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  • Les petits métiers de Paris. Société d’éditions littéraires et artistiques. by DOUCET, Jérôme. DOUCET, Jérôme. ~ Les petits métiers de Paris. Société d’éditions littéraires et artistiques. Paris: Librairie Paul Ollendorff, [c.1900].
    First edition of a charming illustrated guide by the bibliophile journalist–photographer Jérôme Doucet (1865–1957) to the various ‘little trades’ plied on the streets of turn-of-the-century… (more)

    First edition of a charming illustrated guide by the bibliophile journalist–photographer Jérôme Doucet (1865–1957) to the various ‘little trades’ plied on the streets of turn-of-the-century Paris, from tram rail cleaner to map seller, lamplighter to bootblack, cigar end collector to saw sharpener, marshmallow vendor to bill sticker, ragmen and organ grinders to women carding stuffing for mattresses, people renting chairs or toy boats, or selling ice cream, or chestnuts, or chickweed, or mistletoe, or lettuce, or soup. And, naturally, les bouquinistes.

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  • Les Demi-cabots, le café-concert, le cirque, les forains. Textes de Georges d’Esparbès, André Ibels, Maurice Lefèvre, Georges Montorgueil. by IBELS, Henry-Gabriel. IBELS, Henry-Gabriel. ~ Les Demi-cabots, le café-concert, le cirque, les forains. Textes de Georges d’Esparbès, André Ibels, Maurice Lefèvre, Georges Montorgueil. Paris: [Evreux: Charles Hérissey for] G. Charpentier et E. Fasquelle, 1896.
    First edition of this classic belle époque survey of the culture of the café-concert and the circus. Ibels was one of the major commercial graphic… (more)

    First edition of this classic belle époque survey of the culture of the café-concert and the circus. Ibels was one of the major commercial graphic artists of the period and a collaborator of Toulouse-Lautrec’s.

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  • Les Musées municipaux. by QUENTIN-BAUCHART, Maurice. QUENTIN-BAUCHART, Maurice. ~ Les Musées municipaux. Paris: Librairie Renouard, H. Laurens, éditeur, 1912.
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    First edition.

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  • Le nouveau Bois de Boulogne et ses alentours. Histoire, description et souvenirs … Ouvrage illustré de 26 vignettes de Thérond. by [BOIS DE BOULOGNE.] LOBET, J. [BOIS DE BOULOGNE.] LOBET, J. ~ Le nouveau Bois de Boulogne et ses alentours. Histoire, description et souvenirs … Ouvrage illustré de 26 vignettes de Thérond. Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie, 1856.
    First edition of an illustrated pocket guide to Paris’s new park, published in the series ‘Bibliothèque des chemins de fer’. (more)

    First edition of an illustrated pocket guide to Paris’s new park, published in the series ‘Bibliothèque des chemins de fer’.

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  • [ANTIBES and PARIS. Sketchbook. by [TRUEFITT, George]. [TRUEFITT, George]. ~ [ANTIBES and PARIS. Sketchbook. 1886-1889].
    A sketchbook made by British architect, George Truefitt (1824-1902), first at Antibes and then in Paris, recording architectural details as well as general views and… (more)

    A sketchbook made by British architect, George Truefitt (1824-1902), first at Antibes and then in Paris, recording architectural details as well as general views and other sights of interest. There are some delightful details of Closebrooks, the Antibes villa he had designed for banker and businessman William Brooks Close, together with several metalwork details.

    Truefitt travelled to the 1889 Exposition at the invitation of Brooks and his wife. In this album he made a brief journal of his visit, and preserved 25 excellent sketches. The first is an amusing sketch of ladies lying head-to-head on a shipboard saloon bench, while the others are mainly architectural views including of the Eiffel Tower seen from his hotel room at Maurice’s; architectural details of the chateau at Fontainebleau; some from the Hôtel de Cluny and metalwork details from the Trocadéro as well as a few other small sketches of people. There is an especially good view of the crowded exhibition around the dome of the Trocadéro sketched from his lunch table at Spiers and Pond’s restaurant. The journal and drawings are pasted into a sketchbook which also includes a sketch journal of his earlier visit to Antibes in 1886.

    Truefitt was prolific in his contribution to Victorian British architecture, best known for his work at Tufnell Park in London, for numerous country churches and for his remodelling of the Brooks estate at Glen Tanar in Scotland.

