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Album of 1,000 small drawings and engravings.
Superb collection of a thousand small cut-out drawings and engravings, some of them early.
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Histoire de Valentin et Orson, très-hardis, très-nobles et très-vaillans chevaliers, Fils de l’Empereur de Grèce et neveux du très-vaillant et très-chrétien Pépin, Roi de France.
Rare edition from the Deckherr press in Montbéliard.
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Bains Marie-Thérèse.
Very rare brochure promoting the Marie-Thérèse Baths, La Rochelle’s very first baths, published before they opened in June 1827.
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Le Livre du destin. Traduction ou imitation en vers du celèbre Indovinela Grillo de Innocenzio Paribonda.
The Book of Destiny contains 70 queries whose answers are obtained by activating a metal needle mounted in the book.
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Dieu et Patrie ! Souvenirs d’un volontaire de l’Ouest.
Probably the only surviving record of this rich testimony to the commitment and service of a young Western Volunteer soldier.
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Collection of drawings and engravings of ancient bas-reliefs and scenes.
Extensive iconography featuring 110 tracing drawings and 10 engravings of ancient Greek and Roman bas-reliefs (except for two drawings after Jean Goujon).
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HALÉVY (Ludovic)
Guignol.
Edition of only 25 copies, this being no. 1, with three original watercolors by Georges Meunier (1869-1942).
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Collection of 300 decorative stencilled motifs.
Important recueil de plus de 300 motifs réalisés pour des papiers peints et/ou tissus.
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Collection of decorative patterns for handbags, tunics and scarves.
Large volume containing over 1000 patterns for decorated fabrics, mainly for handbags, tunics and scarves.
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LECOY DE LA MARCHE (Albert)
Les manuscrits et la miniature.
A unique copy featuring a reproduction of a miniature from Anne de Bretagne’s Book of Hours, colored and enhanced with gold and silver by an amateur of the period.
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Les Flibustiers de la mer du Sud.
Beautifully decorated binding by the painter and architect Jean-Paul Alaux (1876-1955), with a preparatory drawing for the decoration.
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[KOOPS (Matthias)]
Historical account of the substances which have been used to describe events and to convey ideas, from the earliest date, to the invention of paper. Printed on the first useful paper manufactured sole[l]y from straw.
First edition printed on “the first useful Paper which has ever been made from Straw” in order to present this paper to George III and no doubt to potential investors.
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LAIR (Pierre-Aimé)
Two reports from the Société d’agriculture et de commerce de Caen printed on straw paper.
Two extremely rare specimens of prints on straw paper made by Gabriel Désétables, a pioneer of this type of paper during the First Empire and “the most skilled manufacturer in Vire and the entire Bocage (1)”.
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DUCHESNE (Jean)
Essai sur les nielles, gravures des orfèvres florentins du XVe siècle.
One of two copies printed on straw paper, offering a very rare specimen of this type of paper from the Montgolfier brothers’ factory in Annonay.
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FÉNELON (François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon dit)
Directions pour la conscience d’un roi, ou Examen de conscience sur les devoirs de la royauté.
A very rare specimen of straw vellum paper chosen by Antoine-Augustin Renouard as bibliophilic paper.
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Wood engraving of a “Au Roy de Siam” sign.
The sign depicted could be that of Thomas Joachim Hébert (1678-1773), one of the most important Parisian mercier merchants of the time and supplier to the royal family.
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Adora un folo Dio, qual n’hà creato, Nô nominar il fuo gran nome in vano…
A very rare specimen of a religious printing sheet intended for cutting and distribution.
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Popular handwritten dictionaries.
Exceptional collection of three dictionaries and a small lexicon of 18th-century manuscript marine terms, with a total of around 2,000 alphabetically-sorted entries.
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Diploma in Canon and Civil Law from the University of Rome, now La Sapienza.
Precious diploma in canon and civil law from the University of Rome, calligraphed on vellum in gold ink.
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Traits pour former la main.
