Montauban: Victor Bertuot [...] A Roc-Amadour au Magasin de Marie, [1862]. First Edition. 8vo; pp. [2], ix, [1], 89; sepia-tinted frontispiece, 8 plates, 3 tinted; additional text illustrations throughout; contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine in six compartments, black gilt-lettered morocco spine label, marbled endpapers. Extremities and spine bands rubbed, leather..... More
Paris: A l'Enseigne du Pot Cassé, [1925]. First Thus. Limited to 1950 copies on Chesterfield of which this is no. 882. 12mo; publisher's white pictorial card wrappers printed in black and pale grey; [6],201pp.; woodcut illus. throughout. Extremities a bit rubbed with a few tiny chips and closed tears, else..... More
Paris: Masson et Cie. 1905. First Edition. Paperback. Large 8vo; pp. [4], xv, [1], 454pp.; original buff printed wrappers (a bit a faint dampstaining along top edge and some soil spots); cracking to spine paper at crown without loss, else a very good, sound copy. Presumably the author's copy with..... More
Paris: Courcier, imprimeur-libraire, rue Poupée, 1797. Two volumes; small 12mo (13cm.); contemporary roan-backed papier-peint boards with elaborately gilt-tooled red paper over plain spines, corners reinforced with parchment waste, all edges speckled blue; [2],202; [2],192pp. ([*]1 A-R6; [*]1 A-Q6); steel-cut frontispieces. Boards a bit scuffed and leather somewhat dried with hair-line..... More
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Paris: Le Divan, 1925. First Edition. Limited to 1500 copies of which this is no. XXIX of 40 printed on Rives. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's grey printed wrappers (tanned from exposure to old non-archival glassine); 244pp; frontispiece, three leaves of plates and facsimiles in text. Wrappers heavily toned, light shelf wear..... More
Paris: Pairault & Cie. 1895. First Edition. Miniature book (4x3cm.); publisher's buff pictorial card wrappers printed in red; 98,[2](ads)pp.; frontispiece, three woodcut plates. Light wear from handling, else a Very Good and sound, unopened copy. One of a series of ten miniature books issued by Pairault between 1895 and 1898..... More
Parisiis: Apud Ioannem Iost, 1637. Editio Quarta. Thick quarto; full contemporary triple-ruled sheep, unadorned spine in five compartments, all edges speckled red, retaining original endpapers as well as a wastepaper front free endpaper; [4],1011,[61]pp.; engraved title page vignette and head- and tail-pieces, text printed in double columns. Leather somewhat edge..... More
Paris: Librairie Plon, [1930]. 1949 Printing. Small octavo (18.5cm.); contemporary green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, pictorial card wrappers bound in; [8],253pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece, seven leaves of plates, folding map bound in rear. Light shelf wear, bottom half of half title torn away, textblock uniformly toned due to poor paper stock..... More
Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, 1866. First Thus. 2 volumes; 12mo (18cm.); contemporary red cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines; [4],iii,[1],348; [4],384pp. Light shelf wear, spines a bit sunned, front hinge of Vol. I starting to crack but holding, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of the Oeuvres Choisies de F...... More
Paris: Vialetay, [1973]. First Thus. Limited to 2000 copies. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's teal blind-embossed leatherette, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt; xix,[1],285pp.; 16 leaves of plates, including one folding. Tiny scratch mid-spine else Fine. An attractively produced collection, part of the series "Prestige de l'Académie Française." More
[Paris]: Galerie Jeanne Bucher, 1964. First Edition. Slim quarto (30.5cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers, French flaps; unpaginated; seventeen tipped in plates, including two folding and two in color. Light wear to extremities, stock uniformly toned, else Very Good and sound. Accompanied by a short essay by Dubuffet, in French, English..... More
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Paris: Prault pére et al. 1774, 1775. Nouvel Édition. Two volumes; small octavos (16.75cm.); contemporary full double gilt-ruled sheep, tan and olive gilt calf spine labels (misspelling the author's name "Hainault"), all edges stained red, elaborately designed papier-peint endpapers in mauve and green; engravings in text throughout Vol. I, including..... More
