LE TEMPLE DE GNIDE, SUIVI D'ARSACE ET ISMÉNIE
by (FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (COLOR PRINTING). MONTESQUIEU, [CHARLES DE SECONDAT]
Paris: P. Didot l'aîné, 1796. ONE OF 100 COPIES. 330 x 235 mm. (13 x 9 1/4"). 2 p.l., 165, [1] pp. (Original?) gray boards, flat spine, dark gray paper title label, two-thirds of the leaves UNOPENED. Engraved printer's device on title page and SEVEN FINE COLOR-PRINTED ENGRAVINGS AFTER PEYRON BY CHAPUY AND LAVALLÉE, SOME FINISHED BY HAND. Cohen-de Ricci 730; Brunet III, 1860. ◆A couple of very small brown spots and just a hint of soiling as... Read More
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LETTRES À ÉMILIE SUR LA MYTHOLOGIE
by (FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (BINDINGS - CANAPE). DEMOUSTIER, CHARLES-ALBERT
Paris: Printed by P. Didot l'aîné for Ant. Aug. Renouard, 1809. 215 x 130 mm. (8 1/2 x 5 1/4"). Three volumes.. VERY ELEGANT DARK BLUE STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, GILT, BY CANAPE, covers framed by Neoclassical roll featuring swans and an urn, gilt supralibros of Isidoro Fernandez at center, raised bands, spine compartments gilt in the Bozerian style, with flowers radiating from a central circle, gilt lettering, turn-ins gilt with fan roll, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With frontispiece... Read More
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LE TEMPLE DE GNIDE, SUIVI D'ARSACE ET ISMÉNIE
by (FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). MONTESQUIEU, [CHARLES LOUIS DE SECONDAT]
Rouen: J. Lemonnyer, 1881. No. 51 OF 50 COPIES on papier de Chine (numbered 51-100), from a total edition of 200. 280 x 182 mm. (11 x 7 1/4"). [3] p.l., xxxiii [1], 160 pp., [3] leaves (table of contents, blank, ads). Fine late 19th century mahogany morocco, gilt, by David and Domont (stamp-signed on turn-ins), the covers with triple roll-tooled borders, the central frame with scrolling floral cornerpieces flanked with doves, raised bands, spine similarly gilt in... Read More
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MONUMENS DE LA VIE PRIVÉE DES DOUZE CESARS. [with] MONUMENS DU CULTE SECRET DES DAMES ROMAINES
by (FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - 18TH CENTURY, EROTIC). (BINDINGS - CUZIN). [HANCARVILLE, PIERRE-FRANCOIS HUGUES D']
Caprées [i.e., Nancy]: Chez Sabellus, 1780, 1784. FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST PRINTINGS (11 lines on title page and long "s" in text) with these Illustrations. 256 x 190 mm. (10 x 7 1/2"). Two volumes.. BEAUTIFUL 19TH CENTURY RED MOROCCO, GILT IN THE ROCOCO STYLE, BY CUZIN (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-ins), covers with a gilt-ruled border featuring rocaille motifs at the sides and a floral spray at each corner, elaborate inner frame of strapwork interwoven with scrolling... Read More
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LES AVENTURES DE TÉLÉMAQUE
by (FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (BINDINGS - BOZERIAN). FÉNÉLON, FRANÇOIS DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE
Paris: De l'imprimerie de Monsieur [i.e., P. Didot jeune], 1790. 243 x 154 mm. (9 1/2 x 6 1/4"). Two volumes.. LOVELY DARK BLUE STRAIGHT GRAIN MOROCCO BY BOZERIAN JEUNE (stamp-signed at foot of Tome I spine), covers with pretty gilt frame enclosed by double gilt rule, raised bands, spine gilt in panels with large millepoint ornament with floral tools emanating from a central circle, gilt lettering, turn-ins with Greek key roll, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With... Read More
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LA PUCELLE D'ORLÉANS, POËME EN VINGT-UN CHANTS
by (FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED). VOLTAIRE, FRANÇOIS MARIE AROUET DE
Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Crapelet, an VII [1799]. 228 x 150 mm. (9 x 6"). Two volumes.. Very attractive 19th century red morocco by Capé (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in), French fillet border, raised bands, compartments with central quatrefoil surrounded by lacy gilt tooling, gilt lettering, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Housed in a later marbled slipcase. WITH engraved frontispiece by Gaucher and 21 ENGRAVED PLATES after Marillier, Monsiau, and Ponce (as called for), AND EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH... Read More
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LES AVENTURES DE TÉLÉMAQUE, FILS D'ULYSSE
