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194787360Paris: Albin Michel 1947. Fine. Montmartre and Montparnasse parties moments before WW1 Albin Michel Paris 1947 13.50 x 19 cm relié ""It's war!"" we shouted that night over and over again. The terrible word brought us bad luck. It was 1913: the following year we were packing our kits again. This time for real. And not all the guests came back."" p. 335 First edition one of only 6 copies printed on Hollande this being copy no. 1 of the deluxe issue. Bound in navy blue morocco backed boards with corners spine very lightly sunned with raised bands gilt date at foot marbled paper-covered boards and endpapers edges untrimmed top edge gilt covers and spine preserved. Binding signed Lavaux. A fine copy with wide margins attractively bound. Bookplate pasted to a flyleaf. The author's own copy profusely extra-illustrated of this magnificent Montmartre chronicle. Tipped in is an original ink portrait of Roland Dorgelès by Gus Bofa humorously captioned: ""Monsieur Roland Dorgelès dans son uniforme de rédacteur à la petite semaine"" Alongside two original photographs one depicting the famous Montmartre figure Francisque Poulbot in his Guignol theatre Agence Rol 1910 and the other a very rare photograph of the legendary Fête des Dernières Cartouches organised by Poulbot on 23 May 1913. We have located only one other known image of this event. The photograph shows the merry band of participants at Poulbots place on rue de lOrient dressed as soldiers from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. The celebration which created quite a stir is recounted by Dorgelès in this book: One day or rather one night the uproar reached its height: when Poulbot gave his famous Dernières Cartouches party. The idea came to him after a dispute with his landlord on rue de lOrient who had refused to renew his lease. Poulbot had only recently moved in and had built a studio in the garden at his own expense. Does he think Im going to give it to him as a gift he fumed. He can rot! Ill barricade myself inside and wait for eviction. Right away we all swore to join him in defying the police just like at Fort Chabrol. But our tall friend was already improving the plan: Even better! Well dress up as soldiers from 1870 and defend ourselves like the Last Cartridges! The Maison des Dernières Cartouches was an inn in Bazeilles where French soldiers had made a heroic last stand during the fall of Sedan. Their sacrifice inspired a famous history painting by Alphonse de Neuville. By firing from the windows! By blowing everything up! The operation was immediately planned. Orders were issued stamped with the imperial eagle and the recruits assembled their own equipment not from a costume hire that wouldve been too easy. Old relics were unearthed ragmen looted the flea market raided for red trousers: in less than two weeks the battalion was fully outfitted. Everything was period-accurate down to the Chassepot rifles of Gravelotte. Even the weapons were authentic. Not a single gaiter button was missing. As the evening began rifle butts rattled the doors. The police No reinforcements. The Montparnasse reservists arrived soaked to the bone having marched across Paris in fours bayonets fixed greeted along the way by bewildered officers. We drank we sang we roared. Then we set off on patrol brimming with spirit and the honest folk returning from the cinema were startled to see soldiers appearing on corners and aiming at them: Halt! Who goes there Some caught on others stammered in fright: Whats happening What You didnt know War has been declared. There are some things though one shouldnt joke about. When our martial energy waned we all poured into the Lapin Agile and started singing Le Père la Victoire in chorus. It wasnt period-accurate but never mind. At dawn as the sky began to pale we gathered on rue Lepic officers drew their sabres the bugle sounded the charge and we launched an assault o Albin Michel hardcover
16457Paris, Librairie de France, 1930-1931 ; 10 tomes in-8 carré ; plein chagrin maroquiné prune, dos à nerfs, caissons et plats avec un triple filet doré d’encadrement, dentelle intérieure, tête dorée, couverture et dos conservés, non rogné (Albert Guétant).
