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A fine group of 27 titles, 1570 - 1953, as follows:
Tahureau, Jaques. Les Diagloues [sic] … Gentilhomme du Mans, Non moins profitable que facetieus [sic]. Paris: Gabriel Buon, 1570, 12mo, woodcut vignette on title, woodcut headpiece and decorative initial, red morocco, triple-fillet border, spine gilt, edges gilt, dentelles, by Trautz-Bauzonnet, Tchemerzine X, 342 — [Aubigné, Théodore-Agrippa d’]. Les Avantures du Baron de Faeneste. Comprinses en quatre Parties. Au Dezert: [Geneva: P. Aubert] for the author, 1630, 8vo, woodcut device on title and decorative initials; some light browning, a few marginal spots on title, dark-green morocco, goldstamped fleurons at four corners, dentelles, edges gilt, by Trautz-Bauzonnet. First complete edition of the four parts, second issue “contrefaçon” (DeBacker). Tchemerzine I, 175 — Bouchet, Guillaume. Serres de … Livre Premier [-Second]. Rouen: Louys & Daniel Loudet, 1635. 8vo, woodcut title vignette; light browning and marginal spotting. 18th-century mottled calf, triple-fillet border, spine gilt, red edges, “Ex libris R. H.” dated 1909; joints cracked, extremities rubbed. 36 after-dinner dialogues first published in 1584. — Longus. Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé. [Paris: Quillau], 1718. 8vo, additional engraved title by Benoît Audran after A. Coypel, engraved headpiece by Scotin, 6 engraved initials, 28 engraved plates of which 13 are double-page, by Audran after Philippe, duc d’Orléans, with the “petits pieds” plate after the Comte de Caylus (engraved in 1728) bound at the end; lower margins of A1 and A8 discolored, small repaired tear in leaf A2, contemporary red morocco, triple-fillet border, spine gilt, edges gilt, extremities rubbed, a few scrapes, bookplate of Gustave Chancel. First edition with these illustrations. Cohen-De Ricci 648-651; Ray, French 2. — Bergson, Henri. L’Intuition Philosophique. Paris: Pelletan, 1927, 8vo, red calf gilt, printed wrappers bound in, in a red boards slipcase. — Céard, Henry. Une Belle Journée. Paris: Charpentier, 1881, 8vo, three-quarter red morocco, original printed wrappers bound in. — Chardonne, Jacques. Vivre à Madère. Roman. [Paris:] Bernard Grasset, 1953, Les Cahiers Verts –XVI, 8vo, dark green three-quarter morocco, printed wrappers bound in. — Mille, Pierre. Dix-Sept Histoires Merveilleuses. Paris: chez Claude Aveline, 1924, 4to, title printed in red and black, half-title, limitation page, woodcut title in red and black, woodcut chapter vignettes, red three-quarter morocco, top-edge gilt, original wrappers bound in. — Bainville, Jacques. La Troisième République 1870-1935. Paris: Fayard, [1935], 8vo with one leaf in each quire left with large margins, no. 87 of 250 on “bibliophile vellum,” three-quarter red morocco, printed wrappers bound in. — Gourmont, Remy de. Une Nuit au Luxembourg … gravées sur bois par F. Siméon. Paris: chez Claude Aveline, 1926, 8vo, half-title, limitation page, additional woodcut title, dark brown three-quarter morocco, by H. Blanchetière, original wrappers bound in. — Goncourt, Edmond & Jules. Oeuvres … Renée Mauperin. Paris: Alphone Lemerre, 1875, 8vo, title printed in red and black, half-title with limitation on verso, etched portraits of the authors, maroon three-quarter morocco by M. Albinac, printed wrappers bound in, inscribed by Edmond Goncourt “ à M. Cernuschi en souvenir de sa visite à Auxeuil.” — Arène, Paul. Oeuvres de … Jean-Des-Figues. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1884, 8vo, title printed in red and black, half-title with limitation on verso, etched portrait, orange half-morocco, top-edge gilt, original wrappers bound in. — Barrès, Maurice. Un Jardin sur l’Oronte. Paris: Librairie Plon, [1922], 8vo, half-title facing limitation page, uncut, half morocco, spine gilt. — Poëte, Marcel. Une Vie de Cité Paris de sa Naissance à nos Jours. Paris: Auguste Picard, 1924, 4 volumes including “Album” of 600 images, large 8vo, blue three-quarter morocco, by M. Albinhac, original wrappers bound in. — France, Anatole. Thaïs. Quinze compositions don’t un frontispice en couleurs par Georges Rochegrosse. Paris: Librairie des Amateurs A. Ferroud, 1909, 8vo, half-title with limitation on verso, frontispiece in color, other illustrations in black and white, purple three-quarter morocco, spine gilt, top edge gilt, by M. Albinhac, original wrappers bound in. — Gautier, Théophile. Les Jeunes France Romans Goguenards. Lyon: H. Lardanchet, 1914, 8vo, half-title with limitation on verso (“hors commerce”), title printed in red and black, red half-straight-grain morocco, spine gilt, top-edge gilt, original wrappers bound in. — Béraud, Henri. Vous ne Connaissez pas Mon Pays. Bois originaux de Jean Chièze. Lyon: Les Tables Claudiennes, chez H. Lardanchet, 1944, 8vo, title printed in red and black, no. XLIX of 100 copies on “pur fil lafuma”, red three-quarter morocco, by A. & R. Maylander, original wrappers bound in. — Suarès, André. Voici l’Homme. Paris: Bibliothèque de l’Occident, 1906, large 8vo, half-title, dark-blue blind-tooled morocco, dentelles, by E. Carayon, original wrappers bound in. — Théatre de Guignol publié par la Société des “Amis de Guignol”. Lyon: Camus & Carnet, 1929, 2 volumes, large 8vo; some browning, vellum, original wrappers bound in, exlibris “A. Burton, 8 Décembre ‘34” on flyleaves. — Vingtrinier, Emmanuel. Le Lyon de Nos Pères. Lyon: Bernoux, Cumin & Masson, 1901, folio, title printed in red and black, additional steel-engraved title with limitation on verso, copy 801 printed for Marius Siraud, etched frontispiece and plates, numerous text illustrations, maroon three-quarter morocco, edges gilt, by M. Albinhac, original wrappers bound in, in a boards slipcase. — Chamisso, Adelbert de. Pierre Schlémihl. Paris: E. Dentu, 1893, 12mo, half-title, Nelumbo vignette, printed sentiment leaf, maroon straight-grain half morocco, original wrappers bound in, from the “Petite Collection Guillaume.” — Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de. Théatre de Beaumarchais … Le Mariage de Figaro. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1872, 8vo, half-title with limitation on verso, publisher’s vignette on title, red morocco, dentelles, edges gilt, by Canape. — Chazournes, Félix de. Ophélia ou l’Anglaise de la Colline. Lithographies par Jacques Laplace. Lyon: Tables Claudiennes chez H. Lardanchet, 1946. 8vo, title printed in green and black, half-title with limitation on verso, no. XLVI of 50 copies on vélin de Rives, green three-quarter morocco by A. & R. Maylander, original wrappers bound in. — Chénier, André. Poésies. Lyon: H. Lardanchet, 1919. 8vo, title printed in red and black, half-title with limitation on verso, maroon three-quarter morocco, spine gilt, top-edge gilt, original wrappers bound in. — Mercier, Louis. Poèmes de la Tranchée. Lyon: H. Lardanchet, 1916. 4to, half-title with limitation on verso, no. 19 of 25 on japon, blue three-quarter morocco, by M. Albinhac, original wrappers bound in. — Focillon, Henri. Le Mont dans la Ville. Lithographies originales par Georges Gobô. Paris: for the artist, 1928. 4to, half-title, frontispiece, copy XXXI of 25 on japon with an extra suite of lithographs on japon “avec remarques a la sanguine.” Green morocco blind- and gilt-ruled in diagonals, top- and fore-edge gilt, green morocco gilt-ruled doublures, maroon silk endleaves, in a boards slipcase, by E. Maylander, with original wrappers, and a prospectus bound in at the end. — Chadourne, Louis. Le Maitre du Navire illustré de soixante-cinq bois originaux de Pierre Falké. Paris: Collection des Arts, G. Crès & Cie, 1925, 4to, frontispiece in watercolor pen-and-ink by Falké, half-title, colored woodcuts, orange three-quarter morocco, in a boards slipcase, by A. & R. Maylander, original wrappers bound in. — Bazin, Hervé. Au Nom du Fils. Paris: du Seuil, 1960. 8vo, half-title, green half morocco, in a boards slipcase, original wrappers bound in, inscribed by the author.
In all, 27 titles in 31 volumes.
