{"title":"Salon des Livres Rares \u0026 des Arts Graphiques 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003e94 books, autographs and watercolours specially selected for the Salon des Livres Rares \u0026amp; des Arts Graphiques 2025 (12-15 June) at the Carreau du Temple.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eView the catalogue in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/online.fliphtml5.com\/ijzhx\/qphe\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Catalogue Livres Rares \u0026amp; des Arts Graphiques 2025\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(4, 41, 89);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(4, 41, 89);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ein PDF format here\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"l-a-s-apollinaire-a-marc-bresil","title":"Autograph letter signed, Apollinaire to Marc Brésil","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAPOLLINAIRE Guillaume (1880-1918). Autograph letter signed, around November 1913, to Marc Brésil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 pages In-8. \u003cem\u003eBeautiful letter addressed to the director of Écrits Français concerning his first publication in the review and a quarrel with Roger Allard.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMon cher Brésil, j'ai reçu ce matin votre gentille carte et 2 exemp. des Ecrits. Venez, si vous avez le temps, demain matin 11h 1\/2 mercredi déjeuner. Nous avons pas mal d'explications à nous faire. Que diable ! Je ne peux croire que vous soyez mon ennemi déclaré. Allard va disant que j'ai essayé de lui enlever sa rubrique. Ce qui est un comble ! Pour le demeurant. Beaucoup de fautes dans mon poème et cette ponctuation si inutile ? Mais, je ne vous en veux pas. Je sais combien il est difficile de faire un premier numéro irréprochable en hâte. A vous. Guillaume Apollinaire. D'ailleurs, dans l'ensemble le n° est bien.\u003c\/span\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Director \u003cstrong\u003eMarc Brésil\u003c\/strong\u003e directed the monthly review Écrits Français alongside Louis de Monti de Rézé and Louis de Gonzague Frick. The review was first published on December 5, 1913. \u003cstrong\u003eThe poem that Apollinaire refers to here is \"Un Fantôme de Nuées\"\u003c\/strong\u003e which would appear in the first issue of the review along with Roger Allard's column on the Salon d'Automne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLight folds and small stains not disturbing the text on the back. \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50025346007365,"sku":"0154","price":3800.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/Apollinaire-Autographe-1.jpg?v=1725382628"},{"product_id":"l-a-s-calder-a-nancy","title":"Autograph letter signed, Calder to \"Nancy\"","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCALDER Alexander \"Sandy\" (1898-1976), Autograph letter signed, Paris May 7 1974, to \"Nancy\".\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1 page In-4. \u003cem\u003eAmusing letter from the famous artist about a request for Miro, prior to his exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris on May 17, 1974.\u003c\/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCalder is said to have misplaced his letter to Miro, his long-time friend, about what he would like to do at the Grand Palais during his exhibition. Afraid of offending Miro, he asked Nancy to contact art dealer Daniel Lelong, of the famous Maeght gallery, to brief him and surreptitiously suggest Calder's request to Miro. Finally, he invites Nancy to the Café Saint-Claude, close to the Madison Hotel where he will be staying. \u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Dear Nancy, I have mislaid your letter with the request to Miro - but the point is - he will have a show in the Grand Palais, opening 17 mai, and he will be there. (I think you said you were coming to Paris about that time). Much stronger than I with Miro is Daniel Lelong Galerie Maeght 13 rue de Téhéran Paris 8. It's my galerie too. If you would write Daniel and tell him what I do for you, and ask him to propose what you would like from Miro to do. Daniel is extremely nice, and he can suggest to Miro - what I might miss. We will be in Paris the 15 May, and at the Hotel Madison. 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Vous pouvez venir prendre le petit déjeuner au Café St. Claude (à côté) - mais appelez-nous d'abord. Ciao ! 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Vieillard.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJe dois à ma réclusion d'aller beaucoup mieux et de travailler, ce qu'est le plus grand bonheur de la vie quand on le peut sans avoir la colique en même temps.\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003emon cher ami, je vous embrasse en attendant mon petit renseignement.\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe letter's reverse side bears the address: \u003cem\u003e\"Monsieur Vieillard, député de la Manche, rue du Sentier 22.