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183082618Paris: H. Fournier jeune 1830. Fine. H. Fournier jeune Paris 1830 13.50 x 21.50 cm relié Second edition with some parts in first edition as expanded with two new pieces: ""L'occasion"" and ""Le carrosse du Saint Sacrement"". Half red straight-grained morocco binding with corners signed Blanchetière at the top of the first endpaper. Smooth spine decorated with a large mirror tool and roulettes. Separating fillets on the boards. Very fresh copy uncut however some brown spots on Le carrosse du saint sacrement. Very handsome copy. Provenance: from the library of Jacques Crépineau famous collector of Romantic books with his bookplate. Theater historian and director of the Michodière theater. This is Prosper Mérimée's first work composed of 6 theatrical pieces. ""First dramatic manifestation in France of Romantic creation the Théâtre de Clara Gazul is an original pastiche that shows a moralist's irony but also a parodic exaggeration of Spanish culture cries tears revenge killings."" ""More intended for reading than for performance the work achieved considerable success from its publication."" Larousse Encyclopédie H. Fournier jeune hardcover
187470984Paris: Michel Lévy frères 1874. Fine. Michel Lévy frères Paris 1874 14.50 x 21.80 cm relié First edition. The first edition was so rapidly exhausted that a new one had to be printed a few months later. Contemporary half red shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 3 fleurons and blind fillets gilt title and volume number. Some traces of rubbing. Handsome copy almost free from foxing with fresh paper. These famous letters were addressed to Jenny Jeanne Françoise Dacquin from 1841 to 1870 the last of which was written two hours before the author's death. Hippolyte Taine's preface constitutes one of the first and best testimonials about the writer. While Mérimée complained of being unable to devote time to a true work he unknowingly conceived his ultimate masterpiece with this collection of letters. Library stamps on title page: Ecole Cardinal Pie Montmorillon. Bibliothèque diocésaine Poitiers. Michel Lévy frères hardcover
18270063-06-7aParis/Strasbourg: Chez F.G. Levrault 1827. First Edition. Boards. Very Good. 257pgs small octavo original pale blue boards frontis portrait of Hyacinthe Maglanovitch boards show some edgewear and bumping some chipping slong the edges of the spine some foxing minor scuffing binding tighta very good copy in original state This is Merimee's anonymously published 2nd book. Very scarce. Digital photos provided upon request. Chez F.G. Levrault hardcover
183920759Paris: Imp. royal 1839. Fine. Imp. royal Paris 1839 20.50 x 27 cm relié First edition. Half caramel sheep binding smooth spine decorated with gilt and blind fillets showing some rubbing. Work written in collaboration with Albert Lenoir and Charles Lenormant. Rare work dealing with Gallic Roman Greek and Christian monuments and illustrated with in-text engraved figures. Imp. royal unknown
182786130Paris: F.G. Levrault 1827. Fine. F.G. Levrault Paris 1827 11.50 x 17.50 cm reliure de l'éditeur First edition presented in its rare publisher's binding. Full cream cardboard binding smooth spine black frieze border on covers bookplate pasted on one pastedown. Smooth spine decorated with 2 black fleurons and fillets. Spine slightly yellowed. Upper joint narrowly cracked at head. Spine and covers lightly browned without consequence some minor foxing as usual slight black ink trace on one endpaper. Some light browning on otherwise white paper. Good copy. The work is illustrated with an engraved portrait on China paper of Hyacinthe Maglanovitch guzla player. Literary mystification of these Slavic ballads of which only one is authentic: the sad ballad of the noble wife. Nevertheless a very personal creation by Mérimée the collection experiments with a new form of violence in literature through an exotic language. F.G. Levrault unknown
1896266939Winchester Massachusetts: Emdund H. Garrett Printed at the DeVinne Press 1896. Number 26 of 50 copies on Japan vellum signed by the translator. Watercolor on fly-title preceeding p. 1 of "Ronda Bridge Over the Tajo" by Garrett titled and signed in pencil and 19 etchings each signed in pencil by Garrett. Titled in red and black. xxx ii 118 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Recent quarter green morocco marbled boards retaining original green printed endpapers "Winchester 1896" t.e.g. Previous owner's gift inscription on front blank. Garrett Edmund H. Number 26 of 50 copies on Japan vellum signed by the translator. Watercolor on fly-title preceeding p. 1 of "Ronda Bridge Over the Tajo" by Garrett titled and signed in pencil and 19 etchings each signed in pencil by Garrett. Titled in red and black. xxx ii 118 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A beautiful and stylish 1896 edition of the Prosper Mérimée novella written in 1845 and the source for Georges Bizet's opera 1875.<br /> <br /> With a tipped-in 3-page autograph letter signed "Louise I. Guiney" to Garrett Jan. 11 1893discussing her memoir of the author which appears on pp. ix-xxx: "I will set out to do some 21 pages as readable as I can make them and of course I will treat Prosper 'as if I loved him' after Walton's style with his worm ."<br /> <br /> With an autograph note signed describing the printing of the book from Edmund H. Garrett on the title page verso. Garrett also signed each etching as it appears in the book. Emdund H. Garrett [Printed at the DeVinne Press] unknown
