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NEWTwo volumes, 135 x 85 mm each, uniformly bound in full brown morocco with triple fillet border, flat spine with gilt fleurons and double fillet bands, gilt lettered label, interior dentelle, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; four volumes in two, collated in 12mo. Vol. 1: pp.: [1-5] 6-100, coll.: 1-86 92;(i.e. 50 leaves); [1-5] 6-130; coll.: 1-106 115 (i.e. 65 leaves); plus two blanks in the front and at the rear, and nine plates, incl. frontispiece. Vol. 2: pp.: [1-5] 6-111 [112 blank], coll.: 14 2-96 104 (i.e. 56 leaves); [4 ht, tp] [1] 2-99 [100 blank], coll.: π2 1-86 92 (i.e. 52 leaves); plus two blanks in the front and at rear, and four plates. Title-page: FÉLICIA, | OU | MES FREDAINES. | {in rules} La faute en est aux Dieux qui me firent si folle.| TOME PREMIER/ SECOND/ TROISIÉME/ QUATRIÈME. | —•— | A LONDRES | M. DCC. LXXVI. || Catalogue raisonné: Dutel, A-399, p. 132. Contributors: André-Robert Andréa de Nerciat (French, 1739 – 1800) – author. -
NEWHardcover, 169 x 100 mm, quarter brown sheepskin over speckled paper, flat spine, gilt double fillet bands, crimson morocco label with gilt lettering, printed on French paper watermarked “FIN 1787”; two volumes in one, collated in 12mo. Tome premier: π1 h.t., A8 (A1 t.p., A2,3 Lettre de Sophie au chevalier d'Olzan), B4 C8 D4 E8 F4 G8, H4, I4; pp.: [2] [i-iii] iv-vi, [7] 8-104, plus three plates, p. 24 printed on cream wove paper, pp. 66, 67 on blue laid paper (or pasted on such). Tome second: A8 (incl. h.t. and t.p.) B4 C8 D4 E8 F4 G8 H4 I8 K4, L4; pp.: [1-5] 6-127 [1 blank]; all three plates printed on cream wove paper; plate marked as p.68 is after p. 64, plate marked p.64 is after p. 68, plate p. 79 is on its place. Plates attributed to Louis Binet. Text is attributed mainly to Comte de Mirabeau; however, Guillaume Apollinaire, in his L’Enfer de la Bibliothèque Nationale (1913), believes that Marquis de Sentilly wrote it. Catalogue raisonné: Cohen-de Ricci 709; Dutel I A-988, p. 294. Contributors: Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de (French, 1749 – 1791) Binet, Louis (French, 1744 – 1800) Seller's description: Deux parties en un volume in-12. 165 x 97 mm. Tome premier: I f. n. ch. faux-titre, 104 pp. y compris le titre avec une vignette gravée, la "Lettre de Sophie au chevalier d'Olzan" qui débute l'ouvrage est paginée en chiffres romains. Tome second: 127 pp. tout compris et 1 p. bl. 6 gravures libres non signées qui sont de Binet. Reliure de l'époque. Demi-basane brune, plats de papier coquille moucheté, dos lisse omé de deux filets dorés répétés, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, lettres dorées, tranches jaspées. Reliure un peu frottée, coins émoussés. Quelques rousseurs. Rarissime deuxième édition de cet Émile de l'éducation sexuelle enrichie de gravures libres attribuables à Binet. -
NEWHardcover, 150 x 110 mm, greyish brown cloth with brown embossed vignette to front, brown lettering to spine, top margin brown, pp.: [1-8] 9-241 [3], collated 8vo: 1-158, 162, i.e. 122 leaves, plus six woodcut plates, extraneous to collation; woodcut head- and tailpieces, vignettes. No dust jacket. Title-page (red and black): ЛИРИКА | ДРЕВНЕЙ ЭЛЛАДЫ | В ПЕРЕВОДАХ РУССКИХ ПОЭТОВ | Собрал и комментировал | Я. Голосовкер | ACADEMIA | 1935 || Contra-title (red and black): АНТИЧНАЯ ЛИТЕРАТУРА | под общей редакцией | Д. А. Горбова, В. О. Нилендера | и П. Ф. Преображенского | ЛИРИКА | ДРЕВНЕЙ ЭЛЛАДЫ | ACADEMIA | Москва – Ленинград || Title verso: Гравюры на дереве художника | М. И. Пикова | Переплет по его же рисунку || Print run: 5300 copies. Printer: Печатный двор (Л.) / Полиграфкнига Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова (2004): № 743, p. 265. Contributors: Голосовкер, Яков Эммануилович [Яків Еммануїлович] (Ukrainian-Jewish, 1890 – 1967) – compiler/foreword/comments Пиков, Михаил Иванович (Russian, 1903 – 1973) – artist, wood engraver -
