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Photo DIDEROT, Denis. 

DIDEROT, Denis. 

La Religieuse. 

Paris, Buisson, An cinquième de la République [1796].
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2500 €

First edition.
Written in 1760, it was not published until 10 years after Diderot's death.
This anticlerical novel tells the story of a young girl who becomes a nun against her will and fights to escape confinement and regain her freedom.

Photo FARGUE, Léon Paul || [DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC André]. 

FARGUE, Léon Paul || [DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC André]. 

Côtes rôties. 1928-1938. Gravures et aquarelles de Dunoyer de Segonzac. 

Paris, Textes Prétextes, 1949.
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900 €

First edition illustrated by par Dunoyer de Segonzac with 2 etchings an 46 printed watercolored.

Limited edition (252 copies), our, n° 24, one of the 30 copies with color suite of watercolors on Rives and a suite of three original etchings.

Copy with an added large original watercolor in color signed by the artist.

Photo STENDHAL. 

STENDHAL. 

Vie de Rossini. 

Paris, Auguste Boulland et Cie, 1824.
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2000 €

First edition.
Beautiful copy of Stendhal's Life of Rossini.
It remains one of the most beautiful biographies we have left on the Italian composer.

Photo OVIDE || BECAT, Paul Emile. 

OVIDE || BECAT, Paul Emile. 

L'Art d'aimer et Les Amours. 

Paris, La Tradition, 1942-1943.
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300 €

First edition of the illustrations.
The Art of Loving is one of the most famous erotic texts in the world, illustrated here by Paul Becat, a past master in the art of mastering the body.

Printed on blue Ingres laid Arches paper, one of 100 copies with the set of the plates printed in black with remark, ours n°37.

Photo CERVANTES, Miguel de. 

CERVANTES, Miguel de. 

Les principales avantures de l'admirable Don Quichotte représentées en figures par Coypel, Picart le Romain, et autres habiles maîtres avec les explications des XXXI planches de cette magnifique collection tirées de l'original espagnol de Miguel de Cervantes. 

La Haye, Pierre de Hondt, 1746.
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4500 €

Engravings in first state without numbers.

Rare in contemporary morocco binding.

Photo POILLE, Jacques. 

POILLE, Jacques. 

Les œuvres. Divisées en onze livres. Rome en sept livre, La Grèce en un livre. Les Barbares, Les Grands Roy, Les Grands Seigneurs, Les Derniers Hérésiarques en un livre. L'Icare Français en deux livres. 

Paris, Thomas Blaise, 1623.
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950 €

First edition.
A collection of 919 sonnets describing famous men, from the Greeks and Romans to barbarians, kings, and heretics, ending with a portrait, in 105 sonnets, of the French Icarus, who was none other than Marshal Biron, a close friend of Henry IV, and executed as a traitor at the Bastille on July 31, 1602. The dedication to Louis XIII occupies no fewer than 54 sonnets.

Copy in a fine morocco binding from Hardy.

Photo DESHOULIERES, Antoinette. 

DESHOULIERES, Antoinette. 

Poësies de Madame Deshoulières. 

Paris, veuve de Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1688.
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450 €

First Edition.
A French woman of letters and little-known writer, Antoinette Deshoulières frequented the salon of Mademoiselle de Scudéry.
She was nicknamed the "Tenth Muse" by her contemporaries.
She was the first French woman to be a member of the Academy. So, of course, we're not talking about the Académie Française (which nevertheless read one of her poems in a session in 1690), but the Académie des Ricovrat.
This copy is bound in fine Jansenist full morocco by Chambolle-Duru.

Copy in a morocco binding from Chambolle-Duru.

Photo LE GLAY, Maurice. 

LE GLAY, Maurice. 

Les Pasteurs, Ichou et Itto, enfants berbères. 

Paris, Berger-Levrault, 1929.
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750 €

First edition.
Maurice Édouard Le Glay (1868-1936) was a French colonial soldier and writer. A defender of Berber culture, he was one of the main instigators of the Berber Dahir of May 16, 1930, which aimed to preserve the traditional autonomy of the Berber tribes of Morocco. Moroccan nationalist circles criticized him for having inspired a policy of division, pitting the Berbers against the Arabs.
One of the 500 copies on Hollande Van Gelder vellum, ours No. 332.

A very fine copy in an Arabist binding, possibly of Omani manufacture.

Photo [CONSTANT DE REBECQUE, Samuel]. 

[CONSTANT DE REBECQUE, Samuel]. 

Laure, ou lettres de quelques femmes de Suisse. 

Genève, Barde, 1786-1787.
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200 €

First edition.
This work belongs to the genre of epistolary novels, highly prized in the 18th century under the influence of Rousseau and his work "La Nouvelle Héloïse." It features the correspondence of Swiss women, offering a moral, sentimental, and perhaps political reflection on the society of the time.

Photo LONGUS || AMYOT, Jacques. 

LONGUS || AMYOT, Jacques. 

Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé. 

