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183873845Paris: S. n. 1838. Fine. S. n. Paris 1838 17 x 23.50 cm broché First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper of this auction catalogue listing the works comprising René-Charles Guilbert de Pixerécourt's library. Vignette depicting Pixérécourt's engraved bookplate on the title page. Spine cracked with lacks boards detached handsome interior condition. S. n. hardcover
184350689Paris 1843. Fine. Paris 1843-1845 14.50 x 23 cm 6 volumes reliés First edition. Half caramel calf bindings spines with four raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt fillets red morocco title and volume labels some minor scratches to spines without significance two upper headcaps showing traces of rubbing one joint of the fifth volume fragile marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns elegant contemporary bindings signed by Simier relieur du Roi. Scattered foxing auction price notations inscribed in red ink in margins of descriptions. Handsome copy in charming uniform contemporary binding signed by one of the most talented binders of the 19th century. hardcover
1882000577PARIS: LIBRAIRIE CH. DELAGRAVE 1882 379 Pp. FRENCH TEXT. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 1/4 RED MORROCCO LEATHER HARDBOUND 5 RAISED BANDS AND GILT STAMPED/EMBOSSED TITLE/TOOLED DESIGN ON SPINE COVER BLIND & GILT GOLD STAMPED/EMBOSSED TITLE/DESIGN ON RED CLOTH BOARD MARBLE END PAPERS TEXT ACCOMPANIED BY WATERCOLOR PLATES & 48 ENGRAVINGS. DIMENSIONS: 9 3/4" x 6 1/2" x 1 5/16." CONDITION: VERY GOOD; RUBBED SPINE COVER EDGES/BANDS/CORNER TIPS EXPOSED INNER BOARD GENTLY RUBBED BOARDS STRONG SPINE BRIGHT TEXT PAGES. Illus. by P. KAUFFMANN. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good. LIBRAIRIE CH. DELAGRAVE hardcover
185526086Kiessling Schnee 1855. Edition Unstated. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Text in French. Size: Small Octavo. Text is in French. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Front board is detachedotherwise binding is intact and in good condition. Heavy foxing throughout. Edges greyed with dust marks. Book comes in a custom made slipcase. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Belgium; French Language; All our pictures shown here are of the actual item not stock photos. Inventory No: 26086. . Kiessling Schnee hardcover
1882952P52Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles 1882. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7 by 4.5. None. A scarce limited edition volume of two poems by G. Cretin and H. Salel in the original French. A scarce limited edition of three-hundred and forty copies of which this is numbered one-hundred and seventy-four printed on Hollande paper. Bound by Thierry. In the original French.A volume of two French poems being "Debats Entre Deux Dames sur le Passetemps des Chiens et des Oiseaux" by G. Cretin and "La Chasse Royalle" by H. Salel. Two brilliant poems on wildlife and hunting as a pastime both by sixteenth century poets.With a notice by Paul Lacroix and notes by Ernest Jullien. In a half crushed morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards bound by Thierry. Externally smart. Spine is faded. Light rubbing to the extremities and very light to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few scattered spots. Very Good Indeed Librairie des Bibliophiles hardcover
1884FGN20-A-2Paris: Firmin-Didot 1884. Leather. Very Good. 11.5" by 8.5". Not Stated. A handsome copy documenting the history of France between 1795-1815. With ten chromolithographs and 410 illustrations. Covering the period of ascendancy for Napoleon Bonaparte Lacroix examines all parts of French society. Seen as the fourth and final stage of the French Revolution the Napoleonic era saw the deposing of the Directory which governed France and a period of territorial expansion. Lacroix analyses Napoleon's leadership and how literature music science and the arts were influence by his reign. In a fine half morocco binding with gilt detail. Externally smart with some rubbing and handling marks. Library label to spine. Ex libris bookplate to front pastedown. Tear to front free-endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright with some spotting to first and last. Library stamps to frontmatter. Browning to first and last. Very Good Firmin-Didot hardcover
1892860B79Paris : E. Flammarion 1892. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". none. A lovely leather two volume set of the fables of Jean de La Fontaine. Two volumes of the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine. Limited edition copies. Limited to five hundred on Dutch paper number 230. With a preface by Paul Lacroix exploring the fabulist and storyteller. Some of the fables that appear across these volumes include The Raven and the Frog The Two Mules and The Wolf and the Dog. Jean de la Fontain was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. In quarter leather with marbled boards. Externally generally lovely with light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Previous owner inscription to the page after the front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed E. Flammarion hardcover
