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1935135186Paris: Louis Conard 1935. hardcover. fine. Huard Charles. In French.Texte revise et annote par Marcel Bouteron et Henri Longnon. Illustrated by Charles Huard. 38 out of 40 volumes 8vo 3/4 dark blue calf over blue marbled boards red leather labels gilt raised spines marbled endpapers top edges gilt with original stiff printed wrappers bound in. Paris: Louis Conard 1935. Fine.<br/> <br/> Louis Conard unknown
1899164399Boston: Little Brown 1899. hardcover. very good. Girardet Jules & Guyon Maximilienne. Centenary Edition. 33 volumes. Illustratrations by Jules Girardet and Maximilienne Guyon with tissue guards. Short 8vo bound in pretty 1/2 bright red morocco over marbled boards; gilt-stamped fruit tree motif along spines and dotted raised bands marbled endpapers top edge gilt. Boston: Little Brown 1899. Very good.<br/> <br/> A few spine ends are lightly rubbed but overall a very nice set.<br/> <br/> Little Brown unknown
18421672321842. GRANDVILLE J.J. Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux. 2 volumes. 8 386 6; 4 390 6 pp. with 201 engraved plates and 120 vignettes illustrating the text. Large 8vo 261 x 180 mm. uniformly bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt vignettes of Grandville designs on the covers and spine. Paris: Hetzel et Paulin: 1842. First edition of a Grandville masterpiece bound in the publisher's gilt-stamped cloth. A fantastic example of anthropomorphic illustration and an important precursor of surrealism. These illustrations represent some of Grandville's most memorable creations. Many of the plates are of single figures but there are also satirical scenes of everyday life monsters animals looking at politicians caged at the zoo etc. The texts contained herein were written by such notable authors as Balzac Charles Nodier George Sand Louis Viardot and even J. Hetzel the publisher under the pseudonym of P.J. Stahl. Hetzel was the motivating force behind this work which he undertook in order to "give words to Grandville's marvelous animals and to join our pen with his pencil thereby coming to his assistance in criticizing the aberrations of our epoch and by preference among these aberrations those which are of every period and every country." Gordon N. Ray writes: "Through Grandville's animals Hetzel and his colleagues offered a witty and telling commentary on contemporary politics and personalities." Some minor rubbing professional repair to rear hinge of Volume 2 overall clean near fine. Ray 194. Carteret III 552-59. Rebeyrat Catalogue bibliographique et bibliophilique in: J.J. Grandville 1985 pp. 289-90. hardcover
189927193Philadelphia: George Barrie 1899. Memorial edition limited to 100 copies lettered A-Z and 1-74 this copy "U". 53 volumes in full crushed turquoise morocco. Spine in five raised bands gilt lined with a fleur de lis design. Boards with gilt lines fleur de lis in the corners with a red fleur de lis as the central medallion. Gilt inner dentelles red morocco panel inside front board red moire silk endpapers. Five raised bands at spine w/ decorative gilt in the compartments; top edge gilt others untrimmed. Two sets of plates for each illustration printed on parchment paper.<br /> <br /> Owing to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. He is renowned for his multi-faceted characters; even his lesser characters are complex morally ambiguous and fully human. Inanimate objects are imbued with character as well; the city of Paris a backdrop for much of his writing takes on many human qualities. His writing influenced many famous writers including the novelists Émile Zola Charles Dickens Marcel Proust Gustave Flaubert and Henry James and filmmakers François Truffaut and Jacques Rivette. Many of Balzac's works have been made into films and continue to inspire other writers. James called him "really the father of us all." Wikipedia<br /> <br /> The boards are a deep turquoise the spines are unevenly colored which is quite beautiful on the shelf suggesting almost opalescent hues of turquoise green and tan. One volume with a small expert spine repair . <br /> <br /> Overall a magnificent set of this foundational French novelist. George Barrie unknown
1895831A12DParis : George Barrie c1895-9. Leather. Near Fine. 9" by 5.5". Various . Complete magnum opus of French novelist Honoré de Balzac 'La Comedie Humaine' in beautiful uniform Riverside Press half crushed morocco bindings. Undated Paris edition published by George Barrie comprised of forty-five volumes in uniform leather bindings signed Riverside Press in the original French. Present are vols. 1-5 and 7-46. Dated from date provided on plates. Each complete with half title. Edition Definitive limited to one-hundred copies this number ninety-nine. Limitation given to verso half-title vol. 21 all volumes printed on fine Japon vellum paper. Each volume featuring full page plates by a variety of artists including Gaston Bussiere Pierre Vidal Georges Cain Robaudi Daniel Hernandez Edouard Toudouze and others.Included in the series are the following:Esther with nine full page plates;Un Drame sans les Prisons; La derniere Incarnation de Vautrin with eight full page plates; Cesar Birotteau with seven full page plates; La Cousine Bette with nine full page plates;Le Cousin Pons with eight full page plates;Eugenie Grandet with seven full page plates; Le Lys dans la Vallee with eight plates;Les Paysans with eight plates;La Peau de Chagrin with eight plates; Histoire des Treize with nine full page plates;Les Employes &c. with eight full page plates; La Maison Nucingen with five full page plates; Les Petits Bourgeois in two volumes sixteen full page plates; La Femme de Trente Ans with eight full page