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Photo ESTIENNE, Henri. 

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.

Photo AUGIER, Emile. 

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).

Photo VERNE, Jules. 

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.

Photo GHERARDI, Evariste. 

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.

Photo ZOLA, Emile. 

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.

Photo [THORILLON, Antoine Joseph] MINEAU DE LA MISTRINGUE, Thomas. 

[THORILLON, Antoine Joseph] MINEAU DE LA MISTRINGUE, Thomas. 

Morali-Philoso-Physico-logie des buveurs d'eaux minérales, aux nouvelles sources de Passy, en mai 1787.
Où l'on trouve l'Histoire merveilleuse de la plus merveilleuse prise de tabac; les Amours récompensés & la perfidie de quelques Buveurs punie. 

Paris, Belin, 1787.
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600 €

First edition.
Book attributed to the politician Antoine-Joseph Thorillon (1742-?) Who, under the pseudonym of Tho. Mineau de La Mistringue self-proclaimed perpetual secretary of drinkers of Passy waters, leaves us with a singular book recounting real or fantasized episodes taking place around the fountains of mineral waters.
It is classified by Edmond de Goncourt in "The House of an artist" among the writers with the wild imagination: "Macedonia bizarre, where it is in turn question of the fairy Bellie, of the development of the memory thanks to the internal sense of the ashy substance, the game of crow, the advantages of celibacy, a passage of a convoy of galley slaves singing litanies of the Virgin, the distribution of the territorial tax ".
Book which we would have liked to prove that it inspired the Buveurs d'eau and Hydropathes of literary Boheme.

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 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 CENDRARS, Blaise. 

CENDRARS, Blaise. 

Le Plan de l'Aiguille. 

Paris, Au sans pareil, 1929.
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600 €

First edition.
One of the 56 on "Holllande" paper, second paper.

Photo LE SAGE, Alain René. 

LE SAGE, Alain René. 

Oeuvres de Le Sage. Avec notices et notes par A. P. - Malassis. 

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1877-1877.
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600 €
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 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 [VOLTAIRE]. 

[VOLTAIRE]. 

Vie de Molière avec des jugemens sur ses ouvrages. 

Paris, Prault fils, 1739.
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700 €

First edition.
This Life of Molière was commissioned from Voltaire to complete the 4to edition illustrated by Boucher published in 1734 by Prault. But the bookshop censor refused Voltaire's text and published a biographical work of La Serre instead.

Photo TOUCHAGUES, Louis || ARNOUX, Alexandre. 

TOUCHAGUES, Louis || ARNOUX, Alexandre. 

Nus. Vingt cuivres gravés par Touchagues. 

Paris, Edition du Tertre, [ca. 1945].
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750 €

Copy printed for Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon (1909-1985).

Photo COCTEAU, Jean. 

COCTEAU, Jean. 

Poèsies. 1946-1947. 

Paris, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1947.
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750 €

First edition limited to only 50 copies.
One of the 7 on Japon paper.

Photo PROUST, Marcel. 

PROUST, Marcel. 

Jean Santeuil. 

Paris, Gallimard NRF, 1952.
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750 €

First edition.
One of the 110 copies reimposed in quarto tellière on "vergé pur fil" paper, ours n° LIV.
Novel unfinished by Marcel Proust and published posthumously.

Photo STENDHAL. 

STENDHAL. 

Le Rouge et le Noir. 

Paris, Henri Creuzevault, 1945.
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750 €

Artist's copy signed by illustrator Sylvain Sauvage, is one of 25 copies reserved for collaborators among the 50 including the suite of prints off-print and an original sketch signed by the artist.

Very nice illustration of this classic by Stendhal.

Photo ELUARD, Paul. 

ELUARD, Paul. 

Léda. 

Lausanne, H.L. Mermod, 1949.
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750 €

First edition.
One of the 30 copy on Chineese paper, first paper.
Beautiful edition illustrated by Gericault's drawings printed in bicolor.

Photo ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques. 

ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques. 

Les confessions. 

Paris, Jouaust - Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1881.
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750 €

Limited edition of 220 copies on large paper, ours is one of 20 on Whatman paper, numbered 31.

This copy belonged to Cortlandt Field Bishop (1870-1935), a great collector of rare books and who owned one of the most important libraries in the interwar period.
This edition of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Confessions is illustrated with thirteen etchings in four or five states (only 2 states required).

Photo LOUVET de COUVRAY, Jean-Baptiste || TIMAR, Émeric. 

LOUVET de COUVRAY, Jean-Baptiste || TIMAR, Émeric. 

Les Amours du Chevalier de Faublas,
illustrés de quatre-vingt-dix eaux-fortes en couleurs de Timar. 

Paris, Francis Guillot, 1932.
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750 €

First edition illustrated by Timar.

