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2047PARIS GENERALE DE LIBRAIRIE 1865. DORE ILLUSTRATIONS; BLACK MOROCCO FIRST EDITION THUS GOOD-VERY GOOD. F. PARIS, GENERALE DE LIBRAIRIE, 1865 unknown books
1939272321Paris: Librairie d'Amateurs 1939. Limited. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece and 123 other very humorous color illustrations by Dubout. 372 pages with text in French. Short thick 4to attractively rebound in brown cloth with original front wrapper inset; uncut edges. Paris: Gibert Jeune Librairie d'Amateurs 1939. Limited edition - number 858 of 3000 copies. Pages are slightly brittle and uniformly toned as usual still a very good copy.<br/><br/> Librairie d'Amateurs unknown books
1926122473Paris: Librairie Garnier Freres 1926. Hardcover. VG- Front board slightly warped; Some wear and discoloration to boards; Inscription on first page. Gustave Dore. Color marbled paper over boards; Off-white paper at corners and spine; Color illustration at spine; Color marbled endpapers; 614 pp.; 425 bw illustrations. Text in French; Balzac's 19th-century tale accompanied by over 400 wonderful illustrations by Gustave Dore; A wonderful volume even if you can't read French. Librairie Garnier Freres hardcover books
1923041495Paris: Editions Jules Tallandier 1923. Hardcover Vellum. Near Fine Condition. A. Robida. In a Chivers style binding of full painted vellum with ties and added paste paper endpapers with an elaborate scene on the front cover and decorative leather hinges laid on. Undated ca. 1923 - with full page and vignette illustrations by Robida. Slight browning soiling and warping to vellum fading to one corner of the cover of volume 2 slight damage to one of the leather hinges. Overall a fine and unique binding. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Illustrator: A. Robida. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Poetry. Inventory No: 041495. <br/><br/> Editions Jules Tallandier hardcover books
19411340072Paris: Gibert Jeune Librairie D'Amateurs 1941. Softcover. Octavo; G/paperback; beige spine with red and black text; glassine wraps; large open chip to spine and front; several chips to edges; covers show mild smudges to exterior; text block edges slightly foxed; frontispiece; slight cracking to front hinge; deckled edges; pp 368; some uncut pages; illustrated; text in French. 1340072. FP New Rockville Stock. Gibert Jeune, Librairie D'Amateurs unknown books
306282Paris Garnier Freres ca. 1860. Sixth edition. Thick 8vo. Illustrated with 425 designs by Gustave Dore. Original gilt stamped red cloth covers detached; spine chipped. Good. A clean copy. Bookplate of George Cukor. Part of the book collection Cukor inherited from George Hoyningen-Huene. 615 pages. From the library of noted "Gone With The Wind" Hollywood director George Cukor with his Paul Landacre bookplate on the front pastedown. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Good. Paris, Garnier Freres, ca. 1860. hardcover books
1900LD5808Paris: Societe d'Editions Litteraires et Artistiques 1900. Limited Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Original wraps with clean unopened text block; in glassine dust jacket. Number 72 from a limited edition of 100 copies this being one of 50 copies on Hollande paper. Corners and spine tips lightly bumped otherwise fine. <br/><br/> Societe d'Editions Litteraires et Artistiques paperback books
1963UDEBLEP00efGarnier Freres 1963. Very Good. de Balzac Honore. Le Pere Goriot. Paris: Garnier Freres 1963. 477pp. Bibliography. 12mo. Blue cloth with mounted illustration. Book condition: Very good with subtly faded spine and lightly rubbed edges. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown and light notes in pencil not affecting text. Garnier Freres hardcover books
19223269Paris: Rene Kieffer 1922. Original Wraps. Orig. illustrated wrappers flaked at backstrip extremities. Slight embrowning at front cover head. Very good. 4to with brilliant color illustrations by J. Hamman. Limited edition copy 450 of 590 on velin de cuve paper. Text in French. Rene Kieffer unknown books
1901181022Paris: Charles Bosse 1901. Hardcover. VG- weak and worn binding front page is loose pages have age toning as expected with age but are otherwise clean and clear. 3/4 brown leather and blue marble boards; marble decorative end pages; bw frontispiece by Edouard Leon with tissue guard; 67 pp; bw illustrations with tissue guards throughout. Text is in French. 400 copies total printed this being number 293. This style is 1 of 200 copies on Arches Vellum. Compositions by Paul Avril. Engraved with etchings by Edouard Leon and Raoul Serres. Charles Bosse hardcover books