Superb large-format manuscript for teaching calligraphy, signed by a master calligrapher by the name of Huin (?).
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BERNY DE NOGENT (Pierre-Jean-Paul)
La belle allemande.
Superb calligraphic engraving by master writer Pierre-Jean-Paul Berny de Nogent (1722-1779), engraved in Frankfurt by Jakob Conrad Back.
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DESNOS (Louis Charles)
Dissertation historique sur l’invention des lettres ou Caractères d’écriture : sur les instruments dont les anciens se sont servi pour écrire et sur les matières qu’ils ont employées.
48 sample sheets of a new paper invented by Desnos, with an ingenious compartment in the spine for a stylus.
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Notebook.
A curious specimen of bookbinding with geometric embroidered decoration, far removed from the figurative productions more widespread at the time.
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Lithographed advertising calendar for the Au bon Diable store.
Rare advertising calendar for the Bon Diable cheap clothing house in Paris, 39 rue de Rivoli.
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Wallet with perpetual calendar illustrated with compositions printed on leather.
Charming advertising wallet-calendar-perpetual illustrated with 6 compositions including 2 large ones printed on leather.
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VIGNÉ (Jean-Baptiste)
Copies of his correspondence with colleagues, learned societies and patients.
An important source on the activities of a particularly active corresponding member of several medical societies, and a pioneer in the practice of vaccination.
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Long suite of engravings of military costumes.
Superb staging of popular engravings in a parade over 20 metres long.
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MAETERLINCK (Maurice)
La Sagesse et la destinée.
Rare specimen binding entirely in the hand of Saint-André de Lignereux.
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BOURGET (Paul)
Pastels. Ten portraits of women.
Exceptional trompe-l’oeil leatherwork for the volume’s lining, by master craftsman Ambroise Saint-André de Lignereux (1861-1936).
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An album of London samples of materials used to create bindings, collected by Canadian bookbinder Oswald Rogers.
An interesting set of bookbinding materials available in London in the 1930s.
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Rules for the inaugural Port-Aviation kite contest.
A moving document of the little pioneers’ contest to celebrate the inauguration of the world’s first aerodrome, at one of the very first international airshows.
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Project for a stained-glass window depicting Saint Hubert.
Magnificent full-length depiction of Saint Hubert, a stained glass project from the workshop of Nancy glass painter Wiliam-Antoine Geisler (1880-1970).
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LECONTE DE LISLE (Charles Marie Leconte dit)
Œuvres. Poèmes barbares. [et] Poèmes antiques.
Fine examples of bindings with embossed and tinted leather decorations, probably early productions of bookbinder and adventurer Anita Conti, born Caracotchian (1899-1997).
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Prières à Dieu à Notre Dame et aux Saints.
Charming work entirely illuminated on vellum skin with gold and silver highlights.
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CONTI (Louise-Marguerite de Lorraine de)
Histoire des amours d’Henry le Grand, Roy de France et de Navarre. Escrite par Madame L. Marguerite de Loraine Princesse de Conty.
Charming 17th-century manuscript copy bound in an amateur’s cipher.
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Binding of a register made by a stationer on rue de Seine.
Beautiful central ornament bearing a gilded numeral on a mosaic red morocco piece.
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Différentes Oeuvres de Monsieur Gacon qui ne sont pas compris dans le Recueil de ses pièces imprimées.Done in Paris on January 27, 1727.
Curious manuscript containing 140 “unpublished” pieces by Lyon poet François Gacon (1667-1725), known as “le Poète sans fard”.
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Théâtre-Français. Les comédiens ordinaires du Roi donneront aujourd’hui vendredi 26 juillet 1816, Le Philinte de Molière…
Rare specimen poster from the Théâtre-Français or Comédie-Française, announcing a same-day performance of Molière’s Philinte by Fabre-d’Eglantine.
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Collection of 6 uncut sheets of rebus, packaging, portrait or question-and-answer games.
Rare in this condition.
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LEMAIRE (Charles)
Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d’Europe.
