Books & manuscripts

Poiray - My First Circa: 2000 Rectangular ladies' watch in steel. Cream dial with baton hour markers. Sapphire crystal. Quartz movement. Steel case with screw-down back (4 screws) numbered A65761. Dimensions: 29 x 24mm Leather strap with gold buckle. Condition report: working watch Several straps come with the watch.

Omega - De Ville Circa: 2000 Gold-plated men's round watch. Champagne dial with baton hour markers. Mineral glass. Quartz movement signed Omega calibre 1378. Gold-plated case numbered 1950075 with clipped back. Diameter: 32 mm. Leather strap with gold-plated buckle signed Omega. Condition report: watch works as is. An Omega box (damaged) accompanies the watch.

Lot of cartonnages and enfantina: 19th-century portraits, Joan of Arc, OEuvres de Molière, LaFontaine ; Jules Verne Claudius Bonbarbannac Le Tour du Monde en 80 jours,Le docteur Ox,Vingt Mille Lieux sous les mères, Le Chancelor L'Histoire de France racontée aux enfants and others

Herbarium, late 19th - early 20th century

ABBE RICHARD. Natural history of air and meteors. Paris. 1770. 6 volumes in-8, calf binding. Ex-libris Saint Albain.

JOURNAUX INTIMES - CHARLES BAUDELAIRE - JOURNAUX INTIMES - CHARLES BAUDELAIRE Lithographs in colors by Hauterives Edition at 285 EX on velin de rives

Guestbook page from a Yvelines inn, dedicated by Albert UDERZO (1927-2020), René GOSCINNY (1926-1977) and Jacques TATI (1907-1982) and illustrated by Albert UDERZO with portraits of Asterix and Obelix. 30.5 x 24 cm.

Set of books on Tintin, including: L'œuvre intégrale d'Hergé, Tintin et l'art, introduction by Benoit Peeters, ed Rombaldi et Casterman, 1987: transcriptions of dialogues and graphic cut-outs. -L'œuvre intégrale d'Hergé, Tintin au pays des soviets / Tintin au Congo, ed Rombaldi et Casterman, 1987, T1 -Hergé's complete works, Tintin en Amérique / Les cigares du pharaon, ed Rombaldi et Casterman, 1987, T2 -L'œuvre intégrale d'Hergé, Objectif Lune / On a marché sur la Lune, ed Rombaldi et Casterman, 1987, T8 -Archives Hergé, Totor, C.P. Des Hanneton and the original versions of the albums, Tintin au pays des soviets (1929), au Congo (1930), en Amérique (1931) ed Casterman, 1973, 6th edition -Tintin au pays de l'or noir, Hergé, ed Casterman, 1971 -Tintin et le lac aux requins, the film album, ed Casterman, 1973 (as is)

FRÉDÉRIC BRULY (Zéprégüé, Ivory Coast, 1923 - Abidjan, Ivory Coast 2014). "Un bel homme courant vers son amant", 2008. Ballpoint pen and crayons on cardboard. Signed and dated on the back. Provenance: Private collection / Family of the artist. Measurements: 25,5 x 18 cm. During the Second World War, Bruly worked as a sailor in the French Navy in the Antilles. At the end of the war he was employed on the Dakar-Niger railroad in Rufisque (Senegal). Having left the railway service in December 1945, he started as an employee in the "judicial identity service of the "general security in West Africa", in Dakar. From there he was assigned, in 1958, to the direction of police security in Ivory Coast. The Ministry of the Civil Service assigned him to the Ministry of the Interior, to the Directorate of Political Affairs in Abidjan, and the Directorate of the French Institute of Black Africa (IFAN), upon discovering that he was the inventor of an African alphabet, asked the Ministry of the Interior to transfer him to IFAN in Abidjan in 1958. The direction of the Faculty of Letters of the National University of the Republic of Ivory Coast having approved the scientific character and the classical sense of his manuscripts of which he came into possession, asked, in its turn, for their transfer to the university: service of the institute of ethnosociology, in 1973. The origin of all the work of Frédéric Bruly Bouabré comes from a revealing experience: on March 11, 1948, "the heavens opened before my eyes and seven colored suns described a circle of beauty around their Mother-Sun, I became Cheik Nadro: He who does not forget." Since then, Bouabré compiled his research in manuscripts dealing with art, traditions, poetry, tales, religion, aesthetics and philosophy, revealing himself as an astonishing thinker, poet, encyclopedist, creator. Seeking a way to preserve and transmit the knowledge of the Bété people and the world, he invented a unique alphabet of 448 monosyllabic pictograms, an inventory of sounds that would make it possible to transcribe all the languages of the world.This endeavor earned Bouabré the legendary reputation of being another Champollion and translates the universal thought of Frederic Bruly Bouabré who, from his vision, seeks to unite and pacify humanity. In the 1970s, he began to translate his thought into hundreds of small drawings in postcard format, using ballpoint pen and colored pencils. These drawings, collected under the title Connaissance du Monde (Knowledge of the World), form an encyclopedia of universal knowledge and experience. His works are currently held in important art collections among which are; Contemporary African Art Collection, Jean PIGOZZI Collection, Geneva, Switzerland, the National Museum of Abidjan, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, the National Museum of Modern Art, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, the Endowment Fund, Agnès b Collection, Paris, France, the François Pinault Foundation, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy, MNAM, Centre Georges Pompidou on deposit at the Musée des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie, Paris, France, the Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands, the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico, the Tanya RUMPFF Gallery, Haarlem, The Netherlands, the Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom, the Musée d'Art Brut, Lausanne, Switzerland, the Lambert Collection (LAC), Geneva, Switzerland, the Madame and Monsieur David-Weill Collection, Paris, France and the Gervane et Matthias Leridon Collection, Paris, France.