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53757044916549,"sku":"0265","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/1-image00003.jpg?v=1733150408"},{"product_id":"l-a-s-alfred-de-vigny","title":"Autograph letter signed, Alfred de Vigny","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVIGNY (de) Alfred (1797-1863), Autograph letter signed, June 11, 1855.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3 pages In-8.\u003cem\u003e A polite and gracious letter in which Vigny apologizes for having to postpone a meeting, emphasizing the value he places on his time with the recipient. He proposes rescheduling the meeting for Wednesday, June 13, at 4 p.m., noting that Tuesdays and Thursdays are reserved for the Académie Française.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Lundi\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e11 juin\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1855\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVous m’aviez à peine quitté, monsieur, que j’ai éprouvé un regret infini de vous avoir indiqué lundi, jour où je serai attendu pour des affaires que je ne puis retarder. Voudrez-vous permettre que je vous prie de me donner, en échange, quelques instants de la journée de mercredi prochain, 13, vers 4heures de l’après-midi ? mardi et jeudi, vous le savez, appartiennent à l’académie Française.\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJ’ai crains de vous voir sortir immédiatement de chez vous quoique nous nous trouvions très proches voisins si, comme je le pense, vous demeurez près de monsieur votre père.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCroyez, monsieur, que les aimables intentions que vous m’avez témoignées me sont trop précieuses pour que je les retarde d’un jour, sans regrets et que je n’en suis consolé que pour l’assurance de pouvoir vous écouter et vous voir avec plus de calme et vous témoignez que personne au monde ne saurait être plus disposé que je ne le suis à saisir toute occasion de vous être agréable.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlfred de Vigny\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53757063266629,"sku":"0298","price":400.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/1-image00013.jpg?v=1733150627"},{"product_id":"l-a-s-andre-breton-a-maurice-martin-du-gard","title":"Autograph letter signed, André Breton to Maurice Martin du Gard","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBRETON André (1896-1966), Autograph letter signed, Lorient, August 25, 1923, to Maurice Martin du Gard.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2 pages In-4.\u003cem\u003e An intriguing letter to the founder and director of Nouvelles Littéraires, announcing the imminent release of two significant works: Les Pas perdus and Clair de Terre. Breton expresses his unwavering support for the publication, particularly since Paul Léautaud's involvement.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Mon cher ami,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSamedi 25 août 1923\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVoudriez-vous avoir la gentillesse d'annoncer dans les Nouvelles littéraires deux livres de moi, pour paraître le 15 septembre : d'une part Les Pas perdus, aux éditions de la N.R.F., dans la collection des Documents bleus; d'autre part Clair de Terre, sans éditeur, avec des péchés de Georges de Chirico. Attendez que vous saisissez votre donnant, à tout ce que vous avez, quelques renseignements sur ces deux ouvrages. La première est un recueil d'essais sur les tendances et les hommes de notre temps : dadaïsme, surréalisme, \"esprit nouveau\" surtout envisagé au point de vue morale, etc.\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLautréamont, Jarry, Vaché, Reverdy, Desnos, Picabia, Chirico, Ernst, etc. La seconde réunit la plupart des poèmes que j'ai écrit depuis Les champs magnétiques : Presque tous sont inédits.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSi vous désirez être plus agréable, sachez aussi que la littérature a cessé pour vos lectures, et qu'un double numéro est actuellement sous presse (pour paraître également le 5 septembre). Ce numéro sera spécialement dédié à la poésie. J'entends par cette formule humoristique qu'il ne contiendra que des poèmes, et des poèmes qui, je vous assure, ne ressemblent pas à ceux qu'on a l'habitude de lire, même dans les revues d'avant-garde. Ces poèmes étaient signés de Desnos, Péret, Limbour, Ernst, Picabia, Vitrac, Morise, Nouveau, Eluard, Breton, Delteil, Soupault, Aragon. Le numéro sera récemment illustré par Max Ernst. Vous savez que je suis devenu un de vos plus fidèles lecteurs après que vous ayez assuré la collaboration de M. Paul Léautaud, et que je n'ai pas vu cette occassion de votre bonheur. En souvenir de l'estime que vous vouliez bien me témoigner autrefois, je ne crains pas trop de vous avoir importunés et je vous prie de croire, mon cher ami, à l'expression de ma considération toujours attentive.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAndré Breton\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAndré Breton 24 rue Amiral Courbet\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLorient Morbihan\"\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA slight tear of a few millimeters at the top of the page near the central fold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the collection of Albin Schram\u003c\/strong\u003e, Christie’s 2007, lot 267.