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Place of Origin: French
Sans Pudeur by Renée Camera, illustrations by Valti
Located in Middletown, NY
"Sans Pudeur" tells of the erotic encounters of a young couple in the countryside with many double-entendres and saucy details. The author is Renée Dunan but the book was published u...
Category
Early 20th Century French Books
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Leather
Gauguin, Catalogue Raisonné [Wildenstein]
Located in Middletown, NY
Daniel Wildenstein's OWN COPY of the first, limited edition Gauguin Catalogue Raisonée. RARE with autograph notations.
Wildenstein, Georges (Daniel Wildenstein and Raymond Cogniat, ...
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Mid-20th Century French Books
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Paper
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Christies May 2005, 20th Century Decorative Arts, Paris, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Christies May 2005, 20th Century Decorative Arts, Paris, 1st Ed. 66 lots on 88 pages photographed in color and described. With results.
NPT Books, a division of Trent Antiques, has...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern French Books
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Paper
Modernités Sotheby’s Paris Wed 16 Oct 2019, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Modernités Sotheby’s Paris Wed 16 Oct - Wed 16 Oct 2019. Sotheby's Paris. 1st Ed auction catalog. One of the best works in Sotheby’s Modernités catalogue on 16 October was one of Fra...
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2010s French Books
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Paper
Catteau, Claire de Pauw Donation, French Book, Exhibition 2001
By Boch Freres Keramis, Keramis, Charles Catteau for Boch Freres, Charles Catteau
Located in Atlanta, GA
Catteau Claire de Pauw, Marcl Stal Donation. This special French book was published during the 2001 exhibition at the King Baudouin Foundation in Belgium.
The Catteau collection comp...
Category
Early 2000s Modern French Books
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Paper
Alexandre M.Raymond, I'art Islamique En Orient, Deuxième Partie
Located in London, GB
Alexandre M. Raymond, I'art Islamique en Orient, deuxième partie.
French, 1924.
Measures: height 49cm, width 37cm, depth 2cm.
This important book is the second volume of French architect Alexandre Raymond’s 1924 treatise on Islamic architecture...
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1920s Vintage French Books
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Paper
Raoul Dufy Original Lithograph Book - 9 Lithograph
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dufy Treasures of the French Painting book. Original Raoul Dufy lithograph book containing 9 plates. Each plate could easily be framed. Very rare Raoul Dufy d...
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1940s Modern Vintage French Books
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Paper
Meubles et Sièges du XVIII Siècle by André Theunissen, Limited, Numbered 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Meubles et Sièges du XVIII Siècle: Menuisiers, Ébénistes, Margues, Plans et Ornemaentation de Leurs Oeuvres (Furniture and Seating from the 18th century: Carpenters, Cabinet Makers, Marks, Plans and Ornamentation of Their Works.) Paris: Éditions "Le Document", 1934. Limited edition #398 fabric hardcover with no dust jacket. French text. 195 pp. A remarkable French book on 18th c furniture...
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1930s Vintage French Books
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Paper
Set of Old Bound Books from 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These beautiful books are perfect to fill a nic...
Category
19th Century Antique French Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Sevres Boulogne-Billancourt, Independent Ceramic, French Book by F. Slitine 2007
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sevres - Boulogne-Billancourt, La Ceramique Independente (Sevres - Boulogne-Billancourt, The Independent Ceramic), French Book by Florence Slitine, 2007.
Preface by Emmanuel Bréon an...
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Early 2000s Art Deco French Books
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Paper
New Architectural Pleasures, French Book by George Pompidou Art Center, 1985
By Centre Georges Pompidou
Located in Atlanta, GA
Nouveaux Plaisirs d'Architectures (New Architectural Pleasures), French book published by The National Center of Art and Culture Georges Pompidou in Paris, 1985.
Les pluralismes de l...
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1980s Modern Vintage French Books
Materials
Paper
Mobilier Savoyard et Dauphinois by Lucile Olivier, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Mobilier Savoyard et Dauphinois by Lucile Olivier. Paris: Èditions Ch. Massin, 1976, French text. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 80 pp. The book illustrates the beds, seat...