NEWHardcover, 150 x 108 mm, blue cloth red embossed vignette to front, red lettering to spine; pp. [2] 5-97 [3], collated 8vo: 17, 2-68 72, i.e. 49 leaves plus four plates, incl. frontispiece, extraneous to collation, leaf 11 missing or published without it. No dust jacket. Title-page (red and black): ЭСХИЛ | ПРИКОВАННЫЙ | ПРОМЕТЕЙ | Перевод, статья | и комментарии | Адр. Пиотровского | ACADEMIA | 1935 || Imprint: Фронтиспис и рисунки – фототипии с офортов М. А. Доброва. Супер и переплет по его же рисункам. Заставки и концовки выполнены автоцинкографией. Print run: 5300 copies. Printer: Красный пролетарий (М). Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова (2004): № 789, p. 272. Contributors: Aeschylus [Эсхил, Αἰσχύλος] (Greek, 525 – 456 BC) – author. Пиотровский, Адриан Иванович [Piotrovsky, Adrian] (Russian, 1898 – 1937) – translator, killed by the Soviet State on November 21, 1937. Добров, Матвей Алексеевич (Russian, 1877 – 1958) – artist. -
NEWHardcover, 165 x 105 mm, full tree sheepskin, flat spine with gilt bands, black calf label with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, all margins marbled; collation: 2ffl, a4 ([i] engraved t.p., [ii] letterpress t.p., iii-vi frontis.), A-F8 a8 (i.e. G8), i.e. 60 leaves, pp.: [8] 1-79/90-106, 1-16, plus one plate (p. 106); iron gall ink ms to first rear ffl. Two parts in one volume, 1st illustrated edition, engraved t.p. and five plates, only one extraneous to collation with blank verso. Engraved title (tall ‘s’): LES | QVATRAINS | DV SIEUR | PIBRAC. Enrichis de figures. | Dedie a Monseigneur | le DAVPHIN. | A PARIS, |Chez ANTOINE ROBINOT, | en la place Dauphine au | Soleil d’Or. | 1640. || Title-page (tall ‘s’): LES | QVATRAINS | DES SIEVRS | PYBPRAC, FAVRE, | ET MATHIEV : Ensemble les Plaisirs de la Vie Rustique. | Enrichis de Figures en Taille-douce. | Dediez | A MONSEIGNEVR LE DAVPHIN | {fleuron} | A PARIS, | Chez ANTOINE ROBINOT, en l'Isle du | Palais, au Soleil d'Or, & en la Boutique | sur le Pont-neuf. | — | M. DC. XL | AVEC PRIVILEGE DV ROY. || Contributors: Guy du Faur de Pibrac (French, 1529 – 1584) – author Pierre Matthieu (French, 1563 – 1621) – author Antoine Favre (French, 1557 – 1624) – author Pierre Brébiette (French, 1598? – 1642) – engraver -
NEWHardcover 470 x 305 mm, bound in 20th century by a previous owner in quarter vellum over marbled boards, 2 blank fly leaves as endpapers, in-folio, 15 laid paper leaves 450 x 290 mm, i-iv t.p., preface, 8 unpag. leaves incl. f.t. “Première partie / la myologie”, incl. 7 plates, and 5 leaves under f.t. “Deuxieme partie / l’osteologie”, incl 3 plates. A ms signed letter from a previous seller laid in: Librars & Antiquaria s.r.l., Roma, dated 17/7/83; their ticket at rear pastedown. Title-page: ABRÉGÉ | D'ANATOMIE, | ACCOMMODÉ AUX ARTS | DE PEINTURE | ET | DE SCULPTURE, | Par FRANÇOIS TORTEBAT, Peintre de l'Académie de Peinture & de Sculpture, | Et mis dans un ordre nouveau, dont la méthode est très-facile & débarrassée de toutes les | difficultés & choses inutiles, qui ont toujours eté un grand obstacle aux Peintres pour | arriver à la perfection de leur Art. | PAR DE