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[ HISTORY OF PUBLISHING – NATURALISM – EMILE ZOLA ]
[ UNPUBLISHED CORRESPONDENCE OF GEORGES CHARPENTIER ]
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CHARPENTIER, Georges,
35 autograph letters from the publisher Georges Charpentier to Eugène Fasquelle, about literary & editorial affairs, Emile Zola & various writers
Paris, 1888 to 1892. 129 pp. autographs (various formats)
Georges Charpentier (1846 - 1905) was a publisher who became known as a champion of naturalist writers, especially Émile Zola, Alphonse Daudet, Gustave Flaubert, and Guy de Maupassant. He also promoted Impressionist painters. Eugène Fasquelle, the recipient of the letters, also a famous publisher, was at this time the associate of Charpentier – and soon his successor. In these letters it is frequently question of Zola, flagship author of the house. For example : "I am not of the opinion to publish the SoirĂ©es de MĂ©dan in fascicules. It seems to me that it is a very bad way of publication" ; "I have received a letter from Zola, but he does not speak to me about… Read More

[ THE EXTREMLY RARE FIRST GREEK BOOK PRINTED IN OXFORD ]
[ FROM THE LIBRARY
OF THE POET PONTUS DE TYARD
FOUNDER OF " LA PLÉIADE "
WITH RONSARD & DU BELLAY ]
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JOHN CHRYSOSTOM,
Homiliae VI, ex manuscriptis codicibus Novi Collegii Joannis Harmari (...) opera et industria nunc primum græce in lucem editæ.
Oxford, Joseph Barnes, 1586.
16vo, (6) ff. 138 p. (signed : A6 , A-H8 , I4 , L1 ). Brown mid-19th century boards, (some rubbing to binding, corners dulled, pp. 103-104 crossed by a tear without missing, title leaf a bit stained, light wetness running throughout the volume, last f. poorly calibrated, notes trimmed in margins). Dimensions: 12,5 x 7,8 cm.
References: USTC, 510576; F. Madan, The Early Oxford press, 1468-1840, Oxford, 1895, p. 18.
Provenances : 1. Pontus de Tyard, bishop of Chalon-sur-SaĂ´ne (on the title page, handwritten bookplate " Pontus Tyardaeus Ep Cabilon "). 2. Mid-19e century possessor who carried a note on the first flyleaf, drawing attention to the notes of Pontus de Tyard.… Read More