Paris: Gustave Havard, 1846. E. de Beaumont, Laisne, et al. Hardcover. Quarto size, 554 pp., in French. Illustrated edition, note that text is entirely in French. Two interesting prior owner bookplates, on the front pastedown is a bookplate belonging to George Paget (1818-1880), a British soldier during the Crimean War..... More
![Les Fleurs du Mal [ASSOCIATION COPY - inscribed by artist to Dr. Jean Rousset]. Charles...](/pictures/thumb/CNJL1248_1.JPG?v=1503950978)
[Paris]: Editions de la Maison Francaise, [1947]. Dignimont, Andre. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of an unspecified number reserved for "des amis du florilege", inscribed by Andre Dignimont, quarto size, 229 pp., in French, unbound sheets. With original artwork on front blank signed by Dignimont and inscribed to "a moi bien..... More
![Epigraphe pour un Livre Condamne [Epigraph for a Condemned Book]. Charles Baudelaire, Judith...](/pictures/thumb/CNJL474_1.JPG?v=1539029094)
[Octon, France]: Verdigris, 2007. Rothchild, Judith. Limited Edition. Accordion. Number 2 of 33 copies, forty-eightmo size, [9] pp., signed by printer Mark Lintott and Judith Rothchild, text in French. This poem by Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) was intended as an epigraph for the second edition of "Le Fleurs du mal" [The..... More
![L'Invitation au Voyage [ARTIST BOOK - Judith Rothchild]; Petit Poeme en Prose. Charles...](/pictures/thumb/CNJL1258_1.JPG?v=1515012864)
Octon, France: Verdigris, 2000. Rothchild, Judith. Limited Edition. Folio in a case. Number 4 of 10 de luxe copies (total edition 50), quarto size, [16] pp., signed by Judith Rothchild with an additional print also signed, in French. A single poem, "L'Invitation au Voyage" is from the collection Les Fleurs..... More
Buenos Aires: (Colombo), 1953 / 1958. Limited Edition. Wraps. Number 45 of 48 copies on Fabriano, quarto size, [12] pp. A lovely small book of poetry (in Spanish), with woodcut illustrations in purple and green. Offered as issued in unbound signatures in original wraps, with original glassine jacket. ___DESCRIPTION: Heavy..... More
![Der Ausgestossene [L'expulse]. Artist, Book Designer, Samuel Beckett, Elmar Tophoven, Roswtha...](/pictures/thumb/CNJL505_1.JPG?v=1496113112)
Hamburg: Raamin-Presse, 1976. Quadflieg, Roswtha. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 91 of 170 copies, quarto size, 37 pp., signed by Roswtha Quadflieg. Roswtha Quadfleig (b. 1949) founded the Raamin-press in 1973, publishing works of literature printed with original graphics in limited editions; she was both the designer of this volume and..... More
Paris: Chez Saintin, 1811. First Edition. Hardcover. Twenty-fourmo size, 234 pp., in French. The biblical story of Ruth and Naomi, two women who leave the land of Moab to return to Naomi's native land of Bethlehem, is a story of love, devotion, and loyalty; it is a story of strength..... More
![Les Embarras de Paris [The Embarrassment of Paris]; (Satire VI). Boileau-Despreaux, Dubout,...](/pictures/thumb/18041739_1.JPG?v=1535158234)
Paris: Editions Kra [printed by M. Massol], 1929. Dubout, Albert. 2nd Printing. Wraps. Second printing with illustrations by Dubout, no. 960 of 1000, octavo size, 21 pp., in French. Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux (1636-1711), known simply as Boileau, was a French poet and satirist whose work had a great influence on French..... More
Buenos Aires: Edito Vehil, (1955). Botana, Helvio I. Limited Edition. Wraps. Number VIII of XX, octavo size, [124] pp., signature at the colophon. A lovely version, in the original Spanish, with an original drawing by the author serving as frontispiece, and signed by the author at the colophon. Offered as..... More
Rennes-Paris: Imprimerie Oberthur, 1903. First Edition. Softcover. Folio size, 20 pp., in French. Emile Boulanger (1867-1939) was a French pharmacist and biologist; these papers comprise portions of his study on the artificial culture of the truffle following various experiments. Boulanger continued his experiments for some years and published numerous reports..... More
Rennes-Paris: Imprimerie Oberthur, 1903. 1st Edition. Wraps. Folio size, 23 pp., text in French. Emile Boulanger (1867-1939) was a French pharmacist and biologist. These papers comprise portions of a study on the artificial culture of the truffle following various experiments. Boulanger continued his experiments for some years and published numerous..... More
Boston, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco: Allyn and Bacon, 1922. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 228 pp. Abridged and Edited with Notes, Exercises, French Questions and Vocabulary by E.A. Whitenack, State Normal School, River Falls Wisconsin. A fascinating travelogue/french exercise book. ___DESCRIPTION: Dark red cloth with black lettering to front, gilt..... More
![Todesfuge [Death Fugue]. Paul Celan, Mischa Kuball, Artist](/pictures/thumb/CNJL203.jpg?v=1494476922)
