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GRESSET, Jean-Baptiste.

Oeuvres de M. Gresset.

Londres, Edouard Kelmarneck, 1748.

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Jean-Baptiste Gresset (1709 -1777) was a French poet and playwright, who was a Jesuit from 1726 to 1735.

SUARES, André.

Présences.

Paris, Editions Mornay, 1925.

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120 €

Edition illustrated byFernand Siméon et Achille Ouvré.

One of the 40 copies on Japan paper, ours n°40.

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.

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).

[LETTRISME].

Halte au gang des escrocs et des cuistres nécrophages de Dada et pillards du Lettrisme !.

Paris, Front de la jeunesse lettrisme, 1967.

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120 €

First edition.

Rare leaflet of the Lettrist movement containing extracts from Maurice Lemaitre's book "Le Lettrisme devant Dada".

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.

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.

MIRBEAU, Octave.

L'Abbé Jules.

Paris, Mornay, 1925.

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120 €

Illustrations by Siméon.

Fine binding signed by Yseux.

Louis Yseux is one of the most talented bookbinders of the early 20th century, bringing to life a tradition of French binding and gilding dating back to the 18th century, it is indeed he who takes over the workshop of his master Thierry himself. heir to Simier and Petit. All his bindings bear his signature Yseux successor Thierry-Simier.

CHAMPFLEURY.

Grandeur et Décadence d'une Serinette.

Paris, Edmond Blanchard, 1857.

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125 €

Fine binding signed by Yseux.

Louis Yseux is one of the most talented bookbinders of the early 20th century, bringing to life a tradition of French binding and gilding dating back to the 18th century, it is indeed he who takes over the workshop of his master Thierry himself. heir to Simier and Petit. All his bindings bear his signature Yseux successor Thierry-Simier.

BERAUD, Henri.

Le Vitriol de lune.

Paris, Editions Mornay, 1931.

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150 €

Edition illustrated by Guy Arnoux.

One of the 60 copies on Japan paper, ours n°12.

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.

VERNE, Jules.

Aventures de Trois Russes et de Trois Anglais dans l'Afrique Australe.

Paris, J. Hetzel et Cie, [1894].

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150 €

MOLE, François-René || DAZINCOURT || FLEURY.

Observations pour les comédiens français sur la pétition adressée par les auteurs dramatiques à l'Assemblée nationale.

Paris, Imprimerie Prault, 1790.

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150 €

First edition.
Continuation of a debate initiated by Beaumarchais in 1777, opposing the interests of authors to those of the Comédie Française. This resulted in the laws of 18 and 19 January 1791 and 19 and 24 July 1793 establishing authors' rights.

[PALISSOT DE MONTENOY, Charles ].

La Dunciade.

Londres, sn, 1773.

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150 €

New edition, revised, corrected and augmented.
Satirical poem offering portraits of famous men of his time and in particular the philosophers of the Lumières.

[GRANET, Abbé François].

Recueil de dissertations sur plusieurs tragédies de Corneille et de Racine, avec des réflexions pour & contre la critique des ouvrages d'esprit, et des jugemens sur ces dissertations.

Paris, Gissey, 1740.

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150 €

Book which revives the quarrel between the Ancients and the Moderns through the critical study of the tragedies of Corneille and Racine.

DESTOUCHES, Philippe Néricault.

Oeuvres de Monsieur Destouches. Nouvelle édition augmentée de pièces nouvelles nouvelles, et mise en meilleur ordre.

La Haye, Benjamin Gibert, 1752.

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150 €

GOURMONT, Remy de.

La Patience de Griseledis.

Paris, Editions du Sagittaire, 1920.

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150 €

Fine binding signed by Yseux.

Louis Yseux is one of the most talented bookbinders of the early 20th century, bringing to life a tradition of French binding and gilding dating back to the 18th century, it is indeed he who takes over the workshop of his master Thierry himself. heir to Simier and Petit. All his bindings bear his signature Yseux successor Thierry-Simier.

VERNE, Jules.

Le Pays des Fourrures.

Paris, Hetzel, [1875-1878].

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Adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1873. It tells the story of a group of English explorers who find themselves stranded on a floating ice island in the Canadian Far North.

RÉVAL, Gabrielle.

Le Ruban de Vénus.

Paris, C. Lévy, 1906.

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150 €

First edition.
Copy with autograph dedication of the author to Mr. Paul-Boncour.
Gabrielle Réval was the literary pseudonym of Gabrielle Logerot, French novelist.

VERNE, Jules.

Les Indes noires (Le Chancellor / Martin Paz).

Paris, Hetzel, [1877-1878].

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Adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1877. It tells the story of a group of men who find themselves stranded in a coal mine in Scotland.

COLLE, Charles || GRESSET, Jean-Baptiste-Louis.

