Paris: Calmann-Levy, n.d. Fine Set of Labiche. Some admirers have considered Labiche the equal of Molière; his plays... Read More about Théatre Complet de Eugene Labiche, avec une preface par Emile Augier
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Kentfield, California: The L-D Allen Press, 1954. Dean, Malette. One of 175 copies. The typeface is Romanée, set by hand: the paper is Crown & Sceptre, hand-made in England. Printed on an Acorn Press. Read More about The Private Journals of Stendahl, 1811-1817. Selected & Newly Translated by Francis Carmody
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London: MacMillan and Company, 1894. Second edition in English. Read More about Amiel's Journal. the Journal Intime of Henri-Frederic Amiel. Translated ith an Introduction and...
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Paris: Desventes de Ladoué, 1770. First edition. Contemporary Satire of Rousseau’s ‘Émile’. A satirical response to Rousseau’s Emile ou l'Education (1762). Where Émile is guided by a wise tutor, the author of Le Père avare mocks from the outset Rousseau’s dictum “le véritable précepteur est le père”, for the narrator’s..... Read More about Le Père Avare, ou Les Malheurs de L'Education; Contenant une idée de ceux de la Colonie de...
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Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, Éditiuon Jouast, 1887. One of 15 numbered copies (this begin No. 15) printed on Japan Vellum and printed with an extra suite of the vignettes. One of 15 Numbered Copies. Read More about Les Quinze Joyes de Mariage
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Amsterdam: aux depends de la compagnie, 1781. "Nouvelle edition" Matthew Arnold's copy. From the library of English poet and master essayist Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), with his bookplate in each volume. Read More about Les Essais
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Paris: Firmin Didot et Cie, 1886. First edition, one of 100 copies on J. Whatman Turkey Mill. Huth’s Copy, the Dedication Copy. The dedication copy — Alfred Huth supplied the 13th century French manuscript from which this volume was based. Read More about Merlin Roman en Prose du XIIIe Siècle. Publie avec la Mise en Prose du Poème de Merlin de...
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Paris: Librairie Hachette & Cie, 1878. Bida. Read More about Aucassin et Nicolette. Chantefable du Douzieme Siecle. Traduite par A. Bida. Révision du Texte...
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Paris: Ancienne Maison Lévy Frères, 1895. Dubufe, Guillaume. First edition, no. 7 of 50 on Japon, with extra suite of plates before letters (edition of 300). Read More about Gabrielle. Comedie en vers
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Paris: Ancienne Maison Lévy Frères, 1893. Dubufe, Guillaume. First edition. No. 5 of 50 copies on Japon, with extra suite of plates before letters (edition of 300). Read More about La Ciguë. Comédie en Vers
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Troyes: Ve. André, imprim.-libraire et fabricant de papier, Grand'rue, “Imprimée cette annee” [between 1808 and 1832, according to the BN]. Scarce regional printing (CLC locates only the BN copy) of this ittle “conte de fée” from the pen of the author (1650-1705) who coined the very phrase which now describes..... Read More about La bonne petite souris , conte, par Madame D***; suivi des proverbes français
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London: William Mitchell & Co. Montreal: Peter Leech, nd (c. 1880). Read More about Balzac's Droll Stories collected from the Abbeys of Touraine
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Paris: Ch. Carrington, 1902. One of 245 copies, this being copy 192. From the press of Charles Carrington, notorious publisher of erotic literature. Balzac's tale of the King's mistress illustrated in the style of a medieval manuscript by Léon Lebègue. Read More about La Mye du Roy. Manuscrit et enluminé par Léon Lebègue
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London: Leonard Smithers: Royal Arcade Old Bond Street, 1897. One of 250 copes. Read More about The Novels of Balzac: WITH 4 TITLES ONLY: Splendours and Miseries of the Courtesans. Parisian...
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Boston: Hardy, Pratt & Co, 1899. Édition Grand Format. HAND-COLORED PLATES. Read More about The Village Rector
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Paris: H. Delloye et Victor Lecou, Éditeurs, Rue des Filles-Saint-Thomas, 13, place de la Course, 1838. First Illustrated edition, first printing, with all first printing points as enumerated by Carteret. A Classic of French Illustration. First illustrated edition of Balzac’s renowned 1831 novel, his first major commercial success, lavishly produced..... Read More about La Peau de Chagrin. Études sociales
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N.p. [Paris]: 19 décembre 1890. The poet (1823-1891) writes to a close friend, “Quand venez-vous, selon votre bonne promesse, déjeuner avec vos amis de la rue de l’Éperon? Ma femme demande à être prévenue deux jours à l’avance, pour pouvoir vous offrir une bonne _____ [?], si cela se peut..... Read More about Autograph letter, signed, to “mon cher Paul”
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Haarlem: The Pleiad, 1927. First edition thus. Number 388 of 550 copies. Designed by Frederic Warde & Printed by Jon Enschedé. Read More about Fantasio. A Comedy in Two Acts. Translated by Maurice Baring
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Paris: Emile-Paul Freres, 1917. Large Paper, No. 6 of 15 copies on Japon Paper. Read More about Leur Figures
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Paris: Goupil, [1878]. Carjat’s Charles Baudelaire. The iconic portrait photograph of Charles Baudelaire by Étienne Carjat, taken c. 1863, and here printed posthumously in La Galerie Contemporaine in 1878. Carjat was rivaled only by Nadar in his portraits of 19th century French cultural figures. “Like Nadar, Carjat captured character and..... Read More about “Ch. Baudelaire”
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[Paris: 1926]. No. 2 of 35 copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED by the artist in pencil; with his stamp lower left. Rouault's Baudelaire. Superb image of the brooding genius so greatly admired by Rouault, who included it in the second edition of his collection, SOUVENIRS INTIMES (Paris: E. Frapier, 1927), with..... Read More about Portrait of Charles Baudelaire
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London: John Camden Hotten, 1869 [-1873]. First edition, with supplementary signatures G & H. Presentation Copy of the First Baudelaire in English. Presentation copy, with inscription in recipient's hand on the front pastedown: "John R.P. Kirby, From the Author," followed by a bibliographical note. The 1869 Hotten edition of English..... Read More about Translations from Charles Baudelaire. With a Few Original Poems
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New York: The Sylvan Press, 1947. Limited Large Paper Edition, no. 658 of 1499 copies. Designed by Lewis White, a nice post-war ‘decadent’ illustrated book in the Beardsley-Harry Clarke-Alastair chain of descent. Read More about Flowers of Evil. Fleurs du Mal in Pattern and Prose by Beresford Egan and by C. Bower Alcock
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