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HERGÉ (Georges Remi dit): The Treasure of Rackham the Red. Casterman 1945, 4th plate A 24. Yellow cloth spine. First edition Fair condition. Fair condition inside. Also included: HERGÉ (Georges Remi dit): Le trésor de Rackham le Rouge. Casterman 1946, 4th plate B1. Yellow cloth spine. Fair condition. The two first editions of this title.

Le TEMERAIRE. 15-01-1943 to 1-8-1944. Complete collection of the 38 issues of this magazine, plus the 3 special issues (including the one on the liner Normandie). Album made by the collector, red half cloth, with the cover of N°14 (which he must have had in duplicate). Defects on the covers of numbers 1 and 18. Some traces of damp, otherwise good condition inside. A newspaper that was widely read during the war, with anti-Semitic and Nazi aspects. But it also includes comic strips of great quality, such as Vers les mondes inconnus, by LIQUOIS. Very rare to find complete.

FRENCH CIVIL CODE. First and only official edition. Paris imprimerie de la République (J.J. Marcel) an XII-1804. Followed by Table alphabétique des matières du code civil des Français, rédigée sur l'édition originale et seule officielle (...). Paris, Rondonneau, an XII-1804. Two texts bound in one volume. 18.5 by 25 cm. (4)-579; 111 pages. Full contemporary basane, spine with 5 raised bands, decorated boxes, red title page. Binding worn (lower headpiece missing, spine and corners worn. Two pages soiled in the text, without missing, some spotting and rare foxing. Stamp of a former owner on the endpapers and the false title. First edition of this major legal text, which appeared in 3 formats on the same date: in-4, in-8 and in-12. The in-4 copies, like the one presented here, are the most precious. The Table which completes this volume is also a first edition. The Civil Code is one of the most important legacies of the Napoleonic reign.

BOURRIT (Marc-Théodore): Description des Alpes pennines et rhétiennes, dédiée à nS. M. Très-Chrétienne Louis XVI, Roi de France et de Navarre. Genève, J.-P. Bonnant, 1781. Bound with : BOURRIT (Marc-Théodore): Description des glacières, glaciers & amas de glace du Duché de Savoye. Genève, Bonnant, 1773. Two works bound in two volumes. 11.5 by 19.5 cm. XIX-247 ; (4)-285 ; XXIV-137-3 pages. Contemporary full marbled basane, smooth spine decorated, red title-pieces. Leather missing from one cover, upper headpieces worn, two corners dulled. Paper sometimes slightly darkened, not serious, some scattered foxing. One folding engraving skilfully restored without missing. The description of the Alps is illustrated with eight beautiful etched views by Angélique Moitte and a folding map by C. G. Geissler. This is the first edition of this text, which inaugurated interest in the Alps. The description of the Glacières is illustrated with 3 engravings, two of which are fold-outs. A very rare and sought-after first edition of this seminal work of Alpine literature. The text is framed with typographical fillets and fleurons. The volume ends with an errata page and a 3-page letter from Professor De Saussure to Mr Bourrit, dated 1774. "Marc-Théodore Bourrit (1739-1819), a traveller and writer specialising in Swiss history, as well as a painter and engraver, is considered one of the pioneers of Alpine exploration and mountaineering, alongside Horace-Bénédict de Saussure and Jean-André Deluc. Although he had far fewer financial resources than the latter, his talent as a painter enabled him to compose and illustrate a series of high-quality works, which began with this Description. Rare collection of BOURRIT's first two works in first editions, printed on strong paper... .

La Sainte BIBLE contenant l'ancien et le nouveau testament traduite en François sur la vulgate par Mr. LE MAISTRE de SACI. Mons, gaspard Migeot, 1713. Two volumes. 19.5 by 25.5 cm. Frontispiece-(4)-VI-(2)-810 ; Frontispiece-(4)- 811 to 1504 pages. Full contemporary basane spine with 5 raised bands, decorated boards, red title page. Traces of old restorations, rubbing on the boards, cracks on the spines without affecting the solidity of the work. Several sections slightly foxed. Copy illustrated with 171 engravings (complete), including 6 maps and 14 double plates. There are editions of this Bible without illustrations, and a few rare copies illustrated with 171 plates. The single plates have a title in three languages (English, French, Dutch). The double plates are slightly different in style, but form a coherent whole with the single plates. The illustrations are exceptionally rich. And despite its faults, our copy is still very enviable.

