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Photo MADAME DE SEVIGNE. 

MADAME DE SEVIGNE. 

Lettres de Madame de Sévigné. 

Paris, Furne et Cie, 1855.
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80 €

Beautiful edition preceded by a notice from Nodier.

Photo MADAME DE SEVIGNE. 

MADAME DE SEVIGNE. 

Lettres sur le pays de France. 

Paris, M. Seheur, 1927.
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30 €

The Marquise de Sévigné (1626-1696) is the most famous and recognized French letter writer.

Photo MAILLARD, Firmin. 

MAILLARD, Firmin. 

Le Requiem des Gens de Lettres. Comment meurent ceux qui vivent du livre. 

Paris, Henri Daragon, 1901.
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120 €

First edition.
Copy n°59/350 on alfa paper.

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 MALHERBE, François. 

MALHERBE, François. 

Oeuvres poétiques de Malherbe réimprimées sur l'édition de 1630. 

Paris, Jouaust librairie des bibliophiles, 1877.
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60 €

Beautiful edition of the poetry of François de Malherbe with notes by Prosper Blanchemain.

Photo MARDRUS, Dr. Joseph Charles || BOURDELLE, Antoine. 

MARDRUS, Dr. Joseph Charles || BOURDELLE, Antoine. 

Le Marié Magique. 

Paris, Société des Bibliophiles Franco-Suisses, 1930.
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600 €

Limited edition, only 125 copies.
COPY NUMBER 1.

Photo MARIVAUX. 

MARIVAUX. 

La Vie de Marianne. 

Paris, Jouaust librairie des bibliophiles, 1882.
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80 €

Beautiful print with a note by Lescure.
Engraved title pages by Lalauze.

Photo MARTIN DU GARD, Maurice. 

MARTIN DU GARD, Maurice. 

Deux lettres autographes signées. 

s.l., s.n., [1941].
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Autograph letter signed by Maurice Martin du Gard (1896-1970), letter to an unknown recipient in which he evokes the release of "My friend Sacha Guitry" therefore in 1941.

attached, a bill to take date.

Photo MARTY, Marcelle. 

MARTY, Marcelle. 

Moussa, le petit noir. 

Paris, Crès, collection des Arts, 1925.
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1300 €

First edition limited to 365 copies.
Our, number 7, on of the 45 on "Madagascar", second paper after 5 on "Japon".
Very good copy.

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 MASSILLON. 

MASSILLON. 

Sermons et morceaux choisis de Massillon, précédés de son éloge. 

Paris, Firmin didot frères, 1848.
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30 €
Photo MAUPASSANT, Guy de. 

MAUPASSANT, Guy de. 

Mademoiselle Fifi. 

Paris, Louis Conard, 1908.
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Fine binding signed by Canape.

Photo MAUPASSANT, Guy de. 

MAUPASSANT, Guy de. 

La Main gauche. 

Paris, Paul Ollendorff, 1889.
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30 €

Twenty-fifth edition the year of the original.

Photo MAUPASSANT, Guy de. 

MAUPASSANT, Guy de. 

Les Soeurs Rondoli. 

Paris, Paul Ollendorff, 1884.
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First edition.
First edition copy as described by Vicaire, the back of the title page bears the mention of 10 copies on Hollande paper. The number will be increased to 50 during printing.

Photo MAUPASSANT, Guy de. 

MAUPASSANT, Guy de. 

Mlle FIFI. 

Paris, Paul Ollendorff, 1893.
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600 €

New revised edition.
One of the only five copy printed on japon paper.

Photo MAUREL, André. 

MAUREL, André. 

Le Vieillard et les deux Suzannes. 

Paris, Calmann-Lévy, [1904].
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50 €

First edition.
Presentation copy to Mr. Paul-Boncour.

Photo MAURIAC, François. 

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.

Photo MAURRAS, Charles || JOSSO, Camille-Paul. 

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.

Photo MAYA, Tristan. 

MAYA, Tristan. 

Morceaux choisis suivis des Poèmes à Ré. 

Paris, Vent debout, 1948.
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200 €

First edition.
Tristan Maya is the ghost name of Jean Maton (1926-2000), French writer, poet, novelist, literary critic and bookseller in Orléans. The work is published by “Vent Debout”, a literary and artistic review published in occupied Germany, but with its headquarters in Mattaincourt (Vosges).
Presentation copy.
One of 200 numbered copies, ours n°17.

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 [MEUSNIER de QUERLON, Anne-Gabriel]. 

[MEUSNIER de QUERLON, Anne-Gabriel]. 

Les soupers de Daphné et Les dortoirs de Lacedemone. 

[Paris], s.n., 1740.
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600 €

Rare first edition.
A key of the understanding is given by Barbier is hand-written on the last extra leaf of the volume.

This book is a pretty sharp satire about the dinners given at Marly.
Some anecdotes, mostly sexual, were gathering by Monnet.
We can notice that a part of the texte is a clear allusion to freemasonry, its rituals and its symbols.

Photo [Michel BERTRAND] SAINT MARC, Antoine. 

[Michel BERTRAND] SAINT MARC, Antoine. 

La Dame de Plaisance. 

s.l., Marcel Castel, 1968.
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250 €

First edition. Only 56 copies printed.

Very nice edition for the Club des Cinquante illustrated by 6 original watercolors signed by the painter Michel Bertrand (1935-2009).
Michel Bertrand will turn two years later to contemporary art in which he will experience some success. Catherine Millet will classify him among the major artists of the Montpellier region alongside Gérard Garouste and Vincent Bouliès. Six of his works are part of the collections of the Center Georges Pompidou.

Photo MICHELET, Jules. 

MICHELET, Jules. 

L'Amour. 

Paris, L. Hachette et Cie, 1859.
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30 €

Second edition.
At the end of his career Michelet set aside his work as a historian for a series of books devoted to literary and philosophical reflections. Love is here the subject.

Photo MICHELET, Jules. 

MICHELET, Jules. 

Ma Jeunesse. 

Paris, Calmann Levy, 1884.
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30 €

Posthumous work compiled and prefaced by Mme Michelet.

Photo MIELVAQUE, Marcel. 

MIELVAQUE, Marcel. 

La vertu du sol. 

Paris, Plon-Nourrit, [1904].
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50 €

First edition.
Presentation copy to Mr. Paul-Boncour.

Photo [MIRABAUD, Jean-Baptiste]. 

[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.

Photo MIRABEAU, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti. 

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.

Photo MIRBEAU, Octave. 

MIRBEAU, Octave. 

L'Abbé Jules. 

Paris, Editions Mornay, 1925.
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250 €

Edition illustrated by Fernand Siméon.

One of the 72 copies on Japan paper, ours n°5.

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 MIRBEAU, Octave. 

MIRBEAU, Octave. 

Le Jardin des Supplices. 

Paris, Editions Mornay, 1923.
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200 €

Edition illustrated by Paul de Pidoll.

One of the 60 copies on Japan paper, ours n°36.

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 MIRBEAU, Octave. 

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.

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