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Monday 18 November 2024 at 18:00
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199 lots
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1 - FAUCHET (Claude): Origines des Dignitez & Magistrats de France. Origines des Chevaliers, Armoiries & Héraux... Genève, Paul Marceau, 1611; two works in one vol. in 4°, 124 pp. and 2 ff. of table, green half-chagrin with corners, spine with faux-nerfs decorated with gilt fillets. Late 19th or early 20th century binding.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
2 - MILITARIA. Etat du Militaire de France. 1751. Precious handwritten collection, calligraphed in brown ink. Includes nine chapters: Maison du Roy, Gendarmerie, Infanterie, Cavalerie, Hussards, Dragons, Militia, Invalides en Garnison, Compagnies franches, and a final recapitulation folio. In 12, red morocco, spine ribbed with rich fleur-de-lys decoration, boards decorated with triple fillet and fleur-de-lys in each corner, gilt fillet on the edges, gilt edges. Contemporary binding. A precious, fine
Estimate €400 - €500 -
3 - JESUITES. [ABRASSEVIN (R. P. Claude)]: Tout le monde a tort, ou Jugement d'une dame philosophe sur l'affaire présente des Jésuites. En France (Paris), nouv. éd. 1762; in 12, 6 pp. early 19th-century ornate half-basane. Published the same year as the original. A highly ironic pamphlet in favor of the Society of Jesus, written by a Jesuit from Hyères. Voltaire, wrongly as is often the case, attributed this book to Mme Belot.
Estimate €100 - €150 -
4 - DORAT (Jean): Les Baisers précédés du Mois de Mai. La Haye et Paris, Delalain, 1770; in 8°, red morocco, ribbed spine, interior lace, gilt head. High-quality binding by DUCHARNE, active in Paris between 1860 and the early 20th century. Frontispiece, figure, title finial, 22 culs-de-lampe by Eisen and Marillier. One of the most famous illustrated books of the 18th century. The work is followed by "L'Imitation des auteurs latins". The copy has been enriched with a very fine ornate frontispiec
Estimate €400 - €600 -
5 - [ SILHOUETTE (Etienne de)]: Les Pensées de Pope, avec un Abrégé de sa vie ... Paris, Grangé, 1773; in 12, mottled calf, false ribbed spine decorated, red edges. Contemporary binding. From the library of Château de Ormes, ex libris. Joint : - PRUDHON : Avertissement au propriétaire ou lettre à Mr Considérant ..., Paris, Garnier, 2 éd, 1848; in 12, half brown cloth, covers preserved.
Estimate €80 - €100 -
6 - BERNARDIN DE SAINT PIERRE: Etudes de la Nature. Troisième édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée. Paris, imprimerie de M. Didot le jeune, Méquignon l'ainé, 1788 ; 4 vols in 12 ; blond calf with contemporary ornamentation. Edition including a folding plate showing the Atlantic hemisphere and a frontispiece by Moreau le jeune in Volume I, 3 folding flower plates in Volume II. Volume IV includes a very interesting 82-page review of this work and the edition of Paul et Virginie.
Result €140Estimate €150 - €200 -
7 - LUCRECE: De la Nature des Choses. Traduction nouvelle, avec des notes, par M. L. G. Paris, Bleuet, 1768, porphyry calf, ornate ribbed spine, lemon or red morocco title-piece, triple fillet, corner finials and monogram in the center gilded on the boards, gilded edges. contemporary binding. Very fine edition illustrated with a title frontispiece and six plates based on drawings by Gravelot. Printed on heavy paper.
Result €120Estimate €150 - €200 -
8 - CATULLE: Traduction en prose de Catulle, Tibulle et Gallus par l'Auteur des Soirées Helvétiennes et des Tableaux. Amsterdam et Paris, Delalain, 1771; 2 vols in 8°; marbled tawny calf, ornate ribbed spines, lemon morocco title and giblets, triple gilt fillet and central gilt medallion on covers, gilt edges, contemporary binding. The Marquis de Pezay, author of the Soirées Helvétiennes, had a talented Latinist named David as his secretary. He found it simpler to offer himself authorship of t
Estimate €100 - €120 -
9 - BOCACE: Comtes de J. Bocace. London 1779; 10 vols in 12, contemporary ornate blond basane. Fine edition with frontispiece and 110 figures engraved out of text by BOUCHER, CAUCHIN, GRAVELOT and EISEN. Fine condition inside, with wear and tear.
