SALE OF FURNITURE AND ART OBJECTS
Friday 4 November 2022 at 13:30
Salle 15 - Hôtel Drouot, 9, rue Drouot, 75009 Paris
317 lots
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50 - MEDICINE. DESCURET (Jean-Baptiste): La Médecine des Passions ou les Passions considérés dans leurs rapports avec les maladies, les lois et la Religion. Paris, Béchet Jne et Labé, october 1841; in 8°, half-basecloth, spine with false-nerves decorated. Binding of the time. A good copy of this famous treatise on the psychological and sociological study of passions, linked to the life of society. (small defect at the bottom of the upper hinge). MICHAUD : Bibliothèque des Croisades. Paris, D
Estimate €80 - €100 -
51 - - GOBINEAU (Arthur, count of): Les Pléiades. Stockholm, Müller, and Paris, Plon, 1874; in 12 paperback, printed yellow cover. First edition of which no large paper was printed. It is rare to find a paperback copy in such a perfect condition, all the more rare as it was a complete bookstore failure, whereas it is undoubtedly Gobineau's greatest book. - DUMAS (Alexandre): The Drama of Ninety-Three. Paris, Michel Lévy, s. d. (1867); three volumes in 12, green half-chagrin, spine with ornate ne
Estimate €100 - €200 -
52 - - BALZAC (Honoré de): The Colonel Chabert. Illustrations by DELORT. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1886; in 12, raspberry half-maroquin with corners, smooth spine, cover and spine kept. Binding by CARAYON. Edition printed at 225 copies, all numbered; this one is n° 61, with the figures in two states. A fine copy. Attached : HERMANT (Abel): Letters to Xavier on the art of writing. Paris, Hachette, 1925; in 8° paperback. Edition illustrated with woodcuts after JODELET. Numbered copy. VENICE. RUSKIN (J
Estimate €150 - €200 -
53 - LIST (Friedrich) : Système national d'économie politique, translated from the German by Henri Richelot, with a preface, a biographical note and notes by the translator. Paris, Capelle, 1851; in 8°, (4), LII, 583 pp, half blond basane, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and garlands, speckled edges. Binding of the time. Bears a handwritten ex libris, Jobez, on the first blank page. A fine copy of the very rare original French translation of the best known work of this famous German econo
Estimate €150 - €200 -
54 - ORNITHOLOGY. TOUSSENEL (Alphonse): The Spirit of Beasts. The World of Birds. Passionate Ornithology. Paris, Librairie Phalanstérienne, 1853-1855; three volumes in 8°, 484 pp., 412 pp. and 372 pp. half brown basane, spine ribbed and decorated with a repeated iron with a bird, blue and green chagrin title and greef. Binding of the period. ORIGINAL EDITION of this famous book since its publication. If he was a formidable polemicist, utopian socialist disciple of
Estimate €150 - €200 -
55 - BARRUEL-BEAUVERT (Antoine-Joseph de): Acts of the Philosophers and the Republicans collected and put back in evidence by the ci-devant count of Barruel-Beauvert. Paris, chez le Portier, 8 cour des Princes, 1807; in 8°, ornate fawn half-calf. Beautiful copy bound by Pouillet of this very interesting text by this counter-revolutionary polemicist, cousin of Rivarol. Joint : - MALO (Charles): Histoire des Juifs depuis la Destruction de Jerusalem jusqu'à ce jour Paris, Leroux, 1826; in 8°, fawn ha
Estimate €200 - €300 -
56 - SOREL (Georges), idealist philosopher : Les illusions du progrès. Paris, Editions Marcel Rivière, 1908; in 12, red half-chagrin, printed green paper covers and spine. Modern binding. Very rare first edition. Copy enriched with an autograph sending signed by the author and two L. A. S. of Sorel, of 4pp. and 3 pp. signed.
