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Fernand LENNEL

Histoire de Calais

Imprimerie moderne J. Peumeury, Calais 1908, 19x28,5cm, 2 volumes reliés.

first edition, one of the few copies on Holland paper of which no mention is made.
Bindings in half black shagreen with corners, discolored and insolated back with nerves adorned with golden florets, marbled paper plates with slight scratches without gravity, guards and contreplats of paper [...]

800 €

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Honoré de BALZAC

Oeuvres complètes

chez Furne & Dubochet & Hetzel & Paulin & Houssiaux, à Paris 1842-1855, In-8 (14x23cm), 20 volumes reliés.

First collective edition under the title of Œuvres as well as first illustrated edition (Clouzot), including several texts in first edition, including the last part of Splendors and misery of courtesans, the third part of Lost Illusions, David Sechard; The museum of the department, the [...]

3 500 €

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Albert ROBIDA

Les vieilles villes des Flandres. Belgique et Flandre française

Librairie Dorbon Aîné, Paris s.d. (1908), 17,5x27,5cm, en feuillets sous chemise.

First Edition printed in 126 copies, ours one of the 100 on Holland paper Van Gelder illustrated with 155 original compositions including 25 inset. Our copy is full of its original etching, its suite on Japan 25 inset, the original cover and etching with note.
Our copy is presented under his [...]

400 €

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André POTTIER

La Normandie illustrée. Monuments, sites et costumes de la Seine-Inférieure, de l'Eure, du ...

Charpentier, Nantes 1852, In-Folio (35x47cm), relié.

First edition, copiously illustrated with a map in color, 5 frontispieces, 150 boards with a bistre bottom by F. Benoist, including 22 costumes designed and engraved by Lalaisse.
Publisher's binding in half blue shagreen to flat of percaline.

2 000 €

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Philippe de BEAUMANOIR

Coutumes de Beauvaisis

Alphonse Picard & fils, Paris 1899-1900, 13,5x22,5cm, 2 volumes reliés.

Edition published with an introduction, a glossary and an analytical table by A. Salmon.
Bindings in half brown percaline, smooth backs, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, wrappers preserved and bound in for the first volume, modest bindings of the time.
Nice [...]

120 €

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Jules JANIN

La Bretagne

Ernest Bourdin 1844, Fort in-8 (16,5x26,5cm), 652pp., relié.

Edition illustrated with 150 vignettes in text engraved on wood and 24 beautiful inset (including 2 cards) engraved on steel after Morel-Fatio, Tellier, Gigoux, Daubigny, Debon, H. Bellangé and Alfred Johannot. It also contains 8 additional colored engravings, including 2 blazons and 6 costumes, [...]

600 €

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Elie FLEURY & Ernest DANICOURT

Histoire populaire de la ville et du château de Ham

E. Quentin, Ham 1881, 11x18cm, relié.

First edition printed in 50 copies on Holland paper.
Binding half canvas old pink, smooth back slightly faded adorned with cold nets, flat marbled paper, modest Contemporary binding.
Copy slightly trimmed.
Book adorned with a leaflet at the beginning of the volume, engravings [...]

120 €

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Amable TASTU

Des Andelys au Havre. Illustrations de Normandie

P.C. Lehuby, Paris 1843, In-8 (15x23cm), 375pp., relié.

First Edition illustrated with 50 drawings by MM. Rossigneux, Godefroy and Lemercier, engraved by M Brugno. Approximately 8 inset. Framing medieval-type chapter heads.
Publisher's cardboard in full golden percaline. Smooth back decorated with foliage. A large golden medallion on the boards with [...]

150 €

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