plates; Ursule Mirouet with seven plates;Les Celibataires in two volumes illustrated with sixteen full page plates; Les Chouans with eight plates;Physiologie du Mariage with ten full page plates; Petites Miseres de la Vie Conjugale with four full page plates;La Recherche de l'Absolu with nine full page plates;La Maison du Chat qui Pelote with eight plates;L'Enfant Maudit with eight plates;La Cure de Village with eight plates; Le Medicin de Campagne with five full page plates;Le Depute d'Arcis with eight full page plates;Une Tenebreuse Affaire with three full page plates; Illusions Perdues in three volumes with twenty-three full page plates;La Vieille Fille with seven full page plates;Beatrix with seven full page plates; Madame de la Chanterie with seven full page plates; Louis Lambert with nine full page plates; Honorine with eight full page plates;Colonel Chabert with ten full page plates;Memoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées with eight full page plates;Le Contrat de Mariage with eight full page plates;Modeste Mignon with six plates;Sur Catherine de Medicis with five full page plates; Les Marana with eight full page plates; Un Debut dans la Vie with seven full page plates; Le Conte Drolatique in two volumes with thirteen full page plates. Rebound in exquisite half crushed morocco uniform bindings over cloth covered boards signed Riverside Press with five raised bands gilt tooling to spine renewed endpapers edges in gilt. Externally excellent with minor shelf wear occasional minor rubbing to head and tail of spine back strip lightly faded. Minor chipping to front board odd volume. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Occasional leaf unopened. Illustrations protected with protective tissue guards. Near Fine George Barrie hardcover
1504JC018<p>Aorné dun grant numbre dimaiges trez plaizantes par le maitre imaigier BARTA.</p>_x000d_<p>Colofon: «Le présent cont drolaticque a etté painct et escript en lan de graace MCMXXXVIII 1938 pendant les moys dhiver; tems oú il fait bon se rigoller au coin de laatre. Exemplaire Unicque».</p>_x000d_<p>De 48x33 cm. Com 33 fólios ilustrados e inumerados; com 3 folios de guarda anteriores e 3 de guarda posteriores.</p>_x000d_<p>Encadernação inteira em pergaminho rígido com lombada e pasta caligrafada preservando capas de brochura.</p>_x000d_<p>Magnífico exemplar único manuscrito e caligrafado com capitulares decoradas a cores e maiúsculas a cores disseminadas no texto; desenhos eróticos a guache no texto e em extratexto; da autoria do artista francês de origem hungara Ladislas Laszlo Barta 1902-1961.</p>_x000d_<p>La Chière Nuictée damour" é um conto de Honoré de Balzac. Faz parte da colecção Les Cent Contes Drolatiques publicada em Paris por C. Gosselin e Edmond Werdet de 1832 a 1837.</p>_x000d_<p>O personagem central é Scipio Sardini Conde de Chaumont 1526-1609 banqueiro de Henrique III e Catarina de Medici cujo pai era um gonfaloniere alto cargo da magistratura italiana do feudo de Lucca na Toscana.</p>_x000d_<p>Scipio Sardini é vítima do seu amor pela esposa do advogado parisiense Pierre des Avenelles no caso que se desenrola no contexto dos preparativos para a conspiração de Amboise 1560. Pierre des Avenelles um advogado parisiense era amigo de Jean du Barry um protestante mas lealista que ficou famoso por denunciar os conspiradores protestantes contra a família real e assim desencadeou a conspiração de Amboise.</p>_x000d_<p>Laszlo Barta 1902-1961 foi um artista judeu húngaro que estudou na Academia de Belas-Artes de Budapeste. Na sua juventude na Hungria pintou naturezas mortas vistas do Lago Balaton e composições figurativas.</p>_x000d_<p>Laszlo Barta chegou a Paris na década de 1920 juntando-se em Montmarte e Montparnasse aos pintores fauvistas não integrantes do movimento impressionista vigente na época como Matisse Dufy Gleizes entre outros com quem fará amizade evoluindo de um estilo fauve expressionista para o cubismo e aderindo à abstração no final da sua vida. Ilustrou um bom número de livros de luxo. Depois de se casar com uma mulher de Toulon instalam-se em Saint Tropez e a sua casa será um importante ponto de encontro artístico. A galeria nova-iorquina de Julien Levy expõe permanentemente as obras deste artista ao lado de Braque Picasso etc.</p>_x000d_<p>EN 48x33 cm. 33 illustrated and numbered folios; with 3 front and 3 back flyleaves.</p>_x000d_<p>Entirely bound in stiff parchment with handwritten title on spine preserving the paperback covers.</p>_x000d_<p>Magnificent unique manuscript and calligraphed copy with decorated colour capitals and colour capitals scattered throughout the text; erotic drawings in gouache <em>in texto</em> and <em>hors text</em> by the French artist of Hungarian origin Ladislas Laszlo Barta 1902-1961.</p>_x000d_<p>"La Chière Nuictée d'amour" is a short story by Honoré de Balzac. It is part of the collection "Les Cent Contes Drolatiques" published in Paris by C. Gosselin and Edmond Werdet from 1832 to 1837.</p>_x000d_<p>The central character is Scipio Sardini Count of Chaumont 1526-1609 banker to Henry III and Catherine de Medici whose father was a gonfaloniere high office of the Italian magistracy of the fief of Lucca in Tuscany.</p>_x000d_<p>Scipio Sardini is the victim of his love for the wife of the Parisian lawyer Pierre des Avenelles in the affair that takes place in the context of the preparations for the Amboise conspiracy 1560. Pierre des Avenelles a Parisian lawyer was a friend of Jean du Barry a Protestant but loyalist who became famous for denouncing Protestant conspirators against the royal family and thus triggered the Amboise conspiracy.</p>_x000d_<p>Laszlo Barta 1902-1961 was a Hungarian-Jewish artist who studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest. In his youth in Hungary he painted still-lifes views of the Lake Balaton and figurative compositions.</p>_x000d_<p>Laszlo Barta arrived in Paris in the 1920s joining in Montmarte and Montparnasse the Fauve painters not followers of the impressionist movement prevailing at the time such as Matisse Dufy Gleizes among others with whom he will make friends evolving from a Fauve Expressionist style through Cubism and joining Abstraction at the end of his life. He illustrated a good number of luxury books. After having married a Toulonnaise they will settle in Saint Tropez and their house will become an important artistic meeting place. The New York gallery of Julien Levy permanently exhibited the works of this artist alongside Braque Picasso etc .</p> Norberto01 paperback