Londres, s.n., 1779.
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600 €

Rare copy bound in morocco illustrated by the engravings suit called Régent, very complete with the 29th engraving "aux petits pieds".

Photo GAUTIER, Théophile. 

GAUTIER, Théophile. 

Emaux et camées. 

Paris, L. Conquet, 1887.
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120 €

Edition with a preface by Maxime du Camp and illustrated with 112 drawings by Gustave Fraipont.
Limited edition of 700 copies numbered and initialed by hand by L. Conquet, ours one of the copies from Vélin du Marais (n°294).

Photo [COURTIN, Antoine (de)]. 

[COURTIN, Antoine (de)]. 

Nouveau traité de la civilité qui se pratique en France. 

Paris, Helie Josset, 1682.
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180 €

Sixth edition, revised, corrected & expanded.
The Nouveau Traité de la Civilité by Antoine de Courtin, first published in 1671, is a manual of good manners and social behavior intended for the aristocracy and high society of France at the time. Courtin gives practical advice on how to behave with dignity, respect and refinement in different social contexts, while advocating the importance of politeness, respect for the rules of the court and good manners in society.

Photo [CAILLEAU]. 

[CAILLEAU]. 

Les Misères de ce monde ou Complaintes facétieuses sur les apprentissages de différens arts et métiers de la ville et fauxbourgs de Paris. 

Londres et Paris, Cailleau, 1783.
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650 €

First edition.
Very curious collection of texts on the miseries of apprentices.
Published by the bookseller Cailleau, the work brings together the History of the good man Misère, a popular tale from the 17th century, and nine pieces in burlesque verse describing the living conditions of apprentices and servants. It thus includes: the Mirror of patience or the misery of the attorney's clerks, the Misery of the surgeons' boys, the Patira or complaint of a attorney's clerk on his miserable apprenticeship, the Misery of the apprentice printers, applied in detail to each function of this noble Art, the Misery of the apprentice papermakers-gluers, bookbinders and book gilders, the Misery of the bakers' boys of the city and suburbs of Paris, The State of servitude or the misery of the servants, the Misery of the husbands and the Misery of the bailiffs' clerks.

Photo LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, François de || AMELOT DE LA HOUSSAYE, Nicolas. 

LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, François de || AMELOT DE LA HOUSSAYE, Nicolas. 

Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales. 

Paris, la Veuve Ganeau, 1743.
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120 €

Edition of the Maxims of La Rochefoucauld revised by Amelot de La Houssaye.
Some handwritten reflections from the time comment on or complete certain maxims at the end of the work.

Photo RETIF DE LA BRETONNE, Nicolas-Edme. 

RETIF DE LA BRETONNE, Nicolas-Edme. 

La Dernière Avanture d'un Homme de Quarantecinq-ans ; Nouvelle utile à plus d'un Lecteur. 

Genève, Paris, Regnault, 1783.
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750 €

First edittion.

Photo LA BRUYERE, Jean de. 

LA BRUYERE, Jean de. 

Les Caractères de Théophraste traduits du grec : avec les Caractères ou les Mœurs de ce siècle. 

Paris, Estienne Michallet, 1694.
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950 €

Eighth original edition.
"Les Caractères ou les Moeurs de ce siècle" by the French moralist Jean de la Bruyère (1645 - 1696) is one of the major works of French literature.
The first edition dates from 1688, the following nine editions from 1688 to 1696 are increased with each publication of new texts.
This edition contains 46 characters that had not yet been published (Cydias, Clitophon, Antagoras, etc.), as well as the Reception Speech at the Académie française which is attached for the first time to the Characters.

Photo [CURIOSA]. 

[CURIOSA]. 

Célestine ou la petite bonne. 

Paris, Tiger, [1818].
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150 €

First edition.
The amorous adventures of Pierrette, a young Norman woman sent to her Parisian aunt because she had committed an offence with a young man. She will be placed as a maid under the name of Célestine.

Photo LAMARTINE, Alphonse (de). 

LAMARTINE, Alphonse (de). 

Les Confidences. 

Paris, Perrotin, 1849.
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75 €

First edition.
It presents for the first time Graziella, one of Lamartine's best-known works.

Photo [STENDHAL (Henry Beyle, dit)]. 

[STENDHAL (Henry Beyle, dit)]. 

Histoire de la peinture en Italie. Par M. B. A. A. 

Paris, Didot l'Aîné, 1817.
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2500 €

First edition.
A full margin copy, untrimmed.

Photo TERENCE. 

TERENCE. 

P. Terentii Comoediae , tum ex Donati commentariis, tum ex optimorum, praesertim veterum, exemplarium collatione. 

Paris, Robert Estienne, 1541.
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600 €

Edition given by Robert Estienne.
The comedies of Terence offer an insight into daily life and Roman society at the time. They will have had a significant influence on later European comic literature from the Renaissance. Terence's Comedies held the role for Comedy that Aristotle's Poetics held for other works of fiction. Its patterns of structure and characterization have been studied and adapted by many playwrights and authors, helping to shape the theatrical tradition.