by (FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). FÉNELON, FRANÇOIS DE SALIGNAC
Amsterdam: Wetstein & G. Smith; Rotterdam: Jean Hofhout, 1734. First Printing of this Edition. ONE OF 150 COPIES IN FOLIO FORMAT. 375 x 265 mm. (14 3/4 x 10 1/2"). 4 p.l. including portrait and frontispiece, x, xxvi (i.e. xvi), 395, [1] pp. Like most copies, ours lacks the suppressed material designed to follow page 395. FINE CONTEMPORARY RED STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, covers with palmette roll border, central panel with gilt-ruled frame and lozenge accented with bead and lozenge... Read More
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LE DECAMERON DE JEAN BOCCACE
by (FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI
Londres [i.e., Paris: Prault], 1757-61. 205 x 132 mm. (8 x 5 1/4"). Five volumes. Translated by Antoine Jean Le Maçon. LOVELY INDIGO CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY DAVID (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with French fillet border, raised bands, spine compartments with intricate central fleuron and scrolling cornerpieces, gilt lettering, turn-ins with multiple decorative rolls, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed in a maroon buckram chemise in a matching morocco-backed slipcase. Engraved illustrated title page in each volume,... Read More
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LIVRE D'HEURES. ORDINAIRE DE LA MESSE. [WITH] CÉRÉMONIES DU MARIAGE. [AND] MESSE DE MARIAGE. [AND] ACTES ET PRIÈRES POUR LA COMMUNION
by A HAND-PAINTED AND ILLUMINATED LITHOGRAPH PRAYER BOOK IN FRENCH
[Paris: Desgodets et Gérard, ca. 1913]. 175 x 130 mm. (6 7/8 x 5 1/8"). [68] leaves. Attractive contemporary marbled calf, covers with double gilt fillet borders, central panels semé with rows of blind-stamped fleurs-de-lys, raised bands, spine panels with single blind-stamped fleur-de-lys at center, blind lettering to one panel, turn-ins with floral blind roll enclosed by plain and dotted gilt rules, green watered silk endleaves, front free endleaf stamped with gilt initials "G. G." and the date... Read More
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PAROISSIEN: ELZEVIR, RITE ROMAIN
by (BINDINGS - GRUEL). (PRAYER BOOK IN FRENCH)
Paris: Gruel et Engelmann, 1889. 165 x 83 mm. (6 1/2 x 3 1/4"). 2 p.l., 649 pp., [1] (colophon) leaf. STRIKING CONTEMPORARY BURGUNDY MOROCCO, ELABORATELY GILT, BY GRUEL (stamp-signed at tail of spine), UPPER COVER WITH A LARGE AND RICHLY DETAILED OVAL BAS-RELIEF PLAQUETTE OF THE LAST SUPPER framed above and below by a large panel of interlacing open strapwork comprised of abstracted gilt floral and foliate curls and other decorative elements, lower cover similarly decorated, with... Read More
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ORDINAIRE DE LA SAINTE MESSE. [with] CÉRÉMONIES DU MARIAGE. [and] PRIÈRES POUR LA COMMUNION
by (VELLUM PRINTING). (BINDINGS - MODELLED). A HAND-PAINTED AND ILLUMINATED PRAYER BOOK ON VELLUM IN FRENCH
[Paris: Bouasse-Lebel et Marrin, ca. 1909]. 188 x 140 mm. (7 3/8 x 5 1/2"). 72 pp.; [1] leaf (miniature); XXXII pp. Tasteful contemporary olive green crushed morocco, each cover WITH A CENTRAL RECESSED PANEL OF MODELLED AND PAINTED LEATHER, that on the upper cover with a portrait of the Virgin Mary within an arched frame of acanthus leaves, that on the lower cover with the coat of arms of the Deburghgraeve family. With text and decorations lithographed,... Read More
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CONTES ET NOUVELLES EN VERS
by (FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (BINDINGS - E. LUDWIG). LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE
s.l.: s.n., 1777. 202 x 134 mm. (8 x 5 1/4"). Two volumes.. VERY PRETTY EARLY 20TH CENTURY PLUM-COLORED CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY E. LUDWIG OF FRANKFURT (stamp-signed at tail edge of rear board), covers framed by gilt fillets, bead-and-lozenge roll, and gilt dots, raised bands, spine compartments with central rose sprig surrounded by curled tooling and small circlets, gilt titling, turn-ins with cresting acanthus leaf roll, leather hinges, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With extra engraved title... Read More
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OEUVRES DE GRESSET. [with] LE PARRAIN MAGNIFIQUE
by (FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (BINDINGS - BRANY). [GRESSET, JEAN-BAPTISTE-LOUIS]