PILES. | OUVRAGE très-utile & très-nécessaire à tous ceux | qui font profession du Dessin. | — | A PARIS, | Du Fonds de CHARLES-ANTOINE JOMBERT, | Chez {BARRIOS, l’aîné, Libraire, rue de Savoie, № 23; | MAGIMEL, Libraire, quai das Augustins, près le Pont-neuf. | — | 8. || Faux-title (1): ABRÉGÉ | D'ANATOMIE, | ACCOMMODE AUX ARTS | DE PEINTURE | ET | DE SCULPTURE | LA PREMIÈRE PARTIE (in double-rules) | CONTENANT | LA MYOLOGIE | OU DESCRIPTION DES MUSCLES, | ET LA CONNOISSANCE DE LEURS PRINCIPALS FONCTIONS. || Faux-title (2): […] DEUXIEME PARTIE (in double-rules) | CONTENANT | L'OSTÉOLOGIE | OU | LA CONNOISSANCE DES OS. || Contributors: François Tortebat (French, 1616 – 1690) – artist/engraver Roger de Piles (French, 1635 – 1709) – author Charles-Antoine Jombert (French, 1712 – 1784) – publisher -
NEWZeugnis (Grade book) – a set of fifteen plates, incl. the title page and the colophon, that tells the story of a schoolgirl whose parents spanked her for not being a good student. Watercolour and ink on 244 x 344 mm cream laid paper with Hahnemühle's watermark (rooster with a shield), signed and dated in manuscript on the last page (colophon) "O. R. SCHATZ | 954 | X", unbound (disbound), with four binding holes in the left margin of each sheet; no boards. Artist: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWWatercolour, pen and ink on laid paper 313 x 265 mm; each monogrammed "ORS” in manuscript; seven ex-album holes along the left margin. Artist: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWCardboard clamshell box of red buckram over marbled paper 360 x 260 mm, contains 13 drawings (watercolour and pen on paper), wove paper sheets approx. 220 x 190 mm, title page mounted on a blank sheet and monogrammed 'ORS", others in passe-partout 350 x 250 mm, unsigned. Artist: Otto Rudolf Schatz (Austrian, 1900 – 1961). -
NEWGreen paper cardboard flapped portfolio 325 x 235 mm with the pasted label "• ENTRÉE • | INTERDITE | AU | PUBLIC", contains a folded by half in-folio sheet with the title "INTERDITE | AU | PUBLIC", limitation statement "TIRÉ A 250 EXEMPLAIRES TOUS SUR JAPON IMPÉRIAL | N° 22", and a notice by Pierre Mac-Orlan; and 20 loose leaves of plates—heliogravures, printed in black, bistre, red or green on Japon Impérial laid paper ~ 275 x 210 mm, each in a passepartout 314 x 226 mm, plate marks from 63x92 to 220x277 mm. According to J.-P. Dutel № 1487, pp. 150/1, five of these prints have not been published before, while fifteen are copies of two original works by Vertés:- Six from Le Pays A Mon Gout: 12 etchings. — Paris: [n.p.], 1921; Limited to 550 copies.
- Nine from L'Heure exquise: 20 pointes sèches originales. — Paris [Vienne], 1920 ; Limited to 200 copies.
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NEWFlapped portfolio 330 x 245 mm, blue cloth spine over crimson paper boards, contains six loose etched plates printed on laid paper, each in a passepartout 320 x 235 mm, incl. title sheet 175 x 210 mm with plate mark 120 x 165 mm, and five other sheets of various sizes (220-250 x 163-215 mm). Contributors: Schoff, Otto (German, 1888 – 1938) Gurlitt, Fritz (Austrian-German, 1854 – 1893) According to many sources, there should be six etchings besides the title-page. Another set that belonged to Hans-Jürgen Döpp and was sold in Berlin on May 10, 2024, has an additional image:
And another '7th plate' can be found at honesterotica.com:
However, I believe the six etchings mentioned at t.p. are all in the portfolio, including t.p. The two images above are probably parts of other sets.
