French Literature, History and Philosophy

A fine group of 33 titles, 1610-1954, many in fine or contemporary bindings, in fine condition (tiny exceptions noted) as follows:

Rapin, Nicolas. Les Oeuvres Latines et Francoises. [With:] Les Vers mesurez. Paris: chez Olivier de Varennes, 1610. 2 parts in one volume, 8vo, engraved royal arms on title, woodcut headpieces and decorative initials; tiny tear in top margin of title mended. Red morocco, triple-fillet border, spine richly gilt, edges gilt, dentelles, by Capé. Bookplate of Marigues de Champ Repus. — Perrault, Charles. Contes des Fées … Nouvelle Édition. Paris: chez Lamy, 1781. 8vo, half-title, engraved frontispiece and chapter vignettes. Contemporary mottled calf, triple-fillet border, spine gilt, marbled edges; joints worn, in a modern calf chemise and slipcase. — Florian, Jean Pierre Claris de. Galatée, Roman Pastoral; imité de Cervantes … Édition ornée de Figures en couleur, d’après les Dessins de M. Monsiau. Paris: chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1793. Folio, hand-colored engraved plates; a few light spots. Contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt roll-tooled border, spine gilt, edges gilt, by Partessier; a few mended scrapes. — Malherbe, François de. Poésies. Paris: Didot l’ainé, 1815. 8vo, half-title; a few spots. Citron morocco, gold tooled frames with inlaid red morocco pieces at four corners and green inlaid medallion in center of both covers, spine and edges gilt, by Thouvenin, in a solander case. — Maupassant, Guy de. Deux Contes, Le Vieux, La Ficelle. Quatre-vingt quatre petites compositions dessinées et gravée sur bois par Auguste Lepère. Paris: Lepère for the Société Normande du Livre Illustré, 1907. 8vo, half-title with limitation on verso, tinted woodcut text illustrations. Maroon morocco, gilt-tooled interlace frame, spine gilt, tan morocco doublures, maroon silk endleaves, edges gilt, original wrappers bound in, in a slipcase, by E. Maylander. No. 75 of 120. Ray, French, 330. — Nodier, Charles. Mélanges tirés d’Une Petite Bibliothèque. Paris: chez Crapelet, 1829. 8vo, half-title. Later tan half-calf, spine tooled in blind, plain edges. Bookplate of A. Kuhnholtz. — Courteline, Georges. La Vie de Caserne. Compositions originales de Henri Dupray. Paris: [Charles Hérissey in Evreux for] Emile Testard, 1896. 8vo, half-title, plates and text illustrations. Red three-quarter morocco, original wrappers bound in, with ALS, calling card, and postcard, signed by the author tipped in. — Chants et Chanson Populaires de la France. Première [-Troisième] Série. Paris: H. L. Delloye, 1843-1844. 3 volumes, large 8vo, steel-engraved illustrated borders and text illustrations, music; some light browning and spotting. Later rose calf, blind- and gilt-tooled in a panel design with blindstamped central medallion in a lozenge, edges gilt, dentelles, in slipcases, original illustrated wrappers bound in, by Canape & Corriez. — Duhamel, Georges. Fables de mon Jardin. Paris: [Marc Texier at Poitiers for] Mercure de France, 1936. 8vo, half-title, green three-quarter morocco, original wrappers bound in. No. 17 of 22 on japon. — Huysmans, Joris-Karl. Trois Eglises. Eaux-fortes originales de Ch. Jouas. Paris: René Kieffer, 1920. Large 8vo, half title, etched plates, text within decorative borders. Purple morocco, gilt-ruled border, spine gilt, edges gilt, dentelles, red silk doublures and endleaves, gilt edges, original wrappers bound in, in a chemise and slipcase, by E. Maylander. No. 47 of 30 with three states of etchings. — Huysmans, Joris-Karl. Les Soeurs Vatard. Illustrées de Vingt-huit Compositions dont cinq hors texte en couleurs par J.F. Raffaëlli. Paris: A. Ferroud, 1909. Folio, title printed in red and black, etched plates and illustrations. Brown morocco, gilt-ruled border, frame comprised of inlaid citron and maroon morocco, green morocco doublures with red inlaid frame, silk endleaves, original wrappers bound in, in a slipcase, by Noulhac “1912”. No. 44 of 30 containing etchings in two states (black and tinted). — Huysmans, Joris-Karl. Le Drageoir aux Épices. Illustré de cinquante-quatre eaux-fortes originales gravées par Auguste Brouet. Paris: [R. Coulouma at Argenteuil for] Les Graveurs Modernes, 1929. Folio, half-title, title printed in red and black, etched illustrations. Citron three-quarter morocco, original wrappers bound in, in a slipcase. No. 161 of 125 copies on vélin de Rives with watermarks of the author and artist. — Fieffée, Eugène. Napoléon Ier et la Garde Impériale … Dessins par Raffet. Paris: Furne fils, 1859. Folio, steel engraved frontispiece, plates, and text illustrations; some spotting on title, a few marginal spots elsewhere. Green half-leather; extremities rubbed. Unidentified