//Second Empire (France)
  • NEW
    Hardcover 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.
  • NEW
    Hardcover, 184 x 122 mm, burgundy quarter shagreen over marbled boards, binding savagely restored (ex-library copy) with orange paper, handwritten title to spine in black ink with a catalogue number on top, marbled endpapers; half-title and title with library ink stamps, original wrappers not present, frontispiece: death mask of Blanqui etched by Félix Bracquemond del. et sc., imp. Porcabeuf, with protection sheet. Pp.: [2 blanks] [2 - ht/advert.] [2 - blank/frontis.] [2 - t.p. / blank] [2 - dedication/blank] 1-442, 443-4 table, 445-6 afterword by G.G., [2 blanks]. Title-page: GUSTAVE GEFFROY | — | L'ENFERME | AVEC LE MASQUE DE BLANQUI | eau-forte inédite de F. BRACQUEMOND | — | (in rules) DEUXIÈME MILLE | — | PARIS | BIBLIOTHÈQUE CHARPENTIER | EUGÈNE FASQUELLE, ÉDITEUR | 11 RUE DE GRENELLE, 11 | 1897 | Tous droits réservés || For another copy published in 1919, see LIB-3362.2024.
  • NEW
    Set of three tablespoons and three forks of fiddle thread pattern with imperial monogram NE under crown to handle in .950 silver by Etienne Henri Sanoner (Paris), with his hallmarks:
    1. Minerva’s head with a lock of hair on the temple in an irregular octagonal frame; Paris from 1838 to 1919.
    2. E (rabbit) S in a diamond of Etienne Henri Sanoner, 79 rue Quincampoix, 75003 Paris.
    3. Grasshopper (la sauterelle) with chevron
    The set is housed in a hinged box with a blue velvet and silk insert; the outside is made of dark green chagrin and monogrammed with gilt NE under the crown on the lid; two brass swing clasps. Length of spoon, fork = 20 cm; weight spoon 64.3 g, fork 63.0 g; box 24 x 25 x 4 cm; weight of the set in box brutto 957.6 g. Provenance: Présent du couple impérial Napoléon III et Eugénie. Napoleon III [Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte] (French, 1808 – 1873), Eugénie de Montijo [María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick] (Spanish-French, 1826 – 1920). Contributors: Etienne Henri Sanoner (French, 1824 – 1868) – silversmith
  • Hardcover, 20.4 x 14 cm, quarter burgundy cloth over paper boards  with red and beige lettering and vignette to front and beige lettering to spine; pp.: [1-4] 5-182 [2], collation 8vo: 1-118 124, total 92 leaves. Design of binding and t.p. by В. Телепнев. Library pocket, stamps, and inscriptions. Title-page (red and black): Д. ГРАНИН | ЯРОСЛАВ | ДОМБРОВСКИЙ | ~ | | Издательство ЦК ВЛКСМ | “Молодая гвардия” | 1951 || Print run: 15,000 copies. Contributors: Даниил Александрович Гранин (Russian, 1919 – 2017) – author. Владимир Иванович Телепнев (Russian, 1906 – 1985) – artist. Jaroslaw Dombrowski [Jarosław Dąbrowski] (Polish-French, 1836 – 1871) – character.
  • Hardcover, 17 x 13.4 cm, black buckram with red and silver vignette, lettering to front and spine, price and publisher's name embossed to back, pictorial endpapers with white lettering to red strips; pp.: [1-4] 5-268 [4], ils., collation: 16mo: 116 28 3-616 7-88 9-1016, total 136 leaves plus 3 photo plates after p. 32, 48, and 208. Frontispiece and in-text woodcuts after И. И. Старосельский. Title-page (red and black): ДАНИИЛ ГРАНИН | ГЕНЕРАЛ КОММУНЫ | (ЯРОСЛАВ ДОМБРОВСКИЙ) | | Издательство | «СОВЕТСКАЯ РОССИЯ» | Москва — 1965 || Print run: 50,000 copies. Contributors: Даниил Александрович Гранин (Russian, 1919 – 2017) – author. Илья Израилевич Старосельский (Russian-Jewish, 1918 – 1968) – artist. Jaroslaw Dombrowski [Jarosław Dąbrowski] (Polish-French, 1836 – 1871) – character.
