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Mont Parnasse : Messer Apollon Two volumes bound as one. 350, [10] pp. + 340, [8] pp. No Date, no place, published Mont Parnasse (Mount Parnassus) in " l'annee satyrique" (the satyrical year). A SCARCE later edition, A collection of erotic and satyrical poems. Finely bound in half red morocco over marbled boards, elaborate gilt back, marbled end papers. Near Fine, tiny rubs at edges. . Later Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

London: Macmillan & Co., 1877. xxviii, 440 pages, An anthology of French poetry, Preface by the author and Notes are in English, poems are in French. Finely bound in contemporary unsigned polished red calf, the back intricately floral gilt, end papers and edges marbled, Near Fine, joinnts slightly rubbed, small gift inscription dated 1881 front end page. First published 1867, this 2nd Edition published 1877. Golden Treasury Series. . Second Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Paris: Chez Lacombe , 1770. (xxiv, 252 pages) illustrations (including music) plates (music) table. Very Good Plus, bound in contemporary quarter leather over marbled boards, boards rubbed at corners and edges, gilt at spine dulled, scattered light toning, prior owner name and inscription front end page. Abbe Pierre-Joseph Roussier, (1716 -1790 ) was known as an ardent proponent of the theories of Jean-Philippe Rameau. SCARCE. . First Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good -/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Paris: Adrien Le Clere et Cie, 1855. Two volumes bound as one. Lambillotte's Esthetiqu du Chant Gregorien, 1 preliminary leaf, vi, 418 pages frontispiece (portrait) facsimile, folded table, with Abbe Raillard's Memoire Sur La Restauration De Chant Gregorien, Paris, 1862, Librairie Catholique et Classique de Perisse Freres, folded table, 46 pages, bound at rear with original wrappers, and SCARCE SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front wrapper -"A Monsieur Bellaquet, Secretaire Gen. du Ministaire d l'Etat F. Raill(ard)" (the book being trimmed for binding causing partial loss of the signature).Both books bound as one in contemporary quarter leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering at spine, hand written label top corner front cover. Very Good scattered light toning, edges of boards rubbed, prior owner name in ink front end page. A significant refernce work for the study of Gregorian chant. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket,… Leer más

Paris: Jean Desaint, 1739. [2], xvj, 542, [3] pages. Printer's address p. 541 (transl. from the French) "From the Printing Office of Jean-Baptiste Christophe Ballard, Sole Printer to the King for Music, & Notator of His Majesty's Chapel". Only the title page and the chapter headings are in French, the rest is in Latin. Printed notated music. Bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled end papers, with woodcut arms to title-page.Very Good, tear to leather at head of spine, joints rubbed, prior owner name in ink front end page, scattered minor toning, contemporary ink inscription in Latin rear end page. The Desaint edition RARE, OCLC locates a single copy, in Lyon, France. . First Edition. Quarter Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Paris: H. Delloye et V. Lecou, Impr. de Bethune et Plon, 1838. Beautifully bound in contemporary unsigned full dark green pebbled morocco, the covers with intricate and flowing floral gilt decorations bordered by double gilt rules, the backs gilt, marbled end papers, all edges gilt, silk marker. Very Good, moderate browning throughout, bottom panel at spine a bit faded, a few small rubs at edges. Tall 8vo, 10 1/2" x 6 3/4". In the foretitle: "Balzac illustre". 402 pages, illustrations. 100 vignettes in text plus one on title engraved on steel by Brunellière, Nargeot, Langlois from drawings by Gavarni, Baron, Janet-Lange, François Marckl. Without the additional two full page portraits of Pauline and Foedora. 20th c. prior owner bookplate front paste down. The book that firmly established Balzac as a writer of significance in France. . First Illustrated Edition. Pebbled Morocco. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Tall 8vo.

