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189565839Boston: Estes & Lauriat. Good. 1895. Hardcover. Translation and Introduction by Nathan Haskell Dole. First Edition. This is an ex-library copy with usual marks. The black and yellow cloth pictorial covers are scuffed and soiled with chipped spine ends. The contents are bright and complete in 80 pages. Good. . Estes & Lauriat hardcover books
185327898Paris: Charpentier Libraire-Editeur 1853. 'Nouvelle Edition Accompagnee de Notes.'. Period red qtr-sheep with elaborate gilt decorated spine. Marbled paper boards & eps. VG some usage wear/bit of foxing. 4 434 pp. 12mo in 6s. 6-7/8" x 4-3/8" <br/><br/> Charpentier, Libraire-Editeur hardcover books
1895D3077Boston: Estes and Lauriat 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated cloth and paper. Boards lightly rubbed; spine tips and corners just a bit chipped; first gathering starting. <br/><br/> Estes and Lauriat hardcover books
1895158244Boston: Estes and Lauriat 1895. Octavo pp. i-v vi-xii xiii xiv-xx 1 2-80 publisher's pictorial yellow boards with black cloth shelf back front panel printed in back and red spine panel printed in red. First printing of this edition. An adult fairy tale by an important figure of French Romanticism. A translation of TRILBY OU LE LUTIN D'ARGAIL . Paris Ladvocat 1822. "TRILBY which derives its Scottish geography and folklore resonance from Sir Walter Scott is a tale of psychic bondage in which a mortal woman is seduced and entrapped by an imp who takes on the semblance of a man; George Du Maurier's TRILBY 1894 makes no reference to this story." - Clute and Grant eds The Encyclopedia of Fantasy 1997 p. 691. Cloth worn at spine ends boards worn at corner tips and dusty a sound good copy. #158244 Estes and Lauriat unknown books
1841WRCLIT21051Paris: J. Techner 1841. 112pp. 19th century three quarter red morocco and marbled boards. First edition. Two late essays by the prominent man of letters. Binding extremities worn internally near fine. J. Techner hardcover books
1895158870Boston: Estes and Lauriat 1895. Octavo pp. i-v vi-xii xiii xiv-xx 1 2-80 publisher's pictorial yellow boards with black cloth shelf back front panel printed in back and red spine panel printed in red. First printing of this edition. An adult fairy tale by an important figure of French Romanticism. A translation of TRILBY OU LE LUTIN D'ARGAIL . Paris Ladvocat 1822. "TRILBY which derives its Scottish geography and folklore resonance from Sir Walter Scott is a tale of psychic bondage in which a mortal woman is seduced and entrapped by an imp who takes on the semblance of a man; George Du Maurier's TRILBY 1894 makes no reference to this story." - Clute and Grant eds The Encyclopedia of Fantasy 1997 p. 691. Cloth dusty a very good copy. A much better than average copy. #158870 Estes and Lauriat unknown books
186822686Paris: Firmin Didot Frères 1868. 8vo pp. 2 x 2 1142; text in double column; vignette title-p.; full contemporary and probably original tree calf gilt decorated spine black morocco label; very good and sound. A late edition of the first great abridgement of the French Academy's dictionary of the French language first published in 1836. No copies of this edition in OCLC. <br/><br/> Firmin Didot Frères unknown books
18821253457Paris: Chez Galliot 1882. First Thus. 6 Octavo set; G; Red spines with gilt lettering; Marbled page edges; Bumping and wear to the corners and edges spines rubbed and worn. Some tearing to boards of a couple of volumes; Pages cleaned but age-toned; Text in French; Shelved Above US History. Item is heavy: please contact for priority or international shipping. 1253457. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Chez Galliot unknown books
181226428Paris: Barba Libraire 1812 1812. First edition. Freeman Bibliotheca Fictivia 1639. Boards darkened; some light foxing; very good copy. 8vo later tan boards red leather label gilt rules and lettering. Half-title present. ¶ A scarce study of literary forgery by French author antiquary and bibliophile Charles Nodier 1780-1844 who was also apparently well versed in the subject: "The French C19 saw Charles Nodier whose Questions de Littérature Légale . . . is a minor classic of forgery criticism repeatedly poise on the borderlines of fiction and fraud - another gamekeeper turned poacher." - Freeman page 62. ¶ Contemporary signature on the title-page of Greek scholar and publisher Jean-François Boissonade 1774-1857. <br/><br/> Paris: Barba, Libraire, 1812 hardcover books
