LIVE SALES OF BOOKS, PAINTINGS, OBJETS D'ART AND FURNITURE

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Lot of eight miscellaneous modern comics including: - VANCE and VAN HAMME "XIII, le jugement", Ed. Dargaud; Alex RAYMOND "Fash Gordon l'intégrale", Ed. Soleil; René PELLOS "Les Pieds Nickelés", third volume, Ed. Vents d'Ouest; Jacques MARTIN "Le fils de Spartacus", Ed.Castermann; BICHOS and ZIMMERMANN "Colère obscure", Ed. Dargaud; Jacobs two volumes "Le piège diabolique" and "La Marque jaune" Blake et Mortimer; VAN HAMME and BENOIT "L'affaire Francis Blake", Blake et Mortimer. Good condition

GOSCINY et UDERZO, "Asterix et la serpe d'or", Ed. Dargaud 1963, premiere at the menhir, good condition GOSCINY et UDERZO, "Le combat des chefs", Ed. Dargaud 1st quarter 1966, premiere at the menhir, good condition Six Asterix comics albums from more recent editions are included in good condition.

HERGE," Les Bijoux de la Castafiore", original French edition, 1st print run of 1963 - yellow spine - 4th plate B34 - Léonard Danel, cover in used condition, fresh inside; HERGE "Tintin au Tibet", original edition, 1st print run of 1960, red spine - 4th plate B29 - Castermann Tournai, cover in used condition, fresh inside. Attached are eighteen later editions of Tintin comic books, six with damaged covers, the others in good condition.

RONSARD. "Sonnets. Illustrations by Dunoyer de Segonzac. Published by Les peintres du livre. One volume in slipcase numbered 1268. Good condition.

OBERTHUR "Gibiers de notre pays". Librairie des Champs-Elysées, 1936. 6 vol. in-4 paperback; one volume "Emotions de chasse", illustrated by J.Oberthur, is enclosed?

[PECHE] Antoine VAVON - "La truite ses mœurs l'art de la pêcher " Editions Maurice Dormann et Cerf à Paris, 1927 drawings by Cousyn and Clérin

Frédéric GODEFROY Frédéric, "La mission de Jeanne d'Arc, Le livre d'or français", Philippe Reichel, Paris 1878, first edition in hard cover publisher's binding, full leather chagrin, richly decorated in the old style, small blue coats of arms, gilt edges in gutter, gilt cardboard endpapers. Title , title frontispiece , 2 p. XII , 4 p. 389 pages, with an unpublished chromolithographic frontispiece portrait, 14 off-text compositions and 14 frames. Small blue blazon on cover worn, corners and spine rubbed, irregular gutters, stains and wetness.

GRANDVILLE (Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard dit). Vie publique et privée des animaux - Scènes de mœurs. Vignettes by Grandville. 2 parts bound in 1 volume published under the direction of P. F. Stahl with the collaboration of Balzac, Louis Baude, Emile de la Bédollière, P. Bernard, Gustave Droz, Benjamin Franklin, Jules Janin, Edouard Lemoine, Alfred de Musset, Paul de Musset, Mme Ménessier-Nodier, Charles Nodier, George Sand, P. J. Stahl, Louis Viardot. Paris - Editions Hetzel, Libraire-Editeur, 1867. 636 pages in 2 parts (continuous pagination). Complete, revised and enlarged edition, with numerous illustrations in the text and full-page frontispiece for each part. Worn red half-binding, gilt edges, a few scattered brown spots.

Miguel de CERVANTES, "L'Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche", Paris, J.-J. Dubochet, 1836. First edition translated by Louis Viardot and illustrated by Tony Johannot. Two volumes in half-binding. 744 pages and 758 pages. Some dampness to title pages, interior yellowed in places, occasional foxing, worn binding.

COLLECTIVE - Paris-London. French Keepsake 1838. Janin, Alexandre Dumas, Chateaubriand, Louise Colet, etc. Paris Delloye, Desmé et Cie, 1838. In-8 bound 236 pp. with engraved title and 25 hors-texte engravings. Collection of 24 short stories. Freckles and traces of damp

FLORIAN, GRANVILLE - "Fables de Florian" illustrated by J. J. Grandville followed by "Tobie" and "Ruth Poëmes" taken from scripture and preceded by a note on the life and works of Florian by P. J. Stahl, Garnier Frères, Paris, undated (circa 1860). One volume in-8° 292 pages in a romantic publisher's hardback binding in shagreened percaline with polychrome and gilt animal motifs, gilt edges. Traces of damp, slight offsetting of the sections, wear to the binding.

