Lot 47
  • 47

French Literature and History

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A fine group of 24 titles in 42 volumes, 1821-1961, beautifully bound, as follows:

Gobillot, René. Les Samedis de Charles Jouas. Paris: Fontaine, [1936]. 8vo, exemplaire nominatif for Henri Burton, inscribed to Burton by Jouas on half-title. Red morocco. — Erasmus, Desiderius. Éloge de la Folie … Quarante-six compositions gravées sur bois de Auguste Lepère. Paris: Les Amis des Livres, 1906. 4to, no. 95 of 137. Morocco, wrappers bound in, slipcase. — Diderot, Denis. Le Neveu de Rameau. Paris: Blaizot, 1924. 4to. No. 25 of 55 copies with Naudin illustrations in 3 states. Maroon morocco, slipcase. — Huysmans, Joris-Karl. La Bièvre Les Gobelins Saint-Séverin. Paris: Société de Propagation des Livres d’Art, 1901. 8vo, no. 218 of 695. Citron three-quarter morocco, slipcase, wrappers bound in. — Steyert, André. Nouvelle Histoire de Lyon. Lyon: Bernoux & Cumin, 1895. 3 volumes, 8vo, black three-quarter morocco. — Lepère, Auguste. [Album of 100 pieces including etchings and lithographs, a few signed and in several states, for a series on Paris, Paysages Parisiens, Heures Parisiennes, on japon and vellum]. Folio, red three-quarter morocco, bookplate of Henri Beraldi. — Zola, Emile. “J’Accuse …” in L’Aurore, Deuxième Année, Numéro 87, 13 January 1898 [facsimile?], folio, 4 pages; mended at folds, in a tan cloth chemise and slipcase. — Flaubert, Gustave. Oeuvres. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1884-1925, 10 volumes, 8vo, some titles undated, blue half-morocco. — Labé, Louise. Oeuvres Poétiques.  Porrentruy: Portes de France, [1943]. 8vo, no. 1290 of 1500 on vélin fin. Terracotta three-quarter morocco with wrappers bound in. — Materlinck, Maurice. La Vie des Abeilles. Paris: G. Crès & Cie. [1922]. 8vo, no. 1203 of 1800 on vélin teinté des papeteries de Rives. Dark green half morocco, faded on the spine, marbled boards, top edge gilt. —   Mérimée, Prosper. Mosaïque. Lyon: H. Lardanchet, [1915]. 8vo, no. 11 of 20 on papier imperiale du japon. Tan blindstamped calf, with blindstamp and gilt on spine, top-edge gilt, wrappers bound in. — Rivarol, Antoine de. Oeuvres Choisies. Paris: Librarie des Bibliophiles, [1880]. 2 volumes, 8vo, no. 485 of 500 on papier de hollande. Brown three-quarter calf, marbled boards, top edge gilt, spine gilt, wrappers bound in. —   Vauvenargues, Marquis de. Oeuvres Complèts. Paris: J. L. J. Brière, [1821]. 3 volumes, 8vo, on papier velin, bookplate of R. Descamps Scrive. Contemporary blue straight-grained morocco tooled in gold and blind, spine with gilt lettering, dentelles, edges gilt, wrappers bound in, by Simier. — Huysmans, Joris-Karl. Croquis Parisiens. Paris: Henri Vaton, [1880]. 8vo. Citron full-morocco, spine with gilt lettering, wrappers bound in, slipcase. — La Rochefoucauld, François de. Oeuvres. Paris: Hachette et Cie., [1881]. 8vo, in 3 volumes. Tan three-quarter morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine, wrappers bound in. —  Malherbe, François de. Poésies. Lyon: Henri Lardanchet, [1928]. 8vo. Brown three-quarter brown morocco, marbled boards, edges gold tooled with gilt lettering. — Villon, François. Oeuvres. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, [1892]. 8vo. Brown three-quarter morocco, marbled boards, spine with gilt lettering, edges gilt, wrappers bound in. — Zola, Emile. Les Soirées de Médan. Paris: Renouard for Fasquelle Éditeurs, [1930]. 8vo, three-quarter brown morocco, marbled boards, gilt tooled spine with gilt lettering, gilt top edge, wrappers bound in. — Théatre Lyonnais de Guignol. Lyon: N. Scheuring, [1865 and 1870]. 2 volumes, 8vo, on papier de Chine, bookplate of Joseph Nouvellet. Red gilt morocco, with colored morocco inlay, spine with colored morocco inlay and gilt tooling with gilt lettering, edges gilt, doublures in violet with gilt tooling and dentelles, damascene silk endpapers in red and gold, slipcase, by Thomas. — Mérimée, Prosper. Histoire de Don Pèdre Ier Roi de Castille. Paris: Didier, [1961]. 8vo. Three quarters maroon morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine, boards bound in. — Joubert, Joseph. Pensées. Paris: La Société des Médecins Bibliophiles [1930]. Green three quarters calf, marbled boards, spine tooled in gold with blindstamps and gilt lettering. — Soulary, Josephin. Sonnets Humouristiques. Lyon: N. Scheuring [1859]. 8vo. Full red morocco, spine with gilt lettering. — Mercier, Louis. Voix de la Terre et du Temps and Le Poème du la Maison. Paris: Calmann-Levy,  no date. 8vo, on papier Hollande, 2 volumes, no. 21 of 29 and no. 22 of 45. Three quarters blue morocco, marbled boards, gilt edges, gilt lettering on spine, wrappers bound in, by M. Albinhac. — Bernard, Jean. L’Apocalypse de Saint Jean Apôtre [trans. by Le Maistre de Sacy]. Paris: [Robert Blanchet for Paul Féraud], 1948[-1949]. Folio, 30 plates and 65 small etchings by Bernard, loose in wrappers as issued, tan boards chemise and slipcase. No. 47 of 160 copies.



In all 24 titles in 42 volumes.

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