Paris: Librairie de Bibliophiles, 1877. Edition: Number 15 of 20 numbered copies (of a total of 210 copies), published in Jouaust's Librairie de Bibliophiles. ¶ Xavier de Maistre’s famous novella, first published in 1794, reprinted and translated many times, and it remains in print today. ¶ From the library of... More
Paris: Barba, Libraire, 1812. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Freeman, Bibliotheca Fictivia, 1639. ¶ A scarce study of literary forgery by French author, antiquary and bibliophile Charles Nodier (1780-1844), who was also apparently well versed in the subject: "The French C19 saw Charles Nodier, whose Questions de Littérature Légale... More
Paris: P. Persan, 1824. Edition: First edition. An interesting work of short fiction by French author and polymath Charles Pougens (1755-1833). A female orangutan on a jungle island encounters a Portuguese man, Fernandez, who gives her the name Jocko. They become friends and engage in numerous activities together, including having... More
London: Printed for C. Davis and A. Lyon, 1733. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Cf. Bengeso 1558; Sabin 100751 (noting Voltaire's letters on William Penn and the Pennsylvania Quakers). The first appearance of an early and important prose work by Voltaire, a series of epistlotary observations comparing British and French... More