Estimate €80 - €100 -
10 - MEDICINE. Set of 4 books: -CHARAS (Moyse): Pharmacopée Royale Galénique et Chymique. Lyon, Annissons et Posuel, 1704, In 4°, ornate contemporary jaspered basane. Fine frontispiece title. Pitted copy. -RASPAIL (François-Vincent): Histoire Naturelle de la Santé et de la Maladie chez les végétaux et chez les animaux en général, et en particulier chez l'Homme ; Paris, 1846, Deuxième édition, 2 vols in 8°, decorated contemporary half basane. 16 black or colored plates. -DUBOIS FONTANEL
Result €80Estimate €100 - €120 -
11 - [PANARD (Charles-François, 1689-1765)]. Nouveaux Logogriphes, Où l'on trouvera les Poetes, ... Avec La Clef. Paris, 1744; in 12, 31 pp, 5 pp. for La Clef, half green chagrin, spine ribbed. Handwritten ex libris of Edmond De Goncourt in red ink. -GIDE André: Souvenirs de la Cour d'Assise. Paris, 3éd, NRF, 1913; in 12 paperback, handwritten letter signed by André Gide to Maria Vérone, famous French feminist lawyer.
Result €80Estimate €100 - €200 -
12 - LASSAY (Armand-Léon de Madaillan de Lesparre): Recueil de différentes choses, Lausanne, chez Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1756; four volumes in 12, 4-XI-412pp, 4-533pp, 4-429pp, 4-491pp, fawn calf, ornate ribbed spines, double gilt lace on covers, gilt edges. Bound by Simier. Second edition of the Relation du royaume des Féliciens, people living in the Terres Australes, found in the fourth volume. The first edition dates from 1727. Famous edition of the works of the Marquis de Lassay, printed by A
Estimate €100 - €200 -
13 - GODEAU (Antoine): Eloge des Evesques, qui dans tous les siècles de l'Eglise... Paris, François Muguet, 1665; in 4°, brown calf, ornate ribbed spine, red speckled edges. Contemporary binding. Handsome frontispiece engraved by François Chauveau. From the Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice and Montcourcel libraries.
Estimate €150 - €200 -
14 - HOUTEVILLE (abbé): La Religion Chrétienne prouvée par les faits. Paris, grégoire Dupuis, 1722; in 4°, fawn calf, ornate ribbed spine, red edges. Contemporary binding.
Estimate €80 - €100 -
15 - CHARRON (Jacques): Histoire généalogique des Roys de France, depuis la Création du Monde jusques à présent, enrichie de leurs portraits et d'un sommaire de leurs vies... Paris, Thomas Blaise, 1630; in 8°, limp vellum, title-piece on spine. Antique binding. Fine edition illustrated with the engraved portrait illustrating the life of each king.
Result €180Estimate €200 - €300 -
16 - NOBLESSE. CHERIN: La Noblesse considérée sous ses divers rapports dans les Assemblées générales et particulières de la Nation ou Représentations des Etats Généraux et Assemblée de Notables, pour et contre les nobles. Paris, Royez, Cussac et Denné, 1788; in 8°, half blond basane, very ornate spine. Slightly posterior binding.
Estimate €80 - €100 -
17 - COUNTER-REVOLUTION. - FERRAND (Comte)]: Considerations on the Social Revolution. London 1794; in 8°, posterior red bradel boards. Rare first edition. - FERRAND (Comte)]: Mémoires. Paris, Picard, published for Société d'Histoire Contemporaine by Vicomte de Broc, 1897; in 8° paperback, printed cover. Handwritten letter from the Vicomte de Broc. - BIRON (Duc de): Lettres sur les Etats Généraux de 1789. Paris, 1865, in 12, paperback.
Estimate €80 - €100 -
18 - MAISTRE (Joseph de): Les Soirées de Saint Petersbourg, Entretiens sur le Gouvernement temporel de la Providence ; Suivis d'un Traité sur les Sacrifices. Paris, Librairie Grecque, Latine et Française, 1821, two vol. in 8°, half blond basane, spines with ornate faux-nerfs, marbled edges. Contemporary binding. Posthumous first edition, with a black lithographed portrait of the author. Upon publication, this book was a great success, influencing many authors (some foxing). Also included: MAISTRE
Estimate €400 - €500 -
19 - CANDOLLE (Alphonse de): Histoire des sciences et des savants depuis deux siècles. Genève et Bâle, Georg, 1885, 2 ed. in 8°, modern half-grain. Important treatise in which the author devotes substantial chapters to heredity and selection.