194787360Albin Michel | Paris 1947 | 13.50 x 19 cm | relié
01079Paris: Le Rayon d'Or/Librairie Gallimard 1952. A Spectacular Copy in a Stunning Binding<br/>Signed by the Author with an ALs by the Artist<br/><br/><br/>DUHAYON Henri binder. BOFA Gus illustrator. ROMAINS Jules. Les Coupains. Avec douze aquarelles par Gus Bofa. N.p. Paris: Le Rayon d'Or 1952. <br/><br/>First edition illustrated by Bofa limited to 3500 numbered copies sur vélin blanc des Papeteries de Lana this being copy 3152. Octavo 8 1/4 x 6 1/8 in; 208 x 153 mm. 200 1 1 blank 3 table 1 blank 1 colophon 1 blank pp. Twelve aquarelle plates one of which has been inscribed by the artist to the owner.<br/><br/>In a stunning contemporary binding by Henri Duhayon of Nice stamp signed in gilt to inside front turn in in full crushed cordovan morocco with large hand painted panel to upper and lower sides. Gilt lettered spine. Top edge gilt. Custom endpapers. A flawless copy in binder's leather edged slipcase.<br/><br/>Signed and dated Nov. 1958 by the author with a tipped in ALs by the artist an inscription by French novelist and playwright Georges Duhamel dated Septembre 1958 and a TLs by the owner Jean Francesche with his blindstamped signed ex libris on inside front cover turn in.<br/><br/>The eighth volume in Librairie Galimard's illustrated collection Le Rayon d'or a reissue of Romain's celebrated novel of 1913.<br/><br/>Renowned artist Gus Bofa b. Gustave Blanchot 1883-1968 was an illustrator for Rire and Sourire a costume and set designer a celebrated poster artist and illustrator for the literary journal Crapouillot. He soon became one of the most in demand illustrators of editions of Swift La Fontaine Cervantes etc. ultimately with one hundred and seventeen volumes to his credit. Ref. gusbofa.com.<br/><br/>French novelist poet dramatist and essayist Jules Romains pseud. of Louis Farigoule 1885-1972 was "early in his career.associated with a short-lived artistic community the Groupe de 'Abbaye which published his poems La Vie unanime in 1908. These poems wnad much of his later verse and prose were influence by Unanimist theories of social groups and collective psychology. Before the war in 1914 he published more collections of poetry a verse play.and two novels Mort de quelqu'un 1911 and the farcial Les Copains The Pals" New Oxford Companion to Literature in French p. 707.<br/><br/>Georges Duhamel's 1884-1966 experience as a surgeon during World War I produced Vie des martyrs 1917 tr. The New Book of Martyrs 1918 and Civilisation 1918 tr. 1919. These collections of sketches are noted for their compassionate accounts of human suffering. He was successful as a dramatist; his Dans l'ombre des statues was performed in 1912 tr. In the Shadow of Statues 1914 and L'oeuvre des athlètes in 1920. His fiction includes two cycles of novels—Cycle de Salavin 1920-32 tr. 1936 about a sensitive eccentric and Chronique des Pasquiers 1933-45 tr. 1937-46 about a bourgeois Parisian family. Essays in Scènes de la vie future 1930 tr. America: the Menace 1931 and other collections reflect Duhamel's aversion to overindustrialization" Columbia Enclyclopedia. He wrote passionately against war and its atrocities and against the rise of Naziism. He was elected to the Académie Français in 1935. Though now largely forgotten he is perhaps best remembered for his timeless epigram: "It is always brave to say what everyone thinks"<br/><br/>The TLs by owner Jean Francesche reads:<br/><br/> "The owner of this copy had read a book by Jules Romains edited in 1958 by the Fayard Publishing House. It was the fourth book from the collection 'The Forty: MEMORIES AND SECRETS OF A WRITER.' <br/><br/> "Page 128: 'In THE PALS what part of the book is autobiographical and contains actual events'<br/><br/> "Page 129: 'It is not impossible to find a resemblance between the cheeks and glasses of Huchon with those of Duhamel just as it is not impossible to find a certain pretentiousness in the future author of DESERT OF BIEVRES when Huchon prepares the veal stew as no one else can to be more precise it was more like something between a stew and a roast'<br/><br/> "This revelation has led me to question the author's childhood friend on this detail and Georges Duhamel who like the author has been made a member of the French Academy was kind enough to write his answer on the half-title of this edition which is illustrated by Gus Bofa.