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190031090Philadelphia: Gebbie Publishing Co 1900. 33 volumes 8vo half blue morocco gilt-lettered direct on gilt-paneled spines t.e.g.; 3 joints starting spines a little dry; all else near fine. Prefaces by George Saintsbury. Translated from the French into English by Ellen Marriage Clara Bell James Waring R C Scott and Jno. Rudd. <br/><br/> Gebbie Publishing Co unknown books
190031090Philadelphia: Gebbie Publishing Co 1900. 33 volumes 8vo half blue morocco gilt-lettered direct on gilt-paneled spines t.e.g.; 3 joints starting spines a little dry; all else near fine. Prefaces by George Saintsbury. Translated from the French into English by Ellen Marriage Clara Bell James Waring R C Scott and Jno. Rudd. Gebbie Publishing Co unknown
18682091202133206311J. Hetzel 1868. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 books in total J. Hetzel paperback
18452091202133212996J. Hetzel 1845. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 books in total J. Hetzel paperback
196456305ABBienne, Ruelle Schneider 23 A, Pierre Stampfli 1964. 36x31,5 cm. 216 p. n.ch. Geschmackvoller Handeinband auf schwarzem langgenarbten Maroquin mit dunkelroten und olivgrünen Lederintarsien, goldgeprägtem Rückentitel, doppelten fliegenden Vorsätzen. In Halblederkassette mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. Innenbezüge mit schwarzem Samt bezogen. (Sign. Ruth Münch).
187950351879 Paris, Calmann Lévy (ancienne maison Michel Lévy), 1879-1884, 11x16cm. Ouvrage en 53 volumes. Reliures en demi chagrin rouge. Dos à 4 nerfs, joliment orné. Titre et auteur en lettres dorées. Clouzot ne cite de Lévy que l'édition in-8 en 24 volumes. Exemplaire relié au nom de Henry Jacquin. Très bel ensemble, peu courant. Envoi de photographies sur demande.
17320S.l.n.d. 1 p. in-12
186388287Alexandre Houssiaux | Paris 1858 -1863 | 13 x 21.50 cm | 20 volumes reliés
184484571Paris: Maresq 1844. Fine. Maresq Paris 1844 17.50 x 26.50 cm 2 volumes reliés First printing of the 31 illustrations outside text 29 plates and 2 frontispieces and numerous vignettes within the text by Gavarni Daumier D'Aubigny Adam Emy Traviès Boulanger Monnier and Théno. This is a copy of the first edition of 1843 reissued by Marescq in 1844 with the same illustrations but with different titles and additionally containing 11 plates outside text in volume 1 2 engraved titles as well as 2 frontispieces. Texts by Paul de Kock Honoré de Balzac Alexandre Dumas Frédéric Soulié Léon Gozlan Edouard Ourliac Eugène Briffault Eugène Guinot and Henri Monnier. Half chocolate brown morocco bindings with corners smooth spines decorated with richly ornamented gilt cartouches gilt dates at foot frames of gilt fillets on marbled paper boards combed paper endpapers and pastedowns covers preserved top edges gilt elegant pastiche bindings signed Pagnant. Handsome copy beautifully executed of this very important work remarkable for the fine constellation of writers and artists of the Romantic period who collaborated on it. A book very difficult to find perfect with its covers cf Carteret. Maresq hardcover
185385941Paris: Alexandre Houssiaux 1853. Fine. From the addition of the ""Scenes"" to the sum of the ""Comedy"" Alexandre Houssiaux Paris 1853 - 1855 13 x 21.50 cm longueur totale de la série 71 cm 20 volumes reliés First printing of the works by Houssiaux who had purchased the stock from the Furne bookshop where the works were originally published; he completed them with three new volumes Theatre Contes drolatiques. which appear for the first time in the collected works in 1855. The edition will be entirely reprinted in 1855. All volumes dated 1853 except the last 3 volumes of course in 1855. Contemporary dark green half-shagreen bindings spine with five raised bands in Jansenist style. Author title and volume number in gilt. Scattered foxing. In volume 5: leaf 138 to 143 detached with loss to upper margin. Upper joint of volume 18 cracked for 5cm. Volumes 9 15 and 18 fragments of head caps missing. Rubbing. 