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NEWRed cloth portfolio 313 x 250 mm, with gilt lettering in frame to front, contains an in-folio brochure (4 sheets folded in-half), unbound, pp. [2] 3-15 [1], plus 24 leaves of loose plates 300 x 239 mm; title page, full-length photo portrait of Pilotell by Charles Reutlinger (German-French, 1816 – 1881), autograph of the former, and a copy of his birth certificate. Printed by l'Imprimerie Union in Paris in 1970 (2nd edition). Portfolio title: AVANT | PENDANT ET APRÈS | LA | COMMUNE || Title-page: PILOTELL | Dessinateur et Communard | PAR | CHARLES FELD | LIVRE-CLUB DIDEROT – PARIS || Contributors: Pilotell [Pilotelle, Georges Raoul Eugène] (French, 1845 – 1918) Feld, Charles Léon Salomon (Jewish-French, 1919 – 1995) Imprimerie Union (Paris, 1910 – 1995) -
NEWTwo hardcover volumes, 222 x 148 mm, uniformly bound in grey cloth with red and black lettering to front board and spine. 1: В. С. НЕЧАЕВА | Журнал | М. М. и Ф. М. Достоевских | «ВРЕМЯ» | 1861–1863 | {publisher’s device} | — | ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО «НАУКА» | МОСКВА | 1972 ||; pp. [1-4] 5-316 [4], errata slip tipped in. Print run 4,900 copies. 2: В. С. НЕЧАЕВА | Журнал | М. М. и Ф. М. Достоевских | «ЭПОХА» | 1864–1865 | {publisher’s device} | — | ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО «НАУКА» | МОСКВА | 1975 ||; pp. [1-4] 5-301 [3], errata slip tipped in. Print run 8,000 copies. Blue ink stamp "Из книг А. Б. Муратова" to ffl. Достоевский, Михаил Михайлович [Dostoevsky, Mikhail] (Russian, 1820 – 1864) Достоевский, Фёдор Михайлович [Dostoevsky, Fyodor] (Russian, 1821 – 1881) Нечаева, Вера Степановна (Russian, 1895 – 1979) Муратов Аскольд Борисович (Russian, 1937 – 2005) -
NEWHardcover, 220 x 175 mm, cloth spine over blue floral paper boards, pp.: [1-6] 7-69 [3], 21 leaves of plates. Title-page: Михаил | ГЕРМАН | В. ДВОРАКОВСКИЙ | «ХУДОЖНИК РСФСР» | Ленинград | 1970 || Print run: 3,000 copies. Герман, Михаил Юрьевич (Russian, 1933 – 2018) Двораковский, Валериан Дмитриевич (Russian, 1904 – 1979) -
NEWHardcover, 188 x 118 mm, brown half-morocco over burgundy faux-chagrin, spine with raised bands and burgundy label with gilt lettering, gilt fleurons in compartments, floral diaper endpapers, collated 8vo:ffl, π2 1-138, ffl, pp. [4] 1-207 [208], plus frontispiece portrait and 8 unnumbered leaves of plates, etchings, one of them hand-coloured; limitation to half-title verso: "Tirage a 300 exemplaires". The title page is loose. Each gathering has 4 'tall' pages (1, 2, 7, 8 - 181 mm) and 4 'short' (3, 4, 5, 6 - 165 mm). Two parts are in one vol., signed and paged continuously; the second part has its own half-title and title pages. "Fin de première partie" at p. 107 (76), part 2 h.t. at 77, part 2 t.p. similar to the main t.p. but in black only at 78. The portrait of Étienne de Jouy was possibly engraved by Charles Monselet (French, 1825 – 1888) after Julien-Léopold Boilly (French, 1796 – 1874). Title-page (red and black): LA GALERIE | DES | FEMMES | COLLECTION INCOMPLÈTE DE HUIT TABLEAUX | RECUEILLIS PAR UN AMATEUR | L'amour est le roman du cœur | Et le plaisir en est l'histoire. | BEAUMARCHAIS. Folle journ. | — | A HAMBOURG | – | 1799 Compare to Dutel: 8 plates instead of 9; no two-page text “Nous espérions joinder à ce livre une notice…” before Deux mots de préface, the word FIN on p. 207 instead of 203, no table of contents at the end; no imprint Bruxelles. — Imp. de J. H. Briard, rue des Minimes, 51, on the same page as Table, signed 15. Dutel: № A-456, p.148:- In-8 (18,4 x 11) de (2 ff.), II, 203 pp., 1 ff. de table, couv. jaune imp. en rouge.
- Édition publiée à Bruxelles en 1869 par J.-P. Blanche. Elle est ornée de 9 gravures et d'un facsimilé de l'écriture de Monselet, qui n'est pour rien dans ce volume.
