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1946649451946. Fine. s. d. 1946-1947 25 x 34 cm une feuille Original ink on cartridge paper signed in ink on the lower right with Henri Michaux's monogram HM. A tiny tear causing no effect at the top of the leaf. The drawing has been authenticated by M. Franck Leibovici Henri Michaux's beneficiary and will be entered into the catalogue raisonné in preparation. The work appeared in the Michaux exhibition catalogue at the Galerie Drouin in 1948 and belongs to Michaux's Meidosem or psychologism period an artistic pseudo-movement of which he was both the initiator and the only follower. It is in 1946 in the preface to Peinture et Dessins entitled Thinking about the phenomenon of painting ' that Michaux explains the rules of this art aiming to paint the portrait of temperaments 15.' Indeed for him to paint a face is to project the essence on to the paper or canvas: There is a certain inner ghost that you should be able to paint and not just the nose the eyes the hair that we can see on the outside. often as tough as old boots. In Rosaline Deslauriers Les Meidosems d'Henri Michaux : émergences du dedans résurgences orientales Littérature et mathématiques Numéro 68 Winter 2002. Beautiful and rare ink drawing perfectly preserved. unknown
46617MICHAUX Francois Andre. The North American Sylva Or A Description of Forest Trees of the UNITED STATES CANADA AND NOVA SCOTIA. Paris: Printed by C. D'Hautel 1819 - 1818 - 1819. Three volumes containing seven "half volumes" each with its own titlepage. 4v3268; 4250; 2851pp. plus 156 handcolored plates. Half title in each of the three volume. Contemporary three quarter straight-grained red morocco and plain paper boards spines gilt. Boards rubbed. Spine head of first volume neatly repaired. Bookplate on each front pastedown. Scattered foxing mostly confined to text with the plates generally clean and brightly colored. Very good. BENNETT p.76. MEISEL III pp.379-81. SABIN 48694. OAK SPRING SYLVA 20 ref. NISSEN 1361. TAXONOMIC LITERATURE 5962. MacPHAIL ANDRE & FRANCOIS-ANDRE MICHAUX 17b. Savage ANDRE AND FRANCOIS ANDRE MICHAUX Charlottesville 1986. The first reissue of the first edition of Michaux following the original 1817 edition. The same beautiful color plates printed in Paris many after Redoute are present here as in the first issue. This publication is the most important work relating to American trees prior to the 20th century. It is the product of the efforts of one of the greatest naturalists to work in 19th century America Francois A. Michaux. The beautifully executed plates illustrate leaves and nuts or berries of American trees across the entire continent. Thomas Nuttall later continued the work begun by Michaux and of the combined work of both men Sabin states: "It is no exaggeration to remark that it is the most complete work of its kind and is a production of unrivalled interest and beauty." Michaux's work is based on his extensive travels in the eastern half of America and those of his father from the 1790s on. Both men were friendly with Jefferson and other leading figures who aided them in their work and travels. This edition was printed in Paris where the plates were engraved as well. Both volumes contain the Paris imprint of D'Hautel. The plates were executed by the great French flower painter Redoute and his associate Bessa. The sheets of the first effort at reprinting the work were destroyed by fire but the copper plates were separately stored and thus survived to be employed in a later combined edition issued by Rice and Hart. unknown
51-6030Paris: De l'imprimerie de L. Haussmann et d'Hautel 1810-13. . 3 volumes. Large 8vo 252 x 162 mm. 138 of 141 engraved color stipple engraved plates finished by hand. Contemporary mottled calf decorated with gilt foliate borders on covers gilt spines restored; lacking 2 "bis" plates in volume II not present in all issues foxing. on some text pages but plates fresh.FIRST EDITION of the first work on the subject of the trees of North America. Issued in 24 fascicules over 3 years with some variation in collation plate count and title page variants; in this case the text corresponds to Stafleu issue 2 but with an issue 3 title page in volume 3. Great Flower Books p 68; Nissen BB1 1360; MacPhail 12b; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 5961; Bibliotheque National de France ark:/12148/bpt6k97835c/; OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:49107118; MacPhail Andre and Francois Andre