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Paris: Kieffer, 1921. Many color illustrations by Joseph Hemard. 141pp., 8vo, printed wrappers with illustrated front cover; pages unopened. Paris: Rene Kieffer, 1921. A very good (+) copy. One of 560 copies. More
Paris: Kieffer, 1921. Many color illustrations by Joseph Hemard. 141pp., 8vo, printed wrappers with illustrated front cover; pages unopened. Paris: Rene Kieffer, 1921. A very good (+) copy. One of 560 copies. More
Paris: Compagnie des Libraires, 1773. 6 volumes. 8vo, full contemporary mottled calf with ornate gilt-decorated spines (spines dry and somewhat crackled; several spine labelsmissing), all edges gilt. Title page vignettes in each volume, and 33 plates; engraved head and tail pieces after Moreau. Portrait frontispiece after Mignard. Frontispiece portrait of Moliere engraved by Cathelin after Mignaud in the first volume. Rubricated title. Paris: Compagnie des Libraires, 1773. First issue with pages 66 and 80 with stars next to the pagination..... More
Lyons: Nicolas Scheuring, 1864. Collationné minutieusement sur les prémières Editions & sur celles des années 1666, 1674 & 1682. Orné de vignettes gravées à l'eau-forte d'après les compositions de différents artistes par Fredéric Hillemacher. 8 volumes + an additional volume. "Galerie Historique des Portraits des Comediens de la Troupe de Moliere". 9 volumes in total. Rubricated titles, 8vo, bound in 3/4 crimson morocco, marbled boards and ornately gilt spines. Lyons: Nicolas Scheuring, 1864-1869. Fine. Limited to only 400 copies... More
Paris: Libraire des Bibliophiles, 1882. Publie par D. Jouaust en Huit Volumes, avec la Preface de 1682, Annotee par G. Monval. 8 volumes. Frontis. 8vo, original printed wrappers (some edgewear; spines have vertical creases), uncut edges. Paris: Libraire des Bibliophiles, 1882. Near fine. Limited large paper edition. Number 41 of 170 copies printed on Hollande paper. More
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1907. In French With and English Translation and Notes by A.R. Waller. Illustrated with 31 etchings after Leloir. 8 volumes, tan cloth with red spines, untrimmed. Edinburgh: John Grant, 1907. Very Good (+). More
Paris: Libraire des Bibliophiles. Illustrated with reproduction etchings, each protected with tissue. 12mo, 8 volumes,handsomely bound in 1/2 brown morocco over marbled boards; gilt-spines. Paris: Libraire des Bibliophiles, (no date, circa 1890). A near fine set. More
Paris/ Philadelphia: Barrie, 1900. 12 volumes. Exquisite illustrations by Leloir, Leman and Hedouin, lettered tissue guards. 4to, blue cloth, paper labels Paris: Chez Barrie Freres; Philadelphia: George Barrie, nd ca. 1900 A beautifully printed copy on Whatman- Japan paper. #15 of limited and numbered edition of only 50 copies. More
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1954. Numerous humorous illustrations by Dubout, later hand-colored by Maurice Beaufume. 208pp. Tall 8vo, printed wrappers; partly uncut, publisher's 2-piece blue slipcase with gilt-decorated spine. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, (1954). A fine, unread copy. Limited numbered edition. More
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1954. Numerous humorous illustrations by Dubout, later hand-colored by Maurice Beaufume. 213pp. Tall 8vo, printed wrappers; partly uncut, publisher's 2-piece blue slipcase with gilt-decorated spine. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, (1954). A fine, unread copy. Limited numbered edition. More
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1954. Numerous charming illustrations by Dubout, later hand-colored by Maurice Beaufume. 210pp. Tall 8vo, printed wrappers; partly uncut, publisher's 2-piece blue slipcase with gilt-decorated spine. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, (1954). A fine, unread copy. Limited numbered edition. More
Brie-Comte-Robert: Bibliolatres de France, 1944. Frontispiece portrait, and one other plate (badly browned from publisher's defective tissue laid-in). Short slim 4to, loose signatures as issued in gray printed wrappers, uncut & unopened, within a red cloth-backed patterned board sleeve, neatly re-backed. Brie-Comte-Robert: Bibliolatres de France, 1944. Scarce. Very good. Beautiful reprint of the 1734 edition, printed by. E. Baudelot. More
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1954. Numerous humorous illustrations by Dubout, later hand-colored by Maurice Beaufume. 182pp. Tall 8vo, printed wrappers; partly uncut, publisher's 2-piece blue board slipcase with gilt-decorated spine. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, (1954). A fine, unread copy. Limited numbered edition. More
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1955. Numerous humorous illustrations by Dubout, later hand-colored by Maurice Beaufume. 228pp. Tall 8vo, printed wrappers; partly uncut, publisher's 2-piece blue board slipcase with gilt-decorated spine. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, (1955). A fine, unread copy. Limited numbered edition. More
Frontis, illus. de L. Leloir, 12 vols., 12mo, 3/4 brown morocco, gilt dec. raised spines, marble bds., top edges gilt (ex. lib.). Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1888. Fine. More
Paris: L. Hebert, 1882. 7 volumes. With a biographical sketch of Moliere by Voltaire. Frontispiece portrait and other illustrations. Large thick 8vo, beautifully bound in 1/2 black morocco over marbled boards; gilt-decorated spines, t.e.g. Paris: L. Hebert, 1882. Some occasional foxing, otherwise a near fine copy. More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1963. Translated by H. Baker and J. Miller, with an introduction by Henri Peyre and with color illustrations by Serge Ivanoff. 4to, patterned cloth, buckram slipcase. N.Y.: The Limited Editions Club, 1963. Fine. One of 1500 numbered copies, printed at the Thistle Press, and signed by the illustrator. More
Leipzig: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Verse translation by Curtis Hidden Page. Introduction by Brander Matthews. Sepia lithograph illustrations by Hugo Steiner-Prag. 118 pages. Tall slim 4to, cloth-backed boards over handmade paper with blind-stamped medallion on front cover. Leipzig: Poeschel & Trepte for the Limited Editions Club, 1930. Small remnants of bookplate on front endpaper, else a near fine copy in very good(-) slightly broken slipcase. Limited Edition, one of 1500 copies signed by the artist in pencil. More
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