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RAMUZ, Charles Ferdinand || BROSSHARD, R.Th.

Chant des Pays du Rhône.

Paris, Les Bibliophiles Régionaux, 1929.

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230 €

Edition limited to 226 copies.
With 33 lithography from Gaston Proust drawned by R.Th Bosshard.

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.

GENET, Jean || PICQ, Emile.

Chants secrets.

Lyon, Marc Barbezat, 1945.

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200 €

First edition limited to 400 copies.

VERLAINE, Paul.

Choix de Poésies.

Paris, Fasquelle, 1928.

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800 €

Beautiful copy of this famous industrial binding produced between 1933 and 1955 by Joseph Taupin, under the pseudonym Jotau. The boards and the back are molded in a mass-dyed resin, close to bakelite, pollopas. Flats and backs are articulated by a rod. This particularly brittle resin was quickly abandoned and few copies reach us without damage, as is the case with the book we are offering.

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.

CONSTANTIN-WEYER, Maurice || FALKE, Pierre.

Clairière.

Paris, Editions Mornay, 1929.

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250 €

Edition illustrated by George Barbier.
One of the 35 copies on Japan paper, ours n°10.

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.

PAULHAN, Jean.

Clef de la Poésie.

Paris, Gallimard NRF, 1944.

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350 €

First edition.
Work by the very influential editor-in-chief of the NRF in which he proposes "to finally identify some method or key, which will allow us to separate the true from the false".

Pasted on the guard is a handwritten letter signed by Jean Paulhan addressed to Aimé Blanc-Dufour.
Aimé Blanc-Dufour had signed an article "Reflections on Jean Paulhan and rhetoric" in September 1946 in Cahiers du sud, Jean Paulhan responded to it on his relationship to rhetoric.
“Secret society, no doubt. And I believe, in this sense also, that Rhéto holds a secret, touching the relationships between language and thought…”.

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.

VERTES, Marcel.

Complexes.

Monte-Carlo, André Sauret, 1948.

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250 €

One of the 40 copies with an original drawing from Vertes.

MORET, Eugene.

Confessions Galantes.

Paris, La librairie Illustrée, s.d. [v.1880].

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75 €

ZOLA, Emile.

Contes à Ninon.

Paris, J. Hetzel et A. Lacroix (imprimerie Poupart-Davyl), [1864].

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600 €

First edition.
This collection of tales is the first book published by the young Zola.

A Ninon - Simplice - Le Carnet de Danse - Celle qui m'aime - La Fée Amoureuse - Le Sang - Les Voleurs et l'Ane - Soeur-des-Pauvres - Aventures du Grand Sidoine et du Petit Médéric.

LA FONTAINE, Jean de.

Contes de La Fontaine.

Paris, Jouaust Librairie des bibliophiles, 1885.

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60 €

Beautiful edition given by Jouaust.
The text is prefaced by Paul Lacroix and illustrated by Edouard de Beaumont.

DUPUIS, Eudoxie.

Contes de Tante Nicole
Les Souhaits de Tommy, Les Dix petits garçons, La leçon de Florette, Le lapin sur le mur, Le Berceau, Un paletot bien utile etc.

Paris, Ch. Delagrave, [1882].

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45 €

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.

LA FONTAINE, Jean || BECAT, Paul Emile.

Contes.

Paris, Georges Briffaut, 1928-1929.

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200 €

Edition given by Louis Perceau and illustrated with out-of-text color compositions by Paul-Emile BECAT.

GUIZOT, François.

Corneille et son temps : étude littéraire.

Paris, Didier et Cie, 1878.

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50 €

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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First edition.

VILLEMAIN, Abel François.

Cours de littérature française : Tableau de la littérature au moyen âge en France, en Italie, en Espagne et en Angleterre.

Paris, Didier et cie, 1865.

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50 €

History of literature in the Middle Ages which is not limited to French authors.

VILLEMAIN, Abel François.

Cours de littérature française : Tableau de la littérature au XVIIIème siècle.

Paris, Didier et cie, 1864.

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100 €

History of literature in the eighteen century which is not limited to French authors.

BLOY, Léon.

Dans les ténèbres.

Paris, Mercure de France, 1918.