Estimate €300 - €400 -
57 - THARAUD (Jérôme et Jean): set of four volumes in first edition: - La Fête Arabe. Paris, plon 1922; in 8° br. Numbered copies on Hollande (not trimmed). - Marrakech or the Lords of the Atlas. Paris, Plon, 1920 ; in 8° br. Numbered copy on Lafuma. - Le Chemin de Damas. Paris, plon, 1923; in 8° br. Ex. num. on Lafuma Causerie sur Israël. Paris, Ed. Marcelle Lesage, 1926; in 12 br. Enclosed : VILLIERS de L'Isle Adam : Contes Cruels. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1923; in 12 br. Ex. num.
Estimate €150 - €250 -
58 - CHENIER (André): Poèmes. Paris, Les Marges, 1928; in 4° in sheets under folder and double cover. One of the eight copies on Japon of the first edition, it bears the letter B. Nice copy. - SET: - MAUROIS (André): La Vie Disraeli. Paris, N.R.F., 1927; in 12, green half-basane with corners, covers and spine preserved, gilt head. ORIGINAL EDITION, copy of the Service de Presse, enriched with a signed letter from the author.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
59 - - THARAUD (Jérôme and Jean): La Palestine. Paris, Alpina, 1930; in 4°, pale green half-chagrin with corners, illustrated cover preserved, head with palladium. Nice copy numbered on Alfa. Edition illustrated with a rich photographic iconography.
Estimate €80 - €100 -
60 - - CELINE (Louis-Ferdinand DESTOUCHES): Bagatelles pour massacre. Paris, Denoël, 1941; in 8°, full anthracite chagrin, spine ribbed, covers and spine preserved. Reissue of this pamphlet, one of the reduced edition copies on grey paper. A copy of the first edition, in 8°, green Russian half leather, spine ribbed. - MONTHERLANT (Henry de): D'aujourd'hui et de Toujours. S. l. (Paris), La Toison d'Or, 1944; in 4° br. Illustrated edition by Madeleine Barbedor. Envoi from the author to Paul Chad
Estimate €300 - €400 -
61 - BERNANOS (Georges): La Grande Peur des Bien-Pensants. Paris, Grasset, 1931; in 12, green half-percaline. First edition. Numbered copy on Alfa Speech of General Weygand. Paris, 1932; in-8°, black half-chagrin. Untrimmed copy CARCO (Francis): L'Homme Traqué. Ill. by DIGNIMONT, Paris, 1925. SUARES (André): Angleterre. Paris, 1916. and : Ceux de Verdun. Paris, 1916; two vol. in-8°, decorated half-chagrin MAURRAS (Charles): Le Voyage d'Athènes. Paris, Plon, 1939; in-4° paperback. La M
Estimate €150 - €200 -
62 - JOUAS (Charles). HUYSMANS (Joris-Karl). Parisian sketches. Etchings by Charles JOUAS. Paris, Le Musée du Livre, editions G. Crès et Cie, 1928; in 8° paperback, filled printed cover and double slipcase. Edition illustrated with ten etchings, three of which are out of text and seven headbands, by Charles JOUAS. One of the 40 numbered copies on Japon, forming the first edition. Joint : GOBILLOT (René) : Les Samedis de Charles Jouas. A por
Estimate €200 - €250 -
63 - GUITRY (Sacha) : From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain. Ed. Solar, 1951; in-4°, blue morocco with red morocco lining. Binding by Devauchelle. GUITRY (Sacha) : Vers de Bohême. Ed. Solar, 1947; in-4° in sheets under folder and double slipcase. Five handwritten leaves and disk
Estimate €600 - €800 -
64 - HANSI : the History of Alsace told ! by uncle Hansi. Paris, Floury, 1912; in 4° blue cardboard publisher - HANSI : le Paradis Tricolore. Paris, 1918; in 8° decorated cloth of the editor - HANSI: My village. Those who do not forget. Paris Floury, small d point. In 8 Oblong Blue polychrome cardboard of Engel Rel. A volume is joined to it.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
65 - My Doctor the Wine. Watercolors by Raoul Dufy. Text by Gaston DURYS. Paris, edited by DRAEGER for Etablissements Nicolas, 1936; in 4° paperback, cover illustrated after a drawing by Raoul DUFY. Dufy executed 19 watercolors (18 of which are reproduced in color and one in black) and designed a superb original lithograph that served as the cover. It is the only Nicolas catalog that has an original engraving. Nice copy.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
66 - MAUCLAIR (Camille): The Charm of Bruges. Illustrations by Henri CASSIERS. Paris, Ed. Piazza, Les Cent Onze, 1928; in 4° paperback under filled cover, case. Edition illustrated with 22 compositions by Cassiers. Limited edition of 111 copies, this one of 31 on Japon impérial, including a suite in black, a suite in colors and three original watercolors signed by Henri Cassiers, one of which is on the false title; it is numbered XI.
