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1827251996Paris: Chez Lefèvre Libraire rue de L'Éperon 1827. With 3 Engraved frontispiece portraits. 248 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half brown morocco some rubbing and head chipped w/o loss. Bookplate of Frederick Robert Halsey and Louis Auchincloss. With Auchincloss's long quote of Thoreau's thoughts on aphorisms on ffep. With 3 Engraved frontispiece portraits. 248 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> Chez Lefèvre, Libraire, rue de L'Éperon unknown
18244561Portrait de l’auteur en frontispice. Quelques rousseurs. Plein cuir de Russie, dos à nerfs orné, roulettes à froid et dorée sur chacun des plats, tranches dorées, filets sur coupes. Très agréable reliure romantique bien conservée. Paris De Bure 1824 1 volume in-16
1855RO80046919FIRMIN DIDOT FRERES. 1855. In-12. Relié demi-cuir. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 345 pages. Titre, fleurons dorés sur le dos cuir rouge.. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.08-XIX ème siècle
1804RO80061519IMP. DELANCE et LESUEUR. 1804. In-12. Relié plein cuir. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 301 pages. Pièces de titre bordeaux. Titre et caissons dorés sur le dos. Cadre dorés sur les plats de couverture.. . . . Classification Dewey : 840-Littératures des langues romanes. Littérature française
18197888London: Printed by Effingham Wilson 1819. 12mo pp. xii 142 frontispiece. Contemporary calf boards bordered with gilt rules and blind rolls spine lettered vertically direct in gilt and tooled in gilt marbled edges and endpapers. A touch of offsetting to title-page from frontispiece. Sometime rebacked preserving most of earlier backstrip hinges relined with blue cloth old leather a little rubbed. A scarce edition of the maxims of the 17th-century French nobleman and moralist printed by radical English bookseller and publisher Effingham Wilson 1785-1868. Library Hub records just two copies: at BL and the V&A. Printed by Effingham Wilson hardcover
188317083Paris Garnier frères 1883-1884 -in-8 demi-chagrin 2 volumes, reliure demi-chagrin rouge grand in-octavo (binding half shagreen in-8) (24,5 x 16,5 cm), dos 4 nerfs (spine with 4 raised bands), décoration or (gilt decoration) à filets or (gilt lines) et à froid (blind-stamping decoration) , titre, auteur et tomaison frappés or (gilt title and volume numbering) dans un encadrement d'un filet or, entre-nerfs à fleuron au fer plein (between the raised bands floweret with full blocking stamp) or et à froid (décor feuillage), roulettes en place des nerfs (fillets on the place of raised bands), filets et filets perlés en tête et en pied (top and at the foot of spine gilt lines and gilt beaded lines), mors décorés à froid (joints with blind-stamping decoration), papier peigné aux plats (cover with painting paper), tête lisse (top edge smooth) dorée( top edge gilt), gouttière et tranche de queue non rognées (top edge smooth - fore-edge and edge of bottom no smooth), orné d'un portrait gravé sur bois en noir en frontispice par G. Staal, gravé par Delannoy, (XL+ 469) + (VIII + 592) Pages, 1883-1884 Paris : Garnier frères Editeurs,
1870LTH20-B-17London: John Camden Hotten c1870. Leather. Very Good. 6" by 4.5". None. A collection of four critical works bound as one volume. With portrait frontispieces of the authors to the first two works. All four of the works are undated dated from Copac. Diversions of The Echo Club is subtitled as a companion to the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes. It is an imitation and parody of various poets. La Rochefoucauld's Reflections and Moral Maxims are an incredibly famous collection of thoughts and feelings. They were originally published anonymously but soon established his position among men of letters. There are a total of 504 maxims which reflect on various subjects such as the conduct and motives of mankind. The Book of Clerical Anecdotes is subtitled as 'a gathering from many sources of the antiquities humours and eccentricities of 'the cloth.'' The collection of anecdotes are sourced from several places including biographies history works newspapers and periodicals. The final work to this volume The Relations between America and England is subtitled as 'a reply to the late speech of Mr Sumner'. It is written by Goldwin Smith a British historian and journalist of the late nineteenth century. In a half calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally generally smart with slight rubbing to the head and tail of spine joints and extremities. Small patches of rubbing to the rear paper covered board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are age toned particularly to edges with scattered spots to endpapers. The odd spot throughout. Very Good John Camden Hotten hardcover
1813FRxiLAR4<p>Paris: J.J.Blaise & Pichard 1813. 1813. 8vo. pp. 203. with half-title. engraved frontis. portrait by P.P.Choffard after Petitot. 2 folding facsimiles. light foxing to outer leaves. a pretty copy in a red calf romantic binding tooled in gilt blind & black all edges gilt gilt inside dentelles. The French moralist’s Maximes which central theme was to show that the principal motive of human action was self interest was according to Voltaire one of the works which contributed most to form and rectify the national taste. "Cette édition est remarquable et par les pensées inédites de l’auteur et par un fac-simile de son écriture qu’on y a joint…". Brunet Brunet III 846. Hardcover. Very Good.</p> Paris: J.J.Blaise & Pichard, 1813. hardcover
184114170Paris FIRMIN DIDOT 1841 1 A. P. de la Rochefoucauld, duc de Doudeauville, par le baron Charles Dupin, membre de l'Institut et Pair de France. Paris, Firmin Didot, décembre 1841, petit in-12, demi-basane fauve, dos lisse, titre estampé doré, 84 pages, (Simier Relieur).