04605Paris: H. Delloye & Victor Lecou Éditeurs 1838. An Incredible Early Twentieth Century 'Portrait' Binding by René Kieffer<br/>Specially Bound for Gérard de Berny in Memory of his Father Gabriel de Berny<br/>First Illustrated Edition with an additional set of Proof Illustrations on 'Large Thick Paper'<br/><br/>BALZAC Honoré de. KIEFFER René binder. La Peau de Chagrin. Études Sociales. Paris: H. Delloye & Victor Lecou Éditeurs 1838. <br/><br/>First Illustrated Edition First Printing of the Vignette Illustrations. <br/><br/>Specially bound by René Kieffer for Gérard de Berny in memory of his Parents.<br/><br/>'Thick Paper' copy with an additional 'proof' set of the illustrations.<br/><br/>Large octavo 11 1/16 x 7 1/2 inches; 281 x 191 mm. iv 402 1 Table des Matières 1 blank. One hundred and one decorative engraved vignettes in the text by Baron Janet-Lange Gavarni French and Marckl plus one on the title engraved on steel by Brunellière Nargeot Langlois etc. Additional engraved portrait on India paper of "Pauline" after Janet-Lange engraved by Félicie Fournier née Monsaldy as appearing on pp. 149. Some foxing throughout mainly marginal otherwise fine.<br/><br/>An incredible early twentieth-century 'Portrait' binding by René Kieffer stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in and with his printed label on verso of front endpaper. Full brown morocco covers triple-bordered in gilt enclosing a highly elaborate symmetrical gilt diamond design with gilt stars. The front cover inlaid with a large oval nineteenth century 'medallion' portrait in oil of Honoré de Balzac and four smaller circular nineteenth century 'medallion' oil paintings titled "Enfance" childhood "Etude" study "Amour" love and "Plaisir" pleasure. The rear cover similarly inlaid with a large oval nineteenth century 'medallion' portrait in oil of Madame Louise Antoinette Laure de Berny Balzac's first love "La Dilecta" and four smaller circular nineteenth century 'medallion' oil paintings titled "Ambition" Misère misery "Desespoir" despair and "Suicide". Spine with five raised bands similarly decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments. Double-ruled gilt board-edges and multi-gilt ruled turn-ins surrounding an orange morocco liner elaborately decorated in gilt in a symmetrical design olive green watered silk endleaves blue-gray marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Original brown morocco over blue marbled boards chemise housed in the original brown morocco edged blue marbled boards slipcase. Spine of chemise sunned slipcase a little worn at extremities. The binding itself is near fine with just a few fragments missing from the edges of the 'medallions'. Original printed tan wrappers and spine bound in. Small square engraved bookplate of renowned collector Gérard de Berny on front endpaper. <br/><br/>A stunning example reflecting the love affair between Honoré de Balzac and Gérard de Berny's mother Laure de Berny. The nineteenth century 'Medallion' oil paintings are most certainly from the collection of Gabriel de Berny.<br/><br/>Roger Louis Gérard de Berny 1880-1957 was a French politician of the French Third Republic. He was born in Amiens France. He was elected senator for the Somme in January 1936 and was one of those who voted to give full power to Marshal Pétain on 10 July 1940. de Berny did not return to government after the Second World War. He died in his Hôtel on Rue Victor Hugo in Amiens now the Hôtel de Berny Museum. The Musée d'art local et d'histoire régionale or Musée de l'Hôtel de Berny is a local history museum for the region of Picardy. The Hôtel de Berny Museum includes 18th century tapestries and wood carvings such as those from the La Fayette salon in the château de La Grange-Bléneau and those by the Huet brothers Nicolas François and Jean-Baptiste the Younger the three sons of Jean-Baptiste Huet and Adrien Choquet a painter from Abbeville from the Salon du Zodiaque in the Long château as well as Art nouveau and Art déco ceramics by Montières French Revolution-era faïence paintings by Louis Jean François Lagrenée and Isabey a 1612 harpsichord pastels by Choderlos de Laclos and 16th-20th century ironwork and clocks. It also contains objects relating to figures from local and national history such as Gresset Choderlos de Laclos Jules Verne Édouard Branly and Maréchal Leclerc.