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GHERARDI, Evariste.

Le Théâtre Italien de Gherardi, ou Le Recueil Général de toutes le Comédies and Scènes Françoises jouées par les Comédiens Italiens du Roy.

Paris, Pierre Witte, 1717.

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600 €

The Italian Comedy or Italian Theater was the competing theater troupe of the French Comedy (born from the merger of Molière's troupe and that of the Hotel de Bourgogne) at the end of the 17th century.
His repertoire, assembled here by Evariste Gherardi, was inspired by both characters from the Commedia dell'arte and French authors. I
t was dissolved in 1697 following the announcement of the False Prude (who attacked Maintenon) then returned to Paris under the Regency in 1716.

VERNE, Jules.

Le Volcan d'or.

Paris, Collection Hetzel, [1906].

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600 €

First illustrated 8vo edition.
The Golden Volcano, a posthumous novel, takes place during the Klondike Gold Rush.

LONGUS || AMYOT, Jacques.

Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé.

Londres, s.n., 1779.

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600 €

Rare copy bound in morocco illustrated by the engravings suit called Régent, very complete with the 29th engraving "aux petits pieds".

CERVANTES, Miguel.

El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, compuesto por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Edición en miniatura enteramente conforme á la última corregida y publicada por la Real Academia Española.

Paris, Jules Didot, 1827.

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600 €

First miscroscopic edition by Didot.
Performance by the printer Didot who fit the entire text of Cervantes into a single tiny volume. As Brunet remarks, it is not easy to read, and Didot printed a more convenient two-volume edition a few years later. The work was commissioned by Joachim Maria de Ferrer, a Spanish statesman, who said Rius, had this edition distributed to his friends.
Most of the copies encountered are covered in a romantic binding by Simier (various variants).

ESTIENNE, Henri.

Epigrammata Graeca selecta ex Anthologia.

[Genève], Henri Estienne, 1570.

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600 €

Printed by Henri Estienne, this collection is composed of the anthology formed of 260 Greek epigrams already published by him in 1566 but here enriched by his own translations into Latin prose, as well as by original translations in verse by himself and by Paulus Melissus.
This publication caused the imprisonment of Henri Estienne, who had not previously requested permission to publish from the Council of Geneva.

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.

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.

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.

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.

MONTESQUIOU, Robert de.

Le Chancelier de Fleurs.

Chateaudun, La Maison du livre, 1907.

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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.

AUGIER, Emile.

L'Aventurière.

Paris, Hetzel, 1848.

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600 €

First edition.

Presentation copy to Regnier, François-Joseph-Philoclès Regnier (1807-1885) actor who played the role of Annibal during the creation of the play in 1848.

Attached to the book are two autograph letters signed by Emile Augier, probably addressed to Regnier, one of which indicates modifications to the text.

Bound in the middle of Act III, a handwritten sheet taking up the beginning of scene 8 of Augier's text to improvise a poem (unidentified signature).

[BEAUMONT, L. de] || ROBIDA, Albert.

Le cas du vidame, par l'Académicien d'estampes.

Paris, A la librairie illustrée, [ca. 1889].

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550 €

Copy on Japan paper.
Presentation copy to Monsieur Achille by Albert Robida, with a fine drawing by the artist (Profile of a woman wearing a nice hat).

Robida (1848-1926) illustrates here, with his characteristic style full of life, the funny story of a mismatched wedding, which begins with a disastrous wedding night.

GAUTIER, Theophile.

Le Pavillon sur l'eau.

Paris, Ferroud, 1900.

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500 €

The color compositions are by Henri Caruchet and the preface to this tale by Gautier is given by Camille Mauclair.

Our copy on Japanese paper, gift from the editor to "Madame Torchou".

CARTON, Jean || MONTHERLANT, Henry de.

Encore un instant de bonheur.

Paris, Société du Livre d'Art, 1955.

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500 €

Limited edition (150 copies).
Our one the only 20 with the additionnal two suite of the engravings.
With an original drawing from Jean Carton.

BRETON, André.

Le Revolver à cheveux blancs.

Paris, Editions des cahiers libres, 1932.

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500 €

First edition.
Copy for press.
Presentation copy to Yolande Oliviero.
Yolande Oliviero was a bookseller close to surrealist circles, it is said that all the surrealists dedicated their books to her. Bunuel describes it in “Mon Dernier Soupir” as a “slightly lame but very beautiful bookstore”.

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.

[VASSE, Cornélie-Pétronille-Bénédicte Wouters Baronne de ] || [WOUTERS, Mary].

Traduction du Théatre Anglois, depuis l'origine des spectacles, jusqu'à nos jours. Divisée en trois époques.

Paris, Veuve Ballard, 1784.

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500 €

First edition of this french translation by the Wouters sisters.

