Language: English
Published by Le Livre de Poche, Paris, 1965
Seller: Andrew's Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Book in red boards has minor shelf-wear, pages very slightly yellowed, tight, bright, and unmarked. Clear plastic cover has half-tear on middle of spine. A nice copy. Introduction by Paul Morand.
pocket_book. Condition: Very Good. US Soft Cover Edition. Book is in great condition! Little to no damage present on cover, pages, spine, or corners. Amazing buy!
Published by J. Techener: Paris, France., 1857
Seller: Tsunami Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Embossed leather, 12mo, 493 pages. In French. Five raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. Corners sl. bumped, edges and bands sl. worn. All edges gilt; wildly marbled endpapers. Interior clean, bright. Silk bookmark sewn-in. A sharp crisp copy. 0.0 0.0.
Published by Mercure De France, 1954
First Edition
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 181, [11] pages. Text in France. At head of upper wrapper: Numero 1093: 1er Septembre 1954. Issue devoted almost exclusively to Baudelairean criticism; contains essays by Yves Bonnefoy, Pierre Jean Jouve, Raymond Schwab, and others. Slight soiling, browning and creases to wrappers; slight uniform internal browning to edges. Advertising Matter.
Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
pocket_book. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
Published by Imprimerie Royal, Paris, 1838
Seller: Munster & Company LLC, ABAA/ILAB, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Paris: Imprimerie Royal, 1838. xxiii, 296 pp. + 1 illustrated plate. 21 x 13.5 cm. Quarter leather with marbled paper covered boards, with gilt lettering to spine. Rubbing to spine and spine ends, with rubbing to boards. Some light bumps and minor chipping to edges of covers. Some dust soil and age toning to edges of text block. Some pencil to verso of front free endpaper. Some foxing to title pages and introduction. Signed and inscribed by Felix Lajard (editor) on a slip of paper that has been affixed to the head of the half-title page. Recipient's name has been trimmed during binding and is illegible. Some mild foxing to illustrated plate at rear of book, as well as adjacent blank leaf and verso of rear free endpaper. Binding firm. . Signed By Editor. Hard Cover. Very Good.
Published by Béthune for the Bibliothèque Choisie, Paris, 1830
Seller: Cole & Contreras / Sylvan Cole Gallery, Sitges, B, Spain
First Edition
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION, ALL PUBLISHED of this extremely early and important anthology of Oriental poetry in French translation. 3, XI, 263, 8 pp. Includes poetry translated from Sanskrit, Malay, Javan, Chinese, Tibetan, and Arabic. The editor, 21-year-old Francisque Michel, had yet to graduate from high school when he published this volume, but would later go on to win undying fame as an editor of medieval French texts, including the first edition of the Chanson de Roland. 16mo. Original plain wraps. UNCUT. Light wear and tear to extremities of wraps, otherwise PRISTINE. Very rare, especially in such fine condition.
2 parts in 1 volume. The complete text of the Arabic version by Ibn al Muqaffa of this collection of animal fables with didactic overtones designed to illustrate wise conduct, printed in the beautiful types of the "Imprimerie Royale", with an introduction and critical notes in French. The typeface, based on Arab or Turkish specimens of calligraphy and cut in Rome in the early 17th century for Savary, "was the mainstay of Arabic typography in France until the late 19th century; it also provided a model for others" (Roper, p. 145).The spine is sunned, occasional browning and foxing. Otherwise in good condition.l Blois, "Kalila wa-Dimna", in: Meisami & Starkey, Enyclopedia of Arabic literature, pp. 423-425; Chauvin II, p. 11f., no. 17; Keith-Falconer, Kalilah and Dimnah, pp. xvi-xvii; cf. G. Roper, Early Arabic Printing in Europe, in: Middle Eastern Languages and the Print Revolution. A Cross-Cultural Encounter (Westhofen 2002), pp. 129-150. 19th-century purple-ish cloth, with the title lettered in gold on the spine. The cloth around the spine is faded and browned. Pages: [2], VIII, 140; [8], 315, [1] pp.
1. La Genese 1-2. Roulland 1682. (96)433,(9),456 pages. 2. L'Exode et le Levitique. Roulland 1683. (84),788,(16) pages. 3. Les Nombre (et) Le Deuteronome. Second edition, Desprez 1685-86. (16),421,(7) + (12),472,(7) pages. 4. Josue. Les Juges et Ruth. Second edition. Desprz 1687. (12),314,(8) + (8),363,(11) pages. 5. Les deux premieres livres des Rois. Roulland 1679. (20),612,(12) pages. 6. Les duex derniers livres des Rois. Pierre le Petit 1687. (8),743,(16) pages. 7. Les Paralipomenes (et) Esdras et Nehemias. Derniere edition. Fricx 1689 and 1701. xvii,(3),573,(7) + xvi(4),262,(4) pages. 8-10. Les Psaumes de David. Fricx (vol. 1 and 3) and Desprez (vol. 2) 1699. xxxviii,(10),614,(10) + (12),636,(8) + (8),568,(6) pages 3 volumes. 11. Les Proverbes. Derniere edition. Fricx 1701. xxxv,(5),682,(14) pages. 12. Isaïe. Roulland 1679. (28),564,(18) pages. 13. Jeremie (et) Lamentations de Jeremie (et) Baruch. Derniere edition. Fricx 1700. xxx,(2),776,(10) + (6),85,(3) pages. 14. Ezechiel (et) Daniel. Derniere edition. Fricx 1701 and 1700. xviii.(6),697,(11) + xix,(5),303,(8) pages. 15. Les douze petits Prophetes. Troisiéme edition. Roulland 1681. (28),712,(26) pages. 16. Tobie, Judith et Esther. Second edition. Desprez 1689. (20),586,(6) pages. 17. l'Ecclesiastique. Second edition. Pierre le Petit 1685. (10),599,(24) pages. 18. Les Machabées. Derniere edition. Fricx 1700. xviii,(6),566,(10) pages. All volumes 12:mo. In 18 contemporary full leather bindings. A few small brown spots and ink-spots. Last 20 leaves in volume 17 wrinkled.*Port Royal version. French and Latin (Vulgata) text in parallel colums. A mix of printers from Paris and Bruxelles. More published. In this set is missing: Job, Cantique des cantiques, La Sagesse and Nouveau Testament.[#215586].