NOËL (Marie) - The songs and the hours. Paris, Marcel Lubineau, Publisher, 1958; in-4, 166 pp., in sheets, folded cover, casing. Marie Noël is the pseudonym of Marie Rouget, originally from Auxerre, b[...]
Epreuve originale réalisée en 1663. Joan Blaeu éditeur.
Fines rousseurs dans la rivière du Rhône.
Texte explicatif en latin au verso.
Très bon état.
Peu courant.
Format feuille : 65,5 x 55 cm.
F[...]
Fully polished and varnished copper hen's ass from the early 19th century, has two side handles with a wide hem on the edge, it bears discreet marks of time and use. Very good state of preservation Di[...]
NEMIROVSKI (Irene) - Autumn flies or the woman of yesteryear. Paris, Editions Kra, "Women" collection No. VI, 1931; in-4, 142 pp., paperback, large margins. Copy n°42 on Holland Van Gelder Zonen (seco[...]
Superstitious amulets against the evil eye.
Brazil. Silver.
Nineteenth century.
So-called Balangada were worn as bracelets or connected to the belt.
Symbols of fertility: garnet, a pineapple, and [...]
Beautiful little lead sundial from the 19th century. The dial is in good condition but the gnomon is missing. Text at the top of the dial: FOR THE HEIGHT OF THE POLE 43 DEG 36 MI DIMENSIONS: 14.5 cm x[...]
Water stove from the Maghreb In copper and bronze With original tripod (missing the iron grid) Period 20 th Height: 86 cm Width at the spout: 40 cm Stove diameter: 21.5 cm Price: 120 euros POSSIBLE DE[...]
Wrought iron balance,
Italy first half of 1900
This particular scale is also called steelyard
or Roman balance and exploits the principle of the lever
to determine the weight of an object.
The ho[...]
Very small knife (2.4 cm) work of mastery comprising 2 blades, 1 saw, 1 corkscrew and a punch. Handle covered with mother-of-pearl (missing on one of the mother-of-pearl facets) Dimension: 2.4 cm, 19t[...]
Large antique brass pantograph, in its original box, signed Adrien Gavar (1794-1871) 70 Quai des Orfèvres (Paris), from the 19th century. This pantograph is in good condition. Signed see photos (box a[...]
Lovely little copper winegrower's watering can, with its original knob, bumps from use, it remains in very good general condition, beautiful uniform patina
MIRBEAU (Octave) - The Diary of a Chambermaid. Paris, The Great French Texts, 1947; in-4, 383 pp., paperback, folded cover, slipcase. Copy number 413/2250 on Lana vellum. Illustrated with color lithog[...]
Mexico
Huastec Culture / 800 – 1500 AD
Small anthropomorphic vase used by shamans for the preparation of potions. It represents a seated figure with a globular body with a small chest, atroph[...]
Old cane in carved wood (monoxyle) decorated with several heads of men and grotesque characters, as well as a small animal on the barrel, work of Folk Art from the 19th century. This cane is in good o[...]
Iron key forged from a single block (solid wood) with flattened spade grip, drilled and full round shaft, simple ingenuity.
Tuscany 16th century
measures 13.3 cm
MÉAULLE (F.) - Lost in the big city. Tours, Alfred Mame and Son, 1900; in-4, 400 pp., publisher's illustrated hardcover from a plate by A. Souze, decorated smooth spine, covers printed in black and go[...]
Rare very large sandstone gourd decorated with green glaze, used by day laborers in the 19th and early 20th centuries, for the fresh preservation of drinks that were gladly plunged into ponds, hence i[...]
MAURIAC (François) - The Funny. Paris, Paul Hartmann Publisher, 1933; in-4, 76 pp., publisher's full cloth binding. Illustrated by Madeleine Charlety. Sent by François Mauriac. Very good state.
Large didactic cutaway in latex dated 1972.
it presents lack of organs but nevertheless remains very decorative.
an interesting model because all sides with the back presenting the spine completely [...]
Very pretty little box from the romantic period in glass and cardboard. The fixed under glass represents a conjurer performing his magic tricks in front of a bourgeois couple.... It is rare to find th[...]
Un mètre Français en noyer avec plaques de recouvrement en laiton aux extrémités . Est-ce qu'il s'agit d'un mètre étalon ?? Usage inconnu .
XIXe siècle.
Le mètre possède a deux côtés une échell[...]
Rare wheat scale. In the box is stored the small Roman scale. The two elements, entirely in brass, complement each other and bear the same number, 168. The storage box acts as a bucket of the scales a[...]
Work of mastery monoxyle representing a small pair of carved wooden clogs with heart motifs, ivy and oak leaves, connected by a wooden chain. France, late 19th century. Good condition: small repair on[...]