Recueil de 3 comédies du XVIIIè siècle, contenant :
Dupuis et Des Ronais, comédie en trois actes, et en vers libres de Colle;
Le Méchant Comédie en cinq Actes en vers par Gresset. 1747 et enfin,
Thimon le Misantrope. 1722.

Paris, Duchesne, 1763 pour Colle.

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150 €

TRUC, Gonzague.

Paul Claudel - Portrait et Autographe - Document pour l'histoire de la littérature française.

Paris, La Nouvelle Revue Critique, 1925.

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150 €

First edition, one of the 5 copies on japan paper.

SILVESTRE, Armand.

Floréal.

Paris, Masson et Cie, 1912.

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150 €

First edition.
Very nice edition enriched with illustrations by Georges Cain printed in several colors. Each chapter is adorned with an inset engraving and an engraved headband and end-engraving which frames the text.

Massenet sets the heroes of this spring of 1799 to music and leaves us the music sheets.
Jules Clarétie who writes the preface tells us: "[...] Among these books, I do not know, I repeat it, of more original than this one. It seems that all the arts wanted to fraternize in these pages and find themselves, under the same cover, like the heroes of Floréal under the same spring sky. ".

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.

HENNEQUIN, Maurice || DUQUESNEL, Félix.

Patachon.

Paris, Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1907.

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150 €

Rare first edition.

This play is a vaudeville written by Maurice Hennequin (1863-1926) and Félix Duquesnel (1832-1915).
This four-act comedy was performed for the first time at the Théâtre du Vaudeville, on October 23rd, 1907.
Maurice Hennequin, a well-known French playwright, has created a new and specific style of vaudeville called the "Hennequinade". Several of his plays were very successful, such as "The Ribadier System", written in collaboration with Georges Feydeau.

Presentation copy, by the two playwrights to MM. Noblet, the main actor of the play whose role was the Comtet Max du Tilloy: a notre cher ami Noblet, deux auteurs profondément reconnaissants, Maurice Hennequin, Félix Duquesnel ".

TINAN, Jean de.

Aimienne ou le détournement de mineure.

Paris, Editions du Sagittaire, 1922.

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150 €

Fine binding signed by Yseux.

Louis Yseux is one of the most talented bookbinders of the early 20th century, bringing to life a tradition of French binding and gilding dating back to the 18th century, it is indeed he who takes over the workshop of his master Thierry himself. heir to Simier and Petit. All his bindings bear his signature Yseux successor Thierry-Simier.

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.

MAUPASSANT, Guy de.

Mademoiselle Fifi.

Paris, Louis Conard, 1908.

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Fine binding signed by Canape.

GRESSET, Jean-Baptiste.

Oeuvres de Gresset.

Paris, E. Houdaille, 1839.

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150 €

First edition illustrated by Lacoste, with the text by Charles Nodier.

Very fine contemporary half green morocco.

VALDES, André.

Et Patati et Patata.

Paris, Librairie Mondaine, [1887].

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150 €

Rare first edition.
An editor's tag "Librairie Alcide Picard et Kaan" is sticked on the title page.

The author Charles Boeswillwald uses a pen name, which is "André Valdès", in order to write this book.

MIRBEAU, Octave.

Le Calvaire.

Paris, Mornay, 1928.

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150 €

Illustrations by Hermann Paul.

Fine binding signed by Yseux.

Louis Yseux is one of the most talented bookbinders of the early 20th century, bringing to life a tradition of French binding and gilding dating back to the 18th century, it is indeed he who takes over the workshop of his master Thierry himself. heir to Simier and Petit. All his bindings bear his signature Yseux successor Thierry-Simier.

LE ROY, Eugène.

Jacquou le Croquant.

Paris, Editions Mornay, 1925.

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150 €

Edition illustrated by Louis-Joseph Soulas.

One of the 65 copies on Japan paper, ours n°44.

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.

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Litterature

GRESSET, Jean-Baptiste.

Oeuvres de M. Gresset.

New edition, reviewed, corrected, considerably increased by the author. Fine copy. Jean-Baptiste Gresset (1709 -1777) was a French poet and playwright, who was a Jesuit from 1726 to 1735.

SUARES, André.

Présences.

GAUTIER, Théophile.

Emaux et camées.

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).

[LETTRISME].

Halte au gang des escrocs et des cuistres nécrophages de Dada et pillards du Lettrisme !.

First edition. Rare leaflet of the Lettrist movement containing extracts from Maurice Lemaitre's book "Le Lettrisme devant Dada".

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

Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales.

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.

BOILEAU DESPREAUX, Nicolas.

Oeuvres de Boileau Despréaux, avec neuf figures.

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.

MIRBEAU, Octave.

L'Abbé Jules.

CHAMPFLEURY.

Grandeur et Décadence d'une Serinette.

BERAUD, Henri.

Le Vitriol de lune.

VERNE, Jules.

