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The Nude in Art

Clarence Lansing · 1896 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.99 | $990.85 | ¥158,227)

London, H. S. Nichols, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this very scarce study on nudity in art and how the human body has been depicted in paintings across the centuries. The first edition of this very scarce work.An intriguing study on depictions of the nu…

Recueil de plusieurs pièces d'éloquence et de poésie présentées à l'Académie françoise pour les prix de l'année 1691

COLLECTIF · 1691 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€500.00 ($551.09 | £417.13 | ¥88,002)

Veuve de J. B. Coignard et Jean-Baptiste Coignard fils | Paris 1691 [1693] | 9 x 15.50 cm | relié | Recueil de pièces poétiques, dit Recueil de l'Académie française, dans lequel on trouve notamment deux importants textes de Charles Perrault : la réimpression de La Marquise de Sa…

Antique print I The Maze at Versailles: The Fountain Roosters and the Partridge, published 1677, 1 p.

Sébastien Leclerc (1637-1714) · 1677 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€96.80 ($106.69 | £80.76 | ¥17,037)

A fountain in the Versailles labyrinth, with water spurting from two roosters perched on rocks on each side of the basin; at centre, a partridge.Illustration to Perrault's 'Labyrinthe de Versailles' (Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1677). Numbered at bottom: 2.[NL] Fontein van de hane…

Antique print I The Maze at Versailles: The Fountain with the Cat and the Rats, published 1677, 1 p.

Sébastien Leclerc (1637-1714) · 1677 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€96.80 ($106.69 | £80.76 | ¥17,037)

A fountain in the Versailles labyrinth, with water spurting from a cat perched at the top of a double volute, and from rats gathered on each side.Illustration to Perrault's 'Labyrinthe de Versailles' (Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1677).[NL] Fontein van de kat en de ratten. Prent ui…

Le livre des légendes. Deuxième année complète

Jacques DES GACHONS - COLLECTIF · 1895 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€400.00 ($440.87 | £333.71 | ¥70,402)

Le livre des légendes | Paris 1895 | 14.50 x 19 cm | 10 fascicules brochés sous chemise cartonnée à lacet | Edition originale. Contributions littéraires de Jean Lorrain, , Henri de Régnier, Charles Perrault, René Boylesve, Gabriel de Lautrec, Tristan Klingsor, Jacques des Gachon…

Centsprent: De Schoone Slaapster. Eene Vertelling van Moeder de Gans. 3.

1697 · Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur (NVvA/ILAB)

€90.75 ($100.02 | £75.71 | ¥15,972)

Catchpenny print with the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty (Doornroosje) by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé from 1697. After waking the princess, the prince marries her and leaves her at home while he goes to war. His mother, however, appears to be a cannibal…

Graveurs Francais de la Seconde Moitie Du XVIII Siecle. Xiiie Exposition de la Collection Edmond de Rotschild. Musee Du Louvre: 14 Fevrier - 6 Mai, 1985. [Exhibition Catalogue]

Pierrette, Jean-Richard; Musee du Louvre (Paris); Editions de la Reunion des Musees Nationaux (Paris) · 1985 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Paris, France: Editions de la Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 1985. 8vo. 126 pp. Stiff black and white gravure illustrated wraps with red titling. Very good. Black and white plates. Includes engravings by Nicolas Dupin, Jean-Charles Baquoy, Noel Pruneau, N. Thomas, Louis Germain, …

Works of Bertall la Vie Hors de Chez Soi and la Vigne, Voyage Autour Des Vins de France

Bartall · 1876 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

Paris , E. Plon et Cie, 1876-1878. Fine Binding. Two finely bound, beautifully illustrated works from the French cartoonist and writer Bertall. Charles Albert d'Arnoux, who used the pseudonym Bertall, 1820 – 1882, was a French illustrator, cartoonist and writer. He is know…

Les choses mémorables de Socrate, ouvrage de Xenophon traduit de Grec en François. Par Mr Charpentier de l'Académie Françoise. Suivi de : La vie de Socrate par Mr Charpentier (...).

XENOPHON, SOCRATE, CHARPENTIER (FRANçOIS) · 1657 · Fronhofer Schlösschen Galerie

€230.00 ($253.50 | £191.88 | ¥40,481)

. 2 ouvrages parus chez le même éditeur et à la même date, reliés en 1 vol. Paris, Antoine de Sommaville, 1657, in 12 de (24)-396-(12) pp. ; (24)-300-(36) pp. portrait de Socrate dans un médaillon gravé sur bois en tête du texte juste après l'épitre, rel. d'ép. plein veau brun m…

La secchia rapita. Poema eroicomico.

TASSONI Alessandro - · 1766 · Libreria Piani

€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)

Parigi, appresso Lorenzo Prault e Pietro Durand, 1766, due volumi rilegati in uno in-8vo legatura coeva in piena pelle (dorso abilmente rifatto) con tassello, titoli e fregi dorati, tagli gialli, pp. (4)-CVIII-128 + (4)-239 con vignetta xilografica a entrambi i frontespizi, una …

Second Memoire: Observations Sur Les Tables Des Prix Du Marc D'Argent, Et Les Valuations Monitaires Depuis L'Epoch de Saint Louis

1842 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

Paris, L'Academie des Inscriptions et Belle-Lettres, . First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Authored anonymously, translated as "Second Memoir: Observations on the price tables of Marc D'Argent, and the monetary valuations since the epoch of Saint Louis." French …

Memoires Sur L'Appreciation de la Fortune Privee Au Moyen Age, Relativement Aux Variations Des Valeurs Monetaires Et Du Pouvoir Commercial de L'Argent

