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Each entry describes the binding in detail: material, decoration, signature; the name of the workshop is clickable and leads to its page, where all the bindings by that workshop that have passed through the bookshop can be found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJansenist morocco, marbled calf, mosaic decoration, or box-calf creations by modern workshops: the filters allow browsing by material, century, or price - or combining with first editions and authors' inscriptions.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hugo-victor-bug-jargal","title":"Bug-Jargal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[HUGO, Victor]. Bug-Jargal par l'auteur de Han d'Islande.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUrbain Canel\u003c\/em\u003e, 1826\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-12 (156 x 105 mm): [4] ff., iv-386 pp., cat., [2] ff. Full red Jansenist morocco, spine with false ribbing, title and author in gilt, double gilt fillet on the edges, gilt edges, gilt lace on the endpapers (\u003cem\u003eCuzin\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCopy printed on laid paper after a few copies on vellum paper, in its binding signed Cuzin (1836-1890). Francisque Cuzin was a bookbinder in Paris from 1861 and died in 1890. The workshop closed definitively in 1939.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVictor Hugo's first novel, the novel was published when he was still a teenager in \"Le Conservateur Littéraire\" and signed simply with \"M\". 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Full brown morocco decorated with empty irons mosaicked in fawn morocco, gilt fillet framing the covers, arms stamped in the center, ribbed spine decorated with the arms, boxes framed in fawn morocco, title, author and date in gilt, counterguards lined with fawn morocco framed by a gilt fillet. Pastiche of a fanfare binding from the end of the 16th century accompanied by its cardboard case (\u003cem\u003ePlumelle\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eVery rare first edition of the great poet Guillaume Salluste Du Bartas, whose didactic epic in verse of the biblical story of Genesis presented here had an immense success throughout Europe. This success is mainly due to the use of Alexandrines as well as the mixture of styles, particularly innovative for the time, which are the epic, scientific, religious and didactic poetry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eLike the editions that followed, all the 16th century editions are rare (Labarère 498).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThe original edition presented here was described in the Bulletin du Bibliophile (issue III) of 1983 - as being type B of which only 2 copies were known at the time of the article. Today, 9 are listed in public libraries (USTC 2608). Type B is recognizable by the presence of the sonnet on the back of the leaf \u003cem\u003eAu Lecteur\u003c\/em\u003e , signed with the initials \"JDCH.\" (Joseph du Chesne) as well as the typographical error on page 223 incorrectly printed \"323\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book comes from the \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eJean-Paul Barbier Mueller Library\u003c\/span\u003e (1930-2016). A great collector of objects from Africa and Southeast Asia, he was also a knowledgeable bibliophile and a great specialist in 16th century poetry and history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49803953996101,"sku":"0168","price":4800.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/DuBartas-08.jpg?v=1721833920"},{"product_id":"maupassant-de-guy-en-famille","title":"En Famille","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMAUPASSANT (de) Guy. En Famille\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis\u003c\/em\u003e, A. \u003cem\u003eBlaizot\u003c\/em\u003e, 1905.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn-4 (268 x 180 mm): [2] ff., 74 pp. [1] f. 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The last two volumes contain \u003cstrong data-start=\"1673\" data-end=\"1720\"\u003esix plays published here for the first time\u003c\/strong\u003e, “which had remained unpublished” (\u003cem data-start=\"1756\" data-end=\"1771\"\u003eBibl. moliér.\u003c\/em\u003e): \u003cem data-start=\"1774\" data-end=\"1817\"\u003eDom Garcie de Navarre ou Le Prince jaloux\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1819\" data-end=\"1846\"\u003eL’Impromptu de Versailles\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1848\" data-end=\"1881\"\u003eDom Juan ou le Festin de pierre\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1883\" data-end=\"1894\"\u003eMélicerte\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1896\" data-end=\"1919\"\u003eLes Amans magnifiques\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem data-start=\"1925\" data-end=\"1952\"\u003eLa Comtesse d’Escarbagnas\u003c\/em\u003e (Tchemerzine).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1969\" data-end=\"2080\"\u003eOne corner slightly bumped; an old library mark to Vol. VIII; otherwise a very handsome and well-preserved set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2082\" data-end=\"2487\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2082\" data-end=\"2097\"\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2097\" data-end=\"2100\"\u003e– \u003cem data-start=\"2102\" data-end=\"2113\"\u003ePaul Adam\u003c\/em\u003e (1862–1920), novelist and art critic, close friend of Jean Lorrain (himself engaged in the famous 1897 duel with Marcel Proust), with his bookplate in Vol. I.\u003cbr data-start=\"2272\" data-end=\"2275\"\u003e– Several contemporary \u003cstrong data-start=\"2298\" data-end=\"2309\"\u003eex-dono\u003c\/strong\u003e inscriptions (title-pages of Vols. 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It comprises press clippings of the \u003cstrong data-start=\"2483\" data-end=\"2508\"\u003efirst eleven chapters\u003c\/strong\u003e as serialised in \u003cem data-start=\"2526\" data-end=\"2542\"\u003eLe Bien public\u003c\/em\u003e; the \u003cstrong data-start=\"2548\" data-end=\"2572\"\u003eautograph manuscript\u003c\/strong\u003e of Gautier’s obituary of \u003cstrong data-start=\"2598\" data-end=\"2617\"\u003ePhiloxène Boyer\u003c\/strong\u003e (published in the \u003cem data-start=\"2636\" data-end=\"2656\"\u003eRevue des Théâtres\u003c\/em\u003e); an envelope of the \u003cem data-start=\"2678\" data-end=\"2698\"\u003eMoniteur universel\u003c\/em\u003e addressed to Gautier; an engraved portrait by \u003cstrong data-start=\"2745\" data-end=\"2766\"\u003eCélestin Nanteuil\u003c\/strong\u003e; a biographical notice from the \u003cem data-start=\"2799\" data-end=\"2816\"\u003eMusée universel\u003c\/em\u003e; and several other contemporary documents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2861\" data-end=\"3470\"\u003eA pencilled note attributes the ensemble to the library of \u003cstrong data-start=\"2920\" data-end=\"2941\"\u003ePhilothée O’Neddy\u003c\/strong\u003e (Théophile Dondey, 1811–1875), one of the \u003cem data-start=\"2984\" data-end=\"3009\"\u003eromantiques frénétiques\u003c\/em\u003e and an early companion of Gautier, to whom Gautier devotes a full chapter (pp. 62–69). 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