Sliman BEN IBRAHIM, Etienne DINET

El Fiafi Oua el Kifar ou le désert

L'édition d'art H. Piazza, Paris 1905, 14x21,5cm, relié sous boîte-étui de l'éditeur.

Illlustrated edition of 51 original compositions in color by Etienne Dinet, one of 60 copies on Japan, ours specially printed for the René Aussourd bookbinder, with, in fine, a second state of black engravings.
Binding chocolate brown full morocco, smooth back, gilded name of the illustrator [...]

3 800 €

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Joseph KESSEL

La piste fauve

Gallimard, Paris 1951, 14x21cm, broché.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers, one of the review copies service.
Ex-dono at the head of the first guard, some small foxing mainly affecting the guards.

20 €

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Constantin-François de Chasseboeuf, Comte de VOLNEY

Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte, Pendant les années 1783, 1784 et 1785

Chez Volland & Desenne, A Paris 1787, in-8 (12,5x19,7cm), (14) (2) 383pp. et (6p.) (2) 458pp. (3), 2 volumes reliés.

First edition, the rarest edition of this text which was reissued in 1787, 1799 and the nineteenth. The illustration consists of 5 folding plates, 2 cards (Egypt, Syria), and 3 beautiful folding panoramic plates (Palmyra, Balbeec ...), all on strong paper.
Binders full marbled and glazed [...]

1 300 €

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Jean-Jacques SUSINI

Histoire de l'O.A.S. Tome I (seul paru)

La table ronde, Paris 1963, 16,5x23cm, broché.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only leading copies.
Small stains and bites on the witnesses of some sheets, a small wetness at the head of the first board.
Rare copy at all margins of the only volume published.

250 €

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Louis CATAT

Voyage à Madagascar (1889-1890)

Librairie Hachette, Paris 1895, In-4 (24x31,5cm), 436pp., relié.

Edition abundantly illustrated with 167 woodcuts including 37 inset and 3 cards including one in color.
Binding in black half morocco with corners of time. Back with nerves adorned with 5 boxed florets. Golden title. Nets on the boards. Golden head. wrappers preserved and bound in. Copy not [...]

450 €

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Edouard CHARTON & COLLECTIF

Le tour du monde. Nouveau journal des voyages. Premier semestre 1861 jusqu'au second semestre 1870, ...

Hachette & Cie, Paris 1861-1870 & 1872-1878, 22x31cm, 34 volumes reliés.

First edition.
Bindings in half tawny calf, back with five nerves adorned with gilded nets, title and year pieces of red and green morocco, plates of marbled paper, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, all gilded edges, bindings of the time.
Reds, the first volume (First half of 1861) [...]

1 700 €

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Alexandre LEROUX & Charles ALBERT

Album photographique - Algérie et Tunisie

1890, relié.

Photograph album – Algeria and Tunisia

1 800 €

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John BARROW

Voyage dans la partie méridionale de l'Afrique ; fait dans les années 1797 et 1798

Dentu, Paris 1801, In-8 (12,5x20,7cm), xvj, 403pp. (1) et (4) 326pp. (2), 2 volumes reliés.

First edition
Bindings in full brown sheepskin vintage flamed. Smooth back decorated with 2 florets and 2 grotesque boxes, and multiple wheels. Title pieces in red morocco, pieces of tomaison in morocco green. Frieze framing on the boards. Epidermures on the boards, near the external borders. [...]

900 €

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