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170869350Amsterdam: Chez Jaques Desbordes 1708. Full Description:<br> <br> PERRAULT Charles. Histoires ou Contes du Tems Passe. Avec des Moralitez Par le Fils de Monsieur Perreaul. de l'Academie Francois. Amsterdam: Chez Jaques Desbordes 1708.<br> <br> A very early rare edition of the "Mother Goose" fairy tales of Charles Perrault which is an exact reprint of the Dutch counterfeit published the same year as the first edition of Paris 1697. Twelvemo 4 5/8 x 2 13/16 inches; 119 x 71 mm. 6 175 1 table pp. With engraved frontispiece title-page vignette engraved head-and-tail-pieces and initials and with eight engraved vignettes one for each tale. Besides this copy we could only find one other copy at auction in the past 40 years.<br> <br> This edition features the eight tales found in the first edition each illustrated with a vignette: Sleeping Beauty Little Red Riding Hood Bluebeard Puss in Boots The Fairies Cinderella Riquet with the Tuft and Tom Thumb.<br> <br> Beautifully bound by M. Godillot in full tan morocco. Boards triple-ruled in gilt. Spine elaborately stamped and lettered in gilt. Gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Top margin occasionally trimmed close just touching headline. Previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. Housed in a morocco lined marbled paper slipcase. About fine.<br> <br> "The title gives the author as the Son of Monsieur Perrault of the Academie François sic as in the 1697 forgery. The dedication to Mademoiselle is signed P. Darmancour. In fact the participation in the writing of the Tales of Perrault's youngest son Pierre Perrault Darmancour 1678-1700 is now attested."<br> <br> According to Alde "This edition is extremely rare; it is missing from the BnF and all French public libraries. Tchemerzine mentions it without having seen it according to Brunet's supplement who himself only cites it from Baron Pichon's catalog 1869 I no. 766: "Rare Edition" a red morocco copy by Trautz-Bauzonnet acquired for 145 francs by Techener. It was not included in the collection of the Count of Lignerolles who nevertheless owned eleven editions of the Tales published between 1697 and 1781 1894 II nos. 1911-1921."<br> <br> HBS 69350.<br> <br> $17500. Chez Jaques Desbordes unknown
185533603Paris: Théodore Lefèvre s.d. c. 1855 1855. First Thus. Hardcover. DESANDRE Jules-Marie. DESANDRE Jules-Marie. First Thus. Hardcover. One Of only 10 Copies On Vergé With Two States Of The Engravings. Extremely Rare. Only 1 other copy has surfaced in the last 30 years and it's uncertain if it included the engravings. <br /> <br /> Les Contes de Perrault. Paris: Theodore Lefevre circa 1855. Royal octave contemporary three-quarter crimson Morocco raised bands marbled boards and endpapers top edge gilt.<br /> Very rare mid-19th-century French illustrated edition of "the basis for the modern canon of fairy tales" with engraved frontispiece and 11 engraved plates by Lefrancq after Desandré numerous in-text wood-engraved vignettes and wood-engraved borders on every page. Twelve tales in all. <br /> This is copy number 5 of only ten copies on Vergé paper with two states of the full-page engravings one of each a mounted proof before letters on Chine. Inspired by the fables of La Fontaine Perrault began writing his own. His Accounts began their career in 1695 "as a five-story presentation manuscript dedicated to Princess Élizabeth-Charlotte Louis XIV's niece" Clute & Grant 752. When first published two years later the book contained eight stories. Perrault's Contes "La Belle au bois dormant" Sleeping Beauty "Le Petit Chaperon rouge Little Red Riding-Hood "La Barbe bleue" Blue Beard "Le Maistre Chat ou le Chat botté" Puss in Boots "Les Fées" The Fairies "Cendrillon" Cinderella "Riquet à la Houppe" Ricky with the Tuft and "Le Petit Poucet" Tom Thumb "provided the basis for the modern canon of fairy tales" Bottigheimer 3. "The backdrop of his fairy tales is a combination of an old and beloved France of courtly manners and costumes and the sunshine of pure imagination" Meigs 112. These original eight classic tales are all present in this collection which also includes "Peau d'Ane en prose" Donkey Skin in prose "Les Souhaits Ridicules" The Ridiculous Wishes "L'Adroite Princesse" The Discreet Princess and "Peau d'Ane en verse" Donkey Skin in verse. This copy includes two states of the frontispiece and ten full-page engravings one final and one a mounted proof before letters. With Preface by JT de Saint -Germain. Text in French. Gumuchian 4446: "Édition recherchée et peu commune." Evidence of bookplate faint library stamps on text block edges. Text generally quite clean with only the occasional spot of foxing and offsetting; plates clean and fine with crisp impressions. A few minor rubs to extremities of desirable contemporary Morocco binding. <br /> An excellent copy of this very rare issue. <br /> <br /> Perrault's wonderful Fairy Tales have continued to be printed and adapted to opera ballet and in blockbuster animations such as Puss 'n Boots and Sleeping Beauty. <br /> <br /> Grand in-8. 2 ff.n. c h. xviii pp. et 119 ff.n.ch. Demi-maroquin rouge à coins dos à nerfs janséniste tête dorée Reliure d'époque. Cachet de bibliothèque à froid sur un feuillet cachet gratté sur le titre et cachet humide sur deux tranches. Quelques rousseurs. Edition très rare illustrée de 12 bois hors-texte avec encadrement gravé par Lefrancq d'après Desandré et également de vignettes dans le texte. Un des 10 ex. num. sur papier vergé contenant les hors-texte en deux états épreuve avant la lettre tirée sur Chine collé et état définitif. Edition très rare mentionnée ni par Vicaire ni par Carteret et citée seulemant dans le catalogue Gumuchian Les livres de l'Enface. no. 4446. L'exemplaire Gumuchian était également un des 10 ex. sur vergé mais ne semblait pas contenir de gravures. Cette édition est qualifiée par Gumuchian de "recherchée" et peu commune". Exemplaire de bibliothèque d'un livre rare. <br /> <br /> A lovely copy. Théodore Lefèvre, s.d. (c. 1855) hardcover