[PARIS] Set of approximately 15 bound volumes XIXe-XXe siècles including: FOURNIER, Edouard. Histoire des enseignes de Paris. 1 volume. ABBE LEBEUF. History of Paris. 4 volumes. MENDRE, J. History of Paris. 5 volumes. BERTY ET TISSERAND. Le bourg Saint-Germain. 1 volume. OUDIETTE, C. Dictionnaire des environs de Paris. 1 volume. and miscellaneous.

Gina PANE (1939-1990) The success of Ulysses or Kafka's Metamorphoses. Circa 1974. Number 25/60. Vintage silver print on recto in bottom margin with handwritten annotation in ink, numbering, location, date and author's signature. Visual size approx. 24 x 16 cm. Format with margin approx. 30 x 22 cm. Enclosed is an envelope with the name of the photograph.

[REIMS] Set of 18 volumes including: - ANQUETIL. Histoire civile et politique de la ville de Reims. Reims. 1756. 3 volumes. Calf binding. - CERF, Ch. History and description of Notre-Dame de Reims. Reims. 1861. 2 volumes. Half-bound. - BERGIER, Nicolas. Le dessin de l'Histoire de Reims. Reims. 1635. 1 volume. Bound in calf. (accidents to binding). - CAMUS-DARRAS. Essais historiques sur la ville de Reims. Reims. 1623. 1 volume. Half-bound. - MARLOT, Guillaume. Histoire de la ville, cité et université de Reims. Reims. 1843. 4 volumes. Green binding. - BAZIN, Hippolyte. Une vieille cité de France: Reims. Reims. 1900. 1 volume. Half-bound. - Notes sur la cathédrale de Reims. 1 volume. Half-bound. Nineteenth century. - JADART, Henri. Les bibliophiles rémois. Reims. 1894. 1 volume. Half-bound. - PARIS, Henri. Les cahiers du baillage de Reims aux Etats généraux de 1789. Reims. 1896. 1 volume. Half-bound. - DOCTEUR POL GOSSET. Armorial de l'élection de Reims. Reims. 1903. 1 volume. Half cloth binding. - GIVELET, Ch. Armorial des lieutenants des habitants de Reims. Reims. 1887. 1 volume.

[STAEL (Nicolas de)] - LECUIRE (Pierre). - Maximes. Paris, Pierre Lecuire, 1955. Small in-4, leaves, cover illustrated on the first plate with an original lithograph by the artist, publisher's slipcase. Edition of 210 copies, signed by Lecuire, including 10 on japon ancien, 190 on Arches and 10 lettered, our copy no. 52.

Omega - De Ville Circa: 1960 Rectangular ladies' watch in 18k gold. Cream dial with baton hour markers. Mineral glass. Hand-wound mechanical movement signed Omega Watch & Co calibre 484 and numbered 24999614. Gold case numbered 5113178 with clipped caseback. Dimensions 14 x 25 mm with lugs. Leather strap with gold buckle. Gross weight: 11.76 g Condition report: watch works as is. Stitched dial. An Omega pouch (damaged) accompanies the watch.