Estimate €300 - €400 -
67 - MONTHERLANT (Henry de): L'Equinoxe de Septembre. Paris, Grasset, Le Trentenaire, 1938; in 12, half havana morocco with corners, spine gilt, covers and spine retained. Binding by DEVAUCHELLE. Rare first edition, one of the 24 numbered copies on Japon of the first edition, it is numbered 18. It is enriched with a L.A.S. from the writer, written in Algiers on September 9 (19)32 and addressed to his publisher. A very nice copy.
Estimate €200 - €250 -
68 - CHAMPAGNE. Important set of 27 posters of different sizes, most of them printed in Troyes during the First World War, or in the two or three years following its conclusion: rationing (milk, sugar, bread), various loans, obligations imposed on the farmers; two are important because they impose an enlistment of the able-bodied men from 16 to 60 years old in the army. One poster is illustrated by SEMPE (worm work on a fold).
Estimate €200 - €250 -
71 - PLANISPHERE AIR FRANCE - Lucien BOUCHER (1889-1971) - "Air France, World Air Network". RARE POSTER lithographed in colors. Signed at the bottom right in the composition. Printed at Perceval, 16 rue d'Athènes, Paris. One of the first cards published by Air France, only one year after its creation. It indicates the flights made by the company to the Far East, Africa and South America. 62 x 100 cm. Condition A (some stains and short tears in the margins).
Estimate €700 - €1,000 -
72 - PERU - RARE - "PLAN del Curso de lors Rios HUALLAGA y UCAYALI, y de la pampa del Sacramento: levantado por el Fr. Manuel Sobreviela, Guardian del Colegio y Ocopa en 1790, corregido y anadido en 1830 por Dr. Amadeo Chaumette Des Fossés [...]". RARE old map of a part of the North-East of Peru engraved by Joseph Vasquez. Printed on laid paper and published in LIMA. Margins. The key at the bottom left indicates the cities populated by Christians, converts and non-converts, symbols defining the terr
Estimate €300 - €400 -
73 - ITALY - "VIEW OF NAPLES, City of the Province of Labor, Archiepiscopal and Capital of the Kingdom of Naples". 18th century. Etching in old color. Proof on laid paper, with the address "A Paris, chez Esnaut et Rapilly, rue St Jacques à la ville de Coutances / & chez Daumont". Numbered key in the tablet. Small margins. 37 x 54 cm. Condition B/C (foxing, margins insolated).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
74 - CORSICA - MAP OF CORSICA - HOMANN, Heirs / VOGT J. - "Insulae Corsicae accurata chorographia tradita..." 1735. Beautiful engraved map in old colors. Layered paper. Nice title cartouche in the upper left corner. Published by HOMANN H. (1730-1848), in Nuremberg. Margins. 60 x 55 cm. Condition C (tears formerly restored, trace of median horizontal fold and rare light spots).