182787958Paris: F.G. Levrault 1827. Fine. F.G. Levrault Paris 1827 11.30 x 17.50 cm relié sous étui First edition. Bradel binding red half Russian morocco smooth spine elaborately decorated in gilt and black date stamped in gilt at foot title label in brown morocco tiger eye patterned boards yellow endpapers and pastedowns original wrappers preserved marbled paper slipcase. Frontispiece portrait on chine paper of Hyacinthe Maglanovich a guzla musician. A very intimate creation by Prosper Mérimée the Guzla is a literary interpretation of slavic ballads. Only one of them is authentic titled ""the sad ballad of the noble bride"". Handsome copy elegantly bound. F.G. Levrault hardcover
1889mon0000155653Paris: Emile Testard 1889. 1 volume quarto limited to 75 copies on Japon title-page printed in red and black illustrated by Edouard Toudouze. Bound in full red morocco ribbed gilt decorated spine covers ruled in gilt and blind spine and cover panels blind tooled with a repeating crest gilt dentelles all edges gilt by French binder Lortic. "Marcelin Lortic binder and gilder; b. 26 Feb. 1852; d. 2 Sept. 1928; apprenticed and collaborated with his father Pierre Marcelin Lortic 1822-1892; he and his brother Paul b. 30 June 1853 succeeded their father in 1884; worked in conjunction with his brother until 1891 as Lortic fre`res and then alone as M. Lortic and Lortic fils. "rn--from Dictionnaire des relieurs francais ayant exerce de 1800 a` nos jours 1988 Paris: Emile Testard unknown
18391726411839. MERIMEE M.J.F.L. The Art of Painting in Oil and in Fresco. With Original Observations. By W.B. Sarsfield Taylor. xliv 371 pp. illustrated with 2 hand-coloured plates - the English chromatic scale of M. Harris and the French chromatic scale of Merimee. 8vo 190 x 115 mm. bound contemporary half morocco London: Whittaker & Co. 1839. First Edition in English; originally published Paris 1830; translated into English by W. B. Sarsfield Taylor. It was called by Faber Birren "perhaps the most important book on painting of the early 19th century." History of color in painting p. 55. The subtitle states the work is "a history of the various processes and materials employed from its discovery by Hubert and Jan Van Eyck to the present time.with original observations on the rise and progress of British Art the French and English chromatic scales and theories of colouring by W.B.S.T." Chapter six deals with conservation and restoration and is given a good analysis in Ruhemann/Plesters pp. 384-5. Noted also by Mayer in The Artist's handbook: "one of the first of the carefully written books on methods and materials; an authentic account of the knowledge of the present day." p. 352. Also contains information on pigments; multiple references in R. D. Harley Artist's pigments. Birren Collection 455. The Book of Colour Concepts 170. unknown
18964844<p>First edition thus. Octavo. Translated and illustrated by Edmund H. Garrett. Memoir of Merimee by Louise I. Guiney. Full gilt stamped yellow morocco by Blackwell spines with raised bands and gilt stamped floral designs within gilt stamped compartments cover with decorative gilt stamped borders and floral designs gilt stamped inner dentelles heavy patterned endpapers t.e.g. uncut. Fine. Black cloth slipcase. Number 47 of 50 numbered copies signed by Garrett on limitation page; also signed and inscribed on third preliminary page by Garrett to Paul Lemperley November 1986 with an original color drawings of several playing cards one pierced by a dagger. Publisher's prospectus laid in loose. Bookplate of Paul Lemperly on the front pastedown. From the library of noted Hollywood director George Cukor with his Paul Landacre bookplate on the front free endpaper.</p> Devinne Press hardcover
1876ST20760-01Paris: Georges Chamerot pour les Amis des Livres 1876. No. 43 OF 100 COPIES numbered for subscribers this one for M. G. Masson from a total edition of 115. 272 x 172 mm. 10 3/4 x 6 3/4". Two volumes. <br/> HANDSOME CHOCOLATE BROWN LEVANT MOROCCO GILT BY PÉTRUS RUBAN stamp-signed on front turn-in covers framed by multiple gilt rules raised bands spine compartments similarly framed gilt lettering WITH gilt turn-ins framing LIGHT BLUE GOLD PINK AND WHITE JACQUARD SILK PASTEDOWNS AND ENDLEAVES marbled flyleaves top edges gilt volume II with neat repair to head of spine. Original paper wrappers bound in. With etched portrait of the author by Lalauze and 31 etchings by Edmond Morin composed of two frontispiece plates 28 vignette headpieces and a tailpiece. Carteret IV p. 278 "Belle Illustration Cotée"; Beraldi "Les Graveurs du XIXe siècle" X pp. 144-45 "un grand succès pour la Societe des Livres". For the artist: Houfe "Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists" pp. 394-95. Spines just lightly sunned bindings with very light signs of use boards with a hint of dulling from leather preservative faint offsetting from etchings onto titles and pages opposite each chapter opening otherwise very fine internally--entirely clean and fresh with spacious margins and in well-preserved attractive bindings.