18943355Paris: Imprimerie Generale Lahure for: Librairie de L. Conquet 1894. 12mo. Contemporary burgundy levant morocco gilt extra by H.E. Laskine: triple gilt fillet around sides enclosing a blue morocco inlaid frame turn-ins similarly gilt and inlaid silk moire pastedowns and endpapers the verso and the recto opposite of comb-marbled paper original hand-colored wrappers bound in top edges gilt others untrimmed. Text and wrappers inexplicably foxed throughout see images and priced accordingly; apart from extremely minor abrasions at head and tail the binding is superb state. PRINTED FOR THE ARTIST HIMSELF Maurice Leloir as stated in letterpress on the verso of the half-title on Japon paper with an extra suite of all the illustrations hors-texte bound in. <br/><br/>Charles Nodier 1783-1844 author insatiable book collector and long-serving librarian of the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal was the progenitor of the kind of bibliophily practiced in France to the present day. He was also an unrivalled seller of books by auction. In 1838 he declared that God had made him rich enough five times to buy books and five times so poor that he had to sell them again. He sold his books for the first time in 1802 at the age of nineteen and sold reconstituted collections or parts of them at auction in 1809 1813 1817 1827 and 1829. In advance of forthcoming sales Nodier aroused a great deal of excitement by publishing his own literary and bibliographical investigations into the books to be offered in the form of "Mélanges" and "Nouveau Mélanges." It is a remarkable fact that Nodier wrote nearly all the descriptions that appeared in the posthumous sale catalogue of his library Techener 1844.<br/><br/>Nodier was in the forefront of those French collectors who had simple contemporary bindings on old books ripped off and replaced by modern more elaborate bindings; among his favored butchers were Koehler and Thouvenin. <br/><br/>Our copy does not contain any statement of limitation which was bound in ordinary copies; instead on the verso of the half-title the name of the special recipient is printed: "Exemplaire tire pour Monsieur Maurice Leloir." We have seen mention that the edition was limited to 150 numbered copies on Japon from a total edition of 500. The number of "named" hors-serie copies has not be determined but it must have been extremely small.<br/><br/>The binder H.E. Laskine clearly possessed a high degree of artistry and technical abilities; and yet very few bindings by him/her have been located: only three examples are listed in RBH's Rare Book Transactions database which currently holds more than 10 million records sic. Laskine remained unknown to Flety. [Imprimerie Generale Lahure for]: Librairie de L. Conquet unknown books
1830004720Paris: Louis Janet 1830. First Edition. Cloth. Full Straight-Grained Morocco Slipcase. Near Fine. 12mo. 16.5 by 10.5 cm. clvii 44 1 pp. With five hand-colored and illuminated plates including title plus illuminated devices and decoration elsewhere. While the plates are printed the coloring and illumination is such that it is a fine simularcrum of manuscript illumination. This work is in fact a literary hoax simulating a Medieval Romance but in fact penned by Michel and promoted by the extensive notes and annotations that follow the chronicles. The leaves are a light vellum and this copy has a resplendent decorative green cloth relief with a rich gilt background that is quite distinctive. Pink moire endpapers. Lovely gilt decoration including border on the straight-grained morocco slipcase. A few light fox marks but essentially clean and mostly pristine. Minor rubbing of the gilt on the spine and other trivial manifestations of wear. <br/><br/> Louis Janet hardcover books
1830003188Paris: Louis Janet 1830. First Edition. Velvet on Boards. Full Morocco Slipcase. Near Fine. 12mo. 16.5 by 10.5 cm. clvii 44 1 pp. With five hand-colored and illuminated plates including title plus illuminated devices and decoration elsewhere. While the plates are printed the coloring and illumination is such that it is a fine simularcrum of manuscript illumination. This work is in fact a literary hoax simulating a Medieval Romance but in fact penned by Michel and promoted by the extensive notes and annotations that follow the chronicles. The leaves are a light vellum and this edition was issued with luxuriant unusual bindings such as the navy blue velvet of this one. <br/><br/> Louis Janet hardcover books