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53757084959045,"sku":"0299","price":3000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/1-image00009.jpg?v=1733150925"},{"product_id":"l-a-s-julien-green-a-richard-heyd","title":"A.L.S. Julien Green to Richard Heyd","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGREEN Julien (1900-1998), A.L.S., Paris, November 11, 1946,\u0026nbsp;to Richard Heyd.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2 pages In-4.\u003cem\u003e A beautiful letter to the director of Éditions Ides et Calendes, a major Swiss publisher of André Gide, in which Green discusses his novel Si j’étais vous, which is consuming his time. He also refers to his unpublished work Souvenirs des jours heureux, a text he planned to rewrite in French but which would not be published until 2007 by Éditions Flammarion.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e« Cher Monsieur,\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJ’aurais voulu pouvoir vous répondre plus tôt et, surtout, vous envoyer en même temps que cette lettre le texte dactylographié de mon petit livre, mais la publication de mon roman [si j’étais vous] a commencé en hebdomadaire plus tôt que je ne le prévoyais et je ne trouve dans ma situation dont vous apprécierez la gravité quand je vous dirai que ce roman n’est pas fini. Heureusement, j’ai une avance assez sérieuse, mais lutter de vitesse avec les imprimeurs ne va pas sans une certaine inquiétude. Voulez-vous m’excuser de mon retard et m’accorder un délai pour la remise de mon manuscrit ? Vous y trouverez, je crois, votre avantage, car je me propose de vous donner quelque chose de plus intéressant que les pages purement descriptives que j’avais en vue. Je vous donnerai donc, si vous voulez, le récit de mon enfance à Paris (environ le même nombre de pages que ce que nous avions prévu, plutôt plus que moins).\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIl s’agit du début d’un livre que j’ai écrit en emploi en 1942 et que je compte non traduire, mais réécrire en français avec toute les modifications que cela comporte. (Le livre s’appelle en anglais Memories of Happy Days ; c’est le seul livre que j’ai écrit dans cette langue).\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJe serais heureux d’avoir votre opinion sur ce projet et dans l’attente de vous lire, vous envoie mon souvenir bien amical.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJulien Green »\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53757207937349,"sku":"0300","price":500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/1-image00010.jpg?v=1733152059"},{"product_id":"l-a-s-claude-joseph-rouget-de-lisle-a-un-ami","title":"Autograph letter signed, Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle to a Friend","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eROUGET DE LISLE Claude-Joseph (1760-1836), Autograph letter signed, W.l. the 15 nivose an X [5 january 1802], to a Friend.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1 page In-12. \u003cem\u003eTouching and moving letter expressing his dismay at the vicissitudes of his life: ‘I am sick with grief, in body and spirit’.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003eJe n’ai rien fait, Mon cher,\u0026nbsp;je suis au désespoir et votre lettre que je trouve en rentrant m’achève. La Gr.\u0026nbsp;tout bien réfléchi et par ses raisons qui ne sont que trop plausibles, n’a pu faire ce que je lui demandais.\u0026nbsp;Je rentre accablé de fatigue après n’avoir trouvé que des gens aussi désolés que moi, car la pénurie paraît générale, ou que des gens glacés qui n’ont ni entrailles, ni mémoire. Je suis malade de chagrin, de corps et d’esprit. Je comptais ne pas sortir ce soir, mais je ne puis rester tranquille vous sachant dans la crise où vous êtes, et je vais me mettre à la piste d’une idée qui m’arrive. Si je réussis vous aurez de mes nouvelles demain de bonne heure. Et pour l’ensemble de mon argenterie, on ne m’offre que 800 fr. !\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTraduction:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"I have done nothing, my dear, I am in despair and your letter, which I found on my way home, has finished me off. The Gr., all things considered and for reasons that are only too plausible, has been unable to do what I asked of her. I come home overwhelmed with fatigue, having found only people as desolate as myself, because the shortage seems to be general, or only frozen people who have neither guts nor memory. I'm sick with grief, in body and mind. I hadn't intended to go out this evening, but I can't sit still knowing you're in the crisis you're in, and I'm going to track down an idea that comes to me. If I succeed, you'll hear from me early tomorrow. And they're only offering me 800 francs for all my silver!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRouget de Lisle gave up his military career in 1897, and his financial difficulties began to worsen from 1802 onwards - the year in which he stopped working as a commercial agent.