<br/> <br/> This substantially-sized stately set offers a winning combination of handsome bindings charming illustrations and a deluxe bibliophile's printing in a limited edition. A novel of historical fiction Mérimée's "Chronique" is set in the 16th century during the reign of Charles IX and the French Wars of Religion. The plot revolves around two brothers one Catholic and one a Protestant convert whose conflict in the end the Catholic brother is responsible for the Huguenot brother's death mirrors the wider discord of the period's French Wars of Religion. The novel is known for its meticulous descriptions and faithfulness to historic fact most notably its depiction of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in which thousands of Huguenots were murdered by Catholic mobs. First published in 1829 the novel appears here with illustrations by Edmond Morin "a spirited French Artist" in Houfe's words who worked as a painter illustrator and etcher in Paris and London. Our author Prosper Mérimée 1803-70 would later become a pioneer of the novella and is best known for his work "Carmen" upon which Bizet's famous opera was based. In addition to his literary contributions Mérimée also played a key role in the conservation of French history. As Inspector-General of Historical Monuments from 1833-52 he travelled extensively around France documenting the country's architectural treasures and facilitating plans for their repair and preservation. His more well-known projects include the restoration of the facade of Notre-Dame de Paris saving Vézelay Abbey from collapse and conserving the six tapestries collectively known as "The Lady and the Unicorn." The attractive bindings here are the work of Pétrus Ruban 1851-1929. Praised by the bibliophile Octave Uzanne for taking inspiration from everything around him--flowers birds architecture--and for his facility with colors Ruban became quite a fashionable binder who worked largely for the great collectors of the day among them Beraldi Baudin Granjon de l'Espinay and Romagnol. Flety notes that "with a fertile imagination he practices all genres of binding with equal felicity"--a talent that is very much on display here. Ruban won silver medals at the Palace of Industry and at the Universal Exposition in 1889 with judges at the latter praising his careful study of both historic master binders and modern artists noting that Ruban would "soon achieve the rank he so rightly seeks.". Georges Chamerot, pour les Amis des Livres unknown
182886036Paris: Brissot-Thivars 1828. Fine. Brissot-Thivars Paris 1828 21.20 x 12.70 cm relié First edition from Balzac's printing house. Between 1826 and 1828 Balzac purchased a printing house and partnered with a typographer but the enterprise went bankrupt in 1828. Books printed for Balzac show a concern for typography and fine book production. Bound in half burgundy long-grain morocco with corners ca. 1840. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 tools blind and gilt fillets head and tail rolls. Double fillet border on boards and corners. Some scattered browning. Louis Gillet bookplate. Very fine copy. La jacquerie and La famille de Carjaval are two dramatic and historical pieces that evoke Schiller's theatre. These dramatic scenes were intended to be read rather than performed. In La Jacquerie Mérimée reverses the vision of this peasant revolt through the prism of new romantic historiography and the peasants are no longer perceived as bloodthirsty barbarians but as victims of absolutism. With economy of means and a clear concise style Mérimée brings this feudal epic to life before our eyes. Brissot-Thivars hardcover
183370286Paris: H. Fournier jeune 1833. Fine. H. Fournier jeune Paris 1833 13 x 20 cm relié First edition. Half-shagreen binding of the late 19th century. Smooth spine decorated with repeated romantic tooling title and date in gilt. Top edge gilt. Spine uniformly sunned. Light scattered foxing. Bookplate with crowned cipher Alfred and Blanche de Curzon. Alfred de Curzon was a French painter deceased in 1895. This collection contains important short stories by the author including Mateo Falcone L'enlèvement de la Redoute Vision de Charles XI Le vase étrusque. H. Fournier jeune unknown
1874feb1187441874. Used. For more details please contact me unknown
187222732Bruxelles Brussels: Lib. de la Place de la Monnaie 1872. Fine. Lib. de la Place de la Monnaie Bruxelles Brussels 1872 14.50 x 23.50 cm relié Second edition the first having been printed in only 3 copies this one of 100 copies on vergé paper the only printing with 9 on China and 20 on Hollande. Contemporary Bradel binding in half indigo paper over marbled paper boards spine with double gilt fillets head of spine slightly rubbed. Small wormholes to endpapers otherwise internally good. Rare. Lib. de la Place de la Monnaie hardcover