Result €50Estimate €60 - €80 -
20 - Le Cabinet du Jeune Naturaliste.... Enriched with sixty-five beautiful engravings, translated from English by M. Thomas Smith. Paris, Maradan, 1810, ; 6 vols in 12, fawn shagreened calf, spine with false nerves, decorated with four irons featuring animals and gilded fillets, black calf title and giblets, lace on the boards, gilded edges. Contemporary binding (some wear on spines).
Estimate €200 - €250 -
21 - LOSTALOT-BACHOUE (M. E. de): Le Monde Histoire de tous les Peuples depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours. Paris, Lebigre-Duquesne, 1859; 10 vols in 8°, percaline verte à l'imitation du maroquin, décors de filets embampés gras et maigres. Edition illustrated with 340 steel engravings, most of them hors textes. Some foxing, paper occasionally browned and small tears.
Estimate €80 - €120 -
22 - MEDICINE. Set of 3 books: -HOMEOPATHIES. Weber (Georges) Codex des médicaments homéopathiques. Paris, Baillière, 1854; in 12 paperback, printed cover. Spine split. -[...]: Le Manuel des Dames de Charité, ou Formules de Médicamens faciles à préparer... et un traité abrégé sur l'Usage des différentes Saignées. Paris, troisième édition, Debure l'ainée, 1755; in 12, contemporary basane jaspée, engraved frontispiece. Default de reluire. - BELLOC (Jean jacques): Cours de Médecine Lég
Estimate €100 - €120 -
23 - MERIMEE (Prosper): Mateo Falcone. Paris, Charpentier, 1876; in 8°, red half-chagrin. Contemporary binding. First separate edition, decorated with a fine portrait of the author. This copy, numbered 7, is enriched with an autograph letter signed by Mérimée, dated May 14, 1859.
Estimate €120 - €150 -
24 - LOUIS XIV. ORLEANS (Charlotte-Elisabeth de Bavière, Princesse Palatine, Duchesse d'): Mémoires sur la Cour de Louis XIV et de la Régence. Extracts from the German correspondence of Mme Elisabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orléans, Mother of the Regent. Paris, Ponthieu, 1823; in 8°, half fawn calf decorated. Contemporary binding. Given by Schabart, this edition was condemned by the Royal Court as containing passages contrary to morality. (hinges rubbed)
Estimate €100 - €150 -
25 - REVOLUTION. FERRAND: Instructions de M. Ferrand à son fils, âgé de quatorze an et demi (Janvier 1796). Paris, Crapelet, 1833; in 8°, half fawn calf decorated, speckled edges. Contemporary binding. A very interesting lesson in political science.
Estimate €80 - €100 -
26 - HERALDIC. EYSENBACH (G): Histoire du Blason et Science des Armoiries. Tours, Mame, 1848; in 8°, half red chagrin with contemporary decoration.
Result €60Estimate €80 - €100 -
27 - SAINTE-PALAYE (La Curne de): Mémoires sur l'Ancienne Chevalerie. Introduction and historical notes by Charles Nodier. Paris, Girard, 1826; 2 cols in 8°, decorated blue half calf. Edition with two color frontispieces.
Estimate €80 - €100 -
28 - ROLLAND (Romain) : Voyage musicale au Pays du Passé. Paris, Edouard-Joseph, 1919; in 12 paperback, untrimmed. First edition illustrated with out-of-text engraved figures by GALANIS. One of 120 copies on Hollande, complete with the suite of woodcuts by Galanis. Joint: - LOUYS (Pierre) : Un chapitre érotique inédit d'Aphrodite. Alexandrie (Paris), 1991; in 8° on ff, in ill. folder, ex num. - DORGELES (Roland) : Partir ... Paris, Albin Michel, 1926; in 12, half brown mar. with corners, ribbed s
Result €80Estimate €100 - €150 -
29 - SCHILLER: Sammtliche Werke in zwolf Baden. Stuttgart, Tubingen, 1838; 12 vols in 12; half anthracite chagrin with corners, ornate spine. Fine edition; portrait of the poet on frontispiece of volume 1. Freckles
Estimate €80 - €100 -
30 - GREAT WAR. "France! How your name caresses my ear". In-folio manuscript collection written in October 1914 in Holland by a young French officer born in Paris, comprising 5 pp. He declaims his love for France: "France! how your name caresses my ear, sweet and bewitching as the voice of the nightingale enchants the nights of May... For centuries you have been the Chosen One, the alma mater, supreme guide of world taste. Listen no longer to the deranged words of those who judge you to be behind the
Estimate €150 - €200 -
31 - MILITARIA. Collection of plates from the Encyclopedia, 18th century edition. - L'arquebusier, 3 pages, six plates, the first folding; Art Militaire, 7 pages, five plates of costumes, then fifteen plates of tactics, seventeen plates of fortifications; Artificier, 2 pages, seven plates. The whole set is preserved in a folio volume, half unbleached cloth, red chagrin title page. 19th century binding
Estimate €200 - €300 -
32 - GOLDSMITH (Lewis): Histoire secrète du Cabinet de Napoléon Buonaparte et de la Cour de Saint-Cloud. Paris, 2nd edition, 1814; two volumes bound into one in 8°, half fawn calf, smooth spine, green calf title-piece. Contemporary binding. A fine copy.