BELLARDI (Luigi): I Molluschi dei Terreni Terziarii del Piemonte e della liguria. Volume 1: Parte I, II (Torino, Stamperia reale, 1872, then Loescher, 1877) Volume 2: Parts III, IV, V (Part V in three parts). Roma and Torino, Loescher, 1882-1888. Volume 3: Parte VIII, IX, XI, XII; Torino, Clausen, 1891-1892. 22.5 by 31.5 cm. Modern fir green half-basin with corners. Binding in very good condition. Browning on part of the leaves of volume 3. Followed by : SACCO (Federico): I Molluschi dei Terreni Terziarii del Piemonte e della liguria. Torino, Clausen, 1895-1904. 5 volumes. Volume dated 1893: Parte XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII Volume dated 1895: Parte XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII. Volume dated 1897: Parte XXII, XXIV, XXV. Volume dated 1898 : Parte XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII. Volume dated 1901 : Parte XXIX. Volume dated 1904: Part XXX. 22,5 by 30 cm. Malachite green half-basane, 5 ribbed spine, red title page. Bindings in good condition. Browning of part of the leaves in volume 1893, 1897, 1898, 1901, 1904. In the 1904 volume, leaves sometimes damaged in the margins, old restorations, not missing. Very numerous engraved plates of molluscs. 9 volumes in total. Very rare set of Italian palaeontology. Our copy lacks parts VI, VII, X. But the work is exceedingly rare, we have not found a single complete copy that has come up for sale in over 20 years...

[Photographie ancienne][envoi autographe] HUGO (Charles) : Portrait of Victor HUGO in Jersey. 7 by 8.5 cm for the photograph, 15 cm by 19.8 cm for the document, 25.5 cm by 32.4 cm for the frame. Rare period print on salted paper of the famous portrait made by his son Charles circa 1853 in JERSEY. It is accompanied by a beautiful autograph from Victor HUGO: To my valiant comrade in poetry and exile CAHAIGNE. Victor HUGO, Guernsey, 1859. Jules CAHAIGNE (1796-1860), a man of letters, took an active part in the Revolution of 1830. A Republican, he was editor-in-chief of the Paris Commune in 1848-1849, then a member of the Socialist Electoral Committee and the Central Resistance Committee in 1851. He was arrested on 2 December 1851 (Napoleon III's coup d'état), then deported to Jersey. He then played an important role among the proscribed, and was one of the main editors of l'Homme, a proscription newspaper founded on 30 November 1853. He co-signed a text written by Victor Hugo to protest against the expulsion of Ribeyrolles, Pianciani and Thomas, who had published the open letter to Queen Victoria written by Félix Pyat. This protest led to their expulsion from Jersey. CAHAIGNE took refuge in Guernsey, as did Victor HUGO, who left Jersey on 31 October 1855. His son Charles HUGO (1826-1871): this second son of Victor Hugo (the first died in infancy) became Lamartine's secretary in February 1848. That same year, with his father, his brother François-Victor, Paul Meurice and Auguste Vacquerie, he founded the political newspaper L'Événement. At first, he supported Lamartine, then approved the candidacy of Prince Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte against Cavaignac. Disappointed by the coup d'état, in 1851 he published an article against the death penalty and was then prosecuted and defended by his father. Sentenced to 6 months in prison, he was imprisoned in the Conciergerie. Once out of prison, he joined his father in exile in Brussels, then Jersey and Guernsey. In November 1852, he set up a photography studio at Marine Terrace, the property where the outlaw Victor Hugo and his family lived. Charles Hugo and Auguste Vacquerie took over three hundred photographs during their exile in Jersey, bearing witness to the lives of the outlaws. Although he did not take the photographs himself, Victor Hugo often took part in staging them and planned to use them to illustrate his books and even to publish a collection, although these projects never materialised. Photo slightly lightened, rare foxing on the margins where HUGO's autograph letter is found, small bump on the frame. Exceptional document of Victor HUGO's 19 years of proscription and exile (1851-1870)...

STENDHAL (Henri BEYLE dit) : La Chartreuse de Parme. By the author of Rouge et Noir. Paris, Ambroise Dupont, 1839. 2 volumes. 12 by 20,5 cm. (4)-402 ; (4)-445 pages. Midnight blue half-binding, smooth spine decorated with romantic designs, with small white vellum corners. Very good condition of the binding (spine very slightly faded). Very high quality pastiche binding, having respected the copy as best as possible. A few very light freckles on the first 3 leaves, a small marginal stain on one page. Discreet stamp of a former owner on the title pages, and in one margin of each volume. The work has been artfully restored, but the following should be noted: Volume 1: page 35: a small hole without missing; pages 47, 65, 103, 137, 169, 231, 289, 323, 335, 387: small tear restored with art (without paper or filmoplast). Volume 2: pages 5, 147,149, 165, 195, 243: small tear restored with art (no paper or filmoplast). Pages 49, 333, 335, 337, 401: small paper loss in margin, restored. Page 361-362: small loss at corner of page, restored with loss of pagination figures. A long list of discreet defects. Copy free of all freckling, and with no mention of edition. Without the catalogue leaf, which is sometimes found. Very rare first edition of one of STENDHAL's two most famous novels. Despite the numerous paper defects, the copy remains very enviable.