<br/><br/>Gérard de Berny's father Charles Philippe Gabriel de Berny 1825-1884 was married to Laure de Berny née Louise Antoinette Laure Hinner 1777-1836. "In 1793 aged only fifteen Laure married Gabriel de Berny but their union was unhappy. He was 20 years old quite reserved and cold whereas his young wife was very sensitive warm-hearted and caring. Despite their differences they still managed to have nine children although five died in infancy and only two survived their mother. In 1815 the family bought a house in Villeparisis in northern France where they spent the summers. It was here that Laure first met Honore De Balzac. Laure was 42 at the time and already a grandmother but this didn't stop the young Balzac he was only 22 from falling in love with her. At first she resisted him but Balzac wouldn't give up. He courted her for months and in the end she gave in. The two become lovers. Of course nothing could remain secret for long in a small town. When Balzac's parents learned of it they tried to break off their scandalous relationship but to no avail. Laure wasn't just Balzac's lover. She was his confidante his muse and his benefactress. She gave him the love security and confidence he hadn't received from his parents as a child she supported his literary career she inspired the characters of Madame de Mortsauf in The Lily In The Valley and Pauline in Louis Lambert and helped him out financially when he needed it. She assisted him in his business ventures which always failed and helped him pay his debts. "La Dilecta" as Balzac called her also told him many stories about the ancient regime and of how some of her aristocratic friends and acquaintances managed to escape death during the Revolution while others weren't so lucky. His royalist principles would be strongly confirmed by Laure's influence and it's from her he also acquired his aristocratic longings. Thanks to her help he also managed to meet several influential people and would sometimes make an appearance in high society. Balzac would also talk to her about his relationship with other women such as Madame de Hanska who he would end up marrying a few months before his death. Laure De Berny died on 27th July 1836 at La Bouleaunière her country house at Grez-sur-Loing. Balzac was in Italy at the time but when he returned he visited her grave." historyandotherthoughts.blogspot.com.<br/><br/>René Kieffer 1875-1964 worked for ten years at the famed Chambolle-Duru bindery in Paris specializing in gilding before establishing his own workshop in 1903. He debuted at the 1903 Salon des Artistes Françcais and evolving toward to more modern approach became a disciple of the great Marius-Michel. At the time of this binding's creation he had begun to incorporate a transitional mix of flowers vines and colorful onlays in rather formal compositions their Art Nouveau motifs retained within symmetrical borders that revealed his classical roots. By the end of World War I he had emerged as one of Paris's leading binders his work sought after by collectors his fine workmanship matched by a wide range of progressive designs. <br/><br/>Before La Peau de Chagrin first published in 1831 was completed Balzac created excitement about it by publishing a series of articles and story fragments in several Parisian journals. Although he was five months late in delivering the manuscript he succeeded in generating sufficient interest that the novel sold out instantly upon its publication. A second edition which included a series of twelve other "philosophical tales" was released one month later. Although the novel uses fantastic elements its main focus is a realistic portrayal of the excesses of nineteenth century Parisian bourgeois materialism. Balzac's renowned attention to detail is used to describe a gambling house an antique shop a royal banquet and other locales. He also includes details from his own life as a struggling writer placing the main character in a home similar to the one he occupied at the start of his literary career. The central theme of La Peau de Chagrin is the conflict between desire and longevity. The magic skin represents the owner's life-force which is depleted through every expression of will especially when it is employed for the acquisition of power. Ignoring a caution from the shopkeeper who offers him the skin the protagonist greedily surrounds himself with wealth only to find himself miserable and decrepit at the story's end. La Peau de Chagrin firmly established Balzac as a writer of significance in France. His social circle widened significantly and he was sought eagerly by publishers for future projects. The book served as the catalyst for a series of letters he exchanged with a Polish baroness named Ewelina Ha ska who later became his wife. It also inspired Giselher Klebe's opera Die tödlichen Wünsche.