LE CLEZIO, Jean Marie Gustave.

Ritournelle de la faim.

Paris, Gallimard Nrf, 2008.

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500 €

First edition.

One of the 140 numbered copies on vellum paper from the Malmenayde paper mills, the only luxury paper. Our copy n°90.

The author obtains the Nobel Prize for Literature a few days after the release of the novel in which he traces the journey of his mother on the eve of the Second World War.

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.

MAC ORLAN, Pierre.

Le Quai des brumes.

Paris, Éditions Arc-en-Ciel, 1948.

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500 €

One of 170 copies on vellum paper(ours n ° 94).
This edition is illustrated in color in the text by Dignimont.
Quai des brumes was freely adapted for cinema by Marcel Carné with Jean Gabin and Michelle Morgan.

FOUCHER, Paul || REGNIER, Philoclès.

La Joconde.

Paris, Michel Levy, 1856.

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500 €

Second edition.
Comedy in five acts written by Paul Foucher (1810-1875) and Philoclès Regnier (1807-1885) which premiered at the Comédie Française on November 19, 1855.
Our copy, which probably belonged to Regnier, is enriched with the program printed on silk announcing the premiere performance at the Comédie Française, as well as 7 signed autograph letters addressed to Regnier to congratulate him on the play.
Among the signatories of these letters we find the author Philoxène Boyer or the actress Jeanne Arnould-Plessy.
Following the letters are a few press extracts, literary reviews of the play, including the review by Théophile Gautier published in the Revue Dramatique.

[RELIURES SIGNEES KIEFFER] FRANCE, Anatole.

Histoire contemporaine.

Paris, Aux éditions du Sagittaire, 1922-1924.

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450 €

First illustrated edition.
Complete series of the Contemporary History collection comprising four novels by Anatole France illustrated with watercolors by Serge Beaune.
Our copies are identical in the same binding signed by Kieffer and printed on the second paper: Imperial Japan with a series of line drawings on China, numbered n°24
The titles published in this collection are as follows:
- L'Orme du Mail
- Le Mannequin d'Osier
- L'Anneau d'Améthyste
- Mr Bergeret à Paris.

CARCO, Francis || ASSELIN, Maurice.

Rien qu'une femme.

Paris, G.Crès et Cie, 1923.

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450 €

1228 copies, this one of the 36 on "japon impérial" paper.

CHATEAUBRIAND, François René.

Mémoires d'outre tombe.

Bruxelles, Librairie Tarride (puis Librairie du Panthéon), 1848-1850.

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450 €

Counterfeit edition published before the original.
The memoirs from beyond the grave were published partly in episodes in "La Presse" in the last quarter of 1848. The Belgian publisher Tarride (which in 1850 was renamed "Librairie du Panthéon") compiled these episodes to deliver an urgent edition of the first parts of the Mémoires (which corresponds here to the first four parts) only a few weeks before the original in-8 edition by Penaud begins to be printed.
The rest of the publication of the original by Penaud will last until 1850, and Tarride will give a counterfeit edition in the process.
Our copy is full of the twenty volumes published, the first four of which can therefore be considered as a pre-original edition.

BERGERET, Gaston || HENRIOT.

Les Evénements de Pontax.

Paris, Librairie Conquet-Carteret, 1899.

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450 €

First edition.
Illustrations, “handwriting and watercolors” by Henri Maigrot aka Henriot.

One of the 175 copies on marsh vellum, ours n°155.

HOMERE.

Odyssée. Traduction par Leconte de Lisle.

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1848.

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450 €

Very nice edition of the Homeric epic.

Copy signed by the publisher Alphonse Lemerre reserving one of the copies on Dutch paper for his printer D. Jouaust.

SCOTT, Walter.

Le Monastère et L'Abbé.

Paris, Dauthereau, 1829.

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450 €

Bindings from Gruel.

FLORIAN, J.-P. Claris de.

Fables de Florian Préface par M. Anatole de Montaiglon. Compositions inédites de Moreau gravées par Martial.

Leide, P. Rouquette, 1882.

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450 €

GUITRY, Sacha.

Elles et Toi.

Monte-Carlo, Raoul Solar, 1946.

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450 €

First edition.
One of the 300 first copies, signed by the author.
Presentation copy to Marc Gilbert Sauvageon, French playwright, screenwriter and director.

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.

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Litterature

GHERARDI, Evariste.

Le Théâtre Italien de Gherardi, ou Le Recueil Général de toutes le Comédies and Scènes Françoises jouées par les Comédiens Italiens du Roy.

VERNE, Jules.

Le Volcan d'or.

First illustrated 8vo edition. The Golden Volcano, a posthumous novel, takes place during the Klondike Gold Rush.

LONGUS || AMYOT, Jacques.

Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé.