PARMENTIER (Antoine): Avis aux bonnes ménagères des villes et des campagne sur la meilleure manière de faire leur pain, by M. Parmentier. Paris, imprimerie Royale, 1777. One volume. 13,5 by 21,5 cm. 106-(2) pages. Paperback, in contemporary dust jacket, untrimmed. Covers dusty, but condition as issued at the time. First edition of this text, which is an abridged version of a work published a year later, Le Parfait boulanger, ou Traité complet sur la fabrication et le commerce du pain (1778). Parmentier gave it away because the publication of Le Parfait Boulanger was dragging on. Covering topics such as the choice of wheat, its preservation, flour, water in bread, leavening, yeast and salt, the kneading trough, the oven and kneading the dough, this little work is a mine of knowledge about the French food par excellence. Parmentier's interest in bread is older and less well known than his concern to develop potato cultivation. "Antoine Parmentier (1737-1813), French pharmacist, apothecary, herbalist, agronomist and enlightened scientist, is famous for having popularised the potato by taking part in (and winning in 1773) a competition organised by the Academy of Besançon, the aim of which was to find a substitute for ordinary foods in the event of famine and famine. A rare text in its original edition...

[manuscript] 18th century manuscript antiphonary. Large antiphonary measuring 27 by 40 cm. (1)-leaves 1 to 23-(24)-leaves 24 to 81. A total of 167 pages. Complete. Modern white half vellum, titled on the spine. Good condition of the binding. 15 leaves with small restorations on the lower corner. Only one leaf with a more important restoration, and the loss of some characters. This defect is the result of a long use of this antiphonary, worn by the turning of the pages...Copy trimmed a little short at the top of the pages, with loss of some leaf numbers, without more. Otherwise very good condition inside. Impressive polychrome manuscript, the pages are framed by a yellow band delimited by a red fillet, capitals in blue and red, to indicate the responsories. Very fine manuscript frontispiece in colour, showing King David (recognisable by his lyre) on his knees receiving the divine word from the Archangel Saint Michael, holding the flaming sword. A title at the bottom: David perseguido. The spine of the frontispiece is also decorated with a coloured drawing. The 4 pages between folio 23 and 24 are on a different paper, and are not decorated. This is the addition of the Alma redemptoris Mater, the oldest Antiphon to the Virgin. This manuscript probably dates from the first half of the 18th century. Judging by its style of ornamentation, it is probably of Spanish origin.

VERNE (Jules): Adventures of 3 Russians and 3 Englishmen in Southern Africa. Paris, Hetzel, (1872-1874). One volume. Light blue boards with bunches of roses (simple version or 1st type) (Jauzac p.82-83). An exceptional copy in near mint condition. Note: binding in perfect condition, strong golds on spine and boards, endpapers intact, throat almost perfect. Only flaw: scattered foxing in the text. First edition for this title, in a particularly rare colour. For the discerning collector.

VERNE (Jules): From the Earth to the Moon, and Around the Moon. Paris, Hetzel, (1872-1873). One volume. Brown hardback. An exceptional copy in near mint condition. The boards are in perfect condition (a little creasing of the upper cover, a minor defect at one corner), strong gold, perfect throat, endpapers intact, no discoloration. Only defect: scattered foxing in the text. First edition for this text, in a rare condition. For the discerning collector.

LAFORGUE (Jules) : Les Complaintes. Paris, Léon Vanier, 1885. One volume. 11 by 18,3 cm. 147 pages. Full black morocco, 5 ribbed spine, all edges gilt, covers and spine preserved, bordered slipcase, interior framing, with a gilt fillet, fillet on the edges. Binding signed PL MARTIN. A copy in exceptional condition. If one must look for defects at all costs, to avoid perfection, we indicate a small rubbing on the bottom of the preserved cover, and a slight discoloration of the edges of the slipcase. First edition, printed in an edition of only 511 copies on strong vellum. Les Complaintes is Laforgue's first published collection of poetry. Poorly received by contemporary critics, it was nevertheless to "take its revenge abroad first of all, where he was the undisputed master of the Italian 'crepuscular' poetic movement around 1900, and the inspiration behind two of the greatest Anglo-Saxon poets of the twentieth century, T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound". An exceptional copy, in the binding of one of the greatest bookbinders of the 20th century, Pierre Lucien MARTIN. A simple binding, whose perfection is nevertheless apparent at first glance... For collectors.