<br/><br/>Carteret Volume III p. 41. Paris: H. Delloye [&] Victor Lecou, Éditeurs, 1838 unknown books
196659374Paris: Garnier Freres 1966. Hardcover. Very Good. ills c 549p. Cloth. 18cm. Small neat pencil annotations. No Jacket. French text. <br/><br/> Garnier Freres hardcover books
1857183017Paris.: Michel Levy Freres. 1857. Contemporary green stippled cloth over green marbled boards gilt spine title. . A very good tight copy with foxing throughout. . 12mo. 17.5x11.5 cm. French text. Paris stories by prominent French authors. Michel Levy Freres. hardcover books
1845WRCLIT29295Paris: Publie par J. Hetzel 1845. Two volumes. Thick quarto. 19th century three quarter crimson morocco raised bands spines gilt extra t.e.g. Profusely illustrated with plates and vignettes in text the large majority being after drawings by Gavarni. Very shallow snag at crown of one spine light occasional rubbing at edges otherwise a large generally clean largely untrimmed set. First editions of this ambitious undertaking featuring contributions by Balzac Sue Sand Stendahl Musset Nodier Gautier Nerval and many others preceded by a general history of the city by Theophile Lavallee. The over two hundred wood-engraved plates are based on Gavarni's drawings and Ray lauds them as being "of even greater interest than the 320 wood engravings of his OEUVRES CHOISIES.The engraving is superior for the most part and they are new conceptions not versions of his lithographs.His designs make LE DIABLE A PARIS the culmination of the Romantic tradition of DIABLERIE which began with the lithographic albums of the 1820s. It is also the last of the big books of collaborative illustration." RAY 236. CARTERET III:203-7. Publie par J. Hetzel hardcover books
1925122339Paris: Rene Kieffer 1925. Softcover. VG. H. Grand'Aigle. Off-white illus. wraps; 53 pp.; Profuse color illustrations one or more per page. Text in French; Title roughly translated is The Danger of Being Too Innocent; Vivid and whimsical illustrations; Number 441 of 500 copies in this edition. Rene Kieffer paperback books
192919310Paris and London: Le Livre Du Bibliophile Georges Briffaut Editeur 1929. 113 pages some unopened; Limited edition No. 272 "Trois cent quatre-vingt-quinze exemplaires sur Velin d'Arches Contenant L'Etat Definitif des Eaux-Fortes"; title page printed in red and black nice decorative red & black initial ornamentation; Imprime par Coulouma Maitre Imprimeur a Argenteuil H. Bathelemy Etant Directeur; plates printed by Les Ateliers De Leblanc et Trautmann; French text throughout; tissue-guarded frontispiece engraving as are all the illustrations in the text; large format 12 1/4" x 8 1/2" approx. size wide margins; original printed stiff paper wrap covers; some edge tips wear to the wraps soiling chipping to ends of spine; contents in very good condition outstanding illustrations. Very Good. Illus. by Fernand Hertenberger. Le Livre Du Bibliophile Georges Briffaut, Editeur paperback books
1944JC14530Paris: Office Français du Livre 1944. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to. Original wrappers with tissue jacket still present. Quatorze aquarelles et un frontispice de Pierre Leconte. Édition tirée à 740 exemplaires. This is copy 346. An extremely fresh copy in original publisher's slipcase a bit worn. <br/><br/> Office Français du Livre hardcover books