Michaux 12B title to vol.II dated 1812; Meisel IIIp.371; Oak Spring Sylva 19;."In 1806 Michaux again set sail for America but was captured by the British and detained for several months in Bermuda. Arriving in New York in May he spent the next three years studying and classifying trees in the northeastern United States Quebec and Nova Scotia. In 1807 he met Robert Fulton and became such a good friend that he was one of two passengers on the Clermont 's landmark trip up the Hudson River. After returning to France he wrote a three-volume work called The North American Sylva; or A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States Canada and Nova Scotia. It was published in Paris from 1810 to 1813 and translated into English five years later. Michaux spent most of the rest of his life managing experimental farms owned by the Société Centrale de l'Agriculture near Paris devoting much of his work to the cultivation and propagation of trees and shrubs grown from seeds he had sent back from America." Paris: De l'imprimerie de L. Haussmann et d'Hautel, 1810-13. unknown
181325430Paris: L'Imprimerie de L. Haussmann 1813. 3 volumes tall octavo. 9 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches. Half-titles 2pp. of errata at end of vol.III. 138 hand-coloured colour stipple engravings. Extra illustrated with a carte-de-visite albumen portrait photograph of the author by J.A. Whipple of Boston tipped in at the front of vol.I. Foxing to the text some minor offsetting to the plates. Expertly bound to style in half dark brown morocco over nineteenth century marbled paper-covered boards spines lettered in gilt<br/> <br/> Provenance: Theodore Lyman III 1833-1897 signature in each volume<br/> <br/> Theodore Lyman's copy of the original issue in French of Michaux's great work on North American trees including beautiful colour plates printed in Paris many after Redouté.<br/> <br/> This is the most important work relating to American trees published prior to the 20th century and excepting the unillustrated Arbustrum Americanum by Humphrey Marshall Philadelphia 1785 it is the first significant work devoted to North American sylva. In the English translation as The North American Sylva this book remained the standard work on the subject for most of the 19th century. It was the product of the efforts of one of the greatest naturalists to work in 19th-century America François A. Michaux who together with his father André was a pioneer in the natural history exploration of Eastern North America. The beautifully-executed plates illustrate leaves and nuts or berries of American trees across the entire continent. The English and Latin names are printed in the caption of each plate. Michaux's work is based on his extensive travels in the Eastern half of America and those of his father from the 1790s on. Both men were friendly with Jefferson and other leading figures who aided them in their work and travels. The plates were executed by the great French flower painter Redouté and his associate Bessa. At least two sets are known to have the date of 1813 on the title-page of the first volume most likely denoting a later issue. The first volume of this copy bears the correct date of 1810. The work was issued in twenty-four parts during 1810-1813. This set with provenance to American soldier and naturalist Theodore Lyman III. Lyman studied under Louis Agassiz at Harvard and continued his studies researching starfish off the Florida coast. After a European tour at the outbreak of the Civil War he served on General Meade's staff. Following the war he was a state Fish Commissioner a federal commissioner and one of the first scientists to advocate the widespread use of fish ladders known then as "fishways." He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the National Academy of Sciences a trustee of the Peabody Education Fund and an overseer of Harvard University. This copy extra-illustrated with a rare carte-de-visite albumen portrait photograph of F.A. Michaux by John Adams Whipple 1822-1891 of Boston after the daguerrotype portrait taken for Dr. Asa Gray during his visit to Paris in June 1851.<br/> <br/> Cf. MacPhail Andre and Francois Andre Michaux 12B title to vol.II dated 1812; Meisel IIIp.371; Oak Spring Sylva 19; cf. Stafleu & Cowan III 5961 title to vol.II dated 1812; Great Flower Books 1990 p. 119; Nissen BBI 1360. L'Imprimerie de L. Haussmann unknown