8 corners slightly bumped. Work illustrated with 138 plates hors-texte by the best artists of the period including Bertall Daumier Gavarni Johannot Nanteuil as well as rare in-text illustrations and some music plates. As always with these complete works editions ours presents ""naturally"" some notable particularities detailed as follows: Volume I: 7 figures including the portrait of Balzac; Volume II: 7 figures; Volume III: 8 figures; Volume IV: 7 figures; Volume V: 8 figures; Volume VI: 8 figures; Volume VII: 8 figures; Volume VIII: 8 figures; Volume IX: 7 figures. Volume X: 8 figures; Volume XI: 8 figures; Volume XII: 6 figures; Volume XIII: 6 figures; Volume XIV: 6 figures; Volume XV: 6 figures; Volume XVI: 5 figures; Volume XVII: 5 figures. The work was originally to comprise only 17 volumes but the publisher Houssiaux following the previous publishers completed them with three final volumes in 1855: Volume XVIII: 16 figures. Volume XIX: 4 figures; Volume XX: 5 figures. Alexandre Houssiaux hardcover
1897768A48London: Leonard Smithers and Co 1897-1899 . Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Gustave Greux; Claude Faivre; Henri-Joseph Dubouchet; Xavier le Sueur; Ricardo de los Rios; Nicolas-Lucien Quarante; et al. . Two exciting limited edition sets complete with eleven volumes each comprising the first translation to English of 'La Comédie Humaine' by French author Honoré de Balzac illustrated. Two limited edition sets comprising the first complete translation of the works by Honoré de Balzac translated by various and limited to two hundred and fifty copies for England. These sets are out of series. Each set is complete with eleven volumes in two groups: 'Scenes of Parisian life' published in 1897 and 'Scenes of Private Life' published in 1899. Containing:Scenes of Parisian Life: The Splendour and Miseries of Courtesans in two volumes; The Poor Relations: Cousin Bette; The Poor Relations: Cousin Bette Pierre Grassou Etc; The Poor Relations: Cousin Pons; History of the Thirteen Ferragus La Duchesse de Langeais; Grandeu and Downfall of Caesar Birotteau; The Civil Service A Prince of Bohemia Gaudissart II; The House of Nucingen; and The Petty Bourgeois in two volumes. Scenes of Private Life: The House of the Cat and Racket Etc; Memoirs of Two Young Wives Modest Mignon; A start in Life Madame Firmiani Etc; Albert Savarus A Daughter of Eve; The Marriage Contract La Grenadiére Gobseck; A Woman of Thirty The Deserted Mistress; Old Goriot; Honorine Colonel Chabert The Interdiction; Beatrix; and A Double Family.Balzac was a french novelist and playwright regarded by many as the founder of realism in European literature. The volumes included in this edition form his novel sequence La Comédie Humaine which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life and is generally viewed as his magnum opus; the series often reflects his real life difficulties and includes his own experiences.Illustrated with one hundred and nine illustrations five per volume only lacking a plate facing page 112 'Louise de Chaulieu and the Spaniard' to Memoirs of Two Young Wives. In the original publisher's illustrated cloth binding. Externally very smart with only slight shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Scenes of Parisian life set with a faint fading to the extremities to the front boards due to sun exposure. With minor damp markings to the second volume of 'The Splendour and Miseries of Courtesans' as well as a minor white mark to the spine of 'Cousin Pons' and to 'History of the Thirteen Ferragus La Duchesse de Langeais.' With a slight mark to the front board to 'The Interdiction' and a minor damp marking to the front board to 'A Double Family.' robert Brooth bookplate to the front pastedown to volumes I V VI of Scenes of Parisian Life and volumes II V Vi VII VIII and IX of Scenes of Private Life. Internally firmly bound. Minor tidemark to the lower right gutter up to page 32 not affecting text to 'Gaudissart II.' With a faint scattered spotting to the first and last few leaves only otherwise the pages are extremely bright and clean. Collated illustrated with five plates per volume by various artist only lacking plate facing page 112 'Louise de Chaulieu and the Spaniard' to 'Memoirs of Two Young Wives.' Very Good Leonard Smithers and Co hardcover
