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Photo MARTY, Marcelle || MARQUET, Albert. 

MARTY, Marcelle || MARQUET, Albert. 

Images d'une petite ville arabe. 

Paris, Manuel Bruker, [1947].
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500 €

First edition of illustrations.
Friend of Matisse, Fauvist painter in his youth, Albert Marquet (1875-1947) discovered himself an insatiable traveler and he spent long periods in the Maghreb. Here among his last production of engravings, published when he was seriously ill.
One of the 200 copies on Vélin d'Arches to form by Jourde and Allard, ours n°78.

Photo CARTON, Jean || MONTHERLANT, Henry de. 

CARTON, Jean || MONTHERLANT, Henry de. 

Encore un instant de bonheur. 

Paris, Société du Livre d'Art, 1955.
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500 €

Limited edition (150 copies).
Our one the only 20 with the additionnal two suite of the engravings.
With an original drawing from Jean Carton.

Photo LE CLEZIO, Jean Marie Gustave. 

LE CLEZIO, Jean Marie Gustave. 

Ritournelle de la faim. 

Paris, Gallimard Nrf, 2008.
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500 €

First edition.

One of the 140 numbered copies on vellum paper from the Malmenayde paper mills, the only luxury paper. Our copy n°90.

The author obtains the Nobel Prize for Literature a few days after the release of the novel in which he traces the journey of his mother on the eve of the Second World War.

Photo FOUCHER, Paul || REGNIER, Philoclès. 

FOUCHER, Paul || REGNIER, Philoclès. 

La Joconde. 

Paris, Michel Levy, 1856.
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500 €

Second edition.
Comedy in five acts written by Paul Foucher (1810-1875) and Philoclès Regnier (1807-1885) which premiered at the Comédie Française on November 19, 1855.
Our copy, which probably belonged to Regnier, is enriched with the program printed on silk announcing the premiere performance at the Comédie Française, as well as 7 signed autograph letters addressed to Regnier to congratulate him on the play.
Among the signatories of these letters we find the author Philoxène Boyer or the actress Jeanne Arnould-Plessy.
Following the letters are a few press extracts, literary reviews of the play, including the review by Théophile Gautier published in the Revue Dramatique.

Photo GAUTIER, Theophile. 

GAUTIER, Theophile. 

Le Pavillon sur l'eau. 

Paris, Ferroud, 1900.
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500 €

The color compositions are by Henri Caruchet and the preface to this tale by Gautier is given by Camille Mauclair.

Our copy on Japanese paper, gift from the editor to "Madame Torchou".

Photo [VASSE, Cornélie-Pétronille-Bénédicte Wouters Baronne de ] || [WOUTERS, Mary]. 

[VASSE, Cornélie-Pétronille-Bénédicte Wouters Baronne de ] || [WOUTERS, Mary]. 

Traduction du Théatre Anglois, depuis l'origine des spectacles, jusqu'à nos jours. Divisée en trois époques. 

Paris, Veuve Ballard, 1784.
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500 €

First edition of this french translation by the Wouters sisters.

Photo MAC ORLAN, Pierre. 

MAC ORLAN, Pierre. 

Le Quai des brumes. 

Paris, Éditions Arc-en-Ciel, 1948.
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500 €

One of 170 copies on vellum paper(ours n ° 94).
This edition is illustrated in color in the text by Dignimont.
Quai des brumes was freely adapted for cinema by Marcel Carné with Jean Gabin and Michelle Morgan.

Photo VERNE, Jules. 

VERNE, Jules. 

Cinq semaines en ballon. 

Paris, Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation, J. Hetzel et Cie, [1874].
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500 €

"Cinq semaines en ballon" is Jules Verne's first novel published by Hetzel. It marks the beginning of a long collaboration between the very talented and prolific writer and his publisher.
Rare in this color.

Photo BRETON, André. 

BRETON, André. 

Le Revolver à cheveux blancs. 

Paris, Editions des cahiers libres, 1932.
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500 €

First edition.
Copy for press.
Presentation copy to Yolande Oliviero.
Yolande Oliviero was a bookseller close to surrealist circles, it is said that all the surrealists dedicated their books to her. Bunuel describes it in “Mon Dernier Soupir” as a “slightly lame but very beautiful bookstore”.

Photo CARCO, Francis || ASSELIN, Maurice. 

CARCO, Francis || ASSELIN, Maurice. 

Rien qu'une femme. 

Paris, G.Crès et Cie, 1923.
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450 €

1228 copies, this one of the 36 on "japon impérial" paper.

Photo SOULAGES, Gabriel || CARLEGLE (ill.). 

SOULAGES, Gabriel || CARLEGLE (ill.). 

