Search Results: Titles starting with L from LIBRAIRIE CAMILLE SOURGET

Paris, chez Aubert, au grand magasin de caricatures et nouveautés lithographiques, 1830-1835.
10 volumes 4to with titles, tables and 530 plates. Rahir indicates that there are titles and tables only for vol. 1 to 9. Some foxing and few browned ll. Red quarter-roan, spines ribbed and decorated with gilt and blindstamped patterns, lettering pieces in black calf. Label of the bookbinder Rue St-Honoré, n. 99, dans la cour, papetier-relieur. Contemporary binding signed Grenet.
333 x 253 mm.
Complete first edition of the most important Journal of the Romantic period.
Morgand et Fatout 10885 ; Vicaire, Manuel de l'amateur, II, 46.
" La Caricature as a whole is one of the most interesting works of the 1830's; it is a precious collection of caricatures about Louis-Philippe's reign. V. Hugo, Balzac, Louis Desnoyers and especially Ch. Philipon were the main associates.As for the artistic side, Daumier provided more than 100 plates ; Grandville 109, Henri Monnier 6, Raffet 14, Traviès 55, Philipon 10, etc. "… Read More

Paris, Louis Billaine, 1667.3 volumes illustrated with 28 maps out of pagination.Vellum, flat spines, brown morocco lettering pieces. Old binding.First edition of the French translation by Nicolas Perrot, sieur d'Ablancourt, made from the original in Spanish by Luis Marmol Carvajal (1520-1600).Brunet, III, 1440.During the expedition of Charles Quint against the Moors, Marmol was captured and imprisoned during almost 8 years. He published his Descripción general de Africa in two parts in Granada in 1573 and 1599.Luis de Marmol Carvajal, born in Granada, took part in the campaign of Tunis under Charles Quint. He spent more than 22 years in North Africa of which 7 or 8 being captive in Morocco, in Fez and Tunis.He took advantage of his years of captivity to learn Arabic. In his work, he makes an historical report of the numerous wars between Christians and Unbelievers, as well as between Muslims themselves since Mahomet time until 1571."His writing is focused on Spanish commercial interests in Africa,… Read More

[Paris, Jubert, 1787].
24mo of 1 frontispiece and 12 engraved vignettes by Dorgez that is 13 etchings.
Red morocco, triple gilt fillet around the covers, flat spine decorates with gilt fleurons, grenne morocco lettering piece, gilt edges. Contemporary binding.
The illustration includes : 1. Vénus and Mars ; 2. Jupiter and Calisto ; 3. Pluton and Proserpine ; 4. Venus and Comus ; 5. Le Triomphe de la Beauté ; 6. Bacchus and Ariane ; 7. L'Aurore and Céphale ; 8. L'Amour and Psyché ; 9. Diane and Endimion ; 10. Neptune and Amymone ; 11. Vénus and Adonis ; 12. Junon and Ixion.
All the illustrations have been finely colored at the time.A precious copy preserved in its elegant red morocco contemporary binding.
Références : Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle / Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes. Tome VII, Deny (Mlle Jeanne)-Du Duy-Delage / par Marcel Roux,... ; avec la collab. d'Edmond Pognon,... - Bibliothèque nationale (Paris), 1951, article DORGEZ, n. 14 =… Read More

S.l. [Paris], 1786.
3 volumes 8vo of : I/ xvi pp., 380 pp., (1) l.; II/ (2) ll., 381 pp., (3); III/ (2) ll., 312 pp., (2). Marbled calf, fillet around the covers, ribbed spine decorated with gilt fleurons, red and green morocco lettering pieces, gilt fillet on the edges, speckled edges, small lack of skin on 2 covers. Contemporary binding.
189 x 120 mm.
First complete edition, partly original, of the first novel of anticipation, the first to include three volumes.This work, pioneer of the literature of anticipation, transports the author in the future within a society where are put in practice the ideas of the lights; it knew a considerable European repercussion.
L'An 2440, a dream if ever there was one, can be considered as the first novel of anticipation in which one finds the program of the philosophy of the Enlightenment. It is the first utopia that is located elsewhere in time, and not on another Earth. It expresses the contrast between the system of absolutism and a free society, although still… Read More