Photo RAYNAL, Guillaume-Thomas. 

RAYNAL, Guillaume-Thomas. 

Anecdotes Littéraires, ou Histoire de ce qui est arrivé de plus singulier, & de plus intéressant aux Ecrivains François, depuis le renouvellement des Lettres sous François I. jusqu'à nos jours. 

Paris, Durand, 1750.
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200 €

First edition.

Photo [FARCES]. 

[FARCES]. 

Recueil de 8 farces, sotties ou moralités. 

Paris, Techener, [v. 1880].
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350 €

Collection of 8 farces, silliness or moralities reissued by Techener:
- La Reformeresse, farce à VI personnages, (tirage non justifié)
- Le Sourd, son varlet et l'Yverongne, (n°12/76)
- L'Eglise, noblesse et Pourete, qui font la lefive, (n°9/76)
- Les trois Galans, (tirage non justifié)
- La Farce du Poulier, (tirage non justifié)
- Moralité, (tirage non justifié)
- Desconfiture des Hennoyers (1878)
- Estrenes de l'asne, 1590 (v.1880).

Photo LA BRUYERE, Jean de. 

LA BRUYERE, Jean de. 

Les Caractères de Théophraste traduits du grec : avec les Caractères ou les Moeurs de ce siècle. 

Paris, Estienne Michallet, 1694.
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250 €

Eighth original edition.
"Les Caractères ou les Moeurs de ce siècle" by the French moralist Jean de la Bruyère (1645 - 1696) is one of the major works of French literature.
The first edition dates from 1688, the following nine editions from 1688 to 1696 are increased with each publication of new texts.
This edition contains 46 characters that had not yet been published (Cydias, Clitophon, Antagoras, etc.), as well as the Reception Speech at the Académie française which is attached for the first time to the Characters.

Photo BOILEAU DESPREAUX, Nicolas. 

BOILEAU DESPREAUX, Nicolas. 

Oeuvres de Boileau Despréaux, avec neuf figures. 

Paris, Imprimerie Crapelet, 1798.
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120 €

Portrait by J.-J. Forty, engraved by Vaysard, and 8 figures for the Art poétique and the Lectern by Monsiau, engraved by Voysard, Simonet, Thomas, Patas and Trière.

Photo [BEFFARA, Louis François]. 

[BEFFARA, Louis François]. 

L'Esprit de Molière. 

Londres, Lacombe, 1777.
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200 €

First edition.
The work presents a selection of maxims, portraits, reflections, catalogue of plays, etc., by Molière.

Photo MALEBRANCHE, Nicolas. 

MALEBRANCHE, Nicolas. 

Entretiens sur la Metaphysique & sur la Religion. 

Rotterdam, Reiner Leers, 1688.
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300 €

First edition.
The Entretiens sur la métaphysique et sur la religion are the most accomplished of all Malebranche's works. A true literary work, demonstrating a magnificent mastery of the art of dialogue, these fourteen conversations are a model of pedagogy.

Photo VERLAINE, Paul. 

VERLAINE, Paul. 

Invectives. 

Paris, Léon Vanier, 1896.
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350 €

First edition.
A collection of poems published the year of the poet's death. In it, Verlaine violently attacks a group of personalities with whom he had come into conflict.

Photo GUS BOFA || DORGELES, Roland. 

GUS BOFA || DORGELES, Roland. 

Synthèses littéraires et extralittéraires. 

Paris, Editions Mornay, 1923.
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1500 €

First edition illustrated by Gus Bofa
This work is undoubtedly Gus Bofa's book with which his admirers have the most intimate connection. We find in these vignettes all the mastery of this brilliant stylist, and this sense of graphic formula which made him one of the fathers of modern drawing. In 40 satirical drawings Gus Bofa summarizes the work of 40 literary personalities from Proust to Loti via Schopenauer and René Maran. L'Agoisse with Edgar Poe, L'Intime with Zola, La Tentation with France, including the racist pun with Maran (black square for a black poet).

One of the 20 copies on Japan paper, ours n°7

Editions Mornay was a French publishing house founded in 1919 by Georges and Antoinette Mornay. The company was particularly known for its exquisitely designed and illustrated books, which featured the work of some of the leading illustrators of the time.

Photo BERNARDIN DE SAINT PIERRE, Jacques-Henri. 

BERNARDIN DE SAINT PIERRE, Jacques-Henri. 

Paul et Virginie. 

Paris, Isidore Liseux, 1874.
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950 €

Edition illustrated by Lalauze with 6 lates and 2 vignettes.

One of 15 copies on China with additional suites of engravings on Chine paper(black, sepia and bistre) and Japan paper (black, sepia and bistre), ours n°1.

Desirable copy in signed binding.

Photo SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine (de). 

SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine (de). 

Lettre à un Otage. 

New York, Brentano's, 1946.
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950 €

Very beautiful binding executed by Jean Paul Miguet (1925-2019) one of the greatest French bookbinders of the 20th century.

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