18651068151865. Philadelphia: Wm. Rutter & Co. 1865. <br /> <br /> 6 vols. in 5 roy. 8vo 184; 180; 180; 206; 215 pp. With 277 hand-colored plates as noted below. Original de luxe binding of publisher's full brown morocco covers richly blind-stamped blind-stamped and gilt-lettered backstrips gilt edges collector's modern bookplate in each volume. Joints lightly scuffed. Very occasional foxing to tissue guards or plates but generally a very clean fresh set.<br /> <br /> § Combined edition of this classic work of American natural history in the finest de luxe format. "It is no exaggeration to remark that it is the most complete work of its kind and is a production of unrivalled interest and beauty." Sabin 48695. The plates drawn for the original edition by the famous Redouté brothers and Pancrace Bessa feature the leaves berries flowers and nuts of trees from coast to coast. The Michaux volumes contain 156 hand-colored stipple engravings and the Nuttall volumes contain 121 hand-colored lithographs each showing the branch form leaf flower and fruit of the species. Michaux's work was actually carried out in the late 18th century Nuttall's in the early to mid-19th century. Michaux was first published in France in 1817 to 1819; the first American edition combining the work of both authors was published in 1841-1852. This edition uses new stones for the Nuttall lithography since the originals were destroyed in 1856. Reese Stamped with a National Character 21. unknown
18011642361801. MICHAUX André. Histoire des Chênes de l'Amerique ou Descriptions et Figures de toutes les espèces et variétés de Chênes de l'Amérique Septentrionale Considérées sous les rapports de la Botanique de leur culture et de leur usage. 4 7 49 pp. 36 leaves of engraved plates 32 after Pierre Joseph Redouté and 4 by Henri-Joseph Redouté. Folio 460 x 300 mm bound in original boards with purple linen spine in a new cloth folding box. Paris: l'Imprimerie de Crapelet 1801. First Edition. A splendid work on American oak trees illustrated with engravings by Joseph Redouté and his brother Henri-Joseph. André Michaux is not to be confused with his son Francois André Michaux the author of The North American Sylva which is considered the most important early work on American trees. André originally came to America in 1785 as Royal botanist under Louis XVI where he undertook extensive travels doing research on behalf of the king. After the Revolution he was asked to undertake a Western expedition by Jefferson and it is presumably from this and his previous travels that the information in this book was collected. The Redouté brothers provide and elegance to Michaux's work with engravings displaying both depth and texture to the botanical subject matter. The linen spine is fraying and there is occasional foxing and staining which is pretty much confined to the margins however this is a nevertheless a very good copy of a rare book of which there has been no copy at auction since 2004. Nissen BBI 1358. hardcover
187118933Philadelphia: W.M. Rutter 1871. leather_bound. 184 180 180 207 215. 27 x 19 cm. 277 colored plates -- 156 hand-colored plates MIchaux and 121 lithographic plates with hand-coloring Nuttall plus engraved frontispiece of Michaux. The Michaux plates were drawn by the Redoute brothers and Pancrace Bessa. Originally published 1810-1813 translated into English by Hillhouse 1817. Reissued in Philadelphia 1850-1851 with Notes by J.J. Smith. Nuttall's Supplement was issued in 1853. SABIN 48695. "Of the two works united it is no exaggeration to remark that it is the most complete work of its kind and is a production of unrivaled beauty giving descriptions and illustrations of all the forest trees of North America from the arctic limits of arborescent vegetation to the confines of the tropical circle." NISSEN 1361 & 1458. Index. Raised bands spine labels lettered in gilt armorial bookplates of Grenville-Lindall-Winthrop plates and text clean hint of toning limited to free endpapers first two vols one volume nicked at spine head; overall a lovely fresh set. Contemporary full brown embossed morocco. Aeg. Near fine. 5 vols. W.M. Rutter unknown
