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[BIEVRE, Georges François, (Mareschal de)].

Lettre écrite à Madame la Comtesse Tation, par le Sieur de Bois-Flotté, étudiant en droit-fil.

Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la compagnie de Perdreaux, 1770.

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300 €

First edition.
A prolix punsmith, the Marquis de Bièvre briefly shone at Court and in the salons of the end of the 18th century. Encouraged by the success, he published several works centered on this type of play on words.

SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine (de).

Lettre à un Otage.

New York, Brentano's, 1946.

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950 €

Very beautiful binding executed by Jean Paul Miguet (1925-2019) one of the greatest French bookbinders of the 20th century.

COCTEAU, Jean || MARITAIN, Jacques.

Lettre à Jacques Maritain - Réponse à Jean Cocteau.

Paris, Stock, 1926.

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100 €

First edition.
One of the pur fil Lafuma (n° 507 for both volumes).

JODELLE, Étienne.

Les Œuvres et Meslanges poetiques. Reveuës & augmentees en ceste derniere edition.

Lyon, Benoist Rigaud, 1597.

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1800 €

Third edition.
Rare.

LANNES, Roger.

Les Voyageurs étrangers.

Paris, GLM, 1937.

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110 €

First edition.
Numbered copy on Hollande Pannekoek (n°9/30) first luxury paper.

MOINAUX, Jules.

Les Tribunaux comiques.

Paris, A. Chevalier-Marescq, 1881.

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100 €

First edition.
Judicial chronicles illustrated with small satirical drawings.
Autograph dedication of the author to Madame Colombier (sister-in-law of Damase Jouaust.

[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.

[CURIOSA] ARETIN, Pierre.

Les Sonnets luxurieux.

Paris, [Jacques Haumont], 1624 [v. 1947].

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50 €

Copy on Arches paper unnumbered.

KARR, Alphonse.

Les Soirées de Sainte-Adresse.

Paris, Michel Levy, 1858.

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30 €

Collection of short stories, the first of which is addressed to Gérard de Nerval.

HUYSMANS, Joris-Karl.

Les soeurs Vatard.

Paris, Charpentier, 1879.

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250 €

First edition.

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.

BRANTOME, Pierre de Bourdeilles.

Les Sept discours touchant les Dames galantes du sieur de Brantome.

Paris, Jouaust librairie des bibliophiles, 1882.

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100 €

Beautiful print published on the manuscripts of the national library by Henri Bouchot.
The illustrations are engraved by Boilvin from drawings by Edouard de Beaumont.

REGNIER, Henri (de).

Les Rencontres de Monsieur de Bréot.

Paris, Editions Mornay, 1930.

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170 €

Edition illustrated by George Barbier.
One of the 66 copies on Japan paper, ours n°62.

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.

[RECUEIL].

Les Récréations de la toilette. Histoires, anecdotes, avantures amusantes & intéressantes, pour servir d'amusemens aux jeunes dames.

Paris, s.n., 1775.

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250 €

First edition.
Collection of short stories which is part of the crucible of the sentimental novel, identified by Clapp as such in his short bibliography of the novel in the eighteenth century.

CERVANTES, Miguel de.

Les principales avantures de l'admirable Don Quichotte représentées en figures par Coypel, Picart le Romain, et autres habiles maîtres avec les explications des XXXI planches de cette magnifique collection tirées de l'original espagnol de Miguel de Cervantes.

La Haye, Pierre de Hondt, 1746.

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6000 €

Scarce in Folio format of this edition of the Don Quichotte, usually found in-4to.
Engravings in first state without numbers.

JACOB, Max.

Les Pénitents en maillots roses.

Paris, Editions du Sagittaire, 1925.

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50 €

First edition.
Numbered copy on vélin de Rives (n°732).

FRANCE, Anatole.

Les Opinions de Monsieur Jérome Coignard.

Paris, Editions Mornay, 1924.

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200 €

Edition illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage.

One of the 67 copies on Japan paper, ours n°31

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.

VIRGILE.

Les Oeuvres de Virgile en Latin et en Français.

Lyon, Savy, 1812.

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75 €

GALLAND, Antoine.

