment cover and spine (René Aussourd). Monod, I-5947 /// (3f.)-231-(1f.). 50 black compositions by luc-Olivier Merson etched by léopold Flameng, including the frontispiece and 16 full-page illustrations. Edition of 175 copies on Marais vellum (no. 91). A fine copy to which we have attached the model of the binding spine....

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Victor HUGO. Notre-Dame...

Victor HUGO. Notre-Dame de Paris. Paris, Perrotin, Garnier frères, 1844. Small in-4, amethyst half-maroquin with corners, 5-ribbed spine richly decorated, gilt edges (Pagnant). Brivois, 196 / Carteret, I, 300 / Vicaire, IV, 260 /// (2f.)- 485-(1f.). The finest illustrated edition of Notre-Dame de Paris, containing 55 hors-texte plates after Beaumont, Boulanger, Daubigny, Johannot, Meissonnier, Steinheil, de Lemud, Rocqueplan and de Rudder, including 21 steel engravings and 34 woodcuts, and numerous woodcut vignettes in the text. A second edition copy, with the bat vignette on the title. A...

Valuation : 300 - 500 EUR
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Joris-Karl HUYSMANS....

Joris-Karl HUYSMANS. The Cathedral. Paris, Blaizot, Kieffer, 1909. One volume in 2 volumes in-4, blue jansenist morocco, 5-ribbed spine, lining containing 2 etchings on satin, purple moire endpapers, double endpapers, gilt edges, cover and spine (Kieffer). Monod, I-6210 /// (2f.)-166 / (2f.)-359. First edition illustrated with 64 original etchings in the text by Charles Jouas, including 16 full-page etchings, 16 in the text with historiated lettering and 32 in the text. Edition of 250 copies, this one of 30 on Japon or vélin, here on Japon, containing the etchings in 3 states, including...

Valuation : 2000 - 3000 EUR
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Francis JAMMES....

Francis JAMMES. Glimmers in the sky. Paris, Le Livre Contemporain, 1948. In-4, leaves, folder and slipcase. (1f.)-166-(5f.). 44 watercolors by Georges d'Espagnat reproduced as lithographs by Suzanne Humbert, including the frontispiece and 21 full-page lithographs. Edition of 130 copies, this one printed for Gaston Girousse (no. 75), here enriched with 2 original signed watercolors used for the illustration, and the menu. Cover and slipcase damaged....

Valuation : 300 - 400 EUR
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Marcel JOUHANDEAU....

Marcel JOUHANDEAU. Descent into hell. Paris, Nouveau Cercle Parisien du Livre, 1961. Large in-4, leaves, folder and slipcase. Monod, I-6445 /// 90-(4f). First edition with 4 original full-page color lithographs by Georges Braque. Edition of 200 copies on Rives paper (no. 132), signed by Georges Braque and Marcel Jouhandeau, this one printed for Gaston Girousse....

Valuation : 800 - 1200 EUR
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Jean de la FONTAINE...

Jean de la FONTAINE Contes et nouvelles en vers. Amsterdam (Paris), 1762. 2 volumes in-8, long-grained red morocco, right-hand palmettes border, nicely decorated smooth spines with special fleurons, interior grecque, green tabis lining and endpapers, gilt edges (Binding circa 1790). Cohen, 558 /// i. XIV-(1f.)-268-(1f.)-8 / ii. (1f.)-VIII-(1f.)-306-(2f.)-9 to 16. First printing of this Fermiers généraux edition, one of the most valuable and successful editions of La Fontaine's Contes. It contains two portraits, that of La Fontaine after Rigaud and that of Eisen after Vispré, and 80 figures...

Valuation : 2500 - 3500 EUR
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Jean de la FONTAINE....

Jean de la FONTAINE. Contes et nouvelles en vers. Paris, Aux Dépens d'un Amateur, 1950. 2 volumes in-4, leaves, folder and slipcase. Monod, II-6687 /// i. 270-(2f.) / ii. 417-(2f.). 67 original full-page black lithographs by André Derain. Limited edition of 200 copies on Montval vellum (no. 59), this one with a suite. Covers browned, stained....

Valuation : 300 - 400 EUR
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