<br/><br/> "I was also intrigued by the drawing where the artist had brought together 'THE PALS' and in which I told him it appeared that one of the characters had lost his head or at least his cranium.<br/><br/> "I asked him to please complete the drawing with a skillful stroke of his pencil.<br/> <br/> "He returned the drawing to me with an inscription as well as a curious letter which follows:.<br/> "I think that all of this adds to the interest of this charming volume<br/><br/> signed Jean Franceche"<br/>Bofa's ALs response reads:<br/><br/>Mr. N.D. des Champs<br/> Lundi 24 Novembre 88<br/><br/>Cher Monsieur<br/>Votre lettre soulève un cas de conscience ! Votre «copain sans visage » n'a pas perdu la tête - il n'en a jamais eu - Jules Romain l'a voulu ainsi - lui dans le même temps mettait hors des soins a une grande tendresse a portraiturer les autres copains. <br/>Bien loin de vouloir ajouter a ce bonhomme le coup de crayon que vous me demandez je devrais plutôt regretter de lui déjà supposé un peu de menton de bouche et de crâne sans y être autorisé par le contexte.<br/> <br/> Avec mes deux mains bien sympatiques<br/><br/> signature Gus Bofa<br/><br/>Mr. N.D. des Champs<br/> Monday November 24 ‘88<br/><br/>Dear Sir<br/>Your letter stirs up a question of conscience! Your "pal without a face" has not lost his head - he never had one - Jules Romain wanted it like this and at the same time he got a lot of tenderness into the process of drawing the other friends. Far from wanting to add the stroke of pencil to this man that you have asked me to I regret that I cannot give him the supposed bit of chin mouth and head not being authorized to do so in this context.<br/><br/> "With my two sympathetic hands<br/><br/> signature Gus Bofa<br/><br/>Duhamel's inscription reads:<br/><br/>LES COPAINS<br/><br/>Je n'ai aucune qualité pour poser ma signature sur le livre d'un ami de ma jeunesse; mais je dois dire que ma spécialité culinaire était alors le ragoût de moutons & non le ragoût de veau.<br/><br/> -signature G Duhamel<br/><br/> Septembre 1958<br/>THE PALS<br/><br/>I have no authority to put my signature on the book of my childhood friend; but I must say that my culinary specialty was lamb stew not veal stew. <br/> <br/> -signature G. Duhamel<br/> <br/> September 1958<br/>Monod 9851. Paris: Le Rayon d'Or/Librairie Gallimard, 1952 unknown books
01079Paris: Le Rayon d'Or/Librairie Gallimard 1952. A Spectacular Copy in a Unique Artist's Binding<br /> Inscribed by Jules Romains with Inscriptions by Georges Duhamel and Gus Bofa <br /> With an Original Drawing Autograph Letter and Provenance Note<br /> A Singular Enriched Association Copy of Les Copains<br /> <br /> DUHAYON Henri binder. BOFA Gus illustrator. ROMAINS Jules. Les Copains. Avec douze aquarelles par Gus Bofa. N.p. Paris: Le Rayon d'Or 1952. <br /> <br /> First edition illustrated by Bofa limited to 3500 numbered copies sur vélin blanc des Papeteries de Lana this being copy 3152. <br /> <br /> Octavo 8 1/4 x 6 1/8 in; 208 x 153 mm. 200 1 1 blank 3 table 1 blank 1 colophon 1 blank pp. Twelve full-page aquarelle illustrations one of which has been inscribed by the artist to the owner.<br /> <br /> A striking abstract painted binding by Henri Duhayon of Nice signed in gilt on the inside front turn-in: "Relié H. Duhayon Nice." Full crushed cordovan morocco spine lettered in gilt with vividly hand-painted lacquered paper boards in a modernist all-over composition of black yellow orange blue and red brushstrokes and grid patterns reflecting the anarchic spirit of the text. Top edge gilt. Custom painted endpapers. A superb and very fine copy in a matching leather-edged slipcase.<br /> <br /> With the following additions:<br /> An original ink and watercolor drawing by Gus Bofa showing the riotous group of copains with their characteristic red cheeks - annotated and inscribed to the owner at foot: "Mr. Jean Francesche cordialement Gus Bofa."<br /> <br /> An autograph letter signed ALS by Bofa dated 24 November 1958 addressed to the owner Jean Francesche explaining the curious omission of a head in one of the illustrated characters: "Votre 'copain sans visage' n'a pas perdu la tête - il n'en a jamais eu. Jules Romains l'a voulu ainsi."