Des riens. 

Paris, Editions Mornay, 1926.
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450 €

Edition illustrated by Carlègle.
Gabriel Soulages is a French author of novels, stories and light collections. In his romantic work, inspired by a pleasant eroticism, he demonstrated an in-depth Greek and Latin culture.

One of 37 copies on Japon, ours n°18 accompanied by two original watercolors signed by Carlègle.

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 GUITRY, Sacha. 

GUITRY, Sacha. 

Elles et Toi. 

Monte-Carlo, Raoul Solar, 1946.
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450 €

First edition.
One of the 300 first copies, signed by the author.
Presentation copy to Marc Gilbert Sauvageon, French playwright, screenwriter and director.

Photo BOCCACE. 

BOCCACE. 

Les Dix Journées de Jean Boccace. 

Paris, Librairie des bibliophiles Joaust, 1873.
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450 €

Beautiful edition by Jouaust of the work of Boccace.
Paul Lacroix signs the introduction and Flameng who gives eleven very beautiful etchings.

Photo LEMAITRE, Maurice. 

LEMAITRE, Maurice. 

Le Lettrisme devant dada et les nécrophages de dada !. 

Paris, Centre de Créativité, 1967.
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450 €

First edition.

Seduced by the ideas of Isidore Isou, Maurice Lemaitre became one of the important figures of Lettrisme.
In this book he deplores the popularization of Dadaism and argues that the Lettrists are the only ones able to represent Dadaism and surrealism.

Sending of Maurice Lemaitre to Man Ray on the first guard.

We join;
Note on a piece of paper tablecloth by Philippe Soupault asking Man Ray to make a photographic portrait of Maurice Lemaitre.
Philippe Soupault is the founder with André Breton of the surrealist movement, this note thus puts in relation three great figures of this intellectual movement.

Photo ELUARD, Paul. 

ELUARD, Paul. 

Poésie et Vérité 1942. 

Neuchatel, Editions de la Baconnière, 1943.
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450 €

Second edition.
One of the numbered copies on Vélin (ours n°771).
"Freedom" Eluard's most famous poem, written during the Second World War in reaction to the German occupation:
"On the sand, on the snow
I write your name…"
Presentation copy to Aimé Blanc signed by Eluard.

Photo [RELIURES SIGNEES KIEFFER] FRANCE, Anatole. 

[RELIURES SIGNEES KIEFFER] FRANCE, Anatole. 

Histoire contemporaine. 

Paris, Aux éditions du Sagittaire, 1922-1924.
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450 €

First illustrated edition.
Complete series of the Contemporary History collection comprising four novels by Anatole France illustrated with watercolors by Serge Beaune.
Our copies are identical in the same binding signed by Kieffer and printed on the second paper: Imperial Japan with a series of line drawings on China, numbered n°24
The titles published in this collection are as follows:
- L'Orme du Mail
- Le Mannequin d'Osier
- L'Anneau d'Améthyste
- Mr Bergeret à Paris.

Photo FLORIAN, J.-P. Claris de. 

FLORIAN, J.-P. Claris de. 

Fables de Florian Préface par M. Anatole de Montaiglon. Compositions inédites de Moreau gravées par Martial. 

Leide, P. Rouquette, 1882.
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450 €
Photo SCOTT, Walter. 

SCOTT, Walter. 

Le Monastère et L'Abbé. 

Paris, Dauthereau, 1829.
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450 €

Bindings from Gruel.

Photo BERGERET, Gaston || HENRIOT. 

BERGERET, Gaston || HENRIOT. 

Les Evénements de Pontax. 

Paris, Librairie Conquet-Carteret, 1899.
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450 €

First edition.
Illustrations, “handwriting and watercolors” by Henri Maigrot aka Henriot.

One of the 175 copies on marsh vellum, ours n°155.

Photo HOMERE. 

HOMERE. 

Odyssée. Traduction par Leconte de Lisle. 

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1848.
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450 €

Very nice edition of the Homeric epic.

Copy signed by the publisher Alphonse Lemerre reserving one of the copies on Dutch paper for his printer D. Jouaust.

Photo KOUPRINE, Alexandre || LEBEDEFF, Jean. 

KOUPRINE, Alexandre || LEBEDEFF, Jean. 

Les Lestrygons. 

Paris, Chez A. & G. Mornay, 1924.
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450 €

First edition.
Copy number one on "Japon impérial" paper for the printer "Exemplaire sur Japon Impérial Hors Commerce N°1, imprimé pour Antoinette Mornay".

Photo CHATEAUBRIAND, François René. 

CHATEAUBRIAND, François René. 

Mémoires d'outre tombe. 