John H. Winder and John Campbell War-Dated Autograph Endorsement Signed - Civil War-dated autograph endorsements signed, “Jno. H. Winder, Brig. Gen., May 3, 1864” and “J. A. Campbell, ASW, 3 May 64,” penned on the reverse of a letter from William H. Hatch of War Department, Bureau of Exchange, one page, 5 x 8, which reads: “I have the honor to report that Miss Tabb (a little girl of 10 years of age) of Richmond has permission of the Federal Authorities to go North via Flag of Truce and Fortress Monroe.” Winder’s handwritten endorsement: “Respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, is there any objection to allowing the passport.” Campbell responds below with his approval: “None.” In fine condition, with light staining to the top edge, and mounting remnants to reverse.

GRÉGOIRE (l'abbé). De la littérature des nègres, ou Recherches sur leurs facultés intellectuelles, leurs qualités morales et leur littérature. Paris, Maradan, De l'Imprimerie des sourds-muets, 1808. In-8, marbled basane, spine decorated with a large repeated iron, speckled edges (period binding). First edition of the first study of the literature of Blacks, to whom Grégoire attributes the same intellectual capacities as Whites. Two-thirds of the work is devoted to the condemnation of slavery. A list of 200 anti-slavery writers is divided among the various countries, with France in the lead. For America, the names Franklin and Jefferson stand out. The book is dedicated by Grégoire To all the courageous men who have pleaded the cause of the unfortunate Blacks and Sang-mêlés, either by their works or by their speeches in political assemblies, in established societies, for the abolition of the slave trade, the relief and freedom of slaves. Binding a little rubbed. Handwritten bookplate of Astier, professor of philosophy and dean of the faculty of letters at the Académie de Besançon.

After Jean-Baptiste Alliette le jeune (1738-1791), known as ETTEILLA 78-card tarot deck with straight corners Published by BP GRIMAUD, Paris, a playing card company founded by Baptiste-Paul Grimaud in the 19th century. Wear to cardboard

"Almanach royal et national", Guyot et Scribe, 1841 (foxing)

"Nouveau Paris monumental, itinéraire pratique de l'étranger dans Paris" Edited by Lecomte, printed by Dufresnoy. 56 x 75 cm (on view). On the back, the plant "Exposition coloniale internationale, Paris 1931" (stains, tears). Framed under plexiglass, 63 x 83 cm

CERVANTES The story of Don Quixote, Edition Jouaust, Paris 1884. Set of six volumes. Half morocco. (Uncollated, as is).

DENISART. Collection of new decisions and concepts relating to current case law. Sixième édition corrigée et augmentée. Paris, Desaint, 1768, 4 volumes in quarto, brown calf.

VERLAINE Les Oeuvres 7 volumes from 1 to 7, numbered (some on Hollande paper)

[CHAMPAGNE] Set of approximately 25 19th-20th century bound volumes, including: BOURQUELOT, Félix. Champagne fairs. 1 volume. ASSIER, Alexandre. Nouvelle bibliothèque de l'amateur champenois. 2 volumes. BOITEL. Les Beautés de l'Histoire de la Champagne. 2 volumes. Anciens poètes champenois. 12 volumes. HENRY. La réforme et la ligue en Champagne et à Reims. 1 volume. POINSIGNON, M. Histoire de la Champagne et de la Brie. 3 volumes. And misc.

Set of books on geography and war, including: -Géographie du département du Lot-et-Garonne, M. Amen and M. Maillé ed, Noubel, Agen, 1866 -Plages normandes, J. Sévrette, 9eme série ed éducation nationale, Paris -L'atmosphère, météorologie populaire, Camille Flammarion, ed Hachette, 1888 -La Terre à vol d'oiseau, Onésime Reclus, ed Hachette, Paris, 1886 -La vie navale, Gaston Dujarric, 4th series, ed Education Nationale, Paris -Dictionnaire géographie ou description de toutes les parties du monde, Vosgien, ed Ménard et Desenne, fils, Paris, 1825 -Ecole supérieure de la guerre, recueil de conférences de tactique générale, September 1949 -Handwritten songbook, circa 1914 -Revue historique de l'armée, 1954 and 1955 -Le livre d'or des journaux du front, Feuilles bleu horizon, 1914-1918, André Charpentier, Paris, 1935 -La guerre navale racontée par nos amiraux, ed Schwarz, Paris, T1 to 3 -La France et ses colonies, illustrated atlas, one hundred and five maps, Vuillemi, ed Migeon, Pais, 1880 and 1884 (as is)

"Introduction à l'histoire moderne, générale et politique de l'Univers" Paris, Merigot, 1753-1759. 8 volumes. Illustrations and folding maps. (significant wear to bindings, foxing, accidents).

