Letteratura

Palmyre Ou L&Apos;Education de L&Apos;Experience

Madame de Renneville · 0 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.82 | $198.20 | ¥31,654)

Paris, Felix Bellavoine, c1827. Leather. A scarce set of Palmyra or the Education Experience by Lady Renneville. Complete in two volumes. In French. With numerous engraved illustrations. In a red calf binding with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, a trifle rubbed. Inte...

Les Precieuses Ridicules

Moliere · 1760 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.84 | $178.38 | ¥28,489)

Paris, Bauche, c1760. Leather. A very scarce collection of Moliere's satirical plays, published in approximately 1760. A collection of Moliere's plays. The comedy of manners was received so well, Moliere and his company received the patronage of Louis XIV. Les Precio...

Premiere Poesies Et Poesies Nouvelles

Alfred de Musset · 1882 · Rooke Books

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

Paris, Charpentier, 1882. Leather. Two volumes of Alfred de Musset's poetry, with some of his most popular works. Two volumes of Alfred de Musset's poetry. In the original French. These two volumes are his Premieres Poesies and his Poesies Nouvelles. They contain...

Ouevres de P Corneille Theatre Complet Ouevres de Scarron Ouevres de Rotrou

Pierre Corneille; Paul Scarron; Jean Rotrou · 0 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.24 | $858.88 | ¥137,169)

Paris, Garnier Freres, c1877. Leather. Five volumes of theatrical works from notable French playwrights. In the original French. With four plates to Corneille volume I, four plates to Corneille volume II, four plates to Corneille volume III, three plates to Scarron and three p...

Le Chemin de Roseland

Henry Bordeaux · 1924 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,549)

Paris, Alfred Mame, c1920. Fine Binding. A very smart fine binding of Bordeaux's well-known short story. A very smart fine binding of Bordeaux's well-known short story. Made into an early film in 1924, Le Chemin de Roseland is recognisable amongst Edwardian French no...

Rabevel Ou le Mal Des Ardents

Lucien Fabre · 1923 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.79 | $237.85 | ¥37,985)

Paris, Nouvelle Revue Francaise , 1923. Leather. A scarce and complete collection of Lucien Fabre's renowned fictional novel, Rabevel ou le Mal des Ardents. A scarce and complete collection of Lucien Fabre's renowned fictional novel, Rabevel ou le Mal des Ardents. Wi...

Les Travailleurs de la Mer

Victor Hugo · 1866 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

Paris, Librairie Internationale, 1866. Leather. A set of Les Travailleurs de la Mer by Victor Hugo. A set of Les Travailleurs de la Mer by Victor Hugo. Two of the complete three volumes. The set consists of volumes II and III, and is missing volume I. Eighth edition. The book ...

Ce Que Mes Yeux Ont Vu & Ce Que Je Peux Dire

Arthur Meyer · 1912 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

Paris, Plon-Nourrit et Cie, Imprimeurs-Editeurs, 1912. Leather. Two volumes of Arthur Meyer's Ce Que Mes Yeux Ont Vu and Ce Que Je Peux Dire in calf bindings. Two volumes of Arthur Meyer's Ce Que Mes Yeux Ont Vu and Ce Que Je Peux Dire in calf bindings. Arthur Meyer ...

Le Jeu de L&Apos;Amour Et Du Hasard la Surprise de L&Apos;Amour le Legs

Pierre de Marivaux · 1939 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

Paris, Librairie Grund, 1939. Leather. A collection of three plays by Pierre de Marivaux bound in leather. The first edition thus. Printed in French. Marivaux was a French novelist and dramatist, considered one of the most important French playwrights of the 18th century.This ...

Charlemagne; Ou L&Apos;Eglise Delivree Poeme Epique En Vingt-Quatre Chants

Lucien Bonaparte · 1814 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,019.01 | $1,123.16 | ¥179,375)

Londres, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, et Brown, 1814. First edition. Leather. A leather bound edition of Lucien Bonaparte's epic poem on the life and reign of Charlemagne. First editions with excellent margins in an excellent quality contemporary full speckled calf bindin...

