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Arthur Honegger (1892-1955). Automne. Autograph musical manuscript signed, Zurich, August 1915. Notated in black ink on 2 folio pages with 12 lines. Handwritten title in blue ink, in another hand, on a white endpaper. : « Arthur Honegger / […]
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963). Autograph letter signed « Jean Cocteau », Milly, 18 juin 1956, to « mon très cher ami » [the painter Jean-Paul Brusset]. 2 pp. in-4° in pencil. In 1955, the painter Jean-Paul Brusset (1909-1985) settled on […]
Instruction, ou Catéchisme des BB∴ CC∴ Fr∴ Charb∴ [Bons Cousins Frères Charbonniers], contenant la manière d’initier et de donner les différens grades dans cet ordre ; avec des discours propres à ces cérémonies. Besançon, chez Chalandre, Imprimeur-Libraire n° […]
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 […]
[Eustache Le Noble]. Les Amours d’Anne d’Autriche epouse de Louïs XIII. Avec Monsieur le C. D. R. le veritable Pere de Louïs XIV. aujourd’hui Roi de France. Ou l’on voit au long comment on s’y prit pour donner […]
Marcel Pagnol. Marius. Fanny. César. Paris, Fasquelle, [1946]. 3 vol. in-8°. 261, 1 bl. pp. ; 214, [1] pp. ; 247 pp. Bound in contemporary marbled fawn half-basin with corners, spine with 4 false bands, gilt title, almond […]
Gustave Le Bon. L’Équitation actuelle et ses principes. Recherches expérimentales. Paris, Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1895. Small in-4° of VIII, 399 pp. followed by the Atlas of annotated photographs: [4] pp and 25 pl. Contemporary midnight blue half-chagrin, smooth […]
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 […]