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NEWHardcover, 217 x 140 mm, bound in quarter vellum over marbled boards, lettering to spine, collated 8vo: π4 1-108 114 (i.e. 88 leaves), pp.: [i-v] vi-viii, [1] 2-168; to front pastedown armorial bookplate “Bibliothèque de Mr de Barante № ___” and pencil inscription “B-183-F”, to rear pastedown bookseller’s ticket “№ 2683”. Title-page: ÉTUDES | SUR LE | SYSTÈME PÉNITENTIAIRE | ET SUR | SON APPLICATION | AU RÉGIME DES PRISONS DE FRANCE | Par M. H. DIARD | PRÉSIDENT HONORAIRE A LA COUR D'APPEL DE RIOM, OFFICIER DE LA LÉGION | D'HONNEUR ET DE L'INSTRUCTION PUBLIQUE, MEMBRE DE LA SECIÉTÉ D'AGRICULTURE, | SCIENCES, ARTS ET BELLES-LETTRES DU DÉPARTEMENT D'INDRE-ET-LOIRE | — | TOURS | IMPRIMERIE LADEVÈZE | Rue Chaude, 6. | — | 1875 || Provenance: Engraved armorial bookplate of Claude Antoine Prosper Félix Brugière, baron de Barante (French, 1851 – 1925). Author: Charles François Hippolyte Diard (French, 1795 – 1877), président à la cour impériale de Riom, Officier de la Légion d'honneur (12 AUG 1869). Printer/publisher: Imprimerie Rouillé-Ladevèze (1834 - 1910). Seller's note: "Rare first edition, rare in commerce. Proposes reforms for the French prison system based on the study of the methods of America and other European countries, including Ireland and England. With a section on the handling of young offenders and agricultural detention centres, like that at Mettray". -
NEWHardcover volume 188 x 125 mm, quarter grey shagreen over marbled boards with gilt lettering to spine ruled in double gilt fillet, marbled endpapers, publisher’s wrappers preserved; collated 2 ffl, front wrapper, π4 (blank1, ht/advert.2, blank/frontis., t.p./blank3, dedication/blank4), text 376 χ1, rear wrapper, 2ffl; pp.: [8] [1] 2-446, plus portrait frontispiece. Title-page: GUSTAVE GEFFROY | — | L'ENFERMÉ | AVEC LE MASQUE DE BLANQUI | Eau-forte de Bracquemond | (in rules) CINQUIÈME MILLE | PARIS | BIBLIOTHÈQUE CHARPENTIER | EUGENE FASJUELLE, ÉDITEUR | 11, RUE DE GRENELLE, 11 | 1919 || For another copy published in 1897, see LIB-2583.2020. -
NEWThe top cover of the French humouristic weekly Le Rire № 631, 7 Mars 1931. Lettering: № 631 – 7 Mars 1931 … S.A.D.E.P. … Le Numéro : 1 fr. 50 | Le Rire | JOURNAL HUMORISTIQUE PARAISSANT LE SAMEDI | — Dis donc, maman, ce qu'il doit être curieux, le / Monsieur d'en face, ça fait une heure qu'il cherche à / lire le titre de ton livre. | Dessin de ROJANKOVSKY. Publisher: S.A.D.E.P. => Éditions: Société Auxilliaire pour la Diffusion des Éditions de Productivité — 11, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris. Artist: Feodor Rojankovsky [Rojan, Фёдор Степанович Рожанковский] (Russian-French-American, 1891 – 1970) -
NEWHardcover volume 220 x 143 mm, bound in dark blue cloth with gilt square monogram to front and gilt lettering to spine, aubergine endpapers, top edge gilt; pagination: [2] limitation leaf bound in, [4] 1-192, 1-48 (total 246 pages), plus 12 loose colour plates 133 x 102 mm tipped-in to the pocket in the rear pastedown. Limited edition of 250 copies, of which this is № 244. Title-page: CATALOGUE | DU | CABINET SECRET DU PRINCE G*** | — | COLLECTION DE LIVRES | ET | OBJETS CURIEUX ET RARES | CONCERNANT | L'AMOUR, LES FEMMES | ET LE MARIAGE | AVEC LES PRIX DE VENTE | (in rules) PREMIÈRE PARTIE | BRUXELLES | M DCCC LXXXVII || Contra-title: CATALOGUE | OF THE | SECRET CABINET OF PRINCE G*** | [GALITZIN] | — | COLLECTION OF BOOKS | AND | CURIOUS AND RARE OBJECTS | CONCERNING | LOVE, WOMEN | AND MARRIAGE | INCLUDING THE SALE PRICE | — | WITH AN INTRODUCTION | TO THIS EDITION BY | W. N. SCHORS | LONDON | CHARLES SKILTON | MDCCCCLXXV || Limitation: EDITION LIMITED TO | 250 COPIES | of which this is | No. 244 | The Coloured Illustrations with this reprint | are reproductions of twelve of the lithographs | by Devéria listed as No. 115 on page 30 of the | Supplement || Imprint: Introduction copyright by W. N. Schors, 1975 | Limited Edition of 250 copies | made and printed by Lewis Reprints Ltd | Tonbridge, Kent | and published by | CHARLES SKILTON LTD | 90 The Broadway, London SW19 || Contributors: Gustave Lehec (French, 1841 – 1922) Charles Skilton (British, c.1922 – 1990)