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  • Picturesque Views of public Edifices in Paris. By Messrs. Segard [sic] and Testard. Aquatinted, in Imitation of the Drawings, by Mr. Rosenberg. by (PARIS). SERGENT-MARCEAU, Antoine-François, & François-Martin TESTARD. (PARIS). SERGENT-MARCEAU, Antoine-François, & François-Martin TESTARD. ~ Picturesque Views of public Edifices in Paris. By Messrs. Segard [sic] and Testard. Aquatinted, in Imitation of the Drawings, by Mr. Rosenberg. London: Printed by J. Moyes … for Gale, Curtis, and Fenner … and Samuel Leigh … 1814.
    First edition in this form; a second edition followed in 1815. It was also issued uncoloured. ‘At least 14, and very probably all of the… (more)

    First edition in this form; a second edition followed in 1815. It was also issued uncoloured. ‘At least 14, and very probably all of the plates, are copies of images published around 1790 in an octavo suite, called Vues pittoresques des principaux édifices de Paris, “by Le Campion, Guyot, Roger, Guillot, Belley, Mlle Guyot, after Testard and Sergent” (see NUC). The last two are identifiable as the Parisian artists and engravers François Martin Testard (active 1790–1819) and Antoine François Sergent-Marceau (1751–1847), with “Segard” on the title-page probably being an error for “Sergent”’ (Library Hub Discover).
    ‘The City of Paris has always been an object of much interest to the Traveller. Recent events, which have filled every mind with astonishment, gratitude, and joy, have rendered the Metropolis of France, now enriched with the choicest spoils of conquest, and the noblest specimens of art, doubly interesting. From every neighbouring kingdom, and especially from the shores of Britain, thousands have eagerly flocked to that Capital, formerly the scene of the most horrible atrocities, now the depository of the most valuable treasures’ (Advertisement).
    Abbey, Travel 104; Tooley, English Books with Coloured Plates 1790 to 1860, 448.

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  • Les Dimanches parisiens. Notes d’un décadent. by MORIN, Louis. Auguste LEPÈRE, illustrator. MORIN, Louis. Auguste LEPÈRE, illustrator. ~ Les Dimanches parisiens. Notes d’un décadent. Paris: [Lahure & Wittmann for] L. Conquet, 1898.
    First edition of this lighthearted account of the typical Parisian Sunday, with superb etched vignettes by Lepère depicting picnics, rambles, cycling, drinking, dining and boating,… (more)

    First edition of this lighthearted account of the typical Parisian Sunday, with superb etched vignettes by Lepère depicting picnics, rambles, cycling, drinking, dining and boating, complete with an original sketch for the first vignette, initialled by the artist. Number 50 of 250 copies. While Lepère is best known for his work in the revival of the woodcut in France, his immense talent in other media, including etching is attested by his many book illustrations. This deluxe copy, bound by Lenoë, has an inlaid engraved stone plaquette, evidently the work of Lepère, and perhaps an experimental or trial plate - its smooth surface has been incised in the manner of a woodcut (suggesting a soft stone like soapstone or alabaster) and inked. It depicts a tavern or dining room scene with diners, drinkers and a breastfeeding mother in the foreground. Carteret IV, 294. ‘Dernière et très belle publication de cet éditeur, très cotée... maintenant que le livre est très coté, on peur dire que c’est une des meillures et des plus pittoresques de l’artiste, la plus importante avec des eaux-fortes’.

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  • Paris en 1860. Les théâtres de Paris depuis 1806 jusqu’en 1860 … Illustré de 15 dessins par Bourdelin. by VÉRON, Louis. VÉRON, Louis. ~ Paris en 1860. Les théâtres de Paris depuis 1806 jusqu’en 1860 … Illustré de 15 dessins par Bourdelin. Paris: Librairie nouvelle … A. Boudilliat et Cie 1860.
    First edition: a survey of the city in 1860 (its buildings and infrastructure, ),with long sections on the Asile impérial de Vincennes, founded in 1855… (more)

    First edition: a survey of the city in 1860 (its buildings and infrastructure, ),with long sections on the Asile impérial de Vincennes, founded in 1855 for convalescent workers, the Maison Eugène-Napoléon, a school for poor girls set up in 1858, and the history of Paris’s theatres after Napoleon limited the number of theatres in the city to twelve, then eight.
    Vicaire V, 1021.