Paris: [Printed by P. Didot l'aîné for] Ant. Aug. Renouard, 1811. 212 x 130 mm. (8 1/4 x 5 1/4"). Two volumes.. LOVELY LATE 19TH CENTURY DARK BLUE MOROCCO, VERY ELABORATELY GILT, BY BRANY (stamp-signed on front turn-ins), covers with large, lacy central lozenge formed by floral tools, shells, volutes, stars, and other small tools, cornerpieces of similar style, raised bands, spine compartments with central quatrefoil containing a bird in flight, gilt lettering, turn-ins with floral gilt roll,... Read More
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OEUVRES DE MOLIÈRE, AVEC DES REMARQUES GRAMMATICALES; DES AVERTISSEMENS ET DES OBSERVATIONS SUR CHAQUE PIÈCE, PAR M. BRET
by (FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). "MOLIÈRE" (Pseudonym). [POQUELIN, JEAN-BAPTISTE]
Paris: [Printed by Michel Lambert for] La Compagnie des Libraires Associés, 1773. First Bret Edition, with additional leaves 66*-67* and 80*-81* in volume I.. 198 x 125 mm. (7 3/4 x 5"). Six volumes. Edited by Antoine Bret. Very attractive 19th century maroon morocco, gilt, covers with French fillet border, raised bands, spine compartments with central fleuron, gilt lettering, turn-ins with multiple decorative rolls, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With title page vignettes, engraved portrait after Mignard in... Read More
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OEUVRES DE GRESSET. [with] LE PARRAIN MAGNIFIQUE
by (FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). (BINDINGS - BEDFORD). GRESSET, JEAN-BAPTISTE-LOUIS
Paris: [Printed by P. Didot l'aîné for] Ant. Aug. Renouard, 1811. 200 x 125 mm. (7 7/8 x 5"). Two volumes. HANDSOME BLUE MOROCCO BY BEDFORD (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in), French fillet borders, raised bands, compartments gilt with central pomegranate tool surrounded by floral tools and sprays, gilt lettering, lacy gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt. With frontispiece portrait in volume I and eight plates before letters after Moreau le Jeune. Front pastedowns with the bookplate of John Roland Abbey.... Read More
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ROLAND FURIEUX, POËME HÉROÏQUE
by (FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). ARIOSTO, [LUDOVICO]
Paris: Brunet, 1775-83. 225 x 142 mm. (8 7/8 x 5 5/8"). With blank leaf M6 in volume III, half title in volume IV. Four volumes. A new translation by M. d'Ussieux. Appealing contemporary marbled calf, gilt, covers with triple gilt fillet border, flat spines gilt in compartments with central patera sunburst, lancet tools at corners and sides, one black and one red morocco label, red paste paper endpapers, all edges gilt. With engraved portrait in volume I... Read More
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JOURNALS OF MAJOR ROBERT ROGERS
by (FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS, PERSONAL ACCOUNTS). ROGERS, ROBERT
London: Printed for the Author, and sold by J. Millan, 1765. FIRST EDITION. 213 x 129 mm. (8 3/8 x 5"). viii, 236 pp., [2] leaves (ads). Contemporary speckled calf, raised bands, spine with gilt rules, red morocco label, all edges sprinkled. Front pastedown with the bookplate of Everett D. Graff along with an early engraved armorial bookplate; front flyleaf with an illegible early ink stamp. Howes R-419; Sabin 72725. Binding with extremities a bit rubbed, but solid,... Read More
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OEUVRES
by (FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - 18TH CENTURY). GESSNER, SALOMON
Paris: Chez l'Auteur, V[eu]ve Hérissant et Barrois, l'aîne, [1786-93]. First Edition with these Illustrations. 485 x 340 mm. (19 x 13 1/2"). Three volumes.. ELEGANT RED STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO BY BOZERIAN (signed in gilt on front free endpaper), covers framed by gilt fillets, double raised bands separated by a strip of black morocco tooled with gilt chain, spine gilt in compartments with a rose or a musical instrument at center, turn-ins with gilt arches roll (Culot 18), green endpapers,... Read More
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[OEUVRES]. TRADUCTION NOUVELLE EN PROSE, SUIVIE DE LA VEILLE DES FÊTES DE VÊNUS, ET D'UN CHOIX DE PIÈCES DE DIFFÊRENS AUTEURS
by (FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). ANACREON, SAPPHO, BION AND MOSCHUS
