Home
/ Auctions Calendar
/ Past Auctions
/ 04 June 2024 - BEAUTIFUL SALE OF ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS

Auction 04 June 2024 BEAUTIFUL SALE OF ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS - Roubaix

Bid on the lot list May & Associés : 04 June 2024 - BIBLIOPHILIE ET EDITIONS ORIGINALES XIXe Maupassant, Huysmans, Baudelaire, Flaubert, Rimbaud, Balzac, Kafka,… BEAUX LIVRES ANCIENS, LIVRES ILLUSTRES, REGIONALISME, importante collection de La Pléiade. Expositions publiques : - Lundi 03 juin de 14h à 17h30- Mardi 04 juin de 09h à 12h00 Expert: François GIARD, Expert près la Cour d’Appel de Douai, membre du Syndicat de la Librairie Ancienne et Moderne Pour tout renseignement, merci de nous envoyer un mail à l'adresse contact@mayassocies.com. - Roubaix

BEAUTIFUL SALE OF ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS

Tuesday 04 June 2024 - 14:00 (CEST) - Live

4, rue du Maréchal Foch - 59100 Roubaix

May & Associés

BEAUTIFUL SALE OF ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS

Lot n° 1

ALAIN-FOURNIER. Le Grand Meaulnes....

ALAIN-FOURNIER. Le Grand Meaulnes. Illustrations by Pierre Gandon. Paris, Edtions de Cluny, 1936. Large In-8. Bound in half havana morocco with corners, ribbed spine decorated with fillets, gilt fillets on the boards, gilt head, cover preserved. Limited...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 2

ALEXEIEFF - DOSTOIEVSKI, Fyodor....

ALEXEIEFF - DOSTOIEVSKI, Fyodor. The Brothers Karamazov. Translation by B. de Schloezer. One hundred lithographs by Alexandre Alexeïeff. Paris, Editions de La Pléiade, J. Schiffrin, 1929. 4 volumes large in-4 (including 1 sequel). Paperback, filled cover,...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 3

ALGAROTTI. Il Congresso di Citera....

ALGAROTTI. Il Congresso di Citera. Calamo ludimus. Paris, Prault, 1756. In-16. Contemporary full marbled calf binding, ornate spine, title-piece, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, marbled edges. Ex libris. Small poetic novel in prose adorned with...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 4

ALMANACH- LES SOIRÉES DE CELIE,...

ALMANACH- LES SOIRÉES DE CELIE, ou Recueil de chansons en vaudevilles et arriettes. Orné de jolies gravures. Paris, Janet, 1793. In-24. Bound in full contemporary red morocco with the coat of arms of the House of France, triple gilt fillet framing the...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 5

BALZAC, Honoré de. La Femme Supérieure....

BALZAC, Honoré de. La Femme Supérieure. Bruxelles, Méline, Cans et compagnie, 1837. In-16. Bound in long-grain half green morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt and cold-stamped fillets, flowers and foliage, gilt head, daffodil cover preserved,...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 6

BALZAC, Honoré de. Scènes de la...

BALZAC, Honoré de. Scènes de la Vie de Province. Deuxième série. Paris, Mme Charles-Béchet, Werdet, 1834-1837. 4 volumes in-8. Bound in contemporary half havane basane, smooth spine decorated with fillets. Ex libris of Eugène Scribe. Second complete...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 7

BARBEY D'AUREVILLY, Jules. L'Ensorcelée....

BARBEY D'AUREVILLY, Jules. L'Ensorcelée. Paris, Al. Lemerre, 1873. In-16. Bound in full green chagrin, spine ribbed, spine and boards decorated with a cold fleur-de-lys pattern, double cold fillet framing the boards, edges chased and decorated with oblique...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 8

BARBEY D'AUREVILLY, Jules. Léa....

BARBEY D'AUREVILLY, Jules. Léa. Société Normande du Livre Illustré, 1907. In-16 square. Bound in half marbled calf with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt mosaic Art Nouveau motif, gilt fillets on boards, gilt head, cover preserved. (Binding...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 9

BARRETT, Paul. Mademoiselle Javotte....

BARRETT, Paul. Mademoiselle Javotte. Moral work written by herself and published by one of her friends; followed by Les Amours du Comte de C***. Illustrated with 64 drawings by Amédée LYNEN. Brussels, Henry Kestemaeckers, 1883. Small in-8. Bound in full...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 10

BAUDELAIRE, Charles. Les Fleurs...

BAUDELAIRE, Charles. Les Fleurs du Mal. Second edition enlarged with thirty-five new poems and adorned with a portrait of the author drawn and engraved by Bracquemond. Paris, Poulet-Malassis et De Broise, 1861. In-12. 319 pp. Bound in full black morocco,...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 11

BENOIT, Pierre. L'Atlantide. Paris,...