184676421Paris: Michel Lévy frères 1846. Fine. Michel Lévy frères Paris 1846 13 x 20 cm relié First edition of this work which is one of the rarest and most sought-after Romantics cf Clouzot. Binding in half burgundy Russian morocco spine decorated with a gilt cartouche adorned with gilt and black typographic motifs marbled paper boards caillouté marbled endpapers top edge gilt romantic pastiche binding. Printed stamp of the bookbinder-seller on the title page. Half-title page mounted on guards and minor marginal tears restored on some pages. Rare. Michel Lévy frères hardcover
184160113Paris: Magen et Comon 1841. Fine. Magen et Comon Paris 1841 13.50 x 22.50 cm broché First edition very sought-after according to Clouzot. A little light spotting two ink stains on title and half-title page. Rare copy in its original wrappers. Magen et Comon unknown
184594<p>Large 8vo mm 242x160 pp. 48; a good copy in early 20th-century half morocco spine lettered gilt the original printed wrappers and spine bound in; with stamp of the 'Société Démulation du Dept. des Vosges' to upper wrapper; bookplate of Emmy Joubert; <strong>with one page autograph ms. by Mérimée tipped in</strong>. <strong>The first appearance in print of <em>Carmen</em></strong>. Mérimée's short novel was first published in the journal <em>Revue des Deux Mondes</em> in 1845. It passed virtually unnoticed and did not receive a single review. Mérimée reworked the text before publishing it in book form alongside two other novellas the following year. In 1852 <em>Carmen</em> appeared as the first text in a collection of Mérimée's works <em>Nouvelles</em> together with Mérimée's own translation of Pushkin's <em>The Gypsies</em>. In this form it began to enjoy some success and <em>Nouvelles</em> was reprinted regularly throughout the 1850s and 1860s <strong>but it was not until 1875 with the creation of Bizet's opera based closely on Mérimée's text that the Carmen myth was created</strong>.<br /><br />A separate off-print on <em>papier vélin</em> is also known printed in a very small number of copies.<br /><br />The autograph ms. is a memo on the Revolution of 1848 with reference to the recovery of looted material from the museums and national collections in Paris: '… Des ouvriers pauvres ont rapporté au Musée du Louvre des camées d'un prix inestimable trouvés dans les appartements des Tuileries. Ils n'ont accepté aucune récompense et n'ont pas même voulu faire connaitre leurs noms. Déjà par cette improvisation de l'ordre unique chez les Français d'autres citoyens avaient eu l'heureuse idée de porter à leurs musées des objets d'art trouvés dans des résidences royales …' From 1834-1860 Mérimée held the position of inspector general of historic monuments and he published many reports in this official capacity. The present note which has been dated 1848 in pencil in a later hand is evidently a contemporary account of the events of that year.</p> Au Bureau de la Revue des Deux Mondes
184667758Paris: Michel Lévy Frères 1846. First edition in book form. Octavo 8 x 4 7/8 inches; 204 x 124 mm. 4 363 1 blank pp. With both points for the first printing according to Clouzot "insultée" p. 75 et "c'est eur" p. 86. Bound without the wrappers as usual.<br> <br> Bound in contemporary half red morocco over red basket-weave textured boards. Spine decoratively tooled in gilt and black and lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges dyed yellow. Boards and edges a bit rubbed. Title-page with a 2-inch closed tear expertly repaired and not affecting text. Page 175 with a 1-inch closed tear to top margin not affecting text and expertly repaired. A tiny burn hole to page 311 barely affecting two letters. A few minor marginal paper flaws. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Overall a very good copy.<br> <br> This story is Mérimée's tale of Spanish gypsy life and love which was used by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy as a basis for their libretto for Bizet's opera Carmen.<br> <br> Vicaire V cols. 724-725.<br> <br> HBS 67758.<br> <br> $4750. Michel Lévy Frères unknown
189841633Paris: La Revue de Paris 1898. Fine. La Revue de Paris Paris 1898 &1910 16.50 x 25 cm 2 volumes reliés First edition for each volume. Full brown morocco bindings smooth spines double framed in gilt headpieces lined in gilt boards elaborately framed in gilt beige morocco pastedowns framed in gilt brown moiré silk free endpapers following free endpapers in mould made paper all edges gilt original soft covers preserved superb contemporary bindings signed by M. Lortic. The first volume contains two original ink drawings by Prosper Mérimée: the first captioned and signed in the lower right corner depicting the Duke of Brunswick the second a tree and a wooded landscape with a handwritten inscription in Russian ""Grâce à Dieu"" and ""Gloire à Dieu gloire à vous"". A very fine set magnificently bound by M. Lortic. La Revue de Paris paperback