Cours Familier de Littrature, Un Entretien Par Mois

Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine · 1856 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Paris, On S'abonne chez L'auteur , 1856. Leather. The complete Cours familier de littrature for the year 1856. The complete Cours familier de littrature for the year 1856. Written in French. By French writer, poet and politician who was instrumental in the foundation...

Martijn de Ijsvogel

Door Lida, Tekeningen Van, F. Rojankovsky, Vertaald Door, C. G. Voorhoeve · 1995 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)

Bussum, A. Voorhoeve, 19952. Paperback. A charming work of children's fiction, illustrated throughout with coloured lithographs. A charming work of children's fiction, illustrated throughout with coloured lithographs. Written in Dutch. Scarce. Illustrated by F. Rojan...

La Pucelle D&Apos;Orleans

M. de Voltaire · 1982 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Paris, Lescaret, 1982. Cloth. A smart copy of the Voltaire classic, The Maid of Orleans. In the original French. Illustrated throughout with many erotic coloured and engraved plates. Limited to 3050 copies, of which this is numbered 2024. The Maid of Orleans (La Pucelle d&apos...

Amours Du Chevalier de Faublas

Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray · 1884 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.77 | $257.67 | ¥41,151)

Paris, Chez Tous Les Libraires, 1884. Leather. A French novel in four volumes from playwright, journalist, politician, and diplomat Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray. Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray (June 1760 August 1797) was a French novelist, playwright, journalist, politicia...

L&Apos;Enfance D&Apos;Un Homme

Armand Charpentier · 1890 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre , 1890. Leather. Website Title * 1890 L'Enfance D'un Homme Armand Charpentier [STORE VIEW] Status * [WEBSITE] Price * 59.99 [GBP] [Inc. Tax] [GLOBAL] Pricing * 4-276x(101)48 Not on Abe [STORE VIEW] Marked Up As * [STORE VIEW] Cataloguer * [STO...

Oeuvres Du Comte Antoine Hamilton

Comte Antoine Hamilton · 1812 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.87 | $145.35 | ¥23,213)

Paris, Antoine-Augustine Renouard, 1812. Leather. Antoine (or Anthony) Hamilton (1646 – 21 April 1720) was an Irish classical author of near Scottish ancestry, who wrote in French. In imitation and satiric parody of the romantic tales which Antoine Galland's translation ...

Fables de la Fontaine

Jean de la Fontaine · 1803 · Rooke Books

£540.00 (€647.37 | $713.54 | ¥113,956)

Paris, Furne et Cie, 184. Leather. The famous fables of la Fontaine, with the popular illustrations by Grandville, in a beautiful calf binding. Complete in Two Volumes. With numerous in-text illustrations by Grandville. Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard, 1803 – 1847, generally known...

Emaux Et Camees

Theophile Gautier · 1911 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,770)

Paris , Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1911. Cloth. A copy of 'Emaux et Camees' by Theophile Gautier. Includes a bookplate from the private library of one Charles L. Payton. A copperplate ink inscription has been left to the front free-endpaper and includes an engraved fr...

Premieres Poesies 1829-1835

Alfred de Musset · 1867 · Rooke Books

£26.99 (€32.36 | $35.66 | ¥5,696)

London, Charpentier, 1867. Leather. An anthology of poetry from French poet Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay. In French. Musset was best-known for his poetry. Musset received the Légion d'honneur on 24 April 1845, at the same time as Balzac, and was elected to the A...

Toi Et Moi

Paul Geraldy · 1924 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,660)

London, Les Editions G. Cres et Cie, 1924. Leather. An attractive example of this popular collection of the poetry of Paul Geraldy. A new [fourteenth] edition, copy number 14,672. With an engraving to title page and a drawing by Edouard Vuillard to frontispiece. In a half moro...