Estimate €350 - €400 -
75 - TROMPE L'OEIL AUX ASSIGNATS (révolutionnaires) - "TABLE DES PAPIERS et MONNAYES, avec l'Echelle de Proportion de leur valeur pendant leurs cours adopté par le Conseil des Anciens le 5 Messidor An V (23 juin 1797)", drawn and written with a pen from the Originals by A.A. Lejeune and reduced by Tassart. 18th century. Etching and aquatint. Nice proof with some old coloring highlights, on wove paper. RARE trompe l'oeil representing the revolutionary coins and assignats. 54,5 x 69,3 cm. Condition A
Estimate €300 - €400 -
76 - TRUMP EYE ON MONEY PAPERS & ASSIGNMENTS - "Papiers monnoies de la REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE". c.1796. Etching engraved by Mathieu Joseph Charles HUNIN (1770-1851), printed in black and red. Proof on laid paper, enhanced with watercolor. Sold in Mechelen at J. Hunin Graveur, Marché aux grains. Margins. 63,5 x 49 cm. Condition A (rare stains on the reverse and slight traces of handling).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
77 - HIROSHIGE Utagawa (1797 - 1858) - "Crossing the river i". Period 1849 / 1852. Woodcut, in 3 sheets. Triptych ban tate-e in the size of 37 x 74,5 cm approximately. Signature: Hiroshige ga. From the series "Views of the Tokaido rivers", published by Fujiokaya Keijir. Print showing porters carrying young women across the river. Condition A (good condition).
Estimate €700 - €1,000 -
78 - HIROSHIGE Utagawa (1797-1858) & Utagawa KUNISADA (1786-1864) - "The Elegant Prince Genji enjoying a boat trip". (Furyu Genji fune asobi). c.1853. Woodcut, in 3 leaves. Triptych ban tate in the size of 36,2 x 74,5 cm approximately. Signature: Hiroshige ga and Toyokuni ga. This print is part of a group of triptychs made in collaboration by Utagawa Hiroshige and Utagawa Kunisada, produced by Iseya Kanekichi in the 1850s. Condition A (good condition).
Estimate €700 - €1,000 -
79 - ANCIENT SCHOOLS - Meeting of 2 engravings. 1- [Woman reading in a landscape]. Etching, on laid paper. 27,1 x 40,5 cm approximately. Condition A/B (cut at the border of the copper or at the subject, rare small folds at the bottom of the subject). 2- [Antique subject]. Burin, on laid paper. Good margins. 24 cm for the diameter of the subject. 44 x 27,7 cm the sheet. Condition D (brown stain reaching the subject, freckles and stains on the margins and on the reverse). Set. 2 pl.
Estimate €200 - €300 -
80 - DÜRER Albrecht (1471 - 1528) - "The Mass of Pope Gregor". 1511. Woodcut. Signed with the monogram and dated lower left in the plate. Ref: Hollstein & Meder, n°226. Nice proof of a slightly late edition, on laid paper. Good margins. While celebrating mass in Rome, Pope Gregory the Great is said to have seen Christ miraculously rise above a sarcophagus, accompanied by symbols of the Passion. 30 x 20.7 cm for the subject. 46,5 x 34,4 cm the sheet. Condition B/C (a tear in the upper margin reachin
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000 -
81 - REMBRANDT H. van Rijn Leiden (1606 - 1669) - "Self-portrait, Rembrandt and Saskia". 1636. Original etching. Ref: Bartsch, no. 19. Hind, no. 144, New Hollstein, no. 158. Signed and dated "Rembrandt. f. 1636" in the upper left corner of the composition. Proof on laid paper. Small margins. Rembrandt's wife, Saskia van Uylenburgh, was one of Rembrandt's favorite models. This etching, made only two years after their marriage, depicts the thirty-year-old Rembrandt and his new wife. It is the only etch
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000 -
82 - REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 - 1669) - "The Raising of Lazarus", large plate. c. 1632. Original etching. Signed in point in the center of the composition. Ref: Hind, no. 96. Bartsch, no. 73. Proof of a late print on laid paper (fragment of watermark). Small margins of the copper. Beautiful impression. 37,2 x 26,3 cm the sheet. Condition A (cut at the edge of the copperplate mark).