18577348<p>Full dark brown morocco with embossed decoration to boards 5 raised bands with debossed decoration and gilt particulars to spine. All edges gilt. Stated in the preface to this edition: "The whole of the sheets of the last imprint were destroyed by a fire at the bindery wither they had been sent for collation; but fortunately the French copper-plates were in another building. This has enabled the new publishers to issue the work in a much improved style and has allowed for opportunity for additional notes and remarks." Michaux's volumes contain 156 hand colored plates all protected with tissue guards; and Nuttall's volumes contain 121 hand colored plates also protected with tissue guards. Nuttall's title: "The North American Sylva. and Nova Scotia not described in the work of F. Andrew Michaux and containing all the forest trees discovered in the Rocky Mountains the territory of Oregon down to the shores of the Pacific and into the confines of California as well as in various parts of the United States." Firm gutters and hinges. A handsome and supple set. Foxing to frontispiece of Michaux volume 1; Sabin 48695</p> D. Rice and A. N. Hart hardcover
1859613011859. MICHAUX Francois Andre and NUTTALL Thomas. North American Sylva; or A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States Canada and Nova Scotia. Phila.: D. Rice & A.N. Hart 1859. 5 Vols. 257 hand-colored plates the Michaux vols. contain 156 handcolored engravings and the Nuttall vols. 121 hand-colored lithographs. 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards raised spine bands with compartments decorated in blind gilt-lettered spines A.e.gs. Library blindstamps on title pages some light rubbing to boards else very good or better. Bennett p. 76. Meisel III p. 436. Sabin 48695 56351. This publication is the most important work relating to American trees prior to the 20th century. It is the product of the efforts of two of the greatest naturalists to work in 19th century America Francois Andre Michaux and Thomas Nuttall. The beautifully executed plates illustrate leaves and nuts or berries of American trees across the continent. Sabin writes "It is no exaggeration to remark that it is the most complete work of its kind and is a production of unrivalled interest and beauty." Michaux's work is based on his extensive travels in the eastern half of America and those of his father from the 1790s on. Both men were friendly with Jefferson and other leading figures who aided them in their work and travels. The plates were executed by the great French flower painter Redoute and his associate Bessa. The sheets of the first effort at reprinting the work were destroyed by fire but the copper plates were stored separately and thus survived to be employed in the later combined edition issued by Rice and Hart. Thomas Nuttall was one of the most intrepid American naturalists of his day travelling extensively in the Mississippi valley and the Far West in the 1820s and 1830s to gather botanical specimens. His work designed to supplement Michaux's covers eastern species overlooked by his predecessor and new species gathered by Nuttall. The publisher used the newer lithographic method for the Nuttall volumes since they did not have engraved plates in stock as they had for the Michaux. unknown
18012003310086Paris : de l'Impr. de Crapelet An IX-1801 1801. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Important Work on the Oak Trees of North America Folio 45.5 x 30.5 cm. Rebound in fine modern 3/4 morocco over botanically-theme marbled boards. 5 raised bands. Gilt tooling to spine. 36 copper-engraved plates. Spotting throughout. Stain along top margin some soot soiling. Most of the plates drawn by Pierre-Joseph Redoute. Commissioned by the French Government Michaux spent ten years collecting and sending back samples of trees and plants for potential medical or food purposes and specifically here to assess the suitablity of American oaks for the construction of naval vessels. "His contribution to our knowledge of American plant life made for him a place of imperishable distinction as an American botanist" - Humphry 'Makers of North American Botany' p. 177. <br> Great Flower Books p 119; Nissen BBI 1358; Stafleu & Cowan 5957. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Paris : de l'Impr. de Crapelet, An IX-1801 hardcover