<br /> <br /> A tipped-in typed letter signed TLS by the owner Jean Francesche explaining how he assembled this copy after reading Romains's Souvenirs et confidences d'un écrivain tracing the culinary reference to Duhamel contacting him for clarification and engaging Bofa in a whimsical debate over the incomplete drawing. Francesche's commentary includes typed quotes from Souvenirs and his note concludes: "Je pense que tout cela augmente l'intérêt de ce charmant volume." Francesche's signed ex-libris is blindstamped to the inside front cover turn-in.<br /> <br /> A remarkable object of literary friendship bibliophilic playfulness and aesthetic invention.<br /> <br /> First published in 1913 Les Copains is a comic and subversive novel about a group of friends - eccentric idealistic and absurd - who form a loosely anarchic brotherhood and perform theatrical stunts and pranks across provincial France. It stands as an early literary expression of unanimism a theory of collective consciousness developed by Romains in the 1900s. As the New Oxford Companion to French Literature notes: "Before the war in 1914 Romains published. two novels Mort de quelqu'un 1911 and the farcical Les Copains influenced by Unanimist theories of social groups and collective psychology." This edition published nearly 40 years later by Le Rayon d'Or Gallimard's deluxe illustrated imprint pairs Romains's youthful anti-establishment text with twelve brilliant plates by Gus Bofa one of France's most original illustrators and caricaturists. Bofa celebrated for his sardonic wit and visual improvisation was a regular contributor to Le Rire and Crapouillot and illustrated classic texts by Swift Cervantes and La Fontaine.<br /> <br /> Renowned artist Gus Bofa b. Gustave Blanchot 1883-1968 was an illustrator for Rire and Sourire a costume and set designer a celebrated poster artist and illustrator for the literary journal Crapouillot. He soon became one of the most in demand illustrators of editions of Swift La Fontaine Cervantes etc. ultimately with one hundred and seventeen volumes to his credit. <br /> <br /> French novelist poet dramatist and essayist Jules Romains pseud. of Louis Farigoule 1885-1972 was "early in his career.associated with a short-lived artistic community the Groupe de 'Abbaye which published his poems La Vie unanime in 1908. These poems and much of his later verse and prose were influenced by Unanimist theories of social groups and collective psychology. Before the war in 1914 he published more collections of poetry a verse play.and two novels Mort de quelqu'un 1911 and the farcial Les Copains The Pals" New Oxford Companion to Literature in French p. 707.<br /> <br /> Georges Duhamel's 1884-1966 experience as a surgeon during World War I produced Vie des martyrs 1917 tr. The New Book of Martyrs 1918 and Civilisation 1918 tr. 1919. These collections of sketches are noted for their compassionate accounts of human suffering. He was successful as a dramatist; his Dans l'ombre des statues was performed in 1912 tr. In the Shadow of Statues 1914 and L'oeuvre des athlètes in 1920. His fiction includes two cycles of novels-Cycle de Salavin 1920-32 tr. 1936 about a sensitive eccentric and Chronique des Pasquiers 1933-45 tr. 1937-46 about a bourgeois Parisian family. Essays in Scènes de la vie future 1930 tr. America: the Menace 1931 and other collections reflect Duhamel's aversion to overindustrialization" Columbia Enclyclopedia. He wrote passionately against war and its atrocities and against the rise of Naziism. He was elected to the Académie Français in 1935. Though now largely forgotten he is perhaps best remembered for his timeless epigram: "It is always brave to say what everyone thinks"<br /> <br /> Monod 9851. Paris: Le Rayon d'Or/Librairie Gallimard, 1952 unknown
192822835DEVAMBEZ 1928 1 Annuaire du luxe à Paris, Hommage des grandes maisons françaises, Paul Poiret fondateur. Paris, Devambez, 1928, in-4, reliure toile éditeur ocre titrée noir et argent, (Magnier Relieur).
24406Paris, Editions Mornay, " Collection originale ", IV- 1923. Petit in-8 carré, 22 pp., (42 ff), dont dedicace, faux-titre, titre et avertissement, [2]. Plein maroquin gris, 3 larges bandes parallèles composées de pastilles mosaïquées de maroquin vert pâle, rouge, jaune et blanc recouvrent les plats et le dos, dos lisse, doublures de maroquin rouge bordées d'un filet doré, gardes de soie moirée grise, doubles gardes de papier marbré, tranches dorées, couverture illustrée et dos conservés, étui (Reliure signée Semet et Plumelle). Dos passé.