186075200Paris: Mme Ve Louis Janet Libraire-Éditeur n.d. c. 1860. Large 8vo 27x18 cm. Binding purple silk with gilt romantic ornaments on both covers and on spine gilt title on spine endpapers of glazed paper; edges gilt. 252 pp. With 12 engraved plates including frontispiece. The plates of different paper with serious brown spots affecting also the opposite pages but the rest of the text is clean. - With introductory poem by Lacroix. - The binding is not faded and very well preserved only a few rubbings in spite of the vulnerable silk. - Rare item esteemed for the binding as well. Mme Ve Louis Janet, Libraire-Éditeur unknown
1881952P54Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles 1881. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". None. A scarce limited edition work of Gaston III's medieval treatise on hunting. A scarce limited edition of three-hundred and forty copies of which this is numbered three-hundred and twenty on Hollande paper. In the original French.Bound by Raftolter. 'Le Bon Varlet de Chiens' is extracted from the medieval book on hunting 'Livre de Chasse' compiled by Gaston III Count of Foix during the fourteenth century.Gaston III was a master hunter leaving behind his influential text on hunting which provides a brilliant resource on medieval hunting techniques. With a notice by Paul Lacroix and notes by Ernest Jullien. In a quarter calf binding with marbled paper to the boards bound by Raftolter. Externally smart lightly rubbed. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean. Half-title is working loose. Very Good Indeed Librairie des Bibliophiles hardcover
187528765<p>First edition of Paul Lacroix's celebrated work on 18th century French life printed by Firmin-Didot in Paris in 1875. Bound in quarter red Moroccan with ornate gilt tooling on the spine and red cloth boards all page edges gilt and patterned endpapers. Large octavo. The volume contains 21 chromolithographs and over 350 in-text engravings including depictions of coronation ceremonies noble interiors Parisian streets and fashion plates. The book traces French social structure from monarchy to commoners with chapters on justice guilds church hierarchy and entertainment. Artists like Debucourt Cochin and Olivier are featured through vibrant lithographic reproductions. Text block remains clean and secure with some foxing primarily at front and end leaves. Minor wear to boards consistent with age. A visually immersive reference to the customs and institutions of France during the Ancien Régime. Item Number: #28765. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> Firmin-Didot Frères hardcover
1869937Y2Paris : Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres 1869-1875. First edition. Cloth. Good Only. 11.5" by 8". F. Kellerhoven. A selection of extensive French works two on the art morals and costumes of the Middle Ages together with a religious study. This set comprises three richly illustrated artistic studies two of which examine the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and the third of which offers a detailed religious history of Jesus Christ and Christian art. Each bound in the publisher's red decorative cloth. Each volume is illustrated throughout the text with engravings as well as a selection of coloured plates. With nineteen plates to 'Les Arts' fifteen plates to 'Moeurs' and sixteen plates to 'Jesus Christ'. Collated complete. Comprising the following works:'Les Arts au Moyen Age et a L'Epoque de La Renaissance' by Paul Lacroix. Second edition 1869.'Moeurs Usages et Costumes au Moyen Age et a L'Epoque de La Renaissance' by Paul Lacroix. First edition 1871. Depicting costumes and clothing from the Middle Ages including ornate knight armor for both men and horses female dresses court jesters and more. Lacroix was a French author and journalist. He is known best by his pseudonym P.L. Jacob bibliophile or Bibliophile Jacob. 'Jesus-Christ' by Louis Veuillot with a study of Christian art by E. Cartier. First edition 1875. Exploring religious monuments of art from the Catacombs to present day. Veuillot was a French journalist and author who helped to popularise ultramontanism a movement advocating absolute papal supremacy. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Externally with water damage to the boards of 'Jesus Christ'. With rubbing to the extremities and darkening to the spines. Hinges are starting but firm. Tear to the spine head cloth of 'Les Arts'. Front joint of 'Moeurs Usages' cracked with spine leather lifting. Bookplate of one T & M. Morison to the front pastedowns of 'Les Arts' and 'Moeurs' and bookplate of the Artists' Society of Landham Chambers to 'Jesus Christ'. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with a tidemark to the top of the pages of 'Les Arts' and the odd spot throughout the set. Good Only Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres hardcover