14755547Basle Switzerland : Michael Wenßler Wenssler 1475 1475. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 169 Folio leaves ; 31 cm. ; 2° ; bound in quarter suede with three raised bands hand-written titles on spine ; an incunable from the early and important press of Michael Wenssler of Basel Switzerland ; this partial copy without title page or colophon ; Hain 12383 Proctor 7464 British Museum 15th century III 722 IB.37053 Polain 3034 Goff P-83 Walsh 1114 ; single column 36 line Gothic type with conventional 15th century printing ligatures and with rubricized initials throughout; some generally minor edge staining and tears ; a few worm holes in the margins ; a few pages with larger stains ; this copy with no chapter headings or signature marks ; begins at Quintæ Partis Principalis Tractatus de Beatitudinibus with the section on Patience and the temptations of demons and ends the Beatitudes with the discourse on Peace; rubics in the same hand that executed those for the 1474 Quennell edition at the University of Darmstadt ; Michael Wenssler floruit 1472-1497 name variations: Wensler Wensel Vrenssler Wenkler or Wenßler was originally from Strasbourg but became a citizen of Basel in 1473 and was active from 1475 to 1488 when he had to sell his press to pay off his debts. He then leaves Basel for Cluny while his family remained behind in penury and he does not return until 1499 when he retires ; this publication amongst the earliest for Basle is of the celebrated work of William of Auvergne ca. 1180-1271 : the Summa de Virtutibus or The Summation of Virtues the first of the famous two-part tract whose second part published separately treats of the vices. William was born in the former Province of Auvergne about 1180 and by 1223 he was master of theology at the University of Paris and a canon at Notre Dame. He was consecrated Bishop and given the See of Paris in 1228 by Pope Gregory IX and he remained there until his death in 1249. The Summa de Virtutibus et Viitis On the Virtues and Vices a massive work is itself part of a much larger work the Magisterium Divinale et Sapientiale The Teaching on God in the Mode of Wisdom. The style of the work is somewhat rambling moving off into many tangents as it explores related concepts and makes the work appear as an extemporaneous discourse often making a point and then immediately raising objections to that point which William then proceeds to refute. It was reprinted many times and was a monumental Dominican theological work. name variants for William of Auvergne: Guilelmus Peraldus Guillermus Parisiensis Guilielmus Peraldus Guilelmus Peraldus Guillaume Perrault Guilelmus Peraldus Willelmi de Peraldo Wilhelm Peraldus Guilelmus de Petra Alda Guillaume de Peyraud Ardeche G. Lugdunensis G. de Peyrauta G. de Peraudus G. Parisiensis Guil. de Lugduno Guillelmus Peraltus Fr. Guil. a Peira Fr. Guillermo Peraldo Wilhelmus Ep. Lugdun. and Willelmus Arch. Lug. ; extremely rare edition ; VG <br/> <br/> [Basle, Switzerland : Michael Wenßler (Wenssler), 1475] hardcover
178669167London: Printed for W. Osborne and J. Griffin 1786. MOTHER GOOSE. . With Morals. Translated from the French. The Twenty-second Edition. London: Printed for W. Osborne and J. Griffin 1786.<br> <br> Full Description:<br> <br> PERRAULT Charles. MOTHER GOOSE. The Tales of Passed Times by Mother Goose. With Morals. Translated from the French. The Twenty-second Edition. London: Printed for W. Osborne and J. Griffin 1786.<br> <br> An early rare edition. The "Twenty-second" edition. Small sixteenmo 3 7/8 x 2 9/16 inches; 98 x 65 mm. With woodcut frontispiece with large engraved signature "A" on verso. Eight half-page woodcut vignettes one for each story. Bound with the two final blank leaves. We could find only two records of this at auction in the past one of which is the present copy and the other record may also be this present copy. This edition does not show up in the ESTC and we could only find one library copy at Princeton.<br> <br> Contemporary Dutch floral boards heightened in gilt. Endpapers renewed. Some leaves with light spotting. Previous owner Ann White's contemporary ink signature on verso of frontispiece. Bound a bit tight at inner margin but still readable. Overall a very good copy.<br> <br> The stories included in this volume are as follows:<br> <br> Little Red Riding-Hood. The Fairy. Blue Beard. The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods. The Master Cat; or Puss in Boots. Cinderilla sic; or The Little Glass Slipper. Riquet with the Tuft. Little Thumb.<br> <br> Perrault's fairy tales were first collected together and published in 1697. The continuing popularity of these tales is attested to by the large number of editions that have appeared since that time in many languages. Among the most well-known of Perrault's tales are Sleeping Beauty Little Red Riding Hood Blue Beard Cinderella and Puss in Boots.<br> <br> HBS 69167.<br> <br> $7500. Printed for W. Osborne and J. Griffin unknown