2000SONG1846378036Echo Library 30/10/2000. paperback. Used: Good. 6.00x0.23x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Echo Library paperback
19230036127Paris: Le Livre du Bibliophile G. & R. Briffaut 1923. First Thus. Hardcover Hardcover. Near Fine Condition. 31cm x 21.5cm. vi 84 pages 1 original drawing 13 black and white etchings 13 black and white etchings with remarques 13 colour etchings with remarques. Full purple leather 5 raised bands gilt lettering blind rule top edge gilt gilt dentelles silk doublures marbled endpapers marbled papered slipcase with leather edges. Text is in French. The Girl with the Golden Eyes. An aristocratic libertine becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman and sets about seducing her. Alas his conquest uncovers a hidden lesbian relationship and he finds himself entangled in a web of erotic obsession and fatal jealousy. First published in 1835 this is the first edition with illustrations by Almery Lobel-Riche. One of 40 numbered copies on Japanese paper with the etchings in 3 states and an original drawing by Lobel-Riche from a total edition of 500. This copy in a fine signed binding by H. Jacquet. Text is in French. Minor discolouration to spine. Very minor shelf wear to slipcase. Category: Fiction; Fine Bindings; Foreign Language::French; LGBTIQ Lesbian Fiction; French Language; Sexuality - Erotic Fiction. Inventory No: 0036127. BZDB407 Fiction; Fine Bindings; Foreign Language::French; LGBTIQ Lesbian Fiction; French Language; Sexuality - Erotic Fiction. Unbranded Honore de Balzac; Almery Lobel-Riche La Fille aux Yeux d'Or Le Livre du Bibliophile, G. & R. Briffaut hardcover
201802482Paris, Ve Alexandre HOUSSIAUX, éditeur, rue du jardinet Saint-André des arts,3, 1868 ; in-8, 507-457-476-557-492-509-491-570-531-449-588-758-728-476-662-620-650-659-554-440 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur. Les 20 volumes. Demi-veau dos à 5 nerfs, un peu marron, Rousseurs usuels - bel exemplaire de cet edition -illustrée par les plus grands artiste du temps, Meisonier, Bertall, Celestin Nanteuil , Henri Monnier, Tony Johannot - la comédie humaine tome I au tome XVIII - tome XIX théatre - tome XX les contes drolatiques - (remarque une tache d'huille sur qlq feuillet tome 1, brochure de reliure conservé sur qlq volume avec tampons).
200704443Paris, Ve Alexandre HOUSSIAUX, éditeur, rue du jardinet Saint-André des arts,3, 1868 ; in-8, 507-457-476-557-492-509-491-570-531-449-588-758-728-476-662-620-650-659-554-440 pp., demi-veau bordeau dos à 5 nerfs . Les 20 volumes. Rousseurs usuels - bel exemplaire de cet edition -illustrée par les plus grands artiste du temps, Meisonier, Bertall, Celestin Nanteuil , Henri Monnier, Tony Johannot - la comédie humaine tome I au tome XVIII - tome XIX théatre - tome XX les contes drolatiques.
190380262Paris: Librairie Illustrée Tallandier - Editeur s.d. 1903-1904. In-8 mm. 247x157 2 volumi mz. marocchino con angoli dorso a cordoni con titolo oro conserv. le belle brossure originale a colori pp. 8III3964; 43784; con le straordinarie composizioni di Robida 102 sono a p. pag. e 8 a colori che illustrano questa raccolta di 30 racconti licenziosi di Balzac. "Prima edizione" in una speciale tiratura di 25 esemplari numerati sur papier de Chine con aggiunto un magnifico acquarello originale dell'artista che porta il titolo manoscritto del racconto L'héritier du diable cui si riferisce. Una delle più rare opere illustrate da Robida 1848-1926: peintre graveur illustrateur caricaturiste dessinateur de talent qui était aussi un érudit.Cfr. LorenzXVIII p. 88 - Brun Robida sa vie son oeuvre1.061 da' come data di pubblicazione il 1905 - BenezitXI p. 776.Esemplare d'amatore molto ben conservato. Librairie Illustrée Tallandier - Editeur, unknown
