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French Literature and Translation
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Fine group of 7 titles, 1813-1927, in excellent condition, as follows:
Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand. Lettres de … à Horace Walpole … auxquelles sont jointes des Lettres de Madame du Deffand à Voltaire … Paris: chez Treuttel & Würtz, 1812, 4 volumes, 8vo (7 7/8 x 4 ¾ in.; 200 x 120 mm), engraved frontispiece, half-title and title in each volume, contemporary quarter leather and marbled boards, yellow edges; light wear to extremities. Walpole maintained a close and interesting correspondence with her for fifteen years. — Hippocrates of Cos. Aphorismes d’Hippocrate, Latin-Français, traduction nouvelle par E. Pariset. Paris: chez Méquignon-Marvis, 1813, 12mo, contemporary maroon straight-grain morocco, gilt roll-tooled leafy border, spine gilt, dentelles, by Meslant. — Laurent Tailhade. A Travers les Grouins. Paris: P.-V. Stock, 1899, 8vo, frontispiece, maroon three-quarter morocco, original wrappers bound in, ALS by his friend the poet Jean Rameau (1858-1942) discussing Tailhade inserted in pocket on front pastedown. First edition. — Epictetus. Manuel d’Épictète Suivi de l’Entretien de Pascal avec M. De Saci sur Épictète et Montaigne. Paris: Edouard Pelletan, 1920, 8vo, gilt-ruled mottled calf, top-edge red, original printed wrappers bound in. — Ernest Renan. Dialogues Philosophiques. Paris: chez Claude Aveline, 1925, 8vo, title printed in red and black, woodcut half-title with portrait, letterpress half-title, copy no. 376 of 650 trade copies, green three-quarter morocco, original printed wrappers bound in. — Arthur (“Abbé”) Mugnier. J.-K. Huysmans à La Trappe. Paris: Le Divan, 1927, 4to, half-title, no. 70 of 1000 copies on Alfa, three-quarter morocco, top-edge gilt, original printed wrappers bound in. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Petites Collection Guillaume. Hermann et Dorothée. Paris: [Edouard Guillaume for] E. Dentu, 1893. 8vo (5 1/8 x 2 7/8 in.; 130 x 73 mm). Steel engraved vignette facing half-title, frontispiece on verso of half-title, vignette on title, steel-engraved text illustrations including some full-page, by Ludex Marold. Publisher's teal cloth, gold-stamped flower on upper cover, gold-stamped title and imprint on spine, original wrappers bound in; some light wear to extremities.
In all, 7 works in 10 volumes.
Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand. Lettres de … à Horace Walpole … auxquelles sont jointes des Lettres de Madame du Deffand à Voltaire … Paris: chez Treuttel & Würtz, 1812, 4 volumes, 8vo (7 7/8 x 4 ¾ in.; 200 x 120 mm), engraved frontispiece, half-title and title in each volume, contemporary quarter leather and marbled boards, yellow edges; light wear to extremities. Walpole maintained a close and interesting correspondence with her for fifteen years. — Hippocrates of Cos. Aphorismes d’Hippocrate, Latin-Français, traduction nouvelle par E. Pariset. Paris: chez Méquignon-Marvis, 1813, 12mo, contemporary maroon straight-grain morocco, gilt roll-tooled leafy border, spine gilt, dentelles, by Meslant. — Laurent Tailhade. A Travers les Grouins. Paris: P.-V. Stock, 1899, 8vo, frontispiece, maroon three-quarter morocco, original wrappers bound in, ALS by his friend the poet Jean Rameau (1858-1942) discussing Tailhade inserted in pocket on front pastedown. First edition. — Epictetus. Manuel d’Épictète Suivi de l’Entretien de Pascal avec M. De Saci sur Épictète et Montaigne. Paris: Edouard Pelletan, 1920, 8vo, gilt-ruled mottled calf, top-edge red, original printed wrappers bound in. — Ernest Renan. Dialogues Philosophiques. Paris: chez Claude Aveline, 1925, 8vo, title printed in red and black, woodcut half-title with portrait, letterpress half-title, copy no. 376 of 650 trade copies, green three-quarter morocco, original printed wrappers bound in. — Arthur (“Abbé”) Mugnier. J.-K. Huysmans à La Trappe. Paris: Le Divan, 1927, 4to, half-title, no. 70 of 1000 copies on Alfa, three-quarter morocco, top-edge gilt, original printed wrappers bound in. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Petites Collection Guillaume. Hermann et Dorothée. Paris: [Edouard Guillaume for] E. Dentu, 1893. 8vo (5 1/8 x 2 7/8 in.; 130 x 73 mm). Steel engraved vignette facing half-title, frontispiece on verso of half-title, vignette on title, steel-engraved text illustrations including some full-page, by Ludex Marold. Publisher's teal cloth, gold-stamped flower on upper cover, gold-stamped title and imprint on spine, original wrappers bound in; some light wear to extremities.
In all, 7 works in 10 volumes.
Condition
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.