First edition

S.E. Yacoub ARTIN PACHA

Contes populaires de la vallée du Nil

J. Maisonneuve, Paris 1895, 10x16,5cm, reliure de l'éditeur.

First edition of the French translation by Artin Pasha.
Binding of the publisher full red percaline smooth back slightly browned adorned with a golden allegory, framing a double black net on marble paper plates, guards and contreplats of gray paper.
Guards fully insolated, otherwise [...]

30 €

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Gaston MASPERO

Les contes populaires de l'Egypte ancienne

J. Maisonneuve, Paris 1889, 10x16,5cm, reliure de l'éditeur.

Second edition of the French translation and comments by Gaston Maspéro.
Binding of the publisher full red percaline smooth back slightly browned adorned with a golden allegory, framing a double black net on marble paper plates, guards and contreplats of gray paper.
Small black stings on [...]

30 €

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First edition, Signed book

Georges DUMEZIL

Le Mahabarat et le Bhagavat du colonel de Polier

Gallimard, Paris 1986, 14x20,5cm, broché.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Back slightly cleared.
Signed autograph of Georges Dumézil to Jacques Soustelle: "... these reveries Euro-Asian ..."

120 €

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William SMITH

Dictionnaire de biographie, mythologie, géographie anciennes pour servir à l'intelligence des ...

Librairie de Firmin-Didot Frères, Fils & Cie, Paris 1865, 12,5x20,5cm, relié.

New edition of the French translation.
Binding half brown shagreen, back with five nerves with discoloration stains, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers.
Some foxinges.
Illustrated book of 1000 in-text engravings.

40 €

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First edition, Signed book

A.M.A. GUYNEMER

Dictionnaire des incrédules

A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie, Paris 1869, 14x22,5cm, relié.

First Edition published anonymously.
Binding half brown shagreen, smooth back adorned with black and gold threads, traces of rubbing on the back, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, blunt corners, speckled edges, Contemporary binding.
Some small freckles without [...]

150 €

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First edition

André-Edouard MARTY

Calisto la petite nymphe de Diane

Edition de l'office central de l'imagerie, Paris 1943, 20,5x27,5cm, reliure de l'éditeur.

First edition with illustrations by André-Edouard Marty.
Pleasant copy despite small friction margins cardboard.

30 €

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Guillaume REBOUL

Le premier acte du synode nocturne des tribades, lemanes, unelmanes, propétides, à la ruine des ...

Jules Gay, Paris 1862, 9x15,5cm, relié.

New collated edition on the single copy existing at the Bibliothèque Impériale in Paris, one of 100 numbered copies on laid paper, the only print after 2 vellum skin.
Binding in half orange percaline, smooth back adorned with gilded nets, date golden tail, piece of blue sheepskin title with a [...]

300 €

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First edition

STEPHEN-CHAUVET

L'île de Pâques et ses mystères

Editions "Tel", Paris 1935, 24,5x31cm, broché.

First edition, one of 1300 numbered copies
Beautiful and rare copy.
Illustrated book of 68 inset boards (all boards printed on one side) and an unprecedented watercolor by Pierre Loti reproduced in colors.

300 €

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