HOLBACH (baron d'). Système de la nature ou des lois du monde physique & et du monde moral. By M. Mirabaud. London, [Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey],1770. 2 volumes in-8, tortoiseshell calf, triple fillet, ornate spine, green parts, gilt edges (period binding). First edition of the most radical of Baron d'Holbach's pamphlets, the bible of materialism (Printing of the mind of man, no. 215). The work, which ends with an apology for atheism, provoked a huge reaction, even among philosophers. It was immediately condemned to be burned. A fine copy in tortoiseshell calf.

PIERRE GOLE EBENISTE DE LOUIS XIV - PIERRE GOLE EBENISTE DE LOUIS XIV by Th H Lunsingh Scheurleer - Edition Faton - in slipcase

Albert von Stade "Chronicon Alberti, Abbatis Stadensis, a condito orbe usque ad auctoris aetatem...", Helmstadt Jacobus Lucius 1587, with portrait engraving by Heinrich Rantzau, 3 further small portrait engravings, several vignettes, half vellum binding (traces of use), pages browned and partly stained, occasional small tears, 10 pages with small missing parts (backed with paper). (traces of usage), pages browned and partially stained, some small tears in the pages, 10 pages with small text defects (backed with paper), title page half detached, 18,5 x 15 cm, 4455 - 0124

JOSE MARIA MIJARES (Havana, 1921-2004). "Bird. Oil on canvas. Enclosed certificate María Antonia Cabrera de Mijares. Provenance Doña María Antonia Cabrera de Mijares, widow of the artist. Measurements: 90 x 121 cm; 117 x 150 cm (frame). In this work the autochthonous referents are fused with the formal language learned in Europe to produce works where the characters of the Yoruba pantheon that will populate great part of his later production already appear. The Cuban school of the 20th century was characterized by embracing the European avant-garde and developing, on that basis, a language of its own. This generalized current of artists trained in Europe, who returned to Cuba, meant a great artistic impulse for the country. Thanks to painters who fused their roots and experiences, thus creating a new personal and independent language as can be seen in the representation of this bird. A symbol that was used on several occasions by Mijares, who resorted to the symbolism of the bird as the protagonist of some of his compositions. Mijares, considered one of the great 20th century Cuban and Latin American artists, studied at the San Alejandro National School of Fine Arts in Havana, where he taught. Among his teachers were Romanach, Menocal, Valderrama, Ramon Loy, Caravia and others. It was Mijares himself who recognized that one of his most influential teachers was Ponce, who helped him develop his own style of expression. He was a member of the group Diez Pintores Concretos. Between 1968 and 1973 he was a member of Grupo Gala in Miami, where he settled at the age of 47. He directed Alacrán Azul magazine in Miami. He held his first exhibition at the Havana Lyceum (1947). In the eighties he exhibited in Coral Gables, Florida, where he reiterated his presence. In 1994 the Cuban Museum of Art and Culture of Miami dedicated a retrospective to him. Also the Alfredo Martinez Gallery of Coral Gables would organize an ontological one in 1996. As for group exhibitions, it is worth mentioning his participation in the Venice Biennial of 1952. He is represented at the Cintas Foundation in New York, the Loewe Art Museum, Florida; the Museum of Modern Art of Latin America in Washington, D.C., and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Mijares' well-deserved recognition came mainly from knowing how to harmonize his universal vocation with the search for an autochthonous Cuban language. His works are characterized by illustrating a personal, expressive artistic style, with a special poetics that values at the same time the versatility of his plastic resources and an exquisite sensitivity in handling different themes. Sometimes starting from a colorful postcubism through which he practically enters into abstraction, but without losing the referential thread. The Florida International University awarded Mijares an honorary doctorate in fine arts in December 2001. In 2002, he opened the Mijares Gallery in Coral Gables, where his latest works were exhibited. Attached certificate María Antonia Cabrera de Mijares.

