French Books

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. ...

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'...

Set of old bound books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These beautiful books are perfect to fill a nice library. Sizes may vary....

Paris: Librairie des Amateurs, 1892. Illustrations: Adolphe Lalauze (1838 – 1906) Preface: Philippe Gille Limited Edition 8vo, 9 1/8 x 6 inches (231 x 153 mm); xvi, 84, (3) pp.; pri...

Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, L.Carteret et Cie. 1904. Maurice Tourneux, preface, Daniel Vierge, illustrations LIMITED EDITION Large 8vo, 10 1/2 x 7 inches (270 x 177 mm); viii, 298 ...

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...

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...

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...

Bernard & Benjamin Steinitz - Antiquaires a Paris, 1998 Catalogue. 1st Ed hardcover. A handsome catalogue of fine antiques and art by one of the world's leading dealers, Bernard Stei...

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...

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...

Picasso Lithographs, Catalog Raisonnee, 1970 Printed By S.P.A.D.E.M, Paris Translated from French by Jean Didry Printed In France "Profuse black & white photos and color illustratio...

Mobilier Basque by Lucile Olivier. Paris: Èditions Ch. Massin. French text. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 82 pp. The book illustrates the beds, seating, tables, case pieces and ...

Sevres - Boulogne-Billancourt, La Ceramique Independente (Sevres - Boulogne-Billancourt, The Independent Ceramic), French Book by Florence Slitine, 2007. Preface by Emmanuel Bréon an...

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 ...

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...

Les Bambous: Fables de La Fontaine by Louis Jaham-Desrivaux. Paris: J. Peyronnet & Cie., 1931. French edition paperback rebound in blue calf-leather decorated with embossed bamboo impression in green and gilt. 246 pp. Hardcover in custom slipcase. Disguised as an old Creole patois commander, Fontaine was one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. Binding is signed by M. Lambert, a well-known leather book binder...

Wildenstein, Georges; Paul Jamot [intro.] Manet [Catalogue raisonné] L'oeuvre de l'artiste en quatre cent quatre-vingts phototypes Paris: Les Beaux-Arts, 1932. First Edition. 2 vol...

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...

Ten book series of The works of Arnaud Berquin. The set was put together by hand, has leather spines and covers with gilded lettering, decoration, and a lacework design with a hand p...

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 ...

A beautiful copy of the DELUXE EDITION of a classic collection of pastoral poems and elegies by the Sicilian poet Theocritus (c. 300 B.C. – c. 260 B.C.), known for his epic and pasto...

“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...

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 ...

Rare Jean Prouve book, Jousse /Seguin-Enrico Navarra, 1998. Perfect condition.

Art Book Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (Fujita Tsuguharu; Tokyo, 27 November 1886 - Zurich, 29 January 1968) Texts Bernard Dorival Oeuvres 1949-1968 Èdition Nichido.

Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called  «Revue Chrétienne» (Chr...

Mobilier Louis-Philippe Napoleon III by Colette Lehmann. Paris: Èditions Ch. Massin, 1976, French text. Hardcover with dust jackets. 81 pp. Illustrates the beds, seating, tables, cas...

Author: STEIN, Gertrude. Title: Operas and Plays. Publisher: Paris: 27 Rue de Fleurus, 1932. PLAIN EDITION INSCRIBED BY ALICE TOKLAS. 1 vol., limited to 500 copies, inscrib...

Primatice Maitre De Fontainebleau by Dominique Cordellier. Published by Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 2004. 1st Ed softcover exhibition catalog. First major exh...

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...

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...

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 ...

Ossip Zadkine (1890-1967) Guillaume Apollinaire, Sept Calligrammes, Christophe Czwiklitzer, Paris 1967 the complete portfolio comprising ten etchings and an additional suite, with t...

Sotheby's: Collection Klaus Otto Preis Paris 11/9/05 sale 5022. Softcover auction catalogue of 264 lots. He worked for Nina Ricci, Italian-born French fashion designer. Sale of paint...

Monograph on the work of Andre Lurcat, important French modernist architect, designer, urban planner, and younger brother of the textile artist Jean. ...

Christie's Mobilier et Objets d'Art, tableaux Anciens et du xixeme Siecle, Ceramiques Europeans et Verre. 8 Novembre 2005. First Edition softcover. Christie's catalog contains 230 p...

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...

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...

Moods and Movements in Art, by Verve, published by Reynal & Co. New York, 1959. This volume was originally published in France as Numbers 27 and 28 in the Verve series. This volume i...

