Lorraine, Jean

M. De Bougrelon

Paris, E.Guillaume, 1897. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. A very small run of 100 copies, 50 being printed on papier du Japon, another 50 on papier du Chine, of a very small tome, measuring in this case 3" x 5 3/4" in size. Mylar coat over printed, illustrated wraps, miniscule print denoting that this is an addition to the publisher's "Lotus Bleu" collection. Red and white duotone illustrations. 235 pp., with a Table of Contents following, some lovely black-and-white tails and heads and initials. A couple of unopened top edges. Multiple fine compositions by Marrold and Mittis.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 345916

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Keywords: French language|Jean Lorraine|E. Guillaume|novel

Mareschal, M.-A.-A.

Iconographie de la Faã¯Ence. Dictionnaire

Paris, Liepmannssohn, J. Baur, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, bound in pumpkin-colored cloth, with bruised but not broken tips, a brilliant bookplate featuring the initials "AVP" and the motto "Nunquam Amicorum." Mild foxing to and soiling of endpapers; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Forward cock to spine, mild soiling to covers, else still quite sturdy and tightly bound. 133 pp. French language text. Chromolithographies by M.-A.-A. Mareschal throughout. List of abbreviations at frontis, opposite title page, and then marks follow of all the France-based makers of ceramics, from Anspach to Vajafo, or the company names in their place. Bowed fore-edges, else a good, sturdy copy.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 345298

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Keywords: Iconographie de la Faience|dictionary|French language

Marie de Rabutin

Lettres de Marie de Rabutin Dame de Chantal Marquise de Sevigne

Dijon, France, Editions du Raisin, 1928. Special Limited Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A spectacularly handsome set of two volumes, bound in dark brown half-leather with green marbled paper over boards. Published in Dijon by Editions du Raisin, 1928, two volumes in short octavo format, 264 + 294 pp. Copy No. 964 of the Limited Edition of 1,000 copies. Sewn-in silk linen ribbon bookmark, five raised bands to spine, lovely tooled letters and flourishes in gilt. Gift-quality condition, inside and out. The Wikipedia entry devoted to Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sevigne (5 February 1626 – 17 April 1696), also widely known as Madame de Sevigne or Mme de Sevigne, notes that she "was a French aristocrat, remembered for her letter-writing. Most of her letters, celebrated for their wit and vividness, were addressed to her daughter, Françoise-Marguerite de Sevigne. She is revered in France as one of the great icons of French 17th-century literature.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 345320

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Keywords: French language|Marquise de Sevigne|Letters|Marie de Rabutin|Dame de Chantal

Ramuz, C.F. (Charles Ferdinand)

Jean Luc Persecute

Geneve, Editions Georg & Cie, 1921. . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A still quite sturdy, internally quite attractive copy in softcover, being No. 205 of 675 copies on Van Gelder paper. Original pictorial and printed paper wrappers show darkening and a little foxing, and many top edges are unopened. Lovely illustrations by Edouard Vallet, 36 of them, and by A. Mairet, including at front cover, tired man with hat in hand and head in the other hand. Forward cock to spine, moderate wear to covers at spine bottom. 204 pp. [3].Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 345652

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Keywords: A. Mairet|Edouard Vallet|C.F. Ramuz|French language

Sand, George [Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin]

Histoire Du Veritable Gribouille

Paris, J. Hetzel et cie, 1920. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. There's something special often about children's books written in French, particularly if they are well illustrated. Sterling condition hardcover copy bound most handsomely in red cloth, with gilt and black lettering and illustrations to front cover and spine, black-embossed designs to rear cover, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Brilliant, colorful illustration in paper, inset to front cover. Engravings by Delaville, vignettes by Maurice Sand, and a particularly fetching black-and-white frontispiece of the young Gribouille. Else and withal, a quite lovely children's book in French. The author, Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, was a leading novelist, poet and socialist of her day. Born on July 1, 1804, in Paris, France, having passed away on June 8, 1876, in her adopted village of Nohant, she is known particularly for publishing so-called rustic novels. This novel was first published in 1850.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 345563