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000 -
83 - REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 - 1669) (after) - "The Descent from the Cross (large plate)". c.1899. Lithograph by Louis Huvey (1868-1954). Nice proof printed in bistre, on japon paper, justified "Tirée à 100 épreuves n°78" and signed in pencil by the artist. All margins. 51,8 x 39,7 cm for the subject. 72 x 57 cm the sheet. Condition A (good condition).
Estimate €800 - €1,000 -
84 - PORTRAIT OF REMBRANDT. 19th century. Large etched portrait. Proof before any letter, on wove paper. Margins. 71 x 55 cm for the copper. 89,5 x 63 cm for the sheet. Condition A (some marginal tears).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
85 - CURIOSITY - HABIT OF MALLETTIER COFFRETTIER & HABIT OF LAYETTIER - End of XVIIth. Two burin engravings after Nicolas de Larmessin II (Engraver and publisher in Paris born in 1632 and died in 1694). Proofs on laid paper, formerly glued by the edges on a thick paper. Two full-length portraits, one of a trunk-maker and the other of a laye-maker, each dressed with his work tools and his achievements. Respectively 27,3 x 19 cm & 26,6 x 18,9 cm. Condition C (some stains and tears).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
86 - MELLAN Claude (1601 - 1688) - "The Holy Face". 1649. Original burin. Signed and dated in the plate. Proof on laid paper (watermark difficult to read). Reference: I.F.F XVIIth, n°21. Margins. Subject considered as the masterpiece of Mellan: burin engraving realized by a unique spiral cut. 53,5 x 41,2 cm. Condition B (three short marginal tears, a small lack in the right margin, stains and rare freckles on the reverse and in the margins, paper very slightly scaled on the nose).
Estimate €1,000 - €1,200 -
87 - CARPI Ugo da (c.1480 - 1532) - "Death of Anania". 1518. Woodcut in chiaroscuro after Raphael. Printed in various shades of ochre-brown. Proof on laid paper formerly cut to the square line and pasted down. Ref: Bartsch, n°27. 24,3 x 37,8 cm. Condition C (tears, a few stains and missing parts filled in). A second proof printed in various shades of green, on laid paper (watermark hardly legible) is enclosed. 24,4 x 37,4 cm. Condition B (cut at the square line or beyond, faint impression). Ugo da C
Estimate €300 - €400 -
88 - LAFRERI Antonio (after) (c.1512 - 1577) - "Ecce Homo". Copy engraved with a burin by an anonymous person, with a decorative allegorical band at the foot. Proof on watermarked laid paper, edited by the Venetian Luca Bertelli (active between 1564-89 in Padua). Composition originally after Titian. 33,7 x 24,7 cm. Condition B (cut on or at the edge of the copperplate mark, printing fold).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
89 - EARLOM Richard (c.1743 - 1794) - "The Porter and Hare". 1774. Black Manner after Johan Joseph Zoffany (1733-1810). Proof with the letter but without the title. Ref: Wessely, Richard Earlom, Verzeichniss seiner Radirungen und Schabkunstblätter, no. 134. Published by Robert Sayer, London, February 20, 1774. Framed piece. 56 x 43 cm subject to view. 70 x 54 cm with frame. Condition B (some stains and tears visible in the margins, not examined outside its frame).
Estimate €150 - €200 -
90 - PIRANESI Francesco (1758 - 1810) - "Veduta del chiostro della certosa nelle Terme Diocleziane []". 1793. Etching after Francesco Sablet. Proof on watermarked laid paper. Ref: Le Blanc, n°3. Beautiful impression. 65,5 x 50,8 cm. Condition A (trimmed at the border of the copperplate mark at the foot, margins to the other sides; some foxing on the verso and in the tablet, small traces of wetness in the right margin).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
91 - ABEL-TRUCHET Louis (1857 - 1918) - "In the Luxembourg Garden". 1895. Original lithograph, printed in colors. Nice proof on vellum paper. Signed in the plate. Published by Eugène Verneau, in Paris. Margins. 65 x 90 cm. Condition A (good condition).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
92 - ABEL-TRUCHET Louis (1857 - 1918) - "The quadrille". 1900. Original lithograph, printed in colors. Nice proof on vellum paper. Signed in the plate. Printed and published by Eugène Verneau, in Paris. All margins. 64,5 x 84 cm. Condition A.
