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General Catalog generated on 30 September 2016 New acquisitions (50-503) Regnault (Charles) Les métamorphoses françoises Paris, Antoine de de Sommaville, 1641 One volume, 12mo, full soft vellum, handwritten title on the spine. [24], 108 pages. First edition of this collection of 48 versified fables by Charles Régnault who published two years before a play entitled Marie Stuard, reyne d'Ecosse dedicated to Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. His fables are mostly inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses. Despite slight defects and yellowish paper, a good copy of this rare book. 150,00 € (46-511) Samain (Albert) Xanthis ou La Vitrine Sentimentale Paris, Carteret, 1917. One volume, 8vo, half cornered green morocco, mosaic inlay ornate and gilt-lettered smooth spine, top edge gilt, original wrappers bound in, untrimmed. Binding of the time by Canape. [6], 35 pages, [2]. Tale written by Albert Samain (French symbolist poet, 1858-1900) and illustrated with coloured woodcuts by Emile Boizot (French painter and engraver, 1897-1930?). Deluxe print, one of the 25 copies printed on Japanese vellum with one extra suite of the woodcuts. Despite sunned back, a very nice copy. 200,00 € (50-508) Recueil de mémoires Large volume, 8vo, full blue paperboard storage binding, smooth spine, handwritten letter-piece entilteld <em>Recueil de mémoires B</em>. Binding of the time. Most of the following texts are trial briefs concerning some legal cases which occured in France in the end of the 18<sup>th</sup> and beginning of the 19<sup>th</sup> centuries. All texts are in first edition, most of them are as published, untrimmed and with very large inner margins. Some briefs are very scarce or uncommon. <strong>Affair of the Diamond Necklace</strong> A very famous affair in which Caglisotro, the Cardinal of Rohan and the Queen Marie-Antoinette were involved. <span class="titre">Mémoire pour le Comte de Cagliostro accusé ; contre M. le Procureur-Général accusateur ; En présence de M. le Cardinal de Rohan, de la Comtesse de la Motte, & autres CoAccusés</span> Paris, Lottin, 1786. [4], 51 pages Back of page 51 hand written ex-library of the Comte Hercule Philippe Étienne de Baschi, comte du Cayla (1746-1826). Étienne de Baschi-Cayla was colonel of Condé-Dragoon horse regiment from 1780 to 1788. After 1789 and the French Révolution he left France and joined the Army of the Émigrés, a © 2011-2016 Copyright - Le Scriptorium d'Albi Page 1 / 8 General Catalog generated on 30 September 2016 counter-revolutionary army, when he became colonel of Hussards de Bachi du Cayla horse regiment. He became Marshall of France in King's Louis XVIII of France and was raised to Peerage of France after Bourbon Restoration. <span class="titre">Réponse pour la comtesse de Valois-La Motte, au mémoire du Comte de Cagliostro</span> Paris, Cellot, 1786. 48 pages <span class="titre">Mémoire pour la demoiselle Le Guay d'Olivia, fille mineure, émancipée d'âge, accusée ; contre M. le Procureur-Général ; En présence de M. le Cardinal-Prince de Rohan, de la dame de la Motte-Valois, du sieur Cagliostro, & autres ; tous co-accusés.</span> Paris, Simon & Nyon, 1786. [4], 46 pages <span class="titre">Second mémoire à consulter et consultation sur la défense à une accusation d'escroquerie pour Jean-Charles-Vincent de Bette d'Etienville, Bourgeois de Saint-Omer en Artois, détenu des prisons du Châtelet de Paris, Accusé.</span> Paris, Cailleau, 1786. [2], 28 pages. <strong>Varia</strong> <span class="titre">Jugement rendu par la commission militaire spéciale établie à Bordeaux</span> Bordeaux, Cavazza, [1794]. Very scarce brief published immediatly after to the Reign of Terror was over. <span class="titre">Mémoire justificatif pour 3 hommes condamnés à la Roue.