Category
Late 20th Century French Books
Materials
Paper
Pair of 19th C. French Book Velum Containers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two containers made from antique velum books. They are triangular in shape, each adorned with a faded golden design against a lighter background. The diamond-shaped central motif, b...
Category
19th Century French Provincial Antique French Books
Materials
Parchment Paper
François-Xavier Lalanne Catalogue Drawings Sculpture
By Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne
Located in San Diego, CA
François-Xavier Lalanne Catalogue of drawings and sculpture. 36 pages. Limited edition from 1991.
Category
1990s Modern French Books
Materials
Paper
Roger Tallon by Roger Tallon, Chloe Braunstein, and Gilles de Bure
Located in valatie, NY
Roger Tallon by Roger Tallon, Chloe Braunstein, and Gilles de Bure. Dis Voir, France, 2015. 1st Ed softcover. Roger Tallon is a key figure in French design and has worked in nearly all facets of the design industry. Early in his career he focused primarily on domestic design. He then turned to aesthetic and institutional concerns; and later his practice became strictly industrial. His diverse accomplishments include: his Téléavia portable television set, Lip watches...
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1990s French Books
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Paper
Une Autre Langue; Matisse et la Gravure by Claude Duthuit, 1st Ed Exhibition Cat
Located in valatie, NY
Une Autre Langue; Matisse et la Gravure by Claude Duthuit. Paris, France / New York, New York: Mona Bismarck Foundation, 2010. 1st Ed softcover exhibition catalog. 165 pp. Profusely ...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Books
Materials
Paper
Ephemeral Decorations in Paris French Book by André Granet Original 1948 Edition
By General Decoration
Located in Atlanta, GA
Décors éphémères: Les Expositions Jeux d'Eau et de Lumière, (Ephemeral decorations: water and light games exhibitions,) French book by André Granet, Original edition 1948, Preface by...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage French Books
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Paper
Christie's Bel Ameublement Provenant des Collections de Valerian Rybar
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: Bel Ameublement Provenant des Collections de Valerian Rybar et Jean-Francois Daigre. Christies, Paris, 2003. 1st Ed softcover. 92 pages with...
Category
Early 2000s French Books
Materials
Paper
The Industrial Heritage of the United States French Book by Louis Bergeron, 2000
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Le Patrimoine Industriel des Etats-Unis (The Industrial Heritage of The United-States), French book by Louis Bergeron and Maria Teresa Maiullari-Pontois, 2000.
Since the creation of ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern French Books
Materials
Paper
Great America, French Book by PML Editions, 1988
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Geniale Amerique (Great America), French book by Editions PML, 1988.
America is a rich and immense land of incredible beauty, sometimes still primitive; a complex continent in comple...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage French Books
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Paper
From Marseille to New York 1940-1945, French/English Book, by Bernard Noel, 1985
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Marseille - New York. 1940-1945, une liaison surrealiste (Marseille - New York. 1940-1945, a surrealistic link), French/English book by Bernard Noel, 1985.
Through archival photograp...
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1980s Modern Vintage French Books
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Paper
Lalanne(s) - Daniel Abadie - 1st Edition, Flammarion, Paris, 2008
Located in CA, CA
First Edition Hardback in Dust Jacket. Published by Flammarion, Paris, 2008. Text in English.
One of the great artistic partnerships, Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne have been pe...
Category
Early 2000s French Books
Materials
Paper
E. BENEZIT - Dictionnaire Critique Et Documentaire Des Peintres, Sculpteure
Located in valatie, NY
E. BENEZIT - Dictionnaire Critique Et Documentaire Des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs Et Graveurs 8 Volume Set. The Bible of artists references. The Benezit Dictionary of Artists...
