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251 - LITERATURE, LITERARY STUDIES, etc.
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LITERATURE, LITERARY STUDIES, etc. Around thirty works, including: - VOLTAIRE. Unpublished letters by Voltaire, collected by M. de Cayrol and annotated by M. Alphonse François. Preceded by a preface by Mr Saint-Marc Girardin... Second edition. Paris, Didier, 1857, 2 volumes in-8, 2ff.-XLpp.-589pp. - 2ff.-613pp. Paperback. - A few rare light foxing spots. Otherwise in good condition. - LA CHATAIGNERAYE (J.-B.F. Aug., Marquis de). Excerpts from a large collection compiled in various ways by a former pupil of the Collège de Juilly, that is to say, His Highness, the Prince of Ponts, Marquis de La Chataigneraye. Paris, Raçon, 1867, in-8, 2ff.-484pp. – fold-out plate and one illustration. Paperback. - Spine broken, cover soiled. - SEITZ (A. and L.). Forty-eight Depictions from the Life of Jesus and the Saints. Freiburg im Breisgau, Herder, 1872, in-8 fascicle, title page, 1 leaf and 48 reproductions of woodcuts by A. and L. Seitz illustrating the life of Jesus and the Saints. Paperback. Cover slightly dusty. - MICHAUD (Guy). La doctrine symboliste. (Documents). Paris, Nizet, 1955, square 8vo, 119 pp. Paperback. - SAMARAN (Ch.). Henri Courteault. (1869–1937) [Obituary]. Bordeaux, 1938, in-8, 68 pp. – 1 folio – photograph. Paperback. – Paper slightly yellowed. - [Sainte-Barbe (school)]. Friends’ Association of Former Pupils of Sainte-Barbe. Yearbook of 1860. 11th year, vol. V, no. 4. Paris, at the Association’s headquarters, (1860), in-8 booklet, pp. 313–457. Paperback. - Good condition. - LE SAGE (Alain-René). [STAAL]. *The Lame Devil* followed by *Estévanille Gonzales*. Steel engravings after drawings by G. Staal. Paris, Garnier, (1865), in-8, 2ff.–531pp. – 3 plates. Paperback. – Cover faded, some foxing. - DAVID (Gaston). The Three Seasons of French Poetry. A Literary Study. Les Saisons. Poetry. Bordeaux, Favraud, 1883, 8vo, 67 pp. Paperback. – Author’s dedication to Adolphe Carnot. Untrimmed. Some soiling. - BUHOT DE KERSERS (A.). A Literary Study of the Genius and Writings of M. de Chateaubriand. Bourges, Tripault, 1875, in-8 booklet, 2ff.-IVpp.-71pp. Paperback. – Unbound copy, cover worn. [FLAUBERT] – Centenary of Gustave Flaubert. Ceremonies of 12 December 1921. Paris, Centenary Committee, (1921), square 8vo booklet, 47 pp. Paperback, cover folded. - In good condition. - [BOSSUET] - SOUTY (Henri). A ‘Bossuetist’ from Le Mans. Charles Riobé. Preface by Mgr Delmont. Le Mans, Benderitter, 1910, in-8, 76 pp. – 2 ff. Paperback. – Fragile cover. - [MONTESQUIEU] - CABEEN (David C.). Montesquieu: A Bibliography. New York, New York Public Library, 1947, in-8, 87 pp. Paperback. - In fine condition. - JACOUBET (Henri). Stendhal’s Novels. Grenoble, Drevet, 1933, 8vo, 207 pp. Paperback. – A fine copy. – FREJLICH (Hélène). Flaubert as Revealed in his Correspondence. Paris, Société Française d’Édition Littéraires et Techniques, 1933, large 8vo, 3 folios–500 pp.–2 folios. Paperback. - Author’s signed copy. Untrimmed. - REICYN (Nina). John Locke’s Pedagogy. Paris, Hermann, 1941, in-8, 229 pp. Paperback. – Author’s copy. - ROE (F.-C.). Taine and England. Paris, Champion, 1923, in-8, VIII pp. – 209 pp. – 1 folio. Paperback. – Fresh copy. - WEST (Albert H.). French Influence in Burlesque Poetry in England between 1660 and 1700. Paris, Champion, 1931, large in-8, 219 pp. Paperback. - Untrimmed. (Bibliothèque de la Revue de Littérature Comparée collection). - AUBERT (Jean-René) and Henri MARSAC. Contemporary France. With 35 portraits or reproductions. Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Association, Reims, La Jeune Champagne, (1907), small in-4, XII pp. – 1 folio – 264 pp. Paperback. – Binding fragile. - PLACE (Georges G.). Paul Morand. Paris, Chronique des Lettres Françaises, 1977, 8vo, XXIII pp. – 138 pages. Paperback. – Publication banner preserved: ‘Vichy… au poivre vert’. Good condition. - HUGO (Victor) and Maurice LEVAILLANT. *Tristesse d’Olympio*. Facsimile of the autograph manuscript with a study on Victor Hugo, poet of memory and love… by Maurice Levaillant. Paris, Champion, 1928, in-4 (19 x 26 cm), 117 pp. – 2 folios. – 7 folios of double-sided facsimiles. Paperback, blue cover, padded. - Spine and cover margins sun-faded, a dent at the top of the spine, no pages missing. - SEGOND (J.). The Meaning of Tragedy. Paris, Les Belles-Lettres, 1943, in-8, 165 pp. – 1 folio.Paperback. – Untrimmed. Paper slightly yellowed. - GUILLEMIN (A.-M.). The Originality of Virgil. A Study of Ancient Literary Method. Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 1931, in-8, 156 pp. – 1 folio. Paperback. – A fresh copy. (Collection d’Études Latines). - CONS (Louis). The Author of *La Farce de Pathelin*. Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, Princeton, University Press, 1926, in-8 (17 x 25.4 cm), VIII pp., 179 pages, 1 photogravure plate (seal of Guillaume Le Bas). Paperback. - Untrimmed copy, in good condition. - BARTHES (Émile). Eugénie de Guérin based on unpublished documents. Volume Two [stand-alone]. After the death of her brother Maurice. ......
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