Paris, Michel Lévy, 1870.
2 volumes large 8vo [227 x 149 mm] of: I/ (2) ll., 427 pp.; II/ (2) ll., 331 pp. (catalogue of the editor). Bound in light-brown quarter-morocco, spines ribbed and decorated, untrimmed, top edge gilt, original blue wrappers and spine bound in. Contemporary binding signed Marius Magnin.
First edition.
Vicaire,
Manuel de l'amateur de livres du XIXe siècle, 726.
Story of a young man, started at the end of 1863 and written from September 1864 to May 1869, "L'Education sentimentale" was published in November 1869. Even though it is full of autobiographical details, the work has nothing in common with the youth novel written under this title in 1845.
The enchantress presence of Madame Arnoux who is predominant in the entire work as Madame Schlesinger was in Flaubert's thoughts, makes most certainly this novel an indisputable testimony on the writer's sentimental life, with the interferences and the cross reference between dream and reality that this work is the bitter and burning… Read More

Paris, Gallimard, Nrf, 1967.
8vo [217 x 145 mm] of 221 pp., (9) pp. Preserved sewed as issued.
The first edition of this essay by j. m. g. Le Clezio published in 1967 by Gallimard.
One of the first 36 numbered copies on Hollande vellum, followed by 156 copies on pur fil vellum.
A discursive essay, the opposite of any system, composed of meditations written in all tranquillity, intended to stir rather than to reassure, yes, to shake up received ideas, acquired or learned things. It is a treatise on applied emotions. "Principles and systems are weapons against life."The beauty of life, the energy of life are not of the spirit, but of matter.
A perfect copy in mint condition.

FRENCH
Paris, Gallimard, Nrf, 1967.
In-8 de 221 pp., (9) pp. Conservé broché tel que paru.
217 x 145 mm.
Edition originale de cet essai de J. M. G. Le Clézio publié en 1967 aux éditions Gallimard.
Un des 36 premiers exemplaires numérotés sur vélin de Hollande, suivent 156 exemplaires sur vélin pur fil.
Essai discursif, à… Read More

Paris, n.n. [Jean de Mauregard], 1563.Small folio [228 x 162 mm] of (4) folded oblong leaves: title, dedicatory epistle to King Charles IX signed by Jehan de Mauregard, and 4 pages of text in Latin by Jacques Gohory, followed by 25 engraved plates (out of 26, n° 19 is missing) in black on double-page, mounted on guards. A few marginal stains, handwritten inscriptions crossed out in the lower margin of 4 plates. The plates are not captioned unlike those of later issues.Full brown calf, blind-stamped fillet around the covers, richly decorated ribbed spine, red and lemon morocco lettering-pieces, red edges, hinges, head of the spine and corners restored. Binding made around 1720.First edition of the Latin issue, much rarer than the French one. Only one other copy of the Latin edition recorded on the market, the Wittock copy, with an interesting Renaissance binding, with 7 plates missing replaced in the 20th century by plates from a later edition and two plates with captions from the later edition, sold… Read More

Venetia, Heredi di Simon Galignani, 1590.
Folio [310 x 214 mm] of (3) bl.ll., (12) ll., 201 pp., (1) p., (1) bl.l. An engraved frontispiece, 47 copper engraved maps and the printer's mark at the end. Some slight foxing. Preserved in its contemporary limp vellum with small flaps, flat spine with small portions missing, handwritten title on the lower edge. Contemporary binding.
Third edition widely enlarged of this famous atlas, illustrated with 47 maps, that is to say 17 more than in the First edition of 1572.
Leclerc, Bibliotheca Americana, n°461; Sabin 64150 ; Adams 1906.
pages 157 to 184 are dedicated to America and contain " Descrittione della Gran Citta e isola Temistitan " and " Descrittione dell'Isola et terra di Santa Croce, overo Mondo Nuovo " with a reduced version of the very important map of North America published by Forlani in Venice in 1565, the first map to show America as a geographic entity of its own, and the second map to show in details the Strait of Anian. These pages also… Read More