</span> Paris, Philippe-Denys Pierres, 1785. [2], 251 pages. Three men were first sentenced to death penalty on breaking wheel, or Catherine wheel. The penalty was then commuted to life galley slavery before the three men were finally found innocent of any crime. <span class="titre">Mémoire pour la dame Bérard-Montalet, femme libre en biens de Louis-Victor Suffren, demeurant à la commune de Potilières, canton de Saint-Ambroix, département du Gard ; Et le citoyen Charles-Joseph Calvière, tuteur des enfans Suffren, domicilié à Vézenobre, même canton, même département ; contre le citoyen Bérard-Montalet, domicilé à Marseillan, département de l'Hérault. </span> s.l., Le Normant, [1802]. 7 pages. <span class="titre">Mémoire de la chambre de commerce de Toulouse.</span> Toulouse, Bellegarrigue, s.d. 7 page. Extremely scare document, printed on green paper, regarding the project of the Canal de Garonne, a continuation of the Canal du Midi which already connected the Mediterranean with Toulouse enabling a continuous connection, named Canal des Deux Mers, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. <strong>Affaire Lingua/Pijon-Lacaze</strong> <span class="titre">Réplique pour le citoyen Lingua habitant de Saint-Lizier ; contre la citoyenne Pijon, veuve Lacaze, habitante de Toulouse; et contre le préfet du département de l'Ariège ; En présence des enfans de la veuve Lacaze & du directeur de domaines nationaux.</span> n.p.n.d.n.e. 40 pages. <span class="titre">Mémoire pour le citoyen Lingua, habitant de Toulouse. Contre la citoyenne Pijon, veuve lacaze, aussi habitante de Toulouse. En présence des enfans de la veuve Lacaze & & du directeur de domaines nationaux.</span> n.p.n.d.n.e. 55 pages. <span class="titre">Précis pour le citoyen Lingua. Contre la dame Lacaze.</span> Toulouse, Bellegarrrigue, n.d,. 9 pages. Printed on green paper. <strong>Affaire Lingua/Pijon-Lacaze</strong> <span class="titre">Mémoire contenant réponse et griefs, pour le citoyen Lingua, habitant de St-Lizier. Contre la citoyenne Pijon, veuve Lacaze, habitante de Toulouse. Et contre le préfet de l'Ariège. En présence des enfans de la veuve Lacaze & & du directeur de domaines nationaux.</span> © 2011-2016 Copyright - Le Scriptorium d'Albi Page 2 / 8 General Catalog generated on 30 September 2016 Toulouse, Desclassan, n.d. 100 pages <span class="titre">Mémoire pour les enfans, cp-succédant au Citoyen Lingua T-Blanquat, domicilié à ST.-Lizier, département de l'Ariège ; Contre la dame Pijon, veuve Lacaze, excipant des droits de son mari, créancier de l'émigrée Cazaux, domiciliée à Toulouse, département de la Haute-Garonne.</span> S.l., Valade, s.d. 15 pages <strong>Varia</strong> <span class="titre">Consultation pour les créanciers de Robin, munitionnaire général des Vivres de la Marine, contre les banquiers Hupais et Gélot, Ouvrard, Lemercier et Germain. Suivi de Pièces justificatives.</span> S.l., Goujon, [1802], s.l., [2], 39 pages, 14 pages. A very good copy depite heavy rubbings to the binding, a few brownish pages and a light water stain on one brief Très bon exemplaire. The sewing of the last briefs are getting fragile. 450,00 € (50-507) Pièces sur les finances One volume, 8vo, full blue paperboard binding, smooth spine, handwritten letter-piece. Binding of the time. Rubbing to the boards. Most of the following texts concern reforming attempts of France finances during Louis XVI of France reign by two ministers of the finances: Jacques Necker (1732-1804) in charge from 1776 to 1783, and his successor Charles Alexandre de Calonne (1734-1802) in charge from 1783 to 1787. Both had to resigned regarding the abyssal debt of France and the impossibility to impose reforming measures to nobles, clergy and Parliaments. All texts are in first edition or in 8vo format first edition. Necker office [Du Buat-Nançay (Louis-Gabriel, comte)] Lettres d'un propriétaire françois à M. de Necker, sur son traité de l'administration des finances. Paris, Marchands de nouveautés, 1785. [2], 83 pages. [Saint-Vincent (Robert de)] Observations modestes d'un citoyen sur les opérations financière de M. Necker et sur son comte rendu. n.p.n.d.n.e., 86 pages. [Panchaud] Un mot de réponse au mot de l'énigme et autres libelles. n.p.n.e., 1785. 