Bruxelles, Librairie Tarride (puis Librairie du Panthéon), 1848-1850.
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450 €

Counterfeit edition published before the original.
The memoirs from beyond the grave were published partly in episodes in "La Presse" in the last quarter of 1848. The Belgian publisher Tarride (which in 1850 was renamed "Librairie du Panthéon") compiled these episodes to deliver an urgent edition of the first parts of the Mémoires (which corresponds here to the first four parts) only a few weeks before the original in-8 edition by Penaud begins to be printed.
The rest of the publication of the original by Penaud will last until 1850, and Tarride will give a counterfeit edition in the process.
Our copy is full of the twenty volumes published, the first four of which can therefore be considered as a pre-original edition.

Photo [BEAUMARCHAIS]. 

[BEAUMARCHAIS]. 

Recueil de cinq Mémoires sur l'Affaire Goezman. 

Paris, Valleyre, 1773-1775.
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400 €

First editions.
Collection of satirical memoirs published by Beaumarchais between 1773 and 1774 in the form of false reports and pleadings of the trial which then pitted him against Judge Goezman. These memoirs, which mix dialogues and interrogations, entertained the whole of Paris, including Madame Du Barry, and were played almost everywhere in the cafés and on the boulevards, because they constitute a formidable comedy in which the lie ends up being revealed.

- Mémoires à consulter, Pour [...] Beaumarchais, [...] accusé, Paris, Valleyre, 1773
- Supplément du mémoire à consulter Pour [...] Beaumarchais, [...] accusé en corruption de Juge & calomnie, Paris, Quillau, 1773 (first edition)
- Requête d'atténuation pour le Sr Caron de Beaumarchais, Paris, Knapen, 1773 (édition originale)
- Addition au supplément du mémoire à consulter pour [...] Beaumarchais, Paris, Clousier, sd [1773] (first edition)
- Quatrième mémoire à consulter, Pour [...] Beaumarchais,[...] Contre M. Goezman, juge accusé de surbornation et de faux, Paris, Clousier, 1774 (first edition).

Photo MONNIER, Henri. 

MONNIER, Henri. 

Les Bas-Fonds de la société. 

Paris, Jules Claye, 1862.
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400 €

First édition.

Copy n°19 of the only 200 that were printed.
The printing on beautiful Holland paper is very neat.

Photo BUYSSE, Cyriel || CASSIERS, Henri. 

BUYSSE, Cyriel || CASSIERS, Henri. 

Contes des Pays-Bas. 

Paris, H. Piazza, 1910.
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400 €

First edition.
Very beautiful illustrations by Henri Cassiers (1858-1944), belgian painter.

Presentation copy.

Photo ROSTAND, Edmond. 

ROSTAND, Edmond. 

Chantecler. Pièce en quatre actes, en vers . Représentée pour la première fois au Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, le 7 février 1910. 

Paris, Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1910.
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400 €

First edition limited to 1000 copies, all on "japon" paper.
Original cover from René Lalique.

Photo LA FONTAINE, Jean. 

LA FONTAINE, Jean. 

Fables choisies, mises en vers par Monsieur de la Fontaine et par lui revues, corrigées & augmentées de nouveau. 

Lyon, François Sarrazin, 1696.
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400 €

This edition appeared only a year after the death of La Fontaine, the permission granted to François Sarrazin also mentions that La Fontaine lost the privilege on his fables in 1692.

Fables chosen by La Fontaine divided into nine books, we find the fables that made the author famous: The cicada and the ant, the wolf and the lamb, the hare and the tortoise.

Photo MERIMEE, Prosper || TRAYNIER, Jean. 

MERIMEE, Prosper || TRAYNIER, Jean. 

Colomba. 

Paris, La Tradition, 1942.
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400 €

First edition of the illustrations.

One of the 24 copies with double set of plates and 1 copper matrix, ours n°13.

Photo [ROCHELLE DE BRECY, Adélaïde-Isabelle]. 

[ROCHELLE DE BRECY, Adélaïde-Isabelle]. 

L'origine de la chouannerie, ou mémoires de Stéphanie de Tress, pour servir à l'histoire de nos guerres civiles. 

Paris, Ouvrier, 1803.
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400 €

First edition.

Photo TOUDOUZE, Gustave. 

TOUDOUZE, Gustave. 

La Vengeance des Peaux-de-Bique. 

Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1896.
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400 €

First edition.
100 luxury copies have been published on China paper.
Our copy is one of the first 50 copies (n°28), with all the engravings expected (n°28).

The illustrations of this book were realized by Julien Le Blant (1851-1936), who was a French painter specialized on the War in the Vendée, in France, at the end of the eighteenth century.

Fine copy.

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