1944702911944. Balzac's Study of Rogues with Illustrations by Hemard Balzac Honore de 1799-1850. Hemard Joseph 1880-1961. Code des Gens Honnetes Ou l'Art de ne Pas etre Dupe des Fripons. Paris: Nouvelle Societe d'Edition 1944. 162 pp. Text illustrations. Softbound volume printed title panel to front cover. Light soiling and a negligible light spotting some rubbing to extremities with light wear to spine ends light toning to text. $150. From an edition limited to 750 copies this copy not numbered or its illustrations colored. Hemard presents Balzac's 1825 study of rogues fripons described for the benefit of "decent people" with witty color pochoir illustrations. Hemard a prolific artist illustrator designer and author is best-known for his illustrated editions of serious non-fiction books most notably the French penal code tax code and civil code book one. Our copy may have been a proof copy or one of the copies produced for friends and associates of the publisher. unknown books
1838251644Paris: H. Delloye et Victor Lecou Éditeurs Rue des Filles-Saint-Thomas 13 place de la Course 1838. First Illustrated edition first printing with all first printing points as enumerated by Carteret. iv 402 2 pp. Title with vignette showing a man being pulled backward by skeleton armed with a scythe and 100 steel engraved vignettes in the text after drawings by Adam Baron Boulanger Charlet Daviid Devéria Fragonard Gavarni Grandville Grent Janet-Lange Johannot Raffet Vernet et. al. 1 vols. Royal 8vo 25.4 cm. Nineteenth-century quarter calf and marbled paper boards. Bookplate of Louis Auchincloss. Minor rubbing to spine and bands but near fine otherwie clean and crisp. Lovely copy with half title. Bookplate of Louis Auchincloss. First Illustrated edition first printing with all first printing points as enumerated by Carteret. iv 402 2 pp. Title with vignette showing a man being pulled backward by skeleton armed with a scythe and 100 steel engraved vignettes in the text after drawings by Adam Baron Boulanger Charlet Daviid Devéria Fragonard Gavarni Grandville Grent Janet-Lange Johannot Raffet Vernet et. al. 1 vols. Royal 8vo 25.4 cm. A Classic of French Illustration. First illustrated edition of Balzac's renowned 1831 novel his first major commercial success lavishly produced in a generous format with superb illustrations by many of France's finest illustrators of the period. From the library of American novelist LOUIS AUCHINCLOSS. Carteret III pp. 41-42; Sander 43; Brivois 15-17; Vicaire I 45 H. Delloye et Victor Lecou, Éditeurs, Rue des Filles-Saint-Thomas, 13, place de la Course unknown books
1923WRCLIT46422Paris: Georges Crès et Cie / Les Maitres du Livre 1923. Printed wrappers. Woodcut portrait by P.-E. Vibert. One of 1850 numbered copies on Rives from a total edition of 1965. About fine unopened. TALVART & PLACE BALZAC 19e. Georges Crès et Cie / Les Maitres du Livre unknown books
1902263396Paris: Ch. Carrington 1902. One of 245 copies this being copy 192. Illustrations by Leon Lebegue hand colored. 1 vols. 8vo. Full navy blue morocco signed by Granghaud with double marbled endpapers in a slipcase covered with marbled paper boards. Outer joints cracked text itself is fine. Slipcase shows wear to all edges and some joints split. One of 245 copies this being copy 192. Illustrations by Leon Lebegue hand colored. 1 vols. 8vo. From the press of Charles Carrington notorious publisher of erotic literature. Balzac's tale of the King's mistress illustrated in the style of a medieval manuscript by Léon Lebègue. Carteret V-19 Ch. Carrington unknown books
194222293Paris: Editions Rombaldi. 1942. Softcover. #142 of 410 in wraps. Unbound signatures are fine in fine chemise with sunned spine in near fine box. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall . Editions Rombaldi paperback books
194222316Paris: Editions Rombaldi. 1942. Softcover. #22 of 100 copies from an edition of 410 with an extra set of plates; wraps are fine in original glassine slightly sunned in repaired lightly sunned and lightly soiled chemise in sunned box.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Editions Rombaldi paperback books
196548225Cercle du Bibliophile 1965. 8vo pp. 644. Illustrated. In French. Blue leatherette stamped in gilt. Ribbon bookmark. Top edges lightly spotted cover little scuffed o/w a nice copy. Contains Le Pere Goriot Gobseck La fille aux yeux d'or Le contrat de mariage and Melmoth reconcilie. Cercle du Bibliophile unknown books
1965UBALLAC00mmEditions du Seuil 1965. Very Good. Balzac Honore de. La Comedie Humaine. Volume I of seven. Paris: Editions du Seuil 1965. 604pp. Wide 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good. Lightly soiled edges and shallow indentations on rear cover. A book is not a desk! Former owner's name on front pastedown. Plain acetate jacket is in fair condition. Editions du Seuil hardcover books