\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54225988682053,"sku":"0420","price":700.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/2-IMG_8520.jpg?v=1740434857"},{"product_id":"les-trois-premiers-livres-de-lhistoire-de-diodore-sicilien-historiographe-gre-translatez-de-latin-en-francoys-par-maistre-anthoine-macault-notaire-secretaire-vallet-de-chambre-ordinaire-du-roy-francoys-premier-de-ce-nom","title":"Les trois premiers livres de l'histoire de Diodore Sicilien, historiographe gre. Translatez de latin en francoys par maistre Anthoine Macault notaire, secretaire \u0026 vallet de chambre ordinaire du roy Francoys premier de ce nom.","description":"\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDIODORUS\u0026nbsp;OF SICILY.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLes trois premiers livres de l'histoire de Diodore Sicilien, historiographe gre. Translatez de latin en francoys par maistre Anthoine Macault notaire, secretaire \u0026amp; vallet de chambre ordinaire du roy Francoys premier de ce nom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParis, Arnoul et Charles Les Angeliers, frères,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e1540.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn-8 (152 x 105 mm), (12) ff., 160 pp., (14) ff.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFull glazed blond calf, double fillet on covers, arms in centre, ribbed spine, gilt iron in centre of boxes, brown leather title page, gilt author and title, fillet on edges, speckled edges, roulette on covers (\u003cem\u003e19th century binding\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUncommon edition of the history of Diodorus of Sicily, translated from Latin by Antoine Macault, who died around 1550.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt was initially translated in April 1535 by Macault, although the royal privilege had been granted on 15 June 1534 to Galliot du Pré and Antoine Augereau. However, it lapsed on the death of the latter, who was burnt on 14 December of the same year. The privilege was then extended without mention of the printer or bookseller on 1 March 1534 (notice BP16_107837).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOur copy is followed by an appendix ‘pour l'intelligence des reductions de talentz à marcs et escuz dor soleil selon le commun cours de ce royaulme en lannée mil cinq cens trente trois et trente quatre, et autres corrections’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA copy bearing the arms of Guillaume Pavée de Vandeuvre (1779-1870).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaper losses skilfully filled in the margins of leaves a1 and a2, healthy halos on two quires.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAngeliers' mark on folio bb4 and last folio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRenouard, ICP, 577.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54937697419589,"sku":"0574","price":700.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_9171.jpg?v=1750072448"},{"product_id":"listhoire-et-les-portraits-des-imperatrices-des-reynes-et-des-illustres-princesses-de-laugsute-maison-daustriche-qui-ont-porte-le-nom-danne","title":"L'isthoire et les portraits des Imperatrices, des reynes, et des illustres princesses de l'augsute maison d'Austriche, qui ont porte le nom d'Anne.","description":"\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePUGET DE LA SERRE, Jean.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eL'isthoire et les portraits des Imperatrices, des reynes, et des illustres princesses de l'augsute maison d'Austriche, qui ont porte le nom d'Anne.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParis, Pierre de Bresche,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e1648.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn-folio (440 x 305 mm), (5) ff., 51 pp., (2) ff.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFull red morocco, double framed with three gilt fillets on the covers, fleurons at the corners of the lower frame, central coat of arms on medallion, ribbed spine decorated with gilt filleting and repetitions of iron and dotted lines, roulette on the edges, gilt edges, marbled endpapers (\u003cem\u003econtemporary binding\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA precious and extremely rare first edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn exceptional copy bearing the arms of Anne of Austria (1601-1666)\u003c\/strong\u003e. Puget de la Serre (1594-1665), a prolific author, ‘cultivated almost all historical and literary genres and composed more than one hundred works which earned him the title of historiographer of France’. (Kokkomelis).