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Photo GAUTIER, Théophile. 

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).

Photo [COURTIN, Antoine (de)]. 

[COURTIN, Antoine (de)]. 

Nouveau traité de la civilité qui se pratique en France. 

Paris, Helie Josset, 1682.
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180 €

Sixth edition, revised, corrected & expanded.
The Nouveau Traité de la Civilité by Antoine de Courtin, first published in 1671, is a manual of good manners and social behavior intended for the aristocracy and high society of France at the time. Courtin gives practical advice on how to behave with dignity, respect and refinement in different social contexts, while advocating the importance of politeness, respect for the rules of the court and good manners in society.

Photo [CAILLEAU]. 

[CAILLEAU]. 

Les Misères de ce monde ou Complaintes facétieuses sur les apprentissages de différens arts et métiers de la ville et fauxbourgs de Paris. 

Londres et Paris, Cailleau, 1783.
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650 €

First edition.
Very curious collection of texts on the miseries of apprentices.
Published by the bookseller Cailleau, the work brings together the History of the good man Misère, a popular tale from the 17th century, and nine pieces in burlesque verse describing the living conditions of apprentices and servants. It thus includes: the Mirror of patience or the misery of the attorney's clerks, the Misery of the surgeons' boys, the Patira or complaint of a attorney's clerk on his miserable apprenticeship, the Misery of the apprentice printers, applied in detail to each function of this noble Art, the Misery of the apprentice papermakers-gluers, bookbinders and book gilders, the Misery of the bakers' boys of the city and suburbs of Paris, The State of servitude or the misery of the servants, the Misery of the husbands and the Misery of the bailiffs' clerks.

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

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.

Photo RETIF DE LA BRETONNE, Nicolas-Edme. 

RETIF DE LA BRETONNE, Nicolas-Edme. 

La Dernière Avanture d'un Homme de Quarantecinq-ans ; Nouvelle utile à plus d'un Lecteur. 

Genève, Paris, Regnault, 1783.
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750 €

First edittion.

Photo LA BRUYERE, Jean de. 

LA BRUYERE, Jean de. 

Les Caractères de Théophraste traduits du grec : avec les Caractères ou les Mœurs de ce siècle. 

Paris, Estienne Michallet, 1694.
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950 €

Eighth original edition.
"Les Caractères ou les Moeurs de ce siècle" by the French moralist Jean de la Bruyère (1645 - 1696) is one of the major works of French literature.
The first edition dates from 1688, the following nine editions from 1688 to 1696 are increased with each publication of new texts.
This edition contains 46 characters that had not yet been published (Cydias, Clitophon, Antagoras, etc.), as well as the Reception Speech at the Académie française which is attached for the first time to the Characters.

Photo [CURIOSA]. 

[CURIOSA]. 

Célestine ou la petite bonne. 

Paris, Tiger, [1818].
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150 €

First edition.
The amorous adventures of Pierrette, a young Norman woman sent to her Parisian aunt because she had committed an offence with a young man. She will be placed as a maid under the name of Célestine.

Photo SABATIER DE CASTRES, Antoine (Abbé). 

SABATIER DE CASTRES, Antoine (Abbé). 

Les Trois Siecles De La Litterature Francoise, Ou Tableau De L'Esprit De Nos Ecrivains, Depuis Francois I, jusqu'en 1781. 

Paris, Moutard, 1781.
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160 €

Second edition.
Antoine Sabatier, known as Abbé Sabatier de Castres (1742-1817), was a French man of letters and journalist.

Photo LAMARTINE, Alphonse (de). 

LAMARTINE, Alphonse (de). 

Les Confidences. 

Paris, Perrotin, 1849.
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75 €

First edition.
It presents for the first time Graziella, one of Lamartine's best-known works.

Photo SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine (de). 

SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine (de). 

Lettres de Jeunesse (1923-1931). 

Paris, NRF Gallimard, 1953.
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2000 €

First edition.
One of the 60 copies on paper Hollande Pannekoek, ours n°X. Second paper after 21 on "japon".

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

From 1923 to 1931, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote many particularly touching letters to Renée de Saussine known as "Rinette". Three years his senior, Renée de Saussine was introduced to him by her brother Bertrand, a classmate of Antoine at the Lycée Saint-Louis. An affectionate friendship binds Antoine to Renée and spans the years. Sometimes, when he is far from her, he phones her. Finding her only rarely, he writes her many letters.

Photo SOREL, Charles. 

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.

Photo [STENDHAL (Henry Beyle, dit)]. 

[STENDHAL (Henry Beyle, dit)]. 

Histoire de la peinture en Italie. Par M. B. A. A. 

Paris, Didot l'Aîné, 1817.
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2500 €

First edition.
A full margin copy, untrimmed.

Photo TERENCE. 

TERENCE. 

P. Terentii Comoediae , tum ex Donati commentariis, tum ex optimorum, praesertim veterum, exemplarium collatione. 

Paris, Robert Estienne, 1541.
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600 €

Edition given by Robert Estienne.
The comedies of Terence offer an insight into daily life and Roman society at the time. They will have had a significant influence on later European comic literature from the Renaissance. Terence's Comedies held the role for Comedy that Aristotle's Poetics held for other works of fiction. Its patterns of structure and characterization have been studied and adapted by many playwrights and authors, helping to shape the theatrical tradition.

Photo RAYNAL, Guillaume-Thomas. 

RAYNAL, Guillaume-Thomas. 