Madrid, J. Ibarra, 1772.Folio [355 x 248 mm] of (10) ll. including 1 frontispiece and 1 portrait, 395 pp., (1) p., 8 plates out of pagination and 1 map. Light waterstain on 2 ll. Contemporary red morocco, gilt border around the covers, spine ribbed and richly decorated with gilt fleurons, green morocco lettering piece, gilt inner border, blue doublures, gilt borders. Contemporary binding. First issue of this famous illustrated edition, one of the masterpieces of Spanish typography and one of the most perfect books produced in the 18th century by an admirer and friend of Bodoni, Joaquin Ibarra, printer of king Charles III of Spain, himself an amateur printer. The Huth Library, 1294; Brunet, V, 91; Cohen, 938; Palau, XVIII, 425; Updike, Printing types, II, 71-73; Dibdin, II, 387."This edition of Sallust's translation, made by the infant Don Gabriel, under the direction of Fr. Perez Bayer, his tutor, is rightly considered as a typographic masterpiece." Brunet, V, 91.Very beautiful illustration, entirely… Read More

Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1888.Large 8vo [200 x 135 mm] with (5) pref. ll. including the portrait of the author in triplicate, 93 pp, (1) p., (1) l., 7 full-page engravings in double state and 2 in triplicate. Full blue morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, richly decorated spine ribbed, double gilt fillet on the edges, gilt edges on witnesses, covers and spine preserved. Binding signed by Chambolle-Duru.
Superb deluxe edition of this short novel by George Sand.
Limited edition of 225 numbered copies on Marais vellum paper, this one bearing the number 10.
The story is about the Marquise de R., an attractive young woman who is wounded by an unhappy marriage but who soon discovers a devouring and platonic passion for Lélio, a humble actor of unknown talent.
Alas, we soon discover that the beautiful woman is only in love with a shadow, since, as soon as he is stripped of his finery and taken off the stage, Lélio turns out to be a vile and ordinary man.
The abundant illustration comprises a… Read More

Paris, Janvier-Juillet 1832.4 volumes large 8vo [217 x 130 mm] gathering 76 plates in total: I/ 320 pp., 21 plates in color: 20 plates numbered from 201 to 220 and 1 not announced, wrappers bound in; II/ 344 pages, 20 plates numbered from 182 to 200 + plate 260, last leaves on yellow paper, upper wrapper bound in; III/ 320 pp., 17 plates numbered 221 to 237, wrappers bound in; IV/ 332 pp., quire 11 is missing hence there is a gap within the numbering from p. 253 to 276, 17 plates numbered 242 to 256, without plates 238 and 254, tear touching the text p. 23, wrappers bound in.A few waterstains. Brown sheepskin, blind-stamped border on the covers, flat spines with green morocco lettering pieces, yellow edges speckled with blue. Contemporary binding.Fourth year of this important magazine founded by Emile de Girardin, who is proud to represent the Parisian spirit and fashionable life.We find there Doctor Véron, whose presence soon attracts Alphonse Karr, Alexandre Dumas, Eugène Sue, Georges Sand, as… Read More

Lyon, Macé Bonhomme, 1553.
8vo [157 x 100 mm] of (13) ll. and 100 numbered ll., title slightly shorter at the bottom, vignettes 90 and 91 partially colored in blue.
Brown morocco, double frame of blind-stamped fillets with gilt fleurons in the corners and decoration at the centre, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt fleurons, inner gilt fillet border, gilt edges. Binding signed by Capé.
First edition and first issue of this very beautiful illustrated collection of emblems.
Adams L-172 ; Brunet, III, 830 ; Rothschild, V, 3328 ; Brun, 232 ; Vinet 841 ; Landwehr, Romanic, 454.
Dedicated to Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Vendomois to whom 2 epistles are addressed, this book of 'crazy wisdom' is preceded by a couplet and a quatrain by Bernardo Poggio, a sonnet by Guillaume de Caynet and a decima by Jacques de Maulevant.
It was the second illustrated work of its kind composed by this poet and historian from Toulouse, after 'Le Théâtre des bons engins' published in 1539.
The present collection is… Read More

