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French Literature, Renaissance to Modern A fine group of 27 titles, 1570 - 1953, as follows: Tahureau, Jaques. Les Diagloues [sic] … Gentilhomme du Mans, Non moins profitable que facetieus [sic]. Paris: Gabriel Buon, 1570, 12mo, woodcut vignette on title, woodcut headpiece and decorative initial, red morocco, triple-fillet border, spine gilt, edges gilt, dentelles, by Trautz-Bauzonnet, Tchemerzine X, 342 — [Aubigné, Théodore-Agrippa d’]. Les Avantures du Baron de Faeneste. Comprinses en quatre Parties. Au Dezert: [Geneva: P. Aubert] for the author, 1630, 8vo, woodcut device on title and decorative initials; some light browning, a few marginal spots on title, dark-green morocco, goldstamped fleurons at four corners, dentelles, edges gilt, by Trautz-Bauzonnet. First complete edition of the four parts, second issue “contrefaçon” (DeBacker). Tchemerzine I, 175 — Bouchet, Guillaume. Serres de … Livre Premier [-Second]. Rouen: Louys & Daniel Loudet, 1635. 8vo, woodcut title vignette; light browning and marginal spotting. 18th-century mottled calf, triple-fillet border, spine gilt, red edges, “Ex libris R. H.” dated 1909; joints cracked, extremities rubbed. 36 after-dinner dialogues first published in 1584. — Longus. Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé. [Paris: Quillau], 1718. 8vo, additional engraved title by Benoît Audran after A. Coypel, engraved headpiece by Scotin, 6 engraved initials, 28 engraved plates of which 13 are double-page, by Audran after Philippe, duc d’Orléans, with the “petits pieds” plate after the Comte de Caylus (engraved in 1728) bound at the end; lower margins of A1 and A8 discolored, small repaired tear in leaf A2, contemporary red morocco, triple-fillet border, spine gilt, edges gilt, extremities rubbed, a few scrapes, bookplate of Gustave Chancel. First edition with these illustrations. Cohen-De Ricci 648-651; Ray, French 2. — Bergson, Henri. L’Intuition Philosophique. Paris: Pelletan, 1927, 8vo, red calf gilt, printed wrappers bound in, in a red boards slipcase. — Céard, Henry. Une Belle Journée. Paris: Charpentier, 1881, 8vo, three-quarter red morocco, original printed wrappers bound in. — Chardonne, Jacques. Vivre à Madère. Roman. [Paris:] Bernard Grasset, 1953, Les Cahiers Verts –XVI, 8vo, dark green three-quarter morocco, printed wrappers bound in. — Mille, Pierre. Dix-Sept Histoires Merveilleuses. Paris: chez Claude Aveline, 1924, 4to, title printed in red and black, half-title, limitation page, woodcut title in red and black, woodcut chapter vignettes, red three-quarter morocco, top-edge gilt, original wrappers bound in. — Bainville, Jacques. La Troisième République 1870-1935. Paris: Fayard, [1935], 8vo with one leaf in each quire left with large margins, no. 87 of 250 on “bibliophile vellum,” three-quarter red morocco, printed wrappers bound in. — Gourmont, Remy de. Une Nuit au Luxembourg … gravées sur bois par F. Siméon. Paris: chez Claude Aveline, 1926, 8vo, half-title, limitation page, additional woodcut title, dark brown three-quarter morocco, by H. Blanchetière, original wrappers bound in. — Goncourt, Edmond & Jules. Oeuvres … Renée Mauperin. Paris: Alphone Lemerre, 1875, 8vo, title printed in red and black, half-title with limitation on verso, etched portraits of the authors, maroon three-quarter morocco by M. Albinac, printed wrappers bound in, inscribed by Edmond Goncourt “ à M. Cernuschi en souvenir de sa visite à Auxeuil.” — Arène, Paul. Oeuvres de … Jean-Des-Figues. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1884, 8vo, title printed in red and black, half-title with limitation on verso, etched portrait, orange half-morocco, top-edge gilt, original wrappers bound in. — Barrès, Maurice. Un Jardin sur l’Oronte. Paris: Librairie Plon, [1922], 8vo, half-title facing limitation page, uncut, half morocco, spine gilt. — Poëte, Marcel. Une Vie de Cité Paris de sa Naissance à nos Jours. Paris: Auguste Picard, 1924, 4 volumes including “Album” of 600 images, large 8vo, blue three-quarter morocco, by M. Albinhac