1670451266London : Printed for John Starkey 1670. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in a later half leather binding over cloth boards. Front panel lacking. The title page and subsequent two leaves lack some of their upper corners which have been partly repaired by hand. Some damp staining to the fore-edge. The text block itself remains quite tight and is legible throughout. For its age an internally well-preserved copy. Physical description; 30 392 pages. Notes; Attributed to Nicholas Perrault. Translation by Ezerel Tonge. Subjects; Jesuits--Controversial literature--Early works to 1800. Christian ethics--Catholic authors--Early works to 1800. London : Printed for John Starkey hardcover
177786384à La Hayeet se trouve à The Hague Liège: Chez Bassompierre libraire & imprimeur A La Haye et se trouve à 1777. Fine. Chez Bassompierre libraire & imprimeur A La Haye et se trouve à à La Hayeet se trouve à The Hague Liège 1777 11.60 x 17.30 cm un volume relié Charming edition illustrated with a frontispiece a framed title and 9 half-page illustrations reproducing vignettes by Fokke after De Sève - with the final illustration for L'Adroite Princesse newly added. Complete with the Épître dédicatoire by P. Darmancour Charles Perrault to 'La Grande Mademoiselle' Anne-Marie d'Orléans cousin of Louis XIV. Half-sheep binding smooth spine ruled in gilt and a diagonally stamped gilt title. Beige paper boards speckled edges. Small paper defect in the margin of page 75 scattered foxing a small brown stain affecting the illustration of Cinderella. A name written in ink in the lower margin of page 21. This edition contains eight famous tales by Perrault: Le Petit Chaperon Rouge Little Red Riding Hood Les Fées The Fairies La Barbe Bleue Bluebeard La Belle au bois dormant Sleeping Beauty Le Chat Botté Puss in Boots Cendrillon Cinderella Riquet à la Houppe Ricky of the Tuft and Le Petit Poucet Hop-o'-My-Thumb as well as The Clever Princess or Finette by his niece Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier de Villandon wrongly attributed to Perrault. The collection ends with La Veuve et ses deux filles by Marie Leprince de Beaumont. Cohen 789; Brunet Supplément II 206 ; Provenance: Henry Betrand library blind stamp on verso of frontispiece. Chez Bassompierre, libraire & imprimeur, A La Haye, et se trouve à hardcover
174458901à Londres London: Chez C. Marshet T. Payne 1744. Fine. Chez C. Marsh et T. Payne à Londres London 1744 20.50 x 26 cm relié Illustrated first edition. Faerno's verses appeared for the first time in 1564 and Perrault's version in 1699. This edition gives for the first time Faerno's original text followed by Perrault's translation. It is illustrated with a frontispiece by Claude du Bosc representing Aesop among animals and 100 unsigned headpieces 9 x 11 cm. The preliminary leaves contain some poems by the neo-Latin poet and some letters. Full aubergine morocco binding from the late 19th century signed Chatelin in the frieze. Richly ornamented spine with raised bands. Title date and place in gilt. Central framing à la Du Seuil with fleurons in the corners and 4 large fleurons inside the rectangle. Triple fillet frame. Rich interior frieze with fleur-de-lys. Gilt edges. Red peacock-tail paper slipcase with blue felt interior. Perfect freshness of the paper. Sumptuous copy lavishly bound in a master binding. Superb work of fables very close in its illustration to emblem books. The book is moreover catalogued as such in several collections of emblems as emphasized by the art historian Mario Praz although it is not strictly speaking one. 19th-century engraved bookplate of A. Hornung. Chez C. Marshet T. Payne hardcover
180823443London: J. Harris successor to E. Newberry 1808. Wraps. 12mo. Printed wrappers. 16pp. Eight hand-colored original plates including the frontispiece. Some edge-fraying to plates contemporary ms. ownership name on reverse of frontispiece original printed blue wrappers rubbed and faded edge-frayed in places old ms. price at head of upper cover Housed in a custom clamshell case. A presentable copy in spite of the wear.<br /> <p><br /> Moon 618. The rare first edition of the first versification of the story of Cinderella. Marjorie Moon locates only two copies of this edition. Not in Osborne.<br /> <p>. J. Harris, successor to E. Newberry unknown
1742047109Amsterdam: Chez Jaques Desbordes 1742. Early Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Near Fine Condition. Rebound in 19th century half red morocco over marbled boards marbled endapers with old bookplate and bookseller ticket. Half trimmed alternating trimmed and untrimmed signatures. Very slight occasional soiling but just about fine overall - a lovely copy of a rare Amsterdam edition with the illustrationsafter Clouzier but new engravings from the earlier Desbordes editions. With frontis and 8 headpieces. 6 184pp.<br/><br/>First published in 1697 Perrault's fairy tales are some of the most timeless ever written. In an attractive binding by L. Claessens of Brussels. Desbordes published unauthorized editions in 1697 1708 1721 and 1729 as well Brunet Supp. 2 206; all Desbordes editions are rare. This one was no doubt occasioned by a new 1742 edition in Paris. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 047109. Chez Jaques Desbordes hardcover