[MERCIER (Louis-Sébastien)]: Les Entretiens du Palais-Royal de Paris. Utrecht, et se trouve à Paris, Buisson, 1786 ; followed by : [MERCIER (Louis-Sébastien)]: Suite des Entretiens du Palais-Royal. Spa, et se trouve à Paris, Buisson, 1788. Four parts in two volumes. 8 by 14,5 cm. VIII-195 ; (2)-198 ; (4)-195 ; (4)-216 pages. Brown half-basane, nicely decorated smooth spine, with green paper corners. Few leaves very slightly darkened, otherwise a very fine copy. Anonymous first editions for both parts (Entretiens and Suite des entretiens) of this important text. The Entretiens was published less than a year later with the author's name. Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740-1814) was a playwright, novelist and journalist. In 12 "interviews", he recounts his encounters and discussions during his wanderings around the Palais-Royal. The 13th chapter is a review of the work. The Suite includes 13 new interviews. It is not only an important account of what went on in this fashionable place, where everyone who mattered had to pass through once a day, but also a general satire on the mores of the time, and a philosophical reflection...

BRIET (Philippe) : Parallela geographiae veteris et novae. Auctore Philippo Brietio, Abbavillaeo, Societatis Iesu sacerdote [ tome I] Paris , Cramoisy,1648. One volume. 18 by 25 cm. frontispiece-(26)-512-(1) pages + 61 maps (52 full-page in text and 9 hors texte). Contemporary full basane. Binding worn (spine missing, various defects - see photos). Fine copy. The maps are in perfect condition. First volume only of 3 issued First edition. Rare Pastoureau , Les atlas français pp.89-91; Sommervogel II col. 156-157; Sabin 7934; Shirley 372; Phillips Maps of América , p. 1088; Mc Laughin The Mapping of California as an Island 10 One of the most influential French geographies of the 17th century. It includes the following maps: Sphere (climate zone); compass rose; 4 maps of the ancient world (2 in conic projection); Roman Empire; Michel van Lochom's MAPPEMONDE, (Shirley 372) with California shown as one and the southern continent called Pays septentrionaux peu connus; 2 maps of the Mediterranean; eastern hemisphere (Atlantic and Pacific oceans and southern land); map of the Americas: La Division De L'Ocean Du Nouveau Monde, one of the first maps showing California as an island (Mc Laughin 10); 2 maps of Europe; 8 maps of Great Britain (2 general, 2 of Ireland; Loegrie; Wales; Scotland, Schetland Islands); 10 of Spain; 15 of France (including the kingdom of Arles.)