27768Paris Werdet 1er décembre 1835. 2 vol. 130 x 210 mm de 2 f. faux-titre et titre XX-352 p. ; 2 f. faux-titre et titre 357 p. et 1 f. Demi-veau framboise dos à nerfs ornés filets d'encadrement à froid sur les plats tranches mouchetées reliure de l'époque. . Edition originale. . Le premier volume offre avec de nouvelles préfaces Les Proscrits déjà publiés dans les Romans et contes philosophiques et la troisième version de Louis Lambert et surtout l'édition originale de Séraphita précédée d'une dédicace à Mme Hanska née comtesse Rzewuska que Balzac devait épouser l'année de sa mort. Balzac était très attaché à ce recueil qui contre son attente eut un succès considérable ; la totalité de l'édition fut vendue dans la journée aux cabinets de lecture - il en manqua même 250 pour tous les pourvoir. La détérioriation de ces ouvrages dans les cabinets de lecture explique la rareté de cette édition originale difficile de surcroît à rencontrer en reliure du temps de qualité. Des bibliothèques Jean Tannery Pierre Duché Jean Meyer et Hubert Heilbronn. Cachet "L. Imperator" au faux-titre. Paris, Werdet, (1er décembre) 1835. 2 vol. (130 x 210 mm) de [2] f. (faux-titre et titre), XX-352 p. ; [2] f. (faux-titre et ti unknown
1905245007Boston: Little Brown 1905. hardcover. very good. Girardet Jules & Guyon Maximilienne. Centenary Edition. 34 volumes. Illustrations by Jules Girardet and Maximilienne Guyon with tissue guards. 8vo bound in 1/2 deep red morocco over marbled boards; gilt-stamped fruit tree motif along spines and dotted raised bands marbled endpapers top edge gilt. Boston: Little Brown 1905. Very good.<br/> <br/> A few spine ends are lightly rubbed but overall a very nice set.<br/> <br/> Little Brown unknown
183560079Paris: Werdet 1835. Fine. Werdet Paris 1835 14.50 x 23 cm 2 volumes reliés First edition for Séraphita and third version of Louis Lambert. Reliures in half morocco covers and spine preserved bindings signed by Champs. A nice copy rare and sought-after. Werdet unknown
192230919Paris: Rene Kieffer 1922. First Thus. Hardcover. near fine. Quint. Quint. First Thus. Hardcover. Kieffer René 1876-1963. Le Pere Goriot by Honoré de Balzac 1799-1851. Paris: Rene Kieffer 1922. 4to. 317pp. 1 of only 50 numbered copies in a total edition of 450. this being No 17 on Vélin de Cuve bound with an original aquarelle by Quint & an extra suite en bistre at the rear. 140 colour illustrations by Quint. In an exquisite Kieffer Binding. Full burgundy morocco with tan sand & mossy green onlay stamped in gilt at the spine & with ornate silver diamond burst "art déco" mosaic on both covers. Marbled endpapers gilt dentelles description inscribed by Kieffer. Kieffer ticket on the verso of the ffe. Original full page watercolour bound in before the title page. Top edge gilt others uncut. A very fine lovely example of one of Kieffer's elegant show bindings. Carteret Le trésor du bibliophile. Livres illustrés modernes 1875 à 1945: "A much sought after edition Rene Kieffer hardcover
185851941Librairie Nouvelle 1858. Fine. Librairie Nouvelle 1858 11 x 17 cm relié New edition single volume from the complete works. Reading binding in half green percaline squared spine glued paper title labels skillful restorations to joints corners slightly bumped modest contemporary binding. Copy presented in tobacco calf chemise smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets date at foot tobacco calf-backed slipcase the ensemble signed by Goy & Vilaine. Precious autograph inscription signed by Ewelina Hanska ""Madame de Balzac Princesse Hanska"" to Angelo de Sorr. Angelo de Sorr pseudonym of Ludovic Sclafer is a Bordeaux writer and friend of Aurélien Scholl Charles Monselet and the Goncourt brothers. He published in 1855 Les Pinadas which met with great acclaim. This first novel about the Bordeaux moors was praised notably by Théophile Gautier who declared: ""Its author a disciple of Balzac has revealed to us the superstitions and customs of these strange lands."" Other critics subsequently noted the Balzacian influences in the novel. Thus Paul d'Amby in L'Artiste: ""The author of Les Pinadas has been keenly concerned with Balzac's manner and we approve his choice of guide."" When Madame Hanska offers him this story of a genius who died at his task Angelo Sorr has just published Les Inutiles whose style is again compared in the press to his model: ""One senses a preoccupation with Balzac's manner; the master's path is the right one; we would not turn anyone away from it and we esteem M. de Sorr's talent"" in La Correspondance littéraire 1858. Moving inscription from the famous epistolary lover and ephemeral wife of Balzac who thus cultivates the memory of her lover who died barely a few months after their marriage. Their long-distance love story was summarized thus by Gonzague Saint Bris: ""eighteen years of love sixteen years of waiting two years of happiness and six months of marriage."" Eight years after the poet's death this moving dedication from the legatee to the disciple testifies to the strength of a love that knew how to resist all separations. Librairie Nouvelle unknown