1734D4425Paris: Par La Compagnie des Libraires 1734. Hardcover. Very Good. Three volumes comprising Vol. III parts I to III of Memoires de lAcadémie Royale des Sciences depuis 1666 jusquà 1699. Paris: Par La Compagnie des Libraires 1733-1734. Part I: 231pp.; Part II: 294pp.; Part III: 215pp. 97 engraved folding plates depicting animals and skeletal diagrams. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Claude Perrault in first volume. Contemporary French calf spines gilt edges red; some occasional browning; repairs to joints some rubbing. Unidentified armorial bookplate to front pastedown beneath monogrammed bookplate D.P. with chipmunk and two mice. A later reduced format edition of Perraults Memoires of 1671-1676 Perraults study of this nature was first published in 1669 with the results of investigations of five animals and later expanded with studies of over forty animals. Prior to 1670 most descriptions of animals paid little attention to their internal structure and there were very few images in natural history encyclopedias that depicted skeletons or muscles. That changed with the establishment of the Académie des Sciences in Paris in 1666 by Jean-Baptiste Colbert with the approval of King Louis XIV. The Academy functioned with neither statutes nor regulations until 1699. At that time the Academy used the term mathématique to encompass the fields that are now called astronomy mathematics and physics and the term physique to encompass the fields that are now called anatomy botany zoology and chemistry. In January 1699 Louis reorganized the Academy giving it first regulations. The effect was to give the King more control over their activities in exchange for becoming an official institution under his protection with the new name Académie Royale des Sciences. One of the original academicians the physician Claude Perrault organized regular sessions at which participants could dissect deceased animals from Louis XIVs royal menagerie and record all they observed. Lions chameleons bears gazelles wolves ostriches crocodiles monkeys eagles tigers porcupines and salamanders among some were all laid open by the academics scalpels. These superb folding plates record in great detail the pioneering work at the Academy. These three volumes in three parts focus on the transformative and foundational years of the French Royal Academy of Sciences and Claude Perraults efforts which had made comparative anatomy a vital tool for the classifying naturalist. <br/><br/> Par La Compagnie des Libraires hardcover
1886ST20745Asnières sur Seine: Boussod Valadon et Cie 1886-87. 390 x 305 mm. 15 1/4 x 12". 34 leaves; 42 leaves. Printed on rectos only. <br/> MAJESTIC DARK BROWN MOROCCO RICHLY GILT BY NOULHAC stamp-signed and dated 1912 on front dentelle covers with elegant frame in the Romantic style with acanthus leaves and myriad blossoms enclosed by multiple plain rules dotted and dogtooth rolls raised bands spine compartments with central rose sprig framed by a spray of leaves erupting from each corner inner dentelles with ornate frame featuring an entwined floral vine and ribbon roll lovely jacquard endleaves of floral baskets woven in pink green and blue marbled flyleaves all edges gilt. WITH 74 ILLUSTRATIONS BY DE BEAUMONT 33 in the first work 41 in the second "reproduced in facsimile and printed in color by the Publishers." Printed on rectos only on thick wove paper. Lonchamp Manuel du Bibliophile Français 1470-1920 II 361; Vicaire Manuel de l'Amateur de Livres du XIXe siècle VI 550. Joints a little worn though nicely refurbished a four-inch superficial scratch on rear board but A VERY FINE COPY--the striking binding with lustrous leather and glittering gilt; the contents entirely clean fresh and bright; and the margins vast.<br/> <br/> This grandly proportioned bibliophile's edition of Perrault's fairy tales is sumptuous to the last detail with lush facsimile watercolor illustrations and a binding by a leading French artisan. Charles Perrault 1628-1703 reworked traditional folklore into sophisticated fairy tales for the denizens of the intellectual salons of Paris ending each story with a usually cynical moral in couplets. He is credited with inventing the fairy tale genre and the Brothers Grimm--not to mention Walt Disney--profited greatly from his oeuvre. These two publications include three of his best-known tales--Cinderella Bluebeard and Sleeping Beauty--alongside the lesser-known "Les Fées.