187128758<p>This 1871 third edition of Paul Lacroix's study of medieval and Renaissance European material culture presents a single large volume bound in gilt-stamped leather spine and red cloth boards with patterned endpapers and bright gilt edges. The publisher Firmin Didot Frères of Paris issued this edition in large octavo format across 548 pages. Topics include early movable type and printing musical instruments such as the syrinx and gigue military traditions of Charlemagne's era and textile and architectural styles including Byzantine and Romanesque forms. Hundreds of engravings depict iconography weaponry costumes and artifacts. Condition: Very Good. The binding remains secure with minor edgewear; page edges remain vibrant. Red cloth boards color and gilt are faded. Internally complete with clean pages and unmarred illustrations. Includes 19 chromolithograph plates as called for which have retained their vibrant color. Mild to moderate foxing throughout. A refined artifact of 19th-century French publishing. Item Number: #28758. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> De Firmin Didot Frères hardcover
1869100151945Firmin Didot Frères Fils et Cie 1869. Bon état général cependant accrocs sur les bords quelques rousseurs dorure sur la tranche. in4. 1869. relié. Firmin Didot Frères Fils et Cie unknown
1871FGN10-I-1Paris: Librairie de Firmin Didot Frères Fils et Cie 1871-1873. Leather. Good. 11.5" by 8". None. Two bright volumes from Paul Lacroix's vastly comprehensive and beautifully illustrated Le Moyen Age et La Renaissance. Vie Militaire et Religieuse is a First Edition. Les Arts Au Moyen Age has 19 chromolithographs and over 400 illustrations. Vie Militaire et Religieuse has 14 chromolithographs and over 400 illustrations. There are 'Percival Pearse' booksellers labels on the front endpapers of both volumes. Paul Lacroix 1806 1884 was a French author and journalist. Lacroix was an extremely prolific and varied writer. Over twenty historical romances alone came from his pen and he also wrote a variety of serious historical works including a history of Napoleon III and the life and times of the Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. He is best known under his pseudonym of P.L. Jacob bibliophile or Bibliophile Jacob suggested by the constant interest he took in public libraries and books generally. Lacroix was the author of Le moyen âge et la renaissance a standard work on the manners customs and dress of those times the chief merit of which lies in the great number of illustrations it contains. He also wrote many monographs on phases of the history of culture including Manners Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period. His works on bibliography were also extremely numerous. In 1885 he was appointed librarian of the Arsenal Library Paris. in a half calf binding with gilt lettering. The front outer hinge of Vie Militaire is split and the front inner hinge has failed. There is a chance the front board could detach in the post even after careful packaging. There is some wear to the extremities including some bumping and rubbing with slight discolouration to the boards. There are ink numbers on the spine of Vie Militaire. Internally the pages are bright with the occasional scattered spotting. There is a 'Percival Pearse' ink stamp on a front endpaper. Good Librairie de Firmin Didot Frères, Fils et Cie hardcover
1874mon0000874304Librairie de Firmin Didot Fr�res 1874. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover bound in decorative red buckram boards with gilt titles and decoration on front and spine and back. Gilt page edges. Decorative gilt fdeps. Numerous colour and bw illus throughout. Occasional foxing. Light rubbing to boards. Text bright. Binding tight. Minor age wear. Librairie de Firmin Didot Fr�res hardcover
1869137443Firmin-Didot frères fils et Cie 1869. Reliure inconnue. Etat moyen. Dos légèrement frotté. Bords de plats usés. Une annotation sur la page de faux-titre. Firmin-Didot frères, fils et Cie unknown
186953489Firmin Didot Paris 1869. Revised Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. LACROIX PAUL. Les Arts au Moyen Age et a L'Epoque de la Renaissance Paris: Firmin Didot 1869. Heavy quarto second edition revised pp. iv 548 19 color plates under tissue guards red morocco boards with gilt lettering and elaborate decoration all edges gilt 400 engravings in plates and text. A wide-ranging survey including fine and applied arts book arts and armor and the arts of war. Brunet Supplement 739. Condition of this book: Boards worn and rubbed at extremities short tear in rear joint spine is sun-darkened minor foxing to preliminaries and tissue guards. Overall very good. Size: Quarto. Text is in French. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; France; 19th century; French Language; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53489. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Firmin Didot hardcover