Poésies de feu Ch. DOVALLE agrémentées d'une préface de Victor HUGO, Paris, 1830, original edition in-8, red half-chagrin, spine ribbed, 222 pp. Cover not preserved in binding. Restored work, notably a tear on page 161, half a page in the table of contents at the end of the work, stains and wetness.

Gérard de NERVAL. "The Illuminati or the precursors of socialism. Le roi de Bicètre (Raoul Spifame) - Histoire de l'abbé du Buquoy - Les confidences de Nicolas (Restif de la Bretonne) - Jacques Cazotte - Cagliostro - Quintus Aucler. Paris, Victor Lecou, 1852. 1 volume in-12 of VII-(1)-354-(2) pages. First edition in worn and damaged half-binding, cover preserved. Inside fresh, edges dusty.

Paul VERLAINE. "Bonheur". Paris Léon Vanier (1891).1 volume in-12 of 120 pages, half-bound, front and back covers preserved. First edition on ordinary paper (after 55 copies on Hollande paper). Spots and stains.

Théophile GAUTIER, "Voyage en Russie", Paris Charpentier 1867. First edition in two volumes in12 of [4],400, [1] and [4],293, [3] pages, covers not preserved, half cloth binding. Some stains on title pages, inside well preserved, edges yellowed, spine soiled.

Alphonse de LAMARTINE, "Nouvelles méditations poétiques". Urbain Canel, Audin, Paris,1823. 179 pages. Volume in-8, XXth century binding, cover preserved, damaged at the lower right corner. Traces of humidity, irregular and dusty yellowed gutters, binding slightly soiled on the spine.

Charles NODIER. "The Seine and its banks". Vignettes by Marville and Foussereau. M. A. Mure de Pelanne à Paris, Bureau de la Publication, 1836. First edition in one bound volume in-8 of 192 pages, 4 folding maps engraved on steel, 46 illustrations out of text and 7 vignettes in text engraved on wood. Some foxing and traces of damp, traces of use on the contemporary binding.

Paul VERLAINE. "Dédicaces". New expanded edition, Paris, Léon Vanier, 1894. Partly original edition enlarged with 71 new pieces portrait-tribute dedicated to a friend such as Lepelletier, Rimbaud, Nouveau, Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Huysmans, Mallarmé, Moréas, Tailhade, Cazals, Richepin, Salis, Gustave Le Rouge... One volume in-12, 234 pages in a fine XXth century binding, cover preserved, work unstained on the spine, interior in good condition, slightly darkened on the edges of the pages.

Honoré de BALZAC and Gustave DORÉ. Les contes drolatiques colligez ez abbayes de Touraine et mis en lumière par le sieur de Balzac pour l'esbattement des pantagruelistes et non aultres. Cinquiesme édition. Illustrated with 425 drawings by Gustave Doré. Paris Bureaux de la Société générale de librairie, 1855. One volume of what is actually the fourth edition of the Contes drolatiques first published between 1832 and 1837. 615 pages in contemporary binding in used condition. Some dampness, pages 443 to 446 and 497 detached.

Emmanuel baron de LAS CASES, "Journal écrit à bord de la frégate", "la Belle-Poule", Paris, Delloye, 1841. In-8, 18-321 pp, very damaged binding (headband torn off and leather worn), first edition illustrated with 5 plates including 1 frontispiece. False-title page restored, a few stains, yellowed edges, relatively fresh inside.

Alphonse de LAMARTINE. "Toussaint". Dramatic poem in V acts. Followed by : De l'émancipation des esclaves: discourses prononcés à diverses époques sur cette question par M. A. de Lamartine. Éditions Michel Lévy frères, 1850 Hardback, 302 pages. Bound in contemporary leather spine. Titles and gilt fillets. First edition of Lamartine's first dramatic work. The verso of the title page reads: "Performed for the first time in Paris at the Porte-Saint-Martin theatre on 6 April 1850. The verses marked with an asterisk were removed at the performance." Pages 245 to 302 are occupied by: "De l'émancipation des esclaves, discourses prononcés à diverses époques par M. A. de Lamartine". Stains and numerous signs of handling. Traces of stamps are scattered throughout the volume, suggesting that the work was occasionally amended for performances by an actor from the first performances. Pages 69 to 76 are loose handwritten pages, probably taken up by the actor who owned the volume. Binding damaged on the cover boards.

Alphonse de LAMARTINE, "Méditations poétiques". Third edition. Didot l'aîné pour la librairie Grecque-Latine-Allemande, Paris,1820. 126 pages. Volume in-8, contemporary red half-chagrin. Traces of damp, worn binding.