Aventures de Trois Russes et de Trois Anglais dans l'Afrique Australe.

MOLE, François-René || DAZINCOURT || FLEURY.

Observations pour les comédiens français sur la pétition adressée par les auteurs dramatiques à l'Assemblée nationale.

First edition.Continuation of a debate initiated by Beaumarchais in 1777, opposing the interests of authors to those of the Comédie Française. This resulted in the laws of 18 and 19 January 1791 and 19 and 24 July 1793 establishing authors' rights.

[PALISSOT DE MONTENOY, Charles ].

La Dunciade.

New edition, revised, corrected and augmented. Satirical poem offering portraits of famous men of his time and in particular the philosophers of the Lumières.

[GRANET, Abbé François].

Recueil de dissertations sur plusieurs tragédies de Corneille et de Racine, avec des réflexions pour & contre la critique des ouvrages d'esprit, et des jugemens sur ces dissertations.

Book which revives the quarrel between the Ancients and the Moderns through the critical study of the tragedies of Corneille and Racine.

DESTOUCHES, Philippe Néricault.

Oeuvres de Monsieur Destouches. Nouvelle édition augmentée de pièces nouvelles nouvelles, et mise en meilleur ordre.

GOURMONT, Remy de.

La Patience de Griseledis.

VERNE, Jules.

Le Pays des Fourrures.

Adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1873. It tells the story of a group of English explorers who find themselves stranded on a floating ice island in the Canadian Far North.

RÉVAL, Gabrielle.

Le Ruban de Vénus.

First edition. Copy with autograph dedication of the author to Mr. Paul-Boncour.Gabrielle Réval was the literary pseudonym of Gabrielle Logerot, French novelist.

VERNE, Jules.

Les Indes noires (Le Chancellor / Martin Paz).

Adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1877. It tells the story of a group of men who find themselves stranded in a coal mine in Scotland.

COLLE, Charles || GRESSET, Jean-Baptiste-Louis.

Recueil de 3 comédies du XVIIIè siècle, contenant : Dupuis et Des Ronais, comédie en trois actes, et en vers libres de Colle; Le Méchant Comédie en cinq Actes en vers par Gresset. 1747 et enfin, Thimon le Misantrope. 1722.

TRUC, Gonzague.

Paul Claudel - Portrait et Autographe - Document pour l'histoire de la littérature française.

First edition, one of the 5 copies on japan paper.

SILVESTRE, Armand.

Floréal.

MIRABEAU, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti.

Nouvelles de Jean Boccace.

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.

HENNEQUIN, Maurice || DUQUESNEL, Félix.

Patachon.

TINAN, Jean de.

Aimienne ou le détournement de mineure.

ROCHER, Edmond.

Le Roman de la fleur.

MAUPASSANT, Guy de.

Mademoiselle Fifi.

Fine binding signed by Canape.

GRESSET, Jean-Baptiste.

Oeuvres de Gresset.

First edition illustrated by Lacoste, with the text by Charles Nodier. Very fine contemporary half green morocco.

VALDES, André.

Et Patati et Patata.

Rare first edition. An editor's tag "Librairie Alcide Picard et Kaan" is sticked on the title page. The author Charles Boeswillwald uses a pen name, which is "André Valdès", in order to write this book.

MIRBEAU, Octave.

Le Calvaire.

LE ROY, Eugène.

Jacquou le Croquant.

New edition, reviewed, corrected, considerably increased by the author. Fine copy.

Jean-Baptiste Gresset (1709 -1777) was a French poet and playwright, who was a Jesuit from 1726 to 1735.

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).

First edition.

Rare leaflet of the Lettrist movement containing extracts from Maurice Lemaitre's book "Le Lettrisme devant Dada".

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.

First edition.
Continuation of a debate initiated by Beaumarchais in 1777, opposing the interests of authors to those of the Comédie Française. This resulted in the laws of 18 and 19 January 1791 and 19 and 24 July 1793 establishing authors' rights.

New edition, revised, corrected and augmented.
Satirical poem offering portraits of famous men of his time and in particular the philosophers of the Lumières.

First edition.
Copy with autograph dedication of the author to Mr. Paul-Boncour.
Gabrielle Réval was the literary pseudonym of Gabrielle Logerot, French novelist.

Recueil de 3 comédies du XVIIIè siècle, contenant :
Dupuis et Des Ronais, comédie en trois actes, et en vers libres de Colle;
Le Méchant Comédie en cinq Actes en vers par Gresset. 1747 et enfin,
Thimon le Misantrope. 1722.

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.

First edition illustrated by Lacoste, with the text by Charles Nodier.

Very fine contemporary half green morocco.

Rare first edition.
An editor's tag "Librairie Alcide Picard et Kaan" is sticked on the title page.

The author Charles Boeswillwald uses a pen name, which is "André Valdès", in order to write this book.