BENOIT, Pierre. L'Atlantide. Paris, Albin Michel, 1919. In-12. Bound in full plum Jansenist morocco, ribbed spine, gilt fillet on edges, triple gilt fillet inside, gilt head, cover preserved, a copy with full margins. (Binding signed A. Toumane). First...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 12

BOURGET, Paul. André Cornélis....

BOURGET, Paul. André Cornélis. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1887. In-12. Bound in half red morocco with corners, spine ribbed, gilt head, cover preserved, untrimmed (binding signed Champs et Stroobants). Ex libris. First edition. 1 of 5 copies on Whatman. Copy...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 13

BOYLESVE, René. La leçon d'amour...

BOYLESVE, René. La leçon d'amour dans un parc. Illustrated by Carlègle. Paris, Mornay, collection Les Beaux Livres, 1929. In-8 square. Bound in full gray jansenist morocco, ribbed spine, double gilt fillet on the edges, interior lace, gilt head, cover...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 14

BOYLESVE, René. La leçon d'amour...

BOYLESVE, René. La leçon d'amour dans un parc. Paris, Editions de la Revue Blanche, 1902. In-12. Bound in full pink morocco, spine ribbed and richly decorated with large fleurons and fillets; wide framing of lace, fleurons and fillets on the boards, dotted...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 15

BOYLESVE, René. Les deux Romanciers....

BOYLESVE, René. Les deux Romanciers. Paris, J. Ferenczi, 1926. In-12. Bound in full jansenist ruby morocco, ribbed spine, gilt fillet on edges, interior framing of fillets and dotted lines with corner fleurons, gilt edges on witnesses, cover preserved,...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 16

BRANTOME, Pierre de Bourdeille....

BRANTOME, Pierre de Bourdeille. Les sept discours touchant les Dames Galantes. Published on the manuscripts of the Bibliothèque nationale by Henri Bouchot. Drawings by Edouard de Beaumont, engraved by E. Boilvin. Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1882....

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 16. 1

BREVIARIUM ROMANUM, Pars Autumnalis, Rome,...

BREVIARIUM ROMANUM, Pars Autumnalis, Rome, Contendini, 1828 in-8 Bound in full contemporary long-grain calf, richly decorated spine, gilt scroll framing the boards, gilt edges. Monogrammed A.F.C. on the boards.

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 17

CARCO, Francis. L'Homme traqué....

CARCO, Francis. L'Homme traqué. Paris, Albin Michel, 1922. In-12. Bound in half red morocco, smooth spine decorated with cold fleurons, Château de Vertcoeur iron in upper corner, double gilt fillet on covers, gilt head, cover preserved, untrimmed (binding...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 18

CHENG, François. Que nos instants...

CHENG, François. Que nos instants soient d'accueil. Original lithographs by Francis HERTH. Paris, Les Amis du Livre Contemporain, 2005, In-folio. Leaves in filled cover, red cloth double slipcase with illustrated slipcase. Illustrated with 14 original...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 19

COLETTE. La Chatte. Paris, Bernard...

COLETTE. La Chatte. Paris, Bernard Grasset, 1933. In-12. Bound in full jansenist hazelnut morocco, ribbed spine, indigo blue morocco lining with gilt fillet, rosewood silk endpapers, double gilt fillet on edges, gilt edges on witnesses, cover retained,...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 20

COLETTE. Le blé en herbe. Paris,...

COLETTE. Le blé en herbe. Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1923. Bound in half plum chagrin with corners, spine ribbed, gilt head, cover preserved. (Binding signed Saulnier). First edition. 1 of 350 numbered copies on Hollande laid paper. Enriched with an autograph...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 21

DAUDET, Alphonse. Le Nabab. Paris,...

DAUDET, Alphonse. Le Nabab. Paris, G. Charpentier, 1877. Bound in half garnet morocco with corners, spine ribbed, cover preserved, untrimmed (binding signed Bretault). First edition. 1 of 75 numbered copies on Hollande laid paper, the only large paper...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 22

DAUDET, Alphonse. Lettres de mon...

DAUDET, Alphonse. Lettres de mon Moulin. Color illustrations by André E. MARTY. Paris, H. Piazza, 1938. In-8. Bound in full empire green morocco, thick four-ribbed spine; mosaic composition in 13 different tones in a large medallion on the upper board...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 23

ELUARD, Paul. Les Yeux fertiles....