Venetia, Camillo e Rutilio Borgominieri, 1569.Folio [313 x 225 mm] of (1) bl. l., 195 pp., (6) ll. Limp vellum, handwritten title on the spine, scattered waterstains, small marginal wormholes without any damage to the text. Contemporary binding. Precious 1568 first edition, with a new title-page, of this rare treatise.Adams, B-171 ; Berlin Kat., 4694 ; Brunet, I, 644; Cicognara, 809; Fowler, 36; Gamba, 1233; Mortimer Italian, 39 ; Censimento, 16 CNCE, 4133 ; Riccardi, I, p. 76-77.It is illustrated with a very beautiful engraved title and 200 engraved figures in the text representing optical illusions, geometric shapes, perspectives, architectural sections, Franceschi's theater, dropped initials, measurements of the human body...Several issues of the original edition are described without priority: the first one in which the date of the title and colophon is 1568, an intermediate state with the title only dated 1569, another one in which the two dates are changed.It is the first work of practical… Read More

Paris, Claude Barbin, 1689.
4 parts in 2 volumes 12mo [154 x 85 mm] of: I/ (2) ll., 211 pp. ; (1) l., 214 pp., (1) bl.l. ; II/ (1) l., 216 pp.; 211 pp. numbered 213, (5) pp. of privilege.
Glazed calf, decorated ribbed spines, red morocco lettering pieces, red edges. Contemporary binding.
True second edition of one of the most important works of French 17th century literature.
Tchemerzine, III, 840-841.
Published on March 17th 1678, the book was very successful: Mme de Sévigné proclaimed her enthusiasm; Fontenelle read and read again the book four times; Boursault made a tragedy in five acts of it; Valincour inflamed public opinion with his " Letters...
" to which the abbot of Charnes answered.
If Mme de la Fayette denies her taking part in the writing of this work in a letter dated April 1678, one cannot doubt anymore that she wrote the book, influenced by her close friend La Rochefoucault and advised by Segrais.
This true second edition printed in large characters takes up the first edition,… Read More

Paris, 1599.
Oblong 4to [188 x 275 mm] of: a superb engraved frontispiece, 4 pp. including the dedication to Monsieur de La Guesle, (4) pp. including the rare " Extrait des Registres de Parlement ", followed by 31 engraved plates in the art of writing. Bound in its eighteenth century marbled paper brochure.
First edition very rare complete of the "Rizographie", one of the three collections dedicated to the art of writing by Le Gangneur, illustrated with a remarkable frontispiece and 31 engravings.
Adams L-387 ; Becker, The Practice of Letters
44 ; Bonacini 1039-41 ; Brunet, III, 934 ; Destailleur 842.
Given the position of secretary-writer of the King's Chamber probably under Charles IX and certainly under Henry III, he was confirmed in this position by Henry IV.
On 1 October 1599, Le Gangneur received a privilege to print trois traictez de l'art d'escriture of which he is the author, which were published in 1599 (La Technographie) and 1600 (La Caligraphie). The three collections of examples by Le… Read More

Paris, Antoine Estienne, 1629.
Folio [359 x 246 mm] of (6) ll., 224 pp., (22) ll., numerous figures and maps in the text, handwritten ex libris crossed out on the title. Limp vellum, flat spine with gilt-stamped title. Contemporary binding.
First edition of this singular and very rare work, composed by the one who was considered in his time as the Prince of chronologists.
Renouard, 219:7.
The author, who was secretary to Henri de Bourbon, duke of Montpensier (1573-1608), converted to Catholicism in 1596.
In this work, he wants to show that geography "is all taken from the pure text of the Scriptures" and he therefore follows the biblical chronology, which he illustrates with telling figures.
We follow the evolution of the earth from the original chaos (in a black circle) to the seventh day (where the four rivers of creation draw what looks like the contours of the continents...). Everything changes with the flood, which upsets this beautiful order, creating continents and leaving a disfigured… Read More

