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Chateaux d'Ile-de-France. With original etchings by Maurice Achener (8)

Chateaux d’Ile-de-France. With original etchings by Maurice Achener (8), Paul Baudier (8), Jean-Pierre Blanchet (4), Jacques Boullaire (3), Paul-Adrien Bouroux (8), Robert Cami (6), Henry Cheffer (4), René Cottet (13), Albert Decaris (11), Francis Domenget (4), Camille Josso (10), Maxime Juan (3), Pierre-Paul Lemagny (10), Aymar de Lézardière (9), Mme. Mackain-Langlois (10), Pierre-Yves Trémois (4), and André Vahl (11).

Ernest de Ganay (P.-A. Bouroux, Josso, Trémois, Decaris, Baudier, Blanchet, Cottet, et al.) Three volumes, complete. A MONUMENTAL 3-VOLUME LIVRE DE PEINTRE DEVOTED TO THE CASTLES OF THE ILE-DE FRANCE, WITH 126 ETCHINGS AND ENGRAVINGS BY MANY OF THE LEADING FRENCH PRINTMAKERS OF THE 1950'S: Maurice Achener (8), Paul Baudier (8), Jean-Pierre Blanchet (4), Jacques Boullaire (3), Paul-Adrien Bouroux (8), Robert Cami (6), Henry Cheffer (4), René Cottet (13), Albert Decaris (11), Francis Domenget (4), Camille Josso (10), Maxime Juan (3), Pierre-Paul Lemagny (10), Aymar de Lézardière (9), madame Mackain-Langlois (10), Pierre-Yves Trémois (4), André Vahl (11). From a total edition of 135 numbered copies, all printed on fine Rives wove paper, THIS COPY WAS PRINTED FOR PAUL-ADRIEN BOUROUX, one of the artists who contributed etchings to the project, who added numerous signed drawings and working proofs to this copy. For the Chateau de Villarceaux (volume I, with four etchings), Bouroux added 2 unique working proofs for the first etching, 2 unique working proofs for the second etching, a unique working proof for the third etching, and the original drawing and a working proof for the fourth etching. For the chateau de Nantouillet (volume II, with four etchings), Bouroux added a wash and ink drawing and a working proof for the first etching, a working proof for the second etching, 2 working proofs for the third etching, and a working proof for the fourth etching. This set also includes an extra etching by Achener with a signed presentation inscription to Bouroux and ALL OF THE MENUS OF THE SOCIÉTÉ DE SAINT-ELOY FROM 1957 TO 1961 AT WHICH THE VOLUMES OF THIS WORK WERE PRESENTED TO THE MEMBERS (5 menus in all, each illustrated with an original print). The menu for March 1957 is illustrated with an original drypoint by Trémois and accompanied by an autograph letter from Trémois to Bouroux, signed by Trémois. The menu from January 1961 is illustrated with an etching by Bouroux, and is accompanied by the original drawing and two working proofs. Large 4tos. Loose as issued in original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS. House in the original (and lightly worn) board slipcases. A UNIQUE COPY OF A RARE AND LOVELY SET.
  • $750
Bibliographie Instructive: Ou Traité de la Connoissance des Livres Rares et Singuliers [with] Supplement à la Bibliographie instructive

Bibliographie Instructive: Ou Traité de la Connoissance des Livres Rares et Singuliers [with] Supplement à la Bibliographie instructive, ou catalogue des livres du cabinet de feu M. Louis Jean Gaignat [with] Table [with] Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de feu M. LE DUC DE LA VALLIERE.

Guillaume-François de Bure, le jeune Thirteen volumes in twelve, ABSOLUTELY COMPLETE WITH ALL SUPPLEMENTS, PRICE LISTS, ETC, an outstanding set of the "Bibliographie Instructive" (the first great universal bibliography) and the Duc de la Vallière catalogue, elegantly and uniformly bound (as "BIBLIOGRAPHIE DE DE BURE", on the upper spine labels) in contemporary calf. Volumes 1-7 comprise the main body of the Bibliographie Instructive: (1) ii, *iv (dedication to Gaignat, often missing), iii-lxxvi, 603, 1 (corrections) pp; (2) xxviii, 772 pp; (3) xvi, 734 pp; (4) 544 pp; (5) viii, vii*-viii*, ix-xxiv, 631 pp; (6) 685 pp; (7) 687 pp. Volumes 8-10 comprise the supplements to the Bibliographie Instructive", including the Gaignat catalogue and the table: (8) xl, 621 pp; (9) 492 pp; (10) xxxii, 168 pp. Volumes 11-13 comprise the Duc de la Vallière catalogue: (11) 3, lxiv, 71 (additions, often missing), 602, x, 90 (supplement, often missing) pp + engraved portrait of La Vallière + folding plate; (12) 3, 758 pp + folding plate and 4 facsimile plates; (13) 3, 388, 376, 92, 42 (price list, usually missing), 1 (note) pp. 8vo. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY CALF, spine gilt with morocco lettering-pieces. A trivial bit of wear to bindings. INTERNALLY FINE AND BRIGHT. An outstanding set, made all the more interesting by the fact that a contemporary collector thought to have De Bure's main works uniformly bound together.
  • $2,500
  • $2,500