1907313204London: Published by J.M. Dent and Co 1907. 38 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarters red morocco t.e.g. Bookplate. About fine. 38 vols. 8vo. Ursule Mirouet 1895 La Grande Breteche and Other Stories 1896 The Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau 1896 Beatrix 1896 The Chouans 1896 The Unknown Masterpiece and Other Stories 1896 A Harlot's Progress Volume I 1896 A Harlot's Progress Volume II 1896 The Peasantry 1896 The Country Parson 1896 Modeste Mignon 1896 Pierette and the Abbe Birotteau 1896 The Atheist's Mass and Other Stories 1896 A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 1897 The Unconscious Mummers and Other Stories 1897 WITHOUT:About Catherine de Medici 1897 The Lily of the Valley 1897 A Daughter of Eve and Letters of Two Brides 1897 The Seamy Side of History 1897 Lost Illusions 1897 A Marriage Settlement and Other Stories 1897 Cousin Pons 1897 Seraphita 1897 The Thirteen 1897 Parisians in the Country 1897 At the Sign of the Cat and Racket 1897 The Jealousies of a Country Town 1898 The Middle Classes 1898 The Member for Arcis 1898 A Father's Curse 1898 A Gondreville Mystery 1898 A Princess's Secrets 1898 The Country Doctor 1900 The Quest of the Absolute 1901 Old Goriot 1903 The Wild Ass's Skin 1903 A Bachelor's Establishment 1904 Eugenie Grandet 1905 A Woman of Thirty 1907. Bookseller Inventory # 101962. Published by J.M. Dent and Co unknown
1658EXP2-B-12London: Thomas Dring 1658. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. An English translation of Jean-Louis Guez Balzac's letters. A very scarce work. Not seen at auction for over thirty five years. With a portrait frontispiece of Balzac. With two title pages the first title page is in Red and Black and with the title 'Balzac's Remaines or his Last Letters' the second is 'The Choyce Letters of Monsieur de Balzac.' One of these title pages is clearly a cancel. The running title of the work is 'Choise Lettres' and therefore it is likely the cancel is the red and black title page. There are two copies held at the British library one with the first title page and one with the second title page. It is unusual to have both. Wing B616. Collated using both British library copies of this work Complete. From the antiquarian library of Christopher Rowe. Christopher Rowe was a schoolmaster in Norwich and then in Bristol. Throughout his career he inspired many to love literature history and music. He was a specialist on 17th century printer and bookseller Humphrey Moseley and began his unfortunately unfinished PhD dissertation on him. Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac was a French author noted for his epistolary essays. This volume comprises of his letters to notable courtiers which gained him a great reputation. This work mostly contains his letters to Jean Chapelain a French Poet who organized and founded the Academie Francaise. In a full calf binding. rebacked with original boards preserved. Externally generally smart with rubbing to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Small worm holes to the tail of spine and also to the head. The worming only seems to have slightly affected the front endpaper at the gutter and the rear hinge. Both hinges are slightly strained but firm. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown Christopher Rowe. Internally firmly bound. Pages are age toned with light spotting throughout. Very Good Thomas Dring hardcover
1848145572Paris: Chez Louis Chlendowski 1848. Finely bound edition of the final volume of 'La Comédie Humaine' from the library of Czar Alexander II of Russia. Octavo three volumes bound in half crushed morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spines in five compartments. In very condition with some rubbing to the spines and bookplates to the front pastedown of each volume royal bookplate 'A.H.' to the pastedown of each volume loss to the spine of volume I with Russian lettering exposed underneath. From the library of Emperor of Russia King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland ÐлекÑаÌндр II ÐиколаÌевич or Alexander II. Alexander's most significant reform as emperor was the emancipation of Russia's serfs in 1861 for which he earned the title Alexander the Liberator. Other reforms of his included reorganizing the judicial system setting up elected local judges abolishing corporal punishment promoting local self-government through the zemstvo system imposing universal military service removing some privileges of the nobility and promoting university education. He was also unique in his foreign policy mainly his pacifism his support of the United States and his opposition of Great Britain; Alexander backed the Union during the American Civil War and sent warships to New York Harbor and San Francisco Bay to deter attacks by the Confederate Navy and sold Alaska to the United States in 1867 fearing the remote colony would fall into British hands if there were another war. The Tsar's assassination by revolutionaries in 1881 triggered the major suppression of civil liberties in Russia and the return of police brutality. His plans for a parliamentary body and constitution were then also abandoned by his son Alexander III. Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright considered one of the founders of realism in European literature. Full of personality and humanity Balzac imbued life into all of the characters and settings in his writing. His magnum opus 'La Comédie Humaine' a vast series of interconnected novels presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life. The character whose name appears in the title of this work 'Vautrin' whose real name is Jacques Collin appears in several novels of 'La Comédie humaine' inspired by the historical character of Eugène-François Vidocq a former criminal who later became chief of the Paris police. In prison Collin earns the nickname 'Trompe-la-Mort' 'Cheats Death' creating a life as 'Vautrin' after his escape. Although he was a supporter of the Crown Balzac paints the revolutionaries of the 'Comédie' series in a sympathetic light - even though they are the center of the book's most brutal scenes. This was the first book Balzac released under his own name and it gave him what one critic called "passage into the Promised Land"establishing him as an author of note and providing him with a name outside his past pseudonyms. Chez Louis Chlendowski hardcover
