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VERNE, Jules.
Une Ville flottante - Les Forceurs de blocus.
Paris, J. Hetzel et Cie / Girard & Boitte, [1886].
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120 €
Around 1886, Hetzel sold part of its stocks of printed sheets, corresponding to three titles to sellers Girard and Boitte. The latter then reused the plate from the “shell” cartons while affixing their trademark on the cover in the cartouche at the bottom.
VERNE, Jules.
Cinq Semaines en Ballon / Voyage au Centre de la Terre.
Paris, J. Hetzel et Cie Girard & Boitte, [1886].
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Around 1886, Hetzel sold part of its stocks of printed sheets, corresponding to three titles to sellers Girard and Boitte. The latter then reused the plate from the “shell” cartons while affixing their trademark on the cover in the cartouche at the bottom.
COCTEAU, Jean.
Essai de critique indirecte.
Paris, Grasset, 1932.
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120 €
First collective edition, partly original, illustrated on the frontispiece with a black reproduction of a de Chirico painting from the author's collection.
Edition reimposed on paper in-4 Teillère, one of 72 copies on vellum paper, ours n°55.
MAURIAC, François.
Trois récits.
Paris, Grasset, 1929.
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70 €
First joint edition of these three short stories by Mauriac: Un homme de lettres, Coups de couteau, Le Démon de la connaissance
Edition reimposed on paper in-4 Teillère, one of 180 copies on Arches vellum, ours n°29.
LOUISY, Paul.
Le Livre et les arts qui s'y rattachent depuis les origines jusqu'à la fin du XVIIIème siècle.
Paris, Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1886.
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60 €
First edition.
Good copy.
LAMARTINE, Alphonse de.
Premières et Nouvelles Méditations poétiques.
Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1881.
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VERNE, Jules.
Le Volcan d'or.
Paris, Collection Hetzel, [v. 1906].
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400 €
First illustrated 8vo edition.
The Golden Volcano, a posthumous novel, takes place during the Klondike Gold Rush.
SCARRON, Paul.
Les Oeuvres de Monsieur Scarron.
Amsterdam, Wetstein et Mortier, 1710-1712.
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600 €
Set complet in ten volumes :
Tome 1 et 2 : Œuvres diverses. (Wetstein, 1712 et 1713).
Tome 3 et 4 : Œuvres et œuvres nouvelles. (Mortier 1700 et Westein, 1713).
Tome 4 et 5: Le roman comique (1 et 2). (Mortier s.d.)
Tome 6 : Virgile travesty. Titre gravé et 5 planches. (Wetstein, 1712)
Tome 7 et 8 : Virgile travesty. La suite du Virgile. (Wetstein 1712 et Mortier, 1706).
Tome 9 et 10 : Dernières œuvres.
[MIRABAUD, Jean-Baptiste].
Le Monde, son origine, et son antiquité. De l'âme et de son immortalité.
Londres [Paris], [Briasson], 1751.
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250 €
First edition.
Numerous pencil notes.
PROUST, Marcel.
Oeuvres complètes.
Paris, NRF, 1929-1936.
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1200 €
First complete edition of the works of Marcel Proust.
This edition by the NRF was an opportunity to bring together all the works of Marcel and to propose a first revision of the text with the collaboration of Robert Proust. It is also this edition which fixes the so-called "canonical" volume number of the Recherche.
The first fifteen volumes are devoted to the "A la Recherche du temps perdu", then come "Pastiches et mélanges", "Les Plaisirs et les Jours" and "Chroniques".
Numbered copies on Bruges rag paper with sheaf watermark.
Beautiful decorative set.
RENAN, Ernest.
Le Broyeur de lin.
Paris, L. Carteret et Cie, 1901.
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300 €
Edition illustrated with 27 etchings by Edmond Rudaux (1840-1908).
One of the thirty copies of the leading edition on Japan paper with the etchings in 3 states (pure etchings, before the letter and after the letter).
Our copy numbered 24.
The first part of Renan's childhood memories, the Broyeur de lin tells the love story between a girl and a priest, which has given rise to many exegeses.
SEGALAS, Anaïs.
Enfantines, poésies à ma fille.
Paris, [Janet], [v. 1846].
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Anne Caroline Menard, known as Anaïs Ségalas (1811-1893) was a French playwright, poet and novelist.
Presentation copy.
D'IVOI, Paul.
Miss Mousqueterr.
Paris, Ancienne librairie Furne Boivin & Cie, [v. 1907}.
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100 €
Novel published in the Voyages excentriques collection.
Book illustrated with 95 engravings in the text, 12 large full-page compositions and 8 compositions drawn in color from the drawings of Louis Bombled.
[MACE, R.A Abbé].
L'Abbé à sa toilette.
Londres, Claude Bricquet, 1707.
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200 €
First edition.
Collection of licentious short stories featuring a monk in the tradition of tartuffes in French literature. According to Gay and Drujon, this satire was directed against the Cardinal de la Trémoille.
OVIDE || BAYEUX.
Traduction des fastes d'Ovide.
Rouen, Boucher le jeune, 1783-1788.
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200 €
First edition of the translation in french by Bayeux.
BITAUBE, Paul Jérémie.
Oeuvres complètes de P.J. Bitaubé.
Paris, Dentu, 1804.
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250 €
Bitaubé (1732-1808) Calvinist pastor, writer and Prussian translator of French origin is mainly known for his translations of Homer which earned him great fame at the end of the 18th century.
These complete works are composed as follows:
-Volumes I to III: The Iliad
- Volumes IV to VI: The Odyssey
- Volume VII: Joseph
- Volume VIII: The Bataves
- Volume IX: Hermann and Dorothée, translation from Goethe.