†Literally translated as “The Fairies†but generally called "Diamonds and Toads" in English this fourth tale features a pair of sisters who meet a fairy in disguise and are rewarded or punished based on their behavior toward her. The son of a sculptor our illustrator Charles-Édouard de Beaumont 1812-88 had initially trained to follow in his father's footsteps but instead became a painter illustrator and lithographer working across genres and media through his career. He is best known for his watercolors and for his work to encourage the popularity of the medium; in 1879 he co-founded the Society of French Watercolorists with Jehan Georges Vibert. Benezit tells us that "as a watercolourist . . . his style is highly individual and personal and it may be claimed that his work broke new ground." This is evident in the present artworks where the characters--charming comical and terrifying--are depicted with graceful linework and gentle washes of color. Beaumont's artwork interacts physically with the text which is sometimes obscured behind a painted curl of smoke or pushed out of the way by the feet of the optimistic suitors of Cinderella's prince. Beaumont had a love for historical weaponry his collection was donated to the Museum of Cluny after his death and he depicted the knives and swords in the famous tale of the murderer Bluebeard with an almost gleeful accuracy of detail that clearly demonstrates his interest. The imposing binding with lacy detail calling to mind the decorations of the era in which Perrault first published these stories is the work of Henri Noulhac. Described as "a superlative craftsman" by Duncan & De Bartha who reproduce four of his bindings in their "Art Nouveau and Art Deco Bookbinding" Noulhac 1866-1931 was born in Chateauroux where he served his apprenticeship. He afterwards moved in 1894 to Paris where he established his atelier at 10 rue de Buci and gained a reputation as one of the foremost binders and gilders of his generation. In addition to the binding and the illustrations here the condition of this volume needs to be highlighted--the book seems to be fresh from the binder's atelier untouched by any reader. Boussod Valadon et Cie unknown
1679032848<p>A Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale 1679 A fair copy of the 1st edition of the Description de la Grotte de Versailles bound with a very good copy of the 2nd edition of Labyrinte de Versailles in contemporary elephant folio full leather binding. La Grotte has had 5 of the 20 plates cut out but Labyrinte is complete. The binding is sound with raised bands and title label to spine. It is very worn with a lot of wear to corners with leather loss and to spine joints spine ends and edges. The surface of the boards is a little rough. All page edges red. There is an old bookplate to the front pastedown endpaper - Earl Vane from the Library of the Rev. John Vane. Contents: 3 blanks; title 1679; blank verso; Description pp 1-11; Imprimerie to verso p 11; plates 13 single and 2 double; title to Labyrinte 1697; blank verso; Description pp 3-34; blank recto with Explication du Plan du Labyrinte to verso; plate 1; fables quatrains by Isaac Benserade and plates Sebastien Leclerc on opposing pages - 78 pp 39 plates; table 3 pp with L'Imprimerie to verso final leaf; 4 x final blanks. The binding is 50 cm x 35 cms; the page size in Labyrinte matches that of the Grotte but the actual text and plate size is 15.8 x 10.2 cm. Contents are in very good clean condition. Please enquire if you would like to see further images.</p> De L'Imprimerie Royale hardcover
003416A Paris: Par la Compagnie des Libraires 1733. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. Volume III of Mémoires de l'Académie royale des sciences in three parts. Part I: xxi i iv 231 ipp.; Part II: ii iv 294 iipp.; Part III: iv 215 iiipp. Contemporary calf very worn with the arms of Adam Gottlob Moltke 1710-1792 statesman diplomat and the closest advisor to the Danish king Frederik V 1723-1766 on the covers. With 97 engraved folding plates depicting animals and skeletal diagrams. From the libraries of George Schuckburgh sixth Baron Shuckburgh with his bookplate and Adam Gottlob Moltke 1710-1792 statesman diplomat and the closest advisor to the Danish king Frederik V 1723-1766 with his supralibros on the covers. Though the binding is quite worn it is in very good condition internally. <br/> <br/> A Paris: Par la Compagnie des Libraires, 1733. hardcover
1801015916Paris: Chez Henry Tardieu An IX 1800 1801. Book measures 17x10.5.cm. 4 258 2 p. 12 leaves of plates with half title. Bound in modern full panelled leather leather title label. Binding in fine condition. Internally previous owners name on title dated 1823 a few pages creased 1 plate repaired without loss spotting to plates. Generally pages and plates in good condition. A very nice copy. F. Full Calf. Very Good Plus. Illus. by Camu. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Chez Henry Tardieu An IX [1800] Hardcover
108160Paris La Sirène 1920. . First edition first printing one of one of 50 deluxe copies on Whatman; square 4to 25.5 x 25.5 cm; 8 circular pochoir plates 'colorié au patron' and 60 black and white illustrations in the text after Laforge; modern black morocco flat spine title in silver to spine original pink wrappers bound in a fine copy.<br /> misc23 Charles Perrault's classic fairy tales are here illustrated with striking art deco pochoir plates by Lucien Laforge. This copy is from the first printing of 50 examples on thick paper and is not only much rarer than the general trade edition but is far superior in terms of quality. <br /><br />Lucien Laforge was born in Paris in 1889 and was a staunch pacifist feigning lunacy twice to be discharged during WWI. He published a work in 1922 titled 'le film 1914' which satirised the conflict with grotesque cartoons blaming the horrors on the greed and stupidity of the wealthy elite. His simple and sometimes haunting style is also evident in his illustrations for fairy tales and was not considered fashionable at the time but displays the chilling legacy of the war. The bold black lines of his characters were incredibly progressive and appear almost cartoon-like.<br /> Paris, La Sirène, 1920. unknown