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Mid-20th Century French Books
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Paper
Gerusalemme Liberata by Torquato Tasso – Elegant French 18th C "pocket" edition
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: Prault, 1768
2 vols, 12mo, 5 3/8 x 3 1/8 inches (136 x 80 mm). Vol. 1: front. title, 2nd frontispiece, iii, 326; Vol. 2: title, 333 pp. Text in Italian. Frontispiece by Godefr...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique French Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Jacques Callot 1592 - 1635, French Book by Paulette Choné, 1992
By Jacques Callot
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jacques Callot 1592 - 1635, French book by Paulette Choné, 1992.
This important book was published after the Jacques Callot exhibition which was presented at the Lorraine Historical ...
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1990s Medieval French Books
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Paper
Paris 1925, French Book by Armand Lanoux, 1957
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Paris 1925, French book by Armand Lanoux, published by Editions Robert Delpire, Paris in 1957.
1925, which only raised sarcasm yesterday, softened suddenly....
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1950s Modern Vintage French Books
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Paper
Cartier Folio of Photos and Floral Jewelry Designs with 2 Original CD's, 2005
By Cartier
Located in valatie, NY
Cartier folio of photos and floral jewelry designs with 2 original CD's 2005. With 9 loose, large format 16" H x 11" W photos. Accompanied by a breath...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Books
Materials
Felt, Paper
Sept Calligrammes d’Apollinaire 1967 Ossip Zadkine
By Ossip Zadkine
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Ossip Zadkine (1890-1967)
Guillaume Apollinaire, Sept Calligrammes, Christophe Czwiklitzer, Paris 1967
the complete portfolio comprising ten etchings and an additional suite, with t...
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20th Century Modern French Books
Materials
Paper
Yves Thomas, Waves and Storms, French Artist-Painter Book, by Yves Thomas, 2011
By Travail Francais
Located in Atlanta, GA
Yves Thomas, Vagues et Tempetes (Waves and Storms), French-English book by Yves Thomas, 2011.
Yves Thomas is a recognized French artist born in Normandy, France in 1937.
The most be...
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2010s Modern French Books
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Paper
La femme demasquée ou l'amour peint selon l'usage nouveau – Quesnot de La Chênée
Located in Middletown, NY
Quesnot de La Chênée, Jean-Jacques
La femme démasquée ou l'amour peint selon l'usage nouveau
la Haye (The Hague): Jacob van Ellinckhuysen, 1698.
First Edition.
12mo, 5 x 2 3/4 inc...
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17th Century Antique French Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
The United States 1898 to 1933, French Book by Y.H. Nouailhat, 1973
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Les Etats-Unis 1898 - 1933 L'Avenement d'une Puissance Mondiale (The United States 1898 - 1933 - The Advent of a World Power), by Y. H. Nouailhat, 1973.
The United States, which had ...
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1970s Modern Vintage French Books
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Paper
Le Corbusier Der Modulor Book, 1956
By Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Le Corbusier Der Modulor book. Le Corbusier published Le Modulor in 1948, followed by Modulor 2 in 1955. These works were first published in English as The Modulor in 1954 and Modulo...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage French Books
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Paper
The Industrial Heritage of The United States, French Book by Louis Bergeron 2000
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Le Patrimoine Industriel des Etats-Unis (The Industrial Heritage of The United States), French book by Louis Bergeron and Maria Teresa Maiullari-Pontois, 2000.
Since the creation of ...
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Early 2000s Modern French Books
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Paper
VERINEAU ( Gerda Wegener ) - Douze Sonnets Lascifs - LIMITED EDITION - 1925
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: VERINEAU, Alexandre de, (Louis Perceau), (Gerda Wegener - illustrator).
TITLE: Douze Sonnets Lascifs: pour accompagner la suite d'aquarelles int...
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1920s Vintage French Books
Materials
Leather
Sotheby’s Catalog Mobilier, Objects D’Art Et Porcelaines De Chine Luigi Laura
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby’s Catalogue Mobilier, Objects D’Art Et Porcelaines De Chine Luigi Anton Laura 2001. Sotheby's, Paris, 2001. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacke...