Tahureau, Jaques. Les Diagloues [sic] … Gentilhomme du Mans, Non moins profitable que facetieus [sic]. Paris: Gabriel Buon, 1570, 12mo, woodcut vignette on title, woodcut headpiece and decorative initial, red morocco, triple-fillet border, spine gilt, edges gilt, dentelles, by Trautz-Bauzonnet, Tchemerzine X, 342 — [Aubigné, Théodore-Agrippa d’]. Les Avantures du Baron de Faeneste. Comprinses en quatre Parties. Au Dezert: [Geneva: P. Aubert] for the author, 1630, 8vo, woodcut device on title and decorative initials; some light browning, a few marginal spots on title, dark-green morocco, goldstamped fleurons at four corners, dentelles, edges gilt, by Trautz-Bauzonnet. First complete edition of the four parts, second issue “contrefaçon” (DeBacker). Tchemerzine I, 175 — Bouchet, Guillaume. Serres de … Livre Premier [-Second]. Rouen: Louys & Daniel Loudet, 1635. 8vo, woodcut title vignette; light browning and marginal spotting. 18th-century mottled calf, triple-fillet border, spine gilt, red edges, “Ex libris R. H.” dated 1909; joints cracked, extremities rubbed. 36 after-dinner dialogues first published in 1584. — Longus. Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé. [Paris: Quillau], 1718. 8vo, additional engraved title by Benoît Audran after A. Coypel, engraved headpiece by Scotin, 6 engraved initials, 28 engraved plates of which 13 are double-page, by Audran after Philippe, duc d’Orléans, with the “petits pieds” plate after the Comte de Caylus (engraved in 1728) bound at the end; lower margins of A1 and A8 discolored, small repaired tear in leaf A2, contemporary red morocco, triple-fillet border, spine gilt, edges gilt, extremities rubbed, a few scrapes, bookplate of Gustave Chancel. First edition with these illustrations. Cohen-De Ricci 648-651; Ray, French 2. — Bergson, Henri. L’Intuition Philosophique. Paris: Pelletan, 1927, 8vo, red calf gilt, printed wrappers bound in, in a red boards slipcase. — Céard, Henry. Une Belle Journée. Paris: Charpentier, 1881, 8vo, three-quarter red morocco, original printed wrappers bound in. — Chardonne, Jacques. Vivre à Madère. Roman. [Paris:] Bernard Grasset, 1953, Les Cahiers Verts –XVI, 8vo, dark green three-quarter morocco, printed wrappers bound in. — Mille, Pierre. Dix-Sept Histoires Merveilleuses. Paris: chez Claude Aveline, 1924, 4to, title printed in red and black, half-title, limitation page, woodcut title in red and black, woodcut chapter vignettes, red three-quarter morocco, top-edge gilt, original wrappers bound in. — Bainville, Jacques. La Troisième République 1870-1935. Paris: Fayard, [1935], 8vo with one leaf in each quire left with large margins, no. 87 of 250 on “bibliophile vellum,” three-quarter red morocco, printed wrappers bound in. — Gourmont, Remy de. Une Nuit au Luxembourg … gravées sur bois par F. Siméon. Paris: chez Claude Aveline, 1926, 8vo, half-title, limitation page, additional woodcut title, dark brown three-quarter morocco, by H. Blanchetière, original wrappers bound in. — Goncourt, Edmond & Jules. Oeuvres … Renée Mauperin. Paris: Alphone Lemerre, 1875, 8vo, title printed in red and black, half-title with limitation on verso, etched portraits of the authors, maroon three-quarter morocco by M. Albinac, printed wrappers bound in, inscribed by Edmond Goncourt “ à M. Cernuschi en souvenir de sa visite à Auxeuil.” — Arène, Paul. Oeuvres de … Jean-Des-Figues. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1884, 8vo, title printed in red and black, half-title with limitation on verso, etched portrait, orange half-morocco, top-edge gilt, original wrappers bound in. — Barrès, Maurice. Un Jardin sur l’Oronte. Paris: Librairie Plon, [1922], 8vo, half-title facing limitation page, uncut, half morocco, spine gilt. — Poëte, Marcel. Une Vie de Cité Paris de sa Naissance à nos Jours. Paris: Auguste Picard, 1924, 4 volumes including “Album” of 600 images, large 8vo, blue three-quarter morocco, by M. Albinhac, original wrappers bound in. — France, Anatole. Thaïs. Quinze compositions