1759Perrault1759<p>PERRAULT Charles: Mémoires de Charles Perrault de l'Académie Françoise et Premier Commis des batimens du Roi. Contenant beaucoup de particularités & d'Anecdotes intéressantes du ministère de M. Colbert. Avignon: Pierre Patte 1759.</p><p>First edition of the Memoirs by the author of Mother Goose's Tales very rare when preserved in an elegant ancient binding as our copy. Tchemerzine V 188</p><p>The Memoirs stop after the break with Colbert and were published by the architect Pierre Patte. Originally coming from the region of Tours but established in Paris the Perrault family belongs to a haute bourgeoisie of Robe with a modern and Jansenist sensibility whose sons are lawyer Jean receiver general of finances Pierre architect and doctor Claude or doctor in theology Nicolas. As for Charles if he seems to follow a banal course of a future robin brilliant literary studies at the college of Beauvais in Paris law degrees and registration at the bar in 1651 he actually breaks with the school institution. Then we see him trying to celebrate the great events of the kingdom: odes on peace on the occasion of the Treaty of the Pyrenees 1659 on the wedding of Louis XIV and Marie-Therese 1660 on the birth of the Dauphin 1661 with a controversial literary talent by Racine but with a growing political success to the point of appearing soon to the young King and his administrators as a great choice to carry out the cultural project of the reordering of France; while he is committed to the superintendence of the royal buildings Perrault who has proved again his encomiastic science Discours sur lacquisition de Dunkerque par le roi 1663 is appointed on the recommendation of Chapelain secretary of the Petite Academy future Académie des inscriptions et des belles-lettres. He is elected to the French Academy 1671 of which he became Chancellor at the death of Seguier 1672 and redefines its rules of operation. Its effectiveness is once again such that in the same year Colbert creates for him a tailor-made position the general control of the buildings. After the death of Colbert 1683 he is dismissed from his position of Controller General and excluded from the Petite Académie by Louvois; only remained Director of the Academy he is de facto placed in an almost total retreat at the age of fifty-five. Charles Perrault then devotes himself to the education of his children he was a widower since 1678 but more importantly resumes and deepens a religious reflection Épître chrétienne sur la pénitence praise of Louis XIV protector of the Catholic religion 1683 ode Aux nouveaux convertis 1685 etc. which will prove to be the ethical base of the upcoming Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns. As evidenced by his consultation with two religious former moderates Bossuet and Huet about his Saint Paulin évêque de Nole 1686 epic in six songs that appears to be followed by an epistle to Fontenelle Le Génie. On January 27 1687 the public reading of the Siècle de Louis XIV by Charles Perrault to the glory of the Moderns caused a quarrel between the Ancients and the Moderns to burst whose stakes exceed the controversies of their respective leaders Boileau and himself. In fact it will result in the reconciliation 1694 of those who probably were differently of the same opinion Boileau.</p> [Pierre Patte] hardcover
168455420Paris: Jean Baptiste Coignard 1684. Second revised edition. Contemporary Calf. Nearly fine. Folio 40.6 by 27.9 cm. Collation: pi1 a2 e2 i2 o2 A-4Y2 4Z4 -4Z4; = 194 leaves . 18 354 16 pp; engraved hors texte half-title; 68 numbered engraved plates some double-suite in text; woodcut diagrams throughout. Contemporary marbled calf lightly worn at extremities spine with raised bands lettered and tooled in gilt dentelles; marbled endleaves. Occasional light dampstain at top gutter sometimes just encroaching beyond margin else a fine amply-margined copy.<br /> <br /> Second revised edition. "This edition contained few emendations but many important additions which based on various opinions prompted the author to reprint his version. He also changed three figures and added three plates one in Book VI and two in Book X. Although this work could have been further refined it nevertheless rightfully holds a prominent place among the Vitruvian versions and commentaries" Cicognara. Claude Perrault 1613-1688 was a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and a doctor of medicine and anatomist in the faculty at Paris; he designed the Paris Observatory and participated in the design of the east façade of the Louvre. His published works are evidence of a polymathic mind encompassing architecture physics and natural history. Fowler ranks the present work among "the scholarly editions of Vitruvius Fowler. With engravings signed by: Sébastien Leclerc Jacques Grignon Georges Tournier Nicolas Pitau Gérard Edelinck Pieter Van Der Banck Gérard Scotin Jean Patigny Pierre Lepautre Etienne Gantrel.