Anecdotes Littéraires, ou Histoire de ce qui est arrivé de plus singulier, & de plus intéressant aux Ecrivains François, depuis le renouvellement des Lettres sous François I. jusqu'à nos jours. 

Paris, Durand, 1750.
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200 €

First edition.

Photo [FARCES]. 

[FARCES]. 

Recueil de 8 farces, sotties ou moralités. 

Paris, Techener, [v. 1880].
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350 €

Collection of 8 farces, silliness or moralities reissued by Techener:
- La Reformeresse, farce à VI personnages, (tirage non justifié)
- Le Sourd, son varlet et l'Yverongne, (n°12/76)
- L'Eglise, noblesse et Pourete, qui font la lefive, (n°9/76)
- Les trois Galans, (tirage non justifié)
- La Farce du Poulier, (tirage non justifié)
- Moralité, (tirage non justifié)
- Desconfiture des Hennoyers (1878)
- Estrenes de l'asne, 1590 (v.1880).

Photo LA BRUYERE, Jean de. 

LA BRUYERE, Jean de. 

Les Caractères de Théophraste traduits du grec : avec les Caractères ou les Moeurs de ce siècle. 

Paris, Estienne Michallet, 1694.
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250 €

Eighth original edition.
"Les Caractères ou les Moeurs de ce siècle" by the French moralist Jean de la Bruyère (1645 - 1696) is one of the major works of French literature.
The first edition dates from 1688, the following nine editions from 1688 to 1696 are increased with each publication of new texts.
This edition contains 46 characters that had not yet been published (Cydias, Clitophon, Antagoras, etc.), as well as the Reception Speech at the Académie française which is attached for the first time to the Characters.

Photo MONTESQUIOU, Robert de. 

MONTESQUIOU, Robert de. 

Le Chancelier de Fleurs. 

Chateaudun, La Maison du livre, 1907.
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600 €

First edition.
Robert de Montesquiou (1855-1921), is a French man of letters, poet, dandy and art and literature critic. This book was written in memory of his friend (secretary and companion), Gabriel de Yturri.
One of the hundred numbered copies printed exclusively for the author, ours n°10

Handwritten dedication from the author to Jean Richepin (1849-1926), poet and writer who had just been elected to the Académie française (March 1908).

We enclose an empty, postmarked envelope, addressed by Montesquiou to Marcel Le Roy-Dupré.

Photo BOILEAU DESPREAUX, Nicolas. 

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.

Photo [BEFFARA, Louis François]. 

[BEFFARA, Louis François]. 

L'Esprit de Molière. 

Londres, Lacombe, 1777.
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200 €

First edition.
The work presents a selection of maxims, portraits, reflections, catalogue of plays, etc., by Molière.

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 VERLAINE, Paul. 

VERLAINE, Paul. 

Femmes. 

[Londres], [C. Hirsch], [v. 1895].
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200 €

Second edition.
On of the 480 copies on Van Gelder paper, ours no. 130.

Photo VERLAINE, Paul. 

VERLAINE, Paul. 

Invectives. 

Paris, Léon Vanier, 1896.
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350 €

First edition.
A collection of poems published the year of the poet's death. In it, Verlaine violently attacks a group of personalities with whom he had come into conflict.

Photo GUS BOFA || DORGELES, Roland. 

GUS BOFA || DORGELES, Roland. 

Synthèses littéraires et extralittéraires. 

Paris, Editions Mornay, 1923.
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1500 €

First edition illustrated by Gus Bofa
This work is undoubtedly Gus Bofa's book with which his admirers have the most intimate connection. We find in these vignettes all the mastery of this brilliant stylist, and this sense of graphic formula which made him one of the fathers of modern drawing. In 40 satirical drawings Gus Bofa summarizes the work of 40 literary personalities from Proust to Loti via Schopenauer and René Maran. L'Agoisse with Edgar Poe, L'Intime with Zola, La Tentation with France, including the racist pun with Maran (black square for a black poet).

One of the 20 copies on Japan paper, ours n°7

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 CHATEAUBRIAND, François-René De. 

CHATEAUBRIAND, François-René De. 

Atala, René, Les Aventures Du Dernier Abencerage. 

Paris, Ladvocat, 1827.
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300 €

Beautiful edition on vellum paper of three short stories by Chateaubriand.
This is the second edition for Les Aventures Du Dernier Abencerage.
Deluxe copy carefully bound by Petit.

Photo BERNARDIN DE SAINT PIERRE, Jacques-Henri. 

BERNARDIN DE SAINT PIERRE, Jacques-Henri. 

Paul et Virginie. 

Paris, Isidore Liseux, 1874.
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950 €

Edition illustrated by Lalauze with 6 lates and 2 vignettes.

One of 15 copies on China with additional suites of engravings on Chine paper(black, sepia and bistre) and Japan paper (black, sepia and bistre), ours n°1.

Desirable copy in signed binding.

Photo SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine (de). 

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.

Photo VERLAINE, Paul. 

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.

Photo RAMEAU, Jean. 

RAMEAU, Jean. 

Poèmes Fantasques. 

Paris, Ed. Monnier et Cie, 1883.
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320 €

First edition.
illustrated by Ary Gambard.
One of 400 copies on laid paper signed by the editor, ours n°248.

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 FLAUBERT, Gustave. 

FLAUBERT, Gustave. 

Madame Bovary. 

Paris, Editions Mornay, 1930.
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350 €

Edition illustrated by Christian Jacques Boullaire.

One of the 60 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.

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