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30 €

Mention of third edition in the year of the original.
Numbered copy.

LONGUS || TOUCHAGES, Louis.

Daphnis et Chloé.

Paris, Editions du Bélier, 1945.

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600 €

Very beautiful illustration of this classic of ancient literature by Louis Touchages.

Copy n°1 printed on pure Auvergne rag by hand, accompanied by a suite in black of illustrations on pure vellum and an original watercolor, first paper printed in 21 copies.

CAILHAVA DE L'ESTANDOUX, Jean-François de.

De l'Art de la comédie.

Paris, Veuve Duchesne, 1786.

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200 €

Second edition of this work on comedy by one of the best comic writers of his century according to Quérard.

SOREL, Charles.

De la connoissance des bons livres, ou examen de plusieurs autheurs.

Amsterdam, Henry et Theodore Boom, 1672.

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First Elzévirienne edition published one year after the original.
Sorel was the first in France to attempt a critical presentation of contemporary literature of the period.

LAGORCE, Henry.

De La Rémunération des artistes.

Laval, Léon Barnéoud, 1903.

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250 €

First edition.
Doctoral thesis in theatrical law on the subject of the remuneration of artists.
Presentation copy.

CLEMENT, Jean Marie Bernard.

De la Tragédie pour servir de suite aux Lettres à Voltaire.

Paris, Moutard, 1784.

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150 €

First edition.
Literary critic Clément's favorite target was Voltaire, whom he attacked with great virulence, waging a war that lasted nearly ten years. Voltaire nicknamed him "the inclement" and overwhelmed him with insults.

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.

FORT, Paul.

Deux Chaumières au pays de l'Yveline.

Paris, A. Monnier, 1916.

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35 €

First edition;
Copy n°42 signed by the author.
Sending of the author to E. Duboin from the family of Jacques Duboin (1878-1976) economist and politician of which we disperse part of the library.

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.

SABATIER DE CASTRES, Antoine.

Dictionnaire de littérature. Dans lequel on traite de tout ce qui a rapport à l'éloquence, à la poësie & aux belles-lettres, & dans lequel on enseigne la marche & les régles qu'on doit observer dans tous les ouvrages d'esprit.

Paris, Vincent, 1770.

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First edition.

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.

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Litterature

RAMUZ, Charles Ferdinand || BROSSHARD, R.Th.

Chant des Pays du Rhône.

Edition limited to 226 copies. With 33 lithography from Gaston Proust drawned by R.Th Bosshard.

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.

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

GENET, Jean || PICQ, Emile.

Chants secrets.

First edition limited to 400 copies.

VERLAINE, Paul.

Choix de Poésies.

VERNE, Jules.

Cinq semaines en ballon.

"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.

CONSTANTIN-WEYER, Maurice || FALKE, Pierre.

Clairière.

PAULHAN, Jean.

Clef de la Poésie.

MERIMEE, Prosper || TRAYNIER, Jean.

Colomba.

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

VERTES, Marcel.

Complexes.

One of the 40 copies with an original drawing from Vertes.

MORET, Eugene.

Confessions Galantes.

ZOLA, Emile.

Contes à Ninon.

First edition.This collection of tales is the first book published by the young Zola.A Ninon - Simplice - Le Carnet de Danse - Celle qui m'aime - La Fée Amoureuse - Le Sang - Les Voleurs et l'Ane - Soeur-des-Pauvres - Aventures du Grand Sidoine et du Petit Médéric.

LA FONTAINE, Jean de.

Contes de La Fontaine.

Beautiful edition given by Jouaust.The text is prefaced by Paul Lacroix and illustrated by Edouard de Beaumont.

DUPUIS, Eudoxie.

Contes de Tante Nicole Les Souhaits de Tommy, Les Dix petits garçons, La leçon de Florette, Le lapin sur le mur, Le Berceau, Un paletot bien utile etc.

BUYSSE, Cyriel || CASSIERS, Henri.

Contes des Pays-Bas.

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

LA FONTAINE, Jean || BECAT, Paul Emile.

Contes.

Edition given by Louis Perceau and illustrated with out-of-text color compositions by Paul-Emile BECAT.

GUIZOT, François.

Corneille et son temps : étude littéraire.

LEMERCIER, Népomucène-Louis.