<br /> <br /> The military and civil engineer Marcus Vitruvius Pollio ca. 70-80 BCE - ca. 15 CE is the author of the only surviving ancient treatise on architecture arranged in ten books. By his own account Vitruvius served in the Roman army under the command of Julius Caesar. Rediscovered by the Florentine humanist Poggio Bracciolini 1380-1459 in the library of Saint Gall Abbey and publicized by Leon Battista Alberti 1404-1472 Vitruvius’ De Architectura would later define the canon of classical architecture. His assertion that structures should exhibit the three qualities of stability firmitatis utility utilitiatis and beauty venustatis became a commonplace in architectural theory. The wide-ranging program of De Architectura deals with “principles of buildings in general building materials designs of theatres temples and other public buildings town and country houses baths interior decoration and wall paintings clocks and dials astronomy mechanical and military engineering.†PMM. Throughout the Renaissance Vitruvius’ work provided inspiration for Michelangelo Leon Battista Alberti Donato Bramante Lorenzo Ghiberti Giacomo Vignola Andrea Palladio and many others. The first printed edition of De Architectura appeared at Rome ca. 1483-90; the first illustrated edition at Venice 1511.<br /> <br /> Provenance: Bookplate of Harold Douthit. Cf. Digital Cicognara Library 730; Cf. Fowler 418 first ed. 1673.<br /> <br /> Full title and imprint: Le Dix Livres d'Architecture de Vitruve Corrigez et Traduits nouvellement en François avec des notes & figures. Seconde edition reveue corrigée & augmentée par M. Perrault de l'Academie Royalle des Sciences Docteur en Medecine de la Faculté de Paris. A Paris chez Jean Baptiste Coignard imprimeur ordinaire du roy ruë S. Jacques à la Bible d'or M.DC.LXXXIV. 1684. Jean Baptiste Coignard unknown
182086499Paris: Chez Saintin 6 rue de l'Eperon 1820. Fine. Chez Saintin 6 rue de l'Eperon Paris s. d. circa 1810 8.90 x 13.80 cm relié Very elegant edition of Perrault's fairy tales printed with the stereotype process invented by Louis-Etienne Herhan. Illustrated with 5 full-text engravings 2 vignettes each and a vignette on the engraved title after the frontispiece by Antoine Clouzier for the first edition of Perrault's tales Paris Barbin 1697. Full roan binding smooth spine framed in gilt and gilt motifs black title label stamped in gilt boards framed in gilt inner dentelle endpapers and pastedowns in caillouté paper all edges gilt. Joints slightly split at head of spine a small brown stain to title page and frontispiece some spotting. Very rare edition including Bluebeard Little Red Riding Hood The Fairy Sleeping Beauty Puss in Boots Cinderella Riquet with the Tuft Little Thumb The Clever Princess Donkey-skin The Ridiculous Wishes. A very scarce item OCLC does not locate any copy printed by Saintin at this address. Chez Saintin, 6 rue de l'Eperon hardcover
123235London William Heinemann 1913. . First edition deluxe issue number 218 of 1130 copies signed and numbered by the artist to limitation page; 4to 290 x 240 mm; watermark to half-title 13 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue-guards and loose paper frames illustrations in text light offsetting from signature and illustrations throughout not affecting legibility of text light age-toning to first and final page of text occasional spot or mark otherwise very good internal condition; modern full pale green morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe gilt panelled and decorated cover with embossed gilt titular story character. spine in 6 compartments with gilt lettering other compartments tooled in gilt floral decoration with red morocco flower top edge gilt others untrimmed marbled endpapers gilt dentelles some minor spots to boards very light wear to extremities spine slightly faded otherwise very good condition; xii 160pp.<br /> A beautifully illustrated edition of Mother Goose Old Nursery Rhymes including many well-known ones such as Hickory-Dickory-Dock. This copy is number 218 of only 1130 copies printed in this deluxe issue and signed by the illustrator Arthur Rackham. Rackham was a leading figure in the Golden Age of Illustration as exemplified by this book.<br /> London, William Heinemann, 1913. hardcover
1902761A59London: The Eragny Press 1902. Hardback. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". T. Sturge Moore. A very scarce edition of this popular tale limited to two hundred and thirty copies and illustrated by T. Sturge Moore. A limited edition copy of two hundred and thirty printings of this work. A very scarce volume. Comprising a popular tale the most famous version by Charles Perrault Histoire de Peau d'Ane Donkey Skin originally published in 1694. According to Ruth B. Bottigheimer this would be the first written French fairy tale classing among folktales of Aarne-Thompson.An Eragny press edition. This publisher active between 1896 and 1914 specialised in small handmade books in limited prints with stunning wood engravings. It produced a total of thirty two titles. Founded by Lucien Pissarro the publications were inspired by the works of the Kelmscott Press. Pissarro was a great printmaker and wood engraver himself he worked in France for about thirty years before he moved to Britain.With three engravings by T. Surge Moore and frontispiece by L. Pissarro. in the original publisher's paper covered boards with title stamped in gilt to front board and spine. Externally sound with slight shelfwear and rubbing to head and tail of spine. Slight handling marks to boards. William S. Argent's bookplate to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Small bookworm mark affecting pastedown to sixteen not affecting contents or text. Illustrated with frontispiece three engravings by T. Sturge Moore. Very Good The Eragny Press hardcover