Superb brush-colored illustration consisting of a title plate “Oiseaux d’Europe” and 80 steel-engraved plates after Pauquet.
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Two autograph letters signed in connection with the publication of Le Dragon Impérial.
“The historical character of the book and the picture of Chinese mores it presents are indeed likely to be of interest at the moment.”
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Essai sur les aberrations des étymologistes.
An interesting unpublished manuscript that we haven’t been able to determine whether it’s erudition, literary folly, or a bit of both.
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Toilette d’une romaine au temps d’Auguste et conseils à une parisienne sur les cosmétiques.
Copy printed on China paper, possibly the only one of its kind.
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Collection of over 100 drawings, including some by Roger de Valerio.
Pretty iconography, mainly advertising and ornamental, from the 1920s-1930s.
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HEUZÉ (Edmond)
La mort du cheval Capulet.
Edition of 30 copies on blue paper, this one of 5 numbered in Roman numerals, nominative for Jacques André.
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Catalog of ancient and modern painters.
Important handwritten dictionary containing over 2,000 entries on painters and engravers from the Renaissance to the early 19th century.
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BRÈS (Jean-Pierre)
Autographed collection of poems, articles, stories and short stories, notably for the Journal des Dames et des Modes.
Humorous and romantic manuscripts by this pioneer of children’s books.
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LAMENNAIS (Félicité de La Mennais dit)
Collection of autograph reading notes on Mahometism and the Koran, as well as writings from his youth.
Important autograph record of the study of Mahometism and the Koran by the very Catholic Félicité de La Mennais (1782-1854).
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DULUD (Jacques-Michel)
Collection comprising a binding and a framed piece by Jacques-Michel Dulud, a specialist in ornamental leather.
Two rare examples of creations by inventor and decorator Jacques-Michel Dulud (1809-1884), a specialist in embossed leather and a patented supplier to the Emperor.
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[GREENAWAY (Kate)]
Wood matrix for the Marigold Garden collection.
Beautiful original matrix engraved by Edmund Evans from a composition by Kate Greenaway.
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La Musette. Recueil d’élucubrations versifiées des Typos de l’Imprimerie Nouvelle. [puis] des Typo-poètes de France. [puis] des petits poètes et chansonniers de France.
Complete collection of this untraceable workers’ magazine written by and for the typographers at Imprimerie Nouvelle. With the issues that led to the manager being charged with indecent exposure.
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Calligraphy piece decorated with pen-and-ink drawings.
Charming 17th-century calligraphy adorned with pen-and-ink drawings.
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A butterfly hunter’s album.
Charming and curious album by a butterfly hunter, containing 76 pairs of finely arranged and glued wings, completed with the body of each butterfly in gouache.
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Game box painted by a soldier containing three games.
Amusing game box with a humorous scene or painted caricature on each side.
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Lithographed poster for the Bal de l’Opéra.
Huge lithographed poster for a ball at the Opéra Garnier, by painter and poster artist Edouard Charles Lucas (1866-1925) aka Charle Lucas.
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14 designs for frescoes or tapestries for the home of Baron A.R.
Superb collection of 14 drawings in gouache, colored pencil or wash, probably executed to decorate the walls of a baronial residence.
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The Young King. The Fisherman and his Soul.
A superb collection of Oscar Wilde’s tales, entirely calligraphed by the actress Rylda Lindsay-Toone de Dampierre (1903-1934), adorned by her with a gold calligraphed title on vellum and 7 full-page watercolors.
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MARIX (Louis Mourier dit)
Large drawing depicting the arrival of American President Woodrow Wilson in Paris.
The first-ever trip to Europe by an American president.
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Collection of 14 painted postcards and 2 issues of Gazette Laloux, published by the American Student Committee of the Ecole des Beaux-Art de Paris.
Charming collection of 13 painted works and one engraving by American students at the Beaux-Arts de Paris.
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Set of original drawings of observations of the Littrow lunar region.
Charming suite of seven drawings of Moon observations by astronomer and selenographer Maurice Darney (1882-1958).
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