1865217441Philadelphia: W.M. Rutter & Co. 1865. 1865 edition combining the works of Michaux and Nuttall. Five volumes uniformly bound in 3/4 brown morocco over marbled boards aeg. Extremities scuffed with some tears and abrasions to leather. All plates present and pristine with a single instance of pressed leaf shadow to verso of plate 16 Michaux Vol. I. and marginal 2" strip offsetting to plate 115 Volume III. Illustrated with 277 hand-colored plates 156 in Michaux; 121 in Nuttall. Tall Octavos. 184; 180; 180; 207; 204 205-15 index. Translated from the French by J. Jay Smith. <br /> <br /> Michaux's work is also "Considered Particularly with Respect to Their use in the Arts and Their Introduction Into Commerce. To Which is Added a Description of the Most Useful of the European Forest Trees." Nuttall's work also contains "All the Forest Trees Discovered in the Rocky Mountains the Territory of Oregon Down to the Shores of the Pacific and Into the Confines of California as well as in Various Parts of the United States."<br /> <br /> Nuttall's original lithographic stones used in earlier editions were destroyed in a fire and new stones were created for this edition. <br /> <br /> Sabin 48695. W.M. Rutter & Co. unknown
194865222Paris: Editions du point du jour 1948. Fine. Editions du point du jour Paris 1948 20 x 26 cm broché sous chemise à lacets Henri MICHAUX Meidosems Éditions du point du jour Paris 1948 20 x 26 cm original wrappers with laced chemise First edition one of 276 numbered copies on pur fil Johannot paper only grand papier deluxe copies after one copy on China paper and 20 on pur fil d'Arches. Handsome copy with very lightly sunned endpapers and a little foxing editor's chemise with ties a clear dampstain to the spine. Illustrated with 13 original lithographs by Henri Michaux including one on a double page and another in green as cover. Autograph inscription signed by Henri Michaux to Jean Sainjon. Editions du point du jour unknown
194884639Paris: J. Lambert & Cie 1948. Fine. J. Lambert & Cie Paris 1948 12 x 18.50 cm broché First edition printed in 750 numbered copies on vélin du Marais paper. Rare autograph inscription signed by Henri Michaux to the critic and art publisher Tériade: ""Souvenir d'amis. A Teriade H. Michaux."" Tériade whose real name was Stratis Eleftheriadis arrived in Paris in 1915 and discovered Parisian bohemia early on making the acquaintance of Christian Zervos. He participated in the creation of the famous surrealist magazine Minotaure for which he served as artistic director until 1936. He also founded with Maurice Raynal the magazine La bête noire then the magazine Verve to which the greatest artists of the 20th century contributed such as Pablo Picasso Marc Chagall Georges Braque Fernand Léger Joan Miro Pierre Bonnard Henri Matisse. Tériade also published several art books bringing together the most important poets and artists of the second half of the 20th century including the sublime Jazz illustrated by Henri Matisse a masterpiece of the illustrated book. Very rare and handsome copy of this moving text with an autograph inscription from the author considering that he had the entire print run withdrawn from sale. J. Lambert & Cie unknown
1865799471865. MICHAUX F. Andrew and NUTTALL Thomas. The North American Sylva; or a Description of the Forest Trees of the United States Canada and Nova Scotia. Phila.: Rice Rutter & Co. 1865. 5 Vols. The Michaux volumes contains portrait frontis. 156 handcolored engravings; and the Nuttall volumes contain 121 handcolored lithographs. Modern calf-backed cloth gilt-ruled raised spine bands green morocco spine labels A.e.g. Internally clean a very good set. Bennett p. 76. Meisel III p. 436ref. Sabin 48695. Oak Spring Sylva 20ref. Graustein Thomas Nuttall Cambridge 1967. Taxonomic Literature 5966 6930. Reese Stamped with a National Character 21 ref. Savage Andre and Francois Andre Michaux Charlottesville 1986. This publication is the most important work on American trees prior to the 20th century. It is the product of the efforts of two of the greatest naturalists to work in 19th century America Francois A. Michaux and Thomas Nuttall. The beautifully executed plates illustrate leaves and nuts or berries of American trees across the entire continent. "It is no exaggeration to remark that it is the most complete work of its kind and is a production of unrivalled interest and beauty"-Sabin. This is a reissue of the combined edition of the two works issued by the Philadelphia publishers Rice Rutter & Co. successors to Rice and Hart. Michaux's work was based on his extensive travels in the eastern half of America and those of his father from the 1790s on. Both men were friendly with Jefferson and other leading figures who aided them in their work and travels. His book was first published with a Philadelphia imprint in 1817-19 although actually printed in Paris where the plates were engraved as well. These plates were executed by the great French flower painters Redoute and his associate Bessa. The sheets of the first effort at reprinting were destroyed by fire but the copper plates were separately stored and survived to be employed in this edition where the work of Michaux fills the first three volumes. Thomas Nuttall was one of the most intrepid American naturalists of his day traveling extensively in the Mississippi Valley and the Far West in 1820s and 1830s to gather botanical specimens. His work designed to supplement that of Michaux covers eastern species missed by. unknown