The works of Frederick II of Prussia, in 20 volumes in 14 volumes. FRÉDÉRIC II (King of Prussia): OEuvres posthumes. Second original edition. Berlin, Voss et Fils and Decker et Fils [and Treuttel for volumes I, II, IV, V, IX, XI and XIV], 1788. 15 volumes in 9 volumes. With 1 portrait. Details of the Posthumous Works : Volumes I and II: 1 portrait-(6)-288 pp. and (6)-331 pp... Histoires de mon temps Volumes III and IV: (2)-358-(2) pp. and (2)-422 pp. History of the Seven Years' War Volume V: (2)-354-(2) pp. Memoirs from the peace of Hubertsbourg 1763 to the end of the partition of Poland 1775; Memoirs of the war of 1778 Volume VI : (2)-329-(3) pp. Considérations sur l'état présent du corps politique de l'Europe ; Essai sur les formes de gouvernement et sur les devoirs des souverains ; Dialogue des morts entre le Prince Eugène, Milord Marlborough, et le Prince de Liechtenstein ; Dialogue des morts entre le Duc de Choiseul, le Comte de Struensée, et Socrate ; Examen critique du système de la nature ; Avant-propos sur la Henriade de Mr de Voltaire ; Dissertation sur l'innocence des erreurs de l'esprit ; Poésies Volume VII : (2)-365-(7) pp. Poetry (continued) Volume VIII: (2)-376-(4) pp. Poetry (continued); Correspondence: Letters to Monsieur de Voltaire Volume IX : (2)-382 pp. Correspondence : Continuation of the letters to Monsieur de Voltaire Volume X : (2)-348 pp. Correspondence : Suite des lettres à Monsieur de Voltaire ; Lettres à la Marquise du Châtelet ; Lettres au Marquis d'Argens Volume XI: 335 pp. Correspondence : Letters to Monsieur d'Alembert Volume XII : 316 pp. Correspondence : Suite des lettres à Monsieur d'Alembert ; Lettres mêlées ; Lettres de la Marquise du Chastelet au Roi Volume XIII: 352 pp. Correspondence : Letters from the Marquis d'Argens to the King Volume XIV : 287 pp. Correspondence : Letters from Monsieur d'Alembert to the King Volume XV : 284 pp. Correspondence : Letters from Monsieur d'Alembert to the King ; Letters from Monsieur de Fontenelle to the King ; Letters from Monsieur Rollin to the King ; Letters from the Marquis de Condorcet to the King. Enclosed: 2) Supplément aux œuvres posthumes de Frédéric II, Roi de Prusse, pour servir de suite à l'édition originale. Volume I. Berlin, Vos et Fils and Decker et Fils, 1789. One volume. (2)-318-pp [335] to 462-(2) pages. False-title reads: Oeuvres posthumes de Frédéric II, tome XVI. The pagination jumps without missing from 318 to 335 (cf. the table). This Supplement contains: Le Palladion, serious poem; La guerre des confédérés. Poëme; Poésies diverses; Tantale en procès. Comédie ; Portrait de M. de Voltaire 1756 ; L'école du monde, comédie et trois actes, faite par Monsieur Satyricus, pour être jouée incognito. Also enclosed: 3) OEuvres de Frédéric II, Roi de Prusse. Published during the author's lifetime. Berlin, Voss et Fils et Decker et Fils et Treuttel, 1789. 4 vols. (4)-XX-439 pp; XI-(1)-400-(3) pp; (2)-458-(4) pp and (2)-409-(5) pp. These four volumes of the works published during the lifetime of Frederick II contain: Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de la Maison de Brandebourg; Du militaire, depuis son institution jusqu'à la fin du règne de Frédéric-Guillaume; Des moeurs, des coutumes, de l'industrie, du progrès de l'esprit humain dans les arts et dans les sciences; Du gouvernement ancien et moderne du Brandebourg (tome I) ; Anti-Machiavel, or examination of Machiavelli's Prince: Philosophical and literary mélanges: Dissertation on the reasons for establishing or repealing laws; Discourse on satirical works; Discourse on libels; Discourse on war; Essay on self-love as a moral principle; Examination of the essay on prejudice; On education; Dialogue on morality for the use of young nobility; On the usefulness of the sciences and arts in a state (volume II); Mélanges philosophiques et littéraires. Continued: Lettres sur l'amour de la patrie ou correspondance d'Anapistémon et de Philopatros ; De la littérature allemande [...] ; Eloges : E. de Jordan ; E. de Goltze ; E. du Baron de Knobelsdorf ; E. de La Mettrie ; E. du général de Still ; E. de Voltaire ; Pièces militaires : Instruction militaire [.for his generals; Réflexions sur les talens militaires et sur le caractère de Charles XII Roi de Suède; Des marches d'armées, et de ce qu'il faut observer à cet égard; Instruction pour la direction de l'Académie des nobles à Berlin (tome III) ; Poetry: Odes; Epistles; Epîtres familières; The art of war (volume IV). A total of 20 volumes in 14 volumes. 12 by 19.8 cm. Full basane porphyre, smooth spine nicely decorated, red title-pieces, black tomaison. 2 headpieces faded, 6 headpieces very slightly worn. Small leather marks on some boards, always minor. Title pages sometimes slightly browned in the margins, otherwise good condition inside. Binding perfectly homogeneous for the 3 sets, with a tomination from 1 to 20. Beautiful set, rarely so complete. 1) First edition. Conlon 88: 3056 mentions 16 volumes. He considers the first volume of the supplement (which is enclosed) as belonging to this edition. It is in fact the only volume of the Supplement printed in Berlin. It also bears the words: Tome XVI. This famous edition was given by Jean Charles Thibault de Laveaux, the future Jacobin and principal editor of the Journal de la Montagne. From 1779 to 1785, Laveaux lived with his family in Berlin, where he taught French and published French textbooks. Noticed by Frederick II, he was appointed to a chair at the University of Berlin. Between 1787 and 1789, he published a Life of Frederick II in 7 volumes, including 2 volumes of letters.

DIDEROT (Denis) and D'ALEMBERT (Jean Le Rond) : Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres, mis en ordre & publié par M. DIDEROT ; & quant à la partie mathématiques par M. D'ALEMBERT. Genève, Pellet, 1777-1779. 39 volumes (complete). With Table analytique et raisonnée des matières contenues dans les XXXIX volumes in-quarto du Dictionnaire des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers. Lyon, amable Leroy, 1780-1781. 6 volumes. 45 volumes in all. 19 by 25.5 cm. Contemporary half vellum, black titles, with fine handmade paper on boards. Copy in poor condition. Some damage to spines, sometimes dusty, and to title-pieces, some corners crushed. Marginal staining on several volumes, not serious, more pronounced on volume 6 and on the false titles. A few rare fine wormholes, on a few pages and always in the margins. Volumes of plates: Volume 1: spine absent, spotting, more pronounced on the last quarter of the volume. 3 plates damaged (Marine section). Volume 2: Very good condition. Volume 3: Slight marginal spotting, not serious. Volume 1 includes 181 plates, 10 of which are not mentioned in the table of engravings. Volume 2 contains 197 engravings. Volume 3 contains 139 engravings. The collation corresponds to the tables of engravings indicated in the work. Complete. One clock plate bound at the end of volume 36. Several folding tables in the text volumes. Portrait of DIDEROT at the head of volume 1. Third edition, in-4 format, of this formidable work, which revolutionised the dissemination of knowledge in Europe, spreading the spirit of the Enlightenment. 36 volumes of text, 6 volumes of tables, and three volumes of plates. It is rare to find a copy complete with tables...