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Early 2000s French Books
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Paper
Comment Installer Son Interieur en Louis XIII ou Louis XIV, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Comment Installer Son Interieur en Louis XIII ou Louis XIV, by Colette Lehmann. Paris, Éditions Charles Massin, 1963. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. How to decorate with L...
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1960s Vintage French Books
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Paper
Sophie Arnould d'après sa correspondance... GONCOURT bros., deluxe, illustrated
Located in Middletown, NY
SIGNED, Second edition on LARGE PAPER
One of the first personal biographies (biographies intimes) written by the Goncourt brothers and composed in 1857. This special edition with el...
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Late 19th Century Antique French Books
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Gold Leaf
Bernard Buffet Coffee Table Art Collector Book, 1966
By Bernard Buffet
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Bernard Buffet. Images Luc Fournol. Legendes Annabel Buffet Jean Widmer.
Buffet, Bernard - Druon, Maurice.
Bernard Buffet (French: 10 July 1928 – 4 October 1999) was a French painter...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern French Books
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Paper
Boutiques 1929 Book, Paris
By Robert Mallet-Stevens
Located in New York, NY
Portfolio of Art Deco and early modernist Paris shops and boutiques, showing both interiors and exteriors, edited by Roger Poulain and published by Vincent Freal et Cie (Paris) in 1929. 72 (of 72) loose plates plus checklist enclosed in graphically striking printed paper-covered boards with ribbon ties. Includes projects by Eugene Printz, Claude Levy...
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1920s Art Deco Vintage French Books
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Paper
Meubles et Ensembles Époque Directoire Empire, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Meubles et Ensembles Époque Directoire Empire by Yvonne Brunhammer. Paris: Editions Charles Massin, 1965. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket, 76 pages. Great photos of Empire furniture, a lot in period room...
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1960s Vintage French Books
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Paper
Années 30 en Europe Le Temps Menaçant, 1929-1939, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Années 30 en Europe Le Temps Menaçant 1929-1939 by Pagé Suzanne and Vidal Aline. Published by Flammarion Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, 1997...
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1990s French Books
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Paper
LES PASTORALES. Binding by René Kieffer with Original Wood Block.
Located in Middletown, NY
Les Pastorales by Theocritus / Théocrite, illustrated and with unique binding by Kieffer, René
Les Pastorales; Traduites intégralement par Gabriel Soulages. Bois originaux de J.-B. ...
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Early 20th Century French Books
Materials
Leather, Wood, Paper
Restauration, Louis-Philippe by Janine Leris-Laffargue, 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Restauration, Louis-Philippe by Janine Leris-Laffargue. Editions Massin, Paris, France, 1994. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. French furniture of the Louis-Philippe restoration pe...
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1990s French Books
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Paper
Etoffes Japonaises 'Tissues Et Brochees' Complete Folio of Fabric Designs
Located in Sharon, CT
A portfolio consisting of eighty (80) 16"x12" loose chromolithographs of the most beautiful Japanese fabric designs. Published by the Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, Paris 1905.
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Early 20th Century Japonisme French Books
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Paper
Signed Copy of “Les Anges Et Toi” by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
By Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Signed and illustrated edition of Jean-Charles de Castelbajac’s book “Les anges et toi” – with an original drawing by Castelbajac and a dedication to German fashion photographer and ...
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20th Century Post-Modern French Books
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Paper
Louys, Pierre, Les Chansons De Bilitis, with 5 Original Watercolor Illustrations
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: LOUYS, Pierre.
TITLE: Les Chansons de Bilitis.
PUBLISHER: Paris: Librairie De L'art Independant, 1895.
DESCRIPTION: WITH 5 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ILLUSTRATIONS. 1 vol., limited to 480 numbered copies on paper Velin this being copy #127, illustrated with 4 fine full page watercolor illustration and 1 half page (in text) by J. Robaglia, bound in full red morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spine, covers ruled and paneled in gilt, covers with blind tooled Greek Key design, spine panels and covers inlaid with multicolor morocco onlays depicting tulips and flowers in an art Deco style, gilt dentelles, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut by Samblanx-Weckesser.