192630946Paris: Claude Aveline 1926. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Berthold Mahn. Berthold Mahn. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Illustrator. MAHN Berthold. SOUVENIRS DU VIEUX-COLOMBIER 55 dessins originaux précédés d'un texte de Jules Romains. Signed Envoi de L'artiste. Paris: Claude Aveline 1926. Stiff wrappers 8vo. 53pp / grand in-8 XII-55 pl. d'illustration broché. FIRST EDITION / EDITION ORIGINALE. Extraordinary copy inscribed by Berthold Mahn to his fellow artist & illustrator Gus Bofa. One of 35 H.C. copies of 55 on Velin de Rives. Exemplaire exceptionelle. Edition originale tirée à 950 exemplaires numérotés celui-ci est un des 35 H.C. Vélin de Rives. In fine condition / trés bel état. Wonderful Association Copy linking these two great artists of the book. Claude Aveline unknown
192713077Toulouse, Editions Richard, 1927 ; in-4, broché, étui de papier marbré de l'éditeur ; (4), 177, [178] pp., (1) f. achevé d'imprimer, 20 planches hors-texte en couleurs de Georges Gaudion, à la manière de : Laboureur, Marie Laurencin, Utrillo, Joseph Hémard, Henri Rousseau, Le Brun, Hermine David, Rouault, Picasso, Victor Hugo, Fernand Léger, Modigliani, Chas Laborde, Van Dongen, Gus Bofa, Henri Matisse, Cézanne, Vlaminck et Charles Martin ; couverture crème rempliée, imprimée en rouge et noir.
1910753871910. Fine. s. d. ca 1910 50 x 17.80 cm une feuille Original ink drawing heightened with blue pencil signed ""G.B."" and titled ""Rallye-Paper"". A light shadow around the subject vestige of a frame as well as some fold marks. Numbered stamp on verso as well as a manuscript indication for printing probably in a newspaper: ""à la largeur de la page"" ""to the width of the page"". unknown
19301598Éditions de la Roseraie, Paris 1930. (Aux dépens de l'artiste). Grand in-folio en feuilles sous portefeuille cartonné à lacets, les plats recouverts de papier métallisé, illustré sur le premier plat, dos de parchemin. ÉDITION ORIGINALE. 51 dessins reproduits en noir pour illustrer le texte et 18 GRAVURES ORIGINALES À PLEINE PAGE EN 2 ÉTATS, COULEURS ET NOIR, sous serpentes légendées. 36 pp. de texte en français et en anglais, table des gravures. 1 des 90 sur vélin de Rives avec 2 états des gravures. Bien complet. Le plus rare et le plus beau portfolio de Chas Laborde consacrées aux grandes capitales du monde occidental des années 30.
1924LIQ-6121P. Simon Kra 1924. 4 volumes grands in-8° demi-maroquin bleu marine, dos à nerfs, ornés de pièces de titre rouge, couvertures conservées (Reliure de KLEIN).
191075387s. d. [ca 1910] | 50 x 17.80 cm | une feuille
GF326851 page in4 - pour la lettre et 15 pages in4 pour le manuscrit -
15497Bruxelles, Editions du Nord, 1929. In-4 broché, 286 pp. plus (16) hors-textes, couverture rempliée, chemise rigide en toile simili chagrin à coins et contre plats argent, chemise de même facture pour la suite des hors-texte, le tout sous étui (mors légèrement usé, coins de l'étui frotté, couverture un peu salie).
1806J, Terquem, 1930.,
19175851La Renaissance du Livre sans date ( 1917 ). Grand in-4 broché de 64 pages au format 35 x 28 cm. Livre glissé sous double emboitâge au format 36 x 28 cm. Couverture et 75 superbes dessins en noir de Gus Bofa. Bords des plats brunis. Manque en haut du 1er plat et sur la moitié du dos. Déchirure au bas du 1er plat et en haut du 4ème plat. Les couvertures ont été collées au page de garde pour renforcer le livre. Intérieur frais, malgré de très rares rousseurs éparses. Tirage sur alfa. Il manque la feuille volante de 4 pages avec double illustration centrale en couleurs et 2 dessins couleurs. Exemplaire à relier. Etat correct. Rare édition originale, mais certains dessins ont été prépubliés dans La Baïonnette, n° 87. Exceptionnel exemplaire orné d'une dédicace autographe signée de 6 lignes de l'auteur, accompagnée d'un magnifique dessin original au crayon noir avec rehauts d'aquarelle, intitulé " Ingratitude ".