Set of literature books, including: -Plutarque, vie des romains illustre, Alphonse Feillet, ed Hachette, Paris, 1896 -L'amant de la Chine du nord, Marguerite Duras, ed NRF Gallimard, Paris, 1991 -La négresse blonde, Georges Fourest, ed Picart, Paris, 1923 -Hélène Boucher, jeune fille française, Antoine Redier, ed Flammarion, Paris, 1935 -Conférences de l'Odéon, les époques du théâtre français 1636-1850), Ferdinand Brunetière, ed Hachette, Paris, 1896 -Bari chien-loup, James-Olivier Curwood, ed Hachette, Paris, 1938 -Flore des dames, botanique à l'usage des dames et des jeunes personnes, A. Jacquemart, Paris, 1840 -Missel, 1890 -Japoneries d'automne, Pierre Loti, ed Calmann-Lévy, Paris, 1926 -Le moulin du Frau, wood by LJ Soulas, Eugène le Roy, n°93, ed Mornay, Paris, 1927 -Fable de La Fontaine, Paris, 1838, T4 -La maison vide, followed by Le petit Jacques, Jules Clarette, ed Michels et Fils, Paris -Candidat followed by La maitresse, Jules Clarette, ed Michels et Fils, Paris -Les bestiaires, Henry de Montherlant, ed Mornay, Paris, 1926 -Colas Breugnon, Romain Rolland, ed Mornay, Paris, 1927 -Trahisons followed by Hot-House un pour la route, Harold Pinter, ed NRF Gallimard, Paris, 1987 -Sapho, mœurs parisiennes, Alphonse Daudet, Paris -Causes célèbres, ed Charaire et Fils -La deuxième guerre mondiale, L'orage approche, la "drole de guerre", 3 septembre 1939 - 10 mai 1940, Winston S. Churchill, ed Plomn Paris, 1948 -Memoirs of the Second World War, The Grand Alliance, Invaded Russia, January 1 - June 22, 1941, Winston S. Churchill, ed Plom, Paris, 1950 -Chansons sur trois notes, Georges le Fevre, ed Des tablettes Saint-Raphaël, -Deuxième olympique, les onze devant la Porte Dorée, H. de Montherlant, ed Grasset, Paris, 1924 -Lisons ! leçon de lecture et de langue, J. Baudrillard and M. Kuhn, ed. Nathan (as is)

ON THE THEME OF AFRICAN & OCEANIC ART Set of 4 books including: - Ivan BARGAN, L'Afrique, la grande histoire de l'art, le Figaro collections, 2006 - Gérald BERJONNEAU and Jean-Louis SONNERY, Chefs-d'oeuvre inédits, Fondation Dapper, Bordas, 1987 - Jean GUIART, Océanie, L'univers des formes, Gallimard, 1963, Stains and tears on dust jacket - Jacques KERCHACHE, Jean-Louis PAUDRAT and Lucien STEPHAN, L'art africain, éditions Mazenod, 1988, Stains and tears on dust jacket. Overall used condition

MANUSCRIT. - Collection of geographical and historical extracts on Egypt. S.l.n.d.[XIXth century]. Manuscript in-4, red half-chagrin (19th century binding). Interesting manuscript collection concerning the geography, history and antiquities of Egypt (about 500 pages in all). The manuscript includes several extracts (255 pages): relations of military events that took place during the French army's stay, report to the First Consul on the capitulation of Cairo and its evacuation in 1801, state of the troops; extract from Vivant Denon's Voyage dans la haute et basse Égypte in 1802; an abridged description of the main monuments of ancient Egypt; extracts from Recherches sur la langue et la littérature de l'Égypte by Étienne Quatremère, or from Alexandre Lenoir's Nouvelle explication des hiéroglyphes, etc. There is also a Notice géographique sur l'Égypte, la Barbarie orientale, la Nubie et l'Abyssinie (28 pages). The section on Egypt also contains, in another hand, a copy of 18 letters by Champollion the younger on ancient and modern Egypt (230 pages). From the library of Château de Laplagne, with bookplates, including that of M. Laplagne-Barris (1786-1857), a French magistrate who was one of the executors of the Duc d'Aumale's will. Extensive dampstaining to spine, small crack to upper hinge.