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  • Christ as the Man of Sorrows supported by two angels standing in a chalice or grail. by [THE TRIUMPH OF THE EUCHARIST, [THE TRIUMPH OF THE EUCHARIST, ~ Christ as the Man of Sorrows supported by two angels standing in a chalice or grail. Italian, in the style of Remondini family, ?Bassano, later seventeenth century].
    The holy grail — the crucified Christ standing within a chalice, his wound from the soldier’s spear bleeding freely into it, his arms supported by… (more)

    The holy grail — the crucified Christ standing within a chalice, his wound from the soldier’s spear bleeding freely into it, his arms supported by angels. A host of kneeling figures with candles, one swinging a censer kneel on either side. The lower panel depicts the Last Supper (complete with a small dog) with the text: ‘Sia laudato il santissimo sacramento’ (’Let the most holy sacrament be praised’). Early Christian tradition held that Christ’s blood was collected by Mary Magdalen at the time of the crucifixion in a vessel, though in images like this the symbolism is developed to depict blood flowing directly into the chalice in which Christ stands, emphasising the traditional connection between this vessel and the cup used at the Last Supper, and expressing the essence of transubstantiation at the Eucharist.

    The image may be comprised of two woodblocks, though the borders are continuous around the whole print. Though probably dating from the seventeenth century, the block was clearly old when this impression was made, it shows some degradation, cracking and several circular wormholes. The area around Christ’s face is notably rubbed and soiled, possibly from kissing or touching as a mark of pious veneration.

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  • NAUDET, Caroline. ~ La petite Bouche. Paris: Alexandre Tessier, successeur de Mme Veuve Chereau, rue St Jacques, no. 10, [1823].
    Caroline Naudet (1775-1839), one of the very few female caricaturists of her era, she was the daughter of the caricaturist Thomas-Charles Naudet. She is known… (more)

    Caroline Naudet (1775-1839), one of the very few female caricaturists of her era, she was the daughter of the caricaturist Thomas-Charles Naudet. She is known as the artist of some 25 separate satirical prints c. 1817-1823. The plate depicts an older well-dressed lady sitting for an urbane looking artist. The caption reads:

    ‘Une dame de qualite faisant faire son portrait s'efforcait de se retrecir la bouche l'artiste s'en appercut et lui dit pour peu que madame le veuille je n'en ferait pas du tout’ (A lady of quality having her portrait done was trying to narrow her mouth. The artist noticed this and said to her, if Madam would like it, I won’t paint it at all). Benezit III, 347.

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  • Parables of our Lord. by [HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel]. [HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel]. ~ Parables of our Lord. London: Longman & Co., 1847.
    First edition, an excellent copy, of one of the earliest of Humphreys’ well known medieval revivalist publications, entirely printed in colour in imitation of illuminated… (more)

    First edition, an excellent copy, of one of the earliest of Humphreys’ well known medieval revivalist publications, entirely printed in colour in imitation of illuminated manuscripts. Parables of our Lord was issued both in this elaborate stamped black calf binding and a heavier papier mâché binding. The latter often broke the gutta percha binding of the book, leaving the pages loose. In this calf copy all pages are secure.

    The colophon reads: ‘In designing the ornaments to the sacred parables contained in this volume, the illuminator has sought to render them in each instance appropriate. The work of illumination was commenced on the first day of May the year of Our Lord MDCCCXLV and terminated on the tenth day of Febry. MDCCCXLVI. HNH.’ McLean, Victorian Publishers’ Book-bindings in Paper p. 13, 51; McLean, Victorian Book Design and Colour Printing (2nd ed.) p. 99-103 and 210.

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  • Retour de l’enfant prodique Évangile selon saint Luc. by BERQUE, Jean, illustrator. BERQUE, Jean, illustrator. ~ Retour de l’enfant prodique Évangile selon saint Luc. [Paris: Philippe Gonin for Gustave-Édouard Gentil, 7 April 1933.
    A superb version, with original illustrations, of the parable of the Return of the Prodigal Son, from the Gospel of St Luke. Number 6 of… (more)

    A superb version, with original illustrations, of the parable of the Return of the Prodigal Son, from the Gospel of St Luke. Number 6 of just 25 copies, each with 16 original signed gouaches by Berque, this being copy number VI.

    Jean Berque (Reims, 1896 – Paris, 1954), painter and illustrator, was son of a Champagne wine producer. A student of the Nabis, Félix Vallotton, Maurice Denis and Paul Sérusier, he was one of the first members of the Union Rémoise des Arts Décoratifs and created the Stations of the Cross for the Saint-Nicaise church in Reims. Renowned for his nudes, he exhibited at the Salon d’Automne from 1924 to 1928 and at the Salon des Tuileries between 1927 and 1934. He is best known as a book illustrator and collaborated with François-Louis Schmied (whose inspiration is clear in this work), Philippe Gonin and the Gonin brothers, from Lausanne. He illustrated works by André Gide, Pierre Louys, Colette, Montherlant, André Maurois, Paul Claudel, Anna de Noailles and Paul-Jean Toulet, as well as The Song of Songs.