503Bruxelles, Éditions du Nord, 1929. 2 volumes in-4° brochés, couvertures, chemises et étuis. 30 eaux-fortes à pleine page et 36 culs-de-lampe gravés sur bois. Tiré à 360 exemplaires, celui-ci sur hollande.
129411 vol. petit in-4. 25 x 19,2 cm. En feuilles, couvertures en deux parties conservées.
193712233Paris, l'Artisan du livre, 1937. 1 vol. in-4 Plein maroquin brun, titre mosaiqué de maroquin vert sur le plat répété à la verticale au dos, auteur à froid en haut du plat encadré d'un jeu de filets à froid répété dans la partie inférieure, jeu de filets répété sur le second plat, auteur à froid sur le dos, deux larges nerfs en tête et queue de dos, gardes de papier à motif, tête dorée, sous étui bordé, couvertures et dos conservés.
193012231Paris, J. Terquem éditeur, 1930. 1 vol. in-4. Plein maroquin brun, titre mosaiqué de maroquin vert sur le plat répété à la verticale au dos, auteur à froid en haut du plat encadré d'un jeu de filets à froid répété dans la partie inférieure, jeu de filets répété sur le second plat, auteur à froid sur le dos, deux larges nerfs en tête et queue de dos, gardes de papier à motif, tête dorée, sous étui bordé, couvertures et dos conservés.
1923EXE-443Paris, Mornay, 1023. Petit in-8°, maroquin gris-vert, composition mosaïquée sur le premier plat figurant une caricature de Henri Béraud, encadrement intérieur de maroquin mosaïqué, doublures et gardes de soie brochée, tête dorée, couverture conservée (Vermorel). 40 planches aquarellées au pochoir, résumant chacune Louvre d'u auteur. Exemplaire sur vergé blanc.
AN OUTSTANDING COPY of this fascinating livre d'artiste written and illustrated by Gus Bofa. Most books illustrated by Bofa feature photomechanical reproductions of drawings, but this book is illustrated with original etchings throughout. Includes full-page etching with aquatint on the cover, printed in green and black; full-page hors-texte frontispiece etching with aquatint, printed in green and black; 10 full-page hors-texte etchings with aquatint printed in black; and 30 etched ornaments printed in green. From a total edition of 250 copies, this is one of 65 numbered copies beautifully printed on fine wove paper with a suite of the 10 hors-texte etchings with remarque, a suite of the 30 etched ornaments printed in black on Malacca wove paper, and a suite of 4 rejected etchings (with aquatint and remarque) on Arches wove paper. Signed by Bofa on the justification. THIS COPY, EXCEPTIONALLY, INCLUDES BOFA'S AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF "SOLITUDE", a poem printed for the first time in the book; and two brochures about Bofa, one of which is the scarce auction catalogue of his collection, printed shortly after his death. From the collection of JACQUES CR…PINEAU, noted theatre critic and historian, and distinguished bibliophile, with his bookplate. 4to, loose as issued in original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT, with no defects, in the original board chemise and slipcase.
195064369s. l. 1950. Fine. s. l. s. d. 18 x 21.50 cm un feuillet Signed autograph letter of Gus Bofa to one of his acquaintances 16 lines in purple ink accompanied by a pencil drawing. Folding inherent in the enveloping tear without lack in the drawing. Addressed to a friend of Gus Bofa and his wife who seems to have suffered "" a long journey in the storm! ""The letter is imbued with the humor of its author:"" we add two good warm kisses to finish drying you off "". The missive is enriched with an original drawing of Gus Bofa representing two birds on a radiator one of which is written ""Spring has come! "" unknown
195013803Librairie des Champs Elysées 1950 Grand in-4 en feuilles sous couverture rempliée, chemise cartonnée et étui bordé, 276 pp. Trois lithographies originales en couleurs et 67 compositions hors texte reproduites en phototypie. Bel exemplaire.