VEGETIUS (Flavius): Vir Illustris de re militari. FRONTINUS (Sertus Julius): Vir consularis de re militari. AELIANUS: De instrue(n)dis aciebus. MODESTUS: Libellus De vocabulis rei militaris. Paris, Jehan PETIT, 8 June 1515 (collophon: Pro Johanne Parvo Librario universitatis Parisiensis. 8 Iunii. Anno. 1515). One volume. 14 by 19,8 cm. (11)-(1 bl)-72 leaves- (22 leaves k-8, l-8, iii-6). Complete. In a later vellum soft cover. Marginal spotting on the last 7 leaves, otherwise very good condition. Very fine post-cancellable printing, with beautiful lettering, perfect contrast, and such beautiful typography. Beautiful title page in two colours, with a splendid bookseller's mark. Edition that brings together four early authors on military subjects. Rare. Vegetius (Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus) was a Roman writer of the end of the fourth and the first half of the fifth century A.D., author of a work on the Roman army and military tactics, entitled De re militari, whose success continued throughout the Middle Ages and the modern era. Frontinus, in Latin Sextus Iulius Frontinus, born around 35/40 and probably died in 103, was a triple consul, suffect and military writer who wrote a famous book on stratagems. Élien, nicknamed Élien the Tactician (Aelianus Tacticus) or Élien the Elder1, was a Greek writer who lived at the end of the first century and the beginning of the second, author of a treatise on the military arts entitled Theory of Tactics. Modestus (or Pseudo-Modestus) probably worked between the ninth and twelfth centuries. His work is known from more than 30 manuscripts and was printed six times before 1500. It is one of the most famous military treatises of the 16th and 17th centuries.

[REGNIER (Henri de): les rencontres de Monsieur de Bréot. With ornaments and coloured figures by Sylvain SAUVAGE. Paris, Sylvain Sauvage, 1927. One volume. 22 by 27,5 cm. (6)-251 pages. Full cream and black mosaic box, smooth spine, covers and spine preserved, large inner frame in cream and black box, blue grey cloth endpapers, gilt head. With lined black half-calf folder. Binding signed CREUZEVAULT. Perfect condition of the binding. Some foxing on the edges, almost without overflow on the pages, and on the margins of three leaves. On the second board, in a discreet form, the arms of Sir ABDY (1896-1976), famous English bibliophile. Limited edition of 165 copies, this one N° 113, on Arches vellum. With a handwritten letter from the illustrator: réservé à Sir Abdy, avec les hommages de sylvain Sauvage. Copy enriched with a beautiful original colour drawing. A collector's copy.

[Photography] JAPAN. A photograph album of 23 colorized photographs (circa 1880-1890). 34.5 by 26 cm. Half-bound with two decorated lacquer boards. First plate with a view of a pond on a black background, with birds and rushes in relief, second plate with a cherry tree and butterfly on a red background. The feet of a heron and the reeds are slightly missing. Spine rubbed. A beautiful binding, containing 23 colourised photos measuring 27.5 by 21.5 cm. Some photos poorly contrasted, foxing mostly in margins. Landscapes, temples, young women, children, sedan chair, boat, etc.

WEBB (Mary): Sarn. Compositions by Roland OUDOT engraved on wood by Théo SCHMIED. Paris, Creuzevault, 1950. One volume. 24,5 by 32,5 cm. XVI-281 pages. Full black morocco, boards mosaiced with large emerald green box scrolls interspersed with undulating silver fillets evoking tree branches, black suede spine boards and endpapers, silver edges, in a black half morocco band folder, with black fine leather lined cover, boards decorated with grey streaked paper, smooth spine, silver title on spine, in a bordered slipcase. Binding signed Creuzevault. Perfect condition. 57 woodcuts in colour, including 1 on the cover and 4 off-text, the others in-text of varying dimensions. Edition of 275 numbered copies, including 25 hors commerce, all signed by the artist and initialled by the publisher. One of the 50 first copies on Rives vellum (n°3) accompanied by a colour suite of the 57 illustrations on Montval laid paper. Henri CREUZEVAULT (1905-1971) was a bookbinder (and the son of a bookbinder) and publisher. He was greatly influenced by Sarn and produced two editions, the first illustrated by Hermine David, and the more convincing one by Raymond OUDOT. A splendid edition, in an exceptional binding. For collectors.