Paris: l'Enseigne du Pot Casse, 1927. Finely bound with original wrappers in contemporary half mottled calf over marbled boards, the bask gilt with red morocco label, marbled end papers, top gilt, Woodcuts by Gaston Goor. Copy No. 1210 of 2500 on Chesterfield laid paper. Near Fine, prior owner name front end page, scattered light toning. A lovely binding. . Limited and Numbered Edition. Half Mottled Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Paris: Charpentier et Cie., 1883. 4 3/8" x 3 3/8". "Petit Bibliotheque Charpentier, avec deux dessins de Jeanniot, grave´s en fac-simile´ par Dujardin". Finely bound in contemporary full polished calf, five raised bands with gilt lettering, marbled end papers, all edges gilt. Near Fine, spine and front cover sunned, light toning, prior owner name at title page, Uncommon, OCLC lists 4 holdings. . First Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

Paris: Editions / Galerie Marquet,, 1972. SCARCE original silkscreen poster for Folon's du 18 Octobre au 18 Novembre 1972 show at Galerie Marquet in Paris. 19 1/2"w x 25 1/2"h. Signed in the silkscreen print- not numbered, as this was printed to promote the exhibition. Near Fine, tiny rubs at edges. Well suited for framing, will be shipped flat. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 19 1/2"w x 25 1/2"h.

Paris: Chez Mequignon-Marvis, 1821. vi, 396, (2) errata, 4 fold-out plates. Handsomely bound in 20th c. butterscotch morocco, gilt lettering at spine, dark brown end papers, Near Fine with scattered light toning. An important work on the theory of scientific experimentation. . First Edition in French . Morocco. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

No Place: (Vichy French Air Corps) No publisher, no date, circa 1941-1942. Notation in ink at front page reads "Taken from Port Lyautey Air Port in French Morocco Africa 1943 by Jim Williams". The Battle of Port Lyautey began on 8 November 1942 and ended on Nov. 10 after fierce fighting between the attacking American troops and Vichy French defenders. Khaki cardboard binding with 2 holes punched and held together by bolts and nuts. Stamped "Confidential, D.C.W 41" . Contains approx 80-90 pages printed rectos only on thick card stock with silhouettes of naval war ships for France, Germany, England, America, and Italy. Notes and corrections in blue ink on many of the pages. Very Good, light wear and soiling to covers. A book that was used to train French pilots to recognize battle ships by their silhouettes. Contains silhouettes for the Bismarck, King George V, and the New York among many others. RARE< not found at OCLC, not found in commerce or in online searches. . Cardboard.… Leer más

Paris: Paul Ollendorff, Editeur, 1892. Bound in contemporary quarter red buckram over marbled boards, marbled end papers. Very Good Plus, the pages uniformly browning, spine ever so slightly sunned and title label a bit rubbed. The author's first successful novel, basis for a 1964 TV movie in France. . First Edition. Quarter Buckram. Very Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paris: Chez M.Lambert et F.J Baudouin, 1782. Handsomely bound in contemporary full calf, the back tooled in gilt and blind tooled, the covers with two rows of tooling in blind bordered by gilt rule, marbled end apers and edges, with the small period bookplate of Hobart which features a cow. The small ticket of Serre, Rue St. Jacques, Paris top corner front end page. Very Good Plus, light rubbing to calf at edges. Text in Latin and French. . Second Edition. Calf. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Isidore Liseux , 1876. Collated on the first edition, Paris 1588. SCARCE, and especially so in fine binding. Beautifully bound in later half brown morocco over speckled morocco, gilt back, top edge gilt, marbled end papers. Fine, the binding signed Y. Chobel(?). Gift inscription in French, dated 1945, at front end page. In Fine brown cloth covered custom slipcase. A quite lovely little book ! . Later Edition. Morocco. Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

No Place (Paris): L'Ecole Des Loisirs SCARCE. No place (Paris) No date, circa 1980's. Near Fine, faint creases, 16 1/2" w x 24" h. The publisher L'ecole des Loisirs published a number of BABAR books during this time period. No doubt a limited edition poster, no edition number stated, this poster was printed on heavy paper and distributed at an ABA trade show. A wonderful and vivid image of the beloved Babar, with limited text. Well suited for framing, a poster that would grace any child's bedroom for years to come. All posters shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube.. First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 16 1/2" w x 24" h..

Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale , 1780. v, 252, xxvi pp. with three fold-out charts, collated complete,with no gap in paging 23-66 as in later 1781 edition.. Second Edition, 1780, the first edition published 1779. RARE in this edition, last copy at auction 1947 (RBH), OCLC locates 2 copies worldwide, the Morgan Library and Bibliotheque Nationale de France. Bound in contemporary crushed morocco, ornate gilt back, marbled end papers, all adges gilt. Very Good, light wear at joints and corners, the 2nd fold-out chart with small edge tears and creases, the3rd with added crease and faint toning. . Second Edition. Crushed Morocco. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

(Paris): No Publisher RARE. No Publisher, No Date, circa 1900. Printed in an edition of 150 copies, 125 copies on papier Verge, 5 on Album Jaune, and 20 on papier de Hollande. This one of the copies on papier Verge. Unnumbered. Contains 4 volumes bound in 1 as follows: I. Le Parc-Aux-Cerfs Episcopal, Histoire Edifiante et Curieuse du Seminaire de Venus ou les Fo....ries Sacerdotales, publ. A Cythere, Chez le Gardien du Temple, Annee Perpetuelle, 76 pp. II. Le Tartuffe Libertin ou Le Triomphe du Vice ( par le Marquis de Sade), En Hollande, Chez Les Libraires Associes, 1789, pag. 77-138. III. La Bulle Alexandre VI, c'est a scavoir De l'Obligation aux Femmes....La Clementine par La Chaussee A Paris Chez Dabin, 1803(?), pag. 139-165. IV. Le Reclusieres de Venus ou La Defaite des Gitons, Histoire Vrasemblable, A La Nouvelle Lutece, Chez Les Abbesses in Renom, 1759, pag. 166-180. Bound in quarter red morocco over marbled boards, gilt rules and lettering back, marbled end papers, top edge gilt,… Leer más

Paris: Academie Des Bibliophiles , 1867. Printed by D. Jouaust, Paris, 1867. Edition Louis Lacour. xviii, 309 pp. Of an edition of 500 copies on Papier verge, 15 on Papier de Chine, 15 on Papier Whatman, and 2 on velin, this is copy # 23 on Papier Whatman, initialed twice at Limitation Page. With the small ticket front paste down of Librairie Raymond Clavreuil, the noted French bookseller and history editor, a pencilled annotation in margin of 1 page of Preface that may be in his hand. Bound in contemporary red morocco over marbled boards, the back intricately gilt, top edge gilt, marbled end papers, ribbon marker. Near Fine, small rub at head of spine and at corners. . Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Chez Henrichs, 1803. With the royal bookplate of Antoine d'Orléans (1824-1890), Duke of Montpensier, who was the youngest son of King Louis Philippe of France and his wife Maria Amelia Teresa of the Two Sicilies. He was a noted early collector of photography. Bound in full vellum, gilt rules and lettering, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, ribbon marker. Near Fine, light soiling to vellum, end papers a bit toned. cxiii, 259 pp., with frontis engraving, 5 engravings and 4 engraved musical plates in text. Attributed to the Marquis Joseph-Etienne de Surville (1755-1798), a descendant of Clotilde. A lovely copy with distinguished provenance. . First Edition. Vellum. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Gallimard, 1959. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY EDITOR Paul Viallaneix at the half-title of Vol. II- "A. J. Seznec, ami de Michelet. homage amicale de l'editeur du JOURNAL Paul Viallaneix". Jean J. Seznec (1905-1983) was a French historian and Renaissance scholar. Jules Michelet (1798-1874) is best known for his monumental Histoire de France (1833-67). and for being the first historian to use and define the term Renaissance. Tome I Published 1959, Tome II, 1962. Two volumes bound in blue cloth, gilt backs, Near Fine, tidy marginal check marks, rear end page Vol. I with neat annotations in ink and pencil. Uncommon in hardcover and SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY EDITOR. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY EDITOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.