MIRABEAU, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti.
Nouvelles de Jean Boccace.
Paris, L. Duprat, 1802.
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150 €
First edition of this free translation of Boccaccio's Decameron .
The title page mentions Mirabeau but this translation is probably apocryphal.
The book highlights the borrowings that La Fontaine made from Boccaccio for his tales.
VERNE, Jules.
Le Tour du Monde en quatre-vingts Jours.
Le Docteur Ox,
suivis de Maître Zacharius, Un hivernage dans les glaces, Un drame dans les airs et Ascension française au Mont Blanc.
Paris, Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation, J. Hetzel et Cie, [1910-1914].
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250 €
A very good copy.
ROCHER, Edmond.
Le Roman de la fleur.
Paris, Maurice Dormann, 1912.
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150 €
First edition.
Beautiful print on good quality glossy wove paper.
Edmond Rocher is a painter and poster designer whose work is typical of the art nouveau of the Belle Epoque, he exhibited in particular at the Salon des cent.
He offers here an "Illustrated Floral Monograph" his favorite theme. The cover announces 60 pen and ink compositions in the text to which is added the portrait of the artist and 1 lithograph out of text. Our copy peppered with a second lithograph (cropped signature).
Large handwritten dedication from Edmond Rocher to the photographer Chabrier.
POE, Edgar || MALLARME, Stephane || DARAGNES, Jean Gabriel.
Poèmes d'Edgar Poe.
Paris, Editions textes prétextes, 1949.
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300 €
First edition of illustrations.
Poems by Poe translated by Mallarmé and illustrated by Daragnès with 11 mezzotint engravings.
One of the 200 copies on Rives, ours n° 163.
FARGUE, Léon Paul || VILLEBOEUF, André.
Contes fantastiques.
Paris, Editions de la Galerie Charpentier, 1944.
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300 €
First edition.
Copy H.C. on Velin de Lana paper.
The engravings are by André Villeboeuf, whose surrealist line is here very influenced by Goya.
NERVAL, Gérard de || MOREAU, Luc Albert.
Les Chimères.
Paris, Pour les Amis de Poésie, 1944.
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300 €
First edition of illustrations.
28 lithographs in black by Luc-Albert Moreau (1882-1948) painter and illustrator friend of Colette, Daragnès and Ravel.
One of the 175 copies on Vélin blanc du marais, ours n°75.
THARAUD, Jérôme || THARAUD, Jean || SUREDA, André.
La Fête Arabe.
Paris, Editions Lapina, 1926.
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300 €
First edition illustrated with 32 color stencil illustrations by André Sureda.
André Sureda is considered a realist orientalist and had the rare opportunity to paint the intimacy of women and religious communities in North Africa, the Levant and Palestine.
One of the 300 copies on Rives B.F.K. paper, ours n°153.
CARCO, Francis || DIGNIMONT, André.
Dignimont.
Monte Carlo, André Sauret, 1946.
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250 €
First edition.
Monograph devoted by Francis Carco to the work of his friend André Dignimont.
One of the 385 numbered copies on Vélin de Rives, ours n° 331 containing in frontispiece a lithograph signed and numbered by the artist and theset of the 41 reproductions drawing from the work of Dignimont.
MAURRAS, Charles || JOSSO, Camille-Paul.
Anthinéa, d'Athènes à Florence.
Paris, Aux dépens de l'artiste (presses Daragnès), 1955.
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250 €
First edition of illustrations.
Book printed on Daragnès presses in 200 copies decorated with 29 chisel engravings by Camille Paul Josso (1902-1986) orientalist painter, two of which are double-paged.
Unnumbered copy printed for the playwright Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon.
Accompanied by the presentation folder of the edition with a sample of the text and engravings.
FLAUBERT, Gustave || BERTHOLD MAHN.
Madame Bovary.
Paris, Editions Littéraires de France, [1948].
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250 €
First edition of illustrations.
Copy C, one of 8 copies of the deluxe edition with an original copperplate, the continuation of the 8 out of text and that of the 30 in-text. Our copy lacks the original drawing that was to accompany this print.
DOSTOIEVSKI, Fedor || GRAU SALA, Emilio.
Le Joueur.
Paris, Fernand Hazan, 1947.
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250 €
Emilio Grau Sala (1911-1975) is a remarkable colorist (oil and water paints, pastels) and illustrator, he was a member of Maurice Boitel's group.
Copy n ° 6 of the 125 printed on Vélin Johannot with the continuation of the illustrations.
LEMERCIER, Népomucène-Louis.
Cours analytique de littérature générale, tel qu'il a été professé à l'Athénée de Paris.
Paris, Nepveu, 1817.
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200 €
First edition.
PIZE, Louis || ROBERT, Maurice.
Le Rhône de Lyon à Pont-Saint-Esprit.
Grenoble, Arthaud, 1929.
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200 €
First edition.
64 engravings under tissue paper by Maurice Robert (1909-1992) Swiss painter, draftsman and watercolourist. Early work of the artist who shows here a great mastery of drawing. He will later turn to much more abstract paintings and sculptures.
One of 375 copies on large shaped Rives vellum, ours n° 92.
HENUSSE, Théo.
Une pièce de Molière inconnue.
Bruxelles, Editions Biblis, 1954.
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180 €
First publication with critical notes of this piece of 402 verses that Théo Hénusse attributes to Molière (he will be the only one to defend this provenance).
One of the 75 copies printed on Japan paper, ours n°32.
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