CASSINI DE THURY (César François): Carte qui comprend tous les lieux de la France qui ont été déterminés par les opérations géométriques, par MR Cassini de Thury, de l'Académie royale des sciences. s. l. (Paris?), s. n., s. d. (1747). One volume. 19.5 by 25 cm. One table leaf, and 18 folding maps (65.5 by 24.5 cm). Complete. Contemporary full speckled calf, spine ribbed 5 times, ornamented boards. Joints split, title missing, but a solid copy. Some foxing in the margins, otherwise very good condition inside. "This map is composed of 18 plates which will be inserted in the Book of the Geometrical description of France, which is currently under press, these plates were arranged so that their assembly can result in a general map ... ". This technical atlas was produced to present the method used to produce the large 180-map general map of France that bears the geographer's name, and which would take more than 40 years to draw up... Each map has four pages. The maps can be joined together to form a complete map with sides measuring over one and a half metres. The title, without place or date, is on the second map, the warning on the fifteenth. Very rare

MORET de BOURCHENU (Jean-Pierre, marquis de VALBONNAIS): Histoire du Dauphiné et des Princes qui ont porté le nom de Dauphins, particulièrement ceux de la troisième race, descendus des Barons de la Tour-du-Pin (...). Genève, Fabri et Barrillot, 1722-1721. 2 volumes bound into one. 24 by 40 cm. (8)-414 ; (2)-627 pages. Volume 1: one folding table, one folding map, one plate HT; Volume 2: 6 plates HT (complete). Contemporary full speckled calf, 6 ribbed spine, nicely decorated boards, roulette on the edges. Minor superficial defects, small cracks on the lower jaw. Good condition of the binding. Interior in very good condition (barely visible old restoration of a small tear on the map). Well complete with the two genealogical tables (one HT), the large folding map of the Dauphiné drawn by De l'Isle, the engraving of the Tomb of Hubert II and the 6 plates of seals. Very famous and highly esteemed history of the Dauphiné, which was the only work of the Marquis de Valbonnais (1651-1730), and which he wrote blind... Discreet annotations in pencil by a Dauphiné scholar, completing the seals.

[BABEUF (François Noël, dit Gracchus)] High Court of Justice. Copy (and continuation of copy) of the documents seized in the room occupied by Baboeuf at the time of his arrest. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, Nivose, an, V (1796-1797). 2 volumes. 13.5 by 21.5 cm. 334 ; (2)-334 pages. Paperback, in muted contemporary covers, untrimmed. Volume 2 uncut. One quire foxed, a small paper defect on page 271-272 of volume 2 resulting in the loss of 4 letters. Small marginal wetness at the top of the first pages of volume 2. Otherwise in good original condition. The first part contains the first edition of the Manifeste des Egaux by Sylvain Maréchal (pages 159-163). First edition (Tourneux, n°4672.) A fascinating collection of documents showing both BABEUF's political thinking and the details of his insurrectionary plans.

[Manuscript] [Heraldry] Libro de Nobili, che portano veste, cioé l'anno Mese e Giorno che sono nati et anco l'anno che sono congiuviti in matrimonio. Fatto del mese di Marzo l'anno 1708. One volume. (Book of Nobles, who wear a dress, i.e. the year, month and day of their birth as well as the year of their marriage. Made in the month of March in the year 1708). 7 by 9.5 cm (8)-200 leaves. Later full black chagrin, 4 ribbed spine, mute binding, gilt edges with chasing. Very good condition. Fine and legible sepia handwriting, with a few additions in black. The manuscript begins with 13 pages of table detailing the 222 families listed and described in the manuscript. The coats of arms of each family are drawn at the bottom of the pages. An engraved bookplate is glued to a flyleaf. A transcription of the signs indicating the colour of the coats of arms was added by hand at a later date. Another bookplate is pasted (late) at the end of the volume, of Piero Barozzi, barone di Spitorino, with his coat of arms. The family and its coat of arms are described on folio 17 of the manuscript.... A unique and rare document...