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  • Librairie Dorbon-Ainé. [Tradecard]. by ROBIDA, Albert, illustrator. ROBIDA, Albert, illustrator. ~ Librairie Dorbon-Ainé. [Tradecard]. [Paris, n.d., c. 1910].
    A superb rendition of the temptations familiar to bibliophiles. A collector, seated on the library steps of a well-stocked Parisian book shop is assailed on… (more)

    A superb rendition of the temptations familiar to bibliophiles. A collector, seated on the library steps of a well-stocked Parisian book shop is assailed on all sides by monsters and mythical birds and animals offering books in irresistible bindings. This is a characteristic biblio-fantasy by Robida, best known for his futuristic graphic science fictions, such as Le Vingtième Siècle (1883), La Guerre au vingtième siècle (1887) and Le Vingtième siècle. La vie électrique (1890)

    Dorbon-Ainé, founded by Louis Dorbon in 1900 was a major Parisian bookshop and publisher, trading in the early twentieth century from the prominent Left Bank location at 53 quai des Grands Augustins. As booksellers, Dorbon specialised in esoteric and occult literature but also published the works of authors such as Xavier Marcel Boulestin, Maurice Des Ombiaux, Claude Farrère, Camille Saint-Saëns, and René Boylesve as well as Jules Lemaître, Claude Debussy, Francis de Miomandre, and the comtesse de Noailles.

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  • Produits Lithographiques [Tradecard]. by (LITHOGRAPHY). RANÇON, C. & L. (LITHOGRAPHY). RANÇON, C. & L. ~ Produits Lithographiques [Tradecard]. [Paris]: C. & L. Rançon, 18 rue Séguier, [n.d., c. 1890s].
    An attractive card showing a fashionable young lady browsing a portfolio of lithographs and advertising ‘Lithographie, Autographie, Taille-Douce’. The Rançon firm sold all manner of… (more)

    An attractive card showing a fashionable young lady browsing a portfolio of lithographs and advertising ‘Lithographie, Autographie, Taille-Douce’. The Rançon firm sold all manner of lithographic supplies, advertising them in the brochure Fabrique spéciale de produits pour la lithographie, autographie, taille-douce (1894) as well as teaching lithography.

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  • [Painted miniature on vellum. by (DEVOTION) (DEVOTION) ~ [Painted miniature on vellum. ?France, late eighteenth century].
    A very finely painted devotional miniature with emblems of the Passion and Ressurection: a broken tree (with fire), a flaming heart, discard crowns, rosaries and… (more)

    A very finely painted devotional miniature with emblems of the Passion and Ressurection: a broken tree (with fire), a flaming heart, discard crowns, rosaries and a cross. In the background are leafy tress and a convent. In the sky is a glowing rebus and a tiny gold butterfly. The text below reads ‘Vuide [sic for ‘vide’] de tout hormis dieu fait son bonheur en ce bas lieu’, the second part of the phrase being rewritten over an erasure. The text, though not identical recalls that of Pascal’s Passion (’Oubli du monde et de tout, hormis Dieu’) — the text recalling his vision of 1654 found sewn into the lining of his coat found on his death.

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  • Manuel des jeunes artistes et amateurs en peinture. by BOUVIER, P[ierre] L[ouis]. BOUVIER, P[ierre] L[ouis]. ~ Manuel des jeunes artistes et amateurs en peinture. Strasbourg and Paris: F. G. Levrault, 1827.
    First edition of a sophisticated manual for young artists, several times reprinted and translated, with first edition very scarce. The largest number of Bouvier’s sequential… (more)

    First edition of a sophisticated manual for young artists, several times reprinted and translated, with first edition very scarce. The largest number of Bouvier’s sequential lessons consider the grinding and mixing of oil colours, with very detailed instructions for proportions of ingredients. The large lithograph plates are equally detailed, showing grinding tools and methods, the ideal colour box, easels, brushes and a well organised palette. Pierre-Louis Bouvier (1765–1836) was one of the most gifted miniaturists of his era. ‘Pierre Louis Bouvier studied under Fabre in Geneva and Vestier in Paris. He established himself in Geneva as a miniaturist, inventing a colour-grinding machine and publishing a Young Artists' and Amateur Painters' Handbook, which became a classic and was translated into German and English. In 1828, Bouvier took over from Reverdin as director of the Geneva École de Figure, a post he held until his death. His best-known works are his portraits of Empress Josephine (private collection), Mme de Staël, Lalime the Engraver, his Self-portrait and his portrait of The Artist's Children (Geneva) and the portrait of John Rocca (Geneva)’ (Benezit).