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOur copy presents 10 coloured figures representing princesses bearing the first name Anne, with a ruled text. All are enhanced with blue, white, red, green, gold and black inks. The motto is repeated 14 times in a sublime headband with a crowned eagle enhanced with the various inks listed above. In the same way, 14 letterheads, also enhanced, are repeated in the work; 13 letterheads show the letter A (gilt) for Anne with the crowned eagle on a blue background and 1 letterhead shows the letter M (gilt) for Madame with the crowned eagle and two floral representations. There are also 8 bas-de-lampe panels bearing the monogram of Anne of Austria, with its golden crown and floral representations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePuget de la Serre was often scorned by his contemporaries, and the book is one of his many panegyrics. He became a specialist in dedicatory epistles and made them his sole source of income (Banderier) and responded to criticism by saying ‘I am always in a hurry, when it comes to earning money; and I prefer the pistoles that make me live comfortably, to the chimera of a vain glory that would leave me miserable.’ (Banderier). Above all, Puget de la Serre's attention to detail was crucial to his illustrations, from portraits - his preferred mode of representation - to lettering, vignettes, headbands, frontispieces and even the text itself, which he often set off with a line of red or black ink - in this case gilded (Meyer).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFine restorations to corners and spine, paper restorations to pages 9 and 19.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKokkomelis,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLes portraits au service des grands : Jean Puget de la Serre et les temps multiples de l'exemplification historique\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, 385-400, dans : Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature, XLV, n°89, 2018 ; Gille Banderier,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUn faux roman à la clef : Le roman de la cour de Bruxelles de Jean Puget de La Serre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Littératures classiques, 2005, n°51, p.118 ; Véronique Meyer,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUn auteur du XVIIe siècle et l'illustration de ses livres, Jean Puget de La Serre (1595-1665)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Bibliothèque de l'Ecole des Chartes, t.158, 2000, p.27-53.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default 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Instructions pour la Confession et communion à l'usage de la Maison de Madame la Dauphine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eParis: Veuve Mazières et Garnier, 1746.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e8vo (204 × 137 mm). (3) ff., XXXVI, 730 pp., (2) ff. Full red morocco, covers decorated in \u003cstrong data-start=\"432\" data-end=\"449\"\u003efanfare style\u003c\/strong\u003e with gilt arms at centre, spine gilt in compartmented panels with fleur-de-lys tools, gilt rolls at head and foot, gilt edges, gilt roll to board edges and turn-ins; gold dominoté endpapers. Contemporary binding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"664\" data-end=\"875\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"664\" data-end=\"699\"\u003eRare and precious armorial copy\u003c\/strong\u003e bearing the arms of \u003cstrong data-start=\"720\" data-end=\"745\"\u003eMarie-Josèphe de Saxe\u003c\/strong\u003e (1731–1767), wife of Louis, Dauphin of France (son of Louis XV), and mother of \u003cstrong data-start=\"825\" data-end=\"838\"\u003eLouis XVI\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"840\" data-end=\"855\"\u003eLouis XVIII\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"861\" data-end=\"874\"\u003eCharles X\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"877\" data-end=\"981\"\u003eIllustrated with \u003cstrong data-start=\"894\" data-end=\"914\"\u003ethree engravings\u003c\/strong\u003e by \u003cstrong data-start=\"918\" data-end=\"942\"\u003eJean-Baptiste Scotin\u003c\/strong\u003e, known as Scotin le Jeune (1678–1740).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"983\" data-end=\"1144\"\u003eA fine devotional book intended for a royal household, beautifully preserved in its \u003cstrong data-start=\"1067\" data-end=\"1117\"\u003eeighteenth-century red morocco fanfare binding\u003c\/strong\u003e with rich gilt decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1146\" data-end=\"1206\"\u003eSome small restorations; otherwise a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1183\" data-end=\"1205\"\u003every handsome copy\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54946561818949,"sku":"0228","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/14695.jpg?v=1750280003"},{"product_id":"memoires-de-messire-philippe-de-comines-seigneur-dargenton-ou-lon-trouve-lhistoire-des-rois-de-france-louis-xi-et-charles-viii","title":"Mémoires de Messire Philippe de Comines, seigneur d'Argenton, où l'on trouve l'histoire des rois de France Louis XI et Charles VIII","description":"\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eCOMMYNES (de), Philippe. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eMémoires de Messire Philippe de Comines, seigneur d'Argenton, où l'on trouve l'histoire des rois de France Louis XI et Charles VIII.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003eLondon and Paris: Rollin fils, 1747.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e4to (289 × 230 mm). 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