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Author: Lewis Carroll.
Illustrations: André Pécoud (1880-1951)
Publisher's binding: rose percaline, in-4 - top edge gilded.
15 plates hors-texte.
55 black-and-white illustrations.
Overall in perfect condition with traces of moderate use.
2 illustration pages are detached from the

Animals - Quantity: 1 - Book

Lewis Carroll - André Pécoud - Alice au pays des merveilles - 1935

Superb nomina... edition bearing the Lafuma name (not justified) and illustrated with 10 hors-texte drypoints and 66 in-text drawings wood-engraved by André Dunoyer de Segonzac -

The novel follows a group of French soldiers mobilized on the Western Front and describes with

War history, Illustrated, History, Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

Roland Dorgelès / André Dunoyer de Segonzac - Les Croix de Bois - 1921

The Museum of Science and Arts by D Lardner translated by A Gery, 1857.

The Museum of Science and Arts: Selection of complete and instructive treatises on the physical sciences and their application to everyday life.

Freckles, spine somewhat damaged at the corners and a recent

Science, Astronomy - Quantity: 1 - Book

Dr Dionisus Lardner - Le Muséum des sciences et des arts - 1857

MALRAUX (André)
Saturne.
Paris, NRF, 1950.
In-4 (29cm x 23cm) of 179-[9] pp.
Tirage non justifié. 
Cartonnage décoré attribué à Paul Bonet. 

From the collection « La Galerie de la Pléiade ». 
Original edition illustrated with 130 heliogravure reproductions, including 20 color

Literature - Quantity: 1 - Book

André MALRAUX / Paul BONET - Saturne - 1950

Superb illustrated edition of 48 chromolithography plates and numerous black engravings interleaved in the text. This work of popular science and natural history devoted to the study of beetles, an extremely vast order of insects including scarabs, May beetles, ladybirds,

Natural History, Biology, Science, Nature, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Book

SN - Musée Entomologique. Les Coléoptères - 1876

A captivating illustrated edition of 34 engravings from this in-depth scientific study in which Charles Darwin examines the extremely complex mechanisms of orchid reproduction and demonstrates the essential role played by insects in plant fertilization.

The work rests on

Botany, Biology, Natural History, Science, Nature, Geography, Reference, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Book

Charles Darwin & L. Rerolle - De la fécondation des Orchidées par les insectes et des bons résultats du croisement - 1878

The great journeys and the great travelers by Jules Verne, Discovery of the Earth.

59 drawings by L. Bennett and 58 facsimiles and maps by Dubail and Matthis.

Printer: Gauthier-Villars.
Undated (1880)

Foxing and wear from time and use.

Jules Verne - Découverte de la Terre - 1880

Important complete collection of the 1857 issue year of L’Illustration – Journal Universel, the famous 19th-century French illustrated periodical, published in Paris on Rue Richelieu. Collected edition in two volumes comprising the first and second half-year.

– Volume XXIX:

Art, History, Natural History, Architecture, Archaeology, Fashion, Politics - Quantity: 2 - Book

Vari illustratori - L’Illustration -Journal Universel - 1857

cookbook of the famous chef Pierre Wynants.
525 pages with advice for preparing the tastiest dishes.
good condition.
dedication written in felt-tip by Pierre Wynants on the first flyleaf.
Pierre Wynants (Brussels, 5 March 1939) was until 2006 the Belgian head chef of the Brussels

Cookery, food & drink - Quantity: 1 - Signed - Book

Pierre Wynants / Léon Léonard - Les recettes originales de Pierre Wynants. Comme chez soi - 1986

Rare illustrated edition of 91 drawings by Léon Benett and a color map in its beautiful publisher’s red percaline binding “Aux Deux Éléphants” that tells the adventure of fifteen English teenagers shipwrecked on a desert Pacific island, forced to survive alone for two years -


Travels, Literature, Cartography, Geography, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Book

Jules Verne / Léon Benett - Deux ans de vacances - 1888

COLLECTIVE.
The Satyric Parnassus of the Nineteenth Century.
A collection of piquant and jaunty verses by Messrs. de Béranger, V. Hugo, E. Deschamps, A. Barbier, A. de Musset, Barthélemy, Protat, G. Nadaud, de Banville, Baudelaire, Monselet, etc.
Rome [Brussels], at the Sign of

Illustrated, Literature, Poetry - Quantity: 2 - Book

Collectif / Félicien Rops - Le Parnasse satyrique du dix-neuvième siècle [RELIURE JAPONISANTE] - 1864

Volume 1853 part 13, January 8, no. 515 to December 31, no. 566, of the famous French magazine L'illustration. This bound volume looks good. It contains many prints in the form of wood engravings from that period.