ELUARD, Paul. Les Yeux fertiles. With a portrait and four illustrations by Pablo PICASSSO. Paris, G.L.M., 1936. In-12. Paperback. First edition. Limited edition of 1500 numbered copies, 1 of 1240 on Alfa teinté.

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 24

EROTICA - BOREL, Antoine. Galerie...

EROTICA - BOREL, Antoine. Galerie des femmes les plus célèbres du monde par leurs galanteries et leurs aventures amoureuses. 53 copper engravings. London, chez les marchands de nouveautés, (Paris?, late 18th century, title leaf ca 1850). In-4 (19 x 27...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 25

FLAUBERT, Gustave. Madame Bovary,...

FLAUBERT, Gustave. Madame Bovary, mœurs de province. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1857. 2 volumes in-12. Bound in full green morocco, spine decorated with fillets and title-piece, double gilt fillet framing the boards, double gilt fillet on the edges, inner lace,...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 26

FLAUBERT, Gustave. Trois Contes....

FLAUBERT, Gustave. Trois Contes. Un cœur simple - La légende de Saint-Julien l'Hospitalier - Hérodias. Paris, G. Charpentier, 1877. In-12. Bound in full petrol-blue morocco, spine ribbed, double gilt fillet on edges, interior lace, gilt edges, cover preserved....

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 27

FLAUBERT, Gustave. Un cœur simple....

FLAUBERT, Gustave. Un cœur simple. Illustrated with twenty-three compositions by Emile Adan etched by Champollion. Preface by A. De Claye. Paris, A. Ferroud, 1894. Large in-8. Bound in full plum morocco, ribbed spine decorated and mosaiced with a long...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 28

FRANCE, Anatole. L'Orme du Mail....

FRANCE, Anatole. L'Orme du Mail. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1897. In-12. Bound in full olive-green jansenist morocco, spine ribbed, double gilt fillet on edges, 5 gilt fillets inside, pink silk lining and endpapers, double marbled paper endpapers, gilt head,...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 29

FRANCE, Anatole. Les Dieux ont...

FRANCE, Anatole. Les Dieux ont soif. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1912. Bound in full chocolate-brown morocco, spine ribbed, gilt decoration at center of boards featuring a flaming sword, gilt head, double gilt fillet inside, cover preserved, untrimmed (binding...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 30

FRANCE, Anatole. Les Noces Corinthiennes....

FRANCE, Anatole. Les Noces Corinthiennes. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1876. In-12. Bound in full pink morocco, ribbed spine richly decorated with fillets, palmettes and the monogram G.L. at the tail; double framing of gilt fillets on the boards with palmetto...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 31

GIDE, André. L'Immoraliste. Paris,...

GIDE, André. L'Immoraliste. Paris, Mercure de France, 1902. In-12. 259 pp. + 8 pp. publisher's catalog. Bound in gray-blue half morocco with corners, spine ribbed, gilt head, cover preserved, untrimmed (binding signed R. Faligant). Same year as the first...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 32

GIDE, André. Les Nourritures terrestres....

GIDE, André. Les Nourritures terrestres. Paris, Mercure de France, 1897. In-12. Bound in full tobacco morocco, spine ribbed, gilt edges, ochre morocco lining with gilt fillet, ochre silk endpapers, lined slipcase (binding signed Semet & Plumelle)....

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 33

GONTCHAROVA - KESSEL, Joseph. Captain...

GONTCHAROVA - KESSEL, Joseph. Captain Sogoub's Tea. Short story illustrated with hors-texte images engraved by Nathalie Goncharova. Paris, Au Sans Pareil, 1926. Small in-8. Bound in half blue morocco with corners, spine decorated with fleurons and fillets,...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 34

HALEVY, Ludovic. The Cardinal Family....

HALEVY, Ludovic. The Cardinal Family. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1883. Small square in-8. Bound in half blue morocco with corners, spine ribbed and richly decorated with fillets and fleurons, gilt fillets on covers, gilt head, untrimmed, cover preserved. (Binding...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 35

HUYSMANS, Joris-Karl. A Rebours....

HUYSMANS, Joris-Karl. A Rebours. Paris, G. Charpentier, 1884. In-12. Bound in half garnet-red morocco with corners, ribbed spine decorated with framed cold filets, gilt head, cover preserved. (Binding signed Semet & Plumelle). First edition, copy...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 36

HUYSMANS, Joris-Karl. Grünewald....

HUYSMANS, Joris-Karl. Grünewald. Velickovic. An absolute of the visible. Là-Bas. The Grünewalds of the Colmar Museum. Vladimir VELICKOVIC. Paris, Les Amis du Livre Contemporain, 2014, In-folio. Sheets in illustrated filled cover, double black full cloth...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 37

HUYSMANS, Joris-Karl. Là-Bas. Paris,...