184447196Bruxelles: Société TypographiqueBelge Ad. Wahlens et Comoagnie 1844. 6 tomes in 2 volumes. Small 8vo 145x95 cm. Contemporary half leather with cornerpieces corners very sl. dam. or bumped spines with ribbons gilt title on spines; covers with marbled paper; marbled endpapers. Vol. 1: resp. 154 margin of p.111-112 restored; 160 and 164 pp. Vol. 2: 152 126 134 pp. A few light brown spots in places. - Famous galery of portraits of his contemporaries some described anonymously i.a. le Duc de Caze le Comte de Courcelles Louis XVIII de Lamartine l'abbé de La Mennais le duc de Richelieu le prince de Talleyrand Nicolas empereur de la Russie Guizot Thiers un courtisan un curé un républicain un royaliste but most of the descriptons concern important women almost all described anonymously such as Duchesse de Comtesse de une femme politique Mme Amélie Mlle Hyacinthe Louise mademoiselle de C etc. - A good set of the "contrefaçon Belge" of the first edition published in the same year. With owner-stamp on first endpaper of the late librarian A. Van Loock. - Rare Société TypographiqueBelge, Ad. Wahlens et Comoagnie hardcover
187049274Paris: Alphonse Lemerre 1870. Small 8vo 155 x 95 cm. Contemporary red morocco spine with ribbons gilt title on spine edges gilt. Marbled endpapers with nicely decorated gilt border to the covers. xii xx ii 240 x: blank pp. with indication on 1 leaf "Achevé d'imprimer le 31 décembre 1869 par J. Claye pour A. Lemerre libraire à Paris". Printed in 171 copies: hand-numbered and with initial of the editor. - This is one of the 50 copies "sur papier de Chine" with the frontispiece the brust of La Rochefaucould engraved by Bracquemond in 3 states: 1 the contours 2 with the back-ground filled in 3 with the text. - Charming booklet with only a stamp of the former owner on blank leaf and corners of binding very slightly bumbed. - A unique copy numbered and dedicated by the editor with his initials: No. 2 or 7 for M. Royer. Printed on India paper with the frontispiece in 3 successive states Alphonse Lemerre unknown
188038704Londres London: Louys Glady Éditeur 1880. An outstanding beautiful and unusual production by Louys Glady an underestimated yet key figure in the British Fine Press Movement. XX 1 111 pp. PRINTED THROUGHOUT IN RED AND GREEN. The text is printed in red with the punctuation in green--an extremely impressive accomplishment as anyone who has used a handpress will attest. From a total edition of 303 numbered copies this is ONE OF ONLY 15 COPIES PRINTED ON EXTREMELY FINE WHATMAN LAID PAPER. 8vo. Bound in original art vellum also printed in red and green. Light wear to binding internally UNCUT BRIGHT AND FINE. Extremely rare. <br/><br/> Louys Glady, Éditeur hardcover
1869182041869 un volume, reliure plein maroquin rouge in-douze oblong (full morocco in-12 oblong), (19,2 x 11 cm), Reliure d'Epoque signée "Capé Masson-Debonnelle", dos à nerfs (spine with raised bands), décoration or (gilt decoration) à filets et roulettes or (gilt lines and fillets), titre frappé or dans un encadrement d'un filet or, entre-nerfs à fleuron à la "Du Seuil" au fer plein (between the raised bands floweret with full blocking stamp) avec rinceaux aux angles, filet perlé "or" en place des nerfs, rinceaux en tête et en pied (top and at the foot of spine with foliages carried out with the curved line), plats décorés "or" d'un encadrement d'un triple filet or et dentelle sur les chasses (lace-like decoration on the turn-ins), toutes tranches dorées (gilt edges), Tirage limité à 333 Exemplaires comme suit : 3 exemplaires sur parchemin, 15 exemplaires sur Chine, 15 exemplaires sur Whatman et 300 exemplaires sur papier Vergé (Ici Exemplaire N°26 sur Whatman), EX-LIBRIS manuscrit à la mine de plomb en haut de la première page de garde : " Baron G. (gaëtan) de Wismes Nantes ", sans illustrations (no illustration) excepté une vignette "marque de l'Editeur" en bas de la page de titre gravée sur bois en noir + Bandeaux, lettrines et cul-de-lampe gravés sur bois en noir, plats trés légèrement décolorés, XII-140 pages, 1869 Paris : D. Jouaust Editeur,
181733362Paris Ant. Aug. Renouard 1817 In-12 illustré, 2 parties reliées en 1 volume : xv et 98p.; x, 329p. et 4f. (catalogue de l'éditeur).