18422910PARÃÂS: Furne - J.J Dubochet et Ciel.- J. Hetzel et Paulin 1842-1848. 4º .- Encuadernación de época en media piel ChagrÃÂn papel de aguas en planos lomera con pequeños nervios y adornos dorados.- 17 tomos.- Entre 457 y 728 páginas por tomo.- Ilustradas con un total de 121 láminas fuera de texto la primera retrato de Balzac grabado en cobre por A. Lemoine y las 120 restantes xilografÃÂas de Daumier Celestin Nanteuil Henri Monnier Tony Johannot Gavarni y otros. 17 tomoss del total de 20. Los tres últimos aparecieron muy posteriormente en 1855 para completar las obras que ya habÃÂan sido previstas en 17 tomos. Primera edición ilustrada y con el tÃÂtulo general de Obras. Contiene: Scénes de la Vie Privée - Scénes de la Vie de Province - Scénces de la Vie Parisienne - y Scénes de la Vie Politique - Scénes de la Vie Militaire et Scénes de la Vie de Campagne - Études Philosophiques - y - EtudesAnalytiques - Scénes de la Vie Parisienne. Graesse vol. I p. 284 en nota - Brunet cita la edición posterior de 1853 Furne - J.J Dubochet et Ciel.- J. Hetzel et Paulin unknown
188674980Paris: Motteroz 1886. Fine. Motteroz Paris 1886 16 x 25 cm relié sous étui Illustrated edition with 8 original full-page engravings after Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret by Le Rat. 120 numbered copies on vélin satiné our copy one of 100 nominative. Beige morocco by Marius Michel mint green morocco doublures framed with a gilt floral frieze decorated with inlaid morocco pieces and fillets on the boards moiré silk endpapers original wrappers preserved double gilt fillets on the edges all edges gilt case lined with morocco moiré paper boards superb binding signed Marius Michel. Bookseller's ticket label glued on a guard. Our copy includes a suite of 8 full-page etchings. A very nice copy superbly set by Marius Michel in doubled morocco. Motteroz hardcover
1899ST19567-188Paris: A. Roquette 1899. No. 75 OF 125 COPIES on papier vélin. 260 x 160 mm. 10 1/4 x 6 1/4". 3 p.l. i-iv 32 pp. 3 leaves. <br/> VERY ELEGANT GREEN STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO BY MERCIER stamp-signed as "successor to Cuzin" on the front turn-in the covers with a large central filigree lozenge framed in the Romantic style in black and gilt the smooth spine similarly decorated very attractive salmon pink watered silk doublures framed by wide densely gilt dentelles free endpapers covered in the same watered silk all edges gilt. In a rather toned and slightly worn marbled slipcase. WITH AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR BY FRANÇOIS COURBOIN signed by the artist along the lower right and 25 hand-colored prints by Courboin in the text with printed tissue guards. A Large Paper Copy. Carteret V p. 21. Spine uniformly sunned to tan as expected but the binding especially lustrous and entirely unworn; faint offset from the illustration onto the half title but very clean and fresh with immense margins and with almost no signs of use.<br/> <br/> A visual delight inside and out this is a bibliophile's copy of Balzac's slice-of-life classic luxuriously illustrated including with an original watercolor and in a beautifully decorated binding. The gently humorous tale here follows a "man of science" as he attempts to make a dinner engagement but gets distracted by the tempting booksellers along the Seine and an argument with a professional rival. The binding is part of an important French tradition: the work of the binder Cuzin who died in 1890 was so well known and so highly esteemed that he was responsible for establishing what was called the "Cuzin style." Devauchelle says that the Cuzin tradition was sustained in its finest form by his celebrated successor Emile Mercier who signed bindings from this period including the present work "Mercier successeur de Cuzin." Beyond the binding the illustrations here provide a second highlight as the engraver librarian and print historian François Courboin 1865-1926 provides a depiction of Paris and its inhabitants in the first quarter of the 19th century. The original watercolor on the half-title depicts the world-weary main character seated in an overstuffed chair in his night cap with slippered feet being served a cup of tea. Both the watercolor and the printed illustrations in the text are done with soft pleasing colors by an extremely careful hand. A. Roquette unknown