André DEMAISON. "La comédie des animaux qu'on dit sauvages". Ill. by Paul Jouve. Ed. Ronbaldi. Volume. Ex. numbered 3903 Traces of damp.

Charles Prosper Le VAILLANT de SAINT-DENIS . Recueil d'Opuscules sur les Différentes Parties de l'Équitation. A Versailles, Chez Blaizot ; A Paris, Chez Froullé, 1789. Small in-8°, speckled binding, smooth spine decorated. One folded engraved plate in fine. Spine torn, corners worn.

Handwritten letter on "Segruner" watermarked paper recommending Sieur Bentz Salsfisberg Meunier dated 17 August 1792 and signed by A. Defrousaz. The letter has a black wax seal with a hand motif in the centre. 34 x 21 cm. A film "Before, during and after by Scribe and de Rougemont" is attached.

Volume "Chant, extracts from operas: Verdi, Gounod, Thomas, Rossini. Folio 1/2 brown stocking. Some parts missing, average condition, foxing. Expert : François ROULMANN

Diploma with wax seal on vellum of Licentiate in Canon Law awarded to ELZEARIUS Josephus de Guintrandy at the time of Pope Innocent II

Aguste VITU. Paris. 450 unpublished drawings after Nature. Published by Maison Quentin. Wear to binding, traces of damp. 38,5 x 29 cm

Set of two albums of postcards on Auvergne and the surrounding area, the Rhône, Marine de guerre and a disdéri format embossed leather photo album.

Set of 45 rpm records.

Collection of telephone cards in a binder and loose. Second half of the 20th century.

French school, end of the 19th century, beginning of the 20th century. "Déjeuner nuptial", oil on canvas mounted on panel. 20.5 x 35.5 cm. Minor accidents

Early 20th century French school, two watercolours depicting boats, one monogrammed. E.S (?) 13 x 19cm at sight and the second 12 x 18 cm at sight. Good condition.

Early 20th century French school, four small animated views in a single frame, watercolours monogrammed E.S (?), each view 9.5 x 7 cm.

French school of the XIXth century. "Farmyard". Oil on panel signed lower left A. Richard, in a giltwood frame. It bears a wax stamp on the back. 12.5 x 17cm.

Set of three framed pieces including a lithograph of Paris signed Maul, a reproduction after Rossi and a reproduction after Germaine Bouret.

Early 20th century French school, two watercolours, one depicting boats, the other a river fishing scene, monogrammed. E.S (?) 20 x 14 cm on view and the second 10 x 14.5 cm on view.

French school of the XXth century "le chalet à la montagne", small framed oil painting. 7.5 x 11cm on view. Good condition.

Orientalist school from the beginning of the XXth century. "The courtyard of the mosque" watercolour in a small gilded wooden frame. 11.5 x 14.5 cm on view. Small accident at one corner

A pair of lithographed and enhanced oval portraits in carved wood frames gilded with gold leaf. Interior dimensions 19 x 22cm and exterior dimensions 49 x 42cm. Minor wear to the gilding, a few bumps, the lithographed view a little damaged.

"Portrait of the woman with earrings. Pastel signed lower right Honoré presented in a Louis XVI style black and gold relacquered frame. Attached is a charcoal drawing of a child with a pearl necklace signed Juliette François. Frame included 62 x 53. Attached is a portrait of an Ekwolla Tuareg.

B. PLOCKHORST (after). Angel protecting two little children. Mounted under glass in a Louis XV style frame. 25.5 x17 cm. Accidents to the glass

Christian CERISOLA (XXth). "Seated Man". Oil on canvas marouflaged on panel signed lower right in an American frame. 49 x 34,5 cm. Minor wear.

André COUCHET (XXth). "Abbey by the River". Oil on isorel signed lower right in a blue and gold lacquered frame. 24 x 33 cm. Slight wear to the frame.

René LE FORESTIER (1903 - 1972). "Farmyard". Oil on canvas signed lower right, inscribed on the back "Pennel près de Baud"? 22 x 27 cm

"J. CROZES ? "Landscape with a river". Oil on isorel signed lower right in a giltwood frame. Sight size 22 x 27 cm.

Lot of four works, including 20th century Indian school. Three paintings on fabric representing birds, the works are presented in frames with gilded wooden rods. Fairly good condition despite some minor wear to the frames; Haitian school. Openwork metal plate decorated with plants and animals. Signed "Juneau ERNST". Ø. 62cm. Minor wear.

Two English engravings entitled "The meeting and The Death", presented in modern frames under glass. H. with frame 62 x 76 cm. Good condition