One of the 30 copies of the leading print on Imperial Japan paper, including the 90 etchings in color, a suite of all boards with remarks, drawn in black, and 3 original sketches signed by the artist, 3 watercolors and 3 inked brass , corresponding to the originals.
This one is the n ° 1.

"Les Amours du Chevalier de Faublas", by Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray (1760-1797), is a libertine novel which describes, with a fast paced rhythm, the love adventures of a young provincial aristocrat, who lived in the capital with his father and his sister.
It consists in many comic episodes, even if the third part is darker and announces the "roman noir". Another important feature of the novel, the hero, with androgynous beauty, is very often transvestite.

Emeric Timar (1898-1950) is a Hungarian illustrator, engraver and painter. He moved to Paris in 1925, in the inter-war period when the capital is still the center of the art world.
The artist focuses on the illustration of classics of Literature. He signs his works just by "Timar". He uses various media such as etching, aquatintl, lithography and watercolor.
According to the Bénézit dictionary, "His approach brings him closer to certain masters of the time, such as Édouard Goerg or Démétrios Galanis".
His work is perfectly highlighted with the illustrations of "Amours du Chevalier de Faublas".

The illustrations are in very high quality, and highlight the style of the artist. Expressive, vivid and realistic, they are in perfect harmony with the text.

In addition, the three sketches in black pencil, signed in ink by the artist, were used in the preliminary work of the engravings. They reflect the vivacity of his manner of drawing. These sketches highlight three characteristic aspects of Timar's style. With the first sketch of the two lovers kissing, he combines the curves of bodies with the one of the tree, with great delicacy. In the second and third sketches, he shows his ability to stage figures in balanced compositions. And the emotions of the figures are perfectly pictured, such as modesty, surprise, laughter, etc.

Photo [TENCIN, Claudine-Alexandrine Guérin; Marquise de]. 

[TENCIN, Claudine-Alexandrine Guérin; Marquise de]. 

Mémoires du Comte de Comminge. 

La Haye, J.Neaulme, 1735.
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750 €

Very good and fresh copy.

Photo BAUDELAIRE, Charles. 

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".

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 GARCIA LORCA, Federico || ELUARD, Paul. 

GARCIA LORCA, Federico || ELUARD, Paul. 

Ode à Salvador Dali. 

Paris, GLM, 1927.
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800 €

First french edition.
Presentation copy signed by Paul Eluard and Louis Parrot.

Photo RABELAIS, François || BARTA, Lazlo. 

RABELAIS, François || BARTA, Lazlo. 

Gargantua. 

Paris, Aux éditions de la Cigogne, 1934.
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800 €

Exceptionnelle reliure conçue par l'artiste Laslo Barta pour notre exemplaire (le certificat de l'artiste est joint à l'ouvrage)

Barta, artiste né en Hongrie en 1902 et mort en 1961 en France, s'est essayé à plusieurs discipline: peinture, décoration, mosaïque. Ce gout éclectique se retrouve sur notre livre dans lequel le texte est illustré de 40 eaux fortes, les gardes illustrées à la gouache et les plats conçues en haut relief de cuir repoussé.

One of 160 copies on Vélin de Rives, ours n° 59.

Photo GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von || COLLOT, André. 

GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von || COLLOT, André. 

Faust - Le Second Faust. Illustré par A. Collot. 

Paris, La tradition, [1937-1938].
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800 €

On of the 34 copies on Japon Impérial paper, with an additionnal suite and an original drawing. Our copy contain an second additional drawing.

Translation by Gérard de Nerval, with illustrations by André Collot.

André Collot (1897-1976) was a French illustrator, engraver and painter known for his many illustrations of erotic books. However, by working on the illustration of Goethe's "Faust", he revealed a darker part of his work and succeeded in transcribing all the tragedy of the work of the famous German writer.

Photo MAC ORLAN, Pierre || [BOFA, Gus]. 

MAC ORLAN, Pierre || [BOFA, Gus]. 

Eloge de Gus Bofa. 

Paris, Manuel Bruker, 1949.
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850 €

First edition.
One of the 20 first copy with the additional set of engravings.

Photo COCTEAU, Jean. 

COCTEAU, Jean. 

La Crucifixion. 

Paris, Paul Morihien, 1946.
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850 €

First edition.
One of the 25 on Chine paper.

Photo VOLTAIRE (François-Marie Arouet). 

VOLTAIRE (François-Marie Arouet). 

Oeuvres complètes de Voltaire. 

Paris, Antoine-Augustin Renouard, 1819-1825.
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850 €

Complete works from Voltaire
Weight : 45/50 kg : Extra shipping cost (on request) outside France.

Photo DALI, Salvador. 

DALI, Salvador. 

La Vie secrète de Salvador Dali. 

Paris, La Table Ronde, 1952.
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900 €

First french edition.

Signed by Dali to Pierre Lhoste (1913-1984) radio journalist and great autograph collector.

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