1912233624Paris: Louis Conard 1912. Rilegato mezza pelle half-leather binding. Molto buono Very Good. Texte revisé"; et annoté par Marcel Bouteron et Henri Longnon. Illustrations de Charles Huard gravées sur bois par Pierre Gusman. <strong>Opera in 39 volumi</strong>: <strong>La Comédie Humaine 33 Volumes</strong> Etudes de Moeurs Scènes de la Vie Privée. I : La Maison du chat-qui-pelote. Le Bal de Sceaux. Mémoires de deux jeunes mariés La Bours ; II : Modeste Mignon. Un début dans la Vie ; III : Albert Savarus. La Vendetta. Une Double Famille. La Paix du Ménage. Madame Firmiani. Etude de Femme ; IV : La fausse maîtresse. Une Fille d'Eve. Le message. La Grenadière. La femme abandonnée. Honorine ; V : Béatrix. Gobseck ; VI : La femme de trente ans. Le père Goriot ; VII : Le colonel Chabert. La messe de l'athée. L'interdiction. Le contrat de mariage. Autre Etude de femme ; Etudes de moeurs. Scènes de la Vie de Province VIII : Ursule Mirouët. Eugénie Grandet ; IX : Les Célibataires. Pierrette. le Curé de Tours. La Rabouilleuse ; X : L'Illustre Gaudissart. La muse du département. La Vieille Fille ; XI : Le Cabinet des Antiques. Illusions perdues : Les Deux poëtes ; XII : Illusions perdues : Un grand homme de Province à Paris. Les Souffrances de l'Inventeur ; XIII : Scènes de la Vie Parisienne : Histoire des Treize. Ferragus. La Duchesse de Langeais. La fille aux yeux d'or ; XIV : Grandeur et décadence de César Birotteau. La maison Nuncingen ; XV : Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes I ; XVI : Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes II Les secrets de la Princesse de Cardigan. Facino Cane. Sarrasine. Pierre Grassou ; XVII : La Cousine Bette ; XVIII : Le Cousin Pons. Un prince de la Bohême. Un homme d'affaires ; XIX : Gaudissart II. Les comédiens sans le savoir ; XX : Les petits bourgeois. L'envers de l'histoire contemporaine ; XXI : Scènes de la vie politique. Un Episode sous la Terreur. Une ténébreuse affaire. Le député d'Arcis. Z. Marcas ; XXII : Scènes de la Vie Militaire : Les Chouans. Une Passions dans le Désert ; XXIII : Scènes de la Vie de Campagne : Les Paysans ; XXIV : Le médecin de campagne ; XXV : Le curé de village ; XXVI : Le Lys dans la vallée ; XXVII : Etudes philosophiques : La peau de chagrin. Jésus-Christ en Flandre. Melmoth réconcilié. Massimila Doni ; XXVIII : Le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu. Gambara. La recherche de l'absolu. L'enfant maudit ; XXIX : Adieu. Les Marana. Le réquisitionnaire. El Verdugo. Un drame au bord de la mer. Maître Cornélius. L'auberge rouge ; XXX : Sur Catherine de Medicis. L'élixir de longue vie ; XXXI : Les proscrits. Louis Lambert. Séraphita ; XXXII : Etudes analytiques : Physiologie du mariage ou méditation de philosophie éclectique sur le bonheur et le malheur conjugal ; XXXIII : Petites misères de la vie conjugale ; XXXIV :<strong> Théâtre I </strong>: Vautrin. Les ressources de Quinola. Paméla Giraud ; XXXV : <strong>Théâtre II</strong> : La Marâtre. Le faiseur. L'Ecole des Ménages ; <strong>XXXVI : Contes drôlatiques I</strong> : Premier et deuxième dixain ; <strong>XXXVII : Contes drôlatiques II</strong> : Troisième dixain. Fragments inédits ; <strong>XXXVIII : Oeuvres diverses I </strong>: 1824-1830 ;<strong> XXXIX : Oeuvres diverses II</strong> : 1830-1835 ;" . 8vo. pp. circa 500 per volume. Molto buono Very Good. . Louis Conard, hardcover
19112094Paris: Societe des Amis du Livre Moderne 1911. Special copy from an edition of 150 copies on Arches paper this copy with an original charcoal drawing signed by Jeanniot and two "bons a tirer" etchings of the drawing which is hors texte in chapter 7 together with a blue sheet that is filled out by hand noting the name of the collector for whom this copy was printed. Bound by David: full olive green morocco with purple border onlay between two triple gilt fillet borders on front and back panel top edge gilt seven gilt borders on turn-ins watered chestnut sil spine panelled raised bands with author and title in gilt onlay of purple morocco with triple gilt fillets in each panel replicating design on panel spine faded to tan tiny bit of rubbing on bottom spine edge else fine; original wrappers bound in; binding signed on lower front turn-in "David" and dated "1914." Page size: 11-3/8" x 8-1/8". A handsome binding on a lovely book lavishly illustrated with full page etchings and many etchings in-texte. Societe des Amis du Livre Moderne unknown books