[SOISSONS] Set of 8 volumes including: - MARTIN, Henry and JACOB, Paul-L. History of Soissons. Soissons, 1837. 2 volumes. Half-bound. - LEOUX. History of the city of Soissons. Soissons. 1839. 2 volumes. Half-bound. - PERIN. Cahiers du clergé et du Tiers-Etat du baillage de Soissons. Soissons. 1869. 1 volume. - BRULART DE SILLERY, Fabio. Ritual of the Diocese of Soissons. Soissons, 1694. 1 volume. Bound in red morocco. - DUKE OF FITZ-JAMES Instructions pour les dimanches et les festes de l'année. Soissons. 1763. 2 volumes. Calf vellum binding.

MALLARMÉ (Stéphane). Les Poésies. Brussels, Edmond Deman, 1899. In-8, paperback, modern marbled paper folder and slipcase. Partly original edition, decorated with a frontispiece by Félicien Rops. Contains 14 new poems compared with the autographed first edition of 1887. Edition of 150 copies, this one on hollande, not numbered.

Mary Cassatt Autograph Letter Signed to Her Biographer - ALS in French, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 6.5, Mesnil-Beaufresne letterhead, July 30, [no year]. Handwritten letter to writer and art critic Achille Segard, in full (translated): "I am happy to know that I may keep the book for a bit. If I could go over certain parts with you, that would be best, and I hope that I will have the pleasure of seeing you and Mrs. Segard here. If you are not able to come, I will make the corrections on my own. It does not matter what day, if you are able to come. It will be the same to me; just let me know in advance. I would have wished to show you a pastel or two. I am a bit disorganized, having been incapable of working for so long. There is a train to Chars in the mornings, leaving after ten o’clock. I don’t have a timetable at hand, but the train arrives in Chars at 11:29. My best compliments to Mrs. Segard." In fine condition, with light toning along the hinge. In 1913, Achille Segard published 'Mary Cassatt: Un peintre des enfants et des mères,' the earliest biography of the American painter, which was based on a series of interviews with her. She took an active role in the book's writing and publication, as evidenced by her correspondence with Segard.

[HOLBACH (baron d'). L'Enfer détruit ou Examen raisonné du Dogme de l'éternité des peines. London [Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey], 1769. In-12, marbled calf, triple gilt fillet, ornate smooth spine, red titles, marbled edges (contemporary binding). First French edition, translated by Baron d'Holbach (Vercruysse, 1769-D2). Slight rubbing to corners and headpieces, crack to one spine. Bound in: TRAITÉ des trois imposteurs. S.l.n.d. Title page missing.

MANNETTE of antique and bound BOOKS including a vast collection of Renaissance book editions including ROUSSEAU, MONTAIGNE, BOILEAU, RONSARD (etc), Victor HUGO, eight volumes of the "Bibliothèque Portative des Pères de l'Église", "Opuscules de M. l'Abbé Fleury", "Quatre sermons de M. Massillon", "Nouveau Larousse Illustré", "Théatre" by Jean RACINE, ZOLA, RABELAIS. Contained in 7 handles and 5 boxes. MANNETTES ARE SOLD AS IS, EXCLUSIVELY IN THEATRES, WITH NO CLAIMS.

HUYSMANS (Joris-Karl). La Bièvre. Paris, Genonceaux, 1890. In-8, bradel half marbled calf, ornate ribbed spine, brown title page, cons. covers (Ep. binding). Original French edition, published four years after the original published in Amsterdam (1886, in offprints from a Dutch journal, about ten copies). Illustrated with 24 full-page reproductions, including 6 by Tanguy and a facsimile.

Frédéric MASSON Napoleon and his family, Second edition, Paris, 1907. Set of nine volumes. Half morocco (Uncollated, as is).

RODENBACH (Georges). Bruges-la-morte. Paris, L. Carteret, 1900. In-8, brown morocco, gilt frame, ornate ribbed spine, int. frame, gilt edges, cover and spine preserved (Canape 1907). 43 original wood-engraved compositions by Henri Paillard. Copy containing all the bons à tirer, signed in pencil by the publisher Carteret - with occasional small comments: p. 21 "Bon à tirer de ce bois qui est la mort du bois gris! LC". It was offered by the publisher to Mr. Ouivet, with handwritten justification. Prospectus in fine. Handwritten ex-dono. Covers and hinges very rubbed.

