Fables De La Fontaine - Edition Illustree De 75 Planches a L'eau-Forte Par A. Delierre by La Fontaine - 1883

Paris; (nd. ca.1838]: Louis Janet; Printed By Jules Didot. Small Octavo. 393(1)pp. illustrated by Desenne with 5 plates in two states(10 total) and engraved by Blanchard, beautifully bound by Chambolle-duru (Chambolle, Rene-Victor, 1834-1898) dated 1869 (signed binding) in full dark blue morocco decorated in gilt, raised bands with compartments lettered and fully decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. Only minor spots of foxing, two early bookplates. A lovely copy with very nice plates. The story of two young lovers attempting to find happiness living a rural life.

Paris: Chez Pierre F. F. Dufart Fils. Very Good. 1811. Hardcover. 12 volumes in leather over clean marbled boards. Spines are embellished with gilt including a "Royal Crown" above the letter "A". Text blocks are tight, clean & intact. A slim silk bookmark in each volume. A few pages have extremely light foxing on margins. Spine gilt on embossed title and volume number labels are faded. Marbled endpaper. Drawing illustrations. Page edges dyed yellow. French text. Plutarque, Plutarch; Drawings; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 5041 pages .

Amsterdam, Chez Marc-Michel Rey, M.DCC.LXXII [1772]. Hard Cover. Eleven volumes; 19.5 cm. Copied from the 1769 edition. This ediition of the collected works of Rousseau, published during his lifetime, indicates the enthusiastic reception of his ideas in Europe. Theophile Dufour, 382; Senelier 1749. Bound in full contemporary leather with new labels. Stock#OB307.

Publisher unknown, 1784.Mirabeau's classic and important work against injustice and the exercise of arbitrary and absolute power. Widely read at the time, it added fuel to the fire of the coming French Revolution. This 1784 edition includes the second part of this famous work, dealing with life in prison, which was to be destroyed by the Prussian authorities at the request of the French government, and may be considered rare. This edition also includes L'Éspion Dévalisé by Baudouin de Guémadeuc, (attributed to Mirabeau). 630+ pages. 20 cm x 12.5 cm x 4 cm. Contemporary French calf binding; no foxing on the great majority of pages.

Complete set of this fine illustrated collection of the costume of 80 religious orders by Abbot Tiron. Volume 1: 65 plates of civil religious orders with 299 pages of text.Volume 2: 37 plates of civil religious orders with 218 pages of text and 15 plates of military religious orders with 62 pages of text.Survey of the ceremonial robes and habits of monks and nuns of 80 orders including Benedictine, Franciscan, Carmelites, Trappist, Jesuit, etc. Includes crusading orders such as the Knights of Malta, Hospitallers, Templars, Calatrava, Teutonic, etc. Fine handcoloured woodcut plates highlighted with gum arabic by engravers including Albert Doms, L. Markaert, Deley, King, E. Duverger, L. Lisbet, etc.Condition: Bindings solid, plates mostly clean and bright with little spotting.Heavy books, extra shipping charges required.

Paris: De Firmin Didot Freres, Fils. Very Good+. 1859- 61. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean red leather, covers decorated with gilt borders and inner dentelle. Backstrips have raised bands and are tooled with arabesque gilt designs. All edges bright gilt. The three volumes have tissue protected frontispieces; engraved illustrations, many of farm implements. Volume #1, published 1859, 480pp. Vol. # 2, 1860, 416pp. +24 pp ads Vol. #3, 1861, 424pp + 32pp ads, small scuff mark on rear cover. Each copy inscribed to the queen of Greece by the author. Agriculture; Engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1312 pages; Signed by Author .

Paris (nd, ca.1894): Societe De Beaux Arts. Limited Edition. Tall Octavo. one of 550 copies, xli pp. preface by Leo Claretie, 249pp., extra-illustrated with double tinted plates with protective tissue guards, exquisitely bound in full red crushed morocco, both boards elaborately decorated in gilt with green onlays while framing a family crest in gilt on upper board, raised bands with compartments lettered and decorated in gilt, full morocco red and blue crushed morocco doublures highly decorated in gilt, silk free endpaper and marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, all others uncut. upper joint professionally repaired and finely done. A very handsome volume.

Paris: Michel Levy Freres, Editeurs, 1872. 12mo. Full page pen & ink drawing with water-color before title page signed Ulysse-Roy. Two other black and white illustrations; one is signed in the plate J[ean].Massard and the other is unidentified, both tipped in between the half-title and title page, with two more black & white illustrations by Massard tipped into the text. 256(1) with the 12 original engraved vignettes by Edmond Morin. The first six chapters of this volume are the result of the first two chapters of the volume entitled: (Madame et Monsieur Cardinal (Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal) published in 1872. OCLC records a limited edition of 25 copies of this work with the original 12 vignettes on Chine and tipped in as opposed to only printed above the text. An additional two copies of an unidentified illustrator with tipped in plates between half-title and tile page, although none are included in collation and does not make mention of a color illustration by Ulysse-Roy. Bound in 1/2 blue-gray morocco… Read More

De Blegny, Etienne,Very Rare original edition of L'Ortografe françoise. Paris: G. André, 1667, 155 pp., elegantly rebound in green leather with gilt titles and gilt decoration to spine; top edge gilt, slight bumping to corners. First book published by Writing Master and Calligrapher Etienne de Blégny. a member of the guild of maîtres écrivains. This early pedagogical work is a treatise on French orthography. Notation inside front cover suggests this volume is from library of Augustin de Backer (1809-1873), Belgian Jesuit and renowned bibliographer.

Paris: Au Bureau du Journal, 1840. First Edition. Beautiful suite of 24 lithographs published in the Journal des chasseurs. Depicting hunting scenes, each with captions in French, followed by six leaves of fanfares (text and music printed to one side of leaf only). A scarce item, none for sale and only occasionally at auction. Moderate foxing throughout. Creasing to front free endpaper. In contemporary buckram binding with slight rubbing to the binding. Première édition. 24 planches de scènes de chasse, chacune avec légendes en français, suivies de six feuillets de fanfares (texte et musique imprimés sur un seul côté du feuillet). Un article rare, aucun à vendre et seulement occasionnellement aux enchères. Des rousseurs modérées partout. Pliage à l'avant de la page de garde libre. Dans une reliure en bougran de l'époque avec un léger frottement à la reliure.