183030836Paris Eugène Renduel 1830. Beautiful cont. hcalf w. richly gilt back and gilt ornamental border on both boards. Printed on fine paper. Minor brownspotting otherwise internally nice and clean. An excellent copy. <br/><br/><em>Rare first edition. An early work by the renowned author Paul Lacroix 1807-1884 who was famous for his several important historical works and his numerous works of bibliographical contents regarding which he can be said to have continued the tradition of Nodier. He wrote a number of historical novels which were very popular at the time and of which Les Deux Fous is considered one of the best. They were reprinted numerous times and were translated into several languages; -most of them deal with the Middle Ages and the Renaissance a period not commonly investigated at that time. Most of his works are published under pseudonym because of which he is now best known under the name of "Bibliophile Jacob". Aged 28 he was awarded the cross of the "Légion d'Honneur" for his work on the history of the 16th century and 1842 he founded "L'Alliance des Arts" together with M. Thoré. Carteret 2;14. Not in Barbier. </em> hardcover
183042969Paris: Eugène Renduel 1830. Fine. Eugène Renduel Paris 1830 12.50 x 20 cm relié First edition published under the pseudonym of bibliophile Jacob. Black paper boards smooth spine tan sheep title-label with two small angular lacks one joint slightly cracked then reglued at head red edges modest contemporary binding. Handsome interior condition. Eugène Renduel hardcover
1851221<p>Louis Janet 1851. Blue hardcover with golden coat of arms. 1st edition. In-8° red half-shagreen decorated ribbed spine gilt edges contemporary rel. 4 ff.n.ch. XVI 223 pp. and 14 figures h.t. engraved on steel from the drawings of G. Staal. Corners a little rubbed very good ex. First printing in a time binding</p> Louis Janet hardcover
187250298Paris: Chez Jouaust Librairie des Bibliophiles 1872. Fine. Chez Jouaust Librairie des Bibliophiles Paris 1872 13.50 x 22 cm 4 volumes reliés New edition printed on laid paper and accompanied by notes with a preface by Paul Lacroix. Bindings in half cherry red morocco with corners spines with five raised bands decorated with double black compartments marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns top edges gilt elegant unsigned contemporary bindings. Work illustrated with etched plates by Léopold Flameng. One joint of volume three fragile. Chez Jouaust, Librairie des Bibliophiles hardcover
186391204Paris: Jules Gay 1863. Fine. Jules Gay Paris 1863 9 x 16 cm 2 volumes reliés en 1 First edition of each volume one of 15 numbered copies on chine deluxe issue after 2 copies on peau de vélin.Contemporary half blue morocco over marbled boards with corners spine in five raised bands ruled in gilt and tooled with double gilt compartments date gilt at foot covers framed with gilt fillets comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns ex-libris mounted on a pastedown corners slightly rubbed top edge gilt signed contemporary binding.A few minor spots of foxing chiefly to the edges a small nick to one band light rubbing to the headcap. Jules Gay hardcover
187671726London: Chapman & Hall. 1876. Hardcover. Very Good. xviii 554pp illustrated with 19 chromolithographic prints by F Kellerhoven occcasional foxing bound in maroon cloth covers gilt lettering decorated on gilt and black sl chipping to top/base spine; Quarto . Chapman & Hall hardcover
187414528London: Chapman and Hall 1874. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Hardback. A good copy externally in an attractive red leather binding which is lettered and decorated in gilt. Five raised bands on spine. The leather is rubbed at the ends and edges of the spine and this has become a two inch tear at the join of the spine and front board. All edges gilt. Internally very good. Small ownership label. Attractive green end-papers with gilt thistles in each of the four corners. Pp.xviii554. Fifteen chromolithographic prints by F. Kellerhoven and 437 wood engravings. Includes chapters on food and cookery hunting punishments gipsies tramps and beggars guilds and trade corporations etc. <br/> <br/> Chapman and Hall hardcover
187612322Chapman and Hall 1876. Hardcover. Good/Without Dust Wrapper. Rebound with new red cloth spine and original decorated boards. 554 pages. Condition: Good - corners bumped and rounded wear to the extremities of the boards pages lightly tanned with light foxing a places otherwise contents clean bright and tight. As this item weighs over 1kg additional postage is required for delivery outside of the United Kingdom. <br/> <br/> Chapman and Hall hardcover
