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Louis-François Du Bois. Recherches historiques et physiologiques sur la guillotine, et détails sur Sanson : ouvrage rédigé sur pièces officielles. Paris, France, 1843. In-8°. 35, [1] pages, one plate in fine. Contemporary pink half-percaline, long gilt title on spine. […]
Leendert Jurriaan Jordaan (1885-1980). De openbare Terechtstellingen in Frankrijk. [In English : Public executions in France]. 1789 – „ Fiat Iustita” [sic]– 1909. Black grease pencil drawing heightened with white, signed lower right Jodaan’09. 1909. Dim : 33 x […]
Charles Malo. L’Ami des Jeunes Demoiselles. Paris, Louis Janet, no date [1824]. In-18 (11,5 x 7,5 cm). Illustrated title, 143 pp, [1] p. of table, [4] pp. of calendar for the year 1825. 6 lithographed engravings under serpents out […]
Le Figaro . L’Expédition du Tonkin racontée par les Chinois. Sunday Supplement. Saturday 28 June 1884. 4 pp. in-folio (64 x 44 cm), 1st and 4th colored. Fine example of Chinese false propaganda denounced by the French press. With […]
Iroé-Grego. La Véritable Magie noire, ou le Secret des Secrets. Manuscrit trouvé à Jérusalem, dans le sépulcre de Salomon. Contenant : I° Quarante-cinq Talismans avec leurs Gravures, ainsi que la manière de s’en servir, et leurs merveilleuses propriétés […]
35 Miniature almanacs (around 5,5 x 3,8 cm). Year 1906, 1929, 1931 to 1933, 1935 to 1940, 1947, 1956 and 1959. Dijon mainly, Versailles and Paris. Illustrated covers, various techniques (stencil, lithograph, gouache, etc.), some signed. Illustrated metal […]
[Louis Gabriel Bourdon]. Le Parc au cerf, ou l’Origine de l’affreux déficit. Paris, no name, l’an deuxième de la liberté 1790. In-8°. 187 pp. Frontispiece and 3 hors-texte engraved plates. [Preceded by :] [Antoine Mongez]. Vie privée du Cardinal […]
Anonymous French playing card set, undated (circa 1850). 32 cards (complete). Etching and watercolor, pink back with tangled patterns. Size: 9.3 x 6.5 cm. The zoomorphic figures of diamonds and hearts are in the vein of Grandville, while […]
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (Lausanne,1859-Paris,1923). Study of cats. Original drawing in black pencil, signed “Steinlen” lower right. 20.8 x 15.1 cm at sight. Circa 1890. Coaster in an antique frame of gilt palmettes. A beautiful and amusing feline variation on […]
André Gill. Les Chansons des grues et des boas. Paris, chez tous les libraires [A. Parent], 1865. In-8°. [16] pp. including title, typographical ornament to title and 6 lithographs by Gill out of text Strawberry percal Bradel, black […]