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MAETERLINCK (Maurice)
La Sagesse et la destinée.
1 500€Rare specimen binding entirely in the hand of Saint-André de Lignereux.
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BOURGET (Paul)
Pastels. Ten portraits of women.
2 200€Exceptional trompe-l’oeil leatherwork for the volume’s lining, by master craftsman Ambroise Saint-André de Lignereux (1861-1936).
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Rules for the inaugural Port-Aviation kite contest.
2 200€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.
1 800€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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Binding of a register made by a stationer on rue de Seine.
1 000€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.
2 200€Curious manuscript containing 140 “unpublished” pieces by Lyon poet François Gacon (1667-1725), known as “le Poète sans fard”.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…
1 000€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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LEMAIRE (Charles)
Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d’Europe.
900€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.
450€“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.
1 500€An interesting unpublished manuscript that we haven’t been able to determine whether it’s erudition, literary folly, or a bit of both.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.
350€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.
800€Pretty iconography, mainly advertising and ornamental, from the 1920s-1930s.
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HEUZÉ (Edmond)
La mort du cheval Capulet.
650€Edition of 30 copies on blue paper, this one of 5 numbered in Roman numerals, nominative for Jacques André.
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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.
1 500€Humorous and romantic manuscripts by this pioneer of children’s books.
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DULUD (Jacques-Michel)
Collection comprising a binding and a framed piece by Jacques-Michel Dulud, a specialist in ornamental leather.
2 000€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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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.
2 200€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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A butterfly hunter’s album.
2 800€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.
2 000€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.
3 800€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.
2 200€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.
2 000€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.
2 000€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.
1 600€Charming collection of 13 painted works and one engraving by American students at the Beaux-Arts de Paris.
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GIDE (André)
Le roi Candaule.
2 500€Beautiful binding by Yvonne Roulier, offering a very rare specimen of Art Deco binding decorated with a cloisonné enamel plate specially executed for its decoration.
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Necessary Almanac or Everyday Portfolio for the year 1782.
600€A charming copy of portable almanac.
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DULION
Grand tarif des réductions de la Monnoie de France, courant de Brabant, et Argent des Pays-Bas, et vice versâ, ainsi que des espèces d’or et d’argent contenues dans les Décrets de 1810.
350€A charming copy in its contemporary binding, enriched with vellum strips covered with papers marked with fine typographical calligraphy.
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MIRECOURT (Eugène de)
Fabrique de romans. Maison Alexandre Dumas et Compagnie.
1 200€A tribute copy, a souvenir of the Dumas trial, bearing four signed autograph
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Art nouveau pyrographed box signed G. Lasègue de Lafite.
750€Charming musical instrument box (?) with Art Nouveau pyrographed decoration by G. Lasègue de Lafite in 1909.
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HEUZÉ (Edmond)
Monsieur Victor.
900€Charming Art Deco aesthetic in a fine lined binding by the bookbinders Marot and Rodde.
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ROGER (Désiré)
Les Joyeuses. From 1845 to 1854.
2 200€Autograph manuscript by the chansonnier Eugène Baillet (1829-1906), containing over sixty unpublished chansons populaires by the hunchbacked Parisian chansonnier Désiré Roger (1825-1864).
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MOMIGNY (Henri Lysias de)
Autograph music booklet presented to his future wife.
1 000€Charming musical manuscript consisting of 20 pages of embossed music paper, 9 of which bear ink compositions and 5 are enhanced in color.
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Patriotic subscription by French women to help liberate occupied departments.
1 200€Fragile testimony to the central role played by women in this patriotic effort to liberate France.
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[MONNIER (Adrienne)]
Portrait of Adrienne Monnier signed by Gisèle Freund.
1 200€Edition of 30 copies signed by Gisèle Freund.
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Wallpaper album from Maison G. G., Paris.
3 500€Important album containing over 300 wallpaper samples, most of them stencil-decorated.
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Aminta. Favola boschereccia di Torquato Tasso.
1 200€Rare color edition with additional prints, finely bound by Simier.
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BERNET (Henri)
Anthologie des poètes du cidre.
1 200€One of two proof copies of this unpublished work, enriched with 11 manuscript poems and letters from Norman poets.
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[CHEVALIER D'ÉON (Charles d'Éon de Beaumont dit le)]
Remarques sur Sainct Augustin dans son Commentaire ou Exposition sur l’Évangile de St. Jean sur le Traicté Ier.
4 000€From the library of Chevalier d’Éon (1728-1810), with the pagination and four autograph table pages.
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DESCAVES (Lucien)
Corrected typescript of his speech at the Pèlerinage de Médan.
1 400€Lucien Descaves’ expression of regret at having signed the Manifesto of the Five, along with numerous other documents.
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HENRIC (Jacques)
Pierre Klossowski.
1 200€The first attempt at a complete catalog of Pierre Klossowski’s graphic works, one of 99 copies containing an original signed lithograph.
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