Paris, Antoine Estienne, 1629.
Folio [359 x 246 mm] of (6) ll., 224 pp., (22) ll., numerous figures and maps in the text, handwritten ex libris crossed out on the title. Limp vellum, flat spine with gilt-stamped title. Contemporary binding.
First edition of this singular and very rare work, composed by the one who was considered in his time as the Prince of chronologists.
Renouard, 219:7.
The author, who was secretary to Henri de Bourbon, duke of Montpensier (1573-1608), converted to Catholicism in 1596.
In this work, he wants to show that geography "is all taken from the pure text of the Scriptures" and he therefore follows the biblical chronology, which he illustrates with telling figures.
We follow the evolution of the earth from the original chaos (in a black circle) to the seventh day (where the four rivers of creation draw what looks like the contours of the continents...). Everything changes with the flood, which upsets this beautiful order, creating continents and leaving a disfigured… Read More

Paris, Henri Charpentier, 1859.
Large folio [408 x 295 mm] of 1 colored frontispiece, (4) ll., v pp, 2 full-page colored plates, (1) p., 32 full-page colored plates with as many colored engraved text leaves, (1) f. of Notice to the binder. Publisher's binding brown shagreen decorated with gold and blind-stamped fillets with frame, central blind-stamped frame with large angular floral ornaments containing in the center 1 large representation of the Holy Virgin gilt on both covers, spine titled in gold decorated with 1 representation of the Virgin and Child and various gilt tools, gilt edges. Contemporary binding.
Sumptuous entirely chromolithographed work, whose pages, typographed in brown and red gothic letters, are decorated with various frames, drawn in bright colors and gilt by Kellerhoven, Gsell, Ciappori and Ledoux at Lemercier, reproducing the ornaments of medieval manuscripts with paintings.
The volume also includes 31 miniatures in chromolithography by the same artists, of which 3 are full… Read More

Francfort sur le Main, Paul Jacques, aux despens dudit Octave, & se vendent en la boutique de Lucas Jennis, 1617-1618.
Folio of (10) pp., 50 double plates numbered from 1 to 50 ; 18 pp., (1) bl.l.; 50 plates numbered from 51 to 100; bound at the time like most of the rare copies that appeared on the market without the 8 explanatory ll. of the first part like the Christie's copy of June 12, 2013 bound in modern vellum (sold for 11 000 €) and the Koller copy of April 2, 2012; these two copies were considered complete. 5 pl. slightly foxed, pl. 22 and 64 browned, pl. 57 and 66 torn without loss, pl. 67, 68, 93 and 94 are bound backwards. Full Havana calf, covers entirely surrounded with various blind-stamped borders and fillets with gilt fleurons in the corners and gilt central fleuron, spine gilt ribbed, blued edges. Beautiful contemporary binding.
First edition fully complete with its 100 engravings published simultaneously in French and German.Exceedingly rare work on mills and their mechanics.… Read More

Paris, Michel Levy Frères, 1872.
Large 8vo [243 x 153 mm] of (4) ll., 427 pp. bound in red half-morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets forming boxes, untrimmed, covers and spine preserved. Early 20th century binding signed Alfred Farez.
First edition of this "capital work" by Victor Hugo (Carteret, i, 423), one of 150 numerous copies on Holland, the only large paper after 25 Chine.
Clouzot, p. 151.
This one is number 53.
"25 Chine and 25 Hollande, now rare" (Clouzot).
"It was printed in a buff cover, 25 copies on chine and 150 on Hollande laid paper.
A capital work". (Carteret).
"First edition published on 20 April 1872. In the original edition, lines of dots replace some verses that the censorship of the state of siege did not allow to be published (pp. 282; 286 and 292). These verses were only reinstated in the definitive edition of 1880". (Talvart, IX, 46).
"A collection of poems by Victor Hugo (1802-1885), published in 1872. In the cycle of his great patriotic… Read More