Estimate €300 - €400 -
93 - ABEL-TRUCHET Louis (1857 - 1918) - "The dancers". c.1900. Original lithograph, printed in colors. Proof on glazed wove paper. Signed in the plate. All margins. 64,5 x 84 cm. Condition B (rare short tears in the margins very slightly dusted, small tear at the top right in the subject).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
94 - BERNARD Emile (1868 - 1941, School of Pont-Aven) - "The Annunciation. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us". 1899. Lithograph and watercolor. Ref: Morane, n°57. Printed on thick Italian laid paper, watermarked with a moon in a coat of arms and the monogram FNF. Signed with the monogram in the maple leaf and dated in the subject at the lower right. All margins. 57 x 81 cm. Condition A/B (one vertical and horizontal median fold, rare short tears and small watercolor stains in the large ma
Estimate €400 - €600 -
95 - CAUSIQUET C. (?) - [The Mont Saint-Michel]. 1845. Watercolor on paper, formerly pasted by the edges on strong paper. Signed and dated in ink in the lower left corner. 26,5 x 39,5 cm for the subject. 37 x 47 cm the whole. Condition A (very rare scattered freckles in the sky and slight traces of handling).
Estimate €200 - €300 -
96 - DENON Dominique Vivant (1747 - 1825) - "Essay in pencil and pen [Holy Family in Egypt]". 1809. Original lithograph and autograph in pencil and pen. Ref: Béraldi n°1. I.F.F. n°2. Winkler n°151. Nice proof on wove paper, annotated, dated and signed in stone: " fait à la lithographie de Munich / le 15 9bre 1809 Denon ". Large margins. "Dominique Vivant Denon, Minister of Arts of Napoleon, had throughout his career an artistic practice, passing by drawing and engraving. Thanks to his discovery
Estimate €400 - €500 -
97 - GROS Antoine Jean (1771 - 1835) - "Arab of the desert". 1817. Original lithograph. Ref: Béraldi, n°2. Proof on wove paper. Printed by Charles de Lasteyrie. Margins. 26,2 x 36,5 cm. Condition B/C (foxing).
Estimate €300 - €400 -
98 - HECHT Josef Moïse (ód 1891 - Paris 1951) - [Painter in his garden]. Watercolor and gouache on paper, pasted on cardboard. Signed in pencil by the artist. 58 x 82 cm. Condition B (needle holes present along the borders (old hangings), a short tear at the bottom left, traces of handling including a few short tears and rare stains).
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000 -
99 - JEANNIOT Pierre Georges (Geneva 1848 - Paris 1934) - [Breton Fisherman]. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. Stamped Cousin Frères (Paris) on the back of the canvas. 60 x 48 cm with the subject. 77 x 73 cm with the frame (without glass). Condition B (3 small tears and missing paint on the bottom left).
Estimate €6,000 - €8,000 -
100 - RIVIERE Henri (1864 - 1951) - "From the top of the towers of Notre Dame", 1900. Original lithograph, printed in colors. Signed in the plate. Ref: Fields p. 77. Very nice proof on vellum. Plate from the series "Paysages parisiens". Margins. 65 x 90 cm. Condition A (good condition). Henri Rivière, an essential actor of the revival of the color print at the end of the 19th century, was a great admirer of Hokusai and Hiroshige; and their influence was noticeable in all his own print production. It
Estimate €1,800 - €2,000 -
101 - ROPS Félicien (1833 - 1898) (after) - "Cocottocracy". Etching engraved by A. Bertrand, printed in black and blue on japon paper. Reference: Exsteens, n°872. Nice and rare proof of the 1st state out of 2, before the cut-out middle subject. Margins. 43,5 x 31 cm on copper. 52,5 x 34,3 cm the sheet. Condition A (rare light marginal foxing, good condition).
Estimate €400 - €500
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