AVRIL. Uzanne, Octave.

L'Ombrelle. Le Gant - Le Manchon.

Paris. A. Quantin. 1883. 8vo. pp. iv, 138. Borders, vignettes and numerous tinted text illustrations by Paul Avril. Contemporary full blue morocco, banded spine. Intricate gilt tooling to turn-ins and edges, marbled endpapers. T.e.g. Original printed silk wrappers preserved, with red ribbon ties.

£350

ref: 25891

BAC. Empis, H. Simonis.

5 albums bound in 1. I. Quelques Tranches de Vie. II. Nos Amoureuses. III. Femmes de Theatre. IV. Modeles d'Artistes. V. Le Triomphe de la Femme.

Paris G. Charpentier & E. Fasquelle, and H. Simonis Empis. 1896-n.d.[c.1900]. 4to. Numerous colour plates. Albums I & II each contain a colour heliogravure signed and numbered by Bac. Bound in contemporary cloth, pages slightly browned.

Album I. Includes illustrations by other artists, such as Couturier, Guillaume, Guydo, Leandre, Lourdey, Malteste, Noury, Simonaire, etc. Album II. Contains a Chanson-Preface by Xanrof, entitled Nos Amoureuses. Album III. Contains a prologue by Yvette Guilbert.

£300

ref: 21110

BAKST.

Feia Kukol / La Fée des Poupées.

St. Petersburg. Golike & Vil'borg. c.1904. 12 colour lithograph postcards after designs by Bakst, several heightened with gilt. Loose as issued in original printed envelope.

Bakst's designs for the costumes for Joseph Bayer's ballet Feia Kukol (The Dolls' Fairy) - first ... (more)

£3,000

ref: 34643

BAKST. Levinson, André.

The Designs of Leon Bakst for The Sleeping Princess.

London. Ben Brothers. 1923. Folio. pp. 18, (2). Illustrated with vignette title, vignette list of plates, portrait of Bakst by Picasso and 54 mounted colour plates on rectos only, each with its own guard leaf with title. Vellum-backed boards. A few small marks on the front cover, forecorners of binding bumped. otherwise a fine copy.

From the edition limited to 1,000 copies.

£2,400

ref: 37497

BATAILLE.

Tetes et Pensees par Henry Bataille.

Paris. Societe d'Editions Litteraires et Artistiques. Librairie Ollendorff. 1901. Folio. Title page, preface leaf & 22 lithographed hors-texte plates by Henry Bataille. Each of the plates has tissue guards printed with sitter's name and appropriate piece of verse. Loose as issued in original cloth-backed portfolio.

A fine collection of Bataille's lithographed portraits of some of the leading French literary ... (more)

£1,000

ref: 25893

BEJOT. Claretie, Jules (Preface).

Du Ier au XXe. Les Arrondissements de Paris. Vingt eaux-fortes originales de Eugene Bejot.

Paris. Societe de Propagation des Livres d'Art. 1903. 4to. pp. (iv), v, (3). With 20 original etchings by Bejot, each tipped onto card. Original publisher's portfolio (worn), with printed title pasted on front.

From the edition limited to 200 copies, with this one of 175 on 'Hollande'.

£2,500

ref: 30169

BELLENGER, Georges. Vigny, Alfred de.

Les Destinées, Précédées de Moïse.

Paris. Edouard Pelletan. 1898. Large 4to. pp. 196, (1). Illustrated with 46 wood-engraved ... (more)

From the edition limited to 350 copies, with this copy number 2 of 2 on Whatman paper. This ... (more)

£3,500

ref: 25395

BONFILS.

Vues de Paris. Bois en couleur gravés par Robert Bonfils.

Paris. Louis Rouart. n.d. (c.1918). Folio. 16 colour woodcuts by Robert Bonfils. Loose as issued in publisher's portfolio.

From the edition limited to 323 copies.

£1,000

ref: 20547

BROUET. Doumergue, Gaston (intro).

Frederic Mistral. Memoires et recits.

Paris. Frederic Gregoire. 1937. 4to. pp. 223. With 43 original etchings by Auguste Brouet, including 15 hors-texte plates. Loose as issued in publisher's wrappers. With chemise and slipcase.

Limited to 220 copies.

£350

ref: 20497

CAPPIELLO & MUCHA.

Les Contemporains Celebres. Album Lefevre-Utile. Premiere Serie. Portraits, autographes, notices biographiques illustrees, portraits humoristiques des celebrites contemporaines.

Paris. Octave Beauchamp. 1904. Large 4to. With 14 hors-texte lithographs by Cappiello illustrating figures such as Sarah Bernhardt, Francois Coppee, Jules Lemaitre, Madame Rejane, and Jules Claretie. Publisher's cloth-backed printed boards. With the medallion of Sarah Bernhardt from a picture by Mucha inserted on front cover.

Together with the colour lithographs by Cappiello, this volume, published by Lefevre-Utile, includes ... (more)

£1,500

ref: 25899

CHAHINE. Colette.

Mitsou. Vingt-six eaux-fortes et pointes-seches de Edgar Chahine.

Paris. La Societe Nouvelle des Editions d'Art Devambez. 1930. 4to. pp. 125, (iv). With 26 original etchings by Chahine, many full-page. Original wrappers, with vellum chemise and slipcase.

Edition limited to 226 copies, with this one of 10 copies printed entirely on japon nacre a la ... (more)

£4,500

ref: 30584

DE LATENAY. Homer.

Nausikaa. Traduction de Leconte de Lisle.

Paris. H. Piazza & Cie. 1899. Large 4to. With 22 full page plates, 22 borders and 24 vignettes, initials and culs-de-lampe engraved in colour. All the decorations are by Gaston de Latenay. Original pictorial wrappers, inner hinge cracked, otherwise a very fine copy.

From the edition limited to 400 copies, with this one of 330 copies on vélin. This story is an ... (more)

£1,800

ref: 20466

FREIDA. Sophocle.

Oedipe Roi. Compositions et ornements de Raphael Freida.

Paris. Librairie de la Collection des Dix. 1922. Folio. With numerous engraved hors-texte plates as well as cul-de-lampe and vignette illustrations. Loose as issued in wrappers. With chemise and slipcase.

UNIQUE COPY marked copy no.1 on the colophon, printed entirely on Japon Imperial with all the ... (more)

£10,000

ref: 29077

IBELS.

Le Centenaire de Robert Macaire.

c.1920. Maquette for unpublished project, consisting of 40 original drawings and sketches by ... (more)

A fascinating collection of original drawings and preparatory sketches by Ibels, designed to ... (more)

£4,500

ref: 26640

LEGRAND, Louis.

Les Bars.

(1900). Folio. With 40 original etchings by Louis Legrand, including one in colour. Bound in red full Jansenist morocco, banded spine, slipcase. Crimson satin doublures and endpapers. A.e.g. (Noulhac).

This copy from the Henri Beraldi collection. A fine album of 40 Louis Legrand etchings (19 from ... (more)

£60,000

ref: 37483