Paris: Chez Le Boucher, 1773. First Edition with these Illustrations. 214 x 136 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/2"). 2 p.l., iv, 280 pp. (without "Héro et Léandre," as usual).Translated by Julien Jacques Moutonnet de Clairfons. LOVELY RED MOROCCO, GILT, BY CHAMBOLLE-DURU (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with French fillet border, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with rose sprig at center, curling floral cornerpieces, gilt titling, densely gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Engraved frontispiece and... Read More
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FRESCO DECORATIONS AND STUCCOES OF CHURCHES & PALACES IN ITALY, DURING THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURIES. [bound with] DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PLATES . . . WITH AN ESSAY BY J. J. HITTORFF ON THE ARABESQUES OF THE ANCIENTS AS COMPARED WITH THOSE OF RAPHAEL AND HIS SCHOOL
by (FRESCOES AND STUCCOES - RENAISSANCE ITALY). GRUNER, LEWIS
London: Thomas McLean, 1854. New Edition, "largely augmented by numerous plates, plain and colored.. 578 x 406 mm. (22 3/4 x 16"). 4 p.l. (comprising an engraved title page, printed dedication, preface, and list of plates); xvi, 76 pp. (all of the text in the second work inlaid to size). Two related works (a large folio plate volume and a quarto text volume) bound in one volume.. Decorative contemporary dark brown half morocco, marbled paper sides, broad decorated... Read More
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IN THE CLEARING
by FROST, ROBERT
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962. FIRST EDITION. No. 850 of 1,500 copies. 248 x 157 mm. (9 3/4 x 6 1/4"). 1 p.l., 101, [1] pp., [1] leaf. Publisher's tan buckram, spine printed in black and gilt. In the original black paper slipcase (in excellent condition). SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the limitation page. Front pastedown with ex-libris of the Rev. John Annas Jr. with gift inscription from John III. Crane A41. An extremely fine copy.... Read More
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A WITNESS TREE
by FROST, ROBERT
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1942. First Trade Edition. 220 x 143 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 3/4"). 1 p.l., 91, [1] pp. Publisher's blue buckram, cover and spine lettered in gold. In original dust jacket, clipped but retaining price. With frontispiece portrait drawing by Enit Kaufman. Ink presentation inscription on front flyleaf: "For Owen Dodson/ from / Ellen / Irene Diggs/ 1942 Atlanta." Crane A25.1 A very fine volume in a very good jacket (the jacket... Read More
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AFORESAID
by FROST, ROBERT
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1954. No. 524 of 650 COPIES. 242 x 152 mm. (9 1/2 x 6"). xiii, [1], 114 pp. Publisher's green buckram, cover printed in dark green and gilt, flat spine similarly lettered. In original green slipcase (the case sunned and a little worn). Frontispiece photograph of the author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the limitation page. Crane A37. Tiny spot and trivial scratch on rear board, otherwise quite a fine copy, the... Read More
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A BOY'S WILL
by FROST, ROBERT
London: David Nutt, 1913. FIRST EDITION, Second Issue. With the blank preceding the first leaf of text, and "Printed in Great Britain" rubber-stamped on verso of title. 183 x 120 mm. (7 1/4 x 4 3/4"). ix, [1] pp., [1] leaf (blank), 50 pp., [1] leaf. Publisher's cream vellum-paper printed wrappers (variant binding D), housed in a modern green morocco-backed marbled paper clamshell box. SPECIALLY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on title: "For Franklin Bennett/ from/ Robert... Read More
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LIBER DE PLENITUDINE. [with] POLYBIUS. DE SALUBRI VICTUS RATIONE PRIVATORUM
by GALENUS, CLAUDIUS
[Paris]: [Simon du Bois] apud Chrestien Wechel, 1528. First Separate Edition of "Plenitudine.. 265 x 185 mm. (10 1/2 x 7 1/2"). 25, 3 pp. (printed on 14 leaves). Old (contemporary?) limp vellum, all edges dyed. Historiated woodcut initial beginning each section. Faint ink underlining throughout. Durling 1917; Wellcome I 2600; USTC 145959. Upper cover splayed, vellum a bit rumpled and soiled, but the unsophisticated binding solid and harmless; several very neat repairs internally (including to title page),... Read More
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