Estimate €80 - €100 -
33 - BAZIN (Hervé): La Mort du Petit Cheval. Paris, Grasset, 1950; in 12, paperback, printed cover. First edition. One of 75 numbered copies on Montval vellum, forming the first edition, number 3. Untrimmed, in excellent condition.
Estimate €80 - €100 -
34 - PONTUS HULTEN (Karl Gunnar) :THE MACHINE. As seen at the end of the mechanical age. New York, Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), 1968; in 4° square, embossed metal binding, boards mounted on hinges, top cover decorated with a color composition designed by Anders OSTERLIN, based on a photograph by the famous photographer Alicia LEGG. This is the only edition of the catalog of this famous exhibition, featuring works by numerous artists, including BUGATTI, DELAUNAY, DUCHAMP, Max ERNST, CALDER, MAN RAY,
Estimate €200 - €220 -
35 - GOBINEAU (Comte de): Nouvelles asiatiques. Paris, Les Bibliolâtres de France, 1957; large in 4°, brown calf, ribbed spine decorated with a repeated fleuron, gilt head, slipcase. A fine, pure copy of this reprint of Nouvelles asiatiques. It is illustrated with black woodcuts above and below the text. The woodcut title vignette is in red and black. Edition of 1,200 copies, all numbered, on BFK de Rives vellum, this one numb
Estimate €100 - €120 -
36 - DROZ (Gustave): Autour d'une source. Paris, Hetzel, s. d. ; in 12, brown half-maroquin with corners, ribbed spine, gilt head. First edition. Handwritten letter from the author. GAVARNI: Album Pittoresque. 1st and 2nd series. Paris, 1849; two vol. in 8°, contemporary half cloth.
Estimate €80 - €100 -
37 - Set of banter works, in sheets in folder and double slipcase: - Histoire d'un livre marqué: Le Portier des Chartreux. Ed. du Cercle du Livre Précieux, 1960; in 8° in ff. under ch. and double slipcase. - LAWRENCE: Lady Chatterley. Ill. by André COLLOT. Ed. des Deux-Rives, 1946; in 8° in ff. with folder and double slipcase. - BERRY (André): Florilège des Poésies amoureuses du XIIème au XVIIIème siècle. Ill. by Sylvain SAUVAGE. Paris, Le Vasseur; in 8° on ff in jacket and double slipca
Estimate €150 - €200 -
38 - Orléans and its region. Lot of books and documentation including: Inventaire de châteaux de Sologne, l'histoire de la marine de Loire and others (18 volumes).
Estimate €10 - €20 -
39 - SAINT-EXUPERY (Antoine de) : Lettres de jeunesse. Paris, Gallimard, NRF, 1953; in 8° paperback. Posthumous first edition. One of 320 numbered copies on vellum, no. 66.
Estimate €100 - €150 -
40 - EPARVIER (Jean): A paris sous la botte des nazis. Paris, Ed. Schall, 1944; in 4°, illustrated cover. Corners chipped lower right.
Result €60Estimate €80 - €100 -
41 - EPARVIER (Jean): A paris sous la botte des nazis. Paris, Ed. Schall, 1944; in 4°, illustrated cover. Slight cracking on spine.