CONDITION: Internally clean and bright, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, overall VERY GOOD+.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This exact volume apparently last appeared at auction in 1919 as lot #207 Sotheby's Kensington "The Property of James Holmes...
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1890s Antique French Books
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Leather
Sotheby's: La Photographie II/III Collection Marie-Therese Et Andree Jammes
Located in valatie, NY
La Photographie Parts II & III. Collection Marie-Therese et Andree Jammes: Sotheby's Paris 22 Mars 2002. Important auction of important 19th c photographs. They were not the 1st collectors of photography but they were the 1st to bring a much needed discipline and scholarly framework. A pair of great photographic reference books...
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Early 2000s French Books
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Paper
Les Bronzes Dores Francais du Xviii Siecle by Pierre Verlet
By Pierre Verlet
Located in valatie, NY
Les Bronzes Dores Francais du Xviii Siecle by Pierre Verlet. Grands Manuels Picard, Paris, 1999. Second edition hardcover with dust jacket. A great book on a previously little publis...
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1990s French Books
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Paper
Meubles et Ensembles Bretons by Stany Gauthier, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Meubles et Ensembles Bretons by Stany Gauthier. Ch. Massin Paris, 1950. 40 b&w plates. 12 page introduction followed by b/w photo plate section of 36 pages. Part of 'Collection de l'...
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1950s Vintage French Books
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Paper
Au Souffle du Kasmin by Jeanne H. Chabal - illustrated poems
Located in Middletown, NY
This elegantly-printed and bound small volume is enhanced by an affectionate inscription by the author to her friend Mathilde Koehn, and a holograph poem of 4 stanzas, initialed and ...
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Early 20th Century French Books
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Leather, Paper
Alfred De Vigny, LES DESTINÉES, Illustrated, Signed and with Original Drawings
Located in Middletown, NY
Alfred de Vigny. LES DESTINÉES; Précédés de Moïse.
Paris: Edouard Pelletan, 1898. Limited Edition.
Quarto, 11 3/4 x 9 3/4 in (300 x 248 mm), 196 pp., red crushed morocco, boards ...
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Late 19th Century Antique French Books
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Gold Leaf
Set of Old Bound Books from the 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are entitled "Journal des missions Evangeliques» with Map (Mission...
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19th Century Antique French Books
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Leather, Paper
French Early 20th Century "Encyclopedie Universelle" Dated 1908
Located in Stockbridge, GA
French early 20th century "Encyclopedie Universelle" dated 1908.
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau French Books
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Leather
Mobilier Savoyard et Dauphinois by Lucile Olivier, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Mobilier Savoyard et Dauphinois by Lucile Olivier. Paris: Èditions Ch. Massin, 1976, French text. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 80 pp. The book illustrates the beds, seat...
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Late 20th Century French Books
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Paper
Illustrated Letters - Artists and Writers Correspond
Located in Bradenton, FL
Illustrated Letters - Artists and Writers Correspond. Edited by Roselyne De Ayala and Jean-Pierre Gueno, foreword by Francine Prose. Hardcover book with dustjacket, published in 1999...
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1990s French Books
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Paper
Comment Installer Son Interieur en Regence ou Louis XV, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Comment Installer Son Interieur en Regence ou Louis XV. Editions Charles Massin, 1963. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. A book on how to decorate with Regency and Louis XV f...
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1960s Vintage French Books
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Paper
Antoine Caron Peintre des fetes et des massacres by Jean Ehrmann, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Antoine Caron: Peintre des fetes et des massacres by Jean Ehrmann. Published by Flammarion, 1986. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket, French text. In b&w and color. Important book on ...
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1980s Vintage French Books
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Paper
Jacques Callot "Misères Et Malheurs De La Guerre" Collection of Engraving 17th
By Jacques Callot
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
“Les Misères Et Les Malheurs De La Guerre” (“The misfortunes of war”) more commonly called “the great miseries of war” (“The great miseries of war”) is a major work by the 17th centu...
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17th Century Louis XIII Antique French Books
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Paper
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