Search Results: Titles starting with I from Comellas Rare Books

Poitiers, Typographie de H. Oudin Frères, 1878. 12mo. 2 leaves. (2 blank leaves). 162 pages. 1 leaf. Half-blue morocco, decorated ribbed spine, marbled upper edge (contemporary binding). First Edition printed in small numbers in Poitiers, and published under the pseudonym of Auxais Léziart de Lavillorée. Ida Marguerite d'Auxais d'Haudienville (1827-1895) was the daughter of a magistrate born in Mortain (Manche) who had a detailed day-to-day account of her trip to Spain printed in order to distribute it to her friends, so that she would not have to write them individually the account of her journey. Carefully printed on beautiful laid Holland paper, the book contains her observations on Madrid, Toledo, Cordoba, Grnade, Malaga, Seville, Jerez and Cadiz, as well as the account of her return through Seville, Madrid and Avila. Copy with a business card of the author mounted on one of the preliminary leaves, and bearing the following autograph note: "Madame Léziart de Lavillorée offre ses compliments… Read More

A Paris, chez Martin Jouvenel et George Jouvenel, 1696. in-12. 3ff. 257pp. 4ff. Full Jansenist red morocco, spine with nerves and gilt title (Alain Devauchelle). First Edition of the main work of Catherine Bernard (1663-1712), a Norman woman of letters who remained unknown despite the pioneering role she played on the literary scene of her time. Not only was she the first woman to compose a play performed at the Comédie Française, but she was also crowned three times by the Académie Française and she is especially known among the first representatives of the nascent genre of fairy tales. The present book, published a year before the first edition of Perrault's tales, contains two fairy tales: "Le Prince Rosier" (pp.11-44) but especially "Riquet à la Houppe" (pp.46-72) which served as inspiration for Charles Perrault for his famous tale of the same title. It is known in particular that Catherine Bernard frequented the literary salon of Madame Lhéritier, a relative of the famous author, and that… Read More

Angers, Avril 1906. ALBUM OF ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS. Oblong 8vo . (200x165mm.). Manuscript title page and 21 original photographs pasted on thick card board, with their legends printed with a typewriter on pasted labels. Contemporary boards, the top board and spine of which have been entirely covered with elaborate embroidery work, with red ornamental ribbon. An exceptional collection of photographs taken in 1906 by Madame Cazeaux, a nursery school headmistress, who used these "snapshots" to capture the children's daily educational activities in the schoolyard: "Sur la cour. Big and small", "Every morning our Babies do their nails with sharpened matches", "You have to learn to blow your nose", "Well-peeled vegetables", "Lunch at the nursery school", "The little ones' nap", "Domestic education. Folding towels", "The grown-ups tie the little ones' shoes", "They learn to tie their shoes", "Before going to the sink", "Constructions", "Our little ones on the playground", "The little ones read pictures", "At… Read More