Estimate €80 - €100 -
42 - LOT OF 3 ANCIENT ENGRAVINGS - 1-GRAVURE EVENTAIL on the theme of Mythology. 19th century. Engraving in old colors, on laid paper. 24 x 47 cm approx. per sheet. Condition B/C (a few stains and short tears, traces of folds). 2-ALLIGAND Bernard (born 1953) - "Horizon lumineux". Carborundum etching, with embossing. Proof numbered 13/30 and signed in pencil by the artist. Title annotated on verso in pencil. 67 x 50 cm. Condition A (some foxing on margins and verso, good overall condition). 3- ORTEGA
Result €145Estimate €40 - €80 -
43 - LOT of 11 AFFICHES - 1- 6 AFFICHETTES for INTERFLORA. Approx. 30 x 40 cm each. Condition A (slight traces of handling, good overall condition). 2- "Collection Provinciales - Horizons de France - Visages de l'ANJOU". Color lithograph after SAMSON. Wove paper. 54 x 34.5 cm. Condition B/C (tears and creases at the bottom of the poster, traces of handling...). 3- "Fête des mères - 31 mai 1953 - Offrez-lui du "Repos"". Color lithograph after J. JACQUELIN. Wove paper. Published by "Les Affiches Mode
Estimate €50 - €100 -
44 - LOT of 9 ESTAMPES - OENOLOGY (Vin de France), 4 AFFICHETTES in color after Marcel Joseph JEANJEAN (1893 - 1973). Title of each: La plantation de la Vigne; Le pressoir; La Vendange & Le Cellier. Proofs on wove paper. All signed in the plate and with margins. Approx. 28 x 38 cm each. Condition A (well preserved). - "LES NOCES de HENRI DE NAVARRE et de MARGUERITE de France dans la salle des Gardes au Louvre 18-21 août 1572". 1873. Engraving after L. Chevignard, by Edouard GIRARDET. Proof with
Estimate €150 - €200 -
45 - ROME CATACOMBES PETIT Savinien (1815 1878). Reunion of 19 original drawings on vellum, preparatory to the large lithographed album by Louis PERRET, "Catacombes de Rome" (Paris, Gide et J. Baudry Éditeurs, 1851, 6 volumes). Plates executed notably for vol. I (pl. 30, 31, 45, 52), vol. II (pl. 61), vol. III (pl. 10, 26, 41, 43, 46), vol. V (pl. 7, 50). The set includes 5 watercolors and 14 pencil drawings (some with estompe). Notable subject: "Chapelle à deux salles avec luminaires" (watercolor
Estimate €150 - €200 -
46 - ROME CATACOMBES PETIT Savinien (1815 1878). Reunion of 8 original drawings on vellum, preparatory to the large lithographed album by Louis PERRET, "Catacombes de Rome" (Paris, Gide et J. Baudry Éditeurs, 1851, 6 volumes). Plates produced notably for volumes I (pl. 18 and 51) and III (pl. 11, 15, 21, 34 and 45). The set includes 4 pencil and estompe drawings, and 4 watercolors on pencil lines. Some subjects executed on tracing paper applied to vellum. Notable subjects: "Crypt of Saint Hyppolyte"
Result €80Estimate €80 - €120 -
47 - Reunion of 13 original drawings on vellum, preparatory to Louis Perret's large lithographed album, "Catacombes de Rome" (Paris, Gide et J. Baudry Éditeurs, 1851, 6 volumes). Plates executed in particular for volumes I (pl. 34 bis, 60, 72, 74, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81 and 82) and IV (Pl. 22). The set includes 12 pencil drawings (some with stump), and 1 watercolor, Indian ink and wash over pencil line. Notable subject: "Sainte-Hélène. Plan coupé longitudinale sur la ligne AB du cimetière de Sainte
Estimate €120 - €150 -
48 - NAPOLEON THE GREAT - National Glory. HISTORICAL TABLE - Engraving and typography. Antique colors. Printed by Amédée Saintin, rue St Jacques n°38. A Paris, chez Levasseur fils, rue St Jacques n°340. 94 x 66 cm. Condition B (rare stains and old restorations).
Result €30Estimate €20 - €30 -
49 - DEMARTEAU Gilles (1722 - 1776) - [Portrait of a young girl, left profile]. 18th century. Pencil engraving after CLERMONT, printed in red chalk. Proof on laid paper, with the address "A Paris chez Demarteau, rue de la Pelterie à la Cloche". Small margins. 31 x 26 cm for the subject. 52 x 46 cm with frame. Condition A (not examined outside its frame, good condition).
Estimate €50 - €100 -
50 - COROT Jean-Baptiste (1796 - 1875) (after) - "Lake Nemi (Italy)". Etching and drypoint by Camille Force. Proof on Japanese paper, numbered 1/20 and signed in pencil by the engraver. 64 x 74 cm with frame. Condition A (not examined outside its frame).
Result €24Estimate €10 - €30
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