22 pages printed on light green laid paper. Very rare opuscule. [Necker] J'ai servi le roi pendant cinq années avec un zèle auquel je n'ai jamais connu de bornes..., n.p.n.d., 107 pages. Calonne office [Callonne] Two chapter from Réponse de M. de Calonne á l'écrit de M. Necker : publié en avril 1787; contenant l'examen des comptes de la situation des finances, rendus en 1774, 1776, 1781, 1783, & 1787 : avec des observations sur les résultats de l'Assemblée des notables, T. Spilsbury, Londres 1788: Piéces justificatives ou accessoires, 92 pages of tables, some folding. Appendix: Réponse au chapitre IV de l'ouvrage que M. Necker a publié sur l'administration des finances..., [2], 62 pages Varia [Batailliard] Aux ames sensibles et aux esprits judicieux. n.p.n.d.n.e., 46 pages. very scarce brochure printed after Napoleon Bonaparte coup of 18 Brumaire 1799, November the 9th, proposing the removal of the proscription set up by the French Revolution. Paine (Thomas), Décadence et chute du système de finances de l'Angleterre..., Paris, imprimerie du Cercle social , n.d., x, 52 pages. Scarce first French translation of Thomas Paine's pamphlet The Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance. Thomas Paine (philosopher and political theorist, 1737-1809), had strong sympathies withe the French Revolution. He was made French citizen and became a deputy to the National Convention despite the fact the couldn't speak French. After the coup of 18 Brumaire he condemned Napoleon Bonaparte dictatorship and left France in 1802 for the United States where he died © 2011-2016 Copyright - Le Scriptorium d'Albi Page 3 / 8 General Catalog generated on 30 September 2016 a few years later. Heavy foxing to the pages. 500,00 € (50-502) [Perrin (Pierre)] Divers insectes pièces de poésies Paris, Duval, 1645. One volume, 12mo, full marbled calf, smooth gilt ornate spine, red calf letter-piece, all edges red. Binding of the time. [12], 142 pages. First edition of one of the most curious collection of French poems dedicated to insects written by Pierre Perrin (1620-1675), mostly known as a librettist and French opera. Very nice copy of this very scarce book. 250,00 € (50-505) [Méhée de la Touche] Mémoires particuliers extraits de la correspondance avec feu M. Caron de Beaumarchais sur la Pologne, la Lituanie, la Russie blanche, Pétersbourg, Moscow, la Crimée, etc. Hambourg, Paris, Galland, 1807. Two parts bound in one volume, 8vo, half green calf, smooth spine, red calf letter-piece. Later binding. [12], 172 pages. First edition of this correspondence between Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-1799) and Méhée de la Touche (1760-1826) when this one was sent from 1788 to 1791 by a French trading company to Poland, Lithuania and Russia. Despite minor rubbing to the paper boards, a very good copy. 180,00 € (50-504) Salabery (Charles Marie d'Irumberry, comte de) Histoire de l'empire ottoman depuis sa fondation jusqu'à la paix d'Yassy, en 1792 Paris, Baudoin, 1824. Four volumes, 8vo, half blue calf, gilt ornate and blind tooled smooth spines. Third edition of this history of he Ottoman Empire from the origins of the Turks up to the Treaty o Jassi (Moldavia) putting an end to the 7th Russo-Turkish War of 1787–92, illustrated with an Ottoman Empire folded map and a two folded plates Ottoman dynasty family tree. A stain to the map, slight foxing, rubbing to the boards. Good copy. 400,00 € (50-506) Savary (Claude-Etienne) Lettres sur l'Egypte Paris, Bleuet, 1798. Three volumes bound in three, 8vo, full tree calf, gilt ornate smooth spines, red calf