HUYSMANS, Joris-Karl. Là-Bas. Paris, Tresse & Stock, 1891. In-12. Bound in full contemporary black morocco, spine ribbed with monogram "G. S." in tail, gilt cross in center of boards, inner lace, gilt head, cover preserved. Copy bound in the style...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 38

HUYSMANS, Joris-Karl. Les Foules...

HUYSMANS, Joris-Karl. Les Foules de Lourdes. Paris, P.-V. Stock, 1906. In-12. Bound in full havana morocco, spine ribbed, title page, double gilt fillet on edges, ivory morocco lining with gilt fillet, ivory silk endpapers, double marbled paper endpapers,...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 39

JACOB, Max. A poèmes rompus. Jacques...

JACOB, Max. A poèmes rompus. Jacques VILLON. Paris, Louis Broder, 1960. In-16 square. Leaves under flap cover, double dustwrapper. (Collection Miroir du poète, 7). 5 original color etchings by Jacques Villon plus one in black on the cover. First edition....

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 40

KAFKA, Franz. In der Strafkolonie....

KAFKA, Franz. In der Strafkolonie. Leipzig, Kurt Wolff verlag, 1919. In-8. 69 pp. Bound in half basane with corners, long gilt title on spine. German first edition of La Colonie pénitentiaire. Unique edition limited to 1000 copies. (spine slightly ma...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 41

LA BRUYERE, Jean de. Les Caractères...

LA BRUYERE, Jean de. Les Caractères de Théophraste traduits du grec, avec les Caractères ou les Mœurs de ce siècle. Ninth edition. Paris, Estienne Michalet, 1696. In-12. Bound in full red morocco, richly decorated ribbed spine, boards framed with two...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 42

LA FONTAINE, Jean de. Contes et...

LA FONTAINE, Jean de. Contes et Nouvelles en vers. Amsterdam Paris, Barbou, 1762. 2 volumes in-8. Bound in full contemporary red morocco, smooth spine richly decorated with fillets and small irons, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, interior lace,...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 43

LACROIX, Paul. La Bibliothèque...

LACROIX, Paul. La Bibliothèque de Jules Janin. Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1877. 16 pp. 51 pp. frontispiece etching by Lalauze. Bound in half havana morocco with corners, richly decorated ribbed spine, gilt fillets on covers, gilt head, cover preserved....

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 44

LONGUS. Daphnis and Chloé. Compositions...

LONGUS. Daphnis and Chloé. Compositions by Raphaël Collin etched by Champollion. Preface by Jules Clarétie. Paris, H. Launette, G. Boudet, 1890. Large in-8. Bound in full havana morocco, spine decorated and mosaÎqué with red morocco listel set with gilt...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 45

LOT- SET OF 9 WELL-BOUND VOLUMES,...

LOT- SET OF 9 WELL-BOUND VOLUMES, NICE SET : -FRANCE. Le Génie latin. Lemerre, 1913. In-12. Bound in half blue morocco with corners. First edition. (Weckesser) -HEREDIA. Les Trophées. Lemerre, s.d. In-16. Bound in half pink morocco with corners. -SAND....

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 46

LOUŸS, Pierre. Aphrodite, mœurs...

LOUŸS, Pierre. Aphrodite, mœurs antiques. Illustrations by A. Calbet. Paris, Librairie Borel, 1896. Nymphée collection. In-8 narrow. Bound in full lavaliere morocco, four-ribbed spine decorated with fillets and flowers, boards framed in gilt fillet with...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 47

MALRAUX, André. Les Noyers de l'Altenburg....

MALRAUX, André. Les Noyers de l'Altenburg. Lithographs and original etchings by Vladimir VELICKOVIC. Paris, Les Amis du Livre Contemporain, 2003, In-folio. Leaves, filled cover, red cloth double slipcase with illustrated slipcase. Illustrated with 17...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 48

MAUPASSANT, Guy de. Au Soleil....

MAUPASSANT, Guy de. Au Soleil. Paris, Victor-Havard, 1884. In-12. Bound in half blue morocco with corners, spine ribbed, cover preserved, full margins. (binding signed Champs). First edition. 1 of 50 copies on Hollande (after 10 copies on Japon). Carteret...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

Lot n° 49

MAUPASSANT, Guy de. Contes de la...

MAUPASSANT, Guy de. Contes de la Bécasse. Paris, Ed. Rouveyre et G. Blond, 1883. In-12. Bound in half blue percaline with corners, red title page, gilt head, cover preserved. Ex libris. Copy enriched with an autograph letter from the author to his friend,...

result : Not available / Estimate : Subscribers only

12 3 4 5 6