  • Hardcover, 242 x 168 mm, quarter burgundy cloth over blue paper boards, outer edge untrimmed; pp.: [6] [1-4] 5-516 [2 colophon/blank] [6 blanks]. First published in France in 2000 as “Haussmann” by Librairie Arthème Fayard. Title-page: HAUSSMANN | ~ | His Life and Times, | and the Making of Modern Paris | MICHEL CARMONA | TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY PATRICK CAMILER | {publisher’s device} | Ivan • R • Dee | Chicago   2002 || Michel Carmona (French, b. 1940) Georges-Eugène Haussmann [Baron Haussmann] (French, 1809 – 1891)
  • Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 472 x 365 mm; black ink stamp “5275” to reverse. Top centre: "LE PRINCE IMPÉRIAL"; right: "№143." Image in the middle: Prince Impérial, with his father, conducts a review of the children's army "REVUE DES PUPILLES DE LA GARDE". Besides – five tiers of captioned cartoons. Bottom left: "Imp. lith. de Pellerin à Épinal"; right: Propriété de l’Éditeur. Déposé." Jean Charles Pellerin (French, 1756 – 1836) – printer/publisher.  
  • Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 487 x 365 mm; black ink stamp “5056” to reverse. Top left: imperial coat of arms; centre: "FAMILLE IMPERIALE. GRANDS DIGNITAIRES DE L'EMPIRE, MAISON DE L'EMPEREUR."; right: "№144." Image of the imperial family under imperial eagle and standards; besides – four tiers of captioned cartoons. Bottom left: "Imprimerie Lith. de Pellerin, à Épinal"; right: "Propriété de l’Éditeur. — Déposé." Jean Charles Pellerin (French, 1756 – 1836) – printer/publisher.  
  • Lithography poster on wove paper, 492 x 614 mm; black ink stamp “5036” to reverse, vertical centerfold. Image in frame; under the frame left: "J. B. Gadola, éditeur. Cours de Brosses 1, à LYON."; right: "Lith LAURANT & Cie r. de Bernardins 34, Paris." Title and text below the image. Jean-Baptiste Gadola (French, 1818 – 1870) – publisher.  
  • Lithography and etching on wove paper432 x 362 mm, black ink stamp “5022” to reverse, horizontal and vertical centrefolds. Depicts Diogenes (Ancient Greek, 412/404 – 323 BC) beside his barrel and extinguishing his torch when approached by Napoléon III ahorseback. Top: "1857 | HONNEUR ET PATRIE"; lettering on ribbons (top-down): SCIENCES, TRAVAIL, COMMERCE, ARTS, CHARPENTIERS, IMPRIMEURS, "MECHANICIENS, AGRICULTEURS, MAÇONS, FONDEURS, TERRASIERS, CIZELEURS, CARRIERS, ORFEVRES, BIJOUTIERS, CHAPELIERS, MENUISIERS, VERRIERS, SERRURIERS, TAILLEURS, SELLIERS, POTIERS, PORCELAINIERS, CORDONNIERS, TISSERANDS, INDUSTRIE, COMMERCE | CALENDRIER DE L'ABEILLE | EMPIRE, FRANÇAIS. Below left: "lith. Barousse Cour du Comm. 11 et 12. Paris"; right: "Dépôt rue des Cannettes, 20. Paris"; bottom: "Et, pour trouver un homme, il quitte son tonneau, | Voyant Napoléon, – il éteint son flambeau!" [And, to find a man, he leaves his barrel, | Seeing Napoleon, – he extinguishes his torch!]. Six months on the left and six months on the right-hand side of the calendar, surrounding the image.
  • Chromolithography on thick wove paper, 473 x 315 mm sheet, 372 x 260 mm image, black ink stamp “5050” to reverse. Signed on stone "Jules Gaildrau"; below centre: "GÉNERAL DE DIVISION, GRANDE TENUE DE SERVICE"; Bottom left: "Paris, J. Gaildrau, rue de Seine, 16"; right: "Imp. Lemercier, Paris." Joseph Lemercier (French, 1803 – 1887) – printer. Jules Gaildrau (French, 1816 – 1898) – artist.