16591257501659. First Edition. BALZAC Jean-Louis Guez de. Aristippus or Monsr. de Balsac's Masterpiece. Being a Discourse Concerning the Court Englished by R.W. London: Printed by Tho. Newcomb for Nat. Eakins and Tho. Johnson 1659. 12mo 18th-century full speckled calf sympathetically rebacked; pp. 16 159 17. $2600.First edition in English of Aristippe a treatise on wisdom in political administration a collection of ""sound if somewhat pessimistic opinions some of them commonplaces from ancient authors on ethics politics and literature"" Harvey & Heseltine.Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac ""retired to his estate of Balzac in 1624 where he spent the greater part of the remainder of his life in affectation of antique wisdom"" Harvey & Heseltine 46. In the present treatise Aristippus is presented as the fount of wisdom a ""learned wise man a gentleman of an exquisite judgment and of a consummate experience of the Catholic Religion a French man by birth and originally from Germany of fifty-give years of age or thereabouts."" ""Dubbed 'the hermit of Charent' or 'the great letter writer of France' by his contemporaries repaired to his manor near Angoulême when his Parisian ambitions were disappointed and from there he sent to Paris and throughout Europe eloquent letters in which the models of modern prose were forged heir to all the philosophical knowledge of the humanist age he kept strong ties with the salon of the Hôtel de Rambouillet and the poet Vincent Voiture and through his correspondence his opinions influenced the formation of French classical style in Paris"" Hollier A New History of French Literature 296. First published posthumously in French in 1658. Wing B612. Early owner ink signature to title page.Tiny chip to lower margin of title page the occasional spot of foxing to text. A nicely rebacked extremely good copy. unknown
190032685Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son 1900. The Memorial Edition of which there have been printed 100 Copies; Lettered A to Z and 1 to 74. Issued in the Interest of La Société des Gens de Lettres for the Prix Barrie-Balzac No. 33. PRINTED THROUGHOUT ON JAPANESE VELLUM. Over 400 Plates in 2 States Frontispieces COLORED and UNCOLORED Plates in text in 2 states as well Remarqued on Japanese vellum and Unremarqued on tissue tipped onto Japanese vellum Etchings after Paintings by Adrien Moreau Louis-Eduard Fournier etc. 51 vols. 8vo. Bound in original gray cloth with paper title labels identifying this as the "Definitive Edition" minor wear. Lacking Parisian Life vol. 6 vol. 6 of 53 and Philosophical Studies vol. 1 vol. 42 of 53. The Memorial Edition of which there have been printed 100 Copies; Lettered A to Z and 1 to 74. Issued in the Interest of La Société des Gens de Lettres for the Prix Barrie-Balzac No. 33. PRINTED THROUGHOUT ON JAPANESE VELLUM. Over 400 Plates in 2 States Frontispieces COLORED and UNCOLORED Plates in text in 2 states as well Remarqued on Japanese vellum and Unremarqued on tissue tipped onto Japanese vellum Etchings after Paintings by Adrien Moreau Louis-Eduard Fournier etc. 51 vols. 8vo. George Barrie & Son unknown
18911401908Paris: Calmann Lévy 1891-1892. Hardcover. Small octavos 50 volumes. In Good condition. Bound in white cloth with gilt lettering to spines. This collection is from the personal library of A. J. Balfour and have been rebound with his name and the date of publication in gilt letters on the front boards. Boards have age toning to spines and edges discoloration and scuff marks light plus soiling and bumping to edges resulting in fraying to corners. <br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Textblocks have foxing and stains scattered throughout age toning to edges and end papers tears to edges of some pages throughout some parts of textblocks uncut and pencil marks scattered throughout. Volume “La Recherche de L'absolu†has minor splitting to gutter between pages 132-133. Volume “La Peau de Chagrin†has minor splitting to gutter from pages 100-111 168-178 and between 342 and the index page. Volume “Les Parents Pauvres†has minor splitting to gutter between pages 2-3 and the top corner of page 51 has been cut off not impacting text. Volume “Splendeurs et Misères…†is splitting along the gutter between pages 170-171. Volumes “Grandeur Et Décadence…†“Illusions Perdues†and “Séraphîta†are splitting to hinges. Shelved in Room A. Arthur James Balfour 1848–1930 was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Honoré de Balzac 1799–850 was a French novelist and playwright. Balzac's complete work often titled Å’uvres Complètes are best known for the sprawling series La Comédie Humaine "The Human Comedy". This collection of interconnected novels and short stories aimed to paint a comprehensive picture of French society in the early 19th century. Over the centuries publishers have organized Balzac's complete works in various ways leading to numerous multivolume sets that differ in their structure the number of volumes and the inclusion of his unfinished or posthumously published works. This historical inconsistency combined with the lack of a definitive digitized catalog for the 1891-1892 Calmann Lévy edition makes it challenging to verify the set's contents against a precise list. Consequently it was not possible to confirm its absolute completeness. 1401908. Special Collections. Calmann Lévy hardcover
190970972Paris: L. Carteret 1909. Fine. L. Carteret Paris 1909 17.50 x 27 cm relié Edition illustrated with 29 original compositions by François Schommer including the cover one of 75 deluxe numbered copies on Japan or Marais laid paper ours on Japan paper deluxe issue. Full blue morocco binding spine very lightly sunned with five raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with gilt interlaced designs date and place gilt at foot gilt roulettes on headcaps wide frame of fifteen gilt fillets in interlaced pattern on boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns frame of gilt fillets in interlaced pattern on pastedowns double gilt fillets on edges covers preserved top and fore edges gilt engraved bookplate pasted on one pastedown elegant English binding very slightly later dated 1913 and signed Zaehnsdorf Hungarian binder established in London. Each illustration in double state in our copy was engraved with burin and etching by Léon Boisson. Handsome copy perfectly executed in a very slightly later English binding. L. Carteret hardcover