Leber, Constant · 1840 · Structure, Verses, Agency Books

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

Paris, L'Academie des Inscriptions et Belle-Lettres, . First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Translated as "Memoirs on the appreciation of private wealth in the Middle Ages relative to the variations of monetary values ​​and the commercial power of money." Fre…

Willis wunderbare Reise. Mit vier Buntbildern und zahlreichen Textillustrationen von Rie Cramer. (= Rie Cramer Künstler-Kinderbücher)

Horsting-Boerma, A.A.M.: · 1925 · Antiquariat Bürck

Spedisce da Germania · non spedisce in Russia

€57.50 ($63.38 | £47.97 | ¥10,120)

Leipzig: A. Anton & Co. [1925] 39 Seiten. Illustr. Orig.-Halbleinen mit illustr. Umschlag. Gross-Oktav, 21,5 x 20,5 cm (Umschlag mit kleinen Läsuren, Einband minimal bestossen, Vorsätze und Schnitt leicht braunfleckig, im ganzen gut erhalten). Erste deutsche Ausgabe, eine zwei…

Cinderella

C. S. Evans · 1919 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

London, William Heinemann, 1919 . First edition. Hardback. Illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham with silhouette figures, this is the first trade edition of his wonderfully decorative edition of the Cinderella tale, in the original dust wrapper. The first trade edition of thi…

Why Not Catch 21? The Stories Behind the Titles

Dexter, Gary · 2007 · Boekhandel - Antiquariaat Emile Kerssemakers - Member ILAB/NVvA

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

Francis Lincoln, 2007 Hardcover, with dust jacket. 238 pages. Text in English. As new. Why Not Catch 21? is an expansion on Gary Dexter's long-running Sunday Telegraph column. Each of its 50 chapters focuses on the origins of one of the great titles of world literature, presenti…

The FEMALE BLUEBEARD: or, The Adventurer Includes 'The Abbey of Saint Quentin, Being an Epilogue to The Female Bluebeard'.

Sue, Eugene [1804 - 1857] · 1845 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$434.50 (€394.22 | £328.88 | ¥69,384)

London: W. Strange, 21, Paternoster Row, 1845. 1st UK edition (Wolff 6625). Period deep maroon half-leather binding with muted purple cloth boards; elaborate gilt decorated backstrip. [4], 306 pp. Frontis, of Eugene Sue, and intratextual cuts by Walmsely, 34 total. 8vo. 7-3/8" x…

Fables in English and French Verse. Translated from the original Latin of Gabriele Faerno. With hundred Copper-plates.London, for Claude du Bosci, and sold by C. Davis, 1741. 8vo. With engraved frontispiece by Claude Du Bosc (Aesop communicating with the animals), 100 engraved illustrating the 100 Fables (ca. 96 x 110), inspired by the fable illustrations by Marcus Gheeraerts, numerous head- and tailpieces by Henry Woodfall. Full calf over boards.

AESOP/FAERNO. · 1563 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€600.00 ($661.31 | £500.56 | ¥105,603)

[2], XVI, 190, [2], VI, 3-191 pp.First edition of this lovely printed collection of the famous ‘100 (Aesop) fables’, originally translated in elegant Latin verses by Gabriel Faerno (1563), and now translated into English and French verses by Claude Du Bosc and Charles Perrault.P…

Ethic Amusements by Mr. Bellamy formerly of St. Johns College Oxford. Revised by his son D. Bellamy, M. A. Chaplain of Kew in Surry. (Bound with) Aesop at Court or the Labyrinth of Versailles...engraved by G. Bickham. (Bound with) Ethic Tales and Fables invented for the Education of a Prince. By François de Salignac de La Motte Fénélon.

BELLAMY Daniel - FÉNÉLON - François de Salignac de La Motte Fénélon : · 1768 · Antiquariaat W. de Goeij

€1,196.00 ($1,318.21 | £997.78 | ¥210,501)

"18. London, printed by W. Faden for the author, 1768, in-4°, engraved frontispiece + engraved title-page + typographical title + (20)nn pp + (8)(numbered iii-ix) + (2) nn pp + 260 pp + 50 engraved plates (including the frontispiece and 6 vignettes printed in the text. (Bound wi…

Henry Bennet et Julie Johnson, ou les esquisses du coeur, roman traduit de l'anglais, et orné de gravures [Ensemble] Griselidis, ou la Marquise de Salusses [Ensemble] Emérance, ou l'orgueil vaincu par la raison

Elis BENNET · 1794 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€450.00 ($495.98 | £375.42 | ¥79,202)

Chez Louis | à Paris 1794 | 8.50 x 13.80 cm | 5 tomes en 3 volumes reliés | Edition originale de la traduction française, illustrée de 6 figures légendées anonymes. Nouvelle édition de Griselidis. Relilures en demi veau vers 1820. Dos lisses ornés de 2 fers centraux en miroir, r…

La vie de St. Bruno, fondateur de l'ordre des Chartreux

François CHAUVEAU - Eustache LE SUEUR · 1660 · Librairie Le Feu Follet

€1,200.00 ($1,322.62 | £1,001.12 | ¥211,205)

Chez René Cousinet | à Paris s. d. [ca 1660] | 27.50 x 41 cm | relié | Edition originale, rare, illustrée d'un titre-frontispice et de 22 planches d'après les tableaux d'Eustache Le Sueur et gravées par François Chauveau. Légendes des gravures sur deux colonnes, un verset en lat…