165964351First English Edition BALZAC Jean-Louis Guez. Aristippus. Or Monsr. de Balsac's Masterpiece. Being A Discourse Concerning the CourtWith an Exact Table of the Principall Matter. Englished by R.W. London: Tho. Newcomb for Nat Eakins 1659. First English edition. Twelvemo 2 15/16 x 5 1/8 inches. 16 159 17 table pp. Full speckled calf rebacked to style. edges speckled light red. Inner hinges expertly repaired. Previous owner's small ink marking on title-page not affecting text. A few pages with very light foxing. Overall a very good copy. "Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac essayist and stylist a gentleman of the Angoumois is remembered as having perfected French prose as Malherbe perfected French verse making it orderly and lucid constructing the eloquent period based on assiduous study of Latin authors esp. Cicero and so preparing the way for Pascal and Bossuet. His works much admired in their day include.Aristippe on wisdom in political administration." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of French Literature 38. The Aristippus is a "Treatise on the duties of sovereigns dedicated to Christina of Sweden." Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology Thomas 271. "It intended to portray the ideal statesman." Library of the World's Best Literature Warner 39. HBS 64351. $1500 Tho. Newcomb for Nat Eakins unknown books
1897270199London : Printed only for subscribers by Leonard Smithers 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked decorated cloth. Panel edges somewhat dulled and dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. Limited edition : one of only 250 sets. Physical description; 22 vols : illustrations ; 22 cm. Subjects; Balzac Honoré de -- 1799-1850 -- Translations into English. France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction. London : Printed only for subscribers by Leonard Smithers hardcover
1627CLL-187Paris, Claude Morlot, 1627 2 parties en un volume in-4 de 14 pp., (2) ff., 258 (mal chiffrées 330) pp., (1) f., 52 pp., vélin ivoire, traces de lacets, titre manuscrit à l'encre brune au dos, tranches nues (reliure de l'époque).
1628CLL-728Paris, Toussaint Du Bray, de l'Imprimerie de Rob. Estienne, 1628 Un volume in-8 de (20) ff., 740 pp., (6) ff. de table, vélin ivoire moucheté brun, traces de lacets, titre doré, tranches nues (reliure de l'époque).
1854453681854 Paris. Potter. 1854. 3 volumes in-8, brochés, sous chemise-étui.
190271012Paris Librairie Ollendorff 1902 49 In huit reliure en demi-chagrin marron 1/50 exemmplaires numérotés sur papier de Chine ; il manque le second volume des "Illusions perdues " parmi les "Scènes de la vie de Province" ( le tome IV ) soit 49 volumes sur 50
1840123431Paris L. Curmer 1840-1842 9 vol. reliés 9 vol. gr. in-8, demi-chagrin cerise, dos lisses ornés de faux-nerfs, caissons, filets et guirlandes dorés et à froid, 580, 576, 552, 592, 576 + 57 (table), 592, 596, VIII + 460 et 476 pp. Série complète en premier tirage de ce panorama satirique de la société française sous Louis-Philippe, sous-titré "Encyclopédie morale du dix-neuvième siècle". Cette vaste entreprise littéraire et artistique compte 422 livraisons avec de nombreux textes en édition originale par Jules Janin, Charles Nodier, Pétrus Borel, Eugénie Foa, Théophile Gautier, Honoré de Balzac, Paul de Kock, Gérard de Nerval, Mélanie Waldor, etc., illustrés de 409 gravures hors-texte par Daumier, Gavarni, Grandville, Meissonier, dont le fameux portrait de Napoléon à cheval gravé à l'eau-forte par Trimolet d'après Horace Vernet (Vicaire, III-796). Exemplaire complet des 409 gravures et de la carte dépliante en couleurs ; seuls manquent les titres gravés des deux premiers volumes. Bel ensemble en reliure uniforme d'époque et sans rousseurs.