New York: [Edition Gunnar A. Kaldewey] Printed in the tower of Poestenkill, 1984. Kuball, Mischa. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 15 deluxe copies bound in vellum, folio size, 40 pp., signed by Mischa Kuball, in German. "Todesfuge" is one of the "great and terrifying literary works" written by survivors of..... More
![Murat,hee translation of Esop's Fables ["Aesop's Fables"]. Sadashiva Kashinath Chhatri](/pictures/thumb/19121601_1.JPG?v=1590608644)
Bombay: Ganpat Krishna Ji, 1849. Full calf. Octavo size, 298 pp., with 189 illustrations, in Marathi. "Aesop's Fables" have been with us for centuries; they are credited to Aesop, a storyteller (who was also a slave) believed to have lived in ancient Greece somewhere around 600 BCE. However, since the..... More
San Francisco: Printed by the Grabhorn Press for Leon Gelber and Theodore Lilienthal, 1936. Starr, Judson. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 200 copies, quarto size, [16] unnumbered pp., with holiday card and ms translation slipped in. An edition of this Christmas poem by Canadian poet Louis Frechette (1839-1908) the poet-laureate..... More
![Les Quatre Saisons [ARTIST BOOK - Judith Rothchild]. Charles Cros, Judith Rothchild, Artist](/pictures/thumb/CNJL1112_1.JPG?v=1515017922)
Octon, France: Verdigris Press, 2003. Rothchild, Judith. Limited Edition. Stiff wraps. Number 8 of 35, quarto size, [22] pp., signed by Judith Rothchild, text in French. Charles Cros (1842-1888) was a French poet and scientific inventor. His proposals and theories about color photography and the phonograph were published almost simultaneously..... More
BS. [Buenos Aires] - Argentina: (Colombo), 1954. Veroni, Raul. Limited Edition. Wraps. Number 40 of 60 copies, quarto size, [32] pp. Gabriele D'Annunzio, Prince of Montenevoso, Duke of Gallese (1863-1938) was an Italian writer, a proto-futurist obsessed with sex, whom some people believe invented fascism. This poem was written in..... More
![Crusades] Conquete de Constantinople; Avec la Continuation de Henri de Valenciennes: Texte...](/pictures/thumb/15101601.JPG?v=1554315679)
Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot Freres, Fils et Cie, 1874. Second Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 640 pp., text in French. The best known work by knight and historian Geoffroi de Ville-Hardouin (c. 1150-c.1213/18), written between 1207 and 1213. This work is one of the oldest known examples of historical French prose..... More
(Paris): Editions Filigranes, (1995). Limited Edition. Folio. No. 122 of 220 (total edition 250), folio size, 319 pp., in French. Roger Devauchelle (1915-1993) was apprenticed at an early age to a bookbinder and eventually trained in all aspects of bookbinding; he opened his own bindery which, as a family business..... More
Paris: Roger Dion, 1959. Original wraps. Quarto size, 780 pp., in French, inscribed by the author. This book offers a unique study of the history of winemaking in France: with an emphasis on geography and the social influences on the development of different wines, the book treats winemaking with a...... More
[Hammersmith]: [Doves Press], 1913. Limited Edition. Leather. One of 200 copies on paper, octavo size, 164 pp., in a Doves binding, in German. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was a German statesman and a prolific writer whose work includes novels, poetry, dramas, and literary criticism; he was an early participant..... More
Stuttgart: Franz Heinrich Kohler, 1840. Hardcover. Octovo size, 93 pp., all text in German. "First description of acute anterior poliomyelitis, which Heine separated from other forms of paralysis; he described the deformities arising from the disease. He also called attention to congenital spastic paraplegia, which, following Little’s classic description (No..... More
Frankfurt: Rutten & Loening, ca. 1905. Cardboard covers. 15th edition, quarto size, 24 pp., all text in German. Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894) although a successful psychiatrist, is remembered primarily for his children's stories - Struwwelpeter, his first book, being one of the most famous. While the stories may strike us today..... More
![Der Rhein [The Rhine]. Friedrich Holderlin, Julije Knifer, Illustrations](/pictures/thumb/CNJL132_1.JPG?v=1532113208)
[Neu-Isenburg, Germany]: Tiessen, [1984]. Knifer, Julije. Limited Edition. Original wraps. no. 180 of 222 copies, quarto size, 15 unnumbered pp., signed by the artist, in German. Johann Christian Friedrich Holderlin (1770-1843) was a German poet described as "the most German of Germans"; he was a key figure in German Romanticism..... More
California: Ettan Press, 1978. Mengershausen, Cornelia von. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 85 of 90 (total edition 100), quarto size, [20] pp., each plate hand-numbered and signed by the artist, in German. Friedrich Hölderlin's (1770-1843) hexameter poem, his longest, comprised of 296 verses. The poem represents through both lamentation and hymnal-like..... More