Cours analytique de littérature générale, tel qu'il a été professé à l'Athénée de Paris.

First edition.

VILLEMAIN, Abel François.

Cours de littérature française : Tableau de la littérature au moyen âge en France, en Italie, en Espagne et en Angleterre.

History of literature in the Middle Ages which is not limited to French authors.

VILLEMAIN, Abel François.

Cours de littérature française : Tableau de la littérature au XVIIIème siècle.

History of literature in the eighteen century which is not limited to French authors.

BLOY, Léon.

Dans les ténèbres.

Mention of third edition in the year of the original. Numbered copy.

LONGUS || TOUCHAGES, Louis.

Daphnis et Chloé.

Very beautiful illustration of this classic of ancient literature by Louis Touchages. Copy n°1 printed on pure Auvergne rag by hand, accompanied by a suite in black of illustrations on pure vellum and an original watercolor, first paper printed in 21 copies.

CAILHAVA DE L'ESTANDOUX, Jean-François de.

De l'Art de la comédie.

Second edition of this work on comedy by one of the best comic writers of his century according to Quérard.

SOREL, Charles.

De la connoissance des bons livres, ou examen de plusieurs autheurs.

First Elzévirienne edition published one year after the original.Sorel was the first in France to attempt a critical presentation of contemporary literature of the period.

LAGORCE, Henry.

De La Rémunération des artistes.

First edition.Doctoral thesis in theatrical law on the subject of the remuneration of artists.Presentation copy.

CLEMENT, Jean Marie Bernard.

De la Tragédie pour servir de suite aux Lettres à Voltaire.

First edition.Literary critic Clément's favorite target was Voltaire, whom he attacked with great virulence, waging a war that lasted nearly ten years. Voltaire nicknamed him "the inclement" and overwhelmed him with insults.

SOULAGES, Gabriel || CARLEGLE (ill.).

Des riens.

FORT, Paul.

Deux Chaumières au pays de l'Yveline.

First edition; Copy n°42 signed by the author. Sending of the author to E. Duboin from the family of Jacques Duboin (1878-1976) economist and politician of which we disperse part of the library.

MARTIN DU GARD, Maurice.

Deux lettres autographes signées.

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.

SABATIER DE CASTRES, Antoine.

Dictionnaire de littérature. Dans lequel on traite de tout ce qui a rapport à l'éloquence, à la poësie & aux belles-lettres, & dans lequel on enseigne la marche & les régles qu'on doit observer dans tous les ouvrages d'esprit.

Edition limited to 226 copies.
With 33 lithography from Gaston Proust drawned by R.Th Bosshard.

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

"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.

First edition of the illustrations.

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

First edition.
This collection of tales is the first book published by the young Zola.

A Ninon - Simplice - Le Carnet de Danse - Celle qui m'aime - La Fée Amoureuse - Le Sang - Les Voleurs et l'Ane - Soeur-des-Pauvres - Aventures du Grand Sidoine et du Petit Médéric.

Beautiful edition given by Jouaust.
The text is prefaced by Paul Lacroix and illustrated by Edouard de Beaumont.

Contes de Tante Nicole
Les Souhaits de Tommy, Les Dix petits garçons, La leçon de Florette, Le lapin sur le mur, Le Berceau, Un paletot bien utile etc.

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

Presentation copy.

Mention of third edition in the year of the original.
Numbered copy.

Very beautiful illustration of this classic of ancient literature by Louis Touchages.

Copy n°1 printed on pure Auvergne rag by hand, accompanied by a suite in black of illustrations on pure vellum and an original watercolor, first paper printed in 21 copies.

First Elzévirienne edition published one year after the original.
Sorel was the first in France to attempt a critical presentation of contemporary literature of the period.

First edition.
Doctoral thesis in theatrical law on the subject of the remuneration of artists.
Presentation copy.

First edition.
Literary critic Clément's favorite target was Voltaire, whom he attacked with great virulence, waging a war that lasted nearly ten years. Voltaire nicknamed him "the inclement" and overwhelmed him with insults.

First edition;
Copy n°42 signed by the author.
Sending of the author to E. Duboin from the family of Jacques Duboin (1878-1976) economist and politician of which we disperse part of the library.

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.