1854NASYLVAPhiladelphia: Robert P. Smith 1854. Leather bound. Near Fine. First combined edition later printing 1854. With 236 fine hand-colored plates both engravings and lithographs each with a tissue guard. Bound in half dark green morocco spine with five raised bands lettered in gilt in two compartments covers have a large gilt-stamped botany illustration in gold on both the front and rear covers antique marbled endpapers top edge gilt lg 8vo 10 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches. The first volume of Michaux covers pines and firs walnut and hickories the second volume presents 20 different oaks with maples birches beeches chestnuts and nyssas among other groups and the third volume documents the magnolias along with ribinias the tulip tree the catalpa and others. The Volumes II and III of the Nuttall volumes this set lacks Volume I cover trees left out of Michaux as well adding descriptions of trees from Oregon California and the Rocky Mountains where Michaux did not explore and collect. The first combined edition of Michaux and Nuttall was completed in 1849 just five years before this current issue was published. Sabin commented on the combined edition: 'Of the two works united it is no exaggeration to remark that it is the most complete work of its kind and is a production of unrivaled interest and beauty giving descriptions and illustrations of all the forest trees of North America from the arctic limits of arborescent vegetation to the confines of the tropical circle.' Hand colored plates are bright; a remarkably clean and beautiful set lacking one volume in an elegant original binding. Philadelphia: Robert P. Smith hardcover
180543223London. Very Good. 1805. Leather. Translated from French by B. Lambert. Showing age but a lovely book in good condition. Original leather binding well-preserved for age. Spine is legible. Has Western Reserve Historical Society bookplate on front paste down and related stamps/markings in front and back. Includes map which has been reinforced by tape at some rear creases. Shelfwear and rubbing to edges foxing to pages. Please contact us by phone with other questions. ; 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"; 350 pages . hardcover
185271928Philadelphia:: Robert P. Smith 1853; 1852 Vol. III Nuttall. all four volumes uniformly bound in 19th c. green ribbed striped gilt-stamped cloth; all edges gilt. Michaux Vol. 1 front free endpaper absent. Vol. 3 title page nearly detached. There are just a few text pages slightly foxed. The plates are almost all entirely clean and fresh. Light use to cloth; tight and sound. . 8vo. Illustrated with lovely colored engravings: Vol. I Plates 1-50; Vol. III Plates 101-156; Nuttall Vol. II Plates XLI-LXXX and Nuttall Vol. III Plates LXXXI-CXXI. . All four volumes bear the intriguing 19th c. inscription: "Confiscated from John Taylor of Fleetwood Virginia and presented to John Blakeslee by his friend J. Washbourne." Possibly this set has been incomplete since that confiscation. Robert P. Smith, hardcover
180410512Paris: Levrault Schoell & Co. 1804. First printing. Hardcover book. Overall very good condition. A pristine untrimmed copy of the first book by the author of the "North American Sylva" in period mustard colored laid papered boards. <br /> <br /> Francois Michaux made an 1800-mile journey made through the Eastern United States following in the footsteps of his father Andre who was on the Baudin voyage to Australia in 1800. "Michaux began to seek an opportunity to continue his father's work in North America. he sailed for America and arrived at Charleston South Carolina on 9 October 1801. He had been instructed to close down the nursery founded by his father at Charleston for economic reasons and he sent back to France those seedlings he thought worthy of cultivation. In the spring of 1802 Michaux toured the forests of New Jersey with David Hosack and also visited Hosack's newly established Elgin Botanic Garden in New York. From there he made an extended visit to Philadelphia where he met William Bartram and saw William Hamilton's fine collection of trees at Woodlands. He then made a journey through Pennsylvania Kentucky and Tennessee before returning to Carolina and he met on the way many of his father's old acquaintances. He returned to France at the end of 1803 to organize the shipments of plants and seeds that he had sent back and to make a series of reports on his work. Clearly by then he had formed the idea of producing a major work on the trees of North America" Ian MacPhail for ADNB. Howes M579; Clark II 106; Sabin 4870; Monaghan 1063; OCLC: 1545985.