[Rarebooks] FS: Two Fine Illustrated Works of French Literature including one with nearly 150 pieces of ORIGINAL ART, both prices reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced:    Was $250   Now  $200:

VERVILLE, Beroalde De. LE MOYEN DE PARVENIR. OEUVRE CONTENANT LA RAISON 
DE CE QUI A ESTÉ, EST ET SERA AVEC DÉMONSTRATIONS CERTAINES SELON LA 
RENCONTRE DES EFFECTS DE VERTU. Paris: Leon Willem, 1870. New Edition. 
Two small octavo (4-3/4" x 7-1/2") volumes bound in half black morocco 
gilt with matching corners and marbled boards. Attractive 19th-century 
edition of this classic Rabelaisian satire illustrated with wood 
engravings at the head of each chapter, mostly erotic and occasionally 
scatological in nature. Small tasteful bookplate on the front pastedown 
of each volume. Mild rubbing to extremities, interior clean. Very Good, 
housed In a later paper slipcase. (#007127)        $200.00
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Price reduced:    Was $2500   Now  $2000:

PERGAUD, Louis [HAND-COLORED PLATES]. DE GOUPIL A MARGOT. HISTOIRES DE 
BETE. Bruxelles: Editions Terres Latines, (1965). First Edition. Two 
octavo (6-3/4" x 8-3/4") volumes of unbound sheets in printed wrappers 
laid into cloth chemises with matching slipcases. Illustrated in color 
pochoir by Andre Collot. Of a total of 1600 copies, this is Copy #1 
SIGNED with all of the ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWINGS for the illustrations 
and layout sketches for the book housed in the second volume, nearly 150 
pieces of original art. Fine in chemises and slipcases. (#014117)        
$2,000.00

Images of these books available upon request.

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