Rare copy bound in morocco illustrated by the engravings suit called Régent, very complete with the 29th engraving "aux petits pieds".

CERVANTES, Miguel.

El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, compuesto por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Edición en miniatura enteramente conforme á la última corregida y publicada por la Real Academia Española.

ESTIENNE, Henri.

Epigrammata Graeca selecta ex Anthologia.

MAUPASSANT, Guy de.

Mlle FIFI.

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

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.

TERENCE.

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

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.

MONTESQUIOU, Robert de.

Le Chancelier de Fleurs.

AUGIER, Emile.

L'Aventurière.

[BEAUMONT, L. de] || ROBIDA, Albert.

Le cas du vidame, par l'Académicien d'estampes.

GAUTIER, Theophile.

Le Pavillon sur l'eau.

The color compositions are by Henri Caruchet and the preface to this tale by Gautier is given by Camille Mauclair. Our copy on Japanese paper, gift from the editor to "Madame Torchou".

CARTON, Jean || MONTHERLANT, Henry de.

Encore un instant de bonheur.

Limited edition (150 copies). Our one the only 20 with the additionnal two suite of the engravings. With an original drawing from Jean Carton.

BRETON, André.

Le Revolver à cheveux blancs.

First edition.Copy for press.Presentation copy to Yolande Oliviero.Yolande Oliviero was a bookseller close to surrealist circles, it is said that all the surrealists dedicated their books to her. Bunuel describes it in “Mon Dernier Soupir” as a “slightly lame but very beautiful bookstore”.

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.

[VASSE, Cornélie-Pétronille-Bénédicte Wouters Baronne de ] || [WOUTERS, Mary].

Traduction du Théatre Anglois, depuis l'origine des spectacles, jusqu'à nos jours. Divisée en trois époques.

First edition of this french translation by the Wouters sisters.

LE CLEZIO, Jean Marie Gustave.

Ritournelle de la faim.

MARTY, Marcelle || MARQUET, Albert.

Images d'une petite ville arabe.

MAC ORLAN, Pierre.

Le Quai des brumes.

One of 170 copies on vellum paper(ours n ° 94). This edition is illustrated in color in the text by Dignimont.Quai des brumes was freely adapted for cinema by Marcel Carné with Jean Gabin and Michelle Morgan.

FOUCHER, Paul || REGNIER, Philoclès.

La Joconde.

[RELIURES SIGNEES KIEFFER] FRANCE, Anatole.

Histoire contemporaine.

CARCO, Francis || ASSELIN, Maurice.

Rien qu'une femme.

1228 copies, this one of the 36 on "japon impérial" paper.

CHATEAUBRIAND, François René.

Mémoires d'outre tombe.

BERGERET, Gaston || HENRIOT.

Les Evénements de Pontax.

First edition. Illustrations, “handwriting and watercolors” by Henri Maigrot aka Henriot. One of the 175 copies on marsh vellum, ours n°155.

HOMERE.

Odyssée. Traduction par Leconte de Lisle.

Very nice edition of the Homeric epic.Copy signed by the publisher Alphonse Lemerre reserving one of the copies on Dutch paper for his printer D. Jouaust.

SCOTT, Walter.

Le Monastère et L'Abbé.

Bindings from Gruel.

FLORIAN, J.-P. Claris de.

Fables de Florian Préface par M. Anatole de Montaiglon. Compositions inédites de Moreau gravées par Martial.

GUITRY, Sacha.

Elles et Toi.

First edition. One of the 300 first copies, signed by the author. Presentation copy to Marc Gilbert Sauvageon, French playwright, screenwriter and director.

SOULAGES, Gabriel || CARLEGLE (ill.).

Des riens.

First illustrated 8vo edition.
The Golden Volcano, a posthumous novel, takes place during the Klondike Gold Rush.

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

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.

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.

The color compositions are by Henri Caruchet and the preface to this tale by Gautier is given by Camille Mauclair.

Our copy on Japanese paper, gift from the editor to "Madame Torchou".

Limited edition (150 copies).
Our one the only 20 with the additionnal two suite of the engravings.
With an original drawing from Jean Carton.

"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.

One of 170 copies on vellum paper(ours n ° 94).
This edition is illustrated in color in the text by Dignimont.
Quai des brumes was freely adapted for cinema by Marcel Carné with Jean Gabin and Michelle Morgan.

First edition.
Illustrations, “handwriting and watercolors” by Henri Maigrot aka Henriot.

One of the 175 copies on marsh vellum, ours n°155.

Very nice edition of the Homeric epic.

Copy signed by the publisher Alphonse Lemerre reserving one of the copies on Dutch paper for his printer D. Jouaust.

First edition.
One of the 300 first copies, signed by the author.
Presentation copy to Marc Gilbert Sauvageon, French playwright, screenwriter and director.