Les Milles et une Nuits.

Paris, Furne et Cie, 1837.

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180 €

Good copy.

[NOUGARET, Pierre Jean-Baptiste].

Les mille et une folies, contes français.

Paris, Chez la veuve Duchesne, 1771.

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350 €

First edition.

ROUSSEL, Auguste.

Les Miettes d'Esope, Fables.

Paris, Furne, Jouvet et Cie, 1866.

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200 €

First edition.
Illustrated by Gavarni with 9 drawings engraved on wood by Porret, Dutheil.

BRETON, André.

Les Manifestes du surréalisme avec le supplément des manifestes.

Paris, Editions du Sagittaire, 1955.

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1000 €

New augmented edition of the surrealist manifestos by André Breton.
Documents and numerous photographic illustrations by Man Ray, Denise Bellon, Dora Maar, Stieglitz, etc. Model by Pierre Faucheux.
One of 300 copies numbered and signed by André Breton, ours n°97.

Complete with its magnifying glass held by a ribbon and embedded in the last leaves as well as the rare supplement containing the 6 "original butterflies of Surrealism" (in a numbered envelope with the heading of the Sagittaire editions).

GOURMONT, Remy de.

Les Litanies de la rose. Edition fac-similé.

Paris, Editions Excelsior, s.d. [ca.1925].

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60 €

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".

CARCO, Francis || DARAGNES, Jean Gabriel.

Les Jours & les Nuits.

Paris, Textes et Prétextes, 1946.

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100 €

First edition of illustrations.
21 color lithographs by Daragnès including 10 full-page.
One of the 200 copies on Lana paper, ours n°184.

VERNE, Jules.

Les Indes noires (Le Chancellor / Martin Paz).

Paris, Hetzel, [1877-1878].

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150 €

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.

THEOCRITE.

Les Idylles.

Paris, A. Quantin, 1884.

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50 €

Translation of Guillet in the beautiful collection in-32 published by Quantin of Ancient Masterpieces.

VOLTAIRE, François-Marie Arouet de.

Les Honnêtetés littéraires.

s.l., s.n., 1767.

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300 €

Rare edition. Not in Bengesco.

AUGIER, Emile.

Les Fourchambault.

Paris, Calmann Levy, 1878.

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80 €

First edition.
Last comedy by Emile Augier.

BAUDELAIRE, Charles.

Les fleurs du mal avec une étude sur la vie et les œuvres de Baudelaire par Camille Vergniol. Illustrations de Tony Georges-Roux, gravées par Ch. Clément.

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1917.

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750 €

Only 100 copies printed on "papier de Chine".

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Litterature

[BIEVRE, Georges François, (Mareschal de)].

Lettre écrite à Madame la Comtesse Tation, par le Sieur de Bois-Flotté, étudiant en droit-fil.

First edition.A prolix punsmith, the Marquis de Bièvre briefly shone at Court and in the salons of the end of the 18th century. Encouraged by the success, he published several works centered on this type of play on words.

SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine (de).

Lettre à un Otage.

Very beautiful binding executed by Jean Paul Miguet (1925-2019) one of the greatest French bookbinders of the 20th century.

COCTEAU, Jean || MARITAIN, Jacques.

Lettre à Jacques Maritain - Réponse à Jean Cocteau.

First edition. One of the pur fil Lafuma (n° 507 for both volumes).

JODELLE, Étienne.

Les Œuvres et Meslanges poetiques. Reveuës & augmentees en ceste derniere edition.

Third edition. Rare.

LANNES, Roger.

Les Voyageurs étrangers.

First edition.Numbered copy on Hollande Pannekoek (n°9/30) first luxury paper.

MOINAUX, Jules.

Les Tribunaux comiques.

First edition.Judicial chronicles illustrated with small satirical drawings.Autograph dedication of the author to Madame Colombier (sister-in-law of Damase Jouaust.

[MEUSNIER de QUERLON, Anne-Gabriel].

Les soupers de Daphné et Les dortoirs de Lacedemone.

[CURIOSA] ARETIN, Pierre.

Les Sonnets luxurieux.

Copy on Arches paper unnumbered.