Andalusian Annual Complete edition by Michael Burke Honan from the year 1836, printed by W. Clowes and sons. Contains 12 lithographs on drawings by José Domínguez Bécquer with restored original bindin[...]
Superb Korwar skull in blue crystal, a work inspired by these tribal ritual skulls and executed around 1970.
It is magnificently precise and to the exact scale, a real tour de force.
the crystal is [...]
Closed the box represents a bed richly decorated with tapestries and cushions on which a monkey rests.
If you lift the lid, you discover the erotic scene of a loving couple.
The artist Munou's signa[...]
Porcelain pipe decorated with a painted medallion representing a PRETTY WOMAN.
Beautiful pipe in several pieces of carved horn with coiled snake, the base ending in a ring and a dog's head.
Betw[...]
LORRIS (Guillaume de), MELUN (Jean de) - The romance of the rose. Paris, Gallimard, 1949; in-12, 383 pp., publisher's hardcover by Paul Bonet, smooth spine, decorated covers and spine. One of the 1250[...]
Sicilian puppet painted plaster head, wooden feet. Dressed in a combat costume, gold metal armor, blue and green satin clothes and cape. She carries a sword in her right hand and a shield in her left [...]
Livre intitulé "Tablettes chronologiques, contenant la suite des papes, empereurs & roys qui ont regné depuis la naiss. de J. Chr. jusqu'à present. Pour servir de plan à ceux qui lisent l'histoire p[...]
MONGOLIA -- PRINCE ROLAND BONAPARTE: Documents from the MONGOLE Period 1895, n° 212, including a notice of the plates and complete with these 15 plates (including 3 folding ones). Publisher's binding [...]
[Game] - Neues Karikaturen-Legespiel.
Slnd [Berlin, Luxuspapierfabrik Sala, ca 1910], aus dem verlage der sala-spiele mit rotsiegel, N°4637. 3 missing pieces, slight rubbing at the edges of the co[...]
Epreuve originale réalisée en 1581. Christiano Schrot auteur et Abraham Ortelius éditeur.
Texte explicatif en vieux français au verso.
Coin supérieur droit rajouté anciennement.
Beaux coloris aquar[...]
LÉGER (Théo) - Borko or the trajectory of the absinthe star. Paris, Jacques Desbrière Gallery, 1969; in-8, 6 pp. + an original screenprint by Borko, paperback.
Strip of Coptic fabric in three colors with decorative motifs forming a frieze. The linen fabric is woven and stitched with white and red ocher threads (silk?). In the center of a frieze decorated wit[...]
Signed by RACKHAM
[RACKHAM (Arthur)] - WAGNER (Richard) - Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
P., Hachette et Cie, nd (1911), 1 vol. in-4° (300 x 220 mm) full vellum[...]
--Example from Apollinaire's library-- APOLLINAIRE (Guillaume) - Futurist antitradition - Manifesto-synthesis. Direction du Mouvement Futuriste (A. Taveggia), June 29, 1913, 1 leaflet in-4° (295 x 230[...]
--Important original manuscript on Syphilis-- LANGLEBERT (Edmond) - Syphilis in its relationship with Marriage. Neuilly-sur-Seine, rue Be, April 28 - August 12, 1872, 1 vol. in-4° oblong (195 x 235 mm[...]
[CURIOSA] - Erotic playing cards by transparency - 36 cards (86 x 56 mm each) with white back, circa 1830-60. Slight marginal stains and browning (these cards were looked at by candlelight in the 19th[...]
Superb copy in mosaic binding + original watercolor [JOUAS (Charles)] - HUYSMANS (Joris-Karl) - Trois Eglises. P., René Kieffer, 1920, 1 vol. in-4°, full purple morocco, spine with 5 bands, front cove[...]
--With 5 original drawings-- CHOPARD (Gaston) - Wild Animals. P., Editions Willeb, 1945, 1 vol. in-4° (306 x 213) in sheets held by a silk cord in a cardboard portfolio titled on the upper cover, 48 p[...]
With 23 pages of original drawings by Paul AVRIL [AVRIL (Paul)] - GAUTIER (Théophile) - Le Roi Candaule - Illustrated with twenty-one compositions by Paul Avril. P., Librairie des Amateurs, A. Ferroud[...]
--Unique copy-- Les Premières Illustrées - Theatrical season 1881-1882. P., Ed. Monnier & Cie, publishers, 1881-1882, 13 deliveries bound in 1 strong vol. in-4° (292 x 215) full brown morocco, spine w[...]
Nice model of the coastal tanker Port Lyautey. Boat sailing in France on the Channel and Atlantic coasts in the 1940s. She was sunk in 1944 by the Germans and then refloated. Very good condition with [...]
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