letter-pieces, marbled edges. [4], xvi, 399 pages; [4], 291 pages; 330 pages, [2]. Second edition of this correspondence illustrated with 5 folding plates: 1 frontispiece, 3 maps of Egypt and one diagram of the Pyramid of Cheops. The author, Claude-Etienne Savary (1750-1788) left France to Egypt in 1776, spending there three years, learning Arabic language. He is considered as a pioneer of © 2011-2016 Copyright - Le Scriptorium d'Albi Page 4 / 8 General Catalog generated on 30 September 2016 Egyptology and a reference as a translator of the Qur'an. Gorgeous copy despite a little lack of leather to this binding of the time. 500,00 € (46-484) Loti (Pierre) L'exilée Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1893. One volume, 8vo, half dark blue morocco, top edge gilt, gilt ornate and gilt-lettered spine, untrimmed. Binding of the time signed by Victor Champs. [4], 269 pages, [2]. Collection of 6 short stories including 4 in first edition by Pierre Loti (1850-1923) a French novelist and naval officer mostly renown for his novels on Turkey, China, Japan or on Pacific and Atlantic oceans. One on the 75 deluxe copies printed on Holland laid paper. A gorgeous copy. 700,00 € (46-483) Code d'instruction criminelle followed by Code pénal Paris, Imprimerie impériale, 1810. Two volumes bound in one volume 8vo, marbled calf, smooth gilt ornate with gilt-lettered piece, all edges red. Binding of the time. [4], 226 pages ; [4], 194 pages. First editions of the Napoleonic Penal code and Code of civil procedure. Light water stains on few pages. Very god copy. 600,00 € (49-493) Jonvelle (Jean-François) Les 100 plus belles photos Montreuil, Gourcuff Gradenigo, 2011. One volume, 4to, half cloth binding, upper board photo illustrated, clipcase. Bilingual edition, illustrated with a selection of 100 of the most beautiful women photographies by JeanFrançois Jonvelle (French photographer, 1943-2002), some double paged. Jean-François Jonvelle was mostly renown for his natural and eroticist way of shooting women. Deluxe copy from a 130 run. From these one of the 30 not issued for sale, n°XXI/XXX, with an original black & white print of the cover bearing the photographer dry stamp. 450,00 € © 2011-2016 Copyright - Le Scriptorium d'Albi Page 5 / 8 General Catalog generated on 30 September 2016 (46-497) Men (Pierrot) Chroniques malgaches Paris, Les Éditions de l'Œil, 2011. One volume, oblong 4to, editor's photo illustrated book and case. 124, [4] pages. The most remarkable portfolio on Madagascar landscapes and people, illustrated with 90 photos, mostly in black & white. Pierrot Men received in 1995 the "Mother Jones – Leica International Documentary Photography Award". Deluxe copy, not issued for sale with an original black & white print of the photo page 74, entitled and signed by Pierrot Men himself. 240,00 € (48-486) Khayyam (Omar) Omar Khayyam illustrated by Mera K. Sett Cambridge, Galloway & Porter, 1914. A 250 copies limited edition, privately printed. [4] (introduction), [16], (frontispiece and the 75 verses of Omar Khayyam 'Rubayat Fitzgerald’s first edition hand-written scripted owith ornamentation and drawings )[15] (illustrations in black with text printed tissue guard pages). Sett expresses his own style mixing some Beardsley influences, he denied, with pure Indian style. The publication was financed by Sett’s father. An extremely scarce book in a mint condition. 950,00 € (48-488) Bellangé (Hippolyte) Collection des types de tous les corps et uniformes militaires de la République et de l'Empire Paris, Dubochet, 1844. Un volume grand in-8. One volume, large 8vo, full dark green gilt ornate morocco, gilt-lettered and gilt ornate spine, upper edge gilt, inner boards borders gilt-tooled. Later binding by H. Prat. Uncommon book on military uniforms from the 1st French Republic to the 1st French Empire, illustrated with 50 wonderful coloured lithograph plates by Hippolyte Bellangé (French painter and lithograph, 1800-1866). Gorgeous copy wonderfully bound from a prestigious provenance, Paul Robert, the French dictionary publisher. 