27923Paris Revue de Paris 10 17 et 31 avril 1833. 1 vol. 165 x 245 mm de 352 p. puis 34 p. et 1 f. de table. Demi-vélin à petits coins dos lisse titre manuscrit en long à l'encre « Revue de Paris 48 » non rogné reliure de l'époque. . Édition pré-originale de Ferragus chef des Dévorants Les Treize qui paraîtra en volume dans le tome X des Études de moeurs au XIXe siècle t. II des Scènes de la vie parisienne de La Comédie humaine. Exemplaire relié et constitué à l'époque vraisemblablement pour le directeur de la revue dans laquelle la nouvelle paraît - La Revue de Paris - Amédée Pichot avec un billet autographe joint : « Le manuscrit sera remis sous dix jours. H.B. ». . Le dit manuscrit terminé par Balzac en février 1833 se compose de 104 feuillets aujourd'hui conservés dans le Fonds Lovenjoul de la Bibliothèque de l'Institut. Contemporain de la rédaction de La Théorie de la démarche Ferragus chef des Dévorants est publié dans la Revue de Paris à partir du 10 mars 1833 en quatre livraisons dont la dernière est annoncée pour le mois d'avril. Mais ce ne sera pas le cas sur fond de rupture éditoriale entre Balzac et Pichot. Cette rare dernière partie paraîtra donc seulement en tiré à part au dernier numéro de mars ajouté in extremis et paginé spécialement de 1 à 34 pour quelques exemplaires. Cet exemplaire constitué à l'époque le contient bien. L'édition originale en volume chez Mme Charles-Béchet sous le titre Les Treize sera différente de celle publiée ici puisque Balzac y supprime les noms d'écrivains et d'artistes « réels » que contient bien le texte de la Revue de Paris. Les Treize selon la préface de Balzac sont « treize hommes également frappés du même sentiment tous doués d'une assez grande énergie pour être fidèles à la même pensée assez probes pour ne point se trahir alors même que leurs intérêts se trouvaient opposés assez profondément politiques pour dissimuler les liens sacrés qui les unissaient assez forts pour se mettre au-dessus de toutes les lois assez hardis pour tout entreprendre et assez heureux pour avoir presque toujours réussi dans leurs desseins » : il s'agit en fait d'une société secrète qui fait basculer La Comédie humaine dans un univers fantastique le fameux « fantastique social » tel que le définit Charles Nodier un genre dans lequel Eugène Sue excellera avec Les Mystères de Paris. Le texte est dédié à Hector Berlioz et connaîtra un grand succès. Balzac commentera lui-même dans une lettre à Mme Hanska le 29 mai 1833 un « succès extraordinaire dans ce Paris si insouciant et si occupé » considérant Ferragus comme une de ses meilleures productions : « . le Père Goriot est devenu sous mes doigts un livre aussi considérable que l'est Eugénie Grandet ou Ferragus. » 22 octobre 1834 Corr. II 560. Et le Bulletin de Censure accorda même un brevet de moralité : « Les souffrances intérieures de Mme Jules l'héroïsme chrétien qui la rend résignée sont exprimées avec un sentiment et une éloquence qui arrachent des larmes. C'est une des oeuvres les plus saisissantes et les plus morales de M. de Balzac ». Voir René Guise « Balzac et le Bulletin de Censure » A.B. 1983. Un texte rare et méconnu de Balzac ici dans une condition des plus désirables. Paris, Revue de Paris, (10, 17 et 31 avril) 1833. 1 vol. (165 x 245 mm) de 352 p., puis 34 p. et 1 f. de table. Demi-vélin à p unknown
25664Livorno Tip. Vignozzi 1832. 6 vol. 92 x 139 mm de 158 p. y compris un frontispice gravé un titre et l'introduction ; II: pp. 159-311 1 p. ; III: 1 front. gravé pp. 313-412 ; IV: 1 front. gravé pp. 413-537 1 p. ; V: pp. 539-559 1 p. ; VI: 1 front. gravé pp. 561-646 pp. 647-649 nota 1 p. Cartonnage rose d'attente papier bleu-gris sur les dos et pièces de titre tranches jaunes sous emboîtage moderne en plexi. . Édition originale de la traduction italienne par L. Mazieri illustrée de 6 estampes en couleurs d'époque. . Cette première traduction italienne restera celle de référence pour les suivantes qui se sont rapidement succédées à cause de la grande renommée de Balzac en Italie. On trouve ici publiés les titres suivants : « La Vendetta » Vendetta 1830 « La moglie virtuosa » La Femme vertueuse 1830 « I pericoli del mal costume » Les dangers de l'inconduite ; ensuite Papa Gobseck 1830 « Il ballo di Sceaux » Le Bal de Sceaux 1830 « Gloria e sventura » Gloire et malheur ; ensuite La Maison du Chat-qui-pelote 1830 et « La pace domestica » La Paix du ménage 1830 certains titres respectant encore les titres de l'édition originale française de 1830 avant les changements de l'auteur. Ses petites dimensions le cartonnage rose les petites estampes aux couleurs délicates de l'époque font penser que l'éditeur à voulu s'adresser à un public féminin lectrices et admiratrices italiennes de Balzac. Deux exemplaires seulement sont référencés dans les collections italiennes : Bibliothèque d'Arezzo un exemplaire avec seulement 5 tomes sur 6 reliés en 3 volumes ; Bibliothèque Labronica de Livorno un exemplaire avec 1 seule gravure sur 6. Rares et infimes brunissures mais superbe exemplaire dans son cartonnage rose d'attente. Livorno, Tip. Vignozzi, 1832. 6 vol. (92 x 139 mm) de 158 p. (y compris un frontispice gravé, un titre et l'introduction) ; II: unknown