KARR, Alphonse.

Les Soirées de Sainte-Adresse.

Collection of short stories, the first of which is addressed to Gérard de Nerval.

HUYSMANS, Joris-Karl.

Les soeurs Vatard.

First edition.

MAUPASSANT, Guy de.

Les Soeurs Rondoli.

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.

BRANTOME, Pierre de Bourdeilles.

Les Sept discours touchant les Dames galantes du sieur de Brantome.

Beautiful print published on the manuscripts of the national library by Henri Bouchot.The illustrations are engraved by Boilvin from drawings by Edouard de Beaumont.

REGNIER, Henri (de).

Les Rencontres de Monsieur de Bréot.

[RECUEIL].

Les Récréations de la toilette. Histoires, anecdotes, avantures amusantes & intéressantes, pour servir d'amusemens aux jeunes dames.

First edition.Collection of short stories which is part of the crucible of the sentimental novel, identified by Clapp as such in his short bibliography of the novel in the eighteenth century.

CERVANTES, Miguel de.

Les principales avantures de l'admirable Don Quichotte représentées en figures par Coypel, Picart le Romain, et autres habiles maîtres avec les explications des XXXI planches de cette magnifique collection tirées de l'original espagnol de Miguel de Cervantes.

Scarce in Folio format of this edition of the Don Quichotte, usually found in-4to. Engravings in first state without numbers.

JACOB, Max.

Les Pénitents en maillots roses.

First edition.Numbered copy on vélin de Rives (n°732).

FRANCE, Anatole.

Les Opinions de Monsieur Jérome Coignard.

VIRGILE.

Les Oeuvres de Virgile en Latin et en Français.

GALLAND, Antoine.

Les Milles et une Nuits.

Good copy.

[NOUGARET, Pierre Jean-Baptiste].

Les mille et une folies, contes français.

First edition.

ROUSSEL, Auguste.

Les Miettes d'Esope, Fables.

First edition.Illustrated by Gavarni with 9 drawings engraved on wood by Porret, Dutheil.

BRETON, André.

Les Manifestes du surréalisme avec le supplément des manifestes.

GOURMONT, Remy de.

Les Litanies de la rose. Edition fac-similé.

KOUPRINE, Alexandre || LEBEDEFF, Jean.

Les Lestrygons.

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

CARCO, Francis || DARAGNES, Jean Gabriel.

Les Jours & les Nuits.

First edition of illustrations.21 color lithographs by Daragnès including 10 full-page.One of the 200 copies on Lana paper, ours n°184.

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.

THEOCRITE.

Les Idylles.

Translation of Guillet in the beautiful collection in-32 published by Quantin of Ancient Masterpieces.

VOLTAIRE, François-Marie Arouet de.

Les Honnêtetés littéraires.

Rare edition. Not in Bengesco.

AUGIER, Emile.

First edition.
A prolix punsmith, the Marquis de Bièvre briefly shone at Court and in the salons of the end of the 18th century. Encouraged by the success, he published several works centered on this type of play on words.

First edition.
One of the pur fil Lafuma (n° 507 for both volumes).

Third edition.
Rare.

First edition.
Numbered copy on Hollande Pannekoek (n°9/30) first luxury paper.

First edition.
Judicial chronicles illustrated with small satirical drawings.
Autograph dedication of the author to Madame Colombier (sister-in-law of Damase Jouaust.

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.

Beautiful print published on the manuscripts of the national library by Henri Bouchot.
The illustrations are engraved by Boilvin from drawings by Edouard de Beaumont.

First edition.
Collection of short stories which is part of the crucible of the sentimental novel, identified by Clapp as such in his short bibliography of the novel in the eighteenth century.

Scarce in Folio format of this edition of the Don Quichotte, usually found in-4to.
Engravings in first state without numbers.

First edition.
Numbered copy on vélin de Rives (n°732).

First edition.
Illustrated by Gavarni with 9 drawings engraved on wood by Porret, Dutheil.

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

First edition of illustrations.
21 color lithographs by Daragnès including 10 full-page.
One of the 200 copies on Lana paper, ours n°184.

First edition.
Last comedy by Emile Augier.