1 000,00 € (46-498) Guérin Mgr Barthès (Emile) Oeuvres d'Eugénie et de Maurice de Lettres à Louise de Bayne (2 tomes) Lettres à Maurice (1824,1839) Eugénie de Guérin d’après des documents inédits (2 tome) Journal Lettres à sa famille et à divers (2 tomes) © 2011-2016 Copyright - Le Scriptorium d'Albi Page 6 / 8 General Catalog generated on 30 September 2016 Paris, Gabalda then Didier ; Albi, Imprimerie coopérative du Sud-Ouest ; from 1929 to 1962 8 volumes, 4to, sewn. The most complete work ever done on Eugénie (French writer, 1805-1848) and Maurice (French poet, 1810-1839) de Guérin by Emile Barthès (bishop of Albi, 1883-1939). Very scarce collection of books. 450,00 € (46-485) Recueil de diverses pièces One volume, large 8vo, marbled paper binding, untrimmed. Binding of the time. Collection of first editions of various text published in 1787. Among these, the following ones: BEAUMARCHAIS (P.-A. Caron de) Mémoire sur une question d'adultère, de séduction et de diffamation... 1787, no place, no editor. 130 and 32 pages. First edition, 8vo format. Mémoire en réponse au libelle diffamatoire, signé, Guillaume Kornman No date, no place, no editor. [2], 38 pages. 8vo. First edition. Le public à Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais No date, no place, no editor. 16 pages. 8vo. First edition. MIRABEAU (Comte de) Dénonciation de l’agiotage au roi ... 1787, no place, no editor. VIII-98 pages. 8vo. First edition. CALONNE (Charles-Alexandre de) Lettre d'un soi-disant anglois à Paris No date, no place, no editor. 16 pages. 8vo. First edition. And some various decrees and orders from local Parliaments or Royal institutions. 500,00 € (46-492) Affaire Lesurques - Réquisitoire de M. le Procureur Général Delangle - Audience du 11 décembre 1868 Paris, Lahure, 1869. One volume, 8vo, full black cloth. 75 pages. First edition of general attorney Delangle prosecution closing at Joseph Lesurques posthumous retrial in 1868, he who was sentenced to death and executed in 1796 after the "Courrier de Lyon" case, while claiming innocence. Copy bearing Henry Harrisse manuscript ex-library, his New York Supreme Court member dry stamp, and enriched with a manuscript letter summarising his own conclusions after having personally interviewed general attorney Delangle at princess Mathilde Bonaparte's home. Unique and gorgeous copy from a prestigious provenance. 600,00 € © 2011-2016 Copyright - Le Scriptorium d'Albi Page 7 / 8 General Catalog generated on 30 September 2016 (46-489) Nadar Quand j'étais étudiant Paris, Michel Lévy, 1856. One volume, 12mo, half dark red shagreen, gilt lettered spine, original wrappers bound in. Modern binding. 56 (Michel Lévy's publications catalogue), [6], 281 pages. Rare first edition of Gaspard Félix Tournachon-Molin, best known as Nadar, (French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, and balloonist, 1820-1910), collection of short stories and dedicated to George Sand, Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin as her real name (French novelist and memoirist, 18041876). Some pale foxing. Good copy. 250,00 € (46-490) Anonyme Le pas des armes de Sandricourt Paris, Léon Willem, 1874 One volume, 16mo, full calf, gilt ornate spine and boards, red calf letter-piece, all edges red. Binding of the time. XXXII, 80 pages. A 250 copies run. Reprint on a reduced format of a manuscript dated from 1493 describing a chivalrous tournament which took place close to Sandricourt castle from 1493, September the 16th to the 25th.,and illustrated with 10 wood-engravings after the original miniatures. Deluxe copy printed on Holland wove paper in an armorial binding. 250,00 € © 2011-2016 Copyright - Le Scriptorium d'Albi Page 8 / 8