1837133272Paris: Pintard et Letaille c.1837. Interactive fairy tales An attractive moveable book for children comprising the tales of Little Red Riding Hood Riquet on the Hoop and Tom Thumb with two colour backdrops into which the young reader could insert a sequence of cut-out figures to illustrate the story as it progressed. The book was first published in 1820 by Lambert Nepveu et Lefuel. This is the subsequent printing by Pintard and Letaille in circa 1837. Oblong duodecimo. Rear of book with folding flaps enclosing 2 hand-coloured and varnished plates with slits to insert hand-coloured cut-out subjects of which there are here 25 26 were issued; folding plate illustrating how to place the figurines. Original pink boards engraved pictorial title card to front cover. Very light soiling rear inner hinge split light foxing to contents. A very good copy. Not in Gumuchian. hardcover
1679045233Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale 1679. Second Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Good Condition. Willem Swidde. Contemporary full mottled calf gilt with arms of Louis XIV to both boards and royal cipher to spine; a slightly bungled stamp to the boards but a nice job on the spine but still very clearly the arms of Louis XIV 1638-1715 and a nice association of binding and book. Dry and cracked hinges weak but holding. Tide mark to bottom corner of the volume heavy at the beginning largely effecting the text but lightly to the plates as well. On Perrault's advise Louis XIV included 39 fountains in the gardens of Versailles each illustrating one of the fables of Aesop. The 41 plates here are of the 39 fountains plus a map of the garden and a view of the entrance. The first edition was published in 1677 later editions followed in Dutch English etc. Tchemerzine - Volume 9/10 167 Brunet III p.723 the 1st edition. <br /> <br /> Provenance: Louis XIV Armorial binding with royal cipher in spine compartments and crown and fleur de lis on the front cover. Later PAW bookplate inside front cover. Size: Quarto 4to. Illustrator: Willem Swidde. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Myths Legends & Folklore; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 045233. De L'Imprimerie Royale hardcover
19573549BB1957. Lausanne André et Pierre Gonin 1957. 4°. 23 Bl. Mit 1 Farbstiftzeichnung u. zahlr. farb. z.T. ganzs. Textillust. von Hans Fischer. Lose in Orig.-Pergament und Schuber. Vgl. Schug 1662. - "Die von dem Schweizer Hans Fischer 1909-1958 ersonnene Paraphrase ist eine der geglücktesten überhaupt. Er motiviert sie mit den Worten: 'Was nicht in der Geschichte steht: nämlich dass es für einen Kater gar nicht einfach ist in Stiefeln zu stehen und auf zwei Beinen zu gehen. Das musste er zuerst lernen" Schug. Mit Farbstiftzeichnung von Hans Fischer. Der Kater empfängt die Kutsche. unknown
1801174725Paris: chez Poncelin An IX. = 1801. A choice selection of the best-known French fairy tales A charming illustrated selection from the most important corpus of fairy tales published in the 18th century Le Cabinet des fées published in 41 volumes in 1785-9. The first volume prints the eight famous tales by Charles Perrault originally published as Histoires ou Contes du temps passé 1697: "Le Petit Chaperon rouge" "Les Fées" "La Barbe-bleue" "La Belle au bois dormant" "Le Chat botté" "Cendrillon" "Riquet à la houppe" and "Le Petit Poucet". The concluding tale is "L'Adroite princesse" by Perrault's niece Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier. The second volume has three more Perrault tales "Griselidis" "Peau d'Âne" and "Les Souhaits ridicules" together with "Persinette" by Mademoiselle de La Force "Incarnat Blanc et Noir" attributed to Chevalier de Mailly "Kadour" a tale set in Kashmir and "Les Deux Pantoufles". Each volume has a frontispiece of a full-page woodcut on the half-title verso; 15 of the tales have woodcut vignettes at their head. 2 vols bound in one duodecimo 130 x 82 mm pp. 4 iv 173 1; iv 169 3. Half-titles with full-page woodcuts on verso to face titles woodcut vignettes at head of most tales. Contemporary sprinkled quarter calf red morocco label gilt ornaments in compartments marbled sides red edges. Joints rubbed very occasional minor spots a very good copy. Opie collection of children's literature 049:074. unknown
147736Geneva: Chez Pierre Aubert 1653. 2 vols in 1. 12mo 6¼ x 4 ins. Contemporary vellum binding tanned and marked with some wear at head and tail of spine. Pp. xxix 233 1 blank 22 table & 78 2 blank illus with engraved headpieces inner hinges partly cracked; inactive worm holes between leaves of table of part I and prelims of part II; front free endpaper partly torn at gutter and pages toned throughout with small nicks at some fore-edges; armorial bookplate of Harry Bertram McCaskie on front paste-down. Geneva: Chez Pierre Aubert, 1653 unknown