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Souvestre, Emile

Le Monde Tel Qu'IL Sera

Paris, W. Coquebert, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy bound in marbled paper over boards, quarter-leather, gorgeously presented in a creamy brown finish, with stamped gilt to spine, with gilt title and author, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. No publication date listed, but this is a First Edition copy of Emile Souvestre's dystopian science fiction novel, rendered in English as The World as It Will Be. The novel presupposes a trip to the very distant future in which purposeful breeding (not yet known as eugenics) and technological mastery via steam-power completely transforms the world. This copy features lots of black-and-white figures and full-page illustrations by, well, a guy whose name/s is/are difficult to pin down, an eminent French illustrator, engraver, caricaturist, and pioneer in photography. Is it Charles Albert d'Arnoux? Charles Constant Albert Nicolas? Vicomte d'Arnoux, Count of Limoges-Saint-Saëns? Bertall? Bertal? "Bertal" is an anagram of "Albert." Whichever you choose, he was born in 1820 and died in 1882. 324 pp. 80 black-and-white illustrations in the text, ten full-page woodcuts with tissue guards. Previous owner's bookplate (L.J. Fournier) affixed neatly inside front flap, and his summary of the book graces it, too. Heavy foxing in spots, lighter so mostly throughout. Decorated endpapers both front and rear. The author was the recipient, posthumously, of the Prix Lambert award. This dystopian work of science fiction predated anything by Jules Verne. His daughter became a great influence on a young Eleanor Roosevelt, according to a Wikipedia article about him and this work. Frontis matter, 1-324 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 345289

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Keywords: French language|French literature|Emile Souvestre|M.M. Bertall|O. Penguilly|St. Germain

Tabarin; A.V. [Auguste Veinant], ed.

Le Caresme Prenant, Et Les Iours Gras de Tabarin Et D'Ysabelle: Discours Remply de Questions Demandes Et Subtilitez Extraordinaires Et Tabariniques: Ensemble Vn Petit Compendium de Ses Rencontres Plaisanteries Et Farces Ordinaires Assaisonnees Et Faconnees a la Sause de Ses Inuentions: Le Tout Tire Et Extraict Du Plus Creux de la Gibbeciere de Ses Imaginations.

Paris, Crapelet, 1850. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being no additional copies available on-line currently. Edited with a page of explanation and the colophon by A.V. [Auguste Veinant]. Text in French, printed in Paris by Crapelet in 1850, being a reprint of the 1622 edition. A slender volume, only 16 pp. and with a single blank leaf at the end. New full blue oasis Morocco binding with gilt lettering on the spine and a gilt fleu-de-lis in the center of both front and rear boards, a simple but exquisite binding by Pat Bruno in 2000. Partially unopened. Fine as to contents. What appears to be a newspaper-based review of the book as it appeared in 1850 and noting that the volume was printed in only 62 copies.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 345307

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Keywords: Tabarin|Queen Isabella|French language

Venette, Dr.

Tableau de L'Amour Conjugal

Paris, En Vente Chez Tous Les Libraires, . . Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. From the personal library of the noted bibliographer, folklorist and erotophile, Gershon Legman. Short octavo softcover in size, flexible softcover in format, 384 pp. plus 36-page catalog of the publisher Garnier Freres at rear. Marbled brown papers over flexible cardboard, handsomely applied burgundy cloth over spine, title rubbed. Precise edition and publication date unknown, but evidence from endpapers, previous owner of the book (Mr. Richard L. Press) and scattered notes suggests very early 1900s. Adding to the value of the tome is the inclusion of 11 full-page color plates printed one side only, depicting frankly but colorfully male and female anatomy, including women's genitalia, a full male erection, and fetal extraction in case of a medical procedure. Roundly considered to be the first treatise on sexology in Western cultures and medicine. Dr. Venette looks intently at anatomy, reproduction, desire, and impotence/infertility. He discourses upon ancient and medieval authors and argues forcefully for love but against sexuality. It reads sort of like an sex-instruction manual.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 345443

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Keywords: Dr. Venette French culture|French language|Gershon Legman|reproduction|sexuality|anatomy