2204PG007<p>Seconde Edition. A PARIS Par P. Rocolet Impr. & Libr. ordin. du Roy au Palais aux Armes du Roy & de la Ville. M. DC. XLVI. 1646. Avec Privilege de Sa Maisté.</p>_x000d_<p>In 4º de 248x18 cm. Com viii 543 i págs. Encadernação da época inteira de pergaminho flexível com o título escrito à pena à cabeça da lombada.</p>_x000d_<p>Impressão muito nítida em caracteres redondos ornamentada com cabeções iniciais decoradas e florões de remate constituídos por cestos com flores. São especialmente belos e elaborados os do início do texto na página 1.</p>_x000d_<p>Exemplar com ex-libris armoriado e com a inscrição - Iean Le Covr.t Consel.lr En La CovrDesAydes. No interior da encadernação apresenta anotação manuscrita em latim sobre a compra do livro em Paris em 20 de Janeiro de 1680. Por baixo tem uma nota em francês referindo que o volume foi impresso em 1644. Na folha de guarda tem uma assinatura de posse - <em>Lecoun</em>. Todas as anotações e assinaturas são em letra coeva.</p>_x000d_<p>As folhas preliminares contêm um prefácio do editor aos leitores o índice das obras publicadas neste volume e uma página em branco. A folha final contém o resumo do privilégio Real de Luís XIV de 10 de Agosto de 1643.</p>_x000d_<p>2ª edição rara que pertence a uma variante que não tem a marca do impressor na folha de rosto e tem um resumo do privilégio na última página. A primeira edição foi publicada em 1644.</p>_x000d_<p>Contém dezoito discursos sobre diversos assuntos tais como a Roma Imperial dissertações sobre peças de teatro e discursos académicos sobre a eloquência carta ao Conde de Clermont de Lodeue sobre a excelência da vida religiosa e sobre a antiguidade da Religião Cristã.</p>_x000d_<p>Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac Angoulême 1597 - 1654 escritor francês do século XVII designado por «O restaurador da língua francesa» por ter sido um dos que mais contribuiu para a reforma da língua francesa pois introduziu na prosa francesa uma nova clareza e precisão. Estudou nas universidades de Poitiers e de Leyde. Foi secretário do Duque d"Épernon em Metz agente Cardeal de La Valette em Roma de 1621 a 1623 e Richelieu nomeou-o historiador e conselheiro do Rei. Tornou-se membro da Academia Francesa em 1634. No fim da sua vida retirou-se para um convento e legou todos os seus bens a obras de caridade.</p>_x000d_<p>EN In 4º. 24.8x18 cm. viii 543 i pp. Contemporary full flexible parchment binding with title hand-written in ink at head of spine.</p>_x000d_<p>Very crisp printing in round characters ornamented with headings decorated capital letters and finishing fleurons consisting of baskets with flowers. The ones at the beginning of the text on page 1 are especially beautiful and elaborate.</p>_x000d_<p>copy with armorial ex-libris and with the inscription - Iean Le Covr.t Consel.lr En La CovrDesAydes; Inside the binding has handwritten annotation in Latin about the purchase of the book in Paris on 20 January 1680. Underneath it has a note in French stating that the volume was printed in 1644. On the front flyleaf there is a ownership signature - Lecoun. All annotations and signatures are in coeval handwriting.</p>_x000d_<p>The preliminary leaves contain a preface by the editor to the readers the index of the works published in this volume and a blank page. The final leaf contains the summary of the Royal Privilege by Louis XIV of 10 August 1643.</p>_x000d_<p>Rare 2nd edition which belongs to a variant that does not have the printer's device on the title page and has a summary of the privilege on the last page. The first edition was published in 1644.</p>_x000d_<p>Contains eighteen speeches on various subjects such as Imperial Rome dissertations on plays and academic speeches on eloquence a letter to the Count of Clermont de Lodeue on the excellence of religious life and on the antiquity of the Christian Religion.</p>_x000d_<p>Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac Angoulême 1597 - 1654 French writer of the 17th century called "The restorer of the French language" because he was one of those who contributed most to the reform of the French language as he introduced a new clarity and precision into French prose. He studied at the universities of Poitiers and Leyde. He was secretary to the Duke d'Épernon at Metz agent Cardinal de La Valette at Rome from 1621 to 1623 and Richelieu appointed him historian and adviser to the King. He became a member of the French Academy in 1634. At the end of his life he retired to a convent and bequeathed all his property to charity.</p> M-9-E-64 unknown
63705Paris: Bureaux de la Société générale de librairie 1855. FIRST EDITION THUS. 8vo. 20 x 12.5 cm. pp.xxxi16141. Contemporary full red morocco signed by Galette sides with triple gilt fillet borders spine with richly gilt decorated compartments between raised bands gilt decorated inner dentelles marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Contained in a green marbled paper covered slipcase with red morocco trim. 425 illustrations by Gustave Doré engraved on wood by Lavieille Rouget Pisan Brévière and Piaud. A very pretty copy in excellent fresh condition. First illustrated edition of the Contes drolatiques with 425 illustrations by Gustave Dore praised by Ray "Doré's early masterpiece" Carteret "le chef-d'œuvre d'illustrations de Gustave Doré" and Beraldi who though it the most likely to endure of all Doré's books - "S'il n'en reste qu'un seul ce sera celui-là !" Béraldi. Although the title refers to this edition as the "cinquiesme édition" it is actually the fourth edition of Les contes drolatiques which was first published between 1832-1837. It is well recorded that Balzac's widow granted permission for the illustrated edition only on the condition: "that no artist but Doré should be allowed to illustrate her husband's works" Anthony North-Peat Gossip from Paris 1864-69 p. 324. Carteret III pp. 48-53; Bulletin de la Librairie Morgand et Fatout II 6445; Berny Livres anciens romantiques et modernes III 92; Rahir VI 1875; Ray 244. Paris: Bureaux de la Société générale de librairie, 1855. hardcover