armorial bookplate. — Herriot, Édouard. Lyon. Lithographies originales de René Aubert. Paris: Pierre de Tartas, 1954. Folio, half-title, lithographed illustrations. Maroon half-morocco, in a slipcase. No. 22, exemplaire nominatif for Henri Burton, one of 15 with an original drawing. — Vingtrinier, Emmanuel. Vieilles Pierres Lyonnaises. Illustré de 5 Eaux-Fortes et de 350 Dessins dont 25 hors texte. Lyon: Cumin & Masson, 1911. Folio, half-title, etched frontispiece, plates and text illustrations. Maroon three-quarter morocco, original wrappers bound in, in a slipcase. No. 982, exemplaire nominatif for George Momet, of 800. — Maurras, Charles. Écrit a Lyon. Lyon: [Protat Frères in Mâcon for] les Frères Lardanchet, 1943. Folio, half-title, frontispiece, lithographic illustrations. Red morocco, frames made of inlaid green morocco in two shades, gilt-stamped title on upper coer and spine, gilt edges, dentelles of inlaid tan morocco and gilt rules, russet watered silk doublures and endleaves, in a slipcase, by A. & R. Maylander. No. II of 2 with a suite of lithographs in color. — Coppé, François. Théatre de … 1873 – 1878. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1879. 8vo, half-title, title printed in red and black, later half-leather and marbled boards, top-edge gilt, original wrappers bound in. — Saint-Évremond, Charles de. Conversations et Autres Écrits Philosophiques. Paris: chez Claude Aveline, 1926. 8vo, half-title, additional pictorial title, title printed in red and black, woodcut chapter vignettes, salmon three-quarter morocco, top-edge gilt, original wrappers bound in. No. 375 of 600. — Huysmans, Joris-Karl. Marthe Histoire d’une Fille. Paris: Cercle de Livre, [1955]. 8vo, half-title,  photographic portrait, purple three-quarter morocco, top-edge gilt, original wrappers bound in. No. 82 of 1000. — Gide, André. Les Nourritures Terrestres. Édition revue et corrigée par l’Auteur. Paris: chez Claude Aveline, 1927. 8vo, half-title, additional pictorial title, title printed in red and black, tan three-quarter morocco, top-edge gilt, original wrappers bound in. No. 375 of 600. — Le Marguet, Claude. Myrelingues La Brumeuse ou L’An 1536 à Lyon sur le Rosne. Paris: Boivin & Cie, 1930. 8vo, half-title; light browning, blue three-quarter morocco  gilt ruled, original wrappers bound in. — Nicolas de Chamfort, Sébastien-Roch. Oeuvres Choisies. Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1897. 2 volumes, 8vo, half-titles, citron three-quarter calf, top-edges gilt. — Daudet, Alphonse. L’Évangeliste. Roman parisien. Paris: E. Dentu, 1892. 8vo, half-title, frontispiece, illustrations. Red three-quarter morocco gilt ruled, original wrappers bound in. No. 1 of 25 copies on china paper, “Collection Guillaume.” — Fromentin, Eugène. Dominique. Paris: Hachette, 1863. 8vo, half-title, first edition in book form, blue morocco and doublures, gold silk brocade endleaves, in a slipcase, by Marius Michel. Unidentified bookplate “JLR”. — Duhamel, Georges. La Possession du Monde. Paris: chez Claude Aveline, 1923. 8vo, half-title, additional pictorial title, three quarter morocco, original wrappers bound in. — Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de. Théatre de Beaumarchais … Le Barbier de Séville. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1871. 8vo, half-title, additional pictorial title, red morocco, dentelles, edges gilt, by Canape. — Descartes, René. Discours de la Méthode … Avant-Propos de Paul Valéry. Paris: Édouard Pelletan, Helleu & Sergent, 1925. 4to, half-title, etched portrait, title printed in red and black, half-vellum and marbled boards, top-edge red. — Bainville, Jacques. Napoléon. Paris: Arthème Fayard, 1931. 8vo, one leaf of each quire left with large margins, green morocco, edges gilt, in a slipcase, by M. Albinhac; spine sun-faded to brown. No. 155 of 175. — Diderot, Denis. Pensées Philosophiques. Paris: chez Claude Aveline, 1926. 8vo, half-title, additional pictorial title,  green three-quarter morocco, top-edge gilt, original wrappers bound in. — Laurent, Jacques. Le Petit Canard. Paris: chez Bernard Grasset, 1954. 8vo, green three-quarter morocco, top-edge gilt, original wrappers bound in. — Duhamel, Georges. Vie des Martyrs. Illustré d’eaux-fortes & de gravures sur bois de Paul Baudier. Paris: René Kieffer, 1924. Large 8vo, half-title, etched plates, aubergine three-quarter morocco, top-edge gilt, original wrappers bound in. — Daudet, Alphonse. Numa Roumestan Moeurs Parisiennes. Paris: Henri Cyral, 1925. 4to, title printed in red and black, color woodcut frontispiece and illustrations. Red three- quarter morocco, original pictorial wrappers bound in.



In all 32 titles in 35 volumes.

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