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Adrien de SARRAZIN

Oeuvres

Urbain Canel, Paris 1825, 9x14,5cm, 6 volumes reliés.

New edition, one of very few copies printed on salmon paper which he makes no mention.
Binders full brown shagreen, back with five nerves set with black nets decorated with double black boxes decorated with golden central florets, casters gilded on caps, frame quintuple black nets on the boards [...]

300 €

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COLLECTIF

Le cabinet satyrique ou recueil parfaict des vers piquans et gaillards de ce temps, tirés des ...

Duquesne & Claudin, Gand & Paris 1859-1860, 10,5x18cm, 3 volumes reliés en 2.

Complete new edition, revised and corrected printed 134 copies, one of ours on rod 116.
Binders half red shagreen with corners, back with five nerves decorated with double black boxes to centers which include golden florets, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, [...]

400 €

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Walter SCOTT

Peveril du Pic

Charles Gosselin & A. Sautelet & Cie, Paris 1828, 7,5x11cm, 8 volumes reliés.

New edition of the French translation by AJB Defauconpret.
Binders half morocco caramel, back to a large nerve adorned with romantic black cartridges, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, marbled, three corners bumped, romantic bindings of the time signed by Meslant [...]

250 €

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Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de SEVIGNE

Lettres de madame de Sévigné à sa fille et à ses amis

Ménard & Desenne, Paris 1827, 8,5x14,5cm, 12 volumes reliés.

New illustrated edition, frontispiece of the first volume of a portrait of Madame de Sevigne engraved by Dequevauviller.
Binders half raspberry calf, back with four nerves set with gilded garlands adorned with jewels and typographical motifs stamped cold as exhibits and black calfskin volume [...]

680 €

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Paul-Jérémie BITAUBE

Joseph

De l'imprimerie de Didot Aîné, à Paris 1786, In-8 (11x19,5cm), 382pp. (2), relié.

Mention de quatrième édition, illustrée d'un portrait au frontispice par Cochin et de 9 figures de Marillier dans un encadrement et légendées ; imprimées sur papier fort. Une édition en 2 volumes in-18 a paru en même temps.
Reliure en plein maroquin rouge à grains longs (cuir de [...]

500 €

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First edition

Prosper MERIMEE

Lettres à une inconnue

Michel Lévy frères, Paris 1874, 13,5x22cm, 2 volumes reliés.

first edition.
Binders half morocco tree with corners, back with five nerves set with black fillets decorated with double cold boxes, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, marbled, elegant bindings.
The text is preceded by a study of Mérimée by Hippolyte [...]

200 €

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Jean RACINE

Oeuvres complètes de J. Racine précédées de son éloge par La Harpe

P. Pourrat frères, Paris 1832, 13x21cm, 6 volumes reliés.

New edition.
Binders half purple blue glazed calf, back smooth decorated with gilded past romantic arabesques, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, marbled, elegant bindings of the time.
Some foxing.
Beautiful copy established in perfect uniform contemporary [...]

350 €

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Henry HAVARD

Amsterdam et Venise

Plon et Cie, Paris 1877, In-4 (20x28,7cm), 636pp., relié.

Second edition statement; reprint of the original published in 1876. It is illustrated with 7 etchings (of china laminated on strong vellum) by Leopold Flammeng and 124 woodcuts in-text. Printing on fine white vellum.
Full binding vintage brown morocco signed H. Brenkens. spine ornate nerves, [...]

450 €

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