- Tirage : 300 exemplaires.
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NEWThree volumes, hardcover in-folio, 495 x 350 mm, 1st edition, uniformly bound in red faux-chagrin with gilt coat of arms of the city of Paris in the centre of gild-decorated panel, gilt decorated spine with lettering, marbled endpapers, 3 vol. (122 p.-[46] pl., 76-44-24-22-36-26...); vol. 1 – 340 pp, vol. 2 – 296 pp, vol. 3 – 268 pp ; total 100 leaves of plates. Title-page (red and black): PARIS | DANS SA SPLENDEUR | MONUMENTS, VUES, SCÉNES HISTORIQUES, DESCRIPTIONS ET HISTOIRE | DESSINS ET LITHOGRAPHIES | […] | VIGNETTES DE FÉLIX BENOIST ET CATENACCI, EXÉCUTÉES SUR BOIS PAR LES PREMIERS GRAVURS | TEXTE | […] | Premier Volume (Deuxième Volume, Troisième Volume) | PREMIERE PARTIE. — DESCRIPTION DE PARIS | {vignette} | Publié par | HENRI CHARPENTIER, IMPRIMEUR-ÉDITEUR | PARIS, QUAI DES GRANDS-AUGUSTINS, 55. — ÉTABLESSEMENT A NANTES, RUE DE LA FOSSE. | M. DCCC. LXI. || Contributors: Mérimée, Prosper (French, 1803 – 1870) – text Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène (French, 1814 – 1879) – text Audiganne, Armand (French, 1814 – 1875) – text Philippe Benoist (French, 1813 – 1896) – lithography Benoist, Félix (French, 1818 – 1896) – woodcuts Catenacci, Hercule Louis (French, 1816 – 1884) – woodcuts Charpentier, Henri-Désiré (French, 1806 – 1882) Henri Charpentier imprimeur (Nantes) – printer Henri Charpentier éditeur (Paris) –publisher -
NEWHardcover, 250 x 310 mm, black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, grey end papers, pictorial dust jacket; pp.: [1-8] 9-237 [3], illustrated in colour throughout. ISBN 0.8457.3150-5 Title-page (pictorial): The Beinecke Library OF YALE UNIVERSITY | Edited by Stephen Parks Architectural photography by Richard Cheek | Dedication photography by Ezra Stoller Collection photography by Stan Godlewski | With contributions by | Robert G. Babcock Vincent Giroud George A. Miles Stephen Parks Patrick L. Pinnell Christa Sammons Barbara A. Shailor Patricia C. Willis Marjorie G. Wynne Timothy G. Young | Published by | The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library | Yale University | Distributed by | University Press of New England || Contents: Introduction The Building Ezra Stoller Dedication Portfolio Crossing Wall Early Manuscripts and Books Modern Books and Manuscripts The Collection of American Literature The Osborn Collection: English Manuscripts German Literature Collection Western Americana Collection Music in the Beinecke -
NEWPaperback, 240 x 155 mm, publisher’s wrappers, series red label of Cahiers des Annales Publiés avec le concours du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, red vertical rule and black lettering to front, black lettering to spine, and red and black lettering to back; collated 8vo: 1-158 χ2, i.e. 122 leaves, pp.: [i-vi] vii-viii, 1-234 [2]. Autograph dedication signed by Maurice Dommanget to Pierre Dumayet, blue ballpen ms at the top of ffl « À Pierre Dumayet | En Souvenir et bien cordialement | Dommanget ». Title-page: CAHIERS DES ANNALES | 14 | MAURICE DOMMANGET | BLANQUI | ET L'OPPOSITION | RÉVOLUTIONNAIRE | à la fin | du Second Empire | {publisher’s device « economies – sociétés – civilisation » } | LIBRAIRIE ARMAND COLIN | 103, boulevard Saint-Michel, PARIS - 5e | 1960 || Contents: De Belle-Île à la Conciergerie. Vues et action politiques à Sainte-Pélagie. L'action à l'hôpital Necker. Le séjour à Bruxelles et l'action des étudiants blanquistes. L'action blanquiste, de décembre 1867 à la grève du Creusot. Le Blanquisme et l'Internationale. Contributors: Dommanget, Maurice (French, 1888 – 1976) Dumayet, Pierre (French, 1923 – 2011) Blanqui, Auguste (French, 1805 – 1881)