[Manuscript] APOLLINAIRE (Guillaume): About two works on the question of artificial languages. (circa 1908-1909). 6 handwritten leaves measuring 21 by 27 cm, numbered and signed. Original manuscript of the article published in PAN in March 1909, cited in OEuvres complètes, Michel Décaudin ed, Paris, André Balland and Jacques Lecat, 1966, t. 3, p. 832-835. In this article Apollinaire contrasts the conceptions of Pyrrhus Bardyli and Wilhelm Ostwald. Pyrrhus BARDYLI: Essai sur les langues naturelles et les langues artificielles. Brussels, Kiessling. Wilhem OSTWALD: Die Welsprache. Franckh Verlaghandhing, Stuttgart (1904). Good condition of the 6 leaves. Legible writing, with numerous erasures and additions, showing the elaboration of the final text. The article is a reflection on the utopian project of a universal language created from scratch (like Volapük and Esperanto). Apollinaire does not believe in the future of a language created from scratch, but rather predicts the creation of an international language that is continually created from exchanges, inventing itself through the multiplicity of uses... Through this work, Apollinaire shows that his poetry, with its new forms, is based on an in-depth reflection on language... "An international vocabulary is being formed, drawn from scientific, commercial, slang, military, theatrical terms, etc., which will perhaps slowly and smoothly replace national idioms, and will continue to evolve among languages, dialects, patois, slang and jargons". An exceptional document.

[GUIGUE M.C] LE LABOUREUR (Claude): Les Masures de l'Ile Barbe. New edition with Supplements and Tables by M.-C. Guigue, the Comte de Charpin-Feugerolles and Georges Guigue. Lyon, Librairie et Imprimerie Vitte et Perrussel, 1887-1895. 3 volumes. 19.5 by 26 cm. XII-(36)-687- from XIII to CLXXV; (14)-709 and XXXII-639 pages. Full contemporary red morocco, spine with 5 raised bands, ornamented bindings, covers with two frames of triple gilt fillet, 4 spandrels, gilt head, double fillet on goblet, large inner lace. The covers of the Supplement volume have been preserved. Binding signed Louis GUETANT. Relatively discreet damp stains on the edges of the boards. Marginal traces of moisture on the endpapers, and on two leaves of volume 3. Copy with large margins. Very good condition inside. Reprint of the Paris edition of 1681-1682 with a Supplement to the new edition including various works by Claude Le Laboureur (Discours de l'origine des armes, Généalogie de la maison de Sainte-Colombe). Numerous coats of arms engraved in the text of the supplement volume. Saffroy, II, 28002. Charléty, I-909. Printed in an edition of 372 copies, this one of 360 on Hollande (n°172). Le Laboureur's work is greatly enriched in both text and coat-of-arms illustrations by the contributions of Marie-Claude and Georges GUIGUE, archivists from Lyon who need no introduction. An exceptional copy in terms of its binding...

ENCREVE (Pierre) : SOULAGES . Complete work of paintings. Tomes I-III. Paris, Seuil, 1994-1995-1998. Three volumes. 24.5 by 30.5 cm. 323 ; 335 ; 359 pages. Publisher's full brown cloth, embossed title, in illustrated dust jacket. All three volumes in perfect condition. Volume II is without its dust jacket. Volume I has a signature by Pierre SOULAGES, dated 18-12-09. Volume I: 1946-1959 Volume II: 1959-1978 Volume III: 1979-1997. Catalogue raisonné of all the paintings by SOULAGES, now very rare, and here enriched with an autograph signature by this great painter.

BAUDELAIRE (Charles) : Les Epaves. Condemned plays. Galanteries - Epigraphs - Miscellaneous plays - Jesters. Outlawed literature - French books forbidden in France. Bruxelles, chez tous les libraires, 1866. 12 by 19 cm. (6)-frontispiece-163 pages. Contemporary bradel Veronese green half-percaline, smooth spine, brown title-piece, covers preserved. Minor damage to title page, corners slightly worn. A few rare brown spots. Second edition, 500 copies on vellum. It was published in June, a few months after the first. Vicaire I, 348. It includes the 6 condemned pieces of the Fleurs du Mal, and 17 new poems. Normally this edition does not include the frontispiece by Félicien Rops. In our copy the frontispiece is present, as is the page Explanation of the Frontispiece, printed in red, both leaves being on Chine. The preserved covers are rare and precious (grey paper and red ink).

A great fishing classic SHAW (Fred. G.): The art of trout and salmon fishing with artificial flies. Paris, la Pêche moderne, 1913. One volume. 15 by 24 cm. 318 pages, followed by XXIV pages devoted to the Supplément concernant l'Ecole et les engins de pêche (illustrated advertisements). Illustrated, in particular with 4 hors-texte colour plates (complete). Brown half-chagrin, 5 edges, covers preserved. Perfect condition, except for slightly oiled spine and minor rubbing on the nerves.

MERIMEE (Prosper) : Colomba. Paris, Magen et Comon, 1841. One volume. 12,5 by 20,5 cm. (4)-463 pages. Brown half-maroquin with corners, modern binding. Binding signed HONNELAITRE. Very good condition. Light and discreet foxing throughout the volume. Rare first edition of one of Mérimée's most appreciated texts.