Nathanael Greene: Report Letter on the Battle of Guilford Court House - Revolutionary War-dated ALS signed “T. Edwards,” one page both sides, 6.25 x 8, March 31, 1781. Addressed from West Point, New York, a handwritten letter from Thomas Edwards (1753-1806), deputy judge-advocate of the Continental Army, sent to Colonel Henry Jackson, commander of the 16th Massachusetts Regiment. In the letter, Edwards provides details of General Nathanael Greene's report to General Washington after the Battle of Guilford Court House. In part: “His Excellency [General Washington] has rec’d letters from Genl. Greene informing that Genl. Greene on the 16th Ins’t (I think) attacked Lord Cornwallis when a severe engagement ensued, wherein we lost 500 killed & wounded & the Enemy it is said 700. Night put an End to the Contest, both parties retiring from the Field without burying their Dead. Genl. G. intended attacking his Lordship the next Morning but a Storm prevented, he intends it however the first Opportunity - he is superior to Cornwallis, says the Continentals behaved to Admiration, & the Militia as well as could be expected of Militia.” In fine condition. The battle was fought on March 15, 1781, at modern-day Greensboro, North Carolina, where 2,100 British troops under Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis met 4,500 American soldiers commanded by Continental Army Major General Nathanael Greene. Although technically a defeat for the Continental Army, Greene inflicted significant damage on the British Army, resulting in a strategic victory for the Americans and leading up to the British surrender at Yorktown later in the year.

[CHAUMONT] - JUSTE DE LAISTRE. Coutume de Chaumont en Bassigny. Paris. 1733. 1 volume. Calf binding. 2 volumes enclosed: - HERON DE VILLEFOSSE, Etienne. Histoire de l'Abbaye d'Orbais. Paris. 1890. 1 volume. Half-bound. - SCIENCES ET ARTS DE BAR-LE-DUC. Mémoires de la société des lettres. Bar-Le-Duc. 1899. 1 volume. Half-bound.

BECASSINE "L'Automobile" Editions Gauthier-Languereau (Significant wear: wear to binding).

HOTTENROTH "Le Costume" A. Guérinet (with color plates) (incomplete, wear to binding)

6 books on African art, Kerchache/Paudrat/Stéphan "Die Kunst des Schwarzen Afrika", Herder Verlag 1989, 1069 illustrations, Abiodun/Drewal/Pemberton III "The Yoruba Artist", Smithsonian Institution 1994, Frank Willett "African Art", Thames & Hudson 1993, "Die Kunst von Schwarz-Afrika", Kunsthaus Zürich 1971, endpapers with handwritten entry, Franziska Bolz "African Art - Royal Art of Africa", Könemann 2016, various books. Franziska Bolz "African Art - Afrikanische Kunst", Könemann 2016, Armand Duchateau "Benin - Royal Art of Africa", Prestel Verlag 1994, various ins. covers, partial signs of age and wear, 4469 - 0052

LA BIBLE DE JERUSALEM - THE JERUSALEM BIBLE

Claude TILLIER Mon oncle Benjamin, Edition Librairie L. CONQUET, Paris, 1881 Two volumes. Half morocco (Uncollated, as is).

Histoire Romaine - Roman history in 8 toms From the founding of Rome to the battle of Actium

9 catalogs on Saarland art, Fritz Zolnhofer "Malerei und Graphik", Saarland-Museum Saarbrücken 1970, Günter Schwarwath "Miniaturen zur Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte der Saarregion", Verlag "Die Mitte" Saarbrücken 1999, Albert Weisberger "Grenzgänger zwischen Tradition und Moderne", Museum St. Ingbert 2003, "Helmut Collman", exhibition in the Kulturhaus St. Ingbert 1977, H. Reuth "Das schöne Land an der Saar", 64 pictures, Saarbrücken 1928, Hans Leyser "Saarländischer Künstlerbund 1968", Saarbrücken 1968, two catalogs on Walther Weis, plus a catalog of the Moderne Galerie Saarbrücken 1976, various ins. covers, signs of age and wear, 4351 - 0004

J-F. STRAPAROLE Les facétieuses nuits, Edition Jouaust, Paris, 1882. Includes fourteen drawings by J. Garnier etched by Champollion. Set of four volumes. Half morocco. (Uncollated, as is).