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Paris: Ernest Flammarion, [1923]. First Edition. Limited to 35 copies on papier de Chine of which this is no. 15. Small octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's blue wrappers printed in dark blue; [2],284pp. Light wear and toning to extremities, else a Near Fine, internally fresh copy. The French naval officer's travelogue recounting..... More
Paris: Chez Guillaume, an VII [1798]. Small 12mo; full contemporary gilt-tooled calf, black spine gilt label, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; [4],210pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece, five leaves of plates with original tissue guards. Tiny chip at spine crown, else a Very Good to Near Fine, attractively bound copy. More
[Paris]: Plon, [1967]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in pale blue-grey dust jacket lettered in red and black; 522pp. Light wear to jacket extremities including a few tiny chips and small soil spots to upper panel, corners gently bumped, else Very Good or better. History of French secret..... More
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Paris? Typ. Charles de Mourgues frères, 1855. First Edition. Broadside flyer (26.5x20.5cm.); a few tiny chips and brief splitting from previous folds, else Very Good and sound. Notice to the citizens of Paris warning them of funeral directors illegally offering lower-cost funerals than the mandated price list of their local..... More
Dijon: Causse, 1784. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); late 19th-century speckled calf over cloth, gilt spine in six compartments, maroon morocco gilt onlays, marbled endpapers; vi,[1],224pp.; four leaves of plates of which three are folding. Leather quite dried and upper cover starting to separate, corners bumped with brief loss, top spine..... More
Paris: Persan, 1823. Seconde Édition. "Augmentée de deux odes nouvelles." 12mo (16.5cm.); later 19th-century black morocco over marbled boards, gilt-tooled spine, marbled endpapers, original blue printed wrappers reinforced with wastepaper bound in, publisher's advertisements present; ix,[10]-122[but 222]pp. Leather joints and corners a bit rubbed, brief paper flaw to front pastedown..... More
Paris: Furne et Cie. n.d. [1864]. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo (18cm.); original blue pictorial wrappers; [4],294pp. Some light edge wear, small chip to spine crown, contemporary ownership signature to upper wrapper, minor later (early 20th century?) repair to loose signature, else a Very Good copy, interior quite fresh. Collection of..... More
Paris: Éditions Nilsson, n.d., ca. 1930s. First Thus. Large octavo (23cm.); publisher's white card wrappers, printed color pochoir plate on matching stock mounted to upper cover; [4],186pp.; 12 color aquarelle mounted plates in text. Wrapper extremities and spine a bit toned, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy, attractively..... More
N.p. ca. 1900. Hardcover. Folio; 38 engraved plates mounted to thick card stock; loose as issued in grey printed cloth chemise (rather soiled); chemise spine perished, edges scuffed; one plate separated from mount, else contents fine. A collection of illustrations from early editions of the Tales of La Fontaine, all..... More
Paris: Matarasso, 1949. First Edition. Small, slim quarto (20.5cm.); original yellow pictorial card wrappers; 96,[12]pp.; 6 leaves of illus. printed on rectos and versos, facsimiles in text throughout. Very faint sunning to top wrapper margin, textblock uniformly toned due to inferior paper quality, else Very Good or better. Bookseller's catalog..... More
[Paris]: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1970. First Edition. Tall, narrow octavo (24cm.); publisher's decorative white card wrappers printed in red and black, French flaps; 270pp.; Chinese text printed in red throughout, text in English and French printed in black. Light wear and dustiness, faint spine crease, else Very Good and sound. More
Venetiis: Thomam Bettinelli, 1760. Novissima Editione. Two volumes in one; quarto (24.5cm.); contemporary vellum, manuscript spine label, all edges speckled red and brown; xx,420; 171[i.e. 471]pp. (*10 A-2A8 2B4 2B-2C4 2D6 A-2C8 2D-2I4); woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Vellum soiled and corners bumped with brief exposure, faint contemporary manuscript..... More
Nimes: C. Lacour, 1997. First Thus. Slim octavo (20cm.); publisher's cream pictorial staplebound card wrappers; [4],28pp. Fine condition. Address first delivered in 1854, the year Mézières was appointed professor of foreign literature at the Facultés de Nancy. This edition forms part of the Collection Rediviva. More