don’t un frontispice en couleurs par Georges Rochegrosse. Paris: Librairie des Amateurs A. Ferroud, 1909, 8vo, half-title with limitation on verso, frontispiece in color, other illustrations in black and white, purple three-quarter morocco, spine gilt, top edge gilt, by M. Albinhac, original wrappers bound in. — Gautier, Théophile. Les Jeunes France Romans Goguenards. Lyon: H. Lardanchet, 1914, 8vo, half-title with limitation on verso (“hors commerce”), title printed in red and black, red half-straight-grain morocco, spine gilt, top-edge gilt, original wrappers bound in. — Béraud, Henri. Vous ne Connaissez pas Mon Pays. Bois originaux de Jean Chièze. Lyon: Les Tables Claudiennes, chez H. Lardanchet, 1944, 8vo, title printed in red and black, no. XLIX of 100 copies on “pur fil lafuma”, red three-quarter morocco, by A. & R. Maylander, original wrappers bound in. — Suarès, André. Voici l’Homme. Paris: Bibliothèque de l’Occident, 1906, large 8vo, half-title, dark-blue blind-tooled morocco, dentelles, by E. Carayon, original wrappers bound in. — Théatre de Guignol publié par la Société des “Amis de Guignol”. Lyon: Camus & Carnet, 1929, 2 volumes, large 8vo; some browning, vellum, original wrappers bound in, exlibris “A. Burton, 8 Décembre ‘34” on flyleaves. — Vingtrinier, Emmanuel. Le Lyon de Nos Pères. Lyon: Bernoux, Cumin & Masson, 1901, folio, title printed in red and black, additional steel-engraved title with limitation on verso, copy 801 printed for Marius Siraud, etched frontispiece and plates, numerous text illustrations, maroon three-quarter morocco, edges gilt, by M. Albinhac, original wrappers bound in, in a boards slipcase. — Chamisso, Adelbert de. Pierre Schlémihl. Paris: E. Dentu, 1893, 12mo, half-title, Nelumbo vignette, printed sentiment leaf, maroon straight-grain half morocco, original wrappers bound in, from the “Petite Collection Guillaume.” — Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de. Théatre de Beaumarchais … Le Mariage de Figaro. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1872, 8vo, half-title with limitation on verso, publisher’s vignette on title, red morocco, dentelles, edges gilt, by Canape. — Chazournes, Félix de. Ophélia ou l’Anglaise de la Colline. Lithographies par Jacques Laplace. Lyon: Tables Claudiennes chez H. Lardanchet, 1946. 8vo, title printed in green and black, half-title with limitation on verso, no. XLVI of 50 copies on vélin de Rives, green three-quarter morocco by A. & R. Maylander, original wrappers bound in. — Chénier, André. Poésies. Lyon: H. Lardanchet, 1919. 8vo, title printed in red and black, half-title with limitation on verso, maroon three-quarter morocco, spine gilt, top-edge gilt, original wrappers bound in. — Mercier, Louis. Poèmes de la Tranchée. Lyon: H. Lardanchet, 1916. 4to, half-title with limitation on verso, no. 19 of 25 on japon, blue three-quarter morocco, by M. Albinhac, original wrappers bound in. — Focillon, Henri. Le Mont dans la Ville. Lithographies originales par Georges Gobô. Paris: for the artist, 1928. 4to, half-title, frontispiece, copy XXXI of 25 on japon with an extra suite of lithographs on japon “avec remarques a la sanguine.” Green morocco blind- and gilt-ruled in diagonals, top- and fore-edge gilt, green morocco gilt-ruled doublures, maroon silk endleaves, in a boards slipcase, by E. Maylander, with original wrappers, and a prospectus bound in at the end. — Chadourne, Louis. Le Maitre du Navire illustré de soixante-cinq bois originaux de Pierre Falké. Paris: Collection des Arts, G. Crès & Cie, 1925, 4to, frontispiece in watercolor pen-and-ink by Falké, half-title, colored woodcuts, orange three-quarter morocco, in a boards slipcase, by A. & R. Maylander, original wrappers bound in. — Bazin, Hervé. Au Nom du Fils. Paris: du Seuil, 1960. 8vo, half-title, green half morocco, in a boards slipcase, original wrappers bound in, inscribed by the author.
In all, 27 titles in 31 volumes.
Provenance
Henri Burton
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