Photos are part of the description.

Dimensions 39 x 28 cm.

Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Book

. - L'Illustration - 1853

The Epic of the French Military Costume.
The Epic of the French Military Costume is a chronological journey through the history of French military uniforms. The book spans from the early origins of Gaul to the mid-19th century (Second Empire).
The work is essentially divided into

Military, War history, History - Quantity: 1 - Book

L'epopée du costume militaire francais. - Farbuniformtafeln - 1898

Set of 4 books from the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, 3 from the 1950s and one from 1971. 
Collectible books in generally good condition - green leather binding - gilding on the edge - Bible paper.
Photos are part of the description and provide information on the condition -

Literature - Quantity: 4 - Book

Mallarmé - Rimbaud - BAUDELAIRE n°1 - Jules Renard - Œuvres complètes - Œuvres II - 1951-1971

Jules Hoche.
The Land of the Crusades.
Paris, At the Illustrated Bookshop, n.d.

In-4 (29.8 cm x 22 cm) of [6]-646-[1] pp.
Red percaline binding, the front board adorned with a polychrome plaque (A. Souze), gilt edges (publisher's binding).

Work illustrated with numerous in-text

Jules HOCHE - Le Pays des Croisades - Carte couleurs Palestine [Cartonnage Souze] - 1

4 albums by Liliane & Fred Funcken.
- The costumes and arms of soldiers of all times:
  part 1: from the pharaohs to Louis XV - edition 1966 - 155 pages - hardcover - good condition.
  part 2: from Frederick II to our days - edition 1967 - 155 pages - hardcover - good condition.

War history - Quantity: 4 - Book

Le costumes et les armes des soldats de tous les temps - L'uniforme et les armes des soldats - 1966-1969

The complete works of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry gathered in a large quarto volume in a rigid leather imitation binding.

33 watercolors as well as a portrait of the author and his drawings. Without a case.
Very good overall condition, a few small marks on the spine.
Paris.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Les oeuvres complètes d'Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - 1950

Beautiful edition in its pretty Hetzel publisher’s casebound, with the golden globe of this adventure novel written by Jules Verne and illustrated with 59 drawings by George Roux, 12 chromotypographies in color, and numerous photographic views and 2 maps -

The story opens with a

Literature, History, Illustrated, Travels, Cartography, Geography - Quantity: 1 - Book

Jules Verne / Georges Roux - Les Frères Kip - 1902

Rare and evocative complete issue of the famous French illustrated periodical L’Illustration – Journal Universel, comprising volumes XXVII and XXVIII for the year 1856.
Edition published in Paris, Rue Richelieu, in two large-format volumes with antique hard binding. Complete work

Art, History, Natural History, Architecture, Archaeology, Politics, Travels - Quantity: 2 - Book

Vari illustratori - L’Illustration - 1856

Book “Mistress Branican” from Jules Verne’s Voyages extraordinaires series. Paris, Hetzel, 1891. Hard cover. A few stains on the back cover; spine and corners lightly damaged. The book is generally in good condition. The edges are gold-tinged. Note: the cover and spine show some

Literature, Travels, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Book

Jules Verne; L. Benett - Mistress Branican - 1891-1891

A magnificent prestige edition published by the renowned Tours house Alfred Mame et Fils in 1894. This historical work traces with great documentary richness the life, explorations and struggles of the famous Genoese navigator Christopher Columbus, written in the scholarly prose

Antoine Ricard - Christophe Colomb - Superbe cartonnage d'éditeur - 1894

The Art of the Silk-Fabric Manufacturer.
By Jean Paulet (1731-1791)
Printed edition by L. F. Delatour, 1789.
Pages numbered from 859 to 961 + 13 engraved plates, numbered from 91 to 103.
Rare

Applied art, Curio & ephemera, Art - Quantity: 1 - Tipped in plates - Book

Jean Paulet - L'art du fabricant d'étoffes de soie - 1789

Magnificent copy of the early 20th-century children’s literature masterpiece, in its most spectacular publisher’s binding.

This is the famous "Choix de Fables de La Fontaine" in its "Album pour les enfants" edition published by the prestigious Garnier Frères. This work is

Jean de La Fontaine - Fables de La Fontaine - Cartonnage d'éditeur - 1909

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Très belle édition des œuvres de Marcel Pagnol, en très bonne condition je dois reconnaitre.
L'emballage était propre et soigné, merci !

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