L'IMAGE. By "Jean de Berg" [pseud] by [Robbe-Grillet, Catherine] - 1956

Paris, Chez Levrault, Freres, Libraires. De L'Imprimerie de P. Didot An IX. - 1801. xxxi,[1],166pp. Large octavo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt extra, gilt label, marbled edges. Frontis. Extremities and fore-tips a bit worn, some surface scarring and small nicks to lower board, large bookplate on front pastedown, a few minor marginal smudges, otherwise a very good copy, the text bright, crisp and fresh. Denoted a New Edition, considerably augmented. The fine engraved frontis is by Choffard after Monciau. Delille's most popular work of original poetry, first published in a preliminary form in 1782. The author's notes for the poem occupy the last forty pages of the text. Delille was an accomplished translator, notably of Virgil and Milton. His descriptive poem on the formal garden was popular as well in England, encompassing as it does descriptions of several of distinguished gardens across the channel, and this expanded text saw London printings almost immediately, and a number of deluxe/illustrated… Read More

Paris & Rouen: Chez Béchet, 1821.. Two volumes. vi,228;[4],238pp. 12mo. Quarter calf and marbled boards, spines stamped in gilt, in contemporary style. Modest foxing and offsetting early and late, old repair to blank area of first half-title, otherwise a very good set. Third edition, revised and corrected, of the author's most widely read work, published in the same year as the first edition. It was quickly translated into English, and subsequent 1821 impressions published by Béchet added frontispieces by Chasselat (not present here) and vignettes by Tardieu.

Paris: Edouard Pelletan, Editeur, 1896. Limited Edition. Large Octavo. Limited to 100 copies (106-205) This copy is number 119, two vignette title pages in red, black and brown, two printed half-titles and one engraved vignette half-title, printed on vellin paper from the Marsh Mills, watermarked "KTHMA EIE AEL" illustrations by A. Gerardin, with an extra suite of 70 gravures on hand-made Japon or Chine paper engraved by Julien Tinayre bound in at rear with an engraved vignette half-title. Handsomely bound by V. Champs in ¾ tan morocco over marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, spine decorated in blind, lettering and top edge gilt, very tiny chip to head, one corner worn through, two small spots to spine. A very nice bright copy without foxing, names, or bookplates.

Chez Louis Janet à Paris, 1819, in 32 (9,7 x 6 cm), non paginé. Reliure en maroquin cerise à grains longs de l'époque, dos lisse avec motifs de croisillons dorés, plats avec guirlande et filets d'encadrement, filets sur les coupes, toutes tranches dorées. +++++++ Charmant petit almanach dans une très belle reliure d'époque Restauration en maroquin rouge, et dont la première parution date de 1789. En 1819, il contient : un tableau dépliant des 26 départements français avec le nom des préfets ; le calendrier avec les levers et couchers etc ; La chronologie des Rois de France, ; Les naissances et alliances de la famille royale, et des Souverains de l'Europe ; Sacré-Collège, Ambassadeurs, Ministres, Conseil d'état, Directeurs-généraux d'Administrations; Anecdotes ; Année du jardinage ; Tribunal de Commerce, banquiers, Agens de change, Courtiers de… Read More

[Paris]: NRF / Gallimard, [1970].. Printed wrapper. About fine, largely unopened, in glassine. First edition, limited issue. One of 39 numbered copies, printed on large vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre. Translations into French, with a Foreword by Ibarra, and with a Preface to the French edition by Borges. Published as vol. DXLII of "Du Monde Entier."

Paris, Chez Levrault, Freres, Libraires. De L'Imprimerie de P. Didot An IX. - 1801. xxxi,[1],166pp. Large octavo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt extra, gilt label, marbled edges. Frontis. Extremities and fore-tips a bit worn, some surface scarring and small nicks to lower board, large bookplate on front pastedown, a few minor marginal smudges, otherwise a very good copy, the text bright, crisp and fresh. Denoted a New Edition, considerably augmented. The fine engraved frontis is by Choffard after Monciau. Delille's most popular work of original poetry, first published in a preliminary form in 1782. The author's notes for the poem occupy the last forty pages of the text. Delille was an accomplished translator, notably of Virgil and Milton. His descriptive poem on the formal garden was popular as well in England, encompassing as it does descriptions of several of distinguished gardens across the channel, and this expanded text saw London printings almost immediately, and a number of deluxe/illustrated… Read More

Paris & Rouen: Chez Béchet, 1821.. Two volumes. vi,228;[4],238pp. 12mo. Quarter calf and marbled boards, spines stamped in gilt, in contemporary style. Modest foxing and offsetting early and late, old repair to blank area of first half-title, otherwise a very good set. Third edition, revised and corrected, of the author's most widely read work, published in the same year as the first edition. It was quickly translated into English, and subsequent 1821 impressions published by Béchet added frontispieces by Chasselat (not present here) and vignettes by Tardieu.

Paris: Edouard Pelletan, Editeur, 1896. Limited Edition. Large Octavo. Limited to 100 copies (106-205) This copy is number 119, two vignette title pages in red, black and brown, two printed half-titles and one engraved vignette half-title, printed on vellin paper from the Marsh Mills, watermarked "KTHMA EIE AEL" illustrations by A. Gerardin, with an extra suite of 70 gravures on hand-made Japon or Chine paper engraved by Julien Tinayre bound in at rear with an engraved vignette half-title. Handsomely bound by V. Champs in ¾ tan morocco over marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, spine decorated in blind, lettering and top edge gilt, very tiny chip to head, one corner worn through, two small spots to spine. A very nice bright copy without foxing, names, or bookplates.

Chez Louis Janet à Paris, 1819, in 32 (9,7 x 6 cm), non paginé. Reliure en maroquin cerise à grains longs de l'époque, dos lisse avec motifs de croisillons dorés, plats avec guirlande et filets d'encadrement, filets sur les coupes, toutes tranches dorées. +++++++ Charmant petit almanach dans une très belle reliure d'époque Restauration en maroquin rouge, et dont la première parution date de 1789. En 1819, il contient : un tableau dépliant des 26 départements français avec le nom des préfets ; le calendrier avec les levers et couchers etc ; La chronologie des Rois de France, ; Les naissances et alliances de la famille royale, et des Souverains de l'Europe ; Sacré-Collège, Ambassadeurs, Ministres, Conseil d'état, Directeurs-généraux d'Administrations; Anecdotes ; Année du jardinage ; Tribunal de Commerce, banquiers, Agens de change, Courtiers de… Read More

[Paris]: NRF / Gallimard, [1970].. Printed wrapper. About fine, largely unopened, in glassine. First edition, limited issue. One of 39 numbered copies, printed on large vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre. Translations into French, with a Foreword by Ibarra, and with a Preface to the French edition by Borges. Published as vol. DXLII of "Du Monde Entier."