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HEREDIA (José-Maria de)
Les Trophées.
Autograph signed letter to Orientalist painter Benjamin-Constant.
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Set of two illustrated manuscript volumes on bookbinding and its history, and a volume of drawings by bookbinder Claude Larue Duverne, known as Larue Duverne fils.
One volume is illustrated with 78 reproductions of bindings cut from catalogs, and 6 original drawings of decorated bindings signed by the bookbinder.
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Lithographic stone for a document from the Dubuffet warehouses in Le Havre. Rum. Wines from Algeria. Fine foreign wines. Direct printing.
An amusing reminder of the important alcohol import and distribution business founded by Charles Alexandre Dubuffet (1870-1927), father of the first Art Brut theorist Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985).
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Déscription abrégeé [sic] de l’Hopital royal de la Marine à Greenwich, extraite de la relation historique, publiée par Messieurs les Chapelains.
A very rare French translation that could only be purchased at its sole point of sale: Greenwich Hospital.
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Le Siècle, commencera le 1er Juin, L’Auberge du Monde, tableau de Paris de 1867 à 1870, par Hector Malot.
A beautiful poster showing the most beautiful monuments in Paris on a single map.
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Elévations au Sacré-coeur.
A rare edition which only appeared during the month of April 1834 in order to pray for the events of the Rue Transnonain, the massacre of Parisians by Louis-Philippe’s soldiers.
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SAINT-HILAIRE (Emile)
Incendie de Salins. Notice historique sur cette ville, son origine, sa position topographique, sa population, son industrie, etc. Suivie du récit de sa catastrophe.
Rare work printed in aid of the Salins-les-Bains fire victims in the Jura.
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Échange de cartes.
Copy enriched with an original drawing and 6 autograph postcards, four from Devillers to Boutet and two from Boutet to Devillers.
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Box for account books by Chaulin, papermaker to the King.
Charming book-box signed Chaulin, papermaker to the King.
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Le Rire aux éclats. Journal de Poilus rédigé dans les tranchées pendant la Grande Guerre 1914-1918. 74e Division d’Infanterie Secteur 185.
Complete collection of 24 issues of this rare trench journal.
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Journal de Guignol, drolatique, satirique, amphigourique, cascadeur, fouailleur et gouailleur [Followed by] Journal de Gnafron, cousin de Guignol, organe de la décentralisation littéraire et artistique [Followed by] La Galerie du Journal de Guignol.
Rare satirical reviews from Lyon, testimony to republican and internationalist opposition under the Second Empire.
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[BECELLI (Giulio Cesare)]
Della novella poesia cioe’ del vero genere e particolari bellezze della poesia italiana. Libri tre.
A fine copy in contemporary red morocco bearing the label formerly affixed by the bookbinder Padeloup.
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Nécessaire Mademoiselle Eléonore Moreau.
Charming book containing a young girl’s toiletries in 1820.
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CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand)
Carbon copy of the publishing contract for Voyage au bout de la nuit, from the author’s archives.
A publishing contract for Voyage au bout de la nuit from the Céline archives.
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Union des Femmes trompées de France. Diplôme d’honneur.
A rare document for husbands with dubious humor to offer on April 1st.
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Drawing of the King in hunter’s garb.
A previously unpublished original drawing by the King of the disowned version of the legendary first French animated feature The King and the Bird.
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MOREL DE RUBEMPRÉ (Joseph)
La véritable médecine de Vénus sans le médecin pour la guérison prompte et radicale de la syphilis ou maladies secrètes
An interesting account of attempts to treat secret illnesses in the 1830s.
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RAPIN (René)
Hortorum libri 4. Editio altera.
A charming copy with the crowned double arms and double numeral of Julie d’Angennes and her husband, whose text resonates with their love story.
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Tables for measuring surfaces.
Superb specimen of a handwritten toolbook on vellum skin, featuring some forty small sketches and geometric figures.
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Albums souvenirs des dîners du Bon Bock.
Rare collection of the three Albums du Bon Bock, off-the-shelf collections of souvenirs from the dinners of this society of literati and artists.
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Collections of 16th-century lettering.
75 plates of lettering from prints in Paris, Basel, Venice and Florence.
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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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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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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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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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[MONNIER (Adrienne)]
Portrait of Adrienne Monnier signed by Gisèle Freund.
Edition of 30 copies signed by Gisèle Freund.
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BERNET (Henri)
Anthologie des poètes du cidre.
One of two proof copies of this unpublished work, enriched with 11 manuscript poems and letters from Norman poets.
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DESCAVES (Lucien)
Corrected typescript of his speech at the Pèlerinage de Médan.
Lucien Descaves’ expression of regret at having signed the Manifesto of the Five, along with numerous other documents.
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