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...

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 ...

This handsome SIGNED copy of Les Trophées comes from the celebrated library of the French collector and bibliophile Guy Bigorie, who often collected bibliographic "truffles", in the ...

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...

Christie's: 22 Juin 2005-Collection d'un Grand Amateur Européen. First Edition softcover 175 pp., with 3 fold outs, 177 lots all photographed in color and fully described, with resul...

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...

Mobillier de Haute Normandie by Édith Mannoni. Paris: Èditions Ch. Massin. French text. First Editon hardcover with dust jacket. 93 pp. The book illustrat...

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...

Miroir Du Gout et Des Preferences De Deux Amateurs - Collection Jacques et Henriette Schumann - Christie's Paris, 30 September 2003 / Mirror of the Taste and Preferences of Collector...

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...

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...

Jacques Garcia Decorating In The French Style Hardcover Book by Franck Ferrand 1999. Jacques Garcia Decorating In The French Style, is a reference in term of French Decoration Style.Pubished in 2005, this version is the Original publication which was later modified.After designing private interiors for distinguished clients worldwide, Jacques Garcia subsequently set about decorating some of the most popar establishments in Paris - from the Hotel Costes, the Laduree tearoom on the Champs Elysees and the new Fouquet's, to the brasserie La Grande Armee and L'Avenue. But his masterpiece is the Norman chateau Le Champ de Bataille, in which every detail contributes to the formation of a new style: the Garcia style.Jacques Garcia is one of the most fashionable interior designers in France today. Parisians flock to the tables of the exclusive Hotel Costes he designed near the place Vendome, and the famous tea room Laduree on the Champs Elysees to dine and be seen in his elegant and atmospheric fin-de-siecle salons. Garcia counts among his private clients royalty, actors, piticians and businessmen from New York to Beirut, but he is just as much at home refurbishing museums (musee Carnavalet, musee de la Vie Romantique) and palace hotels and casinos in Deauville or Baden-Baden. Neoclassicism, Orientalism and Empire Revival are his decorative landmarks. In deliberate opposition to the post-modern spaces designed by wunderkind Philippe Starck in the early 90s, Garcia is passionate about the past, but his is not a dry historicism. He is a master at mixing texture, pattern and cor. His re-created rooms seem to bear the traces of generations, but are in fact the product of his inspired and irreverent imagination and attention to detail. The magnificent, ongoing restauration and decoration of his Normandy chateau, Champs de Bataille, attracts visitors from the world over and is a monument to his art and creativity.Stunningly illustrated, this sumptuous vume will appeal to anyone interested in interior decoration and provides a privileged look into the exclusive world of French elegance and style.In mid-career, Jacques Garcia invites us to explore an oeuvre in continuous development in which the marvels of the past have been revisited with an eye to the present. A magician of mood, Garcia is expert at keeping spectators spellbound.Here, extensively illustrated, is the first work entirely devoted to this outstanding interior designer. In it we share the joys to be derived from a certain art of living a la francaise, in the timeless tradition of the "grand style". A thirty-year career has made Jacques Garcia a worldwide name in interior design in the French tradition. In Paris, chic crowds flock to his celebrated Hétel Costes and Ladurée tearoom, and to his many fin de siécle brasseries. Garcia's designs also grace the interiors of the Musée Carnavalet and the Musée de la Vie Romantique and his most recent tour de force is the restoration of Paris Hotel Mansart. Garcia's most ambitious project to date, the refurbishment of the Chateau du Champ...

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...

Set of old religious books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are entitled « La France Protestante » (Protestant France...

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...

Van Dongen et le Fauvisme (Van Dongen and Fauvisme.) Paris: La Bibliothèque des Arts Lausanne, 1971. First edition hardcover with dust jacket and slip case. A beautiful book on Kees ...

A stunning 18th century iron lectern from France. This would have been used on the altar to display a large bible during mass for the priest to read from. This is an instant conversa...

Mobilier Vendeen Aunis Saintonge by Lucile Olivier. Paris: Èditions Ch. Massin. French text. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 80 pp. The book illustrates the beds, seating, tables,...

A very rare "Film Francais" softbound program featuring original artwork from Bernard Buffet, circa 1958. The program is in good vintage condition with no rips or tears and has nine ...

Set of old bound books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These 3 books are the set of different plays by Casimir Delavigne of the French Academy...