  • Hand-coloured lithography on wove paper, 380 x 298 mm; black ink stamp “4912” to reverse. On stone left: "A, Paris Miné Éditeur, imp.;" right: "Lith. R. St. Jacques. 41." Bottom center: "Napoléon III"; below: "EMPEREUR DES FRANÇAIS", under: "Élu les 21 el 22 novembre par 8,000,000 de voix et proclamé Empereur le 2 Xbre 1852." Printer/publisher: Miné, éditeur, imprimeur en lithographie, Rue Saint-Jacques, 41. Napoleon III [Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte] (French, 1808 – 1873)
  • Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 327 x 280 mm; black ink stamp “5265” to reverse, attached to the sheet 470 x 325 mm. Top centre: "S. A. LE PRINCE IMPÉRIAL.", right: "63." Image: equestiral portrait of Prince Impérial. Under the image, centre: "Fabrique d'Images de GANGEL et P. DIDION, à Metz." — "Déposé." Napoléon, Prince Imperial (Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte] (French, 1856 – 1879). Gangel et P. Didion (Metz); Paulin Didion (French, 1831 – 1879) – publisher/printer.
  • Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 288 x 426 mm; black ink stamp “5305” to reverse. Top centre: "FAMILLE IMPÉRIALE", right: "67." Under the image: "Le Prince Murat." — "Le Prince Impérial." — "L' Empereur et l'Impératrice." — "Le Prince Napoléon." Bottom: "Fabrique d'Estampes de Gangel et P. Didion, à Metz." — "Déposé." Bottom: ms in pencil "1861 – 1868". Publisher/printer: Gangel et P. Didion (Metz); Paulin Didion (French, 1831 – 1879). Characters: Napoleon III [Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte] (French, 1808 – 1873) Eugénie de Montijo [L'impératrice Eugénie] (Spanish-French, 1826 – 1920) Napoléon, Prince Imperial (Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte] (French, 1856 – 1879) Prince Murat [Lucien Charles Joseph Napoléon] (French, 1803 – 1878) Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte [Prince Napoléon] (French, 1822 – 1891)
  • Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 400 x 280 mm; black ink stamp “5321” to reverse. Top: "LES LOISIRS DU PRINCE IMPERIAL AU PALAIS DE SAINT- CLOUD" — "65". Below: nine cartoons with captions.
    1. Les essais d'un magnifique canon modèle par le Prince et ses amis.
    2. Promenade dans le parc.
    3. Partie de ballon sur la pelouse.
    4. Simulacre de combat. — Le Prince commande ses jeunes amis.
    5. le Prince impérial reçoit la visite de l'Empereur de Russie.
    6. Chasse à courre dans le parc.
    7. Quelques heures à la faisanderie.
    8. Visite de LL. MM. au jeune Prince.
    9. La revue des Pupilles de la Garde.
    Bottom: Fabrique d'images de Gangel et P. Didion, à Metz. Château de Saint-Cloud Paulin Didion (French, 1831 – 1879) – printer/publisher.
  • Hand-coloured lithography on wove paper, 250 x 332 mm; black ink stamp “5035” to reverse. Under the frame left: "Paris, chez Riboni, éd. r. Galande, 51"; right: "Paris, lith. Bulla, Pl. Maubert, 26". Below: "BOMBARDEMENT DE SEBASTOPOL. — THE BOMBARDMENT OF SÉBASTOPOLE". Text to bottom. Printers/publishers: Antoine Bulla (fl. 1815 – 1877), François Bulla (fl. c. 1814 – 1855).
  • Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 265 x 378 mm; black ink stamp “5051 1” to reverse. Top left: "ARMÉE FRANCAISE. ARTILLERIE"; right: (gothic font) "Französische Armee  Artillerie" — "№ 107". Below left: "Fabrique d’Images de Fr. Wentzel à Wissembeurg. Bas-Rhin." — "Déposé" —, centre: "Bilderfabrit von Fr. Wentzel in Weissenburg", right: "Fr. Wentzel, Éditeur, rue St. Jacques, 65, Paris". Bottom: "Trompette | Trompeter" — "Capitaine | Gauptmann" — "Porte-Étendard | Fahnenträger" — "Artilleur | Artillerist" — "Cantinière | Marketenderin". Jean Frédéric Wentzel (French, 1807 – 1869) – publisher/printer.
  • Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 400 x 270 mm; black ink stamp “5306” to reverse. Top centre: "FAMILLE IMPÉRIALE", right: "62."; below centre: "Fabrique d'Images de GANGEL et P. DIDION, à Metz."; right: "Déposé." Publisher/printer: Gangel et P. Didion (Metz); Paulin Didion (French, 1831 – 1879). Characters: Napoleon III [Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte] (French, 1808 – 1873) Eugénie de Montijo [L'impératrice Eugénie] (Spanish-French, 1826 – 1920) Napoléon, Prince Imperial (Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte] (French, 1856 – 1879) Napoléon II [Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte] (French, 1811 – 1832) Napoléon Ier [Napoléon Bonaparte] (French, 1769 – 1821)