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  • [Manuscript pedigree]. by (HERALDRY). OFFLEY of Madeley. (HERALDRY). OFFLEY of Madeley. ~ [Manuscript pedigree]. [England, c. 1615].
    An early seventeenth-century heraldic pedigree of the Offley family of Madeley (Staffordshire) with the arms of their prominent dynasty of London guildsmen, which include Henry… (more)

    An early seventeenth-century heraldic pedigree of the Offley family of Madeley (Staffordshire) with the arms of their prominent dynasty of London guildsmen, which include Henry Offley (d. 1613) who had married Mary, the daughter of Sir John White Lord Mayor of London; and Thomas Offley (1501-1582), a successful wool and cloth merchant — Lord Mayor of London in 1556. Also in the lineage is Stephen Jenyns (1453-1523) another important London Lord Mayor with Wolverhampton origins whose arms are accompanied by an elaborate cartouche noting his mayoralty. An early docket on the verso (legible with ultra-violet light) reads: ‘The Pedigree of Stephen Jenings’.

    The youngest member of the Offley family shown is John (b. 1586). He was educated at Middle Temple and married in 1605. He was knighted in April 1615, served as sheriff of Staffordshire in 1616-17 and was a magistrate for the county by 1621. 1625-6 he was MP for Stafford. Another contemporary version of the pedigree is described in the Staffordshire Visitation of 1614:

    ‘Quarterly — 1. Argent, on a cross fleurettée azure a lion passant-guardant or [OFFLEY]; 2. Azure, a chevron between two eagles displayed in chief and a lion passant in base or [NECHELLS]; 3. Argent, a chevron gules between three plummets sable [JENNINGS]; 4. Azure, a tiger passant or [LANE]. CREST— A demi-lion rampant-guardant or, holding an olive branch vert, fructed gold’ (’Heraldic Visitations of Staffordshire in 1614 and 1663-64’, in History of Staffordshire, 1884).

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  • LYDIS, Mariette, illustrator. Erik-Ernst SCHWABACH. ~ Miniaturen in Liebesbillete gesetzt von Erik-Ernst Schwabach. [Die verliebten Billete des Prinzen Salamud]. Potsdam: Müller & Co, [ 1924].
    First edition. A striking early Lydis production. Each plate is accompanied by an exotic love lyric by Schwabach (publisher, author and patron of Expressionism) ‘Die… (more)

    First edition. A striking early Lydis production. Each plate is accompanied by an exotic love lyric by Schwabach (publisher, author and patron of Expressionism) ‘Die verliebten Billete des Prinzen Salamu’. The 18 plates reproduce Lydis’ orientalist miniatures in collotype and lithograph with gold and silver. The Müller firm had been established at Potsdam 1919 by Irmgard Kiepenheuer and Hans Müller. Kiepenhauer was an important figure in the artistic world of Weimar Berlin, hosting a cultural salon in Potsdam and being in personal contact with the most important contemporary artists — including many from the Bauhaus in Weimar. The firm issued several influential portfolios showcasing artists such as Max Beckmann, George Grosz, Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Oskar Kokoschka, Max Pechstein, Christian Rohlfs, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. One of 1100 copies (of which 100 were signed).

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  • James Dearden: A John Ruskin Collection. by JUSTIN CROFT ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS. JUSTIN CROFT ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS. ~ James Dearden: A John Ruskin Collection. [Faversham]: 2024.
    First edition. A descriptive catalogue of the lifetime collection of James Dearden (1931-2021) devoted to John Ruskin. Containing a near-comprehensive set of all important early… (more)

    First edition. A descriptive catalogue of the lifetime collection of James Dearden (1931-2021) devoted to John Ruskin. Containing a near-comprehensive set of all important early editions of Ruskin’s works, manuscripts, letters, photographs, ephemera, Ruskiniana and a reference collection (345 item). With introductory essays by Stuart Eagles (’Ruskin Today’) and Stephen Wildman (a biographical appreciation of James Dearden). Catalogue text by Justin Croft and Jonathan Stone.

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  • Assemblée générale. by BOURNAZEL, Diane de. BOURNAZEL, Diane de. ~ Assemblée générale. Marliac, 2024.
    Conventional politics is rarely expressed in De Bournazel’s work, which tends to explore more universal experience. But occasionally it emerges, if only by allusion. Created… (more)

    Conventional politics is rarely expressed in De Bournazel’s work, which tends to explore more universal experience. But occasionally it emerges, if only by allusion. Created in a particularly turbulent year in French culture and politics Assemblée générale bears a couple of teasing red and blue brush strokes on the cover label. Inside, however, the Assemblée générale envisaged by the artist feels like an interior politics rather than any played out in the machinery of the French state — densely populated, variegated and unsettling.

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