1892ST17001Paris: Imprimé par D. Jouaust Librairie Des Bibliophiles E. Flammarion Successeur 1892. 188 x 104 pp. 6 3/4 x 4 1/4". XL 290 pp. 1 leaf.Preface and notes by J.-F. Thénard. With the autobiographical essay "Self-Portrait by Himself" from the 1665 first edition the introductions to the 1665 and the 1678 fifth editions maxims removed from earlier editions and the posthumously published essays "Reflections." <br/> EXQUISITE DARK BROWN MOROCCO EXUBERANTLY GILT IN THE FANFARE STYLE BY ZAEHNSDORF stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in blind Exhibition stamp on rear doublure covers with fillet border enclosing a panel with central oval strapwork medallion surrounded by rows of geometric ornaments with sprays of leafy fronds connecting them and filling the space between raised bands spine compartments with central geometric ornament with leafy cornerpieces gilt lettering turn-ins with gilt fillets accented with leaf sprigs crimson silk doublures and free endleaves all edges gilt. Printer's device on title page. Front flyleaf with quote in French from the text "It is more necessary to study men than to study books" and "Christmas 1895" written in ink; recto of rear free endleaf with Taplow Court library label of William Grenfell Baron Desborough. ◆Minor soiling to flyleaves very faint browning to edges of leaves otherwise very fine the text clean and fresh and in a virtually unworn binding bright with gilt.<br/> <br/> This comprehensive edition of the French moralist's famed collection of epigrams is offered here in a binding done in the fanfare style popular when this work was first printed. After a turbulent youth of court intrigue and aristocratic rebellions against King Louis XIII François Duc de La Rochefoucauld 1613-80 settled into a quiet life in the Parisian salons of Madame de Sablé Madame de Sévigné and Madame de La Fayette. It was among this intellectual witty society that he honed the pithy epigrams that would have such an influence on French literature and culture. As the Oxford Companion notes "The high degree of polish in the phrasing of the 'Maximes' which excel in conciseness precision and appropriateness of expression is to some extent due to discussions among his friends . . . . The work is a collection of some 500 gnomic sentences in which the author analyses the motives of human conduct with merciless penetration. While he recognizes in rare cases the existence of pure virtue and disinterested sentiments he finds them tainted almost universally with some element of self-love or interested motive." Voltaire drew on La Rochefoucauld's views when writing "Candide" and the "Maximes" impacted the works of French writers from Stendhal to André Gide as well as philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and English novelist Thomas Hardy. The duke's worldview would have resonated with former owner William Grenfell Baron Desborough 1855-1945 a sportsman and indefatigable public servant who was one of the founding members of The Souls fl. 1886-1900 an elite group of friends whose social gatherings for intellectual discussions were perhaps Victorian London's closest approximation of a Parisian salon. Although other members included prominent and accomplished men and women it was the parties given by Grenfell's wife and fellow Soul Ettie that attracted guests like Vita Sackville-West H. G. Wells Edith Wharton Oscar Wilde Edward VII when Prince of Wales and Winston Churchill. One can easily imagine one of the Souls presenting this volume to the Grenfells for Christmas in 1895.<br /> <br /> By one of the great London workshops the binding here is a modified example of the fanfare style of decoration popular in France from the late 16th to mid-17th century. The main features of this style in Glaister's words "are interlacing ribbons" that form "compartments of various shapes with emphasis given to a central compartment." Ornaments made with small hand tools "fill all the compartments except the central one and almost completely cover the sides." The fanfare style is perhaps most frequently associated with the work of Nicolas and Clovis Eve court binders and booksellers to successive kings of France from about 1578 to 1634. It is generally believed that the term "fanfare" actually took its name from an early 17th century music book the title of which begins with the word "fanfare" acquired by the bibliophile Charles Nodier in 1829. The book was bound for Nodier by the famous Parisian binder Joseph Thouvenin using an appropriately retrospective design in imitation of the Eves' style which from that point forward came to be known as "fanfare." The Zaehnsdorf bindery produced a number of bindings in this genre with their usual expertise. Hungarian-born Joseph Zaehnsdorf 1816-86 served his apprenticeship in Stuttgart worked at a number of European locations as a journeyman and then settled in London where he was hired first by Westley and then by Mackenzie before opening his own workshop in 1842. His son and namesake took over the business at 33 when the senior Joseph died and the firm flourished under the son's leadership becoming a leading West End bindery. Over the years Zaehnsdorf employed a considerable number of distinguished binders including the Frenchman Louis Genth who was chief finisher from 1859-84 and trained a number of others including Roger de Coverly and Sarah Prideaux. A family-run business until 1947 the Zaehnsdorf bindery continued to produce consistently attractive tasteful and innovative designs executed with unfailing skill. It is generally understood that the Zaehnsdorf firm reserved the use of its oval stamp showing a binder at work for their finest bindings including those entered in exhibitions. [Imprimé par D. Jouaust] Librairie Des Bibliophiles, E. Flammarion, Successeur unknown