<br /> <br /> 8vo vi 312pp large folding copper engraved map of the eastern two-thirds of the US. In early mustard colored laid papered boards black leather & gilt title on spine. Slt. rubbed at edges o/w an extremely nice clean copy. Levrault, Schoell & Co. hardcover
196127144Paris: Gallimard 1961. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1961 14.50 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 21 numbered copies on Hollande paper the tirage de tête. A fine copy. Gallimard unknown
196148219Paris: Gallimard 1961. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1961 14.50 x 19.50 cm broché First edition one of 3000 copies numbered on ""bouffant"" paper calypso. Precious autograph dedication signed by Henri Michaux to Raymond Queneau: "". homage of a friend who is lost in many ways ."" Nice copy. Gallimard unknown
194548236Paris: Gallimard 1945. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1945 12 x 19 cm broché First edition in part an advance service de presse copy. Handsome autograph inscription signed by Henri Michaux to Raymond Queneau : "". qui a son rire pour exorciser.who has his smile to exorcise with"" Spine sunned with a small tear to foot paper yellowed as usual retaining its advertising slip. Gallimard unknown
194443626Paris: Gallimard 1944. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1944 12 x 19 cm relié First collected edition an advance service de presse copy. Elegant half green morocco over marbled paper boards by P. Goy & C. Vilaine spine in six compartments gilt date at foot marbled endpapers and pastedowns covers and spine sunned preserved top edge gilt. Handsome autograph inscription from Henri Michaux to Maurice Blanchot. A very good copy in a perfectly suited binding. Gallimard hardcover
193948241Paris: GLM 1939. Fine. GLM Paris 1939 12.50 x 16.50 cm broché First edition one of 550 copies on vélin blanc paper the only printing along with 30 copies on Normandy. Handsome autograph inscription signed by Henri Michaux to Raymond Queneau. With 16 reproductions of paintings by Henri Michaux. Foreword by Louis Cheronnet. GLM unknown
195048240Paris: L'âge d'or 1950. Fine. L'âge d'or Paris 1950 12.50 x 19.50 cm broché First edition one of 1200 numbered copies on alfa paper the only large paper copies after 50 on Marais. Spine very slightly faded as usual. Handsome autograph inscription signed by Henri Michaux to Raymond Queneau. L'âge d'or unknown
52573MICHAUX Francois A. Travels to the Westward of the Allegany Mountains In the States of Ohio Kentucky and Tennessee and Return to Charlestown Through the Upper Carolinas. London: J. Mawman 1805. 1st ed. in English. xvi 350pp. Folding map frontis. Circa 1900 paper covered boards with paper spine and printed paper spine label. Bookplate of former owner else a near fine copy. Howes M-579. Clark II 106. Graff 2780. Three editions of Michaux's Travels were published in London in 1805. The present edition translated by B. Lambert and published by J. Mawman is the scarcest and much preferred of the three. Michaux 1770-1855 the son of famed French botanist Andre Michaux 1746-1802 was commissioned by the French government to sell his father's tree plantations in Charleston and to continue the botanical travels in the United States that his father had undertaken in the 1780s with a teenage Francois in tow. His journey lasted from August 1801 until March 1803 during which time he travelled extensively throughout the eastern central and southern US Among his stops were Lexington and the horse farms of Kentucky; Nashville and Jonesborough Tennessee; Morganton North Carolina; and Chester Columbia and finally Charleston South Carolina. He comments heavily on the flora and fauna of Georgia and the Carolinas as well as on the health of the cotton and tobacco trades. A highly interesting account of a journey during which the author compiled much information for his later work The North American Sylva Paris 1810-1813. unknown
